title: Details on Android OS massive data usage

text: Yesterday Android OS on my Nexus 5 transferred 44,7 GB (!) data over both WiFi (42,2 GB) and mobile data (2,5 GB). I have no idea why the data transfer started, and I have no idea why it stopped after one day, and I have no idea what data was transferred, and to/from where. I haven't changed or installed anything on the phone. Is it possible to see exactly what data has been exchanged by the Android OS and why?


title: Loud Ringer Volume with Incoming Calls?

text: When I listen to Spotify, I all the time modify the lound-speaker button on the side but it is irritating when someone calls and the Ringer Volume is low so cannot hear it. Is it possible to set the Ringer Volume high so that Spotify or accidental side-bar -button pressing does not distrupt the listening and incoming calls? **Method 1:** _In contacts, one can specify Ring Tune but I would like more advanced settings, perhaps configured in Desktop -- possible?_ > **My Phone** >   >   >     Phone Model: U8800 (Huawei) >     Android version: 2.3.5 >     Baseband v: 404020 >     Kernel v: 2.6.35.7-perf   >   > > **Perhaps related** > >   1. How to set in-call volume >


title: Maximum SD Speed Class for HTC Desire HD?

text: Any idea what is the maximum class supported by HTC Desire HD? I have one 4GB Class 10 microSD card, and its not able to read it...


title: Why don't any of the files on my Android tablet show up on my computer when I connect my computer with my Android tablet through USB?

text: The computer (Windows 7) recognizes the tablet but I can't see anything when I click on the "drive" corresponding to the tablet. I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad tablet.


title: Can't receive text messages; everything else about phone works fine

text: Starting at exactly 3pm (EST) on Sunday two weeks in a row my phone could not receive SMS text messages. It could send SMS, send and receive calls, and send and receive MMS (mutli-media messages). I was using the stock messaging client. This is on an Samsung Rugby Smart running Android 2.3.6, with AT&T as the carrier. How do I get text messaging to work again?


title: Confused by the many locations of the virtual /sdcard/

text: Some devices (like my Nexus 4) don't have an external slot for an SD Card. Instead, there's a root folder called `/sdcard/` that is treated the same way. But I also find other paths that all point to the same files -- there must be some kind redirects going on (I think this is called _symlinks_ in Linux). All these paths contain the same files:               /sdcard/     /storage/sdcard0/     /storage/emulated/0/     /storage/emulated/legacy/      Which path is the "actual" one? What about the other paths? What are they used for, why do they exist?


title: How to hide the top page navigation on tablet home screen?

text: I am a new user of Galaxy Tab and I noticed in comparison with some other home tab screen-shots in another forum, that my tab is the only who has the top page navigation squares shown. I have only one page like the image below and my question is how can I hide that square too? I am running ICS. ![Home screen Screen shot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3x8bW.jpg)


title: How configure the DHCP settings of WIFI Tethering(Hotspot) in android

text: When connecting my pc to android wifi hotspot, It assigned a 192.168.42.x address to my pc. I really need to change this as it conflicts with one of our work subnets - is this possible?


title: Titanium backup shortcut/widget to toggle app freeze

text: My CyanogenMod 7.2 stock browser refuses to remember its defaults. I've taken to freezing opera mini, my other browser, with Titanium backup when I want to use stock to avoid all the preferred app prompts. I'd like a faster, more convenient way to toggle the freeze. Is it possible to create a shortcut or widget on the home screen to perform this action?


title: How do I know if the person I'm chatting to on Google Talk is using Android?

text: On the Gingerbread version of Google Talk, I can see a gray-ish silhouette of the Android logo on my contact. Now on ICS, I can't see it anymore, thus, prevents me from knowing if a certain person on my contact is on mobile or not. Is there a setting that I'm missing here? How do I know if my contact is on Android or not?


title: No numbers on default keyboard

text: Just bought a SE Xperia Arc S phone and it's keyboard does not have numbers or symbols like $,@ on the keys. When I press and hold "r" for example it prints a weird "ṛ" character instead of the number 4. Is there a way to have a keyboard like in Galaxy S, with symbols and numbers (and still have swype)?


title: Can applications be downloaded without a Google Account and without disabling security features?

text: If I wish to install applications such as Skype, DropBox, etc however without registering for a Google account, is that possible? If so, how do I install them without a Google account?


title: Exchange Calendar Sync can't edit turns reminders on

text: I have synced my Galaxy S II with exchange 2010 server. It has imported all my calendar events as expected, however it has set a reminder on all of the events. For example, in Outlook I have public holidays in my calendar with no reminder, however on my phone these are imported with an Alarm "On Time". Since these are all day events, the alarm goes off at midnight. Does anyone know a way way to fix this problem?


title: Is there any reason not lock the CPU frequency to the minimum while the screen is off?

text: To save battery, I have created a "screen off" profile with SetCPU that locks the CPU frequency to the minimum while the screen is turned off. Could this have any negative side effects on apps that run in the background?


title: What happens with my messages and contacts after factory reset

text: Lately i'm having some problems with my HTC EVO 3D. It freezes all of a sudden, sometimes the screen doesn't respond well to touch etc, and i have to do a hard reset. Since i believe it is due to a lot of apps i've installed etc, i decided to reset everything, and do a factory reset. I don't care about the data of my apps or the data on my SD card (video and pics). One thing i would like to backup is SMS and contacts. So, i'm guessing all my messages and contacts would be deleted when i do a factory reset. But, can you recommend a way to backup my messages and contacts, so i can restore them after the factory reset.


title: Galaxy mini S5570 automatically creates screenshots

text: It makes screenshots on its own and saves them in the gallery. I delete them but it makes new screenshots. I stopped an running app that says "screen capture" but it does it again. I can't delete it, it's not an installed app. What can I do do permanently stop this nonsense?


title: Google Play does not recognise updated firmware

text: I have updated the firmware on my Samsung GT-s5570 to Android 2.3.4. Google Play does not recognise that I have upgraded and will not install apps that are for 2.3 or higher. Still thinks phone is on 2.2. HELP PLEASE


title: How to use Google Text-to-Speech?

text: This might be a no-brainer but I am having a hard time figuring it out. Today I got the update of Google Text-to-Speech on my HTC One X. I was able to configure it and even listen to an example. But how do I use it? The Play store description states that it can be used with Google Play Books, Google Translate and many other applications in Play Store. But what if I have a page on my Firefox or Pocket app which I want to read it out? How do I use Google Text-to-Speech with that? Also this app does **not** show up in my app drawer. Any reason why?


title: Configure Android to save pictures/video to SDCard

text: Just installed a 32gb SD card in my Samsung S2. Is there a way to configure ICS to save all pictures/videos to the SD card instead of internal memory?


title: Sending group emails from gmail app in my nexus 10

text: How do I send a group email from gmail app. The group name is not recognised. Have tried from people as well and cannot work out how to do it. In my android phone it works from my group contacts list.


title: bootloop without power button

text: I have a Nexus S which sadly has a broken power button. This means I cannot do anything in recovery mode. Recently, after downgrading from a Cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly to and experimental build, it got stuck in a boot-loop. I am trying to install ClockworkMod Touch, I think this would probably be the fastest (and most permanent) option. I have an `.img` file, but also a flashable `.zip` file for ClockWorkMod Touch. The problem is, I am unable to either flash the `.zip`, or install the `.img`, because my PC doesn't detect a device in fast-boot mode. Does anyone know how to install the zip using ADB, with commands that are available through either regular boot or recovery mode? I could also try and send keystrokes for the power button through ADB but this wouldn't work in recovery. Thanks for the help in advance! Update: The phone wont go into Fastboot-usb mode, I dont know why. (I am not using the original USB cable) Update 2: I managed to fix the bootloop by reinstalling the ROM using                   adb shell         recovery --update_package=/sdcard/cmupdater/cm-10.1-20130121-EXPERIMENTAL-crespo-M1.zip      Still would like to know how to install CWM touch.


title: Not able to send media on Whatsapp...Moto X

text: I just upgraded to Moto X from Motorola Photon. I am not being able to send/receive any picture or media files. The settings for media is turned on but still the media button in mot highlighting.


title: APN Requires mcc and mnc but my carrier requires none

text: I used to specify only the Name and APN fields whenever I needed to configure my carrier's APN. I've just rooted my Galaxy Nexus with Cyanogemod and whenever I try to set the APN it prompts me to enter the mcc and mnc number's which my carrier doesn't specify. How can I resolve this? Thanks in advance


title: Advanced Install Location with ADB

text: I'm used to setting the default install location using the get-install- location with adb but my new phone technically has two "external" storage devices. So in my storage manager I see:   * one internal phone storage   * one internal external storage device   * one SD card Setting the default install location to external (option 2) writes to the internal external storage device not the SD card. Is there anyway I can force apps to the SD card?


title: Call log always shows '13' missed calls

text: I am using Samsung Galaxy S III. My call log always shows '13' missed calls. I tried with restarting the phone etc., But no change. Is there any way to fix the issue without resetting the phone?


title: encrypted internet sharing don't work for android phones

text: i have a snow leopard macbook and a Android cell phone. when i try share internet to my android cell phone from my mac in unsecure mode it works but when i try encrypted wifi then my android always give authentication errors and something like that. can i connect the phone to internet with cable ?


title: How to upgrade Android on the Samsung Galaxy Ace

text: I have an Samsung Galaxy Ace that came preinstalled with Android v2.3.4 (Gingerbread I believe) I've searched the internet everywhere and couldn't find a way to do so that gave clear instructions on what to do. But I would also like to ask, if I was to update to say 4.1 (the latest I believe) would the phone then start to lag as it is not such a powerful phone. (800MHz CPU + 300MB RAM) Thanks heaps!


title: touchwiz launcher bug with logcat inside

text: My problem is that when you try to delete any home page, it gives me force close here is video of my problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX4ZDOA3ygE&feature=g-upl here is fragment of logcat: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33046163&postcount=15 maybe anyone could comment about this issue and it cause :) thx


title: Kindle Fire Install - Alternate download site

text: I need to install Trello on my Kindle Fire. Google Play does not _"Play Well"_ with Kindle. Is there an alternate location where I can download the app for manual install?


title: Installing Android Market/Google Play on non-rooted Kindle Fire

text: Is there a way to install either the Android Market or Google Play on a Kindle Fire (Android 2.3 and Kindle version 6.3.1) without first rooting it? I have access to a Windows 7 computer with Admin privileges, but no USB cable (I do have ES File Explorer running an FTP server, so I can easily send and receive files via FileZilla on the computer).


title: Slide to answer is not working on HTC Wildfire S

text: When trying to answer an incoming call, the slide up to answer never works! It moves, but doesn't actually pick up the call. Is there any way to change this??


title: find or write audio or vibration notification of text auto-correct/auto-complete

text: I think that auto-correct/auto-complete will be more useful if the user gets a non-modal indication that something changed. If no app does this, what intent or event would I listen for? (I thought I had posted this, but nothing appears under my name. My apologies if this is a duplicate)


title: is it possible to restore back to an earlier date on my samsung tablet 2?

text: My app crashed. So I uninstalled and reinstalled it thinking that the progress would still be saved on the game, but it wasn't. Is there a way of going back to an earlier date like you can do on a normal PC?


title: Android - shell utility to perpetually disable headset device?

text: I have an HTC Desire HD device that has some schmutz in the wired headset jack, and the output from 'logcat' (http://pastebin.com/cNZC8Wwc) shows it vacillating between 'Headset=true' and 'Headset=false', when there is in fact nothing present in the headset port.               I/HeadsetService( 1977): Headset=false; Bluetooth=false     I/HeadsetService( 1977): Selected configuration: speaker     I/HeadsetService( 1977): Headset=true; Bluetooth=false     I/HeadsetService( 1977): Selected configuration: headset     V/WiredAccessoryManager( 1746): Headset UEVENT: {SUBSYSTEM=switch, SWITCH_STATE=0, DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/switch/h2w, SEQNUM=12164, ACTION=change, SWITCH_NAME=Headset, SWITCH_TIME=9817830244064}     V/WiredAccessoryManager( 1746): newName=Headset newState=0 headsetState=0 prev headsetState=1      This makes the handset almost impossible to use for calls without workarounds. I understand that this is a common problem and that it has been addressed by more than one application in the Market store. Still, those applications I have tried have not worked correctly to eliminate this problem. I can't physically clean the port at the moment, and I would like do do this 'manually' via the shell. Isn't there a straightforward way to do this? I have tried with the activity manager and package manager search and try to get and set relevant data, but I haven't seen a way to say something like:                   localhost / # am kill HeadsetService         localhost / #       -which does not stop the flip-flopping device detection. Can I just echo something to a file like '/sys/devices/virtual/switch/h2w/state' and then use chattr to make it immutable? Is that even the right file for the wired audio headset? EDIT: This doesn't work:                   localhost / # chattr +i !$         chattr +i /sys/devices/virtual/switch/h2w/state         chattr: reading flags on /sys/devices/virtual/switch/h2w/state: Not a typewriter         localhost / #


title: Does Google take any of my file data on Android?

text: I read about syncing photos with Google on Android somewhere, and got a little concerned. It is probably just a special Google service you have to sign up for, but just in case, I want to relieve me of this concern. Does Google send my photos(files in the gallery) to their servers? I under no circumstance would like automatic syncing of picture and photo files.


title: Upgrade FreeLander PD80 Vogue QuadCore 9.7 inch Android 4.0 tablet to Jelly Bean

text: I'm about to buy a FreeLander PD80 Vogue QuadCore 9.7 inch Android 4.0 tablet, but it has ICS. Can I safely upgrade to Jelly Bean? The website where I am buying from says that the warranty will be void if I upgrade to another Android OS. I am a complete novice. So, I'd be grateful if you can help me.


title: Set an alarm for tomorrow

text: On my Nexus 5 I want to set an alarm for tomorrow but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do this with the build in Clock application. I'm sure it's me because I'm sure this couldn't be an oversight by the developers?


title: Cannot detect wifi

text: my Samsung galaxy tab 2 (7.0) cannot detect my home WiFi. but neighbors WiFi can be detected. please help me. but all my phones and laptops can detect my home WiFi.


title: LG P500 Rooting Isuue

text: I got a LG p500 Android device and i want to root it. the device is on stock ROM android 2.3.3 V20e. should I use SuperOneClick? and if so, how can I reboot my phone after the SuperOneClick Procedure was finished? if ill power off my device and then turn it back on it will break it? or this is "reboot"? Thanks!


title: Can Java be exploited through Android app ads?

text: It turns out that Java has a security flaw that is currently being exploited to put malware on people's computers. Is there any risk that advertisements in Android apps will have embedded, malicious Java code in them? If so, how can I make sure to update whatever runs the Java in those ads once Oracle releases a security patch?


title: How can I programmatically backup Android phone's settings?

text: I was wondering if I could programmatically backup my Android phone's settings. The "PHONE"'s settings and not application settings.


title: Factory reset in phones that don't support SD-cards

text: Does factory reset on a phone without SD-card support delete the files stored in the ExternalStorageDirectory? Explanation : Say I have a device like the Galaxy S or an iPhone(I know, sacrilege) both devices don't support SD-cards(Not sure about Galaxy S, definitely about the iPhone). My question is if such a device which doesn't support SD-cards is factory reset, then do your files and media stored in this device's "External Storage Directory" which actually happens to be on the phone get deleted? My guess is no, am I right?


title: Touch screen not working

text: I cracked the screen on my android A13 Allwinner tablet so I got new screen and put it on the tablet but the touch screen is not working at all. Can someone help me please.


title: Tracing Android applications

text: I have been mucking around on my Android tablet (rk2928, Android 4.1.1) at a low level, removing and replacing ROM apps and such... aaaand now I'm getting a few applications saying "Unfortunately, <application> has stopped.", and I suspect that some apps are missing or at the wrong version. If this were happening on a desktop system then I could use `strace` or some other language-specific tool to see which part it's having trouble at, but I don't know how to do this on Android. What tools are available for tracing Android method or library calls on a device?


> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What's the most effortless way for "cloud" back up of photos taken with an > Android phone? Is there a way to automatically sync photos taken on my phone to picasa web albums? In the Gallery I can see albums from the web synced to my phone but not the other way round.


title: HTC People Widget: Changing Pictures

text: Is there any way to change or set the source for the pictures on the People Widget when you have linked contacts? Example: I have my wife as one of my contacts. I have her Facebook/Twitter accounts linked to my entries for my GMail and Exchange contacts. I've added a picture taken by the on phone camera to the Exchange contact entry but the widget uses her Facebook profile picture as the display picture. Any way to override this behavior?


title: Can anyone recommend a good email client?

text: I have found that the email client which came with my device (Droid X, stock motoblur email client) is lacking in several areas. Some of my gripes are   * Limited number of emails shown in the inbox and no way to change this - At any given time, no matter how many emails are in my Exchange inbox, I can only see the most recent 7.   * No option for multiple signatures - with two different business email accounts and a personal email account, I want the option to have different signatures   * Accessing exchange folders - Items are not shown in the folders viewed on the device even though there are items in these folders  I have tried k9mail in the past, but the last few updates seem to have broken it for my device (I reinstalled twice and I still get errors when sending email and new email is not showing up in a timely manner). So are there any other options available?


title: Best way to bookmark items on Pinboard.in

text: I recently changed over from using Delicious to http://Pinboard.in. What's the best way to bookmark a page to Pinboard from my Android phone?


title: Can I tether my Macbook (Lion) to my Verizon Droid Bionic using either USB or WiFi?

text: I'm trying to use the Verizon tethering app (and have tethering enabled on my Verizon account). My MacBook sees the hotspot, but does not connect successfully. I'm using WPA mode. The phone sees the Mac, but apparently never issues an IP address.


title: How to make programs be aware of network connection provided by USB tethering

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Android USB reverse tethering: How to fool the apps I use USB tethering to connect my HTC Hero to a computer. And the cellphone can surf the Internet through the computer. But some programs cannot find the network connection. I can ping any IP address on the Internet in ConnectBot, which means the connection doesn't have a problem. I think it's due to some options not being toggled that makes these stupid programs not being able to find the connection. More specifically, the notice is: > Connection failed > > This application requires network access. Enable mobile network or Wi-Fi to > download data. How can I make these programs use the USB connection rather than mobile network or Wi-Fi?


title: Why the play store prompts "no network connection" while I use reverse USB tethering?

text: I used reverse USB tethering to share my laptop wired network connection, and my phone's browser works as normal, but the play store prompts "no network connection", why? How to enable it?


title: SMS converts to MMS after only one word

text: I've been searching around Google and other forums and many people have their SMS messages converted to MMS after 3 pages, but as soon as I start typing my phone converts the SMS to an MMS even though I'm only halfway through one word! Even worse, this doesnt happen to everybody I text, just this one person I have found so far. I'm running Gingerbread on a Xperia Neo and the other person has an iPhone 4 (not sure if that information has anything to do with it) Any help is greatly appreciated.


title: StackExchange apps and LaTex rendering

text: Is there any app which allows to browse Stack-Exchange sites and is able to interpret and render latex formulas inside the posts? I have already tried StackAniwhere and Droidstack which apparently can't do it, unless I'm missing something.


title: What is the maximum Xperia X10 memory card size?

text: I just bought an X10 and I would like to have as large a memory card as possible. What is the largest one that works with X10? Does it work with 32 GB cards?


title: Help for `fat finger` on Google Galaxy Nexus

text: I often have trouble with the on-screen keyboard, e.g. pressing the wrong keys etc. I looked around and found that ThickButton looks like a good solution; but sadly it is not compatible with my Galaxy Nexus. What can I do to get rid of mistyping keys?


title: MMS not working on Cy10.2 ATT GS2 Skyrocket

text: Okay so I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (ATT) and I just upgraded the firmware from the the stock ICS to Cyanogenmod 10.2-20131214-SNAPSHOT- InstallerWPPQ50S-skyrocket. Ever since the upgrade I've simply been unable to send or receive MMS messages. Right now I am using the Textra app for texting although it doesn't matter if I use that because I've tried using the default messaging app too. Textra gives the following options and says that they may need changing if MMS is not working: \- Send Size Limit (I tried all these) \- Prefer WiFi (Doesn't help) \- Activate Mobile Data (Checked as it is supposed to be) \- TMobile Wifi Calling Fix (Not checked because I don't have TMobile) And it also lets you edit your APN Settings. I have no idea what I would change these to, but currently I have: MMSC - http://mmsc.cingular.com MMS Proxy - wireless.cingular.com MMS Proxy Port - 80 Does anyone know what might be stopping me from using MMS? Are the above settings wrong or is it something else within the phone? Any help is appreciated much.


title: how do I move images from one album to another

text: I would like to move images from one album to another. when I select 'move' my phone displays two albums only (pictures and upload). The problem is that I'd like to move a pic to 'all downloads', which I cannot select. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance, Ron


title: Google Play allows publishers to respond to users' comments?

text: As far as I have known, and also read in the description of many apps on Google Play, it is not possible for publishers to respond to user's comments, but recently I have come across this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rcf03.png) Can someone give me more info on this? Also, if a publisher responds to my comment, how would I be notified about this? I do not see any Inbox or anything of that sort, also there's no option where we "Allow" Google Play to send up e-mails.


title: How to disable SMS preview displayed over a locked screen?

text: On an Android device (HTC Desire S if that matters) with a locked screen whenever an SMS is received it's preview is displayed over the locked screen. This is super inconvenient - anyone who is nearby can see it without even unlocking the screen. Is there a way to disable those previews over a locked screen?


title: Samsung Galaxy 2.3.5 usb storage broken

text: My Samsung Galaxy 2.3.5 is showing the tool bar message _'USB storage broken'_ . I'm unable to enter the gallery, photos or videos. I have no SD Card in the phone, all all the storage I have is internal phone storage. The phone is not connecting to the computer, how can I get the photos back? I've already switched it on and off, took out battery and connected it to my laptop but these haven't worked.


title: Restrict background data not working on android 4.2.2

text: Since updating my Samsung tablet to Android 4.2.2 I can no longer see the option to restrict background data when I select data usage > app > view app settings. For most apps now the view app settings is now greyed out and cannot be selected. For those apps where it can be selected the restrict background data option has disappeared. As I am on a limited data plan with big penalties when I go over my allocation I really need to restrict background data. Why has this option been removed and how can I overcome this problem?


title: How to get rid of Christmas Animation from mobile screen

text: I am seeing a Christmas animation on my mobile screen from 25th Dec 2012. I have no idea how did it come to my mobile. Because I rarely use internet on my mobile. And I used Internet last time at least 2-3 months before. It automatically appears after some mins and eats my battery. I have checked all running and installed application. But none of them giving me any clue about this animation. I am doubtful that this is the animation from Go launcher or Go SMS. but not confirmed. I also have scanned my mob for spyware and antivirus. But nothing found.


title: Devanagari typing

text: I want to buy a tablet basically for Marathi or Hindi document typing. Which tablet supports it? Will it be possible for me to type in Marathi or Hindi on Samsung Galaxy Tab or Sony Tab with Honeycomb, either with built-in support or an external app?


title: Can I send messages via Facebook App without installing Facebook Messenger?

text: When I want to send a chat message via Facebook App it forces me to install Facebook Messenger. Is there any way to pass it except chatting via Internet browser? Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich


title: Will the LG G2 Mini D620 work on AT&T LTE?

text: Looking to buy a G2 D620. Specifications for LTE bands are LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600. I see 2100 in there, but still not sure: will this phone work on AT&T LTE?


title: USB File Transfer difficult on Cy10.2 ATT GS2 Skyrocket

text: Okay so I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (ATT) and I just upgraded the firmware from the the stock ICS to Cyanogenmod 10.2-20131214-SNAPSHOT- InstallerWPPQ50S-skyrocket. When I try to transfer files via USB, it doesn't just connect the way it used to, it tries to do the MTP or PTP thing. So I've tried using both of these. PTP doesn't work at all, but I didn't really expect it to since it didn't seem like what I was looking for. MTP I thought would work and it kinda does, but it's very buggy. For example I tried to transfer some music files over and it was terribly slow and it would periodically just stop working mid transfer. It was even worse when I tried to move some large pdf files over because sometimes it would crash before even finishing one (100 MB or so). I was wondering what might be causing this instability. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


title: App2SD with root?

text: So I just rooted my Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone (it's 4.0.2) I want to be able to move apps to my SD card now, something that has been disabled in 4.0 (at least as the people in the thread here said) How do I do this? I have never rooted a phone before so I have literally NO experience with this.


title: Flash player issue on CM 10.1

text: I recently flashed my HTC ONE X ATT with **CyanogenMod 10.1** and noticed that Flash Player is not installed. I tried to find it on Google Play, but it says that Flash is not compatible with my handset. How can I install Flash Player on my handset, so flash content works on all my browsers (Browser, Dolphin, Firefox and Chrome)? I manually installed Flash Player 11.1.115.36 for Android 4.0, but it's only working on Firefox.


title: Updating ADW Launcher for Cyanogenmod 7

text: I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 Sholes on Motorola Droid with the ADW Launcher. The free version on the Market is an updated version of the one in my system's mod. Is there anyway to update it in the mod itself, instead of having to download it and have them be two separate apps?


title: On Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean, how can I make long-pressing the home button activate Google Voice Search?

text: I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean on it. What I want is to long-press the Home button and hear a beep to prompt me to provide a voice command. I had it set up this way before I installed the official Verizon version of Jelly Bean. I had Cyanogenmod before. I know that I can long-press the "Menu" soft-key to open up Google Now, but that's not what I want, especially since it doesn't even activate the voice search.


title: Display additional information on the incoming call screen

text: I have a HTC wildfire running cyanogenmod and I really want to display the Organization for contacts along side their name and picture on the incoming- call screen. Does anyone know of any settings/hacks/mods which can accomplish this?


title: Extract or view data usage for specific times

text: In Android 4.0 there's data usage I can see how much for date to date was used. I want to see for specific date and only 1h from specific time. How can I view this already used data usage? _DON'T_ post new data usage counters witch will count only from installation. I need to view old data or extract.


title: No display but touch screen working on Samsung Galaxy Gio

text: I have Android 2.3.3 Samsung Galaxy Gio phone. From past few days there is no display on the device. Rest other functions works fine including touch screen (I can unlock). Not sure if its a software issue or hardware problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


title: Antenna Patch/Adaptor for Galaxy Nexus i9250

text: It's been a month of searching what kind of antenna adapter/patch am I going to use. Anyone knows what kind of patch is this? Thanks. ![Samsung Google Galaxy i9250](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HmWAi.jpg)


title: HTC Wildfire S digitizer replacement

text: I've just replaced the digitizer of my HTC Wildfire S because the old one was broken. The thing is that since the replacement, the new digitizer has become totally unresponsive. LCD is working fine though. Just some small questions to rule things out;   1. Should I try to perform a calibration on the digitizer to make it work? I can't use the screen so I'm planning on making a Gold Card to perform calibration.  (The new digitizer is totally unresponsive. Checked all connections, didn't clean them though but I guess this isn't causing the problem.)   2. Any other thoughts on what might be causing the problem? Could it be that the digitizer was already faulty at the beginning? Does this happen a lot? Bought one from Amazon.


title: Is it possible to list all files on SD card created by a certain application?

text: I would like to see which files on my SD card a certain application has written. How would I go about doing it? I don't know how writing files from an application works in Android. But maybe these are possible (in case they are, I would like to know how to do them):   * If a file created by a certain application is owned by an "application user". Then listing all files created by that user would be what I'm looking for.   * If the above is impossible, listing files created within a date range would be a way, as I know which date I installed the application, and that's the only date when it wrote files to the SD card.


title: Lost my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. No app Installed. Sim also not working. Can anyone help how to trace it

text: Lost my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. No app Installed. Sim also not working. Can anyone plz help how to trace it.


title: One click (or easy) way to Root Motorola Droid X with Morotola update 4.5.621

text: I read that the new DROID X build 4.5.621 prevents the most common Rooting methods. There is a more complicated method but I'm hoping there is a one- click method (less chance of me screwing up and bricking my Droid) I have Android v 2.3.4.


title: Plugged a Bluetooth USB to Tablet but seems not working

text: I have insert a USB Bluetooth dongle to a Tablet via the USB port and try to turn on the Bluetooth in the Android but fail. So, how do one know if the USB Bluetooth dongle can be supported for a tablet that have a USB port? (Given that the USB Bluetooth dongle have been tested to work fine in a desktop PC and there is no further information on the tablet manual on which Bluetooth dongle is supported for the tablet.) The Ice-cream tablet was not rooted yet. Is there some kind of Android Apps that can check or verify the above scenario?


title: i cant root s4 gt-i9515

text: I have S4 I9515, I don't find any root for my phone. I even tried to root my phone with root S4 I9505 but when I try to give super user access to my "root checker application" it give me "this device does not have proper root access" ,Also I use another su app but it is not working with me so what to do? thanks in advance..


title: How to sync non-picasa folder displayed in Gallery app?

text: I often use Instagram to add effect and frame to my photos. Then, there is a folder named instagram appearing in Gallery; but that folder won't be synced with my Google account i.e. on another Android device signed in with the same account, I don't see that folder. So my question is that how I can have it synced?


title: How can I update the Linux kernel of my Android device?

text: I am using Sony Xperia E Dual with the kernel that identifies as `3.0.8-perf administrator@ubuntu-scm01 #1` and now I want to update it to the latest and the best one. Please help me understand it can be done. According to my findings the website https://www.kernel.org/ offers the latest kernels. Are these kernels for smartphones? And does anyone have an idea of from where to get the latest kernel? How do I replace the existing one?


title: OTA Gingerbread 2.3 update fails to install on DroidX (rooted stock Froyo 2.2.1 / unrooted back)

text: I was trying to install the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) OTA update available from Verizon for my Droid X. However the update ALWAYS fails to install. It downloads fine, pops up a message saying that the update ( **4.5.605.en.US** ) is about to install and needs a reboot, then reboots when I OK it. **After the reboot, it pops up "Update Status: The Software Update Failed" error box.** * * * My only possible suspicion as far as the reason is that my DroidX is rooted via z4root - I posted a separate question on how to un-root it ( Is there an easy way to un-root Android 2.2 on Droid X rooted via z4root? ) in case that suspicion is true. **UPDATE** \- I unrooted using latest z4root version. The problem with OTA was NOT fixed.


title: Is there a realtime Task Activity Viewer for Android?

text: Is there an Android app that can show the nature of activity going on with running apps? Something like XP Task Manager. There are many times when an app just stops responding and I'm not sure whether it's still working on something, or has just gone dead. Titanium Backup has done this on a number of occasions. If I could just see a list of apps and what memory and CPU percentage each is using I'd have a better idea whether to wait or kill the app. BTW I do not like the Android Wait/Force Close dialog since it usually comes up prematurely. Thanks for your thoughts.


title: How to add Android StackExchange RSS feed to HTC news reader app

text: I've been trying to add http://android.stackexchange.com/feeds to my RSS feeds in the News application on my HTC Desire Z. However it doesn't "find" any results. I just want to add this URL as it is instead of searching for it. Isn't this possible?


title: Mystery duplicated SIM contacts

text: I recently noticed that while searching for contacts I see the same SIM contacts repeated more than 20 times. In the settings for contacts it says I have 5795 contacts on the SIM card but it's almost all the same contacts repeated over and over again. If I delete one of those contacts every other with the same name is also removed. I have a HTC Desire that runs Android 2.2. I synchronize contacts with Exchange, Google and Facebook but I don't see how that would affect the contacts on the SIM. Any thoughts on why this happens and how I can fix it?


title: Can only access 2.2GB of internal storage from Windows

text: Anyone have any thoughts about this: It seems to me that when the phone's internal storage is mounted using the Mass Storage mode, Windows only sees the first 2.2GB of space. If I try to format it using Windows, I only get an option to create a 2.2GB FAT32 partition. If I format using the Captivate's formatting tool, it creates a 13.03GB partition. Now the fun part: The Captivate seems to be able to read/write from the whole 13GB partition fine. However, Windows seems to be only to access the first 2GB of that 13GB partition. While I can see all the files listed, trying to read from file that were created after the first 2GB returns an error, and trying to copy additional files from windows to the internal storage once the 2GB limit is reached results in an error. Using Kies, I was able to copy files from the internal storage that were stored past the 2GB barrier. Anyone have any thoughts about this?


title: Best codec to use for RockPlayer?

text: What is the best codec should I use in convertion a movie from huge HD/BRay for watching it on Android's RockPlayer? Also what are the optimal properties should I specify for better performance+quality? (bits-per-second, resolution, audio quality, etc...)


title: Looking for an Android app that supports uploading to Flickr and possibly Dropbox

text: I am currently using PicPlz. It works great. The only problem is that all photos uploaded are publicly displayed on PicPlz website. Looking for something that lets me upload to my Flickr and Dropbox account without any public sharing.


title: Using the Google Voice app to place calls when "ask me" and "always use GV" are disabled

text: I have the Google Voice app on my Android phone, and I'd like to occasionally make calls from it, but I don't want to enable the "Ask me every time whether to use Google Voice" option, as 90% of my calls would be from my cell phone's number. Given that I have the "never use google voice" option enabled, is there a option buried somewhere that I can use to place a call to someone without having to re-enable the "ask me every time" setting?


title: My dx752 tablet turns on but stay with blue screen

text: My dx 752 android 4.2 jelly beans tuns on with the iRola logo for a few seconds then the logo iRola disappeared and the screen stay blue, nothing came up as was usual. I have done a hard reset as some one instructed: PRESS POWER and VOLUME DOWN BUTTONS until the iRola logo cameup THEN RELEASED BOTH BUTTONS. the Broken robot jelly beans logo. Press volume up button to get the instructions. selected wipe cache/data then selected "reboot system now" After all that, the tablet still repeat as :turns on but stay with blue screen Thanks forhelp.


title: How to disable file extension check during incoming file transfers?

text: I'm running CyanogenMod 10 on my Nexus 7. As with all other Android devices, for some reason Google thought it cute to check file extensions of incoming Bluetooth file transfers and reject them if they're not one of a handful of extensions. In other words, a file called file.pem, file.xxx will not transfer via Bluetooth but file.zip or file.jpg will. Is there something I can do on my rooted device to disable this silly file extension check?


title: Status from wire: INVALID_LANGUAGE

text: Running cyanogenmod build: > 11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-endeavoru When trying to authenticate through Google OAuth2.0 with Feedly app I get the onscreen message "An internal error occured" and this logcat:               W/GLSUser ( 2264): GoogleAccountDataService.getToken()     W/GLSActivity( 2264): [aus] Status from wire: INVALID_LANGUAGE status: null     W/GLSActivity( 2264): [aus] Status from wire: INVALID_LANGUAGE status: null     I/GLSUser ( 2264): GLS error: INVALID_LANGUAGE XXXXXXX@gmail.com oauth2:email profile     W/GLSActivity( 2264): [aus] Status from wire: Unknown status: UNKNOWN     D/selector.c(12665): onActivityResult: requestCode=9000 resultCode=0 intent=null     D/selector$bottom.c(12665): onActivityResult: requestCode=9000 resultCode=0 intent=null     D/storeGroup.c(12665): onActivityResult: requestCode=9000 resultCode=0 intent=null      Did I forget to set the language somewhere in my system? Thank you,


title: Can i restore more than one msgstore.db.crypt7 file in whatsapp?

text: 1. Recently changed my old phone to new one (Samsung to MotoX). During this old to new phone conversion phase (for one month) I didnt use Whatsapp at all.   2. Before totally stopped using whatsapp on my old phone, I Had taken whatsapp database backup from my old phone.   3. But when I got my new phone, in a hurry I totally forgot about whatsapp backup (which i had taken from old phone) and installed whatsapp on my new phone.   4. As per process it's got created new msgstore.db.crypt7 (just for that one month, during I didnt use whatsaap at all) file in database folder of whatsapp on my new phone.   5. Then I recollected about old whatsapp backup file (from old phone), so i uninstalled whatsapp on my new phone, again took a backup of newly created msgstore.db.crypt7 (from new phone), rename it as msgstorenew.db.crypt7 and kept in the same database folder of new phone.   6. To get all the older whatsapp message, i have kept old backup file msgstore.db.crypt7 (from old phone) in database folder of new phone and reinstalled whatsapp again on new phone.   7. I successfully able to restore all my old whatsapp messages.   8. But now along with the old whatsapp messages, I want to restore newly created whatsapp backup file (for one month) as well which i renamed it as msgstorenew.db.crypt7 (in the same database folder), so that i can have all the messages (old+new). But i am not able to find any option for the same. Kindly help. Thanks.


title: How to download file using tasker?

text: I need to download files using tasker.(detailed post here on softwarerecs) But I am not able to understand the HTTP_GET task. I want to download different files from various links read from a file, so I tried this settings.               Server:Port    http://     Path           %Line  #this is variable that stores link      Everything else was optional so I left it as it is. But I get Unknown host error. So I think I'm doing something wrong. So can you give an example of downloading a file using tasker?


title: Removing Gmail app for guest device in my home

text: I recently picked up an HTC One V phone for practically free. I want to use it as a "media device" in my home. I have it hooked up to a dock and would like to have Netflix/Pandora/Play Music (linked to my personal Google account) installed. Since I frequently have guests in my home, I do not want ANY access to my personal things. (GMail and Play Store). What is the safest way to remove access to Gmail and the Play Store (or to force password entry every time), while allowing full access to my Play Music without a password?


title: Launcher App Slow

text: I installed an unofficial build of Cyanogenmod 10.1 from here on my Droid 4 and the launcher app runs really slow. When I scroll through the screens or scroll in the app drawer it lags very bad. Should I do a factory reset on my phone?


title: Modifying sensitivity of Google Nexus S power button?

text: I keep accidentally turning the phone off/on by pressing the power button when I pick up the phone or take it out of its holster. I would like to make the power button require a longer hold before it performs its action. Obviously this would require a different gesture to then perform a full shutdown. Is there a mod or app that anyone is aware of that can help with this? When I'm using the device during a sporting activity for example, I can't really afford to have to unlock the screen, because even without a screen lock, sliding the unlock slider is often not possible. I find it incredible with this form factor how easy it is to accidentally shut down the screen, and then you can't just turn it back on without having to perform some additional gesture on the screen.


title: Help to recover accidently deleted calendar data

text: OK so I have a lot of appointments in an outlook calendar (about 12 each day). It was synced to my Galaxy 3G. I wanted to delete all of them for one day, so deleted multiple appointments but I didn't get the option to specify whether I wanted to delete a single event or a recurring event - and as a default it deleted all recurring events (hence all of my future appointments .. lots!). I decided to sync with my outlook calendar thinking that it would replace all of the deleted appointments, however it synced in the other direction and has wiped them all from my outlook calender as well as my phone calender. Really could do with some advice how to 'undo' the delete on the phone or where else I may find the original data to recover it (I have looked at the outlook calendar and the data is not in the trash as it would be if I had deleted the data via outlook itself).


title: Route Application through Mobile Data when on Wifi

text: While on Wifi, Whatsapp won't work on my Galaxy Note 2 due to my work proxy. I have found no proxying application that will work, yet. (My work is using an HTTP Proxy). Is there an application that will route certain phone apps (such as Whatsapp) through mobile data, while still allowing other apps to use Wifi access?


title: Samsung Galaxy S3 requesting network security key when tethering

text: My S3 (Jellybean) was suddenly no longer recognised by my PC when plugged in via USB. I solved that by debugging using _Developer Options_ as advised in another thread, which allowed the driver to be installed... again (thank you). But now if I try to use it as a hot-spot via USB tethering, I'm prompted to enter a network security key. Previously it just connected without the need for this and furthermore, I don't know where I would find such a key since I didn't set it up in the first place. Help anyone?


title: Can I sync my Kindle books with my Android phone?

text: I have just bought a Kindle and the cool thing about it is you have an email address `@kindle.com` where you can send your books and it automatically converts it to a .azw and syncs it with your Kindle. I was under the impression it would also sync the books with _all_ your devices, including the Kindle app on my Android phone (Isn't this the _whispersync_ thing?). However, it doesn't seem to do this. Is there way to also sync all my books to my phone as well as my Kindle automatically?


How can I enable haptic feedback on my keypad? By keypad I mean the dial pad thing where you input numbers. I can find an option to turn sound on or off for it but not haptic feedback. I have the xperia x8 by the way.


title: Google Talk on Samsung Galaxy S II

text: I bought a Samsung Galaxy S II, and it comes with the IM application for instant messaging, but the only messengers available are Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, and I couldn't find any Google Talk application on the market. How can use Google Talk?


title: Can my phone act as a WiFi access point without mobile data?

text: I have an old (Galaxy S1-class) phone running a custom ICS ROM. It has a pay- as-you-go mobile SIM without data. I also have a bunch of kids with iPads that want to play Minecraft together. As far as I can tell, I can't get the iPad to make an ad-hoc wifi network on its own. If I had mobile data, I could turn on the Mobile Hotspot feature, connect all the iPads to the phone. I think if I did this now, though, my SIM would be charged for any stray Internet requests that are accidentally made. Is there a simple way to do this?


title: How do I update the Sprint PRL from Cyanogenmod?

text: I just flashed my Galaxy S4 with Cyanogenmod. I'd like to now update the Sprint PRL. How do I go about doing this from Cyanogenmod? Do I have to download a new copy of the default Sprint firmware to update the PRL? And, if so, what is the easiest way to do this? This is a list of Samsung S4 stock ROMs, but I am in the `SPR` or `XAS` zones? What does that even mean? Is there a shortcut to backing the entire phone up and running the ROM? Is there a way I can boot into the room without flashing the phone, just to update the PRL? Is there an easy macro for all this stuff, or can it be simply done with an Cyanogenmod hack? Currently, my Sprint phone is on `PRL version 1.`


title: How do I get the CID from my HTC Flyer when it does not boot anymore?

text: My flyer does not boot anymore (due to unsuccessful Honeycomb update try) and I want to reset it to Gingerbread using RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE_2.23.405.3_R_Radio_20.3504.30.089BU_3809.07.04.06_M_release_204108_signed.exe. But just executing the RUU installer does not work. I need a Goldcard. To make the Goldcard I need the CID of my device. Usually you extract the CID by this method: http://android.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/ Unfortunately the command gives me the following output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools>adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid error: device not found My HTC Flyer is connected via USB. HTC Sync is currently not installed. It is RELOCKED and S-OFF. What can I do?


title: Is it possible to Share Android phone 3G internet connection to multiple clients (tabs/computers) via bluetooth

text: I want to share my android phone 3G internet connection (via bluetooth) so that multiple clients (other android phones/tabs/laptops) can access shared internet simultaneously. Is it possible to have the above?


title: How To Protect Mobile Internet Access?

text: I want to know how to protect mobile data connection function in Android. I don't want somebody or me accidentally switching it on. I need something like **Smart AppLock** but to protect basic phone functions that control mobile data internet communication. Thanks.


title: Delete draft sms in ICS

text: I see there are some other threads here about the same thing but they are not for ICS. If I start to write a sms to someone and not send it the text will be stored as a draft. How can I delete this? The only options I can see is to delete the entire thread witch is not really an option. Has anyone found the trix?


title: Xoom stuck during rooting process

text: Rooting my Xoom normaly, sometimes reboot and marked with USB debugging option. I skipped Google account login/creation process then did another reboot, but this time the device got stuck on M logo. I couldn't proceed on the Xoom and the desktop showed a message and I'm sure some steps were unfinished. Multiple times I tried Android recovery but it didn't work. Just before the Xoom got stuck it showed battery life as under 70% with some other information. How can I fix this?


title: External_sd storage showing in my usb storage

text: My total USB storage on my Galaxy Note is 10.55GB, but I have 14.55GB of `external_sd` storage showing up inside of my USB storage. I am showing a separate external SDCard with the proper amount of storage. Just wondering why it would be showing up under my USB storage


title: Nexus 4: Lost superuser rights after an update to 4.2.1 - how can I get them back?

text: A couple of weeks ago, my rooted Nexus 4 was updated from 4.2 to 4.2.1. Now it still seems to be unlocked (open lock symbol while booting), but I've lost my Superuser privileges.   * Is there any way I can get the SU privileges back without wiping my phone?   * If not, what's the best way to backup all or most of the data before going through the SU process again?   * Finally, how can I prevent this from happening again with the next update? Thanks for your help!


title: Is there any way to disable the camera beep when I start recording video?

text: I have an Xperia Ray mobile phone and I wanted to get one of those spy camera applications so as to film undetected. I tried a couple and the best so far were Ninja Cam and Hidden Mobile Camera. However, all of them have one problem: when I turn out the camera there is a beep (regardless if the sound is off or on). Is there any app that doesn't have this problem? Alternatively, is there any other way I can delete that sound? I don't really need it anyway.


title: How do I install live wallpapers I get from outside the android market?

text: I have downloaded lots of Live wall papers from Android market.They work like charm. I was trying to figure out a way to install Third party live wall papers (Non-Android Market Specific) on my Samsung ACE 5830 Phone. Is this possible?


title: Google maps wants a login now? Is there a way around this?

text: I've managed to get away with running my Galaxy S without every hooking it up to a Gmail account, but sometime in the last couple of weeks (I think following an OS update from Sprint) Maps started objecting that I'm not logged in. It's a little unnerving -- why do I need to be logged in to search for an address? I'd love any suggestions for getting around this. Happy to root my phone. I've got OSM installed, but it doesn't do address searches unless I'm missing something.


title: move micro SD card to another phone

text: I have recently moved all my applications from my Samsung ACE 5830 to Micro SD card. As a next step i am trying to figure out move all my phon esettings to the SD card. In short, what i am looking at is : 1)I want everything to be stored on the Micro SD card. 2) When i buy a new Samsung or any other Android phone, I just move the Micro SD card to new phone and it should behave like my old phone with aal its settings and applications intact. Is this possible?


title: Change Language

text: My Hummer H5 smartphone came preloaded in Chinese. I have changed the language setting for the phone itself to English however, the Google search is still operating in Chinese. I would like to know what steps to take to change this to English.


title: Force Android to display in grayscale

text: Is there a way to force all of Android to display in monochrome(also known as grayscale)? I'm working with a someone who has ADHD (and I am mildly ADHD myself). The colors are too much for him/her to handle. EDIT: Ideally I'm looking to create an easy way to toggle such a setting.


How do I run a Google Calendar app on B&N Nook Simple Touch? I never had a Nook, but I'm interested in buying it to use as a dedicated e-ink wall calendar; I heard it can run Google Calendar; if it indeed does, then all I need is to run it once and leave it alone, given the screensaver is disabled. Making it autorun on startup would be even better. I have asked about disabling the screensaver elsewhere.


title: 3G icon won't change with Miui themes

text: I recently upgraded my HTC Incredible's Miui ROM version from 11.20 to 20.21 - I flashed the zip from CWM recovery, wiped cache, and wiped dalvik cache. When it booted up the first time everything was great...but after a restart I noticed the 3G icon/indicator in the status bar had changed from the white- themed, stylized 'Miui look' to the Android stock green look. This change seems to have taken place only in the status bar, not in the notification shade. For example, here is status bar in its normal state now after the ROM update. It's showing the green stock Android 3G icon that I do not like: ![Wrong 3G icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/k7fpO.jpg) But when I pull the shade down I see the 3G icon that I do like, the icon that was also showing in the status bar before the change (inverted in color, of course): ![Right 3G icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HV3iu.jpg) I tried reinstalling the ROM update (wiped both caches again) but it hasn't changed back. I also tried using Miui's theme engine to reskin the status bar to no avail. The visual discontinuity is small but annoying - how can I get the proper icon back to the status bar? I'd like to avoid a factory reset if possible. **Edit** _I've determined that the icon I'm seeing is in fact the stock 3G icon, the one that would display in a Miui ROM without any themes. What I'm looking for is the icon to change when I apply a new theme in Miui, which it is not. Just like in my pictures, though, it is only the 3G icon in the status bar, not in the status bar when the shade is drawn._


title: How do I disable screensaver on B&N Nook Simple Touch?

text: How do I disable screensaver on B&N Nook Simple Touch and what consequences will it have for battery life? I'm asking because I would like to turn Nook into a dedicated Google Calendar appliance.


title: Does Android 4.0 (ICS) support Kannada Font?

text: I am developing one regional language kannada news app,in which my problem is that,in 2.2 and 2.3 the app does not suppport kannada fonts whereas 3.0 supports kannada font. One month back I heard that Android would provide all 3.0 features in 4.0 So my question to enthusiasts is that could any one help me about how to go with the kannada font?


title: Tools for using connected phone via PC/Headset

text: My question is: Are there any tools to use a via USB connected android phone on windows/pc? I'm using a analog headset and want to answer calls via the headset when my phone is connected.


title: Android crashes after update unless I put another memory card

text: I have HTC Desire HD and installed an official update of the system: Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0, system 3.12.405.1. After the update my phone runs very slowly and reboots every 2 minutes. If I remove the memory card it runs well. If I change the memory card to another empty one then everything is also good. But I have a lot of apps and other data on that card and I don't want to format it. I looked at a log, there are a lot of mistakes like this: `W/ResourceType(13907): Failure getting entry for 0x7f0200df (t=1 e=223) in package 0 (error -2147483647)` Link to the beginning of the log (250kb): http://pastebin.com/P3zq0k5x Full log (3.3Mb, phone rebooted several times while writting this log) is here: http://file.karelia.ru/9kjwqz/ I don't understand anything in programming or Android. Can you help me? Maybe I should just remove one of the apps and problem would be solved?


title: Optimum video codec for low end Android phones?

text: While I know Android phones play mp4 the best, I wanted to know what other specification in this container is the best for playback, (the bitrate, resolution, fps etc). Or perhaps some other codec/format that Android can (or is designed to) play smoothly and with an acceptable file size/quality ratio? I searched the Android developer page and tried the H.264 setting on my converter etc, but the file fails to play natively on my handset and when I tried to open it using RockPlayer. It plays slowly and the video-audio gets out of sync progressively. I tried many external players. However, 3GP videos from my Nokia phones play smoothly (even natively). **So I want to know what is ideal for my low end phone (video should be normal quality and size)?** My phone is a Huawei IDEOS U8150 running Froyo with a 320x240 resolution and a 528 Mhz ARMv6 processor. Also if anyone has tips, what types of encoding is recommended, if I'd be using the software decoder mode in apps like RockPlayer, so I can achieve more file size compression yet achieve smooth playback?


title: Unable to use apps that access the Internet on wifi

text: I have recently had a pretty weird problem with my new LG Shine Plus which I hope you guys could help, here is what I did: When I first sign up for the phone, I purchased a one month data plan just to try things out, everything was great and I was able to use the data plan and wifi when I am at home and downloaded quite a few applications and they all worked perfectly. I cancelled a data plan since it cost quite a bit, however I am a student and there are both wireless networks on campus and in my residence room. As a result, I have turned off the Mobile Data Networks. After that, all the applications, for some reason, stopped working. When I opened up the Advanced Task Killer Free, for example, it will show You must have INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in AndroidManifest.xml and when I tried to hit KILL selected apps, it will crash. On Bloomberg, it says android.Manifest.permissions.INTERNET permission not set in AndroidManifest.xml file before crashed, and on a whole bunch of other apps, they just crash as soon as I open it up. However, the most interesting bit is, I was still able to access the Internet on my mobile browser (tried several website that I know I did not go before just to make sure those are not cached pages) on wifi and I can access Android market on wifi as well. So I turned Mobile Data Networks back on in hope that would resolve the problem, but the same thing happened even with the Mobile Data Networks turned on and now I am unable to use any apps I installed I have verified that I have the apn set up properly in there. By the way, I have link2sd installed, but it was installed while I was using the data plan, and it worked fine then, I have also had AdBlock installed, which I have already uninstalled it and even apps without any add (dropbox) is crashing at the moment as well.


title: help setting up my SDK with eclipse

text: Alright So I downloaded the android SDK bundle for linux because I want to start making some apps, but i've ran into a couple of problems here.   1. when I tried to create an emulator through the AVD Manager, and I tried to run it, i got the following error message: Starting emulator for AVD 'AVDTEST' Failed to start emulator: Cannot run program "/home/luke/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702/sdk//tools/emulator": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory If you look, you will see that there is an extra slash before the tools directory, so I'm asking if anyone knows where I can go to change that path. Also, the bundle didn't seem to come with any documentation. Am I just missing it or is it all online somewhere? UPDATE: I tried running the emulator explicitly from the command line, but, even though I can clearly see that the file is there, and I am now providing the correct path, I still get the no such file/dir error.


title: Create Something Like NTFS Junctions in Android 2.2

text: I'm wondering if you can create junction points on an Android device (v2.2) just like you can on a Windows computer. Basically, I want to move stuff from the /data folder on the internal memory to my sdcard, since my internal memory is almost full (due to Orbot) and I have plenty of space on my sdcard. I've already moved all my apps to the card, but apparently the /data files are still stored on memory. I'm using a cyanogen rooted PRS-T1 ereader (very little memory). Is there a way to create junction points (or similar) using an app or the command line so that I can move those /data files to the card without creating any issues?


title: Only one thumbnail for all photos

text: I downloaded the million moments app which basically makes a cool album from the photos you choose. The problem is in the import screen when I choose photos allthe photos just have the thumbnail of one of my photos. Now this is a headache because I can't pick the photos I like and I have yo resort to picking the whole folder. I just discovered today that even the Flickr app has this problem. Now I think I'm sure my phone is at fault, my question is how do I fix this? Even with the media rescans the thumbnails still aren't correct and just shows 1 of my photos. Quickpic and the stock gallery don't have this problem though. Any ideas what's wrong?


title: What are these numbers in the Data Usage and Battery Usage screen in Jellybean?

text: I went to my phone manufacturer the other day to get my phone upgraded to Jellybean 4.1.2 from ICS 4.0.4. Here's the thing, I know that upgrading doesn't take long but they said it will take an hour and they made good with that, so I'm at least worried on what they did with my phone for a full hour. Well, I forgot all about it when I noticed I have some numbers instead of app names on the battery usage screen. Worse, it appears they're using my data connection. Then I went to the data usage screen and more numbers showed. Should I be worried? I asked someone with a Jellybean phone and he said all he sees on his phone are app names. I don't want to register my card on the Play Store yet unless I'm sure my phone is safe. Is this happening on anyone else? What are those numbers? ![Data Usage](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zy1pq.jpg)   Screenshot of Data Usage


title: rooting an ZHTC EVO 4g and samsung epic s 4g

text: Can I root either device by sharing files between each other rather than using a pc?? Another words rooting phone to phone via file sharing or blue tooth??


title: Some Apps not Installing on CM 10.1

text: I've recently installed CM 10.1 on my Xperia ZL. Everything seems to be working fine except that i can't installed some apps on it. For example Contact+ doesn't install on it and gives the following message after trying to install it from the market: "App not Installed" Any help regarding this problem is appreciated.


title: What is in "Other" when looking at Storage

text: My HTC Desire 500 is constantly telling me that I have no space for updates. I've cleaned out all cache; am using SD card for storage; yet when I check the storage it shows 2.89GB in "Other". I can't get in to find out what this is. Can anyone help?


title: What kind of data is stored in website settings?

text: While looking at my Android browser settings, I notice there is this advanced setting for individual websites. ![Android Website Settings](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0w5lz.png) So far I have only Twitter using this special setting on my browser. But I do not know what is inside. I can clear history, clear cache, clear forms, clear passwords for all websites at the click of a button. But I need to clear this website data individually. Does anyone has any idea what is stored inside this website settings? And how do I read the data in it?


title: Save link option not working in chrome android

text: I want to download a mp3 file in my smart device so, for this i long pressesd the download link and a menu box appeared which has the save link option in the last but the problem is that it is disabled and dull in color and not working. A few days ago this option was working perfect. Can any one tell me how to recover this option.


title: Galaxy Nexus - How do I start adding strangers' numbers to "auto-reject"?

text: I regularly get phone calls from people trying to reach an old folks' home and I want to outright reject those automatically (without any "send to voicemail" ideally). This was fairly painless on the Galaxy S: from the Call Log, tap-hold on the bad number, menu pops up, select "add to auto-reject". [Auto reject was enabled in the phone's settings before] How do I achieve the same thing with the Galaxy Nexus? I'm figuring the same feature should be available from the stock ICS somewhere. If not, I'm open to lists of auto-reject apps.


title: Revert Android Update 4.0 to 3.0/3.2

text: Is it possible to downgrade from Android version 4.0(ICS) to 3.0(Honeycomb) after upgrading to ICS? Can any one help me.


title: my android wont let me open up my text messages?

text: My phone ( android incredible) was working perfectly fine. Then it just stopped letting me open up my text message threads. All it does is say loading and I left it for about 10 minutes and still nothing. Everything else on my phone works. I've restarted it four tines and still its bot working. Please help me!!


title: How to clear blank entries from Titanium Backup (pro)?

text: I often delete those backups which are no longer useful to me. Backup entries are removed from list (popup), but app/element entries aren't removed even when those app/element are not installed. **Here's an example:** ![Titanium Backup List](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WQqDy.png) You can see `No backup yet` & the app is no longer installed. How to remove these entries? I'm rooted and have latest version of Titanium Backup Pro.


title: Is imessageonandroid.com really an iMessages app for Android or is it Scam?

text: I saw on a website that they have an iMessages app that lets you text iPhone user for free just like it is for an iPhone user texting another iPhone user. Do you use our own number, or do you have to have an apple id and use your email like the ipod touch?. Also please explain me how it works and what you have to do?


title: Play Songs from Laptop to Phone

text: This is since a big issue that I wanna play songs from my laptop to my phone via bluetooth. But the only solution I find that is play songs from mobile to laptop speakers.. but I want the opposite process to work on.. Because while I work on my laptop I want to listen the songs and control them from my laptop as well, but the speakers are pretty much away from my bed, so I wanna plug in the jack with my mobile and wanna play the track on my Laptop which will be listen to my phone via my laptop and phone bluetooth. My Laptop is HP430 Notebook And Phone is Xperia X8 (Android 2.1) Please give me a solution, Thank you..


title: Differences in battery information and phones printed labels

text: I just run across this today:   The value for battery current capacity printed on the battery of some Samsung Android devices are different than the numbers printed on the label on the phone (underneath the battery).   I tested 4 models (Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Pocket); The only consistent one was S3 (Phone label was 2100mA and battery was 2100mAh)   On S4, battery is 2600mAh, but the printed label is like this:   > RATED : 3.8 V ... 1300 mA   > What's the difference between these two numbers and why on some phones these two values are not equal?   Thanks in advance


title: Is it possible to have a TCP/IP network using bluetooth?

text: I have my Android U8220 and I need to have a network with my laptop as if it was an ad-hoc wifi connection (tcp/ip). Is that even possible? If you want to know, I'm using `bluez` as manager in my Linux box. **EDIT** To clear doubts, I'll be more specific. There's a music program in my laptop called **mpd**. It is controlled by different clients in the network. One of this clients is in my Android and it works perfectly when I'm connected to the wi-fi network in my house. I wanted to make a direct connection with my laptop, without the need of a router, so there are 2 options:   * Ad-Hoc, which is not available for my phone (I don't know why)   * Bluethooth which is the last option. This is the link of the player, for those who want to know (although it doesn't have to much to do with the question.)


title: What is the main activity of Google Keep called?

text: What is the launcher activity of Google Keep called? I thought a short Google search would help, but apparently not.


title: Disable updates when at work?

text: How can I disable various social apps from updating while I'm at work (where I work with my laptop anyway)? The main point is conserving battery. (I have HTC Desire HD) I don't want to turn off wifi completely since I might want to work with the phone occasionally


title: Is "ROM" the same as internal flash memory?

text: I saw the Nexus S storage specs are               512MB RAM + 16GB iNAND flash memory      and for the HTC Incredible S:               768 MB RAM and 1.5 GB ROM and microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)      Is the Incredible's ROM the same thing as the Nexus's iNAND flash memory?


title: change native Android SIP dialing settings

text: My SIP Trunk (hooio) has a specific dialing plan:               [Country Code][Phone Number incl. Area Code]      However, all mobile carriers have a different dialing plan:               [Local Phone Number]   OR        +[Country Code][Phone Number incl Area Code]      The main difference here being the 'plus' All my phonebook entries are geared to work with the +[country][number] plan. But when I dial these using the native SIP client, I get errors - since the trunk does not like the plus (!!! Should this not be a standard?!) I'd really like to keep using this trunk, and they apparently cant or wont change their dialing plan. Is there any way to configure rules for dialing with the native client? like remove the plus before dialing? The only alternative is to have duplicate phonebooks for mobile vs internet calls - and I don't like my provider enough to waste time on this :( Thanks anyone for advice or feedback on this! and Happy New Year!


title: Android Browser Privacy Settings: "Clear cookies" and "clear cache"

text: I have a couple of questions about privacy and Android phones, though it probably relates to the windows phone as well and welcome the thoughts of any developers. Do the 'clear cookies' and or 'clear cache' functions actually remove hidden tracking cookies that use either **Flash based cookies** or the **client side storage area** inside the web browser? If not, how do you delete them without resetting the entire phone?


title: How to install Hebrew on a Samsung galaxy s vibrant

text: We have a Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought in the US from T-mobile. It's unable to read text messages in Hebrew, write in Hebrew, or anything else. We tried to install the language through the languages section in the settings, but we couldn't find an option for Hebrew. We tried to install a language pack through the market, but it didn't work. How can we install full support for Hebrew? The phone is Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought from T mobile in USA (NYC). firmware version is 2.1 with update 1.


title: Is there a RAW (canon) image viewer or gallery hack for android?

text: I have a samsung galaxy and it has a brilliant screen. I would love to use it to review photos taken on a DSLR while out and about but I haven't managed to find any way to view RAW images in android. My camera is a canon so I guess it would need to have specific support for cacnon's raw format. Are there any photographers here that can recommend some apps?


title: Unrooting Galaxy Nexus - dies when plugged in

text: I rooted my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) in order to get Jelly Bean. I got more than I wanted. The issues that have come from this are horrible. Whenever I plug my phone into a computer - it dies. It won't boot until I unplug it. I installed what I thought was a stock ROM of Jelly Bean (it was AOKP which has no way of installing apps), and now I'm completely stuck. I can't boot into recovery mode. I can't flash any ROMs to it and I can't plug it into a computer to run the Nexus Toolkit. I just want to get back the official Jelly Bean OS. Please help.


title: Is there a way to use PC browser bookmarklets with the Android Browser or Dolphin HD?

text: Can I make these work on Android or is there a google place to create or convert bookmarklets to make them Android Compatible?


title: Is there a way to use Userscripts / Greasemonkey Scripts on the Android Browser or Dolphin HD?

text: I would like to be able to use userscripts in Android. Is this even possible? I read that it was a couple months back and tried a tutorial which I can no longer find but it didn't work. This question may be related to this other one I submitted but I believe they may have totally different answers.


title: Is there an app that will drain my battery?

text: Are there any apps that will specifically help to drain a battery down quickly? The scenario I would want to have this is if I want to quickly drain the battery so I can charge it fully again. Some say that this will help extend the battery life by fully draining/charging the battery.


title: Android marketplace with PayPal support

text: Are there any Android market alternative that support PayPal payment?


title: disable music button

text: How can I disable the hardware music button on the side of my LG GW620? I keep accidently triggering it in my pocket, causing random bursts of Foo Fighters when I sit down in a meeting. Just disabling it while the screen is locked would be best, but completely disabling it would be better than nothing. My GW620 has been upgraded to android 2.2 (Froyo) using the the OpenEtna firmware. Prior to this I don't think the music button did anything at all.


title: All non stock apps are crashing

text: Suddely without any previous event my application has started crashing. Only stock applications work? Cleared cache of some of them but nothing happened. Do you have any ideas, or I will have to make a factory reset?:S EDIT!!!! I have a great hint...I trie to reinstall an app and I got an error telling that there is insufficient space in my phone. Any ideas?:)


title: Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number

text: My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2. It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting. She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it added all the contact information from both into her phone contacts. She already had the contacts imported in from her last phone and is now dealing with duplicate contacts (such as "Mike Smith and "Micheal Smith"). The worst problem is, she is having a hard time finding a contact that actually has a phone number. She'll search for "Jane Doe" in the phone when trying to call her and only find her email there. **My Questions:**   1. Why does the phone (app?) show contacts that don't contain a phone number?   2. How can I delete the duplicates (or merge them)?   3. What is the best way to make this work as smoothly as possible?


title: Multiple USB Storage Devices on Honeycomb

text: I just got an Acer A500 tablet, which has a full size USB port and supports FAT32 USB storage devices. What I would like to do though, is hook up a hub and connect multiple, so use the tablet as a way to copy photos from an SD card reader to an external USB hard drive for backup during a trip. I poked around and found that when I have two devices plugged in you can actually see the device entries listed under /dev/usb although only one of them (usually whatever was plugged in first) will actually show up under /mnt/usb_storage (apparently the default). Anyone know of a way to get it to make both usable? I'm guess I'll have to root it so I can run the mount command? (Unfortunately, no one has figured that out yet that I know of.)


title: To enable mobile broadband in ZTE Light

text: My Sim -card works in a HTC smartphone out of the box. So the problem must be in the ZTE Light -tablet. I can call with the tablet, but not surf the internet. I get _Web page not available_ when trying to use the browser. I have no terminal in the device so I cannot try ping. My current location is Sweden so network mode GSM. The device is not sim- locked. I have the following settings in Wireless & network settings > Mobile network settings:               Data roaming: off     Network mode: Preferred network mode GSM/WCDMA     Use only 2G networks: off     Network operators: selected my operator's name     Data Connection: On     APNs: nothing selected by me      My android version 2.1-update1, kernel 2.6.29. **How can you enable the mobile broadband to ZTE Light?**


title: Install default Android 2.2 / 2.3 on Optimus One

text: I have this LG Optimus One P500h and I was thinking about formatting and installing the default/original **Android 2.2** (2.3 would be great) since LG modified the homescreen, keyboard and other stuffs. Is this possible? Is this safe? Is this insane? Thanks for your help


title: How can I hide irrelevant contacts in Go Contacts?

text: When I was using stock contacts and sync with Google, I could put relevant contacts in _My Contacts_ group which is the only group synced by Google. I have installed GO Contacts and it now displays all groups except _My Contacts_. What I want to do is to group irrelevant contacts somehow and hide them from my phone contacts or ignore them in sync. Please note that I do not want to mess with _My Contacts_ group in case I decided to go back to stock Contacts.


title: Why won't my Galaxy Note 3 stay in debug mode?

text: When I put my VZW Note 3 into debug mode using the dev options it'll connect to the PC and in 20-30 seconds immediately disconnect and reconnect as a media device and interrupt any processes I have going at the time. I've tried all the usb ports on my PC and two different cables but same thing. Nothing seems to fix it.


title: Android tablet recognized as USB storage but not in Eclipse DDMS perspective

text: I'm creating an Android application for a Tablet PC (model: Q8H, probably this one), and now I'm trying to push an application to the device through the USB connection, with debug mode enabled, using the Eclipse DDMS perspective. The tablet is recognized by my computer (running Windows 8) as USB storage, media device or camera, depending on which option I select.   However, it is _not_ showing up in the Eclipse DDMS perspective. How can I fix it?


title: Galaxy Tab P1000 shows a phone <-> PC symbol and is not responding after flashing

text: I was flashing my GT P1000 and the power went down, then on the galaxy tab screen i see an image of a Phone ! PC and nothing i can do to reboot it or connecting it to the laptop. Its dead. please help


title: Scala and ART, android runtime

text: I understand that Dalvik has a just-in-time compiler. The android team is making ART, android runtime, which has an ahead-of-time compiler. Effectively using Scala can increase code execution time but I am under the assumption that reported performance is only regarding the Dalvik VM. What would the implications of using Scala with ART be?


title: Will the uninstalling of apps leave file cruft in the root (Android's subsystem)?

text: Will the uninstalling of apps leave files in the root (Android's subsystem)? When we uninstall some program on Windows, it leaves some files along the system, does it happen on Android too? If this happens, would it be be wise to access the root to erase this files and free some space?


title: Clickable phone number with pauses and bridge/extension in calendar event

text: What's the proper way (if any) to format a phone number when entering it as the "Location" of a calendar event under ICS (4.0.4, Samsung Galaxy S3, AT&T) so it can be clicked and auto-entered into the dialer... including pauses and subsequent digits to dial an extension, conference bridge, PIN code, etc? I tried creating an event with a Location in the form: 1-999-999-9999,,,123456789# but when the event reminder actually came up and I clicked it, the only thing that ended up in the dialer was 123456789 Does ICS and/or Samsung use a different character for 'pause', do I have to somehow escape it with extra characters (quotes? parentheses? etc), or did Samsung and/or the ICS calendar/dialer team just screw it up (number+pause+moredigits is something that roughly half the calendar-dialer implementations I've seen just can't ever seem to get right for some crazy reason)


title: Disable password hiding globally

text: With a touch screen keyboard, having passwords I am entering displayed hidden is more trouble than it's worth to me. Few applications like KeePassDroid allow you to disable this feature. Is there any way to disable this feature globally? Solutions that require root are perfectly fine.


title: How do I root Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V?

text: I just got for myself this new phone with so many useless bloatware. I just want to root this phone and freeze or uninstall them as they are slowing my device down (even without opening any app, all I have out of my 350mb + RAM is an average of 50mb). Can someone please help me out with a noob step by step guide? Thanks in advance. SPECS: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V (MT11i) Android 2.3.4 Bootloader locked (but can be unlocked)


title: What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully). Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock screen while it finishes booting. Every once in a while (though more often lately than it used to), the boot animation screen gets stuck for about 5 minutes before showing me the lock screen. This happens both on clean boots (i.e. shutting it down from the power button menu and then restarting) as well as when the phone freezes and I restart it, or when it crashes. What is the phone doing at this time? Why does it do it sometimes and not at other times? How can I avoid this?


title: Android: Green bar in bootloader

text: I tried to run the command `fastboot flash recovery recoverym.img` using cmd but I've got some problem. First, a green bar (progress about 90%) was shown on the top right corner of my bootloader. Second, in cmd, this was shown:               < waiting for device >     sending 'recovery' (10200 KB)...      What's the solution?


title: Samsung GS2 suddenly can't pick up my network anymore, only other (roaming) networks

text: I've just moved to Ireland. I was going to keep using my Austrian Three mobile contract, which gives me 1 GB of data, 1000 min to call Austria and 200 international min under the Three Like Home program. I get all that only when I'm connected with Three, and it worked perfectly, just like on every holiday - until Wednesday morning. I put the phone on the nightstand, put it in flight mode overnight, and the following morning, it couldn't find Three anymore, only a number of alternative networks, Meteor etc. - which mean, I'm paying for roaming! I put my SIM card into a colleague's phone, and in there it was able to pick up Three immediately. No matter if I try the automatic or manual network selection, turning the phone off and on, remove the simcard and put it back in - I get every network except my home network Three, even though there should be full network coverage here, and there is, on everybody else's phone. My provider back home said that from what they can tell, the SIM card is not blocked and Three Like Home should work unhindered. So I am pretty sure the phone is to blame, not Three itself or the sim card. It's a Galaxy S2 GT-I9100, and I've been running Cyanogen 11.0-InstallerXNPQ32P, Android 4.4.4, since today. I figured I'd just do the latest Cyanogen update and perhaps that would take care of the problem, but no, it's still the same. Does anyone have some advice for me? Please put it in layman's terms, I'm not great at phones or computers and English is my second language, so when straying into highly technical territory, I might be stranded faster than if the information was in German. What can possibly have happened overnight, with the phone in flight mode, to make the phone forget that Three even exists, which it was using without any problems the week before? I checked my data limits, just to be sure, and am nowhere near them.


title: unable to change group icon using CyanogenMod

text: The gallery option not available when trying to change the group chat icon. Is there a way to fix this?


title: How do I lock my HTC whenever I want?

text: I have a HTC Wildfire S and set up the screen lock pattern for it. This triggers after some time but sometimes I want to lock it myself, for example if I leave the office and let my phone on the desk. In **Settings | Security | Lock phone after** I can use the "Immediately" option but this closes every time the screen turns of. Is there some way I can keep it to lock after some time as it is now but also lock it whenever I want?


title: How to install Android Market on HCL ME X1 tablet?

text: I bought an HCL ME X1 tablet one month ago. Its main drawback is that it does not support the Android Market and manually installing the Android Market's APK file does not seem to work either. It shows an error message like this:               the application Market(process com.android.vending)has stopped unexpectedly) please try again       How can I solve this problem so that I can use the Android Market on my device?


title: Backup contacts, photos, apps, remove google account, and replace with dummy account

text: I want to unlink my main Google account from my phone and use a dummy account instead. I don't really use any of Google's services on my phone like gmail, voice, etc. For security, loss reasons and to prevent google from automagically providing me with "features" and synchronization which end up merging data in ways I don't want, I would rather keep my online Google accounts separate from my mobile phone. I have been reading through a few posts on how to backup or remove your account, but I would like to make a get some feedback to create a bona-fide plan before going forward. I really just want my contacts, my apps & widgets (or at least their settings and fresh install of apps from market), my calendar, my music and pictures. If I "remove my account" what will I lose? I currently have it set not to sync with gmail or talk or voice, and I believe that all my contacts are only local and not merged with gmail. Is there any way I can just go in and copy some magic file that has my contacts, calendar, etc; do a factory reset, and then load back my files and configurations, or download the apps again and overwrite my configurations? Call logs, old SMS, etc aren't really important to save. Anything else I might be forgetting that I would actually slap myself for later?


title: How Do I Stop Double Email Alerts?

text: On my Android 2.2 phone, I have the Gmail app and the regular Mail icon on the desktop GUI. Unfortunately when I get a message, I get two alerts, usually about 4 to 15 seconds apart from each other. How can I just get one alert that new mail has come in, not two?


title: How do I protect my phone from malicious apps once it is rooted?

text: I rooted my phone. Now if I use a Terminal Emulator such as Android Terminal Emulator, I noticed that I can can easily obtain root access without a password:               $ id     uid=10059(app_59) gid=10059(app_59) groups=1015(sdcard_rw),3003(inet)     $ su     # id     uid=0(root) guid=0(root) groups=0(root)       In the Unix server and desktop world, a superuser account with no password is considered dangerous because the superuser account has access to all resources on the machine. Is this similarly dangerous on an Android phone? If so, how can I protect my phone from malicious apps which try to gain root? Can I manage which apps have access to the superuser account on this phone?


title: .thumbdata files maxing out internal SD memory

text: I have an 8GB Nextbook7 running Android 4.0.4. Recently, I discovered that I have 2 files named .thumbdata3... eating up all my internal space of 5+GB. These files are found in the .thumbnail folder under the DCIM folder. I have read on the internet that these files are produced by Android Gallery, but there is a bug in the OS that causes these files to grow so large and max out all the available internal storage space. I have tried deleting the files, but they come back. I have tried writing small text files and saving them with the name .thumbdata3... as in the problem files, but that does not work either. I have downloaded an app called Thumbnail file deleter, which deletes the problem files, but the files will rebuild themselves again until the space is maxed out. Does anyone have a permanent cure to this .thumdata3... problem? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.


title: Do custom ROMs like CyanogenMod modify your bootloader?

text: Does a custom ROM like CyanogenMod come with their own bootloader or does it just overwrite the `/boot` kernel and `/system`? Does the bootloader take responsibility to lock your SIM card on a carrier? Basically, I'm interested in SIM unlocking my Huawei U8180, and would like to know if CyanogenMod will unlock the device.


title: Using windows drivers for an air quality USB device

text: I have a question that doesn't appear to have already been addressed - perhaps because it is impossible, but perhaps not. I recently received a USB-powered air quality monitoring device and, as an inquisitive grad student, think it would be far more useful to be able to monitor air quality from my smartphone instead. There isn't any good equivalent for this, afaik. This has fairly significant implications if you want just rough data and don't want to bring expensive monitoring equipment - for example, I'm part of Engineers Without Borders, and roughly quantifying the amount of smoke and VOC inhalation our Ecuadorean partner community takes in at each meal (done over an open biomass fire, naturally) would be REALLY cool, and give us a better idea of the degree of health issues we can expect. So there's a degree of helping the world, here, which is neat. The problem is that even though USB -> microUSB converters are pretty cheap, just plugging everything together (monitor, converter, phone) doesn't work. That's too easy, of course. Upon installation on a regular computer, the monitoring software gives the following message:               Installation     ------------     This program is depending on the following files,     which are NOT distributed in this installation:          hh.exe         CHM help system (Windows XP)     hhctrl.ocx     CHM help system (Windows XP)     itircl.dll     CHM help system (Windows XP)     itss.dll       CHM help system (Windows XP)          SHLWAPI.DLL    Registry key operations, a component of                     IE and is also used by Windows Explorer.                     Shipped with Internet Explorer 4.0          setupapi.dll   Device enumeration     hid.dll        Device i/o          The files above should already be in your computer's     system directory. If they are not, try running      Windows Update.      I don't expect my HTC Incredible 2 to have these things, but I also only use FORTRAN and MATLAB for my research, so am not aware if it is possible to run equivalent programs to get this pipe-dream system up and running. Any suggestions would be very appreciated! Thanks, Melissa


title: Inconsistent external SD card write errors

text: I have SanDisk 64GB Ultra class 10 micro SD card. I regularly encounter inconsistent write errors when trying to copy big directories (~1Gb, ~300 files) from internal to external SD. What can be possible cause of those errors? I tried to do that on PC - everything worked fine.


title: Transfer Files to Nexus 4 with Terminal

text: I want to transfer files to my Nexus 4 using the Mac Terminal. I tried to use the adb shell with adb push, but because I'm not root I'm not allowed to push to the sdcard. Is there any way to mount the device as a regular drive or to use adb push without root access?


title: Go to recovery mode on device without volume key

text: Is there a universal way to enter recovery mode on an Android device **with only one turn on/off button**? I have a tablet (Navon Raptor 7) like this and I can't figure it out. An other problem is that although it can boot and get to the launcher, basically I can't start any application or get to the settings (it says 'xy application stopped' etc.) so **I can't even activate debug mode** and use adb to achieve this. That's why I want to do a hard reset from recovery...


title: samsung tab 3 cannot retrieve keyboard

text: My daughter got a new samsung tab it was working with no problems , she dowmloaded a few apps then the keyboard went , so i went to check the settings and there was no option to retrieve it. i went into the playstore to add another but kept getting an error message which wouldnt allow me to install anything, i done a factory reset thinking it would wipe everything off and retrieve the keyboard which i didnt i m left with no keyboard and having to try and speak each command which is very difficult and doesnt work , can anyone offer a way round this ?


title: Where does Android keep app permissions?

text: I have a rooted Android, and I want to disable (not read/write/execute) permissions to an app (for example, I don't want it accessing the camera or the phone). Where does Android keep those permissions? Is it in a database somewhere?