title: How do I get my Nexus 5 to show up in the adb devices list?

text: I'm trying to connect my Nexus 5 to DDMS in Eclipse. When I uncheck Debugger Mode on my Nexus 5, it is detected as MTP. When I check Debugger Mode on my Nexus 5, it is detected as a USB device and can be ejected. But it doesn't appear in the DDMS neither with adb -devices How can I get it to show up in the DDMS?


title: Root Android x86 VirtualBox

text: I have installed Android-x86, version 4.3 Jellybean iso image into virtual box, and want to run some applications that require root privileges. Is there any way to root it?


title: How to define a custom sound for Whatsapp?

text: When receiving mails or a whatsapp message, the same sound notification is played. I want to be able to tell those events apart and would like to define custom sounds. How can I achieve this? I really would like to avoid a third party application, or if there are no other ways, I prefer a paid app over one with advertisement.


title: Move app data to SD

text: I would like to move some of my app's data to the SD card. I am running Android 2.2.1 so I cannot use `Simple2Ext`. I would also like to avoid `Data2SD` because I've read some bad reviews let alone when I search it on `PlayStore` the responce is tha the application cannot be found. I have also tried `Link2SD` and `AppMgr III` but those apps don't actualy remove data, as I have read in the app2sd tag-wiki What can I do to move selectively my app's dat?


title: Google Music not available for Samsung Galaxy S with Android 2.2.1

text: I have Samsung Galaxy S (i9000) with Android 2.2.1 (Froyo). Lately I got an invite to Google Music. Android app for Google Music requires 2.2.0, however Android Market keep saying my phone is not capable to run application. Is there a way how to get Google Music Android client on my Samsung Galaxy S - ?


title: How do I transfer data from Galaxy S4 to Nexus 5?

text: How do I transfer data from Samsung Galaxy S4 to Nexus 5? I have tried connecting my Nexus 5 with LG PC Suite, but it doesn't connect there as well.


title: Cross-device game saves

text: My father loves the game Hay Day. I'm not exactly sure why but that isn't important. He is on a Motorola Droid Ultra and the Ellipsis 7 tablet he recently got for free at Verizon for upgrading. Both running some version or another of Jelly Bean. He doesn't want to transfer the data from his phone to his tablet, he wants to sync the games. He won't be playing them both at the same time. But I was just wondering, if that is a possibility. Summing up, I guess I'm asking, if we can backup and download save data seamlessly. I'm not a programmer but I'm absolutely not a newbie.


title: Android Backup and Restore

text: I have rooted android phone. I backed up a application, uninstalled the application from the phone and restored it back the way it was there in the phone(using backup including changes to packages.list and packages.xml). The restored application is not showing up immediately but shows up after reboot of the phone. Is there any service that has to be restarted to recognize the presence of the app immediately?


title: How to set google now to use the media volume instead of system volume?

text: For a long time I thought something is wrong with Google now that it doesn't say anything when I ask it questions. Now I've finally found out the reason - it uses the system volume instead of the media volume (the one that is usually used in games). Since I've set the system volume to be mute and I sometimes set the ringtones to be quite, it makes Google now itself to be quite. My question: Why does it use it? what is the system volume used for? According to what i've found , system sound is used for key typing ,lock screen sounds, and camera shutter sound Can I set google now to use the media volume instead?


title: Internal Storage Unavailable

text: I have two Android tablets running Gingerbread (2.3.4). I am seeing the following when I look at my storage: NAND FLASH: 2.15 of 2.23 GB Available   MicroSD: 7.8 GB Available   Internal Storage Available Space: 0.00B. I was wondering how I could possibly fix this issue. To me it seems like a partitioning problem, but I'm not very familiar with Android beyond standard use. If anyone could possibly help I would appreciate it. Thank you. There is no manufacturer label on these. They're running an ARM v7 processor, 380 MB RAM, and the build number, if it helps, is b01ref-eng 2.3.4 GB.b01ref.20110924 eng.root.20110924.132957 test-keys


title: How do I flash a custom rom over LiquidICS?

text: I am running liquid ics, on droid2. I am attempting to flash with paranoid android. I succesfully downloaded and loaded the rom onto the sd card, I open up clockwork mod, clear cache and do a factory reset. Then I install the paranoid android zip from the sd card, and it runs succesfully. However when I boot, Liquid ICS is still coming up. I then do an android factory reset (that is instead of booting into clockwork mod, i boot into the stock android recovery screen) and do a factory restore from there. No luck, liquid ics is still coming up. Am I missing a step here?


title: Assert Failed Error When Doing New Install of Cyanogenmod

text: I am brand new to CM so please be gentle. I managed to get ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.2 installed and I can do the powerup+vol down to boot into it. Then I executed "wipe data/factory reset" I then hit "install from zip card" and select cm-10.1.1-p5110.zip and then hit the button to start the install. What happens next is that I get: assert failed: [a bunch of output - see the picture ] E:Error in /sdcard/cm-10.1.1-p5110.zip (Status 7) Installation Aborted I have been pouring through sites and have tried a lot of things but nothing seems to work.. Thanks in adv. ![Fail Screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WReMi.jpg)


title: Easytether and Gingerbread?

text: I use a nifty little app called Easytether to tether my Andorid to my Macbook Pro so I can use my Macbook's browser, and get full websites. Will the Gingerbread upgrade affect the operation of this app?


title: DroidX data encryption - which algorithm and how strong?

text: I have a follow-up to the question posted here. I recently got a 2.3 DroidX phone, and noticed that it as well has data encryption option. I pulled an SD card from device, and noticed that folder structure is intact. I tried reading file from the SD card, which was produced by a photo application, and it was unreadable, however the file itself contained some data which was not random, which to me indicated that not the whole file was AES'ed. I was also able to put an unencrypted file on SD card which was readable afterwards. So, the question is: does anyone know what encryption methodology is being used here, what algorithms are in place, and how strong they are against experienced attacker? **EDIT** : My friend got a droid2, which also runs gingerbread 2.3.3, and it has data encryption feature too. So... is data encryption an android feature or specific to Motorola devices?


title: unlink () and rmdir() errors when running adb wipe command

text: I'm trying to wipe my device using `adb shell su -c wipe all`, but when I run it I get the following errors:   `unlink() error on '/system/vendor/res/images/dock/dock.png' 'Read-only file system'`   and   `rmdir() error on '/system/vendor/res/images/dock' 'Read-only file system'`   except very many of them for varying files and directories. Is there something I should do before running the wipe command? thanks! PS. This occurs on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with a slightly customized 4.3 OS. I don't really have anything else to compare against, but doesn't seem like a hardware issue, therefore no samsung galaxy nexus tag.


title: Was it my rooting that caused my Android to malfunction? Or what was it really?

text: I _finally_ rooted my phone around a week ago, amidst all those battling feelings, and I used it for around 4 days. While the phone was charging through the USB port of my computer, I remember like putting the computer on suspend and then removing the phone. Thereafter, it never turned on! Except sometimes, where it came to the boot screen and got stuck, or it went just past the boot screen and got stuck again, or where it didn't even turn on the screen but just kept vibrating. It was only charging through the USB, so I had not enabled file sharing or anything where I would have to disconnect the phone from the computer first before unplugging, so I'm quite sure that it's not anything to do with corruption of data due to just unplugging. My Android (ICS) is yet under warranty, although rooted, so it's currently at the company service centre getting repaired. Their warranty card has got a whole bunch of terms and conditions that void warranty, but nothing to do with rooting thankfully. I only rooted it, and went NO further into flashing another ROM. So my question, what happened to my Android? Was it some application that required root, misbehaving? Or was it due to overcharging? It can't be due to overcharging since when I plugged in my phone it was only about 60-80% charged, and I was at the machine for only a few minutes before disconnecting it from my computer. Whatever the reason is, please help me figure it out. The phone comes back this coming up Wednesday, and I want to be knowledgeable enough to understand what's going on and whether I should root it again if the company has unrooted it (hopefully not! ;) ).


title: Cannot change screen lock setting

text: I'm using Android 4.3, and a few days ago I added a new root certificate to my phone (Via Settings > Security > Credential Storage / Install from storage). This required me to choose a screen lock pattern or PIN. So far so good. Now I've removed the certificate, but I can't change back to using swipe to unlock. The option is disabled, with this message: > Disabled by administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage To be clear:   * There are no options selected in the "Device administrators" settings page   * Encryption has never been enabled on the device   * There are user credentials stored on the phone (The "User" tab of Trusted credentials is empty) Is there any way of finding out what is preventing Android from enabling the swipe to unlock feature?


title: What kind of hardware problems is a cheap Android phone likely to have?

text: For development and application purposes an organisation I am with is considering buying a cheap Android handset here in India (this is the handset). But what kind of problems can one anticipate in such a phone? Most of what I can find on the net is just references to a "short life" - which does not tell us what kind of problems would actually occur - and lack of access to Google Play (on the software end). I should note that this is a rather peculiar use case in that it's mainly going to be an SMS gateway and at most a very low demand server for SMS (possibly for Web too - there is a discussion on our situation in this SO question). But we are interested in this question in general as well. **Edit:** For reference, most such cheap handsets in India - and I suppose in most of the world - are made using licensed designs of low end Chinese phones.


title: Which VCF field do I use to specify a group in Android? And how do I get the picture via URL?

text: I'm creating a VCF file on my website. 1) It works nicely with the export, and most data are being imported, but the group is not created or used on Android. I've tried using CATEGORIES and ORG I also tried to look at KIND and MEMBER, but couldn't figure out how to use those, seems to refer to URI's and not a group name in the phone book. If I export a contact, it doesn't fill in the group in the contact. 2) As I have limited text possibilities (I am going to encode it in QR code), I would like to get the contacts image exported as an URL, but it seems that it completely ignores the URL. I can of course encode it in base64, but then the text is going to be too big for QR code.


title: How can I control wi-fi data use?

text: I'll be taking a vacation next summer, and on the cruise data use is sold per megabyte. If I JUST want to check e-mail on my android device, how the heck do I do that? How do I prevent all the other apps on my phone from accessing the wi-fi (cellular will be turned off, or I'll be using my wi-fi only tablet). My objective is to limit network use to just the one or two apps that I really want to see results from. I can't seem to find anything in the settings that would allow me to do this. Is there any way? I'm probably willing to root my tablet if necessary. Devices available are the moment are a Droid 4 phone, and an Acer Iconia A200 tablet.


title: What do I need in my emulator to run Chrome's apk?

text: Most answers here just mention to download the APK file and install it via `adb`. But after that i get a dialog about critical functionality missing. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/A72W6m.png) What exactly are the requirements for running Chrome? Update 1: AWT answer found one of the requirements, I have to run **Google API image** instead of a AOSP one. After that, I stop getting that message, and Chrome just plain open, show the interface, and then crash. here it is using the latest (downloaded today) google image for API 19.               I/LibraryLoader( 1936): loaded: chromeview     D/dalvikvm( 1918): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 49K, 3% free 4571K/4712K, paused 94ms, total 263ms     D/dalvikvm( 1918): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 6K, 3% free 4999K/5144K, paused 62ms, total 99ms     D/dalvikvm( 1918): Added shared lib /data/app-lib/com.android.chrome-1/libchromeview.so 0xb1cfa3c8     I/LibraryLoader( 1918): loaded: chromeview     I/chromium( 1918): [INFO:chrome_library_loader_hooks.cc(156)] Chromium logging enabled: level = 0, default verbosity = 0     I/MemoryUsageMonitor( 1918): Max active tabs = 8     W/BrowserProcessMain( 1918): Excessive maxRendererProcesses value: 7     I/BrowserProcessMain( 1918): Initializing chromium process, renderers=3 hostIsChrome=true     I/chromium( 1918): [INFO:chrome_paths.cc(456)] Registering chrome_paths.cc as a path provider     I/chromium( 1918): [INFO:build_info.cc(96)] BuildInfo instance initialized with device=generic model=google_sdk brand=generic android_build_id=KK android_build_fp=generic/google_sdk/generic:4.4.2/KK/938007:eng/test-keys package_version_code=1025469 package_version_name=18.0.1025469     I/chromium( 1918): [INFO:breakpad_posix.cc(1038)] Dump path: /data/data/com.android.chrome/cache/Crash Reports     V/SyncSetupManager( 1918): Ignoring pref change because user is not signed in to Chrome     D/dalvikvm( 1918): GC_CONCURRENT freed 111K, 4% free 5540K/5732K, paused 20ms+6ms, total 293ms     E/chromium( 1918): [ERROR:user_style_sheet_watcher.cc(164)] Failed to setup watch for /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/Default/User StyleSheets/Custom.css     W/com.google.android.apps.chrome.NewTabPageUtil( 1918): Unable to determine NTP     section: chrome://newtab/     D/SandboxedProcessLauncher( 1918): Setting up connection to process: slot=0     D/SandboxedProcessLauncher( 1918): on connect callback, pid=1936 context=-1200784872     I/chromium( 1936): [INFO:chrome_library_loader_hooks.cc(156)] Chromium logging enabled: level = 0, default verbosity = 0     I/ActivityManager(  391): START u0 {flg=0x4000000 cmp=com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.firstrun.FirstRunExperienceActivityPhone} from pid 1918     I/chromium( 1936): [INFO:build_info.cc(96)] BuildInfo instance initialized with device=generic model=google_sdk brand=generic android_build_id=KK android_build_fp=generic/google_sdk/generic:4.4.2/KK/938007:eng/test-keys package_version_code=1025469 package_version_name=18.0.1025469     I/chromium( 1936): [INFO:sandboxed_process_service.cc(180)] Starting sandboxed process main entry point, cmdline=/system/bin/app_process --type=renderer --enable-fixed-layout --enable-threaded-compositing --ppapi-out-of-process --register-pepper-plugins --lang=en-US --enable-crash-reporter=,Android --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --enable-in-browser-thumbnailing --channel=1918.0.859634551      --data-dir=/data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome --lang=en-US --cache-dir=/data/data/com.android.chrome/cache     D/SandboxedProcessLauncher( 1918): Setting up connection to process: slot=1     I/ActivityManager(  391): Start proc com.android.chrome:sandboxed_process1 for service com.android.chrome/org.chromium.content.browser.SandboxedProcessService1:      pid=1960 uid=99003 gids={}     W/ActivityManager(  391): Activity pause timeout for ActivityRecord{b1edb218 u0com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main t6}     D/StrictMode( 1918): StrictMode policy violation; ~duration=122 ms: android.os.StrictMode$StrictModeDiskReadViolation: policy=2847 violation=2     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.StrictMode$AndroidBlockGuardPolicy.onReadFromDisk(StrictMode.java:1135)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.applyBlockGuardPolicy(SQLiteConnection.java:1041)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.executeForCursorWindow(SQLiteConnection.java:842)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteSession.executeForCursorWindow(SQLiteSession.java:836)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.fillWindow(SQLiteQuery.java:62)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.fillWindow(SQLiteCursor.java:144)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCursor.getCount(SQLiteCursor.java:133)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.CursorToBulkCursorAdaptor.getBulkCursorDescriptor(CursorToBulkCursorAdaptor.java:148)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.content.ContentProviderNative.onTransact(ContentProviderNative.java:118)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:404)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)     D/StrictMode( 1918): # via Binder call with stack:     D/StrictMode( 1918): android.os.StrictMode$LogStackTrace     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.StrictMode.readAndHandleBinderCallViolations(StrictMode.java:1705)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.Parcel.readExceptionCode(Parcel.java:1447)          D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:134)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.query(ContentProviderNative.java:413)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:461)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:404)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.GoogleLocationSettingsHelper.getUseLocationForServices(GoogleLocationSettingsHelper.java:115)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.GoogleLocationSettingsHelper.isGoogleLocationSettingsAvailable(GoogleLocationSettingsHelper.java:193)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.GoogleLocationSettingsHelper.onMainActivityResume(GoogleLocationSettingsHelper.java:161)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main$MainWithNative.onResume(Main.java:675)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main$MainWithNative.access$1500(Main.java:498)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main$InitializerContinuation.resumeNowAndProcessPendingItems(Main.java:485)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main$InitializerContinuation.onNativeLibraryLoaded(Main.java:406)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main$InitializerContinuation.access$200(Main.java:356)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main$InitializerContinuation$1.run(Main.java:366)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)     D/StrictMode( 1918):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)     I/LibraryLoader( 1960): loading: chromeview     D/dalvikvm( 1960): Trying to load lib /data/app-lib/com.android.chrome-1/libchromeview.so 0xb1cefc80     W/linker  ( 1960): libchromeview.so has text relocations. This is wasting memory and is a security risk. Please fix.     D/dalvikvm( 1918): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 337K, 7% free 5931K/6352K, paused 270ms, total 284ms     I/dalvikvm-heap( 1918): Grow heap (frag case) to 6.943MB for 1127536-byte allocation     D/dalvikvm( 1918): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 2K, 6% free 7029K/7456K, paused 408ms, total 408ms     D/dalvikvm( 1960): Added shared lib /data/app-lib/com.android.chrome-1/libchromeview.so 0xb1cefc80     I/LibraryLoader( 1960): loaded: chromeview     I/chromium( 1960): [INFO:chrome_library_loader_hooks.cc(156)] Chromium logging enabled: level = 0, default verbosity = 0     D/dalvikvm( 1918): GC_CONCURRENT freed 8K, 6% free 7021K/7456K, paused 15ms+112ms, total 421ms      There is some random portion of `adb catlog` while chrome is crashing, before i get to this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6Xufvm.png)


title: What happens when an SDcard is inserted?

text: I have a rooted Sony Tablet S, and one of my issues with it is that there is little onboard storage. The Sony-recommended way of dealing with this is to transfer files between internal and external storage, as many apps do not have access to the external storage. Having rooted the device, however, I am able to use `mount -o bind /mnt/sdcard2 /mnt/sdcard/2` to mount this. I was then intending to rename the media folder on my external sdcard to .media, and use `mount -o bind /mnt/sdcard2/.media/$F /mnt/sdcard/media/$F/external` for each folder `$F` in that directory. The problem with this is that on removal of the external sdcard, or on reboot, these mounts are lost. On my Maemo phone I did something similar, and was able to have this mount behaviour occur when the external storage was attached. As Maemo5 is a truly open OS I was able to do this fairly easily, and there was a lot of community support. When trying to do the same under Android I have come across an app called Tasker that performs actions as I would need, however this is paid software and I would prefer not to have to install something that performs actions which should be build into the operating system. ## TLDR; I'd like to know what is actually happening on my device when an SDcard is inserted - are scripts run? Are signals sent which could be used to trigger scripts? Has anyone attempted to do similar (I don't understand why this would not be the default behaviour to be honest - the fact that external storage is hidden from apps is frustrating to say the least)


title: How do I save images from google search on my Galaxy Ace (Android Version:2.2.1)

text: When I want to search for an image and I get the image results, I do not see a download option when I select a particular image (although the URL is of a .jpg file) Is there an app for that or some way to do it with the existing options?


title: Autodownload apps that installed on another tablet?

text: Is there a solution without any extra app or software for the following: I have here an old Acer A510 Tablet with my account, also a new Xperia Z2 Tablet - I would like to force the play store on the Z2 Tablet to download every app that I already installed on the old tablet. Is there a way without a backup app?


title: How can I syncronize android time with machine via ADB

text: How can I update android time via ADB? I know I can run this comand via windows cmd:               adb shell date -s 20140414.130000      But I need to synchronize the time with my windows machine. Is this possible to accomplish?


title: How to set default SMS App in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

text: It is possible to set it in Android 4.4 KitKat. But how can I set it in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean? After installing Tango I fell in this problem.


title: Galaxy Y (young) GT S5360 with no sound

text: My Galaxy Y (young) GT S5360 Andoid version 2.3.6 has now lost its sound? I have recently factory reset because my screen had locked and I could not wipe it to open. After factory reset it all now works but I have no sound in any state i.e. phone call, alarm, key pad etc. Help !! What have I done? Gary


title: Possible to set up conditional formatting rules to color code emails in Mail client?

text: Is there a way to setup conditional formatting rules to color code messages in the Mail client? I'm specifically focused on a solution that supports ActiveSync/Exchange Web Services.


title: Why my AVD has no snapshot and GPU?

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Qztea.jpg) Need Help! I don't know why there is no snapshot,I download the latest verson.


title: mobile data reset ask not again prompt

text: it seems I have accidently ticked the ask not again checkbox when I have activated mobile dara. How can I reset this option so Android asks me again before activating mobile data?


title: Why does the default Email app download the same (POP3) message over and over again?

text: For the most part, I haven't had too many problems with the stock Email app on my Moto Droid. I have both ActiveSync (Exchange) and POP3 accounts set up and never have trouble with ActiveSync. But for some reason, with the POP3 account, sometimes the app gets into this endless loop and won't stop downloading the exact same message and showing it as unread. I'll open the message, delete it, and then next time the app checks for new e-mail, the message is back again as if I'd never opened it in the first place. Usually the problem seems to go away if I either (a) delete the message from the message list without opening it, or (b) delete it from within the message and then immediately hit "Load more messages". But neither of these methods work _all_ the time; sometimes the message still comes back! I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this and knows why it happens (I assume it's got to be some connectivity issue - I do know that the Email app flakes out a lot due to 3G/WiFi switching, but that's hardly a complete explanation), and if there's any foolproof way to either ensure the message is deleted "for good" or to prevent the problem from ever happening in the first place. Unfortunately I've never been able to reliably reproduce the issue - it seems to be random or at least intermittent. Any ideas?


title: Dial up internet using Android

text: I still remember the old way of creating Dial up connection using our mobile device as a modem to connect internet. Is it possible to use our android device as a dial up modem to connect internet? Thank you. P.S Please avoid mentioning USB tethering as an alternative solution.


title: Hotboot for Xperia L?

text: Is there something like hotboot of HTC available for Xperia devices, is there some workaround for getting so? Is there some custom software or kernel which I can flash and get a similar speed of boot?


title: weird beeping when using the screen (galaxy s3)

text: Whenever I use the screen it makes a beeping noise (two tones) So if I am swiping or texting it will continually make the noise. Then sometime it won’t make the noise, and then it starts back up again when I’m using the devise. Please help I still have 2 years left of contract Turning off and on won’t help


title: Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM, even though they're still there

text: Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on `/sdcard` that I could see previously. If I copy a "new" mp3 onto my Galaxy Nexus, it's recognized just fine by both Google Play and Apollo. However, none of my old mp3s are recognized. They were placed in `/sdcard/Music`, a folder that I cannot see when I plug in my phone, only from the file manager running on the phone. The issue persists if I move an "old" mp3 from my music folder out into the sdcard root, it's still not recognized. This makes me think this might be permission related, but the file manager says that all files are readable and writable. I've tried running "fix permissions" in both ROM manager and the CWM recovery, but it makes no difference. Any idea what has happened, and how to fix it so that I can use all my old files again? :) **edit** If it's any help, I just ran `ls -al` in a terminal emulator and I can't see any difference at all between folders I can and cannot see. Example: I can see `/sdcard/media` just fine, because I created that folder from Explorer in Windows. Music in that directory works. I _cannot_ see `/sdcard/music`. Here's the permissions:               drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-18 media     drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-16 music      This is a bit confusing. **edit2** When I try pulling and pushing a file with adb like so:               adb pull file.tar     adb push file.tar file2.tar      I get               failed to copy 'file.tar' to 'file2.tar': Read-only file system      **As bk201doesntexist on the XDA forums pointed out, this is because you have to use an absolute path.** However, when I do `adb push file.tar /sdcard/file.tar` the file gets transferred, shows up when i run `ls`, but it's invisible in the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer in Windows. tl;dr When I push files with `adb push` they get transferred but don't show up in the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer. "Old" files from before ROM- switching do not show up. New files that I put in now work fine.


title: Can I change gmail's format of displaying messages? Would like subject on top & bolded

text: I recently updated form Droid Bionic to Droid Razr M. Now that I have ICS, I have noticed that in the gmail app, the messages are listed with the sender in bold and on top and the subject line smaller and underneath. This is very frustrating for me as its often the subject not the sender that I am looking for. Is there a way to update this? If not, is there a different app I could install that would be like the gmail app but give me this flexibility?


title: Did Android delete my photos? Help!

text: I recently returned from a special event where I took several dozen photos with my HTC One phone. I attempted to transfer the photos located in the `mnt/emmc/DCIM/100MEDIA` folder to the `mnt/sdcard/DCIM/100ANDRO` folder using the Astro app so I could transfer to my computer like I have in the past. However, this time when I viewed the photos after the transfer, all of the photos show a file size of 0 KB except for the last two which work properly. I previously verified the photos were showing properly before the transfer. Strangely, the video files did not seem to be affected. Has anyone heard of this problem in the past and know of a fix, or can anyone recommend a good file or photo recovery tool as a last recourse? Thanks for any help or suggestions.


title: Why would I need a disk to transfer music?

text: Why does Windows XP say "please insert a disk into drive F" when trying to transfer music? (Samsung Galaxy S Aviator)


title: Text to speech for apps that do not support it?

text: Is there a way to read aloud the text shown on the screen by apps that do not support text to speech? For instance, it would be very nice to listen to the text shown by the Kindle app if you can't look at the phone all the time, but Amazon doesn't support this for more or less evil reasons. I'm wondering if there is perhaps an app or setting, for instance for blind people, that supports this anyway - preferably with an arbitrary speech engine.


title: How can I easily sort and rate images?

text: Is there an effective way to browse through loads of images on an Android tablet and rate and sort them easily? By far the best solution I've found is to use Blue Infinity Photo Album, but while it supports ratings and tags, there is currently no easy way to rate the pictures while viewing them.


title: Samsung SII rom update

text: I'm a big fan for RR (Resurrection Remix rom) and I'm following it's news and updates since V.1.8.1 But there is something I don't like with rom updating in general, each time updating the rom I need to wipe cache, applications and user details. I hate reinstalling apps. and configure my phone from zero. Is there a way to relaunch the same settings and apps. after updating the rom. thanx for your advises.


title: How do I change the theme, (iconset) on a Galaxy S3 default launcher?

text: I bought a Galaxy S3 (Android 4). I downloaded the user manual, and I can't find a way to change the appearance. I **can** change the wallpaper and the font size, but I **can't** change drawer transition behavior, the general UI theme or the icon set.


title: Force shutdown on a Galaxy Nexus?

text: Similar to this question: How to force Samsung Galaxy Tab to shutdown?), how can I force my Galaxy Nexus to shutdown? I can see that it is still on because I've got lightflow installed and the status LED is flashing. However none of the buttons are waking up the screen, so it is pretty much frozen. I've tried holding down the power button for 60s but its still on! :) Thanks!


title: What is the default launcher on the Moto G?

text: Does the default launcher on Moto G resemble the Holo launcher? I suspect the Motorola Migrate has done a number on my Moto G. I migrated from an old Samsung Galaxy Y and this **_may have_** caused a lot of the settings to go awry. For instance, I do not have a rooted phone, but I have the Rootbrowser and the SuperUser app on my Moto G. Similarly I have a launcher which resembles the Holo launcher on my Samsung Galaxy Y. I have not yet familiarized myself with 4.3 Android and I will be getting there soon. In the meantime, I just wanted to know what does the default launcher on the Moto G look like?


title: AVD Emulator, "Unfortunately, Browser has stopped"

text: I'm trying to get started with development. I have just installed the SDK (ADT v22.3.0-887826) on Linux Mint 15 x86-64. I haven't made any configuration changes to the default installation of ADT, and I don't think there's anything unusual about my system configuration. Eclipse seems to be working fine. I created a virtual device with default settings (Nexus 4, Android 4.4 image). It takes about 4 minutes to boot, then the home screen comes up. I can navigate the home screen and settings menus, and it's a bit sluggish but it works. When I attempt to launch the stock browser, the screen goes white for a few seconds, then black for about 45 seconds, then it says "Unfortunately, Browser has stopped." I tried again with a QVGA 240x320 device and get the same results. I have tried different settings for GPU acceleration, RAM and VM Heap. I have rebooted my system and tried again with no other programs running. Nothing has helped. I've got a Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz, with 3GB RAM, which I would think is sufficient, but I haven't found any minimum hardware requirements. I checked the system requirements on the ADT Bundle download page, and I noticed that I have OpenJDK-7 installed, not JDK-6. Could that be the problem? Is it not backward compatible? Is there an error console or some other way to get more information to diagnose problems? This generic error message is pretty useless. **UPDATE:** Thanks for the tip on logcat. There were LOTS of errors, warnings and failures in there. So I went ahead and installed Oracle JDK-7 (it is compatible) even though there have been reports of successfully using OpenJDK. I also reinstalled ADT. But I'm still getting the same issue, "Unfortunately, Browser has stopped." I can launch other apps, like Calendar, Calculator, Contacts, Messaging, etc. ...Solved it. See answer below.


title: How Can I Mirror & Control Android Device on Large Mulit-touch Screen

text: I want to build a gaming table for my children. Ideally, I would simply connect an Android device (such as a tablet/mobile phone) through USB/HDMI to a multitouch monitor. Is this possible? The closest example I've seen is this one (from 2011). I'm assuming there have been further developments in this area since this article was published. http://liliputing.com/2011/09/two-way-sync-between-an-android-tablet-and-a- touchscreen-monitor.html If anyone could give me a lug & play solution, that would be ideal, but I'm not against hacking something together (or example, if something like the Raspberry PI is required) with easy to understand instructions. Many thanks.


title: Does rooting wipe the /sdcard?

text: I recently rooted my nexus 5 phone and lost all of my photos :( I was wondering what rooting actually does. Is it like formatting the disk and updating file tables or is it like deleting all the sectors? In the former case is it possible to recover my photos? I used chainfire for rooting the phone. For that, I turned off the phone and turned it on while pressing +- volume buttons. Then I ran the script contained in http://download.chainfire.eu/363/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root- hammerhead-hammerhead-nexus5.zip Later I realized that all of my apps, photos, etc are gone. I don't care about the apps because they were automatically installed after setup. Just need to recover my photos.


title: Nexus 7 ignores apple-touch-icon

text: 1. Go to any website that has:              <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />     <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />      For example: bbc.co.uk, starbucks.com, or play.com.   2. Create a bookmark from the browsers.   3. Go to Bookmarks, and Add to Homescreen. On other Android devices, the icon that appears on your homescreen will be the icon specified in one of the two tags above. On my Nexus 7 though, it always uses a bookmark icon with the site's favicon in the middle. I know the icons are working, because if you go into Chrome => Bookmarks, it shows the bookmarks with the apple-touch-icon there, just not on the homescreen. Did this change in Jellybean? Is it a bug, or intentional for some reason? I can't find any mention of this behavior anywhere online.


title: Large gaps between home screen icons, can it be reduced?

text: The icons on the Samsung Galaxy S3 have large gaps between them, enough so that if they were moved closer together you could fit at least one more row and maybe one more column. Is there a way to change this? **This is what it looks like:** ![Samsung Galaxy S3 Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/mtoe0.jpg)


title: Why can't I shuffle my music on my music app anymore?

text: I just recently got the android update and before that I was extremely satisfied with their music app but after the update it seems as though it has no shuffle? I'm greatly discouraged by this because music is an extremely important thing for me. I'd very much appreciate some feedback!


title: How to change the display refresh rate of an android device

text: I am creating a custom ROM for my android device (MT6577 + ICS 4.0.4).The base ROM I'm using is the stock ROM of the device. My device's display refresh rate is pre-configured at 30Hz. Now, I want to change the screen refresh rate to 60Hz (I'm sure my device supports 60Hz) in my custom ROM. I've searched around the net and found that may be passing the display parameters as command-line arguments would do the trick, but I'm not very familiar with android kernel. Requesting you to please guide me towards right direction... any website, any thread or your own answer. FYI:   * I have kernel code for the device with me.    * My custom ROM is working fine at 30Hz(no issues) Thanks!


title: Android Sat Nav Apps

text: I have a few questions about Sat Nav applications running on Android.   1. Does the pre-installed sat nav app require a connection to the web? Does it operate in car and pedestrian modes and be updated automatically.   2. Am I right in thinking that the _after market purchase_ of the Tom-Tom app can function without internet connection? Thanks for any replies.


title: How can I do ADB backup without PC?

text: I can backup with PC by "adb backup"command. But can I create backup file without using a PC somehow? Android device standalone.


title: How can I select the apps to sync when auto-sync is turned on?

text: When I turn on auto sync it sync all my accounts like Google, Twitter, Facebook, BBM etc. How can I set auto sync to sync only selected accounts so that only my Google or Twitter account will be sync?


title: Is there a default/stock sound recorder app?

text: In most of the Android phones sound recorder has a different look and feel and slightly different functionality. So is the sound recorder is a basic feature of all Android phones? Can I assume that it will be present in all Android phones or is it specially added by manufacturers and there might be a case where it may not present in some phone devices ?


title: Why is Google Keyboard incompatible with my HTC One X?

text: I am unable to download Google Keyboard from Google Play on my HTC One X. It displays message that `This app is incompatible with your device.` No other information is displayed. Android: 4.2.2 HTC Sense: 5.0


title: Android battery usage (3G, HSDPA and Edge)

text: In order to reduce battery usage I checked the `Use only 2G networks` from `Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks` on my Android. Then I noticed the `E` icon appeared instead of `H` on the network indicator in the notification bar. If I am not mistaken, `H` stands for HSDPA and `E` for EDGE and the HSDPA is a 3G technology. Now the question is: What is the relation/difference between 3G, HSDPA and EDGE? What is the best way to increase battery life between charges, but to maintain internet connectivity as well?


title: Problem in setting up google account - "couldn't open connection to server."

text: I had just installed custom ROM cynogenmod-9(ICS) in my S Plus device and now I am not able to add Google Account in my android device. It gives the following error message, > Couldn't finish   >  couldn't open connection to server. So, what is the problem? why I am getting such kind of error?


title: Install APK from external_sd

text: I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure this out. I've read that you can copy an APK file to the SD card and use the browser to activate the installer to install it with this: file:///sdcard/yourApp.apk (from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4268803/android-how-to-install-apk- from-sd-card) But, I cannot seem to get that to work with external_sd card. I've tried file:///external_sd/yourApp.apk I keep getting the following message: "Data connectivity problem - The Web page contains an error."


title: What limits a mobile phone to be upgraded to new Android version?

text: **What is the main reason that you can't upgrade your phone to new Android version?** Is it the lack of drivers, or simply hardware limitation? Are there other aspects?


title: Is there an application that allows fine tuning of what ringtone to play on Android?

text: I'm not very satisfied with phonebook's ringtone assignment: they disappear sporadically and sometimes fail to play (default ringtone is played instead). Ideally I want an application that do this:   1. Replaces usual phone ringtone player and listens for events.   2. When there is incoming phone call, it starts my script (in Python, for example) that takes phone number, phonebook name, current time, etc as input and provides ringtone name and volume as output, like this:              def incoming_call_ringtone(number, name, etc):         if not number.startswith("+375"): return ("ringtone_foreign.ogg", 100)         if name == "Mother": return ("ringtone_mother.ogg", 70)         if name == None: return ("ringtone_unknown.ogg", 70)         if name.startswith("work_"): return ("ringtone_work.ogg", 100)         return ("ringtone_default.ogg", 70)        3. Rings the specified ringtone. What application should I use? It's OK if it uses other language (or some other approach), but it should have _that_ flexibility.   * related: How to set special ringtone for all foreign numbers?   * related: Separate ringtone for calls from numbers not in the contact list?


title: My phone denies certain file types when sending from PC via bluetooth

text: My Samsung Galaxy Ace has the latest official CyanogenMod nightly. I have Windows XP, a bluetooth dongle, and bluesoleil drivers. I am able to send images and apk files from my pc to my phone. But when I try to send an epub file, or a 7z file, my pc says: "Access is denied. Please make sure you have the proper right to access the files or folders." So I tried to create a compressed file and instead of using 7z, I used .zip. And it was able to send it. So I'm positive that my phone has a list of allowed file types to be received. Is there any way to edit it? Thanks. PS: I tried declining a file (that successfully went through), and it gave the same access denied error on my pc. So I believe that my phone is automatically denying certain file types. Thanks.


title: Is there a way to detect that SMS text messages have been deleted, or is there a text message deletion history?

text: I don't know if this is possible, but is there a way to detect that SMS text messages were deleted on an android phone, specifically the Samsung Galaxy S4 phone, Android OS 4.2? I'm not looking to find the content of deleted text messages. I'm curious if you can, essentially, see a text message deletion history. For example, you deleted 5 text messages on this day from this person. Is this possible? Has anyone ever heard of something like this? I would appreciate any help. Thank you.


title: Getting Segmentation Fault on recovery

text: It's an Android 4.0.3. I'm trying to fix my tablet, because it doesn't start anymore. running `fastboot devices` returns nothing. Then, I'm trying to do that through adb. `adb devices` returns               List of devices attached     20080411        device      So I guess `adb` should be working, but when I try this I get a segmentation fault:               adb shell      recovery       I already tried many varations of button pressing on powerup, but nothing seems to work. Any idea on how to fix it?


title: How do I view only my phone contacts on my Motorola Milestone X2?

text: How may I view only my regular phone contacts and not have them sync to Gmail? I do not, and do not want to, use Gmail, nor do I want to have my phone contact list connected to it. I use separate apps for email. Fine, those work well. But...my carrier transferred my contacts from my old BlackBerry to my new Milestone X2, but once I registered for a "throwaway" gmail account (only to be able to use the app store) and unchecked the "sync" box, my phone contacts have disappeared. Is giving Google access to my phone contact list a requirement for using an Android device? If so, back to the store it goes. If not, how may I view my regular phone contacts?


title: How to improve image quality in Firefox when using Sprint Tethering?

text: Ever since I got my android, and switched to sprint, when I use Firefox, all of the images loaded are just horrible in quality, like almost to a point you can barely tell what it is. I hear that it has to do with the data provider, routing traffic through a proxy that modifies the HTTP header with some Javascript that compresses the images to preserve bandwidth. **EDIT:** I found the script. Used on EVERY page that is loaded, in the title:               <script src="http://1.2.3.4/bmi-int-js/bmi.js?version=1332944399"              language="javascript"></script>      _This is what I need to figure out how to block!_ When I hover my mouse over an image, it says "Shift+R improves the quality of this image, Shift+A improves the quality of all images on this page". So I try that and even that wont work for me. I wouldnt mind this if I could take care of the situation when I needed to by pressing those keyboard shortcuts (Shift+A/Shift+R) but since it doesnt work for me, I am kind of stuck on what I should do about it.. Is there anyway to get around this? or a way I can fix the keyboard shortcuts to actually work? Im a web developer so I kind of need my images to render correctly as I need to actually preview my layout and see if my pages are rendering satisfactory, but I can't do that if my images look like junk all the time. This happens on every page by the way, but I noticed it only happens to images that are embedded using the image tag `<img src=""></img>`, and it doesn't happen to images loaded via CSS. `.image { background-image: src="", etc; }`. Also I noticed the shortcut keys work on Firefox on Ubuntu 12.04 (just barely), but it is not working for me now in Windows 7. So is there a way I could go into the about:config and change some values to prevent this? or a counter script, or ever something on my phone that will prevent this? Any thoughts on this would be great, I would really greatly appreciate it. I mean its a nice feature, saves on bandwidth and all, but Its ridiculous just how bad the image quality can be, pixelated as can be, without a way to fix it.


title: How to use a logical disk partition as an SD card in Android-x86

text: Android-x86 4.0.4 (ICS) runs beautifully on my netbook and it can even mount USB sticks as SD cards, but now I would like to use an available hard disk space (logical partition, `/dev/sda7`) as a permanent SD card. Is this possible?


title: Duplicate Corporate Sync Account "Null"

text: My organization just switched to the Droid Razr Maxx, one of the phones is having an issue with adding a corporate sync email account. Whenever we try to add the account it says that it can't add because of duplicate account "Null". I don't see this "Null" account anywhere, so i can't seem to remove it. I'm not really sure what we can do, besides doing a reset and would only do that as a last course of action. We are running android version 4 and using office 365 exchange.


title: What is an "odex" app?

text: I saw an application (forgot the name) on my cousin's Galaxy Mini while inside Link2SD app. It has the **-Odex-** text beside its name. It was the only application like that on Link2SD. I got curious so I asked him but apparently, he doesn't know either which is why I'm now turning to here, what exactly is an "odex" app? Based on some googling, I got to the knowledge that it's some kind of broken down "thing" like its in separate pieces. They also talk about "deodexing" but they are always talking about **roms** and not **apps**. So as added question, how do I "deodex" that application? (I'm a bit OCD like that :P)


title: Why does my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc LT15a reboot itself and not even load the home screen?

text: I have Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc LT15a and suddenly the phone started to reboot itself. I'm assuming it's the memory is too low to load the OS main screen. Now, I have important data on the phone internal memory under the app called NoteEverything and I'm desperately trying to retrieve it somehow. Is there a way to start up the Xperia Arc in safe mode and delete some apps to free up memory? OR should I open the phone and disconnect some hardware maybe this will free up memory? How can I copy the ROM info which is the internal memory of the phone to another device or extra storage? What should I do, what do you suggest? I am willing to do the impossible to have it up and running so at least I get my data backup! p.s., I don't want to use the PC companion and delete my internal ROM coz it will delete everything and I don’t want this in the first place.


title: Is it possible to play sound in mono?

text: I'm in a workplace that only allows one headphone in. This makes some music pretty awful, only having one channel. I'd like to mix my audio into one channel, but this seems to be a bit more difficult than you would expect. I don't want to buy a paid app, and I'm playing music from my Google Music library, so alternate players aren't an option. Is there any way to do this digitally? I don't want to have to buy an adapter and have it sticking out of my phone, risking my headphone jack, just to play mono. I'm on a Droid X2 running CM9. I know some of the manufacturer ROMs had mono options, but it's not in stock Android or CM9.


title: Help to understand working of powerbutton and volume rockers

text: I want to understand the workings of power button and volume rockers in Android devices, which are associated with the kernel driver of these keys. What happens in the kernel driver and boot loader when I press a physical key on a device?


title: Charging inticator on battery showing always

text: In My Samsung Galaxy S duos 7562 the charging indicator is always shows as charging... but the phone is not connected with charger or PC. Can't able to enable the USB debug mode, the Error Shows the `usb is connected`. I have tried the following   * Factory reset    * Updated the latest software from samsung website using ODIN. Could any one help me to do fix this issue?


title: Moto E Not Starting Properly After Changing runtime to ART

text: I have recently bought a _MOTO E_ and it's working cool. Then I have enabled _Developer options_ and changed my runtime from _Dalvik_ to _ART._ Afterwards I restarted my device. I got the message saying _Android is upgraging._ After completeing the process I got exceptions like               unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped      Please help me how to get out of this problem. I am getting that message for around 10 times and mobile restarting once again.


title: Lost 3x4 Keypad After Upgraded to 4.3 jelybean

text: I have bought Galaxy Grand 2 last weak and I've updated Software version to 4.3. After Upgraded I lost my 3x4 keypad and XT9 option in my phone. How to recover it?


title: Can I prevent the Android 2.2 browser from inserting "www" at the beginning of URLS?

text: I'm loving my Android phone (Incredible) but I cannot stand when the browser automatically inserts "www" at the beginning of any URL I'm trying to type. I am a web developer and work a lot with sub domains (not to mention blind usage of "www" is bad practice) and it gets frustrating. Any ideas?


title: want to get my Droid back to stock, but don't want to reinstall apps

text: I foolishly rooted my Motorola Droid and fumbled around until I got Cyanogenmod 6.1.0-RC3-Droid installed on the thing. There's really no reason I should have done this, however. It didn't exactly solve my problems. Now, I have a few additional problems and would just like to get back to stock. My first question is this: What is the easiest way to just get this phone back to stock? Some posts talk about booting into recovery and just choosing factory reset - other posts say that isn't enough, etc. Second question: Can I use AppBrain to make the installation of all of my apps easier once I have the phone back to stock? I have 75 apps. I am hoping that I can just install AppBrain as the first app, then have it do the installs. Has anyone done this? Thanks. UPDATE: I bricked my phone. I'm stuck in a loop of "Droid" and the animated eye icon.


title: What is HuaweiOnlineUpdataService?

text: I have just seen this line in logcat:               I/ActivityManager(  235): Start proc com.huawei.updata for service com.huawei.updata/.service.HuaweiOnlineUpdataService: pid=24608 uid=10048 gids={2001, 3003}      on a HUAWEI U8150 IDEOS with Android 2.2. Any idea what is the goal of this `HuaweiOnlineUpdataService`?   Google has only 5 results for this term, with not enough information.


title: Whats the difference between cell phone and data radiation

text: Is cell phone and data/WiFi/LTE radiation the same thing? Or are they entirely different technologies? Are any of them dangerous? I ask because i use my phone a lot at night in bed and i look at my phone really close to my face when I'm lying down. I don't call but use LTE and WiFi mostly and I'm worried that it might be dangerous.


title: Touch Screen not working

text: I am using Samsung Galaxy Pro B7510. The problem is that my touch screen is not working sometimes. It has been like this for several weeks. I use Pin lock feature to unlock the phone and EZanswer Trial to attend calls. This is possible only because of the qwerty keyboard. Without which I would be doomed. Some times the touch screen starts working for some time and then, without a warning, it becomes not responding. No error messages are seen. This all started when after I upgraded it into GingerBread 2.3.6 and rooting . After seeing this problem, I downgraded into the stock rom, unrooted it, and everything. Not sure if its a software issue or hardware problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


title: Does encrypting an Android device add any real security benefit over a key-lock?

text: Would encrypting my Android device make my data any safer in case of theft? It seems to me that since the encryption key necessarily is identical to the PIN code or password used for the key-lock, gaining access to the phone data simply relies on recovering the PIN code or password or somehow bypassing the lock mechanism. And this applies regardless of whether encryption has been applied or not:   * _Without encryption_ an attacker must _unlock_ the device with the PIN code or password to access any data   * _With encryption_ an attacker must _decrypt_ the device with the same PIN code or password to access any data So encrypting the device or not does not seem to actually matter!? In either case the thief must recover the PIN code or password (or bypass the lock mechanism) to access the phone. Are there any scenarios when encryption actually provides added protection beyond the key-lock, considering the above? _Please consider the case of a factory default Android 4.4 KitKat device, that is not rooted, and that does not have developer options enabled._ _Note that I am not aiming to protect my data against people and organizations with extensive capabilities, like forensic and massive code-breaking tools. I'm simply wondering whether enabling encryption actually will really yield any added security against your average hobby hacker with skills in rooting etc._


title: EAS missing option for calendar sync

text: I have a Samsung Galasy S7392 with android 4.1.2. When seeting up an Exchange Active Sync (EAS), account, I do not have the option to sync the calendar. I only have the option to sync emails and contacts. If I setup a google account, the option to sync calendar is present. I have already did a factory reset, and firstly setup EAS, but same issue, calendar sync option is missing. I have tried my corporate account on Samsung Galaxy S2 and Samsung Galaxy Young, and calendar option is present. Other corporate account on S7392, the issue is the same, no option to sync the calendar. Any clue? Regards


title: Inbox showing date instead of time

text: My SMS inbox suddenly began to display the date instead of the time. Previously it has shown for example 18:54, but now it says OKT. 27 in the inbox. When I open a conversation it will now say 27/10/2013, 18:54, instead of just 18:54. How can I get it back to how it was?


title: contacts crashes sporadically

text: Sometimes, when I click on the phone icon on my Galaxy S3, it freezes for a second and then says that the app Contacts has crashed. Afterwards I can reopen contacts with no problem. This happens sporadically; sometimes it crashes multiple times in a day, sometimes it lasts a week without problems.


title: Charging Boot Loop on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

text: I have a rooted Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (p3113) that has worked fine for over a year. After draining the battery completely out (which I have done many times before), I plugged it in to find it stuck in a boot loop. When I plug it in over USB or a normal outlet, it shows a battery with a frozen spinning dial in the center. It then shows the same battery icon that starts animating and filling itself for about a quarter second, before shutting down and doing the same thing all over again. I can't boot in to recovery or download mode (It doesn't get to that boot stage before shutting down), and the only way to stop the loop is to unplug it. It almost seems like the act of showing the charging icon is depleting the small store of battery and making it turn off. It is not on long enough to be recognized by my computer and so I can't do anything with that (no adb or fastboot). Is there anything else that I can do to get it to boot to recovery or stop booting on charge altogether? Or is it now just useful as a paperweight?


title: How to decrypt your device?

text: I encrypted my device thinking it'd be an added security thing. But after encrypting I realize, I cannot use slide to unlock ! There's no option given in the settings that says decrypt the device. How do I go about it ?


title: I Need Help Getting Contacts from Broken Android!

text: My Huawei Mercury M886 fell out of my lap when getting out of the car and it got run over... Its not rooted. The screen is completely shattered off and I cant use the touchscreen or buttons so I cant get passed the lock screen. I was able to get about half my contacts from my back up in April on the wireless server from Cricket, and I don't use the Gmail back up and purposely did it that way. I plugged my phone into the computer but I cant access the phone at all since I have to choose the USB/Computer option from the phone itself. Anyone know of how I can get to them? They are not on the SD card either. I need a way to access the phone without using the touchscreen. Is there a way to sync the Android phone to PC without using the touchscreen? I don't have my phone password protected. It seems as though that the Android can do everything except retrieve information without using the touch screen...this is a HUGE problem...very impracticable for bad situations.


title: When I transfer files from computer using USB (MTP), I can't access them on device

text: Trying to set up my shiney new Nexus 7 (2013 edition) I used MTP to transfer files (music and ebooks) to the device from my Win7 PC. It seemed to work, but then when I ejected/disconnected the tablet, it registers that there is space being used in the folders, but doesn't show any of the files (when looking at Storage it says there's 600MB worth of stuff in the folder, but when I tab on it there's no files listed, and my music player and e-reader apps don't see anything either). What gives? Thanks in advance for your help!


title: Nexus 4: Is there a "surgical" way to retrieve data from storage?

text: Nexus 4 took a dive in the ocean (salt water) and now it is resting in a rice bowl. While we all hope for a seamless recovery, I understand all the corrosion niceties salt water brings to the party. However, the phone has unsynced pictures/videos that I'd like to retrieve. Connecting it via adb/usb/otherb is not an option of course, since it does not turn on. Is there a more intrusive/surgical way to get to the data? I don't mind soldering that storage out and connecting it to something that can read it.


title: how to run binary on non-rooted android phone?

text: I have cross-compiled a binary on Linux using the arm toochain. I uploaded the binary to a non-rooted andnroid phone. What do I need to do in order to run this binary on the non-rooted phone ? EDIT: I tried to run via terminal emulator, but I get the following error.               $ pwd     /mnt/sdcard/external_sd     $ ls -l hello     -rwxrwxr-x system   sdcard_rw     8420 2013-12-31 22:12 hello     $ ./hello     ./hello: permission denied     $


title: Disable constant annoying system updates on Samsung S4

text: Is it possible to disable these annoying system updates that Samsung S4 tells me all the time? It seems like there is a new notification every hour. My wife is more busy rebooting then using it. I already disabled it, at least I thought I did, but then they appeared again. Or do they get resetted when a new updated is installed? I don't mind doing this once a week or so, but not several times a day. So what are the exact settings that must be disabled, to get rid of this? And I don't mean the app updates from Google Play Store, I mean the OS updates.


title: Modifying CyanogenMod OpenSSH user folder

text: I tried using ssh-keygen in CyanogenMod 11, which uses openSSH. The default folder where `ssh-keygen` tries to store the key is set to `/data/.ssh/` which is owned by root. I know that I could store the key at another location, but this solves only part of my problem as I assume that `ssh` will check `/data/.ssh/` as well when trying to find a config file, which I need to configure key profiles for different server. Is there a way to change the folder ssh uses as a base folder to one of the users directories? Hacks like changing permissions on `/data/.ssh`, adding the user to the root group or even using ssh to start an ssh client session are not an option. Using `ssh -F file` is inconvenient as well. Is there a way to do this properly?


title: Selectively (permanent) mute some Whatsapp groups

text: I have many whatsapp groups, some are from old friends and one important one is by family members. Group Friends: The friends' group keeps buzzing and there are also some unwanted posts going around. I want to mute this one permanently, not leave it. I can keep touch with some old friends. Group Family: This is important and do not want to miss notifications. I understand many such requests may already exist, but I also wanted to know if there is a mod to Whatsapp which can help achieve this. Is there a solution. INFO: My phone is rooted, so I am comfy trying alpha/beta stuff as well, as long as it doesn't nuke the phone.


title: Can't update or unroot Droid Bionic, or reinstall deleted apps

text: Details: Running Android 2.3.4 System Version 5.9.905.XT875 I rooted my Droid Bionic using SuperOneClick. Stupidly, I didn't backup my ROM at any point before beginning to tinker with it. The only thing I did that required root access was freeze and delete some bloatware using Root Uninstaller. Every program that I froze or deleted, I first backed up. When an Android update (don't remember which one) was made available and I let it download and install, it simply said "The software update failed!" after rebooting. I went back to unfreeze/install every system app so that the phone was back to it's state before using Root Uninstaller, but two apps won't reinstall. Those apps are "SmartCarDock" and "Social Networking" (The APK is called FriendFeed). When I run the APK for each program, it just says "Application not installed". From what I've gathered from searching, my best guess is that it could be something to do with saved userdata that is preventing the system from installing an app that "should" be installed, but I have no idea where to start. I also am unable to unroot, presumably because of those two apps. I know this could have been prevented by backing up the ROM, but, well, I made a mistake. In general, I am asking because I want to update my Bionic to ICS, so if anyone has answers pertaining to that, all is helpful. Let me know if more details are needed!


title: Can I root my Nexus 5 without a custom image?

text: Is it possible ? So far I've found 2 images that would allow me to get root, either cloudfire or team win recovery project (twrp). I'm a little uneasy loading an unknown bootloader to my device. Or maybe some information beyond "run this program", "double click here" and such. I work as an embedded engineer so I like to know what I'm doing EDIT : Usually embedded devices have a 3 stage loading. First they execute hard code in ROM when power comes up. Then this code loads the boot loader, then this boot loader brings the actual linux kernel up. It is my understanding that I will be overwriting the boot loader with twrp. By image I mean a fully compiled binary that will overwrite what is already present. If it is not an "image" to you then fine, it is not. I want to know if it is possible to root the device without overwriting the default bootloader.


title: Is is safe to remove the stock email and calendar app on Cyanogenmod or AOSP?

text: Is it safe for me to remove the stock email and calendar applications on from Cyanogenmod ROM? I'm using Gmail and Google Calendar so I don't have need for the stock ones. I could simply disable them but if I removed them entirely, I might be able to save a bit on space on my system partition.


title: Bricked android karbon message ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD

text: My rooted karbon s5 android phone is showing "RESET FOR ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD" message on startup, I am unable to execute this solution (quoted below) because I dont have the Karbon S5 rom, also there are many techniques posted to unbrick the device and I am confused how to proceed with it, I have Windows 8 so how to solve this problem? > A linux distribution (Ubuntu) sys_boot.img > (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxJJ...tEMmFQZHM/edit) Follow the steps to > restore the sys_boot partition: > >   1. Connect your phone to a pc using the cable >   2. Install the drivers if necessary: > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...m%20Driver.rar >   3. Open your terminal >   4. Type "lsblk" (without the quotes). You should see a list, showing every > connected disk and partition. Look for a partition with a size around 50M. > This is the partition we need, so remember the corresponding name under the > 'NAME' column. It can be "sdc", "sdd" or "sde" followed by a number. >   5. Cd to the directory you placed sys_boot.img in cd [filename] >   6. Type "sudo dd if=/dev/NAME of=sys_boot.img bs=512 Replace NAME with the > name you got from lsblk, and press enter. The output should look something > like this: 3959420000 bytes (3866621 KB) copied, [ time spent], [KB/s] >   7. Remove the cable from your device, do a battery pull and try to boot > your device Normally, it should boot correctly. If you formatted the /system > partition too, you have to get into recovery mode by holding the upper > volume button while booting, until a red screen appears. > Another specific solution quoted here, which I cant implement as i dont have acronis which is a proprietary software: >   1. download the BOOTFILES AND acronis recovery image files >   2. download drivers that i attached(if u already have them.no problem) >   3. press power button and volume up button till u get "RESET FOR ENTRY > QSTP DOWNLOAD".Now connect the device to pc(windows os).install drivers if > asked. >   4. open acronis true image and select backup.now all the partitions are > shown in which are in ur system.uncheck all ur system related partitions and > select all the partitions of the device which are shown and finish the > backup(this step is for safety.u can skip this if u r confident on urself) >   5. now again open acronis true image and select recover.now select the > "Partition3sector_full_b1_s1_v1.tib" file that i attached.it will ask where > to recover. >   6. this is the important step and do it carefully..now u have to select > the partition which is of type FAT16 and has exactly 50 mb space. now open > advanced settings and select recover sector-by-sector and now click recover >   7. it will take around 4-5 mins and ask to reboot ur system showing like > it is compulsory to restart to complete the process. (NOW WE AGAIN BRICKED > OUR BRICKED DEVICE .DONT PANIC..CONTINUE..) >   8. so click restart.disconnect ur mobile and take out battery.dont insert > it.and now u open linux os >   9. after opening linux.first keep the battery and on ur device by pressing > power and volume down (carefull here.power+volume down) dont press colume > up. >   10. u mobile show a message "ENTRY FOR QPST DOWNLOAD".Now connect ur > mobile to the system.in linux u get all the partitions which are shown in my > computer. >   11. now open the drive which id of 50 mb or around 50 mb..if u open it u > can see a folder named image.. >   12. open the folder named "image".u can find two files named > "AMSS,AMSSHD".select these two files and delete.now extract the files from > BOOTFILES that i sent which exactly contains the files names as > "AMSS,AMSSHD".. COPY THESE FILES TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE U DELETED. >   13. after the copy is finished disconnect ur mobile.remove the battery >   14. reinsert the battery and now select power and volume up buttons.ha > ha.now u can see the green display of recovery.from here i think u pupil > know how to proceed > I tried the above methods but I am unable to get the list of partitions on my mobile, on the computer it is showing that the removable drive is corrupted and it needs to be formatted. I faintly remember that I had installed helium app for backup and it had super user access , i suspect problem created by this app. Also does a custom ROM update help in this? if yes please specify the best ROM for karbon s5, can I proceed installing kitkat on this bricked device?


title: "Low on space" message on an android tablet

text: I just got a Agptek 9" tablet. It's running android 4.04, ICS with 8GB storage and 512MB of RAM. It generally runs great. After a few days the tablet is getting a " _low on space_ " error message in the notification bar. In the storage area of settings, it shows over 800MB not used. Because of this error, it will not allow downloads, including updates and the tablet very runs slow. All downloaded apps have been moved to the SD card. All cache has been removed. The only software in the internal storage is android files and apps that came with the tablet, which can not be moved or removed. Yet, the notification bar shows " _low on space_ ". I did a " _factory data reset_ " and the problem was resolved for a while. But, the problem shorty returns. Can you give me assistance in how to fix this. Or steer me in the right direction for help.


title: High CPU usage from UEventObserver and inputmethod.latin (Nexus S)

text: I have kept my Google Nexus S up to date with the latest Android O/S since I've owned it and its always had performance problems to varying degrees. I'm currently running:               Android version: 4.1.2     Baseband version: I9023XXKI1     Kernel version: 3.0.31-g5894150     Build number: JZO54K     Uptime: 145:35:00      Currently the performance is particularly bad. The UI is generally very sluggish, apps can take a long time to open or switch, occasionally the home screen appears empty after switching away from a "big" app (e.g. Bad Piggies or Chrome) almost as if the shell had crashed and restarted. The performance seems to deteriorate the longer the phone has been without a reboot. There is a bug where the phone think its still charging after being unplugged. I am not sure if this is associated with the performance issue. I tried various performance monitoring apps but none of them told me anything useful. I finally installed a terminal emulator and ran the trusty top. Here are the results: ![top](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pOfq3.png) These two threads: com.google.android.inputmethod.latin and UEventObserver, appear to consistently be using high CPU. I have seem UEventObserver using as much as 40-50%. Regarding the inputmethod.latin I am assuming this is keyboard related but I am only using the standard Android keyboard so the high CPU usage is inexplicable. Any theories about what is going on? How can I fix these two threads that are hogging the CPU?


title: Set MP3 as ringtone on CyanogenMod 10

text: Without using a market app, how can I set a custom MP3 file as ringtone?   I've tried placing the MP3 in `media/audio/ringtones` and variations (e.g. `media/ringtones`), but the MP3 does not show in Settings->Sound->Ringtone. Thank you.


title: Can I have a "force close a specific app" shortcut on my screen?

text: My Google Chrome frequently hangs for no apparent reason. Application is active (responding), but tabs are blank and nothing loads... The only solution that I found is to go into `Settings -> Apps -> Google Chrome` and "force close" it. Then I re-open it, and it works OK again, for some time. I'd like to automate this manual "force close" process, e.g. I'd like to have a shortcut on my screen that terminates Chrome for me. Any other easy way to close Chrome is acceptable too. My device is Asus Transformer, rooted.


title: LED wont turn off

text: After receiving a message the LED was blinking for notification. After reading the message, the LED shines in dark blue and wont go into previous state, i.e. turn itself off. I tried to restart the phone, remove battery, but nothing helps. Please, how can I make the LED not to light? (Galaxy Nexus, 4.0.2)


title: Can I mark read SMS messages as unread in 2.2?

text: I've just switched to a Samsung Galaxy Europa from a push-button Sony Ericsson K660, and already I'm finding a few features in the old device that I'm missing in the new one. For example, sometimes when I read a text message, I'd prefer to reply to it later. On the K660 I'd read the message, then return back to the inbox listing and mark the message as 'unread'. This adds the envelope icon back on the taskbar, and renders the message title in bold, so I know to respond to it later. However some research on the web doesn't turn up much, and I wonder whether this isn't included in the stock messaging application. I'm running version 2.2. Any ideas?


title: Voicemail indicator won't go away

text: On my Atrix running 2.3.6, there is a permanent icon in my notification bar saying that I have unread voicemail. I understand that this icon is flagged on the SIM card itself: sure enough, if I pop the SIM card into another phone, the icon shows up there too. How do I get rid of it? I've tried every suggestion on Google, which amounts to leaving myself a message and then deleting it, or calling customer service. The only kosher method of getting rid of it is to have my carrier send me the special SMS that clears the icon, which is normally sent when you listen to your messages (but it's not happening for me). Customer service reps seem to have no idea what this means so I can't get them to manually send that SMS. For what it's worth, I'm on Rogers in Canada (but my Atrix is running the AT&T build of Android). Some versions of Android allegedly have a "Clear voicemail indicator" setting, but I have no such thing. If it's possible through executing code on the Android, then:   * Has someone written an app to clear it from the SIM card? I can't find anything, but I can't imagine something like that would be allowed on the market since it would use hidden libraries.   * Does anyone have experience writing apps that use hidden libraries and can point me in the right direction? I've been able to follow tutorials that set up an Eclipse environment for compiling apps that use hidden libraries, I just have no idea where to start with the SIM card stuff. If not, then do I just have to live with it? EDIT: Using standard carrier voicemail, not Google Voice.


title: How can I set up email (mostly yahoo) so that no matter which device I delete an email on, it will be deleted on the other?

text: I finally switched to Android from Apple, and I've tried setting the email account as both premium and not, and it either stays independent when deleted (not deleted on the server), or it's just downloaded again. K-9 seems to make them stay independent, but there's a lot of settings. Is there anything I can do so that if I delete a message on either the mail site or the app, it will be deleted on the other? Basically, if you're aware of how the mail app works on the iphone, etc, I want it to behave like that. EDIT: I found out how to do it in K-9 (change the 'when i delete a message' setting), but is there a way to do it stock?


title: Bluetooth error on my Nexus S

text: I have a Nexus S phone, GingerBread 2.3.5. When I start my phone, or try starting Bluetooth, it gives me an error saying: 'Application Bluetooth Share(process com.android.bluetooth) has stopped unexpectedly.' Iam given only two options, Force close, and Report. The exception is a Null pointer exception, and the source file is Parcel.java. How do I solve this problem?? Also, I get a message saying I can update my phone to ICS 4.0.4. If I update, will that get rid of the Bluetooth problem??


title: Is the kernel flashed automatically from CWM?

text: By this, I mean, while flashing a firmware (update.zip) from ClockworkMod recovery, is boot.img also flashed or do I need to use fastboot separately?


**Goal:**   Converting a person's voice to another person's voice when you are talking with somebody with the cell in real-time. For instance the sender is a male but his voice will be converted into a female voice. How can I transform/convert my voice while making a call?


title: Android 4.04: Default Silent Mode to Mute

text: I just upgraded Galaxy S2 (Epic 4G Touch) to Android 4.04. In the previous version, I could change the Default Silent Mode to Mute instead of Vibrate in the Sound settings. I believe this was under Vibrate settings; this could be changed to Never. In this version, if I hold down the power button and choose Silent Mode it always goes to Vibrate mode instead of Mute. I can change the setting to Mute by going into the Sound settings, but it is much faster to hold down the power button (particularly when the phone is locked). Any thoughts?


title: Do apps that claim to increase SD card performance really work? Strain on card?

text: I was recommended an app today that supposedly increases the r/w cache on the SD card. By default it's set to 128kb. I'd imagine this works in a similar fashion to a BufferedReader (in java). My questions are:   * Does this really work as advertised? Will I see increased I/O performance?   * What effect, if any, does this have on the SD card? Can it cause premature failure? Below is the Android Market description for **SD Speed Increase** : > ## SD Speed Increase > > This application allows you to make more powerful the using of SD Card. This > is changing a parameter in a file system (thus the need of Root access) that > manages the size of the cache on the memory card. By default, this value is > set to 128 (kb) but it was found that changing this value in 2048 (kb), the > performances are optimized, making read-write on our external memory faster. > Many thanks to brainmaster, XDA Member that discover this. Note that if you > reboot/turn off your device, you lose the setting that you did, so you can > click on the dedicated box to allow this app to set on every boot the value > that you choose. > > This function may be not work. _Device: ZTE Blade. Rooted and running CyanogenMod 7.0_


title: How can I fix Android Market app's "Allow Automatic Updating" checkbox after it hid?

text: I ran into a really weird problem (bug?) In Android Market, when looking at a specific application's info, the first area in the lower white half of the screen is " **Updates** ", containing "Allow Automatic Updating" check-box. When I try to click on the check-box and miss even a little, the whole area containing the check-box **disappears** completely (the next "My Review" area becomes top-most). I can not seem to get back the area for that app, even after reloading its info, or even killing Market app.   1. Is this a bug? A design feature?   2. How can I get back the Update checkbox-containing area from wherever it's hiding? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nBd03.jpg)


title: How to disable limit of pattern attempts to unlock Android 2.1 device?

text: My unlock pattern is long and secure. I don't want to wait for 30 seconds when I try to enter it inaccurately (it is tricky), also I don't want it to be blocked after 20 tries. How to make it to accept patterns ad infinum? (I have the root access)   * Tried NoLock - it disabled the screen completely.   * Tried SkipLock - it behaves the same as standard pattern screen. Are there applications for alternative locking? Mat be there is one where you enter digits instead of patterns (without attempt counter, of course). Ideal lock screen for me: 16 buttons (plus "Emergency call") which I press without any indication. When the password occurred as substring the device is unlocked. Example: password: "59B13F", I press: "59159595B13F **59B13F** and it is unlocked. Without even the need for erasing mistyped password, can just type and re-type fast and carelessly.


title: How to properly charge a Lithium Polymer battery

text: My battery is Lithium Polymer. I want to ask the following:   1. Is a Li-Po battery essentially the same as a Li-Ion battery?   2. Can I use my phone while it's charging?   3. I've read that you have to calibrate your Li-Ion battery by emptying the battery then charging it. Does this apply to Li-Pos too?   4. Is it okay to not fully charge to 100% and just charge whenever I can, wherever I can?


title: How to upgrade Android 2.3 to 4.0 on ARM 11 based Tablet?

text: I have tablet which has a **IAMPX200** Processor and a **M718** Main Board. The current OS is **Android 2.3** , and I want to upgrade it to **Android 4.0**. Is it possible? If yes, please give any suggestions.


title: Is it possible to connect a Android phone display to a TV or PC Monitor?

text: Is it possible to make the display on a Android phone to a TV or a PC Monitor? What are the methods that I can connect the Android phone to a TV (e.g. plasma TV) or a PC Monitor and then modify some configuration in the phone so that the display will be shown in the TV or the PC Monitor screen?


title: Use speakerphone mic (i.e., high gain) while headphones are connected

text: With a Galaxy Note 2, when answering a call with headphones (but not a headset) connected, the audio output goes through the headphones and the inbuilt microphone works as though it were a normal call (so it's too quiet when it's a few inches away). When I switch to speakerphone, it ignores the headphones entirely and audio output switches to inbuilt speaker. Basically, I'd like to talk to people with my phone on my desk and a pair of conventional headphones.


title: ro.custom.build.version is not changing at phone info

text: I am trying to change ro.custom.build.version but this particular change is not propagated to the resulting build.


title: Custom sort the notebooks in Evernote

text: The notebooks in Evernote seem to be arranged in alphabetical order. Is there any way to arrange the notebooks in another order, or maybe custom sort/arrange the notebooks?


title: Using Jorte, how can I see which Google Calendar an event is associated with?

text: Galax-S (Vibrant), Android 2.1, Jorte 1.2.5 I'm using Jorte (a replacement calendar app). How do I see which Google Calendar a specific event is associated with? Note that this is while viewing an existing event, not creating a new event. When creating a new event I see the Calendar selection combo box just fine. Thanks!


title: Can rooting be the cause of battery drainage?

text: Its been three weeks I have `rooted` my phone. I have installed a lot of apps using `link2sd` on external sd card. I have noticed that since the rooting, the battery goes down very fast. 80% of charge goes down to below 40% overnight when on stand-by (without any data/wifi connection). Can the root be cause for that? It hasn't been even a year I bought that phone. **Note** : I am using `android 2.3.6` and `juicedefender` for improving battery usage.


title: Shortcut of end the call

text: This might seem a foolish question but I'm facing this basic issue on my Samsung Galaxy Y Duos (android 2.3.6). This is my first Androide device and using it only since a week and a basic issue is ruining my Android experience. While on call, if I press home button by mistake (Habit of last mobile), call minimize to top bar. This is specially painful when I need to cancel the call in urgency and I found call is minimized to taskbar, which then take considerable time to open the call and end it. **Is there any way to end the call immediately (shortcut) or at the least prevent the call to minimize during call.** Most basic and primary purpose of phone is to make/receive calls. I'm sure android must have taken care of that but its frustrating for me not to find that basic function.


title: Using Calendar while calling

text: Can I access the phone calendar whilst on a call on a Samsung GT i8500. If so, how?


title: Does Chrome Mobile on ICS support extensions?

text: I saw Google just released the beta for a mobile Chrome browser. They say they brought all the features over from the full browser, or at least they want to. Does anyone have an ICS device with the beta Chrome on it and can confirm if they support the extensions?


title: Android custom factory apps

text: I want to protect my phone in case of stolen, so i want add an app which will install after factory reset. I have root acces. I want to that app be automatically installed, and factory reset won't remove it. What do i need to do?


title: Are mics on Android phones with Android 4.3 always registering sounds? Religious question for Shabbat

text: Hi I am Jewish and on Shabbat we are forbidden from creating even the tiniest electrical spark. I recently noticed that on my laptop the mic was always listening and I could see the little green bar register sounds when I spoke, so I turned it off during Shabbat. I use my phone as a white noise machine with an app for that, so I am wondering if I have an HTC rezound and also a Samsung Note II, will the mic on those phones have the same thing where the mic will always be listening and registering sounds, or when I am not using a call or voice recognition feature will it be truly "Off"?


title: How to get specific contact's "+1" Play Store applications list?

text: I would like to get list of **"+1"** Play Store applications of **specific contacts**. Are there any ways to do this?


title: Incorrect data shown in calendar and incorrect today

text: Recently, my Google Agenda started show completely wrong data :   * In planning view, "Today" (9th) is showing in front of yesterday (8th), "yesterday" in front of the 7th which is 2 days from today, and "Tomorrow" in front of today (9th) !   * Every event is showing one day before, but the date shown under the title of the event is correct. I means that all events planned the tomorrow the 10th are displayed the 9th, which is still marked "tomorrow" but is today ! If I open the event, the date is correct. This is completely nonsense.    * Everything displays correctly in month and week views. Today is april 9th.    * Everything is OK on my other phone, and on the web version.  Here are some screenshots (taken on april 9th, 06:22 PM, UTC+1) : ![Planning View](http://i.stack.imgur.com/UL6oU.png) ![Week View](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rNIEu.png) ![Month View](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Zc0J6.png) What I already tried :   * Remove Google account calendar sync, setting back, forcing calendar sync   * Rebooting my phone   * Uninstalling Google Agenda app, and reinstalling   * Using another calendar apps (they all acted the same !)   * Emptying cache   * Emptying Dalvik cache I only found one guy with the same problem : Here My device : Samsung Galaxy Nexus, with CyanogenMod 11 M2, Android 4.4.2 Any idea what I'm missing here ?


title: I get an application error 919 when updating Chrome. How to proceed?

text: While updating Chrome, I repeatedly get the following error:               Unknown error code during application install: "919"      This is on a Wolfgang AT-AS43D4, running stock 4.1.2. I have about 100 MB free space in my app storage. This happens both on WiFi and on 3G, so the top answer to this question is not applicable.


title: Install google APPs in Nexus7 with Cyanogenmod already installed

text: A few days ago, I installed the latest Cyanogenmod (version 11) on my Nexus 7. When I booted it up, I discovered that all the Google Apps were gone. I downloaded a `.zip` file from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps but now I'm stuck. I don't know how to install it. I extracted it and I do see a lot of `.apk` files, but there's much more stuff in there (`system/` directories and whatnot). The question is: Once I have that `.zip` file, how do I install the Apps (without blowing up my Nexus, if possible). I've found some results on google, but (AFAIU) all the methods I found explain how to install the Google Apps while installing Cyanogenmod, which is not my case. Newbie here! Don't hit me too hard, please **:-D**


title: Old emails getting deleted on Note3

text: My old emails are getting deleted somehow. I tried deleting the account and setting up the email again but it just doesnt load any of the old emails. This however works fine on my laptop which means alls well with the server. Someone please help


title: Romdump via Ubuntu

text: So I'm teaching myself linux and android deving, far away still but slowly but surely getting there. Anyway, I'm trying to push the romdump to my device via Ubuntu 13.10 via this code               adb push romdump /data/local     adb shell cmod 04755 /data/local/romdump     adb shell /data/local/romdump      From this point, it should run the tool and dump the rom. The device is already root full. Any help would be appreciated. Also, Ubuntu is being ran on a Virtual Machine.


title: How to disable Apollo program in Cyanogenmod

text: How do you stop the Apollo music app in Cyanogenmod 11 from launching whenever you unlock your phone's screen? No matter how I left my phone, after I unlock it, it **always** brings up Apollo, and its driving me nuts. I can't find any option to disable this "feature" (other than disabling the entire app itself in settings).


title: Notification Area Icons

text: Ad Block FAQ > How can I make the icon in the notification area go away? > > We hear you, the icon is a bit annoying. But right now, it has to be there - > otherwise > the Android system will just stop the app, and it won't be able > to block ads anymore. > We have added an option to hide it - this is the > best we can do. This Question on Avast Forums says: > Android stops services that are not "necessary". The icon avoid it. My question: With AdBlock, Avast and other "services" running, the bar remains "full". Even if you "hide" the icons (like is available in AdBlock), it results in blank spaces that sully the look (First world problem I know). You can Disable the icon with Avast but it warns you of the obviously impending doom that can possibly maybe descend on you (`The icon helps Avast! protect your device better. Are you **SURE** you want to turn it off?`) I'd like to be able to disable these without the fear of Android killing said service. With 4.3 and 4.4, are there any new options to remove those icons without fear?


title: Control Android TV with Android Phone

text: I have a new tv that has Android 4.0.3 installed. I would like to control the Android system on the TV from my Android based phone. I have tried the following applications. XBMC - Has a great remote and good interface but I would like to control the whole Android sytem not just an application. DroidMote - Has a server application that will only run as root. (Yes I could root the TV but that's effort) TeamViewer - Only offers remote control through view and click. I understand that sending keypresses and control the Android system may require root due to the need to interface with the Android system but I'm sure there would be a way to do this without root and Android to Android should be very compatible. Suggestions?? Specs Android - Phone http://i.imgur.com/ZhEKh.png Android - TV http://i.imgur.com/quPrq.jpg


title: How do I set my contact picture for text messaging with my Huawei Fusion?

text: I have a Huawei Fusion and I have been trying to find out how to change the grey Android picture into my own personal one. I have had no luck finding out how to on the internet. Help would be greatly appreciated.


title: A better way to take screenshot in Galaxy S 2.2?

text: In Galaxy S with Froyo installed, you can take a screenshot of your phone by holding the back button and tapping the home button. However, this involves the back key, and a lot of application close when you press or hold the back button. Is there a way to get around this? It's a nice addition, but there is no point really if the only thing you can take screenshot of is the main menu, the desktop, and some very few application that doesn't close when you hold the back button.


title: Internet over mobile-data while connected to WLAN network

text: I have a WLAN network that is not connected to the internet. There is a DHCP server on that network and that assigns its clients an IP and subnet mask, but no default gateway. When I connect to this network on an android device mobile data will automatically be disabled, so that the device will loose internet connectivity. Most operating systems, when they are connected to multiple networks use the fastest connection that has a default gateway to connect to IP outside its respective subnet. However Android doesn't seem to get to that stage, because once it connects to a wi-fi network, it will disconnect the mobile-data - to save battery power, presumably. It doesn't care to check if there is gateway on the wi-fi network. Is there a way to disable this "feature" of disconnecting mobile data when a wi-fi is connected? Or better: is there a way to prevent disconnecting mobile data when the wi-fi has no default gateway? Thank you in advance.


title: HTML5 geolocation does not work with GPS in stock browser

text: I am using a Motorola XOOM2 ME with Android 3.2.2. Location settings are: no Wifi as source, but GPS as source enabled. Browser is allowed to access location. If I go to maps.google.com in the Android stock browser, Google Maps cannot get a location. If I go to maps.google.com in Opera Mobile, Google Maps can get a precise location. If I enable Wifi as a location source, Google Maps can get a location in the stock browser but it is very imprecise. Using GPS status the GPS itself seems to operate fine. What could be going on here? I am really out of ideas. TIA.


title: IR Remote in English for huawei honor 3 outdoor?

text: How can I use the IR Remote app built into the Huawei honor 3 outdoor? The app that comes with the mobile is in Chinese so I can't use it. I have tried some apps in the App store for the Galaxy s4, but none seemed to work or detect the IR on the huawei honor 3 outdoor. Is there some other way I can use it with an English-language interface?