title: SSH (and SFTP) server on Android discoverable through avahi/bonjour

text: I would like for my Android device (a Samsung Galaxy) to be discoverable through avahi/bonjour when it is connected to a WiFi network, and then to be able to access its filesystem via SSH (SFTP). For me, that's a familiar and convenient way to access various devices in my local network: to discover their SSh service via avahi/bonjour (not to have to deal with IP addresses), and to ssh to them. I would use this way for my GNU/Linux systems (like Ubuntu). Is there free (= libre -- because I appreciate the freedom of hacking) software for Android that would implement this, namely:   * avahi/bonjour support for Android, so that the Android device would be reachable by name in the .local domain (instead of just by its IP address);   * and an SSH server with support for publishing itself through Avahi/bonjour (mdnssd).


title: ADB restore isn't working

text: I think there are a lot of this type of questions but I have a new (for me and can't find it anywhere) problem with the `adb restore` command. I created an `adb backup -apk -shared -all` and it looked like it worked and I think it did because the size is 6 GB. Well I made this from Android L Preview because I wanted to downgrade because of the bugs (I hope they fix them) and when I try to restore it on Android KitKat 4.4.4 it is not working, the `adb shell logcat -s BackupManagerService`returned this when I tried to make a full restore: `I/BackupManagerService( 758): Beginning full restore... D/BackupManagerService( 758): Starting restore confirmation UI, token=1224340204 D/BackupManagerService( 758): Waiting for full restore completion... D/BackupManagerService( 758): acknowledgeFullBackupOrRestore : token=1224340204 allow=true D/BackupManagerService( 758): Sending conf message with verb 10 I/BackupManagerService( 758): --- Performing full-dataset restore --- I/BackupManagerService( 758): Initiating bind of OBB service on com.android.server.BackupManagerService$FullBackupObbConnection@437913f8 I/BackupManagerService( 758): OBB service connection com.android.internal.backup.IObbBackupService$Stub$Proxy@43ad7c48 connected on com.android.server.BackupManagerService$FullBackupObbConnection@437913f8 W/BackupManagerService( 758): Wrong header version: 3 W/BackupManagerService( 758): Invalid restore data; aborting. I/BackupManagerService( 758): Full restore processing complete. D/BackupManagerService( 758): Full restore pass complete.` Is there a fix for this? Or another way to restore this information? The backup is encrypted but there is not an error of a wrong password and I am pretty sure it's the correct password. Thank you for your time and I hope you can help me solve this.


title: In Android Is it possible to access the physical layer of 2G/3G to transmit voice/data

text: I wanted to make an walkie talkie app in android, i know there are a lot of apps like these but they use the Wi-fi or they are just web services. But if we want to like transmit voice/data on 2G/3G frequencies, is there an option in android ? or "is it even legal ?" considering it will be a short range transmission. i know that 2G/3G are not device-device communication systems but if we can directly access the physical layer of 2G/3G(the transmission hardware) of the phone then we can transmit data through it.


title: How to remove a decrypted Androis 4.1 phone?

text: I tried out encrypting the phone, but now I want to decrypt it, so I can use again pattern to unlock. How can I do this without resetting the phone?


title: How to remove downloads

text: On my Nexus 7, I see in Storage that Downloads are taking 50.56 MB. I tap Downloads and then see "No items". How do I remove these 50 MB?


title: YouTube no longer available for old Android 2.2 devices?

text: I unrooted my HTC Desire today and restored the stock ROM image, recovery image, etc. It's running Android 2.2.2 now. I noticed that the YouTube app is broken. I can run it, but it complains about not having Internet access, even though WiFi is working perfectly fine and I can surf the web. It also shows no video content, not even video titles, nothing. I have received the Play Store (came with Android Market app) and I have successfully updated apps like Maps, Facebook, etc. but I can't see any update available for YouTube. I can't even locate the YouTube app. If I visit the Play Store on my desktop PC I can locate the YouTube app, it's right here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube I can't push install it from the desktop, because it says it's not compatible. > This item is not compatible with your device. ![a](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3NtwNt.png) So does this mean that users who are stuck with an old device, and with older version of Android, are not able to use many of the Google apps such as YouTube? IMHO, it should still be possible to download an older version of any given Android app, one that works with that particular Android version and device. This has always been the Achilles heel of Android, since its inception. Once you go up, to a newer version of an app, be it Google app or some other app, you can't go back. But Google apps especially, should be made to work with older versions of Android, and users running old versions of those apps, such as YouTube, should be able to use the service without running into errors. In case the service has changed so much that it's no longer compatible with the old app version. The service should be developed to keep backward compatibility with old app versions. Look at how the Play Store can be offered, installed, and run on old Android 2.2.2. I can even buy movies and music, despite this being an old device with limited storage space. Why can't they make YouTube work on old Android devices as well?


title: Is there any equivalent of Tegra 3's "-1" low-power core in Qualicomm's S4?

text: One of the reasons I greatly desired my next phone to be a Tegra 3 "4+1 cores" device was the (somewhat less advertized) 5th low-power core designed to prolong battery life by running low-power processes (e.g. email checking etc...). Is there anything equivalent in Qualicomm's Snapdragon S4 that all the phone manufacturers use in US phones due to Tegra3 not having LTE? P.S. In this question I'm not asking whether Tegra 3 is overall more power efficient than S4 is (I'm aware that lower-nm die process of S4 makes it more power efficient overall). I'm specifically asking if the S4 processor/chipset has a feature of dedicated lower-power core/processor for lower-requirements and background tasks.


title: Most links don't directly retrieve me to the android App

text: I am wondering about retrieving a link address, that can be found on a web page, into the downloaded app on smartphone. For instance, if I find a Facebook link within a website, the actual page will pop-up, that requires me to insert my credentials again, rather than transferring me to the singed Facebook app on my smartphone. Please note that my smartphone device type is Galaxy Note |||. Are there some solutions or app that can help fix this headache?


title: Why there is no Calendar sync Option on android 4.2.2? (Lenovo A850)

text: I can't find the sync option for calendar in my new Android 4.2.2 phone. There is every other option such as: Gmail, Google+, Contacts and so on but no calendar! Can somebody help me to make it work? By the way, I have rooted my phone. Thanks.


title: Google TV vs Android TV vs Chromecast

text: Can someone write or link to a clear comparison of all of Google's TV products? I have the original Logitech Revue, I have a Chromecast dongle, and now there is Android TV. What are the use-cases of each? Why 3?


title: Can I use a Pebble with CyanogenMod

text: I can't seem to find an answer to this question using my favourite search engine. Is it possible to use a Pebble watch with an Android phone running CyanogenMod, assuming that it is possible to install the Pebble App via an APK file? I'm wondering whether anyone has got this working, or knows that it definitely won't work because CyanogenMod does not include 'features' which are in the normal Android operating system it's expecting to be there. I can provide more information about which specific phone and CM version if this is necessary to answer the question.


title: Root Nook Color without removing Nook OS

text: I have a Nook Color 1.3.0 and a Mac OS X computer. I have a microSD card with ClockworkMod and such for installing the Android OS, but I would like a solution that would allow me to root so that I don't need Honeycomb or ClockworkMod to install and run things from the Market. At the very least a terminal emulator would do. Can anybody help me out?


title: No GPS reception on Asus Slider SL101

text: I am the owner of an ASUS SL101 tablet, runing Android 4.0 (ICS). Using the "GPS Test" app, I cannot get any GPS signals, even when standing outside for extended periods of time. I have a standalone GPS that has no problems getting GPS signals under the smae conditions. Is this a harware or software issue, and is there any way to get any reception on the tblet? One of the tablet's primary purposes was to be a GPS, and at the moment the function is completely useless. Help is much appreciated.


title: VPN software to connect to a Remote Access Server

text: I have a Galaxy S2 from Virgin Mobile. My home network is Windows Server 2012. I'm using RAS to connect to my home network from other locations on a Windows 8 laptop. I have several SharePoint sites within my home network that I'd like to test from my phone. Most of the software I find on Google Play when searching VPN is to mask my browsing history or act as a proxy server. I'd like to VPN into my network from my phone. I also have a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 wi-fi router, but I'd rather only use that if it's my only option. Doing some searches seems to say that Android is not supported for that router anyway. What free or paid software can I use that doesn't require my phone being rooted? If my only option is to root, what's the best ROM for my phone? Then.. What free or paid software is best for a rooted phone? Thanks!


title: razr_blade_linux.zip md5sum

text: I was trying to root my device but unfortunately http://cmw.cmfs.me/razrblade is down. I've found what seems to be a copy online but I'd like to make sure it is the same before I trust it to modify the phone. Does anyone have a copy on hand and can tell me the md5sum or some other checksum? Thanks.


title: Is there a simple offline contacts manager for android?

text: I don't want to sync all my contacts with my Google account. I would like to just keep my contacts on my phone and back it up myself. I have disabled contacts syncing in the accounts settings on my phone, but when I try to add a new contact through the 'Contacts' app, it tells me that my new contact will be synchronized with my google account.


title: How to securely/permanently delete sensitive information on a Galaxy S5?

text: My S5's screen died about a week ago and as a result the phone will be getting swapped. It has some pretty sensitive information on it (such as numbers, credit card info, photos, etc.) that I want to get rid of:permanently. Lately I've been overwriting the internal memory using "dd if=/dev/urandom of=/sdcard/junkfile" in ADB and was wondering if this would be enough to make sure my data is gone for good. I've also wiped it about 5 times.


title: All my songs play in less than a second on my Galaxy S3

text: I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 and transferred some songs over using Kies. When I try to play them they don't play properly, and seem to play through at ultra high speed. The whole song seems to play through in less than a second (so it sounds like a high pitched yelp). Is there a way to fix or troubleshoot this?


title: Change combined inbox account colors

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.   I have 3 email accounts set up in the email client and I would like to change the colors assigned to each of the accounts.   Is it possible? I haven't been able to find any setting to do it. In this question they say it's not possible in Android 2.2, but how about 4.1?


title: How to set high resolution on external monitor?

text: I have Samsung Galaxy S3. I connect my phone to 29 inch monitor using HML + HDMI wires. Also I connect it to Apple bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse. I get a very nice experience of Desktop. However S3 has maximum resolution of 1280x720 which does not give a nice look on big monitors. I have following questions:   * Can I extend my monitor screen from mobile screen so I can drag and drop apps from one to another?   * Can I change resolution of apps running on my monitor to higher than 1280x720. Thanks Note: External monitor does not have touch functionality.


title: How can I do factory reset on Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab?

text: After more evidence of my son breaking into my tablet (darned 11-year-old... going to be a true Social Engineer hacker, if I can't get through his thick head that he'll lose all computer privileges...), I changed the password this morning... and can't remember it now. Unfortunately, after multiple failed password attempts, IT IS NOT ASKING FOR MY GOOGLE LOGIN TO UNLOCK. I don't seem to be able to get to the "failsafe" unlock mechanism any more, and so am looking to do a complete factory reset. I've seen instructions to hold down the Volume-Up + Power buttons to initiate this (remember, I can't log in, so I can't do this from settings.) All that happens is that the tablet goes into a mostly-blank screen showing what is probably a newly-opened box, and a blinking Android that says "Downloading...". I let it sit for close to two hours in this state, and nothing. It did respond to a power-down from here, but just came back up to the password login. What am I doing wrong? (Apart from choosing such a simple password as 10 U/L/num characters... obviously not sufficiently complex...). Brian


title: What exactly happens when I use Kies to perform a "Firmware upgrade and initialisation"?

text: I bought an unlocked Telstra Samsung Galaxy S3 4G, and it's loaded with some Telstra software. I wanted to get rid of those, so I loaded up Kies and it gives me the option to perform a "Firmware upgrade and initialisation". I don't want it deleting everything off my phone and I don't want to do anything to my phone to mess with it so I wanted to be absolutely certain I understood what would happen. I tried googling this subject but couldn't find any useful information. Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me a detailed, clear and concise answer.


title: PPTP VPN Error 807 through Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

text: Recently I noticed when my laptop (Windows 8) connects to the Internet through Android Portable Wi-Fi hotspot (Nexus One running stock 2.3), it can't connect to my company's PPTP VPN (resulting a 807 error). But if my laptop connects through USB tethering, it connects to the VPN just fine. Has any one experienced similar issues?


title: fastboot not finding SPH-L720 on Linux

text: This is with Ubuntu 13.10 on the host and a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 SPH-L720. When in normal mode, 'adb devices' finds my phone. I do 'adb reboot bootloader' to reboot my phone into bootloader mode. 'fastboot devices' comes back empty. 'sudo fastboot devices' also comes back empty. I have setup the udev rules file accordingly (replaced my real login with myuser)               ~  cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules          SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666", GROUP="myuser"      lsusb returns the following (fyi, the device is an S4, not an S2)               Bus 002 Device 006: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)      I've read a ton of articles on this and I can't get this working. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


title: Prestigio Multipad USB debuging

text: I am having troubles with Prestigio Multipad PMP3370B. I enabled USB debuging in Settings, but when I plug in my device to a computer and start adb devices, it does not recognize it. Does anybody have any similar issues? I am using Windows 7. Where can I find Windows driver for that device?


title: Google Books in Android emulator

text: Has somebody been able to run Google Books in the emulator? I've installed this app, but when I run it, the only thing I get is a "Google Accounts" - "0 accounts" banner, with the rest of the screen in black. I've configured the e-mail in the "device" with a Google account, and it works sending and retrieving messages. I really hope this is a noob question with a really simple answer. For the moment, I don't know what the Books app is expecting or where's it looking for that Google account. Thanks! =)


title: Required to Reboot my Android Device Every Week?

text: When I got my first Android phone (the rugged HTC Inspire), I was told that I should restart the device every week. The rational, which made sense at the time, was that it's a small computer and every computer needs a soft reset, right? Over time, my phone needed it from continual app crashes but it took forever to do so. Overall, it did help to restart I've recently upgraded to the HTC One and, from what I can tell, I don't need to restart this thing every week. It's run for a couple weeks on end without problems (one app-hangup what wasn't fixed with a restart) and although my usage isn't intensive, it's getting heavier. Is it a good idea to restart my Android device after a certain period of time or does it not do anything at all. I'm not so much worried about harming the device but just keeping all of my info current without needing to open up half-dozen apps every time. EDIT: Sorry if this comes as a duplicate question. I tried looking around for other answers but my particular question related to normal/periodic rebooting not related to a slow-down of the OS or other apps. Most questions regarding rebooting of an Android device revolved around either a slow OS or apps hanging and not necessarily answering my question.


title: Merge Skype and Gmail contacts

text: I recently installed Skype on my phone, and so all of my Skype contacts are added to the full list of contacts in my phone. However, most of these contacts are redundant. A few of the redundancies were automatically detected by Skype, and so the two versions of the contact are merged together. But many weren't, and I need to way to manually do that. Right now, I have many contacts that show up double on my contacts list (once for gmail+phone info, and once for skype info). I've been poking around but I can't find a way to manually merge these two contacts. Skype contacts don't show up at my desktop Gmail contacts list. Is there a way to do this?


title: What does Settings->Privacy Settings->Back up my data do?

text: I'm Running 2.3 Gingerbread. There is a setting Settings->Privacy Settings->Back up my data If checked, what data does this back up? Where is it backed up? How do I restore it?


title: Samsung Galaxy Tab-2 USB connection issue

text: I am working on Android application development, I want to run my application on Samsung Galaxy Tab-2 `GT-P3100` but whenever I connect it with USB to the computer then it is not detecting. snapshot - ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BFbtG.png) **EDIT** : I searched over internet about this problem I got same problem which is on the Microsoft Community `MTP USB driver failed -Samsung Galaxy Tab 2`. When I follows all steps still is shows dialog as follows - ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/v7XYk.png) **EDIT** : > I got solution and also posted all the steps which I follow to resolve the > problem. This is very helpful to me and hope you too.


title: Can I make my phone recognize numbers in both international and local forms as equal?

text: In an earlier question, I asked how to handle international phone book entries while traveling internationally. The simple answer was simply to store phone numbers in their international form, which works like a charm, except for one thing. Incoming text messages don't always get assigned to the proper contact. I may send a text to contact Bob, who's phone number is `+52 333 555 12 12` (a Mexican number). He gets the text just fine, but when he replies, the message appears to come from simply `333 555 12 12`. As a result, I end up with two conversations, one to 'Bob', and one to `333 555 12 12`, which isn't associated with any of my contacts. Is there a way to make my phone recognize these numbers as the same (without creating duplicate entries for all of my contacts--one with the +52 and one without)?


title: Nook simple touch screensaver in USB mode

text: I have uploaded my own screensaver to my Nook Simple Touch, but when I connect it to my computer via USB, the screensaver goes to one of the stock ones. Is there anyway to make it so that when in USB mode, my Nook displays my custom screensaver instead of stock?


title: LogCat shows exception in SyncProcessorQueue every 5 seconds

text: I just started noticing this in my Logcat, it seems like every 5 seconds I get this exception caught. Does anyone have any idea what app or part of the OS it could be? I can't imagine whatever this is constantly running and throwing exceptions can be good for my battery, this occurs whether the screen is on or off. Phone is moto Atrix, android 2.3 I wonder what is `com.google.apps.dots`?               04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): Caught unexpected error     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593): java.lang.NullPointerException     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.provider.BlobStore.addToPossibleStores(BlobStore.java:98)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.provider.BlobStore.getPossibleStores(BlobStore.java:108)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.CleanUpSync$OldAttachmentAndBlobCleanUp.syncSelf(CleanUpSync.java:138)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncSelfInternal(BaseSyncNode.java:121)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:104)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.syncNextChild(BaseSyncNode.java:196)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.BaseSyncNode.sync(BaseSyncNode.java:107)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncNodeProcessor.syncNextNode(SyncNodeProcessor.java:34)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue.process(SyncProcessorQueue.java:134)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue.process(SyncProcessorQueue.java:114)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue.access$200(SyncProcessorQueue.java:31)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at com.google.apps.dots.android.app.sync.SyncProcessorQueue$Processor.run(SyncProcessorQueue.java:236)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:444)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:306)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1088)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:581)     04-19 17:51:47.455: E/SyncProcessorQueue(27593):    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)


title: Why doesn't my Galaxy S2 see my keyboard/mouse?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and Android 4.0.3. It recognises all the mass storage devices but doesn't seem to see a mouse and keyboard. The mouse was for sure working with Android 2.3 but now it is transparent to the phone, which acts as if no devices have been plugged in. I've seen some Youtube videos where it was all working perfectly fine. What might be causing it? On one forum I've read that the version of firmware that I have (I9100XXLPQ) doesn't support mouse and keyboard but I tried to research this information and confirm it with no success. Can anybody confirm/deny it or give some website I could consult?


title: ICS - Automatically syncing all exchange account folders

text: The standard e-mail client of ICS offers greater flexibility in choosing the sync. settings for individual folders of an exchange account. I use an exchange server for my e-mail and use several sub folders on a regular basis. Is there anyway for me to set that all folders automatically sync using the account defaults (push at all times)? As it stands, I have to individually change the sync options for each individual folder by entering it and changing the settings. This is very time consuming and something I'm keen to avoid in the future with new folders. Many thanks, Rich


title: Dual active doesn't work in Samsung Galaxy s duos phone

text: In the Samsung S duos device it has an option for the Dual SIM active. When I check it and try the feature by calling on SIM 2 it doesn't work I instead got a number busy .Is this feature country specific or is it network operator dependant ,does using this feature require any charges on monthly basis. Is there any site where we can know that which operator/area supports Dual Sim Active


title: Autodesk sketchbook won't export

text: I'm using the mobile pro edition, (cheaper than the tablet pro edition), and when I open the inbuilt gallery, I can tap on the drawings to edit them, but not select them to export, delete or duplicate them. If I long-press on a drawing it will do nothing until I let go, then it will open for editing g as if I had tapped it.


title: how to lower boot up time? (many apps 122, rooted device)

text: > **[old subject: link2sd not mounting second partition, "quick restart"** > fails too] > > [IMPORTANT: boot time took 20 minutes, see at the end...] > > My phone suddenly reboot (while I was sleeping), and from that on, link2sd > fails to mount the 2nd partition that was working flawlessly for a long > time. > > Now, everytime I boot, it freezes on black screen, until I unplug the > sdcard, then it shakes and continues booting. After plug the sdcard back it > seems to create this device: /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 (instead of mmcblk0p2). > > After I re-insert the sdcard, link2sd fails to mount again, I recreate the > scripts, do a "quick reboot" but it fails again. (I guess it was expecting > mmcblk1p2 but sdcard was now back at mmcblk0p2). > > I plug the sdcard on pc and the 2nd partition data is there, it is ext3, all > seems ok there. > > This Partitioned sdcard not working with link2sd, does not work for me :( > > I changed the script at /data/data/com.buak.Link2SD/files/init-link2sd.sh > that was created with mmcblk1p2 to mmcblk0p2. After that, a "quick reboot" > wont work despite I got /data/sdext2 mounted (manually with terminal). > > A normal reboot sends me back to the black screen, my guess is I have > "created a linked app" that may have widget but I dont know which one. I > tried a few I remembered but didnt work, still same problem... > > I am still fighting with this... I will try more tricks and report later... > > Any tips (tricks) ? > > EDIT: I used adb logcat (found good tutorial here: > http://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android- > debug-bridge-utility/) and the last log message was: >   >   >     D/dalvikvm( 1506): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 830K, 37% free 6859K/10759K, > external 1429K/1581K, paused 77ms >   > > After that it froze, I started it again and it brought more log than > before... > > After 20 minutes, the phone finally completely boot up! thats too much > time... now it seems to be working ok... At this point my question changes > to "how to lower boot up time?" is it ok to change the subject? * * * _**subject: how to lower boot up time?_** So scanPackage took too much time and I am uninstalling not needed packages... I guess it is good to keep the other research info I did so people can come here and understand they just need to wait a long time if they have too many apps installed on a not so fast device.


title: Can I send Ctrl+C to Android terminal from Windows Powershell?

text: Adb shell should let me Ctrl+C to exit a command like `top`. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work in Windows. Is there a workaround?


I have a Samsung S4 running Android version 4.4.2. I am using Chrome browser version 35.0.1916.141. I am constantly on the go and I utilize my phone's browser pretty heavily. I've noticed that with heavy use, it becomes sluggish. This is very frustrating when I am trying swift through my open tabs while maintaining a fluid experience. My question was `How can I tweak the amount of RAM allocated to Chrome for Android?`


title: Selecting a range of photos in gallery

text: I have several hundred photos that I want to transfer from my phone to computer. I don't want to manually click each one, is there a way that I can select a range of photos? Similar to how in Windows Explorer you can shift- click one item, then shift-click another item, and every item in between will be selected. I haven't worked out a way to do this. I'm using HTC One Mini, running Android 4.4.2.


title: Google Earth map sections problem on Galaxy S4

text: Just had my S4 a couple of months and used Google Maps a lot. About a week ago I suddenly lost the capability of zooming in on my local area when I magnify to look at street detail. Outside that area it seems OK. I also noticed today that when I look at my son's place abroad I get same prob. I guess from that it's something I've done rather than a Google problem, but I've tried almost everything including messaging GM but no go, no replies. Uninstalling GM is not an option on S4, but I tried uninstalling updates and deleting cache to no avail. I haven't deleted data yet as I get warnings, but maybe this is the way forward? Is it disastrous to delete all data? Can you suggest anything else?


title: How to prevent phone operator from opening spam popups?

text: My phone operator, Movistar Argentina, is sending a lot of spam. I managed to block most of the SMS, however it has now also started opening ad popups on my phone (see below). ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cgowLm.png) I've looked at How do I block this (carrier) advertisement dialog? but I cannot find the "SIM Toolkit" app anywhere on my phone to disable it. Is there any other way to block this?


title: Difference between VLingo and the built in Voice functionality in Android?

text: My wife is contemplating an Android phone, and loved the demo she saw of VLingo on a Blackberry. I keep noting that this is all built in and free on Android. I imagine since they are cross coding anyway, might as well offer it for Android at least (It IS offered for Android, as well as iPhone and Blackberry). So a couple of things: What are the differences between VLingo and the built in functionality? Are there other alternatives? I like the Google technology currently used, and am playing with VLingo on my Blackberry, and am not so impressed yet. I am waiting to be wowed.


title: USB debugging on Samsung Galaxy Tab -- How do I prevent it from resetting debug setting?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy tab that I'm using for development purposes. For some reason, when I choose 'Enable USB Debugging' in the settings menu, it turns off after a random period and drops whatever USB connection I have. I'm debugging on a Macbook Pro, and have one coworker who has similar problems. Other coworkers don't have this issue.


title: Does MMS support PNG format images?

text: I'm just wondering if android mms supports png files? I've tried sending an image, a png format, through mms. Sending is successful. However, the recipient recieves an error image. My question is, does android mms supports sending and receiving PNG format images? Samsung Galaxy 5


title: Can I add metadata to a jpeg in Android?

text: Does anyone know of a way to take `jpeg`s imported from my camera onto my Android tablet then add the metadata properties that Windows calls Title, Tags (I assume, possibly wrong, that this is Keywords in `EXIF` terms) and possibly Subject so that they are there when I eventually transfer the photos to Windows PC? Any help appreciated.


title: How to share internet among 2 android devices?

text: I have in my possession a G1 and a new Android tablet (the Kmart one, the Gentouch). The Gentouch uses wifi to access the internet; the G1 uses a T-Mobile cellular connection. Ideally, I'd like to somehow cause that G1 to emit a wifi access point, so that whenever the G1 and the Gentouch are in close proximity, the Gentouch can piggyback off the G1's internet connection and reach the internet itself. Assuming I am willing/able to root both devices if necessary, how would I accomplish such a task?


Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? Imagine situation when you can access a weak Wi-Fi signal from a free hotspot (coffee shop) signal near window, but want to work in the middle of the room. Then we can put the phone on the windowsill to spread the signal over the entire home. Is it feasible?


title: Android phone as hotspot and using wireless connection

text: Is it possible to make an Android phone a hotspot and make it use wireless connection? Is there any programmatical control over DHCP?


title: Can I use an existing Wifi Network as source for internet connectivity and still enable WiFi tethering?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? It is possible to use android as WiFi access point using 3G - but, **is there a way to use an existing wifi connection and not 3g as the source?** Here where I am there is a wifi connection but it works only with openvpn, so I can use it with a laptop or rooted Android but I also have an iPad which can't use openvpn, so I thought I will use my android device as a private access point for my iPad. Is it possible?


title: Android Tethering

text: My android phone (CyanogenMod 11.0-InstallerXNPQ29S on a Nexus 4) connects to a wireless router for internet access. Can it also share this connection wirelessly to my computer simultaneously or has it to be through a USB cable only? Or is tethering only supported for phones that have internet access through their mobile providers? I tried "Tethering & portable hotspot" settings on my Nexus 4 phone but it does not seem to work for some reason.


title: How to make a Nexus 4 a wifi access point / repeater without using mobile data

text: I have a spare Nexus 4 phone after recently upgrading to a Nexus 5. I would like to root the device and use it to share a wifi connection. To be clear, I am not talking about the stock android wifi hotspot functionality which shares a mobile 3G/ 4G data connection wirelessly. I would like to connect to a wifi hotspot from the device and then share that wifi connection to other devices, creating a WLAN. So wifi in, wifi out.   1. Does the Nexus 4 support this?   2. Can it be done without rooting / installing a custom rom?   3. If not, what ROM / apps do people recommend?


title: Can I use the HTC Desire HD Wifi Hotspot feature to share a wireless network instead of mobile internet?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? I have my home router which for a variety of reasons I can not switch to WEP. However, I occasionally need to use my Nintendo DS to connect to Nintendo WFC, and it can only use a WEP connection. My current method is to use the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature of my HTC Desire HD to create a temporary WEP network and connect to that using my DS. This is fine, except it forces my phone to use my carrier's data connection instead of my home wireless network, bringing with it associated charges if I hadn't used the internet on my phone that day already. Is there anyway to share a wireless network instead of the mobile network via the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature?


title: Can the on-board ADB Server find the device itself?

text: I know that Android devices have an on-board adb server. I am able to start the server through the terminal emulator and run adb commands, but the device itself does not show up in the device list. The ultimate goal is to capture a logcat and store it locally, as I am having crashing issues that don't occur when it's plugged in, so I need to capture the logcat without plugging into USB. I want to ultimately be able to run `$ adb logcat -v time > /sdcard/logcat.txt` and have it create the logcat text file that I can retrieve and view the next time the device crashes. I'm running Jelly Bean 4.1.2 **EDIT** I managed to track down a solution to my specific problem: Locally, adb is not required to gather a logcat. From within the terminal emulator, you can simply execute `logcat > /sdcard/logcat.txt` to gather a logcat. However, I'll leave the question up in case someone figures a way to get adb to recognize itself, as it might be useful in the future.


title: Can I disable the default calendar app notifications?

text: This strikes me as a bug since the behaviour is incredibly consistent, but perhaps someone here can help me. I want to use the google developed calendar app as my main calendar app. My phone (a Galaxy S2) came with a samsung developed calendar app (both very conveniently named "Calendar"). At this point, I simply want to disable the samsung calendar app from displaying any sort of notifications (since the google app also displays notifications and I want to use that app). I have been able to do this by going to settings->Notifications in the samsung app and toggling to "Off". However, as soon as I restart the device, the notifications are back on their original settings. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know how to make the settings stick? **EDIT:** I notice the notification settings of the google developed app (sound, default reminder time, popup) are also not sticking after reboot. Is my device broken? It seems to only be for calendar. Gmail and other apps hold their settings fine. **EDIT 2:** Ok, so disabling the samsung app allows my google app calendar settings to stick after reboot. So looks like that is what I will be doing. Anyone know how I can change the vcs file association to this app now?


title: Can you use the Nexus 4 without a SIM card?

text: I currently have an iPod Touch, I want to buy the Nexus 4, but don't want to get a plan (SIM Card) for a while. Will the device work like an iPod Touch/ Wifi capable, but no access to data away from Wifi/Call/Text.


title: Backup app data and restore across ROMs

text: I always use Titanium Backup to backup my apps' data. However, last time I tried switching to a different ROM, it didn't work very well.   I let the apps be installed automatically by android, and then tried restoring their data with TB ( _user apps only, no system apps_ ), but this caused most of my apps to always force-close when launched. I was forced to switch back to the previous ROM to be able to get my data back. So I ask: **is there an app (other than TB) that's more stable when it comes to restoring data backed up in a different ROM?** Again, I'm talking about user apps, I know it's unstable to restore system apps and I don't need that.


title: Is there a nice one click alarm for android?

text: Sometimes when I'm tired, I take a nap of 1 hour. Doing that with the native clock on Android requires a lot of clicks. I would like to have an app that whenever the button is pressed, it starts to count 1 hour.


title: How do I enter the Safe Mode on a HTC Desire?

text: This is for those of you who need to enter what is known as "safe mode" on HTC Desire. There may be several reasons why one needs to enter this mode. It is usually because the phone is not working properly. One such reason can be that you have flashed your phone with a custom ROM and you are stuck in what is known as a "boot loop". If you manage to boot into safe mode you may be able to backup your data to a safe place before you attempt to rescue the phone by data destructive methods such a re-flash.


title: Disable (in software) Nexus S Power Button

text: My Nexus S has a broken power button that some days works fine, some days doesn't work at all, but most days just acts up and will randomly turn my phone on, even when it's sitting on the table. I'm running a CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly on it. Through ButtonRemapper, I've mapped the soft search button to act as a power button, and enabled the volume buttons to turn the phone on. Thus, I have no need to use the power button anymore, and it is just annoying. Is there a way I can disable (without hardware modifications) the power button? ButtonRemapper doesn't have in its options the ability to change it, and I've had no luck trying to modify the keymap files. Any help is appreciated!


title: How do I get the Music Player to display all ID3 tags

text: Music players like DoubleTwist are based on iTunes which supports very few ID3 tags. The ones supported are adequate for pop music but hopeless for classical music or even jazz. For example, in random play you may well want to keep whole compositions together, like a Beethoven Symphony with 4 movements and therefore four tracks. Again, compendium albums often have multiple composers so tagging (and displaying) the composer for each track is useful. The Musichi software suite lets me tag my classical albums appropriately and has a player for the PC which takes advantage of the tagging. But there is no support for Android at this point in time. Anyone know of a way I can do this?


title: Backlight flickering at low brightness levels

text: I noticed my phone's backlight would start to flicker/pulse intermittently when I switch my brightness level to something low (est. between 1% to 15% brightness). The flickering or pulsing is as if the power supplied to the light is fluctuating. My phone is a HTC Desire, OS used to be stock (Froyo 2.2) when I experienced this, now it is on CM7.2 (GB 2.3.7), still has this problem. I have not tried any other ROMs on this phone, and not sure if it is a software or a hardware problem. Is there any way to prevent this flickering, other than not setting the brightness to such levels?


title: Get the default contact phone number

text: When we dial a selected contact, the first phone number is always picked (unless another number has a default flag set in DB). How can someone get that first phone number? How are those numbers ordered?


title: SD card won't format on my Samsung Galaxy S3

text: My Samsung Galaxy S3 tells me that I have used up all of my memory. So, I bought a brand-new 32GB SD card, and placed it in the phone. I went to storage settings and followed the instructions to format the SD card. Then, it tells me it's updating memory and my total space available is 32GB remaining. However, nothing is happening. It still says I have ran out of memory. I have turned off the phone and turned it back on several times. I have also restarted phone. I have formatted SD card many times, but nothing is happening. This is frustrating, because I deleted so many apps because it's not letting me download or open anything because it's full. Please help.


title: Auto boot when charger connected (for HTC Magic)

text: I want to let Android OS to boot automatically when the charger connected (for HTC Magic) without pressing power button I found this guide: * * * # Complete boot when charging If your phone only gets one of those ugly battery symbols when a charger is connected to a powered off phone this is because the init process is interrupted by /system/bin/chargemon. That file is a binary ARM program, I replaced it with a simple script containing only a single line: echo skipping chargemon The file was created and installed with the following steps:               echo "echo skipping chargemon" > chargemon.script          adb pull /system/bin/chargemon chargemon.backup          adb push chargemon.script  /sqlite_stmt_journals          adb shell          $ cd /sqlite_stmt_journals     $ su     # mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system     # cat chargemon.script > /system/bin/chargemon     # chmod 755 /system/bin/chargemon     # reboot -p      When the command su is given above, it might have to be acknowledged in a dialog on the phone screen. The final command reboot -p shuts down the phone. As the USB cable is still connected it will power on again, and if everything has gone fine the phone will complete its boot process without halting with any battery symbol. * * * But I can't find "chargemon" in System/bin


title: Why has the photo gallery sorting changed after firmware update?

text: Now the photo sorting in each gallery begins with the first taken one. Before the firmware update, it had begun with the last taken one, so with the latest. Even the Gallery sorting is made by earlier creation. My phone is Galaxy Mini and I upgrade from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6. I could not find any settings to change the "direction"


title: How to assign a button on a remote keypad to start an app on android tv dongle

text: Please help. Is there anyone know how to assign a button on a remote keyboard to do something like start an app or clicking on a shortcut on the Home screen, such as the Search button will open the Google search app, and so on I have read android input at http://source.android.com/tech/input/overview.html and it seems that such wish could be done without programming by changing the key mapping file, maybe the frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml (i found the framework.jar under the system folder of my android but no such config.xml inside!?) Any help/ advise is highly appreciated


title: Rooting the Karbonn smart tab 7

text: First of all, I understand that similar questions have been asked trillions of times before. But, as I've come to learn, not this specific one. So, here I go... I recently bought a Karbonn smart tab 7 and upgraded it to android 4.0.3. I've been using it a lot, and it has'nt given me any problems so far[Except the annoying settings reset, which is a question for another day]. I want to root my device and have tried various tutorials and NOTHING worked. Whenever I try to use an application to this, it tells me that the device cannot be found. I have connected it to the computer via the USB cable and Enabled usb debugging and even tried enabling mass storage mode[Only the SD card's file structure showed up in My computer]. I read somewhere that I would need to download some drivers for this to work, but am not able to find any drivers. I have also tried talking to customer care about the drivers, and they just farted on me. P.s. I have posted this question on a few forums before here[I did'nt know Stackexchange hav a site for Android!!!] and they eiter closed the question and voted me down or no one replied. Please help me as soon as possible.


title: How to speed up Android during bootup time?

text: I'm looking at the bootup time of Android on my embedded device and I'm trying to get a sense for where I can save some time. 1) What are some things that you've done to really help speed up the bootup time? So far I looked at the bootup animation time. If I remove the bootup animation all together then I was saving about 6 seconds, which seemed like a lot to me. Then I replaced the bootup animation with just one picture that will be shown for the duration of the bootup animation time and that lost any previous time savings. But the actual bootup animation process was only taking ~1 second to run. (I attached a picture generated with Bootchart. for now just on an emulator) 2) Is it worth looking at the Android bootup animation time? Any clue as to why the bootup animation process affects bootup time so weirdly? Thank you for your time. ![Bootchart bootup time visualization with 1 image as the bootup animation](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ExaE1.png)


title: Problem with Play Store on Samsung Galaxy Note II: Play Store does not open

text: I was a regular Galaxy SII user, recently moved to Galaxy Note-2 - so far so good, but since today, I am finding my Play Store application, is not working on Note-2 [ _it was, earlier_ ], even from the PC, when I am trying to download an app via Google Play application, it says 'Installed', but actually nothing happens. I click Play Store, the Home-screen comes back, Play Store is not activated. Other than that, all are fine, Facebook, LinkedIn, SMS, Phone are healthy!!! Can someone guide me please? BTW the firmware as per KIES is "PDA:MB3 / PHONE:LL1 / CSC:MC1 (STS) and android is 4.1.2


title: Stuck on the Gmail inbox

text: When I click on Gmail app, it takes me directly to my inbox. I cannot get out of it. I also cannot find my contacts, or the sign-in or sign-out page. I tried to uninstall it, but it would not let me. Can you help me?


title: How did my device know where I am located even though my GPS was turned off?

text: So I was testing some functionality levels with Facebook Check-In feature on an Android device (Galaxy S2) and I noticed something strange. Even though my GPS was turned off, When I Checked-In on the Facebook App it showed my current location (along with a pop-up asking me to turn on GPS for more accurate reporting). Why and more importantly how did my device know where I was located with my GPS being turned off?


title: Google Android for Galaxy Note II?

text: Hey guys is it possible to get the stock android OS like on the Google Nexus and install it on the Galaxy Note II? I'm just tired of the bloatware and I also prefer the OS on my friends Galaxy Nexus much more.. I don't want to install a custom ROM but the same one that is used on the new Google Nexus 4 Thanks!


title: Modern Combat Sandstorm Texture problem on Acer Liquid Metal

text: The game works perfectly except many graphical glitches with textures (mainly those in the background). any hints? I have Acer Liquid Metal, official Froyo


title: Headphone controls on SGS-III

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my > headphones? So I had recently gotten the SIII and ditched the iPhone 4s. I have been using my Bose QC15 to listen to music and it has headphone controls but unlike the iPhone I cannot change the volume, switch songs (I can but it pauses more than switching) go back a song, fast-forward, or rewind with the headphone controls. I find it rather troublesome because I have to fish out my phone and get into the music app to do most of that. Any help on this?


title: Do odexed programs have any runtime (vs load time) performance gains?

text: From my understanding, odexed programs are programs that are pre-compiled for specific architecture. It is obvious that this process would help decrease the startup time for the program. Am I correct in thinking that odexing would have **NO** effect on the performance of the program once it is already loaded in memory? What about memory footprint?


title: How to unlock a Motorola Photon 4G for other carriers?

text: I won a Motorola Photon 4G. They are tied to Sprint, which is CDMA, but it is a world phone, which means it supports GSM and uses a SIM card. I was reading that there may be an unlock code to allow it to work with other carriers. How can I unlock my Motorola Photon 4G for other carriers, specifically AT&T?


title: Galaxy S Advance Android update

text: I've heard there are some Android alternatives. Like miui or Cyagenmod or Mozilla OS. I have Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) and i've heard Samsung is not going to provide any updates for my device. So, i got a few questions i should ensure before i done something stupid:   * if i install something from the mentioned above, shall i lose my guarantee/licenses?   * if i decide to install the software, should i perform some rooting of the device or something?   * if i do decide to install the software, what's the best one which shall not slow down my device (as i noted android 2.3.6 to be slow)   * could i use ICS update and shall it slow down my device or not?


title: How do I type a tabulation character on an Xperia?

text: I imported my notes from my Palm Centro into Note Everything and the tab characters in my existing notes show up correctly. But how do I type a tab character on my Xperia X10?


title: Is it possible to unlock my Samsung Galaxy 3(GT-i5801)?

text: I moved to another country and absent-mindedly bought a SIM card for my GT-i5801 (from Orange UK) Now it's asking for a network lock code. I have searched the net and everything points to me going to a "phone" shop to unlock this, however I'm not conversant enough in the local language to understand people yet and want to carry on using my phone. Is there anyway to unlock this phone? Either that or I have to wait a month until I can get back to the UK.


title: Better description of permissions

text: Is there a list of permissions with more detailed descriptions available? The standard ones doesn't feel good, and I don't trust developers who write that they need permission X only to do Y--if their app requires permission X, this app will be able to do anything permitted by X, not only Y. For example READ_PHONE_STATE is described as "Allows read only access to phone state" -- but what is included in that phone state? Is it only connected/disconnected? Or maybe it includes phone number I am actually talking to?


title: Stop a force reboot

text: Today I was prompted to install (firmware?) updates from ATT on my HTC Vivid. My phone is rooted and this apparently breaks the update process. The phone shut down and went to the red exclamation point / dead Android image. The phone restarts normally and runs for ~30 seconds. It then gives me a "your phone will restart in 5 seconds" message and force shuts down. Is there any way that I can stop the restart from happening automatically? UPDATE: Problem solved. I cleared the cache. To do this I restarted the phone into the bootloader by pressing and holding the power button and down volume key. I then selected RECOVERY. From the next screen I selected wipe cache partition.


title: Relative GPS accuracy?

text: GPS is not that accurate on Android devices (at least at mine) Measuring tools tell me the accuracy is between 8 and 12 Meters. But what is about _relative_ accuracy? When I place two marks on different coordinates in the distance of 1 meter will this distance be measurable?


title: How to read comments to app of another country?

text: Google Market allow me by default to read only comments of my country (Italy). Unfortunately not popular application have only few or even no comments. How can I read comments from other country (USA, UK, etc.)?


title: Different system time for different applications

text: I need to set different system time for different applications. For example I need to have to Chrome "thinks" that it is November 2012 and keep normal system time for all others applications. Is that possible, even with some 3rd party app?


title: Adding a Contacts Group on Android doesn't sync to Google Contacts

text: I've created a contacts group on my Android phone, but this hasn't appeared on Google Contacts. I was under the impression my phone and my Google account would sync each way. How can I get my Android contacts group to sync with my Google account?


title: In a group/mass text message from an iphone to other phones, who sees my reply to the group msg from my android?

text: If an iphone user sends me a group/mass text message on my android and I text back and hit reply (not reply-all) not realizing that it is a group/mass text, who sees my reply? Just the original sender of the group msg(an iphone user) or everyone that was included in the group/mass text? I use the stock text app on my android(Verizon Samsung Droid Charge) and there is no reply-all button in my text app. when I reply to text messages. I only received one text that was a reply to the original group/mass text, but received nothing else from anyone in the group. The iphone user that sent the original group/mass text says that she is the only one that probably received my reply. Not realizing that it was a group/mass text. I REALLY want to know if anyone else besides the original sender saw my reply. When I received the text there was no indication(on my android) that it was a group/mass text. Thanks so much!


title: How can I block annoying SMS From all numbers that start with a specific numbers?

text: I received a lot of spam SMS from a lot of numbers which are started with 60 , so **is there any android app that allow me to block all sms came from any number start with a specific number like 60 ?**


title: Restoring Samsung GT-P1000 to original firmware

text: I spent the past several hours reading and reading. I tried to upgrade this Tablet to Jellybean, now the Tablet only reaches the Samsung glowing screen. I tried several fixes to no avail, my first hurdle is I have no idea what Product code to place in to get the firmware from Sammobile as I dont know where this tablet originated from, possibly England. I also followed a tutorial on how to restore back to gingerbread 2.3.3 which gave me the same result; I think I have to go back to Froyo 2.2. So I followed the tutorial from the answer on Restoring original 2.2 firmware on Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000L. Again no luck, I think I need to restore everything. As I'm a noob maybe someone can point me the right direction? Also in the above tutorial I downloaded some PIT files, and I have no idea which one to use. Picking the correct firmware from Sammobile and PIT should reverse everything as I did load a modem file in the first place.


title: How to backup Viber chat message to Gmail automatically?

text: I see that Viber app has the feature of backing up message and send email. I want to do that automatically so as all my Viber messages are safely backuped. How can I do that with Viber app?


title: Can the Nexus 7 send and receive GSM texts and calls?

text: The Nexus 7 3G is out and I'm wondering whether Android 4.2 tablets are still data-only devices. Can I install a custom ROM or apk to this tablet so that I can send and receive GSM calls and text messages on it? If not, why not? What's missing? **Added:** Nexus 7 3G has many hardware features of phones, but not all: It has gps, bluetooth, headphone jack, accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor, compass and nfc, but does not have a receiver (earpiece), haptic feedback (vibrate) or a rear camera. IF the 8"x5" tablet can be used as a phone, you won't look funny putting it against your ear because it has no earpiece. **Added:** The question is about GSM calls and texting, not VOIP or SIP calls or tethering.


title: nexus 7 voice call from sim without internet

text: I have purchase nexus 7 from us with sim card slot. I have read many reviews which says that we can not use nexus 7 to call from sim without the use of internet. I just want to know 1\. Is it possible to call from nexus 7 from sim as we usually do from normal phone. 2\. Is there any application available which an make nexus 7 a normal phone. i.e call without accessing internet either wifi or 3g.


title: How do I change the Google Play country?

text: Can someone tell me how to change the country preference for Google Play? I have searched high and low but in most of the forums people ask you to go to gmail settings > edit profile and change the country there. But there is no place to change the country in settings! There is a something called place (which can be marked as current) but that has no impact on Google play. I dont want to circumvent country restrictions, I want to permanently change the country. So its NOT a duplicate of this: How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market?


title: Google play wrong country

text: Please help I bought a **Nexus 7** but an update has changed my Google Play Store to _Switzerland_. How do I get it back to English currency?


title: Galaxy Note 2 N7100 does not turn on, only shows battery "loading" icon

text: I bought a GN2 three days ago, it worked fine until today, when I did a reboot and it didn't come back. The blue LED turned off with the device, and instead of rebooting, the battery "loading" (empty battery with a loading icon) screen appeared. This screen flashes up every 15 seconds or so. If I plug in the phone to the charger, the battery loading screen stops appearing and the red charging LED appears. However, if I hold the power button to turn the device on, the battery "loading" icon reappears and after a few seconds, it goes back to the red charging LED and charging screen. The battery has 60% charge, so it is not dead. I can boot into system recovery by pressing volume up + home + power every single time. Selecting "reboot device now" from the recovery sometimes boots the device, and sometimes does not. Occasionally I can get it to boot in the normal manner (by holding the power button), but there seems to be no pattern between when I can boot it by pressing the power button and when I can't. Just before this battery loading screen appears, there is a very brief flash of red from the LED. I am not aware of doing anything that should mess with the bootloader or ROM. The device is running the stock ROM and the bootloader is locked. I have tried removing the battery for a few minutes, which did not resolve the issue (it turns on after the battery is inserted, but afterwards this issue reoccurs).


title: samsung duos s7562 how to see/browse contents of sd card

text: How can I see/browse the contents of my sdcard on my new and shiny samsung duos GT-s7562? android ver = 4.0.4


title: Change MAC address Android using ip link?

text: I am trying to change the MAC address on a device running Android. It has been rooted and a command line installed ("ConnectBot"); I was looking around Google for methods of changing the MAC address on it and I found something called `ip` and `ip link`. Initially I thought I would use `ifconfig` but I haven't found the name of the network interface to change. How would this be done on an Android device?


title: How to keep two versions of an app installed?

text: Android Market has just updated an app in my device. I liked the update, but its fully different from last version which was also my favorite. So, I want to keep last version too. I have last version's apk thanks to Titanium Backup. But, I can't install it without replacing current one (Android architecture sucks). Is there any way to do this? Hacks etc..   **Note:** I want to keep current version which must be connected with Market to receive future updates.


title: 4.4 Update (Sprint Galaxy S3) disabled pattern lock, can i reenable?

text: This morning I applied the 4.4 update on my Galaxy S3 (Sprint). I noticed that I can no longer use a pattern lock. The message: "Turned off by administrator, encryption policy or credential storage" is shown for Pattern, Swipe, Face unlock, Face and voice, and None. I thought that this might be related to my work email, which I get on my phone and is exchange, but i removed all device administrators and nothing changed. How do I re-enable pattern lock?


title: Nexus 7 and Samsung Ace S5830i does not connect properlly to Wifi

text: I have three devices:   1. Tablet running on Android 4.0 (Nexus 7)   2. Smartphone running on 2.0 (Samsung Ace S5830i)   3. HP Compaq laptop Wireless router does have WPA/WPA2 PSK security. And the Wifi works perfectly fine on the laptop. Now both the tablet and the phone does connect to the Wifi but at times does not allow me to browse or do anything. i.e cannot download anything. My tablet keeps getting disconnected and then it re-connects back automatically, this happens randomly and erratically. Same experience with the Android phone. I called the telecoms engineer and he resetted the router etc., and said there has to be something wrong with my tablet!!! But I am sure there is not. I have browsed through some posts which suggests me to change MAC settings and to change the encryption settings, but I have no idea what that is, nor where to find it. Would love if this could be sorted as its really frustrating. Meanwhile I understand Nexus 7 runs on 2.4Ghz Wifi band frequency, where as most of the modern routers comes with 5.0Ghz Wifi band frequency, but then, again my smartphone runs on the 5.0Ghz Wifi band frequency, and still doesn't function!! So help guys!!


title: Make Automate Task to manually sync Google Voice

text: Some network I connect to during my daily life, do not allow for push notifications. So I want to make a task that syncs all my accounts. This was easily done with Llama for Gmail. I just told it when I'm connected to those networks that don't allow push, to sync every 5 minutes. The strange thing is that Google voice is not show up under my google account in settings as a syncing app. You have to actually open the app and click the refresh button. Does any one know a way to make a manual sync with Google voice in the background? Can I run some intent?


title: Sending an automated SMS before switching off the phone

text: Can I send an automated SMS to any specific number by an application/service (which I set ON), if phone gets switched off before closing that service or application? Also can I do the same if phone breaks down in an accident or if I do specific action on phone, such as "Tap the screen 3 times while phone's screen is locked", or "shake the phone 3 times while it is locked"? Thanks.


title: Google Latitude update every 1 hour

text: my question is it possible to configure Google Latitude on a Android OS phone to update its location more often then every hour? for example, every 30 minutes? or every 15 minutes? I check where my wife is located while I'm at work by opening the latitude website, but it updates her location only every 1 hour. I would be very happy to make it update more often. Thank you for your time.


title: Gmail app Hebrew support

text: My Gmail app on the Galaxy S2 stock app shows Hebrew reversed and left to right. How can I fix this?


title: Voice notification management

text: I got a new Galaxy S 2 and played with it a little. Somehow I activated voice notification, so each SMS message I get someone talking and telling me who sent the message. Each phone call, the same. How to control the activity of this feature?


title: Is it possible to temporarily disable the screen timeout?

text: Often, during updates/downloads or backup operations I would like to **temporarily disable the screen time** ( found under the ' _menu - settings - Display - Screen timeout_ ' ) without having to navigate to the above menu setting . Anybody knows of a good **widget** which does just that : either disable the screen time ( by just clicking the widget ) , or by setting it to a high value / back to short value ( also by just clicking the widget ). Or is there any other easy way I have missed ? I am running Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S.


title: Save a number during a phone call

text: How can I save a number during a phone call? The scenario is that I'm calling someone to get the phone number of someone else. If I just type the number in the dialer, it disappears when the call ends. Opening some kind of notepad application is cumbersome both saving and retrieving: tap home, tap applications, find the application, start a new note, type number, end call, copy number, paste number into the dialer (how to do the last step is another question)


title: Bluetooth OBDII Android app

text: I am going to order this OBDII scan tool from DealExtreme: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/elm327-bluetooth-obd-ii-wireless-transceiver- dongle-16921 Just wondering if there are any apps out there that already support the device or do I need to write my own?


title: How do I video chat in Google+?

text: Is it possible to video chat in my Google+ circles on my Droid X?


title: Google map with android API V2 is not working

text: 9-13 12:34:59.173: E/AndroidRuntime(732): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class fragment 09-13 12:34:59.173: E/AndroidRuntime(732): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:697) the below on is activity.xml the below on is MainActivity.java class i have imported all package. public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity { private final LatLng LOCATION_BURNABY = new LatLng(49.27645, -122.917587); private final LatLng LOCATION_SURRREY = new LatLng(49.187500, -122.849000);               private GoogleMap map;          @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);              map  = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();              map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(LOCATION_SURRREY).title("Find me here!"));     }      the below on is Manifest file               <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>     <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>     <!-- The following two permissions are not required to use          Google Maps Android API v2, but are recommended. -->     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>      plz help me out


title: Can't launch Google Now with swipe up from home key

text: ![This is not I want](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6rK0p.jpg) I googled it and found that this may be what many people were looking for but I don't know why it started to behave like this. I do find the swiping up from home button gesture useful for me to launch Google search but somehow it stop working. There usually should be a semicircle with 'Google' on top when halfway swiping up but what I get now is a search icon that function as it will launch last used app (if swiping gesture is done in launcher) or will do nothing (when gesture done in any app other than launcher). I did not disable Google Search, reboot didn't help, and clearing cache of Google search didn't help too. I don't know what I did to get this as a result. Any clue on what's happening? Nexus 7 2013 stock kitkat Edit: Dolphin browser is causing this. Uninstalled it and everything's back to normal


title: How to download a phrasebook from google translate

text: So i've been using google translate for a while and there are a bunch of translated words and phrases that i have asked for to date stored on the device. I now want to take a copy of them to my PC (in any tractable text format) so that i can use a decent text editor / script to convert them to anki format (a flashcard app) so that i can memorize them. Does anyone know how to get at this data? I had a quick look through the file system on my android phone (which incidentally, is a samsung galaxy S III) and i couldn't see anything obvious there. I reason that the phrases i have used must be in there somewhere because they are displayed on the phone even when there is no internet access from the device.


title: Is it possible to pack data/data/files in apk (using apktool or other program)

text: I used Titanium Backup to backup the app data. However, i need to give this to my friend, but his phone is not rooted. I tried to put data/data into the apktool folder (after using `apktool d sdbattle.apk`) and packed it (using `apktool b sdbattle`), but the data is not inside. How can i pack the data folder in the apk? _**This should / may be duplicate - i've read another here at android enthusiast._**


title: Odin Flash to stock, but which one?

text: I own o galaxy s4 lte gt-i9505 and want to revert to my phones stock ics firmware, as the kitkat upgrade has produced all sorts of errors. The problem is I dont know what version of the firmware to use. I purchased the phone from hong kong, use it in australia. Also, i recently sent it back to hong kong for warrenty service and the phone came back speaking German of all languages. There are so many versions of firmware and i cant find a site that explains how to tell what version I need. Please advise


title: How do I log off from WhatsApp?

text: I'm trying to exit WhatsApp, but it seems that there is no "Log Off" button. Currently, when I want to exit, I turn off my Wi-Fi/cellular data. How do I log off from WhatsApp?


title: Where can i download the Android L action bar icons?

text: Where do I download the new icons that are introduced in android L (action bar icons ) in a PNG format. I have searched many places but couldn't find them. Please, does someone know where I can download the resources from ?


title: Will after i batch restore on titanium backup will it restore to the same location?

text: I have done a backup with titanium backup (except system apps) More I am switching to another ROM. My question is when I will batch restore then will my internal apps(apps not installed in SD card ,installed on phone storage) that I have installed will be restored to same location as of previous ROM?ie . internal apps to internal and SD card apps to SD card. Switching to same ROM version android 4.1.2 JellyBean Thanks in Advance!


title: Using two messaging apps on Ice Cream Sandwich?

text: I want to use Textra for SMS and Handcent for MMS, because they're both top in each class, respectively. I want to use Textra as if it were the only messaging app. Then when I want to send an MMS, I would open Handcent and sent my picture, video, ect. The problem is when I get any kind of message both apps show a popup and a notification. Textra is set as my default but I'm still getting notifications from Handcent. Can I disable notifications within Handcent and accomplish my goal?


title: Type password to decrypt storage

text: I'm receiving this message when I boot my Galaxy S4 and I cannot use it:               Type password to decrypt storage      I haven't encrypted anything and I don't know why I'm receiving this message. Is there any solution for this? ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Tw1uBm.png)   Screenshot (click to enlarge)


title: Automatically install new applications on SD card

text: How can I do this? My phone's internal memory is low, yet Android (2.3.3) still deems it fit to attempt installations of files in the phone memory, I haven't found any option for this in the settings. Edit : Turned out, it was Facebook's contact syncing. I recommend you back up your contacts on your SD card, and clear the data from the "`Contact Storage`" app in your settings.


title: Identifying whether display is broken or the motherboard

text: I assume it is possible to damage the motherboard / chips inside a phone if it falls on the ground. So my questions is, is it possible to confirm what has been damaged during the fall? I don't want to end up buying a replacement display and then found out the problem is somewhere else. The phone is JiaYu G3T (a Chinese brand), fell on a ground. I completely disassembled the the phone but I didn't find any damage anywhere, everything looks like new. Pic 1. This should be black with a green logo, left part of the screen is darker than right ![Should be black with](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ctIyQ.jpg) Pic 2. Again, half of the screen is darker, color problems at the bottom OR sometimes the same as the startup screen - grayscale-kind-of-inverted-colors display ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/OBt99.jpg)


title: Where do these suggested contacts "from my adress book" come from?

text: I recently bought a Google Nexus 10 and created a new Google profile (@gmail.com) associated to it. I never sent any email from it neither received anything except Google's welcome messages. I added two personal IMAP accounts (full of emails). Then I installed Twitter (I'm new to Twitter too) which suggested me to add contacts from my "address book", that are actually real people I know. **Does Google look into my IMAP mailboxes to discover my contacts ? If not, how is it possible for it to suggest such friends ?** (My address book is empty - the only existing contact is myself. I also have a Dropbox and Github accounts linked to Android, but these account doesn't store contacts.) I saw Where exactly does Android get its contact suggestions from? but my GMail address is totally new so nobody has it.


title: Firmware Upgrade

text: I tried using Kies to update my Firmware. I right clicked it & ran kies to update the firmware. After running for a minute i get a po stating Error Code=5ErrorMessage=The operation completed successfully , however if i re-try kies again it shows me the firmware update is available and the cycle continues


title: what if you cant get out of FTM but you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in?

text: what do you do when your phone is on FTM mode and wont get out even though you tried taking the battery out and putting it back in?


title: YouTube app not preloading

text: I have a Nexus 7 running 4.4.2. I have one video in my "Watch Later" list in the YouTube app, which successfully preloaded a few weeks ago. I have the preload setting activated. I have added a second video to the list, but it will not start preloading. The device is connected to a wifi network with excellent signal strength and is connected to a computer via the USB cable to charge. The battery icon indicates that it is charging. I removed the video from the list, restarted the YouTube app and added it again, but it will not start preloading. Any ideas?


title: How to make SELinux permissive on a Knox Samsung device?

text: I have a Samsung note 2014 which I rooted following this tutorial. However I now have problems with SELinux which (apparently) is preventing me from installing a Linux virtual box. I backed up and uninstalled KNOX using Titanium backup but still no success. When I type `setenforce permissive` in a terminal, if get no error message but when I type `getenforce`, I get "enforcing". Is there any way I can change this? The device is running Android 4.3.


title: Disable gifs system-wide or by app?

text: I was wondering if there is some way to 1, disable gifs from loading, and/or 2, disable gifs from playing on an Android device. The first would be mostly to conserve data, especially if I'm on Tumblr or a similar site where gifs feature prominently. The second would be for accessibility (for example, a friend who is epileptic). Maybe it could be done through editing the app, or through an xposed module? If it helps, I have a Galaxy S4 Verizon, rooted. Thanks!


title: no sound on playing videos using vlc beta on nexus 4

text: I have nexus4 . i installed vlc beta from this link as default player couldn't play all formats.while playing videos on phone, it showed only video , no audio. video is alright.


title: How does the Android estimate the battery level without a current sensor?

text: The BatteryManager class doesn't have the metric for current: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/BatteryManager.html And then I have found this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2439619/getting-the-battery-current-values- for-the-android-phone It seems that the author also found it was not possible to get current value from the Linux entry. I also downloaded the widget called CurrentWidget into my Nexus 7. For the current value, it shows "no data". So probably a current sensor is required to get the current value and some android systems just do not have such sensors. Then how can the android system know the current battery level? Maybe it will just use the voltage of the battery to infer that(voltage will decrease during the discharge)? But then it would be very coarse-grained. Someone says that there is some 'trick' used to estimate the battery level without current values in Android(probably based on Voltage?). Is there any reference? PS: for some reason, I know current value can be recorded on iphone 3GS


title: Time server for Android

text: If I have an Android device that has no internet connection and I would like to use a PC as a time server. What should be the right procedures? Is it that I should install a NTP server on my PC and then .....? How can I set the Android device to detect the time from the time server on my PC? Thanks!


title: Can i flash indian rom in korean galaxy note?

text: I got the Samsung Galaxy Note shv-e160l (Korean version) as a gift, running the stock ICS 4.0. I want to flash official indian JB ROM (of the GT-N7000) on it. Is it possible if I root my device?


title: Allow login with multiple passwords

text: Is it possible to setup multiple accepted passwords for the login to Android? Or perhaps an alternative secure login. (Note: facial recognition and fingerprint does _not_ count as secure, but an RSA/NFC key would count.) Like if I enter MySecretPassword1 it logs in, but it also accepts MyOtherPassword2. I am looking for a phone (Note 2) solution, not a tablet. I am not looking for a multiple user account solution. My general use case is: I have a relatively simple password that I use day-to-day, but have a more complex password if I think someone is looking over my shoulder.


title: How can I make an APK backup from an installed and configured XBMC?

text: I sell boxes with XBMC pre installed and preconfigured however it takes a long time to manually configure it with each add-on and then setup to my liking it. I was wondering if it were possible to generate an APK from an installed XBMC. I've tried Titanium Backup but as XBMC stores in different places it doesn't seem to work. It can be done as I've seen other boxes with preconfigured XBMC having a customised XBMC installation and they appear to be using ZipSigner on the Android Box itself.


title: Best rated apps ? Any list of them?

text: Thousands of apps on playstore but there is no way to sort them on best rated.is there any site of way to find best rated apps (from playstore or otherwise) ???


title: Managing ME under contacts list (Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini)

text: When I first got this phone I set up all my accounts like Google+, GMail, Skype and in contacts automatically appeared ME as first on the list, with my picture from Google+ and small icons of Google+ and Skype right from the picture. I accidentaly erased that account and when I wanted to set it up again it did not want to connect with other accounts. It gave me option to put picture by myself and to write my data. Again by accident I managed to return it as it was, but now I just have picture and small icon of Google+ and do not have Skype icon. So my gueston is how to add it back? Also at firs when I called contacts which have other accounts in my contacts list, their picture and information appeared on screen and in messages and now it does not.


title: Post-rooting: updating Android and modifying system files?

text: So at last I rooted my tablet (without a custom ROM). Then when I checked for new updates I received the message "Your device has been modified" so I don't get any new updates. So my first question is: **1-Can I update the operating system (and not the firmware) myself?** My kernel version is 3.4.0. Now since Android is a Linux-like OS, I expected to be able to tweak the system by editing the files in the /etc folder. For example I hoped I could manage app permissions this way. But when I open the files on /etc/permissions or /system/etc/permissions I don't understand much. So: **2-Is it a good idea to modify system setting files and if yes, is there any (official) reference manual?** [I hope the last question is not interpreted as "suggestions request".]


title: Does Samsung galaxy tab pro 10.1 support exFAT on the SD card?

text: Does this tablet support exFAT file system on micro SD card? Can this tablet recognize micro SD card formatted with exFAT file system?


title: Unable to play Snapchat videos

text: I have a samsung galaxy ace and I am unable to view most videos on snapchat that people send to me. I and have tried to rectify the problem by downloading mx player and vlc player and updating to snapchat beta. However I am still unable to view almost all snapchat videos and was wondering how I fix this problem?


title: Lock screen error

text: I am using an android Jelly bean 4.0.1 LG mobile. It was working properly, but it locked due to time out and when i tried to unlock , i was unable to get the keyboard. i smashed at the pointer many times and even rebooted many times, but still am unable to get the keyboard. but i can receive calls and messages. and its opening the EMERGENCY CALLS too. Please suggest me an option as soon as you can!


title: Why is com.google.android.gsf.login warning me that I need to install Google Play Services?

text: This is a Nexus device running the latest stock OS version (v4.4.2), I already have Google Play Services installed (v4.2.43 according to the App Info in settings). Why is some unknown app asking me to update it? (I realise that the `com.google.android` part of the package name indicates that this probably an app made by Google that is probably part of their Google layer on top of AOSP Android, but why the odd error message and lack of proper app name)? ![An application requires installation of Google Play Services: Requested by com.google.android.gsf.login](http://i.stack.imgur.com/b8q7Nm.png) > **An application requires installation of Google Play Services**   >  Requested by com.google.android.gsf.login What is `com.google.android.gsf.login` and why should I do what it is asking? It doesn't have a store page and it doesn't appear in my apps list with that name. A bit of investigation with Android System Info's more detailed Apps view shows that Google Services Framework is `com.google.android.gsf` and the Google Account Manager is the `com.google.android.gsf.login` that we're looking for. ![com.google.android.gsf in ASI](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EWRK0s.png) ![com.google.android.gsf.login in ASI](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AXXx3s.png) Clicking the notification from Android's notification bar takes me to the Play Store's page for Google Play Services where the latest version mentioned in the "What's New" section is 4.2.42, which is older than what I've already got installed, and I don't have an Update button (which suggests I'm already running the latest version).


title: does SDK disk images of APIs for windows and mac differ?

text: Okay its my very first question, sorry if it doesn't fit the community standards! I have started developing on a windows machine, I use the ADT with Eclipse, my SDK is updated with all the possible Android APIs, ie, (1.6-4.4). The windows machine is pretty slow so lately I got a Mac (Mavericks), so I am confused between ADT for mac and windows. Is the APIs updated with the SDK work with mac(can i copy and paste the version images to mac sdk from the windows sdk)? or should I update the SDK (APIs) for mac? thank you for any suggestion!


title: Can bought Android apps be shared between devices you own?

text: On the iPod Touch/iPhone since it is tied to your iTunes account, I am quite sure you can have your bought apps on multiple devices you own (can't test though iPod Touch was stolen). However now I have the Motorola Droid, and am waiting for a tablet, and considering getting a Nook and rooting it to run my own apps. Question is, if you buy an app on the marketplace, how is the security done:   1. Is it tied to your Gmail account so you can share it between devices you own?   2. Is it tied to the device? (Don't break/replace your phone!)   3. As long as it's installed, you're OK? (If you uninstall, or wipe your device, it's gone). I assume 3 is highly unlikely, though a possibility, so leaving it here as a potential answer to my question.


title: What will happen to my apps when i switch phones?

text: When I get a new android I would to keep the apps I have purchased. I will keep the same account but I was wondering if I will have to rebuy my games?


title: Same Apps for multiple tablets

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Can bought android apps be shared between devices you own? I am thinking about purchasing an android tablet for each of my four young children. If I purchase an app or e-book or book on one tablet, will it download for free onto the other three? Or will I need to re-purchase it for the other three?


title: Can I connect my Android mini PC to my Laptop as a monitor ? How?

text: I am buying a new Android Mini PC : http://uae.souq.com/ae-en/mk802-iv- rk3188-quad-core-cortex-a9-android-wifi-mini-pc-4995376/i/ How can I connect my Android Mini PC to my Laptop ? My Laptop only has a VGA Port. Any Help would be appreciated.


title: Sony Xperia Z corrupted photos LOST DIR Micro SD

text: I have a curious problem and I hope someone can help me I was travelling and took about a hundred photos with my new Xperia Z 6603 phone which were saved on my Sandisk 32GB Micro SD card Some photos would not show, so I rebooted the phone (unaware that this may result in corruption). Yes, all the photos were corrupted and appeared under LOST.DIR in my SD card under titles 8216, 8217, 8219 and so on. They have no extension (original should have been jpg) They still take up the normal space for a JPG photo and there's exactly a hundred. They are just simple files, no extension I tried to change the extension to JPG, JPEG, PNG for photo formats, ZIP, RAR as I read they may be compressed. I also tried to repair them with JPG repair software. They do not open with any photo viewers, photo editing software either They do not show up under Recuva, ZAR, Wondershare Dr Fone, or any other recovery programs that scan the SD card FAT32 sectors. They just stay there in the LOST.DIR folder. They are not overwritten as I have removed the SD card Can they really be gone and its just ghost files? Or are they still my holiday photos that I so desperately need to recover. Is there anyone that experienced a similar problem and is there any way to recover? I wouldn't mind taking my MicroSD to a specialist should it come to that, as those photos are really important Please help me Tony


title: New contact shortcut

text: Is there any way (besides Tasker) to create a new contact in one click? (For example: quick access to save a contact info during a call.)


title: Adding an extra mailaccount in Android (manual setup disabled)

text: I'm trying to add another mailaccount (IMAP / SMTP). However I cannot set it up.   * Applications   * Email   * Add account   * Fill in emailaddress and password   * I should be able to click on `Manual setup` now but it is grayed out (disabled). I've also tried it without filling the emailaddress and password, but also without luck. Android version 2.3.3 Any idea how to setup an extra mail account on my phone.


title: How to utilize those Market QR codes?

text: Once in a while I see a description of a program that is to be installed via Android market. It is often accompanied by a two-dimensional barcode looking like a QR code that I guess somehow contains a link to the right Market page and the process of using it should be very easy. I've searched and the closest thing I found is this question about reading QR Codes which makes me think it shouldn't be that hard and so I can't see whether that question is about the same usecase I'm asking about. How exactly to make use of such barcodes? What's the way to proceed from the QR code on a web page to Market page?


title: Increase the space between the dots on the pattern lock

text: My phone is a Motorola RAZR MAXX, the moto skin that comes with it has one feature I really like: the dots on the pattern unlock screen are very far apart. I recently installed Cyanogenmod, and found that the Pattern is now much harder to use. The dots are now far closer together, which makes it much more difficult to properly enter the unlock pattern. I also have the new Nexus 7, and I have found that it has the same problem. Is there a way to make the pattern bigger? I do not want more dots, I want a 3x3 grid - with more space. It seems like this should be possible to achieve, since Motorola did it with their skin.


title: Using Android 2.3.4 (stock) as a WiFi Hotsport

text: I am able to connect my devices to the android WiFi hotspot(they get an IP/subnet/gateway etc...) but they are not able to access the internet. Accessing the internet (3g) from my android works fine. I am using the Nexus S with the latest version of Android (2.3.4) Any suggestion on how to proceed/analyze this issue?


title: How to store photos on external SD card - Android 4.2.1

text: An other thread is about the same problem but does not answer my problem. I have an Asus TF300tg tablet with an 32 GB SD Card. I don't know how to make the camera software delivered with the ASUS, store its photos on the external SD Card. The camera Settings ! Storage has no option to select default write disk If in Camera I hold my finger on the screen for a long time it does not produce a menu. So I still don't know how to store the photos I make on the external SD


title: USB charge in android 4.2.2

text: I have an android 4.2.2 phone. When I connect it to my desktop PC, it is not charging (Showing as charging and disconnected repeatedly). Checked by changing USB cable, connecting to different PC, connecting to different phones with same cable etc. Using same cable I can charge other mobiles like lumia, android 4.1 phones. Also I can charge my phone with same cable through charger. When I google it, I found that USB charge only option is removed in 4.2.2 (It was der in earlier versions). My model is XOLO Q1000 Opus and android version is 4.2.2. Please help me


title: Whatsapp friends profile image not showing

text: It's been a few days now since my friends contact images started to disappear on my Samsung Galaxy Sii. Whatsapp up to date. Android is 4.1.2. I've already tried:   * Turn off/on the phone;   * Add/remove the contact from the address book of the phone (my contacts are on the gmail account);   * Clear the phone cache (under App Management). Just the cache. I don't want to loose conversations;   * Checked whatsapp space usage (under App Managent). It's like 23MBytes total. Some apps use much more; Some facts:   * Some friends (few of them) are still showing the profile images. They are from the same source (Gmail Addr Book);   * If I delete/recreate those friends with profile images, their image is re-downloaded correctly. I also deleted the profile image in the "Profile Pictures" folder and whatsapp downloads it again; **My guess** : Users that are changing their profile image recently are being set as "no profile photo" (in the server). This propagates to everyone else who refreshes their address book for any reason. Can somebody check my findings?


title: disappearance of pics from whatsapp

text: why my friends pics are disappearing from whatsapp though they haven't deleted their pics. I tried evrything cleared the data n cache but it did not fix the problem I even reinstalled the app but no results.. plz help


title: Whatsapp profile picture of friend lost

text: I am using Samsung Note 3. My friend's profile picture has suddenly disappeared! Is this a known problem? Is there anyway I can get the pictures to show again ? Thanks


title: i can't view friends whattsapp profile pics on my Galaxy Note 2

text: I just realised that from this morning i can't view pp's of friends even those who have my number intheir phone books. Please help, this is really boring and annoying!


title: using samsung galaxy note: whatsapp pics disappeared

text: noticed that most of the profile pic of my contacts disappeared on whatsapp. I've seen responses that are totally not making sense or are not accurate. Most folks in my whatsapp have my number stored on their phone and vice-versa (we call each other & whatsapp as well!). OK a handful are new contacts and probably don't have me in their contacts yet. However, there doesn't seem to be a clear pattern. Not clear to me WHY THE PROFILE PICS DISAPPEARED??!! Can anyone please shed light to this?! WAAAZZUUUPPP??


title: Is this android mobile device credit card payment system secure and safe?

text: Mobile device credit card payments and credit card readers are appearing everywhere, but then we all know any payment app's security is nought if the android device is rooted. Before I give my credit card to be read, how can I check that this merchant's mobile device payment system app is legit, and that her phone is not rooted?


title: Chrome Browser does not render mobile site

text: I use SAMSUNG GALAXY Y GT-S6312. I was testing my site on google chrome for mobile view render. But it renders desktop site only Tried clearing cache of browser. Stopped application. But no results. Any Solutions.