title: Contents of .bookmark_thumb1

text: I've got one of these folders on my HTC Desire 2.3 and I'm assuming that it's standard across all devices. It looks to contain screenshots of pages that I have visited using the built in browser and I'm guessing that it's to dispaly them in the bookmarks/frequently visited list or when I'm changing windows. My question is is it safe to delete the contents of this folder? It doesn't occupy much space but there are sites in the list that I know I won't be visiting again and it seems pointless having them around.


title: Downgrade to official LG GT540 2.1updated

text: I've installed Android 2.3 (Cyanogen Mod) to my LG GT540 phone, but it's too unstable. I would like to downgrade back to 2.1update (it's the OS I have when I buy the phone), or any official newer version. Where can I get official LG version, and how to install it? Thanks in advanced.


title: E-mails sent from Android not syncing to IMAP "Sent" folder

text: I'm using the stock e-mail app of Android 4.1 (Motorola razr i), and when I send a mail from the phone, the mail app afterwards shows the sent mail in the "Sent" folder, but it seems that folder is not synchronized via IMAP. Thus, I cannot see those mails from my PC e-mail client. Is there any configuration for this, or will I have to use K9 or some other app?


title: Android 4.0.3 sluggish: nandd process hogging CPU

text: I have an Allwinner A10 tablet clone. While working the tablet "freezes" regularly but not too frequently for a strech of time between 2 and 15 seconds. Described differently: the tablet is useable but the nice "fluid" workflow is abruptly interrupted once in a while... Situations:   * e.g. when opening an additional tab in firefox when already having a few open,   * when working with the tablet while downloading a file, these freezes are more frequent   * etc Using the process overlay option from developer settings I realised that during this time the "nandd" process is consuming CPU almost exclusively. It does not appear to max out the CPU but during this time none of the other processes consume more than minute amounts of CPU time. Can somebody tell me:   1. whether this is "normal" behaviour   2. whether an update to CyanogenMod 10 is likely to help   3. where issue is likely to lie: with slow nand hardware or poor nand driver implementation. Many thanks.


title: Video Recording stopped because battery was low, restore file?

text: I just recoreded a Video, and my Android powered down while recording because the battery was completly empty. Now i have a 1,5 GB mp4.tmp file that i cant open with VLC. I have a Nexus 4 with Android 4.2.2 Is there anyway I can save this file?


title: How can I fix my corrupted /data partition?

text: The following happened. I have a Galaxy Mini Plus (S5570I) running Android 2.3.6 which I've been using without problems so far. Recently, I've installed an APK (Opera Beta), which somehow caused the device to freeze, so I had to pull the battery out and restart it manually. Upon switching it back, the device stays at the pre-boot screen, and constantly displays the "Samsung Galaxy Mini" logo, the one that's supposed to show up for seconds before the boot animation. No amount of waiting or restarting helps, it's completely bricked for some reason. However, if I try to restore a backup via Clockworkmod, or try to erase the information, I immediately receive an error saying `Error mounting /data!` or `Can't mount /data!`. Every single other partition loads and is mountable, except for /data. Which renders backup, restore, or delete impossible. Is there a way I could manually rewrite the partition table (i.e. recreate the partitions) or somehow get the device to boot, preferably without sending it in for repair? Clockworkmod doesn't work, stock service mode doesn't work, Odin doesn't work, I can't even get adb connected.


title: How can I access the files in "/data/data" and copy them into memory card without root?

text: Are there any way to access the files in `/data/data` and copy them into memory card? I do not have root access.


title: Android 4.1.2 Full Device Encryption

text: I have a FDE enabled on my Android. However on JellyBean when device restarts I never get a boot password prompt,just regular unlock screen. I remember on 4.0 ICS, after reboot Android would ask me for decryption key so it can mount the /data filesystem. My device is Moto Droid 4. I verified from command line that /data mounted with encryption, however I cant figure out where it gets the key from,if I never have to enter it on boot.


title: How to install Samsung (or other manufacturers) apps on Vanilla ROMs on Galaxy S3

text: I've tried installing CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy S3 device. I was amazed by its smoothness and speed, but I've missed some of the apps of the official Samsung ROM, such as the camera, the keyboard, and the contacts list. I've tried installing them using the recovery mod (like installing a zipped ROM), but it didn't work. Is it possible to install Samsung apps on vanilla roms (like CyanogenMod) on my device? If so, how? I also wonder if a similar thing can be done on other devices (like installing HTC apps on and HTC device which has a vanilla ROM installed in it).


title: Galaxy Y - White Screen Problem

text: I am using Samsung Galaxy Y. Yesterday my phone screen went white. I tried restarting, and the same problem occurred. I can receive phone calls and SMS but display fully disappeared - only white screen shows up. Can any one (if one has already faced this problem) tell me how to fix it? I went to a service center but, he charges too much to fix this problem. So I decided to try manually to fix this problem but still didn't find any solution, not from internet either. I already tried rebooting, hard-reset (removing the battery for a while), and even factory-reset; but none of those solved the issue.


title: Tap screen to turn it back on after timeout

text: I noticed that on my Samsung Galaxy S II (Android 2.3.5) after the display is turned off (per `Settings -> Display -> Screen time-out`) you have to press the physical Home or Power buttons to get it back on. Tapping the screen doesn't do anything. Obviously the screen should get locked soon, so that you can put the phone in your pocket when the screen is off, but letting you tap the screen immediately after it turns off to wake up the display shouldn't hurt. Is it just me, or how do you handle this? Is there an app to fix this specific issue? Do you know if this was discussed on the official issue tracker or if it's just my phone/my OS version? (Aside: I know there are apps that let you configure timeout per-app (see e.g. Screen timeout when reading), but I'm getting hit by this independent of the app I'm using, and anyway I wouldn't like to have to lock the phone manually to save power when the active app prevents the screen time-out. I think the screen time-out should be based on whether I'm actually using the phone, not on the active app.)


title: How to make YouTube (and any video) work with my proxy?

text: I have a HTTP proxy set in my wifi settings. It works with all HTTP requests, except any video. But it works with my computer and the exact same HTTP proxy setting. So, yeah, it really bother me (since 3 years), but today I would like to solve it! More info: I have a Nexus 4 under 4.2.2 and rooted and I'm a proficient programmer and linux user.


title: What if you accidentally deleted some important apps and can't install them back?

text: What if you accidentally deleted some important apps and can't install them back because Google Play doesn't have them? For example android system, com.android dun server and com.android.lgsetup wizard (i.e. basically apps that are originally there). And every few seconds this message will appear: > "Sorry! The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try > again." And I cannot even go the browser or Task Killer because every time I do, it will force quit. How can I reinstall those apps? I think I cleared all data for those but I did not clear the browser and so why can't I open the browser? Do I really need to send it for repair or can I fix it?


title: How to permanently delete stored images in /data

text: I have a rooted HTC Desire HD with a Custom Rom. Now, I want to permanently delete the stored images on my internal memory (/data). Everytime I run the app Disk Digger, my old crappy photos seems to show up. I tried flashing again and again and doing a a factory reset again and again but the images seems to be always there. All i want is to remove that images from my internal memory so i can safely sell my phone. Can anyone help me? BTW, the exact location where the disk digger digs is /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/by-num/p26. Can someone help me here?


title: The /sdcard direcory and other directory conventions: how is the Android filesystem structured?

text: I am using the "adb shell" command to access either of an LG P690 (device A) or a Samsung Galaxy SIII (device B). Device A also has a 32GB microSD card plugged in while device B does not. When fromthe shell prompt I `cd /sdcard` and do a `df` I get:   * On device A: `/sdcard` Size 14G Blksize 8192   * On device B: `/sdcard` Size 12G Blksize 4096 Does this refer to internal memory? Device B also has a `/storage` directory which holds 0 bytes (what is this?). Also, both have a `/data` directory which I know is where installed apps go. Is this also on internal storage? How do I know whether `/data` is on internal or external SD? I'm confused as to why a directory called `/sdcard` would refer to internal as opposed to external memory. Is there no FHS standard for the Android file system as there is for Linux?


title: Can't download files to HTC One X

text: My phone has stopped allowing me to download any files to the download folder on my sdcard. The download folder is now empty too which it wasn't before and I never deleted the files manually. Its a HTC One X+ so the sdcard is internal rather than an sdcard I've provided. I can still download from the Play Store, update apps or install new ones but anything I try and download through any browser fails regardless of file type. If I browse to the download folder in root browser I can't create a new folder, operation failed. I can create new folders in the sdcard just not in download folder of sdcard. I'm assuming a mount problem of some sort?


title: What could cause large discrepancies in reported data use?

text: On my Galaxy s3, 3 different reports on (cellular) data usage are giving me 3 wildly different answers. My data counter widget reports 1.26GB transferred, up and down total.   Android's internal data usage screen says 1.46GB transferred.   And my carrier (via their app) says 1.332GB transferred. What would cause these to disagree to this extent?


title: How can I move files between folders in the Dropbox app?

text: I am using the Dropbox app on a Samsung tablet (Android 4.1.1) and I need to move files from the current folder into a new folder that I have created in the current folder. I can create a new folder with the menu in the top right but I cannot see how to move files into the folder. The pull-down menu associated with each file only contains options for `Share Favorite Delete Rename Export`. NOTE: I have a terminal on my tablet and I am not opposed to using that but going to `com.dropbox.android` does not show the updated version of shared folders from Dropbox (but this is a whole other question I need to ask!)


title: How to search for files and folders?

text: I'm looking for the Dropbox folder on my Phone and I can't find it with my file manager. If I only had access to the `find` command it would be easier.


title: Touch screen no longer works after closing screen

text: I have a very strange problem: I have an LG Optimus 2x which uses Cyanogen mod 7. I've had this installed for almost 1 year now, and haven't made any updates or installed any apps for months. A few days ago, I connected the phone to my laptop to transfer some stuff, and I noticed that the touch screen wasn't responding. Neither did the Android buttons, which I suspect use the same touch sensor as the screen. Everything else seemed fine, physical buttons (power, volume) work ok, the phone is detected when connected to usb, notifs on screen and such work ok. After multiple trial & errors, I've discovered that if I shut down my phone, and re-start it, when it gets to the screen where I must input my SIM Pin code, the touch screen is still not working, but if I wait like 1-2 minutes, it starts working. From here on end it works fine until I close (lock) the phone. At that point if I press the power button to unlock it, the lock screen is unoperable as the touch screen no longer responds. I can re-do this over and over. My question is then: anyone has an idea what this can be and how to fix it? For example on my Asus tablet, there's a hard reset option (hold volume down and power while rebooting). I've used this to cure that Asus tablet of the fact that sound was no longer working all of a sudden. I haven't managed to find a similar option for Optimus LG 2x. Also, is it safe to assume that the screen is not phisically broken, since a reboot and 2-3 minutes of waiting makes it so that it works just fine? === UPDATE This really sucks. I've whiped everything and installed the latest cyanogen mod. Still the same issue. Simply put: the screen has to stay on for like 2-3 minutes before the touch starts to work. If the screen is closed (by closing or restarting the phone) touch will not work again until the screen is on for 2-3 minutes. Kind of a hair-puller.


title: Force Calendar App to stay on current day and switch dates when the day is over

text: I'm using a calendar application at work to display the Conference Room status. It works just fine on the "today" view but it will not switch days. So if today is the 30th, tomorrow the tablet will still display the 30th. It won't switch to the 31st. I did notice that the app switches days when the volume button is pushed. So my end goal is to either schedule a volume up/down button push at 1am every day or a "today" screen tap. Unless any of you know of any calendar app that will automatically keep up with the current date. I've downloaded and used those other conference room calendar display apps but my boss prefers the view of a calendar in day mode. Calendar App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.withouthat.acalendar Device is always on, never sleeps or locks. Screen is always on that app on "today". The tablets we bought: https://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-asus-memo-pad-10-16gb- tablet-3 ASUS MeMO Pad 10" Tablet with a 1.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (ME102A-A1-GR).


title: Is it possible to backup/export MMS in TextSecure?

text: I'd like to export my messages from TextSecure into the default KitKat messaging app. I successfully exported a plaintext backup, but I can't figure out how to backup MMS messages.


title: Is there an app to toggle proxy settings on non-rooted Android phones?

text: I am on a wifi network in China and occasionally wish to connect to an HTTP proxy I have set up on a shared computer to bypass the Great Firewall. As my computer isn't always on/with me, I wish to easily switch on and off the proxy settings. Unfortunately: System settings/wifi: When setting proxy settings to manual, old settings are removed. Have to re-enter, which is annoying. Also hard to access. Many apps (e.g. ProxyDroid) I've seen require root for some reason and do not work on a non-rooted device. Is there a simple app/widget out there to toggle proxy settings for the current wifi ap?


title: Browser which always allows scale/zoom?

text: I absolutely 100% hate, hate, _hate_ mobile-optimized design sites, particularly ones that disable zooming. Up until now, I've done pretty well spoofing a desktop user agent to get the full pages, but with the advent of responsive design, it seems like more and more sites are feeling comfortable using viewport meta-tags to set user-scalable to false, which means that I am in effect forced into using the horrible mobile sites. From what I understand, viewport tags are ignored by desktop browsers - is there a browser on Android which does the same thing, preventing web sites from removing key functionality from my phone? Maybe a Dolphin add-on? I think potentially a greasemonkey script excising the offending viewport tags would also work, but I'm not sure there's a stable version of greasemonkey for android yet, and it might be preferable if the browser itself were built to always allow zooming.


title: How to remove underlines and strikeouts in Adobe Reader 10.4.2 for Android 4?

text: I tried out the new features of adding strikeouts and underlines to a PDF file, only to find that I can't remove these marks any more, because I can't find any such option! I even tried to copy the file in question to my PC, but the Adobe Reader for win7 doesn't have such functions as well. I only need a way to remove these marks I made, so it is OK whatever software or app you suggest me to use.


title: Google+ data connection issue on Samsung S4

text: I'm having a strange problem with my Samsung S4 using the stock, current firmware. The phone is new and straight out of the box. Updates have been allowed to proceed and now report current. Google+ reports 'Data connection error'. This error should not be taken literally as there is very clearly a fast network connection available: on both 4G and wifi. Every other network accessing app, including other Google apps (including those using the Google user account) work fine. I've cleared the app cache and data without effect. The issue existed prior to and after a Google+ app update. Any suggestions?


title: Mobile Facebook app: How can I search for friends who live in a particular place?

text: I could not find a way to find, for example, a list of all my friends that live in Philadelphia or any other location. I have the Android app.


title: Galaxy Nexus stuck on 4.1.1 and super slow

text: I own a Galaxy Nexus running `Android 4.1.1`. The build number is `JRO03C.I9250XWLH2`. Since the update to 4.1.1 the phone behaves very very slow. Also, a friend of mine has the same phone (we bought it together) already has received the update to `4.2.x` months ago. I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem of being stuck with 4.1.1 and understands what the reason is. What's the current standard procedure to upgrade the phone manually instead of waiting for the OTA?


title: Get Android phone apps on tablet

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus that I use on a day-to-day basis, and I just received a new Galaxy Tab as a gift. I would like to install largely the same apps on both devices. Is there an easy way to accomplish this, preferably automated?


title: How can I prevent Google Talk from disconnecting?

text: After about 5-10 minutes of not using the app (i.e., not sending messages), my Google Talk connection drops and does not reconnect till I play with the app a bit. How can I prevent this from happening? Theoretically it could be a WiFi timeout issue, or related, but I tried the following:   1. Using RyanZA's OCLF app to set the timeout to an hour.   2. In `Settings -> Wireless and network -> WiFi settings -> Advanced`, setting **WiFi sleep policy** to **Never**.   3. Editing the settings database directly to set the WiFi sleep policy to Never. As well, I still receive emails and the like over WiFi while the screen is locked. I don't have a data plan (there's not even a SIM card in the phone right now), so it seems like WiFi stays connected and is otherwise working. That said, I **do** have problems with WiFi occassionally failing to work; see How can I prevent my Wi-Fi connection from glitching? The answer to that question has seemingly fixed the problem with Wi-Fi being glitchy, but it doesn't prevent it from sleeping while the screen is off, so I think something else is wrong. I'm not sure to what extent it affects this GTalk issue. This has happened in every ROM I've used. Another Jabber client that does not suffer this issue would be OK, but ideally I'd like to fix GTalk. Meebo and eBuddy suffer the same or similar problems.   * **Device:** Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant SGH-T959   * **OS Version:** 2.2 (Froyo)   * **ROM:** Bionix NextGen v1 (TouchWiz version)


title: Is there a way to visualize music from the microphone?

text: With all the media and 3D graphics capabilities available on modern hardware I'd like to see a nice visualisation application that listens to the microphone. If anyone knows the G-Force winamp plugin they know what I'm talking about.


title: Access CentOS server on VMware from Android mobile?

text: I'm stacked on this issue , I'm basically trying to make calls between android device and php pages to deal with mysql database .   I could reach WAMP server from chrome on android emulator on windows and also from read android device .   I have another server centos on vmware , I could reach it from emulator but couldn't from my real device .   network of virtual server is NAT . I tried to make it bridged but then I lost connection within my windows host and emulator to this server .   I'm so lost and pretty new to all of those stuff I've mentioned . any explanation ?


title: Discharge while in airplane mode (with image)

text: Something weird happened today morning. I charged my phone yesterday night and gone to sleep after 2 hours or so. When I woke up, my phone was at %30 charge and I was pretty confused. Because before going to sleep, I just opened my morning alarm, closed wi-fi and set the phone to airplane mode. After checking the battery info, I got something like this, http://i.imgur.com/7FEn7cF.png Clearly, my phone discharged linearly while I sleep. I am using a samsung s4. What is the reason behind this? Is this problem related to the phone or android ?


title: Does my phone need an Internet connection to install apps from Google Play?

text: First of all please excuse me if this too basic. I'm very new to the Android field. I just bought an Android phone. Now I'm looking to install some apps on my phone. After some researching I found that Google Play is the place to get all the apps. So I logged in with my Gmail account on the Google Play website and installed `Talking Tom` app through the browser. It's showing under my "My Android Apps" ![Talking Tom](http://i.stack.imgur.com/fv0YU.png) But it still hasn't been added in my phone. At first I thought it might take some time for it to get downloaded to my phone. But now it's been more than 3 hours and still it isn't listed under my apps in the phone. This makes me wonder if this is not how Google Play works. If it's not, then what is the appropriate way to get an app to download to my phone. PS : My phone does not have an internet data plan and is not connected to the internet. I'm beginning to think maybe that is the reason it's not been downloaded yet. But does it not work something like how SMS's work where you don't need the phone to be connected to the internet?


title: How do I see battery usage after a complete drain?

text: I'm having the classic problem of sudden battery drain, but the twist is that I can never catch it in the act. I just find my phone dead when I pick it up to use. When I go to the Battery section of Settings, I discover that apparently a complete drain resets the battery usage statistics, rendering them useless. What to do? I'm running CyanogenMod 11 milestone build (Android 4.4.4) on Galaxy S2 without Google Apps.


title: List of special Android SD card folders?

text: I've seen mention of special folders on the SD card such as "ringtones" and "notifications" . What is the full list of special folders recognized by Android's (Froyo preferred) configuration and its standard apps?


title: Can I set it so the "Phone" on my phone takes priority over all other apps?

text: Every once in a while my phone gets very sluggish when I'm multitasking, which is annoying but fine. Is there any way for me to set it so that the Dialer app takes priority over everything else, quickly stealing whatever resources it needs to run as fast as possible? Also, I am aware of the plethora of task killers available but I'm not interested unless it specifically allows me to set the dialer as a VIP or in some way make sure that the dialer gets first dibs on resources. Unrooted Moto Droid on 2.2


title: Is there a TTS app that will read me my email or a webpage?

text: All I can seem to find is apps that read SMS and manually entered text.


title: Resize photo before sending it by email?

text: On iOS, when I select one or more photos from the camera storage and choose to send them by email, the OS will ask me whether to send the images in full size or make them smaller so that the email won't be so large. On Android (stock 4.2.2 on Nexus 4) I haven't found a comparable function. When I send an email of my baby to my mom, she receives a full 8-megapixel image that's too large to view on her monitor... **How can I have Android reduce the chosen photos before emailing them?**   I don't want to have to launch an editor app and scale each image individually. I only found one 2-year-old post about this that doesn't mention any solution. Surely, there's a way to do this on Android, similar to how it's done on iOS?


title: Charging over USB can be harmful?

text: Considering that charging over USB can take around 5 hours (to only 1-2 hours it would take from the wall mounted plug), can it be harmful for the smartphone battery if it's always charged from USB?


title: How can I change the MAC adress in Android 2.2. HTC desire wifi mac address?

text: title explains all................................


title: Restoring contacts after X10 mini pro upgrade to 2.1

text: I just upgraded my X10 mini pro to Android 2.1 . As suggested in the instructions did I perform a backup which seems to have created an file (~ 160 kB) with extension .sbf in /sdcard/data/backup/ on the phone. After the upgrade, I tried to restore from this file (using the same 'Backup & Restore' application which comes with the operating system). While it seems to remember which applications were installed (but I had to configure the wireless access again by hand...) I do not get the contacts back, although it claims to restore the contact data. Unfortunately, I never exported the contacts separately to a file nor did I store them online. Is there a way to get the contacts back ? Or is there a way to read the contents of the .sbf file ?


title: Can I merge two, or more, separate Titanium backups

text: In this case I'm looking to restore SMS messages from Titanium. I have made a backup of all SMS. Then I started on a new ROM without restoring SMS. I then made a new backup of the current SMS. Is it possible to combine those two separate backups so that when I restore I will get my SMS from both backups? As I understand, if I restore one backup, then I restore another backup it will not combine them but rather write one over the other.


title: How to run Cyanogenmod for milestone a853 on emulator?

text: I've successfully compiled Cyanogenmod for milestone a853 and was following these instructions: http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Android_SDK_Emulator:_Compile_CyanogenMod_%28Linux%29 and then I run the emulator with this command:               /android/android-sdk-linux/tools/emulator -kernel ./prebuilt/android-arm/kernel/kernel-qemu-armv7      after the ANDROID_ splash screen, the emulator stuck at a black screen without any response. So how can I resolve this problem?


title: Unable to mount Galaxy S2 on Debian Squeeze laptop as storage device

text: I am trying to mount my Galaxy S2 on Debian Squeeze laptop. I turned off USB debugging and then in:               "Wireless & Networks" → "USB Utilities" → "Connect storage to PC"      it asks me to connect a USB cable, as soon as I connect the USB cable the pop goes away and my phone starts charging but I don't see my phone mounted in my laptop. I did `lsusb` and don't see any Samsung device connected. Then I decided to turn on USB debugging and did `lsusb` again but no luck. What could be wrong?


title: How can I use Google Play without storing any Google account information on my phone?

text: I am using HTC Wildfire handset, but I think following question applies to all Android-based handsets. My Google Account has been added under               Settings     -> Accounts & Sync     --> Google (under Manage Accounts)      When I click on "Google", I get following options               Sync Contacts     Sync GMail     Sync Calendar      **In Accounts & Sync option, I have turned off (unchecked following options)**               Background Data     Auto sync      NOTE: I have turned off Background Data, and Auto Sync before adding my Google Account. I want to get apps and games from Market, but **I don't want to sync any of my Google Account data with my phone i.e., there should not be any traces of my Google Account in my phone**. How can I do it?


title: Is there any userspace NFS client for stock android kernel(Galaxy Tab)?

text: I have tried kernel-mode things but it is not going to work. Actually i've reached my limit for seeing errors in one day:   mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'   mount.nfs: No such device   and many more bared in bash/browser history :) I'm kind of scared from recompiling kernel.(I'm having daily problems with virtual-box, don't want to mess up with my Tab) sorry for writing such a ****** question. specs:galaxy tab*2-Asia/Europe ROMs-using debian command line-Stock OS request:add NFS/NAS tags.(I can't)


title: Does Gingerbread use extra battery power to make calls when the phone has poor signal?

text: Since I got this phone (Galaxy S, originally on Eclair, then Froyo) and switched network provider, I've had major problems with the signal at home, and call quality as a result. Following the upgrade to Gingerbread, it seems to be behaving differently. I notice that I can have no bars of signal but then on attempting to make a call and connecting it shoots up to 3/4. Checking the battery usage graph afterwards shows that voice calls (around 5 minutes worth) used 32% of the total battery usage, with display at 34% when it's usually at a much higher percentage. Is this a feature of Gingerbread? And if that is the case, is there a way to turn it off? Sure, it's useful as it makes for clearer calls when the network is being a PITA, but it's also masking the problem the network is suffering from and as such may prevent me from being able to get out of the contract under the Ts & Cs of their provision of services. _(I'd quite like to get out of my contract, so I could get a Galaxy S 2, with its extra power...)_ The other side of it, is although it helps with calls, it doesn't help with receiving of text messages, so I'd really rather the network's flaws were fully exposed so I could switch to a provider with whom I could actually use my phone properly.


title: What do apps designed for small screens look like on tablets?

text: Do they get scaled or do they just occupy part of the screen? I mean apps that were designed for 4-5" phones running on 8-10" tablets. UPDATE: Let me give some details to better explain my question. Given the application developer has provided one layout only (for small devices) and the app is being run on a large display. Scaling may will look terrible (especially if the scale factor is in range 2-3), because it was not designed for this, so maybe a better solution is to show a smaller version of the app in the middle of the screen. Then it will look as designed, except that it will make poor usage of the available space. However, scaling it a little bit should be fine (scale factor in range 0.8-1.5), so that the app occupies entire screen. The question is what Android is doing? Does it scale the app even if it's scaled by a large factor (over 2) or will it stop at some factor and simply place smaller version of the app in the middle of the screen?


title: How to change the call location identifier language?

text: I have changed everything in my rooted HTC One SU (t528w) mobile to remove chinese characters. There is no chinese display in my mobile except one thing. When I call to anyone or gets call it shows the number location identification in Chinese. I asked my Chinese friend to tell me what is it. He says its caller location display like India, Shanghai How can I change this chinese in English? I am on Android 4.1.1 Thanks


title: How do I play a live YouTube stream in the YouTube app?

text: For example youtube.com/opener - it wont play via the browser, but I can't figure out how to access it via the app. Is it possible?


title: Phone log shows numbers not Exchange Contact Names

text: Just got my Galaxy S3 and like it so far, but they have changed so much around. Problem= The phone syncs with my Exchange contacts list, but when I receive a call and when I look at the log list, only the number shows, no name or any other info. Sprint people couldn't help. Also, would have been helpful if they had a sheet to show the new way to navigate to to the previous Android feature. Like the App manager, it was a widget so you could end apps that were no longer being used. I can't find that feature anywhere.


title: How to fix an andriod tablet which is frozen on the startup menu

text: The tablet won't go past the allwinner startup menu. A restart was tried but it never worked. This is a Chinese android tablet. It is an _allwinner A20_. Operating system android 4.2.


title: Is it possible to disable 2g connections completely, while allowing 3/4g connections to continue?

text: I would like to completely disable all 2g connections, but allow 3g and 4g connections. Is this possible? how would one go about doing such a thing? I see options to disable 3g/4g to "save battery life", but I am looking for the opposite of this option. command-line/root hacks are OK.


title: How can I choose between Shazam and SoundHound?

text: I want a Music ID app, I have tried both Shazam and SoundHound which were good. They both have a limit of 5 songs, and cost $5 to upgrade to unlimited. Before purchasing one of them, I want to make sure I'm making the right choice. What are the advantages/disadvantages of each one? Are there any other competing apps I should consider? **Update:** I used SoundHound's old name, Midomi, accidentally.


title: Convert Safari to Go files to ePub

text: Safari to Go stores offline bag files in `\data\com.safaribooksonline\files\zips`. Each book has it's own directory with files that make up the entire book (xhtml, metadata, etc). Has anyone tried converting these files into ePub? Safari to Go cuts off the bottom of the pages (i.e. cannot read full content). That's why I want to convert it to ePub instead. If not, is there any other way to read _Safari to Go_ content?


title: Help identifying tablet

text: I don't know if here is the right place to put this but I need your help identifying what I believe is a Chinese tablet that a friend of mine received as a gift. The problem is that it is locked in the boot loading process (it only displays Android on screen) and I need to reinstall it. The only information I have is what dmesg returned when connected via USB               :~$ dmesg | tail     [161396.250396] usb 2-1.1: Product: Android     [161396.250399] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: USB Developer     [161396.250401] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20080411d412e5d     [161401.258415] scsi10 : usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0     [161402.252904] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB 2.0 USB Flash Driver 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2     [161402.253268] scsi 10:0:0:1: Direct-Access USB 2.0 USB Flash Driver 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2     [161402.254146] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0     [161402.254372] sd 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg10 type 0     [161402.257914] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk     [161402.260390] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk      I already try to find the serial number and the manufacturer on Google but I can't find anything related. I took some pictures from the tablet and the box **Box** ![box](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VyAWf.jpg) **Front** ![front](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Sriww.jpg) **Back** ![back](http://i.stack.imgur.com/y3oVT.jpg) Thanks


title: New nexus 7 tablet locks rotation - any way to reset without a reboot?

text: Since I updated my nexus 7 2013 to Android 4.4.2 I have an issue where my screen rotation is locked without any way to return it to normal (even after turning on/off the auto lock feature). Not sure if this is happening to a lot of people out there, but the only way to fix it is to turn the tablet off for a few seconds and turn it back on. My question is, is there a way to reset the rotation from a software perspective? Is There any service that I can start and stop. I need to make sure this is not hardware related and that possibly the best way to test it.


title: Moto X: Press 1 to Accept Incoming Call

text: Recently, upon receiving an incoming call, I get a voice notification asking me to "Press 1 to answer the call". Probably started a couple of days ago, which perhaps correlates to having received Motorola Assist updates about that time. My initial thought was that this was Google Voice call screening. While I do have GV installed, I am not using it nor have I even set it up. Any thoughts on where else the calls are getting trapped out?


title: Is there a stopwatch app that also records time of day timestamp?

text: I've looked all over Google for a stopwatch app that records laps (which they all do) but also records a time of day timestamp. If it can't do the example below, at least record the initial start time of day (and I can figure out the rest). i.e. > Start (10:09:00 am - I want to know I started at this time) > > Lap 1 - 00:01:02 (10:10:02 am) > > Lap 2 - 00:12:12 (10:22:14 am)


title: multiple user for Android

text: I have a Le Pan Mini with Android 4.2.2. It's obviously not the greatest device but it's what I could afford and most importantly it has 4.2 which is supposed to support multiple users. But it doesn't. I am sure I have the 4.2.2 but users doesn't pop up in the settings menu. Any ideas on what I should do?


title: Droid x on Liberty 3 v 2: How can I restore contacts with titanium backup after flashing?

text: I just rooted my droid X and installed liberty 3v2. Awesome experience so far. Before I flashed, I backed up most of my apps + system data with titanium backup. What app / data do I need restore from titanium backup in order to get my contacts back?


title: Video player with ability to set SW/HW for Audio and Video separately

text: I want following: be able to set hardware mode for video decoding and software mode for audio. Best players I have seen so far support one switch for both. Am I corrent that hardware mode for video is beneficial in terms performance/battery life?


title: text editor that starts out in view mode?

text: I would like a text editor that works like the Google Docs app, where you start out viewing a file and if you want to edit it you specifically have to click an "Edit" button. The reason this would be useful is that the keyboard pops up automatically if you are editing text. 90% of the time, I simply want to view the text file and not make changes. Or maybe I want to view the file and decide if I want to make changes after I see it. Dismissing the keyboard or being prompted to save the file every time is annoying when I only wanted to view it.


title: Can I use Gmail while offline?

text: Is it possible to download the new emails from the Gmail account while online, and then read them while offline? Is it possible to write emails while offline that will be sent when online?


title: USB connection problem with Galaxy Ace

text: My Galaxy Ace doesn't get recognized by my HP laptop with USB connection. When I tried to connect it with my friend's cable on his Dell laptop, it notified `CONNECTION UNSUCCESSFUL - NO DRIVER FOUND`. My phone still gets charged though. When I tried the `*#7284#` solution it wrote:               DIAG CONFIG     [1]USB[*]     [2]UART[]     [3]DBG MSG ON[]     [4]DBG MSG OFF[*]      I selected `[1]USB[*]` and it gave me:               USB_Diag Selected     Change Complete.     IF you change Uart or USB diag     Please reboot the mobile.      I'm not able to find MODEM->PDA mode.


title: Samsung Galaxy 3 Group texting

text: When a friend sends a group text I cannot respond to all, my message goes out individually to one person. I have looked in settings, but do not see a group messaging option.


title: How to root HTC Desire Z without USB debugging?

text: I have the phone stuck at the white HTC welcome screen, so I can't get to the system in order to enable USB debugging. I need to flash a custom recovery along with a new ROM to hopefully fix this, but how do I do that with my phone being non-rooted, S-ON and USB debugging turned off? Thanks for answers


title: Can't hear caller after updated from 4.3 to KitKat 4.4.2 on Moto G

text: I have a retail Motorola Moto G 16 GB with 4.3. After updating to KitKat 4.4.2 (using the official Motorola process), I can't hear the caller's voice. But when activating the speakers or using a headphone I can hear the other side. Prior updating there where no problems at all. I also did a full factory-reset, which did not helped. With this issue the phone is practically unusable, I appreciate any help.


title: S3 (i9300/i9305) Is it possible to install CM10 after installing the 4.3 OTA update?

text: I heard you cannot downgrade to 4.3 to 4.1.2.   **But** , is it possible to change it down altogether to CM10? **Reason** : The new 4.3 update runs terrible on my phone. I sent it back to Samsung and my carrier both and tried to update with KIES, but it's not getting any better. Some minor lag disappeared after they performed a full reset and flash, but nothing huge change. It's still crap. The lock screen (which I see at least 50 times a day) is absolutely horrible. The battery life also gone crap, since the update, Google+ loves to eat battery. Deleted the updates, disabled the app, signed out, none of those helped. Google of course won't care since I'm just one sucker from the many people. **Sidenote** : I know I won't be able to use Triangle Away (since KNOX) and such. But the phone is not usable anymore, it's a brick with a few hours of battery life. It's useless.


title: Disabled samsung keyboard- now can't turn on my s3

text: I am in a weird situation. Few days back (I believe) I disabled samsung keyboard using nobloat app as i use adaptxt all time. But i have an encryption password and as samsung keyboard is disabled, i cant turn my phone on. I click on the text box for entering the device storage password when it boots, nothing happens (obviously) :( I will appreciate any ideas or hacks to work around this issue, so that i will be able to use my phone. Is there a way using command line to restore my keyboard app? I would ideally not want to restore/format my phone. Thanks! Also i am travelling and just have my ipad. Any ideas to solve this problem without use of computer will be greatly appreciated!


title: Security options greyed out

text: There was a great thread on the same subject. Security options grayed out I am in the same situation where I need to keep the certificates on the android phone. And the ActiveSync certificates greyed out the pattern and facial recognition login options on my HTC one M8. I can't delete them or otherwise I would be able to use ActiveSync for that server. So I went to use the Tasker and secure Settings suggestion in the other thread link I mentioned earlier. However, I am completely stuck trying to figure out how I can have Tasker or secure settings override the six digit pin requirement and allow me to do facial recognition instead. Here is where I am stuck Tasker -> Tasks -> Add Task -> action category: plugin -> Secure Settings -> Configuration: Secure Setting's Wake Up ->... And Here is where I am confused. I don't see any security setting or related Tasker Task to add to the "IF". I'm a bit of a newbie with Tasker and Secure Settings. I looked in the documentation for both apps and not seen the next that I should take. If you could help me solve this I would be very grateful.


title: Contact search in Xperia Z doesn't show all contacts

text: The contacts system on my Xperia Z doesn't search through all my contacts, for some reason. All of the contacts were imported from my Google account, which has no groups or anything special. As an example, I have the following contacts:               Antti H*****     Antti J*****     Antti K*****     Antti S*****      Now, if I search for `antti`, I only get the last two contacts. The same applies for sending SMS messages. If i compose a new SMS and tap the recipients field and write `Antti`, it only shows details for the same two contacts as the contact search. For the other two, I have to go to Contacts, scroll to the contact, tap it and then tap the SMS button. The type of the phone number (home, mobile, work...) doesn't affect this. The contacts work fine otherwise (show up on incoming calls, SMS threads etc.). It seems that the contacts that do show up are the ones I have on Facebook. However, I can't find any settings that specify which accounts to search. Is there some setting that I've failed to find? Oh yeah, everything is stock, but not vanilla. Edit: Tried searching with Google Now, but that won't find the contacts either.


title: Explain the ondemand CPUFreq governor parameters in SAMSUNG galaxy S4?

text: I am trying to understand how does the onDemand CPUFreq governor works. I have a SAMSUNG S4 device and I looked into the following file to see the tuneable parameters of SAMSUNG Glaxy S4 GT-i9505 (Qualcomm chipset). $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand down_differential enable_turbo_mode ignore_nice_load io_is_busy optimal_freq powersave_bias sampling_down_factor sampling_rate sampling_rate_min sync_freq up_threshold up_threshold_any_cpu_load up_threshold_multi_core I tried to understand these parameters, The kernel documentation here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt explains Governors and governor parameters, but some of the parameters are not explained in the documentation. Can you please explain or point me to the documentation which I could read and understand all these parameters for a better understanding of dynamic frequency scaling in Android?


title: cant install Google Play Services in Lava Iris 430

text: The phone comes with all the GAPPS except that Google play services and i need it to sync my Clash of Clan account. My phone is rooted I have tried: Installing it from Play store: incompatible with other applications using the same shared user id. Installing it manually from downloading by playstore: App not installed. Installing old signed version: App not installed. It also have android recovery i tried to install the whole GAPPS package but the it shows the signature verification error. I dont have a custom recovery no idea how to install it. Its a pretty old phone. I wont ask for help if i was able to install the GPS please help


title: Can you setup android gmail to play a sound when an email from a certain email address comes in?

text: I have my work emails forwarded to my phone and I'd like to be able to give them precedence over emails to my gmail. Is this possible? Or can I setup my work email using POP and then use a different tone for those?


title: Scheduled notification with input

text: I want my phone to do two things:   1. Send me a notification on a schedule.   2. Accept textual input, time stamp it, and store it somewhere. Ideally this would be the workflow:   1. I receive a notification.   2. I click on the notification.   3. I type my input.   4. I press enter, or otherwise complete my input.


title: Some mail subfolders not syncing

text: I have a new issue which just started where not all subfolders are appearing in the Mail app. Almost all subfolders are present, except for those that are part of a particular folder. I'm running 4.3 on a Samsung Galaxy III, connecting to an MS Exchange server. Everything appears normal in the Desktop client and Web client. I realize this could be an Exchange question, but has anyone else run into this issue and are there any suggestions? It it possible this is a size issue related to the overall size of this particular folder? Note: How can I get exchange email subfolders on my Samsung Galaxy S3? did not help me.


title: how can i choose the right sbf for stock recovery to avoid signature verification error? (milestone 2)

text: The whole story (probably can be skipped) : I have a Motorola Milestone 2 that got a severe case of "ghost touch" after spending some time in a really tight jeans pocket. So it entered 20 wrong unblock patterns and blocked, asking me for my google account. As i had the network off i couldnt authenticate, so I tried to unblock it from the adb shell. I couldnt because when I tried to open the settings.db it kept saying something about a collator. After that i started fiddling with the 2nd init configuration (Stupid, stupid me, i had no clue ). and i ended up bricking my phone :'(. Ok, here comes the real question: Before i bricked my phone it had a CyanogenMod, not sure which one, i think it was CM9 What im trying to do is a stock recovery from a sbf file. But i cant seem to find the right one, it keeps saying `E: signature verification failed` or `E: Failed to verify whole- file signature`. I have tried with at least eight different files but the above errors keep popping up. This trial and error is getting boring. Is there some way to know beforehand which file i should use ? i read somewhere about .smg files, but im not sure if this would help (I tried to keep this as short as possible, if there's any extra detail that i should mention i'll gladly do.)


title: How can I navigate using my PC through an Android phone connect via USB?

text: I have a phone with Android 2.2 (HD2 with CM6.0) enabled to surf internet pages (data connection). Now, I would like to "surf" using my PC connected via USB to the phone. Is it possible? Which programs do I need both on PC and Adnroid? If there are more solutions available, a free or low cost one is preferred


title: I have a problem with the android internal memory allocation is permanent

text: Has the android "internal memory allocation freeze" been solved? Example: GS3 internal memory full with photos (picassa sync issue). After moving problem photos to SD card, the internal memory is still an issue due to the fact that internal memory used for the photos remains allocated. Samsung's answer was to do a hard factory reset (LOL)


title: Galaxy ace - Can't seem to add a contact without adding them as a Google 'contact'

text: Every time I add a contact (via the little plus) it brings up the Google contact screen. It used to give me an option for SIM or phone storage for the contact, but this is no longer an option.


title: People app disappeared from apps on Nexus 4

text: It's a system app, but somehow I disabled it. Now, it won't show me my contacts or anything. If I try to see a missed call from notification drawer, it leaves me at home screen. I cannot view any of my call records.


title: How to change the device name in Google Play (formerly Android Market)?

text: I have bought a new phone and need to change the old device name to the new one. How do I change the device name in Google Play (formerly Android Market)?


title: Odd problem with USB tethering: Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE) or Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED)

text: I am accessing internet with my Laptop through 3G USB Tethering from my Nexus S with Android 4.0.4. About half of the time, I lose connection and I am unable to access any website on my Laptop or use any application that connects to the internet (eg. ping), except for Gmail and Skype (which still work very well). And it goes back and forth frequently between the normal situation and the odd one. If I try to access any other website on my laptop (like google.com), I get depending on the website: "No data received Unable to load the webpage because the server sent no data. Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data." OR "This webpage is not available Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): The server refused the connection" Do you have an explanation for this bizarre behavior? Do you think an app is interfering with my connection?


title: Make Sent folder show email recipient instead of sender

text: I am new to Nexus 4 and have a problem. My SENT folder in exchange server mail shows the sender (i.e. me) and not the list of person(s) to whom the mail has been sent. Any help?


title: Samsung Galaxy Ace, data network mode keeps deactivating itself

text: Every time i turn on my data network it deactivates itself within 5 mins ,any ideas anyone? i have a Samsung Galaxy ace.


title: How can I increase my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 battery life?

text: How can I increase my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (Android) battery life? I am going to use my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (with WIFI and/or 3G) for marketing purposes: It's going to play a movie non stop (without sound) and there are no other applications running except for the movie. I would like to use WIFI and/or 3G to update the movies that are going to run. But the tablet is going to be mobile and onroute where it's not possible to charge the Tablet. Meaning I have around 6 and half hours of battery life before I get the first message that my tablet is running out of juice (we've tested that already, but only at one fixed location not in travelling mode (e.g. constantly looking for WIFI connections)). I would like to increase my battery life somehow... I have read some of the other posts here already. So I know that turning of WIFI or 3g would definitely help. But I need WIFI on to update those movies when we come near one of our Hotspots. I know brightness is another thing and that is automatically already set to half brightness. Is there a way to create a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 and Android back-up which has the perfect set-up and configuration for only running a movie (without sounds) and with WIFI on? Looking at a better CPU config and some sort of bare necessities configuration to be operational and saving the most of battery.


title: How can I re-install the stock Android 2.2 calendar?

text: I mistakenly deleted the stock Google Calendar application from my Android 2.2 phone (Samsung Europa GT-i5500). My phone is rooted. I can't recall what program I used for the deletion, but I have backups of 4 files saved on my desktop PC:   1. com.android.calendar-[big number].apk   2. com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].apk   3. com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].properties   4. com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].tar How can I reinstall this application using these backups?


title: How can I increase the lock screen delay?

text: On my HTC One V (Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich), I can use "Settings / Security / Lock Phone After" to set the time, after which entering the PIN is required to unlock the screen. The maximum setting here is "15 minutes". Practically, this means I have to enter the PIN every time I take the phone out of my pocket, too often for my liking. Can I increase this time span to something > 1 hour? PS: I have encrypted my phone. I understand that I am taking a risk, when someone should steal my unlocked phone.


title: How to install Google Music on a non-US phone?

text: I am trying to install Google Music on my phone from outside the US. After using Market Enabler Play Store correctly displays and even downloads the app, but then aborts with "this app cannot be installed in your country". It still doesn't work after rebooting my phone. Is there any way around this?


title: Access desktop files from ADB connected device

text: Is it possible to access the desktop files from Android device ?   The device is connected to the desktop through USB.


title: Driving Mode isn't working as expected on Samsung Galaxy SII

text: I have this Samsung Galaxy SII, GT-I9100T, with Android version 2.3.3. When placed in Dock with my car, the following happens   * Whenever a call is incoming, the phone would read me the calling number, even if he's found in my contacts.   * Whenever a message is incoming, the phone will **sometimes** read me their phone number, even if they're found in my contacts. What can cause this? I've checked the configuration and found nothing helpful, Google wasn't much of a help either.


title: How to access media files (photos and videos) on Samsung GT-I9082?

text: I have a Samsung GT-I9082 mobile phone (Android 4.1.2) with lots of videos and photos. I want to move them from the phone to my notebook running Windows 7. I connected it via USB and selected the MTP mode. I got an error on the phone, which said that my notebook is not compatible with that mode. So I switched to PTP mode ("Connect as a camera"). Then, the notebook recognized both the device and its memory card. ![Screenshot 1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VqwuT.png) But I couldn't find video files neither on the device itself, nor on the memory card. Searching for `*.*` shows just 4 files, and their total size is less than 10 GB (this is the occupied space on the memory card according to previous screenshot). ![Screenshot 2](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Dg7Ez.png) What can I do in order to access these media files on my notebook?


title: Chrome disappears/hangs after reboot?

text: I'm using Android 4.1.2 that's rooted. Because Google Chrome has a big size, especially the cache (which is troublesome to delete it every visiting a new site), i moved my Chrome to SD Card by using Titanium Backup.(In my phone chrome is a system app so i deleted it and reinstall the Playstore version) But now, when i reboot my phone, my Chrome will either crashes or disappears entirely at startup. Is there any way to solve this? If that's impossible, is there any way to move cache to SD Card? Because that what makes my internal memory loses much space. My phone is Oppo Find Way (U7015) - it's only released in china and southeast asia :)


title: My phone starts in Airplane Mode all the time

text: The last few weeks every time I restart my phone or just turn it on, it starts in Airplane Mode, even if when I turn it off it's not on Airplane Mode. Because it starts in Airplane Mode, the SIM-pin is deactivated until I switch it back to normal. It's only PIN locked. How can I stop it from starting in Airplane Mode? The phone is a Huawei Ascend P6 and I haven't modified anything on it.


title: How to install Yii framework in an android device?

text: I am studying Yii framework in my android phone. I have an application called AndroPHP. It has a **LightHttpd, MySql and PHP**. I can run CodeIgniter, Wordpress and Smarty in my phone but I don't have an idea how can I install a Yii framework. I searched in the Internet I can't find any correct solution. I tried to install it using the yiic webapp in my android terminal emulator. And my error is **sh: yiic: not found** I have a YII framework extracted in **sdcard/www/YII/** And I used the yiic in the framework folder. To access the yiic I have this path: **root@android:/storage/sdcard0/www/YII/framework#** And to use the yiic I have this **yiic webapp sdcard0/www/bid** where **bid** is my folder under **www** Any idea how can I install this framework? Or any android application that has a tutorial in installing Yii. Ok that's all thanks.


title: My Nexus 4 crashes after every app start

text: I haven't used my Nexus 4 in a while, and all of a sudden all apps crashes on their start up, including the Google Play Store app. I have tried to upgrade the OS to KitKat (via Settings => About This Phone => System Updates), but it's stuck updating to 4.3; I have a view with "downloading Android 4.3 update" which doesn't progess. ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dwVmf.png)   Screenshot (click for larger variant) > com.google.process.gapps has stopped


title: Search by Organization in People

text: I have the new HTC and I cannot search in my people app by Organization. I, as suggested in a previous Q&A, have "Company" marked HOWEVER in the card it is called Organization and therefore cannot search. How do I change it to Company not Organisation. Even better how do I search on Organization?


title: Benefits of skins as opposed to vanilla Android

text: Has anyone seen any benefits to using skins such as MotoBlur and HTC Sense as opposed to "vanilla" Android like on the Nexus One? I'm considering getting the Nexus S and this is part of my pre-purchase evaluation.


title: Enable USB debugging on Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD Global with no screen

text: Before this gets marked as a duplicate please consider that virtually every answer involves vague references to things like 'fastboot' that I honestly don't understand and can't find any information about. I have spent the last 4 hours scouring 100's of forum posts, reading ADB documentation, looking through wiki articles trying to learn the ins-and-outs of recovery roms, flashing, etc., and I still don't have a working solution -- not because the things I've tried haven't worked, but because information is so obscure and vague that I have no idea what to try. I have a Droid Razr Maxx HD Global. The screen and digitizer are both broken. I have a new identical working device. I want to transfer _everything_ \-- system settings, app data, etc. -- from the old device to the new device. It's easy enough to move the SIM and external SD to the new device but I still have the issue of internal storage. The phone is stock. USB debugging is disabled. I can't use ADB because of that. I also can't use tools like MobileTrans (or whatever) because of that. I can't enable USB debugging because I need the screen. ~~I don't have a USB On- The-Go and I don't even know if it would work with my device. I don't have an HDMI cable or a monitor that accepts HDMI.~~ I have tried multiple USB On-The- Go adapters and multiple mice and none of the mice are recognized. I have an HDMI cable and an HDMI monitor which works but does not help with the digitizer issue. The most promising looking path I see so far is to install a ROM that has USB debugging enabled. Maybe it's a regular ROM, maybe it's a recovery ROM, I have no idea. I have this RSDLite tool that I guess flashes regular ROMs, or maybe recovery ROMs, or both, I can't tell. I have a regular and recovery Cyanogen ROM image. RSDLite can't load it. RSDLite doesn't show my device. I saw a few people say "oh just boot into fastboot and use that". Ok I'll just, uh, press the "boot into fastboot and use it" button? I have no idea what fastboot is other than a tool that I have in my ADB installation. There is also this answer, which recommends typing `setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1` somewhere, although I don't know where. The poster says, amusingly, _"The Droid X does not have a physical keyboard - but if it did you could try this in a terminal."_ Anybody have any ideas about this one? My imaginary keyboard on my Razr doesn't work either. (Update: This requires screen access and a terminal on the phone, so, as per usual, that doesn't actual answer the question that was asked.) I did try "using" (fsv of "using") fastboot to boot with the Cyanogen recovery ROM (which may or may not be the correct ROM and may or may not have debugging enabled and I don't actually know if "boot" permanently modifies the device or not):               fastboot boot /path/to/some_arbitrary_rom_i_got_on_the_internet.img      But it just got stuck on `<waiting for device>` and eventually gave up, something that all the answers involving fastboot seem to neglect to address. Not really sure how to proceed there, or if that's even the right path to be going down. (Update: Apparently the power + volume down button boot menu is called "fastboot" mode -- odd that it's this easy when all mentions of "fastboot mode" on the internet seem to involve some huge chain of drivers, weird tools, and arcane commands and never mentioned that on Motorola devices it's just the plain old boot menu. I will try this when I get home from work.) The flood of advice like "yes just select X and Y in the boot menu" seems to help nobody with this problem because, obviously, the screen is broken. _HOW_ (keyword: _HOW_ ) do I _somehow_ enable USB debugging on a device with a broken screen? Do I use fastboot for something? Do I find a ROM of some sort with USB debugging enabled? What ROMs have USB debugging enabled (it's not exactly something listed in their feature list)? How do I _actually_ do this? Minor rant: It's amazing how massive the headache is compared to how conceptually simple the problem (need to enable one setting and can't) is. Given that drop damage is the most common cause of accidental smartphone failure and that USB debugging is required to transfer system data (for some reason the Android folks tied the concept of "transferring data" to "development tool"), it boggles the mind why there isn't a more robust interface for this or at least a non-arcane working how-to out there somewhere for people who reasonably don't want to spend a week of their life becoming an expert on Android kernel image development and debugging.


title: How can I stop Hootsuite from trying to send this failing message?

text: So I try to send a tweet from hootsuite about this really nice beer I had. It was a nice beer, and a nice tweet, and nothing weird about it at the time. The message send failed -- see screenshot, below. The message cannot be found in hootsuite -- the message doesn't appear in my twitter feed, nor in "sent messages" (of course) -- the "Pending" tab is empty. The message send KEEPS failing -- even though I've posted other messages from Hootsuite to Twitter since then. The message keeps trying to resend (and fail) every few minutes [no idea of actual frequency, but if I dismiss the message, it reappears sooner or later]. ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/t2dP4.png)


title: Does the Automatic away-status in Google Talk not function as it's supposed to?

text: Using Google Talk on Android 2.2 on a Motorola Droid. Under settings I have the box for Automatic away-status checked. My assumption is that this would set my status to away when the screen is off as it states: _Set status to away when the screen is turned off_ However, this isn't the case. I've confirmed by walking over to a co-workers desk and it still shows me as available. I have Gmail closed on my desktop and it stays as available for ever, it doesn't just take some time to update. Any ideas if this is a bug or is there a workaround? At the moment I'm just signing myself out when I remember to.


title: How can I decline the latest update?

text: The latest update for the HTC Incredible looks to be mostly bloatware and a few small fixes. I'd rather not update, but the constant reminders are super annoying. Is there anything I can do, or is my only recourse to go ahead and install the update?


title: Samsung Kies better than OTA?

text: I was wondering if Kies provides any kind of advantage towards getting a pending update for my galaxy note 3 phone. I am still waiting for an OTA KitKat update and, if Kies would allow me to end the waiting, I would definitely give it a try!


title: How to enable mobile network in Android Tablet

text: I have got Karbonn Ta-Fone A34 tablet. By default its mobile network options is permanently inactive. Now I have rooted my tablet and want to enable to mobile network option. Is there any way I can browse the Android System files and make changes there to enable the mobile network or if there is any app to do this.


title: Is is possible two tablets of the same model has different functionalities?

text: I've bought a Huawei IDEOS S7 up front (there isn't a monthly fee) for SGD 885 (682 USD) before realizing that it costs only:   1. SGD 468 (USD 360)   2. SGD 549 (USD423)   3. SGD 488 (USD 376)   4. (SGD 324) USD 250 My tablet supports GSM voice communication and I can make phone calls with it. I was basically wondering is it true that all Huawei IDEOS S7 can be used to make phone calls, Or is it true that some Huawei IDEOS S7 have support for GSM voice communication (mine) while others do not have support for it (those _cheaper_ ones shown in the list above)? Or did I just lost $385?


title: Google Services battery drain on Galaxy devices

text: Here are screenshots from my three Samsung Galaxy devices: # Samsung Galaxy S3 ![Samsung Galaxy S3](http://i.stack.imgur.com/n7OxC.png) # Samsung Galaxy S4 ![Samsung Galaxy S4](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Zr00c.png) # Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 ![Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014](http://i.stack.imgur.com/oXyRM.jpg) It seems, that in each case Google Play Services ("Usługi Google") are mostly responsible for fast battery drain. 2014 lasts only a day now (compared to 3+ days of previous version of 10.1). S4 lasts less than 24 hours, S3 toughly reaches 24 hours. What is the cause of so fast battery drain?


title: How to remove other apps icons (like Skype or WhatsApp) from contact and phone app?

text: I would like to keep Skype Mobile installed but get rid of its icons from contacts **AND/OR** from being asked whether I want to make a call to the contact through Skype or other similarly annoying application. Is there any facility in Android that allows me to keep the control of that? Uncle Google isn't much helpful in that matter. Moreover I have two Skype icons per contact on my phone. And that the thing that hits my taste. Phone details: Sony Xperia S, Android 4.1.2


title: OTA update removed stock Contacts app (Galaxy Y S5360, Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.XXMI1)

text: My Galaxy Y S5360 did an OTA software update on 22 April 2014, and ever since then, after the phone rebooted, my Contacts app has gone completely! The data is there, so I have had to download Contacts+ app from Google Play in order for me to call/text my contacts, but I can't add or edit any of my contacts. I've contacted Carphonewarehouse, who I bought the phone from in January 2012, and they were unable to help. I've contacted Samsung, who got their remote assistance team to remotely delve into my phone (via Smart Tutor for Samsung app) and they were unable to help. I've done a factory reset, no joy. Apparently there is no option to reload the software update, as Kies is old and I can't update this because my phone is old and won't cope. I am at a loss what to do! I've raised a complaint with Samsung, so I'm hoping they will be sympathetic, but I won't hold my breathe. Can anyone help?


title: Is it possible to wipe Samsung S5 finger print scanner data from recovery

text: I heard Samsung S5 has finger print scanner to unlock screen. How reliable is this? If I perform a data wipe or factory reset via recovery will the finger print lock still works?


title: How to change lockscreen display time on Samsung Galaxy S4 Plus?

text: When I press the power button the screen is immediately turned off and locked. When I press the power button again the screen is turned on and the lockscreen is displayed. However, it is only displayed for about 5 seconds before the screen goes off again. I have to start interacting with it straight away to prevent the screen from turning off. I don't always want to unlock the screen, sometimes I just like to press the power button to have the screen turn on so I can work my way in the dark, as a flash light replacement. But that doesn't work if I have to keep pressing the power button on and off all the time. Is it possible to change this time? I would like to have it set to at least 30 seconds, or have it stay on all the time until I press the power button again. Is this possible? I'm not sure it's possible to have the screen stay on until you press the power button, but my old HTC had a longer display time when the lockscreen is shown. I'm on Galaxy S4 Plus (GT-I9506) with Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It's stock ROM and everything, brand new. I tried to google this and it appears that the only time setting you can change for the lockscreen is the time it takes for the lockscreen to actually activate. Below is a screenshot of the "Lock screen" page on an Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4qbyhm.png) (image source: Android Central) There was this "Secured lock time" option. It said "the screen will be locked after 30 minutes of inactivity." This is on the Galaxy S3. Mine is a little bit different. Below is a screenshot of the lock screen page on mine. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0FxnAm.png) This however does not change the display time of the actual screenlock... screen (sorry). It only defines when the screenlock will become active.


title: How to avoid WhatsApp locking up my contacts

text: If there is a contact who has WhatsApp, the contact was locked from name changes and also create weird changes such as removing any white spaces in the name (even between first name and last name). I like to keep the Whatsapp association but do not want to have WhatsApp taking over the contact changes. What is the solution?


title: Changing default video player in Google Chrome for Android

text: _**tl;dr_** When you open any video, default HTML5 player is used. What I want is to make Google Chrome to use custom video player whenever it wants to playback a video _**Longer story_** My real goal is to stream video content from Android to AppleTV via AirPlay. I found a nice app called _streambels_ which is capable of doing that. The only problem is when I am trying to watch video on Google Chrome, I can't stream it so if I could change the default video player would allow me to pass the video to broadcasting app. And life would be so great :)


title: How to remove a system file using adb shell?

text: I have an android system file in **/mnt/extsd/**.And I wanted to delete that file.                 root@android:/mnt/extsd # ls -l     d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          1980-01-01 00:00 clockworkmod     root@android:/mnt/extsd #  rm -r  clockworkmod/        Aborted       So, I remounted the system in write mode and tried the same with no luck.               root@Tron:/home/aswin# adb kill-server     root@Tron:/home/aswin# adb remount      * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *     * daemon started successfully *     remount succeeded     root@Tron:/home/aswin# adb shell rm -r /mnt/extsd/clockworkmod/      Aborted       I tried to set a 755 permission by issuing these commands , but they wont work.               root@android:/mnt/extsd #  ls -l     d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          1980-01-01 00:00 clockworkmod     root@android:/mnt/extsd # chmod 755 clockworkmod/                                   root@android:/mnt/extsd # ls -l                                                     d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          1980-01-01 00:00 clockworkmod     root@android:/ #  chown root /mnt/extsd/     Unable to chmod /mnt/extsd/: Operation not permitted      How can I fix this ?


title: Unstable S4 - AbsListView

text: I've been having an issue on my Galaxy S4 following the 4.3 update whereby it will occasionally reboot the phone then go into a reboot loop. If connected to a charge the loop will stop and the battery will be fine (e.g. at 80%). Now one thing I've noticed in trying to diagnose this via logcat is that the following message: 13:37:54.600 AbsListView unregisterIRListener() is called occurs about 26 times a second. Is this normal behavior? If not how can I find and eliminate the cause?


title: How to get the identifier of a LINE friend?

text: LINE is an app like Skype+Facebook. The main element is your list of friends. You can add friends by typing their id, for instance `johndoe`, and the friend appears in your friends list as something like `Johnny LOL` or whatever nickname they fancy. LINE is notoriously bad at multi-devicing: when switching phones you lose a lot of data. How can I get the identifiers of my current friends?   This way I could add them again if I lose them or lose my password in the future.


title: Lock screen clock cut off?

text: I have a new Samsung Epic 4G which has a clock on the top of the unlock screen. For some reason, however, most of the date gets cut off. So what I see is "Fri May." and the time. It seems like a font problem, but the phone is brand new. I'm not even sure where to look for fixes or insights.


title: Hiding System icons in Notification area?

text: Does anybody know a reliable way to remove system icons from the notification area? I have a smaller screen on my (rooted, default ROM) Optimus T and I find some of the system notifications icons unnecessary. I would prefer to find an app to do it rather than have to do it myself, I'm always nervous about changing framework pieces by hand in a text editor. For instance, I work full time and use my phone as my alarm clock. I will, for the entire life of my device, have an alarm set. I do not need an icon telling me I have an alarm. Also, I have no need to know if headphones are plugged into my device. If they're plugged into my device, they're plugged into my ears, and that's an easier indicator while not taking up screen space. Lastly, I keep my phone on vibrate. I never want my phone to ring because if I'm talking to somebody and my phone goes off, if I answer, I'm rude to who I'm face to face talking to. If I don't answer, then the person I'm talking to knows that I blatantly ignored a call; I'm worried if they call me, they'll think I didn't answer because I did the same thing. On vibrate, I'm the only one who knows what calls I answer/ignore. Does anybody know an app to let me turn off these system icons in the notification area?


title: What applications can I disable on my Samsung Galaxy S4?

text: I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 and discovered that it comes with a large number of programs that I know I will never use (Amazon MP3, all Samsung Apps, TripAdvisor etc.). I have found that they can be disabled by going to `Settings > More > Application Manager`, selecting a specific application and choosing `Disable`. The problem is that I don't know which applications can be safely disabled. Can someone provide a definitive list of all the applications installed on a new Galaxy S4 along with whether they are required or not?


title: root cannot list filed in /data

text: 1|shell@maguro:/ # ls -l /system/xbin/     -rwxr-xr-x root     shell       59816 2013-07-11 02:12 dexdump     -rwsr-sr-x root     root        67008 2013-10-08 17:24 su     shell@maguro:/ # ls /data     opendir failed, Permission denied      The permissions on `su` are correct right? I get the hash prompt, but I can't list the files in /data (or do anything that requires superuser permissions). I don't have Superuser.apk installed, I don't want to install it because of that grant/deny access dialogue that pops up if you wipe the device. What does Superuser.apk do that I can't do when I unpack the *.img files?


title: Disable screen lock pattern

text: I just downloaded JellyBean on my HTC One X. I wanted to check APNs, but accidently went to VPN. Then, I had to set the screen lock pattern to access it. Now, I have an extra step when I want to use the phone. Is there any way to disable the screen lock pattern?


title: Flashing 5300 ROM on Samsung Galaxy Pocket GT-S5300B

text: A friend of mine asked me to root his Samsung Galaxy Pocket, but the model he has is 5300B. I found a root guide, and ROMs only for the regular 5300. Can I still install a ROM which was made for the 5300 on the 5300B version? Thank you.


title: How can I test the NFC capability of my Android?

text: I got a Nexus 7 last week, and I love it! It has NFC functionality, and I was wondering how I could test it? I don't actually have any NFC tags that I can use (have you seen the price of them?!?). So, how can I test NFC without NFC tags?


title: Measure data used by android app

text: Is there any way I could measure the data being used by the components in my android app? If yes, how can I do it? For example, Say I have an app A with X and Y components, I would like to know that what amount of internet data the component X uses and what amount of internet data Y uses.


title: Force close message for every single application on Easypad Junior

text: I have an Easypad Junior and have the following problem with it: When I start it and unlock it i get this error: > The application <..., it does that for every single one> has stopped > unexpectedly The only thing I can do is to press `Force close` and then I enter a loop of pressing that. That leads nowhere. In safe mode, the same story. Can you please help me?


title: Adding pre-installed application to Android image

text: I've got an example APK file, and I'd like to add it to an existing Android image. I've got the image that ships with the Android SDK as a reference, but I haven't found any tools which can unpack and edit it on Windows- the only scripts I've found only work on Unix, and the only thing you can find for any term with "Android image" in it is a hundred people trying to sell a cut-down Photoshop for Android devices. Any suggestions?


title: Bluetooth A2DP audio occasionally drops out for a second on custom ROMs

text: When I'm playing audio over the A2DP data path to my car, the audio randomly will drop for half a second, then gradually comes back to full volume over perhaps a second of time. Speaking like a programmer, it's almost like something mutes the audio and then slides the volume up in a loop or something. This problem did not occur on Bombaridier and the older Synergy Kernel, however it is happening with the newer kernel on Juggernaut v5, Paradox and SlickMOD, leading me to believe something in the kernel or newer system binaries might be causing it. This behavior happens in Pandora, Amazon MP3 and also the stock Music app. Thinking that maybe a stray notification was the problem, I've tried disabling notifications in all of the apps I know of that notify, I've also tried switching the phone into vibrate and finally into full-silent, but it does not seem to affect the behavior. I have found no likely cause. I wish I was able to log alsa changes; maybe a script running constantly with something like:               while (true)     do cat /proc/alsa/some_alsa_status_entry >> /tmp/alsalog     sleep 1     done      Does anyone else have any ideas as to what this might be? It's really annoying!


title: Samsung Galaxy S2 stuck on CWM, can't mount sdcard

text: I've been trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100), following the official guide. I was successful in installing Clockworkmod and can enter the recovery mode. The problem starts when I try to wipe/format my sd card. It fails, saying something like "cannot mount /sdcard". If I go to mount/storage and try to mount the sdcard I get "error mounting sdcard". And I get something similar of course if I try to "install zip from sdcard". If I boot my phone normally I get the Samsung logo (yellow triangle included) and then it goes to black. Access to the sdcard via usb is not very consistent (screen is black so I don't know what's going on, but when I plug in the usb sometimes I can see the sdcard in my computer, sometimes not, and when I can it gets disconnected often). Maybe it is a problem with the sd card? I wasn't having trouble before this, except maybe very slow access sometimes (which I blamed on Samsung's bloatware).


title: Make the screen to appear again when the screen is off by just touching the screen. Instead of pressing the on/off button

text: Our system at work is automated. Sometimes a machine stop and we get the fault popping up on a android device everyone is carrying. It's a Cat B15 Mobile with Android 4.1. We are carrying the phone with a holder around our arm. If the screen is on all the time, the battery drains out pretty fast. So I want to make the device to shut down the screen, and when I touch the screen it will start again. Right now it's a little complicated to press the on and off button. Because the holder is blocking it. Anyhow, if this was a possibility it would make everything a lot easier! I checked the settings but didn't see anything about it.


title: Music lockscreen controls

text: I'm on a Nexus 4, when I play music from the Play music app, the full screen lock screen music controls or music art will not show only the lock screen as if I am not playing music at all. I do have doubleTwist installed (wanted to try it) but I have the doubleTwist lock screen controls off. How can I get lockscreen controls back?


title: Phone not switching on

text: So I am using my Sony Xperia Neo L, and I accidentally dropped it on the ground and the battery comes out. This has happened hundreds of times before. When I insert my battery back in, the flashlight just turns on and the phone does not switch on. This happened for about half an hour. I then put my other battery to check (Yes I keep a spare) it does the same thing. Hours later, the flashlight doesn't come on, but when I try to switch it on, the red light is just beeping (as if the battery is low, but both my batteries are charged).. What do I do? :(


title: Birthday reminders in my phone start 12 hours prior for birthdays stored in Gmail contacts

text: I store birthdays in my Gmail contacts. I have HTC One X with Android 4.2.2 and Sense 5. I have synced my calendars with Gmail contacts and all the birthdays are visible in my calendar app on Android. But the reminder for each of the birthday is set to 12 hours prior. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EmpGr.png) I don't want to reminded of someone's birthday 12 hours before! Is there any way to customize this time? Or remove it completely for all the birthday reminders coming from Gmail contacts?


title: Charging/PC connection issues

text: I have tab 2 7.0 that will only charge when switched off and even then that's only sometimes, other times I get the battery boot loop. When device is on it says not charging in battery settings and has a red x through battery icon. It also does the same when connected to a PC but windows does not detect any connection. I have two of these, both my sons and both do the same. It's an original cable and wall charger. So I'm guessing it could be the cable as I factory reset one of them and still the same problem. It seems obvious but I'm just looking for any advise before I go buying another cable. Thanks.


title: Why can't I copy files between the external & interal SD on an Android 4.2 tablet?

text: When I insert a micro-SD card into the tablet, I can open the graphical " _file manager_ " in the apps and view which files & folders are on the internal-SD and the external-SD. However I can not discover how to copy a file _from_ the internal _to_ the external SD or vice-versa. The File Manager lets me create a copy of a file in the same folder, but there was no hint given as to how to copy or move a file from one folder or storage medium to another. The tablet I am trying to work with is apparently a `FAST-TOUCH` (??) which is running Android 4.2.2. I think it may be this 10" tablet, or at least it is very similar to it. I did not purchase the tablet and I definitely do not have "admin" access. I have tried to locate a user manual, but I do not think one exists. It seems to be rather common for Android devices to come with little or no useful documentation. I would normally never bother to ask about this since I always considered simple file ops to be very trivial procedures. But I have never used an Android tablet (or phone) before and, frankly, I do **not** find using it to be as intuitive as I think others assume it to be. ## **A Note About Edits** This question previously focused on asking about documentation. I have stripped most of that out and repurposed the question to ask only about how to do a simple file copy with the File Manager on the tablet. Before I posted the question I attempted to locate previous questions about basic Android documentation, but failed to find them. For some reason, I only seem to be able to find the questions I am looking for if I first create and post a duplicate question. I am posting links to the general documentation questions I found below for possible future reference since, frankly, I doubt my ability to find them again. Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions? Where can I find a thorough introduction to Android? Android Jelly Bean help or user manual


title: SMS App with DIFFERENT conversation list style for unreplied threads.

text: I've been searching everywhere to find an SMS app where I can see at a glance which conversation threads might need my attention. I often forget to reply to a text and would love to be able to look at my conversation list and see the threads where I was the last person to reply shown in green shading and ones that might be waiting for a reply shown in red. I find it ridiculous that all the SMS apps I've tried rely on memory alone (or estimation based on texting style) in order to remember who was the last person to reply. I'm a self employed musician and have about 100 contacts that I contact regularly and it takes me ages to go back and check if there's anyone waiting for a reply because I have to open each thread individually. It seems like such a simple thing! You could even have threads highlighted in bright red where the last message was from someone else and it had a "? " in it! Seriously does anyone know of an app with any distinction between threads like this? Any help would be much appreciated!


title: Have a widget activating something in an app?

text: I have the SyncMe app, and I would like to have a widget activating a fuction in the app. Now I have to open the app -> Click on a button -> Click on another button. Can I have a widget doing this by just clicking it?


title: Samsung Galaxy Exhibit - Email Photo Problem

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit. When my husband sends me photos in email I can see the small preview picture but when I click on it it reverts to an older picture that he sent me. I think I accidentally locked it to that older picture. How do I unlock it? I can see others pictures with no problem. Thank you!!


title: cannot mount sdext for link2sd?

text: I have a huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2. when I restart my phone I have to remount the sdext myself using terminal emulator.               su     mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext2      but now it returns :               mount : mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /data/sdext2 failed : invalid argument      so I want to know how can I mount it again?


title: Which specific storage space is low, when getting "Low Space" on Samsung Galaxy S?

text: I'm getting the alert "Phone storage space is getting low". Here is my Samsung Galaxy S running Cyanogenmod 9's space status:               Name: Cache     Path: /cache     SIZE: 17.50MB     USED: 2.47MB     FREE: 15.02MB               Name: Data     Path: /data     SIZE: 1889.83MB     USED: 576.64MB     FREE: 1313.19MB               Name: SD-card     Path: /sdcard     SIZE: 5654.56MB     USED: 2011.00MB     FREE: 3643.56MB               Name: System     Path: /system     SIZE: 250.00MB     USED: 240.23MB     FREE: 9.76MB      You'd think it's /system, but /system has been like that forever. In fact, after installing cyanogen it only had 1mb free. I actually deleted some system apps (wallpaper crap mostly) to free up a little more. I am not asking how to get rid of the alert. I want to know **which specific storage space does the alert refer to?**


title: Can I use wifi or Bluetooth to get the same kind of connection to my phone that I can with USB?

text: I have a new Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android 4.4.2, and I also have a laptop and desktop computer, both running Ubuntu 14.04. In order to access or transfer files from phone to computer, I can connect my Samsung by USB easily enough, but I thought I might be able to do something a little cooler using either wifi or Bluetooth. My phone always connects to my home LAN whenever I'm at home, so if there was a way to make it appear on the network automatically every time it was in range, that would be sweet. My laptop I'm often using at hotspots where I probably couldn't connect them via the LAN. So maybe for my laptop, some kind of Bluetooth connection would be best. I'm actually typing right now on my laptop, and I paired the phone and laptop together, so I can select to "Send files" from the laptop to the Android, but that's about as convenient as emailing it to myself. I really want to be able to open the Android internal SD drives like they were drives on a network. This could be two questions, one about connecting my desktop by wifi and one about connecting my laptop by bluetooth, but I'm asking them together because it may be that maybe one approach works best for both scenarios. Or maybe I have it reversed and wifi would be better for the laptop and Bluetooth for the desktop. In short, what is the best wireless way for me to make my Android phone always available to my computers so that I can transfer and access files to it? I'd ideally like to have the drives show up the same way they do as when connected by USB, so that I can do other things like syncing my music collection (with Banshee or Clementine) and possibly other tasks.


title: Back up phonebook list along with all data I used before factory reset

text: I'm using Karbonn A11 Android phone. One of my friends tried to guess my pattern and unfortunately he locked my phone. I want my phonebook list back before factory restore. Please suggest to me how could I get back my data.


title: Galaxy tab 4 7.0 version 4.4.2 stuck in Odin Mode

text: Today I would like to root my samsung galaxy tab 4 7.0 version 4.2.2. while odin running, it display fail and then my phone now is stuck in odin mode.. Please see my photo : Odin Mode Product Name: SM-T231 Current Binary: Custom System status: official. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zsMTc.jpg) please help![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BlvY4.jpg)


title: Upload an APK to a non-rooted galaxy s4 mini

text: I'm trying to copy an .apk to a non-rooted galaxy s4 mini both though `adb install` (with development mode on) and through windows explorer and in both cases it hangs on uploading the apk. Is there a way to change this to allow uploading apks? Only rooting? (An obvious workaround is to copy apks over dropbox but ideally I want to be able to use `adb install` for debugging my apks) **Edit:** I have `unknown sources` allowed, I've a couple of apps I've installed by downloading the APKs bypassing Google Play I've tried with a couple of APKs with the same result. I've successfully installed the same APKs by sharing them via Dropbox and installing on the phone from a file explorer I'm on windows but the same `adb` executable works fine with my Kindle Fire (rooted) tablet installing the same APK without a problem `adb install application.apk` just hangs for a while until I terminate it   Occasionally after I terminate it and try to restart it would give me the following:               error: protocol fault (no status)     error: protocol fault (no status)     error: device not found     - waiting for device -     rm failed for /data/local/tmp/application.apk, No such file or directory      Then `adb install application.apk` hangs again when restarted. The phone is recognized with `adb devices` I cannot check if I have `/data/app-lib/application` or `/data/data/applicaiton.apk` as I don't have root access (I can navigate around with `adb shell` but get access denied trying to `ls` contents of `/data/app-lib` and `/data/data`), but I think this is unlikely (I've tried with APKs I've never had installed on the phone before) `adb install -r application.apk` and `adb install -s application.apk` hang the same way as `adb install application.apk` `adb push application.apk /sdcard` gives me `protocol failure` Installing from sdcard with a file explorer (for apks previously downloaded from the internet) does work but I would like to be able to install and debug them with `adb` (through Android Studio)


title: Viber notification doesn't disappear

text: I use Viber and when it is in the background, it shows a notification in the notification bar when I get a message. However, sometimes when I click that message and it opens Viber, the notification stays there no matter the _I'm actually reading it_. If I go to the message list, it shows unread messages, no matter I just read it. If I dismiss the message, it'll get back in a few minutes as it detects it is not yet read. You can see here the notification is there and the message is already read: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3nsmG.png) What should I set to make it show the notifications properly?


title: How do I transfer my phone numbers to an Android phone?

text: I just bought a new Android Phone (HTC Hero), but I need to import my Outlook contacts with all their phone numbers. Any directions as to how to do this?


title: s3 stuck at booting screen

text: I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 about a month back from eBay. It was working fine till the last Tuesday, but after that my phone started rebooting by itself. My Galaxy S3 is powered by Android 4.0.4 and unfortunately I haven't enabled the USB Debugging Mode, nor have I flashed it with any custom roms. So, I can't flash with any custom roms, the solution suggested by most of the threads I have browsed through. My phone is also not going into the recovery mode. Please help!


title: What are the main differences between Android and iPhone implementations of application multitasking?

text: What are the main differences between Android and iPhone implementations of multitasking at the application level? (Let's not turn this into a subjective fanboy argument please?)


title: Can't figure out how to play steaming video from a url with MoboPlayer

text: How can a video player like MoBo Player play content from a URL? I am not seeing any option after installing the app. Also, the search icon does nothing.