title: I have a problem in sharing photoes from my grand

text: I have samsung grand gt-i9082 and recently I have problem on sharing photoes from my mobile to other application like whats up or viber.it gave me a message said the file type need to be corrected ...Any help please????


title: Can I add my own themes to the new Theme section in the Personalize settings?

text: The latest update to KitKat 4.4.2 on my HTC ONE added a new Theme section to my Personalize settings. Right now, it just lists out four pre-defined themes, which appear to just be a wallpaper and a set of colors which control the global theme of the phone and apps. ![Personalize > Theme Screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/TfnNQm.jpg) Currently, the most bearable for me is the all black one, but the button colors with it are green which is kind of annoying me. I'd love to be able to modify them to be blue, but I don't see any way to modify the themes or even add my own. There's no additional menu when viewing that screen, no popup for long-pressing a theme, nothing. You can only select one and click Apply. Is there a simple way to add my own themes to this list, or is there even a way to add themes to this list?


title: Pending Notifications icons are black and white (no color)

text: I have a Nexus 5. All of the sudden I've noticed that the pending notifications icons at the top left of the my phone are black and white instead of some of them being colored. I don't know what happened. I didn't change any settings in the past couple of days. The only thing I've done is installed Yahoo News digest App. Is there a setting that I could double check or someplace on my phone that addresses this problem? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/wJuB0.png)


title: Clockwork Mod. To flash or not to flash?

text: Running: Verizon HTC Eris (No service) with the recommended Cyanogenmod for the device + Amon RA recovery as prescribed by the gscript lite method of rooting found in the "Universal Eris root for dummies" guide (the one with step by step pictures) When i got the CM7 rom up and running i was looking through the preinstalled apps and found the rom manager. inside was the option "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". From what iv gathered online (CWM > AmonRA)... Is this so? Should i use this option? I fear that by breaking my current recovery in an attempt to upgrade i will brick my device... Should i do this?


title: 3G Modem sim on my Nexus S

text: I have a 3G modem, and have tried it's sim card in a couple different modens with success. However, I tried to put in on my Nexus S and use wifi tether, but it didn't work - although it seemed to have network signal, the data was not working. My guess was it misses the authentication part (for each different modem I tried, I had to add the operator's credentials). I was wondering how do I configure my smartphone so it would act like a modem? I have a `Nexus S` with Android 4.1.1


title: How to manually install ICS on Sony Ericsson Phones?

text: Attempting update from 2.3.4 to 4.x and the pc companion software keeps telling me my phone is up to date! Anyone know if it's possible to do a manual install?


title: Link2sd gives "Mount script error"

text: Im using a rooted Samsung Galaxy ACE with 2.3.4. I installed link2sd and I have a 1Gb ext2 (I tried with fat32 also with the same result) partition. After starting the app and selecting the partition I get this error:               MOUNT SCRIPT ERROR     Mount Script cannot be created      Mount: Invalid argument      Any ideas?


title: Is there a PDF reader app for the Kindle Fire with Dropbox syncing?

text: Are there any apps for reading PDFs on the Kindle Fire that sync with Dropbox? (Ideally I'm looking for an app comparable to the excellent GoodReader for iOS.) Note: Dropbox does not have an app in the Amazon Appstore.


title: Android emulator reports 0x501 error while using GPU Emulation with OpenGL ES

text: I am trying to run the **ArcGIS for Android** samples in Android Emulator. Based on the ArcGIS recommendation, I have installed the **Intel HAXM** and enabled the **GPU Emulation** as well. While running the application with Emulator it reports the below console output. It seems the application has been **installed with ERRORS** , but I can see the application layout **without MAP** and its not responding to me. Please suggest me, is it anything related to insufficient hardware or am I missing any software configuration things to get it worked? Thanks in advance!               [2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] ------------------------------     [2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Android Launch!     [2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] adb is running normally.     [2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Performing com.esri.arcgis.android.samples.geometryeditor.GeometryEditor activity launch     [2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'AVD-4.0.3' is not available. Launching new emulator.     [2012-08-17 12:07:02 - GeometryEditor] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'AVD-4.0.3'     [2012-08-17 12:07:07 - Emulator] creating window 23 23 428 713     [2012-08-17 12:07:07 - GeometryEditor] New emulator found: emulator-5554     [2012-08-17 12:07:07 - GeometryEditor] Waiting for HOME ('android.process.acore') to be launched...     [2012-08-17 12:08:32 - GeometryEditor] HOME is up on device 'emulator-5554'     [2012-08-17 12:08:32 - GeometryEditor] Uploading GeometryEditor.apk onto device 'emulator-5554'     [2012-08-17 12:09:20 - GeometryEditor] Installing GeometryEditor.apk...     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetUniformLocation:1380 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetAttribLocation:825 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetUniformLocation:1380 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetAttribLocation:825 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:09:42 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glGetUniformLocation:1380 error 0x501     .................     .................     .................     [2012-08-17 12:10:01 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:10:01 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:10:01 - Emulator] sdk/emulator/opengl/host/libs/Translator/GLES_V2/GLESv2Imp.cpp:glUseProgram:1911 error 0x501     [2012-08-17 12:10:27 - GeometryEditor] Success!     [2012-08-17 12:10:27 - GeometryEditor] Starting activity com.esri.arcgis.android.samples.geometryeditor.GeometryEditor on device emulator-5554     [2012-08-17 12:10:30 - GeometryEditor] ActivityManager: Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.esri.arcgis.android.samples.geometryeditor/.GeometryEditor }


title: Is there a quicker way to turn on WiFi Hotspot?

text: is there a way to automate (or at least reduce the number of steps) to turn on or turn off the WiFi hotspot on my Galaxy 3. I have to   1. unlock    2. press the menu button    3. press settings   4. press More Settings   5. Tethering and portable hotspot   6. Slide portable hotspot on.


title: Moto G battery drain by Google search

text: I have a Moto G and I have the Moto Assist enabled for sleep mode. Every morning I wake up, I see my phone has been kept in deep sleep as long as Moto Assist was enabled. After that time, even though I don't touch my phone for hours and the screen is off, the phone is kept awake for long periods of time, generally Google Search is shown as the culprit in the battery screen. Even GSam shows that there have been over a thousand wakelock requests. My question is why is my phone being kept awake even when the screen is off? And why isn't it awake when Moto Assist is on?


title: How to make rooted android phone faster and avoid battery drain

text: I have rooted by Samsung S dous s7562 (645 RAM single core 1ghz processor)phone using Kingo Android root desktop App. I decided to root my phone as it was very slow . I have already done the following to speed up the phone :   * Uninstalled unnecessary system apps.   * Frozen bloatware   * Using RAMBooster App   * Tried overclocking a bit using CPU Adjuster app **Problem :** > I don't have any idea regarding how much should I overclock based on my > device specification. > > I changed min CPU speed from 245Mhz to 320Mhz . > > But since I have overclocked it the battery is drain too fast although the > performance is a little better(but still lagging a bit). **Please suggest what should I do to speed up my phone without damaging it and without battery drain(battery is weak already as its an 1.25 year old phone)** Also please let me know How can I move apps to sdcard as even movetosd apps for rooted android devices are not working , (as my internal memory is read as sdcard) Thanks!


title: Text displayed as hieroglyphs on website

text: On my mobile browsers, the text just shows up as hieroglyphs in this site. The menu items also do not show up as well. Does any one have ideas where this comes from? Screenshots (click to enlarge): ![Screenshot 1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/btwRN.jpg) ![Screenshot 2](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0tLci.jpg)


title: Is ARM EABI v7a System Image and Mips System Image important?

text: I noticed that what makes installing SDK packages so slow is because these two packages take too long to be downloaded and sometimes it hangs on these two. Do you really need to download these two packages on every API version in the SDK Manager.


title: My HTC Tmobile - G2 wifi turns off cicle

text: I dont Know why when I turn on my WIFI it automaticly turn off after a few seconds! I have HTC VISION G2, Cianogenmod, 2.3.7 VISION PVT ENG s-OFF HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC10...) MICROP-0425 RADIO-26-02-01-15_M2 eMMc-boot Aug 20 2010, 16:51:01 Kernel 2.6.32.17-g814e0a1 htc-kernel@and18-2 #1 Build number 1.19.531.1 CL255798 release-keys Baseband version 12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2 It say "Unable to scan for networks"


title: Motorola Defy+: Black Screen and no BootLoader. How to discover what firmware version my device supports?

text: I did a terrible mistake. After some tentatives of installing cyanogen, I replaced the kernel with wrong version. I have a Motorola Defy+ (MB526) and I'm trying to use RSD Lite to reflash the firmware. I'm trying with the Retail Version from here http://sbf.droid- developers.org/umts_jordanplus/list.php. The cellphone does nothing, only black screen. When I insert the usb cable and open RSD Lite, they recognizes and all the process to send the flash is done, the cell phone is booted automatically but I can't turn it on. When flashing, the cellphone screen show the message that the SW is being updated. The process seems to be done right, but at the end I can't start the operational system. After finishing the process successfully, I can't turn it on. It's like nothing got flashed. Even the recovery mode was erased. I don't know if I need some kind of boot loader (like some linux does) or other sbf file. Anyone knows if do I need to flash more files? **Edited** According here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982 It seems I downgraded the version, that's why I'm getting a black screen. How do I know what is the version I need to use? Can I try Chinese version? It seems that is the newer, but I'm afraid if I would face no English language option to set after installing it.


title: Vibration for LG Keyboard

text: I don't know about the other models, but my LG Optimus L3 2 doesn't vibrate while touching the virtual keyboard. That's really bad, because it's annoying to hear a sound to make sure the key was pressed. Since I couldn't find any option to activate that, I tried another keyboard available in market and it worked, but I still don't have vibration while pressing the return key. Is there a way to activate vibration for all keys in the device?


title: How do websites know if the device being used is an Android phone?

text: I was browsing a website on Chrome on my Android 4.3 phone. The website immediately showed me a popup telling me to download its Android app. So my question is how does the website know what device the user is using? And is there a way to hide the identity of my device?


title: Looking for Location-Specific Screen Locking Behaviour

text: I'd like to have a feature that allows my Android phone to change its lock mechanism automatically dependent on location. For example, most of the time I use pattern unlock when out and about but tire of unlocking it constantly at my desk at work. Other solutions are:   * manually change to a slide lock while at work - but must remember to revert it back after;   * enable dev feature: no sleep while USB charging - but is a bit of a hack;   * there are likely other semi-solutions...  I'd like for my phone, when it detects my work zone for example, to require me to unlock using the current pattern lock only once and then automatically revert to a slide unlock thereafter, until the phone leaves the zone at which point it reverts back to pattern unlock for higher security. Is there an app or configuration that supports something like this already?


title: Does Accelerometer Sensor work on my Samsung Galaxy S2?

text: I have Samsung Galaxy S2 and i'm experiencing with an issue that is annoying me very much. When I do \auto rotate\ , the rotation happens after 4-5 seconds. I've done the calibrations and all that stuff that you will find on google or forums. After i checked secret code `*#0*#` , i noticed that: at Accelerometer Sensor I get: > ACC Raw Data - X: changing numbers, y: changing numbers, z: 1024 ( z is not changing like X and Y) After this test i noticed that somthing is wrong with this phone, and i doubt that the problem is with the sensor. The strange thing is that sometimes my phone and accelerometer WORKS JUST FINE, but most of times it doesn't work at all! So, does my phone have problem with sensor or something wrong with the software? Here you can see in the graphic Accelerometer values http://i.stack.imgur.com/OvUzb.png Please Help Me!!!


title: remove apps with htc bootloader unlocked

text: Will just unlocking the bootloader per HTC website allow me to remove apps like Blockbuster, Nova, etc on an EVO 4G?


title: Are there any apps for storing SMS online for latter viewing and searching?

text: I like how Google voice stores all my text messages online so I can search them and store conversations for ever. But I am not a fan of Google voice and want to use my own number etc. I saw a few apps that upload texts to Gmail but I don't want to clutter my gmail inbox. Any separate apps that are specialized in this?


title: apps missing from My Apps part of Market

text: I have a HTC Desire, with the official Android 2.3.3. My problem is that not all the apps I have installed are showing on the Market, which means that I can't check for updates to them. To pick one example, Dolphin HD. It's missing regardless of whether I move it to SD or phone memory. I can't detect any pattern to explain which ones show and which ones don't. I've googled a fair bit and most solutions posted involve uninstalling the updates to the market (no longer possible on this version of Android), clearing the cache of the Market app, or clearing the cache of Google Services Framework, but this doesn't fix anything. I've turned the phone off/on, removed the SD card, dismounted/remounted the SD card etc, plus several combinations of the above. I had the problem before applied the 2.3.3 upgrade. On earlier versions, uninstalling updates to the Market seemed to usually do the trick. Any more suggestions for things to try?


title: Android tablet not auto-updating applications

text: I have an android tablet that is leveraging an internal company network. It appears that this device and all others similar to it are not auto-updating applications from the Play Store even though all the appropriate settings are correct. I can see there are apps to update and I can even manually update an app but the auto-update never runs for any apps. The same tablet in my home network will run the auto-update. Could the companies internal network somehow be blocking the auto-update? If so how does the auto-update work so I can add exceptions to the firewall. **UPDATE** This device is a HP Slate 21 Pro All-In One and has both a WiFi and an Ethernet (wired) connection. We found that when the device is connected on the company network using a WiFi connection it DOES auto-update but it DOES NOT when connected using the ethernet connection. My guess is that the Playstore (GMS) is checking if there is a WiFi connection and if so downloading the updates and if not a WiFi connection it does not download the updates. Similar to how a true mobile device behaves where there is either a wifi or cellular network connection.


title: Understanding the android boot

text: I really want to run pure linux on my android based device (please, no chroot, etc. suggestions) and I want to fully understand how my device boots, from the bootloader as far as the init system. I'm not interested in any of the Android components that run after init. I'm trying to dig into the recovery and boot partition, without success (I figured out boot.img, but I can't open recovery.img) What do you suggest me to read? Also, I saw that there is a second kernel inside recovery.img. is that right? If yes, what happens? When the real kernel is loaded?


title: Call ended problem on my Android 4.2.1 phone

text: When I call somenumbers, it's closed and says call ended without hearing dial or busy tone. I asked to the GSM operator but they found nothing about the network. If there is a problem in my phone how can I detect this? Is there any logging tool?


title: Can't get file to copy from /sys/ on rooted Android

text: I'm currently rooted on a Samsung S3 i9300 running a custom rom on Kitkat 4.4.2 I use es file explorer to perform root tasks on directories and files, I wanted to permanently turn off the led lights on my phone's hardware softkeys as I don't use them anymore. I read somewhere on xda developers that changing the numeric string `255` in the `max_brightness` file to `0` in `/sys/class/leds/mmc1::` and `/sys/class/leds/mmc2::` should do the trick. I have "root explorer" on in Es file explorer and have the right permissions to copy the file over to my SD card but I kept getting a task failed error in the app. I then decided to go hardcore by using the terminal emulator app from the play store using the Linux command line syntax. I was able to copy the file over to my SD card but something strange happened, the original file according to es file explorer was 4kb in size while the file copied to the SD card was 2 bytes in size.. I'm really puzzled, is there a better way to copy files from the root directories? PS: The "mmc1::" and "mmc2::" folder icon has an arrow shortcut icon next to it and I've always been able to copy other files from root directories using es file explorer until this particular file.


title: No text message notifications on Android 4.4.2

text: I just upgraded my Note 2 with 4.4.2, and since then I stop receiving notifications from text messages, voice mails and emails. I do not see the LED blinking on any text messages or voice messages. Everything is active in my LED indicator, everything in my "messagings notification settings" is enable, all my volume are at 100% What can I do to fix thiS?


title: How do you set the default search engine in firefox?

text: In firefox if I type a bunch of words instead of a web address and hit go it does a google search. You can install addons for other search engines and they appear in a list below the address bar and you can click those to perform the search on that engine instead. Is there a way to make one of these search add-ons the default?


title: Wifi drops out only when I go to the play store? Any fixes?

text: On my Nexus 7 whenever I go to the Play store I get a "no connection" error and I look up and the wifi icon shows me there is no connection. I leave the Play app and go look in setting and before I know it, I have wifi again. I got to Chrome and sure enough, wifi is working fine. Then I go back to the Play store and the wifi icon goes blank and no connection. In settings I have 4.2.1.


title: HTC One S notification vibrate

text: I have a HTC One S and recently did a system update and am now running 4.1.1 (whatever that is called) I have a few games that have push notifications e.g. bakery story, restaurant story. As soon as I updated these, the notifications play the sound I had set, but now annoyingly they also vibrate. I have been into the settings for each app and there is no option for vibrate. I have searched through all the settings in my phone and can't find an option for notifications vibrating anywhere. I don't know how or why it turned on, but I want it off. The only option I have at the moment is to have my phone on silent all the time, or to turn the push notifications off. Which means that I will lose out in the games. I know it's not very important but I have spent a lot of time on these games and it would be a shame to get rid of them. Thank you. :-)


title: Rooted Nexus 4 wants to update

text: I got the problem that my Nexus sometimes wants to update to 4.2.1 although the system update menu says the newest version is installed (4.2). When I let the update do what it wants and it reboots, it fails at the recovery system with "apply patch check _something_ ". Only thing I've done to my Nexus so far is rooting it.


title: Not able make conference call in Motoroal MOTO E

text: When i tried to make a conference call in Motorola MOTO E it is not allowing. While giving the merge call option it says "Conference call is not allowed". please clear my doubt whether MOTO E supports Conference call facility or not .


title: How to force the installation of a programme?

text: How can I force the installation of a programme, specifically "Simple Sidebar-1.2" in place of "Simple Sidebar-1.3", in android 4.3, on a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9300. When I try to install it now it has a long read-in and then just stops saying that it is not installed.


title: Pop-up advertising message filling the screen

text: Sony Xperia M, model C1905. Android 4.3 official firmware, build number 15.4.A.1.9 ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/khxc7.jpg) The blue button on the message is a link to play.google.com of "du speed booster" page. It is a useless application. All of applications on a phone installed from google play site. First time I thought, this message is an android generated to force me to free some internal memory. Now there is enough free memory, and the message still appears. I do not know how figure out the harmful application. I searched in Google by words in message to find people, who faced the same message and solved the problem, but there are no such results. I have installed the AirPush Detector, but it did not find anything. Must I do full wipe?


title: Trust Agents in Android L Preview

text: When browsing to `Settings` \- `Security` \- `Trust Agents`, it says: > No available trust agents. Is this function not implemented yet, or do I have to install an external application? I'm talking about the functionality to disable the keyguard when bluetooth or WiFi is connected, for example Android Wear.


title: Make iso of sdcard + data directory

text: I need to be able to make an iso file of the /mnt/sdcard and /data/ directories on both rooted and nonrooted phones(for forensic analysis). Older phones I can mount to my linux machine and run `mkisofs` and it works perfect. However on newer devices I can't seem to mount the devices. Android has `dd` built into the shell so I can use that to create an iso of the directories as well. However besides the sdcard I can't find anywhere that I have write access on the system for non rooted phones. So my question is where on an android system can I get write access while in the shell other than the sdcard and the data directores. A broader question would be to solve the problem of either mounting the device or making the iso file from outside android's shell.


title: Poor reliability of voice recognition

text: My Samsung Galaxy Apollo only recognises voice instructions to dial about once in eight attempts. Is this typical ? Can it be improved ?


title: Widget to show alarm information on HTC Desire

text: Is it possible to have information about scheduled alarms always visible on the screen? Ideally, as a widget with the list of alarms, or at least just the time of the next alarm somewhere, so I could always know this information at a glance, without opening alarm settings screen. For now, I have to regularly check my alarm settings by clicking on the clock widget, which is inconvenient. Also, there is an alarm icon in the status bar, which is rather useless because I have several alarms at different times and at least one is always enabled.


title: Strange Gallery Folder

text: Every once in a while, a folder simply titled "Images" Will appear in my LG G2's gallery. It comes back even after I delete it. For reference: http://imgur.com/e5s0IOc Is this just Android being Android, or is an app causing this? Thanks


title: DNS not resolving

text: Both on WiFi and mobile data, DNS resolutions fail instantaneously. I can load sites by IP address in Firefox, and I can connect to other machines using SSH by IP address, but anything that requires a hostname fails. nslookup claims to using 0.0.0.0 as its name server. When I specify the server to use, such as 8.8.8.8, nslookup always fails: `nslookup: can't resolve 'startpage.com'` Sometimes after rebooting DNS works for a few seconds. This is a rooted Samsung Galaxy SIII running Cyanogenmod 11 nightly build, Android version 4.4.4. The problem was the same on SlimKat.


title: Move photos from Android to PC wirelessly *in one step*

text: My Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD is full of pictures. I have Windows 7, the USB cable, WiFi and Bluetooth. Photos are stored both on internal storage and overflow onto the SD. I want to take all photos from my phone and put them in a folder on my PC **in one step** (i.e. not dealing with e.g. navigating to both SD and internal storage and copying DCIM files in explorer). I'd like to be able to do this **possibly without an internet connection** (e.g. USB could be ok if necessary, or an ad-hoc network from my laptop). This seems like a reasonable use case for a device with a camera, I just cant seem to find the app for it. Everything I find is for "synchronizing" but I want the photos off the phone without having to delete them one by one when I'm done. The best would be with both on WiFi I press a button and maybe type in a destination LAN IP address and boom, the photos appear in a folder on my PC and are removed from the phone. Surely moving photos from a phone to a PC so more pictures can be taken on the phone is not a rare or unreasonable use case...something _must_ exist to do this in one step How do I do this? Essentially, I'm looking for _something even my grandmother could do_. The device is a _Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD_. Photos are stored both on internal storage and overflow onto the SD card (which adds a few steps to file transfers as well). * * * ## What I've found so far I found an article on PCWorld.com but   * The first option is the file transfer; which is fine but not what I'm asking about   * There is _Dropbox_ but it leaves the photos on the phone then I have to delete them manually   * There is _DoubleTwist_ but it also leaves the photos on the phone Also:   * AirDroid (suggested by keepcalm) is close and supports delete, although zips all the files (which can be time consuming to unzip especially for e.g. 15GB of videos) and for large numbers of files (> 150 or so) "select all" doesn't reliably select all. The other issue with the one massive zip file is theres no good way to resume on failed download (most of the zip will be recoverable but its not easily possible to go back and figure out which pictures werent included); and it fails for large files often because the connection timeout is shorter than it takes to transfer 15gb over wifi. Lame.   * Photo Transfer App is great except it does not support delete (I contacted them and they say it is because on iOS apps are not allowed to delete user content; but I put in a feature request for their Android version - hopefully they implement it). Also "backup" mode must be used instead of "download" for large numbers of files because "select all" only selects the current page and the max page size is 400 files. Also all albums must be done separately (the Razr sometimes has 3 albums, two internal areas and the sd card). Not sure why nobody seems to be able to get "select all" right...   * ES File Explorer running in local mode and transferring files to the PC is a pain because the UI is so tiny and hunting through folders for files is not what I'm looking for (plus for some reason this app crushes the CPU on my phone). Similarily, in remote (FTP) mode, and other FTP servers such as FTPServer, it's easier to do the moves on the PC side but still involves hunting through `/storage` folders and such. Plus you have to remember to delete the thumbnails because the Android gallery does not refresh them accurately and provides no way to force a refresh (yet another UX win for Android). Scripts could theoretically be written on the PC side to automate this; _ideally_ I'd avoid complex initial setup as well even though it does potentially reduce the task itself to one step.   * The suggestion below to copy photos then wipe the device...no


title: How can I flash a stock ROM to my HONMI H2?

text: I have purchased from China a mobile name HONMI H2. it was fine but, most of the applications were in Chinese. I was in ROOT and deleted few files with Chinese language. After rebooting only HONMI screen is coming. I got some flash rom of MTK6589 from the google search but I can not load it. I installed some applications through MOBOGENIE and showing applications but, I can not start or run them. Can you please guide me how to flash or reload the system.


title: Modify settings parameters through database

text: I have been able to successfully modify and update the settings in the Android phone using ADB commands such as these.. Enable GPRS data:               adb shell sqlite3 -batch /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "update system SET value='1' where name='gprs_connection_setting'";      Enable GPS :               adb shell sqlite3 -batch /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "update secure SET value='gps' where name='location_providers_allowed'";       While these were successful, I couldn't find the database or xml where the option for enabling disable data while roaming can be modified. I have been trying with many databases one after another with no luck. Can anyone help me in pointing the database or xml which gets modified (from the settings are taken) for the data roaming setting: ![Screenshot of Roaming Option](http://i.stack.imgur.com/oQ3UL.jpg)   Screenshot of Roaming Option


title: Which application are you using to track and manage your GPS tracks?

text: As already mentioned in other questions, I'm using GPSTrackerLite or MyTrack to track my tours. This tours are for example hiking, snowshoeing or biking/cycling. However both of them have their disadvantages. In GPSTrackerLite, the height seems to be calculated very roughly. This is much accurate in MyTracks. On the other hand, in MyTracks, the time in movement (dont know if it is really called this way in english) seems to be way to low. So are there any other recommendations which don't have this disadvantages? It is also important for me, that the app stores the data in a format that can be imported into MyTourbook so that I can analyze it.


title: How do I insert a non-breaking space with the Android OS Keyboard?

text: At times I insert a non-breaking space (on my Mac) instead of characters in a Last Name field when filling out forms. Is there a way to do this using the default or some other keyboard on my Nexus 4 (4.2.2)?


title: Briefing Alarm News and Weather Not Read Aloud on Galaxy S3

text: I've got an alarm set daily on my Galaxy S3 with the briefing alarm type selected in my alarm's settings with all three briefing content items selected (weather, today's schedule, and news). However, when the alarm begins, it shows the weather, today's schedule, and news onscreen, it plays a brief melody, then it plays the alarm sound I used previously (ticktac alarm), when it should be speaking the items aloud. I've tried rebooting the phone and deleting and recreating the alarm, but I cannot get the phone to speak the items aloud. Any thoughts?


title: SMS time stamps are behaving strangely

text: I am having an issue with the time stamps of incoming SMS messages when backing up messages. The time stamps of the messages I send out are correct. The time stamps of the incoming messages in the backup files are 8 hours before the correct time. I read elsewhere that this can happen when you are roaming. I have a Motorola XPRT on Sprint and I live in California. I downloaded and used about 5 different SMS backup applications (both free and paid) to try to archive my messages. They all have this problem. Now here's the interesting part. The time stamps rendered in the stock SMS application are **correct**. I tried 2 third-party SMS applications with different results. Handcent SMS shows the time stamps correctly. Go SMS Pro show the incoming messages with the same **incorrect** time stamps as the backup files. This leads me to a point of reevaluation. The database that stores the messages on the phone is storing multiple time stamps. I'm guessing they have sent time (the time that is 8 hours behind what it should be) and received time fields. The backup applications and Go SMS Pro are probably using the sent times. The default SMS application and Handcent SMS are probably using the received times. Ok so now I need a way to solve this issue. To do that I need answers to some questions:   1. Does Android use SQLite to store SMS messages?   2. Where is the SMS database is located?   3. How and where are MMS messages stored?   4. How can I copy the database to my computer?   5. Do I have to root my phone? How do I do that? Does doing this affect my warranty with Sprint? **UPDATE:** It looks this is a known problem where the time zone offset is applied 2 times instead of 1. There is a ticket for it here http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1305. This ticket is more than 3 years old and is still open.


title: How to fix corupted icons on home screen?

text: ALL of the shortcuts for the apps that I installed (not preinstalled ones on a ROM), all of them sudden got corrupt. They all show upd now with "Android Logo" icon and not the icon of the program. T-Mobile TV is installed on a ROM, so the icon for that is fine, but take an app "Movies", the icon for that is corrupt and instead of icon of this program, I have a little "android logo" icon. How do I restore all of messed up icons? Reboot does not help. I tried SD card mount/unmount with no luck


title: Moving or hiding the system bar

text: I find that the system bar (containing the back, home, recent application, and status menu buttons) at the bottom of my android tablet often interferes with typing. Is there currently a method to reposition the bar to the top of the screen? The closest application I've found is Hidebar, but it only works on Honeycomb.


title: Rooting and updating to Official Updates

text: I have a S2. I want to root my phone to use the amazing apps out there Not to install custom roms. Can i still get access to the official updates from Samsung ?


title: My Galaxy Nexus can't connect to unsecured web using wi-fi at home

text: My Samsung Galaxy Nexus can't connect to unsecured web using wi-fi at home. I have to edit the url with `https://` to load the webpage. Some pages work but most of them just won't load.


title: Find ports from a given PID over an unrooted Google TV

text: I'm trying to find which ports are being used by a given process ID (PID) on a non-rooted GoogleTV (Honeycomb 3.2) device. Unfortunately, since this is a non-rooted device all the usual tricks don't work:   * `netstat -nap`   * `lsof`   * accessing `/proc/pid/fd`   * `Android SDK`   * `/proc/net/tcp` gives port and UID to be matched in `ps`, though,the same UID appears more than once and I can't get a real match. Is there any way to solve this?


title: How do I install the new Gmail app on Cyanogen?

text: The same thing is happening with the new Gmail as happened with Voice Search. This again? adb remount adb shell rm /system/app/Gmail.apk adb uninstall com.google.android.Gmail


title: Desire HD Official Sense 3 update: Slate skin

text: I just updated my DHD to the official Sense 3 update. Anyway, In Sense 2.1, I was using the sleek Slate skin. After updating, I went to "Personalize -> Skins" and chose "Get More"; Slate skin was not there. Also choosing different skins will produce "similar" looking skins (maybe with a little difference). So, anyone knows how to get the old Slate skin back?


title: Backing up everything on my kindle fire with ubuntu before installing firefirefire, can't get past Hellions with blue flames when rooting

text: I'm trying to follow this post in order to install firefirefire on my kindle fire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369405&page=1 I'm at the part at the beginning of the guide that has me back up everything: > This will back up all partitions and the hidden NVRAM data. If you ever have > to restore from scratch, you can get fastboot to write a new partition table > and then fastboot in these backups Need >8GB local free, and adb installed > and able to get a shell. Root not required so you can do this on a fresh > out-of-the-box KF. Make a new directory to store the dump files and cd into > it. Get and copy zergRush into the directory. You must use zergRush even if > you're rooted!!! We need adb running as root for this to work. Then run in a > terminal               adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp     adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush     #(if you've already rooted, or the next command says "permission denied", you may have to do:)     adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh /data/local/tmp/sh     adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergRush     for F in `seq 1 12`; do adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p$F; done     adb shell idme ? > nvram.txt      So I go into root mode in ubuntu with               sudo -i      My kindle fire is plugged in to my computer via USB, and the kindle fire's display shows the "You can now transfer files from your computer to Kindle" screen with the Disconnect button. I execute the first command:               adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp      This returns:               565 KB/s (23060 bytes in 0.039s)      I execute the second command without error:               adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush      I execute the third command without error:               adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh /data/local/tmp/sh      Then I execute the next command:               adb shell /data/local/tmp/zergRush      And this returns:               [**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root     [**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.          [**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.          [+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00000118     [*] Scooting ...     [*] Sending 149 zerglings ...     [*] Sending 189 zerglings ...     [-] Hellions with BLUE flames !      Which indicates that the rooting has failed, so the next commands also fail. I'd appreciate any help.


title: How to install kernel module for android?

text: I currently have a custom kernel and ROM installed on my android device. The kernel I'm using comes with a separate download with kernel modules that you are to install yourself if you want. However no instructions are given on how to do it, also I cannot find any tutorial on-line how to do it. So I have a bunch of `.ko` files, Android SDK and my rooted android device. How do I install these kernel modules?


title: How to launch the hidden Sound Recorder on Froyo?

text: I discovered a "Sound Recorder" in the application list on my Froyo handset. Why is it hidden like that with no 'launcher' or app icon to start it? I'm curious.. also because of this app; I need to open this thing and I want to know how to do it since it is already on my phone. I don't want to pay for an app that is just a shortcut. NOTE: I recently flashed an unofficial cyanogenmod ROM for my phone and it has the hidden sound recorder shortcut now on the application drawer.


title: Make sound when calling on a busy line

text: Is it possible on Android 2.3 to enable sound alert when calling on a busy line? It shows on screen that the number being called is busy talking on one of the lines, but who looks at the screen when calling? It should be possible to enable a beeping sound or something telling me the number I am calling is talking on another line. Thanks.


title: Why does the ICS dialer have letters next to the numbers?

text: It would make sense if it had T9 built in, but it doesn't. So why? They should really implement that btw. I know it exists in custom roms. ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rCKVU.png)


title: Add New Ringtones, Notifications and Alarm tones on Nexus One

text: I have music (MP3 files) on my SD card and am trying to set them as ringtones, notification tones and alarm tones on my Nexus One. My phone only lets me select the stock ringtones, notifications or alarms. I tried to transfer and copy the music files to the ringtones and notification folder on my phone but it fails every time. I think those folders are write protected or something. Can anyone help? I have searched at all possible solutions online. Some solutions suggest copying the files using my PC to my phone's ringtones/notification tones folder, but I can't even see these folders on Windows Explorer. It's like they are invisible. Can anyone help?


title: Download files with Chrome for Android

text: Is there a way to download media files directly from the Chrome browser? In the stock Android browser I can long-click a link and select "Save link" to accomplish that, but Chrome doesn't offer that option and opens a media player instead.


title: Will an alternative launcher stop Galaxy S4 additions from working?

text: I want to customise my Galaxy S4 home screen and it seems Touchwiz will not allow me to change many options (like the quick launch icons etc). I was thinking of GO Launcher, but wish to know if the 'special' extras Samsung has included (such as eye scrolling, air gestures, smart stay etc) will still work or are they Touchwiz only?


title: can't find setting static IP or Enable android reverse tethering

text: I have a nexus S and Android 4.1.2, I want to share a wifi connection from my laptop (ubuntu 13.04) and connect to it from my Nexus S, But.. I can't find where can I set a static IP address on my device. I've also tried the reverse tethering, and I don't find where can I enable it on my device. Thank you :)


title: Quick settings hot spot not working

text: I installed Quick Settings and hit ont the hot spot option button. After a few seconds the app disables 3G and tells me "Network is not available". Is there a way to fix it?


title: Micromax A116 ask for 5,13 and 15 digit wi-fi passsword

text: I recently buy Micromax A116(canvas HD) Running on Android 4.1.2(Jelly-bean), I have problem in wi-fi that when I want to connect my compony wi-fi which is secured with WEP and having password 11 digit but when I'm going to enter password the "connect" button is not enable, It Enable only at digit 5, 13 and 15 but my compony wi-fi of 11 digit. Suggest me the solution for enable "connect" button for all digit password.


title: Factory Reset NYX mobile Android 4.0

text: I have a Nyx Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, running Android 4.0. I need to do a factory reset, but I'm still not able to do it. How do I do it? I'm able to get the little android man with the red triangle and exclamation mark. Thank You guys!


title: How do I determine which app is syncing?

text: I frequently see the syncing icon in my notification bar, but every once in a while it gets stuck there, perpetually syncing something. I have tons of apps that do background syncs. How can I see which app is performing a sync at any given time? **Edit:** The duplicate question linked below suggested OS Monitor however I have tried that app and it doesn't tell me which app is syncing. Under the Connections Tab it lists System, Android System, Lookout and OSMonitor. I tested it by syncing a number of apps (google apps like Reader and non-google apps like Evernote and Got To Do and it didn't show them. I thought it might be an issue with those connections completing in the time it took me to switch back to OS Monitor but then I tried streaming some audio and it didn't seem to recognize that connection even though it was actively streaming. On a more general note, I have found that "Monitor" apps are not very effective because they usually only monitor the present time which is indicitive of how your phone is running with the Monitor app open, not how it was acting prior to. For example, when trying to identify performance bottlenecks, when I open the monitor app it identifies itself as the highest resource hog. > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I know which apps are currently connecting to the Internet?


title: How can I install Jelly Bean on a Micromax Funbook P275?

text: I have a Micromax Funbook P275 tablet with Android 4.0.4 ICS installed, and I want to install 4.2 Jelly Bean on it, using this guide. Since the P275 doesn't have hardware buttons for volume up/down, how can I scroll up/down in the recovery mode without the hardware buttons? The only ones on my device are the Home and the Power button.


title: computer crashes while upgrading phone to ice cream sandwich

text: Twice while upgrading my LG phone to ice cream sandwich the computer crashed. I had to reset the computer. I am using the latest LG PC suite and the computer is a brand new Dell XPS.


title: Can I flash my carrier-locked phone to a firmware for a different region and/or carrier?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (I9050) which is locked to the EE network in the United Kingdom. Its firmware PDA ends with "MDD" and the carrier code is "EVR". There is a newer firmware available for region: Germany at this page whose PDA is I9505XXUAMDM. Can I flash my device with this firmware and use it in the UK? Do I need to be rooted and/or unlocked to do this?


title: Can I install Ruby and Ruby on Rails on an Android?

text: Aware that this is a bit mental, but can I install Ruby on a Galaxy S4 running Jelly Bean 4.2? A console where I can install gems, rake routes and run the Rails server, and browse to my application by putting 0.0.0.0.3000 into Chrome? Would be excellent for testing _little_ ideas and concepts I have while on the go! Aware that Android isn't UNIX, but good God if they can install it on Windows, they can install it anywhere!


title: Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed?

text: On my Samsung Galaxy S phone a local telephone number is displayed in the format `999-999-999`. Is it possible to change this format ? Our local numbers are normally displayed as `99-999-99-99` , certainly the first two numbers are the area code. Maybe is has to do with my language settings, because I used English as language.


title: Can I use an English locale setting on a Polish EEE Pad Transformer?

text: I live in Poland, but I am primarily an English speaker and I cannot speak any Polish. I want to buy the Asus Transformer tablet from a local online store over here in Poland. Will the interface of the tablet will be in English or Polish? If it is in Polish, can I simply change to English by changing the settings or do I have to install any extra software packages or do something out of the ordinary that a normal tablet user wouldn't usually do?


title: Will android phone work without MicroSd card

text: Can nexus one phone or any similar android phone work, when its microSD is pulled out from it, and if only internal memory remained.


title: Start an Android application via a shell script?

text: Is it possible to start an actual Android application from the command line in Android? For example, say I'd simply like to start/bring to the front my calendar. Is there a way that I can do this like:               startapp com.google.calendar


title: Moving entry between calendars

text: I have a number of Google calendars open on my phone. Sometimes I add things to wrong one. I can't see a way of moving items on the standard application. Does any other Calendar app gave this feature?


title: Is it possible to share data across multiple accounts?

text: I have a 2012 Nexus 7 with stock Android. I have the owner account and have created a restricted account for my kids. For each account it creates a separate space for each users data. However I would like to share movies, music and other data between the accounts. Is this possible?


title: Can a un-rooted Android phone set to ad-hoc WiFi mode

text: Is it possible to have an un-rooted Android phone running at ad-hoc mode? If it requires me to re-build the Android kernel, which Android kernel should I modify and rebuild?


title: Cannot access local storage on HTC Desire HD with Linux

text: If I set my new HTC Desire HD to connect to PC in disk drive mode, a Windows computer can see the internal storage as a Removable Disk. If I attempt the same with my Linux system, "HTC Android Phone" briefly shows up, but is not possible to interact with and disappears a few moments later. How do I use my HTC Desire HD from my Linux system? (It does not currently have a microSD card - that is in the mail atm)


title: Trying to get a PC to boot off a bootable SD card that is inside an USB attached Android device

text: First, I'd like to make myself look less a madman than I may have appeared to be.   I wanted to have a bootable USB stick with me at all times, but it's less convenient because it's an extra object and it's easier to lose, forget etc. Then I thought, I have an Android phone, and it has a micro SD in it; perfect.   Not all PC's can boot off a card reader, but the phone itself **is** a card reader when attached as a disk drive. Or at least so I thought. Turns out that my netbook BIOS (tested on Asus eeePC) refuses to see it as an external harddrive; it only recognizes it as a generic USB device and doesn't offer an option to boot from it.   The device has a name "Android phone" or smth, so it seems to me that it doesn't work as a "pure" card reader, and instead still manifests itself as a phone. Can it be somehow overridden?


title: Lookout security not working

text: I successfully installed Lookout but when I try to open it it says "Unfortunately Lookout, has stopped. I tried reinstalling it. I can see it running in the notification bar e.g. it says it has finished scanning apps What can I do to use it?


title: How can I change the user agent for the stock browser?

text: I am constantly annoyed by websites that force me into the (often terrible) mobile version of the site and provide no way to switch to the full version. I know Dolphin for example allows changing the user agent string of the browser to trick websites into delivering the full site, but I don't want to switch. Is there a way to do this with the stock browser? I'm open to hacks, and I have a Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.2 (Nero v5 with TouchWiz).


title: How can I increase the max windows for the stock browser?

text: I use the stock browser, and I find it's the best for my purposes. One thing is annoying, however -- I can't have more than four windows open. Is there a way to increase this? I have a Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.2 (Nero v5 with TouchWiz), and plenty of memory for more windows.


title: Camera app that records EXIF

text: Is there a camera app that records EXIF information? In particular, I would need the following:   * GPSLatitude    * GPSLongitude   * GPSImgDirection    * SubjectDistance I've checked that all these fields can be saved via android. I'm just wondering if there is a camera app that actually DOES save this information in exif for a photo. Most apps I've tried only save max the latitude and longitude.


title: Is there a reliable way to detect the app responsible for an Airpush ad?

text: I noticed the other day that my Xoom's notification bar has started receiving Airpush ads (which is what it sounds like - push notifications that are really ads). I'm rather philosophically opposed to the idea of push-ads on my device, so I'd like to remove the offending application, but the ad doesn't give you any way to figure this out. Clicking on the notification star only gives you a link to the advertisement page, and nothing more. I found Airpush Detector in the Market, but it doesn't seem to work on my Xoom, perhaps because of some Android 3.x differences. When I launch the app it says that no Airpush apps were found, but this is obviously not correct. Another option I've seen is systematically freezing apps using Titanium Backup until I find the guilty one, but that would be very time consuming and I'm not even sure if it would work. I'm also aware of the permanent opt-out app in the Market, but I really would rather uninstall the app responsible for the ads (again, due to philosophical beliefs). Is there any way for me to detect the origin of an Airpush ad?


title: Is it possible to remove the ":-)" smiley key in Swype for stock Messaging?

text: I love Swype but have a minor gripe with it. Many times a word will be completely messed up so I hit the backspace key but instead accidentally hit the `:-)` key. In almost all programs there will be a return key instead. It appears to only be in the stock messaging application (though it's where I spend most of my time!). This is extremely annoying, as I never use the built in smileys (I prefer them without the nose, e.g. `:)`). Is it possible to remove that key and make the backspace key bigger or something similar? My phone is a rooted Motorola Defy with a stock ROM.


title: Stop bluetooth answered or outgoing call from automatically unlocking screen

text: When I get in the car I leave the phone in my pocket. Then when the phone rings, I answer the call through the car's controls, but the problem is that this unlocks the screen. This causes buttons on the screen get activated accidentally and does things like muting the phone, or turning off bluetooth, etc. Does anybody know a way to stop the phone from unlocking the screen automatically b/c of bluetooth? Nexus S 2.3.6 on 2012 Volkswagen bluetooth


title: Why won't my android video player display media in the correct aspect ratio

text: I'm using a Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) and when I play M4V video files, ostensibly formatted for IPhone, the device stretches the image to fit the screen rather than letterboxing. I can't find any option to change this. Is there a better media player or a hidden setting?


title: Is it possible to exclude some folders on the sd card from being added to my playlist in the standard android player?

text: I use the android media player to listen to music. Last week I installed an app that brings a lot of sounds with it in mp3 format and saves them on the SD Card to prevent the app from cluttering my internal memory. Now the media player picked up this folder and added it to my playlist. Every time I listen in shuffle mode I hear a sound from this Application mixed in at least every tenth song I listen to. Is it possible to exclude a folder from being indexed by the media player?


title: Is a device Unlock Code required when changing providers?

text: So... I just switched from AT&T to Cricket Wireless. They gave me a new SIM, and AT&T gave me an Unlock Code. I have an Android Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket S2. I use Cricket Wireless. I put in the new SIM, and was never prompted for a Code. I was able to get hooked up to the Cricket network and make calls just fine. Am I good to go? Or will I be screwed if I don't get my Unlock Code entered?


title: Operating system in a phone having no OS

text: I have sony xperia P and i was trying to install custom ROM in my phone.I copied the boot.img in the boot partition.Now my phone doesn't starts. There is no external SD card slot in my phone. How can i install a android OS now. My phone starts in fastboot and flashmode. Any help would be appreciated. And yes i don't have a backup :(


title: How can I check the firmware version of my ONDA V712?

text: Is there an easy way to check the firmware version (not Android version)?


title: samsung galaxy s gt-19000 is not starting

text: I tried to install an OS update by updating it manually. After the installation, my phone got stuck on the Samsung logo. I visited a mobile repair shop. They told me that this repair may take 3 days. After three days, when I came back, they told me that they couldn't fix it. Before they tried to repair it, ClockWorkMod started. After they tried the repair, it goes into Download mode by pressing keys. What should I do?


title: Internal storage interface

text: What interface is used to read and write the internal storage of the phone? SPI? I2C? SATA? SD? If the answer varies from phone to phone, I'd like to know the interface of the Samsung Galaxy S II internal storage.


title: need help getting wi-fi on my android LGL35G

text: How do I use my netgear WNCE2001 universal wi-fi internet adapter to get wi-fi on my LGL35G mobile phone?


title: Device with fake imei shown under my google dashboard which does not belong to me

text: I have sync my google account on my samsung galaxy note 2 but recently i have lost it. After few days when i was checking google dash board to recover my contacts, i saw 2 devices listed under my Android. One device GT-N7100 is my own device whereas N7000 with fake imei (231961768368404) does not belong to me. How is it possible. I have given my phone for tracking by the police but now i am confused whether my handset imei is changed or it is showing someone else device under my google account.


title: Retrica not working

text: I installed Retrica on my samsung galaxy s i9003, but when I opened it I could just see blue pixels instead of the image captured by my camera.   I tried to change the parameters of the app, reboot my phone and reinstall it, but it's not working anyway.   How can I fix this?


title: Is there a SMB Server app that does not require root access?

text: I'm looking for an SMB Server app for my HTC Hero (Android 2.1) so I can share the contents of my SD card and phone memory over the WiFi network like a regular Windows file share. I'd like one that does not require me to root my phone, and am willing to pay for the right app so it doesn't have to be free. All I've found so far are:   1. SambaAndroid which requires root access.   2. androidsmb which is a "Java implementation of the SMB/CIFS network file and printer share server for Android devices" hosted on Google Code that has no documentation and has not released any files. Is it even technically possible to develop an SMB Server on Android that can be installed without root access?


title: How to exclude certain folders from getting scanned by music player?

text: I have some audiobooks on my phone, but I don't want to hear these when I play "All music". Is it possible to exclude some folders from getting added to the library? What are the file types that automatically get added?


title: Facebook calendar not displaying properly

text: I have a Facebook calendar on my Google Calendar. While my other calendars display by name this one displays by its Calendar ID (a string of numbers and characters). Furthermore, the events do not appear. I know that my phone (HTC Legend) already had a Facebook calendar set up, but this calendar displayed birthdays as well and so I didn't want to use it. I have tried adding and removing the calendar on my phone, but nothing has changed. Does anyone have any suggestions on making the calendar display properly?


title: What do the buttons on the Android power control do?

text: The first two buttons on the Android power control widget are Wifi and Bluetooth. What do the other 3 buttons do?


title: Galaxy Note N7000B com.android.gsf.login fails

text: I am having Galaxy Note N7000B . I am having Samsung ICS 4.0.4 DCLR8 (Thai version) installed on my device. Phone shows > Unfortunately com.android.gsf.login has stopped and phone hangs. Sometimes, after a start it hangs without any message but, keeps restarting all the services like network connections, background processes etc. Any suggestions?


title: Can I use an USB Ethernet adapter to connect Sony Ericsson Xperia Active to a wired Ethernet LAN?

text: Due to my profession I have to connect to wired-only LAN-attached devices (like managed switches, routers set-top-boxes, etc.) frequently to access their configuration interfaces via Telnet/SSH/HTTP. I am totally tired of carrying a bag with a laptop with me wherever I go. Now I am planning to buy an Android smartphone and feel like I'd like it to be Sony Ericsson Xperia Active which is pretty tough (I need it very much as my phones fall from my hands/table/pocket hundreds times a year), reasonably robust and stylish. It would simplify my life significantly if I could connect it to wired Ethernet networks. Is this possible? I don't mind using a hack or a custom firmware like Cyanogen Mod. I've already got a USB NIC based on ASIX AX88772 chip (which is detected by Ubuntu out of the box and, AFAIK, is also compatible with XBox, PS3 and Apple Macs).


title: What is the FWDN mode?

text: I accidentally pressed a button when turning on my android tablet and it says (typos included):               The Device enter FWDN Mode     Please Connect USB to PC or Reset     The Device Waitting........       What's the FWDN Mode?


title: How can I trick or force an app to work on an unsupported device?

text: I recently purchased an iMito MX1 mini-pc. I was disappointed to find that Hulu Plus is not fully supported on my device. I am able to download the app just fine, but I get an in-app error message that tells me that I am able to browse videos through the app, but video playback is not supported. I have root access and was hoping that editing the build.prop file would trick the app into thinking that my device was supported, but no luck. Is there any other way to force or trick an app into working on an unsupported device?


title: What to do when the AVD is HUGE and is taller than the screen

text: I am setting up my environment in Eclipse to do some development for the Galaxy Tab 7", and I have a problem with my Android Virtual Device (AVD). If I set my target for: > GALAXY Tab Addon - API Level 8 and the Skin to: > Default (GALAXY Tab) using the `Edit AVD` button in the `Window > Android SDK and AVD Manager` menu, when I run my `Hello Android` app, the AVD window is so huge as to be useless (note, I also think the actual emulated Tab is taller than the window itself...). See screen capture below, in which you see top of the screen to bottom (w/taskbar). My screen size is `1680 x 1050`. Now, if I switch the target to: > Android 2.2 - API Level 8 and the Skin to: > Default (WVGA800) the AVD window is a reasonable size, but I imagine this is because it's emulating a phone-size device, not the 7" Tab. I am needing to target the 7" Tab though, so that's not really an option for me. Short of increasing my desktop resolution, does anybody know how to get this window to open up in maybe a 75% size? Or some other workaround? ![AVD Too Big](http://i.stack.imgur.com/TZck3.png)


title: Prepaid plans or cards for Android PHONES?

text: I need to access the Web via my Android phone's cell radio only occasionally. Therefore, I am not interested in a monthly plan (and certainly not in a 2-year minimum contract). I thought that finding a prepaid **web access** card (or plan) for Android **phones** would be as easy as finding one for voice but it turns out way more difficult than I had hoped for:   * T-Mobile's attractive `Web DayPass` works with phones, but not with Android ones.   * Verizon's Prepaid Mobile Broadband is not intended for phones at all (Android or not). What are my options really as far as _minimizing the cost of occasional web access via my Android phone, legally and reliably_ ? At this point, I am flexible as to whether the solution is for CDMA or GSM (it is still much less expensive to buy a new phone than to sign for a 2-year contract)


title: Does Verizon Prepaid Mobile Broadband work on Android PHONES?

text: According to this page: > Prepaid Mobile Broadband usage is not available on any PC cards. Only > available on Express-Cards, USB modems, Intelligent Mobile Hotspots and > Mobile Broadband Built-In on **select notebooks/netbooks**. Note how cell phones are missing from that list. Does this mean that Android **phones** are excluded from Verizon's **Prepaid** Mobile Broadband?


Nexus 4 does not ring for calls on google talk or viper when screen is locked. Directly when the screen is unlocked, I see the caller calling, even if he already long time ago stopped ringing! The Nexus 4 is running 4.2.2.


title: Understanding Sync & Transferring one account to another

text: _I've tried to find information about understanding syncing account information on Android but cannot find any definitive guide to answer the below questions_   * **What does syncing** actually **mean?** Is it the act of an app contacting a server in the cloud and making sure they are both have indentical information?   * **What information can be synced** on Android? The obvious ones are Contacts, Calendars, etc, but can any information be synced?   * How do you **determine what accounts information is synced** to:      * Contacts     * Calendars     * SMS/texts? Are these tied to a specific account or is it just _on the phone_.   * Is syncing limited to Google, or can an App use a properity server?   * When **deleting an account** , all of it's associated information is deleted. So does that include SMS messages, apps?   * How do you just **transfer** all information from one email address to another? Excuse my ignorance regarding the above, again I couldn't find any information on these topics. All of these questions have sprung from changing my Gmail account from googlemail.com (which was originally used to activate my phone) to gmail.com and it's caused some side-effects when I've added my new gmail account to the phone, such as calendar no longer syncs, contacts are now duplicated on the phone, etc. I'd like to transfer my googlemail account to gmail on my phone.


title: How can I make wifi automatically go on when my G1 boots up

text: I've got CM6 on it, and every once in a while the power goes out, the battery eventually dies, the power comes back and it boots up but no wifi. I have the thing in a faraway place and I get to it via ssh, so it's annoying to have to go manually turn on wifi when it reboots. Is there a script somewhere I can run in userinit.sh that will turn on wifi?


title: Browser pauses a long time before starting to load a page

text: Whether I enter a URL directly, or whether another app invokes my browser (e.g. Google News & Weather when clicking on a headline), the browser pauses for a while (maybe half a minute, maybe several minutes) before it even begins to load a page. All that I see during the pause is the part of the URL that fits, followed by an ellipsis, followed by the refresh icon, and the bookmark icon. The page is blank white. Touching the refresh icon does nothing but highlight it very briefly. Eventually the refresh icon changes to an animated dotted circle, and the page starts to load, but it can take many minutes before the browser "wakes up" and starts to load the page. What's going on here? This happens on two different models of the same phone that were bought at the same time, less than a month ago:               LG MyTouch on T-Mobile (model LG-C800)     Android 2.3.4     software version LGC800-V10d-SEP-19-2011


title: When should I use the SD card to store data?

text: In what situations should I store data on my SD card? When it is best to put data on the internal flash? Is this simply used to expand the storage or are there some situations when using it for separate needs is important?


title: How do I remove the search bar?

text: On my Android 1.5 MID, there is a Google search bar in the main screen.   * Does this have any value to me if I don't use the Internet?   * How can I remove this from the main screen?


title: Download issues with Android Marketplace: "Download unsuccessful"

text: Archos 43 Internet Tablet owner here. I've been happily using the Google Android Marketplace since purchasing this device, but recently, my application downloads and updates are not working. Either the download attempts to start and nothing happens, or I immediately get a "Download unsuccessful" message. I'm not sure what changed to make this happen. Today, I also got a PowerAMP error indicating that they can't verify my PowerAMP license (Cause: Android Market response- ERROR CONTACTING SERVER). Maybe this is a firmware issue? Currently using Firmware 2.3.26 (Android 2.2.1). No issues with AppsLib or Amazon App Store, but some apps are only on the Android Marketplace, and I want to use them! Any help troubleshooting this is appreciated.


title: Can not edit build.prop

text: I am trying to edit the lcd density in build.prop in /system but every time after reboot my changes are lost.. I tried to adb pull + edit + adb push in normal and recovery mode.. also i tried fileexpert and super manager but nothing worked. I heard many people saying about root explorer but its not free.. I want to be sure if my problem will be solved with root explorer then i will buy it.. Please help me out guys.. I am using android 2.3.3 on HTC HD2. My Rom is custom one (HyperDroidGBX-v12)


title: How to install a ringtone into internal memory?

text: I am using a custom ringtone. It is a mp3 which is stored on the external SD card. When my phone is connected via USB to my computer and the SD card is mounted, my phone uses a default ringtone on incomming calls. How can I use a custom ringtone without SD card?


title: Do signal booster apps work? How?

text: I do not have the best signal on my Galaxy S4. I have had a recommendation on downloading a Signal Booster App.   1. How do they work (or do they work at all)?   2. Are there ways to boost my signal strength without an app? Note: I am referring to 4G Signal Strength. My signal strength ranges from `-107 dBm 33 asu` to `-113 dBm 27 asu`.


title: Samsung Galaxy S3 Rebooting. Even after factory wipe

text: So today my (non-rooted) Galaxy S3 rebooted itself once or twice, then it shut off (94% battery) and after that I could not get it booted again. I could not hard reboot by holding down the power button for 10 seconds, or reset it by holding up power and home key for 10 seconds. I took the battery out and left it out for 15 minutes or so and same problem. I finally had it booted up awhile later and it started to do it again about 5 minutes later. The next time I got it booted up I factory reset it and erased everything. Once that was done I reset up my phone and while resetting it up it shut off, then when I got it set up and its still continuing to just go to a black screen and act like its going to boot up and goes to the Samsung screen, then Galaxy S3 and stops. This has never happened even a single time up until how, I haven't installed any new apps in a few weeks, I've only dropped it about twice (not even hard) a few months ago but that's it. Help?! Only recent change I've made to my phone was a Samsung account update


title: problem with karbonn a51 internal memory

text: my device has 100mb of internal memory.. and i have made default location as SD for new apps to get installed and in spite of that my internal memory gets used up little. ? help please


title: Does Aroma File Manager Requires Root

text: I've just come across `Aroma File Manager` which we can use from the recovery mode itself. I want to know if it will be usable with all permission's (read, write) on an un-rooted phone. I want to edit some files from the system folder.


title: offline navigation with public transportation

text: I can not drive (yet) and I get lost pretty easily. So, I need a simple navigation app (I like the gmaps look, just roads, no fancy colors and things), which includes ALL bus/tram/metro/train (yeap, all of them) stations of greece, their schedule and navigation through them. I NEED it to be offline, otherwise, I would use my favorite gmaps. Cellural data here cost A LOT (I have only 60MB/mo). I've tested nearly each and every navigation app out there. I don't care about the cost, but being free is a plus, especially open source. I can extract the points of bus stations (I think) from the maps provided by greece. I can also extract the schedules, but i don't know in which format. thank you! I've searched the whole web and I found no answer...


title: Email client that restricts certain accounts to particular connection types, e.g. company WiFi at work, 3G/GPRS for personal

text: Is there such an email account whereby in the account settings, one can choose which connection types that the account can use? Would like this feature so that checking personal email goes through mobile/3G but does not go through e.g Wifi company workplace network or public Cafe Wifi, for privacy reasons. It would be useful if one or more connection types or WiFi accesspoints could be specified for an account, e.g. if at home using home wifi - this would be allowed for personal. Another option would be to have different email clients for different purposes but that might not be as manageable.


title: HTC: multiple notifications

text: I've recently bought HTC Desire and tried to setup all settings etc. But I have two problems:   1. Twitter notifications are delivered from Twitter app, HTC Twitter widget and something called Peep. Same message appears 2-3 times.   2. I've installed Skype. Is is possible not to receive notifications on Android if I have Skype turned on on PC? It's very annoying when I'm chatting with someone on Skype on PC and receive Android Skype notification every 20 seconds.


title: Cyanogenmod: How to prevent the "Add to blacklist" popup when the End call button is long-pressed?

text: I'm using CyanogenMod-7.2.0-passion on my Nexus One, and there's a feature in CM7 that's bothering me. During a call, if the large red-colored "End call" button is long-pressed, it gives a popup asking "Add to blacklist". I do not want this feature, but it gets unintentionally activated by my cheek (which manages to press the "Yes" button of the popup too!) when I'm on calls. I've missed several calls from friends and relatives due to this. So, is there a way to disable this feature? I've googled a lot, but there are only posts about how to remove people from blacklist _after_ they get added there, nothing about how to prevent this whole mess. I don't want to be checking the blacklist every day to make sure someone new hasn't gotten added that day, so I hope there's some setting somewhere to disable this function.


title: Why can't I install this downloaded APK?

text: I downloaded an APK and when I try to install it, the "install" button is completely unresponsive. I have gone into the settings and enabled "Unknown sources" in the security section. Is there something else I need to do? I'm using a Galaxy S5 with Kitkat 4.4.2, unrooted.


title: Reconnect Authenticator with Google account for a second time

text: My account had _2-step verification_ enabled and associated with the Authenticator App on my phone. Yesterday I reformatted it and now I'm installing the apps again. Everything is setup but the Google Authenticator App looks for a barcode, and I cannot find in the _2-step verification_ steps. What I'd like to do is re-associate my account with the Google Authenticator App **without** turning off 2 step auth and back on again. Any ideas?


title: Gmail notification sound only for new mail

text: I am using the Google Gmail app, which I've configured to play a notification sound for new mail. However, it actually plays the notification sound when there is any change at all to the account while I use it on the computer -- reading messages, deleting messages, etc -- in addition to when new mail actually arrives. It's driving me crazy! How can I configure this so it only makes a sound when a new message arrives in my inbox?


title: Dropped calls and people not hearing me

text: Samsung S3 dropping calls and people not hearing me on made or received calls. Happened after latest upgrade.


title: Is it possible to prevent the screen turning off when pressing the power button?

text: I run an app on my handset which really needs the screen to remain on for it to function properly. The app already seems to attempt to keep the screen on as the screen timeout seems to be disabled when the app is running, but I can still turn the screen off by tapping the power button. I do my best _not_ to press the power button, but sometimes I do it by accident. My question is, is there any way of stopping the power button from turning the screen off? Perhaps there is something the original app developer can do to disable this? This is on an unrooted device. I'm on Android 4.1.1 , HTC Sense 4+ stock rom


title: windows 8 - keeps disconnection samsung from computer

text: I recently upgraded from windows xp to windows 8 and I have a problem with the USB-connection. When I plug-in my samsung galaxy s3 to the computer - a symbol pops-up and the adb-client can comunnicate with the server on the device. No problem here. But very often - the connection between the OS and the device suddenly dissappears - as if I hade disconnected the device from the computer. I do not know what causes this but I have a strong feeling that there may be a bug in windows 8. Why then - I have tried the following:   * changed USB cable   * reinstalled all drivers, including KIES   * even tried with my other cellphone - samsung galaxy s4 - same same same!!!!   * NO problem whatsoever when developing on XP   * tried with every USB-port on the computer   * AND - its not the usb-ports since this does not occur with other devices such as usb-memories It feels like something in the OS close the samsung-driver but I cannot understand why? One more thing - I am not sure about this - but this problem seems to be more frequent when I develop apps in eclipse. So my question? Does anyone recognize this issue? I have googled and can only find problem with the adb-driver. Not issues with connection-problems. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas? thanks in advance!!!


title: How do some apps get past ad blocking?

text: I'm already using LBE Privacy Guard, AdAway and Droidwall to strictly control ads and app permissions. (All of them require root to run). Droidwall has a whitelist where only apps that actually fetch data from the internet are allowed. (Games, system apps etc are blocked) However I find some apps that are able to show ads even when they're not on the whitelist in Droidwall. How do they do it? Are they relying on some separate core system component to do this? My solution is to click on the ad and instantly hit 'stop' on the browser window that pops up, then adding the ad host to my hosts file. I'd prefer a permanent solution, so that only apps requiring the internet are able to get through. (Given a choice, I'd prefer a time bound full version or a feature restricted demo version to any form of adware, be it on Android or the desktop). What Android system component do I block to completely disable in app ads?


title: Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 root reverts on reboot

text: I'm trying to root my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 (i545 vruame7) and install cyanogenmod. I've followed this how-to and it seems to work for the current session. However, when I try to install cyanogenmod via ROM manager it fails after rebooting. I don't get any error messages either then a dead android with an exclamation mark. Also, I don't get the usual unlocked boot screen. What am I doing wrong?


title: MMS pictures not opening

text: I have a Galaxy S4 on Verizon - rooted, but still running the stock ROM. Recently I noticed that I am unable to open MMS messages on my phone. I receive them, and am able to view the thumbnail, but when tapping on it to open it in the gallery app, the Gallery app will open, and then freeze on a black screen (never displaying the picture). Sometimes, after a minute, it will crash. I tried another gallery app (QuickPic), and it will open and then close right after.


title: How can I free up RAM automatically?

text: I'm very tired of seeing my RAM used up by unwanted apps which I don't launch regularly, but they continue to appear in the taskbar. Every time I closed them and free the memory. After I restart my phone I have 200 mb of free RAM but after I start closing apps the free memory decreases. I used a task killer but it works the same way. Is there any way to automatically clear out my RAM periodically?


title: Difference in GPS hardware

text: I'm currently coding a gps location application, and I have found out, that there is huge difference between hardware and units. Having tried on the Wildfire S, Galaxy S2, GalaxyTab 10,1, and others, I find that the GPS position update frequency seems to vary from about half a second to half a minute (after getting the initial fix, and having free sight up). The Wildfire S performing worst, and the tablet performing best. Does there exist a table somewhere that compares the GPS hardware/chipset and CPU, with possible times? I would be grateful to hear about your experiences.


title: Wifi Problems for samsung GT-I860

text: Im having problem with connecting wifi with my phone which is Samsung Ace 2 GT-I860. It will connect but in very very low, even if im near the router it still very low connection and it goes and comes back on again. What should i do please? I updated my mobile through kies and still the problem is still there. Please help.


title: How can I do a screen recording on the S3?

text: I need to record my screen as I'm using a specific app to show the issues showing up that a developer is unable to replicate. How can I achieve this? Is screen recording even possible on Android? OS: 4.1


title: Update Cyanogenmod to latest Snapshot

text: I am running Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus. by the beginning of March 2014, Cyanogenmod released V11 Snapshot M4. As far as I know, I am still running Snapshot M3, which I freshly installed in February. When will 11 M4 arrive on my phone? Will it be available over-the-air? There was one small OTA update in late February, was that already M4? If I take a look at System -> Setting -> About Phone, there are various version and build numbers, but there is no number showing any Snapshot number... Thanks in advance, Sascha.


title: ADB not recognizing Moto G

text: I've recently acquired a Motorola Moto G, and I plan to use it for development. I downloaded ADT, updated the SDK tools and the KitKat platform, but Eclipse still doesn't recognise my device. I'm using 4.4.2 and the respective SDKs. USB debugging is enabled, and tried connecting with and without media sharing enabled. Any idea of how to fix it?


title: Call log is not showing in my mobile?

text: Call logs are not showing in my mobile from last 7 days. I did all things whatever I know, like clearing up in badge provider and then restart. I even removed the battery, re-inserted it, and re-started the device – but to no avail. It's showing messages whatever I am getting, but not calls. What is the major issue, any s/w issue or normal only? How can I solve this?


title: Whatsapp Images

text: So my S4 kept reminding me that my storage is running out and i probably tempered around with the storage but do not remember deleting my entire whatsapp images folder and videos folder. Any clue on how i can get this back or what may have happened? I definitely did not delete any folders but only whatsapp images and videos folder have disappeared!


title: Can Waze cause the cell phone to overheat even after being closed?

text: By closed I mean clicking "switch off" in notifications panel and closing it in "recent apps". Waze consumes at most 20% of my battery during normal use but after turning it off, my cell phone keeps getting hotter for no apparent reason. Things I tried:   * Turning it off and back on. It does cool down when it's off but after turning it back on the heating continues gradually.   * Using Juice Defender in agressive mode. No change.   * Troubleshooting with Watchdog Lite. The process consuming the most energy is Android System (around 10-15%). I suspect Waze has something to do with this because the problem exists even when I only opened this app that day.


title: CyanogenMod delete WhisperPush account

text: This question is about the new WhisperPush-feature in CyanogenMod-ROMs: http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/whisperpush-secure-messaging-integration # Prerequisite:   * Me and a friend of mine have both enabled the new WhisperPush-feature on our CyanogenMod-phones.   * Our mobile plan allows us to send unlimited SMS without extra cost.   * We don't have a constant internet connection (no mobile-data plan) # Scenario:   1. I currently have an internet connection (via WiFi) and send a SMS to my friend   2. WhisperPush sees, that we're both using WhisperPush/TextSecure and sends my message (encrypted) via TextSecure.   3. My friend does not have an internet connection right now. As far as I understand the system, my message will not be delivered until he gets online somehow. Correct me if I'm wrong. * * * Since this is not what we want, we both want to disable WhisperPush. # Question: How do we do this? If we just uninstall the WhisperPush-App, wouldn't that mean:   1. That our accounts remain active (and the data remains on the servers)?   2. If a third person using WhisperPush sends me a message, it will be send via TextSecure, but never received by me, because I disabled the app? Since the App does not offer any option to delete my Account, **how am I able to effecively disable my account and delete the app without any further consequences?**


title: Will Linux overwrite android?

text: This is properly a silly question but if I use Complete Linux Installer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid), will it overwrite my current system? And if it does, is there a way to dual boot it? Hope you can help me. Thanks!


title: How can I manage Intent association with Apps?

text: When the system emits an Intent for which you have multiple apps that can handle the intent, a dialog opens to tell you which application you want to use with that intent. Is there a way to see what these associations are, and clear them? If there is no app or interface to do that, do you know of an API to access these associations? EDIT: When I said associations, I was thiking of the "late-bound" associations. For example, when I open a link and I have multiple browsers, an intent is fired saying "view link", and I choose "always use that application"; what can I do if, after some time, I would prefer to use another application for that intent?


When i tried to install an application there is a pop-up screen writtend "unknown error code during application install : 920" I cant find a solution. What should i do?


title: Is it possible to make a Picasa album to not appear in native Gallery application?

text: By default, it synchronizes every Picasa album you have in your Google account, even the marked as private ones. I'd like to make some of them to not be imported on my phone.


title: Native Exchange Email app does not synchronize folders properly

text: Recently I created/removed some folders on Outlook desktop app. When I synchronized my corporate account by manually refreshing under the folders screen, it didn't bring the new folders, nor removed the removed ones. Is this a known bug? I have a Motorola Milestone, and I remember in the past, at least the folder addition worked.


How do I move past the ICS lock screen using a bluetooth keyboard? Or, alternately, what happens to the keystrokes I type while the lock screen is active? They're different versions of the same question, so I ask them together.


title: how to arrange icons in TSF Shell?

text: I'm using TSF Shell, which allows you to drag your application icons around in an overlapping manner. But how do I tell TSF Shell to automatically arrange my icons neatly in rows using a grid?


What does "Add to Queue" mean in "Play Music"? I've seen an answer elsewhere which said "it adds to the current play list." That answer makes no sense. What "current play list?" There is no such concept in the application. For example, I'll start the application and no music is playing yet. I'll go to my playlists and pick one. Again, no music is playing yet. Then I can pick "add to queue." Nothing happens. I have no idea what that just did. I then select a song to start playing, and I'm on my way. I still have no idea what the "add to queue" accomplished. I'm using the Samsung S4.


title: Quick way to go to downloads from Chrome?

text: Often after downloading a file, I try to open this from the notifications page, only for the wrong app to open it. Since I've clicked on it the link has disappeared. Now I have to go through tonnes of menus to find the file! Is there a quicker way?


title: Watch video with sub/idx subtitle?

text: I have MX Player Pro but it does not support sub/idx subtitle. How can I watch videos on my Android device with sub/idx subtitles?


title: Where did the wifi sleep policy go in ICS?

text: With the update to Android 4.0.3, I noticed that the **wifi is always on**. I used to have the sleep policy where is turns itself of when ilse for some time. Where did this feature go with ICS?


title: No face unlock for the Nexus S?

text: I seems to me, that the **Nexus S did not get the face unlock feature with ICS**? Why would this not be supported for the Nexus S? Is it the hardware? I wonder because the code is open source and I assume any other competitor would not restrict this feature just because it's not perfect yet. I mean: There are still quite a few other things that also do not work perfectly.


title: Not able to login to Gmail from browser

text: I have my android phone connected to Wifi. When I open youtube in browser it opens perfectly and other sites as well but I can't open Gmail, facebook etc "in browser". The message says that the requested page might be temporarily down or moved to a new web address. Google play also isn't working. I cleared data and cache from the browser but it didn't work. Then I went on to factory reset the phone but still no hope. If anybody could help..please.


title: Run on boot then quit?

text: I've tried searching around on various forums but can't find this answered anywhere. Is there a mechanism to automatically run an app on boot then switch back to the 'desktop'? Specifically I'm using the Squeezeplayer app which, when run, starts a service which listens in the background for connections from a Logitech Squeezebox server on the local LAN. But you can then leave the app and the service runs in the background. I'd be keen to start the app then jump back to the home screen on boot so that the listening service runs in the background.


title: Install button greyed out on play.google.com

text: I tried installing an app on my phone from the Play Store website, but the install button is greyed out. What could be the problem? The phone is a Samsung Epic 4G running 4.0


title: Unsafe certificate protection in Android?

text: Maybe I'm wrong. If so, please let me know. Here is my question. I've followed the instructions here and installed my personal certificate stored in a pfx file (PKCS#12) in my Google Nexus (ICS 4.0.4). A little problem here is that it is not listed in "User" tab in "Credentials". It works anyway. But the big problem IMHO, is the way Android protects your certificates by default. It only requests the user to set a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock the screen. I'm missing a password-protected access to my credentials like IE does in Windows for instance every time your certificate is requested by a site. Is there a method to enhance security of your certificates in ICS? Thank you


title: When I plug in earphones into my HTC Desire S, it dials the phone

text: Every time I plug in my earphones into my HTC Desire S, it starts calling the last dialed number automatically and starts the music after short interval. Does anyone know about this problem?


title: How to backup protected apps for later use?

text: I there any way i can backup the protected apps as apks as it is possible to backup free apps using the avilable backups apps for later use. why i want this: I don't want to download the apps again to save bandwidth as i have other devices too(with same email).


I have micromax bolt a58, I have rooted it with farmaroot and install link2sd but it didnt work when i formatted it with ext2 it says try with fat32, and when i do so it gives error - Mount script cannot be created. mount: No such file or directory Please help me...


title: Trouble playing music on the play music app?

text: So I'm trying to play songs off of the play music app on my galaxy s3 with my wifi and mobile data turned off, but basically half off my songs are greyed out and I'm unable to listen to them, but then when I turn my mobile data/wifi back on and I can listen/play all of my music. So how do I fix this issue bc I would like to listen to ALL my music when I'm not in my wifi range and without running up my data!?


title: Can't remount /system in rw

text: I try desesperately to push an app with adb on the /system/app folder (to install the PlayStore on my low cost tablet). So i tried to remount the /system partition **with root rights** :               mount -o remount,rw /system       But it give me everytimes the same response :               mount: Read-only filesystem      And i tried also with this command : `mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/actc /system` but it's the same thing... And i don't understand really why, even with the root user, i can't modify this... So if someone have an idea, it could be save one person in distress :p


title: Emergency call only after encryption

text: I encrypted my Galaxy Tab 3, since I did it I haven't been able to access the phone. It shows emergency call icon on the screen but nothing else fuctions. I can receive calls but can't make calls. I get notifications but can't access them, please what should I do? I know next to nothing about Android phones.


title: What is the easiest way I can send one contact's phone number to another on my Android?

text: I have to send two contacts in my phone book to another contact, on my Nexus One Android 2.2. How can I do this easiest? On my old SonyEricsson this function was on a nearby menu, but I can't find it on Android. I have also tried to copy the phone number when in edit mode of the contacts, but I can not paste it when composing the SMS to my contact. Is there really no way to transfer a contact via SMS or MMS on Android other than writing the numbers down on paper and then write them in the SMS message later as in the stone age?


title: Droid 2 Global - Will switching from Global to CDMA-only improve battery life?

text: I recently got a DROID 2 Global with Verizon and am looking to maximize my battery life. I am aware of the need to dim my display, disable Wi-Fi and GPS when not using it, increase sync intervals, and all that good stuff. However, in my continuing effort to maximize my battery life without shutting down stuff I really need, I came across the network mode settings. Since I am not planning to leave the U.S. any time soon, I don't need global so I've switched it to CDMA. I have heard that this might not make a difference because the phone only searches for the Global network if it can't find CDMA. However, the source didn't seem fully reliable **Question** : Will switching to CDMA-only use less resources (and power) than Global, or will it make no difference because Global and CDMA-only perform the same in the presence of network?


title: Sync arbitrary files with a server

text: I'm looking for a way to keep a file (keepass .kdb) on my Droid2 in sync with one on a server.   * This is just a file on the filesystem - not contacts, calendar, etc.   * I need bidirectional, not just push or pull. If the server's changes, download it, if the Android's changes, upload it. Yes, this may result in conflicts that need resolved. I'm using Unison to achieve this between PCs, but there's no Unison client for android. I've found hand-waving about installing OCaml on Android and running Unison on that, but I'm hoping for something native. Botsync sounds promising, but it's unidirectional - when making a config, you choose if it's upload or download. I've seen sugarsync, but given that this is my KeePass file, I'd prefer to keep it on my own server.