title: cyanogenmod 7 mytouch 3g cannot connect to wireless

text: Upgraded to cyanogenmod 7.0.3-slide a week ago. Just today the wireless (802.11G) quit working. Wifi Analyzer just shows "Nothing yet ;)". Rebooting doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?


title: Utilize my android tablet for actionscript 3 programming

text: Anyone know of a way to setup an android tablet to allow for programming and testing of flash apps? Something similar to like the FlashDevelop environment in Windows?


title: How to revert Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 to stock Gingerbread?

text: Here's the situation: I got this Samsung Galaxy Mini as a gift - my first smartphone - but with this obscured operating system called [DEV][WIP][ROM][UNOFFICIAL] Android 4.2.2 CM10.1 - Nightly 20130310. It doesn't do even some basic things, not the best way to be introduced to smartphones, right? But what can I do? So as my first interaction with smartphones now supposed to hack a usable operating system on it as well. Let's do it. My obvious choice was to go with the latest official CyanogenMod for the system: you can read my efforts into that here: Adb Push doesn't push MyROM.zip /sdcard/ though it says it copied the file (Samsung Galaxy Mini) (So far no answers yet.) My guess at this point is things could work out better if I could first revert the phone back to the official ROM. My first try was to plug it into Samsung's KIES software - but obviously it doesn't recognize the now totally hacked phone. The XDA Forum is way too overwhelming for me to go for this - as my first venture into smartphones -, could you point me to a no-nonsense, step- by-step guide how can I revert back the phone to official Gingerbread from here?


title: wifi on my 7" Vortex tablet will not stay on

text: I have tried several times to Factory/reset my tablet as that seemed to work in the past, however, it is still telling me, No Internet Connection. I go to WIFI to turn it on, it stays on for a second or two and goes to OFF again. It will not stay on anymore. I cannot factory reset it one more time because I want to biff it acrossed the room. I like having the internet on my tablet, however, it's not worth much to me it it won't even stay on so I can connect to the internet. It is a cheap tablet, however, it was working fine until just recently. I only got it in January/13, so it's I haven't had it long enough for it to be doing this. Wish I had someone who could help me. Thanks, D.


title: Nexus 10 won't boot after attempted unlock/root

text: I have a brand new Nexus 10 which is supposed to be a present for my partner for tomorrow. I wanted to have it rooted and set up for her before I gave it to her, so I installed WugFresh NRT on my work computer (WinXP x32) and went through the same unlock/root/flash procedure I've been through a million times with all my phones/tablets. After unlocking, it went into TWRP and I was told by NRT that I should do a factory reset manually from TWRP - a step I've never had to do before. I followed the instructions, but the factory reset failed. I rebooted the Nexus 10 and it just sits at the colourful 'X' forever. I can hold the power button to try again, but I can never get past this. No problem, I'll just flash CM from TWRP, right? Well, I can get into fastboot from power + vol-, but fastboot is frozen. It doesn't matter if it's connected to my PC or not, I have "start" selected, and I cannot select anything else. Fastboot.exe won't detect the tablet, and there's pretty much nothing I can do. I can press power to select "start" from the fastboot menu and it begins booting normally, and freezes as before. So basically I'm stuck here. I know how to push across a recovery and re-flash the system, but I can't actually get to that stage. I'm not sure if it's a driver issue - my experience tells me it probably is. I've tried 2 different cables and all the USB ports. I can try on my home computer that has the drivers all installed, tested, and working - but I won't be home for another 12 hours or so. I actually can't even turn off the device! I've tried the naked drivers, the google drivers, the Samsung drivers, I can't install the PDANet drivers because it wants me to install the ADB drivers first - but I can't do that because the device won't boot!. This XP machine is now a cocktail of drivers that don't work. I do actually have an "unknown device" associated with the tablet, but I have NFI what it is or what driver to install. I've tried them all, and windows just keeps saying that the driver location I've chosen doesn't have any appropriate drivers for this device. Any suggestions? Edit: Hmm, I've managed to get my hands on a Win8 laptop and got the drivers working so that Fastboot and ADB recognise my Nexus 4 phone. When I plug the Nexus 10, it doesn't show up in Fastboot devices.


title: How to clear/wipe an Android phone before selling it?

text: I have two phones, the LG GT540 optimus and Samsung GT-i5800, both using Android 2.1, and I intend to sell them in the near future. Before selling (just like before selling a HDD), I want to wipe all the personal DATA from the phones. **Question:**   Does a "factory reset" (from the Android phones "menu") surely wipe all the personal data? Or will there be something left to use? (ex.: contact list, Gmail password, etc.?)


title: Switching to Android, how do I handle music?

text: My wife and I are planning on switching from apple phones to the Note III when it comes out later in the month. I was preparing to switch my music collection from itunes based to google play by uploading and organizing everything to the google play web app. However, I ran into a couple of issues.   * I have a computer that plays background music during the day, regardless of if we are home or not. Up to now I have been playing it through itunes, however since I have been pulling the google play web app during day, I have noticed that if I play music from work, that I come home and the music has stopped playing because you can only stream music from one device at one. I would like to have this music playing at all times.   * I assume, since my wife and I share the same music collection that we will both sign in to google play using the same google ID. However, if only one device can stream at a time, what happens when I am listening at work and she is wanting to listen at work. Will it kill one of the streams? Has anyone else run into this? Is there another way to manager music on the Android platform?


title: How can I tell CWM to perform a full backup instead of an incremental backup?

text: A recent update to CWM touted the ability to perform incremental backups instead of full ones. Having performed those for a while, I find that I have quite a few old backups that I don't know if I can remove, since newer backups may depend on them. Last time I was in this situation I deleted all of the backups and made one full clean backup. That, however, carries the risk of some failure before the new backup is complete. Is there any way to tell CWM to perform a full backup, so that I can safely remove all of the old ones?


title: I can't receive SMS when I have low storage

text: From the time the "low storage" warning appears no synchronization is done at all, including receiving SMS. Can I do anything about it? Can I "force" my Motorola Milestone Froyo to receive SMS somehow? This is really annoying. Especially because the user doesn't informed in detail. I missed a lot of SMS... I hope that gets fixed in Froyo.


title: How To Stop Rejecting Messages At Low Memory?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  I can't receive SMS when I have low storage When my phone reaches ~22Mb (internal) free space, my phone starts to automatically reject text messages. Assuming they're on internal storage, can the storage location somehow be changed to external storage?


title: TCPView for Android

text: Someone know if exist a TCPView (windows application) similar app for Android? Googling I've found only the use of tcpdump but it's not easy and immediately readable. Thank for any suggest


title: How CF-Autoroot works?

text: How CF-autoroot Theoretically is able to root android devices ? I'm wondering on what technics it use to run su ? Do it use a custom/patched Linux kernel ? or it is based on local root exploit ? I didn't find CF-Autoroot source code, so i assumed that is a closed-source project.


title: Boot a bricked s3 i535 for photo recovery

text: I know I need an sdcard formatted a certain way with a factory image and it will go into a safe mode; question is, does anyone know where I can find instructions or can instruct me what file and how to do this?


title: How can I stop SD card from constantly unmounting?

text: I had problems with constant unmounting of my SD card from phone when it was not on charger. The problem was with powering off some power when disabling display to save energy, but this power was needed to keep SD card mounted. My phone is LG Optimus L1 II E410, but from what I found during my long search for solution, it is not only phone affected. How can I stop this from happening?


title: Battery life depends on type of charger

text: When I charge my HTC Sensation mobile with the charger supplied by HTC the battery duration is more or less 1 day (depending of the usage). But (here comes my question) when I charge the mobile through usb connected to the PC, or with the cable supplied by Amazon Kindle, the battery duration is much lower, sometimes a couple of hours. Could someone explain which is the electrical reason of this behaviour? Thanks in advance


title: Magnify (zoom) part of image application

text: I'd like to edit an image to add a "magnifying glass" ring with a magnified region inside, like in the screenshot below. The standard Gallery editing tools can't do that, and I've tried a few other apps with the same result. Is there any way to add this effect (zoom certain part of image) using any kind of Android app? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/eL0NY.jpg)


title: Is RFID reader with anti-collision feature for Android available?

text: I'm developing RFID-based system where I plan to use Samsung Galaxy S II plus to connect the RFID reader to it, so it can be as a portable reader. What I'm searching for, is RFID reader, supports Android 4.1, with anti- collision feature, so it can read multiple tags at the same time, also which can cover more than 5 cm. in reading, but what I found after a long time of searching is for reading just one card/tag. So, is what I'm looking for available ? Any answer or suggestion is highly appreciated.


title: MIUI v5 rom for xperia p (android 4.1.2)

text: I wanna install MIUI (v5) rom on my xperia p. I googled a lot and visited the miui website to find the adjustable rom for my xperia. But there was no tested version for xperia p. Can anybody give me link of a tested version of miui?


title: My Samung Galaxy Express is displaying the wrong email notification count

text: Why does my email icon on my home screen always display 28 new emails? It displays the correct amount of new emails on my lock screen but not on my home srceen.


title: Better way to deal with "Only part of the message has been downloaded" mail warning?

text: I'm using the stock e-mail app on Android 4.3. This morning, when I tried to forward an e-mail to another person, I got a warning that popped up which read:               Only part of the message has been downloaded.      If you continue, the rest of the original message may be lost.      I get the same warning if I try to reply to the message. I tried pressing the "sync" icon above the message. I tried waiting a while for the message to finish downloading. I still got the warning. I finally resolved the issue by scrolling all the way to the bottom of the message, but this is a rather bothersome solution, requiring time and lots of finger flicks. I don't see anything else that seems relevant to the problem at hand, but surely there must be some way better to resolve the problem?


title: Why Galaxy SII reports on not enough memory for new apps when I have several GBs available on flash storage?

text: I have 5GB free out of total 11.5GB internal flash storage on my SGS2. However, it doesn't allow to install new apps saying there's not enough memory. Also `Settings > Applications Manager > All` reports 1.7GB used, 281MB free (even immediately after reboot). Why I can't use all 11.5GB of internal storage for my apps, but only 2GB? How can I make more storage available for applications? Samsung Galaxy SII, stock firmware auto-updated to 4.1.2 I9100 XWLSE.


title: Driving directions in new google maps

text: I've just got a new phone and downloaded the new Google Maps. I cannot find the written driving directions in this version. There used to be a list of the directions that appeared together with white circles showing where you need to change directions on the map. Is this still there? Where can I find this view?


title: Unsupported File Type: Why did my Samsung Galaxy S suddenly stop supporting MP3s?

text: All of a sudden my Samsung Galaxy S claims to not support mp3 files (the phone has been idle for a few hours, I did not touch anything). Ogg files however still play without problems. When this happens, no app can play mp3 files, e.g. my custom ring tone is not played anymore (it just vibrates as if it were muted). A reboot of the phone fixes the issue but within 3-4 days the problem comes back. It does not make a difference if files are stored on internal or external sd card. This also affects video playback, I'm just not sure if it happens at the same time or independent of each other. The youtube app can no longer start videos (unknown playback problem), and the video player app claims all video files as unsupported. I suppose the issue may not be the video playback itself but the audio codec used in the video (mp3). Any idea how to fix this or debug this? I don't want to reboot my phone every couple of days - it takes 2-3 minutes to do this and a phone should just work. I applied 2.2.1 firmware lately and this only seemed to make the problem worse. I had this before 2.2.1 (with 2.2) but only very rarely. I'm curious if TitaniumBackup may be the culprit as the backup scheduler seems to stop processes sometimes. Maybe others experiencing this issue use scheduled TitaniumBackups, too? The hint was that since upgrading to 2.2.1 I also upgraded to the licensed TitaniumBackup version and scheduled daily backups. But this may just be coincidence. What contradicts this theory: Backups are scheduled at night but last time I saw this issue it happened during the day - mp3 worked in the morning, failed in the afternoon. The phone was idle during the time it "decided" to no longer play mp3. Looking at forums (I only found a few hits in Google), people having the same problems suggest to simply reboot the phone - but that is no fix at all. Or they suggest to send the phone back for replacement - and guess what: It has not fixed the problem for people experiencing this issue. So I suggest it is not a hardware issue (neither related to sdcards nor to the phone itself).


title: Can I use the Nexus-S GPS as an external GPS for another device (via Bluetooth)?

text: Is it possible to use the Nexus-S GPS as an external GPS for another device (via Bluetooth) ?


title: Phone doesn't respond to ping

text: I'm trying to develop an application that knows when I am home based on my phone being on my wifi network or not. I'm running into a weird issue in that I can only ping the phone if I have recently (within the last minute or so) tried to access a web page on the machine I am pinging on. I'm not even able to get an ARP reply unless I've tried to recently access the machine. So, do Android phones have a very restrictive firewall by default? Is there any way that I can change this? I don't believe it to be a network issue, because I can ping the phone at any time from my router, it just doesn't respond to other clients on the network.


title: How do i prevent screen dimming for specific apps?

text: My phone has 4.0.4 (ICS). Now i use several apps for reading like browser, wikipedia, adobe reader, etc. Only adobe has a screen dimmer setting. Is there an app or setting that allows me to stop screen from turning off while i have any of these apps open for reading?


title: bug with nexus 5 calendar

text: For some reason the calendar in nexus 5 lg acts strange.. it keeps on taking me back to 1970.. and the date selector keeps on changing at a hysterical speed. any idea how to address this?


title: Error while installing APK without Play Store

text: I've downloaded some app* from the play store via the bluestacks emulator and then copied the apk off the emulated system to my android phone. But when I want to install it, I'll get an error which correspodends to the code 'INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY'. Note: On my phone (GT-I9195) I'm running CM without gapps. My guess is that the app is using libraries which are provided by the gapps. Does anybody know how to fix this or another way to install apps from the play store without gapps? *https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.hafas.android.db


title: local headphone enabled FM radio app for nexus 5 (no internet needed)

text: I just moved from S3 to nexus 5, and there are a couple of things that I miss from my s3.. one is the prepackaged FM radio app.. all i needed was my headphones and I could connect directly to the local stations.. is there such an app for nexus 5 (and other android devices in general)? apps like tune in require wi-fi or 3g, which isn't what i'm looking for. I'm looking to be able to connect to the local radio on the go without 3g.


title: Bluestacks: Where are my apps?

text: I am using the new Bluestacks 0.8.7 build 3069 and the home screen only loads the searching for channels and lots of apps that can be downloaded are shown. I also downloaded the MultiTool 1.06r and rooted with it. After it I installed many apps from the MultiTool one by one and they installed perfectly and could be open by the notification in the task bar. But then I restarted BS and then opened the all apps option but there weren't any apps. Where are my installed apps, though they show up in the apps section in the settings menu.


title: What should my tablet be charging at?

text: I just got a RocketFish USB wall charger with 2.4 amps and 5 Volts. The charge meter that I am using is telling me that it is charging at 50 mA. I also notice that when I try to turn it off to charge, it will have a red 'X' on the battery icon when I turn it back on while it wasn't there. Is it safe to be charging it with this charger? Should it be charging this slowly? The charger model number is RF-AC1U2N.


title: having problem in usb connection

text: I am using Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon mobile with Android version 4.2.2. I tried to connect my device to a PC via USB cable and through the cable the charging process is on but it doesn't show the notification and it is not working with media transfer. I installed all the drivers like Samsung Kies, adb driver, usb driver, but still I can't connect. I tried the process with developer options too, and nothing happened. Please help me. Do I need to download any APK files for the device?


title: How to fix this Google+ sync problem?

text: Few months ago, I restored a full Nandroid backup which was created few hours ago. When I booted up, everything went fine, but Gmail & Google+ went out of sync. Perhaps, it was a timestamp problem. Problem was this: If I read an email on web, the read status was reflected to app, but reverse wasn't true. If I read an email on app, the read status wasn't reflected to web or other devices/apps.   The exactly same thing was with Google+ notification read status. I cleared data of Gmail app and the problem was fixed. I did the same thing with Google+ app, but no benefit. I even uninstalled & reinstalled the Google+ app, but again no benefit. I left that for months. I have notified Google, updated to every new version, but the problem is still here even today. How to fix it? Don't suggest factory reset, please. Device: Samsung Galaxy S with ICS (rooted)


title: How do I sideload Google Wallet onto my Verizon Galaxy Nexus?

text: The Verizon version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus famously shipped _without_ Google Wallet. This is ostensibly because Verizon is coming out with their own mobile payment system and didn't want a competing product baked into the phone OS. So much for a pure Google Android experience. How can I get Google Wallet on my device? No rooting solutions, please. I am okay with sideloading the app from a trustworthy source if that's possible. Once installed, will I be able to get updates from the Play Store? What other things won't work quite right?


title: How to move phone contacts to Google?

text: When I create a contact on my Android phone, I can choose to store it to the SIM, the phone or to Google. If I choose phone, is there an easy way that I can move or copy that contact to Google (so it shows up in GMail, for example) at some later time? EDIT: I'm using the Samsung Vibrant, T-Mobile's variant of the Galaxy S, running Android 2.1. The edit menu for contacts shows options for _Edit_ , _Delete_ , _Link contact_ , _Mark as default_ , _Send namecard via_ and _Copy to SIM_.


title: Change existing contacts from 'phone' to 'gmail'

text: When the contact items (or several) are set to 'phone', how can they be changed to 'gmail' in order to sync? In the post Contacts Sync problems: phone contacts not syncing to Google, it says that contacts set to 'phone' will not sync. So, how can they be changed?


title: Export to SD card disabled

text: On my Samsung Galaxy Tab, I have contacts stored on the Device Contacts and Google Account Contacts. Since only the latter get synced, I want to change the former in Google Contacts format. I read to achieve this I have to export device contacts to the SD card. Delete all device contacts. Import back contacts on the SD card, specifying to import them to the Google Account. The problem is the option `Export to SD card` is greyed-out. I am on Honeycomb.


title: Cannot access Internet using Wi-Fi

text: I am using Samsung Galaxy GT-S5830i, a signal shows when connected to my work wireless, but I could not access the internet whenever I try. Could you assist?


title: re-program back-key S Advance

text: I've replaced the screen of my S Advance, but now the back-key doesn't work anymore so that's really frustrating.. I'm wondering if it's possible to program the menu-key as back-key. It is not a software bug because I just accidentally teared a flex cable partially.. I hope it's possible, and if not, what would be the best choice for an on-screen buttons app? Thanks for the help. EDIT: Like changing key values in /system/usr/layout/generic.kl or something. It's possible to disable them there, so maybe it's possible to change their values or would that mess up my phone? 2nd EDIT: I switched the actions 'BACK'and 'MENU' from key values 139 and 158 in Generic.kl and now the menu- key functions as back-key.. question solved within half an hour.. better do some more research next time haha


title: Stand-alone Google docs and sheets apps vs Quickoffice

text: is the addition of the stand-alone Google docs and sheets apps an approach from Google to remove Quickoffice from the base Android build? What is different in the Stand-alone apps vs. the existing Quickoffice?


title: Can you auto reject phone numbers natively with a Droid phone?

text: I have a Droid X and I'm trying to set up an auto reject list and it looks like I have to download a third party app to do it. Am I missing something?


title: Spoof Android GPS from FTDI input

text: I have an Android system which reads GPS signals in through an FTDI chip, and want to use it in an offline GPS app such as OsmAnd. Is there a way to use the data I'm reading in, and make the device think it's at those locations? I've checked out spoofing GPS coords in general on Android, but am not sure how to do this with the FTDI chip. Keeping in mind it has to run in the background, while the GPS app is in the foreground.


title: Sharing a directory tree problem from windows to android es explorer

text: There are several child folders in parent folder on windows 8. Times ago I shared some child folders and accessed them from android es explorer without problems. Then I removed all child folders shares and instead shared their parent folder. During the parent folder sharing the window appeared listing some of the previous child shares and asking "some of the folders were previously shared. you can replace their current settings with the same setting you just applied to the folder you shared". If I click change settings after processing for a while it ends up with "folder can not be shared". Despite the message it is shared but access to those children is forbidden, they are not visible.


title: Change low resolution playback of embedded YouTube videos in Chrome

text: Device: Nexus 5 If I try to playback an embedded YouTube video on a page using Chrome, it always plays back in low quality. If I play the same video back in Dolphin browser or directly in the YouTube app, it plays back in high quality. Is there a way to force Chrome to use high quality?


title: High frequency noise from headphones when connected to cellphone

text: I am having a problem with my phone... when i connect headphones(any headphones) to the 3,5mm jack and play audio, there is a tiny high frequency noise in the background. However, this is only present when there is sound playing.. if i stop playing sound the high frequency noise stops after a few secconds... I am thinking that it must be the processor of the phone generating the noise, and the sound card is not filtering it out... The cellphone is an LG Optimus 4X HD


title: Will the HTC Desire HD have superior hardware than the Samsung Galaxy S?

text: I'm thinking about ditching my iPhone and going Android, so far the best contenders are the HTC Desire HD and the Samsung, which one has superior hardware specifications?


title: How to disable/remove ALL cell functionality

text: I have a Kyocera Event (Virgin Mobile) running stock Android 4.0.4. This is only used as a media player for about 90 minutes ONE DAY per week. I am looking for a good way to extend battery life as much as possible as it can only be charged one day a week as well. Steps taken:   * Disabled google account sync   * Turned off all location services   * Turned "Mobile Data" off I know it's asking a lot, but I am really hoping to get the battery to last a week if possible. Any suggestions for extending battery life?


title: Trusting the manufacturer like Google Play

text: I just purchased a Toshiba Excite 10. I was surprised when I attempted to update manufacturer-bundled software and found that I couldn't because it wasn't installing through Google Play. Is there a way to make my tablet understand that an app downloaded or upgraded through my OEM is just as safe as something downloaded through Google?


title: When selecting an USB extension cable to extend power cord, what are the relevant considerations?

text: I want to use USB extension cords to extend the USB power cords for my Android device. What are the factors that could affect normal charging behavior? (Consider "normal charging behavior" to be charging speed and long-term effects on the device battery when using only the manufacturer power cord/adapter.)


title: What are the IP addresses used by Proxy Browser For Android app?

text: I've asked a question before Find Proxy IP address used by Android app on how to see network traffic by an android app, I still can't figure it out. Here's the app that's bothering me https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proxyBrowser Can anyone tell me what are the IP addresses of the proxies this app is using ?


title: Can't Factory Reset My Device

text: I have a Chinese MID9000 tablet, and when I tried to install an app it took forever. I checked why and the device said that internal storage had 00.00 bytes when I hadn't even installed anything yet. Everything else functions perfectly except for app installation and the fact that it always acts like it's the first time opening it when I restart it. So I tried to factory reset it from the settings menu to see if it would fix the issue, but all I saw was an Android laying on its back with light blue circuits running through it for a second, then it flashed to a red exclamation mark. Now I have a 150 dollar piece of tech that is useless. I don't want to send it back to Newegg because I want to see if there is any way to get it working first to avoid the hassle. I have tried searching for solutions, but everything I found required a Windows computer and I use Ubuntu. Are there any solutions that don't require using a Windows computer?


title: Prevent unauthorized image flashing

text: I wonder whether there is a way to prevent someone to use `fastboot` to flash an Android device. Indeed, while one must be able to turn on _USB debug_ in order to run `adb`, the bootloader does not offer any protection AFAIK.


title: Samsung Galaxy S III (d2att) unable to boot after pushing build.prop

text: First of all, I have a Windows computer and a Samsung Galaxy S III (d2att). I pulled the current `build.prop` file with               >adb pull /system/build.prop build.prop      Then, I copied the file on my hard drive and renamed it to `build.prop.bak`. I edited `build.prop` on my hard drive as follows:   1. changed `ro.sf.lcd_density=320` to `ro.sf.lcd_density=275`, and   2. appended `qemu.hw.mainkeys=0` in an attempt to enable the navbar. I then tried to push the file using `>adb push build.prop /system/build.prop`, but I got a "read-only filesystem" error. I Googled it, and using what I found, tried the following:               >adb root     >adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system     >adb push build.prop.bak /system/build.prop.bak     >adb push build.prop /system/build.prop     >adb shell mount -o ro,remount /system     >adb reboot      When it rebooted, it refused to even play the boot animation. It does not boot into recovery mode or into download mode. When the device is on (vibrates, displays "SAMSUNG" screen, displays "Samsung Galaxy S III" screen, and then goes black) and then I plug it in, Windows recognizes that it exists (plays a sound), but it is not displayed in "My Computer". adb does recognize it, and I tried the steps above again, instead pushing the `build.prop.bak` to `/system/build.prop`. Still nothing. If it doesn't boot into download mode, is it bricked for real? If it helps, I had just upgraded from cm-10.2.0-RC1-d2att to the most recent nightly (cm-11-20131221-NIGHTLY-d2att), and that's why I needed to alter `build.prop` in the first place. EDIT: The problem is no more. I forgot to change the permissions of `build.prop` to 644 from 666. I'm dumb.


title: What Android parts do these terms describe?

text: Android users frequently use a lot of words with unclear meanings. In particular, they use these words a lot:   * **Framework** / **framework-res.apk** : What purpose does this structure serve?   * **Flashing** : What does this refer to?   * **ROM** : What does this refer to?   * **Firmware** : What does this refer to?   * **update.zip** : This is an update package replaces files on your filesystem. What parts of the system can **update.zip** change?   * **Kernel** : The kernels they talk about seem to persist across 'flashing' and 'resets' of the device.   * **Android Release** : When someone talks about Android 'KitKat,' or 'Gingerbread' or '4.2.2,' what parts of the whole system are they referring to?   * **Custom ROM** : What parts of the system do 'CyanogenMod' and other 'Custom ROMs' replace?   * **Titanium Backup** : What parts of the system does Titanium Backup back up?   * **Factory Reset** : If I wiped the internal storage (say, `dd if=/dev/null of=<storage device>`), what can it reset to!? * * * Here are some relevant terms that are publicly well-documented and known:   * **BIOS**. When the system is powered on the **BIOS** initializes and does sanity checks on the computer's hardware and peripherals. The **BIOS** is 'firmware' and exists outside of the computer's normal storage. Even if the system was started with no mass storage, the **BIOS** would still be there. The **BIOS** runs a piece of software in the system's storage called the **bootloader**.    * **Bootloader.** The **bootloader** uses and is itself a set of files on the filesystem, sometimes in the /boot directory. The **bootloader** (depending on the case) presents a list of options for how you want to proceed in starting the system.    * Each option (usually) corresponds to starting a **kernel** with specific **boot parameters**. The **kernel** is a binary contained in a package file called **vmlinuz** (or similar) that resides somewhere on the filesystem (like the /boot directory). The **kernel** creates abstractions between hardware and software, like the hardware interfaces, filesystem abstraction, processes and threads.   * Sometimes **vmlinuz** also contains some utilities that are put into folders like /sbin. Things that are in **vmlinuz** cannot be modified without repackaging a new **vmlinuz** file, and replacing the old one.   * The **kernel** loads **kernel modules** which do various things and are sometimes drivers. Some **kernel modules** are built into the **kernel** 's binary file and some are separate files on the filesystem, sometimes in the /usr/lib/modules directory.   * The **kernel** also starts a program called **init** which is in a location that is sometimes specified in the **boot parameters**. **init** mounts mass storage devices to directories and starts a bunch of programs. These programs are on the filesystem and usually have all their files in /usr. They are called the system's **userland**.   * In Android, there is a Java-like virtual machine called **Dalvik** which is started by **init** , which is what most programs run within.    * **Rooting** : Rooting a device allows users to grant themselves root permissions.   * To simplify managing all the software on the system, a system usually has a special program called the **package manager** which can manage, update and install sets of related files as `packages' corresponding to individual development projects. Android's interface to its package manager is the `Application Manager` in settings. Applications are available for download via the Play Store   * **Home Folder** : Users have a directory in /home where all their files are stored (including local configuration settings for applications).    * **Recovery** : a separate userland which the bootloader launches that only does system related tasks. You get to it by restarting your device while doing a special dance with the buttons.


title: Send selected text to dialer

text: Is there an App that registers itself as a Share Command and lets me send a selected text in a webpage or email to the default dialer? I would like to avoid copy and pasting a number from a webpage or email to the dialer manually... Thanks in advance!


title: With the Android 4.2 camera app, how can I tell if I have a GPS lock?

text: My Galaxy Nexus has just been updated to v4.2 of Jellybean, Google seem to have totally changed the camera app in this update and there's a few functions that I just can't find. As I'm travelling a lot at the moment, I like to make sure that most of my pictures are geo-tagged so that I can work out where I was and when later! As I'm not in my home country, I have data disabled to save on extortionate roaming charges, so most of the GPS-Assistance functions don't work and GPS locks take longer than normal. Previous versions of the Android camera app have had a small icon near the top of the screen in the camera app that flashes to indicate that the GPS is searching for a lock, that then turns solid when a good GPS lock is achieved. There doesn't seem to be any similar icon in the built-in camera app in the stock GED version of 4.2. Is there any way that I can tell if the camera has achieved a GPS lock before I take a picture?


title: Increase maximum outgoing attachment size

text: I'm looking for a way to increase the maximum attachment size for outgoing email in the default email app for Exchange / "corporate" email. e.g. I'm on local Wifi and it won't let me send a 9MB video, which is just plain lame. While I'm at it, I'd love to also increase the maximum size for App downloads when on 3G. I have a high-speed dataplan with a 6GB limit, and it's frustrating to have my phone tell me something is "too big" to download. My carrier isn't saving any bandwidth; it just forces me to use workarounds like tethering. Open to rooting or any other hacks that will do the trick. I have control of the Exchange (2003) server if the setting must be tweaked there.


title: Unable to download media Whatsapp while using Wifi with proxy

text: I'm using a wifi network that contains a proxy. I am using proxydroid to run the proxy for all applications on my Android phone. But sometimes I am not able to download media on Whatsapp. How can I use a proxy for Whatsapp and other applications with no restriction?


title: After Uninstalling Google Voice, I cannot receive phone calls, busy signal

text: I had Google Voice installed, but it was a very obtrusive and annoying application. For example it one day starts stealing text messages and requires me to press a 1 to receive the call, neither of these "features" can be disabled in the Google Voice settings on the phone. Since the only feature I ever used with GV was voicemail transcription, the cons overweighed the pros, and I figured it's time to uninstall. I uninstalled the app, went to the google voice webpage, and disabled google voice there. Now, I am unable to receive phone calls. The caller is greeted with a busy signal.               Settings > Call > Voicemail Service = My Carrier      The google voice number was set to my actual phone number.


title: Droid 4 puts itself into silent mode

text: For the past couple weeks my Droid 4 has been switching itself into silent mode at night. At first I thought it was me, but it's not. At around 11pm I plug it in and set it on the table. At this point it is not in silent mode. In the morning it is in silent mode, which means the alarm has not gone off. After I take it off silent mode, the alarm volume is still at zero, so I have to adjust that too. And like I said, this have been the case for a couple weeks. I have installed no new apps. There are no smart actions set. Any ideas? Thanks.


title: How to make custom apps to appear by default in the lower dock panel in my custom ROM

text: At the very bottom of my device (MT6577 + ICS + TouchWiz Launcher) are the default icons for "phone", "contacts", "web", and "applications". I want to replace them with my own apps in my custom ROM so that the custom apps appear by default on the dock. Now, the problem is for instance, I removed stock "phone" and "Contacts" apps from `/system/app` and copied new phone and contacts app in there. Then I created the build, flashed the ROM and rebooted. After reboot, the places for phone icon and contacts icon were empty. It's like: Before replacing the dock was - `phone - contacts - web - App` After replacing the doc is - `empty - empty - web - App` Is there any specific file I need to edit to do the trick ? Any help/suggestion would be immensely appreciated! Thanks.


title: Why is my phone slow?

text: My phone has lately been really slow. When I turn on the screen, particularly if it has been off for a while, the phone is really sluggish. For example, it might take 30 seconds to respond to my input. Or if someone calls, it might not respond to my answer gesture until after the caller has already given up and hung up. If I leave the screen on for several minutes (up to five), the phone will eventually start to respond more normally. The CPU information in the developer options shows that the processor is pegged during all this slowness, and the process `system_server` is consuming almost all of that CPU capacity with other processes fighting for a little CPU time. Also, this CPU activity is killing my battery. I'm only getting half the battery life I should be getting. I recently lost root in an OTA upgrade; in re-rooting I had to do a wipe of the phone. Once I restored everything, the problem came back. My phone is a Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean (4.1.2). I also experienced a similar issue with my previous phone, a Nexus One running MIUI and "ICS". I attributed that phone's slowness to its age, but now I think there must be something else going on. What could be wrong, or how could I go about tracking down the problem? # Answers to questions posed   * My current phone is running 4.1.2. The problem became much worse after the update. My previous phone was the one I said was running "ICS". I put that in quotes because it was a custom ROM that claimed to be 4.0 but which I suspect was actually Gingerbread+.   * My RAM typically runs at about 85%. But, I doubt this is too useful since Android automatically kills apps when it needs more RAM and the Linux kernel is designed to keep RAM mostly full so as not to waste it.   * Currently, Google Maps is using the most battery, followed by Tasker. I'm quite sure that this isn't typical, however. I can't imagine why Google Maps would be so high, as I don't use it often. Anyway, I turned off the location permissions, so hopefully that'll cure Google Maps. And Tasker doesn't usually consume so much, but when the CPU is pegged it seems to have a harder time operating than most apps. (By the way, I have no location-based profiles in Tasker.)   * Upon rebooting my phone, it's OK until the screen goes off for a period of time. Then, the problems resume. They're so severe that it's often faster to reboot than to try to use the phone without rebooting.   * Auto-rotate seems to have no effect. I regularly toggle it in the normal course of using my phone, and haven't noticed any difference either way.   * Apps would appear to be the culprit since I've experienced the same issue on two different phones and since doing a factory reset. However:      * The process that's consuming the CPU _isn't_ an app but `system_server`, which is a core part of Android.     * I have a lot of apps, so disabling them one by one would be a time-consuming process.   * I tried re-nicing `system_server`, but I didn't se any effect.


title: Definitive Guide to Customs Roms?

text: For those people who are interested in flashing custom roms after rooting their android device: Does a website exist that provides a definitive, quick & up to date guide to the numerous and varied custom roms that are available for the android platform (obviously not the whole kaboosh, but something that gave a flavour). Generally I hear about CyanogenMod, MIUI & occasionally AOKP (if i'm not mistaken). Fair enough if you have the time in the day to watch various youtube channels and do searches on the countless android orientated websites, i'm sure most people don't. (I have seen similar questions asked here, generally people have named a few or just said see XDA)


title: How can I get the history list of times I started using an application?

text: I want all the timestamps of every time that an app has started running. I tried searching in the Play Store but I didn't find one. I downloaded an app called AppUsage which shows the Last Launched timestamp but I want all the timestamps


title: Is there any (major) difference between the Galaxy Note 3 on different US carriers?

text: I am currently a loyal Verizon customer, and have been pretty much forever. My current phone is a Galaxy Nexus, and my previous phone was a Droid, and the carrier has been fairly hands-off with these "stock" Android models. I'm currently out of contract, so I have the ability to freely/easily switch carriers if need be. I really like Verizon's coverage, but might be willing to jump ship for various reasons. (Carrier decision is really a separate question) I'm currently interested in the Galaxy Note 3. However, I'm concerned about what modifications Verizon may have made to their version of this model.   The main reason for my concern is this list of differences about the previous model, the Note 2: http://engadget.com/2012/12/07/dnp-samsung-galaxy-note-ii- verizon-review/   What especially concerns me is things that were _removed_ and _hardware_ differences, such as the Verizon model of the Note 2 missing the wireless charging contacts, but on principle I am also concerned about firmware and software differences (other than the necessary CDMA chip, of course, and I can live with additional Verizon branding and bloatware). I have asked this question in a variety of forums, including asking Verizon and Samsung directly, but haven't gotten a straight answer. I'm hoping that "no news is good news" and I would really like to dive in and take this model. But if there are any differences, I'd like to know them.   I just want to make sure I am getting the features as-advertised by Samsung. Thanks!


title: Error Connecting Nexus 7 to Ubuntu 12.10

text: I have a 32 GB Nexus 7 (idVendor = 18d1, idProduct = 4e41, if that helps...), and my laptop runs Ubuntu 12.10, and have tried connecting using K.K. Patel's answer here, to almost no avail. What happens is that the "GalaxyNexus" folder is created, and then when I try to navigate to it, it has two sub-folders "Playlists", and "Internal Storage" (I cannot add a file or folder here, which is the first point of concern). When I navigate to "Playlists", the folder opens to a nice blank screen and I guess that's to be expected (I haven't been able to put music onto it yet). When I try to open the "Internal Storage" folder, it opens a new window that is the same as the first ("Playlists", "Internal Storage"). So I tried going in through the terminal to a similar fate. Anyone experienced this problem and/or know what to do to fix it? I really just want to be able to transfer files to the device.


title: Default Launcher Crashing at Reboot, Access only to Status Bar and Settings

text: I have a Celkon A95 (It’s a lesser known Indian company; specs : http://www.gsmarena.com/celkon_a95-4822.php) and I’m in some serious problem here. The phone is safely rooted and runs Gingerbread 2.3.6. In order to save internal space (only 188mB) I had safely deleted many system apps and bloatware, including the stock launcher, Mms.apk and the default keyboard as well. Everything was functioning properly. I have a lot of pro version apks, and I was using the Launcher 7 Donate as my default launcher. It was stored on the SDCard and was functioning properly. I also have RootUninstallerPro, and it has the pro-only option of “Installing as System app”. Considering that I wanted Launcher 7 to be my default, I installed it as a system app.   I got a pop-up which said, “For complete changes, restart phone”, and I did so. That’s when it went bad. The minute I rebooted, I constantly got a notif which said “This process has closed unexpectedly” (This was the Launcher 7 process.) Hence all I could do was pull down the status bar, and have access to the Phone Settings, whilst being constantly interrupted by the pop-up. I resorted to Recovery mode. Without backing up, I accidently flashed my phone, so all installed apps on the SD card were deleted. Now, all I have on my phone is: Launcher7, Camera, Calendars, Android System, Clock, Dialler Storage, Downloads, FM Radio, Process Manager, Search and the usual. (Note: There is no Bluetooth and File Manager as I had installed that on my SD card.) Now, as there is no keyboard installed, I can’t even set up my Wifi and force my way to the Play Store. I tried to send the .apk through Bluetooth, but I can’t as BLTH is not installed on my phone. Icing on the cake, my SIM is not recognized. Now, I was wondering as to how, (in that priority) :   1. An external keyboard be set up so that I can set-UP my Wi-Fi and   download a launcher from the Play Store   2. An .apk can be installed from Recovery/ Factory mode without ClockWork Mod (it was installed on SD card)   3. A ROM (custom/stock) designed for A95 specs, or phones having similar specs   4. A way to install/ flash this ROM without CWM All help will be appreciated! :)


title: Does Samsung Galaxy S II show any indication that sms sending is complete?

text: If I send an sms from Samsung Galaxy S II, it just shows a toast message saying `Sending Message...` which disappears in a few moments. Is it possible to set it to show some kind of confirmation that the sms sending is complete? Or ss this dependent on the telephone company?


title: Touchscreen falsly registering multiple taps on single tap

text: Half of the times my phone's capacitive touchscreen works fine, but the other half it **registers multiple taps on a normal tap or on a long-press**. This malfunction happens much more often when the phone is operated while laying flat on the table (i.e. not hand-held). When a human body part, like the palm of a hand in a normal operation scenario, is resting firmly against the back of the device the problems usually goes away. I'd think this somehow has to do with the so called _"parasitic capacitive coupling problem"_. Is this something characteristic of capacitive touchscreens in general? Can it possible be fixed by tweaking some timing parameters in the touchscreen driver settings?


title: Auto sync only when connected to a specific wifi network

text: I am getting rather low battery life when using auto-sync on 3G. I have wifi in college and at home, so I'm looking for a way to enable auto sync only when connected to those 2 specific wifi networks.


title: Group Message on Kik Help?

text: On Kik my friend made a group message and I can't see what they have typed, and I know they have typed something. They aren't in my Kik contacts.


title: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus -- adb drivers

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus tablet on my hands, and I am trying to test my "large" scale layouts. The device shows up in harddrive mode on my computer (Win XP), but adb does not recognize it as a device (Note: it doesn't show `??????`, it doesn't appear at all). I also tried using Samsung "Kies"- no success. It doesn't even recognize that the device is attached. As a first step, I do have debugging mode enabled under developer settings. Am I missing some drivers for the tablet? I checked here, but no drivers are offered- just Kies. Any help is welcomed, thanks! Note: If running "adb devices" shows your device as ??????? kill & restart the server as described here. This is a separate issue.


title: su (sudo) command not found Galaxy S Vibrant

text: I was wondering if any of you has seen this behavior: I have an unrooted _Galaxy S Vibrant_ and I was trying to root it permanently with z4root, unsuccessfully. While I try to do it permantly it seems to do it, but when I try to run _Titanium Backup_ or any app that requires root permissions, it won't gain privileges. So, I installed a terminal app, and when I tried to run the `su` command it displays a `command not found` error. My question is, what is missing from the OS? Any Idea? I know that you must have to be root in order to run certains commands but in that case it should display another error message?


title: How to sync playlist to Samsung Galaxy S3 from Kies?

text: I just got my new Galaxy S3 today (after a couple of years using BB and iOS) and I installed Samsung Kies on my computer. Kies's interface is quite intuitive (laying out everything almost the same like iTunes) so I created a few playlists and dragged a few songs to each playlist. Then I clicked on the icon for my phone and selected `Sync > Multimedia > Sync Music > Selected Playlist`, chose all the playlists I wanted And clicked `Sync`. It transfered quite fast, but when I checked the phone I found all my songs, but no playlists. I tried searching just now to find an answer, and it appears there are other poeple with the same problem. Some people mentioned some paid app or software to do this, but I don't want to buy an extra app just to do this job. I'd also like to avoid having to re-create the playlists manually on my phone. Could anyone point out what I am missing, or a way around this problem?


title: Retry System Update Not Working

text: I just bought a new Galaxy SII 4G Touch and was updating it to ICS and I lost connectivity while downloading the update. Now when I go to About Phone > Update Android, there is a button saying "Retry Download" but it does not do anything when I press it. I tried rebooting & even wiped cache, in addition to checking for firmware update too (none found). Any ideas?


title: v6 Supercharger with Multitask Manager and Tag Home Launchers

text: I would like to make both launchers Hard To Kill.   * Tag Home takes way too long to load from cold start because it has to load ~200 app tags from a database into memory. However, it only occupies 8MB itself. However, it usually dies after a while.   * Multitask Manager is also lightweight, and I need it to switch from app to app. I use this as my 'default' launcher. I open up Tag Home from Multitask Manager. The problem is, v6 supercharger seems to only recognize Multitask Manager as my Homescreen Launcher. The actual launcher -- Tag Home -- is ignored. Is there any script/method to make Tag Home 'Hard To Kill' while maintaining Multitask Manager as my default launcher?


title: Too little memory in Android NAND ROMs. Cannot install apps!

text: (I was about to ask it here, but since I found the answer I'll share it too) After installing Android on NAND on my HD2, I found that the available system memory is too little for everyday use. It's around 180MB and after a few applications I need to move everything (manually) to SD card. I would like to have more space for system, especially if I have a large (say, 8GB) SD card.


title: How can I interface a 23 inch touch screen to a beagleboard?

text: Can I interface a 23 inch touch screen like ACER T230H with a beagleboard? The screen has got HDMI in. Will the display scale automatically? Do I need to do kernel level changes in Android OS?


title: Which system process do I block from the internet to prevent ads from showing up?

text: Yes, this is similar to my own previous question on the subject. I'm being very specific here though - despite having wrapped ad blocking with hosts file and firewall, some apps (several more now) are able to merrily display banner ads even when they are explicitly blocked from connecting to the net. My firewall (Droidwall) works, because if I block a legitimate app it gets blocked. How are they doing this?? Is there some Google made common system process that they access?


title: Can I reinitialize specific core services?

text: Sometimes my phone gets into a state where one of the core functions - audio, wifi, bluetooth - is in a somehow broken state. Example symptoms:   * wifi cannot see any available networks   * wifi attempts to connect but always fails   * other devices cannot connect to wifi tethering hotspot   * bluetooth cannot see any other devices   * bluetooth connection to headset is established, but no audio comes through   * it is impossible to turn bluetooth on (any attempt just processes for a while, and bluetooth remains off)   * audio doesn't play anything at all, not to an external device nor through internal speaker (and yes, the volume is set correctly)   * audio output is stuck at very low volume Rebooting the phone _always_ fixes the issues in these conditions. However, rebooting this thing takes a silly amount of time, especially if you count in the initialization phase where the phone is online, but so laggy you practically can't do anything. **Is there a way to restart / reinitialize specific core services without rebooting? How?** Note: I'm _not_ talking about turning the features on/off from settings of from a widget. It does help in some cases, but not always. The phone is GT-S5570 running Android 2.2.1. The phone is rooted, so solutions that require root are welcome.


title: How to disable a specific calendars notification?

text: How can I disable the notifications for a specific calendar only? Example: I have the calendar of my girlfriend synced to my phone to know the times she is at home, working, etc. Now I get all the notifications about the events from her calendar. I want to get notifications for my calendar only, but not for hers. Maybe this is important too:   I am using a Davical server and sync my calendars over caldav sync.


title: What is cleared when I restart my phone?

text: I haven't restart my phone since the day I got it however decided I would give it a go since my contacts seem to disappear intermittently. Anyhoo, it prompted me that if I restarted my phone anything stored in memory would be cleared. How do I find out what is stored in memory and what is being cleared?


title: Duplicate message thread for same contact

text: I have a strange problem, occurred after I added a new number to my contacts (google). In the message lists I have a duplicated thread for this contact (only for this one) As you can see below the contact Elisa is the same, same name, same number, only on gmail, I don't have phone/sim stored data, I do not sync facebook/whatsapps or other applications contacts... I tried to do a factory reset and install a new rom.. I tried to delete the contact both from google and phone and re-adding it... Contapps:   ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8N7mP.png) Stock Message:   ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/jhuHD.png) The weird thing is not only the duplicated thread but opening one or another I have the messages split ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8QZl5.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/QCshw.png) any Suggestion?


title: Samsung Galaxy Y won't connect to the computer

text: I'm having problem connecting my Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 to the computer using via USB. Whenever I connect it, it automatically charges. Before there was a prompt to connect it to the computer but now it just charges directly. I have tried downloading the Samsung Kies but it still won't connect.


title: How to do Factory Reset

text: I know the topic has been covered here. But this is something different. I got a Tablet in my workplace to work with. It has a primary email Id for which I don't know the password. So to remove this, I clicked on remove account, but it says it can't be done. Only a factory reset has to be done to remove this Id. I tried adding an alternate gmail id, but still it considers the same Id for which I don't know the Password. So I tried to look out for factory data reset option in Sdcard and Device storage. But there is no such option there. I tried all over the net, but couldn't find anything useful. Can someone help me on how to do a factory reset without the factory reset option? NOTE: The Tablet looks like an ipad with same kind of button. I am not sure about the name of it, but my guess is "MID".


I dont have that many apps. But I had to delete old ones to get new ones because my phone keeps saying I have low storage. **How can I free some disk space without deleting my apps?**


title: How can I minimize Applications in Android?

text: In Android, is it possible to Minimize applications and continue using them again from the same point? When I press the middle button, the application closes, I see the application as "Running" in the Task Manager but when I open the application again, it does not resumes from the same point. I have tried this for various applications. I have a Samsung Galaxy Y.


title: How to disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Camera permanently?

text: Need to permanently disable Wi-Fi, bluetooth and camera for work on a few work only devices. Can this be done through Terminal? I've tried ifconfig to disable Wi-Fi but it just enables automatically after a few seconds. I don't need something that literally "permanently" disables Wi-Fi, bluetooth and the camera, just something that isn't very simple for an average user to enable. For instance, I deleted the Camera.apk. I know a user could technically add it back to `/system` but in order to do so they would need root access as well as know to mount `/system` as `rw` instead of `ro`.


title: Does modifying read cache on my SD card also affect the speed of reading my Ext3 partition?

text: I'm trying to make Link2SD work on my phone so I partitioned my 16gb SD to 4gb for the Ext3 partition and the rest for normal storage. I'm noticing some slight lag on my usage of the phone and I read on this article that I can in fact, increase the read cache to speed up reading contents on the SD. My question is; does increasing the read cache also affect the speed of reading my Ext3 partition? Or does it only affect the "normal" storage?


title: How to show one bookmark in chrome on both mobile & desktop toolbar?

text: It looks like that one bookmark instance can only exist on one of chrome folders. Such that when I want to visit a site from both my phone and my laptop, I always have to change my bookmark folder back and forth depend on where I stored that bookmark page. May I ask if I can bookmark a page and view it on both mobile folder and desktop folder? Thanks


title: sd card not accessible and want to run internet using mobile through usb

text: I am not able to access the sd card in my mobile (Karbonn S2 Titanium) in any way – not in the file manager nor using the gallery. Neither could I find any PC suite to run internet in pc using my mobile. Please help if you have any suggestions.


title: How to fix my droid phone that is just blank

text: I have the Samsung droid Charge (SCH-I510) and I tried to load bootloader to it and now the screen is just black.when I insert usb to it,the buttons at the bottom light up but the screen is just blank.I there anyway to connect the phone to a pc so I can flash it I don't care about the files on it.


title: Re-install app without losing personal data

text: How do you re-install an app without losing personal data? In this case its Plants vs. Zombies 2 that hangs when loading the game. I thought a re-install might solve the issue. But I don't want to need to redo everything I've done so far.


title: How to configure Amazon Cloud Player (Amazon MP3) to ignore podcasts in list of on-device music?

text: Amazon Cloud Player (aka Amazon MP3) displays all mp3 files, even those that are podcasts (which I use the DoggCatcher to listen to). Is there some way to tell the Cloud Player to ignore podcasts so that my list of downloaded music is only music?


title: Adobe flash for Asus Transformer TF700T

text: Does anyone know if the Adobe flash player will be available for Android devices any time soon? I have Android 4.0 Ice cream sandwich. On ASUS Transformer TF700T. I can watch movies, videos and only play some games that don't require Adobe. Someone, Anyone. Please Help!


title: All apps installed on my SD card have suddenly disappeared

text: So this is very odd. Last night my phone rebooted itself. Nothing unusual there - it does it from time to time. However, this morning when I try to read the news I get > "Application is not installed on your phone". So I check some more apps and lo and behold I get the same message. Any app that was installed on my SD card has gone - but only partially. The icon still exists on the "desktop" and the system name appears on the list of installed apps on the phone, but the Google Play store doesn't think they're installed - which is different to the symptoms described in these questions: > apps moved on sd card have disappeared > > My apps status suddenly become "not installed on the phone", even the google > play store! which both state that the applications are still listed as installed in the Play Store. Also - now I think about this a few apps had gone missing earlier. I have gaps in the icon field where I know there was an application, but because I didn't use it everyday I can't remember which ones :). I've tried removing and reinserting the SD card, but that's had no effect. When I reinstall applications that have local data and/or stored account details this information is still present. For example when I opened the Amazon MP3 player it didn't prompt me for my Amazon account details, but just showed the list of albums I've purchased. This implies that it's just the folder that hold the executables on the SD card that's been deleted/corrupted. I've started reinstalling apps, but I'm concerned that this might happen again. So does anyone have any ideas why this might be the case?


title: How android ROMS based on TouchWiz work if TouchWiz source code is not available as opensource?

text: Source code of samsung-touchwiz is not available to public to download and use. But there are custom roms which have touchwiz UI available .How do touch- wiz based roms like Salman rom work without having samsung touch-wiz code?


title: Rooted, Encrypted Galaxy Note 8" stuck in bootloop!

text: I am a noob. In a nutshell, I poked at things I shouldn't have after rooting/encrypting my galaxy note 8" tablet (GT-N5110) and now it continuously loops through the boot up screen. It gives me just enough time to see the "enter passcode to decrypt" screen after the samsung logo, then it re-boots. I have clockworkmod installed, but I still can't factory reset since I can't unlock the encryption. Help? edit: This is a tablet, so no battery removal. I hadn't flashed any custom roms (except adding clockworkmod recovery), only rooted and encrypted the device. I accidentally erased the wrong thing when messing with a debloater app, which is why I am now stuck in a bootloop on an encrypted device. No fastboot option, only clockworkmod--which can't help because encryption.


title: What is HTML viewer and why is it requesting root access?

text: A couple of days ago, an app called "HTML viewer" started requesting superuser access. I didn't install this app, and it came with my ROM. I naturally denied it, because I had used it before and it was an app that just read text files. About ten seconds later, I received another request for superuser access. This time, I denied it for fifteen minutes. Later, when I looked at the superuser log (set to record full access), and it appeared to be requesting superuser access every fifteen seconds, give or take, and this was sucking up all of my battery. In the log, it didn't seem like it actually attempted to do anything, the log was empty. So, I went into Titanium Backup and uninstalled the app, and then rebooted. Ten seconds later, a new item called "app_user_10024" started requesting root access, in the same manner! It must be the ghost of the app, which is quite frightening. What should I do about this? I'm dealing with something that as far as I know, was removed from my system! How should I deal with this? Blow away my ROM for a new one? Ignore and let it drain all my battery constantly requesting superuser access? * * * Something interesting happened today. I installed Apollo and the CyanogenMod File Manager. I looked back in SuperSU and noticed that the one app that was denied superuser access was "Apollo [UID]". What does this mean?


title: Why doesn't my /cache/dalvik-cache exist?

text: I was in CWM Recovery, and decided to wipe the cache and the Dalvik cache. I later exported and looked at the log, which showed the following:               -- Wiping cache...     Formatting /cache...     Cache wipe complete.     I:Can't partition non-vfat: auto     E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]     rm: can't remove '/cache/dalvik-cache': No such file or directory     rm: can't remove '/sd-ext/dalvik-cache': No such file or directory     Dalvik Cache wiped.      So, it appears that the Dalvik cache couldn't be wiped because you can't wipe something that doesn't exist. However, when I rebooted the phone, it showed the `Android is upgrading...` screen and was optimizing apps, which I assume was deox-ing them. Should I be concerned about this?


title: Why isn't there any encryption application on GSM calling?

text: I just wondering the reason why there is no encryption tool for GSM calling in android. Is it legal or technical problem? Thank you


title: Can I downgrade to an earlier version of Android after installing an OTA update?

text: I installed the KitKat upgrade on my Nexus 7, but I am unhappy with it. Is it possible to roll back to an earlier version of Android (Jelly Bean)?


title: whatsapp group ...what does the message so and so was removed mean?

text: In a whatsapp group, what does the message `Username` was removed mean?   * Did the admin remove that person ?   * Did that person delete the account?   * "`Username` left" is different from "`Username` was removed", right?


title: Android 4.1.2 Task bar is not rotating

text: I jus bought a new 7" tablet with Android 4.1.2 installed for my car. So I'm planning to spend most of the time with the tablet working in landscape view. The problem is that while the background rotates to landscape flawlessly, the lock screen, the dock and the task bar doesn't. They stays vertical. Now I spent almost all the afternoon looking for a setting to fix this issue, but diden`t found anything. Any ideas how to fix this please? thanks a lot!


title: Set native Jelly Bean dialer and contacts for Samsung Galaxy S3

text: The stock Samsung dialer and contacts (developed by Samsung) is waaay too laggy for me to use it. Actually it takes seconds to navigate through the tabs of logs, favorites or the contact list. (Got about 10 pictures and 10 custom ringtones in 70 contacts, so there's not that much data to handle.) It was actually laggy from the first time I used it. Got Nova launcher instead of the crappy and laggy TouchWiz. In my opinion, every Samsung application is a piece of something brown. Can I - somehow - force the OS to use the stock Jelly Bean dialer and contact app, or is it got replaced by Samsung's crapware? Thanks for the input!


title: Export or backup contacts with pictures

text: When exporting contacts from the standard contacts application to the disk and importing them to Thunderbird - the pictures are missing. I'd like to export all contacts with pictures though. Is there a way to get a 100% backup of my contacts? Where are they stored and how can I back them up?


title: How can I record video with lossless audio?

text: The stock video recording app has some preset lossy compression audio setting and I can't find an option to adjust it. I don't like that "tin foil" sound, due to the compression. Is there a way to have lossless audio when recording video? (My phone is a two year old LG-P690)


title: Is it possible to completely brick your Android phone by using a Custom ROM?

text: I understand that you can completely "brick" (render unusuable) your iPhone by attempting to Jailbreak incorrectly. Whether or not this is actually the case, is it possible to do the same with your Android phone? Or is the nature of that operating system and the handsets such that you can always install a new ROM on it if everything goes pear- shaped? I assume there could be a difference due to how closely the iPhone is tied to iTunes, compared to how independent Android phones seem.


title: where to find the folder "/driver/net/"?

text: I am trying to build **an adhoc network** using **Samsung Galaxy S4**. Having established the network on the first handset, I am trying to connect another SGS4 to the same network. The second SGS4 seems to discover the network and connect to it, however it generates, locally, a different network MAC address (BSSID) and hence can't actually connect to the same network, though it is connected to the same SSID (network-name). In order to set a fixed BSSID in the second SGS4 I need to change some flags on the wireless-driver which usually is located in `/driver/net/wireless/`. Nonetheless, looking around, I can't find this folder in my rooted Samsung Galaxy S4. I've searched almost everywhere but can't find it. If there is any other way to set a fixed BSSID, I'm of course open to that as well.


title: Is there any way to change the size of the text box in Messaging?

text: I find it hard to edit text messages in the tiny Messaging box. Is there any way to increase the size of it? I'm using CM10 (JB), but the app looks the same as the CM9 (ICS) version.


title: Back button does not light-up when I press home button

text: I bought a Samsung Galaxy Y phone yesterday. I was wondering why the `Back` button does not light up when I press `Home` button on the device. On my Samsung Galaxy Ace the `Back` button and `Menu` button light up immediately whenever I press home button. Is there a setting associated with this that I need to change?


title: Volume Limiter for android?

text: Is there a way to limit volume with a parental passcode on android? I know there are apps for limiting volume, but is there any way to secure those limits so a child cannot change them?


title: Are SMS messages queued or discarded when there's no signal?

text: I'm thinking of getting an Android phone (a Samsung Galaxy S2) but I need to know whether it queues SMS messages (when there's no carrier) and then sends them when it's in signal again, or whether you have to re-send as on the iPhone. As I don't get a very good mobile signal at home this feature is very important for me.


title: Method to change browser User Agent based on site

text: Dolphin Browser can be configured to act as one of a range of User Agents (Android, (full) Desktop, other phones...). But this is for every site visited until you want to change the settings to some other agent (browser type). Some sites have better mobile versions than others. I wondered if there is a feature/plugin on this or another Android browser to set the Agent individually for a range certain sites, e.g.:   * facebook.com (full Desktop - because mobile edition is limited)   * nationalrail.co.uk (Android, quicker than Desktop and easier to manage) etc. This would then 'trick' the website to load the site in a version as specified.


title: Do GApps 4.4.4 work on Cyangenmod 11 with 4.4.2?

text: Okay, this is the first time I've been through stuff like rooting, installing another recovery tool, new system, flashing etc. I've installed Cyangenmod 11 which has Android 4.4.2 and I've also installed GApps 4.4.4 which I've taken from XDA Devs. When I first booted into the new system, the Google Keyboard wouldn't work. Then I was advised (via a question from this site) to clear the cache and dalvik cache from System Recovery mode. This ended up giving me even more "Unfortunately X has stopped working" for different apps, including Playstore. How do I make the GApps work with my newly installed system? How do I fix these problems? This is the guide I followed, but it doesn't provide the good GApps that would work on my system (tried them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfYOfgnnVIQ&hd=1#! * * * # Edit Exact errors I am getting: > Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped.   >  Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped (when opening it)   >  Unfortunately, Google Keyboard has stopped


title: How to check emails (safely & securely)?

text: I trust Linux more than Android. Likewise, I trust Firefox (with certain settings and certain security-related addons) more than Chrome (or Chromium). I'm new to the smartphone world and couldn't wait for a non-dev Ubuntu Touch release, so I bought an (Samsung) Android phone. Which I have yet to turn on. So the following question is theoretical for now: How to check emails in Android (safely & securely) ? Via an app (which?), via a browser (which?), else ? * * * Further, I have more than one gmail account. In Linux, I use two separate browsers to check both accounts simultaneously (I'm aware of other solutions, but am happy with that one on my PC). How to do so in Android?


title: Files on external microSD Card get lost after a while on Samsung Galaxy Note 2

text: I have a new Sandisk 64GB microSD card which I plugged into my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (updated to Android 4.1.2) as an external storage. I initially formatted and encrypted it as well, and put some of my media files there by creating new folders and then copying the files coming from my internal SD storage. After the copy was finished, I could see all my media files, I could play them and everything was OK. After a few days and some phone reboots, I just noticed some of the media files I copied were lost (good thing I still have backups of these files). I thought this was just a one-time event, but when I copy some new files there, they just keep getting lost after a phone reboot. I have no idea how this happens. I googled and found this also happened to other people, but none have a constructive fix for my phone. How can I fix this so that my microSD card be prevented from losing files? I'm aware that my card might be potentially defective, but other than this scenario, I need to know if this is actually a phone or Android issue and what is the fix for this. Thanks!


title: How to solve "application not be installed" error

text: I am facing an `application can not be installed` error on my Samsaung Galaxy S Plus whenever I try to install applications. I have already allowed installation from unknown sources, but it didn't work. It still have a lot of memory space although my phone has no SD card. Can you suggest some solutions to solve this? Thanks in advance.


title: Can you actually determine the mAh of a battery?

text: You can skip the story part but for better reference, please read it: **A Little Story** My phone claims it has a battery of 4000 mAh that lasts for 3 days. I got the phone, really psyched because of the battery. When I bought it it has 50% left on the battery. I did some texts and some first time testing on the phone, but no heavy usage. The phone lasted 19 hours before saying it was now low on battery (5%). The next day, I charged it for six hours, turned on the 3G and used the Facebook app, Opera Mini, and Google Play for four hours before I removed the 3G. The battery read 29%. I was disappointed. Most of the people who bought this phone reported that it should last 10 hours with 3G on and heavy usage. Most people even say that with heavy usage their phone lasts 2 days, using the internet, apps that require it, and gaming with the phone. Now I'm on the process of claiming the warranty and I called some service centers to determine where I will take it to. The first service center claimed that all Android phones last for only one day, the second one claimed that even if only a Messaging app is on, if I leave it open even if my screen is off the battery will be drained quickly. The third one basically told me to go to the Play Store and download a Task Killer. The last one I called told me to bring the phone to the service center so they could "observe it". That doesn't sound good to me. **Question** My question is can technicians actually tell if the battery has the capacity it claims it has and if the battery is healthy? I want to go prepared to that service center if the observation they'll be doing will be to look at my "Battery" setting only and asking me what I've been doing only for them to say that's what been draining my battery. Also can 3G drain a battery within 4 hours if a battery has 4000 mAh? Note: My phone is a rebranded Innos D9, it's a Cloudfone Thrill 430x.


title: Open command prompt to access folders of a USB connected Android phone

text: If I connect a Phone with my Windows 7 machine via USB, it shows up in explorer with a name e.g. Nexus 5. How can I open a command prompt and change directory to this device. For lettered drives, I can just type D: F: etc.


title: Help with dumpstate log in my Galaxt S2?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with CM 10.2. When I run the `*#9900#` I get the following error: > Connection problem or invalid MMI code Also, I tried to install the app 'Logs Eraser' from Liam W. (available on the Play Store), but the system gives me the following error: > Insufficient storage available Any suggestions? Any solutions?


title: Remotely control an Android tablet from a Mac or Windows machine?

text: Does anyone administer any Android devices as kiosks which you need to be able to monitor remotely? I've been looking for something like TeamViewer for Android. I found there's a Support version which should allow people to connect to the Android device but I am unsure if you can fully control it? i.e load up certain apps, change app settings etc.? I also found Bomgar and AirDroid or something similar. Ideally, I need to know the status of the device (online or offline) and be able to diagnose any problems (or update the settings and apps). We already use SureFox Kiosk Web Browser which works OK (although it's not as responsive as just running the Chrome app)


title: Import OPML file to RSS Android?

text: I have "liferea feed reader" on Linux for RSS feeds. Is there a way I could import all my added feeds there to Android? (NOTE: the extension of RSS exported file is "opml".)


title: How to change Android device's default search engine?

text: I am trying to play with Android...To change the default search engine (now is Google, or add more selectables) when I press the "search" button on the device. Is there anyway to do it? I have HTC Hero and HTC Desire, already rooted


title: What Android app replicates the iPhone Siri (voice recognition) functionality?

text: The new Siri app on the iPhone looks pretty intersting (at least from the videos). Is there an application on Android that matches or improves on the same functionality? Specifically, something that doesn't require the memorization of _robotic_ voice commands? I have tried Vlingo, but for many requests it just seems to perform a Google search which leaves you in a web browser without voice functionality.


title: How often does Android refresh the battery statistics listed in the Settings?

text: Does anyone know how often Android refreshes battery statistics? This screen is `Settings > Battery`. This may only apply to Android versions >4.0.


title: How can I sync email automatically without removing local messages that have been deleted on the server?

text: Outlook on my computer deletes the server's copy of the message when it syncs, which unfortunately causes the Email app on the Galaxy Nexus to delete its local copy of the message when it syncs. Is there a way to automatically download new email and receive notifications when it arrives _without_ having it sync the deletions? In other words, once the email is downloaded to the device I want it to stay on the device unless I delete it from the device, but I don't want to turn off sync completely. A related issue occurs when I've synced all the email in Outlook and the Email app on the phone deletes all the messages -- the Email app crashes when the Combined Inbox view is empty. Is there any way to fix this? (Aside: Is there a way to intitiate a send/receive of all email accounts from the Combined view in the stock email app?)


title: How can I reduce the length and intensity of SMS notification vibrations?

text: After upgrading my Galaxy GT-i9000 to Gingerbread, the vibration when receiving an SMS is unbelievably long and hard. Before the upgrade (2.1?), the vibration was two short vibrations. How can I customize the vibrations, or get the "normal" vibration? This long vibration is not pleasant. P.S. The vibration intensity config is only applied for the vibration when hitting a button, not for receiving SMS. P.S. 2: And the camera is extremly slow when taking picture..it is focusing everytime, and it takes 2-3 seconds to take a photo. Before the upgrade it took like millisecond:/


title: Acer Iconia Bricked with reboot loop after root attempt

text: I attempted to root my Acer Iconia B1-A71 tablet and ended up bricking it because of not installing the partition fix apk (Bad tutorial). The tablet is currently in a reboot loop and I've tried so many things to no avail. If I boot it in to recovery mode and select "Install update from ADB" it starts adb communication, I then use adb on my pc to try and execute adb and shell commands but all commands give me an error saying "Error: closed" (Guessing it's denied access) When I start tablet in fastboot mode and run "fastboot devices" it shows the tablet. When I start tablet and select "Install update from ADB", I then use "adb devices" on my pc, or even ddms in eclipse or even a tool like Android Commander, it shows the device as a sideload device, but no files or directories in the directory listing. When I try flashing, erasing etc. with fastboot I get the error: "Security deny - Err:0x2017" When I run the following fastboot commands it just freezes: "fastboot oem unlock" or "fastboot -w" I'm guessing the problem is that somehow root is in control and the standard android admin system can't execute any of these commands because it's not the super user anymore. So I can't get any apk's on the device, nor can I flash any firmware as any attemt to do so results in this error: "Installation Aborted" Has this tablet been bricked so bad it's beyond repair or can someone assist in resolving this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks EDIT: Could these problems also be because I didn't install the partition fix apk and I'm now getting access denied because android is trying to use the wrong partition? And if I boot normally, it actually boots in to the Android launcher environment but reboots a few seconds there after.


title: How is a Nexus device "provisioned" when you buy it from Google?

text: I noticed during checkout for the Nexus 4 that you are given the option to have it provisioned: > When purchasing a Nexus device from Google Play, you'll notice a **'Link > this device to my Google account'** checkbox appear in your cart just prior > to checkout. When you link a Nexus device to your Google account, we'll > automatically send your name and username to the device when you first power > it on. You'll just need to input your Google account password to get > started. I'm not sure if this is cool or creepy. How does this provisioning happen? I'm not concerned with what Google is doing on the server side so much as:   1. What is sent to the device?   2. Is it encrypted?    3. How does the device receive/process the message?  Is there a special service that sends my IMEI to Google and then receives the info back, or something?


title: Rooting Xperia tipo

text: I've unlocked my bootloader. After all the set-up, I tried to root my Tipo using Bin4ry Root's package. It didn't work; it gave me an error like `permission denied (are you root?)`. Later, it said "successful", but it's not rooted. I want to root it because Apex Launcher has an option that allows you to use the device's own widgets if the device is rooted. If there is any other way to use the device's original widgets on the launchers, I may not bother rooting it.


title: Re-installed Play Store doesn't work

text: I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360, running on Gingerbread 2.3.6. I accidentally uninstalled the Google Play Store. I re-installed it and I am able to search for applications on the Play Store, but I'm not able to download them. It shows that Google Play Store (com.process.vending) has stopped working. Once the "Not Responding" message is gone, I am no longer able to search. Is there a way to fix this?


title: bash - How can I check if a computer exists on my network WITHOUT IP (i.e. by device name only)?

text: I would like my phone to execute certain shell scripts via Tasker if my phone is on the same wifi network as my laptop. My initial idea is to edit the `/etc/hosts` file, but this wouldn't work since neither device is constrained to be on only one wifi network. A much more costly idea would be to just ping every possible address on the network from my phone, then attempt to send a command via ssh (say, `echo $ANDROID`) and listen for the response. The best way to do this is to just be able to see if a device named "myLaptop" exists on the network.. (or, actually, I could use MAC address too.) but I have no idea if this is possible in bash. Is it? (I'm also open to implementations in Perl, since I can use SL4A to implement Perl scripts.)


title: How to write Pinyin using default keyboard languages?

text: I need to be able to make one of the tone marks in Pinyin, specifically the one that looks like a little U over the vowels. (example: ǎ ) I have tested various languages, but can't find one to add that allows me to do this accent on all vowels (a, e, i, o, u) on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Is there a way to do this?


title: galaxy S I9000 kies connection problem

text: October 2012 Latest version of Kies and latest drivers downloaded Phone connects to Kies begins display of contents and then Kies suddenly shuts down. It used to work OK. I also tried different USB ports on the PC. I want to back up the phone. I forgot to say I am using 2.3.5 Gingerbread.xxjvt I do realise I can copy my files using Windows Explorer Jeremy


title: Why is one of my WiFi networks not visible after connecting to the other one?

text: I've got two access points / WiFi networks at my home and there is a strange behavior with my Android 4.0 phone (SGS2): after my phone connects to one network or the other (whichever is currently stronger), the other network becomes invisible. It cannot be found in this list of currently available networks in the system menu, it is not visible in apps like Wifi Analyzer etc. After I turn off the WiFi and turn it on again, both networks are visible again. Then I connect to one of them and after a while, the same repeats again - the other network becomes completely invisible. What could be causing this? It is a problem for me because apps like Best WiFi then cannot work properly.


title: WPA/WPA2 with my Nexus 7

text: I have this weird problem with my Nexus 7: When the WiFi network on the home router (AirTies) is set to WPA/WPA2 it is always stuck in the "login" phase and never actually connects to the network. The network icon shows that it continuously connects and disconnects. Now if I switch the network to WPA2 only, the Nexus 7 connects fine. But then, a Mac on the same network keeps forgetting the network and I have to insert the key by hand every time it boots. Switching back to WPA/WPA2 simply reverses the problem. I accept even suggestions to switch the ADSL/WiFi router, provided that you suggest one that you know works for both machines.


title: Why doesn't Chrome recognize mobile Blogger templates on the Nexus 7?

text: I use Chrome on a Nexus S and a Nexus 7, both with Jelly Bean 4.1.1. When I visit Blogger blogs that use mobile-optimized templates provided by Blogger, Chrome on the phone correctly displays the mobile version of the site, while on the Nexus 7 it apparently doesn't recognize the mobile option and displays the desktop version. To force the visualization of the mobile version I have to append _?m=1_ to the blog's URL. Why doesn't Chrome display the mobile version on the Nexus 7 by default? Is this a Chrome/Nexus 7 issue or a Blogger one? Here is an example Blogger blog exhibiting the issue: > http://avventureplanetarie.blogspot.com It's my blog and uses a Blogger-provided template, with very little customization. All such Blogger blogs I tried behave the same with the Nexus 7, i.e. the desktop version is displayed by default.


title: Why is quiet mode not abiding by the scheduled times?

text: Ever since my phone upgraded itself to Android 4.4.2 a couple of weeks ago, it has trouble turning quiet mode on or off at the set times. I have it set for quiet between 10 pm and 8 am, and the indicator by the "Schedule Settings" is blue indicating that the setting is on, and the moon icon with the timer remains in the top bar, but it either doesn't switch into quiet mode or if it does happen turn on at the scheduled time, it doesn't turn back off. If I cycle the "Schedule Settings" switch, it does go into quiet mode for that night, but does not always do so the next evening. Is this a bug that was introduced with the upgrade, or is one of my apps intercepting the quiet mode setting and overriding it? I'm using an LG G2.


title: can't seem to get rid of applications even after formating/restocking/flashing. help?

text: I have a galaxy tab p1000 I have been trying to upgrade it for 3 days straight now with many tutorials from 2.2 froyo to anything newer but i keep coming back to square one - my old applications keep appearing after flashing/wiping. It looks like there is some protection on the partitions that doesn't allow me to change/delete data on them. I tried: restocking using Odin (with the pit and original firmware) recovery mode factory reset + cache + dalvik reset settings -> privacy -> factory reset removing the applications one by one. Usually it shows me that they are removed but after restart everything returns. Many of the apps (3rd party and google) keep crashing all the time. Nothing helps. each time i bring up the OS again the old apps appear again. Same happens after connecting to comp and manually deleting stuff - after unmount, they return (everything i deleted). help ?


title: I flashed Cyanogenmod to my Galaxy S3, got the stock ROM after restarting

text: I used the Cyanogenmod installer on my phone and PC, everything went fine, and at the end received a success message. After restarting however, I was back at the stock ROM, though with all of my data and settings deleted. What did I do wrong? The device is rooted. I have ClockworkMod working.


I am looking for typical per app/process resource usage information (CPU, Memory, etc.). This information is often useful to find and identify misbehaving apps. **How can I monitor and visualize the current resource usage (CPU, Memory, etc.) caused by the running Apps?**


title: Can i use the Hotspot feature with a USB network connection on my HTC One V?

text: I have a HTC One V which runs the default HTC supplied android 4.0, I have not rooted it (and I shouldn't need to for this. I occasionally come across situations where I've got a dialup (or non GSM mobile internet) or other non wireless network and wireless would be _really_ useful. Can I connect my phone to a computer on the internet through USB with USB passthrough - which is supported, then share that through hotspot mode?


Why does rooting the Android voids it's warranty? Why is it so bad, I guess that rooting would be like opening my program folder and editing some files, is this wrong?


title: Android tablet I2C Read Errors

text: i've a brand new Ramos i9 tablet and have big issues with the touchscreen and charging. I've rooted it, and before i send it in for repair, i'm trying to debug the issue (in hope it's only software). If the tablet is fully charged, the touchscreen and battery information is working fine. But after a discharge to 50% leads to the failure of the touchscreen and battery information. It somehow recharges after 1 day to 95%, and then everything works again. If i'm under 95% (and the system was rebooted), i get these i2c errors at boot time:               <6>[    1.454126] ==ft5x0x_ts_probe=     <6>[    1.624056] input: ft5x0x_ts as /devices/virtual/input/input0     <3>[    1.783786] i2c-designware-pci 0000:00:00.5: i2c_dw_handle_tx_abort: slave address not acknowledged (7bit mode) :slave add 0x38     <3>[    1.784019] ft5x0x_ts 2-0038: fft5x0x_i2c_Read: i2c read error.     <6>[    1.784137] ft5x0x_ts 2-0038: [FTS] Firmware version = 0x71     ...     <3>[    1.795292] max170xx_battery 2-0036: I2C SMbus Read error:-121     <4>[    1.795413] max170xx_battery 2-0036: reset i2c device:-121     ...     <4>[   34.364528] smb347 2-006a: failed to read reg 0x30: -110     <4>[   34.364642] smb347 2-006a: smb347 suspend     <4>[   34.411268] smb347: probe of 2-006a failed with error -110      The ft5x0x_ts module is for touchscreen, the max170xx and smb347 for battery information and charging. If the system is running, the touchscreen does not react to movements, but the kernel log flashes when i'm touching the screen:               <3>[  787.510109] i2c-designware-pci 0000:00:00.5: i2c_dw_handle_tx_abort: slave address not acknowledged (7bit mode) :slave add 0x38     <3>[  787.510356] ft5x0x_ts 2-0038: fft5x0x_i2c_Read: i2c read error.     <3>[  787.510472] ft5x0x_ts 2-0038: ft5x0x_read_Touchdata read touchdata failed.      How can i pin down this issue? Could this be a thermal problem? Maybe anyone has an idea how to proceed. Thanks!


title: How do I reset a WOO tablet MODEL NO: PAD705?

text: I know you can reset an android tablet by pressing the volume button and the power button at the same time. Problem is this model doesn't have a volume button and the tablet is stuck on the android greeting screen so I can't even get into the homescreen. I don't have a pc either so I can't do it that way. I was just wondering if there is another way to reset this model without a pc?


title: Using over 2gb sd card space for link2sd apps

text: i have a rooted S3 mini, android version 4.1.2, link2sd free edition installed. S3 mini doesn't support moving apps to SD so I have to use Link2SD. I have 4 GB sd and I have followed the instructions in this video to partition it. Today, I have bought a 64 GB SD card to replace the 4 GB sd card that I have. At about the second minute of the video, the guy says you can go as high as 2 GB for your apps. My question is, can you go higher than that? can you link say 16 GB of apps to SD using link2SD? I have 64 GB card so 2 GB is nothing, my internal memory is 8GB so I need that extra space.


title: Delete a specific web page from history in Firefox Aurora for Android?

text: Is there a way to delete a specific site visited from the browsing history without needing to clear it completely?


title: How do I use SD directiory

text: Hoe do I change to SD directory in a music or video app, I have a Galaxy 10.1 and would like to use videos on my SD card, I cannot directory


title: Can I override the default DNS settings on an HTC Evo without root access?

text: Is there any way to override the Sprint DNS server(s) used by default on the 3G connection of an HTC Evo running Froyo without root access? The reason I want to do this is because some sites are able to resolve when I'm using OpenDNS or Google DNS while connected via WiFi at home, but when I'm on 3G, the same sites come up as page not found, so the easiest culprit to blame is DNS.


title: How do I set which aplication to open unknown files?

text: I have installed OwnCloud and in there (and many other aps too) every time I try to open some files, that have no known Ending, they are always opened with the GPG-app called "APG" which is not what I want. How do I change the applications to "open with" for unknown filetypes?