title: How to access Samsung Galaxy S2 storage while phone is off

text: My Galaxy S2 recently froze while browsing facebook using Firefox (the loading animation kept playing though), then shut down after a minute. I haven't been able to turn it back on since then. I tried turning it on while charging, using someone else's battery (working with their phone), USB connection to computer, SIM in or out, just the power button and volume up/down + home + power buttons; but no luck. The hardware seems to be fine, as the phone starts heating up around the camere when I leave the battery in (which I interpret to mean that the processor is doing something, just not the right thing - maybe stuck in an endless loop). The advisor on O2 chat has suggested to send it back for repair, which I am happy to do; except that I'd like to save the app settings, photos, contacts and calendar entries which weren't backed up. So now I'm looking if there's any way to access the storage without the phone having to turn on. Is this possible hardware-wise? Does anyone know how? The OS is the O2 (UK) Android 4.1.2 if it helps at all.


title: Galaxy S3 Mini drains excessive battery when Wifi is ON

text: This question is linked to this one: Wifi battery saving tips or automation This time, the question is different. I have here a Galaxy S3 Mini phone that behaves strange. When Wifi is OFF, battery takes a lot of time to drain. When Wifi is ON, battery takes up to 4 hours to drain. I have a personal Galaxy S3 "Large". As we all know, wifi increases power consumption. But not at that crazy level. My S3 consumed little less than 40% its battery power when the other phone was at 15% of remaining charge. The battery monitor indicates that "Android operating system" takes 67% of the consumed power with a high CPU usage. When wifi is disabled that does not happen. The phone is rooted. ROM is I810NXXALL6, version 4.1.2. At the current time I don't remember exactly how I rooted this phone, but I can remember I flashed a stock no brand ROM. I would like to ask if this behaviour:   1. May have been caused by hardware damaged (which means phone is to unroot, de-odin and send to repair)   2. If I could flash something (e.g. a radio ROM) to improve wifi performance


title: Can I use my PC as an audio device for my Android phone?

text: I know it is possible to play music from my Android using the PC as the output device. This takes place over the local Wi-Fi network. However, the solutions given here don't work for me, since they are limited to playing music files, and one isn't even available in my country. Is there a way for me to connect the Android and the PC, such that _all sound_ the device generates from _any application_ uses the PC as the output device? I do _not_ have Bluetooth on my PC, though I'm aware that if I did, I could probably use that. I have Jelly Bean 4.1.2 on a rooted Droid RAZR MAXX, so solutions requiring root are OK. Though I would rather not replace the firmware if I can avoid it. It's also OK if the solution involves the USB cable.


title: Answer phone calls directly from computer (linux)?

text: When I'm on my work computer, I'd like to connect my phone via USB and have the possibility to answer calls or initiate calls directly from my computer, using a microphone handset directly connected to the computer, not the phone. I Googled assuming something like this already existed, but I didn't find that specific use (I found GtalkSMS, EasySMS, Airdroid, but most of them are for SMS/MMS only). How can this be done? It would be great if this would be directly connected to Google+ (like initiating a Hangout that would automatically use my phone, or a GTalk call that would use my connected phone insted of a "web" phone number). Thanks for your help!


title: Am I consuming "roaming" services?

text: I've borrowed an Android phone so I can decide whether to buy one. I have a GSM SIM without a data plan, but I am using Wifi that is broadcast from my other smartphone which does have a data plan. **The phone's GSM signal icon has a tiny "R" that indicates that I am roaming -- why?** My phone is an HTC Desire Z with (I think!) Android 2.3. Under `Settings > Mobile Networks` I have these settings:   Data enabled = unticked   International data roaming = unticked   National data roaming = unticked   Use only 2G networks = ticked The notification list sometimes shows me a message that is too long to be displayed, but some googling tells me that this is the complete text: > "You have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with > data roaming turned off" The notification list also shows that I am in fact on the correct network: My SIM card is from the provider "bob" and the phone shows that I am on the "bob" network. **Am I consuming anything related to roaming? How can I ensure that I will _not_ use roaming?**


title: Any way to synchronize calendar app across Android and iOS?

text: Me and my partner have been searching for ages for a calendar application that will sync across both Android and iOS devices (as she has an iPhone). We would love to be able to see each others calendars but can't find an app anywhere which will let us do this effectively? Anybody know of any?


title: Private keys cannot be verified in recovery

text: I am trying to sign zip packages before flashing them in recovery. By using the test keys by Google, the zip can be verified and flashed successfully. However, when I try to sign using my private keys, the signing process is OK but the verification always fails. **First method:** Using keytool and jarsigner Generating private keys:               keytool -genkey -v -keystore test.keystore alias zippack -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 1000      Signing:               jarsigner -verbose -sigalg MD5withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore test.keystore test.zip zippack      Result:               E: signature verification failed      **Second method (a):** Using OpenSSL and SignApk.jar Generating private keys:               openssl genrsa -out key.pem 2048     openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem     openssl x509 -req -days 9999 -in request.pem -signkey key.pem -out certificate.pem     openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -outform DER -in key.pem -inform PEM -out key.pk8 -nocrypt      Signing:               java -jar -w signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 test.zip test-signed.zip      Result:               E: failed to verify whole file signature     I: verify_file returned 1     E: signature verification failed      **Second method (b):** OpenSSL and SignApk.jar (changes in commands) Generating private keys:               Same as above      Signing:               java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 test.zip test-signed.zip      Result:               E: signature verification failed      That's about what I did. The methods above works for APKs, but not for zips. Anyone can help on this? Thanks in advanced. P.S. I managed to get a look at the source code for recovery, and found that my errors are generated by this part of the code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery/blob/jellybean/verifier.c Maybe it might help answering.


title: How can I know if my Android Tablet supports Wi-Fi N?

text: How can I know if my Android Tablet supports Wi-Fi N and speed up to 150 MBps? I don't have any description covering that in device specifications.


title: connect to specific wifi only

text: I want my device to be connected to a certain wifi network only. Lets assume WiFi named "xyz": so my device should connect to this particular "xyz" network only. It Should not connect to any other network. More precisely: I don't want other user's to use my device with any other WiFi network. Basically I want to restrict user to access other network. My device is rooted, so can I achieve this by doing some settings at OS level?


title: Applications not installed but still taking up phone memory

text: I have Samsung Galaxy Ace, rooted. Today, I tried to install an application. It didn't install, but my phone memory reduced by around 10mb. Again, I tried to install another app, and the memory reduced by 12mb. The apps are not installed. Their icons are not showing in the phone, but they are taking away space. Please help.


title: How do I connect my Galaxy Y GT-S5360 via USB to my Mac?

text: I cannot connect my Galaxy Y phone to my MacBook for mass storage using a USB cable. I have installed Android File Transfer software but it does not detect my phone when I connect it. I believe I have to change the USB / Mass Storage settings on my phone but cannot find them in the Settings. I have disabled USB Debugging in Settings > Applications > Development but there is no USB setting in Wireless and Networks. Where do I find the USB Mass Storage settings in my Galaxy Y phone? Tim, London


title: How to sync ONLY some specific Picasa albums in Gallery app?

text: I have plenty of Picasa albums and I really don't want all of them to be downloaded into my Android phone. So my question is how can we select to sync only some selected albums only?


title: Wipe data on wrong password inputs

text: I've found several obsolete answers, but this question about situation nowadays: what's the most robust solution to have the device (android v4.2-based) protected?   1. Turn on device encryption (there is only built-in storage, no SD-cards)   2. Set up password But it's all makes not much sense without wiping the data after 10 (or so) wrong password inputs (like iOS does). So any solutions to wipe after brute-force attempts nowadays? **UPD** : I've found there is a method in the api setMaximumFailedPasswordsForWipe() but is there a User Interface that calls that method? **UPD 2** : Hm, I'm surprised that people don't care of security much, hmmm. That's curious


title: What information does stock Android send to Google by default, and how do I opt-out?

text: I'm about to buy my first Android phone. My understanding is that, in order to download apps and get updates from Google Play, I need to be permanently signed into a Google account that's linked to my name via credit card information. I find Google's privacy policy too ambiguous to understand what data is logged from Android users. I don't want to share more information than the device needs to operate. Here are some steps I plan to take already:   * Turn off Google Now   * Don't use Gmail   * Use a non-stock browser   * Use DuckDuckGo for search My questions:   1. What other information does Android send to Google by default?   2. What actions should I take to minimise data collection from Google and other apps? (I'll be using stock Android 4.2 on a Nexus 4.)   3. Is Android still a good choice if I don't plan to use Google's services?


title: Install custom rom ACE PLUS without voiding warranty

text: I read somewhere that we can install custom ROM in our devices without voiding warranty ace plus is not getting updates soon. Is there any method by which we can install that and please suggest a good custom rom. thanks


title: Can a charger not 100% compliant to the USB specification damage my Andoid phone?

text: I've bought a world adapter which can charge USB devices as well. According to the packing the usb will be powered with more than the 500mA as per USB specification - 1000mA. Will charging my HTC Desire with this USB/travel adapter damage my phone? I know that many main boards don't deliver 500mA per socket esp. when another draining device is attached to the neighboring port.


title: TiddlyWiki + Dropbox + Android

text: Greetings, I keep a Tiddlywiki in my Dropbox folders, and I'd really like to be able to open/edit/view it on Android. Currently when I try to open the Tiddlywiki file, I am asked if I want to view it with:   * DB HTML Viewer   * HTMLViewer and a few other options which don't seem relevant. Unfortunately, neither of these viewers seem to play real nice with the Tiddlywiki html layout, which makes it rather difficult for me to view/edit notes. Usually when I open my browser, I have useful zooming capabilities, which is what I'm sort of looking for. I'm running CyanogenMod, not sure if this is the default stock browser or not. Is there any application I can download to get this to work, or any way that I can get my default browser application to show up in Dropbox's list?


title: Are ROMs with deodexed programs faster or slower than odexed?

text: I am a bit confused by the effect of deodexing (or even by terminology). Based on answers to "What is the difference between odexed and deodexed roms?": > A "deodexed" ROM is one where the .odex files have been more or less merged > back into the .apk This one seems to imply that "deodexed" ROM is an odexed (thus precompiled/optimized) ROM where the .apk package contains the .odex stuff instead of it being in a separate file. However, the same answer has a seemingly opposite quote: > ROMs are typically released in deodexed form because they can be themed and > modified fairly easily, whereas theming/modifying an odexed ROM is basically > impossible (at best things would crash like crazy). Some people also choose > to release their ROMs in odexed versions for people who would prefer the > performance gains. This second quote seems to imply that the deodexed ROM does NOT have the performance gains of the odexed ROM (based on the last sentence) - I am guessing because it completely removes the .odex info for the sake of portability/theming; whereas the first quote seems to say that deodexed ROM is just as optimized as odexed, but differently packaged. Which one of these meanings is correct? What am I missing? Example:   * Fission Vanilla: "ROM has root and has been deodexed, and zip alligned"


title: How to start SSH Server in my Android?

text: I am trying to login to Android Eee pad transformer from my other linux box using SSH. This are the step i followed and failed. So asking here for the correct answer. 1) Go to Android market and download install Connectbot   * Launching ConnectBot   * Asks ssh or telnet or local   * Press local   * Asks username   * Username applied dummy   * Connected to local Android   * type ip addr; in the terminal shows ip address and i can ping 8.8.8.8 ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zLtpY.png) 2) Now i want to access to this box from outside box   * Go to Android market and install SSDroid and SuperUser   * Launch SSDroid   * SSDroid says root:off, sftp://root@ipOfthisAndroidBox:2222 ready   * From another box i try to login using ssh root@ipOfthisAndroidBox:2222 fails ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SbGIv.png) 3) Launch SuperUser it tries to install something but fails ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/yw912.png) All i get to verify am i rooted, always it shows:               $ su     su: permission denied      **Follow up:** How do i login after installing SSHDroid?               [sun@example ~]$ ssh root@94.xx.xx.xx -p 2222     The authenticity of host '[94.xx.xx.xx]:2222 ([94.xx.xx.xx]:2222)' can't be established.     RSA key fingerprint is 14:ae:33:xxxx.     Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes     Warning: Permanently added '[94.xx.xx.xx]:2222' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.     SSHDroid     Use 'root' on rooted devices otherwise any username works     Default password is 'admin'     root@94.xx.xx.xx's password:      /data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home $ uname -a     Linux localhost 2.6.36.3-00004-g069b8b5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 11 22:14:22 CST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux     /data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home $ uptime      09:20:16 up 2 min, load average: 0.26, 0.25, 0.11          / $ ls     EeePad_bootup_first_page.rle  acct                          default.prop                  init.ventana.rc               sys     OSD_battery_100.rle           bin                           dev                           mnt                           system     OSD_battery_25.rle            cache                         etc                           proc                          ueventd.goldfish.rc     OSD_battery_50.rle            config                        init                          root                          ueventd.rc     OSD_battery_75.rle            d                             init.goldfish.rc              sbin                          ueventd.ventana.rc     Removable                     data                          init.rc                       sdcard                        vendor           More informations: https://gist.github.com/1357588      How do i login to my Android box from other distro's? (I am using Fedora, CentOS, FreeBSD).


title: Shopping list application that synchronizes to a website

text: I want a simple application that does the above. I have Gingerbread (Nexus S). Anyone have any recommendations?


title: Why can't I use my iPhone Headphones with my HTC Thunderbolt?

text: I am trying to use my white in ear iPhone/Apple headphones with my HTC Thunderbolt. I can hear, but the mic does not work with the thunderbolt. Any suggestions for a fix? A specific app or setting I should use? For clarification. . . my headphones work fine with my Apple iPhone. But when plugged into my android phone, the mic does not work. A guy from BestBuy said, that Apple iPhones doe not work with Android devices. This seems odd (and likely incorrect). . . hence my post here.


title: Does anyone knows who is paying for the free (normally paid) Android programs on the Amazon store

text: I am really curious **who is paying** for the **free applications** you get when installing and using the **Amazon Android market program**? Is it _Amazon_ (to promote their software/online store)? Is it the _application/game developer_? Does anyone know?


title: Touchscreen triggered by cheek while on the phone?

text: When I'm on the phone, my cheek will often push buttons on the screen, causing either the call to end, or unintended navigation. This is really annoying - I try my best to keep my face away from the phone but I'm not always successful. Am I the only person having this problem? Is there an actual solution?


title: Vi-style text editing method for Android UI

text: I have been using ConnectBot to connect to shell sessions on Linux machines from my Android phone. What amazes me is how easy it is to use the Vim editor using the virtual keyboard, because the Vi/Vim command mode puts so many useful actions at your fingertips. It is so much easier to edit text that I would like to be able to do it in the same way everywhere in the Android UI. That is to say, I don't want a Vi editor on the phone, but in the UI itself. Is something like this available somewhere? What would it take to develop it? What places in Android must be modified? Is there some easy plugin framework where you just fill in some functions and you provide a new text editing method?


title: What is AlertRecipients system process?

text: On specified Android 2.3.6 device, there is a system process called: > AlertRecipients What does it mean/do?


title: Cannot access internal memory due to cyanogenmod encryption, how can i decrypt the device?

text: I have ran into a small problem with my android tablet, it is a samsung galaxy tab 8.9 p7310 About a year ago i rooted it and installed CWM + CyanogenMod 9; i also encrypted the tablet. When i go under security the encrypted button is grey and i cannot click it, when i go to disable pin/password lock to none i cannot click on them and it says disabled by admin,encryption, credentials... I cannot update my ROM because the SDCARD is encrypted and recovery cannot mount it so i am looking into alternatives, how can i format the internal memory in such a way as to reload the ROM; i don't care about the data stored on the device. I have looked into nvflash but i am unsure how it would help me, is there an ADB format command? if anyone can point me in a direction it would be much appreciated! thank you :)


title: Continuous clicking sound on the jack

text: While the phone is powered on, and I plug something in the jack of the phone, I hear a continuous clicking sound, with the frequency of about 4 times per second, on the right speaker. The left speaker plays the audio as it should.   I don't have a mono device to see how it behaves with it...   The phone's speakers do not have this problem, or the Bluetooth headset.   The sound is identical, as far as I can tell, to the sound (almost?) any audio device makes when it's plugged in (and/or out?). Phone: Lenovo A800   Android version: 4.0.4 The issue doesn't happen on my Nexus 7.   Happens with headsets, earphones, external speakers... Pretty much everything in the jack.   I chose to post the issue here because I have found various similar issues with other Android devices around the Internet, but no working solution. Is there any known cause for this? Any solution..? * * * My brother just bought a new headset, and there's no clicking sound with it.   I looked at the jacks and there seems to be no difference.   Any ideas...?


title: How can I copy content from my SD Card to my PC?

text: I have an LG Marquee on Boost Mobile and recently my phone started to boot loop. I had not backed up my micro SD Card contents and am afraid I could lose them with my phone acting up like this. Each time my media scanner runs at start up, the phone reboots again, so I cannot access my media content in time to salvage it. A user on here gave me the idea to buy an SD Card reader, put the contents of my SD Card onto my PC and copy them onto a new card. Then I could insert the new card into my phone and factory reset it in order to save my media content. My question in a nutshell is: What is the process of copying content from an SD Card onto a PC, and then copying this content to a new card? My second and last question is: Once I move the contents of my current SD Card onto my PC and copy them to a new SD Card, will my factory-reset phone take the new card and load the contents?


title: Used Nexus Root Tool to root my phone - lost all my pictures of my baby daughter

text: I ran the NRT(Nexus Root Tool) earlier today - before doing it I took out my SD card to make sure it wouldn't delete my photos - and when I just checked, it didn't show in my gallery. I've tried several undelete tools, but my Nexus isn't showing up as a drive so it doesn't get recognized. I've checked and it does say that about 90% of my SD card is free space (meaning, my pictures definitely aren't on it) Can someone please help me out? This is so upsetting.


title: Shortcut for .mp3 .jpg .docx files

text: Is it possible to have a shortcut on home screen for .mp3, .jpg, .docx etc files . As I need to access few documents every now and then , for this I have to go through folders in my ext memory.


title: Full Google apps access to location needed for maps with GPS?

text: I have a HTC One S with Android 4.1.1 installed. I recently got the "google settings" app and checked the settings in there. Under the field "location" is a switch to "Let google apps access your location" with a note that apps may access your location while the app is not being used. If I switch that off, the GPS is not activated when I start google maps - and therefore renders it pretty useless for me. I even get a message telling me to switch google location on if I want to have a location based map. So here is the question: When this setting is switched on, do I risk that other apps (google search or whatever else I have installed from google) will take my location from the Wifi connection or cell tower and transmit it to google for storage, or even the GPS data? Is there any way to enable GPS in maps but not my location for all other apps, too? I am worried that the setting is a "Either you do not use Google maps, or we will know and record whenever, wherever you are". Is that the case? I have so far only this question here but it seems to say there that the google location service does not affect GPS - but for me it does.


title: How to mount two USB drives from same device on Android?

text: I'm wondering how I can mount two USB drives from a USB device on Android. I have a Garmin Oregon GPS device with a USB port. When I connect it to a Windows PC, I get two drives: one for the internal memory and one for the removable SD card. When I connect it to an Android tablet (Asus TF700T, running Android 4.2.1) I get only one drive 'USBdisk1' which represents the internal memory. How can I mount the second drive? I suspect that both drives are properly detected by Android, but just the first one is mounted. I conclude this because when I attach it again to the PC, both drives have a new `LOST.DIR` folder created by Android. Btw, the filesystems are FAT and FAT32, so that shouldn't be a problem. On my rooted Asus pad, I tried modifying `/etc/vfold.fstab` from:               dev_mount usbdisk1 /Removable/USBdisk1 auto /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb2/2-1/2-1.2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.1/usb1/1-1 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.0      To:               dev_mount usbdisk1 /Removable/USBdisk1 1 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb2/2-1/2-1.2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.1/usb1/1-1 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.0     dev_mount usbdisk2 /Removable/USBdisk2 2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb2/2-1/2-1.2 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.1/usb1/1-1 /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.0      ...this was just "try and error" and it ended with a severe error :) What are the correct (auto-)mount commands?


title: How can I configure a WiFi proxy that requires a username and password?

text: I have an Android 4.1.2 phone, and I need to set a WiFi proxy that requires me to authenticate with a username and password. Where can I setup the user and password for the proxy?


title: Passwords containing "!" are always wrong

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with untouched Android 4.1.2 and problems with logging into accounts on any website, in any browser, as long as the password contains an exclamation mark ("!"). I use the default Samsung keyboard for typing in the password. The language of the keyboard is set to German. The Android interface language is set to English. I use the exclamation mark which is seen on the first of three special character pages. I tried this in the Chrome browser app and in the default "Internet" browser which comes preinstalled. If I change that exclamation mark in the accounts password to something else, I can login flawlessy on my smartphone. Is this a codepage error? Do I have to set up some special localization or is it just a bug?


title: Setting contact picture from linked contact

text: I use Local Sync as my main address book. Several of my contacts are linked to different address books (e.g. LinkedIn, Skype, Whatsapp, Viber). In my case, I found a contact having a very beautiful photo in Viber but I chose to set an old ugly picture in my address book The question is: how do I tell Android to select the contact picture to display for a given contact not from Gallery/Camera apps but from that same contact's linked Viber account? The question can be generalized and rephrased to cover not only Viber: > how do I tell Android to select the contact picture to display for a given > contact not from Gallery/Camera apps but from one of that same contact's > linked accounts?


title: Nexus 10 cannot sign into Google Accounts

text: I have a brand new Nexus 10. It worked for a few minutes of web browsing and then I am not sure what I did but somehow it got to the point where I was asked to sign into a Google Account. Since I use `gmail`, the required answer to the question: `do you use Google Accounts?` is yes. So I touched 'yes'. I put in my gmail address and password. Now it shows `Couldn't sign in, Can't establish a reliable connection to the server.` There is the suggestion that it is a temporary problem but retries have failed over several days. I then wiped all user data using instructions I found on the internet. However, it still ends up stuck on the screen that shows `Couldn't sign in, Can't establish a reliable connection to the server.` I even logged out of `gmail` on my laptop, but it doesn't help the situation on the Nexus 10. The Nexus 10 is a brick so now I am shopping for a few hundred thousand of these and some mortar. Additional info: I use 2-step verification on the laptop for my `gmail`.


title: Android OS without Google Services?

text: I have a Sony Xperia Z with version 4.1.2 running. My question is about removing all of the Google baggage from the phone. I have no Google account tied to my phone and would really like to get rid of all traces of Google from my phone for a few reasons:   * Battery performance: Google services ranks in the top 3 of what uses up my battery   * Privacy: I try to minimize what Google siphons from my phone with the exception of Google maps   * Less Dependency: I don't want to be dependent on one company for all my needs. So are there any Android versions out there that are minimalistic and do not invade your privacy?


title: How to install android 3.2 on an android TV box?

text: I'm looking for a way to install android 3.2 on an android TV box which is running android 2.3. Is it possible? if possible can someone give me some tips for it please?


title: Sony Xperia L device memory is being eaten up

text: My phone's /data storage is getting fuller all by itself even though I have not installed much apps. By doing some search on net have found that there are folders under Data folder such as tombstones, thumbnails etc. which are taking up the space but which are not accessible without rooting. I want to clear up this space without rooting the device. My device is a Sony Xperia L running Android 4.1.3 Jelly Bean)


title: e-mail attachment "saved" on Android 4.4.2 but can't be seen where it says it was saved

text: "saved" an attachment to an incoming e-mail using K-9 on Nexus 5 with android 4.4.2 Message popped up that it was saved in SD / storage / emulated / 0 / filename. It's not there or anywhere else I've looked on the SD card using file explorer from a Win 7 system.


title: Android Touch Tone Keypad not working

text: I have a Galaxy SIII, with the latest version of CyanogenMod. It's getting a little worn out now, so I have a suspicion that the problem may just be age. Anyway, when I call someone, my screen darkens and stays dark, to activate the in-call keypad I need to bash the home button, pull down the status panel and then enter from the dialler. When I get onto the touch tone keypad, the touch screen seems to lock. None of my taps do anything, no matter where on the screen I tap. I can't even end the call, I need to do that by going home and using the status panel. Would appreciate knowing if this has happened to anyone before, and how it might be solved, I have a very much increasing number of unanswered voicemails.


title: Samsung S3 Clone "Not registered on network" error

text: I have a clone S3 which our local Samsung outlet gave to developers in my group. Wireless and all other functions seem to work but when I put in a sim card it does not register and gives the error "Not registerd on network". Searching for the network manually finds the network but can still not register on it.   Azira Patch app says I have no root permissions. Superuser gives and error when I try to install. These are the only solutions I have found so far.   Also the clone S3 have no physical button for menu rather it shows up on the home screen and I cannot get into download mode. Details for the phone are as follows:   Model number: GT-I9300   Android version:4.0.3   Baseband version: I9300XXLB7   Kernel version:3.0.15-154884-user   Build number:IML74K.I9300XXALB7


title: How can I get root access to Samsung Galaxy Note 3 through ssh

text: I can't get root access to my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 through ssh, it's the same with mounting /system and /root r/w with some apps, they say it's done, but it's not.               ~$ ssh root@192.168.1.79     SSHDroid     Use 'root' as username                                                                          Default password is 'admin'                                                                     root@192.168.1.79's password:                                                                   [10172] May 20 23:15:46 execv error: 'Permission denied' (disabling root and 'su' once logged could solve this issue)                                                                      [10172] May 20 23:15:46 Exit (root): Child failed                                               Connection to 192.168.1.79 closed.      The phone is rooted! I use SSHDroid and I get to typing the password, but it's refused. How can I get full control over the phone? Mount system and root(all) rw? EDIT: I tried "User Manager" for creating another user, but it says that the device does not support "multi users".


title: Tasker - Count The Amount Of Days Since A Certain Day

text: the title says is all I want to create a task that holds a count from a certain date My goal is then to use minimal text to display the amount of days, that part I know how to do it's just getting Tasker to do the sums Any ideas?


title: How do I mount a Kindle Fire 10.2.6 on my Linux computer?

text: I just acquired a newish Kindle Fire, software version 10.2.6. Normally when I plug a Kindle or any USB device into my laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04) I get a popup screen asking me what I'd like to do and the device mounts. It has worked this way with 2 previous Kindles but they were software version 6.x.x. So my question is, how do I mount this device so that I can move my books and files onto it from my computer? I have ADB enabled and allow installation of applications from unknown sources. I don't have ADB installed on my computer because until now it wasn't necessary to move files back and forth in a Linux computer. On the notification screen the Kindle says "connected as media device." I should also note that despite using Ubuntu I'm relatively unskilled when it comes to the terminal.


title: Why are Dialer, Cell standby, and Phone idle killing my battery?

text: HTC G2 with Cyanogenmod 7.2.0, T-Mobile. It used to last all day, I'd always plug the phone in before bed and it would rarely run out of energy before then. Lately it runs out mid-day.   * Today I disabled Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, Mobile Data, etc, and it still emptied the battery in 5 hours, with Dialer, Cell standby, and Phone idle as the highest battery users.   * It may be due to upgrading from CM 7.1 to CM 7.2? I upgraded sometime after 2012-11-13 and noticed this around 2012-12-31. Worked fine for more than a year before that.   * Reception is 4 out of 4 bars, so it's not due to hunting for cell towers.   * Phone is noticeably warm when it happens, so it's due to something using energy, and the problem appeared suddenly, so it's not due to a failing battery. ![2013-01-24 battery usage](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GecJjm.png) ![2013-01-16 battery usage](http://i.stack.imgur.com/S6tgZm.png) **Update:** Today it was bad for an hour or two and then became normal (normal is a few percent an hour). You can see the abrupt change in the image below. I don't know why. The battery usage list looks identical to yesterday, so if it's due to an app, it's not a visible app. I realized I could click the graph and see a more detailed one, and it shows "Awake" during the part where the battery is being eaten while the display is off: ![2013-01-25 abrupt change to normal](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AFwUDm.png) Is this a "wakelock"? I did change the GSM preferences to "Auto mode" instead of "WCDMA preferred", but that was last night and it was still eating the battery quickly this morning for a while.


title: Reversing translation of (error) messages?

text: A device presents me with an error message, and I want to google the problem. The error message is displayed translated, making it harder than necessary to find others with the same issue and/or a solution. Is there a way I can search the translation dataset and find the original string in english?


title: Wii remote -> InputDevice?

text: Does anyone know of a Wii remote enabler that maps the remote onto an Android InputDevice, the same way that gamepads etc work? I've found lots of Wii remote apps on the market, but they all map the remote to the Android keyboard, which isn't what I want --- we have an application with support for multiple gamepads via the InputDevice API, and we'd like to use a Wii remote with it. I'm willing to use an app that needs root.


title: Samsung Galaxy Tab P-1000 no longer recognised by the computer

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab P-1000. I tried to add a language to it using some software, but it stopped working and now my computer can not recognize it. Signs of computer and mobile appear in the black screen only. What shall I do?


title: How do I set a default application that gets used without enquiry?

text: Say I've got that app that allows me to make phone calls over my private WiFi network (FRITZ!App Fon if that matters). Every time I'm going to make a call, Android asks me which application to use: the (system) phone app or the FRITZ! app. Usually, it's no problem to pick one of the two, but it is problematic when driving: with my Bluetooth equipment, I'm able to start a call without taking the hands off the steering wheel. Better: I **would** be able. Because every time I'm going to start a call, I have to select which app to use. So I have to pick my phone, unlock it _(while driving)_ and select the app to use. Is there any way to set the default application for a task so that I don't have to pick one every time I want to do something (i. e. always use the system phone app when making calls). Extra bonus: a rule-based setting would be great (only provide the option to choose that WiFi phone app when I'm actually connected to my home WiFi or when BT is off).


title: Can't backup my tablet

text: I tried to Backup my tablet with both **CWM** and **TWRP** but didn't success to get it backed-up, **in CWM :** the tablet stuck in the step of "generating backup boot imgae" **in TWRP :** the tablet fails in backup and gives me the following messages in log:               Updating partition details...     E :Unable to mount '/emmc'     E :Unable to mount '/emmc'     E :Unable to mount Storage.     E :Unable to mount '/emmc'      and worth to mention that in **TWRP** it Reads _the tablet Storage_ as **0MB** either with **Internal SD Card** or with **External SD Card** , in addition to it doesn't allow me to choose either of them while configuring any settings in it. **Hint:** I'm using _Lenovo Idea Tab A3000-H_


title: Android G2 touchscreen is left-right reversed

text: The touch screen on my Android G2 is suddenly reversed. I touch an icon on one side of the screen and an icon on the opposite side is selected. I slide to pick up the phone and instead the sound is turned off. I scoured the web for an answer but all I found was this question. http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/99/p/8610/37534.aspx#37534 Anyone know how to fix this?


title: Pinch-zoom not pure zoom in Web browser on HTC Desire Z because text is auto-re-formatted: irritating / layouts break

text: When I (multi-touch) pinch to zoom and release my fingers from touching the screen to see the zoomed display, the Android web browser on the HTC Desire Z performs a shrink-to-fit re-format of the page (or a block of text). This re-formatting is unsatisfactory because:   * the original page layout is not retained, for example horizontal navigations get squashed e.g: from     * ABOUT SHOP FORUM SUPPORT to     * ABOUTSHOPFORUMSUPPORT or worse the text overlaps   * when pinching to zoom photos on a site, the zoom occurs but on releasing the fingers to complete the pinch, the photos shift as if they are anchored to a spot.   * the shifting affect of the reformat is irritating at best and confusing at worse, because the user's eyes lose track of where they were reading once they release their fingers from the screen to complete the pinch Is there anyway to turn off the auto reformatting? I notice that this "feature" of reformatting is _not_ present on my iPod Touch - this device performs a "pure zoom" whereby the multi-touch pinch simply zooms in without reformatting/shrinking to fit the text block to the screen, this flows better and feels more natural. (Please note: No this is _not_ an Apple Fan-boi rant, remember I am an owner of a HTC Desire Z Android phone as well as an ipod touch and would like to see my suggested improvedments in the Android phone). I suspect that this occurs on other Android 2.2 phones but can't be sure.


title: htc g1 cannot discover/connect to a 802.11 n/b/g wifi

text: My G1 was able to connect to a WiFi (not sure about its mode). But after I moved to a new house, I found it cannot discover/connect to the WiFi in the house, but it can discover the WiFi signal from other house. My laptop is able to discover and connect to the WiFi in my house, so does my Galaxy P1000. I checked my WiFi setting of my router, and the WiFi mode is 802.11 n/b/g. I then checked the HTC G1 specification, and it says it supports 802.11 b/g. Do I have to change the WiFi setting of my router to b/g? I think the device should be able to detect the mode and choose the best available one. Thanks!


title: Do all Android phones have a GPS receiver?

text: That's pretty much it. I am developing an application which is utterly useless without receiving a GPS signal, so I was wondering if there are any phones which do not possess this feature. Thank you


title: Decrypt folder, that was encrypted using EncFS, on Android

text: So this is my setup: I use Ubuntu (11.04, but this shouldn't matter) to encrypt my secret folder. I sync this folder using Ubuntu One (Dropbox would be possible too). Now I want to have it on my Android (not rooted) too. But how do I decrypt it?


title: Recover voicemail from sd card

text: Saved a voicemail to an sd card on a galaxy 2. How do I recover that file? Where did it go in "files"?


title: Why Dialer shows contact name and image, when contact is not in my address book?

text: Very often, when some unknown company is calling me, in couple of seconds I see its name and logo on standard Dialer's screen. Where does it take them, if I don't have this contact in my address book, nor do I have it in contacts in any social network, like FB, LinkedIn, etc? Does it search Google right at the moment of the call and shows me the result?


title: Spontaneous reset with complete loss of all personal data and settings

text: Yesterday my LG G2, running Android 4.2.2, spontaneously rebooted, and it showed the welcome wizard applications that you use when activating your phone for the first time. After skipping most of the set-up, thinking that this was just a quirk coincidence, I noticed that all of my personal data (contacts, settings, images, music, videos) had been purged from the device. Not affected were WiFi password, apps (all of them still installed), and some other settings such as display brightness. Since I am synchronizing my contacts with my Google account, I was able to recuperate most of my contacts; however, failing to restore six new contacts that I had made since the time I bought the phone. What is the cause for this? How do I avoid this happening again?


title: asus transformer tf101 docking system is not working

text: I have an Asus EEE Pad Transformer TF101 Android tablet and docking station. Recently I did a factory reset, because I intend to sell this. But now, the physical keyboard of the docking station is not working. The tablet shows the docked indicator when docked. The touchpad works. The extra battery works. The USB ports work, but not the keyboard. The virtual keyboard is showing hardware keyboard ON when dockedbutkeypressesdoes nothing. If I move the slider to OFF then the virtual keyboard is working. I have reset a few times now and the same issue remains. What happened, and how can I try to fix this?


title: What are the benefits of Waze groups?

text: I can't find this information in the oficial wiki or their site. Some blogs talk about it but it's very vague. I need to know what they do so I know which one of them will help me the most.


title: Can't get in recovery or normal boot HTC One M7

text: **Please help me.** I've done something really stupid. I flashed from ClockWorkMod to Android Revolution HD on my HTC One m7. I've got ClockWorkMod Recovery installed and when flashing was done i got stuck in HTC startup screen. Trying to get in to recovery mode again and install my backup did not work, it just shows ClockWorkMod Recovery logo and reboots. Is there any way to use ADB/fastboot when in the bootloader screen? **Info from bootloader screen:**   * M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH   * HBOOT-1.56.0000   * RADIO-4A.23.3263.28   * OpenDSP-V32.120.274.0909   * OS-4.19.401.8   * eMMC-boot 2048MB


title: Is it possible to Install cyanogenmod on Galaxy S2

text: I have galaxy S2 which I bought two years and still is in its Prime Condition with no scratches or smudges at all. So Im planning to install New Version of Android OS on it. I like cyanogenmod So I want to install this on my phone. I have never flashed ROM on it. It still got the same Stock version of Gingerbread 2.3.3 And yes my phone is root-ed # Mobile info               Model No = GT-I9100     Android Version = 2.3.3     Kernel Version = 2.6.35.7-I9100JPKH1     Build No = Gingerbread JPKH1       Can someone please tell me what are the pre-requisites to install cyanogenmod Thanks


title: What the differences between cSIPSimple and Android's SIP stack?

text: What are the differences between Android's SIP stack and CSIPSimple's? One thing that I know of is that Android lacks STUN support. I've used both but the call quality is far, far better on cSIPSimple and I'm curious as to why?


title: HTC One (m7ul) not found by ADB + formatted filesystem = bricked?

text: So, I'm really hoping that I haven't bricked my phone and that someone can help me figure out how to fix this. I can't remember exactly the steps I took to mess it up so spectacularly, but they included trying to flash to the M2 snapshot of CyanogenMod 11 from a ViperOne ROM, relocking the bootloader, attempting to restore to a stock RUU (and failing because I accidentally downloaded an unsigned version), reUNlocking the bootloader, and formatting via TWRP. Fastboot appears to recognise that the phone is plugged in (it reads `FASTBOOT USB` on the bootloader screen), and Windows 8 sees the device in Device Manager. However, when I attempt to do anything with ADB it returns `error: device not found`, so I can't use rebootRUU or push files to the /sdcard/ directory, and I have no ROMs to flash. The bootloader screen reads:               *** TAMPERED ***     *** RELOCKED ***     *** Security Warning ***     M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH     HBOOT-1.54.0000     RADIO-4A.17.3250.14     OpenDSP-v31.120.274.0617     OS-2.24.841.1     eMMC-boot 2048MB     Jun 21 2013,23:03:15.0          FASTBOOT USB      It also appears that I am able to use FastBoot to lock and unlock the bootloader using the unlock bin file I created earlier today, yet `fastboot devices` returns nothing and `fastboot reboot` returns `< waiting for devices >`. Is there anything I can do short of using a USB-OTG cable to sideload a custom ROM? I would be inconceivably grateful for any help which gets me closer to getting my phone working again. Thanks in advance! * * * EDIT 1: So, after rebooting a couple of times, `*** Security Warning ***` is no longer there and `fastboot devices` now returns my serial number. However, `adb devices` still returns nothing. Any idea what's going on?


title: How to boot an encrypted S2 after Wipe without being asked for the encryption password which is no longer accepted?

text: On my encrypted S2, I started to install CM following these instructions. Rooting the phone worked fine. But after I wiped it from the Volume- up/home/power-key console, I was not able to locate the uploaded files. I tried to restart the phone, but now my encryption password is not accepted. I am simply asked again and again for the encryption password. I don't care about the data, but I am wondering how I get the phone to boot again.


title: Restore home-screen auto-rotation after wallpaper change

text: On a pretty new Galaxy S2+, the home screen used to rotate when the device was rotated. After switching the wallpaper of home screen (and perhaps lock screen as well), using the Photo app shipped with the device, the screen no longer rotates. Not even after restoring the original wallpaper, and not after rebooting the device. To set the wallpaper, I use the corresponding entry in the Settings. I then get a choice of target, whether I want to affect home screen, lock screen or both. When I choose both, I get a choice of Gallery, Live Wallpapers and Backgrounds. When I choose home screen only, then I get the same three but Photos as well. So that's the reason I believe I might have set both. All the item names were translated by me, the actual English versions might be called slightly differently. How can I restore the factory default of an automatically rotating home screen, without completely resetting the device to factory defaults?


title: Touchless Control 3.15.0.1 Cannot uninstall

text: My Motorola Ultra with Android version 4.2.2 contains 3.15.0.1 Touchless Control. I have uninstalled the software both from Google Play and App Settings. However, the device still says "Update", instead of "install". How can I successfully uninstall the Touchless Control? Note: The reason why I would like to uninstall it would pertain to the reason for installing the most updated version.


title: How to upgrade android market to Google play

text: I am using Micromax Android A60( version android 2.1 ) phone since two years ago. Now the Market app is not working. When I download any other app it gives error download unsuccessful. Even the Facebook app which is already downloaded to the phone is also not working. Is this problem because of Market is not upgraded to Google Play? Why is my mobile is not upgrading Market to Google play? How can I upgrade it? On Google I got following steps to upgrade Market App but not able to do 3rd step. Follow these steps to upgrade it manually on your Android device:   1. Go in to Settings in your Android device and then Apps.    2. Look for Market under the "All" tab and then press clear data.    3. Now open the newly updated Play Music app (Google Music). `(This step not found)`   4. Hit that little Market icon in the bottom tray.    5. Confirm Google Play upgrade.


title: Can I Flash Nexus Factory Image to any Tablet?

text: There are several different versions of Android ROMs on the Internet. I found that no one is better than Nexus Android which is from Google. There is a webpage on Google hosting every version of Nexus Android. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images Is it possible to flash Nexus images into other tablets like ASUS Transformer or Samsung Galaxy?


title: Snapchat Story Upload

text: How do I upload images from my photo gallery to my Snapchat story? I have heard of the Xposed module Snapshare but I don't fancy rooting my phone permanently. What I want to do is, say if I downloaded an image from APOD, I would like to add that to my story.


title: Flash Samsung Rugby Smart AT&T to factory conditions after installing cyanogenmod

text: I have tried installing Cyanogenmod 10 on my Samsung Rugby Smart AT&T, but now I want to revert back to my old factory ROM. But how?


title: How to display a contact address on Google maps offline?

text: For each contact there is a personal address field which can be filled with informations like street name, city, country, and so on. The problem is that in order to display these informations on a map, Google maps have to do an online search to get the coordinates. How can I use this feature offline ?


title: Ports on the Android PHONE

text: I often use my _Samsung Galaxy Note2_ on local WiFi networks which are protected by a firewall, and experience problems with some apps which are most likely caused by strict firewall rules. Is there somewhere a list of ports to open for the apps on our Android devices (e.g. Facebook, Google play app., etc)? And last the Google play store port was 5228, did they change it again???


title: External USB Keyboard to Android (via bluetooth preferably)

text: How to connect external USB keyboard (preferably via bluetooth) to Android device? Best would be piece of hardware with USB socket to plug standard usb keyboard into it, that would work as "bluetooth keyboard" without need of any special software on android device.


title: Unable to load stock firmware (US Cellular)

text: My phone has gone into emergency recover and I've tried to recover it by flashing it with both "Odin" and the samsung "SimpleUpgradeTool" but it has failed everytime I've tried it. I have the SCH-530 from US Cellular and am unsure on what to try next. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. The following is the ouput message from Odin ---               <ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..     <ID:0/003> File analysis..     <ID:0/003> SetupConnection..     <ID:0/003> Initialzation..     <ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..     <ID:0/003> Firmware update start..     <ID:0/003> recovery.img     <ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!      <ID:0/003> cache.img     <ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.     <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)


title: Clearing Dalvik Cache without root?

text: I recently tried updating my Motorola Atrix 4g. It downloaded, and then it booted down to try to update. However, instead of updating, it ends up booting to a screen that just says               Failed to boot 2     Starting RSD mode      If I take out the battery, I boot up the phone for about 60 seconds before it starts shutting down again. The phone is rooted, and it seems like it starts shutting down as soon as Android starts giving out root privileges. Looking through different forums online, it seems as though the best solution to stop the phone from trying to update (without erasing all my data by resetting the phone to factory settings) is to clear the Dalvik cache. The problem I am having is that so far, it seems that in order to clear the cache, I need root, but as soon as my phone has been on long enough to give out root, it restarts, and I can't do anything with it. To make the problem worse, I seem to be unable to boot into recovery... **Is there any way to clear the Dalvik Cache (really, really fast, and) without root (or recovery)?**


title: Text Messages Sporatically Get Stuck In Unsent State On Droid 3

text: I have been having this issue for a long time on my rooted Droid 3 using the ROM it came with and this happens daily with relevant logs being left or any clear trigger. Basically what happens, and it tends to happen after the phone has been on for a few hours, I will send a message, usually with Handcent SMS (though I've experimented and tried other apps including the stock SMS, still happens) and occassionally a text will get stuck. Now one of two things generally will happen. Either it'll sit "sending" for about 5 minutes before finally failing. This acts like a text bottle neck, because if, say, I have a multi-page text being sent, the other queued messages will send instantly when the initial text fails. The other thing is that the text message will just sit sending indefinitely until I notice it hasn't sent and I delete it manually. If I resend it, sometimes those subsequent attempts will also hang. And once this starts happening, it will continue to happen until I restart my phone, resulting in my restarting my phone several times a day. An interesting observation that could help diagnose is the issue is once when I observed this happening, I open up a SQLite debug app and when I try to open up the mmssms.db file, it cannot read the file, which makes me think, perhaps the file is locked which is why the SMS process cannot commit the change to the database. Just an idea; don't know if that's at all related. **Edit:** This does seem to happen more often after heavy usage, say playing a game. Could it be that' some sort of SMS-handling daemon gets killed, perhaps?


title: Can't turn on my Galaxy s2 sprint SPH-D710

text: I tried to root my Galaxy s2 Sprint. I turned my phone off and went to downloading mode, then I turned the odin and connected my phone to pc. After it, i hit start and nothing happened except saying "do not turn off the target." So I waited an hour and nothing happened or downloaded. SO i though theres so glitch in odin so i unplugged it and turned it off. Then tried to turn it on but it didn't. The screen is black on the blue light on. I tried to go back to downloading mode but it didn't respond. Now I can't turn it on or charge. When I stated to root my battery was full.


title: Is there any way to re-render a photosphere?

text: I took a photosphere earlier today, and went to the gallery to wait for it to render. While it was rendering, I switched from landscape to portrait and the gallery app crashed. I'm now left with the pre-rendered, non-stitched images. Is there any way to force the gallery to re-render the photosphere? Or do I just have to re-take it?


title: Memory reported as full without being full

text: I am having storage issues with my Samsung Galaxy S Duos. I solved it by moving apps from phone memory to the SD card, so now 1.2 GB of internal space is free. However, it still tells me that I have insufficient storage for apps. I found that there are 94 MB of cache files there, but even if that's the case I should still have plenty of free space. Why does my phone still think that the internal storage is full?


title: Galaxy Tab 7" - can I install the original Android? any version would do

text: I can't stand Samgsung's bloated customization of Android. It's slow and horrible. Is there a way to get a custom rom for it? It doesn't have to be honeycomb or icecream sandwich. All I want is the original android system and basic google applications. Particularly the Calendar and Contacts app are painful to look at. I would like to replace those with the originals, made by Google. Is this possible? How?


title: PDF reader with highlighting and bookmarks

text: Is there any way to read PDF books with highlighting texts and adding custom bookmarks? I would like to read a book having about 500 and more pages and I would like to highlight sentences and words and then create bookmarks for these pages in order to find them later without need to list through the entire book. If it could read docx as well it would be great. I don't mind if it is paid.


title: How do I factory reset my HTC Desire?

text: I got an old HTC Desire (the first model) which I need to reset. I've tried to hard reset my phone using the instructions here: http://www.thefullsignal.com/htc/htc-desire/4989/how-hard-reset-htc-desire. But my phone just keeps booting as usual. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Are there another way for me to reset the phone? Maybe through ADT or something else? **Edit** : I've forgot both which Google Account I used and the visual password (It's an old phone). So I can't log into the phone. That's why I want to do a hard reset.


title: What does it mean the "WIFI" label on the market?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Wi-Fi icon next to apps in android market I've noticed that a few items on "My applications" on the Android Market client have a gray "WIFI" label on them. What does that mean?


title: How to debug a battery issue?

text: I have HTC Sensation 4G. I have a very peculiar issue with the battery. I've been using the phone for just over one year now. There are some periods (about 7 to 15 days) when battery performance is absolutely fine. But then after certain days of good performance battery starts behaving weirdly: Phone gets switched off even at over 60% battery. Restarting it shows about 5% battery, again switches off, restart shows around 20% etc. So I guessed there is some calibration issue. **Taking out the battery at the time of this erratic behavior makes it work fine for a little while** (half an hour to a couple of hours) then again the stupidity starts. I have tried draining the battery to 0% and then a full charge, tried various usage models (not using wifi, disabling animations to reduce usage etc.) nothing seems to work. I can't properly debug this issue properly as connecting to computer starts charging and when its charging there are no such issues. This is **REALLY** frustrating, Any one has any idea how to debug it? (I have come to know that certain batch of HTC sensation has this issue, not everyone has experienced similar problems but there are people and no one has been able to point me in the right direction)


title: Is there any way to stop Android from changing "I want $5.00" into "I want$ 5.00"?

text: I don't even know why it does this, tbh, since pretty much everyone writes $xx.xx and not anything else, such as xx.xxUS$ or anything like that. Note: Turning off Auto-Punctuate does not fix this problem, so this is my hail mary attempt to get rid of this "feature." :P (Edit: My phone is a Motorola Droid 2 Global. The problem exists no matter if the physical or on-screen keyboard is used.)


title: Change screen rotation sensitivity

text: I often find myself in the wrong screen mode (landscape vs portrait) and I find the switching delay quite annoying. I would like my phone to be much more responsive when I rotate it (iphone-like)... Do you know about any apps/tweakings to achieve this?


title: Rooting Android Galaxy S2 - Connection Error

text: I am trying to root my Galaxy S2. So I followed instructions online, I booted in debug mode, connected the USB cable then pressed the up powerbutton to start the mode, I then opened up Odin v3 3.04 and it showed up with a device connected. I selected the correct .tar file under PDA and clicked start. It says "setup connection" and freezes at that. I tried redoing it because it wasn't working. Eventually I decided to see if it was just the program. I opened Samsung Kies and it couldn't connect. It tried connecting for a long time and eventually just gave up. The weird this is that when I plugin the USB cable my computer actually recognizes it as a Samsung Device because the first time I plugged it in it installed drivers automatically using Kies. I tried using different USB ports, tried using a different cable and I tried charging it. I couldn't tell if it was fully charged but it charged for 8 hours so I'm sure it was charged fully. Still didn't work. After researching for 2 days and trying endlessly, I decided to see what you guys think. So let me know if you have ideas! :) I tried uninstalling and reinstalling kies, now it is connecting with Odin but it wont connect with kies at all. But its now showing this error.               <ID:0/003> Added!!     <ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..     <ID:0/003> File analysis..     <ID:0/003> SetupConnection..     <ID:0/003> Initialzation..     <ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..     <ID:0/003> Firmware update start..     <ID:0/003> zImage     <ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!      <ID:0/003>      <ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.     <ID:0/003> Added!!     <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)


title: How much internal memory after updating HTC Desire to official Gingerbread?

text: I'm very tempted to upgrade my Desire to official 2.3.3, but I was wondering if I'd lose internal memory in doing this. I didn't find any info on the Internet, so I would like to ask that to someone that actually upgraded how much free internal memory there is after the process.


title: Accessing my files with recovery adb without root privilege

text: My situation: I've got a bootloop, not by flashing but because apparently the battery ran out at a very bad moment. If I go into the recovery mode it says "Failed to mount /efs". However, I flashed about half a year ago and therefor the counter in download mode is at "1". But since I used Kies to update the kernel in the meanwhile I don't have CWM or Root privileges. Since I dont have an efs backup (I know, silly, but it got lost some time after I flashed and it worked and didn't bother to create a new one), restoring that is not an option and I will try to send it in and hope they repair it. If anyone has a hint as to how to decrease the counter in my situation that would be very much appreciated. My goal at the moment is to get access to my data on the phone before handing it in for repair. So I got into recovery mode, connect to the pc via usb and start adb: > adb devices gives shows me my devices in recovery with > ls -l /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name/ I get the directory of my userdate Then I try: > mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /data and it says "Operation not permitted" What can I do? Any ideas for my situation, I would be very greatful!


title: How to ensure dalvik-cache and lib are linked to SD on boot?

text: Recently, I upgraded my htc-desire with a bigger SD Card with a partition of 512Mo on it. I installed link2sd to place apps on SD card `ext4` partition. Then I had to create by hand, the mount script to have my partition used by link2sd. (certainly due to write access on `/system` mountage) What I wander is if there is a way to ensure that on reboot, linked apps create their dalvik-cache directly on SD. What is happening on startup is that I need to open link2sd, select all my apps, and relink everything. Is it a feature included in the mount script? Or is it simply the way link2sd works? _PS: what is anoying is that the dalvik-cache takes too much place and can prevent some application from starting correctly._


title: Request Persmission after changing Google password

text: I changed the password on my Google account a week ago, and ever since then I've been getting notifications on my Nexus 4, requesting permission for my account. When I press it, nothing happens, but Google Play Services appears in the recent apps menu, and nothing happens when I press it.![Request permission notification](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cTixt.png)


title: What is this blue dot and circle on the lock screen?

text: Under the slider, there is a blue dot/circle. What is this? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/vN2Vq.png)


title: Angry Birds and other games force close (crash) on startup when using Simple2Ext (S2E)

text: I'm running CM 7.03 on my HTC Desire (GSM) and have successfully partitioned my SD card with a 512mb ext4 partition. I installed S2E and it moved my apps to /sd-ext successfully, but certain apps now crash at startup. Angry Birds, Cut The Rope etc will force close as soon as they're launched. Other apps work just fine. I'm assuming it's apps with native code that have issues, as pure Java ones seem ok. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and if so, how did you fix it? If I can't find a work around, I will have to delete my partition and just put up with small storage space.


title: Bitcoin Exchange rate for Google Now?

text: I have several stocks that I follow on Google Now. I was wondering if anyone knows how to add exchange rates for other currencies such as Bitcoin to it? I have googled it of course but the results are just generic information about Google Now.


title: Cannot call Windows Phone contacts via viber?

text: Whenever I try to call my Viber contacts with Windows Phone 7 or 8, I either hear call sound but they don't receive a call OR I get a constant message "contact unavailable, he may be offline". But he's not offline. Windows phone contacts did not report they had similar issues. Does anyone know what this is and how to solve the issue?


title: How To Install Latest Cyanogenmod From Clockworkmod Recovery - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl)

text: **(Short Version)** How to install Cyanogenmod from ClockWorkMod Recovery. What tools do I need as a first timer? (I already have ClockWorkMod Recovery installed) **(Long Version)** I tried to install Cyanogenmod with the get.cm and get.cm/app instructions. But the install process was interrupted by windows driver recognition. All I have now is a ClockWorkMod Recovery and, apparently, nothing more. The Cyanogenmod Windows Installer recognize the device but can't continue from this point (it asks for enabling/allowing USB Debugging). What tools do I need to copy Cyanogenmod in Windows 7 or Ubuntu 12.04 to my Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl) with only ClockWorkMod Recovery and proceed with the install process? Thanks in advance! **(My devices)** Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl) - and a notebook with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 64 Professional


title: Using external AIS and GPS and OpenCPN via Windows/Linux on a smartphone for sea navigation

text: Having read excellent answers about using external USB devices on SmartPhones (HTC Desire in my case), I would like to complicate the issue still further: I'd like to use a Windows emulator on the Android OS in order to run an external AIS dongle (and possibly an external GPS). The reason for this is that suppliers of these maritime safety devices seem to make them only with drivers for Windows (occasionally for Apple OSs too), but not for Android/Linux. The point of what I'm trying to do is to avoid using a laptop at sea A)as they are vulnerable and have to be kept inside, B) go wrong at sea anyway C)have long startup times D) most important of all, they use a lot of battery power so can't be left on permanently. What 'every' boat owner wants is a portable device that can run C-MAPS (sea charts) on a program called OPEN CPN (freeware) without entering into the equipment race by various 'big screen' GPS manufacturers who sell their various charts in various formats at exhorbitant prices. So I know I speak for _at least_ tens of thousands of people who would love to find a solution to this issue. So does anyone know if/how to install drivers on, say, an HTC Desire to make it work with an external AIS dongle? (The data stream should be relatively simple if I understand rightly. Would I need Android drivers for the external USB or Windows drivers for it (if a Windows emulator is to be installed), or both? or is there a smart person who can make a driver for such external devices on a smartphone with Android and make himself 'millions' and avoid Windows altogether, (using perhaps Ubuntu or a stripped down Linux version (- OpenCPN works with Linux)). (Saying that, there will always be companies who make products with drivers for Windows only, so maybe via windows isn't the worst way?). Boats work on 12v so the optimal solution would be to find a phone/tablet as the 'mother part' in such a system that works on 12v - or - if a voltage converter is to be used, the more efficient it is, the better. The reason for wanting the device on all the time is for safety at sea - watching for an AIS signal 24 hours a day = a vessel approaching, or so that the 'anchor watch' can be used (= if the vessel moves more than a few metres whilst one is asleep, or the water depth changes, an alarm sounds). Having researched the issue, it seems no in the whole world has made a system that runs Open CPN that is not laptop based. I haven't even found a tablet based version capable of running the external AIS receiver/GPS as well, which I find almost shocking. But using a phone would mean far less power usage and a cheaper platform, available to all. The ability to then connect an external screen (by the helmsman, for out in the weather, daytime, let's say) would be the creme de la creme. Got all that? Good! ;)


title: How can I tell what is really draining my battery?

text: I know that by going to `Settings > About Phone > Battery Use`, I can get some idea of the applications that are using up the most of my battery. I see things like "Cell standby", "Phone idle", and "Wi-fi"; **is there any way to drill down even further and find out what is really draining my battery**? For example, I am fairly certain that GPS usage is included under 'Cell Standby'. Any help would be appreciated; I have had my phone for only about three months, and the battery goes from 100% to 0% over the course of two-ish days with minimal usage (some browsing, check-ins), and I cannot figure what is draining the battery. **EDIT** I am mostly interested in ways of diagnosing power usage in a less broad way, but in the interests of finding out what could possibly be draining my battery, here is what my 'battery use' is reporting at the moment:   * 38% - Cell Standby   * 33% - Phone Idle   * 20% - Wi-Fi   * 6% - Display   * 2% - Angry Birds   * 2% - Maps I have been on battery for 8h 50m, and the charge has gone from 100% to 64%.


title: unlock Xperia Neo bootloader on linux

text: I was following these instructions to unlock the bootloader on my Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo until I reached steps 9 and 10. There was no extras/google directory or android_winusb.inf file anywhere. So from Eclipse's Android SDK manager I tried to download the Google USB Driver but found it as not compatible with linux. What should I do now to replace steps 9 and 10?


title: How can I decode the Bluetooth Error numbers found in errno, that show up in Android log?

text: I am trying to find the definition of the Bluetooth Error Numbers. For example they might appear in logcat output as: > 09-16 07:38:50.896 V/BluetoothSocket.cpp( 8809): ...accept(69, RFCOMM) = -1 > (errno 125)


title: How can I see what a private number is?

text: I've had a few missed calls from private numbers now, and I'd like to see who it is. Is there a way to do this with a Galaxy S4 running Jellybean 4.2? I installed the app 'CIA caller' but that simply listed the private number as '-2', and when it looked up that number, it unsurprisingly said 'number not found'. Any ideas how to get at these private numbers?


title: Gallery app crashes when trying to view photos or videos

text: The Gallery app on my phone does not show any of my photos or videos. If I try to view them from the camera app the screen just goes black and exits to the home screen. I have an Xperia Mini Pro. Is there any way I can troubleshoot this?


title: Can adb start my android device that shows up as "offline"?

text: I can see my device in `adb devices`. It shows up as "offline". When it is "ready":               $ adb shell     $ su     # reboot      This would reboot my device. The exact problem is that my cellphone has been turning off on its own with no specific reason, so I was wondering if I could check the logcat to see the problem. I cannot start my device, I have to remove the battery and then start it, and when I do the log is empty... But my questions here are:   * If adb can detect my device why can't it reboot it?   * Why can't I turn on my android device from adb when I can reboot it?   * What does offline mean: is it turned on or not? (when it isn't usually it doesn't even show in adb devices)


title: Reboot touchphone without touching the screen

text: Sometimes touch screen on my phone is swithced off and does not switch on again. The phone is working, you can ring it, even the touch keys have light. Can you say, it there a method how to reboot it not touching the screen? My phone is I-Mobile IQ 5.5 (bought in Thailand). OS: Android 4.2.2. I've searched the phone's manual, there is nothing about this topic. I know there is a combination of keys from other manufacturers like Samsung, but as I said here there were no word about it in manual. Maybe there is an app, which can help me reboot the phone by pressing several hard keys? Now, I am just taking off the battery to reboot the phone.


title: How can I use these USSD codes?

text: I have an Android device "SKY VEGA IM-A810K" (Android 4.0.4) un-rooted. I'm not able to run any USSD code commands like balance check, etc. Every time it shows "connection problem or invalid MMI code". Please suggest some solution. In India we use `*111#` ; `*141#` ; etc on Vodafone network.


title: How do I temporary block someone from sending emails in the Gmail app?

text: I know Gmail has a spam and phishing filter but some emails I mark as such in the past still make it through anyway. Anyway, how do you undo such a thing? I'm receiving emails from an individual who I need to block temporarily as they refuse to stop but I need to check that account for other emails and so I end up reading the subject line. Is there any way to temporarily block an address or hide it somehow? I do not want a permanent block. OS: 4.1 Galaxy S3


title: How does the Android OS estimate remaining battery time?

text: **Is it known how the Android OS estimates time to failure / remaining battery charge?** I am doing a school project about battery estimation on mobile devices but have not been able to find any information about which techniques are used in the industry. Several people have written articles about how time to failure can be estimated on an Android device, but I have not been able to locate any official information about how it is actual done. The optimal answer I would like is a link to a scientific article or tech-spec that describe it.


title: Update Samsung s5300 to android Honeycomb 3.2

text: Is it possible to update Samsung s5300 to Honeycomb? I've only found that it can't be updated to Android 4.0.


title: AutoSync is disabled in Android ICS LG P920 3D. How turn it on?

text: After **upgrade Android from 2.3.x to 4.0.3** I can't turn on auto synchronization. When Im trying I get msg:               AutoSync is disabled. Synchronization is enabled manually by server policy.      In **Settings -> Accounts & sync** have a disabled switcher as on the screens below. Do you know how can I turn on auto sync? Device model: **LG Optimus P920 3D.** Android version: **4.0.4** I'm abroad and using wifi and roaming GSM. Screenshoots: ![Settings](http://i.imgur.com/MKr4DYSl.png) ![Sync Settings](http://i.imgur.com/nn7X79nl.png)


title: When calling my screen goes black on LG P880

text: After updating in Android 4.1.2 my screen goes black. Screen works again only when the call is finished. I know about the feature when you put the phone on ear it goes black and the second you remove the phone from your ear , the screen turns on again. But now is different. Now it goes black the same second when I press call and there's nothing that brings it back until the call is over! Please help.


title: Disable smileys in SMS

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is there any way to change the emoticons in the standard android sms app? I find graphical emoticons (smileys) seriously distracting. How do I disable them? My device is a rooted HTC Desire running CyanogenMod 7.10 RC, but I don't think that'll limit the applicability of the answers.


title: Disable emoticons

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is there any way to change the emoticons in the standard android sms app? How do I disable those green smilies in the SMS app? I am using Cyanogen 7.2.0, if that matters.


title: What can I expect if I unroot my Droid?

text: I am thinking about rooting my Moto Droid but I don't know much about the subject, I've been doing some reading, but I'd like to know:   * If I were to root and then wanted to unroot later on for some reason would my phone return to the state that it was before I rooted?   * Also, if I were to "brick" my Droid is there any means of bringing it back to life?


title: How to disable battery full notification sound?

text: When battery has been charged full, my Galaxy S phone gives the same notification sound that is used when I receive SMS. Is there a way to disable the sound without also disabling sound from SMS? It usually charge the phone during night and wake up easily to the "Battery fully charged. Unplug charger" notification sound :(


title: When I send or receive a call, the person on the other side can't hear me

text: When I make a phone call, people on the other tell me that my sound is like I am speaking in a huge water pot or something like a pot. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3.


title: Send SMS instead of MMS when texting multiple people

text: When I put more than one person as the recipient to my message my Samsung galaxy s3 vibrates and says it's converting to MMS. When I send my message I know at least one person is not getting the message. However that person can send me a group message and I can see it is as a SMS instead of MMS. I cant find any options to prevent it from becoming a MSM. I set the delivery report checkbox and sent another one out. I know one person got it and that person did it. I get no report on who got it. I'm using 4.3


title: My Medion tablet won't download some apps from Google Play

text: I have a Medion Lifetab 7" Tablet (MD98488). It will not download some apps like the Weather Channel(weather.com) app for example. Some of the apps I started the download in my laptop and the download ended up on my tablet. Strange!! What is going on? Jim


title: Low on Storage yet my storage on all partitions has more than enough space

text: I have had my S2 for 2 years now great device but as of lately I have no idea what is going on. I can't even open Gallery as it says insufficient space to delete some media or apps and what not. I have done all this including wiping all my prized photos from the SD card which really had nothing to do with it but desperation makes you do stupid things. And before I slam this thing against a wall I erased that as well to no avail. I have tried the `*#9900#`, but it didn't free up anything. If I use my files program and I try to delete it says it deleted the logs directory / files but NO IT DIDN'T!! I just don't get it!!! And I don't want to do a factory reset and lose everything I have... For instance, I've got Whatsapp when it first started and then its area code was 599 (now its 721), I don't want to have to go ask everyone to read me, same for Viber etc. Here is what my storage is saying (which like I said is more than enough space) **Device Memory:**   Total Space : 1.97gb   Applications 766mb   Available space : 1.04GB **USB Storage:**   Total Space 11.50GB   apps 368mb   pictures 2.96gb   audio 1.26gb   downloads 32kb   miscellaneous files 4.49gb   available space 3.38gb What the BEEP is going on and how can I fix this problem? I can't even take a picture!!


title: Haptic feedback on samsung galaxy s3 mini

text: I have recently bought a Samsung galaxy s3 mini and there is no haptic feedback on my soft buttons or typing a message, there is only a vibration key press on my lock screen. I have tryed going into settings, language and input, keyboard setting but there is no vibration on key press option in any of the settings I have looked through. Can someone help me please?


title: Nexus 4 verification failed error on Update Android 4.4 KitKat

text: I successfully downloaded Android 4.4 KitKat (see screen shot): ![Downloading proccess](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nDfnB.jpg) And after downloading do not appear "restart/install" button, appear "Verification failed" error (see screen shot): ![after_downloading](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3OJzS.jpg) (click the images for larger variants) If I click "Check now" button it begin redownload update Android 4.4 kitkat again. Does anybody know where the problem is, and how it could be solved?


title: Is there a PDF/eBook Reader like the "Google Playbook"  Tablet?

text: I'm a really big fan of the Google Playbook reader, especially for an Android Tablet. I love the 2 columns and the effect when you go to other page. So I was wondering, is there a PDF/eBook reader with similar functionality as the Google Playbook? Unfortunately Google Playbooks don't allow to import documents in PDF or EPUB format.


title: Telnet from Linux to Android devices

text: I am attempting to telnet from my Ubuntu commandline to my Android phone and pad using the following syntax:               > telnet 192.168.0.4           Trying 192.168.0.4...           telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused      But, I get that error message above when I try both devices. Can anyone help with this?


title: Why the Galaxy has 25GB instead of 32GB

text: I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy S3 32GB, when I check the storage I have only 25.5GB. Where is the other 6.5GB?


title: Browser keyboard refresh shortcut for Android 2.3.7?

text: I would like to know if there is any way to associate a keyboard shortcut for refreshing a webpage in Android with physical keyboard version 2.3.7.


title: Why does this website look different on Firefox app?

text: The website is paytm.com. When viewed on Firefox (latest v31.0) it looks like this: ![Website viewed on Firefox](http://i.stack.imgur.com/YaDAB.png) Whereas on Chrome/UCBrowser and most other browsers it looks like this: ![Viewed on other browsers](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ckn68.png) Also on other browsers after entering the mobile number the operator is selected automatically. That doesn't happen with firefox. Here's another example. Let's open google.com and click the hamburger icon on top left. On other browsers it opens up on slide out panel on the left, like this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/uZ4LJ.png)   whereas on firefox, it just opens up a new webpage entirely. Can this be changed by altering some settings or is this because of a missing functionality in the browser itself?


title: Samsung Galaxy 10.1 2013 frozen in odin mode

text: Granddaughter playing game on tablet and assume she pressed on power and volume at same time It had the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 verbiage across the screen. I tried to press the power and increase volume button as I had done before on the Motorola Xoom, big mistake from what I read in forums. It is now stuck on the ODIN MODE and says: Downloading...Do not turn off target!! with the Android symbol above it. Help!!


title: Cannot sign in to my Nexus 7 with Gmail account, previously working

text: I am really in trouble with sign in to my Nexus 7 since yesterday. It was all going normal before yesterday, then in a game I tried to login with another Gmail account for Google+ games login (I was using two Gmail accounts, and they were working just fine before). It did not work, so I go to settings and checked that the two accounts were there or not. Everything was there, and in the detail of each account sync option was on for App Data and Google+. So I thought there might be some connection problem but internet (chrome browsing) was working fine. After Googling into internet there was some suggestion to reset to factory settings. I did that and now worst is that I am unable to login at start-up and could not use my device. It always says there was problem while trying to communicate with Google servers. Any thoughts ideas?


title: Android x86 will not connect to the internet

text: I am using Android x86 4.4 RC2 (Dual-Boot not Virtual) and I can't connect to the internet. Whenever I click Wi-Fi, it stays on "Turning on Wi-Fi" and the Wi-Fi button is grayed out like the option is not available. I opened the terminal and used netcfg to see if the Wi-Fi driver (wlan0) was on but it wasn't so I turned it on by typing "netcfg wlan0 up" and it was up so I went back to the Wi-Fi settings but it still wasn't working. What do I do to enable Wi-Fi?


title: Using Moto G (Boost Mobile/Verizon) as a Wi-Fi device without rooting

text: I'm planning to get a Moto G from either Boost Mobile or Verizon and use it as a Wi-Fi device. I read it that it's possible to bypass the activation and use it Wi-Fi only without rooting the phone. If it's true, will it be able to receive future OTAs? Will I be better off just getting a Google Play edition one?


title: Android rtl issue

text: Since I upgraded my Android version to 4.1.1 (From 2.3.6), the phone is diplayed the numbers backwards (Only happens with Hebrew letters). For example, if I want to write the date of today with a hebrew before: שלום 8.8.2014 It'll display the following text: שלום 4102.8.8 How can I fix it? (It's happen only when Hebrew is mixed up with numbers, all on apps [etc. WhatsApp])


title: Why does Kies tell me that my Galaxy S has no updates?

text: Why does Samsung Kies tell me that my Galaxy S GT-i9000 has no OS or firmware updates even though there are downloads available on the internet?


title: Phone randomly cannot recognize my Wifi network

text: I have a few WiFi network in the neighborhood and the Nexus S will always detect those networks that I never use. However, for my own WiFi network, it randomly fails to recognize the network, even though I sit right next to the router. I know that everything else is OK, because I can access the network through my laptop, and if I just restart the router, the phone will start to pick up the signal again. I think there might be something wrong with my router, because I never have that problem with the network at work. The only difference I can think of is, I turn off my router right when I stop using WiFi... What might be wrong? Is this a known bug? Are there workarounds (that does not involve restarting the router? Update: I do find some clue. If I turn the router on _before_ turning on wireless on the phone (via the power management widget), then things work just fine. If I turn on wireless on the phone before the router, I'll need to restart the router. I don't know how much sense it makes though.


title: Removing non-Google contacts from Messaging

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 (running Gingerbread 2.3.3) and enabled syncing of contacts for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google. I've been finding it really annoying that when I go to write a message I start typing in a name and I get a bunch of e-mail addresses from Facebook, etc - people who are not in my main contact book and that I do not want to contact from 'Messaging' on my phone. I have tried setting the option where only contacts with phone numbers are displayed but I think this only applies to the 'Contacts' application and not messaging. Any ideas?


title: Why can't I link2sd the Play Store and Maps apps?

text: Yesterday I rooted my phone successfully (Samsung GT-S5570-Android 2.2.1), I created a second `ext2` partition on my 8 GB SD card and installed the `Link2SD` app. The reason for doing this, was due the continuous and annoying messages about full internal storage capacity. I was able to move and uninstall some apps, but when it comes to `Maps`, `Play Store` and `Samsumg Apps` I keep getting a failure message similar to the following > FAILURE > > PKG:/DATA/APP/COM.ANDROID.VENDING-2.APK FAILURE > [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_INSTALL_LOCATION] What does this message mean and why does this error occur? How can I successfully move those apps in my SD card?


title: Blocking mode not working with WhatsApp

text: I own a Samsung Galaxy S4, which has the _Blocking mode_ feature. It is very useful because it mutes notification sounds during certain hours (I use it to automatically keep my phone quite while I'm sleeping). It works perfectly for all the applications but WhatsApp. It seems to be a known issue, and I found a workaround that involved a led notification management application. I don't like that solution because it is not clean and I'd like to find a better one. I come from the iOS world where all the applications are forced to pass through system notification center and I can't really get what's happening on my phone nor how WhatsApp can deliver me notifications.


title: Gmail app not displaying status bar notifications

text: I recently got an Samsung Galaxy S3, and I prefer the GMail app than the default mail client (the one with the red seal). The default mail client seems to autocheck for email and displays a notification in the top left corner, but I can't get the native GMail client to do the same. Any suggestions on doing so?


title: Bad LCD, Reset to Factory

text: I have a galaxy sII (i9200m) updated to the latest firmware and would like to do a factory reset. I have no idea how as the LCD is completely shot (solid black). Hope you can help. Thank you


title: hosts file keeps reverting

text: I run `adb shell` and append a line to `/etc/hosts` using               echo IP DNSName >> hosts      It works for a some time and then reverts back to having only a single entry for localhost. Any idea what could cause this? I am using temp root using VISIONary and I am connecting my HTC Desire HD adbd via WiFi, because it refuses to identify my handset via USB.


title: How to block calls/sms by contact name (might have multiple phone numbers)

text: I used to blacklist spammers directly into the downloaded app or the built-in android blocker. The problem is that every time that i reset my phone to factory settings, i have to add all numbers again, one by one. So i created a contact on Google called `SPAM`, and inserted all spam numbers into it. Is there a way to simply block the contact called `SPAM`, instead of adding dozens of numbers again?


title: Cant access abd

text: I cannot access abd on my computer it is quite annoying. I don't know what the deal is. I have tried to modify the path variable on my system variables. It didn't work.   When I try to access it in cmd the command comes back "abd is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.


title: Which smartphones are most updateable?

text: Since you're able to update to the newest version of Android, what smartphone is the most well-rounded and has the drivers to update to the newest or close to newest version of Android?


title: Why does heat problems cause purple tint / pink spots on my camera (HTC One)?

text: A while ago, I got a new HTC One m7, It is the best phone I've had, but it has one **BIG** issue, its camera sucks on low light. I've investigated the issue, and I was told it could be alleviated with a software update, and it's been almost a year, and nothing. The problem is in fact a hardware issue, where heat causes something on the camera, so it adds this annoying purple stripes/haze: Stripes Image, Tint image. And this hardware issue comes, apparently because there is a lot of strain on a chip (Zoe?). Photos taken with flash look extremely good though. So my question is... Why does this happen? I'm not looking to know what causes the phone to heat up. I'm asking why would purple tint/stripes appear there.   What is happening to the lens? or... is affecting the image processor chip? if so, in what way?   Or... is it caused by something else?   And... How come it does not affect my flash-taken-photos?


title: Is there anyway to save my contacts and texts on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with broken screen?

text: Broke my screen, and it's dead. I searched the forums, and I could not find an answer. I don't care about my media files, but my contacts are really important to me. I already ordered the new Nexus 5, but I need those contacts. I tried Holo Backup, and it doesn't work. Any Ideas?


title: blocking contact numbers on outgoing group text messages

text: I have a Samsung Note 3. How do I send text messages to a group without showing all of the contact numbers? I like to send to many, but I don't necessarily want the recipients to know who all received the message. Kind of like a BCC: on an e-mail.


title: Can I record a Skype call (audio and voice) using a Samsung Galaxy S3?

text: I've tried using various call recording apps, and standard voice recording, but none do the job. I need to record **both sides** of a Skype call made on my Android phone. Unfortunately time is short and I need to do this in a couple of hours, any advice appreciated.


title: Panarama mode is device support or OS support?

text: I have doubt on panoramic mode whether it is device support or OS support. Actually I thought it is OS support because in android 4.0 (and later version) panoramic mode is one of the standard camera features. Then later I realize that panoramic mode was also in galaxy y. can anyone explain whether it is OS support or device support? Also explain which of the OS has panoramic mode as default and which one will support this mode then which of the android device has panoramic mode as default in camera settings. Thanks in advance.


title: "Failed to detect compatible download-mode device" on Mac Lion with Samsung Galaxy S2

text: Hi I'm using the cyanmodgen wiki to install it. but I'm stuck on the first step. Whenever i do `sudo heimdall flash --kernel zImage`   I get :               Initialising connection...         Detecting device...     Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.      The device is booted in download mode, and everything else is exatly like the wiki except that my s2 is still on android 2.3 and not ICS. Thank you for any help or hint.


title: How to switch the GSM/3G module off?

text: I only use my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy Chat) as a "pocket computer" (with WiFi) and don't use it to make telephone calls (I use a dual-SIM "dumbphone" for this). All the time it shows a cellular network signal indicator and reports that it can make emergency calls. Can I switch it off to save battery? Some years ago, when I had a Benefon Esc! GSM+GPS phone, I could independently turn its GSM and GPS modules on/off. I wonder if this is possible in modern day smartphones.


title: Samsung Social Hub: How can I view the sent folder running ICS?

text: I have 3 email accounts under Social Hub, how can I view sent folder running ICS 4.0.3 on Samsung Galaxy S2? When I was using Gingerbeard 2.3.6, it was very simple to move the other mail folder as well. But now there is no such option. Is there a way to see other mail folder like send items/ draft / myfolder?


title: ASUS Slider Sl101 Driver letter access? rather than MTP in Android 4

text: I know that Android 3 and 4 use MTP on Windows to allow access to the storage, I have tried the developer switch and the only connection you get is still MTP.. I really need a drive letter to enable several programs that I want to use with my ASUS slider (this question has a good chance of being needed on many Android 4 systems). is there any app or driver that will allow mass storage / drive letter access to Android 4


title: HTC Desire HD Random Restart

text: I have a HTC Desire HD phone, I installed "Android Revolution HD" and "BlackOut Rom" to it before, I made same overclock stuff... Now my phone restarts randomly, generally while connecting mobile network, if I make it AirplaneMode and only use for wireless network connection it works (but restart sometimes too), I watched debug strings with ADB but can't find why it keeps restarting... buy the way it is not restarts when in recovery mode... So how can I understand what is wrong with my phone ? Where should I look ?, should I install a ROM from HTC to see if it is working right...