title: Backup memos from Samsung Galaxy S and restore it on a Nexus 5

text: I just bought a Nexus 5 and I'm in the process of backing up and restore all the things I need from my old Galaxy S to my new Nexus 5. One of the thing I need the most is restoring the hundreds of memos from the memo app in the Galaxy S which I belive was developed by Samsung. There's no such app in the Nexus 5 so I'm looking for a way to restore those memos on the Google Keep app but with no luck. I backed up my memos using Kies and I got a Memo.smm file. Is there a way to do restore it on the Nexus 5? Any other way?


title: Headphone is not working in MIUI

text: I have recently installed MIUI on my SONY XPERIA P. Recently I found that headphone(original and others) is not working properly. But when I tap the button (that is in the original headphone) , music is pausing or playing. That means headphone is connected. But no sound is appearing in ear piece!! How can I solve it?


title: How to use XMPP/Jabber while switching between networks?

text: When running a Jabber client what happens (or what should happen) when switching networks (or when losing connectivity and the GSM/UMTS modem reconnects)? Can a mobile Android Jabber client (e.g. Jabiru) be smart about such situations? Worst case scenario I can imagine: Client does not care, TCP (over TLS) connection to the Jabber server is lost, the Jabber status (displayed remotely) is bogus and there is a time window where messages (from buddies) are lost. I observed such a worst case for example with a stock Jabber client on a Laptop using an unreliable UMTS connection. When using a Laptop I can easily shield my Jabber session like this:   * connect via `autossh` to a system with a stable network connection and directly run `screen -Rd`   * start a console Jabber client inside `screen` Thus, when losing the mobile internet connection the connection to the Jabber server is still fine. And `autossh` automatically reconnects and re-attaches to the running screen session when a new mobile connection is up. Is a setup similar to this necessary when using Jabber on an Android device? Or are there Jabber protocol extensions for mobile clients that actually help to avoid losing messages etc. in network on/off situation (while being connected to a Jabber server)?


title: email me when a charger is connected?

text: I want to be able to leave a device with charger plugged in the socket, and have it email me (or call/text me on my another device) as soon as it gets power (ie when the charger is _technically_ or _officially_ plugged in) Scenario: I plug the device and leave it. There's no power. Power comes, the device emails/calls me.


title: "PC Sync" is disabled again in calendar after locked screen

text: I sync my contacts and events over my pc with thunderbird on it. My phone: HTC One S, Android 4.0.3 with HTC Sense 4.0 and using GO Launcher EX 2.87. Problem is that after enabled the calender checkbox to show me "PC-Sync"-data in calendar-app it does always disable this again after screen was locked. Any suggestions what is wrong here?


title: Voice Commands vs Voice Search

text: What is the difference in Voice Commands and Voice Search? Are they both by Google?


title: Why does my HTC Android phone's screen switch on and then off again?

text: The screens on my HTC Wildfire and Desire will just switch on and then off for no apparent reason.


title: Alternative ways to factory reset?

text: My Android 2.3 system my PMP3384 tablet somehow crashed so seriously that I cannot even do a factory hard reset, because I cannot get to settings, only the following message appears again and again: "Prestigio Home (process com.prestigio.android.launcher) stopped unexpectedly." Actually this comes first and then a lot of other things, like calendar I have to force closed. When I finally get to my Home screen this repeats itself. I cannot get to bootloader because I dont have got hardware volume buttons... Edit1: Oh yeah, I used it as a mass storage device before this happened. And a few power cycles before also used app2sd.


title: Problem unlocking HTC phone using their  fastboot program

text: According to HTC, my Amaze 4G is fully ready from the factory to be queried for its identifier tolken, but when I run the appropriate command, it doesn't work. I get:               $ fastboot oem get_identifier_token     ...     (bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!     OKAY [  0.010s]     finished. total time: 0.010s     $      Note that someone reported the same problem, but their phone requires updating firmware and running "RUU". You can read about that here. Same problem, different cause. Note that I did update the SDK prior to trying run fastboot - I wonder if I shouldn't have! It's worth mentioning that I called HTC and asked for help and they were of no particular assistance; "You know more about it than I do." "How do I report a bug on fastboot?" (No useful reply to that!)


title: nanddump vs fastboot

text: I have two identical phones. On one of them I've managed to corrupt the system partition and it won't boot. I have fastboot, root (on the one that boots), but I _don't_ have ClockworkMod --- my phone isn't supported. Instead I have the world's most unhelpful vendor recovery, which supports update.zip and nothing else. I'm trying to copy the system partition from the working phone to the non- working one via fastboot. But I cannot successfully reflash the partition. I always get a failure, and the only message is 'flash write failure'. I've tried erasing it first. My suspicion is that I'm somehow not taking the image from the working phone correctly and the OOB data is incorrect. I'm using busybox's nanddump to do this:               nanddump -f /sdcard/backup/mtd7 /dev/mtd/mtd7      Is this correct? The resulting image is larger than an image taken with dd, so it does appear to contain the OOB data, but fastboot won't flash it. Does fastboot require images in some exotic format?


title: Wifi auto rejoin issues on Nexus 5 / Android 4.4

text: Here's a problem I've been experiencing with my new Nexus 5: I leave my home wifi (which I was connected to). I then go to work where there is a wifi network I've previously joined. However, my Nexus 5 won't automatically rejoin the work wifi. If I go to the wifi menu and try to tell it to connect.... it does nothing. It sees the network and says it has a good strong signal, but it simply won't connect to it. If I turn airplane mode on and off (or restart the phone), it will join the work wifi. Same thing happens in reverse (leave work wifi, won't auto rejoin home wifi). Or if I just walk out of range of the wifi network and walk back into range of it. I did not have this issue on Android 4.2.2 with my Galaxy Nexus. Is there a way to fix this? Or is it some sort of software bug in Android 4.4?


title: How can I recover files from a phone that won't boot?

text: I have a Galaxy SII, and it is stuck on the boot screen. How can I recover the files on the phone?


title: Purchasing sd card will solve "insufficient memory storage" issue?

text: After unsuccesfully rooting my android 4.1.1 tab,I can't download anny apps even though I still have 4 gb of free memory on my internal storage. I've done factory resetting but it didn work,will inserting an sd card possibly resolve my concern? Can I restore apps I lost by doing this?


title: Android won't boot after accidentally uninstalling a system app

text: My android version is 4.2.2 so while I was installing an app on the system using Moborobo I think I might have accidentally removed a system app. I have checked all over the internet and I am pretty sure I don't have access to my original ROM that comes with the device. Even Clockworkmod for my device isn't available so I hadn't made any backup. I have tried to factory reset using the recovery option that came with the phone and it boots fine. When I power it off or reboot it won't start until I do another factory reset. Where do I start to fix this? I have connected the phone to ADT but I can't get the logcat to pause so that I can post the output here. Meanwhile if there is anything I can do let me know as I try to get the logcat output


title: i cant screenshot on galazy s3 mini

text: I've had the galaxy s3 mini for about two weeks and I can't take screenshots anymore, I hold down the home and power button but it just takes me to the task manager window. I also cant seem to be able to turn off or reset my phone.


title: LG G2 Lock Screen Size

text: I have an LG G2, and I feel a little dumb asking this, but I have seen a G2 with the regular pattern lock screen with the dots (3×3) spanning the whole screen, but mine is much smaller (still a 3×3 but much less space between the dots), and I can't, for the life of me find a way to change this setting. And I dont think he had an app or anything. His phone was a day old, and he hadnt really used it because it didnt work correctly, so we were replacing the phone he had with a new one. Any tips??


title: Awesome Note export

text: Does anyone know if it's possible to export notes from Awesome Note to a computer? I have some drawings in aNote that I really need to get onto a Mac. I don't really care if the note structure is lost and all I have are image files.


title: Does GooglePlay search show different results for different cities?

text: I have a few different Android apps and for some reason, one is very heavily downloaded in India and Nigeria. And the others have at least 35% US downloads. Would anyone know whether the GooglePlay search is different in different countries? Or is it the same everywhere? Thanks!


title: Why does a SyncMe shortcut run only "once"?

text: I'm trying to run SyncMe only when computer is pingable. Since the app currently is not able to work this way, I'm using Tasker and its AutoShortcut plugin. SyncMe exposes an intent/shortcut which allows to run all sync jobs for a given computer. Tasker was then configured to run such shortcut under certain conditions and every two minutes. The problem is that the shortcut will only run "once", any subsequent calls to the shortcut will not run the sync. This happens not only from within Tasker but also when adding the shortcut to home screen. When tapping the icon for the first time, UI shows up and the sync runs correctly. But if I press home button and tap it again, it will only return focus to the UI without any action being taken. The only way I could figure out to make the shortcut run again was somehow "closing" the app, for example going to home screen with the back button or removing SyncMe from recent apps, none of which seems possible from within Tasker, I think it requires rooting. _Note: this is a revised version of the question, after checking that the problem is reproducible outside Tasker, by launching the shortcut from home screen. I guess it has turned into a programming question, sorry._


title: How do I mount my Samsung galaxy s4 on ubuntu?

text: I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and have a rooted samsung galaxy s4. The s4 is still 2 software versions back since I need to unroot to update and just havent had the time or energy to do all of the work to get back to where I'm setup. I think it is 4.2.something. So when I plug my S4 into ubuntu via usb I get an error message "Unable to mount SAMSUNG_Android Error initializing camera:-60: could not lock the device" With my rooted kindle I run gMTP and that gets me access so I tried it with the S4 and it says nothing is available to connect. With my old evo I had no trouble. Even when it wasn't rooted I had access to the sd card just like any other drive being mounted. What's the deal with this s4? I do have usb debugging enabled.


title: can I install any android app on a google TV?

text: I mean "does it allow me" to install any android app. Presumably, some apps wont work (for lack of specific hardware). If it does allow me, what are the common problems ? (low-resolution, perhaps ?) I looked for this information on wikipedia and read all google-tv tagged questions here.


title: Skype and Samsung Galaxy S3 Messaging stopping working

text: I am totally new to Android Enthusiasts so I apologise if this question has already been answered. I recently downloaded Skype for Android on my Galaxy S3. However, I found that my Samsung Messaging no longer worked. I ended up having to uninstall Skype and do a factory reset on my phone. Now I need to install Skype again, because I am mobile only, my parents have skype on their PC, and don't want to pay for calls. I have 33 hours free talk time and unlimited internet usage on my phone, so it seems like the best option. However, I am worried that if I install it again, my messaging will not work again, and I will lose everything if I have to do yet another factory reset. Has anybody else had this problem with Skype and messaging, and if so, is there a workaround? I have Android 4.1.2 and I downloaded Skype from Google Apps. Thanks!


title: Can I use usb OTG for serial connection between nexus 7 and Arduino?

text: I got myself an OTG cable for Nexus 7, which works just fine. Now, I am wondering if I can connect the Nexus 7 with my Arduino for serial communication between the two.


title: Fail to connect to ADB Wifi when device goes to idle state?

text: I am connecting to my Android phone with ADB WiFi (no USB plugged in). However, whenever my device goes to sleep, I am losing connection and unable to reconnect. In what I am trying to do, I need to have the screen off. And this is why I am using wake lock to keep CPU awake while device is idling. However, even with wake lock and wifi lock, I am still having the same problem. Does anyone know how can I connect to ADB over wifi in this situation? or connect while screen is off?


title: MTP Driver fails to install for CM 10.1 on Samsung Galaxy Note II

text: The nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Samsung Galaxy Note II was just released. I have been using CM on my devices since the G1 (ADP1) days so I decided to give it a try. I have only had 2 issues so far. (Bluetooth is wonky but I don't use it very often)   1. Lack of support for ExFAT. This was easily worked around by converting my SDCard to FAT32. While I wish there was support for ExFAT, I doubt there ever will be since it is a propitary format that was licensed to Samsung.   2. Unable to successfully install the MTP drivers (Windows 7). I have tried rebooting, uninstalling the "existing" drivers and rebooting. Nothing seems to allow the driver to successfully install.  It goes through the entire process of installing the driver. It even downloads it from Microsoft Update after I uninstall the existing driver. But it will not successfully install. ![MTP USB Device: Failed](http://i.stack.imgur.com/LLJma.png)


title: Paste number into Dialer

text: Is it possible to paste a number into the dialer? (or get another dialer that has this feature). I have Android 2.2 (HTC Desire HD)


title: Rooted Kindle Fire HDX 7 - can't get voice recognition or contacts

text: I have working Google Play and Amazon App store and most apps work from google, but I can't figure out how get the voice recognition to work or the contacts service. ..I've looked for hours and hours for the answers :/ Questions: 1 - Is there an alternative voice recognition engine for android devices? ..all voice apps seem to use the google engine. 2- Does anyone know how to get google voice recognition to install on a rooted kindle hdx 7? 3 - Is there any way to get contacts to work ..many apps that call the contacts.apk crash before I can really use them ..facebook, for example.


title: music/pictures dowloading problem in Galaxy S2

text: I simply cannot download anything from the web. E.g Music, photos, videos etc While I touch to the option "save as" or "download" a box written "downloading" appears, and then it stops I cannot find anything in my mobile whatever I downloaded and my "Downloads" always remains empty Im finding to way out of this, but I can't If you have any idea about it, kindly tell me what to do. Thanks.


title: Set up portrait video output from Galaxy Nexus

text: I know that I can hook up my Galaxy Nexus up to my TV, but I'm not able to change the orientation from landscape to portrait. Is there a setting I'm missing? Or is there a way to do this if my phone is rooted?


title: Do I need root to flash a ROM onto a Samsung device?

text: Just for my curiosity, do I need to have root on a Samsung device to flash a ROM onto it with Odin/Heimdall? My device is already rooted (by means of an exploit), but if this is true, one could root by flashing a custom ROM that is already rooted instead of using an exploit.


title: What is the /config file in the android root directory used for?

text: In the `/` directory of an android device is a file called config what is this file used for? I am assuming it is used for configuration files and other things but my Google searching has not been able to turn up anything useful. When I look in the file (on rooted device), it is empty! Are the files hidden? Or is there nothing there? thanks


title: Cyanogen mod 7.2.0 keyboard backlight not working properly

text: I have recently rooted my phone (HTC Desire Z A.K.A. Vision) and installed Cyanogen 7.2.0. I have noticed that my keyboard and softkeys backlight no longer work properly. What used to be the case: The backlight of the softkeys lit up when turning on the screen. The backlight of the keyboard lit up when "sliding" open my phone. After dimming both sets of buttons would come back to life at use. What is the case now: The backlight of the softkeys only turns on when I manually adjust the brightness of the screen. The same applies for the keyboard backlight but only when the phone is "open". Does anyone know a fix for this problem?


title: How to change my Androids physical phone number to my Google Voice number?

text: I have been looking all over for something about this and can't find anything. What I'm trying to do is take my disconnected Android device and change the physical phone number to my Google Voice number so it will pick up texts and what not. I need to do this because my phone will not install Google Voice...probably because it's rooted and my custom ROM is not compatible. My other problem is: I tried Whatsapp and they need a phone number to send you a text to confirm the phone...WELL when my phone got deactivated by my carrier (Cricket), they take your number away and change it to a number that's not even a real number with area code 555...which doesn't exist. Kind of in a jam here.. All I want to be able to do is send text messages through wifi without a phone data plan/activation. If there is an app out there that doesn't require a phone number to use and the receiver of my text messages do not need the same app to communicate, that would be great! Here's to wishful thinking lol. Any help would be much appreciated :) Thanks


title: Why does Hangouts give my contacts a different # when starting from Voice?

text: Sometimes a texting conversation on android hangouts says my friend's number is something I've never seen before - a 678 number. I think this occurs when I began the conversation using my desktop chrome google voice. Is this a know issue?


title: Rooted Galaxy Nexus GSM silently fails to reflash/erase - Unable to wipe and its rebooting continiously

text: I have been struggling for a week. Searching all though the internet. My Galaxy Nexus has suddenly stopped working. It is continuously rebooting. Its rooted but has stock rom 4.3. My problem is, I thought of wipe everything and do a fresh flash and I started with fastboot commands. So I ran all the commands below:               fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primelc04.img     fastboot reboot-bootloader          fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.img     fastboot reboot-bootloader      Both went well with out errors and OKAY for all erasing, sending and writing. This was taking endless time.               fastboot -w update image-yakju-jwr66y.zip      So, I disconnected. And now: I am unable to Flash or wipe partitions or even a single file (from fastboot or recovery screens - wherever applicable)!!! I am not able to erase and do a fresh install. The height of the situation is when recovery is falking me showing that the files and folders are deleted, but after a reboot all files and folders which I just deleted are coming up in list! Moreever, when I do a `./fastboot oem lock` (the bootloader screen shows that the lock status is locked) and do a reboot, the lock status again turns UNLOCKED! I tried to flash the latest TWRP.               fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-maguro.img     fastboot reboot-bootloader      Its showing successs. But when I run it after reboot, its my earlier version 2.6 of twrp shows up! I am not sure what is causing this! but please help me recover my device.


title: 4.1.1 to 4.3 via Odin on n7100

text: Does flashing Offical but different baseband Rom matter? I have Galaxy Note 2 with m9del like n7100xxalj2. I want to update this to 4.3 via Odin using a Rom with a different baseband Rom. The Rom is Offical, not made by a 3rd party, so is it safe to flash this Rom?


title: Problem playing Google Voice Messages

text: When ever I play a Google voice call message on my Nexus 5 once I put the phone to my ear the message stops. In some cases just putting the phone close to my face(not touching) cause it to stop the playback as well. My only workaround so far has been to put phone on a flat surface and basically listen to the message that way. Has anyone run into this issue?


title: Locking Emails on Samsung Galaxy S3

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I use the build-in Email application to access my email from my internet service provider (so this is NOT gmail, outlook etc.). I am often on the road and I need access to my emails. However, I want to maintain the confidentially of the emails i.e. I don't want anyone else to open and read my emails. I know I can lock my phone but I prefer to only lock the email application. In this scenario, I have no problem with anyone accessing my phone and looking at photos etc. It is just that I don't want them to have access to my emails. Is there a way to lock the email application only so that if I want to access my emails, I will have to provide a password etc. The emails I am referring to above are business emails, so I need to keep most of them confidential.


title: Emulate Full Battery Charge

text: Now before you guys disvote this question, let me explain. I've been messing with lithium polymer batteries for 8 years (I work in a shop repairing electronics) and I have studied the behavior of Lithium Polymer batteries. It kinda bugs me when my phone automatically shuts down when battery level is said to be 0%. In these moments I usually am finishing almost done watching a video or writing up a text to someone and my phone completely interrupts all operations and shuts down. I know for a fact that as when it shuts down there still is enough power left to run the phone for another 4 emergency minutes. Is there a way I can emulate the operating system into thinking I have a higher percentage of power left so that it wouldn't shut down right away? I know this sounds risky, but I am aware of what's really happening here. My system is Nexus 4 running android 4.4 (fully rooted).


title: No sliding (gesture typing) feature in Google Keyboard for Ukrainian language

text: I can't type words via "sliding through letters" in Google Keyboard when Ukrainian language is chosen. Is it OK? What may be the reason? No "sliding" support specifically for Ukrainian language? I have Moto G with Android KitKat. I tried on both 2.0... and 3.0... versions of Google Keyboard...


title: Install/Update Apps gives "Insufficient Storage Available" error, although I already cleared the cache and other data

text: Whenever I update some app(listed below), I am getting this Error. Insufficient Storage available. I have a Sony Xperia ZR. I have about 3.46 GB free. And the application I am trying to updates are in MBs. I have 4.3 Jellybeans installed I tried   1. I installed App Cache Cleaner App, and cleaned all the cache. Didn't help.   2. I deleted the app data for all those apps, whose updates weren't getting installed.   3. I connected my device to computer. I deleted all the data in Android/data folder. Didn't help   4. I uninstalled all the big apps, didn't help   5. I unistalled whatsapp(which was one app in the list), and tried to reinstall it couldn't reinstall it. I have not rooted my phone, which I don't want to do, as I my phone is still under warranty. But I very troubled. Please help The list of apps I am not able to get updates for Google Chrome, Google Search Google Drive, Facebook, Youtube, Whatsapp, Xperia Link


title: Copied files folder structure via usb not showing properly in Gallery (moto-g + Kitkat)

text: I have recently purchased and updated my mogo-g(16gb) with Kitkat. When I copied some photos, songs & videos on my mobile via USB, the files not showing properly as per their folder structure in mobile Gallery. Please suggest if you have any solution to it (Files structure totally looks distorted in Gallery). Thanks.


title: How to transfer files from an Android phone to a Ubuntu PC by using a USB cable?

text: Im completely new user and inexpert. I made a video with the phone. How do l transfer it to an ubuntu pc? I plugged in the usb cable but apparenntly my pc does not see the phone. Thanks for help


title: whatsapp muted group- shows up in notification bar

text: i use a Samsung GalaxyNote 3- I have a group on whatsapp which I have muted- but it still shows up in the notification bar (when messages are received on that group). Is there a way to show only unmuted groups and unmuted single messages in notification bar and filter out muted group messages? Thanks a lot!


title: Issue with woman's voice reading out the txt on my AT&T LG2

text: Someone help me, please?! I've got that obnoxious woman from the navigation app as a personal announcer of everything I view online. Idk what setting I accidentally activated or app I downloaded that started these shenanigans, but now, she's reading out everything I click on (even announcing that I clicked on the button!) and everything on the page that loads on both browser & chrome. HELP! HOW DO I MAKE HER SHUT UP?! JUST STFU, LADY!!!


title: Issues selecting text in Chrome 34

text: I'm trying to use the javascript text editor at http://codemirror.net. Normally, I can long tap on any text to bring up a selection that I can modify and copy/cut/paste. However, long tapping in the editor only brings up paste and won't let me select. Obviously not being able to copy/paste in an editor is a severe limitation. How can I force Android to let me select? Is there perhaps some alternative way of inducing a selection besides long tap? Update:I have discovered that I can select by using shift+arrow keys, but this is _slow_ , and I can't shift+tap at the end point, that doesn't work.


title: Text messaging application disappeared

text: I have Samsung S Duos Ice cream Sand witch(4.1.2) loaded in it.I can't see my Text messaging app and also the icon in my phone for past two days.I am unable to get new messages also.I did not hide the application.Since it is one of the system application you can't uninstall.Is it any problem in the operating system to hide Messaging ?


title: Can't install apps

text: im new and i am having a problem: After i connected my huwawei to my laptop, I wasn't able to use apps on my sd-card. So i deleted the whole memory of the sd-card and tried to download the apps agian. But when i tried to download and install apps for google play store, it wasn't able to install apps, while the downloading is doeing good. for who want to know the details: i got a huwawei g510-0100 with android-version 4.1.1 with a samsung 4 gb sd-card. however, the sd-card was working fine for like half a year so that it is samsung is not the problem. hope you can help me.


title: Unable to view pictures on the Twitter app while using specific Wi-Fi

text: I am using Motorola Moto G with KitKat 4.4.2. I can use the Twitter app from my home Wi-Fi or mobile data without any issue. But when I connect the Wi-Fi of my friend's home, I can't load images from the Twitter app. Since it is my friend's home network, there is no restriction over using any social networking site. What can be the issue here? Is there any settings for Wi-Fi or in the Twitter app or so? I am facing this issue since I have purchased it (the last week). See the screenshots below: ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/LyQEFm.png) ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ArgXDm.png)


title: Printing documents from secure online system w/ controlled page breaks?

text: We use an online system where you can log in with a username and password and gain access to printable documents. The online system uses CSS rules, so that if you are viewing it on the screen it has certain features that are not included in the printout. Also, it has page break rules so that it can repeat the logo on every page and say Page 2 of 3, etc. This works great on a laptop, but I want to use Android. I've seen tablet multiple print solutions.   * Some of them ignore the print styling, which is bad because then the page breaks based on the length of the content instead of the instructions of the online system.   * Some of them use an outside app which separately fetches the content, which doesn't work because like I said it is behind a login, and the cookies are not transferred to the other app. (for good reason) Is there a print solution for Android that does not suffer these types of problems? Can you outline   * What Android versions would be necessary?   * What types of printers would be needed? Also, keep in mind this is a mobile solution. I can either physically plug in the printer or connect the printer to the same WiFi hot spot, or Bluetooth, or something else you suggest.


title: LG Optimus 2X ICS Rom

text: I came across a rom that i would like to try out on my LG Optimus 2X P990, but the xda page i found isn't for that phone. Any ideas on where i can download it? the rom is called: [Rom] FB Jellybean Fusion Beta 3.2.2 [ICS | Fast][Jellybean Features & Theme] Link to xda for the version not for my phone: http://forum.xda- developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828606


title: Is there a TODO app with nested todo lists?

text: There's a sea of todo apps out there, with all kinds of bells and whistles. I only need one feature: nested lists. I should be able to start with a general goal ("finish that course") and specify it further ("buy course literature", "turn in homework", "prepare bribes" etc) without cluttering the main list. Is there any app with this feature? Except for that, I just want it to be simple. I don't need alarms, due dates, syncing, colors, etc.


title: "My Calendar" and "PC Sync" -- How to Delete?

text: These two (empty) calendars appear in the list of calendars inside the stock calendar app (at least on HTC Sense setups). I'm not entirely sure what they are but they are both unused and cluttering things up. I know I can hide them but is there anyway to just make them gone? When I select Remove Calendars, they don't show up in the list. Why would anyone want to sync a calendar to a PC anyway? That's the big advantage to a cloud calendar like Google's... More Information: I have installed HTC's desktop Sync app (not for syncing, for development related things).


title: Prevent Browser From Obscuring Page

text: The default browser (at least on HTC Sense) has this annoying habit of sliding the address bar down over the top portions of websites while the page is loading. After the page loads, the address bar is still there but it doesn't cover anything anymore. This is particularly annoying on sites like stackoverflow where it perfectly covers the top navigation area. Any way to make it stop? More Information: I wasn't aware of this before but this behavior is due to the fact that the phone's status bar decides to make itself visible while a page is loading. The amount of page covered is equal to the height of the status bar. This has to be a bug. Either the status bar isn't supposed to become visible or the height calculations don't take it into account -- the page needs to be shifted down by address_bar_height + status_bar_height.


title: Are there any ways to prevent 'com.htc.bg force close' issues?

text: I have a HTC Legend, and on occasion, I get an error "Process com.htc.bg has stopped unexpectedly". According to other forums, this _could_ be caused by issues with internet connectivity relating to updating Facebook contacts. I have removed the syncing of Facebook all together (only syncs when I force it to), but I am still getting these errors. Has anyone else worked out what is causing these issues, and how to resolve it? The processing crashing is usually just a popup, the process restarts ok without any issue, but on occasion the entire thing locks up, restarts, or the home screen reloads (as if coming from a restart)


title: Installing G2X firmware on the LG P990 O2X?

text: I saw that EaglesBlood released a pre-alpha of Jelly Bean for the P999. Is it possible to make this boot on the O2X P990? I live in Europe.


title: How to make "poor man's roaming" by proxying cell calls to SIP or Skype?

text: What applications should I use to make the Android device to forward calls from cell network to SIP or Skype and back? One device ("Home") is expected to be left at home, serving as proxy; other device ("Travel") is just using data connection to connect to the first device, so it works like this:   1. Someone is calling you using cell network.   2. Home device receives the call and calls Travel using SIP.   3. Travel device sees the incoming SIP call.   4. You answer the call.   5. Home device is proxying between SIP and cell network for you until you drop the call. How to do it? How to workaround greedy cell providers?


title: How do I uninstall an application?

text: If I want to completely uninstall an application from the home screen or list of applications; how do I do it?


title: Where are custom kernels being flashed to in internal memory?

text: I've unzipped zip files for custom kernels and noticed that the majority of the files that are being applied are in a /kernel folder. However that folder is unlisted when listing the root directories using both Root Explorer and ES File Explorer. Where is this /kernel folder?


title: How do I change the home screen's Email icon to go to GMail instead of the default Email app on the Samsung Galaxy S?

text: On the bottom of the home screen there is an icon for EMail. I don't ever want to use the default Email app. I only use GMail and would rather use the Google GMail app. How do I change where the icon goes and how do I remove/disable the other app? ![att captivate home screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6Ma1I.jpg) at&t Captivate (Galaxy S) Android 2.1


title: How to root a Samsung Spica

text: How do I go about rooting my Samsung Spica?


title: How can I upload photos from my Android (4.1) to Picasa without resizing to 2048 resolution?

text: I am paying for additional storage, so the storage limit doesn't concern me. I would like to upload full-resolution pics from my phone to my Picasa albums, but when I choose to upload a picture from my Android to a Picasa album, the picture ends up being resized to 2048 pixel max resolution. Is there any way to disable this or bypass it without using something like Dropbox instead? Using Nexus S running Jelly Bean.


title: How to avoid expensive roaming fees when going abroad with my Android?

text: Usually I like to bring my Android phone with me when going abroad. But I use it very carefully because I know that it is very expensive to consume data traffic and roaming fees, when I'm abroad. How do I best use my Android without getting expensive bills when coming home again? Is there any specific settings that I should do? Any good applications or other tips that can be useful when going abroad?


title: How do you remove pre-installed apps on a rooted phone?

text: I have a rooted Nexus One and want to remove some of the pre-installed applications, like Amazon MP3, for example. What is the best way to do this?


title: Google Play Market hangs

text: I've just updated to Android 4.3, OTA. Now when I try to start Google Play, it hangs. Here is a part of log:               07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.layout.play.PlayTabContainer.onPageScrolled(PlayTabContainer.java:120)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.activities.TabbedBrowseFragment.onPageScrolled(TabbedBrowseFragment.java:462)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.activities.TabbedBrowseFragment.rebindViews(TabbedBrowseFragment.java:345)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.fragments.PageFragment.onDataChanged(PageFragment.java:256)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.activities.TabbedBrowseFragment.onDataChanged(TabbedBrowseFragment.java:296)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.api.model.DfeModel.notifyDataSetChanged(DfeModel.java:100)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.api.model.PaginatedList.onResponse(PaginatedList.java:370)     07-31 09:27:47.683: E/AndroidRuntime(20321):    at com.google.android.finsky.api.DfeRequest.deliverResponse(DfeRequest.java:488)      I am totally locked! What can I do to enter Google Play?!


title: FeatVPN - Setup Failed

text: I was using Feat VPN, when suddenly it wouldn't connect anymore. I uninstalled the app and wiped its data, then tried to reinstall it and run the set-up. However it stopped and failed on TUN Device Start 2 of 2. I then checked the log on the app. It showed 'uncaught.exception.java.lang.illegalargumentexception`. I also checked other forums and tutorials. They said check my `/dev/tun` file and make sure that its permission is set to `rw-rw----` and ownership to `uses= system` and `group=vpn`. I did and it was already set to said permissions. My brother and I have the same phone model. I tried to look for `/dev/tun` (hoping that I could copy/paste to my phone), but his phone doesn't have a tun file. However, he also uses Feat VPN. Can someone explain to me what is happening? My phone runs on Android ICS 4.0.4. LOGCAT: http://pastebin.com/Zd97gecr


title: Samsung Galaxy Ace - Sim card detection

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace android 2.3.7 with cyanogen mod-7-20130301-nightly-cooper version. It is not detecting the SIM card. Is it a problem due to Cyanogen mod or something else?


title: Advanced searching in Play app store?

text: It is not easy to find good apps. Is it possible with some other app website to only search within apps (list apps) that have at least 500k downloads and at least 10k reviews? Something like make the Play store a database of app names with columns for reviewcount and downloadcount and do SQL commands with where clauses?


title: Enable usb debugging mode from adb under clockworkmode "Broken digitizer"

text: My friend brought me a Xtreamer Q mobile phone with broken screen, clockworkmode is working, but USB debugging mode is disabled, I found some posts about how to enable it from adb i tried them and none of them worked. here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13326806/enable-usb-debugging-through- clockworkmod-with-adb and from this tutorial i learnt how to edit build.prop file. http://www.modaco.com/topic/328943-quick-guide-to-modifying-buildprop-with- adb/ the commands i have used are: adb pull, adb remount, adb push. While i was under clockworkmode i mounted system and i pulled build.prop then i added this line to it persist.service.adb.enable=1, used remount then pushed the file after that reboot, but i couldn't find the device in adb when it have booted normaly. Next i tried to set adb_enabled to 1 in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db by following some steps from here ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507 and it also didn't worked "The device was not listed". Also i have tried this zip file from clockworkmode it didn't work too... Install adb enabled setting from zip **My phone do not support USB org cable** my files after editing: https://www.mediafire.com/?1q13igpc981vydu


title: How can I log out in com2us' Tower Defense application?

text: I use com2us' Tower Defense application. How can I log out of my account?


title: can't uninstall app

text: My Samsung Galaxy Mega with Android 4.2.2 will not allow me to uninstall am app (Gravity Screen 1.80.8) even when I stop its running service. When I select it from downloaded apps the Stop and Uninstall buttons are greeted out even after waiting for over a minute. How may I remove it?


title: How to stop Chrome from causing Download folder to reappear in gallery?

text: Wanting to exclude the `Download` from being scanned by the **Gallery** application, i do as required, and create a:               .nomedia      file in the `Download` folder. That correctly causes the `Download` folder to vanish from **Gallery**. And all is well. ## But then If i **Save** an image from Chrome, the `Download` folder reappears in **Gallery**. This coincides with Chrome adding a special file to the `Download` folder:               ic.bin      ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Za4Bw.png) Deleting the `ic.bin` file does not cause the folder to disappear from Gallery. Deleting, and **re** -adding the `.nomedia` file to the `Download` folder **does** cause the `Download` folder to vanish from **Gallery**. i could ask this a number of alternate ways:   * how do i **_really_** prevent a folder from being scanned by **Gallery**?   * how do i deny file creation permission of a file called `ic.bin` in the `Download` folder?   * how do i deny file creation permission of a file called `ic.bin` in _any_ folder?   * how do i stop Chrome from creating an `ic.bin` file in the **Download** folder?   * how do i stop the `Download` folder from reappearing in **Gallery**?   * how do i prevent Chrome from causing the `Download` folder from reappearing in the **Gallery**? What i'm really asking is, _"How do i exclude a folder from the **Gallery**?"_, given that `.nomedia` doesn't always work. > Nexus 4   >  Android version: 4.2.1


title: Is there a simple way to undo an app update?

text: I'd like to revert to the previous version and stick with that permanently. Is that possible? I have Beautiful Widgets installed, and had it set to auto-update. It just did, and the 'update' is totally unacceptable. I've got several devices, all rooted and running different versions of Android. Some have auto-updated the APK to the new version, some have not (I just disabled auto-update on those that have not).


title: my samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100 totally formatted or wiped. how to fix it. How to install new ROM

text: internal sd card also formatted. external sd card also formatted. rooted successfully, installed CWM recovery successfully but there is a problem while installing new ROM. how to fix it.


title: Update Galaxy Nexus from 4.2.2 to 4.3 while keeping files and root

text: I have a rooted GNex with stock kernel and stock ROM. Device is only rooted, CWM installed and unlocked bootloader. I received the OTA update yesterday but haven't tried to apply it since I have a custom recovery installed. You should also know that I removed a file called recovery-from-boot.p to avoid the stock recovery from getting reflashed following the indications in this thread http://www.droidforums.net/forum/galaxy-nexus-development/189062-using-rom- manager-only-way-boot-into-clockwork-mod-recovery.html I'd like to apply the OTA without losing my data and possibly not root. Losing root is not such a big problem but if you know a way of installing the 4.3 update from CWM without losing data then I'd be so thankful!


title: Options darked in JOdin3 Casual

text: I am trying to root my phone using JOdin3(as Odin does not work on Linux). But some options are darked out as shown in the image below. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8k2Kn.png) I need to select Auto reboot and F reset time for continuing.What should I do? Also my phone goes into charging mode(shows the green charging bar) quickly after going into odin mode, so I'm unable to do anything. I had to use `Odin` tag because there is no `JOdin` tag.Please change it if you think it would be appropriate


title: How to find only SD card movable applications on the market?

text: As I do not have more free space on my HTC Desire, I am interested only in applications which can be moved to the SD card. How to find them on the market (via web interface, or on the device, does not matter) ?


title: Android applications automatically turning on when wifi is toggled on

text: First of all, I have permission management installed on my custom rom and this prevents apps from randomly starting up during boot. However, I have noticed that this is not enough to prevent some applications from running when my wifi is turned on. Why is this a problem? I found my Android seems to lag for a few seconds whilst the wifi is being turned on. So I went searching for a solution but there doesn't appear to be anything other than to use a different set of applications. I think the problem might have something to do with connectivity monitoring (http://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/connectivity- monitoring.html & http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7094606/android-stop- start-service-depending-on-wifi-state). Even after choosing to force stop the application, when I turn on the wifi, the app starts again. I noticed that even the Youtube app does this, although it is less obvious as there are no services running on the services tab. One of my apps does have a service running in the background and was the key reason why I decided it was time to ask if there was a solution to prevent applications from running except when I choose to open them. Has anyone found any solutions to this problem yet?


title: Issue with Touchpal Contacts

text: I just downloaded the Touchpal Contacts app to my Galaxy Nexus (ICS). Under `Settings->Contacts and Lists`, I have 'Contacts without phone' unchecked, and, indeed, the contacts displayed are only those with phone numbers associated with them. Yet, when I use the provided search bar to find contacts, it brings up all contacts even those without phone numbers. Any advice? If it's relevant, my contacts are coming from Google Contacts.


title: Can I use (via wifi only) my original VZW Droid without a voice or data plan?

text: I have a situation similar to Can I use an Android phone without an Internet access plan? but with one key difference, I don't even want to use it as a phone. Just a PDA. I have an original VZW droid, the phone powers up and I can start apps etc; however, I cannot even connect to WiFi (it tries and fails with an error that just says unable to connect, try again). Is this a limitation of the phone being **_not_** activated? I used to use this phone as my every day driver, but I've since upgraded to a new phone, but would still like to use this droid as a wifi web browser around the house.


title: Can I put an HTC flip clock on the lock screen?

text: I have an HTC One X and it has the typical HTC flip-clock/weather widget loud and proud on the home screen. I don't really want it there because it's a bit bulky but it would be nice on the lock screen for when I'm just taking my phone out my pocket to check the time? Is this possible? I can find setting to customise the clock on the lock screen but, for some reason, the only clock that list doesn't include is the flip-clock I'm after!


title: Enabling Wi-Fi disables 3G service  (ZTE Warp running Shinjitsu 1.5b)

text: I just started using this ZTE Warp (on Boost Mobile) yesterday. I rooted and ROM'd it with Clockwork Mod and Shinjitsu 1.5b (1.5.1c and 1.5.1c-beta2 did not work, for some reason). Everything is pretty awesome so far, but whenever I enable Wi-Fi, I lose all 3G service - not just data, I can't send or receive calls or texts - the phone says 'No Service'. Any ideas? I'm pretty new to Android.


title: In Samsung Galaxy S3 mini TalkBack is always speaking when switching home screens

text: From one day to the next, TalkBack started to tell me on which home screen I am. It is always using the Google voice, even if I set it to Samsung TTS. Texts:   * Page 2 of 5. (German pronunciation)   * Der Ordner ist geöffnet.   * Der Ordner ist geschlossen. (My locale is German) TalkBack was switched of before and when I go to settings, the text entry of TalkBack reads "off". When I enter into the TalkBack settings however the slider is switched to "on". Switching it of does not help as it always stays on but displaying off in the textual list view. My next try was deactivating the TalkBack app completely. This did not solve the problem either. Is there a setting I do not know about or another trick I could try?


title: Allowing restricted accounts to use gmail/hangouts

text: I'm pondering deploying a fleet of nexus 7 tablets, but I'm running into a few hiccups on managing the fleet. I would like to do the following:   * Use multiple restricted accounts on each tablet   * Allow access to the browser   * Block google play store (easy enough with restricted accounts)   * Allow each account access to individual gmail/hangouts for communication (not an option with restricted accounts - as it appears it is blocked and uses the primary user's info) Is there any work around to allow restricted accounts to access gmail/hangouts? Thanks,


title: USB tethering: Allow only wifi

text: I want to connect my computer to my wifi network. As it does not have a wifi module I use my phone (Nexus 4, Android 4.4.2) to tether its wifi connection via USB. When my phone looses the connection to the wifi or I forget to turn it on when I come home my computer uses up my phones mobile data, which I obviously don't like. So the question is: Is there a (native?) way to limit USB tethering to the wifi connection?


title: Samsung to PC Cut and Paste Video Lost on PTP transfer

text: I cut and pasted the 'camera folder' to my laptop from my samsung tablet. I used PTP. All my photos have been copied over which is great but the videos didnt. I went back to the tablet and they are not on their either. Have I lost them? Can I get any restore software or is this not possible because I cut and paste to another device? Thanks


title: How can I create a Wi-Fi hotspot without sharing the internet connection with clients

text: Is it possible to create a personal Wi-Fi hotspot, but without sharing the Internet connection? I don't want to disable the internet connectivity on the hotspot completely, just prevent any clients connecting to it from being able to access the Internet. The purpose would be transferring files, local multiplayer games, etc. I know there is "Wi-Fi Direct" but some devices (e.g. my Nexus 4) aren't able to be connected with more than one device. Is there a way to do this on Android? 3rd-party apps would be fine as well.


title: Samsung Apps not working

text: I am having problems with a Galaxy Tab3 accessing the Samsung app store. When i try to open Samsung apps i get a popup saying "Service unavailable (1009)" then the app has a page saying "Unable to find your location" I have tried clearing the application data and have done a factory reset, I also created a new account and did a factory reset and still get the same error, i can logon to apps.samsung.com in a browser ok.


title: How to unpack boot.img so that I can edit it?

text: I have extracted boot.img from android box firmware. I want to edit boot.img, I used android Kitchen start.bat command and followed the instructions. After executing the command, it gives error Please help me to unpack boot.img               Android Magic not found in boot.img. Giving up.          ******kernel and ramdisk extracted!******     * Kernel is the "boot.img-kernel" file  *     *       Ramdisk is on gzip + cpio       *     * YOU CAN ONLY EDIT RAMDISK ON LINUX    *     * original img backed up as oldboot.img *     *****************************************


title: Can Android prevent using your last credit?

text: Is there a setting that warns you or prevents you from using your last credit? For example when you are low on credit, but want to prevent yourself from using all of your credit. This way you wouldn't get into a crisis situation unable to call for help. Does such a setting or feature exist in android?


title: Stopping Dolphin Browser Mini from reloading (Question about memory and cache)

text: After opening certain amount of pages in Dolphin Browser Mini (and I think Dolphin HD), the browser dismesses pages from memory as described here: Can I make the browser stop autmatically refreshing pages that haven't been displayed for a while? The page includes a solution, which is using Swapper 2. Can anyone please explain how it works (not technically but the general idea) / what is it's limitations? I was thinking of getting a 2GB tablet, since I thought it would be necessary for "multitasking", but this solution seems to work flawlessly for this problem and 2GB of RAM could be totally unnecessary, and hence the question.


title: CHarge port replaced-computer dont recognize

text: Hi i recently took my samsung galaxy 2 to a place that sells phones and service and also repairs them. Well i took it there because my charge port was not charging anymore so he said he could replace it for 65 dollars, well now it will not even connect to the computer at all any computer doesnt not matter i have tried everything. since it doesnt respond to my computer or any computer i wont be able to root my phone will i? And also is it even possible for the port he put on to not do data transfer only charge??


title: How to install an application from Google Play on Nexus phone with USB cord?

text: I want to install an application on my Nexus 5 phone from https://play.google.com with USB. How can I do it? I do not want to use WiFi of mobile internet, I want to install an app with USB. When I click "Install" button in the application page, it says that application will be installed and immediately after that it says that an application is installed. But it is not.


title: how do I setup notification rules for email in my exchange inbox?

text: At my company, I get WAY too much email to endure notification on ALL items. But maybe Boss and team emails are worth getting interupted for. (then again maybe not!) I don't see a way to do this yet. I'm on 2.2 with an HTC Evo (powered by the speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon!) BG: I've been a stack overflow fan for years (and don't like PhBB that much), and Just got my android Phone. I'd like to help this site get better.


title: Is there any way to move apps to my SD with Android 2.1?

text: Is there any possible way to move apps to my SD card on my Droid Eris? I keep getting that low memory icon in my notification bar and its really annoying. I'm running Android 2.1


title: Sms ringtones type of file i have to use

text: Today i downloaded some .mp3 short files...But when i try to add them as SMS ringtones it tell me that "This is wrong type of file" In what type should i download those files so i can be able to add them as Sms ringtones? My device is a Xperia X8


title: adb "CreateProcess Failure, error 5"

text: When I want to test an app in Eclipse (in an AVD), it throws out the following:               The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.     You must restart adb and Eclipse.     Please ensure that adb is correctly located at 'C:\Users\[...]\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe' and can be executed.      The problem is, the file is actually there and CAN be executed. When I open cmd and go to that path and type " **adb start-server** ", I get following error message:               * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *     CreateProcess failure, error 5     * failed to start daemon *      After a reboot, process kill, reinstalling Eclipse and all SDKs, trying without antivirus, the problem still persists. I've also looked up the port 5037, which is not blocked by any program.


title: Issues getting screenshots in emulator. parts of screen missing

text: Hello I am wondering if anyone has ever experienced this problem. I am trying to take screenshots of my app (or any app that I have tried) in the emulator. When I take a screenshot quite frequently part of the screen is corrupt / missing, like shown below, it can happen anywhere on the screen not just on the keyboard. If when using `monitor` to take the screenshot I can refresh and it make work and take a proper picture or another area of the screen may then get the problem blank area. ![Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/cjpNeazm.png)   Example screenshot (click image for larger variant) I am using android-sdk_r22.6.2-linux on Ubuntu Trusty 14.04. My emulated device is Nexus 4, 4.4.2, ARM cpu and any skin, no emulation options. I have tried taking screenshots via `monitor` and `adb` but result in the same issue as seen in screenshot above. Does anyone know how to fix this or am I going to have to take an ubuntu screenshot and crop to the android screen?


title: Any way yo install Drivers for USB On the go?

text: How can we install Drivers for Android for USB On-The-Go? is that Possible?


title: Show Fullscreen Portrait Layout with Miracast

text: I'm trying to display my phone's screen on a monitor. Landscape works correctly but when I flip to portrait the screen fills a small portion in the middle of the screen instead of changing orientation. I plan to turn the monitor sideways to display the device screen and lock it in portrait. Has anyone come up with a way to change the orientation? I'm using the netgear ptv3000. I'm considering purchasing the allsharecast hub, but I'm not certain that will work either. Thanks!! ![current portrait layout](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kXh6o.jpg)


title: How can i forward USB OTG to Chrooted Ubuntu?

text: I have install ubuntu through an App from the Google Play, Now i have Ubuntu Through Chroot in a Command-Line, Now how can i make this Chrooted Ubuntu Detect USB Devices, For Example, i want to plug a Keyboard, or whatever Device, i dont want Android to use it, i want the Chrooted Ubuntu to Use it. Also Can we mount Internal Devices such as Wi-Fi into the Chrooted Ubuntu? I Want to make it such as a Mini PC


title: Install CWM on Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-9100M)

text: I already soft bricked my Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-9100M two times (the M is important, it's Virgin/Bell Canada's version) when trying to install clockworkmod recovery (CWM) on it. First time I think I flashed "GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9" file via "Odin3 v1.85" (have two tars sitting here, could have been the other one), found at some Youtube video. My phone was previously rooted via framaroot. Second time I tried GalaxyS2Recovery.zip from this page. Both of the times the phone could not go through a normal boot procedure, so I had to go into download mode and flash Samsung original image (which I got from sammobile.com). **The phone is now working fine.** If it helps, I was able to flash Jeboo kernel, as suggested in some other tutorial, but it may have been overwritten when installing the original firmware (not sure how Odin works to that level of detail). It did not seem to help flash any of the clockworkmod recoveries I tried. Did I miss any steps? Is it simply not possible to flash CWM for Canadian version of this phone? Another thing - most of the CWM images are ZIP files, and Odin needs TARs. Is there a better flashing program that works with ZIPs? Or is it possible to convert ZIP -> TAR? I was getting ZIPs from https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager. I also tried ROM manager APK, which is supposed to load CWM via easy to use interface. It prompts to confirm my phone model, when I pick i9100 it says "not supported", also tried "galaxys2" it attempted to install something but failed. Reboot worked after that, so at least it did not break anything. Any help is appreciated.


title: Add shortcuts to home button long press menu

text: Is there a way to add app launchers to the stock android's home button long press menu? I know you're able to do this in CM, but there must be some Xposed module, right? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0uv0S.png)


title: External harddrive case to spin-down drive when idle

text: I try to make external 2.5 hard drives automatically spin down when idle and connected to android devices. The device I have got in mind is a HDMI TV-Stick with USB connector. I tried a few cases/harddrives and found only one old 3.5 case which will spin down the drive when a `.nomedia` file is present on the drive to prevent indexing. Are there general differences between external drives which can influence their ability to spin down idle drives? Also I would be grateful for hints to android software which can trigger the spin- down and for explanation which requirements to make this work exist in general (for software, disk and case).


title: Android 1.6 tablet would like to get help upgrading it to higher version

text: I have a tablet which runs on android 1.6 and I am curious if there is any way that I can upgrade it to a higher version android. If so, please let me know the process. I will appreciate it a lot. I do not have much knowledge on this one. I just want to know. Thank you.


title: Memory settings menu inconsistently shows internal storage half-empty and completely full at the same time

text: I own a sony xperia tipo that has around 2 gigabytes of internal storage. Today, I got a warning that my phone's internal storage is full, while using google currents, so I went to the storage menu in the settings, to take a look, and I saw that the calculated amount of used memory in the internal storage section was a tiny bit over 1gb. This didn't sit well with the fact that the reported free space was only 2mb instead of one giga and a half, as I thought it ought to be. Trying to update apps that reside in the internal storage fails with an "insufficient memory" error. I have no idea about what the problem might be and how to solve it, but I would like to try and avoid a factory reset, if that is possible. Any help is greatly appreciated and thank you in advance for it. EDIT: Here are two screenshots where you can clearly see that the **total used space and available space do not add up to 2.15GB** as they should but are only around 1gigabyte. I have no idea what could be responsible for this phantom gigabyte, but one would think that the amount of memory the OS uses would have been subtracted from the "total space" and from the "phone memory" entry (not shown here) instead of the internal storage. (I removed some apps to free up a few megabytes of memory) ![](http://i.imgur.com/uy0hT.png) ![](http://i.imgur.com/XAR2y.png)


title: Change attachment download folder

text: I use the builtin mail app to access a Exchange mail account. I have set it to download all attachments automatically, and it puts them in the Downloads folder. There is only an option to choose between internal and external storage for attachments, but you can't choose the folder. Is there and config file or similar that I can tweak to change this?


title: managing multiple contact sources as gmail contacts

text: I'm on a google nexus 4 (up to date, non-rooted) and I'm using gmail and google contacts for my contact/messaging needs. Additionally I'm pulling contacts from facebook, linkedIn, xing (German linkedIn clone) and google plus. Is there an easy way to merge contact info from other networks into the gmail contact when joining/linking contacts from gmail and other networks like facebook and linkedIn? I wouldn't mind using a third party app to do the footwork (joining, unduping, etc.) but I'd like to keep and update the data in my gmail contact list as I am using this list half of the time on my desktop. I don't mind using another contacts app for viewing/browsing and calling/texting my contacts but I don't want to depend on one forever and I don't want to redo everything again and again everytime I switch my phone and/or contacts app I know that Smartr and Rapportive (Desktop only) can do a lot of association stuff but in the end all the data that happens in Smartr stays in Smartr. Things I'd like to have:   1. Data      1. Contact Name     2. Picture (assigned by me, default g+ with facebook or linkedIn as fallback)     3. Nickname     4. basic gmail stuff, multiple numbers, mails, addresses, birthday, other dates, urls     5. other network profiles as "profile URLs" or sound "other URLs"   2. Functionality      1. easy linking/joining and un-duping     2. data storage in gmail contacts as fas as possible     3. compatibility with other apps like smartr or rapportive


title: Which Android runs which Linux kernel?

text: Is there a list of which kernel version comes in each Android AOSP version? Or lets say, which version /proc/version would spit out.


title: Dragging home button opens Google Search - How do I remove this?

text: Ever since I bought my tablet, this has been the default action whenever I drag the home button up (this is a soft button: on screen). I do not want this functionality because I frequently drag it by accident whenever I play games. This will bring up Google Search and interrupt my game. Screenshots: ![Screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/HOVQnyjm.png) ![Screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/B1xpEs8m.png)   When dragging homescreen, a half-circle with Google on top appears / Google Search brought up (click images for larger variants) Again, how do I disable this behavior? If it helps, I am using a Pipo U1 Pro tablet with the default OS (not rooted).


title: Nexus 4 not getting 4.3 update

text: I have a Nexus 4 Device. I had got 4.3 update in System updates about 15 days ago. But I didn't update that time.And now I want to update it so if I go and check for updates, its showing that your system is up to date, while I have 4.2.2 in my phone. Can you please tell me what should I do to get 4.3 update? please guide me. Thanks!


title: ADB/fastboot over Serial/COM ports?

text: Long story short, my phone messed up and it's stuck in a bootloop. The phone in question is a Coolpad 7560U, also known as Orange Nivo, running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. Data and cache wiping do not fix the bootloop. USB jigs are not a valid method either. The usual means of connecting to it using adb or fastboot don't work anymore -- neither will detect the phone in any way. I have tried all of the power on button combinations. All I can manage is to get into the stock recovery mode (the same one the bootloop passes through) and a QPST "通讯中 Secboot" Download mode. I am connecting the phone to my Windows 8 x86 PC through an USB cable. For a certain timespan during the boot loop, the following devices show up in Device Manager, all at once:   * 3 storage devices : One of them is a CD-ROM drive and the other two are generic removables - None of them are accessible, returning the prompt "Please insert a disk into drive *:".   * 4 other devices: > **Under "Ports (COM & LPT)"** > > Coolpad Android AT USB VCOM (COM7) > > Coolpad Android Diagnostics USB VCOM (COM10) > > Coolpad Android NMEA USB VCOM (COM9) > > **Under "Modems"** > > Coolpad Mobile USB Modem Phone These four seem like my only means of landing a connection to the phone. **Update:** According to Alex P.'s answer, I can confirm that the "Secboot" mode puts the phone into a QPST Download mode. The 4 serial port devices do indeed allow for access to the phone through Qualcomm's QPST software suite, and probably impossible to push adb or fastboot commands through.


title: Can't connect to PC after changing my phone's charging IC

text: I changed the charging IC in my Galaxy Note 1 because of a malfunction. Now I'm able to charge my phone using the wall adapter, but I cannot connect it to my PC via USB. Now, when connected to a computer, the phone does not charge or even recognize that it is connected to anything.


title: Is there a way to force an app to remain running in the background no matter what?

text: On Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) the OS categorizes your app and each category has its own threshold in which the OS uses for determining which app to close first when it runs out of memory. Has anyone of you been annoyed by, say you opened a timer to run in the background to measure the time elapsed of something, then you opened few more apps and got back to your timer just to see it was reset or closed? I mean, seriously, it is really excruciatingly annoying. Is there a way to force an app to remain running in the background no matter what even when the OS runs out of memory?


title: Accidentally accepted update, how can I abort before it actually installs?

text: I have been deliberately avoiding the latest Verizon D2G update for a few months now. It is really annoying that there is no way to make it stop asking me. But tonight I was tired and my finger slipped and it accidentally accepted instead of delaying 12 more hours. My phone started to shut down to install but I quickly pulled the battery out. Now every time the phone boots after about a minute of starting services it apparently remembers it was going to update so it starts shutting down the phone. I have tried going to updates and manually looking for an update, in the hopes that this would confuse the phone and it would start asking me again if I wanted to update, but in the middle of searching for an update it just suddenly aborted and threw me back to the setting menu, and subsequent attempts just immediately aborted. [edit:I tried this again, this time immediately looking for updates as soon as I could login. This time it immediately started searching, and continued searching until the auto-shutdown started.] I also tried looking at the processes with a system monitoring app I have but wasn't able to identify a process to kill before it started shutting down - and even if I did I am afraid it might still start updating when I'm not watching later. Is there any way I can abort the install? I am afraid to let it actually start installing because I don't know what to expect. Does it offer me a chance to cancel? If not, I fear I might brick my phone if I pull the battery after it starts to update. And in case you are wondering, I absolutely will not allow this update because of the risk of the update breaking some obscure feature I depend on. For another, this is the update that removes the ability to root. My phone is not rooted, and I really don't have the the time or inclination to root it at the moment (it is another risk I don't want to take) but I won't accept the ability to be removed. Edit: The following information is from the adb log:               07-XX XX:31:15.883  1306  1433 I ActivityManager: Start proc com.motorola.Upgrader for broadcast com.motorola.Upgrader/.UpgraderReceiver: pid=2334 uid=1000 gids={3002, 3001, 3003, 1015, 2001, 1007}^M     07-Xx XX:31:15.953  2334  2334 W UpgraderReceiver: !!! INSTALL UPDATE !!!^M     07-XX XX:31:15.961  2334  2334 W RecoverySystem: !!! REBOOTING TO INSTALL /cache/Blur_Version.4.5.608.A956.Verizon.en.US.zip !!!^M     07-Xx XX:31:15.961  2334  2334 I RecoverySystem: in google bootCommand, 23103 disalbed^M     07-XX XX:31:15.961  1306  1340 D ShutdownThread: Notifying thread to start radio shutdown^M      So, it wants to install 4.5.608.A956.Verizon. [update: actually, that can't be right, because that is the version I am already running! ] Also, the following did not work:               bash-4.1$ ./adb uninstall com.motorola.Upgrader     Failure          bash-4.1$ ./adb shell kill $(./adb shell ps | grep com.motorola.Upgrader | awk '{ print $2 }')     could not kill pid 2379: Operation not permitted      Update: Well, I am thinking it is looking like maybe the only way to avoid the update is to actually root my phone. :-(


title: Where is my original Galaxy S task manager?

text: When I bought my i9000, there was a task manager kind of thing on the home screen which showed a memory status bar and the number of processes, and when I touched it it showed details of all process and active applications. I deleted it but changed my mind. How can I get that widget back?


title: Podcast app which supports old episodes well?

text: I am looking for a podcast player app which will let me subscribe to a podcast and listen to the _earliest_ episodes first, eventually catching up to the current episodes. I've tried Google Listen and PodCat, and neither one seemed to handle this case well. I don't want to install a paid app and start a 15-minute-trial until I know what to expect from it. It should also be reliable at remembering the current position in a paused- and-ignored-for-a-while podcast, and download/delete automatically so I generally don't have to manage it except to actually listen.


title: How to force phone to switch to faster mobile data network during file transfer

text: For some context, I am downloading Dragon Mobile Assistant which is a 40+ mb apk from the Google Play Store. I have an unreliable connection to Verizon Wireless' 3G mobile data network. If I am a few inches too far to the right of a sweet spot, the signal quality will degrade and I will be passed off to 1X. If I am in the middle of a download, it'll just pass me over with no interruption. However, it will not pass me back to 3G during the transfer once quality to that network is "good enough." This is highly annoying, because if I am downloading a big file, it basically comes to a screeching halt on the horrible 1X network. Sometimes it is even better to cancel the download, wait to be passed back to 3G and restart the download. Is there anyway on a Droid 3, rooted stock android 2.3.4, to have my phone continue to poll the 3G network and switch to it even while it's transferring data on 1X? It already allows me to go down during a transfer, why can't I go up?


title: How to 'record' a trip - places I visited?

text: I am going for a trip for 3 weeks and I want to record all the places I visited using my Android mobile. I most likely I won't have data connectivity - only GPS. If I don't find anything else I will use Endomondo, but I'm open to other solutions, including third-party apps (preferably free). I am using an HTC One XL running CyanogenMod 10.


title: Application backup/restore - for saving resources

text: I was thinking I could completely backup apps to the SD card, and then restore them when needed. This for saving system resources. Is there some efficient way to do this?


title: How to use Google Music MP3s to set a ringtone/alarm?

text: I have bought various albums through Google Music cloud service and they are downloaded for offline use on my device. How can I use one of these MP3s as a ringtone or an alarm?   It seems that the standard picker is not able to find them.


title: continuous booting of PIPO M2

text: What do I do? My PIPO M2 has been booting continuously for 3 days. I have tried to switch on and off overtime but still not coming up. Please help me out, I feel like throwing the pad away. Kindly treat. Thank you.


title: How can I change the KitKat countdown alert sound?

text: I am using the countdown timer (default Clock, Android Kit Kat). I can change the tone on normal daily alarms (individually), but I can't find out how to change the tone that is played when a countdown completes. How can I do this?


title: Twitter and SMS

text: I have just installed the Twitter app on my Galaxy S3. I have discovered that there this an option in Twitter to receive tweets via SMS. Unfortunately, the country I am living in is not supported by Twitter. As far as I could see, everything that is possible in my situation is to write a tweet by sending an SMS to a UK number. However, receiving tweets is not supported via this number. Is there a trick to overcome this limitation, so that I could _receive_ tweets vis SMS?


title: How to Change the Filename Prefix (DSC) of Camera Photos

text: I have a android mobile with 5 MP camera. I use the default camera app to capture photos. All the pictures captured by camera has DSC prefix in their name - DSC_XXXX. I want to remove DSC prefix and add the date prefix in `DEFAULT CAMERA APPLICATION` How to do it ?


title: How can I disable the softkey backlight?

text: I've been using Voodoo Display Filter to dim my screen further than the normal minimum at night, and it works great. I want to do the same thing with the backlight for my touch buttons since it's incredibly bright. I wrote a small script to try to do this:               cd /sys/devices/virtual/misc/melfas_touchkey/     while [1]; do         echo 2 > brightness         usleep 50000     done      This almost does the trick, but it seems to prevent some touches of the buttons from registering (presumably due to all the events being processed) and the light flickers when I touch one of the softkeys. Is there any solution that avoids these issues? Total Screen Control doesn't really work and I'd rather have a free solution anyways, since I'm pretty close already. I believe CyanogenMod lets you control this as well but I want to stay on my current ROM (Bionix NextGen v1).


title: Linux ADB Driver for LG Viper (LG-LS840)

text: On most devices I've run across I can plug the device into a Linux machine and no additional drivers are needed in order for ADB to communicate with the device. However on two LG devices from last year I am having trouble.   * LG Viper (LG-LS840)    * LG Optimus Elite (LG-LS969) When I plug the devices in ADB does not list them when I run `adb devices` to get a list of connected devices. (I get an empty list) I have ensured that USB Debugging is turned on for both devices. And I have at some point installed an LG driver which allows the ADB to work correctly from my Windows 7 PC. (Interestingly only the Viper works on my Windows PC, the Optimus Elite can't be found by the adb on windows either) However I would really like to use ADB from a linux machine. I am far more concerned about getting the Viper working than the Optimus Elite, but a fix that worked for both would be ideal. On the linux machine in question I can successfully use ADB to connect with every other device I've tested so I know that my environment is set up correctly. I have tried creating various android.rules files under `/etc/udev/rules.d/` but thus far nothing I've tried has had any effect. After creating `51-android.rules` and filling in the appropriate vendor id (1004 for LG) I no longer need to use sudo adb to see the devices that do work, still nothing with the Viper though. My question is: Do I need some sort of additional drivers in order to get ADB working correctly for the LG Viper (LG-LS840) on Linux, and if so where can I find said drivers? If not does anyone know if there is some setup step that I am missing that will allow this device to communicate with my Linux computer via ADB? EDIT: I ran `lsusb' here are the relavent outputs:               Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1004:6312 LG Electronics, Inc.     Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1004:6317 LG Electronics, Inc.      The top line is a newer LG device that is working properly, the bottom line is the Viper device that can't communicate with adb.


title: What makes the Atrix's implementation of Citrix Receiver special?

text: The Motorola Atrix looks like a nice phone. A widely publicized feature is the remote desktop function, which uses Citrix Receiver to connect to a virtualized workstation in the cloud, so that one could potentially plug the phone into any TV and start working. My question is: how much of this function is unique to the Atrix? It looks like Citrix Receiver can be used on any Android device, indeed it's available for other smartphone platforms as well. Other smartphones have HDMI output, so that is not a differentiating factor. Could I replicate this function on any Android phone with an HDMI jack?


title: How do I turn off the cellular radio without disabling bluetooth?

text: I have an old Motorola Droid that is no longer subscribed on any Verizon service. I still use it for things like web browsing, ebooks, and along with some wireless stereo headphones, music. I've already turned off 3G data usage (EVDO) by disabling the `Enable data` option under `Mobile network` settings. However, when I turn off the cell radio (CDMA), bluetooth is also disabled. I first observed this problem on the stock Android 2.2 firmware. Now my phone is rooted, running on an Android 2.2 based firmware (CyanogenMod 6). **Why disable the cellular radio?** ![Droid Cellular Strength Icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/bDlSr.png) Simply put, I want to turn it off because I don't use it. Moreover, it uses battery life and cpu time (even if relatively small amounts):   ![cellular standby battery usage: 20 minutes](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8OCsS.png) I've tried two different methods of disabling the cellular radio, but both ended up doing the same thing:   * Turning on `Airplane mode`, then re-enabling Wi-Fi. This has the expected consequence of also disabling bluetooth.   * Using the Phone Info menu by dialing `*#*#INFO#*#*` (4636) and pressing `Turn off radio`. This actually just turns on `Airplane mode`:   ![Phone Info menu just enables Airplane mode](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SRuIe.png) As you can see, even though Wi-Fi does stay on, `Airplane mode` disables bluetooth. The headphones won't sync until I turn off `Airplane mode`, which of course turns the cell radio back on. In both cases `Airplane mode` is enabled, so bluetooth gets disabled. But now that the device is rooted, I should be able to disable the cellular radio without using `Airplane mode` at all. How can I do that?


title: Nexus S screen question

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Difference between Super LCD screen of Nexus S and Super AMOLED screen of > Samsung Galaxy S On the US site of Nexus S they say it have Super AMOLED screen. In my country, Serbia, cell network is selling this phone but states that Nexus S have Super LCD screen. Do diferent Nexus S devices have different screens? Is Super LCD to bad comparing to Super AMOLED?


title: Run android application from remote computer

text: I have asked this question in StackOverflow, but I figured it should be asked here... I need to run my android application from remote computer (in the same network) via SSH (not using ADB). How do I do that? Thanks, Binyamin


title: Cannot access internet even wifi is connected

text: I have Sony Xperia Tipo. I connected to the WiFi at my college. But even after connecting I am unable to access the internet. What is the problem?


title: Notification light on Galaxy S3 SGH-T999V with Cyanogenmod 10

text: I'm trying to get custom notification lights working on applications I define on my GS3. I went to Settings > System > Notification Light and added an app with the colour I want. The light doesn't seem to turn on when I have a notification. I tried the Test and locked my screen but that doesn't work either.   It seems like the light only seems to turn on when the phone is plugged in.


title: How to turn off check-ins?

text: I have an Android 4.1 phablet. I'd like to turn off the check-in feature. The only way I've found so far is to disable the whole Google Now, but I don't want to do that. **I want to turn-off only check-ins feature.** I want to do this because it's extremely annoying, even when I stay in my apartment for hours and don't move my phone. It proposes to check-in to thousands of places around every few minutes. (I live in city center)


title: Forcing home/back/recent apps bar to rotate

text: I have a Nexus 4, running Android 4.2.1. There is a bar on the bottom of stock Android with the buttons for navigation. Is there a way to force the bar to rotate with the rest of the screen, like on a tablet?


title: How can I root my root LG Optimus 2X running stock ICS?

text: I upgraded my LG O2X to stock ICS. How can I root the device? Superoneclick is not working for the same.


title: How can I fix phone corruption when using USB mass storage mode?

text: It used to happen in stock ICS and remains in CyanogenMod 9. Whenever I connect my phone to computer through USB using mass storage mode (MSC), my phone gets crazy. In ICS, I remember it used to mess the customized icon order in app list. And today, in CyanogenMod, it was like many apps were simply not installed anymore, just to reappear later like nothing crazy had happened. I want to do some scripting with the phone, but I cannot use MSC mode in peace for that. I cannot find easy command line tools for MTP transfer in Windows either. What could be causing this crazy behavior, and how to fix it?


title: Galaxy Rugby LTE not turning on after failed custom ROM install

text: Got an SGH-i547C (the Canadian version) that's not booting up after I tried installing the Liquid Smooth ROM. Since I've already posted the same thing on xda-developers forum and reddit and I'm kind of desperate for an answer, I might as well ask you guys. Here's the whole story, straight from xda-devs: > Hi all, > > I bought a Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro LTE SGH-i547C (the Canadian version, > with Telus) about a month ago, but now it won't turn on (although I can get > into Download mode). > > Full story: Yesterday I decided to root it (after unlocking it through > Telus), and today I wanted to install the Liquid Smooth ROM, as it looked > pretty sweet, but that didn't go as planned. After following the steps the > first time, nothing happened to the phone's interface, so I did it a second > time. This time, when it rebooted at the end of the installation, It got > past the first two screens (name of model, and just "Samsung"), then it > turned off. > > What I've tried so far: First I tried applying the stock images (about 10 > Mb, from http://forum.xda- > developers.com/showthread.php?p=34463311#post34463311) through ODIN, but > that made no difference, except that in one of the boot modes, instead of > the Clockwork interface I, get the default interface (the background having > an Android alien on its back, and a red triangle with an exclamation point > above it). In these interfaces, I also wiped pretty much all that I could > wipe, but to no avail. > > Next I tried applying two of the stock ODIN images (500-600 Mb, from the > same link) through ODIN, but when it starts with the SMD, I get a message > "SMD header check fail: boot.img" on my phone, and ODIN thinks for a while, > then stops, saying 1 fails and 0 successes. > > So here I am, asking for help. Would any of you have any ideas, or > explanations (in layman's terms!) of what has happened / what I should do to > get my phone useable again? Thanks in advance. > > P.S. Also, I should mention I'm doing all the accessing through VMWare > Fusion running Windows XP, on Mac OS 10.7.5 Thanks for any and all opinions on this!


title: Display screen keeps waking up when locked

text: When I lock my Samsung Galaxy Nexus by pushing the power button, my phone's screen darkens for a few seconds, then keeps staying awake with the lock screen displayed. This keeps eating away at my battery life. This started happening only recently. Why does it happen?


title: Task management software that will sync with GTasks and exchange?

text: I am trying desparately to find an app solution to manage all of my disparate task lists. I work for two companies, both supply me with exchange credentials and a phone (one iphone, one blackberry). Both sites run through exchange. My personal device is a Samsung Galaxy S3. For personal tasks I have been using Astrid, but I am unable to get my outlook tasks that way. I have heard people suggest using touchdown, but that would create yet another task manager that I'd have to tangle with. The solution I am looking for is something that would either:   1. Sync exchange at each site to google tasks, which astrid would then sync on to my personal device.   2. Allow astrid to directly pull down tasks from the exchange servers   3. Provide some other 3rd party task manager which would sync with google tasks, and both exchange servers. I am using a mac, so sadly the outlook sync for google apps program won't work (it's windows only, and only compatible with the windows version of outlook). Any recommendations on how to accomplish what I'm doing? Right now I am missing tasks because I have to juggle 3 different devices to get everything, and it's having a pretty big impact on my productivity.


title: Samsung VG-KBD1500 keyboard pairs but not connects to Nexus 7

text: I can pair my Samsung VG-KBD1500 keyboard to Nexus7, but it doesn't connect to it. The keyboard works well with the TV, and I have another bluetotth keyboard, that paired and works well too.   1. I disconnected the Samsung kbd from the TV, and switched the TV off   2. Paired the Samsung keyboard to Nexus 7 successfully   3. When I tried to write something, the softver kbd shows up The other bluetooth keyboard works well if I take it on. The same issue occurs, if I unpair the working kbd and Samsung kbd and repair only the Samsung's one. By opinion of Samsung support, the kbd should work, but it can be paired only with one device at the a time, but it doesn't in my case. Any advice?


title: How can I update the default stock browser (com.android.browser)?

text: I have version 2.3.3 of the stock android browser on my phone. I know there are newer versions out that support features that I want which are not available in 2.3.3. However, I do not see any upgrades available, and in fact the stock browser does not even show up in the Google Play store. I figure I probably need to manually install from somewhere, but where do I find the necessary files and how do I perform the upgrade? Note: I am not interested in upgrading to a newer version of Android.


title: How to show screen of my Android Device on a Wireless projector

text: I want to project my android screen content on a wireless projector. Can anyone help me in understand **how stuff works** for EZ Display? I have a requirement to project docs/images/videos of an android device on to a Projector/TV wireless.


title: What are `storage/emulated`, `mnt/sdcard`, `storage/sdcard`?

text: There have been questions about the old `sdcard` turning into `sdcard0`, which I understand to be part of the multiuser feature. What I don't understand is the 3 paths in the questions. Some of them look like symlinks to me, since files copied to one place show up in another. Could anyone systematically explain the relationship between those 3 (and any other storage path)? Given that relationship, where should I store my files (e.g. Firefox's Download location, Aldiko's ebook storage directory, etc.)?


title: Is it effectively possible to get rid of the yellow triangle in download mode on an S3 with 4.3?

text: I am trying to get rid of the yellow triangle visible just prior to download mode (`Volume-Down` \+ `Home` \+ `Power`). There is no shortage of tutorials about how do this, but after having tried all the solutions I could find I am wondering if it is at all possible in my case   * This is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)   * I have the stock ROM (Android 4.3), it has never been flashed   * I have stock recovery (thanks bmdixon) - which has also not been flashed   * I tried to use Triangle Away (having rooted the phone before) When going into download mode I have               CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: No     CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official     SYSTEM STATUS: Official      For some mysterious reason the phone thinks it has been flashed (it went once to an official Samsung repair so maybe it got the triangle there). I read that the introduction of Knox in 4.3 makes resetting the counter impossible. However I do not have Knox (even though the phone was updated OTA to 4.3, maybe this is because I am in France). Is there a solution worth trying to remove the yellow triangle? (for the story: I went to an official Samsung repair shop and they discovered (together with me) that there is the infamous yellow triangle. While the issue I am having is probably mechanical and the warranty still applies according to European legislation, I do not want to get into lengthy discussions with Samsung. It does not help that I have only 3 days of warranty left...)


title: Why does Galaxy Nexus i9250 official car charger have 700mA instead of 1000mA?

text: I discovered that the official Samsung car charger is rated for 700mA, but my stock wall charger has 1000mA. Is that normal? If I buy the 700mA charger, there's the risk that with the navigator on, the battery will not charge? Instead if I buy this that has 1000mA, will work with my Nexus? Written on it is "for Galaxy Note", but seems OK. Or will I have problems?


title: Recording phone screen and playing the video file

text: I am very new to the whole world of android. I have been trying to record my phone screen(Nexus 5) through command prompt. I have also downloaded the SDK. I am able to record the screen. For some unknown reason I am unable to open or play the file. I have saved the file in .mp4. I used command prompt to do the recording. Here is the script: $adb shell /sdcard/video.mp4 I am unable to figure out the issue. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you


title: Hide secondary account in Android Market

text: I have a problem with my android phone: I have two Gmail accounts. The first on is my main account, with everything synchronized on my Android phone (mails, contacts, calendar, apps, ...). The other account is only for emails, and as such I've set it up to ONLY synchronize the mails (and only the mails!), BUT this address shows up in the Android Market app nevertheless. To make matters worse, this secondary address seems to be always chosen by default when I launch the Market app, and I also receive notifications for some apps. So my question is this: Is it possible to only have the main account showing in the Market app, while still having mail synchronization enabled for other accounts? Thank you very much


title: What is the meaning of the set of Play Store icons at the top of the screen?

text: Why are there a set of Google Play Store icons at the top of an Android (Nexus 10) screen? What do they mean?


title: Google Music won't cache my songs?

text: I haven't updated my Google Music in ages (I still had the blue interface) but when I updated it to the latest version, I had to clear my song cache because some of my music weren't playing correctly. This time around, it seems to stream the music all the time. I only have internet when I'm around wifi and I rely heavily on its caching so I can listen while on the road or offline. I didn't even have to specifically mark my songs as "Offline" on the older version I had, they just get stored as soon as I finished streaming them once. So, what gives? Also, I assumed that they simply changed the behavior so that I am required to tick on the "keep offline" option this time around but I can't even find that option anywhere. Is this issue happening to other Google Music users?


title: IR Receiver for Android Device

text: Assuming I already have a USB IR receiver and WMC remote as well as an Android device with a USB port, what is the best way to go about controlling the Android device with the remote after plugging in the receiver?


title: Bluestacks isn't working: Goes to system tray but nothing happens

text: I recently installed Bluestacks (a package to allow running the Android operating system on the desktop). After I start it, **a service goes to system tray but nothing happens**. I mean my computer **doesn't show any gadget or application window**. How do I use it?


title: Sync iTunes U and Android?

text: I am a huge fan of the podcasts on iTunes, as well as the iTunes U material. However, I'm having a terrible time finding a slick system to sync the two. Doubleplay never really worked all that great for me. Any other good solutions anyone has used? I have a Droid Incredible running 2.2.


title: Using existing playlists on Google Play music

text: I have a Nexus S, and I sync my music between iTunes and my phone using iSyncr, which basically just dumps the music files and playlist files into a folder within my phone's USB storage. I'm using iSyncr instead of Google Play to get music to my phone, because I want a true _sync_ , which, in my understanding, Google Play's uploaded doesn't currently do with iTunes. Until recently, Google Play music would read both the music files and playlists, but with the most recent update it no longer sees the playlists. Anyone have any idea how I might go about fixing this ("fixing" meaning getting my _synced_ playlists from iTunes to show up in Google Play music on my phone)?