title: Moving sdcard to ExtSdCard

text: I was an Android beginner, I know nothing of 'hacking' some Android stuff. I found several issues of this case but no one that I look pretty ideal for my case. My Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 has been inserted a new SD Card after a several time using no SD Card. That makes the system create `sdcard` in it's internal storage. Then my storage information (`Setting -> Storage`) become 3 parts, which: **Device memory** (internal), **USB Storage** (internal), and **SD Card** (extSdCard). This thing become very annoying since my internal wasn't so big. And when I open my **Gallery** it pop some notice `There is not enough space (0 MB) in your device memory. Delete some files.` And always redirect me to the **Files**. On my **Files** there is 2 folders, which: **extSdCard** and **sdcard0**. On the setting of Files. I **can't** change the `Set home directory` that refers to `/storage/sdcard0` to (my hope) `/storage/extSdCard`. I done trying to moving all apps to internal storage with hoping that **USB Storage** not full, but it doesn't give any good solution just yet. I read several post and forum, also several solution using `adb` but I don't think those solution can manage all problem, since because of this case, I can't save any voice note or picture from social chatting apps, in some case, I can't receive any bluetooth transfer also. So I want that **USB Storage** begone, and my `sdcard0` was symlinked to the real external SD Card, or another step that make my system become like the old like Android system. Please help me. Thanks a lot before. FYI: right now, my phone isn't rooted yet. But I can root it anytime, if it really needed.


title: Connecting to internet using Wi-fi portable hotspot or bluetooth? which one is more battery saving?

text: I have EDGE internet connection in my Samsung Europa I5500L (Froyo 2.2). I can connect to the Internet from my laptop using both **bluetooth** or **making a wifi hotspot** from the device using that EDGE connection. `{internet}-----[phone]-----{wifi/bluetooth}-----[laptop]` My question is which one will be more battery saving for both my laptop and mobile? Thanks for your answer.


title: How to revive crashing market app?

text: My Android 2.1 tablet crashed while the marked app was installing some apps. If I open the marked app now, it always shows that two apps are installing right now, and crashes immediately. Any ideas on how to fix that problem? I already removed the apps the market thinks it is installing, but that did not help. :-/


title: Gmail app: how can I change the sender address?

text: I'm using Gmail for all mail related stuff, but the main address I use is not my "real" Gmail address, but something like `myname@mydomain.com`.   I have set up that adress as a sender in Gmail, so every mail that I send from the Gmail web app looks like it's coming from `myname@mydomain.com` (instead of `myname@gmail.com`). So my question is:   Is it possible to use this sender adress in the Gmail Android app as well?   All mails sent by the Gmail app are sent from `myname@gmail.com` by default and I can't find anything in the settings to change that to my alternate address.   (as I said, it's already set up and working in the web app...the Android app just needs to access this information somehow...) My phone is a HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2, and version 2.3 of the Gmail app, if that matters.   Thanks in advance!


title: Send Audio to Two A2DP Bluetooth Devices Simultaneously

text: I was pleasantly surprised to see that I can pair & connect my Nexus One with **two** identical NoiseHush N550 Bluethooth headsets **simultaneously**. Unfortunately however, only one of them (always the last to be connected) seems to receive actual audio. Is this a known limitation in the Android OS (version 2.2.1)? Or is there a setting or workaround that allows sending audio to both devices simultaneously?


title: vibrate notifications only when receiving emails from certain addresses?

text: Is it possible to set vibrate notifications when receiving emails from a list of email addresses but not when receiving emails that don't come from that list? Either using the default Gmail app on a 2.3.5 Android phone or something else. I have a bunch of labels defined, but on the Gmail App I got the following menu: `Notification settings` with:   `Email notifications [x]`   `Labels to notify` In `Labels to notify` I only have: `Inbox` off   `Priority Inbox` Zeta, Always, Notify once for new emails But I can't add more labels to this menu...


title: Does  the Motorola Droid RAZR support NFC?

text: Does Motorola RAZR XT910 support NFC with Gingerbread or Android ICS 4.0? Engadget says the device has an NFC controller. What does this really mean?


title: Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?

text: Every now and then a red star icon appears on my brother's notification bar, as shown below. The message related to this notification is some advert like "Turbo Boost Your Battery". He has been installing software from doubtful places, so my guess it is some sort of malware he accidentally installed. I'm not very familiar with Android, but my guess was to identify the process responsible for the notification. So I checked the process list, but nothing out of the ordinary was shown. I tried force-closing all processes (some returned although all of them originated from HTC or his carrier), but nothing made the star disappear. How can the malware be detected and removed? Notification icon:   ![red star icon in notification bar](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Ibf9W.png) Notification message:   ![malware notification 'Turbo Boost Your Battery?'](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GSjyu.png)


title: Disable Google Play Ads in Notification Area?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it? I'm not sure if everyone has experienced this annoying behavior, I often see ads in my notification area pointing to games in the market. Is there any way to avoid this annoying feature I never asked for? Here is what the ad looks like: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5EpXy.jpg)![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GTTrM.png)


title: How to get rid of ads popup?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it? Recently I often get the popup ads like the snapshot as below. I wanna get rid of it. Please help! ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/MIy0m.jpg)


title: I've received a notification with a red star in my notification bar stating that 3 viruses have been detected, click now to remove

text: Is this red star notification legit or is it some kind of spam to sell an app or a virus in itself??? How should I proceed??


title: Spam alerts in notification bar

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it? I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This also happens when I first connect to WIFI on my home router (secured). I use a DROID X.


title: ad on statusbar

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I find out which app is putting ads in my notification bar? Sometimes I get ads on statusbar. These ads came from some free apps. I have lots of installed apps and I can't figure out from which app the ads come from. Is there any solution to find the app? I would like to uninstall it to get rid of this messages. Or is there any solutions to block the ads? My phone is not rooted and I don't want to root. Hubi


title: Strange icons and notifications, is there a malware in my phone?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?   >  Red Star And Green Cross Icons? I have a Samsung galaxy nexus with official Android 4.1 running. I sometimes get strange notifications with a green + as the icon, saying you have won..., click here to..., or similar messages. Of course I would not open any of them as they immediately appear suspicious. I also sometimes get some shortcut icons on the home screen looking like games, etc. I do not find them in the app list though. I have had similar incidents before upgrading to 4.1. Does anybody get things like these? Is this a malware living in my phone? Any thoughts would be highly appreciated.


title: How can I find out which app is putting ads in my notification bar?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it? Recently advertisements have started appearing as notifications in my phone's notification bar. The icon on the ad are either a green plus sign or a white star with a red circle inside it. There is no indication in the notification as to which app it came from. I haven't installed any new applications, so I assume that some application updated to include this intrusive new ad system. Ads only show up at irregular intervals once every few hours, so removing all my apps one by one until the ads stop is not really a viable option, since I would have to wait several hours in between each uninstall to see if another ad appears. (I'm sure this is by design.) So is there any way to figure out the source application of these notification ads? My phone is a rooted/unlocked/whatever HTC Droid Incredible running MIUI.


title: Find out which app is pushing ads in my notification bar?

text: This may be a duplicate question but it seems the bad guy has improved its technology and known methods don't work so far. Anyway, started recently, my phone shows a notification every few days. Addons Detector and AirPush Detector didn't find anything related. Using:               adb shell dumpsys notification      I got this:               NotificationRecord{40c413b0 pkg=com.google.android.gsf id=1 tag=null}       icon=0x1080077 / android:drawable/stat_notify_chat       contentIntent=PendingIntent{40d4f178: PendingIntentRecord{40d62628 com.google.android.gsf startActivity}}       deleteIntent=PendingIntent{40d4f148: PendingIntentRecord{40d45710 com.google.android.gsf broadcastIntent}}       tickerText=xoxbellejenxo37@jabber-chat.com wants to be able to chat       contentView=android.widget.RemoteViews@40cd0b38       defaults=0x4       flags=0x1       sound=content://settings/system/notification_sound       vibrate=null       ledARGB=0x0 ledOnMS=0 ledOffMS=0      My question is what else can I do to find out which app is pushing ads? I don't want to try airpush opt out for two reasons:   1. I wouldn't trust people doing this at the first place.   2. I want to find out which app is doing this and add the company/developer behind it to my black list. **UPDATE** My phone is a rooted Samsung Captivate Glide, Android 2.3. **UPDATE** Updated to 4.0.4 Thanks


title: Configuring Osmand to pre-draw more tiles

text: When scrolling and zooming in Osmand I often scroll/zoom so fast that I see gray area that has yet to be drawn. How can I tell Osmand to pre-draw a larger off-screen area (and possibly cache these tiles)?


title: Osmand: Map font size

text: I am visually impaired and have a hard time reading small fonts. In Osmand I can read the fonts when I zoom and the screen still has to be re-drawn. How can I change the default font size for street names to, say, 150%?


title: OsmAnd: How to hide information?

text: OsmAnd has so much information that it obscures the map. How can I decide what information (layers) that OsmAnd should show? I had hoped Define View > POI would make it possible to hide the information, but it can only emphasize the information with an orange circle. ![OsmAnd has too much information](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pzs1M.png)


title: whatsapp not deleting member from group

text: Im admin of a group and want to delete one member from the group. He was active member earlier in the group but now not having access to the group as the same is not appearing in his phone, whereas, in other members phone his name is not appearing but in my phone his name is appearing therefore, not being able to add him again without deleting him from list. While trying to delete him by clicking on "Remove the member from group", nothing happens at all, while sometimes a message appears " Failed to remove member, please try again later". I have got him to uninstall and re-install whatsapp on his phone but in vein. Please give me a solution to the problem.


title: How can I share my Google Play wish list with other people?

text: I've got a birthday coming up, and people ask me what I'd like to get. Among other things, I have a few items in my Google Play wish list, and I know that I can see it at https://play.google.com/wishlist (thank you Martyn). But that's a plain URL without user information. I can't share that to others. I am looking for an URL or feature that lets my friends see what I've put my wish list.


title: How to install apps by connecting to the desktop

text: I was just wondering is that possible to install apps on my tablet by connecting it to my dekstop from google play. Thanks for any help


title: Reset only the settings for HTC One

text: I have an HTC One (4.2.2) & I need to reset my settings ONLY, just the settings. Is there any way not to lose my data, without making a backup? I mean I want a factory settings for the settings only. Thanks.


title: Select music quality when syncing Google Music with Android

text: I uploaded my whole music library on Google Music (through Google Music Manager) in order to have quick access from the web and sync it with my android phone (Galaxy Nexus). The original size was slighly more than 2GB but when I try to sync after a restore on my phone, the new size is nearly 10GB since Google performed the match and is now providing me high quality tracks (originally the quality was quite poor). Since I have overall 16GB on my phone, this is a bit too much to keep my whole library there and I would like to have lower quality (e.g. 256kbps or lower over the google default 320kbps) to save some space. Is this possible configuring any setting? If not, is there any workaround based on additional tools? Thanks in advance, Michele


title: Disable "vibrate" in lock screen

text: When in lock-screen, I have to move the middle circle over the "lock" on right hand side. The device vibrates 3x during it - is it possible to disable all the vibrations? (Using ICS)


title: Galaxy Nexus going into Airplane mode on its own

text: Sometimes I will notice that my phone has no signal and if I hold the power button down it will tell me it is in airplane mode. To fix it I need to reboot the phone. Clicking the airplane mode option once, waiting and clicking it again will fix it but often not. While in this mode wi-fi continues to work fine, just connectivity to the phone network is gone. This is a pain because I could be missing calls etc while this is going on. If the phone is put into airplane mode by me I get the little plane icon. This does not happen when it goes into airplane mode on its own.


title: How can I save contacts on the SIM card alone by default?

text: Using ICS, is it possible to store and use all my contacts on SIM only? If it is possible I don't really want to copy all my contacts to the phone and I would prefer all the new contacts to be stored only on SIM card.


title: Why did the Market app disappear on its own, and how can I get it back?

text: The Market application recently disappeared from my device. I did not install any OTA updates or other system upgrades to cause this. Why has the Market disappeared on its own, and how can I get it back?


title: Extract the apk of Live wallpapers

text: To extract the apk of any android application , it is simple just use any apk extractor tool and get the apk. However in the case for live wallpapers the apk extractor do not show the apk for wallpapers . I just want to get the apk for live wallpapers from my phone .


title: How can I wipe data with no display ( e.g. magnet )?

text: I dropped my phone and broke the LCD. Now I _can_ turn the phone on ( I feel the little quick vibrate that happens when you power the phone on ) but I have no display at all. I got a replacement with the insurance plan, but I need to send the broken phone back. How can I wipe my data? Can I just rub a magnet all over it? How big a magnet? Any other options? I thought about trying to navigate to the bootloader's reset function without being able to actually see what I'm doing, but I won't know if I succeed or not, and there are a few menus to navigate. I also was going to ssh to the phone, but apparently I never made it so sshd starts automatically ( doh! ). Any ideas?


title: How can I make a 3G-324M video call?

text: I tried to place a 3G-324M video call to my Incredible, but the other phone says that mine doesn't support it. On the web I found someone mentioned that Incredibles do not support video calls in 3G at all. Others mention that this is possible with Skype. **The question is** \- can I make my phone use 3G video calls without using a mobile Internet (as I think Skype is using Internet rather than native 3G video calls, thus I am paying for mobile Internet with Skype calls and not per rate specified per minute for 3G itself). Or is Skype the only available option?


title: Video call on android via 3g

text: I want to know if there is any way to make video callls on android via 3g without an internet connection like my old samsung and nokia phones do without using any apps like skype, gtalk or anything else. I know this isn't available in the us but i live in europe and i get a free number of video minutes from my carrier and i want to use them. Is there any custom rom that can enable this option or any other solution?


title: Trying to Make WIFI connection on android 4.1 jellybean

text: New Nextbook tablet Android 4.1 Jellybean. trying to make WIFI connection. Ensured that SSID is enabled. Password entered. Device says its obtaining IP address, then avoided poor internet connection. How to I fix this?


title: Reject calls with WhatsApp message

text: Is there any app or any way to reject a call with a message sent via WhatsApp? Normally when we get a call there is an option to reject it with a pre-written SMS, but I was wondering if you can use WhatsApp to send these template messages.


title: How does one root a Vodafone HTC One XL?

text: We're attempting to root a new HTC One XL. The bootloader has been unlocked via HTCdev.com but none of the online methods of acquiring root access have worked. Relevant phone information: >   * Android 4.0.4, HTC Sense 4.1 >   * Software-Number 2.33.162.2 >   * HTC SDK API 4.23 >   * HTC Extension Version 403_1_GA_20 >   * kernel 3.0.8-01582-g93da9b7 >   * baseband-version 0.19as.32.09.20_3_10.107.32.25L >   * Build 2.33.162.2 CL94411 release-keys > It's not apparent that the method for unlocking the AT&T HTC One X posted recently will apply. Thanks.


title: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 restarting randomly

text: So I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and I've used it for about a month. Last week, the device froze and restarted abruptly. I didn't know what had caused the problem so I had a poke around and people recommended to me that I should do an anti-virus scan and a factory reset. So now I've done both and the issue persists. It happens usually after using the device for a few hours. Once I didn't use the device for a whole day and after I picked it up, it was just restarting even without any usage (saw it coincidentally). Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.


title: How is Anker battery for Android phones?

text: I've heard people talking about Anker on big forums about Anker battery, basically cell phone batteries and external batteries, and it seems people speak highly about it. So have you have any idea about how it works?


title: Stop Android GMail from receiving GTalk offline messages notifications?

text: I've been trying to find a way to stop getting notifications on my phone when I receive offline messages to my GTalk account. It's highly annoying to be falling asleep and suddenly receive an email notification on my phone and once I open it, it's someone saying good night or some such. Anyone know of a possible solution?


title: Save an image in Android browser

text: When I save an image from a WebPage in android browser, can you please tell me where does that go? Which directory does that file go? I tried mounting the phone to my computer, but I can't find that file. Please help. Thank you.


title: Video showing up as Audio in media library

text: I use Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus. I have copied a .avi File to the 'Movies'-folder of the device using mtpfs. I expected the file to show up as a Video in the Media Library so I can use Skifta (a DLNA server) to stream it to my TV. Instead it showed up as Audio and therefore it cannot be watched. I can view the movie on the TV if I use a DLNA server on my desktop and I can view it on android if I use vlc. So I am wondering if there is a way to manually manage the media library and add the file as a video or to force the media scanner to classify the file as a video? I have already tried renaming to '.mp4' without success.


title: How to create a hardware shortcuts in Android 4.3?

text: I have Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9500 running the latest firmware with Android 4.3. I want to create "hardware shortcuts". For example, if I hold `volume up` and `home` at the same time, then it'll open an application that I set, for example "Firefox". As a Linux user, I know it's possible in Fedora and Ubuntu. Is it possible with Android? My device has not been rooted.


title: How to root LG Optimus P500

text: I have no experience and I would like to root my LG Optimus One (P500). I have checked some guides online but got more confused. Is there an easy way to do it? I want to install Cyanogenmod.


title: Android OS uses a lot of data in background, how to turn auto system update check off?

text: I have a nexus 5 with Android 4.4. If i look at data usage, it shows that Android OS is using a couple of megabytes per day. I tried disabling sync and backup but it didn't help. What could be causing the background data usage? One thing that I could think of is automatic system update check, but there seems to be no way to turn it off. What could be the cause of the data usage and can I fix it without rooting?


title: Can't make gallery photos lock screen wallpaper (Samsung S2)

text: I have a Samsung S2 and until recently changing the lock screen was fine, however suddenly (potentially after apps were synced), I am unable to change my lock screen using a gallery photo, using both the change lockscreen prompt through Gallery itself, from holding down the homescreen as well as through the Settings. I am only able to change it to one of the factory Wallpapers. Changing the home screen is fine, and as far as I know my only third-party editing app is TwCrop, which I got to try and fix the problem (it didn't).


title: Possible to turn on Airplane mode with WiFi on only?

text: I know the definition of Airplane mode is all communications and radio signals are blocked. But is it possible to turn off the "calling/receiving" part of the phone so your phone is not connecting to a cell tower and only allow Wifi? I've looked into a couple of apps in Google Play but they're either not working or out of date with newer versions of Android. I know there is strong opinions on both sides of the issue but I'm worried about radiation from my phone since i use it a lot in bed and I hold the phone close to my head and face. At night I'm not worried about receiving calls, so I just want to turn off the phone part and use WiFi. Is there a way? Or am i just crazy and paranoid?


title: 4.3 Jelly update problem-random screenshots

text: I recently updated my Samsung galaxy S3 from 4.1 to 4.3 jellybean on 12/7/13. Right after I updated my phone would download 2 screenshots every time I turn on my wifi (which I never took). It would read: "Screenshot_2013-09-1.." on my notification bar. And when I click on it to see what it is, it says "unable to find item". This never before since I got my phone. Pretty sure its from the update. Anyone have similar problems and possible fixes? Thanks.


title: Can Android 2.3.4 be rooted?

text: I have a Samsung Mesmerize and I've recently upgraded to my carrier's official release of Android 2.3.4, but to my dismay SuperOneClick doesn't seem to be able to root the device, it's always worked with past versions. Does Gingerbreak no longer work with 2.3.4? Is there any simple way to root 2.3.4 yet without reflashing and other device changes? I would like to avoid reflashing the device _again_ or altering the device from stock significantly if at all possible.


title: Change "contact" photo when making a call

text: I've started using Google Plus and I want my Android "contact" picture to change to the picture used in G+; a real photo of me. It's currently using an old avatar picture I once set for Google Talk, so when I call them it pops up with a silly avatar instead of my real photo. This shows up as my Phone contact picture as well, not just Google +. Is there some way to set which image is used either via android, Gtalk or Gmail or something? I always use Gchat via Gmail, but I don't know where or how I set my Gtalk avatar anymore, and I don't recall setting that picture for myself on my phone ever. I am on Android 2.3.4.


title: Upgrading MIUI when installed on SD card

text: I have MIUI 1.7.22 Italian installed on my HD2 running from SD card. I found that there is version 1.8.5 available from the MIUI updater program on the phone. However, even if I download the ROM it doesn't get installed. It asks me to reboot in bootloader mode, so I suppose it works only with NAND- installed ROMs. Do you know if it's possible to upgrade MIUI to 1.8.5 when running from SD card possibly without erasing all data on the phone? It took me some time to customize desktop.


title: How can I sync iTunes with a Galaxy Nexus

text: How can I sync my music from iTunes onto my Galaxy Nexus? How-To Geek has a good article about using Salling Media Sync, but apparently the Galaxy Nexus isn't supported because it only shows up as a MTP device in Windows. Also I'm outside the US so I can't use Google Music (no sure if that would even help though because I don't have access to it! :-o).       Thanks in advance!


title: Number of Wi-Fi channels to be used?

text: Under advanced wifi settings one can change number of Wi-Fi channels to be used (11, 13, 14). Does anyone have a clue on how does this property affect battery drain? I know it should be configured depending on how your Wi-Fi router is set-up, but maybe one number of channels should be ("defaultly") preferred over another so battery would last longer?


title: SMS to contacts with multiple numbers

text: I use to forward SMS to many contacts, most of those contacts have multiple numbers with one number as default. **Handcent**   When I select a group to send a message, handcent asks me to choose number for each contact with multiple numbers.   **GO SMS**   It does the same as handcent   **Pansi SMS**   It picks the number randomly Is there anyway it can pick default number automatically, or select the 'home' or 'mobile' number automatically? Or is there any alternate application, as good as handcent, which can do that?


title: Locus Maps - adding additional zoom levels

text: The Locus Maps app allows downloading maps and using them offline. When selecting a map region, the zoom levels have to be selected. I've downloaded a map at a specific zoom level (23) expecting that I will be able to use lower zoom levels as well (1-22). However - I can now only go through the map at zoom level 23, which is awkward. Is there any way to add additional zoom levels to those maps already downloaded, without having to download the entire thing again from scratch (it's big)? Thank you!


title: Port forwarding for wireless tethering

text: I have an HTC EVO 4G and I've been using the manufacturer's supplied app for wireless tethering. It works great but is missing are several key features I require:   * Statically assigned IP addresses for connected clients   * Port forwarding Is there a way to enable this functionality?


title: Download one thread of text

text: How do I select one string of text messages and download to PC so that I can print? I've tried downloading and it provides a .hbk file which I can not open. I don't even know where to look on my HTC to look for my SMS card file information to convert to something else.


title: Are all prepaid phones able to use google voice?

text: Seems like some have a problem? -- http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1205636


title: Personalized Mass Text tool (app)?

text: I want to: Send massive personlized text messages. Example of what I want to do: Send the same template to George & Juan   * `Hey Juan, how are you doing?`   * `Hey George, how are you doing?` without having to type the same text twice, if not more. What I have found so far:   * Group SMS: a far from finished and polished App.   * Mass Text Personalizer: a relatively finished but not polished app. It is very buggy indeed. Why I need it: When mass messages are personalized, there is a bigger chance of people replying back. I need you to: Give me other alternatives to these apps... if there are... better ones. Thank you.


title: Android hangs after rebooting when upgrading to 2.3.5

text: I used HTC's update software functionality to upgrade my Android to version 2.3.5. Though, upon reboot all I get is the cryptic icon (a phone and a red triagle with an exclamation mark inside). When entering System Recovery (volume + power button) I see:               Copying fotaBoot to /data/system for customize reload...     Verify current system...       assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk", ..., ...)       E:Error in /sdcard/download/OTA_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3-1.33.401.3_release_237845pg2016qpaadczbkc.zip       (Status 7)       Installation aborted.      And four options are given to me:   * Reboot system now (which I have done)    * Apply update from sdcard    * Wipe data/factory reset   * Wipe cache partition I am tempted to select "Apply update from sdcard". Though, I cannot imply if I will find sideffects in doing so as I do not understand the meaning of "Status 7". Any help would be appreciated!


title: Install built-in system languages

text: I open **Settings->Language and keyboard->Samsung Keypad->Input languages** and there is a very limited range of languages there. In my friend's phone there are more locales I'd like to support in my phone, is this possible (not via installing an external keyboard like MultiLing Keyboard etc.), in my friend's phone, my native language appears there and is integrated in the system. Note: I've just rooted my phone.


title: how to forward calls to my phone to my google voice number

text: I have two phones, one of them a droid the other one a brick. Most of my friends have my brick number so it would be hard to make them change my number in favor of my droid. My droid uses google voice to receive and make calls. What I want to do is to forward calls to my brick to my google voice so that my droid picks up the call instead. I tried to use the call forwarding feature in my phone but it seem jumps immediately to a "not available " message when someone calls it. Is there something that I can configure to make the above happen?


title: How to prevent automatic aggregation of contacts

text: I have more than 3000 contacts and maintain the master copy on my PC. I regularly create a CSV file from the master and then copy the data to the Contact Manager on my Samsung S3. I have done this for years, with a Blackberry and then an iPhone. Android Contact manager arbitrarily joins contacts together. People who work for different companies with the same name, people who live at the same address with different names, etc. The result is that I cannot find them in my address book, and phone numbers get mixed up. Without separating the joined entries I cannot tell which phone number belongs to which person when I try to call someone. Equally, when someone calls me, the wrong name is displayed. I have tried using different ways of moving data to my phone (a Samsung S3). Using Kies or VCF files. Surely there must be a way to turn off this destructive 'feature'. It would take me days to go through all my contacts and separate them manually each time I copy from the master. Synchronizing rather than delete/copy makes it worse. Entries that I have previously separated join together again!


title: How can I get back access to the media interface drivers?

text: After much waiting and tribulation, I've finally successfully unlocked tethering and installed Paranoid Android on my Nexus 7 3G device. In the progress, I had to tell Windows to ignore its default MTP drivers and use Google's debugging own to interface with Android, fastboot and the like. As a result, I now can't go back to accessing the device using MTP from inside Windows itself. I tried uninstalling all the relevant drivers from Device Management, but now Windows prefers Android ADB Interface to whatever I was using before. I've tried to force the setup of MTP drivers from Device Management, Add legacy hardware, Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, Portable Devices, (Standard MTP Device), MTP USB device. This didn't work ("This device cannot start. (Code 10)"). How can I get file transfer back?


title: Vibrator not working after upgrading to ICS - Samsung Galaxy S2

text: I have upgraded to the latest official version available through Kies. And I have noticed that after the update the vibrator of the phone is not working. Actually its working but not in Silent mode on receiving a call. When we switch to vibrating mode or at the boot-up the phone, the vibrator vibrates. So the vibrator is functional. I have searched a lot and I could not find any valid solutions.


title: Sync Native Calendar (Galaxy S3) with Windows Live Calendar

text: I currently have a Galaxy S3 unrooted with the shipped ROM. I am attempting to sync the native Calendar App with Windows Live Calendar. I can see under the Calendar list that my @live.com calendars are there, however when selecting the correct calendar to sync to and adding the event it doesn't appear on the web. Are there any additional settings that need to be modified (previously I have only ever synced with a Google account which seemed a lot easier)?


title: How can I use shell commands and interact with the Linux system underneath?

text: Android is based on Linux and has a Linux kernel underneath. Is there any way I can use shell commands and interact directly with the Linux system? E.g. A shell app that has access to the Linux system?


title: How to show the battery percentage remaining in numbers?

text: At the moment Android 2.2 has a pretty incomprehensible icon of a battery that shows remaining strength. Is there a way to switch that to a numeric display (like is available on the iPhone)?


title: How to close (shutdown/kill) the Android web browser?

text: I did read this question What is the right way to close apps in Android? but I want to know how to close - that means **close** \- application to save power and download limit. My observations tell me that `Back` button brings me to the previous page (something I am not after) while `Home` seems to me leaves the page loading in background. So the question is how do I exit the browser. I tried Advanced Application Killer but I don't think it worked ... Using **HTC Desire on Android 2.1**


title: The link APK Downloader is not working. Is there any other convenient method to download the APK file to my notebook?

text: The link APK Downloader is not working. Is there any other convenient method to download the APK file to my notebook ?


Where does Android store clipboard data? I have a rooted Android phone. Where are clipboard files stored? I can find that in a rooted Samsung device at `/data/Clipboard`, but am not able to find in other Android phones (e.g. Sony, HTC). For phones running GingerBread. I'm able to see the clipboard data using `adb shell service call clipboard 1`, but after Gingerbread this service call command does not show the data.


title: Getting rid of obsolete notifications in the notification panel?

text: Is there any built-in feature or non-root app that can allow me detailed control on how to (selectively) clean up the notification tray? The Clear/Reset button is too indiscriminate... I have some games set up so they notify me when some events trigger, but they over-do it, and i routinely get tens of notifications from the same game. Some of them are well-behaved, in the sense that clicking on a notification will remove it, but others aren't and their notifs just pile up more and more... So i'm looking for either of these 3 potential fixes:   * Is there any way to have older notifications from the same app be "cancelled" whenever a new one is raised from the same source?   * Or remove all current notifications by a specific App (but allow it to raise further ones in the future)?   * Or at least group notifs by app, and have only one line per app in the "tray", that will list something like "AppName: 17 notifications"? I'd be very happy for anything that runs on 2.3.4, but am curious about all alternatives, regardless of specific OS requirements.


title: How do I associate a file type such as .js or .html with an editor app such as emacs?

text: I downloaded the emacs editor for android. Now I want to edit files in Dropbox. But when I select the file, I am not given the choice to open with emacs. How do I tell Android to associate a given file extension to an arbitrary app? I read in several places that Astro File Manager could do this, but they appear to be referring to a version which is no longer available, because they all say to select something from the menu, but the only choice the menu brings up for me is "Exit". It would also be nice if I could associate any arbitrary type with an app so it would show up as an option to any file I try to open. There are literally hundreds of file types that are text files and could easily be opened by an text editor. Any programming language source file for instance.


title: Is it possible to return back to jelly bean OS after upgraded to cyanogenmod?

text: I am using samsung galaxy Star Pro 7260 (rooted). I would like to install cyanogenmod on my phone. But, I want to know is it possible to return back to jelly bean OS after upgraded to cyanogenmod ? If it is possible then tell me what I have to do before installing cyanogenmod on my phone ? Do I have to take any backup (OS) from my phone ?


title: How to add a contact to People from Hangouts?

text: I'm using KitKat. I have Hangouts conversations with people who are not in my contacts (this may be an artifact of using a Google Apps account provided by my school). How can I add someone from one of these conversations to People? I have tried double-tapping and holding down their icon or their chats without any success, and looking at the "..." options menus. No luck. I do know how to add contacts from email.


title: Samsung Galaxy S2 boot loop

text: Today I updated my S2 with the android version provided by the carrier, but I thought it went wrong because of the lack of space on /storage and afterwords some of the apps lost their settings. Also after the update all the apps started to have disk space errors when trying to update, so I deleted some of the apps or moved them to external sd, but still had little space on the 2Gb partition. I looked for a rooting solution and since I'm on Ubuntu I downloaded Heimdall. I downloaded the latest firmware version for I9100 from sammobile.com and in console I ran the following command (saw this in a tutorial)               sudo heimdall flash --factoryfs factoryfs.img      And I got this error               Uploading FACTORYFS     21%     ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!     FACTORYFS upload failed!     Ending session...     Rebooting device...     Re-attaching kernel driver...      Now everytime I try to boot my phone it goes into recovery mode. How can I get pass the booting sequence and install a new and functional android rooted version? Am I missing something in the process, is my first attempt to root my phone.


title: Is an antivirus really needed for Android?

text: I use Linux for half a decade now, so I am not used to dealing with viruses anymore. To my surprise, I saw some discussion about antiviruses in Android. I haven't installed any yet, but this bugs me: are they really necessary? Are there (or were) any known viruses in the market? Doesn't Google runs an antivirus before allowing an app to the market? I haven't had no problem in one year of Android, but my cellphone has a lot of important information, and I wouldn't like to be surprised with some virus cleaning my phone, or making international calls while I sleep, or whatsoever. Should I install an antivirus?


title: Is it important to have an anti-virus application running on your phone or does the carrier protect it?

text: I use my phone like I do the computer. Shopping online with a credit card etc. Surfing unknown sites... Does my phone require an anti-virus application to protect the internal drive of my phone? Can it be damaged by a virus like on a computer? OS: Android 4.1.1 Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3


title: Antivirus for Android?

text: Ever since I got this phone, I have had Avast installed. I'm just being a little picky, but I'd like to know if antivirus software is worthwhile, or even necessary at all, on Android. For your information, I am running 4.4 on an unrooted Moto G. In my opinion, the Android OS is quite limited to a PC's, especially if your phone isn't rooted, so there wouldn't be much malware could do, and not much Antivirus software could do to stop malware, given that it's running within Android's system limitations as well. Thanks,


title: Android and antiviruses

text: This is actually three questions:   1. Are anti-viruses needed for smartphones running Android OS?   2. Is the Android Market absolutely safe (because all precatuions are taken by Google to prevent any problems)?   3. Which are the big players in the Android Security Software market? Thank you.


title: how to open a .hbk files which contains the sms backup from htc one s

text: I can't open the backup of sms because after sending it on my mail I discovered it's a hbk file. How can you open this type of file? I need to print them! thanks


title: how can I tell if someone has read text message?

text: Does delivery report mean that the person reads the message on android phone?


title: Galaxy Tab 3 GT-P5210 Downgrade to 4.0.3 ICS

text: I was searching the web trying to find ROMs for downgrading my Galaxy Tab 3. No matter how deep I have gone, it seems that there is not any available ROM for Android 4.0.3 dedicated for my device. A little more searching gave me the feeling that this kind of ROM **will never be available** for downgrading. Does anyone know if such a ROM exists, or if it is impossible to exist?


title: Find downloaded video files via coursera app

text: There is a possibility to download and play videos via coursera android app. But I want to play the downloaded video with my desired video player in my android device. where is the downloaded video file saved? In other words, how can I find the video file with my file manager and in which directory it's been saved?


title: Widget to immediately phone a specific contact?

text: I have a widget that places an icon of a specific contact on my home screen. Whenever I touch it, the phone immediately dials that person. Problem is - I already forgot what the widget is called (I'd like to install it on a new phone). Can you help me identify it?


title: Market app crashes when I try to scroll

text: For the last day or two I have had trouble in the default Market application. When I try to scroll in the "Just In" area the application just stops working. I get a black screen for while then I get an error that `process com.android.vending` has crashed. My device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab and I get crashes in all "Just In" sections such as "Just In" in games, apps/tool etc. What it could be?


title: "Converting to multimedia message" when forwarding large SMS

text: When I receive a large SMS and when I select "Forward" from options, it shows "Converting to multimedia message" and I'm getting charged more. Furthermore, if the person on receiving end doesn't have a multimedia phone he is not able to receive it. I have un-rooted Samsung Galaxy 3 I5801 I don't want to convert it to Multimedia message.


title: How to use my mac as a bluetooth headset?

text: My phone and the mac is already paired. What do i need to do next? I can't seem to find anything on the internet. I think the correct term would be to tether the phone call. Pretty similar to this one, except I'm on a mac. And my phone is not rooted. Over at System Preferences, it says that the phone is already paired. I'm on Android 2.3.4. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/in6kJ.png)


title: Can we watch "live" broadcast videos from YouTube Application

text: From YouTube.com in PC, we can watch live videos from here - http://www.youtube.com/live But how do we watch them from the default YouTube mobile application in Android.


title: Clear Google Maps search history without removing the cached maps?

text: I've been using the Google Maps app to cache the maps on certain places where I might be going in the future. I don't always have internet access which is why I'm doing this. Now that I've cached most of the places I might possibly go to, I want to clear my search history to remove the clutter. I don't want to clear the whole shebang. Otherwise, my "pre-caching" actions would just be wasted efforts. I just want the search history on Google Maps to be cleared. How do I do this?


title: Phone thinks it is charging when not plugged in

text: Quite often my phone lights up the charging symbol even if the phone isn't charging. It applies when it's of and on. The behaviour seems somewhat glitchy, it turns on and off. Is this a well known error? Can I do something about it?


title: Is it possible to improve word suggestions?

text: I used to use the "swiftkey" app for writing, and was very pleased with the suggestions they generated. I have now changed to 8pen "keyboard" instead I'm very pleased but miss the good autocompletes, is there someway to improve the autocompletes without using swiftkey? Changing suggestion engine, importing language from facebook etc. My phone is rooted


title: The power button on my Galaxy Nexus stopped working

text: I got a galaxy nexus at Google IO, and randomly today the power button stopped working. I was on a call, used it to lock the screen after I got off, put it in my pocket, and when I got home the button wasn't working. The rest of the phone works if I plug it in to charge (waking up the screen), but the button doesn't respond. Short press doesn't lock/wake and long press doesn't bring the power menu up. What happened and how can I fix it? I've tried pulling the battery and letting it sit for a few minutes without rebooting it, and it didn't help.


title: Motorola Fire XT on boot loop - flash/recover without powering on?

text: I rooted my Fire XT with SUT and SuperUserOneclick .. so far all seemed good. Then I ran Android_AIO_Flasher_1.00 and tried to install the NoLock apk. After that the phone has just been going into a boot loop.. constantly booting up, and then rebotting (without reaching the home screen). ADB recognizes the device in offline mode for a few seconds after which it reboots anyway. I've tried removing the battery and have now let it drain actually. If I try going into recovery mode, I do get a 'enter recovery mode' message, but then I get a white triangle with an exclamation mark and an android.. and nothing happens then. Can someone suggest any possible actions please? Thanks! PS - the whole reason why i'm trying to operate on this phone, is that I want to use it for my app testing , and secondly, because i need to unlock the screen somehow as there is some issue with the touch screen - the screen stays on the lock mode and doesn't accept any touch events.


title: Using OTG cable, transfer file from cardreader to external harddisk, is it possible?

text: I will be going on a holiday and I want to be able to back up my photos to my external harddrive. Usually this means bringing a laptop with me. However I have :   * Galaxy Nexus, rooted and unlocked   * OTG Cable   * Powered USB hub   * Standard, fullsize SD card reader So I hooked up everything. Nexus-> OTG -> USB Hubs with power supply -> External Harddrive and SD card reader Nothing happens. I can connect a Logitech wireless mouse to it and I can use my phone via the mouse. So everything are connected, with power. I read that I need to mount the external drive and the SD card reader. So I opened Astro but it doesn't seem to auto mount. I searched and I found StickMount, an App which mount USB storage devices for you. I tried that however it will not mount my external drive nor my SD card reader. Can anyone help please? EDIT: I downloaded a Root Checker and found out that my device is not properly rooted, perhaps that is why StickMount could not mount my drives. Does anyone know how would I mount the drives without root access? Is it possible?


title: copy my exchange server settings password

text: The password field under "exchange server settings" is blocked out. I want to add my business email to another phone. Is there any way to reveal the password? Thanks.


title: Why does Google Wallet depend not only on the Phone but the Carrier as well?

text: I'm trying to use Google Wallet on a Moto X at Duane Reed. I'm under the impression that this _should_ work. However, when I browsed the help file for Wallet, it lists a number of Moto-X compatible devices, but they also list the cellular service.   * What is the technological, or vendor relationship that is needed in order to Google wallet work with Moto-X with T-Mobile?   * Why is there a dependency outside of the actual phone? Is the cellular operator working with Google, sharing my PII, and monitoring my transactions? My goal is to understand the extent the cellular operator is monitoring my on- device actions, and purchases.


title: push allert to my phone that will ignore silent profile

text: How can I make my phone check my website in a background every 30s and activate voice alert that will ignore silent mode if website says for example '1'? Pushing from server to phone is also acceptable but I guess much more difficult and is susseptable to hangs when conectivity is bad. So far i;ve been using Light Flow Lite and additional gmail account - sending myself any email there triggers alarm.


title: HTC Desire S-Off

text: My HTC Desire is stuck in a boot loop: HTC Desire Boot Loop I am trying to set S-Off so that I can use the Windows version of ADB and delete some apps/data off the phone memory. I don't want to wipe all the data off the phone memory and reset back to factory settings. I have tried using Revolutionary on two separate computers however, it just remains on the 'waiting for phone to connect' message. I have tried the phone in Fastbot mode and Recovery. I can't remember if the phone has USB debug enabled or not as I cannot boot into Android to check?


title: take Nexus 7 from android 4.3 to 4.2.2

text: I have just purchased a Nexus 7 (2013) and it auto updated to android to 4.3 as I was setting up. Unfortunately USB OTG now does not run. I purchased the Nexus 7 for it's OTG feature. I've done a factory reset but it still loads 4.3 Is there any way I can go back to 4.2.2 - which does support OTG on the Nexus 7


title: How to switch the layout of a hardware keyboard without changing language?

text: I have bought German T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), and thus I have German hardware keyboard. In stock firmware I used English language, but the keyboard was still German - that was OK. I got used to that layout, and all was well. Then I upgraded firmware to CM6.0, keyboard was still German. Then I went restored backup of stock 1.6 firmware, and suddenly android thinks that I have US keyboard. I can't type quickly because the symbols printed on the keyboard are for German keyboard, but the keystrokes generate characters for US English. Is there a file containing the key mappings, that I can save using adb with correct layout and restore on the firmware with wrong layout? Thanks.


title: Why does "Preparing SD card" message appear on Optimus One P500 3-4 times a day?

text: On my Optimus One P500 it shows.               Preparing SD card      The above message shows at least 3 to 4 times in a day. During this Apps on SD cards are automatically closed. Any files opened(Music/PDF) as not accesible. Is this a issue with me or Optimus or android 2.2


title: How to deactivate Motoblur and undesirable services on Motorola Defy?

text: Is it possible to deactivate Motoblur sync and undesirable services on Motorola Defy like:   * `FeedRecieverService`   * `NewsRecieverService`   * `WeatherService` (all lanched by `app.`) Because I really don't care about Weather, news, feed, and must of all, I HATE this Motoblur account who "backup" my personal data without any possibility to limit him : It's just here, in the top of the synced accounts, with a little lock to the left... If it's possible to do that without rooting the device or install a custom rom, it's for the best: I'm looking for the less intrusive method. Thanks by advance for your help.


title: Need help restricting Android tablet to SSH/VPN access only

text: I want to set my Mum's new tablet so that it can only access the Internet via the SSH server running on her Buffalo router (with Tomato firmware). I've got the server working and accessible remotely and so far the only app I've found that has a Global Proxy setting to redirect everything via the SSH server is SSHTunnel, although I gather that it's not totally reliable when connections drop/change and I can't expect my Mum to cope with monitoring it and re-enabling it manually. When it's disabled, all traffic will just go over local connection unencrypted so that's a concern as well. Ideally there'd be some way to setup the SSH settings at a system level, with no way to disable them and force all the traffic go out like this but I'm not sure if there is any way to achieve this. The other part is setting a firewall (AFWall+ or Android Firewall seem to be the main ones) to only allow traffic via the SSH server. I'm not sure what whitelist rules would be required for this. For example, SSHTunnel connects to the server at x.x.x.x:x, so I presume I'd need a rule to allow connections to this address and this port (I had a quick play with the Avast firewall, which only allows creating custom rules for IP or port, so I'd need two rules with that and it doesn't allow entering the DynDNS name, only a IP address, so that's no good). Then SSHTunnel has a Local Port (1984) and remote address:port (127.0.0.1:3128) so I presume I'd need rules to allow all of those as well (I'm not sure which of these need to be incoming/outgoing or both). Then there's the question of whether I need to allow other ports like DNS (53) and so on, or if that all goes over the SSH tunnel and doesn't require setting allow rules specifically. It might be that a VPN server would be more suitable for what I'm trying to acheive than a SSH server and I think the Tomato firmware on the router has that facility (or if the version currently flashed doesn't, there's probably another version I could flash that does), so if that's the case, I'd appreciate advice on locking it down that way instead. Android has built-in VPN support, so it might be possible to use that but it depends on whether it will auto-connect and stay connected all the time or if it requires user intervention and I'll still need to setup firewall rules to prevent data being sent without the VPN in case it does get disabled. Another issue is whether these firewall rules will prevent the device even being able to connect to any public Wi-Fi points before redirecting the traffic via the SSH/VPN server.


title: Audio dropouts over Bluetooth on Nexus One

text: Ever since the Gingerbread update, my N1 has been experiencing random audio dropout problems every 5-10 minutes when connected to my car's audio system via Bluetooth. The audio will be streaming normally, then I'll hear a "pop" sound and the volume drops to zero, then immediately fades back in. The whole process lasts about three-quarters of a second, then everything is back to normal until the next dropout. This happens regardless of which audio application I am using. It does not happen when I am listening to the device over headphones or through the internal speaker. It did not happen under Froyo. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing it or how I can fix it?


title: Contact synchronization on older droids

text: Having had the "activate auto-sync" checkmark off for about a week (not that i expected this time-out to matter in any case), i've recently tried to find a manually-driven option, but without success. My 2.3.4 Gingerbread (Level 10) doesn't even animate the curved arrows anymore. After giving up, i've even activated the auto-sync, but it still did not kick in. :-| Then i tried to look into other options, and got to the Contacts app, where in the Menu there's an "Import" option, but this one fails to even start -- with a silly error message "Memory full. Could not import contacts." My internal storage still has 16 MB free, though, so i suspect it's the number of contacts that's causing the issue? So, anyway, how do i check what's wrong and is there any workaround for this SNAFU?


title: Getting verification error when attempting to "adb sideload" the OTA update on Nexus 7 (2013)

text: Notes:   * Tablet is unlocked and rooted (SuperSU Pro v1.75)   * I have the following recovery flash in place: TWRP 2.6.3.0, but I am booting stock recovery for the `adb sideload` invocation   * The drivers are installed, host is Win 7 x64 and the device is detected in every mode (MTP, USB debug, bootloader) When attempting to `adb sideload` (via stock recovery) the file `7d9b309e11da82edb5373a1f59965bca89f6041f.signed-razor-KRT16S-from- JSS15R.7d9b309e.zip` on my Nexus 7 (2013) [Wi-Fi], I receive an error:               Finding update package...     Opening update package...     Verifying update package...     Installing update...     Verifying current system...     "/system/app/Drive.apk" has unexpected contents.     E:Error in /tmp/update.zip     (Status 7)     Installation aborted.      What am I doing wrong? What do I have to change in order to make the `adb sideload` succeed?


title: Why do people recommend rooting a device before flashing a custom ROM?

text: If rooting isn't required to flash a new ROM (unlocking your bootloader is), why do many people recommend rooting your device before flashing it?


title: ffmpeg - Permission denied when running binary, even as root

text: I've compiled ffmpeg for Android with the NDK and transferred the compiled binary to /data/local, but when I try to execute the binary, even as su, the terminal returns 'Permission denied.' The configure script I use for ffmpeg is: `NDK=/home/adam/ndk/android-ndk-r9c PLATFORM=$NDK/platforms/android-19/arch- arm PREBUILT=$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 ./configure --target-os=linux --arch=arm --enable-cross-compile --cross- prefix=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- --sysroot=$PLATFORM --enable-pic --enable-runtime-cpudetect` `ls -l ffmpeg` outputs: `-rw-rw-rw- root root 10338136 2013-12-30 15:54 ffmpeg`


I produce PDF documents for my customers to download from my website (which I write using HTML and php) and read. How can I get Android to prompt the client for which application to use to handle the PDF file? Other applications do this on Android, but my download just goes straight to a directory, and then you have to hunt around to find it to read. It would be much better if I could write something in my php which triggers the Android device to prompt the client to open the PDF file using Adobe reader or whatever else it has to hand. How can I do this? Many thanks.


title: Cannot root Verizon Galaxy S5 with towelroot

text: I have downloaded towelroot `tr.apk` for my Galaxy S5 from Verizon which I purchased recently. I have heard of people having success with towelroot on their S5 devices bit for some reason I have been unsuccessful so far in rooting my device. If I press the "makeitra1n" button I receive an error message saying my phone is not supported. I did some research and found you could change the settings of the program This article supplies instructions to change the modstrings : http://www.naldotech.com/how-to-fix-towelroot-phone-isnt-supported-problem/ But after trying all codes I still have no success, occasionally I get another message asking if my device is connected to the internet. has anyone else shared this problem?


title: Recommended App for Shopping List

text: We are three user who want to cooperate regarding to the shopping list. We want to use a app that act as a shopping list. What app can you recommend us to use? Criteria.   * We use android and iphone.   * The users should enable to add, delete and update the shopping list automatically (if possible).   * If possible, user retrieve the latest shopping list in real time.


title: How to verify an ADB backup file is complete and in a good state?

text: This is not a duplicate of How to verify a backup file from ADB backup. The poster there probably didn't know that an unrooted phone requires `-nosystem` (ref) and ended with a 0 byte file, where my backup file is almost 8GB. Given that adb gives almost zero feedback on it's backup progress and success or failure. How can I be confident that the backup I've just completed is a good one? and that it contains what I think it does? and that it will (probably) work to restore or extract data from? I have the one android device (Nexus 5), access to Win7 PCs, and ubuntu virtual machines if needed.


title: Remotely uninstall apps?

text: I have tried through the Google Play store and it does not seem possible from there, but does anyone know if it is possible to remove an application remotely? In other words, _if I do not have direct access to my phone_ , can I make use of some website, app or service to uninstall an app without being able to interact with the phone directly.


title: Can still sync email after revoking app specific password on gmail

text: I was rather shocked today to discover that my android phone was still syncing email after I had revoked it's app specific password on gmail. Can anyone else confirm that this happens on their devices too? Found another users post about it here but there is no reply from google. Feeling very uneasy about the security of my stuff now :/ **UPDATE:** Yeah, I was doing it wrong. But I think Google could document the process a little better.


title: Sync SMS inbox and Google Voice

text: I use Google Voice for my phone, for voicemail and SMS. It is very convenient to read and send texts from my computer, but if I do not use the Google Voice app on my phone (which, unfortunately, is rather ill-designed in my opinion), the texts I send from voice.google.com or the Chrome extension (or, incidentally, the Google Voice app on my phone) do not show up in my SMS thread, in the stock messaging app or any replacement one (I use GoSMS). Is there a way to make Google Voice sync with these somehow, so I can see the messages I send through Google Voice without using one of their apps?


title: How to convert a .odex file to a dex file

text: I am trying to decompile a system app. Unfortunately there is no classes.dex for this particular system app. There is only a *.odex. I know I have to deodex this so that I get a .dex file. I have looked at smali but evry time I run it I get the following error. Baksmali tells me to use the following syntax:(I am running on windows hence I cant use the bash wrapper provided)               java -jar baksmali-1.3.3.jar -x name.odex      However it throws a top level exception:               UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:     org.jf.dexlib.Util.ExceptionWithContext: regCount does not match the number of a     rguments of the method


title: How to transfer SMS message store to new phone which does not have an SD card

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? There have been many duplicate questions asking about transferring SMS messages from one Android phone to another. The agreed answer recommended using SMS Backup & Restore. However, it involves the use of an SD card. My old HTC T-Mobile G2 has an SD card. The new Samsung Galaxy Nexus does not have an SD card slot. Can I transfer the message store through USB mass storage on a computer? I have access to Windows, Mac and Linux boxes and will use whichever is easiest.


title: Save txt messages to PC?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? Is it possible to move/backup txt/sms message from my phone to my PC? I have Android 2.2 If this could be done via a usb cable, that would be ideal.


title: How to save or back-up whole SMS threads on SIM

text: I have a Samsung-SGH -I927 and would need to save on my SIM card or send to my email for back up several text SMS messaging threads. I know that I can do this with an individual SMS' by lightly tapping on them and choose the save to SIM option, but I do not know how to do it with a whole thread. How can I do it?


title: Transfer SMS messages from Android to new Android phone

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? Is there a way to easily transfer my SMS messages to my new phone if both are Android?


title: SMS backup in Android

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages? How can I make a backup of SMS messages to the SD card in Android 2.2?


title: Can I turn my Android device into a webcam?

text: If so, how? Could it be implemented via a USB, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection?


title: Does assisted GPS fix Samsung Galaxy S's GPS problems?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Does Froyo fix Samsung Galaxy S I9000's GPS problem? the GPS on Samsung Galaxy S is said to be somewhat broken. Is this true even when using assisted GPS?


title: I keep losing my Swype keyboard

text: I'm running CM6 on a Motorola Droid. Every now and then (at least once a day), my keyboard will revert from Swype back to the Stock Android Keyboard and I have switch back to the Swype keyboard to be able to use it again. And sometimes (at least once every other day), the Swype keyboard will be completely disabled and I have to go back into Settings --> Keyboards and re- enable Swype. This is starting to get really annoying. Any suggestions?


title: Why does my Galaxy S now displays 'couldn't connect' when I press the microphone key

text: I have been entering numbers using the microphone key on the keyboard fine yesterday. All of a sudden, when I tried to enter numbers with the microphone key some time later, the message 'couldn't connect' is displayed when I press the microphone key. Anyone any idea how to fix this ? Restarting the phone, does not seem to help.


title: Data only plan on Motorola Atrix 4G?

text: I finally made the switch from iPhone to Android. So far it has been quite nice with the Atrix. I got the phone with the intent of having 3G data and WIFI only, no voice or SMS. I got a data only service from a company called FOMA, installed the SIM and the phone comes up with: SIM not provisioned MM#2 Google searches say the SIM is bad, but that is not the case for me. Here is what I have been able to test:   1. SIM from another carrier in Atrix that has voice service - OK   2. FOMA SIM in a Blackberry, Blackberry comes up OK and recognizes the network The provider says the SIM is active, which makes sense since it works in my Blackberry. If I go into the network setup the phone can see the two major providers here, but can't operate on either of them. Is it possible the phone is saying the SIM is not provisioned because there is no voice service available? Anyone know how I can go about debugging the problem?


title: How to use Tasker to kill apps on/after device boot?

text: I have several apps auto start at boot, and it's really not necessary. So I'm trying to use Tasker to kill them on/after device boot. Tasker has a "Event - Device Boot" option, but it seems that does not work. Tasker just cannot catch this event. I'v also tried to trigger the profile when another app (which starts after Tasker) starts. It works but the problem is that each time the app starts, Taker performs the action, but I only need the task to be performed once. Can anyone think of any trick to do this? PS: please no recommendation on third-party apps or permission change method


title: How to upgrade hboot

text: I have an HTC Desire and my end game is to get custom md partitions. I'm at step one trying to get S-OFF. I've downloaded the tool from revolutionary.io and it tells me my device is:               Found your device: HTC Desire (bravo-0.75.0000, Android: 2.3.5, ROM version: bravo-user)          Your device: bravo, with HBOOT 0.75.0000 is not supported at this time.      So I've looked into how to upgrade the HBOOT and I read that I need S-OFF first? It's a classic chicken and egg scenario. Where do I go from here?


title: How to transfer data of jetpack joyride from one phone to another?

text: I have played Jetpack Joyride for a while now, and I have a lot of missions completed, along with money, gadgets, etc unlocked. My Droid Razr recently broke, and Verizon sent me a new one. I want to transfer the saved data from the broken phone to the new one, but I cannot find the data anywhere. Could anyone help me out with me? Finding the data, transferring, etc.


title: Why does the clock think he's in Detroit?

text: We have brand new phones, and my husband's HTC Evo Shift 4G clock app seems to think he's in Detroit. He isn't. We've never even been to Michigan, which is probably our loss, I'm sure Michigan is beautiful, but the point is that it isn't like we've got a billing address in Detroit or a Detroit area code. The map knows where we are, but the clock shows his "current location" as Detroit. I can't find a way to change that in the clock settings. We've tried with `Settings > Date & time settings` on both "Automatic" and not. I even rebooted after enabling automatic date/time. Doesn't seem to make a difference.


title: A Music listening app that lets me delete song from it's interface

text: So, is there any app that lets me do that? I generally copy full folders which I take from my friends so there are many crappy songs that come to my playlist too. I really need a way to delete the songs from the Music Player interface itself rather than using a File Manager to delete them.


title: Do you know other Android keypad commands (dialer codes)?

text: There a lots of differents keypad commands in Android. Which one do you know ? Some of them are listed here : `*#*#checkin#*#*` Phones home to check for updates. `*#*#info#*#*` \- Enters a detailed phone information menu. `*#*#1472365#*#*` : Access to the GPS config menu (useful for patching Galaxy S GPS failure)


title: Android secret hidden code to open settings

text: I have rooted the phone. After few days I reset the phone. Thereafter it didnt showed anything .My phone is Intex Aqua 4.0 with android 2.3.5 Can you tell me the telephone code to open the settings option or to enable USB debugging mode.


title: What does the *#*#4636#*#* dialer code do?

text: Has anyone tried the `*#*#4636#*#*` or `*#*#7780#*#*` dialer codes on HTC phones? They're not working for me. Secondly, what does it show, means what kind of information? Is it safe to run on brand new phone?


title: What special phone numbers can be used to display (hidden) info on Android phones?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Do you know other Android keypad commands ? In another post someone mentioned the special phone number `#*#4636#*#` to list CPU specific information. I would like to ask you to list such **special phone numbers** in this post. Mind you, I am _not looking for a list on a web page_ (I'm sure that such a list is available somewhere). I am looking for **special numbers you actually used yourself** , so you can vouch for the fact that they actually work. Please mention your phone, because I can imagine some of them are phone specific, no ?


title: Remotely send music to Android device

text: There are multiple questions in _Android Enthusiasts_ addressing the possibility of streaming music to an Android device, _where the point of control is the said device._ I need something slightly different. Suppose when I come home, I plug my Android device on my stereo system, and work on my laptop. Now, I want to play an mp3/webradio/the sound of a movie/white noise in my stereo system, using my Android device while not moving from my chair. What are the softwares to do so? Simply put: I want to beam sound through wifi, to my Android device, from **and controlled by** my laptop. The only solution I can think of is to open a tunnel to the Android sound device and ask my playing software to send the sound to it. _Technical details_ : Tablet Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1; Laptop with Linux. Thanks a lot.


title: How to disable autofocus and set focus to infinity?

text: I almost never take any close up pictures with my Galaxy Nexus (and when I do, it'd be more convenient to manually switch into some kind of macro mode). How do I stop the auto-focus from trying all possible focus positions every time I take a picture? Such behaviour makes me lose all the good moments that I want to capture in the first place (due to a focus delay of about 3 to 5 seconds), and often results with pictures being taken out-of-focus, especially at night or through a windscreen or something. Is there a way to disable such bogus autofocus?


title: Is there a SD card in the HTC Desire C?

text: Is there a SD-card in the HTC Desire C, when you unpack it? I just got mine today, but since there isn't registered any SD-card I wondered, if you have to buy that seperately. This might be a stupid question, but hope to get an answer ;)


title: How do I reset the input language to English when I can't read the current language?

text: I have a **Nexus 4** with the latest OS. I accidentally set the input to **Arabic**. Now I don't know how to reset to **English**. I tried re-booting but it did not revert to **English**. I would like to avoid a factory reset, if possible.


title: Does a broken screen on a Nexus One automatically mean the touch screen digitizer needs to be replaced?

text: After 5 years of faithful service, my Nexus One finally cracked (literally) today when it fell from my vehicle. The screen is severely cracked but remains intact in the frame and the display has no problem at all (other than the obstruction by the fractured glass itself). Even touch sensitivity seemed to be intact though I have to risk my fingers on the broken glass to use it. From some googling, it seems like touch screen digitizer is the part that's recommended to be replaced in such cases. Will that have to be the case here too, or since the touch sensitivity is intact can it end up a cheaper replacement than that? The digitizer seems to be >$25 here in India and I'd prefer not to spend that on an old soon-to-be-replaced phone.


title: Why am I being charged after having disabled mobile data?

text: I have very recently purchased Mote E. I have disabled Mobile data and work only with Wifi. Even after this I see I am being charged with 0 MB data usage. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/96pAZ.png) I don't understand what is happening here. It is coming very frequently. I am very sure none of the Apps are using it since I uninstalled almost every app that I installed after this problem has arisen. I have checked data usage logs and it says 0 MB data usage and that none of my app have used any mobile data. Why is this happening? Probably some check after wifi gets disconnected? I checked with android debugger but there is too many log statement... anything particular I should be looking at? Any help or suggestion is appreciated.


title: How can I use Public Key Authentication for SFTP in ES File Explorer?

text: I want to use SFTP to transfer files from Android to a Linux box using Public Key authentication rather than a traditional user name and password. Ideally I would like to use ES File Explorer (as I use it for everything else). Can anyone tell me how to generate a suitable public/private key pair to allow ES File Explorer to authenticate with the SFTP server?   * When I try to connect to an SFTP server using a Private Key, I can select a file containing the key, but when I click OK, I get the message "Error, cannot find the SFTP(mysite.com) server".   * I know that ES File Explorer is capable of using SFTP because it worked when I was using password authentication. Now that I have switched passwords off on the server, it reports "Login fails. This may be caused by: Auth fail", which is pretty much what I would expect.   * I know that the Android phone still has connectivity to the SSH server, because I can connect to it using Connectbot with Public Key authentication.   * I know that SFTP is still working over SSH, because I can connect to it and transfer files using BitKinex running on a PC.   * CLARIFICATION: I am not running a firewall on the Android phone.   * CLARIFICATION: When the phone fails to connect, the SFTP server logs `Received disconnect from my.ip.ad.dr: 3: com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Auth fail [preauth]` I have successfully authenticated with the server using 2048-bit keys generated by PuTTY KeyGen, both in PuTTY's .ppk format (in PuTTY itself) and exported to OpenSSH format (for BitKinex). These keys didn't work; neither did exporting them to SSH.com format. I've also got OpenSSH / OpenSSL available on the Linux box as an alternative for key generation. Connectbot manages its own keys, but doesn't seem to be able to export the private key (option greyed out). I guess the problem could either be that I am using the wrong key file format, or that I've got the wrong options set on the key itself. I haven't been able to find any instructions in the ES File Explorer documentation or on Google. It ought not to make a difference, but I am using a Huawei Ascend P2 with Android 4.1.2. It is not rooted (and I'm not going to). The linux box is a Raspberry Pi with OpenSSH 6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2.


title: Disable vibration alert in samsung fame

text: Have moved to Samsung Galaxy Fame from a Samsung Galaxy Mini which died. Via settings>sound have disabled vibrate alert for incoming calls, how do I do the same for incoming texts please?


title: Prevent Google Play from reinstalling apps after factory reset

text: I've got multiple Android devices and have a plethora of apps. I've just done a factory reset on one in order to use it for development purposes only, however there are a couple of apps that I need that I've already paid for. If I attach my Google account to this device, by default, the device will begin downloading **_all_** of my apps.. and while this is a good feature for some, I don't want all that crap on this device. How can I prevent my device from automatically downloading apps when I attach my play account?


title: Nexus 7: Can I set its WiFi to monitor/promiscous mode? If so, how?

text: Related question: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/21057/nexus-7-or-any-other-good- android-tablets-for-pen-testing I need to turn a Nexus 7 with Android in it into a wireless packet sniffer. I need to keep track not only of my own traffic but also of the traffic my WiFi interface can capture (hence the need to set it in monitor mode) I've installed the Cyanogen mod to gain root's access so that's not a problem. It also has BusyBox to get some command line tools. Heck, I even compiled wireless-tools (following this thread) I'm not even certain that even doable with the embedded wireless _card_ in the Nexus 7 allows monitor mode? If it does, would it be possible setting it using regular commands (such as `iwconfig`, `ifconfig`) I'm old, and that's what I'm used to **:-D** (opening a terminal and typing things) The about tablet says:               Kenel version: 3.4.0-cyanogenmod-gb7efce1                    build03@cyanogenmod #1                    Mon Feb 3 15:26:37 PST 2014     CPU:           ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7)     CyaongenMod version: 10.2.1.-flo      I know it only has a WiFi interface (no 3G/4G) and also that it's a 2013 model Since my Wi-Fi's MAC address starts with `AC:22:0B`, I guess I have some kind of `ASUSTek` card, but I haven't been able to find the specific model. Thank you in advance. **PS:** If I can't monitor wireless traffic with a Nexus 7, I'm open to buy a new tablet with a network interface that accepts monitoring. I'm open to suggestions about what to get.


title: How to set Now SMS as default SMS app?

text: I have Nexus 7 2013 LTE with Android 4.4.2. I want to set Now SMS as the default SMS app but I have not been successful. After choosing it as the default, the popup is still shown next time I start Now SMS! Can anyone help me out?


title: Any way to set up a Google Voice number to ring multiple cell phones?

text: Anyone have any hacks or tricks to be able to add multiple cell phones to a Google Voice number? We set up a GV#, and want to have it ring our 1) home line, 2) my wife's cell and 3) my cell. Can a GV# forward to another GV#? I'm wondering if maybe I set up a separate GV# for my phone, and then have the shared one forward to mine, which will then forward to my phone. Anyone out there found a way to do what we are looking to do?


title: How can I restore the original ringtones and sounds?

text: Without really thinking, I used the "clear data" command on the Media Storage app, which deleted all the stock ringtones and notification sounds from my Nexus One. How can I get them back?


title: How does the automatic brightness settings work?

text: Maybe a dumb question, but I couldn't find any official documentation to confirm. Does it use the light sensor? Do most devices support it?


title: How do I get my Android to recognize my portable charger?

text: I've bought a portable charger for my phone recently but once I switch it on, it charges for a minute tops before switching off. It seems as though the charger doesn't recognise my phone... is there anyway I can get the phone to recognise the charger or vice versa. Other things to point out:   * The portable charger recognises my iPod touch and it charges quickly so I know the charger works. I've also used the charger on another android phone.   * **Phone** : HTC Sensation   * **Charger** : not anything branded cause I got it cheap from Hong Kong.


title: App to hand write notes

text: I am looking for an app that would be good for taking hand written notes on a 10 inch screen tablet The closest app that i found is "note everything" What makes it short of my requirements is 1(most important) Drawn notes that i can write on are each 1 tablet screen size. I want something that can be scrolled down forever as i need more space. Something the way a normal document works. At worst it should let me instantly page another full canvas forward, not have to create a new note for every page 2\. text notes and hand written notes are separated into separate files. I would like the whole note to be hand written, but be able to add typed ares 3\. There are no lines in the paint section. Makes it hard to write Can anyone suggest anything better?


title: I can flash Cyanogenmod though my bootloader is locked

text: I am using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and CWM as recovery. Even though I locked my bootloader after installing the recovery, I can flash Cyanogenmod 10 using CWM without any errors. Now I am wondering why this works? When I unpack the Cyanogenmod 10 `.zip` on my computer, there's also a `boot.img`, so I guess it also replaces the bootloader? Maybe when the bootloader is locked, this step is skipped (but no error shown) and the stock ROM bootloader is also OK? This ends up in my final question: While it works, am I maybe missing a bootloader update when flashing Cyanogenmod while my bootloader is locked?


title: Android browser

text: What browser runs on Android? It is Chrome or a modified version of it? Also, as a side-note, how can I open site shortcuts saved from Internet Explorer on Windows to the SD Card with the browser?


title: What are some Facebook contact integration alternatives?

text: I'm using HTC Hero. I really love its seamless integration with facebook contacts. My favorite thing about this feature is that I can link my google contact to facebook contact then automatically get profile picture and birthday information from facebook. since I can't get any decent froyo ROM for HTC Hero, I use this non-htc-sense ROM and now I miss that feature. is there any application that (or any way to) bring similar feature?


title: Access Android Phone on local wireless network from Windows device

text: Is what the subject implies possible? Typing `\\{phone IP}` doesn't seem to work as it would with other Windows running devices on the same network. Thank you.


title: How to select default application

text: How can I change the default application for a given file type or protocol? For example, I have multiple browsers on my smartphone and have selected "Internet" (the default browser) to be "the default browser" because it kept asking on every link. How can I change that to ask me each time or at least select a different option? Thank you.


title: How to turn off "auto link" text in S Note?

text: Any idea **how to turn off** "auto-link" feature in my S Note so it can't randomly convert text? It somehow link to maps when tapped. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Eg0bv.png) Thanks. P.S. My device is Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo.


title: Can't set date via shell

text: I've tried               date -u 1407697765      output:               time 1407697765 -> 1407697765.0     settimeofday failed Bad file number      and               busybox date -s @1407697765      output:               date: can't set date: Operation not permitted      I don't feel that I'm doing everything right (especially when `date -u`) but it looks like I have no permission... I'm trying it through adb shell Why do I get these errors and how to set date through shell?


title: Unable to connect Galaxy S3 to PC via USB

text: I've had my Galaxy S3 for a few months now, and have always been able to connect to my PC via USB. A few days ago, it suddenly stopped working. I've found many other Android.SE threads, but none have been able to answer my question. **Symptoms:** when I plug the phone in via USB, the phone beeps, I get a lightning bolt on my battery, but that's it. There are no USB options in the pull-down status bar, and the PC does not recognize that a device has been plugged in. Click screenshot for full size. ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5swxUm.png) **PC System:** Windows 7 x64 with the latest drivers and Kies software from Samsung. **Phone info:**   * Samsung SGH-i747   * Android version 4.0.4   * Baseband version I747UCLG1   * Kernel Version 3.0.8-704434-user   * Build number IMM76D.I747UCALG1 **What I've tried:**   * My wife has an identical Galaxy S3--I plugged her S3 into the same cable, and it was recognized immediately. So I know the PC and cable are both working correctly.   * Uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers several times anyway -- alone AND with the Kies software.   * Every USB port on the box   * Factory data reset--both from the setup menu, and the diagnostic bootup menu   * USB debugging mode, both on and off.   * Changing the UART and USB settings in the *#7284# PhoneUtil. After my last factory reset, it's set to PDA/MTP+ADB. Anything else I should try? Is there a way to determine if the USB plug on the phone is bad? Edit: screenshot from my wife's phone, using the same computer, same cable: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dVGOzm.png)


title: Rarely get 4G service on my HTC Rezound

text: I rarely get 4G service on my HTC Rezound. I live in a city with plenty of access (Washington, DC) and visit cities which should also have access (Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York) and yet no matter where I am, the 4G is rarely active. I have taken in my phone several times to Verizon, and all they do is replace the sim card. What else can it be??? Thanks!


title: How to have adb recognizing my Nikon s800c on windows 7?

text: Has anyone got ADB to work correctly for the Nikon S800C? I've followed the instructions mentioned here, but to no avail. I am using Windows 7, and can see a yellow alert mark in the device manager.


title: Reason SD cards come FAT formated instead of Fat32?

text: I found my SD card to be FAT formated instead of a modern filesystem (at least fat32). This comes with the disadvantage of large allocation unit size (32kb) whilst most of the files are less than that. Is there a reason behind that and can I safely format sd cards to be fat32 in order to use another allocation size (8kb or less) ? Phone: Xperia Neo V


title: Having difficulty downgrading my Nexus S 4g

text: My Sprint Nexus S 4g is running CyanogenMod 9 (ICS 4.0.4). I want to use stock 2.3.6 which I got from https://sites.google.com/site/baroqueworksdevandroid/offcail-binary. In recovery mode I get this error:               assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "crespo" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "crespo"          Error          Status 7          Installation aborted`      Now I realize at this point that this has SOMETHING to do with the variety of cryptic code names for the Nexus S phones as well as a possibility that the current ROM I am using might have the wrong code name embedded in it, making my downgrading difficult. 1) What is the code name for the Sprint Nexus S 4g which is a CDMA phone but not the Verizon codename? 2) Does that link have the proper ROMs for this phone? 3) Other options? I need to flash this back to 2.3.6


title: Can installing Android on a Netbook reduce its power consumption?

text: I am running Linux Mint on my old netbook and it really consumes a lot of power. If I install Android, will it actually consume less power? I actually want to use the same device for at least 2-3 hours whereas on Linux Mint, it only works for 1.2 hours. Is Android suited for such a use?


title: The Way Numbers Are Displayed/Broken Up

text: I live in Jordan and just got a Galaxy SIII. I have a problem with the way numbers are being displayed on the dialer and when you actually press the green button to place a call. Basically, the phone breaks up the number, including the prefix, by inserting spaces. For example, let’s say my number is `0787777707` (078 being the prefix of the phone operator). The phone displays it as `07 87 77 77 07`. How can I fix it so it displays it as one series, `0787777707`? My iPhone has a simiar issue, but that could be addressd once you change the regional format. I can’t find that on the Galaxy though.


title: All Unity 3D games result in "Force Close"

text: I have a Huawei u8160 (A.K.A Vodafone 858 Smart) running CyanogenMod 7.2 Madteam ported. All apps that use unity3d force close on their startup although they are compatible. So I wanted to know if I should install something to make it work or any thing else?


title: What is the matrix.txt file on my SD card? Is it safe to delete?

text: I have a file called `matrix.txt` at the root of my SD card. It is a text file that contains the serialization of a matrix of floats. What is this file? Can I delete it?


title: Dev/Log's - login attempts and how to read the log?

text: My first post on here and hopefully a easy fun answer. I'm looking for the location for failed login attempts on the device - I've looked on the device and it seems the logs are located in /dev/log/? If this is the location of the logs, does this log the failed attempts at log ins? and if so what do these look like? I've download some logcat viewers but these seems to only read live log entries when in the app. Would a app have access to read these logs? Thanks for your help


title: i have a huawei 7lite medeapad tablet locked

text: my tablet I used patens now my child was trying to unlock it for 5 times now is asking me to sign in with a Google unfortunately I cant remember my Google password is there any way that I can do so I can use my tablet again because now its useless


title: Unlock Xperia Play R800i for use with CM9

text: Is there any way I can unlock the bootloader for my O2 Xperia Play so I can install Cyanogen Mod on it? Sony announced today that they will not be releasing ICS for the Xperia Play. Now I want to unlock it and put Cyanogen Mod 9 on it. How would I go about doing this?


title: Can I make a web browser accessible without unlocking?

text: Is there an Android app like this, or an easy way to make an arbitrary app accessible while the device is locked? https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.lazyday.luna&applicationid=9741 For those who are not familiar with it, WebOS Exhibition mode activiates automatically when the device is placed in a dock and displays dedicated apps like a screen saver or clock. As far as I can tell, the only major difference from the Android dock mode is that WebOS lets you switch between dock apps without unlocking the device, whereas Android just displays one app. The device on which I'm interested in doing this is actually an HP Touchpad dual-booting CyanogenMod 9. Android runs much more smoothly, even the CM alpha, but I'd still like to let my friends look things up without having to unlock the device for them.


title: How can I restrict a user's ability to modify settings or install apps?

text: Our team is planning to buy around 10 Android phones for the team members. We don't want them to install any applications other than the ones provided. Is there a method or an application which would allow me to restrict the ability of a user to install apps? As an analogy, on Windows the admin can configure the system so that other users cannot access Internet settings, task manager, or install new software. We'd basically like to do something similar to that. One idea I had was to download the Android source code itself and then program it according to my needs and install it on the devices. However, I would prefer to avoid doing that, if possible.


title: Android voice search doesn't recognize Exchange contacts

text: So I'm sure this is primarily because the contacts aren't listed in one of the linked gmail accounts. It's killing me because my dad can't use voice commands to call his contacts like he did on his BlackBerry. The only solution I've found so far is to export the exchange contacts to one of the linked gmail accounts. But obviously this must be redone EVERY time he changes something in outlook. So, is there some way to get voice commands to recognize the Exchange contacts? Or do I have to look for some sort of 3rd party solution that will sync the contacts between the two services? Also, he doesn't like how the contacts are listed by the person instead of by the company. Any way to change that?


Can we import large quantity contact files in vcf format like 1lac or 2 lac? We need to send company promotional messages/images. Is there any contacts numbers limit for Bluestack - Whatsup application? Thanks!!


title: how can I control the second internal clock

text: My alarm clock app has been occasionally failing to ring in the morning, but I don't believe the problem is due to the app. In other news I recently added a lock screen app that happens to display the time in two locations on the screen (one from app itself and other my widget) and on days when the alarm fails to ring I noticed that the second clock just stops, (which today says 3:52 am) I have been checking the two clocks before bed, but last night when I checked it was good, yet the alarm failed this morning and now the times are different I presume there are two internal clocks and the lock screen and alarm app are both using the problem clock, which is probably being killed by some task killer. I can't afford to oversleep again! Have Note 3 with latest android update Any ideas?


title: Delete individual cookie on andriod phone?

text: I have an android phone (Samsung s3 mini). Can I delete an individual cookie? I can see how to delete all cookies, but this isn't what I need to do.


title: Internal storage full but explorer shows less

text: My space in the internal storage is full and I can't install any more apps or even updates. But when I open the storage in Windows explorer I can't find the folder that cotains so much data. There are bunch that sum up to 50 MB only (the total size is 1,13 GB) and many folders show up as "0 bytes" in usage, which is strange. DiskUsage app shows that "system data" takes 90% of the storage, but I can't figure out what to delete or uninstall to free some space. How or what can I delete to free up space (I believe that apps themselves can't take up this much storage, I don't have that many I think). NOTE: I moved hopefully all the apps to the SD card before. EDIT: Connecting my phone with USB to the computer and opening the device and the storage in Windows explorer. Android version: 4.1.2 HTC Sense version: 5.0


title: How do you get chrome to always trust a certificate?

text: I'm running android 4.4.3.   When I connect to my work network, I have to accept a policy. When I do, I am prompted to trust a certificate (view screenshot below). Is there any way I can add this cert to a list of trusted certificates? I was able to do this on my computer and now I am not prompted to accept the cert any more on that device, but I don't see an option to do this on my android. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/LSlAcm.png) Click image for larger version


title: "Application not installed" on Android 2.3.5 based Videocon Mobile Devices-APK

text: I am trying to install non market applications on Videocon mobile, i am getting the "Application Not installed" Done . Even I enabled access for non- market apps in the settings. But rest of all the mobiles APK is installing and working fine. Please help me to get over this.