title: Repeated 'Force Close' and no signal - my device is unusable

text: I have an Android Galaxy S2, running CyanogenMod 7. I was normally using my phone, in a middle of using Waze while driving when suddenly I started getting 'Force Close' messages like this: > Sorry!   >  The process `com.android.phone` has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. I get bombarded by these messages, for lots of different processes like `com.android.phone`, `android.process.com.acore`. If I try to run an app (in the milliseconds of intervals between these messages), they usually close immediately with their processes generating more 'Force Close' messages.   In addition, the phone has no signal at all. Tried to find solutions online, but couldn't come up with anything other than trying to remove my SD Card, but that didn't help. Resetting obviously didn't help. I would appreciate any suggestion you can offer.


title: Can Fitbit Force sync with MotoX?

text: Can Fitbit Force sync with MotoX? Fitbit has some info on their website, but it is unclear if MotoX is supported.


title: Color note backup

text: I am using android jelly bean 4.1.2. I took the backup of color note notes then i have formatted my mobile. Now when I try to restore what I already took a backup I couldn't find the backed up notes in color note restore option. The problem is that I couldn't find the backup data inside the color note application to restore it though I have it in my memory card.


title: Unlock samsung galaxy s2 too many pattern attempts and failed to login in gmail account then reset

text: My samsung galaxy s2 is locked, after restart, I see following welcome screen only ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ANa7b.png) Here was my fault :(   1. Exceed to many pattern attempts   2. Then system asked for associated google account and password. Lack of internet connection I was failed to login.   3. Then restart the galaxy sII by thinking that I would have chance to give pattern one more   4. But no lack I see ' S(logo) Samsung Galaxy SII ' on screen. I can not nothing to forward Please help Thanks


title: Application Always Downloading

text: I notice sometimes an app (in this case Dropbox) is always downloading when I go into Market > Downloads. I even uninstalled it. So it doesn't appear in my application list but it still says Downloading in the Market. The progress bar is empty. I couldn't find anything on the web. Has anyone else experienced this?


title: How do I use the emulator with AppInventor?

text: How did you enable an emulator for AppInventor? I want to test out the junk that I created on a emulator, before using it on my phone.


title: My Google Voice services keeps getting stuck on “restarting”

text: The "UpdateService" for Google Voice constantly keeps getting stuck on "restarting" and therefore I miss out on receiving SMS messages from Google Voice. I've already been trimming down on some unnecessary services and it doesn't seem like it has helped a whole lot. Any other suggestions or thoughts about this problem? I'm currently running CM6, but it happened before on stock too.


title: ICE-Emergency contacts

text: Need Help - How to remove contacts from Emergency list I have S5 , I have added couple of numbers under “ICE-Emergency contacts “ groups. Its was displaying under Emergency Contacts. Now I want to remove those names form emergency list . ..opened contacts and removed the names from that group but those numbers are not getting removed the screen ( Local Phone and Click Emergency call) same list is getting displayed . Even restart of the device is also not working .. Any idea how to remove the numbers from that group.


title: Uprading my flash rom and still stacked on detecting the COM port

text: ![Still nothing happens](http://i.stack.imgur.com/X9rUO.jpg) Ok, it took me 2hours to search for a solution, however it is still not solved. Here's my Smart Phone Specs:   * Name: Goophone i5c (iPhone 5c clone)   * Processor: MTK6572   * Battery: Unremovable I installed / have:   * Smart Phone Flash Tool   * adb-setup.exe   * mt65xx usb vcom drivers I still can't upgrade my android, anyone experienced this kind of scenario? I really appreciate your effort replying on my post. Most guides requires to remove the battery, and I can't remove my battery as per checking it's stick like the original iPhone battery I also watched this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqaknYOp3c and tried it and nothing happens, its still stacked. \-- Update #1: as per checking my adb devices, it seems my device is detected. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/QJmVk.jpg)


title: How can I stop music apps from playing when my Android connects via Bluetooth to my car?

text: We recently bought a used Toyota Prius that has Bluetooth installed with the JBL audio system. Whenever my phone (stock Nexus 4 running 4.4.4) connects to it, the car sends a "play" command that automatically starts the most recently used music app (Google Play Music, Pandora, etc.). It doesn't matter if no music app was open on the phone, the command opens it up and it starts playing no matter what, and there's no way on the car to stop it from sending the command, as mentioned here. Is there a way to stop this from happening?


title: How to prevent sleep while installing lots of updates?

text: Whenever I need to install a bunch of updates, I find myself sitting next to the phone/tablet and tapping the screen every 20 seconds, else the updates never complete. There must be a better way! Right? What I've got:   * Sony Xperia Arc S, with 4.0 - pretty sure the updates stop when the screen goes out.   * ASUS Transformer Pad, with 4.1 - will have to re-check whether the updates stop now that you guys mention they are expected to carry on. How I'm connecting: Wi-Fi.


title: Samsung Galaxy Player comparison

text: I noticed 3 devices all featuring same Android ver. What is the most advanced device of these 3? Are their features overlapping each other, or they are three devices that are meant to serve different needs?   * Galaxy Player 4 (YP-G1)   * Galaxy Player 5 (YP-G70)   * Galaxy Player 50 (YP-G50) Any other versions missing in that page?   I wanna buy the latest and most advanced Android version that has the most features of that device.


title: How to find pid of Battery Service?

text: I am able to find the pid of System server using ps. And I can find info about the system server process through `/proc/pidof system_server`. But I dont see (or unable to find) the pid of the other Android System Services like Battery Service, etc.. Is there any way to find the pid of Android System Services ?


title: Can we install the stock ROM for P3110 on P3113? (7 inch Galaxy Tab 2)

text: The P3113 model of the Galaxy Tab 2 hasn't yet received the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update. Is it possible to install the stock ROM for the P3110 ROM (take from sammobile) on the P3113 device?


title: How to avoid duplicate generated calendar entries?

text: I'm using Google Calendar on my desktop computer. It seems to auto-generate birthday entries for my contacts in Google Mail. Unfortunately these entries show up _twice_ in "My calendar" in the generic _Calendar_ app (version 1.1) of Android 4.0.4. How can I avoid this? I don't see any duplicate entries in other calendars, and the calendar list only shows "My calendar" once. Written on my Samsung SII :-)


title: How to take Motorola Photon 4g out of the grave?

text: Recently I ordered Motorola 4g from US.... It was with stock Sprint Sunfire OS.               OS       : Sunfire-2.3.5     Baseband : 4.5.1A (I am not sure about this whether its baseband or revision)     Build    : 1_SUN-254_4      **NOW ITS DEAD.... running in RSD Mode** So what I did, I was trying to install custom rom on that. Steps I had taken   1. Rooted phone via installing SuperUser and various rooting methods like ClickOnce, Photon -Torpedo but no one seems successful , while executing I got errors everytime. But after day or two I came to know about that my phone is rooted. As I was getting SuperUser popups on root operations. Then I installed CWM and tried to install the ROM from there but everytime I got stucked at Yellow Triangular icon (recovery mode).    2. Repeated step on rooting process and unlocking the bootloader by applying pudding.rar and fastboot commands and every time i got the error and Starting RSD Screens, but anyhow my phone recovers itself to its original boot state afetr pulling out battery and manually restrating.   3. Finally one day I use some other Recovery Tool , i am unable to recall the name. It installed and rebooted successfully in the recovery mode. I then wipe the dalvik cache, wipe factory reset and then tried to installl the custom rom that MIUI 2.68 i think . I was happy to see some designer screens on my phone and then it said rom installed successfully.    4. I then reboot my phone and found it in the Failed To Start2 , Starting RSD mode I tried various way to restore...   1. Installing pudding.rar using RSD lite but everytime I got sec_exception : sec_exception : b655, eddc,eb   2. I then tried reinstalling SBF : 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf and sunfire-2.3.5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_4 but while enumerating phone I got error sec_exception febe 4e 4e I have also tried nopudding4u.sbf but the same result. Please,, help me and my phone out .. as its going to be more than a week... i feel handicaaped... Please guide me through the step by step , which file and when and please do provide the links of the files to download.               **Update OTA with 2.3.5 before murdering.....**


title: Jelly Bean IMAP, Couldn't open connection to server

text: Well, finally got my Nexus 7. Set up all the basics and hit a pretty big roadblock, the email account setup for IMAP simply won't work. Just to clarify, I'm absolutely certain all the details I've put in are 100% correct, I've double-, triple-, quadruple- and so on-checked them. They are exactly the same as the settings I use on my iPhone, in Mail.app on my Mac and in Thunderbird on my laptop. All three of these devices are on the same network behind the same FreeBSD machine that does packet filtering, they are all on the same subnet and subject to the same packet filtering rules. The IMAP(S) server is my own running on a Debian VPS and here's the kicker, when I check the logs all the other clients' connections are clearly visible but no connections from the Nexus 7 show up. The Nexus 7 has shown no other signs of network issues but whenever I try to setup an IMAP account I get `Couldn't open connection to server`thrown back at me immediately (no delay indicating some kind of timeout, immediate, right away, BAM!). So, does anyone have suggestions on how I can fix this? I've tried googling but every forum post and blog post I've come across has been so obviously about other things (most of them along the lines of "I'm trying to my email what is server?" which means the answers aren't very helpful). Edit: I've also tried a complete factory reset but I'm still getting the same error. Edit2: I am able to telnet from the tablet to the IMAP server and when I do so everything that should get logged in `/var/log/mail.log` on the server gets logged there but when I attempt to setup an account in the settings and click Next I still don't see anything in the logs. I'm starting to have suspicions that this is either something strangely broken in the the IMAP client libraries or some kind of IPv6-related screwup (since the server is accessible through both IPv4 and IPv6).


title: Android as a Virtual Printer

text: I'm looking for an android app that functions just like a printer: I hit PRINT on my Mac, PC, or iPhone, and a series of pages is immediately displayed on my android device. I realize there are several options for this, and I have tried many of them, but none seem to fulfill two crucial requirements:   1. It has to really act like a printer, which means it has to immediately display the pages when I hit PRINT with no other intervention from me, including no app launching.   2. It has to expose itself as a normal IP printer on the local network (connected via WiFi) and accept normal network print jobs. Not going over the "cloud" like so many printer apps. Why? I have an eInk android device that is much more convenient that hauling around a printer and paper.


title: How to “adb connect” to Samsung Galaxy Tab (P3100)?

text: I am trying to connect to my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab P3100) through network.                > adb connect 10.0.0.2      unable to connect to 10.0.0.2:5555           > adb connect 10.0.0.2:5555      unable to connect to 10.0.0.2:5555:5555           > adb connect 10.0.0.2:5038      unable to connect to 10.0.0.2:5038:5038      Ping works successfully. I also checked "USB debugging" option in "Developers options" on tablet. Connection throught USB ("adb usb") works fine. Is there any suggestions?


title: Tablet not recognized as removable storage

text: I have an Android A-13 Android tablet version 4.0.4 Baseband version 4.0.14 I have been trying to get my PC to recognize it so that I can download my music to it. But I do not know if the PC does recognize it or not as the tablet does not show up on the removable storage. I have tried several different things to get it to do so but none of them work. One of the attempted things is to enable USB mass storage on the tablet. But when I try to do that it does not have a place for it in the Settings. Can anyone help me with this?


title: Back up not only games, but also game progress before flashing ROMS

text: I have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) And I'm about to flash a custom rom on it. I've done it a bunch of times but what really irritates me is that I lose all progress made on the games that I have on my phone! I backup the actual games and other applications using Astro file manager, but when I star my phone up after flashing a rom and re-install the game, I have lost all progress. How does one backup a game, **with game progress intact**? Thanks for any tips!


title: Non-root methods to mount USB storage devices

text: From my understanding, one can use `StickMount` to mount USB Sticks / Thumbdrive. However, `StickMount` require one to root phone. So, are there ways that I can mount a USB Sticks / Thumbdrive to a Android phone / tablet without rooting the phone?


title: Can one avoid losing everything on a Galaxy Nexus when applying a new ROM (safely)?

text: The makers of most ROMs suggest that you do a full device wipe when moving from one ROM to another. I have also found this is usually good practice, so data from the previous ROM does not affect the new one. On my EVO 4G, this was not a problem, since wipes did not affect the SD card. However, my new Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) has no SD card, and is managed all on internal memory. Every time I do a full wipe (in TWRP and Clockworkmod recoveries) they erase **everything** on my device, including my `SD` contents (photos, documents, the new ROM I'm trying to install, etc.). This is quite problematic and annoying, as it requires much more time to manually backup my backups before flashing anything. Has anyone found a way to avoid this? By that, I mean **is there a way to keep portions of data (preferably the faux "SD" portions) between flashing new ROMs?**


title: How can I capture tethered traffic and save it as a pcap file?

text: I use my Android device with 3G as a hotspot for my laptop. I also occasionally connect other Internet devices to the network, and would like to look at the traffic. I need a way to log the traffic on my Android device, and a way to save it as a pcap file so I can use it for Wireshark on my laptop. What's the best way of doing this? Using Android 2.3.7.


title: Cannot write files to sd card

text: A few days ago, my sd card became unusable. I tried to copy a few mp3's from my laptop (win 7) to my phone (Samsung S2 plus, running android 4.2.2) and the load bar didn't even move an inch. Eventually I got an error saying "This file cannot be copied. 1) Try again 2) Abort". The most annoying part is that I backed up and deleted all files (to clean the sd card) an hour earlier, and now nothing works. I tried writing files using usb cable over both MTP and camera mode, without any results. I tried apps on the phone, and still the same error. The sd card is inserted correctly and does not appear to be damaged. I have heard about the kitkat not being able to write files to sd card (like this forum post) but I think that is only for android 4.4. I have been running 4.2 for a while now, and have never faced this issue before. Phone works perfectly except sdcard. EDIT: My phone actually tried to launch a software update, but since I wasn't connected to a WIFI nothing happened, no loading bar and no update was started.


title: FastBoot recovery failed: partition 'recovery' not support flash

text: My mobile is Lenovo S920 running official Android OS 4.4.2. I am trying to install cwm recovery through fastboot. I tried executing the command               fastboot flash recovery recovery.img      But I am getting the error as partition 'recovery' not support flash. Please any one help me to fix this. Whether I need to change anything on the recovery partition?


title: MX Player plays movies with "Use s/w audio decoder" on HTC One X but without it on Samsung Galaxy S2

text: I have MX Player installed on my HTC One X. When I try to play movies on it for many of them I don't hear any sounds. For that I need to turn on the setting of `Use s/w audio decoder`. My friend has Samsung Galaxy S2 and those same movies run without that setting. Is there any hardware issue with my HTC One X? Any way to check if my h/w audio decoder is functioning properly?


title: Is it possible to enable in-app purchases for Restricted Profiles?

text: I've set up a restricted profile on my Nexus to enable my children to have relatively controlled access to the device. Now one of them is asking for me to unlock a couple of features within an app via an IAP (Angry Birds Star Wars: Boba Fett Missions). I'm happy to do this, but can't find a way to do so. Before I'd set up the account I'd already purchased the "No Adds" IAP, and this is also purchased on the restricted profile, but purchasing the unlock on my account doesn't seem to have any impact on the state of the unlock on the Restricted Profile. Is there a reliable way to either:   1. Enable IAP's on a Restricted Profile?   2. Transfer/Share IAPs between a Main and it's Restricted Profiles?


title: How to put Google Nexus 7 securely in my car for use as sat nav?

text: I know this question isn't about Android per-se, but about an Android device no less. I recently got a new Google Nexus 7 tablet. Now, I'd like to use it as car sat nav, but I couldn't find a decent holder for my car. I'm using a car power strip that also has two USB sockets acting as power outlets for USB devices. Powering the Nexus is no problem, so I don't need a holder/cradle, that supplies power to the tablet. I was considering building it myself out of a dock or something, but even that I couldn't find. So, how should I put it in my car then? Should I just build myself a car-dock for it?


title: How to move from one Google Account to another?

text: I work at a company that has its own Google account , usually used for Gmail (not sure how it works and what is this service called, but they have it). However, I've used it for Gmail and many other things, like purchasing apps and even created a developer account. How do I move all of the things I've paid for (even the developer account, which costs about $25) to my private account? This was actually a mistake, as I didn't notice which account i'm logged in to, so I didn't even publish any app using this developer account. Is it also possible to make the Google Plus account to belong to another Google Account? I ask this in hope that if some day in the future I will leave my job, I will still have all of the things I had before.


title: Recovering Cyanogenmod (no context found)

text: I was using my phone, battery was low and it suddenly shut down. I thought it's because of battery, and plugged in my charger. Now i'm trying to boot my phone but it's stucking at CYANOGENMOD boot screen: ![CM10 boot screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/s3LUz.jpg)   Here I'm stuck (click for larger image) Reboot my phone with CWM Recovery mod, and i'm getting **no context found** error. I don't know what it's mean and how can i deal with this problem. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S2 and CWM v6.0.3.3 . I'm not sure how can i find my Cyanogenmod version. ** UPDATE ** I've wait for a long time on boot screen and now "Android is updating" screen appeared. It's optimized my all apps and now and waiting on starting apps message for 8 hours. It stuck at starting apps screen.


title: My external sd card keeps losing files

text: I have a 16gb card which I have transferred a few videos and books onto, but after a few days on my Galaxy tab the files have disappeared. I have tried three different cards, using different types of files, but after a few days they are always gone. Any ideas?


title: I cant restore Data Clockwork mod

text: I am currently using the latest version of Cyanogen Mod. I have a backup of the stock rom. I am using Clocworkmod as a recovery tool. I do not know what type of backup it is. There was no nandroid.md5 in the backup folder when I tried to restore, so I created an empty file. The problem is that it restores everything except for the data. It shows an error What I'm left with is a brand new factory form Stock rom, with all my data lost. Please help


title: Galaxy S3 USB modem connection

text: How do I connect Internet from a laptop using USB modem to a Galaxy S3, or directly USB modem(data card) to S3 for internet connection?


title: Why would a free app be in the top grossing section?

text: I was just browsing through the play store and noticed that there are a few free apps in the top grossing section and that's a little puzzling. This might not be the best place to put up this question but I didn't know where else to go .


title: Green Screen Technology in Android

text: I want to change my live video background in Android. Is there any example of Green Screen Technology?


title: Clone and distribute Android 4 device with preloaded applications

text: This may be related to Clone Android Device but I don't think it fits my need. I'm looking to accomplish something similar to Sysprep for Windows, which would allow me to distribute Android devices with preloaded applications and settings, such as:   1. Intitial data, settings, and connection information   2. Preloaded applications, with proper licenses/keys for non-free applications   3. addon / restriction for users Is there a way to do this?


title: Black screen crashes on my d170a

text: So my question is what is causing my rooted stock rom blu dash 3.5 to briefly vibrate, then black screen and become unresponsive until I pull the battery and reboot.   The second part of the question is how do I fix the crash if possible. Below is a link to my traces.txt   http://goo.gl/qVkjGg   Any insight would be most appreciated, I am truly sick of this crash.


title: LG G2 Native SIP client (where Is It?)

text: For some reason I couldn't find the native SIP client on this Phone. On my Note 2 N7100 it's under Settings-> Call Settings-> Accounts Will someone please show me where it's hidden? Note: LG G2 D802 international version


title: Disable and log last call cost notification

text: Whenever I send a message or call someone, my service provider displays a popup with last call cost, balance and related info. This popup closes only when I press close. This is irritating as it appears for each and every sms and call. Is there some app that handles the messages like these and log it somewhere?


title: How can I get ADB to recognize my Spice MI 350?

text: I want to use my Spice MI 350 for testing an application I'm developing. I have tried following this link, but so far I cannot get it working. When I run `adb devices` I get `????????` as device name. The Device Chooser which appears just before running the application also displays `???????`. How do I get my `adb` to recognize my Spice MI 350 (Android 2.3.3) so I can test my application? **EDIT** I work on Ubuntu 11.10 and Eclipse 3.7.


title: My Samsung Galaxy Ace disconnects from Wi-Fi when sleeping even after setting the Wi-Fi sleep policy

text: I asked this question and found that normally setting the Wi-Fi sleep policy to Never would prevent my device from disconnecting from Wi-Fi when the screen is off, but it's not working. Even after setting this it still ends up disconnected. How can I get it to work properly?


title: How can I change the default app that opens when double tapping the screen of my Galaxy note with the S Pen?

text: I would like to change the default behaviour of S Pen so that instead of using the (not so good) memo app from Samsung I can use the note taking app of my choice (right now Papyrus). How can I change the default behaviour of double tapping the screen with the S Pen while holding its side button to open my app of choice? Thanks!


title: Alternative for Kies

text: New firmware upgrade is available. I tried to install it through Kies at least 15 times. But every time, it fails. I am using latest version of Kies on my PC. I Googled for alternative. I found **ODIN** for the same. But I am doubtful whether it is reliable. Please tell me if someone knows reliable way to upgrade firmware without using Kies.


title: Apps won't install (silently fail after 100% downloaded)

text: I have a problem with installing apps from Google Play onto my Samsung Galaxy S Plus phone. It has Android 2.3.6. Yesterday I tried to download some apps. When I clicked 'Install', the app began to download but when it got to 100% it just disappeared and silently failed to install on my phone :\ I don't have an SD card and up to now I saved all my apps on the phone and had no problems like this. It seems to be some settings problem, but I don't know what to do. any ideas?!


title: Unable to access text messaging after updating to ICS

text: I have a Droid RAZR and the stock messaging app just keeps loading forever and Handcent SMS crashes when I access it. I have tried to leave it be and let it load but nothing happens. I would use SMS Backup & Restore (or another backup app) like I have in the past but since the messages don’t load the progress bar just says “NaN 0/0″ and does nothing. This is the only thing preventing me from doing a factory reset/clear data since I have lots of messages on this baby that I need to keep. I'm not sure if the messages have already been deleted, but if they were, wouldn't the apps work? This is just one of my many problems I've been running into with ICS.


title: How to configure Show Owner Info on Lock Screen on Galaxy S2 / Android 4.0.3?

text: I just upgrade my S2 to Android 4.0.3, and I'm trying to configure it to show my info on the lock screen. I go to Setup-->Security-->Owner info Then, I type in the info, but I don't find any way to save or submit this info. I can only hit the back button, and then when I go to the lock screen, nothing is displayed. What am I missing?


title: Why can't my device connect to my home Wi-Fi, but is able to connect to others?

text: Another user asked a question that covers the same grounds as my issue, but it has no answers and very few details about what was tried. My router is an DVG-G5402SP using the 802.11g standard and the security type WPA/WPA2 PSK. ![D-Link DVG-G5402SP](http://i.stack.imgur.com/94r5O.jpg) When I try to connect the Wi-Fi in my phone both manually and auto, it presents a message mentioning `out of range`, even though I'm sitting right beside the router. I really did a lot of changes such as changing the ssid of my router and the security type but nothing seem to work. I'm able to connect to others Wi-Fi available on my area, just can't connect to my home Wi-Fi.    **My question is:**   How can I deal with this situation as to successfully connect to my home Wi- Fi?


title: How can I automatically change volume/GPS/wifi/etc settings based on time and location?

text: I put Jelly Bean on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII using http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m2. I like the "Profiles" feature, with which I can set ringtone volume, GPS on/off, wifi on/off, etc for different scenarios (work, home, traveling, etc). However, I'd prefer that my phone just "know" when and how to change profiles. E.g. at certain times of day on certain days of the week, it should be Profile 1. If I'm at location X, it should switch to Profile 2. I figure this should be possible since it has a clock and geolocation abilities. I just haven't figured out how.


title: Android device as SMS Gateway?

text: I'm searching for an app to make my phone act like sms gateway. What exactly: Web Server (to visit URL and send from there) and ability so send one sms to multiple contacts. I've tried Servers Ultimate but it isn't able so send to multiple contacts.


title: Device encryption and broken screen

text: Assuming you have a device that is encrypted by the factory encryption option in the security settings of the device, and having said device suffer a fall and end up with a broken screen, what are the options to recover your data (if any)


title: In MIUI 2.10.12, where do I set it so that I get pop up notifications?

text: This is the first time I'm using MIUI as my ROM and I swear I managed to make it pop out an alert window when someone messages me. Now, however, I can't seem to figure out how to do it again. When I get a message, it just shows up on the status bar above. How do I re-enable it again?


title: GPS showing double the speed? System setting?

text: I use a "Enco B039" android-run in-dash car stereo. When using the gps the speed I drive in is showing double the speed. So if I'm going 50km/h the gps software tells me I'm going 100km/h and so on. All the settings in the software are set to km/h so I suspect it's the android system that communicates with the gps-module fault? I read in another forum of a guy that discovered that his android phone was giving him the speed reading in nautical miles (nots). Maybe this is whats happening with my unit? I found the system file "gps.conf" but I can't see any settings in there that I can change when it comes to speed. Any suggestions? In what file in the system is this setting located? Cheers.


title: Android OS (ICS) consumes more data in background in Funbook

text: I bought Micromax Funbook P3000 (All Winner A10-based clone) one month back and I have a 3G USB Dongle (Tata Photon+), I have a 10 GB plan, in that 5GB was used by Android OS itself. How to stop this as I find no option to "Stop background data"?


title: How to use camera without unlocking phone? (Jelly Bean on S3)

text: I put Jelly Bean on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII using http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m2. I know that it should be possible for me to use my camera to take pictures quickly (without unlocking my phone). (See Is it possible to use the camera without unlocking first?) But I haven't figured out how. I use a 4x4 pattern lock screen.


title: Lost contact details

text: I have a Galaxy S3 and use gmail on my phone. I was attempting to dial a number when the contact details disappeared from my phone in front of my eyes. They had gone from my phone AND from my gmail account when I returned home to check it out there! This happened again with another contact. I depend on gmail and have everything synced - so I have no idea of this has happened to other contacts too - I may have to wait until I need to call someone! Any ideas??


title: Why my app disappear at reboot?

text: When I reboot the phone, often, some of the apps a get generic icon and won't load anymore. A reinstall solves the problem but I'd rather not have to do that. Device is an Acer Liquid Metal with Froyo.


title: Connecting multiple phones to a single Bluetooth module.

text: I have successfully connected my Bluetooth module (RN-41-sm) with my Android phone. However once I am connected I cannot connect the module with another phone, because it is undiscoverable once connected to a phone. Does anyone know how I can connect multiple devices? Maybe relevant, I am using the Amarino Class to connect with my module.


title: bluetooth upgrade to include keyboard support

text: I have a Zen Touch 2, running bluetooth 2.1 and android 2.2. I also have a Samsung Galaxy Fame running bluetooth 4.0 (I think) and android 4.1. On my Zen, I cannot connect to a bluetooth keyboard to input data without an additional driver, but on my Fame I can. This is obviously because of an upgrade in either bluetooth or android, but which one and when?


title: Emulate an RFID card with android 4.4?

text: Is it possible to do it with the host card emulation feature of android 4.4? Is there a sample how this framework works? https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/nfc/hce.html


title: Recovering from lengthy rom upgrade on HTC Desire S

text: I started installing Android 4.0.4 on HTC Desire S from the official website. It had an executable that I just launched and clicked through to start installation. It should have taken about ten minutes but now it is over half an hour later. There's no progress bar on the phone. I can only see "Sending.." (with number of dots growing repeatedly) on my laptop (under Windows 7). Is there a way to recover from this situation? Is my phone doomed to be bricked if I just disconnect usb?


title: Browsing Jelly Bean 4.3 filesystem via bluetooth?

text: Is there a way I can browse my 4.3 tablet via a bluetooth connection? My (Ubuntu) laptop's bluetooth manager has a "Browse Device..." option, but it is grayed out. Is there a way I can enable it?


title: Samsung tab charging

text: Tab gt7500 battery went flat while downloading and now does not want to charge with supplied charger or via computer


title: Obtain the Phone Number through ADB

text: I have a rooted Android device, and I'm set up with the Android Debug Bridge (ADB). I'm having difficulty finding the phone number of the device through ADB. I'm hoping to eventually automate this process if the phone connected to the computer is arbitrary. I've tried google searching for the answer to this problem with no help, and I manually searched in some places on the phone. How could I obtain the phone number through ADB?


title: How can I make voice search know that a certain first name is always that specific contact?

text: I have a Nexus 5 with the Okay Google search feature. I can theoretically use it to send text messages hands-free. However, my wife has a common name, and I have several other contacts with the same first name -- and it wouldn't be surprising for me to know someone with the same last name too. And, she has a work phone number instead of mobile. So, instead of being convenient, there's a whole back-and-forth interrogation. There must be some way to tell it that when I say "text Karen", I always get _my_ Karen. Right? I tried to look for some "remember this decision" setting, or for some way to mark people as special in the People app, but no luck. I could come up with some silly nickname, I guess, but I don't want to have to do that. I'm hoping there's some real solution.


title: local cloud storage solution

text: I have got a 1 terabyte external hard drive, and I would like to find a seamless way for my android device (an HTC one mini) to be able to access that hard drive. In the old days when I wanted to do "cloud", I would plug such a device into my always-on-always-connected-to-the-internet linux and just share the device -- let other machines mount it. Of course this still works fine -- but I don't know how to do this via Android, or via Windows. Nowadays we have cloud solutions like Dropbox, which works great on my Android device, but I have limited storage space (unless I pay -- but I already paid for the external hard drive). Ideally I am looking for something with the simplicity of Dropbox but with everything under my control. I considered git for a while, and there are ways to get an android device to run git, but you seem to only have a limited end- user experience, and you seem to have to actually upload projects rather than being able to access them from afar -- and my android device doesn't have that much memory. I tried sparkleshare, but I can't find a client for Android. I tried every option that ES File Explorer offers, but they all seemed to involve losing control of the cloud storage. Is it possible to do this via LAN somehow? The problem is that my Android device will typically be moving from wireless network to wireless network and will not always be on the same network as the external drive. Basically I think I am asking for a way to plug a terabyte hard drive into my phone in a wireless way. This problem has surely been thought about seriously!


title: How to enable audible alarms while making phone calls?

text: I often need to use a timer while making phone calls. No matter what timer I use they never play the alarm sound while you are on the phone, they simply emit a brief "beep" and vibrates (if the timer was configured to vibrate of course). I need an audible alarm. Is there any way to use a timer with an audible alarm while making a phone call? It used to be possible, a few Android updates back (can't remember which Android version), but not any more it seems, at least not out of the box. I've tried the stock Clock app, Ovo Timer and Timer (by Opoloo). In all three cases alarm signals are only played as expected while not making a phone call.


title: Jelly bean voice search not talking back

text: I've recently upgraded my phone to Android 4.1.1 and I've tried the new voice search. It mostly answers my questions correctly, but i didn't get it to talk back. I checked the following setting: Settings->Voice->Speech Output. It's set to Always. Does anybody else have this issue? Any ideas on how to fix it?


title: How can I disable mobile data completely?

text: I have a pre-paid plan and don't want to use my mobile data except for two days in the year. However, since there's the quick option button mobile data, I fear I might press the wrong button when I'm dizzy. So is it possible to deactivate mobile data completely, such that a press on the "mobile data" quick button won't activate it anymore? Or a little bit more drastic: how can I remove that feature from my phone? If the solution is device specific, I'm looking for an answer for a Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100, running stock 4.1.2), but I would like a general solution.


My samsung GT-s6312 phone does not connect to PC. Even after connecting USB cable, please help to connect USB to PC


title: Does Android's implementation of SELinux's M.A.C. inhibit apps with root privileges from accessing other app's data?

text: Starting with Android 4.4 SELinux's MAC is enforced. Does this mean that if an app somehow can get installed and exploit the kernel to get root privileges, that MAC will still prevent that app with root privileges from accessing private app data? Android Documentation says: "SELinux can be used to label these devices so the process assigned the root privilege can write to only those specified in the associated policy. In this way, the process cannot overwrite data and system settings outside of the specific raw block device." source- http://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/se-linux.html#use-cases As a reference I am implementing a Mobile Device Management system and in the process I have to determine how secure Android OS is itself. That is why I need to know how secure corporate data stored on a device is to root-kits, spyware, and other malware. _p.s. This was posted on the 'Unix & Linux' site but no one has been able to answer it, and I was suggested by one of their users to ask this community, any help is much appreciated. Thank you._


title: How can I make my HTC One stop vibrating on notifications, but still make noise?

text: My HTC One vibrates every darn time the notification sound comes on, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get it to stop. I have "vibrate on calls" unticked in the setting, under sound, and it still does it. This was never a problem before that system update a little while ago. I am seriously so mad right now. Help?


title: TWRP, blank screen after flash?

text: My friend has Nexus 4 with 4.4.2 on it with TWRP recovery and multirom installed. Something went wrong with his main stock install. He had a back up of his system, cache, boot and everything else apart from Data. He restored this backup and now whenever he selects his main partitionn he just boots into a blank screen. Any ideas? We have tried fixing permissions and wiping all types of cache. His other roms in multirom work.


title: Reflashed, kept data partition intact how do I restore my texts?

text: My friend has had to flash his phone but he kept the data partition intact. He uses hangouts for his SMS and for some reason, his old SMS messages in hangouts arent showing... Did they go when he reflashed the phone?


title: How do I hide contacts in HTC Sense?

text: How do I hide contacts that I sync from Google Contacts in the Sense? I removed them from My Contacts and filed them under an "Archived" group. I want to keep them, but not show up. I can go to the second "tab" on the bottom to filter by group, but thats a hassle.


title: Android adb: "device unauthorized" message, but can't boot device to confirm authroization

text: I managed to get stuck in a boot loop after installing the Chainfire 3D driver on a Galaxy Tab 3. I can boot into the recovery mode (and download mode) but when I try to establish a connection using `adb shell`, it says: > error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your > device. Of course, I cannot boot my device to confirm authorization. How can I use adb without first being authorized?


title: Can I connect my Android device to a laptop via WiFi to use file sharing?

text: How can I connect my _Sony Xperia U_ to my laptop using WiFi to use file sharing? I tried normal connectivity by sharing my laptop WiFi and connect my _Xperia U_ to the laptop -- but it only accesses the internet, not the file sharing. What should I do to access file sharing and managing my laptop using my phone? Is there any application, setting, or procedure that can help me connect my laptop and my phone?


title: Does rooting erase anything?

text: If I root my android phone (just so I can get access to Wifi Tethering, etc.) will that erase anything on the phone (apps, data, etc.)? Will it change anything other than the ability to run app(s) as rooted?


title: How to set CPU Affinity for android tasks

text: I have a dual core android device. Is there any way to set CPU Affinity for android tasks ?


title: Must I install ClockworkMod to install CyanogenMod on Samgung Galaxy SII?

text: I want to install CyanogenMod on my Samsumg Galaxy S II. If I install ClockworkMod I think I will void the warranty provided by Samsung. Must I install ClockworkMod or can I just install CyanogenMod?


title: Google Play Music offline files cannot be found

text: So I have a very odd problem. When I mark my songs for offline use in Google Play Music, they download just fine and are available offline. However, when I go to the `/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache` directory, there are **no** files in there. Does anyone know how to find my files or fix what's wrong? I'm very confused and have already tried factory restoring my phone. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S3 (Verizon) with the stock ROM which I've rooted.


title: Any way to hard reset a HDC A9100?

text: I need to hard reset my HDC A9100 any way I can. Please, does anyone know how? To clarify: I need to overcome a forgotten screen lock, and the documentation provides no helpful information (it's here: http://www.swedishphones.com/uploads/7/4/6/3/7463877/hdc_a9100__manual.pdf) A few attempts at the 'hold the volume buttons' etc while it powers on have been unsuccessful. I do know the right username/pass combination for the "forgotten your..." screen, but it doesn't appear to work. Does anyone have any recommendations?


title: Install Cyanogenmod 7.2 on Nexus One using ClockworkMod Recovery - "remote: signature verify fail"

text: Steps I've done:   1. Downloaded & copied CM7.2 to my SD card (from here)   2. Installed the Android SDK   3. Downloaded & copied the ClockworkMod Recovery to the platform-tools directory in the SDK folder (from here)   4. Rebooted my phone by holding down the volume-down and power buttons   5. Went into fastboot mode   6. On my laptop I ran "fastboot oem unlock", then ran it again to make sure it really worked ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/V6rhC.png)   7. On my laptop I ran "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-passion.img" This is where I get the error "remote: signature verify fail" ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4n8tF.png) Anyone know how to fix this?


title: Where to get Flash Player for Android 2.2 Froyo

text: As everyone knows, the development of Adobe Flash for mobile devices was discontinued. I have an external device I want to access. It has a web server installed running a HTML script with an embedded Flash movie. Since I am not able to download a compatible Flash version on Google Play and have a device that runs Android 2.2.1 Froyo and another device that runs 4.0.3 Android Ice Cream Sandwich, my question is: **Where can I get an Android version of Flash Player that may run on Froyo as well as on Android 4.0.3 ICS?** I've downloaded the APK files here. NOTE: I am no way affiliated with chip.de


title: Why does the CM7 Radio FM app require bluetooth to run?

text: The FM Radio app on my stock ROM(s) (Samsung 2.2 and 2.3) only required to plug in earphones. And that was the case with any phone radio app on any cell phone. But why does the app which comes with CM7 require both bluetooth turned on and earphones plugged in? (Apparently, from the "about" page in the settings, it is developed by MIUI) ![Image of the app turning on Bluetooth](http://i.stack.imgur.com/v2AyT.png)


title: Show only new available and new updated apps in Google Play Store

text: Is there a way to show only new apps and games or new updated games and apps in the Play Store? I don't mean the top new games section because apps in there are mostly old (few days/weeks). A few month ago there was such a section but it was removed. I'd like to get this section back, maybe on another website or with an API if necessary.


title: Sony Xperia Tipo not recognizing SD memory card

text: I have installed an 8GB SD memory card in my Sony Xperia Tipo, but the memory card is not being recognized. Has anyone else had this problem with the Sony Xperia Tipo? If so, how did you solve it?


title: How to hard reset of a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 which I cannot put in recovery mode?

text: I don't have much hope. Here is what's happening Galaxy S GT-I9000 keeps crashing at startup :   com.sec.android.provider.logprovider crashes      and other ones android.process.acore      So I cannot reach any settings to disable some system settings like Settings/Privacy   So I cannot connect usb (it's never seen by my PC)      And a very good joke : it cannot be put in recovery mode !   http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Recovery_Mode   Does nothing   Somebody have notices some i9000 in this case : http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/fix-3-button-combo-download-recovery-mode- in-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000/ Too bad I can't do this : "Now plug the USB cable into the phone. Start a new command prompt window and navigate to the folder/directory where you have installed ADB." As my phone is not able to make the usb work !   So is there a way to reset the phone the hard way ?   I mean by opening it and erasing the memory to revert to an empty phone fully ...   PS : I cannot tell the android installed on this phone. It's not mine. All I know is that it's pretty old and that it's a custom "Orange" ROM.


title: Google Now time estimation to work

text: I have an Galaxy SII, and I'm using AOKP JB Milestone 1. That said, I'm experiencing something strange, the Google Now app is running and working just fine, except for one thing, I've set my home and work address, but it just shows me the estimated arrival time for going home, all the time by the way(except when I'm home), and it never showed the estimated arrival time for work. Is it known, or may be just and ROM bug?


title: My Epic Touch 4G can only boot into Odin mode

text: Installed ClockworkMod via ROM Manager, selected reboot into recovery via manager and the phone only boots into "Android System Recovery" now. OK button doesn't work to select "reboot now", though long depress does what it should. I just flashed the EG30 tar file (see comments) successfully, but it booted back into "Android system recovery" again and the ok button will not select on "reboot system now" but long long depress will reboot it... back into recovery though. Any ideas on how I can get the phone to start up properly?


title: How to solve "insufficent space on the device" error on Samsung Captivate

text: I have a Samsung Captivate, running the stock Froyo ROM, rooted. When I try to install a large app from the Market, I get the error "insufficent space on the device", for apps of ~40 MB, with 700+MB free. I first noticed it with "Jelly Defense" on Google's Christmas-week sale, but you can see it for yourself if you try the free "Reiner Knizia's Labyrinth" which is also quite large. This is a common problem -- just Google it and you'll see dozens of posts around the Internet going back almost a year. From those posts, I've tried two free apps that are supposed to help, "Market Fix" and "Cache Fixer", but neither has done the trick yet. As I understand it, both are supposed to re- mount /cache as a loopback file on the SD card. I don't know why they don't work. If anybody has fixed this specifically on the i9000 series (SGS1, Captivate, Fascinate, etc), please let me know how!


title: Kindle Fire Power Adapter Specs

text: I have misplaced the power adapter for my v1 Kindle Fire. USB charging works but is dog slow. What are the specs of its adapter, including any branding, as they're never labeled properly. Also, a photo would be very helpful, since it is likely in the box o' adapters in the basement.


title: Choose contact name manually?

text: In my contact list, I entered a number of "household" contacts combined together. For example, "Bob & Sally Smith", with the corresponding e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc. The problem is that, if the e-mail address is also associated with a Facebook contact, it overrides my preferred naming system and shows the name of the Facebook contact. For example, if the e-mail address were Bob's in my example, it would show "Bob Smith" instead of the combined name. Is there a way to force it to use the name _I_ prefer it to use? Note that this _may_ be specific to my phone - Motorola Droid. A friend of mine has the Droid X and I might see if his does the same thing...


title: How to start deskclock timer via NFC

text: I am trying to start the timer of the deskclock app that comes with Android 4.2 using a NFC chip. I am not trying to write an app that does this but rather use one of the many NFC launcher apps. I can't seem to find if that is possible at all... AnyTAG NFC launcher for example is able to launch the deskclock app but not set any parameters or just launch the timer part.


title: Backing up Android device on Windows via wireless

text: I need a way to back up my whole Android device on my PC, which is running Windows 7. I don't have USB cable for my phone, but I have wireless router, so my best option is using Wireless connection. I have encrypted my rooted Nexus S device, and now I am locked out of accessing SD card via recovery. The only way to decrypt my device is Factory data reset, which will erase all data on my phone. Before doing that I need to backup all my SD Card content, Apps, App data content to my PC. I need something much like Ultimate Backup Tool, but instead of recovering data through USB cable, using wireless instead.


title: How do I set up my wifi router for my Android device?

text: I have a wireless network set up with a Sweex LC000070 router, WEP encryption and while my HTC Hero can connect to the network, internet doesn't seem to work. Is there any setting on the router I have to change in order for Android devices to connect?


title: Nexus One: 3G/WIFI Not Switching

text: As of last couple of weeks, my phone has been having problems automatically switching between wifi and 3G. When i leave home, I have to completely turn off the radio and turn it back on for it to pick up the 3G connection. When i come home in the evening, I have to turn off the wifi, and then turn it back on in order for it to kick in. Has anyone else experienced this problem or know how to fix it? **EDIT:** The problem is that the phone doesnt automatically switch from WIFI to 3G and vice versa. If I go out of range of a known wifi hotspot, my 3G data connection should be established (indicated by the 3G icon in the top row), but it never shows up. If i work-around this by going in and out of airplane mode, the 3G connection is re-established. My carrier is Optus in Australia, but i dont think that matters, given that it USED to work and only in the last couple of week has this problem occured.


title: When did my phone power off due to low battery? Is the information recorded somewhere?

text: I'd like to know when my Android phone powered down due to low battery. Is there a log or way to see this? I am running a new program that makes use of BlueTooth and I suspect that's the problem. I ran the program over the weekend and when I recovered the phone, it was dead. Of course I have no way of know if the phone died after 1 hour or 23 hours. I'm guessing the operating system logs it somewhere. The phone in question is a Sony Ericsson Arc, but I'm hoping the answer generally applies to all Android phones.


title: Photos copied via bluetooth from LG 4X HD to Xperia Z not sorted

text: a novice at this so bear with me. I recently copied all my photos and videos from my LG to my Xperia Z using Bluetooth. It took awhile but all copied fine. Problem is they now all sit in My Album under a folder name Bluetooth but have lost all my sorting i.e. I had all the photos sorted in to albums with a specific name. Can I resort or is there another way to recopy keeping the albums with their names? Thanks


title: Delete folders from the SD sstorage phone

text: I have many folders in the smrtphones (Nexus4) that I think are not used or that are empty. Is it possible to delete them in a safe mode? If the folder is necessary it will be created when I need it?


title: WiFi does not turn on Sony Tablet S

text: After a prolonged screen off turning on WiFi on Sony Tablet S android 4.0.3 (release5a) results in "Turning on WiFi" status message in the available WiFi networks pane for a very prolonged time. Then it silently turns off. Once after a long time of "turning on" process it succeeded. There are no problems with bluetooth or airplane turning on. Only restarting the device solves the problem.


title: How to install regional font in Moto G?

text: How to install a regional font for India on the Moto G? I have tried this but its required rooted device; is there any way to do it without root?


title: What happens to Crash Reports sent to Google?

text: Many Android applications have bugs. These include app crashing, screen flickers or failing to start altogether. The app crashes present the well-known `Unfortunately, **AppName** has stopped` screen. ![Crash dialog](http://i.stack.imgur.com/JvFJq.png) But sometimes actually pressing the left button and sending the report seems like a bit of a waste of time since I never get to know what happened to the report. **What does actually happen once this report is sent? Is it known what Google does with it?** Does Google pass them on to the developers of the app that crashed? And do we how many crash reports Google receives per day?


title: Nexus 4 encryption

text: I encrypted my nexus, and now forget the password after the power is run out Can anyone tell me how many digit required and its rules (upper case, number, etc)?


title: program to resize image?

text: I'm looking for an image editor that I can use to do a wide array of resizing tasks including canvas size (expand/contract the image canvas), image size (enlarge/shrink the entire image), and cropping. So far, all I can find are cropping tools in the apps I'm finding, but I want the others as well. Does anyone know of any apps that provide all three tools?


title: Is there a real time wifi traffic analyzer for Android?

text: I'm using SugarSync to sync files between my phone and computer, but am not sure if things are actually working as they should. It would be great to watch android network traffic in real time. Anyone know of an app?


title: Some apps not supported on Samsung Galaxy Player

text: I've never really used an Android device before about a week ago so I'm not terribly familiar with how this all works, but I've noticed that there are a couple of apps that I am not able to download on my Samsung Galaxy player, but my friends who have Android phones are able to. Any ideas on why this might be or how I could work around it. An example is Go Launcher Ex.


title: Rationalising the utility of swap in Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

text: I am trying to get my hands on the average read/write speed(s) of the RAM bundled on the said phone. Just wondering how this faces off with a Class 10 micro SD. I was thinking if the Class rating was high enough, maybe using swap might be a good idea. Q1.) Is there a Class rating that is performing almost onpar with the RAM random access timing? Q2.) Is my theoretical basis invalid? Thank you!


title: How can I stop downloads from Google Play when net balance is ending (or zero)?

text: In my SIM, the net balance is zero. But, the device shows that it is still downloading applications. Because of this, I am losing my main balance. Also, the battery is getting lower every 3 hours. How can I stop this problem?


title: Sending an application (apk) through NFC

text: Is it possible to install the application to another device using NFC? The application is not in Google Play store. If it is possible, how can I do this?


title: Cannot get Android 4.0 NFS client to connect to my NFSv4 Ubuntu server: "no such device"

text: I'm using GLaDOS kernel which includes the NFS modules (and I'm using the Codename Android ICS 4.0.3 ROM) on a GSM Galaxy Nexus. I'm trying to connect to my NFSv4 server (Ubuntu 11.10). My other clients (e.g., Ubuntu 11.04 laptop) can connect over the same LAN network, but my Galaxy Nexus will not connect. In the Android terminal (BTEP), in su mode, I'm entering these commands:               insmod sunrpc.ko     insmod lockd.ko     insmod nfs.ko      lsmod shows the modules loaded:               nfs 104232 0 - Live 0xbf036000     lockd 42336 1 nfs, Live 0xbf028000     sunrpc 150792 3 nfs,lockd, Live 0xbf000000      My mount command (In the terminal, in su mode) is:               mount -t nfs4 nfserver:/shared1 /sdcard/nfs/shared1      The error is "no such device". (See edit below - I have a new error now.) It returns immediately, so I'm fairly certain this is entirely a client side error. It is probably not even trying to contact the server. Usually the "no such device" error means that the nfs kernel module is not loaded. However, in my case, it is indeed loaded, as shown above. Can anyone help? **EDIT** : so now I believe that the BusyBox mount command does not support NFSv4. Unfortunately, my server only supports NFSv4. So I borrowed a NAS device which supports NFS v3 and set that up. Now the error is "invalid argument". In fact, the BusyBox mount command gives the same "invalid argument" error on all mounts using either "-t nfs" or "-t cifs". That leads me to conclude (based on quote below) that there is a version mismatch between BusyBox and my Linux kernel.   * busybox: 1.19.3-Stericson    * linux: 3.0.8-GLaDOS-V1-15 My conclusion is supported by this link where he says:               This is how I interpret it.     kernel is newer - recompile mount command (i.e. busybox etc)     Make sure that it uses the headers from the kernel it will run with.      Finally, trying a regular NFS v3 server (the NAS device) with Mount Manager does not succeed with either NFS or CIFS. But AndSMB will connect to the NAS using CIFS.


title: Is it possible to write to a device's clipboard using ADB?

text: I am interested in learning how to write to (and if possible, read from) a rooted Android device's clipboard. I hope to do so using ADB over USB and I am not interested in installing any apps to help me do this, as this is something I plan on rarely doing. Any suggestions or help guiding me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.


title: How to open or restart or unlock mobile device from Android Device Manager

text: I am using samsung galaxy S2. I have recently download google's android app **Android Device Manager**. But i have wrong click Erase in web https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager here . After that My Mobile is does not open? Please give idea, How to restore data from web(https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager). I check in web but there is not enough setting for unlocking?


title: Send files from Linux to Android via ssh

text: I want to send some specific files from my linux PC to my android device. I'd like to send it automatically using terminal commands, so there will be no drag and drop files. I don't know what is the best communication way to send file via wifi. I understand how to send using ftp by downloading 'ftp server' app on my android, but that's not suitable to my work since it needs to open an internet browser on my PC and transfer like a file manager. So I tried using ssh:               scp /home/user/picture1.jpg u0_a167@192.168.1.117:/storage/emulated/0      but always ended up error:               ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.117 port 22: Connection refused     lost connection      How to solve this problem? or does anyone have any other recommendation which communication way should I use?


title: Installation in Mac for Android SDK

text: I have an installation problem with Android SDK Manager. I am getting this error in Android SDK Manager please help...               https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list-2.xml, reason: File not found Fetched Add-ons List successfully Fetching URL: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-10.xml Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-10.xml, reason: File not found Done loading packages.      I tried opening them on my browsers, and it opens perfectly fine. I took the whole package of ADT from Google's official site. and have browsed a lot also with no avail. While trying to run the program I am getting: > Description Resource Path Location Type Error generating final archive: > Unable to get debug signature key NewProject Unknown Android Packaging > Problem


title: Windows explorer not showing all my SdCard Files | Galaxy S3 mini

text: I have a some images that I can see in my phone, when I check the location it says that they're in my external SD card (see first image), but when I connect my phone to my laptop with Windows 7, I can't reach those pictures (see second image). ![First image](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gVYCf.png) ![Second image](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xS920.gif)


title: Are IPv6 Privacy Extensions supported and how can they be enabled/disabled?

text: I just read about a potential privacy issue with IPv6 addresses on phones. While the article mainly talks about Apple devices, Android _is_ mentioned so I wonder: Does Android support IPv6 privacy extensions and how can they be enabled/disabled? According to this question, Android currently has _partial_ support for IPv6.


title: Alternative market app without country limitations

text: I want to download Apps from the US for researching purposes. A co-worker of mine could do that by installing an alternative Market. He did not have a rooted phone and probably got that app from the original market. The icon of this app was similiar to the original market's one but blue instead of green as far as I can remember.


title: How do I cleanup all information backed up from my phone?

text: i.e. I want to remove all information, that was backed up from my phone to the Google servers (sync data, etc). How can I do that?


title: What's the reason that the alarm clock isn't working when the phone is turned off?

text: I know that the alarm isn't working when the phone is turned off, but my question is: Why doesn't this work? What were the developers/engineers thinking? I always used my mobile phones as alarm clocks and even very old mobile phone support alarm clocks when they are turned off.


title: if I have an app running on android is it possible to send it commands from the computer instead of the device?

text: Say I was running facebook for android or something, and I wanted to delete all my friends or messages. Would I have to program a macro to do this? B. would it be possible to send the application direct commands? Delete this friend or do this? Similarly if I was going to write something for the computer?


title: Unlocking HTC HD2 and installing Android

text: I have HTC HD with Windows Mobile 6.5 installed and it is locked with Vodafone (Germany). If I want to install Android on it, do I have to unlock it first? Or it will be automatically unlocked in the process of installing Android?


title: I want to use market place on my cheap tablet

text: Alright I'm cheap bought a couple cheap tablets for my kids. We have enjoyed alot of the apps ava on the Market Place but it will not work with the tablets. (Something about "Honey Comb". My question is there a work around or someway to get the apps I want or upgrade my os so I can get the market place?


title: Firmware Update for Samsung S LCD I 9003 stops at "preparing firmware update"

text: I am trying to upgrade the firmware of samsung galaxy S LCD using Samsung Kies. I am using the recent version of Kies. But during when I click start update it is showing that the FirmwareUpdate has stopped working. and it is showing preparing firmware upgrade components forever. Please advice me what to do.


title: How much does Android use Wi-Fi for network discovery when not connected?

text: When I have Wi-Fi turned on, but not connected to any network, how much does Android use the Wi-Fi function? I'm asking this because apparently Wi-Fi activity uses considerable* amounts of battery. Is the device constantly scanning for Wi-Fi signals to find a network to connect to? Or does it only do it at some intervals to save battery, so that all significant battery use happens only when it's connected? Are there any settings related to this? (I have Android 2.2.1 but I'm interested in information about other recent versions as well if there are significant differences.) * - _"considerable" should not be interpreted as a synonym of "large" or "too much". I'm not suggesting Wi-Fi drains my battery immediately, just that the energy consumption is worthy of considering._


title: Google Account shows two Android Login Service in Connected Sites, Apps, and Services

text: I have a HTC One X and when I go to my Google account's Security section -> Connected Sites, Apps and Services, it shows me two entries of "Android Login Service — Full Account Access". But I have only one Android device. Below is the screenshot: ![Connected Sites, Apps and Services](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xo4cx.png) Is this correct or there is another device which connected to my account?


I've got LG Optimus One phone (model LG-P500h). How do I find out what wifi chipset my phone has? Is there a general mechanism that will work for all phones?


title: Can One Increase the Mobile AP Hotspot Timeout?

text: I have a Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) and I have an AT&T plan that includes tethering. I can turn on the Mobile AP hotspot and then other devices can connect to it. However, after several minutes, the Mobile AP turns itself off. If I manually turn it back on again, it works fine again, but this gets pretty annoying. Is there any way to make it stay on, or to lengthen the time it will stay on?


title: Keep GPS on when screen is locked

text: Is there a way to prevent GPS from sleeping when I lock the phone even though google maps app is running?


title: Email Flagging works only one way

text: Device: Samsung Galaxy S2 Carrier: SmarTone-Vodafone Country / Language: Hong Kong / English OS / Browser / build number (if applicable): Hello. I recently purchased a SGS2 and realized that although I could 2-way sync all my contacts, tasks, calendar, and email to my Corporate Exchange Account (2007), I could only 1-way sync flags; from the phone to Excahnge. Changes on flag status on Exchange would not appear on the phone. Any ideas? Thanks


title: How do I fix pwd (print working directory) on Cyanogenmod 7?

text: I recently started using Cyanogenmod and I noticed some odd behavior in the shell for certain commands. The command works as expected in the Terminal app directly on the phone, but strange things occur when connected by ssh. For instance `pwd`:               /data/dropbear # pwd          /data/dropbear # which pwd     /system/xbin/pwd     /data/dropbear # busybox pwd     /data/dropbear     /data/dropbear # ls -l /system/xbin/pwd     lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             7 Apr  1 23:30 pwd -> busybox      As you can see, `pwd` prints a blank line ![enter image description here][1]when typed normally at the command line. Even though it is just a link to `busybox`. I've fooled around with other embedded systems (DD-WRT), and noticed `busybox` was set up the same way - and works. The way it's behaving here breaks functionality with WinSCP, which depends on `pwd` when it connects. I thought I could be a little clever here and use WinSCP to transfer files to my phone over my wireless lan. But as you can see it isn't quite working yet. For the record I'm using a Motorola Droid, Cyanogenmod 7 RC4, and also PuTTy from a Windows 7 machine.


title: Rooted Phone but still can't uninstall Apps

text: So I finally temp-rooted my HTC Desire HD and set about trying to uninstall some of the stock apps that came with it (Stocks (no pun intended), Facebook for HTc and so on). But it won't let me - the 'Uninstall' link is disabled inside Settings-> Applications. Do I need to do a 'full' root to achieve my goal or am I missing something? Thanks for reading.


title: ICS: Use site's bookmark icon

text: The bookmarks on the home screens of my Galaxy Nexus have the same red bookmark icon. Is it possible to automatically display the site's default icon (i.e., the one which appears in the URL bar) as the bookmark's icon?


title: Unable to tilt in Temple Run in IdeaPad K1 3.2

text: I'm using Lenovo Ideapad K1 tablet-android version being 3.2. I'm **UNABLE TO TILT** while collecting coins in Temple Run. Is it because Android 3.2 doesn't support tilting or is there a problem with my tablet? Please help..


title: How can I get a good route for many way-points?

text: I need an app that can search for me all the various places for different keywords like "beauty salon" and "web design" (the keywords are chosen by the user) in a specific region (e.g. my city) and then give me an optimum route for the "beauty salon" ∪ "web design" places in function of accessibility (the app has to know the public transport routes). Is there any app that can do this for Android? It would spare me from making a lot of calculations. There are around 700 places in my city. Imagine doing an optimum route for all of them. If there isn't, then I got you a very good idea, for a possibly viral app. I can't start making such an app, because I don't have time. I have to sell. That's it. So, there must be another solution. Did someone got into the same situation as mine? PS: It's not like I don't know HOW to do it, it's the fact that I don't have time. Programmatically you can do it by following a backtracking model. For every optimum route calculated, the app shall send the data to a server so the next time you won't be obliged to recalculate. For the server, you'll use a a search engine, so everyone can access a previous route. Afterwards, you can gradually implement stop lights, traffic. Gradually because you don't want to overstress the CPU at first.


title: How to change equalizer presets with Tasker?

text: I am not using a third party application downloaded on the Play Store, but the **Sound enhancement** menu that comes pre-installed on some devices (can be found on `Settings -> Equalizer` on _Play Music_ for example). What I want is a pop up menu where I can choose one of two equalizer presets when plugging in my headphones or earphones. I know how to do the event and menu parts, but can't find something relevant for the presets.


title: Trim list of sharing apps in ICS

text: Things like sharing photos come to mind. When I view a photo and click Share, the list can get pretty bloated depending on what apps I have installed. Is it possible to trim the list of apps down or disable them from appearing on this list? Annoyingly, many of my most useful and frequented apps have been bumped down on the list and I now have to scroll to select an app.


title: Why is Kivy Launcher giving "your device isn't compatible" with Nook HD+?

text: When I bought my Nook HD+ a week after Google Play was enabled for it, one of the first apps I installed was the Kivy Launcher. It worked great for a few times, then stopped working mysteriously - wouldn't even generate a log file. I finally decided to uninstall it and reinstall again. Now when I go back to the Play Store, it shows a message under the app icon: > Your device isn't compatible with this version. I have no idea why it wouldn't be compatible, since it worked the first time I tried it. Is it possible that B&N black-listed it? What other conditions would generate this message?


title: Unable to resolve host "get.cm"

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT-P3113). When connecting to a particular Wi- Fi network, I get a message that states: `unable to resolve host "get.cm"`. I am able to connect to the network and can see other devices on the net, but I cannot connect to websites. All my other PCs on the network function just fine, but this Android tablet cannot get internet access. It works fine on every other network I've accessed. I have modified the network to use no authentication, WEP, and WPA, but still nothing. Ideas?


title: How to get the information of users connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot?

text: How can I get the IP address, MAC address, etc. of a user connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot? ( Using Karbonn A21 Phone running Android 4.0.4 with minor changes to the skin)


title: Reply to an SMS and send it to someone else

text: Sometimes when I reply to an SMS, I also want to send that same SMS to another person. On my previous non-android phones this was easy, every SMS was a single message, as opposed to the threads in Android. I could just add another receiver there. When I answer an SMS in Android, I do not have the option to add another receiver. Is there any workaround? (Android 2.3 on a Samsung Galaxy Gio)


title: How to enable Wifi on an AVD

text: How can I enable WiFi on an AVD? I am emulating the Android version 2.3.3 API 10 and when I click WiFi in the phone settings menu it just says 'error'.


title: Rooted phone - sending SMS message via command line

text: I have a rooted Droid (Sholes), with ConnectBot installed. I can `ssh` into it via `dropbear` copied to `/system/xbin`, and/or also the instance of Debian installed on it via the "Linux Installer" application. I'm in portable Linux bliss. But... I would like to send an SMS message via the shell. Something like                sendsms 8005551234 "This is a text."      Anything like this out there?


title: HTC Desire - phone's dead

text: I was trying my application on HTC Desire when I realized there was a problem with the app so I force stop it. Next thing is the screen freezed - HTC white welcome screen. I tried rebooting several times, but it never got into the desktop. Sometimes it restarted itself. I tried removing the battery as well to no avail. Now my phone is completely dead. I cannot turn it on and when I charge it, the red/green light is not on. What should I do? I was thinking of resetting the phone via command line or something like that. Thanks for any suggestions!


title: Google Music app update in UK

text: I am UK based and have a Nexus 1 and Nexus S both running stock Android 2.3.4. On both devices, I have a manual update pending for the Music app from Google Inc., but when I go in to the Market to view this app, I get an AlertDialog telling me that "The requested item could not be found." I understand that Google Music is only available in the US, but why is the Market telling me that I need to update the app, only to tell me that it is not available when I try to?


title: Can Droid 2 Global sync with Outlook 2010? Esp concerned with tasks

text: Considering getting a Droid 2. I use Outlook for all calendar, contacts, and tasks. Although it is seamless for calendar items and contacts, task management is critical for me. I am not impressed with Google apps task mangagment and want to keep using Outlook. Is the Droid compatible with a sync directly to Outlook 2010? Under what conditions?


title: What is the proper way of using GPS Test Plus to update GPS data?

text: Do you need to click the `Clear AGPS` button, then click the `Update AGPS` button, then wait for its home screen to update the list of satellites it finds, before closing the app? Or is clicking the `Update AGPS` button sufficient? The help file describes what these buttons do, but there doesn't seem to be any best practice for using the app (or when is the best time to close the app). > **Clear AGPS Button.** Pressing this buttons clears the AGPS aiding data > from your phone. Do this if your GPS takes a long time to get a fix. > > **Update AGPS Button.** Pressing this button requests the download of AGPS > aiding data. The AGPS aiding data can become out of date, so requesting an > update will get te latest version.


title: Good source for genuine batteries

text: I'm looking to source a genuine original size battery for my HTC Desire. I'd rather not fork out the RRP of ~£35 but lots of the cheaper ones have bad reviews. Will anything much less than the RRP be fake? Does anybody know of any reputable sources in the UK?


title: App that can import google maps saved route to use as turn-by-turn navigation

text: I built a driving path containing several destination points using google maps and would like to use it in a turn-by-turn GPS navigation app such as iGo. Any existing app/s that can achieve that? Thanks.


title: Galaxy GT-P1000, in recovery mode, which button is "Home Key"?

text: In the Galaxy GT-P1000 Tab, when you're in "Recovery Mode", `Volume Up` & `Down` is used for scrolling. But which button is referred to as `Ok` or `Home Key` to select? As far as I know, the `Menu` Key, `Home` Key, and `Back` Key are soft keys that only light up after a full Boot, while in Recovery Mode, these three keys do not come up (lights up). Right now, after successfully flashing my GT-P1000 stock rom, the instructions says that I should go into recovery mode by pressing `Volume-Up` button together with `Power` button and enter the recovery mode and use the `Volume up` and `Down` to scroll to "wipe/factory reset" to complete my upgrade. I could not find the "Home Key" that I needed select that option after scrolling to "wipe/factory reset" and my Tab won't boot fully either. I need these answers quickly to get my Tab working. At the moment, the Tab continues to loop back to rebooting around the Samsung Logo.


title: Long boot time in Honeycomb

text: I just got a motorola xoom, love it so far, but it surprises me that the initial boot of the device takes so long (approx 1 minute). I figured with less RAM than my PC, a less "hoggy" OS (honeycomb vs win 7), and the benefit of a solid state hard drive, that the xoom should be able to boot from off to on-and-functional in like 20 seconds. does anyone know of a way to decrease the boot time in Honeycomb? Thanks!


title: Where to find diagnostic information as to why mobile data won't turn on

text: I've had a Samsung Galaxy S3 for a little over a year now and not had too many problems with it. This afternoon, however, it's decided it won't connect to mobile data at all. I've had similar things on this and previous android phones, so I've tried:   * making sure wifi isn't on   * checking that mobile data is enabled (!)   * checking the AP settings (these are actually locked down by my network provider - O2 UK)   * turned on & off airplane mode   * restarted   * powered off & on   * powered off, removed the battery and powered it back on In all cases, I get no mobile data icon (so it's not even trying to connect from what I can tell) and I get no connectivity. Phone calls and wifi are working just fine. Is there anywhere diagnostic information is kept around the status of the mobile data connection? If there's an error occurring, that would certainly be useful! I did drop the phone a few days ago, but the mobile data has been working fine since then... but I guess it could still be related somehow. Even if that is the case and there's a hardware fault, the same thing applies - where is the diagnostic info? I'm on the O2 UK stock image by the way - 4.1.2 / JZO54K.I9300XXEMC2


title: RDP/VNC App that has 1:1 mouse cursor support?

text: I've tried a couple different remote desktop programs, but I'm having issues with the mouse support... For starts, I have to double click everything, even things that are normal a single click, or a single click in the Android OS... I'm on Archos 101 Android 2.2.1. I'm pretty familiar with the process of remoting at this point, so my question basically is "which remote desktop solution provides the best experience with a full keyboard, mouse and HDMI support monitor?" Thanks.


title: Tasker double WiFi activation with 'or' statement

text: I have a Tasker app on my tablet, I want to make a profile which will trigger silent mode when 2 conditions are met: Connection with WiFi Network A is lost and either network B or C is connected. I want this profile to be turned off when network A is connected again. I assume that some sort of variable has to be used for the 'B or C' function. How can I do this? Also can please walk me through how to assign variables if any.


title: Examples of mobile broadcasts being used

text: I recently found this page of settings in on my phone under Cyanogenmod, I had never even heard of this system before. ![mobile broadcast settings](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0EJ7u.jpg)   mobile broadcast settings (click to enlarge) Are there any examples of this system being used in the past?


title: Are running apps slowing down Android phones?

text: When my phone (Xperia J) is getting slow I'll go to _Setting→Apps_ , select _running apps_ , and delete everything in there. Then I go back to the homescreen and I notice that my phone is faster. So is running apps making my phone slow or it is just a coincident?


title: USB connectivity problems with Nexus 7 2013

text: I've just acquired Nexus 7 (2013) and can't connect it to my PCs. All drivers I have (one from Android SDK, as I'm a developer, and the second from the Android site here, named as `latest_usb_driver_windows.zip` btw) do not install either under Windows 7, or Windows XP. PC discovers new device as "Nexus 7", but wizard says "could not find the software on your computer" when I specify folder with drivers. After some unsuccessful trials, I decided to disable MTP and mass storage modes on the Nexus, just to eliminate these parts of driver - in fact I need only debugging via USB. I enabled the debugging via USB at very beginning, and it shows up in Android's notification bar, but the device does not show up in adb/Eclipse. So I switched MTP and mass storage OFF via notification area. This did not help to attach the new device. But now I can't enable either MTP or storage mode back. They are missing in notifications, and they are missing in Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More, where they are supposed to be. So the question number 1: how one can switch MTP and storage mode ON in Android 4.3, specifically on Nexus 7 (2013), other way than via notifications? I saw similar question on the Internet, and the only answer was to reboot the device - in some cases (from time to time!) this worked for someone. I restarted Nexus, but still nothing USB-related shows in settings. Also I'd appreciate any clues on how to connect Nexus 7 (2013) to Windows PC? I should mention, that I have Nexus 7 of the first version, and I'm able to debug apps using it, that this first Nexus is connected to the same PC successfully. This brings another problem, because I do not want to lose connectivity with the first device by complete removal of drivers, because I have no guarantee that after this the first device will not become lost in the same manner as the second. Thanks in advance.


title: How is GPS stack organized on Android, down to UART level?

text: I had some reading on location faking, and got eye caught on the report of using "fake NMEA data from UART port". Can anyone clarify, does Android GPS stack HAL supports direct access to one of the UART I/O pins with GPS receiver chip connected? Or the original post author should have written his own HAL extension in order to read from UART? What are the abilities of standard GPS HAL and how it is interfaced to chips? (e.g. are most available phones/tablets - like Google Nexus - got their GPS integrated into RF chip core, or they are still using external chip hooked to UART/I2C/other bus)?


title: Convert handwritten note to text

text: The Samsung S-note app has a handwriting recognition mode that will turn handwriting to text in more or less real time, but it slows down input enough for it to not be really practical to use when jotting notes in meetings. Is it possible to convert previously-taken handwriting and turn it to text later in S-note? If not, then what about one of the other apps that come with the Galaxy note such as aNote HD?


title: Does the Google Drive App create a folder that syncs automatically?

text: On my computer I have a Google Drive folder that syncs to the cloud. Is there a folder like that on my android phone after installing Google Drive? The idea would be to make a 'photos' folder in there and save all my photos from the camera in that folder.


title: How can I determine why my phone won't sleep?

text: When my phone won't go to sleep, what is the best way to trouble-shoot what the problem and/or offending app is? (In my case I am running CyanogenMod, and so I don't know if the solution will be the same or different than for stock Android)


title: Installing the OEM USB Drivers for Android

text: I seem to be unable to get as far as installing the drivers (windows 8). I go to device manager and go through the steps to point it to the downloaded driver location (I've tried getting the drivers from google sdk, downloading it from google by itself and getting it from asus), and every time I hit 'next' after pointing it to the driver folder it immediately goes to a "Windows was unable to install your Nexus 7" page. "Windows could not find driver software for your device". I can't figure out what's going on. I don't know if stackoverflow's the place to ask this but I can't find any information on it and I've run out of resources. Sorry for the lack of formatting, I'm not in a right state of mind.


title: How do I install a self compiled android image onto an SD card, and run Android from said sd card?

text: I have compiled a generic version of Android KitKat from source, and run it in the Android SDK emulator. I now want to take that version of Android I created, which sits in my `../out/target/product/generic/` folder and install it to run on an SD card in a tablet. How would I go about partitioning, formatting, copying over all the required Android files, etc.?


title: Android keyboard crashes continuously

text: Since this afternoon the Android keyboard crashes continuously on my phone, Samsung Galaxy S2. I have Avatarrom installed. I tried to delete the Dalvik Cache (cache/dalvik cache and data/dalvik cache), restarted the phone, but that didn't help. Today I installed BTSync (Bittorrent Sync) on my phone. I don't know if it has anything to do with these problems. (See update below - I have disabled App Protector!) I have App Protector installed, and it protects the system menu, so I can't open that. I can't open the Playstore to download SSHdroid or some other tool that will allow me to remotely access the phone. I cannot paste passwords into App Protector. I don't have a second keyboard installed. I do have ES File Explorer installed, without protection, and can use that to clear the cache or remove files. It has root access. Rom Toolbox is installed without protection. I can open the App Manager in Room Toolbox, but cannot remove App Protector. Freezing the app doesn't work either. Because the keyboard crashes so often it's difficult to do anything. So I'm wondering what options are left for me. I have lockeck myself out it seems. Of course I can install a new rom, but if possible I want to avoid that route. What suggestions do you have? * * * UPDATE I managed to disable App Protector. I copied a text file with the password for App Protector to the phone. I copied the text, and I could copy the password and that worked, so I disabled it immediately. I have installed Thumb Keyboard, but that doesn't help.


title: Edit navigation bar (Soft Buttons)?

text: I just bought a low-end Android tablet (using Android 4.2.2), and it has 6 virtual buttons on the bottom of the screen :   * Home   * Apps   * Back   * Volume down   * Volume up   * Screenshot ![Screenshot of a Pipo M6 tablet: maybe not the same as the OP says, but definitely related to the question](http://i.stack.imgur.com/qAaV9.jpg) I don't need the last 3, since I have physical buttons for the volume, and I rarely make screenshots. I looked for a way to remove them but couldn't find anything. Any suggestion appreciated. Thanks


title: How do I remove pending/in-progress downloads

text: A few days ago, I tried to save an attachment from official Gmail app and it could not finish download due to some connection errors. Now, I'm seeing the notification every time without any progress. It just stays in the notification area and sliding the notification does not remove the download. This file download was started from Gmail app and I see the same type of notification in other downloads from different apps so I'm guessing there is a central download progress going on. I tried turning the phone off, removing the battery and SIM. ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/STODB.jpg)   (Click image to enlarge) How can I list and remove these downloads ?


title: Android photo viewer that doesn't blank screen

text: I have many photos of my family on my phone. I like to draw with my daughters and I invariably end up drawing family members. It would be really nice to have an android phone app that displays a photo and simply leaves it there without allowing the screen to dim or to lock the phone. Certainly such permissions are commonly used by video player apps, but photo viewer apps seem to always allow screen dimming and phone locking. Is there such a photo viewer app? I would expect a handful, but haven't been able to find one. (Yes, I know display costs battery, and that if I don't close it my battery will be drained.)


title: Galaxy Nexus: Safely Remove the device in Linux?

text: I'm using Linux Mint 13 MATE (based from Ubuntu 12.04) as my main operating system. I have been using the adb shell and use push and pull in transferring to and from my Galaxy Nexus. As I have read somewhere that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus USB port is sensitive and can easily get broken, I would like to ask if it is safe to just remove the USB cord when I don't need it? Or is there a command I need to type via terminal to have it safely remove or unmount my Galaxy Nexus?


title: How can I configure my phone to show random background wallpapers from my pictures galery?

text: I know how to set a static picture from my photo gallery as a background wallpaper picture. However, I would like to see a new picture every time I turn the screen on. Is there a way to configure my Android smartphone to do this? Or maybe some app that does something like this? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 551, with Android 2.2 (Froyo).


title: Ext2 partion mounted then after linking apps it can not be mounted!

text: I have Xperia Active with FXP CM 10 installed Yesterday I partitioned a second partition on my sd card so as I can link apps to sd Then, It was mounted, I linked the apps and everything was just GREAT!!! Then, I slept for about 12 hours and when i'm awake i found the apps I linked yesterday are not shown. Link2sd couldn't mount the partion, although he could see it!! Minitool partition wizard can not see the partition "although I used it yesterday to create it!!" And now, the windows doesn't read the sd card at all!! Please, any ideas??? Thanks


title: Recieved an SMS that deleted all my SMS

text: A weird thing happened to me today. I received an SMS and upon opening it from the notification bar on top, my SMS are all gone. I didn't even get to read the message. I have my SMS backed-up from a week ago so it's not much of an issue. But then how can this possibly happen? I am using GoSMS and CyanogenMod 7.2 btw. Any thoughts on what could've caused this? **Update** Okay now 5 days later, all my contacts have disappeared on it's own. I wasn't doing anything at all. I just notice my contacts are all gone. I did re-sync from Google and they're all back but what could possibly cause that?


title: Root and/or flash ROM on Haier Haipad 8.0 (PAD821)

text: I'm trying to root my haipad but none of the methods I found over the internet works. Here the PAD821 features:               Basic parameters          Time to market: February 2013     Product positioning: Entertainment Tablet PC     Operating system: Android4.1     CPU/GPU Processor architecture: ARM architecture     Processor model: ARM Cortex-A9     Processor Main Frequency: 1.5GHz     Processors core: Dual core          Storage device     System memory: 1GB     Storage capacity: 8GB     Storage media: Flash Flash disk     Storage expansion: supports Micro SD (TF) card, maximum support 32GB          Display     Screen size: 8 inches     Screen resolution: 1024x768     Screen description: Capacitive touch screen, Multi-point touch screen     Pointing device: touch screen     Screen characteristics: Five-point touch screen,The TFT screen,LED backlight     Language support: supports many languages     Network connection: WiFi support     Network mode: 3G module reserved ports     Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4          Multimedia features     Sound system: Double stereo speakers,Built-in microphone     Video playback: support playback of 720P vide     Camera: dual camera (front: 300,000 pixels, rear: 2 million pixels)     Video recording: support for recording 720P video     Flash features: supports Flash          Format support     Audio format: supports MP3 format     Video formats: supports MP4 format     Picture formats: support JPEG,BMP,GIF,format     Text formatting: supports TXT format     Buttons/interfaces: Data interface Micro-USB     Audio interface: 3.5mm earphone interface     Other interface: power interface,memory card interface     Function keys: switch button, volume buttons          Power parameter     Battery type: Lithium battery,4400mAh     Life time: depending on the using environment, at a specific time     Power adapter: DC (5V, 2A) adaptive AC power supply     Function parameters: Built-in induction The intelligent gravity sensor     Basic applications: Baidu input method,The ES file browser,PPTV,AppChina,WPS          Appearance parameters     Product size: 204.37x155.42x9.5mm     weight: 432g      Casing material: composite materials     Casing color: silver      Is there someone who knows a ROM compatible with such a device? Otherwise: is there a way to root it? Which version of the recovery (CWM or TWRP) can I install? Thanks in advance.


title: How to disable softkeyboard in cyanogenmod 10.0.0 parmanently?

text: I want to disable the soft keyboard on asus tf300t permanently. I have read a lot of post on stackoverflow that allow you to block the soft keyboard but all of them explain how to do them in a specific app. I have root access to the device. its running cyanogenmod 10.0.0 on it. it has a dock keyboard. I could not find the .apk fie in /system/app for the soft keyboard that I could remove. does someone know how to remove the soft keyboard ? thank you


title: Can't find Angry Birds

text: Same websites are reporting that angry birds is available in the android market. However I can't find it on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S in New Zealand). I have tried the bar code, the download links and searching the android market from my phone the app just isn't there. Whats going on? Is my phone not supported? Is my country not supported? Is my OS version (2.1) not supported?


title: How to block a number in Sony Xperia J

text: I intend to block a number that is in my contact list. Unfortunately I can't find any option to block it. I was told that I should add it to some Reject list. When I open the contact and press Menu, I see only 4 options:   * Modify   * Send contact   * Delete contact   * Set as default Where should I add it to the reject list?