title: Are launchers as stable and safe to use as stock software?

text: My main concern is that I do not want to modify my Android so that it becomes less stable than it currently is. If my understanding is correct launchers like Buzz Launcher or GO Launcher significantly change how Android looks, but the changes perhaps do not stop just there. Also, once a third party launcher has been installed, is there a way to revert the changes? I mean, sure they can probably be uninstalled, but is it going to be a very clean uninstall, or do they typically leave junk behind around the filesystem? I'd like to try out Buzz Launcher very much, and GO Launcher probably too, but if they're going to render my Android somehow inferior in terms of causing arbitrary type of damage or just clutter the device as a consequence, I'd rather not. **Update** Incidentally, what about keyboards? Same deal?


title: Can I have horizontal scrolling in the installed application on the Sense 5.5?

text: I have an HTC One with Sense 5.5 installed. In Sense 5.5 the installed application menu have a vertical scrolling. I'd prefer to have horizontal scrolling. Can I change this setting in some way?


title: Ringtone volume decreases after silenting and unsilenting my HTC Desire X

text: It's that clear as Title says.   1. I can see that current `Ringtone and Notification` volume is at the highest level.   2. I now put my phone in silence mode and deselected Silent (I selected it using maximizing the top nav(?) bar, and activating silent (and then deactivating silent mode) from there.   3. Now I go back to `Settings` and see that the Volume is very low (about 10% as it looks). * * * I want my settings back after disabling Silent mode and going Normal. Environment:   * Phone: HTC Desire X Dual Sim   * Android Version: 4.1.1   * Kernel Version: 3.4.0-ge410a46   * Software number: 1.0.0. Desire X I can also give the whole information in `Settings` -> `About` -> `Software Information` if they are not enough.


title: How to type quickly and use the full ASCII character set

text: Probably 90% of my time on my phone is spent typing. So I like to be able to do it quickly. Also, because I take complex notes and write code on my phone, I would like to be able to have the full ASCII character set available to me. I also like to work in the dark, so backlighting is important. I've found that I can thumb-type much more quickly on physical keyboards, and find the "slider" form factor ideal for holding the phone while thumb-typing on it. There don't appear to be any good new slider phones (in the US market), so I'm considering Bluetooth options. For example, I've found this keyboard, available in S3 and S4 designs, which can apparently be modded to fit a Nexus 4. The clever fellow who wrote the mod post likes it, and seems to have done quite a bit of research on other options, finding them seriously lacking in quality. However, I have some potential problems with this product:   * There are some pretty useful characters like `{` and `}` missing from the layout. If they had added a dedicated row of keys for the digits, they probably could have completed the ASCII set and still kept all of the multimedia keys.   * I don't know if the Fn-Arrow shortcut used for quick (read: acceptably fast) text navigation will work with this keyboard, since there are Fn-functions mapped to the arrow keys.   * There are also some reports in the reviews that the depicted keyboard is not the one delivered; I need to do some more research to sift through this. It may just be that the two different colours of S3 keyboards have different layouts (as depicted on the product page).


title: how to turn on the vibratiton when moving icons?

text: I just got my replacement Samsung Galaxy 3 phone, and every time I moved my icons around my phone would slightly vibrate but now after I made some changes to the settings I lost that feature. It's been driving me crazy trying to get it back.please help! I've gone to the sound settings and turned the haptic feature on and off and still no changes to my phone.


title: Google+ auto backup jams up my WiFi network

text: For months I tried to track down a ping issue (high ping; disconnect & reconnect my router; low ping for about 20 minutes; high ping again). Turns out, thanks to this answer, it was the Google+ auto backup feature (that, for some reason, seems to kick in several minutes _after_ it gets a connection). The Google+ auto backup feature is enabled on my phone. It is configured to upload in "standard size" (not "full size"). Also, it is set to only upload if charging and if on WiFi. During backup, the ping time (from my laptop, but the same applies from the router's admin page) goes up to over 7000 ms, see: ![high ping](http://i.stack.imgur.com/vjC5S.png) If I disconnect my phone from WiFi, the ping time goes down to about 50 ms. What can I do to avoid this from happening? I tried to search for some way to set _WiFi_ bandwidth limits for a specific app, but I couldn't find any.


title: Wh don't I get Unlock BOOTLOADER window while rooting my HTC One v

text: I have been trying to root my _HTC One V._ I did the following: `fastboot oem get_identifier_token` Copied the identifier token, and pasted it on _My Device Identifier Token_ on HTCDev.com. I downloaded and saved the `Unlock_code.bin` in the root folder in my PC that is sent to my mail from HTC.com and finally run this: `fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin` But still "Unlock Bootloader" is not displayed on my mobile screen. So can someone please tell me why the "Unlock Bootloader" is not displayed on my mobile screen? I check the cable works fine, and has properly installed the driver, but still no window popups to click yes to root it.


title: Find where the wifi router is

text: I wish to get the best possible signal from unknown Wi-Fi routers (i.e. ones you don't own, say public hotspots) - that is, getting as close to them as possible. However, just moving [let alone finding algorithms that optimize moves] and checking if the bars go up or down seems too slow and inefficient for me: so, what can be done?


title: Mounting problem for second partition

text: I am unable to mount the second partition of my SDCard using the _Link2SD_ app. My phone is a _Samsung Galaxy Ace._ I enabled superuser root access also for _Link2SD,_ but still it does not work. My phone is rooted and I tried everything. What could I do?


title: Old phone connects to wireless, but apps don't

text: I have an old smart phone (Samsung SCH-1400). It is no longer connected to the verizon network. I am trying to use it with a wireless network. It connects to the wireless network. I can see this in Settings > Wireless & network > Wi-Fi settings. But all the apps don't think it is connected. Gmail, Playstore, Pandora, Browser ... nothing connects. I can connect to this wireless network with other devices. What do I need to do?


title: VLC video converting for Xoom

text: I have a mkv HD video and I'm trying to watch it on my motorola xoom. I found some players but none of them was good enough to play my video smoothly. Then I read on the internet that I need to convert my video to mp4 in a certain format but I can't find a free converter that can do that for me. So I found out that VLC can convert the video for me but it takes too much time. I would like to know if someone have already converted hd videos using vlc and it played fine on the Xoom or if you have a better alternative free solution (I'm on a mac, so it'd be good to have a solution for mac).


title: Odin Flashable Backup

text: Ok. So, lucky me, I just got a galaxy s4. Unfortunately it's the AT&T version, already updated to MK2. It is rooted, and I've gone through and removed all the bloatware apps through Titanium backup. My question is, now that I've got this basic stock system, how can I make a Odin flashable tar out of it? I mean a complete one... bootloader, system, phone, etc...


title: Is continuous focus a 4.0-only feature?

text: The http://www.android.com/about/ice-cream-sandwich/ page details that Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" introduced two interesting features for Camera: **" continuous focus"** and **" zero shutter lag exposure"**. Have both of these features been removed or disabled post 4.0? My Galaxy Nexus seems to have neither since the 4.1 and 4.2 over-the-air upgrades. Holding a 4.2 Galaxy Nexus still and taking a picture with auto settings and without flash in a relatively-very-well-lit nightclub takes about 3 seconds, and taking another picture right away takes another 3 seconds, seemingly indicating that both features are completely absent in stock 4.2.


title: Enabling Android as USB host on Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 10

text: I'm trying to develop applications that talk to USB devices, but nothing works. I installed a USB Host Diagnostics app, and it tells me that there's no OS support for device detection on the Galaxy Nexus or the Nexus 10. I'm running Android 4.2 on both. I tried the AdbTest sample application, but that doesn't respond when I connect the devices together. I tried updating the files in `/system/etc/permissions` as discussed here, but that doesn't do anything. Can anyone get USB device detection to work on these devices? Thanks!


title: How can I set up an Microsoft Exchange email on my Nexus One?

text: I often check my mail at my office using the VPN connection which bridged my PC with the Microsoft Exchange Server and so that I can check mail using Outlook. I want to do the same thing when I'm out of my office and on my Nexus One mobile phone. I have succeeded in setting up the VPN connection (see details here). But I cannot succeed in setting up my email on the phone. Steps I have made:   1. Open my phoen (Nexus One)   2. Connect to VPN   3. Open `Email` application   4. Enter the email & password    5. Select Miscrosoft Exchange ActiveSync   6. Enter domain\username, password, and server   7. Any other options are left as-is ('User SSL' checked, 'Accept all cert' unchecked)   8. Failed :) The information I entered are exactly all the same as what I use in Outlook, i.e. the email/password, then the domain\user, pass and server for Ms Exchange. But the connection to the server failed on my N1 - it says _"Setup not finish. Unable to open connection to server due to security error"_. Have you ever succeeded? If so, please share. Your help are very much helpful & appreciated to me!


title: Music stutters on ICS

text: I'm a big music lover and on my previous phone which was a Galaxy Y with Gingerbread I listen to a lot of stuff, and I've never had a problem. I bought a new phone, a rebranded Innos D9 which has ICS installed. I tried using my favorite music player on it, UberMusic, but I found out the music stutters for a few seconds every few seconds. I tried other players, and so far only TTPod reduces it so that I'm not bothered by it. I was even told that PowerAmp doesn't have this problem, so I tried it. At first I thought everything's okay, then the thing screeched. Also, the stuttering is more likely to happen when the screen is off and you turn it on while the audio is playing. I've done some research and found this thread on Google Code. It seems that this problem is on ICS. Now my question is, what can be done to fix this permanently? Is there an app or music player out there that totally doesn't have stuttering for ICS or should I root my phone and do something? Important Update: I forgot to mention that the stuttering doesn't appear when I'm listening to the FM radio or when I'm watching videos. Does this mean this could be an OS related problem? Like a setting in the mp3 buffer or something?


title: Google Voice - Separate ringtone but maintain caller ID?

text: I suspect I know the answer to this question, but I wanted to quadruple check here just in case... Is there any way to set a phone to have a different ringtone based on what number was _dialed_? I want to know if someone called my GV number or my cell number. However, I do not want to set the GV caller ID to display my GV number. I know this would work, but I'm trying to get my cake and eat it too here... Is it possible?


title: My Galaxy i5503 (Android 2.2) is dead, they say it needs new software?

text: My phone is not switching on. It's a Samsung Galaxy i5503/Galaxy 5. It started automatic switch offs even on a little pressure and now it's not getting on. Someone checked it and said they need to reinstall the software (probably the operating system, which is Android 2.2). My question is: **Can I do it manually? If yes, then how?** And, if I opt for getting it done from someone, **What data will be erased? I cannot afford to lose the data of my applications (like Colornote's notes).**


title: Difference between preferred network types

text: What's the difference between GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, EVDO, and LTE? How do they relate to the network icon labels? Which one is 3G? Which ones are E, H and H+?


title: Need help in unlocking LG G2 LS980ZVC, running on KitKat

text: I am looking for a working link to a tutorial explaining how to globally unlock LG G2 LS980 (Android Version 4.4.2, Software Version LS980ZVC). I tried several, but can't unlock the phone. Most pages say "Total Commander doesn't work on KitKat". I've rooted the phone already. And Root Checker confirms the same. Can anyone suggest a link or method to unlock the phone? Thanks in advance.


title: Source of sensor timestamp

text: I would like to know, how the timestamps are added to the sensor data (accelerometer, gyroscope). What's the reference time (MCU-Time, Sensor- Clock). When the datas are timestamped (after reception from the sensor? in the sensor?). Best regards Ron


title: LGE Nexus 4 new LCD touch not works

text: My phone's LCD was broken, and I wanted to change it. I ordered a new LCD with assembly and connected phone to this one (changed old front with this one). First of them worked well, but was broken after one month, I was my fault. But it already works, touch works very good. In second and third one, after installing touch not worked. But I put it some minutes, then it started recognizing touches. Worked for more than a week, and yesterday night my phone turned off because of battery. Today I charged it, turned on and now touch not works again. When I press to screen hardly or press in somewhere from the back it recognizes touches. What can be problem? I searched about it but all results were about problems with broken glass, but my problem is different.


title: Manually edit the bluetooth pairing list, phone keeps overwriting it with old list. How to stop that?

text: I have an Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I wanted to connect my phone to an old HTC Rhyme docking station via bluetooth so I can use the speakers in it. I have all the data needed for the connection (ID, LinkKey, etc.) and I've edited the pairing list (path of it is in my case /data/misc/bluedroid/bt_config.xml). In that folder also was an bt_config.old file which was the same as the bt_config.xml file, I assume this is a backup file so I overwrote it as well after editing the list. This is how the part I added to the list looks like:               <N19 Tag="DC:DE:CA:0B:EF:C4">             <N1 Tag="Timestamp" Type="int">1398527119</N1>             <N2 Tag="Name" Type="string">HTC CR M540</N2>             <N3 Tag="DevClass" Type="int">2360340</N3>             <N4 Tag="DevType" Type="int">1</N4>             <N5 Tag="AddrType" Type="int">0</N5>             <N6 Tag="Manufacturer" Type="int">10</N6>             <N7 Tag="LmpVer" Type="int">5</N7>             <N8 Tag="LmpSubVer" Type="int">8953</N8>             <N9 Tag="LinkKeyType" Type="int">4</N9>             <N10 Tag="PinLength" Type="int">0</N10>             <N11 Tag="LinkKey" Type="binary">a5c095e620e190f248f4b8a8b3291ed3</N11>             <N12 Tag="Service" Type="string">0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb 0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb</N12>             <N13 Tag="Aliase" type="string">htc dock test</N13>         </N19>      When I overwrite the edited list with the original one everything looks fine until I restart my phone. After that somehow the old list gets loaded and I have no idea how that is possible. Either when I shut my phone down it saves the list that is already loaded or it has another directory for the pairing list which I need to edit as well. Anyone have any idea how I could fix this overwriting problem? Obviously both the Note 2 and my old HTC Rhyme are rooted or else I could never get the bluetooth data. If more information is needed I can provide it.


title: new ZTE from Sprint "cleans" my app data

text: I'm app developer and my app uses database. With this specific device I have random complains from users that they loose all of their data. To me it seems like it does "Clean data" somehow. Is that known behavior/bug? Any reasons why Android OS might decide to do this on it's own?


title: Automatically download new Youtube videos

text: I am looking for a way to automatically download new Youtube videos from all my subscriptions or from a certain user/channel to my Android phone for later offline viewing. Some sort of video podcast functionality. I tried a lot of different methods which I read on the web, but none of them seem to work. I first looked in the official Youtube app. You can see your subscriptions there, but no possibility to automatically download new videos for offline viewing. Next step was using a podcast app (AntennaPod) and a url generated from Youtube api: `http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/simonscat/uploads?alt=rss&orderby=published` This did not work, it just downloaded a small summary and a link to the video. After trying this, I used the YTPodcaster website to generate a podcast link: `http://ytpodcaster.com/api/index.php/rss?youtubeid=simonscat&quality=22` Sadly, also this did not work. Latest episodes seemed to be downloading, but when I opened one it just returned "null". I tried other podcast apps (BeyondPod, Podcast Addict, DoggCatcher) but none of them seem to be able to automatically download Youtube videos. Does anybody know a solution for this? (Using Android 4.4.2 on Xperia T)


title: Gmail doesn't show mail when opened from notification bar

text: When I get a new mail on my Gmail and it appears on then notification bar and I click on it, the Gmail app starts and show the following only: ![Gmail screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/wnjRam.png) Click image for larger version I waited for **9 hours** , nothing changed. For a test, I clicked on a random white area and the Reply function was activated! So it seems, the mail was long open but the progressbar never disappears. If I press Back and open it inside the app, it shows the letter with no problem. What could cause this?


title: What can you do with Samsung Kies for Android phones?

text: I only recently managed to connect my Galaxy S with Kies via USB. And I've upgraded it to Froyo 2.2. What can you do in Samsung Kies other than upgrading your firmware. I've seen the interface and there doesn't seem to be a lot of interesting that you can do with it


title: Voice notifications of twitter posts matching criteria

text: I would like to set up my phone to give voice notifications whenever there are traffic incidents or slowdowns on my route home from work. Right now, I am hoping to use these sources:   * Favorite news source (ksl traffic twitter)   * local traffic source (udot traffic twitter) But only when the posts match criteria   * Needs to mention specific highways   * Needs to be within certain times of the day   * Only when I am connected to my car bluetooth    * Preferably, notify of posts in the last half hour or hour since traffic incidents may still be relevant. Right now, my approach is cumbersome and partial:   * Set up twitter to send sms notifications for the two users   * Use Tasker to watch for text messages while bluetooth is connected   * It does not queue up the last half hour   * I don't have good filters set up for highways and locations (it seems complex).   * It may not notify me of slow-downs that aren't related to an incident.   * Text messages are left marked as unread (Tasker doesn't have a way to change this, I guess) Any ideas?


title: 4G data monitor?

text: I have seen, and have used several data monitors to see my data usage. This is not strictly necessary, as I am on Sprint and have an unlimited data plan. But in my searching, I have not been able to find a data monitor that monitors Sprint's **4G** (WIMAX) data, along with 3G and WiFi. Does one exist? And if it doesn't, does anyone know why it hasn't been done? **Note:** so far i've used PhoneUsage, NetCounter, DroidStats, and My Data Manager Free The funny thing is, at least DroidStats and PhoneUsage both say in the information that they only do 2G/3G data. I can't even find an app that lists 4G data in the description.


title: Broken recovery, missing system e739

text: e739 I had used the twrp recovery.img from e730 and it worked fine, flashed cm7, worked great. Then i saw that someone had made twrp for e739. I was going to flash that as well as an unofficial cm10 rom. I wiped system, then i thought i should probs do the recovery first, so i did, rebooted into recovery, and now, along with 4 tiny screens and pink everything, I can't flash anything. It would seem the recovery doesn't work. How can I fix this? EDIT: I am getting an error saying it can't open the zip file. The file is fine, i did MD5 check


title: How to change SD Card after moving apps using link2sd

text: I haven't used link2sd yet to move apps, because there is one thing I'm confused about. Currently i have a 2 GB SD card on my phone, but I'm thinking to buy another 8 GB card later. What will i have to do if i want to transfer all the apps (linked/moved using link2sd) to my new 8 GB SD card?


title: Does uninstalling apps leave any traces?

text: I come from a Windows background where anything you install-uninstall usually leaves traces which are sometimes hard to detect and remove. Does the same happen when you remove Android apps? I know there is no registry in Linux/Android, but is there any place where traces can still remain? I have seen some apps creating folders on the SD Card, but that's easy to spot and delete. Thank you.


title: Android Antivirus Software (solution and battery life relevance)

text: Is there a security solution for Android that's vastly regarded as "the best" one at the moment or is it like in the PC world where there's 3-4 which are "the best"? Also, what should I expect to happen to the battery life between charges if I were to install an antivirus, please? Note: I am running Android 2.2, soon to be updated to 2.2.1.


title: Forgot PIN in Note 2 (Android 4.3)

text: I have changed my PIN of the screen lock on my Note 2 (recently upgraded to JellyBean 4.3). And unfortunately I forgot the pin. It was a long 9 digit pin. The forget pin option is not appearing despite trying numerous times. Can anyone help? Many thanks, Jayesh


title: Is it possible to remove the battery percentage on my Samsung S5?

text: I have a Galaxy S5 running 4.4.2, unrooted. In the top indicator bar, there is an icon of a battery, and a percentage of remaining battery life beside it (not inside of it, as I've seen other people mention). I find the percentage being there kind of stresses me out. I look at it and wonder if the drop from 90% to 80% over the last little while is indicative of lots of battery use, and whether or not my phone will last the day. Can I get rid of it? I'm okay with just a battery icon. Ideally, a percentage would only show once I'm under a critical point, like 20% or so. Here is what my battery settings look like: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/oCcT5m.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/lliQom.png) Click image(s) for larger versions


title: Why can't I see live wallpaper option in HTC wildfire after updating to 2.2 (Froyo)?

text: Hi I updated my HTC Wildfire from 2.1 to 2.2(Froyo) i can't see an option to set live wallpapers also i don find the Android wallpaper option. Is there any fix available to this.


title: lock screen is not changing after updating 4.4.2

text: I have updated my Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 to 4.4.2 and after that I'm not able to change my lock screen wallpaper. It always shows a wallpaper which is already in the device which has red background. Home screen changes every time whenever I want to change but lock screen remains the same. But if I put a live wallpaper as my home and lock screen it applies to both home and lock screen. Please suggest something how I would be able to put any pic from my gallery as lock screen. I changed the lock screen through settings also but no use.


title: Display data usage by application

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to monitor the amount of data traffic? Is there a way I can monitor how much data all the individual apps use? All the traffic monitors I have found only show the total amount.


title: How do I share my wifi with my ipod or netbook

text: If my home network is down or if I am traveling, how do I use my phone to access the internet. Basically how would I tether it to my other devices.


title: Can I Update my T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream so it runs Android 2

text: Can I Update my T-Mobile G1 (Also known as the HTC Dream) so it runs Android 2? Is it possible to do this without rooting the phone?


title: Droid RAZR MAXX encryption downgrades max camera resolution

text: After submitting my DROID RAZR MAXX to the whims of my company's OLA for getting access to work mail, calendar, and contacts, it was encrypted, including the storage. Encryption notified me, before proceeding, that my HD video recording resolution would be downgraded from 1080p to 720. Sure enough, after it was complete, the max video recording resolution option was "DVD (720 x480)". However, my front-facing camera can still do 720p. Was this documented anywhere? Or is this something an ActiveSync admin can push? This cuaght me by surprise.


title: using a theme .zip file for my home screen

text: I was looking for customize my homescreen and found this screen attractive. I have already downloaded the zip file given there, but don't know how to use them. Please help.


title: Meaning of notification LED colour for Samsung Galaxy S III?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Is there any meaning to the colour of the LED indicator? It sometimes lights as red, green or blue. What do each of these colours indicate?


title: Changing the Google Now voice back to male?

text: Not sure why, but today the voice on Google Now has changed from a male to a female. I'm in the UK and before I had a male with a British accent but now that's changed to an American female. I can live it, although I would prefer to have the male one back. It sounded more human IMO. Anyone know how I can get it back? I've tried changing the language setting but it didn't make any difference. * * * **EDIT:**   A while ago Google changed the voice to a female with a British accent and AFAIK there's no way to get the male British voice back. Not really a problem for me anymore as the new voice seems to have improved a lot.


title: Can I permanently disable the cell/radio of my phone?

text: My wife got a new phone with a new service, so I get to have her old phone to play around with. Since the old phone no longer has cell phone service, I want to completely disable the cell phone or radio portion of the phone so that it doesn't eat up battery. This is a CDMA phone, so there's no SIM card I can just take out. Enabling Airplane mode works just fine, except that also turns of WIFI, which I have to manually turn on. And if I reboot, the phone stays in Airplane mode, but it turns WIFI back off. Is there a way to modify the phone to turn off the cell portion completely and permanently, at least to be able to withstand a reboot (not necessarily a factory reset)?


title: How to see other partitions using the Terminal Emulator and mount them?

text: I just installed Android on my netbook and it caused it to not see Linux Mint on my machine and I'm assuming it removed it from the GRUB. Now the first problem is how do I see the contents of my Linux Mint partition and explore them in Android? Can I use a Terminal or Mount manager? I dont see anything called /dev/sda as expected. How do I mount the Mint and the Windows partition within Android? What commands would be helpful? What are the names of the hdd device file? If possible please let me know how to edit the GRUB also! I think I can see them in /dev/block/sda5 - What exact command to mount it? I have superuser access.


title: Taking screenshots on Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean

text: Apparently on Ice Cream Sandwich you can press power + volume down to take a screenshot, but this doesn't work for me with Jelly Bean. Anyone know how to take a screenshot on a stock Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1?


title: Will an Asus Transformer Prime bought in the U.S. work in Portugal?

text: I live in Portugal and I'm going on vacation to the U.S. in a few months. I'd like to buy an Asus Transformer (Prime or 300) while in the U.S., but I don't know if the Wi-Fi or 3G will work in Portugal. I only know for a fact that 4G doesn't work. Can anyone help me on this one?


title: Disable "Enjoy your app!" popup

text: Every now and then, after installing or updating an app from the Play Store, a popup with the following text appears: > Enjoy your app! If you ever forget your password, we can help you restore > access to your Google Play library and purchases. Tap "Continue" to tell us > how to contact you. I won't forget my password and I'm certainly not going to provide Google with information that might allow them to enable 2FA. How do I disable this naggy popup?


title: How to find an app is compatible with Intel based Android device or not?

text: Intel based Android devices are in the market now and I am drooling over new Asus Zenfone series (which packs Intel Atom processors). However, I am concerned with app compatibility issues. If an app is developed using SDK, it'll run on Intel based devices, but if it's developed using NDK, it'll surely not run on Intel based devices as instruction sets are different. Before purchasing any Intel based device, I want to see my favorite apps/games are compatible with it or not. How to get this info without really testing those apps in a virtual machine?


title: Adding outlook account to Android Mail keeps pulling in deleted/read emails

text: I have added an outlook.com account to email in Galaxy S4. Outlook account keeps getting emails as new even though I have deleted or marked them as read multiple times. I have also gone ahead and done the same in outlook.com as well but to no avail. Has anyone come across this issue?


title: Camera not Working

text: Since a couple of days, my brand new Sony Xperia M2 (less than a week old) now has the error message '"unfortunatly, camera has stopped' every time i try to use the camera. I've googled, and even tried "reset to factory", but nothing worked so far. Of note: the device was rooted with "towelroot".


title: viber not detect my contact list

text: i use Bluestack; i install viber before importing contact list to Bluestack so after import contact list to Bluestack list , viber not sync contacts but after importing i install Whatsapp and this application detect contact list and show that in Whatsapp friend lists , and install Line and detect contact list too i re-install viber but not solve problem and contacts not show in viber when i want invite any friend to viber my contact list not show any number what can i do?


title: looking for a kernel hack

text: I have am Samsung g4 with borked code and for forensics and repair reasons, I need to extract/pull a copy of the running kernel from the /boot sector which is only accessible via Odin. I have the framework repaired but without the device hardware configuration file, of course there is no way to boot the device using the defaults. cat /proc/config.gz -> file not found. There is no access to any defconfig for a proper build of the driver system and all I need is a working copy of the current kernel and boot files to flash the device with. How do you extract/pull a copy of a rom image (this device is a g4 sgh-i337 with a .md5 file)? Anything obvious won't work.


title: Youtube videos open in browser by default

text: When I'm browsing the net using the Internet app (the default browser), youtube links open up in the browser and not in the youtube app. I don't get to choose any option like before. In Applications Manager > Internet **there are no defaults set**. I tried clearing cache & data for Internet & Youtube app but I still have this problem. Same thing with Facebook youtube links, they open in the browser, no option to have it opened in youtube...it's driving me crazy I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean. Turns out this problem is also on the HTC EVO (http://forum.xda- developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688866), something to do with an Apple lawsuit. If I remember correctly, **I didn't have this problem when I had Ice Cream Sandwich on.** Also, if I long press a YT link in the browser, no option shows up to open it in the app? What gives?


title: Can I set up my Galaxy Tab to boot from the external SD card?

text: I'm having some issues with my Samsung Galaxy Tab, model SCH-I800 (VZW). It started giving me a reboot loop one day (completely stock at this point). I've flashed ROMs and whatnot in the past, so I thought this would be an easy fix. Based on the symptoms that this thing is exhibiting, I believe that the internal flash storage has gone bad. However, I do not have the desire to take this thing part and desolder the chip. So how do I get this Tab to boot off the external SD card? I've tried everything google has to offer thus far:   * Manually (and correctly) partitioned SD card.   * Edited `/etc/fstab` in addition to vold.fstab.   * Flashed numerous ROMs.   * Data/cache wipe in CWM 3.0.0.5 (for some reason, the newest version won't flash). Running `ls /dev/block` in an adb shell shows mmcblk0, mmcblk1p1, and mmcblk1p2. For some reason, after every reboot, `mount /sdcard` throws an error that references mmcblk0 instead of mmcblk1. I am at my wit's end. I think `/etc/fstab` isn't sticking after reboot, but I honestly don't know. My knowledge of *nix-based systems is somewhat limited. Is there any way for me to get this to boot from the external SD card?


title: Sync "Me" contact

text: Is it possible to sync the "Me" contact in the contacts app? All my other contacts get synced on all my devices. My devices are running 4.4.2.


title: can not connect to adhoc wifi connection even after rooting and change of file. Any Solutions?

text: I am posting here as I'm not allowed to post in Developers section as of being new here. I want to enable adhoc wifi on my mobile. Followed the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1669766 First,where's the download link? The 1st comment? If yes, I tried using those files. Now wifi gets disabled after every 30 second. Any turnarounds? Actually, When I use this file. It can not detect the MAC address of my device. Any ideas? Or some other way to enable adhoc wifi on the device?


title: How to view list of subscriptions in Google reader app?

text: Is there any way to view the list of my blog subscriptions in Google reader? Currently it is showing "no subscriptions". Is this a bug?


title: What apps does "Clear memory" actually clears?

text: What apps does actually get closed when one goes for the option of "Clear Memory" in the Task Manager? It obviously doesn't closes all the apps, as this screenshot shows: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/drIRo.png) As the screenshot clearly shows, the app to take screenshots and the app to indicate the battery level never got closed.


title: How do I create a reocurring calendar entry that ends at some time?

text: I am taking a class at the same time on several date throughout the month. Is it possible to copy the calendar event from one week to the next without retyping the event each time. I will be attending the class a total of thirteen times.


title: Please check your user name and password error message when I am trying to log in andFBChat1.3.0

text: I installed andFBChat app on android emulator and when I am traying to log in using my facebook account , it says wrong username and password although they are right why !!


title: Is it normal for Android System to be the top battery user?

text: Over the past couple of days, the battery usage of my new phone has been as follows: > 34% - Android System   >  28% - Cell Standby   >  21% - Phone idle   >  10% - Display   >  03% - Google Goggles   >  02% - Angry Birds   >  02% - Majesty This feels very off to me. I would have expected the games and display to rank much higher in terms of battery use. Could the high usage of Android System indicate a potential problem, or is this fairly normal? Additional information: I typically end up with around 15:00 hours uptime and 3:45 hours awake by the end of the day. Daily use so far includes short bursts of playing games and Internet use, but no listening to music. I haven't had a day of heavy calls/texting with the phone yet. These numbers are all from the built in battery use screen under settings.


title: How can I get "Always on when USB connected" back on Samsung Vibrant (Android Froyo 2.2)?

text: How can I get "Always on when USB connected" display feature on Samsung Vibrant running Android Froyo 2.2? I used to love it on 2.1 Eclair but when I upgraded to 2.2 it is gone. Any trick to get it back?


title: Why does Wi-Fi fail to connect to certain public networks?

text: It won't connect to certain free official public networks in shopping malls, caffees or hospitals for example where it supposed to **even with signal strength bars being 3-4**. That's right gentlemen, almost **full signal strength** and it just stalls stating it is aquiring IP address but after a few minutes disconnects. I have this network connectivity log if it can help, otherwise guide me to the right direction and I will supply you with required logs.               03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): got scan complete      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): wpa_supplicant_get_scan_results:return scan results2      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[AndroidAP],rssi[-83],BSSID=b4:07:f9:4c:b8:c1      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[bneizion],rssi[-59],BSSID=1c:af:f7:7d:f6:d9      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[],rssi[-67],BSSID=00:15:70:d1:60:ac      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[],rssi[-73],BSSID=00:15:70:5f:f8:b4      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[orange-TSZQ],rssi[-86],BSSID=00:21:04:db:fe:42      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): AP:ssid[zerbrachot],rssi[-73],BSSID=00:16:e3:f0:9f:39      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): Received 1400 bytes of scan results (6 BSSes)      03-19 13:12:22.351 I/wpa_supplicant( 8091): wpa_driver_wext_get_scan_results---      03-19 13:12:22.381 D/GpsLocationProvider( 1344): GetGpsInterface+      03-19 13:12:22.381 D/GpsLocationProvider( 1344): GetGpsInterface-      03-19 13:12:22.381 D/lib_locapi( 1344): loc_eng_inject_location, accuracy = 209.0      03-19 13:12:22.411 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - mLocationListener: onLocationChanged() location = Location[mProvider=network,mTime=1332155542386,mInfo=244.94112160000003333295.25668425,mAccuracy=209.0      03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - handleMessage() incoming message, what:1      03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - mLocationListener: onLocationChanged() location = Location[mProvider=network,mTime=1332155542386,mInfo=244.94112160000003333295.25668425,mAccuracy=209.0      03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): Util - isSetupWizardCompleted(): true      03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): Util - wifi connected      03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - processLocationBundle() distance to current is less than 1000.0m, bypass update      03-19 13:12:22.441 D/AutoSetting( 4710): service - handleMessage() within range


title: How to force-cancel a running download?

text: I have started a download using Icon Downloader for NT that doesn't look like it will ever finish. In my notification area, it has survived two reboots and the uninstallation of the app. How can I get rid of it?


title: what does the "disable" button do?

text: When I go to `Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Downloaded` I see an application list. If I select some applications I see button "disable". What does this button mean? What happens if I press it?


title: fastboot flashall -w Halts

text: I have a Samsung Nexus S. I have erased `recovery` and `boot` pertitions using `fastboot erase <partition>` and when I do `fastboot flashall -w` it stops on `sending 'boot' (XXXX KB)...` What might be wrong? **UPDATE:** I successfully managed to flashed my NS back to stock ROM. Please refer to my own answer below. Regards,


title: screen keeps jerking and there are automatic touches

text: First of Tablet info : Model number : Micromax P275 Android version : 4.0.4 Baseband version : v3.0 Kernal version : 3.0.8+ linda@SKYWORTHSERVER3 #52 Fri Sep 21 14:00:53 CST 2012 Build number : P275_HW.V0.1_V3.0_20120921 **I dont know anything about android** now the issue is that the screen keeps randomly jerking and there are random touches that happen which will open apps and close apps randomly. this happens after few minutes since Tablet turn on. When these things happen i cannot do anything. even if i try to power down by pressing the power key the dialog box disappears because of this random behavior. i observer this behavior mainly when i travel in bus. so i'm thinking that the vibrations are affecting the accelerometer and thus causing the random movements. When i'm in a stationary place i rarely see this issue, but it has occured. now i disabled 1) **Auto rotate** 2) **Disabled** all options in **Developer options** except **Force hardware rendering**. the system update will happen and i cant turn it off(atleast i dont know). my main useage in the Tablet are 1) pdf reading 2)videos 3)small c programmin(using CCtools). please help me with this issue. its is very very frustrating. last thing,i brought this device 28 days ago. also i would like links on reinstalling android.


title: Where is a good memory checker for Android?

text: Whenever I try to install/debug an app on my device (Android 2.2.2) I get this error:               E/appproc(2974): SETTING DB COPING FAILED, MEMORY DEFECTED....      Is there a command-line utility available (or one I could compile with NDK) that will test if memory is defective/mark affected area? I reset to factory data, restored from nandroid, still no obvious way around this error. :(


title: Download any Android apps on SD card

text: How can we download the files directly to SD card rather than phone memory on Android phones? Is it possible?


title: Upload PDF file to Gmail

text: After downloading a PDF file from Gmail with the help of ASTRO File Manager in my Samsung Galaxy S III, I tried to find the PDF file to attach in the email (Gmail). Unfortunately, only images get attached, but none of the PDF files. How can I do that? Where exactly am I going wrong in the process?


title: I can't get call options such as Viber or Skype

text: I've chosen 'direct call' as my default calling option by accident. When I'm calling someone I want to be asked which application I want to choose (Dialer/Viber/Skype). When I go to `settings/applications/manage applications/ALL/dialer storage` (because Dialer is my default option for calling) I can't pick 'clear defaults'; it says that there is no default set. But I'm sure there is! How can I fix this so that I'm prompted when I want to make a call?


title: Unable to Connect My HTC Desire SV to My laptop: Unknown Device

text: When I'm connecting my HTC DESIRE SV I'm getting a message > USB Device Not Recognized > > One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and > Windows does not recognize it. I'm following all the steps mentioned on HTC's main site. I have tried many times (Re-installed the HTC Sync, restarted my PC and Phone) but still same problem. What can I do to connect?


title: Unrooting and flashing HTC One V to stock ROM

text: I've rooted and flashed my HTC One V to Paranoid Android, but I think it's developing a hardware problem (dead pixels on the screen and unmanageable lag). I want to take it back to the store to get it repaired, but pretty sure they won't if it's rooted and flashed. I found this guide but the links to the RUU versions isn't working. Other than what that blog post says I'm clueless about the process. As far as I know I need to revert back to the original bootloader and then install the original ROM that came with my phone? Does anybody have a link to the stock ROM that I need to use? My phone is a HTC One V on the 3 network (UK) and I got it in October. I'm also not sure if my phone is CDMA or GSM (from memory I think it's GSM). Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks! Edit: just found out my CID is HTC__001


title: How can I find a Device Compatible with a Given App?

text: I am desperately looking for an Android tablet that can run the App Carrot Fantasy. It does run on a _Samsung Galaxy Note 3_ smartphone, but I have not yet had any luck with any tablet I have tried. I managed to have the Play Store on a _Google Nexus 7_ show the app, but it would not offer an _Install_ option and just said _This app is not compatible with your device._ , without any further Information. On other devices, such as _Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014_ , the app does not even show up in _Play Store_. **Certainly, there must be a way for me as a user to diagnose why the app is deemed incompatible, what specific requirements it has, and then pick an Android tablet type that fulfils those requiresments - how?** I have searched for other similar questions, but they usually seem to be asked from the _developer_ point of view, i.e. how to modify the app manifest or how to check one's settings in Play Store. They did not provide any insights into what to do on the user side.


title: How to browse Android mounts like /system on a PC?

text: I know that AndroidCommander works but its site is offline so I can only download version for windoze. I **ALSO** want to do this if possible the _other way round_ **too** (access PC files in Android not only Android files from PC) How else can I do this?


title: turn off mobile after some time when done factory reset

text: I lost my data from **android device manager** app from web. I have mistakenly click erase button in web. I have wipe data factory reset in **samsung s2 i9100** using **ClockworkMod Recovery** (Process). Done, succesfully and open my mobile .but after some time (1 min to 3 min) it switch off my mobile. First i have done using root kernel: **Siyah-s2-v6.0b4.tar** first then recovery(Process). Any problem of my devices. or Any idea how to get my data working condition. or Any other method in **ClockworkMod Recovery** to get recovery data. please waiting your response. **Now** : * > My Mobile charging successfully, but when press power on button, i have saw > only samsung splash screen. notheing further my mobile go or doesn't open my > mobile. *


title: Is it possible to unload built-in kernel module?

text: I have a kernel with built-in module that I want to replace. I have built a .ko and tried to insmod it, but it failed since the kernel was already built with it. Is it possible to do this?


title: Replacing the system partition without touching the kernel?

text: So I have an android phone that I'd like to put a clean rom onto, but it looks like there aren't any good kernels ported to it yet. I've done some reading into the android architecture, and come to the conclusion that it could be possible to simply leave the kernel as-is, and flash a new (standard) system on the device. Is this idea at all viable, or am I missing something? And if it is viable, does anyone have any tips to how I might go about it?


title: EFI-mode boot loader for Android

text: I have thinkpad tablet 2 which boots only UEFI 32bit OS   I wonder if there is any EFI-mode boot loader for Android   which will load Android X86 or any other android distribution on my tablet   Tried:   1\. Created bootable USB stick for android x86... it doesnt boots   2\. Created Android-IA usb stick... this too doesnt boots   3\. Installed [Bluestacks] inside windows... too slow   4\. Installed [Windroy]... too slow


title: Second spellchecker doesn't work

text: I have a Nexus 4, and I'm using Google keyboard on Android 4.3.1. When I switch the keyboard language from French (the system language) to Polish, spellchecking stops. I have the polish spell-checking dictionary installed. Suggestion works in both languages. Spell-checking works only in french. What should I do? I'd rather fix this problem than use another keyboard.


title: Running am commands in terminal without using su

text: Android: JB 4.2.2 I am trying to launch Android apps from the terminal emulator using the `am` command. When I tried the phone's terminal emulator application, it gave me an error:-               java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: startActivity asks to run as user -2 but is calling from user 0; this requires android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL         at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1425)         at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1379)         at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.startActivityAsUser(ActivityManagerNative.java:1906)         at com.android.commands.am.Am.runStart(Am.java:494)         at com.android.commands.am.Am.run(Am.java:109)         at com.android.commands.am.Am.main(Am.java:82)         at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)         at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:235)         at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)      If I go into root mode, then the am command works. Any idea how to get `am` to launch browser without doing an `su` in the terminal emulator?


title: Volume Slider Widget - Home and or Lock screen(s)

text: I recently replaced the micro-USB port on my Galaxy Nexus (GSM version, running 4.1.2) after it corroded due to water damage. During that process, I accidentally ruined the connection to the volume rocker while removing a board (I expected it to be be on a connector; turns out it was soldered...). Unsurprisingly, the volume rocker no longer works. I don't have the necessary skill to resolder the ribbon, so I'm looking for something (a widget) that will let me control the volume from my home screen, or better yet from both the home screen and the lock screen. I want to change the notification, music, and call volumes as easily as possible without the hardware rocker...


title: software does not want to update

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. Every time I try to update my software/ check for updates I receive the following message: " **failed to update firmware due to network or server problem. Try software update via settings>software update> Update, or try using PC Kies later** " I have tried everything but it still gives me the same messages. sometimes I don't even try to update my software and I will receive the same message out of the blue. Can someone please help me?


title: Remap search key to power button on Android 2.3

text: I have a Nexus S, and Button Remapper that I see suggested is not working on 2.3 gingerbread for remapping the search/assist button as a power button (because Nexus S power button is known to be fragile). Is there an alternative to remap the key? Device is rooted, in case that helps.


title: USB Debugging turned off at reboot

text: I have a rooted Android tablet running 4.0.1. Ever since I got it, the USB Debugging option doesn't stick after a reboot. This can be quite problematic, so how do I stop this, and make USB Debugging stick? I am still running the stock ROM, which has been compiled in userdebug mode.


title: Looking for an alternative to Smart Statusbar

text: Is there are way to reveal the notification bar in a full-screen app? I have been using Smart Statusbar, which is a great little tool that reveals the bar with a gesture. Unfortunately, the app has a bug that renders some part of my phone's (Xperia Neo V) screen unresponsive. I have already emailed the developer but it seems he's no longer interested in the project. I'm now on the lookout for a perfect substitute. Any help? I have Android 2.3.


title: Cyanogenmod remains in a bootloader loop

text: Hello I have a Wildfire and I installed Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 following this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Full_Update_Guide After I did this the keyboard stopped working so I used Revolutionary to install this keyboard with the zip file: http://forum.xda- developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964663 And now it keeps rebooting with the cyanogen animation. And after that I get the Welcome to HTC Wildfire screen, but if I press anything or do nothing it reboots again. How can I at least reboot normally, or preferably reinstall the whole mobile phone? Thanks in advance!


title: Why can't Banshee Remote connect to server?

text: I'm trying to use Banshee Remote with my Samsung Galaxy S3, but everytime I try to add a new server, it says `Can't connect to server. Check your settings`. There are only two settings:   1. IP Adress, which I got from whatismyip.org   2. Port, which I got from Banshee (Edit->Preferences->Remote Control->Banshee remote port Is there anything I can try to do to fix this? Notes: I am using Banshee 2.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


title: Forcing apps to install/download on SD

text: I have a HTC Desire, which has a limited space in the phone. Therefore I want to make all apps install to the SD card by default. However, I can't make it work. I have tried the `pm set-install-location 2` command, and I can also confirm that it is set to 2, but I still can't download apps that takes more space than available. I have it rooted, and installed 4.1.2 on it.


title: How to monitor signal strength?

text: I own a Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint, and I am having terrible but intermittent problems with my signal quality on my phone. I have reasonably high certainty that this is a hardware issue (my wife has the same phone on the same plan and her phone usually works where mine does not), but due to the fact that the problem is intermittent I have not been able to duplicate it in the Sprint store. What I am looking for is a way (perhaps an app) that will periodically poll and record the signal strength on my phone, as well as recording when my phone fails to connect on a call (during the periods when my phone is acting up this will sometimes occur 10-15 times in a row). Are there any apps that provide this functionality, or would have anyone have any advice on developing this app on my own (I am a decent programmer, but I have never developed an Android app).


title: Is there an efficient way to calibrate the battery than using some apps?

text: Is there an efficient way to calibrate the battery of my tablet in order to prove or disprove the very low battery backup than using some Apps.? The context is that my tablet is giving a very low battery back up and when I contacted customer care, they are asking me to do a battery calibration by using some app. But, by some other posts in this forum and other help, I was able to understand that Battery Calibration apps does not make a much difference in battery backup improvement or to prove that my battery is really problematic. And there rises this question. Thanks for your suggestions in advance.


title: Can't unlock the screen on Nexus 4

text: I got a new Nexus 4 yesterday. It works fine on WiFi. When I turn it on this morning, I can't get past the screen lock. It won't allow me to get into the device. It just shows the time and phone keyboard. It tells me that I can only make emergency calls. I have not installed a SIM card yet. Would doing so fix the problem?


title: Why I do not receive Android updates for Samsung Galaxy Nexus GT i9250m?

text: I have **Galaxy Nexus GT-i9250m**. It is currently running **Android v4.1.1**. I am in **India**. I want to know how to update my phone to **v4.2 officially without rooting**. I have already tried checking for updates using `Settings->About phone-> System Updates`. Asked similar question in gsmarena.com but to no success. Tried solution provided there to Goto Settings-> Apps-> All-> Google services and Frameworks -> Clear Data, but to no success. Is there any way doing it manually on Galaxy Nexus i9250m without rooting the phone? Like downloading the ROM and trying to run it.


title: HTC XE turned itself off and won't turn back on

text: I charged my phone overnight for at least 6 hours. It was working fine when I checked my emails first thing this morning. Then, the phone restarted itself (not uncommon!). Since then, I can't turn it on. I have taken the battery out and left it out for around 2 hours; it still won't turn on. I have tried to turn it on in recovery (holding the down volume button and the power on button) and still nothing happens. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Nick


title: Gmail doesn't load new messages after replying

text: For some time now I have been experiencing this issue. After having replied to any email, I can sync and see new messages in my inbox but if I click on them to actually read them I just see my last reply. Anyone having this issue? What could be the problem?


title: How do I find out my SIM number?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 and need to find out my 20 digit SIM number somehow. I have been told that I should go to `Settings > General > About` to find it. However, it isn't! Does anybody know where this information is stored?


title: Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on Google Nexus 7 LTE with an MVNO

text: There are reports that on Google Nexus 7 2013 LTE with an AT&T SIM, there is no _Portable Wi-Fi hotspot_ option within _Wireless & networks_ _settings_ ; however, if the AT&T SIM is replaced with a T-Mobile US one, then the _hotspot_ option does appear on the same device. How is this provisioning done? Can it be bypassed? What if I get a SIM from an MVNO (e.g. Aio Wireless) on AT&T network? Will I have the hotspot option on my Nexus 7?


title: HTC One Deactivate Autocorrection

text: Is it possible to deactivate the autocorrection feature of the **HTC One** (Android 4.3) without losing the 'swype' feature of the keyboard? I could only figure out how to deactivate the 'swype'-, wordprediction and autocorrection feature all together. What I would like is to deactivate just the behaviour that unknown or uncommon words get corrected.


title: Google settings permanent uninstall

text: Is it possible to permanently uninstall the **Google Settings** application? **update**   Thanks for reply!   My device is `LG Optimus Me`, Android version `2.2.2`, rooted My problem has 2 aspects:   **1.** _Simple technical_. Due to quite low internal memory of device I had `memory low` message after automatically installing `Google settings`. I solve this problem by moving applications to SD card. I did it before manually, but after installing `app2sd` I found that I miss some movable applications.   **2.** _Vague psychological_. I know, it's quite stupid, but I feel that my device is out of control in some way. Someone can decide what apps to install on my device and I can do nothing with it. I understand that it's part of (eco)system, but I don't feel that I need that `settings`. Also it's not very lightweight in terms of size. Maybe I'm too paranoid?..


title: Samsung Note 2 phone log not showing all logs?

text: The phone log does not show all the calls received or made. It's odd as it will show some but not all the time. e.g. When calling my husband's cell phone or receiving calls from him today, it shows some of the calls but not all of them. When calling my office, it doesn't show the call at all. Both the office & my husband are in my phone as contacts and speed dial? What am I doing wrong?


title: Nexus One stuck in a reboot loop after a failed system update

text: I think that the device may have lost power during a system update and it now won't boot. It sticks in a reboot loop. Can I re-flash it easily? I suspect the firmware is broken.


title: How anonymous are ratings/reviews in the Android Market?

text: I can see from reviews other people have given to apps in the market that at the very least your account name is made public. However, I was wondering:   1. Is that the only thing made public?   2. If I only give a star rating to an app (but no comment/review), is this anonymous?   3. Is there any way to leave anonymous review comments (i.e. without visibly associating your account name with it)?


title: Access an Android purely via VNC enabling Tablet resolutions

text: I can currently access my Android via VNC on my iPad. Can I set the screen resolution of the Android to be the same as the native iPad resolution, giving me a pseudo Android tablet? Even if there is an answer which corrupts the screen on the phone itself is fine, seeing it will be accessed via the tablet.


title: Android phone doesn't pops up with "USB connected" message

text: We have a Samsung GT i5800 with Android 2.1update1. When I put a memory card in it, it recognizes it, great! But: When I want to connect the phone via USB to my PC: this picture DOESN'T comes up:      ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/CecE0.jpg) And I can't see my memory card through my phone from my PC! On other phones, the memory card is OK. (tried another android phone). The USB cable is good, tried it with another phone. What could be the problem? Are there any settings that I missed?


title: Sync issues Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on MS Exchange mail account

text: My MS Echange mail sync won't work properly on my Samsung 10.1 Tab. It shows two flaws - whatever I try:   1. INBOX Mail sync is simply not complete. On Push, Manual or Timed delivery I will nog get all my mail in.   2. In my INBOX a lot of "empty mails" appear, dated 1-1-1970, the beginning of computer time. I simply delete them, but since they do not appear in my corporate email account or on the phone, they must be due to sync errors. Interesting background input is that I also have a Samsung Galaxy SII Phone, looking at the same mailserver and account and this perfectly gets all email in on the Phone. It looks at the same Exchange sever using the same details in settings. So it obviously can't have anything to do with Exchange, but is has to do something with the Galaxy Tab. Or am I very wrong? The tabmodel is GT-P7500, Android 3.2, kernel 2.6.36.3 The phone model is GT-I9100, Android 2.3.4, kernel 2.6.35.7. Please help - I'm getting no response from Samsung and can't find a clue on the net yet. Thanx in advance!! Rob.


title: How Can I get Google Natives apps in Samsung Galaxy S?

text: As you know Samsung Galaxy S comes with yahoo apps (mail, chat, etc). My First Android Phone was a G1 and I really love the google natives apps like gtalk, search widget, etc.. The problem is that these apps are not in the market and I dont know Where to find them. I know That I could install another Rom that brings theses apps, but I really like How works my samsung with Eclair. I just need back my google apps. Some help?


title: Activate Voice Actions from Lock Screen

text: Is there a way to activate Voice Actions from the lock screen? I've abandoned the iPhone world, and only miss this one feature. On my iPhone I could press and hold my home button to activate Siri. From there, I could run all kinds of voice commands... The way I see it on my lg-nexus-4 is that I have to unlock the phone and swipe up. Then say "google" to activate Voice.


title: Is there a way to speak "Send" in order to send an SMS?

text: I know I can pull up my SMS app and press the microphone to activate speech. I speak my message, but then I need to press the "send" button to actually send my message. Is there a way to activate the send function by saying a keyword instead of pressing the button? Coming from an iPhone where Siri does most of this for me, basically I can say > Tell my wife, I'm running a bit late. Siri responds > Here's your message to _wife's name_ , would you like me to send your > message? I say > Yes and off it goes. I'm looking for something similar in Android.


title: Using a USB game controller on Android

text: I have recently acquired a USB gamepad. It has two analog buttons, four L+R buttons, but is not a Playstation joystick -- it is recognized as a "Human iterface device" on Windows 7. Is there a way to make it work on ICS? I have a 4.0.2 Android tablet with a USB port and I can use a mouse or keyboard by just plugging it in, no other action needed. However the same doesn't happen when I plug my joypad. According to this question, "USB controllers follow a spec, any USB controller is supposed to work as long as it's not proprietary". My controller is generic (costed $20 and was recognized by windows without the need for a driver), but when I connect it on my tablet and nothing happens.


title: Tethering / Portable Wifi Hotspot Samsung Captivate

text: Repeated attempts to get WIFI tethering failed, even after a reboot. I can turn on the wifi hotspot. I used these steps.   1. Settings > Wireless & networks > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot > Set up Wi-Fi hotspot,   2. (put in my settings - SSID, security "WPA2 PSK", and password)   3. Save   4. Check "Portable Wi-Fi hotspot" At this point the hotspot turns on and is discover-able by other devices, but when they connect to the hotspot, they can't access the internet. Anyone have a solution to this? Am I doing something wrong? Need this fixed before I travel... TIA Here's my device details: > Samsung Captivate > > Device Model: SGH-I897 > > Android version: 4.1.2 Jelly Bean > > CyanogenMod version: 10.0.0-captivatemtd EDIT: Ok, I got it working. I connected my laptop using USB tethering, which worked immediately on the first try. Once I had done that I disconnected from USB and tried enabling the portable hotspot again. This time, connected devices could use the internet via the hotspot. Hope this helps other people.


title: How does android transfer with bump apps work?

text: I've come across several apps which allows the user to transfer data (like files, photos, contacts) when they "bump" their phones. An example is Bump, which use the the bump to transfer files and add friends. The FAQ stated that this app uses various sensors and algorithms to "feel" the bump and the server will find matching bumps according to the sensor reading and algorithms. The FAQ also says that this app was designed with personal and data security in mind. How exactly does it work? How does it know that I am toasting/bumping with another person? I mean I don't think GPS can track the phones _that_ accurately. And how does it transfer the contacts and photos? And how can it correctly determine who is toasting with whom if there are multiple users in the same room? How is the security and confidentiality protected?


title: Gmail notifications aren't working as expected

text: Gmail notification doesn't work correctly for me. I think it happened after the latest Gmail application upgrade. I tried to clear Gmail data and cache, but to no avail.   * I get new email notification after I mark read email as unread. It didn't used to happen before.    * I have new email notification so I access inbox from android and the notification disappears. Then I get new email notification after I delete the new email from pc. Any suggestion how to make the notification work the way I want/expect? I have HTC Desire running cyanogenmod 7.1 with Gmail v2.3.5.2


title: I Can No Longer Access My Hotmail Account On My Android Device

text: Since moving from Hotmail to Outlook I can no longer access emails on my Android device. I have installed, removed, and reinstalled the Outlook app, but despite my receiving emails daily my inbox is blank. How do you get to use your Hotmail account on your mobile device?


title: Gingerbread phone only queries for AAAA records?

text: Since yesterday I have (in addition to the regular IPv4) IPv6 in my LAN at home (native IPv6 is provided by my ISP). I have Windows XP, Windows 7 and Linux desktops and an Android 3.1 tablet (Asus Transformer 101) that all work fine. They can access IPv4 and IPv6 websites on the internet. The problem is with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.3). The system gets a public IPv6 address and an internal IPv4 address. When typing the URL of an IPv6 enabled site (like google.com or xs4all.nl) I get to see the site just fine. When typing the URL of an IPv4 only site (like android.stackexchange.com) I get an error stating the site cannot be reached. When I enter the IPv4 IP address I CAN reach the mentioned site with this phone. So I enabled debugging on my DNS (dnsmasq) server and I noticed that   * all the clients that work do a request for the AAAA record and if that fails they try the A record.    * the Android 2.3.3 phone ONLY does a request for the AAAA record and if that fails the whole thing fails. All clients (including the phone) get the same network settings. How do I fix this?


title: Unable to move files to external SD card on SGS2 XXLP2

text: Running a rooted Galaxy S2 with ICS XXLP2 official leaked rooted build. I have a 32GB microSD card mounted at /sdcard/external_sd in addition to the 16 GB internal storage. I'm unable to copy files to it now, it says write error or permission error. I use a terminal emulator to create a file               touch /sdcard/external_sd/test      and this works fine. If I use a file manager (ES File Explorer, which supports browsing / on rooted devices), I can't copy files from internal storage to the external SD card. Also, earlier I used the external card as the camera photo storage location, now I can't do so and the camera defaults to internal storage (which is low on space). If I do an ls -l of both sdcard and external_sd, I see the difference - sdcard has all files listed as belonging to sdcard_r, while external sd lists them as '1023'. So is this a leftover UID from a previous ROM install? I'm scared to do               chown -R sdcard_r:system /sdcard/external_sd      Is that the way to go about it..or is there any other way to fix permissions?


title: ADB constantly disconnects, shows device offline

text: I'm not 100% sure if this should go here or the main Stack Overflow, but I decided to go with this area in hope I might catch someone with more specific experience with a similar problem. I have a Samsung Captivate (love it minus it's crappy GPS). I do development for it from 2 different computers, one at home, one at work. The machines are both Windows XP, Service Pack 3, 32 bit. I have the same Samsung drivers installed, same versions of Eclipse, etc. The phone is currently rooted running the Serendipity mod, though this issue was exactly the same on the stock firmware. My home machine (the problem one) is an Athlon 64 2.2 Ghz. My work machine is a Core 2 Duo, don't recall the model. At work, I can do anything, mount the sdcard on the phone and copy easily, use adb to push, pull, uninstall, install. I can debug in ddms, install through Eclipse, etc, etc... At home, if I reboot both the computer and phone and pull up a command prompt without having Eclipse open, I MIGHT be able to see the device by typing adb devices. Usually then, I can clear the logcat or run the logcat fairly stable. If I open Eclispe (my development IDE) and try to run a new build of an app, I'll generally lose the connection. The same thing happens if I try to copy files either via mounting or using pull with adb. Some files will copy, and suddenly the connection will be gone and the device will show offline to adb, or not in the list at all, or listed offline twice. Rebooting the phone sometimes helps, but not always. There are times I close Eclipse and every other app, reboot my phone and still end up having adb completely unable to detect the device. I'll use adb kill-server and adb start-server but this generally doesn't help. I use Avast for my anti-virus at home, but have tried without any anti-virus installed at all and it's the same. I've recently reinstalled Windows due to a hard drive crash and it was the exact same. I've tried every different USB port on my tower. I hope VERY much someone can tell me what's wrong as I've been dealing with this for a year and a half now and it's about to make me lose my mind. -Jeremiah


title: HTC One X switches to silent on its own?

text: My HTC One X constantly is switching from vibrate to silent on its own. I put it on vibrate, put it down, and next time I look at my phone, it is on silent. This is extremely annoying because I am missing phone calls and texts because my phone is on silent, when I put it on vibrate. Anybody else have this problem or know how to fix it?


title: Reusing old Android phone?

text: I was curious if there is anyway to reuse an old Android phone? I have a Motorola Droid 1 that has been sitting around since I got my HTC Thunderbolt. Is there a way to use the phone as a "PDA" with the cell radio disabled? I got family member that would find it neat.


title: Android 4 USB charge only

text: When I connect my Android 4 phone (Galaxy Nexus) to a computer using USB, the storage of the phone is automatically mounted on the computer. How can I connect my phone using USB for charging only? In Android 2.x I had to explicitely choose "USB storage", in Android 4 there is only the choice between MTP and PTP? ):


title: Using Odin to flash a custom rom

text: Nearly bricked my Samsung Epic Touch 4G. Managed to boot into Odin Mode with a USB jig. I'm back where I started now and need to re-evaluate what to do next. The phone is rooted, won't see the SD Card or Internal anything. My only option is using Odin to get a custom ROM back on there. Can someone point me to a step by step? My last attempt at this led me to having to work with the USB jig to get another crack at it. Thanks!


title: Notification snoozes alarm?

text: Found a pretty interesting feature/bug from the combination of K-9 Mail and the stock Alarm app on my Galaxy S (rooted + Darky's Rom 10.2, 2.3.4). This morning, just as the alarm started to ring, I got an email. This caused the alarm to snooze and the short email notification sound I have to play. I'd think that an alarm would have preference over an email notification, and thankfully I had a regular alarm clock as a backup. Has anybody else run into this problem or is it just me? Suggestions how to avoid in the future?


title: Is it possible to update from 2.1 to 2.3?

text: I've got a galaxy s device and want to update it to latest android releace. I'd like to skip the 2.2 update and just do the 2.3 update. Is it possible?


title: How can I get the Unknown Sources option on my Dell Streak?

text: I want to install one application which is not in the Market. I know that if I want to do that I should switch on the "Unknown sources" option, but I don't have "Unknown sources" on my Dell Streak. What should I do to get this option?


title: How can I fix notification vibration?

text: When I receive calls and alarms go off, the phone vibrates. However it won't vibrate for any notifications. Changing the vibrate setting from vibrate always or vibrate only when in silent mode has no effect. Does anyone know what can cause this and how to fix it? Is there a separate hidden setting for notification vibrations? For what it is worth I'm running a HTC Magic with a custom 2.3-Gingerbread ROM installed. This definitely used to work. Not sure what I did to break it though. * * * Update: I've got it working again by playing with the settings. Under Settings->Sound settings->Volume 'Use incoming call volume for notifications' was ticked. When I un-ticked this setting the notification vibration began to work again. This seems really strange to me and if anyone could help me understand what is going on it would be much appreciated. * * * Update 2: Installed an app called AudioManager. It has separate vibrate checkboxes for alerts and ringer. Using this helped too. Not 100% but it seems to indicate separate settings that are not exposed through the regular settings interface.


title: Is the Nokia BH-214 bluetooth headset compatible with Android?

text: I have a Nexus S with Android 4.1.2. I purchased a Nokia BH-214 headset. The audio output works. The buttons work. But for some reason, the headset's microphone seems to be ignored by the phone. When I make a call, it uses the phone's microphone instead of the one in the headset. Is this some compatibility problem or I am doing something the wrong way?


title: How can I undo the “Do Not Ask Again” for using my home screen wallpaper as my lock screen wallpaper as well?

text: I use an app called "Live Video Wallpaper" or LVW which is basically a live wallpaper that allows you to select a video as your live wallpaper. I have no problem with it but I accidentally checked the "Do Not Ask Again" option when I was asked whether or not I'd like to use my home screen wallpaper as my lock screen wallpaper too before I pressed no. Now I have the problem that I can't set my home screen as my lock screen as well. Before, I used LVW as my home then set my Galaxy S2 to use it as my lock screen wallpaper as well but now with the option set to "NO" and the default set to "Do Not Ask Again", I can't do it anymore since live wallpapers normally cannot be set as lock screens (LVW was my way to get around that). Is there a way I can "Unset" that "Do Not Ask Again" option for using my home as my lock screen wallpaper as well? Sorry if I'm redundant.


title: Is it possible to boot an Android phone from a USB drive?

text: Is there any way to boot an Android phone* from a bus-powered USB drive**? If so, what are the steps to achieve this? _* E.g. one with USB OTG functionality._ _** E.g. a flash drive._


title: Power button not working. Phone wont boot?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace GTS 5830i. I somehow messed up the power button of my phone and now after the battery drained completely, It will not start. I tried looking up online for going into recovery mode (without using the power button) i.e keeping home key pressed while inserting the charging but nothing works. Finally, I thought I must have an option to boot up my phone through Eclipse DDMS but I cant find any option there either (See screenshot) Please help. * * * EDIT : Thanks to the answer by Sparx, I have solved this problem. Connect the phone via USB to your computer. If you have installed the Android SDK, go in the android-tools folder and execute adb devices (if on a mac, run ./adb devices) If your devices shows up in the list run ./adb reboot


title: How to restore my IMEI on Galaxy S if I don't have a backup of /efs?

text: I installed CyanogenMod 10 Nightlies on my Galaxy S1, coming from CyanogenMod 9.   On every reboot I get the message: > **Warning!** A problem was detected with your device. Your device IMEI > number is invalid. And invalid IMEI number could cause network issues > including the inability to call emergency numbers. Sometimes I have network issues and my handy just won't connect to the Internet(even though it shows E/H Connection) I once made a backup of my `/efs/` partition, I already restored it but the message still appears.


title: How can I easily edit / add contacts to my phone book without them showing on Google?

text: I got my Galaxy Nexus and now I'm stumped how to get my contacts right? There's no phone book anymore here. These are just my Google contacts of which I have just a handful with phone numbers.   1. What's the best way to get my phone numbers into those contacts without editing every and single one? So merging phone numbers on my SIM with google contacts.   2. Add new that are missing in my google contacts but are present on my SIM? **Why can't I have separate phone contacts from Google contacts?** And what's the rationale behind the decition they've made with this? Is it also possible that phone-only contacts (with name of course) woudl not show on my gmail afterwards? I mean on the web. On my computer...


title: DualBoot CM7 and CM9 for HTC Desire Z?

text: I want to be able to switch from CM7 to CM9 and vice versa without losing my apps and data everytime. Is it possible to make a dualboot?


title: How to display mobile data usage for whole month and not last 7 days?

text: I have monthly cycle for measuring mobile data from 1st to 31st but it always measures last 7 days. How do I make it measure cycle I have configured?      ![!\[enter image description here\]](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5dO2V.png) Full resolution image


title: Can Android phones be set to automatically wipe all data after a certain amount of failed logins without an app?

text: A new policy at my work is being drafted regarding email access on phones. A requirement will be that the phone must automatically have all data erased after a certain amount of failed login attempts. Let's ignore the fact that it's pretty silly to a.) be allowing work email access on personal phones when such stringent expectations are in place, and b.) expect to be able to enforce something like this across a variety of phone platforms. Is it possible to set this up in vanilla Android without any apps?


title: Is it possible to reproduce munsell colours on an android device?

text: Given a wide variety of devices, is it possible to address the colour spaces such that a accurate reproduction of munsell colours are shown? If it is possible, what applications can best be compared against a printed colour book to check an individual device's colour reproduction?


title: How to Remove this battery symbol of head in Android 4.0.4 device Sony Xperia MT27i?

text: 0.4 device **Sony Xperia MT27i** For development use. I describe one screen the here, and display my question: ![Image Screen with red mark](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PcrF1.jpg)   Image Screen with red mark (click image to enlarge) I want to remove the icon from my device screen. How can I do that?


title: How can i hide an application?

text: I want to hide some applications from other people who have access to my phone but be able to get to the application whenever I want. I don't want locking. I need it to be not seen on applications list.


title: stuck installing cyanogenmod on htc one X+

text: After using the standard android on my one X+ for a long time, I decided to get started with cyanogenmod today. I started by using this manual: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_endeavoru I already rooted it a long time ago, so I skipped everything up onto installing recovery. First I tried installing the enrc2b, but this gave me the error that my phone was a endeavoru (A bit strange, because everywhere they say that's a HTC one X, while mine is definitely a HTC one X+). After that, I continued with the version for the endeavoru and successfully installed cm-10.2.1-endeavoru.zip on it. After rebooting it, I got stuck on a endless boot screen of cyanogenmod. I noticed this line in the description: > his device, if unlocked with HTCDev Unlock, must have its kernel flashed via > fastboot. Extract boot.img from the CyanogenMod .zip package and flash it > from the bootloader with: fastboot flash boot boot.img I have no idea if I rooted it with HTCDev Unlock, I did it a long time ago, but I thought I would give it a try. After executing fastboot flash boot boot.img I rebooted, and now I am stuck at a endless HTC splash screen. I can still get to the fastboot and recovery menu, but have no clue where I wned wrong and how to continue. I already tried a factory reset, but to no avail. I also tried getting the backup that I made back from recovery, but it says it can't find any backups. any ideas how to continue...? * * * I got a little fit further. When I look at the boot screen, it should clearly be a enrc2b ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/f5wV2.jpg) I downloaded cm-10.2.1-enrc2b.zip , extracted boot.img and flashed that onto it. This at least brought me back to getting stuck at the cyanogenmod screen instead of the HTC screen. After that I tried to install cm-10.2.1-enrc2b.zip onto it, but that's giving me this error: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WMt9e.jpg)


title: ssh: No controlling tty: open /dev/tty: No such device or address

text: When connecting from PC/Cygwin via SSH (over WiFi) to phone, I am always greeted with the following macabre message:               $ ssh -T root@192.168.1.100 -p 50000     Authenticated with partial success.     root@192.168.1.100's password:     /system/bin/sh: No controlling tty: open /dev/tty: No such device or address     /system/bin/sh: can't find tty fd     /system/bin/sh: warning: won't have full job control     root@android:/ $      I know the device is there, and I have also tried various `chmod` permissions. The problem is that I cannot use `stty` (or anything related to `tty`s) to set my terminal environment variables, and therefore I cannot use command line TAB completion or arrow-up, to fetch last command, or using `CTRL-C/D/Z` etc. I've also tried to play with various `set -o` options, to no avail. Now the strange thing is that this problem is not at all present when using a local shell through the Android terminal Emulator app, which seem to correctly assign a pseudo terminal with full job control. I've been searching high and low for how to resolve this, but gotten nowhere. My Samsung phone is using an SELinux (AOS 4.2.2) enabled version and I'm rooted with CF-Auto-Root (v1.94), and using the latest `ADB`. The stock mksh is `@(#)MIRBSD KSH R40 2011/10/07` and thus perhaps not fully compatible with SEL AOS's, but I cannot find a newer (~R49) MKSH ARM binary, to try with. * * * **EDIT-1** : I am using SSH server. **EDIT-2** : I just tried SSHelper which seem very nice (although 6 x larger). But it is unstable and show similar issues in the web log: `PTY allocation request failed on channel 0` **EDIT-3** : After login (with new sshd server) with: `ssh -T dummy@192.168.1.10 -p 2222`, I loose prompt, but shell access is still ok. then running `su -c /system/bin/sh -i` give me back the correct _su_ prompt # and checking `set -o` gives:               u0_a202@MSM8960:home # set -o     Current option settings     allexport      off  login          off  nounset        off  verbose        off     bgnice         off  markdirs       off  physical       off  vi             off     braceexpand    on   monitor        on   posix          off  vi-esccomplete off     emacs          on   noclobber      off  privileged     off  vi-tabcomplete on     errexit        off  noexec         off  restricted     off  viraw          off     gmacs          off  noglob         off  sh             off  xtrace         off     ignoreeof      off  nohup          on   stdin          on     interactive    on   nolog          off  trackall       off     keyword        off  notify         off  utf8-mode      off      But TAB is still directly interpreted as a TAB character and not command-line completion. **EDIT-4** : This must be a SELinux / SEAndroid related issue, as when I disable SELinux **Enforcing** by setting it to **Permissive** , I loose the ability to SU, but all normal shell terminal controls are working. The way to do this is by issuing: `su 0 setenforce 0` in whatever shell you can get, and then logout and login again. This will last until you reboot phone. **EDIT-5** : From what I understand, using the `ssh -t` option, is used to force allocation of a pseudy-terminal, and terminates the connection if that fails. Thus it fails when pty is blocked in " _Enforcing_ " mode, while using `ssh -2` is accepted with minimal difference in error when using `-vvv` to debug.               $ ssh -t dummy@192.168.1.10 -p 2222 -vvv     ...     dummy@192.168.1.10's password:     debug3: packet_send2: adding 64 (len 51 padlen 13 extra_pad 64)     debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for reply     debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).     Authenticated to 192.168.1.10 ([192.168.1.10]:2222).     debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]     debug3: ssh_session2_open: channel_new: 0     debug2: channel 0: send open     debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com     debug1: Entering interactive session.     debug2: callback start     debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY     debug3: packet_set_tos: set IP_TOS 0x10     debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0     debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1     debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1     debug2: callback done     debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768     debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 100 id 0     PTY allocation request failed on channel 0      Not accepted, but this next one give me a shell without any prompt.               $ ssh -2 dummy@192.168.1.10 -p 2222 -vvv     ...     PTY allocation request failed on channel 0     debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152     debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0     debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0     Linux 3.4.0-2340422 armv7l      This behavior is convincing me to think it is directly related to the SELinux blocking `pty` access. But I have no idea how and where this is done. **EDIT-6** : Yep, there it is. I just found the SELinux policy denial in the `audit.log` file in: _/data/misc/audit/audit.log_               audit(1401291488.480:203): avc:  denied  { setattr } for  pid=11441 comm="sshelper_sshd" name="0" dev="devpts" ino=3 scontext=u:r:untrusted_app:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:untrusted_app_devpts:s0 tclass=chr_file VE=SEPF_GT-I9195_4.2.2_0022_M     audit(1401291488.480:203): arch=40000028 syscall=15 per=840000 success=no exit=-13 a0=beffd438 a1=190 a2=27da a3=c0000000 items=1 ppid=8499 pid=11441 auid=4294967295 uid=10202 gid=10202 euid=10202 suid=10202 fsuid=10202 egid=10202 sgid=10202 fsgid=10202 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="sshelper_sshd" exe="/data/data/com.arachnoid.sshelper/bin/sshelper_sshd" subj=u:r:untrusted_app:s0 key=(null)     audit(1401291488.480:203):  cwd="/"     audit(1401291488.480:203): item=0 name="/dev/pts/0" inode=3 dev=00:09 mode=020600 ouid=10202 ogid=10202 rdev=88:00 obj=u:object_r:untrusted_app_devpts:s0      So how to fix this?


title: How to jump to next chapter when playing back videos?

text: I'm trying to play back .mp4 videos that have chapters embedded in them. They play fine on desktop players like VLC, and on my iPod, but I can't select/choose/jump to these chapter markers on Android. What am I missing?


title: What is a tool to sort apps by their data size?

text: During development, internal storage size is severely needed. Cache cleaner is ok, however, apps have another component called data which can be cleared. Is there an app out there that organizes by an app's data size ? I'm not interested in app size, I'm interested in app's data size.


title: Ringtones from my MP3

text: I have in Bluetooth folder some `.mp3` files. How can I make them ringtones? The phone ringtone option doesn't see them.


title: How to clear all applications data in android?

text: Hi I want to clear all applications data(preferences and sqlite) from my phone in one tap. How can i do this? is there any app which can do this WITHOUT ROOT PERMISSION?


title: Home screens maxed out (oops)... now I can't edit?

text: Someone was playing with my coworker's Samsung Galaxy Gio (Froyo), and added an eighth home screen. Now hitting Settings->Edit makes the phone crash, as does minimizing (pinching) on any home screen - in other words, there is no way to jump between home screens or delete the four or five screens she has no use for. I'm thinking a home screen launcher app would be a workaround, but is there any way to actually recover her original home screen setup?