title: How can I recover lost Contacts on Galaxy GT-NT7000. Contacts and Dialer App became very slow and battery runs down fast,

text: This is a RAM issue and lost contacts issue (contacts not saved under Google). The log of text messages with all contacts, since start, is all, still there. My Android version is 4.2.1. I have had 3.5 GB available on the internal storage and only 170 MB on the device memory; I was under the impression that pictures and images since they are stored at the internal storage, they do not affect the processing (is that called RAM same as in PCs or not?) speed, but that was wrong. I have moved all pictures and videos from phone to my PC to make more space but after having moved all the pictures/videos, on day before I have lost all my Phone Contacts! The speed of navigating and of using the dialer and of Contacts (these apps were worse affected in terms of speed) and even the battery life has improved a lot, yet I still need to find more space (by emptying the SIM card), but I await to take the phone to a repair centre to be seen first. 400 or so contacts were saved under 'Phone Contacts'' and they are all gone. Since 350 of my Contacts were saved primarily under Google (Gmail), I have not lost all Contacts but another I called Samsung Support service and they advised me to visit a Geek Squad Carphone warehouse which is authorised to service Samsung-Android devices. Should I do this first to be on the safe side, or should I download the Dr. Fone for Android app and try to bring back the Contacts? Does anyone have experience with Dr Fone? http://www.wondershare.net/disk-utility/recover-contacts-from- samsung.html?gclid=CJTkyPLpwboCFfHKtAodpngArA


title: How do I add a widget to my lock screen?

text: I am running a fully stock Android 4.4.4 Nexus 5, with Nova (Premium) Launcher. Since I first bought this device, I have heard, read, and been told that adding widgets to the lock screen is possible, as long as it is enabled in settings. Well, it is, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to actually add them. Sorry if this is a Super Newb question, I've Googled, Binged, etc... With no luck whatsoever. The only thing I seem to ever come across are instructions on how to enable them, which as I stated, I have done.


title: The Mystery Of The Disappearing App Icons

text: If I try to rearrange the shortcuts to app icons on my homescreen, sometimes they disappear. It happens to all apps, bookmarks, and folders, too: even stock apps, like Play Store. I have an LG optimus s that I got about a year ago, new. I'm running 2.3.3. Gingerbread. Details : app icons often reappear in folders after reboot, sometimes without reboot. I'll say again, for clarity, that this only happens when I attempt to rearrange the icons : no spontaneous disappearances! I use my phone almost 24/7, as I do not own a tablet or a computer with wifi, so I like everything to be in it's place.


title: Note 3 "Security information" notification

text: I've just set up a new Galaxy Note 3 and I keep getting the following notification: > ### Security information > > An application attempted to access system on your device without > authorisation. This attempt has been blocked. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Aps18.png) I have no idea what's causing this as there is no application listed as the culprit. Some forums point to disabling Knox as a solution, but I've done that and still get the same. (Anyway, the phone only includes a link to download the full app, so I doubt that would have been it.) I also know that I can hide the notification for 30 days, but that's just hiding the problem, not fixing it. What is causing this to keep popping up and what can I do to fix it?


title: Galaxy nexus is not turning on after being turned off

text: I have a Galaxy Nexus. I switched it off. But now I cannot turn it on. It's not even showing the bootscreen. I faced the same issue yesterday night too. But it went away after putting my friend's Nexus battery and again installing my battery back (it didn't turn on on my friend's battery too). And today afternoon i got the same issue and i cannot resolve the issue by proceeding the same steps and i feel the phone is bricked


title: vibration when call is answered

text: When calling somebody the phone starts vibrating when connection is made. Vibration can also be heard by receiver. This is extremely annoying. How can I switch this off.


title: Using Popen to invoke adb sendevent

text: I am running into a strange issue, running `adb shell sendevent x x x` commands from commandline works fine, but when I use any of the following: `subprocess.Popen(['adb', 'shell', 'sendevent', 'x', 'x','x'])`   `subprocess.Popen('adb shell sendevent x x x', shell=True)`   `subprocess.call(['adb', 'shell', 'sendevent', 'x', 'x','x'])` They all fail - the simulated touch even that works in a shell script does not work properly when called through python. Furthermore I tried `adb push` the shell script to the device, and using `adb shell /system/sh /sdcard/script.sh` I was able to run it successfully, but when I try to run that commandline through python, the script fails. What's even stranger, is that he script runs, but for example, it does not seem to execute the command `sleep 1` half way through the script, `echo` commands work, `sendevent` commands don't seem to work. Doesn't even seem possible, but there it is. How do I run a set of `adb shell sendevent x x x` commands through python?


title: Android App to read current time out loud?

text: I am looking for an Android app that would read out loud the current time. For example if I'm in bed and don't want to open my eyes, I would just press a button or something, and it would read "It is now six thirty four". Does anyone know about an app that does that?


title: Can't sync my new Nexus S to Google Calendar

text: First-time smartphone owner. I unboxed my new Nexus S and added my gmail account to it. So far, so good -- it sync'd my contacts perfectly. But I'd never used Google Calendar (and in retrospect I think that's crucial). So I signed on via my computer, went to Calendar, and set up a calendar with two events (one repeating, one not). Then I went back to my phone and I find that in the calendar app I have no calendars. There are no events showing and I can't add events ("You have no calendars."). Moreover, in the Accounts & sync settings, under my gmail account, there is no Calendar item, just Books, Contacts, gmail. I've waved every dead chicken I've heard of at this one, to no avail. The list of sync items won't grow a "Sync Calendar" item. To wit: 1) Obvious first choice, I thought. Power off the phone, power back on. Nope. 2) Read the FAQ Google Support FAQ   2a) Turned the auto sync off and on. Nope   2b) No notifications.   2c) Don't have a 2-step authentication.   2d) Cleared Calendar Storage data, power off, power back on. Nope. 3) Power off the phone, change my gmail password via web, power back on, re- authenticate. Nope. 4) Go to Accounts & sync, create a new google account, create a calendar in it, power down the phone, power back on. The new account has a Sync Calendar item that works, but not my real gmail account. 5) Go to Applications, all, and delete the data for "all the Google apps", power down the phone, power on. Nope. A caveat on this one, I don't know exactly what "all" means, so I hit Calendar & its storage again, Books, Contacts, gmail, everything whose name began with Google,...   see: Related Question   Ok, different device, but otherwise the description seemed a close match. Nope. So... Any other suggestions?


title: Where is the music folder Android 2.3

text: I have a file exploring program, but I can't find the folder with my google play music. I used google play to download music to my phone (not the SD). I would like to transfer the music to my SD, but I can't find it on the phone's memory? Which folder is it in?


title: Where does Google Music store the “offline tracks”?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Where does Google Music store offline songs? I have about 8 gigs of music stored within Google Music, and I recently got sick of streaming (and risking data charges), so I painstakingly allowed it to be stored offline. So my fresh 16 gig SD card now only had 8 gigs left. Then, I flashed a new rom, thinking that all my music would still be there cached (or however it works), but I was wrong. When I click "show offline tracks only" within the Google Music app, it shows nothing, yet my SD card still only has 8 gigs of space left. So, my question is, where are these offline tracks stored on my SD card so I can go in and delete them, to free up space so I can back them all up again? Thanks! And also, why won't the app recognize that there is offline music stored on my SD card after a new rom is flashed? I figured that data would be untouched across roms.


title: Where are the downloaded Google Play Music files?

text: I've looked in /Android/data/com.android.google.music/cache and nothing is there. I don't have an SD card.


title: Use Google Play without any other Google apps installed

text: I'm using Cyanogen Mod 10.1 and I wonder if there is any possibility to use Google Play without installing all Google apps. I don't need Gmail, Talk, etc. I don't want to link my device to google. Is there any way to just put in your Google account data for Google Play and not for the whole device?


title: Error 492 in Google Play Store

text: I have android 4.0 and I am getting Error 492 while downloading any app from Play Store. I have tried resetting my SDCard and doing Factory Reset. I have HCL ME U1 Tablet and It isn't rooted and I don't want to do the same.


title: How to revoke the authorization to view my Google account for an app (e.g. Feedly)?

text: I recently installed Feedly on my phone. It asked me the authorization to access my Google account. Now I want to revoke this authorization, but I don't know how to do this. I searched on my Google account (via web) under the _Security_ part, but Feedly is not listed there. I have an Android 4.3 stock ROM and, if important, my Google account is not a Google+ account.


title: Change the Nexus 4 voice dialer

text: When I double tap the main button of my Bluetooth headset a voice dialer pops up. I'm not sure what app is this voice dialer (I couldn't find it on the apps list), all I know is that it's slow to load and works poorly. I'd like to replace this app with the standard voice search of the Google Search app. Is there a way to achieve this? Rooted options welcome.


title: Orphaned media files (alarm sounds etc); exist but not present in media database?

text: On my SGS3 (running CM 10.1.3) I have a very odd problem where audio files have gone missed from the media database, although the file is obviously still on the phone (and I can't find it with ES Explorer or even manually looking through the SQLite database). Example: ![Screenshot of my phone showing orphaned media file](http://i.stack.imgur.com/1CIdm.png) See how the alarm sound is "30348" for that alarm? It should be a properly named audio file (frustratingly I can't remember exactly what it's called). Assuming that was the media file's unique ID for the media database, I used SQLite Debugger (from the Play Store) to search through external.db -- there's a gap in the entry IDs where 30348 - ending just before that then jumping to the 31xxx range. When the alarm goes off, the audio file still plays! There's also another couple of alarms set with orphaned alarm audio files... I've even tried leaving the alarm going, switching to a Terminal window and running lsof (as SU) to see if I can find the open media file being played, with no success. This happened for several of my alarms and notifications recently - I managed to choose new audio for most of them but some of them (including, I believe, ones where I used ES File Explorer to select them, and not the native Media Storage selection) are no longer available to select. I know if I choose another media file, I won't be able to choose or find this one again. Is there a way to detect where the file is? Are there any backups held of the SQLite databases which I could look through? I'm at a loss.


title: HTC One is not charging

text: I have HTC One since few months. It worked fine, this is great device in my opinion. Today my battery ran out of energy. I plug in the charger, and there is no reaction over 30 minutes. It has happening for the first time. Any solution?


title: Can't attach photos to tweets

text: I'm using the official Twitter app on my Droid X2. Whenever I select a photo from the gallery, it waits for a few seconds on the Edit Photo screen, then returns to the Compose screen without attaching the photo. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?


title: App for recording lectures

text: I am a mathematics graduate student looking for ways to improve my note taking. I have been experimenting with recording lectures with my Galaxy S5 (using Coji, which is a great app), but I am now on the market for something a bit more specific. I want to be able to start the recording at the beginning of lecture, and take pictures of the board throughout class without stopping the recording. Some of the mathematics being taught is pretty hairy, and it takes some time staring at pictures of the board and at your notebook to get it. I would also like to be able to split the hour and a half long recorded file into smaller segments afterwards, say segments going over this or that proof. An app that puts this all into individual sessions (like Coji) would be a plus as well. Does anyone have any familiarity with an app that has this functionality? I haven't had much luck finding something that hits all the key points.


title: reverse tethering : share laptop internet connection thru bluetooth

text: im rooted, nexus 5 I work in the middle of the bush, no cell coverage. **NO ROUTERS ALLOWED**. I would like to share my laptop's wired internet connection. Either create a *** _hidden wifi** hotspot **that no one will be able to detect_ *** or share my laptops internet thru Bluetooth could someone pleaaaase help :)


title: Orbot on HTC DNA running Viper DNA not requesting root

text: I have a rooted HTC DNA running Viper DNA and when I try to request root through orbot, the wizard skips to the next step. Here is the log when I try to run orbot:               Orbot is starting…     Orbot is starting…     Tor binary exists: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libtor.so     Privoxy binary exists: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libprivoxy.so     Obfsproxy binary exists: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libobfsproxy.so     Xtables binary exists: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libxtables.so     link RM err=0 out:      link LN err=0 out:      libtor.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false     (re)Setting permission on binary: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libtor.so     libtor.so: POST: Is binary exec? false     tor: PRE: Is binary exec? false     (re)Setting permission on binary: /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin/tor     tor: POST: Is binary exec? false     libprivoxy.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false     (re)Setting permission on binary: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libprivoxy.so     libprivoxy.so: POST: Is binary exec? false     libobfsproxy.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false     (re)Setting permission on binary: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libobfsproxy.so     libobfsproxy.so: POST: Is binary exec? false     libxtables.so: PRE: Is binary exec? false     (re)Setting permission on binary: /data/app-lib/org.torproject.android-1/libxtables.so     libxtables.so: POST: Is binary exec? false     Orbot is starting…      Please tell me if you need any more information. I will be happy to supply


title: Samsung galaxy trend FM radio sound not going to earphones

text: my mom has Samsung galaxy trend android phone and she is having problems with earphones. She wants to listen to FM radio but the sound is not going to the earphones but plays through speakers. Are there any settings I should check? I tested her phone with 2 earphones, the problem is the same with both of them. I also tried to listen to FM radio with my android (Motorola moto g) with both earphones and there are no problems there... Any help would be appreciated!


title: Samsung Ace 3 - S7270 - Wifi and recovery mode problem

text: My Samsung Ace 3 does not detect any Wifi networks, and it cannot connect to `Kies`.   * My wifi network is fine, and there are lots of wifi networks in the area, but my SGA3 does not detect any of them (my other phone does).   * Kies does not detect my phone. It does detect other phones but not this one (same USB cable, same usb port,..).   * I can access the android file system using windows explorer (phone + sd card).   * I tried to go to download mode (Volume Up, Home, power off): it just shows an Android logo with an open chest with a keyboard. It stays that way for few minutes and the it proceeds to normal booting. (I tried pressing few buttons but it didn't work) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/tuABr.jpg)   * I went to Factory mode (Volume down, Home, power off): it had a bunch of tests I can run, when I ran the Wifi test it gives me a "blank" mac address: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WBOiz.jpg)   * What can I do? Please advise.


title: Is it possible to "unsend" email in Gmail?

text: Is it possible to use Gmail's "unsend" ability in the Gmail Android app? I can't find anything on it, in settings or searching.


title: How do I change the default SMS application on my HTC Hero?

text: I recently got completely fed up with the built in Messages (SMS) application and switched it out for Chomp (also looking at Handcent, haven't decided on one yet). I want to use the "Messages" icon though, as well as treat the new app as the default SMS program. I know about "Manage Applications" and clicking the "Clear Defaults" button for the app. But the "Clear Defaults" is disabled for the Messages app and it says that no defaults are set. I read on someone else's post that their AT&T provider had somehow hardcoded this as the default app and they couldn't change it. So... Can they really do that? Is that why my HTC Hero doesn't let me clear the default? Is there a way around that?


title: Help Needed. Cam/PC link

text: Hello fellow enthusiasts, I am in need of help and would be very thankful to anyone who can take a few minutes and help me solve this issue. Here is my problem. I would like to open a Youtube channel and I want to have a facecam in an upper corner(you know, like gaming channels usually do while gaming) but have no camera. What I do have is my Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. Please tell me(with a decent explanation) if there is a possible way to record videos with my phone but **save it directly on the PC hard drive** so I can later use it when editing. Saving it on my phone and then moving it on the PC later is not an option. Already tried IP CAM and other similar apps but I am not satisfied with the results. Thank you in advance...


title: How big of a speed difference will be noticed with a 100-200 MHz overclock?

text: I am going to overclock my 600 MHz to around 700-800+. Nothing too big of a jump, and don't need any help either. The question I'm concerned about is what kind of performance does this slight speed increase yield? Will it make any big difference that can be noticed? Note that this is simply overclocking the CPU and changing **nothing else** with my configuration in idle. I have heard some argue that raising clock speed alone doesn't really guarantee better performance, since microarchitecture and bus speeds are what determines ultimate performance. For example, on Super N64 emulator I am getting like 7 frames per-second running Super Mario 64 on my current 600 MHz. Will the increase make any immediate difference? How can this be properly estimated by incremental clock speed, etc.? Will some apps run faster, will more background apps do their job better, will I execute/boot faster, etc.? Basically, I want to know what to expect within the range of aforementioned clock speed increase.


title: Missing "move to SD" on HTC Desire 310

text: So, I bought this phone some time ago, an HTC Desire 310, which should have 4GB of internal memory, of which 2GB actually available to the user. On the phone I also installed an 8GB SD card for picture and similar. However, recently I keep getting "not enough space" when I try to update some of the bigger apps I have installed from Google Store, even if there are about 250 MB free. I have tried cleanin the caches, so regaining some 50 MB, but still "insufficient space". I also tried to move the apps to the SD card, but it would seem that the version of android here installed, some custom 4.2.2, **does not allow moving apps to SD**. How can I then solve such a problem? Is there a way to restore the missing "move to SD" option?


title: Force volume buttons to always change Media Volume

text: I want my phone to be on "Vibrate" mode about 99% of the time. I've found that every time I hit the volume buttons on the side of my Evo, it's either accidental (and I don't want the phone to either go silent mode or ringer mode), or I was trying to control the media volume. Is there a way to force the phone into interpreting every volume button press as a media volume change, and not a ringer volume change?


title: What is material is the HTC Nexus One Screen made out of?

text: Some say it is plastic, others insist it's glass. Wikipedia provides shady information.


title: Transforming SMS conversation to Inbox and Sent Items

text: Is it possible for me to receive the SMS not in a conversation style, but in a traditional way like what NOKIA does? Inbox is separated from the Sent items.


title: HTC explorer in boot loop after factory reset

text: I have an htc explorer. It is not rooted. Some time ago I performed a factory reset through settings. But since then, the phone is stuck in a boot loop. I have tried going through recovery mode and performing a factory reset as suggested by most of the pages on the internet but no luck. So can anyone please help? I am damn tensed!


title: Google Hangouts gives "Can't sign in because we couldn't reach Google. Try again" error

text: I have updated and replaced Google Talk with Hangouts on my tablet running Cyanogenmod 10.1. Now every time I open the Hangouts app it shows me the following error message: > Can't sign in because we couldn't reach Google. Try again How can I fix this?


title: External usb bluetooth do not work in android 4.0.4 kernel 3.0.8+

text: I have insert a external USB Bluetooth dongle to a Tablet via the USB port and try to turn on the Bluetooth in the Android but fail. So, how do one know if the USB Bluetooth dongle can be supported for a tablet that have a USB port? (Given that the USB Bluetooth dongle have been tested to work fine in a desktop PC and there is no further information on the tablet manual on which Bluetooth dongle is supported for the tablet.) This is the problem with all tablets which do not have in-built Bluetooth support. is there any application which can compile/root/install Bluetooth device driver to my android tablet?So that I can use it for headphones/ file transfer etc.


title: How to put a ROM on read-only /sdcard, while adb shell not working (HTC One X)

text: I've been searching my ___ off for two days now to find a solution for my problem, but I can't find one working for me. What I do have right now:   * NO working ROM (I believe because of a failed atempt to revert to a backup in CWM)   * Access to my bootloader (unlocked through HTCDev)   * Access to my recovery (Which is the latest CWM)   * Fastboot/adb working   * Phone boots upon the HTC logo screen   * NO ROM zipfile on the SD-Card (I accidentilly deleted that, I still hate myself for that)   * I've managed to push to ROM file into both `/data` and `/system`, which (of course) isn't usefull to flash from because they don't show up in CWM. What I've tried:   * Reverting to a Nandroid backup, I've 2 on the sdcard. Both don't pass the part where `/system` is being restored.   * `adb shell` to push files, or mount the SD card, does not work. First I had the error saying '--exec /system/bin/sh failure: file or dir not found (2)'. I managed to push the `sh` file into system, (and I believe into `/system/bin`), and the error changed to '[...] No directory (20)'    * `adb push <ROM.zip> /sdcard/<ROM.zip>`; doesn't work because `/sdcard` is read-only.   * In CWM I can't mount as USB storage, is says something about a file which can't be found.   * TWRP recovery doesn't work on my device, I can touch whatever I wan't, the only button responding is the power button, which causes a locked recovery, which I can't unlock. (You need to swipe for that, which my phone seems to ignore).   * I've read almost every topic on XDA and whatever Google could give me, but most solutions somewhere relied on the `adb shell`, or pushing into the `/sdcard`, or simply assume I still can mount as USB storage. :( Does anyone have any suggestions left on howto get a ROM into the `/sdcard` so I can flash it? I would be thanking you forever! Thanks in advance!


title: How can I unlock my HTC One V locked by 3 (UK Carrier, www.three.co.uk)?

text: I have a HTC One V which is provided by 3 (www.three.co.uk) under contract. I recently bought a Nexus 4 from Google Play because of the price drop, and I'm using my 3 SIM in the Nexus which is working fine. I want to sell my old One V and know that I can do it a lot easier if the device is unlocked so it can be used on any network. After looking around online, cellunlocker.net quotes me $14.99 for an unlock code and Three themselves quotes me £15. I've heard from some friends that they were able to get their phones unlocked for free, if so, how would I go about doing this? I'd rather not fall victim to a marketing scam to get a code that I could get for free.


title: Set different default location for apps and media

text: My phone has the following storage devices:   * **Internal storage** \- Internal storage for the OS and non-movable apps **(1GB)**   * **Phone storage** \- Integrated SD card **(1GB)**   * **SD card** \- Removable SD card I'd like to configure my phone so I can move all movable apps to **Phone storage** but still keep all my media (donwloads, music, camera images...) on the larger **SD card**. When I set the default write disk to **Phone storage** , it stores images on my that, but if I set it to **SD card** it saves everything, including apps and all other android crap, to my removable **SD card** and when I unplug it, half the phone breaks. Is there a way to make my phone store all media and stuff like that on the **SD card** and apps and other system stuff on the **Phone storage**?


title: Disable opening app in app

text: When I am in the file browser and open a PDF, the PDF viewer will be shown as the file manager in the list of the apps. When I press back in the PDF viewer, it will go back to the file manager eventually. Is there some way to make the app open on its own, with the given file as a starting point?


title: Anyway to get off the photos from a broken Galaxy S4?

text: My Galaxy S4 took a bath in the Pacific Ocean and now won't turn on. I tried to have it fixed, but it really is gone. Is there anyway to retrieve the photos from the hard drive of the device? Assuming that it didn't get destroyed as well. If so, how???


title: Delete individual call log

text: In Gingerbread and before, long-click on an individual call log gave you also the option to delete it. Now, in ICS, while in the Call log tab, on long-press:   * _on contact image(red):_ it opens the Contact details;    * _on the cal log details(yellow):_ nothing happen;    * _on the phone image(blue)_ : re-dial Now, I've found the **`Clear call log`** option in menu, but can someone confirm if it has more options and will let me choose the entry to clear, or it'll just delete my entire call log? I've also found a lot of new **`Settings`** , but nothing about deleting an individual call log entry. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ct3Cl.png)


title: Odd but great Lock Screen Behaviour - can't get it back

text: I have just experienced an odd but really cool feature regarding my lock screen and I can't work out how to get it back (Phone Model: Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.3). I went to unlock my phone (using pattern unlock) and a lock-screen widget appeared on the same screen as a 4x2 bar down the side of the screen. I was able to access all my lock-screen widgets via this 4x2 bar through small sidewards flicks (much like a cube spinning on a vertical axis). The Pattern Unlock section (with time at the top) was reduced in size to accommodate this 4x2 bar. Has anyone else experienced this anomaly or know how to make it a permanent in Settings?


title: creating new folder hangs current window on pc?

text: As all of you might know the galaxy note 2 (n7100) doesn't provide the usb mass storage option when connecting to pc. It connects to the pc as a media storage or camera storage option. Upon clicking on it, I am able to access my card and internal memory. But when I try to create new folder in the card or internal memory, the current working window freezes. Also reading writing everything works just fine. And I can create the new folder on windows desktop and then copy to card or internal memory it works just fine. But not able to create folder directly in the card or internal memory, as every time working window hangs and I need to re connect the phone to pc.


title: Opening Google Search results for music in PowerAMP?

text: Is it possible to have Google Search open music files via PowerAmp instead of the default player? I have tried to see if there is a default music player, but it's not set. Music is listed under "searchable" items, there is no way to add, but I would love to be able to quickly search for music via the Google Search on the phone. Or is it possible to have Android Music (default player) not auto-search all music but create an index of specific directories? By defaults it will also include all call recordings and whatsapp voice messages. It would be enough to only have the music on sdcard/Music indexed.


title: Using Connectify with Proxy

text: I connect to the internet via a http tunneler which uses a proxy, Is there any way I can channel all incoming connectify connections through that particular IP and port address? . . .


title: Galaxy Note 2: connectivity problems

text: How can I make all my net using applications to work again in my Galaxy Note 2?   1. My play store display **no connection-retry**   2. Chrome says **check proxy sensor**   3. Maps says **check your data connection**   4. **can't download** from WhatsApp, etc.


title: whatsapp message deleted from my chat history

text: I have uninstalled whatsapp from my settings and a couple of hours later I reinstalled. I have successfully recovered all my chat messages back except an important message that I sent yesterday, which is the only message I haven't got back. Why is this? Is this because he has blocked me even although I can still see his last seen or is it because he did not open and read the message?


title: Control Android device when USB cable plugged in from PC

text: I'm looking for an app that is able to control a Galaxy S4 from my PC when the USB cable is plugged in please? I have used TeamViewer and although that is great, I was hoping there might be a more direct way (not via TeamViewer) to do this? Many thanks


title: USB driver for Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660

text: I have some trouble, When I try to run the android-project(Eclipse IDE) on a real device Android-Manager does not see my phone connected via USB. I don't know how to install usb driver. OS: Linux Mint 16, Phone: Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660.


title: Only automatically connect to certain Wi-Fi networks

text: I have an HTC Desire with Android 2.2. My problem is that there may be open Wi-Fi networks nearby that require a password once connected, e.g. hotspots at coffee shops. My phone connects to these, thereby blocking the 3G connection. What I want to do is always use 3G unless I'm in range and connected to a list of certain Wi-Fi networks.


title: How to browse Internet in Samsung Galaxy Fit using Broadband in Windows 7?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit smartphone and want to browse the web on it using BroadBand connection (the one i use for my pc connection to Internet) in Windows 7.


title: How do you trace incoming/outgoing HTTP connections on a rooted Android?

text: I would like to get a trace of any incoming & outgoing requests over HTTP from my android phone over a period of time (like you can do with Fiddler on a PC) - is there tool apart from WhisperCore that can do something like this? The reason i don't want WhisperCore is because it needs to encrypt your whole device before it lets you use the tracer


title: Displaying age of contact on birthday calendar events

text: When entering birthdays on a Galaxy Ace S8530i (e.g. Tim 1993), how can I get the calendar to show Tim 1993 20 where the 20 on the end is Tim's age?


title: My Android screen is not responding

text: My Android screen is not responding. I cannot even draw the pattern to unlock the phone. I have powered it on and off, it still is not responding. I have removed the battery and still no response. I have removed the SIM card and still no response. The screen has become non-tactile.


title: portable Wi-Fi hotspot configuraiton

text: How it is possible to enable portable Wi-Fi hotspot from ADB shell or by editing some configuration files on Android Jelly Bean? I need to do it interactive for automatic test server


title: Remove password from Galaxy Tab4

text: My wife set password to her tablet and asks me to remove it. I opened `settings -> security -> device encryption` entering password but option `none` (i.e. no password) is disabled (with message `turned off by administrator, policy...`). As I understand if I am able to set password to `none` then password should disappears. But I cannot do it, so I suspecting that she is encrypted device somehow. Is there way to ensure that device encrypted or not? If it is encrypted there is only one way, as I know, hard reset it to remove encryption. But if it is not encrypted, how to remove password?


title: Calendar Attending Flag not synchronizing with Exchange Acceptance

text: While my calendar events sync correctly, the attending flag on my RAZR calendar is not in sync with my acceptance in Exchange. This seems to break the Smart Action 'Meeting Rule' that would otherwise stop calls on meetings that I am attending. Is there a way to fix this issue?


title: Install 4.3 (OTA) on rooted Nexus 4 (CWM + stock rom, kernel)

text: I'm running Android 4.2.2 on my Nexus 4. It is rooted, and I have ClockworkMod recovery installed, but rom and kernel are stock. I received the OTA update to 4.3, and would like to install it, but it failed. (With a message that CWM couldn't verify a signature. I remember that the previous OTA worked, and I think I had to re-root, but that was easy.) How can I get the stock 4.3 update on my phone, while keeping root and CWM, and especially keeping all my data? Step-by-step instructions would be great. Also, I'm curious, what is the technical reason that the update doesn't install? * * * Update: I found some instructions here, however they didn't work for me. I get the following error from CWM while applying update.zip:               Installing: /sdcard/0/update.zip     Finding update package...     Opening update package...     Installing update...          Warning no file_contextsVerifying current system...          assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/bin/app_process", "76c3a9a7a6d400a9ff3e4db391327daa33aa0663", "2a221441bf06f2618aa6c35ae0cade13bd4f6e1b")     E:Error in /sdcard/0/update.zip     (Status 7)     Installation aborted.      Update 2: I forgot that I tried out Xposed some time ago. Apparently this modified /system/bin/app_process. I removed it by starting _Xposed Installer_ , and then selecting "Uninstall (restore app_process)" and (probably not neccessary), "Clean up (complete removal of the framework)". I did one complete reboot, and then rebooted into recovery mode to continue the update. But now it hangs because "build.prop" is modified (don't remember changing that). I wonder if there is a way to just flash the new OS files (not patches), overwriting any modifications, but keeping all settings and user files...


title: Unable to upgrade rooted 4.2.2 with OTA update 4.3

text: I bought my Nexus 4 from Google a while ago with 4.2.2 on it. It's using the stock rom, but it is rooted and has an unlocked bootloader. When I try to install the OTA 4.3 update, the phone reboots and goes into Teamwin Recovery. Then it looks like it tries to install it and then goes to the normal Teamwin recovery screen where I have to select Reboot > System to get back into the OS. And when I go back into the OS it's still 4.2.2. What should I do? I think my best option is to manually install the update, but I don't know where it got downloaded to.


title: Can I use my bootloader-locked phone with a different network?

text: I just bought an Xperia Z and the bootloader is locked. Do I need to unlock it in order to run it on a new SIM card and can I switch to Virgin? It's OK if I can't: I will just buy a Bell SIM for $10, but will the phone be able to be switched to Bell pay as you go? It was previously on the prev. owner plan with Bell.


title: interface blocking when answering the phone on a Sony Experia U

text: I am experiencing a weird behavior with my Sony Experia U didn't happen before, When someone calls me I answer my phone and the interface gets stuck after swiping the answer button, it continues to vibrate or ring... the other party hears everything but I can't take action only after like 4 vibrates time so 3,4 seconds... It's very annoying.... I use android 4.2.2 with the original firmware from sony.. I looked if I have some weird widgets or installed apps ..none...


title: Google Play Music - Edit tags of Remotely Stored Music?

text: I am often surprised by the treatment of MP3 names by the native music player, Play Music. Fairly frequently albums are split, or unexpected titles pop up, etc. I am pretty meticulous about ID3s in my collection, and I often can't exactly determine the reason for the unexpected behavior. Luckily, for those files I copy directly to the phone (Nexus 4), I can fix the issue fairly simply with an app called MP3dit (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ADnet&hl=en). For those that I upload to the cloud via Google Music Manager I am not aware of any such option. Is there a method for changing these? I can't find any alternatives/plugins to Google Music Manager, or at least not yet. I thought of trying the "Keep on Device" thumbtack button - doing keep, making the edit, and then unkeeping it. However, this is would be tedious and unwieldy, plus I can't seem to find the location of the file once it is downloaded. One, but far from the only example. Tags looks uniform, but player splits album. And that one funky artist name with all the extra spaces! ![Back on the hard drive - looks well tagged and uniform](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cl8jp.png) ![From the phone - far from it!](http://i.stack.imgur.com/d8Z1v.png) So... 1 - Is there a way for me to change the artist/track/album info on these cloud-stored songs? 2 - Can anyone shed some light on the naming system in general? I'm fairly certain it isn't simply ID3s. Some albums that look totally uniform on my hard drive are then split when copied to the Nexus 4 (both on device and remotely stored, but at least those on the device are fairly easily fixed)


title: Attempted installing Google Play Store, but ended up installing Android Market!

text: As seen below, anything to do with Google Play is installed in the Android SDK in my Ubuntu. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/mZeBM.png) In light of this SDK Extras set above which has the Licensing Library, it is perfectly legal to have Google Play in emulators created here (correct me if I am wrong). Google Play is a factory default. Yet, when an emulator instance is created (even for that matter, a Nexus with Google API (say 10)) Google Play isn't already there. So, in an attempt to install Google Play the closest I got is using this guide, as per which, I downloaded `gapps-jb-20130307-signed.zip` (the ZIP file for Gingerbread 2.3.3) and unzipped it and just executed the adb commands in the script given at the very end. What I ended up installing was the Android Market! Why?


How does the Samsung Galaxy wake-command work? Is the microprocessor always on? Or does it wake when it detects sound?


title: How can I recover a forgotten WiFi password on my HTC phone?

text: I inadvertently told my HTC Inspire smart phone to forget my WiFi password. Is there a way to reinstate the forgotten password?


title: How can I get the first boot Android welcome screen again without doing a factory reset?

text: Is it possible to get the welcome screen again after going through it without having to wipe the device? I mean the screen where you pick language, configure your Wi-Fi, log into a Google account, etc. I know all those things can be done from the Settings menu, but still, I want to get the welcome screen again, without having to factory-reset. The phone is rooted, in case it matters. I want to make the welcome app start when switching the phone on, so I guess this might involve editing some config file which is read at startup.


title: How to connect your Nexus phone to a VGA projector?

text: I would like to connect my Nexus 5 to an external projector or monitor. I know that there is a SlimPort to HDMI adapter (I have it), however, projectors and standard monitors still have VGA (and no HDMI) output. In addition to the SlimPort HDMI adapter by Analogix, I also bought the deleyCON HDMI to VGA adapter. The problem is that the external displays do not display any content (the SlimPort to HDMI cable is working, though). I also saw an SlimPort to VGA adapter from Analogix, but three customers say that it did not work either; see here for such a case. Has anyone succeeded in connecting the Nexus 4 or 5 to a VGA display? I note that How to use an Android phone or tablet to make a projector presentation? also addresses the problem. However, using a HDMI to VGA adapter (mentioned there as a possible solution) is not working. I am not sure if a real HDMI to VGA _converter_ would be working, but they are typically bulky and I am wondering if there is a specific adapter to solve this problem.


title: Sennheiser lavalier mic connected to to Android

text: I have a Sennheiser EW100 G3 lavalier microphone (basically a wireless microphone sender/receiver), that I want to connect directly to my android with my 3,5mm cable, instead of using a stand-alone recording device. Is that possible?


title: Is there any method through which I can make the YouTube app use https connections instead of http?

text: Well the question describes the problem. I know that the YouTube app is not using secure connections, and I want to force the YouTube app to use secure connections. Can this be done?


title: Problems flashing roms

text: I am having problems flashing paranoid android (this one here) on my nexus 7 (grouper). After I ran `fastboot update pa.zip` it gave me:               archive does not contain 'android-info.txt' archive does not contain     'android-product.txt' error: update package has no android-info.txt or android product.txt      I have also tried to flash through TWRP and Wug's nexus root toolkit, both failed...


title: How to synchronize Chrome web history on different Android devices?

text: In Chrome, I can find options to synchronize bookmarks, passwords, web search (nice feature) but nothing about my web history synchronization. Am I missing an obvious option ? Is there an external application that could do that or should I try to synchronize manually my history ? This is particulary annoying when doing a search in my desktop Chrome, looking for some results, trying one website, another... then later doing the same research on one of my Android device and re-trying the same websites and discover after loading that I already visited this site with no luck.


title: How do I save an address in Google Navigate?

text: I see that there is a Star system but I really can't seem to figure out how to star a map in the application, or outside of it for that matter, it's driving me insane. How to I save an address in Google Navigate, from my Android device? * * * Finally figured out how to do it in Chrome but I keep forgetting how. Not intuitive at all. In Google Chrome type in an address. Once the search results pop up click the blue link on the side bar. The little popup box will show up in the map blocking the view of the map. There is a star in there. Click it. (Red Circle in picture will help.) ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/qKeiA.jpg) But still don't know how to do the same thing on the Android app?


title: Examples of application, used Android Backup Services

text: Do you know any Android applications (with open source, if it's possible), which use Android Backup Service (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup.html) I need examples, how Backup Service can be used in real applications.


title: fastboot does not discover my device

text: I want to connect my device (Omega T107) in fastboot mode.   1. I reboot in bootloader mode (adb reboot bootloader)   2. Screen is black(0 light comming out of it) computer can discover it and driver installs properly   3. fastboot devices returns empty list What am I doing wrong ?


title: Why is "Force GPU rendering" disabled by default Developer options?

text: Why is this feature disabled? When I turn it on, many apps and become snappy and awesome with smooth graphics. Seems like it'd be nice if it was enabled by default. The linked article in this question says that hardware acceleration wasn't default up until 4.0. Is the "Force GPU rendering" option then targeting apps that use API for 3.0 and lower?


title: Google location

text: Using a Samsung galaxy 4s. I'm using Google location. I pulled location history and broke it down by the minute. GPS was not on only mobile data and location services. I drove through and area and it just kept showing me on the map with a large circle around me. When I pulled the times it has me in one location and the next minute jumping to a location that is 10 miles away. How can that happen? Did I lock onto a cell tower? The previous 3 days passed the same place but never picked me up. Times of travel were different on the previous 3 days. Do thanks for responding.


title: Unable to overwrite CWM with TWRP

text: I'm trying to get TWRP running instead of CWM on my HTX One X. When flashing the recovery through fastboot, and rebooting the phone - the bootloader choice for "recovery" goes straight to CWM. I tried flashing TWRP through GooManager, and the same thing happens. It kinda seems like the files doesn't get overwritten... This all started because I wanted to swap the custom rom running (at the moment it's Cyanogen 10.2.0). But even overwriting the boot.img file seems impossible, since all other ROMs just throws the phone in to a bootloop. The same happens when trying to update to Cyanogen 10.2.1.. (As I've seen many have to manually flash a new boot.img through fastboot) Any thoughts on how to solve such a case? Edit 1 -> Commands ran in fastboot:               fastboot flash recovery recovery.img     fastboot reboot      Started phone in bootloader and selected "Recovery" from the menu. CWM shows up and no sign of TWRP. When trying to flash the new Roms (not cyanogen), I flashed the accompanying boot.img through fastboot.               fastboot flash boot boot.img      No luck, and it get stuck on the HTC-Screen..


title: Reply-by-SMS with Google Voice

text: I've got a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running stock Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1. As you probably know, Jelly Bean has a new feature that allows you to "respond-by- SMS" to incoming phone calls. Unfortunately, this feature sends a text message from your "real" phone number instead of Google Voice. For those of us that use Google Voice full-time, and don't want to reveal our real phone numbers, and keep accurate messaging logs, this is undesirable behavior. **Question** : Does anyone know if it's possible to get the respond-by-SMS feature to send from Google Voice instead of the built-in _Messaging_ app? The description of the feature in question is: " _When you miss a call, a new notification lets you return the call or reply by SMS with a single touch._ " http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/


title: Offline HTML5 apps

text: Does android natively have good support for fully-functional HTML5 offline apps? By fully functional I mean without artificial limitations on HTML5 features; for example a limit on the size of offline storage would make many potential applications impossible.


title: How to stop a text received from splitting up?

text: I just got my first Smart phone (Galaxy S II) and it splits up texts longer than 160 characters when I receive them. I often forward these long texts. Is there something I can do?


title: Are 'Apple/Android Specific' USB charging ports really different?

text: I have a portable battery with two USB ports. One is labelled Android and one is labelled Apple. Apparently each has charging circuits optimized for that particular type of device. This sounds unlikely to me (both ports appear to charge my Android device just fine), but I don't know much about it, especially regarding Apple devices. Is there any truth behind this? What is the difference between the ports and can I charge any device using either of the ports? I've also seen tablet and phone specific charging ports. Do they simply differ by maximum output current?


title: Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?

text: I have upgraded my phone to Android 2.1. I need to reset my phone but I don't want to lose the upgrade. Is it possible to do this? How?


title: Nexus 4 factory reset

text: My nexus 4 originally came with android 4.2 JB. Since then I have gotten the 4.3 update. If i perform a factory reset sometime in the future will it go back to 4.2 or will the update be still in place. Also is there anyway to downgrade the os?


title: operation system afterFactory reset

text: If I do a factory reset what version of the software will be present when restored. I have updated my software a few times since original purchase.


title: Upgraded my phone from 1.6 to 2.2 Android version, if I restore "Factory Settings", which version it will be?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade? I upgraded my Galaxy 551 from 1.6 to 2.2 Android version some time ago with Samsung Kies, now I want to make a factory reset due to reset all of my settings and give the phone to my mother. I'm wondering about wich version the factory reset will bring to me. It is the factory version (1.6) or the upgraded version (2.1)?


title: Ringtones ring only once for alarms and calls in Cyanogenmod 11

text: I have the latest monthly Cyanogenmod 11 installed on my Samsung Galaxy SII phone. This past week, I noticed that the alarms I set (with both the built in alarm app and the I Can't Wake Up app from the Play Store) only ring once then goes silent (the alarm is still on the screen and the phone still vibrates). This is also true for incoming calls, the ringtone rings only once. I tried changing ringtones to no effect. Looks like this is an issue that's not limited to a specific ringtone or app. How can I troubleshoot this? Thanks!


title: Samsung Galaxy S III i9300 Boot Loop, No Recovery, after Cyanogenmod Installer

text: Some threads with similar issues are already around, but I didn't find one with the same problem as me. What I was doing when the issue happened: I was trying to install cyanogenmod from the isntaller method (apk isntalled on the phone, application running on windows that installs it automatically). At certain point, it rebooted the device and the cyanogenmod logo was on the screen. After a while, the program gave an error "'We couldn't talk to your phone' - Samsung devices ONLY", which is described in their wiki. So the pc lost connection to the phone. What I did: 1 - Since I had installed the clockwork recovery and tested it before, I thought "hey, no problem. I'll hust recover this S*it". So I disconnected the SIII from the PC and tried to enter recovery mode pressing "volume ip + home + power". While I have these pressed, the phone in in an infinite loop on the initial screen showing the brand and model. When I release them, it goes straight to the cyanogenmod blue creepy robot just there staring. 2 - Since that didn't work out since I now don't have a recovery mode and I don't have any functioning rom either, I found several tutorials for using Odin and reflashing and or repartitioning. PROBLEM: Odin seems to recognize the phone (com port), I click on the option and... FAIL! 2.1 - What I have tried: Different Odin versions (1.83 and 3.09), stock drivers from Kies, Zadig drivers. So. There you go. I pretty much exhausted everything I could get from my head and interpret from google. So, No recovery, no ROM, fail at odin. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.


title: how to avoid car mode in my samsung galaxy s plus 19001 phone

text: My samsung galaxy s plus is suddenly turn into car mode while connecting USB and re-rote the screen automatically. How to avoid car mode in my samsung galaxy s plus 19001 phone??


title: Are there any stats of Android version distribution by region?

text: The dashboard shows global distribution, and I wonder if there's a way to find out the difference in Gingerbread distribution between say, India and Europe.


title: How can I make my Galaxy Tab 3 authenticate with my Sky Router?

text: I have just tried to connect my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (8") to a Sky Netgear Router. In the black bar at the top the WiFi icon has a question mark in it. On the Settings page, in Wi-Fi, it alternates between:               Wi-Fi networks Connecting...     SKY00000     Authenticating...      and               Wi-Fi networks     SKY00000     Saved, Secured      I wondered if it could be the router but didn't have time to investigate. I've just arrived at another house with the same router type and I'm seeing the same thing. Neither router had been played with. I'm using my phone to submit this via the router, so it's working fine. The Tab 3 is new and I'm not at all familiar with Android. Is there anything on it I can tweak?


title: Phone screen went black after getting wet and will not turn on

text: My phone got wet in the rain, and the screen went black and will not turn on. I left it alone for 2 hours but to no avail. Now I'm charging the phone and it still wont work, the phone just vibrates every 3 seconds. I took out battery and put it back in, but that did not help. What do I do?


title: How do I use Google Talk with only one Google account?

text: I have two Google accounts set up on my Verizon Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX. I wish to use Google Talk with only one of the two accounts, but not the other. But I still want to use Google Talk with the second account when I use it from the desktop and in other places. Is there a way to have Google Talk sign in to only one of my two Google accounts?


title: Navigation Buttons (Back, Home, Menu, etc.) in the Notification/Statusbar?

text: I am remotely controlling an old Nexus One attached and talking to a Lego NXT robot. The Nexus One has a broken Home button. In the past I remember overcoming that by finding an app which added an emulated Home button placed in the Android notification/status bar pulldown. The Nexus One is running CM7, I am controlling it by pushing/running scripts (ssh and http/https servers) and full GUI control (VNC server). Even with all of that control, I am still missing basic button/navigation control. Any ideas on how to overcome this? I once used an OSD trackball emulator. Anyone know of OSD buttons or recall what I may have used to get a Home button in my notification menu?


title: Doing a clean install of Android on a Nexus phone or tablet

text: Recently I had a problem where my Nexus S phone would not upgrade to Jelly Bean. During the upgrade process I was getting an error message saying one of the files on my current system is corrupted, so the upgrade cannot be applied. I knew clean install (instead of an upgrade) would fix the issue, but I had a really hard time finding clear information on how to do this. Most tutorials require you to download the new OS from untrusted sources (shady download sites) and assume your phone is rooted. Thankfully as it turned out you can do this **using official Google software only** and you don't need to root your phone (you can - it doesn't matter). I post instructions for the method I used, as an answer below. This is also useful when you need to do a **true factory reset**. The "factory reset" function in Android only clears user data, leaving the OS as it was - useless if your operating system is damaged or if it was modified and you would like to bring it to an original, stock state. This solves the problem. This instructions should work for any Nexus phone or tablet.


title: Make Android always ask where to save a file on every download

text: Is it possible (as an OS-level setting or somewhere in application properties)? Maybe every time a user action leads to saving a file some system event is fired and it's possible to write an app for that purpose? Or maybe someone already did it ;)? Any help'd be really useful as I'm really fed up with digging through `sdcard/download` looking for an md5-string-named file or looking for a folder `super_editor/saves` or even `saves/super_editor` that might be located anywhere.


title: Standard email Android 4 client doesn't keep local copy of emails

text: The new standard email client with Android 4, doesn't seem to keep local copies of emails once they are deleted off the server. Honeycomb did. The email was downloaded to the tablet, and kept even after the email was deleted from the server. I'm using an Acer A500 with Android version 4.0.3 (kernal 2.6.39.4+). Email set up is 'normal'/standard POP3 account. Setting is Delete email from server: Never What am I doing wrong?


title: The process android.process.acore/com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again

text: This morning I tried to turn on my motorola xt-532 and right after the boot I get this two errors:   * "The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."   * "The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." I can't do anything, because as soon as I press "force close" they appear again and again.. Any idea?


title: How to limit cache of internet browsers?

text: I use the default browser as well Opera Mini. I can't seem to find any setting to limit the cache to a certain amount (in MB for example). They eat up disk space quickly. Anyone knows if it's possible limit the cache disk usage of these browsers? If not, can you recommend a browser that can do this?


title: Why / When do I have to log in to Google?

text: Installed MyDocs, I can select my Google-account and see listings of my documents, but to edit something I need to enter a password. Why is this? When does it happen? (I am constantly logged in to GMail) I use Android because all this Google stuff is supposed to be integrated! * * * **Edit** : How can i know if an app is really integrated, and won't require separate authentication.


title: Android: huge thumbdata4 file in DCIM folder

text: I have recently noticed a huge (>3.5GB) file in the DCIM/.thumbnails folder. I have tried deleting it, but the next time I open the Camera app it rebuilds the file (and locks up the phone, sometimes displaying a "media scanning in progress" message, in the process.) The total file size of all the (approximately 2,000) photos displayed in the Gallery is around 500MB. There are in addition around 35,000 images in folders which contain .nomedia files to instruct Android to ignore the media therein. The total file size of these is around 1.5GB. The Gallery app is correctly ignoring these images, but I wonder whether the Camera app is misbehaving and actually processing them. I think this problem has emerged since the ICS upgrade ... either when the phone (Samsung Galaxy Note) was first updated from Gingerbread or at some later date. Any ideas, please?


title: Can I route a call via SIP based on a phone number using native SIP android?

text: My Android 4.x phone supports SIP. However, the options when to use the "Internet calling" are very limited: "For all calls", "Only for Internet calls", "Ask for each call". I would like to use Internet (SIP) calls based on phones number (e.g. all international and long-distance calls should go via SIP, all phone number starting with +395656 xxx and local calls should go via my regular voice account). I don't want to use any application like csipsimple, I want to use native support.


title: Is this a virus?

text: When I try and open the "Movies" application on my phone (HTC Vivid w/ Sense 3.6 and ICS), I'm given with this notification (see image): ![The possible virus](http://i.stack.imgur.com/K2o57.jpg)   Screenshot (click image to enlarge) Now I don't think this is legit, so what do you think? Is this a virus? And if it is (which i think it is), how can I go about removing it?


title: How can I install Google play services on Android 2.2?

text: I have an unbranded tablet running android 2.2. I was trying to develop an application using gcm and wanted to test it on the tablet. But somehow SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE error was coming. I then came to know that for android devices having version less than 4.2.2 , google play services has to be installed in the device for GCM to work. Firstly, i tried to search for Google Play Services on PlayStore app. No result was shown. So instead i tried searching for it on phone's browser. So when i saw the link on browser, a popup appeared asking for whether to open with browser or Playstore. I chose playstore and the link opened. Which was kinda surprising because no result was shown earlier when searching through Playstore. Secondly, when i tried to install the app it gave an error saying that Incompatible with other applications(s) using the sameshared user ID. So, this means i cant test GCM on my device. Any advice ? Thanks in advance :)


title: How do I wipe Nexus 4?

text: I think I got virus and have no idea how to get rid of it. Heyzap ads in every app I think wiping phone will delete virus. I have Nexus 4 with Android 4.3 Phone is not rooted but I am ready to root as I got virus without root. **PS I know about Factory Reset button** https://support.google.com/nexus/4/answer/2936226?hl=en I am not sure if that is enough. I seen some ppl wipe phone from command line from PC. By uploading new firmware from PC. Is that different from Factory Reset button? The reason is that I wish to delete virus that shows ads in Google Play, Desktop, etc


title: On Android 4.2.2, how do I use ADT-Eclipse to browse the file system (with debugging enabled)?

text: I have "Android debugging" enabled on this phone. When I was running Android 4.0.4 and connected to my computer running ADT-Eclipse, I believe there was a tab under DDMS perspective for browsing the file system. Assuming my memory serves me correct, is there some additional setting I need to enable for this to work again?


title: How to enable Play Store auto-update for just a few apps?

text: As the title says, I'd like to enable auto-update for trusted apps (e.g. Google apps), but if I open the app in Play Store and check `Auto-update`, I get the question "Auto-update is currently disabled for all apps. Do you want to enable it? You can always change this in Settings. Data charges may apply." Now, if I select Yes, auto-update is turned on for all apps and I have to deselect each one separately. What I'm looking for is a way to enable auto-update, deselect all apps from auto-update and manually select which apps are allowed to auto-update (i.e. opt-in instead of opt-out). Running stock 4.2.2 on Sony Xperia Z. I haven't rooted the device so solutions without root are preferred. EDIT: The situation turned even worse. Now, if I have several apps waiting to be upgraded and I select `Update all`, I get a popup for each and every app asking "Auto-update has been disabled for [app], are you sure you want to update?". Seems like we're being driven to enable auto-update for all apps, and I don't like it.


title: Root Galaxy S2 with Android 2.3.XX?

text: I need to Root Samsung Galaxy S 2, GT-I9100, with XXKI4 I need to Root it with Room Android 2.3.5 or any version within 2.3.X while searching I just found Android versions above this version all with 4.XX?? Any suggestion for Android version 2.3.X ??


title: How to make camera start faster

text: Everyone knows that start Android camera sometimes is a pain, specially if you wish to take a picture of something that lasts only some seconds. What I want to know is: is there a way or an app that makes the camera start faster? **Note** that I'm not asking about picture shot, though this is important too. I think that as soon as the camera is started, this is not a big deal.


title: Physical (USB) keyboard keeps waking Android ICS tablet from sleep

text: With (or without) my USB keyboard attached... my tablet will sleep after 1 minute of no activity, or if I manually make it sleep by tapping the power button. However, with my keyboard attached it will wake the tablet again after 30+ seconds. And it will continue to do this sleep..wake..sleep..wake.. until I disconnect the keyboard. Is there any way to prevent the keyboard from waking the device? Just to add... if the tablet was already sleeping when I connect the USB keyboard, then the tablet will still wake up after a short period of time. (It is not just when the tablet sleeps having been using the keyboard.) The lights on the keyboard flash just before the tablet wakes up, as if the tablet has sent the signal to 'wake up'? The only related setting I can find is "Stay awake - Screen will never sleep while charging" (not selected) under _Developer options_. **EDIT:** The tablet is a DGM T-703 7inch \- a very generic/vanilla tablet AFAIK. The keyboard is an Afunta(TM) Artificial Leather Keyboard Case, but I have tried another standard USB keyboard and the same thing happens.


title: Galaxy Ace 2 won't display images due to lack of memory?

text: I have a Samsung Galaxcy Ace 2, and it doesn't display images due to lack of memory, as it says. When I open the gallery app, it says "There is not enough space (__ mb) in your device memory. Delete some files." Whenever I do so, it's still not enough. I have this problem a lot, and I delete most of my unnecessary files, and it remains unchanged, usually, and rarely actually displays my remaining images. My device memory is 1 GB, and I have an 8 GB memory card, and most, if not all my things are on the memory card. Can anyone help me with this? I have no clue anymore, and alternative solutions just don't seem effective to me at all.


title: How to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on Sony Xperia Neo V (MT11a)?

text: I have rooted my MT11a with UnlockRoot v2.4.2 and the "superuser" app has appeared. The tutorial said my phone should be requesting to upgrade 4.0.2.A.0.42 to another number ending in .62, but the Update Center says the phone is completely up to date. I should be getting the BusyBox _after_ this update, but the update is not happening. Have I missed a step? The phone is working just fine. I downloaded the ROM Manager, and it is requesting to get "ClockworkMOD Recovery" in order to operate. All this I'm doing to get the cyanogen mod.


title: T-mobile myTouchQ Version 2.3.6. Can I root this phone?

text: I have a T-Mobile myTouchQ. im wondering if that phone can be rooted? If so how do I root it please? version 2.3.6


title: Do I need to root ( unlock boot loader) to flash Factory image for Nexus 5

text: Do I need to unlock boot loader to flash official factory image of Android L Preview ? And will it void warranty? Is it rooting the phone ? I have never rooted phone before and I don't wish to do so. Please provide useful link on how to flash such images.


title: Possible to restore phone-only contacts from PC backup?

text: I have a Samsung S4 which I did factory reset on, after backing up my data to my PC via USB. I grabbed everything off the "phone" and "card" directories and backed up to an external drive on my PC. I assumed that this would be enough to protect my data, but it looks like the phone-only contacts (not the ones synced with Google) are no longer available. (I didn't have Verizon backup assistant turned on lately enough to catch the contacts.) I've read that there should have been a db file in one of the directories, but I don't see anything like that in what I backed up. Someone else wrote that I needed "root" to get to those files, but wouldn't those files have come through the USB backup? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.


title: Android TOP command CPU usage

text: I'm running a simple command line audio processing program in a shell on my Nexus 10 (Android 4.4.2), and want it to consume 100% CPU while it runs. The reason being, if I know it used 100% CPU, I can compare the time it took to the length of the audio file, and work out the effective CPU load if my program were to run in real time. I have two questions:   * When running TOP on Android, does the value in the CPU column refer to the percentage of one core, or both (my program is single threaded, very simple)?   * When running my program, the CPU shown while it runs is 50%. Is it possible the system is limiting it?


title: Touch enabled monitors and Android

text: I need to buy new monitor for my PC and I'm thinking about touch enabled monitors like DELL ST2220T or IIYAMA T2250MTS. I recently bought Gooseberry Board with Android on it and it would be great if I could connect it by HDMI cable to one of these monitors and use touch screen like i would on a tablet. Does anybody know if Android can work with such touch enabled monitors? Maybe someone have touch enabled monitor and could check it somehow?


title: Internet doesn't work with apps without using vpn

text: here's my problem : in normal situation my Internet only works with browser (firefox) and not any other app like markets or Duolingo . But , when I use DroidVPN it starts to work with other apps as well . I suspect Google setting and Google market . I have uninstalled both of them because of some problems that they have . recently when I reinstalled them , this problem appeared . ( But I'm not sure , cause I think a while after installation it was working . ) by the way I am using my home wireless . my background data is on . I need my Internet back without any VPN app and I DON'T want any factory reset or any kind of reset and those stuff . I've read all other similar question and answers . non helps ! can you help me ? PLEASE ? any help would be appreciated !   p.s. I'm using the wireless with my laptop to . and every thing is ok with it .


title: How can I copy media files to my phone without adding them to the gallery?

text: I keep my media files (such as music) on my home server. When I add a new album to the home server, and want to copy it to my **Android 4.0.4** phone, I use a Samba client (such as AndSMB or X-plore) to copy the files to the phone. So far, so good. The problem is that the images in subdirectories that I copy over (such as album art) automatically get added to the gallery during the copy, although the root directory I'm copying into has a `.nomedia` file in it. If I start the copy, then check the Gallery app mid-copy, I see the images start to appear before I run any other apps. I don't want the images to appear in the gallery. If I "clear data" for the Media Storage app, then reboot, the gallery is rebuilt without the album art images, so the `.nomedia` file does seem to be doing its job some of the time. **Is there a way I can copy media files to my phone over a network, without them automatically getting added to the gallery?** Clearing the data in Media Storage and rebooting the phone works, but is tiresome and has other unwanted side effects like resetting my ringtones.


title: Trying to install ADB USB Drivers, but Nexus is never appearing in Device Manager

text: I'm trying to install the google-adb-drivers.zip file (obtained here) on a Windows 7 64-bit system. The phone is the Nexus S 9020T. USB connectivity works correctly for file transfer mode. When I enable debugging, I expect to see "Nexus" appear under "Other Devices" in Device Manager, but it doesn't. After checking USB Debugging under "Developer Options" in the phone, the computer makes the USB disconnected sound. I was able to load the drivers on a different Windows 7 32-bit system, but that's not the system I want to use. Why is the debugging port not being recognized on the 64 bit system? I saw the other post with a link to download the SDK, but I also would like to avoid installing the entire SDK unless absolutely necessary.


title: What to do when my Samsung galaxy s2 stops during boot?

text: Its Like I on my phone and then it started show the samsung s2 then it shows the s sign and its stuck there


title: Nexus 4 factory image restore

text: Hey I've download the factory image but i can't open the folder it's just gave me an unknown type file and i really need to open the folder to use the flash command ![here is the file ](http://i.stack.imgur.com/iptVt.jpg)


title: Hard-bricked with dead bootloader Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300)

text: You can see the original files that I used for the partioning from this website, as well as the other links : https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=F968213B88AADBF5!127&authkey=!AH0DTuPbDvUS7s4 I live in Sri Lanka, and apparently it is not official in my country. The Samsung Service Center does not support my phone, as I bought it from another shop. I followed all the instructions in the guide. Everything went fine, and it said that it had finished partitioning 512 MB from my 2GB Internal USB Storage (My 16GB SD card was inside the phone as well during the time of partitioning, but it was not partitioned and works fine when inserted it to my SD card reader/writer). it came back to the screen that said Re-boot into recovery mode. I pressed the reboot into recovery mode, and the screen went blank. After that, I could not boot it normally, and also into recovery or download mode. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300). My phone was rooted with a file (I do not have that file, and the Dropbox download link was lost), but my phone worked perfectly after that with no bugs. It ran on Android Gingerbread (2.3.6) and out of the 960mb of internal space, about 880mb was full. Note : The old links are no longer there and are dead. The only place to get the files is from the link mentioned above. I would appreciate if anyone could help me. Thanks and best regards, Sanoo


title: Rooting the Galaxy S3 Without a Computer

text: Is it possible to root the Galaxy S3 without a computer? If so, what would the process be? My Galaxy S3 is with Verizon and is currently running Android 4.3.


title: How do I include contacts when searching in Google Maps?

text: When I search for "Joe" in the Google Maps application, I'd like it to include "Joe Smith" from my Google contacts. How might I make this happen? I'm using CyanogenMod 11-20140604-NIGHTLY-hammerhead (on a Nexus 5, "hammerhead").


title: Undo removed prediction in swiftkey android app

text: I have by mistakenly removed some predicted texts and confused how can i get them back ? this has happened without my awareness when the phone was in pocket without display lock. I have lost many of my words and finding it very hard to text using swift key nowadays.


title: How to find android apps occupies RAM memory space?

text: I wish to know about which app is occupies more memory space in RAM when i use multiple apps Note: i just have RAM capacity of 256MB so that my battery downs soon.


title: Get my samsung password without reset it for my stolen android device

text: My galaxcy s2 is stolen and i need to track it using my samsung account but i dont remember the pass; Can anyone please tell me how could i know my samsung account password without resting it as used in samsung account SignIn procedure to find password by email


title: Fix permission option removed from CWM recovery 6.0.3.6

text: I updated to latest ClockWorkMode recovery in my **Galaxy S 3(AT &T,d2att)**.   **New version is 6.0.3.6.**   And noticed that Fix Permission option is removed from it.   I used that option when flasing ROMs.   I can't find why they did so. Will it affects flashing new ROMs? Is it not necessary? Anyone knows reason behind that update?


title: Where can I find the photos autosynced by Google?

text: My Android phone autosyncs all the photos I took to my Google account. Where could I find it? I'm using Google cloud services to sync photos. I tried looking at my Google Drive, but it says that I don't have any back-up files. I also checked in Google+, but there are no photos.


title: Is there a way to auto backup my phone files to my PC via wifi?

text: I am looking for a way to automatically transfer files in my phone to my PC (Win7) if my phone connects to my home wifi network. Thanks


title: Can't tell if HTC One V is GSM or CDMA

text: I recently won an HTC One V and I want to sell it, but I'm not sure what carriers it supports. I won it from an HTC stand I went to, and all they said was that the phone was unlocked so that it could be used with any carrier. How can I tell if it's CDMA or GSM? I can't remove the cover to see an ESN or HEX number, and I don't see any spot for a SIM slot. On the label of the phone it has an IMEI number, an S/N number and a P/N number. Any ideas? I see listings on ebay that say GSM and other listing that say GSM/HSPA. How do I tell?


title: How do I enable permissions? I can't receive text messages or send emails because there are red triangles on the permissons

text: I have no permissions enabled for messaging. How do I enable this to send and receive text messages and send emails? I have no green check marks anywhere... For example, if you go to settings-applications-manage applications and click on "all" and go to "messaging", it shows you all of the permissions. If you scroll down to the different descriptions (personal info, services that cost you money, your messages, network communication, etc.), to the left of these descriptions should be a green checkmark. All I have is danger triangles next to the descriptions and therefore can't send emails, receive sms and so on. Is it a phone issue or a network provider issue? Oh, it's a Samsung Galaxy Ace. My wife has a Samsung Galaxy, and it's working fine. She has all of the green checkmarks...


title: How do I stop Maps and Street View from auto updating?

text: I'm on Froyo. My phone internal memory is nearly full, so I've stopped updating my apps and uninstalled updates from the preinstalled apps. However, every few days, my phone keeps auto updating the Maps and Street View apps, filling up the internal memory and I have to uninstall them. Is there any way I can disable the auto update? As far as I can tell there's no entry for these apps in the Store.


title: Phone keeps restarting / shutting down randomly is there any logging to help debugging

text: Sometimes my Samsung Europa restarts itself when it's on standby. Does Android have any logging which I can access to see what caused the restart? I have installed a few apps from the Android app market and some games. Haven't installed anything that I've developed myself.


title: Apple connectivity with Android devices

text: I am considering a new phone and right now my choice is **between iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S3**. I'm not overly concerned about apps since most of the stuff I use is available for both environments. I like the Samsung for its larger screen (4.8" vs. 3.5") because I use the phone to read email and web sites quite often, but I **use a Mac** at home and so I'm a little worried about connectivity / compatibility. What I'm looking for is a **worry-free, as automated as possible, solution** to the following questions. I'm not afraid of spending some time setting stuff up, but after that it has to work reliably and automatically. I don't want to spend half an hour daily to manually connect USB cables, copy or convert files and sort out duplicates. If there are third party apps that do all or most of this (e.g. SyncMate, MissingSync, etc) that you have personal experience with, please share it. I know these apps exist, but I don't know how they perform in practice, and they don't say whether the Galaxy S3 is supported (yet).   1. **Calendar sync:** AFAIK, works if you sync iCal to Google and Android to Google. Right? a) How about multiple calendars? b) How about recurring events? c) How about reminders, notes attachments to events? d) How about multiple participants and their acceptance / refusal replies?   2. **EMail sync** : I do not use GMail and don't plan to, mainly because I run my own mail server which can do IMAP. Is it possible to use your own IMAP service under Android, without losing any other functionality?   3. **Contacts sync** : The most important feature (this is what brought me to get an iPhone originally). Has to be 100% reliable, I have >500 contacts in OSX's Address Book, all with multiple phone numbers, addresses, photos, and notes. Is it correct that you can only sync your Android address book with Google if you use GMail for your email?   4. **Data backup:** ITunes takes care of backing up your whole iPhone setup when syncing so you can restore everything to a new device when necessary with a single mouse click. Also, there are apps that can restore and extract infos (like SMS, addresses, etc) from the backups on your Mac. How does the Galaxy, or Android in general, handle backup of data, apps, settings and the like?   5. **Tethering** : When I'm on the road I want to go online with my Macbook using the phone. With my iPhone 3G, this works beautifully. How does Android handle tethering and is it usable with OS X?   6. **Notes and todo sync:** Is there anything that can sync with the default Mac Note and Todo list or suitable third party apps? Any other things I might miss when switching from iPhone to Android that I might have missed?


title: Android versions without DRM?

text: Since smartphones have become "the thing", it has somehow been decided that locking your phone to a particular primary e-mail address and having DRM is "okay". Android, despite being open-source, is somehow not the exception. Since Android IS open-source however, it would seem that a developer would be able to customize it to remove the primary-email restriction on the phone and to unlock all purchased applications to be available to whomever is using the phone at the time, only requiring a sign-in to purchase new applications or when using certain applications. I don't currently use Android, and bought a Windows 7 Phone only to find that it does the exact same thing as Android (and most other phone operating systems) Are there any Android projects that are attempting to move Android towards a DRM-less environment?


title: Where can I get the stock Android Kernel  configuration for Galaxy S3 running ICS?

text: Question: We are trying to find the kernel configuration on a currently running Samsung Galaxy S2, with Android 4.0.3 (Ice-Cream Sandwich). We do not wish to root the phone. We checked `/proc/config.gz` as well as looking for `config-*` under `/boot` (which did not exist). We have downloaded the Samsung kernel git repository and are browsing arm configs. What is the kernel config that matches our phone. If it is not one of these which one will work with out phone? What is the specific configuration for the kernel? **Specifications:** Build Number: IML74K.UGLD3 Kernel version: 3.0.15-I9100MUGLD3-CL377577se.infra@SEP-74#3 `ls samsung/arch/arm/configs`(running on the computer we downloaded the repository on)               acs5k_defconfig     acs5k_tiny_defconfig     afeb9260_defconfig     ag5evm_defconfig     am200epdkit_defconfig     ap4evb_defconfig     assabet_defconfig     at91cap9adk_defconfig     at91rm9200_defconfig     at91sam9260ek_defconfig     at91sam9261_defconfig     at91sam9263_defconfig     at91sam9g20ek_defconfig     at91sam9rlek_defconfig     at91x40_defconfig     badge4_defconfig     bcmring_defconfig     cam60_defconfig     cerfcube_defconfig     cm_x2xx_defconfig     cm_x300_defconfig     cns3420vb_defconfig     colibri_pxa270_defconfig     colibri_pxa300_defconfig     collie_defconfig     corgi_defconfig     cpu9260_defconfig     cpu9g20_defconfig     da8xx_omapl_defconfig     davinci_all_defconfig     dove_defconfig     ebsa110_defconfig     edb7211_defconfig     em_x270_defconfig     ep93xx_defconfig     eseries_pxa_defconfig     exynos4_defconfig     ezx_defconfig     footbridge_defconfig     fortunet_defconfig     g3evm_defconfig     g4evm_defconfig     h3600_defconfig     h5000_defconfig     h7201_defconfig     h7202_defconfig     hackkit_defconfig     herring_defconfig     imote2_defconfig     integrator_defconfig     iop13xx_defconfig     iop32x_defconfig     iop33x_defconfig     ixp2000_defconfig     ixp23xx_defconfig     ixp4xx_defconfig     jornada720_defconfig     kirkwood_defconfig     ks8695_defconfig     lart_defconfig     loki_defconfig     lpd270_defconfig     lubbock_defconfig     mackerel_defconfig     magician_defconfig     mainstone_defconfig     mini2440_defconfig     mmp2_defconfig     msm_defconfig     mv78xx0_defconfig     mx1_defconfig     mx21_defconfig     mx27_defconfig     mx3_defconfig     mx51_defconfig     mxs_defconfig     neponset_defconfig     netwinder_defconfig     netx_defconfig     nhk8815_defconfig     nuc910_defconfig     nuc950_defconfig     nuc960_defconfig     omap1_defconfig     omap2plus_defconfig     orion5x_defconfig     palmz72_defconfig     pcm027_defconfig     pcontrol_g20_defconfig     pleb_defconfig     pnx4008_defconfig     pxa168_defconfig     pxa255-idp_defconfig     pxa3xx_defconfig     pxa910_defconfig     qil-a9260_defconfig     raumfeld_defconfig     realview_defconfig     realview-smp_defconfig     rpc_defconfig     s3c2410_defconfig     s3c6400_defconfig     s5p64x0_defconfig     s5pc100_defconfig     s5pv210_defconfig     sam9_l9260_defconfig     shannon_defconfig     shark_defconfig     simpad_defconfig     spear3xx_defconfig     spear6xx_defconfig     spitz_defconfig     stamp9g20_defconfig     tct_hammer_defconfig     tegra_defconfig     trizeps4_defconfig     u300_defconfig     u8500_defconfig     usb-a9260_defconfig     versatile_defconfig     vexpress_defconfig     viper_defconfig     xcep_defconfig     zeus_defconfig


title: Flash the newer version of ROM over the old one on ART environment

text: I've flashed Carbon ROM on my LG G2 (D802) device and when e new Nightly release, I download it and put it on my SD Card and dirty flash it (Only clean Dalvik cache and cache partition). Now I've changed my enviroment from Dalvik ro ART and it seems that everything except nandroid manager is working fine, my question is, when a new Nightly release, what should I do now exactly? should I dirty flash like the other ones? and when I flashed the latest Nightly, what will happen to my environment, will it change back to Dalvik or it will stay on ART environment? Thanks in advance.


title: BlueStacks with proxy

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to configure BlueStack AppPlayer to use Proxy settings when connecting > to Network? I am using BlueStacks 0.7.7.813. I want to run apps like whatsapp on my laptop and the internet is connected with proxy. Is there any way to run apps like whatsapp on BluStacks behind proxy server?


title: Nexus 7 System error 'show low battery logo'

text: Today I finally got my Nexus 7 though the post and turned it on; I was just checking charge. I got an 'out of battery' UI message and the tablet then turned itself off. I plugged in the USB charger to the wall and attached the Mini-usb to the tablet and waited an hour. Now, when I try hit the on switch the tablet seems to be running, but I'm confronted with a terminal type windows which says 'show low battery logo'. I did some Googling' and I only found on other thread which wasn't much use. I am unable to go to another menu and it's a simple command line type message, hitting the screen and the home button is not visible. Should I leave the tablet to de charge (take forever) or should I continue charging?


title: Use pen window without the pen on Samsung Galaxy Note 3

text: I recently bought Note 3 and quite like it's features but there is one annoying thing. Users of Note 3 are probably familiar with the feature called pen window which lets you draw an area on the screen in which to show one of the supported applications. This is great but annoying thing is that you can not use this without pulling the s-pen out. Is there some way around this ? Essentially I would like to use this feature by drawing a window with a finger instead of a pen. I am hoping that there is some sub-option for this that I missed but if there is no such option workarounds using third party-apps , rooting, changing config files and similar are also welcome in the answer. EDIT: This app is a step towards my goal but it doesn't support drawing windows with a finger http://galaxy-note-3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/open-air- command-menu-without-using-s-pen-your-galaxy-note-3-0150515/


title: Danger of increasing the vibration strength of phone

text: Are there any dangers or possible negative consequences to increasing the vibration strength of a phone? Ideas were damages to the motor, lower battery life or increased wear leading to a shorter operating life? I don't know how likely or possible these are. Specifically I want to use Vibration Config to increase the strength of my hopeless Nexus 4's vibration.


title: Is there a way to check how many hours a phone has been powered on?

text: I want to buy a new mobile and my mate told me that he has a new phone to sell. I don't believe him that the Samsung S4 Active is as new as he telling me. I want to check how many hours was this mobile was used. Is there any way to do that?


title: Android installation age

text: Is there a way to discover when my Android OS was installed? In other word: what is the age of the SO running in my phone (since the last FW upgrade)? I have root access and I prefer not installing any extra apps to this task (altough, if it is the only way, I may install one). I already have a Terminal Emulator App. I looked into "Settings -> About phone" and there is a counter since the last _reboot_ , which is **not** what I want. I am running Android 4.0.4 on a Sony Xperia P.


title: Find when device was activated

text: I am trying to figure out when my devices (tablet, tv dongle, etc) were activated. Is there a place (in google account settings, device files, anywhere) this data can be obtained? My devices are rooted, so I can use terminal access to read internal files if needed. Some suggestions in the net say to find the first day of data usage in the logs, but I want to find an accurate date (preferably a timestamp) of the device activation. I can't seem t be able to type dialer codes in a tablet, there's no phone app. Also this question is about android devices in general, not only phones.


title: Date of ROM installation

text: Is there any way to know when I flashed my last custom ROM? Atleast a smart way to find the approximate date/time using some logs deep down in my android would be good.


title: Samsung Galaxy S2 not enough storage

text: I have a Galaxy S2 and a memory card installed. There are tons of free space on both. When I install any app, it downloads and then says `not enough storage`. How to solve this problem? It's running ICS, and it's the latest available for it in my region. I tried moving most apps to the SD card and uninstalled some. I also restarted the phone as well. Now, it shows low on space notification in the notification bar.


title: How can I buy apps from unsupported countries?

text: What can you do if you are located in a country that still does not support paid apps? Please include solutions for non-rooted users as well.


title: Can't explore files on my Sony Xperia U using my Ubuntu 12.10 laptop

text: I previously used Ubuntu 12.04. When I connected my phone (Sony Xperia U) in MTP mode, I would be able to see it in Nautilus as a "SEMC HSUSB device" and browse files, copy files, and so on. Now, I have a new laptop and I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. My device is not recognised any more by Nautilus - I can see that the OS recognises it by seeing the entries that appear in /var/log/syslog - but the phone does not get mounted and I can't think of any way to access the files on the phone and put new files there except the terribly slow Bluetooth. Has anyone else faced such an issue? Can you help?


title: Micromax Funbook tablet frozen at boot screen. No clockwork mod recovery - how to restore?

text: I have a Micromax Funbook tablet (codename:P300) running Android 4.0.3. While playing with a file explorer, I accidentally moved a file from /system folder. Yes, the device came as rooted and I had enabled root explorer and mounted the partition as writable. I did so because I was mistakenly taken an assumption that I had installed Clockworkmod Recovery mod recovery. Upon restart, the device does not go beyond bootloader image (it just says "Funbook" for ever). I had attempted restart into recovery by pressing option button and then powering on. To my nasty surprise, now only I realised that I had not installed Clockworkmod Recovery and landed on some recovery with following options: Android system recovery <3e>   1. Reboot system now    2. Apply update from external storage   3. wipe data/factory reset   4. wipe cache partition   5. apply update from cache Can anyone can help in restoring the tablet to original ROM? Even if I have ROM file, without Clockworkmod Recovery how can I recover?


title: Is there way to install ICS on Galaxy Pocket?

text: I have Samsung Galaxy Pocket - GT-S5300. Is there a way to install ICS and it will work properly? Will overclock be needed? If so, how to do so?


title: Wifi Not Connecting - Cyanogenmod 10 TF101

text: I just installed Cyanogenmod 10 on my Transformer TF101 and every time I try to connect to my home network, it says 'Connecting...' then it goes to 'Saved, secured with WPA' without the internet connection.


title: How to mod android rom so none can ever install an app in it?

text: I already know how to modify an android ROM by modifying files, remove and add it into ROM. But I don't have knowledge to building/compiling a ROM. I want to lock the OS so none can ever install new app to it. Well at least for they that not have a knowledge to flash the ROM with other OS. Is there a way to prevent user from install any application to the ROM? like removing the market app or the package installer, pros n cons?


title: Jelly Bean resource Usage

text: I have a phone with 512MB of ram. The company has launched the Jelly Bean update for the phone. Currently my phone is running Android ICS 4.0.4 which has alot of lag and frameloss issues, So I am thinking to update to JB. However I am concerned about the memory usage of JB. So my question is: Whether JB uses more ram than ICS?


title: How do I stop the Adobe Flash Player updates from installing themselves?

text: The Adobe Flash Player 11.0 update keeps installing itself on my HTC Desire. At over 17 MB that pushes me into the "Low space" zone and then my gmail stops refreshing etc... which is a disaster. Now while I can go into Settings -> Applications and can uninstall the update (which leaves me with the stock version of the Flash Player which is fine for me), a couple hours later Flash reinstalls itself again. Not only is this annoying but it also cost me a lot of bandwidth. Is there any way I can disable updates for this default application?


title: Empty SIM contacts list, but they still show up in contact details

text: I use solely Google contacts as my contacts repository and display only the Google "My Contacts" group in my contacts list. When looking at contacts details, most of them have in the "connection" field both the Google and the SIM logo - implying that this is a fusioned contact between Google and the SIM (both small logos are also visible in the contact list). Strange thing nr 1: When I limit the display to "SIM" only the list is empty. So what does that SIM logo mean? Strange thing nr 2: in contact details I can separate both contacts (Google and SIM) - I am asked if I really want to separate both contacts and, abracadabra, the SIM contact is gone. The SIM logo is not displayed anymore and the SIM contact list is still empty. I have no idea how the logos got there, some contacts have it, some others not -- apparently randomly (there is nothing special in contacts which have them and do not -- all are managed from my Google account). Any ideas on how to fix this (= remove the SIM logo in batch if this is a bug -or- understand what the SIM logo really means) Than you!


title: How can I get location detection working on my Pocket TV?

text: I have an Infinitec Pocket TV (PTV1000 running Android 4.0.4, build ICS02A) and none of the location detection settings seem to work. Whenever I click the my location icon in Google Maps, I get this message: > Please enable a My Location source in system settings The News and Weather app/widget just says "No weather location available" and has an option to enter my location. In **Settings** -> **Location services** I have both " ** _Google's location service** : location determined by wifi_" and " ** _Location & Google search**: Let Google use your location to improve search results and other services_" ticked, which are the only options in there. I know that this device doesn't have GPS, but the network location features using wifi and IP should still work the same way they do on my non-GPS & non-3G tablet?