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Someone has reported me that he cannot install or upgrade applications on Google Play. It fails with error RPC:S-5:AEC-0 What does that mean? How to fix this?
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I found this working answer on Androidcentral: Remove and re-add the main Google account
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Google play fails to install application with RPC:S-5:AEC-0
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android
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Is there is free application or some trick to run sequence of applications on android? For example I want to start the following sequence: Wi-Fi --> Tor --> Browser
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You should try Tasker for simple interface and quick setup. If you are willing to do something by code and very specific, a good alternative is onX by Microsoft, you can write your code to do exactly the things you wanna do. Also there are some ready recipes that you can quickly setup.
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How can I run a sequence of applications or actions on certain triggers on Android?
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android
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I understand that unlocking the bootloader will wipe my Android phone, but have been looking around for why. Seems to be by design, but what is the reasoning for that design? Is it some security concern, some obscure technical reason, or just for lulz? I'm looking for something solid to chew on here, something more than because "that's how it is".
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It's a security concern. The Android documentation doesn't provide a lot of elaboration, stating simply: The procedure must be confirmed on-screen, and deletes the user data for privacy reasons. However, the privacy concern is relatively straightforward to extrapolate. Once the bootloader is unlocked, the device can be flashed with unsigned images. This means that it is relatively trivial to root the device, and there are actually multiple ways it can be done, such as: Flashing a system image with root tools built in Flashing a boot image that runs <code> adbd </code> with root by default (an "unsecure" image) Flashing a recovery image, then using that to overwrite the system or boot partitions with ones that allow root access Once root is obtained, all of the information on <code> /data </code> essentially becomes accessible. This could be emails, contact information, or many other pieces of personal information that you likely don't want in the wrong hands. Therefore, it makes sense to wipe all of this data during the unlocking procedure to ensure that there is no off-the-shelf "official" way of bypassing the sandboxing restrictions implemented by the Android operating system, which would thereby allow someone to steal personal data. Of course, there may be ways to root without wiping on some devices, but they rely on exploits rather than official methods like a bootloader unlock, meaning they are basically bugs.
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Why does unlocking the bootloader wipe phone?
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android
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I recently turned on two-step verification for my Google account and installed the Google Authenticator app on my Android device. Based on what I have read everywhere (even Google's official info: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1173270 ), I was under the expectation that I would have to generate an application specific password for some of the apps on my Android device - gmail, youtube, etc. However, that hasn't happened. Everything continues to work fine on my device including gmail, youtube, sync functionality, etc. I have restarted the device, forced it to sync manually, etc...no problems, and I'm never prompted to enter a verification code, never set the device as trusted, etc. How does this work? Are the Google Android native apps using the Google Authenticator service behind the scenes to generate codes?
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Native Google apps don't use password (which you entered before activating 2-step authentication) everytime to log in. They only need it for the first time. After the first authentication, an <code> Auth. Token </code> is downloaded which is used for subsequent logins. As this Auth. Token isn't your main password, verification code isn't required at all. So, your apps continue to work without asking anything. To invalidate this Auth. Token, you'll have to change your main password. Do it and you'll be asked to enter password in Android device. And, this time, your main password wouldn't work. You'll have to generate and use application-specific password. Native Google apps don't prompt for verification code. They only seek passwords which would let them authenticate.
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Google Authenticator used by native apps?
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android
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I'm using a Rikomagic 802III running Android 4.1.1, connected to my TV. Until today, I was able to connect to Google Play, and my widgets were showing data. Now, when I open Google Play, I get an error, after it indicates "Connecting", "Cannot Connect". I've got some other widgets, like Google Analytics that also say "offline". However, I am able to browse online through Chrome, and my account is linked. When opening my analytics app, I briefly saw some exception error but haven't been able to reproduce. When I go to Google.com in the default browser, I see an error indicating" This certificate isn't from a trusted authority" but it all appears to have Google info: Common name: *.google.com I seem to recall some kind of Google certificate related issue on my desktop where I would see a similar error, and was told it had something to do with the system time. Has anyone experienced anything like this and/or know how to fix it?
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Turns out that the solution for this problem is the one I alluded to above. The system date/time preceded the certificate's issue date, and I suspect that was causing the problem. Setting the date to the correct date (or sometime between the certificate's issue and expiration date) seems to have solved the problem.
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Android 4.1 unable to connect to Google Play but other wifi functions work - how to fix?
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android
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According to the Wikipedia page for Andorid rooting , The process of rooting varies widely by device, but usually includes exploiting a security weakness in the firmware of the device [emphasis added] , and then copying the su binary to a location in the current process's PATH (e.g. /system/xbin/su) and granting it executable permissions with the chmod command. A supervisor application like SuperUser or SuperSU can regulate and log elevated permission requests from other applications. Many guides, tutorials, and automatic processes exist for popular Android devices facilitating a fast and easy rooting process. Now, I wanted to know what exploits are being used in this process so I started looking around. I did find a couple references to Android exploits (notably RageAgainstTheCode ), but a couple questions on here (stackexchange-url ("this one") and stackexchange-url ("How does su regulate app permissions?")) give me the impression that no actual exploit is being performed. From what I have gathered the process works like such: Unlock bootloader (stackexchange-url ("wipes device for security concerns")) Install custom recovery (will allow flashing arbitrary ZIP files) Flash SuperUser.apk app As I understand it, the custom recovery is able to flash the ZIP file because it exists at a lower level (so to speak) than the ROM, and as such, can modify the ROM to install the <code> su </code> binary and SuperUser app. That is, no real exploit is being used to attain root. Am I grossly missing something here? Is some exploit being performed implicitly during one of these steps? As a note, I'm talking about a user rooting a phone, not about a malicious piece of code getting root access.
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First, there's nothing like THE rooting process. You partly answered your question yourself: rooting a device can be done in different ways. The two best known methods include: using an exploit (SuperOneClick & Co do this: You install an app, klick it, and get rooted) via a custom recovery (which is directly bootable and thus can access the device directly, so you can install any ROM -- which in turn may already be rooted) So answering your question: Yes and no -- it all depends on how you root your device. Listing up all possible exploits might get a bit lengthy, so better let's skip that part. You might also check the questions in the "related" section of this page for more details (especially stackexchange-url ("What are the steps for rooting an Android device, in general?")).
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Does Rooting Exploit a Security Weakness?
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android
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I have been using Note Everything for making text and voice notes. However, the problem with it is that it stores everything locally, and if the phone dies, like mine recently did, I lose all the notes. It does have a backup function, but I have to take steps to save the backup files which I often forget to do. What I really want is an application that will always sync every voice and text note with a server somewhere, so that it doesn't matter if the phone is destroyed. I do not need to share these notes with anyone else, and I would rather that whatever service I used the default was that all my notes were private. However, if I could also access my notes via the web, that would be ideal. Critically, though, it needs to have both voice and text . Are there any applications like that?
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Use Evernote . It features cloud sync and it lets you access your notes from almost all platform. You can create audio notes directly from homescreen using its widget, too.
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Is there a an app for recording voice notes that syncs to cloud storage?
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android
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I think the Calendar reminders that let you know when you have to leave in order to arrive in time for an event have the potential to really make my life easier, but the travel times are all calculated as if I were driving. That's actually a relatively rare case for me; I'm far more likely to be using public transit or walking. I'd there an way to configure Calendar to use transit, walking, or biking times instead of driving times? Even better would be a way to override this setting for an individual event.
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Well, I think you are talking about the Google Now notification, right? If so, you have to change the option on the Google Now app, not on the Calendar app. To do so, you go to <code> Google Now </code> (tap the search bar on the top of your home page) then you'll see the card that estimates your arrival time to your destination, you can see like <code> three vertical dots </code> , tap there and hit <code> Settings </code> , now you set <code> Transportation Mode </code> to <code> Public Transit </code> . From now on, the card will notify automatically the time you need to arrive by public transportation.
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How do I configure calendar " leave in X minutes" notifications to use non-driving travel times?
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android
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According to a comment made to this article as shown below: <code> They already do that. Its called the Nexus One, secondly the Nexus S, and thirdly, now the Galaxy Nexus..... they all receive OS updates directly from google. </code> Is it true that there are only 3 Android phones that receive the latest OS updates? Nexus One Nexus S Galaxy Nexus The rest will have to wait for their Telecom or the phone manufacturer for the latest Android OS updates?
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Yes and No. There are Nexus/Google devices that are nevertheless branded by the carrier and therefore receive a different ROM then the stock ROM. This usually takes longer then the stock ROM. But yes, besides of that, the Google manufactured branded devices are the only ones who receive the updates directly from Google. All other devices get their updates from the manufacturer and/or the carrier. Oh, and the Nexus One won't receive Android 4.2 (officially). Plus, no one gurantees you that your non-Google device will get the latest Android version. That's a big advantage when buying a Nexus device: It will be up to date for a while.
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Are Nexus the only one that receive OS update directly from Google and not from Telecom / Phone Manufacturer?
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android
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On my Android emulator, the /system/bin folder contains several symlinks that point to the toolbox binary: <code> # ls -l /system/bin ls -l /system/bin [SNIP] lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2012-08-23 07:01 ls -> toolbox lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2012-08-23 07:01 lsmod -> toolbox lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2012-08-23 07:01 lsof -> toolbox [SNIP] -rwxr-xr-x root shell 181002 2012-08-23 07:01 toolbox [SNIP] # </code> My understanding is that 'toolbox' is a binary that is able to do everything that ls, lsmod, lsof etc... can do, and that calling 'ls -l' ends up calling 'toolbox ls -l'. But what I don't understand is how this works: if 'ls' is indeed a symlink to 'toolbox', then 'ls -l' would become 'toolbox -l', which of course doesn't work. What am I missing ? (or said differently: what makes 'ls -l' become 'toolbox ls -l' ?)
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What you're missing is: The application (in your case <code> toolbox </code> ) can evaluate how it was called. To make an easy Linux-example: Say you have a script called <code> myscript </code> , and call it with the parameters <code> para1 para2 </code> (i.e. <code> myscript para1 para2 </code> ), and the script has a line: <code> echo $0 $1 $1 </code> It would output exactly what you called it: <code> myscript para1 para2 </code> . Now make a symlink: <code> ln -s myscript mylink </code> , call <code> mylink para1 para2 </code> , and guess what it will "echo": the command line you called. So parsing the command line, based on the symlink your <code> toolbox </code> was called by, it can determine which functionality you were pointing at.
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How toolbox symlinks work
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android
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I have a Google Nexus with Android 4.1.2 and have just installed Google Earth from Google Play. Whenever I open it, it shows the loading screen and then: <code> 11-18 00:38:34.234: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.336: I/ActivityManager(309): Displayed com.google.earth/.EarthActivity: +1s321ms 11-18 00:38:34.336: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.367: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.383: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.398: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.414: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.437: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.453: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) (...) 11-18 00:38:34.976: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.992: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:34.992: D/dalvikvm(17379): WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 0ms 11-18 00:38:35.023: E/chromium(17379): [1118/003835:ERROR:backend_impl.cc(227)] Unable to create cache 11-18 00:38:35.023: W/chromium(17379): [1118/003835:WARNING:chromediskcacheimpl.cc(67)] EARTH: couldn't cleanly open cache backend... retrying. 11-18 00:38:35.031: E/chromium(17379): [1118/003835:ERROR:backend_impl.cc(140)] Unable to move cache folder /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.google.earth/cache/unified_cache_chrome_unified to /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.google.earth/cache/old_unified_cache_chrome_unified_000 11-18 00:38:35.031: E/chromium(17379): [1118/003835:ERROR:backend_impl.cc(227)] Unable to create cache 11-18 00:38:35.031: E/chromium(17379): [1118/003835:ERROR:chromediskcacheimpl.cc(72)] EARTH: Failed back-end creation with result: -2 11-18 00:38:35.031: A/libc(17379): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000000 (code=1), thread 17417 (database_login_) 11-18 00:38:35.039: D/dalvikvm(17379): GC_EXPLICIT freed 29K, 10% free 32016K/35527K, paused 4ms+12ms, total 43ms 11-18 00:38:35.039: W/GAV2(17379): Thread[main,5,main]: dispatch call queued. Need to call GAServiceManager.getInstance().initialize(). 11-18 00:38:35.039: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:35.047: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:35.070: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:35.078: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:35.094: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:35.109: W/OpenGLRenderer(17379): Bitmap too large to be uploaded into a texture (2560x1600, max=2048x2048) 11-18 00:38:35.148: I/DEBUG(126): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11-18 00:38:35.148: I/DEBUG(126): Build fingerprint: 'google/yakju/maguro:4.1.2/JZO54K/485486:user/release-keys' 11-18 00:38:35.148: I/DEBUG(126): pid: 17379, tid: 17417, name: database_login_ >>> com.google.earth <<< 11-18 00:38:35.148: I/DEBUG(126): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): r0 5c1bf690 r1 61983c18 r2 61983c1c r3 61983bc0 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): r4 61983bbc r5 61983bc0 r6 00000000 r7 61983c18 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): r8 61983c1c r9 00000001 sl 00000000 fp 5e4e8ab4 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): ip fffffe90 sp 620b3998 lr 5e3b7f3c pc 5e3b5dc0 cpsr 40000010 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d0 63206f7420656c63 d1 6163206574616568 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d2 322863632e6c7065 d3 616e55205d29370a 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d4 412f306472616364 d5 642f64696f72646e 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d6 2e6d6f632f617461 d7 01a88300676f6f67 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d8 0000000000000000 d9 0000000000000000 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d10 0000000000000000 d11 0000000000000000 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d12 0000000000000000 d13 0000000000000000 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d14 0000000000000000 d15 0000000000000000 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d16 417a883008000000 d17 3fe0000000000000 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d18 3fd5555555555563 d19 3fe279a74590331c 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d20 3fe0c152382d7365 d21 3f1420ec90674fac 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d22 3f133abc50c36001 d23 3f43754291ec7ccf 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d24 3f3083771072f0d7 d25 3f6dcabc44c1354d 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d26 3f582b387a8b46c3 d27 3f96ac9c0e3c8aa0 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d28 3f8261052f31a88b d29 3fabfa22c97a0286 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): d30 0000000000000000 d31 0003030000030300 11-18 00:38:35.344: I/DEBUG(126): scr 80000013 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): backtrace: 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #00 pc 00d41dc0 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #01 pc 00d43f38 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #02 pc 00d43fa4 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #03 pc 00e71b38 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #04 pc 00e740b8 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #05 pc 00e742b4 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #06 pc 00e74ee0 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #07 pc 00e71188 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #08 pc 00e711c8 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #09 pc 00e764e4 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #10 pc 00e6fd14 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #11 pc 00e8c154 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #12 pc 00e8c2f8 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #13 pc 00e92c3c /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #14 pc 00012bb0 /system/lib/libc.so (__thread_entry+48) 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): #15 pc 00012308 /system/lib/libc.so (pthread_create+172) 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): stack: 11-18 00:38:35.351: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3958 0000fa00 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b395c 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3960 620b3990 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3964 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3968 000003e8 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b396c 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3970 000003e8 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3974 dbd64942 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3978 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b397c 5e7eac20 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3980 00000001 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3984 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3988 5e4e8ab4 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b398c 5e54059c /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so (__gnu_ldivmod_helper+24) 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3990 df0027ad 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3994 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): #00 620b3998 620b3de8 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b399c 620b3b60 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39a0 5e7eac7b 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39a4 5e540398 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39a8 620b39b0 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39ac 61983c1c 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39b0 61983c18 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39b4 620b3b60 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39b8 5e7eac7b 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39bc 5e7eac20 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39c0 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39c4 5e3b7f3c /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): #01 620b39c8 61983bbc 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39cc 5c1bf690 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39d0 620b39e0 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39d4 5e3b7fa8 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): #02 620b39d8 620b39e8 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39dc 620b39ec 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39e0 61983c18 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39e4 61983c1c 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39e8 61983bc0 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39ec 61983bbc 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39f0 5e3b5da0 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39f4 00000000 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39f8 5c63cee0 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39fc 5e7b9d84 /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3a00 620b3de8 11-18 00:38:35.359: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3a04 5e4e5b3c /data/data/com.google.earth/lib/libearthmobile.so 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r0: 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 5c1bf670 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 5c1bf680 00000000 0000002b a6a12a25 5d16f4a0 ....+...%*.....] 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 5c1bf690 5e7a3370 5c1bf6b8 00000000 00000000 p3z^...\........ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 5c1bf6a0 40000000 00000000 a6a12a03 0000002b ...@.....*..+... 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 5c1bf6b0 a6a12a1d 5d16f4a0 5e7a4950 00010001 .*.....]PIz^.... 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r1: 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bf8 5c1bf690 5df7d0f4 00000000 00000001 ...\...]........ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c08 5e7b9d84 5e3b7170 5c1bf690 5c09ce00 ..{^pq;^...\...\ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c18 5c63ce64 5e3b713c 5c1bf498 5df7d114 d.c\<q;^...\...] 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c28 5da05b98 5dc19658 5c1cf978 5c09cdf0 .[.]X..]x..\...\ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c38 5c7cdfd4 5c277678 5c7cdfd4 5dc78c88 ..|\xv'\..|\...] 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r2: 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bfc 5df7d0f4 00000000 00000001 5e7b9d84 ...]..........{^ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c0c 5e3b7170 5c1bf690 5c09ce00 5c63ce64 pq;^...\...\d.c\ 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c1c 5e3b713c 5c1bf498 5df7d114 5da05b98 <q;^...\...].[.] 11-18 00:38:35.367: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c2c 5dc19658 5c1cf978 5c09cdf0 5c7cdfd4 X..]x..\...\..|\ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c3c 5c277678 5c7cdfd4 5dc78c88 ffffffff xv'\..|\...].... 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r3: 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983ba0 61983bc0 5e3b63ac 61983bc8 61983bcc .;.a.c;^.;.a.;.a 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bb0 61983bd0 61983bd4 5e1d65d4 00000049 .;.a.;.a.e.^I... 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bc0 5c63cec0 5c1bf690 61983c18 61983c1c ..c\...\.<.a.<.a 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bd0 61983bc0 61983bbc 5c1cf880 5e3b7f40 .;.a.;.a...\@.;^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983be0 5e3b5da0 00000000 5e6f9cf4 5e638974 .];^......o^t.c^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r4: 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983b9c 5e7b9d84 61983bc0 5e3b63ac 61983bc8 ..{^.;.a.c;^.;.a 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bac 61983bcc 61983bd0 61983bd4 5e1d65d4 .;.a.;.a.;.a.e.^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bbc 00000049 5c63cec0 5c1bf690 61983c18 I.....c\...\.<.a 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bcc 61983c1c 61983bc0 61983bbc 5c1cf880 .<.a.;.a.;.a...\ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bdc 5e3b7f40 5e3b5da0 00000000 5e6f9cf4 @.;^.];^......o^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r5: 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983ba0 61983bc0 5e3b63ac 61983bc8 61983bcc .;.a.c;^.;.a.;.a 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bb0 61983bd0 61983bd4 5e1d65d4 00000049 .;.a.;.a.e.^I... 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bc0 5c63cec0 5c1bf690 61983c18 61983c1c ..c\...\.<.a.<.a 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bd0 61983bc0 61983bbc 5c1cf880 5e3b7f40 .;.a.;.a...\@.;^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983be0 5e3b5da0 00000000 5e6f9cf4 5e638974 .];^......o^t.c^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r7: 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bf8 5c1bf690 5df7d0f4 00000000 00000001 ...\...]........ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c08 5e7b9d84 5e3b7170 5c1bf690 5c09ce00 ..{^pq;^...\...\ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c18 5c63ce64 5e3b713c 5c1bf498 5df7d114 d.c\<q;^...\...] 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c28 5da05b98 5dc19658 5c1cf978 5c09cdf0 .[.]X..]x..\...\ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c38 5c7cdfd4 5c277678 5c7cdfd4 5dc78c88 ..|\xv'\..|\...] 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): memory near r8: 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983bfc 5df7d0f4 00000000 00000001 5e7b9d84 ...]..........{^ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c0c 5e3b7170 5c1bf690 5c09ce00 5c63ce64 pq;^...\...\d.c\ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c1c 5e3b713c 5c1bf498 5df7d114 5da05b98 <q;^...\...].[.] 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c2c 5dc19658 5c1cf978 5c09cdf0 5c7cdfd4 X..]x..\...\..|\ 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 61983c3c 5c277678 5c7cdfd4 5dc78c88 ffffffff xv'\..|\...].... 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): memory near fp: 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 5e4e8a94 002d1384 fffff160 ffffe33c ffffe340 ..-.`...<...@... 11-18 00:38:35.375: I/DEBUG(126): 5e4e8aa4 0016b76f fffec9d8 0016b78e ffffe344 o...........D... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e4e8ab4 e92d4008 e1a00002 e59f3008 e79f3003 [email protected].. 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e4e8ac4 e12fff33 e8bd8008 002d0b84 e92d45f0 3./.......-..E-. 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e4e8ad4 e1a06000 e59f4170 e24ddf69 e59f316c .`..pA..i.M.l1.. 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): memory near sp: 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3978 00000000 5e7eac20 00000001 00000000 .... .~^........ 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3988 5e4e8ab4 5e54059c df0027ad 00000000 ..N^..T^.'...... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 620b3998 620b3de8 620b3b60 5e7eac7b 5e540398 .=.b`;.b{.~^..T^ 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39a8 620b39b0 61983c1c 61983c18 620b3b60 .9.b.<.a.<.a`;.b 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 620b39b8 5e7eac7b 5e7eac20 00000000 5e3b7f3c {.~^ .~^....<.;^ 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): code around pc: 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b5da0 e92d45f0 e24dd014 e5906008 e1a05003 .E-...M..`...P.. 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b5db0 e59d4030 e1a07001 e59fc078 e1a08002 [email protected]....... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b5dc0 e5963000 e28d0008 e59f106c e08fc00c .0......l....... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b5dd0 e1a0200d e58d5000 e593a00c e08f1001 . ...P.......... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b5de0 e28d3004 e58d4004 e12fff3c e1a01007 .0...@..<./..... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): code around lr: 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b7f1c e5900000 e58d0000 e08100ce e5921000 ................ 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b7f2c e5932000 e59d3010 e5933000 e12fff3c . ...0...0..<./. 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b7f3c e8bd800e e92d4030 e24dd024 e5902010 ....0@-.$.M.. .. 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b7f4c e28d3018 e5905014 e5904018 e590e01c .0...P...@...... 11-18 00:38:35.383: I/DEBUG(126): 5e3b7f5c e590c020 e2800008 e58d5008 e8900003 ........P...... 11-18 00:38:35.898: I/BootReceiver(309): Copying /data/tombstones/tombstone_00 to DropBox (SYSTEM_TOMBSTONE) 11-18 00:38:35.969: D/Zygote(129): Process 17379 terminated by signal (11) 11-18 00:38:36.023: D/dalvikvm(309): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 3077K, 20% free 26285K/32519K, paused 116ms, total 117ms 11-18 00:38:36.039: W/InputDispatcher(309): channel '42b9fe38 com.google.earth/com.google.earth.EarthActivity (server)' ~ Consumer closed input channel or an error occurred. events=0x9 11-18 00:38:36.039: E/InputDispatcher(309): channel '42b9fe38 com.google.earth/com.google.earth.EarthActivity (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed! 11-18 00:38:36.047: I/WindowState(309): WIN DEATH: Window{42b9fe38 com.google.earth/com.google.earth.EarthActivity paused=false} 11-18 00:38:36.047: I/ActivityManager(309): Process com.google.earth (pid 17379) has died. 11-18 00:38:36.047: W/InputDispatcher(309): Attempted to unregister already unregistered input channel '42b9fe38 com.google.earth/com.google.earth.EarthActivity (server)' 11-18 00:38:36.047: W/ActivityManager(309): Force removing ActivityRecord{421393e0 com.google.earth/.EarthActivity}: app died, no saved state 11-18 00:38:36.047: W/WindowManager(309): Force-removing child win Window{42d0cf68 SurfaceView paused=false} from container Window{42b9fe38 com.google.earth/com.google.earth.EarthActivity paused=false} 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): Failed looking up window 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Requested window android.os.BinderProxy@426b1220 does not exist 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.windowForClientLocked(WindowManagerService.java:7640) 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.windowForClientLocked(WindowManagerService.java:7631) 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): at com.android.server.wm.WindowState$DeathRecipient.binderDied(WindowState.java:854) 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): at android.os.BinderProxy.sendDeathNotice(Binder.java:449) 11-18 00:38:36.055: W/WindowManager(309): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method) 11-18 00:38:36.055: I/WindowState(309): WIN DEATH: null 11-18 00:38:36.055: I/WindowManager(309): WINDOW DIED Window{42b9fe38 com.google.earth/com.google.earth.EarthActivity paused=false} </code> What is really happening? And how can I fix it?
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I think I did it. I tried to delete the folder /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.google.earth but even with root/su I was unable to. So I renamed it and it was renammed successfully. Next time I opened the app it worked. But I still have a folder of 13MB that I can't delete. Suggestions? UPDATE: I found this that suggests: I see in mount points something that gets my attention <code> /dev/fuse on /storage/sdcard0 type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other) </code> Here you can see that /data/media is mounted with specific user and group ID. I discover by executing <code> ps </code> and <code> id </code> commands that 1023 ID belongs to media_rw user with wich the /data/media folder is mounted. I think login as media_rw user should do the trick but what I did in order to delete the folders was: Login as root (unnecesary if connected via SSH with SSHDroid) <code> su </code> Mount /system with write permissions <code> mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system </code> Run sdcard command again (as root) <code> /system/bin/sdcard /data/media 1023 1023 </code> Go to /data/media and delete the unwanted folders (let's say they are called .trash y .garbage) <code> rm -rf .trash .garbage </code> Mount /system with read only permissions again (for security reasons) <code> mount -o ro,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system </code> Check that the folders doesn't exists <code> ls -lsa /data/media/ </code> the output must be something like this (no .trash or .garbage folders in here ) <code> # ls -lsa /data/media/ total 443361 4 drwxrwxr-x 14 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 10:25 . 4 drwxrwx--x 23 system system 4096 Oct 12 06:01 .. 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:06 .mmsyscache 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 Alarms 4 drwxrwxr-x 3 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:03 Android 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 DCIM 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 Download 4 drwxrwxr-x 5 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:09 GOLauncherEX 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 Movies 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 Music 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 Notifications 4 drwxrwxr-x 3 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 08:55 Pictures 4 drwxrwxr-x 2 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:01 Ringtones 136520 -rw-rw-r-- 1 media_rw media_rw 139791302 Oct 11 23:06 cm-10-20121011.zip 85104 -rw-rw-r-- 1 media_rw media_rw 87138923 Oct 11 23:02 gapps-jb.zip 4 drwxrwxr-x 3 media_rw media_rw 4096 Oct 12 06:06 xiialive </code> This may solve other problems like this.
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Can't delete Google Earth cache directory
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android
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I don't know what I've modified recently, but my Samsung Galaxy SII (running stock Android 2.3) keeps notifying me vocally whenever I get an incoming call or an SMS. Is there a way to disable this feature?
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Look under SETTINGS > ACCESSIBILITY for Talkback or something similar. Also check under settings of individual apps - Phone/Dialer and Messaging. Finally check to ensure that DRIVING MODE has not been recently enabled. That might also be the cause. Look under SETTINGS > VOICE INPUT
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Disable voice notifications on SGS2/Android 2.3?
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android
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I've been using SMS Backup+ and when I restore not all my messages are restored, even though I can see them there in gmail. I've used SMS Backup and Restore before but it doesn't have a feature to automatically do it. Does anyone know how to fix SMS Backup+ or any other apps that work properly and have can automatically back up? I don't care if the backups are done to the SD card or online. One benifit of having it in gmail is that I can easily check to make sure it was done right. What do others think?
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Configuring SMS Backup schedule in SMS Backup & Restore: Open SMS Backup & Restore and click the Menu button in the upper right corner: Select Preferences: From the Preferences Menu, Select Schedule Settings: Configure schedule settings however you want:
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SMS backup apps, SMS Backup+, SMS Backup and Restore
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android
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On stock Android and 2.x ROMs on SGS2, default apps could be set in Settings -> Applications. However, when I go there with the ICS ROM, I don't see where I can set which default applications for certain actions. Where are these settings found in SGS2 with Android 4.0?
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Go to SETTINGS > MANAGE APPLICATIONS or APPS (depending on your ROM and version). Scroll through the list of apps and tap on an app that is the default for some action. This will bring up the app's properties that show the size of the app and other relevant stuff. If the app is set as the default for a particular action - the CLEAR DEFAULT button will be active, else it'll be grayed out. As an alternative - check out Default App Manager - it's an app that has similar functionality.
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How to set default apps on Samsung Galaxy S II + Android 4.0 (ICS)
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android
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I have begun doing research about rooting my HTC One S phone (HTC Sense looks so nice but unfortunately is so unstable) and one of the first things I've noticed is that there are two versions of HTC One S . One has a 1.5gHz dual core CPU, the other has a 1.7gHz dual core CPU. I went through all the information I could find in my phone's "about" menu, but the CPU section only specifies "dual core". The packaging also has no further details than this. The only reference I have is that the (online) shop I bought it at, has 1.5gHz in the spec. That would mean I have the S4 which is the most common version. But the vendor may as well get that information from somewhere else rather than the actual product, so I want to be sure before doing anything. I've already searched google and can't find anything, but I hardly know what to look for either. Seems like no other website knows of this distinction. On a side note, if anyone knows (has experience with) any good and reliable guides about rooting the HTC One S, feel free to post them as well.
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Easiest way. Check your packaging. Look for Model describtion on the back of the other label. Either z520 or z560, the z520 is S4, 560 is S3. from wikipedia: Processor and memory One version of the One S uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4...In certain markets the One S uses the older Snapdragon S3... The two versions have slightly different packaging, the S4 is model Z520e/Z520m and states "Processor: Dual Core, 1.5GHz"/"CPU Speed 1.5 GHZ, dual core, whereas the S3 is model Z560e and states "Processor: Dual Core".
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How to find exact HTC One S version (S3/S4)
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android
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I have a Nexus 7 and after the update to Android 4.2 setting the brightness regulation to <code> auto </code> I noticed that it changes way more frequently than it used to do in the previous version of the operating system. Is there a way to have automatic brightness regulation less aggressively?
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Unfortunately it is a known bug introduced on Nexus 7 with Jelly Bean 4.2. In previous version 4.1.2 auto-brightness was criticised as slow in reaction on light changes and now in 4.2 it is just opposite, over-reactive. From one bad to another bad. But I agree with you that even previous not so good behaviour was better than what we have now. Someone cure it by sticking small semi transparent tape over light sensor. But it is only temporary and ugly workaround, we can hope for correction in the next version, or downgrade to previous 4.1.2 version.
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Brightness changes too frequently after I updated to 4.2
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android
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I'm running on JB. The Google Maps application always seems to have 2 instances running in the background inspite of turning the GPS off. Is there a clean solution to prevent it from ever running in the background?
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One part of Google Maps is a so called "Location Service", which kicks in on a couple of intents (e.g. always when your network connectivity changes -- which happens when you login to a new WiFi network, or to a new cell tower). It caches your current location to the "location cache", which should serve to faster provide your current location when needed (and to update Google's location database, as the cache's contents are submitted in intervals). Without being rooted, there's not much you can do about. But if your device is rooted, you have several options: Use an app like Autorun Manager PRO (yes, here you need the "Pro") to disable the listeners which cause it to kick-in 1 Use Titanium Backup ★ root to freeze the app when you don't need it, and un-freeze it on demand 2 Which method to prefer? I personally would go for the second. Titanium backup lets you create a widget on your desktop to toggle the "frozen state" of an app, so you can easily switch it on/off. Disabling some listeners might work well -- but the app also might start behaving strangely.
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Why is Google Maps always running in the background?
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android
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Just recently I noticed on my Nexus 7 that when I start some apps - and it's not just those allows to have superuser rights - I can briefly see a "red frame" all around the screen area of the app that goes away in a second or maybe a little less. Does anyone know where this comes from and in particular what it means? Note: as you probably guessed from the contents, my device is rooted. Also note that it's well possible that one of the installed apps is responsible for this, yet I don;t know which. But I'd like to know.
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This is caused by the strict mode setting under the developer options. It flashes a red border around the screen when anything does a long operation on the main thread.
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"Red frame" around the screen when starting some apps
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android
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After the update to android 4.2 my nexus 7 became slower. Switching applications takes some seconds and even the menu that pop-ups after I push the 'share' button takes a while to appear. Is there something I can do to have its performance back to the usual level?
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As with all updates, the first thing that comes to mind is factory resetting the device. This clears all the remnants of the old version out of the system and resets app data that could cause inconsistencies. The downside is you'll lose all your apps and their data. Normally I only do a factory reset in between major versions (3.2-> 4.0, 4.0.2-> 4.1 etc.), but if minor updates cause trouble, this would be a first step for me. Oh yeah, the reset can be found in <code> Settings -> Backup & reset -> Factory data reset </code> . Note that while this usually doesn't affect your sdcard (including internal storage), some devices may wipe that too. But not the Nexus series, so you're safe.
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My Nexus 7 became slower after the update to 4.2. How can I fix it?
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android
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I can't boot my Galaxy Tab 8.9 / P7300 anymore, but Odin still detects a USB connection. So I'm trying to flash a new ROM onto it using Odin. However all I can find on the web are ZIP archives containing boot.img, META-INF etc, while Odin apparently needs .tar or .tar.md5 files. Can I convert one into the other, or is my idea completely wrong?
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<code> .zip </code> files are generally flashable from recovery, Odin's <code> .tar </code> s are indeed a completely different format. If flashing a kernel you can convert them relatively easily (thought I won't get into it here) but it won't work for a whole ROM. You'll need to find an Odin package. XDA is your best bet, but see also: stackexchange-url ("Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?")
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How to flash a ZIP file with Odin?
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android
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I'm on call a lot and need to know when I get an email. The little dings and dongs available as alert tones don't cut it - I might be asleep, or in the shower, or whatever. I need it to be persistent, annoying, loud, and not shut up until I acknowledge that I heard it. Unfortunately, this seems to be difficult. I found an app in the store that claims to do it, but it only supports POP - I need Exchange. I'd rather something that hooked into existing notifications so I could use the normal mail client, but that seems to be impossible. I can't be the only one with this need - does anyone know of a good solution? Thanks
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There's Missed Message Flasher in the Play Market. Note: I haven't actually tried the app.
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How do I make my email alert *annoying*?
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How to save taken photos and recorded videos out of DCIM folder, in custom locations? Or, is it ever possible to DCIM separate photos and videos into different subfolders? In my phone, a Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, there's a folder 100ANDRO within DCIM storing all of videos and pictures together. I would like, for example, for videos to go to <code> /sdcard/Videos </code> , and photos to <code> /sdcard/Pictures/Photos </code> . I would like to at least save the videos somewhere else. Applications such as SugarSync get confused and think everything in DCIM is a picture. Regardless, I want to know how the path is determined and ideas on how to achieve this, either by some hidden configuration or modification of source code. The DCIM folder is mounted on a FAT filesystem, so symlinks are not supported. I have heard about using <code> mount --bind /old/dir /new/dir </code> , so is it possible to do this without rooting and on system initialization? That would allow me to a least make DCIM point somewhere else, or make other folders like Pictures and Videos point to DCIM. Thanks in advance!
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You say "Tasker doesn't seem a solution". If you already have Tasker installed you can do the following: Create a task with 6 actions that puts the names of the files in the camera folder into an array, then loops through the array moving files one by one depending on the filename extention. Note, in the IF statements, ~ means Matches, and !~ means Doesn't Match. (Your directory may look different to mine) List Files Dir : external-sd/DCIM/Camera Variable : %Myfiles Variable Set Name %ArrayIndex To 0 Variable Add Name %ArrayIndex Value : 1 Move From %Myfiles(%ArrayIndex) To external-sd/Pics IF %Myfiles(%ArrayIndex) ~ *.jpg Move From %Myfiles(%ArrayIndex) To external-sd/Vids IF %Myfiles(%ArrayIndex) ~ *.mp4 Goto Type Action Number Number 3 If %ArrayIndex !~ %Myfiles(#) Now you can launch this task with a shortcut on your homescreen, or you can make it fully automatic by having Tasker run this task whenever the Camera app closes. To do this create a Context -Application-Camera, and link it to the above task. Then long-click on the task and select "Move to Exit"
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How can I save taken photos and recorded videos out of DCIM folder?
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I saw the location icon at the top while on the home screen of my Galaxy Nexus. There were only two running apps and I cleared both of them, but the location icon was still there. I've discovered that if I turn location off then on again, it will go away, but I'd like to find out which of my apps is using this so I can consider uninstalling it or changing a setting. Is there a way to do this? I presume maybe an app that detects this or some system thing?
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First off, by "clear", what exactly do you mean? Many manufacturers' UI overlays provide ways to remove running apps from quick-access lists, like the one you get with a long press on the home key, but doing that usually doesn't actually close the app. Android, by default, keeps apps running in "background" mode after you back out of them, because they're faster to switch to if they're already in RAM than if you start them "cold". So, unless you're "force-closing" apps using the Settings view or a "task killer" app, any app you had been running but "cleared out" is still running in "background mode". Most apps do very little in background mode, to economize on CPU and thus battery use, but some will maintain things like GPS access. Any social app that allows you to "check in" somewhere, like Facebook, Foursquare, "footprint" apps, etc is likely to do this, so that you can quickly mark your current location without waiting for the GPS to reacquire satellites and get your location. If you are force-closing or task-killing apps you think are using GPS, and you're still seeing the GPS icon, it could be one of two things; first, the force-close action is not a "clean" way to shut down applications, and many will not expect to be force-closed, so if you force-close an app that was using GPS it may not clean up things like its connections to phone features such as GPS. Second, there are some services built into Android, like the E911 service, that use GPS if it's available and that cannot be shut down. So, if you start up GPS for something else, one of those services may ask the OS to keep the acquired signals from the GPS satellites so they can maintain your location just in case you have to call 911, until you manually turn off GPS altogether (at which time the services fall back to less granular location methods, like triangulating from nearby cell towers or known Wi-Fi hotspots). EDIT: To answer the actual question asked (novel concept, I know), I can't find any apps that will show GPS usage that are available on Google Play and do not require a rooted phone (and/or custom ROM i.e. CyanogenMod etc). The one I did find, Spare Parts Plus PRO , is purported to do so in a roundabout way, by showing battery usage of installed apps with permission to use GPS, but other than one user testimonial stackexchange-url ("here") (over a year old) I can't find any evidence it actually does this anymore (the free version does not and none of the documentation specifically says it will), and I'm not gonna spend money to find out just to give you an answer here. Sorry. If you want to try, it's only $1.75; do let the rest of us know. The only thing I can suggest is to look for an app manager that will list running programs based on the permissions they require. There are several that list apps by permission; aSpotCat, PermissionDog, App Permission Watcher, etc. however I'm not sure which of them will also allow filtering by current running status (PermissionDog pops up a notice when an app starts, showing what it can do). If you find one, the usage is simple; if it's running, and it needs the GPS, it's a suspect to be the app actually using GPS right now. Lastly, from a technical standpoint, it's the Android OS actually "using" the phone's GPS. Most apps, especially ones that don't require rooting, cannot directly control any feature of your phone; they instead ask the Android OS to get or set information regarding those features, using the "service managers" that Android exposes in its API. An app that needs your location will simply ask the Android LocationManager service for your current location, optionally requesting "coarse" or "fine" granularity, and Android will then use whatever location services you have told it that it can use (GPS, cell towers, Wi-Fi hotspot location) to find out, returning the location and the method used (or telling the app that the requested level of granularity couldn't be used because you turned it off). Android does not, AFAIK, keep tabs on which apps have made recent requests through the API for its location services (much less which of those requests required the service to spend significant resources to find out); it only knows which apps have permission to do so, and as long as at least one of them is running and has made a request, Android keeps GPS active. The upshot is that pretty much the best you can do is cross-check running apps with apps that can use GPS, to find out which apps may be using GPS right now. If there's only one running that has the required permission, it's pretty easy to narrow it down. If there are a dozen apps or services with that permission currently "running" (RAM-resident), it's a bit harder (especially because, as I said, some of these may be basic services of the phone that can cause it to crash if you try to force close them).
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How can I find out what app is using my GPS from the background?
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android
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Tablet's users will be able to use different profiles since JB 4.2, defined at system settings level (settings -> user profiles). How can I set a password for each profile ?
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Each user account has its own lockscreen settings, so the easiest way to do this is to simply use a password lockscreen for each user. In fact, you can use entirely different lockscreen security for one user than you do for another (e.g. one could use a pattern, one a PIN, one a slide lock, etc). To set this up, select a user and unlock the device, then go into Settings => Security => Screen Lock and select the "Password" option (you could also use PIN or pattern, of course). Set the desired password, then lock the device. Repeat this process for each of the other user accounts to set up individualized passwords for each one.
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How can I set a user profile password in Jelly Bean 4.2?
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android
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I wanted to access the developer options to enable adb access on Android 4.2 but cannot find it. How can I enable that? Once I've activated the menu, how can I hide it again?
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Starting with Android 4.2. developer options are hidden by default to clean up the options menu. They're nice for debugging but some overlay options may be very alienating for average users when they're accidentially enabled. On Android 4.2 and newer, Developer options is hidden by default. To make it available, go to Settings -> About phone and tap Build number seven times. Return to the previous screen to find Developer options. You see a popup hat reads You are now a developer when it was successful. Source: http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html It's not possible to hide it again unless you're root and delete this file: <code> /data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/development.xml </code> EDIT: According to stackexchange-url ("this") answer it's also possible to just delete the App data of the Settings app (com.android.settings, located at Settings-> Apps-> All-> Settings-> Clear data ).
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Where are the developer options in Android 4.2?
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android
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During the day today, I got the notification about the available system update to 4.2. SO I confirmed it after ensuring that SuperSU was set to "survival mode" and then it looked like it was actually doing the update. However, when I now check the system version it states 4.1.2 just like it did before. I also rebooted once more in between just in case something wasn't complete or so. Any ideas? How can I force the update through. There was no indication that anything went wrong during the update, yet I am stuck at 4.1.2 and checking for available updates shows none. Note: I have encrypted the contents of the tablet (standard option). Can that be an issue here?
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I managed to work it out with the Nexus Root Toolkit in the end. However, I didn't get around scrapping the existing contents this way. So what I did was to back up all my data and applications and then flash a new stock ROM (4.2.1). This worked fine, but it means I needed to re-encrypt the device and restore from the backup whatever I wanted. So it was more tedious than expected, but well worth it in hindsight. Especially the multi-user system is worth it for me.
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Confused about Nexus 7 failing system update to 4.2
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I have many music lists and local files which is playing in my Fedora, Ubuntu, ArchLinux, Solaris, FreeBSD. How can I send the playback audio to my Android so that I can hear using my headphone from my smartphone? Where my laptop is actually playing the audio because in Android I can not play the music how Iwanted. How can it be done? Follow up: A) Ubuntu Desktop where my music are playing I do: <code> $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server [sudo] password for sun: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done openssh-server is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded. $ vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config + AllowUsers ssh-client :wq $ sudo useradd ssh-client $ sudo passwd ssh-client Enter new UNIX password: 1234 Retype new UNIX password: 1234 passwd: password updated successfully $ su - ssh-client Password: 1234 No directory, logging in with HOME=/ $ sudo echo helloworld [sudo] password for ssh-client: 1234 ssh-client is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. </code>
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Couple of different ways: Since you're specifically talking about Linux, you can download Remote Audio from Google Play. It's free, and connects to your Linux computer using SSH, then listens to your soundcard via its dev/dsp mount. Download a "Remote Desktop" app. There are several, most are paid apps, and they each target a particular remote admin protocol and/or desktop OS. Most of them will forward audio as well as video, turning your Android device into a full remote control for your desktop.
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How to play YouTube or any audio from my desktop Linux and send the audio playback to Android?
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I just downloaded the Android SDK (primarily for the purpose of running SDK Manager to install the Google USB drivers to connect a device), but the SDK Manager fails to run. I get the following error: I can confirm, however, that there is an <code> android.bat </code> in the <code> tools </code> folder, which is one folder above the SDK Manager executable. Has anybody run into this before? For reference I'm on Windows 7 64 bit and I downloaded the 64 bit ADT Bundle to try to run this.
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I got it: we need to copy those <code> SDK Manager.exe </code> and <code> AVD Manager.exe </code> to the SDK root folder, I needed to copy them to <code> C:\android-sdk\ </code> , this is because, <code> SDK Manager.exe </code> and <code> AVD Manager.exe </code> are looking for tools.
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Android SDK Can't Find android.bat?
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I'm trying to setup my APN settings on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, running Android 4.2. The APN list is currently empty, and every time I try to add one (menu -> add -> fill out form -> save), nothing new appears. I'm trying to connect to H2O wireless, when I fill out the instructions , I get a warning saying to enter the MCC and MNC (which H2O says to leave blank), the phone says the MCC and MNC are required, so I add in the MCC and MNC using <code> sumac </code> 's instructions . After I add the settings and click save, no new item is added to the list of APNs. I think that there should be an item already in the list, as others mention the default settings, but there definitely should be an item after I add the APN. Has anyone else dealt with this before? People have suggested online to others that it may be a firmware issue. Please let me know if there is anything else to add, this is the first time I have tried to get help with my phone. Edit : I've talked to H2O's support, and they said 310/410 should work. They said the problem has been in Android since 4.0.2, and all they can suggest is a hard reset. So now, it doesn't seem to be a problem with my carrier, my phone, or the settings. Has anyone gotten around adding APNs on Android since 4.0.2?
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Sort of embarrassed to admit this, but I rebooted the phone, and all of the APNs I had added were on the list. Problem solved.
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APN Settings Don't Save - Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.2
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How can i change the country of Samsung App Store? i can't download any apps, because they said that "its not available for my country"? Shows the following error I have searched the internet for the solution, but didn't get the solution. For example# http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2938 http://www.askmefast.com/How_can_i_change_the_country_of_my_samsung_galaxy_s3_i_cant_download_any_apps_because_they_said_that_its_not_available_for_my_country-qna3127637.html http://www.justanswer.com/android-devices/6um7b-change-country-location-samsung-s3.html Please help me.
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Do as follows: Go to <code> Settings </code> → <code> Applications </code> → <code> Samsung Apps </code> and then tap the <code> clear data </code> and <code> clear cache </code> buttons. Back to all applications, find Samsung Apps and click on it. Select now the correct country. Note: The correct country should be where you currently are, or the country in which you registered first. Try first country first, and if it is still does not work - simply repeat steps 1-2 above with the other country. Hope it works for you!
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Where to change country information at Samsung App Store?
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I downloaded a <code> .pls </code> file for an online radio, but I can't open it. Winamp, VLC player all fail when opening, and A Online Radio which according to the description can open this type doesn't show up in the "open with this" list. What are my options?
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Just tested and ServeStream can open .pls files to play online radio (looks like DeadBeeF Player and Stream Furious can as well.. When you click on the .pls link it should be an option to open with after it is installed. Opening a web-linked .pls: Then ServeStream opens the .pls file:
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How do I open .pls files?
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With 4.2 on my Nexus 7 I have a few separate user profiles. I have a number of kids games installed on my tablet admin account ('Rob'), with that account attached to a Play account. I'd like to make those games available on another non-admin ('Callum') account, which is not attached to a Play account. How can I do this?
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As far as I know: Not at all. Each user account is strictly separated from another and there is no shared folder or app sharing concept at the moment. I haven't checked your specific question in detail, however each user has their strictly separated userdata partition where everything is stored (even their media, on Nexus devices) and cannot access any other's data residing in their userdata section, which includes user installed apps (they're in /data/app/).
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Is it possible to make 'admin' user apps available on other user accounts?
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I'm about to flash CM10 to my friends S III. However, if it doesn't work properly, I want to be able to get back to stock rom, so how would I capture it, as I have only found Verizon and A&T roms, and we live in finland, where's nothing like this.
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Easiest way would probably be to use Clock Work Mod or TWRP or some other recovery to create a snapshot of his phone as it is now. Then you can simply flash back to his phone as it was. This will back up his current ROM with all his apps, settings, etc. If you want a clean factory image, then do a factory restore on the phone and then back that up with a recovery. You might want to do both: Backup as is now, with apps, settings and all, then factory restore and backup again. This way you can restore either to his phone as it is now, or to clean stock. But that's up to you. A very good tool for managing all this is JRummy's ROM Toolbox (there is a lite version also, not sure what is left out in the lite version).
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Capture stock rom from samsung galaxy s3
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android
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I am looking for a way to stream online video between 2 or more Android devices over Wifi network created by hotspot tethering. I found one stackexchange-url ("that can stream audio online"). Is there something similar but for videos?
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Your best bet would probably be using a DLNA server app ( This one , for example, though there are lots of others) on one device and an appropriate player ( example ) on the other devices. Not sure if it would work over a hotspot tether though, but there are free apps available for both ends, so it can't really hurt to try. EDIT: Oh, misunderstood the question. That's about as easy. There are several apps on the store for running a camera server, like this one , for example. You then can use any compatible player to connect and view the camera feed
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Video streaming among Android devices using Wi-Fi without Internet
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android
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Among the settings of recent versions of Gmail there is the following entry: Hide pictures in messages Until you allow by sender, pictures won’t display automatically Tapping the entry brings this dialog: Hide pictures in messages? Cancel OK How do I change this setting so that Gmail automatically displays pictures in messages? I’m aware that it’s possible to display pictures on a message by message or sender by sender basis. Here I’m referring to reversing the effect of tapping OK in the above dialog. Tapping Cancel only dismisses the dialog without changing the setting.
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I am not sure what version of Gmail you have, but the version I have (along with Android 4.1.2) allows me to "Show Pictures" in the message, then I have the option to "Always show pictures from this sender". The option in the settings is to "Remove" the always show that you have set for any sender in the past. The only way to always show images is by first showing them for a sender, then select the always show. And AFAIK, this can only be done per sender.
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How to change Gmail settings to automatically unhide pictures in messages
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android
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As of title, is there any way to customize the quick settings grid available in Android 4.2 ? This feature has potential, but in most cases it does not take advantage of the screen size.
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Currently I can only find customization options through mods or other updates to the ROM. For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999125 It would really be great if stock Android 4.2 would provide functionality to add tiles, re-order tiles or change the function of long/short taps on tiles. This issue has some of those feature enhancement requests: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40285
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How to customize the quick settings drop-down menu in android 4.2?
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I have Xolo x900 phone. I have settings to set the processor frequency. It is defaulted to 600mhz, yet my phone has a maximum of 1.6Ghz. Can I change to 1.6 GHz? What would be the side effects of increasing the frequency? Will it overheat, drain my battery? Also, would like to know what would be the advantages on increased frequency.
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Setting frequency to high end may cause problems like. 1.Heating up phone. 2.burn battery. 3.Even you may damage your phone completely. Over-clocking frequency will speed up your phone's performance .
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What Happens when I change processor frequency of my android phone
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Is it possible to root a phone without knowing a the phone's pattern/pin/password? This question isn't because I need to root a phone without a pattern/pin/password but because I was curious and thinking about the process. I'm assuming that you would have to put the image on an external SD card and then load it from there.
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Short answer: Yes, it is possible. Different techniques can be used for this purpose (some of them are described e.g. in Andrew Hoog's book stackexchange-url ("Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android")). It especially gets easy when USB Debugging is turned on. Long answer: Please forgive me if I don't give this. Just a hint: There are exploits, and there are custom recovery images...
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Root Phone Without Unlocking Lockscreen
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Recently I notice that my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon 4.1.1) was able to translate the iphone 4 emoticons for my Android phone as seen here: Which is great. However the only way I can send them back is if I know the code for them or if I copy and paste one that I have already received. Is there any App or Addon that gives me a full menu of the icons to insert into the message?
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Android Jelly Bean has extended Emoji support. There are various possibilities to type emoji by yourself: Install an emoji keyboard and enable the Language switch button on your default keyboard, to fast switch to the emoji keyboard. For example: New Emoji Keyboard Use a messaging app which has in-app emoji support (obsolete since Android 4.x+ supports it by default), like WhatsApp or HandCent SMS or other 3rd party SMS replacements You can enable basic emoji on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean: Simply go into Settings > Language & input > Android keyboard (settings) > Add-on dictionaries > Emoji for English words. You may have to go back into Add-on dictionaries, click refresh and install again. Now, whenever you type out one of the emoji keywords in the regular Android keyboard, you should see an auto-complete suggestion for an emoji icon. (This is for AOSP Android, it may not work on custom roms or Samsung/HTC/LG/Sony etc) If your rom doesn't support the above possibilities, then maybe obtain root and install Emoji Font Updater (root) to get natively supported emojis, but yeah you already have native Emoji support as I understand from your question so this is mainly obsolete and I just write it if other readers wanna try :) emoji keywords: Up, Down, Left, Right, Star, Smile, Voltage, Warning, Victory, Wheelchair, Five-eighths, Seven-eighths, Liter, Soccer, Woman, Man, Telephone, Phone, Flat, Sharp, Note, Multiplication, Plus, Minus, Divide, snowflake, flower, question, exclamation, circle, paper, rock, scissors, arrow, baseball, soccer, golf, fahrenheit, celsius, degree, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpius, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, pisces, phone, telephone, airplane, sailboat, aleph, king, queen, bishop, knight, rook, pawn, church, temple, differential, plus, minus, multiplication, divide, trademark, male, female, five-eighths, seven-eighths, one-thirds, two-thirds, happy, heart, star, hourglass, infinity, integral, reference, sharp, flat, wheelchair, warning, voltage, victory
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Android on my Galaxy Nexus is able to interpret iPhone emoticons, how can I send them back?
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I'm struggling with a weird connection problem I have with Google Maps 6.14.1 (#6140011) on the Galaxy Nexus (running Android 4.1.2/CM10). The problem comes with the following symptoms when on mobile data: The app stops loading additional tiles from the network that haven't previously been cached (while displaying cached ones without any problems). The app no longer synchronizes starred places. Whenever trying to calculate transit directions, it gets stuck on the "Getting transit directions" progress dialog (there is no error message, the dialog just stays there forever). When trying to find a location ( any search query), it gets stuck on the "Searching for: X" progress dialog (there is no error message, the dialog just stays there forever). When switching to navigation, it gets stuck on the "Getting driving directions" progress dialog. Things I've tried: Rebooting: has no effect whatsoever. Switching to wi-fi. Then everything works. This might make it sound like my network provider (a T-Mobile US MVNO) is blocking Google Maps traffic, but read on! Tethering my tablet (CM9) to the phone: Google Maps works fine on the tablet, leading me to the conclusion that it's not the network blocking certain kind of data. However, when putting the SIM card directly into the same tablet, it again doesn't work. Stopping the process, then clearing all data: this fixes this issue "for a while" (a few minutes to a few hours). I haven't yet figured out what causes the problem state to come back. It could be a fixed amount of time, it could be the first switch from mobile data to wi-fi and back, I don't know. UPDATE : I've had it happen 5mins after a 'clear data' with wi-fi all the time disabled, so the next connection to wi-fi does not seem to be the trigger. Connect ddms: Getting transit directions does not cause any warnings or errors to be logged. Reinstalling Google Maps: same as 'clear data', it helps for a few minutes. Potentially related problems: Gmail doesn't load any images. Other than that Gmail works perfectly, including background syncing e-mails on mobile data. This problem also occurs when on wi-fi. Goggles always says "Network error" and "Authentication failed" (again, it works fine while on wi-fi). Google Now reports "Requested content '…' cannot be accessed. Access is not allowed for this user agent." In GMaps -> Settings -> About -> Network, I see the following error "Error - Bad HTTP response code: 403 for 62,71,72 class java.io.IOException". I can't get any additional information for this however. It might be weeks old, as I see this even while everything works perfectly fine. Some things in the Facebook app work (notifications are shown), but some just lead to a "cannot find secure connection" error message (navigating to an individual post). Other apps using the WebView control in some cases do not show content properly. (NewsRob for example can synchronize just fine, but when trying to switch to the web view of an article that was not previously cached, it shows an error message similar to the one of Google Now above.) Further notes: The mobile network indicator is blue/green during all of this (indicating a working connection to the Google servers) and everything else seems to work perfectly. This has happened on various builds, including the CM10 final, installed from a factory reset.
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This turned out to actually be a network provider problem (in my case: SimpleMobile in the US) and the fix is incredibly simple: remove the proxy server from the APN and everything works. The final hint I needed was the Google Now error message, googling that took me to this thread on xda-developers . I have no explanation for why 'clear data' fixed the issue for a few minutes and why this didn't occur when tethering the tablet through the phone (maybe a cached server connection somehow?). It does however explain why the problem occured again when putting the SIM card into the tablet (the APN comes with the problematic proxy as a preset), and that should have tipped me off, I guess.
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Google apps losing connection to the servers when on mobile data
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android
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I recently bought a Samsung Note 10.1 tablet. It has Android 4.0.4 (model number <code> GT-N8000 / N8000XXLGA </code> ). All is fine, but I cannot understand why the cut and paste do not work. Is this a known problem? Can I update to a newer version or something...? Every application in which I try to copy/cut & paste from just crashes. This is extremely annoying and I've been trying to find a solution online for about a week now. Any ideas...?
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An upgrade became available yesterday. Once I upgraded to 4.1.1, the cut and paste functionality started working again! :)
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Cut and paste not working on Samsung Note 10.1?
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I am using rooted LG P500 running stock 2.3.3. Recently I partitioned my SD card using ROMManager in to three partitions (swap, ext and usb storage). I checked with Mini Partition Tool and understood that the sd-ext type is ext3. Link2SD created mount script and linked apps perfectly, releasing loads of space in memory. To try an unofficial CM10 ROM, I backed up using ROMManager (NAndroid) and installed the unofficial CM10 ROM. While using CM10, I wiped sd-ext partition and linked few apps with belief that backup is done. Since I was unhappy with the CM10 ROM I decided to restore the backup and while doing so only I observed that my sd-ext partition contents were not backed up. Thinking that I might not have backed up properly, I tried again to back up in restored backup of stock 2.3.3 and observed a message: "Could not mount sd-ext. sd-ext backup may not be supported on this device. Skipping backup of sd-ext" Had if I had noticed this message, I would not have installed the CM10 ROM at all. Question: How can I make ROMManager to backup sd-ext partitions as well? I guess just because it was unable to mount, it just skipped sd-ext backup. When Link2SD was able to mount, what is stopping ROMManager to mount it and how can I fix it? Info: I tried this with ClockworkMod Recovery version 5.0.2.7 and ROMManager version is 5.0.2.1 I have seen the question "stackexchange-url ("Ext4 partition clockworkmod recovery backup")" and this question differs because the partition used is ext3 and was created by ROMMananger itself. Update: I have seen this modaco forum thread and it just only helped me to come to a assumption that my present recovery version 5.0.2.7 does not support it. I will be glad to confirm it either from any authoritative source or burst the myth if some other user successfully backed up (either with 5.0.2.7) sd-ext. When I attempted to use "mount and storage -> mount /sd-ext" option in CWM recovery console, I just get "Error mounting /sd-ext!" message.
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My suspicion that ROM Manager doesn't support sd-ext backup is quite confirmed with my experience. While looking for alternatives, I understood that there are these three recoveries available: Clockwork Mod recovery (CWM) Amon Ra recovery TeamWin recovery (TWRP) I tried the TWRP 2.2.2.1 from its XDA thread and I am glad to inform that it did back up my ext3 partition. Other than this benefit, I have a touch interface which is much easier in par with CMW's user interface.
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ROMManager does not backup my sd-ext
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I was pretty excited to hear Android 4.2 brings lock screen widgets. But after updating my Nexus 7 tablet, I'm not able to do that: I just have a clock widget that I can remove (it reappears after sleep/wake), but I can't add any widgets in any way. At first I was able to swipe right and I got a "+" where I presumably could add them, but now that's gone. Could it be because I have a corporate (i.e. exchange) account configured and because that forces me to have a password? Or is it some glitch? I have tried rebooting it.
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I have the same issue, N7 with 4.2 with an Exchange Corporate Account that forces a password/pin. You are correct that it has to do with corporate account. I removed my corporate account and was able to add widgets, even with the security still set to "password to unlock". I also changed to Pin and Slide to unlock and all of them worked as well. I then re-added my corporate account and the widgets that I added were gone and I was unable to add any others. That said it's not a huge issue for me as the only Widgets I had the option of adding were Clock, Gmail Inbox, and Calendar. Clock is already there and I don't want my Email/Calendar displayed without unlocking the tablet.
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N7/4.2 Can't add lock screen widgets?
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I encrypted my phone but now want it not encrypted so have to factory reset. However, if I try to do this from the CWM Recovery it says <code> -- Wiping data... Formatting /data... Error mounting /data! Skipping format... Formatting /cache... Formatting /sd-ext... Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure... Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure! Skipping format... Data wipe complete. </code> When I try to factory reset from the normal GUI it doesn't give me an error but finishes very very quickly and hasn't worked (presumably the output above has happened in the logs). What can I do?
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I have also encrypted the <code> /data </code> partition (on my Samsung I9300) and wanted to reset it for an upgrade. This failed with the error you mentioned, <code> /tmp/recovery.log </code> contains: <code> ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.2 recovery filesystem table ========================= 0 /tmp ramdisk (null) (null) 0 1 /efs ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 (null) 0 2 /boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 (null) 0 3 /recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 (null) 0 4 /cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 (null) 0 5 /system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 (null) 0 6 /data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 (null) -16384 7 /preload ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 (null) 0 8 /modem emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 (null) 0 9 /sdcard datamedia /dev/null (null) 0 10 /external_sd ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 (null) 0 <snip> -- Wiping data... Formatting /data... I:Formatting unknown device. W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 (Invalid argument) Error mounting /data! Skipping format... </code> DISCLAIMER : I am not responsibility for anything that goes wrong, including (but not limited to) user error. If you wish to wipe the <code> /data </code> partition completely (including media like photos), follow the below instructions: Boot into recovery. Run <code> adb shell </code> in a terminal (Linux) or Command Prompt ("CMD", Windows). After a few seconds, you should see a line containing <code> ~ # </code> . WARNING . Triple-check the command that you are entering here. White space and capitalization are important. Make any mistake here and you may accidentally wipe your whole flash memory including recovery images. NOTE : if you want to encrypt your partition later, you have to leave 16KiB unallocated space on the end of the partition. In the <code> adb shell </code> , run the command <code> mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 </code> . Substitute <code> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 </code> and <code> ext4 </code> according to the recovery filesystem table (for <code> /data </code> ). Output when running the command: <code> ~ # mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 755904 inodes, 3022848 blocks 151142 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=3095396352 93 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8128 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 34 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. </code> (Optional) Install new firmware (E.g. CM 10.1). Reboot. (Optional) In order to encrypt the partition while clearing your whole data partition, run <code> vdc cryptfs enablecrypto wipe PIN_OR_PASSWORD </code> . (see also https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-87 ) Reconfigure device, choose language, enter name, install apps, etc. Technical details below. The factory reset menu item activates <code> erase_volume("/data") </code> in <code> recovery.c </code> which calls <code> format_volume("/data") </code> . <code> format_volume </code> is defined in <code> roots.c </code> : <code> int format_volume(const char* volume) { // <snip> // check to see if /data is being formatted, and if it is /data/media // Note: the /sdcard check is redundant probably, just being safe if (strstr(volume, "/data") == volume && is_data_media() && !handle_data_media) { return format_unknown_device(NULL, volume, NULL); } </code> Since the volume name indeed starts with <code> /data </code> , and the recovery filesystem table contains an entry for type <code> datamedia </code> and <code> handle_data_media </code> is initially zero, format <code> format_unknown_device </code> is called. That function is defined in <code> extendedcommands.c </code> as follows: <code> int format_unknown_device(const char *device, const char* path, const char *fs_type) { LOGI("Formatting unknown device.\n"); if (fs_type != NULL && get_flash_type(fs_type) != UNSUPPORTED) return erase_raw_partition(fs_type, device); // if this is SDEXT:, don't worry about it if it does not exist. if (0 == strcmp(path, "/sd-ext")) { // <snip> } if (NULL != fs_type) { // <snip> } if (0 != ensure_path_mounted(path)) { ui_print("Error mounting %s!\n", path); ui_print("Skipping format...\n"); return 0; } </code> <code> fs_type </code> is <code> NULL </code> and the <code> path </code> is <code> /data </code> . That means that the code path ends up at <code> ensure_path_mounted(path) </code> which is the place where this function fails. Looking at the name, <code> ensure_path_mounted </code> attempts to mount the partition by name which of course fails since the encrypted partition is not supported in CWM. Therefore, CWM refuses to "format" the partition (actually, all it does is erasing all files except for <code> /data/media </code> after mounting). Therefore the goal is to format <code> /data </code> with ext4 (see recovery filesystem table) or mount the encrypted data partition somehow. I could not easily find the tools for mounting encrypted partitions, so I decided to go the easy way and just format the partition.
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Cannot Factory Reset after Encrypting
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I bought my Galaxy Nexus a couple of months before Jelly Bean 4.2 was announced. It got updated to 4.0.4 fine, but did not find any 4.1 update at all. So I found stackexchange-url ("this question") which informed me of units that had ROMs updated by Samsung instead of Google for whatever reason. And my unit is of the Samsung update legacy, <code> yakjuxw </code> . Since by the time I had concrete info on this <code> yakju </code> , <code> takju </code> or whatever the 4.2 release was nearing, I decided against flashing to <code> yakju </code> 4.1.2, and resorted to camp Android's factory image download page . And then 4.2 OTA rolled out on the 13th. Only for the <code> takju </code> units that is. The download page was similarly updated. But I am running out of patience, hence the question. tl;dr refer to the title. I would like to know if there's any issues with flashing <code> takju </code> or a <code> yakju </code> device.
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The answer is yes, you can install a takju ROM on a yakjuxw device. For that matter, you can also install a yakju ROM, or one of many other custom Galaxy Nexus ROMs (e.g. Cyanogenmod) on a device that originally had yakjuxw. I have personally flashed both yakju and takju ROMs on my Galaxy Nexus, which originally had a yakjux (Canada) ROM. The only possible issue is that flashing a new ROM may erase user data from the SD card (pictures, SMS messages, wifi information, etc.). So you may want to back up your data before flashing.
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Can I install takju ROM on unit with yakjuxw?
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This strikes me as a bug since the behaviour is incredibly consistent, but perhaps someone here can help me. I want to use the google developed calendar app as my main calendar app. My phone (a Galaxy S2) came with a samsung developed calendar app (both very conveniently named "Calendar"). At this point, I simply want to disable the samsung calendar app from displaying any sort of notifications (since the google app also displays notifications and I want to use that app). I have been able to do this by going to settings-> Notifications in the samsung app and toggling to "Off". However, as soon as I restart the device, the notifications are back on their original settings. Anyone else experience this? Anyone know how to make the settings stick? EDIT: I notice the notification settings of the google developed app (sound, default reminder time, popup) are also not sticking after reboot. Is my device broken? It seems to only be for calendar. Gmail and other apps hold their settings fine. EDIT 2: Ok, so disabling the samsung app allows my google app calendar settings to stick after reboot. So looks like that is what I will be doing. Anyone know how I can change the vcs file association to this app now?
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I don't know how to make the setting stick, but if you are using ICS you can easily disable the Samsung calendar app - so it will act as if it is uninstalled. You can disable it by clicking the Disable button on the App settings page - just above the disable notifications checkbox. Once this is done, reboot your device and it will act as if that app is no longer installed!
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Can I disable the default calendar app notifications?
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I currently have an iPod Touch, I want to buy the Nexus 4, but don't want to get a plan (SIM Card) for a while. Will the device work like an iPod Touch/ Wifi capable, but no access to data away from Wifi/Call/Text.
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Yes - all android devices will work without a SIM card, and can be connected to wifi for an internet connection. EDIT: Just so people know, there is a setting in the build.prop file that determines whether or the not the device can be used without a SIM or not. Most of the time this is set to allow it, however in rare cases it may be disallowed.
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Can you use the Nexus 4 without a SIM card?
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From stackexchange-url ("Galaxy Tab is not being charged through USB Cable") @Chris Stratton Tablets have larger batteries than phones and may be unable to sufficiently charge from the half amp limit of a USB port, especially while they are fully on (screen on and full speed processor clock). Some will barely charge if the screen is off but come with high current 5v "usb-like" wall chargers, others use a higher voltage charger on a custom connector - typically something round. Sometimes the "usb-like" ones are actually special cables with extra pins that tell the tablet that a special high-current charger is being used. @NobbZ The Samsung Galaxy Tab has a loading current of 2 A, but the USB-Specificication only allows 500 mA for the whole bus. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus @USB 3.0 Battery Charging Specification 1.2 released in December 2010. Several changes and increasing limits including allowing 1.5 A on charging ports for unconfigured devices, allowing High Speed communication while supplying a current up to 1.5 A, and allowing a maximum current of 5 A So, What kind of USB Cable should be used to Charge Samsung Galaxy Tablets , for example Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2 (GT - P5100)
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I don't think the cable is particularly important. Its the jack that the cable plugs into that makes a difference. Basically, if the tablet can tell that its plugged into a special (high amp) jack, then the tablet will charge more quickly (at 2A), otherwise the tablet will assume its plugged into a standard USB port and charge at the specification limit (500 mA). The best way to get an adapter that the tablet can identify is to use the official wall adapter. I believe there is no "standard" way of doing this, so different manufacturers may do different things (e.g., using an Apple USB charger may not work). You should be able to see what your tablet is doing based on the battery icon in the system tray (assuming its similar to the older Galaxy Tab that I have). On my tablet the icon will have a small red "X" if its being charged through a "normal" connection, and should have no such "X" if its being charged through a high-amp connection. See stackexchange-url ("How much power does a Galaxy Tab 10.1 charger need to supply?") And stackexchange-url ("Do Samsung tablets have the same USB connector as Apple's iPad?") And stackexchange-url ("Why is charging from computer using USB slower than using an outlet?")
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Samsung Galaxy Tab, charging technique through USB Cable
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I made software update for my Galaxy S3 to 4.1.1 and now after outgoing call the screen remains black and doesn't cancel the call or does anything till call stop. I did factory reset but it doesn't resolve my problem. Can anyone help me with that thxon advice
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I resolve it by this: Call settings ~> Auto screen off/on during calls.
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Black screen during outgoing call on Galaxy S3
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I have a broadband connection to my computer, but no wireless router. I would like to know if I can connect my android as a wifi bridge; using my broadband connection instead of my mobile internet connection. I am thinking of turning off mobile network, connecting my phone to my computer with a usb cable, selecting internet pass through, then turning on wifi hotspot. Does this work, or will the phone default to the mobile internet connection instead? I have icecream sandwich on an htc one x
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Setup the phone as a modem. Still most android phones can be setup as a WiFi hotspot. Following URLs may help you http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=658&Itemid=38 http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones/20726/android-wifi-hotspot
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Can I use my android as a wifi bridge via USB?
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So my power button broke on my droid 1 (yes old phone). Until I can get a new phone soon, I need a better way to lock and unlock my screen. Sliding up and down the keyboard slows down everything. Is there an app or a way that lets me re-assign my physical camera button to do this?
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Yes, there is. The first one coming to mind (forgive me, it looks like this is one of my standard answers here meanwhile) is Tasker , the most complete automation tool for Android. It lets you define actions based on events; so for your case, you could let the event Hardware -> Camera button pressed trigger the action "Display off". You want to turn it on again the same way -- so simply make it two "profiles", and combine two events: "Camera button pressed" & "State -> Display: On" (with the "task" to turn the display off), and with "Display: Off" the other way round. Remark: There's a 7 day trial version available on the developers website, so you don't need to buy Tasker straight away without being able to test it. As soon as you've got everything configured, export your configuration. So if after those 7 days you still cannot decide whether to buy, simply uninstall Tasker , install it again, and import your configuration. Before you hit me: That's what the developer himself wrote, so nothing illegal.
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Camera button reassign function
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I'm looking for an app that can count my daytime minutes usage. I only get 200 free airtime minutes between 7am to 7pm Mondays to Fridays until the 24th of each month. (After 7pm my plan has unlimited minutes.) Preferably, I want to be alerted by the app when I'm going over, i.e., by the 28th it alerts me if I've exceeded 26 minutes.
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Phone Usage is a great app that can monitor usage and do all of the following! (description on app page) Monitor your phone call, text and network data usage. ★★★★★ "Loads of similar apps on the market, but this one beats them hands down." ★ Set limits on daily, weekly and monthly usage. ★ Alerts when you break your usage limits. ★ Widgets for calls, texts and data. ★ See which apps are using the most data. ★ See who you call the most. ★ See usage per hour, day, week and month.
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App to count my daytime minutes
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I have a samsung galaxy tab 2 10" running Android 4.0.4. Is there a way for the default browser to automatically start up in incognito mode? Or, is there an alternative browser that can do it?
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I don't know about the default browser being able to -- but searching the Playstore for incognito browser yielded a bunch of promising results: InBrowser promises to be a fully featured incognito/private browsing experience for Android 1.6 and upwards including Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich. Looks like it knows nothing else than "incognito browsing" (i.e. no other mode). Rated 4.3 stars with 2000+ votes, it sounds very promising. INCOgnito Private Browser seems to be comparable. Again a 4.3 star rating, but not yet 100 votes (too new, I guess) Frost Lite - Private Browser is a third example I want to mention here: rated 4.4 stars at about 1,500 votes it seems to be more feature-rich than aforementioned browsers (e.g. offers tabbed browsing). For more details, just follow the links. For more examples, use the first link to my Playstore search results. I would like very much to offer you a solution for the pre-installed browser as well -- but unfortunately, I a) do not know any, and b) I think it unlikely. Of course I love to learn better -- so anybody, please correct me if I'm wrong with my assumption :)
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How to start browser in incognito mode by default?
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I'm really liking the look of Windows 8 / Windows RT, and I'd like to try ditching my PC entirely by getting Windows onto my Transformer Prime. I'm aware that there are a few issues around things like not having the windows key, but I can't find much conclusive information around the dual-booting situation. Most of what I've found is a from much earlier this year, and a lot of the information seems to be based on supposition rather than " I've tried this and it did / didn't work ". Is it, or is it not, actually possible to get Windows RT running well on the TF201? As a follow-up, will Windows recognise the keyboard, or will it be ignored because it's not the Touch Cover?
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Windows RT is based on entirely different system altogether - right from the bootloader up to user interface. Also, Windows RT is proprietary so there is a fat chance that the code would be available to make it work. What about: booting mechanism kernel drivers for the chip-set support There's far too many to mention, and quite possibly would require a re-write for it to adapt to the Asus TF02! :) This is equivalent to asking if Apple iOS can be loaded on a Android handset and vice versa, in plain simple word, the answer is No - nigh on impossible and there would be so much hackery to get it to work, let alone boot.
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Is it possible to dual-boot my TF201 with Windows RT?
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As the title says, if I fire up a file browser I can access all the files on the sd-card without a problem. I can even view the pictures with the gallery and the music app plays my music files alright , if I select the file from the browser and then use the corresponding program to deal with it. If I just use the gallery or the music app or songbird or any other media player, they all report an empty media library. Media on the phone's internal memory can be scanned by these apps and included to their library without a problem. Here is a screenshot of the settings> storage screen. As you can see it does not even try to index the contents of the sd-card , which are ~6gb of music and a few photos: After lots of searching around on the web, I found that most people that had this problem, managed to solve it by deleting some stray .nomedia files that were in their sd-cards. So, I searched my sd card for those files (I know they are hidden), both through the phone's file-browser and by connecting it to my computer, and I failed to find anything. For good measure I backed all my data up, formatted the card , restored the data, cleared the media storage data and restarted my phone, all to no avail . I know that the sd-rescan apps are irrelevant here but I tried one of them anyways. It didn't help... I should note that I have not tampered with the phone in any way (not rooted, no unlocked bootloader or anything else of that kind). If someone has any idea about what the problem might be, I'd love to hear from them. Thank you in advance.
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I tried formatting the card again, this time on my computer, using gparted and it worked. I cleared the data of the media storage app and restarted the phone and now all media is visible to all apps again!
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Media on external sd card can be browsed but not seen by other apps (including settings> storage). Not part of the .nomedia file fiasco!
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I am a new user of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT - P5100). Is there any shortcut button to close/exit from any app/game? Or, any other mechanism?
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No, there is no common shortcut to close/exit any program. The "android way" is to let the OS decide when to actually close/exit an application. Just hit the "Home" button or the "Recent apps" buttons to switch to another application when you're done with the current application, or tap the physical power button to turn off the screen. The OS will take responsibility for deciding when to suspend and when to terminate a background application. It generally does a good job of this, but some people cannot stand this behavior and so install task manager applications to explicitly terminate background applications.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT - P5100), shortcut button to close/exit from any app/game
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I am using an ASUS Transformer TF300 with Android 4.1.1, and there is an app that shows the playing cards at the bottom of the screen, and show the "Continue" button when the card game is finished. But the playing cards are half hidden by the system bar, and this "Continue" button is hidden by the system bar mostly, except about 2mm is showing, so it is kind of difficult to press the button. Is there a way to tell the system bar / menu bar to hide itself? I also went to the settings and set the "System bar lock" to off, but somehow the bar is still showing.
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this system bar is part of Android, and is used when the device doesn't have any hardware buttons to press. As such, it cannot be hidden. It shouldn't, however, impact upon gameplay - this is an issue with the app, and you should contact the app developer to have it fixed.
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How to manually disable or hide the system bar (menu bar) at the bottom of the screen?
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If a user wants to install some applications from play store, is it sole responsibility of the user to decide whether the apps may harm or not? Should the user be worries regarding permissions? For example, if an application asks permission to read contacts, can user be assured that it does not misuse that permission (like, sending to third party)? How google regulates applications and prevent malicious applications? Are all play store applications safe?
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In short: You can't be assured that an app won't phone home without further steps. Not on Android nor on iOS, period. If you want to minimise your risk, only install official Play Apps through the store itself, see their permission grants upon install and stick only to popular/high volume apps or to big publishers. Google's Play store is less curated than Apple's one. Additionally, Android allows to access much more APIs than iOS does (e.g. replacing the keyboard or stock SMS app and so on). Also Google allows you to install apps from other sources in contrast to Apple. Most people see this as more freedom (not meant cynically) while it has its drawbacks. In early 2012, Google announced its Bouncer , an internal Google Play malware scanner service that all submitted apps have to pass before they get published. Starting with Android 4.2 Google also announced an option to have all installed apps remotely checked for malware by Google (regardless if from Google's Play store or not). While I personally don't like them (for their bloat and battery sucking), you can install AntiVirus software like Avast . For improved battery, switch off everything realtime and only have it scan newly installed apps. If you're rooted you can do more: Install an outbound per-app internet firewall ( DroidWall ) Control/withdraw permissions ( LBE , Privacy Blocker , PDroid , Permissions denied ) Install an ad blocker ( AdAway )
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Android applications privacy and security concerns
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I am at the hotel trying to get my stuff connected. Had no problems with phone and laptop, but when I'm connecting with the tablet internet is unavailable. As far as I can see, it's connecting to some other access point and is being put to other subnetwork (see screenshots, the phone and the tablet ). I tried different places, different floors - it's all the same - WiFi level is OK, different subnetwork, no internet. Is there any way I can fix it by myself, while waiting for hotel staff to "call the programmer to reboot it"? (other than installing Connectify, which I've already done).
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First remove the network from known list. Then when you're adding that Wi-Fi network on your tablet use manual DHCP and enter the details from your phone... This should work without issues..
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How to select Wi-Fi access point?
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Is there any way to quit the eBay app, so that I stop receiving all these event notifications? I like notifications, but only when I decide to run the eBay application...
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Do it in the app directly: eBay app (home screen) -> settings (below WOW list entry) -> notifications -> none
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Quitting eBay application
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I have a HTC Desire, which has a limited space in the phone. Therefore I want to make all apps install to the SD card by default. However, I can't make it work. I have tried the <code> pm set-install-location 2 </code> command, and I can also confirm that it is set to 2, but I still can't download apps that takes more space than available. I have it rooted, and installed 4.1.2 on it.
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Since you have Evervolv's rom I assume you have a custom recovery. Backup all the files on your sd card. Boot to recovery and partition your sd card. I would suggest at 1GB for sd ext.
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Forcing apps to install/download on SD
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I recently upgraded my phone to an LG Motion 4G (Android 4 ICS). I see that the sdcard is mounted at <code> /sdcard/external_sd </code> . I also noticed that this appears to be the same with some other newer models. Apps expect the sdcard to be at <code> /sdcard </code> . I assume the manufacturers want to include a lot of internal storage, but why mount internal storage at <code> /sdcard </code> ? Shouldn't this be against some form of Android specification standard?
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The reason is the history of Android: The first generation of Android devices only had a small amount of internal storage (around 100-400MiB) which was mounted under <code> /data </code> . Next, devices with a, at that time external, SD-card came out. The SD card was mounted under <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> . After that, devices with large internal storage came on the market. This storage was portioned, because <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> had become the default place for big data chunks from apps, pictures and such. So the Android environment had to have a <code> /data </code> and <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> directory. Therefore one partition was for <code> /data </code> , the other for <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> . This is the reason why you storage space could become low (the <code> /data </code> partition) even if there is plenty of space on <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> . This situation was improved with Android 3.0: <code> /data </code> and <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> are now pointing to the same partition. Good job Google, that could have been done versions ago. Which is also the reason why app2sd is no more needed on Android 3.0 or higher: You would only move the data within the same volume. Now we come to the answer if your question: Since <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> is already mounted on the internal storage, an external SD-card has to use a different mount point. And this mount point is not specified by Google. It could be <code> /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd </code> <code> /mnt/external </code> <code> /mnt/extSdCard </code> <code> /mnt/sdcard/external_sd </code> etc. The API call <code> getExternalStorageDirectory() </code> usually points to the internal storage directory. This behavior is documented. There are open source projects that provide tools to find the external SD-card directory in a canonical way.
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Why is the SD-card mounted to "/sdcard/external_sd" instead of "/sdcard" (or "/mnt/sdcard")?
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Since Android is Linux at its base, I logically think it should be possible to run a script on Android, like a Python script or PHP script (with executable bit obviously). If not conventionally, is there any way to do so?
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Python/PHP specific If you are asking specifically for Python and PHP scripts, SL4A probably is your best choice (though there are other Python supporting apps in the playstore, like e.g. QPython Lite). And if you want to automate things, you might want to take a look at the SL4A Script Launcher (in connection with TaskBomb task scheduler) as well. Shell Scripts But talking about "Linux" and "scripts in general", the first coming to my mind are Shell Scripts. These can be run directly from the command line using any terminal emulator (e.g. Android Terminal Emulator, Terminal IDE) -- or, if you prefer some "graphical help", using specific launcher apps like SH Script Runner, ScriptMe, or Script Manager.
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Is there no way to get scripts to run in Android?
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Is there any way i can set up an app to start at startup? Its a ram boosyer and for some reason it does not auto start....earlier it used to.. Does moving apps to SD card prevent its auto start? And how can i assign apps mannualy to be "Startup applications"?
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Try uninstalling and then re-installing said app - be forewarned though that most RAM boosters / memory cleaners are absolutely redundant in Android. Due to the nature of pre-loading your most used apps in order to give them better latency, there's little to no point of running these memory cleaners. In fact, by running them, you lose a bit of your battery as the OS has to run the processor to select and pre-load other apps. Yes - moving an app to the SD card usually prevents it from starting up at boot - this is also why widgets or apps that have some sort of notification / reminder / push message need to remain in internal memory. You can run a script (if you're rooted) or you can use an app like Tasker / Llama to run an app depending on a particular set of conditions.
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Any way to assign startup apps manually?
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So, the Nexus 4 doesn't have an external micro SD card slot, which of course is bad. So, how much of memory space would I get to use for installing applications, copying music, videos etc ?
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I would assume that it would be similar or the same as the 8GB Nexus 7, which is about 5.92GB .
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What would the effective memory space be in a 8GB Nexus 4?
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android
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I have searched, but haven't yet been able to find, an authoritative documentation of the filesystem hierarchy of the Android OS. Can someone tell me whether this exists at all and if so, where?
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There's a big chapter on that in Andrew Hoog's Android Forensics book on that (see this Amazon list for available copies). Unfortunately, that book doesn't come for free (but from Elsevier; so prices range from ~USD 20 for the Kindle edition to ~USD 50 for the print, with some crazy offers for ~USD 170+ as well), but it explains a lot of background not only interesting for Forensik specialists. A German version of this book now is available for EUR 35, published by Franzis (which can be found e.g. on its German Amazon page as well as on the publishers site, see this link). While the link to AndroidUserland given in a comment on the question contains a very rudimentary list, a better (though also incomplete) documentation can be found at robotz.com. As said, this is far from being complete, but better for understanding. I remember having seen another documentation at android.com -- some hints can be found there e.g. in the Storage Options (check "Internal Storage" and "External Storage" here). But a complete documentation of the file system hierarchy is missing here as well. So again, the most complete documentation known to me is Hoog's Forensics book. German speakers might also be interested in taking a look into the chapter Dateisysteme und Datenstrukturen of my book "Die Androiden-Toolbox", which (in this community edition) is freely available in HTML, MobiPocket and PDF versions here on my eBook Server (if you prefer a printed copy with a few more details, the (extended) Franzis edition Das inoffizielle Android-Systemhandbuch will be available end of this month, i.e. starting around the 26.11.2012). Disclosure: As said, I'm the author of the second book mentioned. And, not yet mentioned, the translator for the German version of Andrew Hoog's book. But that does not mean I hold back other sources here, of course.
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Filesystem hierarchy, that defines the directory structure and directory contents of Android?
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android
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See pic - the numbers don't add up This is a 16GB Nexus 7 The listed items only add up to a little over 9GB. So 4GB worth of files are missing. How can I find those missing files?
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If the displayed detailed would be complete , you'd be correct: 1.28G + 7.28G + 200K + 282M + 762M = 9.6 GB total space -- while the summary says 13.24G. Explanation is easy: The details list is not complete. It e.g. misses Cache, temporary files, log files, tombstones, and probably some more. Where to find those? In the file system, and for completeness this requires root. For some more details, please take a look at corresponding questions by following the tags internal-memory and storage . A good source to start with is the question stackexchange-url ("Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it").
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My space used and free space doesn't add up
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android
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ICS introduced an option to reject incoming calls with an SMS. Is there a way to disable this function. If yes, how? Sony Xperia S handset running JB
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Unfortunately, there is no way to disable that. Sony is using a proprietary Dialer that has that function hard-coded into it. Without using a custom ROM, there is no way around it. I know this because I have experience with this on Samsung devices (they also have a bar near the bottom that allows to Reject with Text), and having heavy proficiency with Android, outside of somehow recompiling the Dialer apk and using your knowledge of Java to find the entry, remove it, and recompile, there is unfortunately nothing you can do.
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How to disable "reject call with an SMS"?
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android
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I know it doesn't have LTE, but what about the 4G networks of other carriers? If I happen to buy one, will I be able to use it T-Mobile's "4G" HSPA+ network?
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Yes, it has HSPA+ which is what T-Mobile's "4G" actually stands for. This article on AndroidAuthority should help you understanding why it doesn't have LTE.
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Does the Nexus 4 have 4G?
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android
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Every time my Nexus S attempts to update Chrome, It displays an error stating "Insufficient storage available". According to "Manage apps" I have 412MB of internal storage available, which should be more than enough. Searching Google turns up plenty of people with the same issue, but no definitive answer. How do I get Chrome to update?
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The app's data size had crept up to over 100MB. Still shouldn't be a problem in my opinion, but apparently that was enough to prevent updating. I cleared the application data "Manage apps" -> "Chrome" -> "Clear data", then was able to update Chrome successfully from Google Play.
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Insufficient storage updating Android app
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android
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On my nexus 7 rooted device some programs keep two ports opened (8080 and 8082). How can I determine what are those applications? Netstat from terminal can't help.
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Install the OS Monitor app. One of the things it can do is list your network connections, show the used ports and the app that is using it.
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Which application keeps port opened on android?
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android
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I'll be listening to music or a podcast, when for no reason that I can tell, the sound will sometimes change. Fortunately, it seems to always go down, not get super loud and blow out my ears. This happens in any and every audio program, so I don't think it's app specific. I'm using Android 4.0.4 on a Samsung Galaxy S2. The phone is rooted. How do I prevent the sound from making random adjustments?
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This problem went away after I installed a kernel and ROM that was developed more specifically for my particular phone, the SC-02C. The lesson learned was to be really sure before rooting or upgrading that one is working with the exact right ROM and kernel.
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Sound volume randomly changes
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Just bought myself a Desire C, pretty decent as far as I've played around with it, but I have a problem with WiFi (this is pretty much the case with all my phones). I can't connect to home network by any means. The network though is totally fine because my pc (from which I type this) is connected, my laptop can connect, my other pc can connect and my old HTC Wildfire (the original one) can connect totally fine. I have searched the web for about 4 hours now to no avail. All I can do is ask here for some solution. I will try to get (in a pirate-like way somehow) the WiFi fixer programs to my phone from my pc but still this is not sure to work, so I expect some help. Now for the specs of the whole network problem: Device: HTC Desire C (obviously) using Android 4.0.3 (out-of-the-box) Router: Netgear DG834G v5 (if you want to ask anything about config, do so) Router protection type: WPA2 PSK (that's what my phone tells me, I will go with this) Notes: I have an HTC Wildfire that can connect to the very same connection and a couple of Windows 7 machines that can do so as well. I used to have the exact same problem with my previous device (Samsung Galaxy Ace rooted with SanGingerAce) but assumed it was the root config as a friend told me, so did not bother. Said device couls connect totally fine in any other network it has been (including the one of th university I am in), which I will try on my phone tomorrow if that makes any difference).
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Solved myself: I tried after reading a lot of stuff to tweak my router and do a firmware update and I totally messed it up and almost destroyed it. It actually won't work at all and won't be found by wireless or anything, but it was already 5 years old, so I did not mind too much, I went and bought a new one (LogiLink - heard this brand for the first time, but works like a charm). I installed my new router (even though it asked for some things I heard for the first time in my entire life) and it runs on 802.11n perfectly fine for all my 3 computers and all my 3 phones. So turns out my old router was too old apparently. In conclusion, for anyone reading the question, I believe a firmware update on an old router if done properly (in which I failed horribly) can fix this problem, also as @MatthewRead pointed out in the comments mixed b and g was fairly worse than g only, so you can try this. In any case,
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Brand New HTC Desire C Wi-Fi won't work
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Let's see if anybody can help me, because I'm pretty stuck with this. I've tried to install the following ROM from xda-developers in a Sanei N10: Unofficial CyanogenMod 10 for many AllWinner A10 tablets I've installed it following the usual procedure: Press Vol+ and Power to get the Recovery menu Select Wipe data/factory reset Select Wipe cache Install the three ZIP files: "cm10_a10_20120913.zip", "gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip" & "n10_compatibility_1.2.1.zip" The problem is, even though the first ZIP with the ROM installs successfully, the second one (the one with Google's apps) refuses to install, showing instead the message "signature verification failed". The same happens with the third ZIP (N10 compatibility). So the installation doesn't actually finish. If I reboot the tablet, it runs Cyanogenmod 10, but the touchscreen doesn't work (I have to plug a USB mouse to interact with the operating system). So what do I do to avoid the dreaded "signature verification failed" message? Just in case if it's of any help to identify the problem, I'll mention that I can see the Android bot laying down with a red triangle with an exclamation when entering the Recovery menu. I've tried to use the ROM Manager which is preinstalled with Cyanogenmod 10, but when choosing "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" it says that "The SD Card needs to be mounted to use ROM Manager". Of course my MicroSD is properly mounted (I can see its files in the card from console, from the "Terminal Emulator"). I think this happens because the MicroSD is mounted in /storage/sdcard1 instead of in /storage/sdcard0, but I can't change that. I can't download APKs from the browser, either, because it also says something similar about not being able to access the SD (even though it's correctly mounted and I can see it mounted from Settings > Storage). I've also tried the CyanogenMod A10 ROM available in this page, which is more recent (October instead of September): http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/3870...mod-10-tweaks/ But the same happens. I've even tried installing the CWM Recovery ROM, but it doesn't let me installing that from the Recovery either (same message about the "signature"), and with Odin3 it doesn't work either because I don't know how to reach the "download mode", which is needed for Odin3. Pressing Vol+ and Power I get the Recovery, but not the Download mode. Does anyone know how do I get to the download mode in the Sanei N10? Any idea about how to solve this? Right now I have a tablet with no touchscreen and not even Google applications (so I don't even have the Play Store), so it's practically worthless (at least the WiFi works). How can I get this tablet back to being usable?
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Well, at last I could finally solve the problem thanks to chris5s from the xda-developers.com forum. These are the steps that worked for me: Download the latest ClockWorkMod for Allwinner A10 tablets from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802268 Put all three files in the ZIP inside the root of a MicroSD card and insert it in the tablet Check from the Terminal app inside the tablet to see if the MicroSD card is mounted in /sdcard (just type "ls /sdcard"). If the "ls" command doesn't show anything (that's what happened in my case), then you must modify the "install-recovery.sh" file and replace all instances of "/sdcard" with "/mnt/extsd". With the proper "install-recovery.sh" file, run the commands specified in the above xda link (in my case the card is in "/mnt/extsd" instead of "/mnt/sdcard" as the original example shows): su cd /mnt/extsd sh install-recovery.sh sh reboot-recovery.sh The tablet will then reboot to CWM recovery. Then follow the regular steps to install Cyanogenmod (wipe plus install ROM + GApps + Compatibility). This time the Recovery menu won't care about the files being unsigned and will install them right away! I hope this helps somebody else!
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"Signature verification failed" when trying to install non-official Cyanogenmod 10 ROM for Sanei N10 Android tablet
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android
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I've just found this photo on CNET: I want to know which clock-weather widget app is that?
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It is Motorola's default clock widget. here is a video that shows ,how can use this widget in other phones
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Identify this Clock-Weather Widget
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android
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I have Android Source Code image and i want to install it on Laptop . I want to know how we made bootable image for laptop with android image. What I have to do so that laptop detect the android image. There is some site which provide android image for laptop , in which i have to download image but i want my android image been install in laptop. Is any tool is present which make boot loader for android image.GUIDE ME
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You want to check out Android x86 project. They have documentation and installation instruction for installing an Android on a regular laptop/desktop.
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How to Install our android image in laptop ? How to make android boot-able image for laptop?
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android
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May I assume that there is no point to format your SD Card (assume you have the 32 GB size) to NTFS if the device can support SD Card of up to 32 GB and FAT32 maximum limit is also exactly 32 GB? The reason for asking such question is that since the device can only support 32 GB, so I can assume that NTFS will likely not be supported by the device, or I cannot assume in this way? And this FAT32 will be more suitable and likely to be accepted by major android devices?
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32GB is the limit imposed by the Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) specification, not FAT32. FAT32 supports 2TB drives, with a standard 512 byte sector (or 16TB with 4.096 byte sectors) which is (coincidentally?) the same as the latest Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) specification, so FAT32 should be viable for some time to come. The biggest restriction with a FAT32 formatted drive is the per file size restriction. Since FAT32 uses 32bit file pointers, which means that no single file can be larger than 4GB (actually 2 32 -1). Most of the time this isn't a problem, but if you want to transport movies or virtual machines which aren't split into multiple smaller files, then this might cause you problems. As an aside, in an answer like this, I can't help but illustrate it with a favorite picture of mine which compares 8 bytes of magnetic core memory from 1953 with 8GB (8 thousand million bytes) of flash from 2008: In the same space as those 8 bytes from 1953 you could now fit 8x or 12x 32GB uSD cards (when you take into account thickness too) so who knows where we will be in another 55 years? Probably wondering how we got by with only a couple of terabytes in our phone. *8')
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Android device can support SD Card of up to 32 GB, so FAT32 is more suitable?
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android
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As android devices support SD Card with up to 32 GB. Are there any android devices that support and have two SD card slots? This is to remove the hassle to remove a SD card and insert another SD card into the same slot, which might result in faster wear and tear to both the SD Card slots and the SD cards. Also, it will also mean that the android devices can support 2 x 32GB = 64GB space. Also, I will not need to spend lots of money on Internet bandwidth to access my data in the "Cloud"! And lastly, I will not be limited by the storage space capacity in my phone.
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As far as I know, currently there are no Android devices with dual-SD Card slots. Keep in mind though that mobile devices is a huge and ever changing market. There is nothing preventing some manufacturer from releasing such a device, if they determine that there is enough demand. Not sure I understand the need for a second SD Card slot, though: SD Cards are cheap enough to not have to worry about them wearing out. Newer phones support the SDXC format that boasts capacities of up to 2TB. ( 64GB and 128GB cards are already widely available.) Even with multiple SD slots, you are still technically limited in capacity, albeit you probably won't hit that limit for a while longer. It really depends on what content you are planning on storing there. Obviously you wouldn't be able to store a large collection of Blu-Ray rips that take 8GB+ per file on any size card. Bundling a second SD Card slot would sacrifice on internal space of a handset. The trade-off would have to come from other areas, such as smaller battery or other feature. I do agree that Google's push for "cloud services" (Nexus devices don't have SD Card slots at all) is misguided, seeing how most carriers are resolved to cap and overcharge of mobile data as it is. However, seeing how other manufacturers are releasing new devices with newer SD technology, and that technology is (arguably) getting more and more affordable, I don't see how sacrificing on internal space would be of any benefit to even the biggest space hogs.
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Android devices with 2 SD Card Slots
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I use the locale app to automaticly start an obd-app (Torque) when I enter my car. This works well. Now I want to automaticly close that app when I leave my car. As there seem to be no Plugins to achieve this, so my idea is to use the Execute-Plugin to End the task using unix-commands. Is there a "good" way to close an app? The "kill"-command seems to be a bad decision or am I wrong here?
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Please visit http://www.twofortyfouram.com/support.html Q: I see the Shortcut setting opens apps... how do I kill apps? A: Android treats memory differently than a desktop computer. When leaving an app, it is paused rather than killed, so that returning to it later is faster. If Android needs more memory, it will automatically close apps that have been paused but have not been used recently. Because Android manages memory automatically, "task killer" apps are not necessary. Google has blocked "task killer" apps for Android 2.2 and later. While it is not possible to "kill" apps on Android, the Shortcut setting can be used to simulate this behavior by bringing the Home screen to the foreground. To do this, simply create a new Shortcut setting that opens the "Launcher" or "Home" app (on HTC devices, the Launcher might be called "HTC Sense"). When the setting is fired, it will bring the Home screen to the foreground, pausing whatever application was previously on the screen.
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Close Application with locale?
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android
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I try to send an intent using an android-shell. The app starts, "su" works nice, but when I enter something like <code> "adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.SCREEN_ON" </code> I receive an error: <code> error: device not found </code> when trying to list the devices with <code> adb devices </code> the result list is empty. WHat am I am doing wrong? (My tablet is rooted, of course)
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If you are using the terminal app on your device then you don't need to use "adb shell". You just need to run the "am broadcast -a android.intent.action.SCREEN_ON". I don't know why you would want to run that from your terminal app since the screen would already be on. You need to have USB debugging on if you are trying to connect via the console on your PC to your device. You also need to have the drivers installed if you are using a Windows machine.
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No Devices on shell
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android
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Performance question here : my Galaxy Nexus is really slow right after I connect it to a WiFi network after long periods not being connected to the internet. That doesn't happen on EDGE or on 4G, and after a while it goes back to normal. My first guess for the culprit is : the low latency of WiFi networks, combined with the (potentially large) number of apps waiting for a connection to wake up, can spawn a lot of threads, which get data almost immediately, and start processing it right away, all at the same time (unlike EDGE where data can take a while to download). Which obviously clog the CPU and RAM. Is there an app or conmand-line tool (phone is rooted and running CyanogenMod 10, btw) that can show me which ones are doing too much work? Off-Topic: As a developer, do you know of any tricks that can minimize that effect when syncing in background? Other than not doing it when unnecessary, of course!
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If you have adb shell ,you can try below command <code> top -m 10 </code> which displays top 10 applications which takes CPU.
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Galaxy Nexus slow on WiFi wakeup
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android
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone. I see this screen when I press "Forgot Password" in the pattern lock screen that comes by default with the phone: My Question is: How would my account be unlocked when (i) "Wifi" is turned off and (ii) "Packet Data" is disabled?
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Search and download Unlocker or Screen Lock Bypass app from internet (which are no longer available in Play Store). Push it to the system from recovery ( with update.zip ). Start the system.
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"Account unlock" when not connected to internet?
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android
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As far as I have known, and also read in the description of many apps on Google Play, it is not possible for publishers to respond to user's comments, but recently I have come across this: Can someone give me more info on this? Also, if a publisher responds to my comment, how would I be notified about this? I do not see any Inbox or anything of that sort, also there's no option where we "Allow" Google Play to send up e-mails.
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Yes, developers can reply to a user review. The user will get a notification via email. However, as of now this feature is only available for "those with a Top Developer badge." So not all developers can reply to your comments. Read this page from Android Developer blog for more details.
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Google Play allows publishers to respond to users' comments?
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android
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I have been using Evernote on my Laptop and Mobile phone for quite some time now. Recently, when downloading an update of Evernote app in my phone from Google Play app, I noticed that Evernote asks for some objectionable permissions: I am not aware of any option/facility/service provided by Evernote which would require any of these permissions. Is Evernote Malicious?
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The reason for "phone calls" might be quite easy: Looking at the app requirements, they list "Android 1.6 or higher". With that, this permission is automatically set -- whether the developer wants it or not. Reference: Android 1.6 Changelog. An interesting discussion on this permission can be found at StackOverflow: stackexchange-url ("Android permissions: Phone Calls: read phone state and identity"). Of course this might not be the only reason. If the app e.g. lets you take "call notes" for an ongoing phone call, it might want to connect it with the contact or at least the calling number. To get the contact, it needs the number. To get the number, it needs... yes, <code> READ_PHONE_STATE </code> . Not using EverNote , I cannot say if it offers such a feature. Personal Information : A possible reason for Contacts I just explained. Some additional reasons, taken from the app description, could be: Email notes and save tweets to your Evernote account (Email taken from contacts) Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter (again, your friends data is probably stored with your contacts) Take meeting and class notes (meetings are probably among your calendar entries, so they could be connected) Plan a trip: keep track of travel plans, plane tickets and passports (again a clear candidate for calendar: Travel plans) As for accounts, pick reasons from above: How to share on your Twitter and/or Facebook accounts without accessing them? So all mentioned permissions could be easily explained. Could , as it takes some guess-work. You may be able to tell my assumptions are true if you investigate the described features. But the devs should be able to confirm or deny -- and IMHO it is their responsibility to explain. My suggestion to developers always is: If there are sensitive permissions involved, split the connected functionality into addons/plugins. My standard example: Locus Maps. It needs internet access to load maps, that's crucial to the app. Being a navigation app, you might want it to navigate you to your friends -- so accessing your contacts makes sense. But that together with internet, well... you might be concerned. So Menion (the dev) moved this part to a (free) addon. Choice is up to you: Trust him (and install the addon), or enter all addresses manually. And for another thing I agree with a point mentioned here a couple of times: A 4.7 star rating with almost half a million downloads, I'd say if that app were malicious, we'd have heard about.
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Is Evernote a malicious app?
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android
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. I have 3 email accounts set up in the email client and I would like to change the colors assigned to each of the accounts. Is it possible? I haven't been able to find any setting to do it. In stackexchange-url ("this question") they say it's not possible in Android 2.2, but how about 4.1?
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I've tried on my Galaxy S3 and I couldn't find a way to do this. Searching on the web returns nothing more (aside of trying to delete/recreate an account until it's given the color you want, wich I didn't tried). You can use another mail client than the one pre-installed on the GS3. I've tried the following ones : MailDroid : great one, possible to choose the color for each account from a palette, free version is add-based AquaMail : good one too, you can choose the color for each account from 8 predefined colros, free version has no adds K-9 Mail : possible to choose the color for each account from a palette, no adds, but looks a bit old
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Change combined inbox account colors
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android
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I have Samsung Galaxy S3. I connect my phone to 29 inch monitor using HML + HDMI wires. Also I connect it to Apple bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse. I get a very nice experience of Desktop. However S3 has maximum resolution of 1280x720 which does not give a nice look on big monitors. I have following questions: Can I extend my monitor screen from mobile screen so I can drag and drop apps from one to another? Can I change resolution of apps running on my monitor to higher than 1280x720. Thanks Note: External monitor does not have touch functionality.
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Having a different external display was one of the new features with Jelly Bean 4.2 You will need a siutable update for your S3 to stand a chance. What level of support you will get then is still in doubt depending upon the real hardware capabilities and what support Samsung put in.
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How to set high resolution on external monitor?
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android
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I bought an unlocked Telstra Samsung Galaxy S3 4G, and it's loaded with some Telstra software. I wanted to get rid of those, so I loaded up Kies and it gives me the option to perform a "Firmware upgrade and initialisation". I don't want it deleting everything off my phone and I don't want to do anything to my phone to mess with it so I wanted to be absolutely certain I understood what would happen. I tried googling this subject but couldn't find any useful information. Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me a detailed, clear and concise answer.
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Basic Caveat. It is likely (and to be expected) that a firmware (or OS) upgrade will wipe any user data or settings. These settings are not easily translated / adjusted across such an update. However, most tools will give such a warning before you proceed. In more detail .. Firmware Update (ROM code) A firmware update will normally cause ALL user data, settings, and (custom loaded) applications to be lost . This is because many applications and your online identity (connection to e-store) are usually firmware specific. Exceptions: For only a minor update it may be possible to just replace the firmware, and not disrupt the higher layers. This is only advice for developers and the truly adventurous. Your specific case: You are attempting to replace the Telstra (big Australian telco) firmware with (possibly) later firmware. This will likely not include any Telstra specific applications, and you would need to re-register the phone (upon completion). By then ALL data, settings, and applications would have been lost. Firmware Update (Android OS) An Android update will normally attempt to retain ALL user data, settings, and (custom loaded) applications. But this is only true for minor update, as major changes will make your existing applications incompatible. For each application , the vendor may provide an update with support for the new version to convert (or import) any old data. Exceptions: If you are attempting a major Android update (eg. from 3.2 to 4.0+) this will very likely not retain (in any useful form) any of your settings. Your specific case: If you were using KIES to update Android from 4.0 to 4.0.4 (or similar) this should be as painless as OTA (over-the-air) updates (prompted on your phone). However, it is not clear from your description what type of 'firmware' (Android or ROM) it is suggesting. Note: I have not used KIES, as it has no Linux support. Recommendation: Look at syncing or backup tools, to save any user data (phone numbers, messages, etc.) to your PC. Any applications will be more of a problem, but will still available (in the online e-store) to again download.
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What exactly happens when I use Kies to perform a "Firmware upgrade and initialisation"?
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android
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I'm currently using DroidWall to limit apps' access to the Internet - and it's working great. Recently I've started to have the need of allowing certain apps network connectivity, but limited only to the current LAN (e.g. only to communicate with IP addresses 192.168.1.x) DroidWall doesn't seem to offer this in any trivial way (except, perhaps via its custom scripts , for which there aren't any clear instructions for how to apply them only to an individual app). How can I limit an individual app to LAN access only?
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You can use rules like this in your custom scripts: <code> $IPTABLES -A "droidwall-wifi" -m owner --uid-owner 12345 --destination "192.168.1.0/24" -j RETURN </code> Instead of <code> 12345 </code> , you need to specify the UID assigned to the app; you can find that UID in the list of apps in DroidWall. Remember that UIDs are assigned dynamically, and if the app is removed, the UID previously assigned to it may be assigned to a completely different app installed later. There are some enhancement requests for DroidWall (#275, #253) requesting to add such feature, but developers did not respond to them yet.
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How to limit an app's access only to specific networks?
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android
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Jelly Bean. I have sorted my apps in pages, by topic or whatever (not the home screens, but the app/widget pages). Now I would like to sort those pages, but I can't find the way to change the order of the pages. Can it be done? How?
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I've found it! Pinch with two fingers on the Home Page, to enter the edit pages mode, then move them around.
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Change app page order
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android
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I have the Torch app by default in Cyanogenmod. I was wondering what's the purpose of Strobe frequency adjustment? I tried to play around with it and I couldn't tell what difference does it make.
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Strobe light is a kind of light which goes on and off a given number of times. The inverse of the number of times it goes on and off in a second is called its frequency. Strobe lights are used to see rotating objects to give an illumination that the rotating object is stationary. By adjusting the strobe frequency the speed of the rotating object is matched to get the desired illusion effect. There are many uses of strobe light from testing and instrumentation to dancing!
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What's the purpose of Strobe frequency adjustment in Torch?
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android
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I have my mobile Android, iPad, typing on the small keyboards takes too long, so remotely using my keyboard is the best way for me when it comes to type something in mobile devices. I have so far tried to use a VNC server, but they all require root, which I don't like to do. Are there any free tools that will allow me to use my laptop to browse my Android device and type on my laptop keyboard and it will type on the Android mobile?
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I make it a habit to reinstall Wifi Keyboard everytime I reflash my phone. It doesn't require root as far as I know. Basically, you set it as your default keyboard if you want to use it. Then you will see a notification and clicking that should reveal an IP address + port to you. Open that address on a browser in your computer and you should see a big text entry box. Whatever you type on that entry box will be sent to your phone as keystrokes. So yeah, you basically use your pc/laptop keyboard as a wireless keyboard. It doesn't let you browse the phone remotely though, but you can use it to navigate your phone (via arrow keys). And your devices also need to be on the same LAN for the IP to work.
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How can I remotely control my mobile without rooting it?
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android
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Usually they do it behind the scenes. So I'd love to know where apps are actually sending data and from whom they are actually getting responses.
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Some apps offer a network monitor, e.g. OS Monitor does: As you can see in the second screenshot, it even allows you to look-up the destination and show it in a map. Quick System Info offers a similar feature: As you can see in the last entry of this screenshot, it even names the app which holds this connection. These are two examples of real-time monitoring which do not require root. If your device is rooted, you might also want to take a look at DroidWall : This app offers to keep a log of all network accesses for each app. Plus, as a Firewall app, you can restrict apps to WiFi, mobile network, or even forbid them network access altogether.
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Check which IPs or web-sites an app is communicating with?
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android
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I use PlayerPro to play music on my smartphone. In PlayerPro there are "Sound Effects", which are similar to the DSP manager. One of the sound effects is the Virtualizer . When I enable the Virtualizer, even at 1%, it really changes the way the music feels. The audio becomes more echoey, and it sounds to me like I'm closer to the music. It gives me a live concert feeling. When I played with the Virtualizer level I noticed there's a major difference between 0% and 1%. The difference from 1% to 100% is also noticeable, but it's not even close to the drastic difference when the Virtualizer is disabled compared to when it's enabled. What does the Virtualizer do? What is it for, really? How does the Virtualizer work? How does this sound effect simulate a live concert sound (at least that's what it feels like to me)?
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What's really the purpose of the Virtualizer? I am unable to understand why you've asked this. Virtualizers make music cool. Using it, users can tweak music listening experience. It enables you to experience live concert in a car, for example. The difference from 1% to 100% is also noticeable but it's not even close to the difference when the Virtualizer is disabled compared to when it's enabled. Its because your speakers aren't that powerful. Just connect your device to a high-end speaker & feel the changes. How does the Virtualizer work? How does this sound effect simulate a live show music (atleast that's what it feels like to me)? Demystify yourself when you are at a live concert. Your ear drums interface the air with special vibrations (sound waves) which gives you that feeling. At home, air hitting your ear drum doesn't have that specialty of live show. What virtualizer does is that it vibrates the air (hitting ear drum) in special way. In short, virtualizers just alter the sound in a special way. How these algorithms work in background is out of scope of this site. To understand them, you need a strong background in Computer Science and Acoustics (Physics dealing with mechanical waves). Its thing of research. I can bet that even developers of PlayerPro haven't invested time & money to develop it. They have just used openly available libraries developed by research organizations, universities etc.
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What is the Virtualizer sound effect in music players and how does it work?
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android
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I have both CWM and Titanium backup pro installed and will like to make a backup of my system (Xperia Neo V). However I'm torn between the two. I have about 3.6gb space left on my 14gb SD card and have move lots of apps to the card. Which option is best for me? Thanks in advance.
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The two are actually quite different. Titanium backs up apps and settings only. Nandroid backs up everything including the OS. Titanium is useful when messing with apps and settings, since you have the option of restoring only what you want. Nandroid backups are largely for when you totally b0rk your phone and need to restore it to a more or less pristine state. The biggest difference is that Titanium requires a working Android installation, while Nandroid only requires a working CWM or other custom recovery. Just to clarify, Nandroid only backs up your <code> /system </code> , <code> /data </code> and a few other partitions. It does not backup your SD card. Titanium backup may back up some of the stuff on your SD card, but not necessarily all of it, only data that associated with an app will be backed up (and perhaps a few other things like photos and music).
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Any difference between the back ups made by Titanium and Nandroid?
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android
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I have a DROID 3 and use it both for navigation and listening to music in my car via Bluetooth (Ford with SYNC). In the BT profile for SYNC on my phone, I can turn off media output over Bluetooth and get navigation audio over the phone but still make calls via BT. However, I would also like to have music and podcasts play over BT but still have navigation over the phone. Sometimes I will listen to a CD or radio and still want navigation, but when media output over BT is turned on, I con't get any nav audio, since the car is not switched to the BT media mode. In older versions of Android Nav, the audio was not over the media channel so this wasn't a problem. Is there a way to switch it back so that nav audio is ALWAYS over the handset speaker?
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Audio routing would have to be set in the application code itself. However, direct audio routing is deprecated since API level 5 (Android 2.0) . Older versions of Android Navigation had this direct audio routing set to the ROUTE_SPEAKER in their application code. But the newer versions of Android have a system wide flag set with setSpeakerphoneOn or setBluetoothScoOn if it should use the speaker or bluetooth. I'm afraid that you won't be able to change anything about your setup since it is all build into the system and application code. All sounds will be routed through the same audio output in the newer versions of Android and Android Navigation.
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Send Navigation Audio to handset but music to bluetooth
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android
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I know that Adobe Flash Player is discontinued for Android devices, but is there an alternative way to continue using Flash on an Android 2.3 device? I have the apk of Flash Player 10, but I would like to use the most recent version.
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If the play store won't play ball, you can download the flash player APK from Adobe here . The one you want is "Flash Player 11.1 for Android 2.x and 3.x (11.1.111.32)"
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How can I use Flash Player now that it's no longer supported?
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android
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Swype is great, but I feel like it could be even faster/more fluid if you just dragged your finger over the space bar/performed some other gesture to insert a space between words, rather than having to pick up your finger. Is there any way to add functionality like this to Swype? Alternatively, are there any good gesture-based keyboards that support this?
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It's recent, but SwiftKey Flow does exactly this. It's currently in beta, but seems stable and robust. It's also an excellent alternative tap keyboard if the Swype style isn't for you.
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Using Swype, or a Swype-like keyboard, is there a way to type without lifting my finger up?
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android
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Is there something I can put into the Google Contacts entry for someone that will link it to their Twitter handle? I have tried putting “@JohnDoe” into an IM-type field I’ve named Twitter, but that didn’t do the trick.
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Both Facebook and Twitter contact sync stopped doing anything useful sometime recently (ICS?). They no longer provide a meaningful between your phone contacts and the actions provided by those clients. I think this has to do with changes to the Android API that for whatever reason these companies have not adapted to. There is a stop-gap solution for Facebook using a third party app such as Contact Sync for Facebook or Friends Sync * but I don't know any solution for Twitter other than the hack-it method of having a URL listed and using the web client. * This publisher also has other sync apps for foursquare, flickr, and others.
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Link contact to Twitter handle
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android
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How can I set WhatsApp to always run in the background? Like Skype, when I exit, it keeps me online to get calls or SMS or chat notifications. While using WhatsApp, when I move away with the menu, it exits. How can I avoid this and tell Android that this application should always be running - so that even if it is closed it will restart the application automatically? If anyone sends a text message, I don't want to go to all the icons and open the application several times. Any help?
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You can't set an icon on the notification bar to "let you be online all the time", it's not user defining option. But the service is always running, like THelper said, you don't have to mind that, you'll receive the messages without the icon appearing all the time.
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How can I run WhatsApp so that I am always online?
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android
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I'm trying to enter CWM recovery so that I can back up my ROM. While rooting my S3 I could enter CWM using the instructions I was following at the time (which I no longer have around). Since then I've used the built-in encryption feature to encrypt the device. Now when I try to press simultaneously the volume-up, home, and power buttons - the device only turns off, and doesn't start booting again until I release all buttons and press the power button. What are the exact instructions for entering CWM recovery on an S3, and do these differ for an encrypted device?
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How to get into Recovery Mode Unplug the USB cable. Shut down the phone. Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME UP' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 5 seconds to enter Recovery Mode. How to get into Download Mode (eg: for Odin) Unplug the USB cable. Shut down the phone. Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME DOWN' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears. Press the 'VOLUME UP' button to enter Download Mode. To get out of Download Mode, simply press and hold the power button until the phone restarts.
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How to enter CWM recovery on an encrypted Galaxy S3?
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android
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