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I’m Sabbath-observant, and in my tradition that includes not manipulating electronic devices. I set the alarm clock on my new phone for a convenient wake-up time, and expected the alarm to eventually turn off on its own as other alarm clocks do. It didn’t; it was beeping—ten minutes on, ten minutes off—until nightfall when I could turn it off. Is there a setting, or an alternate alarm clock app, that will turn the noise off after some specified time of being ignored?
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The feature I was looking for is called (on the apps I’ve found that have it) “auto-dismiss”. I’m trying Alarm Clock Xtreme Free , which offers this feature; if I’m happy with it I’ll upgrade to the paid version.
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Can I set the alarm to stop after some time?
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android
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Can I get inline help with functionality in my Android device? For example, my good old Nokia had a help feature, with which after selecting an item for a few seconds, it used to display the description and purpose of the selected item. If this is not possible, where can I find a Jelly Bean user manual or documentation?
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When you first activate an Android phone, there is a short tutorial that walks you through the home screen, adding icons/widgets to the home screen, navigating the home screen, etc. On stock android, there is also a helpful widget on the homescreen. For many phones, there is a small booklet (often called the manual) in the box when you purchase the device. These booklets can also be found online, for example some popular Android 4.0 devices: Galaxy Nexus user guide , or Galaxy S3 , or HTC Incredible . You can find manuals for your device by browsing the manufacturer's website or googling for "(device name) manual" or "(device name) user guide". Manufacturer websites also typically have a Knowledge Base, Support Center, etc. For instance, HTC Support Center for Desire X or Samsung Support for Galaxy Note . Finally, there are also Android StackExchange and stackexchange-url ("other Android-related forums") which contain lots of helpful people willing to answer your questions. If you're still unclear on anything specific, ask away!
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Android Jelly Bean help or user manual
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android
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I have a htc phone, I want to install few apps from Samsung market. But users of htc can not download apps from Samsung Market, Samsung Market is only available to Samsung devices. Does anyone know how to install applications from Samsung store to HTC mobiles.
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I've successfully modified the build.prop on my Samsung Vibrant to mimic that of the i9000, allowing me to get i9000 apps from the Samsung app store. So something similar might work for you. See stackexchange-url ("How can I modify the phone model in build.prop to get unsupported apps?")
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Installing Android apps from Samsung store to non Samsung Android device like htc phone
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android
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Am I the only one experiencing this? The calendar widget is showing the correct day but the event shown next to it is in 2 days and it shows for tomorrow. Perfect example (see attached image): today is 2 November 2012 and daylight savings time in on 4 November 2012; yet it says it will occur tomorrow. My phone specifics: HTC Inspire 4G Android version 2.3.5 HTC Sense 3.0 Screenshot (click image to enlarge)
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Could be a bug in the app, but I rarely use the calendar widget. It is also possible that this has been casued by the time change, or that you are in the afternoon. However, you could try erasing all data on the app, and clearing it's cache, then trying again.
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Calendar widget showing the wrong event dates
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android
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Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an Android emulator using a PC?
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No. You can however, try to restore parts of it using Titanium Backup . It allows you to select apps to restore - that way you can get back the data.
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Is it possible to restore a ClockWorkMod backup to an emulator
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android
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I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running CyanogenMod 9-20121028-NIGHTLY-p4wifi and I downloaded the latest YouTube app from the Play Store. However, the app still uses the old ui with the 3d carousel, despite reporting a version number of 4.1.23. I had this same issue when running various versions of AOKP. Any thoughts?
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The latest YouTube update has enabled it :-D
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Why do I not get the new YouTube ui on my tablet?
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android
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How can I remove an app from wishlist? I clicked the add to wishlist button by mistake.. I'm looking for this but i can't find, is there a way? I tried to unistall the app, search in the app page and others places like the wishlist itself.
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Well, i couldn't resolve my problem but after contacting Google's support here some potencial answers for some users. Clean Google Play and Download Manager Cache For Google Play: Visit <code> Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications </code> Tab over to "All" Select the Play Store app, and then tap "Clear cache" and "Clear data" For the Download manager: Visit <code> Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications </code> Tab over to "All" Select "Download manager," and then tap "Clear data" and "Clear cache" Uninstall updates from Google play Go to "Home" > "Menu" > "Settings" > "Applications" > "Manage applications" Touch the "All" tab Scroll down and select the Play Store app Touch "Uninstall updates" This will revert Google Play to the original version that came with your device. Google Play should automatically self-update to the current version within a few days - there's no way to permanently uninstall updates. However, you can perform the following steps to ensure the latest version of Google Play is updated properly: Launch Google Play Switch to the Home screen Wait 5-10 minutes for the app to self-update Re-launch the Google Play Store app After that the support couldn't help me anymore.. I believe my problem is a bug, so maybe in future versions it'll be fixed, anyway when I accomplish this, I'll post here. EDIT: Google Play Store updated to 3.10.9 and now each wishlist item has like a remove icon besides it, so you click there and it's removed! Nice and easy.
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How to remove app from wishlist?
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android
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From my understanding, a rooted Android phone mean that the user will be accessing everything on the phone, just like a root user. So, installing a Apps mean that the Apps will also have root privileges. So, does a non-rooted ones more safer than those rooted phone? (In another word, will rooted Android phone make it a easy target for Apps that are actually malware or virus to attack?)
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With root privilege, a malware app can certainly do heavy damage, but it doesn't work like that. Just because an app is on a rooted device, it doesn't mean it gets root privilege automatically. With modern rooting standards, you'll have to permit it. When an app requests root access, a pop-up from SuperUser or SuperSU app appears asking to allow it or not. If you don't know much about the app, simply block access. If you don't pay attention to this, you deserve to experience bad things. Update: As a last line of defense, I'd like to add that nobody knows from where nasty malware apps can exploit a loophole. You find un-rooted devices secure, but there're apps which are able to even root a device from inside (There was a positive-purpose app named <code> Root Exploit </code> in Google Market which was later kicked out by Google). So, if you want to be secure, don't install unknown apps. And, if possible, use Play Store only. These suggestions are irrespective of your device is rooted or not.
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Are rooted Android phone more vulnerable to Malware Apps than non-rooted ones?
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android
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I have a GSIII (Sprint) running Android 4.0.4. In the last three days, I have not made any changes or installed any new software that I know of, but my battery life has dropped such that my phone, when fully charged in the morning, now powers off sometime before I go to bed. This would make sense if I spent a lot of time using it, but I generally will check a few emails (every 20 min or so) and make maybe 4 calls of 5-10 min each in a typical day. I have not varied this pattern lately. I used to have to charge my phone maybe every other day, sometimes when really slow I could squeak 3 days out of it before charging. Battery usage screen shows 'Cell Standby' taking up 40% of power usage. I hadn't been looking at battery usage lately, but it strikes me that when I first got the phone (3 months ago) I checked these a few times and Cell Standby was fairly low, around 10% as I recall. I usually keep the phone on WiFi because of Sprint's crummy network, and the phone was in my house the entire time it was on battery, so was on WiFi for data...and WiFi takes up 3% of the total. Display takes up 2%. I remember on my previous phone, the Evo (original) there was a Dialer bug that caused a wake-lock of some sort...I'm presuming something similar here. Several hard power cycles have not improved matters. What do I do to stop it, or find out where the CPU cycles are going? Edit: taking a look at the battery pane of the settings app reveals that the phone is staying awake 100 percent of the time that the radio is on. It did not used to do that. Putting the phone in airplane mode lets the phone sleep as usual except for a few times in three hours, as expected. So, apparently this is a wake lock condition again.
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Cell standby being high means you have a really weak signal wherever your phone was. The phone cranks its radio up to maximum power to try to maintain a usable signal. There are several ways to stop it - none of them ideal: Put the phone somewhere with a better signal (near a window maybe) Put it in airplane mode to turn off the radio (but you won't be able to get phone calls/texts) Switch to a carrier that has a better signal near your home/workplace As for why it's doing it now, it could be that you're leaving the phone in a different place in your house most of the time, or weather is affecting the signal strength, or sprint is extra crummy in your area lately.
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Why has my GSIII's battery life dropped from 50-60 hours to 16 hours?
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android
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One of the features of the new Nexus 10 is that it will be "shareable" which, from what I can tell, means that Android will be a multi-user OS. Exactly how Android will handle multiple users I don't know, but I've been craving this feature for a long time. Any ideas whether this feature will be part of the core of Android 4.2, or if it's just for Nexus 10? I wish I got this on my Nexus 7.
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Any ideas whether this feature will be part of the core of Android 4.2, or if it's just for Nexus 10? Multi-user support in Android 4.2 will be for ALL TABLETS. So yes, all tabs with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean will have multi-user support. Google is officially supporting this only for tablets as of now. However, I'm very sure that custom ROM makers will port it for phones. In fact, there are already a bunch of custom ROMs which do this. I wish I got this on my Nexus 7. Nexus 7 is a tablet, so when you upgrade to 4.2, you should get multi-user support.
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Nexus 10 "shareable" part of Android 4.2?
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android
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I upgraded my Ubuntu set up to 12.10 and realized that the SD card can't mount like it used to every time I connected my Neo V (running android 2.3.4). It can't be a hardware issue as it mounts successfully via a card reader. It also mounts successfully on Windows 7 too. For some strange reason the phone charges normally when the USB cable is connected but Ubuntu just doesn't recognize the connected phone or its SD card. How do I rectify this problem? Thanks in advance.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1065964 Please add your self to the support bug posted above. This is a known kernel regression in Ubuntu 12.10.
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SD card won't mount when Xperia Neo V is connected to Ubuntu 12.10
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android
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So I have this cheap MK802 android devince connected to my old TV, I want MK802 to be as a digital TV box, which could receive pushed media content from DLNA sources. Are there any good DMR app for android? I tried: com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp com.waxrain.airplayer Both can browse remote DMS contents and play them, BubbleUPNP can control my Windows Media Player, but they can NOT receive push pictures, videos, etc. What's wrong with my home network? Are there any better alternative DMR apps for android? What can I do to diagnose the problem? Thank you all.
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If you can do at least some UPnP operations, there is nothing wrong with your network. Capability of browsing DMS (aka UPnP pull ) does not imply a capability of receiving commanded content from DMS/DMC (aka UPnP push ). DMR has a separate set of optional functions for pushing, which may or may not be implemented. The simplest way of diagnosing is to start DeviceSpy from Intel UPnP Developer Tools (Windows application). That will give you all devices in local network, which do publish some UPnP interfaces. The one you are looking for is <code> AVTransport </code> (UPnP namespace intentionally omitted). No AVTransport means no push . You should see at least a core function <code> SetAVTransportURI </code> there. Don't be surprised if some DMR software does not show up at all. Capability of browsing DMS and playing content from it does not require publishing any UPnP interfaces. DMC does not publish any interfaces itself either, it just knows how to operate other UPnP interfaces. About the lack of push-capable DMR implementations for Android: push means that the software must be capable of sitting there with an open port and just waiting for commands from any DMC. My wild theory is that this somehow doesn't align with what Android applications can or should do. The fact is that i have BubbleUPnP and UPnPPlay myself on my Android and i confirm that neither implement push. You can try the rest of Wiki list and let me know the result :)
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android device as Digital Media Renderer (the DMR of DLNA)?
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android
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My phone has lately been really slow. When I turn on the screen, particularly if it has been off for a while, the phone is really sluggish. For example, it might take 30 seconds to respond to my input. Or if someone calls, it might not respond to my answer gesture until after the caller has already given up and hung up. If I leave the screen on for several minutes (up to five), the phone will eventually start to respond more normally. The CPU information in the developer options shows that the processor is pegged during all this slowness, and the process <code> system_server </code> is consuming almost all of that CPU capacity with other processes fighting for a little CPU time. Also, this CPU activity is killing my battery. I'm only getting half the battery life I should be getting. I recently lost root in an OTA upgrade; in re-rooting I had to do a wipe of the phone. Once I restored everything, the problem came back. My phone is a Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean (4.1.2). I also experienced a similar issue with my previous phone, a Nexus One running MIUI and "ICS". I attributed that phone's slowness to its age, but now I think there must be something else going on. What could be wrong, or how could I go about tracking down the problem? Answers to questions posed My current phone is running 4.1.2. The problem became much worse after the update. My previous phone was the one I said was running "ICS". I put that in quotes because it was a custom ROM that claimed to be 4.0 but which I suspect was actually Gingerbread+. My RAM typically runs at about 85%. But, I doubt this is too useful since Android automatically kills apps when it needs more RAM and the Linux kernel is designed to keep RAM mostly full so as not to waste it. Currently, Google Maps is using the most battery, followed by Tasker. I'm quite sure that this isn't typical, however. I can't imagine why Google Maps would be so high, as I don't use it often. Anyway, I turned off the location permissions, so hopefully that'll cure Google Maps. And Tasker doesn't usually consume so much, but when the CPU is pegged it seems to have a harder time operating than most apps. (By the way, I have no location-based profiles in Tasker.) Upon rebooting my phone, it's OK until the screen goes off for a period of time. Then, the problems resume. They're so severe that it's often faster to reboot than to try to use the phone without rebooting. Auto-rotate seems to have no effect. I regularly toggle it in the normal course of using my phone, and haven't noticed any difference either way. Apps would appear to be the culprit since I've experienced the same issue on two different phones and since doing a factory reset. However: The process that's consuming the CPU isn't an app but <code> system_server </code> , which is a core part of Android. I have a lot of apps, so disabling them one by one would be a time-consuming process. I tried re-nicing <code> system_server </code> , but I didn't se any effect.
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This looks like it could be an issue with certain background services malfunctioning. Try observing the background services and disable some of them to see if you might hit the culprit. To do it in a way that is less hit and miss, there are several battery app in the market or you can use ICS native battery monitor to see if there are anything that are consuming more battery than it really should.
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Why is my phone slow?
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android
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I have recently come across and purchased the Tasker app. The app does is very different from any app I have ever seen in many aspects. One of the unique options that I have noticed in this app is that we can customize the notification bar icon of the app: This screenshot shows a few of the many options available. In the screenshot, one can notice that we even have the option to use the "Missed Call", "Bluetooth", "File Downloaded/Received", "File sent via Bluetooth" icons. I am sure must be to enable users to disguise the Tasker app, so that onlookers do not know that the app is installed just by having a chance to glance at the notification bar for a moment. My Question is: Why? What is the need? Can anyone give me a kind of situation in which a real person would need to keep his use of an app like Tasker to be a secret? Edit: Here are the screenshots which show that it is actually used to disguise: 2. 3. 4.
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Tasker allows you to customize the app icon because some users like to have a consistent theme across their Home Screen. Google has also suggested that apps default to a black and white default icon, while some users prefer the older color icons. Many apps allow this icon customization. Tasker also allows icons to be chosen for various other purposes, like notifications. Tasker has implemented an "icon chooser" to make this work. It simply reuses the icon chooser for the Tasker app itself. There is no ulterior motive. This is similar to any desktop OS. When you can set the icon for a shortcut, for example, you can use any icon on the system, not just the ones that shipped with the app.
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Need to disguise Tasker app in the notification bar?
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android
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Galaxy Nexus running Android version 4.1.1. After a recent update, it seems google has added a feature where you can place your finger on the bottom home buttons, and slide up, to open google search. This feature is extremely useful when I want to interrupt my game play to open a google search while running the streets of liberty city. I am wondering if anyone knows how to disable this wonderful feature. Thanks.
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A simpler solution that doesn't require root access is to go into Settings then Apps. From there, disable Google Search. This will also disable the homescreen searchbar and Google Now features.
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Disable open Google Search by sliding up from the home button "feature"?
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android
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There is one folder on my device (not in the microSD card) with mp3 files that used to work perfectly but suddenly started to cause a malfunction when I try to open it on a PC. It is said to have no files in it and all of the other folders stop being recognized after this until I reconnect the device. However I can always get access to the folder content through the cellphone file manager system: the problem is only happening when connected to a PC via USB cable. Does anybody know why is this happening and how can I fix it? Device: Samsung Galaxy SII.
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I finally found the solution (actually I even had left it behind...). Sometime after I posted this question I create another folder and after a while it began to have the same problem. Today I realized that both folder had one common caracteristic: they contained characters beyond the basic ASCII Table (one was called "Músicas" and the other, "Vídeos". When I renamed them ("Musicas" and "Videos", respectively), the issue was solved.
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Why is one folder on my Samsung Galaxy SII not being properly showed on PC?
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android
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So I recently made an .img using <code> dd </code> of my Froyo installation on my phone prior to wiping and installing a custom Jellybean ROM. Turns out that the contacts were saved locally and not with Google. I cannot for the life of me find my contacts anywhere on the images when I mount them. I've also tried attaching the .img as an external SD card to see if it could import and then export the contacts in a virtual android emulator. I just can't find them anywhere. I'm guessing they're hidden in some sql database somewhere in the guts of the OS but I'm out of ideas. Is there a way to boot the .img as the main OS on the Android emulator? Is there an easier way to go about this?
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Well, this took a long time. For future searchers, here's what you can do: Find your contacts2.db file hidden somewhere in Android. Most of the time it's located in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases. I was lucky and found it in a search through Titanium Backups' tarballs. Nab that file. It has everything in it in a sql database. I then found this excellent script to extract and convert all contacts into a .vcf format for easy importing into the next device. It's located here on Github and requires two dependencies (on an Ubuntu 12.04 machine in which it was written for): sqllite3 and libsqllite3-dev: <code> sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev </code> After dependencies are satisfied, save the script on Github as dbconverter.sh. Mark it as executable: <code> chmod +x dbconverter.sh </code> use the script like this: <code> ./dbconverter.sh contacts2.db > contacts2.vcf </code> You will then have a lovely .vcf file for easy importing into your phone.
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How can I manually extract my contacts from a backup image of Android?
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android
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I have recently got an app that permits me to view the contents of my phone memory on my rooted Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone. In /system/app folder, I see all the system apps that came pre-installed with the phone, and also I see a .odex corresponding to every .apk file. What exactly are these files? I wanted to keep a backup of all these .apk files in my laptop, just in case. Should I backup the .odex files too? Why or Why not?
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You don't need to back up anything under <code> /system </code> since a factory reset or flashing the original ROM will restore everything there. And if you were flashing a different ROM then the .odex files would likely be useless anyways, since they're for specific app/OS/device versions.
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Should I backup .odex files too?
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android
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can anyone tell me the difference between DLNA and Miracast, especially the technologies underneath? Thanks!
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okay since no one is willing to answer this question, I figured something out myself. Here's the key points: DLNA: TCP level, HTTP+SOAP interface based on UPnP technology pull & push media contents remote control play/pause/seek Miracast: transport layer protocol AP makes two device handshake, then two device communicate directly via wireless not only stream video/audio contents, but also mirro device screens from one to another.
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What the difference between miracast and DLNA?
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android
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How can I factory reset my Arnova GBOOK tablet/e-reader? It runs android, and now everything force closes when the device boots, inluding the settings and launcher applications. I need to use my device - I only bought it today. Please can someone tell me how I can get my device back? I think resetting may help... So - how do I reset without the settings app???
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I can't find the factory-reset instructions for a device with this specific name. Arnova's devices are named in confusing ways, so perhaps several names are used for the same device in different markets. But can you find a pinhole somewhere at the botton of your device? It should be on the left. Does it say "reset"? Then insert a paperclip and see what happens. If that doesn't work, you could try the instructions on Arnova's support page : "If your tablet freezes often or if you get error messages during the start up of your tablet, you can use the recovery mode to reset your tablet to its factory settings, removing all installed applications as well as any data or content. Your tablet must be up to date with the latest firmware – downloadable from the downloads area of this website. To access Recovery mode on the ARNOVA 10bG3 To access to the recovery mode: Hold down the volume button + and press the ON/OFF button. Once the boot logo ARNOVA is displayed, release the volume button +. The ANDROID green robot is displayed. Once the ANDROID green robot is displayed, press simultaneously the volume button + and the ON/OFF button. The Android system recovery screen is displayed. a. Use the volume buttons to navigate b. Use the ON/OFF button to select an option To restore the default parameters of your tablet: In the Android system recovery, select Wipe data/factory reset; Select Yes –delete all user data. Select Reboot system now. Your tablet reboots. Redefine your parameters through the wizard. Your tablet is restored to its default settings. To access Recovery mode on the ARNOVA 9G3 To access to the recovery mode: Hold down the Home button and press the ON/OFF button. Once the ARNOVA boot logo is displayed, release the Home button. The ANDROID green robot is displayed. Once the ANDROID green robot is displayed, press simultaneously the volume button + and the ON/OFF button. The Android system recovery screen is displayed. a. Use the volume buttons to navigate b. Use the ON/OFF button to select an option To restore the default parameters of your tablet: In the Android system recovery, select Wipe data/factory reset; Select Yes –delete all user data. Select Reboot system now. Your tablet reboots. Redefine your parameters through the wizard. Your tablet is restored to its default settings. To access Recovery mode on the ARNOVA 8cG3/8bG3 To access to the recovery mode: Hold down the volume button – and press the ON/OFF button. Once the boot logo ARNOVA is displayed, release the volume button –. The ANDROID green robot is displayed. Once the ANDROID green robot is displayed, press simultaneously the volume button + and the ON/OFF button. The Android system recovery screen is displayed. a. Use the volume buttons to navigate b. Use the ON/OFF button to select an option"
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Factory reset a device - settings app does not work
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android
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I want to root a Galaxy Ace S5830, Android <code> 2.3.6 </code> Build Number <code> GINGERBREAD.DXKT5 </code> . I've seen some tutorials that says specific build numbers while some says nothing specific. Does build number matter when rooting phone? BTW if you have any tips on how to specifically root this ( <code> 2.3.6 </code> <code> GINGERBREAD.DXKT5 </code> ), that would be cool.
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No, build number rarely matters. The main reason to note the build number is because of the baseband - but I normally take no notice of the build number.
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Does build number matter when rooting phone?
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android
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I am searching for the official name of the third (right) android on-screen button. The left and middle button are clear: Left: Back button Middle: Home button Right: ??? Please include a reference where the name of the third/right button is stated in your answer.
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This is called 'Recents' - you can see info about it here
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What is the offical name of the third on-screen button?
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android
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I prefer Opera on Android but Firefox on the Desktop. Is there any way to sync these two?
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Apparently not. (Having questions without accepted answers just bothers me)
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Syncing Opera Mobile/Mini with Desktop Firefox
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android
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I was just browsing through the play store and noticed that there are a few free apps in the top grossing section and that's a little puzzling. This might not be the best place to put up this question but I didn't know where else to go .
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As per Oxford: top grossing means earning more money than other similar things or people. But as per google app store it may refer to : Top-Grossing = Sum of all revenue generated from the purchase of the app + sum of all in-app purchases It also means that app listed in top grossing lists holds people's attention for the most time. So even if an app is free but still if it is getting downloaded the most then it will feature in this list. Also many of the free versions apps like angry birds, cut the rope etc. provide in app purchase ability i.e you don't need to bye a paid version but to access more features you have to pay some amounts which ultimately boost's apps revenue and ranks app higher in list.
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Why would a free app be in the top grossing section?
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I recently purchased a Micromax A110 and I tried to use my old Sandisk micro SDHC card which is previously used on a Nokia 5233. The problem here is that the new Android phone is not detecting the micro SDHC card. Why won't it work?
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I have solved the issue. The issue is that the memory card was locked by old Nokia phone. So I unlocked it and now it is working perfectly. Thanks for all your support.
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Problem detecting micro SDHC card
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Similar to PC having multiple OS in which you can select during boot up. I was wondering, for the time being, is it possible to have two android version in a android device? Example: A android device with both android 2.2 and 4.0 installed. During boot up, user can select which one they wish to choose. So, suppose there is a Apps that cannot be run on android 4, I can just switch to android 2.2. Same goes as vice-versa - if an apps can only be run on android 4, I just switch to android 4.
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There's an app called Boot Manager ( paid | free ) which will allow you to install multiple roms on your device. You select the ROM you wish to use whilst in the main OS and the application modifies the boot mechanism to point at the specific ROM. It's only available for some devices though, I know that Samsung phones are definitely supported.
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Is it possible to have multi-android version in your android device?
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I notice that many maps vendor such as Google require user to download offline map using their android phone. At the worst case, the user need to setup internet connection point in which the android phone will use the PC's internet to retrieve those offline map. So, my question is - are there really pure offline map that I can first download to my PC and later transfer to the android phone? (It would be better if the offline map can also be view inside the PC too. Meaning that the offline map can be used on multiple devices - Portability!)
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I use OsmAnd which works well with offline maps (OSM). Download offline map(s) once and after that no internet connection is required to use them. You can download the .obf-file of your location from this list of offline maps . Or use the app to download .obf files directly to your device.
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Are there maps that I can download to a PC and later transfer to the android phone?
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This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer. On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and "sign in". Simply selecting an account and tapping "sign in" gives unchallenged access to my account via the web; no password is required. This bothers me, since any malicious person who picks up my phone when I'm not looking can access my email, Google Drive, etc without knowing my password. Let's assume that my screen-lock hasn't had time to kick in.... or we could assume it's easy to circumvent. Enabling 2-stage sign in wouldn't help, since if someone has unauthorised access to my phone, they's receive the one-time token. I've tried looking through all phone and browser settings to no avail. I've hunted through Google Dashboard, and cannot see how to disable this. I've signed out, but the yellow pop-up always appears, always giving unchallenged access. An app-lock app might be an option, but is inconvenient, especially since friends often use each other's mobile browsers. Installing a different browser may be an option, although again that's inconvenient, and would mean disabling the stock browser, which my come with other issues. I'd really like to disable the yellow pop-up permanently, but i cannot seem to find out how to do this. Apologies if this has been answered already. I'm running Android 4.0.4 Cyanogen mod 9.1.0 on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000. I'm specifically looking for a way to prevent the yellow authentication pop-up in the stock web browser. I'm not bothered about other apps. I'm also not really bothered about why Google has chosen to do this. The lock screen isn't an issue either. One scenario might be: an acquaintance asks to borrow my phone to use the web browser. Being a little cheeky, they go to Google and sign in, without a password being required. I wish to prevent this. If they were using a web browser on my laptop, they'd need a password. I'm not happy that they don't require it on my phone. Other apps can be trivially protected by an app-lock. I prefer not to use an app-lock for the web browser. And anyway, unlocking it for a friend to use just leaves the same problem.
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The only solution I am aware of (besides hacking the code itself) is blocking permissions: Permissions denied PDroid privacy extension Regarding PDroid: Currently, only Gingerbread is supported officially but you may find a working patcher for your CM9.1 firmware on XDA . Its Google Play description says: PDroid allows you to block access to the following private data for any application regardless of its permissions: [...] Account auth tokens , [...] EDIT: Tried PDroid and found it to work great. You need a compatible ROM (CM, AOKP, PA,...) and AutoPatcher (download here ) plus either the original PDroid or the PDroid2.0 app (see 1st post/attachment). Note: v2.0 needs JellyBean, use the old one for ICS and below (the original author hasn't updated the app for some time and hasn't ported the original Gingerbread patches. Autopatcher includes both ported original PDroid patches and the v2.0 fork for JellyBean)
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How to stop web browser offering to sign into Google account
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When one turn on the phone or switch off the phone, the android phone will make a single vibration. I don't know whether if the phone is telling me that - Good Morning or Good Bye by using vibration, but what I would like to know if it is possible to set it to stop vibrate when I either switch on or switch off the phone? Using Froyo Android. Thanks.
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Unfortunately this isn't something that can't be turned on or off. It's possible that it's a vendor specific thing, you don't say what device you have or if you are rooted or not, so I assume this is the case. I'm running a SGS3 with a custom ROM on it (AOKP) and I've just restarted the device and can confirm there was no vibration during the start or stop procedure. However my Nexus One with a stock ROM did vibrate. A possible fix is to root the device and stick a custom ROM on there, but that's quite an extreme fix for the issue.
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How to stop android phone from vibrate during the start up and the shut down?
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I am not able to clear notifications in the status bar for an app named Astrid Tasks. Here is the screenshot: Why is it? I am sure that the app developer must have done this on purpose. What should I do to get it back? Can someone give me a link where I could read about these practices?
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In Astrid's <code> settings </code> , under <code> Reminder settings </code> there is an option to turn <code> Notification persistence </code> on or off. This determines whether or not notifications can be cleared with <code> Clear All </code> button.
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Not able to "Clear" notifications from Astrid Tasks (an app)?
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I have Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) and I've installed Cyanogenmod 10 M2. I can reboot into recovery from Cyanogenmod (Hold Power button, select Reboot and Recovery). However, I cannot boot directly to recovery holding Volume up + Power or Volume up + Home + Power when the phone is powered down. Do I need to do something to the phone hardware to get some button combination to boot to recovery mode? As far as I know, the button combination I've tried is the correct one for this device. I can boot to download mode with Volume down + Power. The recovery is the one installed along the official galaxysmtd Cyanogenmod 10 M2 ("CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.4"). I would want to fix the issue because now I'm afraid to flash ROM updates because getting into recovery in case of boot loop is much harder if I cannot get the normal key combo to work.
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OK. I found the correct combination. It seems that the recovery distributed with Cyanogenmod 10 M2 for <code> galaxysmtd </code> is really picky about the hardware buttons. Here's how you can boot to recovery: Start with Galaxy S powered off Press and hold Volume up + Home Press and hold Power button Wait for (factory default) Galaxy S GT-I9000 boot display to show up Release the Power button before the second boot display with text "Cyanogen(mod)" shows up. Keep holding the Volume up + Home buttons. Wait for Recovery to start. After you see the recovery menu, you can release the Volume up and Home buttons. If you fail to release the power button before the second boot display, you cannot get it to go into the recovery mode. Instead it will enter the normal boot sequence which seems to fail if you keep holding the Power button. On the other hand, if you don't keep buttons pressed long enough, it will enter the normal boot sequence, again. I haven't figured out if holding the Home button is really required but at least it does not prevent entering the recovery mode.
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Galaxy S GT-I9000: how to fix boot to recovery with Volume up+Power?
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I've installed PocketInformant and use it as my calendar app on my phone with Jelly Bean. However, when I get appointment/calendar event reminders, it's the stock calendar that notifies me. This is a bit annoying, since I sometimes wish to edit the appointment from within the reminder. Clicking edit brings up the stock calendar and not PocketInformant. Is there a way to set PocketInformant as the default Calendar app? Or at least make it the default app for showing calendar reminders?
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Yes! you should be able to clear the stock app from being the default calendar app by following these steps: Go to the phone settings select apps scroll to the right two screen, to the 'All' section scroll down until you can find calendar, click on it scroll down the page and click the 'Clear defaults' button Next time anything wants to use the calendar, you will be able to select which program you wish to use.
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How do I set a default calendar-app in Android (Jelly Bean)?
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What apps does actually get closed when one goes for the option of "Clear Memory" in the Task Manager? It obviously doesn't closes all the apps, as this screenshot shows: As the screenshot clearly shows, the app to take screenshots and the app to indicate the battery level never got closed.
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As the screenshot clearly shows, the app to take screenshots and the app to indicate the battery level never got closed. Yes your are absolutely correct, even it display no of application are closed it actually free resources used by application.As per my understanding it closes some running services which are nothing but UI less applications.Some applications which are installed in device uses this service for many reasons such as alarm clock, or to check periodic update of an applications etc. There are some service though that even you close them manually they just get restarted.
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What apps does "Clear memory" actually clears?
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For example if you upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread, do messages, contacts, files get reset/deleted?
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No, they won't get deleted as long as you don't tell you to factory reset. If you're upgrading from stock to stock (or custom to custom for that matter), you're pretty safe with your data, and unlikely to lose anything. However, if you're going from stock to custom, then there are some cases where you will lose your data. I'd recommend downloading free applications on the play market that backup your messages. As for your contacts, you will never lose them, as they are synced with your Google account.
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Do messages, contacts, files get deleted when you upgrade your Android version?
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Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) was officially announced on October 29, 2012. (You can review the high level changes in Jelly Bean at the official Android Developer's site.) Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release. When will each device get Android 4.2, either officially or unofficially, if ever? See also: stackexchange-url ("When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)?") stackexchange-url ("When will my device get the Android 4.3 update (Jelly Bean)?") stackexchange-url ("When will my device get the Android 4.4 update (KitKat)?")
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This community wiki will list all of the known and rumored dates for devices. If you have an update make sure to follow the format that's been established, and the following guidelines: Keep phones in alphabetical order listing the manufacturer and model Specify if the date is confirmed or rumored and link to the source If there is an unofficial release, link to the site where it can be downloaded Phones HTC One (Developer Edition) : skipping to 4.3 ( source ) One S : Never ( confirmed ) One X : 2013-06 ( rumor ) One X+ : 2013-08-12 Taiwan ( confirmed ) Samsung Galaxy Nexus : Released - November 13th, 2012 Bell Canada: 2013-03-08 ( confirmed ) Verizon: 2013-03-19 ( official ) Nexus S : Never ( source ). There's an unofficial release , see also this thread . Sony Xperia Z : 2013-July ( confirmed ) Xperia ZL : 2013-July ( confirmed ) Xperia ZR : 2013-August ( confirmed ) Tablets Asus Nexus 7 : Released - November 13, 2012 Transformer Infinity - April 3, 2013 ( confirmed ) Transformer Pad TF300 : Released - March 3, 2013 ( source ) Motorola Xoom : Never ( source ) Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Wi-Fi only: 2013-10-07 ( confirmed ) Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 : 2013-08-13 UK ( confirmed ) Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 : 2013-09-23 ( confirmed ) Sony Xperia Tablet Z : 2013-August ( confirmed ) Other GoogleTV LG Google TV : 2013-10-14 ( source ) All ARM-based models - 2013-05-16 ( source , source2 ) All 1st gen Intel-based models (e.g. Logitech Revue) - Never
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When will my device get the Android 4.2 update (Jelly Bean)?
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So, I've been travelling around the world a lot over the last couple of months, and one thing that I've been doing to avoid big roaming data charges on my personal phone, has been using the cached offline maps feature in Google Maps. This has worked without any problems in China, Australia, the UK and the US. So I'm now in Brazil, and I suddenly find that I can't download any offline maps of the local areas. When I go to the menu in Google Maps and select Make Available Offline, I get the usual square overlay to select the area, and then it turns red and says "Offline maps is not available in selected area". I've tried zooming in and out, and moving the selection area around, but no luck.
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It turns out that just because you can see and use a map online, that doesn't mean that Google will allow you to make the area available offline. Offline maps are only currently available for certain countries, and Brazil isn't currently one of them, in fact it seems to be a fairly odd selection. Google have published the full list of countries that it's available in here: Maps for Mobile - Offline Availability EDIT: note that in a July 2013 Google Maps update, Google made offline maps into a hidden feature with no menu option any more. More about how to make maps available offline here: stackexchange-url ("Get offline maps in new Google Maps")
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Why is Google Maps telling me that Offline Maps aren't available?
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I have a an HTC Sensation with Android 2.3.4. I tried to check for updates. It says that there are no new updates. Is there any way to update my system to Android 4.0 manually?
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This page from HTC's website should help you. This might depend on your location and carrier. So please go through the site. Another option, if you are ready to void your warranty , you can go for a custom ROM like CyanogenMod .
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Update Android 2.3.4 on HTC Sensation
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I know that <code> .odex </code> files are optimized .dex files. I have seen a lot of <code> .odex </code> files below the path <code> /system </code> on my phone. I am just curious if there are also <code> .odex </code> files for my installed apps. I searched the file system but I wasn't able to find <code> .odex </code> files for my installed apps. But I assume that they exist - the question is just where they are stored. BTW: My phone is a rooted Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.2
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When your ROM is booted up for the first time, Android's Dalvik goes through every apk and extracts the dex file from it. It places the dex files in the cache folder - located at /data/dalvik-cache. This is the directory that gets cleared when you clear the dalvik cache in your recovery tool
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ODEX file: Does every app has one and if yes where are they stored?
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Is it possible to schedule a Nandroid backup for a particular time on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 running CM9 and the Siyah Kernel? How would one accomplish this?
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You can make an automatic nandroid backup using ROM Manager ( free / paid ). open the app - go to settings and select Automatic Backup. You can select the time and frequency of the backups in the following screens.
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How can I schedule a Nandroid backup?
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I have downloaded an app to record all my calls. The app is working great but the trouble is that it doesn't shows up under the "Ongoing" in the notification bar nor does it shows up in "active applications" in the task manager also they do not require root access to run. I have tried many different apps that does the same thing. I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y phone running android 2.3. What bothers me is the thought - "It's possible that the chess playing app(say) that I have in my phone, also records my calls and send it to remote servers - without my knowledge" There is a posibility of giant security and privacy compramise here. My question is: 1. Are there any similar loopholes that can be dangerous? 2. What should I do as an android user? 3. What has Google done/planning to do to prevent such apps in Google Play?
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1) Are there any similar loopholes that can be dangerous? They are not actually loopholes. They are ignorance of the user. For any Android app to be able record your calls, needs these permissions: (This is a code snippet from manifest XML file.) <code> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" /> </code> <code> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" /> </code> <code> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/> </code> <code> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> </code> While installing apps you will see something like this on Google Play: Permissions: Read Contacts, Read Phone State, Record Audio, Read and Write to External Storage. (Something like that.) 2) What should I do as an android user? So, when you install an App, you need to carefully see what permissions the App is asking for? Is it really needed for what the app is supposed to do? All you need to do is be careful when installing an App, see that you don't grant too many unwanted permissions. 3) What has Google done/planning to do to prevent such apps in Google Play? They have already created permissions! No app can access things outside of what permissions it has been granted! Hope this answers your doubts... :) PS: Here's story related to your questions. There are already things which are recording calls.
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Dangers of Apps running in "Hidden mode"?
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In order to reduce battery usage I checked the <code> Use only 2G networks </code> from <code> Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks </code> on my Android. Then I noticed the <code> E </code> icon appeared instead of <code> H </code> on the network indicator in the notification bar. If I am not mistaken, <code> H </code> stands for HSDPA and <code> E </code> for EDGE and the HSDPA is a 3G technology. Now the question is: What is the relation/difference between 3G, HSDPA and EDGE? What is the best way to increase battery life between charges, but to maintain internet connectivity as well?
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Your understanding is correct. GPRS < EDGE < 3G < HSPA. HSPA = HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access + HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) The difference between the three lies in the bands i.e. frequencies they use to communicate with the network. Edge uses the same frequency as the phone uses to transfer voice and SMS to the network. Hence, you may notice (atleast I have), that the E symbol will disappear when you are on a call - assuming that you have selected <code> Use only 2G networks </code> To answer the last part of your question, I usually keep my networks on <code> 3G/WCDMA </code> when I know I am going to be near a charging point. I can go nuts with my data then. However, when I am travelling, and network coverage can be sparse, I force the phone to use <code> GSM only </code> which in your case is <code> Use only 2G networks </code> . This saves a lot of battery, simply because its more battery intensive for the phone to communicate over the 3G radio, rather than the 2G. Edge can be pretty decent, if you just need to be online on Gtalk, Watsapp, and need to reply to some lightweight emails. It does the job. 3G or HSPA, is necessary for more intensive applications like Dropbox, Youtube, or one of those streaming music services that I can't remember at the moment.
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Android battery usage (3G, HSDPA and Edge)
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I had just installed custom ROM cynogenmod-9(ICS) in my S Plus device and now I am not able to add Google Account in my android device. It gives the following error message, Couldn't finish couldn't open connection to server. So, what is the problem? why I am getting such kind of error?
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It seems that there was a network problem or gmail was blocked in my office which was making the server not respond and giving exception -> <code> couldn't open connection to server. </code> . I tried at home with my wifi and it worked finally.
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Problem in setting up google account - "couldn't open connection to server."
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I'm using Linux Mint 13 MATE (based from Ubuntu 12.04) as my main operating system. I have been using the adb shell and use push and pull in transferring to and from my Galaxy Nexus. As I have read somewhere that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus USB port is sensitive and can easily get broken, I would like to ask if it is safe to just remove the USB cord when I don't need it? Or is there a command I need to type via terminal to have it safely remove or unmount my Galaxy Nexus?
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I've been using my Galaxy Nexus with Kubuntu 12.04 & 12.10 and haven't needed to use a specific eject command. Saying that, here are instructions which will let you mount and dismount your Galaxy Nexus safely. With this method you can safely mount/dismount and you should still be able to use ADB to pull and push files to/from your device. ( Source ): Connecting your Ice Cream Sandwich phone or tablet to Ubuntu for file access Before you begin, try plugging your phone in and see if it works straight away. At the time of writing, the only official Android Ice Cream Sandwich phone is the Galaxy Nexus, and mine doesn’t work. But future ICS phones might work, depending on whether they have an SD card slot or not, and whether they support exporting the card as USB mass storage. If it works, you should be good to go. First up, install the necessary tools: <code> sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs </code> Now, connect your Galaxy Nexus to your computer. On your phone, open up the notification drawer, and click on “USB Connection type”. Make sure that MTP is selected. Then, run these commands: <code> mtp-detect | grep idVendor mtp-detect | grep idProduct </code> You shall get an output like this: <code> [martyn@martyn-ThinkPad-X220 1] ~ >mtp-detect | grep idProduct Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung GT P7310/P7510/N7000/I9070/I9100/I9300 Galaxy Tab 7.7/10.1/S2/S3/Nexus/Note/Y. idProduct: 6860 [martyn@martyn-ThinkPad-X220 1] ~ >mtp-detect | grep idVendor Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is a Samsung GT P7310/P7510/N7000/I9070/I9100/I9300 Galaxy Tab 7.7/10.1/S2/S3/Nexus/Note/Y. idVendor: 04e8 </code> Note down the numbers written in front of idVendor and idProduct, you’ll need those later on. Now, run this commands: <code> gksu gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules </code> A gedit window should open up. Type this text in it, all in a single line: <code> SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”VENDORID”, ATTR{idProduct}==”PRODUCTID”, MODE=”0666″ </code> Replace VENDORID with the idVendor you had noted down earlier. Similarly, replace PRODUCTID with the idProduct you had noted down. In my case, they were 04e8 and 685c respectively, but they might have been different for you. Also, remember to re-type the quotes in the line after you’ve copied and pasted it, otherwise udev may output an error. If you’re in doubt, you can copy the same line from this pastebin instead and then replace PRODUCTID and VENDORID as needed. Save and close the file. Then, disconnect your phone and run these commands: <code> sudo service udev restart sudo mkdir /media/GalaxyNexus sudo chmod a+rwx /media/GalaxyNexus sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME fuse </code> Replace YOURUSERNAME with your Ubuntu user name. Now, run this command: <code> gksu gedit /etc/fuse.conf </code> In the Gedit window, remove the # at the beginning of the last line (the one that begins with “#user_allow_other”) like this: <code> # Set the maximum number of FUSE mounts allowed to non-root users. # The default is 1000. # #mount_max = 1000 # Allow non-root users to specify the 'allow_other' or 'allow_root' # mount options. # user_allow_other </code> You’re almost done! Now, restart your computer, and then run these three commands : <code> echo “alias android-connect=\”mtpfs -o allow_other /media/GalaxyNexus\”" >> ~/.bashrc echo “alias android-disconnect=\”fusermount -u /media/GalaxyNexus\”" >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc </code> Again, do re-type the quotes in each command after you’ve copied, otherwise the command won’t work. Connect your phone again, and then make sure your phone is using MTP, then run this command: <code> android-connect </code> Voila! You can now browse your Android phone contents using Nautilus. Just fire up the file manager, and then in the side bar click GalaxyNexus to browse your phone contents just like you would do with a USB stick. You can also add, remove and modify files just like a normal file system. You might have noticed that you cannot use the Nautilus eject icon to disconnect the phone. Instead, to safely remove the phone, just run the command: <code> android-disconnect </code> From now onward, you just need to run android-connect to mount your phone and then android-disconnect to safely remove your phone. Everything else should be handled automatically. I tried many ways of getting the mount and unmount to happen automatically on cable connect, but this was the best solution I could come up with. These two commands won’t require root permissions to run. All users who are members of the fuse user group should be able to run these commands without root access.
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Galaxy Nexus: Safely Remove the device in Linux?
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Is it possible to restrict app from accessing the internet at the background without the end-user knowledge. (Assume the phone is not rooted) In other word, are there apps that can inform the end-user that some apps is trying to access the internet at the background?
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I think you'd require root for this sort of functionality. If you have ICS and later on your device, you can check the data usage and identify apps. Go to SETTINGS > DATA USAGE. A list of apps and the data that they've consumed should be displayed there. That will allow you to see which apps have accessed the mobile data connection. Screenshots here - http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/22583/android-ics-control-limit-data-usage/
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Restrict apps from accessing the internet at the background without the end-user knowledge
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Suppose the following situation: End-user have a unroot phone. (the phone is not rooted). End-user install a app, which actually is a System app and is installed in the /system of the phone. So, does a factory reset remove these app? (In the first place, can end-user install a system app onto a unroot phone?)
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System apps can't be installed without root. Only updates to existing system apps can be installed, and they don't actually reside in the <code> /system </code> partition; the original app is kept there, which allows you to uninstall updates separately. So a factory reset will remove any updates, but not the original app.
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Does factory reset remove apps that install into the /system from an unroot phone
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Beside shutting down the phone so that the battery will not be used for <code> Call Standby </code> or/and <code> Phone Idle </code> , are there other ways that can prevent the battery from being wasted? (Would the use of <code> Airplane-Mode </code> help.) Please note that the phone is not rooted and reception was not poor.
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Yes, using Airplane Mode will reduce power drain, as the commentors have already answered. But this approach can't be considered Call Standby , because you will not receive calls. From the point of view of cellular operator, your phone behaves exactly as if shut down. Switching to Airplane mode shuts down the cellular connection, including voice and data, but it also turns off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Note that you can turn any of them ON in Airplane mode, but this will put extra load on the battery. Except from radio, the major power consumer is the screen. Actually, typically it uses much more power than all the radios together. If you want to keep running longer, set brightness to minimum, set "screen off" timeout to minimum, and avoid turning the screen too often. If you have an AMOLED device, e.g. Galaxy Nexus, the display power request depends on the actual brightness of the screen. If you choose a darker theme, or switch your book reader to "night mode", you can reduce the battery drain. Of all colors except black, red uses the least power. See description of a special app that boasts battery life improvement by applying color filter and adjusting the brightness: http://www.azzamtranslator.com/lux-auto-brightness-manual-or-auto-screen-brightness-adjustments-according-to-time-or-environment/ . Note that Airplane Mode does not disable GPS. GPS is not running on its own, so disabling it in location settings will not effect the battery life, but if some app, like Maps or Camera decides to check your location too often, this may become very significant. Without cellular or Wi-Fi, GPS can actually need even more power, because it will not have the crude location estimate to begin from. Other than that, any app that runs in background can wake the CPU up and consume more power. Use a task manager to shut down applications that you don't need in your "standby" mode. This is especially important if you decide not to switch to Airplane Mode, because the apps in background can not usually do much if they don't have access to Internet. If you choose not to switch to Airplane Mode, there are other things you should be aware of. Turn off system synch and turn off cellular data. Set "2G only" if this is available on your phone and on your network. Shut down any unused background apps. Don't wake the screen up too often. Finally, Android includes a nice utility (in Settings/Battery) that displays power consumption by different components of the system, in percent: Many system tools available on the Play Store feature similar or improved versions of this monitor.
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Beside shut down the phone, are there ways to prevent battery usage for Call Standby?
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Due to a configuration error I made combined with an OTA update (Android 4.1.2), I had to re-unlock my bootloader to regain root on my GSM Galaxy Nexus. This process wipes the entire phone, including <code> /sdcard </code> . When I restored from backup, I discovered that only some of my files had been included in my most recent backup and subsequently restored. I have a slightly-older complete backup consisting of the individual files copied onto my computer. However, I can't restore them. I first tried <code> adb push </code> (note that I'm using Linux and do not have access to a Windows box at this time): <code> $ adb push . /system/sdcard0 push: ./.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal -> /system/sdcard0/.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal failed to copy './.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal' to '/system/sdcard0/.estrongs/cache/visit_history-journal': No such file or directory </code> If I delete the file mentioned, I get the same error for the next file. Note that this is a nonsensical error, as the only possible way for the file to even be attempted is for it to exist. It's annoying when error messages are themselves incorrect. Next, I fired up DropBear SSH on my phone, started up the server and connected via SSH. So far, so good. But when I tried to use scp to copy the files across... <code> $ scp -r sdcard0/ [email protected]:/storage/sdcard0 Welcome to DropBear SSH Server! [email protected]'s password: sh: scp: No such file or directory lost connection </code> Grr. I tried to use a GUI method and use a file manager to copy the files. If I use the USB computer connection settings, I have two options: MTP or PTP. When I use MTP my file manager (Nautilus) can't even list a directory on my phone. The backend just times out. When I use PTP, I can only see camera-related folders. I can copy individual files, but when I try to copy everything, I get an error stating that there's not enough space and that 5 GB more is required. Obviously there's enough space, because what came off the "sdcard" must be able to fit back on. What gives? Why is it so difficult to move files from my computer to my phone? Update After reading some related questions, I was reminded of FTP. I installed an FTP server on my phone and the files are curently being transferred. Of coures, I never thought of FTP earlier since it's obsolete technology and I haven't had a use for it until now for years. So, my question changes to this: Why did the other methods, which are superior to FTP, fail?
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Originally posted by <code> @ott-- </code> in the comments, this answer did the trick. I'm posting it as an answer since <code> ott-- </code> hasn't. Isn't the target named <code> /sdcard </code> or <code> /storage/sdcard </code> and not <code> /system/sdcard </code> ?
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Unable to copy files to /sdcard
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When I updated to Android 4.1.2 on my Galaxy Nexus, I lost root. Everything is still there, but the permissions on <code> system/bin/su </code> no longer include the <code> setuid </code> bit, which prevents <code> su </code> from working. I don't want to go through the whole re-rooting process if possible since I used root to re-lock the bootloader and unlocking it without root will wipe the entire phone, including <code> /storage/sdcard0 </code> . As far as I can tell, the only thing I need to do to get root back is to fix the permissions of <code> su </code> . How should I do this? Of possible relevance: I'm using the stock ROM. The phone is the international GSM version. I tried to get into recovery and got an android with a red exclamation mark. Is this due to the bootloader being locked or is it a different problem? Since the update and losing root, a process called <code> system_service </code> has frequently started comsuming 100% of my CPU and slowing my phone to a crawl, forcing me to reboot.
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What I wanted doesn't seem to be possible. It makes sense, really, as if it were possible it would represent a major security hole that would allow any app to gain root. I ended up wiping my phone and testing the quality of my backups. (They weren't as good as I'd hoped.)
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How to get root back after OTA update
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I am trying to install new Android OS to Samsung Galaxy Tab but it does not have a Memory-card -slot and it does not have any OS currently. I need to somehow get the OS -file to the Samsung Galaxy Tab from my laptop, how can I do it? ttyACM3 -description with ls <code> # ls -al /dev/ttyACM3 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Oct 27 14:06 /dev/ttyACM3 </code> Dmesg <code> [538846.011011] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present [539228.371156] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 67 using ehci_hcd [539228.387241] hub 2-1:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 [539228.882058] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 68 using ehci_hcd [539228.990676] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860 [539228.990685] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [539228.990691] usb 2-1.2: Product: SAMSUNG_Android [539228.990696] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG [539228.990700] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [539228.995453] cdc_acm 2-1.2:1.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem. [539228.995729] cdc_acm 2-1.2:1.0: ttyACM3: USB ACM device [539820.734285] thinkpad_acpi: unknown possible thermal alarm or keyboard event received [539820.734288] thinkpad_acpi: unhandled HKEY event 0x6040 [539820.734290] thinkpad_acpi: please report the conditions when this event happened to [email protected] [539820.734655] thinkpad_acpi: EC reports that Thermal Table has changed </code> usb-devices <code> : Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 69 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04e8 ProdID=6860 Rev=04.00 S: Manufacturer=SAMSUNG S: Product=SAMSUNG_Android S: SerialNumber=4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx C: #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=96mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=02(commc) Sub=02 Prot=01 Driver=cdc_acm I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=cdc_acm I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=42 Prot=01 Driver=(none) </code> I can see that my laptop can detect the SGT but I am now trying to find where it is mounted to. How can I find the directory for SGT to save a file to it?
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As I said in my comment, you should be able to flash using Odin . I'm not sure it works through a VM though, so perhaps you might have better luck with Heimdall . Basically, you need to get the appropriate firmware for your device from here (signup required). Then, shut down your device and boot it while holding volume down + power. Once the tablet enters download mode, connect it to a PC. If using Odin, the file you downloaded goes into the PDA box. I'm not too sure about Heimdall, but it looks like the downloaded file goes into the "Heimdall firmware package" box. Then click "Start" in Odin and wait for your device to reboot. At this point, the tablet should boot into Android.
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Getting a file to Samsung Galaxy Tab from my Laptop without Android?
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I recently got my Sanyo Zio phone and I would like to upload my android programs that i coded earlier onto it. I installed the driver that I found on the website and then plugged in my phone and when prompted I located the usb driver folder. Yet the installation failed. I tried the same thing with a new driver i found for vista x64. The same problem reoccurred. (i found multiple drivers for both vista x64 and x84 and tried installing all of them) None of them have worked. I can access my phones SD drive no problem but i would like to upload my software from eclipse. Because of the response I got from costumer service (locted below) I decided that I will root my phone if it allows me to upload my programs from my computer. Does anybody know of a rom that will work with vista 64 on sanyo zio.? Anyone has any ideas?? Update: I have send a msg to the costumer service for my phone the response is quite upsetting Dear XXXXXX, Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. This email message is in response to your email about the difficulty of installing the Sanyo Zio device driver in a Windows Vista 64-bit PC and in a Windows Vista x86 PC. We are sorry to hear about the difficulties you are experiencing with your phone and appreciate the opportunity to assist you. Unfortunately the Sanyo Zio device driver will only work in your Window Vista x86 PC. If you are having difficulty installing the Sanyo Zio M6000 device driver in your PC, please try to download and install the Sanyo Zio SCP-8600 device driver. The Sanyo Zio will only work in your Windows Vista 64-bit PC if you set it as a mass storage device. To set it as a mass storage device, connect the USB data cable from your phone to your computer then from your Sanyo Zio just press "Mount". If you have any further questions, or are interested in purchasing, or information on accessories for your Kyocera Communications Inc. phone, please contact us at any of the phone numbers listed below: -E-Mail: [email protected] -Phone: (800) 349-4478 (Toll-free USA and Canada only) -Sanyo Accessories: (877) 204-1816 -Kyocera Accessories: [email protected] -International Access: (858) 882-1401 (Outside the USA) -Fax: (858) 882-1717 Please help us improve our service by taking the survey. Click the link below: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKK5RWC Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. Ivan Technical Support Specialist Phone: Zip: Carrier: Cricket Wireless Feedback: I tried to install the usb driver on my vista x64 laptop. I then connect my phone and locate the driver but the installation fails. (i tried this with the driver for vista both the 64 and the x86 version) Submitted via form: http://www.ziobykyocera.com/tech-support/ So any ideas on how to get my applications on my phone without installing the driver or how to install a driver anyways... Im kinda desperate :/ Update I have rooted my phone and I am willing to install a rom on it to make it connect with my computer. Will that help? If it would how would i go about doing that
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Unfortunately rooting your phone won't change a thing, as the problem is on the Windows side. If Windows doesn't have a way to communicate with the phone (ie, a driver), then it doesn't matter if the phone has a different ROM on it - the hardware is still the same. However, if you package your apps as APKs you can upload them to the SD card and then click on them to install that way. In Eclipse: right click on the project > Android Tools > Export Signed Application Package. Follow the prompts and you're flying.
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Allowing my rooted Sanyo Zio to work with my Vista 64 computer
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Is it possible to install Google Chrome on a Kindle Fire HD? I searched the Amazon store and didn't see it there.
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Yes. According to the guide here on sideloading apps onto your Kindle Fire HD it should work fine. You will need to allow the installation of apps from unknown sources which can be done in the Device menu . Note that for certain apps, including Chrome, that need a Google account you'll need to download and install the Google Framework and to reboot your device. I'll provide a quick summary of the link that explains side loading: The first thing you need to do is install a file manager app. I personally use File Expert, but you can use whatever works for you. Next you need to get the app file. You can find it by searching on Google: (app name) apk. So in this case you would search 'chrome apk', there's plenty of links from that. Once you have those, navigate to the Downloads folder with the file manager, and tap the .apk file. Click Install, and you're set! You can find the app in apps> device, it will not be in Cloud.
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Can I install Google Chrome on a Kindle Fire HD?
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While uninstalling some app I may have accidentally uninstalled Google play app. But even then I have updated Google play app before and while uninstalling it should remove only updates from my phone not the complete app. I should have been able to use default app. But I am unable to do so. Yesterday while clicking app's icon it was showed an error, that app isn't installed. I tried to find it on my app library but it's not there. What should I do? I am using Samsung galaxy fit (GT-S5670)
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Yes, downloading and installing the APK should work as long as you have the Google Framework Services -- basically if the Market worked before, then it will again unless you removed system services. (Those can be replaced as well but it's more hassle).
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Google play disappeared from my phone
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This question may be very low quality but it is very important for me ..I have Samsung galaxy-Pro and the Os version is <code> Android OS, v2.2.2 (Froyo) </code> . The question is that i want to update it to gingerbread and there is no software update button in <code> foryo </code> . There are many articles like using <code> ODIN... </code> .Is that safe or is there any other official way to update that(like google)?
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You probably have to use ODIN. I've done it myself, and it worked for me. I used it to root my phone (SGS2). I've postponed it for months, afraid it would brick my phone, but it didn't. Make a backup of all important data. Find a good manual on Youtube, XDA-developers or via Google. Compare them, and see what they say. Be prepared that it can go wrong. If it goes wrong, it could mean that your phone is bricked. I have a friend who bricked his Samsung phone, and Samsung repaired it without making problems over a rooted phone. Google won't update your phone. Samsung has to prepare an update because of phone specific drivers and their own specific apps. That's the only official way to update, and if Samsung doesn't make that update, there is no alternative but to use a ROM.
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How can i update my OS (gingerbread)
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I am running official Samsung ROM build version 2.6.3 DDLF2. I wish to root it for reverse tethering and few other utilities. Need a trusted link for rooting tutorial or a rooting package for the same.
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Your device seems to be quite easy to root. Make sure you have Samsung Kies installed. Download Odin 1.8.3 Go here and download the appropriate file for your firmware. To find out you firmware's version, you can run <code> dumpstate </code> on the phone (via <code> adb shell </code> or any terminal application). The fifth line of the output will contain the version identifier (like <code> Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKPG </code> ). Start your phone in download mode. Switch off your phone, and restart it while holding power + volume down + home Enter download mode and plug your phone into your PC. Start Odin and put the firmware you just downloaded into the PDA box. Click Start. Your phone should reboot after a while. Congratulations! You are now rooted! Switch off your phone and reboot into Recovery by holding volume up + home + power. Wipe Dalvik Cache. Reboot. Source
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how to root Galaxy SL GT i9003 for DDLF2
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I used to have this picture as Nexus 7's wallpaper, but the desktop restored to a blank wallpaper after I killed the UI process a few weeks ago. I tried to bring back this picture but it was no where in the wallpaper collection. Meanwhile, the gallery does not have this particular picture. As I searched for this picture on Google, I found there're other people who use it as their Android wallpaper here . Therefore, I suspect that this picture should have come with Nexus 7's pre-built bundle. Moreover, I honestly didn't remember I deliberately downloaded it from somewhere else in the first place. So, Nexus 7 or other android device owners, could you please check your wallpaper collection and let me know if you find it there? Also, if anyone knows where to obtain it, could you please let me know as well? Many thanks. P.S. This is post is totally about my android device and what I'm trying to solve is an issue caused by Nexus 7. Android users are the mostly like group to help, so please don't downvote it for close.
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I have Nexus 7 with stock Jelly Bean 4.2. Wallpapers are stored in /system/app/Launcher2.apk/res/drawable-sw600dp-nodpi as wallpaper_01.jpg to wallpaper_14.jpg but your picture is not here. I checked wallpapers in version 4.1.1 online here: https://bitbucket.org/neuralassembly/jcrom_packages_apps_launcher2/src/bd231599ae9f/res/drawable-sw600dp-nodpi And your picture is not here too. What Android version do you have?
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Where can I find hidden wallpapers on Nexus 7?
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Does anybody know where the shutdown animation is located in my branded phone? I don't like this branded stuff, so I'd like to remove it. It's been simple for the boot animation (it was where Android forums tell to look - <code> /system/media/bootanimation.zip </code> ). But for the shutdown animation I still have no clue... It is not located in the standard path <code> /system/media/video/shutdown </code> . Information on my phone: - Model LG-P692 - Android version 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) - Kernel version 2.6.35.10-perf+ - Build number GRJ22 - SW version V10e-JUN-04-2012
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IMPORTANT: Make a backup before trying any of the following steps! Usually the animation video is stored at: <code> /system/media/video/shutdown </code> You can rename this to something else. Or delete all the files from there. If it's not there, check <code> /system/customize/resource/ </code> or <code> /data/local/ </code> May be it can be found there. In some cases shutdown animation may be handled by an APK. Check under <code> system/app </code> if you have a <code> Shutdown.apk </code> or <code> PowerOff.apk </code> . If yes (like in LG-P692), you also have <code> PowerOff.odex </code> there. Do NOT touch <code> PowerOff.odex </code> . In this case you can modify the <code> PowerOff.apk </code> . This is how: Copy the <code> PowerOff.apk </code> to your PC Use 7zip or WinRAR or any uncompressor software you have, to open the APK. Go to <code> res/drawable </code> folders. You might have up to 3-4 of them like: <code> drawable-ldpi </code> , <code> drawable-mdpi </code> , <code> drawable-hdpi </code> , <code> drawable-xdpi </code> (in case of LG-P692, only <code> drawable-mdpi </code> will be found). There you can see some <code> .png </code> or <code> .jpg </code> files. Replace those with any images that you want. If you don't want anything there you can use plain black images. Make sure that you put the images with the same resolution that of the original images. Replace images in all the drawable folders. After you replace those images, make sure the APK is in the same format as it was earlier, except the images that have been changed. Now copy back the <code> PowerOff.apk </code> to your phone where it was. Power off your phone. REMOVE your battery. Power on. And now test. See how this helps. Tested with an LG-P692.
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Remove branded shutdown animation
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So, this question is a little off the wall, so I'll first explain what I'm looking to do. I have a bunch of MP3s from a 'Learn to Speak Japanese' program, and I'd like to listen to them on my phone while I'm in my car. Ideally though, I'd like to keep them in a separate music player app so that they're not linked to my Google Music or scrobbled to Last.fm. If possible, I'd want to be able to set a custom directory for the app to look for music in, so that I could keep my music and language-learning MP3s organized into their own directories. Is there a music player app that does this, or am I asking for something too ridiculous? Should I just suck it up and use the default music player?
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MortPlayer allows you to specify folders that should be read/ignored. Note however, that if you use the default player, it will still scan and display the tracks. You might also consider adding the files into a playlist and then playing only that playlist, if you don't want other songs/files to be included.
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How can I sort / specify separate storage locations for my audio files?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone, the battery level indicator that comes pre-installed in the status bar, shows only a graphical representation of the battery level and does not gives a number (percentage). So, I have downloaded an app to indicate the battery level, but I am afraid that this would further consume more battery. I think so because, it shows up as "Ongoing" in the status bar: I have tried many different battery indicators.
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The battery indicator app in the first picture shown appears to be ours so I'd thought I'd respond. :-) The ongoing notification shows because all ongoing notifications in Android currently must display a notification as shown, and because the app must always be in memory to work correctly. You do not need a custom rom to be sure the battery is not being drained too much. Over a year ago I joined with Dmytro Shkil to publish both Battery Notifier (Big Text) and Battery Notifier Pro BT because his original program consumed less battery than any other app I had tried. Tested with SystemPanel with the display intentionally kept on, the free and paid versions of our program today still consume less than .01% CPU over 8 hours. We have left out fancy graphs and other eyecandy to keep our app consuming as little battery as possible. larryvgs http://batterynotifierpro.blogspot.com/
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Battery level indicators: Do they consume more battery?
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I was wondering if there is a system monitor app that will raise (audible) alerts and offer app closure if it detects runaway threads on Android that cause physical overheating and battery drain. E.g., I just had to turn my phone off because there was a runaway thread that I think was constantly trying to refresh FB where there was very poor connection, so it was going in a virtually endless loop. But I get that with other apps too and not just Facebook. I'd like to actually shut apps down when they're detected. I am not kidding, I nearly burned my fingertips when I touched my phone -- it was on for only 2 hrs and the battery was almost dead. It is because 4G is very poor inside my office building and I checked Facebook walking between my vehicle and the building this AM. After that, the app kept trying to refresh continuously without success and overheating the phone.
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As noted in the comment, "battery drain" and "overheating" are not necessarily connected: not everything that drains your battery causes overheating. Overheating is most likely caused by excessive CPU hogging (which of course also leads to battery drain). You might want to take a look at the app DrainGuard , which keeps a log of battery consumption, always informs you how much was consumed since you turned the screen off last time, and -- here it comes -- it can start an alarm when some app causes excessive battery drain. Values are configurable: The free version only works from 100% charge down to 70%, which is fine for testing. Once you decided the app serves your purpose, the DrainGuard PRO Key is available on the playstore for less than an Euro.
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Prevent runaway threads and ultimately physical overheating and battery drain on Android
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I have the latest version of the Casio Commando. I can't seem to get it to be rooted. It is running the latest update and so its at Android 2.3. Anyone know if it is possible, I remember reading somewhere that Casio locked down this phone and so access to the bootloader is next to impossible.
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As of 10/20/12, no one has ever rooted the Commando. XDA Developers forum is home to some of the innovators in the Droid world, and no one there has yet come up with a way. Couple of reference points for you: Casio G'zOne Commando [Q] Casio Commando 2.3.3 root-impossible
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How to root Casio Commando phone
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Is there an app available that would let me modify my phone settings by application? To be specific, there are certain apps where I don't want the default screen timeout to occur. I'm on Gingerbread.
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Use Llama . This is a free automation app like Tasker, and it has the ability to modify the screen timeout. Create a new Event. Add the condition <code> OR (match any) </code> . Then add a condition for each <code> Active application </code> that you want to keep the screen active. Click the back button, then add the Action to change the <code> Screen Timeout </code> to never. You then have to create a second Event that does the opposite. You create the <code> OR (match any) </code> condition, but this time select <code> Active application </code> and change the Status option to <code> App stopped or in background </code> , and again do this for each app you did in the first event. Set the <code> Screen Timeout </code> action to whatever timeout value you want normally.
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App to modify settings by application
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I've bought two Galaxy Nexus phones about a month and a half ago. I'm experiencing phone freezing on calls on both hence I doubt it has anything to do with the phone but rather with software. When does the phone freeze Someone calls me. I drag to green to initiate the phone call Display changes to in-call mode which displays the big red stop the call button Phone freezes I try calling someone. I open contacts Select a contact and phone number The moment I select Phone calling app (because I also have Skype and it asks me which one to use) Phone freezes I tried un-installing Skype but there was no difference. Other possible candidates I haven't tested thoroughly but I suspect if I have a phone number in my contacts saved with spaces (or whatever that blank button on contact number keyboard is - could be some dialling pause maybe?) my phone freezes. When I removed spaces I usually was able to make a call. But I haven't tested this thoroughly and am not 100% sure of it. I should point out that freezing doesn't happen on every call. It's sporadic but often enough to be extremely annoying. Makes me look ridiculous in the eyes of others what kind a phone I'm using. As I read on the web others are having same freezing issues on their Nexus phones. Some indicate it may be a problem with battery status info reporting back to phone hence battery removal solves the issue for a day... But this problem has apparently been present for almost 2 years and it seems to be related to OS without any relation to installed apps. It's interesting/sad/worrying that something primarily supposed to be a phone became incapable of being one. :) Info unlocked Galaxy Nexus bought on Amazon.de non-rooted Jelly Bean 4.1.2 UI language is English (UK)
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As per users it seems that the only official thing to do is to change mainboard that's somewhat faulty on this C8 series. Service centre should handle such situation.
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Galaxy Nexus call freezing
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I have a Samsung galaxy Y mobile phone, and I have just discovered that the option to save messages as draft is completely missing in the app named "Messaging" that I got pre-installed. I am really shocked, as this is a very basic and common feature in the cheapest phones today. My Question is: What kind of design/usage philosophy/idea/concept/thought is behind this? Also, is their any good alternative to this pre-installed app which has the option to save drafts?
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The stock messaging app will automatically save a draft message when you tap on the back button while composing the message, but the recipient field has to be filled. Without a recipient it will give a warning that the message will be deleted. There are a lot of good alternatives. I have no experience with them myself (I'm using the stock app) but a lot of people seem to like Handcent , GO SMS Pro or ChompSMS . Just search the Internet for reviews.
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"Save as draft" option missing from the default message app?
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I'm runing ICS 4.1.1 on a Nexus. I'd like to set up a web proxy at home so I can filter pages before reading them on my Nexus when connecting over 3G (not Wi-Fi). I looked around the settings of the two browsers that come with ICS 4.1.1... ... but I couldn't find anything related to proxies. Does it mean that those browsers don't support proxying? Is there a work-around?
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As pointed out by Al's comment above, it's not a question of which browser does support it , but rather of how to enable it . And as Sachin's comment suggests, available solutions depend on whether your device is rooted (more and better possibilities) or not. non-rooted devices As long as it's for the browser only, there are multiple easy solutions. So does e.g. HTTP Proxy Settings give you access to the hidden HTTP Proxy settings the Android system itself has available. For more than browsers, ASProxy might be a choice -- but it's not for free. It even provides a by-pass for e.g. local networks -- so you can decide which addresses are routed via proxy, and which can be accessed directly. rooted devices First-choice obviously is ProxyDroid: highly rated, it offers a hell of features: Support HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS4 / SOCKS5 proxy Support basic / NTLM / NTLMv2 authentication methods Individual proxy for only one or several apps Multiple profiles support Bind configuration to WIFI's SSID / Mobile Network (2G / 3G) Widgets for quickly switching on/off proxy Low battery and memory consumption (written in C and compiled as native binary) Bypass custom IP address DNS proxy for guys behind the firewall that disallows to resolve external addresses PAC file support (only basic support, thanks to Rhino) And, another big Plus: This app is Open Source and free!
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Which browser does support proxies?
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2 questions: Is application CPU usage on Android correlated and how highly to battery usage? In other words, are apps that suck a lot of CPU also draining the battery or not necessarily? Is there a way to itemize and display the phone's power use by application, at any given point in time as well as within defined time buckets and maybe view charts and such? Sort of like a diagnostic monitor for power usage by application or system component? Thanks
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Yes. CPU is not the only thing using power but definitely a major one (when not idling). Most Android devices have a 'Battery' section in settings which lists what applications are using up your battery. I think it gets reset every time you plug in a recharger. There might be 3rd party apps which collect that information over longer term and display it moer pretty.
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Power management on Android — is app CPU correlated to power usage?
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I am running BlueStacks (beta-1) on an old Windows laptop which doesn't have accelerometer & gravity sensor. Many Android games support physical key mapping using which I can use physical keyboard of my Laptop to play Android games. If a game doesn't support key mapping, I can still play it.. not always effectively, but I can play it. Tap, long tap, swipe is fine with mouse. When it comes to tilt & shake controls, many games like Ripetide GP allows to switch to touch-based controls. The problem arises when tilt & shake controls are mandatory. For example, I can't play Temple Run after few meters because of that. How to mimic tilt & shake controls? Update: My laptop features <code> free-fall protection </code> which I guess utilises some kind of accelerometer. I don't know how accurate it is in non-linear dimension, but can it be utilized with BlueStacks?
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For tilting, from: Bluestacks Goes Into Beta, Supports More Apps The latest version of Bluestacks also offers accelerometer support. No, you won’t have to tilt your computer to use it, just hit the arrow keys – the up arrow tilts forward, the down arrow tilts back toward you, and the left and right arrows tilt left and right (surprise surprise). Unfortunately for shake as of from four months back, from: Need to shake the "phone" how i do this ? This functionality is not available with current version of Bluestacks app player. Stay tuned for future version with its fix.
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How to mimic tilt & shake controls in BlueStacks?
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I have setup Google Cloud Print, and it works great. I love being able to print to my home printer, from my phone no matter where I am. However, the one thing I can't seem to print are GMail emails. I'm using the GMail app (not website) on my Galaxy S3. Everything else I can use Cloud Print and then just Share to it, and it will print. GMail doesn't work like that however. Regular email is a pain as well, as I need to save the email, then I can share it. So my question is, how do I print email through Google Cloud Print, from my S3?
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I was surprised there was no official Google app. I am using Cloud Print on my Galaxy S3.
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Google Cloud Print from Android GMail
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I bought an unlocked android phone at Amazon and it works perfectly. This phone in particular doesn't have any OS updates I could do (Motorola Defy), so basically I am stock with Froyo unless I flash it with a custom ROM with an newer android version. The phone used to be locked to T-Mobile's network, so my question is: since my phone is currently "network unlocked" if I flash it will it re-lock again? I appreciate any help and guidance. Thank you.
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No, flashing a ROM on your unlocked phone will not re-lock your device. I have several unlocked phones which I flash ROMs on to without any issues. The SIM code which operators use to limit what SIM cards will work in your device has nothing to do with the software running on that device.
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Will flashing re-lock my unlocked phone
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I find it very annoying opening the tabs list and swiping over or hitting the little X for closing a tab (an action which I do a lot...) Is there any shortcut for closing the front tab using some single gesture? If not, is there some way to create such a custom functionality using some add-on/hack?
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It seems the method you describe is currently the only true way of doing this. However, if you press the back key, it will close the current tab once you've gone back through the history of THAT tab. So if you open up lots of tabs but then close each one after reading, this is a very quick method for you (1 click). If you do extensive browsing in each tab, it's not as good but still easy in that you just press one button There are many other browsers out there ( Firefox , Dolphin HD / Mini , Boat Browser / Mini , Opera , Maxathon , SkyFire ) which are all great applications (as you can tell by their app star ratings), albeit with different levels of integration with you Google account. Several support addons or plugins to provide additional functionality.
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Is there any shortcut for closing a tab in Chrome?
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I have a standard Galaxy S3. I have rented and downloaded Movies from Google play before however now it is saying: Downloads aren't supported on rooted devices (error 44) However my S3 is not rooted. All software is update to date. I have cleared the cache but this does not solve the issue.
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A lot of people seem to be having problems with Google Play Movies. If you have a look on the play store page there are a lot of people complaining that the app is buggy. Lots of people have fixed issues by uninstalling and reinstalling, it may not help but it's worth a try.
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Google Play movie rental errors as it says my device is rooted (it is not)
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android
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I want to paste texts copied from host Windows PC to apps inside BlueStacks & vice versa. How to do this? I am running BlueStacks beta-1...
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Today, I installed Clipper Plus in BlueStacks and I noticed that its already storing clips I copied in Windows. I have also tried to copy a text in BlueStacks and paste in Windows. It has confirmed that clipboard has already been shared between BlueStacks & Windows . Great... Either this feature has been pushed recently or I didn't notice it without Clipper Plus. I tried to paste using <code> Ctrl+V </code> in BlueStacks which still doesn't work. Do paste with proper method: Long-click & choose Paste from menu.
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How to share clipboard between BlueStacks & host Windows PC?
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android
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What measures does Google takes to ensure that paid apps that are downloaded do not get spread for free? Currently I see a possibility that can leak out a large number of apps: Someone pays to download an app on his mobile. Creates a backup of the app. Gives the backup to friends/ family or spreads it over the internet. Many people use the paid app for free. I have not tried this. My Question is: Is it possible? What is the current state of the security measures for the paid apps on Google Play?
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In addition to Martyn's answer on encryption. This might be a bit on the developer side, however, Google offers Application Licensing: With Google Play Licensing, your application can query Google Play at run time to obtain the licensing status for the current user, then allow or disallow further use as appropriate.
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Security of Paid apps in Google Play?
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android
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My Samsung Galaxy Ace default message is multimedia type messages (70 characters) and is costing me a fortune, over 10p a text (UK). How do I change this to normal text (160 characters) which my phone company gives me 200 free text making it cheaper for me?
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AFAIK the stock Messages app always sends a SMS unless you've added an attachment (picture, video, audio), or if you are typing a very long message (the latter depending on your settings). If there is an attachment the message will show the number of used KB instead of the number of remaining characters. That being said, you should check if the message centre number in your SMS settings is correct. To check start the Messages app, click <code> Menu > Setting </code> , scroll down to the <code> SMS Settings </code> section. Also on the same screen there is a stackexchange-url ("setting that may convert long text messages automatically to MMS"), so you might want to turn that off.
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Android: Change Samsung Galaxy Ace default message type to text (160 charactors )
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I'm considering rooting an ATT S3, and came across this guide: The guide links to some file that is supposed to contain both a file to be copied into the phone and the tools for flashing the CWM. Are there any reasonable assurances that this file and tools are free of malware? Are there any peer reviewed sources that I could use with a greater degree of trust?
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I think the only reliable source for ROMs is xda-developers. Ask your question there. They have a special forum for the ATT S3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1705 BTW: that doesn't mean that you cannot trust this source!
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Is there a way to determine whether a source for rooting instructions is reliable?
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android
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I want to make my smart phone smarter and I try AutomateIt because it is free. However, I don't know how to make it run a task when the task needs multiple conditions trigger. Thanks
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Multiple triggers are supported on AutomateIt Pro: http://automateitapp.com/index.php/user-guide-2/composite-triggers-actions-pro-version-only/ As of version 3.0.54 (released on Feb 2013), you can unlock Pro features from within the free version. Read here how to unlock features: http://automateitapp.com/new-release-rich-notification-unlock-pro-features-and-more/
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How to set AutomateIt to active a task in "AND" or "OR" condition?
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I tried to install NetFlix, and during the installation my phone rebooted. After coming back up, the internal storage space was reported as low (and it is, only a few MB left) so I can't attempt a reinstall. Netflix is not reported as an installed app, and I cannot uninstall it. I did a bit poking around (with root access), and the failed netflix installation is still lurking there, in the directory: <code> /data/data/com.netflix.mediaclient </code> stealing 18.1M of my precious free space. The question is: Can I delete these files safely? My device is GT-S5570 running Android 2.2 with root access. Please don't suggest uninstalling "some apps" to free space (in order to reinstall and uninstall Netflix). I have moved all but 6 of my apps to an external partition on my SD card using Link2SD , so the individual apps don't take up much space. I would have to remove a lot to release enough space. If you wonder why my space has gone so low, it's because my silly device, has only 160 MB of internal space to begin with. I usually try to keep the free internal space at somewhere around 25MB.
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Before you do anything - make a Nandroid backup using ClockworkMod Recovery or any other recovery tool that you may have. This is really important as it means that anything you can can be undone if needed. That said - I believe you can delete these files. I've not removed files from /data/data/ manually before, but to the best of my knowledge it won't have any bad side effects. I recommend you try just renaming that folder to something else to start off with and run your phone for a while to see if anything bad happens, if not then you're good to just remove it.
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Failed app installation, storage full, safe to delete files manually?
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android
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My home screen used to look like this: As you can see there's a GoSMS icon (3rd from left). For some reason it went away after I reboot: Anyone knows how can I restore it? BTW i'm on Froyo 2.2
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On ICS, click on the <code> applications </code> icon, then select <code> menu > edit </code> . You can now drag-and-drop any application icon you want to the row with the default icons. Note that you can remove the phone and contacts icons, but not the applications icon. I'm not sure if there is a similar feature in the TouchWiz launcher on Froyo, but alternatively you can look around and install a different launcher that does allows you to customize everything. You may want to start by reading this article
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Restore SMS icon in default home lancher?
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android
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I've done a factory reset of my HTC One S and I re-downloaded the game Angry Birds. I had previously purchased the mighty eagle, and when trying to get it again in-game, it takes me to the play store. Play store shows a dialog "you already own this", I can either click OK or Details. When I click OK, it just takes me back to the main screen of Angry Birds and it doesn't redownload. When I click Details, it takes me back to Angry Birds with the message "Unfortunately, Play Store has stopped". I can only click OK and what follows is a loading screen from Angry Birds itself that never stops loading. Looks like a bug. Are there any alternatives to get the mighty eagle back?
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I feel stupid for not trying this earlier, but I simply re-installed angry birds (again) and I had immediate access to the Mighty Eagle. It didn't even show me the promo and purchase screen. Strange thing is that this isn't how it went first time around, but I'm glad this is all it took. Rovio still hasn't responded to my support ticket at the time of writing.
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How to re-download in-app purchase
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android
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I was just curious to know what DNS server my phone used. So I launched a terminal emulator and I entered: <code> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 </code> As you can see, my phone uses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as DNS servers (Google Public DNS servers). At home (Wifi), my router is configured to give OpenDNS' servers through DHCP. But, on my phone, <code> cat /etc/resolv.conf </code> returns the same output. Same thing with 3G. And, even if I disable both Wifi and 3G, and then reboot the phone, it still uses Google's Public DNS servers. I don't remember having changed <code> resolv.conf </code> or installed any application to change it. My phone is an HTC Desire with CyanogenMod 7.2.0.1 (Android 2.3.7). Can someone explain me why my phone uses Google Public DNS? Is it a common configuration for any Android devices, or CyanogenMod ROM?
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According to Steve Kondik, this is essentially old code that is leftover from older versions of CyanogenMod: This was only here for apps that were statically linked against uclibc in old CM versions. It can likely just be removed. However, he also goes on to note: Also, this file is NOT written when connecting to a network as /system is readonly. The actual DNS servers are read from system properties. I also just verified that the DHCP supplied servers are actually being used, so this issue is invalid unless someone proves otherwise. So the values in <code> /etc/resolv.conf </code> actually don't reflect your DNS settings. What you can do instead is use <code> getprop </code> to find your DNS values. You can pare it down rather nicely if you grep the output like so: <code> getprop | grep dns </code> Also worth noting: the <code> /etc/resolv.conf </code> file appears to have been removed completely in later versions of CyanogenMod. I don't have one on CM10 at all, but <code> getprop </code> does correctly show my DNS settings.
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Why does my phone uses Google Public DNS?
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android
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Is there anybody who tried upgrading from Android 2.2 on this device recently? Or do you consider it a wise decision in terms of risks / gains involved? I found tutorials that seem pretty up to date: http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-tab-p1000-clockworkmod-recovery-118602/ http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-tab-gt-p1000-gsm-android-4-1-1-cyanogenmod-10-cm10-nightly-unofficial-112424/
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You have to take into consideration that the 4.1 system you'd be installing isnt a stock build, it is a ROM created by a developer. Cyanogenmod is generally pretty stable, but you would want to do your homework at the XDA Developers site to determine if there are any bugs or known issues, or how the performance of 4.1 is on your device by reading users' reviews. This would also require you to root your phone, which may invalidate your warranty, which is another consideration.
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How to upgrade to Android 4.1 for Galaxy Tab GT-P1000
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Apps like Link2SD and Titanium Backup are able to "freeze" other apps, that is disable them without removing them. What do these apps do to achieve this?
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Titanium Backup etc just use in-built <code> Package Manager (pm) </code> to freeze an app. <code> pm </code> has a feature to prevent apps from running & from appearing in Launcher. To use it, Titanium Backup etc execute following command: pm disable {package_name} You can freeze apps by yourself without using a dedicated freezer app. Just use the above command in Terminal Emulator or <code> ADB Shell </code> . For example, if you want to freeze <code> Stock Web Browser </code> , open <code> Terminal Emulator </code> & switch to root using <code> su </code> command. Then, execute <code> # pm disable com.android.browser </code> . It'll return <code> #Package com.android.browser new state: disabled </code> . Done! Restart your Launcher (some devices may require reboot) to see the app icon gone. To defrost the app, just replace <code> disable </code> with <code> enable </code> in the command.
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How does freezing an app work technically?
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For the first time I installed app that can make calls automatically (sms/call screener). What worries me is this level of permissions -- however I have to no choice really because stock screener (Android 2.3) works only for calls (not sms), and all apps I found require that permission. So my question is this -- are such calls (made by app) at least logged? So I could check and see "oh, call to Bahamas for $100"? Or there is a catch, and the call is logged, but the app can clear the log after call as well?
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If you mean logged by your phone company then yes any calls that go over their network will be logged and billed to you. If the 3rd party app uses VoIP or something similar they won't log it as a call but then you also won't be billed for it except for the data charges. If you mean logged on your phone so you can check it in the call history then that depends on the application as it is possible for an app to edit your call history.
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Are calls made by third-party apps logged?
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android
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Before, when I try to switch Google accounts (by removing old then adding new) my SMS got deleted. Is it possible to prevent this? Also, if I maintain two Google accounts then later decide to remove one. Can I prevent SMS deletion?
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The only way to remove your main Google account is to factory reset the phone which removes everything. Your best bet will be to download an app that can backup your SMS to a file.
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Prevent SMS deletion when removing Google Account
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You can make a Web server on your router providing that you rewrite its firmware with a free DD-WRT, Tomato, etc. You can also run a on a raspberry pi, given that you can run a Web server on any device provided it runs a Linux. Can I run a Web server on an Android device, and if yes, how can I set it up?
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Absolutely! You can either download a ready made one - like kWS - Android Web Server or write your own - here's some code to integrate in to your project or just use as is
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Can I run a webserver on an android device?
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android
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I have a Samsung Vibrant. Today I tried to use the "HD Camcorder" app that came with the phone. The live video preview shows up, but when I press the record button it pops up a "Warning" box that says "Recording failed" with an OK button below. I tap OK and the live camera preview comes back and updates as usual but the record button and other UI elements are gone now -- can't seem to do anything except quit the app. The Camera app works fine, I just tried it. I haven't tried to record video in a while, but if I go to "quick view" in the camcorder app it shows me the what looks like the first frame of a video I remember shooting a year or two ago, however if I tap Play it switches to a thing with playback controls and shows a progress dohickey for a second and then tells me "Sorry, this video cannot be played." in a box over a black background. What are some things I could try at this point? I tried checking to see if the storage was full, but both the internal storage and the SD card have plenty of free space. I tried looking to see if I could find some other free video recording app in the Market, to see if that might still work, but no luck there either. What could be wrong here? The phone says it's running 2.1-update1, build number ECLAIR.UVKA2.
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Powered it off and on again, the camcorder app works again now. I feel silly for not having thought to try that earlier....
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phone won't record or play back video
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When I open Google Drive on my web browser (Firefox) I can edit every column in every row of all my gDrive spreadsheets. When I try to edit one of the spreadsheets on my Nexus 7, I can only edit the first two columns. It's a large spreadsheet because it's something like a scientific laboratory book. Another spreadsheet can be edited without limits. So what is wrong with the spreadsheet I cannot edit? Is there any setting I have to change? How can I edit the rest of the spreadsheet?
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The new version of gDrive fixes this problem, however the offline-compatibility is worse.
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How can I edit all columns of my Google Drive spreadsheets?
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android
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I have a Nexus 7, that I rooted and upgraded once, but it now seems that something changed it. As it is registered in Google Play, there are way too many applications that I cannot install on it. I keep seeing statuses like "This item is not compatible with your device." while it was listed as being compatible with the tablet, as it was even analyzed in a magazine for the nexus 7. I am ready to put it back to factory defaults, as it came out of the box. Where can I find the files to put it back ? I am familiar with CWM, and ADB. Thanks :-)
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Have a look at one of these toolkits, they each have an option for installing a stock rom back on to your device. Have included links to osx, windows and linux: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837401 (mac) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195 (pc) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848036 (linux)
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How can I put my Nexus 7 back to factory default ?
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I'm trying to figure out why my OTA update is failing. I have unrooted my Droid Bionic, and did a factory reset. It starts to update, then reaches about a quarter of the way and stops. It just reboots without the update. I'm trying to figure out how to save off the update file in another question here. Once I've done that, I was wondering if there is a way to get a verbose output or a text file log of what the failure was during the update. Does anyone know if this is possible? Is it not shown and logged so people can't figure out what the checks are for doing the OTA?
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Ok, found the answer here When you start the update process it loads that screen with the android character and the yellow progress bar, as soon as that screen shows up press both vol up and vol down at the same time and it will switch to verbose mode where it will show each step of the install process. When it fails it will typically display a directory and apk file name. Time to figure out what <code> logwrapper </code> is and why its out of date.
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Is there a way to get detailed information on why an OTA update fails?
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android
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I'm trying to locate the zip file that contains the OTA update for my Droid Bionic. Right now, its failing to update, and every time it fails it deletes the file and I need to re-download it (takes a long time). I was hoping to save off the update so I could try a few things on my phone and try the update. I read online its somewhere in a /cache directory, however I dont see anything at all when I mount it to the PC and do a search for cache or even "*.zip". Does anyone know how I can find the zip file? Maybe I need to change the PC settings or something to search for it (I have changed the folder settings to view hidden files and system files).
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Two pieces of ground I want to cover here: <code> /cache </code> is typically a separate partition on your device, which wouldn't be mountable by a PC via USB, which is why that isn't working. The USB connection generally accesses a directory named "sdcard" (or similar) which is used as an external storage device, although this storage area doesn't have to be physically external to the device (it may just be a partition named <code> /sdcard </code> rather than a physical card). If the OTA is in <code> /cache </code> then you should be able to find it with a file explorer or shell on your device. Once you've found it, you could simply move the file from <code> /cache </code> to your external storage and then copy it over USB. You'll need root in order to access <code> /cache </code> , though. There are a number of file explorers that support root access, but I personally use ES File Explorer .
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Where can I find the OTA update file?
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I want to take raw image of my android system partition either on sdcard or on my pc using adb or any other way.. if their is way please help
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Here's how to get a system dump from Android: Prepare Your PC Ensure that your computer has the most recent version of the Java Development Kit installed. If it doesn't, download and install the most recent JDK from Oracle's Java SE Downloads page. Navigate to the Download the Android SDK page on the Android Developers website in a Web browser and download the installer package to your computer. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the installation prompts. Navigate in Windows Explorer to the location where you installed the SDK. By default, this is C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk. Double-click the SDK Manager to launch it. In the left pane file tree, check the box next to "Android SDK Platform-tools." Click "Install Packages." A confirmation window appears. Click the radio button next to "Accept All." Click "Install." A progress bar appears. Prepare Your Phone Press your phone's menu button from the Home screen. Tap "Settings." The Settings menu appears. Tap "Applications." In the Application Settings menu, tap "Development." Check the box next to "USB Debugging" in the Development menu. Get a System Dump Press "R" and the Windows key simultaneously on your PC keyboard to bring up the Run box. Type "cmd." Type the following into the command window: <code> cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools </code> Type "adb.exe shell." Type <code> su dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/sdcard/factoryfs.rfs </code> at the ABD shell prompt. Replace "/sdcard/factoryfs.rfs" with the location to copy the file to if you don't want it on the phone's SD Card. Reproduced in full from this site
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Android system partition image on pc or sdcard
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android
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I changed the ro.sf.lcd_density in the build.prop on my Galaxy SII from the default 240 to 190. It made everything smaller, creating more space and increasing the quality of use for me personaly. Everything seemed okay at first, applications were behaving normal, but I have a problem with installing some apps from the Play Store. I can search for an app, go into its details, only to find a message on the top saying that my device isn't compatible. I have found a workaround but it takes too much time since I have to reboot my device twice for it. My current workaround is this: Change my ro.sf.lcd_density back to 240 Reboot Search for and install the app Change the ro.sf.lcd_density back to 190 Reboot After that the app still works, so no issues there. But the process just takes too much time. Is there another thing I can do to install these apps without my mentioned workaround?
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There is a modified version of the Play Store that removes device restrictions. See this xda thread for more info and the download link to your version of android. It also disables self-updating of the Play Store so your modified version wont be replaced by a newer official one. Cheers
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Some apps not available on play store after lcd_density change in build.prop
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android
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I need to create a second partition on my SD card to use Link2SD to store apps on it, but every time I make a second partition the phone says there is no SD card at all. I've tried it a few times with FAT32, ext4 and none but the phone always says "no SD card". When I delete the second partition it works fine and I can access all the data I had saved to my SD card.
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Make sure you're making the second partition primary. Both partitions need to be primary, just because it's the second one it still is primary.
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SD card not recognized if I create second partition
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android
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My problem is that when you try to delete any home page, it gives me force close here is video of my problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX4ZDOA3ygE&feature=g-upl here is fragment of logcat: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33046163&postcount=15 maybe anyone could comment about this issue and it cause :) thx
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It looks like a non-trivial issue, I'm afraid. The logcat output you provided didn't actually give the cause of the issue. May I suggest that in the meantime you use another launcher? Nova Launcher and Apex Launcher are particularly good replacements for you Note 2, or if you want to get fancy then TSF shell is fun.
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touchwiz launcher bug with logcat inside
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android
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I organize my Japanese ebooks and manga using the respective Japanese titles as filenames. I then access this content from my Anrdoid device by mounting a cifs share with cifsmanager. However I cannot open the media using my Android 4.1 (AOSP) device. The non-ascii characters in my filesystem show up as just question marks, e.g. <code> /mnt/sdcard/manga/??????/ </code> . The error behavior that various apps will give range from <code> File does not exist </code> (File Manager) to nothing at all (PerfectViewer).
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I should have identified that this problem only occurs when mounting the media remotely using cifsmanager. Better late than never, I suppose. The solution is to pass a parameter using the options field: <code> iocharset=utf8 </code> . The parameter tells the cifs module to use utf8 as the character set when it mounts the samba share. This may become unnecessary in the future, as it would make sense to have this set by default in the first place.
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How can I open files that have Japanese filenames?
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android
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I cannot get unrevoked 3 to run on either my laptop or desktop which both run 64 bit Ubuntu. Is there a dependency I need? I download and extract to ~/Downloads <code> cd ~/Downloads gksu ./reflash </code> ...and nothing happens. Based on this Ubuntu forums thread, it seems to be a conflict between 32/64 bit. Is there a way to get this 32 bit application working on my 64 bit system?
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unrevoked needs 32bit. That is all. I ran it on a 32 bit live cd.
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Are there any dependencies for unrevoked3 to run on stock ubuntu?
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I've been trying for a few hours to update my Desire S running Android 2.3.5 to the newly released official ICS rom "RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_14.01.401.2_Radio_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_release_275068_signed". Running XP, I've installed the latest HTC Sync from the HTC website (to get the drivers). No matter what I try I always get stuck at the screen "Verifying information on your android phone. Please wait...". I've let it sit there for over an hour without it ever continuing, I'm not getting any kind of error message. When using the HTC Sync program the phone shows up as connected without any problems. I've tried running the installer both while having the program on and having the phone in "HTC Sync mode", and having the program turned off and having the phone in "Charge only mode". USB debugging is of course turned on. I've also tried turning the AV and firewall off, just in case. I've also tried resetting the phone to factory settings, just for the hell of it. No change. The phone is not rooted and is S-ON. I've tried restarting both phone and computer a number of times (phone both using fast boot and regular boot) but I just can't seem to get it working. Any ideas? Edit: I also found a log file from the RUU, containing the following: <code> <LOG> <T170112><INFO><VERSION>1.0.6.2012</VERSION></INFO></T170112> <T170112><DEBUG><PAGE>====== WelcomeDlg ======</PAGE> </DEBUG></T170112> <T170117><DEBUG><PAGE>====== VerifyingMobileDlg ======</PAGE> </DEBUG></T170117> <T170117><DEBUG>strPath = C:\Program\HTC\HTC Sync 3.0\ </DEBUG></T170117> <T170117><DEBUG><CMD>adb devices</CMD> </DEBUG></T170117> <T170118><DEBUG><OUT>adb <T170118><DEBUG><CMD>fastboot devices</CMD> </DEBUG></T170118> <T170120><DEBUG><OUT>fastboot </code>
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Found a solution myself. The problem was that the adb and fastboot tools in the HTC Sync program didn't work. I solved it by downloading the Android SDK, installing platform-tools, removing HTC Sync from the path variable and adding the platform-tools directory in its place.
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Stuck at "Verifying Information" when updating to ICS
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android
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I know someone who bought a Galaxy Nexus recently, and he finally unboxed it today and straight away inserted the SIM and battery and plugged in to charge. Hours later when we tried to boot it for the first time, nothing happened. Removed and reinserted batteries, changed sockets, attached the USB charger to a PC, etc. but we still have no idea if the phone has charged or charging or if it's a completely defective item. Please help me troubleshoot it.
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Okay, somehow or the other, I got it to work using tips gleaned from various links from Googling ' brand new Galaxy Nexus not booting '. I haven't figured out the issue, but I had the phone plugged in without the battery and inserting the battery then showed me battery charging image on the phone for the first time, but it quickly died out and I couldn't start the phone. After subtly pressuring the battery randomly, I got the charging screen back and switched it on. Some of the posts in the aforementioned Googling suggested there might be slight defects in the Chinese-made Galaxy Nexuses (apparently it was made in both Korea and China), and mine is made in China. It might have to do with the battery not getting placed just right. I suggest to anyone facing similar issues to try to see if there's any effect with inserting the battery with the phone plugged in as I did in my case.
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Brand new Galaxy Nexus not booting
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android
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I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Epic 4G. I've tried a couple of ways to get Clockworkmod Recovery on the phone, but every time I boot it into recovery mode I get the stock recovery program. I've tried the method listed on the Cyanogenmod wiki here and one using Odin here , but every time it boots, it loads up with stock. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can get around this?
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It looks like the key was holding down volume-down, power, and camera buttons until the capacitive buttons (home, search, etc) lit up, which was longer than until the screen flashed (as stated in the CyanogenMod wiki).
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Try to install Clockworkmod Recovery, always getting stock recovery
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android
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I am thinking about buying Samsung Galaxy S3. The problem is that difference in price between 16Gb and 32Gb is significant, and it is much cheaper to buy SD card and compensate this difference. Is it good idea or not? What are disadvantages?
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This is a question that I asked myself and the short answer is to always get as much memory inside the phone as possible, just to be sure. But saying that, it really depends on how you use your phone. I've gone for the largest amount of internal storage in my SGS3 as I could get (32Gb) and then a 64Gb external sd card, but I wish that I'd waited out for the 64Gb phone - reasons to follow after the tech bit: The way that the version of Android you'll get on your SGS3 works is that it stores all application data on the internal storage and doesn't let you move that to the external SD card. This is probably to keep a good user experience - things will start going very wrong if you moved all your data to the external SD card and then removed that SD card. To note, older versions of Android did allow you to move apps to the external SD card. So when you download a game like NOVA , which clocks in at around 2GB of storage for the extra data it downloads, you will see that 16Gb or 32Gb internal storage is going to fill up soon. To make matters worse - there's an extra layer to this: Android automatically assigns a private folder to each app, located in a protected folder on the internal storage. If you are non rooted, you won't be able to see this data, but it's what gets cleared when you 'clear data' within an application settings screen. If you are rooted it's located at '/data/data/'. This data is kept private so that only that app can look at the data, hence apps can't look at potentially sensitive information belonging to other apps. This data will always be located on the phone memory for security reasons. Some apps store a lot of data in these private folders: the newer version of Google music is a prime example - it stores all cached music in this folder (as mentioned in a comment older versions stored the music to the SD card, but this has changed in the newer versions to much annoyance ) So all your apps store all their data to the internal storage and there's not much you can do about it. After using my phone for a few months (installing applications, downloading music etc) my internal storage had 4Gb free (out of 32Gb) and my external SD card still had 60Gb free from my 64Gb. It seems that unless you root your phone and hack it a little, there's very little which will natively use the external SD card (I think you can relocate where photos are stored but that's about it from the native apps). Hence I suggest to get as much internal storage space as possible, as that's the space which is going to be used first and fastest. In regards to the other comments about installing apps to the ext card - I think they must still be using Android 2.x as this hasn't been an option since then, for the reasons explained above. To re-iterate - you won't be able to install apps on your ext sdcard using your SGS3 on a stock ROM
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More internal memory or less memory + SD card
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android
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The past couple of days my Galaxy S Plus started lagging, and today all of sudden it got stuck. When I restarted it the phone was completely wiped, had no apps, no contacts, nothing. Now when I try installing any app it just says "Downloading" but nothing happens - nothing gets installed. I have no idea what is happening. Could some one tell me what I should do? It was on stock firmware when is locked up. I tried a soft reset; after clicking "Erase everything" nothing happens, it just shows the factory reset title on top and blank screen below. I also tried a hard reset without success. I took out the battery then held home volume up and power together while powering it on, but it just shows on screen "Ram Dump mode" and some other stuff. No menu shows up.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001 This might help, it might not. do let us know.
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Samsung Galaxy S Plus formatted itself
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android
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