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Why does rooting the Android voids it's warranty? Why is it so bad, I guess that rooting would be like opening my program folder and editing some files, is this wrong?
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Just any hardware you acquire, you acquire it under some limited conditions of usage, rules and laws that exist as to protect users, but mainly to protect the fat companies that profit with you purchase. What is rooting Essentially, rooting a device, is a process allowing users to attain privileged control (known as "root access") within Android's subsystem. The general goal is to overcome limitations placed by carriers or hardware manufactures left on the device. This results in the ability to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal user. Why does it void your warranty By not allowing access to the superuser account, the manufacturer and your carrier have basically "protected you" from messing up your system, making it unusable. One wrong keystroke and your brand new device becomes a brick (useless). In simple terms, they hand you the device for you to use, saying: "altering or using unapproved software voids your warranty". Rooting falls into this category, you are completely altering your device, which then, it no longer is as it was delivered. So, they can't be responsible for eventual damages on something that they didn't provide you or sold to you.
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Why does rooting the Android voids it's warranty?
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android
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How can i access to Internal Storage in Recovery mode using Android Debug Bridge (ADB.exe) ? <code> C:\Users\MohammadReza\Desktop\platform-tools>adb devices List of devices attached 4F58000600000001 recovery C:\Users\MohammadReza\Desktop\platform-tools>adb remount remount failed: Operation not permitted C:\Users\MohammadReza\Desktop\platform-tools>adb shell $ mount /system mount /system Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory </code>
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You cannot issue <code> adb remount </code> unless your handset is rooted, which is why it failed in your case a la "remount failed: Operation not permitted". There is an stackexchange-url ("answer") to how to root the Galaxy S2.
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Galaxy S2 - Accessing Internal phone memory in Recovery Mode
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android
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How do I save the maps that were downloaded from Offline Maps so that when I factory reset my phone I can simply put the backed up Offline Maps that were downloaded for reusing?
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If your device is rooted, you can use Titanium Backup to backup the Maps application, which will backup the application and it's data. After resetting, again install Titanium Backup, (you have to root again, if you had lost the root access, as a first step) and restore the Maps application. While restoring, you get a chance to opt for restoring app alone or app with data. When opting for the later, your offline data also comes.
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How can I save the maps downloaded from Offline Maps in Google Maps for reusing after a factory reset?
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I saw the following article: An article in the Financial Times last year said mobile providers can "remotely install a piece of software on to any handset, without the owner's knowledge, which will activate the microphone even when its owner is not making a call. Is this possible one Android phones and is there a way to block it?
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Ahh, Schneier on Security, Unvy gb gur Xvat. :-) tl;dr It may be possible, no one can say for sure. And since no one knows if it's possible you can't block it, because you don't know what and therefore how to block. But first, let use investigate the statement step by step: Note that the Article is from 2006 ...said mobile providers can... Google is certainly able to do so, if you are using a Google Services enabled device (usually the ones with "by Google" on the back). But basically every hardware/software manufacturer, whose parts are placed within smartphone (or traditional mobile phone), is able to install backdoors in his products, which could by used third parties to manipulate the device. Either because they bought this access or because the manufacturer is forced to, for example by a (secret) government regulation. ..."remotely install a piece of software on to any handset,.. That's possible and every time you install an app over the Play Store web interface you use this technique. ..without the owner's knowledge,.. Usually you will see visual feedback about the installation process, at least until it's running. But the notification about the new app stays in the notification bar. But no one can rule out that there is a silent install method too. ..which will activate the microphone even when its owner is not making a call... Android apps are able to activiate the microphone if they have the permission to to so. But if the app came with a silent install method, who knows if the permission for the microphone was also silently given? And now, how can I protect my privacy? As soon as you buy a piece of hardware/software without having the ability to verify the hardware and software components for surveillance backdoors, you are lost. But there are alternatives. There have been attempts to create open source hardware and software for smartphones. Therefore allowing you to review the components for unwanted modules. See for example Opoenmoko .
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Can my Android device become - remotely and without my permission - a wiretap and get used as surveillance device?
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I am planning a trip to abroad and need to use my Android phone while roaming. But i couldn't disable all data roaming because i need my company emails. So i want to disable WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Play Store and etc; except Exchange. Is there any way to achieve this?
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Install Avast. Enter its Firewall section (requires root access to work) and allow/deny apps in Roaming column (Wi-Fi and Home Cell access will be untouched). Avast's firewall provides two modes: Block Selected and Allow Selected. Choose any as per your requirement. Use My Data Manager if you want to track data usage of individual apps. It has dedicated Roaming section. It can help you in creating firewall rules or lowering data usage of important apps.
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How can I control which apps are able to use the data connection while roaming?
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android
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Scenario: I go into a coffeeshop, I fire up my droid, and it says it's on the webs. But as soon as I start surfing it bounces me to the establishment's wifi signon page. I agree, click the button, and (I'm assuming) it sticks the droid's MAC address in a table and lets my traffic through. If I return to said coffeeshop within 24hrs, I'm usually still there. Problem: My droid is WiFi only, I have no cell contract. So If I walk in and forget to fire up the browser, I won't get any texts or calls. Solution: Does anyone know of an app that would automate this process? The droid itself will hit the wireless network as soon as it comes within range, provided I've used it before. But then it'd be nice if it tried to fetch a webpage, got redirected, and responded automatically. Alternative: If there is no such app, would you guys be interested in a free one if I took the time to cook one up?
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There are several Hotspot apps around which can automate this. An example would be WiFi Web Login . I didn't check this one (but used a similar some time ago): As soon as the Wifi comes in reach, your device should connect (provided you did it once manually). If the Hotspot app is running in background, it should pick up from there. You have to record the session once for this to work, it's like a macro-recorder.
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How can I automate the Hotspot login process?
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android
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I have apps such as Any.DO and AK Notepad installed in My Samsung Galaxy Y Android 2.3.6 phone. I have tried Titanium Backup and App 2 SD (move app to SD) but still not able to move these apps to the SD card at all. What's wrong? Can someone help me out here?
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An app must explicitly support App2SD, or you cannot move it to the card. There are several reasons why an app might not support it: using widgets (both mentioned apps seem to fall into this category. AK Notepad: "Pin notes to your home screen"; Any.DO: "You can even add our widget to your homescreen") running a service As the sdcard would be unaccessible when connecting to a computer, both things would "crash" (as they could no longer access their data etc.). Of course there's always the possibility the developer simply didn't care -- in which case you should contact him and ask.
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Unable to move few Apps to SD Card
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I am looking for typical per app/process resource usage information (CPU, Memory, etc.). This information is often useful to find and identify misbehaving apps. How can I monitor and visualize the current resource usage (CPU, Memory, etc.) caused by the running Apps?
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There are several ways to collect this type of information, I'll be speaking about two that I use on a daily basis as to oversee what's going on with my devices: Terminal Using a terminal application, you are able to run Linux commands like <code> top </code> or <code> ps </code> that provide information about the currently running processes: ps ps (i.e., process status) displays information about a selection of the active processes. top The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It can display system summary information as well as a list of tasks currently being managed by the Linux kernel. The terminal I most use is called Android Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich available from Google Play Store. Application There are several applications with the sole purpose of providing you with real-time information regarding the processes being executed, detailed information about apps and their system resources usage, system logs or system monitoring: Android System Info by ElectricSheep available from Google Play Store. This app presents information divided with 5 tabs: Dashboard An overview of you device important information: battery usage; Internal Memory used/free; SDCard size and free space; RAM; etc. System All system information is presented here: OS; Buildinfos; Battery; Memory; Telephony; Networks; Wifi; CPU; Screen; Sensors; Features; JavaProperties; and many more. Just tap over each one to unfold the detailed information. Tasks Shows the total CPU load and CPU load/memory used for each process. You can tap a process to get more details about it; kill the process or switch to the process. Apps List of all installed apps, providing means to stop or uninstall an app. If you tap over an app, you have several options like: launch; Manage; Uninstall; etc. Additionally, you are able to see all the useful information about the package itself and in relation to your system, including all permissions he uses. Logs Provides you with your system logs. If you press "menu" the logs will be saved to your SD card.
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How can I monitor and visualize the current resource usage (CPU, Memory, etc.) caused by the running Apps?
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android
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I recently bought a 7" Android ICS tablet as a gift for a friend. Unfortunately it's not a Store supported device, so I can't download from the Store. There are a number of sites that allow you to download APKs, but most of the apps I want to download aren't available on them. I have a 10" tablet that IS supported and has a large number of the apps I want to provide to my friend. Is there any way to get at the APKs on the 10" tablet (without rooting it) so I can copy them to, and install them on the 7" - using the provided app installer?
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You can use an app like App Backup & Restore. It allows you to select which apps you want to backup and it copies them to your SD card.
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How to access Android APKs without rooting
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I have recently installed a custom ROM and cannot find the Play Store. It seems like all apps that belong to Google are missing. How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?
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Background Only Android devices that are licensed by the Open Handset Alliance contain the so called Google Apps. Usually people associate apps like Google Maps, Google Play Store, etc. with Android, but because of the open-source nature of Android, manufactures can sell Android devices without Google Apps and therefore avoid to pay the license fee. Custom ROMs At first cyanogenmod shipped its ROM with pre-installed Google Apps. In September 2009 the founder of Cyanogen received a cease and desist letter from Google, demanding that the Google Apps not be included in the team's ROMs, since the ROM could be ported to devices which are not licensed to have the Google Apps. In turn, that would bypass the requirement for the devices to be licensed. For a few days, development on the ROM ceased, there were outcries from Android users all over the Internet, and many bloggers suspected Google had just shot itself in the foot. Eventually, an alternate method was found, whereby Google Apps are not included in the ROM proper but the Google Apps which came with a device would be backed up by the device's custom recovery or another app, and then re-installed onto the device once the new ROM was flashed. This would therefore "Google-ify" one's ROM. Source How to install Google Apps? Generally speaking: If you don't want to or cannot root your device: (Supported on less devices than the root method, but doesn't require root) Confirm that your bootloader is unlocked. Confirm that your device supports either Fastboot or Odin/Heimdall. If not already installed, install a custom recovery for your device using Fastboot or Odin/Heimdall. Install a Google Apps Package using the newly installed Custom Recovery. If root is not a problem: (Supported on more devices) stackexchange-url ("See if you can root the device") If root then: If possible: Install the Google Apps package for your Android version If not possible: Install ROM (if exists) with Google Framework. Further References How to install Google Apps (GApps) on your Android Device / Phone
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How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?
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I'm going to be traveling overseas and don't have an international roaming plan. I would like to disable my cellular radio while I am there but I'd also like to use bluetooth and wifi. I don't think I can enable bluetooth or wifi while in airplane mode, though. How can I do this without physically removing my SIM card?
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You actually can enable both of those features while in airplane mode. They get turned off automatically when you first enable airplane mode, but there's nothing that prevents you from re-enabling them:
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How do you turn off all cellular communication but leave things like bluetooth and wifi enabled?
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android
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Can I attach files to an MMS message? I am looking for a way to attach files like doc, pdf, or zip and send them over MMS.
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Regular android messaging apps tend to disallow files other than image/video. I use Tmail by Phonelight available from Google Play Store: Tmail breaks the restrictions of all the Messaging apps. It is the only app that allows the user to attach any kind of file to an MMS message. You are now not limited to image, audio or video file. Tmail has expanded the MMS capability. You can use the trial version to test it. the unlimited version costs 0,81€.
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How can I attach a file to an MMS message?
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android
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When Bluetooth is turned on, but not in use, is it still draining power? If so, how much relative to it being in use?
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Yes. When it is on, but not in use, it continually scans for the device it has been previously paired with. This allows for it to do things like-- automagically connect to your car when you get in it. However, the amount of battery drain is still minimal, even if it is continually scanning.
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Does Bluetooth drain power when it's not in use?
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android
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and my friend has an iPhone. I have downloaded and installed the Norton Anti Virus app. I am at a loss to understand why iOS seemingly does not need protection as such. A smartphone, I have been told, is no less than a computer (even better, faster etc.), so need to be safeguarded. Or is there another reason why iOS has no AntiVirus apps while Android does?
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This has some reasons, let's try to sum them up: Android has an open app market model (there's the more or less curated Play store but you can install apps from other locations (3rd party markets or self built/downloaded)) Android may also not need AntiVirus apps (most problems come from pirated rogue apps with added value piggybacked) iOS has a strictly curated app store and you're not allowed to bypass it (unless you don't jailbreak your device but Apple so far ignores the existence of jailbroken devices) Apple doesn't allow AntiVirus apps into their app store (they don't grant the necessary privileges to 3rd party apps and ignore the existence of jailbroken devices) AntiVirus vendors want to create a market for mobile AntiVirus solutions Apple denies existence/possibility of malware for their platforms as long as it's possible (for PR reasons) To sum it up: Android is more open than iOS and lets AntiVirus vendors jump in while Apple denies them access to their app store.
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Why has Android AntiVirus apps while iOS does not?
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Is there some way to get a lock screen whose PIN pad changes number layouts every time it's used? It seems like a very basic way to thwart smudge attacks and yet my (broken?) google-fu can't find any implementations. I'm using 2.3 Gingerbread, would prefer solutions not involving rooting/flashing new ROMs if possible.
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That is a very interesting question. I am not sure if this can be done, to scramble the keypad's number layout every-time on unlock to force you to slow down. You've pointed out the weakness in the security - smudges on the touchscreen; the only thing that I can think of is this - wipe down the screen each time... now you may get funny looks from others, akin to taking off the glasses each time and wiping it cleanly to "see" again if you get my drift. I would not be surprised if there's a soft keyboard layout that appears at random intervals but I suspect its never thought of as it would drive users batty especially when texting. The lock-screen's pin mechanism is in-built and to override that mechanism requires going down the unofficial programming interface that does not have the approval from Google's Android development aspect. Almost bordering on using malware techniques to achieve it. The other thing I can think of is to use a screen protector, in that way, the smudges will show on it but not on the actual touchscreen. Despite saying that, one could theoretically sprinkle a bit of powder on the screen and gently brush it away to see where the fingerprint is on but that's going OTT on the other hand, that is, if you watch too much NCIS... :) My suggestion - in the case of pattern unlock, do not allow "Use Visible Pattern" or "Use tactile feedback" under Settings > Location & security settings, to minimize breach. But however, your question is a worthy +1 from me from a security viewpoint. Edit: Just an afterthought after exchange on chat, it is quite possible in theory, to use a custom keyboard that is tied specifically to password input, the ones that shows an asterisk in place, and just randomize the keyboard layout with letters, numbers re-positioned at random intervals but that could have an adverse side effect, as in "darn it, now I have to be extra careful to, not to go too fast!" or "darn it, one thing to do - uninstall it as tis annoying!"
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Where to find a PIN lock screen that scrambles the keypad on every use?
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android
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace with its official CyanogenMod nightly build. And suddenly, it doesn't "see" my pictures, videos or music files. They don't show: while selecting a notification/ring tone & default music player, while viewing pictures in QuickPic or the default gallery, and on Go Launcher Ex's videos and music finder feature. However, ES File Explorer, the default File Manager, and PowerAmp clearly show the said types of files. I've done a NANDROID backup, wiped the partitions then restored the backup, still no go.
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Ah, cripes. I don't know what on Earth put this <code> .nomedia </code> file on the root of my SD card. Problem fixed.
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Why can't my phone find pictures or music files suddenly?
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i don't know why, but in recent 3 day, my memory card goes crazy! and sometimes (3 times in a day) notify me : "damaged memory card, do you want to format it?" and when i format sd card, some applications corrupted and can't run, because it says : "this application not installed in your phone!" is there a way to disable or disallow android from installing or storing any data related to application installed on phone? phone Specs: model : samsung GT-I9100G Build number : Gingerbread.JPKK1 android version : 2.3.6
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What you describe is a mix of multiple problems. First, your apps becoming "unavailable" is most likely due to Apps2SD being used, and you installed those on your SD card. See: stackexchange-url ("How to undo Apps2SD") Second thing is your card itself (hardware, the "thing you put inside your device"). If it goes broke that often, this rises some hardware related questions. Most likely possibilities: Your card is broken Your devices card adapter is broken Something with your card controller is broken You can check 1. easily in different ways: A. check whether your card causes problems in other devices B. check whether other cards cause the same problems with your SGS If (A but not B) => use a new card (case 1.) If (B but not A) => have your device checked (for either 2. or 3.). Hopefully you've got some warranty left. Other useful Q&As on this site which might prove helpful to you include (but are not limited to): stackexchange-url ("Why has my micro SD card suddenly stopped working in my Samsung Galaxy SIII?") stackexchange-url ("Micro SD card physically damaged?") stackexchange-url ("how to fix damaged sd card?") stackexchange-url ("Fix a damaged microsd card?")
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Enable/Disable automatic SD card installations in android phone
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android
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I have a requirement to stream video from an IP camera to my custom Android app. This app must display streaming video as part of many other controls (buttons, slide-bars etc). Can someone suggest an IP camera that is known to work with Android (without the streaming problems noted stackexchange-url ("here") and stackexchange-url ("here") ). I mean, I am looking for any IP camera that can stream successfully to an android device. PS : I have used IPCamViewer app in Android market, which can stream from most of the IP cameras in the market, but do suggest a camera whose stream can be received using simple android mediaplayer .
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I know ow hard it it to find the right camera and software combinations for cameras. I have written a few proprietary Java applications for just such a thing. I have found that IPCamViewer is a okay app for looks but man that guy has added support for just about every camera known to man! It is a really good app in that sense but lacks a professional feel to it. But I would stick with that app as he continually updates it and if you have a problem and email him he usually addresses it in the next iteration. One of the better companies for streaming video is Axis their video encoding solutions is one of the more configurable options. Each encoder runs a webserver and if you know a little linux you can get on the server and reprogram web pages and even the Java serving up the images. They also have solutions for standard cameras. So depending on cameras you may have to buy a special camera and take the output to an Axis video encoder and stream it to your phone. I've done this with some really special cameras like FLIR IR camera (Cost is around $80K), and Sony and Hitachi low light cameras. There are some really good network cameras too, like Sony's HD camera and the multiple ones that Axis has.
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Suggestion for a IP camera to stream to android device
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android
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I am presently using a rooted LG P500 running stock 2.3.3. I am very fond of trying various ROMs and recently got hooked to unofficial CM10 Android 4.1.1 (JellyBean) . Working with such unofficials or even official nightly builds has a problem of receiving frequent update. When ever such update comes I have to wrap up all my app and its data using Titanium Backup (TB) and for safety backup my present ROM completely using CWM recovery . After installing the new ROM, I will download TB alone and restore all my apps. Though the TB has batch mode for "Restoring all missing apps and its data", TB asks for confirmation before installing every app and prompt for "Done/Open" after installing every app. This kills the purpose of running a batch. Now my questions: Is there any way I can switch between ROMs but keep the apps (with its data) installed in a common location for all ROMs Automate the restore option (in new ROM) such that with one click and a wait of few minutes should get my phone back with all apps and data intact? My dream use case with either question will be like: While I am in 2.3.3 ROM I would simply backup the present apps and its data to SD card and install the new ROM. When the new ROM is installed, I would like to have the apps that where backed up in my 2.3.3 ROM to come back with its data by doing something that is not daunting, but ready to wait for a while. Any suggestions?
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The pro version of Titanium Backup supports batch restore without user interaction. It's worth it.
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Switch ROMs, still seamlessly use Apps and its data
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android
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On my Nexus S running 4.1.1, I am unable to find where the current wallpaper is stored. I referred to stackexchange-url ("Where is the background image saved?"), but my <code> /data/data/com.android.settings/files </code> folder is empty (I do have my file browser showing hidden files). It was confirmed in that question that ICS stored it in that location, but did Jellybean move it to a different place?
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The wallpaper was in <code> data/data/com.android.settings/files/ </code> on previous versions of Android. However it appears that it was moved as part of the multi-user preparations. The current location is <code> data/system/users/0/ </code> The file is conveniently called wallpaper and it is a png file.
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Where is current wallpaper stored on Jellybean?
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android
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I watch a lot of inspiration videos from TED (www.ted.com.au) on my new Galaxy S2 phone. However, I only do this when I am at home and can access my home wifi network. My home wifi and the phone's 3G networks are with different providers. Obviously, my phone switches to the home wifi network automatically when I am at home. My question: Is it possible for my 3G network provider to see/track my wifi usage and bill me accordingly (as if I am using the 3G network) because everything goes through the phone that is on their network? I am new to smart phones so please bear with me. My monthly 3G data download allowance is only 150 MB but my home wifi came with 5 GB.
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Of course not. Your WiFi will go through your WiFi chip to AP and to some other ISP. There is no connection with 3G just like you can use WiFi even without SIM. But your carrier can(though highly unlikely) use some tracking program to track you and find what you are doing. Even if they do, the WiFi usage won't be counted as 3G. One advice I'd like to give you is sometimes you think you're on WiFi but due to many reasons you might not be connected to WiFi and you might be browsing over 3G. So just keep an eye for that.
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Is it possible for my mobile carrier to track my wifi usage and bill me accordingly?
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android
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There is a app called "Track and Share" available for iPhone. This app helps us track as to how we spend our day, doing what activities and doing what category of activities. I wonder how I could do the same on Android. Maybe a similar app exists?
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There are many for Android, this two seem to perform the tasks mentioned by "Track and Share" (additionally, you can check the left column from Google Play Store for related apps) : Time Recording - Timesheet App Timesheet manager - easy to use, highly adaptive. Manage your timesheet. Check in & out Task assignment Daily & detailed notes Overview of day, week, month Data export & email as CSV, HTML or XML Integrated backup & restore Check the Lifehacker review . Daily Task Tracker Keep track of your tasks that you repeat on a daily basis. This app allows the user to keep track of daily tasks that are important to them. Add each task and then throughout the day or at the end of the day check off the ones that were completed.
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How can I track my days activities on Android (Similar to Track and Share on iPhone)?
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I am using open-gpstracker to track routes. After quite some time I have collected a large number of tracks that I like to export as GPX files. The application allows to do that, however, there is no export option for all tracks at once . I am using a device without root access. Is there any way I could access the SQLite database of the application? I also thought of modifying the source code of the opensource application to my requirements, but I am afraid of losing my data when I install the customized version of the app on my device. Am I right, that this can be a problem? Update: I came up with the idea that I could use the <code> ContentProvider </code> of the application, if there is one included and if it is public. I could write another application that uses the interface to access the database. Do you think this is possible? How can I see if there is a public <code> ContentProvider </code> ?
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Each app on Android stores its data on internal storage by default, below the <code> /data/data/<package_name> </code> directory. Due to the sandbox princip, except the app itself and root nobody has access to that if not explicitly defined otherwise by the developer (e.g. Skype currently has a serious security flaw giving everybody read/write access to all its data, including plain-text passwords). So no, you won't be able to get access to the database, which most likely is located in the <code> /data/data/nl.sogeti.android.gpstracker/databases/ </code> directory without having root access to your device. As for your second question: You are assuming correctly. As you don't have access to the developers certificate (for good reasons), you cannot "update" the original app with your modified version. You would have to uninstall and then re-install -- or giving your modified version a different package name. In both cases, you won't have access to the original apps data.
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open-gpstracker: Export all tracks or access the SQLite database
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android
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My Nexus S power button has stopped working and Samsung will not honor the warranty. The farthest I've gotten is to the Downloading screen with the yellow work ahead sign, that says "Do not turn off target" and <code> USB Control Init USB Control Init End </code> . My computer does not find the device via the Android SDK. I looked up this post stackexchange-url ("Turn phone on with ADB or Fastboot?") and others outside of this forum (eg: removing and inserting battery with charger connected), but it does not work for me. Once I boot it I can use it by plugging a battery charger or cable to turn on the screen. Is there a way I could boot it?
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All the methods you've tried, and the ones I've been reading for the past hour, exploit a circuit "bump" that shouldn't even happen in the first place. If they don't work with your phone, be happy, your phone is not suffering from further defects. Some I'm referencing are: Plug your phone to your computer using the USB cable. Remove and add the battery several times to make the phone start booting: This video or this video . Gently flick (tap) the back of the phone, right under the lens, with a finger. What you should actually do is to repair the phone, it costs a certain amount, but at least you get the problem fixed by professionals and can take preventive measures to prevent this from happening again. To repair, you can use Nexus S Power Button Repair or other near you. As a preventive measure, to avoid degrading the power button, you can use an app to lock/unlock the phone. With it, you'll give less use to your power button, and in turn it may last longer. Even if it gets broken again, with an app, you still have alternative methods of controlling your phone (lock/unlock). Fix Broken Power Button by Destil available from Google Play Store. Note: An app installed on your phone CANNOT power it on. So, if the power button breaks again, be sure to not let your phone's battery get empty.
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How can I boot my Nexus S with a broken power button? Can only boot to "Do not turn off target"
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I have a question for you guys. When I bought my Samsung Galaxy Note , it came with custom firmware with lots of bugs. It's being over 3 months I bought this phone and it freezes a lot. My question is, does anyone know how to restore the original firmware from Samsung? Thank you.. <code> My Android version : 2.3.6 Model number : GT-N7000 Baseband version : N7000XXLB2 Kernel version : 2.6.35 14-FM-2.0-g399c932 frank_m@VirtualBox Build number : GINGERBREAD.XXLC1 Rom version : KingDroid Elegance Deluxe v7.0 </code>
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It was easier than I expected. Just follow this tuto will guide you well. Download Odin Download the related firmware Launch Odin, click on ROM Select the firmware Click on Start button. Pray! Thank you for everyone who took their time to help me.
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How to restore the official firmware on Samsung Galaxy Note?
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android
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I understand the root user under Linux and the goal of rooting an Android device. Though, when people say "rooting", does it mean I will always use my device as root? Or just while I apply my changes?
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No. Rooting in that case means that apps are able to request root. If they do so, then usually a pop-up appears asking for your permission.
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Does rooting mean I will always run my device as root?
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I was reading an article talking about the Galaxy Nexus vs. the Galaxy SIII , and ended up buying a Nexus (was a steal, and I knew it was getting JB). Anyway, I've recently updated it to Jellybean, but I realised that I didn't have something that was showing in the article - the toggles they showed in the Notification bar (in the right hand image) . Are these provided in the standard ROM, by an app, or in a custom ROM? I can't seem to find them.
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These toggles aren't part of Android. Third party ROMs like CyanogenMod and MIUI, and certain skins that Hardware manufacturers put on Android include that. If you want to have this functionality on a Nexus running stock Android you might want to try these two applications, I have used them both, and they are quite stable and useful. Power Toggles : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc More Quickly Panel: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mabware.android.MoreQuicklyPanel
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How do I get these toggles in my notification bar?
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I was wondering if it is possible to pull out the raw RF data from the antenna for use in an application. I have a device that operates as a separate entity with an an antenna feed, but I am interested in trying to put our processing on an Android. This would be the most useful if I could tap off the RF data from the existing antenna, rather than attaching a separate one. I don't know much about Androids - just getting a feel for this before I put too much effort into the research. Thanks, David
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You mean the antenna on in the internals of Android handset, underneath the battery or nearby it? If so - the short answer is no - am afraid! The firmware and radio base-band is definitely off-limits, closed and proprietary.
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Tap off raw RF data from antenna
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Stand-by time (not talk) because I rarely use the phone actually ;-) Let's say there are two phones -- Xperia Mini and Wildfire S -- both have very similar battery 1200 mAh and 1230 mAh (respectively), so one could expect similar stand-by times as well. Yet for Xperia Mini it is "Up to 340 h (2G) / Up to 320 h (3G)" and for Wildfire S "Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 570 h (3G)". You can see that for 3G network the difference is huge (almost double). Wildfire S has slower CPU (600 MHz vs. 1 GHz in Xperia) but what kind of computation is done in stand-by mode? Another oddity Xperia is more efficient in 2G, while Wildfire in 3G . QUESTION: without any head to head tests, what information is more reliable -- capacity or times? I.e. those two phones would stay on one charge for the same amount time or indeed not? I copied the data from GsmArena pages: Xperia Mini http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_mini-3947.php and Wildfire S http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_wildfire_s-3777.php
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In my view, battery capacity i.e. the mAh value is best the way to compare. The reason why I say this is that the battery drain includes so many factors that even a small software glitch can show a remarkable difference. Hence the standby time is a combination of several factors which are not reliable for comparison, unless they are from from same manufacturer (with a hope that there will not be variations in test situation). The guide from GSMArena explains this clearly as: Manufacturers measure talk time in controlled conditions and the quoted numbers are rarely reached in real-life scenarios. These numbers are best used as reference when comparing phones from the same manufacturer because battery life measurement methodology will probably vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. With battery rating at least you know your how much capacity the battery has and how it gets used or wasted is simply a temporary situation (i.e. by changing ROM, updates, platform upgrades etc).
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What information is more reliable -- battery capacity or stand-by time?
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Just today I learned that Sony did a nasty trick with Xperia Ray and it features only manual flash. So I would like to be now super sure how it is with Xperia Mini -- does it have normal automatic flash for camera, or only a manual one as in Ray?
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As an owner of the Mini ST15i, the answer is yes, it does have the automatic flash for camera in which it can be turned off if the need arises.
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Does Xperia Mini have automatic camera flash?
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I'm using an Android phone (a Motorola Defy+ running CM9) with OsmAnd as a map solution mounted on my motorcycle (it just shows the map and a gpx-track as a driving hint). It's not connected to a charger yet and I don't mind when it runs out of battery (I have spare ones). However there's this "battery low" message popping up at 15% downwards. It covers a huge part of the map and stays there until you hit the OK button which does not work with gloves on and during the ride at all. That remaining 15% still give > 1h runtime which I want to enjoy withouth nagging popups! Is there a way to hide it completely or get rid of it after some seconds automatically?
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That is hard-coded into the framework am afraid. Look in <code> frameworks/base/core/java/android/os/Power.java </code> <code> public static final int LOW_BATTERY_THRESHOLD = 10; </code> The alternative is to roll-your-own ROM to do this, there's a broadcast intent for battery low warnings (ACTION_BATTERY_LOW) but that's only for system signed apps AFAIK and cannot be intercepted. The alternative is to listen for the ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED broadcast and perhaps using Tasker, just to mute the battery warning sound...
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Get rid of 'battery-low' popup after some delay?
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When I first bought my Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) phone a month ago, it had it's factory installed 2.1 Eclair running. Despite many 'Android Market' apps not being compatable with it, my signal strength was half to full 3G signal wherever I went. I then upgraded to 2.3 Gingerbread. My signal strength was lucky to get higher than half strength and often had an E or H next to the signal indicator instead of a 3G ledgend. I have since upgraded again to CyanogenMod 9 (4.0 ICS) with no change to signal strength. In the locations I got full 3G signal only a month ago, I still struggle to get over half signal strength with an H ledgend. The bars are usually grey but occationally turn blue. I am wondering if the factory Eclair install had a preset setting making it suitable to work in Australia with the specific frequency bands we have here, and upgrading has over written these settings. If this is the case, my phone may be looking for frequencies used in Europe or America that arn't used here or are the 2G frequencies. My googling has found many forum threads where people have lossed signal quality after upgrading, many blaming the carrier or ICS. Several people have subsequently downgraded to default Gingerbread to fix the problem, for me this would mean going back to Eclair. I don't really want to do that. Is there anything I can do, changing settings or installing an app, that can bring me back to full strength? UPDATE 26Aug12 I think I have deciphered the signal strength bars. E denotes EDGE (2G) signal, H is for HSPA and 3G for UMTS fast 3G connection. The signal bars are grey normally, and turn blue when you have an active data link (and little up/down arrows show data transfer). I wonder if my phone is having trouble with UMTS and therefore not connecting at 3G speeds after the upgrade.
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Flashing your Phone probably also changed your Modem/Baseband. Flashing another might give you better Signal. Here you can download Modems for your phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158783
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Low Signal Strength after Firmware Upgrade
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Summary I have been having problems accessing the K9 log messages using aLogcat, see below for more details. What I would like to know is: Why are no log messages from K9 appearing in the aLogcat log viewer? Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can see the full text of the errors which are occurring when trying to sync my K9 folders? Could something have changed in Jelly Bean which lead K9's logging to stop working? Since there seem to be remarkably few messages being shown by aLogcat in general, has something has changed in Jelly Bean which could mean that it is no longer able to access all messages? Detail I have recently been having connection problems with K9. My folders fail to sync and the folder list ends up full of socket errors ( <code> libcore.io.ErrnoException: </code> ) or ssl errors ( <code> javex.net.ssl.SSLException: </code> ) etc. where the last checked time should be. I get different messages depending on which problem is occurring at the time, but I can't see the full text of the error message, so it's difficult to guess what the cause might be. Thinking that the log files might contain more information, I followed the instructions at Recording a debug log, enabled debug logging in K9, installed aLogcat and tried to look at the logs. Sadly, whichever log buffer I select ( Main , Events or Radio ), there appear to be no messages from K9. If I add the suggested <code> (k9|AndroidRuntime) </code> regex filter then I see nothing in any of the logs. If I remove it then Main contains mostly garbage collection messages, Events seem to contain mostly messages from aLogcat itself and I haven't seen a log message in Radio yet. If it makes any difference, I'm using a Nexus 7, but I would have thought that logging would have been to a standard location which wouldn't change between android versions.
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Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can see the full text of the errors which are occurring when trying to sync my K9 folders? It seems that there is no way to see these log messages on the device without root access , but if you do have root access, there are a couple of options, either grant the required permissions to aLogcat or consider using a horrible hack TM to view them directly. View the log files on your PC or workstation via <code> adb </code> If you can connect your Android device to a PC or workstation, then you can access the logs via the <code> adb </code> command. To do this on Windows, first you will need to install the Android SDK (which will require the Java SE SDK ) and add the <code> android-sdk\tools </code> and <code> android-sdk\platform-tools </code> to the system path . Then enable USB debugging on your Nexus 7, plug it in via USB, and install the Android Composite ADB Interface from <code> android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver </code> (I had to force Windows XP to look here, it wouldn't find the drivers on it's own). For details of how to get <code> adb </code> up and running without the full Android SDK install, or on Mac or Linux machines, see stackexchange-url ("Izzy's excellent answer") to stackexchange-url ("Is there a minimal installation of ADB?") Then you can open a shell (i.e. a <code> cmd </code> window) and run the command: <code> adb logcat k9:V *:S AndroidRuntime:E </code> I have confirmed that this works on my non-rooted Nexus 7. Grant permissions to aLogcat If you have root access , you could consider granting the <code> READ_LOGS </code> permission to aLogcat , as suggested in this post aLogcat/CatLog/Lumberjack not working? Do this ... on the xda-developers forum : <code> pm grant <pkg> android.permission.READ_LOGS </code> To grant this permission to <code> alogcat </code> or <code> alogcat.donate </code> , you would use one of the following commands, depending on whether you are running the donate version or not: <code> pm grant org.jtb.alogcat.donate android.permission.READ_LOGS pm grant org.jtb.alogcat android.permission.READ_LOGS </code> According to one post on android-developers and the ticket , the permission grant survives reboot and update, but not uninstall/reinstall. Sadly since this requires root access, whether I run this on the device or on my PC (prefixed by <code> adb shell </code> ) I just get the error: <code> Neither user 12345 nor current process has android.permission.GRANT_REVOKE_PERMISSION </code> I cannot confirm that this works, since my Nexus 7 has not been rooted. Consider using a horrible hack TM If you have root access , you could consider making <code> logcat </code> setuid root and running logcat from the device shell, as suggested in stackexchange-url ("this answer") to my stackexchange-url ("How can I access android log files on my Nexus 7 without root access?")question: <code> chmod 04755 /system/bin/logcat logcat k9:V *:S AndroidRuntime:E </code> Again, I cannot confirm that this works and I would probably only use it as a last resort , given the security implications. Why are no log messages from K9 appearing in the aLogcat log viewer? Could something have changed in Jelly Bean which lead K9's logging to stop working? Since there seem to be remarkably few messages being shown by aLogcat in general, has something has changed in Jelly Bean which could mean that it is no longer able to access all messages? This appears to be a change in Jelly Bean which affects all applications which may try to read the log files. Apparently READ_LOGS permission is not granted to 3rd party applications in Jelly Bean . Since this link seems to be unreliable: Today I've tested my application on newest (api 16) emulator before releasing it to Google Play. It turned out that Android now refuses to grant this permission to 3rd party applications. This is weird because I've looked through all Jelly Bean's documented changes and couldn't find anything that mentions READ_LOGS permission. and later The protectionLevel for READ_LOGS is now "signature|system|development". The new pipe syntax for protectionLevel is also undocumented (see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34785 ). My suspicion is that aLogcat is only seeing messages generated by itself and it's vm. For further information, see stackexchange-url ("Flow answer")'s to my question stackexchange-url ("How active should I expect my Jelly Bean system log file to be?")
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Problems accessing message logs on Jelly Bean with aLogcat
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I just want to know what consumes less battery Wi-Fi or 2G Data. My battery last long for 12- 16 hours only. I know there are lots of application which continually running and fetching data from internet. I have both options available, in my office i have Wi-Fi and i also has 2G plan in my sim account, both give me desire speed.
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I think I already posted this in another answer -- but I don't remember where. As I think it where different details that time (more a general "what consumes most"), here some details from a reference Motorola Droid. Data taken from a German article named Energiesparplan (Heise is a very famous technology publisher in Germany; Google Translate Version here ): <code> ┌────────────┬──────────┬────────────┬──────────┐ | Standard | Upload | Download | Standby | ├────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼──────────┤ | 3G | 1410 mW | 1349 mW | 18,3 mW | ├────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼──────────┤ | 2G | 1179 mW | 853 mW | 11,6 mW | ├────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼──────────┤ | Wifi | 479 mW | 1158 mW | 7,8 mW | └────────────┴──────────┴────────────┴──────────┘ </code> Guess this definitly answers the question. Though the values may vary between devices, relations should roughly match.
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Which consumes less battery: Wi-Fi or 2G data?
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Let's say there is a route: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&msa=0&msid=104314102588659350539.00043799567b09d5f132f&z=12 I have Google Maps (application) in my Android phone. QUESTION : how can I load a route (as one above) so I could later turn it on (to see it over the map) and off (not to delete, just to make it disappear from the map)? I am interested in downloading it (storing) for later off-line usage.
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Is this the route you want to take offline in Google Maps app: How did I take it to Google Maps app? Well, I opened this question in Dolphin Browser and tapped the link you provided . It gave me <code> Share via.. </code> pop-up from which I chose <code> Maps </code> . Done! To push links to Android device, you don't need to publish it on web. There are plenty of options available viz. AirDroid. You can use Gmail too. In Android device, just open that link in web browser. If <code> Share via.. </code> pop-up doesn't appear with your web browser, it means that its not tightly integrated with Android. I'd recommend you to use Dolphin Browser because I have tested it. To make it offline, just hit <code> Options </code> key & you'll find <code> Make available offline </code> option... To later use this map, just tap <code> Layers </code> icon on top bar (on bottom bar in ICS) & choose the route: Note: I've put screenshots from a Gingerbread device. My ICS device is currently not available. If you're running ICS or above, it'll be slightly different.
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How to load public route into Google Maps?
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I can receive emails but not send them from my Android phone. I am using Yahoo mail and a Samsung Galaxy Ace.
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What are the BT Yahoo! Mail settings for outgoing and incoming mail servers? Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: mail.btinternet.com with Port 110 Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: mail.btinternet.com with Port 25 Account Name/Login Name: Your email address (including the "@btinternet.com" or "@btopenworld.com" part) Password: Your BT Yahoo! password step-by-step Online step-by-step instructions to help with your email setup.
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Can receive but not send emails
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I wanted to make an walkie talkie app in android, i know there are a lot of apps like these but they use the Wi-fi or they are just web services. But if we want to like transmit voice/data on 2G/3G frequencies, is there an option in android ? or "is it even legal ?" considering it will be a short range transmission. i know that 2G/3G are not device-device communication systems but if we can directly access the physical layer of 2G/3G(the transmission hardware) of the phone then we can transmit data through it.
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The short answer is No, the baseband firmware is not for public usage ( read carefully , I am referring to the programmatic details of this, i.e. API's ) The baseband radio is isolated and proprietary and does not "exist" outside the realm of Android, rather, its using libraries which are closed source that interacts with the radio firmware. If you are curious to know exactly behind the scenes in how Android works with the radio firmware, look at my answer on stackexchange-url ("StackOverflow"), it is technically orientated but will emphasize my previous paragraph. And also, for consideration, to be honest, there is a grey area involved in using the GSM frequencies for short band transmission like as in Walkie Talkies, and furthermore, those GSM frequencies are explicitly reserved for the usage of GSM network traffic, 900Mhz, 1800Mhz, 2100Mhz. Another aspect, you may have to acquire a license for this to be able to do so as far as laws are concerned within the jurisdiction of your country. - That I do not know ! Edit: Radio FM apps that receives radio broadcasts of music, news etc, that is a different story, that uses a FM transmitter which is a S-o-C; this will vary depending on the chip-set used, so do not get that mixed up either with Radio firmware as far as 2G/3G is concerned :) Disclaimer: I am not a legal expert, but if, and this is a big if this is possible, to do this - take heed and consult with your local laws.
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In Android Is it possible to access the physical layer of 2G/3G to transmit voice/data
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I use Opera for Android but the same problem exists in the stock browser as well as Mozilla. Until about a week ago I could play videos from the web in the browser but now when I click on the video instead of starting to play I get the option to use the stock video player, SoapCast or the browser to open it and if I chose the browser it downloads it instead of playing it. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? Thank you. I want to play videos in Opera again. I have Android 2.3.4 running on an Xperia Ray.
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Well I kinda' fixed it. I changed the user agent setting in my Opera browser from Mobile to Desktop and every flv file now works. As you might expect there are side effects(I'm getting dektop sites instead of mobile sites - they are bigger, harder to use and they take up more space so they load slower). This will be a good work around at leas.
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Cannot play videos in any browser only in player
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I own a Motorola Milestone 2, also called A953 (apparently this is different from the Droid 2 Global). It used to have Android 2.3 with Motoblur middleware. It was bought independently from any phone carrier (so it was not bought from Verizon for instance). I rooted it, installed ROM Manager, Droid 2 Global Recovery Bootstrap and ClockworkMod Recovery. From ROM Manager, I could successfully reboot my phone into Recovery mode, allowing me to back-up my data for instance. Until this stage everything went fine. What lead to my problem : I also wiped the cache and installed CyanogenMod 7.2 and the Google apps from ZIP files and from the Recovery Mode interface. But now my phone is broken. When it now boots, it shows the stylised M logo, but then switches to an entire black screen. The phone is still on so I have to pull the battery to shut it down. I would like to reboot into Recovery Mode but this doesn't work : I am never able to see the Recovery Mode logo (a warning sign with a little android). How should I do it ? What I have tried : I tried to boot while holding the Power and the 'X' button, as adviced on different forums. This still leads to the black screen. At this state, pressing the Search hardware button does nothing. Holding the Power and the Volume Up button has no more effect. I am able to enter Bootloader Mode by holding Power and Up Arrow. I also tried to use a live CD from here with ezSBF, but I get errors in the process and then my phone reboots in Bootloader mode and shows the following error: <code> Critical Error: FEBE 0047 </code> After that I still cannot get to Recovery Mode.
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I managed to do it using help from XDA-Developers . Here is the procedure : Download the best SBF file from here . Among those corresponding to your geographical region and carrier, choose the most recent one. Flash it to the phone by using either " sbf_flash " if you are on Ubuntu, OSX or another Linux, or by using "RSD Lite" if you are on Microsoft Windows. The result is that the phone is unbricked. Among other things, I now can go back to Recovery Mode.
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How do I enter recovery mode on my Motorola Milestone 2 to unbrick it?
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Occasionally one of my friends using an iPhone will send out a mass text, and for the next few days I get spammed with texts from all the other numbers they sent it to, most of them unidentified on my phone, and since some of them are responding to each other, none of them make any sense. It's incredibly annoying. Presumably iPhones have something that can detect and properly order mass texts, as Apple wouldn't want to annoy their own users, only Android users. Is there something I can do to make the mass text make more sense on my end?
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Jelly Bean upgrade (4.2) add support for group messaging. So, two solutions : upgrade your phone to Jelly Bean 4.2. install a third party application that handles it : this one seems to have a fair number of good reviews.
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How can I deal with mass texts from an Apple phone when using an Android phone?
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I'm running ICS 4.0.3, and I notice if I have the Web app (default browser) open, but not in the foreground, it still uses a lot of CPU (25-50%), based upon the built-in Android Task Manager. Other apps are using 0%. Looking at my battery usage, the Web uses about 33%, even when my phone is inactive. Is there any way I can prevent the Web app from using so much CPU when it is not in the foreground, without using the back button to exit? I'm running on a Samsung Galaxy S2. Edit: If the best answer is to use a different browser, I am open to that suggestion.
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I have reason to believe that this may be a bug caused when the Web app has a large number of bookmarks. In <code> System Settings -> Accounts and sync </code> I turned off <code> Sync Web </code> under my Google account. Then I went to <code> Manage Apps </code> , clicked the All tab, and hit the <code> Clear Data </code> button. This reduced the usage of the Web app to 1% when in the background. When I enabled <code> Sync Web </code> to import all my Chrome bookmarks, then disabled it, the problem showed itself again. I reproduced this problem twice.
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Can I prevent ICS browser from using CPU while in the background (without back-button exiting)?
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I just installed DroidID3Tagger , however it just searches for my music files in <code> /mnt/sdcard </code> , my music however is in <code> /mnt/emmc </code> . Is there anything I can do instead of moving the files? I'm using CM9 Nightly on a SGS1 with Icy Glitch Kernel. (for some reason the Kernel swapped sdcard and emmc)
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In response to @Zuul's comment below his answer, usage of the <code> ln -sf /mnt/emmc /mnt/sdcard </code> is not the appropriate way of dealing with it, because it's a soft-link and forcing it that way, can lead to some mis-behaviour of apps who are relying on the SDCard's mount point, by way of refusing to work with it, Play Store can fail in this regard. The best solution is to use this: By using <code> busybox </code> , explicitly bind the mount point to make <code> /mnt/emmc </code> behave exactly like a SDCard, i.e: <code> /system/xbin/busybox mount -o bind /mnt/emmc /mnt/sdcard </code> Which will show up as a mount point in the proper way, if this was a soft-link it would end up like this - <code> /mnt/sdcard -> /mnt/emmc </code> Google Play store, as I mentioned has an internal checking mechanism to see if the directory is not a link (it will return a error of -22 IIRC).
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App searches in wrong directory
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I was trying to set up a VPN connection and it asked me about medium and high level security and a password which I didn't understand well! I failed to use VPN but now each time I try to unlock the phone, it asks for that password/pin. I removed the created VPN connection to get rid of it but to no avail. How can I remove this pin request?
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Go to <code> Settings -> Security -> Screen lock </code> , enter the PIN once more and select <code> Slide </code> (or what ever you had before).
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pin request at the startup lock screen
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Is it possible to download YouTube Videos on my New Samsung Galaxy Y android phone and have it stored in my SD card?
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AndroidFlip mentions Top 5 Best Youtube Downloader for Android as of Jan 17, 2014: CAUTION: Download links are on external sites (i.e. not Google Play) TubeMate YouTube Downloader from Dentex FREEdi TubeX WonTube
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Download YouTube Videos from Mobile?
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I have got a new 8 GB SD card, but the catch is I have done the app2sd stuff. So what are the steps to be followed for the data and apps transfer without loss of anything. Will a simple copy and paste including all hidden files be enough?
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Depends on how the copy is performed. The SD card contains a couple of hidden files/directories (especially with App2SD being used, there's the <code> .android_secure </code> folder to be considered). Usually, when on a Linux workstation, a complete copy from sdcard#1 to sdcard#2 should do the job ( <code> cp -dpR <source> <target> </code> ). Same should apply to Mac OS. As I have no Windows, I cannot speak for that.
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Transfer of files and apps from old sd card to new sdcard
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Is it possible to make a shell script that would run using Smanager, for example, to do the following: Kill a list of custom apps loaded from a file Run one custom app loaded from the same file When that app is closed, restore killed apps If that's not possible, then could it be split into two scripts, one that kills all the custom apps and launch one custom app, the other to restart the custom apps? All of this is on a rooted phone. Thanks.
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You can use an Tasker to kill apps when you launch your game. And you are also able to do the opposite, when your game gets closed, Tasker can initialize other apps. You may use the trial version to test this, but I believe that better results can only be achieved with root. Tasker Tasker by Crafty Apps available from Google Play Store (4,49€) From their website you have a free 14-day trial download .
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Shell script to kill custom apps, run another app then restart killed apps?
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I spent almost entire day looking for decent apps for maps (decent = free, up to date, being open-source is a plus). I ended up with TrekBuddy, GoPenS , RMaps , Maverick, OruxMaps (the emphasized ones look the best, in my opinion). However, now I have another problem -- how to prepare maps for those apps (please help me with one, and hopefully I will manage the rest) for off-line usage? I would like to go on a ride, pick up the phone somewhere in the forest and see on the map where I am. For now it works only with internet connection, but without it I have a huge-scale map and after zoom-in blank space or "loading" icon. In short -- QUESTION -- how to feed phone/apps with maps, so I could zoom-in/out map freely when I am in the wild (offline)? I would like avoid tricks like relying on caching -- so "solution" to scan interesting region with all possible scales and in such case acquire off-line version of the map is a no-go! Clarification: I am not looking for another app (however thank you for the hints/links), I am looking for maps (data). I want to get map from on-line version (which are automatically downloaded) to off-line one.
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OsmAnd (on Play store or F-droid.org (version is sometimes a little behind)) has those features: Fully open source Fully offline (w/ option for some online features) Play Store: Limited to 16 downloads (free) or costs ~3EUR (for funding) (build it yourself or use a nightly build if don't want to pay or use the free one) Offline vector maps: based on Openstreetmap data create your own with OsmandMapCreator many pre-built areas available with in-app downloading Online tile-based maps (data-caching plugin for GMaps/Bing/Yahoo/ and 25? others) OSM integration (bug report, GPX uploads, live editing) Voice guided offline navigation GPX tracking The unlimited app (in Google Play) costs a small fee (around 3EUR) to fund the project. Please consider buying it once you tested the free version and like it and don't just leech the nightly if you don't just want to test the bleeding edge features. You can of course also build your own (its FOSS).
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How to get maps for off-line usage?
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I wonder if I create a full back up from recovery, would it preserve all my data? Including installed apps (along with their configs) and my contacts?
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If you are talking about a Nandroid backup: Yes, it would. It creates images from the devices file systems -- so all that's stored there gets copied to those image files. You can then even extract single items using e.g. Titanium Backup.
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Would a full back up (from recovery) preserve all data including installed apps?
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Recently I lost my phone and have had to order a replacement. It seems that there should be some sort of device I could use that would sound an alarm when I separate more than, say three meters from my phone. Does anyone know of such a device? I tried searching for a proximity sensor but got only irrelevant stuff about the sensor that detects when the phone is being held up to the ear. It seems that "proximity sensor" is the wrong search term.
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There's no easy way to control the mentioned scenario, since you may get away from your phone, leaving behind the device used to alert you. I've been playing around with an APP, that basically runs a task when a certain action occurs within your phone. The test I performed, was having my phone playing a really loud sound if my phone gets disconnected from the bluetooth earpiece. It works, I go away from my phone and as soon as the bluetooth gets out of range, the phone starts to play the music. I hear the music and remind myself that my phone was left behind. Of course that if you use Dragon V2 Bluetooth Headset, it will only get out of range after 100 meters, which is roughly 10 times more distance than a regular Bluetooth earpiece. :) Tasker Tasker by Crafty Apps available from Google Play Store (4,49€) From their website you have a free 14-day trial download .
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Is there a device that will keep me from losing my Android phone?
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I have a phone with 0.7 amp charger. I also have a Galaxy Nexus with a 2 amp charger. If I connect the 2 amp charger into my phone, will my phone blow up?
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Electric current is measured in Amperes, shortened to Amps or simply the letter A. One well spread example is to think of electricity in terms of water, pressure being equivalent to voltage, and flow rate equivalent to amps. As long as you have the correct pressure, the flow rate isn't a problem, provided the necessary minimum is present. Typically electronics will only draw the current they need, so extra amps is OK. The important thing is having the correct voltage with sufficient amperage available. Extra amperage will be ignored by your device.
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What happens when I connect a 2 amp charger instead of the 0.7 amp charger provided?
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I have tried many voice recording type applications and the best I have found only allows me to do a recording upto a maximum file size of 2.1GB. I can do many of these 2.1GB recordings as I have a fairly large SD card. On one of the applications I have tried, the developer has specifically said that his/her app has no recording length limit So my question, does Android have a built in 2.1GB limit per file?
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Short Answer: Yes More Detailed Answer: The file size limit is not something specific to Android, it is a limit of the File System. It may "technically" be a bug in Android though, as FAT32, which is what the file system is for the sdcard, should have a file size limit of 4GB ((2^32)-1 = 4,294,967,295B) but it looks like the filesystem on Android is android is actually using a limit of ((2^31) - 1 = 2,147,483,647B). Which means they could be using signed integers, instead of unsigned integers for the addressing on the filesystem.
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Does Android have a 2.1GB file size limit?
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First a bit of background for those who aren't familiar: Just a few weeks ago Samsung released their ICS build of TouchWiz, and my phone (a Samsung Galaxy SII) updated over the air. Ever since none of my calendars have synced. It turns out there's a bug wherein recurring events that were present before the update (I think it's only them?) can cause calendars to stop syncing. (I've searched in vain for a concise link to the problem to reference... ) I've tried factory resetting to no avail and I've tried deleting all my extraneous calendars and the recurring events I could find, but sync still doesn't want to work. Is there any way that I can track down which events are causing the trouble more precisely?
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I know it's typically frowned upon to answer your own question, but I have. This was a total PEBKAC. I use a different calendar app than the default, so I disabled the pre-installed Samsung calendar in the Application settings in order to stop it appearing in my application list. This is fine and doesn't affect anything, but I apparently got a little trigger happy and also quite stupidly disabled the Calendar Storage process. Yeah, that'll mess up calendar sync something fierce.
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How do I determine which calendar entry is breaking my Android calendar sync?
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I'm looking for a way to set up an SMS server (I don't know if there is better terminology for this, but probably). What I want: use the phone as an SMS gateway for an automated server let the phone send and receive messages use a computer to command the phone what to do Specific example use case: The phone gets an SMS message <code> [family] The party today will start at 2pm. </code> Which the computer will interpret and will order the phone to send the message over to all the numbers the computer has in the <code> family </code> list. Or f.e. <code> [add]family,0123456789 </code> to let it add numbers to lists. So what do I exactly need? An app that can send all it's incoming messages to an HTTP server and can receive orders from that same server. Of course USB would be a better method than HTTP because it's safer.
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SMS Gateway from the android store does exactly what you want. Periodically checks for e-mails via POP3 and send them via SMS. Send SMS by HTTP GET request on its internal webserver. Forward received SMS to desired e-mail via SMTP. Forward received SMS by calling remote webserver via HTTP GET.
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Set up an automated SMS server with Android (and a computer)?
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My regular uptime on Samsung Galaxy S2 was around 6 days. For the last couple of weeks it is down to less than 3 days. The change was instant, but I was hoping it would come back - it did not. Running ICS 4.0.3 from Samsung. No change of activity - I primarily use my phone to talk, no games, browsing etc. I installed System Tuner , looked in the system log and found this event happening every second or so: "DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline" Similar problem on the internet: http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsung-Galaxy-S2/Galaxy-S2-and-ICS-problems/td-p/1074013/page/2 According to some sources, it could be causing battery life issues. Samsung suggest a hard reset - trying to avoid that at all costs.
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The error seems like something regular. A Google Search reveals many places it is mentioned (with a logcat), but almost nowhere it is commented on -- except for GALAXY W Constant Error in Logcat (XDA). A shame they removed the wakelock stats from <code> *#*#4636#*#* </code> service menu (which would have offered you a quick way to check) with Gingerbread and up. You might want to look for some monitor app on the market (there's e.g. SystemPanel which might prove helpful) to figure out what keeps your device awake. In case this app doesn't provide the required information (I already mentioned Wakelocks being the most probable cause), there's another useful app: BetterBatteryStats (also mentioned in the XDA-Link) seems to bring back Wake-Lock stats. As a short and eased-up explanation: An app might request the CPU not going to sleep, but still not actually use the CPU, though - the Android PowerManager API provides an interface for this). So BetterBatteryStats should help you find the responsible app: For reference, here's the link to the BetterBatteryStats Thread on XDA , including the App (and its Changelog) as well as some closer explanation, especially on Wake-Locks.
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Battery life cut in half recently - DrReadUsbStatus issue?
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On my Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro, stock ICS, Google Talk remains signed in all the time. Is there a setting - within Google Talk, in Sync settings, or otherwise - which can prevent Google Talk from signing in? I just don't like being online on IM clients and I don't want to be signed in.
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On all my android devices (3 HTC phones and an Asus Transformer), if you sign off gtalk manually (gtalk/menu/exit), gtalk does not reconnect again until you do it manually.
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Prevent Google Talk from being signed in all the time
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I rooted my phone with the Samsung Galaxy S III: Full Update Guide I stumbled when I tried to flash the CyanogenMod. I do not get the install from zip file command while in the ClockworkMod recovery mode. So I can't seem to be able to find the zip file to install the CyanogenMod. What I am trying to do now is to unroot my S3, but seeing that I rooted it using Heimdall rather than ODIN, is it still safe to unroot using ODIN?
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You don't "unroot" per se with Odin; you just flash a stock, unrooted ROM that wipes out everything currently on the phone. It shouldn't matter whether you use Odin or Heimdall. Note also that unrooting won't matter if you've flashed anything with Odin, since that also voids your warranty and is recorded on the device.
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Samsung S3 i9300 rooted with Heimdall. Am I able to unroot with ODIN?
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I am having an awful time trying to update my new Galaxy S to ICS. I found a well rated ROM .zip on code.google.com but first I need to root the phone so I can unlock the bootloader. I have been googling all week and read lots of posts saying SuperOneClick is the way to go, but it keeps freezing. It gets to step 7 and stops. There are many threads out there where people say they have the same problem as me, but there is no answer to these posts, or the response is 'well it worked for me', which isn't much help. I also thought of giving Odin a go, but I do not believe my ROM is compatable (doesn't have PDA, CSC etc. elements to select). There must be something I'm missing or the tutorials I've read have left out. Or something else stopping SuperOneClick from finishing it's task. I get no error messages during the rooting process. SuperOneClick just plain stops responding. Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Android Gingerbread 2.3.6 Bootloader 3e ROM ICS_4.0.3_MR1-RC4.2_I9000.zip from code.google.com ( http://code.google.com/p/ice-cream-sandwich-sgs/ ) SuperOneClick version 2.3.3
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As recomended by CE4 above, I just followed the steps laid out in this tutorial. Samsung Galaxy S: Full Update Guide You can download the ROM from get.cm here (original Samsung Galaxy S variant) or here (Samsung Galaxy S (B) variant), note these are only for i9000 (not i9001 or i9003).
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Problems rooting Samsung Galaxy S: SuperOneClick stops responding at step 7
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I upload photos from my Galaxy Nexus (w/ Jelly Bean) directly to Google+, but I would also like to periodically export photos from my phone to my Win 7 desktop. I tried Picasa 3.9, but it would always freeze and I would have to force quit Picasa. I tried Windows 7's photo software (Windows Live Photo Gallery), but it would export every photo, including cached websites. Is there a simple solution? Or will I need to manually move photos from my Galaxy Nexus to my Win 7 desktop? FWIW, the only feature set I really want is exporting photos/videos to folders based on date taken. Thanks!
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I haven't tried it on Windows 7, but I expect Dropbox will work fine.
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Export photos from Galaxy Nexus (w/ Jelly Bean) to Win 7
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I have recently rooted my phone (HTC Desire Z A.K.A. Vision) and installed Cyanogen 7.2.0. I have noticed that my keyboard and softkeys backlight no longer work properly. What used to be the case: The backlight of the softkeys lit up when turning on the screen. The backlight of the keyboard lit up when "sliding" open my phone. After dimming both sets of buttons would come back to life at use. What is the case now: The backlight of the softkeys only turns on when I manually adjust the brightness of the screen. The same applies for the keyboard backlight but only when the phone is "open". Does anyone know a fix for this problem?
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After quite some time a friend of mine goofed around and actually found the fix: CyanogenMod Settings > Display > Automatic Blacklight In here enable 'Use custom' and then look at the values in 'Edit other levels...'. The levels you want to edit are either the ones under 'Buttons' which are the values for the backlight of the soft keys (Home, menu, back and search) and the values under 'Keyboard' is for the keyboard backlight. A value of 30 is standard for the 'Buttons' and the values for the 'Keyboard' are only 0 or higher than 0. (Even though you can choose values between 0 and 255, it doesn't seem to matter visibly.)
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Cyanogen mod 7.2.0 keyboard backlight not working properly
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Isn't Android a common kernel that is used across all devices? For example CentOS will install on Dell, HP, and a variety of other hardware. Sure there are different modules but it's still CentOS nonetheless. What is the reason why CyanogenMod is always "broken"? I always hear in forums they are working on porting this driver or that driver. If they used the same kernel wouldn't the drivers just work with it? I also see a million different types of Kernels for different devices.
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Kernels vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. A lot of those kernels come from the pure stock kernel line of sources found on CAF, what these manufacturers do is take those stock sources, modify them to suit based on the board/chipset used, also, implement their own drivers. Take a good look around you, there's variations of touchscreens, variations of wifi chipsets, not to mention, accelerometer, sensors, batteries, compass, sound, graphics. Taking one kernel source from for example HTC will not work on a Samsung, and vice versa. The manufacturers are free to cherry-pick or out-source various bits that get incorporated into the circuit board. There is no hard or fast rules involved. Hence the lot of hacking/modifications to get the kernel to work properly. You must not ever, compare to desktop Linux distribution kernels in which it has PCI, PCI-Express, SATA, VGA, SVGA, USB, Ethernet as they are a totally different ball-park game. The major differences with CentOS and with Android's Linux Kernel is this - ALL drivers are compiled either as modules or built-in, hence any Linux distribution will simply "work out of the box". Again, with desktop Linux distributions - you have one architecture - x86 hence one Linux kernel from say a Dell PC, can work out of the box on a Lenovo provided that the bog-standard drivers are compiled. Don't forget, in the Android world, there's variations of the kernel built for specific ARM chipsets, such as ARMv6, ARMv7, there's TEGRA, there's EXYNOS, and they are binary incompatible with one another. Hence if a kernel is compiled for TEGRA, forget it, it will not work on ARMv7! The reason some kernels on Android appear to be "broken" is down to the manufacturer. Some (Zte is one very good example) release a butchered source that may compile from source but fails to boot due to a missing driver that is not covered by the GPLv2 or GPLv3 licence. That's the problem, hence some hackers have to go scouring around github looking for some clues; some manufacturers, if not all, do comply. The current incarnation of Zte's source is purportedly to be 2.6.35.7, but in reality its actually 2.6.32.9 source base with a lot of modifications thus does not represent the true kernel source for 2.6.35.7! This is where the manufacturers have to release their respective sources, not just out of being compliant with GPLv2 or later, but rather, for the community to be able to mod it, such as adding overclocking capabilities. Hence there's hacking involved behind the scenes and a lot of messing about with drivers trying to get it to work, and its not easy to debug either.. Some drivers may be cross-licensed, BUT cannot be distributed depending on the clause and conditions as negotiated. Thankfully, that's all changed now with kernel 3.x.x. line of sources, as Android drivers are now integrated into the mainstream sources. But there's a gotcha! Try porting a 3.x.x. kernel to an existing handset that is about 12-18 months old; Not a snowball's chance in hell would it work, that's because, of the differing factors, the 3.x.x sources is vastly different to the 2.6.x source and would take a lot of hacking to get it working - I should know, have tried porting 2.6.38.6 source for the Zte Blade and failed. Likewise, the latest kernel release 3.0.1 - when working on the ics4blade project over on Modaco, have made numerous attempts to port it but that's down to the simple fact that Zte made a very bad mess of the source which rendered porting nigh on impossible.
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Why are there so many different Android kernels (technical answer please)
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What is the difference between flashing device with root ROM and simple pushing su utility to device using adb without flashing it? If I don't need to launch applications which need a root functionality, but just need to relocate some files in android file system, using su, do I need to flash my device?
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In my understanding, the end result is the same in both cases, it's just the rooting methods that differ. Some devices have vulnerabilities that can be exploited in order to push the <code> su </code> binary to the device via <code> adb </code> (example), but these do not exist in all devices. This is why flashing is required sometimes. TL;DR: It depends on your device.
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Difference between ways of rooting device
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I have a LG Optimus One (P500). For sometime I am wondering why my phone's battery has four terminals. I am aware that two terminals are for the positive and negative points and the the third connects to the battery's internal thermistor to monitor its temperature. Still that leaves me puzzled with what the fourth terminal could be for? Interestingly my phone has only three terminal where as the battery has four. I have searched for answers in Google but no useful results other than description about temperature monitoring comes up. Also since another doubt also lies in the same image, what is the port that is marked as "A" in the following image? It appears to me as some sort connector and my guess is that it is a connector to a cable with which manufacturers can access something deep in hardware. The Nokia phones which I had also had this feature and I guess this should be common for all phone then. Update: I am more keen on knowing what the fourth terminal on the battery does rather than why there are three in phone and four in battery. As @Axeman said, this battery could be used in other phones (of LG) as well.
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As @Axeman said, the connector is an Ultra Small Surface Mount Coaxial connector (quite a mouthful and still could not get how it was abbreviated as U.FL) which is a kind of expansion port which could be used for any radio communication, including GSM, WiFi, GPS. And as @Lie Ryan said, the fourth terminal in the battery is for connecting the antennae in the battery to NFC circuitry on the motherboard. Few searches in Google confirmed this and gives raise to following information: Those who have NFC in their phones, may lose the NFC capabilities if they try to replace with cheap and duplicate batteries which may not have the NFC antennae as said here . I am summing up all the points to make this question as answered. I was unable to accept @Axeman's answer as complete as it did not answer the NFC part and @Lie Ryan had added as a comment only. Kudos for them both! Update: I happen to get hold of LG P500's service manual which confirms the RF connector with the following image tagged as SW1001.
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Why my phone battery has four terminal? what is the use of the fourth?
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I have a lot of MP3 files on my phone and I would like to re-size them to save space. (Note: I do not want to trim the audio file.) I know I may lose some quality, but it is fine. What is the best way to do this? Perhaps an app? (Free is preferred)
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For doing the conversion on device itself, I would suggest searching the Google Play Store for audio conversion apps . Several results look like viable candidates: The File Converter and Convert Audio , for example. The features to look for are downsampling, changing bitrate and frequency, conversion to more efficient formats like OGG, AIC or FLACC. I recommend trying each app yourself on one or two MP3 files to see if you get the results you want. Play Store's 15-minute refund policy should give you enough time to figure out if the app is worth the price. With that said, I would highly recommend doing the conversion on your PC instead. First, by copying your MP3s from the phone to the PC you are making a backup. Just in case something goes wrong during the conversion process, you will not lose the original file from your handset. Second, there are a lot more choices in terms of software on Windows/Mac/Linux for audio file manipulation (especially the free and open-source variety,) and may also be able to do this in batch (i.e. convert multiple files automatically.)
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Looking for a way to shrink the size of MP3 files
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I am using a Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone. In my mobile's settings, I see an option to "Unmount the Memory Card for Safe Removal", so it is possible to unmount the memory card without actually removing the card or connecting the mobile with a computer. I was wondering whether it is possible to Mount the Memory Card back again without actually removing the unmounted card and inserting it again? A situation in which it may be useful: I have an Android phone and there is a lot of personal stuff that I cannot let anyone see. I store all the apps containing the personal data in my memory card. Many of my friends and/or Girlfriend ask me my mobile to "check it out"/"play games" etc... At that point of time, I unmount my memory card with just a touch, give it to them and when I get it back I mount the memory card again with just a touch. I do it right in front of them and they have no idea.
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NOTE: I am on Samsung Galaxy S2, Android 4.0.3 Elixir for Android has an "sd mount toggle" feature. It could unmount a removable card (/mnt/sdcard/external_sd), but not (/mnt/sdcard). I could not get it to mount by clicking the toggle again, but a restart [toggle also available] will mount the removable card. This is probably a bug with Elixir; and I will try to contact the developer.
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Mounting and Unmounting of Memory Card just by touch?
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This morning I was listening music using grooveshark and the speakers of a Pantech P4100 Tablet. the player stopped playing. Now -even after restarting and resetting to factory settings-, only the notifications and alarms make sound. the apps do not sound. Nonetheless, if I plug my headphones it works (appsm notifications and alarms) How can I fix the integrated speaker sounds?
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The problem is caused because the OS thinks you connected your headphones. I saw that problem in iOS some years ago. Use this app to solve it: WiredHeadphoneRoutingFix
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Tablet apps sounds does not work anymore
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If I'm away from my saved Wi-fi networks, and have the Wi-Fi radio on, I'm always getting a " Wi-Fi networks available " notification. I can dismiss the notification, but then it comes back within a few minutes. I can't figure out how to disable that notification. I'm on a Sprint Epic 4G Touch (Sprint's variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II), recently updated to ICS. I remember this being a simple setting in Gingerbread, but I can't find the appropriate setting in ICS.
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From the Wi-Fi settings page, tap menu and choose Advanced . From the Advanced Wi-Fi settings, uncheck "Network notification". It's only for open networks, but those are the only ones that ICS on the Epic Touch 4G reports.
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Disabling the "Wi-Fi networks available" on Samsung Galaxy S II (Sprint Epic Touch 4G) on ICS
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My Samsung Galaxy S2 has the Android 2.3.6 version and a while ago I read that there would be an ICS update (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/25/ics-att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/). I have been checking for an update via OTA, but it keeps saying my software is up to date. What's wrong and how can I update it to ICS?
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It appears that the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S2 on AT&T was never pushed over the air , but only via Samsung Kies . In order to install the update you'll need to install and use Kies. If you do, I strongly recommend creating a system restore point (Windows) before installing it.
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Why doesn't ATT Samsung Galaxy S2 detect ICS update OTA and how to update?
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I use Android 2.1update1 and installed Lookout, and now Lookout says that: "FakeGGSearch.a" is a trojan, but I can't uninstall it! Now what? What can I do about this? Google didn't returned any results..
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I had the same problem this morning. Lookout reported this trojan, and it says it's part of Google Search Enhanced. When I try to uninstall I get a message saying the uninstall failed. When I first searched for it there were no results on Google. Now there are several. So this seems to be a very new problem that people have started to see this morning. I ran a different antivirus and it found no problems. The phone has had no new apps installed for some time, so I'm hoping this is a false positive from Lookout.
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FakeGGSearch.a - Lookout found a virus on my Android Phone
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I have tried several GPS apps over the months, but so far all have fallen short of what I want. My needs are: Takes a location at short intervals, and writes it to a file (KML or similar open format). Keeps the GPS active between points, rather than turning it off and restarting a fix each time. Starts tracking a path as soon as it is launched, without needing to press buttons or choose menus. Continues tracing in the background or with the screen off. Applications I have tried: GPS Trace: Meets criteria 2, 3, and 4; fails 1. Defunct (no longer on market) GPS Logger : Meets criteria 1, 3, and 4; fails 2. GPS Essentials : Meets criteria 1 and 2, fails 3 and 4. Tasker : Meets criteria 3 and 4, 2 partially, fails 1. Is there a solution for GPS tracking that meets these criteria? I would be happy to pay for such an app, especially if it included additional features such as the ability to be turned on or off from Tasker. Thank you.
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GPS Logger suits all your needs (2 is an option you can turn on)
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I need a way to trace GPS trails in the background
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Is it possible to have multiple pattern lock implemented in an android device to increase it's security. I know that it must be possible to design an app to do that, but my question is whether any app has already done it? Asking a Similar Question, is it possible to install more than one app that lock my screen with pattern lock and use them simultaneously? Will it cause any kind of clashes or other troubles?
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To answer the first question - That singular pattern where at minimum four dots must be joined, is built into Android, if you want to have multiple patterns, that requires modding the source and rolling your own ROM which is outside the scope of this site. Now, onto the second question " is it possible to install more than one app that lock my screen with pattern lock and use them simultaneously? Will it cause any kind of clashes or other troubles? " That depends on the app, the lock-screen is within the framework of Android itself, unless the app over-rides the built-in lock-screen mechanism, then there should not be any clashes. The important keyword is over-ride . If the said alternative lock-screen clashes then that's down to poor programming effort. :)
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Multiple Pattern Locks at the same point of time
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Is there a drag/drop ssh client for android so I can connect to my home server via ssh and easily transfer files from server to android phone? something like winSCP for Windows?
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ES File Explorer is one that can use the secure FTP protocol over ssh protocol. To get the settings, from ES File Explorer: Hit menu key, Show Tabs , Local , LAN , FTP , NET appears Tap on FTP Then tap on New that appears underneath, a dialog box will appear prompting the different FTP types, tap on SFTP Enter the details of the ssh server that hosts the secure FTP protocol ES File Explorer will remember the next time, so tap on the server, and then you can browse the file system of the remote server and upload/download files
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WinSCP for android equivalent
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In my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone, I am able to see the contents of my Memory Card but I am not able to see the contents (the files and folders) that are saved in the internal memory of my mobile. Is it possible to have a look at it only after rooting the mobile phone? Is there any app for doing so?
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You would need to root your phone. For file managers with root access, you can try Astro or Root Explorer. If the app loads the default folder, keep going up the parent folder until you can no longer move up; that will be the root folder.
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Having a look at the contents of the Phone Memory?
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Since i have updated my phone by Android version 4.0.3 i am not able to take a screen shot of my phone, before i used to do it by pressing Home and Power button simultaneously. Now if i am pressing Home and Power button simultaneously it open up Task Manager. Can someone explain me how to fix this issue. Thanks in advance. Regards Sam
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On my Galaxy S3 it is Home and Power but they need to be held in for about 1 second but it may be different on the S2 EDIT: According to this Samsung have changed the Screen shot buttons to be Volume down + power on some firmware versions and on others it is Power + home heald for about 2 seconds. Hope that helps
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How to Screenshot Of the Screen on Samsung Galaxy S 2?
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In iOS, this is achieved by double-tapping the home button, swiping right twice, and selecting the speakers. Can this be done in Android?
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You can accomplish this by disconnecting the stereo audio (A2DP) profile from your headset. This still keeps your headset paired with the hands-free profile. You can do this by opening Bluetooth settings, long-pressing your attached device and unchecking Stereo audio.
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Is it possible to output audio from the speakers while a Bluetooth headset is connected?
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What purpose does the /cache partition in Android serve? Are there any cases where clearing the /cache partition could result in lost data?
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<code> /cache </code> partition is mostly for saving the downloads from Google Play Store, found in <code> /cache/downloads </code> . It also can hold the recovery log found in <code> /cache/recovery </code> called <code> last_log </code> as well (this holds any errors and/or diagnostics from the <code> recovery </code> binary a lá CWM or stock, which will get logged in the file to aid debugging and development of the <code> recovery </code> binary). There is also another directory in there called <code> lost+found </code> which holds any recovered files ( if any ) as a result of file-system corruption, such as incorrectly removing the SDcard without un-mounting it. So really, there is no loss of data from clearing it. In fact, upon Android boot-up, the script will clear out the <code> /cache/downloads </code> to make way for any new downloads/updates from Google Play Store.
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What is the /cache partition?
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Is there an easy way to get parts of Cyanogen Mod, for example the sound files? I'm sure that I can probably pull the source and download individual elements (pictures, sound files, etc) but this seems time consuming and potentially difficult.
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Yes, there is a way to do it, use CyanogenMod's github - for reference - this applies across the board whether with AOSP, CAF, CM, AOKP, its found in <code> frameworks/base/data </code> .
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How can I get small parts of Cyanogenmod like sound files?
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My Samsung Galaxy tab 2 (7.0) can't see 5ghz networks. Am I missing anything?
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The spec sheet lists compatibility as "Wireless Internet WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct". If it has a 5 Ghz radio, it should list a /b/g/n. Despite this, there are plenty of discussions around the net about getting the Galaxy Tab to work on a 5 Ghz AP, so your problem may be something else.
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My Samsung Galaxy tab 2 (7.0) can't see 5ghz networks
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I am having a major problem with Three network not pushing the latest 1.29 update for my HTC One X phone. If i get them to unlock it will that enable me to download the update that HTC have released and is available on unbranded handsets? How does unlocking affect where a handset 'looks' when the I search latest updates? Thanks
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Unlocking a phone from network has nothing to do with manufacturer updates. Its more of, being able to take a SIM card from another network and pop it in. For example, buy a handset from Orange, and using a T-Mobile SIM card in the new Orange handset, the T-Mobile will not work as the handset is locked into the Orange network and thusly refuse any other SIM card except Orange's own. By unlocking the Orange handset, you can effectively pop in the T-Mobile SIM card in place and continue using the handset as if it was "bought from T-Mobile" instead. A unlock code would be required (There are plenty of websites that can do this for you for a fee), some operators will charge you for the unlock code - again this is dependent on whether you're on contract or pay-as-you-go - check the terms and conditions of that first. For example, from my dealings on modaco's forum, Orange will not give you the unlock code until after a time period of usage on contract, think it was 3 months, again check! Once a unlock code is handed over to you, this is taken from the handset's IMEI number and the designated SIM card that you wish to use, which a 6 or 8 digit number is generated, that, going by the previous example, a T-Mobile SIM card gets popped in, the Orange's handset will prompt for the network unlock code, in which the 6 or 8 digit number is entered to unlock it thus freeing the handset from the network. One thing though, this happens with Samsung, flashing unofficially using the likes of Odin or Multiloader, it could mess up the handset, because there's a checking in place to ensure that if the handset is locked, the flashing will fail. KIES is one! Now, this was going back about 18 months ago, so I do not know if that applies now. If you are thinking of flashing a custom ROM, double check to ensure that the handset can indeed be flashed with the network lock in place.
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Does unlocking a phone from a Network allow manufacturer updates?
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I just purchased a Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ with Jellybean(4.1), and have an Unlimited account with Straight Talk. I would like to use Google Voice to handle voicemail for the phone. Currently, I am using my Google Voice account as a SIP provider for my Obi100 internet phone appliance, but I am using the phone's aswering machine rather than GV to handle missed calls, and I have the Google Voice account set up to act as the phone's voicemail (activated through AT&T, which is Straight Talk's SIM provider.) The problem is, missed calls to the android phone number, not the GV number, triggers the answering machine at home - calls ring to both the Nexus and the Obi100 device! I have "Go straight to voicemail" checked off under advanced options for missed calls, rather than "ring my other phones first." Do I need to port the mobile phone number (which I've had for ~10 years) to GV, request a new number from Straight Talk, and use the new Straight Talk number as the "physical phone" for both accounts? Am I missing something in the phone or the GV configuration to make this work as-is?
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If you are using your Google Voice for another purpose, such as a SIP service for an ObiHai appliance or as a VOIP system on your PC, you will encounter problems with Voicemail not picking up. You will need to disable Google Voicemail on your phone, create a new Google Voice account, with a new number, and add your Android phone to that account. Then select "use Google voicemail" and follow the instructions for your provider. (If you use Straight Talk, select either T-Mobile or AT&T as your provider, depending on the SIM you purchased from Straight Talk.) The number on the new Google Voice account does not need to be used for anything other than voicemail - calls to your cell phone will be forwarded to the GV number after 4 rings, and since there is no VOIP device listening at that number on the new account, voicemail will pick up. You will need to log into the new account in the Google Voice app, and go through the setup wizard again.
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Using Google Voice with Android phone and a SIP appliance (Obi)
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Is it possible to have multiple instances of the same app (logged in to different accounts)? Example: I want Instagram A logged in to Account A (personal), and Instagram B logged in to Account B (business). Both apps are on the same phone; I don't want to log-in and log-out just use use a different accounts.
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Titanium Backup PRO (and only the paid (Pro) version allows this) - FYI ROOT REQUIRED - does allow Profiles, but not the running of multiple insntances of the same app, with the exception of Winamp (but Winamp has Always been written to do that, no matter the platform)
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Is it possible to have multiple instances of the same app (logged in to different accounts)?
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I want to transfer all SMSes from my old phone Nokia 6300 to Philips W626. I have tried several tools but all of them failed. Does anybody know tested way to do it?
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Finally I was able to import SMSes using SMS Importer Lite . This post was very helpful to make it work. It was required to configure SMS Importer this way: Source type: Custom in Advanced preferences: Seperator: , Sender position: 3 Date position: 6 Body position: 8 Otherwise it always failed with "unexpected error" message.
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Import SMSes from Nokia 6300
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By default Google Play is configured to display reviews only in my native language (not english). But there are a lot of reviews in other languages, especially in english and I want to see them also. As a workaround I can change language to english but it is not perfect solution. Can I see reviews both in my native language and in english?
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Not with the regular Playstore app, AFAIK. If you want to do so using an app, you might want to take a look at Market Comments Reader. From within the web browser, AndroidPIT allows to show comments of all languages at once, i.e. without selecting each language separately.
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Can I configure Google Play to see App Reviews in several languages?
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Is it possible to install Google's original OS without all the manufacturer-added bloatware that comes with the device? Is there a chance that I would ruin the phone and/or not be able to get it to work as it used to if I don't like it for some reason? Are there any important features that I would miss out if I had to do so?
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You can have some custom ROMs, but if you want just to remove the bloatware, I would just root my device, uninstall those bloatwares and if possible unroot again. Some rooting methods does permit to unroot and some do not. Even in latter case all that has happened is just you had rooted your device and still have your original ROM.
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Installing original OS on Samsung s3
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I've been a happy owner of an Acer Iconia A500 for a bit over a year now but a couple of weeks ago it started to complain about its internal memory being full. I was a bit surprised as I keep movies, and such on the external SD card but I assumed is was some browser cache, Maps or so which had eaten up a fair chunk of the 32G memory it has internally. However, that doesn't seem to be the case. I have cleared the data of almost every single App I have installed but still if I look at the Storage tab of the settings I see the following (a couple of hours ago): I get the feeling that the rightmost grey part of the bar should be a bit more than 379MB... (SD Card at the bottom of the picture is the external one, never mind that one). I've tried almost every disk usage app available out there and they all show similar results, the following is DiskView (picture taken after I removed a few apps): (in this picture "SD Card" is the internal one...) One thing all the disk usage apps seems to have in common is that unless the device is rooted, they cannot see what is in some directories (like /data) which makes me think it is either Android itself (4.0.3 on this device) which has some kind of cache which is misbehaving or that some process is producing extreme amounts of logs somewhere. Sorry for this long intro, but the basic question is: How do I proceed? I guess one alternative is to find what is worth backing up and do a factory reset or something but I wold really like to find out what happened first. Rooting it is an alternative which would probably help me find out more but I sort of like it as it is (except for this issue). If it is needed to resolve it I could of course do it but it feels like you shouldn't have to with an appliance like this. Is there another way forward? I have this naive hope that there is a button somewhere I haven't seen that clears all logs or reduce the log level from debug to info. Edit: One thing I've been considering but cannot investigate is if it could be cores. I've had a lot of crashes lately (presumably because it has been running low on disk). In response to Izzy's comment below. Apps adds up to more or less exactly the 700MB listed as "Apps" (seems to be the total of data and the apps themselves).
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This looks like the Acer GPS-log leak we had on an Acer Iconia A200: The bottom line is that when the GPS is used, the GPS driver for ICS 4.0.3 on the Acer A-series tablets apparently writes numerous <code> gl-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.txt </code> files into the <code> /data/gps </code> directory. The files are apparently not automatically deleted, and so over time will consume most of the internal storage space. Users can not delete these files without root access. However, there is a patch to clear the GPS log data (no root access needed, so no warranty voided). download the patch from the Acer drivers site (to your desktop) unzip and copy the contained <code> Update.zip </code> from it to an empty, FAT32 formatted microSD card. (We uploaded it to an already present card in the connected tablet, which wasn't empty, but it still worked.) (Re)start the tablet with the microSD card in it, while holding the “Volume Down” key until a message appears in the upper left corner of the screen. (Something like <code> Erasing cache before SD update... </code> ; I interpret this message as: "erase and update", so it should cure the symptom and the cause.) The tablet will continue to start up afterwards (less than a minute), and you will be good to go. There is a nice <code> .pdf </code> in the download, describing the above steps in detail with (screen)shots. (It also talks about an accompanying <code> user_cleanGPSlog </code> text file, but we didn't have it and did not seem to need it.)
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Something is secretly eating up my Acer Iconia A500 internal memory and I need help finding it
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My CyanogenMod 7.2 stock browser refuses to remember its defaults. I've taken to freezing opera mini, my other browser, with Titanium backup when I want to use stock to avoid all the preferred app prompts. I'd like a faster, more convenient way to toggle the freeze. Is it possible to create a shortcut or widget on the home screen to perform this action?
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Titanium Backup itself offers the corresponding Widgets: long-press on a free space on your homescreen select to add a widget select Titanium Backup select Action select one of deactivate App activate & execute App toggle (de)activate App select the app tap the "create widget" button
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Titanium backup shortcut/widget to toggle app freeze
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On the Gingerbread version of Google Talk, I can see a gray-ish silhouette of the Android logo on my contact. Now on ICS, I can't see it anymore, thus, prevents me from knowing if a certain person on my contact is on mobile or not. Is there a setting that I'm missing here? How do I know if my contact is on Android or not?
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Essentially, you can't. This feature was removed from the 4.0 version of Google Talk, and is discussed somewhat in the Android Police review of the changes from 2.3 to 4.0 . There's no setting that will bring back the icons. However, when you have a chat open with someone (provided that they do not have a custom status message set) it will inform you at the top if they are on a mobile device: My hunch would be that Google doesn't really want you to care about this when you're on your phone. They want the Google Talk app to be as seamless and integrated as possible, and they want you to use it regardless of what device the other person happens to be connected with at the time.
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How do I know if the person I'm chatting to on Google Talk is using Android?
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I was trying to create <code> ext2 </code> / <code> ext3 </code> / <code> ext4 </code> partitions on the SD card. I tried ClockworkMod recovery and it didn't work. Nothing seems to have happened. I also tried using MiniTool and that also failed. I tried both Disk Utility and GParted in Ubuntu and it still didn't work. For MiniTool, Disk Utility, and GParted, after I finished partitioning the partitions showed up on the computer OK, but when USB's disconnected the One X says that the SD card's corrupted. Has anybody done this? Or is there some other way to solve this? Or maybe it's not possible because the SD card is built-in? Thanks! After some more playing around, it seems that the problem might be something related to a partition table. When there's no partition table, it works fine, but after I add a partition table it seems that the phone can't recognize the SD card anymore.
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I think this post provides some information about it. It also seems to be consistent with what I've tried. Instead of partitioning the SD card, mounting an <code> .img </code> with a <code> ext4 </code> filesystem is a simple workaround.
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How to partition SD card in HTC One X?
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Which music players support DAAP? I can only find: DAAP Media Player SharePlay Does anyone know any others? I really don't understand why the popular music players don't support DAAP. I want to be able to stream my mp3 from my NAS to my phone :(
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There are some available from Google Play Store. Excluding the ones you've mentioned, this two I've used, and they worked very well: Music Pump DAAP Player by Android Music Pump: Music Pump is a feature rich Android DAAP Client that lets you to stream and sync music from your PC or NAS to your android device. All you need is a DAAP Server. Remote for SoundBridge by Martin Kompf: Connect to different music servers including UPnP, DAAP, and Internet radio. Browse playlists, artists, composers, albums, songs, genres, and folders at music server.
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Which music players support DAAP?
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I am traveling with my notebook and I want to connect to the internet using my cellphone data connection. I have a Galaxy S2, and I've set up a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, which my laptop successfully connects to. But thereafter I cannot connect to the internet. Can't browse, ping, nothing. All I can ping is the gateway (which I presume is my droid). Is there some secret switch I'm missing?
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Turned out I wasn't being patient enough. It took a little while for my phone to realize it needed to connect to data services; after that the tethering worked fine. It helped for me to open my email on my phone, just to give it a little nudge.
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How to connect laptop to internet via Galaxy S2?
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After one of the latest updates (not sure if it was the last one or a previous one) of the Google Play app, I am having an error trying to update a large app (42MB). It says: Error Downloading . There is insufficient space on the device. My device is a Samsung P1000 running Froyo. It's rooted, but the error was there before rooting it. A quick Google search showed several Samsung users having the same problem (the app in question that was giving me the headache is Smurf's village). Some said that removing the updates to the Android Market (Google Play) app would fix it, but to me it was of no avail. Ilso tried the procedure in this Google help FAQ to no avail. Now I am stuck with a prehistoric version of the Market (that works on small apps) and still cannot update Smurf's Village or install big apps. How can I fix this? EDIT: device has over 2GB of internal SD storage, 27GB of external SD card, so space is not an issue.
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For me, it was all about killing and rebuilding a bigger cache. I want it registered on SE so other people having the same problem can find an answer googling for it. The problem seems to be with the size of the partition the cache is in. It is mounted on a 20-30MB partition in the phone internal SD card. The fix that worked to me was described in this blog post . THE BLOCK BELOW IS TAKEN FROM Jimmy Halim's blog post, and used with his permission. After browsing around, I found out that the cache folder (that I assume used by the market) is using small partition (around 20mb in my case). So to solve this we need to change it to bigger partition. You gonna need Android Terminal Simulator or equivalent terminal app. This will also require your Android rooted. Type <code> su </code> (root permission request will be shown: you need to approve it). Type <code> cd / </code> Type <code> umount /cache </code> Type <code> mount -o rw,remount -t rootfs rootfs / </code> (to set the folder access to rw – read write) Type <code> rmdir /cache </code> (delete cache folder). I personally using root explorer to do point 5-6. Type ‘mkdir /sdcard/cache’ Type ‘ln -s /sdcard/cache /cache’ (to link cache folder to /sdcard/cache – which should have bigger partition size) My p1000 was rooted and had terminal emulator and busybox installed. I just typed the commands in the order described by Jimmy Halim (kudos to him). Searching for the background to this question, I also found this forum post (in portuguese) that seems to (untested by me) solve the problem using an app. [begin portuguese posting] Para solucionar o problema, eu precisei modificar o tamanho do cache do telefone [end portuguese posting]
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Google Play: Error downloading app - insufficient space
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I am going to buy a new MicroSD card for my Motorola Milestone. The phone has Cyanogenmod 7. The upper limit as told by the manufacturer is 32GB, and because they got cheaper now, I'm going to buy the maximum possible. However, there are those new types of cards called “Ultra High Speed” which, I believe, weren't available when the phone came out. Questions: Will those cards work with my device? Do they need any special support from the OS? Will I benefit from extra speed?
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The new UHS-I card Your phone comes with a microSDHC form factor, and according to Scandisk, their cards are compatible: SanDisk Ultra® microSDXC™ UHS-I card : see specifications tab Available capacities: 8GB,16GB, 32GB, 64GB Performance/speed: Up to 30MB/s read speed; write speed lower Compatibility: Compatible with all microSDHC [or microSDXC ]supporting host devices SanDisk Extreme Pro® microSDHC™ UHS-I card : see specifications tab Available capacities: 8GB,16GB Performance/speed: Up to 95 MB/s (633X) read speed; write speed up to 90 MB/s (600X) Compatibility: Compatible with all microSDHC supporting host devices Since the form factor remains the same, there's no problem here. Your Device Your device, while capable of reading, will be unable to take advantages over this new card speeds. Mainly because this technology is new and the OS simple wasn't prepared for it. On a personal note: Don't spend your money with this card on that specific phone. You'll have no gain from it.
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Support for Ultra High Speed MicroSD cards
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I have a Nexus 7 running Jelly Bean. Using the Android File Transfer program, I was examining the contents of part of the internal drive and found this: <code> /Android/data/com.google.android.videos/files/Movies/bWF0dGhldy5ob2x0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ/framework_LFL4UnYvaGE.wvm </code> (2.82 GB, last modified 18 Jul 2012, 7:59 PM) In another directory (adjacent to <code> bWF0dGhldy5ob2x0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ </code> ), there's a subtitles directory which contains two files: <code> LFL4UnYvaGE.cc </code> (264 bytes) and <code> LFL4UnYvaGE.en.cc </code> (129 KB), both modified on the same day (18 Jul, but earlier in the day at 5:57 PM). As you can see, the .wvm file is very large. I tried renaming its parent Movies folder to Movies2 to see if it broke anything and so far it doesn't seem to matter. I tried copying it to my Mac but it says it is unable to copy the file (yet it can copy the parent folder(s) okay). And I don't currently have any movies (that I know of) saved to my tablet either from the Play store or copied over from my computer. What does this file do, and would it be safe to delete it (and the associated subtitles) to save space?
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These files are for the Transformers: Dark of the Moon film which was included promotionally with your Nexus 7. The movie was not, at least in my case, pre-installed on your device, as it takes a considerable amount of your available storage space (especially if you have an 8GB unit!). I'm guessing you must at some point have unknowingly hit the small 'button' on the video telling it to download the film for offline use. The first thing that came to my mind was, that this may be a WebM video file (Matroska container + VP8 video stream + Vorbis audio stream). It would have made sense. But feeding the file to MediaInfo looks like this: <code> $ mediainfo Downloads/framework_BpAYRcyW2_A.wvm General Complete name : Downloads/framework_BpAYRcyW2_A.wvm Format : MPEG-PS File size : 2.73 GiB Duration : 2h 34mn Overall bit rate : 2 532 Kbps Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames Duration : 2h 34mn Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 536 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1 Frame rate mode : Variable Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Audio ID : 192 (0xC0) Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format version : Version 4 Format profile : LC Muxing mode : ADTS Duration : 2h 34mn Bit rate mode : Variable / Variable / Variable Minimum bit rate : 190 Kbps / 190 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 231 Kbps / 231 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Menu </code> An AVC video stream and AAC audio stream, is what one would expect from a regular MP4, but MPEG-PS format (PS = program stream) is unusual. This is how a regular MP4 looks in MediaInfo: <code> $ mediainfo .miro/Movies/FLOSS-Weekly/floss0222_h264m_864x480_500.mp4 General Complete name : .miro/Movies/FLOSS-Weekly/floss0222_h264m_864x480_500.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom File size : 282 MiB Duration : 1h 5mn Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 605 Kbps Writing application : Lavf54.3.100 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1h 5mn Bit rate : 500 Kbps Width : 864 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 29.970 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.040 Stream size : 233 MiB (83%) Writing library : x264 core 120 r2164 da19765 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x131 / me=umh / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=60 / keyint_min=31 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=1500 / vbv_bufsize=6000 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 Language : English Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 1h 5mn Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps Maximum bit rate : 1 500 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 44.7 MiB (16%) Language : English </code> The file [from the Nexus 7] even plays for a few seconds in VLC and in MPlayer, but then I get error messages. So either the format is not yet supported or it's sort of encrypted.
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What is this "wvm" file, and can I get rid of it?
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I have been searching for a while and am trying to figure out if I can root the SPH-D700 on the FC09 update. I just cant find any information regarding that. Id like to Root the phone, either if I have to update or downgrade, and even preferably be able to flash CyanogenMod 9, and update to ICS. I know this is possible on the phone, I just dont know if this FC09 update will prevent this or something. I am trying to familiarize myself with this phone as its my freind's phone, and I am trying to root it for him, as he is still sitting with stock, and needs root for a few features. So what do you guys believe would be the best way to go about this? Should I just get a root image of an earlier update to downgrade? and then just do the updates after I am rooted? I am just not sure where I should start. Been searching this for most of the day, I just cant seem to find a definite answer yet. Thanks for your time guys, Hope we can work this out.
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Just about every Samsung device can be flashed with Odin, regardless of what firmware is installed on it at the time. For specific instructions you can refer to this XDA thread , which explains how to flash a rooted FC09 image: put your device into Download Mode Connect to your computer and make sure ODIN recognizes your device Flash the Clockworkmod.tar.md5. Make sure EVERYTHING is unchecked INCLUDING AUTOREBOOT!!!! Once ODIN does its thang, unplug your phone and pull the battery Now reboot into CWM Recovery by pressing and holding the power button, camera, and volume down button until the capacitive buttons at the bottom show Now locate the ROM.zip. It should be called DeodexedFC09.zip Wipe Data/Factory Reset, Wipe Cache Partition, Wipe Dalvik Cache, and if you want Wipe Batt Stats Now reboot, and you should be running Stock Rooted FC09! ODIN: http://www.mediafire.com/?66csfeo1ce95ysw CWM TAR: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655 Stock FC09: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580931 You should be able to get the Epic into download mode by doing the following : You enter download mode by shutting device completely off. Then open the physical keyboard press and hold the 1 key and then press power for a few seconds. Downgrading, rooting, and then updating seems unnecessarily complicated. The updates probably wouldn't apply on their own once the device was rooted, so you'd need to install them manually anyway. You might as well just install the image you want straight away instead, whether that's a stock one like the above linked image or CyanogenMod.
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Root Samsung Epic Galaxy 4G (SPH-D700) on FC09 Gingerbread?
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I have Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean. Is it possible to change the background color or set a wallpaper for the apps drawer? Right now there is just a solid black background color. It's really bleak.
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Having the free GO Launcher Ex installed, you can install Go Launcher Jelly Beans Theme , also free, and fully personalize your backgrounds. Ultra clean, sharp APP DRAWER with FREE REPLACEABLE backgrounds To change App Drawer background: Press Menu > Pref > Visual settings > Backgrounds > App Drawer Background > GO Theme background
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Changing app drawer wallpaper in Jelly Bean?
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myTouch 4G Slide [MT4GS/Doubleshot] ICS Virtous Inquisition ROM I cannot get the tasker CPU options available. I've checked the common problems listed at http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/cpu.html . I can confrim that I have Superuser.apk installed in /system/app and that su binary is available. I also have Secure Settings and Secure Setting Helper installed. The frequencies are available and listed in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies but still no CPU option. What do I need to do to figure out what is still wrong?
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I'm not sure what did it but it must be OS dependent as once I installed CyanogenMod9 Alpha6 I had those options available under performance settings and they also became available in the tasker menus as well.
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How to get Tasker CPU options available on MT4GS?
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I was thinking of unlocking my ST17i's bootloader but I saw on the Sony Mobile website that unlocking the bootloader will result to the deletion of DRM keys from my phone. What exactly are they? And what will be affected if I lose the said "DRM keys"?
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DRM stands for "Digital Rights Management", and mainly is used with sold eBooks/PDFs and the like (and also for sold music files plus maybe even videos). Those keys are to identify your ID as to prove if you have permission to access those documents. If you never bought any of those "crippled" documents, chances are you don't have to bother.
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What exactly are DRM keys?
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I mostly use my computer for email, but obviously when I'm on the go it's good to have my email accessible at all times. That's what the email app is for, right? So I have it set up to download emails, but to never delete them from the server. Essentially this is the same as I have on my laptop. Only my main computer is set to delete emails from the server when I delete them from my inbox. The point is, while this works fine on my laptop, my phone will keep downloading the same emails, even when I hit the "Delete" button to remove them from my phone's inbox. Strangely, though, it will only do this a few hours after they were deleted (the mailbox is set to update every 15 minutes), and usually only when I receive a new email or two. In other words, when I get a new email, the phone will start downloading some old emails seemingly at random. What gives, and how do I fix it?
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There are multiple approaches to this problem. The first an most effective is to switch from POP3 (which I assume from your question you are using) to IMAP, where mail is handled on the server instead of client-side -- so you can delete a message when you decide to delete it (and not when client X is retrieving it, as handled by POP3). Second might be trying a different mail client (again, I do not know what you are currently using). For Android, I'd recommend K-9 Mail -- which is capable of handling POP3 as well as IMAP, and even Exchange (the latter via WebDAV).
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Email won't stay deleted
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android
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (international and unlocked). I recently downloaded the kernel source code from Samsung's website and have successfully compiled and now have a zImage file. My problem is what to do with it? I have seen people saying to use <code> fastboot boot zImage </code> to test that the kernel works before more permanently flashing it with <code> fastboot boot zImage zImage </code> but fast boot wont recognise my phone. When i type <code> fastboot devices </code> i get nothing. <code> fastboot reboot </code> (i think that was it) sits there for ever waiting for the device. I have also tried adb just to prove a point. This sees the device with <code> adb devices </code> (while the phone is in normal mode) but still didnt help. I currently have the Clockwork recovery mod installed. Could this be causing issues? and if so how do i remove it? Everything i have seen says to boo the device into fast boot mode. Is this Download/Odin mode on the S3? Thank you Adrian EDIT: Forgot to mention i have tried this on Ubuntu 12, OSX 10.8 ans Windows 7 with drivers installed
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I have ended up installing mobile Odin and just performing a recovery with the clockwork mod if the kernel kills the phone (which is all i have managed to do so far) Thanks for your help
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Samsung Galaxy S3 with fastboot
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android
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Go to any website that has: <code> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" /> </code> For example: bbc.co.uk, starbucks.com, or play.com. Create a bookmark from the browsers. Go to Bookmarks, and Add to Homescreen. On other Android devices, the icon that appears on your homescreen will be the icon specified in one of the two tags above. On my Nexus 7 though, it always uses a bookmark icon with the site's favicon in the middle. I know the icons are working, because if you go into Chrome => Bookmarks, it shows the bookmarks with the apple-touch-icon there, just not on the homescreen. Did this change in Jellybean? Is it a bug, or intentional for some reason? I can't find any mention of this behavior anywhere online.
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It looks like Google is afraid of being sued by Apple for using "square icon with rounded corners". There is an issu on http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=125076 . However there is information about fix version set to 25th release. I don't know if chromium and chrome versions have the same numbers, but last time I checked Chrome it was on v. 22. There is also a posted suggestion of introducing chrome specific Android-Icon.
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Nexus 7 ignores apple-touch-icon
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android
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The icons on the Samsung Galaxy S3 have large gaps between them, enough so that if they were moved closer together you could fit at least one more row and maybe one more column. Is there a way to change this? This is what it looks like:
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AFAIK there's no built-in method to achieve that personalization. I would go with Apex Launcher by Android Does available from Google Play Store, to use with Android 4.0+, it's free and among the features you'll find: Customizable homescreens and grid size Scrollable dock Infinite & elastic scrolling Customizable app and folder icons Multiple drawer styles Drawer apps sorting Hide apps from the drawer Enjoy homescreen gestures Backup/restore settings and data APEX Launcher Homescreen Settings: Other features can be found if you go PRO .
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Large gaps between home screen icons, can it be reduced?
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android
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