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On my Nexus 7, I keep getting An error occurred. Please try again. Over and over when attempting to buy any paid apps on the Google Play store. It works fine for free apps, but always returns this same error when I try to buy a paid app. I've "tried again" a dozen times with the same result. I checked my Google account and the Nexus 7 shows up as properly attached to my account. It also works OK in Mail, Calendar, and the other bundled Google apps on the device. I don't understand why I'm getting this error, which tells me nothing . I'd like to buy some Android apps for my Nexus 7, but I can't! Based on one of the comments, I tried buying the same app on the Google Play website, and I get an odd message next to the Nexus 7 (which does show up in the list of devices for me): You have not opened the Google Play Store app recently on this device. Please open it and try again. But, but, but I have the Google Play store open right now on my device!
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According to this thread on code.google.com (from April 2012), it seems that one user solved a similar issue after they were advised to turn off 2 step auth to use Google Play: I'm having same issue & tech just advised I have to turn off 2 step verification to get into Play. So I would disable 2 step auth on the Google account associated with the device and try again. (If that doesn't work, I wonder if it's even worth trying a factory reset with 2 step auth turned off...) BTW: That thread is in the issues list for source code behind the Google Authenticator Application. The issue is not actually related to that application, however, after setting up 2 step auth the user reportedly could not access Google Play so that is why they blamed that app. Alternatively (still assuming 2 step auth is part of the issue), you could create an app-specific password for Google Play as described in stackexchange-url ("this answer"). Quoting that answer: Create an app-specific password for Google Play at https://accounts.google.com/IssuedAuthSubTokens (E.g., name it "Android Phone Play Store"). On the phone, add a 2nd Google account (All Settings > Accounts & sync). Launch Google's Play Store. Go to Menu > Accounts. Switch account; then, switch back. When it asks for a password, enter the app-specific password you've created.
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Can't buy any paid apps on Google Play store, shows "An error occurred. Please try again."
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When I am in ICS, whenever I type a wording, followed by <code> space </code> , Android will suggest me several useful punctuations like <code> , </code> . I love this behaviour as it is useful to me. However, now in Jelly Bean, the behaviour is changed. They no longer suggest me punctuations. Instead, when I type "I" followed by <code> space </code> , it will suggest me <code> am </code> . This is not something what I want. Is there any where I can fall back to old behaviour?
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This new feature is called Next word prediction. You can easily disable it to restore the ICS behavior but it's a bit hidden: Go to Settings > Language & input Tap on the setting icon beside Android keyboard under the Keyboard & input methods section At the bottom you'll find Advanced settings , tap it There you'll find Next word prediction , uncheck it: After that, typing I followed by space will bring up the punctuation again instead of predicted words.
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Android keyboard behaviour changed after updated to Jelly Bean
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I got a galaxy nexus at Google IO, and randomly today the power button stopped working. I was on a call, used it to lock the screen after I got off, put it in my pocket, and when I got home the button wasn't working. The rest of the phone works if I plug it in to charge (waking up the screen), but the button doesn't respond. Short press doesn't lock/wake and long press doesn't bring the power menu up. What happened and how can I fix it? I've tried pulling the battery and letting it sit for a few minutes without rebooting it, and it didn't help.
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If the phone is working normally except for the power button not responding, you most likely have a hardware issue. That is, the power button is probably physically broken. In this case, you will need to return the phone to the manufacturer or the point of purchase for a repair or replacement. Before returning the phone, copy off any personal data you wish to keep, and remove the battery, SD card, SIM card and any external case; do not ship those or any other accessories back along with the phone. You may get a replacement phone, and your data and accessories will not be transferred.
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The power button on my Galaxy Nexus stopped working
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I have a Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2 that always restarts automatically. My phone is clocked to 122-600 while my phone's CPU's Max frequency 558. I'm using the SMARTASSV2 governor and it mostly restarts when it is sleeping. So I want to know what restarts my phone automatically?
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Summarized Answer: The main issue your facing is that you're using SmartassV2/ondemandX that was developed for stock kernels. But you're using it with a non stock kernel, the CyanogenMod 7.2. See bellow a summary for each of them. Useful reading: A Beginner’s Guide to Android Kernels SmartassV2/ondemandX governors Stock kernel is the factory firmware. If you're using SmartassV2/ondemandX governors, they are modules for phones with stock kernels because they don't have 'smartass' or ondemandX' governors: XDA Developers Forum :: SmartassV2/ondemandX governors for Rooted/stock ROM | 2012-02-24 Last updated: by AnDyX; 16th May 2012 at 07:47 AM. This modules are for people with stock kernels because they don't have 'smartass' or ondemandX' governors. Differences between this modules and build in stock kernels: allows to set max CPU freq when screen is off (to save battery), allows to set starting CPU freq when phone awakes (to speed up awake process), allows set/change almost all aspects of governor (to suite needs), should be a bit more responsive when parameters are well chosen for smartassv2 governor. CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC1 The current CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC1 U8160 Port status is stable, but there are some known issues reported. Already fixed reboot related issues: v0.9 (20120203): Hotfix 4test5 [21 Feb]: Revert longterm patches due to random reboot issue. v0.7 - 22 January 2012: Kernel stability fix (disabled SCHED_HRTICK due to instability/random reboot issue). Note: Check your version. The latest is v1.3 released at 2012-06-25. Use the link bellow to get detailed information about the development and what users are reporting. If you've got a version above v0.9, consider reporting your issue , thus allowing the developer to deal with it. If your version isn't the latest, consider changing to it. XDA Developers Forum :: Huawei U8160/U8180 CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC1 U8160 Port Latest release: v1.3 Last updated: by psyke83; 25th June 2012 at 01:57 PM. Thread responses: 3830
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My Huawei u8160 is restarting automatically
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I've been teaching Java to two of my friends and its coming well. We're interested in Android development. Both of my friends have android devices, and slow enough computers that using the emulator (AVD) is impractical and/or a PITA. Since I have a good enough computer, I have done some simple Android things, and I just use the emulator, but how should I instruct them to set things up so that they can hit the Run (green arrow) button and launch the app on their plugged-in device? All I really need is to show them a webpage or something that will teach them how to do a simple Hello World sample without AVD. All the Hello World Eclipse projects I've seen involve the use of the emulator.
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All you really need to to is enable USB Debugging in the device settings and plug in the device. As long as you have Eclipse, ADT plugin and the Android SDK installed, which you do if you have been using emulators, you should be good to go. Eclipse will automatically use the device when it's plugged in and no emulators are running, unless you've told it not to. If you're using Windows, you may have to install the device vendor's USB drivers; if so, Windows should prompt you about this when you plug in a device with USB Debugging enabled. The Android Training class Building Your First App will walk you through all of these steps with a sample application.
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Eclipse Android with a Real Device (Not AVD)
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I've tried the Bighand and Tape-a-Talk Voice Recorder apps, but both only seem to record continuously for about 1 hour. Is there an Android app which will allow me to record until I run out of storage space?
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I use PCM Recorder and it will record until it consumes entire storage space. Also, I am able to use the phone for other tasks and PCM Recorder seems to keep recording in background, which is cool. I can even lock the phone and there by switch off the display which makes the drain on battery to very minimal, in par with the stock voice recorder application.
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Android voice recorder with unlimited recording time
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I've been having an issue with my apps where an error "stackexchange-url ("Package file is invalid")" keeps appearing. I read a tutorial somewhere which told me to "uninstall updates" for the Google Play Store application. I was told doing this would uninstall the application, and then the device would automatically reinstall Google Play Store. I did this, restarted my phone, but the application never reappeared. I think tried downloading an <code> .apk </code> file to install this manually, but on install the application wouldn't load. Has anyone done this before? How can I reinstall this application? I believe I need it for all future downloads and updates to my applications. For the record, my phone is not rooted.
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I nearly did everything offered in all google searches. nothing works successfully for google play to work in HCL ME U1. Installing Android SDK and running ADB shell etc. also sometime does not allow files to be copied to the <code> /system/app </code> folder and it's very tedious thing if you are not familiar with java and linux commands. There seems to be some restriction by HCL in startup for disabling google play. Following is the option which worked for me and very easy and using which so far I have installed about 100 applications from google play and using my HCL ME U1 without any problem. Install JDK in PC. You may also require HCL ME connect for drivers of HCL U1. Install Android commander (PC program. download and install from net) Using android commander Copy android apk file in <code> /system/app </code> folder. Also copy the same apk to SD card folder. Now when you restart the tab it read as 'android upgrading', but soon you will get message "Unfortunately google play stopped working". Then try open Google Play it will show an error "unfortunately google stopped working" again. Now go to you SD card where you have the Google Play <code> .apk </code> Double tap on that and install Google Play. It will give a message that you are replacing main application etc. Say ok. Now Google Play will work/download/install any application from marketplace. Now Google Play will work like anything. The moment you shutdown or reboot your tab you will start getting "Unfortunately google play stopped working" message again. So whenever you want to use google play double tap and install Google Play from sd card. For that time being it will work until you reboot or shutdown and start. So use that way it hardly takes 5-6 seconds to install Google Play <code> .apk </code> from sdcard whenever you start the tab. PLEASE NOTE it is very important that to have the android <code> .apk </code> in root of <code> /system/app </code> folder. Without that it will not work. --- What I feel is that HCL has made some restriction by disabling something in startup. Anyway it takes only 5 seconds to install Google Play <code> .apk </code> from sdcard. And for that time it works just pefect. I tried all other way but this is the only way it works.
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I've deleted Google Play Store. How can I reinstall it?
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I ordered a replacement digitizer after I cracked the old one. I installed the replacement, and it looks fine. But it has large horizontal bands across it that do not register touch, rendering the phone very difficult to use. I was hoping someone has some experience in this area to share. Are there any tips or tricks that can resolve this problem, or is it likely I've gotten a defective digitizer?
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I also had this issue recently. I only had one, vertical band, but it still affected use, mostly typing. I demonstrated the issue (seen below) and contacted the [ebay] seller. They promptly classified it as defective and sent me a new one. This will most likely be the solution to your problem as well. As I did, I would use a drawing program to verify, and inquire about a replacement screen and digitizer.
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What causes dead zones on digitizer?
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Are there any log files you can look into, or any good ways of finding out if an app is causing the phone to hang (if even possible)? My friend has an Xperia Arc and after a while with a custom ROM he's having issues with his phone hanging completely, requiring him to do a "battery reboot" to use it again. I know that it's probably good to try another ROM and kernel to see if it's specific to that or not, but I'm just wondering if there are any good, general pointers on what to look up first.
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Problem with most log files is: They do not survive a boot, as they are stored on <code> tmpfs </code> (a temporary file system in RAM). So once you have to boot, they are gone. Leaving your best chances to some app capturing the log and saving the capture to SDCard. As far as I know, aLogCat is capable of that. An alternative is to send the log to another machine (such as a PC) via WiFi, which can be done using Logcat UDP . The so-captured log might not directly mention the cause (as the freeze probably keeps the final bytes from being sent/written), but at least it should yield some useful information of what was going on at the time of the freeze. Some other sources you might want to check: stackexchange-url ("Where are log files located on Android?") stackexchange-url ("How can I view and examine the Android log?") plus check the "Related" section to the right of this page :)
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Is there a good way to find out why an Android phone hangs?
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Is there a way to search for a number in Google while keeping the ongoing call intact? I have noticed that the internet connection is lost when a call is in progress.
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I believe this depends on your provider. For example: Verizon's CDMA network does not allow you to do Data + Call; however AT&T's GSM network will. And as eldarerathis points out: Another potentially important distinction is that phones on CDMA carriers with other networking capabilities (WiMAX and LTE) will support simultaneous voice and data since they're essentially operating on two separate chips, so this can also be dependent on your device. So this ends up being device, and carrier dependent.
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Is there a way to search for a number in Google without interrupting the call?
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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note with the stock Touchwiz UI ROM. I was wondering if there's a standalone ICS Dialer and People app available? I've managed to find a standalone messaging and calendar app which works just fine but have been unable to find the People app.
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Apparently not. I checked with some people on XDA. I just rooted and upgraded to CM10.
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Is there a solution to get the stock ICS Dialer and People apps with Touchwiz devices?
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One of my contacts has an unusual name which Google Now has never been able to understand. How can I get around this (apart from asking the person to change their name)? I'm using "send sms to [person's name]".
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Without changing the person's name in their contacts, adding a "phonetic" name appears to work.
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Google Now and pronouncing/recognising contact names
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As the title states, Is there a way I can backup my phone, without including all the extras, that I would just prefer to pick and choose to install later. feel free to read the whole thing, or just read the bold as the bold summarizes most of what I am looking for. As well as the bottom explaining my device & set up. The best method I would think of, to do this, would obviously be to do this after a factory restore, and data wipe. But considering I am way past that point, I am trying to find another method. I already backup all the applications I need, using Titanium Backup, so I don't want to backup my apps that will probably be different at the point of recovery, or will have certain apps I ditched before the point of restore, or have certain configurations I don't use/need/etc. I could go on and on. But the point Is I would just like to backup my stock rom, kernel, with my Super User privileges, without anything else. So I can basically use it as a factory reset, by just flashing my rom. The main reason I ask this, is because I tend to get big into customization. Recently I used a font installer, form Rom Toolbox, and basically bricked my phone by getting caught in a boot loop. It would never pass to boot animation. So I had to use an old Odin Image with Clockwork Recovery. That was all I had. Luckily that fixed it, but I would like to make my own recovery images. But, really the best thing I would just love, yet I am not sure whether it is possible, or as customizable, is it would be great if their was a way to just pick and choose what you want, or don't want to backup to a single image file. Like an application that lets you choose certain things: System Root Kernel Applications with or without caches, data, accounts, and settings, etc. System Settings Account Settings ...you get the point... Now there wouldn't happen to be something like this for backups would there? Or is that just a dream of mine? Even though right now, I would prefer to just backup only my system without everything else, like apps. Maybe one day in the future I may like to be able to backup other things as well. Which is why I ask. Might as well use a "one backup to rule them all" method if it exists. But if not that's fine, I could always just backup the system itself, and continue to use Titanium. Now that, that is covered, what are all the different methods of backups? Odin. Nandroid. Anything else? What do they cover, and how customizable, etc. Ive been looking into this for the past week, but I am having trouble finding something that is relevant to what I am looking for. And all the information regarding backups seems quite specific to certain devices, and custom roms. Which puts me kind of at a fallback, as I have a pretty uncommon device, with a pretty default rom. I have a Samsung Conquer 4G (SPH-D600) With the FE16 firmware update, on a stock rom with root, with a slight mod of having ClockworkMod Recovery. So when I press and hold the: "Volume Down, & Power button" it takes me to a "ClockworkMod based recovery mode" (according to what it says on the header on the screen.) So that's what I am working with. Any thoughts on this selective backup utilities I am thinking off? Any good resources I should look into on this topic? as well as any other information you may find relevant to this situation that you would care to share? I would greatly appreciate any input on the subject, as android backups aren't a topic I know much of anything on, and cant really find any good resources on the subject myself. So any and all help is appreciated. Even just links are great. I enjoy reading for myself.
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Odin is not a backup utility, its rather more of a means to flash boot/recovery and the rom itself. So that's one off the list. :) Use CWM to backup the entire handset to SDCard - this includes, boot, recovery, system, userdata partitions. Easy and much quicker to restore from! The latest Titanium Backup can do a restore from a nandroid created by CWM. Can you include a screenshot of this "ClockworkMod based recovery mode" as that does not sound quite an official CWM and hence would be slightly concerned. Official CWM would have this as shown below! Note the lack of the wording ' ClockworkMod based recovery mode '. To perform the backup, use the Volume down key to scroll down until you reach 'backup and restore' as shown: Hit the Home key, to bring you to this screen, the highlight bar is on '-Backup' for some obscure reason, the screenshot failed on this one so no screenshot, hit the home key again to start the backup process. When you do a restore, it will erase boot/system and userdata, and does the job in dumping everything back in place. As if nothing has happened next time by rebooting within CWM. Consider this as a equivalent of a Windows System Restore Point, cannot go wrong there. But ultimately, what you're asking for, Titanium Backup does it quite nicely. See the screenshot below, where there is a list of apps and can choose which to backup/restore. Here's a menu option to do the extraction from a CWM backup. Ultimately, it is up to you how to do the backup, pretty much in the same way doing a backup on Windows, the strategy used will depend and vary, to each and to their own. Personally, as I experiment a lot with ROMs, I do a straight nandroid backup, then get down to flashing another ROM and if I don't like it, I can go back to CWM to do a restore. As for Settings etc, I ignore them, as that can be a minefield which may cause a ROM's apps to force close so I disregard them and selectively choose which apps I wish to backup. Using the two combined can be quite potent means of backing up. Edit: This question - how you managed to take a sreenshot of CWM? If I'm not mistaken, it is run at the boot point making it act like a "BIOS" in terms of PCs. So how did you do it? The recovery is identical to Android's ROM running from <code> /system </code> , it has its own kernel, near identical to the one used when booting into <code> /system </code> . The recovery has the <code> init.rc </code> script heavily modified to not to start up the Android's services that makes up the standard familiar environment. In fact, if you were to peek into the <code> init.rc </code> , it executes one program, called appropriately enough <code> recovery </code> which is what you're seeing here. When the bootloader runs, its like this in English pseudo-code load kernel from <code> boot </code> partition at memory address. If Volume Down key is pressed then read from <code> recovery </code> partition's kernel and chain boot load mechanism (read recovery's kernel into memory address, and jump into the entry point of that kernel and start running, overwriting the previously loaded <code> boot </code> kernel) and execute run scripts to bring up recovery program a lá CWM and hence in recovery environment else continue to run as normal reading from <code> system </code> partition and execute run scripts and bring up services a lá Android OS and hence in system environment . endif So quite clearly, there is no difference behind the scenes, the kernel, shell scripts, etc. As to how to obtain the screen-shots, that is a specialized script specifically for the Zte Blade and using the linux tools <code> imagemagick </code> command line utilities involving <code> ffmpeg </code> and <code> mogrify </code> , it is hardcoded to use the resolution of the screen for the Zte Blade, i.e. 800x480, and using <code> adb </code> to pull in the framebuffer, pass it into <code> ffmpeg </code> , and flip it over. IIRC, it does not work on any other resolution and depends on the kernel itself if it has framebuffers compiled in. <code> #!/bin/sh adb pull /dev/graphics/fb0 fb0 && ffmpeg -vframes 1 -vcodec rawvideo -f rawvideo -pix_fmt rgb565le -s 480x800 -i fb0 -f image2 -vcodec png $1.png && mogrify -flip -flop $1.png && rm fb0 </code>
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Backup my Android without my Apps, Settings, Config's, etc.
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I love how Swype works but there are a few rather long phrases that I need to enter quite often, and wish I could enter faster, such as my email. I know the user dictionary will let me add custom entries, but that still requires me to Swype out all the characters. I'm looking for a way to have a user defined phrase pop up as a suggestion when another, shorter, user defined phrase is entered. For example, I could then Swype E to M, and have my email as a suggestion I can tap. Is this possible?
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You can tap for those words, Swype's autocompletion will use your personal dictionary to finish the rest.
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Does Swype have custom auto replace?
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I think this is a general question that would apply to all Android phones though I have a HTC Desire Z. I cannot find a section on any of the settings to change the password for the Google account used for gmail, Android Market or any of the other google account dependent services and features on the phone. Surely this is a glaring omission? I would expect a feature to be present on the phone and for extra security, have it ask me for the existing password in order to allow me to change to a new one. Obviously I can change the password when logged into Google in a browser on a PC/Mac but this is an unnecessary procedure - surely we are all becoming increasingly mobile-centric, so shouldn't it be possible to change it on the phone ? I have searched here and on Google, the only answers I can find are things like: people who need to enter the new password on the phone after changing it to this new password when on a PC or Mac logged into Google on a browser for example. people who want to change their actual google account, i.e. use a different one But I can't find anything about a section on the phone itself to change the password for Gmail,Android Market and other google account dependent services and features on the phone!
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Not a perfect solution but you can change your password by opening you Google account/Gmail on your phone browser.
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Is it possible to change password on the phone itself for gmail/market/other google apps?
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I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Y phone and I noticed that text is a little blurry in the phone. I compared it with my Samsung Galaxy Ace phone and the difference is quite clear. The displayed text on the Y is ugly. I have also attached an image of the phone below. Why is text displayed blurry on the screen of my Samsung Galaxy Y phone?
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The Samsung Galaxy Y is a low spec phone and most importantly this can be observed with its display. Some common models in comparison (by resolution, pixel per inch, screen size, price): Galaxy Y : 240x320, 132 PPI, 3.0in, 110EUR Galaxy Ace : 320x480, 165 PPI, 3.5in, 190EUR Galaxy Nexus : 720x1280, 316 PPI, 4.65in, 410EUR The text is blurry because there are much less pixels per inch to allow it to display text beautifully. You most probably can see individual pixels without a magnifying glass in comparison to "HD" displays like the Galaxy Nexus' and such.
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Words are not clear on my Samsung Galaxy Y phone?
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My Goal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762790 Putting jelly bean on nexus one My Problem Upgrading hboot I'm just following everything step by step (link) <code> $ fastboot flash hboot hboot_jellybean_260-8-168.nb0 sending 'hboot' (512 KB)... OKAY [ 0.095s] writing 'hboot'... (bootloader) signature checking... FAILED (remote: signature verify fail) finished. total time: 0.219s </code> What am I overseeing?
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The hboot flash region is protected from accidental/unwanted/etc writes. You need an exploit most probably. I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486201
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Upgrading hboot fails: signature verify fail
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I have Android 4.0 and I'm trying to figure out how to manually update all of my apps when the update notification usually at the top of the screen is NOT there. Can someone help me out?
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You can perform updates on installed APP's accessing the Play Store: Find the Play Store icon on your home screen or in your app drawer and tap it to open it up. Once the Play Store loads, tap the menu button on your device and choose the "My Apps" option. Wait until the list gets filled. If there are available updates you'll see:: A text that says "Update" to the right of the app's name, you can long press it to update that APP; Additionally, you can press "update" on the top of the list to update all APP's. Usually a number is present to the right, that refers to the total number of updates available.
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How to manually update apps
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I'm looking for a definitive list of Android devices that officially support USB On-the-go (OTG) / USB Host (non-rooted). USB OTG/USB Host means that they can be used in a similar way to a PC whereby USB devices can be attached to them for them to access. E.g. memory sticks and other USB storage (mass storage class). I am not looking for rooted devices (I know that such procedure can make a device support USB OTG/USB Host if the hardware supports it). I am looking for official support, out-of-the box. Some devices may require adapter cables if necessary (i.e. micro USB to female USB socket). So far I know at least one device that supports USB OTG / USB host out-of-the-box (non rooted): The GoTab GBT740R 7" Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, costing just 100 pounds or less in UK! This device has a full size USB female socket to support USB OTG / USB Host. A friend owns one, his USB memory sticks work in this - we can browse to the USB stick contents using Astro File Manager App on the tablet. (By the way, I don't work for GoTab). This seems to be a feature-rich device though for the price point: microSD and HDMI also supported. Any more devices? usb.org doesn't seem to have a list, well I haven't found it yet, nor Wikipedia entries.
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OK, here's a start at a list (doesn't have to be definitive): The GoTab GBT740R 7" Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet, costing just 100 pounds or less in UK! This device has a full size USB female socket to support USB OTG / USB Host. A friend owns one, his USB memory sticks work in this - we can browse to the USB stick contents using Astro File Manager App on the tablet. @Philip Sheard's (yet unknown) "cheapo tablet just £70" - see his answer (Care to enlighten us at to the make and model, Philip? May be it is the same as the one I mention? Or not?) Update: Acer Iconia Tab A200 (includes full-size USB A connector, takes flash keys no problem). Thanks @Michael Kohne for your answer. I'll try to update as I find more... (feel free to contribute)
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Looking for list of USB OTG/USB Host officially supported in Android devices (allow connect USB sticks, etc) NON-rooted
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I have many test Android devices and added my Google account to those device to reuse my application collection. Recently I often recieve payment notification via gmail for application which I really don't buy. So my need is to see the list of devices which has been added the account to. This also related to the situation when someone try to use my account on their device and read my email/download my application. So my question is "How to see the device list of a given Google account"?
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Just visit My Android Apps with your browser, and log in with your account. This will list your devices and apps. Another good place is the Google Dashboard , which is even more detailed in some respects (shows EMEI on GSM handsets for example), less in others (thanx, @ewanm89).
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How to see the device list of a given Google account
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I want to execute a few tasks whenever I am active on Tasker (e.g. editing profiles, viewing settings, etc). However, the problem is I can't see it on the list of applications that's usable when creating a profile. Am I missing something?
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I figured this wasn't currently possible so I just created a widget that activated whatever profile I want active when Tasker is open then disable the said profile if I go back to the home app.
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How do I check if Tasker is the application in focus using a Tasker profile?
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Is there a way to install either the Android Market or Google Play on a Kindle Fire (Android 2.3 and Kindle version 6.3.1) without first rooting it? I have access to a Windows 7 computer with Admin privileges, but no USB cable (I do have ES File Explorer running an FTP server, so I can easily send and receive files via FileZilla on the computer).
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You don't need to root your Kindle Fire for this -- as long as the following source is still valid: Install Android Marketplace and Google Apps on Amazon Kindle Fire . As that howto speaks about "Android Marketplace" (and not "Google Play"), it may not be up-to-date -- but I doubt the change of the name affected the procedure of installation. A more up-to-date tutorial is Install Android Play Store on Amazon Kindle Fire - The Easiest Way , but that involves rooting the device. Maybe it has to do with the framework and a newer Android version, which makes rooting a necessary step. EDIT: You may also want to take a look at these video tutorials: How To Install Google Music / Play On Your Kindle Fire! and GApps on Kindle Fire Without Rooting . Looks like you can still have Google Play installed this way without rooting.
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Installing Android Market/Google Play on non-rooted Kindle Fire
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I recently upgraded my phone to ICS and now when I try to access my email I get the error message: "TLS required but not supported by server" What can I do to fix this?
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So turns out some of the email settings got munged and it was simply a matter of deleting the account info from the phone and then adding it in again.
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TLS required but not supported by server
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Is there a way to disable in-app ads (on a rooted CM7 phone)? I am NOT talking about the ads in browser. Blocking ads is legal where I live.
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As mentioned in the comments, the question stackexchange-url ("Is it possible to block ads in Android applications?") already covers this. There are some ad-blocking apps available on the market, but they usually require root-access on the divice -- a condition you meet, as you state in your question. So you may want to take a look at: AdAway AD Blocker & Data Toggle Trial Ad Detector Pro AdFree Android AndGuard for Root Just to mention a few examples. Another good option is to buy the app (if there is a payable version), to honour the developers work; he also needs to make a living.
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Disable ads in applications?
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I have used several versions of CWM recovery on my Motorola Droid 2. One of them was able to back up into a <code> .tar </code> ( <code> cache.ext3.tar </code> , <code> data.ext3.tar </code> <code> nandroid.md5 </code> , <code> recovery.img </code> , <code> system.ext3.tar </code> ) as opposed to the <code> .img </code> files that I am getting now. Now I can't seem to find that version anymore; can someone tell me which version was able to do that? (Currently running v5.0.2.0 from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager )
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There is no incompatibility for backups/restores between CWM versions 2.x, 3.x and 4.x. Both the filenames and the contents of the backup files will be the same. With the CWM version 5.x: It can read and restore the backup files created by all the older versions of CWM. If you create a backup with 5.x, an try to restore it in one of the older CWM versions, two issues come up: File formats: The contents of <code> /data </code> and <code> /sdcard/.android_secure </code> are now in tar files instead of the old yaffs2 image files. Filenames: The backup filenames have changed from <code> partition_name.img </code> to <code> partition_name.fstype.ext </code> . To answer your question: Since you have files like the <code> partition_name.fstype.ext </code> , they refer to a backup from the CWM version 5.x. e.g., your file <code> system.ext3.tar </code> is from the partition <code> system </code> , using file system <code> ext3 </code> and backed up within a <code> .tar </code> file.
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Which version of clockwork recovery creates backups as a tar files?
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How to get the droid 2 to enter fastboot? Running rooted phone, CM7 nightly 239 Power + x gets me recovery Power + Up gets me bootloader
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The Droid 2 doesn't have fastboot mode; Its bootloader is locked. Fastboot mode is really just the bootloader mode in other phones, like Nexus phones. Out of curiosity, where exactly did you hear that the D2 had a fastboot mode, and why do you want to access it?
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My 16 GB Nexus 7 arrived a few days ago. It's my first mobile device, believe it or not, and I've already found it to be incredibly useful. It has performed flawlessly, but there is one small issue that's an annoyance, nothing more. The screen flickers. It happens in dimmer light, and only for a second or two at a time. I suspect, though I can't prove this, that it occurs during WiFi transmissions. Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a fix for this, even if it has to be some sort of warranty thing?
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There just was a Blog on Land of Droid covering this issue. The author summed up a few conditions under which this "flicker" occurs: back-light is dimmed under 30% a weak WiFi signal the device is accessing the net According to that report, these 3 things are "AND-connected" (i.e. the flicker occurs when all of the 3 conditions are met). He's also hoping for a fix to come soon. You might as well want to read the comments there, some seem to indicate possible solutions (including flashing a new stock ROM), but so far none of them are yet confirmed.
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Nexus 7 screen is flickering
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I tried executing a script on the sdcard as is because on FAT, everything is 777. <code> ./.profile ./.profile: permission denied </code> I added this as the initial command for the Android shell and it executes it just fine: <code> eval "$(cat /sdcard/.profile)" </code> So what I'm wondering is: Is there a way I can execute a script on the sdcard (other than the way I found out) and be able to pass arguments to it or do I need to do it the normal BTEP way (in its data directory)?
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Moved from comments and expanded. Invoking the script with the shell directly <code> sh .profile arg1 arg2 </code> should work. If it become cumbersome to invoke the shell and typing the arguments, you can also create an alias, most terminal emulators allows you to specify an initial command to run at the start of a session.
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How can I execute a script on the SD card and be able to pass arguments to it?
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I just saw that if I need to install the latest Cyanogenmod on my tab (Galaxy Tab 2 7 (GT-P3113)) I don't need to root it. Is this true? Any one have more information on this? So will it be easy to restore to the original rom?
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Technically, you don't need root if you have an unlocked bootloader. Even if it is locked, you don't need root, you just need an exploit to change the recovery to install CM9/CM10. Usually, the first thing that people do when an exploit is identified is "root" the device but flashing a different recovery and flashing a different ROM is also possible. Root happens first because there are little or no modifications that have to be made except put the <code> su </code> binaries on the device. The Galaxy devices, from my experience is actually pretty easy to "Restore to Stock" if you so choose. It does require a little research to find the stock rom files and the use of ODIN (or hemidall). Once you have the stock files that can be used with ODIN, it is rather simple to restore to "stock" With CM9 and later, you do not have to have root enabled. On top of that, you can change that when ever you want. You can also specify if you only want to allow apps to have root access, only adb, or both.
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Latest Cyanogenmod doesn't want to be rooted?
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There have been some Jelly Bean updates for Galaxy Nexus, but most of these are specific to a certain variant of the Nexus. How can I easily find out which variant I have?
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There used to be an app that did just this, but it's been pulled for some reason. You could also download a "system info" type app, but these often come with ads and other bloatware. The easiest way is to download a terminal app such as Android Terminal Emulator , open it and run the command <code> getprop ro.product.name </code> and you'll get the variant. Here's an example what the run looks like: <code> u0_a109@android:/ $ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH u0_a109@android:/ $ getprop ro.product.name takju u0_a109@android:/ $ </code> ... and there you have it, takju! Another way would be to open <code> adb shell </code> and running <code> getprop ro.product.name </code> from there. This is more useful if you already have ADB installed. Otherwise, it's faster to just download the app.
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How to find out the variant of my Galaxy Nexus?
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I just pressed the power button and the volume up button in my Tab. I went into a screen called ODIN mode... It started downloading something... What is this?
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This is the download firmware mode. It can be used to upgrade official firmware via Samsung's own Odin software (or the 3rd party heimdall (also here )). It's also used to install a custom aftermarket firmware like CyanogenMod . Actually it allows more but installing firmware is the most common use.
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Whats ODIN mode in Galaxy Tab 2?
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So both the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have dynamic capacitive buttons instead of actual physical buttons. I was actually under the impression that this black bar was a separate capacitive display from the main display. Now that I actually see a Nexus 7 in person, this black bar appears to be just a part of the screen. So am I actually getting 1280x800 pixels?
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The 1280x800 pixels count for the whole display, including the black bar for the buttons. Google decided to stay flexible by moving physical buttons to the touch screen permanently. Benefits: No capacitive buttons needed (cheaper?) Better user experience: Rotating 90,180,270 degrees rotates also the virtual buttons Less frame space (the button's space belongs to the screen now) You can hide the buttons in full view (e.g., video playing) Maybe: Avoid Apples infamous rectangle with a single button tablet design patent
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Nexus 7 capacitive buttons and display
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I have an HTC Desire HD. When I connect to it with adb shell from Windows, the up and down arrow keys work fine and I get command history. But when I connect to it from Mac OS, the up and down arrows show up as ^[[A and ^[[B. Is there a way to fix the mac OS terminal to work like the DOS one? Thank you very much!
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What shell is running on the phone? - You can find out with <code> ps </code> I seem to remember having this issue a while ago (but haven't run in to it recently on my current phone) when logging in to plain <code> sh </code> , executing <code> bash </code> or <code> ash </code> immediately after connecting was a simple workaround
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Up and down arrows in adb shell
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I want to customize what I see in the notifications bar/shade. (eg. I don't want notifications for facebook messages, I don't want to see my weather app in the notification bar). I looked in the apps' setup areas, but didn't see any way to change this, specifically for the weather channel app. Thanks!
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In ICS, it's up to the application. You will have to check the settings for each individual app and see if they allow you to control what shows up in your Notification bar. Unfortunately, there is no way to control this through Android itself... However, note that in Jelly Bean, the ability to monitor and control which apps display notifications is integrated into the app settings options. See below:
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How can I customize what notifications show up on my notifications bar (RAZR MAXX running ICS)?
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With a locked bootloader on an SE ST17i running the rooted Stock Xperia Gingerbread 2.3.4, can I flash the CyanogenMod 9 onto it? Or do I really need my bootloader unlocked? I also have ClockWorkMod installed and as far as I know that shouldn't have been possible with a locked bootloader so I'm rather confused. I'm not at all experienced with rooting and I'd consider myself on just the "beginnner" stage. I'm not too keen on the thought of unlocking my phone's bootloader as that wil most certainly void my warranty.
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Basically, this could be possible. I've got CM7.2 on my Motorola Droid2, which also has its bootloader locked. Being at work, I cannot access all ressources (firewall restricts me) -- but just in case, there seems to be a youtube tutorial on Unlock any Sony Ericsson Xperia in 5 minutes , just in case you want to unlock first (which should make things easier). According to XDA your device should be supported by CM9. However, I could not figure out whether CM by default uses 2nd init on the XPeria devices (which is what must be done when the bootloader is locked -- and how it works e.g. on the Motorola Milestone 2; but obviously this is not done for the ST17i). So if you want to try with your bootloader locked, you should check with the instructions coming with your CM9 build to make sure: Some sources I've found (not sure which XPeria the ST17i is, so they might apply or not), as e.g. How to pgrade Xperia X8 to Android 4.0 ICS / How to Upgrade Xperia X8 to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and especially Android Forums - View Single Post - All Xperia mini (un)rooting,un(re)locking bootloader,flashing CM,kernels,CWM,ROM's,tweaks etc (which explicitly applies to your ST17i), mention an unlocked bootloader as pre-condition for flashing CM9. So the answer is probably NO, though it would theoretically be possible.
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Can I flash CyanogenMod without unlocking bootloader?
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So I have a Xoom 3G and I only use Wi-Fi. Jelly Bean is coming out for the WiFi-only version and of course Verizon is going to make sure that the 3G/4G version doesn't get Jelly Bean till Key Lime Pie is out. So my questions are: Would the WiFi version work on my Xoom? If so, can I somehow spoof it to think it's a WiFi version to get the update and/or can I manually update to the WiFi Jelly Bean?
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Yes, you should be able to install a wifi only rom manually, I`ve just gone to ICS with 3g and its great. found these links useful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfHwd2Nxw1U http://www.icsforums.com/forum/showthread/6398 http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Motorola_Xoom hope this helps
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Can I convert my Xoom 3G firmware to Xoom WiFi or otherwise use the WiFi version of Jelly Bean?
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I have pulled boot.img from my phone's CWM backup. How do I extract it? I tried split_bootimg.pl. But throws an error - <code> Android Magic not found in boot.img. Giving up. </code>
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After reading the comment, I spotted the error... anirudh@Kat ~/Downloads/mkboot $ ./unpack-bootimg.pl /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img kernel written to /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img-kernel.gz ramdisk written to /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz gzip: ..//home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz: No such file or directory cpio: premature end of archive extracted ramdisk contents to directory /home/anirudh/Downloads/boot.img-tools/source_img/boot.img-ramdisk/ For the <code> boot.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz </code> - this needs special handling... try this: <code> gzip -dc boot.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz | cpio -i </code> The way to do it is after unpacking the <code> boot.img </code> , create a directory called something like <code> ramdisk </code> , go into that directory and use <code> gzip -dc ../boot.img-ramdisk.cpio.gz | cpio -i </code> , the reason is, to organize the structure and files with minimum clutter. <code> gzip </code> decompresses the ramdisk archive to <code> stdout </code> , pipe it into <code> cpio </code> with the <code> -i </code> switch to read from <code> stdin </code> and it will correctly extract the data. To do the reverse, say after making a change here and there within the <code> ramdisk </code> directory: <code> mkbootfs ramdisk/ | gzip > my_new_ramdisk.gz </code>
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Extract boot.img
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I use LBE Privacy Guard with great pleasure to grant and withdraw permissions to access my contacts, the internet, etc. for each individual application installed in Ice-Cream Sandwich on my Galaxy Nexus. However, it is not compatible with Jelly Bean yet (causes rebooting cycle without fixing, and even then it can only block network access). Considering that the last update was in March of this year, this may take a while. Is there another application that can do this and that is compatible with Jelly Bean? Applications like Droidwall and Permission Denied and others also don't seem to work on JB. stackexchange-url ("This question") asks a similar question, but that was a year ago, and I believe none of those application works on Jelly Bean.
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As the "What's New" section says it's been updated for Jelly Bean, this looks promising: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions&hl=en I've never tried it, but assuming you're rooted, this guy's apps are usually good.
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Is there a way to block permissions for other applications on Jelly Bean?
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I just purchased my fourth ever Android device - An HSPA+ Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. When I purchased my second and third devices (Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and an Asus Transformer Pad TF300T), I found that after I logged into my Google account during my device setup, my devices downloaded all my known wifi hotspots and the network passwords to them, and could immediately connect to any private wifi network that had been saved on my first Android device (An HTC Nexus One). However, for some reason, this didn't happen on my Galaxy Nexus when I set it up. In fact, when I set up my Transformer Pad, not only did it download my wifi settings, but it also automatically downloaded the apps I had installed on my other devices. My new Galaxy Nexus didn't do that either. I know I checked the box to 'restore backup from Google account' when I set up the device. I did have some trouble logging in at first, so maybe that's the reason? I'd really like to get my wifi network settings downloaded to this device. I have dozens of hotspots from friend's houses, client's offices, etc, that I don't want to have to re-enter the information for. Is there some way to manually restore this information to my Galaxy Nexus since it wasn't restored during my initial setup? I tried removing my Google account from the device and re-adding it, but that didn't work. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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I found this page on Google's support site which states the following about restoring your phone's settings during the initial setup: "Important: If you want to restore your settings, you must do that now during setup. You can’t restore data after setup is complete." Based on this, I'm guessing there's no way to restore my account data at this point, short of doing a factory reset on the phone and starting over (undesirable at this point). I'd love to be wrong though.
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Can I manually download my wifi settings to my Android device from my Google account?
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I just upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and I drive a 2009 Mazda 5 with integrated bluetooth speakerphone. When I'm in my car, I connect the headphone jack to my car stereo Aux input so that I can play music from my phone through my car speakers. I got a phone call today and I noticed that when I'm connected to the Aux jack, my phone wouldn't connect to the bluetooth speakerphone. In fact, I couldn't hear the phone call at all, although the person on the other end could hear me. When I pulled out the cable from my phone's headphone jack, the bluetooth connection to the speakerphone was restored. I never had this problem with my Bionic. How do I make my phone connect to the bluetooth speakerphone even when I have a cable in the headphone receptacle? Note: my car hooks up to the bluetooth speakerphone only -- it doesn't have an option to play music through the car speakers via bluetooth. UPDATE (JUL 19) Having thought about the situation some more, here's what I think is happening: When I make a phone call using my car's integrated bluetooth speakerphone, my car turns off the stereo input to my speakers and replaces it with the phone input. At the same time, if I have a cable plugged into my headphone jack on my phone, my phone assumes that I want to hear the call through my "headphones" and not any attached bluetooth device, so my phone doesn't transmit the incoming phone audio to the bluetooth antenna -- it sends it to the audio cable plugged into the headphone jack. Since my car stereo isn't accepting auxiliary input during a phone call, I hear nothing. So, I really need a way to tell my phone that when I have a bluetooth speakerphone connected and "headphones" connected, I prefer to hear the call through the bluetooth connection (I don't think it's very likely that I'm going to be able to get Mazda to change their stereo firmware :-) ). UPDATE (JUL 24) I tried my wife's Razr (running ICS) and didn't have this problem, so it seems to be Samsung Galaxy SIII problem, not an ICS problem. I've come up with a couple of work-arounds that I'll submit as a separate answer.
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Try an app named SoundAbout . It can let you configure this to work.
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How do I keep my headphone jack from disabling my bluetooth speakerphone in my car?
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I'm doing a feasibility study into Android tablets for commercial applications. I have a product that requires a Bluetooth Low Energy connection. I have a Nexus 7 tablet which is supposed to support BLE but I haven't found much information about it. Is there a way to check whether the tablet has BLE and if it's enabled or not?
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As of now, the checking for BLE support has to be done manually by studying specifications and searching on Google (as far as I know). See this question on Stackoverflow: stackexchange-url ("Bluetooth Smart (4.0) / GATT support in Android 4.0?") It states that Android does not support Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) out of the box up to Android-4.0 (maybe with Jelly Bean 4.1 onwards, the Nexus 7 tab suggests that). Manufacturers have to add their own API to allow access to BT LE (e.g. this app is limited to Motorola). That's why your mileage may vary with different phones up to 4.0. Casio's Bluetooth LE enabled watch is also an example of limited (official) compatibility (not even the iPhone 4S is mentioned, by the way). My best guess is that with more devices having 4.1 the issue will solve by itself and you can find apps showing it. Here are lists by manufacturers: Motorola HTC: good listing not found yet Google: Galaxy Nexus (not with 4.0), Nexus 7 Tab
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Determining support for Bluetooth Low Energy
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As the possibility of connecting to a public Wifi is increasing in our cities, the opportunity of proxying/tunneling the traffic is gaining importance. I strongly believe it would be interesting to come up with a list of applications/procedures that can setup or manage different kind of proxies/tunnels like: http/https socks v* (also on top of SSH) openvpn pptp ... My hope is to gather all the knowledge w.r.t. the topic building a community wiki page.
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Check out this list: Proxy, Tunnel & Co . Though it is in German, you already find the relevant apps grouped by their purpose. For VPN, try VPN (also in German). The German language should be no problem concerning mapping apps to the requested topics (VPN, tunnel, ...), as that part is language-neutral. Descriptions can mostly be replaced by those from the Play Store -- or taken from the linked (English) reviews. So basically, all information is there.
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Proxy/tunneling options for the Android platform
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When I get a txt message on my phone, the screen lights up and it plays a sound if I have the volume turned up. However, if I receive an email, or some other notification, the screen does not light up and it does play a sound if the volume is turned up. At work, I need to have my phone on silent, so when I receive a txt message, it's not a problem, as I have the phone angled to face me, so I notice instantly when the screen lights up. This does not happen with emails and or notifications. So my question is, how do I set my phone up so the screen lights up when i receive an email and/or notification/reminder etc? I am using Android 2.2.
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At the moment, there's no central spot on your phone to control which notifications show up on your phone and how they behave across APPs. For this end, you'll need to open up each application and tweak how and when it notifies you about new messages or other events. Generally speking , Every APP has some settings (or Preferences) that are accessible by the More button . Hit the button and a sub-menu of options will pop up, with Settings often among them. In most Android APPs settings, you'll find a category for "Notification," "Alerts," or something akin. For the Email APP that I use for my company emails, it's labelled "Notification Settings". Find yours and click it! From the presented screen, you can usually change when and how an app notifies you of whatever it monitors. Taking the example of the Email APP that I'm using, I can: un-check the "Inbox notifications" entirely to disallow notifications on the status bar. Select a ringtone for my incoming email messages. Set the phone to vibrate when a new email arrives. With this options you can adjust your APP to react the way you intend. Note: Some system global settings may overwrite your definitions for specific behaviours setup on each APP. Also some power saving APPs like the one I use: Easy Battery Saver have global settings to save battery, included preventing the phone from highlighting or vibrating. I've performed some successful tests using the Vodafone HUAWEI U8510 running Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) . As far as my knowledge goes, the Android 2.2.x Froyo has pretty much the same notification behaviour.
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No screen lightup on email/notification/reminder
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone. It comes with a micro USB port which can be used for charging or connecting to a PC. I am just wondering if the micro USB port can also be used to connect a USB memory stick. Is there something like a USB stick with a micro SD connection? Perhaps the easier option is to use the existing cable. Can a USB Stick be connected to the phone in the same way the phone is connected to a PC using the existing cable?
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Yes, you can plug a USB stick to your Samsung Galaxy S2, provided that you have an Samsung Micro USB to USB Adapter. For better results, connect your USB stick to the adapter, before connecting it to your phone. See the official Samsung Galaxy SII accessories for further information. Note: Usually within the phone box, Samsung sends a micro USB to USB cable. The Samsung Micro USB to USB Adapter can also be found at stackexchange-url ("Amazon"): Different in aspect from the one on the website.
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Is it possible to connect a USB stick to Samsung Galaxy S2 Phone?
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I'm planning to get a new android phone and I'm wondering what's considered best practice to move all data and settings. I know that lots of stuff goes to google, but I'd like to migrate app data as well. I know that I can do an rsync of the SD card and move things like pictures, but which directories should I move? Could anything bad happen from me just doing an rsync of the entire old card to the new one? My old phone isn't rooted (yet) so I can't access /data, but if I did root it to grab that stuff, I'm not sure how I would feel about rooting the new phone - is there somewhere I could drop the files grabbed from /data on the old phone to somewhere on the new one to get things to "just work"? I'm migrating from Moto Droid 1 to 4
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A new phone could mean a new/differently configured Android version, so you would need to be extremely careful restoring your rsync'd data on the new device. While it certainly cannot hurt to have that backup, I'd not recommend restoring it to a different device. A much safer way would be using Titanium Backup instead (pro-version strongly recommended for batch processing -- but you of course can check with the free version before). This nice app not only creates full backups (apps+data+system data), but also offers a migration mode for restoring a backup to a different device/ROM: Instead of simply replacing files on the new system (which can e.g. break some databases due to changed/different structures when it comes to system data like e.g. SMS, in which case you will experience some nice force-closes of the corresponding apps/frameworks), it tries just to fit the data into the existing databases, and does some other "tricks". Also the app is well supported and worth every cent/Frank (dev lives in Switzerland). Scheduled backups, freezing/uninstalling system apps, converting downloaded apps to system apps (and vice versa), plus so many other nice features make this app a MUST-HAVE on any rooted Android device (and who knows me also knows I rarely speak of any "must-have app").
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Questions about phone migration using rsync
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Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 / Android 4.0.3 We are about to deploy 70 Samsung Galaxy Tabs for users who will be allowed only to use web browser to access document library. We created a Joomla site for document library. How do I remove all the unnecessary apps from the screen except the browser? Should I remove them one by one? How to block access to other apps or setting?
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Simply removing widgets and shortcuts from the screen will only prevent the very unexperienced (i.e. those who never used an Android device before) from accessing other apps, and not even sure for them. If your goal is to prevent most people from doing so (the very experienced will always find a way to circumvent your protection), you rather need something like a Kiosk-Mode. Recoomended readings/references on this: stackexchange-url ("Deny the installation of apps or add new accounts (kiosk mode)") -- another Q&A here on our site stackexchange-url ("Child-proofing an Android phone?") -- again a Q&A at Android Enthusiasts KioWare - Kiosk System Software -- an Android Kiosk solution Kiosk Mode on Android with SureLock -- also mentioned in the first Q&A Kiosk mode on Android -- a blog on the topic Google Search on the topic German Overview on App Lockers ( Google Translate version of the same page) Btw: If you initialize all those tablets using the same Google Account, you can easily manage installations via your computers web browser (just a hint along).
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Samgsung Galaxy Tab mass deployment
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Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 / Android 4.0.3 I have tested Samgsung Galaxy Tab for document download such as PDF from web site with many browsers. Most of them just download it to somewhere in the device and I have to go to notification window(Right and bottom) and click it again to open it. Some browsers ask me to save and ask me again to open it. Is there browser or a way that opens it when I download it? iPad works that way. iPad opens the file right away when I download a document.
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Have you tried pdf.js extension for Firefox mobile ? It's a bit slow and unstable for now, but it should work as expected.
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Android Tablet - Download PDF and open it on browser
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I want to make my phone act as a bluetooth speaker/headset because the audio jacks connection on my laptop is kinda broken (won't play audio on both ears unless the headset plug is midway inserted). Add to that the fact that the audio coming out of my laptop's speakers aren't too loud. My phone, however, fills in that gap by having quite good and loud audio and the headset jack on my phone isn't messed up like the one my laptop. So upon thinking of ways to do this, I realized that I could add a bluetooth profile to my phone so that the laptop will be able to detect it as a bluetooth headset. However, I couldn't find any info about doing this. I'm using an SE ST17i and I'm rooted so rooted solutions are applicable. I hope someone can help me out. P.S. I know of the AirFoil approach but would rather prefer my above approach if possible because I don't like keeping my wifi on all the time.
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See stackexchange-url ("my answer") to a stackexchange-url ("similar question") - the problem is that within the Bluetooth AD2P profile (for stereo quality audio) Android phones aren't designed to be a "sink" (a receiver of media) only a source. You're right in that this is a limitation of the Bluetooth stack on your phone, but so far the info I've found says that trying to alter the stack comes with moderate amounts of pain and compromise . Perhaps you're more adventurous than I?
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Is it possible to add an audio bluetooth profile to my phone?
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I find it hard to edit text messages in the tiny Messaging box. Is there any way to increase the size of it? I'm using CM10 (JB), but the app looks the same as the CM9 (ICS) version.
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You can use an alternative like Handcent SMS - it has a button to allow full screen editing. Also, you can customize the font size / style to something more suitable from within Handcent.
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Is there any way to change the size of the text box in Messaging?
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I bought a Samsung Galaxy Y phone yesterday. I was wondering why the <code> Back </code> button does not light up when I press <code> Home </code> button on the device. On my Samsung Galaxy Ace the <code> Back </code> button and <code> Menu </code> button light up immediately whenever I press home button. Is there a setting associated with this that I need to change?
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The Galaxy Y GT-S5360 simply does not have backlighting for its capacitive buttons ( source 1 , source 2 ) whereas the Ace does - there is nothing you can do.
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Back button does not light-up when I press home button
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Dolphin Browser can be configured to act as one of a range of User Agents (Android, (full) Desktop, other phones...). But this is for every site visited until you want to change the settings to some other agent (browser type). Some sites have better mobile versions than others. I wondered if there is a feature/plugin on this or another Android browser to set the Agent individually for a range certain sites, e.g.: facebook.com (full Desktop - because mobile edition is limited) nationalrail.co.uk (Android, quicker than Desktop and easier to manage) etc. This would then 'trick' the website to load the site in a version as specified.
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Have you installed and used the Dolphin Desktop Toggle add-on ? Is it not what you were looking for? Although, not an automatic method, it does make switching user agents much less painful. Else, you might also try accessing the mobile version of sites that render better by using their URL e.g. http://m.twitter.com or http://m.gmail.com or mobile.website.com etc.
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Method to change browser User Agent based on site
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As my question suggests I want to restore my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to factory settings. I read stackexchange-url ("this previous question") and it tells me how to do it and I will follow these instructions, however.... I am giving the device to a non-family member and need absolute assurance that all apps I purchased (free or otherwise) and that all log-files and personal information will be removed. Will the reset instructions in the previous question achieve this and is there any thing else I need to do from a privacy perspective other than the described factory reset?
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Provided you haven't rooted the device, a factory reset will reset the phone to the state it was in. Note that sometimes, some extra content that was added by the manufacturer (like some bundled music/images) later may be wiped. Obviously, if you're bundling along the same SD card that you were using earlier, format it and also run it through shredder programs. Ideally, don't part with the same SD card - either give the next owner a new card or avoid it altogether.
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I want to restore my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Factory settings?
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Is there any way that I intentionally grant root permission to some app? Not automatically via SuperSU when a specific app asks for root permission, but in a way to pick an app via some tool and grant it root permissions. For example, I add my favourite text app to the approved list and then I can open root files via that app.
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No. You should request the app developer to do so. On UNIX like systems, permissions are managed with something called UIDs. Every process has one and it dictates what they can access. Moreover, there are also groups that have permission that their members can use. When an app has permissions like <code> Write to SD card </code> they're put into a group that has this permission. The root permissions are an exception since they are not declared in the app's manifest, but rather in its code. Root is also not a group but a separate UID (as it is a separate user) so it's not that easy for an app to use it. Apps that have root rights need to be explicitly written to do so. The way this works is every time an app wants to do something as root, it has to request the <code> su </code> binary to do it instead. <code> su </code> will then ask the app that manages these permissions (e.g., SuperSU) whether the app is allowed to gain root access. If it isn't, it'll prompt you to allow or deny it. Then the action is carried out as <code> root </code> , not as the app user. These actions are not an integral part of the app but rather an external executable. While theoretically it is possible to add this to an app, this would be a non-trivial process requiring knowledge of writing smali code, which is the internal format of the Dalvik virtual machine (the part of the system that runs the apk file) called smali. And even then, there'd be a huge security risk if the app allows other apps to access it: it wouldn't know how to keep the privileged root access separate from its normal access. So in reality this isn't really feasible.
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How to add root permission to some app by myself?
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Like the question says, are there higher versions of Android for my phone? Will Sony release a 4.0 update for my phone?
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Not officially yet. According to Sony , the Xperia U will be getting ICS in Q3 of this year. That said I believe there are now some beta 3rd party ROMs floating around with various degrees of success.
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Are there Andoid versions > 2.3 for my Sony Xperia ST25i (as of July 2012)?
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I have a Galaxy Nexus (maguro/yakjuxw) with Android version 4.0.4. I saw the new features in 4.1 so i want to update, but i don't think an OTA will be available anytime soon. So, I'm considering manually updating. AFAIK, I will need to switch to the yakju firmware that gets updates directly from Google. That being said, I have some questions: Is the firmware the same as the OS? I always thought firmware is something like BIOS, UEFI, coreboot etc. and OS like Windows, GNU/Linux etc. But i have a feeling the terms are used slightly differently in the Android world. This is because the updates guides I found usually show how to flash firmware. Will such an upgrade require rooting the phone? Will this void my warranty? I know a Google search will yield many guides on how to do this, but I'd appreciate it if an experienced user could provide a link with the guide he/she considers to be the best (most complete, safe etc.)
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Firmware, in this case, means the OS, since it's a preinstalled part of the core system. The method I used does not require root, but it's possible to root at the same time. I didn't. This depends. In most cases, unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty if the warranty is read and interpreted letter-to-letter. However, you could install an official firmware and relock the bootloader to try to bypass this. I've upgraded my yakjuxw with this guide's method #2. Everything went perfectly except for a few little tricks. First of all, if your phone is completely unmodified, you need to unlock your bootloader. This can be done by booting into the bootloader as explained in the post, and running <code> fastboot oem unlock </code> , navigating to "Yes, unlock bootloader" with the volume keys and confirming with the power button. NOTE: This will clear your phone, so you'll need to copy the necessary files to your phone after this! After this, reboot once so that the partitions are mounted correctly in CWM later. Now follow the guide carefully, and you should be able to upgrade (almost) without any problems. My phone got stuck while booting for the first time, so after 15-20mins I rebooted the phone (yanked the battery) but had no adverse effects. At least my phone got the official 4.1.1 update today, so check for that after your first boot!
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Manually upgrade Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 (yakjuxw) to 4.1
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Is there an open source application which allows to share my location in real time? I'm looking for a fully open source solution, that is open source client as well as open source server software. It doesn't have to be scalable or anything, I just want to share my location to whoever has the link to the application on my server. This is not a duplicate of stackexchange-url ("Alternative to Google Latitude?") - I want a self-hosted application (on my own server), not on some non-Google third party server
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OpenGTS provides fleet tracking, and there is a (paid) Android App on the market . Given that it's open source, it's always possible someone (you?) could develop a free app as well.
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Is there a (decentralized) open source "Google Latitude" alternative?
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I just upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S III (Ice Cream Sandwich) from the Motorola Droid Bionic (Gingerbread). On my Bionic, there was a "Stay Awake" check box that made it so my "Screen will never sleep while charging" under Settings-> Applications-> Development. I can't find that checkbox on my S3. Where is that setting in ICS and/or is there another way to keep my screen from turning off in ICS? Thanks.
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Samsung removed "Stay Awake" from TouchWiz back in the first OTA for the Galaxy S1. Other ROMs like CyanogenMod still have it, and other AOSP based ROMs as well. Be very careful using any kind of "Stay Awake" options with these devices that have the Super AMOLED screens. I used to use it when developing and testing the apps. I now have a "burn" in the screen from the time and the top bar.
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Where is "Stay Awake" option in Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy S3?
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So I figured that since the s2 now has ice cream sandwich available, I should look into upgrading. Doing some research on the internet, I see that it is actually impossible (or at least quite difficult) to go back to 2.3 if I have problems. I've also seen that there have been reports of Ice Cream Sandwich making their s2 have problems such as randomly crashing or the battery runs out really quickly etc. So is upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich like a fairly routine thing that ppl do and that I should just do it? Or is it actually quite a risky thing and I could seriously stuff up my phone if I did something wrong? Also, if it is risky, is ICS worth the risk? Is there like a massive difference or is it just really just a few UI changes here and there?
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If it is the official ROMs, then it is very easy and chances of anything going wrong are slim-to-none. You should just do it. Downgrading should also be pretty straightforward if you want to stick with official firmwares - it would be a case of downloading PC Odin and the firmware you want from a site like sammobile. I have done this with a Galaxy Note which is from the same family of handsets. Many people who have problems find that they can solve them with a wipe and just re-installing what they want. This has resolved battery issues for some. ICS is worth the risk. Yes, there are UI changes and you will probably notice the phone being a bit faster to respond, but there are many other changes as well. For instance, some real-world useful features include Wi-Fi Direct, improved web browsing and proxy support. If you plan on keeping the handset long enough you may see some applications will require ICS as a minimum version as this is the first unified phone + tablet version of Android.
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How safe is it to upgrade my galaxy s2 phone to Ice Cream Sandwich?
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I have been a victim of the infamous "let's turn off anything that Apple might have a patent for" aka "dumb search" on the Galaxy S3, and looking for a simple way to return my phone to the 21st century All I want is ability to find an App quickly and launch it by name, without visually finding the Icon What I want is a set of features that existed in older versions of Android In the Apps main screen, have ability to search (currently works only for widgets) If I find an App, I can press and hold, and it will allow me to place it on any home screen Use case #1 was removed and replaced by the Google search app, which was as mentioned above downgraded to stop including local search (only shows web results) Use case #2 was removed and have no workaround, I need to visually find an app to add a shortcut to it I have searched in the Android Play store for "App Search", but found nothing, should I start writing my own app?
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(EDIT) New solution: You can revert to your complete old behaviour. It needs some hacking though and might be illegal (decompile&recompile Google app) <code> Background: If you don't have root, you cannot install the old version over the new one. What you could do: Install an app with the functions of the old Search app. Idea: If the old app had a different package name you could install it next to the new app. How? Apktool! </code> Solution proposal: Use apktool to decompile and change the whole namespace from com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox to com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox 2 of a working old .apk (see .zip below, mind the 2 in the end), then recompile and install the newly crafted package. Result: Old and new (broken) provider can be installed next to each other at the same time because they have a different namespace ( .*searchbox 2 instead of .*searchbox ). Just find out which one is the old one and use that. Benefits: No root required, permanent (cannot be taken away) Drawbacks: You get 2x the same widget offering (1x from the old, 1x from the new), so you have to find out which works and which not My test so far ('apktool' is an alias to 'java -jar /usr/local/bin/apktool.jar' on my machine , FYI): <code> apktool decompile GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk appdir #append every occurrence of the namespace with '2' find appdir -type f | while read a; do sed -i 's,uicksearchbox,uicksearchbox2,g' $a; done #rename the directory to reflect that too mv appdir/smali/com/google/android/googlequicksearchbox smali/com/google/android/googlequicksearchbox2 apktool build /tmp/bla.apk appdir #Any sort of signing (jarsigner, signapk.jar,...): java -jar /tmp/signapk.jar /tmp/certificate.pem /tmp/key.pk8 /tmp/bla.apk /tmp/gsearch2.apk adb install /tmp/gsearch2.apk </code> (EDIT: Old solution) What would be nice to know : Does this only affect Samsunng and Google's US customers? According to androidcentral, Samsung now deploys this update as a stability fix globally. It's most probably this package, that got "updated" : com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (located at /system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk) Having root is definitely required to revert the situation. I'd however decide to get rid of Samsungs firmware altogether and install CyanogenMod for example (This might even be easier than getting root in the first place on the orginal firmware). You might want to "reinstall" the unaffected version from the last firmware or one of a Euro firmware (if they're not stripped). For example, this archive from the popular Goo.im hosting site will most probably have a working (older) .apk that has the functionality you miss. It's a generic installation package for the popular Cyanogenmod aftermarket firmware that holds all relevant proprietary packages from Google (they had to be stripped off Cyanogenmod by Google's request some time ago). You can open it with any unzip program and extract the /system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk package. That's how I would do it (using the adb tool from the Google SDK: <code> adb push GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk /sdcard/ adb shell su mount -o remount,rw /system cp /sdcard/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk /system/data/ mount -o remount,ro /system reboot exit </code> I used Application Explorer to generate this listing and see where the .apk is located: <code> App Name: Google-Search Package Name: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox [...] Source Directory: /system/app/GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk </code> You can get the version of 'Google-Search' by going to Settings-> Apps-> All-> Google Search , which lists the current version. Mine (the same as in the above mentioned .zip is: 1.4.1.299849)
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Is there an app for searching installed apps? (Dumb Search alternative)
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I have a rooted Android device running 4.0.3. I bought full version of File Expert in order to browse root file system. I navigate to a <code> .conf </code> file and want to open it, but the app says <code> There is no handler installed on your device for this file format. Would you like File Expert to find one for you? </code> . I select OK, but I get another error: <code> Sorry, currently there is no handler for this format... </code> . If I force this file to be openend as text file <code> Open as text </code> , and choose FE Text Editor, nothing happens. Any chance to make this work or I'll have to buy another app for this?
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While File Expert is a good app there are great apps out there. I was hesitant to switch because I didn't want to install another app for ftp sharing, but I discovered Solid Explorer . It's the best File manager app for android, bar none. It has an exceptional text editor with optional monospace font(!), size setting and line wraps can be disabled! And of course Root support out of the box. All for the great price of <code> 0$. </code> (Thought it's in beta, so that might change.) It also includes FTP/SFTP/SMB/CIFS browsing, support for Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and SkyDrive. And so many other goodies that there's not enough space here to list it all.
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How to open .conf files with File Expert?
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I just purchased a Galaxy S III from AT&T, and only after a few days, I got a pushed, forced update from AT&T (not stating what it does, just " AT&T Software update " version: " V3_1205_2_2 ") I didn't notice any change for a few hours, until I wanted to search for an app (menu - search) Up until the update (still innocent till proven guilty, but looks more than circumstantial evidence) as in any android phone, the built in google search would search and find all installed apps, However after that update (and again, it could be something else, but I can't think what it is) it stopped working. Google search (which is the built in device search) only shows web results and bookmarks Am I the only one experiencing it? if so I'll just return it to AT&T and get another, as much as re-installing everything gives me a headache just thinking about it. If I'm not the only one, then is it indeed a bug in AT&T's anonymous, rude, forcing itself on you, update?
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Galaxy S3 dumb search update feature confirmed by Samsung, it’s because of Apple Read more here: It has been removed by Samsung working closely with Google and has been removed from carriers like Sprint as well. Apple pattented the universal search and was able to ban Galaxy Nexus in US. As a precaution Samsung and Google took the decision. One of the two injunctions Apple obtained in the U.S., even though stayed on the second appeal, affected the Galaxy Nexus and was based on an Apple patent describing a “unified search” technology, which is currently used by various mobile devices. The Galaxy Nexus made use of that technology – the Google Search app displayed local results (stuff on the phone) and web results, when the user performed a search – and that’s one of the things that got it into temporary trouble. Solution: But you can get the search back by installing old quick search app. You've to follow this post in xda-developers.com for that. If you're not rooted you've to replace it every time you restart the phone ;). Update from Samsung Samsung has updated the software for the Galaxy S III as a precautionary measure to ensure that U.S. consumers may enjoy using our innovative products without interruption
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Samsung Galaxy S3 - after AT&T over the wire update - google search doesn't find installed apps
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I currently own a nokia N900 and am waiting for the my pre ordered Nexus 7 to arrive. I was wondering because since android does not support p2p adhoc networking, as far as i know. Is there any way to create a private lan wirelessly over bluetooth? Maybe setup the tablet or phone as a wireless router? Also, I am also considering modding a usb cable to be able to plug into the tablet and phone, because from what i heard the tablet also supports host mode, and linux supports IP over USB. I just need an SSH connection between the two so nothing special as regards protocol usage. Thanks, and I hope i got my question across clearly.
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Android, starting from 4.0, does officially support a form of p2p wifi networking called Wifi Direct. A Wifi Direct-capable device can create an access point which any other Wifi-capable device can access. I don't know about Nexus 7 specifically, but Galaxy Nexus does support Wifi Direct so I'd presume that so is Nexus 7.
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Finding a way to create a WLAN between tablet and phone
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What should I do so that the Memory card in my phone works only in my phone? Also, I should be able to connect my mobile to a PC through a USB cable and completely see/edit/organize the data on my memory card. I want this to prevent anyone from gaining physical asses to my mobile, removing the memory card and getting asses to my sensitive data, by using the memory card with some other device.
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I'm afraid that what you want to do is not possible. You can come close by using EDS on the phone, but your computer will not be able to read the files directly. TrueCrypt will be able to decrypt the containers, but I think you might have some problems with handsets using MTP rather than USB Mass Storage. Essentially what you want is for Android to support the "Secure" part of "Secure Digital". What you want to do is built into the SD card spec, where a password can be set on the card and can then only be read on that device. For instance, the Samsung Focus WP7 handset locked SD cards to it, and these were not readable in other devices. Most devices simply saw the cards as unreadable, not even able to format them. Only Symbian handsets seemed to be able to recognise these cards were locked to a handset and were able to format these cards, but not read the data that was on them.
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Securing Memory Card?
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i've an Xperia X10 Mini. This Android devices is limited in hardware: a 600Mhz processor and 128 mb ram. So i'd like to install new apps, but i don't like to have a lot of apps running in background. For example, Facebook app, GDrive, Dropbox ... are great, but why 'damn' thei must run in background either if i don't want to use them at the moment ? This cause my device to run slowly, very slowly... I know that facebook app for example, 'must' stay in background so it can inform me for a new 'friend post' .. but i don't need it! Also Gdrive, Dropbox, Gmail etc: they 'must' stay in background to inform me for something.. but i'm not interested !!! If i want to check mail... i click to gmail.. if i want to check my friend post... i click facebook ! What i want is a responsive smartphone for basic operation (call, sms etc.), and i'm sure a 600mhz processor with a basic 'android' installation and without background app can go fast as a double core Arm with 100 running app !!!! So, at the moment i disinstall them, and my device back to run good, with no slowdowns. I also have installed Advanced Task Killer, but it kills apps each hour, or 30minutes: it don't prevent an app to run in background. Does exists an app that kill others app each time they start in background, immediately ?
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Though there are apps around that would answer to your request (so-called "Task-killers" and "Memory boosters"), their usage is not to recommend -- simply because it would not help any (see stackexchange-url ("Is it advisable to run a task killer app on Android")). If those background processes are designed as services, they would simply restart - as would many other apps as well. Usually Android handles RAM very well, and those background processes should not use significant CPU power -- so on a decent phone this should not be a problem. However, on low-end and small devices with just minimal RAM and CPU, this can become an issue. So what are your choices then? First, you could see to uninstall all those apps running background tasks -- provided you do not really need them. And, of course, if your device is not rooted, this cannot be done for pre-installed apps; but with ICS and higher you can at least "freeze" them. If your device is rooted, your choices increase dramatically: you can remove (or freeze) those apps e.g. using Titanium Backup. You can use managers like AutoRun Manager to modify intent-listeners of apps (to prevent the start of certain event-based background processes, including those started on <code> boot_completed </code> ). And you can configure thresholds for how your RAM will be used (i.e. when Androids internal Out-of-Memory-Killer should clean up your RAM) using apps like AutoKiller Memory Optimizer (don't mistake that name with a task-killer, it is not) or Auto Memory Manager. Of course, you can also ask the developer to make those background services configurable -- and to leave it to you whether certain of them should be running at all. There's always the chance the developer sees reason and implements such a feature.
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How to prevent apps running in background
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I've recently upgraded my phone to Android 4.1.1 and I've tried the new voice search. It mostly answers my questions correctly, but i didn't get it to talk back. I checked the following setting: Settings-> Voice-> Speech Output. It's set to Always. Does anybody else have this issue? Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Have you made sure that your "Music volume" is actually turned up? Only then you'll be able to hear the talk-back. To make sure it is, go to the stock music app, hit the "Volume up" key on your phone a few times, then go back to Google Voice Search and try again.
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Jelly bean voice search not talking back
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I have a Huawei u8160 (A.K.A Vodafone 858 Smart) running CyanogenMod 7.2 Madteam ported. All apps that use unity3d force close on their startup although they are compatible. So I wanted to know if I should install something to make it work or any thing else?
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This is because they're not compatible. Unity requires devices with ARMv7 instruction set, your phone only supports v6. I'm sorry but there's nothing that you can do other than buy a new handset if you want to play cutting edge games. See this for the detailed specifications of your phone.
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All Unity 3D games result in "Force Close"
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I have a file called <code> matrix.txt </code> at the root of my SD card. It is a text file that contains the serialization of a matrix of floats. What is this file? Can I delete it?
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The Android OS itself is not dependant on any files on the removable SD card. If you have no apps that use this file, you can safely delete the file, or even format the SD card if you want.
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What is the matrix.txt file on my SD card? Is it safe to delete?
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Suddenly (after a Play Store update?) I can't install or update any Apps. I always get error code 905 when I try to do so. How can I fix this?
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Uninstalling all Play Store (Market) App updates fixed it for me. Go to <code> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications </code> and uninstall the updates from the Play Store App. This will leave you with an older version of the App, which is probably named "Market". Then you should be able to install or update Apps. After a while the Play Store update will be installed once again, but you still will be able to install or update Apps.
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Can't I install or update Apps from Play Store: Error 905. How to fix?
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Apparently on Ice Cream Sandwich you can press power + volume down to take a screenshot, but this doesn't work for me with Jelly Bean. Anyone know how to take a screenshot on a stock Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1?
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You need to press the Vol Down and Power buttons together, and hold them for a second or so. Some users report that it works better if you press both buttons simultaneously, as opposed to one after the other in sequence.
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Taking screenshots on Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean
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Is there any way by which I can connect my computer to my HTC Wildfire S and access the SMS (read, compose, delete) without touching the phone? I am looking for something similar but no hope yet. Please help.
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There are a lot of possibilities to remotely administrate and use an Android Device from your PC -- including, but not restricted to reading/sending SMS. Take a look at the following apps/links: Airdroid is simply to be installed on your Android-Device and can then be accessed via a web-browser ("browser-based"). Manages SMS/MMS, Apps, photos, videos, ringtones... PAW Server has similar features, looks a bit more plain, but adds interesting stuff for developers (you can create your own add-ons, run a webserver with PHP and more) Remote Web Desktop can be compared with Airdroid (web-based "virtual Desktop") Phonedeck is another alternative, but utilizes the Cloud Droid Phonecontrol also involves an "alien server" (routing everything via its authors servers) LazyDroid Web Desktop seems also worth a look Remote My Droid is another browser-based management app supporting messaging, browsing the Androids file system, and more WebControl offers its browser-based services, including messaging, managing contacts and call history if you run windows, MyPhoneExplorer might be your choice, as it includes all above features plus synchronizing your contacts etc. with your PC, creating backups, and more I stop here, before the list gets too long -- you see there are plenty of possibilities around :)
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Accessing the Android Phones SMS and other feature via Data Cable
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I keep seeing warning signs about enabling ADB over Network when you aren't connected to a WiFi network, but what if I want to connect ADB over 3G/4G ? Whenever I try to do it with any of the conventional WiFi methods, it returns an invalid IP to connect to. I even tried getting the IP with <code> # ip addr show </code> - but that didn't work, either. Any ideas on how to do this? The security implications are precisely what I'm trying to explore. Yeah, it isn't safe. But how does such a vulnerability get leveraged?
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Opening ADB on an unsecured connection is a major security risk. On an unrooted phone, it gives access to your entire filesystem. On a rooted phone, it gives access to your entire filesystem with write permissions. The connection isn't encrypted and there is no password or key exchange to access ADB. It's just a bad idea. Beyond that, your carrier may not even allow traffic over 5555 (the standard ADB port), they may be proxying your traffic, or there may be other complicating factors. Also, setting up SSH shouldn't be difficult. I use SSHDroid all the time. I can get a secure shell from any WiFi connection, and it works great for wireless file transfer. You could set up a task to turn on SSHDroid whenever the device connects to WiFi and another to send you the IP. Technically, you can even run it without WiFi, but I generally wouldn't recommend it, as it's still open to vulnerabilities, which would lead to problems similar to leaving ADB open (although somewhat less likely since SSH is designed to be secure). Finally, there are a number of apps that are built specifically for locating your phone. Motorola includes this feature with Motoblur, which can also wipe your phone remotely. There are other free and paid alternatives that can do this as well. If your phone is actually stolen, these are going to be much better than any back door you open for yourself.
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How to connect ADB over 3G/4G? Or how can an ADB listener over network vulnerability be leveraged over GSM?
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So it came to pass, that Amanda did have a blonde moment and deleted all her threads in the SMS app by mistake. Yeah, "Delete all threads" probably shouldn't be quite so easy to invoke. The phone's a ZTE Blade, with all its user data inconveniently stored on a YAFFS2 filesystem. I have an old back up, but the SMS I need to recover are from since then. There are probably some on the SIM card, so I've ordered a SIM reader. I suspect that the twenty or so it holds are mostly network operator spam, anyway. So, I curse my ineffectual backup plan and vow to back up SMS to GMail in future. Meanwhile, I resolve to recover mmssms.db, or what's left of it. First up, I connect adb and check the mounts, then attempt to copy the block to an image on the SD card: <code> dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=/sdcard/data.img </code> No such luck. I reason forcibly dismounting would be a bad idea, and probably won't work in any case. So, I upload a statically linked copy of busybox to the SD card and use the conv=noerror option. What I ended up with was a file that kept increasing in size until the SD card filled up. What am I doing wrong? Does ClockworkMod take an image in the true sense or does it just back the files up and pack them into an image? Is there a YAFFS2 recovery program? (The two papers I've read make it seem feasible but I haven't seen even PoC code) Any clues gratefully received/ Edit: The phone is rooted. Very rooted :) Further edit: Most of the messages found in mmssms.db-wal: <code> ls -al /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases drwxrwx--x 1 radio radio 2048 Jul 17 20:16 . drwxr-xr-x 1 radio radio 2048 Oct 26 2011 .. -rw-rw---- 1 root root 60416 Jul 17 20:16 mmssms.db -rw-rw---- 1 radio radio 32768 Jul 17 16:18 mmssms.db-shm -rw-rw---- 1 radio radio 628832 Jun 30 19:23 mmssms.db-wal -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 60416 Jul 17 20:16 mmssms.db.xxx -rw-rw---- 1 radio radio 132096 Jun 18 13:25 telephony.db -rw-rw---- 1 radio radio 32768 Jul 16 22:14 telephony.db-shm -rw-rw---- 1 radio radio 106928 Jul 16 22:14 telephony.db-wal </code> With any luck, SMS Backup & Restore will allow a merge.
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The sms database is stored in <code> /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db </code> which is what you want to do. Best thing to do, is this, do not plug in USB cable yet: Reboot into ClockWorkmod Recovery. Go into Mounts and Storage Select <code> mount /data </code> Plug in the USB From the windows command shell or terminal, <code> adb shell </code> Since you are in ClockworkMod Recovery, you are root by default, now do this <code> cp /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db /sdcard/MySmsDatabase.db </code> exit out of the <code> adb shell </code> by typing in this: <code> exit </code> Now your database is copied to the SD-Card. Back out of ClockworkMod recovery and just reboot, the recovery will <code> unmount /data </code> for you. At this stage your database is now copied across. And can be safely extracted via using something like SqliteMan. HTH. Edit: The OP was interested to know how a dump can be done. - Read on :) When you invoke this (with USB plugged in and within the <code> adb shell </code> ) <code> sh-4.1# cat /proc/mtd dev: size erasesize name mtd0: 00500000 00020000 "recovery" mtd1: 00500000 00020000 "boot" mtd2: 00120000 00020000 "splash" mtd3: 00080000 00020000 "misc" mtd4: 02580000 00020000 "cache" mtd5: 0d700000 00020000 "system" mtd6: 0cb80000 00020000 "userdata" mtd7: 00020000 00020000 "oem" mtd8: 00180000 00020000 "persist" </code> Knowing which partition is the key.. So for example from my Blade, I can see that userdata is on the partition <code> mtd6 </code> , in which the actual partition information can be found within <code> /dev/mtd/mtdX </code> so its a matter of doing this using <code> cat </code> : <code> cat /dev/mtd/mtd6 > /sdcard/myuserdata.dump </code> And from there, taking the <code> /sdcard/myuserdata.dump </code> , depending on the filesystem used on that partition, it can be mounted via loop-back. The mileage will vary and of course, its a chicken-and-egg situation, in order to do all of that, the handset needs to be rooted.
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Recover deleted content from userdata partition?
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Does android natively have good support for fully-functional HTML5 offline apps? By fully functional I mean without artificial limitations on HTML5 features; for example a limit on the size of offline storage would make many potential applications impossible.
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What you're referring to as HTML5 is not that. DOM storage is not a feature of html. So lets address the questions now. Does android natively have good support for fully-functional HTML5 offline apps? There're several versions of android out there and thus each of the stock browsers implement a varying set of the different specifications. One way to find out if the feature that you depend on is supported is to use a website like HTML5 test to compare the different versions. Also make sure that don't forget Opera Mobile and Chrome users. By fully functional I mean without artificial limitations on HTML5 features No browser limits features artificially. At most it's not implemented. for example a limit on the size of offline storage would make many potential applications impossible. You're severely mistaken here. The limit is in the specification of DOM storage. It's intentional and unlikely to change. You don't want apps taking up hundreds of megabytes of space do you? Also, please post examples of HTML5 offline apps that work well on Android. Sorry, I don't use any. Without more details this is as much as I can tell you. For further reading refer to the documentation available on the Mozilla Developer Network .
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Offline HTML5 apps
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I wonder can any of the Android tablets make calls (it's about Cellular calls, not Skype or other)? Yeah, I am okay to have 7' or even 10' tablet near my ear and have a talk (well, or use headsets). Having those tablets being able to make calls would make me throw the smartphone away and have the single gadget. I know that Galaxy Tab 7' is capable doing this. But how about Galaxy Tab 10' or Nexus 7? Are they capable? Or is there any possibility to make them having this feature?
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The Galaxy Tab 10.1 can make 2G/3G calls and calls over Wifi with Voip apps like Skype or Tango. The Nexus 7 can only make calls over Wifi with Voip apps as I already mentioned. There would be no easy way of getting the Nexus 7 to make 2G/3G calls as it would require adding a radio to the tablet.
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Tablets being able to make calls
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Every time I recieve a call or a text message my phone audibly says out the name of the caller/sender. How can I stop this?
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It is a configuration that must be active to give you that information, usually it is used when you're driving, to prevent accidents: Turn off the voice notifications: Go to settings menu Click on "Voice input and output" option Select the option "Text-to-speech settings". Uncheck the Driving mode setting. From the user's manual Driving mode: Activate Driving mode to provide audible notifications for incoming calls, messages, or event details. Change alerts on call settings: Settings Call Settings All calls Alerts on call Change from "voice" to "vibration" or "off" etc
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Audible Caller ID on Galaxy S3
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I'm looking for a way to transfer files between an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S2, rooted) and any computer system I may need to interact with (this means preinstalled software on the computer, besides a regular web browser, is not an option) without connecting to an actual wifi hotspot. Essentially I'm looking for something that works the same was as wifi direct (allows two phones to transfer files over wifi) but that would be compatible with any computer with wifi. So far I have tried creating an ad-hoc connection from the phone (as I can't take the computer being ad-hoc-creating-able for granted) using Android Wifi Tether and connecting the computer to the device, testing the different modes it offers (WEXT, Netd & Softap). I have tried to connect to and from the computer over LAN, FTP and SMB without any success. I feel like I'm missing some small step over here. I've looked through multiple other posts, but I couldn't find any that would show a way to do this without actually connecting to an already available wifi network.
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Connect your computer with virtual hotspot created by Android device. Install any FTP Server app on Android device. It'll NOT give you IP of device for sure. :) In your computer, find IP of <code> Default Gateway </code> of Wi-Fi network of Step 1 (In Windows, you can use <code> ipconfig </code> cmd command). Its the IP of your device. Use any FTP Client software on computer. Use <code> ftp://IP:Port </code> (Port is generally configurable in FTP server app). Enter username & password configured in FTP Server app. Done!
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How to transfer files over wifi without a hotspot?
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I went into Settings-> Privacy-> Factory reset and checked "Format USB Storage". Then I pressed the button to continue and it prompted for my PIN (just numbers) as usual. Then it said it was formatting the USB storage as I told it to. And then it just shut off. So I started it back up and it prompted for a password (full keyboard; any characters you want). I don't know what I had set that password to (I haven't used that kind of a password in a while) so now I'm stuck. Going into recovery mode does the same thing. Download mode works just fine. So now what do I do? Is there some way I can format <code> /data </code> manually from my computer? Here's some more info about my device: Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 Samsung Galaxy S build.prop Rooted Stock Gingerbread ROM, stock kernel, stock recovery
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Since I don't know what the password is, I played around with it and failed enough times that it told me that if I failed one more time I could lose data on the SD card. So I failed one more time (I didn't care about the SD card) and it did the reset just fine.
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Factory reset (including USB storage) prompts for password after I already typed it in
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When I'm updating a custom ROM, there's always an instruction to wipe the Dalvik cache . I don't see a reason why this is necessarily. Watching the logcat while the system is booting I can clearly see that if an app changed, its <code> dex </code> file is invalidated and then regenerated. Yet still when I mention this anywhere I'm met with silence. As if not even some ROM developers are aware of this and they're only doing this because everyone else does. So the questions: Was there an Android version where Dalvik files were not invalidated during boot? Is there any advantage in doing this yourself, instead of letting the system do the work it's supposed to do? An ideal answer would include references to the relevant code, so I would have a reference the next time this comes up.
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To answer your questions: Am not aware of any Android version where the Dalvik was not invalidated on boot. Maybe the initial version 1.0 had that, I really do not know, have gone through Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich. You need to look into the source tree and rebase it back to CupCake or Donut (1.5 and 1.6 respectively) The detailed reason :) The reason the Wipe Cache must be used is because all apks, including system apks, have a dex file attached to it, when the ROM is booted up for the first time, Android's Dalvik goes through each and every one of those apks, and extract the dex file from it and place it in the cache <code> /data/dalvik-cache </code> thereby speeding up the execution of the app itself. Most ROMs have apks that are odex 'ed, the cache is bundled into the apk itself as an external file. A lot of custom ROM modders would have those apks deodex 'd, meaning the dex file is replaced and repackaged to make it easier to theme/modify an apk. When you flash a custom ROM, and did not wipe the cache, the newer custom ROM's apk's will have a different dex file attached to it, and when the Dalvik goes through them, it sees the existing cached dex file found in the directory, and skips it, then when you run the app, you're guaranteed a force close or ANR (Application Not Responding). You are not losing data per se, if using ClockWorkMod Recovery, and Wipe Data is selected, then yes, all the settings relating to the apps are wiped cleanly - look in <code> /data/app </code> . So you can Wipe Cache but not Wipe Data , what is done effectively, is slotted in the newer apks in place, in which it has the settings retained. This was quite a common scenario with CyanogenMod nightlies where a unstable/testing ROM build is flashed, and the settings retained with cache wipe. The mileage will vary depending on what apps downloaded from the market (settings would have changed by version bump quite likely). For best results it would be wise to perform both Wipe Data and Wipe Cache to ensure integrity and no program errors within the app itself. Yes that would mean the boot time would be slower but its initial once off moment. After that it would be booting quicker. Really in a nutshell, explicitly wiping the cache itself via CWM actually helps speed it up and ensure no residue from the previous version in place which could get munged in (Now at this stage, am realizing your question so in all fairness, have not actually seen Android not performing the invalidating of the cache itself upon boot when flashing a new ROM..) Use the source Luke seriously! :D <code> frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java </code> is the bootup code for each apk runtime. It interacts with the native C code found in the <code> dalvik </code> directory tree which contains specific chipset instructions to interpret the bytecode within the apk to native CPU instruction set. ARMv6 is pretty much a hacked version of ARMv5 (which was the original chipset in the older Android versions prior to Eclair), so you will not see ARMv6 in the AOSP source from google. CyanogenMod will have that ARMv6 in their source.
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Why Do I Need to Wipe Dalvik Cache?
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My phone carrier (Bell Canada) says that in addition to my maximum data limit, I have "unlimited social network" usage. I'm wondering which apps count as social networking apps? As an Android developer, I'm also interested in how I might designate one of my apps as a social networking app. (Let me know if this would be better off on programmers.stackexchange or stackoverflow...)
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Your carrier determine a social network by his hostname or IP as said in comment, not with a specific application. But there is sometimes where this feature doesn't work with apps ( some apps use proxy, don't know if this is the case for facebook or twitter... ). An other case is this only work on the carrier's website (if they provide social network functions directly on their site), but it would be said on your carrier's offer. Anyway this is only determined by the IP or hostname. You can't do that by designate an app with a certain programming function...
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How does Android determine which apps are "social networking" apps for data usage purposes?
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I have seen the Question: stackexchange-url ("Is there a one-click widget to make my phone completely silent?") and this is not a Duplicate Question. In my, Samsung Galaxy Y phone, when I completely reduce my volume, it goes to the "Vibration" mode. Turning the volume down again after the "Vibration" mode appears has no effect in my phone. I have look around and found no option to mute at all. My Question is whether is it possible to completely mute an Android phone without downloading/installing any extra app? Doing everything mentioned in: stackexchange-url ("What is the fastest way to turn the phone into silent mode?") puts my phone to "Vibration". I can't believe that there can exist a phone in today's world without such a basic feature.
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Go to your Settings on your phone When in your settings go to "Sound", then "Silent mode and vibrate" and things will pop up Push "Silent mode" Then push "Vibrate", then "Never" Then your phone is all the way off!!
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Completely "Mute" my Android Phone?
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I am currently working on a Coolpad 8150, a Chinese phone running Android 2.3.7. It is connected to T-Mobile (in the United States) and can place calls successfully. However, it is stuck on 2G. I have been lead to believe the phone supports 3G, though I may be mistaken. How may I further pursue this issue? When I scan for networks, I only see networks marked 2G, like T-Mobile (2G). In status, it appears I am still marked as using the China Mobile network operator.
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Looking at this , GSM:900/1800/1900 Mhz,3G TD-SCDMA 2010-20250 MHZ And scrolling on down a bit on that page under the ' Data Application Features '... Data Service GPRS;EDGE;TD-SCDMA That would explain it, no UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ mentioned in the spec of that hardware, as that would be required to have T-Mobile operating to enable 3G data. It may be basically a cheap and cheerful but crippled phone, but only for a certain market segment, if there is no supporting data protocol support such as UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+, it will fall back on 2G.
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Foreign phone, stuck on 2G
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They appear to perform the same functionality... only difference I see is that Currents layout is more like a magazine. And I can import my Reader subscriptions to Currents. What's the difference between the two? Is there any reason to use one over the other? Does Currents replace Reader?
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Google Reader is a cloud-based feed reader service . On top of this service, there are many apps as a front-end to user. E.g.- Official Google Reader apps (Web, Android), Feedly (Firefox, Android) etc. Google Currents is a front-end digital magazine/ newspaper delivery app (with cloud sync) available to Android and iOS (no web interface yet). Google Currents can read feeds, but it wasn't designed for that. Google has a vision attached with it: Real digital magazine/ newspaper delivery which is beyond normal feed reading! See the differences: Feed publishers don't have control of content display in end app, but Currents publishers do have. They can divide their currents in sections, sub-sections. They can decide the layout of this digital magazine etc. Its not just nice looking magazine interface.. its more than that. Feedly, which sync with Google Reader, also provides magazine interface, but its not really a magazine. Think about your real-world magazine reading experience. Currents can be premium. Current publishers can charge you which is not possible with Google Reader. While there's a concept of premium feeds (which is rare), Google Reader can only subscribe it. But, Google Currents can be marketplace for that. Google Currents can't replace Google Reader because its different thing. If you don't have special interest in those hand-created digital publications, go for Google Reader. You can use it on web, Windows, Mac, Ubuntu etc along with tablets and smartphones (all in sync for read/unread status, starred items). You can have thousands of interface choices thanks to Google Reader API. And yes, you can always mix feeds in Google Reader to create your own feed DJ (which is not possible with Google Currents).
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Google Currents vs Google Reader
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At home I often connect my android to some speakers, to listen to internet-radio. It would like to be able to change the sound-level through a command on my laptop. I can open an ssh shell to the phone, but I am stuck finding a command to change the volume on the android. Is there a command to change the audio-volume on the android-shell? Or maybe there is a different approach without ssh that I missed completely? I am running Android 4.1. Edit The accepted answer should work for rooted devices. I am still keen on getting an answer for an unrooted device.
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Have a look at simulating keyevents on Android and search for "KEYCODE_VOLUME_UP" and "KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN". Events can be generated by executing "input": <code> #local shell: input keyevent 24 #vol up input keyevent 25 #vol down #remotely using ssh ssh your-phone input keyevent 24 #vol up ssh your-phone input keyevent 25 #vol down # 'su -c command' to make it run as root (if not already). EDIT: now escaped properly. ssh your-phone su -c "input\ keyevent\ 24" #vol up ssh your-phone su -c "input\ keyevent\ 25" #vol down" </code> Your shell needs appropriate permissions most probably to fire input events I guess. If you do public key authentication and keep your private key loaded in memory (ssh-add) you can make a wrapper script and just execute this without beeing asked for a passphrase. Note: There's a considerable overhead for both 'su' and 'input', all in all one single volume adjust takes 2.5s to complete on my HTC Desire. EDIT2: <code> shell@android:/ $ id uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),[...] shell@android:/ $ time input keyevent 24 0m0.92s real 0m0.29s user 0m0.06s system </code> Seems like you have to be member of the input group (here GID=2004) to have the capability to generate keyevents using 'input'. Also, I noticed that the screen has to not be locked (and/or off), because the lock would consume all keyevents eventually. Note also that the command takes almost 1 second.
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How can I remotely change the volume?
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So I asked stackexchange-url ("this") question on this site and got stackexchange-url ("this") answer. Now that I'm rooted, I'm ready to take this route. I've tried looking for ways but almost all the results that came up were unrelated. So yeah, can anyone give me a lending hand with regards to using my Internal Memory as additional RAM for my phone?
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You don't need to use 3rd party things like a swap partition or zRamSwap. 512MB RAM was/is still standard and will be sufficent for almost all scenarios most probably for some time (at least for Android 4.0 and 4.1, see this CyanogenMod forum post). (You stated in the comments that your Xperia Active has 512MB RAM) Longer version: To begin with, "ROM" is basically a false name for the system partition and means read-only-memory (it's most of the time mounted read-only, hence "ROM"), this sits most probably on some kind of NAND flash. RAM (random-access-memory) is 'working' memory that is really fast but volatile in comparison to NAND flash. Both types are needed (fast vs. persistent) and cannot be interchanged. At least not completely (you could add a swap partition on custom roms.) At first: Don't use the internal memory as swap! Flash storage (NAND) has only about 10.000 write cycles. Better use your sdcard for it. See this guide on XDA for the pro's and con's and howto do it. If you just want to play around and wonder if you could do something useful with the free space on your /data partition: Don't do it. Leave it the way it is. Here's a basic picture illustrating a regular architecture .
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How can I use my internal storage as extra RAM?
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I have read a lot of documentation about how to run ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S I9000. Can I use the same approaches for the S+? Or is it not possible to run ICS on the S+?
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The Galaxy S Plus i9001 looks like the i9000 however it has completely different internals: side by side comparison at gsmarena.com different CPU (1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon vs. 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird) different GPU (Adreno vs PowerVR) different baseband modules (the i9001 has faster HSDPA) better battery, less internal space (512MB vs 2GB for the i9000) Most importantly , the i9000 is well supported while the i9001's community support is rather poor. There's no official CM port for it. See the i9001's forum at XDA-developers.com. Regarding the approaches: Yes, you can use the same tools and your knowledge for the i9000. Just not the same ROM downloads.
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Can I run ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S+ I9001?
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I have a couple of Bible apps on my phone. Sometimes, other apps link to a Bible verse, but they usually either embed a Bible viewer in the app or only work with a particular app. I would like to be prompted for an app in the same way that one is prompted for a browser when clicking a link. But this doesn't happen. Why? Is it the fault of: The app generating the link; The Bible app(s) I have installed; Android itself; or Some combination of the above? I'm running Android 4.0.1 (MIUI) on an HTC/Google Nexus One.
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Short and put in lay terms: There's no standard defined on how to pass this information between apps, so there are no two apps who can interact the way you want. Longer and with some more detailed information: The app-selection menu for e.g. a browser or a homescreen only appears when multiple apps announce their being-available for a certain service, and only when this service is called (to put it in easy words; the longer and more technical variant talks about intents and listerners). While web-browsers and homescreens are somehow "generic services" existing on all Android devices, there are standard "intents" defined (see e.g. stackexchange-url ("this question on stackoverflow") for opening a page in a browser -- or stackexchange-url ("this question here") which probably explains it even better). As long as there is no corresponding intent (with a defined API for how to pass it the specific chapter:verse to show), your wish can not be fulfilled. Moreover, application developers must implement this into their apps before you can use it. As to my knowledge neither such API exists nor is it implemented -- there cannot exist any programs acting according to your wishes (except, of course, both are from the same developer; if two or more agreed on terms of how to handle this, that already would mean defining an API).
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How can I tell if an app can be a "link" target?
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I'm using Android 2.3 on Nook Color (ROM CyanogenMod). I installed xpressconnect to connect to the wifi network of my school, and successfully configured it. I can access the internet normally. However, when I go home and use my home wifi, all web addresses work, except *.google.com. Every time I go to *.google.com, it gets redirected to the configuration web page of my school, and it's permanent (not because of the cache). So all google services on my nook are not working. I checked /etc/hosts and it's empty. I don't know how to fix this problem. Will I have to factory reset my nook?
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I fixed the problem by the following steps: Clear data of the xpressconnect app, then uninstall it. This step alone didn't fix the problem. Reboot my nook to recovery mode, and clear/wipe the Dalvik cache. Restart. To start fresh, I also clear the cache of all my web browsers.
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google.com redirected after xpressconnect installed
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I'm not sure if this is a Galaxy S3 feature, or an ICS feature, but here goes. When I plug my headphones in, I get a new section in my Notification Bar titled "Audio Applications". Under that, there are 5 app icons. For me it shows Video player, Talk, Music Hub, Voice recorder, and YouTube. Is there any way to change which apps show up in this section?
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It appears to be a TouchWiz/SGS3 feature. A post on XDA developers suggests freezing ContextAwareService.apk if you'd like to disable it, but no way to edit the list. Another post suggests that a more recent release (LFB) has options related to this (settings -> accessory -> audio applications), but doesn't expand on whether or not you can edit from there.
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Change "Audio Applications" in Notification Bar
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I saw Tasker on my friend's phone and I tried out a simple profile. I wanted the Camera button to vibrate the phone. Nothing more, nothing less. The setup is as follows: Button: Camera Priority: Highest Stop Event: Checked Then the task only has 1 action and that is: Vibrate Time: 200 With the above, I couldn't get the profile to work. When I hold down the Camera button app, it still proceeds to open the Camera app. I tried creating other profiles other than the Button: Camera and they all worked. I want to know if there's something I'm missing here? EDIT: I also realized that the "USB Plugged" action is not firing. It keeps staying on "Not USB Plugged" mode even if we have the data cable connected to a PC already. EDIT 2: The device I'm doing this on is an Xperia Mini.
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Okay so it has dawned on me that the reason why the shutter action on Tasker doesn't seem to work. It seems to be the stock ROM I was using before. Now that I'm using an AOSP rom, it works quite flawlessly. So yeah, it might have been the rom.
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"Button: Camera" and "USB Plugged" not working for Tasker?
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In my rooted LG Optimus One (a.k.a P500) running stock 2.3.3, I have few Google's applications preinstalled. When updates are being checked, notification for presence of updates are included for these applications as well. Since I am not using Wifi, I have to pay for every Kb and would like not have updates checked for certain applications alone. Please note: I do not want to block checking of updates totally, but only for few applications that I would like to choose (that could be either through Wifi or GSM).
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Multiple approaches here. First, you can open the PlayStore App, hit the menu button, go to settings, and advise it to only work with WLAN, plus not install apps automatically. This would cover part of your problem. Second, you could also tell it to not check for updates at all. While on a first look this seems to contradict with your intention -- please read on. Go and install yourself the Appbrain App Market App. This actually utilizes the Google Play store, it is not a separate market. It even uses your Google account for everything. Now synchronize your installed apps with the AppBrain App. After that, you will see available updates -- and you can decide on a per-app basis whether to... accept this update skip this update only (and be reminded only for the next update) skip updates for this app altogether As you told the "original" PlayStore-App to "shut up", there won't be multiple update notifications. Just use the Appbrain App for updating your apps -- it will do so by calling the PlayStore app using its API. Batch-Updates ("Update all") are of course possible as well.
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How to make an application to ignore updates?
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I am using a smartphone running non-root Android 4.0.3 and am also a desktop Linux user (Ubuntu 12.04 amd64). In Linux/Ubuntu, I could backup my whole system (whole partition) into a file image and when necessary, restore my whole system (including MBR) back on my desktop computer. (e.g. using "clonezilla") It seems that there are similar Android apps (e.g. ClockworkMod) for system backup (Android rom backup) on a rooted Android device. However, I am not sure whether there is similar system backup apps for a non-root Android device ? Could anyone tell whether it is possible ? I have difficulties in using root-device rom backup apps such as "ClockworkMod" as my smartphone (ASK SP404) is not a branded smartphone and I could not find any rooting procedures for this phone, although there are good discussions on the web that talk about this, e.g. HOW TO ROOT your Android phone . (This thread talks about Android rooting procedures for many branded phones, but not my phone ! ) It would be great if anyone could suggest a rooting procedure for my phone, or some directions that I could try. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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To answer your first question, you cannot do a whole image backup from within Android without root, as no application or service you can run will be able to read the system partitions. If the "recovery" console (a small, BIOS-like image installed on the device) contains backup support, it has access to the raw partitions and could create a "Nandroid" backup image (see stackexchange-url ("About the android recovery mode")). If your phone's default recovery does not support image backup (it would be somewhat surprising if it did), you may be able to install a new recovery, without "rooting" the Android installation. Booting into recovery is very device specific (e.g., hold down power and volume down), and its features (and replacability) are fairly specific too. If you have a recent Android Development Kit (ADK) installed, you can use the <code> adb backup </code> (and <code> adb restore </code> ) commands to backup your installed apps and (some of) your data. But its not a complete image/ROM backup. I can't find any official documentation, but this XDA Dev Forum post goes over it in some detail. To your second question, see: stackexchange-url ("How do I root my device?") There are suggestions and pointers there that may work for you.
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Can a non-rooted Android 4.0.3 smartphone’s ROM be backed up?
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android
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I am asking this question because one similar to mine has been asked but it was specific to HTC rooted phone. Mine involves Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3. stackexchange-url ("Similar thread for HTC rooted phones") I have an external SD card, KeisAir on my PC and Galaxy S2 and Galaxy S3. Migrating contacts is easy, I need to migrate my app settings, sms messages, calendar entries ..etc. As a note, I have disabled syncing to my Gmail account because I don't want my huge list of useless email contacts to sync to my phone. I have a samsung dive account and google (only Internet sync is enabled) thanks for anyone who can help
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First, you can decide what data you want to sync with google. In the accounts settings, you can disable contacts sync, and so only sync your calendar data, which would solve one of your items. Concerning SMS, there are several Backup & Restore apps available on the market. The probably most popular one is SMS Backup & Restore . Second item solved. As for your apps settings, and "etc" -- that will get a bit more difficult. If your devices are both rooted, it could be done using Titanium Backup . Without root it's almost impossible -- except for those few apps using the Google Backup API (you can decide to have your "data" backed up to Google servers in your device's settings). As each app runs in its own sandbox, without root no other app can access its data.
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How to migrate app configs from S2 to S3
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android
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Adobe has released statements saying they will no longer support flash for newer Android builds starting with 4.1. I flashed a custom rom of 4.1 the other day and couldn't find any 3rd party flash support in the market. I use flash for Orb to stream tv. Orb has an Android app but it unusable and all around horrible experience (verified by the the many negative reviews) but you could use the website to stream flash as a work around to the poor app which worked great. My question is: how can I play flash video in Android Jellybean (4.1)
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Currently, you can side load the flash player on a 4.1 device. Meaning you have to download the apk file and install directly from the device, or with adb. There is no guarantee that flash will work at all in the future. Not only is Adobe dropping flash support for Android 4.1, No new installs for any version of android will be allowed for the Flash Player app from Google Play after August 15th. I hope that this actually means that Adobe is moving closer to making flash "export" to something that modern browsers can all run, like using the HTML5 canvas. Flash on Android has always been pretty limited. It's only real use was for playing flash video, anything else I ever tried to use it with was buggy and laggy.
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Flash support for Jellybean (4.1)
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android
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I'm using CM9 nightly (20120712 i.e. today). I need to talk securely, without the chance of eavesdropping, to someone who also has CM9 nightly (not sure how up-to-date but not more than 1 month old). What apps/webapps can I use to do this? Ideally I would like to be able to talk but messaging/email would be fine. Are apps like Twitter/Gmail/Gtalk secure end-to-end? I do have HTTPS set up on my account but don't know how far it applies to the mobile version. But really I am willing to use anything as long as it known to be secure enough to prevent MITM attacks and eavesdropping by unwanted parties.
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I found the following but I don't think this is a definitive answer though it looks close to what I need, secure end-to-end encryption with no chance of snooping/sniffing/MITM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging#Phone_apps I wasn't fully aware of OTR though I had heard the term used elsewhere but didn't know the full implications. I think OTR is what I'm looking for. Still looking for further input though.
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What's a secure way to message/talk to someone in CM9?
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android
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I've installed such software as Shazam, Baidu Map, QQ, HiMarket, MeiTuan, UC Mobile, etc. At first everything is fine, but nowadays the phone always says "Low on space". What should I do?
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It should be the applications occupying /data/ space as they are in use, mainly due to runtime files, cache, database, etc. In order to verify this, you can execute the following: <code> adb shell su -c "du /data" | sort -n </code> It should have a result like: <code> ... 3792 /data/data/com.UCMobile 28399 /data/app 35647 /data/data 49374 /data/dalvik-cache 114865 /data/ </code> And then you can check the directories from large to small, to see what's taking so much space.
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Why my phone is always out of space recently, but I didn't install any new software
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android
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In Android, is it possible to Minimize applications and continue using them again from the same point? When I press the middle button, the application closes, I see the application as "Running" in the Task Manager but when I open the application again, it does not resumes from the same point. I have tried this for various applications. I have a Samsung Galaxy Y.
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Pressing the Middle (or Home) Button does "minimize" the App. This is a design idea of Android. If the App does not get resumed at the same point, then that is the failure of the App's developer and source code not using the relevant API calls or a general flaw in the App's code.
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How can I minimize Applications in Android?
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android
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I'm trying to make Link2SD work on my phone so I partitioned my 16gb SD to 4gb for the Ext3 partition and the rest for normal storage. I'm noticing some slight lag on my usage of the phone and I read on this article that I can in fact, increase the read cache to speed up reading contents on the SD. My question is; does increasing the read cache also affect the speed of reading my Ext3 partition? Or does it only affect the "normal" storage?
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As with normal disks, this should apply to the disk and not a specific partition. Some file systems offer additional caching, which then would apply to the specific partition -- but disk cache should always apply to the entire disk.
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Does modifying read cache on my SD card also affect the speed of reading my Ext3 partition?
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android
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I have a Droid3 with Android version 2.3.4. I tagged some photos using the Gallery application. For the first keyword tag added to a photo, the tag is stored as XMP data in the JPEG file itself. However, any additional tags are not stored as XMP data. Adding the second tag doesn't even modify the file at all. Where are the other tags stored? Is there a way to get the photos along with the tags off my phone?
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The tags are stored through the media's content provider. In layman's terms, the content-provider is a way of Android interacting with a database backing store. The location can be found in this directory: <code> /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases </code> Which is Sqlite3 database that has the following information stored in it, or rather, a combination of certain columns, not all of them, due to the way developers can optionally add the fields of the data to be stored. (If you're un-rooted you will not be able to list the database - if someone can clarify this, just checked on Europa GT-i5500 which is unrooted and issuing <code> ls </code> fails) If you have a look at this document that details the columns used in the database for the Media (that is a generic columns that is a de-facto within the database), it is combined with this other information (Now at this stage, your brain is probably turned to mush looking at it but the pertinent information is in the column names which is found in the database) As for the 'Tag' field you're referring to, quite simply, Android does not store them, there are replacement apps that replaces the stock version of the Gallery with extras such as the 'tag' field you're referring to. The most it can hold was the latitude/longitude/display name of the image and a picasa id in which it may get uploaded to depending if picasa is enabled with your account.
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Where are extra keyword tags for photos stored?
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android
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Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question. My phone crashes every time I try to take a picture with 20-30% battery. I have tried with Low and Mid quality picture (1-3 MB) but this didn't help. Phone Details: HTC Desire HD Android Version: 2.3.5 HTC Sense version: 3.0 Software Number: 3.13.110.4 Kernal: 2.6.35.10 Browser Version: Webkit/533.1 SD Card: 8 GB (Available: 5GB) Hope this info helps. Let me know if any one need any more details.
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I have replaced the battery and updated to 4.1 and all is working fine.
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HTC Desire HD Crash on Photo click
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android
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If I download an APK and open it, I get a "Not Installed" error if the app is already present on the device. Is there any way to automatically delete the old version? (Note I'm not trying to avoid opening the APK, which isn't allowed for security reasons. I'm just trying to avoid manually deleting the old app.)
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As eldarerathis already pointed out in his comment on your question: If the app is already installed, and the certificate matches, you will be prompted whether you want to replace it. If the certificates differ, there's a conflict: The app cannot be updated due to the mismatch, and it cannot be installed along as the package name is already in use (apps use an internal package name, which e.g. is shown in the URL on its Google Play Store webpage). If the package is corrupted, you again get another specific error (telling you it is corrupted). So most probably, the <code> .apk </code> you try to install manually has been tampered with. If it wasn't you doing so, I would refrain from using it. If it was you, and you know what you are doing -- or you know the source to be trustworthy (e.g. the developer of the app provided you with an unsigned testing version), you have to first uninstall the original app before installing the "tainted" <code> .apk </code> .
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Automatically replace app after opening APK
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android
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