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I'm running Cyanogenmod 7. When I call my Android phone, it rings for 30 seconds before timing out and directing to my voicemail. I want it to only ring for 20 seconds before timing out - how can I change this? Is there somewhere in the Android GUI for me to set it?
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OK, this is indeed a setting which is determined by the carrier. It can be changed (at least on GSM networks, according to this Tech Recipes article ), using an MMI code (Man-Machine Interface code). Here's the procedure that worked for me: On your Android phone, go to your Phone app, dial <code> *#61# </code> , and hit the Call button. Android should briefly display "MMI code started". Then, it should display your current voicemail number and the delay time. Note down the voicemail number since you'll need to enter this in next. Next, go to your Phone app and then the keypad. Now dial this number from the keypad to change the time your phone will ring before it goes to voicemail: <code> **61*1yyyYYYyyyy*11*xx# </code> ... and then hit the call button. In the above code, you will put your voicemail number where the <code> yY </code> s are and the time delay in seconds for the <code> xx </code> s. Once you hit call, it will give confirmation as to whether it was successful or not. Delay is in five second increments with the maximum being 30 seconds (ie. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 secs). So for example, if my voicemail number is <code> 555-444-5555 </code> and i want to set it to the maximum 30 seconds, i would dial this on my Android phone's keypad: <code> **61*15554445555*11*30# </code> Apparently, this will work for AT&T, T-Mobile, and any other GSM / SIM Card Carrier and may work on other phones besides Android devices. Personally I am in the UK and so my voicemail number starts +44, so my MMI code to change the voicemail timeout was more like this: <code> **61*+447890123123*11*20# </code> It worked perfectly for me, and set the voicemail timeout to 20 seconds.
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Changing the call voicemail timeout period?
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android
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I tried installing an app on my phone from the Play Store website, but the install button is greyed out. What could be the problem? The phone is a Samsung Epic 4G running 4.0
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The install button is greyed out if you have no compatible device linked to your Google account.
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Install button greyed out on play.google.com
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android
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I spent a lot of time organizing my contacts on my Galaxy S (Android 2.2) and want to know if I can transfer them to my Gmail address book on my PC. My PC OS is Ubuntu 12.04 and my Gmail desktop client is Thunderbird.
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Absolutely. If you've synced your Android device with your Google account, your contacts would automatically show up on Google / Gmail Contacts. If all your contacts are saved as "Phone Contacts" and not "Google Contacts", however, they will not be synced. You need to export the Phone Contacts and then import them into Google Contacts. It might be helpful if you adjusted your settings from within the contacts app to automatically save new contacts as Google contacts instead of Phone Contacts.
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Can I transfer my phone contacts to my Gmail address book for use on my PC?
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android
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I run Linux (Ubuntu 12.04), and I have a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0.4. (Purchased in December 2011.) When I plug the phone in to the PC via USB there is no detection whatsoever. Tailing /var/log/syslog when plugging or unplugging the phone there is ZERO activity in the logs. The phone however will charge. Plugging the phone into a Windows 7 machine, same deal. Phone charges off USB but Windows never prompts to say the device has been detected. Also same on MAC. Using the same micro USB cable, and an HTC One X. Linux, Windows and Mac all detect the HTC phone AND the phone charges. I have been to <code> Settings -> Storage </code> and changed the phone from PTP to MTP, still no change. From memory this is the first time I have ever wanted to plug the phone into the PC. So it may have never worked. Is there something I am missing (like a setting or something?) or can I assume that the phone is faulty?
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It turned out it was a faulty USB port on the phone. I have since purchased a new phone and everything works as expected on the new one.
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Galaxy Nexus charges but is never seen by a PC when connected via USB
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android
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As far as I understand: Recoveries (e.g. ClockworkMod ) can be used, among other things, to install new versions of the Android OS, like custom ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod ) by updating the ROM section which contains the Android OS firmware. Recoveries are entered by shutting down the phone and powering it up by pressing special button combinations, so the phone doesn't enter the regular OS, but instead activates the recovery section. Now, from that I expecte that the Recovery is something like the boot system on a PC (e.g. GRUB ), that is separate from the actual OS, and activated when there is trouble getting into the OS. And because it's not a part of the OS, it can be used to update the OS itself. However, what I'm confused about is this: The guide to installing CyanogenMod on GT-S5570 says that "The official Android 2.3 update from Samsung must be applied before following this guide." Another guide for flashing the ClockworkMod recovery on GT-S5570 also says that if you have 2.2 on the phone, you have to use a different version of ClockworkMod recovery, than if you have 2.3. What is the relationship between these two, a recovery and the Android OS? Further: Is a different version of the recovery really needed for different OS versions? Is this something specific to ClockworkMod, or is it how Andoroid's recovery system works always? If a recovery can be used to update the OS to a different version, does the recovery then become invalid after the update?
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Is a different version of the recovery really needed for different OS versions? No. In case of updating custom roms you're completely right in that the recovery is mostly* independent of the rom used. However phone manufacturers sometimes push out updates that change some vital parts of the phone. For example repartition the phone. This is why sometimes you need a different recovery for the phone after major software updates. Is this something specific to ClockworkMod, or is it how Andoroid's recovery system works always? This is something that depends on the phone and the the manufacturer's customizations. If a recovery can be used to update the OS to a different version, does the recovery then become invalid after the update? Factory roms are not always in the update.zip format thus they're not always applied using the recovery. In these cases the recovery is commonly among the parts that are updated. Furthermore recovery can be updated from the recovery just like the boot image (kernel.)
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Relationship between a recovery and a ROM
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android
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What is the safest method to root a Samsung Galaxy S 2 i9100 G under a GNU/Linux system? (ArchLinux). I am a programmer (without android programming experience, only desktop and web), it does not need to be "one click away", but the method has to be safe and you've tried it and it works. I have adb installed and it works, if rooting the phone involves using it too. <code> Android version: 2.3.6 Baseband version: i9100gxxkl4 Build number: gingerbread.xxlb1 </code>
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This should get you started. Please, carefully check your versions to make sure the files you use are intended for your phone.
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Rooting GT-i9100G under linux
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android
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How can I switch the Play Account used for in-app billing? No matter which account I "activate" in the Market app, all in-app purchases only go through the first account which is contrary to the experience when purchasing normal apps. When purchasing normal apps, the billed account is the one that was active in the Market app at the time of purchase. This causes a problem as I am also unable to restore my in-app purchases unless the account that made the purchases is the primary account on the device.
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I asked Google. This was their response. Thanks for writing in. I understand you would like to know how to choose what account in app purchases are billed to. I apologize for any frustration this has caused. When you go to make an in app purchase the purchase is going to be billed to what ever account was used to download the app the purchase is going through.
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Restoring purchases made with In App Billing
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android
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I connected my phone as a disk drive and put some files ( .png ,.jpg ,.swf ) in the <code> sdcard </code> . I am unable to open those files on the phone. I am unable to find those files in the gallery of the device, either. When I checked details from Astro file manager it is showing the extension <code> .cp$ </code> on all the file, as in <code> filename.png.cp$ </code> I am not getting what is the problem??
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The transfer was probably corrupted. The problem is probably with the host OS, and not with your phone. What OS and what program were you using to copy the files? Did you remember to "eject" the phone from the computer to make sure everything was synchronized? Are the files on the phone the right size? If you plug the phone back into the computer can you look at them successfully there? (Or try copying them off and looking at the copies.)
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Unable to open copied files from computer to device (mount as disk drive) - HTC Desire S
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android
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I want to get the apk file of an app downloaded from Google Play. How can I do this?
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Install the app from Play Store and use Astro File Manager to backup apps. From backup directory, you can get APK files of the installed app.
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How can I get the apk file of an app downloaded from Google Play?
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android
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Hi I'm running EOS nigtlie #102 (although this is a problem no matter what rom) but how do I size images so that they arent cropped. I see alot about 5 screens and what not but I dont have the 5 screen feature never have since ICS. So what resolution should my images be so that they arnt zoomed when i apply them as a background.
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Found that the wallpaper slideshow app on google play works great for making and image fit like a glove. For those who have the same problem check out the app its free and easy to use.
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How to size wallpapers to not be cropped on Motorola Xoom WiFi
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android
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Till last night everything was kinda balanced.....most of the different parts of the usage were in between 20-35 %, but this morning after having activated the internet from my network provider, it all got unbalanced. Now Android usage is at 79% and the rest of the things are at a very low usage (between 3 and 7%). What can be causing this? GPS is off
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The total of all the usage should always approximate 100%. That Android (the core) is responsible for 79% of the entire drain isn't anything to worry about, it just says that not much else was drawing power.
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How can battery usage of Android be at 79%?
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android
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On my iphone, there is a "notifications" setting section, which basically just allows me to choose which apps has the power to notify me. I was wondering if there's anything similar that is available on the Samsung Galaxy s2? Basically, we have a new app called Scramble For Friends. And it keeps notifying us every time someone has finished their turn so that I can play. We play random people so this could be in the middle of the night or in a meeting etc. It just vibrates but still - it's annoying and we want to turn it off. We also don't want to turn off other notifications like Email, Facebook etc. - we just want to turn off the notifications for Scramble For Friends. I've been looking around in the Settings but there doesn't seem to be a universal page which deals just with notifications.
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Update: It is posible to disable notifications of individual apps on system level in Jelly Bean (4.1). Under each application info screen there is now a checkbox for "show notifications" (assuming the app sends notifications). Uncheck that and no more notifications from that app. You can get to the screen by going to <code> Settings | Apps | {application} </code> or, more conveniently, long-pressing the notification itself and then tapping "App Info". More details in this article. Notifications are handled on a per-app basis. The only way to turn them off is inside that particular application's settings. This menu - unlike on iOS - can he accessed from inside the application. It's usually an option that comes up after pressing your menu button, or if your phone doesn't have one than it's hidden behind the overflow menu ie. The three dots. In the case of scramble with friends there's a settings icon on the main screen. There's an option to set the polling interval. The default is 5 minutes.
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How to turn off notifications for individual apps?
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android
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I've set defaults apps for many actions like sending email, opening PDFs, opening webpages etc. But, when I install or update an app which could handle that action, this default is cleared (even if default app is updated). Nobody has problem with this because they can tick default checkbox on next action. My problem: I use Tasker to automate high amount of actions. And, due to this default removals (after automatic update), my tasks are stuck at <code> Choose App </code> pop-up. Tasks need to be completed in time. So, I face many real-world problems due to this. What should I do to preserve defaults after automatic app update. Please, don't answer <code> You can't </code> or <code> Turn off Automatic Update </code> .
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AFAIK, defaults on Android is not preserved if apps that use the intent are changed. Workaround: Use intent to launch the application or its activity screen. intent is comparatively reliable though it may be changed when app is updated. Take sending email as an example Install Intent Intercept (Google Play) Clear the defaults of email client Choose "Intent Intercept" in Share menu when sending email Copy intent details of your desired application activity Open Tasker to "Create Task": Misc > Send Intent Edit the parameters (Usually fill in the Action and Extra is enough) Ref: http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/intents.html P.S. Some famous companies even provide you the intent details on their developer website, such as Evernote.
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How to set default action handler permanently?
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android
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I use a backup app to backup SMS text messages to my GMail account registered on my HTC Desire Z Android 2.3 phone. The app requests access to the gmail account. But what does this actually mean? Does it mean: the application has write-only access to the gmail - i.e. it can insert emails but not delete or adjust other existing emails (does the Android API provide for that?) the application has full access to the email, and could potentially delete emails if there was a bug
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There is no "write-only" permission for access to Gmail - it's either "read-only" or "full access", meaning that the app in question will be able to both create and delete messages from your account. However, I would guess that adding and deleting mails are two very different things from a programming standpoint, so you should be ok :-)!
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Do apps that access gmail only have write access or full gmail access (potential security risk?)
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android
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I've seen BT Controller but I think it only allows users to use their android as remote for other androids. I just want to use my phone as a bluetooth controller with up , down , left , right , L , R , start , select , A , B buttons for my computer. Is there an app that makes this a possibility? Basically, there are generic bluetooth game controllers that can be bought on stores. I was wondering if I can make my Android phone act like such and be used on computers.
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nJoy is a very good app as well, it uses WiFi but you can just use your own hotspot if you're not using WiFi atm and turn off data if you don't want extra charges.
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Can I use my phone as a bluetooth game controller for my computer?
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android
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My phone model is Xperia Neo. My computer has an internet connection but my phone doesn't. I followed following steps to install app to my mobile from computer Go the market app website. It shows my phone model and when I click on Install It shows the message that This application will be installed shortly but actually nothing happens. I have seen following video also which shows how to install app from computer but It is not working for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evAiHzNPEgw Is there any problem with my phone or do I have to do something else?
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The Play store website works by sending a notification to your phone asking it to install the app. If you're having problems with that make sure that: Your phone has Internet connection You logged in with the same Google account that's on your phone. You're logged in to Google Talk on your device Background data is enabled Syncing is enabled for your main account's Gmail. These are the most common reasons that can cause push notifications (this is the way Web install is handled ) to malfunction. If your phone doesn't have Internet connection and want to install apps though by downloading them to your computer first you could try following this tutorial. However I would personally advise against it because it requires you to disable certificate error warnings and enter your password. If you want to do it at least create a second chrome profile for this and enable 2-step verification
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Install applications on android market through my computer
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android
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My Huawei Honour is stuck in air plane mode. I cannot disable it as the controls are greyed out. I tried rebooting and resetting the system cache. What else can I do?
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Do you definitely have a sim in your device? If you do not, then you cannot disable airplane mode. Also, is the item in the Power Options menu and the Wireless and Networks settings menu disabled? If so, it is likely a sim error.
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Stuck in Air Plane Mode: How to Force Disabling Air Plane Mode?
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android
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I have started a download using Icon Downloader for NT that doesn't look like it will ever finish. In my notification area, it has survived two reboots and the uninstallation of the app. How can I get rid of it?
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Usually if you long press on the downloading item in download manager there's an option to delete it, thus stopping the download. If this doesn't work you can clear the Download Manager's data. <code> Settings -> Apps -> All Tab -> Download Manager </code> Here press force stop, than clear data. Now reboot.
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How to force-cancel a running download?
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android
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I want to delete multiple files with astro file manager. Is there a way to select many files at once? (like holding ctrl+click in windows)
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Press the "Multi" button and then select the files/folders you want, as explained on their help site : To select multiple files in ASTRO you simply click the "Multi" button. Then, you choose the files or folders you would like to work with (you will know they are selected because the names will turn orange. If you want to copy or move files, go to the location you want those files and press the Copy or Move buttons. If you want to delete, simply press the delete button and they will be removed.
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Is there a way to select multiple files in Astro File Manager
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android
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My internal sd card is full because the downloads folder my browser saves stuff to contains a bunch of old files. How do I empty this downloads folder in android?
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Download a file mananger -- Astro is quite popular -- and delete the contents of <code> /mnt/sdcard/Downloads </code> . The path may be different if your phone has large internal storage.
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How do I empty the Downloads Folder
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android
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I was trying to figure out what was taking to much space on my SD card, and found out the following file in Titanium Backup directory: <code> com.amazon.venezia-20120409-052438.tar.gz - 2,020,523,913 bytes (2Gb) </code> This is obviously a backup of Amazon App Store. I am guessing the size is so large because for some reason, the Amazon App Store app stores a copy of ALL the apps installed through Amazon App Store (including several very big games, thus 2G size). Questions: Is this theory correct? (the file being 2Gb tgz file, I'm somewhat hesitant to gunzip and untar it to investigate the internals). If so, is the size due to storing a copy of installed .apk files in Amazon App Store itself, or the cache? (I suspect the former, since cache backup is turned off in my TitaniumBackup preferences). How can I back up just the Amazon App Store app and not all the apps downloaded from Amazon with it (since, obviously, those are backed up separately by Titanium Backup anyway)
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Amazon app store downloads APK files to a folder that Titanium Backup considers external app data. You can regularly clean out this folder or choose one of the following: Create a label, and add Amazon Appstore to it. Now go into settings and under Backup external app data choose. "Enable for apps outside of choosen label" now pick the label that you added Amazon too. Inside TB's settings under Backup external app data choose "Enable if it's smaller than choosen size" and enter a value that you're comfortable with.
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Is there a way to back up Amazon Market via Titanium Backup without 2Gb backup file size?
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android
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On my SD card, in <code> dcim </code> directory (which is where the images/videos captured with the camera are stored), I also have a subdirectory called <code> dcim/spmo </code> which contains a bunch of files with <code> .spmo </code> extension. What are those <code> .spmo </code> files? Can they be safely deleted? System: Motorola Droid X, Froyo 2.2 stock ROM, rooted.
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A short Google search for "spmo file" reveals that these are "SpeedView Meta Object" files and speed up the display of images. They're probably some sort of cache file and should be automatically recreated if you delete them.
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What are ".spmo" files in "dcim/spmo" directory on my SD card?
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android
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I'm running a Nexus S i9020A on CM9 ICS 4.0.3, with a Matrix 1.46. I've found this website which seems to contain a fastboot image. I was wondering if I use the fast boot image on my Nexus S. Would this keep or get rid of my Matrix Kernal (I would like to get rid of it), and it would unroot my phone right? Basically, if I use this fastboot image on my Nexus S will my phone be exactly like it was, just on 4.0.4?
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As long as you reflash both the boot partition and the system partition it will take you back to a stock version of Android. The kernel is packed in the boot image, so that will overwrite a custom one, but a system image alone will not. You could also choose to flash back to a stock recovery, but that has no real bearing on the Android system itself and custom recoveries are much more robust, so I would personally not recommend reflashing recovery.
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Restoring Nexus S to factory everything
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android
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I really like Mitch S.'s Flat Icons . However, they are only available on Google Play packaged for Go Launcher . On Windows, you used to be able to extract any icon in <code> .ico </code> format from icon library or an <code> .exe </code> file and use it elsewhere. Is there an "app for that"™ on Android? I'm specifically interested in using with Folder Organizer.
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Android applications are distributed as 'apk' files. This is basically just a standard 'zip' file with a different file extension. If you change the extension to' zip' you can simply extract the contents of any app. In your particular case the icons will be inside the 'res' folder in one of the folders that have 'drawable' in their names. They're standard 'png' files.
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Is there a way to use Go Launcher icons in Folder Organizer?
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android
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I bought an HTC One X and when I first started using it whenever I played audio I would have a little red Beats Audio icon shown in my notification bar. When you pulled the bar down it would list the item and say "Beats Audio enabled" and when you touched it, it would turn it off and on. Recently it seems to have stopped being displayed. This is on all audio, so music from the htc music app, Youtube, and Deezer (a music streaming app). Does anyone have any ideas on what's happened to it, if it's a known bug or if there is an obtuse setting hidden somewhere that I can try to see if I've turned it off by accident. I have had a poke through the settings and can't see anything obvious. I am running TasKiller but I would assume that running an audio app would kick off the app.
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I got a reply from HTC technical support. Make of it what you will, I've asked the lady to clarify what she means as I don't understand her Engrish. Thank you for providing me with the additional details to enable me to resolve your enquiry. It’s always our aim to ensure that our customers’ issues are resolved first time and I’m sorry that this has not happened in your case. Thank you for performing the steps outlined in my previous email. I can confirm this has been removed in the 1.28 update for your device, Headset setting they have now are gone and turns into “Other”. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. I look forward to hearing that this has resolved your enquiry, to close your email or alternatively to reply to me please follow the links below. You will shortly receive an email asking you to submit your feedback, I would appreciate if you could take the time to let me know about the level of service I have provided you with. Apologies for the formatting, the HTC support portal strips everything! :facepalm: So, in order to see the icon again. You need to plugin a headset/headphones Drag down your notifications bar, and hit 'Settings' Click on 'Sound' You'll notice the 'Sound enhancer' menu is now not greyed out Tap this and you'll then get a choice of 'Sound enhancers' to use Confirmed as working for me.
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My Beats Audio icon is no longer being displayed during playback
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android
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My phone was out of my possession for two days. I would like to save an image of the entire phone and run it in an emulator to be able to debug/reverse it so I can check it out for malware or any other software that may have been introduced. How would I be able to save everything as is to be able to emulate the phone? Is this even possible? I have a Droid X2 running Android 2.3.4, no root, no custom ROM. I'm factory default b/c of warranty (Verizon).
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As you said your phone is unrooted, which has two implications. You can't, without altering the phone thoroughly check whether it was tampered with. It makes it harder to tamper with the device. So what you're asking for is not possible without possibly destroying evidence of tampering. If you're afraid what they might have done to it I suggest two options: either do a factory reset or buy a new phone. Even if you could look for evidence of tampering be aware that you can never be sure. Checksums and modification dates can be faked. If I was you I'd ditch that phone. I could never feel safe knowing that someone I don't know access to it for two days. Prevention is another thing though. If you want to make sure that this doesn't happen again watch out for these things: Screen lock. Use at least a complicated pattern lock makes an attacker harder to access your data. Even better set a pass phrase. Root This gives complete control to anyone who has physical access to your device. Plant fake call logs? Done! Fake Text messages? Done! Install undetectable surveillance software? Done! You get the idea. Superuser (the de facto standard app for managing root access) has an option to require a passcode as a prerequisite to granting root. Use it. Disable USB debugging While it's not too dangerous in itself if coupled with root it can provide access to the entire contents of your device even if you have a screen lock. Encryption If your device is running android 3.0 or later you have acces to full device encryption. Use it. Backup apps Apps like Titanium Backup can backup sensitive data to your sdcard. Even if you did all of the above, all an attacker would have to do is take out your sdcard an voila! Full access to everything! Make sure that your backups are encrypted with the strongest possible encryption.
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Create an image of entire phone
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android
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I enabled "touch sounds" (click sound when pressing buttons) on my Galaxy Nexus ICS but they are so faint I can barely hear them. The same is true for the screen lock sound. All other sounds are loud and clear. All volume settings are turned up to maximum. Pressing the hard volume buttons only adjusts the phone volume. Strangely, in ICS there is no setting for "system volume" like there was in 2.3.3 (only media, ringtones/notifications and alarms). How do I adjust the system volume so I can hear touch sounds? Thanks in advance...
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I'd suggest trying an app like Audio Manager . I haven't tried it on ICS myself.
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I can barely hear the touch sounds on my Galaxy Nexus ICS
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android
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As noted Asus is offering a GPS Extension Kit for the Asus Tranformer Prime TF201 . Does the module has a pass thru USB multipin connector to allow charging from the USB cable or does one have to remove the module to charge the tablet?
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No, it does not have any kind of pass through. You cannot charge or dock the Prime when the GPS dongle is plugged in. Here's a YouTube unboxing that provides a good overview of its physical design.
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Does the Asus Transformer Prime GPS extension kit have a USB pass thru to charge the tablet
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android
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My power button seems to have busted, is there a way I can boot my phone using ADB or Fastboot or some other command line interface?
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When your phone is not turned on it can't have a adb service running (Disregarding the possible technical difficulties it would also be a security issue.) Try the following instead: 1. Take out your battery and connect the phone to a charger 2. Your phone should now turn on. 3. Insert your battery. It worked on my current and on my previous phones (ZTE Blade and Huawei U8220) but it may vary by model and manufacturer.
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Turn phone on with ADB or Fastboot?
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android
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Is there any software available to select one (or maybe more) directory on your Android device, and automatically sync it to a directory (collection) on Google Drive? This seems that this could serve as a decent automatic backup utility or as a way to synchronise files on your device with minimal hassles.
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Use FolderSync. I was using it to sync folders with Google Docs. After upgrading to Google Drive, sync still works. I have just tested by adding new Google Drive account. Google Drive is fully supported. Just, choose <code> Google Docs </code> when adding account in the app. In case, you don't want to pay, its free lite version is also in Play Store, but with some limitations. It supports two-way sync as well as one-way sync (up or down). You can use its up sync for backup purpose. It also supports filters based on size, extension etc. So, if you want to backup all photos from your SD card, the app is good to go. It features <code> Delete after Upload </code> , too. You can schedule sync jobs, too. So, it can do backups automatically without any hassle. The best: It features <code> Instant Sync </code> . If you turn it on, files will be synced as long as they will be modified or added in folder.
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Google Drive directory syncronisation
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android
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I noticed on another android phone there were "updates" such as new Youtube, Gmail, etc. I never received a notification for these on my device. Are these delivered via Google Market, or is there another app I can use to update these other than Google Market?
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App updates notification can come from the app themselves, but most commonly they come from the Play Store. Play Store will notify you for any updates to system apps (i.e. apps that originally comes with the phone) and apps that are installed through the Play Store; it won't notify you about updates to side-loaded apps our apps installed by third party market. Third party market may also have their own update notification mechanism; which is completely unrelated to the Play Store update mechanism. They may or may not provide update to system apps, although most don't. Amazon App Market for example also provide updates notification. Note that update notification on third party market depends on the app developer updating the app on the third party market, some developers might update their app on Play but not on third party market or vice versa for various reasons.
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App Updates - Are they dependent on Google Market?
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android
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I have compiled Android Source codes and get settings.apk now I wonder can I install that application on my phone ? When I try to do that my phone say "CAnnot install application" what can I do to install that application ?
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System application are odexed, which means the code part it extracted and kept separate and also some crucial parts of the application are kept in framework.jar. If you want to copy your freshly-compiled application to your phone, you have to deodex it first, which restores the missing parts and only then you may replace /system/Settings.apk with your new file. And, please, make sure you delete old /system/Settings.odex file, otherwise it won't work. As usually, it's recommended to save old Settings.apk/odex files just in case when something goes wrong.
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Re-install settings application.
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android
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I've an android 2.3 tablet. When I connect it to the TV the tablet's screen turns off and I can only see in the TV screen. Is there any way to keep both screens on? Thanks!
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Most probably, there's no way. Your tablet screen and your TV screen use different resolutions and refresh rates, which is generally too much to handle simultaneously for the graphics chip in your tablet.
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Android 2.3 Tablet: HDMI using both screens
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android
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Is it possible to have flash working or ARMv6 devices?
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The official flash player for android only supports ARMv7 processor architecture. The way that some ARMv6 devices have flash is that some is that a few cheap tablets (usually from China) have a non-official version. You can download one here . But beware it may or may not work!
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Is Adobe Flash available for ARMv6 devices?
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android
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When I vistit on my nexus one the website alternativeto.net and open a subpage then suddenly I see a fullscreen ad with the title "liferay.com" and the address cat.m.ifortune.mobivillage.de I see the desktop version of alternativeto.net when I visit them Is it a problem of alternativeto.net or is there some virus on my smartphone? It doesnt happen on other websites while surfing with my smartphone if it is not android related, please move it to the right board (didnt know if i should post it in superusers?)
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It has to be related to the website. It's possibly just a pop-up ad. Currently there's no known virus for the Android platform. There're other forms of malware but no viruses. Nevertheless you should always make sure to only install applications from trusted sources.
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Got weird fullscreen ad when visiting website
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android
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I'd like a widget to display playing info and cover art that works with latest Google Music app, more importantly both while playing offline tracks (those marked to be offline, so actually Google Music cached tracks) and also streaming ones. Do you know any? Thanks.
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Go check "Plug in music widget" at Android Market. It's working with Google Music and free.
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A music widget that works with Google Music streaming and offline service?
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android
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Is there a way to download an audio file, such as a mp3-file from the Android browser to the device so I could listen to it later when I'm offline? Is there a way I should program the web site to make this possible? I'm not looking for an additional app to help me achieve this.
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in your android browser <code> long click </code> on MP3 file link or any audio link and click on <code> Save Link </code> . It will be downloaded to your phone and it will be stored in <code> download folder </code> in your sdcard. Hope it will help you.
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How to download an audio file from a web site?
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android
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About a month ago I bought a game called Whale Trail during a sale on Google Play. Today, when I tried to play the game on the subway, it asked to verify the game's license, and failing to do so (since there was no internet connection on the subway), shut the game down. When I got home, I took a look at the game's permissions tab and saw this: Market license check Can check if you have a license for this application from Market It seems like this is a feature built into Google Play. So my question is, how does this "license check" work? How often does apps using this "feature" phone home to verify that indeed I'm not a dirty pirate stealing these developer's apps?
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You can choose when, and how often, you want your application to check its license and you have full control over how it handles the response, verifies the signed response data, and enforces access controls. From http://developer.android.com/guide/market/licensing/overview.html So yes basically whenever the developer wants it to. I'd imagine the most common time to check is when the application is first opened. Your application does not query the licensing server directly, but instead calls the Google Play client over remote IPC to initiate a license request. In the license request: Your application provides: its package name, a nonce that is later used to validate any response from the server, and a callback over which the response can be returned asynchronously. The Google Play client collects the necessary information about the user and the device, such as the device's primary Google account username, IMSI, and other information. It then sends the license check request to the server on behalf of your application. The Google Play server evaluates the request using all available information, attempting to establish the user's identity to a sufficient level of confidence. The server then checks the user identity against purchase records for your application and returns a license response, which the Google Play client returns to your application over the IPC callback. So: The information about the application, the device and the user goes off to Google's servers. Google then checks your name against the list of people it knows have paid for the application on Google Play. (It could also check the name of the application against a list of applications it knows that you've downloaded from Google Play) If it can see that you have downloaded (and paid for) the application from Google Play it sends back that you have a license, if not then it tells the app you don't. Obviously this is all done online so if you're offline then it won't work. If I was writing the application I would have a counter to let the person to use it offline 3 times or so before having to go online to get the license check in order to stop the kind of thing happening to you where you can't play offline. Of course if someone digs into the file where the counter is stored they could change the value back to 3 tries every time they use it and never have to pay but that's probably beyond the technical competence of most users.
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How does Google Play's "Market license check" work?
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android
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This is a simple question but I couldn't find the answer in this website? Is is possible to call phones without a voice plan just using Google Voice?
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You can do this with an app called GrooveIP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gvoip I have it on my OG Droid, which is no longer activated on VZW, and use it as my "house phone" with my Google Voice number.
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Using Google Voice Without Simcard
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android
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Gmail allows to limit from how many last days it will synchronize the messages. E.g. from one day, two, etc. What is the default setting? I think this is phone independent, but I ask about Samsung Galaxy S, and SII.
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4 days I believe, up till Gingerbread. I have Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) and it's currently set at 30 days and I haven't changed it on my device since buying it so I suspect ICS has is set to 30 days as default. If you look at: http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=168499 (along with the other links I post below) you can see it mentions a 4 day sync, these posts seem to be referring to Gingerbread and below. EDIT: After Googling around for a bit I think that 30 days is definitely just in ICS. A few people on various sites mention a 4 day sync which should have been Gingerbread and below. (Note that most of these sources are relatively poor but they mention the 4 day limit, hence why I've posted them) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100122211939AAdHEs5 http://androidforums.com/android-applications/30952-gmail-number-days-sync.html http://www.askmefast.com/What_does_sync_for_4_days_on_android_gmail_mean-qna370542.html
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What is default GMail setting for: number of days of data to synchronize?
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android
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My wifi was perfectly working a few days back, but now all of a sudden all I get is connecting-disconnecting-scanning loop. It never connects. Help. I'm on Android 2.3.5 | Wildfire S | Rooted Here's my log: <code> 05-02 17:18:50.583: D/StatusBarPolicy(190): onSignalStrengthsChanged 05-02 17:18:50.583: D/StatusBarService(190): updateIcon slot=phone_signal index=20 viewIndex=13 old=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) icon=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) 05-02 17:18:53.165: D/WifiStateTracker(118): Reset connections and stopping DHCP 05-02 17:18:53.165: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): Rx Data Filter Remove [5] command 05-02 17:18:53.165: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): auto ip enabled 05-02 17:18:53.175: D/NetUtils(118): ifc_get_info addr=0 ! 05-02 17:18:54.176: D/WifiStateTracker(118): Disabling interface 05-02 17:18:54.186: W/wpa_supplicant(1323): l2_packet_receive - recvfrom 05-02 17:18:54.216: D/DrmScannerReceiver(398): android.net.wifi.STATE_CHANGE 05-02 17:18:54.246: D/DrmIntentService(398): TIME_THREAD 05-02 17:18:54.246: D/DrmIntentService(398): Wifi disconnected. 05-02 17:18:54.256: D/WifiSettings(352): isDisconnected=true, detailstate=DISCONNECTED, networkId=-1, wifiinfo=SSID: <none>, BSSID: <none>, MAC: 64:A7:69:93:4B:B9, Supplicant state: DISCONNECTED, RSSI: -200, Link speed: 72, Net ID: -1 05-02 17:18:54.276: D/NetSharing_NSReceiver(352): onReceive : android.net.wifi.STATE_CHANGE 05-02 17:18:54.276: I/NetSharing_NSReceiver(352): wifienabled:false 05-02 17:18:58.861: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out. 05-02 17:18:58.861: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.] 05-02 17:18:58.861: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00 05-02 17:18:58.861: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00] 05-02 17:18:58.871: V/WifiStateTracker(118): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> DISCONNECTED 05-02 17:18:58.971: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00 05-02 17:18:58.971: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_driver_wext_combo_scan: Start 05-02 17:18:58.971: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00] 05-02 17:18:58.971: V/WifiStateTracker(118): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> SCANNING 05-02 17:18:58.971: D/ConnectivityService(118): Dropping ConnectivityChange for WIFI: DISCONNECTED/SCANNING 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): got scan complete 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_supplicant_get_scan_results:return scan results2 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): AP:ssid[MoDroid],rssi[-30],BSSID=00:26:82:73:2d:d3 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): Received 201 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes) 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_driver_wext_get_scan_results--- 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_disabled_ssid_list_clear 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): clear disable: MoDroid 05-02 17:18:59.542: W/wpa_supplicant(1323): [EAP-MSG] EAP wpa_supplicant_check_sim@436: eap_methods not available 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): Trying to associate with 00:26:82:73:2d:d3 (SSID='MoDroid' freq=2412 MHz) 05-02 17:18:59.542: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3 BSSID=00:26:82:73:2d:d3 05-02 17:18:59.562: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [wpa_disabled_ssid_list_clear] 05-02 17:18:59.562: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [clear disable: MoDroid] 05-02 17:18:59.562: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [Trying to associate with 00:26:82:73:2d:d3 (SSID='MoDroid' freq=2412 MHz)] 05-02 17:18:59.562: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3 BSSID=00:26:82:73:2d:d3] 05-02 17:18:59.562: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=4 BSSID=00:26:82:73:2d:d3 05-02 17:18:59.572: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=4 BSSID=00:26:82:73:2d:d3] 05-02 17:18:59.572: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): Associated with 00:26:82:73:2d:d3 05-02 17:18:59.572: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [Associated with 00:26:82:73:2d:d3] 05-02 17:18:59.572: V/WifiStateTracker(118): Changing supplicant state: SCANNING ==> ASSOCIATING 05-02 17:18:59.572: D/StatusBarPolicy(190): onSignalStrengthsChanged 05-02 17:18:59.582: D/StatusBarService(190): updateIcon slot=phone_signal index=20 viewIndex=13 old=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) icon=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) 05-02 17:18:59.592: I/keystore(76): uid: 1000 action: t -> 3 state: 3 -> 3 retry: 4 05-02 17:18:59.592: V/WifiStateTracker(118): KeyStore.LOCKED 05-02 17:18:59.592: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): DISABLE_80211X 05-02 17:18:59.592: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL_IFACE: wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_disable_80211X 05-02 17:18:59.612: V/WifiStateTracker(118): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATING ==> ASSOCIATED 05-02 17:18:59.612: D/ConnectivityService(118): [embedded] ConnectivityChange for WIFI: CONNECTING/CONNECTING, default=-1 05-02 17:19:02.585: D/StatusBarPolicy(190): onSignalStrengthsChanged 05-02 17:19:02.585: D/StatusBarService(190): updateIcon slot=phone_signal index=20 viewIndex=13 old=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) icon=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) 05-02 17:19:05.587: D/StatusBarPolicy(190): onSignalStrengthsChanged 05-02 17:19:05.587: D/StatusBarService(190): updateIcon slot=phone_signal index=20 viewIndex=13 old=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) icon=StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.android.systemui id=0x7f0200d2 level=0 visible=true num=0 ) 05-02 17:19:05.708: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_driver_wext_combo_scan: Start 05-02 17:19:06.078: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys 05-02 17:19:06.078: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys] 05-02 17:19:06.078: V/WifiStateTracker(118): New network state is DISCONNECTED 05-02 17:19:06.088: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00 05-02 17:19:06.088: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00] 05-02 17:19:06.088: V/WifiStateTracker(118): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATED ==> DISCONNECTED 05-02 17:19:06.178: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=2 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00 05-02 17:19:06.178: V/WifiMonitor(118): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=2 BSSID=00:00:00:00:00:00] 05-02 17:19:06.178: V/WifiStateTracker(118): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> SCANNING 05-02 17:19:06.178: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_driver_wext_combo_scan: Start 05-02 17:19:06.188: W/wpa_supplicant(1323): ioctl[SIOCSIWPRIV] (cscan): -1 05-02 17:19:06.188: W/wpa_supplicant(1323): Failed to initiate AP scan. 05-02 17:19:07.229: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): got scan complete 05-02 17:19:07.229: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_supplicant_get_scan_results:return scan results2 05-02 17:19:07.229: W/wpa_supplicant(1323): ioctl[SIOCGIWSCAN]: 22 05-02 17:19:07.229: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_driver_wext_get_scan_results:buffer is NULL 05-02 17:19:07.229: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_drv_get_scan_results2:Failed to get scan results 05-02 17:19:07.229: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): Failed to get scan results - try scanning again 05-02 17:19:08.340: I/wpa_supplicant(1323): wpa_driver_wext_combo_scan: Start </code> http://pastebin.com/r23NQ2VC
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This was a problem with the routing software Connectify .
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Wifi connecting-disabled-connecting loop
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android
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The default Android internet browser has an option in the settings to always display webpages in landscape orientation. Is there any way to do the same in Chrome Beta? I keep my auto-rotation off, but it's much easier to read webpages in landscape.
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With a combination of Tasker and Rotation Locker you can keep your auto-rotation off but create a profile that sets the orientation for certain apps.
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How can I force Chrome Beta to display in landscape mode?
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android
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Is there a way see if any of the apps on my phone have updates available? I occasionally get a notification that updates are available but is there a way of checking manually? If I clear the notification area is there a way to see what apps had updates available?
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Open the "Play Store", hit the context menu button and select "My Apps". This will show the list of installed Apps on the device and possible updates for the Apps. See stackexchange-url ("this question"), ff you have Apps that weren't installed with the Play Store
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Is there a way see if any of the apps on my phone have updates available?
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android
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On the ezPDF Reader, is there a way to make the scrolling from one page to another smoother and less jerky? Some settings, perhaps? The jerky/jumping scrolling on ezPDF reader when one page scrolls to the next page breaks the flow of reading a little. Thanks for any insights.
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I just received an email from the developer, Don Choi. Citing it here in its entirety as an answer: The continuous scroll feature is in our big TO-DO list. It will eventually implemented later.We do not have a open forum. However, http://www.facebook.com/ezpdf is a good start. So more nifty things are on their way for this application.
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ezPDF reader: settings to correct jerky page scrolling?
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android
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I wanted to install Google Play Books app from Play store. Unfortunately I got message, that This item cannot be installed in your device's country. Can someone point me to list of countries, where this app is available? As side note: if I travel to another country, can I install the app and then continue using it in my country?
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Google Play Books is available in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. You can find this information on the Google Play help page , and it has also been noted on the @googlebooks Twitter account .
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What countries is Google Play Books available?
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android
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I'm looking for a USB-to-LAN adapter that is compatible with my Chinese Android 4.0 tablet. I've 2 dongles - like this - but none of them works. How can i choose a usb to lan adapter for my Android tablet? I've to look at Linux Kernel version to search a suitable adapter? Edit : The model of my tablet is Voyo Q101
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According to this XDA-thread an Apple USB-> Ethernet adapte r works on a similar ICS device. So technically it should work. But it in your case it could be hardware limitation, so you should try it out before buying. Just go to an Apple store and ask kindly ;-)
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Are there USB to LAN adapter that are compatible with Android 4.0?
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android
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Is it possible to access an Android phone's internal memory by switching out the SIM card? My Android phone, with no SD card, has been stolen but access to the phone is locked via the "graphical pin". Will it be possible to read internal memory after changing the SIM card? I am concerned mainly with the Gmail password I have stored on there.
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Gmail will ask you to login again if it detects change of SIM card. Gmail doesn't store your credentials in internal memory unencrypted. Phone has to be rooted to read from internal memory. Your phone can't be unlocked without the correct graphical PIN combination.
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Accessing the internal phone memory by swapping out the SIM card
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android
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I bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus a couple of days ago, and set it up so I can use both an English keyboard and a Russian one. Since I did that, though, my phone asks me over and over to select an input method. There is usually a notification in the bar at the top of the screen, and if I set an input method, it will go away for an hour, but then it will be back. How can I get it to stop asking?
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The icon in the notification bar will always be there if you are using (possibly even just have installed) any alternate input method. It's just the new way that ICS offers quick switching between different methods, and cannot be disabled (at least not on "stock" ICS, custom roms may offer this). The notification icon should only be there while you are actively entering something, i.e. have a keyboard open. If it showing all the time (even when you are just on the homescreen, for example) it may indicate a possible bug or configuration issue with the alternate keyboard/input method you are using.
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Why does my phone keep asking me to select an input method?
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android
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I have made some modification in the android source codes recompile sources and now I have system.img , but I don't know how I can install that image on Android Phone. Have anybody do something similar ? Can anybody provide me some links or information how I can do that ? I am using HTC Amaze Phone.
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If you have a fastboot-enabled bootloader then it should be pretty simple. Just put the system.img file somewhere on your PC, connect your device via a USB cable, reboot into your bootloader's fastboot mode and then: <code> fastboot flash system /path/to/system.img </code> If you don't have fastboot then you'll have to jump through some more hoops. One option would be to use something like unyaffs to extract the contents of the system.img (if it's an ext2/3/4 filesystem then just mount it) and then package it up as a zip file that can be installed from a custom recovery. There are some tutorials floating around that explain the syntax of the installer script file, but the easiest way to figure it out would probably be to download a custom ROM for your device, unzip it, and look at the updater-script file (should be <code> META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script </code> in the archive). You may also be able to get away with simply using <code> dd </code> on the device, though I'd be careful if you decide to try it, and make sure you're booted into recovery: <code> adb push system.img /sdcard/ adb shell dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/your/system/partition </code> Alternatively, you can often build the source so that it creates a zip file instead of raw images, then install the zip from recovery. I'd suggest checking to see see if you have something like <code> make otapackage </code> available to you.
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Install system.img on Android Phone
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android
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Spotify's installation page forwards me to the Play Store, but the app is not available for my Galaxy Tab 8.9 in the store. Is there any another way install the app? (It's a European Galaxy Tab with data service, but the app is not blocked based on region since I can install it on my phone without issues.)
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I managed to get Spotify working by the following method provided by the official suuport: Hello there, Try directing the browser on your tab to the following page - https://www.spotify.com/download/previews/ - and then downloading the preview version of Spotify on Android from there. This might get it up and running on your device. Please let me know how you get on. Kind Regards, David Spotify Customer Service
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How can I install Spotify on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9?
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android
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I'm looking for a simple to-do list, that preferably is cloud-synced. I'd like something with a relatively light-weight, simple interface, similar to Any.Do or #fetchnotes. I was using CheckMark Pro , but it is really WAY overkill for what I want. My biggest criteria is that I want to be able to set a task to repeat, some interval from the date it is completed . Most of them let you repeat every 6 months or 2 weeks or whatever, from the due date. But take this example: Task with due date of 5/30. Task set to repeat every 6 months from completion. I complete the task, marking it done, on 5/13. The next occurrence should now repeat 6 months from 5/13 (the completion date), not from 5/30 (the original due date). And of course whatever reminder is set (2 weeks for example) should be relative to the new due date, 5/13 in the example above. Most of the one's I've looked at either are not cloud-synced. And I've not found any others than CheckMark Pro that allow the next occurrence to repeat based on COMPLETION date rather than DUE date.
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Astrid has support for scheduled reminders based on completion date . Cloud support is also present - tasks sync with astrid.com Also Remember The Milk allows a user to schedule due dates depending on the completion of a task - one needs to enter "after x days" instead of "every x days". Android and iOS apps available.
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ToDo list, with SPECIFIC repeat option
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android
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On AnkiDroid, all text in the flash cards is center aligned. Is there a way to make it left aligned? I'm looking for a solution that does not involve editing each card. For example, is there a setting to make the text left aligned?
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Unfortunately there is no way to make text left-aligned with AnkiDroid. See the issue in our bug tracker , feel free to "star" it to receive notifications about its progress.
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AnkiDroid - How to Left Align Text?
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android
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I recently rooted and upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S2 to version 4, ICS. Since doing so, when I connect my device by USB to my Ubuntu computer, only the 12GB internal storage shows up on my desktop and in Banshee. How do I get my 16GB SD card to also mount on Ubuntu, so that it is available for transferring music files and so on? Update According to one answer below, and also in instructions I've now seen elsewhere on the web, I should be able to adjust my USB connection mode by following the following instructions: 1.Bring up Settings. 2.Click More… (under Wireless and network). 3.Then select USB utilities ~ Set USB cable connection mode. 4.Select Connect storage to PC However, I am stopped at step 3 because I do not have a "USB Utilities" option under <code> Settings -> More... </code> . What I have looks like this: I don't know if this is the make-or-break factor that will get my USB connectivity as hoped, but in any case, shouldn't I have the option since everyone else seems to? What can I do to get it? Details Here is the storage settings as seen on my phone. As you can see, there are 2 entries of "Internal Storage", one of about 2GB, and one of a little under 12GB. Then there is an "SD Card", which seems to have about 15 GB, but it is grey and I am unsure if this is really my SD card or not. Then under "USB Storage", I have the option to mount an SD card, which is problematic, because I already have my card inserted, and seemingly mounted (as described after this image): If I press the menu key while in the storage settings interface, I get two options: For "USB computer connection", I have these settings which I don't think I want to change, because MTP does not work with my Galaxy Tab, so I'm not confident it will work with my Galaxy S2. I tried the camera option, but that made it so my phone appeared with a camera icon on my computer, limited the directories, and did not do much to help: For "Storage configuration", I tried "Use internal Storage" both on and off, but it does not seem to make a difference: Here is a screen shot from PowerAmp, which seems to think my music is located in a directory called "emmc". The music is accessible from within PowerAmp, but I can not access it when I connect my phone by USB: PowerAmp tells me I can actually find the emmc directory, where my music seems to be stored, in two locations, <code> /emmc </code> and <code> /mnt/emmc </code> : When I connect my phone by USB, it looks like this. Note no <code> emmc </code> directory, nor any <code> Music </code> directory, and if you look at the side, there is one <code> 12 GB Filesystem </code> , no entry for my 16GB SD card: And lastly here is the 12 GB drive's properties:
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The solution was to wipe and reflash the ROM. I guess the earlier ROM I had was just messed up as far as USB is concerned.
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How do I get my phone to connect the internal SD by USB?
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I've already got a charger for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I'd like to be able to use it charge both that and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7". It seems to work, but I was wondering if there is any sort of disadvantage to doing that.
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You only need to make sure that the chargers produce the same about of voltage and current. There shouldn't be any issues with that.
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Can you charge a Galaxy Tab 2 7" with a charger from Galaxy Tab 10.1?
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My Samsung Galaxy Ace has the latest official CyanogenMod nightly. I have Windows XP, a bluetooth dongle, and bluesoleil drivers. I am able to send images and apk files from my pc to my phone. But when I try to send an epub file, or a 7z file, my pc says: "Access is denied. Please make sure you have the proper right to access the files or folders." So I tried to create a compressed file and instead of using 7z, I used .zip. And it was able to send it. So I'm positive that my phone has a list of allowed file types to be received. Is there any way to edit it? Thanks. PS: I tried declining a file (that successfully went through), and it gave the same access denied error on my pc. So I believe that my phone is automatically denying certain file types. Thanks.
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The reason it does not work is because there's certain data types that are allowed through such as JPG, PNG, zip, pdf, text, anything else is filtered out and denied for the simple reason of security and to prevent malicious exploitation of transferring a binary executable across it for example. You cannot edit them as they are baked into the ROM and built at compile time. Look in <code> packages/app/Bluetooth/src/com/android/bluetooth/Constants.java </code> : <code> public static final String[] ACCEPTABLE_SHARE_INBOUND_TYPES = new String[] { "*", "image/*", "video/*", "audio/*", "text/x-vcard", "text/plain", "text/html", "application/zip", "application/vnd.ms-excel", "application/msword", "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint", "application/pdf", }; </code> It is similar in principle to the MIME types found in among Web servers, such as uploading a PNG or JPG to a site. The filters would be in place to prevent Window binaries to be uploaded.
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My phone denies certain file types when sending from PC via bluetooth
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I changed the SIM card on my Samsung Galaxy Ace to another one. Now, whenever I make/receive a call, the screen goes dark and the phone goes unresponsive. Pressing buttons randomly eventually sets the phone free, but this takes a long time (a few minutes). I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace running Android 2.3.4 and a stock ROM, and the CPU speed is limited using SetCPU: can this be the cause of the problem? The problem on this question is similar: stackexchange-url ("Screen goes off as soon I dial or receive a call. CyanogenMod 7.1- stable")
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Disabling the proximity sensor seems to have worked: after some testing, I got no freezes at all.
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Screen goes dark and phone goes unresponsive whenever I make/receive a call
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My Android 4.0.4 phone supports SIP. However, the options when to use the "Internet calling" are very limited: "For all calls", "Only for Internet calls", "Ask for each call". I would like to use Internet (SIP) calls for all calls outside of my area code (e.g. all international and long-distance calls should go via SIP, and local calls should go via my regular voice account). Is there any application, patch or tweak that can help me with that? My phone is rooted.
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Csipsimple indeed does the job if you want to use it as your SIP client. If you prefer the built-in SIP client, try the Advanced Dialer app .
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Can I route a call via SIP based on a phone number?
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I'm using a rooted custom Android kernel (Gingerbread), and am able to connect to a remote SSH server with password authentication using busybox and a terminal emulator app. I would like to be able to use SSH keys for auto-login; is this possible? If so, where should I put my private key?
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It's not quite as seamless, but the <code> ssh </code> binary provided by busybox (mine, at least) supports the <code> -i </code> flag, so you can put the key wherever you want and use that: <code> ssh -i /path/to/key_file [email protected] </code> The relevant man page entry for <code> -i </code> (with the caveat that the information about the default path may not be the same on Android): <code> -i identity_file Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read. The default is ~/.ssh/identity for protocol version 1, and ~/.ssh/id_dsa, ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa for protocol version 2. Identity files may also be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file. It is possible to have multiple -i options (and multiple identities specified in configuration files). ssh will also try to load certificate information from the filename obtained by appending -cert.pub to identity filenames. </code>
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Where to add SSH keys to allow connections to remote server on Android?
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I have some devices attached to my PC. Now I want to install Astro to a specific emulator. Unfortunately, I get this error. <code> hieund@hieund:~/Downloads$ adb install "Astro File Manager 2.5.1.apk" -s emulator-5554 too many files specified; only takes APK file and verifier file </code>
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It generates this error when there is only an emulator attached. <code> EOCD not found, not Zip file 'AstroFileManager2.5.1.apk' is not a valid zip file </code> I realized that the AstroFileManager apk has problem. I downloaded a new one from xda and it works . Done.
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"Too many files specified; only takes APK file and verifier file" problem
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I have lags after recording and playing back videos on my HTC device. Look at this video capture: ˃ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOAr476DHc&hd=1 I thought it had something to do with autofocus but it is only available in shoot mode. Maybe it is still active in video capturing mode but without ability to let user change settings so they can only be changed in shooting mode? This happened with stock Sandisk 8GB Class 4 SD card and happens with Sandisk 16GB Class 4 SD card that i bought recently. HTC Desire S Android 2.3.3 (stock)
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Enable USB debugging, plug your phone into a computer via USB for a couple of minutes and disconnect. - source You can also try a faster memory card, as ^ has adviced. Keep some reasonable amount of free space on phone memory, move apps to SD card if necessary. Android often suffers performance issues when internal memory is low (much like any OS, really). If nothing else works, try a factory reset and record it again. If there are no lags, it might be because of any resource-intensive apps you have installed.
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How can I prevent lag when recording video on HTC Desire S?
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I am from Philippines, and using European firmware for my Samsung Galaxy S2. Does that affect the accuracy of my GPS? For example, my location is usually off (at the wrong location) when I use Foursquare. But sometimes, it's usually right in Google Maps. Should I be using firmware for Philippines instead?
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Firmware definitely won't affect the quality of GPS reception (atleast in case of original ROMs, as homebrew ROMs might have some bugs - EVEN then it's either the fact that the GPS fix might take longer than usual or the GPS doesn't work at all. Not associated with accuracy.) What affects GPS reception is the quality of the signal. You tend to get a better and a faster GPS fix if you're in the open rather than in a closed building. I've seen that Foursquare and Google Maps always point at the same location. (No brainer.)
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Does firmware affect GPS accuracy?
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Often when someone phones me, the phone just locks up. I can't slide the ring up to answer. Sometimes the ring moves a little.. sometimes not at all. I just can't do anything until the caller stops ringing. The phone becomes responsive again and I have to call them back. I have just upgraded to 4.0 from 2.3 and the problem is still there. I haven't rooted the phone or done anything special to it.. Apart from this the phone is always responsive and I don't really have any other problems. How can I sort this out? Phone: HTC Sensation-xe
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As user said my comment helped him and post it as answer. Try to install the rocket dial and in settings try to make it default app for receiving calls. <code> Settings>caller ID </code> Also you can use free version of HD Caller ID which has option to overtake the default caller screen.
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Cant answer the phone
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My web browser is Firefox 11 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I have a lot of well organized bookmarks that I would like to synchronize with both my Android Devices (Galaxy 10.1 tab & Galaxy S Phone). I want to maintain my PC as the book mark server. I wasn't sure where to ask this question "Ask Ubuntu" or here.
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By far the easiest way to do this is to use Firefox as your web browser everywhere, and then use Firefox's built in sync functionality. This will (optionally) sync not just your Bookmarks, but also your History, your Saved Passwords and your Preferences, and let you see the recent tabs you've had open on different machines. Start by installing Firefox for Android, then on your PC go into Firefox's Options, click the Sync tab and run through the wizard to set up sync and the encryption key. Then open Firefox on your Android device and you should see a prominent option to set up sync that will involve copying a short authentication code between your phone and PC copies of Firefox. After that it will start pulling all of the info down from your PC to your phone (you may want to make sure you're on wifi for this first sync). For a clearer guide, with pictures, see this page on the Mozilla support site How do I sync Firefox between my desktop and mobile?
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How do I synchronize my FireFox Bookmarks from my PC to both my android devices?
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How to define a phablet ? I first read this word in article about "ZTE building some Galaxy Note-style phablets". This is something larger than a smartphone, but smaller than a tablet. But where is the boundary? What features would a device have (apart from size) to be considered smartphone/phablet/tablet ?
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Phablets are basically tablet / phone crossovers. Best examples are Samsung’s Galaxy Note and LG’s Optimus Vu. As per ComputerWorld : A phablet is a phone with a screen so big that it can be used as a tablet. There are no defined boundaries whatsoever in terms of screen sizes; so any tablet with phone (telephony) capabilities might also be termed a phablet .
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What is Phablet?
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I notice a "Streaming Decryption" option under Encryption Settings. For me, it was not selected by default. The description under this setting is a little unclear: Decrypt documents into a stream incrementally. So my question is what does this mean and what does it do? Does it mean that a given document is only partially decrypted (if there is such a thing) while it is open? Should the average user pay any attention to this setting? I found this HowTo on CNET but it does not explain the setting. I don't recall whether this was a setting under the former (i.e. pre-Drive) Google Docs app.
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Goggle Drive gives you some security options regarding your documents: You can choose to encrypt all offline documents (that is, documents stored on your device); And can also choose to decrypt documents incrementally as they are streamed to your phone, by selecting the <code> Streaming Decryption </code> , thus having just a small portion of the document decrypted when accessing it. Kinda like watching a compressed video. Sadly enough couldn't find any official documentation to support my answer on Google, but here's some relevant links: Access and Edit Files with Google Drive Google Drive - View files offline in the Google Drive Android app
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What is the Streaming Decryption setting in Google Drive?
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For some strange reason Google Maps launches on its own. It doesn't launch all the way though. It just leaves a black screen. Does anyone know why this is happening?
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Try Uninstalling and re-installing it. Clear the app data. Might be a bug with the custom ROM (ignore if on stock). As for WHY it is happening, could be a faulty installation IMO, but if the package was faulty, it wouldn't get installed in the first place. Anyhow, just try the above steps.
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Why does the Maps application keep launching?
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I looked a ROM manager called ROM Manager but it is listed as incompatible with my Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Does ROM Manager support the Galaxy Nexus? If not, what are the alternatives?
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The Galaxy Nexus is supported from a device/hardware standpoint, but it may not be available in your region for some reason. If that's the case, you can instead get ROM Manager directly from the developer's website . There are also ClockworkMod recovery downloads on that page. If, for whatever reason, ROM Manager proves to be unusable or unsatisfactory, there are a few alternatives currently available: GooManager Beta ROM Toolbox
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Is ROM Manager compatible with the Galaxy Nexus?
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I've Googled everything I could think of and I can't get this to work. I'm trying to help someone set up his Android phone - an LG Thrill 4G - to connect to his PC so he can text from his computer, back up his contacts, etc. I downloaded and installed the SDK. I used the SDK manager to install more stuff, including the Google USB driver. I can see the usb_driver folder in the Android SDK extras folder, and I can see .dll files inside (if I remember correctly). I've set the phone to have whatever USB box checked. And, of course, I went to the Device Manager (he's got Windows 7), right-clicked the phone, and tried finding drivers online and finding them on the computer. No dice. Something online said I should run the dpinst.exe file and that it should be in the usb_driver folder. It isn't. Should this exist? Is there another way to get the driver to install? Should I take another route altogether? What am I missing?
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LG's site is terrible so it took me a while to find, but you can get the drivers for the Thrill from here: http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-P925
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Cannot get Android drivers to install on LG Thrill
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Up to Android 2.x, in the labels view the Gmail app of my Nexus S displayed the number of unread messages next to labels with unread mail. I recently upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 on the same device and now Gmail no longer displays unread counts for labels unless I access the list of messages for a certain label. Is this a new Gmail feature? Is there some way of viewing those unread counts in a way similar to Android 2.x?
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Yes, at least 4.0.4 stock image on my Galaxy Nexus does, though if more than 999, it just displays 999+ (same as inbox).
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Does ICS Gmail display unread message counts for labels other than Inbox?
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Yes, this is similar to stackexchange-url ("my own previous question") on the subject. I'm being very specific here though - despite having wrapped ad blocking with hosts file and firewall, some apps (several more now) are able to merrily display banner ads even when they are explicitly blocked from connecting to the net. My firewall (Droidwall) works, because if I block a legitimate app it gets blocked. How are they doing this?? Is there some Google made common system process that they access?
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Such ads are not fetched from the internet, they are built into the app. Usually the ads would feature some other app from the same developer.
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Which system process do I block from the internet to prevent ads from showing up?
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I haven't restart my phone since the day I got it however decided I would give it a go since my contacts seem to disappear intermittently. Anyhoo, it prompted me that if I restarted my phone anything stored in memory would be cleared. How do I find out what is stored in memory and what is being cleared?
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Things that would be cleared are anything that isn't saved, open applications, etc. For example, if you were playing a game, and just pressed the home key the game would go to the background and be paused. When you restart your phone, you will lose that game (up until the last point it saved). Other things that you leave half finished, such as an unwritten email might get lost, but even that is unlikely because I notice Android pretty much makes sure I never lose anything. It's not a bad idea to restart your device once in a while, but you really do not have to worry about losing anything. It's safe.
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What is cleared when I restart my phone?
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I just got a Nexus One, which uses the MIUI interface. It came with two different gallery apps. I prefer the <code> cooliris </code> app, but there's no icon for it on the home screen, which makes it difficult to access. I can't seem to figure out how to add an icon. Everything I've found on the internet is either inaccurate or otherwise unhelpful. This should be simple. What am I missing?
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I found the problem: The icon already existed on another screen. However, I was confused because both icons are identically named (Gallery) and are nearly identical in appearance. Thus, I didn't realize that I had both icons already.
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How can I add an icon to the MIUI home screen?
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When I try to delete a message, I get prompted to select whether to "Delete locked messages". There doesn't appear to be any difference if I check this option or leave it unchecked. Does anyone know what that means?
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You can lock a particular message in your conversation so you don't accidentally delete that. The check box is for those messages. See following screen-shots - First Long tap on the message you want to lock, and select Lock . The message should be now locked and a lock icon should appear at the bottom. Now when you delete the conversation the message was in, the locked message would not get deleted if the check-box is not selected.
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What does "Locked Messages" mean?
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Events sync-ed from Google Calendar have a default notification time of 10 minutes in advance. Sometimes that's not enough. Is there any way to automate this and have the default be something else? Thank you.
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In your Google Calendar on the web you can set a default notification period for the events you subsequently set up on the web calendar. In the calendar app provided with Gingerbread I don't see any similar default setting but you can set a notification for each event you set up. FYI Google has numerous problems with alarms in Gingerbread. One is that if you subsequently change an alarm that was set up in the web calendar using the web calendar that change may not sync to the phone. Another is that eventually notifications will start coming late and there is no known fix (in spite of Google presumably knowing about it for almost a year although they've only apparently actually acknowledged knowing about it for about six months).
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Calendar sync with Google Calendar notification time
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I have a <code> Xperia X10 Mini Pro </code> and by some ungodly reason it's dual touch feature is not working. I have searched around the net and I have seen here and there people use terms such as <code> real dual-touch </code> and <code> fake dual-touch </code> . I don't really understand what's the difference here? Can the dual-touch ability be faked and how is that possible? By the way, if anyone can tell is it possible to activate the dual touch feature in my phone I would be super thankful.
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Multitouch touch screen digitizers handle (2,3,4...) or more input fingers at a time at the hardware level. Single touch devices handle only one finger at a time even if 2 or more are present. If you touch with a 2nd finger, the detected touch will " jump " from the first finger to the second finger location. Install a touch screen visualizer or test application like Z device test . You can watch a video how it looks with one finger on youtube (which has fake dual touch and has some flaws). So what a fake dual touch driver does is this: It basically detects " jumps " of the finger and assumes it comes from a second and just keeps reporting a fixed virtual event (coming from the last known position from the (now vanished) 1st finger touch) while the 2nd touch is from your actual finger and reported regularly.
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What's the difference between real dual-touch and fake dual-touch?
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If I select on a download I am given the option to delete or clear the selection. What is the difference? If I select clear, do it mean I still have the option to delete? If so where from?
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Clearing downloads will only clear it from the list of downloads. To delete files that have been cleared from the list, you would need to do so directly from the SD card's download folder, either with your computer or using a file manager like Astro.
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What is the difference between deleting and clearing downloads?
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If I downloaded a non-market application and installed it and discovered it may be malicious, does removing it from the list of applications completely discard it and help mitigate any security issues? If not, does resetting the phone back to its factory settings mitigate any security issues?
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I don't know that there's a definite way to answer this. It would be almost entirely dependent on how exactly the app was attempting to infect your phone and how successful its attempts were. In the simplest case, maybe the app is sniffing data or something of that sort. For that case, uninstalling would basically remove the threat since the app would be gone. Nothing is left behind when you uninstall, including the <code> /data </code> directories for the app. Slightly more complex would be an app that put a malicious payload somewhere on your system's publicly writeable storage. In that case removing the app would not necessarily be enough, depending on what exactly the payload did and how it was designed. Uninstalling could potentially cause the malicious code to become inert on reboot since the app may need to fire up a service on boot, but that's hard to say. Formatting your SD card and doing a factory reset would probably clean it up in its entirety. The most nefarious case would be an app that gained elevated privileges on your device, either through an exploit or effective social engineering in which you grant access yourself. In that case a factory reset would not necessarily be enough, since the entirety of the <code> /system </code> partition would be unaffected. If the app were to stick a payload on <code> /system </code> then the only way you could really be sure you're clean is if you completely wiped all of the internal memory of the device and then reinstalled a new ROM, I would say. Even worse would be if it somehow managed to write a malicious bootloader or something of that nature, since in some circumstances it's possible to write to the bootloader partition from userspace (given proper permissions).
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If I download and install a non-market application and then proceed remove it, does it mitigate any security issues?
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I have a Kyocera Echo that now takes about 6 minutes to boot. I haven't rooted it or tried to perform any 'hacks' on it. I've had it for a few months now. It's running Android 2.3 if that helps. I am not sure if it is meant to take this long to boot. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Backup your data and perform a factory reset(settings> privacy> factory data reset). Then restore the data
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Why is my Kyocera Echo taking 6 minutes to boot?
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I'm totally new to rooting and I would like to simply have root access to my phone. I don't want to do any customization whatsoever to the insides of it. Is this doable? I mean like, in terms of a PC, I want to simply give my limited user account an administrative privilege. Sorry if this seems weird and all but I'm unfamiliar with these grounds. If it makes answering a little bit easier, my phone is an Xperia Active and here's the information I can find inside Settings > About. For example, I only want to change the default media sounds stored inside the internal memory. Things like that.
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Follow the guide in this thread to root your device. Xperia Rooting Tool - xda-developers Rooting would install a <code> Superuser </code> app for you which will monitor apps which require root access. You can then install a app like Root Explporer to access your device's internal memory, just press <code> Allow </code> when it asks for root access. I believe you can find system media files inside the path <code> /system/media/audio/ </code> , although it may change with devices or firmware versions. And don't forget to click on <code> R/W </code> on top in Root Explorer when you are deleting or replacing files to enable Read/Write Mode.
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Get root access without going through replacing things?
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Just bought a SE Xperia Arc S phone and it's keyboard does not have numbers or symbols like $,@ on the keys. When I press and hold "r" for example it prints a weird "ṛ" character instead of the number 4. Is there a way to have a keyboard like in Galaxy S, with symbols and numbers (and still have swype)?
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Check what input methods your device has by following the screen shots- You should be able to see all installed keyboards by following the guide, and select the one which suits you. Or if you don't have much options there, install a new keyboard input method from Market or install Swype beta by registering here .
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No numbers on default keyboard
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If I wish to install applications such as Skype, DropBox, etc however without registering for a Google account, is that possible? If so, how do I install them without a Google account?
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Use adb to install the applications. Install the adnroid sdk ( https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html ). Enable usb debugging in settings> applications> development. This process can be done even without enabling side-loading of apps. Open a command prompt window and type: <code> adb install app_name.apk </code>
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Can applications be downloaded without a Google Account and without disabling security features?
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I have synced my Galaxy S II with exchange 2010 server. It has imported all my calendar events as expected, however it has set a reminder on all of the events. For example, in Outlook I have public holidays in my calendar with no reminder, however on my phone these are imported with an Alarm "On Time". Since these are all day events, the alarm goes off at midnight. Does anyone know a way way to fix this problem?
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This problem was resolved by upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich
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Exchange Calendar Sync can't edit turns reminders on
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Is it possible to train Android's speech recognition? I have read stackexchange-url ("Can I train Google Voice Actions to better recognize my voice?") which suggests that there is a setting in the voice search app but I'm running ICS and don't even have a dedicated voice search app.
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The setting should still exist, it's just a little bit more awkward to get to. The easiest way is to hit the microphone icon on the search widget (though I think anywhere it appears will work) to bring up the voice action dialog. There's a wrench in the top right of that dialog that opens the settings: Tap that to open the settings page, which should have the checkbox titled "Personalized recognition" as in previous versions (tested on a Galaxy Nexus running CyanogenMod 9, Android 4.0.4).
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How can I train voice recognition on ICS?
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I am looking any suggestions of an an open source package or web software that I can manage both my Android devices (Galaxy 10.1 tab/Galaxy S Smartphone. My computer OS is Ubuntu. I want to be able to back up my devices and manage my files on my PC. I have tried Airdroid with limited success. I current have the ability to view and manage my devices as data store devices.
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If you are just talking about files, I'd take a look into FTPSyncX or FolderSync . I can only talk for FTPSyncX, as I am using it myself -- but most of the following should be valid for both apps: You can setup directory pairs (one on your device matching another on your PC), and have them sync bidirectionally or unidirectionally. You can configure the sync interval: globally, per server, or even per directory-pair. You can even tell it to only sync when you're in your Home WiFi, or only when you request it (via Widgets, from within the app, or even event-based controlled by Tasker . If this answer didn't catch your intention, feel free to comment, ask, or update your question :)
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Is there an open source or other equilvent to Android Sync Manager?
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I am using my Xperia Active for application development. Given that scenario, I obviously have the phone connected to the laptop most of the time since I want to be able to easily test my app on the device. The thing that's worrying me is that when I go to Settings > About phone > Status , the Battery level is set to <code> 100% </code> and the Battery status is set to <code> Charging (USB) </code> . Am I overcharging my phone? Is this bad for the battery's health? If yes, what do I do about it? I use this phone on a daily basis and I don't want the battery's performance to be affected by my development cycle.
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I doubt it. The charging circuits should be smart enough to avoid this. More likely they aren't actually charging your battery but directly powering your phone from the input while leaving the battery mostly alone.
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Am I overcharging my phone?
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To save battery, I have created a "screen off" profile with SetCPU that locks the CPU frequency to the minimum while the screen is turned off. Could this have any negative side effects on apps that run in the background?
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There will only be problems if you rely on background services to do processor intensive tasks. For example, on an older Android phone, music running in the background would skip when the CPU was set at a low enough clock rate. So to answer your question, only if it's noticeable to you.
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Is there any reason not lock the CPU frequency to the minimum while the screen is off?
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If I use my mobile device in a Wifi hotspot, can I take it that it bears the same risks as using a laptop in that data can be easily sniffed and that the mobile device is also open to man-in-the-middle attacks?
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Yes, you are subject to the same risks as you would have in a laptop (or any device that connects to a wireless network, for that matter); to avoid them, the standard security procedures apply: do not use unencrypted connections that you do not trust and always prefer HTTPS for browsing.
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If I use free WiFi in a hotspot, can data be easily sniffed?
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When I use a Google account which then becomes the primary account on the device, what information is captured by Google e.g. device make, model, IMEI, etc? Am I able to access any of this information and if so where?
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Google Play is covered by the terms of Google's privacy policy, and in fact links you to it when you first launch the app or visit the link in the Play website's footer. The very brief summary is that they divide it into: "Information you give us" - Any info provided during registration Device information - Noted to be <code> "...your hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number" </code> Log information Location information Unique application numbers Local storage Cookies and anonymous identifiers Since Google's apps are proprietary I doubt you'll get much more definite information than that unless you ask Google directly. You can read the full text of Google's Privacy Policy to see how they use the information they collect (among other things).
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When a Google account is used to access the Android Market, what information is captured by Google?
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I am running Cyanogenmod on my SamSung phone. Can you please tell me how can I remove the Camera app on the phone?
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If you really just want to remove it (which, fair warning, may cause problems with the system; I have no idea) you can: Use <code> adb </code> to delete the .apk file: <code> adb shell rm /system/app/Camera.apk </code> . You may need to first elevate to root ( <code> adb shell </code> and then <code> su </code> from the shell). Use Titanium Backup to uninstall it A potentially safer route that people take is to use Titanium Backup Pro to "freeze" the app, causing it to essentially act as though it is uninstalled without actually removing it (so it can be "defrosted" later if needed). This does require the Pro version, though.
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How can I remove Camera app on Cyanogenmod?
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Here's a picture of my Samsung Galaxy S2 battery usage page. Around the point where the battery usage started diving, I had added a calendar remainder, sent an email (to a new contact) and browsed facebook (using their app) and twitter (using the web browser). I've done all of these things many times before. What could have caused the sudden drain, and how can I stop it happening again when I'm not near a charger? (Updated question after picture.) UPDATE I've done some experimentation and made some observations. My workplace is in a 3G dead zone, but has 2G thanks to a repeater box someone has installed nearby. For the past three months, I have left the phone with 'Sync' and 'Packet Data' switched on all the time. When at work inside the 3G dead zone, I sometimes switch on wifi. Before this incident, I've had no problems at all with battery power, despite leaving Sync on all the time. After posting the original revision of this question, I charged the phone up while it was switched off, went home and only switched it back on when I got home. I had sync and 3G data all night and the battery wasn't rapidly draining. This morning, the only change I had made was to carry it with me into my workplace and put the phone on my desk. I didn't switch anything on or off, I only carried it to my desk. It very quickly started heating up and I noticed that battery was rapidly draining as before. I began to suspect that the dead zone was causing the problem. To test this hypothesis, I charged the phone up and switched off wifi, sync and packet data. During the day, I switched on wifi and sync in various combinations. (Text continues after picture.) The kink in the graph is around 20 minutes where wifi and sync were both switched off , but packet data was switched on. During those 20 minutes, the phone was heating up and the battery was draining. When I switched packet data off, normal battery use resumed. Conclusion: Something in my phone has a bug where the battery starts draining badly while in a 3G dead zone and packet data is switched on. Remember, this only started happening very recently. I've had this phone since January and have left both packet data and sync switched on almost continuously. I've not knowingly had any software updates recenty and the 3G data availablity of my workplace has been consistently very bad for some time. Does please anyone know of a fix? (Many thanks to m'colleague Duncan Large for taking the pictures and helping test the hypothesis.)
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It looks like your phone tries to build a 3g connection only if packet data is enabled. After all, 2g is just fine for voice and texts. But unsuccessfully trying to create a connection when there is no network costs a lot of power. In my experience, phones normally cope just fine with that. My theory is that the 2G signal normally contains some sort of flag that indicates whether there is also a 3G signal. The 2G repeater would incorrectly send this flag -- possibly because the tower it gets its signal from sends it too. Thus your phone wastes energy trying to connect to a signal that only exists somewhere else. If you cannot (or don't want to) replace the repeater by a more sophisticated model, you should turn off 3G altogether while in your office. GSM phones have a setting in <code> Wireless & networks </code> -> <code> Mobile networks </code> -> <code> Network Mode </code> that lets you switch between WDCMA (3G) and GSM (2G). I don't know what the setting looks like on a CDMA phone. You can probably automate this with Tasker if you do want to use 3G where it is possible. Alternatively you could use a widget to change the setting manually without having to go to the settings menu. One app that provides a widget for this is Widgetsoid .
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What's causing battery drainage by "Google Services" while packet data is switched on in a 3G dead zone?
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I have sensitive information in my Google Docs. I enabled two-step verification with my Google account; but just noticed that Google DOCS on my phone doesn't require any type of PIN number or password when I open it. Is there a way to secure this app? NOTE: I also have a PIN number that must be entered after swipe.
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All you need is an app locker app. There are many app lockers in Play Store. Just, search. I'd recommend Smart App Protector (I use its pro version which is great). Use it to lock Google Docs app.
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Can my Google Docs app be secured?
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Did anyone meet an app to show the time in several timezones on the lock screen? Android 2.3.4, Xperia Pro
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You could use WidgetLocker to add your favorite World clock widget to the lock screen. You can find these widgets by searching the Play Store.
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World clock on lock screen
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I have a HTC Wildfire S and I was wondering if it works on a Samsung Galaxy S2. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum.
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The Wildfire S uses a microUSB cable , same as the Galaxy SII, it should work fine
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Does my HTC Wildfire S data cable work with a Samsung Galaxy S2?
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On the Galaxy Tab 10.1, is there a way to see a list (not grid) of all apps, or to search for an app by typing other than via the main Google search widget?
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You can see a list of all apps in <code> Settings -> Apps </code> (or <code> Applications </code> ) and then select the <code> All </code> tab to see factory-installed apps in addition to downloaded apps.
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Apps list on Galaxy Tab 10.1
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I am using the URI format <code> http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name> </code> described in Linking to Your Apps on Google Play in order to open the app in Android Market or Google Play to install it. But it only opens it in the browser as it would do it on the desktop. And when <code> Install </code> is clicked it asks the user to sign-in to install. How can I link the app in Google Play so the user can install it?
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Try directly this if link is originated from an app for Android to handle: <code> market://details?id=<package_name> </code> Notice: There's no domain and host.
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Link to app will not open in Google Play
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android
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If I look at the options to manage an application and select to clear data, what data is specifically being cleared? Is there a way to find out?
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All the data stored by the app in the folder /data/data/app_name/ will be cleared. You cant specify which data to clear. The app would be like when it was installed or updated.
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What does it mean when I select to 'clear data'?
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I'm looking for a way to connect my Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.0.x) to my laptop via adhoc wifi. (The laptop will act as my wireless NAS.) The WiFi Ad Hoc enabler for Android does not work on the Galaxy Nexus. (The statistics at at that link show 0 successes and 13 failures for GNex owners who tried it. However, it works for many other devices.) I also see this advice: You need a modified wpa_supplicant file in /system/bin. What modifications are needed to the wpa_supplicant file in /system/bin? I see a couple proposed solutions for other devices, but nothing for the Galaxy Nexus. stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url stackexchange-url ("stackexchange-url http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/2973-ad-hoc-network/ However, I see stackexchange-url ("this response"): "patching the wpa_suplicant isn't generic and frankly I'd call that method useless." What is the best solution? Can anyone shed more light on the problem here?
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If you can tether mobile data of your Galaxy Nexus over Wi-Fi, you have full-featured ad-hoc network. If you are not sure, install Wireless Tether (root access is required). After connecting Laptop to this <code> MobileAP </code> , look for IPs of client and <code> Default Gateway </code> ( <code> ipconfig /all </code> cmd command works fine with Windows; Fing can also be used). IP of <code> Default Gateway </code> is IP of your Android device. You can use these IPs in any networking service you want. It works. Another Approach In ad-hoc networking, it doesn't matter which point is broadcasting SSID. So, you can make your laptop virtual router too. Connect your Galaxy Nexus to it & do whatever you want. To make your laptop virtual router with NAS support, I'd recommend you to install Connectify Pro (not free). There's a nice free alternative too: mHotspot . After connecting your Galaxy Nexus to virtual hotspot created by it, you can use any networking service over it.
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Enabling AdHoc Networking on ICS to Connect to AdHoc Devices
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I want to clear the learned words on my Android 2.3.4 phone. They are not found on the User Dictionary but I can see them being suggested whenever I'm typing.
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If you are using swipe, go to settings > locale and text > swype settings and then click on reset swype's dictionary Also you can navigate to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications . Then once there, you will need to scroll down and find the keyboard app. Click on that, and then tap the “ Clear Data ” button. when the list of learned words appears, long press on one and you may be given the option to forget it. This works on samsung galaxy note 3.
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How do I clear learned words?
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When I install an application, what happens in the background, where is the application installed, where are its preferences stored, where is information such as usernames and passwords stored, etc?
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where is the application installed The .apk file is put into <code> /data/app </code> (see: stackexchange-url ("Where in the file system are applications installed?")) where are its preferences stored This depends on the application. If it uses the SharedPreferences classes then they go in <code> /data/data/<app's package name>/shared_prefs </code> , but they could feasibly be stored anywhere the app can write data to (i.e. all of <code> /data/data/<app's package name> </code> , the SD card, etc). where is information such as usernames and passwords stored This also depends on the app. Most often, probably somewhere in <code> /data/data/<app's package name> </code> . They could also use AccountManager APIs (the app must request this permission) which I believe will use the <code> /data/system/accounts.db </code> database.
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What occurs in the background when an application such as Skype is installed e.g. logs, synchronization, etc?
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I installed an application from the Android Market for the first time today however was informed that I need a Google Account. Why is that?
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Because the applications that you download are tied to that Google Account. That way, if you buy any paid applications, and your phone is wiped, or you buy a new phone, all you need to do is make sure that account is logged in on that phone, and you can re-download any of those paid apps without having to pay for them again. It also enables you to go the Google Play store with your PC, and choose apps to be directly installed onto your phone without even touching your phone. I do it all the time and it works great.
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Why is a Google account required when installing applications from the Market?
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