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My Samsung Droid Charge has an icon in my status bar that looks like a plus inside a diamond with three curved lines extending from its right side. It is the left-most icon in the right adjusted icons in the status bar of this home screen capture. What is this icon for? Also, is there a setting where I can remove it?
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According to the manual (WARNING: pdf file) for the phone (page 24), it is the GPS icon. Screenshot:
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What is this Status Icon?
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android
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I have noticed that when I move apps to the SD card, it doesn't move everything. Is this a bug or a known behaviour or something weird going on with my phone? Here's an example: Start point: Phone free space: 18MB Install Skype app: Phone free space: 3MB, Skype is apparently using 15MB for the App Move Skype to SD Card: Phone free space: 8MB, Skype is now apparently using just 5MB for the App. What appears to have happened is it's only moved some of the App, not the whole thing. It's a real pain for me as I have an HTC Desire, which doesn't have much internal memory (I live on the balance of the low memory warning). It's running the official HTC Gingerbread install...
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Indeed, Android's native "Move to SD Card" does not move the entire app to the card. Things like app's data, cache and dalvik-cache (optimized bytecode) are left on the device's internal memory. You can try to mitigate this by regularly clearing out the cache of apps you use most often (e.g. Browser, etc.) by going to <code> Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> All </code> , then selecting the app, and tapping the <code> Clear cache </code> button. However, you will just be delaying the inevitable. Also, the fact that not all apps support being moved to SD does not help the situation. For example, widgets and sync adapters may not be moved to SD Card due to a limitation of Android. Other apps simply have not been updated to support this functionality. If your phone is rooted, you have more choice to mitigate this shortcoming. First, some custom ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) allow you to move all non-system apps to the SD Card, even if they don't explicitly support this functionality (even Widgets can be moved, but will stop working after a reboot.) There are also alternative "Apps to SD" solutions that can move all non-system apps to the SD Card on a rooted phone. For example, the S2E app works wonders on CM ROM, and is very easy to install and use. The DarkTremor A2SD script is a lot more difficult to set up and configure, but works on different custom ROMs.
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Move to SD Card doesn't move everything
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android
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I'm using the native calendar in my Android 2.2. I'm also using Simple Calendar Widget but I don't think it has anything to do with my problem. A few weeks ago everything was perfect. I had synced 3 calendars from the same gmail account and the calendar of my facebook account. So I could see the events in gmail's calendars, facebook's events and facebook's birthdays. Now, for some reason, facebook's birthdays dissapeared. How can I do to get them back? I read about exporting facebook calendar, but this way if after importing it in my calendar I add a friend in facebook, it's birthday wont appear, right? Thanks!
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Check that you have the calendar selected: go to <code> Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> [your Facebook account] </code> and make sure <code> Sync calendar </code> is selected. On some phones there might be a builtin Facebook sync which only takes care of the names, so if there is no <code> Sync Calendar </code> option, go to <code> Add account </code> and see if you have Facebook under <code> Integrated contact accounts </code> and <code> More accounts </code> . If so, add the one from <code> More accounts </code> and check <code> Sync Calendar </code> . Edit: The problem can be fixed by removing and readding both sync accounts, waiting for the phone to remove them in between.
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Calendar and facebook events and birthdays
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android
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I want to know what apps can sound an alarm depending on my location. Obviously it would be better if the battery consumption is low. I'd be happy if the application is free but wouldn't mind paying if it's working properly with not much battery consumption. Also please post (if you can) only applications that you've used. UPDATE: Sorry guys, I should have been more clear. The alarm I am looking for is something where I can set an alarm when I am in the bus/train and make it sound the alarm and wake me up before my stop.
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Llama . A laymans version of Tasker. It can do so much more but should suffice with minimal battery impact as it uses cell sites to identify rather than gps.
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What are the location based alarm applications available for Android?
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android
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I'd like to send an email or post to a server every time the IP address on the phone changes. This way, I can continue to VNC into the phone, even when the IP changes. Is there an App that would let me send out the IP address, or a bash script I could use?
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Rather than a notifier and managing all of this yourself, had you thought about using a Dynamic DNS client? This would allow you to always use the same name to contact your phone over the internet (or even a local LAN) and the 3rd party would manage the problems with changing IP addresses for you. There are a number of Dynamic DNS clients on the Market , I haven't tried any, but it's a pretty common solution for machines that change IP, so I can't see why there'd be a problem.
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How can I notify my PC every time Android changes its IP?
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android
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A while back I put a Gingerbread [Deck] rom on my HTC EVO, and it came with another camera app (apparently the one that ships with the new Nexus S). While it does have some fun little features, I don't like it nearly as much as my original one, the main feature being spot focus on a touch to the screen. I have checked out third party camera apps, but none have quite done it for me. Does anyone know how I can get my stock camera app back?
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The most accessible way to get a copy of the app itself would probably be to download a stock ROM in zip format and just extract the HTC Camera app ( <code> /system/app/HTCCamera.apk </code> ). A de-odexed version would probably be easiest, but in theory you could extract both the .apk and the .odex file and put them on your device if you wanted. To be honest, though, I'd be pretty skeptical about the HTC Camera working on your ROM since Deck isn't Sense-based. You can give it a shot, but I'd wager it relies on some Sense framework files (never tried it myself).
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Where can i find the HTC EVO native camera apk?
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android
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While I was waiting for my new LJ Optimus X2 (P999) mobile I watched a couple of youtube reviews and it always came with extra features to android. But my phone is pretty much vanila android. Is it because of my carrier? Videotron in Quebec. Features I am missing: From what I could see in videos there was a different keyboard more like the one from Ios. Also some features like taping the side of the phone to move the cursor around. Holding a icon and tilting the phone left and right to move it around. Pretty sure it had extra features everywhere. Also a lot more options in settings then vanilla android.
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As far as I know (not from US/CA) the P999 is a T-Mobile G2X device with vanilla Android, whereas P990 is LG Optimus 2x. The specs are mostly similar but there are certain differences, such as the OS customization. Maybe a custom ROM will bring the functionality to the G2X as well.
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My Optimus X2 was missing its custom android
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android
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I used my laptop to remove two calendars and add one calendar to my Google Calendar account. After syncing, the Calendar app on my Android (2.2) phone knows that I deleted the two calendars, but does not know about the calendar that I added. Is this a common problem? How can I fix it?
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Within the calendar app's menu, see if the newly added calendar shows up in My Calendars. Select and sync your account. If it doesn't or you have problems, clear the data cache from within Android's main settings > Applications section and resync.
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I added a new calendar using my laptop, but my Android phone can't find it after syncing
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android
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As in the title - When I'm writing a text and hit backspace, it always exits to the 'delete by selection' view for the person I'm writing to. Which is especially annoying b/c when I hit back to escape that screen, it takes me to the top of the list of conversations between me and that person, necessitating me spending either a long period of time scrolling, or exiting the menu entirely and beginning again. Any tips on how I can get it to stop doing this? I have a HTC Desire HD.
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Found a thread of people with the same issue. HTC was contacted an to fix they said factory reset your phone: With the phone turned off, press and hold the Volume Down key. Briefly press the Power key. Wait for the screen with the 3 Android images to appear. Press the Volume Down key twice to select CLEAR STORAGE. Press the Power. When asked to confirm, press Volume Up HOWEVER this has not worked for many users. The second fix would be this: *hey i will GWY<----- when you make a mistake like that instead of tapping the backspace button to get rid of your mistakes. Press AND HOLD it until it gets rid of your mistakes its a SLIGHT fix but its ALOT easier to have to deal with the whole delete by selection issue
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Pressing backspace whilst typing an SMS causes the screen to exit to the "Delete by Selection" view, how can I stop this?
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android
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I want that game in my Android.. does anybody know some copy of Pixelated to Android? Here it says about "Colorised" game, but I wasn't able to find it anywhere Thanks!
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Is Colorised what you're looking for? This is a demo, but there's also Coloroid and Color Flood if you're still looking :)
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Pixelated (blackberry game) on Android?
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android
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I have a HTC Wildfire (Buzz) that originally came with Eclair. I now have Froyo on it and the Unrevoked tool doesn't work as the HBoot version is not supported (too new for Unrevoked). At this point, I don't care about losing the data on the phone (they are backed up anyway). So, can I do a factory reset to get the old firmware back that can be rooted? I'm ready to do anything to get Cyongenmod on this :)
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No, performing a factory reset won't affect your HBoot version. You should, however, be able to follow this guide instead (which uses Revolutionary ). There's another page with instructions here which describes in a bit more detail what Revolutionary does and where to go from there. The standard disclaimers with regards to possibly bricking your device apply, of course, and I can't guarantee 100% that it will work.
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Can I get back to root-able HBoot version by doing a factory reset
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android
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Is there a way to easily transfer my SMS messages to my new phone if both are Android?
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SMS Backup & Restore (free and highly rated) in Market seems like a good fit for the task. Backs up SMS to gmail (threaded), supports restore to SMS (hence the name).
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Transfer SMS messages from Android to new Android phone
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android
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When I connect my Nexus S to my computer I can see various files (media, LOST.DIR, DCIM...). If I copy a file here, I can't find it on the file manager (ASTRO) on my phone? How do I access these files on my phone?
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Make sure you've disconnected from the computer and the phone has remounted the card, then navigate to <code> /sdcard/ </code> or <code> /mnt/sdcard/ </code> . (On other Samsung phones like the Galaxy S, you would go to <code> /sdcard/external_sd/ </code> .)
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Nexus S - Can't copy to SD card
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android
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In 2.2.1, all I have to do to clear the RAM on the device is long tap the home key, then choose task manager and then go to the RAM manager to clear the RAM. I'm finding that this has been changed in 2.3.4. How do I clear the devices RAM in 2.3.4? The device that I have is the Nexus One.
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Your previous Task Manager was a Samsung addition, and not part of Android itself. In 2.3 onwards there's a very similar and memory usage listing. If you go into Settings, then into Applications and click the "Running Services" option, it should show you everything that's running along with how much memory it's using. There's also a small graph at the bottom showing RAM used vs RAM free.
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How to clear memory in 2.3.4 like I did in 2.2.1
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android
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I got my Samsung GS II just recently and I was wondering if the problem I'm experiencing comes from my phone or is a common problem among GS II users. Once I turn on the Barcode Scanner I'm able to scan QR codes correctly, but when I try to scan a barcode, it rarely works. If I try to focus the bardcode for a couple of minutes it will work sometimes and scan the code. The camera seems to struggle to scan the barcode, from the looks of it. Everything else on the phone is working fine so far so I doubt at first that it's an harware problem. Does anyone know how to overcome this? EDIT: Barcode Scanner seems to be able to scan some barcodes if I can scan the code for about 30 seconds or more. This should be done almost instantly when the camera gets a clear vision of the barcode but it seems to take the phone quite some time to lock it down. Any ideas people?
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After spending the whole week searching for this issue and testing different settings and tricks recommended by users from other forums, I have finally found the culprits. It seems that the least mark of your fingertips on the lens of your phone's camera will make it less sensitive to QR codes and Barcodes in general. That and also not having AutoFocus On . Things I did that helped: Clean the camera lens with a soft cloth to remove fingerprints or other marks Turn on AutoFocus On your camera, if it's not On Try setting camera Action to Macro, this seemed to make it recognize codes faster. I hope these tips can help others as it helped me. Edit: Also check this Forum for more tips on this matter.
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Barcode Scanner not working correctly on Galaxy S II
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android
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Does anyone posses an official or un-official information on which encryption standard is used in Honeycomb "encrypt tablet" option? Is there an information on any hacks or backdoors, placed for law enforcement and such? Basically, the question is: if someone loses a tablet with confidential information in it, how probable it is, that the data could be extracted from it despite encryption?
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The current encryption scheme is outlined on the Android website's "Notes on the implementation of encryption in Android 3.0" page. From that page, the specific algorithm used is noted as such: The actual encryption used for the filesystem for first release is 128 AES with CBC and ESSIV:SHA256 That's the only official documentation I've seen for it at this point, but it is fairly lengthy and informative.
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Which disk encryption standard is used in Honeycomb?
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android
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I noticed I had updates the other day, and was surprised to see that my phone (Droid X, Gingerbread) was downloading Alice in Wonderland . I did not ask for this book, and I don't want it on my phone taking up disk space. When I checked, I saw it had also downloaded Dickens' Great Expectations and (as if in some kind of smirking insult) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice . WTF? Granted these books are in the public domain (i.e. free) but I really think I should be the one to decide what I want downloaded to my phone. Not Google. What's worse, there is apparently no mechanism to prevent such downloads. The settings in the book and market apps make no mention of any of this. Does anyone have advice on how to stop this behavior?
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Assuming this is Google Books, this behavior should not carry on past these few books. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , Great Expectations , and Pride and Prejudice are downloaded by default, to give a feel for the program and some reading examples. No additional books will be downloaded without your telling the application to do so.
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Help! Google is downloading books to me without my permission or involvement
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android
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I know they are unnecessary, but they look so cool!
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Different wallpapers drain the battery differently. It really depends on how many different factors the wallpaper is paying attention to. Is it just being pretty or is it altering itself based on every movement of your phone? The best way to find out is to simply test it yourself. Spend one charge of your phone running a live wallpaper. When you get near the end of the battery charge, open up your phone's settings. Go to "About Phone" -> "Battery" -> "Battery Use". This screen will show you all services that have used up more than 2% of your battery's charge. Your first reaction will probably be that it is taking up a lot when you see "Display" draining the most but that isn't taking into account wallpaper. The live wallpaper, if it has used more than 2% (some don't), will show up as it's own service. They will pull more than a normal wallpaper (that's a given) but some won't effect it the battery charge nearly as much as say your widgets or the brightness of the display. Turn down the brightness and you could probably offset the difference in battery charge of running a live wallpaper.
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How much battery does using live wallpapers drain?
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android
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Are there smartphones which support Android and, in addition to it, some other operating systems, in particular Symbian and RIM Blackberry? Or, maybe, the last two are constrained to devices which don't support Android?
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RIM only make Blackberry OS for their own specially-designed hardware, they don't release their OS to be installed on other people's hardware. However the new Blackberry Playbook (running their brand new QNX OS) can run Android apps as well as Blackberry apps, I don't think there are any phones running their new OS yet, but they will be coming soon. So that could do some of what you want to do with dual booting? Phones designed for Symbian often have much lower hardware specs than ones designed for Android, so you're going to struggle to get Android running on them. See this previous question stackexchange-url ("Is it possible to get Android on a Nokia e65?") Phones designed for Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7, however are a different matter. They do (mostly) have high enough specs, and a lot of the time are almost identical hardware-wise to Android phones from the same manufacturer. In these cases all that is needed is for someone to spend some time gathering (or writing) Android hardware drivers for the specific hardware in the phone, and then porting an Android build onto them. There are a few websites that co-ordinate projects to get Android running on these phones, XDA Devs being one of the biggest. See this previous question which does overlap with this one by quite a bit stackexchange-url ("Can I install Android on my non-Android device?")
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Do Android-enabled smartphones support other operating systems?
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android
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My HTC Magic 32a is actually running CyanogenMod 6.1 and I'd like to switch to latest GingerYoshi 1.4 with GingerBread. I have SPL 1.33.2010 radio 3.22.20.17 The reason I want to change is because with my sim card, cmmod seems to have problems while everything was fine when I was running Original 1.5+Sense (with radio 6.35). Now the question, in this xda thread about installing GingerYoshi 1.4, they say: if you are on 32a new radio then download the ginger yoshi 32a new radio just flash 32a new radio What do they mean by "new radio", can I just flash back to 1.5+Sense+6.35 with RUU and then directly flash GingerYoshi over new 6.35 radio (I believe the phone would work somewhat better with a newer radio, specially regarding problems with my sim)? Thanks
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I now have GingerYoshi 1.5 running on my HTC Magic 32a, so I'll answer my own question and explain how it went. As for the radio 6.35, answer is YES, you can use it with the GingerYoshi for 32a new radio. Here is how I swithed from 2.2.1 CM6.1 radio 3.22 to 2.3.5 GingerYoshi 1.5 radio 6.35 1) I reverted my HTC magic back to the stock rom 1.5 + sense, this to simply revert to the new 6.35 radio. I did the update by connecting the phone to usb and running the RUU RUU_Sapphire_HTC_Europe_3.05.401.1_test_signed_NoDriver.exe 2) Then I had to reinstall a recovery, as we have radio 6.35 we need a Hero recovery, that is amonRa 1.6.2 for hero (the 1.7.0 wont work with magic) 3) I flashed 1.76.2007 SPL At this point only thing left is to flash GingerYoshi. From recovery, do a full wipe. (I didn't care about having an ext partition, so I left my sdcard untouched) 4) Flashing "ginger yoshi 1.5 new radio 32a.zip" from recovery following install procedure, answering the questions in order: - no ext - zeam launcher - no swap on ext - big density REBOOT: new HTC logo with hiding bugdroid Enjoy GingerYoshi 1.5 and Android 2.3.5, so far everything seems to be working fine, and no more troubles with my simcard. Quadrant now gives 387 instead of 299 with CM6.1 :-)
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Install Ginger Yoshi 1.4 on HTC Magic 32a, which radio do I need?
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android
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Sometimes after I fully charge the phone, and disconnecting it from the power, the battery suddenly drops to 97%, it is normal? I already made a battery calibration past week. Well, this happened only 2 times.
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Yes, this is fairly normal. It happens on most new devices, i have an Evo and it does this constantly. If i'm not mistaken, it comes from the fact that there are multiple cells in the battery, and when it reads 100%, they may not all be fully charged. Thus, when the battery discharges, the first few percent goes quickly, because it wasn't actually charged completely to begin with. I assume you did something like this for recalibration: Turn the EVO on and charge it until the LED indicator turns green. Unplug it and turn it off. Plug it back in and charge until the LED indicator turns green. Unplug it and turn it on. Once powered on completely, turn it off again. Plug it back in and charge until the LED turns green. Unplug it, turn it on, and use it normally. Without this, i find the battery usually drops to 90% pretty quickly, but if yours is only decreasing to 97% in that time, you're probably okay. The only thing we can really do is hope that these hit it big soon.
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The battery is discharged suddenly on Galaxy S2
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android
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I've found I can make punctuation happen by saying "comma", or "period", but I can't find the word for new line. I tried "paragraph", and "line break", but it just prints those words.
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I found that saying <code> period newline </code> gives you a new line, after putting a periond on the current line.
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What do I say to make a new line when using voice recognition?
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android
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When I press the power button on my Motorola Droid, nothing happens (usually). Just to get my phone to turn on after being shutdown, I have to plug it in to the charger cable. Once booted, however, I still have no convenient way to turn the screen on and off, or to shutdown the phone gracefully. Is there anything I can do to make the phone usable? Note that a similar question has stackexchange-url ("already been asked"), however that question is specifically for non-rooted Droids, whereas my phone is rooted.
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As long as your phone is rooted, you can use the excellent Button Remapper app by appelflap as a convenient workaround. What the app will let you do is remap the camera button to work as the power button. After installing the app, find the entry for "(Camera)" and set its Action to "Power" and its State to "WAKE_DROPPED". (WAKE tells the key to register even when the screen is off; WAKE_DROPPED does the same but drops the key before it is sent to the running application.) Optionally, remap the "(Power)" button to something innocuous like "Home" and set its state to "NONE" — that way, in case the real power button becomes active in a jammed state, the button input shouldn't mess up anything you are trying to do on the phone. After you are satisfied with your changes, click "Apply" to reboot the phone for the changes to take effect. In case you messed up, there will be a notification from Button Remapper in the status bar, which will let you reset any changes you have made. Note that even when using Button Remapper to remap the hardware buttons, the remapping will not take effect when the phone is off (or you are booted into recovery mode). If your power button doesn't work, you will still have to use a workaround like plugging your phone into a charger in order to get the phone to power on from a shutdown state. Seeing as how the power button design on the Motorola Droid appears to be partially defective (I know of at least a handful of Droid owners who have had the power button fail), on my replacement Droid I made the point of remapping the Camera button pre-emptively, in an attempt to minimize wear and tear on the power button. It's something to consider.
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Power button fails to work consistently on Motorola Droid. Workarounds?
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android
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If my phone was ever lost or stolen, my only real concern is data and apps associated with my Google account, such as my Gmail, the ability to purchase apps from the Market, and maybe Picasa albums. Is there a way to block access to these Google associated programs if I change my password or do something else with my account? I would also be interested in any solution that remotely wipes my Google data. I know remote wiping questions have been asked before, but I feel that my question is a little more broad, in the sense of overall protection of data in which wiping is a possible answer. FYI, I'm running a Gingerbread-based ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S (AT&T Captivate).
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EDIT: I now personally use AndroidLost. In addition to everything listed below, there is also an AndroidLost Jupstart app that will launch the service remotely if your phone is already lost without any locating software on it. It's pretty sweet: Read SMS'es Read the latest SMS'es from your phone and send them to your email. Remote control alarm Have you ever misplaced your phone which was put on silent mode? Now you may sound the alarm on your phone from your PC! View on map Find the location of your phone on a map. With AndroidLost you can find your phone with GPS precision. Even if the phone is indoor you will get a nearby location by network accuracy. Send SMS'es from your PC You can send SMS'es directly from your phone by typing them on AndroidLost. All replies will still go to your phone. Lock the phone You can lock and unlock the phone from the web. If you forget your pincode you can simply overwrite it or remove it by entering an empty pincode on the web. Wipe the phone Don't want your personal messages in the hands of anyone else? With AndroidLost you may wipe the entire phone so all SMS'es, contact and google setup is removed. Pop up messages on the phone Send a message to the friendly guy who have found your phone so you may let him know where to give it back. Forward your calls You can send keys to the dialer of your phone. That way you can forward your calls from your mobile to a nearby phone. No battery use AndroidLost will not use any battery since it does not poll any server to find out if it is lost. It uses the latest technology from google to send messages to the phone. No pre installation required You didn't install AndroidLost on your phone? No problem! You can push the AndroidLost app to your phone from google market and initiate the connection to googles servers by sending an SMS with the message "androidlost register" to your phone. Read status Detect how much battery is left, display IMEI, SIM card ID and much more. SMS commands You can set up a phonenumber which can control you phone, i.e. start the alarm by sending an SMS to your phone. Erase SD card Click a button and your SD card will be erased! Very useful if you have some naughty pictures on your sd card. SIM card changed When the SIM card is changed an email will be sent to the owner of the phone. Hidden SMS When the phone receives an SMS it plays a sound and displays an icon in the notification bar. But if it starts with androidlost it will not play any sound and not display any notification. Call list A list of incomming and outgoing calls will be sent to your email. Camera AndroidLost can take pictures with the front facing camera in case the phone is stolen. Only for android 2.3. Tablets Honeycomb I think I have fixed it so AndroidLost works on tablets. The call functions will obviously fail if the tablet have no phone installed. Text to speech You can make your phone speak out load. Suppose you have lost it on a café then you can make the phone say: 'I am lost - please pick me up!' Multiple phones on the same account Here are some others you can use: SeekDroid does the following: Locate your device Remotely Enable GPS Display its location on a map Audible alarm (even on silent) w/ custom message Lock device w/ custom code Retrieve recent calls Remotely wipe entire phone Remotely wipe SD Card Hide from app drawer Disable App from being uninstalled Virtually no battery drain Works without a SIM Card Reteive SIM ID, IMEI, and active phone number and WatchDroidPro does the following: Get your phone position (by network or GPS) Retrieve current SIM information (useful when someone put another SIM card in your phone) Share your position to friend SIM substitute protection Make it ringing even if the ringer is off Wipe data Lock your device All of these should do what you're looking for :)
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Is there a way to block access to or wipe my Google data for a lost/stolen phone
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android
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There's big file with ext2 with ARM Debian where I can chroot to. There's functional mplayer (I can <code> -ao pcm </code> or <code> -vo yuv4mpegpipe </code> ) there. How to record/play sound (or video) from this Debian? Is there things that emulate ALSA/OSS/Whatever to use usual linux programs and android ones side by side? May be there's pulseaudio server for android?
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I managed to make it sound by writing to /dev/msm_pcm_out: <code> mplayer something.mp3 -ao pcm:file=/dev/msm_pcm_out </code> Sound is choppy and it looks hacky in general. Video output is something like <code> -vo fbdev:/dev/graphics/fb0 </code> .
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How to play/record sound from Debian chroot?
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android
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Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater? Imagine situation when you can access a weak Wi-Fi signal from a free hotspot (coffee shop) signal near window, but want to work in the middle of the room. Then we can put the phone on the windowsill to spread the signal over the entire home. Is it feasible?
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The answer is yes, there is an open-source project available that does exactly that. To quote: It is a software designed to help you by-pass Great Firewall of China (GFW). Different from similar softwares, it is designed to run as router instead of running as a client installed on some device. Being router means, you can have one thing (Android mobile phone, for example) running fqrotuer, then other devices can just connect the wireless network created by fqrouter. Blog: fqrouter Source: fqrouter
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Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?
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android
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My old Nokia had a 2.5mm headphone/microphone port. I've recently had that phone stolen and moved to a EVO 3D. It has a 3.5mm port: however, is this a compact headphone/microphone or just stereo headphone?
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It is a headset (as opposed to merely headphone) port, tested using TRRS (tip ring ring sleeve) Klipsch Image S4i headset. Also, because of the peculiarities of the way HTC soldered the fm radio on the 3D, it apparently (I didn't test this, don't have any TRS headsets/don't care about FM) only works correctly with a TRRS cable. You'll note on android, when you plugin a TRRS headset, the icon in the notification area is subtly different (it has a Mic boom under the headphones). If the notification area icon only has the 'phones and no mic, you probably don't have the headset plugged in all the way (happened to me with a case skin on my DInc) and music will sound kind of funny. The pertinent HTC EVO 3d Forum entry
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Does the EVO 3d's 3.5mm head phone also support a microphone?
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stackexchange-url ("This answer") to a question asked earlier today reminded me that I had been wanting to check out Prey because I had heard some good things about it. I ended up installing it and creating an account, but it appears you can only activate Prey on a lost device via an SMS message. Their original announcement for the Android version notes this, and it looks like things haven't changed (insofar as I can tell, anyway). This is fine for my EVO, but I also have a Motorola Xoom and I'm not sure how it would work in this case. Also of note: I don't have a data plan on the Xoom, I just use it for wifi. It is a 3G version because I wanted to have the option of possibly adding a data plan later, but it has never been authenticated on Verizon's network. The Xoom is supported and I can install Prey from the Market just fine, but is there any way for me to activate Prey if my Xoom - or any device that can't receive an SMS - was ever lost or stolen?
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It doesn't look like there's an alternative to SMS activation just yet. Here's what they say on the Prey blog (emphasis mine): Prey for Android works the same way as it does in Portables and Desktops. The only difference is that there’s no standalone mode (yet) , and the activation is not done via the Control Panel, but by sending an SMS to your phone with any message you want. As this is currently meant for phones, if you have no data plan on a device, it cannot recieve an SMS and therefore cannot activate Prey remotely. The good news is that it seems like standalone mode is being introduced in newer versions post v0.51, and only on Android 2.2 and above (no issue in the case of you Xoom)
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Is it possible to use Prey on a non-phone device?
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One of my Samsung Galaxy Tabs v10.1 will not accept certain dialog input unless the tablet is some other direction than right-side up (left portrait, right portrait or upside down all work fine). For example hold the power button to turn it off, it asks "are you sure you want to shutdown?" It ignores all touches including "Ok" or "Cancel". Also when you use the keyboard it often inserts two letters on one key push. Thinking that this HAS to be a software issue I rooted and installed clockwork Mod ROM manager and restored an image from another working tablet. No change. This is the weirdest issue to date with my tablet adventures. Any idea what is going on? UPDATE: Samsung repair said the screen was bad. They didn't elaborate but at least I have a working tablet now!
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Samsung replaced the screen (it was under warranty)
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Dialog boxes only work when tablet is tipped! DDouble letterss?
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I have a lot of music on my android phone that I want to listen when im running and using Adidas Micoach apk to trainning that I cant listen because Micoach doesn't list the music files on his player. I take a look and didn't find any option to load music from specific path on SD on micoach. Does someone knows where Adidas Micoach loads it's list of music?
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According to this review , you may need to create playlists in the Android's stock Music player app, and miCoach will pull those playlists in.
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Where does Adidas Micoach loads music files?
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I think it's something to do with how fast/slow you're going, but some clarification would be nice.
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Google Maps Navigation also provides Live Traffic Information along your route, updated every few minutes. A red/amber/green light in the corner shows if there are any traffic problems anticipated along your route. If there are, you can see where the holdups are and have the option to press to re-route which will find a route avoiding the traffic holdups. Source: http://mobile.jack-frost.co.uk/google_maps_navigation_review_uk.php Also: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=4f7b34dd18f74b75&hl=en (Via: Google Search For "google navigation amber green light" )
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What does the green/amber/red light next to the time remaining in navigation mean?
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When I inserted SIM card into my phone I tapped the "cancel" button, assuming that it would be possible to unlock it later. But I fear that my assumption was wrong. The device is a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 . Sadly I cannot find anything in "Settings" to unlock the SIM. I have tried removing and inserting the SIM card several times, but it doesn't help. Somehow the devices remembers that I selected cancel. I'm not seeing any prompts related to unlocking the device. I can see that the APNs page is empty. There is no Add button on it. <code> Settings -> Wireless & network settings -> Mobile network settings -> Access Point Names </code> <code> Mobile network state Disconnected </code> <code> Firmware version 2.1-update1 </code> <code> Build number 2.0.1.A.0.47 </code> <code> Model number E15i </code> Is it hidden in another app or is there something I have overlooked?
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Finally solved it.. I have found this ansewer by yy502 on cyanogenmod <code> 1) you've missed the PIN prompt when phone starts up. no phone calls. 2) go to "location & security settings" 3) go to "set up SIM card lock" 4) un-tick "Lock SIM card" 5) enter your PIN as required 6) your phone will now connect to the mobile network. full bars!! 7) re-tick "set up SIM card lock" if you still want to protect your phone using SIM card PIN 8) enter your PIN as required </code>
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I cancelled SIM unlock and now I cannot unlock the device
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I'm trying to decide whether I want to run CM7 off a SD card or run it off the EMMC (internal memory) for my Nook Color. I'm just not getting what is happening when I run off an SD card and when I run it off the EMMC. Also, the install instructions are confusing me. Here are two popular ones that people are using, I am wondering if someone care to explain to me what is actually different between the two. Thanks. SD: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/nook-color-technical/13156-how-cm7-bootable-sd.html EMMC: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 Thanks!
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Since the SD Cards are slower than internal NAND memory, by running a ROM off the SD you will be sacrificing on the speed. Things like booting up and launching apps will be noticeably slower. The class rating of your SD Card will play a large role in how much slower your NC will feel when running in such configuration. It's generally recommended to buy at least a Class 6 card for this purpose. By running custom ROMs from the SD Card you will be able to easily keep the original manufacturer installed firmware intact. In Nook Color the SD Card is set as a primary boot device, so if it contains a bootable ROM image, it will be used instead of whatever is installed on EMMC. By just inserting such a card into the microSD slot and turning the NC on, you will be running a custom ROM. Boot up without this card - and you're back on the EMMC ROM, be it stock or a different custom one. This can be quite beneficial for quickly testing out new experimental ROMs (e.g. Honeycomb builds) without blowing away your main one. Although it's possible to multi-boot off EMMC without utilizing the SD Card at all, it's a lot more complicated to set up and maintain. This involves re-partitioning the internal memory, using a custom boot image, and modifying the start-up scripts for each ROM you'd like to have installed side-by-side. Needless to say, this type of installation is not for a novice.
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What is the difference between running/installing cm7 off SD and EMMC for Nook Color?
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The voice-to-text feature is very useful, but every once in a while when sending an SMS or email message to a friend, I want to really let loose. However, Google, in their defense of my virginal eyes, replaces such words with hashes (####) if it recognizes the word at all. How do I turn off this ####### "feature"?
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There is a checkable/uncheckable option called Block offensive words under Settings → Voice input & output → Voice recognizer settings . For Samsung phones, the settings are named slightly differently: from the Settings app, try Language & input → Voice search settings → Block offensive words . This of course only works with the integrated Google voice recognition . For Android 4.3 (and possibly earlier versions): Settings → Language & input → Google voice typing (settings) → Block offensive words
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How the f*&% to stop voice-to-text from censoring profanity?
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I'm currently running MIUI XJ (Gingerbread 2.3.5) with d2w on my HTC Desire with the 4GB sd card it was shipped with, but as I found the joy of the occasional ROM-switch, I found myself running out of storage on the sd card, which was filling up with alternate roms, flashable updates for said roms, nandroid backups of different roms, titanium backups, miui backups and, well, the stuff I'd actually like to use (photos, music). So my question is: How can I safely replace an sd card with a bigger one, even if the original one is partitioned in a special way to make use of d2w? I realize I could simply partition the bigger sd card similarly to the original one, but what if I need a bigger sd-ext partition? (Which I, indeed, need for some Gingersense ROMs). Will the system simply accept the bigger partition or do I have to make a nandroid backup with the original sd card and reflash that backup once the bigger, partitioned sd card is mounted? Would the partitions remain untouched? Would there be any considerable loss if I boot the system with the partitioned sd card with an empty ext-partition? As you can see, I don't even really know what sort of data is stored there. EDIT: So, I did it. My solution (not optimal, but worked. Keep in mind: With the HTC Desire, you can't switch SD cards while the battery is in, so no "on the fly" way. Also, I have no proper card reader lying around.): Backup of ALL the things (Nandroid backup, just in case, MIUI/Titanium Backup for apps+system settings (things stored on the sd-ext partition) and a full copy of the previous FAT32 partition) Put the new SD card in the phone and partition it (I used 4EXTRecovery so I could do it in the phone and increased the sd-ext partition from 256 to 1024mb) Mount the sd card on a computer, copy the contents of the old FAT32 to the new one (FAT32 partition should now be the same as before and it has your MIUI/TitaniumBackup on it) Boot the system (may be slow since there is now an empty data partition), when the system is up, you can restore your backups via MIUI Backup and/or Titanium Backup. I used Google to sync contacts and messages etc were synced with MIUI Backup, if you are not running a MIUI then you can use SMS Backup+ for messages. System is now the same as before, but the partitions are bigger :) Recommended solution I stumbled upon that seems easier to me: Mount the sd card on a pc, open in the partitioning tool of your choice (I was told partition wizard would do the trick) Clone the sd card as a whole Apply that clone to the new sd card Increase the partitions as you like Put the new sd card in your phone. Should work exactly like before.
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AFAIK the different partitions are identified by their ordering on the SD card. Therefore the standard FAT32 partition comes first, followed by the app/data partition (usually ext3 or ext4). Sometimes a swap partition follows as third partition. If you use the same partition pattern (number of partitions and partition types) on the new sd-card there should be no problem. The partition sizes should not play a role - as long as you don't reduce the size. Just partition the sd-card, format the partitions and copy your data from your old sd-card over to the new.
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How to switch sd cards when using a data2whatever (d2w) custom ROM?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully). Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock screen while it finishes booting. Every once in a while (though more often lately than it used to), the boot animation screen gets stuck for about 5 minutes before showing me the lock screen. This happens both on clean boots (i.e. shutting it down from the power button menu and then restarting) as well as when the phone freezes and I restart it, or when it crashes. What is the phone doing at this time? Why does it do it sometimes and not at other times? How can I avoid this?
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Download and install the Android SDK. On your handset's manufacturer website find and download USB drivers for your device, and install them. On your phone go to <code> Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development </code> and enable the <code> USB debugging </code> option. Now when connect the phone to your PC via USB, you should see the "USB debugging connected" ongoing notification. On your PC (I'm assuming Windows) start command prompt by going to Start -> Run, typing "cmd" and pressing enter. Navigate to the "platrofm-tools" sub-folder of where you installed the Android SDK (e.g. "C:\AndroidSDK") by typing the following: cd C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools and press enter. Now issue the following command: adb devices and press enter. If everything was installed correctly, the adb service will start and show your connected handset's serial number: * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * List of devices attached HT035xxxxxxxx device You can now issue the <code> adb logcat </code> command to review your handset's logs in real-time. Reboot while your handset is still plugged into USB (you will need to re-issue the <code> adb logcat </code> command when the phone restarts) and you will be able to see what your phone is doing during those long boot-up sequences.
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What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time?
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I'm travelling to country X. I want to install an application which isn't available in my country, but is available in country X; but I prefer to download and install it in advance, while the data connection is still cheap. Unfortunately, the Play Stores does not allow me to install this app. Is there any way to circumvent this limitation?
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Try the Market Enabler app (download the APK and side-load it.) It allows you to spoof your region, so that the Market thinks you're in the US. As an alternative, you may want to see if this app is available via other distribution methods, such as from other reputable markets (e.g. Amazon Appstore , SlideMe.org , GetJar.com , etc.) Also reaching out to the developer can sometimes help.
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How can I circumvent regional restrictions in Google's Play Store?
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The screen is 1280 x 800 pixels but the system bar uses up some of the vertical height. So what is the screen resolution minus the black system bar at the bottom? This is needed to configure an RDP client to exact screen dimensions.
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My testing indicates a usable resolution of 1280 x 750
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What is Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 usable screen resolution?
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I have a Nexus One with Android 2.3.3 and I use the default browser. My phone doesn't have "Swedish" as language setting, so I use English. But now when I use Google, I'm not redirected to the Swedish edition (google.se), probably because the browser doesn't use a Swedish locale. Is there any way I can change the locale for the browser? I have looked in the settings but couldn't find it. Any suggestions?
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On the google website homepage itself in your browser, scroll down to were it says: iGoogle Settings Help press 'settings' and turn off 'allow use of device location' I have then found my browser always goes to google.com (were it was going to google.de) EDIT I've just seen you want the opposite. So perhaps turn this option on !
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How can I change the Locale in the default browser?
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I regularly backup my entire phone using Titanium Backup. For the next two weeks or so, im going to be using my friends phone. Id like to restore a few things from the backup (contacts, some app data etc.) without rooting it. Is there any way?
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Titanium stores the .apk's in <code> /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/ </code> and the data in the same folder in zip files. You can click the .apk to install it when viewing in a file manager. To restore the data, you can extract the zip file on a PC and copy the contents of the <code> data </code> folder (another folder named something like <code> com.domain.appname </code> ) to <code> /data/data/ </code> on the device using adb: <code> adb push com.domain.appname /data/data/ </code>
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Restore specific items using Titanium Backup without root?
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I just bought a Xperia PLAY running Android 2.3.3, and seems like the only way to use voice dial is through the Google Search app, which is capable of voice dialing, voice texting, etc., at least according to the YouTube demo . However, it looks like those services are only available in the U.S., according to the comments. Poking around the services running in my phone, there's a "Voice Dial" app running (the icon is something like a phone mic), but it doesn't show in my installed apps and I don't know how to activate it... any ideas? Here's an image of the Voice Dialer app icon.
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Try long-pressing the <code> Search </code> button. It should be tied to Voice Search by default. Then say "dial xxx" , where "xxx" is either a phone number (with the area code) or name of a contact from your phonebook. Here are all the voice actions you can perform with the Voice Search app: http://www.google.com/mobile/voice-actions/ Note: According to Google's last blog post on the subject, voice actions via this app only work in English language. You might need to change your phone's locale to "US" or "UK" in order to get this to work.
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How do I activate voice dial outside the U.S.?
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I was curious if there is anyway to reuse an old Android phone? I have a Motorola Droid 1 that has been sitting around since I got my HTC Thunderbolt. Is there a way to use the phone as a "PDA" with the cell radio disabled? I got family member that would find it neat.
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You can still use all the functions of the phone (except carrier based calling of course) without a carrier contract. However, the cell radio will eat up battery hugely! To turn off the radio, dial <code> *#*#4636#*#* </code> , scroll down and click the "Turn off radio" button. Bluetooth and WiFi will still function normally. If your phone is rooted you can actually turn the radio off by setting a script to run that will automatically turn off the radio at boot time: Create a script as a text file at the root of your SD card containing this text: #!/system/bin/sh #!/system/bin/radiooptions radiooptions 1 Install Script Manager app. Open Script Manager and then select the script you created. Check the "Run as root" option and the "Run at boot" checkboxes. Click the "Save" button, and then click "Run" to test. I do exactly this with my old og Droid myself and use it as a dashboard cam when I'm driving to record in case I'm in an accident.
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Reusing old Android phone?
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Every time I have my phone turned off or in flight mode , after I turn it on again, the message sent to me while the phone was down appears to be received at the moment the phone finished booting up. Is there any setting / work around that could display the time when the text message was sent / supposed to be received?
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Some carriers do attach the sent time with the SMS. I'm not sure if it depends on the sender's or receiver's carrier. And some Android SMS apps let you choose that instead of local phone time. The SMS app in CyanogenMod 7 does for one, but check out HandCent, ChompSMS and Go SMS for alternative messaging apps.
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Correct text message time after boot up
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I am a developer, but I write some novels and short stories, and I use subversion to backup and synchronize texts files between PC. I want to read and write my text files on my Asus Transformer, but as far as I can see there is no subversion client for Android. I have only found Subdroid, but it is limited to history browsing, I can't get files and commit them. I know Ubuntu is available for the Transformer, and I already use it on PC. But it's not my first choice for this tablet.
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I have just released an open source svn client that uses actual svn protocol... it is called OASVN (Open Android SVN) you can get it on the play market here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valleytg.oasvn.android Does svn checkout, update, commit, export, cleanup and revert. More to come soon. More information and source are here: http://www.valleytg.com Jira for requests: http://www.valleytg.com/jira
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A Subversion client on my tablet Asus Transformer?
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I often have multi-line text in my address book, in fields such as notes or the first line of the address. Editing this seems near-impossible, as the text entry field only shows one line at a time. Is there any way to cursor through the multiple lines of text so I can edit it easily? The phone in question is an HTC Desire S.
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Get an on-screen keyboard with arrow keys, such as Hacker's keyboard . I use it as a secondary input method, it's not so suitable to all situations but can quickly be switched from the long-press menu.
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Editing multi-line text in address book fields
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I have an Android phone. Can I share files on my smartphone with all devices on the home network? Which app will let me do this?
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File expert app can do this using both HTTP and FTP.
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How do I share files on my mobile over WiFi?
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A couple of days ago I was setting my alarm on my HTC Desire (rooted and flashed with InsertCoin) when I realised a really cool behaviour with the wheel whilst selecting the 'minutes'. Basically, no matter how quickly I flicked it would stop at 00,15,30,45. ie. it would be scrolling fairly fast, but would jolt to a halt and stop at '15' Now, I didn't really think about it that much, other than "wow this is cool, don't remember this before" However, now I can't seem to reproduce the same behaviour - when I flick the wheel it just scrolls and eventually slows to a halt at any old number... Just wondering, did I somehow do something special to trigger the "smart scroll"? Has anyone else seen similar behaviour with the scrolling wheel?
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On my Desire with InsertCoin 1.1.0 (CM7 + Sense) the "smart scroll" feature is only active on the scroller for specifying the appointment time in the calendar.
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Wheel behaviour for HTC Desire (setting alarm)
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I am working towards installing CM7 on my HTC Incredible and have hit a snag. When using 'Reboot into Recovery' from ROM Manager v4.3.3.0 the phone reboots into Recovery, but the menus do not function properly. I can scroll up and down with volume control, but pushing power to select an option blanks the menu and takes the watermarked Icon for ROM Manager at center of display and makes it solid with nothing else displayed. Action does not happen. If I press power again, it toggles back to showing the menu and I can scroll up and down, but no action can be selected. I have to take battery out to boot again. I thought it might be due to doing this first time with USB connected to computer since install guide states: Known Issues Shutting down the phone with USB plugged in will start ClockworkMod Recovery in an unreliable mode. Shutting down the phone and then plugging in USB will also start ClockworkMod Recovery in an unreliable mode. The HTC Battery charge icon is replaced by ClockworkMod. Charge with the phone running in standby mode. But upon retry without USB plugged in same result. I tried 'Flash Alternate Recovery' to "RA_GNM Recovery v2.2.1" in Rom Manager and it gets: "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." I tried 'All ClockworkMod Recoveries' to move back to v3.0.0.7 and then back to v3.0.0.8 and it still fails in same fashion. Phone appears to be rooted properly, but I cannot do this last step. Please suggest how to get Recovery to function properly.
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Try pressing the trackball instead of the Power button.
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Recovery boot not working properly - cannot select items
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What methods are available to back up data (both system and application) from a phone which is not rooted and is running stock Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread? It is my understanding that it is impossible to retrieve application data (not stored on the SD card) on an unrooted phone, except where the application itself offers export. Is this accurate? Of the system settings and built-in applications, which ones have export facilities I can take advantage of? Which ones notably have no export and have significant amounts of data which I might want to manually transcribe out? I am already using Missing Sync for Android which takes care of the contacts, calendar, photos, call log, and SMS messages. My phone is a Nexus One.
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If a phone is not rooted that means that apps are securely sandboxed. There is no way that one app can access the data held by another app. In the underlying linux filesystem they are actually represented as different users, and do not have permission to access each others' files. The only things that can backup the files are a) the system itself and b) the app can backup it's own files. In Froyo (2.2) Google introduced cloud backup, which many app developers have integrated into their apps. This means than some apps will just automatically restore their data as soon as you sign into a new phone with your Google account. However, this will only work for those apps that have implemented this functionality. You should find that all of the system apps now have full backup, or cloud sync, from Froyo onwards. From my recent experience upgrading to a Galaxy Nexus - Cloud Sync: GMail, Calendar, Contacts; Cloud Backup: All system settings (I was surprised by some), Email settings. Not backed up: Browser bookmarks (though these are synced in ICS). There is not default system functionality in Vanilla android that will backup all of your apps, and I'm not aware of any operator/manufacturer customisations which have implemented a system-level backup. One thing that you can do is to install a new recovery, such as ClockworkMod. This does not require your phone to be 'rooted', however, it does need you to have an unlocked bootloader, which I suspect is what you are trying to avoid, as it is typically reflashing the bootloader where 'bricking' occurs. You may be able to manually pull all of the files from the /data partition, using adb. You can browse them using 'adb shell', and pull them individually using 'adb pull', but you would need root to be able to restore them. This also requires a certain amount of technical understanding. edit: actually after further testing, even this requires root access. The suggested MyBackupPro below will not backup all of your apps - only those with exposed contentResolvers (ie SMS, calendar, contacts etc). Those things are automatically backed up in Gingerbread anyway. (I can't comment or vote down)
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How can data on an unrooted phone be backed up?
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I shared a message in Google Plus Huddle with one of my contact. I am looking for a way to delete the message but cannot find anything. I even cleared my Google Plus data from Manage Apps but the message comes back after signing back in. Does anyone know if it is possible to delete a Google Plus Huddle message?
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It does not look like there a way to delete Huddles, only hide them. Navigate to the message, hit the menu button on the handset, and select "Hide".
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How do I delete a Google Plus Huddle message?
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This is somewhat simmilar to stackexchange-url ("Can I Bluetooth tether my Android to iPhone?"), but since it is 7 months old and belongs to different Android version, I will ask again. I want to buy EEE Pad Transformer (which comes with Honeycomb) and I want to tether it with my iPhone 3G, which supports only Bluetooth tethering. Will that be possible? (I will clarify - I want to tether the 3G connection, that I have on iPhone, to EEE Pad) I know that the question is half about iPhone, but I think it is more about Android, since I know bluetooth tethering works on iPhone 3G end, I just want to know if it will work on recieving end on EEE Pad Transformer.
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Tethering an iOS device to an android device will cause a wormhole to open and suck them both in. I don't recommend it. the non-sarcastic response to bt tethering on honeycomb
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Can I tether iPhone 3G to EEE Pad Transformer?
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I have some basic knowledge of android phones from a fan's point of view and have had a bit of experience with testing of custom ROMs but I really would like to start with basic development on my own. I'm no developer, which is why I need some serious advice of where do I start and how do I proceed. What kind of prerequisite knowledge do I require ? Any kind of tutorial or knowledge database which can help me get started would be very helpful.
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XDA is a good resource but not a good starting point. The AOSP is also. But the best idea is always to look how others are creating customs ROMs. For example the CM development for the Kindle Fire: A good starting point is Jackpoint Calvin's post about how to create a CM update.zip for the Fire from source . It gives a good overview about how the kernel, ASOP, hardware modification and CM play together. And how these are handled with Android's <code> repo </code> script. Forums are a good information resource, but it's hard to find useful information fast . IRC channels are the first place to get involved. Join a few rooms to get into contact with developers. Maybe you find a beginners task on which you can start working. Also you need knowledge about Android/Linux kernels, hw drivers, <code> C </code> and some Java.
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Where do I start if I want to learn custom modding an android device?
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I have the original Motorola Droid. I recently installed Lotus Notes Traveler on it (we use Lotus Notes at work). The application is giving some issues, so I was going to uninstall it and re-install it. Unfortunately, when I try to do that I get a message the message "Uninstall Not Succesful". Is there any way to uninstall an app that does not want to uninstall through "Manage Applications"?
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Apparently the Lotus Notes Traveler app makes itself the Device Administrator on the phone. You need to disable this before uninstalling it. The following quote is from Lotus FAQ: You should uninstall Lotus Notes Traveler by launching the Lotus® mobile installer application, then selecting the Lotus Notes Traveler application and choosing uninstall. If you choose to uninstall manually and your device is running Android 2.2 or above, you must first disable the device administrator. To do so, select Menu > Settings > Location & Security > Select device Administrators. After you have disabled the Lotus Notes Traveler device administrator, you can use the operating system to remove Lotus Notes Traveler, by navigating to Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. You can uninstall Lotus Mobile Installer using the normal method for uninstalling applications on your Android device.
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Help Uninstalling Stubborn Application
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I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660). When I try to connect to the GPS satellites, 75% of the time the built-in GPS is unable to locate me within a few minutes. I keep seeing the blinking GPS icon. The other 25% of the time I get a GPS signal within 15 seconds. Is this unusual behavior? If yes, what can I do to find the cause of the problem? Are there any known "death grip" issues related to GPS chips? I should note that I don't have a data subscription for my phone and I've disabled mobile internet on my device, but I have offline maps (certain areas in Google Maps and my entire country in MapDroid) so the GPS chip should be able to operate without data or WiFi.
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I discovered an app called GPS Test that assists in finding satellites by showing how many are currently in view. Basically, I just move my phone around until I can pick up enough satellites. Then I hold it still until my position has been locked in. After the lock-in I just use my phone like I normally would. I look like an idiot when I try to pick up a GPS signal by holding my phone up weirdly, but at least it works now. For those of you who are interested, you can find a full write-up of my solution here . You can download the app for free on the Google Play Store . By the way, I'm on Gingerbread now. Samsung has released an official update since I posted my question a few weeks ago. As far as I can tell, the GPS reception didn't improve after updating.
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Galaxy Gio doesn't find GPS satellites after minutes of searching
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Hello I have a Galaxy I5510 and I''ve reading about ROMS. I'd like to try CyanogenMod but my phone isn't in the list of supported phones , is there anything I can do? If not (which I assume) which ROM would you recommend? I'm looking to get extra functionality. If I don't like some ROM I installed I can uninstall it and go back to the default ROM or any other, right? Also, I'm kind of scared.. If I get to root my phone without troubles, can installing the ROM break it or my only risk is with the rooting?
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I'd like to try CyanogenMod but my phone isn't in the list of supported phones, is there anything I can do? If you'd search more carefully, you'd find this topic (link) . There is CyanogenMod for your phone. But this firmware in early alpha stage of porting. Another great link . If I don't like some ROM I installed I can uninstall it and go back to the default ROM or any other, right? Yes, you are right. Also I'd note that there isn't dedicated uninstall procedure, but you always can reflash your phone to another ROM version, including original stock ROM. If I get to root my phone without troubles, can installing the ROM break it or my only risk is with the rooting? The most risky part is, of course, flashing. Because if something goes wrong, you may get bricked phone. But usually everything is OK. Also Android supports recovery boot mode which can help in case of unsuccesful flashing.
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Can I install CyanogenMod in Samsung Galaxy I5510?
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I have a route which I have taken a couple of times using Google Maps navigation and every time I go it takes me one of 3 different ways, even though I start and finish with the same location every time. In web Google Maps the directions returns 3 results which are 35mins, 40mins and 41mins with varying routes, one is using 3 motorways, another is motorway-town-motorway and the last is through the "backroads". Is GNavigation making this decision intelligently (traffic reports, time of day etc) or randomly picking me a route of the 3 available? This is in the UK.
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Google Navigation uses traffic information in some countries, e.g. USA and UK. If you are in one of those, yep, it will pick an optimal route based on traffic.
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Why does Navigation keep choosing a different route?
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I want to be able to have a 3-way sync for some files between home and work PCs and my Android (HTC Sensation, 2.3). I want to sync a few documents and Keepass password database. What options are there for this? I found SMEStorage which looks very good, but I can't really see a good sync provider that does everything I need: Windows Live Mesh: good for transparent sync on the PC, but I did read somewhere that docs synced from here would be read-only on Android (this doesn't apply to Skydrive, but can you sync to that like you can with Live Mesh?) DropBox - hmm, I really don't want all my files publicly readable thank you... FTP - I'd have to have a separate sync solution on my PCs Google docs - not good on PC as I want a physical copy synced one each one. Is there some other simple method I'm missing? If there was a way of getting it to work with Live Mesh then that would be ideal. EDIT: Looks like Live Mesh also syncs to Sky Drive, so Android clients that have read/write sync to Sky Drive may work, such as Sorami or SMEStorage may work
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I use SMEStorage. I actually use 2 Storage Clouds on it. My home WebDav Server and SkyDrive. My files physically reside on my home WebDAV server and on SkyDrive. I have a phone to SkyDrive folder sync setup through the SMEStorage App for some docs/files. SMEStorage has the ability to encrypt files uploaded to it and then decrypt on the fly from the Client, which suits me. It uses AES-256 and does not store the private key so if you lose the key your stuffed but again this approach suits me.
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Looking for option for 3-way file sync
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I'm very tempted to upgrade my Desire to official 2.3.3, but I was wondering if I'd lose internal memory in doing this. I didn't find any info on the Internet, so I would like to ask that to someone that actually upgraded how much free internal memory there is after the process.
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I found a user reporting 123 MB of free internal memory after the upgrade, vs 134 MB on a stock FroYo , so you lose 11 MB when upgrading, although it seems that applications take up less space and app2sd is more efficient. I'd like to hear more stories though.
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How much internal memory after updating HTC Desire to official Gingerbread?
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I'm running CM 7.03 on my HTC Desire (GSM) and have successfully partitioned my SD card with a 512mb ext4 partition. I installed S2E and it moved my apps to /sd-ext successfully, but certain apps now crash at startup. Angry Birds, Cut The Rope etc will force close as soon as they're launched. Other apps work just fine. I'm assuming it's apps with native code that have issues, as pure Java ones seem ok. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and if so, how did you fix it? If I can't find a work around, I will have to delete my partition and just put up with small storage space.
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I would try backing up the data for one of the apps, then clearing it and seeing if it works afterwards. You could try just restoring <code> /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua </code> and see if that works. I don't have Cut the Rope so I don't know how its files work, sorry!
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Angry Birds and other games force close (crash) on startup when using Simple2Ext (S2E)
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android
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Is it possible to lock the icons & widgets (i.e. disable the long-press-to-move function) on the Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro? I saw this question - stackexchange-url ("Lock widgets in place") - but it seems i may need to root the phone, and besides this issue, i am quite happy with the standard user interface.
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It would seem as the only solution is to install ADW Launcher, as suggested in the other question. And no, you don't need root to install ADW Launcher. If you do decide to change launcher to ADW Launcher, Here's a link on how to lock the screen on the Complete guide to ADW.Launcher
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Can I lock desktop icons on X10 Mini Pro?
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I can't download apps from the Play Store on my Android device (maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the APK file of an app on my PC from http://play.google.com/store?
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There is no easy way to download an APK file. However, redphoenix89 has found a way to download the APK with a Chrome extension. bexton did some cleanups and the result including a guide is available: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809458 The guide mentions that you need to disable SSL warnings, but I could download APKs even without disabling SSL warnings (Chromium 21.0.1180.81 on Linux) An updated version that works with Chromium 23 is available on https://github.com/Lekensteyn/apk-downloader. After installation and configuration, there will be a new button in the location bar for the Android Market as can be seen below. It even works if you are not logged in on the page itself since you have entered your credentials in the APK Downloader options screen. The Chromium extension is completely open-source (in the sense that you can unzip it and check the Javascript files) and I have not found anything suspicious. Also note the note on the end of the guide: Legal Note / Disclaimer Finally, please note that the use of this Chrome extension is violating Google's Play Store TOS! You've been warned.
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How can I download an APK file from the Play Store?
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Is there an application that scan the phone or the phone image searching for vulnerability issues? In the internet there are several tools that make Network scanning, but I found nothing specific for Android. Any ideas please comment, I'll be very grateful.
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If you connect your phone to WiFi, it will acquire IP address. So you will be able to scan it's network services for vulnerablities from your desktop PC with convient programs. I like NMAP port scanner and ZenMAP shell for it. Also it looks like guys are porting NMAP to Android. Link 1 , Link 2
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Is there an Android app that scans a device for vulnerability issues?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S running firmware version 2.2 with pretty much the default configuration it came with from the shop. On it, the <code> (Unread/All) </code> counter with one of my contacts has been stuck at <code> (0/201) </code> for quite a while, even though I've been sending more messages to the contact in question so the <code> All </code> value should be increasing at the very least. Any idea how to get this to refresh so it shows the updated total? Or is this a hard limit set somewhere or something like that?
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It's because there's a threshold beyond which it starts deleting old messages. Go into messaging, hit the menu button & go to settings. The first option is <code> Delete old messages </code> (checked by default), and the next is <code> Text message limit </code> (set to 200 by default). So you've just hit that threshold & it's deleting your old messages.
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SMS thread message total doesn't increase past 201
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Android doesn't seem to offer a way to name (or rename) a paired bluetooth device. For example, if I have two identical Bluetooth headsets, I can't readily tell which is which. Do you know of any way to rename a paired bluetooth device? Perhaps an application?
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The bluetooth device names come from the device itself, so unless there's a way to do this from your headset, this isn't possible, at least on stock Android. A quick google search revealed a thread that claimed CyanogenMod 7 can do this (it creates an alias for the device, doesn't change the name itself).
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Rename a bluetooth device?
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Is there an app that lets you view a tiny-screen-optimized version of any web page, whether or not it was coded with this in mind? Opera's "Mobile View" is like this, but it doesn't give satisfactory results on many pages. Arc90's "Readability" bookmarklet is also in the similar vein.
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Simply put, no. Web pages are complex to the point where it is effectively impossible to determine what bits are necessary for the page to be usable, readable, maintain the right order, etc. for an arbitrary page. When you couple this with poorly-coded websites containing errors and the like it becomes quite a mess. This is why the two things you mention aren't perfect.
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Can I get a mobile view for every web page on the Internet?
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I recently bought a Samsung GT i5800, ok. It has Android 2.1 update1 installed. ok. If i need to connect to the internet through wifi, then i can, ok! If i need to connect through a vodafone mobile internet connection, then i just can't!! What could the problem be? I tried to reset the phone to factory settings, and then power off, power on, then enter PIN, then? it should work, no? Why does it say's "the page cannot be displayed"? why isn't working?:O Are there any tips? Can i provide you guys with more info? [what info?] this is getting urgent, and i spent all the dawn with this problem. There is an icon at the top displaying that it has enough signal strenght, but it doesn't displays an icon @the top that says it's connected through 2g, or 3g. :( please help!
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Check that the following setting is ticked: Settings-> Wireless & networks-> Mobile networks-> Data enabled Also verify that the access point name settings are correct and the correct access point is chosen. You should be able to find the details of what it should be on the Vodafone website. The settings are at: Settings-> Wireless & networks-> Mobile networks-> Access Point Names
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No 3G on a Samsung GT i5800
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For example /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db I cannot see it both in Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04.
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You can't directly mount the internal storage. You need to be rooted to view it on your phone, or you can use <code> adb pull </code> from the Android SDK Tools to copy it off the device.
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How to visit the /data folder on my Android on my PC?
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I have a text file somewhere on the SD card. How can I create a shortcut to this file on the "desktop" to open it immediately? (HTC Wildfire)
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Linda File Manager allows you to do that. Just long press the file and select Create Shortcut. A shortcut icon shall appear on your Home screen As a side note, it is also a nice file manager. There might be tons of other options, though.
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How to create a shortcut to a text file
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We have a secure network that doesn't allow internet access. Unfortunately one app from the Android Market we purchased for our honeycomb tablets uses Market License Check to verify that we've purchased the app on, what it seems like, a daily basis. What site(s) do we have need to allow access to for this authentication to happen?
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The answer is "android.clients.google.com" with port 5228 (TCP).
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How to allow Android Market License Check through a secured network?
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android
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The data associated with an app which we see when we go to Applications > Manage Applications > application, is it cleared when we hit "Uninstall" or is it left untouched by the uninstaller? The reason why I'm asking it is, I've heard from a lot of people who first hit "Clear data" and then hit "Uninstall" mostly because they're not sure so they just ensure that they get rid of the data and then uninstall!! So do one need to hit "Clear data" before uninstalling.
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As Matthew Read noted in a comment: yes, it is. The entire data directory is simply deleted: <code> C:\Console2>adb shell ls /data/data/com.chessclock.android/ lib shared_prefs C:\Console2>adb uninstall com.chessclock.android Success C:\Console2>adb shell ls /data/data/com.chessclock.android/ ls: /data/data/com.chessclock.android/: No such file or directory #Reinstalled from the Market at this point C:\Console2>adb shell ls /data/data/com.chessclock.android/ lib </code> The <code> shared_prefs </code> directory is absent in the last <code> ls </code> listing because I didn't launch the app, I only reinstalled it, therefore there were no preferences yet created for it (it sets defaults on the first launch). I point this out only because it illustrates that the preferences from the previous install were not retained anywhere.
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Is the data associated with an app cleared when an app is uninstalled?
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I'm using Gmail for all mail related stuff, but the main address I use is not my "real" Gmail address, but something like <code> [email protected] </code> . I have set up that adress as a sender in Gmail, so every mail that I send from the Gmail web app looks like it's coming from <code> [email protected] </code> (instead of <code> [email protected] </code> ). So my question is: Is it possible to use this sender adress in the Gmail Android app as well? All mails sent by the Gmail app are sent from <code> [email protected] </code> by default and I can't find anything in the settings to change that to my alternate address. (as I said, it's already set up and working in the web app...the Android app just needs to access this information somehow...) My phone is a HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2, and version 2.3 of the Gmail app, if that matters. Thanks in advance!
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When composing the "From" is a dropdown menu. It has all the accounts you've added via the webmail interface, and it's had this feature for a long time (you shouldn't need to upgrade).
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Gmail app: how can I change the sender address?
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android
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Well this is something that came to my mind, Does anyone know if there is a Device or a cable that i can plug to a DataShow so it is possible to present an Android Application live and fullscreen, doing all the tap and swipe events? If not at least is there is something that its able to record a Screencast of an android application for presentation purpose of course? PD. BTW i did not found right tag for this question, so if someone can retag it it would be nice too :D
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I happened to found that the best way to do this is with a project call androidscreenscast, which is really easy and great: just plug your phone. Downloads the jnl on the site And enjoy your screen I wrote a post about my experience Present your android application on a Datashow .
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Android Software or Device to present Application on Screen
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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy I551 with Android 2.2 FroYo. Sorry for my ignorance, but I have not idea what is that app (which came installed and without rooting can't be removed). And it is using 15MB of my internal storage! I only have 160MB so that is a lot. What is this app for? What will happen if I clear its data? Are those 15MB included in the storage DiskUsage categorize as "System Data"?
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Social Networking Service. I believe it's used for social networking widgets. Clearing the data will just clear the posts and account info in the widgets. I'm not sure if the Facebook or other apps rely on it.
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What is SNS App?
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There's this vertical river-looking icon thing in my status bar? Nothing's claiming it in the notification window. Crude recreation:
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The third table in this page mentions "Vibrate": https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48504/~/droid-x---phone-status-%26-notifications Even though the first table clearly depicts a different icon for the vibration mode, although with the same zigzag pattern. The pattern is also the same as the icon I have for vibration mode on my SGS: Cheers!
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What's this icon in the status bar of my Droid X?
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According to my provider, I've used 6.8MB of data within 3 days. The thing is, I don't know how. I've installed DroidWall and WiSync and only used Waze (a navigation app). I installed Traffic Monitor which shows Waze using less than 800KB and other apps even less (some of them used traffic before I setup DroidWall) Any clues as to what is using 6MB??
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My Data Manager is a free app available in the android market which will aid you in catering your needs. It will give you a detailed statistics of which app/service used how much data. Edit : did not notice this was answered in the comments already.
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How can I find why I'm using so much data on mobile network?
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Ok, even to me this question sounds stupid but I let's just go with "the only dumb question is the one not asked". I have nearly 14Gb free on my SD card but the Motorola Droid only has 128Mb internal so I am constantly fighting "low memory" warnings. I have moved every app that I can to my SD card. This is not only a hassle, for some apps (*cough*AnythingGoogle*cough*) I have to choose to either have Widget functionality or sacrifice my precious internal space. Question : Is it physically possible for me to upgrade this internal memory? Although I believe answering that question will cure my woes, I will open it further to ask: Do you have a recommendation on what I could do differently (other than just delete your crap! ). As I said, I have plenty of (SD) space so I find it asinine to have to make sacrifices because of these short-sights in this phone's design (after all, who would ever have an app larger than 1k, right? You'll never come close to using 128Mb...).
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Theoretically, of course, you could modify your hardware. But this is not remotely feasible for 99% of us. One thing you can do -- if you root -- is to install various apps that will allow you to move more to the SD card. You could also try a custom ROM that is smaller than the stock ROM. If rooted you will also be able to uninstall crapware system apps (be careful not to touch the important onces).
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Is There *Any* Way To Increase Internal Memory?
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android
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When my phone reaches ~22Mb (internal) free space, my phone starts to automatically reject text messages. Assuming they're on internal storage, can the storage location somehow be changed to external storage?
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This is a known and reported bug from 2009. ( See the stackexchange-url ("answer to my question") ) Google says they fixed it in Android 2.3.
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How To Stop Rejecting Messages At Low Memory?
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I need to view all the different UI elements and dialogs on a device. This would be helpful while developing new platform level themes. Is there an existing app that will do this? Are there other ways to view all the UI elements (e.g. android.widget.Button, android.widget.CheckBox, etc).
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You should take a look at the Android API Samples. The APIDemos application is exactly what you are looking for: http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/index.html
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How to preview all UI elements/widgets and dialogs
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android
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I looked at the list of Voice Actions on Google's website and couldn't find one for starting an application of my choice. Is starting applications supported by Voice Actions? If not, can a user add this feature via some setting or by an app from the market?
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The built-in Google Voice Commands can't (at this time) launch apps. However, a quick search on the Market revealed a few possible alternatives. Here are two: Cyberon Voice Commander Voice Actions
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Voice Actions to Start Applications?
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How can I enable auto-sync only when wifi is available? I have a small data plan and I don't want to waste it on sync.
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There isn't a way to do this in the default settings for Android devices and most people are surprised to learn that they can keep sync on full time without exceeding even modest data plans. I would recommend checking out Tasker . It's an Android application that allows you to automate almost anything on an Android device. You can use it to automatically toggle on your auto-sync setting using the WiFi state as a trigger. Tasker is a bit pricey, so please read on. This widget , if it lives up to its billing should do the trick for you, read the comments, you'll see it turns on sync when wifi is present. It's not named very well, but check it out: wifi AutoSyncAuto Toggle
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disable sync when in mobile (3g) network
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android
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Upgraded to cyanogenmod 7.0.3-slide a week ago. Just today the wireless (802.11G) quit working. Wifi Analyzer just shows "Nothing yet ;)". Rebooting doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
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I remove the saved networks and it started working again. Hope this helps someone else.
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cyanogenmod 7 mytouch 3g cannot connect to wireless
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android
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Can I easily disable cellular data on an Android device and just use Wi-Fi? Does this change based on whether or not I have root on the device?
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You can pretty easily disable cellular data on an android device without root. On Android 2.2 and above, you can go to home --> menu --> Settings --> Wireless & networks --> Mobile networks --> and then uncheck Data enabled (on phones with Motoblur, the Data enabled setting might be in home --> menu --> Settings --> Data manager --> Data Delivery instead; YMMV). If you have Android 2.1 or less, or just want a widget that will let you turn mobile data on and off, there are several apps that do the trick, for example Widgetsoid and APNdroid. Like Matthew Read stackexchange-url ("said"), the major carriers won't let you put a smartphone on their network without a data plan. However, you might have better luck with smaller carriers that operate on the big carriers' networks. You end up getting better prices but the same coverage areas. For example, Walmart Family Mobile plans include unlimited talk and text, and pay-as-you-go for data. So if you don't use any data, you don't pay for data. They run on T-Mobile's network, and you can either buy one of their phones, use a T-Mobile phone, or an unlocked GSM phone. Here are a few other examples: Boost Mobile (Sprint) Simple Mobile (T-Mobile) Virgin Mobile (Sprint) And then you've got other carriers that operate their own smaller networks, but have roaming deals with the bigger carriers, so once again you still get coverage areas comparable to the major carriers: Cricket Wireless MetroPCS US Cellular There's a more comprehensive list of US wireless companies that operate on the larger companies' networks here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_MVNO
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How can I disable cellular data on an Android device?
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android
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When I open the Gmail application, it opens the last inbox I looked at. Is there a way to make it always open to the "Accounts" page instead? I have an HTC incredible 2 if that matters.
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Could not find a way to do this every time the app starts. I did discover that if multiple accounts have new messages at the same time, the app starts on the "Accounts" page. It seems when you start the app it opens the account with new messages automatically, and only opens the "Accounts" list if multiple accounts contain new messages.
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How can I make the GMail app open to the accounts page when using multiple accounts
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android
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I have several contacts with linked Facebook accounts. I've set contact pictures for them using Google Contacts, but every time they update their Facebook profile picture, the Facebook picture is selected automatically. When this happens, I need to go back and change manually back to the picture I selected myself, which gets pretty annoying. How do I prevent Facebook (or other linked account) pictures from taking over?
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From your home screen, under <code> Menu->Settings->Accounts&sync->Facebook </code> you can uncheck <code> Contacts </code> . Obviously, this will stop your phone contacts from syncing to facebook, but after you get the list the first time, the only thing that really updates is the pictures, so disabling it should take care of it :)
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How do I stop Facebook linked contacts' pictures from automatically updating from Facebook?
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android
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Here's the scenario: what I often find happening is that I receive a call on my Android phone (HTC Desire S), and as I'm rushing to get it out of my pocket I'm accidentally managing to swipe the screen, which rejects or accepts the call, when I didn't want to. What's the best way to avoid this, given that I want to keep my phone in my pocket? I'd kind of like the screen to remain disabled when a call is being received until I press the power button at which point it becomes sensitive. Is there a way to do this or something which would avoid this accidental accept/reject of calls?
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The way I solved the issue to my satisfaction was to buy and install the WidgetLocker Lockscreen app. This is an awesome little app that basically allows you to replace your lockscreen (and incoming call screen too) with something customized. I just have one horizontal slider to unlock the screen now, and it has completely eliminated accidental screen unlocks, as well as accidental accepts/rejects for incoming calls! :-) I would highly recommend WidgetLocker Lockscreen in any case, because being able to customize the lockscreen is really nice.
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How to make screen 'unsensitive' on incoming calls?
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I'm an experienced iOS developer, and I just bought my first Android phone, used, on eBay. The phone is carrier locked and I'm looking to swap in my iPhone SIM card. (I have an adapter.) The phone is carrier locked. Is there a way to root or erase the firmware to unlock it, or must I use an unlock code? If so, what are my options for obtaining said code?
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Unfortunately it appears your only option is an unlock code, I've just done a search. This XDA thread has a couple ways to get into the unlock screen so you can enter the code. Your options for get the unlock code are to ask the carrier the phone is locked to -- they might give it to you if they're feeling nice -- or to buy it online. There are no reputable sellers of unlock codes online, of course, but you could search around and find someone whose experience seems reliable and use the same service that they did.
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How do I unlock an Optimus T? Is there a "vanilla" firmware I can use?
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android
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I just conducted a tiny experiment with the original headset that comes with Nexus One: I plugged it into the phone, expecting the phone built-in microphones to be switched off, replaced by the microphone on the headset. I was disappointed to see that the voice input behavior of the system didn't change: The phone seems to continue picking up sound from the built-in microphone(s). So, I thoroughly covered the headset's microphone with tape and tried again... Still, no change. The Nexus One's built-in microphone are fully enabled. This is disappointing because I really need to disable the Nexus One's built-in mics, so that I can use a different microphone instead. Is there a way to accomplish that?
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Maybe disabling the noise cancellation feature might work.. Get a rooted file editor first, then from "/system/build.prop" change the <code> "media.a1026.enableA1026=1" to "media.a1026.enableA1026=0" </code> Then do a reboot. See if your problem is solved. I simply suspect the android's mic always gets enabled for the purpose of noise cancellation during calls/voice input. REMEMBER! I do not hold responsiblilty for any failure. I suggest you make a backup and everything when you try this. SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6787214
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Disable Phone's Built-in Microphone?
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I'm brand new to Android; in fact I've never owned one. But I'm traveling all this summer, and I'm very interested in doing some programming while I'm on the run. QUESTION: Is it possible to run a full Ruby development environment with Emacs on Android? How? And does "rooting" give you anything close to a real Linux system?
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"Rooting" allows you access to the internal Android environment, which of course consists of more than just the Linux kernel. So you are running Linux, but you should consider it as though you are running under a different distribution than say Debian or Redhat. There's a different set of standard libraries and some files are in different locations. At least on my Droid <code> ext2 </code> support is not built-in by default. There is also no <code> init </code> or <code> cron </code> . The full set of Linux modules is not available unless you compile them yourself and put then in <code> /system/lib/modules </code> . Important ones you may miss on standard ROMs are <code> cifs </code> , <code> ext2 </code> , <code> tun </code> , and others. Most, if not all, phones running Android are ARM CPUs. So the binaries you run on them must be ARM "EABI" "soft-float" binaries. If you have the source you can cross-compile whatever utilities you need, but read on. There are many standard commands and utilities available in the <code> /system/bin </code> directory such as <code> grep </code> , <code> ps </code> , <code> cp </code> , <code> rm </code> , <code> mv </code> , <code> ls </code> , <code> ip </code> , even <code> vi </code> . You have enough to get by until you... ...use the "Linux Installer" utility to install a <code> chroot </code> 'ed Debian environment. Debian has supported ARM for a while. It takes some work, but if you can root your phone, and have a sizeable enough SD card, this is the way to go. This is close to a standard Linux system and under it you can install and run Ruby. Of course CPU and RAM limitations come into play.
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Can you run Linux command line apps on Android?
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On July 29th, Google released an update for the Gmail application , that brought it to version 2.3.5. Since I had version 2.3.4, I was expecting to be notified of the update shortly as I had for updates to other applications including ones that came pre-installed on my phone, such as Google Maps . Alas, I still haven't received the notification, even though I can see the update available in the market (yes, I realise I can download it manually). I have since surmised (though this is a guess on my part) that the difference is that gmail is considered a "built-in" app, but Google Maps, while pre-installed on my device, is not considered built-in. Is this right? If it is, why are built-in apps treated this way? Is there a technical reason, or are they somehow considered more sacrosanct, because of their status n the platform? Update: Apparently, the SDK doesn't list Google Maps as built in , but it does list the "email" app. Furthermore, Google Maps is listed as a "Downloaded App" but Gmail isn't.
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If the app has never been updated via the market (you are still using the version that was bundled in the ROM) then there's no link between the market and the installed app. Because of that, you won't get update notifications. Once you install a newer version from the market you will begin to receive notifications of future updates.
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Why aren't there notifications for updates to built-in applications?
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android
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I upgraded my HTC Desire to Gingerbread via the official update yesterday. It wipes all settings, so I've been working through re-installing all the apps that I previously had on the phone. They all install fine and some move to the SD card fine too, but some just say "unable to move to SD card" when I select them. I suspect it's because they were on the SD card before and it's getting an error when trying to overwrite the existing files/directory. Where do these get stored and how can I work around this?
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Hmm, actually just tried again a few hours later and it works now... Odd!
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Unable to move apps to SD card after Gingerbread upgrade
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android
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I'm looking at http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/ What are the limitations of this Ubuntu installation? Can I install anything that runs on Ubuntu? I'm only interested in using this for commandline tools (Ruby, gems, and Emacs).
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Ubuntu running on one computer is really no different from Ubuntu running on another computer, whether one of the computers is called a "phone" or not :P Things to consider for your applications: Does this application rely on specific video libraries? No existing Android phone has an ATI video chip, for example, as far as I'm aware. Does this application rely on specific input methods or other hardware? Not all Android devices support peripherals. Of course, most have Bluetooth so Ubuntu should be able to manage a Bluetooth keyboard, for example, but I'm not sure whether a phone's Bluetooth stack could be so different as to not work in Ubuntu. Does this application rely on the x86 architecture? Most (all?) Android devices use the ARM architecture. I would suspect that Emacs would be fine if you compiled it for the chipset of whatever device you used. Ruby might be more complicated -- maybe it relies on specific x86 instructions, I haven't really studied how interpreted languages work in that regard -- but maybe not. You're making me want to try Ubuntu on my phone so I can better answer these questions :P
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What are the limitations of installing Ubuntu on an Android device?
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android
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I want to know where do Android applications stay? For example, if you install a program with package name <code> xx.yyy </code> , you will see <code> xx.yyy-1.apk </code> in <code> /data/app </code> and will see <code> xx.yyy </code> in /data/data and <code> data@app@xx@[email protected] </code> in <code> /data/dalvik-cache </code> . I want to know other places that a program can stay. At a glance, I want to remove a program manually, and I want to know places the application might occupy. At the end I want to know the function of each file. What's the duty of <code> data@app@xx@[email protected] </code> in <code> /data/dalvik-cache </code> for example?
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The <code> /data/app-private </code> directory is another location of 3rd-party protected apps. System apps that come pre-installed with the ROM are stored in a read-only <code> /system/app </code> directory. <code> /data/dalvik-cache </code> contains optimized bytecode for each installed app, which allows the system to launch it faster. These <code> [email protected] </code> files get generated at installation/update time, or during the first boot-up for pre-installed apps. Also, with Android 2.2 Google introduced ability to move apps to the SD Card. When you do this, a new virtual mount point is created under <code> /dev/block/dm-X </code> (where "X" is a sequential number starting with 1) which points to <code> /mnt/asec/xx.yy-1 </code> . <code> /data/data/ </code> folder contains settings, preferences and cache for all apps, each within its own folder named after the package name. E.g. <code> /data/data/xx.yyy/ </code> .
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Where can I find my Android applications?
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android
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As title. Of course using Android market and the Google Checkout payment. By the way, how about other market-like apps?
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First be aware that you're transferring data over a wide area wireless device (the range of 3G is much wider than Wifi), therefore it is easier for an attacker to snoop on whatever your device is transmitting on 3G than on Wifi. The 3G/GPRS only has a lightweight encryption (to limit unnecessary use of CPU power and battery, which is already scarce in mobile devices), this encryption should never be relied upon. However, applications can use its own encryption. I have not checked into it specifically, but I would presume that Google Checkout on Android does use SSL encryption; which is widely accepted to be strong enough for doing online purchases. In short, you should not need to worry about doing online purchases using Android Market. If you're doing purchases on other apps, you should check whether they're using SSL or other strong encryption. Be aware that your banking details are being transmitted wirelessly, it is trivial for anyone to record data that are transmitted using radio waves; your only line of defense is SSL encryption, which should hold attackers at bay long enough until your credit card expires.
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Buying apps and entering credit card number via 3G/GPRS. Is it secure enough?
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android
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A few days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S2. But, at phone start up under the Galaxy S2 Logo I see a strange Yellow Triangle. I read a few forum posts found on google, but I have some doubts about this. To be more precisely, what that means? Ah, and yes, at first start up I didn't see this triangle, he appears after I tried to update the phone software from samsungapps.com
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You just got case of failed update. Try to have look at this article and see if you can get it sorted
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Yellow Triangle at bootup
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android
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I am unable to connect a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to a computer via included cable. Here is what I tried: Tried to mount on Windows XP (32), Windows 7 (32), Windows 7(64), and OSX (Snow Leopard). Tried installing official drivers from US and CANADA Samsung website. Tried installing several versions of Kies. Tried installing driver through each version of Kies. Tried to see/push to device in DDMS using Eclipse with latest Android SDK. Tried to connect using Odin, but I do not get any device information. Tried installing drivers from other websites. Tried Android File Transer for OS X. None of these seem to work and after two weeks, I really have no other ideas of what to try. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Called Customer Support and it sounded like a defective unit. They covered it under the 1 yr included warranty. They pay for the shipping label as well, all you need to supply is the box.
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Unable to connect Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Windows 7 for transferring files
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android
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Recently I had some issues with my phones battery getting drained in 8-10 hours, even though the screen was active for less than 1 hour and wifi/bluetooth/gps was off. My first thought was to check the battery usage statistics, but all I saw was the display, voice calls and cell standby, and after that a few apps that I commonly use (such as the browser). Still suspecting an app hogging the CPU I used applications such as a task manager and watchdog to try to find the culprit, but no luck. I then looked around here and found a couple of answers referencing to the awake time. Looking at battery usage again I could see that indeed the awake time was around 75% of the total time since last charge, i.e. some app was preventing my phone from going to sleep. I uninstalled a couple of apps I don't use anymore and lowered settings for email checks etc, and now my awake time is down to normal levels. My question is, is there any app/secret number/trick/whatever that can show exactly what has awaken my phone? In the battery usage statistics I can still see that sometimes the phone wakes up even though the screen is off, and that is normal, but if I ever get this problem again (and I'm sure I will), this would be a very valuable tool for trouble shooting.
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I'm using Better Battery Stats. It will shows what apps are causing wake locks and that sounds like what you're after. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
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Is there anything that can show exactly what has awaken my phone?
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android
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I am fairly new to rooting / putting custom ROMs on devices; I finally have my phone in a state that I like, after putting Cyanogenmod 7 on my HTC Desire Z. Since I've done this, there have been a few point releases, and a minor release is not far away. However, I don't really know how to upgrade from one version to another (and I couldn't find any instructions on how to do so). How do I upgrade from one version of Cyanogenmod to another? Is it the same process as installing it in the first place? Will I have to wipe all the data on my phone, as I did the first time?
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Cyanogenmod 11 has a built-in mechanism for checking for updates. Go to <code> Settings -> About Phone -> CyanogenMod updates </code> There you can toggle when your device will query for an update and on what release channel (Release and Development being Stable and Nightly respectively). When an update will appear click on it's icon to download and Install, from there, it will do everything for you.
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How to upgrade from one version of Cyanogenmod to another?
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android
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A few days ago I bought the Samsung Galaxy Gio , an Android phone that ships with Froyo. My regional Samsung site implies that a Gingerbread upgrade is available to me. I then installed Samsung Kies to see if I could upgrade the firmware, but it said that currently no update was available for my device. (stackexchange-url ("Related discussion about the cryptic update message.")) How do I find out whether Samsung plans to release an official Gingerbread upgrade for my device? Are there any unofficial firmware upgrades available that work with my device? Would you recommend them? What about security?
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Everything I can find suggests that a Gingerbread update is assumed because firmware has been leaked. So you can't (yet) get it through something official like Kies. This guide shows how to install the leaked version if you're so inclined.
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Gingerbread upgrade for Samsung Galaxy Gio?
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android
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My android comes with 3 different solid wallpapers. I have found more in the market but its paid. How to get a black wallpaper for free?
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Can you not make your own? Open up paint or photoshop of some sort and fill an area black. Save the image as a png and then place on your phones memory card. Then on the phone set your wallpaper from the gallery and select the black image.
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How to set a solid color wallpaper?
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android
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I have recently submitted an app to the Android market to quickly realize that I had left in a bit of code that needed to be removed. I quickly re-submitted a new version but was wondering if the market makes you download version 1 and update. I could not see this being the case but when I tried to re-download the new version after removing the old one from my phone - it was exactly the case. The faulty version 1 was downloaded and I needed to manually update it to v1.1. If anyone has any ideas or would like to help me out by maybe downloading the app and letting me know which version you were given that would be great - App Link .
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The only way this would happen is if you downloaded the old version of your app before Google had "pushed out" the new version you uploaded. If you download an app you won't get anything but the most recent version Google has available. I assume you just didn't wait quite long enough after uploading before trying to download it.
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Is the app version I download always the latest?
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android
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