Is it possible to list all files on SD card created by a certain application?

I would like to see which files on my SD card a certain application has written. How would I go about doing it? I don't know how writing files from an application works in Android. But maybe these are possible (in case they are, I would like to know how to do them):   * If a file created by a certain application is owned by an "application user". Then listing all files created by that user would be what I'm looking for.   * If the above is impossible, listing files created within a date range would be a way, as I know which date I installed the application, and that's the only date when it wrote files to the SD card.


Lost my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. No app Installed. Sim also not working. Can anyone help how to trace it

Lost my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. No app Installed. Sim also not working. Can anyone plz help how to trace it.


One click (or easy) way to Root Motorola Droid X with Morotola update 4.5.621

I read that the new DROID X build 4.5.621 prevents the most common Rooting methods. There is a more complicated method but I'm hoping there is a one- click method (less chance of me screwing up and bricking my Droid) I have Android v 2.3.4.


Plugged a Bluetooth USB to Tablet but seems not working

I have insert a USB Bluetooth dongle to a Tablet via the USB port and try to turn on the Bluetooth in the Android but fail. So, how do one know if the USB Bluetooth dongle can be supported for a tablet that have a USB port? (Given that the USB Bluetooth dongle have been tested to work fine in a desktop PC and there is no further information on the tablet manual on which Bluetooth dongle is supported for the tablet.) The Ice-cream tablet was not rooted yet. Is there some kind of Android Apps that can check or verify the above scenario?


i cant root s4 gt-i9515

I have S4 I9515, I don't find any root for my phone. I even tried to root my phone with root S4 I9505 but when I try to give super user access to my "root checker application" it give me "this device does not have proper root access" ,Also I use another su app but it is not working with me so what to do? thanks in advance..


How to sync non-picasa folder displayed in Gallery app?

I often use Instagram to add effect and frame to my photos. Then, there is a folder named instagram appearing in Gallery; but that folder won't be synced with my Google account i.e. on another Android device signed in with the same account, I don't see that folder. So my question is that how I can have it synced?


How can I update the Linux kernel of my Android device?

I am using Sony Xperia E Dual with the kernel that identifies as `3.0.8-perf administrator@ubuntu-scm01 #1` and now I want to update it to the latest and the best one. Please help me understand it can be done. According to my findings the website https://www.kernel.org/ offers the latest kernels. Are these kernels for smartphones? And does anyone have an idea of from where to get the latest kernel? How do I replace the existing one?


OTA Gingerbread 2.3 update fails to install on DroidX (rooted stock Froyo 2.2.1 / unrooted back)

I was trying to install the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) OTA update available from Verizon for my Droid X. However the update ALWAYS fails to install. It downloads fine, pops up a message saying that the update ( **4.5.605.en.US** ) is about to install and needs a reboot, then reboots when I OK it. **After the reboot, it pops up "Update Status: The Software Update Failed" error box.** * * * My only possible suspicion as far as the reason is that my DroidX is rooted via z4root - I posted a separate question on how to un-root it ( Is there an easy way to un-root Android 2.2 on Droid X rooted via z4root? ) in case that suspicion is true. **UPDATE** \- I unrooted using latest z4root version. The problem with OTA was NOT fixed.


Is there a realtime Task Activity Viewer for Android?

Is there an Android app that can show the nature of activity going on with running apps? Something like XP Task Manager. There are many times when an app just stops responding and I'm not sure whether it's still working on something, or has just gone dead. Titanium Backup has done this on a number of occasions. If I could just see a list of apps and what memory and CPU percentage each is using I'd have a better idea whether to wait or kill the app. BTW I do not like the Android Wait/Force Close dialog since it usually comes up prematurely. Thanks for your thoughts.


How to add Android StackExchange RSS feed to HTC news reader app

I've been trying to add http://android.stackexchange.com/feeds to my RSS feeds in the News application on my HTC Desire Z. However it doesn't "find" any results. I just want to add this URL as it is instead of searching for it. Isn't this possible?


Mystery duplicated SIM contacts

I recently noticed that while searching for contacts I see the same SIM contacts repeated more than 20 times. In the settings for contacts it says I have 5795 contacts on the SIM card but it's almost all the same contacts repeated over and over again. If I delete one of those contacts every other with the same name is also removed. I have a HTC Desire that runs Android 2.2. I synchronize contacts with Exchange, Google and Facebook but I don't see how that would affect the contacts on the SIM. Any thoughts on why this happens and how I can fix it?


Can only access 2.2GB of internal storage from Windows

Anyone have any thoughts about this: It seems to me that when the phone's internal storage is mounted using the Mass Storage mode, Windows only sees the first 2.2GB of space. If I try to format it using Windows, I only get an option to create a 2.2GB FAT32 partition. If I format using the Captivate's formatting tool, it creates a 13.03GB partition. Now the fun part: The Captivate seems to be able to read/write from the whole 13GB partition fine. However, Windows seems to be only to access the first 2GB of that 13GB partition. While I can see all the files listed, trying to read from file that were created after the first 2GB returns an error, and trying to copy additional files from windows to the internal storage once the 2GB limit is reached results in an error. Using Kies, I was able to copy files from the internal storage that were stored past the 2GB barrier. Anyone have any thoughts about this?


Best codec to use for RockPlayer?

What is the best codec should I use in convertion a movie from huge HD/BRay for watching it on Android's RockPlayer? Also what are the optimal properties should I specify for better performance+quality? (bits-per-second, resolution, audio quality, etc...)


Looking for an Android app that supports uploading to Flickr and possibly Dropbox

I am currently using PicPlz. It works great. The only problem is that all photos uploaded are publicly displayed on PicPlz website. Looking for something that lets me upload to my Flickr and Dropbox account without any public sharing.


Using the Google Voice app to place calls when "ask me" and "always use GV" are disabled

I have the Google Voice app on my Android phone, and I'd like to occasionally make calls from it, but I don't want to enable the "Ask me every time whether to use Google Voice" option, as 90% of my calls would be from my cell phone's number. Given that I have the "never use google voice" option enabled, is there a option buried somewhere that I can use to place a call to someone without having to re-enable the "ask me every time" setting?


My dx752 tablet turns on but stay with blue screen

My dx 752 android 4.2 jelly beans tuns on with the iRola logo for a few seconds then the logo iRola disappeared and the screen stay blue, nothing came up as was usual. I have done a hard reset as some one instructed: PRESS POWER and VOLUME DOWN BUTTONS until the iRola logo cameup THEN RELEASED BOTH BUTTONS. the Broken robot jelly beans logo. Press volume up button to get the instructions. selected wipe cache/data then selected "reboot system now" After all that, the tablet still repeat as :turns on but stay with blue screen Thanks forhelp.


How to disable file extension check during incoming file transfers?

I'm running CyanogenMod 10 on my Nexus 7. As with all other Android devices, for some reason Google thought it cute to check file extensions of incoming Bluetooth file transfers and reject them if they're not one of a handful of extensions. In other words, a file called file.pem, file.xxx will not transfer via Bluetooth but file.zip or file.jpg will. Is there something I can do on my rooted device to disable this silly file extension check?


Status from wire: INVALID_LANGUAGE

Running cyanogenmod build: > 11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-endeavoru When trying to authenticate through Google OAuth2.0 with Feedly app I get the onscreen message "An internal error occured" and this logcat:               W/GLSUser ( 2264): GoogleAccountDataService.getToken()     W/GLSActivity( 2264): [aus] Status from wire: INVALID_LANGUAGE status: null     W/GLSActivity( 2264): [aus] Status from wire: INVALID_LANGUAGE status: null     I/GLSUser ( 2264): GLS error: INVALID_LANGUAGE XXXXXXX@gmail.com oauth2:email profile     W/GLSActivity( 2264): [aus] Status from wire: Unknown status: UNKNOWN     D/selector.c(12665): onActivityResult: requestCode=9000 resultCode=0 intent=null     D/selector$bottom.c(12665): onActivityResult: requestCode=9000 resultCode=0 intent=null     D/storeGroup.c(12665): onActivityResult: requestCode=9000 resultCode=0 intent=null      Did I forget to set the language somewhere in my system? Thank you,


Can i restore more than one msgstore.db.crypt7 file in whatsapp?

1. Recently changed my old phone to new one (Samsung to MotoX). During this old to new phone conversion phase (for one month) I didnt use Whatsapp at all.   2. Before totally stopped using whatsapp on my old phone, I Had taken whatsapp database backup from my old phone.   3. But when I got my new phone, in a hurry I totally forgot about whatsapp backup (which i had taken from old phone) and installed whatsapp on my new phone.   4. As per process it's got created new msgstore.db.crypt7 (just for that one month, during I didnt use whatsaap at all) file in database folder of whatsapp on my new phone.   5. Then I recollected about old whatsapp backup file (from old phone), so i uninstalled whatsapp on my new phone, again took a backup of newly created msgstore.db.crypt7 (from new phone), rename it as msgstorenew.db.crypt7 and kept in the same database folder of new phone.   6. To get all the older whatsapp message, i have kept old backup file msgstore.db.crypt7 (from old phone) in database folder of new phone and reinstalled whatsapp again on new phone.   7. I successfully able to restore all my old whatsapp messages.   8. But now along with the old whatsapp messages, I want to restore newly created whatsapp backup file (for one month) as well which i renamed it as msgstorenew.db.crypt7 (in the same database folder), so that i can have all the messages (old+new). But i am not able to find any option for the same. Kindly help. Thanks.


How to download file using tasker?

I need to download files using tasker.(detailed post here on softwarerecs) But I am not able to understand the HTTP_GET task. I want to download different files from various links read from a file, so I tried this settings.               Server:Port    http://     Path           %Line  #this is variable that stores link      Everything else was optional so I left it as it is. But I get Unknown host error. So I think I'm doing something wrong. So can you give an example of downloading a file using tasker?


Removing Gmail app for guest device in my home

I recently picked up an HTC One V phone for practically free. I want to use it as a "media device" in my home. I have it hooked up to a dock and would like to have Netflix/Pandora/Play Music (linked to my personal Google account) installed. Since I frequently have guests in my home, I do not want ANY access to my personal things. (GMail and Play Store). What is the safest way to remove access to Gmail and the Play Store (or to force password entry every time), while allowing full access to my Play Music without a password?


Launcher App Slow

I installed an unofficial build of Cyanogenmod 10.1 from here on my Droid 4 and the launcher app runs really slow. When I scroll through the screens or scroll in the app drawer it lags very bad. Should I do a factory reset on my phone?


Modifying sensitivity of Google Nexus S power button?

I keep accidentally turning the phone off/on by pressing the power button when I pick up the phone or take it out of its holster. I would like to make the power button require a longer hold before it performs its action. Obviously this would require a different gesture to then perform a full shutdown. Is there a mod or app that anyone is aware of that can help with this? When I'm using the device during a sporting activity for example, I can't really afford to have to unlock the screen, because even without a screen lock, sliding the unlock slider is often not possible. I find it incredible with this form factor how easy it is to accidentally shut down the screen, and then you can't just turn it back on without having to perform some additional gesture on the screen.


Help to recover accidently deleted calendar data

OK so I have a lot of appointments in an outlook calendar (about 12 each day). It was synced to my Galaxy 3G. I wanted to delete all of them for one day, so deleted multiple appointments but I didn't get the option to specify whether I wanted to delete a single event or a recurring event - and as a default it deleted all recurring events (hence all of my future appointments .. lots!). I decided to sync with my outlook calendar thinking that it would replace all of the deleted appointments, however it synced in the other direction and has wiped them all from my outlook calender as well as my phone calender. Really could do with some advice how to 'undo' the delete on the phone or where else I may find the original data to recover it (I have looked at the outlook calendar and the data is not in the trash as it would be if I had deleted the data via outlook itself).


Route Application through Mobile Data when on Wifi

While on Wifi, Whatsapp won't work on my Galaxy Note 2 due to my work proxy. I have found no proxying application that will work, yet. (My work is using an HTTP Proxy). Is there an application that will route certain phone apps (such as Whatsapp) through mobile data, while still allowing other apps to use Wifi access?


Samsung Galaxy S3 requesting network security key when tethering

My S3 (Jellybean) was suddenly no longer recognised by my PC when plugged in via USB. I solved that by debugging using _Developer Options_ as advised in another thread, which allowed the driver to be installed... again (thank you). But now if I try to use it as a hot-spot via USB tethering, I'm prompted to enter a network security key. Previously it just connected without the need for this and furthermore, I don't know where I would find such a key since I didn't set it up in the first place. Help anyone?


Can I sync my Kindle books with my Android phone?

I have just bought a Kindle and the cool thing about it is you have an email address `@kindle.com` where you can send your books and it automatically converts it to a .azw and syncs it with your Kindle. I was under the impression it would also sync the books with _all_ your devices, including the Kindle app on my Android phone (Isn't this the _whispersync_ thing?). However, it doesn't seem to do this. Is there way to also sync all my books to my phone as well as my Kindle automatically?


How can I enable haptic feedback on my keypad? By keypad I mean the dial pad thing where you input numbers. I can find an option to turn sound on or off for it but not haptic feedback. I have the xperia x8 by the way.


Google Talk on Samsung Galaxy S II

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S II, and it comes with the IM application for instant messaging, but the only messengers available are Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, and I couldn't find any Google Talk application on the market. How can use Google Talk?


Can my phone act as a WiFi access point without mobile data?

I have an old (Galaxy S1-class) phone running a custom ICS ROM. It has a pay- as-you-go mobile SIM without data. I also have a bunch of kids with iPads that want to play Minecraft together. As far as I can tell, I can't get the iPad to make an ad-hoc wifi network on its own. If I had mobile data, I could turn on the Mobile Hotspot feature, connect all the iPads to the phone. I think if I did this now, though, my SIM would be charged for any stray Internet requests that are accidentally made. Is there a simple way to do this?


How do I update the Sprint PRL from Cyanogenmod?

I just flashed my Galaxy S4 with Cyanogenmod. I'd like to now update the Sprint PRL. How do I go about doing this from Cyanogenmod? Do I have to download a new copy of the default Sprint firmware to update the PRL? And, if so, what is the easiest way to do this? This is a list of Samsung S4 stock ROMs, but I am in the `SPR` or `XAS` zones? What does that even mean? Is there a shortcut to backing the entire phone up and running the ROM? Is there a way I can boot into the room without flashing the phone, just to update the PRL? Is there an easy macro for all this stuff, or can it be simply done with an Cyanogenmod hack? Currently, my Sprint phone is on `PRL version 1.`


How do I get the CID from my HTC Flyer when it does not boot anymore?

My flyer does not boot anymore (due to unsuccessful Honeycomb update try) and I want to reset it to Gingerbread using RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE_2.23.405.3_R_Radio_20.3504.30.089BU_3809.07.04.06_M_release_204108_signed.exe. But just executing the RUU installer does not work. I need a Goldcard. To make the Goldcard I need the CID of my device. Usually you extract the CID by this method: http://android.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/ Unfortunately the command gives me the following output: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools>adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid error: device not found My HTC Flyer is connected via USB. HTC Sync is currently not installed. It is RELOCKED and S-OFF. What can I do?


Is it possible to Share Android phone 3G internet connection to multiple clients (tabs/computers) via bluetooth

I want to share my android phone 3G internet connection (via bluetooth) so that multiple clients (other android phones/tabs/laptops) can access shared internet simultaneously. Is it possible to have the above?


How To Protect Mobile Internet Access?

I want to know how to protect mobile data connection function in Android. I don't want somebody or me accidentally switching it on. I need something like **Smart AppLock** but to protect basic phone functions that control mobile data internet communication. Thanks.


Delete draft sms in ICS

I see there are some other threads here about the same thing but they are not for ICS. If I start to write a sms to someone and not send it the text will be stored as a draft. How can I delete this? The only options I can see is to delete the entire thread witch is not really an option. Has anyone found the trix?


Xoom stuck during rooting process

Rooting my Xoom normaly, sometimes reboot and marked with USB debugging option. I skipped Google account login/creation process then did another reboot, but this time the device got stuck on M logo. I couldn't proceed on the Xoom and the desktop showed a message and I'm sure some steps were unfinished. Multiple times I tried Android recovery but it didn't work. Just before the Xoom got stuck it showed battery life as under 70% with some other information. How can I fix this?


External_sd storage showing in my usb storage

My total USB storage on my Galaxy Note is 10.55GB, but I have 14.55GB of `external_sd` storage showing up inside of my USB storage. I am showing a separate external SDCard with the proper amount of storage. Just wondering why it would be showing up under my USB storage


Nexus 4: Lost superuser rights after an update to 4.2.1 - how can I get them back?

A couple of weeks ago, my rooted Nexus 4 was updated from 4.2 to 4.2.1. Now it still seems to be unlocked (open lock symbol while booting), but I've lost my Superuser privileges.   * Is there any way I can get the SU privileges back without wiping my phone?   * If not, what's the best way to backup all or most of the data before going through the SU process again?   * Finally, how can I prevent this from happening again with the next update? Thanks for your help!


Is there any way to disable the camera beep when I start recording video?

I have an Xperia Ray mobile phone and I wanted to get one of those spy camera applications so as to film undetected. I tried a couple and the best so far were Ninja Cam and Hidden Mobile Camera. However, all of them have one problem: when I turn out the camera there is a beep (regardless if the sound is off or on). Is there any app that doesn't have this problem? Alternatively, is there any other way I can delete that sound? I don't really need it anyway.


How do I install live wallpapers I get from outside the android market?

I have downloaded lots of Live wall papers from Android market.They work like charm. I was trying to figure out a way to install Third party live wall papers (Non-Android Market Specific) on my Samsung ACE 5830 Phone. Is this possible?


Google maps wants a login now? Is there a way around this?

I've managed to get away with running my Galaxy S without every hooking it up to a Gmail account, but sometime in the last couple of weeks (I think following an OS update from Sprint) Maps started objecting that I'm not logged in. It's a little unnerving -- why do I need to be logged in to search for an address? I'd love any suggestions for getting around this. Happy to root my phone. I've got OSM installed, but it doesn't do address searches unless I'm missing something.


move micro SD card to another phone

I have recently moved all my applications from my Samsung ACE 5830 to Micro SD card. As a next step i am trying to figure out move all my phon esettings to the SD card. In short, what i am looking at is : 1)I want everything to be stored on the Micro SD card. 2) When i buy a new Samsung or any other Android phone, I just move the Micro SD card to new phone and it should behave like my old phone with aal its settings and applications intact. Is this possible?


Change Language

My Hummer H5 smartphone came preloaded in Chinese. I have changed the language setting for the phone itself to English however, the Google search is still operating in Chinese. I would like to know what steps to take to change this to English.


Force Android to display in grayscale

Is there a way to force all of Android to display in monochrome(also known as grayscale)? I'm working with a someone who has ADHD (and I am mildly ADHD myself). The colors are too much for him/her to handle. EDIT: Ideally I'm looking to create an easy way to toggle such a setting.


How do I run a Google Calendar app on B&N Nook Simple Touch? I never had a Nook, but I'm interested in buying it to use as a dedicated e-ink wall calendar; I heard it can run Google Calendar; if it indeed does, then all I need is to run it once and leave it alone, given the screensaver is disabled. Making it autorun on startup would be even better. I have asked about disabling the screensaver elsewhere.


3G icon won't change with Miui themes

I recently upgraded my HTC Incredible's Miui ROM version from 11.20 to 20.21 - I flashed the zip from CWM recovery, wiped cache, and wiped dalvik cache. When it booted up the first time everything was great...but after a restart I noticed the 3G icon/indicator in the status bar had changed from the white- themed, stylized 'Miui look' to the Android stock green look. This change seems to have taken place only in the status bar, not in the notification shade. For example, here is status bar in its normal state now after the ROM update. It's showing the green stock Android 3G icon that I do not like: ![Wrong 3G icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/k7fpO.jpg) But when I pull the shade down I see the 3G icon that I do like, the icon that was also showing in the status bar before the change (inverted in color, of course): ![Right 3G icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HV3iu.jpg) I tried reinstalling the ROM update (wiped both caches again) but it hasn't changed back. I also tried using Miui's theme engine to reskin the status bar to no avail. The visual discontinuity is small but annoying - how can I get the proper icon back to the status bar? I'd like to avoid a factory reset if possible. **Edit** _I've determined that the icon I'm seeing is in fact the stock 3G icon, the one that would display in a Miui ROM without any themes. What I'm looking for is the icon to change when I apply a new theme in Miui, which it is not. Just like in my pictures, though, it is only the 3G icon in the status bar, not in the status bar when the shade is drawn._


How do I disable screensaver on B&N Nook Simple Touch?

How do I disable screensaver on B&N Nook Simple Touch and what consequences will it have for battery life? I'm asking because I would like to turn Nook into a dedicated Google Calendar appliance.


Does Android 4.0 (ICS) support Kannada Font?

I am developing one regional language kannada news app,in which my problem is that,in 2.2 and 2.3 the app does not suppport kannada fonts whereas 3.0 supports kannada font. One month back I heard that Android would provide all 3.0 features in 4.0 So my question to enthusiasts is that could any one help me about how to go with the kannada font?


Tools for using connected phone via PC/Headset

My question is: Are there any tools to use a via USB connected android phone on windows/pc? I'm using a analog headset and want to answer calls via the headset when my phone is connected.


Android crashes after update unless I put another memory card

I have HTC Desire HD and installed an official update of the system: Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0, system 3.12.405.1. After the update my phone runs very slowly and reboots every 2 minutes. If I remove the memory card it runs well. If I change the memory card to another empty one then everything is also good. But I have a lot of apps and other data on that card and I don't want to format it. I looked at a log, there are a lot of mistakes like this: `W/ResourceType(13907): Failure getting entry for 0x7f0200df (t=1 e=223) in package 0 (error -2147483647)` Link to the beginning of the log (250kb): http://pastebin.com/P3zq0k5x Full log (3.3Mb, phone rebooted several times while writting this log) is here: http://file.karelia.ru/9kjwqz/ I don't understand anything in programming or Android. Can you help me? Maybe I should just remove one of the apps and problem would be solved?


Optimum video codec for low end Android phones?

While I know Android phones play mp4 the best, I wanted to know what other specification in this container is the best for playback, (the bitrate, resolution, fps etc). Or perhaps some other codec/format that Android can (or is designed to) play smoothly and with an acceptable file size/quality ratio? I searched the Android developer page and tried the H.264 setting on my converter etc, but the file fails to play natively on my handset and when I tried to open it using RockPlayer. It plays slowly and the video-audio gets out of sync progressively. I tried many external players. However, 3GP videos from my Nokia phones play smoothly (even natively). **So I want to know what is ideal for my low end phone (video should be normal quality and size)?** My phone is a Huawei IDEOS U8150 running Froyo with a 320x240 resolution and a 528 Mhz ARMv6 processor. Also if anyone has tips, what types of encoding is recommended, if I'd be using the software decoder mode in apps like RockPlayer, so I can achieve more file size compression yet achieve smooth playback?


Unable to use apps that access the Internet on wifi

I have recently had a pretty weird problem with my new LG Shine Plus which I hope you guys could help, here is what I did: When I first sign up for the phone, I purchased a one month data plan just to try things out, everything was great and I was able to use the data plan and wifi when I am at home and downloaded quite a few applications and they all worked perfectly. I cancelled a data plan since it cost quite a bit, however I am a student and there are both wireless networks on campus and in my residence room. As a result, I have turned off the Mobile Data Networks. After that, all the applications, for some reason, stopped working. When I opened up the Advanced Task Killer Free, for example, it will show You must have INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in AndroidManifest.xml and when I tried to hit KILL selected apps, it will crash. On Bloomberg, it says android.Manifest.permissions.INTERNET permission not set in AndroidManifest.xml file before crashed, and on a whole bunch of other apps, they just crash as soon as I open it up. However, the most interesting bit is, I was still able to access the Internet on my mobile browser (tried several website that I know I did not go before just to make sure those are not cached pages) on wifi and I can access Android market on wifi as well. So I turned Mobile Data Networks back on in hope that would resolve the problem, but the same thing happened even with the Mobile Data Networks turned on and now I am unable to use any apps I installed I have verified that I have the apn set up properly in there. By the way, I have link2sd installed, but it was installed while I was using the data plan, and it worked fine then, I have also had AdBlock installed, which I have already uninstalled it and even apps without any add (dropbox) is crashing at the moment as well.


help setting up my SDK with eclipse

Alright So I downloaded the android SDK bundle for linux because I want to start making some apps, but i've ran into a couple of problems here.   1. when I tried to create an emulator through the AVD Manager, and I tried to run it, i got the following error message: Starting emulator for AVD 'AVDTEST' Failed to start emulator: Cannot run program "/home/luke/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702/sdk//tools/emulator": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory If you look, you will see that there is an extra slash before the tools directory, so I'm asking if anyone knows where I can go to change that path. Also, the bundle didn't seem to come with any documentation. Am I just missing it or is it all online somewhere? UPDATE: I tried running the emulator explicitly from the command line, but, even though I can clearly see that the file is there, and I am now providing the correct path, I still get the no such file/dir error.


Create Something Like NTFS Junctions in Android 2.2

I'm wondering if you can create junction points on an Android device (v2.2) just like you can on a Windows computer. Basically, I want to move stuff from the /data folder on the internal memory to my sdcard, since my internal memory is almost full (due to Orbot) and I have plenty of space on my sdcard. I've already moved all my apps to the card, but apparently the /data files are still stored on memory. I'm using a cyanogen rooted PRS-T1 ereader (very little memory). Is there a way to create junction points (or similar) using an app or the command line so that I can move those /data files to the card without creating any issues?


Only one thumbnail for all photos

I downloaded the million moments app which basically makes a cool album from the photos you choose. The problem is in the import screen when I choose photos allthe photos just have the thumbnail of one of my photos. Now this is a headache because I can't pick the photos I like and I have yo resort to picking the whole folder. I just discovered today that even the Flickr app has this problem. Now I think I'm sure my phone is at fault, my question is how do I fix this? Even with the media rescans the thumbnails still aren't correct and just shows 1 of my photos. Quickpic and the stock gallery don't have this problem though. Any ideas what's wrong?


What are these numbers in the Data Usage and Battery Usage screen in Jellybean?

I went to my phone manufacturer the other day to get my phone upgraded to Jellybean 4.1.2 from ICS 4.0.4. Here's the thing, I know that upgrading doesn't take long but they said it will take an hour and they made good with that, so I'm at least worried on what they did with my phone for a full hour. Well, I forgot all about it when I noticed I have some numbers instead of app names on the battery usage screen. Worse, it appears they're using my data connection. Then I went to the data usage screen and more numbers showed. Should I be worried? I asked someone with a Jellybean phone and he said all he sees on his phone are app names. I don't want to register my card on the Play Store yet unless I'm sure my phone is safe. Is this happening on anyone else? What are those numbers? ![Data Usage](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zy1pq.jpg)   Screenshot of Data Usage


rooting an ZHTC EVO 4g and samsung epic s 4g

Can I root either device by sharing files between each other rather than using a pc?? Another words rooting phone to phone via file sharing or blue tooth??


Some Apps not Installing on CM 10.1

I've recently installed CM 10.1 on my Xperia ZL. Everything seems to be working fine except that i can't installed some apps on it. For example Contact+ doesn't install on it and gives the following message after trying to install it from the market: "App not Installed" Any help regarding this problem is appreciated.


What is in "Other" when looking at Storage

My HTC Desire 500 is constantly telling me that I have no space for updates. I've cleaned out all cache; am using SD card for storage; yet when I check the storage it shows 2.89GB in "Other". I can't get in to find out what this is. Can anyone help?


What kind of data is stored in website settings?

While looking at my Android browser settings, I notice there is this advanced setting for individual websites. ![Android Website Settings](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0w5lz.png) So far I have only Twitter using this special setting on my browser. But I do not know what is inside. I can clear history, clear cache, clear forms, clear passwords for all websites at the click of a button. But I need to clear this website data individually. Does anyone has any idea what is stored inside this website settings? And how do I read the data in it?


Save link option not working in chrome android

I want to download a mp3 file in my smart device so, for this i long pressesd the download link and a menu box appeared which has the save link option in the last but the problem is that it is disabled and dull in color and not working. A few days ago this option was working perfect. Can any one tell me how to recover this option.


Galaxy Nexus - How do I start adding strangers' numbers to "auto-reject"?

I regularly get phone calls from people trying to reach an old folks' home and I want to outright reject those automatically (without any "send to voicemail" ideally). This was fairly painless on the Galaxy S: from the Call Log, tap-hold on the bad number, menu pops up, select "add to auto-reject". [Auto reject was enabled in the phone's settings before] How do I achieve the same thing with the Galaxy Nexus? I'm figuring the same feature should be available from the stock ICS somewhere. If not, I'm open to lists of auto-reject apps.


Revert Android Update 4.0 to 3.0/3.2

Is it possible to downgrade from Android version 4.0(ICS) to 3.0(Honeycomb) after upgrading to ICS? Can any one help me.


my android wont let me open up my text messages?

My phone ( android incredible) was working perfectly fine. Then it just stopped letting me open up my text message threads. All it does is say loading and I left it for about 10 minutes and still nothing. Everything else on my phone works. I've restarted it four tines and still its bot working. Please help me!!


How to clear blank entries from Titanium Backup (pro)?

I often delete those backups which are no longer useful to me. Backup entries are removed from list (popup), but app/element entries aren't removed even when those app/element are not installed. **Here's an example:** ![Titanium Backup List](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WQqDy.png) You can see `No backup yet` & the app is no longer installed. How to remove these entries? I'm rooted and have latest version of Titanium Backup Pro.


Is imessageonandroid.com really an iMessages app for Android or is it Scam?

I saw on a website that they have an iMessages app that lets you text iPhone user for free just like it is for an iPhone user texting another iPhone user. Do you use our own number, or do you have to have an apple id and use your email like the ipod touch?. Also please explain me how it works and what you have to do?


Play Songs from Laptop to Phone

This is since a big issue that I wanna play songs from my laptop to my phone via bluetooth. But the only solution I find that is play songs from mobile to laptop speakers.. but I want the opposite process to work on.. Because while I work on my laptop I want to listen the songs and control them from my laptop as well, but the speakers are pretty much away from my bed, so I wanna plug in the jack with my mobile and wanna play the track on my Laptop which will be listen to my phone via my laptop and phone bluetooth. My Laptop is HP430 Notebook And Phone is Xperia X8 (Android 2.1) Please give me a solution, Thank you..


Differences in battery information and phones printed labels

I just run across this today:   The value for battery current capacity printed on the battery of some Samsung Android devices are different than the numbers printed on the label on the phone (underneath the battery).   I tested 4 models (Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Pocket); The only consistent one was S3 (Phone label was 2100mA and battery was 2100mAh)   On S4, battery is 2600mAh, but the printed label is like this:   > RATED : 3.8 V ... 1300 mA   > What's the difference between these two numbers and why on some phones these two values are not equal?   Thanks in advance


Is it possible to have a TCP/IP network using bluetooth?

I have my Android U8220 and I need to have a network with my laptop as if it was an ad-hoc wifi connection (tcp/ip). Is that even possible? If you want to know, I'm using `bluez` as manager in my Linux box. **EDIT** To clear doubts, I'll be more specific. There's a music program in my laptop called **mpd**. It is controlled by different clients in the network. One of this clients is in my Android and it works perfectly when I'm connected to the wi-fi network in my house. I wanted to make a direct connection with my laptop, without the need of a router, so there are 2 options:   * Ad-Hoc, which is not available for my phone (I don't know why)   * Bluethooth which is the last option. This is the link of the player, for those who want to know (although it doesn't have to much to do with the question.)


What is the main activity of Google Keep called?

What is the launcher activity of Google Keep called? I thought a short Google search would help, but apparently not.


Disable updates when at work?

How can I disable various social apps from updating while I'm at work (where I work with my laptop anyway)? The main point is conserving battery. (I have HTC Desire HD) I don't want to turn off wifi completely since I might want to work with the phone occasionally


Is "ROM" the same as internal flash memory?

I saw the Nexus S storage specs are               512MB RAM + 16GB iNAND flash memory      and for the HTC Incredible S:               768 MB RAM and 1.5 GB ROM and microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)      Is the Incredible's ROM the same thing as the Nexus's iNAND flash memory?


change native Android SIP dialing settings

My SIP Trunk (hooio) has a specific dialing plan:               [Country Code][Phone Number incl. Area Code]      However, all mobile carriers have a different dialing plan:               [Local Phone Number]   OR        +[Country Code][Phone Number incl Area Code]      The main difference here being the 'plus' All my phonebook entries are geared to work with the +[country][number] plan. But when I dial these using the native SIP client, I get errors - since the trunk does not like the plus (!!! Should this not be a standard?!) I'd really like to keep using this trunk, and they apparently cant or wont change their dialing plan. Is there any way to configure rules for dialing with the native client? like remove the plus before dialing? The only alternative is to have duplicate phonebooks for mobile vs internet calls - and I don't like my provider enough to waste time on this :( Thanks anyone for advice or feedback on this! and Happy New Year!


Android Browser Privacy Settings: "Clear cookies" and "clear cache"

I have a couple of questions about privacy and Android phones, though it probably relates to the windows phone as well and welcome the thoughts of any developers. Do the 'clear cookies' and or 'clear cache' functions actually remove hidden tracking cookies that use either **Flash based cookies** or the **client side storage area** inside the web browser? If not, how do you delete them without resetting the entire phone?


How to install Hebrew on a Samsung galaxy s vibrant

We have a Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought in the US from T-mobile. It's unable to read text messages in Hebrew, write in Hebrew, or anything else. We tried to install the language through the languages section in the settings, but we couldn't find an option for Hebrew. We tried to install a language pack through the market, but it didn't work. How can we install full support for Hebrew? The phone is Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought from T mobile in USA (NYC). firmware version is 2.1 with update 1.


Is there a RAW (canon) image viewer or gallery hack for android?

I have a samsung galaxy and it has a brilliant screen. I would love to use it to review photos taken on a DSLR while out and about but I haven't managed to find any way to view RAW images in android. My camera is a canon so I guess it would need to have specific support for cacnon's raw format. Are there any photographers here that can recommend some apps?


Unrooting Galaxy Nexus - dies when plugged in

I rooted my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) in order to get Jelly Bean. I got more than I wanted. The issues that have come from this are horrible. Whenever I plug my phone into a computer - it dies. It won't boot until I unplug it. I installed what I thought was a stock ROM of Jelly Bean (it was AOKP which has no way of installing apps), and now I'm completely stuck. I can't boot into recovery mode. I can't flash any ROMs to it and I can't plug it into a computer to run the Nexus Toolkit. I just want to get back the official Jelly Bean OS. Please help.


Is there a way to use PC browser bookmarklets with the Android Browser or Dolphin HD?

Can I make these work on Android or is there a google place to create or convert bookmarklets to make them Android Compatible?


Is there a way to use Userscripts / Greasemonkey Scripts on the Android Browser or Dolphin HD?

I would like to be able to use userscripts in Android. Is this even possible? I read that it was a couple months back and tried a tutorial which I can no longer find but it didn't work. This question may be related to this other one I submitted but I believe they may have totally different answers.


Is there an app that will drain my battery?

Are there any apps that will specifically help to drain a battery down quickly? The scenario I would want to have this is if I want to quickly drain the battery so I can charge it fully again. Some say that this will help extend the battery life by fully draining/charging the battery.


Android marketplace with PayPal support

Are there any Android market alternative that support PayPal payment?


disable music button

How can I disable the hardware music button on the side of my LG GW620? I keep accidently triggering it in my pocket, causing random bursts of Foo Fighters when I sit down in a meeting. Just disabling it while the screen is locked would be best, but completely disabling it would be better than nothing. My GW620 has been upgraded to android 2.2 (Froyo) using the the OpenEtna firmware. Prior to this I don't think the music button did anything at all.


All non stock apps are crashing

Suddely without any previous event my application has started crashing. Only stock applications work? Cleared cache of some of them but nothing happened. Do you have any ideas, or I will have to make a factory reset?:S EDIT!!!! I have a great hint...I trie to reinstall an app and I got an error telling that there is insufficient space in my phone. Any ideas?:)


Remove all contacts in phone that don't have a phone number

My mother just upgraded from a simple flip phone to a android motorola atrix 2. It's her first smart phone and she is having a very hard time adjusting. She added her email and Facebook accounts onto the phone, as soon as she did so, however, it added all the contact information from both into her phone contacts. She already had the contacts imported in from her last phone and is now dealing with duplicate contacts (such as "Mike Smith and "Micheal Smith"). The worst problem is, she is having a hard time finding a contact that actually has a phone number. She'll search for "Jane Doe" in the phone when trying to call her and only find her email there. **My Questions:**   1. Why does the phone (app?) show contacts that don't contain a phone number?   2. How can I delete the duplicates (or merge them)?   3. What is the best way to make this work as smoothly as possible?


Multiple USB Storage Devices on Honeycomb

I just got an Acer A500 tablet, which has a full size USB port and supports FAT32 USB storage devices. What I would like to do though, is hook up a hub and connect multiple, so use the tablet as a way to copy photos from an SD card reader to an external USB hard drive for backup during a trip. I poked around and found that when I have two devices plugged in you can actually see the device entries listed under /dev/usb although only one of them (usually whatever was plugged in first) will actually show up under /mnt/usb_storage (apparently the default). Anyone know of a way to get it to make both usable? I'm guess I'll have to root it so I can run the mount command? (Unfortunately, no one has figured that out yet that I know of.)


To enable mobile broadband in ZTE Light

My Sim -card works in a HTC smartphone out of the box. So the problem must be in the ZTE Light -tablet. I can call with the tablet, but not surf the internet. I get _Web page not available_ when trying to use the browser. I have no terminal in the device so I cannot try ping. My current location is Sweden so network mode GSM. The device is not sim- locked. I have the following settings in Wireless & network settings > Mobile network settings:               Data roaming: off     Network mode: Preferred network mode GSM/WCDMA     Use only 2G networks: off     Network operators: selected my operator's name     Data Connection: On     APNs: nothing selected by me      My android version 2.1-update1, kernel 2.6.29. **How can you enable the mobile broadband to ZTE Light?**


Install default Android 2.2 / 2.3 on Optimus One

I have this LG Optimus One P500h and I was thinking about formatting and installing the default/original **Android 2.2** (2.3 would be great) since LG modified the homescreen, keyboard and other stuffs. Is this possible? Is this safe? Is this insane? Thanks for your help


How can I hide irrelevant contacts in Go Contacts?

When I was using stock contacts and sync with Google, I could put relevant contacts in _My Contacts_ group which is the only group synced by Google. I have installed GO Contacts and it now displays all groups except _My Contacts_. What I want to do is to group irrelevant contacts somehow and hide them from my phone contacts or ignore them in sync. Please note that I do not want to mess with _My Contacts_ group in case I decided to go back to stock Contacts.


Why won't my Galaxy Note 3 stay in debug mode?

When I put my VZW Note 3 into debug mode using the dev options it'll connect to the PC and in 20-30 seconds immediately disconnect and reconnect as a media device and interrupt any processes I have going at the time. I've tried all the usb ports on my PC and two different cables but same thing. Nothing seems to fix it.


Android tablet recognized as USB storage but not in Eclipse DDMS perspective

I'm creating an Android application for a Tablet PC (model: Q8H, probably this one), and now I'm trying to push an application to the device through the USB connection, with debug mode enabled, using the Eclipse DDMS perspective. The tablet is recognized by my computer (running Windows 8) as USB storage, media device or camera, depending on which option I select.   However, it is _not_ showing up in the Eclipse DDMS perspective. How can I fix it?


Galaxy Tab P1000 shows a phone <-> PC symbol and is not responding after flashing

I was flashing my GT P1000 and the power went down, then on the galaxy tab screen i see an image of a Phone ! PC and nothing i can do to reboot it or connecting it to the laptop. Its dead. please help


Scala and ART, android runtime

I understand that Dalvik has a just-in-time compiler. The android team is making ART, android runtime, which has an ahead-of-time compiler. Effectively using Scala can increase code execution time but I am under the assumption that reported performance is only regarding the Dalvik VM. What would the implications of using Scala with ART be?


Will the uninstalling of apps leave file cruft in the root (Android's subsystem)?

Will the uninstalling of apps leave files in the root (Android's subsystem)? When we uninstall some program on Windows, it leaves some files along the system, does it happen on Android too? If this happens, would it be be wise to access the root to erase this files and free some space?


Clickable phone number with pauses and bridge/extension in calendar event

What's the proper way (if any) to format a phone number when entering it as the "Location" of a calendar event under ICS (4.0.4, Samsung Galaxy S3, AT&T) so it can be clicked and auto-entered into the dialer... including pauses and subsequent digits to dial an extension, conference bridge, PIN code, etc? I tried creating an event with a Location in the form: 1-999-999-9999,,,123456789# but when the event reminder actually came up and I clicked it, the only thing that ended up in the dialer was 123456789 Does ICS and/or Samsung use a different character for 'pause', do I have to somehow escape it with extra characters (quotes? parentheses? etc), or did Samsung and/or the ICS calendar/dialer team just screw it up (number+pause+moredigits is something that roughly half the calendar-dialer implementations I've seen just can't ever seem to get right for some crazy reason)


Disable password hiding globally

With a touch screen keyboard, having passwords I am entering displayed hidden is more trouble than it's worth to me. Few applications like KeePassDroid allow you to disable this feature. Is there any way to disable this feature globally? Solutions that require root are perfectly fine.


How do I root Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V?

I just got for myself this new phone with so many useless bloatware. I just want to root this phone and freeze or uninstall them as they are slowing my device down (even without opening any app, all I have out of my 350mb + RAM is an average of 50mb). Can someone please help me out with a noob step by step guide? Thanks in advance. SPECS: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V (MT11i) Android 2.3.4 Bootloader locked (but can be unlocked)


What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time?

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?


Android: Green bar in bootloader

I tried to run the command `fastboot flash recovery recoverym.img` using cmd but I've got some problem. First, a green bar (progress about 90%) was shown on the top right corner of my bootloader. Second, in cmd, this was shown:               < waiting for device >     sending 'recovery' (10200 KB)...      What's the solution?


Samsung GS2 suddenly can't pick up my network anymore, only other (roaming) networks

I've just moved to Ireland. I was going to keep using my Austrian Three mobile contract, which gives me 1 GB of data, 1000 min to call Austria and 200 international min under the Three Like Home program. I get all that only when I'm connected with Three, and it worked perfectly, just like on every holiday - until Wednesday morning. I put the phone on the nightstand, put it in flight mode overnight, and the following morning, it couldn't find Three anymore, only a number of alternative networks, Meteor etc. - which mean, I'm paying for roaming! I put my SIM card into a colleague's phone, and in there it was able to pick up Three immediately. No matter if I try the automatic or manual network selection, turning the phone off and on, remove the simcard and put it back in - I get every network except my home network Three, even though there should be full network coverage here, and there is, on everybody else's phone. My provider back home said that from what they can tell, the SIM card is not blocked and Three Like Home should work unhindered. So I am pretty sure the phone is to blame, not Three itself or the sim card. It's a Galaxy S2 GT-I9100, and I've been running Cyanogen 11.0-InstallerXNPQ32P, Android 4.4.4, since today. I figured I'd just do the latest Cyanogen update and perhaps that would take care of the problem, but no, it's still the same. Does anyone have some advice for me? Please put it in layman's terms, I'm not great at phones or computers and English is my second language, so when straying into highly technical territory, I might be stranded faster than if the information was in German. What can possibly have happened overnight, with the phone in flight mode, to make the phone forget that Three even exists, which it was using without any problems the week before? I checked my data limits, just to be sure, and am nowhere near them.


unable to change group icon using CyanogenMod

The gallery option not available when trying to change the group chat icon. Is there a way to fix this?


How do I lock my HTC whenever I want?

I have a HTC Wildfire S and set up the screen lock pattern for it. This triggers after some time but sometimes I want to lock it myself, for example if I leave the office and let my phone on the desk. In **Settings | Security | Lock phone after** I can use the "Immediately" option but this closes every time the screen turns of. Is there some way I can keep it to lock after some time as it is now but also lock it whenever I want?


How to install Android Market on HCL ME X1 tablet?

I bought an HCL ME X1 tablet one month ago. Its main drawback is that it does not support the Android Market and manually installing the Android Market's APK file does not seem to work either. It shows an error message like this:               the application Market(process com.android.vending)has stopped unexpectedly) please try again       How can I solve this problem so that I can use the Android Market on my device?


Backup contacts, photos, apps, remove google account, and replace with dummy account

I want to unlink my main Google account from my phone and use a dummy account instead. I don't really use any of Google's services on my phone like gmail, voice, etc. For security, loss reasons and to prevent google from automagically providing me with "features" and synchronization which end up merging data in ways I don't want, I would rather keep my online Google accounts separate from my mobile phone. I have been reading through a few posts on how to backup or remove your account, but I would like to make a get some feedback to create a bona-fide plan before going forward. I really just want my contacts, my apps & widgets (or at least their settings and fresh install of apps from market), my calendar, my music and pictures. If I "remove my account" what will I lose? I currently have it set not to sync with gmail or talk or voice, and I believe that all my contacts are only local and not merged with gmail. Is there any way I can just go in and copy some magic file that has my contacts, calendar, etc; do a factory reset, and then load back my files and configurations, or download the apps again and overwrite my configurations? Call logs, old SMS, etc aren't really important to save. Anything else I might be forgetting that I would actually slap myself for later?


How Do I Stop Double Email Alerts?

On my Android 2.2 phone, I have the Gmail app and the regular Mail icon on the desktop GUI. Unfortunately when I get a message, I get two alerts, usually about 4 to 15 seconds apart from each other. How can I just get one alert that new mail has come in, not two?


How do I protect my phone from malicious apps once it is rooted?

I rooted my phone. Now if I use a Terminal Emulator such as Android Terminal Emulator, I noticed that I can can easily obtain root access without a password:               $ id     uid=10059(app_59) gid=10059(app_59) groups=1015(sdcard_rw),3003(inet)     $ su     # id     uid=0(root) guid=0(root) groups=0(root)       In the Unix server and desktop world, a superuser account with no password is considered dangerous because the superuser account has access to all resources on the machine. Is this similarly dangerous on an Android phone? If so, how can I protect my phone from malicious apps which try to gain root? Can I manage which apps have access to the superuser account on this phone?


.thumbdata files maxing out internal SD memory

I have an 8GB Nextbook7 running Android 4.0.4. Recently, I discovered that I have 2 files named .thumbdata3... eating up all my internal space of 5+GB. These files are found in the .thumbnail folder under the DCIM folder. I have read on the internet that these files are produced by Android Gallery, but there is a bug in the OS that causes these files to grow so large and max out all the available internal storage space. I have tried deleting the files, but they come back. I have tried writing small text files and saving them with the name .thumbdata3... as in the problem files, but that does not work either. I have downloaded an app called Thumbnail file deleter, which deletes the problem files, but the files will rebuild themselves again until the space is maxed out. Does anyone have a permanent cure to this .thumdata3... problem? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.


Do custom ROMs like CyanogenMod modify your bootloader?

Does a custom ROM like CyanogenMod come with their own bootloader or does it just overwrite the `/boot` kernel and `/system`? Does the bootloader take responsibility to lock your SIM card on a carrier? Basically, I'm interested in SIM unlocking my Huawei U8180, and would like to know if CyanogenMod will unlock the device.


Using windows drivers for an air quality USB device

I have a question that doesn't appear to have already been addressed - perhaps because it is impossible, but perhaps not. I recently received a USB-powered air quality monitoring device and, as an inquisitive grad student, think it would be far more useful to be able to monitor air quality from my smartphone instead. There isn't any good equivalent for this, afaik. This has fairly significant implications if you want just rough data and don't want to bring expensive monitoring equipment - for example, I'm part of Engineers Without Borders, and roughly quantifying the amount of smoke and VOC inhalation our Ecuadorean partner community takes in at each meal (done over an open biomass fire, naturally) would be REALLY cool, and give us a better idea of the degree of health issues we can expect. So there's a degree of helping the world, here, which is neat. The problem is that even though USB -> microUSB converters are pretty cheap, just plugging everything together (monitor, converter, phone) doesn't work. That's too easy, of course. Upon installation on a regular computer, the monitoring software gives the following message:               Installation     ------------     This program is depending on the following files,     which are NOT distributed in this installation:          hh.exe         CHM help system (Windows XP)     hhctrl.ocx     CHM help system (Windows XP)     itircl.dll     CHM help system (Windows XP)     itss.dll       CHM help system (Windows XP)          SHLWAPI.DLL    Registry key operations, a component of                     IE and is also used by Windows Explorer.                     Shipped with Internet Explorer 4.0          setupapi.dll   Device enumeration     hid.dll        Device i/o          The files above should already be in your computer's     system directory. If they are not, try running      Windows Update.      I don't expect my HTC Incredible 2 to have these things, but I also only use FORTRAN and MATLAB for my research, so am not aware if it is possible to run equivalent programs to get this pipe-dream system up and running. Any suggestions would be very appreciated! Thanks, Melissa


Inconsistent external SD card write errors

I have SanDisk 64GB Ultra class 10 micro SD card. I regularly encounter inconsistent write errors when trying to copy big directories (~1Gb, ~300 files) from internal to external SD. What can be possible cause of those errors? I tried to do that on PC - everything worked fine.


Transfer Files to Nexus 4 with Terminal

I want to transfer files to my Nexus 4 using the Mac Terminal. I tried to use the adb shell with adb push, but because I'm not root I'm not allowed to push to the sdcard. Is there any way to mount the device as a regular drive or to use adb push without root access?


Go to recovery mode on device without volume key

Is there a universal way to enter recovery mode on an Android device **with only one turn on/off button**? I have a tablet (Navon Raptor 7) like this and I can't figure it out. An other problem is that although it can boot and get to the launcher, basically I can't start any application or get to the settings (it says 'xy application stopped' etc.) so **I can't even activate debug mode** and use adb to achieve this. That's why I want to do a hard reset from recovery...


samsung tab 3 cannot retrieve keyboard

My daughter got a new samsung tab it was working with no problems , she dowmloaded a few apps then the keyboard went , so i went to check the settings and there was no option to retrieve it. i went into the playstore to add another but kept getting an error message which wouldnt allow me to install anything, i done a factory reset thinking it would wipe everything off and retrieve the keyboard which i didnt i m left with no keyboard and having to try and speak each command which is very difficult and doesnt work , can anyone offer a way round this ?


Where does Android keep app permissions?

I have a rooted Android, and I want to disable (not read/write/execute) permissions to an app (for example, I don't want it accessing the camera or the phone). Where does Android keep those permissions? Is it in a database somewhere?


How do I get my keyboard back?

I recently got an Android Tablet and I noticed it was incredibly slow so I disabled and force stopped a lot of the apps that were pre-downloaded onto the device because I knew I'd never need them. That seemed to help and for a few weeks everything was cool and way faster until I started getting this notification every two seconds that said, "Unfortunately, Android Keyboard has stopped." A little bit after that I went back to college and I tried to connect to my school's Wi-Fi and it wouldn't work because you need to type in a username and password to connect, and you can't type without a keyboard. So, I know you can install keyboards onto your tablet to replace the old one, but 1.) I can't connect to Wi-Fi without typing, 2.) I can't connect to Google Play without Wi-Fi, and 3.) Even if I could, how would I search for keyboard apps without being able to type them in?


How could I view that Android Screen on a computer or larger screen

How can I display my Android ICS Samsung Galxy S3 Screen on a Laptop or Monitor Screen? Are there any fast quick programs which do this?


Samsung Galaxy S4 play edition and exFat

Does the Play version of the Galaxy s4 include support for exFat in the sdcard reader? Or is exFat support one of the extras that Samsung adds to the device (presumably since they made the licencing agreement with MS)? This question is specifically about the version available from Google's Play store that comes unlocked and without touchwiz.


Xperia U: Network state is shown as UNKNOWN, data connection not working

I'm using stock Sony Xperia U. Data connection was working well until yesterday. All of a sudden I can't access 2G/3G data, it shows network state "UNKNOWN" when checked with the code `*#*#4636#*#*`. I've tried flashing custom firmware, stock etc, but in all it shows network state "UNKNOWN"


How much damage could one do to an unrooted device?

I'm trying to determine if it's necessary to backup my non-rooted tablet. I plan on doing a lot of messing around but most back up utilities require root and the root exploit hasn't been found for my device yet. Is it worth it to do a quazi "full backup of non-rooted device"? So let me clarify. Am I right in assuming that if the device in non-rooted then the system cannot be damaged by malware or misconfigured apps? If I'm installing just installing apps is there any chance that I could damage my non-rooted device beyond trivial repair (i.e. not having to take it into a shop)?


Using Galaxy Note 2 and stylus to draw in Photochop CS6 on Computer

Is there a specific and ultimate complete working application that I could use to draw with my stylus on the Galaxy Note 2 in Photoshop CS6 on my computer? IDK if that makes sense, but what I am trying to do is to use my Note 2 as a tablet to draw with instead of using the mouse on the computer. Please Help!!!


How do Gmail (desktop) and Talk (Android) chats interact?

The interaction between Google Talk via Gmail and Google Talk via the Android client seems confusing. Here's my understanding of how things work:   * If a chat is started in Gmail, it will sync in (near) real-time to Talk.   * If a chat is started in Talk, it will show up in the chat history in Gmail, but will not spawn a new chat in Gmail (so the chat is confined to Talk).   * If a chat is started in Gmail, and continued in Talk, messages will stop being sent to the chat in Gmail, and new messages will be sent to Talk (as well as the chat history in Gmail). In my (short) experience, this transition can be a bit flaky. Is this basically how it works? What I'd love to see is a perfect 1:1 sync between Gmail and Talk. That is, if I start a chat in Talk, it will create a new chat tab in Gmail, and everything will get pushed to both, and vice-versa. Anyone know if that's in the pipeline, or even possible now? How does everyone else handle moving as seamlessly as possible between Gmail and Talk? Thanks!


Can't get into the bootloader in H9500 (zp900 unbranded)

Anyone knows how to get into the bootloader in H9500 (zp900 unbranded)? I tried adb reboot-bootloader but it just restarts the phone. No bootloader :(


Local calendar cannot sync with Google calendar

I get this msg after I uninstalled a 3rd party calendar app. Now i am using the stock calendat app and my google calendar is missing from the calendars list and when I try to add account it says account already exists Any help?


Why can't the video player be made considerably louder, as loud as Apollo player can be?.. Or how to achieve this?

(I'm using CyanogenMod 10.1 (based on Android 4.2.2) on a Samsung Galaxy S.) I've noticed that the video playback (say, of a WebM file) is not as loud as the Apollo playback of the same audio (Ogg extracted from this video file). I'd like to get the maximum loudness in the video player--the one I can get in the Apollo audio player. How can I get this? (Youtube playback in browsers is also not as loud as it is possible for Apollo.)


simulate the android 2+ menu button on an android 4 tablet

I've got a new Android 4.1 tablet. I am trying to run an old app which was created for Android 2.1 and relies on the menu button, and I am not an Android programmer (yet). Can somebody points me to a ready-made application which returns the new menu button? (this trick seems to show how to do it: http://lancelotmobile.com/blog/mobile-air-app-compatible-with-android-4/). Any idea?


replace settings app

After an update I cannot use my settings app it gives an error unfortunately settings app stoped working so reset my phone and now I cant do anything any help on allowing apps from unknown sources without settings app or enable usb debugging without setting any thing will help


How to edit init.sh file and where is it?

I want to edit init.sh but I can't find it. where is the location of that file ? I want add this to that file: > alsa_amixer set PCM 100 unmute


Keyboard Settings on Emulator revert on restart

My Android 2.3.3 emulator has four different keyboards:   1. Japenese keyboard    2. Chinese keyboard    3. Android keyboard    4. Sample Soft keyboard I uncheck all of them so that I can use the hardware keyboard. After a few seconds, it gives an error message saying that the process `com.android.inputmethod.latin` not responding, with a `Force Close` button. Moreover, I close and restart my emulator to find all the keyboards checked! The reason why I want all unchecked is as follows: When click the cursor to a position where I want to insert some text (at least on Whatsapp, I face this problem), the cursor remains there for 3 to 10 seconds (!!) and then the keyboard shows up on screen and the cursor goes back to where it was! This is not the case when all the on-screen keyboards are disabled. How do I make the keyboard disabling setting permanent? **UPDATE:** This was beyond my imagination and very annoying. The input methods other than soft keyboard are back and even enabled once I rebooted the emulator! Why does the sdk just refuse to retain the settings??


Show Unread Messages on email shortcut?

On my old phone* my gmail shortcut would list the number of unread messages I had in my inbox. I can't figure out how to do this on my Razr. Is there a good app/widget I can use for this if there is nothing built in? *An HTC Incredible.


Add proxy exception for local subnet on Android 4.2 (4.* maybe ?)

I'm using Vanilla Android 4.2.2 on my Nexus4, and I'm using a proxy to access the internet. I wanted to add a proxy exception for addresses on my local subnet 192.168.0.* , is there anyway to do this? I've tried adding 192.168.0 and this doesn't work, It doesn't accept 192.168.0.*, 192.168.0.0/8 and 192.168.0.255 doesn't work either. Has anyone attempted this before? Does anyone know how this can be done?


Why does charging leads to battery losing charge at times

I have a LG Optimus S Android on Gingerbread (The one on the cheaper side with least specs for an Android). I have found that when I use the USB charger connected to my computer, at times instead of charging my phone, the battery gets drained. (Also I perceive that the battery gets drained faster than normal phone usage at such times) While I have a fix which is to restart my Android phone. Could someone explain why such thing happens?


Trouble updating Android Market to Google Play on Logitech-Revue (Google-TV)

When I try to go into the Android Market on my Logitech-Revue it says it needs to update, but never does. On my Acer A500 tablet the Android Market updated to Google Play, so I assume that is the update that my Revue is attempting, but failing. Anyone else successful with the Google Play update on Logitech-Review or Google TV? Any suggestions for a work around?


Can't run any Python script on my Android phone

I have an Acer Liquid Metal, Gingerbread... I've tried installing Python on Android (and s4la: http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/) but when I run the hello world script I get: `dlopen libpython2.6.so` `Traceback (most recent call last):` `File "compass.py", line 2, in <module>` `droid = android.Android()` `File "/sdcard/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/extras/python/android.py", line` `34, in __init__` `self.conn = socket.create_connection(addr)` `File "/home/manuel/AptanaStudio3Workspace/python-for-android/python- build/output/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 498, in create_connection socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known."` Any ideas?


Emulator takes forever to shutdown!

The title just says it all. My 3.3", Android 2.3.3 emulator (armeabi) boots averagely in 150 seconds on my Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit system, with 2 GB DDR3 memory. However, sometimes when I tried shutting down using the power button provided in the emulator. I am made to wait indefinitely! This doesn't hurt much, for I usually just close the emulator just like closing a window. However, I somehow can't reconcile the fact and need to know reason(s) why, in spite of booting fairly fast, shutting down takes ages! Does shutting down consume more resources than booting?!


Which versions of Android support VPNs?

Which versions of the OS can be configured to connect to a VPN?


Where can I find a good comparison of available custom ROMs?

I'm looking for a good comparison of custom ROMs' features and quality. I would prefer a comparison that is actively maintained.


How to use the Search box on these Stack Exchange sites with the Galaxy S?

When I type something into the search box at the top right of the main page, I get a _Next_ key instead of the _Go_ or enter key. If I enter text in search, pressing _Next_ takes me to the interesting tags input, then to the ignored tags input; pressing _Go_ from there takes me back to the main page, with my search text sitting in the search box and no way to do anything with it! My phone is a Galaxy S and I've tried all three of the input methods -- Swype, Samsung and Android -- and all behave the same way. From http://android.stackexchange.com/search (it's the same text on other SE sites): > To search, type in the box at the top right of every page and press `Enter`. How can I provide the Enter that the search functionality depends on? If I can't do it directly, are there any workarounds? (I'm certain I've run into this problem on other websites too, but I can't think where right now.)


Google voice for voicemail

When a phone is configured to use Google Voice for voicemail, his does that work? is the call routed to VM by the phone, or is the setting changed at the carrier too?


Possible to flash factory ROMs on an encrypted phone using fastboot?

I have the storage on my Nexus 4 encrypted using Android's built-in encryption feature. I'd like to update to 4.4 using one of the factory images provided by Google. If I follow the standard script included in the tarball (removing the option to wipe the phone), which uses fastboot, will fastboot do the right thing and prompt me for the encryption password? Or might it brick my phone by writing unencrypted data on top of an encrypted partition?


What's the input current draw for the Nexus 4?

I am trying to find the maximum possible current draw of the Nexus 4 when recharging the battery.   * The adapter that comes with the Nexus, supplies 1.2A   * The Qi Charging Station needs 1.8A But I can't find the actual maximum current that can be drawn by the Nexus. I am using a battery pack that supplies around 2A and it only can keep the Nexus running (when playing Ingress), but doesn't really recharge it. I wonder if this is caused by the batteries 2A maximum output or if it's due to the nexus having an upper limit it can handle.


Although I have enough the available storage does not match it

On a Samsung note 10.1 with 32G when I go to settings I can see 25GB available storage. Besides that, when I am trying to copy files from my ubuntu box to the tablet (connected through the USB) I am getting an insufficient storage message. Checking the properties of the mounted volume I only see 200MB free on it. How can I fix it?


Hide certain numbers when picking SMS recipients

So many of my contacts have both home and cell numbers in my contact list. But when I am typing in names I the recipient field go sms pro), I don't really want to see numbers that cannot receive texts, like home phone numbers. Is there a logical way to manage this?


Why did my phone start ringing when there is no SIM card installed

My old samsung jet phone just started ringing from inside the cupboard, & unknown caller was displayed, although the children use it as a play phone sometimes there is no SIM card installed, how can that happen I thought you had to have a sim in to operate a phone except for emergency calls?


How to set up an android device to function as a phone only

Is there a way to set up my android device so that when the lock screen unlocked, the phone app always is open by default? In other words: I swipe to unlock the screen and I always automatically see the phone keypad first and the device is ready to make a call. I am trying to set up a new Samsung Galaxy Note for my grandmother BTW. Someone bought it for her for her birthday. She likes the size for her eyes, but is intimidated by the home screen, and has discarded the phone for that reason. I figure if can make it operate as she expects then she might warm up to it.


Android 4.0.4 tablet WiFi fails to connect due to bad authentication

I was already using the android 4.0.4 tablet with WiFi at my home. Very frustrated that when I just turned it on again today it was not able to connect. Actually, it _does_ connect - There appears to be two phases:   1. Connecting to WiFi   2. Authenticating a. "Authenticating.." b. "Saved secured with WPA/WPA2" c. "Authenticating" d. "Authentication problem" The first step is successful. The second fails at the step d. Now, I had saved the password for the WPA/WPA2 network. So this is NOT a wrong password issue. But even so I did a "forget" and re-entered the password (with "show password" turned on to be sure). What really bugs me here is there is no further information on "why" the authentication failed. There are several other laptops in the home. They have not changed any settings for months (all DHCP with long leases).


Is it possible to have a phone alarm go off if it moves a set distance away from a NFC tag?

I have a bad habit of leaving my phone around. I want my phone to alert me if it gets to far away from me. If this is possible how can I set this up?


How do I purge the gallery on my Samsung Note 3

All of the pictures I ever took with my old phone were automatically backed up to my google account, thousands of pictures of stupid things, receipts, flight schedules and private pictures. With my new phone, a Samsung Note 3, all of these images are now in my gallery. I can find the offending images on picasaweb, no way I could find them on google+ So, what I would like to do, is purge wherever the files from my online pictures are downloaded to, remove the backup pictures from picasaweb and let the phone sync again. TLDR Where are the picasaweb/google+ images downloaded to on this phone?


Can I use Adblock Plus for Android and still see per-app data use?

I have a rooted device and I'm interested in installing Adblock Plus for Android. The app, that is, not the Firefox extension. The FAQ says: > To filter ads, all traffic has to pass through Adblock Plus. Android > considers this to be the traffic caused by the app, while it is in reality > the sum of all traffic. Does this mean that the usage won't show against the app that really is responsible, or that it's double-counted (i.e. it shows against the originating app as well as AdBlock Plus)? If the former, is there a way I can still see each app's real data use?


How to re install rom on blank htc desire?

I have installed rom in the memory card of my htc desire bt unfortunately i have lost my memory card. Now my ph is not working; everytime it just shows "HTC" and then restart. Can anyone please suggest me stable rom with proper configurations? I am using HTC Desire A8181.


How to stop my phone from auto-correcting my writing?

I have several Android phones, with different Android versions. I am writing short messages in several languages (Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Italian, ...) and I am really fed up with Android trying to outsmart me. A simple message takes me ages to write because I need to fight the auto- correction mechanism, or change the language, or whatever. But if I disable all languages in the auto-correction settings, it still tries to auto-correct in English. Why? Auto-correction is not for me. I do not want auto-correction, period. Not in English, not in **any** language. Is this possible?


How can I test my ePub files in Android emulator?

I have installed the Android emulator and everything is going fine. But I don't know how to test my ePub in it. This is actually the main reason I installed Android emulator and SDK, to test out my ePub's. Target Name: Android 1.4 Platform: 4.1 API Level: 16 Thanks in advance!


How can I install install android v2.3.7 os gingerbread for vodafone smart ii?

My Vodafone smart ii does not proceed after powered on. It sticks on the initial animation and does not go to home screen. what should I do? How can I find and reinstall its operating system?


Why does phone reset to Gingerbread instead of the version of Android that came with the OS when it was purchased?

When I first purchased an Android phone over a year ago the installed OS was Android 2.1 (Eclair). The OS has been updated twice by the carrier since then and now runs Gingerbread. However, I had to restore my phone to factory settings recently and the OS that was reinstalled was Gingerbread. I was expecting it to restore back to 2.1 (Eclair). Is this expected behavior and was the phone reset properly to factory settings? I followed the hard reset instructions here and everything looked correct. However, this was not the factory restore I expected. If this was correct does anyone know how the Gingerbread OS "replaced" the OS that was installed from the factory? I thought the factory settings were "read only." Thank you very much. This is all from a stock Android phone that has never been rooted.


How can I easily deny other apps from accessing my personal data?

If I use the standard Android **contacts, sms and phone app** all these data are endangered to be read by other apps. Is there a solution **without rooting** the phone that every simple user could easily install? Sure,you could conceal your contacts by renaming them to something cryptic. But that is not very handy. Maybe there are alternative apps for contacts, sms and phone app? So there would be no data in the standard apps. Or some simple solution that prevents access?


"Share" a phone call

I would like to "share" meta data from a phone call with any app, using Android's standard sharing feature. The idea is to create a note in e.g. Podio or Evernote after receiving or placing an important phone call. Ideally, the shared text should include both the phone number and start time of the call. I saw this roundabout "solution", which is to simply copy the phone number and paste it, but I would like a quicker solution. Is there any phone call log app that lets me do this? I have tried the (Sony) stock app, Call Log+ and Call Log Monitor.


Games crashes when ART is enabled?

I read about ART on some blogs and decided to try it myself. I have a Motorola Moto G and enabled ART on my phone. After that every game which I had already installed (Asphalt 8 and EA's Real Racing) or installed after enabling ART crashes just after starting. Also, from the blogs, there were two things that caught my attention about ART, which were improved battery life and low RAM consumption. I can't say any thing about the battery life but RAM consumption was almost same and in fact phone was lagging. Does that mean ART is not suitable for my device as it is optimized for the Dalvik VM?


File Transfer Between Ubuntu 12.04 and S3 over usb cable

I have been facing this issue long back still not able to transfer files between My Ubuntu system and Samsung S3. I have googled and tried many ways ( installing mtp tools, etc ) but none works. When connect to my Ubuntu system Im getting a error like "`Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device`" and two window will open with i9300 ( One will be phone memory and another will be memory card ). But none files or folder is visible. Does anyone any idea why this happen ? How can I solve this ? Or Guide me to any website which has the solution for this


How can I have 'Next homescreen' and 'Previous homescreen' buttons in ADW EX on the dockbar like LauncherPro?

I'm using ADW EX (purchased in the recent 10 billion, 10 day sale). How can I have buttons for next homescreen and previous homescreen on the bottom dockbar like in LauncherPro Plus? Currently using ADW 1.3.3.56


Micromax A88 too many pattern attempts issue?

My CellPhone MicroMax A88 locked and it is showing               Too Many Pattern attempts      To unlock, sign in with your Google account.      My 'WiFi' is Off and my `Mobile Data` is also not enabled. I am not able to start internet on this phone. Then I press Volume `Key Up + Power Button + Home Button` and reset my phone but still same issue. I already saw this question but nothing worked. Can anyone tell me is their any other alternative to solve this problem


How can I send many files (> 25MiB) at once as attachments?

I have 100 compressed pictures. Each of them is 2 MB. I would like to send via email everything at once as attachments (no hosting on Gdrive or somewhere else). Basically pictures will have to be sent in several emails. Is there any way to do it at once? To put it otherwise, I'm asking for a way to automatically send multiple email messages to send all the files. Ideally not one email per file, but each email should contain as many pictures as possible based on a maximum that I would specify. I use a Samsung Galaxy S3. I know the max size of the recipient's mailbox and pictures cannot be further compressed. I don't mind filling my recipient's mailbox.


How do I change my debit card details in Google Play?

How do I change my ATM card details in Google play as my old card has been damaged and I cannot purchase anything from my Android phone?


Is the setting OFF/ON of the security flag different from enabling/disabling of fastboot?

I am following the book **XDA Developers Android Hackers Toolkit 2012**.   In the beginning chapters , it says that :   The **second-stage bootloader** checks to see if the security flag is _on_ **(S-ON)** or _off_ **(S-OFF)** and depending on that , it checks for the signatures in kernel and OS that is to be loaded . The book says that if the security flag is **S-OFF** , then the bootloader no longer checks for signatures and also makes the entire system writable .   Now , coming to **fastboot** :   Fastboot is a protocol that allows low level commands to be sent to a device to do such things as write files to the OS . Most manufacturers , therefore , disable the fastboot protocol at the factory . Can the security flag be **S-OFF** and fastboot be disabled ? Can anyone elaborate on the relation between the security flag and fastboot protocol ?


What is FxStreamingTexture and why does it fill up my logcat?

My locgat is full of such lines: > 01-05 10:46:40.939: D/FxStreamingTexture(3948): BasicFuture_get return > m_value = android.graphics.Bitmap@4074d6b8 How can I get rid of them?


How can I make it so that any user can chmod in my fuse-mounted ext4-formatted /sdcard?

I have an ASUS Transformer Pad TF101. I finally got round to rooting it just now. **Important:** `/sdcard` is _not_ FAT32. It's a fuse filesystem based in ext4. So it _is_ capable of using `chmod`. So that I can work on it optimally, I'd like to be able to place executables in `/mnt/sdcard`. (Note that while it is called `sdcard` it is not, in actual fact, an SD card; it is internal storage.) I'd also like `chmod` in general to succeed, as it causes problems with certain things in Mercurial when it fails (even when I've patched the things in the main codebase to make it work at all, a few things in Python standard library calls still break). I presume that the problem is something to do with the mount flags, but I don't know what, so here they are:               $ mount     ...     /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 on /data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,errors=panic,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=ordered)     ...     /dev/fuse on /mnt/sdcard type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)     ...      I'm not sure what happens with the FUSE stuff, but I know that `/sdcard`'s contents are stored in `/data/media`. Here, then, is the baffling thing about it all:   * As 10126 (terminal) in /sdcard, I _can't_ chmod.   * As 1023 in /sdcard, I _can't_ chmod.   * As 0 in /sdcard, I _can_ chmod.   * As 10126 in /data/media, I _can't_ chmod.   * As 1023 in /data/media, I _can_ chmod.   * As 0 in /data/media, I _can_ chmod. Having applied `chmod a+w /data/media`, 10126 can then chmod appropriate files in /data/media, but still neither 10126 nor 1023 can chmod in /mnt/sdcard, which is what I ideally want. (Because it sorts out all the rest of the permissions so that you don't end up with fragmented file ownership.) Also, if I create files in /sdcard, they will be owned by UID/GID 0/1015 (1015 being `sdcard_rw`), while if I create them in /data/media, they will be owned by the UID/GID of the user (0/0) rather than 1023/1023 in /data/media (they will still be owned by 0/1015 in /sdcard--I don't understand that but am not drastically worried by it). So then, my question: how can I make it so that any account can successfully `chmod` in /mnt/sdcard, rather than just root? _I have been using /mnt/sdcard and /sdcard interchangeably in this question; /sdcard is symlinked to /mnt/sdcard._


Different album art for songs in the same album

The MediaStore provider on Android is really screwed up. On Android it isn't possible to define different cover art for songs in the same Album. Especially for compilations and "Various Artists" Albums. This is annoying! PlayerPro was able to use ID3 Cover-Art instead of the MediaStore cover art, but this doesn't work since it has been updated. Same goes for most music players for android, as they always use the MediaStore Class on Android to get the cover, and not their own implementation to get the ID3 embedded cover art. To work around this issue, I can tag the Album-Artist tag on all files with the same Album tag:               Artist      Title       Album   AlbumArtist CoverTag    Displayed Cover     Daft Punk   Get lucky   Singles Daft Punk   get lucky   get lucky     Deftones    Bored       Singles Deftones    bored       get lucky     Avicii      Levels      Singles Avicii      levels      levels     Avicii      Wake me up  Singles Avicii      wake me up  wake me up      This work around will correctly display different covers for each of those songs, all in the "Singles" album, BUT not for the two different songs by Avicii. It's because the Mediastore Class will allow different covers for different "AlbumArtists" on a single Album. Since the AlbumArtist tag for both Avicii songs are the same, it will only use one of the covers for all Avicii songs in the same album "Singles". Solutions not preferred:   * Weird tag changes   * separate folders on the phone **Any solution for PlayerPro, on Android itself, or my system of tagging? Or is there a different player which can handle embedded cover art correctly?**


APK via bluetooth

I recently bought a Nexus 5. I tried to send an `.apk` (via bluetooth) from my mobile to other mobile. Its working fine and I installed the app on other mobile. But when I tried to send the same `.apk` from that mobile (HTC One X) to my Nexus 5, the HTC shows "cannot send". I am able to recieve a video from the HTC One X, but not any `.apk`. Any clue on how to receive the `.apk` via Bluetooth on my Nexus 5 from it?


is it 100% safe to install Custom Roms

I wonder if is possible for those people who download the Android source code and customize it then release their custom roms to _hack_ the API or any other part of the codebase like GMail client or network stack so to push in the rom some kind of spyware, virus and so on... my main concern is that I like to experiment custom roms made available by any developer online but I really would not like to get my traffic sniffed or my Google Account pwd stolen. Any idea? is Android safe by default in this way or could it be altered?


Android USB Gadget Driver

I am trying to get Ethernet over USB working for my Nexus S. I am running Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.3 and have rebuilt the kernel with USB Gadget support turned on. When I connect the phone to my Linux box and run ifconfig -a, usb0 shows up both on the phone and the Linux box. I run ifconfig to set both sides up and everything looks correct but I cannot ping from either side:               PING 192.168.22.2 (192.168.22.2) 56(84) bytes of data.     From 192.168.22.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable     From 192.168.22.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable      I also have a N900 running Maemo Linux that does allow Ethernet over USB. I compared output of ethtool, ifconfig, route, and arp between the N900 and the Nexus S and all are very similar except the arp output. It shows (incomplete) for the HWaddress for the Android connection:               Address                  HWtype  HWaddress           Flags Mask            Iface     10.1.3.1                 ether   00:1B:17:05:30:13   C                     eth0     192.168.22.2                     (incomplete)                              usb0      The only other clue I have is that ifconfig shows on the Linux side:               usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 66:E4:64:10:D1:A9             inet addr:192.168.22.1  Bcast:192.168.22.255  Mask:255.255.255.0           inet6 addr: fe80::64e4:64ff:fe10:d1a9/64 Scope:Link           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0           TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000            RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:9039 (8.8 KiB)      and on the Android side:               usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 7A:78:28:52:9C:A0           inet addr:192.168.22.2 Bcast:192.168.22.255 Mask:255.255.255.0           inet6 addr: fe80::7878:28ff:fe52:9ca0/64 Scope:Link           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1           RX packets:202 errors:0 dropped:202 overruns:0 frame:0           TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000           RX bytes:47294 (46.1 KiB)  TX bytes:1728 (1.6 KiB)      Notice the dropped packets on the Android side. It seems like I am almost there.. any suggestions? EDIT: I rebuilt the kernel with a gadget kernel module (I have tried both g_cdc and g_ether) instead of built in support. I am not sure if the following is due to that or just being out of sync in my earlier post. If I run ping on either side, the TX and RX numbers actually match on both sides, but the Android side is dropping them for some reason. Host side ifconfig:               usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 12:23:34:45:56:67             inet addr:192.168.22.1  Bcast:192.168.22.255  Mask:255.255.255.0           inet6 addr: fe80::1023:34ff:fe45:5667/64 Scope:Link           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1           RX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0           TX packets:734 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000            RX bytes:1140 (1.1 KiB)  TX bytes:37684 (36.8 KiB)      Android side ifconfig:               usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 5E:89:C6:D8:BC:08             inet addr:192.168.22.2  Bcast:192.168.22.255  Mask:255.255.255.0           inet6 addr: fe80::5c89:c6ff:fed8:bc08/64 Scope:Link           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1           RX packets:734 errors:0 dropped:734 overruns:0 frame:0           TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000            RX bytes:27408 (26.7 KiB)  TX bytes:1602 (1.5 KiB)      ANOTHER EDIT!! After using arp on the host side and ip on the android side to manually add entries, the Destination Host Unreachable errors went away but still no ping response. I ran Wireshark on the host and the messages from the device are not correct. The displayed mac addresses do not look right and the protocol is unknown so just displayed as 0x7aab. After looking at the actual data in the message it appears that there are two zero bytes prepended to the message. If those were removed it looks like everything would line up and work. Has anyone ever seen this or know where in the code this can be fixed ? YET ANOTHER EDIT!!! After booting everything up this morning, I did not create the fake ARP entries and ran the pings again. According to Wireshark there was an ARP message coming from the host and an unknown message coming from the Droid, but they were identical lengths. After examining the contents of the messages, the Droid was sending what appeared to be a valid ARP message as well but it was shifted by 2 bytes - two extra bytes at the beginning and the last two chopped off.


HTC One Google Play install problem

I've got an HTC One that I've rooted and flashed with GPE 4.4. A couple of apps now won't install, eg Beautiful Widgets and Swiftkey. They fail with "Couldn't install to USB or SD card". An extensive search of the web suggests that you should either unmount the SD card (not possible on HTC One) or find and delete some asec files (various locations are listed but I have no asec files at all, confirmed by Root Explorer and a remote adb session). I'm definitely not trying to install to SD card! Does anyone know anything on this topic, or know how to debug the installation process so I can find out where it's going wrong? Thanks, -Dave