S3 (i9300/i9305) Is it possible to install CM10 after installing the 4.3 OTA update?

I heard you cannot downgrade to 4.3 to 4.1.2.   **But** , is it possible to change it down altogether to CM10? **Reason** : The new 4.3 update runs terrible on my phone. I sent it back to Samsung and my carrier both and tried to update with KIES, but it's not getting any better. Some minor lag disappeared after they performed a full reset and flash, but nothing huge change. It's still crap. The lock screen (which I see at least 50 times a day) is absolutely horrible. The battery life also gone crap, since the update, Google+ loves to eat battery. Deleted the updates, disabled the app, signed out, none of those helped. Google of course won't care since I'm just one sucker from the many people. **Sidenote** : I know I won't be able to use Triangle Away (since KNOX) and such. But the phone is not usable anymore, it's a brick with a few hours of battery life. It's useless.


Disabled samsung keyboard- now can't turn on my s3

I am in a weird situation. Few days back (I believe) I disabled samsung keyboard using nobloat app as i use adaptxt all time. But i have an encryption password and as samsung keyboard is disabled, i cant turn my phone on. I click on the text box for entering the device storage password when it boots, nothing happens (obviously) :( I will appreciate any ideas or hacks to work around this issue, so that i will be able to use my phone. Is there a way using command line to restore my keyboard app? I would ideally not want to restore/format my phone. Thanks! Also i am travelling and just have my ipad. Any ideas to solve this problem without use of computer will be greatly appreciated!


Security options greyed out

There was a great thread on the same subject. Security options grayed out I am in the same situation where I need to keep the certificates on the android phone. And the ActiveSync certificates greyed out the pattern and facial recognition login options on my HTC one M8. I can't delete them or otherwise I would be able to use ActiveSync for that server. So I went to use the Tasker and secure Settings suggestion in the other thread link I mentioned earlier. However, I am completely stuck trying to figure out how I can have Tasker or secure settings override the six digit pin requirement and allow me to do facial recognition instead. Here is where I am stuck Tasker -> Tasks -> Add Task -> action category: plugin -> Secure Settings -> Configuration: Secure Setting's Wake Up ->... And Here is where I am confused. I don't see any security setting or related Tasker Task to add to the "IF". I'm a bit of a newbie with Tasker and Secure Settings. I looked in the documentation for both apps and not seen the next that I should take. If you could help me solve this I would be very grateful.


Contact search in Xperia Z doesn't show all contacts

The contacts system on my Xperia Z doesn't search through all my contacts, for some reason. All of the contacts were imported from my Google account, which has no groups or anything special. As an example, I have the following contacts:               Antti H*****     Antti J*****     Antti K*****     Antti S*****      Now, if I search for `antti`, I only get the last two contacts. The same applies for sending SMS messages. If i compose a new SMS and tap the recipients field and write `Antti`, it only shows details for the same two contacts as the contact search. For the other two, I have to go to Contacts, scroll to the contact, tap it and then tap the SMS button. The type of the phone number (home, mobile, work...) doesn't affect this. The contacts work fine otherwise (show up on incoming calls, SMS threads etc.). It seems that the contacts that do show up are the ones I have on Facebook. However, I can't find any settings that specify which accounts to search. Is there some setting that I've failed to find? Oh yeah, everything is stock, but not vanilla. Edit: Tried searching with Google Now, but that won't find the contacts either.


Explain the ondemand CPUFreq governor parameters in SAMSUNG galaxy S4?

I am trying to understand how does the onDemand CPUFreq governor works. I have a SAMSUNG S4 device and I looked into the following file to see the tuneable parameters of SAMSUNG Glaxy S4 GT-i9505 (Qualcomm chipset). $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand down_differential enable_turbo_mode ignore_nice_load io_is_busy optimal_freq powersave_bias sampling_down_factor sampling_rate sampling_rate_min sync_freq up_threshold up_threshold_any_cpu_load up_threshold_multi_core I tried to understand these parameters, The kernel documentation here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt explains Governors and governor parameters, but some of the parameters are not explained in the documentation. Can you please explain or point me to the documentation which I could read and understand all these parameters for a better understanding of dynamic frequency scaling in Android?


cant install Google Play Services in Lava Iris 430

The phone comes with all the GAPPS except that Google play services and i need it to sync my Clash of Clan account. My phone is rooted I have tried: Installing it from Play store: incompatible with other applications using the same shared user id. Installing it manually from downloading by playstore: App not installed. Installing old signed version: App not installed. It also have android recovery i tried to install the whole GAPPS package but the it shows the signature verification error. I dont have a custom recovery no idea how to install it. Its a pretty old phone. I wont ask for help if i was able to install the GPS please help


Can you setup android gmail to play a sound when an email from a certain email address comes in?

I have my work emails forwarded to my phone and I'd like to be able to give them precedence over emails to my gmail. Is this possible? Or can I setup my work email using POP and then use a different tone for those?


Scheduled notification with input

I want my phone to do two things:   1. Send me a notification on a schedule.   2. Accept textual input, time stamp it, and store it somewhere. Ideally this would be the workflow:   1. I receive a notification.   2. I click on the notification.   3. I type my input.   4. I press enter, or otherwise complete my input.


Some mail subfolders not syncing

I have a new issue which just started where not all subfolders are appearing in the Mail app. Almost all subfolders are present, except for those that are part of a particular folder. I'm running 4.3 on a Samsung Galaxy III, connecting to an MS Exchange server. Everything appears normal in the Desktop client and Web client. I realize this could be an Exchange question, but has anyone else run into this issue and are there any suggestions? It it possible this is a size issue related to the overall size of this particular folder? Note: How can I get exchange email subfolders on my Samsung Galaxy S3? did not help me.


how can i choose the right sbf for stock recovery to avoid signature verification error? (milestone 2)

The whole story (probably can be skipped) : I have a Motorola Milestone 2 that got a severe case of "ghost touch" after spending some time in a really tight jeans pocket. So it entered 20 wrong unblock patterns and blocked, asking me for my google account. As i had the network off i couldnt authenticate, so I tried to unblock it from the adb shell. I couldnt because when I tried to open the settings.db it kept saying something about a collator. After that i started fiddling with the 2nd init configuration (Stupid, stupid me, i had no clue ). and i ended up bricking my phone :'(. Ok, here comes the real question: Before i bricked my phone it had a CyanogenMod, not sure which one, i think it was CM9 What im trying to do is a stock recovery from a sbf file. But i cant seem to find the right one, it keeps saying `E: signature verification failed` or `E: Failed to verify whole- file signature`. I have tried with at least eight different files but the above errors keep popping up. This trial and error is getting boring. Is there some way to know beforehand which file i should use ? i read somewhere about .smg files, but im not sure if this would help (I tried to keep this as short as possible, if there's any extra detail that i should mention i'll gladly do.)


How can I navigate using my PC through an Android phone connect via USB?

I have a phone with Android 2.2 (HD2 with CM6.0) enabled to surf internet pages (data connection). Now, I would like to "surf" using my PC connected via USB to the phone. Is it possible? Which programs do I need both on PC and Adnroid? If there are more solutions available, a free or low cost one is preferred


I have a problem with the android internal memory allocation is permanent

Has the android "internal memory allocation freeze" been solved? Example: GS3 internal memory full with photos (picassa sync issue). After moving problem photos to SD card, the internal memory is still an issue due to the fact that internal memory used for the photos remains allocated. Samsung's answer was to do a hard factory reset (LOL)


Galaxy ace - Can't seem to add a contact without adding them as a Google 'contact'

Every time I add a contact (via the little plus) it brings up the Google contact screen. It used to give me an option for SIM or phone storage for the contact, but this is no longer an option.


People app disappeared from apps on Nexus 4

It's a system app, but somehow I disabled it. Now, it won't show me my contacts or anything. If I try to see a missed call from notification drawer, it leaves me at home screen. I cannot view any of my call records.


How to change the device name in Google Play (formerly Android Market)?

I have bought a new phone and need to change the old device name to the new one. How do I change the device name in Google Play (formerly Android Market)?


Odd problem with USB tethering: Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE) or Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED)

I am accessing internet with my Laptop through 3G USB Tethering from my Nexus S with Android 4.0.4. About half of the time, I lose connection and I am unable to access any website on my Laptop or use any application that connects to the internet (eg. ping), except for Gmail and Skype (which still work very well). And it goes back and forth frequently between the normal situation and the odd one. If I try to access any other website on my laptop (like google.com), I get depending on the website: "No data received Unable to load the webpage because the server sent no data. Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data." OR "This webpage is not available Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): The server refused the connection" Do you have an explanation for this bizarre behavior? Do you think an app is interfering with my connection?


Make Sent folder show email recipient instead of sender

I am new to Nexus 4 and have a problem. My SENT folder in exchange server mail shows the sender (i.e. me) and not the list of person(s) to whom the mail has been sent. Any help?


Samsung Galaxy Ace, data network mode keeps deactivating itself

Every time i turn on my data network it deactivates itself within 5 mins ,any ideas anyone? i have a Samsung Galaxy ace.


How can I increase my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 battery life?

How can I increase my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (Android) battery life? I am going to use my Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 (with WIFI and/or 3G) for marketing purposes: It's going to play a movie non stop (without sound) and there are no other applications running except for the movie. I would like to use WIFI and/or 3G to update the movies that are going to run. But the tablet is going to be mobile and onroute where it's not possible to charge the Tablet. Meaning I have around 6 and half hours of battery life before I get the first message that my tablet is running out of juice (we've tested that already, but only at one fixed location not in travelling mode (e.g. constantly looking for WIFI connections)). I would like to increase my battery life somehow... I have read some of the other posts here already. So I know that turning of WIFI or 3g would definitely help. But I need WIFI on to update those movies when we come near one of our Hotspots. I know brightness is another thing and that is automatically already set to half brightness. Is there a way to create a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 and Android back-up which has the perfect set-up and configuration for only running a movie (without sounds) and with WIFI on? Looking at a better CPU config and some sort of bare necessities configuration to be operational and saving the most of battery.


How can I re-install the stock Android 2.2 calendar?

I mistakenly deleted the stock Google Calendar application from my Android 2.2 phone (Samsung Europa GT-i5500). My phone is rooted. I can't recall what program I used for the deletion, but I have backups of 4 files saved on my desktop PC:   1. com.android.calendar-[big number].apk   2. com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].apk   3. com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].properties   4. com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].tar How can I reinstall this application using these backups?


How can I increase the lock screen delay?

On my HTC One V (Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich), I can use "Settings / Security / Lock Phone After" to set the time, after which entering the PIN is required to unlock the screen. The maximum setting here is "15 minutes". Practically, this means I have to enter the PIN every time I take the phone out of my pocket, too often for my liking. Can I increase this time span to something > 1 hour? PS: I have encrypted my phone. I understand that I am taking a risk, when someone should steal my unlocked phone.


How to install Google Music on a non-US phone?

I am trying to install Google Music on my phone from outside the US. After using Market Enabler Play Store correctly displays and even downloads the app, but then aborts with "this app cannot be installed in your country". It still doesn't work after rebooting my phone. Is there any way around this?


Access desktop files from ADB connected device

Is it possible to access the desktop files from Android device ?   The device is connected to the desktop through USB.


Driving Mode isn't working as expected on Samsung Galaxy SII

I have this Samsung Galaxy SII, GT-I9100T, with Android version 2.3.3. When placed in Dock with my car, the following happens   * Whenever a call is incoming, the phone would read me the calling number, even if he's found in my contacts.   * Whenever a message is incoming, the phone will **sometimes** read me their phone number, even if they're found in my contacts. What can cause this? I've checked the configuration and found nothing helpful, Google wasn't much of a help either.


How to access media files (photos and videos) on Samsung GT-I9082?

I have a Samsung GT-I9082 mobile phone (Android 4.1.2) with lots of videos and photos. I want to move them from the phone to my notebook running Windows 7. I connected it via USB and selected the MTP mode. I got an error on the phone, which said that my notebook is not compatible with that mode. So I switched to PTP mode ("Connect as a camera"). Then, the notebook recognized both the device and its memory card. ![Screenshot 1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VqwuT.png) But I couldn't find video files neither on the device itself, nor on the memory card. Searching for `*.*` shows just 4 files, and their total size is less than 10 GB (this is the occupied space on the memory card according to previous screenshot). ![Screenshot 2](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Dg7Ez.png) What can I do in order to access these media files on my notebook?


Chrome disappears/hangs after reboot?

I'm using Android 4.1.2 that's rooted. Because Google Chrome has a big size, especially the cache (which is troublesome to delete it every visiting a new site), i moved my Chrome to SD Card by using Titanium Backup.(In my phone chrome is a system app so i deleted it and reinstall the Playstore version) But now, when i reboot my phone, my Chrome will either crashes or disappears entirely at startup. Is there any way to solve this? If that's impossible, is there any way to move cache to SD Card? Because that what makes my internal memory loses much space. My phone is Oppo Find Way (U7015) - it's only released in china and southeast asia :)


My phone starts in Airplane Mode all the time

The last few weeks every time I restart my phone or just turn it on, it starts in Airplane Mode, even if when I turn it off it's not on Airplane Mode. Because it starts in Airplane Mode, the SIM-pin is deactivated until I switch it back to normal. It's only PIN locked. How can I stop it from starting in Airplane Mode? The phone is a Huawei Ascend P6 and I haven't modified anything on it.


How to install Yii framework in an android device?

I am studying Yii framework in my android phone. I have an application called AndroPHP. It has a **LightHttpd, MySql and PHP**. I can run CodeIgniter, Wordpress and Smarty in my phone but I don't have an idea how can I install a Yii framework. I searched in the Internet I can't find any correct solution. I tried to install it using the yiic webapp in my android terminal emulator. And my error is **sh: yiic: not found** I have a YII framework extracted in **sdcard/www/YII/** And I used the yiic in the framework folder. To access the yiic I have this path: **root@android:/storage/sdcard0/www/YII/framework#** And to use the yiic I have this **yiic webapp sdcard0/www/bid** where **bid** is my folder under **www** Any idea how can I install this framework? Or any android application that has a tutorial in installing Yii. Ok that's all thanks.


My Nexus 4 crashes after every app start

I haven't used my Nexus 4 in a while, and all of a sudden all apps crashes on their start up, including the Google Play Store app. I have tried to upgrade the OS to KitKat (via Settings => About This Phone => System Updates), but it's stuck updating to 4.3; I have a view with "downloading Android 4.3 update" which doesn't progess. ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dwVmf.png)   Screenshot (click for larger variant) > com.google.process.gapps has stopped


Search by Organization in People

I have the new HTC and I cannot search in my people app by Organization. I, as suggested in a previous Q&A, have "Company" marked HOWEVER in the card it is called Organization and therefore cannot search. How do I change it to Company not Organisation. Even better how do I search on Organization?


Benefits of skins as opposed to vanilla Android

Has anyone seen any benefits to using skins such as MotoBlur and HTC Sense as opposed to "vanilla" Android like on the Nexus One? I'm considering getting the Nexus S and this is part of my pre-purchase evaluation.


Enable USB debugging on Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD Global with no screen

Before this gets marked as a duplicate please consider that virtually every answer involves vague references to things like 'fastboot' that I honestly don't understand and can't find any information about. I have spent the last 4 hours scouring 100's of forum posts, reading ADB documentation, looking through wiki articles trying to learn the ins-and-outs of recovery roms, flashing, etc., and I still don't have a working solution -- not because the things I've tried haven't worked, but because information is so obscure and vague that I have no idea what to try. I have a Droid Razr Maxx HD Global. The screen and digitizer are both broken. I have a new identical working device. I want to transfer _everything_ \-- system settings, app data, etc. -- from the old device to the new device. It's easy enough to move the SIM and external SD to the new device but I still have the issue of internal storage. The phone is stock. USB debugging is disabled. I can't use ADB because of that. I also can't use tools like MobileTrans (or whatever) because of that. I can't enable USB debugging because I need the screen. ~~I don't have a USB On- The-Go and I don't even know if it would work with my device. I don't have an HDMI cable or a monitor that accepts HDMI.~~ I have tried multiple USB On-The- Go adapters and multiple mice and none of the mice are recognized. I have an HDMI cable and an HDMI monitor which works but does not help with the digitizer issue. The most promising looking path I see so far is to install a ROM that has USB debugging enabled. Maybe it's a regular ROM, maybe it's a recovery ROM, I have no idea. I have this RSDLite tool that I guess flashes regular ROMs, or maybe recovery ROMs, or both, I can't tell. I have a regular and recovery Cyanogen ROM image. RSDLite can't load it. RSDLite doesn't show my device. I saw a few people say "oh just boot into fastboot and use that". Ok I'll just, uh, press the "boot into fastboot and use it" button? I have no idea what fastboot is other than a tool that I have in my ADB installation. There is also this answer, which recommends typing `setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1` somewhere, although I don't know where. The poster says, amusingly, _"The Droid X does not have a physical keyboard - but if it did you could try this in a terminal."_ Anybody have any ideas about this one? My imaginary keyboard on my Razr doesn't work either. (Update: This requires screen access and a terminal on the phone, so, as per usual, that doesn't actual answer the question that was asked.) I did try "using" (fsv of "using") fastboot to boot with the Cyanogen recovery ROM (which may or may not be the correct ROM and may or may not have debugging enabled and I don't actually know if "boot" permanently modifies the device or not):               fastboot boot /path/to/some_arbitrary_rom_i_got_on_the_internet.img      But it just got stuck on `<waiting for device>` and eventually gave up, something that all the answers involving fastboot seem to neglect to address. Not really sure how to proceed there, or if that's even the right path to be going down. (Update: Apparently the power + volume down button boot menu is called "fastboot" mode -- odd that it's this easy when all mentions of "fastboot mode" on the internet seem to involve some huge chain of drivers, weird tools, and arcane commands and never mentioned that on Motorola devices it's just the plain old boot menu. I will try this when I get home from work.) The flood of advice like "yes just select X and Y in the boot menu" seems to help nobody with this problem because, obviously, the screen is broken. _HOW_ (keyword: _HOW_ ) do I _somehow_ enable USB debugging on a device with a broken screen? Do I use fastboot for something? Do I find a ROM of some sort with USB debugging enabled? What ROMs have USB debugging enabled (it's not exactly something listed in their feature list)? How do I _actually_ do this? Minor rant: It's amazing how massive the headache is compared to how conceptually simple the problem (need to enable one setting and can't) is. Given that drop damage is the most common cause of accidental smartphone failure and that USB debugging is required to transfer system data (for some reason the Android folks tied the concept of "transferring data" to "development tool"), it boggles the mind why there isn't a more robust interface for this or at least a non-arcane working how-to out there somewhere for people who reasonably don't want to spend a week of their life becoming an expert on Android kernel image development and debugging.


How can I stop Hootsuite from trying to send this failing message?

So I try to send a tweet from hootsuite about this really nice beer I had. It was a nice beer, and a nice tweet, and nothing weird about it at the time. The message send failed -- see screenshot, below. The message cannot be found in hootsuite -- the message doesn't appear in my twitter feed, nor in "sent messages" (of course) -- the "Pending" tab is empty. The message send KEEPS failing -- even though I've posted other messages from Hootsuite to Twitter since then. The message keeps trying to resend (and fail) every few minutes [no idea of actual frequency, but if I dismiss the message, it reappears sooner or later]. ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/t2dP4.png)


Does the Automatic away-status in Google Talk not function as it's supposed to?

Using Google Talk on Android 2.2 on a Motorola Droid. Under settings I have the box for Automatic away-status checked. My assumption is that this would set my status to away when the screen is off as it states: _Set status to away when the screen is turned off_ However, this isn't the case. I've confirmed by walking over to a co-workers desk and it still shows me as available. I have Gmail closed on my desktop and it stays as available for ever, it doesn't just take some time to update. Any ideas if this is a bug or is there a workaround? At the moment I'm just signing myself out when I remember to.


How can I decline the latest update?

The latest update for the HTC Incredible looks to be mostly bloatware and a few small fixes. I'd rather not update, but the constant reminders are super annoying. Is there anything I can do, or is my only recourse to go ahead and install the update?


Samsung Kies better than OTA?

I was wondering if Kies provides any kind of advantage towards getting a pending update for my galaxy note 3 phone. I am still waiting for an OTA KitKat update and, if Kies would allow me to end the waiting, I would definitely give it a try!


How to enable mobile network in Android Tablet

I have got Karbonn Ta-Fone A34 tablet. By default its mobile network options is permanently inactive. Now I have rooted my tablet and want to enable to mobile network option. Is there any way I can browse the Android System files and make changes there to enable the mobile network or if there is any app to do this.


Is is possible two tablets of the same model has different functionalities?

I've bought a Huawei IDEOS S7 up front (there isn't a monthly fee) for SGD 885 (682 USD) before realizing that it costs only:   1. SGD 468 (USD 360)   2. SGD 549 (USD423)   3. SGD 488 (USD 376)   4. (SGD 324) USD 250 My tablet supports GSM voice communication and I can make phone calls with it. I was basically wondering is it true that all Huawei IDEOS S7 can be used to make phone calls, Or is it true that some Huawei IDEOS S7 have support for GSM voice communication (mine) while others do not have support for it (those _cheaper_ ones shown in the list above)? Or did I just lost $385?


Google Services battery drain on Galaxy devices

Here are screenshots from my three Samsung Galaxy devices: # Samsung Galaxy S3 ![Samsung Galaxy S3](http://i.stack.imgur.com/n7OxC.png) # Samsung Galaxy S4 ![Samsung Galaxy S4](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Zr00c.png) # Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 ![Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014](http://i.stack.imgur.com/oXyRM.jpg) It seems, that in each case Google Play Services ("Usługi Google") are mostly responsible for fast battery drain. 2014 lasts only a day now (compared to 3+ days of previous version of 10.1). S4 lasts less than 24 hours, S3 toughly reaches 24 hours. What is the cause of so fast battery drain?


How to remove other apps icons (like Skype or WhatsApp) from contact and phone app?

I would like to keep Skype Mobile installed but get rid of its icons from contacts **AND/OR** from being asked whether I want to make a call to the contact through Skype or other similarly annoying application. Is there any facility in Android that allows me to keep the control of that? Uncle Google isn't much helpful in that matter. Moreover I have two Skype icons per contact on my phone. And that the thing that hits my taste. Phone details: Sony Xperia S, Android 4.1.2


OTA update removed stock Contacts app (Galaxy Y S5360, Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.XXMI1)

My Galaxy Y S5360 did an OTA software update on 22 April 2014, and ever since then, after the phone rebooted, my Contacts app has gone completely! The data is there, so I have had to download Contacts+ app from Google Play in order for me to call/text my contacts, but I can't add or edit any of my contacts. I've contacted Carphonewarehouse, who I bought the phone from in January 2012, and they were unable to help. I've contacted Samsung, who got their remote assistance team to remotely delve into my phone (via Smart Tutor for Samsung app) and they were unable to help. I've done a factory reset, no joy. Apparently there is no option to reload the software update, as Kies is old and I can't update this because my phone is old and won't cope. I am at a loss what to do! I've raised a complaint with Samsung, so I'm hoping they will be sympathetic, but I won't hold my breathe. Can anyone help?


Is it possible to wipe Samsung S5 finger print scanner data from recovery

I heard Samsung S5 has finger print scanner to unlock screen. How reliable is this? If I perform a data wipe or factory reset via recovery will the finger print lock still works?


How to change lockscreen display time on Samsung Galaxy S4 Plus?

When I press the power button the screen is immediately turned off and locked. When I press the power button again the screen is turned on and the lockscreen is displayed. However, it is only displayed for about 5 seconds before the screen goes off again. I have to start interacting with it straight away to prevent the screen from turning off. I don't always want to unlock the screen, sometimes I just like to press the power button to have the screen turn on so I can work my way in the dark, as a flash light replacement. But that doesn't work if I have to keep pressing the power button on and off all the time. Is it possible to change this time? I would like to have it set to at least 30 seconds, or have it stay on all the time until I press the power button again. Is this possible? I'm not sure it's possible to have the screen stay on until you press the power button, but my old HTC had a longer display time when the lockscreen is shown. I'm on Galaxy S4 Plus (GT-I9506) with Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It's stock ROM and everything, brand new. I tried to google this and it appears that the only time setting you can change for the lockscreen is the time it takes for the lockscreen to actually activate. Below is a screenshot of the "Lock screen" page on an Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4qbyhm.png) (image source: Android Central) There was this "Secured lock time" option. It said "the screen will be locked after 30 minutes of inactivity." This is on the Galaxy S3. Mine is a little bit different. Below is a screenshot of the lock screen page on mine. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0FxnAm.png) This however does not change the display time of the actual screenlock... screen (sorry). It only defines when the screenlock will become active.


How to avoid WhatsApp locking up my contacts

If there is a contact who has WhatsApp, the contact was locked from name changes and also create weird changes such as removing any white spaces in the name (even between first name and last name). I like to keep the Whatsapp association but do not want to have WhatsApp taking over the contact changes. What is the solution?


Changing default video player in Google Chrome for Android

_**tl;dr_** When you open any video, default HTML5 player is used. What I want is to make Google Chrome to use custom video player whenever it wants to playback a video _**Longer story_** My real goal is to stream video content from Android to AppleTV via AirPlay. I found a nice app called _streambels_ which is capable of doing that. The only problem is when I am trying to watch video on Google Chrome, I can't stream it so if I could change the default video player would allow me to pass the video to broadcasting app. And life would be so great :)


How to remove a system file using adb shell?

I have an android system file in **/mnt/extsd/**.And I wanted to delete that file.                 root@android:/mnt/extsd # ls -l     d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          1980-01-01 00:00 clockworkmod     root@android:/mnt/extsd #  rm -r  clockworkmod/        Aborted       So, I remounted the system in write mode and tried the same with no luck.               root@Tron:/home/aswin# adb kill-server     root@Tron:/home/aswin# adb remount      * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *     * daemon started successfully *     remount succeeded     root@Tron:/home/aswin# adb shell rm -r /mnt/extsd/clockworkmod/      Aborted       I tried to set a 755 permission by issuing these commands , but they wont work.               root@android:/mnt/extsd #  ls -l     d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          1980-01-01 00:00 clockworkmod     root@android:/mnt/extsd # chmod 755 clockworkmod/                                   root@android:/mnt/extsd # ls -l                                                     d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          1980-01-01 00:00 clockworkmod     root@android:/ #  chown root /mnt/extsd/     Unable to chmod /mnt/extsd/: Operation not permitted      How can I fix this ?


Unstable S4 - AbsListView

I've been having an issue on my Galaxy S4 following the 4.3 update whereby it will occasionally reboot the phone then go into a reboot loop. If connected to a charge the loop will stop and the battery will be fine (e.g. at 80%). Now one thing I've noticed in trying to diagnose this via logcat is that the following message: 13:37:54.600 AbsListView unregisterIRListener() is called occurs about 26 times a second. Is this normal behavior? If not how can I find and eliminate the cause?


How to get the identifier of a LINE friend?

LINE is an app like Skype+Facebook. The main element is your list of friends. You can add friends by typing their id, for instance `johndoe`, and the friend appears in your friends list as something like `Johnny LOL` or whatever nickname they fancy. LINE is notoriously bad at multi-devicing: when switching phones you lose a lot of data. How can I get the identifiers of my current friends?   This way I could add them again if I lose them or lose my password in the future.


Lock screen clock cut off?

I have a new Samsung Epic 4G which has a clock on the top of the unlock screen. For some reason, however, most of the date gets cut off. So what I see is "Fri May." and the time. It seems like a font problem, but the phone is brand new. I'm not even sure where to look for fixes or insights.


Hiding System icons in Notification area?

Does anybody know a reliable way to remove system icons from the notification area? I have a smaller screen on my (rooted, default ROM) Optimus T and I find some of the system notifications icons unnecessary. I would prefer to find an app to do it rather than have to do it myself, I'm always nervous about changing framework pieces by hand in a text editor. For instance, I work full time and use my phone as my alarm clock. I will, for the entire life of my device, have an alarm set. I do not need an icon telling me I have an alarm. Also, I have no need to know if headphones are plugged into my device. If they're plugged into my device, they're plugged into my ears, and that's an easier indicator while not taking up screen space. Lastly, I keep my phone on vibrate. I never want my phone to ring because if I'm talking to somebody and my phone goes off, if I answer, I'm rude to who I'm face to face talking to. If I don't answer, then the person I'm talking to knows that I blatantly ignored a call; I'm worried if they call me, they'll think I didn't answer because I did the same thing. On vibrate, I'm the only one who knows what calls I answer/ignore. Does anybody know an app to let me turn off these system icons in the notification area?


What applications can I disable on my Samsung Galaxy S4?

I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 and discovered that it comes with a large number of programs that I know I will never use (Amazon MP3, all Samsung Apps, TripAdvisor etc.). I have found that they can be disabled by going to `Settings > More > Application Manager`, selecting a specific application and choosing `Disable`. The problem is that I don't know which applications can be safely disabled. Can someone provide a definitive list of all the applications installed on a new Galaxy S4 along with whether they are required or not?


root cannot list filed in /data

1|shell@maguro:/ # ls -l /system/xbin/     -rwxr-xr-x root     shell       59816 2013-07-11 02:12 dexdump     -rwsr-sr-x root     root        67008 2013-10-08 17:24 su     shell@maguro:/ # ls /data     opendir failed, Permission denied      The permissions on `su` are correct right? I get the hash prompt, but I can't list the files in /data (or do anything that requires superuser permissions). I don't have Superuser.apk installed, I don't want to install it because of that grant/deny access dialogue that pops up if you wipe the device. What does Superuser.apk do that I can't do when I unpack the *.img files?


Disable screen lock pattern

I just downloaded JellyBean on my HTC One X. I wanted to check APNs, but accidently went to VPN. Then, I had to set the screen lock pattern to access it. Now, I have an extra step when I want to use the phone. Is there any way to disable the screen lock pattern?


Flashing 5300 ROM on Samsung Galaxy Pocket GT-S5300B

A friend of mine asked me to root his Samsung Galaxy Pocket, but the model he has is 5300B. I found a root guide, and ROMs only for the regular 5300. Can I still install a ROM which was made for the 5300 on the 5300B version? Thank you.


How can I test the NFC capability of my Android?

I got a Nexus 7 last week, and I love it! It has NFC functionality, and I was wondering how I could test it? I don't actually have any NFC tags that I can use (have you seen the price of them?!?). So, how can I test NFC without NFC tags?


Measure data used by android app

Is there any way I could measure the data being used by the components in my android app? If yes, how can I do it? For example, Say I have an app A with X and Y components, I would like to know that what amount of internet data the component X uses and what amount of internet data Y uses.


Force close message for every single application on Easypad Junior

I have an Easypad Junior and have the following problem with it: When I start it and unlock it i get this error: > The application <..., it does that for every single one> has stopped > unexpectedly The only thing I can do is to press `Force close` and then I enter a loop of pressing that. That leads nowhere. In safe mode, the same story. Can you please help me?


Adding pre-installed application to Android image

I've got an example APK file, and I'd like to add it to an existing Android image. I've got the image that ships with the Android SDK as a reference, but I haven't found any tools which can unpack and edit it on Windows- the only scripts I've found only work on Unix, and the only thing you can find for any term with "Android image" in it is a hundred people trying to sell a cut-down Photoshop for Android devices. Any suggestions?


Bluetooth A2DP audio occasionally drops out for a second on custom ROMs

When I'm playing audio over the A2DP data path to my car, the audio randomly will drop for half a second, then gradually comes back to full volume over perhaps a second of time. Speaking like a programmer, it's almost like something mutes the audio and then slides the volume up in a loop or something. This problem did not occur on Bombaridier and the older Synergy Kernel, however it is happening with the newer kernel on Juggernaut v5, Paradox and SlickMOD, leading me to believe something in the kernel or newer system binaries might be causing it. This behavior happens in Pandora, Amazon MP3 and also the stock Music app. Thinking that maybe a stray notification was the problem, I've tried disabling notifications in all of the apps I know of that notify, I've also tried switching the phone into vibrate and finally into full-silent, but it does not seem to affect the behavior. I have found no likely cause. I wish I was able to log alsa changes; maybe a script running constantly with something like:               while (true)     do cat /proc/alsa/some_alsa_status_entry >> /tmp/alsalog     sleep 1     done      Does anyone else have any ideas as to what this might be? It's really annoying!


Samsung Galaxy S2 stuck on CWM, can't mount sdcard

I've been trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100), following the official guide. I was successful in installing Clockworkmod and can enter the recovery mode. The problem starts when I try to wipe/format my sd card. It fails, saying something like "cannot mount /sdcard". If I go to mount/storage and try to mount the sdcard I get "error mounting sdcard". And I get something similar of course if I try to "install zip from sdcard". If I boot my phone normally I get the Samsung logo (yellow triangle included) and then it goes to black. Access to the sdcard via usb is not very consistent (screen is black so I don't know what's going on, but when I plug in the usb sometimes I can see the sdcard in my computer, sometimes not, and when I can it gets disconnected often). Maybe it is a problem with the sd card? I wasn't having trouble before this, except maybe very slow access sometimes (which I blamed on Samsung's bloatware).


Make the screen to appear again when the screen is off by just touching the screen. Instead of pressing the on/off button

Our system at work is automated. Sometimes a machine stop and we get the fault popping up on a android device everyone is carrying. It's a Cat B15 Mobile with Android 4.1. We are carrying the phone with a holder around our arm. If the screen is on all the time, the battery drains out pretty fast. So I want to make the device to shut down the screen, and when I touch the screen it will start again. Right now it's a little complicated to press the on and off button. Because the holder is blocking it. Anyhow, if this was a possibility it would make everything a lot easier! I checked the settings but didn't see anything about it.


Music lockscreen controls

I'm on a Nexus 4, when I play music from the Play music app, the full screen lock screen music controls or music art will not show only the lock screen as if I am not playing music at all. I do have doubleTwist installed (wanted to try it) but I have the doubleTwist lock screen controls off. How can I get lockscreen controls back?


Phone not switching on

So I am using my Sony Xperia Neo L, and I accidentally dropped it on the ground and the battery comes out. This has happened hundreds of times before. When I insert my battery back in, the flashlight just turns on and the phone does not switch on. This happened for about half an hour. I then put my other battery to check (Yes I keep a spare) it does the same thing. Hours later, the flashlight doesn't come on, but when I try to switch it on, the red light is just beeping (as if the battery is low, but both my batteries are charged).. What do I do? :(


Birthday reminders in my phone start 12 hours prior for birthdays stored in Gmail contacts

I store birthdays in my Gmail contacts. I have HTC One X with Android 4.2.2 and Sense 5. I have synced my calendars with Gmail contacts and all the birthdays are visible in my calendar app on Android. But the reminder for each of the birthday is set to 12 hours prior. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EmpGr.png) I don't want to reminded of someone's birthday 12 hours before! Is there any way to customize this time? Or remove it completely for all the birthday reminders coming from Gmail contacts?


Charging/PC connection issues

I have tab 2 7.0 that will only charge when switched off and even then that's only sometimes, other times I get the battery boot loop. When device is on it says not charging in battery settings and has a red x through battery icon. It also does the same when connected to a PC but windows does not detect any connection. I have two of these, both my sons and both do the same. It's an original cable and wall charger. So I'm guessing it could be the cable as I factory reset one of them and still the same problem. It seems obvious but I'm just looking for any advise before I go buying another cable. Thanks.


Why can't I copy files between the external & interal SD on an Android 4.2 tablet?

When I insert a micro-SD card into the tablet, I can open the graphical " _file manager_ " in the apps and view which files & folders are on the internal-SD and the external-SD. However I can not discover how to copy a file _from_ the internal _to_ the external SD or vice-versa. The File Manager lets me create a copy of a file in the same folder, but there was no hint given as to how to copy or move a file from one folder or storage medium to another. The tablet I am trying to work with is apparently a `FAST-TOUCH` (??) which is running Android 4.2.2. I think it may be this 10" tablet, or at least it is very similar to it. I did not purchase the tablet and I definitely do not have "admin" access. I have tried to locate a user manual, but I do not think one exists. It seems to be rather common for Android devices to come with little or no useful documentation. I would normally never bother to ask about this since I always considered simple file ops to be very trivial procedures. But I have never used an Android tablet (or phone) before and, frankly, I do **not** find using it to be as intuitive as I think others assume it to be. ## **A Note About Edits** This question previously focused on asking about documentation. I have stripped most of that out and repurposed the question to ask only about how to do a simple file copy with the File Manager on the tablet. Before I posted the question I attempted to locate previous questions about basic Android documentation, but failed to find them. For some reason, I only seem to be able to find the questions I am looking for if I first create and post a duplicate question. I am posting links to the general documentation questions I found below for possible future reference since, frankly, I doubt my ability to find them again. Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions? Where can I find a thorough introduction to Android? Android Jelly Bean help or user manual


SMS App with DIFFERENT conversation list style for unreplied threads.

I've been searching everywhere to find an SMS app where I can see at a glance which conversation threads might need my attention. I often forget to reply to a text and would love to be able to look at my conversation list and see the threads where I was the last person to reply shown in green shading and ones that might be waiting for a reply shown in red. I find it ridiculous that all the SMS apps I've tried rely on memory alone (or estimation based on texting style) in order to remember who was the last person to reply. I'm a self employed musician and have about 100 contacts that I contact regularly and it takes me ages to go back and check if there's anyone waiting for a reply because I have to open each thread individually. It seems like such a simple thing! You could even have threads highlighted in bright red where the last message was from someone else and it had a "? " in it! Seriously does anyone know of an app with any distinction between threads like this? Any help would be much appreciated!


Have a widget activating something in an app?

I have the SyncMe app, and I would like to have a widget activating a fuction in the app. Now I have to open the app -> Click on a button -> Click on another button. Can I have a widget doing this by just clicking it?


Samsung Galaxy Exhibit - Email Photo Problem

I have a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit. When my husband sends me photos in email I can see the small preview picture but when I click on it it reverts to an older picture that he sent me. I think I accidentally locked it to that older picture. How do I unlock it? I can see others pictures with no problem. Thank you!!


cannot mount sdext for link2sd?

I have a huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2. when I restart my phone I have to remount the sdext myself using terminal emulator.               su     mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext2      but now it returns :               mount : mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /data/sdext2 failed : invalid argument      so I want to know how can I mount it again?


Which specific storage space is low, when getting "Low Space" on Samsung Galaxy S?

I'm getting the alert "Phone storage space is getting low". Here is my Samsung Galaxy S running Cyanogenmod 9's space status:               Name: Cache     Path: /cache     SIZE: 17.50MB     USED: 2.47MB     FREE: 15.02MB               Name: Data     Path: /data     SIZE: 1889.83MB     USED: 576.64MB     FREE: 1313.19MB               Name: SD-card     Path: /sdcard     SIZE: 5654.56MB     USED: 2011.00MB     FREE: 3643.56MB               Name: System     Path: /system     SIZE: 250.00MB     USED: 240.23MB     FREE: 9.76MB      You'd think it's /system, but /system has been like that forever. In fact, after installing cyanogen it only had 1mb free. I actually deleted some system apps (wallpaper crap mostly) to free up a little more. I am not asking how to get rid of the alert. I want to know **which specific storage space does the alert refer to?**


Can I use wifi or Bluetooth to get the same kind of connection to my phone that I can with USB?

I have a new Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android 4.4.2, and I also have a laptop and desktop computer, both running Ubuntu 14.04. In order to access or transfer files from phone to computer, I can connect my Samsung by USB easily enough, but I thought I might be able to do something a little cooler using either wifi or Bluetooth. My phone always connects to my home LAN whenever I'm at home, so if there was a way to make it appear on the network automatically every time it was in range, that would be sweet. My laptop I'm often using at hotspots where I probably couldn't connect them via the LAN. So maybe for my laptop, some kind of Bluetooth connection would be best. I'm actually typing right now on my laptop, and I paired the phone and laptop together, so I can select to "Send files" from the laptop to the Android, but that's about as convenient as emailing it to myself. I really want to be able to open the Android internal SD drives like they were drives on a network. This could be two questions, one about connecting my desktop by wifi and one about connecting my laptop by bluetooth, but I'm asking them together because it may be that maybe one approach works best for both scenarios. Or maybe I have it reversed and wifi would be better for the laptop and Bluetooth for the desktop. In short, what is the best wireless way for me to make my Android phone always available to my computers so that I can transfer and access files to it? I'd ideally like to have the drives show up the same way they do as when connected by USB, so that I can do other things like syncing my music collection (with Banshee or Clementine) and possibly other tasks.


Back up phonebook list along with all data I used before factory reset

I'm using Karbonn A11 Android phone. One of my friends tried to guess my pattern and unfortunately he locked my phone. I want my phonebook list back before factory restore. Please suggest to me how could I get back my data.


Galaxy tab 4 7.0 version 4.4.2 stuck in Odin Mode

Today I would like to root my samsung galaxy tab 4 7.0 version 4.2.2. while odin running, it display fail and then my phone now is stuck in odin mode.. Please see my photo : Odin Mode Product Name: SM-T231 Current Binary: Custom System status: official. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zsMTc.jpg) please help![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BlvY4.jpg)


Upload an APK to a non-rooted galaxy s4 mini

I'm trying to copy an .apk to a non-rooted galaxy s4 mini both though `adb install` (with development mode on) and through windows explorer and in both cases it hangs on uploading the apk. Is there a way to change this to allow uploading apks? Only rooting? (An obvious workaround is to copy apks over dropbox but ideally I want to be able to use `adb install` for debugging my apks) **Edit:** I have `unknown sources` allowed, I've a couple of apps I've installed by downloading the APKs bypassing Google Play I've tried with a couple of APKs with the same result. I've successfully installed the same APKs by sharing them via Dropbox and installing on the phone from a file explorer I'm on windows but the same `adb` executable works fine with my Kindle Fire (rooted) tablet installing the same APK without a problem `adb install application.apk` just hangs for a while until I terminate it   Occasionally after I terminate it and try to restart it would give me the following:               error: protocol fault (no status)     error: protocol fault (no status)     error: device not found     - waiting for device -     rm failed for /data/local/tmp/application.apk, No such file or directory      Then `adb install application.apk` hangs again when restarted. The phone is recognized with `adb devices` I cannot check if I have `/data/app-lib/application` or `/data/data/applicaiton.apk` as I don't have root access (I can navigate around with `adb shell` but get access denied trying to `ls` contents of `/data/app-lib` and `/data/data`), but I think this is unlikely (I've tried with APKs I've never had installed on the phone before) `adb install -r application.apk` and `adb install -s application.apk` hang the same way as `adb install application.apk` `adb push application.apk /sdcard` gives me `protocol failure` Installing from sdcard with a file explorer (for apks previously downloaded from the internet) does work but I would like to be able to install and debug them with `adb` (through Android Studio)


Viber notification doesn't disappear

I use Viber and when it is in the background, it shows a notification in the notification bar when I get a message. However, sometimes when I click that message and it opens Viber, the notification stays there no matter the _I'm actually reading it_. If I go to the message list, it shows unread messages, no matter I just read it. If I dismiss the message, it'll get back in a few minutes as it detects it is not yet read. You can see here the notification is there and the message is already read: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3nsmG.png) What should I set to make it show the notifications properly?


How do I transfer my phone numbers to an Android phone?

I just bought a new Android Phone (HTC Hero), but I need to import my Outlook contacts with all their phone numbers. Any directions as to how to do this?


s3 stuck at booting screen

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 about a month back from eBay. It was working fine till the last Tuesday, but after that my phone started rebooting by itself. My Galaxy S3 is powered by Android 4.0.4 and unfortunately I haven't enabled the USB Debugging Mode, nor have I flashed it with any custom roms. So, I can't flash with any custom roms, the solution suggested by most of the threads I have browsed through. My phone is also not going into the recovery mode. Please help!


What are the main differences between Android and iPhone implementations of application multitasking?

What are the main differences between Android and iPhone implementations of multitasking at the application level? (Let's not turn this into a subjective fanboy argument please?)


Can't figure out how to play steaming video from a url with MoboPlayer

How can a video player like MoBo Player play content from a URL? I am not seeing any option after installing the app. Also, the search icon does nothing.


Do I need to "unroot" my Evo 3D to get the ICS update?

Android 4.0 just came out for my phone today (a Sprint-version HTC Evo 3D). I didn't get the update yet, but I guess Sprint is doing it in phases. Anyway, I'm wondering whether I need to unroot my phone before installing the update. I used HTC's method to root it. Another thing I should mention is that I currently do not have the ability to install "Firmware updates" from the "System Updates" settings menu. There is a pending update now (not the ICS update), but when I try to install it, the phone restarts, then shows an error (what seems to be a green robot with a triangular warning sign above). Does this mean I need to unroot before installing any firmware updates? If so, how can I unroot it, when it still has HTC's bootloader? I am aware that there are ICS ROMs I can download and install, but these all have problems, and I'd rather stick with the update from HTC. What do you guys think I can do?


Restore contacts from nandroid backup

I got a nandroid backup of a stock android froyo firmware. The device (GT-I9003, Galaxy SL) is now running cyanogenmod 9. how can i transfer the contacts (and sms/mms optionally) from the backup to the running system?


PIM alternative to Outlook that syncs through USB?

I find Outlook 2007 slow and bloated. Before I check Outlook 2010 to see if it's any better, I was curious to know if there's a PIM (Personal Information Manager) that can sync with Android smartphones through USB. At this point, EssentialPIM can only sync through wifi. Ditto for MyLifeOrganized, which only handles to-do lists anyway. Is there just no USB-capable alternative to MS Outlook? Thank you.


Can I rollback the stock system by just installing an older image zip?

I received the 4.2.x updates on my Nexus 7 and the performance has been awful. I tried the Forever Gone hack and it helped but it's still much worse than 4.1.x. I'm not so excited about doing a factory wipe in order to make my system almost as good as it was a month ago. I've never tried rolling back a stock system before, is it possible to download the official nexus image zip and install it from CWM recovery? Or do I have to do a more involved wiping and flashing process? My system is stock 4.2.1 rooted and unlocked, with custom recovery.


Allwinner A13 tablet stuck on boot screen

Okay, here's the deal- I received a generic Chinese tablet from a friend in early January, and it worked well for about two-and-a-half months. Then, just recently, I discovered rooting and the wonderful things it allowed you to do, and my problem followed shortly after. I decided to download a system-tweak app, which included a CPU control. I was a little wary of overclocking my CPU, having heard it may decrease its life expectancy, but finally I thought "What the heck?" and in a brilliant stroke of genius cranked my 1Ghz processor up to 1.5Ghz, and it promptly froze, forcing me to power it down. When I turned it back on, I discovered that it had been factory reset. I re-installed my apps, including the system-tweak app, and decided not to touch the CPU controls for a while. Soon after, while at my sister's talent show, I discovered I had about 30% battery life, and I was still supposed to record her. So I figured I'd underclock it to save the battery. Unfortunately, as my finger touched the slider, my brother bumped my arm and caused me to lower the CPU frequency to its lowest setting. It became extremely sluggish, almost to the point of being unresponsive, and finally I had to shut it down. When I restarted it, it started to boot but then got stuck on the shimmering Android logo, and now that's all it does. I can't even boot into recovery mode, and unfortunately I had just turned off USB debugging that same day. I would like to know if there's any way to get it working again, and if so, how. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!


Backup apps on SGS 2 with broken display?

the display of my Samsung Galaxy S2 got broken and I need to backup my apps. Is that possible without the phone's screen? There are no backup apps on the phone and it's not rooted. I don't know the exact OS version. Bought it 24 months ago. After the crash I was able to connect the phone to Kies via USB and made a backup. Then I gave the phone to the repair shop of the accident insurance. But afterwards I read about that Kies won't backup your apps and as I still have one Bitcoin on the phone and also would like to restore other apps, I now think about getting it back from the repair shop, because if they repair it, all data will be gone. So is there any way to get my apps back? Thanks!!!


Can't find Package and Tools buttons on the top part of the Android SDK Manager

I have Eclipse installed on Ubuntu with the Android SDK and latest JDK and JRE. I'm trying to manage add-on sites in the Android SDK Manager, but I can't find the two tabs for Packages and Tools as I normally do on my Windows PC with the same settings. I also tried installing the ADT bndle, but still the same thing. This is a screenshot of what I have: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3U6LL.png) This is what I'm expecting: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/e2Km7.png) I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, and any help will be appreciated. Thanks!


Factory reset upon unlocking

For security reasons, I want to be able to specify two lock passwords (or patterns) as follows : One for normal unlocking the device. Another one if entered, the device will factory reset itself (and maybe format the SD) I want this to happen from the main Android lock screen, but with two passwords.


gmail on galaxy get chopped

"I am experiencing a strange situation with my gmail-emails on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Verizon phone, When I view my emails on my phone they get chopped and part of them totally disappear and cannot be recovered. I checked my trash, and my various files.... but they are not there. When I log on to my computer and check these same emails that were viewed on my phone - they are chopped too and I cannot recover the full email. If I do not view an email on my phone, it remains intact and no part of it is lost. Is anyone experiencing the same problem?


My Mac doesn't recognize my Galaxy S2 through USB

My Snow Leopard Mac doesn't recognize my Samsung Galaxy S2 for file transfer over USB, and it's starting to drive me nuts. I've tried the following: **Connect Storage to PC** `Settings > Wireless and Networks > USB Utilities > Connect Storage to PC` I've tried this several times on my phone, following the procedure stating that I should only connect after the phone asks me to, but it does not work. There is no "attach-button" in the pull down menu, like some claim there should be. Yet it seems that the phone notices that the USB-cable is connected. However OS X does not. No external storage pops up in Finder. I've also tried waiting for several minutes as I know this sometimes can take a while, but to no avail. **USB Debugging** `Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging` When set to on, nothing happens. When set to off, nothing happens either. (It is automatically shut off when using `Connect Storage to PC`.) **Android File Transfer** I've also downloaded Android File Transfer, and while the phone finally recognized something by stating `MTP-Connected` in the pull-down menu, nothing happens in OS X, nor the Android File Transfer program itself. It just continues to demand that I attach the USB cable. I've also tried it in conjunction with both USB Debugging on and off, to no avail. When it's on, the phone doesn't detect any MTP. When it's off, the phone detects MTP. Either way, it seems that OS X doesn't detect jack... **USB Prober** The USB Prober on my Mac does detect something when I connect the USB to my phone, but I do not understand the message after the timestamp, that is: `[1] AppleUSBOHCI[0x56f9800]::SuspendUSBBus Processing WDH before suspending`. **USB Cable** I've tried with two different brand new cables. Made no difference. * * * Please do not post answers suggesting the use of Kies, Bluetooth, Wireless, and the like. I want my phone to work over USB for a reason (speed and convenience).


View app's full package name?

I am using Android 4.0.3 and I can no longer find package name for some app. If I recall, I used to go to Applications and has been able to see it there. So, how can I see full package name of some app? Like, the app's name is "Test" and I need to see its package `com.test.mytest`.


Personal Dictionaries

I use swype beta on my galaxy nexus (ICS). When I type some word that is not in the dictionary, swype prompts me to add the word to its "personal dictionary". However, even after I go along with that, the word does not get added to the system's underlying personal dictionary and so I get a spelling error indication which prompts me to add the word to the system's "personal dictionary". Is there a way of avoiding this two-step process. Is there a way of configuring swype to use the underlying personal dictionary?


My Huawei u8160(Vodafone 858) supports usb-host although not working?

I have a Huawei u8160 running Psyke83's Cyanogenmod 7.2 14/8/2012 which had a package with it to apply usb-host mode kernel called usbhost1-cm-7-20120814-MADTEAM-u8160.zip. So I flashed the zip using clockwork mod recovery (from Rom Manager) and was successful although when I started my phone and connected an USB mouse it didn't light(the mouse) and it wasn't working. I want to ask here,what's wrong? * * * **EDIT #1:** I downloaded the app USB host controller and when I opened it it told me that "S3C USB Host driver NOT found!" * * * **EDIT #2:** I've found this blog (it's in Hungarian so I translated it using Google) talking about exactly my state and it says that I need a Y-Cable to feed the usb peripheral with power, so I'm going to try that and then I'll report here. * * * **USB Y-Cable :** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cUQx7.jpg)


Galaxy Mini hangs at boot - how can I fix it?

My Galaxy Mini powers on, but then hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Mini" splash screen. How can I re-install Android, or get it booting again?


Is there a workaround to add recently *used* apps to my recently *launched* apps?

If I long press `home`, I get a list of the last six apps I've used, but if I open a web browser from another app (eg. by following a link in Tweetdeck or email) the web browser never shows up in my recent app list. This seems to be expected behavior -- I'm wondering if there is any workaround to this. It comes up in answers to other questions: Why does Google Talk never appear on the "Recent Applications" list? Why isn't gmail listed as a recent app when I long-press the Home button?


Factory reset after purchase

After purchasing a phone from the store should a factory reset be done to erase anything that the store or someone might have put in?


Phone boots very slow and restarts by itself

My problem is when I turn on the phone, the Google logo stays stuck and after unknown minutes boots in with the software animation, but very slow and then starts over again! First a little history of my upgrades with this phone. My friend bought me Nexus S T-mobile version for US 6 mounts ago, and the phone was with Gingerbread 2.3.4. After reading many post from xda-developers , I decided to upgrade because I can't upgraded 2.3.6 OTA. After many hours I finally upgraded it to 2.3.6. Then ICS came out, and again, I upgraded to 4.0.3. Then, a few weeks ago, I got the 4.0.4 OTA notification. Happily I taped yes. And then before two days ago, my phone just died. I don't know how and why. I have 115 installed application, no music inside, no ROOT - just pure stock. I was in my college room and I left my phone on the desk right in front of me and after few minutes when I looked at the phone, the Google logo was there. I didn't give the phone to anyone to picks or anything. When I get home, I turn the phone on and still the Google logo just was there doing nothing and like I said before, after unknown minutes the phone boots in with very slow animation of the ICS software. I decided to install Clockwork Mod recovery 5.0.2.0 and root the phone. After reading many tutorials I installed CWM recovery successfully. Then I tried to downgrade to 2.3.4 and successfully I did that to. Now after doing all this things to this phone, after so many hours in pain, the phone is nothing like one week ago. The booting is very slow, the animation is veryyy slow, and I don't know what to do anymore... I think this is hardware problem. **[edit] I send it to Samsung and they send me a new one, so definitely is a hardware problem.**


Default calendar doesn't show any calendar; not able to create a new one

My tablet runs Android 4.0.3. The stock calendar app complains that there's no calendar available, however I'm pretty sure that my calendar exists because I can read it online through other devices. I can even sync it with my Windows phone. Moreover, I don't see any button to create a new calendar. In my settings, sync calendar is enabled, and there is no problem with my Google account; I can successfully use Gmail and Play. I must be missing something... without any calendar, the calendar app is useless, uh?


What is the best way to get the android sdk reference offline on my android device?

I want to study the Android API on my phone during my frequent and long metro rides (where I cannot connect to the internet). What would be the best way to make the documentation available (I would appreciate being able to use a search option and an index) ? Is copying all the documentation files from my PC to my Android device the best thing to do ? Is there any serious app that could provide this features ?


Apps goes to background automatically

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S Plus and after installing CyanogenMod 10.1 by ADC- Team. After some days of using it started to do strange things: the apps are going automatically to the background after 2-4 seconds of using it, and if I tried to open it again it's still there (it opens from the last point I had seen). So please any suggestion to fix my problem.


Insufficient storage when installing app on Android ICS phone

My Android ICS phone has 42MB available (according to Settings->Storage). I am not able to install some new apps (e.g. O2 wifi, size 4MB) or update some existing apps (e.g. TouchPal X, size 19MB) though I have been able to install other small ones (e.g. Terminal Emulator, size 1MB and Cache Clear 5MB). I've tried using Cache Clear to clear the caches. I've tried 'pm set-install- location 2' to default the install location to external storage (currently it's 0 i.e. auto) but it's rejected it with the comment 'killed'. I've moved all the apps (that I'm allowed to move) to the sdcard. I'm not able to root the phone (ZTE V790) as I haven't found any instructions & software that works. I'm at a loss what to do.


Problem after flashing Sony Xperia Mini

This is related to How to root the Xperia Mini ST15i. I followed the instructions from the answer, but I'm stuck. > Now open the flashtool again and flash the stock kernel of ST15i and now > enjoy the rooted phone. For check if you have rooted your phone successful > there is an app installed superuser on your phone or you can download the Go > backup/Titanium Backup to check out its rooted or not. After flashing the stock kernel, the phone is stuck with the Sony logo, and keeps on restarting. The phone can't detected by the PC, the Sony PC companion, or the Sony Ericsson Update Service. Because it can't be detected, I can't flash it. It doesn't even charge when it's connected through the charger cable.


Mobile network not displayed after I rooted my samsung galaxy 10.1 tablet

I have a Samsung galaxy 10.1 tablet (GT-P7500) with android version 3.1. I upgraded the android to 4.0.4 (the latest one available). It was rooted but I guess I've modified something since it always used to show "permission denied" for superuser requests. So I rooted the tablet. When I did, the tablet didn't reboot by itself. Someone suggested that I wipe all data. So I did it and now the tablet reboots well, but it isn't showing the mobile networks options when I go to `Settings > About device > Wireless & Networks`. I am not getting the 3G network either. I want my tablet to get the mobile network again and I want to upgrade it to android version 4.0.4.


What is AwesomePlayer?

In looking in my logs I see `AwesomePlayer` running. I am currently not playing any media, so I'm wondering what it is, and why it's running. My device is a Samsung Galaxy S3. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gCDeJ.png)


Device does not boot after crash without power plug

In the last few weeks I'm faced with a somehow strange behaviour of my Android device (Samsung Galaxy S4 active, GT-I9295, Android 4.2.2, Kernel-Version 3.4.0-2015525): If the phone crashes resulting in Power-off when doing some CPU or network intensive task, it is not possible to boot it afterwards unless it is plugged into the power outlet. Even using a so called Battery Power pack as external power supply doesn't help. In some cases it boots until the PIN input, in other cases it completely refuses to boot. Has anyone been faced with a similar situation?


Recover Data From Pattern-Locked Galaxy Nexus

A colleague's relative passed away and left behind a Galaxy Nexus phone. It is pattern-locked and we don't have the pattern nor his Google email account password (or access thereto). All my colleague wants off the phone are the photos. I have tried the following without success:   * Use `adb` on both Windows and Ubuntu Linux to attach to the device connecting through USB.(USB debugging is definitely off.) -- always unable to attach the device (though on Linux `lsusb` is able to list the device)   * Use apps Moborobo and Holo (Simple ADB Backup) -- neither can access the device   * Attempted to use the emergency dialer hack (dial 0, use back button; does not work)   * Booted into recovery mode, but there is no backup option (which seems ridiculous unless this is because of security)   * Connected the phone to Windows, shows up as "Galaxy Nexus" drive, but is empty. "Import pictures" reports "no new photos" Incidentally, the screen-saver shows these desired photos, but there seems to be no way to share them without unlocking the phone. Any suggestions for how to get at the photos?


How to send photos to Chromecast?

I have made a bunch of shiny photos with my Nexus 4 and now I want to watch them on my Chromecast. Trouble is that the standard photo application wants me to upload the photos to the cloud and then add them to an album. Is there an easier way to watch my photo gallery on my Chromecast? A cloudfree solution that just shows all my photos on my device would work best.


How to use Titanium Backup to keep stuff through factory reset?

I'm looking to factory reset my Nexus 4, which is currently running CyanogenMod 11 M7, because of an issue inside the ROM that requires a reset (Themes Provider crashing on every launch). I have Titanium Backup, and have created a backup. **How do I now back up (or put onto a computer and then return to the phone) the backup and restore it once I've resetted?** Or is there a better alternative to keep all my stuff through the reset? Yes, I'm quite a noob at ROMs and rooting, before you say.


Sync saved wifi passwords from defected mobile

I had an accident few days ago and broke the screen of my Samsung Galaxy Note 2, everything in it is working fine, even the touching system is working fine as well, but I want to retrive the saved wifi passwords, I looked over the internet, though if I could sync the screen of the mobile with my PC, though about the synced passwords on google, non of them could help. I have purchased samsung galaxy tab 3, logged in using same account and tried to retrive the saved passwords from google account, but it seams that there is nothing saved there. can you please advice how can I solve this issue?


Adding a new spell-checker to Motorola Moto G

Does anybody know how can I add a new spell-checker to Motorola Moto G (it runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean)? I have the spell-checker for UK version, but I also would like to use Polish spell-checker.


Can I configure Google Play to see App Reviews in several languages?

By default Google Play is configured to display reviews only in my native language (not english). But there are a lot of reviews in other languages, especially in english and I want to see them also. As a workaround I can change language to english but it is not perfect solution. Can I see reviews both in my native language and in english?


How can I type Indian Rupee symbol?

I want Indian Rupee Symbol (₹) font in my android, so I can type it in message or anywhere I would like to. But, I can't find it in my keyboard. Can anybody please suggest me where can I get it? I am using Samsung Galaxy Grand and Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2


How can i run Wifi direct in my andrioid ICS tablet?

i have an **android ICS** tablet (no bluetooth) , I want to share files wirelessly... but in ICS wifi direct is not there.I heard that **wifi direct** is not any hardware plugin - it is based on OS and can be run in android ICS. So please if u know tell me _step by step instruction._ ...


Installing original OS on Samsung s3

Is it possible to install Google's original OS without all the manufacturer- added bloatware that comes with the device? Is there a chance that I would ruin the phone and/or not be able to get it to work as it used to if I don't like it for some reason? Are there any important features that I would miss out if I had to do so?


Why do I get the same "updates available" for apps even though I have already updated that app before on my S3?

I have noticed that my Google Play apps keep notifying me of apps with new updates but when I click on it I see that's it's sometimes an app a old update which I have already installed but the "update" button is still there for apps which I have definitely updated. What is the fix and the cause? OS: 4.1 S3


How to change text color of icons captions on home screen from light to dark?

My stock Samsung Galaxy S III mini phone uses light (white) text color for captions of apps icons (for app names) in home screen and application list. When using bright wallpaper, those captions / app names are almost invisible. How can I change text color for application names (for icon captions)?


Is it possible to retrieve a call without having recorded it?

I made an important call and I want to listen to it again. Unfortunately I didn't install any application to record calls. Is it possible ? Are calls recorded somewhere ?


Samsung galaxy s3 update installs strange applications

today i updated software to latest, it took around 148 mb to update and when finished, i started getting 4 new apps apps are as below, mytaxi app kaufDA app pizza.de app Bild app wondering why these apps coz in my friends S3 i didnt see this before. Please let me know, if this is not an original phone or why, as i understood this seems to be a germen version but still when i checked the imei 7th and 8th digits are respectively 0 and 5 not o and 8 to be german. Please let me know


How To Flash A Rom To China Tablet Karbonn a34

I Have A Karbonn A34 Tablet With Android 4.0.4 (rooted with SRS-Root). I want to install custom recovery and custom ROM but ROM manager doesn't support my device. How can I install custom recovery/ROM?


Google Calendar gone nuts since DST has ended

Ever since the 28th of October when DST has ended all of my events in my Google Calendar has moved one hour earlier. The web calendar shows currect dates and times but the one on my Nexus 4 is one hour early. I tried using 'Home time' in the calendar settings without success. Any ideas?


How to root and flash a android Galaxy Ace s5830t?

i am trying to root my device which has android 2.3 in it. The reason is something has gone wrong and wifi and bluethooth are not functioning. every time i try connect, it says error and automatically gets disabled. so i decided to, root the device and install a fresh ROM. i am able to root it but when trying to install the ROM it doesnt allow me. it prioritizes TELSTRA. Any help on this is highly appreciated from android geeks. **EDIT1** i was able to flash it and now there is a problem that phone is not starting up. its stucked in well come screen for more than half and hour now. but i saw in the screen instead of galaxy ace S5830T it shows S5830 which is a change. anyways to recover this kind of a situation ?


Can I set my HTC Desire into sync-mode without using touch screen

The screen of my HTC Desire just broke (It's not shattered, but it's completely black). I have no reason to believe anything else is broken (When I start it up, I hear the short tune that plays when the logo is normally displayed). Now, I'd really like not to lose any data, so I'd like to sync it to a PC using USB; however, I've set the default mode to tethering. Is there any way for me to set the phone to sync-mode or any other way for me to recover my data? I know that I can extract the memory card and use a card reader for that data. This question is specifically about the data that doesn't reside on the extractable memory card.


Why I am unable to check balance on BSNL Mobile in Android Phone?

I have just ported my Tata Docomo number into BSNL Mobile and it is working good. But I am not able to check my balance and recharge top up coupons because USSD code that we run, like `*123#`, are not working. It says "Connection problem or invalid MMI code". Unfortunately, it is happening only in my Samsung Galaxy Y Duos GT-S6102 which is based Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread. I tried on another cell phone and there was no error. Talktime balance showed up and even I recharged with the top up coupon. My phone has dual SIM support and there is no corruption on both SIM ports. Message centre number for BSNL mobile is also correct and I am able to send SMS too. There was no problem with Tata Docomo either. Don't know what's the problem with MMI codes.


Not all media files discovered by media apps

I have folder on my sd card called podcasts. It contains subfolders of podcasts. My problem is the media players I have tried only display some of the podcast files as being available to play. There doesn't seem to be any reason why the displayed files should be playable and the others not. I have tried clearing the data of the "media storage" app as well as running a "rescan sd card" app, to no avail. So, any ideas as to how I can get all of my podcasts to be playable in a media player? UPDATE: The problem seemed be caused by Winamp not playing wma format files, even though it's meant to support them. Have converted them to mp3 and they now appear in Winamp and can be played


Accidentally hit PIT during Odin update now phone is stuck

I was attempting to flash a handset using Odin, and accidentally clicked on the button marked `PIT`, and now the Odin is saying similar to this message - ' _connecting phone ------ pc_ '. Also, the handset cannot be rebooted nor put into downloading mode. Please advise?


HTC Chacha - random facebook notifications?! please help!

My boyfriend bought me this phone about a week ago as an xmas present, and i've been very happy with it so far. Thing is, everytime I try to text somebody/look through my phone it constantly flashes 'to check-in places/to upload photos, please sign into facebook'. I don't have facebook & I just want to get rid of these random notifications that stop me enjoying my phone! Please help!


How do I debug my wi-fi connection?

I have two wi-fi networks at home and one of them I just cannot connect to with my Galaxy Nexus. (It works fine with several laptops.) It shows up but when I try to connect after "Connecting..." it just goes to the state "Saved, secured with WPA2". I also tried connecting using WPS but it just times out. I am looking for ways to get additional information to debug this. What I have tried (as suggested in many other places) is changing the frequency band from Auto to 5 or 2.4 GHz but that didn't help. EDIT: By now I have also tried resetting the phone but that didn't help either.


Nexus 7 is stuck in reboot loop after full discharge

I have a few day old Nexus 7 tablet, unrooted, bootloader still locked, and otherwise in factory condition. This morning, it ran its charge out. When I plugged in it, this happens:   1. Google Logo appears.   2. Nexus Logo appears.   3. Lock screen which shows charging: 0%.   4. White screen, device powers off.   5. Repeat. What is happening? Thanks!


Symbols become boxes after reset

I recently factory resetted my HTC Explorer, but all the special characters have become squares ([] for unrecognized symbols). Even the HTC Sense Calculator widget's decimal button has changed and the arrow on StackExchange site when browsing on the device is showing the same squares. I have tried:   * factory reset three times   * reboot,    * battery pull,    * SIM removal and microSD card removal.  Please help!


Samsung Note 1 - cut or copy in any app causes it to hang and crash

I hope someone can help rather than the normal suggestion of rebuild. I have Samsung Note 1 with Android 4.0.4. This is the most up to date version available (UK - O2 network) Cut or copy hangs the application. This is the same across all apps. Any suggestions as its almost impossible to use without it as I use it as my main business tool.


Where can I find the "hack4legend" or "Legend Downgrading Tools"?

In my quest to Root my HTC Legend, I have run into many problems. Now I am stuck with the fact the I seem to have to downgrade my phone to a previous version of android before I can root it. I have come across two guides:   * The unlocker   * xda-developers.  The first tells me to download "Legend Downgrading Tools" and the other tells me to download "hack4legendv5.zip". The links in the guides are not working (or are sending me to some malicious looking download site). I can't seem to find them when googling for them either. If there is another way to downgrade or root my phone, I'm also open to that (If an answer gives me another way, I'll change the title of the question to match). The z4root app suggested here doesn't seem to work for me.


Not configured to display PDF error on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0

I keep getting this error when trying to open a PDF file from a government source:               it appears your web browser is not configured to display PDF files      The PDF opens on my laptop, but not on my Samsung Galaxy smartphone or Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2.0.


Rooting/unlocking Android Nexus One with broken power button using Linux terminal tools

I am attempting to get Cyanogenmod onto my Nexus One, but am running into far more problems than expected. The information on rooting Android devices seems heavily fragmented across the web and the tools unreliable. At least in my case, _SuperOneClick_ has proven a complete misnomer. So I'd like to go back to basics - executing as many of the commands as possible from a Linux terminal to get the phone rooted/unlocked/whatever else has to happen to get Cyanogenmod installed. The two constraints I'm working with here are as follows:   1. The device is running Android `2.2.1` (I downgraded from `2.3.x` using the `PASSIMG` method).   2. The power button on the device is broken, so any method which requires pressing/holding it is ruled out. The problem I am having is that even after following Linux-centric guides, I get to the point of installing the SuperUser app followed by the ROM Manager app, but I'm never prompted to give ROM Manager superuser permissions and so can't flash the ClockworkMod recovery. Below I describe the steps I've been taking so far, based on the How To Root Nexus One Running Android 2.2.1 From Ubuntu Linux guide.   * Download/extract/move Nexus One Softroot files to same directory as `adb`   * From `adb` directory, execute the following commands:  sudo ./adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/psneuter   sudo ./adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox   sudo ./adb push su /data/local/tmp/su   sudo ./adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/psneuter   sudo ./adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox   sudo ./adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/su   sudo ./adb shell cd /data/local/tmp ./psneuter   sudo ./adb shell After executing `sudo ./adb shell` as above, I get the `#` prompt, which is purported to indicate that rooting was successful.   * Still following the guide, I then execute the commands which purportedly make root permanent: mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system   cd /data/local/tmp   ./busybox cp busybox /system/bin   chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox   busybox cp su /system/bin   chmod 4755 /system/bin/su   exit   exit   * Again, still following the guide, I execute the commands which purportedly set the `/system` partition back to read-only: sudo ./adb shell   su   mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system   exit   exit   * Now, I download the _SuperUser_ app from the Android Market and open it to make sure it's running.   * Next, I download the ROM Manager app from Google Play (looks like it pulled a sneaky and upgraded from Android Market to Google Play here).    * I run ROM Manager and choose _Flash ClockworkMod Recovery_. I'm prompted to confirm the phone is a Google Nexus One and then ROM Manager runs for about 30 seconds (yellow program bar goes all the way) before spitting out _An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!_. And this is the point I am stuck at. I should note that at no point am I prompted by the SuperUser app to give the ROM Manager app super user permissions. I don't restart the phone or do anything else throughout all of the steps I've described above, so I can't see any reason for root to have been lost at any point. In fact, if I execute the command `sudo ./adb shell` after all this, I still get the `#` prompt indicating root. And when I execute `id` afterwards, I get `uid=0(root) gid=0(root)` \-- further confirmation of root. I really am stuck on this one. I've spent a lot of time digging through forum posts and online articles, but the signal to noise ratio is poor and I haven't been able to find anything that actually works. Can someone suggest where I am going wrong?


"Account unlock" when not connected to internet?

I have a Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone. I see this screen when I press "Forgot Password" in the pattern lock screen that comes by default with the phone: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/lvDmT.png) My Question is: How would my account be unlocked when (i) "Wifi" is turned off and (ii) "Packet Data" is disabled?


Do the front buttons on the Droid X turn on the screen?

I had an LG Optimus V phone and the physical buttons on the front could get pressed when it was in my pocket, which would turn on the screen. I'm considering a phone (Droid X) with physical buttons b/c I _like_ the physical buttons easier to see and feel when using). But.... I don't want the screen turning on all the time (and draining the battery). Does the Droid X's row of menu/back/search buttons turn the screen on?


Is Evernote a malicious app?

I have been using Evernote on my Laptop and Mobile phone for quite some time now. Recently, when downloading an update of Evernote app in my phone from Google Play app, I noticed that Evernote asks for some objectionable permissions: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/K3AQY.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/27HoF.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ylsYm.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sx8Nm.png) I am not aware of any option/facility/service provided by Evernote which would require any of these permissions. Is Evernote Malicious?


Loss of internal memory after rooting HCL ME V1

I have HCL ME V1 tablet with android 4.0(Icecream Sandwich) OS. It has 4GB of internal SD memory and 1GB DDR3 RAM. When I connect the device to the PC in storage mode, it shows the 4GB SD memory; which is fine, I belief. Since this device didn’t come with Google play store, I rooted it with “Android Commander” and installed Google play store and Google services. Then I reset the tablet to factory setting. After resetting, when I connect it to pc it shows me total size of internal SD as 1.5GB out of which 900 MB approx is free. My question is – Where did the additional 2.5GB internal storage space go ? * * * I have viewed the "Settings -> Storage" and found the storage distribution as below, FLASH: Total: 4 GB, Firmware 3.09 GB DATA STORAGE: Total: 0.91 GB, Apps 228 MB, Available 698 MB It seems the internal SD still has, 4GB, out of which 3.09GB is eaten up by firmware. So How can it be corrected. Earlier it was much lesser.


WhatsApp re-registration after backup

I want to flash a custom rom on my S3. I was wondering if I take a Titanium Backup of all the applications and data on my phone, would I need to re- register (sim verification) for applications like WhatsApp, Tango, Viber etc. even after I restore the data?


Press android version thrice took me to another screen which shows big Jellybean logo!

When i pressed _settings_ > _About phone_ > _Android version_ thrice quickly, it took me to another screen which displays _Android version with Red Logo_. I wonder this behavior is common in all Android Flavors. I have galaxy Nexus with Jellybean 4.2.2


Delete certain mis-spelled words from Android dictionary (These words were not listed in the "Personal dictionary")

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia mini (running Android 4.04). I'm trying to remove a few embarrassing words which show up during typing. I tried through **Settings** → **Language and input** → **Personal dictionary**. When I checked the **Personal dictionary** , I see that there are no such words listed, though there is an option to add new words to this list. I added a few words and then afterwards I could delete them also. But I couldn't find any way to delete those words which come up during typing messages etc. I might previously have typed those wrong spellings accidentally, and I think through the **Learn new words automatically when typed** feature the words have been added to the main dictionary. Is there any way to remove them from there? I don't want to turn off the auto- complete/suggestions feature completely.


How do I find out which number an SMS is from, out of all the numbers associated with the sender?

In the messaging application it says who is the sender of each message, but it doesn't say the phone number the message was from. From each thread I can get to the corresponding contact, but some contacts have several numbers and I don't know how to tell which number the message was from. I can get the message details, but again only the name of the contact is listed, and not the number. I am running ICS on a Galaxy S2 device.


PC doesn't perform copy from it to sdcard/internal storage

I had create a custom ROM and trying now to copy it from my **PC** to my **Lenovo Ideatab A3000-h** , but when connecting the device and try to copy it from my pc to the device, it didn't do the process and gave me the following behavior (forever): ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zFv6p.png) the ROM size is about **2GB** , is there's some way to know what's wrong or a safe way to transfer the ROM rather than this way. p.s. tried to copy another one with a very near size and got the same result, but copying a small-sized files works fine


Serious battery drain (Screen, Android OS) after JB upgrade

Since I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy SII from Android 4.0.4 (ICS) to 4.1.2 (JB), my battery life has decreased dramtically. Running ICS I could easily have ~25% battery left when going to bed, after about 20 hours of moderate use. That is with a few phone calls, reading work/private e-mails as they arrive, occasional news reading, internet browsing and Facebook. My usage pattern is largely unchanged, but since the moment I upgraded to Jelly Bean, I can barely make it through a working day without charging. Looking at earlier battery stat screenshots (I'm a nerd, guilty as charged), my phone would use about 2-3,3%/hour. Now I see usage of between 5,7% and 10,6% per hour! The top power consumer is, as always, the screen, which takes up 35-45% of the power used - just like before. Only now, it has drained the same amount of power, 2-4 times faster - or about 1% of the total battery capacity each minute it's been on. ![Battery usage overview](http://i.stack.imgur.com/7aD9q.png) ![Screen battery usage details](http://i.stack.imgur.com/l9Yot.png) ![Battery usage details](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zkB1r.png) (click images to enlarge) _72% of the total capacity used, of which screen consumed 38% (relative) or 27% (absolute)_ _Android OS_ has moved up the list of power consumers. Now using typically 16-17% (relative) or 12-17% (absolute), as opposed to the previous 9% (relative) or 5% (absolute). I never switch off WiFi completely, unlike GPS which is switched off (thanks, Facebook) unless I actively need it. Display is set to auto-brightness - just like before. I have completely drained, then fully re-charged, the battery at least three times, to re-calibrate the battery gauge. It didn't help my battery life. Any idea of what's going on here and how to fix it (short of doing a factory reset)? How can the screen suddenly drain the power so fast? What's causing Android OS to burn more fuel as well?


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