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Android power Usage - How to monitor
TL;DR: Is there some reasonably time-efficient way to find out what programs cause Android OS Services to drain battery?

On a regular basis I find that some app causes my phone to run hot and drain battery within a few hours while the screen is turned off. While it helps to uninstall all non-essential apps in the worst cases, I still face heavy battery drain after stripping the phone down to those I find most essential - we are speaking here about at least 3 days standby when just lying around at home vs less than 8 hours when used actively for one hour, with active usage draining about 30-40% of the battery life, and background processes draining the rest.
When using builtin battery statistics or any app that reports battery statistics, whether it is by showing details on CPU usage, wakelocks or just some overall battery use estimate, I find the statistics to be pretty much useless: Top of the list is always "Android OS" and, since introduced, Google Services with the next couple of entries, at a fraction of those OS-related listings being apps that I have actually actively used in the foreground for prolonged time.
Basically, the mishaving apps seem to misbehave by delegating to Operating System services and no App I have yet tried (maybe even due to OS limitations) was able to split out what app has been requesting these services to do work, making battery statistics basically useless. And for trying out each app by "uninstalling, running phone for a while, reinstalling"... frankly, who has THAT amount of time?
What's more, being unable to identify battery wasters from among the apps that I need installed, I cannot even file bug reports if they are misbehaving on my device.
Is there some possibility in Android to find out what app is really misbehaving rather than being told "its the OS, give up"?

Not sure if it does what you want to, but I use Quick System Info PRO (free).
In this app, via "Basic Info", you can get to the battery details, and check the "Power Usage". This gives you a break-down on which processes are responsible for power usage in percentages.
I have found it to be the most extensive monitoring application I could find. Also, the Dmesg and Logcat viewer (alos in the app) might give you an indication which messages are exchanged and thus which application/thread is responsible for activity.

Unfortunately that app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.uguess.android.sysinfo.pro) is apparently no longer maintained. It has been placed at https://github.com/qauck/qsysinfo-pro , but nothing seems to be happening there.


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Samsung Galaxy Note II slow startup
My Galaxy Note II used to statup in 5-6 seconds normally.
But yesterday when i switched on the device after charging it, it took almost 14-15 seconds for my home screen to show up.
I am pretty sure that i didnt install anything new. The device is not rooted.
Is there anyway i can check what might be making the startup slow?

There might be some apps slowing the starup. Autostarts is an app which helps you see what apps run on boot. Unless you have root you'll not be able to make any changes though. It'll just be read only.  See this: Autostarts
Update: Startup Cleaner 2.0 is for unrooted phones. You can now stop an app from loading at startup.

Have you wiped your caches recently, done an update or updated a lot of apps?  It's possible that your phone needed to rebuild the Dalvik cache, which would add time to your boot as a one time only thing.  You might have seen a screen saying "Updating Android" on your Note II when that was happening.
If you reboot your phone and the startup time is back to normal, this was most likely the cause.

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How to know my base station?
I am an android user and I would like to know what are the available base stations and what is the base station that I'm getting signals from. How can I know that? Is there a way?
Thanks in advance..!

It's possible to get the cell tower id and location using the PhoneStateListener of the Android API.
Here are some apps that seems to use this feature to show some information about the nearest cell towers :

OpenSignal - 3G/4G/WiFi maps
Signal Finder
Antennas

Also, Llama, the automation tool, works on Cell Tower signature - it has a listing of when they are in range to trigger actions.

I've used OpenSignal in the past when I was troubleshooting 3G connection issues, it does this sort of thing well.

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Problem importing CSV/vCARD contacts to S3
I have an S3 I'm attempting to import contacts to.
I started with a list I've converted to .CSV and then used an online converter to create .VCF files from for each of the contacts.
The S3 will not import the .CSV or .VCF files. I've combined the .VCF files into 1 and it still refuses to import them.
Is there any other way to do this without creating a GMail/Google account to first import them into? (Device is setup with an IMAP account so no need for GMail).
The S3 reports "Couldn't import vCard" then within notification it reads "The format is not supported". The .VCF's I have created are version 2.1.
What versions of vCard does the S3 support?

No comments or replies?!

Without finding a way of doing this I ended up bluetoothing all the contacts from the old handset across (A Samsung B2100).
Would be nice to find more information about this buggy/broken feature on the S3.

The reason I had this issue was a badly formatted vcard file. There were many BEGIN:VCARD tags that were not closed with END:CARD tags. As an example, it looked like this:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
BEGIN:VCARD
# Bunch of fields in here like N, FN, EMAIL, etc.
END:VCARD

As you can see, the first BEGIN:VCARD is not closed.
So in a text editor, I did a Find and Replace to get rid of any unclosed BEGIN:VCARD, such that it looked like:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
# Bunch of fields in here like N, FN, EMAIL, etc.
END:VCARD

After doing that, the vcf file imported without any problems.

Hi & thanks for the info dagrha, I don't have this old handset or the .VCF file any longer to check things but your explanation sounds valid and it's totally feasible that was the problem with my data/file.


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Recover mini paper widget contents after update (2.3.3 to 2.3.4)
I've updated my Galaxy S2 from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 only to find that the mini paper widget is now broken.  Plenty of places on the web explain how to clear the data to get it working again, but is there ANY way to get that data data?  It must be stored on the phone somewhere...
Or perhaps it can be rolled back to 2.3.3 (unlikely).

What mini paper widget is this? Is it an app you've installed, or something Samsung added to the system?

It came with the phone, so I would assume Samsung?  If there is anything I can do to identify it let me know.


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Is there a countdown timer app that I can use with the hardware volume buttons?
I'm doing a kind of meditation that requires regularly setting a countdown timer for a few seconds, then when it stops and buzzes, starting it again. I've used a variety of apps for this, but with a touchscreen it's annoying to have to pay attention to where my finger is on the screen, just to hit the same button over and over.
It would be awesome if I could use the volume buttons on the side. I know some apps ("Stopwatch & Timer") that offer this in stopwatch mode, so it's totally doable, but I can't seem to find one that has this feature for timers. Anybody know one?

Please note that recommendations like Is there an app for X are off-topic here (see the FAQ for details). You might wish to consult Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions? to find a fitting place for your question.

I think question is okay for this site. There is a specific problem to be solved here.

Let's frame it as: I have an issue with using my Android device, in that I can't seem to activate countdowns using the volume buttons, which I believe should be possible.

I totally understand not wanting questions like "what is the best app for X?" because those are opinion-based. This is a specific problem that I currently don't know how to solve, aside from developing it on my own, which I'd prefer not to.

what do you actually want to do?  Change the timer value then start it?  Just restart it?  Do you know what intervals you need beforehand?  If so then some of the exercise timer systems may do the job I have one in my Bike computer app IpBike but there are other options.

I just want to restart the timer. Like, it hits the end, vibrates, I think "did I make it to the end without getting distracted?" and if yes I restart. The reflection period is important and is why just using a looped timer isn't a good option.
I would be adjusting the interval up or down depending on how hard/easy the previous interval is...


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Can't boot phone or access recovery mode
I tried updating a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S: Semaphore Version 9 (Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean). The update was successful except that it produced an error after completion saying the process "android.process.acore" has stopped.
So I had to restore to the previous version through recovery mode. However after the the applications were calibrated and the phone was supposed to start, it did not! The boot animation kept on going. I tried restoring my phone to the back up that I had created when I was using ICS 4.0.4, but I realized that I had deleted the ZIP file of the ICS version.
Now when my phone powers on, it only displays the picture of the kernel version of the back up version of ICS.
I cannot access recovery mode. I tried to hard reset as well, as described in one of the links, but that didn't work either. However, The download mode works fine.
Is there anyway I can make my phone work?

If download-mode still works, you can flash a ROM via Odin (Windows only) or Heimdall (cross-platform).

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Possible to connect Android device to Internet with Ethernet
I want to connect my Samsung S3/S4 to the internet using an Ethernet cable and USB network adapter. Is this possible?
I have tried a couple different adapters, which don't work, and leads me to wonder if A. there is an adapter that works; B. If there is any software/drivers that I need; C. is there a way to do this with code?
I have gotten this to work a Nexus Tablet. I'm wondering why it works on the tablet, but not on a device.
I want to do this because I have some code that needs to be tested, and I'm looking for a way to ensure that I ALWAYS have an Internet connection. The wireless connections tend to be flaky on my network.
Any insight would be helpful.

If your device is rooted, you might want to take a look into reverse tethering.

It's not. I'm trying to avoid rooting if possible.

How to make Ethernet work on Android over OTG?


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Route Media (Music) to headphones only
Look, about once a week at work I put on my headhpones, choose my music track, and then proceed to play the music for the whole office because I didn't actually plug in the headphones to the player. There are thirty people within earshot of my cubicle, but this place is quieter than a library. Except for me.
Is there any way (settings, app, etc.) to make music only play out the headphones?

Estimated, at least 50% of the questions starting with "is there a way (settings or app)..." can be answered straight away with the "big T" -- Tasker. That's an automation tool which doesn't come cheap (about 5 bucks; a free trial is available at its homepage), but is worth every cent. It works with so-called "profiles", where each profile consists of conditions and a task. So let me propose such a profile for you:

Condition:

Cell Near (set this up at work, let Tasker record all "cells near")1
State → Headset plugged (check "invert" to make it the opposite)

Task:

Audio → Silent2

1 this refers to your provider's mobile cell towers, and is the "cheapest" location mode in terms of battery (as the cells must either be scanned for calls/SMS/mobile data being available). If that's not exact enough, you may add GPS location or WiFi near (to scan for e.g. your office's WiFi AP) -- which then only kick in as soon as one of the listed cells is detected, again to save your battery.
2 Check whatever you want here. You could completely silence your phone (that would affect ringtone and phonecalls as well), but you probably just want the media volume set to zero.
So what happens with that profile? As soon as you come near to your workplace ("cell near", the mobile tower(s) close to the office), and the headset is not connected, media volume (assuming you chose that) will be silenced -- as the condition is completely met ("at office, headset not plugged"). Now you start your player and hear -- nothing. But once you plug the headset in, the condition is no longer valid -- and Tasker reverts to the settings as they've been before the profile was activated (so you can hear music via headphones).

That is awesome. I will happily fork over $5 to never blast Weird Al to the rest of the office again.

Meant to add:
Thanks for taking the time to reply and walk me through the steps to make the app work.

You're welcome! If it works for you (and I'm sure it will: I use Tasker for at least 2 years now and never regretted to buy it), don't forget to "accept" the answer :) Once you've acquired a taste for it, you'll find a bunch of more "recipes" here (e.g. via the tasker tag or tasker search :)


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HF Connector - Replace parts in a Nexus S
I have a Nexus S device (model i9023).
My current earpiece is torn - the wires are cut, and the body could not be screwed out because the specific body's screw is stuck. However, I can gently replace it without breaking the body.
I see a "HF" connector connected to the left of what I see in the picture of the earpiece unit.
To be more specific, I took some pictures of it, since I can't get the data from
fixit.
Here's a picture of what dealers are selling in eBay. This picture is pretty descriptive.
All dealers provide a unit containing the earpieace speaker as seen upwards,
a proximity sensor as seen below and the connector to the motherboard, to the right.

This is what I saw in fixit:

as you can see upwards, there's another group of wires (orange) to the right of the proximity sensor, which doesn't exist in the seller's unit.
The pictures I took of my device shows exactly what I mean:
This "HF" wires down there doesn't exist in the units for sale

Don't mind the fact that in my pictures there's no speaker, its
  because its been torn. that's the reason why I was wandering around thinking of buying a new EM-Tech EME1511AFRC replacement unit in the first place...

So does anyone know what's that HF and what am I losing if I buy a new unit without it?

At first note that the i9023 is the Nexus S (with S-LCD) and not a Nexus One.
Here's iFixit's teardown.
Here's what iFixit says: The EM-Tech EME1511AFRC integrates the earpiece speaker, loudspeaker for speakerphone and media use, and a sensor bank all into one unit with a singular shared data connector.
That sensor bank includes at least the proximity sensor, a light sensor (for LCD dimming) and maybe some of the rest of the sensors (accelerometer, gyro, compass).

First of all, a HUGE thank you, ce4.
This link is extremely helpful although it didn't answer my question yet.
I'm now updating the question with further input.

I would solder it back together if feasible. If that is not an option, search foe a replacement part on ebay, maybe? Or buy a whole (broken ) replacement Nexus S (e.g.with a shattered display)

How do you solder back that torn wired package?
I'm talking about the orange wires that are torn.
Is it possible?

after disconnecting the unit's connector, I've had no phone sound, so the HF connector connects to the black plastic unit which is the phone's speaker.
What I'll have to do is to solder the wires to the earpiece somehow.

Good question, the unit is broken anyway? You definitely need a steady hand, experience in soldering and dissecting electronics. On the plus side: It's only 2 wires and you have solder points on the connector end and probably some solder points in the loudspeaker too. Not easy to tell remotely. If you find a cheap donator for spare parts (i.e., a differently broken Nexus S) on ebay, that'll also work.

my earpiece unit like I stated and also shown in the pictures is broken, since the earpiece speaker is torn from it (wires were cut)
And I'll definitely need to solder the new unit to the  speakerphone's wires professionally.
Yes, it seems that soldering was done from factory, as you can see in the photo I took, above the  + - marks.

Now I got it (another pic on ifixit). If there are no directly available solder junctions for the earpiece, it'll maybe be hard to fix it (I have done that a few times using thin unwound wire from an inductance coil). Maybe buying an otherwise broken donator Nexus S from ebay is the quicker path.

I'm not sure if I understood your idea correctly:
If you're talking about trying to solder back the wired orange ribbons together so that the earpiece will be attached to the unit again, then I think its too tiny and I prefer to just buy another earpiece+proximity_sensor integrated unit, which is available for sale for just 5$ in eBay, and solder it with the existing speakerphone's + - terminals.

Ah, sure. That's of course a good idea, if it's only 5$ (I'm in germany actually, where supply is a little sparser).

The black plastic, the one that's connected with those HF wires is the phone speaker,
IHF Speaker.
The unit I showed is the earpiece speaker and a proximity sensor, an integrated circuit.
The thing is that the integrated circuit is the one with the data connector to the motherboard
and the phone-speaker's wires are soldered with two wires of the integrated circuit to receive data.
My earpiece wires were cut.
So if I replace only the integrated circuit, I can solder the right wires, like they did originally, onto my existing speaker's wires.
Problem could be solved by soldering.


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How to move app data to external SD card without root
I have a Karbonn A15 with Android ICS (4.0.4), it's not rooted.
I want to move the app data to my external sd card. I tried to move the /mnt/sdcard/data folder, just to check whether it releases any memory in the storage section in phone settings. But the internal storage was same, there was no change. Can anyone tell me where the app data resides in the internal memory? It's fine if I can move app data manually to the external SD card.

Most of the app's data is stored in internal memory, below /data/data. You cannot access these directories/files directly if your device is not routed; same applies to moving it elsewhere.
But if your device is rooted, the keyword are Data2SD, App2SD, and Link2SD:

App2SD: the "official" way to move your apps to the SDCard (see: app2sd and its tag-wiki, the latter describing it in more details). This method moves a big part of the app itself over to the SDCard. Can be used without rooting the device.
Link2SD: an advanced variant of App2SD. This moves the entire app to the SDCard, and then creates symbolic links to the "original places" -- fooling the system to think "nothing ever happened". Requires the device to be rooted, plus a separate partition on the SDCard. See link2sd and its tag-wiki for more details.
Data2SD: doesn't care for the apps, but for their data. Also requires the device to be rooted. We have no tag for that, but you might want to look up the corresponding app on Google Play: Root # All Data2SD card..

The only possible way to link the internal data of the app to the sd card.,completely.,it to use "Link2sd +" version but it was a paid app.

Could you mention a link to this app? A description wouldn't do bad either.


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Google Navigation forgets/ignores "Access to my location" setting - Nexus 4
Every time I attempt to use Google Maps Navigation on my stock (rooted) Nexus 4, I get the Searching for GPS screen.  The phone never finds GPS though.
I've found that if I go to Settings>Location Access and switchAccess to my location off and on again the Navigation app finds GPS instantly, every time.
Nevertheless, the next time I try to use navigation, I will have to do this again.
Has this been reported as a bug anywhere, or is there a fix?
I'm on Android 4.2.2.

Uninstalling the Yahoo Weather app worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293566&page=2


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Voicemail forwarding numbers - Tmo prepaid plan
I switched a monthly Tmobile plan several months ago and absolutely hate the voicemail "service".  I previously had all my VM's sent to my email via YouMail (kind of like Google Voice).
Today while looking through settings I noticed there are three Voicemail Forwarding numbers in the Phone Settings menu.  Each for a different scenario (busy, unavailable, unreachable).  All numbers are currently set to Tmobile's VM handling number.
Has anyone with a TMobile monthly plan had success in changing these numbers to use a third party VM service such as Google Voice or other?

At the suggestion of a forum member elsewhere, I called TMobile and asked them about their new "uncarrier" plan.  It is a non-contract, postpaid plan with the exact same pricing and services as my current TMo prepaid plan, but I regain the ability to forward voicemails among other things.   You have to submit to a credit check for a possible deposit (max is only one month's plan ie $50).
So going to the "uncarrier" plan was the solution for me.  Hope this helps.


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Samsung Galaxy S3 suddenly crashing everyday
Samsung Galaxy S3
GT-I9300
Android 4.1.2
Baseband I9300XELK1
Kernel Version 3.0.31-764725
Build Number JZO54K.I9300XXELCC
NOT rooted
For the past couple of weeks this device has suddenly started to crash at least once a day

While using an app it would freeze
After no usage for some time, phone would go on standby and will refuse to wake up.
Sometimes it would reboot by itself

Have to hold down power button and restart the device. What should I do? Thank you

What type of apps that cause it to freeze?

Can't tell. Any app could cause it. I'm on stock browser and Flipboard the most so those are where I see it happen the most. But I've encountered it when using Facebook, etc @Jack

Have you checked with My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do?


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RAZR cuts off call ring after half a second
My Droid RAZR (original model, 18 mos. old), seems to have an issue where when a call comes in it will start to play the ring tone but then the sound shuts off after half a second. The call is still there, but unless I feel the single vibration in my pocket (I have it set to vibrate and ring), I don't know to answer it.
This totally blows.
Is there any way I can force this phone to ring a certain number of times?

I just called Verizon Customer Care. They had me dial *900 and that fixed the issue. This cancels any possible call forwarding. Works like a champ now.


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Is it possible to revert back to Jellybean Stock while keeping ClockworkMod?
I am running CM10.1 on my i9300 and use ClockworkMod. Is there a way for me to revert back to JellyBean?

If you revert back to JB, the recovery image will be overwritten with the stock recovery.

Just flash the firmware you like with Odin.
Attention: you will probably lose your data because of the wiping.


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How to re-arrange images in gallery after changing the GMT time zone?
I travel to another country and take photos for a few days. After that I change the tike zone of my phone.
Since then, photos in my gallery are mixed up!?
I open the DCIM folder and see that the cause is that gallery sorts images by the filename and filenames are named after the taken time when the photo is captured.
How can I get photos updated with the time zone changed?

NOTE: This is based on Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 4.2.2)
In Gallery, click All beside the Gallery (flower) icon. Then, press left menu button, and select Sort by latest (If you see Sort by oldest, then your pictures are already sorted by latest.

Could find this on my phone

@Nam G. VU You found it? Good! Did it fix your problem?

I'm sorry I mistype the word not :( Updated my comment @geffchang

Could not find this on my phone


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How can I record audio running through my S3 speaker on Jellybean?
On my computer I use Replay Media Catcher to capture audio or video clips I want to save offline from the web. Now on my Samsung Galaxy  S3 running 4.1.1 I want to record audio from websites. All I see on Play is "voice recoders" but I want a simple way to record audio coming from online to my phone as an .mp3 file etc. Any way?
What I want is to be able to record ANY audio running through my speaker not just from online.  Like, if I'm an audiobook on my audiobook app I want to record the sound coming from that.

Possibly relevant: Is there a way to record sound coming from the speakers, like Audacity does on the computer?

I already read that.  It isn't what I'm looking for...

You may want to clarify your title (possibly the body as well) a little bit then, because it seems to be quite identical based on the current phrasing. The OP of that question was looking to record audio being played back from a website as well.

Can you help me edit it?  It's like I'm dumb or something.  That post talks about an app that doesn't have any internet-recording features.


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Enable voice control on Nexus 4
How do I enable voice control in my LGE Nexus 4 for system commands like "turn on bluetooth", etc?

By default that is not possible on stock Android phones.
It works for Samsung, because they have basically taken the Android source code and made their own fork of the repo. Having access to the source code allows them to turn on/off or even edit features.

thats also why it takes so long to get an update to the OS whenever a new version comes out.

You mean Google Now, don't you ? For this, you have to click on the microphone of a Google Search bar. You can do this with the one of the home screen. You can also open the Google Search app and doing this with its search bar too. For opening Google Search, do a long press on the Home button and then swipe to the circle with the Google logo. Google Now will be opened. You can also use the app shortcut (in the Launcher or anywhere else).

I know but Google now Voice search does not support changing system settings like turn on/off bluetooth or WIFI. But things are possible in Samsung phones using S Voice apps.


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Share a number from call history to calendar
On my s3, I would like to make a calendar entry after some one called me and put the number in the description field on the calendar.
I'm thinking this would be easy, just share the number from call history to calendar. Unfortunately "share" is not available and I can only "send number" as an sms.
Is there an app that can help me with this?
Is there a reason the s3 doesn't have this obvious feature?

+1 interesting, however I wouldn't say it was an 'obvious feature'. This seems similar to what you want: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileapptek.talknotes.beta&hl=en

It just seems very un-android-ish to hard code send with sms, and not just a share.

This is a bit roundabout, but it works:-

From the call log, click Create contact.
On the screen for creating a contact, long-tap the phone number field to select it and bring up the special action mode buttons for selected text.
Click the 'copy' icon. (That's the one to the right of the pair of scissors.)
Click Cancel to cancel creating the contact, and answer OK to the confirmation dialog.
Switch to the calendar app and create a new event, or edit the event you want to change.
Long-tap some empty space in the description and click Paste.

As for why the S3's Phone app doesn't let you copy the number to the clipboard directly, or share it, only Samsung can tell us that.

How is the vanilla android call history? Can I copy or share the number from there?

@Esben: On my Galaxy Nexus, when viewing the call in the call log, there is an option in the overflow menu: "Edit number before call". That pulls up the phone app with the phone number in the number field, and I can copy the text as in any other field. But no, there's no "share" option. (Nor is there a share option in the Google Voice app for "Missed calls".)

There is no such option in Samsung Galaxy Note Edge either.  However I found a way out to copy the phone number in the log this way:

Select the phone number and click Send number under the option;
The selected phone number will appear under New message; and
Long press the phone number and do the necessary to cut or copy to the desired    location.


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How to remotely log out all web-based Gmail sessions from my Android phone
Can I remotely sign out all web sessions of Gmail from my Android phone?
This question explains how to do this from the Gmail website with a standard web browser. This doesn’t work from my phone because when I visit the Gmail website with the browser in my phone, I am redirected to a mobile version so I can't access the "Activity on this Account" feature.

I have found two ways to access the “Activity on this Account” feature from the builtin Android 4.0 web browser:

Select the “Request desktop site” option in the browser menu, then open https://mail.google.com — this way it will not redirect to the mobile site. Then use the “Details” link at the bottom of the page, as you would do from a computer.
Open the mobile version of Gmail, select the “menu button” at the top line (with three vertical lines) — it will open the list of your tags. At the bottom of this list you will see a line with “Gmail version: Mobile | Mobile (old) | Full”; select the ”Full” link to switch to the full Gmail version (it looks slightly different than what you get with the first way). Again, you should see the “Details” link at the bottom of the page, which leads to the “Activity on this Account” page.

For what it's worth, Chrome beta wouldn't accept the "Request desktop site" when I tried it.

If "Request desktop site" is not working then you can always change the user agent string to  in browser options, it exists on the stock Android browser menu -> more -> Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Select User Agent -> [select one which ends with Desktop]
Currently I don't think "there's an app for that" :p

Here is another working solution.

First login to your gmail account from a desktop and click on the "Details" link. This will open a new window. You will see an URL at the new window. Copy/store that URL (like: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=**********&view=ac).
Login to your gmail account from your android browser (chrome). Now browse that URL from the brwoser (chrome).

You will get the button "Sign out of all other accounts". Click that. You are done!

Yes, I did it now from android with desktop version.
It seems to be very easy. It works in Crome browser. Here it is:-
Select the “Request desktop site” option in the browser menu, then open https://mail.google.com — this way it will not redirect to the mobile site. Then use the “Details” link at the bottom of the page, as you would do from a computer.
Open the mobile version of Gmail, select the “menu button” at the top line (with three vertical lines) — it will open the list of your tags. At the bottom of this list you will see a line with “Gmail version: Mobile | Mobile (old) | Full”; select the ”Full” link to switch to the full Gmail version (it looks slightly different than what you get with the first way). Again, you should see the “Details” link at the bottom of the page, which leads to the “Activity on this Account” page.


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How do I keep my /system mounted as read+write all the time?
I'm running ChainFire3D and for some reason, the per-app setting doesn't seem to work at all. But when I set the default setting itself, it works. I saw that one of ChainFire 3D's requirement is for the /system to be always mounted as read+write. I experimented and by mounting it via Root Explorer and restarted the phone. After restart, /system was back to read only.
So yeah, how do I force it to always be moounted as read+write? This is on CyanogenMod 9, ICS 4.0.4.

You'd need to alter the boot.img and modify the init script within the boot.img for this to work. What device are you referring to?

The device is Xperia ST17i


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Why Link2SD requires second partition on sdcard for linking?
Why can't it simply link to extSdCard?

If it would use the only partition of your SDCard, apps would become unavailable if that card is mounted to e.g. your PC via UMS (USB mass storage). That's what happens with App2SD, and Link2SD wants to avoid that.
Ever tried creating links on FAT (which is the file-system used on your card). This adds to the problem.
Using a separate partition, Link2SD can make use of "advanced" file-system types, e.g. ext3/ext4, which leads (amongst other things) to better performance. Doing so with your only SDCard partition, this would introduce problems for Windows users, as Windows doesn't support EXT file systems out-of-the-box

These are the most obvious reasons for this decision. It might very well be I missed some more -- but these alone are enough to make it a wise decision :)

Weird, on my device (Samsung S3 Mini) partition is not unmounted when connected to PC. In fact I'm using FolderMount with my extSdCard and it's working perfectly fine...

Your device probably doesn't use UMS but MTP. With UMS, storage is granted exclusively (hence it becomes unavailable on the device, and can be accessed on block-level if needed), while with MTP it is shared (and hence available on both ends, but no block-level access is possible from the PC). See the usb-mass-storage tag-wiki for details.


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Does adding a google account to phone increase data charges?
I've written an app that uses google push notifications to install upgrades. The problem is that certain companies that my app is rolled out to, have phones that are running Android 2.3.6. This means that for the push notification to work, a google account must be present on the phone.
One customer only has a limited data plan for his employees and is reluctant to assign a google account to his employee's phone because of the potential data charges.
Would assigning a Google account to a phone incur potential data charges on the phone?
He has mentioned things like emails, spam, links to YouTube. All of these worry him as he thinks the employee may use things outside company purpose.
Thanks

Yes, assigning a Google account to a phone would incur data charges UNLESS syncing is disabled as it will regularly sync calendars, email, etc.  Even so, other data related services may come into play (eg, Play store app update checking & downloading).

This depends on two factors.

Settings > Wireless & Network settings > Mobile networks
Data enabled, if that's checked, all internet data goes through the telephony layer and treated as internet data.

The other spot is in
 - Settings > Accounts & Sync Settings
 - Background data and Auto-sync are checked, it will chew up the bandwidth (provided Data enabled is checked from the previous spot above)
Then yes, data charges will increase.

“Use only 2G networks” does not disable data — 2G networks support GPRS and EDGE for data connections. The obvious difference from 3G is the connection speed; another difference is that GPRS and EDGE data connections are temporarily dropped during a phone call, while a 3G data connection can be kept during a call.

I definitely can confirm what Sergey wrote: until recently, I had my phone set to "2G only", and still was receiving my mail notifications etc. fine. Also, the data xfer arrows in the notification bar gave prove of an active data transfer, in addition to the G/E symbol for the data connection type (so, that's the "practical proof" -- now for the "theoretical part"). "2G" stands for "second generation" of the GSM standard, using GSM/Edge for data. "3G" is "3rd gen", and uses UMTS/HDSPA etc. for data. "0G" would be "no data", if it would exist :)

Ooops! brain fart there - mea culpa! Just realized...

My mentality for the above answer is this - I switch off data when switching over to 2G because its slow so what's the point anyway, that explains my answer in the above! Why would you want to access data over 2G/GPRS/Edge?


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Better unlocking schemes?
On my Galaxy S3 I have only a few options for locking/unlocking:
Either no locking and swiping, or entering a pin every time. Both options are not very attractive. One is too insecure when leaving it somewhere, the other too cumbersome, when I just take it out of my pocket. OK, there are more options, like face recognition and all that, but it never works in the dark.
What I would like to have is a more intelligent scheme: That I do not have to unlock as long as my S3 stays close to me. That a pin is only required, when it is further away from me.
Is something like that available or possible?  Maybe in conjunction with an RFID-chip? Or bluetooth? So I would carry in another pocket that other device.

Maybe you're looking for something like NFCSecure.
You can combine normal lock screen (i.e. swiping) with an underlaying NFCSecure lock screen for better security (only lets you in when scanned the needed NFC tag).
Your smartphone needs NFC capabilities and you need an NFC tag to carry around with you to unlock your phone.
Can not test this as my phone doesn't have NFC capabilities.

I just watched the demo: I will have to hold my phone very close to the phone. Is this right?

@false Yes, it must be pretty close to the tag I think. But you can also put a small sticker onto the back of your watch or put something like this at your keys - maybe it would work through your pants pockets?! I think the max distance should be about 4cm max (as written in wikipedia article). You have to try it out what works best for you daily need.

It also could be achieved with some bluetooth device (a headset should do), and using Tasker:

Condition: Bluetooth Connected1
Task: Keyguard "off"

1 Easiest set up with the device connected, so you can select it here
Of course this would require your BT headset to be permanently on -- plus connected to your body :). Then, as long as the two are in reach of each other, you wouldn't need to enter your PIN. But as soon as the connection is broken (you're separated beyond the BT range), Keyguard would be enabled again, and the PIN required to unlock.

Is it possible to somehow get a hint about the proximity of the devices?

That often depends on both devices. You can try to figure out for yourself: connect the headset, put in on a table, and then slowly move away with your phone. When the headset symbol disappears, you've left the range. Move closer again very slowly until it shows up again. Somewhere between the two positions is your max-range. Note that the range might differ depending on whether you're in plain-sight, or have a ferro-concrete wall in between, for example :)


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Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots) visible in Apps in HTC One X and not in Samsung Galaxy S2
I have HTC One X while my friend has Samsung Galaxy S2. In some Apps like Google Chrome in my phone the Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots) are visible while on SGS2 they are not.

Google Chrome in HTC One X with Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots)

Google Chrome in Samsung Galaxy S2 without Overflow menu icon
In my HOX I have set the setting of "Recent apps button" to "Press for menu, press and hold for recent apps". So when I press recent apps button it shows the menu, so the menu icon should be hidden, right?
Why is the menu icon visible on HTC One X and not on Samsung Galaxy S2?

Ugh. Could you trim those images?

Appears to be a bug.  The "Make the recent apps button act like a menu button" setting appears to not be changing the appropriate values to inform apps that a permanent menu button exists and thus apps act as if it doesn't have the menu button.
ViewConfiguration is what handles that.


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Is it possible to run ADB on multiple devices using Hyper-V?
What I would like to do is use Hyper-V to set up N number of VM's, each one being used to run a different set of tests on a different Android device. It seems like Hyper-V doesn't accept the input of the USB device.
My question is: Is it possible to run ADB on multiple devices using Hyper-V? If so, how?

Sounds like it might be a limitation that is specific to Hyper-V. Do you have the option of using other VM solutions?

Yes, I do now... Lol... Is there one in particular you'd suggest?

VirtualBox and VMware Player are both free or there are plenty of options to pay for. I run VMware Fusion 5 on my Macbook but haven't tried ADB yet. I don't know whether either free option will do what you need but they're very easy to try. Does anyone else know how well these interact with ADB devices connected to the host?

See the USB access from guest in Hyper-V question on ServerFault — in short, Hyper-V does not provide any way to access host USB ports from guests. There are some workarounds — mostly “USB over Ethernet” solutions.
Another option which could work for some use cases is to enable Wireless ADB on the devices, and then access them via the network.


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My phone is rebooting on its own
My phone ( Xperia Z ) is restarting on its own every second its not coming up to the homescreen when its restarting it hangsup and restarts again i have no option of connecting it to my pc as well, as it doesnt get detected. i want to reinstall OS in it is there a way, can someone help me on this..??
It doesnt matter if i have to root my phone or pay and get a OS i want my phone to work ??

Have you checked with the boot-loop tag-wiki, which provides some first-aid on exactly this problem? Did it help solving your problem? If not: what did you try, and where are you stuck?

In my case, I did a factory reset.
To do this: Open your phone in recovery phone. Hold down the home button, the volume down button and simultaneously press the power button. Your recovery mode menu should have an option about factory reset. Unfortunately, you will lose your apps and maybe your contacts/sms(unless you have back them up).


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Full battery completely depleted within a few hours without any user activity -- what to do?
I left my phone on the table with full battery without doing anything with it. After a few hours the battery was completely depleted, and the phone automatically shut down.
What could cause such a thing, and what actions to take in such a situation?

It's possible that some application is causing a wakelock, preventing the system from sleeping.

Question is also what you did before that: Start a 20 GB download via 3G while switching on the video player with a full HD movie would explain things. What device is it, by the way?

Please add your Android version to the question too: different versions have different tools to help you find naughty apps that drain your battery.

Some causes and answers...

You leave a high-CPU using app/game paused or running.

Apps and Games can and do continue to devour battery if left running. If you're going to step away for awhile, make sure to exit out of any games or apps first (particularly any that usually cause the phone to get warm while using) so they don't unnecessarily become power vampires.

Cellular/Data Signal Hunting.

Especially with LTE phones, if you're in an area with bad signal the radio on the phone will continue to try to make connection and will drain the phone in doing so. Putting the phone in Airplane mode before leaving it for extended periods will stop the radio from 'hunting'.

Too many background activities (or updates set too often).

Twitter, Facebook, Email, etc... Setting how often they communicate with their servers (like switching from every 5 minutes to once an hour) can make a big impact on battery savings.

Some more explanations would be great - how to switch these things off and other advice. I set my phone to "only use 2G networks" - is that enough?

Sure, you could also try limiting the radio to using only 2G networks...As long as you're able to get a reliable connection to that. If the radio is still doing a lot of 'hunting' I'd suggest putting it directly in Airplane mode until you're back in an area you know has good coverage.

Use an app like Better Battery Stats to track down the issue and find the culprit.


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Samsung Galaxy Nexus doesn't detect charger
This happened yesterday night first. My phone's battery was very slow, so I decided to charge it. It didn't start charging after plugging in the charger. Frustrated, I kept trying with different USB cables and laptop USB ports and wall adapters. I tried with my wife's phone too, and it started charging.
Eventually, the phone died, and I plugged it in anyway. After that, it started showing the battery symbol and the charging animation (as it always does when charging when switched off), but the animation would stop and the display would go off, and the entire symbol and charging animation would repeat. This would keep repeating.
I gave up, stopped charging it and when to sleep.
When I woke up in the morning, I decided to give it another shot, and it just started working! I had to go to work, so it could only charge to around 50% before I left. I tried charging in the office with the USB port, but it very slow, almost not charging at all, just keeping up with the discharge!
I just got back home a little while ago, and it's the same story as last night. It is refusing to charge, and there is 10% battery left!
A few days ago, I left my phone in my pocket when I was on the treadmill in the gym, and it was getting tossed around in the pocket a lot.. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
Will replacing my battery help? Is there anything else I can do? Software reset?
Edit: It just started charging now. It was just kept switched on and plugged into my laptop, with airplane mode enabled (as battery is low, and I live in a bad area with poor reception). I didn't even try to reinsert the charger. Looks like I am going to sleep a little more peacefully tonight, but I am still concerned as to why this happens, and would like to fix it.

The nexus has replaceable charge ports.  All you need is a tiny phillips screwdriver and watch one of the youtube videos.  I purchased a charge port off amazon for less than 10 dollars and fixed my phone in 20 minutes.

This sounds like a loose usb port on the phone. The microUSB port on smartphones are delicate things and can easily become loose and no longer reliably charge. If you use your phone or leave it connected but with the power connection taut (like if it's plugged into the wall and fully extended so the power cord is putting pressure on the microUSB port), over time this can and WILL loosen (or even break) the solder joints that connect the MicroUSB port to the circuit board. Eventually leading to a scenario like you're seeing now.
Hopefully your phone is still under warranty, as a mainboard replacement is likely in order here...Unless you're VERY skilled at micro-soldering work, then you could take the phone apart and see if you can re-solder the loose/broken connects.

Nope, I got my phone from an importer around 11 months ago, as this phone is not officially sold in my country. No chance of getting it repaired under warranty. Infact, most phone repair guys will hesitate in repairing this phone as they will say that they aren't familiar with it. The charging does seem to work sometime, so I am not stuck with a completely useless phone. For now, I think I will be more careful with the microusb port, and maybe will check if a repair is possible.

Sorry to hear about the lack of support in your area. A workaround for your issue be to buy spare batteries and an external charger for your phone. It's a chore to keep putting the cover on and off to switch batteries, but at least you'll be able to reliable charge your batteries and have spares.


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Is Gmail on Android susceptible to MITM attacks?
My employer performs MITM on gmail.com by generating their own certificate authority. I've only noticed this applies to the web version of Gmail. In additon, Chrome on Windows will alert me when the certificate is not completely authentic.
Does this also apply to the Android App? Will the same MITM logic for gmail web work on the Android App, or is the app more secure? Note that I do not get the same certificate warnings on the app. It's hard to tell if my traffic is intercepted via the app. Are there any other methods that could be used to intercept and decrypt traffic from the Gmail android app?

It's hard to intercept on mobile data -- while it's thinkable with WiFi hotspots (in companies, I've already seen this web-MITM in some proxies, so they can scan what's going on -- though it's at least questionable if it's not agains the law doing so). But I've not heard of any case yet (which doesn't have to mean a thing, of course)...

Indeed, overriding certificates it's one of the most popular ways to compromise https. So, if your employer can succeed to create a certificate that fools the app, it can easily perform a MiTM attack.
Some links to check about mitm attacks on gmail app:

[1]: http://www.networking4all.com/en/ssl+certificates/ssl+news/android+apps+vulnerable+to+man-in-the-middle+attacks/
[2]: http://bgr.com/2011/08/30/iranian-government-said-to-be-using-mitm-hack-to-spy-on-gmail-other-google-services/

Is there a way to view the certificate authority currently being used by Gmail? How can I tell if MITM is in effect or not?

It is not the easiest thing in the world to confirm a MITM attack. Especially if it is "passive" which means that the attacker just monitors your data and not alters them. To be honest, I dont know where you can find the certificate authority for the app. Maybe it is hidden on purpose.

Hi Robert, I dont know which version of Android do you use, but on Android 4, you can go to settings->security and there is a Trusted credentials option there, where you can see the authorities used. But I couldnt connect them to specific apps

Thanks and sorry for the delay py_script. I was doing some background research on this myself. I ended up using wireshark to check the SSL handshake done by the Gmail app. I'm not able to see the root certificate in the chain for some reason, the top-most certificate is simply Google. So it is still not certain whether or not it is being intercepted.


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Can not write to internal storage on Nexus 4
I connect the Nexus 4 to the computer (Win7), and go Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage. I can copy from it, I can create folders, but I can not copy data to it.
I had the previous one replaced because of a faulty touch screen, I was able to copy things both ways without problem on that one. The computer I use is the same.
I can copy files onto it with ftp. Does not matter if it is the client or the server in this case.
I can also copy files if I turn on USB debugging.
How can I fix this?


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My phone displays: "Notification has been set" at each boot
I am in doubt. My Galaxy SII phone began recently to display a standard pop-up notification box with the text "Notification has been set" at each boot. I uninstalled the software that I suspected was displaying this popup, there were no notifications in notification area left, but this popup has kept appearing on the screen.
How to track which software is displaying this popup?
Android 4.0.4

What kind of "standard pop-up notification box" is it? Is it a dialog that appears in the middle of the screen (and you have to press a button to get rid of it), or a toast that appears near the bottom of the screen for a few seconds, or a notification that shows an icon in the notification bar?

Also, my first look would be the logs (logcat). When in doubt how to look at them, search for "logcat" on Google play -- lots of apps to help you there. With some look, filtering the system logs for "notification" will bring up the culprit.

@Dan Hulme: it is a "toast". Thank you for the terminology.

@Izzy: I studied the logcat through, but haven't found any decent culprit. May be I have overlooked it. I'll look more attentive in a couple of days.

--From another user-- "I also just got this on my LG Optimus G running 4.1.2 My phone also vibrated a few times for nothing without anything in the notification bar... I've looked through the logcat without much success. The only recent thing I've changed is I've updated from Swype Beta to the paid one from Google Play"

Found it. I messed around with adb logcat, adb shell dumpsys and Titanium Backup's Freeze feature. I have succesfully narrowed it down (on my device) to an App called "Pullups 2.04" by "NorthPark" from the Play Store.

I'm not sure new users can reply as a comment, I'll add this for you to the question but I've flagged this answer for deletion.

Yea I just read on that, seems I need rep before replying as a comment on a post other than mine. Anyway, I think I just found the answer, at least for the exact same toast notificaiton on my phone..

Well since you seem to have found a possible answer there's a +1 so you can comment, and I'm not sure how to remove a flag but sure the mods will see this.

Thank you for the exact information! Unlike you I had multiple applications from NorthPark: Pull ups, Push ups, Sit ups, Squats. To make this toast disappear I had to remove all of them. These applications make this toast appear although they have notifications turned off in their settings.


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How can I display my Android on my PC monitor?
I have scoured the Internet and come here as my last hope.
I currently have the Galaxy S4, M919v. I own two 24 inch Samsung monitors.
Is there any method for me to display my Android screen onto one of my monitors?
I want to basically play my Android games, using my Android phone, but have them displayed on my monitors. My 24 inch monitor has the same resolution as my phone, so I figure the graphics should be great.
I am trying to find a WIFI/micro-usb cable solution to this problem without buying any types of additional connectors.

Possibly relevant: Can I connect an Android phone to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse?, Solutions for connecting phone/tablet to a bigger monitor?, How could I view that Android Screen on a computer or larger screen

None of these solutions are good I'm afraid. Splashtop is the smoothest thing I have seen, but unfortunately it only displays the desktop on the android and not the other way around.

I am surprise that no one mention ASM (android screen monitor)

Possible duplicate of Can I connect an Android phone to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse?

You mentioned in your question that you don't want to buy any additional connectors. Any reason in particular? How unwilling are you to spend money? Resolution isn't going to be the problem, it's latency.
If you're absolutely adverse to paying, try running a VNC server on your phone then connect to it using a VNC viewer program on your computer. Laptop Magazine has a very good walkthrough here: How to Control an Android Device From Your PC. They reference VMLite VNC Server which is $9.99 but you can find other VNC server programs that are free (though several don't look terribly trustworthy, IMO). You're getting what you pay for, however; a cheap wireless solution means input lag. Your games are going to be very hard to play and the experience will be generally poor.
If you can manage a few dollars, then an Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter (with 5pin to 11pin Micro USB Adapter for your S4 - be sure to read the fine print!) as referenced in gt7599a's answer is the way to go. $15 (ish) plus an HDMI cable gets you a wired solution with very low latency.
If you want something wireless but are also wanting to be able to actually play games, your best bet is an adapter that takes advantage of the S4's WiFi Direct/Miracast capabilities. That means a Samsung WI-FI All-Share Cast Hub ($55), NETGEAR Push2TV ($60), or similar.
How much is it worth to you?

Just to update this answer-- the Chromecast and Nexus player or any Android TV device can now do this for you.

A solution is a dock or MHL (micro-USB form factor) to HDMI adapter.  A quick Google or Amazon search should find what you need under $20 USD if you go with a 3rd party and not Samsung.
Note: some ROMs on some models of phones don't support HDMI out (e.g. CM10 on the i9100 I have) probably not be an issue on your S4 but if you've flashed a non-Samsung ROM you might want to double check.

Mugen Power Batteries released a USB Desktop Cradle with HDMI Support for the S4.
Unfortunately, it seems to be out of stock right now. You can try and tweet @MugenBatteries when they will restock. I bought extended batteries from them, and will usually give you a discount code if you ASK. :)

No need to pay for an expensive hardware connector.
You can simply use Screen Stream Mirroring app for Android :) ->
I think and I hope it answers well to your question.

I would suggest you take a look at the srcpy application available for all platforms.
Fully open source. No need to install anything on the phone. Works very well over usb cable (one can game or even stream videos without any lag). Works over the TCP/IP network too.
All you need to do is enable USB debugging on your phone (you may also need to allow USB debugging input in some phone if you want to control they phone). Enabling usb debugging is the same as the no root install instructions for the screen stream app above.
You can also consider changing the display dpi of your phone so that it looks much better on your monitor
You could change it in Settings > Display > Display size.
Or
Open an adb shell or a root shell and type wm density DPI where DPI is the typically higher dpi that looks good on the PC monitor. Rotating to landscape view also helps. You may need to reboot for the dpi settings to be activated, but typically not required. Be sure to set it back otherwise your phone UI may become too small.

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phone makes touch vibration sounds when on facebook
Why my galaxy s3 make a vibration sound like im recieving a notification while I'm on facebook. While this is happening I am not touching my phone, its happening while I am reading something on facebook or a website. Again, I am not touching the screen in any way, just holding my phone while reading something on facebook or a website.

Is there a question here? Could you please rephrase?

I know this sounds silly, but I think it is likely that your hand is wrapped around the phone and thereby gently touching the screen with the tip of your fingers OR you are touching the volume down key that goes to vibrate mode.
Technical possibilities could be:
-Setting in the Facebook app, maybe it is sending some sort of notification equivalent that just vibrates instead of showing up on your screen.
-It could also be a different application that runs in the background and gives you notification vibrations. To solve that, go to applications manager, and click through applications and disable push notifications until you find the culprit.
Hope that helped.


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Incoming calls: no caller info when device is locked
When my phone is locked, if somebody calls, I am not able to view the caller details on the screen. I can only find the receive and decline options. How can I change this?


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Are there any torrent clients allowing you to choose one file from a list?
I currently use uTorrent but I need to be able to choose one file to download instead of all the available files in a folder. I can't seem to find one Play.  Any way to achieve this?
OS: 4.1.1
Samsung S3

I use aTorrent, which has the possibility of selecting which files to download. Just change to the File tab and use the checkboxes.

Do the ads drain the battery? Is the pro version worth it?

The battery drain from the ads is insignificant compared to the drain from the torrents themselves.

I use tTorrent.
When you open a torrent, an Add torrent dialog pops up. Click on the Select files button, and you can check / uncheck the files that you want to download.

Data limit sucks.


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How do I uninstall a system app with root?
Have root. Tried "autorun manager" app which gives option to  display system apps & uninstall, but still said "uninstall not successful"

We already have this question multiple times, including answers. You might want to take a look at e.g. How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?, or check the questions tagged bloatware.

I quickly read the description of Autorun Manager, and it doesn't mention the ability to uninstall system apps, but there are several apps that can do this, for example Root Uninstaller. Do a search on the Play Store for "root uninstall" for more.

If you already own a copy of Titanium Backup you can uninstall a system app with this tool too.
Anyway Root Uninstaller mentioned by onik seems to be free and therefore cheaper as Titanium Backup Pro (if you haven't already bought it).


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Unable to access internet
Previous day i installed an app on my mobile (Micromax superfone) .It is not compatible with my mobile it said,but it continue the installation process. From that time i was unable to use all kind of internet based apps on my mobile except through browser. What is the solution for this problem??
Please suggest.
Thanks you.

Can you try to uninstall the app?

Already i done with unistalling that app but no use !!

Have a look at the answers on Why can't apps connect to the internet?


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Scheduled silent mode on S3
Got a Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2  Some time ago it started changing my phone to silent mode
automatically, every evening at 19:30. I did not install any scheduler app, nor did I change any settings. How can I find this setting and remove it?

Some devices have a corresponding section in the system settings, called "Silent times" or similar. Not having an S3, I cannot tell you where Samsung might have put that -- but you might simply browse through the system settings and watch our for something like that.

Select System Settings, then turn off Blocking Mode (under the Device heading). You (or someone!) might have accidentally pressed that button when scrolling down the list.   You could go into it first and confirm that the 'set time' is 19:30; if not then the problem is something else.


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How to back up my current android ID?
I want to flash a new rom, but it will change my android ID. Is there any way to just back up my current android ID WITHOUT make a whole-system-backup?

Could you expand on this a little, please. What "Android ID" are you talking about?

@dan hulme :the identify number for the android system. Changing it causes problems in some apps (these apps seems to tie the android id up with your app account)

Backup the "Settings Storage" app from TitaniumBackup. That will help you store your android ID. If you want to restore it, unfortunately, you'll have to use TitaniumBackup pro since it is the only app which lets you restore your Android ID.
Taken from XDA:

Settings Storage - Be careful when you restore this. For eg: its not a good idea to restore CM9 settings to an AOKP ROM or vice versa. This is best used when you know exactly what you are doing. Also, a lot of differences between ROMs will probably be the fact that it provides some new customization options in the settings. So restoring this doesnt make sense unless you know for sure that they are the same. Handle with care.

There's no such thing as"Setting Storage"

@QkiZ this is a very old answer. Things have changed a lot. I don't root my device anymore so I don't know how to do this now.

IF you simply backup an Apk application, from within TiB, and then restore that app, you probably WILL have problems, for such system apks on some devices (certainly, that's my experience on Lollipop for several devices lately).
Instead, use the built in function to restore the DeviceID from another Nandroid-style backup, or when it prompts you during the startup wizard -> avoid restoring entire system apks, even within the same ROM, for the same device, and save major version of android (if this doesn't apply to you, consider yourself the lucky and rare).
There is an ALTERNATIVE TO TiB, which doesn't require a purchase, (scroll down to the most recent download attachment) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109484 or be generous and support the DEV via the Play Store (search for apps/details id=com.liamw.root.androididchanger)

NOTE: The above app needs to be a system app, which is why it needs root.

You can have more than one device ID, for example, when a device has multiple users (available on certain devices running Android 4.2 or higher), in which each user appears as a completely separate device, so the ANDROID_ID value is unique to each user.
In most cases, if you can't gain root on your device (and workaround locked bootloaders, which are often the case), then you probably shouldn't be messing with DeviceID.  Walk before run, is a better slogan than "if you aren't an expert" -> because EVERYBODY at some point was clueless what they were doing.  Just climb the smaller hill first.
For a highly relevant XDA Discussion on restoring ONLY the ID, or other stuff too, look under (google this..) nexus-4/general/titanium-backup-android-device-id-t2006461
NOTE: Above thread regards restoring lots of crazy stuff (no longer doable on most modern devices), or just the ID itself (which may be ok in many cases, STILL).
Document Your DeviceID (don't just back it up): Search for Play Store App id=com.evozi.deviceid, which can be used to document the ID via text, for your own records (along with IMEI, Mac, etc, a good first step with new devices, BEFORE you root).

ANDROID_ID (String) Official Definition from Google:
A 64-bit number (as a hex string) that is randomly generated when the user first sets up the device and should remain constant for the lifetime of the user's device.

GoogleSearch for this Info, via Domain: developer.android.com Under > reference > android > provider > Settings.Secure.html   ...
Which reveals this ID is a string, found in the: android.provider.Settings.NameValueTable
One of the values in: android.provider.Settings.Secure
Java Class Object: Settings.Secure (public static final class / extends Settings.NameValueTable)
NOTE on CLASS: Secure system settings, contain system preferences that applications can read but are not allowed to write. These are for preferences that the user must explicitly modify through the system UI or specialized APIs for those values, not modified directly by applications.

How to Verify the Device_ID from TiB via 2ndary Source:

The ID provided by the play store app by evozi (that's not me, btw, and I don't know that DEV), you will find MATCHES the value in the DB for DeviceInfo backed up by TiB, which I often move to SDext2
So, use something like aSQLiteManager, go to the Database: /path.you.set.in.TiB.prefs/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/settings/databases-sysinfo
Then look at the Table: deviceInfo for the Field:  androidid:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

How To Backup Restore And Changing Your Android-ID With Titanium Backup
From a webpage named: "how-to-backup-restore-and-changing-your-android-id-with-titanium-backup"

Some applications or games use it as a identification ID for your account. As an example, all games from Gamevil will save your Android ID in their game archives. When you try to hack one of their games, your Android ID will get banned. And you wouldn’t be able to play their game anymore from your Android device.
To be able to play Gamevil games again, you will need a new Android ID. As far as I know, Titanium Backup is the only application in the store that have the function to changing, backup, and restore your Android ID.
Changing your Android ID is a good way to experiment with some hacks before you use it in your game data. And it is the only solution when you get banned by Gamevil.

BACKUP

Run Titanium Backup
Click on "Backup/Restore" tab
Find "Setting Storage" from the list.
Try to use the "Filters" if you have a long list of apps.
Click on "Setting Storage", and choose "Backup !"
After the Backup process, click again "Setting Storage" to open the "Backup properties"
Click the title part of your new backup (area between the Restore and Delete button)
Scroll down untill you find "Protect this backup" and click it
Now your Android ID is protected and will not get overwritten when you make another backup of your new Android ID. So you can have multiple Android ID as much as you want

CHANGE

Run your Titanium Backup
Press the menu button, click on More, and choose Manage Android ID …
TB will show you a dialog window with your current Android ID as the title
To change your Android ID, click "Create new (random) Android ID"
TB will showing your new Android ID and asking your permission to reboot the device.
Click "Yes, do it" to change your current Android ID with the new one you see on the screen.
Your device will be rebooted and have a new Android ID

RESTORE

Run your Titanium Backup
Press the menu button, click on More, and choose Manage Android ID …
TB will show you a dialog window with your current Android ID as the title
Click on "Restore Android ID from a backup"
TB will show you a list of all Android ID you have.
Click on any Android ID you want
TB will showing your new Android ID and asking your permission to reboot the device.
Click "Yes, do it" to change your current Android ID with the new one you see on the screen.
Your device will be rebooted and after the reboot your Android ID will be restored.

Although I would always recommend a full system ROM backup (which can be done without bootloader unlock), even if going to a whole new hardware device, the bottom line is yes, you can do this without having a full sys backup, in at least 3 ways: (1) backup the ID via TiB, then restore via TiB, (2) hack the TiB db on the new ROM, restore it then, or (3) use the other app I linked to set it.  You've got to find out what the ID is first, if you use method no.3 (just use the apk com.evozi.deviceid, or one like it).


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Tasker: event works, state enter/exit not - Fixed by reinstall
FIXED! I reinstalled Tasker (also deleting remaining Tasker folder) and now it works as it should. Not a clue why it didn't work at first.
I made a little program in tasker. Two tasks: activate stamina mode, activate normal mode. The first is activated when the screen is turned of, the other when it's turned back on. For this I used the events "Display off" and "Display on".
Now I tried the 'Display state' state and set it to "off". Then added the 'activate stamina mode' task to its 'enter'. Also added 'activate normal mode' to the exit. Though for some reason this doesn't work.
So my question is, why?
Note: Using Cyanogenmod 10.1 on Xperia Z. Tasker version v4.0u1
Edit: I know it doesn't work because I added a notification & buzz to the task, these don't get fired. I also tried to add an exit and enter to the running of an app, and this DOES work. Very weird :s
Thanks!

How do you know it doesn't work? You obviously cannot look with the display set off -- and as soon as you switch it back on, it switches back (btw: you don't need an exit task when the condition is a "state", as Tasker will always restore the pre-situation for those). Hint: Add some notification to the task to see what's going on.

I know it's not working because I added those notification to test it, just like you said. I have one for my 'stamina mode' and for the normal mode too. But neither gets fired :S

OK, that's really weird. Thanks to your update the situation is quite clear now (an abstract of your "condition" and "enter task" might shed additional light). I have no idea what that might be -- maybe something device specific, so let's hope some other Xperia-Z user can say something. Otherwise you might check with the dev (e.g. via the Support Forum or see if the list of Bugs / Limitations contains a hint).

Thanks for the help Izzy. I reinstalled Tasker, also deleting the Tasker folder, fixed it. I don't know why it didn't work at first, but now it works as intended.

Oh... Yes, I've read that before that sometimes this helps. Luckily, Tasker allows to export all profiles (and even the complete configuration), which makes a re-install easier. Glad it solved for you! You should add that as an answer (and accept it), will prove helpful for others in the future!

Even though I still don't know what was wrong, I did manage to fix it. A reinstall solved the problem, but only if I also deleted the 'Tasker' folder on the sd.
Note: You can export your configuration, and everything will work without any extra work after the reinstall. (menu->data->backup/restore)
Note 2: When using the state stuff, there's no need for an 'active normal mode' task. It'll revert everything back again.

for me reinstalling Tasker and restarting my phone fixed it


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Nexus 4 encryption
I encrypted my nexus, and now forget the password after the power is run out Can anyone tell me how many digit required and its rules (upper case, number, etc)?

According to an enlightening blog post by Nikolay Elenkov the master password is derived from your screen lock password or PIN. These screen lock passwords are limited to 16 characters but don't have any rules by default (unless you have a device administration policy enabled that enforces something different). Assuming you haven't done anything different than the normal encryption process, these should be the password restrictions you're bound by.
As an aside, according to Nikolay, there is no character limit or rules on the master encryption password fundamentally.


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How to remove this sliding app section?
A couple of weeks ago a sliding app section appeared on my home-screen. I have no idea how it got there, and no clue on how to disable/remove it. I tried all I could on the homescreen, to no luck.
Using Galaxy S3, Android 4.1.2, everything standard (so no custom launcher).

Any ideas on how to remove it?

It's part of Samsung's multi window feature, and was added by a system update. To disable it, go to the main Settings app. In the Device group, click on Display. In the General group, there's a Multi window item. Uncheck this setting to turn off the sliding tray.
If you want to use the multi window feature sometimes, but don't want the sliding tray there all of the time, you can add an item to the quick setting menu (at the top of the notification panel). The setting for that is also in Settings → Display. Click Notification panel to go to a page that lets you drag buttons on and off the quick setting menu. Multi window is one of the items, and that button toggles the tray on and off.

As far as I know (I don't own a Samsung device) you can also toggle it on/off (when it's enabled) by holding down the back button (or maybe it is the menu button, not sure).


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Samsung galaxy note knocking off other computers wifii
My Samsung galaxy note 10.1 32gb knocks off the other computers on the WiFi network when I connect.  Mine connects fine, but the other computers (laptops) get knocked off and have to be rebooted or repaired to gain access again.  Why does this happen and how can I fix it?

You'll have to explain what you mean by "repaired", as this usually implies some sort of physical damage or corruption.  Have you made any changes to your router to assign IP addresses to devices that connect to it based on their MAC address?  Perhaps you've assigned multiple MAC addresses the same IP address?

Your Phone might be connecting to the Wi-FI network  using a static IP (thus knocking off whatever device is also using that same IP to connect), go to advanced settings on your connection and choose DHCP, that should fix it.


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My phone keeps re-starting when I plug in charger
Over the last couple of days my Galaxy Ace 2 (2.3.6) will not switch off while charging.
If I am not charging it will switch off, but the minute I plug the charger in it automatically switches itself on again.
If I take the battery out and replace it, the same thing happens when I plug the charger in. Diving mode is turned off.
Has anyone else had this? Does anyone one know how to cure it?


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Turn off text message (SMS) sync to Exchange email account
I recently started using a Samsung Galaxy S4 and one of the features in a synchronization between text messages and email accounts.
When a text message comes in it throws a copy into my Exchange email accounts that are one the phone. I want to turn this feature off but cannot find a setting for it anywhere.
Any ideas?

It's in the settings for your Exchange account, hidden rather well.
Go to:

Settings
Accounts
Exchange
Settings
Select your Exchange account
More Settings
Uncheck "Sync SMS"

On mine and some others it's so well hidden it's not there at all, either under KitKat or Lollipop.
The only way I got that checkbox to show was to delete and recreate the Outlook account. Then, on the Sync settings list during the setup wizard, Sync SMS was an option along with Contacts, Calendar, etc...

To stop this you simply need to disable the Sync SMS feature on your Android phone which is enabled by default.
To disable the Sync SMS feature:

Open the Email Account Options settings.
Disable(uncheck) the Sync SMS feature.

Now you won't be receiving the text messages in your email inbox.

Thank you for the reply!  I found the email account settings but there is "sync SMS" setting.  I checked the text account settings too.  I have been searching for something like what you described since S4 and S5 instructions talked about a "sync SMS" setting.  No luck finding this on the S6.  Any suggestions?

Steps : 1. Press the "Settings" icon on the home screen 2. Press "Accounts and Sync" 3. Under "Manage Accounts", select your Outlook Exchange account 4. Under "General settings", press "Account settings" 5. Scroll almost to the bottom, and uncheck SMS sync under "Incoming settings" or Refer this answer

In Settings-Accounts on my S4 both under KitKat and under Lollipop there was/is NO Sync SMS settings.
The only way I got that checkbox to show was to delete and recreate the Outlook account. Then, on sync settings list during the setup wizard, Sync SMS was an option along with Contacts, Calendar, etc...

In the native 'Email' application, disable Sync Message.
Detailed instructions:

Open the Native Email application
Select 'More'
Select Settings
Select your work account
Scroll down to 'Exchange ActiveSync Settings'
Turn 'Sync Messages' to OFF

Found on "Android Central Forums"

I had the same problem. Some of the above responses apply to other phones. Finally found it on my S6. Go to: Settings, Device, Applications, Email, then find the email account and click on it. Scroll down to find the Sync Messages option. Turn it off.


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How can I look up words in an eBook reader with Google Translate?
Is there way  to look up words and phrases while reading an eBook in the Google Translate app? Moon reader can do that in a browser, but the translate app is much better.

Here is what I ended up doing:

Install Aldiko reader
Install Andmade Share
Hide all share apps except Google Translate using Andmade
Select a phrase in Aldiko
Tap on the share button

Now the translation of the phrase will appear directly in the Google Translate app.

Please note that we prefer questions that ask how to solve a problem, rather than questions that ask for help finding an app. You should have a look at our [help].

As Al noted: Is there an app for X questions are off topic here. However, as Moon+ itself recommends: Install ColorDict or Fora Dictionary alongside, both integrate fine with Moon+ and support online dictionaries as well as offline dictionaries.

Google's Play Books app integrates translate and you can upload your own books into it.  Un-DRMed ePUBs and PDFs are supported.

There are some ebook reader apps with can enable you to share book passages. And you can use Google Translate to share them... So select the passage and share it using Google Translate ! For example, the Kobo app for Android and Aldiko (free or €2.49) are ebook readers which enable to share book passages. Google Play Books have a built in feature to translate passages too (it must use Google Translate).
Obviously, you can also copy the passages by hand, open the Google Translate app and use it to translate what you have just copied. It is not quite smart or ergonomic but it works.

Is there a way to set the default app for share?

@CravingSpirit Perhaps but it is a bad idea. "Share" is used to share everything with every media. From "sharing a text by mail or on a random social network" to "share a file with another device via Bluetooth", they all use the "share" intent. Setting a default app for sharing is not convenient at all. Avoid it and forget this idea.


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Re-route all audio from tablet to PC-Speakers
My setup is the following: I have a PC and a tablet (Nexus 7), and only one sound system (2.1, 3.5mm input). My goal is to play both sounds coming from my PC and from my Nexus 7 whilst it is in the (official) docking station through the speaker-system hooked up to my PC.
I've looked for a way to merge the two incoming signals but without any success (except for cost-heavy DJ equipment to mix both signals), so now I'm wondering if it's possible to simply re-route all outgoind audio via USB to my PC (both running Windows and Linux (Ubuntu)).
I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me. Thank you.

According to Lifehacker, you can use a headphone splitter in reverse to achieve your goal.


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Is there a way to override notifications that don't let me dismiss them?
I have a Galaxy Nexus that's running 4.2.2. Certain apps, like Words with Friends, occasionally send spammy notifications for trying out a different game or something like that. They won't dismiss when I press the dismiss all button, and I can't manually swipe to remove them. I have to actually press the notification which takes me to the app.
Obviously I don't want to have to bother opening and immediately closing an app to remove a notification. The simplest solution of course would be to not install apps that do this, but in general, is there a way to have more control over your notification bar?

AFAIK, with Android 4.2+ you can regulate on a per-app-base whether you want to see notifications or not. Long-pressing a notification should open a menu, from which you can navigate to the corresponding place, and define you don't want to see notifications from that app anymore. (As I have no device with 4.2+, I cannot check myself).
On the other hand, "spammy messages" sound like they come from some advertizement module, such as Airpush or Leadbolt. You can verify that with Ad-Scanners (I recommend AppBrain Ad Detector). If I guessed right with that, you have two ways to react on this: for Airpush, there's a way to Opt - out, same seems to apply for Leadbolt (Opt-Out). AppBrain Ad Detector clearly shows you which network is involved, see below screenshots.

AppBrain Ad Detector (source: Google Play; click images for larger variant)
Or you consider avoiding apps using such an aggressive advertizement, uninstall yours, and watch out for a less offensive alternative -- that's what would be my choice. I have full understanding for devs to fund their fremium apps using ads -- but please, leave those adds where they belong: inside the app they are funding. Pushing ads to the notification bar, or adding "funny shortcuts" to the user's homescreen, is intruding the user's privacy, and has no connection to the app at all (in most cases, users even have no clue where that "stuff" comes from).

I'm certain it's just from these particular apps and not some ad app. Thanks for the instructions on disabling notifications for a given app. The only problem is I want to see most notifications for them, i.e. when it's my turn to play.

Yeah, unfortunately Zynga, while it isn't the worst of the lot, isn't the best either.  If I wasn't actively playing some Words With Friends games with family members I would have deleted it.

@JohnStraka that would leave some ad blocker, if your device is rooted -- or something that blocks the ad modules themselves (there are tools that modify the Dalvik cache accordingly -- like Lucky Patcher, check this article :)


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Do manufacturers write the drivers for their new Android runned devices?
You notice Samsung Galaxy S4 is different than MetroPCS Z500.
Does the manufactuer update the drivers depending on the hardware their Android OS is tweaked. For, I.e., different support drivers. This question doesn't concern policy, but the software Android runs on different running platforms with different hardware.
For example extra hardware must be mapped diferently to access, so new Linix drivers must be written right?

Short answer: yes.
In fact, it's a little more complicated than that. The device manufacturer or OEM buys different components (chips and sensors) from other manufacturers. Some of those components (such as the SoC or chipset) in turn contain hardware designed by other companies. For example, an LG phone might contain a SoC manufactured by Qualcomm, which in turn contains a GPU designed by ARM.
Just like how the hardware contains components from different vendors, so does the software. In the example, when ARM licenses (sells) the GPU design to Qualcomm, they also supply the source code for a reference driver for the GPU design. (They'd include source for whatever platforms Qualcomm is interested in, including Android.) Qualcomm would adjust all the parameters of the driver (such as the memory map, which you mentioned) for their SoC, and put it together with drivers for all the other components of the SoC.
Then, when LG buys the SoC from Qualcomm, Qualcomm would supply this combined driver to LG. LG puts this together with the drivers for other parts of the phone (such as the touch screen), adds their UI customizations, and builds a ROM image that they can flash onto the phone during manufacture.
There's sometimes an extra step, too: the carrier might change the ROM to include more pre-installed apps, a different boot animation, or other customizations.
So, although in general each component manufacturer or designer is responsible for the driver for their own components, that driver is changed further down the line.

That's what usually delays an Android update being rolled out to the end user's device: Even if the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) announced a new Android version being available two months ago, it's still only available to Nexus users (their drivers etc. are included with AOSP) -- while OEMs first need to adjust their drivers, and test how that goes along with the new Android version. For some devices, they might even decide it's not worth it, and not adjusting the new version.
The same applies once more to vendors/carriers shipping branded devices: they first need to wait for the manufacturers to finish their adjustments, and only then can start adjusting the branding (and testing their adjustments again). Another delay. But now you might uderstand why some carriers proudly announce a 4.0.x update to some devices, while 4.2 is long available and even 4.3 already knocking at the door.

KLP rumoured to be happening, after 4.3.... :D

Yes, for October  :)


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What is the name of the GUI Android uses/has used?
Like the GUI controlling home screen and app icons, etc.
How or what is this called that renders this?

Are you dealing with Android as it is found in Nexus phones or Android in a random Android phone, not especially a Nexus ?

If you're looking for the general term, it's launcher.

How to quickly understand the Android UI // What is the analogy of the X Server on Android?

It gets the name of the Android OEM front end interface :

Touchwiz for Samsung
HTC Sense for HTC
MotoBlur for Motorola
...

For the "basic" version of Android - i.e. the version embedded in Nexus phones and tablets - people often refer to the Android version as "stock Android". So what about "stock Android UI" or "stock UI" in this case ?

another term for stock Android could be vanilla Android.

...and, accordingly, Vanilla Launcher or Vanilla GUI. If I remember correctly, the current one is Trebuchet?

@Izzy - No, Trebuchet is the launcher made by the Cyanogenmod team.  As far as I can discern, the basic vanilla android launcher from Google doesn't have an actual name.

Oh -- OK, but that's almost AOSP #D Thanks for clarification, Compro01!

The app that runs the vanilla launcher on a 4.2.2 Nexus device is called "Launcher" in the Apps list, its package name is com.android.launcher and it comes from an APK source of /system/app/Launcher2.apk. So given all that, I'm pretty sure that it's called "Launcher"

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Vibration for LG Keyboard
I don't know about the other models, but my LG Optimus L3 2 doesn't vibrate while touching the virtual keyboard. That's really bad, because it's annoying to hear a sound to make sure the key was pressed. Since I couldn't find any option to activate that, I tried another keyboard available in market and it worked, but I still don't have vibration while pressing the return key. Is there a way to activate vibration for all keys in the device?

I was somehow happy my LG does not vibrate on "keypresses" -- but allright, it should be configurable as tastes differ. Have you checked the settings for "haptic feedback", and played with what you've found?

I can't find such options. Where are they in your phone?

I didn't check in my O4X (felt no need yet), but remember having seem them. I admit it might have been in CyanogenMod on one of my other devices. // Just checked: Yes, I have a corresponding setting in Settings->Sound, rawly translating to "sound when typing*. Maybe you check that section?

Have you tried the Go Keyboard?
I use Go Keyboard on Samsung Galaxy S4. It vibrates when I press the return key. It's customizable via Sound and vibrate > Key press vibrate. You might also want to check Advanced Setting > Smiley Setting; this lets you merge the Smiley and the return key function.


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Android 4.2 "Partition...has a different major than its disk!" error in logcat
I'm using a Samsung i9100 running Android 4.2.2 via sentinelrom_v4_75_i9100.  No changes to the kernel outside what came with that ROM.
I've tried encrypting a number of different 4.2.2 ROMs and always after a few reboots the sdcard0 doesn't mount.
Before encrypting again (and presumably having the same problem) I'm trying to trouble shoot the issue ahead of time.
Logcat is spitting out the following errors.
--------- beginning of /dev/log/system
06-14 14:53:58.775 I/Vold    (1842): Vold 2.1 (the revenge) firing up
06-14 14:53:58.785 D/Vold    (1842): Volume sdcard0 state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
06-14 14:53:58.785 D/Vold    (1842): Volume sdcard1 state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
06-14 14:53:58.785 D/Vold    (1842): Volume usbdisk0 state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
06-14 14:53:58.795 I/Netd    (1843): Netd 1.0 starting
06-14 14:53:58.800 W/InterfaceController(1843): Error (Symbol not found: ) while searching for the interface command fini function
06-14 14:53:58.805 D/Vold    (1842): Volume sdcard0 state changing 0 (No-Media) -> 2 (Pending)
06-14 14:53:58.805 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 1, PARTN 1
06-14 14:53:58.805 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 2, PARTN 2
06-14 14:53:58.810 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 3, PARTN 3
06-14 14:53:58.810 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 4, PARTN 4
06-14 14:53:58.810 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 5, PARTN 5
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 6, PARTN 6
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 7, PARTN 7
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/Vold    (1842): Volume sdcard0 state changing 2 (Pending) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 259, MINOR 0, PARTN 8
06-14 14:53:58.825 E/DirectVolume(1842): Partition '/devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p8' has a different major than its disk!
06-14 14:53:58.825 W/Vold    (1842): Duplicate state (1)
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 259, MINOR 1, PARTN 9
06-14 14:53:58.825 E/DirectVolume(1842): Partition '/devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p9' has a different major than its disk!
06-14 14:53:58.825 W/Vold    (1842): Duplicate state (1)
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 259, MINOR 2, PARTN 10
06-14 14:53:58.825 E/DirectVolume(1842): Partition '/devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p10' has a different major than its disk!
06-14 14:53:58.825 W/Vold    (1842): Duplicate state (1)
06-14 14:53:58.825 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 259, MINOR 3, PARTN 11
06-14 14:53:58.825 E/DirectVolume(1842): Partition '/devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p11' has a different major than its disk!
06-14 14:53:58.825 W/Vold    (1842): Duplicate state (1)
06-14 14:53:58.830 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 259, MINOR 4, PARTN 12
06-14 14:53:58.830 E/DirectVolume(1842): Partition '/devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p12' has a different major than its disk!
06-14 14:53:58.830 W/Vold    (1842): Duplicate state (1)
06-14 14:53:58.830 D/Vold    (1842): Volume sdcard1 state changing 0 (No-Media) -> 2 (Pending)
06-14 14:53:58.830 D/DirectVolume(1842): DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded -> MAJOR 179, MINOR 9, PARTN 1
06-14 14:53:58.830 D/Vold    (1842): Volume sdcard1 state changing 2 (Pending) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)

Is there a way I can correct this?
I flashed I9100XWLSN_I9100XXMS2_I9100OXXLS8_HOME.tar.md5 as my clean ROM before flashing this ROM.  Is there a better stock rom to clean up the device before flashing a custom rom?
Thanks for your time.
Ed


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Changing default view mode in Firefox to Desktop
Using Firefox Mobile for Android. I want to lock the option for Desktop mode on by default. The menu option only applies per-tab and is forgotten if I open a new tab.
I have looked around at extensions and in about:config without finding anything.
Can anyone help?

Have you looked at this extension?
Description:

About this Add-on
This add-on enables desktop mode by default; that is, "Request Desktop
  Site" is always checked whenever opening a new tab. This is designed
  for users with larger screens (primarily tablet users).
NOTE: Make sure "Request Desktop Site" and/or Phony are disabled when
  viewing this page; otherwise, you may not be able to see the install
  button.

EDIT: Take this tutorial you can:

In the Firefox address bar, type "about:config" and press Enter.
Tap the "Add a New Setting" button, then select "String" as the type.
For name, enter "general.useragent.override."
For value, enter the browser user agent string you want to use. You can do a Google search for the user agent strings of your preferred browser and OS. In this example, we're using the user agent string for the desktop version of Firefox 17 on Windows 7.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101
  Firefox/17.0

Restart Firefox and confirm that Web sites are loading the desktop versions.
That's it. If you want to change the user agent later, go back to about:config and search for "general.useragent.override." Hit the Modify button to change the user agent or the Reset button to remove it.

It does not work. Still defaults to Mobile. With Firefox 21.

See my edits. There is an alternate approach you can try.

The method in the tutorial unfortunately does not manage to completely replicate the "desktop site" button. The scales of things will come out wrong and websites will be impossible to navigate. (See for example https://www.google.com/maps.) If I instead tick by hand the "desktop site" button it comes out much better. Some sources also tell to make an additional change to layout.css.devPixelsPerPx (see https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/p38p6t/guide_how_to_always_use_desktop_view_in_firefox/). Unfortunately that does not help either.

I made the question in my above comment into a new question https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/250347/changing-default-view-mode-in-firefox-exactly-to-the-equivalent-of-the-desktop.


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Can't change galaxy s4 lock screen wallpaper if security is in place
If I use no security for galaxy s4 lock screen I can use a custom wallpaper for the lock screen. But if I use a Pin security then the lock screen uses the default wallpaper of a kid running with a bunch of balloons when entering my pin. Can someone confirm this please? Thanks

From what I've read this is a known "issue" with the S4.  When using pin security you can't change any lock screen widgets either.  If I was sure that my Fitbit Flex would continue to work with the S4 I'd have flashed CyanogenMod onto my S4 (they have been producing nightly versions for the S4 for a couple of weeks now).

Thanks for your answer. Surprisingly i restarted the device and the problem fixed itself. Hooray


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Sharing Wishlist on google play store
Is there a way to share or transfer wishlist from one account to another on google play store?

As of October 2012, this is not supported. From TabletPCReview:

The function only serves as a bookmark currently, meaning users can't
  share their list with others as "subtle" hints of future gifts.

There doesn't seem to be any app in Google Play that deals with the wishlist either. Perhaps the API for this is closed.