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How can I edit the title of saved/starred places in Google Maps Android?
In Google Maps Android 5.10 you can save a place by clicking and starring the place. However, the name of the saved place is automatically generated by Maps, and can't be edited.
Is there a good way to edit that title, to show the correct/actual name of that place for example?
Googling I only found a solution involving editing the starred place in Google Bookmarks webapps. Is there a better solution?

Update 11 Jan 2016
In latest Google Maps Android (version 9.18.2 2015) there is now an "Add Label" feature/command available when you view a saved/starred place. See Give a place a private label for detailed instructions.
Old workaround (no longer necessary)
After starring a place in Google Maps Android, you can open Google Bookmarks webapps to display your bookmarks. Sort by date to show your latest bookmark and clicking on the Edit button allows you to edit that place bookmark title. The new title would display in My Places (now shown as Your Places) on Google Maps Android. Not an ideal solution, but a workaround involving additional webapps.
Update 13 July 2015
Unfortunately latest Google Maps Android (version 9.11.0 2015) doesn't show the place bookmark titles that you have edited in Google Bookmarks webapps.
References:

Google Maps Support - Google Maps Mobile - Give a place a private label
Arstechnica - Google Maps for Android finally adds custom names for places - 22 July 2015
Android Forum - Google Maps - Label Starred Locations? - 9 April 2010 - provides three workarounds: #9 add suffix "(Title)" to address in Google Maps webapps before starring (not editing on Android); #11 use Google Bookmarks to edit title (solution I chose above); #14 add to contacts and edit contacts names (will search each time use the address in contacts).
Google Mobile Android Forum - Why can't I edit the name of a "Starred" place on google maps? - 1 June 2011 - mentioned bookmark & contacts solutions above, also registering an address as a business place, then can edit the title.

A bit cumbersome but inevitable. Thanks.

I was going to edit My Places to Your Places as it shows in latest Google Maps Android. But I didn't see the edit to saved places title I did in Google Bookmarks webapps  showing there. I'll wait a while and see. Or can someone else confirm this workaround is still working?

@Benjamin  there is now "add label" feature on Google Maps Android. Finally. :-)


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Missing icons at the bottom of the home screen with TouchWiz
My son has recently got a Samsung Galaxy Ace android phone. Somehow he has managed to remove three of the four icons that are normally at the bottom of the screen ( typically the green icon for making a call, the contacts icons etc ).
The bottom screen has now only one button a blue box with four small white squares in it.
How do I get the missing buttons back?
To be specific the buttons that have gone are "Phone", "Contacts" and "Messaging". Instead of being on the bar at the bottom of the screen they are now on the wallpaper with all the other icons.

That's a little bit tricky with Touchwiz.
In order to move app links in and out of the icon bar at the bottom on phones with Touchwiz, you have to enter the app list (App Drawer) via the blue menu icon. This is the only icon that can't be removed. Then press the left hardware key and choose edit, but make sure that you are in the "Customizable Grid" view type. You should now be able to reorganize all icons in the app menu and on the space where the lower 4 buttons are, by using drag and drop. Simply long press an icon and move it where you want.

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Is is possible to configure the 'listen to' voice action to pull up Amazon MP3 player (or other player) rather than youtube search?
Love the voice commands, but for me 'listen to [[blah blah]]' only ever pulls up the youtube app & searches for whatever [[blah blah]] is.  I've got the amazon mp3 app installed (as well as UberMusic) and would like for one of those two to come up instead.
I tried going into Menu > Manage Apps > Youtube & hit the 'clear defaults' button to see if I would get prompted to choose a program to respond to 'listen to' commands, but there was no prompt--I still went right to youtube.
This is a t-mobile vibrant running bionix 1.2.1 (an android 2.2 version).
Thanks!

Try using the apps suggested here and configure them to launch the program of choice.

Thanks much for the response.  I was really looking for something that tied in w/the native voice actions though.  I wound up setting up google music & that (sort of) responds to "listen to".  (It opens up to search results for [[blah blah]].)

The PowerAmp app will respond to "Listen to..." commands.  It's a good music player if you are willing to pay about $5, but it does have a free trial.

Thanks for the response.  I wound up switching to google music, but maybe one of my more-preferred apps will get updated to respond to that voice action someday.

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How to extract sqlite file
My Samsung Galaxy S was having an error on the notification bar saying sd card blank or has unsupported file system, so I was required to format my sd card. However, I couldn't format it using the phone, and my lappy couldnt recognize it either. So I formatted the card using my Nokia 5800, and it works.
I tried to recover lost images and songs using Photorec. However, I was only able to recover 3 files and all of them are sqlite files. One of them is 2gb in size which match the size of all the photos and songs that I used to have. Is the sqlite file my lost data or not? If it is, how can I convert it back to photos and songs that I mentioned earlier?

You're trying to view an SQLite file on your computer?  You should perhaps ask on Super User, though I would Google first -- we only handle Android-specific PC questions, like drivers and the emulator.

That's odd, photos are usually stored within a DCIM directory of the SD-Card. Never heard that one would store them as binary blob within a sqlite db.
Anyways, you cold discover the contents of the sqlite db with the sqlite (sometimes sqlite3) tool. But you need some basic understanding of SQL syntax.


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How can I bulk import texts (SMS) from a SIM card?
How can I bulk import texts (SMS) from a SIM card ?
I'm using a Nexus S with Gingerbread.
The 1by1 import feature (copying the sms to the phone) removes the original sender.

I don't know if it may help you but I had similar problem


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How do I search emails on Honeycomb?
I have multiple email accounts set up on Honeycomb. To my disappointment, I couldn't find any way to search my email. On my Froyo phone I can do this from the options menu. How can I do this on Honeycomb?

In the Gmail app, there is a search icon (magnifying glass) that appears in the top right corner when you are within a mailbox. If you're using the stock, general Email app (with the yellow "@" icon) then I'm afraid there is no search function supported.


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Is GSM telephony feasible on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9?
I'm looking to buy a small tablet to use as a "table phone" for use with a headset, and for video telephony. GSM telephony is a must - I don't want to rely entirely on Skype, or Internet connectivity in general. (Plus I'm eligible for a landline number on my mobile contract so people can call me from normal phones for free, which is great.)
I am hovering between the 7" P1000 Samsung Galaxy Tab and the more expensive, newer 8.9" one.
The 7" one officially supports GSM telephony. Various tests remarked that it's a bit too chunky for use as a normal mobile phone but for my use case on the desk, that doesn't matter. I really just want something I can carry around in a bag, and put on my desk to make calls with.
The 8.9" one supports GSM telephony, but doesn't come with it activated out of the box. You need third party Android products in order to use it.
This strikes me as odd, and makes me expect problems - why else would one build in the functionality, but not ship with it enabled? Telephony is the one thing I really, really need to just work - I can't afford to deal with dropping connections, bad voice quality, patches, and an overall "beta" experience.
Is telephony feasible on an 8.9" Samsung Galaxy Tab?

I really like this question, but I wouldn't ask for GSM telephony on a particular tablet and instead ask general ".. on Android tablets".

@Flow good idea, I edited it into a more general form. Thanks!

No, a list will only get out of date.  We close questions asking for "Devices with X" all the time.

Hmm, he isn't asking for a list. Pekka ask about experience with GSM telephony on the tablets. The out of date argument would also include all CW questions, more or less. And I don't see why the answers now shouldn't also become sometime in the future out of date.

Related: Can I make and receive phone calls using a tablet with a SIM card slot in it?

You write that the 8.9" tablet has support for GSM telephony but that it is not activated out of the box - and that suprises and concerns you.
Well, for many of us, the original 7" Galaxy Tab is the same: the hardware supports GSM telephony but the North American firmwares have no support for it.  Presumably this was done at the behest of the N.A. carriers who want users to use the tablet as a second cellular device - not as a replacement for a phone.
As a result, I had to root the Galaxy Tab and load a European firmware on it in order to activate its GSM telephony.  Once I did this it worked perfectly well as both a phone and a tablet.  (Though it does seem rather slow by today's standards, and it won't be getting ICS.)
It sounds like that is the same situation that you would face with the 8.9" tab: the fact that the GSM telephony was not supported out of the box did not mean that it didn't work well - but you need to be prepared to get your hands dirty to 'activate' this functionality yourself.

A list with tablets will rapidly became outdated so the best is to provide a reference to 2 sites that will probably get updated at least every once in a while:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_devices

(not all specs available you can search for the model name here http://www.gsmarena.com/ to get the specs) and

http://www.google.com/phone

(only US devices I think)


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I've bricked my HTC Thunderbolt with Cyan... help?
Well, this is totally my fault.  I had a little extra to drink last night and on a whim decided to upgrade the Cyan rom on my HTC Thunderbolt.  There appeared a later version in my Rom Manager so I clicked the buttons, gave permissions and off it went... next thing I know, the phone does not get thru the white HTC screen.
Help?  Can anyone provide a simple step-by-step?
Thank you kindly!

I would try flashing a RUU

Are you able to get into the recovery boot menu? (On my phone, it is accessed by holding down the vol down button when turning on the phone). If so, there may be something that can help you. I have had this happen to me, and what I had to do was to try re-installing the ROM from the zip file, using the process described here (scroll down to Flashing CyanogenMod - method via recovery). On that page, it also states "As of right now CyanogenMod is not officially available for the HTC Thunderbolt". I did a bit of digging, and found that the only available CyanogenMod roms for the Thunderbolt are unofficial. At this juncture, I would suggest flashing a different ROM, or an earlier version of Cyanogenmod, if you still have the ZIP file you used before the update.


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What's the difference between an AOSP ROM and a stock ROM?
I'd like to know what's the difference between these two.
What are the Advantages or Disadvantages of using a AOSP ROM vs a Stock ROM?
Is it just the Theme/Skin/UI and Bloatware that's different or is there something else?

A stock ROM is the ROM that comes with a device; the device is "stocked" with that ROM by the manufacturer.  Android is generally customized by the manufacturer to some degree; at minimum there needs to be device-specific drivers and so on for Android to work on a particular device.  As Flow notes, customizations may include a custom theme, launcher, and default apps like HTC Sense does.
An AOSP ROM is a ROM based on the Android Open Source Project.  In the purest sense, AOSP refers to unmodified ROMs or code from Google.  The name is often co-opted for custom ROMs that are very close to the original AOSP, since these ROMs still need to be customized; for example, I can't download/compile the Android source code and run it on my Samsung Vibrant without doing a whole lot of customizations.  The name is often abused to refer to ROMs that don't have a custom launcher or many of the other modifications carriers make with Sense, TouchWiz, Motoblur et al., although they may still be themed.  A more accurate name for plain, mostly-unaltered ROMs for non-Google devices is probably "vanilla ROMs".  (This distinction is part of our tagging policy here; see this Meta discussion for more info.)
Techncially, stock ROMs are all AOSP ROMs apart from the versions of Android that haven't been released.  Honeycomb ROMs aren't AOSP, but (for example) Gingerbread ROMs are AOSP since the 2.3 source code is available at http://source.android.com/.  (That assumes Google hasn't hidden parts of the code and given it to manufacturers secretly.)
To further add to the confusion, a "custom ROM" does not refer to customized ROMs in general.  That term specifically refers to ROMs that have been customized by third parties (i.e., not the manufacturers or carriers).  For example, I'm running a custom ROM that is just a re-themed and tweaked stock ROM.  CyanogenMod is another example, and it has many features built from the ground up rather than mere tweaks.  Most AOSP ROMs you'll find for a specific device are stock ROMs that have been customized to remove some of the manufacturer/carrier tweaks and make them closer to the pure AOSP experience.

Why don't they use the same drivers? is the implementation across both roms different?

@UriHerrera Drivers are often not made open source, and are not part of the Android Open Source Project.

I think the third paragraph should be removed. Arguing that every stock rom is also an AOSP rom might be confusing for people who just want to know what to expect from roms tagged as stock based vs. AOSP based on sites like xda-developers - and if you stretch it a little, by this logic you can call all android roms linux distributions.

@Mihic You're assuming XDA et al. is consistent with how they use AOSP which I don't think they are.  The rest of my post should provide some indication of the differences however.

You are right, people stick all kinds of tags to their roms just to get attention. :S

Technically the third paragraph is no longer correct, as some OEMs choose to provide stock roms from forks like CyanogenMod instead of AOSP. So you'd have to say 99% of stock ROMs are AOSP ROMs.

@Mihic I'm trying to get Marshmallow and XDA says you need "a stock based rom" what does "based" mean? Does CM count?

@Celeritas CM definitely does not.  You need an actual stock ROM or something with minor modifications from it (that are made at the file level, like custom themes or removed bloatware).  CM is built from the ground up separate from any manufacturer's ROMs.

It depends on the manufacturer. One does more customization then others. Prominent examples are TouchWiz from Samsung and Sense from HTC. While the two are mostly UI changes, there are also cases where additional functionality is added to the ROM, like Bluetooth Tether and full system encryption, which nowadays are features provided by AOSP. Others make only small changes to vanilla Android.
But in general I would say it mostly the theme, skin, UI and the pre-installed apps that differ from ASOP. On the other hand, it is nearly impossible to make a absolute statement. The differences vary from manufacturer and model.

I think sometimes a practical answer helps clear things up, this will not be as technical as the other answers, but more so a real world example.
I have a T-Mobile Galaxy s5.
The XDA page can be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5
When looking for Roms there are 2 main categories :
T-MOBILE GALAXY S 5 ANDROID DEVELOPMENT
This category is all "stock" roms. The code base is the TouchWiz Samsung ROM usually stripped of bloatware and optimised in some way.
SAMSUNG GALAXY S 5 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT
This category is all "AOSP" roms. All the ROMS here are built from the Android Open Source Project Code and modified/optimized for the Galaxy S5 (Any Variant). The reason it is "unified" is because any AOSP ROM for an S5 should work on ALL S5's, but with heavily modified roms like the "Stock/TouchWiz" they are generally optimized/driver specific for each model of the samsung galaxy s5.


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How can I free some disk space without deleting my apps?
I dont have that many apps. But I had to delete old ones to get new ones because my phone keeps saying I have low storage.
How can I free some disk space without deleting my apps?

What device and Android version do you have?

i have a mytouch slide and i think its 3G

The only way that I am aware of is if you don't want to remove apps from your device, you could remove the app data associated with them. Certain apps take up quite a large amount of space, Google Maps is an example of this if you use it regularly.
To delete the app data go to settings > Applications > Manage Applications and click on a app name and then click on the All Tab. You may want to click on Menu > Sort by size so it will show you what apps are using the most space from the top of the screen.
To clear the app data click on the app name and then click on the clear data button.
Do this for a couple of apps and the low storage space warning should eventually disappear, you may have to go through quite a few apps though. This is what I have to do on quite a regular basis unfortunately.
Another tip, the browser tends to store a lot of data, but if you click on clear data for the browser you will lose everything including bookmarks. Instead from the browser press menu > more > settings  and then clear things like history and cookies etc.
Hope this helps

Clearing Data removes all application settings.  Those usually don't take as much space as Cache.  Try deleting app Cache first instead, by tapping the "Clear Cache" button on that same screen.

If your phone is rooted, you can CacheMate to automatically clear your applications' caches for you on set intervals.

Some apps that I know of like Instagram, Facebook, Maps tends to accumulate a lot of internal space to store their cache, it is not unusual to find cache by Facebook and Instagram reaching up to hundreds of MBs mainly due to video cache and images in my phone, you might want to check them first.
Also if you have apps with very large apk files try to move them to sdcard. In some rare cases I found that dalvik cache also contains some dexes of previously uninstalled apps....you can try to clear dalvik cache too in recovery or manually if you have a rooted phone.
Check some other apps if any that use streaming or internet connectivity especially social media apps, they tend to store a lot of cache.
If your phone is rooted you can try to remove bloatware that came pre-installed in your phone


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How can I create recurring events in Jorte?
That is, an event that happens once a week, once a month, once a year, etc. Pretty sure I've read that this can be done, but I can't figure out how. (I've also read that this app has quite a learning curve!)
I don't want this calendar linked with my Google calendar, so creating it there isn't an option.

In the Event creation dialog box I have a "Repetition" drop-down box with all of those options.  This is using Jorte 1.2.31

It can be done by selecting the desired repetition from the combo box. Here some screenshots:

Jorte changelog does not have entry that describe the recurring events addition so I suppose this feature coule be there since first releases.


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Are there any applications that actually rotate an image?
I have Sketchbook Mobile, and I'll draw some image with my phone tilted on the side. Now I want the image rotated. Sketchbook Mobile doesn't have the option to rotate the actual image, and so far neither does any program that I've actually tried. They just rotate how the image is displayed but they don't modify the actual image, so when I upload it to Photobucket or something, it's 90 degrees off.
Are there any programs that actually rotate an image?

I was going to mention the stock Gallery app, but my guess is that it just rotates the view, and not the actual picture itself.

I used Photo Wonder for this on older versions of Android.
In newer versions of Android, the built-in Gallery app supports this.

Perfect! A bit heavy for just rotating an image, but it gets the job done. Thanks!

For this and all my editing needs on my phone, I use PicsArt.


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Connect to internet via internet cafe PC when no wi-fi or 3G is available?
We are developing an Android data-entry application for use in places with very limited connectivity.  We'll be using old/discarded Android devices in areas outside towns in Kenya, Uganda, etc. where there is no wi-fi; the devices themselves are not signed to a phone service.  Users collect data in the field & return home, where typically internet access is available only via shared PCs at internet cafes.
I'm wondering if there is an easy way to connect an Android phone to a PC via the USB cable such that it shares the PC's internet connection for outbound connections?  ie. reverse tethering...  which seems to be a common topic, but all of the solutions seem to involve installing software on the PC, which I'm not sure would work at a cafe.  Is there "an app for that"?
I can provide more details if it helps find a solution!  Thanks

No; a device-side app can't force the PC to share its internet connection.
One option might be to connect the device and mount the storage to the PC, so the data could be uploaded to a website or emailed.  This has its own issues -- depending on the PC OS and the particular phone, drivers might be needed -- but it should work in some cases.


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How do I force stop an application downloading from Android Market?
As I posted Some of the applications are getting downloaded more than once ... I need to stop the downloading an application from the Market. Its really waste of time and waste of data(I use 2GB data plan for my mobile).
I restarted the phone, killed the Market app from Task Manager, but still no help. It still continues to download. After complete downloading its going to start download again. For this reason I wanted to stop the Download.
(Android 2.1)

Did you try clearing the data for the Market app?

@MatthewRead - No I haven't tried it. How to do that ?

Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> Market -> Clear data + Clear cache

@MatthewRead - There is no Clear Data. But Clear Cache is there and it shows 0.0kB.

Does "Clear Data" show up if you hit "Force Kill"?

Still no help. I tried to force kill. But it is not getting stopped.

Go to Settings... Applications...  Select Filter Options (contains All, Running, Downloaded).
This option can be chosen by clicking left/right option depends upon handset model.
Choose 'All'...so that you can see all applications. Select Download Manager; there you can click 'Clear data' button. It will stop all downloading applications.
Just now I analyzed and found it out.

Here's a random guess work on fixing your problem, at times I find myself facing this "bug". What I do is connect to wifi and just let it do its thing (download until it stops) then I disconnect and reboot. After that, I don't encounter it anymore. Well, I encountered it twice but that was it.
This is coming from an ICS user btw.

The fix is quite simple actually .You need to erase the downloadmanager's data.
Goto the download manager in Settings->Apps and clear DownloadManager's app data.

The application downloading continuously again and again Is quite annoying and quite common whether you are  using a Data plan(Mobile Data) or Wireless(Wi-Fi). I  had faced the same problem when updating the TrueCaller app on my Android device(4.1.2).The app had installed almost 4-5 times and all the time it installed only 65-70% and also wasted a lot of mobile data.My suggestion is the internet configuration is not proper or there is low network in your area.
Concept:-
For the problem to understand there's a small concept of data transfer in the internet.
In the internet there is two basic steps of data transfer
1)Uplink (up arrow) .
2)Downlink(the down arrow).
First the request will be sent to the server through an uplink. Next the server responds by sending the data through the downlink(in the form of packets).
You can see this when you are browsing the net there is alternative downlink and uplink of data and packets are transferred internally(you cannot see which packet is transferred and when but only confirm if all are received through a successful login or complete download).For this you will require a good network around you
If any one packet is lost/missing ( during downlink or uplink) then the play store keeps trying to update the app until you reach 100% of installation and you cannot stop the update until and unless you boot your device or click stop(Sometime even stop does not function) or even close your mobile data.
Solution:-

For this  switch off the connection(Mobile Data/Wi-Fi) for a while .
Make sure all the settings are correctly configured.(Plan is active,
having appropriate balance ,good network reach etc.)
Then switch on Mobile Data wait for the connection to be
established and check for an app whether it is installing or not. If yes then you can update you app which was getting re-installed every time.
If you still face the problem then in the app page scroll to the bottom where you will find a support mail id and contact them with your problem as well as a screen shot.
Once the app is updated then you shall not face any
problem regarding constant re-install in the.

In Setting > App > Running app > Download manager, click the Clear cache button. The download process will stop.

Not sure about the downvote, this answer seems worth a try.

authors: Светльо и Димка


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Why would the Netflix App want to "read sensitive log data" on my device?
I just noticed that that Netflix App wants the "Read Sensitive Log Data" permission to run.

What exactly does this permission allow? (besides the fairly generic/scary sounding description in the market)
Why do you think the Netflix app might need it?

Maybe you should contact the developer and ask them.

Some apps use this to retrieve debug information and send it to the company to help improve the app (eg. Evernote [source]). Couldn't find any information on how Netflix uses the data and can't test but maybe there's a "Send debug information" button or something similar. This, of course, is pure speculation, so you'll have to think "Do I trust this company with my data?"
As to what information is made available by this, you can check this by using aLogcat or the Android SDK and logcat. There's a public Google+ post which describes an example of logcat information.

That Google+ link is dead


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How to use my phone to transfer Wi-Fi to other devices?
I'm using Nexus S, recently I got a Kindle, however, the Kindle couldn't connect to my company's Wi-Fi (seems it doesn't support the encryption method), so I'm wondering this method:

My Nexus S connect to company's Wi-Fi
Nexus S performs like a adhoc  , create a new wifi
Kindle connect to the new Wi-Fi.

The problem is how to perform step 2. I found a software Wifi tether, but it can only tether 3G network to other devices, not Wi-Fi.
Any suggestions? my phone is rooted.

It's not possible to share a Wi-Fi via Wi-Fi, this would require two Wi-Fi chips. Only mobile data tethering is supported via Wi-Fi.

Not exactly, Windows 7 can do this through some trickery, but I would agree that you can't do it on Android as of yet.

Hmm, I thought that Win7 can only extend the wifi, not "tether" it. Oh well, live and learn...

@onik, something doesn't make sense. If I connect the phone to the network using WiFi and then connect a laptop to it using USB tethering it still does not work. This doesn't need two WiFi cards, does it? The connection is established up to the gateway, but I cannot access anything beyond that (hence no internet connection). Any ideas?

@Gili As far as I know, no device supports reverse tethering over WiFi out of the box, and I can't find any apps for it with a quick search.

@onik, I'm not trying to do reverse tethering (to me this means sharing my Laptop's WiFi connection with the phone). I'm trying to share the phone's WiFi connection with the laptop.

@Gili Ah, yes. My bad. But still, most devices only have mobile network tethering built in, but it's possible, at least with a 3rd party app.


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Geofenced ring volume app?
Is there an app to set a ring volume automatically based on location? What I need is an app to switch to vibrate when I'm at home and turn the volume up when I leave home (ringing phone wakes my sleeping baby and I often forget to silence the phone manually).

I'd recommend checking out Locale, it's meant for this kind of automation. Or Tasker could work too, and it has a 7-day free trial on the manufacturer's page.

I'd suggest you try llama. Why because its free and its awesome. It can not only handle ring volume but WiFi, mobile data, run apps and many more.
The best thing is it works with Cell Mesh, so you don't have to keep GPS on.

A free alternative to Tasker and Locale is AutomateIt from Muzikant.

You could also check Just that does much more than changing volume, plus it has an easy to use interface.


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Any way to retrieve phone number dialed while in airplane mode?

Possible Duplicate:
Android - Call log/ history : Retrieve a dialed number when there was no network coverage

I dialed a new phone number while in airplane mode, and the number was not saved. Is there any way to restore this number from any logs or maybe some combination?

No, I'm afraid you're out of luck. Android doesn't appear to save to the Call Log a number that failed to go through. AFAIK that's the only place where it might have been recorded.

Dup is here: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/10922/android-call-log-history-retrieve-a-dialed-number-when-there-was-no-network


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Video player for H264 videos for Adam/Tegra2?
It seems that the Adam is not fast enough to decode my H264 videos. With some players I get unsync audio, some skip video frames. Even usual PAL size (something around 500x300, far from HD). Ok, Those may have non-basic profile, but I think they are main-profile (most use CABAC, though).
The players I tried include

MX Video Player -- best results, but can not keep up with most H264 vids
VPlayer -- good results
RockPlayer -- often recommended, often tried, no good results.

As you can see, all freely available ones. I would like buy one, If I would know that my videos are handled properly.
Can you suggest a video player that really uses Tegra2 hardware decoding capabilities and therefore will decode the H264 videos nicely?
(Is it important to know that I run Adamcomb on it?)

Strange that MX Video Player fumbles. I use that on my EeePad Transformer and it runs just fine, even claiming hardware decoding. Mind you, I'm doing my own encoding: 480p or 576p High Profile at 768kps.

I first used DicePlayer Trial to verify it worked properly, and the bought the full version, and 720p material works well on my Galaxy Tab 10.1. Give it a try :)

You can get pre-alpha builds of VLC that I have had little issue with playing just about any video format. As I said though, it is pre-alpha. I have tried many other apps, and most worked fairly well, but I also stream a lot of videos over my network after mounting shares to my device and none really worked with the mounted shares. VLC works fine with them.

Hm, I tried VLC, screen stays black. I guessed I'd have to wait for 1.0

Since I put Icecream Sandwitch (ICS) in the Adam the MX Player definitely works best for me. It decodes most things I encoded with Handbreak in H/W-mode -- the things it can't, I am not sure why. But even some 720p/H264 stuff I could not play before are now running smoothly.


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Does CM7.1 give a "low battery" alert?
I've been using CyanogenMod 7.1 since it became stable, and one feature I miss is the Low Battery alert. I've often come home from work, thrown my phone on the desk and forgotten to plug it in. When I try to check the phone for messages later, it's completely dead. The battery has run out with no warnings whatsoever.
On previous ROMs (stock and Darky's) I got a notification sound and a dialog that said the typical "your battery is running low" yadayada. Now there's not even a notification in the status bar.
Is this typical behaviour for CyanogenMod, or should I reflash?

I have 7.1 and I get it

I think it was in the settings somewhere ...

I get a notification in the status bar that it's low, but I do not get the dialog.

@Matthew Read: There's a setting for the sound on/off, but even though it's on, i hear nothing. It's the same with screen lock sounds.

@Ryan Conrad: I just get the notification in the lock screen, not even in the status bar...

@onik that could be where I get it, my phone is usually plugged in when ever i have the change, so it isn't very often that I get that notification.

Its in vanilla Android/AOSP in which this is derived from.

Summing up: CyanogenMod from at least v7 up has, as usual, alerts for battery low. It can appear in different places:

in the notification bar (Ryan Conrad)
on the lock screen (onik)

I rawly remember even having seen a toast displayed. According to onik, there should be a setting somewhere to toggle the alert sound for this event on/off -- and according to this CM Forum post...

Led lights are in CM settings, while low battery sound is in phone/sound settings.

I was able to find the sound at the end of the mentioned list with CM 7.2 (but not 7.0.3), but nothing in CM settings specific to the battery low event.
Though: If really needed, this should be quite easily established using Tasker...

Usually it would alert you with a dialog. You may want to reflash your phone.


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How to NANDroid a phone without ClockWorkMod?
I'm almost sure that there is no ClockWorkMod Recovery for my phone (I've been reading some questions and answer in the forum and also google it with this result. So when I installed ROM Manager the first thing I was asked to do was selecting my phone model which wasn't in the offered list.
I want to do a NANDroid but I'm not sure how. In the question I read here I saw Odin, Amon-Ra and Heimdal. I really have no idea what this three tools / apps are and how to use them. What is each one of them? How can I make a NANDroid?
If it helps I have a Samsung Galaxy I551
Thanks!

I can't find anything with CWM for the i5510 / 551 :(

Neither do I. Have you found any custom recovery (regardless Clockwork Mod or which one)?

First, some disambiguation is in order.
Amon_Ra is a developer who created one of the recovery consoles (named after himself.)  Just like ClockworkMod (which was created by a different developer named Koushik Dutta, a.k.a. Koush) Amon_Ra's Recovery performs various low-level tasks on Android devices.
Odin is a Windows application that can be used to flash firmware onto various Samsung Android handsets and tablets.
Heimdal is a cross-platform application (available for Windows, Linux and OS X) that uses the same protocol as Odin to interface with Samsung devices in "download" mode.
NANDroid is a script which runs in Android Recovery mode and dumps the image of the devices' partitions onto the external media such as SD Card.  It requires root and some other libraries to function properly.  For restoring, the recoveries use a different script which utilizes the fastboot binary to flash the image files created by NANDroid back onto their appropriate partitions.
With the above said, neither Odin or Heimdal can be used to take backups of devices; they are purely for flashing firmware onto them.  ClockworkMod or Amon_Ra Recoveries do include the NANDroid script.  However, due to the differences in partition layout, they need to be modified specifically for a given device they are ported to.  If you are knowledgeable enough, you can try to adopt the NANDroid script for use with Samsung Galaxy i551, and run it manually via ADB shell while the phone is in Recovery mode.  Again, you will need root privileges and other libraries compiled specifically for this device.

Thanks for the answer @Chahk. I've already rooted. If I can find (I'm trying right now) Amon_Ra for my phone I assume it will come with those libraries you said, right? I wish I could adapt the script myself, but my knowledgeable ends in programming, really no idea about all this phone stuff :(

Yes, all recoveries that can perform nandroid backup/restore come with all the necessary libraries.  However, Amon_Ra has not been porting his recovery beyond G1 and Nexus One, as far as I know.  ClockworkMod is more widely used, with many others built on its base.  Instead of searching for a specific recovery (i.e., ClockworkMod or Amon_Ra's) I'd suggest a more generic search for "custom recovery for samsung galaxy i551". There could be other recoveries out there for this device that can do backup.


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Disable SMS Syncing on Outlook
I've already asked this question on Superuser (given it's Outlook related), but now I'm trying to see if anyone else on Android Enthusiasts can help me. The details are as below.
I've paired up my Samsung phone with an Outlook Exchange inbox (probably Outlook 2010), and now I've got the outstanding SMS syncing feature. Only, of course, it sucks, since my inbox get's flooded with SMS's that I already have on my phone.
After looking around the internet for quite a while for a option that would allow me to disable that kind of syncing, the only guide I got was designed for Windows Phone 6.x.
I want desperately to disable it. Anyone has any clue as to how?

I had the same problem and think I found the place to correct it:
1) Open the e-mail client program on the Samsung
2) Go to "menu | account settings"
3) Disable SMS-sync
Hope it works!

Thanks! It's exactly what I needed... I can't believe I missed it. I was looking for it in outlook ins tead of in the phone settings.

I can't disable the sms-sync through account settings or anywhere! When I try to uncheck the box it just re-checks itself saying "Text message settings cannot be changed right now."


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Text message time issue
My text message app is behaving rather oddly:
When receiving a text message from a friend, and instantly replying, so that the time of receiving his or her text message is equal to the time of my reply, my reply is placed above the received text message.
ASCII example ;) :
From Theodor 16.23: Dinner sounds good, when do you want to eat?
From Anna 16.23: Do you want to have dinner tonight?

The phone is a HTC Wildfire S running Android 2.3.3

Nice clear and accurate question. +1 for making the effort Theodor.

I don't think there will be a solution, perhaps short of a replacement SMS app. Obviously the time is only recorded as precise as a minute, and when faced with two equal values is more-or-less choosing at random which to show first. If the data was saved to the second it would be a non-issue. Even a third-party SMS app is probably using the same underlying data, so that probably won't help.

@AlEverett - Yes that's what I thought at first, but wouldn't it be more likely that the app is comparing the timestamp longs of the text msg, which is in milliseconds (no?), and hence something else is wrong. I was thinking if the system time on the phone is not set right, but slightly off, the time stamp from the received sms might be of a higher value. Does the os use the timestamp from the service provider or system time for received messages by the way?

i believe this is a problem with most stock messaging apps (i have had this problem with several stock sms apps, as i re-ROM a lot ;) ), and i believe the app may be comparing times with the cutoff at minutes, and have a filter that says if they're at the same time (same minute) display the incoming before the outgoing. This is only my guess.
My solution every time has been to use a replacement SMS app (i've never had a third-party SMS app behave badly in this way), and they usually have more functionality anyways. If you would like to try some, i've used Handcent SMS for a long time, but recently switched to GoSMS and love it.

+1 for "may be comparing times with the cutoff at minutes" - I think this is the key to the problem.

GoSMS Pro for Android works pretty well. You can try this.
AFAIK, the stock messaging app considers the network provided time values. You can try syncronising your phone's time with that of network provided values.


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How can I search for emails on an IMAP (or exchange) server?
Is there an app that can search emails by subject, sender or body text through the IMAP4 protocol?
Alternatively, is there an app that caches the email headers for all messages and searches them locally?

K9 (IMHO the best Mail client for android) currently lacks this feature. If you want this feature, please vote for it without leaving "I want this too comments"
I don't know of any other alternatives.


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How do I keep my contacts separate?
How do I keep my Gmail contacts off my phone (Samsung Galaxy S if it matters) and at the same time keep my phone's contacts off Gmail?  I don't normally do email from my phone, and when I have had to log into my account, it automatically downloaded all the contacts.  I don't want to search through a bunch of email-only contacts to find the person I need to call.

In the Settings -> Accounts & Sync, select your gmail account, in there you will see "Sync Contacts". You can uncheck that and the device will not sync your contacts to gmail, nor will your gmail contacts sync to your device.
As onik said too, you can have it show only people with phone numbers too.

When I did this, there were still gmail contacts in my phone.

FYI: This setting does not appear to work on the current version of Android. Google's wisdom can really irritate sometimes.

There's an option to only show contacts that have a phone number, you can set it in Contacts -> menu key -> Display options. This will hide the unnecessary contacts but keep your email synced.

Here is another option similar to @onik's reply ...
In the Contacts -> menu key -> Display options, there is a list that says Choose contacts to display. For example, Google, Backup Assistant + Contacts, Preset, Hotmail. There is a down arrow on the left of each item. Click the arrow and panel appears with All contacts and a check box. Uncheck the box, and those contacts will not be displayed in your list.

This is for Android v2.3.5
On Verizon
Motorola

Hay guys while non of you had the answer that worked for me, it gave me some ideas to work with. I figured it out. Android 6.0 Contacts -> Menu -> Contacts to Display -> then uncheck "Google" and uncheck "USIM". And it works great, yeah.

First copy all your G-mail contacts to your phone.  You can find this under Menu -> Manage Contacts -> Then Copy Contacts.
Choose to copy from G-mail to Phone.
All the G-mail contacts will copy over; Then you can decide which ones from the phone contacts can stay and which ones you can delete without having to worry about it "syncing" with Google and erasing important contact info.
Then you can also take it a step further and click your contact phonebook viewer.  You can choose phone only, SIM, Gmail, etc; by selection.  The phonebook will show only this information.
Finally for those who don't want to clutter up their phonebook with EVERY EMAIL you've ever sent - you can click under settings "view contacts with phone numbers only".  This will give you a cleaner look for the phonebook.
hope that helps

That defeats the purpose of keeping GMail contacts OFF the phone.

It sounds more like the OP was wanting to just keep them separate. Not sync them in two different places.


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Do Verizon 4g phones degrade to 3g when 4g is not available?
I'm thinking about getting a Verizon Android 4G phone. But I have a question about how 4G works...
4G is supported in my city, however if I move into a part of the city where 4G isn't covered or it's spotty, does the phone degrade to 3G service (assuming that is available)?  Or does it degrade all the way down to normal slow cell service (the same service you get when 3G isn't available)?

I will say yes, but, that answer doesn't necessarily hold true 100% of the time. It really depends on the bands that the device supports.
On the device spec sheets you will usually see something like this:

800/1900/700

These are the bands that the device will operate on. I pulled these numbers from the Droid Bionic. From that spec sheet, it goes even further and shows that it supports EV-DO rev.A (CDMA/3G), and LTE (4G). So this phone does support Verizon's 3G & 4G networks, which means that if 4G is not avaialble, then it will fall back to the CDMA data network (which is what the device will uses for Voice even when data uses LTE.
The same rules apply for GSM networks like AT&T and T-Mobile. The device spec sheet will say what bands the device can operate on, and if the carrier's network operates within that band, then the phone will work. This is why iPhone users can use unlocked AT&T iPhones on T-Mobile's network, but they only can get EDGE data. This is because the iPhone does not support the band that T-mobile uses for its UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ (3G/4G) data networks.
T-mobile bands:

850/1900 (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)
1700/2100 (UMTS/HSPA)

AT&T bands:

850/1900 (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)
580/1900 (UMTS/HSPA) (3G)
700 (LTE) (4G)

Verizon bands:

800/1900 (CMDA/EV-DO) (3G)
700 (LTE) (4G)

Sprint doesn't know if they want to use LTE or WiMax so I am not listing their bands.

Yep.  You're pretty much guaranteed that any "4G" phone from carrier X will work on carrier X's 3G network.  Until 4G coverage is ubiquitous it would be suicide for a carrier to do otherwise.

Yes, the current Verizon 4G phones all have support for the 3G network.  As Matthew Read points out, it would not make sense until 4G coverage is available everywhere that 3G is.
If you have an active data connection, your phone will get a new IP address when it lands on the new network (4G->3G or 3G->4G); apps must be able to handle this event (any app that can handle a temporary loss of data on a 3G network should be fine here)
This document from Motorola's developer site includes the following description:

"As the connected device moves from cell to cell, it tries to maintain
  its network connection. It will generally be successful if the network
  type doesn’t change between cells. However, if the device moves into
  or out of the 4G coverage area, the data connection will be dropped
  and your IP address will change. Because this can happen while an app
  has an active data connection open, Android sends an
  android.net.ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION broadcast whenever
  there is a change in the network. If your app needs to be aware of
  network changes, register for this broadcast. "


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How do you prevent pre-installed (unremoveable) Android tasks/apps from ever starting without rooting your phone?

Possible Duplicate:
How can I stop applications and services from running?

Some apps are necessary for notifications. For example, without the facebook process, there'd be no facebook notifications. But other apps, like Qik or Samsung MediaHub, don't need to be running be I don't use them at all whatsoever, and i do not receive notifications from them!!!!
How do I stop that? Not just kill apps, but prevent them from ever starting without rooting?


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Is it possible to create a shortcut that launches a web page in Firefox when using another browser as default?
I have a web page that I visit that I'd like to open in Firefox via a home screen shortcut (it uses SVG, which isn't supported by the default browser).    Firefox doesn't show in the list of possible shortcuts, nor do I see any option in Firefox to create one.    Btw, I like Firefox, but I'm not ready to make it my default browser yet, so I really want to continue to use the stock Browser for everything but this one shortcut.
I'm running Firefox 7.0.1 / Fennec 7.0.1 on Gingerbread 2.3.4

Edited to mention that I don't wish to change default browser at this time.    Also, for those that will recommend Dolphin HD, it doesn't support SVG yet either.

Related question: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28607/non-default-browser-for-specific-web-page

Is the problem still relevant or has been solved?

@Firelord - wow, that was a while back... I just tested with Firefox 40.0.3 on Android 4.4.4 KitKat -- a  Home Screen shortcut saved with Firefox launches with Firefox, even though another browser (Chrome in this case) is the default.

I've never used Firefox for Android, but if it is the same as other Android browsers, then you should be able to create a home screen bookmark and choose which browser to open the bookmark in (unless you previously saved defaults, then you need to clear the defaults first).

Thanks Lie.   At this point, I don't want to change my default browser; I was hoping I could do it for a specific shortcut.


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One purchased app stuck at "Starting download..." but others download fine
I purchased an app from the Android Marketplace and the download will not start. It is stuck at "Starting Download..." and none of the suggestions on the support
site worked. I can download other apps just not the one I purchased. My credit card was charged for this app -- it was charged twice in fact (I think that could be the issue maybe?)
I emailed Google support, and they responded with the following:

Cancel and restart the download(s)
Reboot your device
Sign in and out of Google Talk repeatedly to restore connection to our servers:

Go to your device’s app launcher, and press the Talk app
If you’re already signed into Talk, press Menu, and then touch Sign out
Launch Talk again to sign in (if you are unable to sign in, please let me know)

Clear the Market cache (Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Market > Clear cache)
Clear the Download Manager cache and data (Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Download manager > Clear
  cache and Clear data)
Ensure there is at least 20MB of free space on your device
Try your download(s) using both WiFi and network (3G/4G) connections
Try to initiate your download from the Web (market.android.com) instead of the device
Ensure firewalls are not blocking access to ports required for Android Market (TCP and UDP 5228)
Confirm that there is strong connectivity on your device, and contact your mobile service provider if you aren't connected
Uninstall Market updates by visiting:
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications, selecting "Market"
  under the "All" tab or filter and touching "Uninstall updates"

I tried all of those things and responded that none of them worked. Their second response told me to perform a factory reset!
Before I do something that drastic, what else can I try?
UPDATE: I went ahead and did a factory reset and I still cannot download this app... any other suggestions?

Have you tried long-pressing on the download notification and cancelling? I've had a few app installs that seemed to get "stuck".

@Al: Sadly, yes I did... no luck!

I am not sure why this happened... I suspect it was due to my open issue with the Android Market team... however I suddenly got an email that my order for this app had been canceled:

Hello JOSHUA,
Your order has been canceled and you have not been charged.
Reason: Other (describe below)
Comments: We could not complete your order in a timely fashion. Your
  order has been automatically canceled. Please retry your purchase.

I was then able to purchase and pay for the app again, and this time, it downloaded!

That's awesome! I can only imagine that the transaction got hung up somehow and they finally cancelled it. (If memory serves from my e-commerce days, authorizations automatically expire if they aren't used by an actual sale within some days. But my memory is murky.)

I was thinking that too @AlEverett... either way I can SSH/SFTP into my phone now, so much easier for grabbing pictures off / managing media!

I had a similar issue once.  It occurred immediately after I got a refund for another app that didn't work (I bought the one that got "stuck" to replace the refunded one).  I was lucky in that after an hour or so the download started on its own and everything was fine.
So that's one option.  Another is to contact the seller of the app, explain what happened, and ask for a cancellation/refund.  Hopefully it fixes the issue, but if not you'll at least be able to get your money back.

Thanks... it's the next day and the app still won't download. I may contact the seller of the app and ask him to cancel the order. As I explained to Google I do want this app and I'm happy to pay for it... maybe the developer will cancel my order knowing I'll just reorder again. I just want the download problem fixed, not my money back! :-)


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How do you remove locked apps without rooting? With Android SDK?

Possible Duplicate:
How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?

I really don't want to root my phone. It works fine as is, except for having the extra unwated apps.
Can one remove unwanted pre-installed apps on a non-rooted phone?


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How can I find out what devices support Skype video calling over Wi-Fi?
How can I find out what devices support Skype video calling over Wi-Fi?  (I'm particularly interested in tablets.)

Shopping questions are considered off-topic on this site.  Since new Android devices are being released on an almost daily basis, this would be a never-ending list that gets outdated just as often.

@Chahk ok, fair enough and thanks for explaining the downvote. I will try to make the question more generic

Thanks for the attempt to fix it, kristof, but unfortunately a list will just get out of date (one of the major problems with shopping recommendations as well).  This question has answers pointing to official sources and Lie's answer also points to something official.  I'll rewrite this to ask how to find out, perhaps, rather than asking for a list.  Hope that's OK.

The Skype application description in the market lists the list of devices that supports video calling. As of Skype 2.5.0.108, video calling is supported on these tablets:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (Wifi, Verizon, Sprint, Plus)
HTC Flyer
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (T-Mobile)
Acer Iconia Tablet (A500)
Motorola Xoom
Acer Iconia Smart

Devices that are not listed may still be able to do video calling, but Skype says that the video quality may not be as good as on supported devices. Check out Skype's application description page for the latest list of supported devices.

thanks @Lie, I was just looking at the market description when your answer appeared. The interesting part in that description is Devices that are not listed may still be able to do video calling. I wonder if there exists an unofficial list.


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Is there a SMS to bluetooth router app?
I have a bluetooth device that is paired with my phone.  The BT device can receive and send text.
How can I route incoming SMS text messages to the BT device?  And conversely, how can I have the BT device send an SMS via the phone?

BT? Do you mean Bluetooth?

Whats the device in question?

There is no standard for this in the Bluetooth protocol stack, so the solution depends highly on the manufacturer of the device. If the manufacturer hasn't created an app for Android, it's probable that you would have to program it yourself or have someone do it for you. This would require that the manufacturer has public protocol definitions available for the communication between the devices.


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Kernel HTC Hero
I have an HTC Hero GSM with CyanogenMod 7.1.0 (stable). Before i had elelinux mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10956118)
This thing is, after installing CyanogenMod i still have FlyKernel-13.
Should the kernel be changed to the cyanogenmod one? (Screenshot here: http://d.pr/3Sgv )
I have some stability problems with the phone rebooting when using GPS, i'm afraid that's causing it...
Where can i download the correct kernel ?

Hmm.  How did you install CM?  A normal install shouldn't have kept the kernel, in fact I'm surprised it would even work with that kernel.

Recovery -> Flashed.

Some phones' partitions have a separate partition for the kernel (often called "boot") that is separate from the one that holds /system.
Unzip the CynanogenMod update.zip - there should be a boot.img inside. If you have fastboot and know how to use it, you can flash boot.img with ./fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img(You will need to be S-OFF for this; sounds like you are.)
Another option is to go back to stock & flash CM again. If you're flashing CM over top of itself you may be able to get away without wiping /data (you may still want to wipe /cache)

Did another thing, downloaded Kernel Manager - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teamwin.kernelmanager.free - and downloaded kernel and flash through there. Worked smoothly (ok, not at first, but the second try worked!).
Thanks


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Is it possible to have separate user accounts in an Android tablet?

Possible Duplicate:
Support for Multiple Users on same device

I would like to buy a tablet and share it with someone else, but I wouldn't like us to mess with one another's configuration, i.e., having to log out and log in from GMail, Facebook, Twitter etc etc etc. Also, separate bookmarks. The issue here is not as much privacy as tidiness.
Will any Android tablet allow me to do that? Maybe if I install CyanogenMod on it? (If not, this question automatically becomes a feature request for CyanogenMod.)

It's now officially available on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and newer. See the above link to the duplicate question for a more elaborate answer.

CyanogenMod has Profiles, but they are not profiles like you are asking. They have more of profiles for the type of notifications and sounds that can happen when that profile is enabled.
Supporting multiple users has been discussed before, and I think that it is something that is needed as well. If I buy a tablet, and set it up for my email, calendar, etc. I don't want that device to be a community device. Which would mean that multiple tablets would be needed in a family household.
A problem with being able to support multiple users is the space required. If each user had their own settings, then the /data/data would have to be much larger to support these extra users. But not only settings, it would have to support all the apps installed by the user too, so /data would have to be much larger too. You couldn't use the same apps between users, because the paid apps are tied to the account that bought them.
I think this will eventually happen, but much larger storage would be needed for the devices. As it is, my device consistently fills the /data/cache and I have to clear that out because of the number of apps I have installed. Now just imagine have 2 (or more users) using the same device. And where do you set the limit on the number of users that can use one device? There are 2 adults and 3 teenagers in my household. So that is 5 people that could potentially be using one device.
I actually experience issues with Google TV about this very topic as well. It doesn't, currently, have gmail, or apps like that, installed, but I can log in to gmail via Chrome Browser, and then if someone else comes and uses the TV/Browser, now I am logged in. (I don't actually do this, but I noticed it to be an issue with services like youtube and such)

If I buy an app for a PC, I expect all user logins in it to be able to use that app. But I can see paid app publishers throwing a hissy fit about it. Maybe paid apps could be blocked from users other than the "main" (admin) one, maybe reserve for that one the right to install/remove apps.

but these devices are not PC's, apps are not tied to the device, they are tied to the user. I have multiple android devices, and I did not have to re-purchase the apps again for the other devices, because I use the same account. PC's are the exact opposite. When you buy a license for software, the license is 99% of the time says that it is licensed for that machine. But PC's do also support "per-user" installs as well. Chrome is a perfect example of software installed per user.

Vanilla Android has no Multi User Support at the moment.
But there is an issue report in the offical Android tracker, that asks for Multi User Support. You can find and star the issue here, which will hopefully raise the importance on this feature request. Please just star it and don't leave comments like "me too", because it will just spam everyone who has stared the issue.
They are 3rd party apps that claim to add support too. I have never used one, because I think that this feature has to be provided by OS itself for a good experience.

OK, I starred it.


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The name of the default android browser
does anyone know if the standard Android browser that comes pre-installed on the cell phones has its own name? Every browser on the market has one - Safari, FF, Fennec, Dolphin, etc. But the "standard android browser" seems lacking it. Or I'm wrong?
I'm writing small blog posts about JavaScript and Android and I'm really tired of writing "Standard Android browser works differently from Fennec" instead of "Foobar works differently from Fennec"

"Default" is another adjective you could use.

Not as far as I know; it's name is just "Browser". To distinguish it from the other browsers, sometimes I call it "stock browser".
btw, it's called Firefox now (or Firefox Mobile), and no longer Fennec.

I've also seen the Android Browser referred to as...the Android Browser.

@AlEverett: I've seen that too, but IMO that is still kinda ambiguous that Android Browser does not mean the other browsers, especially in an article which also mentions browsers in other OSes.

You can use a ActivityManager to get the message about process
in my phone,Browser is "com.android.browser",it's the same in all the android.
Is different OS,the name we see may be different , like different language,and so on.
In English,it's Browser.
Hope the answer is useful.


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Picture converted to very low quality while sending MMS
I've HTC Desire 2.3.3 . Recently I took one photo from stock camera app and clicked Menu -> Share -> MMS.
My picture was automatically converted to 7KB sized file. No doubt the picture lost all its quality.
I was wondering from where I can control this setting, so that I myself can define what size/quality should the MMS picture be. The only thing I found in MMS setting was maximum size of the message.

My understanding is that its operator defined per all the discussion I have seen around this, and does seem to be correct when I consider that on TMobile in the UK I can send a picture file around 258KB - with 640*480 dimension JPEG without any issue - which is plenty big enough for phones.
I have checked to see if its working on a standard algorithm by using a much smaller picture file and size, however it still created a MMS around 200KB (around half the file size of the original picture), suggestion the algorithm is dynamic when it compresses the photo. Further suggesting it really is operator defined.

I've by default set 100KB as MMS size and my operator charges 1MMS per 100KB of file size. My main concern is the picture was compressed to 7KB, which looks way bad in quality.

I would suggest that is your issue then as the message would also header and text etc details. You might want to consider upping your file size - I know it will cost more. T-Mobile UK just seems to charge by message rather than size, Try seeing if you get a better size by bumping it up to 200KB - as T Mobile MMS seem to be double the cost of a std text.


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Is there an app or method that will let me use a cloud-synced folder on the SD card?

Possible Duplicate:
Complete dropbox implementation for Android

In my case I have a bunch of roms and save files I want to keep in sync across devices, the desktop dropbox app lets me store these files in a "real" folder in windows so any application can access them normally, but once they're changed on my pc/server they get updated. Is there any app that lets me do something similar on android? The cloud apps I've looked at so far (dropbox, box.net, boxroid) only allow for downloading single files at a time.

SugarSync does this. They specifically market it as a way to keep your photos backed up, but it works for any file/folder. They describe their "Autosync" system in this blog post.


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SD card problem, card gets suddenly removed and later added- Sony Xperia X8
I am using xperia x8 version 2.1 update 1.
Sometimes my phone creates problem with sd card i.e it automatically ejects stating "sd card unexpectedly removed" and after sometime it again shows "sd card preparing" and it works on. This distracts me to work in phone automatically the process gets delayed. I even tried by shutting down my phone, but the problem occurs.

Looks like the cause of you problem might be:

Your SD card is corrupted or with some problem
Your version of Android is very outdated and might have bugs

Try to use another SD card, if you get the same problems then I highly recommend you to flash a custom ROM like CyanogenMod 7 for example. Here you can get some tutorials about how to make it Update Xperia X8 with official firmwares or custom firmwares

I faced the same issue at least couple of times, but now its stable. I also have Android 2.1 update 1 version on my phone.
I strongly recommend you back up all your data (Call logs, Messages, Bookmarks, Contacts and Market Apps) to a PC.
After backing up your data try the following:

Reset the Settings (Settings -> Privacy -> Settings reset). It's going to restart the phone. Let it restart the phone.
If step 1 doesn't help then do factory reset (Settings -> Factory data reset). It's going to remove all the data from your phone.
If still no help then use Sony Ericsson Update Service to flash the Stock (Original) ROM into your mobile.

Please format, remove and reinsert the SD Card into your mobile.
You can try Nathan's solution, but your phone's Hardware should support the latest Android versions (>= Android 2.2) otherwise there are Custom ROMs.
As far as I know your phone's hardware won't support higher versions of Android. It allows you to flash the custom ROM but you will be able to use very minimal features of that Android.

This could be a hardware issue. If the SD card is continually failing / un-mounting like this, try another SD card, and try the first SD card in another device.
If the first card fails in the second device, it's the card. (Cards are cheaper to replace, so hope it's this.)
If the second card fails in the Xperia X8, it's probably hardware related. I would not root & mod to attempt to solve this problem as it's more likely to be hardware/warranty related.

I solved my problem by going to Settings -> SD card and phone storage and unmounted then remounting the card.

use the chkdsk method
first insert your sd card in a reader then insert it in your computer then type cmd in start windows then run the cmd next type chkdsk /x /f then the card letter ex.chkdsk /x /f F: and then it will check the error and fix.


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Does Titanium Backup's update.zip restore all apps AND data?
I was unable to find clear documentation of what goes into an update.zip created by TB.
Can I use TB's update.zip to restore all of the apps along with their data?  If I understand correctly, this would enable me to flash a new ROM with full wipe, then restore all the apps at the push of a button.  Do I understand correctly?

No, the update.zip does not restore all your apps. The purpose of this is to allow you to install Titanium Backup as a user or system app while in the recovery bootloader. You would wipe your phone, then install a custom rom (as usual), and afterwards would install Titanium Backup.
This is to greatly simplify restoring your system data. Normally, you would have to boot the new rom, sign into the google play app, download TB, then run a restore. This way, you can simply open TB as soon as you boot and restore everything, including your google accounts and wifi passwords.

Yes it will restore everything, but I suggest you to do a normal backup too. I'm a Titanium PRO user and I can restore all the apps in a single click using the Batch method. In the app you can select the apps you want to restore which is a lot better, since the update.zip won't give you this option.
I flash a lot of ROMs every month and the normal backup/restore method just works for me. I prefer to use the app than use update.zip's for this. Another good advice is to make a Nandroid backup before any flash.

Having used TB for a while, I understand that your answer is wrong.  I was asking about the flashable update.zip, which only installs TB, but doesn't perform any restores.  It simply allows you to restore the apps before connecting to the marke.t


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Associate a file type with an application
I want to change the default application starting when opening e.g. an mp3 file.
Now the android music player starts when I open an mp3, I want e.g. spotify to start instead.

Go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> Music player -> Clear defaults. This will clear the association between the Music player and MP3 files. Now, if you open an MP3 file, it will ask you what app do you want to use to open it, and you have the option of setting a new default app.
PS: This works with any application you have installed

It's also worth noting this default is cleared every time you get a new app that can perform the action you want to take, giving you the option to launch the new app instead of an old default.


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SD card unpartitioning
I own an HTC Chacha and I partitioned my SD card for phone rooting and discorved my phone is s-on so it cant be rooted! So how can I unpartition my SD card to reuse the partitioned space (this partitioned space cant be read by my phone)
thanks

The easiest way is to backup the contents of the SD Card to your PC, then delete all partitions, create a single Fat32 partition, and then restore the card contents.
Simply either use the same partitioning tool you did when you partitioned the card to begin with, or one of many free partitioning tools available.  I highly recommend GParted.


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Twitter app with pic.twitter.com upload
The official Twitter app uses an external service for image upload instead of its own image service. I want a app which uses the official twitter image upload service. The reason is that I don't want to show my uploaded images the whole world.
Any suggestions?

I don't know any too :/

You can use Twicca with the plugin "Multi Image".

The current version of the app defaults to the official service.


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How can I get Google's two-step verification to work?
On my Android phone, I can't seem to use my Google Account because I have the 2-step verification enabled. Can I log into Google without disabling the 2-step verification system?
Here is a link to Google's 2-step verification system:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/advanced-sign-in-security-for-your.html
Logging into my Google account is not a problem using the 2-step verification on a standard PC/Laptop, i.e. on a Microsoft/Mac OS, I just can't seem to use the 2-step verification system  on Android 2.2.2.

Here is the link to your answer.

The answer is that you have to use a standard computer, log into your google account 2-step verified google account, go to authorise applications and sites, and set up your android device.  Google have said that 2-step verification will not work yet on android, so they have provided this work around for now.
Here is the link where you create a password to authorize your device:
https://accounts.google.com/IssuedAuthSubTokens
They will then give you a password which you can enter into your phone, allowing you to keep 2-step verification enabled.

You can do this from the browser on your phone if you are patient and don't have a handy desktop.  I activated my account on a new phone while I was still at the mall that way.

The page seems to have been moved. Go to https://www.google.com/settings/security and click "App passwords: Settings", add name and click "Generate password"

Thank you so much for this.  I remain flabbergasted that this process was so opaque.  I went down this path on my own but when I got to the drop down list for creating a new mail password for  and Android was not on the list, I was sure it couldn't be the right answer to just fill in the blank and make up my own value for Android.  Thanks for nothing Google!

Good answer, but this was still confusing to me, because it wouldn't let me enter the app-specific password for Google's Play Store.
Final Solution:

Create an app-specific password for Google Play at https://accounts.google.com/IssuedAuthSubTokens
(E.g., name it "Android Phone Play Store").
On the phone, add a 2nd Google account (All Settings > Accounts & sync).
Launch Google's Play Store.
Go to Menu > Accounts.
Switch account; then, switch back.
When it asks for a password, enter the app-specific password you've created.

Finally I found the answer for this problem. following url has the answer
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=ch_b%2F0%2FSmsAuthConfig&answer=185833
Create a application specific password.
Enter that as password.


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Trouble installing Cyanogen on Galaxy S II using recovery console method
After replacing my ailing Nexus One with with a SGS2 yesterday (an ordeal in and of itself, but neither here nor there), I decided to replace the stock  ROM including TouchWiz with something a little more familiar, hence Cyanogen.  I've was following these instructions, and it was going relatively well until step 9 under Method via Recovery.  The first time around, I had placed the zip files directly on the root of the SD card, but I couldn't find them.  After several more attempts, using different locations, attempting to put them on the internal storage, etc, I still haven't found a way to load those zip files.

As can be seen, I don't have a mount point named sdcard as is typical.  I do have that external_sd folder, but whenever I try and enter it to select a zip, I get an error saying something like "No Files Found" and am just returned to this folder.
Any help would be appreciated.

The folder you're seeing is the internal SD one. Just put your update.zip file there and search for it, it might be hidden in the scroll, just go down and it will show more files in the folder.
To make the process a lot more easy, just rename your *.zip to update.zip, but the file in the root of the internal SD card folder and use the Install update.zip from internal SD method.

Much thanks.  Still not sure how to put a file there over USB, but using ASTRO File Manager, I made it happen.

Ahh, nice to see that you made it, it's a pleasure for me to help :)

@MBraedly Your PC should see two drives, one's the internal SD and the other's the external.

@MatthewRead: I see the 2 drives, but when I was trying this, it wouldn't let me put anything on the internal one.  If I tried putting a file on the root, it would silently fail, if I tried one of the folders, it would say I didn't have permission.  Not sure that's still the case, but I haven't tried since CM7 up and running.


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Play DVDs on an Android device (preferably Google TV) as DVDs without conversion
I have a collection of DVDs I own and have ripped and would like to play on my Android device.  I want them to play on my Android device exactly like a DVD -- with menus, etc.  I can easily do this on my PC with various DVD playing software (i.e.  VLC Media Player).  I do not want to convert the file to DivX or MP4 or whatever. (as the answers to those questions suggest)  I do not want to lose the menuing and the scene selection, etc.  Instead, I want a full 4.5 GB rip stored on my hard drive and I want to "point at that" (and over the network to boot).
I saw these two questions:

Can android phones play DVD-format movies over WIFI?
how to watch DVDs on my Captivate

However, neither of these questions addresses what I would like to do.
Is this possible?

As far as I know there is no DVD-player software for Android. Nothing that can emulate a DVD experience from a network (or even local) location.
What are you needing from a full DVD experience that you cannot get by transcoding the movie to a portable format? Scene selection? That's really just a way to visually access chapters in the movie. I've used HandBrake to transcode my movies for my Droid X2 while keeping the chapter markers.
If you need things like different languages and subtitles, HandBrake can include those as well into your MP4/M4V output.

this workarund is no direct but complex and time consuming. Conceptually a DVD reader should be able to be accessed through USB OTG and then data should be accessible by software.


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Getting the features of HTC Sense in vanilla Android?
I've had an HTC Desire for a year or so and am due an upgrade. I'm weighing my options and I'm fairly sure I'm going to go with the Galaxy Nexus.
Thing is I've gotten used to HTC Sense and all the extra features it offers over vanill Android. What apps/widgets can I get to add the functionality that I lose by not having Sense?
Also what will I lose by not having sense?

What Sense feature sin detail do you like most? Add them to your question and we will see if there is an non-HTC alternative...

I've never had a stock Android phone so I don't know which features are sense only... That is half the problem, the only flavour of Android I've spent any time with has been an HTC sense phone, as fat as I'm concerned HTC sense might as well be Android.

For testing a Stock Android you can use the Android Emulator that is part of the Android SDK. Then you will see and feel the massive difference.

You could replicate many Sense features with 3rd-party apps such as Launcher replacements, dialer/contact apps, various widgets, etc.  However, you will likely lose the deep system integration of such apps.  You will also most definitely lose the integration with the HTC Sense site.

The Desire doesn't integrate with the HTC Sense site so I won't miss that... Although I kinda wish I did have those features...


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Update Server Connection Issue
I Have bought Galaxy Sl - GT I9003 , two days back.
Region: India
I have Android
Firmware Version: 2.2.1 , BuildNumber: FROYO.DDKF1
When vere I try to to update the firmware OTA,it gives me message "Connection failed", even if the connection is working for other applications.
And when I try to upgrade from Kies, it shows that, It is the latest firmware available, which is certainly not.
How to upgrade the build - firmware for my device?

possible duplicate of Kies: Firmware can not be upgraded?

Don't bother using Kies or OTA to update your phone. If you do, you will probably update it in the next decade. (I am curious if OTA worked in someone...)
Just find an appropriate ROM for your phone from a trusted forum (eg XDA) and flash it using ODIN.

does it violate the warranty?

Yes, if you flash the phone without using Kies warranty is gone...


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Can I use ODIN to just back up my phone's data?
The goal here is to be able to quickly get all my settings and apps back when moving from ROM to ROM, but do so without overwriting the kernel, themes, etc., in the new ROM.  I know I can use Titanium Backup, but ODIN would definitely be faster (and half the time with my Droid Charge, it's what I'm using to flash the new ROM anyway).

No, Odin is just for flashing.  The Dump command doesn't seem to work, at least not as of Odin3 v1.85; see Can I make a full backup of my phone with Odin and without root?


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Orange HTC Hero Unlock problems
Orange being the unhelpful company that it is, can't unlock phones in the shop.  This was unfortunate as I was going overseas, but no matter, I called the helpline, and then was told it'll take three weeks - to get the IMEI sent to HTC, and get the unlock code back.
I had no choice so I waited, and after three weeks I got the code.  Of course, it didn't work.  I checked, and they've used the wrong IMEI number.  This means another 3 weeks, at least, and I'm meanwhile stuck roaming with my smartphone, which is NOT cheap, plus I can't terminate my contract with them until it's unlocked.
Sooo...while I wait out the time again in the hope they don't screw it up again, I wondered if it's possible to either unlock it by other methods, or to root it and whether that would negate the need for unlocking?
HTC Hero originally running 1.5, now 2.1 update 1, with Orange UK.

Try one of the online unlocking websites.
If you're paranoid, see if your bank still offers limited-use credit cards with a very small limit for online purchases, or use a pre-paid card.


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Which one is more suitable Samsung Kies or PC Studio for Samsung GT-B7722?

Possible Duplicate:
Whats the core difference between Kies, New PC Studio, PC Studio 3.1 from Samsung?

I purchased SAmsungGT-B7722. I want to connect it with PC for internet, Contact swapping and other uses. Please advise which software is better SAMSUNG KIES or SAMSUNG PC STUDIO. Samsung offers for free download of both on its site

According to the Download Center, Samsung PC Studio does not support Android Phones (though I did not try using that), and it directly points to download Samsung Kies.
Also, Samsung Kies - as far as I can say - is easier to use, with ability to connect to the device via WiFi as well. Therefore, I would recommend using Samsung Kies.


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Why does SIM toolkit not work with most custom ROMs?
Most custom ROMs have problems with Stk.apk (the SIM toolkit part of Android) not functioning properly. The question is not the missing application (running Oxygen, I have the app but it is not working), but something systematic (dependency on RIL?).
I'd like to know why so, and what can be made about it?

I would have tagged the post with "stk" if I could...

I would name the new tag (if I could) "sim-toolkit" - this one is used at Stackoverflow. BTW: On my Desire (InsertCoin CM7/STOCK 1.1.2) STK seems to work.

After reading up on this, it seems that Android itself has extremely limited support for this, so it's a case of kicking Google into supporting this

Well, the SIM toolkit is initialized in 2 modes, dedicated mode and raw mode. SIM toolkit also depends on the modem you are using. If the modem does not support the dedicated mode, you won't be able to see the SIM toolkit in your UI as it sends raw data to the upper layer (URCs) in raw mode.

In short: because the custom ROM hasn't bothered to implement the necessary part of the operating system.


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Why is the SD card mounted as read-only on PC when shared from HTC Desire HD via USB?
I just discovered that the SD card is now read-only when I use "disk drive" connection on the phone.
Why do I have to do in order to be able to write on the SD card from the PC?
I mention that the phone is rooted and is using the latest version of 2.3 available for HTC Desire HD (original rom).

It may sound really strange but the real issue was the corporate policy of mounting the the unencrypted drives as read-only. This is specific to BitLocker and there is a registry workaround available.

From what i have found on the internets is that there are a lot of people that have had issues like this with the Desire HD.
They all said that either formatting the sdcard in Windows, or even using Windows 7 to "Verify Errors" solved the issue.
Before you format, you can copy all the content off the sdcard, and then place it back after formatting.


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What is the safest way to perform backups of my partitions?
The partitions on my phone are visible on /dev/mts/mtsX, and I'd like to copy the contents of those files onto my sd card for safe keeping. Is it safe to just say:
cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/mtd0

Because I'm not so sure if it's safe to use cat on binary files. Maybe there is a port of dd?

cat is a very bad idea here. If you really want to make a backup on partition level, rather take a look at dd. What you probably want to do is something like
dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd0 of=/sdcard/mtd0.image

For more details, you might want to consult the dd Man Page. Remark: I'm not sure whether the dd shipped with Android supports the full list of options, so you might have to try out.


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How to connect Superpad II P041 to pc
I've a superpad II P041 and I would like to connect it to my pc. I would like to use Logcat for check exception thrown by my application.
The problem is that when I connect it with the USB cable, the pc doesn't recognise the tablet. I've already enabled the Debug USB.
What can I try to let the pc to communicate with the tablet? Maybe I need the drivers?
Thanks for your help.

Yes, try the drivers.  This post looks like it contains a link to a package with drivers.  Try installing the drivers from the Android SDK if the above doesn't work and you can't find anything more official.


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minimal hardware requirements for Android

Possible Duplicate:
What are the minimum specifications for Android?

I would like to know the minimum hardware (memory, CPU) to run Android, good documentation is also a good answer.
Versions : gingerbread or ice cream sandwich

According to an interview with Andy Rubin in 2008 this is the minimum requirements for android:

32 MB RAM
32 MB Flash Memory
200 MHz processor

[Source]
[Source 2]
For gingerbread, I could not find anything official, but I found a few sites that say the following:

1GHz processor
512MB Ram
3.5 inches or more screen size

[Source]
I also found an "official looking" site that has requirements, but this looks to be a couple years old and doesn't say what version of android this is spec'd for.

ARM-based chipset
128 MB RAM
256 MB Flash External
QVGA TFT LCD or larger, 16-bit color or better

[Source]

The 1 GHz requirement for Gingerbread is more of a myth than a fact, I think. The LG Optimus S got the Gingerbread update and it has a 600 MHz processor. It seems like all of the popular phones were at the 1 GHz mark so it became a commonly-cited "requirement". That site also refers to GB as "Android 3.0"...


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How do I install apps. from Android market on my Android tablet if the market is telling me that there's no android devices associated with it?
Just bought a cheap MID 7" Android 2.2 tablet. Tried opening the icon on the desktop that says Install Apps and all I got was a page with a heading of AppInstaller and then /mnt/sdcard. When I tried to put in the URL for the Android Market, it didn't work. When I used the browser to go to the Market page and install an app, I get the message that there's no Android devices associated with this device. Any ideas?

Does the tablet actually have the Android Market installed on it? It sounds like it's not a Google-approved device.

So, I downloaded the Android Market, but it gives me an error (too quickly to read) when I try to open it. The app. installer icon shows the market info, but when I click on that it just asks if I want to uninstall. I tried uninstalling the "app installer" in case having two app. installers is the problem, but it won't let me. Any last ditch advice before I sent this back to China?

This Android Police post has a link to the current Market version (note it's the standard Market, not the Tablet version which only works on Honeycomb).  If you download it from your device you should be able to use your AppInstaller to install it from /mnt/sdcard/download/.

As an alternative, you can get apps from 1Mobile Market instead:

Download the apk from CNET to your PC.
When it asks you if you want to open or save, save it, and remember where it's saved.
Then connect your tablet to your PC/laptop via USB
Go to where you have saved the file and right click it, then send to your Android.

On your android you will find a new icon called '1MobileMarket'. Use this to download apps instead of Google Play.


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Is there a way to capture a full resolution picture automatically and send it by email at certain hour each day?
If not a specific app, is there any way to achieve that by using existing applications (combination)?

Tasker or Llama should both be able to accomplish this, from what I understand, though I have never tested them with taking pictures.


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

Depending on your mobile network operator one solution could be to change the APN of your mobile network connection to an invalid value. On most mobile networks you don't get a data connection without a valid APN - however on some you always get a connection independently of the APN name.
There are plenty of tools that simplify APN setting/removing/changing - some examples:

APN On/Off
APN Manager
APNDroid

Can i turn off APN temporarily?

Also can i set password?

@Boris_yo: Of course you can not set a password. Apps managing APNs simply automate what is available in the settings dialog - which is accessible by everyone. Therefore a password does not much sense.

Not good. I wanted something that would deny access to internet through mobile network in case somebody gets their hands on my device.

Then you should use the flight mode and disable the mobile network completely. The SIM PIN is a good protection.


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

I don't think the phone will let you connect to multiple bluetooth devices at the same time. So sharing the internet with multiple devices via bluetooth probably isn't possible. haven't got any proof either way.

There's the bluetooth PAN profile which allows just that.
It is included with CM7+ and from Android 4.0 onwards (or already 3.0?). Bluetooth PAN's host (the device that provides the internet) acts as a router which does NAT + issue dhcp adresses for its clients.
There are also  Bluetooth DUN profile apps that allow this (they provide a virtual GSM modem and may also allow for more than 1 connection at a time):
See host+client BlueDUN apps from Mirko Solazzi


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


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What Android app replicates the iPhone Siri (voice recognition) functionality?
The new Siri app on the iPhone looks pretty intersting (at least from the videos).  Is there an application on Android that matches or improves on the same functionality?  Specifically, something that doesn't require the memorization of robotic voice commands?
I have tried Vlingo, but for many requests it just seems to perform a Google search which leaves you in a web browser without voice functionality.

Google Voice Search has come a LONG way since 2011 and has similar functionality (and sometimes) better then Siri now.

There's nothing (at present) that can do all that Siri does.
Depending on your needs you might be able to get close.
Lifehacker had an article about your current alternatives: How to Get a Siri-Like Personal Assistant on Your Android Phone for Free
To summarize: You'll need one of the following (or a combination):

Google Voice Actions for Android
Vlingo
Edwin
SpeakToIt Assistant

Update: terryk2 points out Iris, currently in alpha testing, which is by the developers' own admission a direct response to Siri.

Google's looking into a real natural language search app: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-X-Working-on-Siri-Alternative-for-Natural-Language-Searches-240702.shtml Not out yet though

Any updates in the intervening two years? There are phones like Moto X now, that can listen continuously.

While still in alpha, it may be worth checking out Iris.  It's got a limited set of Siri's functionality, but it looks like it could be interesting to watch it grow.

That would be Google Search, which also has voice command abilities. Although I am not sure how intuitive the commands can be given, compared to Siri.

I'd say Vlingo is probably the closest but doesn't have the contextual power that Siri does but it's very close.

There is an app called Skyvi in the android market. Initially I used IRIS, but it was quite buggy. This is comparatively better in my opinion. It's humorous as well.


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Browser's default search engine

Possible Duplicate:
How to change Android device's default search engine?

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S II, and when I typed into the default search bar, it sent me and my search to the most obvious seaching engine of the web: Yahoo!... well, almost the most obvious...
Anyway, I went to the browser setting and the only search engine available is Yahoo!. I really want it to be Google, is there any way to do that?

This is not asking the same as the "How can I change the default browser?" is asking. In this case Raphael is asking about the default search engine not about the default browser.


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

The US-carriers versions of the GS2 come with Google Talk, it is named "Talk". I am not sure about the European version.

I've got the brazilian version. After a few months, the IM app got an update that allowed it to communicate with GTalk users.

Flow's absolutely right, but if you want to try another messenger that supports GTalk you could try Meebo, eBuddy, or Trillian.  There are others, of course, but those are the ones I've tried that work well.

There is no Google Talk app within the Market. Google Talk is more or less wired to the Android release. It's usually an icon in the app drawer simply named "Talk".
Your phone seems pretty locked down by the carrier (or somebody else). If it really came without Google Talk, which would be pretty uncommon, your only chance is to install the Google Talk apk manually.


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Is some of my internal memory missing?
I have an HTC Wildfire (the original, not the S version). It is supposed to have 512MB of memory. When I check my free space in the app manager I noticed I have around 185MB. Why is this?
I am using CyanogenMod which is around 80MB, if this wasn't accounted for there is still a lot of space missing. Why is my phone reporting so little?

The download may be 80 MB, but it's compressed. The real size is much larger. Your apps and data also take up space.

I just decompressed the zip of my rom. it is 110mb. supposing that the app manager is reporting only apps (115 used mb) I am still missing more than 50%.

possibly related: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/6452/low-disk-space-notification-but-heaps-of-space-free

ok. here is the thing. The space is there, the problem is that it is not accesible for applications.
Android systems have several partitions as explained  here. Doing an df on my device I get:
Filesystem              Size      Used      Available Use%    Mounted on
tmpfs                   156.5M     32.0K   156.4M     0%    /dev
tmpfs                   156.5M         0   156.5M     0%    /mnt/asec
tmpfs                   156.5M         0   156.5M     0%    /mnt/obb
/dev/block/mtdblock3    250.0M    119.0M   131.0M     48%   /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5    175.1M    157.2M   18.0M      90%   /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4    40.0M      1.3M    38.7M      3%    /cache
/dev/block/vold/179:1   3.7G      2.8G     952.5M     75%   /mnt/sdcard

the space I see in the app manager is the same allocated for /data, the rest of the space is used for the cache and the android system (in the /system and /cache partitions).
A solution would be to find out how to resize the partitions in the internal memory of the phone (there is a procedure here). Another solution (which seems easier) is to put they regularly used apps in the /system partition along with the default applications so that all memory is used (root is needed)


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Scan QR codes automatically and continuously
I want to put my Android device in a fixed position, and have the device's camera continuously scan for and respond to QR codes.
For example, I have a few QR codes. I want to be able to put the first QR code in front of the device's camera, and have the device perform the action attached to the QR code (e.g. open a web page). Later on, I'll put a second QR code in front of the device, and it will respond to that QR code. There should be no manual intervention as far as scanning for new QR codes, nor for performing the action in the QR code.
Is it possible?

After opening the webpage, app will become a background app.. How do you think it should work?

As Sachin correctly states: If you want to immediately execute any action, the barcode scanner will become the background app -- and your auto[mat] is moved into a garage. If on the other side you want to batch-collect barcodes for later processing: this is possible.
The well-known Barcode Scanner offered for free by the ZXing-Team provides a "bulk scan mode", in which all scanned barcodes will just be stored for later export in e.g. .csv format. You can read more about this in an article on Using Android smartphone to mass import books.