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Resume play function on standard music app for Galaxy S2?
How can I get the standard Music app for my S2 to resume play from where I had got to in a podcast, rather than having to start the whole 90 minutes again?
I operate on Android version 4.0.3


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Showing deciseconds in the homescreen
I am interested in a clock app that in addition to seconds also shows deciseconds.
I searched and could not find one yet. Is there any widget for Android that shows deciseconds (like this: 11:51:32.1)?

I'm unsure if that level of accuracy is even available in Android.

A timer or stopwatch type of apps may provide this feature, but I doubt any "regular" clock apps would.  Why do you need such level of clock accuracy?  Is there a problem you are trying to solve?

I'm not sure why there are votes to close here. This is a valid question for this site.

Agreed with @AlEverett.  I thought that maybe close votes were for "app shopping" reason, but they are all for "too localized".

Is there a specific reason why you reverted the previous edits to your question? You have re-introduced several grammar and spelling errors for no immediately obvious reason.

@Chahk Viewing deciseconds beside seconds shows how fast time is passing and may motivate me to wordk faster!!!

Well, now you've made the question about finding an app again, rather than about a problem to be solved. "I need an app that does X" questions don't do well here. Please read our [FAQ].

It's not possible to create a widget that updates that often, because it will suck your battery really quickly. There are many stopwatch apps available in the Play Store. Many of them have millisecond or decisecond accuracy, but I'm not aware of any that have an associated widget.
These kind of high precision timers should only be needed on a case-to-case basis, so it's not worth it for them to be on the homescreen.

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How can I pause and resume video recording if the stock app does not support this feature?
I have an Xperia Mini Pro with Android 2.3 (and upgradeable to Android 4). Its recording program does not have ability to pause and resume recording.
How can I pause and resume video recording if the stock app does not support this feature?

Just FYI: My colleague has this phone who had recently upgraded to 4.0.? and says still he can't pause/resume the video.

Answering the Question
I've been searching for a solution to this issue since I've seen your question, probably when you've set a bounty. Till now I've found tons of unhappy users complaining about the same issue, no pause/resume during a video record.
I've read just about every first fifty results presented for every search that I came up with on Google, been into Google Market, reference forums, etc... sigh!
The only answer that I've found relevant to be mentioned was provided by Ryan Conrad concerning this topic, for the same phone. (no need for transcription to this answer)
Since this is being requested a few years (at least since 2011 that users are complaining at Google Forums), and since the functionality to pause while recording needs system support due to the API and hardware being used that must provide such capabilities, software developers cannot go around this.
Some devices may be capable of dealing with  the pause/resume feature, but that's unclear. I believe that you'll just have to wait until manufacturers and developers can't stand the voice of the unhappy user anymore, and improve this issue.

The Android API currently does not provide the pause method
This is a bit technical, but was solicited on the comments.
The public class MediaRecorder, being used since API level 1, doesn't has the capability to pause, as one can observe from the MediaRecorder State Diagram:

When recording, the API allows us to either use the reset() or stop() Public Methods:

reset() -> Restarts the MediaRecorder to its idle state.
stop() -> Stops recording.

Thanks, can you exactly say me that what is source of the issue? Android API, SonyEricsson, or just this model? Please give me an official source that say expresses the issue officially. Currently with android-based phones are capable to pause/resume video recording?

@Reza I've edited the answer as per your request. A bit technical, but directs the blame to the Android API.

I really do not think you should be blaming the API within Android for the lack of that feature as the camera hardware is unique and dependent on hardware, not all handsets would share the same camera hardware chipset! If they did, then the pause/resume would be in place and be a de-facto standard.

@t0mm13b You've raised a valid point, title is rephrased to remove any blame from Android.

@Zuul ahh okie :) No worries there ;)

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Galaxy Nexus Official 4.0.4 update and root
Since the official 4.0.4 that be downloaded from Google's servers seems to be an update (39mb) can I update my rooted Galaxy Nexus wuthout losing root?

All OTA updates reset file permissions, so you'll lose root unless you take special precautions. Install OTA RootKeeper and make a backup of your su executable before applying this update. You'll be able to restore your root once update is finished.
Obviously, since this is an incremental update, you need to have a stock Nexus ROM. If you deleted or altered some system files, update may fail.
I used Galaxy Nexus Toolkit to apply these updates, worked OK for me (and I kept my root).


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How do I back up my phone?

Possible Duplicate:
How to backup an Android device?

I need to offload all my info from phone to laptop.  I've enabled mass storage and plugged my phone in via USB to do this but it will not let me transfer the info. What do I need to do?

What kind of info are you trying to back up specifically?

What error you get when you are trying to backup your SD on laptop?

Are you rooted?

Not sure if this is ICS specific, but there is an option to "Back up my data" (to Google servers) in Settings > Backup & reset.

The best application I've found for this is Titanium Backup. It will save copies of your applications and all their associated data.

Didn't you get a copy of Samsung Kies with your Galaxy? If you did - it has options to backup some of the phone data, but it won't backup everything (ie no apps for reinstallation).


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Android Phone SD Card Problem
My Samsung Galaxy Admire phone is saying that an SD card isn't found when the SD card is inside the phone: it shows "Please insert SD Card".
What could be wrong?

As a first step try formatting the card.

Then, mount it from settings..

I'd first try with a card reader attached to a computer. If it's not recognized there, it's probably broken. Also, check in the phone with some other card (preferably other brand as well) which you know is working -- it's quite rare, but it could be a compatibility problem, too.

As there's no response anymore from the OP, a short summary from the comments for possible solutions:
This issue can have multiple reasons:

broken/damaged sd card
trouble with the file system on the card (damaged or simply not existing), or with the partition table
broken/damaged sd card slot
incompatible sd card specs (speed, class, brand, ...)

These are the things you should try
Best in the order of their listing:

Put the card into a card reader, and attach it to your computer. See if it is recognized and readable.

If it's readable and working fine on the computer, this elmininates reasons 1-2 from above, leaving you with reason 3-4. Continue with 2.
if the computer claims errors, these are most likely the same keeping the card from working on your Android device. Check what the errors are, and take appropriate actions. Skip to 3.

Check a different card with your Android device (either you have another one around, or a friend might borrow you one to check with).

If that card works fine, it eliminates reason #3. As you already eliminated #1 & #2 above, this leaves you with #4 -- Buy a new card (by now you know at least one working brand/class/size combination -- from the card succeeding here), no more checks needed.
If no other card seems to work, that almost eliminates reason #4 (though you won't be able to check all combinations of brand/class/size, it's unlikely to have tried 5 different combinations and none is working), which leaves you with reason #3 -- a case for the service station. Either get your device repaired, buy a new device, or live without a sd card available.

If you got here, you obviously have some trouble with the card itself which might be solveable. So here are several things you could try to get it working (again). Consider all data lost which have been on the card (data recovery is a different issue, but if needed, it should take place before you apply any of the below steps!). Stop whenever one of the following steps brought you success:

Try formatting the card from within your device
Try the same from the computer
It might be needed to fix the partitions. With a Custum recovery (e.g. ClockworkMod Recovery) on your device, this can be done from there -- otherwise you might need to do it from your computer. That done, format it again
check different file systems. FAT16/32 should always work, when in doubt

That should be a nearly complete How-to-fix-It. If I forgot something, feel free to mention it :)
TL;DR -- short variant:

Maybe I add a graphical variant (flow chart) :)

So, there it is LOL

+1 Hahahah Izzy you are so awesome, I was in the process of looking for a duplicate question and this was just what I was looking for, the flow chart is awesome.


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Google Music Offline Tracks
I have sort of a follow-up question to a question I asked a little while ago...
That question was naively asking where Google Music stores the offline tracks (I've come so far since then), but my question is now, when I navigate to that folder in a shell, it only shows 11 songs, all with numerical names? I understand the numerical naming method, and I pulled some of these songs to see what they were, but I have about 5 gigs of offline music. Where is the rest of it stored?
The reason I'm asking this is because I'm about to flash a new rom, and want to know that those songs will be accessible to the new Google Music app I install on the new rom. If not, I will first want to disable their offline storage to free up space on my SD Card and then just offline them again.
 But anyway, thank you for your help!

Finding out where it's stored is easy. There's a terrific little app called DiskUsage that visualizes the space your folders take up. You can easily spot where the Music cache is.
As for moving to a new rom. Based eldarerathis' answer to your previous question, you should be able to make a backup of Play Music's music.db either from a terminal or using an app like Titanium Backup. Restoring this file on the new rom should make cached music show up.

Thanks! This worked with the few tracks I tried it with, but in the end I just ended up making them all not available offline, flashed the new rom, and then made them available again. But I tested this just to see and it worked!


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Is it possible to shutdown or restart a Logitech Revue without pulling the power cord?
My Revue (Android 3.1) was acting balky, so I wanted to restart it.  I spent several minutes looking through menus, but didn't find an option to shut down or restart the OS.   I ended up pulling the power cord, but it seemed a bit harsh.

Google's support page provides this option:

To Reboot your Google TV:
To reboot your Sony TV or Bluray player or your Logitech Revue, press
  Control + Alt + Backspace on your controller.

If you had adb connected you could also try adb reboot, which works on other devices.


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Is there a way to change sound profiles based on GPS position?
I thought heard about an app that could change sound profiles based on GPS position, but I forgot which one it was. Is there any way to do this?

The free app android llama can do this.
Best of all it is not required to use the energy-expensive gps-receiver but can do the same also with "wlan-ids-in-reach" and "cell-phone-masts-in-reach" as alternative.

You can try apps like tasker and localefor this. They are paid app though.

You can try my app HomeProfile, too. It changes your sound profile when your device connects with a specific WiFi or when it is disconnected from it.


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Tethering Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GT-P3110) via Nokia E71
I have a data plan on my Nokia E71 phone, and I would like to share it for my brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GT-P3110) which has no 3G. Bluetooth would be fine as would creating a WiFi hotspot, however so far I haven't gotten any method to do the trick. Even wired by USB would be fine, if it just worked.

On the Nokia E71 I have JoikuSpot installed, but stock Android ICS does not work with the ad hoc network that it creates. I rooted the tab and tried installing different versions of wpa_supplicant that I could find, but none of them really worked on this tab.
I have paired the devices using Bluetooth, which appears to work fine – however, I don't know how exactly I could get connected to the internet. I believe there is something obvious that I've missed here. If I need some app (in either end), please tell me which app. (I guess it basically does not work because Nokia does no PAN while Android is ignorant of DUN, but I might be very wrong.)
I don't have any cables that I could use to connect the devices by USB or similar, but if a working solution exists, I would be happy to buy some. (I've already used many many hours for this.)

EDIT: I no longer have the Nokia phone, nor the Samsung Tab, so I cannot really test the suggestions posted here. As far as I am concerned, this question can be closed. (While I do understand that any answers might be helpful for other people, I still cannot test whether they work or not. Therefore, it also does not make a lot of sense to accept any answer, does it?)

Have you tried WiFi Tether for Root Users?

@onik: No, I have not. I don't think it solves the problem, because my Android device has no 3G connection to share. I think if my phone had Android, then this would be one possible solution, but as of now it is not, I believe.

I just thought that since it enables creating Ad Hoc networks, maybe it would enable connecting to JoikuSpot's Ad Hoc network.

Ok, I'll give it a try.

I tried, but it did not help: the ad hoc network remains invisible. But thanks anyway!

On the android 4 system install BlueVPN.
If your phone has bluetooth and can act as a modem you need to pair the phone and your android device. When pairing enable the option in the phone to let the other device to connect.
Be sure that on your sim card you have a contract that support WAP connections enabled (otherwise it can be very expensive).
Get the provider access point info (some times called APN) and set it into the BlueVPN settings.
If your phone already goes into internet with gprs or 3G, you can get the string directly from the settings of your phone.
On my Nokia (Xpress musik 5800) I went to Settings-Connectivity-Access Points-WAP services and there I found all the needed informations in order to configure BlueVPN.

I had the same issue with my galaxy tab 2 7" and a nokia n900
Solved it by enabling bluetooth dun on n900 and installing 2 apps on the tab : BlueDUN trial ,and BlueVPN ics by Mirko Solazzi ,available on google play.
Hope that helps

Thanks for the suggestion. Tried to get it to work for about two hours or so, but with no success. :(

I also have a n900 and a galaxy tab 2 (10") I have tried to connect my Tab to my N900 with BlueVPN. Till now it's not working. What are your settings?

I got it to work with BlueVPN installed on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and using my Nokia E71 data plan. It is not necessary to install any app on your Nokia phone.
Open BlueVPN on your tab and set the configuration info of your data plan (access point, number, username, password, etc.). Then, pair the devices from the phone and authorize the tablet to always connect to the phone.
In BlueVPN, click the phone device in the list of available devices and wait until it connects. Now you can access internet from you tablet. If the connection fails, try changing the BlueVPN settings for compatibility.


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How to tell current frequency band?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, with quad-band I believe. It is possible to see the current connection network type, e.g. UMTS, EDGE, etc, by going to Settings -> About Phone -> Status. But it does not tell which frequency band it is on. Is it possible to find out which frequency band (either exactly, or just which of the four major bands) that I am using?

Based on avirk's hint, I found a way. First press the code *#0011#
GSM example:
GSM900: IDLE
T: 10, B: 10
Rx Pwr: -94, Rx ual: -
Rx Lev: 21, Tx Lev: 0-
Speech VER: AMR EFR FR
VOC: AdaptiveRate
TS: 0
Temp: 68 Batt: 71 LNA: 0
Service: Available

It is obvious that it's using 900MHz band, from the "GSM900".
UMTS WCDMA example:
WCDMA: Idle
Rx CH: 10612, R: -94
Tx CH: 9662, Tx Pwr: -
EdIo: -6, RSCP: -98
SpeechVER: AMR EFR FR
RF: Sleep2
L1: PCH_Sleep
Drx cycle: 64, PSC: 392
Temp: 67 Batt: 69 LNA: 0
Service: Available

UMTS can use two different physical layers (low level radio) UMTS-FDD and UMTS-TDD. Android just shows WCDMA, which I think is the same as UMTS-FDD, but perhaps it can refer to both of them. By looking up the channel number here you can tell the frequency bands and whether it is UMTS-FDD or UMTS-TDD.
In the above example it is using UMTS-FDD, the down-link channel (Rx) is in the 2100MHz band and the up-link channel (Tx) is in the 1900MHz band.

Is the code carrier or country related, because here it just says "Connection problem or invalid MMI code."

You can try dialing
*#*#4636#*#*

and then going to "Phone Information".

That will show details about the network like cell tower ID and network type.
As you can see from the below screenshot, it shows "EDGE" mode :-

Also, this may only work on stock Android builds.

Not working on my Galaxy S..

BTW, there's no info about frequency band even there...

Edited and made corrections to the code.. try it now, @SachinShekhar ; afaik, It works on all ROMs

Can you tell me why you have posted this just to show EDGE network? It can be found directly in Settings ~> About Phone ~> Status... He is asking for Frequency Band, not Network type.

Thanks. It still does not tell me which frequency band. For instance I believe that some phones can work with GSM on both 900MHz and 1800MHz bands.

Oh yes, I know, atleast it does answer a part of your question, and anyways, @SachinShekhar, this wasn't posted by me originally. ;)

my case, it says, LTE unknown...

I could get frequency information by setting the "Cell Info Refresh Rate" spinner

LTE Discovery app tells this for 4G/LTE.

It requires rooting…

My phone isn't rooted.

It doesn't require rooting for this function

In some cases, this app only tells you the LTE channel number, via "Signals → Show Advanced Data → Service State → Channel Number". You can then use this tool to calculate which LTE band this channel belongs to.

Have you tried using MTK engineering tool? It works pretty well for most android phones i've come across as it also shows you the current 4G bands.

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After upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich my Samsung Galaxy S2 camera cannot focus
After upgrading to new Android version (Ice Cream Sandwich) my camera cannot focus. All the pictures made by my phone are blurry (not focused). I tried to reset camera settings to default, I tried clearing apps data (of my camera), I installed another camera application - nothing helped.
Interesting is, that the camera can focus on objects, that are relatively close (50 cm) but object that are further are blurry.
My front-camera works fine (the one on the display side)
Any ideas?
Thanks

There could be other core apps or services involved besides Camera that could be causing this.  I would recommend a factory reset.

Unfortunately the factory reset did not help. It is still the same.

Was this an official over-the-air (OTA) update from your carrier, or is it a custom ROM?

Regular (official) update through Kies. No custom ROM.

It seems that it is HW issue. Unfortunately it occurred at the same time as I upgraded to ICS, but it is a HW issue.

This may be a long shot but check the camera lens, it might have a small piece of see through plastic that starts to get worn out.
Pictures on my new phone were blurry right from the start and I didn't know what to do. Then I noticed that the lens felt a bit rubbery, so I scratched very carefully with my nails and to my amazement the small piece of rubber was removed. Now I have 100% clear pictures.

I had the same issue but fixed it by resetting my camera settings. First switch off your phone and switch it back on, then reset your camera settings.

This is kind of vague. How exactly did you reset your camera settings?


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Will rooting my phone improve its battery life?
I've had an HTC Desire HD with HTC Sense for about a year and I'm quite happy, except for the battery life. After upgrading to the latest version, it lasts about 24 hours with moderate/low usage.
I was wondering 2 things:

If I root it, will i gain some significant battery life?
After a phone is rooted, can it later be returned to the factory state?

I dont know much about rooting.

Your phone is most probably not running Android 3.0, as it was released only for tablets. Please check your settings if you'd like to figure out what version you are actually running (Settings->About Phone). Also, 24 hours of battery life is about typical for smartphones nowadays. What are you looking to get from the battery?

Android version is 2.3.5, but the version of HTC sense is 3.0, which kinda resembles the way it works on tablets

Depends on what you do with the root. You can underclock and get dramatically better battery life.

@eldarerathis 24 hours is what I would expect with high usage.  Moderate usage on my phone (An hour continuous at lunch, games while waiting for the train to/from work, and using it as my alarm clock, but rarely using it as a phone to talk on) gives me on average about 50 hours with Android 2.1 - you should probably also check that you don't have a runaway app that's draining some of the battery if that's what you expect to be average...

@Izkata: The Galaxy Nexus averages somewhere between 3.5 - 5 hours of screen on time for one charge. 24 hours or so is very typical of today's high-end smartphones, especially ones with larger screens and 4G networking. Based on the fact that you have Android 2.1 I'm going to guess your phone is not 4G capable and probably has lower screen/processor specs than, for example, a GNex. My typical usage could probably run for closer to 36-40 hours without charging, but I don't see a reason not to simply plug it in every night, anyway.

@Izkata: Granted, this also depends on how you define "light", "moderate" and "heavy" usage. I'd consider 1-2 hours of use a day near the low end. I typically use my phone ~3 hours per day, and I'd consider that "moderate" compared to others I know, but on LTE with a large screen it'll run the battery into the 30% range.

@eldarerathis Yes, I should have specified model, too: Samsung Galaxy S (Specifically, the AT&T version, the Captivate).  I included my definition of "moderate" in the previous comment so we'd have some sort of comparison.

The only way rooting can gain you battery time is if you can uninstall an app that's using a lot of power, and which you can't uninstall without rooting (i.e. it's something that shipped with the device). I don't know what is on your device, but judging from what I've seen on my Droid 3, there's not likely to be any noticeable change in battery life. On the plus side, if you root the device, you'll have the option to get rid of any junk that was pre-installed and thereby not have to see all the update notices for stuff that you'll never use and which wants more and more permissions with every update.

If you are just rooting (not flashing a custom OS), it is usually better to freeze the problem apps than removing. If the carrier/manufacturer releases an update for the device they check for these apps and if missing will fail to update.

Well, in the battery reports, none of the trash apps are on the top of the battery usage, so I guess I wont be getting any real advantage if I root.

@jlehenbauer 's answer below is more accurate. You will save battery life by reducing the clock speed and voltages and if possible also reducing the no. of actively functional cores in newer multi-core processors. All that can only be achieved by rooting and then using a kernel that supports these features.

@Dbugger Not completely true - some apps will hold a wakelock and prevent the CPU from sleeping.  Those won't show up in the battery usage list since they're not actually doing anything during that time.  Finding those ones is in my experience quite difficult...

@Michael - I think you're forgetting the possibility to reduce the CPU clock frequency which can help battery life. Also, surely "Android System", "Android OS" and others could be tweaked in the custom ROM to improve life further?

@DanW - with most phones that I've seen, the biggest factors in battery life are how much you use it and how you have the screen brightness set. You can mess around with the cpu clock frequency and and tweak to your heart's content and you'll perhaps gain a percent or three, but unless that's your hobby, it's not worth the bother - it won't get you a meaningful increase in runtime.

@Michael - thanks. I use my phone mostly on standby, and so processes such as "Android System" and "Android OS" go to the top. I'm wondering if these may be lighter on a custom ROM such as 'Simplicity'. After all, how does my old phone last two weeks on a smaller battery? That's 25x longer than my current Galaxy I9000.

If you choose to root your phone, there are several options as far as installing custom ROMs and/or custom kernels. Some of these allow you change the clock speed of your processor, the governor controlling the processor, and so on, which can all positively (or negatively) affect battery life. If you are already rooted, ROM Toolbox gives some nice options as far as system manipulation that can help with battery life.
Juice Defender Ultimate also has some pretty cool options if you're root.

rooting android saves up to 25% of battery compared to factory state.
I would suggest you use Kingo Android Root & framaroot.

Rooting has nothing to do with battery, root is equivalent of Administrator on Windows that has the privilege to do system wide changes. Bearing that in mind, can install custom kernels, apps that claim to "squeeze extra juice" from battery etc, with custom CPU governers etc, but really, from the viewpoint of root, your answer looks vague, why 25%, where did you get that from?  What's Kingo Android Root? What's framaroot? A linky or two would help with a brief summary of how to use it.

83.4% of all statistics are made up. In other words, cite your source.


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Can I update my Nexus One to Android 4.0, and how do I do it?

Possible Duplicate:
When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?

I've never even used Android before, and I've been given this Nexus One for app development by my supervisor.
I'd like to get it updated to Android 4.0 from 2.3.x, but I'm not sure how and I can't find clear-cut instructions.
Can it even be done?

See http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14766/when-will-my-device-get-the-android-4-0-update-ice-cream-sandwich . There is no official update for the Nexus One. Your only option will be a custom ROM.

@AlEverett I'm not familiar with the concept of a "custom ROM." Can you link some resources?

@Aerovistae for a quick start on the terminology, see this previous question: What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.? some resources for finding custom roms for your device: Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?


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How to unbrick a HTC Magic?
I have bricked my HTC Magic. Now when I try to boot it normally or in hboot or in fastboot or in recovery, it only shows a white box with an arrow and a bugdroid then a blank screen. It's not detected by adb or fastboot in any mode. Is there a way to unbrick it?
I think I flashed a bad radio. At least, it was after flashing a radio but I thought it was a good one. The old radio version was 2.22 and the new one was a 6.35 and I used ClockworkMode recovery to flash it.

If you can neither boot to fastboot or recovery, then tough luck; there is not much you can do.

As you did not provide any information about your workstations OS, it makes things harder. Did you try whether the fastboot tool on your workstation is able to detect your Magic when connected via USB? Is it detected, maybe, by ADB? What did you use for flashing? A few more background data will be necessary to make us able to help :)


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Gmail gives no option to sync "All Label" label
HTC Hero, Android 2.1(!)
I have 3 Gmail accounts on my phone — none of them allow me to Synchronize the "All Mail" label. How can I do this?

Do you have so many labels that setting all of them to sync individually is too much of a hassle?

@MatthewRead: The "All Mail" archive is not necessarily the same as all labels.

@Chris: Do you see "All Mail"? ...Do you have "All Mail" set to show inside Gmail? And is it set to show for IMAP (although I don't know whether that is necessary)? Under ICS (Android 4.0.3) I have Gmail 4.0.5 ... "All Mail" is visible, but there is no option to sync with it, it simply loads as required.

@w3d Hmm, yes it has archived mail with no labels. I suppose I assumed that if one had mail you wanted to be readily accessible it would be in at least one label so that it would be easy to find. Search does the job otherwise. That said this does seem like a strange choice for Google to make -- the older version of Gmail on 2.2 is the same, with access to the label but no sync settings for it.

It appears it's just not possible to sync messages without any label whatsoever, even in Android 4.*

Workaround: Create a filter that applies a label (e.g. ZZ_All) to all emails you receive. Also apply this filter to all pre-existing emails and you have a label you can sync.

Create a new filter f.e. "all" and every mail what goes out or comes in get this lable. Use it for every existing mail and here you go. Change settings on your android device!
Dirty variant...

That's exactly what Erik already suggested.


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Where can I download a specific version of an app?

Possible Duplicate:
Where can find older versions of Apps?

I require certain versions of apps like facebook, twitter and Temple Run in order to perform research. I have already looked at freewarelovers but that doesn't give me options of downloading specific versions.

you can try appzapk android apps apk.
They have all versions of apps.

Your best option would be reaching out to developers of these apps.  Other alternatives would be unsafe.

Thought it's highly unlikely that A+ developers would actually respond.

ok, I can try asking them.. but thinking of that as my best bet makes me uneasy. :( thanks anyway


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Can you broadcast to a Shoutcast server from Android?
I run a shoutcast station for a small group of people. I would like the ability to broadcast to my server from my phone so that I could do live broadcasts away from home.
So far I have not found any software to do this, because searching only yields ten zillion results for streaming radio apps for listening, not broadcasting. Someone I asked tried to suggest that it was not possible to stream efficiently over a 3G connection, but frankly this is rubbish because I have streamed to my server from my laptop via a 3G stick before, and on my phone I have streamed audio and video to services like UStream etc.
Does anyone know of any software for android capable of broadcasting to a shoutcast server ? Thanks.

In 2023, I am using the app OnAir - Live.
Not sure if it's from the same publisher as the previous one, but works fine. I have also used MediaCast for a while, but it has several problems that have been a bit painful.
The main benefits I see on OnAir:

I can lock my screen, change apps, and the stream doesn't stop
Supports Shoutcast V1, V2 and Icecast
Simple setup
Can record stream locally


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How to disable double tap for page-home on Samsung Galaxy S2?
After wondering and getting annoyed by my phone sometimes just jumping to the beginning of a web Page, I finally found out that it's a new Feature of the internet browser. Double tapping on the top of the phone jumps to the top of a web page.
How can i disable this?
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S2 running ICS 4.0.3.

Look under Settings > Motion for an option to disable double tap feature. I disabled the whole motion category.


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switch off sound effects, when headphones are connected to phone
When I use headphones, music is only in headphones, but info sound(ie when I get  email our IM message) is playing to phone dynamics. How to change this behaviour?
Phone is Galaxy S plus.


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Does Android 2.2 log digits dialed during a call, and if so, how can I clear this log?
Some voice jails that I call require me to enter a password. Are the digits I type while a call is active logged (as call dialing is), and if so, how can I remove them from the log? As you might guess, I want to keep any passwords out of persistent storage.

As far as I can tell, it's not logged by the default dialer.

Certainly the answer I am looking for! :) Do you have references or evidence you might point to; or, if this is based on your observations, maybe you could say a little more about how you observed this?


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Android ICS spell checker does not know how to spell (English)?
English (United Kingdom) is set as the system language and regardless of whether I set the Android spell checker to use the system language or "English" it just doesn't know how to spell. Almost everything is underlined in red! Basically, the spelling dictionary (which should be built in to Android 4) appears to be empty? The same goes for French (I have not tried the other languages).
How do I correct this?
I have not seen these Android spelling dictionaries available for download anywhere. This does appear to be the same as the Android completion dictionary - which appears above the keyboard as you type; suggesting possible words. The only suggestions that show are names from my Contacts List! (I have later realised that "fox" in the example below would seem to be part of a name in my Contacts List!)

I mentioned in the comments below that I have installed the Hacker's keyboard. Together with this I have also installed the (Hacker's) English Completion Dictionary - this works great, but only with the Hacker's keyboard and only in portrait mode (I don't really have enough room in landscape). Could this break Android's own spell checking dictionaries?!

Are you using a completely stock rom from an OTA?  If this is a custom ROM, please share the details on what it is.

Yes, stock rom on tablet from new. No upgrade. AFAIK this has been an issue from new, although I have only noticed it more recently having been typing more (and I am new to Android). I have installed various apps including the Hacker's keyboard, and English completion dictionary - but I believe these are unrelated?

Does American English work or does the phone not have it?  What device do you have?  Installing an English completion dictionary is very much likely to be related unless it's something just used by the hacker's keyboard and not the system.

@Matthew Read: I can change my system language to English (United States), but this makes no difference. The spell check language can be set separately, and is limited to "Use system language", "English", "French", "German", "Italian" and "Spanish". (See this question for a screenshot.) If I set it to "French" it can't spell French either! I have a generic 7inch tablet (DGM T-703).

Note that if I select French then "the" (in screenshot above) is also underlined, but "fox" remains not underlined.

Very strange, thanks for the additional info.

I have There same problem. On my Android 2.23 it works perfect yet on my Android ICS dictionaries empty. This makes no sense to me

Go to the Play store, and install Google Keyboard.
This includes its own spell checking dictionary. Navigate to:
Settings -> Language & Input -> Spelling correction

And select "Google Spell Check". You can click the settings icon to change the language too.

Time is a great healer! :) Thanks, that works great (and thanks to Google for making their keyboard available as a separate app). I can switch back to using the Hackers Keyboard and retain the spelling feature from the Google Keyboard - marvellous!

This appears to be a "fix" for the issue.. but it requires root to write to /system/app. I don't want to root my device just to get a standard feature.

Download these two files: LatinImeGoogle.apk & LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk
Put the apk's onto your sd card
Copy the apk's
Navigate to /system/app and paste the apk's into the directory
Rename (or delete) the file titled "LatinIME.apk"
You now have a working dictionary for your keyboard!

I had exactly the same problem - only words from Contacts shown on spellcheck line. I downloaded Google Keyboard and altered Settings as suggested but it didn't make any difference. However, when I ran Google Keyboard from the icon and selected "use Google Keyboard", everything magically started working. This post was corrected throughout 100% correctly. Hurrah!

Navigate  to

Settings -> Language & Input -> Spelling correction

then uncheck the box.

Yes, that certainly stops the words being underlined, but neither does it fix Androids spelling correction.

Just found that if you go into Android keyboard settings, Add-on dictionaries you can select and download an English dictionary there.

What version of Android are you using? For some reason this is not available on my ICS (4.0.3) tablet - as in the question. (Although it is on my Jelly Bean (4.2.2) phone.)


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How do I root my Kyocera Echo?
I've seen instructions for many other devices, but nothing for the Kyocera Echo. How do I root my Kyocera Echo without completely screwing up my phone? I've tried the Z4root to no avail. What are my options?

There are several methods available, but I'm posting one found on ognimnella's post on XDA, found here. The following are the steps he provides:

A little Information:
I will be using my directory to my SDK folder for this tutorial
  (C:\sdk\tools) but whatever your directory is to SDK is what you will
  use.
Things you will need:
Android SDK (already set up)
A Kyocera Echo (duh!)
zergRush (XDA root exploit)
Root method:

Download zergRush and put the file (not the zip) in your tools folder of sdk

Open your CMD promt, then redirect to SDK (just type exactly what I
  type after you're in SDK)
(cd c:\sdk\tools) <-- SDK redirect
adb shell rm -r /data/local/temp/*
adb push zergRush /data/local/temp/zergRush
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/temp/zergRush
/data/local/zergRush
then you should see this:
[] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root [] (C) 2011
  Revolutionary. All rights reserved. [*] Parts of code from
  Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew. [+] Found a
  GingerBread ! 0x00017118[] Sending 149 zerglings ...[] Trying a new
  path ...[] Sending 149 zerglings ...[] Trying a new path ...[]
  Sending 149 zerglings ...[] Trying a new path ...[] Sending 149
  zerglings ... [+] Zerglings caused crash (good news): 0x401219c4
  0x0054[] Researching Metabolic Boost ... [+] Speedlings on the go !
  0xafd260a9 0xafd39f9f[] Poping 24 more zerglings[*] Sending 173
  zerglings ... [+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !  [+] Killing ADB and
  restarting as root..enjoy!

Afterwards, you will have to manually push SuperUser and Busybox (DO NOT UNPLUG THE PHONE)

find the SU and Busybox files here
Then, ADB push them with these commands:
Type: adb push GingerBreak /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak
Type: adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Type: adb push su /data/local/tmp/su
Type: adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, YOUR PHONE IS NOW ROOTED. HAVE FUN MODDING AND
  DOING WHATEVER ELSE. AS SOON AS SARIDNOUR AND H.T.E. COME OUT WITH THE
  RECOVERY, WE ARE ON TO CUSTOM ROMS!!!!

Another method can be found on Android Central forums, and there is a Youtube video that goes through the process, but he may be using Z4root.


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HTC Amaze 4G (Videotron) - Is there a way to install Android 4.0?

Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I just got my new HTC Amaze 4G with Videotron and I only have Android 2.3 on it. Videotron says that they will release Android 4.0 soon.
Is there a way to install it before this? Like a Beta or something like that?

Do you find the way to upgrade your andriod to new version. I have the same issue.

Well, I got the update finally, but not the 4.1 so I sold the device and bought a Galaxy Nexus. Much better phone, and updates directly from Google. Currently on 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

to which version you are able to upgrade the HTC amaze? and how?

I got the 4.0.1 update, by Videotron. I received a notification and did it via the built-in updater. Worked perfectly!


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Exchange ActiveSync on Android: All flavours of Android are not equals
Just a quick question/remarks regarding the Support of Microsoft Exchange Activesync.
I work in a big company (10.000 people in belgium) and we have to configure an Exchange client to read emails.
iPhones are working fine, and on Android, they suggest to install Touchdown, a third party client with which they have an agreement and we get some discount.
Unfortunately, as I don't want to install third party apps to read email, in addition to gmail and stock email, I have been searching for some explanations.
I have then remarked that all my colleagues with an HTC Sense have a fully working email client!
HTC Seems to have improved the stock email app.
I contacted the HTC customer service but I couldn't get an answer on which ActiveSync features they improved.
Does anyone know if a list of all policies supported by native Android Vs Sense, Touchwozz, Blur.. exists?
I am pretty sure that other people than me are bugged with this issues and would like to compare all these email clients and see wich is the best, maybe some other would be porting Sense email to stock ROM.
Have you any idea of people working on that or other suggestions?
Thanks!

Porting of Sense apps/widgets to stock Android may not be feasible because of all the framework changes HTC introduces with their overlay.  It's just that by the time you port over all the prerequisites, you end up running Sense anyways.  Not that this hasn't been attempted many times.

The stock email cient is not working after I updated ICS 4.1.2 cyanogenMod 10.  I am using nito desk touchdown and its very reliable.

Do you have a link to this app?

There is a default AOSP Email.apk that is easy to setup with Exchange---
I suppose you would have to be rooted in order to get the Email.apk into your /system/app
But you can get one from:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version/Google_Apps
and
http://goo.im/gapps/
But you don't necessarily have to be running CM-- just make sure the base version matches up to yours.
Most rooted ROMS come with a good Exchange app--- if you prod around forum.xda-developers.com , you could probably find one that doesn't require root access to install.

The links you gave are to Google's proprietary apps. Those have nothing to do with exchange. Furthermore the question was asking for a comparison.

X|
the proprietary apps work with exchange.
POP3, IMAP, and Exchange~
Push notifications and all.
I prefer the AOSP to the HTC one.
Touchdown is OKAY- but it wasn't worth the price- and it's much heavier than it needs to be.


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Updating GPlus Signature Error
I've installed Resurrection Remix 2.0 ROM (i'm a big fan of), and when I want to update Google Plus to the newest version I receive a signature error for installed version, when I go to application manager I can't find it there to uninstall it.
It works fine but I want to update it.
Can anyone help me with this.
I'm using SG2
Kernel thoravukk 2.57
Rom: Resurrection Remix 2.0

I have solved this issue by using Titanium backup, because G+ was set as system app. I couldn't update it so I changed the condition for G+ from system app. to user app using titanium backup by long press on the app and select change to user app from the menu.
Thank you all for your help,

I don't know what launcher your ROM has, but some launchers (like ADW) have the option to long-press an application icon for a dialog to appear. In this dialog you have an option to go to App Details. In that screen there should be an uninstall button.


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How do I keep my Android 4.0.3 phone awake when USB connected?
On my old Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) phone there was an option to keep my phone awake when the USB cable was connected. But on my Samsung Galaxy S II, (4.0.3) I can not find it. Does the option still exist?
EDIT: If I go to settings > Developer options, then my options are:
USB debugging
Allow mock locations
Desktop backup password
strict mode enabled
pointer location
show touches
show screen updates
show CPU usage
Force GPU rendering
Window animation scale
Transition animation scale
don't keep activities
Background process limit
Show all ANR's

... and nothing else.
I just went to software update > check for updates, and was told "no update available".

I have checked on my two Ice Cream Sandwich Devices (Stock Xoom and Droid 3 running CM9 Beta). I have, under Settings > Developer Options a Stay Awake option. Which keeps your device awake when charging.

This will work if your device charges over USB (my Xoom does not, for instance).
However, should this option not be there, we can turn to apps for help!
StayAwake looks like it could be a solution to your problem.
WakeLocker for Galaxy S also looks to be a solution.

The Samsung Galaxy S II does not have this feature, and never has, because of its AMOLED screen.
They burn (like CRTs) if they have the same picture on the screen for too long. For some reason apps can still lock the screen on, but you can't do it from settings.
(My Samsung Galaxy S II has burn in from the notification bar.)
You can use StayAwake, just don't forget to turn it off.

On my Galaxy Nexus it can found under
Settings/Developer Options/Stay Awake.
YMMV.

If you are looking for this kind of solution for app development, then I have created an app for this purpose (Keep Awake for Debugging). It will keep your screen on only when you have ADB (over USB or wifi) debugging enabled.
It supports only android 4.2 and above.


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Can I upgrade my HTC Wildfire's processor so I can run Android 2.3?
I am using HTC wildfire. Is there any possibilities to upgrade mobile processor so I can run Android 2.3?

You cannot upgrade the processor, however you can upgrade the kernel.
Find your device on forum.xda-developers.com and read, read, read, read, and read some more.
It may sound scary, with the risk ofx bricking your device, but I assure you it is much easier than it would be to replace the processor.
If CyanogenMod 9 is ported to your device, then you could even have a 4.0 update.


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How can I create a flashable rom from a configured tablet?
We have a fully configured android tablet. I need to create many more just like it. What is the easiest way to do this? Ideally I would create a rom which I could just flash in one step. Is this possible?

Do you have custom recovery installed?

Related: Clone android device

I do... I am running CM9 rom.. Christian Troy's build. With CWM

That's a good link and quite a bit better than the current set of steps. But I would like to get it down to something so simple a non-tech person could do it in a couple easy to follow steps.

Assuming all other tablets are of identical model to the original, it should be as easy as rooting them, installing CWM, and then restoring the Nandroid backup you made with the original one.
Keep in mind that Nandroid utility does not back up the contents of the SD Card.  If duplicating the SD Card is also required, that would need to be done separately.


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Compass north and south are reversed on my Samsung Galaxy 2
Since upgrading my phone to ICS, my compass is reversed, with the north end pointing south.
I have tried waving the phone in a figure 8 pattern and flipping it over on all axis.
What can I do to get my compass pointing the right way?

Have you tried using different compass apps, to see if it's the app or your phone/OS that has the problem? It's possible the app you're using may have problems with the compass in ICS.

@GAThrawn: I've tried a variety of apps, and as far as I can tell, they all show the exact same problem.

I found the answer on this page, and the solution was to download and install a compass fix patch.


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Change maximum number of notification icons?
My phone shows only three app notification icons in the status bar at most, but there is space for six (most of the time).
How can I increase/change the maximum number of notifications shown at once?
I don’t care if they end up overlapping with system indicators on the right.
I run CyanogenMod 7.1 (rooted, s-off, adb available, compiler as well...) and editing the source is acceptable.

Not sure if this is possible without actually editing the Android source (CM source, etc.).

That question is a bit out of scope here, I would ask on StackOverflow.com. I've never altered the Android source, so unfortunately I can't point you in the right direction.

You would need to edit SystemUI.

Number of icon to show on status bar depends on programmer how he wrote that status bar application code . We really can't do much here.
You should be contacting customer support of developers of CyanogenMod 7.1
they might consider your request and change it to your needs.

Wrong. It does not solely depend on the application. – I would vote you down, if I could.

@RobertSiemer : Hey, Can I know other factors on which it depends other than application?

The operating system itself. – On my phone, right now, two unrelated applications and their icon (WifiKeyboard and SL4A) get folded into one icon with a red circle and a “2” in it. But I was thinking last night about what I said: I would not vote you down anymore, because I’m not entirely sure if those apps indicate some “allow folding my icon”. – In the end it has to be the Android framework which does start doing so at some point. – I want to control whether it does, and at which point.

@RobertSiemer : This Statusbar code is in framework. So when I said status bar app, I meant framework and developers of CyanogenMod 7.1 can change it.


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Repeating email notifications
Can email notification sounds be repeated on an HTC Thunderbolt until the message is opened?

There's a APP that allows you to set custom ring tones and notification sounds. To your particular case, this APP allows you to loop endlessly when you receive an SMS.
SMS Sounds Plus paid
SMS Sounds free
On the APP, you can check the loop when you are in the ringtone picker.

To the best of my knowledge, no but...
I have created a solution to this problem but it only works while you have a computer, any old computer should work, on the net.
It works by creating calendar appointments for emails. You can do it for any email but that results in way too many notifications for me. I use a collection of Gmail filters.
By creating a Gcal appointment, you get to use programs aimed at calendar notifications. They tend to be much richer than email notification apps. You can search on Google Play for such apps. I can only vouch for Calendar Snooze, the one that I use.
You can read more about Gmail2Gcal or simply test the app my sending an email to gmail2gcal@neilsmithline.com. The demo will send you an email with additional information.
Gmail2Gcal is open source and free for your use. You can use issue page, found on Gmail2Gcal's main page if you have problems. I'll try to support it as best I can.


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Stroke Patient - Android Ice Cream Sandwich TTS
I have a friend who has had a stroke and can't speak any longer.  I have a Xoom with Ice Cream Sandwich (I can upgrade it anyway), and I'm just wondering if there are any built in, or inexpensive Text To Speech apps that someone can recommend.
I was thinking about using Google Translate, but unfortunately the hospital he's in doesn't have Wifi. Any help would be appreciated.

I know this isn't an answer to your question, but this is built in to iOS 5.  Perhaps getting him a used iPod Touch hooked up to speakers would work.

I am not sure how your friend would use the TTS. Is the idea that he would input text into a device and then the TTS engine would voice it back for you to listen to? Is this for communications when you are not in the room with him. Why not use text messaging (SMS or IM)? Why is there a need to convert the text to voice? There are also products that can take a text message from a phone and use TTS to voice it back, such as SMSSpeak. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.verzitex.android.speaksms]

Well, it seems from the API that Android includes a TTS engine, so I'd imagine there would be quite a few apps. I've done a quick search, although I don't have a smartphone so I cannot vouch for the suitability, but here is one app that seems simple enough. Text To Speech Toy.


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Can I remotely launch an app on my android phone?
I have an HTC One S but I don't know where it is. I remotely installed 'Find My Phone' on it via Google Play Store. Now I want to remotely launch it. How can I do that?

possible duplicate of How can I make my phone/tablet ring remotely without a SIM card?

Although there is not a general solution for remotely launching apps, here is a solution that applies to your situation:
First, install AndroidLost from the online Google Play Store.

this is the app you can use to control/wipe/access info about your lost device, yadayada

Give it a little time to install to your device, then install AndroidLost Jumpstart from the online Google Play Store as well

This app will wake up the registration process on the androidlost app
  when ever a phone call is made, an SMS received, battery is low, a
  package is added, removed or changed.

So you have to install an arbitrary app from the Play Store as well to activate the service, but you can then go to androidlost.com to access functions to control your lost device! Including ringing an alarm ;)
EDIT 2015-01-29: Jumpstart won't help on a device with Android newer than 2.x, as in the description you can read: "Please note that google has changed the android API so this app only works on android version < 3."
So not possible with a phone with 4.x to register AndroidLost later, without the physical possess of the phone.

If GPS accuracy is enough for you, Plan B is just what you need. You can remotely install it via the Play Store web interface and it activates automatically, sending the phone's coordinates to your primary Google account.
However, it can't play sounds on your device to help you narrow the location further.

after installation the app doesn't launch automatically so texting my phone with 'locate' didn't work :(

according to lookout blog - the sms feature will not work on OS 3.2 and above:
https://support.lookout.com/entries/20865091-how-does-plan-b-work

Assuming that you haven't changed the default triggers for the app, you can simply text your phone from another device with:

findme to get your phone to send you GPS information about it's location
ringaloud to get your phone to send you GPS information about it's location and to ring out loud at full volume.

Sourced from their instructions page.

after installation the app doesn't launch automatically so texting my phone with 'findme' didn't work


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Can I run Ubuntu desktop x86 applications On Ubuntu For Android?
This may be a fairly simple question, but I want to be sure.  My guess is that it can't be done.
Question 1: For example, I have an executable for Linux (no GUI , just cmd line , it just makes some computations) and it works well in my x86 desktop and I want to be able to run it in my Android tablet. The tablet is running Ubuntu for Android. Is it possible to run the executable in the Ubuntu environment on Android?
Question 2: I have a standard commercial Linux app and I want to install and run it on Ubuntu for Android. Is that possible?
If it's not possible, is there any workaroud to this?

I'd take a look at Ubuntu's wiki page on the ARM platform.

If you have the source of the executable, you could probably re-compile it (on your tablet?) for the ARM architecture? I have no experience with this in Linux, I've only dealt with x86 and 64 bit in Windows.

I've cleaned up the comments here. If you don't find a particular comment useful then don't vote it up, no need to get up in arms about it.

A lot of Linux programs have ARM packages ready that you can install using apt-get

The answer to both questions is no.
Your Android device most likely uses the ARM architecture, which is not compatible with the x86 architecture of your binaries.
In theory you could use Qemu on Android to emulate a x86 system, but the performance will be average at best. This has been done.

No, you need ARM executables (or whatever the underlying architecture of your device may be).
The only way to get around it, apart from compiling from source or finding an ARM version of the package, would be some sort of virtualization.  I don't know of any virtualization tools built for ARM myself, but at least some versions have virtualization extensions so there is the possibility of hardware-accelerated VMs.


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Samsung Galaxy S2 takes a long time to get GPS signal
My Samsung Galaxy S2 takes a long time to get a GPS signal (maybe around 5 minutes). Anyone know why and what can I do about it?

Install FasterFix from the Play Store and follow the prompts.


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How do I set up proxy authentication for the entire system without rooting my phone?
I have the Samsung Galaxy S Advance running Android 2.3.6
I was able to set up the proxy server through Settings » Wireless and Network » WiFi Settings » (Options button) » Advanced.
This works well for the browser. If the proxy server requires authentication, then a dialog box pops up for that purpose.
However, all the other apps are totally useless behind a proxy server that requires authentication.

How do I work around this without rooting my phone?
If rooting is absolutely necessary, what app do you recommend to use (after rooting)? My google searches turn up ProxyDroid. Are there other alternatives?

The app that did the trick for me is Auto Proxy (requires root).
All apps work, including browser, maps, GMail, etc. and it worked on Android 2.2, 2.3 and 4.0.
Additionally, WiFi proxy settings are built in to ICS, but I've had limited success with it. It seems to automatically disconnect from the wireless network. Your mileage may vary.

There is a bugreport on the android site for this which is still open. You can set proxy settings for APN (Mobile Network) but not for Wifi.
In ICS also only the Browser will be affected by the Wifi Proxy Setting.
Also Authentification will not completly work at all (see report)

Use Droxy (no root required)
Before opening Drony, change the hostname and port in Wi-Fi settings(modify network), to hostname: localhost port: 8080, the open Drony, and put in your actual wi-fi proxy hostname, port, username, and password.

Please post a link?


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Is the Samsung Galaxy S3 interface uglified by Samsung?
Some this ago I read this article Seriously, Samsung? This is what you're calling Ice Cream Sandwich?
Is the Galaxy S3 interface Uglified as well, as described in this articles , what about Note?

Definitely ugly.

Coming from CM7 on an Atrix, agreed.

Samsung apply their TouchWiz interface to all of their flagship "Galaxy" devices, except for the two "Google Nexus" branded devices they have made, and they are likely to carry on doing this for the foreseeable future. The Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note both have TouchWiz.
Whether it's "uglified" or not is a matter of opinion, there are benefits to having a common interface among devices and versions, that doesn't look massively different after an upgrade. Not everyone's a technophile looking for the latest and greatest upgrade, some people just want everything to look and work the same way it used to, just a bit faster and more reliably.


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Can I schedule a night restore/wipe? Or other management solution
I (will shortly) have a small (5-10) android tablets for use in my school. I want them to automatically wipe clean at the end of each day (specifically, remove any user data, even more specifically, browsing history/downloads). I'd mostly likely have the devices locked down to just web browsing using surelock or similar.
How can I do this? Titanium backup doesn't seem to have a scheduled restore function.
Alternately, are there other management tools that would achieve a similar result?

There are two products in market which i found awesome :)
SureFox :  Kiosk Mode browser for Android Smartphones and Tablet which restricts user to browse only selected Websites, Which has many more options inside Browser Preferences For eg. Private Browsing and many More. try exploring this.
SureLock : You already Know about it ;)
You can try using SureFox on top of SureLock

Not sure if it's possible to do a factory reset with it but I know that Tasker is a great tool to automate things. You can try it for free first.

I don't want a factory reset (I need to maintain certain settings eg wifi credentials). I use tasker on my phone, but haven't found a function that does this.

So you want to delete a set of files from the sdcard then? Try python for android for instance, you can shedule a python script from within Tasker

@hcpl I think python would be an overkill for this as it could be done in a few lines of shell scripting.

That sounds to me like you'd need to root the phones and write a bash script to execute the SD card wipe and the browser cache wipe.  If you don't know how to write scripts, Stack Overflow is a good place to ask for help (the primary Stack Exchange site).  Script Manager is a good app for managing your scripts and when they execute (on boot would probably make the most sense, especially if you use Tasker to shut the machine down every night on a schedule).

You can delete the data and cache for each app one by one, from within the application settings, then wipe the sdcard.
But, if all you need to do in terms of setting up is a (short) wifi keys, then a factory reset might be best. It may be possible to bake your settings into the rom  e.g put your wifi keys in /system/etc/wifi/wifi_supplicant.conf . That example would allow wifi keys to survive a factory reset.
Any other solution I can think of would involve constantly (un)rooting , especially if you're talking about teenagers. Or, you could lock down root access with Superuser Elite  and if you were confident that nobody would be messing with adb, you might go that way.
There are "business solutions" out there, but that would be too much surely.


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Email sending issue
So the other day I wrote and email and it tried to send and failed with a temporary server error. Now I can't get it to stop trying to send and it doesn't show up anywhere. I sent it using the email app my stratosphere came with under my gmail account.

I think we really need some more details. Where do you see it trying to send? Did you look in the Outbox? Have you tried clearing the data for the email app?

Try checking the "Drafts" folder on both your phone and via the web interface for Gmail; if it's in there, you can just delete it.
Failing that, a reboot may clear things out.  If not, try clearing the app's cache manually by going in to Settings->Applications->Manage Applications, touching the All tab, and scrolling down to the name of your email program.  Touch it to call up the app management tools, and then touch the Clear cache button.  DON'T touch the Clear data button or it will delete all your account settings, too.

Email that has failed to send will sit in the "Outbox" (rather than "Drafts") until sent successfully. Whilst the web interface for Gmail doesn't actually have an Outbox, both the Gmail and Email Android apps do.

Try checking the "Drafts" folder on both your phone and via the web interface for Gmail; if it's in there, you can just delete it.


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Google two-step authentication and Android lock screen
After many failed screen unlock attempts, the user is required to enter the Google account password. That's a good idea.
But what if I enabled Google's two-factor authentication, and then entered the wrong pin/pattern/password two many times? How do I unlock my phone now? How do I login to Google on another machine, when my phone is locked and I can't receive SMSs?
Is there anything very obvious I'm missing? Am I supposed to carry a printed version of Android's application-specific password in my wallet?

What's your os version?

I've locked myself out of my phone, on ICS, had 2-step verification and all I needed was my actual password once I got an internet connection to work. Maybe I'm a special case?

You would have to use your emergency backup codes you should have printed out: Backup Code Page.
These are one-time use codes that Google recommends you print for emergencies to access your Google account to unlock your phone.
Additional Information for methods of gaining account access.

Can I enter a backup code in my phone? I thought I can only use application-specific passwords.

No, you cannot use a backup code to directly log onto your phone.
When your phone locks due to too many invalid entry attempts it sends an email to your registered Google email account. The backup codes allow you to log onto your Google Account via a browser to access the email to unlock your phone.
The backup codes are not necessary if you are within your 30-day verification from last entry on the computer.

What exactly do you have to do to get that email? I have never received one.

To regain access to your phone, first you have to regain access to your account on a computer.  Like Dylan said, this can be done using your one-time backup codes.  (You saved those codes, right?)
Once you've done that, generate a new application-specific password.  (https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens  or  Account settings -> Security -> 2-step verification settings -> Manage application-specific passwords.)  Use this new password to log into your phone.  You can safely revoke the old application-specific password that you'd previously used on your phone.


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S2E/Link2SD and all other apps get corrupted?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace powered by the official CyanogenMod. I don't know what caused this issue but it has happened twice already. Once on Link2SD, the other while using S2E.
And on both times:

My phone was either stuck or took a very long time at the A N D R O I D screen (upon boot, not the actual boot screen).
When the phone finally gets booted up, it's back to the default ADW launcher, default apps, and some user apps that my phone was able to squeeze in its internal memory.
On Manage Applications, all the other previously installed apps are not recognized. They can only be uninstalled.
Ultimately, I had to do a factory reset.

Notes:

I used CWM v5.0.2.6 to partition my 8gb class 4 Micro SD card. I remember it being ext3 only, so I checked the option in S2E to mount it as ext4.
I did not set the read buffer in S2E
For what it's worth, I recently installed SuperSU

I already have a NANDROID backup and backups from Titanium Backup. But I need to know what I might have done, or whatever it is that caused this. Please help. Thank you.


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Samsung Galaxy s2 stuck on boot screen after an OTA upgrade
I upgraded firmware on my Samsung Galaxy SII via OTA. My starting firmware was android 2.3.4 (gingerbread) and after two successful updates it was on android 2.3.6 . Now it prompted me for another upgrade (12.1 MB or so). I downloaded it (successfully), it installed successfully  but when the phone reboot, it got stuck on the booting screen which displays 'Samsung Galaxy SII' and the model no. I9100G . I tired:
1. Reboot
2. Hard Reset
But it still won't budge. When I connect my charger (phone turned off), the battery symbol shows up, and since it is going into recovery mode, I know all is not lost. So what is the problem? More importantly, how do I solve it? SOS.

Something happen.  The OTA failed.  You are pretty much limited to your choices.  Your provider might be able to help...but all they can do is reflash it.

Have you flashed the phone before and do you have any new boot loaders on it? What kind of recovery mode is it booting into? ClockworkMod? Or does Samsung have its own recovery?
If possible I would suggest maybe downloading the correct ROM for your handset from cyanogenMod and putting it on your SD card then try flashing that on. Do a clean wipe and then set up your Google account again so you have all the numbers on phone again.
On my phone I have installed clockwork mod and new boot loader so I can flash the phone again if the ROM ever gets broken. Obviously i don't know exactly how your phone is set up so i wouldn't be able to give exact instructions on how to do it.
EDIT: I would suggest flashing a ROM onto it from recovery if its not booting then what you have in the mobile world is probably a "brick". Dont see many other optuions to be honest.
Bill

Nope,in OTA, you don't need to flash the device and Samsung has its own recovery. I am going to flash the ROM manually as the last resort, but was looking for better alternatives.

I know with the OTA you don't need to root. But if its not booting then I don't see many other choices to be honest.

You don't need root to flash anything if you get into recovery.  Just download the stock firmware and flash it with odin.

That's what I am planning to do

this is why samsung uses kies. their firmware has caused issues in just about every OTA. My first OTA put my phone in soft-brick, I had to odin to stock.


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HowTo : Android ICS Tethering & sending SMS from desktop
I'm a long time Nokia user (currently on an E6) who is now considering the move to Android. I'm almost sold on the HTC One V. I will be buying the phone from a reseller, so no carrier restrictions will be in place.
Before I make the switch I wanted to know if the following are possible via Android apps or those specific to HTC.

USB and Bluetooth Tethering. Am not interested in WiFi tethering since that is definitely going to be a battery killer.
Sending and receiving SMS/text message via a desktop app for Windows 7 (over USB and Bluetooth)

Nokia Suite currently handles these two functions quite well. And frankly, these features are a must have for me to switch to Android on my primary phone.
Additionally, I'm not too keen on having to flash the phone with a custom ROM to enable these features.
Thanks for any suggestions!

My three years old HTC desire does both of them perfectly. But for number 2 you have to install some third party apps. No root or custom ROM is required.

Please don't ask multiple questions at once. AFAIK Bluetooth tehtering is supported since ICS. For more information ask a new question or browse the related tags: usb-tethering and bluetooth-tethering

Don't accuse wifi of battery destroying before you try it.. Bluetooth could easily be just as bad. I have wifi on all the time and it uses less power than when it is off as there is no 3G searching

Hey CJK, based on my previous observations with WiFi tethering with Joiku hotspot - I've found that it drains the battery much faster than with Bluetooth tethering.

Please only ask one question per post. Thank you

The nice thing about Android is that there are many geeky Apps available. Some of them are even open source and free. So there are many different Apps for your task. Here are the ones I am aware of:
Android Remote Notifier
Project Page - Play Store
Forwards and send text messages via bluetooth
GTalkSMS
Project Page Forward and send text messages via XMPP
Other
Can be found in the related questions on Android Enthusiasts:

How do I send SMS from PC through Android Phone or to Android Phone?
How can I be informed through my computer if a new SMS is received?

USB and BT tethering are available, provided your carrier hasn't modified Android to disable them - some carriers charge a premium for tethering.  Contact your carrier to find out for certain.
DeskSMS is a great remote SMS app.  You can view, send and receive SMS from any web browser on any computer; the app then receives the request on your phone and sends the SMS from the phone itself.

Ah, but it looks like DeskSMS sends SMS over the Internet to the phone. Not quite what I'm looking for. The thought of a random 3rd party app getting access to my messages doesn't seem right to me.

True, it does go through a third party server (though it is that of a highly respected developer). For me, the convenience outweighs the other considerations (especially since I don't use SMS for anything other than trivial things).


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Package error "package file was not signed correctly"  when updating Google+

Possible Duplicate:
Updating GPlus Signature Error

In trying to update Google+ I receive: "package file was not signed correctly uninstall the previous copy of the app and try again".
The problem is I can't find Google+ app in the app manager.
What can I do to solve this problem?
Galaxy SII I9100
Android 4.04
Rom: Resurrection Remix 2.0

You can try deleting the app folder entirely in a file browser of your choice. You should be able to find a folder called:
/Apps/Google+

If you remove this folder completely, there should be no confusion as to whether the app is installed on your phone or not. From this forum thread I would also like to point out that it might be an issue with Titanium Backup if you use that. Try removing any backed up versions of the app in that app as well for good measure.

I managed to do that from titanium backup by converting google plus from system app into user app and uninstall it normally, Thank you for your advice...

There is no folder called /Apps/Google+. The system apps are located in /system/app/ and inside here are files, not folders.


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Where does shared prefrences data are stored in Android device?
I want to know where Android stores the data of SharedPreferences in actual Android devices?
In PC I found this data under /data/data/pkg_name/shared_prefs/pkg_name.xml

Well, the path is right. It's
/<datadir>/<pkg_name/shared_prefs/<pref_name>.xml

Where <datadir> is usually /data/data

okay but in device where do i find this .xml?

Have you looked at /data/data/<pkg_name/shared_prefs/?

i have samsung galaxy y in that where do i find this path?

Try adb shell to open a shell and cd into the path. You may need root to do so.

you are not getting me properly. in Actual phone where do i type adb command?

Oh sorry, since you mentioned in your profile that you had some Android Development experience I assumed that you are familiar with adb: Check out http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

yeah i am android developer and i have found already this adb command and sharedprefrences.xml file on PC. but i want to verify that file on Real device.

If your device has root access, it  might be just easier to get RootExplorer and browse to the location on the device

how do i get the root access?


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Finding out the intents an app uses internally
I have an app (Smart Tools) that consists of mutiple distinct subapps. I would like to have an shortcut for a single subapp, so I wouldn't have to open it through the app's main menu.
I'm pretty sure the app uses some specific intent broadcast to open any of the subapps. I know Tasker can be used to broadcast a custom intent to the Android system. If I understand correctly, if I just mimic the intent the Smart Tools main menu uses to invoke the specific subapp, I could start the subapp directly with a Tasker shortcut.
But for that, I need to be able to mimic the intent. Since Smart Tools isn't open source, how do I find out what intent the app uses "internally"?

Easiest solution: Ask the developer!
Reason: It's the most reliable source if he/she answers. You cannot say easily what parameters to set and if it's even allowed to start other activities from your own 'intent launcher' (be it Tasker or something else).
I had a quick look at it, it's a paid app and a small dev. Often those developers really care and respond quickly, especially if it's a paid app. I did so with Titanium Backup in the past and was positively suprised how easy it was.
If you have the information, you can also use the free Manual intent shortcuts app to create a custom launcher.
Google Play has a 'contact developer' button just below the overview description of (most?) apps. Having a look at smart tools, you see that it's there: androidboy1 (at) gmail com
What you could also do:
UC Berkeley has a cool project:
ComDroid. A static analysis tool for identifying application communication-based vulnerabilities
It's a web service where you can upload your .apk to. (Since you ask an advanced question I guess you know how to get the apk of your app). After the upload search the analysis for Malicious Activity Launch, this is the information you want. You might be lucky to misuse it using Tasker, etc.

You can use adb to check what intents an app uses. The steps to do this are:

Enable developer options
Under developer options turn on adb debugging
Connect phone to computer
Get adb logs and grep out intents: adb logcat | fgrep -i intent
Trigger the intent on your phone
Inspect logs to find the details of the intent

You need to have the manifest.xml of the APK. If you rename the .apk to a .zip you can open it. Hopefully you can read the Manifest else you need to decompile the APK (lots of tutorials online)
Then you need to lookup the Intents it listens to and use that.
Or use the component name and launch it explicitly.
How to do this in Tasker is unknown to me, to do it programmaticly:
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent .setComponent(new ComponentName("com.package.name","com.package.name.activity"));
startActivity(intent);

apktool (http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/) is a much better way to do this than unzipping. Manifests will often be in a binary format, which apktool will extract.

If your device is rooted, you can install AutoRun Manager from the market (for just looking up the listeners, the free version will do as well). Use its advanced mode -- and there it will list up all apps which have listeners (which listen to intents). Tap the app you want to investigate, and all of its registered intent listeners are shown. Now you can even disable the ones which annoy you (e.g. Google Maps service listener on network change to pry your location).

I would use a decompiler  Dexplorer
look in the manifest file,  it will have the intents that the app uses.


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Wiping out data in Calendar and People?
I'd like to test the different solutions available to sync Outlook with Androphones through USB.
To start from a clean state, is there a way to wipe out the contents of Calendar and People, so I don't have to delete each item manually between each try?
Thank you.

Go to Settings, Applications then find the All tab. Scroll down and you will find Calendar Storage and Contact Data. Open each of these and choose clear data.


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Automatic Lock Screen prevention if the line is engaged
I am an Atrix owner. One thing makes me annoyed. I try to place a call and if the line is somehow engaged, the phone automatically locks the screen. Is there any way that I bypass this automatic feature and use the gadget without hassle?
Thanks in advance for the repsonse.

What do you mean by engaged? That the line/number you are calling is busy?

yeap, that's correct.

If you are rooted, disable your Proximity Sensor in a call. To do so, add following line to /system/build.prop file: gsm.proximity.enable=false.
If you don't use Proximity Sensor other than in call, you can disable it fully. To do so, use Hardware Disabler app. But, make sure you have selected correct driver of proximity sensor, otherwise you will brick your device. To find correct driver of proximity sensor, you can either Google or find it using Android Sensor Box app.
Plus, make sure to make screen timeout period long. You can use Widgetsoid app (or, other toggle apps) to make it infinite.

great and many thanks, I will give it a go... however, I am compelled to ask; will this brick be the soft or hard?

That depends on what you have disabled. Re-flashing generally solves the problem, but there're chances of permanent hardware damage...

I don't think there's a way. The phone is like an app, it will run until it times out and brings you to the lock screen. It happens a lot in games and stuff when you are not active and the phone thinks you are away so it turns the screen off to save battery. It happens to me when I talk on the phone for a long period of time. You can either completely disable the lock screen, or keep it on. I don't believe that there is alternative. The lock screen does this for your own "safety" and there are no exceptions. You can, however, extend the time limit you have until your phone locks itself.

on the other hand, I can't help thinking the same; the phone does what it has to do :)


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Cancel Exchange device administrator activation?
I was trying to add my Exchange account to my phone to confirm for a coworker that logging into the server was possible. I don't want to relinquish the device administrator controls as it's my personal phone, which is why I hadn't added it before and don't want to actually have it synced.
I was able to access the account to confirm, and was prompted to activate the device administrator, giving permissions to erase my data, set password rules, etc. I can hit cancel at this prompt, but am repeatedly re-prompted to activate whenever I try to access the Email app. I can't seem to figure out how to decline the activation or otherwise remove the Exchange account. Of course I could just activate, change my settings, then delete the account and change all of them back, but that would be a bit of a hassle and seems like bad design. Is there any way for me to remove the Exchange account/decline the device administrator prompt without activation?

Have you tried "Force Stopping" the app and clearing the data?

Messed around with it a bit more and found a solution. I just had to go to Settings -> Accounts & sync to delete the Exchange account.


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How to sync playlist to Samsung Galaxy S3 from Kies?
I just got my new Galaxy S3 today (after a couple of years using BB and iOS) and I installed Samsung Kies on my computer. Kies's interface is quite intuitive (laying out everything almost the same like iTunes) so I created a few playlists and dragged a few songs to each playlist. Then I clicked on the icon for my phone and selected Sync > Multimedia > Sync Music > Selected Playlist, chose all the playlists I wanted And clicked Sync.
It transfered quite fast, but when I checked the phone I found all my songs, but no playlists. I tried searching just now to find an answer, and it appears there are other poeple with the same problem. Some people mentioned some paid app or software to do this, but I don't want to buy an extra app just to do this job. I'd also like to avoid having to re-create the playlists manually on my phone.
Could anyone point out what I am missing, or a way around this problem?

Better... Manage your playlists in Winamp on PC and sync it with Android device using Winamp app. It's free solution without glitch..

The only problem with that is that Winamp's UI makes iTunes look awesome.

i have the same problem with Kies, all music but no playlists!
I tried WinAmp but no luck there either, it did crash alot on my PC, and S3.
So i tried a few other apps on play store, I'm using Easy Phone Tunes, i paid just over £1.00 for it, now it does all ther playlists... But.. out of 2226 tracks it syncs about 1980 tracks.
However it gives me a list of all that it won't copy, it's a shame i can't copy/paste info from that list.
I know it won't copy DRM Tracks, but i only have about 3 of those that i've bought from iTunes anyway.
I've emailed the DEV of the Easy Phone Tunes app for the PC & S3, i'm running sync again now to generate a log file to send him.

thanks homestoned .. I hope Samsung would improve/fix Kies that in future releases and I hope it happens soon

Same Issue.  On my old android phone the best solution for me was Songbird with the Folder Sync plugin.  Unfortunately Samsung Galaxy S3 only supports MTP mode and not mass storage mode, and folder sync will not work in MTP mode.
I have tried several desktop players and they all fail to syn playlists properly: Windows Media Player, Songbird, Media Monkey, and WinAmp.  They all have the same problem, they create the play lists in the playlist folder and if you click on them they look OK but when you open them in the phone's player no songs.
I did find an interesting post for creating .m3u files with a script and copying them to your music folder here: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/583712-syncing-music-playlists-galaxy-s3.html
Turns out that Songbird + Folder Sync plugin will create the right kind of m3u playlists so you can stage what you want on your phone using Folder Sync then cut and paste it into the phones music folder using Windows Explorer.

I updated my response hopefully this is more helpful.

Since we can't transfer the playlist directly from the PC the alternative is to store the songs that you need in a playlist onto the mobile in a folder. Then create a playlist on the mobile and when you have to add the songs transfer the songs from the folder containing the specific songs. Until Samsung makes the playlist transfer feature same as iPhone, this seems to me the only method available for the moment.


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If I buy a software and change smartphone, should I buy it... AGAIN?

Possible Duplicate:
Reinstalling purchased apps on a new phone?

I've just tweaked my Google Play application to believe I have an HTC Desire S so I can buy all the games that I can't buy with my Acer Liquid Metal.
No problem with that...
Then I saw that all my old purchased software was not purchased.
Now two solutions are there:

I just made an happy mess --> no problem.
If you buy any app for your phone and then buy a new one you should buy that app... AGAIN?!?!

As long as you're using the same account they're supposed to be considered "purchased" (see, for example, Reinstalling purchased apps on a new phone?).

All Google Play purchases are tied to your gmail account. If you use the same account for both phones, then you should be fine.


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su (sudo) command not found Galaxy S Vibrant
I was wondering if any of you has seen this behavior:
I have an unrooted Galaxy S Vibrant and I was trying to root it permanently with z4root, unsuccessfully. While I try to do it permantly it seems to do it, but when I try to run Titanium Backup or any app that requires root permissions, it won't gain privileges. So, I installed a terminal app, and when I tried to run the su command it displays a command not found error.
My question is, what is missing from the OS? Any Idea? I know that you must have to be root in order to run certains commands but in that case it should display another error message?

It would seem that your Vibrant is not rooted; you said "I try to doi permantly it seems to do it" -- what exactly does it do?  If it's any help, I rooted my Vibrant by flashing the SuperUser package straight up.  You can also flash a kernel that roots.  Much better than z4root IMO.

It stays on the blue window with the 'adquiring root blah bla' message... If you can point how to do that flash I'll sure give it a try... Thanks

Download this to the root of your SD card, name it update.zip, reboot into recovery and flash it ("Install packages" or similar).

@MatthewRead I did what you pointed me and it gives me the message E:failed to verify whole-file signature Installation aborted... Any idea? Thanks

Oh, you might have "3E recovery".  You'd need to Odin to something with 2E recovery.  If you're stock 2.2 then you'll probably want Eugene's JK2 Froyo (not sure where to get it reliably anymore) which just has 2E recovery and minor tweaks from stock.  If you want to move to something else after that I recommend Bionix Nextgen V1.

The SU binaries are not included with the original distribution of Android, because they are not used at all by any stock system functions. Obviously, there are those of us that like to be able to do those things ;) Most rooting processes take care of this, but some leave it out. Hence the file @Matthew Read linked to should take care of your problem, if you follow the process he outlined :)
If you'd like to read more about it, you can visit the Superuser website and find more downloads there, although the link posted supports Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich. So it should cover you :)


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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus -- adb drivers
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus tablet on my hands, and I am trying to test my "large" scale layouts. The device shows up in harddrive mode on my computer (Win XP), but adb does not recognize it as a device (Note: it doesn't show ??????, it doesn't appear at all). I also tried using Samsung "Kies"- no success. It doesn't even recognize that the device is attached.
As a first step, I do have debugging mode enabled under developer settings.
Am I missing some drivers for the tablet? I checked here, but no drivers are offered- just Kies. Any help is welcomed, thanks!
Note: If running "adb devices" shows your device as ??????? kill & restart the server as described here. This is a separate issue.

have you got any solutions? I am facing the same issues

It is not ideal, but I have been connecting the device in harddrive mode, exporting the apk from eclipse, transferring it, & then installing locally. Obviously this means that I get no adb connection. :'(

I might try using adbWireless soon though, I've heard that it works sometimes. Else Wi-Fi Kies might work...but I doubt it. I'll get back to you about adbWireless shortly.

After talking with a co-worker, I can verify that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus can use adb over adbWireless successfully. Just make sure both sides are on the same network. I'll post my own result soon.

ok, I also tried with adbwireless and it works flawlessly, until now. however, I am using adb for much more than deploying apk's. I'll let you know if something comes up. :)

Same, glad it works well for you.

The current best, known solution is to use "adbWireless" to connect the device with one's computer over a network. Be careful to connect both devices to the same network.
If you do not have access to a wireless network, the .apk can be transferred in harddrive mode after exporting the project from eclipse. However, this route does not allow use of adb for logging, debug mode, or any other tools. (See application "aLogcat" if logcat logs are wanted)
If anyone finds other solutions, please edit this answer.


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Rooting my phone and installing CyanogenMod. Can I ever go back?

Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to unroot a device?
Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I have a HTC Desire HD with HTC Sense and I was thinking of rooting my phone, and installing CyanogenMod but I wonder... If I regret it later on, is there a possibility for me to go back to HTC Sense?

I think the duplicate should cover this.  As noted it depends on the method you use.

Sorry I forgot to mention about installing the Mod. its not just about rooting.

Oh yes, you ought to be able to flash the original firmware back.  You could use this question to help you find the firmware ahead of time so you know you have the option. Another method would be to make a Nandroid backup before installing CM, which is easily restored -- Brian mentions this in a comment on his answer to the other question.

I didnt find where to get HTC sense in that post

HTC sense is just the name of the UI.  You need a full ROM for the Desire HD (which will contain Sense), just like CyanogenMod is a full ROM.


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Samsung Galaxy S keeps resetting itself on shutting down. How can I stop this?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S and it has worked smoothly for the last couple of years. A couple of days ago, the battery charge died and when I turned it on, it had done a factory reset. Now every time I turn off the phone and then turn it back on, it always resets itself, How do I stop this and what could be the cause?

The Flash memory in the device may have died. This would cause any data on the chip (the /data chip) to not be picked up by the system, so it assumes that it is coming fresh out of a box.
This means that the chip(s) in the device may have used all of their write cycles. This is the reason SSDs aren't used for their reliability.
All flash chips (thumbdrives, SSDs, anything with a size of two to the power of X (2,4,8,16...) that isn't RAM...) have a limited number of possible write-erase cycles.
In most cases, this is unfixable other than replacing the chip. And in your case (if this is indeed your problem) this essentially is terminal.
Limiting writes to the chip (don't update apps, install-remove apps etc...) is the only way to slow this process.

... for the last couple of years...

In your situation this can be caused by general usage, esp, over this time period.
My eeePC's SSD didn't last a year.
Although, this could be something completely different, I'm just going by inferences as I couldn't see anything on Google.


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Transfer many files from android to pc, without usb and wifi
How can I quickly transfer many files from my Android device to the PC,
without USB cable or WiFi?
Regular bluetooth would require to transfer every single file manually.

Bluetooth is still fairly slow.  An ad-hoc Wi-Fi solution might be better, it doesn't require a router, though I am not sure what that would require on the PC side.

@Matthew I can bet, Bluetooth is faster than practical speed of ad-hoc or normal wi-fi on Android device. I don't know if you still live in Bluetooth 2.1 world..

@SS-3.1415926535897932384626433 How fast (Bluetooth) did you notice?

Install Astro File Manager with Astro Bluetooth Module. Go to Networks page of Astro File Manager (using toolbar) and tap Bluetooth icon. On next screen, turn on Bluetooth and check OBEX FTP Server.
After pairing, use Bluetooth software on PC to browse file system of device (almost all software work as OBEX FTP client). You can copy an entire folder from device to PC. Done!

thanks for your reply. what software do you suggest to use on windows 7 ? :)

Haven't you already got Bluetooth software with its driver (using which you pair devices)? That software should work as client.. Explore that..

Windows 7 has a built-in bluetooth stack and software. It should be sufficient to meet your needs.

Or, try this: http://www.windows7download.com/win7-bluetooth-file-transfer/vpylckzn.html

If you don't want to muck about wirelessly, why not just take the SD card out of your phone and insert it into your PC?  You can then fiddle with files to your heart's content.

That would require a card reader and he may not a removable card. Thought it's far easier than bluetooth.

thanks, but this solution is not so practical, since I would have to shut the phone down.

@iAsk What's impractical about that?  Are you transferring all these files repeatedly?  You also shouldn't have to shut it down, you can just dismount the card in Settings.

I have to remove the battery

Open Bluetooth settings, go to Shared Folder tab, check box for 'Allow remote devices to change content of shared folder'. Enjoy ridiculously fast file sharing.

This is seemingly not a standard Android function. I bet it's tied to one manufacturer. What phone are you using? Samsung?

While a good bluetooth app is probably your best bet, I can think of 2 other ways that answer the question:

NFC. Probably slower than bluetooth, and you'd require a special module to use it with a PC--even if you can find a phone that has it.
Network your phone with an OTG ethernet adapter. Though in most cases if you don't want a USB cable you don't want this. It can be useful in cases where you don't have physical access to the USB port of a PC, but you can use e.g. FTP file transfer over the network.

Shareit application can be used for the transfer of files from PC to Mobile and viceversa
It does not require wifi or cables. It Would create a hotspot(have to create a network in mobile and suggested to turn off your mobile data) then you can transfer from PC to Mobile and vice versa.
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Applications on SD Card disappear: Gingerbread bug or hardware error?
I have an Huawei Honour running 2.3.6. I have plenty of apps installed and some I have moved to a 32GB sd card.
Now I notice that quite randomly some application that are stored on the sd card just disappear. (I am not talking about the apps become unavailable when mounting the USB file system on a PC, as that is to be expected.)
All that remains is a placeholder-icon that will be removed once I click it, and every hint that this app was ever installed is gone. I have to go to the playstore and reinstall it.
Now I wonder what the source of this problem could be. Is it Gingerbread, or a hardware error (the device itself, or the sd card)?

Do you have an SD card reader or anything of the sort? Might be worthwhile to check the card for errors/bad blocks if you have the ability to do so, I suppose.

I've been Googling this problem for a few days now.  It appears to be based in some startup bug wherein the launcher app scans for existing applications before the SD card (internal or external) is mounted.  First off, use FileManager or equivalent to look at your SD card's contents.  If you see some grey icons with the app names or "com.[appname]" , then you're suffering from this bug.
There are a variety of work-arounds posted in various forums -- too many for me to provide links here.  Rumor has it that ICS 4.04 and JellyBean may have fixed the bug.  In the meantime, you might want to try Link2SD and/or cautious use of tools like App2SD which promise to tell the user which apps should not be moved.