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2011/05/31 | 525 | 1,879 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed that with the Froyo "desk clock" application, when you put it in low light mode, it forces the back-light far darker than you can manually make it in the settings.
My question is: is there an application or a non-root hack that can make the back-light really dim just like in the desk clock application?
As that clock can set brightness lower without rooting, there should be a way to do that without rooting.<issue_comment>username_1: Try [Screen Filter](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.haxor).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If you want to read books in low light, use Foxit Reader, it can dim the screen nearly as clock.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The Clock app is setting flags on its own fullscreen window that override the system default screen brightness, but this only affects that app's window.
See the [source for DeskClock.java](http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/DeskClock.git;a=blob;f=src/com/android/deskclock/DeskClock.java;h=7460e7ddff3e75d7ef69d9c55e5cd997799bc5f2;hb=HEAD)
```
551 winParams.flags |= WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN;
552 winParams.dimAmount = DIM_BEHIND_AMOUNT_DIMMED;
553 winParams.buttonBrightness = WindowManager.LayoutParams.BRIGHTNESS_OVERRIDE_OFF;
```
The flags used are documented on the [Android Developer site](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/WindowManager.LayoutParams.html#buttonBrightness), in particular:
>
> float BRIGHTNESS\_OVERRIDE\_OFF Value
> for screenBrightness and
> buttonBrightness indicating that the
> screen or button backlight brightness
> should be set to the lowest value when
> this window is in front.
>
>
>
So, the DeskClock is not using anything special to dim the screen, but it can only affect its own window.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/05/31 | 294 | 1,189 | <issue_start>username_0: One of the frustrating things about HTC is that I cannot manage my files which have been downloaded. On the marketplace, there are some apps which allow you to do this such as:
* Astro File manager
* eFile
* Root Explorer
If I install a file explorer app, will that void my warranty with HTC or Android?<issue_comment>username_1: No, you won't invalidate your warranty.\* Keep in mind that Root Explorer requires root, though, and rooting will invalidate your warranty. I personally love Root Explorer, so I recommend the non-root version: [Explorer](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speedsoftware.explorer).
\* I haven't read your warranty, but I've never heard of a condition that bizarre. This is not legal advice; I am not a lawyer.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: No, using a file manager will not invalidate your warranty. Rooting often will though. On my phone, I personally use Astro File Manager.
If you want a solution to manage all your files from the desktop, our company produces a solution called [SnapPea](http://www.snappea.com). It's an easy way to manage contacts, apps, music, and videos from your Windows desktop.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/05/31 | 760 | 2,680 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there an ssh server for Android (such as openssh for Ubuntu) that will allow me to access my device console via PuTTY?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, there are a couple of options for this, including:
* [SSHDroid](https://market.android.com/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid) (does not require rooted phone)
* [QuickSSHD](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.quicksshd) (see [this Google thread](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=53194de3f7456bc9&hl=en) for some discussion)
* [Dropbear](http://code.google.com/p/android-dropbear-sshd/) (requires rooted phone, see [this Droidforums thread](http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/9038-ssh-daemon-dropbear-android-2-0-a.html) for some discussion)
* [SSHelper](http://arachnoid.com/android/SSHelper/) (does not require rooting; free software -- under GPL; it incorporates also code from other projects; [might eventually appear in the F-Droid repository](http://f-droid.org/forums/topic/sshelper/))
* some other free (= libre) software projects of an ssh server have been [mentioned in the discussion of their potential inclusion into F-Droid](http://f-droid.org/forums/topic/droidsshd/)
Some of these apps will require you to root your device. SSHDroid, QuickSSHD and SSHelper, at least, do not (there may be others as well). There are certainly multiple choices for you to investigate depending on your requirements/desired features/etc.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can also use an SSH server without a frontend app -- starting it with a command or through a configuration file, as described in [Howto: Connect to Device with SSH](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto%3a_Connect_to_Device_with_SSH).
According to that page, CyanogenMod included an SSH server (dropbear) in some releases. ("Cyanogenmod 9.0 RC2 no longer includes Dropbear.") Or you could probably put it into your system yourself.
It seems that by default it is assumed that the server is run by root (i.e., you'd need root acces to your system), but it must be possible to set up it to work without root.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: This answer is a bit late to the party, but you can also compile static openssh binaries (ssh sshd ssh-keygen etc) for android using the buildroot project. Or dropbear if you prefer.
<https://buildroot.uclibc.org>
<https://buildroot.uclibc.org/downloads/manual/manual.html>
I have done this on my linux box, for openssh and many other programs. This requires a rooted device.
My device was arm based - you would have to check if your device is supported by buildroot if it is not arm.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/05/31 | 178 | 822 | <issue_start>username_0: my samsung galaxy europa seems to sync ok with my google account. but the contacts do not appear in my google account on the web [whereas updates to calendar and email do]. any advice appreciated.<issue_comment>username_1: By default the contacts you see on the web are your most used contacts. You have to choose all contacts to see everyone.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Is your phone configured to sync contacts with your Google account?
To verify this go to Settings --> accounts & sync, tab on your account and verify that the Sync Contacts option is checked.
If this option is checked then the contacts are synced to your account but you are probably using a configuration in your gmail web account that only shows you the most used contacts instead of all contacts.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/01 | 330 | 1,235 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro Mini and would like to know if it is possible to be alerted to a new SMS message every few minutes until it is acknowledged.
Sometimes I am away from the phone and miss the initial alert.<issue_comment>username_1: Xperia mini pro has LED light that blinks in different colors. This LED blinks in regular intervals till you see your notification area.
This LED blinks for Mails, Messages, Missed Calls, etc. I guess by default it works. There is no need to enable it manually.
Coming to sound alert there is an application [Notification Plus](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jmoyer.NotificationPlus) which does this job.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The two more popular SMS apps in the market - [Handcent SMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms) and [GoSMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms) have options that allow you to set reminder tones and LED flashing to alert a user to unseen messages. Lots of configurable options in both apps.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: This small app may be what you wanted : <https://market.android.com/details?id=os.checknew>
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/01 | 456 | 1,792 | <issue_start>username_0: There is any way to view flash animations on web with a Samsung with Android 2.2???
I already tryed to install the Adobe flash apk from market but it is disabled for my phone.<issue_comment>username_1: You don't say what model your phone is? Is it on the Adobe's list of supported devices at: <http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/> ?
If you look at the Adobe's published [minimum requirements for mobile Flash](http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/#mobile), they list Android 2.2, a Cortex A8 (ARMv7) processor, and a Hardware Vector FPU (floating point maths processor).
I'd have thought the two processor requirements are probably going to be more of a problem than the processor speed requirement, as they mean that Flash is going to be trying to use hardware instructions in the CPU that won't be available in older/lesser specced CPUs, this would definitely stop Flash working. Do you know what processor your phone has?
**EDIT**: According to this [Wikipedia CPU page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSM7000#MSM7227_and_MSM7230) the Galaxy 551 has a Qualcomm MSM7227 chip which is ARMv6 compatible. As Adobe state you need an ARMv7 compatible processor, it looks like you won't be able to run Flash on your phone.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Note that in some older phone which aren't supported by Adobe Flash, it may be possible to install Flash Lite. It isn't close to full Flash, but can only play simple movie.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: The CPU usually cant support it.. there isnt a hack around it except that if you really want to view flash, you can download rockplayer for your CPU type, and play the downloaded flv files.. (flv files work in software decoding mode).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/01 | 240 | 897 | <issue_start>username_0: There is any apk that shows the system and hardware information about my Adroid phone??? I mean an aplication such as Everest (or msinfo32) does for Windows.<issue_comment>username_1: Quick System Info is what I use (and was preinstalled in my LeeDroid ROM)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Try [Android system Info](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi&feature=order_history).
You will me amazed how much information this application provides.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: [Elixir](http://www.appbrain.com/app/elixir/bt.android.elixir) is one of the most widely downloaded comprehensive system info app for android.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: [Quadrant](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.standard) also give me the same information that Android System Info.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/01 | 701 | 2,888 | <issue_start>username_0: I can't download applications from the Android Market very well. The most common problem is that it sends an HTTP request and the remote server replies, but no data follows: the TCP connection just stalls. The Market app shows an animated progress bar (before "0%" or sometimes always "0%") indefinitely until I cancel the download.
Sometimes using another network connection helps. (Note: I don't have data plan yet and use only WiFi):
* Connection over Wi-fi access point to my laptop that is running VPN and doing NAT: stalls
* Connection over Wi-fi access point to my laptop that is running VPN and doing "-j REDIRECT' to tcpsocks that is connecting throught "ssh -D" from my server: sometimes works
* Ad-hoc Wi-fi connection to my laptop that is running VPN and doing "-j REDIRECT' to [tcpsocks](https://github.com/vi/tcpsocks) that is connecting throught "ssh -D" from my server: stalls
* Connection over Wi-fi access point to my laptop connected to university network and doing `-j REDIRECT` to tcpsocks that is connecting through the `ssh -D` (connections originating from my server): sometimes works, very very slow
* VPN connection from the device throught the access point (without using laptop): works
* Connecting through the ProxyDroid (running redsocks internally) redirecting to `ssh -D` (connections originating from my server) started on my laptop over Ad-hoc wifi network: stalls
* Connecting through the ProxyDroid (HTTP mode) redirecting to proxy server running on my laptop (with by chain of proxy servers finally originates connections from my server) started on my laptop over Ad-hoc wifi network: stalls
The only workaround I found is to capture the request from device with Wireshark and execute it (using netcat) on my desktop computer. It downloads the apk file from the Market which I can put on the device as usual. Obtaining such links is hovewer inconvenient (especially when it uses HTTPS).
Trying to use ProxyDroid does not help.
* How can I debug stalled downloads from Android Market?
* What are alternative approaches to obtaining apps from Market? Would using the Android Market in the emulator be better?<issue_comment>username_1: Quick System Info is what I use (and was preinstalled in my LeeDroid ROM)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Try [Android system Info](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi&feature=order_history).
You will me amazed how much information this application provides.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: [Elixir](http://www.appbrain.com/app/elixir/bt.android.elixir) is one of the most widely downloaded comprehensive system info app for android.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: [Quadrant](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aurorasoftworks.quadrant.ui.standard) also give me the same information that Android System Info.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/02 | 820 | 3,285 | <issue_start>username_0: How to make or receive a call from console?
Expecting something like this, UNIX-style:
```
make_call +3750291234567 < played_data.wav > recorded_data.wav
wait_for_call < played_data.wav > recorded_data.wav 2> call_info.txt
```
Preferably this should have no side effects like sounds from the device. The phone is Xperia X10 (for which the call recording is reported to be working).
I want calls to be scriptable like other Linux things I've got used to.<issue_comment>username_1: You're not going to be able to achieve this using just userland tools, like what you describe -- at least not while Android is running.
The reason is because the [RIL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Interface_Layer) opens the radio device (generally some device node under `/dev/*`) as a low-level linux service, and while that has an exclusive lock on the device, nothing else can read from or write to the radio. The RIL then communicates to the Android platform for all radio-related events.
It could be done with some *extensive* modifications to the underlying Linux kernel (it's open source, so definitely a possibility if you don't mind getting your hands dirty in C), or by replacing the RIL daemon (not as easy, because the `rild` is **not** required to be open source, therefore you don't know what the underlying implementation is without reverse engineering). Doing the latter will break Android's ability to use it properly, unless you somehow come up with a compatibility channel to proxy communication between the new RIL and the existing RIL - and even then, there's a good chance that Android will become confused when it tries to make a call (knowing that the modem *should not* currently be in use, but getting a response from the radio saying that it is in use).
Failing that, you might also be able to achieve it by replacing the Phone app and using all-native platform APIs. But I'm kind of thinking that it won't work (at least based on my knowledge of how HTC radios work). In an HTC device, when you place a call, Android notifies `rild`, which places the call, and then `rild` tells the **radio** that it should route all call audio through the handset speaker and route all sound picked up from the microphone into the phone call. The Android platform does not handle call audio routing itself.
All of the above requires rooting the device and installing a custom-built ROM at a minimum.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You should be able to make phone calls easily in the command line, assuming you have root.
The command is `service call phone 2 s16 "+18001231234"`. This will automatically start calling that phone number.
However, this is all done in the foreground. If you had the phone, you would see the normal call screens show up. If you were trying to launch a phone call behind the scenes without the user knowing, I'm not sure how you would do that.
Also, this is only for sending calls, not receiving. And you can't pipe a sound file to the call in lieu of using the actual microphone, nor can you record the incoming sound.
More information: [Android – Call/Dial from the adb shell command line](http://davanum.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/android-calldial-from-the-adb-shell-command-line/)
Upvotes: 3 |
2011/06/02 | 936 | 3,428 | <issue_start>username_0: Last night I got a telemarketing call on my Verizon Droid X. I was horrified, to say the least. I absolutely do NOT want telemarketers wasting my time and minutes with their B.S.
I looked into screening blocking calls through Verizon, but it seems Verizon only lets you block a total of FIVE numbers. I think this is unacceptable.
I went to the app store and there are a number of such applications available. From reviews and comments it's really hard to choose.
Is there a way to solve this problem? An app? A procedure? Something within the phone itself?
I'm using the soak release of Gingerbread, 2.3.3. I don't care about price. I just want something that is fast and effective.<issue_comment>username_1: [Root Call Blocker](https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.rootcallblocker.beta) seems to fit the bill perfectly. As the name implies though, it requires the handset to be rooted. I use it personally and so far it's been doing its job well.
There are plenty of [alternatives](https://market.android.com/search?q=call%20blocker&so=1&c=apps) on the Market for you to try.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I don't use an app.
What I do is have a "Spammer" record in my Contacts. Whenever I receive a telemarketing call, I add that phone number to the Spammer contact.
I give out my Google Voice number exclusively. Within GV I have that contact blocked, so any calls from one of those numbers receives the *"ding-ding-ding This number is not in service"* message.
In those rare cases where the call is to my actual cell phone number, it quite obviously displays "Spammer" on the screen and I simply slide to ignore the call.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: If you are in the US, I would highly recommend getting a Google Voice number. Anytime a form asks for your phone number, give it your Google Voice number instead of your real phone number. This way you can screen calls or block calls inside of Google Voice, along with other benefits such as transcribing your voicemails and unlimited texting.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: I would recommend two apps. [Call Blocker](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netqin.mm), which works really fine and blocks calls as well as inconvenient text messages, and [Tasker](https://market.android.com/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) -- a very powerful tool that does a lot of things besides blocking undesired calls.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: A new app in the Play Store: [WhoAreYou](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.youmail.callerid)
>
> Completely FREE Visual Caller ID, Call Blocker, and Text Blocker.
> Know exactly who is calling or texting you - even when they’re not in your address book. WhoAreYou is a completely FREE visual Caller ID, Call Blocker, and Text Blocker.
>
>
> * See a name, visual picture, city and state on almost every call and text.
> * Use it as a call filter and call blocker to effortlessly block calls from telemarketers, spammers, and ex’s from ringing your phone.
> * Also use it as a text filter and text blocker to get rid of those unwanted, annoying text messages. Block SMS / TXT messages with ease!
> * Reverse lookup any number in the US or Canada
>
>
>
[Lifehacker review](http://lifehacker.com/5925373/whoareyou-offers-free-caller-id-sms-blocking-and-reverse-phone-number-lookups-for-android)
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/02 | 1,040 | 4,044 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that premium version of ROM manager allows OTA updates to the nightly builds and there is also the old(deprecated) cyanogen updater on google-code.
Is there any way to do an OTA without using ROM manager? How does an OTA work? Does it actually just replace the existing firmware.<issue_comment>username_1: If you want to update CyanogenMod nightly builds Over The Air you'll need the premium version of ROM manager, this is the way to obtain donations to the project.
An OTA update is basically a download of a full ROM or a patch of some files that is saved to the storage of your phone and once it’s downloaded it installs automatically the full ROM or the patch to the phone. This system is used in many Android phones to deliver updates without the need to connect the phone to a computer to update the system.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Of course you can do OTA updates manually, without ROM Manager Premium.
1. On the handset open up a browser of your choice and navigate to <http://download.cyanogenmod.com/>
2. On the left column, under the "By Device" section tap on the codename for your device (e.g. "passion" for Nexus One)
3. Optionally, you can filter the download list by type (Stable Vs. Nightly) by tapping on the type right above the list of downloads.
4. Tap on the filename to begin download. Obviously a WiFi connection is recommended because the ROMs are fairly large, at around 100 MB.
5. Once the download completes, reboot into Recovery (Clockworkmod, Amon-RA, etc.)
6. Perform a NANDroid backup, so that you can do a restore in case something goes wrong in subsequent steps.
7. Wipe Cache and Dalvik-cache partitions (you'll need to find the relevant menu entries in whatever recovery image you are using.) This step is not mandatory, but can help resolve stability issues, so always I perform it.
***[Edit]*** 7.a. Note that if you are upgrading to the same ROM (i.e. flashing a newer nightly of CyanogenMod) you don't have to wipe data. This way all of your current apps and settings are retained. Only if you change to a different ROM altogether (i.e. going from CM to a Sense port) would you need to start over by wiping the /data partition.
8. Select to flash a Zip from SD Card from the "download" folder (could be a different directory, depending on the browser you are using.) This can take a while, and the progress bar might appear to be stuck, but don't cut power to the phone or you'll risk corruption. Once the "success" message appears you can move forward.
9. Optionally flash an alternate kernel image (for overclocks, etc.)
10. Reboot your phone. This step will take longer than usual, since the caches are being rebuilt.
ROM Manager Premium automates most of these steps so that you don't have to muck around the recovery too much, but you can always to this yourself. It's still Over-The-Air, since you're not hooking your phone up to a PC to transfer the files.
**[Edit]**
Furthermore, you can even automate the notifications of new builds being posted for CyanogenMod via RSS feeds. The trick is that the CM download page doesn't provide its own RSS feed, so you have to create your own via one of the [free services](http://techpp.com/2009/04/27/top-10-free-tools-to-create-rss-for-any-website-2/):
1. Get your device's link (e.g. `http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=passion` for Nexus One Nightly builds.)
2. Go to one of the free RSS-from-website creation services and create an RSS feed for the link above. You might need to tinker with advanced settings to get the listing. For example, I created [this RSS feed](http://feedity.com/rss.aspx/cyanogenmod-com/UFJRVFBU) for Nexus One nightly builds.
3. Subscribe to the newly generated feed in your favorite RSS reader (e.g. [Google Reader](http://www.google.com/reader)
4. Use an Android RSS reader app that has notifications feature (e.g. [NewsRob](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.newsrob)) and set up a notification for this feed.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/02 | 444 | 1,847 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to be able to play an audio recording over an open phone conversation. I.e., while the phone is connected (an outgoing call) a prerecorded audio file is played over the open phone connection. How can I do this?<issue_comment>username_1: No, the best that you would be able to accomplish is playing a sound through the speaker so the microphone can pick it up. There are no api's that can accomplish that.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: @jim, Try using AudioTrack API in Stream mode. see below code snippet
```
AudioTrack track = new AudioTrack(AudioManager.STREAM_VOICE_CALL, mySampleRate,
AudioFormat.CHANNEL_CONFIGURATION_MONO, AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT,
myBuffersize, AudioTrack.MODE_STREAM);
```
This should work
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: When i need to play something recorded over the phone, i usually turn on the phone speaker and press up the volume to max. Then people on the other end can hear it, but it works best on HD voice carriers (the audio sounds much better on the other end) :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: If you have a phone or secondary device that you can play the audio file on and both devices have auxillary ports, simply buy a cheap aux cable, cut it open, and plug both wires in the other way, so the phone thinks that the other device is a microphone. This works better that simply playing it through a speaker because there is much more clarity and no background noise.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: As per my experience, you can play your recorded audio in a music player app. Though the app stops playing when phone is connected, for most music apps, if you **restart playback**, it continues to play.
If you want the audio to be played automatically, may be you can use voicemail.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/02 | 622 | 2,475 | <issue_start>username_0: I found an sd card that was definitely in someone's android phone. Is there any file within the card that would have it's owner's info, so that I might contact them somehow and return what they've lost? Just going out of my way to be a good samaritan here....<issue_comment>username_1: Not by default, no. You can export contacts to the sdcard, but that would only contain "the owner" if they have themselves in their contacts. But you would also probably have no clue which one is them.
While it is a grand gesture on your part, I think you are the new owner of a used sdcard.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As Ryan said, you can export the contacts to the card, if you were to put the card in your phone you could potentially look at the contacts and maybe they have someone in their phone listed as "mom" or "girlfriend" or something that would help you identify them.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Android by default doesn't save any personally identifiable info to the SD card, the system backs up/syncs important data to the web, not the SD card but there may be a chance that an app has saved something useful to there . Most apps store their main settings (which is where things like login names/email addresses would be) in the phone's internal memory, only using the SD card for storing larger files and cached data.
The most obvious would be to look for pictures, but depending how they use their camera, etc that may not be any help. They may have files with identifiable info in the `Download` folder, from saved email attachments, web pages, etc.
For some common apps that may be likely:
If they've used an app like [LifeSaver](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.textuality.lifesaver2) to back up their call log or message log to their SD card, then you could open that and look for frequently contacted numbers. This would be a text file in a folder called `LifeSever` or `LifeSaver-F` that can be opened in Notepad.
If they use [Dropbox](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android), they may have saved files with useful info into the `Dropbox` folder.
Possibly the photos could be helpful
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I just found someone using Spotify data on the SD card at path:
/Android/data/com.spotify.music/files/spotifycache/Users/<10-digit-user-id>-user
Then check the URL:
<https://open.spotify.com/user/><10-digit-user-id>
That was their Spotify account.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/03 | 496 | 1,889 | <issue_start>username_0: I have looked through the site, and it doesn't seem this has been answered yet. Once a day, at some point I pull my phone out of my pocket and it refuses to wake (black screen only). It isn't off, because the power button does nothing. I have to remove the battery in order to reboot the phone. I have looked for an app to help me find the cause (i.e. Log Collector) but it doesn't help because this isn't as simple as an FC, I am unaware when it happens until I pull my phone out. Is there a way to debug/find the culprit?
**My info:** Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660, Froyo, rooted
**Note:** I am running SetCPU (no profiles) and Tasker, they are suspects but I haven't been able to get an app to give me a continuous log.<issue_comment>username_1: I think I had the same problem recently. When I pressed the phone's power button to wake it up, the display would turn on, but stay completely blank. It happened multiple times a day for me and I got frustrated, so I tried three things and one of those seems to have fixed the problem. *Knock on wood*.
1. I reformatted my external SD-Card.
2. I removed almost all of my media files from the phone.
3. I disabled JuiceDefender's CPU frequency scaling
My prime suspect was the SD-Card, because the problems started to occur, when I inserted it, but I cannot be sure.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I had the same problem with my Gio and I found out that it's because i leave WiFi ON for a while without working with phone.
This is a bug in Android-2.2 Froyo and it's solved in 2.3 Gingerbread which has been released on December 6, 2010.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: When I had this happen on my HTC G2, it ultimately turned out to be a hardware issue. If disabling the SetCPU doesn't fix it, then I'd check your warranty coverage and make sure to get a replacement before it expires.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/03 | 779 | 2,725 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently installed JuiceDefender (JD) and along with it JuicePlotter (JP). JP gives me a nice graph about my energy consumption over time. I noticed that around 1 A.M. my phone uses up more battery power than the rest of the night. I don't think that I have something explicitly scheduled at that time. I have Samsungs 2.2 Froyo (rooted) on my Samsung Galaxy-S (I9000).
How can I find out the cause for this?<issue_comment>username_1: You can use a logcat viewer, such as [LogCat Reader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat) (I've found that one works well), and just scroll back through the logs until the time in question.
A less precise solution would be to go to **Settings > About phone > Battery use** and that will tell you what has been using most of your battery.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: When you get Gingerbread on your Galaxy S, then the battery usage graph shows what's using power over time
**Settings** -> **About Phone** -> **Battery Use** and then press on the graph at the top for a more detailed view broken down by app over time. *(you can also get there through Settings -> Applications -> Battery Use and then pressing on the graph at the top)*.
(Don't know if this is a Samsung or a Gingerbread feature but is part of Samsung's official Gingerbread 2.3.3. release for the Galaxy S which was released a few weeks ago in many countries/networks)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If there's anything happening at a "given time", or otherwise should show some "significant change", it might also be worth to take a look at [SystemPanel](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel "SystemPanel @ Google Playstore"):
[](https://lh4.ggpht.com/y-ATZA5b13BhBGthyp-Rx50hCqEd5AaH0Hi9PF5rr57PiPuU04_E5YhXhWodRQgvohE) [](https://lh4.ggpht.com/WTN3w2jIxXmVZKglePlQSDS_9P0y0sQ2afxZP85MVcreTB0r9UeLA_prhmb9i4rMsV4)
SystemPanel (source: [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel "SystemPanel @ Google Playstore"))
Even the free version allows you to live-monitor your Android system (where "live" means the app must be running), while the payed version adds a "monitoring service" which stores collected information, so you can refer to it later. As above screenshot shows, it lets you clearly see the peaks for CPU (click the image to enlarge), but also for battery and other ressources. It also allows you to pick the "top processes" and see how they behaved over time.
Clearly a candidate to investigate the problem you described.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/03 | 1,000 | 4,034 | <issue_start>username_0: This might be a border line question for this forum, but I will see and learn whether it is relevant. At least I do not believe that anyone here would feel that it is not interesting as it is very close to the interests of Android Enthusiasts.
Imagine the following scenario. You want to type 300 characters (something like three SMS) and you want to do this as fast as possible. Given my typing speed on the touch screen (even utilizing various speed up input software), I am still typing at something like the fourth of the speed as on a normal keyboard.
This scenario could arise in the following places:
* As a passenger in a car/train/airplane
* While walking (actually while biking in my case, but this is not recommended)
* While sitting in a sofa/chair
* While lying in bed
I have come across various wireless keyboards, which could be utilized. The problem is that if I need one hand to hold the phone (in order to read what I type) and one to hold the keyboard in most of the scenarios above, I am left with at best a few fingers to type on the keyboard, which would hardly be better than using the touch screen.
Therefore, I am thinking about a keyboard with a holder, which would need to be really tall in order to be close enough for me to actually read what I type. I imagine that the time it takes to set up something like this, would mean that it would not pay off for just typing the 300 characters.
My conclusion so far, is therefore, that there is no current solution to this problem, which would make me faster, apart from buying an android phone with a built in keyboard. Are there any alternatives I have missed?<issue_comment>username_1: I realise that this isn't an answer to your hardware requirement, but are you sure you need new hardware?
I believe that the current [Guinness World Record speed texting record holder](http://phandroid.com/2010/08/24/text-message-speed-record-broken-thanks-to-swype-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s/) used the [Swype keyboard](http://www.swypeinc.com/) on an Android phone, so it's not exactly slow.
Swype is pre-installed on a number of Android phones (primarily Samsung models) but unfortunately is otherwise in a [limited beta that you'll need to register for](http://beta.swype.com/). There are some similar soft keyboards like [SlideIt](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite) that are available in the Market
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: As much as I personally like Swype, SlideIt or SwiftKey (or ThumbKeyboard on my tab), no VK can ever come even close to replacing a real hardware keyboard. Accuracy issues because of screen issues (lack of true multitouch), poor prediction software (especially on slower phones) always make me spend more time correcting what I thought I typed than actually typing.
Unfortunately swapping the phone is usually not an option for most people. I did some googling I found a [mini bluetooth keyboard](http://desoons.en.made-in-china.com/product/voRQALOdfNcu/China-Mini-Bluetooth-Keyboard-for-Android-Windows-Symbian-With-Case.html) with case that could potentially work for you.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: If you truly want to speed up the typing speed, there are certain factors you have to take in account:
* Screen size
* Touchscreen type (number of simultaneously recognized distinctive touch points, latency, etc.)
* OS (how fast can it recognize the touches, etc.)
* Underlying base hardware (how fast can it run the OS itself, and how fast can it process the raw touch information into usable digital data)
If you want to truly speed things up, you will have to get a new phone, preferably some flagship device (these tend to have the latest, "most innovative" specs, including touchscreen, plus the latest OS). I understand that you would rather not do this, but otherwise you cannot speed things up (you could try replacing the touchscreen, its controller, etc., but it is all risky, and software support would be lacking).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/03 | 671 | 2,621 | <issue_start>username_0: I use 3G, Android 2.2, LG P500 phone. I've tested it on Windows 7 and Windows XP, the result is the same. After several minutes the connection dies and I need to switch off/on the USB Tethering option to restore the connection.<issue_comment>username_1: I realise that this isn't an answer to your hardware requirement, but are you sure you need new hardware?
I believe that the current [Guinness World Record speed texting record holder](http://phandroid.com/2010/08/24/text-message-speed-record-broken-thanks-to-swype-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s/) used the [Swype keyboard](http://www.swypeinc.com/) on an Android phone, so it's not exactly slow.
Swype is pre-installed on a number of Android phones (primarily Samsung models) but unfortunately is otherwise in a [limited beta that you'll need to register for](http://beta.swype.com/). There are some similar soft keyboards like [SlideIt](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite) that are available in the Market
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: As much as I personally like Swype, SlideIt or SwiftKey (or ThumbKeyboard on my tab), no VK can ever come even close to replacing a real hardware keyboard. Accuracy issues because of screen issues (lack of true multitouch), poor prediction software (especially on slower phones) always make me spend more time correcting what I thought I typed than actually typing.
Unfortunately swapping the phone is usually not an option for most people. I did some googling I found a [mini bluetooth keyboard](http://desoons.en.made-in-china.com/product/voRQALOdfNcu/China-Mini-Bluetooth-Keyboard-for-Android-Windows-Symbian-With-Case.html) with case that could potentially work for you.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: If you truly want to speed up the typing speed, there are certain factors you have to take in account:
* Screen size
* Touchscreen type (number of simultaneously recognized distinctive touch points, latency, etc.)
* OS (how fast can it recognize the touches, etc.)
* Underlying base hardware (how fast can it run the OS itself, and how fast can it process the raw touch information into usable digital data)
If you want to truly speed things up, you will have to get a new phone, preferably some flagship device (these tend to have the latest, "most innovative" specs, including touchscreen, plus the latest OS). I understand that you would rather not do this, but otherwise you cannot speed things up (you could try replacing the touchscreen, its controller, etc., but it is all risky, and software support would be lacking).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/03 | 491 | 1,760 | <issue_start>username_0: I have set up a local Funambol server and created an account. Then I installed Funambol Sync 9.0.1 on my android device (HTC Desire, CyanogenMod 7.0.3 stable (Android 2.3.3)) directly (by APK) because I don't have (and don't want) The Google App Pack.
I configured it and it syncs contacts fine. However, it *only* gives me the option to sync contacts: my user interface looks different than the screenshots on [here](https://android-client.forge.funambol.org/). When opening the sync app I have only one big button that is labeled "Sync Contacts", I don't have a list like in the screenshot. Also, the 'Settings' don't have an "Account" tab.
I wish to sync calendars (at least). What could be the cause of this? Have I installed it incorrectly?<issue_comment>username_1: Judging by the reviews on the [Market](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.funambol.androidsync), it looks like the ability to sync to your own server was removed in one of the latest versions of Funambol Sync.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I got it to work now. The problem was that
* calendar sync appearently wasn't supported by Funambol Android client v9.0.1 (which is not the latest version, whatever their download page says)
* the most recent version v10.0.3 has a bug that prevents a calendar from being created if none exists on Android v2.3 and above.
You can either wait for the next snapshot or patch it yourself: in the Funambol Android Client sources in file **src/com/funambol/android/source/pim/calendar/CalendarManager.java** find the line (280):
```
if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) == 8 ) {
```
and replace it with
```
if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) >= 8 ) {
```
and compile.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/03 | 422 | 1,518 | <issue_start>username_0: We have a Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought in the US from T-mobile. It's unable to read text messages in Hebrew, write in Hebrew, or anything else. We tried to install the language through the languages section in the settings, but we couldn't find an option for Hebrew. We tried to install a language pack through the market, but it didn't work.
How can we install full support for Hebrew?
The phone is Samsung Galaxy S vibrant, bought from T mobile in USA (NYC).
firmware version is 2.1 with update 1.<issue_comment>username_1: Judging by the reviews on the [Market](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.funambol.androidsync), it looks like the ability to sync to your own server was removed in one of the latest versions of Funambol Sync.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I got it to work now. The problem was that
* calendar sync appearently wasn't supported by Funambol Android client v9.0.1 (which is not the latest version, whatever their download page says)
* the most recent version v10.0.3 has a bug that prevents a calendar from being created if none exists on Android v2.3 and above.
You can either wait for the next snapshot or patch it yourself: in the Funambol Android Client sources in file **src/com/funambol/android/source/pim/calendar/CalendarManager.java** find the line (280):
```
if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) == 8 ) {
```
and replace it with
```
if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) >= 8 ) {
```
and compile.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/04/25 | 330 | 1,529 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a couple of questions about privacy and Android phones, though it probably relates to the windows phone as well and welcome the thoughts of any developers.
Do the 'clear cookies' and or 'clear cache' functions actually remove hidden tracking cookies that use either **Flash based cookies** or the **client side storage area** inside the web browser?
If not, how do you delete them without resetting the entire phone?<issue_comment>username_1: To reset the Flash based data storage (technically like cookies), you have to wipe the data for the Flash Plugin. Home => Settings => Applications => Manage Applications => Adobe Flash Player => Clear Data. I would do the same procedure for your browser application, too, if have nothing valuable saved in the browser settings/passwords.
I wish Adobe had provided some form of privacy configuration application as they started to include with latest Flash Plugin for desktops.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Note that the HTML5 client-side storage isn't in either of those locations.
To clear that, you need to go into your browser, press the `Menu` button, select, **More**, then **Settings** then scroll right to the bottom where you can see (under the Advanced heading) **Website settings**, now you should be able to see which websites have stored data on your phone (shows as a rectangle that fills up, the more they store), as well as what other permissions you've given websites, like which ones can use your location data.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/03 | 287 | 1,303 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently got an Android HTC G7 phone which claims to be Android 2.2. But I do not see any Google applications installed (market, maps etc). Is there a way to install these libraries and get started?<issue_comment>username_1: To reset the Flash based data storage (technically like cookies), you have to wipe the data for the Flash Plugin. Home => Settings => Applications => Manage Applications => Adobe Flash Player => Clear Data. I would do the same procedure for your browser application, too, if have nothing valuable saved in the browser settings/passwords.
I wish Adobe had provided some form of privacy configuration application as they started to include with latest Flash Plugin for desktops.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Note that the HTML5 client-side storage isn't in either of those locations.
To clear that, you need to go into your browser, press the `Menu` button, select, **More**, then **Settings** then scroll right to the bottom where you can see (under the Advanced heading) **Website settings**, now you should be able to see which websites have stored data on your phone (shows as a rectangle that fills up, the more they store), as well as what other permissions you've given websites, like which ones can use your location data.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/03 | 417 | 1,417 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a stock unrooted Droid X running a leaked version of the Gingerbread update (system version 4.5.588). How can I update to the official release (system version 4.5.596) without root?<issue_comment>username_1: There should be someone who has the official release that you can download and just upgrade like you did with the leaked version. [Like this post here](http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/28/download-official-droidx-gingerbread-4-5-596-for-rooted-users/). It says it's for rooted users, but I don't see anything in the instructions that should require root.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You going to want to sbf your phone back to .340 first. [Here](http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-rooted-help/112152-maderstcok-ota-2-3-340-update-zip.html) is a great forum post showing how. I did it with my linux box, you can do it with windows but drivers can be an issue from what I have heard. Once you sbf your phone you can pull it down OTA. Warning this erases everything and you will loose root. The official release has not been rooted yet to my knowledge.
I have done it 2 times now I was running lexlite gingerade and sbf to install leaked gingerbread and then I sbf to install the offical release.
\**Edit: \** Looks like I was wrong it has been rooted there is just no easy root method. See @username_1 post.
Let me know if you need any more help.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/03 | 278 | 1,060 | <issue_start>username_0: I made a group that has around 18 contacts. I wanted to send a text message to everyone. When I was prompted to select contacts from the group, it would not let me select more than 10. Anyone know how I can get around that limitation? I have a Samsung Infuse.<issue_comment>username_1: [Handcent](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms&feature=search_result) should let you send more than 10 messages at once. It has a nice interface for selecting multiple contacts too. I haven't tested this (I don't want to send 10+ people a random text :) ).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: If you are constantly sending group messages you may want to check out some of the Group apps for Android.
GroupMe - creates an independent phone number for the group to text for those without data. - <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.groupme.android&feature=search_result>
Disco - a google owned or backed group messaging app - <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.disco.android&feature=search_result>
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/03 | 405 | 1,608 | <issue_start>username_0: 1. Every-time I try to add a new contact, my Nexus S force me to put the contact under "Google contact from [my <EMAIL>]<EMAIL>". Is there any way to change this? As I am concern on privacy. I do not want to let Google server to have every of my contacts.
2. After adding new contact, I have to go to "Display options". Under [my address]<EMAIL>, there is a no name group (The first group with name is System Group:My Contacts). Is there any way I can assign name to the no name group?<issue_comment>username_1: You should get the option to add them unsynced. Like this:
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As far as I know, contacts are always filed under some account. Presumably the design intent is that contacts are usually stored somewhere else, in some reliable storage, in case you lose the data on your phone.
I'm not in a position to try this myself, but here's a possible way to get an “unsynced” account: Install the free “[The Missing Sync for Android](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.markspace.missingsync&feature=search_result)” app. This app is intended to sync contacts directly with your desktop, and the desktop half is a paid app, but the phone side can be installed for free, and if you never sync it the data will stay on your phone.
The Missing Sync app will generate an account on your phone called “MissingSync” (which will be labeled “unsynced” even though it actually is synced via the Missing Sync app), which you can add contacts under.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/04 | 770 | 2,768 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a market where I can buy apps with PayPal?
Will the original Market going to support payment with PayPal?
Thanx.<issue_comment>username_1: With the recent legal bickering between eBay and Google, I'd say that the Android Market starting to accept PayPal (owned by eBay) is highly unlikely any time soon:
<http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0528/EBay-sues-Google-over-stolen-secrets-poached-employees>
There are other alternative markets like [SlideMe](http://slideme.org/) that I believe do offer PayPal.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Neither Google Android Market nor the Amazon Appstore support Paypal.
[SlideMe.org](http://slideme.org/) is an alternative market which does [support Paypal payments](http://slideme.org/payments). It's not a mirror, so you won't find as many apps as you would in the official Google Market.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: [YAAM](http://yaam.mobi) (Yet Another Android Market) uses PayPal, I've had no problems with it.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: There is no official support for Paypal in the android market, and seeing how Google and Paypal now seem to be competing a bit, I doubt there ever will be. But, if you want to use Paypal, you may be able to sign up for the [Paypal Debit card](https://personal.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=marketing_us/debit_card) and link that to your Google Checkout account. Then you will be using Paypal to make your purchases, and you can earn %1 cash back on the purchase.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: If you really need to do this, you could get a debit card hooked to your paypal account. Both their straight debit card, and their prepaid debit card are master-card branded, so you can use them as your Google app store payment option.
It's not the app store taking Paypal, of course, but it gets you what you want without the players involved having to come to any agreements.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: You can buy a gift card and use it yourself. I have used paypal to buy gift card from www.pcgamesupply.com and redeem it on google play.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_7: Google allows Play Store apps to be purchased using PayPal (starting from May 15, 2014):
>
> Starting today, we're making it possible for people to choose PayPal
> for their Google Play purchases in 12 countries, including the U.S.,
> Germany, and Canada. When you make a purchase on Google Play in these
> countries, you'll find PayPal as an option in your Google Wallet; just
> enter your PayPal account login and you'll easily be able to make
> purchases.
>
>
>
Source:
<http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/05/helping-you-go-global-with-more.html>
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/04 | 338 | 1,345 | <issue_start>username_0: Here is what happened: I upgraded my android version (to 2.1 on an Xperia X10 ), restored my contacts using the native apps. Some contacts are missing, but when I look at speed dial I can see some of the contacts. For example, I have contacts ABC and AYH: I see only AYH in phonebook but when I look at speed dials I see ABC also. I don t understand why is this happening. Am I, by any chance, not using an option to display all my contacts in phone book?<issue_comment>username_1: Go into your contacts Tab.
Press Menu > Display Options
You can then select 'Display only contacts with phones'
Also There is a list of accounts with 'Choose contacts to display' above it.
If you select each one of these you can choose which groups to hide or show, this may be were the numbers are being hidden.
---
Also within your text messaging app, you can press:
Menu > Settings and there is a setting that says 'Only mobile numbers'
deselect this as sometimes it hides numbers thinking they're not phone numbers when they are!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I finally found the solution for this problem. Follow these steps:
1. Backup all your contacts
2. open AppManager and goto "ALL" tab
3. search for this app "CONTACTS STORAGE" and clear its data
4. reboot device
5. restore your contacts...
Done.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/05 | 262 | 1,042 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to create a WiFi hotspot using my Incredible HTC phone. What software do I need to add to do this or can it be done with the built-in software?<issue_comment>username_1: Go into your contacts Tab.
Press Menu > Display Options
You can then select 'Display only contacts with phones'
Also There is a list of accounts with 'Choose contacts to display' above it.
If you select each one of these you can choose which groups to hide or show, this may be were the numbers are being hidden.
---
Also within your text messaging app, you can press:
Menu > Settings and there is a setting that says 'Only mobile numbers'
deselect this as sometimes it hides numbers thinking they're not phone numbers when they are!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I finally found the solution for this problem. Follow these steps:
1. Backup all your contacts
2. open AppManager and goto "ALL" tab
3. search for this app "CONTACTS STORAGE" and clear its data
4. reboot device
5. restore your contacts...
Done.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/05 | 755 | 3,104 | <issue_start>username_0: I turn off my Droid X (now running Gingerbread) to conserve the battery. However, every morning when I wake up, it is turned on. Has anyone else been having this problem?
I don't know how long it waits to turn on, or what time it is that it turns on, but it's quite a pain (especially because it drains the battery).
Any suggestions? This has only started happening when Verizon upgraded me to Gingerbread.<issue_comment>username_1: Make sure you are actually selecting "Power Off", not just pressing the power button. If the device is actually powered off, it will not turn back on. It would be like shutting off your computer fully, without pushing the power button again, it will not turn back on.
I want to add, that some devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S for example, even when in the "off state", are not actually off when they have some other power source plugged in. They show some type of status on screen about the battery charge state. If the device does this, then it is completely possible for it to turn back on at some point. But if you do not have any external power source plugged in, and you even took the battery out to "confirm" that it is off, then it should not turn back on and that is some crazy bug, if you ask me...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have the exact same problem. I have confirmed that my phone is powering off (I get the "powering off" message and then the screen goes blank). But some time in the night, my phone turns on by itself.
At first I thought that I was accidentally just setting it into the new (with Gingerbread) sleep mode. But I'm careful and I'm definitely pressing "power off".
Lots of people are reporting this same problem. Other forums have suggested changing the timing of the backup assistant. I've tried that, but to no avail.
It seems clear that this is a new issue with Gingerbread.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I know that Services have the ability to wake the phone up in order to run and it very well could be Motorola or a 3rd party app. I would recommend installing a log viewer app like [logcat](http://market.android.com/details?id=ukzzang.android.app.logviewer&feature=search_result) (I am not the dev) but I use it...
Then in the morning when your phone has started back up, look through the log files. You should be able to determine the Service that gets started and wakes up your phone. You are going to want to expand the log entries in order to see the timestamp.
Hope that helps!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: My Droid 3 turns back on when I put it in my new case. Come to find out is that the Droid series uses magnetic detection for when you put it in their dock. If you have a case with a magnetic closure that can tun your phone back on. It thinks that you are putting in a dock.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Most devices turn on when they have reached a fully charged battery state. If you're charging it overnight and you turn it off right before you go to bed, it probably reaches a full charge in the middle of the night and turns on.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/06/05 | 197 | 807 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a twitter app that also posts to facebook, but does it intelligently? Like instead of posting the link with the post, it attaches the link to the post (while posting to facebook). And Uploads pic to the wall instead of just posting the tweetpic link.<issue_comment>username_1: Seesmic and TweetDeck are good for spamming updates. If you use Foursquare or PicPlz these both post the "intelligent" version of the checkin or picture to Facebook while doing the normal text + link with Twitter.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: You can also get an app on Facebook that will grab your Twitter feed. That's what I do and it does a pretty good job.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Seesmic
Well designed, good for Facebook, Twitter and Buzz.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/02/14 | 714 | 2,603 | <issue_start>username_0: is there a way to sync an Ubuntu calendar application like Thunderbird Lightning or Evolution with an Android device without using google-calendar?
At the moment I am syncing my Thunderbird-Lightning calendars on different computers via Dropbox, what is much more reliable than google-calendar. Another big advantage over google-calendar is, that I can access my appointments offline as well, since the calendar files are synced onto the harddrive of each computer by Dropbox.
I'd like to access those calendars via my android device as well.
* The Dropbox-app for android does not support automatic syncing yet, so it seems like I have to use another service.
* Apart from that I guess I need to know an android app, that can access a calendar-file stored in ics-format.
Thanks in advance
YSN<issue_comment>username_1: Never tried it myself, but maybe it helps:
>
> [Funambol](http://www.funambol.com/) wirelessly syncs contacts, calendars, email and pictures between mobile phones, PCs, tablets and connected devices via the cloud.
>
>
>
They offer a (free) cloud service, or you can install the OS-Version yourself.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_1: DAViCal is a great calendar server, so if your phone supports iCal, you might look at either hosting a local instance on the pc you want to sync with, or hosting it on a server or nas server you may/may not have (i use my nas for this.).
[Yahoo! Calendar](http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/calendar/yahoocalendar/sync/) is also great for syncing. I use it to sync with my fiance for our wedding planning :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If you use a CalDAV server such as [SOGo](http://sogo.nu/) or [DAViCal](http://www.davical.org/) with Lightning, you can then use [CalDAV-Sync](http://dmfs.org/caldav/) on your Android device to sync your calendars there as well. SOGo also has CardDAV support, and [CardDAV-Sync](http://dmfs.org/carddav/) will keep your contacts in sync as well.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: So I was trying to do this with my Outlook Calendar (at work).
1. Export a ICS file to a Dropbox folder
2. Use DropSync on Android to keep the file in sync on the local sdcard
3. Use [ICSSync](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.nightlabs.android.icssync) to parse the ICS file and add it to the native Calendar app
The above approach works for me, ofcourse you'd have to find a way to schedule/automate the export of your calendar from your Calendering app on Ubuntu. For Outlook, I am using [Outlook2ICal](http://www.ryanwatkins.net/software/outlook2ical.js).
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/06 | 323 | 1,423 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been experiencing longer and longer times for the launcher to load when removing my phone (Moto Droid, 2.2.1) from the car dock or media dock, or when running the clock application for a long time (overnight). I understand from other questions on this site that the delay is related to memory management time to re-load the launcher, but the time seems to be getting longer and longer.
I've been moving more apps to the SD card over time and was wondering if the launcher is requiring more startup time to fetch icons from the SD card? If so, would it help to put SD apps in a folder or remove them from the home screens in order to speed up the load time for the launcher?
I have not added any new widgets for quite a while, but I do have a couple Tasker profiles, although I don't think the additional slowdown corresponds to changes in the Tasker setup.<issue_comment>username_1: I think the issue is not really with loading the launcherbut remounting the sdcard. You say it happens when you take it out of the dock? Does the dock connect to your computer? If so does it put your phone into USB transfer mode?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It seems the lag may have been related to being low on internal storage. After deleting some seldom-used apps (all the could be moved to SD already had been), the overall phone performance is much better, including the launcher.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/06 | 466 | 1,806 | <issue_start>username_0: My Android device is 3G capable, but does not have a front-facing camera. I am on a 3G network and I don't see any "video call" option in contacts. I'm wondering if I will be able to receive video calls so that I can just see them or maybe show my primary camera (back of the phone; the only camera) to them?
Also, if that was possible, can I toggle the camera off/on DURING the 3g call?
And does "data packet" need to be enabled to receive 3G calls?
EDIT: My device is Huawei IDEOS u8150 running Android 2.2 and if 3G video calls are not supported, can I find some custom ROM suitable for mine that can do this with the existing camera or some other workaround?<issue_comment>username_1: It would depend on the application used to make the video call. Some applications may tell you that you don't have a front facing camera and may not work. Some may allow you to use the back camera, I am not sure.
The best option is to try the application and see if you can make/receive calls.
**[edit]**
[VideoCall Radar](https://market.android.com/details?id=air.RadarVideoCall) is an app that will allow you make Video Calls without a front facing camera, but, like all the other apps, the person your calling has to have the application too.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You will not be able to receive a 3G video call from another phone, assuming what you are looking for is the operator backed 3G-324M solution that is available on most 3G phones (not including iPhone or Android).
3G-324M as a solution doesn't run over IP and requires a tighter integration between operating system, modem and application.
You can read more on the technicalities here: <http://www.radvision.com/Resources/Developers/White-Papers/android_integration.htm>
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/06 | 1,033 | 3,809 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Motorola Droid X2, I have to enter the PIN and then hit the arrow-like return button. On my iPod Touch, if I type the 4 digit passcode, it'll unlock as soon as I hit that fourth digit.
Is there any way to have the lock-screen unlock as soon as I enter the correct code?<issue_comment>username_1: No, because unlike the iPhone/iPod Touch, the unlock PIN can be longer than 4 digits. Android allows between 4 and 16 digits for the lock screen. Since it is "unknown" what the length of your PIN is, you have to press OK to indicate "you are done".
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Some of the alternate lock types unlock immediately.
The built-in Android pattern lock, where you do a "join the dots" between the nine dots displayed on the screen unlocks immediately your finger lifts off the screen (presuming that you've got the pattern right).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Handcent SMS has a lockscreen with PIN input that also has similar functionality. Entering the correct code auto unlocks when the last correct digit is entered without the need to press OK.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The Cyanogenmod (checked in CM10) lock screen also allows to unlock as soon as you enter the correct code.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: Yes, the question is old but remains valid for current time as well, so I'm answering keeping currently relevant Android versions in mind.
If your Android is rooted, has a compatible Xposed Framework1 installed, then provided that your Android can run GravityBox Xposed module, the latter can solve the problem.
### Instructions:
1. Install GravityBox relevant to your Android version, enable the module under Xposed Installer app and reboot the device.
2. Launch GravityBox, go to *Lockscreen tweaks* and enable *Quick unlock*. Once you enable it, the previously grayed out entry named *PIN length* would become available for tweak. Set it to the length your current PIN/Password consists of.
Changes would take place immediately.
(Click image to enlarge)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k2H9K.png)
Official GravityBox versions:
* For Android Jelly Bean: [GravityBox [JB]](http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.ceco.gm2.gravitybox)
* For Android KitKat: [GravityBox [KK]](http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.ceco.kitkat.gravitybox)
* For Android Lollipop: [GravityBox [LP]](http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.ceco.lollipop.gravitybox)
* For Android Marshmallow: [GravityBox [MM]](http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.ceco.marshmallow.gravitybox)
---
1 Xposed Framework: [Android 4.x](http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer), [Android 5.x and 6.x](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: On OnePlus/OxygenOS phones, this setting can be changed when changing the PIN itself. So if you want to switch to auto-enter versus manual enter, do the procedure for changing the PIN and you will have a checkbox while entering the PIN to change this setting.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: Yes, there is a way to get unlocked without tapping "OK" soon as you finish your PIN. Go to Security settings and on PIN code, there will be an option saying "Confirm PIN without tapping OK". Check that and you are good to go.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: On Android 10, you didn't have to press the arrow key for PIN code, just lift your finger after the 4th button push, and it auto signs in.
When I bought Alcatel 1B burner phones, they came with Android 10 stock and I noticed that feature right away and the option to not briefly show password letters when entering passwords.
Now on Android 11, you have to push the continue arrow again after the PIN code.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/06 | 864 | 3,100 | <issue_start>username_0: When I buy a pocket book both my son and I can happily read it.
I bought some books on the Amazon Kindle store (which I read on my Samsung Galaxy S), and am now wondering: **can my son read these books too ?**
Knowing that the price of an ebook is not that much lower than a pocket version of the same story ( I even found some where the ebook costs more than the pocket equivalent ), I am just realizing that this could not be a good thing to do.
**[--- UPDATE ---]**
Having read the first few answers, I must clarify something: **the Amazon account of my son is NOT the same as my Amazon account**.
I think that for him to access my Kindle store ( as I do as well with my Archos 101 tablet ), I need to give him my login credentials, or am I mistaken ?
*It's not a matter of trust that I should not give him my login credentials. It's just that, I have a lot of items in my wishlist/saved basked that are items I may give to him as a present. And of course , I do not want him to see these items.*<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to register multiple Kindle apps or devices to the one Amazon account.
For example I can read the same book on my Kindle, HTC Desire using the Kinde app and the desktop application on work and home computers.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [As per their FAQ:](http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200395750#howmany)
>
> **How many Kindles can I use to access
> titles in my library?**
>
>
> Most books you purchase from the
> Kindle store may be simultaneously
> accessed for your personal use on up
> to six Kindles or Kindle-compatible
> devices (such as Kindle for PC or
> Kindle for iPhone) registered to your
> Amazon.com account. If the limit is
> less than six simultaneous copies for
> a specific title, you'll see the
> message "Simultaneous Device usage: Up
> to X simultaneous devices, per
> publisher limits" on the Amazon.com
> detail page.
>
>
> If you reach the device limit and want
> to replace one of your current devices
> with a new one, you must first
> deregister and delete the content from
> the device you wish to replace before
> you can access the content in question
> from your new device. For device
> registration instructions, please see
> the Help page for the device you wish
> to register/deregister on the Kindle
> Support pages.
>
>
> Subscription content such as magazines
> and blogs can only be downloaded to
> one Kindle at a time and cannot be
> accessed from Kindle for PC.
>
>
>
So yes, you can read the ebook on multiple devices, but be aware that there is a limit of 6 (or fewer) devices.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Some Kindle books have "Lending" enabled on them, so that you can loan them to another Kindle user for up to two weeks. The downside is that this can only be done once per book, and not all publishers allow their books to be leant out.
More info here [Amazon.com Lending Kindle Books](http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200549320)
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/06 | 207 | 836 | <issue_start>username_0: I installed Chrome to Phone on my Droid 2 device and everytime I try to send a webpage to my phone, I get this error "Device not registered for user."
Does anyone have any ideas?
**Additional Information**
Google Chrome version: 11.0.696.77
Windows 7<issue_comment>username_1: sounds like your phone is using a different google account to attempt to log in to chrome-to-phone. try signing out from the chrome extension, and "Disconnect" the phone from the android app and re-sign in to both.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: After you installed chrome2phone on your phone, you need to open the chrome2phone app on your phone and login to your google account.
Then after installing chrome2phone extension in your browser, you also need to login to the same google account.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/06 | 328 | 1,044 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any network sniffer program for Android 2.2 similar to Wireshark for Windows?<issue_comment>username_1: There is [Shark](https://market.android.com/details?id=lv.n3o.shark) that does just this, it requires root, there is also [Pixie](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nbl.pixie), but it too requires root.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There is also [Packet Sniffer By AndroidArts](http://sites.google.com/site/androidarts/packet-sniffer)
and For Facebook and Youtube...Try [FaceNiff](http://faceniff.ponury.net/)...
Also there is DroidSheep (just like Firesheep) , "Network Spoofer" which uses Debian Image and "Arpspoof" is also good app.
PS: Use Shark For Root Instead of Shark Native
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: If you had root access to your phone, there are many package sniffers on the market.
Some free are:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.sssup.rtn.sniffer154>
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.n3o.shark>
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/07 | 202 | 692 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to report a bug in [Gandhicam](http://www.gandhicam.org/), and possibly fix it.
But I can't find Gandhicam's bug tracker not source code.
Any idea where they are? Not found via Google.
Gandhicam is an application for live video/photo upload, aiming to help whistle-blowers protect civil liberties, making phone confiscation pointless.<issue_comment>username_1: I am not sure it is open source, as I could not find any reference to it being so, but you can try using the [Contact link](http://www.gandhicam.org/contact) on their website to report the bug.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Seems like Gandhicam is dead...
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/07 | 2,179 | 8,670 | <issue_start>username_0: Whenever there is an app from *Google Inc* in the Android market, I am uncomfortable with their permission levels: Why do they always need read/write permissions to personal data/contacts and all our personal stuff?
Even though I believe Google, I am not interested in sharing my personal data with them. Can something be done -- like, limiting the permissions?<issue_comment>username_1: The apps are usually in some way tied to your contacts. Like Gmail for example, if they did not read your contacts, you could not get your contacts to show up when you typed in an email address or name. if they did not write, you could not add a new gmail contact.
Do you have a specific app you are curious about?
You cannot limit permissions of an application (by default, but there are some 3rd party ROMs that are testing this functionality)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: As [Goggles](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.unveil) is an app that you've said you're curious about, here are the permissions it asks for(copied from the Market web page):
This application has access to the following:
>
> **Your accounts**
>
>
> Google App Engine
>
> *Allows applications to sign in to Google App Engine using the account(s)
> stored on this phone.*
>
>
> access other Google services
>
> *Allows applications to sign in to unspecified Google services using the
> account(s) stored on this phone.*
>
>
> act as an account authenticator
>
> *Allows an application to use the account authenticator capabilities of
> the AccountManager, including creating
> accounts and getting and setting their
> passwords.*
>
>
> manage the accounts list
>
> *Allows an application to perform operations like adding, and removing
> accounts and deleting their password.*
>
>
> use the authentication credentials of
> an account
>
> *Allows an application to request authentication tokens.*
>
>
> **Hardware controls**
>
>
> take pictures and videos
>
> *Allows application to take pictures and videos with the camera. This
> allows the application at any time to
> collect images the camera is seeing.*
>
>
> **Your location**
>
>
> coarse (network-based) location
>
> *Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to
> determine an approximate device
> location, where available. Malicious
> applications can use this to determine
> approximately where you are.*
>
>
> fine (GPS) location
>
> *Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the
> device, where available. Malicious
> applications can use this to determine
> where you are, and may consume
> additional battery power.*
>
>
> **Network communication**
>
>
> full Internet access
>
> *Allows an application to create network sockets.*
>
>
> **Your personal information**
>
>
> read contact data
>
> *Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on
> your device. Malicious applications
> can use this to send your data to
> other people.*
>
>
> write contact data
>
> *Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your
> device. Malicious applications can use
> this to erase or modify your contact
> data.*
>
>
> **Storage**
>
>
> modify/delete USB storage contents
> modify/delete SD card contents
>
> *Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to
> write to the SD card.*
>
>
>
Having used Goggles for a while, these all seem fairly innocuous, here are what Goggles does that needs those permissions:
**Your Accounts**
Everything under this heading is needed because Goggles links to your Google account and stores your Goggles history in your Google account, so that you can go back at look at your previous searches, even after you change phones. To do this it needs to access the Google account login credentials already saved in your phone's "Accounts" list, otherwise it would have to prompt you to log in to Google every time you open it, or re-save your credentials again itself, which is a bit silly when they're already stored centrally on the phone. If you have more than one Google account on your phone, then the first time you open Goggles it asks you which one you want to save your history into. There's a setting that stops it saving your search history if you don't want this.
**Hardware Controls**
The entire point of Goggles is to take pictures using the camera, it can't do that without these permissions.
**Your location**
Using Goggles you can take pictures of landmarks and buildings and have it automatically identify them. It uses your location to help it narrow down the guesses of what you're photographing.
**Network communication**
It uses Google's servers and massive databases to help it identify the potentially billions of different things you could photograph and ask it to recognize.
**Your personal information**
\**read/write contact data*\* You can take a photo of a business card with Goggles and have it save the contact details from the business card straight into your Contacts.
**Storage**
You can set Goggles to save all the images it takes to your SD card for later viewing via the gallery app (this is in the Settings and is off by default).
---
So, as far as I can see, they have a legitimate reason for all of the permissions that the app asks for that fits with one or more of the apps functions or needs. Could they also use these permissions for other purposes? Yes, but personally I trust the app to only use the access for the required purposes, after all Google has plenty of other ways to get all of that info, as I'm already syncing all of my Contacts, etc up to GMail anyway!
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: If you are concerned about your privacy *in general*, there are approaches that can be taken. You will never convince Google to let go of their data hunger, and you won't argue many developers into changing their permission requirements, as most of those are really needed for core functionalities of the apps -- or at least functionalities most of the users want from them. But you can do something about your devices:
Privacy protectors for rooted devices
-------------------------------------
If your device is rooted, there are a few apps available to protect your data. Best known in this area is [LBE Privacy Guard](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite) (which has some troubles with Jelly Bean currently), a closed-source app from China. Used by many people not only there, first doubts (closed source + China = Spyware?) won't hold long: People even tracked what the app was doing, up to now I heard no evil thing.
Second, there's [PDroid Privacy Protection](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid), which is a little tricky to install, and finally it's Open Source pendant [PDroid Manager](http://www.xda-developers.com/android/pdroid-manager-the-pdroid-app-alternative/).
All these apps allow you to restrict actions an app might want to perform -- without causing the app to crash. Most likely all of them feed the apps fake data instead: Empty contacts/calendar, no network available, no (or a fake) location, randomly generated IMEI, and the like. You can configure on a per-app base which permissions to restrict.
But for sure, root is a must-have for them -- otherwise they wouldn't be able to restrict other apps.
Privacy settings for all devices
--------------------------------
Without root, this gets a little tricky -- and not at all that perfect: you can disable all sync, use a non-google calendar/contacts app (with their own databases, not syncing with Google or anything else), decide to not backup your data to Google, etc. If you feel that's not enough, take a look at the article [Life without Google](http://tedmajor.net/2012/01/30/life-without-google/) for additional hints.
Going paranoid, you can also disable WiFi and mobile network completely. That's almost like buying a dumb-phone then -- but using apps from other sources (as explained in the linked article), you'd still have phone and PDA in one device. You'd just miss the other "half" of its features.
Conclusion
----------
Many of us don't like to give up their privacy, though most don't seem to care. The Android system is still better in keeping it than many other systems around (no bashing, so I won't name any). With some precaution, a compromise seems possible to me: stay away from apps violating your privacy too much, and chose wisely what you install and use :)
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/07 | 398 | 1,312 | <issue_start>username_0: I search for `Skype` in Android Market application and cannot find it. I live in Vietnam.<issue_comment>username_1: You can search for Skype on the Android Market or you can download the APK file directly from the Skype website, click [here](http://skype.org/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-mobile/download/skype-for-android/).
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Skype publish their app directly into specific country's Android Markets, they don't publish it to the "Rest of the world Market", [Vietnam doesn't have its own Market](https://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/answer.py?&answer=138294), it uses the "Rest of The World Market".
[Skype's FAQ](https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10653/How-can-I-get-Skype-on-my-Android-phone#3) says:
>
> Why can’t I download Skype from the
> Android Market?
>
>
> The Android Market only distributes
> applications in certain countries, so
> it’s possible that your location isn’t
> supported. To find a full list of
> supported locations, please visit
> Android Market Developer Help.
>
>
> If you live in a country that's not
> listed, then you can still download
> Skype for your Android phone from
> GetJar.com. Simply search for “Skype”
> and download it for free.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/07 | 358 | 1,541 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Market allow me by default to read only comments of my country (Italy). Unfortunately not popular application have only few or even no comments. How can I read comments from other country (USA, UK, etc.)?<issue_comment>username_1: When using the [Google Market](https://market.android.com/) website, go to the bottom of the page and change the language in which you are viewing the Market pages. You will then get user reviews based on the currently selected language.
Note that the system seems to display comments only in the language the users have been using when posting them, so if you are looking at applications that make sense only for a specific country, you will probably see English comments interspersed with others in the native language.
Nothing precludes you from leaving a comment on a Swedish application on the Italian page written in Urdu, should you choose so.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you search for your app on [Cyrket](http://www.cyrket.com/m/android/), they show the latest comments from all of the Markets in one list under the app.
[AndroLib](http://www.androlib.com/) lets you change which country's Market you're searching by clicking the flags at the top of the page, this also changes the comments displayed to ones from that country's Market.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If you are on your phone, you'll have to change your phone's locale to a more popular one, such as English, in order to see that country's comments.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/07 | 270 | 1,039 | <issue_start>username_0: I plan to purchase a new micro SD card for my phone, I use app2SD for most of my programs, so what I wonder is what will happen if I get the new SD card, will I be able to copy the content of the old card onto the new card and still operate the phone as if nothing was changed?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't actually know for sure, but you can certainly test it out. You can turn on USB debugging, which will let you mount your phone as any other external drive, or you can get a micro-SD adaptor if you have an SD slot already.
It should just work.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, I did that myself, like this:
1. power the phone off and remove the old SD card
2. mount the old SD on a PC, copy its entire contents somewhere on your hard disk
3. mount the new SD card on a PC, format it as FAT or FAT32 (make sure it's the same file-system as the old one)
4. copy the contents of the old SD card onto the new one
5. insert the new SD card into the phone, power it on.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/07 | 289 | 986 | <issue_start>username_0: I've seen people have tried cyanogenmod on the Huawei U8150 and someone suggested to give it a try on the Huawei U8160 (Vodafone smart in the UK). What is the level of compatibility I should expect from the Huawei U8160 with cyanogenmod?
<http://android.modaco.com/content/other/340961/vodafone-858-smart-huawei-u8160/><issue_comment>username_1: There are two places to look for more information on this. That would be the actual [CyanogenMOD website](http://www.cyanogenmod.com/) and the [xda-developers forum](http://forum.xda-developers.com/). A search of both places shows that there isn't anything readily available for the U8160. This means that you would need to do a significant amount of hacking to get it working.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: After a bit of investigation, I found there is people already working on having cyanogenmod on this model:
<https://github.com/sebastian404/android_device_huawei_u8160>
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/07 | 543 | 1,949 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Maps sometimes asks me to calibrate my compass. Last time it did so, I was in a rush and didn't bother to, and now the compass does seem a bit off. I tried to find a "calibrate compass" setting in Maps, but I couldn't find it.
How can I calibrate the compass on my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: There may be an option in your settings, but easier, just open Google maps, start using the compass and spin your phone in figure 8 pattern. That is all there is to it.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: It depends on your model of phone.
If there is no built-in compass calibration application from the manufacturer, then likely you can calibrate your compass by opening up any application that uses the compass, and moving the device in a certain manner. Here are two types of movements to try:
* The "figure 8 pattern" easier said than understood. Here's what it looks like [YouTube Video of Figure 8 compass calibration](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3d00Hr14o).
* Three axis rotations: Rotate 360° around each of the three axes, so one full rotation with screen facing up, one full rotation "rolling" sideways, one full rotation "pitching" forward.
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_3: There is now an official [Google answer](https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/6145351?hl=en) to this problem:
>
> Open the Google Maps app and then follow these directions:
>
>
> 1. Tilt your phone forward and back
> 2. Move it side to side
> 3. And then tilt left and right
>
>
> You may need to repeat the steps until your compass is calibrated.
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BAoBK.gif)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: In the current version of Google Maps, you can calibrate the compass any time you like by tapping the blue dot representing your current location and selecting "Calibrate compass".
Upvotes: 3 |
2011/06/07 | 306 | 1,027 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose I am developing my application in WPF, for windows 2008 R2, and the tablet will be running Android in a LAN with Wi-Fi, and I would like to try to use the existing .net technology via RDP on the Android Emulator.
How to install Remote Desktop Client on Android 2.1?<issue_comment>username_1: Try [PocketCloud](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wyse.pocketcloudfree&hl=en) on the Android Market. It's free for one PC connection.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Search the Market for Remote Desktop.
I use "Remote Desktop Enterprise".
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: [Xtralogic](http://www.xtralogic.com/rdpclient.shtml) has a RDP client for Android.
There's also [Omnidesk's](http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/apps/Omnidesk_v2) free app.
And there's [Remote](http://www.remotespark.com/android.html).
If necessary there are implementations of [Teamviewer](http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/index.aspx) for Android, and no doubt there's VNC apps.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/07 | 860 | 3,511 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using a Droid X with rooted Gingerbread that is otherwise stock. I have root access, but have not used it to do anything.
I have inspected the /Music folder multiple times and the 500+ songs I deleted are physically not in the filesystem any more. I tried rebooting the phone multiple times. I tried deleting the Cache and data for the app in Settings > Application, as well as running SDrescan to remount and rescan the card. I even tried deleting them from the music player app itself.
No matter what I try, these songs will not disappear. (Though they obviously fail when I try to play them because they don't exist) Is there a file where the Music library cache is being kept that isn't getting updated? I would love to find it and just delete it.
I also use Songbird for Android, and it had the same problem. New songs show up, but the old ones will not go away at all. Though, now Songbird won't even load at all. Sometimes loading it causes the phone to reboot. I have currently uninstalled it.
In addition, it causes the phone to become very unstable whenever I try to play music. Accidentally playing a non-existent song can cause the phone to crash and get stuck on a black screen, requiring a battery pull and reboot.<issue_comment>username_1: @elderathis actually figured this out in the comments. Apparently, I needed to delete the data/cache for the "Media Storage" app, which I didn't even know existed - but I suspect does all the backend work for media players. I then did a SDrescan to be safe, and now it works!
In addition, the fact that the problem existed in Songbird and the Music app was an indication that it was something deeper in Android than just in each app. So if anyone finds a problem across multiple media players, try deleting the "Media Storage" app data and cache.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: What I've done in the past (and appears to have worked here, too):
* Go to `Settings->Applications->Manage Applications`
* Clear the data/cache for the Media Storage app (it's a system service/app)
* Unmount and remount your SD card via some means.
Re-launching a music app after doing this will force it to rebuild the database, which can take a little bit of time but will ultimately refresh the list to reflect the most recent contents of the SD card.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I had the same problem, deleting the cache of the player I am using, Winamp for Android, did not help as it apparently retrieves the list of media files from the OS.
I solved by deleting (actually renaming) the Android Media Scanner external database:
1. `cd /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases`
2. `mv external.db external.db.off`
3. reboot
After the reboot, the external.db file is automatically recreated and and the media files on my sdcard are magically working, the music artworks are showing up and the World is a better place to be.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: As [Chahk](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/3646/chahk%20Chahk) suggested in a comment on the accepted answer, there are apps available that will make Android perform the rescan of your media that most of the answers suggest. I've just started using the app Chahk suggested, [SDRescan](http://market.android.com/details?id=com.bero.sdrescan%20SDRescan), and it makes refreshing your media library far simpler than any of the other answers - just start the application and wait a few seconds for it to rescan.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 284 | 1,032 | <issue_start>username_0: I am testing the Emulator that comes with Android SDK 2.1, but I am Unable to install app from Android Market.
I made the Login on `www.google.com` but still no success: This is the error message:
>
> Não há telefones Android associados a esta conta. Faça login com uma conta diferente.
>
>
> *There are no Android telephones associated to this account. Do Login with a different account.*
>
>
><issue_comment>username_1: The market on the emulator is a special case.
It is also recommended you use a Google Account i.e. you are using <EMAIL> change to use <EMAIL>
To reset the account associated with the phone , either clear all google app's cache or do a factory reset. As you are on an emulator just delete that one and create a new one.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Check your system configuration if it is 32-bit or 64-bit processor. Download Android SDK (32-bit or 64-bit) and install it. Also download Eclipse (32-bit or 64-bit) and install it.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/08 | 399 | 1,380 | <issue_start>username_0: I tried to root my new Samsung Galaxy S II today using the instructions in the [CF-Root](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399) thread and in the videos provided by [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/user/mattj101101) on YouTube.
I was nearly across the finish line, but when I click the big "Root" button on SuperOneClick, it freezes at "Running psneuter" and won't go any further or shut down (without Task Manager intervention).
I've tried leaving it for > 10 mins, turning off all antivirus and I've tried 2 different SuperOneClick versions (1.9.1 and 1.7) to no avail.
Because of this, I'm pretty sure my root isn't going through properly. Mainly because when I [check if my phone is rooted properly](http://matrixrewriter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Root%20&%20rooting%20your%20phones) I can't get `su` access in shell.
Any ideas/thoughts about what to do?<issue_comment>username_1: According to an answer I got a thread I made at [XDA Developers](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114938), it looks like the phone actually is rooted because the whole idea with the CF-Root Kernel I used is that it comes pre rooted (which makes me feel slightly sheepish!).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: disable antivirus in your system before extracting superoneclick and while running it
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 274 | 1,050 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to track the GPS of Android Phone like Sony Ericsson Experia x10? This is what I want, I wanna know the location of Sony Ericsson Phone every time I misplace this phone,or I wanna detect the location of the carrier of this phone. How does it works?
Thanks in Advance.<issue_comment>username_1: If you have Froyo or newer (2.2+) you can use SeekDroid ([Market link](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.gtmedia.seekdroid)) or for lower versions the same company did Find My Phone ([Market link](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.gtmedia.findMyPhone)). I've tested only SeekDroid, works great with the web interface, with Find My Phone you only get the GPS coordinates via text message, but you can input the coordinates to Google Maps for example.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I was using Google Maps Latitude (AFAIK shipped with stock Android) for that purpose. Latitude is now integrated with [Google Maps](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps).
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/08 | 312 | 1,138 | <issue_start>username_0: Now that there is an [API for Google Tasks](http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2011/05/getting-organized-with-tasks-api.html) (tasks in Calendar), do you know a tasks app with the following features?
* Automatic sync with Google Tasks
* Open Source
* Works offline too.
* Minimalist (same featureset as Google Tasks, plus widget maybe)
* A new task can be added very quickly, without having tens of inputs to enter deadline/assignee or anything that is not available in Google Tasks anyway.
* Available for my poor Android 1.5 phone<issue_comment>username_1: I don't know if it's open source but I use GTasks and I am very happy with it. It syncs with Google Tasks, has a nice UI, and you can add a new task by just giving it a name.
-= EDIT =-
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I think Astrid is open source but you might want to check better because I'm not sure.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I've got it! I think this works... [Shuffle for Android](http://code.google.com/p/android-shuffle/)
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 389 | 1,764 | <issue_start>username_0: I have heard that it is possible for apps to be automatically synced between Android devices so that when you sign in to another Android device with your Google account, your applications will automatically be redownloaded for you without you having to manually do so.
I have a Nexus S which I do reset often, but it has never redownloaded my applications when I sign in to my Google account. I have checked the box 'Backup data to Google servers' in the settings.
So how can I get my apps to be automatically downloaded when I sign in with my Google account?<issue_comment>username_1: If you go Menu -> Settings -> Privacy there are two options. They are Back up my data and Auto restore. Are they both checked?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You seem to have the correct options selected, though it can take awhile after you sign into the market. Try appbrain with fast the fast web installer companion app,its always been a great alternative access to the market.
It produces separate lists for each device you use and it looks like you can restore apps based on whatever list you select.
Alternatively, you can't go wrong with Titainium Backup if you are prepared to root your phone. Not much it can't do.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I finally got it working. I did a factory reset on my device, then logged in to my Google account and then installed my applications from the Android market on the device.
Then when I did another factory reset and logged in to my account again, my applications were restored.
Previously I installed applications through the Android market in the browser (market.android.com) and they got sent to my device. Maybe those ones cannot be restored? I don't know for sure.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/08 | 394 | 1,671 | <issue_start>username_0: Quick question, I have a problem in that my K-9 mail application is not finding any of my Google Mail IMAP folders/labels. Now I can send and receive messages without problem, however I'm curious as to why K-9 cannot find any of my folders such as [Google Mail]/-Poeticemails
Any ideas? Am I getting confused between labels/folder and the two aren't interchangable?<issue_comment>username_1: Have you enabled the visibility of these labels/folders from the IMAP section of options in the main Gmail web interface. Advanced IMAP controls were recently rolled out to all users, so certain labels/folders may have been deemed hidden.
Click SETTINGS and then within the LABELS section, check mark those boxes whose labels you want shown as IMAP folders by selecting SHOW IN IMAP.
===========
UPDATE: Also check within K9 ACCOUNT SETTINGS > FOLDERS and make sure certain folders aren't hidden.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I was having the same problem (with a non-gmail IMAP account), what worked for me was to monkey with it. Set all the folder settings to display only subscribed folders. Then refresh folders. Then change it to display all folders. Now I can see my newer IMAP folders.
So ... if you're loathe to re-install your account, try just changing the folder display settings around and then changing them back.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I went to the folder list. I then hit my menu button & a new menu popped up that said "refresh folders" on the bottom. When I did that, it grabbed the new folders I created & removed the ones I had deleted (from using previous webmail programs).
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/08 | 407 | 1,707 | <issue_start>username_0: I own Xperia Mini Pro. Recently I came to know that there are some Torrents Clients available on Android Market. So I installed [aDownloader](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.DroiDownloader) to download some movies from Torrent server. I want to know if there are any tricks to speed up the Download on Android mobile. And I am using 2.75G(Edge) data connection to download. I found the average download speed on this connection is 25kB/sec.
Pl let me know the same on WiFi connection. The average download speed using WiFi connection is around 50kB/sec.<issue_comment>username_1: An Edge connection by itself is so slow compared to the normal torrent download speeds that it makes no sense to optimize the downloads. The ping times on the connection are so high that constant peer switching will slow the download if you attempt to download from several peers simultaneously. Your best bet would be to try to find a couple of good peers to fill your bandwidth and stick with them, or stop+restart the torrent to get new peers.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: As username_1 notes, your connection is simply too slow. But I also had terrible speeds when I tried aDownloader on an HSPA+ network. I believe this is due to traffic shaping. [tTorrent](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.tagsoft.ttorrent.pro) supports encryption and the Pro version has no download limit, so that might help; it's worked very well for me.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Yeah we can control Torrent speed.
Go to settings then maximize download speed and minimize upload speed of your torrent client. By this a difference will be created.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/06/08 | 273 | 1,070 | <issue_start>username_0: When recording video through the Camera app to my external microSD card, the video starts to become laggy and choppy, which results in the file becoming corrupt. This only seems to happen when I'm recording to the external SD card and when I'm recording in 720p. I'm using the stock card that came with the device.
Does anyone know what the possible problems could be?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems that that the card write speed is unable to keep pace with HD Video writes on the card. Try using a SD Card with a faster write speed. Also try to use use the same stock SD card in any other mobile with the same HD Video Recording (same bit rate, same resolution) to see if it works there properly. If it fails there too then surely it's a problem with the card only.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: well sumit is right, specifically, you get a class 4(4 MBPS) or class 2(2 MBPS) SD card but for HD, Direct copy to SD card, you need better write speed go for class 6(6 MBPS) or if you want it all go for class 10(10 MBPS).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/06 | 221 | 836 | <issue_start>username_0: Which backup is that? Full backup that backs up **whole system**? Or is it only backup that backs up **settings and customized stuff**?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems that that the card write speed is unable to keep pace with HD Video writes on the card. Try using a SD Card with a faster write speed. Also try to use use the same stock SD card in any other mobile with the same HD Video Recording (same bit rate, same resolution) to see if it works there properly. If it fails there too then surely it's a problem with the card only.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: well sumit is right, specifically, you get a class 4(4 MBPS) or class 2(2 MBPS) SD card but for HD, Direct copy to SD card, you need better write speed go for class 6(6 MBPS) or if you want it all go for class 10(10 MBPS).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 215 | 806 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I save and recover the position of icons and folders?
They get wiped every time I patch Android.<issue_comment>username_1: It seems that that the card write speed is unable to keep pace with HD Video writes on the card. Try using a SD Card with a faster write speed. Also try to use use the same stock SD card in any other mobile with the same HD Video Recording (same bit rate, same resolution) to see if it works there properly. If it fails there too then surely it's a problem with the card only.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: well sumit is right, specifically, you get a class 4(4 MBPS) or class 2(2 MBPS) SD card but for HD, Direct copy to SD card, you need better write speed go for class 6(6 MBPS) or if you want it all go for class 10(10 MBPS).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 231 | 848 | <issue_start>username_0: There are many radio stations which stream in mms:// like a Chuvash radio: mms://media.cap.ru/ChuvRadio
Is it possible to listen to in on Android?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems that that the card write speed is unable to keep pace with HD Video writes on the card. Try using a SD Card with a faster write speed. Also try to use use the same stock SD card in any other mobile with the same HD Video Recording (same bit rate, same resolution) to see if it works there properly. If it fails there too then surely it's a problem with the card only.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: well sumit is right, specifically, you get a class 4(4 MBPS) or class 2(2 MBPS) SD card but for HD, Direct copy to SD card, you need better write speed go for class 6(6 MBPS) or if you want it all go for class 10(10 MBPS).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 491 | 2,030 | <issue_start>username_0: Due to corporate policy, I was forced to change my domain password, which impacts also the access to Exchange server.
Now I need to update that password also in my Android phone (Galaxy S, Android 2.1.1), but I can't find the settings in the phone.
Any idea?<issue_comment>username_1: The phone *should* prompt you for the new password once it gets an error back from Exchange. If it doesn't - you can try removing the account and re-adding it on `Menu -> Settings -> Accounts and sync` page.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: `Settings - Account and Sync - ' - Account settings - (scroll down) Incoming settings' - password field`.
On my Samsung Galaxy S - running Froyo 2.2.1
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Samsung Galaxy S2...same solution touch click "Incoming Settings" which looks like a label rather than a field
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: In Samsung Galaxy S2:
>
> Settings > Accounts and Sync > (Select your Exchange email) > Account Settings > (Select your added account) > Scroll down to Sub heading "Sever Settings" > Exchange server settings
>
>
>
Under that heading is:
* Domain\User name
* Password
* Exchange Server Settings
The phone does NOT prompt you for a new password. That would be nice if it did, instead of continually updating you with notifications that it could not connect to the Exchange server.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Changing your account setting will allow you to access your e-mail, *but* will not reset the Google account synchronization.
After you update your passwords in the accounts of the security section then open the Playstore application.
The Playstore application will then notice your change of password and will prompt you for the new one.
Give the new password and that's it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Samsung version 7.0 answer: Apps - email - settings - click account - exchange server settings
This was way more difficult to figure out than it should have been.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/08 | 560 | 2,147 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any standalone version of chrometophone ? I use the firefox one.
I would like to be able to send text to the clipboard easily but with the browser extension I have to type into a form text box and then right click to send it to the mobile's clipboard. This is something I find I use very often but it's far from ideal especially for sensitive data.
Jumpnotes is another c2dmm application that does help, but it's still not ideal. I would love to see some desktop client that can do all the c2dm functionality with keyboard shortcuts.
One of the reasons I need this is that my gmail is filtered at work so if I want to reply to an email I have to scrape it out on the mobile itself or type up some text for the clipboard and paste it into a new email.
Thanks in advance for any help<issue_comment>username_1: You need Evernote! <http://www.evernote.com/> They have a web interface and an Android app. It's really pretty fantastic!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Assuming that [DropBox](http://dropbox.com) isn't blocked, then maybe a note-taking or todo type app that syncs with Dropbox could help? For instance [Epistle](https://market.android.com/search?q=epistle) or [Todo.txt Touch](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.todotxt.todotxttouch)
Alternately do you have Wifi at work that your phone can connect to? You could use the [Wifi keyboard](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.volosyukivan&feature=search_result) app that lets you type or paste from the PC straight into whatever text box is currently active on the phone. There are also apps that do the same over Bluetooth if that's a better option (though I haven't personally used them). See [this previous answer for some similar connectivity options](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/4546/can-i-connect-an-android-phone-to-an-external-monitor-keyboard-and-mouse/4556#4556).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You might want to look at [Clipbird](http://www.clipbird.net/). It can sync clipboards between your PC and your phone. You don't really need to do anything special, it will just sync them up.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 481 | 1,830 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought a new HTC Desire S (so no custom ROM has been installed or rooting done). Everything else seems to be working fine, except in messages the names of at least one contact are not displayed. This number happens to be in my contact list with the proper details and linked with a facebook contact. Even after copy-pasting the number from the received message onto the contact (which has only one number btw), the messages app refuses to show the name. What should I do?<issue_comment>username_1: You need Evernote! <http://www.evernote.com/> They have a web interface and an Android app. It's really pretty fantastic!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Assuming that [DropBox](http://dropbox.com) isn't blocked, then maybe a note-taking or todo type app that syncs with Dropbox could help? For instance [Epistle](https://market.android.com/search?q=epistle) or [Todo.txt Touch](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.todotxt.todotxttouch)
Alternately do you have Wifi at work that your phone can connect to? You could use the [Wifi keyboard](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.volosyukivan&feature=search_result) app that lets you type or paste from the PC straight into whatever text box is currently active on the phone. There are also apps that do the same over Bluetooth if that's a better option (though I haven't personally used them). See [this previous answer for some similar connectivity options](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/4546/can-i-connect-an-android-phone-to-an-external-monitor-keyboard-and-mouse/4556#4556).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You might want to look at [Clipbird](http://www.clipbird.net/). It can sync clipboards between your PC and your phone. You don't really need to do anything special, it will just sync them up.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/08 | 406 | 1,614 | <issue_start>username_0: Quickoffice 2.0-GEP is listed in my manage application lists and I want to uninstall it. It's not listed in my programs list. I am not even sure what it's used for.
When I click on it from the manage apps list all the options (force stop, cancel, clear data etc.) are greyed out.<issue_comment>username_1: Quickoffice is a pre-installed app that handles previews of popular file formats created with desktop office applications (e.g. word, excel, etc.) You will not be able to uninstall it because it's installed as a system app.
You will only be able to uninstall it if you root your Nexus One, thus gaining write privileges to the /system partition. You can then use a number of root-only apps to remove Quickoffice and other pre-installed apps that you don't use.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: To remove any system default applications your phone must be rooted. And using this [system app remover](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.danesh.system.app.remover) you can remove the system added applications. But you have to do this on your own risk.
I have been doing a lot of research on Android mobiles, I can tell that your system **might** not work properly if you remove any system added applications.
But most of the applications work fine without any issue.
**Updated**
[System App Remover](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.danesh.system.app.remover) is a paid application. There is one free application called [Root App Delete](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsj.android.uninstall). Have a look at this..
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/09 | 331 | 1,316 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible that I can change my screen timeout to never? I am using Nexus S. Currently, the maximum value I can set for screen timeout through settings is 30 minutes.<issue_comment>username_1: You can set it to stay on as long as it's plugged in. To do that go to Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development and choose Stay Awake.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I think you are searching for this app [Keep Screen Lite](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tni.KeepScreenLite). It allows you to keep your mobile always awake for some of the applications. You can set the applications to not to screen timeout.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Let me just warn you, the Nexus S has a Super AMOLED screen and you can burn in the images on the screen. I have burn-in of the Time and the notification bar on my screen. it is only noticeable when i have light colored wallpaper, but it is there.
Samsung even removed the "Stay Awake" option from the Galaxy S Vibrant line (possibly others as well) in their TouchWiz UI. The Nexus S will still have it, because it is a Vanilla Android.
The screen is also one of the biggest consumers of power, so if you leave your screen on all the time, when not charging, expect to see poor battery life.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/09 | 260 | 996 | <issue_start>username_0: Some apps are exclusively made for iPhones, thus I would like to know if there is a way to make iPhone apps work on Android. Emulator maybe?<issue_comment>username_1: Some Columbia University students have managed to get iOS apps running on Android with their [Cider](http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/cider/) compatibility layer. As far as I can tell this is not something that is available to the public but it shows that there is some development effort into getting iOS apps running on Android.
I wouldn't get too excited yet though as most iOS apps run very very slowly and they also don't have access to most hardware features such as GPS.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: You can try these three emulators:
1. Appetize.io Online iOS Emulator
2. Corellium Online iOS Emulator
3. RunThatApp iOS Online Emulator
I'm not sure if anyone of them is paid or not.
**Source URL**: <https://whofixit.com/3-best-ios-online-emulators-for-pc-android/>
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/09 | 395 | 1,554 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently purchased an HTC Sensation, and I'm very happy with the device; everything runs smooth and fast as I should expect from the device itself.
When rebooting the device, I tend to lose a lot of shortcut icons on the Sense screens; they revert back to some default Android icon. This causes me to remove the icons that were "defaulted" and put them on there again to get the correct icons.
Being new to the Android community, I was wondering if anyone knows why this is happening.
The device is an HTC Sensation running Android 2.3.3 and HTC Sense 3.0.<issue_comment>username_1: Quick and dirty way to reload your icons in HTC sense UI!
Change scene to anything else, then change scene back!
Temporary fix till next boot or smth but that's the only way i know how to do it right now.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Its a bug that HTC have not addressed yet, it is not the same as the 2.2 model phones, and seems to only happen on this the latest versions of gingerbread.
Its not like the old thing where the executable has been moved to the SD card, as I haven't moved anything and I still get it on some apps. It doesn't jsut go away, it is permamnet when it happens and the only atm to fix is to either reload your UI, or dump the desktop icons and replace them.
C'mon HTC!! Sort it out
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I get this after reboot on CM6 for applications moved to SD card. The problem fixes itself after a little time. I'd blame a slow SD card, if you're not running Sense.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/09 | 1,093 | 3,960 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently Google started to check the “allow automatic updating” for their apps without being asked, which I hate. I have to deactivate it for each app separately.
But more importantly this pushed Google Books onto my phone, which I don´t need and wastes precious 4 MB internal memory.
And here comes the nasty twist: Google book is not actually available for my System (for whatever reason). So I can´t get the applications market page to un-check the “allow automatic updating”.
This leaves me wondering: is there a way to deactivate the “allow automatic updating” for **all** applications?<issue_comment>username_1: If you have Titanium Backup installed you could try and Freeze the program **Software Update**.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: When in android market select my apps. u will see all the applications installed. select tha one u want to disable automatic updates. u will see a small checkbox at the bottom. uncheck it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: There bitter truth is there is none option to switch all automatic updated off in one go.
I solved my particular problem by rooting the phone. Since no exploit is known for 2.3.4 I had to unlock the phone. This in turn meant that both *Amazon MP3* and *Google Books* stopped updating themselves.
Which is one way to solve the problem. Still I removed the files using the following Script:
```
#!/opt/local/bin/zsh
setopt No_Err_Exit
adb -d uninstall com.amazon.mp3
adb -d uninstall com.google.android.apps.books
setopt Err_Exit
adb -d pull /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk Originals/com.amazon.mp3.apk
adb -d pull /system/app/BooksPhone.apk Originals/BooksPhone.apk
adb -d pull /system/app/BooksPhone.odex Originals/BooksPhone.odex
adb -d shell <<-EOF
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox rm -v /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
busybox rm -v /system/app/BooksPhone.apk
busybox rm -v /system/app/BooksPhone.odex
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox rm -v /data/dalvik-cache/system@app@com.amazon.mp3.apk@classes.dex
busybox rm -v -r /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
busybox rm -v -r /data/data/com.google.android.apps.books
exit
exit
EOF
# vim: set nowrap tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 noexpandtab :
# vim: -d set textwidth=0 filetype=zsh foldmethod=marker nospell :
```
**Warning:** This is script from the *“If you can't understand it you should not be using it”* category.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: You could use a program like [Droidwall](http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/) to block Market's internet access, this should keep it from installing/uninstalling programs.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Market version 3.3.11 now has a setting called "Auto-update apps". Enabling it will effectively set each individual app associated with the account to auto-update, and disabling it will of course do the opposite. This setting is found by simply going into the Market's settings (`Menu Button->Settings` on phones, or use the top-right action bar on Honeycomb).
You can read about the release [here](http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/11/01/download-android-market-3-3-11-adds-new-settings-default-auto-update-update-over-wi-fi-only-shortcuts-and-more/). It also has links that could help you sideload the update if it is not automatically available to you.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_6: Titanium Backup (root only) has "Market Tools". One of these tools is "Market Auto Updates" which presents a list of all your apps with their checkboxes for auto-updates. You can sort the enabled apps to the top, and you can "deselect all" to disable automatic updating for all apps.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: Here's the trick:
1. Use an app manager to force stop the Play Store, then clear all the data.
2. Go to the Play Store's settings, then deselect "Auto update apps by default"
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/09 | 992 | 3,506 | <issue_start>username_0: Has anyone tried to install CyanogenMod on the HTC ChaCha? What is the level of compatibility I should expect from it with with CyanogenMod?<issue_comment>username_1: If you have Titanium Backup installed you could try and Freeze the program **Software Update**.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: When in android market select my apps. u will see all the applications installed. select tha one u want to disable automatic updates. u will see a small checkbox at the bottom. uncheck it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: There bitter truth is there is none option to switch all automatic updated off in one go.
I solved my particular problem by rooting the phone. Since no exploit is known for 2.3.4 I had to unlock the phone. This in turn meant that both *Amazon MP3* and *Google Books* stopped updating themselves.
Which is one way to solve the problem. Still I removed the files using the following Script:
```
#!/opt/local/bin/zsh
setopt No_Err_Exit
adb -d uninstall com.amazon.mp3
adb -d uninstall com.google.android.apps.books
setopt Err_Exit
adb -d pull /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk Originals/com.amazon.mp3.apk
adb -d pull /system/app/BooksPhone.apk Originals/BooksPhone.apk
adb -d pull /system/app/BooksPhone.odex Originals/BooksPhone.odex
adb -d shell <<-EOF
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox rm -v /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk
busybox rm -v /system/app/BooksPhone.apk
busybox rm -v /system/app/BooksPhone.odex
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox rm -v /data/dalvik-cache/system@app@com.amazon.mp3.apk@classes.dex
busybox rm -v -r /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
busybox rm -v -r /data/data/com.google.android.apps.books
exit
exit
EOF
# vim: set nowrap tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 noexpandtab :
# vim: -d set textwidth=0 filetype=zsh foldmethod=marker nospell :
```
**Warning:** This is script from the *“If you can't understand it you should not be using it”* category.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: You could use a program like [Droidwall](http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/) to block Market's internet access, this should keep it from installing/uninstalling programs.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: Market version 3.3.11 now has a setting called "Auto-update apps". Enabling it will effectively set each individual app associated with the account to auto-update, and disabling it will of course do the opposite. This setting is found by simply going into the Market's settings (`Menu Button->Settings` on phones, or use the top-right action bar on Honeycomb).
You can read about the release [here](http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/11/01/download-android-market-3-3-11-adds-new-settings-default-auto-update-update-over-wi-fi-only-shortcuts-and-more/). It also has links that could help you sideload the update if it is not automatically available to you.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_6: Titanium Backup (root only) has "Market Tools". One of these tools is "Market Auto Updates" which presents a list of all your apps with their checkboxes for auto-updates. You can sort the enabled apps to the top, and you can "deselect all" to disable automatic updating for all apps.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: Here's the trick:
1. Use an app manager to force stop the Play Store, then clear all the data.
2. Go to the Play Store's settings, then deselect "Auto update apps by default"
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/09 | 450 | 1,554 | <issue_start>username_0: My wife's Samsung Captivate (AT&T's Galaxy S variant) phone is running CyanogenMod 7.1 (Android 2.3.x). Several times for various reasons her Google account was removed and had to be re-added. The problem is that each time her contacts were deleted from the phone, and in the process of being re-synced lost all customization, such as assigned ringtones. Apparently syncing to Google Contacts doesn't save the ringtone selection, probably for a good reason.
Is there a way to preserve this info so that when contacts are deleted and re-synced she doesn't have to re-associate each one with a ringtone all over again? Is there a way to do this via a 3rd-party app like Titanium Backup?<issue_comment>username_1: **Mybackup** does not backup these ringtone assignments.
**Titanium** backs this up but it seems to assign to the wrong people after restore ([source](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3ajVSxqKKlh1cJ%3aandroidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/252782-any-way-backup-ringtone-assignments-contacts.html%20titanium%20backup%20ringtone%20assign&cd=3&hl=no&ct=clnk&gl=no)).
**[Back My Tones Premium](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.indentapps.backmytones&feature=search_result&rdid=com.indentapps.backmytones&rdot=1)** looks like does what you want!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_1: **[Ringtone Keeper](https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.smithson.ringtoneKeeper&feature=search_result)** is also an free alternative that looks like it does what you want.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/09 | 786 | 3,198 | <issue_start>username_0: I've installed an Android ROM on my HTC HD2, and it's working smoothly and responsively. I've gotten calling, SMS, MMS and internet to work flawlessly. I do however have one small problem. With only Android installed, my phone only has a few hundred kilobytes of space left in it's internal memory. I have an SD card inserted with 16GB available that's not being used.
After 6 hours of use I'm already getting error messages about SMS message memory being full, and I can't download apps due to the lack of space.
Any way I can get my Android phone to treat the SD card as "default" location for saving files, including images from the camera, images recieved from MMS, apps, text messages, mails and application data?<issue_comment>username_1: The camera should already use the sdcard by default and the apps have to allow themselves to be installed on the sdcard, some are there by default, others are not. I couldn't find a way to move any of the other stuff you asked about and there is no way to tell Android to use the sdcard for all memory.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can go into your settings and go into Applications. When you select Manage Applications, it will allow you to go through all of your apps. Select an app, you should then go to a screen that has an option to move your application over to your card. Not all apps can be moved, but if you can get the majority of the moved, it should save you some space.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: The sad but inevitable answer is that you can't. There is as of yet no way to tell Android to use the spacious SD card instead of the precious internal memory when installing new applications or saving messages.
One workaround that I've taken advantage of is installing an Android ROM and running it from the SD card using magldr. My SD card isn't of particularly fine quality so the OS runs quite sluggish, but it beats deleting all my SMS every day
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: There are some ROMs on Internet that I am using for months. Those ROMs are running with data to SD method. This way you have ~1GB internal memory after installing Android. :)
I think this is your problem. (it was my problem too)
I do not know is it allowed to give other websites links here but in [android.hd2roms.com](http://android.hd2roms.com/) search for BoyPPC's ROM when you open the thread go down to the 3rd post: Desire HD
This ROM is Data2sd ROM and you will not ever live insufficient memory problem anymore.
This is the [link of the thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199917).
And this is the [download link of the ROM](http://uploaded.to/folder/4j2zn6),
But I recommend you to read the thread before installing.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: It should be known that the memory on an android is called sd storage which is different than sd\_external which is the sd device that the end user installed.
To change the cameras default save location. Launch the camera app, click on settings (cog), click on wrench tab, scroll down then select Memory card. Change to Memory card (versus Internal memory).
That's it, Good Luck
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/09 | 527 | 1,989 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to replace the default battery status icon with percentage values to indicate battery status?
For example as I saw in a [screen shot](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-custom-homescreen-widgets-bits-android/)
<issue_comment>username_1: This [XDA forums thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8639993) sounds like what you are looking for. Note that the **apk** has only been tested on Froyo by the author.
Personally i use [Battery Indicator Pro](http://www.appbrain.com/app/battery-indicator-pro/com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicatorPro), it can also tell you how much time is left on the battery for various usage scenarios.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: you would need a custom ROM to change the battery in the notification bar. That information, IIRC, is in android.jar and the images are in framework-res.apk. CyanogenMod, for example, lets you remove the battery image for just the % of the battery remaining. The "other methods" are just "hacks" that change the image at every percentage level, and there has to be an image for each level. So it would need ~120 images (to include the charging states).
From the look of the picture you posted, you are already running a ROM that has a battery mod. You would just now need to create the images you want, and modify the framework-res.apk with the new images.
You may also want to go back through your older questions and mark them as answered. 25% accept rate will turn people away from even answering your question.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I had the same question, and found this app: [Battery Changer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.ddo.shigadroid.batterychanger&hl=en).
A couple of problems (that I can overlook) are:
1. It doesn't show while the phone is locked
2. It doesn't hide when another app is in full-screen mode
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/09 | 612 | 2,227 | <issue_start>username_0: I have these two issues. The text is detached in tweetcaster. Along with being detached, in the browser, the reading order is wrong.
I hope upgrading the current pre installed browser or installing a separate one would solve browser trouble. But how about tweetcaster? What is the fix for that? If there is no fix except wait for upgrade, could you please suggest a Twitter client that displays Arabic text properly?
I have HTC desire running android 2.1.<issue_comment>username_1: You can try the browsers that don't use the internal WebKit rendering engine, i.e. [Opera Mobile](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opera.browser), [Firefox](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox), [Opera Mini](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opera.mini.android) or [SkyFire](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skyfire.browser). For Android 2.2 there's also [Persian Browser](https://market.android.com/details?id=bohlool.net.PersianBrowser) which uses WebKit and connects the letters after loading the page.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Android doesn't have great Arabic support, although this has [supposedly been improved in the latest version of Android](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5597#c6798). This is currently the [number one most-requested Android issue](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list?sort=-stars).
An upgrade to Android 2.3 probably wouldn't make a difference, but as Power-Inside mentioned, [Cyanogenmod](http://www.cyanogenmod.com/) does have improved Arabic support.
Because the support isn't built into Android, improved Arabic support must be built into the apps using libraries such as the [Better Arabic Reshaper](https://github.com/agawish/Better-Arabic-Reshaper).
[Arabic Text Reader](https://market.android.com/details?id=quindev.products.arabic) is an app that claims to support twitter in Arabic. You could also contact the developer of tweetcaster and ask them about improving their Arabic support.
Here's an overview of Arabic support in Android by version:
[the evolution of android arabic support](http://username_2.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/the-evolution-of-android-arabic-support/)
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/10 | 348 | 1,220 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently acquired an HTC Desire Z / G2, and installed Cyanogenmod 7 onto it. Something I've noticed though is that sometimes the battery drains very quickly, and sometimes it does not. Since I have a tendency to charge the battery very often, even when it has not discharged much, I get the feeling that the battery stats are not correct.
As I recall, before resetting battery stats, I should make sure the battery is at 100%. My question to that is, **how can I tell if my battery is at 100%?** Is it when the LED power indicator is constantly green? When Android reports as 100%?<issue_comment>username_1: Try this app [Battery Minder](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rollerbush.batteryminder). It alerts the user if the battery is low or fully charged.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If the phone is on the charger, a lot of the lock screens will show the battery percentage or "Charged" if at 100%.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: "100%" isn't as straightforward a concept as you might think on Android. Have a read of this:
<http://phandroid.com/2010/12/25/your-smartphones-battery-gauge-is-lying-to-you-and-its-not-such-a-bad-thing/>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/10 | 445 | 1,743 | <issue_start>username_0: I can join two contacts on my Android phone, regardless of where the contact is from (Google Contacts, Qik Video, Skype, etc). But when I join two Google contacts, I expect to see the contacts merged in Google Contacts as well, after synchronization, and this does not happen.
My phone is a Samsung Infuse. Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I997. Firmware version: 2.2.1<issue_comment>username_1: Google only keeps track of your Google contacts. The Contacts app on Android allows other apps to provide data to it. That's how you get your Skype etc. contacts on your phone but Google can't know what they will be and can't sync them.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Firstly, you need to write here model of your phone and firmware version.
Some examples from practice.
LG Optimus One. I didn't realize very long time how to make Google Contacts from phone. It is simple. When you create contact there is on top of windows drop-down box, where are three items: `Phone` (or `PC Sync`), `SIM` `Google`. It is obvious where each item saves contact data. Default item is `Phone`. [Video how to create contact and select it's type.](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/6014039/adding_a_new_contact_lg_optimus_one_the_human_manual/)
HTC Inspire 4G. Default behavior is to create Google contacts. But there is also drop-down menu where I can select `SIM` or `Phone` items.
Please look through your phone menus more thoroughly.
Also you can make contacts directly in web-interface of GMail. After small time they will be available in phone. And when you edit such contacts, they are edited on Google server too. One thing you need to make such functionality available is to connect your phone and your Google account.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/10 | 161 | 586 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any app to open **Repligo .RGO** files?
It seems that [Cerience](http://www.cerience.com) doesn't support it anymore.
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: There is a [Repligo Reader for Android](http://www.cerience.com/products/reader/android) available... If you want some alternatives you should take a look at [RepliGo Reader Alternatives for Android](http://alternativeto.net/software/repligo-reader/?platform=android)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: i use "Autoit" make script and auto convert(print) to pdf.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/06/10 | 606 | 2,210 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that by going to `Settings > About Phone > Battery Use`, I can get some idea of the applications that are using up the most of my battery. I see things like "Cell standby", "Phone idle", and "Wi-fi"; **is there any way to drill down even further and find out what is really draining my battery**? For example, I am fairly certain that GPS usage is included under 'Cell Standby'.
Any help would be appreciated; I have had my phone for only about three months, and the battery goes from 100% to 0% over the course of two-ish days with minimal usage (some browsing, check-ins), and I cannot figure what is draining the battery.
**EDIT**
I am mostly interested in ways of diagnosing power usage in a less broad way, but in the interests of finding out what could possibly be draining my battery, here is what my 'battery use' is reporting at the moment:
* 38% - Cell Standby
* 33% - Phone Idle
* 20% - Wi-Fi
* 6% - Display
* 2% - Angry Birds
* 2% - Maps
I have been on battery for 8h 50m, and the charge has gone from 100% to 64%.<issue_comment>username_1: Everything drains the battery. The screen is usually a big drain on the battery. GPS will drain it, wifi, internet usage, phone calls, etc.
If you got 2 days out of one charge, then you got good usage out of it. My phone is almost always tethered to power whenever it is available. Desk at work, Desk at home, Car charger.
On my device (running CyanogenMod 7), I can go to Settings -> Application -> Battery Usage.
My screen shuts off after 15 seconds and it is 75% of the battery consumer.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Try out an app called [Watchdog](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zomut.watchdoglite).
It monitors your apps and alerts you to anything that is using your cpu excessively. It might help unless it something that's draining consistently at a low level.
I'd have to agree that it doesn't sound like you have a problem. Battery life seems good.
Juice Plotter is another battery monitor that you might be interested in and its companion app Juice defender might help squeeze extra life out of your phone as it can switch off your 3G off unless needed.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/10 | 167 | 660 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm pretty sure I remember someone showing me a tool they were using to generate QR codes for individual contacts on their Android.
How do I generate a QR code for a contact?<issue_comment>username_1: Use the popular [Barcode Scanner](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&feature=search_result) App, it gives you a "share via barcode" option in the "share" menu when viewing a contact.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Samsung contacts app as of 2021 has a "share as QR" option which generates a QR with the contact vCard and the picture of the contact in the middle.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/11 | 977 | 3,770 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone keeps telling me that my storage is low and I barely have any apps on my phone because it tells me this at least three to four times a day. I downloaded this app and moved all my apps (which is a total of three- not including this one) to my SD card and it still keeps telling me that my storage is low. So I deleted some pictures and all my messages. But it keeps telling me the same thing. And I was wondering if I could get a bigger SD card. Mine is a 8 gig. I also was wondering if I can get a new SD card, what is the biggest SD card for my Desire? If I do get a new SD card, can I transfer all my stuff from my old SD card to the new one? Thanks for the help in advance! :)<issue_comment>username_1: Your phone (as most other Android phones) have two kinds of persistent storage -- internal and external. The internal storage is fixed into hardware, and is not intended to be user-serviceable. Your SD card is the external storage, and is very much replaceable -- it is very accessible and can be swapped for another one, including greater capacity ones (see [this question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/3777/largest-htc-desire-card-size) for some additional information).
However, replacing the SD card won't help in your case -- your phone complains that its **internal** storage space is low. This is a problem that has plagued HTC Desire, which is otherwise a great device.
Some things you can do:
* [Move applications to the SD card](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/628/how-can-i-store-android-apps-on-my-sd-card)
* Remove unneeded applications (from your words, not quite possible)
* Clear up some messages, drafts, application caches, and in some cases application data
* Downgrade some of the preinstalled applications that you do not use. See [this question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/5519/htc-desire-low-on-internal-storage-im-clueless/) for more details
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: If you don't have a problem with voiding your warranty and getting your hands a little dirty, I can recommend the use of a custom ROM with support for App2SD(+), D2Ext(+) or D2W.
I'm also a Desire owner, so I really know what you are talking about, this has annoyed me for weeks, until I finally decided to see what all the fuzz with rooting and custom ROMs was about.
So I [rooted my Desire](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084) and flashed [this rom](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957291) in the Data2Whatever-version (D2W), which makes use of a partitioned SD card with an extra partition that, according to my understanding, works as an extension for the internal storage.
So, after all of that, my internal storage capacity has increased to around 240MB instead of ~140MB (yet the effect depends on the size of your SD card (mine is 4GB) and the size of the dedicated sd-ext-partition.)
It may seem tricky (but it isn't really), voids your warranty (which you might need some time), and things like D2W over at XDA-developers is, well, in development, so there might be the occasional bug, but it's been working fine for me for a few weeks now, and as I said, it is really paying off.
So… IF you want to read and test and learn a little, then XDA-developers your way to go.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Turn off your facebook auto updates and auto sync and delete from the phone. Be careful though. Make sure your phone has been synced because all your contact info will be deleted. Recync the phone and reload contact info. This appears to have fixedthe problem on my phone. Also do not use HTC sync to load music as it will fill all available space on the phone. Copy music separately to the micro SD card.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/11 | 532 | 2,218 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Samsung galaxy ace with android 2.2 mobile.
Is there any way or any application so i can run many applications simultaneously and i can switch among them?
**Why do i need this.**
1. When i surf facebook(or any other
application), and i click on a link.
I am suppose to wait until the page
gets opened then i read it pess back
button to reach on previous button.
If i press previous button in
between i'll lost page which was
being loaded.
2. If i read some sms, and i have to
search the meaning of a word in dictionary, i
would have to exit from sms box.<issue_comment>username_1: Case #1: You can get back to recently used apps by holding down the home key until a menu appears, and then selecting the app you want to return to.
Case #2: Press the home button and open your dictionary app, and then use the method in #1 to return to messaging.
This works if you don't have too many apps open, since the memory is limited and if you open too many apps, android will close them from the background.
The important distinction is that the home key does not quit the app but exists to the launcher, and the back button exits the app.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Onik is correct in suggesting the built in task switcher but if you search "task switcher" in the market you will find a number of apps that might help, I suggest picking something light weight and intuitive.
From personal experience I can easily suggest QuickDesk or Wave Launcher.
QuickDesk will bring up a virtual home screen whenever/wherever. You can assign your favourite apps, shortcuts etc and it can show a scrollbar of recently run apps.
I recently switched to Wave Launcher and love it. It's highly configurable, light and intuitive, mimicking the gesture activate ribbon in Palm's WebOS. With a flick of your thumb or finger, you can bring up your favourite app, a recently run app, shortcut, or app draw overlay, all without leaving your current app (as long as you back out of whatever you're in). It is regulary updated and has brought many new features and improvements. Take a little time to experiment and tweak it and I thin you'll be very happy.
Best of luck.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/11 | 607 | 2,642 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm planning to buy the Motorola DEFY. I tried it out a demo piece at a store .... It seems to have a vertical scrolling screen with icons as well as a set of horizontal scrolling home screens. While the horizontal scrolling seems snappy, the vertical scrolling seems laggy. As I install more apps, will the vertical scroll lag increase further. What's the point of having both those screens anyways ?<issue_comment>username_1: I assume you're talking about the home and launcher screens.
The launcher is exactly that, a place for your to launch apps from, while the home screen can be populated by shortcuts, folders, and widgets which make content richer and more accessible.
Perhaps a defy owner may be able to suggest a reason as to why there might be lag and what to do about it, but it might just be a bit of struggle for your phone to load all the apps you have, which is dependant on memory size and cpu speed.
Perhaps a replacement launcher would be faster.
The top two seem to be ADW and Launcher Pro, of which I think Launcher Pro might be marginally faster. You might also want to try Go Launcher and Zeam. Do some research and testing.
As well as being faster, their are often highly configurable. For instance, the feel of the native launcher on my Samsung Galaxy S2 is very 'tactile' and 'organic' despite the power of the handset. However, ADW allows me to set the speed of the homescreen and appdraw so that it is snappy as hell. I can also create differing app draws, excluding unnecessary apps and allowing it to load faster.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: What you are describing as the horizontal scrolling is the home screen. It's there to hold shortcuts to apps and widgets. Think of it as your PC's desktop.
The vertical scrolling list is the list of actual applications that are installed (like opening C:\Program Files). When you add new apps, it might take a second or two for Android to load their icons into the cache. So long as you don't install hundreds of apps, this shouldn't get exponentially slower.
I suspect that demo unit probably needed to be reset since dozens of people handle it every day. I haven't played with the Defy specifically, but I have a wide selection of phones running different OSes at my desk and none of them are terribly slow in the launcher app.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I just bought the phone yesterday after reading a lot about it. My phone doesn't have any lag in the app launcher(the screen with the shortcuts for the installed applications, vertical scroll) and has about 50 shortcuts and it's quite responsive.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/11 | 567 | 1,901 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to encode some of my videos so that they can be played on android devices?
what is the most compatible container, codec and dimension for android devices. thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: The [Android Developer Guide](http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html) covers this pretty thoroughly. They have all the supported formats as well as recommendations. I would additionally recommend using the same resolution as your screen if your device can handle it, that will much improve the quality.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: When I encode movies using Handbrake or DVDFab, I choose the "iPad" option, which create an m4v with h.264 and AAC (I think). Yes, this feels like sacrilege, but I just ignore the voices in my head. ;)
On XOOM, this plays fine. To keep the file size down, I take the audio down to stereo @ 44.1khz and 96kbps and the video rate to 1200kbps, while still maintaining 720p. This seems to work out alright and most 2 hour movies are in the 1 to 1.5GB range.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Based on [another answer on the "Optimum video codec for low end Android phones" question](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/27674/18559), here is what I used:
```
ffmpeg -i input_video.mp4 \
-sws_flags lanczos+accurate_rnd \
-vf "scale=iw/2:-1" \
-c:v libx264 \
-crf 23.0 \
-preset veryslow \
-profile:v baseline \
-tune fastdecode \
-strict -2 \
output_video.mp4
```
Note that I didn't set a specific resolution, just halved the original video's via the `-vf "scale=iw/2:-1"` option which worked well for my case, but you can change that [as documented on the "Scaling (resizing) with ffmpeg" wiki page](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Scaling%20(resizing)%20with%20ffmpeg).
The [H.264 Encoding Guide](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264) may also be useful.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/11 | 342 | 1,212 | <issue_start>username_0: I just put CM7 on my HTC Hero. Now I'm in the process of isntalling all the apps and the problem is that the YT app that's on the market is not compatible with HTC Hero. Does anyone have a clue which is the oldest supported YT app for Hero, and where I might get it?<issue_comment>username_1: What you need to download and install is called GApps, which is a package with all the Google applications that come built in with Android, but those are flashable and you can't just install them.
I suggest you to take a look at [[ROM] Hero CyanogenMod 7 Nightlys-Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread (2011-02-27)](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=934721), download the GApps provided there([gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip](http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/)) and flash that using the `Install update.zip` on your unlocked bootloader menu.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Apparently, it could not be installed because of market country restrictions.. So in case someone needs a solution - I tried using [market enabler](https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler&feature=search_result), and got it (YT) installed without problem.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/11 | 419 | 1,512 | <issue_start>username_0: Hello good people of stack exchange, I am having trouble setting up my Ubuntu 11.04 boot to use for app development on a hardware device. I have followed the instructions [here](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html) to try and recongnize the phone. However, when I run ADB devices or in eclipse, the device is listed as ?????? and can not be used to install an app to. Any advice?<issue_comment>username_1: When I've experienced that, I've had to [kill adb](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#stopping) and restart it with sudo. You might have to sudo the rest of your adb commands as well.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The problem is that you ran adb as an underprivileged user. So when adb server starts, it does not have the permissions to run read/write to the device. First you have to kill the server, and then restart it as root:
```
sudo adb kill-server
sudo adb start-server
Then you can run this as any user:
adb devices
```
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: What number are you using for your udev? I wrote about my experiences with my HTC sensation here: <http://colinwren.com/using-your-htc-sensation-to-debug-android-apps-on-ubuntu-11-04-natty-narwhal-using-udev-and-adb/>
As stated by username_2 use sudo to start the adb server. Also make sure you've got the correct device code. You can find this by using `lsusb` and looking at the code given here (use the first 4 characters)
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/11 | 1,310 | 5,052 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently running Android on my HD2 using the internal memory. However I'm having terrible issues with the memory filling up and I can't seem to solve it. I considered installing Android directly onto the SD card, but was told by a friend that it would slow down the OS so bad that it would hardly be possible to use.
So my question here is quite simply; will there be much performance impact by running Android from an SD card?
---
Adding bounty now, due to lack of patience.
* I'm looking for an answer derived from personal experience or believable online sources
* I won't accept probablies and maybes<issue_comment>username_1: I have done this and was a bit worried about the low internal memory that is left. I added the app "App2sd" from the marketplace and it looks at your apps and tells you which can be saved on the SD card instead of the internal memory. This has meant that almost all of my apps have now been moved onto the SD card, freeing up space in the memory for apps that can't be moved.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: According to [this article](http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/run-super-fast-android-2-2-froyo-on-htc-hd2-from-ram/) there's a dev over at XDA by the name of DarkStone1337 who built a custom ROM built on Android 2.2 which is designed to run entirely from a HTC HD2's RAM.
They claim it's super fast. I know it's not *precisely* what you're looking for, but I'd read into that and give it a shot if you're so inclined.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Quite a few people dual boot Nook Colors (internal vs sd card).
Take a look at [this xda thread on running CM7 on the sd card (for the Nook Color)](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) and [this thread about booting from sd card performance.](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12964262)
In short, it really depends on the read/write abilities of the sd card you use. A crappy sd card is going to give crappy performance.
(Sorry for the specifics to Nook Color, but in general, it should be similar)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: For what I understand from your question, you have the Android ROM installed on the internal memory of your phone and you are running out of space. If this is the case, have you tried to partition the SD card and use some tool like S2E to increase the amount of available memory without moving the ROM to the SD card?
In my case I have a phone with 512Mb of internal ROM and when I install a custom ROM, it leaves me about 100Mb to install applications. In order to increase this amount of available ROM space for applications I partitioned the SD in 2 primary partitions, one 512Mb EXT3 and one FAT with the rest of the space on the SD Card. With the partitions and the phone rooted I installed an App called S2E that allows your phone to use the EXT3 partition on your SD card to install applications.
With this configuration I maintain the base system (Android and Google applications) on the main ROM of the phone, while all other applications are installed on the EXT3 partition of the SD card, giving me more room for applications and avoiding the inconvenient of having to move all the Android system to SD card.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I have run android from nand and from the sd card. In general performance was better running from nand. However I was recently using [American Android](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957652) on sd and performance was fine. Sense based roms still seem to drag running from sd but non sense roms now seem ok.
You can test it out without blowing away your current install. Just download a magldr rom, put it in the android folder on the sd card, reboot into magldr and tell it to boot android from SD.
Also, use a quality sd card, not a no-name one. Makes a big difference.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: Hey Guys Im running Android on my SD Card on the HTC HD 2 without a single Glitch but after trying out several builds of Android. I finally got one that works just fine and i haven't had any problems with it running on my SD card.
Performance and Speed is super. All my mails are poped (thats three mails). Im really happy with it.
and like Bryan said it also depends on the read/ write speed of your SD card and he is right coz i had that exact problem I used a bad SD Card till i got a proper one.
So the SD Card quality really daz matta too.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_7: I installed NexusHD yesterday on my HD2 with DataToExt and must say, it is not slower but at least a bit faster than before, when I installed it only on NAND (internal space).
But the performance depends on the class of the SD card. If you have an SDcard greater than class 6 you're good to go, beneath there, you should buy a better one (8gb class 10 is really cheap, even the top manufacturer).
But you should format your card for that. To know how, use this tutorial:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916464>
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/12 | 302 | 1,222 | <issue_start>username_0: Where does this app store save the downloaded APK file? I have a problem where certain apps will only install when the sdcard is unmounted. The Amazon App store needs sdcard to be mounted<issue_comment>username_1: This is based on my EVO, but they appear to download into the Appstore's "private" external storage directory, which is `/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/cache/`. From what I've seen they appear to then get deleted after being installed, but anything which has been downloaded and not installed looks to be there.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Thanks for your answer [@username_1](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/981/username_1)!
Looks like it might have changed slightly since then. On my Motorola Bionic I found the apk files `/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.venezia/files/apks`.
An update to one of my apps would download in the Amazon appstore but wouldn't install for whatever reason. So I clicked "download" in the app store, then immediately opened ESFile explorer, found the apk, waited for it to finish downloading (clicking "refresh" once in a while). Then I just clicked the apk there and it installed perfectly. Woot!
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/12 | 608 | 2,087 | <issue_start>username_0: I've managed to acquire a Google Nexus One, that had an unfortunate encounter with a car door. The screen still accepts touch input, but the LCD itself is broken - no display at all. What is something "cool" I can do with it? My main concern is, is it possible to root it and get a remote shell without being able to see the screen?<issue_comment>username_1: Just go to a store and say that it was an incident.. Pay the fee and get a new display
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can get a remote shell with it, without the screen working. You will have to install the android SDK on your PC.
Another thing you can do is use [Android ScreenCast](http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/) to view the screen remotely. It doesn't have the best frame rate, but at least you will be able to interact with the screen. You may have to use this to get the remote shell working, as you may have to turn on USB Debugging in Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging
You can also get a replacement screen, I [found a](http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Nexus-One-Replacement-FULL-LCD-Screen-Digitizer-/380289776044?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item588b0979ac) [couple on](http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Google-Nexus-One-Replacement-LCD-Display-Screen-/290510053450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a3bfa04a#ht_1452wt_1015) [ebay](http://cell-phones.shop.ebay.com/Cell-Phones-PDAs-/15032/i.html?_nkw=nexus%20one%20replacement%20screen), ranging from ~$50 - ~$100. Some are just the LCD screen, some include the the touch input panel too.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: You could use it to test accessibility applications that are used by blind or visually impaired; these apps rely on audio and haptic feedback to tell you what is going on. Not sure how you'd get into that mode, however.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: You can use it as wifi for all family members, buy a sim with good data plan and use it in broken phone and plug it in for charging and turn its wifi hot spot which can be used by other family member.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/12 | 746 | 2,719 | <issue_start>username_0: My headphones socket on my laptop is busted, and I'm wondering if I can stream all the audio (every sound the PC makes) from my laptop to my Android, so I can use the headphones connected to the phone.
It has to be by USB/Firewire, as my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth...<issue_comment>username_1: You would better off getting a pair of USB headphones than streaming it to your phone.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [This video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5BTYCqWb4) may help. It is through Wifi. If you have connected through USB or something else, you can play media files through your handset. There are apps for that. But, since you are asking for every computer sound, guess, you can do that only through WiFi. Hope that Youtube video helps! Thanks! Vote, if you find this helpful. :-)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I've not found a good solution for this to work over USB, but I have gotten it to work over wifi as well, with a much cheaper (free, or $3.99 if you want network compression) option with [SoundWire](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.georgie.SoundWireFree) than the Airfoil solution in Mannii88's video.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: You can use [SoundIt](https://soundit.app/) to stream audio from your computer to any other device easily, it's designed specifically for that.
It also lets you control the stream audio volume remotely.
Disclaimer: I'm the developer of SoundIt.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I've made an app called [AudioRelay](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azefsw.audioconnect) which allows you to do that.
It's mainly used over Wifi but you can use your phone's **USB tethering** option to create a USB connection.
* First, [download](https://audiorelay.net) and start the server on your PC
* Launch the app on your phone
* Enable USB tethering (there's a shortcut inside the app)
* Click on the new server entry to start streaming!
You can check this [video (2:25)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MqoNgawbVE&feature=youtu.be&t=145) to see the feature in action :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: I had the same problem.
Found newer [solution](https://github.com/BreadFish64/AndroidUsbAudioDevice). It is quite difficult(I really mean it) to install but it is very powerful:
* It has very high quality of audio (I'm not sure, but it either lossless or very close to it).
* And it has really low latency (I can't properly test it since my smartphone bugged and has 200-300ms latency even on wired headphones)
* Uses only USB connection. It uses lower level USB protocols instead of usual network protocols.
* Currently only supports mono or stereo mode.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/13 | 493 | 1,910 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been reading conflicting information about the GPS signal lock in the [XDA Developers Forums](http://forum.xda-developers.com/).
Certain users say they have to be outdoor to get any lock in to satellites, others say they could lock in their home basement.
Which one is it?<issue_comment>username_1: I think it may depend on the GPS chip/software on the device. I rarely was ever able to get a lock if the sky was filled with clouds, and when I am in a city with skyscrapers, my location jumps all over the place. But I have a Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant) and even Samsung admitted that there were some issues with the chip/software on the Galaxy S devices.
Even on a clear day, it could take up towards 3 minutes to get a GPS lock, and that was after I rooted and tweaked the GPS settings, before that, it would take 5 - 10 and sometimes I wouldn't even get a lock.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, GPS does need a clear view of the sky.
However, that does not mean actual GPS implementations have to rely only on GPS signal to get its location. Most actual GPS implementations (including Android) caches last known location and uses Wifi/Cell positioning to get position information even when there is no GPS signals at all.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: GPS uses radio frequencies between 1 and 2 GHz (L1 signal at 1.57542 GHz and L2 signal at 1.2276 GHz). These have to get through for GPS to work, which is not the same as visibility.
For example, my GPS (Garmin Etrex Legend HCx) gets a fix on the top floor of the house, below the roof made of tiles, insulation and drywall. It doesn't get a fix on lower floors, where there's too much concrete and steel in between.
BTW, I had a Motorola Defy for a while, if I remember correctly it also worked, but had a much lower precision, sometimes it was hundreds of meters off.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/13 | 566 | 1,885 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to start an actual Android application from the command line in Android? For example, say I'd simply like to start/bring to the front my calendar. Is there a way that I can do this like:
```
startapp com.google.calendar
```<issue_comment>username_1: Using adb, I believe it is possible:
```
am [start|instrument]
am start [-a ] [-d ] [-t ]
[-c [-c ] ...]
[-e [-e ...]
[-n ] [-D] []
am instrument [-e ] [-p ]
[-w]
```
for example we have android program with Manifest as under:
```
.
.
```
To run the code issue command like this (in one line):
```
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.app1.android.xtract/com.app1.android.xtract.Contact
```
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: All apps have different activities. There is an app that will help called [QuickShortcutMaker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sika524.android.quickshortcut&hl=en) that will assist you if you don't want to start decompiling apps to see their manifest files. Think you need to be root though to open apps via terminal.
```
# Examples
# From terminal emulator or adb as root open settings
am start com.android.settings/.Settings
# From ssh as root open settings
adb shell am start com.android.settings/.Settings
#Function to download a given url with chrome or stock browser
downloadurl(){ if [ $(pm list packages | grep -e 'com.android.chrome') ]; then am start -n com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main -d $1; sleep 10; input keyevent 4; return; fi; if [ $(pm list packages | grep -e 'com.android.browser') ]; then am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity -d $1 && sleep 5; input keyevent 4; return; fi; am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d $1 && sleep 10; input keyevent 4; }
downloadurl "http://your.site.file.example.zip"
```
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/13 | 551 | 1,845 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a number of Google calendars open on my phone. Sometimes I add things to wrong one.
I can't see a way of moving items on the standard application. Does any other Calendar app gave this feature?<issue_comment>username_1: Using adb, I believe it is possible:
```
am [start|instrument]
am start [-a ] [-d ] [-t ]
[-c [-c ] ...]
[-e [-e ...]
[-n ] [-D] []
am instrument [-e ] [-p ]
[-w]
```
for example we have android program with Manifest as under:
```
.
.
```
To run the code issue command like this (in one line):
```
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.app1.android.xtract/com.app1.android.xtract.Contact
```
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: All apps have different activities. There is an app that will help called [QuickShortcutMaker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sika524.android.quickshortcut&hl=en) that will assist you if you don't want to start decompiling apps to see their manifest files. Think you need to be root though to open apps via terminal.
```
# Examples
# From terminal emulator or adb as root open settings
am start com.android.settings/.Settings
# From ssh as root open settings
adb shell am start com.android.settings/.Settings
#Function to download a given url with chrome or stock browser
downloadurl(){ if [ $(pm list packages | grep -e 'com.android.chrome') ]; then am start -n com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main -d $1; sleep 10; input keyevent 4; return; fi; if [ $(pm list packages | grep -e 'com.android.browser') ]; then am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity -d $1 && sleep 5; input keyevent 4; return; fi; am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d $1 && sleep 10; input keyevent 4; }
downloadurl "http://your.site.file.example.zip"
```
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/13 | 220 | 920 | <issue_start>username_0: Can nexus one phone or any similar android phone work, when its microSD is pulled out from it, and if only internal memory remained.<issue_comment>username_1: I own an HTC Desire and an HTC Wildfire, they both works without microSD. Apps stored on the card just becomes unavailable.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yeah definitely it works fine without any issue. But if you have installed any apps on SD Card then they won't work at all. But to take backup of any data(Contacts, Messages, Call log) on your phone you should have SD card inserted.
Finally to answer your question, yes. it works fine as the OS and related information stored on the phone internal memory.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Yeah of course it will. But barely you can use it as a phone. You cannot even transfer anything via bluetooth(I have tried this with HTC Desire HD).
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/06/13 | 273 | 1,051 | <issue_start>username_0: Considering getting a Droid 2. I use Outlook for all calendar, contacts, and tasks. Although it is seamless for calendar items and contacts, task management is critical for me. I am not impressed with Google apps task mangagment and want to keep using Outlook. Is the Droid compatible with a sync directly to Outlook 2010? Under what conditions?<issue_comment>username_1: The only solution I know of for the level of syncing you want to achieve is [CompanionLink](http://www.companionlink.com/android/outlook/). It will sync Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes between Outlook and Android, it will also cost you $49.95.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Apart from the grand old man of the syncing world that Ryan's pointed out above, there's also [GOATS](http://www.gassumo.com/gassumo-outlook-android-tasks-synchronizer/how-it-works) and TouchDown as other notables.
There's a fairly detailed table at <http://www.syncdroid.net/> that illustrates and lists software designed to sync data to Android devices.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/06/13 | 507 | 2,056 | <issue_start>username_0: I updated Winamp today from the market and now I'm having troubles playing shoutcast stations and some mp3's. Is it possible to rollback only the update I installed this morning? or am I out of luck?<issue_comment>username_1: no, you are pretty much out of luck. Once you update, you have that version and cannot go back.
I do not know your android knowledge, but, if you have the apk file for a previous version, you can "sideload" the application on to the device (unless you have at&t). But that is a bit more complicated if you never done it before. It requires the drivers for your PC, copy the file to the sdcard, and then "open" the apk file with an file manager, which will then launch the Package Installer.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I guess it will be fixed in a future update but until then, have you tried contacting the developers for an older version. I'm sure they'll be appreciative of any feedback you give and it would be easy for them to provide you with a previous version directly.
If you are feeling brave, I found the following two sites that might have what you need as a direct download, may need something like Astro file manager (free) to install and will need to enable unknown sources in the settings.
<http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/winamp>
<http://getandroidstuff.com/?s=Winamp+Android>
I don't know how reputable the sites are so I would try my first suggestion initially.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: For free apps, you can typically find an older version on [ApkMirror](https://www.apkmirror.com). They keep older versions of most popular free apps and have good reputation of being malware-free.
For paid apps, you'll have to use your own backup (it's always a good idea to make backups of your data from time to time, including the apps you're using), or look at more dodgy websites. In the latter case, it's highly recommended to check the APK with [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com) before installing it on your device.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/13 | 559 | 2,331 | <issue_start>username_0: I've had my HTC Evo since it came out a year ago. My Google contacts synced flawlessly numerous times during this period.
I rooted my phone on 5/23 with unrevoked, and everything still seemed to be fine. I only add this for the small chance that rooting is involved. I have not applied the gingerbread update, and I haven't done a system update since the last OTA forever ago.
According to the accounts and sync screen, the last time my contacts synced was on 6/7. Since this was a week ago, I can't really think of anything I could've done that would break my contact syncing. When I go and try to resync, it acts like it's trying, and it doesn't change the sync date. Also, data isn't going between my phone and my Gmail account.
Gmail and calendar syncing seem to work fine. I haven't noticed any other issues. Any clue as to what could cause this and how to fix it?<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Go to `Settings > Accounts and Sync`
2. Open up your GMail account there
3. Deselect the Contacts option
4. Select it again and quit
This will force Android to sync it **:)**
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: So, as the night progressed, and I tried various fixes such as what Nathan suggested and restoring from Titanium backups and such, my problems simply got worse.
I ended up simply backing up my application data and restoring from a nandroid backup. That seems to have fixed it. It may have been a virus, or I might've corrupted something somehow. After I restored the backup, the contacts are syncing just fine.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I had a similar problem which was caused by having a YouTube account registered on my phone as a Google account. Until this point, I only had a single Google account and it all worked fine, but after adding the YouTube account it seemed to stop a lot of things from working correctly on my normal Google account.
This was resolved by removing the YouTube account from my Accounts And Sync settings.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Also check you have enough free space in your mobile phone. I had similar Problem, and cleared out lot of junk files - social media downloads in whatsapp messaging, facebook and other apps.
Then Google accounts - contacts, keepnotes and other apps started syncing smoothly.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/14 | 190 | 843 | <issue_start>username_0: I got a message from someone not in my contacts. The number was automatically recognized as one of my Facebook friends. How do I add this person to my Google Contacts without copying down the number and adding them manually? There is no "Add Contact" button...<issue_comment>username_1: Head over to Contacts -> Options Menu -> Display Options. Under choose contacts to display, expand facebook and put a checkbox against All Contacts. The contact will now be saved to your Google Contacts
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Often times, you can tap and hold the message from the person and a menu will pop up. From that menu, you can select from a number of options, including "Add 'name' to Contacts". Click that, enter a name and fill out whatever other fields you want, and you should be good to go.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/14 | 511 | 1,948 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Droid X running Gingerbread on Verizon and it is completely unable to send SMS messages. It receives them fine but every message I try to send is rejected. The details of the message reveal the following:
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> Cause Code: Addr.Vcnt., 0
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Rebooting the phone seems to fix the problem, but only for a day or so.
I also seem to have completely lost 3G connectivity on the phone as well when it is in this state.
\*228 on the phone fails until I can reboot it, but once reprogrammed there seems to be no lasting positive effect.
Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone have a resolution?
**EDIT:** I've just discovered all outbound calls immediately fail as well with no details as to the failure.<issue_comment>username_1: I hate to say it but if you have tried all those other things I would say the next thing to try would be a factory reset...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I called VZW, and they actually told me it was a bad *Google* update pushed to my phone prematurely, and that "Google would be fixing it in a couple weeks." Amazing that Verizon won't even take responsibilities for their OTA updates, but blame it on Google.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I had this issue quite a bit after I first loaded GB with an OTA update. I did a factory reset a few weeks ago and didn't have it happen again until today. I also contacted VZW and the first thing they wanted to blame it one was an app that I must've loaded that was behaving badly. It's all over Moto's support forum and all over VZWs. Hopefully they'll have an incremental update that will fix the issue.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: This was a semi-known issue on 4.5.585 Gingerbread (Verizon's first official Gingerbread update). Rebooting the phone when it happens was the only remedy.
The problem (I too was affected) appears to be fixed in the latest Verizon update. (4.5.602)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/14 | 337 | 1,396 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd love to be able to open that map on my phone in such a way that I can get turn-by-turn navigation, like what is available in the Navigation app.
However, despite my experiments, this seems to be impossible. I would have thought Navigation and Maps would be based on the same formats and code, but there appears to be a wall between them.
Is there any way I can create, edit, and save a map on the Desktop, and then have it viewable on my phone for turn-by-turn navigation?
The key is that I use this for biking, and I can not see my phone while I'm riding. So I want to have an earpiece and be able to hear instructions for turns.<issue_comment>username_1: Google Maps for Android does have a bicycle option. You just have to select it from the drop down menu.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: First login to your Google account in desktop and open Google maps find the route you want to drive and to your left you can see save to my maps click it and save it in your google account
Then open your Google maps in your Android mobile in options you can see My places options click on it (assuming you have internet connection) the route will be opened in your map you can select get driving directions from there and it will be loaded in your Android maps ;) cheers ..........
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/14 | 919 | 3,451 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a number of apps that are fairly chatty on the network, and with a limited data connection I would like these apps to not use the 3G connection (WiFi is fine).
I know that [rooting the phone and installing DroidWall](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/7976/how-do-i-enable-mobile-data-only-for-select-apps-on-a-rooted-phone) would do the trick. However, is there a way to accomplish per-app data permissions *without* rooting it?
FWIW, I have a Droid 1 on a CDMA network.<issue_comment>username_1: Not quite answering your question, but switching off Background Data usage should stop chatty apps from doing anything in the background, and restrict it to just apps you launch and use, rather than apps that are syncing and checking for status updates all the time.
If you add the Power Control Bar (built into Android since 1.6) to your home screen it's just one tap to switch the background data on and off. Just hold your finger on an empty space on the home screen, select **Widgets**, **Power Control**, and the second icon from the right (two round arrows in a circle) controls the background data usage.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have Android ICS, you can set the "Restrict background data" setting for each app. Go to `Settings > Data usage`, select the `Mobile` tab, then scroll down and select the app that you want to restrict. You can set the option at the bottom of the page that appears.
If an app is built properly, setting this option will disallow the widgets and background services of the app to access the internet via mobile data (but not via WiFi). If you launch the app it can access the internet via mobile data.
Also note that not all apps play nice and some do not respect this setting.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: A firewall application is suitable for this task. There are other firewall options for non-root users:
1. [NetGuard firewall](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard&hl=en) (no root )
Features:
* No root required
* Android 4.0 and later supported
* IPv4/IPv6 TCP/UDP supported
* Tethering supported
* Optionally block when roaming
* Optionally block system applications
* Optionally record network usage per application per address
Screenshots
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pmtBT.png)
2. [NoRoot Firewall](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall&hl=en)
Features
* Host name/domain name filtering
* Fine-grained access control
* no suspicious permissions on the firewall app itself.
(currently doesn't support IPv6) may not work on LTE.
Screenshots
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IpzzT.png)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: In Xiaomi phones it is possible to restrict background data in Security app from Mi.
You can also restrict background data for every app also!
I have used it many times when my left data is very less.
Don't know about other smartphones security app !!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: You can also try this [Opera Max](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.max.global&hl=en) app. Despite having a lot of features that you might use, the feature below mentioned is what you need right now.
**Block data-hungry apps** - Find out which apps use the most data - you can even choose to block them from using data altogether
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/14 | 1,285 | 5,156 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy i5510. The space in internal memory was just about to finish so I decided to move some apps to the SD card. After I did it a lot of the apps moved (not all of them) disappeared from the application list. Also did the shortcuts from my desktops.
I don't think this is a problem with the SD card because the applications are still installed (I can see them in apps management).
Thanks for your help!
**Update**
Tanks to @GAThrawn's [answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/10417/android-2-2-apps-moved-to-sd-card-disappeared-from-apps-list/10418#10418) now I know that it is expected to disappear the home (desktops) shortcuts when the SD card is unmounted. But it is not expected that they disappear from the application list. So the questions:
1. Is there anyway to recover the icons in application list other than reinstalling all apps?
2. Assuming that this wont happen any more and will only disappear from the home / desktop. Is there anyway to avoid that? I would like to have my apps in my SD card but with shortcuts.<issue_comment>username_1: The apps will disappear from your Home screen if your SD card is unmounted from the phone for any reason, they won't automatically come back on their own.
The most likely reason is that the SD card can't be mounted to both your phone and your PC at the same time, so if you plug your phone into a PC, and your SD card is mounted as a drive so you can copy files to and fro, etc then that dismounts the card from your phone temporarily and you'll lose the home screen icons.
The apps should still be in your Applications list and you should be able to add them back onto the Home screen the same way that you did it when you installed them.
This is a combined limitation of the way that the Android OS handles SD cards, and the way that most home screen launchers (like Samsung's TouchWiz that you're using) cope with apps moved to SD.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The answer to both questions turned out to be Force to stop the app TwLauncher. Then when I close the apps management it started again and I get all my icons (and shortcuts) back.
So now when I have my SD card unmounted I can't see the icons. When it is mounted back, I have to restart TwLauncher. It is very annoying but at least I know I have not lost all my apps.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I have an EVO and had this problem as soon as I started moving a lot of apps to my SD card. Basically, apps moved to an SD card are stored in a secure area and it apparently takes Android a while to make this "secure" area available at boot, and this may not happen before your launcher starts. The more apps you have, the longer it takes to do whatever it's doing, and at some point you will find none of the SD card apps available at boot.
Restarting your launcher may or may not be necessary; the one I use, Tag Home, does seem to notice apps becoming available on the SD card... sometimes. I found that a hot reboot (a partial restart that only reloads the phone's UI; you can find apps that do this in the Market, though you need to have rooted the phone) would usually help, but I had to time it properly, or do it multiple times.
I read somewhere that Gingerbread (Android 2.3) makes this better. The EVO came with 2.2 and recently a 2.3 OTA upgrade appeared for it. I haven't yet installed that for a couple of reasons: first, as I said, I rooted my phone and need to be cautious with this, and second, there were some bugs reported in the upgrade which will be fixed later this month. So I don't yet know firsthand if this is true.
I have had much better luck partitioning my SD card (adding a dedicated 1GB partition for apps) and using an app from the market called Link2SD. Not only do the apps usually seem to be available by the time the launcher loads, you can move the ENTIRE app to the card (did you ever notice that apps take some internal memory even after moving them to SD?) and even moves apps that can't be moved the usual way. (HBO GO wants 15 MB of my internal memory? Not anymore! I even moved Adobe Flash to SD and it continues to work fine.) However, you have to root your phone to do all this and it is fairly advanced.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: I have the same problem, the partial solution is open the task manager and clear the "level 2" RAM memory, this will close and relaunch everything and the apps in the SD reappears.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I loaded Ram Booster Pro for this problem, and after letting the phone boot up, click "boost" in the app. With one click it clears your RAM. Android Lollipop doesn't add this feature, so task manager is of no help. When you go back to your home screen you will see your app icons as you have placed them.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: I'm using ES Task Manager on Samsung gt-i9300, custom rom Lollipop 5.1.1 and from User Apps, I just select an app and from the menu at top right corner (3 vertically aligned dots)I select Add To Desktop and the short-cut is created on the phone desktop at first free space.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/06/14 | 527 | 1,685 | <issue_start>username_0: My Samsung Galaxy Tab felt on the street and the glass on the touch screen is broken. The display still works fine, but it is "danger to touch it", especially for kids.
When I visited repair shop, they asked for the price almost equal to the price of new device.
As it seems to work still fine, my hypothesis is that only the glass is broken, and actually display (electronic device) behind it is ok. And if I would be able to remove the broken glass and get new one (from some ordinary "window maker") and glue it on the display, everything should be ok.
Is that crazy idea or do I have a chance?<issue_comment>username_1: You can pick up a [replacement](http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-P1000-touch-glass-screen-digitizer-/320705039129) [on eBay](http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=samsung%20galaxy%20tab%20glass) for ~$80. It looks like they all come with the glass + the digitizer, from what I have read, they are a "combo" item. Then you can find tutorials on how to replace the screen.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can get a new screen through eBay. [Here's one for ~$77](http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-P1000-touch-glass-screen-digitizer-/190537530778?pt=US_Tablet_Accessories&hash=item2c5cebfd9a).
Also, [here's a YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGUKerJOhg) that shows how to dismantle and replace the screen and digitizer.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If the digitizer still works and the only issue is the sharp edges, I know a bunch of folks that have (device agnostic) cracked screens with a screen protector serving as more of a finger protector on them.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/14 | 406 | 1,643 | <issue_start>username_0: Today was looking over the statistics on Latitude history and I noticed that it registered another place as my home, it is actually one block away from the adress it says.
Is there a way to change or set my home's location manually?<issue_comment>username_1: You can manually set the location [using an iGoogle gadget](http://blog.arpitnext.com/2009/05/manually-set-your-location-in-google-latitude-without-mobile-phone.html) or through [Firefox](http://blog.arpitnext.com/2010/06/set-latitude-longitude-geolocation-firefox.html). What you are probably seeing when the location is "one block away" is that GPS is not actually turned on on the handset. The phone is probably using positioning that is determined used cell phone tower location, so it will get you in roughly the correct place, but not the exact location you would expect if GPS was turned on.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Turn Wifi on if you haven't got it on already. You don't need to actually connect to it, just to have it enabled. Google uses the known locations of wifi points to help its GPS calculation (don't know if anyone else does, mind you)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If you go into Maps on your phone, press `Menu`, press `Latitude`, press *yourself*, press "View your location history", then press `Menu` you should see an option to change your Home and Office/School locations.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: If your internet is from a VPN or a server it shows the location of these servers instead of yours using the same method as the new Geolocation function in HTML5 i suppose
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/06/15 | 138 | 630 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought an HTC Desire S and cannot download apps from the Android Marketplace. I tried to download Skype and it stalled saying "Starting To Download" - nothing happened. Then I tried downloading another app and then it said that app will be soon downloaded, but nothing happened.<issue_comment>username_1: Try clearing the cache and data of the Market application.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I think i found the problem. I turned option off that lets use 3rd party apps internet connection as was recommended on one blog on power plan optimization on Android.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2011/06/15 | 416 | 1,716 | <issue_start>username_0: I have noticed a label in my Gmail with name **Call Log**. And it contains the some Call Logs of my Phone. I haven't created that Label. I thought it was because of the Mails synchronization. But the same thing isn't happening now-a-days. The Call Logs label mail box contains the information about only few days. After that it stopped logging the Call Logs information.
I want to synchronize the Call Logging information on my Gmail. How to do that ?<issue_comment>username_1: Can't shed any light on your current experience I'm afraid. It's possible that Timescape has some sort of feature built in but I have just the app for you. Call Track syncs all your calls to your calendar, including time duration and number (and name if they're in contacts) and will import your existing call log. You can select a specific calendar or label to sync with. Hope that helps. :-)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Finally found the solution and the reason.
I installed [SMS Backup +](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync) application from Market sometime back.
This application syncs the messages, Call logs and Contacts with Gmail.
I installed once and removed. In that time span it sync the contacts, Call logs with my Gmail. Thats why I can see the Call logs label in my Gmail.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: This may have been answered by now.
I use SMS Backup+ noticed the same problem.
My Gmail label "call log" stopped logging.
The app settings were no help.
The solution:
Settings, apps, SMS Backup+, permissions, turn on the switch "telephone".
I'm on android nougat and one has to provide more permissions.
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 1 |