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2011/11/29 | 1,214 | 4,916 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes I need to transfer some music from my PC to my Galaxy S2 and must always activate USB debugging. Then I think, can I keep it ON forever? I mean, Keep it ON for ever can give me a problem (cost battery?) ? And what's USB debugging?<issue_comment>username_1: Enabling USB debugging essentially starts up the `adb` daemon on your device, which allows it to communicate with `adb` on another device to enable debugging commands. It's used when developing and debugging applications, and allows you (primarily) to:
* Transfer data between a computer and your device (both ways)
* Read log data easily from `logcat`
* Debug applications, including breakpoints and heap monitoring
* Install and uninstall applications
* Access a stripped-down shell on the device, for command-line interaction.
Leaving it enabled all the time will have a negligible impact on battery, if any at all. Some other things to consider about leaving it on (or not):
* **PRO:** If your device has a hardware problem that prevents you from accessing the screen, USB debugging could be helpful in recovering data (especially on a rooted device).
* **PRO:** You can install applications, reboot your device, and generally do some other convenient things without having to actually interact with your device physically, even with the screen locked/off.
* **PRO:** On a rooted device it may be possible to regain entry if you have forgotten the screen lock password/pin/pattern (also a potential CON, see below).
* **PRO:** You can take advantage of port forwarding over USB debugging to use tethering apps like [PDANet](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pn.helper&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiY29tLnBuLmhlbHBlciJd) (I believe that's how it's implemented since it does require it).
* **CON:** If your device is lost or stolen, an unscrupulous individual could attempt to steal data from the device regardless of whether or not you've got a screen lock. If you're rooted, they can get pretty much everything.
* **CON:** I recall reading that some devices can have trouble with accessing the SD card as a mass storage device when USB debugging is enabled. I've personally *never* seen this issue, but I have seen people allege that it was a problem.
See also: [Using Hardware Devices](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html) from the Android SDK documentation which discusses debugging applications on physical devices (rather than the emulator). There is also a documentation page regarding the [Android Debug Bridge](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html) (ADB) which explains its purpose and its commands.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The biggest downside is not being able to mount it as a mass storage device when you plug it into the computer. With it turned on it will always assume you want to debug the device. You really only need it turned on if you are developing software for the phone or plan on using adb with your phone. The adb program is only available through the Android SDK so its not something average users need. That being said I keep my turned on all the time, but that's only for connivence for doing Android development because I do that more often that use it as a mass storage. You mileage may vary.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: To make one of [username_1' cons](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/16251/16575) less critical:
One could use [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) or [Locale](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twofortyfouram.locale) together with the [Secure Settings](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin) plugin to automatically toggle *USB Debugging* on for safe locations (based e.g. on cell towers, network/GPS location, WiFi networks connected or in reach), and toggle it off (exit-task with *Tasker*) when leaving such. With a NFC tag and the [Locale NFC Plugin](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.badaccess.locale.nfc) it could also be switched it on/off on demand.
All that even without touching the screen -- so it would work even if the screen is broken. And that "unscrupulous individual" then would have to be in your "safe location" or have your tag, and must know those circumstances -- which is much less risky.
If your device does not belong to that small group having trouble mounting their storage with *USB Debugging* turned on, this would leave almost no "Con" then.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: You don't have need to keep debugging always on. In some devices it affects the charging of battery. When debugging is kept on, the charging speed becomes very low.... it'll take more than 5 hours to full charge.... if you have such problem then keep off usb debugging, ON it only when you need......
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/11/29 | 366 | 1,358 | <issue_start>username_0: My Windows 7 doesn't recognize my android phone. HTC Wildfire S
Are there any updates of drivers that I need?
If I use VMWare it works properly here's what it showed in VMWare.
**But here's what happens in device manager on my windows 7 on the same computer**
Please help!! I've installed HTC Sync and tried connecting, my phone and the PC fails to connect. Help!!!<issue_comment>username_1: Whenever I have problems with installing an Android device's drivers, I install [PDANet](http://junefabrics.com/android/).
PDANet is a desktop tethering app, but that isn't why I install it. PDANet comes bundled with phone drivers for all of the major phone manufacturers. Once you have installed the drivers, you can then uninstall PDANet (and it will keep the drivers).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You might want to try modifying the Android SDK driver's .inf file to allow the drivers to be used for your device. I have instructions in another answer [here](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/16195/1465).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Thanks for all answers, but my case was a very unusual case. I tried everything but It didn't work. I reinstalled windows. It works now.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2011/11/30 | 737 | 2,926 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Maps always shows me distance values for direction results / navigation in miles, although it does show me a scale on the map itself in metric units. I rather prefer to get my direction distances in metres/kilometres. Is there any way to achieve this in Google Maps? I searched a bit for this and suggestions seem to be to change locale in Settings > Language and Keyboard. Mine is currently set to English UK.<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately, I saw no way to post a comment to your question though this is not really an answer:
I am spanish and therefore my Samsung Galaxy Tab is configured for my country. When using the measure ruler from the labs tab of Google maps I get all the distances in metres/kilometres instead of miles.
So it seems that changing the locale might help
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I'm in Canada and recently made a road trip to the states. When I'm planning a trip starting in Canada, the whole trip is in km, even if it crosses into the US. If the trip starts in the US, however, it shows everything in miles, even if it crosses into Canada. It appears that it's not the location set in your phone but rather the location of the phone itself (if using "my location" as the departure point - otherwise it's just the departure point).
You can try this out by plotting a trip from a "miles" country to a "km" country and then clicking the reverse trip. The units changed with me.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Try changing in the Google search bar: `Settings -> Google now -> Weather -> Change from Fahrenheit to Celsius`.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: It's 2015. In Android I can choose distance units for Maps. It defaults to automatic. For some reason, automatic gives my results in miles (I live in Australia). Navigation is metric. But anyway, if I choose Kilometres instead of automatic, I get kilometres.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: Open settings:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/95HG2.png)
There is a parameter to configure the distance units:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pMcmY.png)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: You can just change the language for example from English US to English NL, a country with different metrics.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: I am Spanish and therefore my Samsung Galaxy Tab is configured for my country. When using the measure ruler from the labs tab of Google maps I get all the distances in metres/kilometres instead of miles.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: On Xiaomi poco M3 settings there is no option for units in settings.
After changing language, Maps still showed distance in ft miles. I had to go to settings / apps /maps /storage and delete data. After that distance changed to m / km
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/11/30 | 631 | 2,574 | <issue_start>username_0: Most call blocking apps will reject/hang up the calls from blacklisted numbers. But the calling party comes to know that there call was rejected. Is there any way or any app which can really "block" the call (like turning off network connection for few seconds) so that the calling party feels that the phone is either switched off or not reachable.<issue_comment>username_1: This is a network function and no app will be able to perform the behaviour you're looking for.
At best, you can create a custom "silent" ringtone for a known number. Else, if you'd prefer pressing the volume buttons will usually mute the ringing while giving the dialler the perception that the call remains unanswered.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: That would be more of carrier dependent and network related, plus, the programmatic API is not well documented hence a lot of third party call blocking apps, inevitably, *do send a reject/hangup* upon receiving a blacklisted number.
What the OP is asking for, is actually, going down deeper into the nuts and bolts of telephony layer which is blocked off due to:
* proprietary nature of the binary supporting code that enables GSM/CDMA telephony.
* proprietary chipset used for GSM/CDMA communications at a low-level.
If that was available and documented, there would be a lot of call-blocking apps on the Play store, that can do the call-screening in the *proper way* that would be expected of.
Edit
====
As an afterthought to this answer, a vital part should be noted - Google blocked the `MODIFY_PHONE_STATE` permission in Gingerbread 2.3.7 onwards (*It was available on earlier versions of Android*), see this [Issue](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15031) which annoyed developers of those third party call blocking software, thus call-block will fail on newer versions of Android, that permission is what enabled third party apps to send a reject/hangup upon receiving said blacklisted number.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I'm not sure about manufacturer skins like Samsung's TouchWiz, but AOSP has the feature you're looking for.
In Google's contacts app, for any contact entry, there is an option to send 'All Calls to Voicemail'. When someone rings you with this enabled, it will ring for 5 to 15 seconds and, of course, go straight to voicemail.
Alternatively, you may want to look at [this app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker). I haven't tested it, so I cannot confirm that the behaviour between the two is identical.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/11/30 | 129 | 546 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there sites available that will allow me to upgrade to the latest version of Android without depending on my carrier?<issue_comment>username_1: Not officially, and not without voiding your warranty. You would need to install a custom ROM, of which there are several, the most popular of which seems to be CyanogenMod.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you want to try to download and install an awesome rom for your phone, you should read this: <http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices>
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/11/30 | 360 | 1,225 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just acquired an HTC Desire with MIUI interface.
I speak English and want the phone to stay in English. But I live in France and all my keyboards (computers, etc.) are French standard AZERTY, not QWERTY.
The phone shows a QWERTY keyboard. Having the phone in QWERTY is confusing.
How can I change the phone keyboard to AZERTY without changing the language of the phone into French please?<issue_comment>username_1: SwiftKey X supports the feature you are asking (English with AZERTY keyboard). Try out their [demo](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnRvdWNodHlwZS5zd2lmdGtleS5waG9uZS50cmlhbCJd).
After you have installed the app, go to the Settings of SwiftKey. Go to "Languages & layouts"
Next to Englush, tap on the little keyboard icon. Then choose AZERTY.
You'll now have English autocorrect on an AZERTY keyboard.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I had a similar [question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/16070/9400) where I wanted to switch from AZERTY to QWERTY. I think the same suggested *free* software (from the answer) will serve you well (like it did for me).
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/11/30 | 649 | 2,506 | <issue_start>username_0: Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.
However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!
The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.
Is there a way around this?<issue_comment>username_1: Not a software solution, but you could always try an in-line volume control like this:
[Amazon: Koss VC20 Volume Control](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00001P4XH)
You can get one on ebay for close to US $1:
[ebay search: headphone volume control](http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=headphone+volume+control)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: On rooted phones, it's possible to install custom kernel which can lower the volume setting lower than is available stock. You might want to look around for custom ROM for your device, if it's a common problem it's highly possible someone would make a custom ROM to modify the volume setting. You'd generally want to try other solutions first though.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: the android app, [Maven Music Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maven.blueplayer&rdid=com.maven.blueplayer), has a "pre volume" control that can lower the sound volume below the minimum setting on your phone.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: For me the app [Fine Volume Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=opotech.finevolumev2) was the solution.
It does not need root, unfortunately is not free ($ 2.50) but provides a 7 day trial.
However it does a great job: it subdivides the media volume range in 100 steps, allowing a much finer resolution for your volume choice including enabling to shut the volume to almost nothing. In the setting there is also the option to enable extra low volumes.
Overall it solved the problem for me perfectly and made my phone a much better music player, thus it is worth every penny. To my knowledge this is the only app with this functionality at the moment.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_5: I know this is a really old thread, but I just bought a bluetooth speaker - a CANZ speaker. It sounds great, capturing all wavelength for pure beats, vocal and instrument separation but it is LOUD - on 1. I went into the standard media player and found the settings and tapped advanced. I was able to lower the whole EQ band by band and found a great volume. Hope this helps someone. :)
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/11/30 | 867 | 2,901 | <issue_start>username_0: What is known about the [Carrier IQ Software](http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/11/29/how-deep-does-the-rabbit-hole-go-an-in-depth-look-at-carrier-iq-the-data-it-logs-and-whats-really-going-on/) and Android handsets? I see a similar icon as shown on the Carrier IQ app next to an app called "Contact Data" and another called "Contact Sync". Does my phone come with Carrier IQ?<issue_comment>username_1: On your phone's home launcher, go to menu --> settings --> applications and look for anything that contains "Carrier IQ", "IQ", or possibly "com.carrieriq.iqagent"
**If you are rooted,** it appears that [this app](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559&postcount=110) will check and see if it exists on your phone. The [paid license key](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.treve.loggingkey&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50cmV2ZS5sb2dnaW5na2V5Il0.) will also let you remove it from your phone. This app was made by <NAME>, the person who discovered this "vulnerability."
**If you are not rooted,** [this app](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.simplecarrieriqdetector) will attempt to detect Carrier IQ on your phone. And [here is another app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.carrieriqdetector), by Lookout, that will detect for Carrier IQ on your phone.
**Also: if you are rooted and running a custom OS, such as CyanogenMod,** you should have no worries about Carrier IQ. Carrier IQ is bundled by the manufacturer/carrier and shouldn't be included in a ROM such as CyanogenMod *as long as it is built from the [AOSP](http://source.android.com/) and is not a derivation of a manufactuer's ROM.*
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Verizon claims that their phones are [Carrier IQ-free.](http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2602532/verizon-carrier-iq-denial)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Here's a solution from the [Lookout Forums](https://support.mylookout.com/entries/20728287-does-lookout-check-for-carrieriq). This solution uses an App from the Android App Market, and is easier to install then the "Logging Test App". The Logging Test App doesn't work on my phone (Samsung Intercept).
1. Install [Any Cut](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appdroid.anycut&hl=en) from the Android App Market. "Any Cut allows you to create Home shortcuts to anything!"
2. Go to "Activities". This will create a list of possible shortcuts on your system. It might take a minute for the list to appear.
3. Look for apps named 'IQRD' and/or 'IQAgent'.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The people who make Lookout now have [Carrier IQ Detector](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.carrieriqdetector) available in the Market.
*Note*: It just detects it. It does not offer any tools to remove it (for which you would need root anyway).
Upvotes: 3 |
2011/11/30 | 835 | 3,443 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question that doesn't appear to have already been addressed - perhaps because it is impossible, but perhaps not. I recently received [a USB-powered air quality monitoring device](http://www.butterflyenergyworks.com/site/index.php/usb-air-monitor) and, as an inquisitive grad student, think it would be far more useful to be able to monitor air quality from my smartphone instead. There isn't any good equivalent for this, afaik. This has fairly significant implications if you want just rough data and don't want to bring expensive monitoring equipment - for example, I'm part of Engineers Without Borders, and roughly quantifying the amount of smoke and VOC inhalation our Ecuadorean partner community takes in at each meal (done over an open biomass fire, naturally) would be REALLY cool, and give us a better idea of the degree of health issues we can expect.
So there's a degree of helping the world, here, which is neat.
The problem is that even though USB -> microUSB converters are pretty cheap, just plugging everything together (monitor, converter, phone) doesn't work. That's too easy, of course. Upon installation on a regular computer, the monitoring software gives the following message:
```
Installation
------------
This program is depending on the following files,
which are NOT distributed in this installation:
hh.exe CHM help system (Windows XP)
hhctrl.ocx CHM help system (Windows XP)
itircl.dll CHM help system (Windows XP)
itss.dll CHM help system (Windows XP)
SHLWAPI.DLL Registry key operations, a component of
IE and is also used by Windows Explorer.
Shipped with Internet Explorer 4.0
setupapi.dll Device enumeration
hid.dll Device i/o
The files above should already be in your computer's
system directory. If they are not, try running
Windows Update.
```
I don't expect my HTC Incredible 2 to have these things, but I also only use FORTRAN and MATLAB for my research, so am not aware if it is possible to run equivalent programs to get this pipe-dream system up and running. Any suggestions would be very appreciated!
Thanks,
Melissa<issue_comment>username_1: There are a lot of problems here:
1. The Incredible 2's software doesn't support USB Host Mode, so you'd need to root your device and replace the kernel.
2. Windows software won't run on Android even if the dependencies are present. You would need to entirely replace the software.
3. Android apps can't be written in Fortran or Matlab, there is no Fortran compiler for Android, and no version of Matlab for Android.
So you'd need to put in a massive amount of work here, including reverse engineering the device commands since I doubt it's open source. I'd advise you to just use a laptop :P
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: As the previous answer states, Android is a Linux device, and so you would need Linux drivers for this hardware, which I doubt exist. All in all, you would need:
* Linux drivers
* Framework support, and APIs (ie, you'd need to actually modify the Android framework, and create your own ROM).
* An APP, written in JAVA (and possibly C++).
This is a huge amount of work, and whatever results you come out with are going to be specific to the phone create it for.
I personally don't think this is very feasible, though Honeycomb/ICS might reduce, to some extent, the need to make framework changes.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/01 | 331 | 1,181 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Google+ Android app (version 2.1.1.219805) there is a Circle with no name. There's no one in the Circle.
When I check [Google+](http://www.google.com/+) on the web, this mystery Circle is not there. All of my Circles are as they should be.
I've already Force Stopped and cleared the data for the app.
What's going on or, at least, how do I get rid of it?<issue_comment>username_1: This is not the resolution you are looking for, but I'd like to share that I have same problem with you.
The blank circle appeared a few days ago.
There's no blank circle when I check Google+ web page, but there's a mysterious circle with no name (blank name) when I use Google+ android app.
I tried to uninstall and reinstall Google+ app, but it didn't resolve the problem.
Only a few people have reported this problem, and there's a post related to this on Google group too.
I hope it can be fixed soon.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: A new version of the app came out today (2.2.0.233662) with "numerous bug fixes" mentioned in the "What's New" text.
This apparently is one of the fixes. Everything is back to normal now.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/01 | 557 | 2,062 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using an Android Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet, and I downloaded terminal from the market; I want to edit a network host file. However, there does not appear to be a text editor in terminal. Does anyone know how to get vi on the tablet or something similar?
In short, what is the most straight forward way to edit files on the Samsung tab 10.1 Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: Android Market has [aVim Editor(Vi/Vim)](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.easyndk.avim&hl=en). It is not free and has some poor reviews.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You could use the busybox version of vi. If you're rooted then you can get it from the Market and it will install pretty trivially ([example](https://market.android.com/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en)). Then you'd just need to execute `vi` from a terminal and you're good to go. I don't know of any installers that don't require root, but there may be one floating around somewhere that will install to `/data/local` or something.
Alternatively, you can do it the "manual" way. The following should work fine on an unrooted phone:
* Download a busybox binary or build it yourself (the busybox website [hosts ARM binaries](http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/latest/) that should work).
* Copy the binary over to `/data/local` somehow. `adb` is easy if you have it set up - just connect your tablet and use: `adb push /path/to/busybox /data/local`. You could also put it on your SD card and then move it with a file manager. You may optionally want to rename it to simply `busybox` (I'll assume this is the case in the next steps).
* You may need to use `chmod` to make it executable, which can be done from either a terminal emulator or an `adb` shell - `chmod 0755 /data/local/busybox` should suffice.
* Execute `vi` from a terminal with `/data/local/busybox vi`.
Of course, if you just want any ol' editor you don't have to use vi. There are a bunch [in the Market](https://market.android.com/search?q=text%20editor&so=1&c=apps).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/01 | 291 | 1,126 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Sidekick 4G running 2.2.1.
I've had a problem with both stock and custom ROMs randomnly losing the BT connection to my Plantronics Pro headset. Sometimes hitting the connect button on my headset will reconnect it, but eventually it always loses it permanently and I have to unpair, delete it and then re-pair it. If I try to just re-pair, I get this message: "Unable to pair with PROPlantronics. Incorrect PIN or password."
This is, needless to say, hugely annoying and oft times very inconvenient (such as when I'm driving and discover my headset can't be used).
Anyone have an idea of how to fix this? I never had this problem with the headset on either my G1 or my og Droid...<issue_comment>username_1: If you are sure that the Bluetooth device works perfect with other devices, and you have tested with stock- and custom-rom. Then you have only got one option left, deliver your smartphone for repair/guarantee.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Seems to have been a common problem with Plantronics Pro Voyager series headsets, not specific to Android.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/02 | 840 | 3,018 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy Gio running Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread.
How can I block packet data for background programs only? When I disable `Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Enable packet data` the default browser and Opera Mini don't work.
(I'm trying to keep down my network billing charges!)<issue_comment>username_1: If your device is rooted you can use [LBE Privacy Guard](http://www.androidpit.de/de/android/market/apps/app/com.lbe.security/LBE-Privacy-Guard) to allow/deny network access based on a per-app setting (and much more). Since I couldn't find the version I use (and shown in the screenshots) on the market minutes ago I think there's a [new version of it available](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite). But I didn't get an update via Android Market on my phone.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If your phone's rooted, use the excellent [DroidWall](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free) to selectively allow / disallow apps from connecting to the internet.
Like all apps that need root, read the instructions **carefully** and of course, do make a complete backup before trying things out.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: In addition to username_2's answer:
Droidwall has been discontinued and now forked into [AFWall+](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.ukanth.ufirewall&hl=en) *Play Store* and continues in the spirit of open-source for the deprecated/obsolete Droidwall [here](https://github.com/ukanth/afwall) *GitHub*.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Whether your phone is rooted or not – if it's running Android 4.0 or newer, there's help built-in:
1. Go to *Settings → Data Usage*
2. Tick the *Limit* checkbox
3. Use the bars in the graph to define upper limits (if you don't want any global limits, use "astronomical values": I've set mine to 3 GB, which never will be triggered. But you must set a limit here for the following steps to work)
4. Scroll the list of apps below the graph to find the apps you want to restrict
5. Tap their entry, scroll to the end, tick *Restrict background data*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MvSWs.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CScu1.png)
Done. This app will only use data when it's the foreground app now, or when you're connected to WiFi (above settings are for mobile data only).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Android allows applications enable or disable the "use data packet" from code (refer to [this question on SO](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11244998/enable-disable-use-data-packet-from-android-code))
To prevent for enable "Use Packet Data", you can create new empty APN and select it by default:
Settings -> Wireless and network -> Mobile networks -> Access Point Names -> Left button -> New APN
Name: None, APN: None
[Tested on Samsung GT-I8150 (Android 2.3.6)]
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/02 | 978 | 3,529 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I do this? My phone's internal memory is low, yet Android (2.3.3) still deems it fit to attempt installations of files in the phone memory, I haven't found any option for this in the settings.
Edit : Turned out, it was Facebook's contact syncing. I recommend you back up your contacts on your SD card, and clear the data from the "`Contact Storage`" app in your settings.<issue_comment>username_1: The bad news is its done like that on purpose (as some apps shouldn't be put on the SD card i.e. it breaks widgets etc).
If you root your phone you could put an alternative rom on which does allow you to set this up as the default, or you can pick up an app on the market - but you have to be rooted.
If you don't want to go the root option you do have some alternatives. An app like SDWatch (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beaglebros.SDWatch&feature=also\_installed) can username_2rt you when you download an app that can be moved to the SD card.
And or you could run an app like App 2 SD (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&feature=search\_result) which will provide a list of apps that can be moved and enable you to move them easily.
there are alternative apps to these in the market, so take a look and see what works for you.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I use two related apps which should get you most of the way there:
* [SDMove](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beaglebros.SDMove) - Lists all currently installed applications which can be moved to the SD card and facilitates doing so.
* [SDWatch](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beaglebros.SDWatch), which runs in the background and watches for app installations. When it sees one, and the app can be moved to the SD card, it gives you a notification which takes you to the settings for the app so that you can move it.
Space is at a premium on my OG Droid and these two apps have been a godsend.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: You can check your phone's internal settings to ensure that it is set to install apps on the SD card by default, and set it to do that if not.
You'll need ADB available on your PC, which is part of the Android SDK.
[Download](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) and [install](http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html) the SDK, and switch on USB debugging in your phone's settings.
Then, with the Android SDK installed, and your phone connected via USB with the USB Debugging mode switched on, enter the following commands:
```
adb devices
```
(check that ADB can see my phone, and start necessary services)
```
adb shell
```
(connects a shell to the phone)
```
pm getInstallLocation
```
(this tells us what you're currently set to. 0 = Auto, 1 = internal memory, 2 = SD Card)
```
pm setInstallLocation 2
```
(sets the default install location to SD card)
```
pm getInstallLocation
```
(run again to check that it is now set to the correct location])
```
exit
```
Safely Remove Hardware, unplug phone and all done, without any need for root!
*(Instructions a combination of these [previous](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/4976/156) [answers](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/4978/156))*
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: I have used [app2sd](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&hl=en)
its really good. You can used multiple application at once. It does not show those apps which can't move to SD card. Make user's life easy
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/02 | 247 | 925 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm on a pay-as-you go scheme using an HTC desire with Android 2.3 installed. Right now, to activate my mobile internet (which I do only when I need to check email) needs me to go to `Settings > Wireless > tick 'Mobile Networks'`.
**Question:**
Is there a 1-click way of doing this? I probably will need to install an app that helps me do this I'm guessing?
*I spent several minutes looking for this over Google, but I suspect I didn't know what to search for*<issue_comment>username_1: Try searching for a data toggle widget on the market to add a one-click shortcut. For example, I found [Data Enabler Widget](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.data.enabler) pretty easily.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: HTC desire already has a widget to switch off and on wifi, mobile network, bluetooth, sync and some other option. It's a 4x1 widget with 5 toggle buttons...
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/02 | 545 | 1,313 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been trying to find a list of Android devices with their *current* Android version that their manufacturers upgraded to. Not the ones that the were released with. Most of the lists I find are either incomplete or out-of-date.
Does anybody know of such a list?<issue_comment>username_1: I guess this is the most complete list: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_devices>
If you wanna see in % -> <http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: This?
`Marshmallow 6.0 API level 23
Lollipop 5.1 API level 22
Lollipop 5.0 API level 21
KitKat 4.4 - 4.4.4 API level 19
Jelly Bean 4.3.x API level 18
Jelly Bean 4.2.x API level 17
Jelly Bean 4.1.x API level 16
ICS 4.0.3 - 4.0.4 API level 15, NDK 8
ICS 4.0.1 - 4.0.2 API level 14, NDK 7
Honeycomb 3.2.x API level 13
Honeycomb 3.1 API level 12, NDK 6
Honeycomb 3.0 API level 11
Gingerbread 2.3.3 - 2.3.7 API level 10
Gingerbread 2.3.0 - 2.3.3 API level 9, NDK 5
Froyo 2.2.x API level 8, NDK 4
Eclair 2.1 API level 7, NDK 3
Eclair 2.0.1 API level 6
Eclair 2.0 API level 5
Donut 1.6 API level 4, NDK 2
Cupcake 1.5 API level 3, NDK 1
(alpha?) 1.1 API level 2
(beta?) 1.0 API level 1`
Source: <https://source.android.com/source/build-numbers.html>
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/02 | 11,740 | 24,325 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a ZTE Blade with Android 2.3.7 (CyanogenMod 7.1). Recently, when I try to connect to a wifi network (even one that worked before this problem started) it starts to connect, tries to autenticate, and then disconnects.
Here a part of the logcat
```
12-03 00:18:23.370: DEBUG/WifiStateTracker(191): Reset connections and stopping DHCP
12-03 00:18:23.530: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:23.530: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:23.530: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:23.530: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=3
12-03 00:18:23.540: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:23.540: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Trying to associate with 38:22:9d:fc:6d:20 (SSID='FASTWEB-1-38229DFC6D20' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:23.540: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=3
12-03 00:18:23.550: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:23.550: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.560: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:23.560: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.560: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:23.560: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.560: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:23.560: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:23.700: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=4
12-03 00:18:23.700: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:23.710: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=4
12-03 00:18:23.710: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): No network configuration found for the current AP
12-03 00:18:23.710: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.710: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=4]
12-03 00:18:23.710: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:23.710: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=4
12-03 00:18:23.710: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
12-03 00:18:23.720: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:23.720: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.720: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:23.720: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.720: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:23.720: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:23.720: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:23.720: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:23.820: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=2
12-03 00:18:23.820: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=2
12-03 00:18:24.380: DEBUG/WifiStateTracker(191): Disabling interface
12-03 00:18:24.400: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:24.400: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:24.400: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> ASSOCIATED
12-03 00:18:24.400: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:24.400: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:24.400: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:24.500: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2
12-03 00:18:24.500: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2]
12-03 00:18:24.520: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> SCANNING
12-03 00:18:26.000: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:26.000: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Trying to associate with 38:22:9d:fc:6d:20 (SSID='FASTWEB-1-38229DFC6D20' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:26.000: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=3
12-03 00:18:26.010: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:26.010: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Trying to associate with 38:22:9d:fc:6d:20 (SSID='FASTWEB-1-38229DFC6D20' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:26.010: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=3
12-03 00:18:26.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:26.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:26.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:26.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.039: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:26.039: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:26.039: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:26.049: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.049: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:26.049: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: SCANNING ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:26.130: DEBUG/KeyguardViewMediator(191): wakeWhenReadyLocked(26)
12-03 00:18:26.130: INFO/power(191): *** set_screen_state 1
12-03 00:18:26.130: ERROR/Sensors(191): mSensors[1]->enable(4, 1)
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=4
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): No network configuration found for the current AP
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=4
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=4
12-03 00:18:26.160: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
12-03 00:18:26.170: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=4]
12-03 00:18:26.170: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:26.170: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> ASSOCIATED
12-03 00:18:26.170: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:26.180: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:26.180: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:26.180: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:26.180: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:26.180: ERROR/Sensors(191): mSensors[2]->enable(0, 1)
12-03 00:18:26.180: INFO/AKMD2(142): akmd2 : Compass Opened.
12-03 00:18:26.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=2
12-03 00:18:26.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=2
12-03 00:18:26.340: DEBUG/WifiService(191): ACTION_SCREEN_ON
12-03 00:18:26.480: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2
12-03 00:18:26.480: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2]
12-03 00:18:26.480: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> SCANNING
12-03 00:18:26.570: DEBUG/SurfaceFlinger(191): Screen about to return, flinger = 0x95878
12-03 00:18:27.850: DEBUG/SettingsAppWidgetProvider(939): Widget is from a previous version... Let's update
12-03 00:18:27.850: DEBUG/SettingsAppWidgetProvider(939): No instances yet... Wait for at least one instance to exist before adding global settings
12-03 00:18:27.980: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:27.980: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:27.980: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3
12-03 00:18:27.980: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:27.980: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Trying to associate with 38:22:9d:fc:6d:20 (SSID='FASTWEB-1-38229DFC6D20' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:27.980: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=3
12-03 00:18:27.980: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)]
12-03 00:18:27.980: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3]
12-03 00:18:27.990: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: SCANNING ==> ASSOCIATING
12-03 00:18:27.990: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:27.990: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:27.990: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=3
12-03 00:18:28.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:28.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:28.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:28.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:28.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:28.020: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:28.020: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:28.020: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0
12-03 00:18:28.020: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0]
12-03 00:18:28.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:28.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:28.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:28.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:28.030: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATING ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:28.030: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:28.030: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:28.040: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0
12-03 00:18:28.040: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0]
12-03 00:18:28.050: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:28.050: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:28.060: WARN/InputManagerService(191): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@407ae948
12-03 00:18:28.170: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=4
12-03 00:18:28.170: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:28.170: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=4
12-03 00:18:28.170: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:28.170: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=4
12-03 00:18:28.170: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=4]
12-03 00:18:28.170: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> ASSOCIATED
12-03 00:18:28.180: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:28.180: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c]
12-03 00:18:28.200: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=5
12-03 00:18:28.200: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=5
12-03 00:18:28.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=5
12-03 00:18:28.210: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=5]
12-03 00:18:28.210: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATED ==> FOUR_WAY_HANDSHAKE
12-03 00:18:28.230: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=5
12-03 00:18:28.240: WARN/wpa_supplicant(914): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using TPTK - ignoring TPTK
12-03 00:18:28.240: WARN/wpa_supplicant(914): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC - dropping packet
12-03 00:18:28.240: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=6
12-03 00:18:28.240: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): WPA: Key negotiation completed with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
12-03 00:18:28.250: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=7
12-03 00:18:28.250: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=]
12-03 00:18:28.250: WARN/wpa_supplicant(15251): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using TPTK - ignoring TPTK
12-03 00:18:28.250: WARN/wpa_supplicant(15251): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC - dropping packet
12-03 00:18:29.400: DEBUG/WifiStateTracker(191): Reset connections and stopping DHCP
12-03 00:18:30.410: DEBUG/WifiStateTracker(191): Disabling interface
12-03 00:18:30.630: DEBUG/dalvikvm(939): GC_CONCURRENT freed 611K, 50% free 3450K/6855K, external 1307K/1504K, paused 4ms+9ms
12-03 00:18:35.520: DEBUG/dalvikvm(1172): GC_EXPLICIT freed 9K, 49% free 2772K/5379K, external 477K/989K, paused 59ms
12-03 00:18:38.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Authentication with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c timed out.
12-03 00:18:38.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=1 state=0
12-03 00:18:38.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2
12-03 00:18:38.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): Authentication with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c timed out.
12-03 00:18:38.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0
12-03 00:18:38.210: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2
12-03 00:18:38.210: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [Authentication with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c timed out.]
12-03 00:18:38.210: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0]
12-03 00:18:38.210: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: FOUR_WAY_HANDSHAKE ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:38.220: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=2]
12-03 00:18:38.220: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> SCANNING
12-03 00:18:38.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:38.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:38.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:38.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:38.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:38.280: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0
12-03 00:18:38.280: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:38.280: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=0]
12-03 00:18:38.290: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:38.300: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: SCANNING ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:38.380: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=2
12-03 00:18:39.870: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:39.870: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:39.870: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:39.870: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3
12-03 00:18:39.880: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS Ready
12-03 00:18:39.880: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:39.880: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=3
12-03 00:18:39.880: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)
12-03 00:18:39.890: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3
12-03 00:18:39.910: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:39.910: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:39.910: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:39.910: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:39.920: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [Trying to associate with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c (SSID='Lambratone' freq=2412 MHz)]
12-03 00:18:39.920: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=-1 state=3]
12-03 00:18:39.920: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> ASSOCIATING
12-03 00:18:39.930: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:39.930: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0
12-03 00:18:39.930: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:39.930: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0]
12-03 00:18:39.940: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:39.940: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:39.940: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:39.940: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=0
12-03 00:18:39.940: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
12-03 00:18:39.940: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0
12-03 00:18:39.940: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys]
12-03 00:18:39.940: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=0]
12-03 00:18:39.950: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:39.950: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATING ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:39.960: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): New network state is DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:39.960: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> DISCONNECTED
12-03 00:18:40.070: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=4
12-03 00:18:40.070: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:40.070: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=4
12-03 00:18:40.070: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:40.070: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=4
12-03 00:18:40.070: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c
12-03 00:18:40.070: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=4]
12-03 00:18:40.070: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [Associated with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c]
12-03 00:18:40.070: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: DISCONNECTED ==> ASSOCIATED
12-03 00:18:40.090: INFO/wpa_supplicant(914): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=5
12-03 00:18:40.100: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=5
12-03 00:18:40.100: INFO/wpa_supplicant(15251): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=5
12-03 00:18:40.100: VERBOSE/WifiMonitor(191): Event [CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=3 state=5]
12-03 00:18:40.100: VERBOSE/WifiStateTracker(191): Changing supplicant state: ASSOCIATED ==> FOUR_WAY_HANDSHAKE
12-03 00:18:40.120: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=5
12-03 00:18:40.120: WARN/wpa_supplicant(914): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using TPTK - ignoring TPTK
12-03 00:18:40.120: WARN/wpa_supplicant(914): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC - dropping packet
12-03 00:18:40.120: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=6
12-03 00:18:40.120: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): WPA: Key negotiation completed with 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
12-03 00:18:40.120: WARN/wpa_supplicant(15251): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using TPTK - ignoring TPTK
12-03 00:18:40.120: WARN/wpa_supplicant(15251): WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC - dropping packet
12-03 00:18:40.120: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-STATE-CHANGE id=0 state=7
12-03 00:18:40.120: INFO/wpa_supplicant(268): CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 94:44:52:ef:dd:7c completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=]
```
How can I fix this? I can't refalsh the ROM since wifi doesn't work and my contacts aren't syncronized, and I don't want to lose the new contacts I added.<issue_comment>username_1: I would recommend installing installing "MyBackup Pro" from android market and backup everything to the SD card or internet, via 3g(or similar).
Then i would do a hard reset of the phone. I guess it would be something like: settings -> privacy -> factory data reset.
If this doesnt work, i would reinstall to a standard rom with the usb cable connected to a computer.
If it still doesnt work with a standard rom, there might be a hardware problem. If the standard rom works, you can try to install the newest version of CyanogenMod.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I know this is an old topic, but the solution is to set a static ip in advanced wifi settings.
My blade did the same connect/obtaining ip address/disconnect thing and after some research i found that it depended on the rom/router combination.
For instance with cm7 and the bt homehub 2 router a static ip was needed, but with the blademix365 rom it was not.
Cm7 was fine with netgear routers.
I think its to do with the network stack baked into the roms, some routers have very flaky dhcp software and just dont work with dynamic ips from some roms.
hope this helps...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I was this sissue, my ZTE Blade A6 connects 5 min and disconnect other 3, and so on, and I found other solution.
Try this:
The ADSL modems has two or more WLAN radios, mine one have four, and I did activate the second oner, put a name, password, and other parameters, and save it.
After that you can see the another WiFi signal in your smartphone, tablet or Smart TV, and if you select it you will see that the power and the stability are diferent.
For my the second WLAN did solve my inestability problem wifi signal, now I have a good and very stable WiFi signal, my problem are solved. Try it.
Grettings.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/02 | 363 | 1,317 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to encrypt calls and SMS messages between two Android phones (or even from android to iPhone)?
This firm delivered a beta on Android Market before: <http://www.whispersys.com/><issue_comment>username_1: What you want is [Zfone](http://zfoneproject.com/) on Android. It is currently not native available, [but there is a bug report on the offical Android tracker asking for it.](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13305) Star it, but don't leave a comment *without content.* This is the best chance to raise Googles attentions on this.
Whats currently possible on Android is good described by the guardian project [in this blog post.](https://guardianproject.info/2010/05/26/how-to-setup-a-private-mobile-phone-system-for-android-and-beyond/) BTW: [The Guardian Project](https://guardianproject.info/) is good resource when it comes to to privacy and security on Android.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [RedPhone](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.redphone) and [TextSecure](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms) from WhisperSystems are the best way to achieve encrypted voice and SMS on android.
Those two apps Just Work (tm) and are extremely user friendly.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/03 | 785 | 2,862 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm transitioning to plain text files as the basis for my GTD system, which is awesome when I'm at my laptop (Vim editing all the way).
However, I haven't yet figured out a good way to take quick notes on my Android tablet, which is a Xoom running Honeycomb (not yet rooted, although I'm open to the idea).
Ideally what I like is a script or widget that would pop up a textbox that I could type a note into. The note would then be saved and synced to Dropbox automatically.
The idea is for this capture process to be as seamless as possible. I would like to avoid having to remember to manually sync files in the Dropbox app, or launch an app and fuss with naming a file, browsing to the correct directory, etc. The apps I've tried so far are much too fiddly for my tastes.
Any suggestions for how I could accomplish this? I'm a developer, I could definitely tackle a more code-oriented solution if that's the only way.<issue_comment>username_1: Um, I don't know how helpful this will be to you but I recently bought an app called Ultimate To Do list which is GTD-based and captures notes on the 1st screen. What's neat is that it automatically syncs to ToodleDo which can be opened from any browser (and thus any device). There's no fuss with syncing. I don't mean to tout an app, but Ultimate To Do is actually one of the only apps I actually shelled out money for. There's a free version where all the features are unlocked for a trial period so you can try it out and see if it meets your needs.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I use an app called [Epistle](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kooklab.epistle) to create/edit textfiles within my Dropbox repository. It even supports Markdown.
There are other similar apps in the Market. If you've embraced [todo.txt](http://todotxt.com/) for your to-do management, Gina Trapani's [Todo.txt Touch](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.todotxt.todotxttouch) is helpful. It also syncs to Dropbox.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I'd recommend a combination of a text editor - either one of the market ones or vim from busybox (requires root) and [dropsync](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50dHhhcHBzLmRyb3BzeW5jIl0.) which is a full dropbox client (unlike their own client, it syncs both ways). This would be pretty much the same setup as on the laptop, zero learning curve :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: [Denote](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twostorks.android.denote) is an app I wrote that syncs text files to and from Dropbox and also offers a Markdown preview (useful to a lot of GTDers).
Re: The pinning a note to the home screen feature. Would the widget you are typing into on the home page represent a specific text file?
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/03 | 544 | 1,855 | <issue_start>username_0: [This](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14766/when-will-my-device-get-the-android-4-0-update-ice-cream-sandwich) post indicates that `Samsung Galaxy S2` may get Android 4.0. I am planning to buy `S2` and I have the following questions.
1. Is `Galaxy S2` compatible to run `Android 4.0`?
2. If Samsung is not releasing `Android 4.0` for `Galaxy S2`, is there a way that I can install it manually? Will that cause any issues?
3. Will installing Android manually affects the phone warranty?
Any help would be appreciated<issue_comment>username_1: There is a specific document describing the official requirements of ICS called the "[Android 4.0 Compatibility definition](http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/source.android.com/en//compatibility/4.0/android-4.0-cdd.pdf)". You can compare this to the phone's specs to see if it matches the official requirements and hope that Samsung continues to support your device long enough to upgrade it to ICS.
If not, your only hope is for an unofficial port of ICS, similar to [Teamhacksung's ICS Port](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363593) for the original Galaxy S. These are not officially supported and will cause you to void your warranty.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: According to Samsung UK it will be getting ICS, so I'd say that it has to be compatible.
Quote from [Samsung UK's twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/samsunguk/status/136838488954912768): `Hi, good news - the Galaxy S II will be receiving ICS, but there are no dates confirmed as yet. We will keep you posted.`
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes, it's compatible.
Maybe this can help you:
[Installing Android ICS 4.0.3 on Samsung Galaxy SII](http://softwareisart.blogspot.com.br/2012/05/installing-android-403-ice-cream.html)
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/03 | 478 | 1,814 | <issue_start>username_0: I have 2 accounts synced with the device, lets call them *Account A* and *Account B*.
When I got the device, I first entered A to be the account for the market, for gmail and everything else.
Then, I added B and selected "Sync with Google Calendar" **only**.
Lately, I've started getting notifications about application updates for B, and when I go to the market each time I have to make sure I selected A (And I **did** pick A in the market settings).
Can I **delete** B from the market? I don't want it to exist in that list when you select "Accounts" in the menu.
(Market version 3.3.11)
Thanks in advance.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think so, probably only way to block it would be deleting it :(
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: What you describe is a bug in the later versions of the Android Market. I believe it has been acknowledged by Google, and they are working on a solution.
Yes, you can delete the second account. You can normally remove any Google account expect for the FIRST one you added. However, you have to remove it completely, not just from the market. So, you will lose access to calendar and contacts etc.
From the homes screen, press "menu", then go to:
Settings -> Accounts & sync
Choose the account you want to remove, and then choose "Remove Account"
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes that's definitely a bug, it's been raised on the [support forums](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=08abbd0b75013451&hl=en).
There is a message from Google saying they're working on a fix.
Personally I'd really like to see "Market" as an option in the sync screen, just like Gmail, Calendar, Contacts etc... so we can just turn it off.
I recommend you go vote on the issue to give it more visibility.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/03 | 513 | 2,091 | <issue_start>username_0: i have an bridged internet connection. That is i connect my router and then i have to connect to the internet. There are two steps to be followed. I do that on my computer by first connecting to the router wirelessly and then filling in the credentials to connect to the internet then. The internet connection is of broadband type.
when ever i use my android phone to connect to the internet, i am able to connect to the router but after that i am not able to connect to the internet. After connecting to the router if i try to access any website on my phone, it says failed internet connection.
All i see when my phone is trying to connect to the router is "obtaining ip address". This usually takes a very long time and after connecting to the router there is still no internet connection.
How do i connect to the internet using my android phone.
I have HTC Desire Z with Android 2.3.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think so, probably only way to block it would be deleting it :(
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: What you describe is a bug in the later versions of the Android Market. I believe it has been acknowledged by Google, and they are working on a solution.
Yes, you can delete the second account. You can normally remove any Google account expect for the FIRST one you added. However, you have to remove it completely, not just from the market. So, you will lose access to calendar and contacts etc.
From the homes screen, press "menu", then go to:
Settings -> Accounts & sync
Choose the account you want to remove, and then choose "Remove Account"
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes that's definitely a bug, it's been raised on the [support forums](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=08abbd0b75013451&hl=en).
There is a message from Google saying they're working on a fix.
Personally I'd really like to see "Market" as an option in the sync screen, just like Gmail, Calendar, Contacts etc... so we can just turn it off.
I recommend you go vote on the issue to give it more visibility.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/03 | 774 | 3,049 | <issue_start>username_0: From one day to another it seems that A2DP stopped working for me. I used it to stream music from my phone to my car's stereo. Everything worked fine until yesterday. I didn't install or upgrade any software as far as I remember. What happens now is that everything *seem* to work but I don't hear anything. The media player on the phone is running. When I adjust the volume on the phone I see the popping out slider showing 'bluetooth media volume'. Also I can skip tracks using my car's buttons (AVRCP profile) and display track information in my car's display (ACRCP 1.3 supported by Samsung media player on Galaxy SII). I can use the phone, too (handsfree profile), here I can hear everything.
I think its a matter with the phone and not with the car since I tried another phone, that works as expected. Unfortunately I don't have another A2DP headset or similar to try with my phone.
A already tried to delete the pairing and pair new but it didn't help. Ideas anybody? I use a Galaxy SII running 2.3.4.
One more thing I should mention: I don't think that this is the reason but I had an issue with my phone's micro USB port the same day. It was always saying it's getting charged via USB but it wasn't. Also car mode switched on and off sometimes without user interaction. So I removed the battery, tried to clean the micro USB port by blowing in it, waited some hours and after that everything's fine again. But as I said, I don't think that this is related since there's no reason why a defect micro USB port (and it doesn't seem to be defect though) should stop A2DP working.
**Update:** Found [this similar problem](http://www.droidforums.net/forum/tech-issues-bug-reports-suggestions/2771-a2dp-streaming-not-working-mazda-cx9-3.html) and will try unpair, remove battery and pair again as suggested tomorrow. Will give an update here.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think so, probably only way to block it would be deleting it :(
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: What you describe is a bug in the later versions of the Android Market. I believe it has been acknowledged by Google, and they are working on a solution.
Yes, you can delete the second account. You can normally remove any Google account expect for the FIRST one you added. However, you have to remove it completely, not just from the market. So, you will lose access to calendar and contacts etc.
From the homes screen, press "menu", then go to:
Settings -> Accounts & sync
Choose the account you want to remove, and then choose "Remove Account"
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes that's definitely a bug, it's been raised on the [support forums](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=08abbd0b75013451&hl=en).
There is a message from Google saying they're working on a fix.
Personally I'd really like to see "Market" as an option in the sync screen, just like Gmail, Calendar, Contacts etc... so we can just turn it off.
I recommend you go vote on the issue to give it more visibility.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/03 | 497 | 1,856 | <issue_start>username_0: When I got my first cell phone I was told to put a "In case of an emergency call XXX" at the top of my list of phone numbers. While I haven't ever benefited directly from that, I have benefited from similar emergency preparedness advice. My old phone finally made the trip to electronics heaven (RIP dear RAZR) and I moved over to a Verizon Android phone (Samsung Stratosphere - with Gingerbread 2.3.5). I really like that I can "lock" this phone to prevent someone else from using it in malicious ways, but I would really like a method for someone to be able to determine who my emergency contacts are, and ideally contact those people, if I'm ever incapacitated.
When I saw the "Emergency Call" button I thought that might be the functionality I was looking for, but it isn't - ( [What is an "Emergency Call," and can I set number for it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/7731/what-is-an-emergency-call-and-can-i-set-number-for-it) )
Is there any way to have two or three people and their contact info accessible without unlocking the phone?
***Clarifying edit***: Maybe I'm being picky, but I'd also like to have my emergency contacts actually able to be contacted, i.e., someone could pick up my phone - without knowing the lock code - and actually be able to *call* my emergency contacts.<issue_comment>username_1: Matthew's comment seems most practical ...
But you can try [Contact Owner](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appengine.paranoid_android.lost); that displays info for one contact on your lock screen. I use it; it works fine.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There are quite many [ICE (In Case of Emergency)](https://market.android.com/search?q=in%20case%20of%20emergency&so=1&c=apps) apps on the market; these apps displays your contact information in your lock screen.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/03 | 1,019 | 4,318 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm aware that for different devices the particular procedures are different, but I guess there are principal similarities in the procedure.
So what are the basic steps to root your phone? What actually happens behind the scene, when someone follows any of the rooting guides available?
What is the magic that gives you root privileges to your phone? How are the user privileges handled afterwards?<issue_comment>username_1: There are a few parts to the process:
1. Unlocking or bypassing any bootloader protection, allowing the system partition to be written
2. Installing the relevant binaries to acquire root.
Both of these stages can vary from phone to phone, but here are a few examples:
**Unlocking the bootloader**
On many OEM phones, this traditionally involves exploiting a vulnerability in part of the system in order to rewrite certain partitions. Sometimes it will mean flashing a new bootloader, a new recovery (this is becoming common) or temporarily booting from an image over USB, in order to gain recovery access to the system partiton.
On the Nexus range of phones, and the development phones that were released by Google, it is as simple as running "fastboot oem unlock", though this will wipe the phone. Also, bowing to pressure from the development community, many manufacturers now offer an official route to unlocking the bootloader.
**Installing the root binaries.**
Once the system partition has been cracked then the rest is fairly straight-forward. It basically means installing the 'su' binary (this escalates to super user permissions), and an apk which provides an Android front end to 'su', and prompts the user when an app is requesting root permission.
There are several approaches to this second stage. The most common has been to use a pre-rooted ROM provided by the community. There is often a choice, from the stock ROM provided by the manufacturer and then tinkered with to add the binaries, through to a whole range of AOSP (Android Open Source Project) ROMs, such as CyanogenMod (one which I contribute to).
There are some other methods. For example, some phones (eg Galaxy Nexus) can use a "superboot" bootloader, which tinkers with your existing ROM as bard of the boot process. It is flashed to your phone using the fastboot program.
Typically there will be a single favoured approach for any particular phone.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's pretty simple:
1. Unlock the bootloader;
2. Install a custom recovery that doesn't check if the ZIP is an official update;
3. Install the relevant binaries, usually with SuperSU.
The actual steps to do those may vary from device to device.
Unlocking the bootloader
========================
This is required so the `system` partition can be written on.
On some devices like Samsung and LG, there's a Download mode, where you can use Odin to flash something (in this case, a custom recovery) without having to unlock the bootloader.
Other devices don't have a Download mode, but some have an official way, like Nexus and Moto. They generally use the `fastboot oem unlock` fastboot command.
In the case of Moto phones, it's required to get a key for your device on the official Motorola website, which will then be used on the unlock command.
WARNING: That command will wipe the phone if done on a Nexus!
Some devices don't have either a Download mode or an official method. In this case, it's required to use an exploit.
Installing a custom recovery
============================
On devices where there is a Download mode, you could skip the previous step.
1. Download Odin and any custom recovery;
2. Enter Download mode;
3. Install it.
On devices where there isn't:
1. Download the recovery .img;
2. Enter fastboot mode;
2. Flash it.
WARNING: The recovery HAS to be a version for your *specific* device!
Installing the binaries
=======================
This is practically unvariable. Just download the SuperSU zip, enter recovery mode and install it.
Sidenotes
=========
1. Contrary to popular belief, there is **0%** chance to brick your device, unless you do it wrong, which is totally your fault;
2. Updates will either softbrick your phone or remove root access. Remember, softbricks are always fixable.
3. Warranty is lost;
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/04 | 442 | 1,544 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like a text editor that works like the Google Docs app, where you start out viewing a file and if you want to edit it you specifically have to click an "Edit" button. The reason this would be useful is that the keyboard pops up automatically if you are editing text. 90% of the time, I simply want to view the text file and not make changes. Or maybe I want to view the file and decide if I want to make changes after I see it. Dismissing the keyboard or being prompted to save the file every time is annoying when I only wanted to view it.<issue_comment>username_1: You can install [Google docs](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&hl=en) in your Android device.
Also you can use an editor called [INKPAD](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.workpail.inkpad.notepad.notes&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS53b3JrcGFpbC5pbmtwYWQubm90ZXBhZC5ub3RlcyJd), that works your way, the keyboard only is showed if you want to edit the note.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: MiniNoteViewer (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.gr.java\_conf.hatalab.mnv&hl=en) basically works the way I want. There's no explicit switch between "Edit" and "View" modes, but it doesn't pop up the keyboard until you tell it to. Good enough.
Also Jota View (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.sblo.pandora.jota) can be set to not pop up the keyboard when you are viewing a note (Preferences->Input->Viewer), though the app is overcomplicated IMO.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/04 | 334 | 1,196 | <issue_start>username_0: My Galaxy Ace doesn't get recognized by my HP laptop with USB connection. When I tried to connect it with my friend's cable on his Dell laptop, it notified `CONNECTION UNSUCCESSFUL - NO DRIVER FOUND`. My phone still gets charged though. When I tried the `*#7284#` solution it wrote:
```
DIAG CONFIG
[1]USB[*]
[2]UART[]
[3]DBG MSG ON[]
[4]DBG MSG OFF[*]
```
I selected `[1]USB[*]` and it gave me:
```
USB_Diag Selected
Change Complete.
IF you change Uart or USB diag
Please reboot the mobile.
```
I'm not able to find MODEM->PDA mode.<issue_comment>username_1: You need to download the correct version of kies from samsung website and after successful installation check for kies update.
also try toggling under
settings->development->USB debugging, w/wo connecting USB cable.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Notice the cable. Once I tried a normal USB cable for a Samsung Nexus S phone, and the connection failed. The cable that was given together with the phone worked. The official cable's shape is a little bit different from a normal cable. It has a small cylindrical protrusion on the wire.
I know this sounds strange, but it might matter.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/04 | 392 | 1,580 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to have a shared contact list between two (or more) handsets. So that whenever someone is adding a contact to the list, it'll be automatically added to all handsets who share this.
It's very useful for people who work in the same place, and have many shared work-related contacts. Instead of making each employee add them to the contact list - any one who add work-related contact will add it to everyone.
How can I do that with Android?<issue_comment>username_1: Actually, this is pretty easy. There are two workable answers I can offer:
1. If you have Google Apps for your organization, you can simply turn
on contact sharing and make sure everyone adds their Google Apps
account to their phone.
2. If you don't have Google Apps or don't want to use contact sharing,
simply set up a *single* dummy gmail/Google Apps account for *every*
person to add to their phone. Any contacts added to this account,
be it via a phones or via the gmail contacts book, will appear
on every phone whenever a sync happens.
**To add another account to your phone**:
```
Settings->Accounts and sync->Add account
```
After adding the account on the phone, make sure you click on it again and set syncing to just contacts and not gmail, calendar, etc (unless you want these)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There's an app for that, it's called [Shared Contact List](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.protieto.procontacts). It does exactly the thing you describe.
Disclaimer: I work at the company that made it.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/04 | 307 | 1,225 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to block access to a particular website through the stock Android browser?<issue_comment>username_1: Actually, this is pretty easy. There are two workable answers I can offer:
1. If you have Google Apps for your organization, you can simply turn
on contact sharing and make sure everyone adds their Google Apps
account to their phone.
2. If you don't have Google Apps or don't want to use contact sharing,
simply set up a *single* dummy gmail/Google Apps account for *every*
person to add to their phone. Any contacts added to this account,
be it via a phones or via the gmail contacts book, will appear
on every phone whenever a sync happens.
**To add another account to your phone**:
```
Settings->Accounts and sync->Add account
```
After adding the account on the phone, make sure you click on it again and set syncing to just contacts and not gmail, calendar, etc (unless you want these)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There's an app for that, it's called [Shared Contact List](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.protieto.procontacts). It does exactly the thing you describe.
Disclaimer: I work at the company that made it.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/04 | 353 | 1,405 | <issue_start>username_0: I met a new contact from another city and quickly wanted to add his contact address in maps (so that I can find it quickly when I drive down there).
Even after a lot of fiddlying, I couldn't find an easy way to simply add a "Pin" to the map. I could select places / businesses by long pressing on them and starring them. But I couldn't add my own places/pins/markers on the map.
I am using Google Maps on Asus Transformer with Honeycomb 3.2, with all updates installed.<issue_comment>username_1: Google Maps for Android allows storing places/locations by *starring* them, this should also work for every place on the map, not just places and businesses.
1. Long press on the point on the map you want to star
2. The Address will load, press it
3. In the upper right corner is a little gray star, select it
These stars are also synced on [maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com/) if you are logged in with your account. The star will be named after the nearest address, **but it will be exactly at the point you selected.**
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: One way you can create a custom place in Google Maps is by putting a name in parentheses after the address. For example, search for "123 4th St (Bob's Place)" and you will see a place bubble on the map with the name "<NAME>" and the specified address. Then you can star that and save it for later.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/04 | 305 | 1,240 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought an i7500, no data plan. I had assumed that connecting to my router would allow me to download apps from the marketplace; apparently not. I get a message about not being able to connect via the SIM data plan.
Is there a way for me to download and install apps without actually getting a data plan?<issue_comment>username_1: Google Maps for Android allows storing places/locations by *starring* them, this should also work for every place on the map, not just places and businesses.
1. Long press on the point on the map you want to star
2. The Address will load, press it
3. In the upper right corner is a little gray star, select it
These stars are also synced on [maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com/) if you are logged in with your account. The star will be named after the nearest address, **but it will be exactly at the point you selected.**
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: One way you can create a custom place in Google Maps is by putting a name in parentheses after the address. For example, search for "123 4th St (Bob's Place)" and you will see a place bubble on the map with the name "<NAME>" and the specified address. Then you can star that and save it for later.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/04 | 301 | 1,178 | <issue_start>username_0: 1) I get a beep sound every-time I increase the ringer volume using the side button in Samsung Galaxy S2. How can I turn of this sound. I have set the notifications sound to Silent. But still am getting this sound.
2) Also whenever I connect the charger, I am getting a notification sound. How can I make this to silent as well.?<issue_comment>username_1: I haven't found any way to do this through the software. The only way I've found to disable the sounds is to go to `/system/media/audio/ui` on your phone and delete files `Volume-1.mp3` through `Volume-7.mp3` for the volume tones, and `Charger_Connection.ogg` for the connection tone. Just tested this on my phone and it does indeed work. You may want to back up the files first in case you want to restore them at some point. You may also have to be rooted to be able to remove the files.
Edit: Actually, I'm sure you'll need root, as I had to `su` in a terminal emulator to be able to do anything in that directory.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can simply get rid of the beep on power connection by setting the notification sound to zero in `System > Sound > Volumes`.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/04 | 412 | 1,561 | <issue_start>username_0: I got my android phone a week ago. This morning I recieved an text from telus telling me I have used 75% of my data, then an hour later I recieved a text saying I used 95%. Since I was sleeping and was not using my phone I want to know if this is at all possible, I took my phone into telus and all the settings for wifi are off. Is someone taking internet from me? What should my settings be?<issue_comment>username_1: All sorts of background processes and applications will use cell data bandwidth. If you've installed some new apps recently, which given your phone is only a week old seems likely, check to see if some of them are doing anything in the background.
If you list your apps, perhaps we could shed some light on which ones might be data hogs.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Are you downloading any games? Some of the more complex games could weigh hundreds of megabytes, and they download additional resource data when they're first run.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: My Verizon data widget was telling me numbers I couldn't believe. I went through a gigabyte over night and was at 3 gigabytes for the month most in the last 10 day of the cycle.
I found the [My Data Manager](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpZGlhLmFuZHJvaWQubWRtIl0.) app in the market and that told me which app was causing the problem. The app breaks down data by Wireless and Wifi and shows you how much data each app used. I LOVE this app.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/04 | 929 | 3,340 | <issue_start>username_0: In attending/hosting conference calls, I'd like to be able to dial the conference call provider and enter the required PIN code directly from the entry in my calendar.
The process I currently use is:
1. When scheduling the call - create the calendar entry for the call, including in the field [Where - Event Location] the number and PIN to dial in the format `+CCAAANNNNNNN,,PPPPPP#,` where CC = country code, AAA = area code, NNNNNNN is the conference call telephone number, PPPPPP = the PIN code needed. The first two commas are to wait long enough, the third comma is to stop the # required to enter the PIN from not being recognised.
2. When setting up or dialling into the call: 1. Open the calendar entry, 2. **Edit**, 3. Select the text in the "Where- event location" field, 4. **Copy**, 5. Switch to the dialler, 6. **Paste**, and then 7. **Dial**.
Whilst this works, is is clearly not as efficient as clicking a link in the Calendar Event `+CCAAANNNNNNN,,PPPPPP#,`. Frustratingly, this even comes up as a hyperlink, but Android gives me the options Earth & Maps (as well as two other proprietary links - Radar which is part of the App "GPS Status", and ZVVFahrplan - part of the Zürich city public transports system's app).
I have tried all permutations that I can think of [rfc3966.txt](http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3966.txt): The tel URI for Telephone Numbers. For example
`tel:+442012345555,,123456#,` or, `tel:+442012345555","","123456"#"","` or `tel:+442012345555PP123456FP`
If if put the number in the Notes field within the Calendar event, it turns into a diallable link, but chopped up. I can dial the number, but not the PIN.
Any thoughts or ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: Thanks to <NAME> for providing the answer to me directly. This is the subject of an Apple patent and over which they are suing HTC (amongst others) who customise Android in a way that the stock OS doesn't dare.
See for example <http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/apple-patent-victory/>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have an Android phone. Samsung Galaxy victory.
I tried this with calendar:
in the Description field, I pasted a phone number (with two waits and a hash symbol) copied and pasted from my phone contacts using clipboard.
A long touch on the resulting link resulted in a search of my phone contacts including the phone number both with and without the PIN.
I chose to dial with the PIN and confirmation after wait prompts, and I was in.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Why don't you just use an app for it? Try [MeetingMogul](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.folio3.conferencia), that's what I use.
It fills out all the bridge info for you by picking it up from your calendar. So you can dial in by just tapping the phone icon it gives next to each conference call. It's a totally free app and doesn't charge for anything unlike other apps I've tried.
Plus it gives you a lot of other features like being able to notify meeting participants with one tap by text or email, taking voice or text notes against an event with one tap, setting up new conference calls with just a few taps from the app, viewing details from your CRM related to an upcoming call or meeting like emails, proposals, quotes, team notes, LinkedIn profiles, etc.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/05 | 551 | 2,290 | <issue_start>username_0: I gave my sister my older smartphone without removing my google-account.
How can I remove that permission without removing her settings completely, or how can I remove that certain android device from my google dashboard?
If possible, it would be great if I could do it remotely (via my google dashboard).<issue_comment>username_1: If you are using [Google Two Step authorisation](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/advanced-sign-in-security-for-your.html), then you can revoke the one-time password that you assigned to the phone remotely from your Google account's settings, I don't think that this is possible unless you are using the Two Step authorisation.
Go to your Google [Account Settings page](https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount), click the Edit link beside "2 step verification", click "Manage application-specific passwords", look down the list for the password assigned to your old phone and click the "Revoke" link. Next time the phone tries to access your Google account, it should be denied access and your sister will see a warning asking her to enter the new password.
If you haven't set up the two step authorisation then, to do it directly on the phone, as long as the phone is running Android 2.1 (Eclair) or newer, then you can go into **Settings** -> **Accounts and sync** -> then select the account and you should have a `Remove account` button at the bottom of the screen.
Once you've done this switch the phone off and on again (just to make sure that no apps are running that have already logged in), and it should be removed.
Note that this won't remove all of your old data from the phone, it will just remove some of the Google synced data, and stop anything new from coming down from (or going up to) your Google account. To be sure that all of your old data is removed from the phone, you will need to wipe the phone with a factory reset.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If the account is the one you used to set up the phone originally, you won't be able to remove it without a factory reset. You won't be able to save the phone settings, but you can at least back up the apps & data using [Titanium Backup](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup).
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/05 | 308 | 1,229 | <issue_start>username_0: It's often happening when I want to download a file with `browser` that download fails due to a bad connection and then I have to download a file from the beginning.
Is there an app or browser plugin that is able to continue downloading of failed download?
I found only `byte tornado` app which is not much help.<issue_comment>username_1: Maybe this is not what you are looking for, but if you have installed busybox and a terminal application, you can continue your download with:
```
wget --continue --output-document file.part URL
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have an android device try HTTP Downloader. It can be used to request download from any byte offset. So that you can skip how much you have already downloaded & complete the remaining.
After completing, you can join those 2 file parts to get the full completed file. (File joiner is inbuilt in the app. Also they provide free File joiner application for PC)
Here are the links
App: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ajk.http.downloader>
Step wise instructions: <https://youtu.be/lI4hm0NuosQ>
**Note**: I am affiliated with the developer Resonance which developed that app and the video.
Upvotes: 0 |
2010/07/02 | 260 | 1,096 | <issue_start>username_0: How does one go about deleting friends via the Droid's Facebook application? I am running the latest build of Facebook.<issue_comment>username_1: It doesn't appear that you can, at least at this time.
Not particularly surprising. Their app just sends you to m.facebook.com for anything more than basic functionality.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can't do it using the Droid app. The only way is to use Facebook's mobile webapp. Find the friend you want to delete, then scroll down and find the remove friend option.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Sometimes if you are viewing your news feed, you are seeing posts from a profile you are not necessarily friends with, you just "liked" something of theirs which will then add to your news feed. In THAT case you go to their profile and "unlike" them. That should stop them from posting to your wall.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Viewing their profile touch the friends tab, a menu should pop up and at the bottom should be the option to "unfriend". Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/06 | 352 | 1,401 | <issue_start>username_0: I have created a shortcut to a single document. The home page icon carries the name of the file manager (Astro) that I used to create the shortcut (using [the method explained here](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12658/create-pdf-document-shortcuts-on-home-screen)).
I'd like to rename the icon to something more relevant so I can distinguish it from shortcuts to other documents or folders. Is there any way to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: Partial Solution
1. Long press on home screen to activate shortcut launcher
2. Tap on Shortcut
3. Tap on Activites
4. Tap on file manager (Astro)
5. Navigate to file location (internal or external SD card)
6. Tap on target file
7. Accept (or amend) suggested shortcut name > OK
8. Named shortcut appears on home page under an icon for the associated app to display the document
To open the document, tap on the icon and then tap on the associated app in the menu .
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Renaming shortcuts depends on what launcher you use. For example, with [GO Launcher](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex), you simply hold down your finger on whatever you want to rename and a box pops up asking if you want to rename it.
The point being is that each launcher is different, but most are intuitive enough to where you just long click on the icon to rename it.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/06 | 503 | 1,758 | <issue_start>username_0: Coming from an iPhone, one of the things I miss the most is the little red notification badges on my app icons. I don't understand why more Android apps don't have them (not even the phone!?).
I digress.
Is there an app available that both syncs with Google Tasks and uses a notification badge to keep track of the number of uncompleted tasks?<issue_comment>username_1: Try a different home screen manager. Launcher Pro does this on my phone for email and texts in the app shortcuts in the launcher bar. I don't use Google Tasks, so I can't speak to that one particularly.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You should try different launchers. Most of them are better than the stock ones.
So e.g.: [Apex Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher), [Nova Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher), [Launcher Pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fede.launcher), and [GO Launcher EX](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex) support adding notification badges.
The best todo app I've ever seen is [Any.DO To-do List & Task List](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anydo). Give it a try.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Tick tick is the only one I can find but unfortunately their implementation makes it pretty useless (the badge only goes up to 9)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Try [SplenDo - To Do List](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splendapps.splendo). It shows badge with *Today's task count* + *overdue task count* like *(2+3)*
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SMAlO.jpg)
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/06 | 233 | 793 | <issue_start>username_0: I know about Xmarks and LastPass, but is there a free solution for password syncing between Android and Chrome?<issue_comment>username_1: You might like to try <http://phonemarks.blogspot.com/>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: [Keepass](http://keepass.info/download.html) is an option. You can set up the [KeePassDroid](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.keepass&hl=en) app to use a password database that you keep synced with [Dropbox](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android&hl=en) (a good tutorial is available at [AndroidPolice](http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/30/tutorial-sync-passwords-across-computers-and-android-with-keepass/)). Not very elegant, but it might be what you're looking for.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/06 | 515 | 2,169 | <issue_start>username_0: My happiness turned to despire when I realised that to have Android0based cell means to have a mandatory GMail account and an mandatory sync of all data to Google even if one just wants to sync just PC and cell in good old fashioned way. :(
I am not comfortable being forced to use GMail, moreover I don't want an online sync! I just want my phone and my PC to be in sync. Is there any other good way to achieve this without smashing my cell to pieces and hating Google for the rest of my life?
I am really unhappy that Google is this ruthless for data, maybe I made a mistake switching. Please help me if any of you have a solution, I have invested quite a lot blindly trusting Google. :(<issue_comment>username_1: You can easily limit what data is synced by navigating to Settings > Accounts and Sync. ( Your menu may look somewhat different than this but should be similar.) From there you can deselect Background Data, Auto-Sync as well as individual accounts such as your Google (@gmail), Facebook, etc. However, I believe this will just prevent syncing from occurring automatically. If you open the GMail application, I believe it will sync your inbox/outbox/etc. BUT, if you're not using GMail, this wouldn't apply to you.
While you're at it, you can navigate to Settings > Connect to PC > Default Connection Type. There you may have another option regarding Syncing (with a PC). I see "HTC Sync" but I'm not certain what other manufacturers have in that menu.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This is what I did to solve this Google forcing on me problem.
This method will most likely **void your warranty** for your device proceed at your own risk.
First of all my phone was already rooted so, I did not need to root my phone. So you will need to root your phone. You will need to install titanium backup on to your rooted phone and run a full backup of your phone apps. Then you will need to look for a file called **Google Contact Sync** and uninstalled/or freeze it. It is also wise to install droidwall firewall or even Avast mobile firewall. Now I have to do something about calendar syncing to Gmail, None!
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/06 | 533 | 2,175 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to backup contacts from my phone (Galaxy S, Android 2.2.1) to Gmail account. The procedure I found on the Internet goes as follows:
>
> 1. Open Contacts
> 2. Menu -> Import/Export -> Export to SD card
> 3. Menu -> Import/Export -> Import from SD card -> Google (i.e. save imported to Google account)
>
>
>
For some reason I don't have option to use SD card, so I use SIM instead. However, when I import contacts, they save to the phone (there is no prompt where to store them). I changed settings to automatically save contacts to Google and it works for newly created ones, but doesn't affect importing.
Am I missing something? Or could you verify this behavior on your phones?<issue_comment>username_1: You can easily limit what data is synced by navigating to Settings > Accounts and Sync. ( Your menu may look somewhat different than this but should be similar.) From there you can deselect Background Data, Auto-Sync as well as individual accounts such as your Google (@gmail), Facebook, etc. However, I believe this will just prevent syncing from occurring automatically. If you open the GMail application, I believe it will sync your inbox/outbox/etc. BUT, if you're not using GMail, this wouldn't apply to you.
While you're at it, you can navigate to Settings > Connect to PC > Default Connection Type. There you may have another option regarding Syncing (with a PC). I see "HTC Sync" but I'm not certain what other manufacturers have in that menu.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This is what I did to solve this Google forcing on me problem.
This method will most likely **void your warranty** for your device proceed at your own risk.
First of all my phone was already rooted so, I did not need to root my phone. So you will need to root your phone. You will need to install titanium backup on to your rooted phone and run a full backup of your phone apps. Then you will need to look for a file called **Google Contact Sync** and uninstalled/or freeze it. It is also wise to install droidwall firewall or even Avast mobile firewall. Now I have to do something about calendar syncing to Gmail, None!
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/06 | 387 | 1,555 | <issue_start>username_0: I am not sure what an app can do to me if it is able to discover my account, to what extent?
Thank you very much.<issue_comment>username_1: >
> This permission is of moderate-high importance. This allows the
> application to read what accounts you have and the usernames
> associated with them. It allows the app to interact with permission
> related to that account. An example would be an app that was restoring
> your contact, would discover your Google account then send you to
> Google's login screen. It doesn't actually get to see your password,
> but it gets to work with the account. This is also legitimately used
> by applications to add contacts to your accounts, such as dialer
> replacements and contact managers/backup/sync/etc.
>
>
>
[Source](http://androidforums.com/android-applications/36936-how-safe-find-trusted-apps-avoid-viruses-guide-those-new-android.html)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Its a huge security hole because it allows an application to add your facebook and google and other account names to your online profile without you realizing it. If the site is hacked the hackers could follow through to other know accounts if you were stupid enough to use the same password. Lots of people are that stupid so it will happen.
An online dating site or porn site might leak your real facebook and google account names to the people you are chatting with even though you never gave that information to the site itself.
Anonymous online? Not any more.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/06 | 448 | 1,605 | <issue_start>username_0: As you may know, the official Android Market is in the process of having a sale, charging only 10 cents for a bunch of apps for 10 days. They're going to pick 10 new apps each day, so the apps for sale today won't be on sale tomorrow.
I am an OG Droid owner, and I'm one of the many who is waiting to pounce on the moment the Galaxy Nexus shows up in Verizon stores. I could have upgraded my phone weeks ago, but .. well.. you know how it is.
One of the apps on sale today (Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD) won't let me purchase it, because the Droid doesn't support it. But (hopefully) within a week I will have a phone that definitely supports this game. I don't even care if the game sucks; it's only 10 cents!
Is there any way I can buy the app anyway, so I can install it at a later date?<issue_comment>username_1: I would suggest using a friend's android phone that does support the game, setting up your account in his phone and purchasing it. Be careful not to select any auto-sync features while doing so and make sure you remove the account from the phone once you've finished your purchases.
@Bryan Denny : Looks like you beat me to it :) Didn't see your comment for the question.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can buy it on the [Amazon android appstore](http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b/ref=topnav_storetab_mas?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011). They have the same prices the Google Play. It just gives you a warning that you may be purchasing a game that does not work with your device.
and, as of today (Dec 11th 2011) its still $.10
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/07 | 4,523 | 11,532 | <issue_start>username_0: I am having the feared random reboots in my recently acquired Droid 3.
It is rebooting more than 10 times a day randomly, both when idle and when doing anything in the phone.
The only pattern I've been to able to catch is that around 30 seconds before a reboot, I lose phone signal (the signal strength meter is empty and showing a cross). WiFi keeps working until the reboot.
I am located in Spain and using the phone in GSM/UMTS mode, with CDMA disabled. Some times when I lose the signal prior to a reboot, I get a pop-up asking if I want to put the phone in "global" mode for it to search for CDMA signal.
I am using rooted Steel Droid 3 with OTA 5.6.890, but it happened with Verizon's stock ROM as well.
I have googled extensively for the last couple of days and did everything I have found about possible solutions:
* Factory reset and disabling Google restoring features on initial config (to prevent restoring WiFi hotspot data, alleged to cause reboots)
* Manually wiping all WiFi hotspot info
* Disable WiFi
* Running with no apps installed
* Formatting sd card
* Wiping user data and cache from Recovery
* Checking if the battery is loose, wedge a piece of paper to lock it in place
None of this have prevented or even alleviated the random reboots.
I'm fearing my phone might be a total lemon, but unfortunately as I am in Spain I can't return it and get a replacement. Anyway I have been reading that people have returned their Droids four or five times and still get random reboots in every new or refurbished Droid they get.
Other than that the phone works perfectly well, and I really love it. But having reboots when you are in the middle of something is going to get more and more annoying and I fear I will throw it out of the window sooner or later. I really need to solve this.
I run `adb logcat` in hopes of finding what is causing it, but it didn't see anything revelatory. Here are the tails of my last 3 logs before a crash:
```
12-06 22:39:43.764 512 3986 W Smack/Packet: notify conn break (IOEx), close connection12-06 22:39:43.764 512 3986 D Smack : [XMPPConn] close connection, notifyClosed=false
12-06 22:39:43.921 512 608 I GTalkService: [GTalkConnection.18] connectionClosed: connId=28343, error=CONNECTION FAILED
12-06 22:39:43.921 317 323 D ConnectivityService: reportNetworkCondition(1,0)
12-06 22:39:43.929 317 370 D ConnectivityService: Inet connectivity change,net=1, condition=0,mActiveDefaultNetwork=1
12-06 22:39:43.929 317 370 D ConnectivityService: starting a change hold12-06 22:39:43.936 512 608 I GTalkService: [GTalkConnection.18] (WORKER THREAD) update account status
12-06 22:39:43.999 512 608 I GTalkService: [GTalkConnection.18] (WORKER THREAD) update account status - done, took 58 ms
12-06 22:39:46.944 400 400 D StatusBarPolicy: the netConditon of netType 1 is updated as 0 by android.net.conn.INET_CONDITION_ACTION,icon color should be white.
12-06 22:39:46.944 400 400 V StatusBarPolicy: NetworkInfo: NetworkInfo: type: WIFI[], state: CONNECTED/CONNECTED, reason: (unspecified), extra: (none), roaming: false, failover: false, isAvailable: true, inetCondition= 0
12-06 22:39:46.944 400 400 V StatusBarPolicy: mModemIsResetting=false
12-06 22:39:46.944 317 370 D ConnectivityService: Inet hold end, net=1, condition =0, published condition =100
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control, buff = auto
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control opened in write only mode
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
```
Log 2:
```
12-06 23:12:14.951 533 1016 I EventLogService: Aggregate from 1323209010096 (log), 1323207734851 (data)
12-06 23:12:16.654 317 382 D dalvikvm: GC_EXPLICIT freed 143K, 38% free 8201K/13063K, external 5433K/6784K, paused 158ms
12-06 23:12:21.990 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control, buff = auto
12-06 23:12:21.990 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
12-06 23:12:21.990 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control opened in write only mode
12-06 23:12:21.990 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: Problem with socket or streams.
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: java.net.ConnectException: www.google-analytics.com/127.0.0.1:80 - Connection refused
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at org.apache.harmony.luni.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:207)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at org.apache.harmony.luni.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:437)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:983)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainSocketFactory.java:119)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.PipelinedRequester.maybeOpenConnection(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.PipelinedRequester.addRequest(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.NetworkDispatcher$DispatcherThread$AsyncDispatchTask.dispatchSomePendingEvents(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.NetworkDispatcher$DispatcherThread$AsyncDispatchTask.run(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
12-06 23:12:24.591 4743 4754 W googleanalytics: at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
12-06 23:12:24.849 445 467 D dalvikvm: GC_CONCURRENT freed 1098K, 49% free 4008K/7815K, external 2692K/3351K, paused 2ms+2ms
12-06 23:12:24.896 445 445 W KeyCharacterMap: Can't open keycharmap file
12-06 23:12:24.896 445 445 W KeyCharacterMap: Error loading keycharmap file'/data/usr/keychars/omap-keypad.kcm.bin'. hw.keyboards.0.devname='omap-keypad'
```
Log 3:
```
12-06 23:46:26.576 677 1930 W IdleConnectionHandler: Removing a connection that never existed!12-06 23:46:26.576 677 1930 D News Processor: SAVED http://www.meneame.net/rss2.php
12-06 23:46:26.584 677 1932 D News Processor: PROCESSING source: 20 http://www.meneame.net/rss2.php
12-06 23:46:26.646 677 1932 D News Processor: HAS NEW: false - http://www.meneame.net/rss2.php
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: Problem with socket or streams.
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: java.net.ConnectException: www.google-analytics.com/127.0.0.1:80 - Connection refused
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at org.apache.harmony.luni.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:207)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at org.apache.harmony.luni.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:437)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:983)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainSocketFactory.java:119)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.PipelinedRequester.maybeOpenConnection(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.PipelinedRequester.addRequest(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.NetworkDispatcher$DispatcherThread$AsyncDispatchTask.dispatchSomePendingEvents(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at com.google.android.apps.analytics.NetworkDispatcher$DispatcherThread$AsyncDispatchTask.run(Unknown Source)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
12-06 23:46:33.584 1480 1491 W googleanalytics: at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
12-06 23:46:36.334 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control, buff = auto
12-06 23:46:36.334 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
12-06 23:46:36.334 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control opened in write only mode
12-06 23:46:36.334 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
```
I have seen that the most common before-reboot output is
```
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control, buff = auto
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl: file /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/power/control opened in write only mode
12-06 22:39:59.702 195 237 D libmdmctrl:
```
But I have googled for libmdmctrl and there is only 1 result that has nothing to do with anything.
I am really in the dark, thanks for any help!<issue_comment>username_1: It sounds to me it could a hardware issue and not a software issue.
Things I would try
* Flashing even more ROMs. Try CM7 if it is available for Droid 3. If it keeps rebooting with other ROMs, you most likely have a hardware problem
* Hardware suggestions: try a new/different battery. Also, since you are using GSM and it deals with losing your signal, perhaps it is an issue with your SIM card?
* Otherwise: contact customer support and tell them of your hardware issue of reboots. They might have some additional info or procedures to help you. Or a new refurb phone. (But since you're in Spain, that sounds like a problem).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I tried a different approach, seeing the problem was with radio / telephony...
I put in another SIM from a different carrier, and so far I am having no reboots!
What is the difference? My main carrier is a "virtual carrier", a company that rents other company's network to offer their service, usually with more competitive prices.
The SIM I'm using now is from a traditional carrier that owns the network directly.
What I think happens is that when using a virtual carrier, you are having a sort of permanent roaming: the phone has to first get into the network owning carrier and then join the virtual network of the virtual carrier. Somehow this is making the Droid 3 crazy.
The signal strength meter was indeed showing a small "R" indicating I was in roaming. I assumed this was because being an US phone, it took any non-US network as roaming, but now that I am using the regular carrier SIM, the signal strength bar is not showing "R" anymore.
Seems I will have to change my carrier to a network owner, which unfortunately have much less competitive prices. But at least I found a way of using the Droid 3 without constant reboots!!
For future reference to other Spanish users: I am having the reboots using a Simyo SIM (which runs on the Orange network), but with a Movistar SIM there are no reboots.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/07 | 519 | 1,759 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus One running Gingerbread (2.3.6), completely stock and unrooted. I would like to root my phone, and try installing ROMs like Cyanogen. However, as far as I know, the official way to do so, `fastboot oem unlock`, will wipe my phone, causing me to lose all of my data.
Is there any good way for me to root my phone without wiping, so that I can use something like Titanium Backup to back up all of my data before I unlock my bootloader and thus wipe my data?
If not, is there any good, automated way, to back up as much data as possible without root, and give me some indication of what could not be backed up? I don't want to have to go through every application and figure out if it has some way of exporting its data.<issue_comment>username_1: [This XDA thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736271) provides a method for rooting without unlocking, though I don't know if it will still work for 2.3.6. Worth a shot. If I doesn't I think you'd need to downgrade your firmware to avoid unlocking, which would wipe your data anyways.
As for backing up without root, see [How can data on an unrooted phone be backed up?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12470/how-can-data-on-an-unrooted-phone-be-backed-up)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I was able to flawlessly root Nexus One with stock 2.3.6 with [DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4.0](zergRush Exploit)](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18805532&postcount=1).
This also installed Busybox and Superuser app.
No bootloader unlock or wipe was performed and no user data or apps were lost.
Some useful info can be also obtained here:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Nexus_One/Flashing_Guide>
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/07 | 444 | 1,504 | <issue_start>username_0: I have installed Cyanogenmod 6.1 and it's OK - better app compatibility, and stable - but it's slow (and USB SD-card mounting doesn't work, but maybe that's an app or something).
What can I do to speed this thing up?
Ginger Yoshi 1.5 sounded like a good option, but I got errors when I tried to flash it.<issue_comment>username_1: To answer the question - to speed that thing up you need to roll back to CM4 or another Android 1.6 based ROM.
I have a Magic and have used several ROMs including CMs 4, 5 and 6. It is unfortunately hamstrung by its first-generation hardware - you simply are NOT going to get both features and speed from this phone, period.
Android 2.x ROMs do not make the Magic faster. With all their config options they can make some things appear fast but this comes at the cost of performance in other areas.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I have tried several roms on HTC magic: Stock 1.5, Sense 1.5, CM6.1 and YoshiMod GingerBread
I always Benchmarked the phone with Quadrant for each new rom, I found out that Sense was better than plain 1.5, then CM 6.1 was faster than Sense, but the faster for me was YoshiMod with GingerBread, had no troubles with it... CM6.1 was also solid though.
Check this post for info on YoshiMod GingerBread for HTC Magic [Install Ginger Yoshi 1.4 on HTC Magic 32a, which radio do I need?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12662/install-ginger-yoshi-1-4-on-htc-magic-32a-which-radio-do-i-need)
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/07 | 513 | 1,747 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy S2 that for some reason does not work when it's connected to a 3G network(or at least I think it's connected, there's a '3G' symbol next to my signal meter). When I say it doesn't work, I mean that I don't have any data connection what-so-ever. No internet, nothing.
When my phone is connected with the 'H+' symbol next to the signal meter then everything works perfectly. But the problem is that my phone is constantly trying to use 3G, which of course is useless.
**My phone details are:**
Model Number: GT-I9100
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband version: I9100XXKE7
Kernal Version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKF3-CL276555root@DELL101 #2
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKF3
If anyone has an idea why this would happen, please give me a shout. It's so frustrating having no data connection for the most of my day. Also if there's a way to just stop the phone completely from trying to connect/use a 3G connection. That would be great.
PS - I'm in South Africa and my carrier is 'Cell C'.
Thank in advance!<issue_comment>username_1: Airplane mode would kill the 3G connection.... but it would also kill the Wifi connection.
[APNDroid](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.codecarpet.apndroid.pro) can kill just the 3G connection.
As for the actual 3G problem... have you talked to your carrier? Does your phone have to know some sort of [preferred roaming list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_Roaming_List) that it is missing?
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Well, you could try going into Settings - Wireless and Networks - Mobile Networks - Tick use only 2G networks.
That will disable 3G connectivity.
If you wish to disable mobile data, then un-tick the mobile data option.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/07 | 316 | 1,092 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How to set up reverse tethering over USB?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2298/how-to-set-up-reverse-tethering-over-usb)
>
>
>
How do I connect and have internet access from my Samsung G II through my office PC network via USB?<issue_comment>username_1: Even I had tried but didn't work for me. However, you can try this:
<http://www.linuxreaders.com/2011/03/09/android-access-internet-from-computer-via-usb/>
Another option is to set up your laptop as a wifi hotspot. This might help-
<http://keithmac.com/?p=125>
I have set up the same way at home without a wifi router. I have a wireless adapter on my desktop and set up an adhoc network and I can access my internet connection on my phone. But there's a catch. It might not work without rooting your phone.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The [PDAnet](http://junefabrics.com/android/) app has always worked for me in getting internet over USB. The only difference between the free and paid versions is that paid supports https.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/07 | 683 | 2,814 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using my phone's built in Wifi Hotspot to share wifi with my laptop and my other devices. I am using android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and the phone I have is the HTC Desire Z.
**Questions**
Is it possible for a carrier to detect that I am using "Wifi Hotspot" and sharing my mobile data connection with other devices?
Furthermore, is Wifi Hotspot a feature that most android devices have? and is it a feature that can be disabled by the carrier (on a phone-by-phone basis)?<issue_comment>username_1: While your carrier wouldn't be able to directly detect you are using WiFi hotspot, they might notice that you are using a lot of data.
This is often a red flag in their systems, and might get you a phone call and/or your bandwidth throttled/capped.
WiFi hotspot is *not* available on all devices. For instance, my og Droid with stock ROM doesn't offer this due to limitations artificially imposed by Verizon.
While a carrier cannot disable WiFi hotspot on a phone by phone basis, they most certainly can limit your bandwidth and/or cap it at a certain amount (for instance, I get full bandwith until I hit 2GB total, at which point it slows WAY down).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It is not detectable, **but using tethering on Android with an second device leaves a lot of traces:**
* User-Agent Headers within HTTP that come from non-mobile browser
* Increased Traffic consumption
* Connection to services that are not available on Android/Smartphone devices (e.g. World of Warcraft)
and many more I can't think of atm.
But I have never heard of a carrier that goes for a trial, even if it's a violation of services from most carrier contracts. IMHO Mobile carriers have other problems at the moment, like overall increased mobile data traffic because of the smartphone boom. These is currently handled by soft limits of data traffic, that when reached only allow traffic over 2G connections.
Or, to answer your second question, if you buy a smartphone from some carriers, the build in tethering function is locked and not usable.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I just got off the phone with T-Mobile because I am being throttled and I was upset. He said I was not using tethering even though I had been so it appears that no, they can not see that you are tethering.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I thought tethering worked by setting up NAT traversal and forwarding packets from your tethered device through your mobile device. This would leave a trace in the IP packets since the NATed ports need to be embedded in the communication for NAT to work. Since your IP packets aren't encrypted the carrier should easily be able to determine if you're tethering just by observing your data stream.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/07 | 202 | 950 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Map web version can provide 3 alternative routes when routing directions. However, it seems Android Google map can only provide 1 route and have no option to choose alternative routes. Is there any way to get the alternative routes?<issue_comment>username_1: To see alternate routes, you need to use Navigation as opposed to Maps.
If you already have Maps open, click the blue arrowhead in the upper right to switch to Navigation, then click the context button on your phone, then select `Route Info`, then click the third button to the right along the bottom which will have both a dashed and solid line going to a map pin. Alternate routes will appear, and you can select them along the top of the route info map.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have observed that in navigation mode the routes displayed are from the current location and not between the two locations selected.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/07 | 417 | 1,584 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Android 2.2 on my phone and I want an app that lets me listen to free music online in the background while I browse through other apps or do something else on my phone.
The YouTube app closes once I minimize it, so I have to keep it open to listen to music.
I have tried apps like Shazam and Soundhound but they don't offer free music. Can anyone recommend a good app?<issue_comment>username_1: I heart Radio and TuneIn Radio are apps that let you stream FM radio stations. You select the sort of station you like and listen to the music they play.
I personally use them for listening to talk radio, but same difference.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you have your own music collection, you can get a [Google Music](https://music.google.com) account, download the [app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.music) if it isn't already on your phone, and listen to your own tunes all you like.
If you're looking for an internet radio app, I'd recommend [Slacker Radio](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.slacker.radio&hl=en), they have a lot of channels with pretty decent selection. [Pandora](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pandora.android) is very good, but that only works if you live in the United States.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Depending which country you're in [Last.fm](https://market.android.com/details?id=fm.last.android) and [Spotify](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spotify.mobile.android.ui) are good options for free, streaming music.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/07 | 509 | 1,906 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to find such an app, but I can't, which leads me to suspect that it's not possible, either because of software or hardware limitations. What I'd like to see is a list of cell towers that my phone can reach (both from my carrier and other carriers); signal strengths from each; perhaps an option to lock on to a specific tower or forbid the use of some tower. And, generally, the more data available, the better. So - have I just missed the right app; is there no such thing out there (and I'm free to write the first one); or is such data simply unavailable and I can just give up?<issue_comment>username_1: There is this app called [Antennas](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.technolatry.antennas). It can't do everything you have asked for. But it can show you the tower you are connected to, the signal level, and other towers from you carrier that your phone can see/connect to and their signal level.
>
> Map the GSM/CDMA antennas in your neighborhood. This app monitors the
> GSM/CDMA cellular network connection; displays a map of approximate
> cellular antenna locations and their RF signal strength; and can log
> the data to a text or KML file.
>
>
> Does not work on Verizon 3G & CDMA Support is limited by Android, not by the application CDMA requires Eclair Works
> best with 2G GSM. 3G/CDMA support is very limited.
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [Open Signal Map](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal) does some very similar stuff, its accuracy depends on how much data its got for your current area, but seems pretty good in built up areas.
I used it to help work out why I always had such a terrible signal at my parents house, turned out my phone kept connecting to a cell tower on the island you can just see from the end of their road, rather than the cell tower two roads down.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/07 | 511 | 2,057 | <issue_start>username_0: I just took advantage of the $0.10 promotion of several apps on the Android Market.
However, I noticed that I can buy apps by just selecting my saved credit card. There is no further verification process (AFAIK).
Can I make this more secure, for instance with some sort of password?
I mean, if I should lose my phone, someone can just buy apps without any further verification.<issue_comment>username_1: Don't save your credit card info. (**Edit:** Just tried, you can't enter info without it being saved. Ugh.) You can set up a PIN in the Market but that's easily worked around by clearing the data. Google Wallet (Checkout) doesn't appear to have any security settings beyond needing to log in, though obviously saved credentials work on Android.
I think then that your only option (besides using another market) is to use full encryption on the device such as is present in Honeycomb in combination with a lock screen and not being rooted. Which doesn't rule out exploits, but if there was no risk of your CC being used nefariously then it wouldn't be usable by you either :P. Of course, if your phone is stolen you could just cancel your cards and/or let your credit card company know about the risk or actuality of unauthorized purchases.
[Google will also help you fix it](http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1063048):
>
> ### Account Hijacking
>
>
> If you previously created a Google Wallet Account, and an unauthorized person has accessed your account, please [contact us](https://www.google.com/support/wallet/bin/request.py?contact_type=privacy_security) immediately. Our fraud protection policy covers you against any unauthorized purchases that were made with your Google Account. If we find that an unauthorized purchase was made, we'll make sure you aren't charged for it.
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Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Press Menu -> Settings in Market.
Then Set or change PIn, and set a new PIN
Check the Use PIN for purchases checkbox
Then you should be done.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/07 | 318 | 1,275 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Droid 2 (on Gingerbread); The device has a physical keyboard.
I use virtual keyboard in portrait mode *sometimes*, but never in landscape mode (since I have physical keyboard.)
Is there a way that would allow me to disable virtual keyboard when in landscape mode, but leave it available for portrait mode?<issue_comment>username_1: There is a way but not an easy way. You can use keyboards like [Null keyboard](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wparam.nullkeyboard).
>
> A keyboard that does nothing.
> Yes, really.
> This keyboard is useful if you have an external bluetooth keyboard paired with your phone and you want to stop the on-screen keyboard from popping up all the time.
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>
The problem is every time you change mode you have to change the input method.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Don't touch the screen. Instead, use the tab and the arrow keys on the bluetooth keyboard to navigate. This way, the pop-up keyboard will never come up.
It is a challenge. There are a lot of shortcuts and tricks to learn, but it's more convenient once you get the hang of it. I guess the simplest answer would be to get a bluetooth mouse as well. Use that to select things instead of touching the screen.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/07 | 816 | 3,436 | <issue_start>username_0: I've had my Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 (AT&T) for about 2 months now and everything has been great up until yesterday. I started experiencing some freezing and strange behavior. The phone is unrooted and using the stock ROM.
The problems include but are not limited to:
* Random freezing when the phone is locked (by pressing the power button). Always have to do a hard reset.
* Random notifications about MTP initialization when no USB cable has been plugged into the phone.
* Vlingo Voice command (come preloaded on the phone) randomly popping up/starting without anything being pressed.
* Sometimes when I power off the phone it doesn't actually turn off completely but just restarts.
* Plugging in the USB cable while the phone is off turns it on (I don't think this is default behavior).
* And just recently I've had some strange touchscreen issues. Random letters being typed that I haven't touched etc.
These issues are not constant but occur intermittently. I've already performed a factory reset, but the problems persist. Since I have yet to read about anyone else having similar problems with their phones, this leads me to believe that it's not actually an issue with the stock ROM but an issue with the phone itself and the hardware. But before I take it back to AT&T I wanted to get some input from you guys. Any ideas on what could be causing this?
Thanks in advance.<issue_comment>username_1: I am also a user of Samsung Galaxy S2. Mine is rooted but all the indicators of your phone are pointing to a hardware problem. There is most probably a short-circuit like instantaneous electric jumps inside the motherboard. Most of your problems can be answered rationally by uncontrolled electric jumps.
For instance plugging the USB cable (namely a power source) directly starts the phone, indicating that there is a short circuit which transfers the USB power to the power button of the phone whereas they should be insulated.
When you power-off the phone, it restarts. This may be explained with a short-circuit of the phone's battery with the power button.
So on and so forth...
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I am experiencing the same exact issues here with an AT&T Galaxy S2 bought Oct 26 at Best Buy. I did root and have tried various ROMs along with returning to bone stock with no help. I have called AT&T for replacement but I have found 2 possible solutions in my research on the internet:
1. I saw a random post somewhere about a user who tried CM7 (Cyanogen Mod 7) ROM and for whatever reason. It has rendered my phone very usable with none of the above issues for a few days now. For curiosity, I switched back to another ROM I had used before, and the problems came back immediately. Needless to say, I'm not sure why CM7 did any good.
2. I also came across a post suggesting to use a small paintbrush and rubbing alcohol to swab out the USB port area. Several users reported success from this. I have not tried this yet but plan to.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I have had this issue for a couple of months now with the whole MTP connection when I have not plugged it in. Turns out I just needed to clean the USB port on my S2. It had its little fit of unplugged/plugged in while I was cleaning and stopped once cleaned.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: I had this problem recently and found out that I just have to clean my USB port.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/07 | 188 | 698 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking for a browser to use on an Android tablet or mobile device that either does not have a double-tap zoom feature or where the double-tap zoom feature can be disabled. There are other uses for "double clicking" on the web, but is currently impossible when a "double tap" always zooms the page instead.<issue_comment>username_1: I use [Dolphin Broswer HD](https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser). It doesn't zooms on double clicking. You can try this.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Try [UC Browser](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.UCMobile.intl&hl=en) it has both zoom and without zoom display settings.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/07 | 440 | 1,693 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought a [Lenovo Ideapad A1](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B005UBT7LW) which runs Android 2.3. It seems that connecting the device to an ad-hoc network is not possible.
Does any other Android version support this?<issue_comment>username_1: While most Android OS versions do not support Adhoc, You do not need to downgrade or upgrade your OS to connect to your computer or use wireless LAN. Please use [Connectify](http://www.google.com.ng/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=connectify), its a software that creates Wireless Hotspots for your android or any other device you need.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: There are no Android versions that support the 802.11 ad-hoc mode (unfortunately). To have ad-hoc working on an Android you need to root your phone. This however does not fix the basic issue that the Android java API does not allow you to programatically control the wifi interface in ad-hoc mode - to do that you need to resort to native code which is not portable accross devices.
Android 4.0 however supports (and provides API's for) the new WiFi direct standard which offers some of the functionality of the 802.11 ad-hoc mode (+ a bunch of other higher level stuff). One of the nice promises of WiFi Direct is that it will be backwards compatible with regular infrastructure mode WiFi (in the sense that a WiFi direct device will appear as a regular Access Point to non WiFi Direct devices).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Android-wifi-tether supports ad-hoc mode for rooted devices: <http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/>
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/07 | 464 | 1,969 | <issue_start>username_0: My employer gave me the Galaxy Tab. I am using it as a mobile access point (Wi-Fi) connection for my home computer. I do not have other internet access.
I would like to know if my employer can monitor my internet activity (see my email, visit sites I have visited, etc.) ?<issue_comment>username_1: This depends completely on their mobile plan and how they have set up the tablet. AFAIK, *most* internet tethering apps **do not** collect activity, but *theoretically* their mobile provider could be monitoring the activity on their connection and reporting it back to your employer. However, there are too many factors here to give you a definitive answer.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: AFAIK, from the employer side, he can know the amount of traffic you've spend, if your using a data plan, but not where you spend it.
A data plan provider would have to violate some privacy rules/laws to collect such information.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Most probably there's no surveillance.
Android's corporate device management support is still in its infancy.
In case you got it pre-setup'ed for you you can wipe/factory reset it. You're then sure you got rid of whatever setup was done by anyone after the tablet has been bought.
But before you do this:
* Check for device management software.
Settings -> Security -> Device administrators.
You could look for stuff like mobile iron (used to enforce policies and monitor installed apps and such on company owned or BYOD phones/tablets).
* Check for a configured VPN connection.
Settings -> wireless&networks -> more -> VPN.
Your company might have set up a VPN that routes **all** traffic including tethered traffic through company servers. Monitoring could be done there then.
* Check for a Microsoft Exchange profile.
This can only be used to remote-wipe your tablet, there are however no further options for device management and monitoring.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/08 | 277 | 968 | <issue_start>username_0: I just got an over-the-air update from HTC for my Wildfire S for the "FOTA Client" (or something like this, can't see it anymore after the update and can't find any logfiles in the FileManager or elsewhere) and somne related component also with FOTA in the name.
Googling FOTA only yields blog posts and news about "phone X getting FOTA update" with none of these explaining what it means. Searching here yields zero results...
So, what does FOTA mean?<issue_comment>username_1: FOTA - Firmware Over-the-Air
This is the update sent to the OS via your service provider(for 3G/GPRS/EDGE..) or Wifi.
It will download an image of the new firmware from the server and install it after you accept.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOTA_%28technology%29),
>
> FOTA is an acronym for Firmware Over-the-Air. It is used for upgrades to mobile phones and PDAs.
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2011/12/08 | 245 | 1,053 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, could the Nouveau driver be used and provide hardware accelerated drawing when Android is compiled for x86?<issue_comment>username_1: Noveau is a driver for the X.org graphics system so it definitely couldn't be used verbatim. The one part that I'd expect to possibly be useful would be the code that actually talks to the hardware. The same is true for any other X.org driver.
But in Noveau's case, most of the work is in reverse-engineering the hardware interface as Nvidia refuses to release the documentation. This work could definitely be reused in a hypothetical Android Nvidia driver.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Almost none of the regular Linux graphics architecture is used on Android (that is, Mesa, XWindows, etc). Driver developers can choose to reuse major portions of their drivers, but there is a lot of plumbing involved to get drivers to work with SurfaceFlinger (and gralloc, and the Hardware Composer), including 3D rendering as well as display output (HDMI support, etc.).
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/08 | 537 | 2,208 | <issue_start>username_0: I accidentally uninstalled Google Talk using Root Uninstaller and now I can't download anything from the Market.
Can anyone help me? I don't have the .apk file for Google Talk.<issue_comment>username_1: The Google Talk application is a key part of the Android Market authentication. If you are not signed in to Google Talk, you cannot use the android market. This is one of the reasons there needs to be more "Warnings" with apps like Root Uninstaller. They allow you to remove vital apps from the device, and don't tell you what damage it could do.
You have a couple options:
* You will need to find the apk for your device, or that works for your device. There are some devices that use a different version of the application, Then use a tool like Root Explorer for example, to put the apk file back in /system/apps
* Restore from a Nandroid / Titanium backup (if you did the backup before hand)
* (re)Flash a ROM on your device, which could put the device in the "factory state" if you are not flashing the same ROM that you already have on the device.
I also seen this in the applications description and it may actually make a backup of any app that you freeze or uninstall. check and see if you can restore with the application.
* If you CANN'T freeze/defrost, try to enable USB Debugging (HOME/Settings/Application/Development/USB Debugging)
* If you CANN'T restore backup app, try to "find apps on SD card" then long-press the app and select "install as system app".
* This application uses SDCARD to store data
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If you don't have a backup of the app, I would think the most sure fire and straightforward way to get it back would be to "restore to factory state".
Prior to doing that, I'd recommend using [Titanium Backup](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup) to save all your settings and apps. Just reinstall TiBU again after you reset your phone and restore everything from the backup. Short and sweet.
If you decide you absolutely need to remove system apps in the future, Cyangogen mod has a [bare bones guide](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones) on what's safe to uninstall.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/08 | 353 | 1,340 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a system administrator for a school division, and we are upgrading our Wi-Fi network. Is there a way that I can map the strength of the Wi-Fi signal at different places inside a building (where GPS does not work)?
I have used some stumblers -- Wi-Fi Analyzer and Meraki Wi-Fi Stumbler -- and those really do most of what I need, but I'd really like to see things on a map. I've tried some standard wardriving applications -- such as WiGLE Wi-Fi Wardriving and Wi-Fi Map Maker - Free -- and they just don't really work without a GPS coordinate.
I'd be more than happy to snap a photo of a building map and indicate where I am at different places and be able to see, say, a heat-map of the signal strength (and better still if I could see if by BSSID). I'd also be find with using the phone as a collection device and analyzing the data later on the computer.
Is there a way to map the Wi-Fi signal strength at different places in the buildings I'm providing Wi-Fi service to?<issue_comment>username_1: Did you try [WiFi Mapper](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.osiris_mobile.wifimapper)?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You could try "[WiFi Maps Light](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.renjuplay.tools.wifimapslight)" for Android, available for free in Google Play.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/08 | 2,154 | 8,582 | <issue_start>username_0: My wife has decided to get the kids a set of android tablets for christmas. These are Coby Kyros 4GB wi-fi only models. The kids are ages 6-10 so I don’t particularly want to let them have free reign of the internet or the app stores. I also want to make sure the tablets are protected from the various forms of malware.
Ideally I would like to be able to establish a white list for the websites they are allowed to visit, and make it so that they are not able to add any apps or modify the white list without parental intervention. However I am not familiar enough with the android platform to know where to start on any of this.
Google has helped me find out that apps exist which claim to be able to restrict access to other apps, but almost all of them have comments indicating that they are very easy to bypass. Likewise I have been seeing mixed reviews as to the effectiveness and value of the antivirus options that are out there. So far I have not been able to find anything about building a whitelist, or restricting content accessible from the web.
So I am asking for suggestions as to specific topics/apps that I should be reading up on, and/or other approaches that I can take to reach these goals.
EDIT:
I should note that this model does not come with the android market pre installed, it has some third party app store on it. It does come with an apk manager installed, and I have played with one of them enough to get the market and gmail onto it. So I should be able to get most anything installed/removed if I can figgure out what it is I actually need to do.<issue_comment>username_1: The overall outlook is not so great for you, AFAIK.
The Market has content filtering, check the Settings in the Market app.
For the browser, that's a wholly different kettle of fish. The built-in browser doesn't have any kind of filtering available. 3rd party browsers might, but they'll be trivial to sidestep (by simply opening the built-in browser).
The next best thing you can do is filter the tablets at the router, if it allows for that. However, that's only useful when they're at home (or other places where you can control their internet connection).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: This isn't really manageable from a technical perspective (you could go some way towards it by sorting out your own firmware, using something like Cyanogen) as we often point out over on [security.stackexchange.com](http://security.stackexchange.com) once an attacker (in this case, your children) have a device, they control it.
So, my alternate course of action would be as detailed in [this question over on parenting stackexchange](https://parenting.stackexchange.com/q/2750/316) - start off with visibility, using the devices together, and education - that will go much further towards making your children safe than any technical control you can implement.
What I have done with my 3 (now 5, 9 and 11) was let them use computers in the main room while we were there (aged 3 - 5) and then unsupervised until about 8 (but knowing we would be walking in and out) and over 8 year's old I trust them not to be stupid.
It helps that their dad is a security and privacy specialist who often provides awareness training in this area :-)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Use [OpenDNS](http://www.opendns.com/) on your router at home. As long as they are accessing the Internet from home then you can whitelist or greatly restrict what sites they can visit. I use OpenDNS currently to restrict my children's access with the browser on their Nintendo 3DS. Since it is at the router level it doesn't require any support at the device level.
If they are accessing wifi outside the house then there isn't much you can do - for example at the library. But they could just as easily use an unrestricted computer at the library instead of the restricted tablet.
If you can remove the app store from the device, and then just manually install the apps you want them to use, that is probably the best way to go. You will be pretty close to a walled garden.
Additionally I would suggest you perform an "audit" on the devices weekly or at least regularly. Check out what is installed, and look for any worrying activity, or lack of normal activity. Also use that as a chance to talk to the kids about the devices and see if there are new apps they want you to get for them. If you install a new game or something every time you audit their tablets then they will be looking forward to it! Actual communication generally trumps technology.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: As I noted in [your other thread](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16847/guide-to-editing-etc-hosts), your best bet is probably to manually set a web proxy server via the devices network settings that filters by keyword or whitelists. Even if they do go to another person's house or try to get on another network, they will be unable to browse (especially if you are hosting the proxy server yourself on your own network; in that case, they most likely won't be able to browse to anything at all).
From [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server):
>
> In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or
> an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients
> seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy
> server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page,
> or other resource available from a different server. The proxy server
> evaluates the request according to its filtering rules. For example,
> it may filter traffic by IP address or protocol. If the request is
> validated by the filter, the proxy provides the resource by connecting
> to the relevant server and requesting the service on behalf of the
> client. A proxy server may optionally alter the client's request or
> the server's response, and sometimes it may serve the request without
> contacting the specified server. In this case, it 'caches' responses
> from the remote server, and returns subsequent requests for the same
> content directly.
>
>
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Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: Try using [**Surelock**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gears42.surelock&hl=en) And [**Surefox**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gears42.surefox&feature=search_result). They will lock it down and give you a white list provisioning.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: Note: the following extension has a whitelist feature as well. Works on Android. But might be a little harder to install.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FkVYi.png)
What works best for me is a keyword filter. This is the best way to filter any content because it can catch almost 100% of what you target. Eg. if you're addicted to the game Warcraft, you simply add that to the keyword, and that will be gone from the internet.
It works only on Firefox version 56.0, using Procon latte filter. This extension no longer works on the later versions, and it's no longer on the addon store.
Introduction, <https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2617/filter-web-content-in-firefox-with-procon-latte/>
What sets it apart from other keyword based filters, is the accuracy, and minimal false positives. Plus its totally free and has password protection on addons page.
Some keyword blockers are overly aggressive. eg. if you set it to block the word, "bra", it will block "branding", "brain", "library" as well. This makes it pretty much unusable.
For instructions on how to set this up on Firefox Windows and Android, <https://github.com/hpaolini/procon/issues/29>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: You can try [Pluckeye](https://www.pluckeye.net/how-to-block-all-porn-on-android.html) android browser. Easy to install, and disables ALL images/videos. Might be blocking too much, but it's definitely safe.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Once you've decided on the browser to use, you will need to use an applocker to disable the playstore, and other browsers and apps that have open access to the internet.
Highly recommend [Applock](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock&hl=en).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/f6uzT.png)
It's a free app locker, that is very full featured. Allows you to toggle between different groups of apps to be blocked/allowed. Password protection and email reset.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/09 | 361 | 1,527 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently brought a Samsung Cooper and when i was trying to download an app from the market it keeps saying insufficient memory on device. My phone has a 16GB memory card and the internal memory i big enough for the app.
Does anyone have any ideas why its saying this please.
Thanks.<issue_comment>username_1: One of the more obvious things to attempt is to clear the Market data/cache.
Another thing to try is to backup all data on your SD card. Next - format it from within your Android device, then copy back all the data. Corrupted files on your SD card can also cause installation failures (even if you aren't installing to an SD card), or so I've heard.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Correct me if I'm wrong, but the insufficient memory error probably means RAM and not the storage space. If this is the case, I've found that its usually because most of my apps are installed on the phone memory and not on the SD card. Try moving your apps to the SD card from the phone memory. Keep in mind that doing so would prevent you from using that app's homescreen widgets.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: OKay, I had this problem a couple days ago. Here's the fix. On the market, look up an app called "MarketFix" It's a very small app, so it shouldn't cause any problems. I was able to download it when I couldn't download anything else. Download MarketFix, run it, and click its one button. I'm not sure exactly what it does, but it solved this problem on my phone.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/09 | 339 | 1,199 | <issue_start>username_0: The requirement is similar to Netmeeting software where the screen of a desktop is shared and can be accessed for another system. Is is possible in a mobile device?
There should be no PC to Mobile connection.
Applicability: This can be used for verification of railway or air tickets where I can show my ticket shared with examiner's device instead of handing him the device.<issue_comment>username_1: [join.me](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.logmein.joinme&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sb2dtZWluLmpvaW5tZSJd) should work. Although i have never tried it myself for two android phones but it seems it may work. Try.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: If your device is rooted you could try to run a VNC Server (e.g. [droid VNC server BETA](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.onaips.vnc&feature=search_result)) and access it from the other mobile device with a VNC viewer of your choice.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: You can try using ScreenMeet for Android. It lets you share from your Android to any web browser. The [App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.projector.screenmeet) is in the store.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/09 | 473 | 1,667 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently factory-reset my HTC Desire to free up space for apps, because it was suffering from constant 'low space' warnings, and it wasn't possible to free up space.
(Initially I installed Cyanogenmod, but didn't like various things about it, so returned to the HTC Sense UI).
However I can see the phone storage problem is going to come back soon - after moving 4 apps off the phone and onto SD card (the only 4 that supported this) I ended up with **10MB LESS space** on the phone!
So I am wondering if there's a way to get more stuff off the phone and onto the SD card while keeping the HTC Sense UI. I have heard of 'A2SD+' for example. Can I use that while retaining HTC Sense?
(My phone is rooted and has S-OFF).<issue_comment>username_1: I have a LeeDroid Rom on my Desire, and it has Sense and A2SD+. There are many roms with sense...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I also have the safe device and had faced the same problem. I have two wonderful solutions:
1) Use [link2sd](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en). This app moves your app's apk, lib and dex file to second partition of you SD card. It will leave only the data files in the internal memory. So you can install nearly five times the more apps. I have a blog [post](http://techspalace.blogspot.com/2011/10/increase-free-space-on-htc-desire.html) if you want to try it out.
2) Use [sueprnova](http://supernova.droidzone.in/) ROM. This ROM is the stock ROM with data2sd support. So you can even use 2GB of SD space as internal memory.
Both of this solution requires you to have a better class of SD Card.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/09 | 590 | 2,504 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a way to convert my Android phone into a telephone switchboard.
The goal is to have the ability to redirect incoming calls to another telephone number. But if this is not possible (I don't know if any Android terminal is able to redirect calls in real-time), perhaps there is an intermediate solution: the mobile pick up the telephone, launches a recorded message ("Please, say what is the purpose of your call"), waits until the user says something, and then put a music loop until somebody picks up the telephone.
I don't know if I explained :) But the final goal is to substitute an expensive internal switchboard with an inexpensive cell phone network driven by an Android phone. Is there something similar?<issue_comment>username_1: Not quite what you are looking for, but Google Voice will let you forward calls to other numbers based on time of day or defined "groups" of people that call you. Essentially, it will "ring all the phones" you want it to and then you pick up on any of those phones. For example, you could have a mobile phone, a work phone, and a home phone. You could have Google Voice ring all three phones at once when someone dials the Google Voice number.
Also, US only.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I was looking for something similar and it is hard to find one that would work for Android.
---
However, it is not so expensive to have a really good phone switchboard, you may use a very old computer with a phone modem and utilize the landline, for example, you can get an almost-for-free, an old PC computer from garage sales or bank or company that is in the process of updating their IT systems, (like a Pentium II or III).
Then install either Windows XP or Linux alongside a PBX server which you can download for free for both systems. Sure it will take a little bit of time and patience to configure, but the end result will be worth it if done properly.
A switchboard that will change a PC at your office to a desk phone. Even, you can also have an intercom facility as well (where users can call each other without using land line just over your LAN - just PC to PC), even you can join remote branches or offices into one phone system.
Then you can have internal numbers like 1214 or of your own preference and choice, and share the one line over many users, and the most beautiful part is that there's no need to make new wires and get phone sets!
Search for 3CX (for Windows) or Asterix for Linux.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/09 | 175 | 670 | <issue_start>username_0: I had a message about running out of space on my GT-i9000 so like a fool I started deleting things...turns out I deleted most of my operating system is there somewhere I can download the os rather than sending back to the manufacturer (and is this the firmwear)<issue_comment>username_1: [Samfirmware.com](http://samfirmware.com) or [XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=656) are your best bets. If you need instructions for flashing with Odin or recovery, we have lots of questions on that so just do a search :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can do a recovery of firmware using Samsung Kies software.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/09 | 305 | 1,161 | <issue_start>username_0: When I open the "Battery use" screen it says that the phone is on battery for 14663d 4h 34m 53s, which is clearly wrong. The graph shows a linearly descending line. What is the problem? Why does the phone display these values? As far as I can tell the feature has been working correctly so far.
I have tried restarting the phone (I've removed the battery for a short time too). The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S Plus with firmware version 2.3.5.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried plugging it in, letting it charge a bit, then unplugging it? That ought to reset the battery statistics.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Perhaps you should attempt to re-calibrate your battery.
Google Android battery calibration and have read. There are a number of sites that describe the process and even some apps that claim to do it (I haven't tried any, so I can't vouch for them).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: If you are rooted you can use [Battery Caliberation](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=en) App to recaliberate your battery.
It will reset your battery status.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/09 | 549 | 2,165 | <issue_start>username_0: Simple straight question: I own an Acer Iconia Tab A500 w/3.2 OS and a Windows 7 PC with lots of movies, including H.264 HD in Matroska format.
How can I stream that content, supposed that I installed K-Lite Codec Pack, on Android by installing the least possible amount of software? The tablet is already shipped with Acer ClearFi which is a DLNA implementation and looks compatible with Windows Media Center, however when I tried to play a non-HD movie in MPEG-4 format the default player reported that the fortmat is unsupported.
I'm new and a bit confused to Android video and home streaming. I don't know how codecs work in the Linux-like world.
[EDIT] About codecs (if these matter): on Windows, I can watch the videos with Windows Media Player too, not only VLC/MPC
I remember that once I was able to stream to my Xbox 360 with Vuze's embedded media server with live transcoding. Do I need something like that for streaming to Android too?
Thank you.<issue_comment>username_1: I use TVersity to stream to my Android device, Logitech Revue, Original Xbox, Xbox 360, etc. TVersity can transcode the video on the fly.
I have, in the past, been able to get Matroska container files to play, but not always and with varying results. Sometime they don't play at all, sometime they played fine, and sometimes they play, but the video is choppy and out of sync with the audio.
Being able to stream the video to your android device will depend on the video codec used to encode the video. If the device does not support the codec, it will not play. AFAIK, android, out of the box, does not support the matroska container, actually, there are a lot of formats that android does not support. Using something like TVersity on your "Media Server" allows you to transcode these videos in a format that the device will understand, and can play.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I personally like [Subsonic](http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp) to stream my media, and they have [apps for all major mobile device platforms](http://www.subsonic.org/pages/apps.jsp). It does on the fly transcoding to FLV.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/10 | 365 | 1,340 | <issue_start>username_0: The on screen buttons bar "Back, Home, menu" are not convinently located at the bottom of the tablet screen as it is in close proximity of controls of the program being run. Specifically I am using a SNES emulator and it's using that area for it's joypad control.
It would be very helpful if I can move the bar to the top of the screen, is there any program to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: As [<NAME>](https://stackoverflow.com/users/298575/romain-guy), one of the Android Engineers, stated in a [Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4930213/390989): No, you cannot move the Honeycomb status bar, either via a setting or programmatically (meaning it's not possible for an app to move it for you). You'd have to modify and build the Honeycomb source if you wanted to have any chance of accomplishing this.
You could, however, try to find an emulator that lets you move the controls to the top of the screen. I recall seeing one that had this option, but I don't remember which one (I think it may have been Snes9x, but I'm not positive).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: One of the apps, elderathis might be referring to is [Button Savior](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smart.swkey&hl=en). One does need to be rooted to make use of it, though.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/10 | 407 | 1,382 | <issue_start>username_0: I live in China and when I go to Settings > Accounts it's not an option to add a Gmail / Google one, is there any software I can download ?<issue_comment>username_1: You can manually add a Gmail mailbox using IMAP in the separate Email app.
As to adding a Google account to sync your contacts and calendar, unfortunately a great many of Android devices obtained from China have this "issue". The best course of action is to flash a firmware meant for the same device, but from a different region.
THese links might help - [SuperDroidROM for ChaCha](http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/download-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-superdroid-rom-for-htc-chacha/) // [HTC ChaCha forum on XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1048)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: As to registering a new Google Account (Gmail Account), you can do it on this page: <https://accounts.google.com/SignUp>
As to how to add the Gmail account to your phone, you can do it from the Accounts & sync menu:
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/10 | 1,105 | 3,565 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying [cyanogen's mod approach](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Defy%3a_Full_Update_Guide) to root my Defy. I **can** do `adb shell`, it works as intended. But after I run `adb kill-server` and try an `adb shell` I get
```
error: device not found
```
It seems my phone just decides to not be connected anymore when I call `kill-server`. I need to **physically** reboot it and start everything again.
This is the complete command session I did:
```
[~]$ adb devices
List of devices attached
0A3AA8D5195599849BN device
[~]$ adb shell
$ exit
[~]$ adb kill-server
[~]$ adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[~]$ adb devices
List of devices attached
[~]$ adb shell
error: device not found
[~]$
```
This is driving me nuts. I've searched about this problem, but there simply isn't a solution in entire Google's database. I want to use this rageagainstthecage root approach because I can see the exploit source, I'm a little nervous about using something in my personal phone that I don't know what it does (an explanation about [rageagainstthecage](http://dtors.org/2010/08/25/reversing-latest-exploid-release/), and a [compact explanation](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?s=3c89f640fb6d394672ee491d650461bb&p=12356909&postcount=4))...
Anyone here at SE network have seen a similar problem - or have a suggestion?
I'm doing this in a Macbook Pro machine (OS X 10.6.8). My phone has Android 2.2.1.
(PS: Even without using the exploit, just doing `adb kill-server` and `adb start-server`, my cell phone isn't shown anymore on `adb devices`, thus receiving `error: device not found`. So this seens to be a problem with `adb kill-server`)<issue_comment>username_1: Try running `adb start-server` using `sudo`.
On my ubuntu machine that I use as my test environment, I always need to start adb service using root.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: This isn't exactly an answer to this question, but to the exploit itself: I just became fed up after two days of suffering. I used a tool named [SuperOneClick](http://shortfuse.org/?p=155) and in 10s it rooted my phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I had the same problem (Rom: 34.177.3.MB525.Retail.en.DE). The only rooting method that worked was Gingerbreak ( <http://project89.com/root-defy-without-pc-gingerbreak-200/> )
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: I had the exact same setup and problems described by @"username_2". I'm using a mac 10.6 and trying to root Motorola Defy following the [Cyanogen's](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Motorola_Defy%3a_Full_Update_Guide#Rooting_the_Motorola_Defy) wiki and using rageagainstthecage to root.
The wiki suggests using "psneuter" to gain root. Instruction below come from the [RootzWiki](http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Motorola_Defy#Gain_Root).
Download latest version of psneuter, and extract. Then run the following ADB commands
```
./adb push ${LOCATION_OF_PSNEUTER_BINARY}/psneuter /data/local/temp/psneuter
./adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/temp/psneuter
./data/local/temp/psneuter
```
ADB should hang, wait a while and then type
```
./adb shell
```
If you see a '#' sign instead of the '$' then you have temporary root.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: i'm late to the party but in case anyone googles this and finds it - my own experience of this is solved if you perform the rooting without an SD card in the phone
that way windows doesn't mount the phone and get in the way
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/10 | 601 | 2,306 | <issue_start>username_0: The stock soft keyboard on Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro has a feature called 'Learn words' (`Settings > Language & keyboard > International Keyboard > Text input settings > Learn words`) that learns from user input and adds them to the autocorrect dictionary. Over time however this has resulted in many misspelled words also being added to my autocorrect suggestions. I want to start this over from a fresh canvas. So how do I reset my autocorrect dictionary? When I go to `Language & keyboard > User dictionary` so I'm guessing Sony Ericsson uses its own keyboard replacement with its own user dictionary store.<issue_comment>username_1: Best answer I've found so far:
>
> You could try clearing all data from the keyboard.
>
>
> `Menu>Settings>Applications>Running Applications` then tap `All`. Scroll down and find `Internation Keyboard` (if thats the one you are using) and `Clear Data`.
>
>
>
Source: [Sony Ericsson Support Forum](http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/149819 "Sony Ericsson Support Forum")
Of course, it will also set the keyboard to the original settings.
Anyway, I would like to find a way to remove some misspellings and not all the learned words, so if somebody knows how to do it, I will be glad to hear from it.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: goto settings>applications> (select all) > goto user dictionary/message extention/ anything having dictionary or with the Envelop logo. go there and press Clear Data. and u r done
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Menu >settings>apps>running application>find Xperia keyboard >settings(xperia keyboard)>text input settings>my words,..choose the word you want to delete or edit,,.. Thats the step that I learned so far
,.,hope helps..
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Don't wipe everything. It is possible to delete individual words.
I have the Experia T, I and have just done this:
* Open a text
* Click to reply so the keyboard pops up
* press the 12!? button down-left corner
* Go across to the right, and click on the spanner icon
* Go in to My Words
* Hold your finger down on a word, and down the right of the screen will pop up a box next to each word
* Ticking the boxes of the ones you don't want
* Hit delete, and they all magically disappear.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/10 | 210 | 813 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently installed a Compass app on my phone (it's a HTC Wildfire S if it matters) and I'm curious as how it works.
Found some answers online that the phone's hardware has a digital compass in it, is that it? or is it just a smart use of other sensors?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, it has a magnetic sensor / digital compass.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Most Android Devices have a [Geomagnetic Field Sensor](http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/sensors/sensors_position.html#sensors-pos-mag) built in. This sensor provides raw field strength data (in μT) for each of the three coordinate axes. You can also use theese values to program things like Metal Detectors.
I programmed one once, if you're interrested in source code let me know.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/11 | 383 | 1,583 | <issue_start>username_0: I got a little toast pop up just now saying "hello world, PMEasyView!" I just woke up my phone, was in the SugarSync app. I haven't recently installed anything except from the Android Market and Amazon market; nothing named like PM Easy View.
The wording sounds like something I would have written in a development Android app. I don't see any unusual running processes or apps, so I'm wondering if it's dummy code from a real app I own, but I was hoping someone knew for sure. I'm having Lookout scan my phone now.
All I found on this topic was [this thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368379) which has no answers.<issue_comment>username_1: It's likely to be a debugging message from a program you've installed that the programmer forgotten to remove. If you want to seek which program that does it; you can try to copy all installed applications (android apps are installed from market are in /data/app/, pre-installed apps are in /system/app/), unzip them (an .apk is basically a zip file with a certain directory structure), and search which ones contains the string (you can use grep in Linux/Mac or find in Windows).
If you do found out which are the offending app, please post it here to save other people from the hassle.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The system app, PerformanceManager.apk has the line Hello World, PMEasyView! in the resources.arsc file. This does not appear to be malware, just a mistake that this appears to some users with the Motorola Task / Performance Manager.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/11 | 455 | 1,807 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How do I project the screen of my android phone for a presentation?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/5652/how-do-i-project-the-screen-of-my-android-phone-for-a-presentation)
>
>
>
I just bought an Android Tablet, Toshiba Thrive AT100, its HDMI port make me able to plugged it directly to HDMI-support projector in my training session.
But I wonder if there is any application which allow me to do this kind of activity...
* Plugged Android Tablet to my laptop via HDMI (or any port), then show real-time tablet display on my laptop (or PC). This could be show via the application's area itself.
With this function, I can just switch from my presentation to show real using on tablet without to switch the cord between my laptop and my tablet.
Do you know this kind of application or any technique to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: It's likely to be a debugging message from a program you've installed that the programmer forgotten to remove. If you want to seek which program that does it; you can try to copy all installed applications (android apps are installed from market are in /data/app/, pre-installed apps are in /system/app/), unzip them (an .apk is basically a zip file with a certain directory structure), and search which ones contains the string (you can use grep in Linux/Mac or find in Windows).
If you do found out which are the offending app, please post it here to save other people from the hassle.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The system app, PerformanceManager.apk has the line Hello World, PMEasyView! in the resources.arsc file. This does not appear to be malware, just a mistake that this appears to some users with the Motorola Task / Performance Manager.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/11 | 894 | 3,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket. Everytime I unplug my headphones/auxiliary cord from my phone and plug it back in, the media volume gets lowered to about 60%, system-wide, regardless of media player. As much as I appreciate that Android is looking out for my hearing, I don't want it to do this. Any way to prevent the phone from lowering the volume of its own accord?<issue_comment>username_1: I'd say this is solvable with an automation tool like [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), [Llama](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebap.Llama) & Co. Rawly described profile:
*Condition:* Headphones plugged
*Action:* Set audio level to X
Where "audio level" in many cases (at least with Tasker) can be defined more specific (e.g. different levels for notification, alert, incoming call...) -- and "X" being the specific level you'd like it to have.
This done, everytime you plug your headphones in, you'll have the same media volume you've defined.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There's an Xposed module to fix that: <http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.pyler.nosafevolumewarning>
It does the trick for me on the Galaxy Nexus I have plugged into my sound system.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: There's no hardware issue. It has a software issue. Problem can be solved in this way
1. Install an anti-virus software on mobile. I recommend AVG.
2. Scan device and delete threats apps.
3. Problem solved
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Hey Guys ive had this problem... volume decreasing to mute and youve got no control of it, even when going to settings of media player.. volume goes to mute, its was a simple solution in phone settings.
I went to settings/ my device /Sounds & notifictions. There youll see option for sound mode/ Make sure its set to sound and not vibrate or mute. Fixed my Problem with galaxy S4 . Dont know how the setting got changed but it while my phone was connected to my laptop via USB & the internet was on, Sum bug may have changed settings Possiblaly. Fix now
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Here is how to fix the problem without root and without setting the volume to some predefined volume (such as 100%).
This "feature" is controlled by a System.Global property `audio_safe_volume_state`, which is also reset automatically every 20 hours (this is why the volume periodically gets lowered all of a sudden even without plugging / unplugging the headset).
[This excellent tutorial](https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-automatically-disable-the-high-volume-warning-without-root/) shows how to prevent volume lowering by changing the value of this property.
I cannot repeat the tutorial here, but the main points are:
* Install Tasker and AutoTools
* Grant AutoTools WRITE\_SECURE\_SETTINGS permission (no root required, but this is to be done from a computer via USB debugging with ADB; the command is `adb shell pm grant com.joaomgcd.autotools android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS`)
* Create tasks in Tasker (using AutoTools plugin) for start and for every several hours; you will probably need also to catch the event of plugging in a headset
* In this task, set System.Global property `audio_safe_volume_state` to `2`.
The value of `2` tells the system that it has shown you the "Do you REALLY want to increase the volume?" dialog and you have agreed.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/12 | 437 | 1,563 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for the functionality of MoreLocales2 but only applying the changes to certain apps. In this case, I'm trying to force German on TypoClock 0.51 but have the rest of my phone left in English.
Any apps out there that could do this? Or any suggestions for how to accomplish this? Specific advice to get TypoClock to show in German would be good too.
The device is Samsung Galaxy S2, if it helps.<issue_comment>username_1: [TypoClock](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maapiid.typoclock) and [TypoClock Free](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.art.typoclock) both use the system language as one can see on the app features:
>
> Multilanguage (widget uses your system language to display day name and month name).
>
>
>
There's no solution for situations like this, as you can only manipulate the application i18n feature if it was developed with such an option.
You can, as mentioned by Izzy on the [comments](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16827/how-to-force-the-locale-language-of-a-specific-app#comment34848_16827), email the developer and see if this can be a feature a for future release.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a way of forcing a certain app to be in different locale / language than your general phone settings!
1. your device need to be rooted
2. install "Xposed framework" from xposed.info
3. within this app, install a module "App Settings"
4. within this module, search for your app
5. change its locale to "english-us"
6. enjoy
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/12 | 943 | 3,407 | <issue_start>username_0: Where do I add/delete pictures so the Kindle Fire will randomly select it as a wallpaper for the device?<issue_comment>username_1: Someone over at the XDA Forums already discovered how to do that. See link to the thread below.
I strongly advise to follow this guide only if you know your way around the procedures mentioned (repacking & zipaligning an APK file, file system operations with root permissions) and wouldn't mind jumping through several hoops to recover your device if the process fails.
[XDA Thread - [Guide]Changing Kindle Wallpapers!](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355267)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The free app, [My Kindle Wallpaper](https://kindlecooltricks.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/change-kindle-fire-wallpaper-without-rooting/) does this simply and easily, no root required. D/l & install it, and point it at a photo or a folder full (on the KF, not on the net), and get your favorite background photo or cycle through several (one per wake-up, the way the stock software does). Works perfectly on my original KF with KF v6.3.1.
(I know it's a year later but this works, no f\*\*ting around, nothing to break. It's literally a download and go. Kudos to the author!)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: You can use QuickPic plus ES File Manager to customize the Kindle Fire wallpaper. Both are free.
The key point is actually that the Kindle Fire system will restore the default wallpaper by default. That's why ES File Manager is indispensable.
Note that the device must have been rooted.
>
> 1. QuickPic is an efficient picture viewer. It allows you to set any picture as wallpaper. [Click here to download QuickPic](http://quickpic.en.uptodown.com/android).
> 2. Open QuickPic and choose a picture which you want to set as wallpaper. Tap the picture and then tap the top right corner of the window. Choose "Set as" option in the drop-down menu.
>
>
> Drag the box to adjust the wallpaper size. Click "save" and it will be saved and set as wallpaper.
>
>
> Until this step, you may not find anything different as these are normal operation. If you just lock the screen as you did before and want to see the new wallpaper (I mean "if", please don't lock the screen now), you'll find the new custom wallpaper doesn't work. The boring original wallpaper comes into your eyes again!
>
>
> This is due to the fact the system will set the original wallpaper as new wallpaper forcedly every time you lock the screen. So we need to revoke the system's "write" permission so that it can't modify any data again.
>
>
> Remember not to lock the screen before step 3!
> 3. Open ES File Explorer and navigate to this path: `/data/data/com.android.settings/files/`. You can find a file called "wallpaper". Press on it and choose "More" – "Properties".
>
>
> Choose "Permission" and tap "change". Revoke the "write" permission of "Owner" and "Group" (They have write permission by default). Tap "OK" to confirm revoking.
>
>
> Now the system won't modify the wallpaper any more. Lock the screen and press the power button, you'll find the custom wallpaper works!
>
>
> Next time you change the wallpaper, please restore the "write" permission of "Owner" and "Group" first, then revoke it after you set wallpaper.
>
>
>
(Quoted from [epubor](http://www.epubor.com/how-to-change-kindle-fire-wallpaper.html))
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/12 | 254 | 1,048 | <issue_start>username_0: I just got my Galaxy Nexus and was browsing Stack Exchange (in both mobile and full theme) and got the following warning. As a result things like voting, the dropdown and such don't work. I never had this problem on Gingerbread, so I think it has something to do with Ice Cream Sandwich.
So I'd like to know which settings do I have to tweak so the Javascript gets loaded anyway?
It does seem to load on Dolphin, so it seems limited to the stock browser.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you enabled JavaScript in `Settings -> Advanced -> Enable JavaScript`? The site works normally for me on ICS stock browser on my Galaxy S.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: It turns out my probably was solved by something as simple as clearing my cache.
Which makes me feel pretty stupid, because I should have done that before even bothering to ask. I never suspected this could happen straight out of the box, guess I was wrong.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2011/12/12 | 1,483 | 5,527 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I delete a review that I have written from the Android Market?
Somewhere in Google's issue tracking software someone has raised this issue (I've lost the link, sorry), and the answer given was that there is a "remove review" menu option when viewing the app in question in the Market application. The person asking seemed satisfied, however there is no such menu option on my phone (Android 2.2).<issue_comment>username_1: On market application, click vote stars again, just clear your review text and save again.
(you can clear your review but can't delete vote stars, alse you can change your vote stars if you want)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Nowadays, there's a Delete button on the Play website:
So, the remainder of this post is just in case things change again at some later time, especially as in November 2012 [Google has made things worse](http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/26/google-play-gets-real-reviews-will-now-be-posted-with-your-google-name-and-picture/), but also kind of solved the problem for existing reviews by removing your name:
>
> Google Play is now connected with Google+ to help you find reviews you trust.
>
>
> New reviews will be posted publicly using your Google+ name and picture. Your name on previous reviews will appear as "A Google User".
>
>
>
Also note that someone reported [Issue 16483: Android Market doesn't allow removing an existing application's rating and comment](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16483). Voting might help! Or maybe there's some alternative market app that interfaces with Google's store?
My findings:
* Despite what many write: clearing all text including the title does not clear the review for me; it just moved my old review to the top again, with a new date and an updated version number. In the Play app the "OK" button is disabled when clearing the title, so I guess the title text is mandatory. Indeed, just typing a title on the website does save the new review with an empty description. Still, that does show my name, rating and title.
To edit one's own review on the website, even if it's actually shown on the main page: first click "All reviews" or go to the tab "User Reviews", then find the "Edit Review" button next to "My Review". Note that different languages might show different reviews! (I cannot find my review in the Dutch Google Play, as I entered it using an English Play app?)
* In the Play app one can swipe the stars to the left to get "unrated", but then the "OK" button is disabled.
* Uninstalling the reviewed app does not seem to remove one's review. (Which makes sense, I guess.)
* As true for new or updated reviews too: it takes quite some time for changes to propagate. Even once the new review is shown, refreshing might show the old one again. I guess there's multiple servers involved and it takes some time to synchronize. Be patient, for otherwise you might actually activate the old review again.
* Old versions of the Market app reveal an option "Remove my review" by simply pressing the hardware menu button, when viewing an app one reviewed. That [seems to have gone in 2.3.5](http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-market/xhqdTEaXP2w) and I cannot find it in Play on 4.0.4 either.
I tried with an old Android 2.1 device, with Market version "2002306". That old Market app still works just fine, but not all apps are visible on that old device, and some show "The requested item could not be found" when selecting it.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dM0i2.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cdHSm.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CBITK.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rVabr.png)
Sniffing the network first shows some HTTPS request, probably authentication. Removing the rating gave me a POST to `android.clients.google.com`:
```
POST /market/api/ApiRequest HTTP/1.1
version=2&request=CpQDCr[...]OTc2NTE4MzgYARQ
```
This is a request like many others that people have been deciphering. Unfortunately [the unofficial Android Market API](http://code.google.com/p/android-market-api/) does not support these rating requests.
* Using "Manage apps" I removed all updates for the Play Store 3.5.19 on Android 4.0.4, getting me the version 3.4.7. No luck.
* I also tried AppBrain, hoping it would somehow interface with the Google Play Store and would then allow for changing ratings. No cigar.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Follow these steps:
1. Go to your browser
2. Go to Google home page
3. At the top, click on `Play`
4. Go to the bottom of the screen
5. Click on `My orders and settings` (bottom left)
6. Select the app you need to remove the comment from.
There will be an option to edit or delete the comment.
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The OK button shows up as disabled if you don't have everything filled out. Make sure you have the stars clicked and BOTH THE SUMMARY LINE, AND COMMENT SECTION filled in.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: In the latest version of Google Play Store, v4.9.13, the original reviewer has to find the original review. This is easy, because in my experience, my review is presented at the top of the list of reviews. Click Edit button, and a dialog appears with a Delete button. Click the Delete button.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/12 | 1,049 | 3,713 | <issue_start>username_0: It was noted in another [thread](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16698/securing-a-young-childs-tablet) that it should be possible to build up a white list for an android device using the /etc/hosts file. I would like to experiment with this idea. Does anyone have any guidance to offer as to how to go about it?
It has been many years since I played with that area of networking, but from what I remember the host file allows you to specify an IP for an URL which overrides the published DNS settings. With that it is fairly easy to build a list of content that I want to have accessible, or explicitly blocked, but I am not sure how that helps prevent access to other content. I am not aware of, and so far google has not showed me, any way to tell the host file to intercept all other requests. Does android support some form of wild card in the hosts file? Or is there some way to disable DNS regardless of the active network connection?
Should note that the devices I am worried about at the moment are wi-fi only tables running android 2.3.3. I am willing to root them if necessary.<issue_comment>username_1: The hosts file acts sort of like a local DNS, it will check the hosts file for the domain and see if there is an assigned IP address in it. If there is, that is the IP address used for the domain. You can't set a white list, but you could do more of a black list. The file looks something like this:
>
> somebaddomain.com 127.0.0.1
>
> someotherdomain.com 127.0.0.1
>
>
>
this would make any request to either of those domains resolve to localhost. If the domain is not in the file, it will then hit the external DNS to attempt to get the IP address.
There is a catch to this, you will need root to modify the hosts file.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: `/etc/hosts` is in this context is really only good for blacklisting.
For whitelisting, you'd be best off using a proxy server and then setting your device to use it in your device's network settings.
You can subscribe to an existing proxy server service, or set up your own at home. That should be enough info to get you googling to the answers you need. I've added a little more detail to this answer on your [original thread](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/16863/9160).
FYI, using a proxy server does not require rooting.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: /etc/hosts doesn't allow wildcards (see here: <https://serverfault.com/questions/118378/in-my-etc-hosts-file-on-linux-osx-how-do-i-do-a-wildcard-subdomain>).
Two more links about /etc/hosts:
* HOWTO Configure your hosts file: [http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick\_HOWTO\_:*Ch03*:\_Linux\_Networking#Configuring\_Your\_.2Fetc.2Fhosts\_File](http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch03_:_Linux_Networking#Configuring_Your_.2Fetc.2Fhosts_File)
* Large example file with nice intro header: <http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/>
* Small Android app that allows you to add an entry to the hosts file (requires root): <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pof.Add2Hosts>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: For my home network's WiFi connected hosts (I have 4 of them, 3 Windows 10, 1 Ubuntu Linux 19.10), I always set their preferred DNS server address to the IP address of my Cable Modem / WiFi router (192.168.0.1). I have set the WiFi router's internal DNS severs setting to the fastest DNS servers I can find, which are usually OpenDNS:
208 67 220 123
```
- and -
```
208 67 222 123
I've always gotten blazing fast results doing it this way, regardless of the make / model number and configuration of my Cable Modem / WiFi router.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/12 | 352 | 1,273 | <issue_start>username_0: I was recently browsing Reddit and found the geekiest command to boldly go where no command has gone before.
```
play -n -c1 synth whitenoise lowpass -1 120 lowpass -1 120 lowpass -1 120 gain +14
```
It's a Linux command using the sox package to create a continuous sound loop like the background sound on the starship Enterprise. Are there any existing Android apps for a Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone running Android 4.0.1 that would be able to replicate this?<issue_comment>username_1: You could just use Audacity or something to create a short clip of white noise, then play that on loop through the phone's media player. However, in my opinion, this whole question is a bad idea. It will constantly be running down your battery and using up processor cycles.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a SoX port for Android available as an open source project on GitHub: <https://github.com/Kyborg2011/SoxPlayer>
The developer says that it's not stable and uses high amounts of cpu ([source](http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28297416)):
>
> 1. instability (every tenth run - nothing happens)
> 2. high load on the processor
>
>
>
Wouldn't recommend to run that but theoretically this can be done.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/12 | 504 | 1,992 | <issue_start>username_0: Without middleware, without Google Apps, does Android support the Exchange ActiveSync policy "encrypt storage card."?
[According to Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Exchange_ActiveSync_clients), Android doesn't support the ActiveSync command to encrypt a storage card. I'd like a second opinion, with a reference.
PS: I've seen Samsung [claim the ability to encrypt storage cards](http://androidcommunity.com/verizon-rolls-out-droid-charge-gingerbread-ota-update-20111130/), but unless it's through ActiveSync, it's not what I'm looking for.<issue_comment>username_1: Prior to Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), Android did not natively supported encrypting local storage at all. [Android 3.0 introduced the ability to encrypt the local device](http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.0-highlights.html#enterprise), and to enforce device encryption by Activesync policy.
Other than the Galaxy Nexus, every phone currently on the market is running either a 1.x or 2.x version of Android, none of these support device or removable media encryption in the Android OS, it is possible that some manufacturers may have added encryption, but this isn't a standard part of the OS available to standard ActiveSync implementations.
For Android 4.x phones (currently only the Galaxy Nexus) [full device encryption (and the relevant policies) is brought to phones](http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html#communication-dev) but this still doesn't seem to include removable media.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: On my Samsung Galaxy S2, adding corporate exchange/ActiveSync account does indeed force encryption of all device storage.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: A number of Motorola devices support that feature. Here is a [link](http://www.motorola.com/Business-Ready/US-EN/Business-Ready-Support-Pages/Security) to their site. My group has the Bionic and Atrix 2 and they support that feature.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/12 | 428 | 1,737 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not sure if this is possible, but knowing that is possible to use the device as mouse I think this should also be possible: Somehow connect the phone with a PC, then in the place you touch from the phone, in the computer should appear a red dot (or something).
Is there any app for this?? Is it possible?<issue_comment>username_1: Prior to Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), Android did not natively supported encrypting local storage at all. [Android 3.0 introduced the ability to encrypt the local device](http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.0-highlights.html#enterprise), and to enforce device encryption by Activesync policy.
Other than the Galaxy Nexus, every phone currently on the market is running either a 1.x or 2.x version of Android, none of these support device or removable media encryption in the Android OS, it is possible that some manufacturers may have added encryption, but this isn't a standard part of the OS available to standard ActiveSync implementations.
For Android 4.x phones (currently only the Galaxy Nexus) [full device encryption (and the relevant policies) is brought to phones](http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html#communication-dev) but this still doesn't seem to include removable media.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: On my Samsung Galaxy S2, adding corporate exchange/ActiveSync account does indeed force encryption of all device storage.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: A number of Motorola devices support that feature. Here is a [link](http://www.motorola.com/Business-Ready/US-EN/Business-Ready-Support-Pages/Security) to their site. My group has the Bionic and Atrix 2 and they support that feature.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/13 | 481 | 1,739 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an Android phone (HTC Desire Z), I also have a Android tablet (Acer Iconia Tab A501). I would like to link up my phone to my tablet so I can answer my phone on my tablet.
Is this possible with Bluetooth?
Is this possible with any apps?
Is this possible with Call-Fowarding to a VOIP?
Not sure if there is anything else to try.<issue_comment>username_1: You should be able to use Google Voice to do that. You can set it up so that when someone calls your Voice number, both your phone and your tablet ring.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can use your Google Voice number and receive calls at any computer. The following snip comes from [Google's web site for Google Voice](http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/make-and-receive-calls-in-gmail.html):
>
> Make and receive calls in Gmail Google Voice lets you manage all your
> phone communications and seamlessly make and receive calls on any of
> your existing phones. But what if you don’t have your phone with you?
> Or what if you’re in a place with poor cell phone reception, or you’re
> travelling internationally and don’t want to incur expensive roaming
> charges? Wouldn’t it be great if you could use your computer to make
> or receive calls?
>
>
> Starting today you can use Gmail to receive or place Google Voice
> calls.
>
>
> To get started, check the box next to Google Chat in your list of
> forwarding phones and the next time someone calls your Google Voice
> number, Gmail will notify you of an incoming call. You can take the
> call or even listen in as the caller leaves a message, in a single
> step right from your computer
>
>
>
There you go, straight from the Google's mouth.
;-)
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/13 | 410 | 1,626 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Sprint LG model# LS670.
When turning on the power it just displays the Android logo in a loop.
How do I factory reset it?<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Make sure the device isn't connected to power through the usb.
2. Take out the battery if the device is on to turn it off.
3. Put the battery back in.
4. For about 10 seconds hold the volume up, home key, and the power button to turn it back on. Keep holding until the Android system recovery menu loads.
5. Use the volume down button to navigate to wipe data/factory reset
6. Press the button with 4 squares (menu).
7. Another menu will appear to confirm you want to wipe the data. Use the volume to navigate down to Yes and press the menu button.
8. Reboot the phone through the menu.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Had the same problem. Started 1.5 months ago and after rebooting 5 times and taking it to the store (they charged it only) it worked well until today. I took it back to the store and they told me I needed to replace it. They placed the order for a new phone that will not arrive until next week Tuesday. Well I read in a blog of LG4 with different carriers not to give up with rebooting that is what I did (including removing the memory card - sometimes the cards get corrupted), I must have rebooted about 12 times and now my cellphone works again. I was able to back up all my pictures, videos, etc. Guys, do not give up rebooting. I know now this will happen again therefore ordering a replacement is just a matter of time. At least back up all the files you want on a weekly basis.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/13 | 645 | 2,269 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently developing on an Android 2.3.4 device. I've got root access to the file system, and I'm looking for the location of the system log files (like `/var/log`) so that I can delete them, but could not find these files on Android.
Does someone know where these files are located?<issue_comment>username_1: [Here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2882253/how-do-i-get-the-logfile-from-an-android-device) is an old question on StackOverflow about the same thing. It doesn't look like there's any way to view them directly, but there are various apps that can do it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: LogCat messages are not stored in files, but rather in circular memory buffers. You may clear these buffers using the following command:
```
adb logcat -c
```
Source: [Using LogCat](http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/debugging-log.html#startingLogcat)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes, you can delete log files on your device...
Using the app SD Maid (Explorer tab) on a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 1 (N7000), Android 4.1.2, LT5 Build, I found 900+ log files in /data/log.
After clearing the literally hundreds of dumpstate\* files, I got my internal memory back from only 207mb up to 1040+ mb! Now I can complete all the missing updates. These files were dated back over more than 1 year and seemed to serve no valid function any more. Afterwards the device booted, was faster and no functionality was lost.
Looking at the dates of these files they coincided with some system crashes and SD card mounting problems I had received in the past.
But in order to even see these files you will need a rooted device.
Using the clean master app on a rooted device also found a lot of files which could be deleted.
Here are the links to the Apps in Google Play Store as requested
* SD Maid: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm>
* Clean Master: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: On a Samsung `*#9900#`, this will take you to *SysDump*.
Select 2nd option(*Delete Dumpstate/Logcat*).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/akcb0.png)
Upvotes: 3 |
2011/12/13 | 598 | 1,970 | <issue_start>username_0: Where in the file system are SMS messages stored?
I'm using ES File Explorer to browse around but can't seem to find this - is it on the phone or the SD, and where?
I have an HTC Wildfire but I would imagine it doesn't vary hugely from vendor to vendor (although I am an iOS developer who knows little about Android).<issue_comment>username_1: See here: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4809874/how-to-access-the-sms-storage-on-android>
The gist is that SMS/MMS are residing in databases on the phone and the answer to the question contains the link to [this tutorial](http://mobdev.olin.edu/mobdevwiki/FrontPage%282f%29Tutorials%282f%29SMS%2820%29Messaging.html).
The location of the database might vary from phone to phone, but you can look it up with this command via adb (you need to be root to find it because it's in the protected storage area):
```
find / -name "*mmssms*"
```
On my device (Samsung Galaxy S) these databases turned up:
```
./dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.telephony/mmssms.db
./data/data/com.jb.gosms/databases/gommssms.db
```
The first one being the native db and the second one is by the sms app I'm using.
Upvotes: 7 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Here's a helpful piece of info also.
This is the absolute path to SMS and MMS DB on most android devices:
`/data/data/com.android.providers/telephony/databases/mmssms.db`
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Note that, as of Kitkat (Android 4.4, released Sept 2013), the default path changed from:
`/data/data/com.android.providers/telephony/databases/mmssms.db`
to
`/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db`
Update: As mentioned in the comments, the latter path already exists in JB.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: Looks like it moved to `data/User_DE/0/com.android.providers.telephony/databases` with Nougat.
At least, this is where it can be found on my Nexus 6. Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 3 |
2011/12/14 | 1,046 | 4,011 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an Asus EEE Transformer (not the prime) that has unreliable GPS performance. I usually just fire up Google Maps in my car and use the navigation but the tablet always gets stuck with "Searching for GPS". This can go on for over 30 minutes in which the tablet either won't get a signal at all, or might get one every once in a while, update the map, and then go back to "Searching for GPS".
I have tried the following things:
* Done the same navigation with my Nexus One in the same car and it has no problem receiving a signal right away and finding it's location so I'm pretty sure it's not environmental conditions.
* I tether the Transformer to my Nexus One for internet so at first I thought using the "Use wireless networks" for location was just trying to get the location from the phone but toggling the option on or off doesn't seem to make it work worse or better one way or the other.
* The [amazon reviews](http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-content-search/results/ref=cm_srch_q_rtr/?query=gps&search-alias=community-reviews&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&idx.asin=B004U78J1G) don't seem to indicate an overwhelming problem with the Transformer with GPS.
* I have tried the tips in [this forum thread](http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/asus-transformer-help/1646-gps-not-working-2.html) on the transformer forums.
* I've tried installing GPSfix and using that tool but it doesn't seem to help.
* Android version is 3.2.1, GPS version is 5.5.8, and Build # is: `HTK.US_epad-8.6.5.19-20111107`
So far the only reliable means to get the GPS working seems to be to shutdown the tablet and fire it up again, at which point the GPS and Google Navigation works right away, which leads me to believe that it's a software or configuration problem rather than a hardware issue.<issue_comment>username_1: It definitely is a software configuration. There are 2 possible reasons for this problem:
1. Servers its contacting - When Google Maps on your tablet/phone contacts the GPS satellites, its done through a special set of servers. Sometimes, the manufacturer might have set the system to connect to a set of particularly busy servers. It has been shown that connecting to other servers with lower traffic can give dramatically faster lock on times.
2. Possible bug in the initial configuration - when the manufacturer was setting up the initial build configuration, an unintended bug could have been introduced.
The solution to both can be done I believe through a simple fix in the gps.conf file but that would require root access. When I was running the stock firmware on my Asus Transformer, I was having the same problem. Now I am running a Custom ROM and I have no troubles with lock on in Google Maps.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Perhaps this was the problem? (from the [forum thread](http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/asus-transformer-help/1646-gps-not-working-2.html#post95462) you posted):
>
>
> >
> > Originally Posted by prbgd
> >
> > I am totally confused now. I just got confirmation from ASUS a few days ago. The tech person there said the GPS (US model) will not work if there is no WiFi. This is a firmware issue. It may be fixed in next firmware update.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Update: after the latest firmware upgrade today, GPS is working great now even without WiFi.
>
>
>
If that wasn't the problem: sometimes when I use my android device without cell signal it can take quite a while to get a GPS fix. I think it might be a combination of it using cell towers to improve GPS fix time, and having a connection to the internet to download GPS assistance data.
If you do have an internet connection when you're trying to get a GPS fix, the [GPS Status & Toolbox app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2) will let you download GPS assistance data, which could possibly improve your fix time. Just install the app, open it up, go to Menu --> Tools --> Manage A-GPS state --> Download.
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/14 | 804 | 3,276 | <issue_start>username_0: Whenever I'm done with an application, I always exit using the back button. Somehow applications like Viber, WhatsApp, Facebook, Videos, Email, Google Maps, etc keep restarting on their own.
I have tried:
* Using a task killer
* Force stopping the apps in the settings menu
* Killing them using watchdog
...but they still restart. Any idea how to solve this problem?<issue_comment>username_1: Some of the applications (e.g - facebook, maps) are like services.. they keep restarting always. If other applications like Browser, Messaging are exiting fine then there is nothing wrong. It's just that some applications always want to run in background. Best option is to uninstall any of the applications which you don't use. If there is an application which you require, better let them run. Using task killers is not a good idea.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Let me first say: **Do not use task killers.** You are only making the problem worse. Why? Let me explain how the Android OS works.
Unlike normal OSes, Android does not actually let you "close" an application. You can leave the application, but that doesn't mean it has "closed" or "killed" it. This is because of multi-tasking: when you leave an application, you can come back to it as you were previously.
Instead, the Android OS handles the "killing" or "closing" of applications for you. It keeps track of a) how much free memory there is and b) how long it has been since you've opened that app. When memory is running low, Android will garbage collect and kill any unused applications. Android's OS task killer is very smart and can handle these situations far better than an Android Task Killer app that just kills apps left and right without any "logic" behind it.
Now, when you leave an application via back button or home, this doesn't mean the app is necessarily still running, just that it remains in memory. The only time an app will run is a) it is in the foreground or b) it has a background service.
In your case, it sounds like you are trying to kill background services. When you do so, the app will just go "oh hey, my background service is running any more, let's start it back up!" And you will then be playing a game of whack-a-mole. You'll be wasting resources and battery life because applications will be re-starting themselves. And if an application was writing to disk (your SD card) at the time you killed it, then you could end up with corrupted files and other issues. Rare, but it could happen.
The only need for a task killer is to stop an erroneous application in one-time situations. That's what force stop is for. You shouldn't need to force stop every X min. ONY when the app is misbehaving in rare occasions.
If you don't want all those apps running background services, check to see if they have settings to disable them. Look for things such as disabling background notifications or other "polling" for information/updates. Otherwise, uninstall the app.
You can find even more info over here in [this thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cwovf/in_light_of_all_the_discussions_right_now_about/) and [this thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cwhm6/i_stopped_using_a_task_killer_last_week_to_see_if/).
Upvotes: 3 |
2011/12/14 | 310 | 1,276 | <issue_start>username_0: I have stuff on the 7th screen and I've expected to be able to reach it on left swipe from homescreen, but it is not so.
How can I configure it ? Does it require some non-default launcher?<issue_comment>username_1: This is an option in most launchers, but I think it's not available in the stock launcher. I'd recommend switching to Launcher Pro, there it's enabled by default and can be toggled from `Preferences -> Homescreen settings -> Homescreen looping`.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If you're using the original Samsung supplied OS with Samsung's Touchwiz interface, then it doesn't wrap around, to get to the 7th screen you have to scroll seven screens to the right.
Alternatively you can "pinch" zoom out on any of the home screens to zoom out and see an overview of all of your screens, and tap any of them to move straight to them. You can also add and remove screens (up to 7) from here, by dragging unwanted screens to the trash bin at the bottom of the screen, or clicking the plus sign to add another (up to 7).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: At the top of your homescreen, there should be a row of white dots, one for each screen. You can tap them to skip directly to selected homescreen.
Upvotes: 0 |
2011/12/14 | 861 | 3,682 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I remove contacts from accounts I don't sync with anymore? Without being afraid of removing them from the "source" exchange account now or in the future?
**Background:**
When installing the email synchronization with Exchange, I thought it was a good idea to also sync the contacts.
Now the internal memory of my phone is stuffed with thousands of contacts I don't really need. It seems I cannot move them to the SD card, so I want them gone.
When I stop the synchronization (only contacts) with exchange, the contacts are not automatically removed.
I'm a bit afraid that if I remove them manually, and click or accidentally enable the sync, the contact will also be removed from my exchange contacts list, that is linked to my companies contacts list.
BTW: I know some Java, so if necessary I can develop an app to do this.<issue_comment>username_1: There's 2 slightly different solutions.
* Log onto your corporate mail account using Outlook Web Access. Go to the account settings, i.e. the options link. Under that, select Phone, and delete your phone profile from there.
Now delete & recreate the Exchange account on your phone, and this time don't choose to sync contacts.
* Exchange has a corporate addressbook or directory, and a local addressbook for your own personal contacts. Get rid of the locally saved contacts in your Exchange addressbook, so that on the next sync they'll similarly be culled from the phone. You can always look them up in the corporate directory, and Android can also perform a lookup against the directory for contacts that aren't stored locally. This of course assumes that you don't actually need so many contacts on hand in your local addressbook, or that these are all company contacts and not external business contacts.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Another possibility is to hide the account in your address book/contacts on your phone. Disclaimer - not all contact apps support this though.
On my phone, when I go into contacts and click the menu button, one of the menus is `Display Options`. This then lets me hide or show contacts for specific accounts (ie. google, facebook, twitter, etc.). If i turn off a particular account in here, it does not show any of those contacts in my address book.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I faced the same problem when I configured the corporate account in my phone. Then I removed the account by going to Settings->Accounts and re added it. While re-adding I unchecked sync contacts, sync calendar, sync email and Activated the account. Now the problem is no more.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: With Android 6, this is still an issue. You can remove the contacts by clearing the data from your "Contacts Storage" system app, but this will unfortunately also remove any locally stored contacts. If you use another account for your contacts sync that runs after deleting the contacts data, this might be a solution for you. I've written a blog post with [detailed instructions](https://jelleraaijmakers.nl/2016/10/android-remove-synced-exchange-contacts).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: **Step 1**- Be sure sync is on for your other contacts (Google, for example) and that it has been synced so you don't delete contacts you've added to your phone as well!
**Step 2**- De-active contact sync for your Exchange account:
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> Settings > Accounts > Exchange > [Your Account] > Contacts to Off
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**Step 3**- Clear the previously synced contacts by clearing the data of the "Contacts Storage" app:
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> Settings > Apps > All (select: Show System) > Contacts Storage > Clear
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Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/14 | 612 | 2,654 | <issue_start>username_0: If the internal memory is so precious why doesn't Android move the apps to the SD card automatically. I just don't get the logic of searching through the All Apps list one by one to get a couple of apps that are only installed on the internal memory and then move them to the SD card.
In my opinion is a rather lazy memory management that relies on user intervention to free up space for important OS operations.<issue_comment>username_1: I can only speculate, as this is something that can really only be answered by an Android engineer, but off the top of my head I can think of a few reasons they might have decided on this:
* It's less confusing for end users, since I certainly wouldn't expect apps to magically show up on my SD card after I install them (especially for users coming from versions of Android prior to 2.2, when this feature didn't exist yet).
* It allows the user to manage their storage however they see fit, which can be relevant in some cases since you can't access SD apps when your external storage is unmounted. Maybe I don't want some apps on my SD card because I always want to access them, but Android has no way of inferring this, really. Otherwise you might unexpectedly be unable to use an app you wanted because you didn't know it was on the external storage.
* Many apps *can't* be installed to the SD card, so how do you handle a situation where you want to install an app that must be on internal storage but it won't fit? Do you arbitrarily bump another app onto the SD card instead? What if that's not what the user wants (like above)? It could get a little sticky.
* Some apps, confusingly, allow you to move them to your external storage despite the fact that it breaks certain features. Pandora, notably, could be moved to external storage even though it breaks the widget (I don't know if it still allows this). How do you handle that situation? Do you forcibly move it anyway, possibly breaking the user's widget?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I just discovered I was barking to the wrong tree, it is not the OS fault is a wrong choice for hardware design (obviously driven by economic factors). Since the Operating System is taking most of the 512 or 570MB of my phone's internal memory I'm left with the dribbling of moving apps from the phone to the SD Card. I just checked other manufacturers' phones and they come with 1-16GB of internal memory or even more! (Samsung's Galaxy S II), SD card is effectively just an external/supplementary storage.
With more internal memory available there is no need to move application anymore.
Thanks for your comments.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/14 | 625 | 2,696 | <issue_start>username_0: More and more Android apps (games to be specific) require permissions to make calls. Some of them also require permission to send SMS, read bookmarks, history, etc. What is the explanation for this? I mean, why would a game need to have those permissions?
If it is some software which provides anti-theft support or a voice/video app or something I understand, but games? Is there some logic which I am missing or are the game developers asking too much?<issue_comment>username_1: I can only speculate, as this is something that can really only be answered by an Android engineer, but off the top of my head I can think of a few reasons they might have decided on this:
* It's less confusing for end users, since I certainly wouldn't expect apps to magically show up on my SD card after I install them (especially for users coming from versions of Android prior to 2.2, when this feature didn't exist yet).
* It allows the user to manage their storage however they see fit, which can be relevant in some cases since you can't access SD apps when your external storage is unmounted. Maybe I don't want some apps on my SD card because I always want to access them, but Android has no way of inferring this, really. Otherwise you might unexpectedly be unable to use an app you wanted because you didn't know it was on the external storage.
* Many apps *can't* be installed to the SD card, so how do you handle a situation where you want to install an app that must be on internal storage but it won't fit? Do you arbitrarily bump another app onto the SD card instead? What if that's not what the user wants (like above)? It could get a little sticky.
* Some apps, confusingly, allow you to move them to your external storage despite the fact that it breaks certain features. Pandora, notably, could be moved to external storage even though it breaks the widget (I don't know if it still allows this). How do you handle that situation? Do you forcibly move it anyway, possibly breaking the user's widget?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I just discovered I was barking to the wrong tree, it is not the OS fault is a wrong choice for hardware design (obviously driven by economic factors). Since the Operating System is taking most of the 512 or 570MB of my phone's internal memory I'm left with the dribbling of moving apps from the phone to the SD Card. I just checked other manufacturers' phones and they come with 1-16GB of internal memory or even more! (Samsung's Galaxy S II), SD card is effectively just an external/supplementary storage.
With more internal memory available there is no need to move application anymore.
Thanks for your comments.
Upvotes: -1 |
2011/12/15 | 744 | 2,791 | <issue_start>username_0: *disclaimer: of course I can move apps which allow that, using "manage applications" menu.*
There are apps, some stock ones and some downloaded, that for some reason don't have the "movable to sdcard" flag set. Is there a way to move them anyway without preventing them from working *(as long as the sdcard is on, of course)*.
*Yes there might be a good reason for them to be in the internal memory, I'd like to try moving them anyway if possible.*
Phone is a Nexus One with stock android 2.3.6 unrooted — I guess I'd either have to root it or to install cyanogen or whatever?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, you can move any apps that don't normally allow it, including system apps, if you have root. Note that most apps that doesn't allow moving usually do not allow it for a good reason, so if you force move you may get crashes and other stability issues. You need an app2sd application that uses root, like this: <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.droidsail.dsapp2sd>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Applications that came installed with the system usually do not allow moving to the SD card (some may have good reasons). You can deal with this as follows (following [this guide](http://www.bongizmo.com/blog/moving-all-android-apps-to-sdcard-apps2sd-froyo/)):
* `adb shell`, then `su -` to get root access (you'll need to have this set up separately using something like Superuser)
* `pm uninstall -k` followed by the package name
* Then install the application from the market, in which case you should be able to move it to the SD Card.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: If you would like a turn-key solution instead, use Link2SD:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD>
Its exponentially better than App2SD, however, the downside is that your phone needs to be rooted for it to work. Furthermore, you will also need to create a second partition on your SD card which has to be using the ext file system.
It can force 100% of an application's data (apk/dex/lib/data/cache/obb/data(ext)) to be located on the second partition of your sd card. You can even FORCE convert a "system application" to a "user application" and vice versa to trick the phone into changing the way it treats and considers and application.
The only major disadvantage of Link2SD is the fact that you need a Class 10 SD card of a good brand in order to stay equal in terms of speed and performance as compared to the phone's internal memory. Otherwise, if you use one of the more common Class 4 or 6 SD cards, applications will load noticeably slowly.
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Working Example
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<https://i.stack.imgur.com/RBNMT.jpg>
on a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S (Internal 1 GB/512 MB (320 MB user available))
Upvotes: 1 |
2011/12/15 | 426 | 1,691 | <issue_start>username_0: Well, I have a Galaxy Ace with 2.3.3, build XWKPY and Samsung Kies doesn't show an update to 2.3.4 yet.
I'm thinking of manually updating it through Odin and I need to know if I can just download any Gingerbread 2.3.4 update file or is there anything else that I need to be worried about?<issue_comment>username_1: Typically yes, but I don't know that you could definitively say "always" since there is of course potential that some devices I'm unaware of don't follow that pattern. Usually, though, there are different firmwares due to regional differences in carrier bands/settings, wifi channels, and other considerations (localization, possibly).
As an example, though, take a look at [the stock firmware listings for the Motorola Xoom](http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/?utm_campaign=xoomsoftware&utm_medium=motorolacom&utm_source=supportforums&utm_term=unlockboard). There are a whole bunch of different images available, divided up by both model number and region.
There's also [a thread here](http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/56949-firmware-region.html) where people discuss how you could try to go about flashing a firmware from a different region via Odin without affecting your connectivity. I don't know much about the process myself, though, as I've never done this.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Android OS updates can be region specific. It depends on the OEM builds. In case of Samsung, yes.
You can update through Odin, but other region binary may not have the required operator information or other settings related to your region.
I suggest you wait for an update in Kies. Should be available soon.
Upvotes: 2 |
2011/12/15 | 1,026 | 4,071 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.4) and have set up the native email app to synchronize with an MS Exchange 2007 server. The problem I am noticing is that I'm only notified for a new email if it is sent to my Inbox folder. I have to sync my other folders one-by-one.
Is there any sync all option?<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately the native Android Exchange Client doesn't support automatic sync of sub-folders, as you have seen you can go in to the folder and sync it manually but that isn't much use.
This hasn't been improved much in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The sub folders now sync but it doesn't notify you of new messages in them which isn't really any better.
I would recommend using a 3rd Party client like Moxier or Touchdown. Both have trials so that you can test them first.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As username_1 states, in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the sub folders are synchronized. However, I have found in my case that only a partial list of sub-folders are synchronized.
I have server-side rules set up to sort all of my mail into very specific folders and the client is configured to save replies in the same folder with the email. This allows me to maintain collections of emails and conversations with a specific client, vendor, or project. I literally have hundreds of folders and sub-folders.
In my first experience synchronizing, it only caught 3 sub-folders on the 2nd level (I have about 8), and in each of those folders, it found 3 in one folder that I have over 40, and 8 in another folder where I have about 15. It does not seem aparent why this is happening.
I will take username_1's second suggestion and go check out Moxier or Touchdown.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I am using galaxy S2 with android 4.0.4. I am getting alert for sub-folders. You go to email client and select sub-folders from the menu. After reaching the sub-folder, select menu button and you will find sync option. You can select as automatic push. It gives alert immediately.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Not sure if you've made any headway on this. I was searching for answers for this today and got it figured out. I've got a Galaxy S4, running 4.2.2 I had to open the native email app.
`Menu > Settings > Exchange Account with sub folders > More Settings > Folder Sync Settings`. From there I think it should be self explanatory.
Not sure what version of Android you're running by now, but thought I'd share.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: the best solution is to just replace the exchange server.
saves you a lot of headdaches.
You can try Zarafa, Zimbra, OpenChange, Communigate etc.
Or just Google Apps, which very nicely talks caldav and carddav and imap, instead of the propriatery mapi crap.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: I just got a Note 8 and the sub folders that I use to organize my work emails were nowhere to be found. I went through every setting but no luck. I tried some of the other email apps that were recommended here and at other help sites. In the end, the only one that worked to show my sub folders was the Microsoft Outlook app. No settings to hunt for. It just worked. I was about to return my Note 8 before I found that this app solved my problem. Too bad Samsung can't fix there default app!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: There is nothing wrong with the default email app, just have to find the settings.
* Open your Samsung email app.
* Next to the Inbox, click on the 3 line menu bar. At the very top you will find a gear(Settings).
* Choose the account you are trying to sync all folders (Just click on the account) This will open the settings for this email account.
* Scroll halfway down to the Section 'Exchange ActiveSync Settings' then choose Folder Sync
* Be sure to hit the ^ on the Inbox to expand
* Choose the folders you wish to Sync.
* You will be cautioned on the amount of folders syncing as it will slow the sync process down.
* Re-sync your phone and you should see all your folders now.
Upvotes: 0 |