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2012/01/19 | 542 | 2,004 | <issue_start>username_0: I purchased a Galaxy Mini with 2.2.1 a few days ago and I can connect to my home network (the wireless icon appears) but I can't surf on the Internet. I verified it got an IP correctly and tried many suggestions but no luck. It worked once at home and on a friend's network.
My router is a wireless-n Linksys.<issue_comment>username_1: A few things to try:
* Reboot your device
* Change the router to use 802.11b/g instead of 802.11n
* Change the router channel (to 1, 6, or 11 if using North American channels)
* Change the security from WEP to WPA or vice-versa
* Ensure you have no MAC filtering or firewall rules on the router
* Switch the router from using the 5.0 GHz band to the 2.4 GHz band, or vice-versa
* Other suggestions posted in answer to [Windows laptop works with Wi-Fi AP, phone claims it is connected but can't access Internet](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/14968/1465)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This sounds more like inconsistent wifi settings.
Since your phone shows its connected, try to visit your **router's web interface** through the phone to see if its connected properly. (note that please use stock browser and no proxies for now) If this doesn't work, most likely its the problem with wrong password or security mode like WEP/WPA.
If the above works, then I suspect you to have a DNS problem. A rooted phone can let you [custom-set the DNS](https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.co.mytechie.setDNS&hl=en) on your phone. Try to set it to Google's DNS.
Just to confirm if its a DNS problem, try entering an IP address of a website rather than the domain name.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I have been using Galaxy Mini for the last 2 years. WiFi is working with normal network. But in our company, advanced WiFi mobile is not responding. After Googling, I found out this phone does not have 'direct WiFi' options like higher-end phones (eg. Galaxy SII).
I suggest you change the phone!
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/20 | 973 | 2,993 | <issue_start>username_0: Personally, I own an iPhone. However I would love to see the Android UI. I know a person who does have an Android, but never see it enough. I'd really love to have a good emulator that non-developers can use just to test out the Android UI. Is there any sort of apple app, Mac app, or non-developer tool out there to run the Android UI? Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: There's an iOS app called **Dreamboard** that allows you to use the Android UI on your iphone/ipod . It's just a launcher that changes the theme so as to give you a feel of how the Android UI looks like. Please note that, inorder to download this app, you should jailbreak your iOS device. I currently have this app on my ipod touch, downloaded from AppCake(which i downloaded from Cydia after jailbreaking my device)
Here's a video link: [Dreamboard in action](http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=dreamboard%20for%20iphone&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC4QtwIwAg&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKC8Bktgrw&ei=Hu4YT6r5CsSIrAeTiLHMDQ&usg=AFQjCNHZGLBxt-zzn93dBl-yP_U3wj4YDA&sig2=wyzr5mWllGk5YHKhaLxeFQ)
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Have you given the [Amazon Appstore](http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011)'s Test Drive feature a try? Super simple, runs in most browsers - simply find an app in the store for which Amazon has Test Drive available then click the big green Test Drive button (a [list of Test Drive apps](http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_356762622_2?ie=UTF8&node=3071729011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-6&pf_rd_r=1194S98RV9WXD51QTRPK&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1332802942&pf_rd_i=2350149011) is here). Once you have a Test Drive session open click the home button on the bottom of the emulator to access the homescreen then voila, Android!
FWIW I personally don't think the SDK emulator is a bad choice even though it is developer-focused. Quick and easy instructions are at [How To Geek](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21831/how-to-test-drive-google-android-on-your-pc-without-buying-a-phone/) if you're interested.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Try Android x86 as a virtual machine on Virtual Box. this is by far the best working android I have seen...
1. It has the basic, default Android UI.
2. It is fully functional.
3. It works 4 times faster than my HTC Sensation
Android X86 ISO files: <http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/list>
How to install it: <http://dev.blogs.nuxeo.com/2011/10/speeding-up-the-android-emulator.html>
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: If you are still searching the best solution would be [Bluestacks](http://bluestacks.com/). Its vey fluent and does not lag.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: [Genymotion](http://www.genymotion.com/) is an accelerated emulator, which may let you get a better feel for the UI and graphics applications.
I believe it paravirtualizes graphics (OpenGL) calls, using the host's graphics processor to accelerate the emulator.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/20 | 436 | 1,695 | <issue_start>username_0: I did a system reset after having deleted LG home on my LG android phone p500. I thought the system app would be restored, but the fact is now. I don't have a "desktop". I cant get to anywhere now on my phone, it is just one big black screen. Anyway that I could fix it? Thanks a million.<issue_comment>username_1: Your best bet would be to reflash the ROM, since system reset only clears the user data, it won't restore system apps. A quick google search revealed this tutorial on how to reflash stock ROM: [How to flash Original Firmware on the LG Optimus One P500](http://lgoptimusonep500.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-flash-original-firmware-on-lg.html)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As long as your Google account still is configured on the device (and the latter is connected to either WiFi or the mobile network), the simplest solution would be to visit the Google Playstore, log in with the same account you're using on your Android device, chose an alternative launcher app (e.g. [Holo Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.hololauncher)), hit the "Install" button, and approve its permissions. A few minutes later, the app should be installed on your device -- and you again have a working home-screen.
There's a big mis-conception about [factory-reset](/questions/tagged/factory-reset "show questions tagged 'factory-reset'"), as the name is misleading: It won't reset to "as shipped from the factory", but simply remove all settings and user-installed apps -- so it looks like "fresh from **a** factory". For details, see the [factory-reset tag wiki](https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/factory-reset/info).
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/20 | 511 | 2,029 | <issue_start>username_0: This is something that has been frustrating me ever since I first did a fresh ROM installation on a smartphone.
I have an excessively complex password for my Google account. It would be impossible to type it into my phone by hand. Usually I would get it into my phone through QR code. But on a fresh installation, I have no QR code reader. I also can't install one, cause I can't access the market without my Google account.
So I put my password into a `.txt` file and put it in my phone. But when I try to open it, the application that is used can't copy text (like HTMLViewer on CM7) and no alternatives are available.<issue_comment>username_1: Your best bet would be to reflash the ROM, since system reset only clears the user data, it won't restore system apps. A quick google search revealed this tutorial on how to reflash stock ROM: [How to flash Original Firmware on the LG Optimus One P500](http://lgoptimusonep500.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-flash-original-firmware-on-lg.html)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As long as your Google account still is configured on the device (and the latter is connected to either WiFi or the mobile network), the simplest solution would be to visit the Google Playstore, log in with the same account you're using on your Android device, chose an alternative launcher app (e.g. [Holo Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.hololauncher)), hit the "Install" button, and approve its permissions. A few minutes later, the app should be installed on your device -- and you again have a working home-screen.
There's a big mis-conception about [factory-reset](/questions/tagged/factory-reset "show questions tagged 'factory-reset'"), as the name is misleading: It won't reset to "as shipped from the factory", but simply remove all settings and user-installed apps -- so it looks like "fresh from **a** factory". For details, see the [factory-reset tag wiki](https://android.stackexchange.com/tags/factory-reset/info).
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/20 | 243 | 992 | <issue_start>username_0: I see there are some other threads here about the same thing but they are not for ICS.
If I start to write a sms to someone and not send it the text will be stored as a draft.
How can I delete this?
The only options I can see is to delete the entire thread witch is not really an option.
Has anyone found the trix?<issue_comment>username_1: I honestly don't know if there's an easier way to do this but I just long-press the previously entered text, select all of the text (the weird grid icon in the top right in text selection mode) and hit backspace on the keyboard to delete it all. When the text area is blank it will no longer put the "Draft" notification on the thread.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to delete drafts in outlook on my Samsung A tablet and discovered by accident, all I had to do was swipe the draft left and it deleted. So simple, but I couldn't find an answer anywhere.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/20 | 361 | 1,402 | <issue_start>username_0: After upgrading my Galaxy GT-i9000 to Gingerbread, the vibration when receiving an SMS is unbelievably long and hard. Before the upgrade (2.1?), the vibration was two short vibrations. How can I customize the vibrations, or get the "normal" vibration? This long vibration is not pleasant.
P.S. The vibration intensity config is only applied for the vibration when hitting a button, not for receiving SMS.
P.S. 2: And the camera is extremly slow when taking picture..it is focusing everytime, and it takes 2-3 seconds to take a photo. Before the upgrade it took like millisecond:/<issue_comment>username_1: I will assume you use androids default SMS app. Open it, go to settings -> notification settings -> vibrate pattern. If you are using a specific SMS app, setting this up might be similar (if the app supports it).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: One option is to disable the notfications from the built-in messaging app (in the Messaging app, press `Menu`, select *Settings* and then scroll to the bottom and take the tick out of the *Notifications* box).
You can then use a 3rd party app that gives you full customization of the notification options, like [SMS Popup](https://market.android.com/details?id=net.everythingandroid.smspopup) which gives you control over the vibration duration and pattern, as well as a lot of other notification options.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/20 | 954 | 4,241 | <issue_start>username_0: Outlook on my computer deletes the server's copy of the message when it syncs, which unfortunately causes the Email app on the Galaxy Nexus to delete its local copy of the message when it syncs.
Is there a way to automatically download new email and receive notifications when it arrives *without* having it sync the deletions? In other words, once the email is downloaded to the device I want it to stay on the device unless I delete it from the device, but I don't want to turn off sync completely.
A related issue occurs when I've synced all the email in Outlook and the Email app on the phone deletes all the messages -- the Email app crashes when the Combined Inbox view is empty. Is there any way to fix this?
(Aside: Is there a way to intitiate a send/receive of all email accounts from the Combined view in the stock email app?)<issue_comment>username_1: The behavior you described is what I'd expect from an account that uses both IMAP and POP protocols. Your emails are deleted from the server when you open Outlook and sync over POP but when you sync your phone over IMAP it keeps the mails on the server.
You can get the desired behavior by switching your outlook sync protocol to IMAP. This keeps the emails on server and you have to manually delete them. Also, you should check out k-9 mail, it's a better replacement for the stock email app.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: >
> Does having the sync option enabled for an account literally mean that the account will remain synced with the mail server - regardless
> of type?
>
>
>
The Sync option means your device will connect to the server automatically at established intervals. If your device sees what is on the server or simply download mails depends on which kind of connection you use (IMAP --> emails stored on the server, POP --> You can keep local copies of emails, this is a giant simplification.)
>
> If the answer to my first question is Yes - is there a way to automatically download new email and receive notification when it
> arrives without having it disappear when I get around to downloading
> the message in Outlook? In other words - once the email is downloaded
> to the device I want it to stay on the device unless I delete it.
>
>
>
You can configure you Android email app to download copies of mails using POP protocol, but this is not the best option. In this case if you download some mail in your PC between connections of the Android device this would not see the mails that arrived between the last connection and the connection of the PC.
I think the best option is to configure your Outlook to keep a copy of the emails on the server and keep your Android device configured with IMAP and sync activated. With this configuration your Android will see every mail you receive, and your Outlook would have a copy of the mails you do not delete from the server using your Android Device.
There is no ideal solution if you want to have a copy of each mail on each device.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Thanks for the suggestions, but after thinking about it for a while I'm going to try a completely different approach which better meets my objectives.
I've added my other pop email accounts to my Gmail account choosing for each to leave a copy of the email on the server after downloading into Gmail. I'll remove those other email accounts from my Nexus, stop using the stock email app altogether, and rely solely on the Gmail app to manage my email on the device. Each email account has been labeled in Gmail so I know which accounts the email is coming in from. The email on my device will now stay synced with Gmail which will be unaffected by using Outlook on my computer. Outlook will stay unchanged - set to download all of the email from each separate account and remove the messages from the server at the same time. Messages already downloaded into Gmail will stay in Gmail until I delete them.
And most importantly I won't have to be worried about disappearing email on my device, I'll still receive notifications on the device when new email arrives, and I don't have to be bothered with the buggy behavior of the stock email app. Win-win-win.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/01/20 | 398 | 1,431 | <issue_start>username_0: I have "liferea feed reader" on Linux for RSS feeds. Is there a way I could import all my added feeds there to Android? (NOTE: the extension of RSS exported file is "opml".)<issue_comment>username_1: Android doesn't have a built-in RSS feed reader, but there are many RSS feed reader apps (and websites) that will happily import an OPML file.
If you want to use a website, or an app with a website-synced back end, then [Google Reader](http://www.google.com/reader/) is very popular, and you can definitely import OPML files into Google Reader. On your device you can then either visit the Google Reader webpage, or use the [Google Reader app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.reader&feature=search_result), or one of the [other many Android apps that sync with Google Reader](https://market.android.com/search?q=%22google%20reader%22&c=apps).
To import an OPML file into Google Reader, click the cog/gear icon in the top-right of the page, then click Reader Settings and then Import/Export. You should then see the option to upload your OPML file.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [RssDemon](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.meecel.feedreader.RssDemonAd) imports OPML files.
[JustReader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.enacu.myreader) says it does, but I couldn't find it and have asked the dev about it.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/20 | 427 | 1,478 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a HTC G1/Dream with CyanogenMod 6.1, based on Android 2.2.1. I would like to install [Firefox](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox), which requires Android 2.0 and up. But I cannot find it in the Android Market, and when I try to install it remotely from the web Android Market, I can see "This article is not compatible with your device".
What could be the origin of my problem?<issue_comment>username_1: Firefox also requires an ARMv7 processor. The HTC Dream/G1 is officially unsupported because its processor is ARMv6. See the [supported/unsupported device list](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#System_Requirements) on the Mozilla wiki:
>
> These devices have ARMv6 processors and are not compatible with
> Firefox for Android:
>
>
> ...
>
>
> * HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1, Android Dev Phone 1)
>
>
> ...
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [The answer to this question from `username_1`](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18565) is currently correct; now, though, ARMv6 support is in the works too, and it can be [downloaded from Mozilla](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#ARMv6_.28experimental.29).
(However, the Aurora build of mobile Firefox worked better for me than the [nightly](http://nightly.mozilla.org/) build last time I tried it; however, I have a slightly unusual device using a QVGA (small) screen and a keyboard).
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/20 | 515 | 1,840 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a UK Motorola Xoom, Wifi only version. It's currently running 3.0.1 and is rooted.
I'd really like to upgrade to 3.2 and stay rooted. What's the best path to take with this?
I can't download the official "over the air" update, because that clashes with the rooting process I have performed (I assume) as that bricks the device. I have been using it for a while and have many settings and apps in place. I assume there is no way I can do an in place upgrade and keep everything as it is?
I assume I will have to use something like Titanium Backup, then find a pre-rooted 3.2 image and flash that on, then restore my apps and settings? Can anyone confirm if this is correct or not?
Finally, if that is true, can anyone point me to such an image for my model tab?<issue_comment>username_1: Firefox also requires an ARMv7 processor. The HTC Dream/G1 is officially unsupported because its processor is ARMv6. See the [supported/unsupported device list](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#System_Requirements) on the Mozilla wiki:
>
> These devices have ARMv6 processors and are not compatible with
> Firefox for Android:
>
>
> ...
>
>
> * HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1, Android Dev Phone 1)
>
>
> ...
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [The answer to this question from `username_1`](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18565) is currently correct; now, though, ARMv6 support is in the works too, and it can be [downloaded from Mozilla](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#ARMv6_.28experimental.29).
(However, the Aurora build of mobile Firefox worked better for me than the [nightly](http://nightly.mozilla.org/) build last time I tried it; however, I have a slightly unusual device using a QVGA (small) screen and a keyboard).
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/21 | 1,091 | 4,154 | <issue_start>username_0: I've Googled and [searched the market](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=join%20sms) and can't believe there's no such app. Maybe some other SMS management app has this simple function, to unsplit messages longer than the 160-character limit that were broken into more than one part? [Handcent](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms) and GO SMS Pro don't mention it.
For some reason (see the answers posted before Feb 17, 2013) people don't quite seem to "get" the problem. Here's a screenshot:
For whatever reason (incompatibilities between carriers in following the Concatenated SMS protocol etc.), I receive messages split in parts of <160 characters. What I'm looking for is a very simple app that would let me select two messages and join them into one, specifying which should be first.
SMSes are stored in a SQLite database, and it would be pretty trivial to append to one field the the contents of a few other fields based on a drag-and-drop interface. I'd code it, but I'm not experienced with Android development, and others could make such an app far faster.
I posted a [request](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21935667) on xda-developers but the bozo admin there moved it and nothing happened.<issue_comment>username_1: I am confused what you are looking for. SMS messages are no longer then 160 characters. If you type a message longer then that, SMS apps, like the "core" sms app, or handcent show then like they are 1 message, but, in the background, they are still sent as multiple messages.
If you send a message that is 170 characters, you are sending 2 SMS messages. One that is 160, and one that is 10.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: SMS message concatenation seems to be a function of your phone's network technology (CDMA/GSM), the SMS application's support for the standard, and the message's origination/destination carrier combination.
Some carriers don't like long messages (over 160 characters) coming from other carriers and will not allow the correct message headers through to your phone, meaning your phone can't piece things together. A quick pulse of opinion on the issue also seems to indicate that CDMA networks are worse at transmitting concatenated messages, although the facts look to lean more toward the idea that CDMA was just behind the standards adoption curve. Your phone, of course, also has to know what to do with a long message when it sees one; mileage will vary.
Personally, when my dinc was stock it was very obviously up to Verizon to decide to give me a long message in one big piece - long messages from friends on other carriers were the only ones not concatenated. Now that I'm on MIUI the built-in SMS app seems to do better at it, but I don't text like I used to so I can't say for sure. I recommend trying various SMS apps, but you may be stuck under forces you can't control.
**tl;dr - Many factors play into how long SMS messages are displayed on your phone.**
(Info gathered from [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS#Technical_details)[pedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenated_SMS), [research](http://services.eng.uts.edu.au/userpages/kumbes/public_html/ra/sms/), [blogs](http://www.anandtech.com/show/4956/apple-ios-5-review/3), and [forum posts](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6051), among other places)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I've encountered similar problem and thought I might share my solution with the others who are having trouble with split messages. Maybe it's not the easiest and most "user friendly" workaround but it worked for me. Mind you that I've repaired (?) like this only about 40-50 messages - I wouldn't recommend my way for bigger amounts of SMS.
My solution:
1. Download [SMS Editor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rayy.android.editad) app by <NAME> (big THANKS for the author!)
2. Find each split/corrupted SMS and by simple copy-paste and deleting chosen messages you should be able to put thing back in the order.
Hope this helps!
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/21 | 265 | 1,060 | <issue_start>username_0: While I was out, someone attempted to guess my phone password. They couldn't guess it and now it displays the 'too many password attempts' screen, which needs to be unlocked with a google account. However, my google account is not working. I enter the username and password correctly, and have attempted to do so about 10 times. So why is it not unlocking? Do I need an internet connection to unlock it?<issue_comment>username_1: You won't need an internet connection.
Also, when typing the username/email, make sure you have either @gmail.com or @googlemail.com at the end, depending on what it was when you added the account.
If you didn't add anything, the default for android <= 2.3 is @googlemail.com
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Go Here and sign in with your google account: <https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager>
Lock it from the WEB and then use that password to open you device - I just did it on my son's and we saved everything! I thought I was going to have to wipe it, but didn't. Good luck
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/22 | 1,131 | 4,333 | <issue_start>username_0: I've done a lot of reading into rooting of Android devices. I really want to know exactly what is going on at each step before I commit to the process.
I'm a little confused as to where the superuser.apk and su files come from. It doesn't look like they are official Google files, but rather files created by a (random) individual. That said, how safe are these files?
From research, I have a general understanding of their purpose. I was wondering if anyone knew what these files were (executables? scripts?), what they contained and how they generally work.
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: `su` (short for Switch User) is a binary executable. It's used by Android and other \*nix based systems to allow a process to change the user account it is associated with. The reason it's important from a rooting standpoint is that `su` without any other parameters will switch to the root user, meaning that processes that require root permission for their functionality need to invoke `su` (since by default they are not being run by root).
Superuser is an Android application (.apk is an Android application package). It works as a sort of "gatekeeper" to the `su` binary. Applications which attempt to invoke `su` will be forced to route through Superuser, which will then prompt the user if it is an unknown or new application. The user then has the option of approving or denying the access to `su` and optionally having Superuser remember their decision so it can automatically apply it for subsequent calls by that app. By doing this, the only apps which are granted root permissions are ones that the user chooses.
The source of both applications is available on Github, and can be examined/audited by anyone who wishes to look at it (Superuser [here](https://github.com/ChainsDD/Superuser), su [here](https://github.com/ChainsDD/su-binary)).
You can find further details - as well as changelogs - on [Superuser's website](http://androidsu.com/superuser/).
Other related questions on Android Enthusiasts:
* [How exactly does "root" user access/account works? Do all applications run as root on my phone after rooting?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16367/how-exactly-does-root-user-access-account-works-do-all-applications-run-as-ro)
* [What are the security disadvantages of rooting an Android phone?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/9545/what-are-the-security-disadvantages-of-rooting-an-android-phone)
* [How do I protect my phone from malicious apps once it is rooted?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16326/how-do-i-protect-my-phone-from-malicious-apps-once-it-is-rooted)
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The [source code for Superuser](https://github.com/ChainsDD/Superuser) is available on github, the main author of Superuser are <NAME> ([ChainsDD](https://plus.google.com/116124619152562783143/posts)) and <NAME> ([koush](https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts), also author of Clockwork Recovery).
<NAME> explained in his blog [how Superuser.apk works](http://www.koushikdutta.com/2008/11/fixing-su-security-hole-on-modified.html); note that the post is from the very earliest incarnation of the Superuser app, a lot of things have changed since then and some of what was written there are no longer correct for modern superuser/su implementation, but the basics should still be the same.
Both su and Superuser can certainly be replaced by alternatives, but it wouldn't really do much as the facility that su uses (i.e. exec() and setuid() system calls) is available to any executables, given that the executable had the proper permission bits (i.e. setuid bit is set to root). At the core, su is a very simple program, it just spawns a process as another user; the real security check is done by the kernel.
So, as long as you're getting the official, unmodified su and superuser app and they're installed properly with proper permission, you don't have anything to worry about, they're open source and safe, you can verify the source code yourself at github. However, it is certainly possible to get a trojaned superuser/su binary, so make sure that wherever you're getting your superuser/su binary is trustworthy (or compile su/superuser yourself if you're truly paranoid).
Upvotes: 4 |
2012/01/22 | 448 | 1,628 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought a Galaxy S phone for my son last month. He was trying to download Clockworkmod firmware and probably loaded the wrong version. It initially was in a boot loop. After I took it to the dealer, an inexperience staff tried to reset the phone back to factory mode. The manager saw the hat logo on the phone and stopped us right there. The manager told us that we void the warranty by downloading an authorized software.
Now, when we power up the phone, we wonly see a picture of the phone -> "triangle with an exclamation point" -> computer" . There are no other responses.
Can anyone help.<issue_comment>username_1: Now, the only option you've left is to Flash your ROM. Flash any one of OFFICIAL firmware from below:
* [Gingerbread 2.3.5 XFJVA](http://androidadvices.com/update-samsung-galaxy-i9000-official-gingerbread-235-xfjva-firmware/2/)
* [Gingerbread 2.3.5 XXJVT](http://androidadvices.com/samsung-galaxy-gt-i9000-steps-install-gingerbread-235-xxjvt-firmware/3/)
Follow the links & do EXACTLY what it says. It'll take less that half an hour. Just, do it.. Nothing more!
Don't do any experiment before you boot your device. Plus, don't follow any non-matured instructions from forums etc.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Look up your phone's PIT in Google and put it in pit in [odin](/questions/tagged/odin "show questions tagged 'odin'"). Flash it, then flash your ROM.
In case your battery is not charging: look for someone to charge it for you in his device before you do this as it consumes battery power with the constant rebooting of the yellow triangle.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/23 | 1,127 | 3,958 | <issue_start>username_0: Since yesterday I have (in addition to the regular IPv4) IPv6 in my LAN at home (native IPv6 is provided by my ISP).
I have Windows XP, Windows 7 and Linux desktops and an Android 3.1 tablet (Asus Transformer 101) that all work fine. They can access IPv4 and IPv6 websites on the internet.
The problem is with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 2.3.3).
The system gets a public IPv6 address and an internal IPv4 address.
When typing the URL of an IPv6 enabled site (like google.com or xs4all.nl) I get to see the site just fine.
When typing the URL of an IPv4 only site (like android.stackexchange.com) I get an error stating the site cannot be reached.
When I enter the IPv4 IP address I CAN reach the mentioned site with this phone.
So I enabled debugging on my DNS (dnsmasq) server and I noticed that
* all the clients that work do a request for the AAAA record and if
that fails they try the A record.
* the Android 2.3.3 phone ONLY does a
request for the AAAA record and if that fails the whole thing fails.
All clients (including the phone) get the same network settings.
How do I fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: You could [report the bug](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list) to the Android developers, or [vote on an existing bug](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list?can=2&q=IPv6&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars&cells=tiles), if there already is one open. [This one](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17631&q=IPv6&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars) looks a bit like the issue you are talking about.
Make sure you explain exactly what is happening, and how they can reproduce the issue.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It took a lot of effort but I actually found a working solution to my problem.
I first updated my phone to latest available Android version 2.3.6 and that did not solve my problem. So I installed an App that shows me more details about the network setup of my phone. And after some digging around I noticed what was wrong:
**My phone didn't have a default IPv4 route.**
How did that happen? In the DHCP I push a default route (dhcp option 3)!
I realized that when I just had the IPv6 link (which is part of a whole new internet connection) my phone DID connect to the internet with both IPv4 and IPv6. So I recreated the original setup and found that in that scenario indeed it does work. So what is different?
It took me two nights with wireshark to track the culprit down.
The real reason turns out to be that I have a static route for my DMZ which is pushed by my IPv4 DHCP server (dhcp option 121).
When I do that the Android phone only shows a route for the local subnet and the additional route I pushed. The default route is lost, hence IPv4 traffic is distorted. Apparently Android even no longer tries to do IPv4 DNS requests (which is the problem I started with).
All of my other systems (Windows {XP,7}, Linux, Android 3.x) do not do this and they keep all of the pushed routes and the default route.
Once I figured out what the problem was I could Google more effectively and I found this bug report:
<http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17525>
Which in turn led to a workaround that actually works!!
Quote from <http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-635489.html>
```
So as a "band aid fix it" i added the default gw to the static routes list...
So the line in dnsmasq looks like:
dhcp-option=121,,,0/0,192.168.1.254
```
So when looking at the DHCP ACK packet you'll see the default route in there twice: under option 3 and 121.
Quite an unexpected workaround ... but it works for me.
---
It turns out the Android behaviour is correct:
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3442#page-5>
```
"If the DHCP server returns both a Classless Static Routes option and
a Router option, the DHCP client MUST ignore the Router option."
```
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/01/23 | 440 | 1,715 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just installed the new MildWild (oxygen) rom <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353861>, to replace my very old LeeDroid rom.
It's seemed to have installed fine, but when the phone boots, I get the 'mildwild' logo on screen, just animating for ages, nothing seems to happen.
Is this a problem with the install? I cleared all my partitions, cache, dalvik, etc, and ClockWork didn't report any errors.
Anyone have any ideas? Or shall I just try a different rom? I'm working with a UK HTC Desire (bravo)<issue_comment>username_1: I had not done a factory reset. Once I had done this, it took about 2 minutes to boot up!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: This actually can happen with any ROM you install.
If you are not installing a "new" version of the same ROM, you can get in to a boot loop. You have to do a factory reset and clear the data and cache when installing a new ROM for the first time.
If you are installing an upgraded version of the ROM, you don't have to do the wipe (unless the instructions tell you that you should). But you should always clear the cache.
When the device boots up for the first time, after clearing the cache, it needs to rebuild the cache for the applications you have installed. The more applications that you have installed, the longer it will take to boot the first time.
Keep an eye on the "boot up", if it looks like it is "starting over" and not just replaying the boot animation, you are in a boot loop. If you have adb installed, you can plug the device in and look at the logcat that is going on during the boot process. This can also help you determine if you are in a loop or not.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2012/01/23 | 516 | 2,098 | <issue_start>username_0: I got here an ePad running Android 2.3 and I want to set up Market on it for its owner. He doesn't have a Gmail account, neither he wants one. I have just made a Google account that is associated with an existing ISP email address.
I can successfully login with my personal email address (someone at mydomain.org) from my Iconia tablet, but this doesn't seem to be the case of older Android versions. I made the Google account from the plain old ISP address because I thought it would have worked like my case!
Am I missing something about logging in to Market with a non-gmail account? Googling around I found that somebody fixed by joining Google+, so I did with the tablet's owner, but the tablet still requires me to open a new account with a gmail email.
Thank you<issue_comment>username_1: From all my experience with The Market, You need to have a gmail account. There doesn't seem to be a way around this. [Login Android Market--Google non-gmail account?](http://androidforums.com/vibrant-support-troubleshooting/275728-login-android-market-google-non-gmail-account.html)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can only log in to the market with either your gmail account, or an account hosted with Google Apps for your domain.
This is not just to authenticate you, information is synced between your device and google servers. If you don't have an account with them, they don't know who you are. You said that you can login with your personal email address (someone at mydomain.org). I am going to guess that mydomain.org is hosting the email on google apps for your domain.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It looked like a Gingerbread-related problem.
Since Android 3.0 you can login with any Google account, with or without Gmail.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: To confirm - this has been resolved in later Android versions. The wife has a phone with Android 4 and I can use my Google Account that does not have Gmail attached. On my phone (Android 2.3.5), it requires I use a Google Account with Gmail user id.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/23 | 583 | 2,163 | <issue_start>username_0: I realize this is a long shot, but my phone was lost or stolen a few hours ago.
At the time it was stolen, I didn't have any specific applications installed to track it or wipe the data. So... my bad. I'm hoping the fact that I have a pattern lock will at least prevent anyone from accessing my data.
My question is, do I have any options for tracking or data wipe after the fact? (I'm more interested in tracking.)
Note: I have read similar questions, but unless I'm mistaken, they all address the question in terms of preparation before losing the phone. I'm asking about fallback options *after* losing the phone.<issue_comment>username_1: You can install [Plan B](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0LmxhYnMucGxhbmIiXQ..) remotely to your phone via the Market's web interface. Plan B was made exactly for this, to get the location of your phone AFTER it has been stolen.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Same situation here. However if you changed your account's password before installing Plan B and your phone was off, you still have a chance to get that app installed and trace it, at least it worked for me after changing it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: [Android Lost](http://www.androidlost.com) is another app that you can install **after** your phone has been stolen.
Quote from the link:
>
> **No pre installation required**
>
> You didn't install AndroidLost on your
> phone? No problem! You can push the AndroidLost app to your phone from
> google market and initiate the connection to googles servers by
> sending an SMS with the message "androidlost register" to your phone.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: Whoever stole it probably turned it off. You should probably call your carrier if you know the IMEI.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I'm surprised that no-one has suggested going to the play store / device manager and using the built-in tools for locking and erasing the device in question. Go here: <https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager?hl=en&u=0>
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/23 | 563 | 2,034 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to use my Android 2.3.x phone to access an OpenVPN server. I have CM 7 with built in support for OpenVPN and tun. My main concern is that I don't know where to put the keys in. If my phone gets in the wrong hands, I'm leaving the keys out in the open and I can't have that.
If I had an ICS phone, I'd have full file system encryption and I'd be safe(r). So is there an alternative or some technique I'm not aware of that can store the certificates and the key securely on the phone?<issue_comment>username_1: You can install [Plan B](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0LmxhYnMucGxhbmIiXQ..) remotely to your phone via the Market's web interface. Plan B was made exactly for this, to get the location of your phone AFTER it has been stolen.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Same situation here. However if you changed your account's password before installing Plan B and your phone was off, you still have a chance to get that app installed and trace it, at least it worked for me after changing it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: [Android Lost](http://www.androidlost.com) is another app that you can install **after** your phone has been stolen.
Quote from the link:
>
> **No pre installation required**
>
> You didn't install AndroidLost on your
> phone? No problem! You can push the AndroidLost app to your phone from
> google market and initiate the connection to googles servers by
> sending an SMS with the message "androidlost register" to your phone.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: Whoever stole it probably turned it off. You should probably call your carrier if you know the IMEI.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I'm surprised that no-one has suggested going to the play store / device manager and using the built-in tools for locking and erasing the device in question. Go here: <https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager?hl=en&u=0>
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/23 | 1,146 | 4,147 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently got a transformer prime and just want to check whether the odd responses in the touchscreen are normal or not.
Below I have attached a screen shot from Photoshop touch. The odd snakeing down the diagonal strokes makes me think something is not quite right about the tablets touch screen. Is this normal on other primes?
<issue_comment>username_1: Take a look at these tests,
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHpfkI6l1-0>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9nwIRngvk&feature=related>
it is normal for touchscreens to respond like that.
iOS devices have some kind of secret algorithm that "knows where you meant to touch", therefore, the test seems smoother on the iPhone...
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a chance that this issue can be softened at an application level. (Changing the device's reported position itself would be better but not possible without changing the kernel as far as I was informed).
This is an example of some diagonal lines I've drawn myself (can't post image):
<http://s9.postimage.org/9hr2fsddb/primedef.png>
I tried to simulate this deformation effect (left), and then I applied a function to every "detected" point to try to put it in the right location (right). This is the outcome:
<http://s9.postimage.org/6ctxtdmkv/primedeformation2.png>
I posted this idea in forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516716 .
The writepad app dev said he would try this but he has been really busy so I still haven't any reports on whether this works or not.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: THIS IS the ASUS answer I received! Really, sweep it under the carpet. I cannot return this unit, is already over the return period time....
I own a TF 201, I installed SketchBook Pro.
I also have an Ipad 2 (from work) with the same same software.
My issue, is the Transformer Prime, does not respond very well compare to the Ipad.
I truly wonder if this is a problem with the Transformer since all application even Skitch do not produce very smooth response be it with finger or capacitive stylus. Rendering drawings on the prime, results in broken lines, circles which are not complete and always feel like the line has to "catch up" to your finger or stylus. This is not a problem I experience on the Ipad.
Can you please advise if this is "working" as designed or is this a case of a screen not working to par (and how to resolve or exchange)? This is truly proving to be a disappointment has drawing is a very important feature to me. More so since this works flawlessly on the Ipad.
My unit, has the latest firware updates;
IML74K.WW\_epad - 9.4.2.15-20120221
Touch Panel : MXT- 2.0 build -170
>
> Thank you for choosing ASUS products.
>
>
> We apologize for the late response. It is only till your email sent to
> Satisfaction-CA, I have picked up the case. Regarding to the problem
> that you were/are having, I ams afraid ASUS will be limited to support
> your product since this is a third party software, and you might have
> to contact the vendor for technical support. Given the fact that iPad
> and Prime are equipped with different OS, it is possible that the
> experience of using a complete identical software might varies. We are
> very sorry for the inconvenience induced in this matter. Please let us
> know if further questions and concerns raised. Your kind understanding
> is greatly appreciated.
>
>
> <NAME>
>
>
> ASUS Canada 802 Cochrane drive, unit 2 Markham, Ontario, L3R 8C9
> Canada Fax: 905-489-2717
>
>
>
Tom, are you kidding?
This is the same with ANY drawing apps, or note taking application. The ASUS screen is not as responsive and not responsive enough.
I'm using Android designed software for ICS, other users are doing the same and having the same issue.
You cannot really tell me this is working as designed?
Even user with the original Transformer are saying their older screen was more responsive compared to the new one!
Come on ASUS be responsible and add this to the list of must have fixes!
Thanks,
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/24 | 864 | 3,106 | <issue_start>username_0: I own a MIUI-powered HD2 and a Chinese tablet on which I would like to install a couple of free apps that are intended for Italian market. I can see these apps from an A500 tablet but not from these two devices.
I tried [Market Enabler](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.notenking.mf) (all are already rooted) on both the devices but it seems that it doesn't work. I can still see Chinese apps on the tablet and I'm still on an unknown market from the phone. I would actually like to install Skype on the tablet.
Does somebody know if Android Market now prevents Market enabler to do the trick? I also tried a couple of other enabler apps, but one said that operator change failed.
I understand that my question may look duplicate because lots of people ask how to install other-countries apps, but I'm asking if Google implemented some countermeasures.
Thank you.
[Update] I tried the following
* Clear Market data from Settings\Applications\Manage\All\Market
* Ran Market Enabler, set current market to Italy - TIM (should be 22201), said NO to prompt to switch to market at once. Checked that status bar reported "Current market: Italy"
* Rebooted
* Checked that ME ran on startup by `su` notification
* Started ME, noticed that current market is `Unknown`
* Switched again to Italy from list, chose YES to boot market
* Accepted Android Market license, still saw Chinese apps and no trace of Skype or other apps that I need<issue_comment>username_1: There appears to be a [workaround](https://plus.google.com/110853353138524936530/posts/DqQdqsRbnTE) with this app and the latest version of the Market that may work for you:
>
> There's a trick. Go to Browser, look on Google for "APPNAME android
> market", click on the Google link and select "Open with Market".
> However, paid apps still cannot be bought. But you can get the free
> apps (some of them don't appear because they have an in-app payment
> system).
>
>
>
There are [alternate market enabler apps](https://market.android.com/search?q=market%20enabler&c=apps) that might work, like this one:
<https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler>
It can be downloaded [directly](http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/downloads/list) in case you can't get it through the market.
If that doesn't work, you could try different versions of the Android Market, starting with the latest, like <NAME> suggested. You could also try older versions of the Market Enabler app itself. You'll have to Google around for those.
If none of that works, you could always contact the developer:
<https://plus.google.com/110853353138524936530>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I had a similar problem with US apps once. I wasn't using the same Market Enabler app though.
I use this [Market Enabler](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler). In most cases, I can get apps just using that, but in some cases, I additionally need to use a proxy, such as [ProxyDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.proxydroid).
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/24 | 520 | 2,230 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently developing an App and as I implemented the C2DM feature it got me thinking how does this work?
Does it work via polling? Is there a hidden SMS? How are they pushing the Message on my device?<issue_comment>username_1: Android provides system-wide intents for such type of app triggering. For C2DM, there's a whole class of intents looks like com.google.android.c2dm.\*. To use these intents, you'll need to add broadcast receivers in your app and register it with system.
To make it really work, you'll need remote push service too. Your software on server must be capable of messaging to Google's C2DM server using HTTP/HTTPS.
Now, whenever a push protocol based communication from C2DM server is established, Android system triggers app based on intents registered at the time of app installation...
**Update:**
More clearly, when your application push server pushes message to Google's C2DM server, Google checks token attached with message. Mind it, this token was generated by com.google.android.c2dm.intent.register if user had logged in with Google Account. So, using this token, Google comes to know exact delivery location. Then, Google makes use of Google Services Framework to push message in raw key-value pair format...
**Polling or not?**
No. It utilities same email push type technology in which connection between server & client is kept open. So, no need to run polling service..
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Based on [this document](http://code.google.com/android/c2dm/): And this is basically how other push notification services work as well...
1. The application requests a token for the device
2. C2DM responds with the registration token for the specific device
3. The application sends the token to your server on the web.
4. Your service can now communicate with C2DM (after authenticating), and using the registered device tokens, C2DM will send the messages to the devices.
On the C2DM side, the token is associated with a specific device. When you send a push notification through C2DM, the Google servers send that info to the device. C2DM libraries on the device "listen for them" and pass them on to the intents as needed.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/24 | 325 | 1,280 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a wifi connection setup at my home. Other devices like my ubuntu laptop and macbook, when connected to wifi are able to access internet. Even my dad's blackberry is able to load websites when connected to internet via our home wifi. My HTC desire is able to connect to wifi, shows a good signal, but is not able to connect to internet. My friend's android phone have same issue. I can access a website running on my ubuntu (apache) using my browser and ip assigned to my ubuntu box, but I cannot open google or any other website. Even marketplace show connection error.
Can someone help me out with this.<issue_comment>username_1: Did you try setting manually the IP+DNS, instead of relying on DHCP, as it does by default?
`Wireless and Networks -> Wi-Fi settings -> [menu] -> Advanced -> Use static IP`
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Are you using IPv6 on your router? There was a question here just the other day, that identified an issue with android resolving an IPv4 address when it has an IPv6 address.
[Here is the post](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18639/gingerbread-phone-only-queries-for-aaaa-records/18650#18650) I am referring to. If you can, set your router to use IPv4 (for now).
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/24 | 171 | 617 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to remotely share my Xoom screen over the Internet? For example, say I was at my house and wanted to share the screen with a friend in another town. How would I got about it?<issue_comment>username_1: You can try [Android VNC server](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.onaips.vnc&hl=en) on your tablet, it should do the work...
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Please look at [CatVision.io](https://www.catvision.io), it doesn't require rooting of the device etc. Works with Android 5.0+.
*Disclaimer: I'm the author of this software.*
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/24 | 387 | 1,663 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm entering a bunch of events into my Google Calendar on the web interface and am wondering if I should do them all in local time or select the proper timezone.
If I explicitly pick a timezone (e.g. 1 PM PST) and it shows up as 4 PM EST, will it "fix" it when I go out to California? What about events with different starting and ending time zones?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, at least for me. All of my events are stored as GMT and the time of the event is displayed based on the time of the device (my location).
Now, I don't know what happens if you "specify" the timezone like you mentioned, as I have never done that.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Google calender works with time zones exactly like you hope it would. All events shift appropriately based on your local time zone without user intervention. I particularly like how on the web you can specify a different time zone for the start and end of an event so you can accurately record the time of an airplane trip.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes, this will all work as smoothly as you hope.
I recently traveled to a different timezone. Before the trip I added a lot of events in my Google calendar with an explicit timezone set (of my destination). Google (and my phone) did the timezone math correctly when I was there.
The only caveat is that if you travel somewhere outside of your phone's cellular service, then it will not be able to automatically set the timezone (assuming you leave that feature enabled generally). You'll need to use `Settings -> Date & time`, then un-check `Automatic` and then manually set the local timezone.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/24 | 350 | 1,239 | <issue_start>username_0: I like a couple of Internet radios that I'm currently able to listen to using CorePlayer under Windows Mobile, VLC and WMP on PC. I own the .m3u files for both `www.radio21.ro` and `www.vibefm.ro`, but when trying to open with different players they won't get played. NSWPlayer crashes, RockPlayer says the file can't be played with System Player.
Any tips?<issue_comment>username_1: Try [TuneIn Radio](https://market.android.com/details?id=tunein.player&hl=en), it has both stations, and it's great (and free)!
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [M3U](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U) files store playlists. The M3U files you are trying to run just have a list of URLs to the radio stations. You can only play M3U files on your Media Player if the player supports playing them.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can use [VLC for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc).
Click the "More" button with three dots in the lower right corner, click the "New stream" button and paste in your URL and you are done.
The main benefits are that VLC is free, open-source, has no ads and on top of that can play just about anything (video or audio).
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/25 | 368 | 1,246 | <issue_start>username_0: I downloaded a compiled lynx binary from [XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16050683) and everytime I start lynx it tells me that it is unable to connect to remote host. I changed the `lynx.cfg` to use `localhost` and it loads, but when I enter an URL, nothing. I tried it with 3G, 2G, and WiFi, and had no luck. What should I do to get it work?<issue_comment>username_1: Try [TuneIn Radio](https://market.android.com/details?id=tunein.player&hl=en), it has both stations, and it's great (and free)!
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [M3U](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U) files store playlists. The M3U files you are trying to run just have a list of URLs to the radio stations. You can only play M3U files on your Media Player if the player supports playing them.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can use [VLC for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc).
Click the "More" button with three dots in the lower right corner, click the "New stream" button and paste in your URL and you are done.
The main benefits are that VLC is free, open-source, has no ads and on top of that can play just about anything (video or audio).
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/25 | 515 | 1,801 | <issue_start>username_0: Exactly what the title says. I've got a 1.5 gb zip file on my sdcard that I would like to extract via adb (not pulling to pc and pushing back). Is there a simple command to unzip a file?
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: Yes and no. As far as I'm aware, a typical Android install will not contain `unzip`. You can, however, install busybox for Android, which provides the `unzip` utility. Then a simple:
```
adb shell unzip /sdcard/archive.zip
```
Would do the trick. If you're rooted you can use a busybox installer from the Market [like Stericson's](https://market.android.com/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en). If you're *not* rooted then you should be able to manually push a busybox binary ([one here on Github](https://github.com/Gnurou/busybox-android/blob/master/busybox-android), for example; click "raw" to download it) to somewhere like `/data/local` and then invoke it. It should be something like:
```
adb push /path/to/busybox-android /data/local/busybox
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/busybox #Make it executable
adb shell /data/local/busybox unzip /sdcard/archive.zip
```
Alternatively, many file managers will unzip files for you. I personally use [File Expert](https://market.android.com/details?id=xcxin.filexpert&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInhjeGluLmZpbGV4cGVydCJd) but there are a lot of others. Usually you just need to long press on the archive and it will present an "extract" option or similar.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I was able to use /data/local/tmp as well and able to chmod also. I was not able to do was unzip the zip file I created in windows.
To overcome this, i created the tar file using 7zip and used busybox tar -xvf myzip.tar destination to successfully unzip the file.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/25 | 306 | 1,243 | <issue_start>username_0: When putting new music files or images onto the sd card of my android phone, android needs to scan for new files. Is there any way to speed up this process? E.g. putting all files in one directory? Currently I organized my music this way: `music/artists/albums/files.mp3` Any suggestions?<issue_comment>username_1: There's no need to organize your files in any other theme. Android is indexing the media file and since api 1.0 player should query the Media Store which is using this index.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: One method is to put a file called `.noMedia` in the root of every folder that you don't want to be scanned. It won't improve the scanning of actual media, but it will prevent wasted time searching elsewhere (or indexing things that you don't want indexed, such as app assets).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: some of the slowness may be due to the speed of your storage media.
If it's built in storage than there's not much you can do (apart from what username_2 suggested)
if it's an SD Card, maybe check that it's not a class 2 or something. perhaps try and get a class 10 to speed things up.
beyond those changes it's down to the device CPU speed
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/25 | 747 | 2,860 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Motorola Milestone, and I've come to learn that it has a relatively low memory (runtime memory, not storage capacity). The problem that comes with this is that whenever too many apps want to run in the background, the android system starts killing stuff, and with my Milestone that happens very easily.
That wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the fact that android seems to think the home launcher is the least important app of all (which is absurdly wrong). For instance, right now I have a series of apps poluting the background, some important (like *Swype*) and some pointless (like *Facebook*). If I open up even a simple app like *Messages* or *Contacts* or *Settings* the homelauncher gets killed in the background. Once I press the Home button, I am greeted with an empty home screen, and have to wait around 1 or 2 minutes for everything to load again.
This happens with all home launchers I tried, though it happens more easily with the heavier ones. So far, I managed to live with this behavior by religiously avoiding apps that run in the background (as well as widgets). But this solution is not perfect. It still happens more often than I'd like.
Is there a way to change android's priorities when it comes to killing background apps? But why does the home launcher rank lower than *Google Maps*' location service **and** *Facebook*'s (inactive) uploader **and** everything else? I want the home launcher to be last thing that gets killed when memory is low, or as close to last as possible (e.g. it obviously can't rank higher than the currently active app, but you get my point).
I currently have Cyanogen mod 6 installed, but it also happened on the stock android OS, and I am willing to install absolutely **ANY** custom ROM to solve this issue.<issue_comment>username_1: I think ADW Launcher has a setting that should keep the application in memory. Also, CM has a setting to force the OS to keep the launcher in memory. I dont remember where it is at in CM6, but in CM7 it is in `Settings -> CyanogenMod Settings -> Performance` and it is called "Lock Home in Memory". I don't remember if it was in the same place or if it was called the same in CM6.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Try the [v6 Supercharger](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276).
It can make your Homescreen Launcher "Hard To Kill" or "Bulletproof". If you have ICS/JB, be sure to get the [ICS/JB version](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16635544&postcount=2).
Also, be sure to disable the `Lock Home in Memory` of your launcher (if it has it) before using v6.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Try adding:
`ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1` to `/system/build.prop` file and reboot (will require root).
Source: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860023>
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/26 | 1,221 | 4,665 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently had a phone stolen. It's been replaced, I've changed my passwords, the phone company has shut down connectivity for the stolen one... I think I'm pretty much as safe as I can be.
However, it did get me wondering. How secure is the pattern lock? My phone had a pattern lock, so I assume that means that the casual user can't pick it up and do anything.
But if one had all the time in the world and some technical know-how, could they circumvent it?
Or is the phone only useable if the person wipes it and starts over?
*Note 1:* I know the data on the SD card is a separate issue, I'm just wondering about the phone and it's internally stored data.
*Note 2:* I've seen other questions about recovery of the password via one's Google account, but the person who has taken my phone (presumeably) doesn't have the ability to reset my pattern that way, so I believe this question is a separate issue.<issue_comment>username_1: The pattern is not very safe, because you can simply do a data wipe in recovery. And you're in the phone.
In addition the pattern can often seen in the screen, because you swipe everytime you unlock your phone this pattern.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: **It is insecure depending on a few cases\***.
Here's a sample of an [exploit](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799) that a hacker or an above average user can do (with the adb tool and the phone connected to a PC) :-
 [Exploit 2](http://forensics.spreitzenbarth.de/2012/02/28/cracking-the-pattern-lock-on-android/)
\*\*\*\*\*\*May only apply on rooted devices. (not all adb commands require root though) "USB debugging" should also be set prior to using the adb tool\*.
But as eldarerathis said, some devices can also be rooted through the ADB. In fact, a skilled hacker may also find loopholes for gaining access to the internal data. (perhaps even find a way to utilize the adb without the usb debugging option)
The Android Pattern lock also has many glitches making it relatively unsecure. Here's an [example](http://www.ultratechy.com/how-to-unlock-android-phone-after-too-many-pattern-attempts-without-factory-reset/)..
While the exploits mentioned above and certain glitches may be fixed by Google in the upcoming versions, a pattern lock remains a pattern lock. ie, It can be considered as a mere solid gateway to using the android's user interface.
**A pattern lock does not encrypt the contents of a phone.**
It will not stop a hacker from playing around using the adb shell. He can view the internal memory of the phone etc using the adb tool which is freely provided in the [Android SDK](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
Also, the internal memory is pretty much compromised as there may be other ways to mount it or read it.
All I can say for now is it would be better if you disable "usb debugging" unless you need it, as an added security measure.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: You don't even need much technical know how to crack most touch screen phones. There was a white-paper written recently about the security of touch screen lock mechanisms (and pattern locks in particular) and breaking into these devices using purely the greasy smudges on the screen to get the unlock code.
>
> **8 Conclusion**
> In this paper we explored smudge attacks using residual oils on touch screen devices. We investigated the feasibility
> of capturing such smudges, focusing on its effect on the password
> pattern of Android smartphones. Using photographs taken under a
> variety of lighting and camera positions, we showed that in many
> situations full or partial pattern recovery is possible, even with
> smudge “noise” from simulated application usage or distortion caused
> by incidental clothing contact. We have also outlined how an attacker
> could use the information gained from a smudge attack to improve the
> likelihood of guessing a user’s patterns.
> ...
>
>
>
[Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens (PDF)](http://www.usenix.org/event/woot10/tech/full_papers/Aviv.pdf)
The rest of the paper is well worth a read too.
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_4: At least on most phones you can just hold down the volume key/keys to get to the fastboot/recovery. From there one can easily get adb connection, even if you don't have usb debugging on, and access straight to the internal memory. From there it is even possible to root the phone to make it possible to edit internal files and disable the lock, like Power-Inside suggested. All this can be done in several minutes!
Upvotes: 3 |
2012/01/26 | 601 | 2,184 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Do I really need to install a task manager?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/9/do-i-really-need-to-install-a-task-manager)
>
>
>
I am using ASUS Transformer. I think it uses Ice Cream sandwich, from the UI. I tried many task killers but wonder if they actually work. When I kill tasks, I still see them when I click the "Window selector" 3rd button of the bottom left screen (the 2 boxes). They do appear to take a while to load, so I suppose the tasks were killed but the thumbnails are still there?<issue_comment>username_1: Task Killers do generally "work" in that they kill tasks.
They don't "work" in that most apps that you'd want to kill due to running constantly will simply be restarted by the OS, and Android already has appropriate task management built in. A task manager will mostly just drain your battery and waste your time.
See also: [How can I stop applications and services from running?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/30332/1465) and the question eldarerathis links in the comments.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Considering the date of your question you it can't be Ice Cream Sandwitch (released on 24th Feburary 2012) but it is instead Honeycomb 3.2
As already suggested in comments by @onik the button you call "Window Selector" display the list of recent opened apps, it does not have any link with apps actually executing on your tablet.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: task killer will save battery life on some androids, and makes battery like worse on others. if i were you i would do a test, one day without using task killer and another day using task killer and see if you can find a difference
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Please read this informative article written in September 2010 for LifeHacker entitled **"Android Task Killers Explained: What They Do and Why You Shouldn’t Use Them"**. In the article it will outline:
-How Task Killers work
-When you should/shouldn't use them
-What you can do as an alternative
<http://lifehacker.com/5650894/android-task-killers-explained-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them>
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/26 | 348 | 1,305 | <issue_start>username_0: As I want to optimize my workflow, how do I determine my most frequently used apps?, so I can put them on start screen. Of course I guess the 3-5 most frequently used apps by myself, but as there space for upto 16 icons on the first screen, it's hard to tell whether some apps are frequently used or not. As for SMS, MMS there are apps generating statistics, is there someway I can determine the most frequently or often used app?<issue_comment>username_1: [Spare Parts](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droidgram.spareparts) does this. It's included in CyanogenMod and some other custom ROMs, but the Market version should work as well, I think. One of the menu options on the main page is "Usage statistics" which you can then order by launch count, time used, and app name:
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There is the app called "[Frequency](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appuccino.frequencyfree)".
But for me, a better solution was to have launchers for **only** the ~10 most frequently used app and to launch the rest using [Google Gesture App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.gesturesearch)
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/26 | 280 | 1,166 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes I would like to install some App on my Notion Ink Adam but the Android Market says that my device is not compatible with the App. ATM I simply google for the specific App and search some file hoster where I can download the apk, but this has several disadvantages (you never know if it is a hacked version, you don't receive updates, etc).
Therefore I would like to simply tell the market that I know about the incompatibility, but **I want to simply install the App anyway**. Does someone of you know a solution?<issue_comment>username_1: There's an app called [Market Unlocker](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evanhe.marketunlocker) (which requires root).
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes. Unfortunately the Market appears to pull the version of Android directly from the system somehow, so I'm not sure how to get around apps that are limited by version. However you can get around apps being limited to specific devices by editing your build.prop file. See my answer here: [How can I modify the phone model in build.prop to get unsupported apps?](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/16610/1465)
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/27 | 687 | 2,441 | <issue_start>username_0: I appear to have lost my Streak somewhere in my apartment, and I can't call it since I don't have a SIM card in it. I've remotely installed [Plan B](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb) just because, but unfortunately the GPS coordinates are not specific enough to find it inside my apartment :P. Is there any app I can install remotely that will start making noise so I can find the device?<issue_comment>username_1: *[Where's my Droid](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alienmanfc6.wheresmyandroid)* does that and is the best free app on the market:
Instructions:
>
> To use the app, text "wmd ring" to make the device ring
>
>
>
Taken from <http://wheresmydroid.com/>
EDIT:
I'm sorry, my answer above assumes you have some other way SIP or Google Voice to send an SMS, which you would have already had setup!
I'm not aware of any app that does this without initiation from an SMS. Sorry.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Bahh! Just found a way to do this! I'm so excited!
First, install [AndroidLost](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlost&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmFuZHJvaWRsb3N0Il0.) from the online Google Play Store.
* this is the app you can use to control/wipe/access info about your lost device, yadayada
Give it a little time to install to your device, then install [AndroidLost Jumpstart](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlost.jumpstart&hl=en) from the online Google Play Store as well
>
> This app will wake up the registration process on the androidlost app
> when ever a phone call is made, an SMS received, battery is low, a
> package is added, removed or changed.
>
>
>
So you have to install an arbitrary app from the Play Store as well to activate the service, but you can then go to androidlost.com to access functions to control your lost device! *Including ringing an alarm ;)*
I haven't tested this yet, but I will as soon as I can I tested this on my own phone (although the page for Jumpstart only specifies tablets), and *it works*! It says it will register on SMS or app install, I did both first, and the activation worked. This is an **awesome** utility.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Where's My Droid can send a ring request from their website, or app on another device, once you are logged into your account.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/27 | 408 | 1,646 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Android 2.3.4.
I have noticed that even When I turn off Wi-Fi, I still keep getting notifications, like - Gmail, Gtalk and Google+ notifications. If I open the said App then it says that it is not connected to internet.
So, my hypothesis is that maybe when I disable Wi-Fi, Android does not terminate currently established connections. It only denies new connections. But this does not explain why in this case the notifications are usually delayed, sometimes, by few hours or a full day.
What is happening and how do I actually disable the Wi-Fi?
PS: I use the "Status Switch" widget to turn/off the Wi-Fi.
UPDATE: the phone doesn't have a data plan, so data isn't coming in that way.<issue_comment>username_1: If you turn off Wi-Fi, but you have a data plan with your carrier, you'll still be accessing the internet using your cellular mobile radio.
Opening the app and having it say that it is not connected to the internet could thus be because you have poor signal, or you haven't used your phone in a while and it's been auto-disconnected from the mobile network to save battery/bandwidth by either the phone or your carrier.
You can use Airplane Mode to turn off both cellular and Wi-Fi radios.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I belive it is because you gained the data during the period Wi-Fi was activated, so when you swithced off your Wi-Fi, there was still some unread data you hadn't seen (in the form of mail and G+ notifications). Also I recomed, if you are seriously worried about this, and it perseveres, to turn off Wi-Fi via wireless communications in the settings app.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/27 | 445 | 1,786 | <issue_start>username_0: In my Device I have entered the the <EMAIL> as google account and I have also set that account as the Market account.
Now I want to use <EMAIL> as my market account but I am not able to do that.
So how to set that another account for the android market.
I also want to remove the account <EMAIL> from my device completely. That Account I have set at the First time in to my device and now I am not able to remove it from the Device.
So what should I have to do for it?<issue_comment>username_1: You can't currently remove the primary Google account that you used to set up your Android device, the quickest way to switch to your new Google account would be to restore factory defaults and set up your device to use the new account.
The location of the factory reset depends on the Android version of the device. On ICS (4.0+) devices it's in `Settings` -> `Backup & reset` -> `Factory data reset`. On Honeycomb (3.x) devices it's in `Settings` -> `Privacy` -> `Factory data reset`. The same goes for Froyo + Gingerbread (2.0-2.3.x) if i remember correctly.
Note that this will **clear your apps and their data**, and depending on your device, *MAY* wipe your **internal and/or external SD card**, as TryTryAgain mentioned.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: as GAThrawn said, you just need to add another google account in Options -> Accounts&Sync, and in Google Play application press Menu -> Accounts and link it to this new-linked account..
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: When you are on the home screen, click the Menu Key, then choose 'Settings', select 'Accounts and sync', click on the account which you want to remove, and finally press 'Remove Account' ... no big deal, no factory reset :)
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/27 | 193 | 728 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a android mobile with gingerbread 2.3.4 installed.
I want to know if my device(kernel) supports ext2 filesystem. Is there any terminal command to check the support for ext2 filesystem ?<issue_comment>username_1: `cat /proc/filesystems` is the typical Linux/Unix way of determining this. It works fine on CyanogenMod, but I'm not sure about other ROMs. If you want to filter out all of the other supported filesystems you could `grep` the output, too (assuming you've got `grep`, of course):
```
# cat /proc/filesystems | grep 'ext*'
ext2
ext3
ext4
#
```
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Download Debian Tools to check which ext your phone supports
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/27 | 542 | 2,165 | <issue_start>username_0: A few weeks ago I purchased two paid apps, 3G Watchdog Pro (3GWP) and The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE). Both of them displayed warnings that the license is missing, and advised to visit Android Market for purchasing the product. 3GWP issues the warning at startup and won't start unless I buy the app. TPE does start, but issues the warning occasionally.
I had actually bought 3GWP a few months earlier but soon uninstalled it, then decided to install it again a few weeks ago. I purchased the app again after the developer, whom I had contacted, refunded the previous purchase for troubleshooting. He said that refunding/repurchasing usually fixes the issue, and had no other suggestions.
I thought this issue was app-specific, then it occurred with a different app, TPE. I posted [a query to the Google Mobile help Forum](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=269026ef4a922be2&hl=en) and was contacted by the TPE developer. He did some troubleshooting, i.e. checked the aLogcat output and whitelisted my account. But the problem persisted.
Today I launched the Wolfram Alpha paid app, which I hadn't used in a while, and it displayed the warning "Application Not Licensed - This Wolfram | Alpha app has not been licensed. Please login to the phone using correct credentials or purchase it from the Android Market", and didn't start.
Why do unrelated, legitimately purchased apps report licensing issues? I suspect the problem is at Google's end.
I have a Nexus S phone with Android 2.3.6. My mobile carrier is Vodafone IT.<issue_comment>username_1: This does sound like Google has messed up your account. One thing I would try: Uninstall the apps in question, clear the data for the Market, then go into the Market again and re-install them.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I'm an Android developer and this bug drives me NUTS.
The only thing we've found that always fixes it is to open the main Settings app, Manage Applications, Google Play app, and then tap the Clear Data button. Then restart your phone and open the app in question and it'll be able to properly check your license.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/27 | 430 | 1,752 | <issue_start>username_0: I downloaded One Click Lag Fix and it requested z4Root, I also downloaded from the computer, because it was not on the market and installed, but AVG reported me that is infected.
I downloaded with multiple sites including xda-developers, and all were infected.
Should I proceed with installation?<issue_comment>username_1: Antivirus applications use special algorithms to scan, take apart and analyze files on your computer and network. If they are certain chunks in the files that it finds suspicious, then it gets flagged as malware.
Now, certain applications like one click root applications use hacks similar to the ones that some malware do. This causes the antiviruses to wrongly flag such software.
Most likely, z4root isnt infected but you can always use a secondary anti virus app to check or go on the xda forum thread and look for comments on infected files.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: z4root is in fact *infected*.
It is infected with an often used root exploit for Android 2.2 Froyo which allows you (or any malicious app) to gain root rights by executing it on a vulnerable phone. z4root is neutral if you have the original benign one however: It's only used to gain root. It does nothing else on its own.
AVG (and other antivirus vendors) flag this because it is a root exploit. They don't care if you like it or not and if you want to use it in a benign way (to install lag fix). It bypasses Android's security by exploiting a known vulnerability and this is enough to label it as *infected*.
To give an example:
Let's assume some app piggypacks this exploit to gain root to be able to start wreaking havoc on your phone (or with your data by formatting/wiping it. whatever).
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/27 | 304 | 1,124 | <issue_start>username_0: My Mobile device is "Galaxy s5570-mini", I want to secure it if it's lost -God forbidden- so I signed up in Samsungdive.com with my Gmail account then I have to add "Setting>Accounts and Sync>Add account>samsung account" in my mobile but I can't find this option !! what's wrong?? any thing is missed ?<issue_comment>username_1: Samsungdive.com has nothing to with the "Accounts and Sync" options. Samsung Dive consists of a background App (called *uTrack*), an Website (samsungdive.com) and an Login/Password, which allows you to *remotely locate, lock and/or wipe* **some** Samsung devices.
To pair your device with the Samsung DIVE, enter your login data under
```
Settings -> Location and Security -> uTrack
```
(Not sure if this is true for the Galaxy Mini, but that's where the setting is on the SGS)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I tried entering a password into the mobile tracker.
When I did this, the window came up.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: If you are unable to get it working Cerberus would be a very good alternative.
I use it, and it is flawless.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/28 | 366 | 1,357 | <issue_start>username_0: Read about [running *Windows 95*](http://www.androidbloggr.com/android-games/windows-95-running-on-android/) (blog post seems to be 9-12 months old) and *98, XP* (XDA has few threads) on Android. I'm interested (because of mind mapping software I use on Windows) but don't really have time and 2nd device to test this. Has someone here tried this and can give a overview of what's possible. Do these versions just run? Or can you
* easily install and run a .exe
* swap data from android filesystem to Windows
* use internet connection<issue_comment>username_1: Samsungdive.com has nothing to with the "Accounts and Sync" options. Samsung Dive consists of a background App (called *uTrack*), an Website (samsungdive.com) and an Login/Password, which allows you to *remotely locate, lock and/or wipe* **some** Samsung devices.
To pair your device with the Samsung DIVE, enter your login data under
```
Settings -> Location and Security -> uTrack
```
(Not sure if this is true for the Galaxy Mini, but that's where the setting is on the SGS)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I tried entering a password into the mobile tracker.
When I did this, the window came up.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: If you are unable to get it working Cerberus would be a very good alternative.
I use it, and it is flawless.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/01/30 | 926 | 3,592 | <issue_start>username_0: After being annoyed with my previous ROM, I thought I'd install ICS on my SGS2 (until CM9 comes out). But, sadly, it now reboots several times a day without any real reason. The device is just lying there on the table doing nothing and every now and then the screen turns on and I can watch it reboot.
So, how would I start to analyse this issue? Obviously I could try to flash different ROMs like a mad man until the issue resolves itself, but I would prefer a more sensible approach.<issue_comment>username_1: You can install the [android SDK](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) and use [DDMS](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/debugging/ddms.html) to monitor the logcat. The thing with a logcat, it is cleared when the device reboots, but you may be able to get an idea of what is crashing if you are monitoring it before it reboots.
You can probably also find unofficial CM9 nightlies for the Galaxy S2, but I am not sure what issues still exist for that device.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The first thing I would try to do is to retrieve the logs of the errors via ADB, and/or crash dumps.
Retrieving the logs is tricky, since the log cache gets erased on reboot. If the phone reboots even while sitting on a charger, try running `adb logcat` continuously (you will need Android SDK and USB drivers installed and configured on your PC.) When the phone reboots, look at the last several pages in the command prompt window for any errors or abnormalities.
If you can't reproduce the reboots while the phone is hooked up to USB, I suggest installing an app like [aLogcat](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat), and setting it up to write logs to the SD Card on an interval. Hopefully you will get lucky and catch the errors that way.
You can also try pulling out the crash dumps via the following commands:
```
su
cat /proc/last_kmsg > /mnt/sdcard/last_kmsg
```
This should create a file named "last\_kmsg" on your SD Card that contains last few debugging messages from the kernel. Open it with any text editor and see if anything obvious shows up.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I had a similar random-rebooting problem, and after one such reboot, I hooked up the phone to my laptop and ran "adb bugreport" on it. I got what looked like useful information, and attached it to the bug. So I think at least some log information survives a reboot.
Here's the bug, btw: <http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24118>
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: I had the same problem but in the few minutes it gave me each time I experimented and found that it stopped crashing if I went to the network update in the settings, even though there is no update available. It now works but I'd annoying needing to do that every time.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: You can try aLogrec, and if you like it, the donate version. Written by the same programmer that wrote aLogcat, it continuously records the log (logcat) to your SD card. I haven't tested it for how it reacts with restart from a crash, but I tested with a manual restart and the recorded log survived the restart and could see the shutdown sequence being logged. One downside is the log does not include timestamps.
My T-mobile S II had been crashing (restarting) when using basic features - ending a call (once), taking a picture (once) or using navigation (3 times). I upgraded from ICS 4.0.3 to 4.0.4. So far it has been good. I wish I had known about aLogrec while I was having these restarts.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/01/30 | 1,487 | 5,399 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the Incredible and here are the specs:
CyanogenMod 7.1.0 Stable
Baseband: 2.15.00.07.28
I can't seem to get my GPS to run in a stable manner. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
I've installed all the diagnostic GPS apps: GPS Essentials, GPS Status, GPS Test, GPS Fix, and doesn't make a difference. Cleared the AGPS, d/l new AGPS, etc...
When I use any of those, or my speedometer apps - Speedview and UlyssesSpeedometer - the GPS icon doesn't even blink. It's as if it can't hook the GPS command to turn on.
When it does work, it's great, a fix in about 3 seconds and 10 or 11 satellites.
I've run Fix Permissions in Rom Manager, and that seemed to help right away, but nothing since then, and I've ran that after I've installed new apps unrelated to anything GPS, and still to no avail.
How can I fix this to get a stable GPS on my phone?? Any help would be greatly appreciated, so frustrating.<issue_comment>username_1: I had this very same issue with my Incredible! I did everything you described and even flashed a newer Radio version to no avail. I got so frustrated I broke down and did a factory reset - for some reason it magically fixed my issue. I know it's the nuclear option here (as well as a popular catch-all answer) but I honestly think it's worth a shot. This also might be an excuse to bump up to CM 7.1.0 Stable.
FWIW I've had various strange and inexplicable issues with Cyanogenmod on my Incredible, this GPS trouble being just one. If you're up for a slight paradigm shift I've come to really like MIUI and haven't run into anything terribly strange (...yet).
*EDIT: Just in case, here are some great instructions for performing a factory reset from the helpful [MIUI HTC Incredible Installation Guide](http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?12394-GUIDE-HTC-Incredible-Install-GUIDE) (these steps are applicable to performing a factory reset in any ROM as long as you're using ClockworkMod Recovery).*
>
> 3) Open Rom Manager and select "Reboot into Recovery." (Yes, we're
> assuming you have already flashed the latest "Clockworkmod Recovery."
> If you have not, please do so now via Rom Manager by selecting "Flash
> ClockworkMod Recovery" from the Rom Manager options before trying to
> reboot into recovery.)
>
>
> 4) ...from the Main Clockworkmod Recovery
> menu, select "Backup and Restore." Then Select "Backup." This will
> create a Nandroid Backup in case anything goes incorrectly during or
> you get a bad ROM, you can always load your backup and return your
> phone to EXACTLY the way it was before you began making changes in
> Recovery. You may also Restore your Backup from here, but only after
> performing a Full Wipe of your phone to eliminate any trace of the old
> data that may corrupt your "restore" process. For more info on
> performing a "Full Wipe," see the next step.
>
>
> 6) Now to do a clean wipe of your phone. ***Note: At this point you
> will lose everything on your phone that you have not backed up to an
> alternative storage space, via cloud, PC, SDcard. This will basically
> return your phone to a straight out of the box setup.*** Select
> Factory Wipe/Data Reset from the list of options (On the HTC
> Incredible, you may move your selector up and down with the trackball
> or the volume buttons, the press the trackball to enter your
> selection.) After your selection scroll down through the Nos to the
> "Yes" and select it, and your phone will begin to clear out its
> memory. When it completes, you should be back at the menu to Wipe
> Data/Factory Reset.
>
>
> 7) After your Full Wipe, scroll down to the "Advanced" menu, and
> select it. The next list of options should display "Wipe Dalvik
> Cache." Select it, Scroll down through the Nos to the "Yes" and select
> it. It should only take a second. This step may be redundant after a
> full wipe, but if you ever need to "Update" a ROM, its important to
> know where this option is, so good practice.
>
>
> 8) Press the "Power" button on the phone to go back to the main
> Clockworkmod Recovery options.
>
>
> ...
>
>
> 13) Select Reboot System Now, and your phone should reboot.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Alright everyone, I think I may have found something, so if anyone is having this problem, hopefully it can help.
I believe it's a problem with google maps. For me, sometimes, when I launch maps and the GPS icon flashes a few times without locking and disappearing, that's when the problem starts.
Well i had the Google Maps Traffic Widgets active, and I would use those all the times and didn't realize it wasn't locking the GPS, But my speedometer apps wouldn't work, or even maps wouldn't work
I uninstalled maps, and reinstalled, didn't help.
This is what i found that works - don't use the traffic widgets, just open maps and look at traffic if you need to.
The second is, if you open maps and GPS doesn't lock, exit maps. Open up GPS Status, let it lock - for me I don't even need to clear or update AGPS info, but you may need to. Exit GPS Status, not open your speedometer app or Maps, and it should work.
I have been able to 'fix' the GPS issue this way over the last few days with multiple reboots and intalls/uninstalls of maps.
Hopefully this can be helpful or at least a start to troubleshooting. Good Luck!
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/01/31 | 479 | 1,861 | <issue_start>username_0: **Motivation:**
As I currently got started to put some media (music,ebook,etc..) I need to organize (add,modify,move,rename) files often but also see if the android apps are still recognizing my files properly.
As file transfer and organization is much faster on PC I plug in the USB cable and do what I want. Unfortunately android unmounts the sd memory so my apps e.g. Gallery wont be able to see the data. So I have to unmount on my PC and then nasty long media scanning takes places, and finally I can see the files within android. What me disturbs is the tedious mounting/unmounting process.
**Question**:
Can't I just simply alter files on sd memory over USB/Wifi or whatsoever while leaving the sd memory mounted? That would be awesome.<issue_comment>username_1: Ahh, I should have known, ssh is the solution. Therefore install an ssh server e.g. SSHDroid then you should usually have sftp and ssh to your phone. As command line tools like sed echo and basename are available even renaming is really easy :D.
The really great thing is you even don't need a wifi around, you can make your own with wifi thetering and SSHDroid will still work, though you have to disable the presence of a network in its options first.
You don't need to root the phone.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can use [adb](http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html) ([android sdk](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)) to open a shell from the device on your computer. You can connect over wifi or via a usb cable ([wifi is a little more complicated then using the usb](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2604727/how-can-i-connect-to-android-with-adb-over-tcp)). Root is not required.
Once set up you open a command window and do `adb shell` then you have a shell from your device.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/01/31 | 726 | 3,077 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to prevent a factory reset, like password protection? I would basically like to protect my phone from resetting if it gets stolen.<issue_comment>username_1: Not possible on any stock recoveries that I have seen. A custom recovery would be needed for something like this, although there would be nothing preventing someone from flashing a different Recovery that doesn't have password protection.
Honestly though, factory resetting your device is probably the best thing a thief can do, since this wipes your personal data (at least the portion that's stored on the phone's internal memory.)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I believe it's possible to protect your phone from the hard reset in case it's stolen from you or something related to that.
I would recommend [avast! Mobile Security](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity) for your mobile phone. It contains a lot of features including the "anti theft" provision. In case your phone is stolen, you can remotely control it using other phone numbers. You can also activate the hard reset protection on your phone and thieves won't be able to activate the hard reset or factory reset on your phone. You can also decide how your phone should behave after the SIM has been changed. For example, the app can close all access to the phone settings, hence closing all acts of trying the factory reset and the hard reset protection simply recovers all data if a hard reset is attempted.
It has worked for me, and I have recovered my Android phone twice now.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Apart from using the Anti-virus which might or might not work, I think you should try applications that can protect certain area of your Android while allowing access to some.I use [applock](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock) to protect access to my messages and gallery, I think you could also use this application to lock access to settings that lead to factory reset.I think that's the only way for now.There are other applications too that can work much better if you do some research.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: "Device Protection" or "Factory Reset Protection" added in Android 5.1 can prevent your device from being usable by a thief even if they factory reset it. Essentially, it keeps the device locked after a factory reset until you enter the Google Account credentials that were on it before the factory reset, locking out the thief (unless they know your account password). [See this article for more details](http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/03/12/guide-what-is-android-5-1s-antitheft-device-protection-feature-and-how-do-i-use-it/).
Note that if your bootloader is unlocked, or if you have the "Enable OEM unlock" developer option checked in Settings, the thief may be able to flash a ROM and evade this protection. Note also that it does not preserve the Android Device Manager, so this is merely to deter/frustrate thieves and not to help you retrieve your device.
Upvotes: 3 |
2012/01/31 | 1,729 | 6,351 | <issue_start>username_0: I've bought a used HTC Magic with CyanogenMod 5 on it. It has Google Market. The market version is 1.713 - which is nowhere near the latest IIRC. In-app billing, for one thing, is not supported.
Isn't Google Market supposed to upgrade itself when a new version comes out? Why doesn't mine do so? Probably some kind of CyanogenMod interference. Any good way around that, please?
EDIT: debugged the situation a little bit. I happen to know that market updating happens out of the main Market process - the Market (com.android.vending) downloads the update, then fires a broadcast intent UPDATE\_MARKET to a receiver in another app (com.android.vending.updater), which in turn installs the package. Here's what I got in the LogCat:
>
> 02-01 02:34:16.155: W/ActivityManager(121): Permission Denial:
> broadcasting Intent { act=com.android.vending.UPDATE\_MARKET
> dat=content://downloads/download/31 } from com.android.vending
> (pid=1762, uid=10006) requires
> com.android.vending.permission.UPDATE\_MARKET due to receiver
> com.android.vending.updater/com.android.vending.updater.UpdateMarketReceiver
>
>
>
So it looks as if the Market app lacks a permission to invoke the updater. The manifest file of Vending.apk, however, does have a
```
```
line. How is it possible for an app to have a , but receive a permission denial message?
EDIT2: the permission com.android.vending.permission.UPDATE\_MARKET is marked as "signature" in the MarketUpdater manifest. Meaning only apps signed by the same certificate as MarketUpdater are granted that permission. That could be the reason Market is not granted the permission - could be signed by a different certificate.
EDIT3: that's exactly the case. The public key is different. The one on Vending.apk seems to match that on various versions of Vending.apk that are floating around the 'Net.<issue_comment>username_1: It probably has nothing to do with CM; the Market is just really, really bad at updating itself. Sometimes clearing the data for it will help, but sometimes you'll additionally need to install a newer version manually before it will start updating itself again.
I've installed [the 3.4.4 Market from Android Police](http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12/14/download-android-market-3-4-4/) a few times, if you're looking for a safe file. Just put it on your SD card or internal storage (make sure it has the .apk extension) and install it via a file manager. `Settings -> Applications -> Unknown sources` needs to be checked for this.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: So the problem was: Market and Market Updater were not signed by the same key, no idea why. As a result, the Market wasn't able to send an intent to a receiver in the Market Updater that was protected by a `signature`-level permission. Here's what I've done.
I took MarketUpdater.apk from the device. I took it apart with `apktool`:
```
apktool d -s MarketUpdater.apk mu
```
I then opened the AndroidManifest.xml. I changed the `package` attribute under to
```
package="com.android.vending.updateralt"
```
That was to avoid a name clash with the vanilla Market Updater app. Changed the element's header to this:
```
```
See - no `permission` attribute. No longer requiring that the intent sender is signed by the same certificate. Spelling out the Java package name in `android:name` was necessary, since the APK package name no longer matched the Java package name of the class.
I then packaged the APK back:
```
apktool b mu MarketUpdaterAlt.apk
```
I signed the APK, using the `jarsigner` tool, with an arbitrary key that I had from another project:
```
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin\jarsigner.exe" -verbose -digestalg SHA1 -sigalg MD5withRSA -keystore c:\Path\MyKeys.ks MarketUpdaterAlt.apk MyKey
```
Uploaded the APK to /system/app, registered with `pm`:
```
adb push MarketUpdaterAlt.apk /system/app
adb shell pm install -r /system/app/MarketUpdaterAlt.apk
```
And forced a Market self-update. Removed the preferences file:
```
adb shell rm /data/data/com.android.vending/shared_prefs/*
```
Then restarted the Market, waited for five minutes, and closed the Market. The update went through like a charm. Now I have Market 2.3.6, in-app billing and all.
Good thing the permission-based coupling between the Market and Market Updater was not two-way...
EDIT: the alternative updater APK is available for all at <http://www.jishop.com/temp/MarketUpdaterAlt.apk>
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: The solution of creating a new MarketUpdater did not work for me. I'm a newbie at rooted Android devices so maybe there's something that would be evident to someone who has more experience with it. I ran into an INSTALL\_PACKAGE permission issue, and yes I did put MarketUpdaterAlt into /system/app/ and it was signed with my key, but that did not do the trick. The whole permission thing seems a bit finicky (see for instance [this discussion](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8130677/troubles-installing-programmatically-an-app-with-install-packages-permission-fro)).
At any rate, I've found an alternate way of getting the upgrade:
1. Grab a relatively recent version of the Market app. (I used an apk titled Market-3.4.4.apk. It needs to be reasonably new but having the very latest does not matter since it will upgrade itself after a bit anyway. I have 3.10.9 now running.) Verify that the package is signed by Google.
2. Clear Market data. (That's what I did back then but now I think pm uninstall, without the -k option, will accomplish the same thing.)
3. adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
4. adb shell rm /system/app/Vending.apk
5. adb shell pm uninstall com.android.vending
6. adb push [Path to your new apk] /system/app/Vending.apk
7. adb shell pm install /system/app/Vending.apk
8. adb shell mount -o remount,ro /system
If you got an older version than the latest, any necessary upgrade will occur after a while. It may take a bit before the web interface to Google Play gets is view synchronized with what the local app says.
That's how I got the latest version of Google Play up and running on an old rooted myTouch 3g running CM 6.1. Someone with more foresight than I have could presumably integrate a newish version among the Google Apps when they do their initial flashing.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/01 | 636 | 2,777 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Droid X, which I am about to give to my wife and I am getting a newer Driod. We have been using the google calendar, with great success, for the past few years. This will be the first time we have two smart phones and we want to keep the phone contacts (and email in my case) separate from each other such that they don't download each others to the other phone. Can that be done?<issue_comment>username_1: The ideal solution would probably be to try setting up a calendar on one account and then sharing it with the other account from the Google Calendar website. I know this works with things like my office's apps accounts because I can see our shared calendars on my phone, but I'm not positive if it will work with a personal Google account (I'd imagine it might, though). You'd also want to make sure that both accounts had permission to modify the calendar, I assume.
Alternatively, Android will let you selectively choose account data to sync with Google's servers, so one way to do this would be:
1. Set up the existing calendar's account on both phones
2. Go into `Settings->Accounts and Sync` and select the account
3. Uncheck everything **except** "Sync Calendar" (do this on both devices)
4. Set up individual accounts for email, contacts, etc on each phone
This should cause the calendar data from the shared account to sync to each phone, but none of the other data (email, contacts, etc). Then the individual accounts can be set to sync the rest of the data, and will exist separately. You could also choose to have your phone sync email, contacts, and calendar data all from the shared account (if appropriate), while your wife's only syncs the calendar data. Then she can have a separate email/contacts account for herself, or vice versa.
One possible downside to this method, however, is that I believe the calendar account will still appear in e.g. the Gmail app, though it won't automatically sync emails and create notifications (in other words, you could choose to manually pull down emails by opening the app).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: My wife and I have been doing something like this for years.
We each have our own separate Google accounts (separate contacts, Gmail, etc.)
We've also done this with our calendars:
* We each have our own default Google Calendar and have shared read-access to the other.
* We've also created several shared calendars (Household, Local Events, plus a calendar for each of our children) that we both edit
* As needed we create separate calendars that we can choose to share or not. (For instance, she doesn't really need to know when my meetings are at work, just if my work schedule is different.)
(This works just fine on regular old Google accounts.)
Upvotes: 4 |
2012/02/01 | 790 | 3,381 | <issue_start>username_0: When typing an SMS message, the messaging application will automatically close and the typed text is deleted, causing me to have to retype the text. It seems to happen after two or three messages. I have clear data of Messaging software from `Manage Applications->All->Messaging->Clear Data` but the problem persists. Is there a way I can fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: I would try going in to `Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All` and select the Messaging app. Then the Clear Data for the application. There may be something in the data that is corrupt and causing an issue.
I know this doesn't necessarily solve the problem, but you can try using another SMS application, like [Handcent SMS](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms&hl=en) for example. I personally never liked the Messaging application that comes in TouchWiz (Samsung's additions/changes to Android), which is why I moved to a custom ROM as soon as a stable one was made available. That is not the answer for everyone, but replacing the messaging app with a 3rd party app is "the next best thing".
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can try to investigate this issue more deeply based on system logs. Install some application to grabbing logs from device (for example SendLog). When you application crashes, then grab system log in which should be placed callstack started in your application.
Getting logs should be done asap after crash, because these files rotate.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: It *is* possible, but unlikely, that it is being killed by the android automatic killer to free up ram, but as the Samsung Galaxy S2 has 1 GB of ram this is unlikely.
One other explanation is that you are accidentally pressing the home button while you type, or are pressing something on your keyboard that has the same effect.
If possible, install the drivers for your device, download adb + required dll's, and type into a command prompt:
```
logcat >> logcat.log
```
Then make it happen. This will dump all of the logs to the logcat.log file. You could then paste this into pastebin, for us to have a look at.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Just leave the damn app alone, it's black and uninviting anyway, and install a more appealing SMS app, try Go SMS or Handcent SMS.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: You should probably try looking at what processes are running, you probably have a game or application with some services maybe even something with an SMS intent grabber to read when you have messages & alert you or whatever.
[Avast](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity) is good for monitoring applications resources & uninstalling them if you don't like doing it in the settings. It also puts up applications by permissions which make it easy to see if something is grabbing SMS messages off the intent. It's free, you don't need to root, and as long as you don't do the admin mode easy enough to uninstall.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: This is old question however answering now since I found solution on my device. It might help for anyone still facing the issue.
There is Android system app "Aries" you need to give all permission to this app.
After that none of the application are now minimizing for me.
My device is running on Andorid 7.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/01 | 373 | 1,117 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there any widgets on the market that let me control standard Android tethering? I use it quite a lot and it's a pain to have to navigate through all the Settings options just to check a checkbox...<issue_comment>username_1: You can simply install the [GoLauncherEX](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nYXUuZ28ubGF1bmNoZXJleCJd) and then install the [GO Switch Widget](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.gowidget.switchwidget&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmdhdS5nby5sYXVuY2hlcmV4Lmdvd2lkZ2V0LnN3aXRjaHdpZGdldCJd). It is awesome and lets you control lot of other functionality other than tethering.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Have a look at [Tethering Widget](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.achmyr.android.froyo&hl=en).
Its a free widget with nice look.
It can be used to enable/disable WiFi and USB Tethering as well.
To add, press Home button
```
Menu | Add | Widget | Tethering (full) / Tethering (small)
```
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/01 | 819 | 3,405 | <issue_start>username_0: It bothers me that my Android Phone is permanently logged into my Gmail account.
I want to logout from the device and somehow make the phone ask for username/password when connecting to my account.
It seems there is no such option. What are my options?
P.S. Please don't suggest to lock my phone when not in use. I already do that.<issue_comment>username_1: There's no way to do this. [It's been posed on Gmail's support forums in the past](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=21792a089a64a01b&hl=en) and the answer has always been (from the linked discussion above):
>
> ... Google's native apps on Android phones are designed to use the phone
> itself to sign in and out. If you're concerned about account security
> on your phone I recommend you add a lock pattern or PIN to your phone
> (visit Settings > Location & security settings to set these up).
>
>
>
If you want to disassociate your account you can perform a factory reset, which will erase all of your personal data and require you to set up the account again. This isn't really practical as a "sign out" method, though, since you'd have to completely re-create the account to access it.
I suppose you could also go to a web browser and change your Gmail password to effectively "log out" your phone and prompt for the new password, but then you'd have to change it after every time you've accessed the Gmail app. Again, not practical.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Being "logged in" is a misconception. Even when you are "logged in" when you use a browser, this is handled by the storage of a cookie with an authentication token stored in it. On the device is sort of the same, except it is not a "cookie". When you set up your account, an authentication token is requested and stored on the device. A new token can also be exchanged at other times, but you are unaware that it even happens.
When the applications, like gmail, go and check for new mail, they use that token to tell the gmail servers that you are "you". The reason you can't "sign out" is because then you would not be able to check for new mail, get application updates and other things like that that happen in the background. If you were to sign out, then every couple minutes you would have to put in your credentials so your device could check for updates and new mail.
A large set of the services built-in to android use your authentication token. Even when you create, edit, or delete a contact on your device, because it syncs that data to your account on google servers. Calendar appointments, gTalk, Google Voice, the search widget, voice-to-text, push notifications (for just any service that uses C2DM), and any other service that may show up under your google account in `Accounts & Sync` can and will need this authentication token at any given time.
It is more like you are logged in to your PC (Windows, Linux, OSX) then logged in to any particular google service.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: The primary advantage of Gmail being a native app is that it keeps your emails synchronized and for getting new mail notifications, but if you really don't want to stay logged in and can accept that not being logged on means you won't get synchronizations or notifications, then just don't use the Gmail app. You can check your email through Gmail's mobile webmail instead.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/01 | 406 | 1,494 | <issue_start>username_0: Does Android OS have an option for showing **Cell Info Display** (Name of the cell Tower) on home screen ? (Without using external apps)<issue_comment>username_1: You will not be able to display this on the Home screen without 3rd party apps.
You can use this app called [CellID Info](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.its_here.cellidinfo) from Google Play Store, you may find [other apps](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cellid&c=apps) that display this info too. The CellID Info doesn't say if it has a widget (i don't think it does) but some of the other ones might.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Just download [OpenSignal](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal&hl=en) from Play Store.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Its possible to read the Cell tower info since its one of the BroadCast messages. But it does not come up on screen automatically! It is possible to get this as notifications in SMS, once you enable Cell BroadCast messagess (CB) usually in the native SMS application settings.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Try [Cell Info Display](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.virtual.applets.cellinfodisplay) app available on Google Play.
>
> Cell info display will be useful to know about the locality information in case of any travel to new location.
>
>
> *Limitations*: This application works only if there is an Internet connectivity
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/01 | 644 | 2,558 | <issue_start>username_0: I have added an Exchange/ActiveSync email account to my Android phone. This required me to set the email application as a device administrator so that ActiveSync can control certain features of my phone.
One of the controlled features is the way I can unlock my phone (from the lockscreen). Exchange seems to limit me to the "PIN" and "Password" options. But I prefer to use a pattern lock.
Please note that I have administrative access to the domain in which the Exchange server is running and I would like to control this behaviour from the server side. I do NOT want to circumvent restrictions on my device.
I have already created a new ActiveSync profile (which doesn't enforce any password restrictions) for my user account, but it doesn't seem to affect the issue. It seems like ActiveSync in general restricts me to a password/PIN unlock and the profile can just control the complexity rules for those.
I realize this isn't really an Android issue, but I assumed this would be the best place to ask.
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**Update**: Please note that this seems to be a new feature introduced with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). When I was using Android 2.3, I was able to use pattern lock just fine.<issue_comment>username_1: You will not be able to display this on the Home screen without 3rd party apps.
You can use this app called [CellID Info](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.its_here.cellidinfo) from Google Play Store, you may find [other apps](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cellid&c=apps) that display this info too. The CellID Info doesn't say if it has a widget (i don't think it does) but some of the other ones might.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Just download [OpenSignal](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal&hl=en) from Play Store.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Its possible to read the Cell tower info since its one of the BroadCast messages. But it does not come up on screen automatically! It is possible to get this as notifications in SMS, once you enable Cell BroadCast messagess (CB) usually in the native SMS application settings.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Try [Cell Info Display](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.virtual.applets.cellinfodisplay) app available on Google Play.
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> Cell info display will be useful to know about the locality information in case of any travel to new location.
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> *Limitations*: This application works only if there is an Internet connectivity
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2012/02/01 | 3,514 | 14,400 | <issue_start>username_0: Google maps seems to have an insane amount of Intents registered for it, as well as other ways of being started.
Since this is a pretty resource hungry app (especially memory wise), I would very much want it **permanently** not running unless/until I actually need it. However, Android keeps starting it all the time - for example, when the connectivity status changes (which for me happens pretty frequently indoors), or GPS/network location changes.
Is there some way of ensuring that Google Maps doesn't start ANY processes, guaranteed, until I click on an icon to deliberately launch it?
**Environment**: Droid X, running rooted stock Froyo 2.2; I have [Autostarts](http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=autostart&fdid=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts). and Advanced Task Killer, as well as Pro version of Titanium Backup installed.
I'm fairly open to almost any method as long as
* It's reliable.
* It lets me use Google Maps with 100% intended functionality once I DO need it, without requiring 5 minutes of work to re-configure.
* Ideally, doesn't require me to reboot to use it, but this one is not a deal killer.
* I would STRONGLY prefer a generic method which would be applicable to other applications, NOT just Google Maps.
* I'm a software developer with a hefty dose of Unix/Linux system administration experience. In other words, solutions which require shell prompt or writing/running shell scripts (or Perl in Android Scripting Environment) are extremely welcome.
Solutions involving writing my own Java Android app are acceptable as long as they are detailed enough than a total Android development newbie can get at least some work done without being 100% lost.
**Things I tried:**
* Killing the processes via Task Killer is NOT working - they come back up, either immediately or in a little while. Probably via Intents but not 100% certain.
* Standard methods of getting rid of GMaps issues (log out of Latitude/shut down GPS and network locator). This seems to help a lot BUT I find the need to permanently shut down GPS/locator to be unacceptable - e.g. it won't let me run Locale app or locale-based Tasker things.
* Freeze via Titanium Backup Pro. This requires a reboot and generally not very pleasant.
**Possible approaches I thought of** (but don't know how to do) are:
* Somehow FULLY eliminate (turn off) all Intents registered by Google Maps when not needed.
Problems: First, I don't know what ALL the Intents Google Maps uses.
Second, the only practical way of doing that that I know of is Autostarts app which is NOT a workable solution - it takes ~5-10 mins to find and re-enable all the intents **I am aware of** (Autostarts is really poor at per-app intent management - it's centered on per-intent), never mind possible intents that Autostarts does NOT know about (it's a black box, I don't know which intents are missed if any.
* Have a script which will rename the JARs or whatever the executable files on Android are (entire .APK?) from say `GoogleMaps.apk` to `GoogleMaps.disabled.apk` and back.
Problem: I don't know if this is possible to do on a rooted Froyo. Also, Google Maps was pre-installed on DroidX, so would renaming somehow ONLY affect the update but not the original app?
* Have a script which will go into the APK and rename/move/empty out manifest file to remove any intents for that app.
Problem: Would this require a recompile? It definitely requires a reboot which is a minus<issue_comment>username_1: First, [I suggest you stop using your task killers](http://lifehacker.com/5650894/android-task-killers-explained-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them). They are draining your battery more than saving it. The System is restarting the services when they need to run which is causing battery usage.
Second, you are under the assumption that freeing up memory is a good thing. It is not. Freeing up memory is not going to decrease battery usage. What you really need to look for is the apps that use a lot of CPU cycles. This is what will drain your battery.
Android is based on Linux. Linux always wants to use all the memory available because free memory is wasted memory. The android system will take care of releasing memory of applications that are not in use so other applications can use it when needed.
Even if you try and kill applications that are running and taking up memory, the system will either restart these services/apps, which will cause battery drain because they probably have some syncing that happens when starting up, or just the CPU cycles that are used to initialize the application. Killing the applications will also cause the device to appear slow when trying to start applications because something that normally might be running now needs to be started back up before presenting you with the applications user interface.
Some things that will cause battery drain like GPS, wifi, bluetooth, and data usage are going to use your CPU a lot more to process the data that is being transmitted and received. Turning these off when not in use will save on a lot of battery drain. I have a bad battery in my device, it wont even charge past 94%, but I can get 12 or more hours out of my battery if I turn off these services when I don't need them.
I use google maps all the time, and in my battery stats its not even listed as an app using resources. My highest battery user is the Screen @ 31%, and the lowest shown is GMail @ 3%. I can assure you, google maps is not the cause of your battery drain. Using task killers is more likely the cause. As I said I use google maps for directions almost daily, and it isn't even in the top 10 list of apps that are using my battery.
More information on task killers from the [Google Android Developers blog](http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html).
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> A common misunderstanding about Android multitasking is the difference between a process and an application. In Android these are not tightly coupled entities: applications may seem present to the user without an actual process currently running the app; multiple applications may share processes, or one application may make use of multiple processes depending on its needs; the process(es) of an application may be kept around by Android even when that application is not actively doing something.
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> The fact that you can see an application's process "running" does not mean the application is running or doing anything. It may simply be there because Android needed it at some point, and has decided that it would be best to keep it around in case it needs it again. Likewise, you may leave an application for a little bit and return to it from where you left off, and during that time Android may have needed to get rid of the process for other things.
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> A key to how Android handles applications in this way is that processes don't shut down cleanly. When the user leaves an application, its process is kept around in the background, allowing it to continue working (for example downloading web pages) if needed, and come immediately to the foreground if the user returns to it. If a device never runs out of memory, then Android will keep all of these processes around, truly leaving all applications "running" all of the time.
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> Of course, there is a limited amount of memory, and to accommodate this Android must decide when to get rid of processes that are not needed. This leads to Android's process lifecycle, the rules it uses to decide how important each process is and thus the next one that should be dropped. These rules are based on both how important a process is for the user's current experience, as well as how long it has been since the process was last needed by the user.
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> Once Android determines that it needs to remove a process, it does this brutally, simply force-killing it. The kernel can then immediately reclaim all resources needed by the process, without relying on that application being well written and responsive to a polite request to exit. Allowing the kernel to immediately reclaim application resources makes it a lot easier to avoid serious out of memory situations.
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> If a user later returns to an application that's been killed, Android needs a way to re-launch it in the same state as it was last seen, to preserve the "all applications are running all of the time" experience. This is done by keeping track of the parts of the application the user is aware of (the Activities), and re-starting them with information about the last state they were seen in. This last state is generated each time the user leaves that part of the application, not when it is killed, so that the kernel can later freely kill it without depending on the application to respond correctly at that point.
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> In some ways, Android's process management can be seen as a form of swap space: application processes represent a certain amount of in-use memory; when memory is low, some processes can be killed (swapped out); when those processes are needed again, they can be re-started from their last saved state (swapped in).
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Here is another article talking about how Task killers will drain your battery.
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> [Do not use Automatic Task Killing Software](http://tektype.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/how-to-extend-evo-battery-life-for-free/)
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> To make a long story short, using auto-task killers can cause: excessive battery drain (as if the phone doesn’t drain a battery quick enough already), the phone to overheat often and programs shutting down (crashing) randomly – programs you actually want to use. Stay away from these!
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One thing that you could do if you are really set on "stopping maps" until you want to use it is use the Freeze option in titanium backup. This will essentially remove the application from the device and none of the services associated with it will ever start until you un-freeze it.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Have you thought about un-installing and re-installing Maps as a possible solution?
1. First, get rid of the pre-loaded Maps by deleting the `/system/app/Maps.apk` file:
```
su
rm /system/app/Maps.apk
```
Once a system app is updated, it's useless in the /system/app folder and can be safely deleted.
2. Then copy the current Maps version to your SD Card:
```
cp /data/app/com.google.android.apps.maps*.apk /sdcard/
```
3. Now uninstall the Maps app:
```
pm uninstall -k com.google.android.apps.maps
```
The "-k" switch keeps the settings for when you re-install the app.
4. Now to get Maps back simply re-install it from backup:
```
pm install -r /sdcard/com.google.android.apps.maps*.apk
```
You can automate these steps via [GScript](https://market.android.com/details?id=nl.rogro.GScriptLite), which allows you to create shortcuts to scripts. So just create one script named "Disable Maps" with the command from step #3, and another one named "Enable Maps" with command from step #4 (check "Needs SU?" for both).
Now you can add 2 GScript shortcuts to your home screen from the scripts you created by using Android's normal "Add Shortcut" method (GScript will be one of the options there.)
The only drawback of this method is that you will most likely lose the Maps shortcut (and/or widget) from your home screen when you uninstall it, requiring you to re-add it after re-installation. You of course will still be able to launch Maps from the app drawer.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: I suggest using the Freeze feature of Titanium backup [homepage](http://matrixrewriter.com/android/) [market link](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup). I believe you have to register the app ($6.58) in order to use the feature, but I assure you, it's worth the price if you like to hack your phone. The other main reason to pay for the app (other than to support the developer for writing a fine piece of free software) is to be able to do batch installs (i.e. restoring from backup) of apps and data which you have backed up. Otherwise you have to get through the standard app install dialogs.
From the website about freeze:
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> App freezer can disable an app (and make it invisible) without un-installing it
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Or you can actually do an uninstall and reinstall. You might find there are reasons to do that over freezing, I don't know.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: From your mentioning of Titanium Backup I assume your device is rooted. So my absolute recommendation here is [AutoRun Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun.pro) (and yes, you will need the Pro -- second yes, it's worth it). Having that installed, open the app, use the "advanced mode", look for the app you want to modify (in your case: Google Maps). Expand it. ARM will show you all its listeners -- disable them.
That's it. Nothing is waking it up anymore unless you explicitly start it. BUT: Before you start it, you may need to enable those listeners again, or you may experience strange side effects (I did). On the other side, at least this does not require a reboot.
For technical details, you might want to crosscheck with the question [How can I manage intent associations with apps](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2538/how-can-i-manage-intent-association-with-apps), or directly dive into the [Intents section of the AOSP developer manuals](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_5: Root your phone then use the AutoStarts app from Google Play to disable all the events that trigger Maps. It will run fine when manually started but will stay gone when you kill it. Disable anything else you don't need in the After Startup event folder to further reduce memory consumption.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: Beginning with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, [you can simply disable Google Maps in the system settings](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/29978/16963). This won't help you if you're still stuck on Froyo, but others may get some benefit from it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: If your phone has the option `Settings > Applications > Development > Stop app via long-press`, you can always close the Google Maps this way, then this process get killed as well until you open the app again.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/01 | 351 | 1,450 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed that when I install and uninstall applications slow down the phone and it is necessary to restart to restore normal function of the phone. Is it a case like a computer's, after installation should be restarted, and how Android resolves this case?!<issue_comment>username_1: Normaly it shouldn't restarted.
If you uninstall an app, it only deletes the apk from the folder `/data/app` and the app data from the folder `/data/data`.
Nothing special or magic.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You did mention Apps2SD, that is where the slowdown is happening, more than likely, the filesystem on the SDCard is getting a bit fragmented (unless its non-FAT32 file-system from the old Windows 95 era). It might be better for you to use the Android's native filesystem (Ext3fs) to accomplish this.
You should not have to be restarting the handset in order to resolve it.
*Question for you* - what class is the SDCard you are referring to. Perhaps upgrading to Class 6 or better might help. (If you're bombarded by the terminology '*Class*', its down to the speed of how fast the SDCard can be read in, generally, the higher it is, the faster it is, but then again that's depending on the SDCard slot if its capable of supporting it.)
You would be quite surprised as well, that maybe reformatting the SDCard can do the trick as well but if you happen to have apps on it.. that's definitely ruled out.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/02 | 614 | 2,323 | <issue_start>username_0: Opening files from the Dropbox app seems to always result in a 'Permanent Failure' message. I see that some of the progress bar fills before the error appears. In the past I used Dropbox to view many file types, including JPG, TXT and PDF.
I am googling the problem but I don't see anything specific in the results. I'm wondering if it is due to having too full of an SD card. I will test that shortly.
Device: HTC Incredible (Android 2.3.4), App version: 2.0.1<issue_comment>username_1: I fixed this by removing data from the SD card. It was nearly full. Freeing up ~1GB of the card solved the problem. It's likely that the application uses some SD card space to open files.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I had the same problem (after the latest update to Dropbox 2.3.8, the other day), however I had 8gb memory left (and some 600mb internal).
I had to uninstall the whole app to make Dropbox work again. With the following steps:
1. Clear cache and remove data
2. Uninstall the app
3. Restart the phone
4. Reinstall the app
5. Files can be opened again...
I also tried to locate the "com.dropbox.android"-folder per the information at the following page (<http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus7/comments/19i7bs/dropbox_permanent_failure/>), but that was after I had uninstalled the application and I couldn't find the folder (which seems logic).
I am running a HTC Desire Z with Android OS 2.3.3.
Hope this helps!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I resolved this issue by reinstalling the app, but now that I think about it, this might have been caused by the fact that I had changed my password (using the web interface) but never told by phone app the new password.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I had the same problem. It was solved after I unlinked my device from Dropbox (in Dropbox Settings) and then re-linked it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I had the same message but discovered it was because I was connected to a secure wifi network which didn't like me accessing files from the dropbox app on my HTC one.
Solution:
Disconnected from the wifi and used my 3G on my phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I had the same problem and I just cleared the cache and it worked. You can do this in Settings → Apps → Clear cache
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/02/02 | 609 | 2,342 | <issue_start>username_0: Can I have the Power Control Widget (Status bar widget) from CM7 on the Stock ROM?
This is the is the only feature I missed from CM7 when I switched back to Stock ROM.
It gives the quick access to power widgets when when I pull down my notification bar
I've tried ExtendedControls but its buggy and not as flexible as Power Control Widget.
Is there any way to have the Power Control Widget on Stock ROM?<issue_comment>username_1: I fixed this by removing data from the SD card. It was nearly full. Freeing up ~1GB of the card solved the problem. It's likely that the application uses some SD card space to open files.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I had the same problem (after the latest update to Dropbox 2.3.8, the other day), however I had 8gb memory left (and some 600mb internal).
I had to uninstall the whole app to make Dropbox work again. With the following steps:
1. Clear cache and remove data
2. Uninstall the app
3. Restart the phone
4. Reinstall the app
5. Files can be opened again...
I also tried to locate the "com.dropbox.android"-folder per the information at the following page (<http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus7/comments/19i7bs/dropbox_permanent_failure/>), but that was after I had uninstalled the application and I couldn't find the folder (which seems logic).
I am running a HTC Desire Z with Android OS 2.3.3.
Hope this helps!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I resolved this issue by reinstalling the app, but now that I think about it, this might have been caused by the fact that I had changed my password (using the web interface) but never told by phone app the new password.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I had the same problem. It was solved after I unlinked my device from Dropbox (in Dropbox Settings) and then re-linked it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I had the same message but discovered it was because I was connected to a secure wifi network which didn't like me accessing files from the dropbox app on my HTC one.
Solution:
Disconnected from the wifi and used my 3G on my phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I had the same problem and I just cleared the cache and it worked. You can do this in Settings → Apps → Clear cache
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/02/02 | 240 | 965 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a free android aplication which can launch other pre-selected apps when it detects a successful wifi connection?
Bonus, if it can kill the apps when the wifi connection is gone.
I know plug in launcher pro version claims that it has this feature (but it ain't free)
More background:
I'm using wifi powermanager to startup wifi whenever a power source is connected. Once wifi, is connected, I wish to start applications like airdroid, wifi fixer.<issue_comment>username_1: Try [AutomateIt](https://market.android.com/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage). This app allows you to set up various triggers (WiFi enabled/disabled included) and then assign actions like launching apps or toggling other settings.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The free [Llama](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kebab.Llama) app allows you to combine rules (when connected to certain wlan) with action (then launch this app).
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/02 | 685 | 2,665 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How can I download an APK file from the Android Market?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12330/how-can-i-download-an-apk-file-from-the-android-market)
>
>
>
I want to download APKs from the Android Market and sideload them to my Kindle Fire. I'm able to run APKs using ES File Explorer but not able to download them :(<issue_comment>username_1: The title of your question and it's body are really not very related to one another, but I think the title is actually something that's worth covering since I haven't really seen it come up here before (in a general sense).
Per the **title** of your question: You can't register a device on the Market from the web interface alone. Devices appear once the Market application has been configured on the device itself, at which point you can install applications via the web interface or from the device directly. The Market's website basically uses C2DM ("push") to install the app to the device over the air, it does not download the .apk to your computer.
So, per the **body** of your question: You cannot download .apk files from the Market website to sideload them - even with a registered device - so ES File Explorer is not going to help you with that. This has also been previously asked here: [How can I download an APK file from the Play Store?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12330/how-can-i-download-an-apk-file-from-the-android-market)
Your Kindle Fire will appear in your account (it most certainly does on mine, anyway) if you install the Market on it and log into your account from the device. There is a question regarding how to do this already: [How can I get the Android Market installed on my Kindle Fire?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17338/how-can-i-get-the-android-market-installed-on-my-kindle-fire) Note that you must be rooted to do this.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The only way to add an Android device to Android Market is to install Google's core applications on it (including Market.) Unfortunately, Kindle Fire does not ship with "Google experience" apps, and there is no "official" way to install them. You must root the Kindle Fire first (voids your warranty,) and then install the Market's APK with supporting apps.
See [this thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889) on XDA-Developers forum for an easy script. It's dated 1/9/2012, so be aware that it could be outdated if there has been an OS Upgrade for Kindle Fire recently. Browse other threads on the Kindle Fire Development section for other alternatives.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/02 | 233 | 921 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic (with Android version 2.3.6 installed), and whenever my phone reaches 10% battery life it prompts me to turn on power-saving mode (and I do).
However, once my phone is fully charged, I'd like to turn off the settings that power-saving mode comprises (lowered screen brightness, shorter display timeout, etc.)
I see no way to do this in Android except by manually going through the settings and resetting them to the non-power-saving-mode levels. Is there a better way?<issue_comment>username_1: Total guess here: press and hold the power button. Is there a Power Saving option in the popup menu?
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Try a swipe down on the top status bar, don't you see a toolbar with a button to turn it off ?
If you don't see that probably you can customize the buttons on them and add what you wanted to it.
Hope it helps.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/02 | 328 | 1,359 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I know which applications slows down the phone, so that I could get rid of them?<issue_comment>username_1: Although you can't find out what apps are 'slowing down' your phone, you can find out which apps are using your battery the most. Generally if apps are using a lot of battery power, they're probably slowing down your phone too.
You can find the list of apps vs battery usage in Settings > Battery.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: There is yet another aspect, Constantly running background (daemon) services that are usually associated with network updates, mails, facebook, sugarsync, dropbox etc.. can get the juice out of your phone very quickly, you need to keep track of such 'zombie' apps that keep these background services running.
Look at them once and make sure you keep what you need. Be careful it can have lot of side effects.
Settings -> applications -> manage applications -> running (tab)
Hope it helps you.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Hmm.....Try "advance task killer" which force stop all apps except for selected. or manually by going to application select force stop on each application.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: The [Watchdog Task Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zomut.watchdog) app is really great for these kinds of problems.
Upvotes: 3 |
2012/02/03 | 331 | 1,331 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a podcast app that will just run in the background, download new episodes when necessary and make these episodes available to the default music player.
I like to access my music and my podcasts in the same place and don't really like the idea of using separate apps to listen to podcasts and the rest of my music.<issue_comment>username_1: Are you willing to consider changing your default music player? If so, [DoubleTwist](http://doubletwist.com/) is a great iTunes-like desktop/Android app that allows you to sync and play everything all in one place. Best part is that it's free (everything but their wireless [AirSync](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.doubleTwist.androidPlayerProKey&hl=en)).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The [BeyondPod](https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.beyondpod&hl=en) podcast player will download new podcasts directly to your device, on a schedule. For example, I have it run every morning to look for new podcasts. And, it can be configured to "Share Podcasts" with the default Android Music Player.
I have never used the share-with-default-player feature, so I can't really comment on how well that works in practice. But the basic podcast management and download features have all worked nicely for me.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2012/02/03 | 178 | 759 | <issue_start>username_0: Is a google account mandatory to use the android market?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes. You need one to sign in, even for free apps. Paid apps are paid for via Google Checkout.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, it is mandatory to use Google Account to use Google's Android Market; however it is not mandatory to use Google's Android Market to install Android applications. There are many [third party app markets](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/216/what-are-the-alternative-android-app-markets) and you can sideload an .apk file you have downloaded to the device (except on some devices from brain-damaged carriers where this option is disabled). Some alternative markets do not require registration.
Upvotes: 3 |
2012/02/03 | 193 | 814 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading about the new face recognition unlock of Android 4.0 and was just wondering that , if I should shave my head afterwards, the face recognition still would work ?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes it should work, Since the Face recognition technology in Android ICS is designed to match the face with the help of **points of recognition** as shown bellow.
Majority points will be applied on the facial parts. So it should recognize your face.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can "recalibrate" face unlock by switching to another type of lock screen and back, as this causes a new reference image to be taken. Meanwhile you can unlock the device with secondary measures (either PIN or pattern unlock).
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/03 | 640 | 2,176 | <issue_start>username_0: Has anyone been able to take and place an epub book inside the Google Books app or know how to do it?<issue_comment>username_1: [As of March 2013](http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/google-play-books-updated-to-allow-user-uploads/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget), Google Play Books supports third-party ePub or PDF files. You can upload books to your account by visiting <https://play.google.com/books/uploads> in your web browser (when logged in to your Google account, of course). You are permitted to store up to 1,000 uploaded files on your account at a time, and each file must be no larger than 50 MB in size.
There are also many alternative book reader apps that support ePub files if you would prefer that. [Aldiko](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aldiko.android&hl=en) seems to be very well liked, but I have not used it myself.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: **You can import/upload them:**
===============================
Uploading the PDF/ePub file(s) to your Library
----------------------------------------------
1. Go to [My Books](https://play.google.com/books)
2. Click on 'Upload File' in the top right corner.
3. Choose the file(s) you wish to upload.
Getting the PDF/ePub files in your App
--------------------------------------
1. Go into your [Google Play Books App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&hl=en).
2. Click on the button on the top left ('Read Now' or 'My Library').
3. Select 'My Library'.
4. Click on the button just underneath it ('All books').
5. Click on 'Uploads'.
6. Click the Android Menu button.
7. Click on 'Refresh'
8. When you try to open the file, you may be prompted to download it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Put the epub on your device. Use a file manager such as Files to open it (with [Google] Play Books). It'll import it then.
This was tested on Android 10 with the Files file manager (version 1.0.347928958) on a Vastking KingPad SA10 with an epub created with Calibre (3.21.0+dfsg-1build1) for Xubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, 64-bit, soon before I answered this question.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/04 | 309 | 1,313 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a rooted android device running on gingerbread. I was wondering if there is a way to mount my windows CIFS(Common Internet File System) Shares on my android device over WiFi.
Is it required to have a kernel that supports CIFS protocol for mounting ?<issue_comment>username_1: You have to be rooted and you have to have the kernel module for cifs support. if you have froyo, you also will need slow-work.ko kernel module as well.
Once you have those, you can use (shameless plug) [Mount Manager](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twimager.cifsmanager&hl=en), it can handle loading the modules for you automatically and lots of features available for auto mounting when connecting to wifi, and other stuff. It is a lot like Cifs Manager, but has a more robust system for loading the modules, and supports multiple modules and has support for being a plugin for locale/tasker (paid version).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: download es file manager. add shared folder to it by scanning ur network.. video player built in even can put shortcut on desktop. I understand the advantages of what you are doing. it gets the job done without compiling and installing mods.: edit: only works with streaming file formats. copies file over otherwise
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/04 | 529 | 2,053 | <issue_start>username_0: My Samsung Galaxy S2 on Gingerbread was set to use Handcent as the default ringtone picker, and I accidentally changed this back to the built-in ringtone picker. How do I get it to use Handcent again? I went to Handcent, cleared the checkbox and marked it back again, but it didn't help.<issue_comment>username_1: One workaround would be to temporarily install another app that has a ringtone picker in order to show the ringtone picker selection screen, select Handcent, and remove the temporary app. For example, you can try [Zedge](https://market.android.com/details?id=net.zedge.android).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can use Handcent app as the default ringtone picker. To set Handcent as default ringtone picker, go to
>
> Settings | Applications | Manage Applications | All | Android System
> (Sound picker for SE phones)
>
>
>
Click '**Clear Defaults**' button.
After this, When you are choosing a ringtone, You will be presented with a dialog box asking you to select one of the application as ringtone picker. Enable the **'Use by default for this action'** Check-box and select Handcent. This will set Handcent as your default ringtone picker.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: in android 4.1/4.2 etc etc its called "media storage" (the one you clear the defaults of)
ya i did just actually go through the whole list and pick it out of ALL of them .. and OMFG IT WORKED ..
hey, sorry im late, but, people seem to be clicking these defaults and not knowing how to clear them (like me) then they go and search for it and nobody knows ..
im actually kind of thankful that it wasnt something more difficult to find, so .. there you go . . "media storage" on samsung galaxy s2 android 4.1
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: For those that have Samsung 8 the place to reset the default apps is
Settings|Apps|App Manager|
Go to the Three dots on top right and from the pull-down select Reset app preferences
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/05 | 299 | 1,064 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to connect my android phones (two Galaxy s2 and two nexus1 phones) in adhoc mode through wifi connection. Something like peer to peer network so that I can transfer messages with mobiles in my adhoc through wi-fi connection.
Does android support creating an adhoc connection?<issue_comment>username_1: It might be possible with an app, but it's not built in. Can't you create an ad-hoc network on a computer, then connect the phones?
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There is no such thing on Android's menus, but since Android is Linux based you can run a few commands on ADB in order to do that (phones **must** be **rooted** though).
if you have some knowledge with Linux command line you may know ifconfig and iwconfig:
```
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig mode auto;iwconfig wlan0 essid "your SSID" channel 11 mode auto
ifconfig wlan0 10.0.0.x netmask 255.255.255.0
```
Where your SSID should be replaced with the name of your Adhoc network, and 10.0.0.x is a different IP you give each device.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/05 | 743 | 2,929 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a very specific workflow that I can't find a simple solution for.
I want to be able to make a list of web pages to read offline. Not articles, whole web pages. And I want to keep them up-to-date.
I really want an app for Android (my phone: Galaxy S2) that does the following.
1. Lets me enter a list of webpages and maintain that list.
2. Hit a button in the app, and it'll update every page on that list and store a complete offline copy so I can pursue it while on the train.
3. Still maintain links, so I can click on them (so, no PDFs or whatever).
4. Optionally have the ability to set readable fonts.
5. Even better, if there was a way to export this list and modify it on my computer, share it, manipulate it etc. (or if there were a web serivce with an API).
My personal use case is very simple. I'm a Wikipedia administrator, and there are a variety of public noticeboards for discussions of interest to administrators, like the [administrators' noticeboard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aAN) and the usually drama-filled [administrators' noticeboard for incidents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aANI). I'd say there's probably about 10-20 pages I want. I'd rather like it if I could get either my phone or iPad, wake up in the morning, push the "update" button, go brush my teeth and by the time I'm leaving for my commute, have all the pages up-to-date and readable on the train.
Answers you may suggest that are wrong up-front:
* Instapaper/Readability/Read It Later: those are for saving things broadly like newspaper articles for later reading. They are optimized for extracting text. They are fantastic, but don't actually meet the use case.
* Some combination of Evernote, Google Docs, AppleScript/Python/Ruby/Perl and sticky tape: I've got enough pain and broken software in my life already.
* Anything involving RSS. Again, look at the links above. There are RSS feeds for individual changes to the page, but I'm interested in saving the whole page, not getting an RSS feed.
Basically what I'm looking for is an Android version of what they referred to as an "offline browser" back in the early days of the web. Is there such a thing that doesn't suck?<issue_comment>username_1: [Offline Browser](https://market.android.com/details?id=it.nikodroid.offline) app sounds exactly like what you are looking for. You can specify a list of web pages to download for offline reading, along with a per-page configurable link depth (so that it doesn't just pull down the home page.)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Its too late, but might help somebody landing on this page. I using Android PaperSpan app for this and it downloads original whole page (no article/pdf). So can click on a link from offline page if Internet is back. To read them on computer, I copy from phone to computer, then can read as any saved web page. Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/05 | 347 | 1,407 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I know which "Bluetooth Profiles" are available on my Android device?
Is there any terminal command to list all "Bluetooth Profiles" supported by Bluetooth Stack present in Android device?<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried sdptool. This [link](http://examplenow.com/sdptool/usage) has "sdptool" command syntax . You can issue the command even from ADB shell on your connected Android phone. But I guess this quires the other Bluetooth devices. But this will be good starting point for you.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [Enable developer options](https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options) and then look under Settings > Developer Options for **Bluetooth Audio Codec** and tap that. That should give you the list of available codecs.
Here's mine:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/D8hA0.png)
[Here is the official documentation for those options.](https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options#networking) It kinda describes each codec, but it's unfortunately not clear on what it means to select them. I assume selecting one codec will force its use. (But what if a device doesn't support that one?) The default either always uses a static default setting (aptX on mine) (same question), or dynamically selects the best codec for the device and application.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/06 | 411 | 1,533 | <issue_start>username_0: Hi I want to clear all applications data(preferences and sqlite) from my phone in one tap.
How can i do this? is there any app which can do this WITHOUT ROOT PERMISSION?<issue_comment>username_1: If you mean clearing all app and user data on the phone, you can do a factory reset via Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset. Note that **this erases all data on the phone**, not just app data.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You can do factory reset under such case.
Go to Settings -> SD & Phone storage -> Factory data reset.
I don't think an app without root can do it as apps are limited in their own sandbox.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: You can try 1Tap cleaner : <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.acc.free&hl=en> . It works on non rooted devices.
EDIT:
Try [Clean Master](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&hl=en) . It scans the memory card for large cache file that you can delete altogether.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: If you need a fresh phone, reboot in recovery mode and select wipe data. It will format your `/cache` and `/data` partitions. Then no data will be there other than your SD card.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: No you cant.
But if you decided to root
These are the steps
1. Root your device
2. Install xposed framework app
3. Install gravitybox module app
4. Reboot device .
Get all these downloads by google.
Just type app name and your android version.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/06 | 442 | 1,633 | <issue_start>username_0: Silent mode is simple to toggle quickly and easily, but it only effects ringtone volume. I want it to work for media volume too, so I can use it to quickly toggle off game audio in public places. Is this possible? Or is there another simple solution? I have a Google Experience phone, so manufacturer-custom UI elements are no help.<issue_comment>username_1: [RealSilent](https://market.android.com/details?id=net.geekherd.realsilent) may do the trick for you:
```
Battery-friendly background service that will automatically mute
the media volume on your phone when you change the ringer to silent.
Features:
- Ability to mute on silent mode, as well as vibrate.
- Ability to restore media volume to what it was before going to silent/vibrate.
```
There's a [bug report](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3844) for this issue, but it hasn't been acknowledged by Google.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: With [Audio Muter](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=MyApps.AudioMuter) you should be able to set the media volume to silent, however it's a paid app.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: [Audio Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.audiowidget&hl=en) (free) and [Audio Manager Pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.audiowidgetpro) ($2.99) fully solve this issue very cleanly. It gives complete control over haptic feedback and the 6 distinct audio volume controls (including media volume), and lets you construct profiles that can be toggled with one-click widgets.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/06 | 1,648 | 5,865 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a rooted Android Device running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a PC(with Bluetooth dongle) running windows 7.
My mobile has Bluetooth with A2DP support. I want to output the audio(not just music) of my PC to my Android Device over Bluetooth. i.e. I want my android device to work as an Audio Output Device(like headset) for my PC.
How to do it?<issue_comment>username_1: It is not possible via bluetooth on Android, only from phone to PC, not from PC to phone...
But here are some solutions you may be able to use:
---
The easiest way to do it is using this app:
<https://market.android.com/details?id=com.georgie.SoundWireFree&rdid=com.georgie.SoundWireFree&rdot=1&pli=1>
---
Another way to do it is to use splashtop remote, which uses your wifi or 3g to remote control your pc, and sends hi quality audio and video to your phone, but if you are on 3g it can use a lot of data, so it can get expensive...
---
The next thing is to use AirBubble app and Airfoil to stream audio from pc to Android device
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051623>
<http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/windows/>
---
I hope you found this useful...
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: As username_1 says, it is not possible over bluetooth.
You need to stream it through your wifi connection.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Dev0 and username_2 are correct - no you cannot connect using your Android device as a A2DP sink given the standard Android bluetooth stack. Stack Overflow user [<NAME> explains why](https://stackoverflow.com/a/5625223):
>
> You may not be able to [create an A2DP connection] manually between 2 phones also because to stream one device needs to be A2DP sink and other other A2DP source; phones are typically only source devices (source of the stream that can stream to sink devices), sinks are headsets or Bluetooth speakers.
>
>
>
He and the OP briefly discuss options for replacing the stack but their conversation dies without a concrete answer...as it seems several other similar questions around the web do. XDA user zelendel, in general, [isn't very hopeful](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739794) about the matter - when asked if it was possible to replace the bluetooth stack he responded:
>
> Simple answer is no. You can try a CM based rom that gives you those options but the stacks can't be swapped due to driver problems. It is a give and take. The Default has better strength and range but is missing a few unneeded option (PO), while CM uses Bluz stack which gives you the option but you lose some BT signal strength and range.
>
>
>
Sorry, it seems to me you're out of luck.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_4: Try [SoundWire](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.georgie.SoundWireFree) or Airfoil, although I'm sure there are better programs out there.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I wrote WiFi Speaker which does what SoundWire and AirFoil do; except it does it better. I feel confident saying its the best PC to phone app on the market right now. The interface is intuitive, there's a graphics equalizer display, audio compression, and some GUI customizations.
You can even select what audio format you want. All standard formats from 44.1khz to 8khz are supported. And its low latency. 50ms-200ms.
I'm done with the shameless plug. Now go check it out!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: I found this developer's technique <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15557933/receive-audio-via-bluetooth-in-android> to accomplish this, although he says it can't be done with an app. I am not a developer, but if this works maybe someone can find a workaround that could allow an app to accomplish the required changes at least on a rooted phone.
I think it is pretty clear why this feature is not available, it is just another way of stopping us copying copyrighted material, although there are still plenty of ways to do it which are actually more convenient than streaming would be.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: [SoundIt](https://soundit.app/) does just that, but over wifi.
It lets you stream the sound output of your PC to any web browser so you can stream to any phone or even another PC.
You can stream to multiple devices at the same time and control each device's volume output remotely.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: There is also [effort](https://plus.google.com/110557338955940627490/posts/5hQNXVgEJSc) to create Android audio receptor for [VBAN protocol](http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/vban.htm) from VB-Audio company. Once it is out it should be best thing you can get hands on latency-wise.
---
*2017-03:
The [VBAN receptor for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vbaudio.vbanreceptor) has been released. However it is utilizing UDP, not Bluetooth.*
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_9: From <https://android.stackexchange.com/posts/173101/edit>, you need a bluetooth transmitter for the TV.
Here is an example: [Bluetooth audio transmitter](https://www.amazon.com/bluetooth-audio-transmitter/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Abluetooth%20audio%20transmitter)
(This is designed to work with Bluetooth headphones)
Here is an Android app that will turn your phone into a wifi audio receiver (thus if audio is streamed to the correct IP your phone will play the it just like a speaker):
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pixelface.android.audio&hl=en>
Then all you need is to plug in your headphones and you're set.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_10: You can attach a Bluetooth receiver device to your phone, available on amazon
<http://amzn.in/2k4stt2>
thus your phone will receive Bluetooth audio
now if you want to attach both headphone and this device attach a splitter to audio jack. This is my suggestion.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/06 | 887 | 3,169 | <issue_start>username_0: So the ICS update [came out for Xoom](http://www.redmondpie.com/download-and-install-official-android-4.0.3-ics-update-on-motorola-xoom-manually-how-to/) and applying it is straight forward enough - pretty much like in any other case. Except, it seems to require the OTG cable.
Would anybody know a way to do that without using such cable? I mean, applying the patch either from the internal memory or from the sd mount?<issue_comment>username_1: Which version of the Xoom do you have? Motorola have so far only released an ICS update for the US Wifi version of the Xoom (the 3G version and the International version use different firmware and haven't had the update yet, applying this update to those models may harm them).
If you do have a US Wifi Xoom then Motorola are [already actively pushing this update out](https://forums.motorola.com/posts/8e67ccfce4) and have been doing this in batches since 24th Jan. If your device is regularly connected to the internet and hasn't automatically picked up the update yet, then you can force it to go and check by going into **Settings** -> **About tablet** and selecting **System updates** it should then go and check for you.
In the future, if you want to have a chance of getting Xoom updates early, you can join the official [Motorola Feedback Network](https://forums.motorola.com/posts/77d4221775), members of that group did reportedly get the ICS update a few weeks earlier than everyone else. Join it by signing up at the [Motorola Forums](http://forums.motorola.com) and selecting the "Motorola Feedback Network" option.
If you do want to do this manual update, then you can pick up a USB OTG (aka Host Mode USB cable) very cheaply on eBay, I got one for connecting my camera to the Xoom for a couple of pounds, including postage from Hong Kong!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: If you live in non-US country, then you can follow a guide for installing the US-based ICS on you Xoom [that I've written up on my blog](http://techcoze.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-mz604-ice-cream-sandwich-4-0-3-ota-update-in-non-us-countries/). The basic procedure is:
>
> 1. Install Android SDK and Motorola USB drivers on your PC
> 2. Download US honeycomb stock ROM from [here](http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/MZ604_HWI69.zip/)
> 3. Extract all files from this ZIP file into platform-tools folder under Android SDK
> 4. Boot the device into fastboot mode.
> 5. Then from command prompt (with current directory ‘sdk/platform-tools’) run following commands-
> 1. fastboot oem unlock (this is red pill, at this point your device warranty voids! welcome to matrix!!)
> 2. fastboot flash boot boot.img
> 3. fastboot flash system system.img
> 4. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
> 5. fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
> 6. fastboot erase cache
> 6. now reboot the device
> 7. go to settings -> about -> update, this will download subsequent ROM update and will install it, and then reboot
> 8. repeat step-7 until all updates are done (will normally need 4-5 update cycles)
>
>
>
Note that it will void your device warranty
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/02/06 | 444 | 1,380 | <issue_start>username_0: My Galaxy phone got stolen today. Of course I blocked my SIM card and changed my password for GMail (and went to the police) but is this enough? Could the person that stole my phone still log in to my market and download stuff? Not sure what the deal is for that and I'm really freaking out about how much this person could possibly do with my phone.
Also about the payment: I never bought any apps (I only downloaded free ones). How does this payment work? Is that also blocked if your SIM card is blocked?
And is there a way to delete "My Market" account?<issue_comment>username_1: In addition to changing the password, you should go to the market on the web and "deactivate the device."
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You should check out Lookout's [Plan B app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0LmxhYnMucGxhbmIiXQ..). It lets you find your phone after it is lost.
I would recommend using [Seekdroid](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.gtmedia.seekdroid.lite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5ndG1lZGlhLnNlZWtkcm9pZC5saXRlIl0.) or [Where's my Droid](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alienmanfc6.wheresmyandroid&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbGllbm1hbmZjNi53aGVyZXNteWFuZHJvaWQiXQ..) in the future.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/07 | 5,875 | 13,306 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a way to check what storage a third party application is using? i.e which of [these](http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html) it uses?<issue_comment>username_1: If you are rooted, this is quite easy to find out.
First you need to find the app's package name, e.g. `com.swype.android.inputmethod` for Swype, or `com.google.android.apps.maps` for Google Maps, for example. You can usually search for the app in [Android Market](https://market.android.com/), and the link will contain its package name, e.g. <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps> would be the link to Google Maps. Usually the package names are descriptive enough that you can simply guess which app they represent just by looking at it.
You can do a few simple `ls` commands in [Terminal Emulator](https://market.android.com/details?id=jackpal.androidterm) or [ADB](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) shell to find out the app's name, and where it's stored. However, you will need to have root access to the device since app and data storage is protected.
Pre-installed apps are generally located in `/system/app` directory. Use the command `ls -l /system/app/` to find how much space a particular system app is taking up:
```
ls -l /system/app/Browser.*
-rw-r--r-- root root 418098 2011-06-26 01:05 Browser.apk
-rw-r--r-- root root 472760 2011-06-26 01:05 Browser.odex
```
On most Stock ROMs you will see an .odex file along with a .apk file for each app - those are pre-compiled binaries optimized for your given device. You cannot remove them.
3rd-party apps are installed to `/data/app` or `/data/app-private` directories. Command `ls -l /data/app/[package_name_here]*` should return the amount of space taken up by this app on internal memory. For example, here's the output of looking at Google Maps apk:
```
# ls -l /data/app/com.google.android.apps.maps*
ls -l /data/app/com.google.android.apps.maps*
-rw-r--r-- system system 6330104 2012-02-04 09:01 com.google.android.apps.maps-2.apk
```
The app data and settings are located on `/data/data/` partition. There you will find a directory for each installed app, e.g. `/data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/` for preferences and settings related to the Google Maps app. Again, `ls -l /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/*` will return a listing of all files with their sizes:
```
# ls -l /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/*
ls -l /data/data/com.google.android.apps.maps/*
-rw------- app_189 app_189 3783 2012-02-07 11:29 mobilemaps.clients.google.com.443
-rw------- app_189 app_189 37 2012-02-01 16:14 nlp_GlsPlatformKey
-rw------- app_189 app_189 208 2012-02-07 11:21 macs
drwxrwx--x app_189 app_189 2012-02-01 16:14 webviewCache
-rw------- app_189 app_189 2450 2012-02-07 11:21 nlp_state
drwx------ app_189 app_189 2012-02-01 16:14 selectors
-rw------- app_189 app_189 290 2012-02-07 11:21 nlp_devices
drwx------ app_189 app_189 2012-02-01 16:14 models
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 18432 2012-02-03 13:29 google_analytics.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5120 2012-02-07 10:38 google_latitude.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 6144 2012-02-01 16:14 webviewCache.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5120 2012-02-05 17:27 local_active_places.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 4096 2012-02-05 17:27 da_destination_history
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5120 2012-02-05 17:49 LayerInfo
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5120 2012-02-05 17:26 search_history.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 6144 2012-02-03 13:29 userfeedback.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 14336 2012-02-01 16:14 webview.db
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 38 2012-02-07 11:13 DATA_SYNC_DATA_LOCAL
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_145479516184369608
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_4406538396446325405
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 1813 2012-02-05 13:48 DATA_PROTO_CLIENT_SAVED_PHOTO_CACHE
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 338 2012-02-06 23:41 DATA_TILE_HISTORY
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 12 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_SAVED_REMOTE_ICONS_DATA_BLOCK
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 36580 2012-02-01 16:14 DATA_RemoteStringsBlock_en
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_240647554975296207
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_443613581827136957
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5620 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_SAVED_BGFS_3
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 57 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_STARRING
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 573 2012-02-05 10:04 NavZoomTables.data
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-7991748045000310303
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 217 2012-02-05 15:29 DATA_LAYER_4
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:14 DATA_PHOTO_-4352347968798340772
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-1960244636679913737
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_7546641620697631512
-rw------- app_189 app_189 34 2012-02-07 11:21 nlp_clts
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 2492 2012-02-07 11:30 DATA_location_history
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 11 2012-02-01 16:14 DATA_LAYER_0
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 1186 2012-02-01 16:14 ZoomTables.data
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 11 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_SAVED_BGFS_EXTRA_3
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 18994 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_PROTO_SAVED_CATEGORY_TREE_DB
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 247 2012-02-05 17:49 event_store_v2_driveabout
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5294 2012-02-05 10:05 DA_LayerInfo
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 380 2012-02-05 16:23 DATA_LAYER_5
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 11387 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_SYNC_DATA
-rw------- app_189 app_189 35 2012-02-07 11:21 cp_state
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-6319433669272599441
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 76 2012-02-01 16:14 DATA_ServerControlledParametersManager.data
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-4787236618283354619
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 57 2012-02-01 16:14 DATA_star_details_index
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-7325828578927889496
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 76 2012-02-05 17:27 DATA_ServerControlledParametersManager_DA.data
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-5041077772587057686
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 42 2012-02-05 17:26 DATA_PROTO_SAVED_RECENT_LAYERS
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 21 2012-02-05 10:04 DATA_SAVED_BGSF_
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 263 2012-02-05 11:30 DATA_LAYER_2
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26 2012-02-01 16:14 NavigationParameters.data
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 330 2012-02-05 17:27 DA_DirOpt_en_US
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_-4817178430903221341
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_8476874153932292760
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 141298 2012-02-05 17:27 DATA_Restrictions
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 29 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_PROTO_SAVED_LAYER_STATE
-rw------- app_189 app_189 61 2012-02-01 16:14 nlp_params
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 0 2012-02-05 17:27 DATA_Restrictions_lock
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 26756 2012-02-01 16:31 DATA_PHOTO_8041021750103678571
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 10237 2012-02-03 13:28 DATA_star_details_0
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 6 2012-02-05 17:49 DATA_RECENT
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 5048 2012-02-06 23:41 DATA_Preferences
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 65 2012-02-01 16:14 network_initiated_prefs.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 65 2012-02-01 16:14 friends_app_widget_preferences.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 1269 2012-02-01 16:14 ids.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 250 2012-02-03 13:27 settings_preference.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 65 2012-02-01 16:14 cache_settings_preference.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 358 2012-02-07 11:28 checkin_notification_preferences.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 119 2012-02-01 16:14 com.google.android.apps.maps_preferences.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 345 2012-02-05 17:49 DriveAbout.xml
-rw-rw---- app_189 app_189 317 2012-02-07 10:38 LOCATION_REPORTING.xml
```
Android 2.2 (Froyo) introduced the ability to move apps to SD card (or "external storage" on some devices). This introduces a level of complexity since portions of the app get moved around. For every app that you move to SD Card/media area, the system creates a virtual mount point named `/dev/block/dm-X`, where "X" is a sequential number. It them moves the app's APK (Android package) file and some preferences there. You can view this by issuing a `mount` command in shell/terminal emulator. Along with other usual mounts, it should show which apps were moved to SD Card like in an example below:
```
/dev/block/dm-0 /mnt/asec/com.metago.astro-1 vfat ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/dm-1 /mnt/asec/com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog-1 vfat ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
```
Here I moved Astro file manager and aTrackDog apps to the SD Card on my phone. Use `ls /mnt/asec/` to view the directories created for the moved apps. Issuing command `ls -l /mnt/asec/*` will list the file sizes within those folders:
```
# ls -l -a /mnt/asec/*
ls -l -a /mnt/asec/*
-r-xr-xr-x system root 332826 2012-02-07 11:21 pkg.apk
dr-xr-xr-x system root 2012-02-07 11:21 lib
-r-xr-xr-x system root 2363522 2012-02-07 11:18 pkg.apk
dr-xr-xr-x system root 2012-02-07 11:18 lib
```
The wrapper for the virtual partition gets stored inside a hidden ".android\_secure" folder of the SD Card:
```
# ls -a -l /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure
ls -a -l /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure
----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 4290560 2012-02-07 11:18 com.metago.astro-1.asec
----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2161664 2012-02-07 11:21 com.a0soft.gphone.aTrackDog-1.asec
```
Once moved the app's APK will no longer be under `/data/app/` or `/data/app-private/` folders.
Another area of interest is Dalvik Cache - an area that contains cached data for each installed app. Upon first boot-up or new app installation the system generates a .dex file for each app that it uses for quicker start-up. These files are stored on `/data/dalvik-cache/` partition. Command `ls -l /data/dalvik-cache/*[package_name_here]*` will return the space taken up by the app's Dalvik cache. For example, here's how much space is taken up by Google Maps app:
```
# ls -l /data/dalvik-cache/*com.google.android.apps.maps*
ls -l /data/dalvik-cache/*com.google.android.apps.maps*
-rw-r--r-- system app_189 4406016 2012-02-04 09:01 data@app@com.google.android.apps.maps-2.apk@classes.dex
```
Next, the `/cache` partition of the internal memory may be used by apps. The command `ls -l /cache/` will show you all files stored there, along with sizes and owner information. For example, on my phone here's the output:
```
# ls -l /cache/
ls -l /cache/
-rw-r--r-- app_13 app_13 3640954 2012-02-07 09:16 downloadfile-1.apk
drwxrwx--- system cache 2011-12-31 21:03 recovery
drwxrwx--- root root 2011-12-31 21:00 lost+found
```
Besides the standard directories, there is a file named `downloadfile-1.apk` that belongs to something named "app\_13". I can cross-reference this "app\_13" name to the listing of `ls -l /data/data/` to see that this file belongs to Android's built-in downloader:
```
# ls -l /data/data/
ls -l /data/data/
......
drwxr-x--x app_13 app_13 2011-12-31 21:02 com.android.providers.downloads.ui
......
```
Finally, apps can use the SD Card for their own purposes, and there is really no way to track this, unless the app names its folders something recognizable.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: username_1's answer really deserves more attention, great answer.
I would however recommend the app [DiskUsage](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage), which gives a better visualization of used space. For the best features, root is recommended, but not strictly needed.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/07 | 261 | 964 | <issue_start>username_0: I upgraded from 2.3 a few months ago, but didn't notice that Google Voice was missing from the app drawer. The market lists the application as installed, but does not give me an option to open the app.
How do I get it back?<issue_comment>username_1: If you to Settings --> Apps --> All, is it in the list of applications? If so, click on it, click Uninstall, and then try to reinstall it from the market.
It's also possible that the market is incorrectly showing it as installed. If this is the case, try going to Settings --> Apps --> All --> Market, click Force Stop, then Clear data. The open the market again and see if Google Voice is still listed as installed, and if not, install it.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Check the app drawer again -- it's listed (alphabetically) under "Voice", not "Google Voice".
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/07 | 1,297 | 4,865 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm aware of the suddenly restarts of the `Galaxy Nexus`, but in my case it restarts before managing to boot completely and it does that in a non-stop loop. It happened while my phone was on a stand by mode and now I can't do much, so it is basically useless.
Is there anything I can do about it. Is it possible to reset it somehow? I tried to remove the battery, charge it and all that kind of stuff that I could do, but no luck so far.
I bought it through Amazon.com and the model is [Samsung I9250 Galaxy Nexus 16GB (Unlocked)](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B005ZEF01A), but I'm in Europe so warranty is something that would take sometime I guess.
**Update:** I also tried to follow [these instructions](https://plus.google.com/107538503004482952974/posts/K8wozE8zhzq) but my computer cannot find the device. I'm stack in the `ODIN MODE, Do Not Turn Off Target` if I do the trick with the volume down button, otherwise it just restarts without completing the initial colorful effect. Any ideas?<issue_comment>username_1: Hmm I just googled this. It doesn't help but helps me :) Now I wont do a default factory setting on my Galaxy Nexus. [Clicky.](http://androidspin.com/2011/12/17/got-a-verizon-galaxy-nexus-dont-do-a-factory-rest-or-unlock-the-bootloader-just-yet/)
You can try [this page](http://androidadvices.com/hard-reset-samsung-galaxy-mobile/) if it has the same functionality as Samsung Galaxy S
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I would unlock the bootloader, and flash a new image...
You can find all the information you need on this page:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310>
Hope you found my answer helpful :)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Something might have overwritten some files needed during boot.
Go into recovery and do a factory reset. Yes this is the same thing as factory reset in the Settings but the difference is that you dont need to boot the OS to do it.
There is usually a button combination you press to get into recovery. Google it for your device. Once you factory reset, try again.
WARNING: Factory Reset will wipe all user data on your device. Sorry.
If you reboot and everything is working, then it was your user data.
If you reboot and the same thing happens, then that means your actual system is corrupted. This means like username_2 said, you have to flash a new image or send it in for warranty.
Just because you flash a new image, doesnt mean you cant get a stock rom image. Chances are, someone on XDA has a stock ROM image that is exactly the same system as when you first got it. People have these images in the event someone wants to go from a custom ROM or version of Android to stock.
So yeah, follow username_2's links and advice. Rooting and unlocking the bootloader might void your warranty so find out before you do it though!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Do you use `Cyanogen` ROM? If so, try other roms such as **MIUI**.
I had this problem exactly as you on my `Nexus S` with **Cyanogen** and after migrating to MIUI all the **reboots**, **booting animation loops**, **shuting downs on standby** and etc. gone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: I have a similar issue with my Galaxy Note after installing a lot of apps and filling up the 32GB SD card. I haven't managed to figure out what exactly the problem is, maybe it is totally different (since there are different Android versions).
Anyway, I'd start by removing the SD card, but Nexus doesn't have a removable card slot...
If you're using stock ROM, check out if there's an updated version of your ROM available. Search xda-developers forum, it may have a thread that lists all stock ROMs available for your device.
Some of the stock ROMs are "wipe" and others are "non-wipe". You can try flashing non-wipe stock ROMs on your device and see if it fixes the issue. (you don't need root or custom recovery for this, if Nexus works the same way as my Note). But anyway, I'd recommend making a nandroid backup before doing so.
If you have USB debugging enabled already, you might be able to get the system logs from a PC, if the phone gets to the point during the boot that can connect to adb. But if you don't have the USB debugging enabled, since you can't boot and go to settings, this won't work. If you could get logs of the system, it may give you a clue of what is causing the phone to restart.
If it didn't fix the issue, I think your only option is to boot into recovery (hold power + home + volume for 10 seconds or so) and do a factory reset.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I have exactly the same problem with my GN and followed the instructions in <http://support.sprint.com/support/tutorial/Perform_a_hardware_factory_reset_Galaxy_Nexus/37165-396>
Please note that all of your data will be deleted.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/07 | 400 | 1,394 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12538/how-can-i-circumvent-regional-restrictions-in-the-android-market)
>
>
>
Google just released Chrome for Android and I want to use it. But, for some (pretty irrational) reason, it is only available to certain countries. I therefore need to change mine. How do I do that?
Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: Factory reset. However if you set up your phone to avoid roaming. Then it wouldn't matter. Had to ask this when I got my phone rushed it on the dealer and it was set on US even though I am in Canada, and I had to call customer service.
Upvotes: -1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can try this:
-Use an android cook rom (Cyanogen), try [Rom Manager](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager) to simplify the process.
-Use [Market enabler](https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler) to fake some other providers (Verizon/ AT&T etc, but change to those two makes Google Market thinks your phone is in US).
Or you can try installing the beta version of Chrome that is already leaked on [xda](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22279468)
Remember ICS only, lower version of Android OS will lead to apk parse error.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/07 | 492 | 1,936 | <issue_start>username_0: When freezing apps using Titanium Backup Pro, do I have to reboot for the freeze to take effect? (e.g. not be started anymore, even if applicaple Intent is fired off?)
Does it depend on whether the app is a system one or not?
If it matters, environment is Droid X (Stock 2.2 Froyo, rooted), latest Market version of TBPro.
I tried checking on TB Wiki and found zero reference to rebooting or not as far as freezing functionality.
---
Here's a specific example: consider the following sequence:
1. "GPS location changed" intent fires off.
2. A mapping application "MyGMaps" which is registered for this intent is started to handle it
3. I kill that application's process(es) - all of them - via Advanced Task Killer
4. I freeze "MyGMaps" via Titanium Backup Pro
5. At this point, "MyGMaps" process is NOT running
6. "GPS location changed" intent fires off again
7. What happens here? Will "MyGMaps" be started again due to the intent in #6, despite the fact that it's "Frozen"?
My understanding is that, once I reboot the phone after freezing, the app will no longer start at all. **But what happens in step #7, right after the freeze but without a reboot?**<issue_comment>username_1: You shouldn't need to restart after freezing an app. Once you freeze the app, it should disappear from the apps drawer.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Freezing an app is similar to uninstalling it, in that it won't be able to run (whether by the user wanting to load it or via any intents). However, since it is frozen and not actually uninstalled, it does still take up space.
If you freeze a system app, you may have to reboot your phone. This usually isn't needed, but sometimes your home screen app may have a problem with a system app missing. Whether or not you reboot, though, the system app is frozen and will not be able to run.
A user app, however, can be frozen without needing a reboot.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/07 | 686 | 2,453 | <issue_start>username_0: Based on available evidence so far, are there legitimate concerns that people with older phones that have 512MB memory (e.g. Droid X) would experience memory issues when running 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) based ROMs?
To be more specific:
If my stock Froyo 2.2 ROM boots up with ~170MB memory free, and during my day to day use I end up with ~50-70MB memory free (this is with ALL my actively used apps loaded, and Android not killing any of them to make room for others), what would the expected memory footprint be on an AOSP based ICS ROM?<issue_comment>username_1: If there is a ICS ROM available for the Droid X, it should run on a device with 512MB. The [minimum requirements](http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32701-ice-cream-sandwich/page__p__252875#entry252875) for ICS specified by CyanogenMod team is 256MB and a "decent GPU". I am not sure what kind of GPU the Droid X has, but you will probably have a better experience with Gingerbread then ICS on that device if the GPU isn't that great. My brother had that device and complained constantly about lag and lock up. If you have the "stock" MOTOBLUR, you will probably have a better experience just by installing any AOSP based ROM.
You can expect the footprint to be about the same, maybe a bit less, then what you see now. This is because the android OS will always try to use as much memory as possible in order to try and keep your experience better. If the application is in memory you can switch back to it faster then if it has to reload the entire application, plus it can "remember where you were".
As a side note, I don't currently see any CyanogenMod 9 builds available on the CM forums for the Droid X, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any, I just don't see them.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There shouldn't be any problems, since my Bravo (HTC Desire) runs ICS insanely quick (also 512Mb).
After a day on AOSP ICS (everluv), without any task-killing (but with a 6 background-task limitation), I still have 176Mb free, and that's roughly what you can expect in these conditions. Without background-task limitation, there is still 90Mb free.\*
btw:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=691>
This is the first place to look for ICS roms.
However, don't expect to much, because drivers and hardware acceleration are not optimized for hardware like yours/mine.
* checked with *htop* command
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/08 | 637 | 2,588 | <issue_start>username_0: I just received an email from the vendor of a well known de-fragmentation software package suggesting I can make my phone go faster by plugging it into my PC and using the packages "consolidate free space option" on the drive that shows up from the phone.
What do people feel about this? Is this a good idea or are there risks?
Edit: I see they have blogged about it now: <http://blog.raxco.com/2012/02/07/fix-your-slow-android-smartphone/><issue_comment>username_1: in my understanding since there is no "rotating disk" but only solid memory like internal ROM and SD card, access time to every single location in the storage is the same regardless the actual position of the data you want to load so defragmentation is unnecessary.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Defragging a normal Windows machine with a normal "spinning disk" hard disk drive rarely produces a noticeable speed improvement, certainly nothing like a lot of the 3rd party companies advertise, and even in edge cases where people are regularly creating and deleting extremely large (yet irregularly sized) files, you'll rarely notice any improvement from running it any more often than every 6 months or so. It's more of a psychological placebo benefit in most cases. [SuperUser:Does Defragmenting really help?](https://superuser.com/questions/23940/)
Phones don't have spinning hard disks, they use a variety of flash memory, this has massively faster random read speeds than a disk that needs to rotate until the right piece of data is under the read head. Also the controller circuitry in flash memory arranges the data itself as the data is written, allowing it to "write-level" across all of the flash disk and avoid problem parts of memory. See these SuperUser questions on that topic for more info [Do I need to run defrag on an SSD?](https://superuser.com/questions/200791/), [Is it bad to defragment a USB Flash Drive?](https://superuser.com/questions/332171/)
In addition from Honeycomb (Android 3.x) onwards, the Android OS by default doesn't give an attached PC full access to the internal file-system, instead of mounting as a USB drive it uses MTP to control how the PC can access the memory, and only the SD card is allowed to be mounted as a normal USB drive. As far as I'm aware there's no way for a PC to get enough access to the file-system to do a defrag over MTP.
---
Tl;dr the way that flash memory works means that a defrag actually does almost nothing, and may have a slight side-effect of slightly reducing the life-span of your phone's storage.
Upvotes: 4 |
2012/02/08 | 471 | 1,821 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Books Android crashes on loading.
Is there a workaround to stop this, while I wait for the developers to fix?
>
> The application Books (process com.google.android.apps.books) has
> stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
>
>
>
This happens every time (trying again won't help).
Restart of the phone and uninstall re-install of the app doesn't help either.
Apparently, there is a [known issue](http://support.google.com/books/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs&ki_topic=28731) whereby it will crash if it has no books (wouldn't that be most people to begin with!?)
But their remedy instructions are vague - just open a free ebook - but from what? A browser? Will this interact with Google Books to solve the problem? I visited the book store and downloaded an ebook but this just went to the Downloads folder so not sure how this can help.
I also tried copying an ebook from the Download folder to `data\com.google.android.apps.books\files` and running the Google Books app but this doesn't work - i.e. the crash still happens.<issue_comment>username_1: To get around this problem is very simple. Do these actions:
1. Use your web browse on the Android device and go to website "books.google.com/ebooks"
2. Pick and download any sample book (click on Get Sample)
Once you have saved a sample book you will be able to successfully launch the Books application without the process error.
Good luck
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: The solution is time; an update to this app fixes this bug.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I had the same problem, and fixed it by opening a preview of a different book first. After that, I could open the other books too. Make sure you open it from within the Play Store app, and not from Google Books.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/02/08 | 306 | 1,247 | <issue_start>username_0: Every day or two, my swype keyboard turns into a black area. There are no keys or anything. Just a black area, and I have to change input mode to samsung keyboard and then back to Swype to get it working again. This is really annoying . any one else had the same issue ?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy Note (Android version: 2.3.6, N7000XXLA4) that came with Swype pre-loaded.<issue_comment>username_1: I am having this same problem on my HTC thunderbolt. The way to fix it is to go into settings - applications and then stop the swype application. After you can set your keyboard to swype again and it will work. There is probably a bug in the newest version.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This may be a symptom of the Swype application data becoming corrupted following a hardware upgrade.
To resolve this, go into Settings > Manage Applications > All > Swype and clear the application data. Then force the Swype service to restart.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: In Motorola Atrix 2, when swype keyboards freezes, I simply keep pressing on the keyboard area, so a popup notice tells the aplication will force closure. That is a quick way to make the keyboard restart and work.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/08 | 618 | 2,495 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm already using [LBE Privacy Guard](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite), [AdAway](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adaway) and [Droidwall](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free) to strictly control ads and app permissions. (All of them require root to run).
Droidwall has a whitelist where only apps that actually fetch data from the internet are allowed. (Games, system apps etc are blocked)
However I find some apps that are able to show ads even when they're not on the whitelist in Droidwall. How do they do it? Are they relying on some separate core system component to do this?
My solution is to click on the ad and instantly hit 'stop' on the browser window that pops up, then adding the ad host to my hosts file.
I'd prefer a permanent solution, so that only apps requiring the internet are able to get through.
(Given a choice, I'd prefer a time bound full version or a feature restricted demo version to any form of adware, be it on Android or the desktop).
What Android system component do I block to completely disable in app ads?<issue_comment>username_1: If your phone is rooted, Install "Avast mobile security" and enable firewall. you can block internet access to any installed app. Its not about blocking ads. Its about blocking internet access. And its free.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Had similar problem disabled network access to Google Play Services. Ads gone after that. System seems to be working fine though.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It's been 5 10 years since I asked this, and I've finally found a solution for rooted phones.
Google Play Services is the culprit.
You need an app that can disable individual sub-components of other apps. I use [DisableService](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice) (it's no longer available) [App Manager](https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/en), so I'll use it as an example, you'll have to follow similar steps with other such apps.
* Select Google Play Services from the list of apps, set the filter to show system apps if needed.
* Look for and disable the following components - `AdRequestBrokerService`, `AdvertisingNotificationService`, `AdvertisingIdService`, `AnalyticsService` and `AnalyticsUploadIntentService`.
That's it. Other apps send requests to these services to display ads, and turning them off has no adverse effect on them.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/02/08 | 305 | 1,222 | <issue_start>username_0: I had Google Voice installed, but it was a very obtrusive and annoying application. For example it one day starts stealing text messages and requires me to press a 1 to receive the call, neither of these "features" can be disabled in the Google Voice settings on the phone.
Since the only feature I ever used with GV was voicemail transcription, the cons overweighed the pros, and I figured it's time to uninstall.
I uninstalled the app, went to the google voice webpage, and disabled google voice there. Now, I am unable to receive phone calls. The caller is greeted with a busy signal.
```
Settings > Call > Voicemail Service = My Carrier
```
The google voice number was set to my actual phone number.<issue_comment>username_1: I was able to resolve the issue by calling Sprint and having them fix it on their end. Looks like GV doesn't properly give the phone number back when you remove the service from your phone on their website and dial \*38.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: To auto answer your calls:
* Go to google.com/voice
* then click on the settings button
* then go to the tab called "Calls"
* Change the call screening setting to "off"
* then "save changes"
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/08 | 590 | 2,145 | <issue_start>username_0: I read my LibreOffice/OpenOffice documents with tablets and smartphones.
Is there any software for the ODT -format which allows me to edit such files.
I often find things which I should fix and would like to note that to the file.<issue_comment>username_1: Currently there is no such software. However, the LibreOffice team is working on an app. A prototype was reviewed e.g. [here](http://liliputing.com/2012/07/libreoffice-coming-to-android-heres-what-it-looks-like-so-far.html), if you want to take a look. No release date so far, but it will hopefully hit the market soon -- it is really strongly needed, as there is not a single Office app capable of working with OpenDocument formats (aside from AndrOffice, which is a spreadsheet-only app and obviously discontinued, as it is no longer listed on the playstore).
Until then: There's a Viewer app available at least, [OpenOffice Document Reader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.tomtasche.reader)...
---
**UPDATE:** Meanwhile, things have changed, and you have the choice between [AndrOpen Office](http://www.appbrain.com/app/AndrOpen-Office/com.andropenoffice) and [TextMaker Mobile](http://www.appbrain.com/app/Office-2012-TextMaker-Mobile/softmaker.applications.textmaker) for read/write access, as well as [Coffice](http://www.appbrain.com/app/Coffice/org.kde.calligra.coffice) and the already mentioned [OpenDocument Reader](http://www.appbrain.com/app/OpenDocument-Reader/at.tomtasche.reader) for read-only access.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [TextMaker Mobile](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=softmaker.applications.textmaker) is the only word processor that lets you open / save `.odt` - plus plenty of other formats, and you may convert one into another.
This app is full of features, e.g., including a very good on-the-fly spell checker, footnotes, endnotes, comments, track changes, embedding of any font, access to several file hosting services etc., all TrueType and openType fonts can be embedded, it has a broad range of formatting and layout options, access and so much more.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/08 | 450 | 1,728 | <issue_start>username_0: **What I'd like to see:**
* When idling, the screen turns off after the configured amount of time.
**What I see:**
* When I don't do anything, the screen dims a bit after ~23 seconds, then at 30 seconds it turns off as expected.
I have no idea why this dimming short before the screen timeout happens and where to disable it.
**My settings:**
* *Automatic Brightness* disabled, brightness set to the lowest level.
* *Screen time-out* at 30 seconds.
* *Auto adjust screen power* disabled.
* *Timeout* for lock screen is zero (*Immediately*).
* *Use Power saving mode* is enabled (it sets the screen brightness to 10% at less than 20% battery power left). Disabling it had no effect.
This happens with Android 2.3.6 (no idea if it worked before the update).<issue_comment>username_1: It's to alert you that the screen's about to turn off. It's more useful when your timeout is longer than 30 seconds, certainly. I would assume you'd need a custom kernel or at least to root and edit some config files in order to prevent this, I don't believe there's anything in Settings for it.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I suggest the [Screen On app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.androiddev.ScreenOn). I use it when I don't want the screen to dim or turn off, because I want to be able to instantly pause the playback on my audiobook without having to first hit the power button,then swiping the screen.
When you want it to revert to a more power-saving mode, you can turn the app off again from the notification bar. It isn't customizable to allow it to dim after a specified time, but it will keep it from dimming at all. Better than nothing!
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/02/09 | 964 | 3,889 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Voice app has the option "Receive text messages" with two choices:
* Also via the messaging app
* Only via the Google Voice app
If I choose the first option, I will still get the text messages even if I'm not on Wi-Fi. It will also send them as regular text messages if I *am* on Wi-Fi, wasting money.
If I choose the second option, I won't get the messages if I'm not on Wi-Fi.
Is there a way to get the messages forwarded to regular text only if the Google Voice app doesn't get them?<issue_comment>username_1: I think you might be misunderstanding how GV handles messages.
**Receiving Messages:**
When someone sends an SMS to your GV number it is received by Google and placed in your GV inbox - the setting you mention doesn't change that functionality, so either way you choose to have the app configured your GV SMS messages will still be available in the GV app (and, of course, your GV inbox in the cloud).
If you don't have a data connection then you'll get GV SMS messages delivered to your phone as soon as you have a data/wifi connection and your inbox is synced. Even if you set the GV app to `Receive text messages > Also via the messaging app` you'll still only receive the messages when your GV inbox is synced - you'll just *also* get the messages duplicated in your default SMS app.
Confusingly, you can also have your GV inbox setup to send SMS copy of the messages your GV number receives to your mobile's number using your carrier's SMS system. This isn't necessary if you have the GV app on your Android phone and want to use data/wifi to receive messages. I advise turning this setting off in your GV inbox web interface: `Settings > Phones > [Mobile Phone]` then uncheck `Receive text messages on this phone`. You will still receive texts sent to your GV number on your phone, just via the GV app using data/wifi and not your default SMS app using your carrier's SMS.
**Sending Messages:**
First, the easier stuff:
* To send a text message *from your GV number* using *data/wifi* make
sure to use the GV app on your phone to compose and send messages.
* To send a text message *from your mobile number* using *your carrier's
SMS* make sure to use the default SMS app on your phone.
Now, the harder stuff:
If you have `Receive text messages > Also via the messaging app` set in the GV app, you'll see the same text messages in both your GV app and your default SMS app. Please note that this is a slightly different condition than having `Receive text messages on this phone` set for your mobile phone in your GV inbox, even though the end result looks the same. Given this condition:
* If you reply using the GV app you will reply *from your GV number* over *data/wifi*.
* If you reply using the default SMS app you will reply *from your GV number* over *your carrier's SMS* (this is just as if GV sent your mobile an SMS copy and you replied to it on a non-smart phone).
I suspect some combination of the above settings and usage scenarios is causing your problem, and that by simply changing some settings or your habits (or both) will result in the behavior you're looking for.
*EDIT: To help with confusion I've drawn a quick flowchart:*
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Just a note - I recently noticed that the GV app setting `Receive text messages → Via the message app` no longer duplicates the message locally on your phone as described in the original answer. Instead, it simply toggles the GV Inbox setting `Receive text messages on this phone`. I verified this by:
1. enabling the feature via the web (GV Inbox)
2. noting that it was enabled in the GV App settings
3. selecting "Via the Google Voice App" from the GV App settings
4. refreshing the GV Inbox webpage and noting the forwarding feature was now unselected.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/09 | 527 | 1,939 | <issue_start>username_0: On Windows, I can run two commands using a .bat file.
How can I achieve the same thing on Android
For example:
1. update my podcasts by calling pcastclient /updateALL
2. force sync of my pictures sugarsync /forceupdate<issue_comment>username_1: Android's shell will support a limited amount of [Unix-style shell scripting](https://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/documentation/tutorials/docsystem/build/tutorials/unixscripting/unixscripting.html). It specifically should have a shell at `/system/bin/sh` that you can use, however:
1. The shell provided with Android has a severely restricted set of commands available to it. If you want to do anything even remotely complex you'll need a [busybox install](https://market.android.com/details?id=stericson.busybox) (or another shell).
2. It's generally pretty rare for Android apps to provide any kind of command line interface or binaries. I very much doubt that Sugarsync, for example, allows you to perform a sync from the command line.
If you want a bit of a GUI you may want to look at something like [GScript](https://market.android.com/details?id=nl.rogro.GScriptLite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5sLnJvZ3JvLkdTY3JpcHRMaXRlIl0.).
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There are a few Android apps that are able to control other Android apps, and can chain several commands together using their GUI in a similar way to a script, they both have plugins to extend their support to many popular Android apps and functions.
[Tasker](https://market.android.com/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) and [Locale](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twofortyfouram.locale) are probably the most famous of these (see here for [some comparison](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2032/)) but there are also other [similar (free) apps](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/3893/) that you could look at.
Upvotes: 3 |
2012/02/09 | 1,152 | 3,989 | <issue_start>username_0: I wanted to know whether using Android's built-in encryption (introduced in 3.0) would affect my ability to use a custom recovery (Clockwork Mod in my case).
More specifically if I will still be able to perform Nandroid backups/restores and flash new files and updates?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, custom recovery works with encrypted honeycomb device. The built-in encryption doesn't touch ROM & firmware at all. It just encrypts accounts, settings, downloaded apps & their data etc. which can be located on phone memory, internal SD or external SD. That's why encryption is no longer present after factory reset because there's no encrypted data available.
Files for custom recovery environment live on ROM as firmware. That's why they survive factory reset. As Flashing files/updates has to do with ROM, you'll be allowed to do it. When it comes to Nandroid backup, you can do it too, but the chunk of encrypted data will backed up in that form which can't be restored using Titanium Backup. Yes, you could do Nandroid restore flawlessly.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: On my encrypted Nexus S I use a temporary tmpfs mount on /sdcard in CWM. It has enough RAM to hold the new ROM in memory during the update:
Download your ROM to /tmp/update.zip and boot into recovery. Then log in via 'adb shell':
```
## on the host machine do:
me@workstation:/tmp$ adb shell
## now on the device in 'adb shell' mode...
~ # mount -t tmpfs none /sdcard/
## the following command is not needed, it only shows the newly created mount point
~ # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
[...]
none 172.4M 0 172.4M 0% /sdcard
~ # exit
## now back on the host machine again
me@workstation:/tmp$ adb push update.zip /sdcard/
5567 KB/s (131676307 bytes in 23.097s)
```
Then do the usual update steps 'install zip from sdcard'.
EDIT: Starting with ICS/Jelly Bean there's the new **`adb sideload`** method
It works with CWM from version 6.0.1.5 onwards and you need the Android SDK platform-tools v16 or better. If you're in CWM you can see a new entry **install zip from sideload** if it's supported.
The old method still works:
If sideload doesn't work, you can still use the tmpfs method. CWM expects /data/media as the location for the update.zip now, the mountpoint has however to be /data so you have to do this now:
```
me@workstation$ adb shell
~ # mount -t tmpfs none /data
~ # mkdir /data/media
## Go on with 'adb push update.zip /data/media' and then like above
```
Reason:
Starting with ICS+ the proposed partition layout has changed. There should be no FAT formatted sdcard partition any more but the external storage now resides within /data/ (/data/media). To remain compatible, a FUSE mount emulates the old FAT properties (access rights and such). You can see this when there's a fuse mount on /storage/sdcard0, it looks similar to this:
>
> shell@android:/ $ mount | grep fuse
>
> [...]
>
> /dev/fuse /storage/sdcard0 fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user\_id=1023,group\_id=1023,... 0 0
>
> [...]
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: ce4's answer did not work for me on my Galaxy Nexus GSM (Maguro) using CWM 6.0.1.1. I kept getting errors from CWM telling me it couldn't mount /sdcard even after I mounted a tmpfs there and used adb to push the update.zip there.
After reading a thread at XDA I found out that unlike CWM, TWRP is capable of mounting an encrypted sdcard partition. So I downloaded TWRP for the GNex and flashed it using fastboot. When I booted in to recovery it asked me for the password for the encrypted sdcard partition and I was able to flash the update normally.
Links:
[TWRP](http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/90)
[XDA Thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28029118&highlight=twrp#post28029118)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/02/09 | 613 | 2,392 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using Oracle Virtual Box to emulate an Android-x86 device. I installed android-x86-2.2-r2-sparta.iso to a virtual HD.
Are there any way to install apk packages from Android Market (http://market.android.com) or do I have to download them only from "unnoficial ways"? Any suggestions for the 2nd case?
PS: Note that I'm asking for a solution for that particular case.<issue_comment>username_1: I am not familiar with that particular distribution. However, in general unless the build you installed contains the "Google Experience" apps (or if there is a separate Market package for it,) you will not be able to use the official Android Market [front-end](https://market.android.com/) to send apps to your virtual device.
There are some alternate markets, such as [Amazon Appstore](http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&ref=mas_gs&docId=1000626391), [GetJar](http://www.getjar.com), [SlideMe](http://slideme.org/), etc. Most will require you to download and install their own Market app in order to get other apps.
If you already have APKs of the apps, you should be able to side-load them either via ADB shell (from [Android SDK](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)), or via the bundled package installer by executing the APK from the storage area with some sort of a file system browser (if included with the build.)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can only get Google Play apps on officially supported devices, which have the Google Play infrastructure pre-loaded.
If you have an emulator, an overview of how to do this:
1. Install a "pirate" copy of the Google apps from goo.im
2. Modify your build.prop so that you have a "supported" device linked to your account (app developers will choose devices to officially support, so this may be per-app)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I do apologize if I misunderstood your question, but if you just want to be able to install apps from the play store, you could use a free online service called [Evozi](http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/). It lets you download apks directly from the play store. You can install the app by opening the app package in your emulator. Keep in mind however, that you would have to update the apps manually using this method. The only way to let apps auto update is by using a market app installed on your emulator.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/10 | 1,700 | 5,724 | <issue_start>username_0: When I adb into a device with Cyanogenmod, I'm presented with a nice bash shell, color prompt, and bashrc. I don't see a symlink from /system/xbin/bash to /system/bin/sh. How do they set the default shell to bash instead of sh? I looked through rc files, but didn't find anything. I'd like to do the same on my Android build, which isn't Cyanogenmod.
**Update**
After re-installing from scratch with CM7, I'm taken to sh instead of bash. Now the question is how to set bash as default.<issue_comment>username_1: I didn't have my Android with me right now to test, but with the [Android Terminal Emulator](https://market.android.com/details?id=jackpal.androidterm) if you go to the menu, you might be able to use the "Command line" or "Initial command" option.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: When `adb shell` is executed, the Android side also launches adb which then executes `/system/bin/sh -`. This path is hard-coded in `system/core/adb/services.c`:
```
347 #if ADB_HOST
348 #define SHELL_COMMAND "/bin/sh"
349 #define ALTERNATE_SHELL_COMMAND ""
350 #else
351 #define SHELL_COMMAND "/system/bin/sh"
352 #define ALTERNATE_SHELL_COMMAND "/sbin/sh"
353 #endif
```
If you want to change this to bash, you will have to recompile it.
It is possible to execute some commands from file when running the interactive shell. As written in `system/core/sh/main.c`, `sh -` (note the `-` for interactive mode) reads from the following files (in this order):
* `/etc/profile`
* `.profile` (relative to current directory, this is `/.profile` for `adb shell`
* `$ENV` (environment variable `ENV` should point to a file)
As `/etc/` and `/` are read-only, the only way to get something loaded was by setting `ENV`. You can probably create a symlink from `/etc/profile` to `/data/profile` by mounting `/` read-write (exercise for the reader).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: This is an old question, but I was recently curious about this myself. I found a method that doesn't require recompiling `adbd`, however it does require `su` (I'm using Chainfire SuperSu 2.45).
Assuming `bash` is located at `/system/bin/bash`, and `su` is at `/system/xbin/su`, it's essentially something like this:
1. `adb shell` (use an interactive shell. Invoking this process as a
one-liner could cause ADB to cease working if there is a problem)
2. `mount -o remount,rw /system`
3. `mv /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh.bak`
4. `echo -e '#!/system/bin/bash\n/system/xbin/su -mm -l -s /system/xbin/bash' > /system/bin/sh` Note that your paths may differ; use `which bash` and `which su` to be sure.
5. `chmod 777 /system/bin/sh`
6. Test the shell before you exit: `/system/bin/sh`. If you get an error, fix the error or revert by restoring the backup: `cp /system/bin/sh.bak /system/bin/sh`.
7. Optionally remount /system; most devices will do this automatically:
`mount -o remount,ro /system`
And you're done.
Simply symlinking BASH to SH doesn't work because bash emulates SH when invoked this way.
However, having a look at strace, it does seem to look for a `bashrc` when a symlinked BASH is called as 'sh --login'. While this could conceivably be used to "chainload" shells via script, as mentioned above the way `adbd` invokes SH is hardcoded.
If there is a problem and you have removed (or moved) `/system/bin/sh` ADB wont have a shell to give you to fix the problem. If this happens, you have a few options:
* Reboot into a recovery that has `adbd` (such as CWM or TWRP) and open an adb shell to it, to copy /system/bin/sh.bak over to /system/bin/sh again.
* Use adb to copy the backup: `adb root; adb remount; adb shell; adb pull /system/bin/sh.bak; adb push sh.bak /system/bin/sh` Note that this won't work on all devices; some refuse to allow adb to remount /system rw in this way.
* Use a terminal emulator that can be set to run a different shell; note that several will try /system/bin/sh first and force close.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: On your PC, get a bash binary and overwrite `/system/bin/sh`.
I have one [here](https://github.com/SuperDethByte/Bash-for-ARM).
Feel free to copy this code:
```
git clone https://github.com/SuperDethByte/Bash-for-ARM.git
cd Bash-for-ARM
echo "Make sure your phone is plugged into your computer."
sleep 5s
echo "Remounting /system partition as r/w..."
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /system
echo "Making A Backup..."
adb shell cp /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh.bak
echo "checking if backup was made..."
if [ adb shell 'ls /system/bin/ | grep "sh.bak"' ]; then
echo "pushing bash binary to android..."
adb push bash /system/bin/sh
echo "Remounting /system partition as r/o..."
adb shell mount -o remount,ro /system
echo "DONE"
else
echo "Backup Failed"
echo "Remounting /system partition as r/o..."
adb shell mount -o remount,ro /system
fi
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Found the proper & simple way from a Linux box, even in 2021 and [lineageos](/questions/tagged/lineageos "show questions tagged 'lineageos'"):
```
adb shell -t bash -i
```
You logon directly via [bash](/questions/tagged/bash "show questions tagged 'bash'") in interactive way.
To not having to remember this command all the times, I personally
use an alias, simply add this to your `~/.bashrc` on Linux box:
```
alias adb_shell='adb shell -t bash -i'
source ~/.bashrc
```
Then all is configured, simply run
```
adb_shell
```
and enjoy all `bash` features like tab completion and anything. \o/
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/10 | 1,110 | 3,334 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an HTC HD2 with a completely busted screen, I tried repairing it with a replacement screen but broke the ribbon cable to the screen (oops) sad day,
I've got two of these and I've been running them as servers and ipcam cameras.
I started using `qtadb`, which did work on my phone despite a broken screen. I installed [droid VNC Server beta](https://market.android.com/details?id=org.onaips.vnc&hl=en) using the file manager on qtadb.
I grabbed the app's manifest:
```
xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?
```
and I have tried several things to start and run the service using the console on qtadb. I have tried running:
```
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.onaips.vnc/com.mobclix.android.sdk.MobclixBrowserActivity
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.onaips.vnc/org.onaips.vnc.MainActivity
am start -n org.onaips.vnc/com.mobclix.android.sdk.MobclixBrowserActivity
am start -n org.onaips.vnc/org.onaips.vnc.MainActivity
am startservice -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.onaips.vnc/com.mobclix.android.sdk.MobclixBrowserActivity
am startservice -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n org.onaips.vnc/org.onaips.vnc.MainActivity
```
etc....
I test each time by NMAPing my device's ip address, no new ports show up. (I don't have a firewall)
But on a working phone, it doesn't start when you run the app; it starts when you press the run button. So How do I press the run button with a broken screen?
I just need vnc server to run so i can actually do some config things to run debian and my video server on it.<issue_comment>username_1: Use `adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.Main -n org.onaips.vnc/.MainActivity` outside the shell, and the VNC server will start.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: ```
adb shell
cd /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files
chmod 766 androidvncserver
androidvncserver
```
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: This answer was suggested as an edit by an anonymous user, but should stand on its own.
---
First you have to locate the droidvncserver executable file on your device. On a Nexus S it's in this directory:
```
/data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files
```
Then you have to set the execution right on the executable file (it's a UNIX subutility) from PC using adb.exe. In a command line window (from the appropriate Android SDK folder) you can type :
```
adb.exe shell chmod 766 /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver
```
(this has to be to done only once, for further detail on chmod command type man chmod in google)
Then you'll be able to launch vnc server directly from your PC using adb.exe:
```
adb.exe shell /data/data/org.onaips.vnc/files/androidvncserver
```
Additionnaly to connect your VncViewer using the USB cable type in another command line window:
```
adb.exe forward tcp:5901 tcp:5901
```
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Vysor is the answer! It's a Chrome app with a built-in VNC server that launches automatically. It even works on Android 6+. Find it [here](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwibseqC_-HPAhUEWT4KHYciBwgQFggcMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrome.google.com%2Fwebstore%2Fdetail%2Fvysor%2Fgidgenkbbabolejbgbpnhbimgjbffefm%3Fhl%3Den-US&usg=AFQjCNE-OAnF4O44DcCZNPj70kZVOe8bJw&bvm=bv.135974163,d.amc).
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/10 | 1,152 | 4,190 | <issue_start>username_0: I am able to make and receive calls from my Samsung ACE S5830 phone using a Bluetooth device. However, when I play MP3 songs on my phone, the output does not play through the Bluetooth mono headset; it just directly plays from the phone's speakers.
Is there a way to direct all audio output to the Bluetooth mono headset?<issue_comment>username_1: I did some googling and stumbled across [this post on androidforums.com](http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/16849-audio-other-than-calls-bluetooth-headset.html) which has some suggestions:
1. There are several apps which appear to provide this functionality. [BTmono](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bedoig.BTmono) is the only free one I found that isn't limited to a certain length of time. It requires Android 2.2+. There are several other similar apps that you can also see at that link.
2. [This person](http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/16849-audio-other-than-calls-bluetooth-headset.html#post122894) posted a trick which looks like it works without the use of an additional app:
>
> 1. I went to the phone and dialed '\*\*' (2 stars) which creates a 'p' for pause. Then press call. This enables the headset without actually
> placing a call.
> 2. After this I started doggcatcher (or other audio / video player) and it played through the headset. Everything went through the headset
> after this point.
> 3. In order to stop playback to my headset I just called my voicemail and hung up. At that point, audio was routed back to the speaker.
>
>
> EDIT: I have found that it only works when my ringer volume is off or
> on vibrate. Also, the media volume needs to be turned up separately --
> Either from the settings control or prior to performing the 'p' call.
> The volume rocker only controls the Bluetooth call volume after the
> bluetooth headset is active.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: Generally, audio apps use the media channel, which will be played over Bluetooth if your Bluetooth device supports that A2DP profile.
Check the specs on your headset to see if it supports A2DP -- if it does, please edit your question to include additional information on the music app you use and the make and model of your headset.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: Just wanted to throw it out there for anyone wanting to know that [BTmono](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bedoig.BTmono) worked like a charm for my HTC Desire S with android 2.3.3 and my Plantronics Explorer 210! Extremely easy interface for BTmono too.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Try [Mono Bluetooth Router](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxistar.monobluetoothfree&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd). Its free version has more feautures than BTMono.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: If
1. You want to hear music on your bluetooth device
2. Your bluetooth device pairs perfectly with your android phone.
3. It works only with calls, media still plays on your device speakers.
BTMono is a great tool that suits your requirement. It will allow you to simply turn ON media streaming and you are good to go.
Remember that it is free and you need to restart the app after every phone call.
This feature can be unlocked in the pro version which is just $1 :D
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_6: I used [BTmono](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bedoig.BTmono&hl=en) so I could use a Komodo (aka KMD) Bluetooth ear piece, as headphones. Worked perfectly.
The volume buttons controlled the ear piece, and if I hit one of the volume buttons, the phone says "Bluetooth In-Call Volume (volume bar)". So... I say try that one out...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: You can also try my application to direct non-call audio to BT. Here's is my github link: <https://github.com/sauravpradhan/AnySound2BT>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_8: lol i remember i have an old moto rizr z3 using stereo headphones, but, by default when you listen to music, it uses mono sound for some reason. There is an option in the options menu to switch to stereo but sorry this is not android and i only have stereo headphones
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/10 | 228 | 944 | <issue_start>username_0: I know this question sounds dead stupid but I can't figure out how to rate an app in Android Market on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Honestly I've looked everywhere. Am I blind or what?
Thanks in advance...<issue_comment>username_1: The first versions of the Android Market on Tablets didn't have an option to rate an App. Rumors are that Google wanted to prevent bad ratings on Apps, because they weren't optimized for tables (yet).
Some say that they received an Market Update that enabled the rate function. My Lenovo Thinkpad Market hasn't got it yet. But it seems just a matter of time.
Until then, you can rate Apps on the [web version of the Market.](https://market.android.com/)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: There are an update on the way from google which gives you the option, many have received it already, so just be use the web version of android market until then :)
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/02/10 | 1,101 | 4,025 | <issue_start>username_0: What's the best way to record a video with high quality audio? Specifically, this is for a presentation where a microphone could be placed by the speaker. I know that an app that records with the right codec is necessary, but what about the microphone?
I'd prefer to use a USB mic but, even though Android 3.1+ supports USB host mode, it doesn't appear that this is easy to accomplish. What about a 3.5mm microphone - would that yield acceptable results, or would it be better to stick with the built-in microphone? Are any of the video-recording apps capable of handling the microphone?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not a USB mic, but I have found a solution for external mic via 3.5 mm jack.
Look at my answer on this question:
[How do I use an external microphone with my Galaxy Nexus?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/19368/how-do-i-use-a-external-microphone-with-my-galaxy-nexus)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I bought a splitter ($7.65 on Amazon)to access the headphone/mic input on my HTC Thunderbolt.
An Audio Technica ATR6550 shotgun mike works fine with the built-in camcorder software. Note that the impedence on this is 2200 ohms.
I have half a dozen other microphones, and NONE of them work (some have an impedence of around 1000 ohms, so maybe this is the problem).
So, here is what I know:
1. This is possible (at least with the atr6550).
2. The necessary splitter (i.e. splits input jack into mic + earphone connectors) is not expensive, and there seems no reason to use any different connector.
3. I have half a dozen other mics and NONE of them works.
4. I don't know if the incompatibility of the others is an impedence problem or a voltage / current problem, and don't know how to find out.
Here is the splitter info:
StarTech.com MUYHSMFF 3.5mm 4-Pin to 2x 3-Pin 3.5mm Headset Splitter Adapter - M/F
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I use the Irig Pre interface (30 euro / 30-40 US dollars) to connect any XLR mic to my HTC wildfire. In flightmode I can make good 48khz mono WAV recordings with the Taperecorder app.
When I switch flightmode off there sometimes are some ticks and clicks.
Afterwards you cann edit your recording and convert it into MP3 files.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: When you put your android on flight mode u need to go to the setting and put it on mp3 headphone mode, itdeends how sencitive ur android is. And if ur android is not sencitive then you have to go and speaxk to the android network.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: A USB Microphone as well as any kind of USB Audio device needs a USB host which has drivers for USB Audio devices. Under Win/Mac/Linux these drivers come preinstalled and you can use your USB Audio device in a plug-and-play way. I have experimented with different ways of using USB Audio on Android and this topic seems to be quite diverse.
Depending on the version of Android and especially the Kernel in use you may, or may not, be able to connect USB devices over OTG USB (On-The-Go). With most devices these details don't show in the manufacturer's specifications and has to be tested manually. As far as I got in my research Samsung devices on Stock Android are the most reliable to support USB Audio, but if you start messing with different ROMs and Kernels it is possible deactivate this functionality.
I have been able to record very high quality audio with [Urecord](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.co.eurdev.urecorder) and [USB Audio Recorder PRO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudiorecorderpro) using a stock Galaxy Note 2 and several interfaces (Alesis io4, Shure x2u) and I have been told that Audio Evolution is also able to record from a USB source.
An app that can record video as well as USB audio does not exist as far as I know. And of course, if your device does not support OTG and USB audio there is no way you can use a USB microphone.
good luck!
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/02/10 | 517 | 2,180 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an Echo phone and downloaded an app for recording phone calls, both received and made myself. When it records, my voice is very loud, but you can barely hear the other line unless it is on speaker phone. Is there a way of increasing there level without using speaker? I record phone interviews I do and it is much easier just using the headset and not using the speakerphone...cuts out parts of our conversation.<issue_comment>username_1: The recording works by using the microphone. You're talking straight into the mic and thus are much louder than the sound that reaches the mic from the ear speaker.
You'll need to use an app that actually records the incoming call and not simply what it picks up from the mic. Check out [this question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/1699/1465), I believe it includes a couple such apps in the answers.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You could also employ the services of [Google Voice](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googlevoice&hl=en). It has an option to record phone calls, and you could also make them directly from your computer, which can be nifty.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I think I found a solution of this problem. I'm not sure why the call recordings cannot be recorded over phone calls, but only through the microphone of your smartphones, but I believe this one will help solve the problem. The app is called "Call Recorder - Cube ACR" by Cube Systems at Google Play.
I'm not sure what's the cause of these problems, but I found a solution. I share this app with the all of you and I believe it will help at least for now if they don't change any settings in future. I had problems with recording the phone calls and I couldn't hear the other side, only my voice and if there was something heard it was very, very low as a volume because apps are working directly with the microphone of your smartphone and most of them don't record when the loudspeaker is off. But this one does finally! Good luck!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: settings -> additional settings -> clear speaker setting -> clear speaker toggle
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/11 | 2,053 | 7,211 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I use an external microphone on my Galaxy Nexus, and what kind do I need?
I know if it should use a jack plug (3.5 mm), but not all jack connectors are the same, and I don't know if the lower or middle or upper part is for the microphone.
I want to use my phone for a video conference, but there is going to be a lot of noise around me, so I need an external microphone without all the background noise which the microphone in the phone gives.
I don't think the Gnex can handle a USB mic through the micro USB port, correct me if I'm wrong.<issue_comment>username_1: You'll need a TS connector for mic-only or TRRS for a headset with a mic, see [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS_connector).
For example, [this TRS to TRRS adapter](http://store.androidandme.com/seidio-headphone-mic-adapter-35mm-to-35mm/11A75A2929.htm) is supposed to work with the Galaxy Nexus and includes a mic. I'm not sure if you would need to plug in headphones for it to work, but you could certainly plug them in and not use them.
You didn't mention Bluetooth; you could also potentially use a Bluetooth headset or mic.
Of course, it may be the case that the stock camera app won't record audio from the external mic, in which case you may need to run a separate audio recording app or simply use a different video recording app. [This app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.somyac.recordoid.dictaphone) looks like it can record audio from a headset; I'm sure there are others.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Today i have made some progress in this question.
On iPhone you can buy a iRig Mic which can do the job (and it should work on android too).
But since i want to use another external microphone i have decided to make the adapter myself from some different adapters (which does the same thing as iRig Mic, but with a female 3.5 mm jack output, so i can use my wireless microphone with it)
I have ordered the parts from an online store in denmark, but you can get it all over the internet, you just need to know what you need :)
The first thing you need is a 3.5 mm male 4 pole conductor jack (TRRS) to RCA adapter.
Like this one 
Then you need a RCA to either female jack or XLR adapter (either if your mic has a jack or XLR output)
Like this one 
And thats all.
Then you can plug everything together and use the mic of your choice on your Android phone.
(BTW some stock camcorder apps can't use external microphones, then just use this camcorder app: <https://market.android.com/details?id=rubberbigpepper.lgCamera&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInJ1YmJlcmJpZ3BlcHBlci5sZ0NhbWVyYSJd> )
I'm using this app ^^ with this set of wireless microphones 
And i'm just waiting for the last adapter in the mail tomorrow..
So from tomorrow i can record with my galaxy nexus and record the sound via the wireless microphone on a distance up too 30 meters :D
And if i need to go around with the phone and the microphone, i will just plug in a wired microphone to the female jack and go around with the phone and microphone in my hand :)
I hope someone in the future can use this information which was very hard to find on the internet :)
When i have some time later today or tomorrow, i will upload a couple pictures to illustrate my setup :)
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: <http://www.startech.com/Cables/Audio-Video/Audio-Cables/35mm-4-Position-to-2x-3-Position-35mm-Headset-Splitter-Adapter-Male-to-Female~MUYHSMFF>
I think this is what you are looking for.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: I am unable to answer your question fully, but the part "*and I don't know if the lower or middle or upper part is for the microphone*", you can verify it quite easily.
What you need to have is a head phone that came with your device or the one that works (both mic and headphone speaker should work), a 1.5V battery cell and a pair of small wire.
Just wear the headphone and hold the battery in your hand with one wire connecting the battery's negative terminal to your head phone's lowest terminal (ground). Connect another wire to the positive terminal of the battery and touch the other end of the wire on any other terminal of the headphone connector. You can hear a pop or hiss on one of your ear. If you do not hear anything, then it could be the mic or you haven't completed the circuit. By this way you can identify the parts of the head phone connector (Right, Mic, Left, Ground, generally in this order, but varies from device to device). If you are ready with believing what you is see, then the following image will explain.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: There are professional Bluetooth-to-XLR adapters availabe ([Google search](http://www.google.com/search?q=a2dp+xlr)) that work just like any Bluetooth headset with HFP or A2DP profile.
Quality (especially the HFP mode may be subpar) and latency may vary from wired solutions, though.
[JKAudio](http://www.jkaudio.com/products.htm) has such a product: [Daptor 3](http://www.jkaudio.com/daptor3.htm)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Or this...
<http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SENSITIVE-TIE-CLIP-LAPEL-LAVALIER-MICROPHONE-for-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-SMARTPHONES-/280916075048?pt=UK_Music_Instruments_Microphones_MJ&var=&hash=item4167e72228#ht_2015wt_872>
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_7: I use the Irig Pre XLR input adapter and headphone output with Phantom power on my HTC Wildfire. It works fine in flight mode. I use the Tapemachine PRO app.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: I originally wrote [this article for iPhone microphones](http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/articles/photography/iphone-4-ipad-external-mic-audio-input) and audio inputs, but it applies almost equally as well to any Android device that has a headset jack (TRRS, as mentioned in other answers).
The two primary things you need to do are:
1. Make sure the physical connection works—thus the need for a TRRS to TRS adapter like those made by KVConnection.
2. Make sure the input signal has the correct impedance. For the iphone, this is about 600Ω. Not sure what each model Android phone uses, but this makes the level of the microphone or audio device match up correctly to the input on your phone. Some phones will cut off the audio completely if the impedance is way off, as a safeguard against blowing out the audio circuit.
Once you can make the physical connection and have the right impedance, you just need a good audio recording app that will use the headset audio input. See my article for some ideas.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_9: I was Googling for the same product that works for my Galaxy Tab 2 tablet. I found the iRig microphone too, but it was somewhat of an overkill for my purpose since I already have a microphone.
So I searched for this "3.5mm 4-Pole Mic Headset adapter" on eBay and [found this item](http://www.ebay.com/itm/300928487833). It costs only $4, and it will allow you to use a standard microphone.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/02/11 | 467 | 1,884 | <issue_start>username_0: Has anyone tried a Google+ client that takes up less space than the standard client from Google Inc.? My phone gets full very quickly and right now the Google+ client is one of the largest installed apps I've got. Any suggestions?
The most useful feature of the client compared to using the browser version is that I can do "Share" from any other app, usually Google Reader, directly to Google+ without having to copy+paste the URL I want to share.
EDIT: This is on an HTC ChaCha (Status) which has a pretty tight memory space.<issue_comment>username_1: The mobile web version of the Google+ can be accessed from the browser. It provides all the basic features, although since it's just a web app there is no integration with the OS (no notification, etc).
Size? 0 kb.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I have searched though the Android Market and it dosen't look like there are any other app's which can do that.
But if you need space you can install a custom ROM on your phone and make an external partition on your sd card.
Then you can get 1 GB ekstra space for apps etc.
But since i don't know which phone you have, i can't point you to a specific guide.
But i would do that or you can try App2SD from the market, which can move some of the apps to your sd card :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Google+ api does not support many features at the moment. Or i should say the API is readonly at the moment.
Due to this limitation there are hardly any apps for Google+, till that time either stick to google+ app, or the web app.
Since HTC Cha Cha is using Android 2.3 (Ginger Bread), you should be able to move Google+ to the SD card. (Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Downloaded (tab) -> Select Google+ -> Move to SD card)
or the alternate solution is install Apps2SD (lightweight app), and use it to l
Upvotes: 0 |