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2012/10/12 | 368 | 1,474 | <issue_start>username_0: Can I prevent automatic update(system and app updates) downloads on **Android ICS** in order to reduce the bandwidth usage while using volume based internet data packages?<issue_comment>username_1: There's two ways to deal with this:
* Try [Droidwall](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free) to block outgoing connections on 3G data, in that way, if in the vicinity of the wifi network, Droidwall will allow data over Wifi.
* The other way is to go into Settings > More... Tap on that, Mobile Networks > uncheck Data enabled to prevent 3G data in and out.
Only ***caveat emptor*** with Droidwall, it requires rooted handset.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You can disable Automatic updates from Google Play Store app. Head over to Settings → Auto-update apps.
You can also set it to Update over Wi-Fi only, from the same settings page
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: To prevent app updates over your data plan, go to the Google Play app > Settings > Auto-update apps > Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only.
To prevent system updates over your data plan, go to your phone's Settings > Connections > Data usage > select Google Play Services from the list of apps > check "Restrict background data".
By doing both of these, you will still be able to get app and system updates over wifi (when connected) and you will save a lot on your volume based internet data packages.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/12 | 565 | 2,301 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a HTC One S with stock ROM (latest update) and stock launcher, no root or anything. Android is 4.0.4 ICS. HTC Sense 4.1. In sound settings, for the normal sound profile, I turn vibration for calls/messages/notifications off, but after some time it mysteriously comes back.
I don't know what triggers it. It happens after switching profiles a couple of times, like switching to vibrate profile and later switching back to normal. I have a suspicion that it might be related to using the physical volume up/down button to switch the profile. I usually use the stock 1x1 HTC widget to switch between profiles. It kind of annoys me and I consider it a bug. Does enyone experience the same? How can I prevent it?
Update: it just happened again after a system crash. I'm getting these more frequently lately, and after every crash the vibration is back. I can now list this as a confirmed trigger, but I'm not sure if it's the only one.<issue_comment>username_1: I'm not familiar with how HTC Sense deals with vibration settings, but this does sound like a bug.
As a possible work around - you could install Tasker and set a profile for every time you turn the screen on to set vibration off. This is a nasty hack, but would stop the vibration function on your phone from coming on all the time.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: In my ICS (on LG Swift hardware) the switch to "ring" profile occured on every answered call during daytime. Somebody else at Polish LG forum complained about switching to "quiet" at night.
SOLVED: After some reading and a simple experiment I found that it is the system app to switch profiles for the nighttime (settings->sounds->"silence time" in my LG). This is a buggy app: after any event requiring sound on - like answered call or so -- it switches to the scheduled profile, even if it was overriden manually.
To make clear: I have "nighttime" quiet setting, so after manual switch to "loud", upon first call it automatically returns to "quiet". In the daytime, when quietened manually, after a first call it returns to "loud".
Switching this option off helps.
P.S. I have read about problems with tasker after upgrade - maybe it is some more general bug (or feature making some apps incompatible)
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/12 | 406 | 1,621 | <issue_start>username_0: I have tried many times to change my phone browser from the stock android to Opera mini... As you all know the stock browser is slow and unresponsive.
Before I get overloaded with comment: YES I HAVE CLEARED THE DEFAULT FOR THE STOCK BROWSER THEN TRIED CLICKING ON A LINK. And: NO it has not asked me what browser I want to use. IT just opens in stock.
I then tried installing Firefox. I did the whole process again. I went to open a link and hit "open in browser" and what do you know, it opened up in firefox! This was great to see.
Unfortunately I can't get this to work for opera. Although firefox mobile is great I have a preference towards opera. If anyone knows of a solution to this I would apreciate it greatly.<issue_comment>username_1: It works with Opera Mobile, it should be the same for Opera Mini.
You can try this:
* go to the default Android browser apps settings and click on "Clear defaults"
* if settings in Opera Mini has a "Set as default" check box, select it
* open a link with a browser and select Opera Mini as default
If the above doesn't work:
* uninstall Androids default browser
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: One can't simply uninstall android stock browser. Because it should be installed as a system app. If you are rooted, then you can.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: For Android users, it's simple. Go to:
*Settings › Applications › Manage Apps*, chose *All Apps*, scroll to the *Browser*, tap that entry, and hit the button to *Clear Default settings.*
Then as you use the message links, select Opera as the default browser.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/12 | 726 | 2,801 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, my wife's phone started acting weird in that when connected in a phone call, pressing the touch tone keypad is not working. You can hear the tone being pressed in the speaker, but the other end of the phone call is not getting the tone transmitted.
What might be causing this and how could I go about getting this fixed? She is running CyanogenMod7 on her HTC Incredible.<issue_comment>username_1: In Settings - Phone settings
or
In Dialer - Menu -Settings
You'll find an option for DTMF. Try changing that to different values. It might even have been turned off.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I got this to work under CM 11 by opening the Phone app, hitting the dotted line for settings, then un-checking the "Dial pad touch tones" option. I can't hear the touch tones anymore, but at least I can access my voicemail.
I have an international i9300.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I had a similar problem of not hearing the touch tones. It turned out to be that the volume for "Music, video, games, & other media" was set to the lowest level.
"Settings > Sound > Volume" Maybe this will help someone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: On Galaxy S4 I changed to option long instead of normal and it worked:
* From the Keypad tab, tap Menu Menu icon (located in the upper right).
* Tap Settings.
* Tap Call.
* Tap DTMF tones.
* Tap `Long`
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I used the dtmf app and now my phone is making the necessary sounds.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: I don't even know if this will work, but after having this problem intermittently on an AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and not being able to find DTMF settings anywhere, I found this: Settings > Device > Personalization > Accessibility > Dexterity and Interaction > Press and hold delay (options short, med, long)
On a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4, it was similar but not exact: Settings > Personalization > Accessibility > Dexterity and interaction > Press and Hold delay (options short, med, long)
I selected long.
I can't take credit for this; the idea came from someone making a post about a Samsung Galaxy S7, whom I wasn't able to thank but wish I could.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: Solution that worked for me is very different:
My mobile is Android, Lenovo K8
After searching a lot, nothing worked to me, and based on Lenovo call support this worked finally.
Network & Internet > Mobile Network > **Enhanced 4G LTE Mode [DISABLE]**
Disabling this only worked for me, Changing Touch & hold delay to different values [short, medium, long] also not worked!
Hope this helps someone, I struggled with this many years to get it fixed :-(
Definitely this is a bug, however no updates also sent to my phone :-(
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/13 | 1,059 | 3,905 | <issue_start>username_0: On the [LeadBolt opt page](http://www.leadbolt.com/opt/) you can specify your IMEI number in order to opt out from their service:
>
> The IMEI/MEID is a number, usually unique, to identify GSM, WCDMA, and
> iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones. It allows us to
> identify your device and ensure you are opted out from our services.
> Importantly, the IMEI/MEID is only used for identifying the device and
> has no permanent or semi-permanent relation to you as the subscriber
> protecting your privacy.
>
>
>
Is this safe? Would let me enjoy Android apps without annoying and invasive ads?<issue_comment>username_1: I can't tell if LeadBolt does as promissed, but I see no harm in giving somebody your IMEI. At least if you don't use services that do authentication with your IMEI (never heard of one).
But you should wait a little, maybe there is a objection regarding my statement.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If you don't mind rooting your device then your best option to avoid all adds would be to use [Adaway](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwib3JnLmFkYXdheSJd). It'll bock all ads on your device by modifiying your hosts file and is perfectly safe to use. I've been using it for over a year now.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Whether it's safe very much depends on what you count as „safe“. All that might resulting from giving *LeadBolt* your IMEI is that you won't be *shown* any ads *by LeadBolt* – but **if you think that means „no ads at all“, you're completely mistaken.** There are tons of other ad networks used by apps.¹ Some of them offer you the same way to „opt out“ by giving them your IMEI. Nevertheless, they'll continue collecting data on you, connecting it to your IMEI – which you now even explicitly give them (probably combined with some other data), to build a profile on you and maybe even sell it for money.
I'm currently writing an article on that topic (see below). **My advice would be: Don't.** That's the wrong way to act on ads. You should not „register“ your IMEI (or any other identifier) with a company to have it stop annoying you. Rather use other approaches to get rid of those annoying ads:
* contact the developer of that app and tell him/her about the annoyance, asking to replace this ad provider by one less intrusive
* if the app has a paid version *that comes without ads*², buy and use that. After all, the dev put hours or even months of work into the app, which should be honored
* to find out what ad modules an app contains, check it out at [AppBrain](https://www.appbrain.com/). Avoid apps which contain intrusive ad modules (compare e.g. with my list¹).
* use an [Ad Blocker](https://android.izzysoft.de/applists/category/named/network_adblocker "IzzyOnDroid: Ad Blocker"). That's nothing dishonest in this context, it's pure self-protection considering several of those ad networks also ship „malvertising“ stuff, and what PII they collect on you *without your consent or awareness.* On Android, you don't need a so called „Anti-Virus“ solution, you need a good working „Anti-Ad“ protection.
For further reading I recommend you my article [Android Identifiers: How Android devices and their users are identified](https://android.izzysoft.de/articles/named/identifiers-1). Hopefully the article I've mentioned above will be available at the same site at the end of this months, to give deeper insight on [What´s it all about those modules apps contain?](https://android.izzysoft.de/articles/named/app-modules-1) – i.e. ad and analytics stuff and how it intrudes our privacy.
---
¹ for some especially intrusive examples, see [my listing here](https://android.izzysoft.de/help?topic=modwarnings "IzzyOnDroid: Beware those snooping mods!")
² believe it or not, but about every seventh paid app ships with ad modules
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/13 | 924 | 3,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using whatsapp and some of my contacts have been seen online AFTER my messages have been delivered..
My question is: If I read something like this:
>
> [10:01] my message is delivered The contact has been seen online at
> 10:08
>
>
>
Does this mean the contact has read my message/opened whatsapp by himself? Or does it mean that his Android OS has let Whatsapp application<issue_comment>username_1: A single green tick mark indicates the Whatsapp servers have got your message.
A double green tick mark indicates that the recipient's device has got your message.
However, it doesn't automatically mean that the user has read or seen the message.
The last seen online may merely indicate that the user may have been talking to someone on the contact list or been in the Whatsapp application for any reason like adjusting settings etc.
No guarantee that the user has read your message.
Taken from <http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20951546>
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: My doubt is whether "last seen" indicates that the user has actively opened the applicaction, or that the application has been running on background connecting to WhatsApp servers? The [WhatsApp FAQ](http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20971848) now says:
>
> "Last seen at..." refers to the time the contact left WhatsApp
>
>
>
But googling I found an old WhatsApp FAQ answer for the same question, maybe referred to the old versions:
>
> "Last seen" simply indicates the state of the device network connection and not if the application is actively in use. For example, on some operating system such as BlackBerry and Android, the phone will connect on it's own if it has a new incoming message even if the phone is not in active use at the moment
>
>
>
I have seen "improvements to "last seen" and "typing..." correctness / timeliness" in the 2.7.4705 version (2012-MAR-05) [changelog](http://www.whatsapp.com/android/current/WhatsApp.html)
I will test it
WhatsApp uses push notifications (the server notifies the device) so seems not neccessary connecting periodically to the server looking for new messages (pull). Another question is if once a notification is received the app connects to the server for new messages downloading. In any case, the question is if WhatsApp takes into account the connections with the app in background for the "last seen" indicator.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: `Last time seen` on whatsapp means that the person has contacted someone on their contact list, basically sending a text to someone else.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Just to bring this current, WhatsApp have updated their [What are those check marks next to my messages?](https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20951546) page to highlight that there's a new feature to see when a message is actually **read**.
>
> Check marks will appear next to each message you send. Here is what
> each one indicates:
>
>
>  message successfully sent.
>
>
>  message successfully delivered to the recipient's phone.
>
>
>  the recipient has read your message.
>
>
>
It's still likely that a message will show as delivered before a user has been "online" to actually read it.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/14 | 289 | 1,191 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and tried to login with my google (gmail) account (which has 2 step authentication) and it redirected me to the web login which I completed (with the text message for the code because it's an unrecognized device). It then returns me to the OS login which I try again which then redirects me back to the web login.
So I get stuck in this infinite loop when trying to login. I assume that this is because I've got 2 step authentication enabled. Any idea how to login in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with 2 step authentication?<issue_comment>username_1: You should try to set up an "application specific" password for your tab, and enter THAT password when you enter your account details.
Now you totally avoid the second screen asking for the code.
You can create an application specific password at
<https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens> (at least that's the one I use)
Kind regards
joern
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can temporarily turn off 2-step verification, and turn it back on after you have logged in.
I had the same issue with Galaxy Tab 2, and did just that.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/15 | 378 | 1,390 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using RMaps Ext (a rmaps mod) on Android, browsing offline maps created using Mobile Atlas Creator (MOBAC). It's working great so far.
The only problem is that when browsing offline satellite maps the zoom level is fixed to the tile layers I chose to download on MOBAC.
But I was wondering since I have already downloaded more detail satellite maps, e.g. zoom level 16, in theory I could browse zoom level 15, 14 to level 10. You just need some fast algorithm to zoom out a big image.
e.g.
* The level 16 zoom file size is 80MB
* The level 10-16 zoom file size is 120MB
So could the zoom out scaling be done on Android using the 80MB file directly?
It will save a lot of storage space (but spend more on CPU with image resizing)
Thanks in advance!<issue_comment>username_1: You should try to set up an "application specific" password for your tab, and enter THAT password when you enter your account details.
Now you totally avoid the second screen asking for the code.
You can create an application specific password at
<https://accounts.google.com/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens> (at least that's the one I use)
Kind regards
joern
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can temporarily turn off 2-step verification, and turn it back on after you have logged in.
I had the same issue with Galaxy Tab 2, and did just that.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/15 | 783 | 2,859 | <issue_start>username_0: I have used the stock browser to save a page for offline reading.
It is a `.txt` file, the browser only opens it and does not give me an option to download it.
Where is the page stored, i would like to open it with another app.
I have looked under `/sdcard/Android/data` But there is no `com.android.browser` folder or any other folder which looks like the right one.<issue_comment>username_1: ### Where to find it when it was downloaded
If you have been able to "download" the file, the most likely location to find it is either `/sdcard/download` or `/sdcard/downloads`.
### It wasn't downloaded, but "saved for offline reading"
But as it turns out, the stock browser didn't give you that option, and you had to "save for offline reading" -- which is something different. In this case the file probably is stored on internal storage (below `/data/data/com.android.browser`). Without root you've got not many chances to access it there. So you could either try with a different browser -- or simply copy-paste the text file into some note-taking app / editor (e.g. [Jota Text Editor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sblo.pandora.jota) or [AmbleLink Notepad Basic Ed.](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.objectvista.notepad)).
### Alternative download options
If you have to do this more often, or formatting gets lost on copy-paste, you're probably much better of with some "downloader tools". I just know about [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), which offers `HTTP_GET` actions. Depending on your ROM, the shell might provide `wget` (stock ROM on my Milestone 2 had this), so all you need in that case is a terminal app (e.g. [Android Terminal Emulator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm)), and there simply execute
```
# change to the directory where you want to store the downloaded file in
cd /sdcard/download
# get the file
wget http://www.example.com/textfile.txt
```
Adjust that to your needs, of course :)
### Special downloader apps
Other alternatives would include special "Downloader Apps", like e.g. [Download All Files](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hwkrbbt.downloadall) or [Easy Downloader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.et.easy.download), which you might want to give a try.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Tap ［internet］ icon, tap ［☆］on top right corner, tap ［saved pages］ on top right corner. Done.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Tap the flag with the star at the top right of the browser and click on the saved pages tab.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: While in your web browser, press and hold the Return button on the lower right side of your phone. then at the top of the page select saved pages
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/15 | 331 | 1,222 | <issue_start>username_0: The Nexus charger has an OP Amp rating of 2A. The charger that comes with the phone has an OP Amp rating of 1A. Both have the same voltage. IP voltage is 100-250 V for both.
I googled and came across various posts saying how Li-ion batteries are smarter and how the phone will only draw as much power as it needs, and not more.
So essentially, the phone takes what it needs, and the charger is capable, but doesnt force its rated voltage on the device. Is this correct way of putting it?
Will it damage the battery in anyway? Or the charging circuit?<issue_comment>username_1: In short: yes, you can use your Nexus7 charger to charge your Android phone. If the connectors are compatible, it will work without problems.
I always use a single 2A USB charger for every phone, tablet and ereader that I have at home, and also for the Raspberry PI.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Charging my Samsung Galaxy Note 1 (GT-N7000) since 2 Months with my Nexus 7 charger without problems.
The Nexus 7 charger provides enough output and the phone manages this.
But vice versa: Most phone chargers have less output (1A) so it needs longer to charge your Nexus 7 tablet.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/15 | 369 | 1,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to be able to set my phone into `Guest` mode so people using it will not be able to "abuse" it while I give it to them.
Example of usage:
* Child mode - prevent editing settings, making calls, installing applications etc.
* Friend mode - prevent viewing text/email messages etc.
* etc.
I have the MIUI ROM which has a pre-defined `Guest` mode - I'm looking for something which is fully/partially configurable - is there something like that?<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to check for "app lockers" like e.g. [App Lock](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock), which allow you to password-protect apps, or use even more restrictive child protection apps like e.g. [Child App Protector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ssh.ChildAppProtector), which can sandbox an environment (also called "Kiosk mode").
A somehow "special" solution would be [App Locker II: Fake Crash](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xdevelop.protector), which in "protected mode" displays a fake force-close message so people do not get the idea you protected something.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Maybe Access control is a solution?
1. Guard Mode:
calls, notes, gallery, text messages will be hidden and launcher editing is disabled
2. Access control:
Choose what applications are password protected to run
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/16 | 330 | 1,295 | <issue_start>username_0: My idea is this: It would be really convenient if i could buy a smartphone with an integrated mobile hotspot so i dont have to carry around a separate device. So is this sold? if so, by whom and approximately how expensive can this get? (assume carrier is irrelevant, i can easily switch to another if Verizon doesn't work)<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to check for "app lockers" like e.g. [App Lock](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.domobile.applock), which allow you to password-protect apps, or use even more restrictive child protection apps like e.g. [Child App Protector](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ssh.ChildAppProtector), which can sandbox an environment (also called "Kiosk mode").
A somehow "special" solution would be [App Locker II: Fake Crash](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.xdevelop.protector), which in "protected mode" displays a fake force-close message so people do not get the idea you protected something.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Maybe Access control is a solution?
1. Guard Mode:
calls, notes, gallery, text messages will be hidden and launcher editing is disabled
2. Access control:
Choose what applications are password protected to run
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/16 | 519 | 1,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Samsung galaxy Y and I do have 2 questions about dock settings on home screen.
1. Is it possible to Hide / Modify dock on home screen?
2. Is it possible to make it toggle on touch the home screen?<issue_comment>username_1: My first suggestion is to look into replacing your launcher. You can find several Home Launcher replacements in [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store) Market.
My current favorite is the [Holo Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.hololauncher).
**[Alternatively](http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57410133-285/how-to-change-the-docked-icons-on-samsung-touchwiz/)**
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: This functionality isn't available as standard in your default launcher, but the launcher is replaceable. There are lots of alternatives out there, some require a minimum OS version. Unless you've rooted your phone it looks like the maximum OS version you can be on is v2.3.5 (Source: <http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_y_s5360-4117.php>). So this rules out the newer breed of launchers which are based on the Android 4.x launcher. BUT there are still a load of good launchers which will be compatible with your phone and will provide the functionality that you're looking for. Have a look at:
* [Go Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex)
* [ADW Launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adw.launcher)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Use [Holo launcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.hololauncher): Really an awesome launcher, you will get an ICS look and you can hide Icons in the drawer; you can also add icons in the dock session. Use it and I bet you gonna really like the holo launcher.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/16 | 266 | 872 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I root my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0?<issue_comment>username_1: After enabling the `USB Debugging` option, [SuperOneClick](http://shortfuse.org/) can be used to root both Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0 handsets. Download the latest version from [here](http://depositfiles.com/files/n0dcxce3t), and the walkthrough is [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4bw8bU4T4).
In terms of updated OS versions, your best bet is custom ROMs that can be found on various forums like [XDA-developers](http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1423).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This is going to take some work and some intense reading.
Check out this [XDA Dev forum](http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1423)
The fastest way to root Samsung devices (IMHO) is [superoneclick](http://shortfuse.org/).
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/17 | 1,361 | 5,276 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an HOTT MD500 MID. Previously, when I plugged this into my computer, `Thunar` found two storage spaces, the first being the microSD card, the second, another storage space inside the device. Recently, I wanted to reinstall the device, so I first used `gparted` to reformat both of these storage spaces to `FAT32` filesystems, then used the factory reset option on the device.
During the reformatting with `gparted`, and error appeared preventing me from reformatting the internal storage. Now, when I plug the device into my computer, Thunar no longer can see the internal storage space. Also, when I go to `Settings` --> `SD card & MID storage`, “Internal Flash Storage” reports “Available Space 0”, while the “MID system storage” reports “Available Space 79 MB”.
I found some similar threads at [Is internal storage formatting harmful?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/8485/formatting-internal-storage-harmfull), which did not work for me, and [Missing internal flash memory and SD card does not mount](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/19912/missing-internal-flash-memory-and-sd-card-does-not-mount), which provides instructions specific to another model, but which I do not know how to adapt these instructions to my model of MID. Using the factory reset option in my device did not seem to help.
* Why is the internal storage no longer visible in `Thunar`? How can I restore it to its original state?
* Is that normal that “Internal Flash Storage” is reported as “0”? Will this give me any problems?<issue_comment>username_1: **Why is the internal storage no longer visible in Thunar? How can I restore it to its original state?**
>
> I do not know how to adapt these instructions to my model of MID
>
>
>
First of all you need to get `adb` working ([Android Debug Bridge](http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html) if you want to learn more). Specific information regarding this is available at [ADB for Android Developers (ARCHOS Internet Tablet)](http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/updates_adb.html?country=er&lang=en) as linked in the answer you provided.
When you have `adb` ready, you should be able to run `adb shell`. This will give you the ability to give commands to `adb` and we can start accessing the device. I'm quoting the [answer you linked](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/19912/missing-internal-flash-memory-and-sd-card-does-not-mount) here:
>
> If the connection is OK, it will start a server and after e few seconds show the '$' prompt. this means you are connected to the tablet and have direct access to the linux shell. If you type 'ls' you will see a list of folders that contain the operating system and all supporting files that make your tablet work. Now navigate to the folder containing the Flash file system by typing:
>
>
>
```
cd ./dev/block/vold
```
>
> If you now type 'ls' again you should see three or four folders that have numbered names. One of them is '31:8'. This is the folder that points to the internal flash. Now we can fix our problem by recreating the MS-DOS (FAT32) file system on this partition. Type the following:
>
>
>
```
mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/block/vold/31:8/
```
>
> This will fix the FAT32 filesystem. Now leave the shell by typing 'exit', disconnect the USB and restart your tablet. On my system this made internal storage re-appear, and after that it also mounted the sd-card. Problem solved.
>
>
>
Please follow these steps and report if it works or not, please supply any error messages and I'll try to help you further to the best of my abilities.
**Is that normal that “Internal Flash Storage” is reported as “0”? Will this give me any problems?**
This is likely just due to the fact that the internal storage isn't detected by the device. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's broken or lost forever.
I'd also like to add as a final point that **messing with the partitions on the internal storage is usually a very bad idea**. Don't do it unless you know exactly what you're doing and why. You should always assume that messing with partitions can lead to data loss.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The problem is likely that the internal SD card to FAT32. While this may not stop Android from working it does screw up many file system related commands/programs, permissions, etc.
Android usually uses ext3, ext4, or yaffs2 for the internal SD card. The manufacturer may be able to tell you which is the one they use. You can also try formatting the internal card to ext3 and doing a factory reset; if it already successfully installed to FAT32, it shouldn't have any problems with an EXT file format.
If in fact the manufacturer does use FAT32 for the file system (which would be very odd), it's possible that it uses a different cluster size than how you formatted it (ie 4, 8, 16 or 32 kb), and the file utility is relying on that information to determine sizes and it is incorrect - producing a nonsensical output of 0. Many manufacturers also encode information into the boot sectors, etc. that you may have inadvertently wiped.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Just press `Power` + `Vol +` then tap **Wipe Data** and press **Yes**. Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/17 | 925 | 3,491 | <issue_start>username_0: For last 2 days, I am trying to connect my new Xperia-Tipo phone to PC but unable to connect. My PC's OS is Windows XP - SP3.
1. When I connect to PC, it is asking for PC companion installation. But when I double click on Setup.exe its doing nothing.
2. So I downloaded PC companion (Version 2.1) and I tried to connect, but its not detecting my phone.
In trouble shooting its saying please check its properly connected or not. Yes its connected and my phone is charging too. I switch off my phone & tried its waste of time. If i see in my computer its not detecting any drive for USB.<issue_comment>username_1: Try use some third party applications instead of PC Companion like: [Wondershare MobileGO](http://www.wondershare.com/android-manager/) or [MyPhoneExplorer](http://www.fjsoft.at/en/). Both of these are free.
I recommend *Wondershare MobileGo*. It has a full functional free version and can automatically download and install the drivers.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Just came across a solution thought I should share it on [Microsoft's Support site](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817900).
The pertinent section that worked, titled "*Method 3: Disable and re-enable the USB controller*" of the above page. (For the benefit of others who do not wish to see the page, it is quoted here)
>
> Use Device Manager to disable and re-enable all the USB controllers.
> This lets the controllers recover the USB port from its unresponsive
> condition. The USB controllers represent the USB ports in Device
> Manager. If you are not comfortable with advanced troubleshooting, try
> the steps in the "Workaround" section.
>
>
> To disable and re-enable the USB controllers, follow these steps:
>
>
> 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
> Note If you are running Windows Vista, click Start, and then use the
> Start Search box.
> 2. Type devmgmt.msc, and then click OK. Device Manager
> opens.
> 3. Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers.
> Note You might have to scroll down the list to find this item.
> 4. Right-click the first USB controller under Universal Serial Bus
> controllers, and then click Uninstall to remove it.
> 5. Repeat step 4 for
> each USB controller that is listed under Universal Serial Bus
> controllers.
> 6. Restart the computer. After the computer starts, Windows
> will automatically scan for hardware changes and reinstall all the USB
> controllers that you uninstalled.
> 7. Check the USB device to see whether
> it is working. If the USB port recognizes the device and if you can
> use the device, you are finished.
>
>
>
But instead of removing it and restarting, instead, I just disabled it and re-enabled it (**please note this will fail if you use a USB keyboard**).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Disconnect from PC.
Go to Settings/Xperia/connectivity/USB connection.
Change from MTP to MSC.
Reconnect, and it should work.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Go to `Settings > Developer Options`, tick off USB debugging, then it'll work!
It worked for me.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Look for the file `wpdmtp.inf` on the Internet; this is a needed driver. After downloading it to your PC, put the file in the `Windows/inf` directory, overwriting any existing files.
Then, open the Device Manager on your PC. Go to portable devices, and re-install the controller. Look for the necessary driver in the correct folder.
Good luck. This works for me.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/17 | 412 | 1,823 | <issue_start>username_0: While using alternative ROMs like CyanogenMod 9(as i currently am), one flashes an additional zip file called gApps which contains apps provided by Google.
As Google releases newer versions of applications, will the newer versions be updated via Google Play or do I need to manually flash a newer version of the gapps.zip?
I'm asking because an update to the Google Play market app was recently released (which includes the ability to remove apps from the ALL MY APPS section) but I still haven't seen my market app updating itself.<issue_comment>username_1: Gapps are not included in CyanogenMod by default. You have to flash them separately through recovery. These apps will will show update notifications automatically when connected to the internet. In the case of the play store app you will not see it updating in the foreground. It downloads and updates without any notification. In case it hasn't updated you can search in google for the latest apk and install it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Short answer: Gapps *will* be updatable via Play Store. You can set them to update automatically if you will (personally, I don't. I always try to find a free wifi hotspot to do updates ;)
More specific answer: The Play Store app updates itself silently in the background; you will never be asked for an update.
Longer answer: Gapps must be installed separately because the apps in the Gapps set are *not* open-source. It was a compromise reached between Google and ROM devs. In essence, ROM devs are free to create their own version of ROM as long as they exclude Gapps, but Google then went further to provide an installable Gapps.
That is why Gapps' updatezip are rarely updated; after all, Gapps still have the ability to be upgraded via Play Store.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/17 | 1,057 | 3,874 | <issue_start>username_0: What I am wondering is if there is any way to make Android change its profiles **passively** from one state to the other at e.g. 3 pm in the afternoon local time:
* Through Android internally (with some tweaks)
* Through an Android app
* Through a 3rd party mod (Cyanogen etc.)
* Through ...?
**Whereas the state change should be:**
* From "Airplane mode" (set) to Wifi/3G
* From "Mute"/vibration (set) to maximum volume, i.e. visible sound
* Optionally: From E-Mail/Notifications on-demand (Pull) to "Push", i.e. the moment I get out of airplane mode and mute/vibrate mode, I want to get the push alerts of the last hours.
I wonder if 3. is possible, I never changed much concerning my notification settings.
Any Android version welcome, currently I run 4.0, but plan to upgrade to CM10.
What I don't want (and don't have) is NCF, because it involves me being active.
The whole reason for having a scheduled, predefined activity is that I can "set and forget" it and can focus on my work being assured that I will keep my deadline or whatever. I don't want to be actively involved.<issue_comment>username_1: Try the [Profile Scheduler](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wetpalm.ProfileScheduler) app.
With Profile Scheduler, you can define many 'profiles' (a set of settings covering Wifi On/Off, Data-Sync On/Off, Volume settings, Display Brightness, Bluetooth state, and many others -- for full set of settings, please refer to the Play Store page I linked above).
After creating your desired profiles (e.g., Sleep, Work, Outdoors, Driving, etc.), in the next tab (of the app) you can create 'rules' that will trigger a profile to automatically be activated. The 'rules' can be as simple as a 'time-of-day schedule' rule, or something more complex like geo-location based rules, wifi SSID-based rules, etc.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There's a (relatively) new app out called [Silence](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.epsilonlabs.silence.ads). There is also an [ad-free paid version](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.epsilonlabs.silence).
>
> Silence allows you to toggle your ringer, Wi-fi, Bluetooth, and airplane mode settings automatically over scheduled intervals.
>
>
> Features:
>
>
> * Simple, intuitive Holo-themed interface
> * Schedule events that occur once, or repeat on certain days of the week
> * Change your ringer to silent, vibrate, or normal mode
> * Turn Wi-fi, Bluetooth, and airplane mode on and off
> * Change your settings back automatically when the scheduled event ends
>
>
>
[Lifehacker had a review](http://lifehacker.com/5967423/silence-for-android-adjusts-your-sound-and-wireless-settings-automatically).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) app will allow you to do this, although this app can be daunting for a new user.
Tasker allows you to automate task on you Android device - the things you would like should be easily possible.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Another good app for changing the volume is [Audio Mode Switcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moleapps.audiomodeswitcher) There you can do everything according to automatically switching the audio-profile in one App.
You can define a weekly schedules to switch to a given profile. You can schedule multiple start and end times (i.e. when you go to sleep etc.).
It also offers a calendar integration, where you can choose to switch to a certain mode at a defined event. These events can be chosen according to their calendar and/or keyword based - I think this is very useful i.e. I can mute the phone if the word "cinema" is in the title and mute at all events in my work-calendar.
Furthermore location-based switching is also possible.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/17 | 629 | 2,241 | <issue_start>username_0: I have some extensive documentation in HTML format that I want to carry around with me. On my old Gingerbread phone, I was able to save the entire "site" onto the phone's sd card and browse it with the url
```
file:///mnt/sdcard/mysite/index.html.
```
Unfortunately, this is not working with my new ICS phone (which uses Chrome as the browser); trying different urls produce either a 404 "file not found" or a 403 "access denied".
Can anyone point me to a read me on how to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: Re-phrasing your question to reflect your real problem:
>
> How can I read my extensive, HTML-formatted documentation on my Android device?
>
>
>
there is an answer which would make it easy, comfortable, and even less storage-consuming:
You could convert the entire documentation to an eBook using [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/) on your PC. A good format would be e.g. ePub. As a result, your entire documentation would be packed into a single file. Now check the playstore for a nice eBook reader (my recommendation: [Moon+ Reader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader) or its payed version, [Moon+ Reader Pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreaderp)), and install it on your device. Et voila: You have your documentation available on your device. Added pluses (with Moon+ Reader): You can even set multiple bookmarks, highlight text, make annotations. And due to the integrated OPDS support and even pre-configured online libraries, you'd have a bunch of books at your fingertips.
 
Adding a dictionary app like [ColorDict Dictionary Wikipedia](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.socialnmobile.colordict) or [Fora Dictionary](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ngc.fora) plus some (freely available) dictionaries, you could even look up things whenever needed, online or offline, as the second screenshot[2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y5wTf.jpg) shows.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You also can type in termux `xdg-open example.htm` to open your file in Chrome.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/17 | 941 | 3,573 | <issue_start>username_0: I see how to save a map area offline on the Google Maps app, but how can I make sure the markers layer on "My Maps" is saved for offline use?
I see how to view it as a layer, but are all the layers saved for offline use? (Seems unlikely and a waste of resources.) How do you save a select few for offline map use?<issue_comment>username_1: I tried saving map data from Google Maps onto my phone, not even trying to save marker layers, and found it unreliable at best. I eventually decided to invest in a satnav app that had maps stored locally on the phone, along with favorites.
I have tried [CoPilot](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alk.copilot.mapviewer) (expensive and crashy but has the features of a true satnav, ) and [Scout](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telenav.app.android.scout_us) (much cheaper more reliable, better voice navigation but fewer features; no way-points and limited avoid area/route support).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Save locations for offline use
==============================
1. Search for a location.
2. Select the white info log at the bottom and scroll down. You'll see "Save map to use offline" at the bottom.
3. Google Maps will prompt you with the option "Save this map?" Go ahead and save it.
4. You'll see the "Map saved" confirmation.
5. Name the offline map.
6. To see the offline map, go to your profile.
**The maximum size for the area you can download is 50km x 50km. If you try to save an area bigger than that, you'll be asked to zoom in on a smaller area.**
If you're already on a map that you want to save, you can save it without searching for a place.
1. Move the map to the area you want to save.
2. Touch inside the search box at the top, and scroll down to the bottom of the page.
3. Touch Save map to use offline.
**You'll delete your saved offline maps if you clear your application data on your device.** But you won't delete your saved offline maps if you sign out of the Google Maps app, delete your Search History, or delete your Maps history.
To make sure that your map has the most up-to-date information, your **saved maps need to be updated at least once every 30 days. If you don’t update them, they’ll expire and be removed from your saved maps list.**
Since you cannot search an offline map, save several smaller maps covering the same area. Name the map after the area.
---
References:
* [Mashable - Your Guide to Saving Google Maps Locations for Offline Use](https://mashable.com/2014/06/17/google-maps-offline-tutorial/)
* [Google Maps Help - Download areas & navigate offline](https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/3273567)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: It seems to me that you are talking about your "Starred locations" when you're talking about the markers layer on "My Maps"? These are stored in Google Bookmarks and [can be exported](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/16177/is-there-a-way-to-export-my-starred-locations-from-google-maps/60289#60289) -- including the locations.
As a general note: The way Googe has set up its Maps/Geo operations leads to a likely reality that Google will "never" provide good offline capabilities. Your proper solution comes from something that does. And that something is increasingly likely using OpenStreetMap. My personal recommendations for apps that can also (easily enough) handle your exported starred Google Maps locations are OsmAnd and Maverick. [See OSM Wiki for details](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android) and more options.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/17 | 630 | 2,402 | <issue_start>username_0: I need a way to set in my work schedule which repeats over 5 weeks in the calendar, It looks like this:
```
NNNN FFF
LLL FF MM
MM FF NNN
FFF LLLL
FF MMM FF
```
(Night, Free, Late, Morning)
Is there any way to do this? I really want it in my calendar and not as a separate app, I've seen "My Work Schedule" and "Work Calendar Lite" but they're not at all what I need.
Using a Samsung Galaxy S3, hope somebody's able to help me out, this really sucks, especially since my colleagues can easily do it on their Iphone ...<issue_comment>username_1: As far as I can tell, this is not possible within Android's calendar apps. It is possible, however, in Google Calendar's web app. If you are syncing with a Google account, you can go to [Google Calendar](http://www.google.com/calendar) and set up events to repeat every 5 weeks. You would have to set up each segment separately, but you could then set that segment to repeat every five weeks.
For example:
1. Go to Google Calendar
2. Add an event for one day of work (say, a single night shift)
3. Edit event...
4. Check box for "Repeat..."
5. In the popup that appears, set to repeat every 5 weeks, and select the days that week that have the same schedule (e.g., Mon, Tues, Wed).
6. Repeat for each segment in your schedule.
If you use the same Google account to sync your calendar to your phone, the schedule should appear shortly.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: if you want just to enter your shifts and make them repeat, so you can see when you working or not, there are plenty of such apps on the android market, for example - Shift Work Schedule ( this one is free).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I'm building a mobile app called [Six In A Row](http://sixinarow.io) to be released in 2019 that should be able to do this when it's ready!
UPDATE: I decided to push the rotation extension feature to the next version. v1.0 might still be helpful though; my wife put a whole year of shifts in by tapping each shift/date that she is scheduled to work and it didn't take long at all. It's in beta now (you can get the free beta version by signing up on the website).
Otherwise in Google calendar you could create individual events for each shift in one rotation, and then set them all to be repeating every x weeks or whatever. I think this is a time intensive solution myself.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/17 | 271 | 940 | <issue_start>username_0: On iOS, "Reset Home Screen Layout" auto-arranges your application icons. Is there an equivalent for this on my Nexus 7 Android tablet? Right now my icons across several screens.<issue_comment>username_1: Go to **Settings**->**Apps**, swipe to **All**, scroll and press **Launcher**, then select **Clear data**.
Your home screen is as good as new :)
UPDATE: As suggested by [Chahk](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/31969/is-there-an-equivalent-to-ios-reset-home-screen-layout-on-the-nexus-7/31975#comment41415_31975) below, a good way to avoid cluttering your homescreen is by going to the **Play Store** then going to **Menu** -> **Settings** and un-checking the **Auto-add widgets** option.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: On newer devices/OS versions (i.e. Nexus 5X), try going into Google App instead of Launcher, select Storage, Manage Space, CLEAR LAUNCHER DATA.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/18 | 309 | 944 | <issue_start>username_0: My Android Tablet is having one Standard USB port and One Micro USB port I use Mini for 3G Dongle..... Tablet is not having Bluetooth. I want to know is it possible to connect mouse and keyboard from one standard USB port in Tablet ... Like we use headphone...
I am using this tablet <http://bloggerplugnplay.blogspot.in/2012/12/bsnl-701c-penta-tablet-3gplay-store-not.html><issue_comment>username_1: If your tablet supports a USB hub, you might try connecting both devices to a hub and then connecting that hub to your tablet.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I would suggest a cable hub.
You should be able to find one that takes only one USB port of device, and provides 2 (or 3) USB ports.
for example:
[cable hub ,USB 2.0 3-port HUB with Micro 5P](http://dtech.en.alibaba.com/product/516900001-50168636/cable_hub_USB_2_0_3_port_HUB_with_Micro_5P.html)
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/18 | 499 | 2,014 | <issue_start>username_0: My android 2.3 tablet supports usb. It mounts all usb drives. However there is no mechanism for unmounting in the settings menu.
On direct unplugging usb devices, i get notification " usb mass storage device removed unexpectedly
Is there is an app for unmounting usb storage devices?<issue_comment>username_1: It should normally be located within settings>storage>unmount USB storage. Otherwise look within whatever file explorer you are using on the tablet for USB storage, this should indicate that a usb stick etc is using the drive, and hence give you the option to remove/unmount.
There are apps available but these require root access to my knowledge.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: You upgrade your moto g to Android 4.4 kit Kat. After that u don't want to restart your phone on ejection of USB drive. But still there is no safe ejection method as this specification (OTG) is not specified by manufacturer. The advantage is that you don't need to restart your android device.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: I was looking for an unmount option too, on Android 4.4.2. The answer was given in the comment from Matthew Read: pull down the notication bar (swipe from the top). Then you should see a button to unmount USB devices. At least it works like that on my LG G2.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: In kitkat 4.4.2 there is a way to safely remove usb otg device.
Settings>storage>usb>unmount
In storage menu, it shows internal storage,sd card and usb. You have to select the usb storage and inside, you will find an option to unmount.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I have an answer. Many ways to get here. Drag the windows out from the left in Es file explorer. You should see Favorite, Local, Library, Network and Tools in a colume. Tap on Local and you should see the usbdisk with an arrow beside it. Tap the arrow and you are taken to Storage Settings. Scroll to the bottom and tap on Unmount USB Storage. I'm using a S4 running CM12.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/18 | 275 | 1,104 | <issue_start>username_0: I used the [Safari Books Online](http://www.safaribooksonline.com/) "[Safari to Go](http://www.safaribooksonline.com/apps)" app to download a book to its "Offline Bookbag". In what format is the book stored? I ask because I'm hoping to use a reader other than Safari's own app to read the downloaded book.<issue_comment>username_1: On my Nexus 7, my downloaded books go in `/Android/data/com.safaribooksonline/files/zips`. They are stored in `xhtml` directories which includes various metadata, images and the chapters themselves as xhtml documents.
While these look vaguely HTML like, they certainly can't be rendered in Chrome or other web browsers directly, you just end up seeing all of the mark-up as text.
I don't know how standard the xhtml format is for e-books, or whether other readers could understand the format Safari uses, but hopefully this helps point you in the right direction.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Plain html, concatenate them, include the css and images and add html extension or so the browser knows what to do
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/18 | 900 | 3,621 | <issue_start>username_0: I just switched from AOKP to the latest CyanogenMod M-build, and I'm noticing that my WiFi and 3G/H+ icons never switch to blue. This is a bit annoying as usually the grey WiFi icon is an indication that the WiFi I'm connected to isn't actually letting me out onto the Internet, but now they seem to stay grey all the time.
Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this issue? Is it a known bug? What does the grey icon really mean? I've tried looking around the sync settings as there are some indications this might have something to do with the device not being able to contact the Google servers to sync, but sync is working fine and I'm having no real problems except the fact that it's annoying that the icon is indicating what I've previously interpreted as a problem.
**edit** It seems that there is an actual problem aside from the cosmetic one: in Google Talk I am completely offline, I get my contact list but it's greyed out. I also don't get notifications from the Gmail app when new mail arrives.
**edit2** This was solved by simply removing CM10 and going back to AOKP. I did a full wipe before every install, either this is a bug in CM10 or it's an issue caused by my Titanium backups. Not sure, but the backups worked fine with AOKP.<issue_comment>username_1: Since you are using cyanogenmod, this may be the case with your device and it is an issue with the RIL part of your device. This is a bug that needs to get reported to the developer of your cyanogenmod builds
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: There is nothing wrong with it. Its the expected/correct behaviour of a freshly installed ROM that does not have Google Apps (gapps) installed. Thus, the telephony/wifi signal will show up as grey.
Its only when that Google Apps (gapps) are installed, then it will show up as blue, *this is for ICS upwards*.
In Gingerbread, if no gapps is installed, and there's wifi connectivity, its white, when gapps gets installed, it changes to the typical green that is known under Gingerbread.
To resolve this, please install the appropriate gapps suitable for your CM10 ROM.
Edit
====
I am under the impression that GTalk application and service is part of the GApps hence my comment below to Izzy about this...and seems to backup the fact that if gtalk service is not present, the signal colours **do** appear different.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I tried to reset phone,clearing cache,Data but it wont work but now
I have a quick solution on this issue and grey wifi becomes blue in some minutes.
All you need is "Rooted Phone"
1.Install : Root Explorer
1. Grant SuperSU permission to Root Explorer
2. Mount Root Explorer into Read/Write (R/W).
3. Go To System > etc > locate "HOSTS" file in etc folder.
4. Edit Hosts file using root explorer
5. Insert the symbol # before the second set of IP address numbers then save the changes and exit.
6. Reboot your phone...
7. wifi icon will be blue as you start your phone back and some apps like Google play store,keep,etc will be start as normal.
Thanks.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: For me the WiFi signal turned gray and I was unable to connect to all Google apps like Playstore and Gmail.
I found out that it was because I installed freedom app and uninstalled it.
So I installed it again, and in the app settings I clicked the check-box where it says "don't install playstore updates," and uninstalled the freedom app again.
**Now everything was fixed!!!**
Don't install freedom app!
It messed up my phone luckily I was able to turn it back easily to the state it was before.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/18 | 1,260 | 3,856 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought Titanium Backup and set up a scheduled encrypted backup of user+system apps and data, followed by Dropbox sync. Assuming I remember the passphrase, is all the data required for restoration backed up? Or do I have to manually backup the private key and encrypted symmetric key?<issue_comment>username_1: You only need to remember the passphrase. I've done this before.
If you're worried, you could always create a nandroid backup of your entire system, then wipe and install a custom rom. Install TB, and try to restore an app with just a passphrase. If it needs something you lack, then you have your answer and can go back to recovery and restore the nandroid. But as I said, I have done this process already and know that the password is all that is needed.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The [FAQ](http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-cryptography.html) of Titanium Backup about crypthography states that you just need the passphrase to recover any backup. That **must** mean that the private key file is stored along with all of your backups, because it could never work in any other ways. The big problem with that FAQ is that it should states this explicitly IMHO so to make things clearer for us users.
I took a peek at the first bytes of some backupped file (I am talking about the application data here, because Titanium Backup does not backup apks period), guess what I saw?
I found the very same ASCII sequence in the first lines of the backup files: those files are named *something.**gz*** but they are actually *not* gzip files (because of the key that has been put in front of them. Gzip files begin with hex codes 1F 8B 08. Those files do not).
If you run Linux and want to check it out, download two of your backups on the PC and try this command, that shows the first four lines of the file:
```
$ head -n 4 cgeo.geocaching-20130919-000250.tar.gz
```
My output is:
```
TB_ARMOR_V1
0w5AkcCA<KEY>
```
Quite odd for a binary file, isn't it? By the way that must be, yes, my TB private key enciphered with my passphrase. I don't give a thing about sharing it because you would need my backup files *and* my passphrase as well, to get anything useful out of.
Now, if you run run the same command on a different backup file:
$ head -n 4 com.amazon.kindle-20130919-000004.tar.gz
Guess what? You'll get the same s\*it!
```
TB_ARMOR_V1
0w5Akc<KEY>
```
This simply could not be a coincidence. :)
From a certain point onward everything in backup files finally becomes binary.
This behavior makes a lot of sense because that would mean that we can only share the backup files and forget about everything - with the passphrase, we can recover our backups, period.
Still, I really think that the developer should document a procedure about how to recover our own legitimate data (we know the passphrase, so it's us!) from any computer with a decent crypto tools set (read: [OpenSSL](http://www.openssl.org)).
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: As @username_2 hints, the master key is pre-pended on the file, which is then concatenated by encrypted content.
I didn't bother researching the TB\_ARMOR\_V1 file format, because someone already has made a python command line tool <https://github.com/phyber/TiBUdecrypter>
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/18 | 564 | 2,137 | <issue_start>username_0: There are many apps out there that will hide your root su file and this seems to work well enough, but none of them are capable of hiding the Superuser application, not even 'Hide My Root' which claims it can do it but actually it doesn't do anything (Galaxy Nexus JB4.1.1., Superuser 3.1.1). Is there any way I could hide the Superuser app in such a manner that I could bring it back easily with an app rather than having to re-root my phone and re-mount/restore or just re-install the app itself?
My motives are not nefarious, actually I just want to get email on my phone but our 'Good' policy blocks rooted phones and once it sees Superuser it bails. This conflicts with the many tools I need available to me which require root access. I've tried putting Superuser into Ghost mode but this does little other than remove it from the launcher. I've tried SuperSU as an alternative to Superuser and Good still recognizes that. Maybe if there were some other lesser known Superuser app that might work but I haven't been able to find one yet.<issue_comment>username_1: There is an easy way to hide root/Superuser temporarily. Just rename the Superuser app/apps to some other name in `/system/app`.
The disadvantage is that this will disable root for all apps.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I was going to say that you were out of luck because I think Good actually checks for signs of being rooted, like an edited build.prop with usually unused arguments, odd system apps, root manager, any root access.
Again, I'm not 100% sure as I don't have any of it's source code.
But then I found [this](http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.phantasm.xposed.gfesecuritypatcher)!!!
first you'll need to install [Xposed](http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer)
after that disable Good
then install [this apk](http://dl-xda.xposed.info/modules/com.phantasm.xposed.gfesecuritypatcher_v26_ece4da.apk)
go into Xposed, enable the module installed above and reboot (to be sure it's active)
then re-enable Good, might not work as this module hasn't been updated, but worth a shot
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/19 | 606 | 2,074 | <issue_start>username_0: Another user asked a [question](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/9957/16265 "Link to Android Enthusiasts question") that covers the same grounds as my issue, but it has no answers and very few details about what was tried.
My router is an [DVG-G5402SP](http://www.dlink.co.th/products/?idproduct=366 "Link to: DVG-G5402SP VoIP Wireless Router") using the 802.11g standard and the security type WPA/WPA2 PSK.
When I try to connect the Wi-Fi in my phone both manually and auto, it presents a message mentioning `out of range`, even though I'm sitting right beside the router.
I really did a lot of changes such as changing the ssid of my router and the security type but nothing seem to work.
I'm able to connect to others Wi-Fi available on my area, just can't connect to my home Wi-Fi.
**My question is:**
How can I deal with this situation as to successfully connect to my home Wi-Fi?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not easy to know, but:
2 posibilities:
* Check that the IP address configuration is correct.
* [DHCP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol) is properly configured, if needed.
* If you can't connect, try to change the security of your Wi-Fi...
* Check if the [MAC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address) access is enabled.
Good luck!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This is a quite old D-Link WiFi router.
It likely needs to be either replaced or a firmware update.
---
It may need to be re-configured to use different channels, to be compatible with the **Samsung Galaxy Ace**.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: My tablet was connected to my home wifi and then stopped. Sitting in the same room as my router it reports the connection as out of range. I am using an old router set as an access point and everything else (android phones and laptops) connect to it just fine. To correct the problem I went in and reset the channel on the AP from 13 to 11 and VOILA instant connection.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/19 | 619 | 2,315 | <issue_start>username_0: I put Jelly Bean on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII using <http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m2>.
I like the "Profiles" feature, with which I can set ringtone volume, GPS on/off, wifi on/off, etc for different scenarios (work, home, traveling, etc).
However, I'd prefer that my phone just "know" when and how to change profiles. E.g. at certain times of day on certain days of the week, it should be Profile 1. If I'm at location X, it should switch to Profile 2.
I figure this should be possible since it has a clock and geolocation abilities. I just haven't figured out how.<issue_comment>username_1: You need to install [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) and then install [Profile 4 Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinutils.profiletasker) which will allow you to manipulate your CM profiles via tasker.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [Llama](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama) (free!) can also do this for you, and some say it's better than Tasker.
* With Llama, you can configure certain "areas" that trigger "events" when you enter them, or leave them, or are in them.
* You can also trigger events by time of day, or combine areas and times.
* A trigger can change the sound profile but also turn other services on or off - for instance, it could turn off WiFi while you're neither home nor at work except during weekends.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Another good app for changing the volume is [Audio Mode Switcher.](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moleapps.audiomodeswitcher)
There you can do everything according to automatically switching the audio-profile in one App.
You can define a weekly schedules to switch to a given profile. You can schedule multiple start and end times (i.e. when you go to sleep etc.).
It also offers a calendar integration, where you can choose to switch to a certain mode at a defined event. These events can be chosen according to their calendar and/or keyword based - I think this is very useful i.e. I can mute the phone if the word "cinema" is in the title and mute at all events in my work-calendar.
Furthermore location-based switching is also possible.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/19 | 469 | 1,545 | <issue_start>username_0: I put Jelly Bean on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII using <http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m2>.
I know that it should be possible for me to use my camera to take pictures quickly (without unlocking my phone). (See [Is it possible to use the camera without unlocking first?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14942/is-it-possible-to-use-the-camera-without-unlocking-first))
But I haven't figured out how.
I use a 4x4 pattern lock screen.<issue_comment>username_1: WHAT THE MANUAL DOES NOT SAY IS:
**Camera Quick Access = On (Might as well switch this off as it cant work out how to get by the Pattern Recognition for the camera to auto start)**
WHAT IS DOES SAY IS:
**Settings**->**Scroll down to Personal**->**Lock screen**->**Lock screen options**->**Scroll down to Features**->**Camera quick access ON**
***Camera quick access***:
While the screen is locked, and help upright tap and hold the screen, and then
rotate the device to the landscape view to launch the camera (when
the camera shortcut is activated).
See p. 152 of the [Samsung User Manual](http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201209/20120922140937292/GT-I9300_UM_EU_Jellybean_Eng_Rev.1.0_120914_Screen.pdf) from September 2012 Jelly Bean version.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I do it frequently on a Q700 XOLO. Simply swipe downwards on the lock screen. And then you get to the default camera screen. You can even add another app there if you want to use them without unlocking your phone.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/19 | 328 | 1,213 | <issue_start>username_0: Coursera has a html5 based video viewer that works on the android browser on Jelly Bean, but I would like instead to use the video app, in order to have full screen and better controls.
On my Kindle Fire (first version) the Silk browser automatically opens the video with the video app and then returns to the html5 player when the video ends.
Is there a way to achieve this on Jelly Bean?
I am using a galaxy nexus S but shouldn't matter.
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: I just download the videos upfront and watch them with [MX Player](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Is the `Coursera HTML5 player` an app installed onto the device? If so, have you tried disabling it in the app settings menu?
From ICS, system apps could be disabled.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: There are a number of unofficial applications in the market (Google Play, Amazon). I've also developed my own application: [Coursera On The Go](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realex). A free version is here! [Coursera On The Go Free](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realex.free)
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/19 | 447 | 1,621 | <issue_start>username_0: My touch screen on my LG GT540 gone totally unresponsive. I would like to do some final things on the phone, before recycling it. It is a rooted, runs 2.3 cyanogenmod, has usb debug switched on. Is there an app, which can control it via USB?
Please note, that all solutions, that needs even a touch on the screen won't work. And I guess I have to unlock the phone (not a security lock).
thanks<issue_comment>username_1: Is this what you are looking for [paid app]: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en>
However, if you are willing to go through a lengthy process [but free], you can follow the tutorial [here](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42491/how-to-remote-view-and-control-your-android-phone/) to access your phone via PC.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Give [androidscreencast](http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/) a try. You may already need to have USB Debugging enabled for it to work, but you've said you already have that enabled, so should be ok. It just needs a USB connection to the phone and goes over the ADB protocol.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Use a USB-OTG cable to connect a mouse. You can even make your own by cutting and soldering a microUSB cable to the female end of a USB extension cable.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Scrcpy is awesome!
It uses adb directly for backend and it doesn't block those remote screen restricted apps too. And since it's adb. You can remote control via same network wirelessly.
For linux users. It's available on most of package managers.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/19 | 368 | 1,326 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm using a tablet with Android 2.2. Is there something like `Tab` to switch to the next form field?<issue_comment>username_1: Is this what you are looking for [paid app]: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en>
However, if you are willing to go through a lengthy process [but free], you can follow the tutorial [here](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42491/how-to-remote-view-and-control-your-android-phone/) to access your phone via PC.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Give [androidscreencast](http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/) a try. You may already need to have USB Debugging enabled for it to work, but you've said you already have that enabled, so should be ok. It just needs a USB connection to the phone and goes over the ADB protocol.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Use a USB-OTG cable to connect a mouse. You can even make your own by cutting and soldering a microUSB cable to the female end of a USB extension cable.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Scrcpy is awesome!
It uses adb directly for backend and it doesn't block those remote screen restricted apps too. And since it's adb. You can remote control via same network wirelessly.
For linux users. It's available on most of package managers.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/19 | 415 | 1,612 | <issue_start>username_0: If you have Google Play application installed is very easy to find and install an application. But some devices seem not to have Google Play application installed. Maybe you can use Google Play in browser to search for those applications.
Is there a way you can find and download the `.apk` files if you know the application name without rooting and installing Google Play application?<issue_comment>username_1: Is this what you are looking for [paid app]: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en>
However, if you are willing to go through a lengthy process [but free], you can follow the tutorial [here](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42491/how-to-remote-view-and-control-your-android-phone/) to access your phone via PC.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Give [androidscreencast](http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/) a try. You may already need to have USB Debugging enabled for it to work, but you've said you already have that enabled, so should be ok. It just needs a USB connection to the phone and goes over the ADB protocol.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Use a USB-OTG cable to connect a mouse. You can even make your own by cutting and soldering a microUSB cable to the female end of a USB extension cable.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Scrcpy is awesome!
It uses adb directly for backend and it doesn't block those remote screen restricted apps too. And since it's adb. You can remote control via same network wirelessly.
For linux users. It's available on most of package managers.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/19 | 2,170 | 6,270 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for an app or other way to automatically replace specific characters with others, from a list of my definition. This should be done in every possible text edit field, inline.
Ideally I would type up some text and, if the keyboard I'm using is configured to do so, it would replace as I type or after a word is autocompleted. Unfortunately I haven't found any keyboard app that allows for this.
A second way to do this would be to complete typing in any text field, select all typed text, share or copy paste to another app that will do the replacement, then paste the replaced text back into the text field. This seems like the most realistic solution to be looking for, and one that I could consider writing myself. I figured I'd check for a more elegant or existing solution before considering that.
The main purpose of this is to accomodate whoever types in Greek and wants to use a keyboard's autocomplete functionality, in particular to send SMS in GSM-ASCII encoding and thus be able to use 160 characters per single SMS.
All keyboards that I've tried (Go Keyboard, Swype, Swiftkey, stock ICS, Samsung), exhibit the same issue, namely the capitalized versions of the words in their Greek dictionaries incorrectly include accents on the vowels. This probably happens because the dictionaries include only the lowercase versions of the words, while automatically uppercasing them on demand to save store space or to avoid what they perceive as duplication.
Unfortunately, although lowercase greek vowels may carry an accent, uppercase ones must not do so. More importantly, the 7-bit GSM-ASCII encoding for SMS transmission that allows for 160 characters per SMS only includes uppercase Greek characters without accents (it does not include lowercase ones). As soon as a single lowercase or accented uppercase character is typed, the SMS must be sent using UCS-2 encoding which is 16-bit and limits us to 70 characters per SMS.
The list of characters and their replacements is this:
```
Ά => Α
Έ => Ε
Ή => Η
Ί => Ι
Ό => Ο
Ύ => Υ
Ώ => Ω
```
Would anyone have any idea how to go about doing this, in an existing app or some sort of macro with string replacement functionality?
Apologies for the long question, if you reached this far. I thought it was important to state the background that lead to this limitation. Thanks in advance.<issue_comment>username_1: Shortly after asking the question, I went about exploring the 2nd option I had thought of, namely using an intermediate 3rd party app to copy typed text to, replace accents, copy it again, and paste it back into the text field of the initial app.
I looked into Tasker and after a couple of hours managed to get a crude but effective solution using its quick dialog creator (Scenes) with an input field and a single button. I paste the accented text into the input field, click the button, and it removes all accents, copies to clipboard, and destroys the scene. For ease of use I am launching that one from a Task Cut shortcut that can be added to any home screen or even better, from a [Swipepad](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android) portal.
Thus the crude and intermediate solution is the following:
* type autocompleted capitalized greek words in SMS or other app, select all, copy
* without switching apps, swipe to the Task Cut shortcut that opens the created Scene
* paste into the text field and click on the button, which removes accents from uppercase vowels, copies back into clipboard, and destroys the scene
* back in the initial app, select all, paste overwriting with the unaccented text
It is unfortunately not free as it requires the paid app Tasker. Hopefully the keyboard or atleast SMS apps will allow for this functionality, or even better someone will write the equivalent in a native android app.
I am including below the Tasker XML that you can use to import this into Tasker, should you find it useful. Below it I'm including another version that, on button click, fetches from clipboard without needing the user to paste the text. That one, however, requires root.
```
1350679378737
1350725381426
18
-1
362
Remove Accents From Greek Uppercase Vowels
-1
384
4
20,20,343,214,-1,-1,-1,-1
45
TxtUserInput
#FF000000
4
-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
#77333333
#77333333
#FF000000
44
4
50,243,288,105,-1,-1,-1,-1
BtnSubmittedText
Remove accents and copy to clipboard
#FF000000
![]()
1350679493963
1350679493963
44
`547`
%TempUserInput
%TxtUserInput
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ά
Α
`547`
%TxtResult
%TempUserInput
`105`
Copied to clipboard
%TxtResult
`49`
Remove Accents From Greek Uppercase Vowels
`598`
%TempUserInput
Έ
Ε
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ή
Η
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ί
Ι
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ϊ
Ι
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ό
Ο
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ύ
Υ
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ϋ
Υ
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ώ
Ω
1350723583443
1350723583443
45
`547`
%TxtUserInput
%new\_val
```
The below saves 1 step (pasting into the scene) but requires root:
```
1350679378737
1350727181786
18
-1
362
Remove (ROOT) Accents From Greek Uppercase Vowels
-1
384
4
20,20,343,214,-1,-1,-1,-1
46
TxtUserInput
#FF000000
4
-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
#77333333
#77333333
#FF000000
47
4
50,243,288,105,-1,-1,-1,-1
BtnSubmittedText
Remove accents and copy to clipboard
#FF000000
![]()
1350723583443
1350723583443
46
`547`
%TxtUserInput
%new\_val
1350679493963
1350679493963
47
`51`
Remove (ROOT) Accents From Greek Uppercase Vowels
TxtUserInput
%CLIP
`547`
%TempUserInput
%TxtUserInput
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ώ
Ω
`547`
%TxtResult
%TempUserInput
`105`
Copied to clipboard
%TxtResult
`49`
Remove (ROOT) Accents From Greek Uppercase Vowels
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ά
Α
`598`
%TempUserInput
Έ
Ε
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ί
Ι
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ϊ
Ι
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ή
Η
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ό
Ο
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ύ
Υ
`598`
%TempUserInput
Ϋ
Υ
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Just for completeness, have you tried the [MessagEase](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exideas.mekb) keyboard? I don't know anything about its Greek features, but based on its English features, it's fairly likely to allow you to type what you want the first time.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/19 | 1,206 | 4,366 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to prevent Firefox from loading images, due to 3g data limit.
* I was googling for an anwser, but it seems that option is not available, and, to my surprise, I did not find any posts mentioning it *does not* exist.
* There is no option in `about:config` that looks like the one `permissions.default.image` in the desktop version of Firefox.
* No extension (in particular, the [Image Block](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/image-block/)) seems to be installable in Firefox 16.0 for Android.
Can you suggest a solution, or a browser, which supports this feature?<issue_comment>username_1: The [Dolphin](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsIm1vYmkubWdlZWsuVHVubnlCcm93c2VyIl0.) browser has an option to turn off images. I believe most versions of the stock browser have this capability as well. The 4.0.4 version can disable images via `Settings ->Bandwidth management -> Load images`, and I'm pretty sure that the Gingerbread browser had this capability as well.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [Opera Mini / Opera Mobile](http://www.opera.com/mobile/specs/) are two recommended options for saving money on data charges:
>
> Opera's mobile browsers are the smart choice for browsing on expensive
> wireless data plans. Using Opera Mini or Opera Mobile to browse the
> web with your mobile phone can save you money on your phone bills, by
> reducing your data usage substantially. Opera Mini uses only a tenth
> of the bandwidth of other browsers, compressing webpages by up to 90%.
> With Opera Mobile, turning on Opera Turbo compresses data by up to
> 80%, or leave Opera Turbo off to get full website data, as you would
> on a PC.
>
>
>
Additionaly, of course, they allow to turn off images via settings.
You can download them from
* <http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/>
* <http://m.opera.com>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: At Firefox Android Add-Ons, there is a recent add-on that is just what you want:
[Mobile Image Blocker](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/android/addon/mobile-image-blocker/) v1.0
=================================================================================================
>
> Speed up browsing on mobile connections and use less data by blocking all images. Working on images defined in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: this feature is now available in [Firefox Nightly](https://nightly.mozilla.org/) but will be shipped in 45/46: <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170725>
Menu->Settings->Advanced->Show Images
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: If you always want Firefox to block images when using mobile data then you can [set it in the menu](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-or-load-images-over-wifi-firefox-android): *Settings* → *Advanced* → *Show images* → choose *Only over Wi-Fi* or *Blocked*. This is however tedious if you often quickly want to turn this option on or off.
As far as I know, there‘s no working add-on for Firefox for Android (Fennec) 67.0 at the moment (the mentioned addon Mobile Image Blocker is not compatible anymore since quite some time).
However, there‘s **[Firefox Lite](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-lite)** as an leightweight browser app for Android (seems like it was called Firefox Rocket formerly). Apparently it‘s currently only available in some asian countries through Google Play, but you can also install it via [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) from anywhere in the world (either install F-Droid or manually download an install the Firefox Lite APK file [from the F-Droid website](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.rocket/)).
It has an easily accessible option for enabling and disabling blocking images. In the current state it‘s lacking some features like linking it to Firefox Sync for syncing bookmarks for example. Overall it‘s still a good option to reduce traffic when surfing the web on the go.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Try the add-on uBlock and tick Block media elements larger than...(I set mine to 1KB)
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/19 | 218 | 863 | <issue_start>username_0: I am having problem with my recently bought SONY XPERIA SL. I have CISCO WAP4410N router, and its SSID cannot be scanned or connected (manually) on my phone, while being on AUTO CHANNEL selection mode. Where as I am using the same network previously for my iPhone and even for different laptops.
While when I change the channel manually to no 10, I am able to access the network.
Anybody can resolve this issue for me?<issue_comment>username_1: Is is quite possible that the channel it automatically chooses is too congested, or even not supported by your devices wifi card.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: An helpful app to resolve this might be [Wifi Analyzer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyze), it shows the available (and perhaps conflicting) wifi channels and their strength.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/20 | 488 | 1,933 | <issue_start>username_0: The past couple of days my Galaxy S Plus started lagging, and today all of sudden it got stuck. When I restarted it the phone was completely wiped, had no apps, no contacts, nothing. Now when I try installing any app it just says "Downloading" but nothing happens - nothing gets installed. I have no idea what is happening. Could some one tell me what I should do?
It was on stock firmware when is locked up. I tried a soft reset; after clicking "Erase everything" nothing happens, it just shows the factory reset title on top and blank screen below.
I also tried a hard reset without success. I took out the battery then held home volume up and power together while powering it on, but it just shows on screen "Ram Dump mode" and some other stuff. No menu shows up.
<issue_comment>username_1: It sounds like your phone's internal memory may be physically damaged or suffering from severe corruption (such as many bad blocks). If that's the case, it may be mounting the system as read only which would prevent you from downloading and installing apps. If it is still under warranty, you should probably exchange it for a new one.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I think that you visited malicious web page or your phone received malicious text message containing the factory reset maintenance code which doesn't ask for confirmation. <http://www.androidcentral.com/major-security-vulnerability-samsung-phones-could-trigger-factory-reset-web-browser> is the first link which I find quickly googling for it.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001>
This might help, it might not. do let us know.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/20 | 1,190 | 5,079 | <issue_start>username_0: I am thinking about buying Samsung Galaxy S3. The problem is that difference in price between 16Gb and 32Gb is significant, and it is much cheaper to buy SD card and compensate this difference. Is it good idea or not? What are disadvantages?<issue_comment>username_1: There are a number of factors that are important in the internal vs external memory debate. I guess two of them are of greater importance to determine what's best for you.
*Moving applications*
A lot of Android applications allow transfer to external memory like an SD Card but there are also a number of applications that don't. Depending on it's size, the internal memory (also known as primary storage) will fill up with those applications that can't be moved to the external memory.
By having a large internal memory you can avoid the problem of not being able to install more application because of memory shortage.
If you have a rooted phone though you can move these application to an partition on the SD Card. With the use S2E (search in Google Play store) you can move applications to that particalar partition.
If you do something like this, make sure you get a nice fast microSD card though.
Also remember that the Android system itself is installed on the internal memory causing the free space to shrink even more.
*Caching*
Applications use caches to store data. These caches reside on you internal memory and so it becomes even more crowded. Here, the same statement applies. Bigger internal memory is lesser problems with memory shortage.
*Why is more internal memory expensive?*
Most of the applications you use on your phone run faster on the internal memory than on the external memory. I guess someone with greater knowledge on this area could provide you with more information on why it's more expensive.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I think the main factor is speed. External SD cards will be a lot slower than internal memory so I wouldn't install apps on it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: This is a question that I asked myself and the short answer is to always get as much memory inside the phone as possible, just to be sure. But saying that, it really depends on how you use your phone. I've gone for the largest amount of internal storage in my SGS3 as I could get (32Gb) and then a 64Gb external sd card, but I wish that I'd waited out for the 64Gb phone - reasons to follow after the tech bit:
The way that the version of Android you'll get on your SGS3 works is that it stores all application data on the internal storage and doesn't let you move that to the external SD card. This is probably to keep a good user experience - things will start going very wrong if you moved all your data to the external SD card and then removed that SD card. To note, older versions of Android did allow you to move apps to the external SD card. So when you download a game like [NOVA](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftN3HM), which clocks in at around 2GB of storage for the extra data it downloads, you will see that 16Gb or 32Gb internal storage is going to fill up soon.
To make matters worse - there's an extra layer to this:
Android automatically assigns a private folder to each app, located in a protected folder on the internal storage. If you are non rooted, you won't be able to see this data, but it's what gets cleared when you 'clear data' within an application settings screen. If you are rooted it's located at '/data/data/'. This data is kept private so that only that app can look at the data, hence apps can't look at potentially sensitive information belonging to other apps. This data will always be located on the phone memory for security reasons. Some apps store a lot of data in these private folders: the newer version of Google music is a prime example - it stores all cached music in this folder (as mentioned in a comment older versions stored the music to the SD card, but this has changed in the newer versions to [much annoyance](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23451))
So all your apps store all their data to the internal storage and there's not much you can do about it. After using my phone for a few months (installing applications, downloading music etc) my internal storage had 4Gb free (out of 32Gb) and my external SD card still had 60Gb free from my 64Gb. It seems that unless you root your phone and hack it a little, there's very little which will natively use the external SD card (I think you can relocate where photos are stored but that's about it from the native apps).
Hence I suggest to get as much internal storage space as possible, as that's the space which is going to be used first and fastest.
In regards to the other comments about installing apps to the ext card - I think they must still be using Android 2.x as this hasn't been an option since then, for the reasons explained above. To re-iterate - you won't be able to install apps on your ext sdcard using your SGS3 on a stock ROM
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/20 | 596 | 2,118 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been trying for a few hours to update my Desire S running Android 2.3.5 to the newly released official ICS rom "RUU\_SAGA\_ICS\_35\_S\_HTC\_Europe\_14.01.401.2\_Radio\_20.76.30.0835\_3831.19.00.110\_release\_275068\_signed".
Running XP, I've installed the latest HTC Sync from the HTC website (to get the drivers). No matter what I try I always get stuck at the screen "Verifying information on your android phone. Please wait...". I've let it sit there for over an hour without it ever continuing, I'm not getting any kind of error message.
When using the HTC Sync program the phone shows up as connected without any problems. I've tried running the installer both while having the program on and having the phone in "HTC Sync mode", and having the program turned off and having the phone in "Charge only mode". USB debugging is of course turned on. I've also tried turning the AV and firewall off, just in case. I've also tried resetting the phone to factory settings, just for the hell of it. No change.
The phone is not rooted and is S-ON. I've tried restarting both phone and computer a number of times (phone both using fast boot and regular boot) but I just can't seem to get it working.
Any ideas?
Edit: I also found a log file from the RUU, containing the following:
```
1.0.6.2012
====== WelcomeDlg ======
====== VerifyingMobileDlg ======
strPath = C:\Program\HTC\HTC Sync 3.0\
adb devices
adb fastboot devices
fastboot
```<issue_comment>username_1: Found a solution myself. The problem was that the adb and fastboot tools in the HTC Sync program didn't work. I solved it by downloading the Android SDK, installing platform-tools, removing HTC Sync from the path variable and adding the platform-tools directory in its place.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [username_1's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/32158/16922) helped!
When I installed HTC Sync there was only `adb.exe` but no `fastboot.exe`, using `adb.exe` and `fastboot.exe` from the SDK and putting them in HTC Sync's directory solved the problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/20 | 340 | 1,208 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Epic 4G. I've tried a couple of ways to get Clockworkmod Recovery on the phone, but every time I boot it into recovery mode I get the stock recovery program. I've tried the method listed on the Cyanogenmod wiki [here](http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G%3a_Full_Update_Guide) and one using Odin [here](http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/install-clockworkmod-recovery-5-0-epic-4g/), but every time it boots, it loads up with stock.
Does anyone have any ideas for how I can get around this?<issue_comment>username_1: Found a solution myself. The problem was that the adb and fastboot tools in the HTC Sync program didn't work. I solved it by downloading the Android SDK, installing platform-tools, removing HTC Sync from the path variable and adding the platform-tools directory in its place.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [username_1's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/32158/16922) helped!
When I installed HTC Sync there was only `adb.exe` but no `fastboot.exe`, using `adb.exe` and `fastboot.exe` from the SDK and putting them in HTC Sync's directory solved the problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/21 | 322 | 1,105 | <issue_start>username_0: I cannot get unrevoked 3 to run on either my laptop or desktop which both run 64 bit Ubuntu.
Is there a dependency I need?
I download and extract to ~/Downloads
```
cd ~/Downloads
gksu ./reflash
```
...and nothing happens.
Based on [this Ubuntu forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10660137&postcount=13) thread, it seems to be a conflict between 32/64 bit. Is there a way to get this 32 bit application working on my 64 bit system?<issue_comment>username_1: Found a solution myself. The problem was that the adb and fastboot tools in the HTC Sync program didn't work. I solved it by downloading the Android SDK, installing platform-tools, removing HTC Sync from the path variable and adding the platform-tools directory in its place.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [username_1's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/32158/16922) helped!
When I installed HTC Sync there was only `adb.exe` but no `fastboot.exe`, using `adb.exe` and `fastboot.exe` from the SDK and putting them in HTC Sync's directory solved the problem.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/21 | 212 | 809 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using Samsung Galaxy S III. My call log always shows '13' missed calls. I tried with restarting the phone etc., But no change. Is there any way to fix the issue without resetting the phone?<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Go to **Settings** > **Application Manager** > **All applications**
(in the tabs across the top).
2. Check in Downloaded, Running and All
3. Locate and tap the **BadgeProvider** app.
4. Tap `Clear data` to reset the counter.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I had the same problem and this is how I fixed it:
I went to the phone icon and then went to logs, then clicked on "view by miss call" in the top. I deleted all the missed calls by putting a check mark on each on. That fixed my issue and the missed calls on my phone icon got removed.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/21 | 800 | 2,965 | <issue_start>username_0: My Galaxy Nexus, Jelly Bean, was set to Automatic Date & Time, Automatic Time Zone, and the correct Time Zone was shown: "GMT -03:00, Brasilia Time". Here in Brazil Daylight Saving Time begins today. Android didn't detect that.
To be fair Microsoft for many years also made the DST start in the wrong week in its Windows products. If I recall correctly, it required a new law from our Government to make the DST more predictable, so in the last few years Windows got it right.
I don't know if Android will make the DST start in the wrong weekend or if it won't work at all. How can I correct it?<issue_comment>username_1: You will need to research how to set this on *Galaxy Nexus* and *Jelly Bean*, but ..
---
You are currently using "**GMT -03:00, Brasilia Time**", and this does **not** include Daylight Savings by default.
You need to instead use (one of):
```
America/Bahia
America/Sao_Paulo
```
These all use **UTC -2:00** for DST.
See:
[Wikipedia: Time in Brazil](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Brazil)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: When I use "Automatic Time Zone, use network-provided time zone" it gives me "GMT -03:00, Brasilia Time".
When I set it manually, there's only one option with Brasilia in its name: "GMT -02:00, Brasilia Time". Using that corrects the issue and gives me the proper time.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: It could be a bug in JB, as every country seems to have its own rules for Daylight Saving Time. Brazil changed the rules in 2011.
Not all regions in Brazil observe DST, so you can try a to specify a city/region that does observe DST.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_region_and_country#Brazil>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: the problem is that you're getting your clock updated directly through your router configs.
you should change the clock settings in your router in order to get this fixed, as your time and date configurations come directly from it because Nexus 7 doesn't have a SIM card from which it would obtain local time.
Best wishes.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Android like most popular mobile OS has 2 options as has been indicated above
1. Manual time setting.(by not selecting auto Time and Time-zone option)
2. Automatic time/time-zone setting from connection/network provider.
You would get these under setting(under system tab/category), if you search for time.
Now for 1 as is obvious. You have to set it back/forward during DST/DST over days. For 2 you have to select both automatic Time and Time-zone option from network provider. It does not work if you select just automatic time.
However even with both of them set to auto, some network provider don't have enough towers to handle and distinguish between 2 regions one which has DST and which does not. The only solution in this case to manually set the time-zone based on your knowledge of what it should be.
This should help.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/21 | 1,349 | 5,594 | <issue_start>username_0: I organize my Japanese ebooks and manga using the respective Japanese titles as filenames. I then access this content from my Anrdoid device by mounting a cifs share with cifsmanager. However I cannot open the media using my Android 4.1 (AOSP) device. The non-ascii characters in my filesystem show up as just question marks, e.g. `/mnt/sdcard/manga/??????/`. The error behavior that various apps will give range from `File does not exist` (File Manager) to nothing at all (PerfectViewer).<issue_comment>username_1: you will need to install a japanese font onto your device.
To do this, you would have to be rooted.
Another workaround: See if you can change the system language to Japanese.
You may be able to download an app from Google Play that will automatically install the font onto your device.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You are facing this issue because ([as @liamwli said](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/32708/16265)) you lack the required font and also possibly because of lack of sufficient libraries in your present ROM.
Due to this reason, it is unable to display the file name properly and as a ramification of this issue, different apps behave differently based on how the developer handled this situation.
What can be done?
-----------------
This depends on few factors:
If your phone is rooted, extract `DroidSansFallBack.ttf` from `/system/fonts` folder to your computer and examine whether it has the required characters in Japanese. I assume you can read Japanese. This is to ensure the first part of the reason explained in "why" section.
If you do not have Japanese character displayed, please try finding a suitable [TrueType Font](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType) (TTF) which displays Japanese characters in PC. Copy this file to the above said folder with `DroidSansFallBack.ttf`, replacing the existing file (after backup). After a reboot you *may* be able to see characters properly. Then the apps might be able to open the file.
In case if you are still unable to open such files, please revert back the backed up TTF file.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If you are rooted I think the answer of username_2 said it all; just [copy a Japanese font to the `system\fonts` folder](https://code.google.com/p/ankidroid/wiki/Installation#Method_2%3a_system-wide)
However, if you are unrooted you can install a file explorer app that includes a Japanese font. I did a quick google search and the following file explorers (say that they) support Japanese:
* [Astro File Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro)
* [ES File Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop)
* [AndExplorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lysesoft.andexplorer)
I'm not entirely sure if this solves your problem opening the files. You might need to install viewer programs with Japanese support as well.
BTW, are you sure you have Android 4.1? I remember reading that Jelly Bean has (improved) native Japanese support.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I do not think that this is a font issue. Applications do not need to be able to display the characters to handle files using those characters. Moreover, Droid Sans do support Japanese characters. In my stock Galaxy Nexus (not a Japanese phone), Japanese file names are handled and displayed fine using OI File Manager and ES File Explorer.
File names in Linux and Unix filesystems (e.g. ext2/ext3/ext4) are just sequence of bytes because the Linux kernel is encoding-transparent, i.e. the kernel does not care about filename encoding. Filename encoding is considered an application-level issue. In contrast, Java File API (and, therefore Android's Java File API) is encoding-aware and will attempt to decode file names according to system default encoding. The system default encoding in Android is utf-8. The situation is different if the files are stored in an SD card that is formatted using Windows filesystems, e.g. VFAT or NTFS. These filesystems specifies a certain on-disk encoding for file names.
Applications that directly handle files coming from another system, such as file transfer programs (FTP, etc) and decompression programs (Tar, Zip, etc) are supposed to translate file names from the remote systems or inside archives to the local system's default encoding. However, this isn't enforced by the kernel, so it is possible for poorly written (native) application to produce files with filename encoding that does not match system's default encoding.
My guess is that you have file names that are not encoded in utf-8, and the Java File API were not able to decode these filenames. Try to rename and reencode the file names or use a file transfer program that knows how to translate the filenames to the system encoding.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I should have identified that this problem only occurs when mounting the media remotely using cifsmanager. Better late than never, I suppose. The solution is to pass a parameter using the options field: `iocharset=utf8`.
The parameter tells the cifs module to use utf8 as the character set when it mounts the samba share. This may become unnecessary in the future, as it would make sense to have this set by default in the first place.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_6: I had a similar issue, I did have Droid Sans, but the issue was my linux computer I copied them from had encoded the Characters in latin\_1/iso\_8859 encoding. I had to make sure I resaved the files in UTF-8
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/21 | 354 | 1,432 | <issue_start>username_0: I just bought a new [d2 Tablet](http://d2pad.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=203), and it seems to be functioning normally, except that the Wi-Fi will not turn on. I navigated to the settings screen and selected Wi-Fi, and dragged the `Off` button to `On`. It stayed at `On` and displayed the text "Turning Wi-Fi on..." for five seconds, after which it turned the button back to `Off`. It has done this repeatedly. I know I have good wireless signal b/c I'm using it to submit this question from my laptop.
Is there some additional diagnostic I can do, or do I need to see about returning it as defective?<issue_comment>username_1: This is what i would do myself, and in that order :
1. Modify the way you authenticate to the Wifi access point. Removing **temporarily** any kind of encryption. If this fix your problem ---> Your phone most likely doesn't handle some advanced kind of WPA2 or something like that.
2. Look for an issue in the configuration of the access point itself. Look for MAC address filtering for example.
3. Finally as a last resort, use command line tools like "adb debug on your phone to read what's happening to your wireless driver on the phone.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: After getting no response from the vendor I returned the device to the store. The replacement did not exhibit this behavior and seems to be working correctly.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/22 | 463 | 1,753 | <issue_start>username_0: I changed the ro.sf.lcd\_density in the build.prop on my Galaxy SII from the default 240 to 190. It made everything smaller, creating more space and increasing the quality of use for me personaly.
Everything seemed okay at first, applications were behaving normal, but I have a problem with installing some apps from the Play Store. I can search for an app, go into its details, only to find a message on the top saying that my device isn't compatible.
I have found a workaround but it takes too much time since I have to reboot my device twice for it. My current workaround is this:
1. Change my ro.sf.lcd\_density back to 240
2. Reboot
3. Search for and install the app
4. Change the ro.sf.lcd\_density back to 190
5. Reboot
After that the app still works, so no issues there. But the process just takes too much time. Is there another thing I can do to install these apps without my mentioned workaround?<issue_comment>username_1: I've not used it but a quick search on the play store suggests this:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.birdapi.android.dpipro>
It specifies that :
>
> This is the only LCD Density app that can fix the "This device is not supported" error message in the Android market when using an unsupported dpi!
>
>
>
Note: I'm not affiliated with this product
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a modified version of the Play Store that removes device restrictions.
See [this xda thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839871) for more info and the download link to your version of android.
It also disables self-updating of the Play Store so your modified version wont be replaced by a newer official one.
Cheers
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/22 | 290 | 1,267 | <issue_start>username_0: When I open Google Drive on my web browser (Firefox) I can edit every column in every row of all my gDrive spreadsheets. When I try to edit one of the spreadsheets on my Nexus 7, I can only edit the first two columns. It's a large spreadsheet because it's something like a scientific laboratory book. Another spreadsheet can be edited without limits. So what is wrong with the spreadsheet I cannot edit? Is there any setting I have to change? How can I edit the rest of the spreadsheet?<issue_comment>username_1: The Google Drive app by default opens spreadsheets in List view - a sort of data-entry only mode in which you can edit data but not equations.
You can select spreadsheet view - this used to be in a link at the bottom of the spreadsheet which involved zooming right out, now it seems to be at the top toward the left (this may vary by app/android version). You may need to force it to continue to the desktop view - it will warn you that you may not have access to all features.
Once in spreadsheet mode (which is a little ropey) you should be able to edit any columns.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The new version of gDrive fixes this problem, however the offline-compatibility is worse.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/22 | 859 | 3,346 | <issue_start>username_0: Google Play store recently gained a long-awaited wishlist feature in the 3.9.16 version of the application. I was wondering whether the wishlist could be modified from the web version of the Play Store while using e.g. a PC. I looked for around the website but wasn't able to find a way to do it, but perhaps I'm missing something.
Also, would the wishlist sync to all Android devices connected to the same Google account, or is it just local to the device it has been set up on?<issue_comment>username_1: EDIT: Yes - As Al points out in the comments, the url is <https://play.google.com/wishlist>
Old Answer:
Basically no.
The same question [was asked on Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11s2x7/play_store_wishlist_on_computer/). It's not a stretch of the imagination to assume that they will roll out a web version, but as yet there's been no official word from Google.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: >
> I was wondering whether the wishlist could be modified from the web
> version of the Play Store while using e.g. a PC.
>
>
>
So far it is not possible, we must wait for the new web version of the Play Store.
>
> Also, would the wishlist sync to all Android devices connected to the
> same Google account, or is it just local to the device it has been set
> up on?
>
>
>
Yes, Wish list is hold in Google cloud and it is synced among all your devices connected to the same Google account.
I am very happy with this feature and I use it extensively. I can even automatically monitor any future updates of apps on my wish list with a help of a new feature "Observed apps" in [Changelog Droid application (CD)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cypressworks.changelogviewer). How to do it:
CD cannot synchronize with your wishlist because Google Play Store does not have an API so third party apps cannot interact with it. However, you can populate Observed apps in CD manually from within the CD itself or by opening Google Play on your device and sharing wishlist items one by one to CD. It seems to be tedious if you have your wishlist very long, but you will rewarded. Here is real example how Observed apps in Changelog Droid helped me:
In my country we have independent consumer organization dTest. They published in Google Play its own app dTest some time ago. But it worked only on phones, not on tablets. Because I don't want to have this app on my phone, but on my tablet, I put this app in my Wish list and shared it to Changelog Droid's Observed apps. After some time Changelog Droid informed me about new dTest version with tablet support so I was able to install it on my Nexus 7 the first day when this new version for tablets appeared in Google Play :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: To access your wishlist from the browser signed in to Google Play you have to click on the "Settings" button (upper right corner, gear icon) and choose "My Orders" option from the drop down list. Next on the left hand side under "Apps", "Movies", "Music", etc. you will find "My Wishlist" option. Click on that option to see/modify your wishlist.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: When signed you'll find "My wishlist" in the menu on the left. (Or just go to it directly at [play.google.com/wishlist](https://play.google.com/wishlist).)
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/22 | 915 | 3,520 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to locate the zip file that contains the OTA update for my Droid Bionic. Right now, its failing to update, and every time it fails it deletes the file and I need to re-download it (takes a long time). I was hoping to save off the update so I could try a few things on my phone and try the update. I read online its somewhere in a /cache directory, however I dont see anything at all when I mount it to the PC and do a search for cache or even "\*.zip". Does anyone know how I can find the zip file? Maybe I need to change the PC settings or something to search for it (I have changed the folder settings to view hidden files and system files).<issue_comment>username_1: Two pieces of ground I want to cover here:
1. `/cache` is typically a separate partition on your device, which wouldn't be mountable by a PC via USB, which is why that isn't working. The USB connection generally accesses a directory named "sdcard" (or similar) which is used as an external storage device, although this storage area doesn't have to be physically external to the device (it may just be a partition named `/sdcard` rather than a physical card).
2. If the OTA is in `/cache` then you should be able to find it with a file explorer or shell on your device. Once you've found it, you could simply move the file from `/cache` to your external storage and then copy it over USB. You'll need root in order to access `/cache`, though. There are a number of file explorers that support root access, but I personally use [ES File Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Alternatively, you can flash an FXZ rom image for your current version or later. The benefit of that is that it doesn't matter what state your phone is in or if its missing bloatware that the OTA update requires.
Things you need:
* FXZ image for the desired version (google search for it)
* RSDLite (google search rsdlite 5.7 download)
* Motorola device drivers (found on motorola's site)
* USB cable
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: For Lenovo ,the location for Downloaded Update file is : **internal storage > LenovoOTA** or **sdcard0/LenovoOTA** folder
**after** download completes **mount** to pc ,copy then **execute** on mobile/device otherwise file 'll be deleted after update
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: My device is HTC One M7
I managed to find the OTA by doing a dumpsys | grep .zip
I was already in a adb shell su session as the file was being downloaded,(after I exited and re-entered the shell and tried to run the dumpsys command I couldn't find it. I'm guessing dumpsys works on a temporary log.)
eventually I found it in the
/data/data/com.android.providers.downloads/cache
folder
I managed to copy it to /sdcard but it wouldn't show up in Windows Explorer until I unplugged and re-plugged the USB cable in.
I guess Windows doesn't refresh the folder/directory index (or something) to see new files created in there
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I found the OTA package in following location
```
/data/data/com.lenovo.ota/app_otapackages/
```
For my Lenovo K3 Note
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: For samsung device `/data/fota`
Search for `fota` folder.
In that folder, you will find update.zip
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: for Lineage or /e/ these are saved at `/data/lineageos_updates/`, if you can enable an adb root shell you can pull files from there.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/22 | 897 | 3,414 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus 7, that I rooted and upgraded once, but it now seems that something changed it. As it is registered in Google Play, there are way too many applications that I cannot install on it. I keep seeing statuses like "This item is not compatible with your device." while it was listed as being compatible with the tablet, as it was even analyzed in a magazine for the nexus 7.
I am ready to put it back to factory defaults, as it came out of the box. Where can I find the files to put it back ? I am familiar with CWM, and ADB.
Thanks :-)<issue_comment>username_1: Two pieces of ground I want to cover here:
1. `/cache` is typically a separate partition on your device, which wouldn't be mountable by a PC via USB, which is why that isn't working. The USB connection generally accesses a directory named "sdcard" (or similar) which is used as an external storage device, although this storage area doesn't have to be physically external to the device (it may just be a partition named `/sdcard` rather than a physical card).
2. If the OTA is in `/cache` then you should be able to find it with a file explorer or shell on your device. Once you've found it, you could simply move the file from `/cache` to your external storage and then copy it over USB. You'll need root in order to access `/cache`, though. There are a number of file explorers that support root access, but I personally use [ES File Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Alternatively, you can flash an FXZ rom image for your current version or later. The benefit of that is that it doesn't matter what state your phone is in or if its missing bloatware that the OTA update requires.
Things you need:
* FXZ image for the desired version (google search for it)
* RSDLite (google search rsdlite 5.7 download)
* Motorola device drivers (found on motorola's site)
* USB cable
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: For Lenovo ,the location for Downloaded Update file is : **internal storage > LenovoOTA** or **sdcard0/LenovoOTA** folder
**after** download completes **mount** to pc ,copy then **execute** on mobile/device otherwise file 'll be deleted after update
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: My device is HTC One M7
I managed to find the OTA by doing a dumpsys | grep .zip
I was already in a adb shell su session as the file was being downloaded,(after I exited and re-entered the shell and tried to run the dumpsys command I couldn't find it. I'm guessing dumpsys works on a temporary log.)
eventually I found it in the
/data/data/com.android.providers.downloads/cache
folder
I managed to copy it to /sdcard but it wouldn't show up in Windows Explorer until I unplugged and re-plugged the USB cable in.
I guess Windows doesn't refresh the folder/directory index (or something) to see new files created in there
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: I found the OTA package in following location
```
/data/data/com.lenovo.ota/app_otapackages/
```
For my Lenovo K3 Note
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: For samsung device `/data/fota`
Search for `fota` folder.
In that folder, you will find update.zip
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: for Lineage or /e/ these are saved at `/data/lineageos_updates/`, if you can enable an adb root shell you can pull files from there.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/22 | 577 | 2,026 | <issue_start>username_0: You can [make a Web server on your router](http://nezzen.net/2007/10/15/running-a-web-server-on-a-home-router/) providing that you rewrite its firmware with a free DD-WRT, Tomato, etc.
You can [also run a on a raspberry pi](http://www.penguintutor.com/linux/light-webserver), given that you can run a Web server on any device provided it runs a Linux. Can I run a Web server on an Android device, and if yes, how can I set it up?<issue_comment>username_1: Absolutely! You can either:
* download a ready made one - like [kWS - Android Web Server](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xeustechnologies.android.kws) or
* write your own - [here's some code](https://github.com/bodeme/androidwebserver) to integrate in to your project or just use as is.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The book [Pro Android Python with SL4A](http://www.apress.com/9781430235699) comes with some free downloadable source code, you can find it on that official site. In the source code samples there are examples of basic httpserver, and basic ftpserver. Both of those will work on Android devices, I imagine it is also possible to make a more advanced webserver using python, or perhaps even re-purpose one that is already in existence.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: There are actually several apps on the Google Play Store. A few of them even have PHP. My personal favorite is [Servers Ultimate](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate&hl=en).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Till today Oct 22, 2017, there are at least 20 plus application on google play store. I personally develop every web application using my android phone . you can consider using bitweb server or kickweb server . although bitweb server is paid and kickweb server is free.
Link of kickweb server
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nokshaserver>
Bit web server :
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andi.serverweb>
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/22 | 672 | 2,873 | <issue_start>username_0: My two Android phones are doing the same thing, Motorola Milestone and Samsung GS3. From time to time, it is sleeping in my pocket and it will start to get warm and the battery is then draining quite rapidly. I guess it must be caused by an application that is stuck running in the background so I am checking:
* Task manager, but none of the applications seem to be using more CPU than any other, they are mostly all close to 0%.
* In "Battery Statistics" only "Phone Idle" shows quite high battery usage so it does not tell me if there is a problematic application.
Currently I just reboot the phone to solve the problem but I would prefer if I was able to find the problematic application so I can close it.<issue_comment>username_1: I know this may look like common sense, but maybe you could simply take a piece a paper and note every single launched application whenever this happens.
After 5 iterations, you should have a pretty accurate idea of the culprit.
If not, as Tim mentionned, you should take a look at the logs to have a better understanding of what's going on on the system itself.
PS: Using a paper RATHER than an app would be encouraged, because the notepad app you would be using COULD be the culprit itself :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I think this could maybe be because of several things:
* You have a bad network connection. If you are on a location where there is a bad network connection, your phone will have to try very hard to keep this connection enabled. Or maybe that is also possible when you are walking in locations that have a bad connection to the outside world (in the basements of some buildings for example).
* Sometimes if you are using Live backgrounds, that drains the battery too.
* Another possibiliy is that your phone is syncing in the background. If you have for example enabled that calendars have to stay synced (and you have an enabled data connection), then your phone will on regular bases connect to the internet for some updates. I don't think (but I'm not sure though) that this would show up in your task manager.
* It could also be that something like your GPS or Bluetooth is enabled, and becomes a problem (although I think this would show up in your task manager)
I would suggest you have a look at the services that are enabled, even when your phone is in standby mode (Bluetooth, GPS, syncing..)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Check your phones settings > Wifi settings, to see if wifi is selected to "Always" stay on. If not you can change it to go off whenever the screen goes off.
This may help with some of the battery drainage .
Update:
@jmbouffard. - While you are in settings > About Phone > Battery Use, have you clicked the graph at the top? Sometimes only "phone idle" will show but clicking the graph will give you better details.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/22 | 560 | 2,393 | <issue_start>username_0: Before, when I try to switch Google accounts (by removing old then adding new) my SMS got deleted. Is it possible to prevent this?
Also, if I maintain two Google accounts then later decide to remove one. Can I prevent SMS deletion?<issue_comment>username_1: I know this may look like common sense, but maybe you could simply take a piece a paper and note every single launched application whenever this happens.
After 5 iterations, you should have a pretty accurate idea of the culprit.
If not, as Tim mentionned, you should take a look at the logs to have a better understanding of what's going on on the system itself.
PS: Using a paper RATHER than an app would be encouraged, because the notepad app you would be using COULD be the culprit itself :)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I think this could maybe be because of several things:
* You have a bad network connection. If you are on a location where there is a bad network connection, your phone will have to try very hard to keep this connection enabled. Or maybe that is also possible when you are walking in locations that have a bad connection to the outside world (in the basements of some buildings for example).
* Sometimes if you are using Live backgrounds, that drains the battery too.
* Another possibiliy is that your phone is syncing in the background. If you have for example enabled that calendars have to stay synced (and you have an enabled data connection), then your phone will on regular bases connect to the internet for some updates. I don't think (but I'm not sure though) that this would show up in your task manager.
* It could also be that something like your GPS or Bluetooth is enabled, and becomes a problem (although I think this would show up in your task manager)
I would suggest you have a look at the services that are enabled, even when your phone is in standby mode (Bluetooth, GPS, syncing..)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Check your phones settings > Wifi settings, to see if wifi is selected to "Always" stay on. If not you can change it to go off whenever the screen goes off.
This may help with some of the battery drainage .
Update:
@jmbouffard. - While you are in settings > About Phone > Battery Use, have you clicked the graph at the top? Sometimes only "phone idle" will show but clicking the graph will give you better details.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/23 | 408 | 1,579 | <issue_start>username_0: I've done a factory reset of my HTC One S and I re-downloaded the game Angry Birds. I had previously purchased the mighty eagle, and when trying to get it again in-game, it takes me to the play store. Play store shows a dialog "you already own this", I can either click OK or Details.
When I click OK, it just takes me back to the main screen of Angry Birds and it doesn't redownload. When I click Details, it takes me back to Angry Birds with the message "Unfortunately, Play Store has stopped". I can only click OK and what follows is a loading screen from Angry Birds itself that never stops loading.
Looks like a bug. Are there any alternatives to get the mighty eagle back?<issue_comment>username_1: To answer your question 'Are there any alternatives to get the mighty eagle back?' Unfortunately not. It's up to app developers to support redownloading of in app content, and it certainly seems that you have found a bug.
Get in contact with Rovio at <http://www.rovio.com/en/about-us/contact> or [<EMAIL>](http://mailto%3<EMAIL>) and explain your issue - they will be able to help you further
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I feel stupid for not trying this earlier, but I simply re-installed angry birds (again) and I had immediate access to the Mighty Eagle. It didn't even show me the promo and purchase screen. Strange thing is that this isn't how it went first time around, but I'm glad this is all it took.
Rovio still hasn't responded to my support ticket at the time of writing.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/23 | 658 | 2,383 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the itch to try and see how far down [this path](http://yieldthought.com/post/31857050698/ipad-linode-1-year-later) I can get for my own work. I've got a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a Bluetooth keyboard.
I created an AWS EC2 Micro Instance and I can SSH into it from my laptop. I copied the key to the tablet and when I try to run the same SSH I get the error:
>
> ssh: Exited: String too long
>
>
>
[Here's a post where someone seems to be having a similar problem.](https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=309418) I'm not specifically using dropbear, that I know of, though. I've tried 3 or 4 different Android terminal clients and all seem to have this same problem. I do have busybox installed, so maybe it's using dropbear under the hood -- I just don't know.
I have been able to connect using [ConnectBot](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.connectbot) and the ssh key file downloaded from AWS, but the UI/UX for this app is horrible and unintuitive, and if this is my only option then I'd give up. It seems to be designed for phones, has no landscape orientation support, and only connects to the EC2 instance intermittently.
I also tried creating my own key files (`ssh-keygen -b 2048 -C GTab -t rsa -f id_rsa_gtab` on my laptop) and installing them on the EC2 instance & tablet, but get the same error. I tried running `ssh-keygen` from the tablet, but it doesn't appear to be available.<issue_comment>username_1: Try [JuiceSSH](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonelli.juicessh). It works perfectly and manages all connections and files in a secure way.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Check out [ConnectBot](http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=terminal&fdid=org.connectbot).
`An SSH and telnet client, and terminal emulator for local shell. Supports multiple sessions, including running them concurrently.`
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Since this shows up in some searches I might as well throw this answer in.
I use Better Terminal Emulator Pro as it has better support for things like the Asus TF300 with the dockable keyboard. Including supporting the tab key that others sometimes have issues with. It does cost money though.
It does support ssh keys though they do have to be converted since it uses dropbear (as many others appear to) as the backend.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/23 | 721 | 2,736 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a new Android 4.0 device ([d2pad](http://d2pad.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=203)), and I have installed Google Drive and Google+ but neither one works. When I try to start Google Drive it gives me the message "No Google account found, exiting". I poked around and tried to find where to create a Google account, but on the account screen I don't see a Google option. How can I create a Google account, or what do I need to install to create one?
I see the following options on the add account screen:
* Facebook
* Corporate
* Email
* Dropbox
Corrective actions tried:
* Installing "Google Play Services" from the marketplace.
* Resetting to factory defaults
* Installing "Google Play Services" again
I also can't log into Google for my marketplace login.<issue_comment>username_1: Once you have an active Google account, which you can create here
<https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&hl=en>
On your Android ICS device, go to:
Settings>Accounts>Add Account
you'll see many options from which you can choose, among them Google.
Generally you can add an account by running a google app, such as reader, play or gmail, and it will ask you to sign in with your google account.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I'm afraid the hardware you have bought isn't an official Android device, and so won't have google account options available to you. I'll try and find a work around for you.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It looks like your device isn't approved by Google, so sadly, you can't officially get Google apps for it. It also seems to be a pretty unknown tablet from an unknown manufacturer, so there isn't a community around it who might have unofficial versions.
However, *if* the tablet is just a rebadged version of something more popular (like many of these tablets are), [this](http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html) program might help you identify the actual manufacturer and get help that way.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: some people have found work arounds for this problem. i haven't tried myself but it looks like there are 2 ways it can be done. here is the linkhttp://www.androidtablets.net/forum/allwinner-a10-based/47980-can-anyone-help-me.html
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I have a D2pad as well and I am successfully using google+. like username_1 said, go to Settings>accounts&sync>add account (top right corner). There will be 4 options to choose from. Corporate/DropboX/Email/Google. Tap google and sign in to your google account. now that you setup your google account, open 1mobile market search and download and install google+. Hope this helps
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/23 | 728 | 2,727 | <issue_start>username_0: MIUI's built in SMS + MMS backup works quite well. However, I want to try out new custom ROMs. Is it possible to add integration of that MIUI service onto another ICS rom?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think you can use the MIUI specific functionality, but using Titanium backup you can backup your SMS and MMS:
* Open Titanium Backup
* Press the search icon at the top and then the filter icon which appears to the right of the search input box
* At the bottom of the 'Filters' Screen, press the "Create label" button
* Enter the label name - "SMS"
* Press the "Add/Remove elements \_" button
* Find and check the "[SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.2" checkbox - It may be called 'Messages (SMS & MMS)' depending on what OS you're using.
* Press the "OK" button and then the "Save" button
* Press the back radio button
* Select the "Schedules" tab
* Press the "Add new schedule" button located at the bottom
* On the schedule that just appeared, titled 'Redo backups for newer app versions', press the "Edit" button
* On the top combo box select the arrow to pull down the menu.
* Select the "Backup all system data" option
* On the next combo box that says "No filtering", click the arrow to pull down a menu.
* You should see your label you created.
* Select your label.
* Select the time you want your backup to take place
* Select the days you want your backup to take place
* Press the "Save" button
* Check the "Enabled" check box to enable your schedule
Now Titanium Backup will automatically backup your messages at the specified time and day or days.
Note: You will need the Titanium backup pro key to access the batch operations.
You can also backup your call call history by adding '[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage 2.2' or 'Call Log' to a label
Taken in part from [this guide on XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711066)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can backup SMS, MMS and call logs to your GMail account with this [free app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=backup.email.inapp&hl=en). Being online, you wouldn't lose your backups even if wipe your sd card or lose your phone.
This is better than using Titanium Backup, as it can sometimes cause issues.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: **Answer:** No you can't.
**Reason:** You can't install the MIUI Backup App on another rom, because it's a signed system APK.
**Solution:** Use a backup solution which is available for all roms. If you just want to backup and restore SMS, then use the free <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore>
**Source:** I'm a MIUI Beta tester and former moderator on the original forum en.miui.com
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/23 | 324 | 1,213 | <issue_start>username_0: i'm rooted on android 4.0.4 ICS stock.
i would like to have a status bar that even shows in full screen, which can have an icon to simulate a home button press and an icon to simulate a power button press. anyone know of an available way to do this on this rom or another rom?
thank you,<issue_comment>username_1: You always can install [Button Savior](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey) on rooted ROMs (however I'm not aware if it has compatibility problems with some). It worths a try, because it's free (but also has a pro version to purchase).
It allows you to add hardware keys of your phone as virtual software keys on any location of the screen. So you can easily trigger home or back keys just by touching their icons on screen, even on full-screen apps and games.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Screen off app: [Screen Off and Lock](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en_US)
Then, something like [Notification Toggle](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle) can be used to have this icon and others in the notification dropdown.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/23 | 332 | 1,241 | <issue_start>username_0: On the top of the phone there's a light that flashes blue when you get a text. Is there an app or setting that can change this so the colour is different for some senders who text you?<issue_comment>username_1: There is powerful and full-customizable [GO SMS PRO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms) which lets you set **any LED color** for sms incoming notifications based on sender. Also, it is a mighty alternative for stock sms app and has many useful functions and customizations.
After you installed it, run and tap menu, then **Settings**, and go to **Advanced -> Individual Settings** and add any contact to set individual notification (including LED options) for it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: There are apps for controlling LEDs: [LED Color Tester](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coolbeans.ledtester), [Light Flow - LED Control](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlite)
Both does officially support Galaxy S3.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Many custom ROMS, such as [cm10](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778217), have built-in support for changing the LED color.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/23 | 560 | 2,130 | <issue_start>username_0: Apps like Link2SD and Titanium Backup are able to "freeze" other apps, that is disable them without removing them. What do these apps do to achieve this?<issue_comment>username_1: Titanium Backup etc just use in-built `Package Manager (pm)` to freeze an app. `pm` has a feature to prevent apps from running & from appearing in Launcher. To use it, Titanium Backup etc execute following command:
>
> pm disable {package\_name}
> ==========================
>
>
>
You can freeze apps by yourself without using a dedicated freezer app. Just use the above command in [Terminal Emulator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm) or `ADB Shell`.
For example, if you want to freeze `Stock Web Browser`, open `Terminal Emulator` & switch to root using `su` command. Then, execute `# pm disable com.android.browser`.
It'll return `#Package com.android.browser new state: disabled`. Done!
Restart your Launcher (some devices may require reboot) to see the app icon gone.
To defrost the app, just replace `disable` with `enable` in the command.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I found how `pm disable` works:
If you run `cat /system/bin/pm`, it gives:
```
# Script to start "pm" on the device, which has a very rudimentary
# shell.
#
base=/system
export CLASSPATH=$base/framework/pm.jar
exec app_process $base/bin com.android.commands.pm.Pm "$@"
```
So apparently it is the same as the PackageManager we use from Java, it is calling it - just in a root context that no user app can directly access.
You CAN check if something is frozen, using
```
getPackageManager().getApplicationEnabledSetting( the package name ) ==
getPackageManager().COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED)
```
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: In Unix systems, files have 3 authorizations: read, write, and execute.
(For 3 categories of people: the owner of the file [usually its creator], a group of people, and everyone else, but it is out of the subject).
If you remove the execute authorization of the file, it cannot be launched (executed) anymore.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/24 | 544 | 2,072 | <issue_start>username_0: What measures does Google takes to ensure that paid apps that are downloaded do not get spread for free? Currently I see a possibility that can leak out a large number of apps:
1. Someone pays to download an app on his mobile.
2. Creates a backup of the app.
3. Gives the backup to friends/ family or spreads it over the internet.
4. Many people use the paid app for free.
I have not tried this. My Question is: Is it possible? What is the current state of the security measures for the paid apps on Google Play?<issue_comment>username_1: You're correct that [app piracy in Android is a problem](http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/07/31/editorial-just-how-bad-is-app-piracy-on-android-anyways-hint-were-asking-the-wrong-question/), and it's a reason a lot of app developers have gone for a more in app purchase model, rather than selling their apps on the play market. You're also correct in your method - ripping an APK file off a rooted phone is trivial. Google have recognised this and responded by added App Encryption which will be available for any devices running Jelly Bean and over:
>
> App Encryption
>
>
> Starting with Android 4.1, Google Play will help protect application assets by encrypting all paid apps with a device-specific key before they are delivered and stored on a device.
>
>
>
<http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html>
This means that each app will only be accessible by that device, so the work around you mentioned won't work. I'm unsure about how this will affect devices running any OS before Gingerbread.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: In addition to username_1's answer on encryption.
This might be a bit on the developer side, however, [Google offers Application Licensing](http://developer.android.com/guide/google/play/licensing/index.html):
>
> With Google Play Licensing, your application can query Google Play at
> run time to obtain the licensing status for the current user, then
> allow or disallow further use as appropriate.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/24 | 548 | 2,069 | <issue_start>username_0: I just slipped a 32G microSD card into my Xoom tablet. I had used the SD card in my Android smartphone before replacing that card with a larger capacity card. Are files that were heretofore stored on the Xoom automatically moved to the SD card?
I may have neglected to remove all files from the sd card before installing it... so I should be able to delete all files showing up in the /sdcard (sdcard) directory? I note I also have a folder named /mnt/external1 (sdcard) directory. Any idea what is what here?<issue_comment>username_1: You're correct that [app piracy in Android is a problem](http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/07/31/editorial-just-how-bad-is-app-piracy-on-android-anyways-hint-were-asking-the-wrong-question/), and it's a reason a lot of app developers have gone for a more in app purchase model, rather than selling their apps on the play market. You're also correct in your method - ripping an APK file off a rooted phone is trivial. Google have recognised this and responded by added App Encryption which will be available for any devices running Jelly Bean and over:
>
> App Encryption
>
>
> Starting with Android 4.1, Google Play will help protect application assets by encrypting all paid apps with a device-specific key before they are delivered and stored on a device.
>
>
>
<http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html>
This means that each app will only be accessible by that device, so the work around you mentioned won't work. I'm unsure about how this will affect devices running any OS before Gingerbread.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: In addition to username_1's answer on encryption.
This might be a bit on the developer side, however, [Google offers Application Licensing](http://developer.android.com/guide/google/play/licensing/index.html):
>
> With Google Play Licensing, your application can query Google Play at
> run time to obtain the licensing status for the current user, then
> allow or disallow further use as appropriate.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/24 | 266 | 1,090 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to paste texts copied from host Windows PC to apps inside BlueStacks & vice versa. How to do this?
I am running BlueStacks beta-1...<issue_comment>username_1: I don't know if this will work with BlueStacks specifically, but whenever I want to share a clipboard between my PC and Android device, I use [AirDroid](http://airdroid.com/).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Today, I installed Clipper Plus in BlueStacks and I noticed that its already storing clips I copied in Windows. I have also tried to copy a text in BlueStacks and paste in Windows. It has confirmed that **clipboard has already been shared between BlueStacks & Windows**. Great...
Either this feature has been pushed recently or I didn't notice it without Clipper Plus. I tried to paste using `Ctrl+V` in BlueStacks which still doesn't work. Do paste with proper method: Long-click & choose Paste from menu.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Use something like Evernote to write and exchange stuff between any two devices, including PC and BlueStacks.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/25 | 445 | 1,730 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung galaxy Y mobile phone, and I have just discovered that the option to save messages as draft is completely missing in the app named "Messaging" that I got pre-installed.
I am really shocked, as this is a very basic and common feature in the cheapest phones today.
My Question is: What kind of design/usage philosophy/idea/concept/thought is behind this?
Also, is their any good alternative to this pre-installed app which has the option to save drafts?<issue_comment>username_1: The stock messaging app will automatically save a draft message when you tap on the back button while composing the message, but the recipient field has to be filled. Without a recipient it will give a warning that the message will be deleted.
There are a lot of good alternatives. I have no experience with them myself (I'm using the stock app) but a lot of people seem to like [Handcent](http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms), [GO SMS Pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms) or [ChompSMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.p1.chompsms). Just search the Internet for reviews.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Type the message as you want it to read, but in the **To:** box, type something to identify it as a draft, that is not the same value as anything in your address book.
Use *'draft'* or *'message to Jim'* or whatever identifies it for you. Then back out of the message.
Since it hasn't sent, your phone will save it as a draft, and it will appear in your list of messages. You can then open it at a later time, edit if desired, change the **To:** box to the recipient, and send when ready.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/25 | 805 | 2,937 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm runing ICS 4.1.1 on a Nexus. I'd like to set up a web proxy at home so I can filter pages before reading them on my Nexus when connecting over 3G (not Wi-Fi).
I looked around the settings of the two browsers that come with ICS 4.1.1...
... but I couldn't find anything related to proxies. Does it mean that those browsers don't support proxying? Is there a work-around?<issue_comment>username_1: As pointed out by Al's comment above, it's not a question of *which browser does support it*, but rather of *how to enable it*. And as Sachin's comment suggests, available solutions depend on whether your device is rooted (more and better possibilities) or not.
non-rooted devices
------------------
As long as it's for the browser only, there are multiple easy solutions. So does e.g. [HTTP Proxy Settings](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.credil.proxysettings) give you access to the hidden HTTP Proxy settings the Android system itself has available. For more than browsers, [ASProxy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Alsu.ASProxy) might be a choice -- but it's not for free. It even provides a by-pass for e.g. local networks -- so you can decide which addresses are routed via proxy, and which can be accessed directly.
rooted devices
--------------
First-choice obviously is [ProxyDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.proxydroid): highly rated, it offers a hell of features:
1. Support HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS4 / SOCKS5 proxy
2. Support basic / NTLM / NTLMv2 authentication methods
3. Individual proxy for only one or several apps
4. Multiple profiles support
5. Bind configuration to WIFI's SSID / Mobile Network (2G / 3G)
6. Widgets for quickly switching on/off proxy
7. Low battery and memory consumption (written in C and compiled as native binary)
8. Bypass custom IP address
9. DNS proxy for guys behind the firewall that disallows to resolve external addresses
10. PAC file support (only basic support, thanks to Rhino)
And, another big Plus: This app is *Open Source* and free!
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have a Galaxy S4 and use ConnectBot to connect to my SSH server and setup a port forward via the client to port 8080. Then setup Firefox to use the SOCKS proxy by just going to About:Config and entering the following:
```
network.proxy.socks: 127.0.0.1
network.proxy.socks_port: 8080 (or whatever port you chose to forward in ConnectBot)
network.proxy.socks_remote_dns: true
network.proxy.type: 1 (this tells Firefox to use your manual proxy settings)
```
Hope this helps!
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: [Opera Mobile Classic](https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/android/classic/) also supports proxy. Note that this browser is discontinued.
Type opera:config in address bar, then scroll down to "Proxy" preference.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/25 | 998 | 3,585 | <issue_start>username_0: I prefer to manage my ebook files manually, so I'm having trouble getting the Android Kindle and nook apps to locate the .MOBI and .EPUB files that I put on my SD card.
Is there any sort of Browse feature in these apps for locating custom ebook files?
For the moment, I'm getting around this issue by using [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/)/[FBReader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd), but I'd rather use plain drag & drop and the official Kindle/nook apps if possible.<issue_comment>username_1: Mirrored on [gist](https://gist.github.com/3954528).
Custom ebook files can be read on Android devices by employing a collection of software, detailed below.
Both Android and iOS devices can simply use [iBooks](http://www.apple.com/ipad/built-in-apps/) or [Stanza](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stanza/id284956128?mt=8), and connect to [Calibre](http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#how-do-i-use-app-with-my-ipad-iphone-itouch).
A more manual method employes [Astro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd) for browsing Android files manually. For any ebook file format, if an appropriate app is installed, Astro will be able to open the ebook. See [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_e-book_reader_software#File_formats_supported) for a table of ereaders vs ebook file formats supported.
Secondary software will be required to actually get the ebook files onto the mobile device:
[SugarSync](https://www.sugarsync.com/products/mobile/android.html)
===================================================================
[Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/mobile)
=========================================
Each ereader app looks for books in a different directory. A good compromise is to store all ebooks in `/mnt/sdcard/Books`, organizing ebooks at will through folder hierarchies, and using Astro to navigate to and open individual ebooks.
[FBReader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd)
=====================================================================================================================================
* Autorecognition: `/mnt/sdcard/Books`
* Custom browsing: `FBReader library -> File tree`
[Kindle](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kindle&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd)
================================================================================================================
* Autorecognition: `/mnt/sdcard/Kindle`
[nook](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bn.ereader&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd)
=======================================================================================================
* Autorecognition: `/mnt/sdcard/Nook/MyDocuments`
[Adobe Reader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd)
=====================================================================================================================
* Autorecognition: `/mnt/sdcard/Download/Adobe Reader`
* Custom browsing: `Documents -> All PDFs -> Folder View`
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: On my Samsung Galaxy S5 running v5.0 (Lollipop), the Kindle app refuses to read books you drop into the SD card. There is a folder in the internal memory named "Books" which both the Kindle app and Nook app will read from (including PDFs).
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/26 | 665 | 2,845 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone, the battery level indicator that comes pre-installed in the status bar, shows only a graphical representation of the battery level and does not gives a number (percentage).
So, I have downloaded an app to indicate the battery level, but I am afraid that this would further consume more battery. I think so because, it shows up as "Ongoing" in the status bar:
I have tried many different battery indicators.<issue_comment>username_1: All battery indicator apps will consume more battery since they need to monitor the battery and that takes cpu cycles. The only difference lies in the apps themselves, on how often and precise they check the battery level and other extra stuff (stats, eyecandy, ...).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, of course they consume battery. You can go and check in Settings >> Battery how much is the app actually consuming. (It should appear something like shown the following screenshot) I think it might not consume a significant amount like other apps, but just check it and see if you are okay with the amount of battery it is consuming.
Also, if all you want is remaining battery percentage, I would recommend installing a custom ROM like CyanogenMod that shows the percentage on the status bar itself. (See the status bar in the screenshot below)
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: The battery power such app uses is very insignificant if well made. I use such app and it never shows up in the battery usage statistics. That makes me conclude that on a full cycle of 100% to 0%, those apps will not be responsible for even 1%. If the app you use does show up, it's too intensive and you should try another.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: The battery indicator app in the first picture shown appears to be ours so I'd thought I'd respond. :-)
The ongoing notification shows because all ongoing notifications in Android currently must display a notification as shown, and because the app must always be in memory to work correctly. You do not need a custom rom to be sure the battery is not being drained too much.
Over a year ago I joined with <NAME> to publish both Battery Notifier (Big Text) and Battery Notifier Pro BT because his original program consumed less battery than any other app I had tried. Tested with SystemPanel with the display intentionally kept on, the free and paid versions of our program today still consume less than .01% CPU over 8 hours.
We have left out fancy graphs and other eyecandy to keep our app consuming as little battery as possible.
username_4
<http://batterynotifierpro.blogspot.com/>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/26 | 765 | 3,147 | <issue_start>username_0: At some point in time my Android phone start downloading some `.apk` files in background. I assume this is doing some of the free apps what I've installed on my new phone from Google Play (I've installed 30-40 new apps recently). This is very annoying, but I can't get rid of it. I've tried to scan for viruses by antivirus app, but it found nothing.
How can I detect exactly which app is periodically downloading `apk` files in background?
**Update**:
In notification bar I can see only usual notification about `that .apk file was downloaded successfully`. If I click that notification, it opens usual "Downloads" app with list of downloaded files. Here I can see files that I've downloaded by myself and files that was downloaded by some app in background. So, files are downloaded by native browser, I think.
My phone: Sony xPeria Sola, Android OS 2.3.7<issue_comment>username_1: When that happens, try to see the running apps and services in the background. You will most probably things like messaging apps and other running apps, the app that has downloaded that apk file is most probably still running as a service.
It might in fact be the browser (see if that's running). If not, my understanding is that any app can trigger a download in the "Downloads" app, so it might not be related.
You can get a task killer/manager to inspect and kill apps which you suspect are the source of this, but the one that is in the Settings>Applications>Running (or similar) should be enough.
**tl;dr** Trial and error. Kill the apps you suspect and see if it continues.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I'm still don't know how to answer my question for Android OS 2.x, but for Android OS 4.x there is a nice feature - you can long press any notification in status bar and choose **App info** popup menu, which will opens "App info" screen of application, what was created this notification. Very nice feature, but I didn't find analogue on OS 2.x
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Probably the quickest fix is going to be when it downloads an .apk, go to the notification, long press it, and when "App Info" pops up, click it. It will open in the application manager the app that downloaded it. (It may not be available on your phone, but it works on my S3.)
Your application manager is another wealth of information. There are way too many specifics to get into much detail about, but for example an app that is supposed to be offline, look at it's data usage. If it has used several MB of data, there's your culprit.
You could also narrow down the suspects by looking at the permissions. If it doesn't require network access, it can't download anything. (Although if this doesn't work, I'm not sure how trustworthy the permissions tags really are if we're dealing with a Trojan).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: I rooted my phone and loaded busybox with terminal and just on a whim, iftop was there.
either iftop or tcpdump will tell you everything.
tcpdump -i -w myDumpFile.pcap
let it run and when you think it happened, stop tcpdump and bring the .pcap into wireshark.
It will tell all.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/26 | 516 | 2,084 | <issue_start>username_0: I have linked a great deal of power to my phone. It is connected to my gmail to such an extent that I am starting to get concerned that if somebody where to steal my phone they could reek havok on my life. Is there a way to limit my phone's account power with Google, and other companies.
Example:
On my phone I can add, modify, and delete accounts. That is fine and dandy but I would be devastated if somebody deleted all my contacts and all my mail. Can I limit the accounts ability to delete stuff?<issue_comment>username_1: That is an issue for the **cloud service providers** (Google, DropBox, Facebook, etc. etc.).
---
**Suggestion:**
*If **they** have so much storage, then only an elevated login should be able to permanently delete / re-password, etc.*
---
**Final Thought:**
*However, there is just as much **havoc** in all your information being **disclosed** (copied, publicly released), as in it being **deleted**.*
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: As far as I know there is no way that you can limit the ability of the phone to edit content. That said there are many steps you can take to ensure that somebody won't be able to get to the stage where they can delete your content and dealing with it if it happens:
* setup a pin number on your sim
* setup a lock screen on your phone
* install an application like [SeekDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gtmedia.seekdroid) and give it admin access so that you can remote wipe your phone if you lose it
* install two factor authentication on all accounts which support it (Google, Dropbox, Facebook certainly do atm. Others may)
* make regular backups of anything you would be lost without, and store those backups in the cloud or in multiple places
* don't use the same password more than once. I use [LastPass](https://lastpass.com/) to ensure that all my passwords are all over 20 random characters.
You should really follow all of these steps - it adds a bit of overhead to some tasks, but I certainly favour the security over the convenience.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/26 | 409 | 1,457 | <issue_start>username_0: Or there a way to send SMSs through a PC programatically?
Alternatively: is there an android application that exposes an API over a socket (REST or otherwise) that allows one to send SMSs (and possibly other functionality)?<issue_comment>username_1: We have a [similar question here that asks abour forwarding incoming messages to the PC over a HTTP interface.](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14814/forward-sms-messages-to-http-interface)
Again, I can suggest [MAXS](http://projectmaxs.org) or [GTalkSMS](http://code.google.com/p/gtalksms/) which is like a remote control for your phone over XMPP.
Disclaimer: I am involved in MAXS and GTalkSMS
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: CHeck out this one.
Zipwhip Text Messaging: [LINK](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zipwhip.devicecarbon).
This application supports user to send text from PC over a HTTP and client app.
Also, it supports PC and Mac.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I ended up using [SMS Gateway](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.apksoft.android.smsgateway), it uses HTTP POST to send and receive SMSs.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Another option is using [SMS Gateway API](http://smsgateway.me/) ([Play Store Link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=networked.solutions.sms.gateway.api&hl=en_GB)) it's a hosted one and you can use their web console to easily configure the app.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/27 | 656 | 2,397 | <issue_start>username_0: I used to have this picture as Nexus 7's wallpaper, but the desktop restored to a blank wallpaper after I killed the UI process a few weeks ago. I tried to bring back this picture but it was no where in the wallpaper collection. Meanwhile, the gallery does not have this particular picture.
As I searched for this picture on Google, I found there're other people who use it as their Android wallpaper[here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27541557). Therefore, I suspect that this picture should have come with Nexus 7's pre-built bundle. Moreover, I honestly didn't remember I deliberately downloaded it from somewhere else in the first place.
So, Nexus 7 or other android device owners, could you please check your wallpaper collection and let me know if you find it there? Also, if anyone knows where to obtain it, could you please let me know as well?
Many thanks.
P.S. This is post is totally about my android device and what I'm trying to solve is an issue caused by Nexus 7. Android users are the mostly like group to help, so please don't downvote it for close.
<issue_comment>username_1: We have a [similar question here that asks abour forwarding incoming messages to the PC over a HTTP interface.](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/14814/forward-sms-messages-to-http-interface)
Again, I can suggest [MAXS](http://projectmaxs.org) or [GTalkSMS](http://code.google.com/p/gtalksms/) which is like a remote control for your phone over XMPP.
Disclaimer: I am involved in MAXS and GTalkSMS
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: CHeck out this one.
Zipwhip Text Messaging: [LINK](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zipwhip.devicecarbon).
This application supports user to send text from PC over a HTTP and client app.
Also, it supports PC and Mac.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I ended up using [SMS Gateway](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.apksoft.android.smsgateway), it uses HTTP POST to send and receive SMSs.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: Another option is using [SMS Gateway API](http://smsgateway.me/) ([Play Store Link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=networked.solutions.sms.gateway.api&hl=en_GB)) it's a hosted one and you can use their web console to easily configure the app.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/27 | 648 | 2,242 | <issue_start>username_0: I am not too concerned with the security aspect of putting my mail on the SD card, I am however very interested in moving the mail storage from the phone's internal memory to the SD card.
I have looked at the Gmail app and the stock Mail app and neither of them seem to be movable to the SD card so does anybody know if this can be done?
To be more specific, I really do not need to move the app itself, only the mail storage so if there is a way to move the storage location of mails from the internal memory to the SD card I would be very interested to know how that is done.<issue_comment>username_1: Only if you rooted, you can use data2sd ([original version at Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rappsd.v1&hl=ru); [later modification by enthusiasts at XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962507)), where /data/data linked to /sd-ext/data (or just sdcard mounted to /data). Then ALL application data will be stored on SD Card.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: [K-9 Mail](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9) supports to store mail on the SDCard. So if you're not bound to the GMail or the other pre-installed mail apps, this might be worth a try.
Details can be found e.g. at TechnosAmigos article [How to Save Email Data on your SD Card Rather than Internal Memory on Android Phones/Tablets](http://technosamigos.com/save-email-data-sd-card-rather-than-internal-memory-android-phones/). Basically, it requires the following steps:
* Go to *Settings → Account Settings*.
* Check for the *Storage* option
* Select the SDCard instead of internal storage
Done.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: [K-9 Mail](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9)'s option **Account Settings > Storage** will allow you to save messages to the **first** SD card. Most smartphones have no internal SD card, only the external. Thus my (Android 4.1.2) smartphone stores to `/sdcard/Android/data/com.fsck.k9/`.
Most tablets have an internal and an external SD card and K-9 uses the internal. My tablet (also 4.1.2) stores to `/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.fsck.k9/`. AFAIK K-9 cannot store to the removable SD card sdcard1.
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/27 | 1,182 | 4,114 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently got my Sanyo Zio phone and I would like to upload my android programs that i coded earlier onto it. I installed the driver that I found on the website and then plugged in my phone and when prompted I located the usb driver folder. Yet the installation failed. I tried the same thing with a new driver i found for vista x64. The same problem reoccurred. (i found multiple drivers for both vista x64 and x84 and tried installing all of them) None of them have worked. I can access my phones SD drive no problem but i would like to upload my software from eclipse.
Because of the response I got from costumer service (locted below) I decided that I will root my phone if it allows me to upload my programs from my computer. Does anybody know of a rom that will work with vista 64 on sanyo zio.?
Anyone has any ideas??
Update: I have send a msg to the costumer service for my phone the response is quite upsetting
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>
> Dear XXXXXX,
>
>
> Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. This email message is in response to your email about the difficulty of installing the Sanyo Zio device driver in a Windows Vista 64-bit PC and in a Windows Vista x86 PC.
>
>
> We are sorry to hear about the difficulties you are experiencing with your phone and appreciate the opportunity to assist you.
>
>
> Unfortunately the Sanyo Zio device driver will only work in your Window Vista x86 PC. If you are having difficulty installing the Sanyo Zio M6000 device driver in your PC, please try to download and install the Sanyo Zio SCP-8600 device driver.
>
>
> The Sanyo Zio will only work in your Windows Vista 64-bit PC if you set it as a mass storage device. To set it as a mass storage device, connect the USB data cable from your phone to your computer then from your Sanyo Zio just press "Mount".
>
>
> If you have any further questions, or are interested in purchasing, or information on accessories for your Kyocera Communications Inc. phone, please contact us at any of the phone numbers listed below:
>
>
> -E-Mail: <EMAIL> -Phone: (800) 349-4478 (Toll-free USA and Canada only) -Sanyo Accessories: (877) 204-1816 -Kyocera Accessories: <EMAIL> -International Access: (858) 882-1401 (Outside the USA) -Fax: (858) 882-1717
>
>
> Please help us improve our service by taking the survey. Click the link below:
>
>
> <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKK5RWC>
>
>
> Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. Ivan Technical Support Specialist
>
>
> Phone:
> Zip:
> Carrier: Cricket Wireless
> Feedback:
> I tried to install the usb driver on my vista x64 laptop. I then connect my phone and locate the driver but the installation fails. (i tried this with the driver for vista both the 64 and the x86 version)
>
>
>
---
Submitted via form: <http://www.ziobykyocera.com/tech-support/>
So any ideas on how to get my applications on my phone without installing the driver or how to install a driver anyways... Im kinda desperate :/
**Update** I have rooted my phone and I am willing to install a rom on it to make it connect with my computer. Will that help? If it would how would i go about doing that<issue_comment>username_1: Unfortunately rooting your phone won't change a thing, as the problem is on the Windows side. If Windows doesn't have a way to communicate with the phone (ie, a driver), then it doesn't matter if the phone has a different ROM on it - the hardware is still the same.
However, if you package your apps as APKs you can upload them to the SD card and then click on them to install that way. In Eclipse: right click on the project > Android Tools > Export Signed Application Package. Follow the prompts and you're flying.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If the computer and the phone are on the same network, than you can use ADB via wifi.
There's an app that makes it to turn it on/off: [adbWireless](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=siir.es.adbWireless)
After enabling it open a command prompt and execute:
```
adb connect ip:5555
```
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/27 | 487 | 1,695 | <issue_start>username_0: I am running official Samsung ROM build version 2.6.3 DDLF2. I wish to root it for reverse tethering and few other utilities. Need a trusted link for rooting tutorial or a rooting package for the same.<issue_comment>username_1: Your device seems to be quite easy to root.
1. Make sure you have Samsung Kies installed.
2. Download [Odin 1.8.3](http://ul.to/o2xcp01n)
3. Go [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331253) and download the appropriate file for your firmware. To find out you firmware's version, you can run `dumpstate` on the phone (via `adb shell` or any terminal application). The fifth line of the output will contain the version identifier (like `Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKPG`).
4. Start your phone in download mode. Switch off your phone, and restart it while holding power + volume down + home
5. Enter download mode and plug your phone into your PC.
6. Start Odin and put the firmware you just downloaded into the PDA box.
7. Click Start. Your phone should reboot after a while.
8. Congratulations! You are now rooted!
9. Switch off your phone and reboot into Recovery by holding volume up + home + power.
10. Wipe Dalvik Cache.
11. Reboot.
[Source](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894737)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: The [BAM kernel v15 beta](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355675) will root your device. Just flash it via Odin and that's it!! There you will get everything what you need!
I own the same phone, and I feel it's safest way to root because some newbies flash some other packages which break their Wi-Fi or even cause the phone to boot loop.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/27 | 478 | 1,827 | <issue_start>username_0: While uninstalling some app I may have accidentally uninstalled Google play app.
But even then I have updated Google play app before and while uninstalling it should remove only updates from my phone not the complete app. I should have been able to use default app.
But I am unable to do so.
Yesterday while clicking app's icon it was showed an error, that app isn't installed.
I tried to find it on my app library but it's not there.
What should I do?
I am using Samsung galaxy fit (GT-S5670)<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, downloading and installing the APK should work as long as you have the Google Framework Services -- basically if the Market worked before, then it will again unless you removed system services. (Those can be replaced as well but it's more hassle).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: If your phone is rooted, then you of course have a chance that an app could have flashed something that could remove the GAPPS and Google FrameWork Services, but if you don't know what I am talking about then your phone is not rooted, and you simply need to download Google Play Store.
On the other hand, if you are missing GAPPS, then you can re-flash it depending on your version of Android: <http://goo.im/gapps/>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: As @username_1 suggested I search for an apk over net and found one.
Here is a link: [Google Play Store 3.9.16](http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/10/11/download-latest-google-play-store-3-9-16-with-new-ability-to-remove-apps-from-the-all-apps-list/)
Note: After installing apk to your device if app started force closing
1. Clear data from app i.e go to settings->manage app->play store->clear data
2. If it is still force closing reboot your device
This works for me hope works for others as well
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/27 | 543 | 2,328 | <issue_start>username_0: hi guys i have samsung galaxy s2 and it was working very well before upgrade to ice cream sandwich i didnt face any trouble in upgrading and it upgrade well
but i faced a problem with wifi connection after upgrading ...
and the only solution i had is to reset the router...the problem that i search for this problem in the internet and i found this problem happened to others but i didnt found solution to that
problem details:
it connect normally and tell me that the device connected to the network but there is no internet and when i try to use the wifi to transfer data it says wifi not connected but when you go to the wifi settings it says connected!!
i dont reach access and i dont get IP address when i go to advanced settings said IP unavailable when i reset the router it take an IP the router has no problem on the other devices
so i need a permanent solution does not include factory reset if possible<issue_comment>username_1: I don't own a Galaxy S2. However, I can tell you some steps that you can try. So let me know how it helps. It will be like trial and error. Please tell me what happens when you try this, I will accordingly update the answer.
So first things first, I think it is a problem related to getting IP address. So first, try changing IP address manually. Here's a [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1oysibgU0) that will guide you in doing this. (Not my video)
Try it and see how it helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I think it is kind of a caching ip address error. If you have been connected before the phone does not try to obtain an IP address because the one it got before is still assigned by the network.
What usually works for me is to connect to another network. I have plenty of open networks around where I live. This will make the phone to obtain a new ip address for the new network and delete the old one.
Now simply connect to your network again and the phone will try to obtain a new ip address and will actually communicate with the dhcp.
Worked for my galaxy s2. Hope it will help you too.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Thanks a lot. This fixed it for me too. Goto: `Settings --> Applications --> All --> Software Update`. Clear all the data and restart the device, this should work without trouble.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/27 | 420 | 1,619 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to install Google Chrome on a Kindle Fire HD? I searched the Amazon store and didn't see it there.<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, but you may need to Flash a custom ROM, I think that Google Chrome requires ICS or better, but I am not sure, it may be specifically unavailable to your device or your devices stock firmware.
If you would like a custom ROM, then you'll need to start by rooting your phone.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes. According to the guide [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900651) on sideloading apps onto your Kindle Fire HD it should work fine. You will need to allow the installation of apps from unknown sources [which can be done in the Device menu](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190447). Note that for certain apps, including Chrome, that need a Google account you'll need to download and install the [Google Framework](http://www.mediafire.com/?zaumfwhraxcifqf) and to reboot your device.
I'll provide a quick summary of the link that explains side loading:
1. The first thing you need to do is install a file manager app. I personally use File Expert, but you can use whatever works for you.
2. Next you need to get the app file. You can find it by searching on Google: (app name) apk. So in this case you would search 'chrome apk', there's plenty of links from that.
3. Once you have those, navigate to the Downloads folder with the file manager, and tap the .apk file. Click Install, and you're set!
4. You can find the app in apps>device, it will not be in Cloud.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/28 | 482 | 1,786 | <issue_start>username_0: When I updated to Android 4.1.2 on my Galaxy Nexus, I lost root. Everything is still there, but the permissions on `system/bin/su` no longer include the `setuid` bit, which prevents `su` from working.
I don't want to go through the whole re-rooting process if possible since I used root to re-lock the bootloader and unlocking it without root will wipe the entire phone, including `/storage/sdcard0`.
As far as I can tell, the only thing I need to do to get root back is to fix the permissions of `su`. How should I do this?
Of possible relevance:
* I'm using the stock ROM.
* The phone is the international GSM version.
* I tried to get into recovery and got an android with a red exclamation mark. Is this due to the bootloader being locked or is it a different problem?
* Since the update and losing root, a process called `system_service` has frequently started comsuming 100% of my CPU and slowing my phone to a crawl, forcing me to reboot.<issue_comment>username_1: There are apps for that: Use [OTA RootKeeper](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper) (Free) or [SuperSU Pro](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu.pro) (Paid).
If the OTA update hasn't touched your `/system` partition, these apps will work flawlessly. Another requirement is ext2, ext3, ext4 file system. As you are with stock ROM of Galaxy Nexus, this requirement has met.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: What I wanted doesn't seem to be possible. It makes sense, really, as if it were possible it would represent a major security hole that would allow any app to gain root.
I ended up wiping my phone and testing the quality of my backups. (They weren't as good as I'd hoped.)
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/29 | 391 | 1,496 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that `.odex` files are optimized .dex files.
I have seen a lot of `.odex` files below the path `/system` on my phone. I am just curious if there are also `.odex` files for my installed apps.
I searched the file system but I wasn't able to find `.odex` files for my installed apps. But I assume that they exist - the question is just where they are stored.
BTW: My phone is a rooted Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.2<issue_comment>username_1: When your ROM is booted up for the first time, Android's Dalvik goes through every apk and extracts the dex file from it. It places the dex files in the cache folder - located at /data/dalvik-cache. This is the directory that gets cleared when you clear the dalvik cache in your recovery tool
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I believe every app has an ODEX db because this keeps the app files for running the app,the widget or apk cant work without it. Its normally located in the Secure file system under apps,each app with have its icon and the odex file with the same name .ODEX next to it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: To know where `.odex` files are stored you can use a terminal emulator and run the following command:
```
su && find / -name=*.odex*
```
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Yes every user app has an odex file. Check `/data/app` and you will see every user app with a folder called `oat` in that folder, in which you will see an odex file
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/29 | 747 | 2,916 | <issue_start>username_0: So, I've been travelling around the world a lot over the last couple of months, and one thing that I've been doing to avoid big roaming data charges on my personal phone, has been using the [cached offline maps feature](https://support.google.com/gmm/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=2649131&parent=1616955&ctx=topic) in Google Maps. This has worked without any problems in China, Australia, the UK and the US.
So I'm now in Brazil, and I suddenly find that I can't download any offline maps of the local areas.
When I go to the menu in Google Maps and select Make Available Offline, I get the usual square overlay to select the area, and then it turns red and says "Offline maps is not available in selected area".
I've tried zooming in and out, and moving the selection area around, but no luck.<issue_comment>username_1: It turns out that just because you can see and use a map online, that doesn't mean that Google will allow you to make the area available offline.
Offline maps are only currently available for certain countries, and Brazil isn't currently one of them, in fact it seems to be a fairly odd selection.
Google have published the full list of countries that it's available in here: [Maps for Mobile - Offline Availability](https://support.google.com/gmm/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2650347)
---
EDIT: note that in a July 2013 Google Maps update, Google made offline maps into a hidden feature with no menu option any more. More about how to make maps available offline here: [Get offline maps in new Google Maps](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/48901/156)
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I found that I was able to remove the version of google maps I had installed (which was 6.11.1) and downloaded and installed an older version (6.6.0) from [here](http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/google-maps) which allowed me to pre-cache the area I was previously not allowed to. But in the older version I had to go to settings,labs and turn on the pre-cache option and then long press on the map, click on the balloon, and then scroll to the bottom for the pre-cache option.
I don't understand why downloading maps of certain areas is not allowed in newer versions. Obviously its not a technical reason. Is there some sort of political or legal reason? Other map apps can download maps for the entire world. It really doesn't make any sense to me...
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Early versions of google maps you can save offline large maps anywhere. Newer versions only allowed a smaller area to be saved and the latest verion makes the save function hard to find and you cant save some countries.
Everything seems to get worse with the newer version, its all to do with money I guess. Advertising can only be seen when online. Terrible.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/30 | 839 | 2,985 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2065/what-can-i-do-to-manage-my-phones-internal-storage)
>
>
>
I recently purchased a new Android mobile (Samsung Galaxy Y duos), running on Android 2.3.6. It have 8 GB microSD as external memory.
I installed quite a few application and unfortunately now I'm facing memory issue. While updating Facebook app (around 13 MB) or installing any other app with 10mb+ memory requirement, I got error message `Insufficient storage`.
I checked available storage, which is as follow:
```
SD card
Total space: 7.39 GB
Available space: 6.90 GB
System storage
Available space: 22.47 MB
```
There is lot of space on SD Card but yes system space is low. What is the efficient tricks/best practices to make sure system utilize more SD Card storage and less system storage so that I can install few more apps.
Is there any way to shift few installed apps from system storage to SD Card storage, un-installing and installing is also acceptable for few apps.<issue_comment>username_1: It seems the latest Facebook application crosses the threshold of your system storage. This can be solved by either uninstalling some of the installed apps to allot more space, or by [rooting your phone](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534983) and using [Link2SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD).
EDIT: Also, see [App2SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&hl=en) for moving some of your apps to the SD card. And if you choose to root your phone instead and use [Link2SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD), you'll have the option of uninstall pre-installed "bloatware" apps that you don't necessarily use but came with the phone.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: **Why?**
You said: `System storage Available space: 22.47 MB` And Facebook app size is around 13MB. So why doesn't it update? It's because NOT ALL of the system storage is available for your Apps. Some space is reserved by Android. So unfortunately, you can't install Apps in that space.
About the space in SD card,
a. Facebook App is phone memory only app (Annoying!)
b. Mostly, your apps will be first downloaded to phone memory and then you can move them to SD card. So even if the app is movable to SD card, you will need phone memory to first install it!
**Solution:**
Now the solutions. Try these steps:
1) Move all apps (that can be moved) to SD card. You can do it from Settings or use [App2SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&hl=en) for the same.
2) Clear cache. Again I would suggest to use App2SD for the same. This should free up good amount of space.
3) Uninstall apps that you don't need anymore.
Another suggestion I have is to install a custom ROM that takes less space on your phone.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/30 | 485 | 1,847 | <issue_start>username_0: I notice that many maps vendor such as Google require user to download offline map using their android phone. At the worst case, the user need to setup internet connection point in which the android phone will use the PC's internet to retrieve those offline map.
So, **my question is** - are there really pure offline map that I can first download to my PC and later transfer to the android phone? (It would be better if the offline map can also be view inside the PC too. Meaning that the offline map can be used on multiple devices - Portability!)<issue_comment>username_1: There's an excellent mapping app called Locus ([website](http://www.locusmap.eu/) | app [free](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=menion.android.locus) | [paid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=menion.android.locus.pro)) which has been around for ages and offers a whole lot more features than Google Maps. It supports offline map caching and it looks like you can download vector maps from [here](http://www.vectormaps4locus.eu/content/vector-maps), topographical maps from [here](http://www.4umaps.eu/mountain-bike-hiking-bicycle-outdoor-topographic-map.htm).
Having downloaded one of the vector maps, it seems to be using OSM files, which have a whole load of [viewers for the desktop](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I use [OsmAnd](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand "OsmAnd") which works well with offline maps (OSM). Download offline map(s) once and after that no internet connection is required to use them.
You can download the .obf-file of your location from this [list of offline maps](http://download.osmand.net/rawindexes/list.php). Or use the app to download .obf files directly to your device.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/30 | 1,183 | 4,449 | <issue_start>username_0: This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and "sign in". Simply selecting an account and tapping "sign in" gives unchallenged access to my account via the web; no password is required.
This bothers me, since any malicious person who picks up my phone when I'm not looking can access my email, Google Drive, etc without knowing my password.
Let's assume that my screen-lock hasn't had time to kick in.... or we could assume it's easy to circumvent.
Enabling 2-stage sign in wouldn't help, since if someone has unauthorised access to my phone, they's receive the one-time token.
I've tried looking through all phone and browser settings to no avail. I've hunted through Google Dashboard, and cannot see how to disable this. I've signed out, but the yellow pop-up always appears, always giving unchallenged access.
An app-lock app might be an option, but is inconvenient, especially since friends often use each other's mobile browsers.
Installing a different browser may be an option, although again that's inconvenient, and would mean disabling the stock browser, which my come with other issues.
I'd really like to disable the yellow pop-up permanently, but i cannot seem to find out how to do this. Apologies if this has been answered already.
I'm running Android 4.0.4 Cyanogen mod 9.1.0 on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000.
---
I'm specifically looking for a way to prevent the yellow authentication pop-up in the stock web browser. I'm not bothered about other apps. I'm also not really bothered about why Google has chosen to do this. The lock screen isn't an issue either.
One scenario might be: an acquaintance asks to borrow my phone to use the web browser. Being a little cheeky, they go to Google and sign in, without a password being required. I wish to prevent this. If they were using a web browser on my laptop, they'd need a password. I'm not happy that they don't require it on my phone.
Other apps can be trivially protected by an app-lock. I prefer not to use an app-lock for the web browser. And anyway, unlocking it for a friend to use just leaves the same problem.<issue_comment>username_1: The only solution I am aware of (besides hacking the code itself) is blocking permissions:
* [Permissions denied](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions.donate)
* [PDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid) privacy extension
Regarding PDroid: Currently, only Gingerbread is supported officially but you may find a working patcher for your CM9.1 firmware on [XDA](http://www.xda-developers.com/android/auto-patcher-receives-huge-update-gets-many-new-features/). Its Google Play description says: *PDroid allows you to block access to the following private data for any application regardless of its permissions: [...] **Account auth tokens**, [...]*
EDIT:
Tried PDroid and found it to work great.
You need a compatible ROM (CM, AOKP, PA,...) and [AutoPatcher](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719408) (download [here](http://techerrata.com/browse/mateorod/pastime1971)) plus either the original [PDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid) or the [PDroid2.0](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923576) app (see 1st post/attachment). Note: v2.0 needs JellyBean, use the old one for ICS and below (the original author hasn't updated the app for some time and hasn't ported the original Gingerbread patches. Autopatcher includes both ported **original** PDroid patches and the v2.0 fork for JellyBean)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I had the same problem. I downloaded a separate browser (Skyfire) for "guests" to use and used an app lock to lock my main browser. The authentication option did not drop down in the second browser.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Change your homepage to www.google.com or similar
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: Disable "Google Account sign-in prompts," which allow Google to offer a faster way to sign in with your Google Account on supported third-party sites
<https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?pli=1>
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/30 | 293 | 1,284 | <issue_start>username_0: I know Google Play uses SIM card to determine the region on cell phones. And I know Market Unlocker and Market Enabler.
How does Google Play determine your region on a tablet without SIM card?
And how to change it? I have access to IP address where Google Play is available. And I own a credit card whose billing address is in a country where Google Play paid apps are available.<issue_comment>username_1: Google uses your IP Address and visible WiFi networks, as well as the information from the Google Account you used to determine your region.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Your region is determined by your IP address and your account. What you see in the store is determined by your IP's location, but what you can actually purchase is determined by your Google account.
I bought a Nexus 7 from the USA and primarily use it in Singapore with a Singapore Google account and credit card. All of the prices are in SGD and I don't have access to things like books or movies.
I am currently in Japan and a lot of the Play store text and app titles are in Japanese, the prices are in Yen and I can see movies and books. I have bought some apps, but I cannot download region restricted items e.g. books and some games (even free ones).
Upvotes: 1 |
2012/10/30 | 172 | 654 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently purchased a Micromax A110 and I tried to use my old Sandisk micro SDHC card which is previously used on a Nokia 5233. The problem here is that the new Android phone is not detecting the micro SDHC card. Why won't it work?<issue_comment>username_1: Not all equipment which uses SD cards can use SDHC cards. It may be that your device doesn't support the sdhc card you are using.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have solved the issue. The issue is that the memory card was **locked** by old Nokia phone. So I unlocked it and now it is working perfectly. Thanks for all your support.
Upvotes: -1 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/30 | 591 | 2,249 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the easiest and most time effective way to update to different builds of a custom ROM ?
Say for example, having an Infuse, I follow the builds of Cyanaogenmod 10 and they release updates every week or so. What I usually do is to use Titanium back up pro to backup my apps, flash ROM and do a restore. (which of course takes a lot of time)
Is there a better way to do this that I'm not aware of ? Does updating to a latest version need to have the same steps as flashing a new ROM entirely ?<issue_comment>username_1: If you upgrade your CM10 to a newer build of CM10 you can just flash it right over the existing one, and you are ready. There is no need to backup all of your apps.
The newest builds of CyanogenMod have an updating system build-in however so you don't have to do it all by yourself. It is under System Settings - About Phone. It still downloads the complete zip of the newer build but handles the updating by itself.
There is, however, a new method to update your CyanogenMod. [CyanDelta](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyandelta) is an app that calculates the difference between your build and the newest build and will only download and update this difference.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: What I normally do with my test devices is have [ROM Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager.license#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmtvdXNoaWtkdXR0YS5yb21tYW5hZ2VyLmxpY2Vuc2UiXQ..) installed, which comes with an option to check and upgrade your custom firmware. Just go in there and select "Check for ROM Updates" (you must be using the paid version).
The beauty about using ROM Manager is the fact that you can also install other custom ROMs on your phone straight from it, as it will find the latest versions of various well known ROMs and offer you to download straight from the device.
Once it's downloaded the firmware (be it an update or a different version), you can simply chose install from zip, and it will boot up and allow you to install it.
Quite easy and safe to do, since it does all the work for you, and stops you from messing something up.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/30 | 5,198 | 11,756 | <issue_start>username_0: Ever since upgrading my stock Sprint Galaxy S3 to the official Jelly Bean release, my phone won't go in deep sleep at all, it's constantly at 384MHz. It's because of msm\_otg kernel wakelock. Anyone have any idea how to disable that?
```
===================
General Information
===================
BetterBatteryStats version: 1.11.0.0
Creation Date: 2012-10-29 14:02:58
Statistic Type: (3) Since Unplugged
Since 2 h 10 m 50 s
VERSION.RELEASE: 4.1.1
BRAND: samsung
DEVICE: d2spr
MANUFACTURER: samsung
MODEL: SPH-L710
OS.VERSION: 3.0.31-329968
BOOTLOADER: L710VPBLJ7
HARDWARE: qcom
FINGERPRINT: samsung/d2spr/d2spr:4.1.1/JRO03L/L710VPBLJ7:user/release-keys
ID: JRO03L
TAGS: release-keys
USER: se.infra
PRODUCT: d2spr
RADIO: L710VPBLJ7
Rooted: false
============
Battery Info
============
Level lost [%]: 19 Bat.: 19% (74% to 55%) [8.7%/h]
Voltage lost [mV]: 259 (4036-3777)
===========
Other Usage
===========
Awake (): 2 h 10 m 49 s (7849 s) Ratio: 100.0%
Wifi On (): 2 h 10 m 50 s (7850 s) Ratio: 100.0%
Wifi Running (): 2 h 10 m 50 s (7850 s) Ratio: 100.0%
Bluetooth On (): 2 h 10 m 50 s (7850 s) Ratio: 100.0%
No Data Connection (): 1 h 28 m 40 s (5320 s) Ratio: 67.8%
No or Unknown Signal (): 1 h 28 m 40 s (5320 s) Ratio: 67.8%
Screen On (): 16 m 13 s (973 s) Ratio: 12.4%
Deep Sleep (): (0 s) Ratio: 0.0%
=========
Wakelocks
=========
NetworkLocationLocator (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 6 m 15 s (375 s) Count:339 4.8%
SignalCollector.ScannerThread (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 3 m 19 s (199 s) Count:63 2.5%
AlarmReceiver (com.sec.android.app.clockpackage.Clock): 39 s (39 s) Count:14 0.5%
AlarmManager (in.vineetsirohi.customwidget.Ultimate custom widget (UCCW)): 34 s (34 s) Count:28 0.4%
AlarmManager (Android System): 29 s (29 s) Count:278 0.4%
LocationReceiverService (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 17 s (17 s) Count:857 0.2%
EntriesRefresh_wakelock (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.Google Search): 17 s (17 s) Count:16 0.2%
*sync*_gmail-ls (com.google.android.gm.Gmail): 16 s (16 s) Count:12 0.2%
CheckinsNotificationService (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 12 s (12 s) Count:685 0.2%
ActivityManager-Launch (Android System): 12 s (12 s) Count:51 0.2%
AlarmManager (com.espn.score_center.ScoreCenter): 9 s (9 s) Count:135 0.1%
AlarmManager (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 8 s (8 s) Count:1701 0.1%
*sync*_com.google.android.apps.plus.content.EsProvider (com.google.android.apps.plus.Google+): 7 s (7 s) Count:1 0.1%
GmailProviderProviderChangedBroadcastWakeLock (com.google.android.gm.Gmail): 7 s (7 s) Count:4 0.1%
*sync*_com.android.calendar (Calendar): 7 s (7 s) Count:11 0.1%
FaceDetectionService (Android System): 6 s (6 s) Count:144 0.1%
GTALK_ASYNC_CONN_com.google.android.gsf.gtalkservice.AndroidEndpoint (Google Services): 6 s (6 s) Count:43 0.0%
AsyncCollectorListener (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 6 s (6 s) Count:1089 0.1%
sleep_broadcast (Android System): 5 s (5 s) Count:85 0.1%
*sync*_com.google.android.apps.docs (com.google.android.apps.docs.Drive): 5 s (5 s) Count:6 0.0%
ConnectivityService (Android System): 5 s (5 s) Count:146 0.0%
DocsSyncAdapter (com.google.android.apps.docs.Drive): 5 s (5 s) Count:2 0.0%
PhoneWindowManager.mBroadcastWakeLock (Android System): 4 s (4 s) Count:60 0.1%
NetworkLocationCallbackRunner (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 4 s (4 s) Count:546 0.1%
NetworkLocationPassiveCollector (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 4 s (4 s) Count:551 0.1%
LocationReportingService (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 4 s (4 s) Count:1704 0.1%
NLP PendingIntent client in com.google.android.apps.maps (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 4 s (4 s) Count:1224 0.1%
AlarmManager (com.levelup.beautifulwidgets.Beautiful Widgets): 4 s (4 s) Count:131 0.1%
*sync*_com.android.contacts (Google Services): 3 s (3 s) Count:4 0.0%
BackgroundRequestService (com.facebook.katana.Facebook): 3 s (3 s) Count:29 0.0%
NLP PendingIntent client in com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 3 s (3 s) Count:166 0.0%
*sync*_com.sec.android.gallery3d.picasa.contentprovider (com.sec.android.gallery3d.Gallery): 2 s (2 s) Count:2 0.0%
net.comcast.ottclient.common.sync.WakefulIntentService (net.comcast.ottclient.XFINITY Connect): 2 s (2 s) Count:6 0.0%
RILJ (Phone): 2 s (2 s) Count:70 0.0%
AlarmManager (com.android.providers.calendar.Calendar storage): 2 s (2 s) Count:26 0.0%
AlarmManager (flipboard.app.Flipboard): 2 s (2 s) Count:3 0.0%
*sync*_com.google.android.music.MusicContent (com.google.android.music.Google Play Music): 2 s (2 s) Count:6 0.0%
NetworkStats (Android System): 2 s (2 s) Count:43 0.0%
ScheduleNextAlarmWakeLock (com.android.providers.calendar.Calendar storage): 2 s (2 s) Count:30 0.0%
*sync*_com.android.browser (Google Services): 1 s (1 s) Count:80 0.0%
SyncLoopWakeLock (Android System): 1 s (1 s) Count:377 0.0%
show keyguard (Android System): 1 s (1 s) Count:9 0.0%
AudioOut_15 (1013): 1 s (1 s) Count:5 0.0%
MQTT (com.facebook.katana.Facebook): 1 s (1 s) Count:25 0.0%
GTALK_CONN (Google Services): 1 s (1 s) Count:181 0.0%
*sync*_subscribedfeeds (Google Services): 1 s (1 s) Count:109 0.0%
NfcAdapterManagerImpl (com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel.Wallet): 1 s (1 s) Count:10 0.0%
AlarmManager (com.birdstep.android.cm.Sprint Connections Optimizer): 1 s (1 s) Count:3 0.0%
Event Log Service (Google Services): 1 s (1 s) Count:107 0.0%
AlarmManager (Google Services): 1 s (1 s) Count:216 0.0%
NLP ActivityPendingIntent client in com.google.android.apps.maps (com.google.android.apps.maps.Maps): 1 s (1 s) Count:205 0.0%
AudioOut_3 (1013): 1 s (1 s) Count:6 0.0%
AudioOut_2 (1013): 1 s (1 s) Count:7 0.0%
reset keyguard (Android System): 1 s (1 s) Count:131 0.0%
AlarmManager (org.fueledinc.jackthreads.android.JackThreads): 1 s (1 s) Count:24 0.0%
AlarmManager (com.facebook.katana.Facebook): 1 s (1 s) Count:47 0.0%
================
Kernel Wakelocks
================
"msm_otg" (): 1 h 54 m 31 s (6871 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 87.1%
"wlan_rx_wake" (): 25 m 11 s (1511 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1393/0/1393 19.2%
"PowerManagerService" (): 13 m 25 s (805 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1128/0/0 10.2%
"wlan_ctrl_wake" (): 8 m 17 s (497 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)236/0/236 6.3%
"bam_dmux_wakelock" (): 4 m 4 s (244 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)336/0/168 1.8%
"sec-battery-monitor" (): 1 m 45 s (105 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)233/0/0 1.3%
"smdcntl0" (): 1 m 32 s (92 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1795/0/85 1.2%
"wlan_wake" (): 1 m 18 s (78 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)35988/1/0 1.0%
"BTLowPower" (): 39 s (39 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)16/0/16 0.5%
"msm_serial_hs_dma" (): 30 s (30 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)16/0/0 0.4%
"radio-interface" (): 19 s (19 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)40/0/0 0.2%
"alarm" (): 12 s (12 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1076/0/0 0.2%
"smdcntl1" (): 11 s (11 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)12/0/6 0.2%
"msm_serial_hs_rx" (): 10 s (10 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)37/0/37 0.1%
"vib_present" (): 7 s (7 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)16/0/0 0.1%
"rmt_storage_1093353344" (): 3 s (3 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)10/0/0 0.0%
"rmt_storage_1093353168" (): 3 s (3 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)10/0/0 0.0%
"power-supply" (): 1 s (1 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)233/0/0 0.0%
"sec-battery-measure" (): 1 s (1 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)262/0/0 0.0%
"alarm_rtc" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)15/0/1 0.0%
"pm8xxx_adc_wakelock" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)262/0/0 0.0%
"mmc1_detect" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)2/0/2 0.0%
"mmc0_detect" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)2/0/2 0.0%
"qcril" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)865/0/0 0.0%
"KeyEvents" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)4189/0/0 0.0%
"ApmCommand" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)58/0/0 0.0%
"qmuxd_port_wl_0" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1742/0/0 0.0%
"event7-734" (system, com.sec.android.app.gamehub, com.android.providers.security, com.google.android.backup, com.android.providers.settings): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)35/0/0 0.0%
"event0-734" (system, com.android.server.vpn.enterprise): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 0.0%
"event4-734" (system, com.android.server.vpn.enterprise): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 0.0%
"event1-734" (system, com.android.server.vpn.enterprise): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 0.0%
"event13-734" (system, com.microsoft.onx.app): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)57/0/0 0.0%
"event5-734" (system, com.asksven.betterbatterystats): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)11/0/0 0.0%
"event11-734" (system, com.android.server.vpn.enterprise): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 0.0%
"event10-734" (system, com.android.server.vpn.enterprise): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 0.0%
"event9-734" (system, com.android.server.vpn.enterprise): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)1/0/0 0.0%
"qmuxd_port_wl_1" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)6/0/0 0.0%
"msm_ipc_read" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)20/0/0 0.0%
"msm_ipc_router_smd_xprt" (): (0 s) Cnt:(c/wc/ec)41/0/0 0.0%
======================
Alarms (requires root)
======================
======================
Network (requires root)
======================
==========
CPU States
==========
384 MHz (): 1 h 43 m 3 s 78.4%
486 MHz (): 3 m 46 s 2.9%
594 MHz (): 1 m 53 s 1.4%
702 MHz (): 2 m 8 s 1.6%
810 MHz (): 2 m 40 s 2.0%
918 MHz (): 3 m 59 s 3.0%
1.03 GHz (): 2 m 3 s 1.6%
1.13 GHz (): 1 m 39 s 1.3%
1.24 GHz (): 1 m 20 s 1.0%
1.35 GHz (): 31 s 0.4%
1.46 GHz (): 24 s 0.3%
1.51 GHz (): 7 m 53 s 6.0%
Deep Sleep (): 0.0%
==================
Reference overview
==================
Custom: Reference custom_ref created 0 s (Wl: null; KWl: null; NetS: null; Alrm: null; Proc: null; Oth: null; CPU: null)
Since charged: Reference since_charged_ref created 0 s (Wl: null; KWl: null; NetS: null; Alrm: null; Proc: null; Oth: null; CPU: null)
Since screen off: Reference since_screen_off created 0 s (Wl: null; KWl: null; NetS: null; Alrm: null; Proc: null; Oth: null; CPU: null)
Since unplugged: Reference since_unplugged_ref created 1 h 35 m 58 s (Wl: 43 elements; KWl: 27elements; NetS: null; Alrm: null; Proc: 12 elements; Oth: 7 elements; CPU: 13 elements)
Since boot: Reference since_boot created 59 s (Wl: 11 elements; KWl: 0elements; NetS: null; Alrm: null; Proc: 1 elements; Oth: 6 elements; CPU: 13 elements)
```<issue_comment>username_1: I started having major battery drain after updating some apps recently. Betterbatterystats showed this same msm\_otg as what was preventing sleep.
Uninstalling Google+ updates, and stopping Picasa sync fixed it. I didn't have a Picasa album showing in my gallery as the [link](http://blog.gadgethelpline.com/remove-unwanted-picasa-albums-samsung-galaxy-siii/) indicates, but I am 100% that the G+ and Picasa connection was the culprit.
The steps listed in the link are:
* Open Settings, scroll down and tap Application Manager Tap All
* Select Google+ Tap Uninstall Updates
* Return to home screen by pressing middle button
* Find Google+ in apps menu and open it
* Follow setup steps, when prompted about Auto Uploads choose to turn
them off
* Close Google+ Open Settings, scroll down and tap Accounts and Sync
* Select your Google account
* Untick these options if available: Sync Google+, Sync Google Photos,
Sync Picasa Web Albums
* Tap Sync now at the bottom
* Tap Back arrow twice to return to main settings screen
* Open Application Manager Tap All Scroll down and tap Gallery
* Tap Clear Data
* Return to home screen by pressing middle button
* Open Gallery app, you should now find that the Picasa albums are
gone!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: This otg bug comes when phone is plugged into a computer in mass transfer mode . not sure if happens if you improperly disconnect the device . but that is the problem .
You can reboot to make sure its not running in background and sucking up battery.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: In my case it was easy.
I've tried everything.
Service need to change the resistance behind the power socket on the motherboard.
And now I don't have to reboot all the time. The battery can go into deep sleep.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/30 | 713 | 2,793 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) and I've installed Cyanogenmod 10 M2. I can reboot into recovery from Cyanogenmod (Hold Power button, select Reboot and Recovery). However, I cannot boot directly to recovery holding Volume up + Power or Volume up + Home + Power when the phone is powered down.
**Do I need to do something to the phone hardware to get some button combination to boot to recovery mode?** As far as I know, the button combination I've tried is the correct one for this device. I can boot to download mode with Volume down + Power.
The recovery is the one installed along the official galaxysmtd Cyanogenmod 10 M2 ("CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.4").
I would want to fix the issue because now I'm afraid to flash ROM updates because getting into recovery in case of boot loop is much harder if I cannot get the normal key combo to work.<issue_comment>username_1: OK. I found the correct combination. It seems that the recovery distributed with Cyanogenmod 10 M2 for `galaxysmtd` is really picky about the hardware buttons.
Here's how you can boot to recovery:
1. Start with Galaxy S powered off
2. Press and hold Volume up + Home
3. Press and hold Power button
4. Wait for (factory default) Galaxy S GT-I9000 boot display to show up
5. Release the Power button *before* the second boot display with text "Cyanogen(mod)" shows up. Keep holding the Volume up + Home buttons.
6. Wait for Recovery to start. After you see the recovery menu, you can release the Volume up and Home buttons.
If you fail to release the power button before the second boot display, you cannot get it to go into the recovery mode. Instead it will enter the normal boot sequence which seems to fail if you keep holding the Power button. On the other hand, if you don't keep buttons pressed long enough, it will enter the normal boot sequence, again. I haven't figured out if holding the Home button is really required but at least it does not prevent entering the recovery mode.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: For anyone that arrives here via Google like I did, here is how I got into Recovery Mode:
Device: Galaxy S i9000M (the int'l version of i9000)
ROM: CyanogenMod 10 (CM10)
The three button combo that used to work (Vol Up + Power + Home) did not work. However, holding BOTH volume button and power (no Home) launched me into Recovery pronto.
Hope this helps out a fellow Google traveler.
Cheers.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: For me work: vol up + home + power (release power after showing Galaxy S GT-I9000 boot display and continue with vol up + home)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Hold the power button as you usually do for "power off". Then, select the option "recovery"; it will enter into the recovery mode.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/30 | 430 | 1,797 | <issue_start>username_0: I am not able to clear notifications in the status bar for an app named Astrid Tasks.
Here is the screenshot:
Why is it? I am sure that the app developer must have done this on purpose.
What should I do to get it back?
Can someone give me a link where I could read about these practices?<issue_comment>username_1: Astrid Tasks uses notifications that cannot be cleared by clicking on the "clear" button. Why they did this is a question only the Astrid developers can answer, but my guess is the people from Astrid want to remind you of a task until you actually finish it and/or change its status in Astrid.
By default notifications on Android can be cleared, but an app developer can choose to make a notification not-clearable (if you want technical details on how to do this, go [here](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.html#FLAG_NO_CLEAR)). If there are any notifications that can be cleared, the clear button is enabled/visible but will not clear any non-clearable notifications when clicked.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Like username_1 said.
There is no workaround for this as yet - so I am sorry to say that there is no way to remove the notification.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can remove the notification by clicking on the notification and snoozing the task. The notifications is persistent so you can't accidentally be removed without having finished the task.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: In Astrid's `settings`, under `Reminder settings` there is an option to turn `Notification persistence` on or off. This determines whether or not notifications can be cleared with `Clear All` button.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/30 | 384 | 1,672 | <issue_start>username_0: I am taking a class at the same time on several date throughout the month. Is it possible to copy the calendar event from one week to the next without retyping the event each time. I will be attending the class a total of thirteen times.<issue_comment>username_1: Astrid Tasks uses notifications that cannot be cleared by clicking on the "clear" button. Why they did this is a question only the Astrid developers can answer, but my guess is the people from Astrid want to remind you of a task until you actually finish it and/or change its status in Astrid.
By default notifications on Android can be cleared, but an app developer can choose to make a notification not-clearable (if you want technical details on how to do this, go [here](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.html#FLAG_NO_CLEAR)). If there are any notifications that can be cleared, the clear button is enabled/visible but will not clear any non-clearable notifications when clicked.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Like username_1 said.
There is no workaround for this as yet - so I am sorry to say that there is no way to remove the notification.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: You can remove the notification by clicking on the notification and snoozing the task. The notifications is persistent so you can't accidentally be removed without having finished the task.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: In Astrid's `settings`, under `Reminder settings` there is an option to turn `Notification persistence` on or off. This determines whether or not notifications can be cleared with `Clear All` button.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2012/10/30 | 300 | 1,257 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any way to view the list of my blog subscriptions in Google reader? Currently it is showing "no subscriptions". Is this a bug?<issue_comment>username_1: Does it say "**You have no subscriptions with unread items.**"? If not, then you may need to synchronise with your Google Account, or add some feeds manually.
If you've synchronised with your Google Account, and/or have added feeds, you should be able to press `Menu > Show all`
This should display all of your subscriptions, whether they have new items or not. To go back to updated only: `Menu > Show updated`
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: On the main screen of the app press the `Menu` button and select `Show all`. You should see a list of all your subscriptions below the `SUBSCRIPTIONS` heading, with unread items showing in bold and the unread count to the right. It should look similar to this:
If you don't see anything listed there, you might want to double check the account you're using with the app by pressing the `Menu` button, and going to the `Accounts` option. There you can select your Google account, and check if syncing is enabled for Google Reader.
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/30 | 1,725 | 5,384 | <issue_start>username_0: I keep getting these errors:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/41Jsp.png)
Screenshot #1: install errors (click image to enlarge)
But according to the storage settings I should have plenty of free space:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e40oS.png)
Screenshot #2: free space (click image to enlarge)
I'm assuming, from reading similar questions, that it needs more space to perform the install even though I've moved every app possible to the sd card. I have cleared the browser cache and went through and cleared the cache of every other app, bringing me up to ~15MB. I used Ti to integrate 2 updates into the ROM, and that freed up enough space to update Dropbox. I installed the DiskUsage app, and this is what it looks like:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UVX2T.png)
Screenshot #3: disk usage (click image to enlarge)
Is there anything else that I can do ~~about the 160+MiB of Data or 80+MiB of Applications~~? (I misunderstood how the app works, it looks like the data for Dialer Storage is 12.7MiB and Browser is 11.9MiB, *what would I lose by deleting those?*)
**Update:** Here's a screenshot from App2SD:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9R6rU.png)
Screenshot #4: app2sd (click image to enlarge)
**Update #2:** here are screenshots showing the Browser app and its caches cleared:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vJwuC.png)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XSOsr.png)
Screenshot #5: browser cache: cleared, #6: settings: browser cache cleared (click images to enlarge)
**Update #3:** As a long term update, I think this is partially a permissions issue with apps that I've moved to the SD card. I can move an app at a time back to the phone, and the update will succeed and then I can move it back to SD. Is there some sort of recursive `chmod` I can run to allow it? Here's a snippet of the ddms log when updating an app:
```
01-29 10:50:18.420: I/PackageHelper(16890): Size of container 2 MB 400941 bytes
01-29 10:50:18.428: D/VoldCmdListener(1156): asec create smdl2tmp1 2 fat {} 10096
01-29 10:50:18.428: E/Vold(1156): ASEC file '/mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec' currently exists - destroy it first! (No such device or address)
01-29 10:50:18.428: W/Vold(1156): Returning OperationFailed - no handler for errno 98
01-29 10:50:18.436: E/PackageHelper(16890): Failed to create secure container smdl2tmp1
01-29 10:50:18.436: E/DefContainer(16890): Failed to create container smdl2tmp1
01-29 10:50:18.631: D/dalvikvm(1298): GC_EXPLICIT freed 15097 objects / 741152 bytes in 173ms
01-29 10:50:18.662: D/Finsky(16687): [25] 1.packageInstalled: Package install status for "null" is -18
01-29 10:50:18.694: D/Finsky(16687): [1] InstallerTask.cancelCleanup: Cancel running installation of jackpal.androidterm
```
**Update #4:** After going through a [somewhat tedious process of partitioning the SD for Link2SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD), then moving items to phone, and linking them to the new SD partition, the Google Play store was finally able to update the apps. I'm still really low on space though, I'll have to try clearing the browser data and the MMS messages again.<issue_comment>username_1: If you already have APP2SD and it says there's no app to move then there's no more app to move. I get this problem also when my I update and install new apps. I assume you are not rooted so you have less options. The only things you can do are:
* Clear cache (install cache cleaner app)
* Clear data of non-critical apps like Browser, Games, etc. (Manage Applications > Select Application > Clear Data)
* Uninstall apps you rarely use, install them only when needed (e.g., I rarely Skype on my phone so I just uninstalled it)
* Try a hack which will extend/squeeze the capability of APP2SD: <http://www.bongizmo.com/blog/moving-all-android-apps-to-sdcard-apps2sd-froyo/> (this works well if you are rooted, if not there's still a few apps it can move).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: >
> ### Available space
>
>
> 11.61 MB
>
>
>
You're correct that that's the problem. The Market uses internal storage when installing apps (even if it's installing to the SD card) so you need to free up some internal storage. username_1's suggestions are good for that. I also recommend using Titanium Backup to incorporate system app updates into your ROM, which should free up some space by getting rid of the second version of any system apps (the original version is kept by default). You ought to have more than 2 to integrate?
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I assume you haven't rooted?
If you have, [SD Maid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm) is a great app to clean up system partition.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: You can clear your dalvik, either through recovery or straight from Titanium. Through Titanium, it will tell you what needs to be removed and how much space it will clear.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/30 | 935 | 3,203 | <issue_start>username_0: The Nexus 7 3G is out and I'm wondering whether Android 4.2 tablets are still data-only devices. Can I install a custom ROM or apk to this tablet so that I can send and receive GSM calls and text messages on it? If not, why not? What's missing?
**Added:** Nexus 7 3G has many [hardware features](http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?answer=2841846&topic=2841129) of phones, but not all: It has gps, bluetooth, headphone jack, accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor, compass and nfc, but does not have a receiver (earpiece), haptic feedback (vibrate) or a rear camera. IF the 8"x5" tablet can be used as a phone, you won't look funny putting it against your ear because it has no earpiece.
**Added:** The question is about GSM calls and texting, not VOIP or SIP calls or tethering.<issue_comment>username_1: Technically there is no reason why the GSM Nexus 7 shouldn't be able to make & receive calls and send/receive SMS messages - it has all the right hardware.
I have AOKP ROM, which is a fork of the Cyanogenmod ROMs, on my non-GSM (Wi-Fi only) Nexus 7 and it comes bundled with the phone and messaging apps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: According to this article entitled **"[How To Make / Receive Calls On Nexus 7 Using Google Voice](http://www.ipho9.com/how-to-make-receive-calls-on-nexus-7-using-google-voice/)"** published in August 2012:
The Nexus 7 is a very basic tablet that is meant for doing tasks like surfing the web, socializing on Facebook, Twitter, sending / receiving email, play games, video chat via Skype or Google Talk, etc. In other words, nothing to do with phone calls.
But, if you want to, there is a way to make your Nexus 7 handle phone calls. It’s not particularly straightforward as you will be required to set up multiple accounts and apps and even, in one part of the guide, modify an APK file, but if you take backups prior to strictly following the guide, you should do just fine.
The official thread is available from [XDA Developers](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823701)
In terms of sending texts to and from the Nexus 7, [mySMS](http://www.mysms.com/) seems to do the job. ([Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mysms.android.client))
Alternatively The [Mighty Text](http://mightytext.net/) Tablet App maybe more suitable.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Yes and no. The hardware is capable of sending/receiving GSM calls and texts but there's no way to do with via the stock software. I doubt any after market app would do the trick either, as it appears that tweaks need to be made at the OS level.
There are a couple of devs working on this on XDA. There's no eta, but they *should* get it done in time. We can only wait.
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025377>
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: You can use [Handcent SMS](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms) for sending SMS on the Nexus 7 3G.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: The easiest way to do this would be to use [Google Voice](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googlevoice).
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/31 | 1,082 | 4,535 | <issue_start>username_0: When I moved an app to the Storage Card on my HTC One V, I found some data moved to USB Storage App. The Storage Card is still showing not used. What's "USB storage app"? Why apps are not moving into the Storage Card, instead moving into the "USB storage app"?
1. Before moving the app to the storage card
(Click image to enlarge)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oh7jj.png)
2. After moving the app to the storage card
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pxf0J.png)<issue_comment>username_1: It seems to be the .android\_secure folder on your SD card.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: I guess you have to read the "USB Storage App" as the USB storage used by the app itself. So the code of the application.
If your application would for instance start generating cache information, saved pictures etcetera. And if it would save that information on your Storage Card, then the information will be showed under Storage Card.
So under "App" and "Storage Card App" is only the information and code of the application itself, not the information or data it generates. So in most case these 2 numbers will not change over time. And then under "Data" and "Storage Card" information generated by the application can be found. Either on the Storage Card or the internal memory (depending on the application I guess). This is the information managed by the application (local databases etc), so this will probably change over time, depending on the application in question of course.
This is my interpretation of those 4 terms. And if I check for some applications I use, it looks like my interpretation is correct. It is certainly correct for the applications I created myself, so for these apps I know where what information is saved on the phone.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: "USB storage" is the "internal" SD card i.e. the partition on the phone's internal memory that is treated like an SD card for general data storage.
"Storage card" is your actual physical microSD card.
The latter is where the stuff moved via "move to SD" or "move to storage card" gets put.
As for why it does this, Android's system for storing app stuff in user storage hasn't caught up with the concept of having more than one section of user storage.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The answer posted by @username_2 seems almost correct. The applications under `Application manager -> SD CARD` are those applications which can, at least in part, be moved to the SD card (and this happens where the checkbox next to the application's entry is checked). At first sight it may seem like "Application" and "SD card app" are for code on internal storage and on external storage, respectively, whereas "Data" and "SD card data" are for application data generated by the application on internal storage, and external storage, respectively.
However, upon further inspection I realized that on my Samsung Galaxy SIII I don't have an external SD card inserted, and despite this, while none of the applications listed under `Application manager -> SD CARD` have the `SD card app` field displaying anything but `0.00B`, the example below, and many others, shows that `SD card data` is nonzero even though I don't have an SD card (click the image to enlarge):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/J31eK.png)
So, the only thing I am able to conclude is that these values are not the number of bytes taken up by the application and its data on internal and external storage, but rather how the data would be distributed among these four locations should the user decide to transfer the application to the external SD card (and some portions would still need to reside on internal storage for technical reasons).
Also note that on my device the field names are different. What on the original poster's post is called USB storage app on my system is called SD card app, very confusing.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMkDL.png)
And just as confusing is the fact that when I change the UI language to Italian, what in English was called "SD card app" now becomes "SD card applications" (applications: plural), which means not even the people that localized the system could figure out what these fields represented.
Regards.
Upvotes: 0 |
2012/10/31 | 429 | 1,677 | <issue_start>username_0: This may be related to [Clone Android Device](https://android.stackexchange.com/q/22631/12373) but I don't think it fits my need. I'm looking to accomplish something similar to [Sysprep for Windows](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824816.aspx), which would allow me to distribute Android devices with preloaded applications and settings, such as:
1. Intitial data, settings, and connection information
2. Preloaded applications, with proper licenses/keys for non-free applications
3. addon / restriction for users
Is there a way to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: What you want to do is make your own ROM using a existing one and add more stuff to it. This site would have helped you <http://romkitchen.org/> but its now down.
[This thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246) contains more info, including links to more tools.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You would easily be able to do this via a nandroid backup, and there a apps on Google Play that allow you to restrict the device.
The only issue is licenses for apps - they are linked to the Google Account, so you would have to use the same Google Account on every device if you don't want to pay for every app for each Google Account on every device.
This is fine if it is a generic account, but it may not be wanted if it is a personal account.
If you make a nandroid backup with all the apps, and then restore it to all the other devices, it will have the apps, settings and licenses, as well as the Google Account.
I am going to check on Google Play for the app that allows you to limit ability (I know there is at least one).
Upvotes: 2 |
2012/10/31 | 359 | 1,393 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2065/what-can-i-do-to-manage-my-phones-internal-storage)
>
>
>
I am constantly running into the "Low Space" warning so I would like to know what is really consuming the phone's internal storage.
I've checked and removed app after app, moved them to the SD card and done everything else I can think of but can't seem to figure out what is really consuming the phone's internal storage.
I can see the storage used per app but it seems like this not entirely correct numbers or something is not attached to an app and hence invisible to this app list.
So, is there a way to see what is really consuming the storage?<issue_comment>username_1: [Disk Usage](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en "Disk Usage") provides a way to find files and directories which consume a lot of space on phone and SD card
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: You likely have a memory leak in one of your apps, Android 2.3 is prone to this type of an issue but newer versions are less likely to have this issue. A "Hard Reset" of your phone might be an ok temporary fix, but if it doesn't work and the Disk Usage doesn't tell you anything then i recommend finding a good app killer program.
Upvotes: -1 |
2012/10/31 | 617 | 2,231 | <issue_start>username_0: I am searching for the official name of the third (right) android on-screen button.
The left and middle button are clear:
* Left: **Back** button
* Middle: **Home** button
* Right: ???
Android 1 - 4.4
Android 5.0 - ?
Please include a reference where the name of the third/right button is stated in your answer.<issue_comment>username_1: ~~This is called 'Recents' - you can see info about it [here](http://developer.android.com/design/get-started/ui-overview.html)~~
**EDIT**
As [<NAME>](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/11801/dan-dascalescu) points out, it's now called "Overview".
Upvotes: 5 <issue_comment>username_2: I don't know if there's an official name, but it's usually called the Task Switcher or Recent Tasks button. If you're writing instructions/manual, you may want to avoid calling it a button since older Android devices don't have a dedicated task switching button (the task switcher on my old phone was accessed by long press on the home button, for example). Instead, try to word it so that it's clear that you want them to switch to another task and leave the specifics for several common ways in various devices on a side track.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Different makes call it different things.
Android calls it the recent apps list (press it, it say's recent apps).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: It's called Overview button. I originally came to know about this from the Screen Pinning settings' description.
Google on [Get around on your device](https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6073614) (see *Get around with navigation buttons*) has noted:
**Overview**: Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps and Chrome tabs you’ve worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right.
* It looks like this
* If your device is running Android 4.4 or lower, your Overview button looks like this
Upvotes: 7 [selected_answer] |
2012/11/01 | 713 | 2,864 | <issue_start>username_0: So I have this cheap MK802 android devince connected to my old TV, I want MK802 to be as a digital TV box, which could receive pushed media content from DLNA sources.
Are there any good DMR app for android? I tried:
* com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
* com.waxrain.airplayer
Both can browse remote DMS contents and play them, BubbleUPNP can control my Windows Media Player, but they can NOT receive push pictures, videos, etc.
* What's wrong with my home network?
* Are there any better alternative DMR apps for android?
* What can I do to diagnose the problem?
Thank you all.<issue_comment>username_1: If you can do at least some UPnP operations, there is nothing wrong with your network.
Capability of browsing DMS (aka UPnP **pull**) does not imply a capability of receiving commanded content from DMS/DMC (aka UPnP **push**). DMR has a separate set of optional functions for pushing, which may or may not be implemented.
The simplest way of diagnosing is to start DeviceSpy from [Intel UPnP Developer Tools](http://opentools.homeip.net/dev-tools-for-upnp) (Windows application). That will give you all devices in local network, which do publish some UPnP interfaces. The one you are looking for is `AVTransport` (UPnP namespace intentionally omitted). *No AVTransport means no push*. You should see at least a core function `SetAVTransportURI` there. Don't be surprised if some DMR software does not show up at all. Capability of browsing DMS and playing content from it does not require publishing any UPnP interfaces. DMC does not publish any interfaces itself either, it just knows how to operate other UPnP interfaces.
About the lack of push-capable DMR implementations for Android: push means that the software must be capable of sitting there with an open port and just waiting for commands from any DMC. My wild theory is that this somehow doesn't align with what Android applications can or should do. The fact is that i have BubbleUPnP and UPnPPlay myself on my Android and i confirm that neither implement push. You can try the rest of [Wiki list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UPnP_AV_media_servers_and_clients#Android) and let me know the result :)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: UPnPlay works very nicely for me using Windows Media Player 12 "Play to" feature. Recent versions of BubbleUpnP support DLNA push, although it doesn't seem to support remote volume control even though it pretends to. Also has problem if you jump around in the list in WMP. aVia Media Player works ok, but no remote volume control and similar problems if you try to jump around through multiple tracks remotely. Other apps should handle push as well (MediaHouse UPnP / DLNA Browser, ArkMC DLNA Media Center) but I haven't tried them. I couldn't get AnDLNA or WiFi Oh Player to work with push.
Upvotes: 1 |