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2013/01/30 | 473 | 1,737 | <issue_start>username_0: My girlfriend has an admirer which started out as a good friend. He confessed his love for her some time ago and started to become more and more aggressive while being rejected. He recently started to show some stalker like behavior and started to appear near her flat at late nighttime.
He also hinted, that he always knew when she was chatting with me through WhatsApp. I'm therefore afraid that he might have installed some Spyware on her Android-Phone (HTC One X+)
Is there a way to identify Whatsapp Spyware and to remove it?<issue_comment>username_1: Maybe you try two avenues:
* [Dolphin Browser](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser) (Which does prompt for to clear cache, etc on exit), there's the Mini version, this version as linked to the Play Store, and the HD version.
* [History Eraser](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.eraser) - this clears all the history of SMS, Calls, Browser history etc in one swell foop.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: The PC / desktop Opera version has that feature. Unfortunately, it's not available in mobile versions.
You can try the following browsers instead:
**Dolphin**
* `Settings > Exit Settings > Clear Cache When Exiting`
* `Settings > Exit Settings > Clear History When Exiting`
* `Settings > Exit Settings > Clear Cookies When Exiting`
**UC Browser**
* `Settings > Clear Data > Clear data on exit`
* `Settings > Clear Data > Cookies`
* `Settings > Clear Data > Form`
* `Settings > Clear Data > History`
* `Settings > Clear Data > Cache`
*As of this time, I prefer to use UC Browser, because Dolphin is giving me a lot of issues on my Samsung Galaxy S2, running CM10.1.*
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/01/31 | 400 | 1,591 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 with Jelly Bean on it.
What I want is to long-press the Home button and hear a beep to prompt me to provide a voice command.
I had it set up this way before I installed the official Verizon version of Jelly Bean. I had Cyanogenmod before.
I know that I can long-press the "Menu" soft-key to open up Google Now, but that's not what I want, especially since it doesn't even activate the voice search.<issue_comment>username_1: Galaxy S3 stock ROM has S-Voice on home key double press (do a double click like with a mouse), its not Google's app but its not so bad at all.
If you want to launch another app (like Google's Voice Search), you need to decompile, edit and recompile the framework.jar of your phone to add that function. I would suggest you ask about the change in the Cyanogenmod forum, since it should be fairly simple.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You could install an alternate launcher like Nova and assign the buttons to do different things. Alternatively you can flash a ROM that has the home button going to Google Search by default.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Stock roms hardly comes with enhanced options. IMO you should switch back to Cyanogen based ROMS or any other custom roms. I prefer/rely Cyano as I am using it past 3 years and has lots of revealed options which is good and bad as well. Currently I own a OnePlus One with cyanogen 11S. Alternatively you can root your phone and look for any such app that will help you in modifying the internal stuffs like JRummy Toolbox etc.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/01/31 | 400 | 1,593 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently flashed my HTC ONE X ATT with **CyanogenMod 10.1** and noticed that Flash Player is not installed. I tried to find it on Google Play, but it says that Flash is not compatible with my handset.
How can I install Flash Player on my handset, so flash content works on all my browsers (Browser, Dolphin, Firefox and Chrome)?
I manually installed Flash Player 172.16.58.3 for Android 4.0, but it's only working on Firefox.<issue_comment>username_1: Galaxy S3 stock ROM has S-Voice on home key double press (do a double click like with a mouse), its not Google's app but its not so bad at all.
If you want to launch another app (like Google's Voice Search), you need to decompile, edit and recompile the framework.jar of your phone to add that function. I would suggest you ask about the change in the Cyanogenmod forum, since it should be fairly simple.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You could install an alternate launcher like Nova and assign the buttons to do different things. Alternatively you can flash a ROM that has the home button going to Google Search by default.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Stock roms hardly comes with enhanced options. IMO you should switch back to Cyanogen based ROMS or any other custom roms. I prefer/rely Cyano as I am using it past 3 years and has lots of revealed options which is good and bad as well. Currently I own a OnePlus One with cyanogen 11S. Alternatively you can root your phone and look for any such app that will help you in modifying the internal stuffs like JRummy Toolbox etc.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/01/31 | 454 | 1,891 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Samsung Galaxy Nexus running AOKP 4.2 JellyBean, WiFi has worked without issue before on this exact same hotspot, and it is currently working for other devices, so I'm assuming the error is in the phone. After trying another hotspot, I could see that the WiFi is definitely dead. But after enabling encryption on my device, it gets stuck in a loop. It detects the actual network, but it goes like this:
Saved with X authentication > Authenticating> Obtaining IP address > (Repeat)
I also tried deleting the network and adding it again without success, thinking it had something to do with the cached WPA key.
Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot before I just wipe and reinstall? Is this some kind of known issue?<issue_comment>username_1: Galaxy S3 stock ROM has S-Voice on home key double press (do a double click like with a mouse), its not Google's app but its not so bad at all.
If you want to launch another app (like Google's Voice Search), you need to decompile, edit and recompile the framework.jar of your phone to add that function. I would suggest you ask about the change in the Cyanogenmod forum, since it should be fairly simple.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You could install an alternate launcher like Nova and assign the buttons to do different things. Alternatively you can flash a ROM that has the home button going to Google Search by default.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Stock roms hardly comes with enhanced options. IMO you should switch back to Cyanogen based ROMS or any other custom roms. I prefer/rely Cyano as I am using it past 3 years and has lots of revealed options which is good and bad as well. Currently I own a OnePlus One with cyanogen 11S. Alternatively you can root your phone and look for any such app that will help you in modifying the internal stuffs like JRummy Toolbox etc.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/01/31 | 1,561 | 5,265 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes my SD card gets "corrupted" and this leads to many read/write errors. Usually, connecting the SD card to the windows 7 and selecting the "Error Checking" *(Right click the drive > Tools > Error Checking)* option finds the corruption and fixes it.
How do I check SD cards for drive errors and fix the same **from within the android itself**?
I'd also like to mention that I'm on rooted froyo with busybox installed.<issue_comment>username_1: You can fix this with the help of root and a terminal emulator (e.g. [Android Terminal Emulator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm) (or, alternatively, using `adb shell`). The binary to do the job is called `fsck`, and usually located in either `/system/xbin` or `/system/bin`. Sometimes you need a special variant of it, which might e.g. be called `fsck.exfat` or the like. So first let's make sure we find the right binary:
```
cd /system/xbin
ls fsc*
```
If not found, repeat with `/system/bin`. I will assume here it was found in the first place, and is simply called `fsck` (adjust the following correspondingly if that's not the case).
As `fsck` comes from the "Linux core", we can consult its [man page](http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck) for the syntax. Though there might be some options not working on Android, the most basic ones should. See the linked man page for details (or run a Linux VM and use `man fsck` in case that page disappears) -- I will stick to the basics here:
First we need to find the device your SD card is bound to. If it's mounted, the `mount` command will assist us:
```
mount
```
That's it, basically: Check the output and see where your SD card sits. Usually this is something using `vold`, but it's different between devices. Output may include something like `/dev/block/vold/179:17 on /mnt/storage/sdcard` -- in that case, the first part of my quote is our device. In order to repair the "drive", you need to unmount it first. This can be done via the settings menu, or, as we're just in the terminal, by issuing
```
umount /dev/block/vold/179:17
```
Now we can go for the repair job. Basic syntax is:
```
fsck [options] [-t fstype] [fsoptions]
```
So we first try the simplest approach and hope `fsck` figures out everything itself:
```
fsck -C -r /dev/block/vold/179:17
```
Which basically means: Show progress (-C), and always ask the user to repair (-r) any errors on `/dev/block/vold/179:17`. If this does not work out, check with the linked man page for further options.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I've found an app called [AParted](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted) on the market that can "repair some damaged sdcard and scan for bad blocks" etc.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: thank for this, it saves my day :)
```
root@android:/ # mount | grep -i sdcard
/dev/block/nandk /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
root@android:/ # /system/bin/fsck_msdos -y /dev/block/nandk
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: If I'm not mistaken you can force Android to fsck both the internal and external storage on reboot by doing the following depending on your ROM.
run terminal app and type
```
su
touch /forcefsck
```
Then reboot.
If your phone is not rooted, this will definitely fail.
Source: [XDA Forums - [Q]How to fsck /data or /system?](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57027579&postcount=20)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: While other answers are correct (at least partially), just to add some extra notes. On recent Android releases you don't need to run filesystem check manually as `vold` handles this automatically. See [When should I run a consistency check on my removable MicroSD card?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/219878/218526)
If you want to do this manually, you need a rooted device because it's not possible to access block devices on un-rooted devices. Also you need to un-mount the filesystem before checking for errors. Since Android 6 external SD card is mounted at `/mnt/media_rw/[UUID]` and then emulated on `/mnt/runtime/[VIEW]/[UUID]`. A *VIEW* is then bind-mounted to `/storage/[UUID]`. See details in [How to save files to external SD card?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/218338/218526).
After un-mounting SD card fully, run respective `fsck.*` binary on the block device. Usually `init` enumerates SD card block device as `/dev/block/mmcblk1p*` (`p*` denotes partition number, usually it's only `1`) while `vold` creates another device node in `/dev/block/vold/[MAJOR:MINOR]`. You need to find the correct block device (may also check by `mount | grep /mnt/media_rw` before un-mounting filesystem).
For FAT[N] family of filesystems you can use `fsck_msdos` (or `fsck.fat`), and `fsck.exfat` for exFAT. If these aren't built with your ROM (exFAT was closed source until recently, so there could be license issues), you can use external binaries. Or build from ([dosfstools](https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools) or [exfat](https://github.com/relan/exfat)) source code.
To run filesystem check:
```
~# fsck.exfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
```
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/01/31 | 1,568 | 5,270 | <issue_start>username_0: Somehow I have managed to get my Android phone (HTC Wildfire running Cyanogenmod 7.1 / Android 2.3.7) into a state where the system load (in unix uptime format) and running process list is constantly displayed on top of the screen, no matter what is running. How do I turn this feature off?
(For the avoidance of doubt, I think this happened while the phone was unlocked in my pocket. I never explicitly asked for this behaviour.)<issue_comment>username_1: You can fix this with the help of root and a terminal emulator (e.g. [Android Terminal Emulator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm) (or, alternatively, using `adb shell`). The binary to do the job is called `fsck`, and usually located in either `/system/xbin` or `/system/bin`. Sometimes you need a special variant of it, which might e.g. be called `fsck.exfat` or the like. So first let's make sure we find the right binary:
```
cd /system/xbin
ls fsc*
```
If not found, repeat with `/system/bin`. I will assume here it was found in the first place, and is simply called `fsck` (adjust the following correspondingly if that's not the case).
As `fsck` comes from the "Linux core", we can consult its [man page](http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck) for the syntax. Though there might be some options not working on Android, the most basic ones should. See the linked man page for details (or run a Linux VM and use `man fsck` in case that page disappears) -- I will stick to the basics here:
First we need to find the device your SD card is bound to. If it's mounted, the `mount` command will assist us:
```
mount
```
That's it, basically: Check the output and see where your SD card sits. Usually this is something using `vold`, but it's different between devices. Output may include something like `/dev/block/vold/179:17 on /mnt/storage/sdcard` -- in that case, the first part of my quote is our device. In order to repair the "drive", you need to unmount it first. This can be done via the settings menu, or, as we're just in the terminal, by issuing
```
umount /dev/block/vold/179:17
```
Now we can go for the repair job. Basic syntax is:
```
fsck [options] [-t fstype] [fsoptions]
```
So we first try the simplest approach and hope `fsck` figures out everything itself:
```
fsck -C -r /dev/block/vold/179:17
```
Which basically means: Show progress (-C), and always ask the user to repair (-r) any errors on `/dev/block/vold/179:17`. If this does not work out, check with the linked man page for further options.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I've found an app called [AParted](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted) on the market that can "repair some damaged sdcard and scan for bad blocks" etc.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: thank for this, it saves my day :)
```
root@android:/ # mount | grep -i sdcard
/dev/block/nandk /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
root@android:/ # /system/bin/fsck_msdos -y /dev/block/nandk
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: If I'm not mistaken you can force Android to fsck both the internal and external storage on reboot by doing the following depending on your ROM.
run terminal app and type
```
su
touch /forcefsck
```
Then reboot.
If your phone is not rooted, this will definitely fail.
Source: [XDA Forums - [Q]How to fsck /data or /system?](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57027579&postcount=20)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: While other answers are correct (at least partially), just to add some extra notes. On recent Android releases you don't need to run filesystem check manually as `vold` handles this automatically. See [When should I run a consistency check on my removable MicroSD card?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/219878/218526)
If you want to do this manually, you need a rooted device because it's not possible to access block devices on un-rooted devices. Also you need to un-mount the filesystem before checking for errors. Since Android 6 external SD card is mounted at `/mnt/media_rw/[UUID]` and then emulated on `/mnt/runtime/[VIEW]/[UUID]`. A *VIEW* is then bind-mounted to `/storage/[UUID]`. See details in [How to save files to external SD card?](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/218338/218526).
After un-mounting SD card fully, run respective `fsck.*` binary on the block device. Usually `init` enumerates SD card block device as `/dev/block/mmcblk1p*` (`p*` denotes partition number, usually it's only `1`) while `vold` creates another device node in `/dev/block/vold/[MAJOR:MINOR]`. You need to find the correct block device (may also check by `mount | grep /mnt/media_rw` before un-mounting filesystem).
For FAT[N] family of filesystems you can use `fsck_msdos` (or `fsck.fat`), and `fsck.exfat` for exFAT. If these aren't built with your ROM (exFAT was closed source until recently, so there could be license issues), you can use external binaries. Or build from ([dosfstools](https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools) or [exfat](https://github.com/relan/exfat)) source code.
To run filesystem check:
```
~# fsck.exfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
```
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/01 | 1,000 | 3,235 | <issue_start>username_0: I read that it is used on the computer.
It has been coming up on my Samsung Galaxy S2. It is on at least 3 times at once and up to 7 or 8 at once. They are called `kworker/0:1` through `kworker/0:4` and/or `kworker/u:1` through `kworker/u:4`
Occasionally, it comes up as using about 80 % of the CPU. My phone also regularly crashes as of recently. Could kworker be the problem?
The virus I have also is kind of trojan-based and has popups when I restart my phone sometimes. Also, when my phone is asleep, and I turn it back on, it says kworker is using 100% of my CPU data.<issue_comment>username_1: Uhhhh, **that** is not a virus! *Who told you that?* :)
`kworker` is part of the Linux Kernel's scheduler in which it manages the processes running and switching to it a la multitasking.
That is normal behaviour of the kernel! It exists on the desktop linux also, see this example to illustrate:
```
ps -elf | grep kworker
1 S root 5 2 0 60 -20 - 0 worker Jan31 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/0:0H]
1 S root 6 2 0 80 0 - 0 worker Jan31 ? 00:00:23 [kworker/u:0]
1 S root 7 2 0 60 -20 - 0 worker Jan31 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/u:0H]
1 S root 16 2 0 80 0 - 0 worker Jan31 ? 00:00:16 [kworker/1:0]
1 S root 17 2 0 60 -20 - 0 worker Jan31 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/1:0H]
1 S root 22 2 0 60 -20 - 0 worker Jan31 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/2:0H]
```
The reason that it is "*using about 80 % of the CPU*" is that there's some apps running that are consuming a lot of CPU cycles.
All in all, nothing to worry about.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Even if it might only cover a part of your question: Don't let you scare by those "virus" marketing bluff. There is no such thing as a virus on Android, and hardly will be.
Sure some companies want to sell you their "anti virus product". But if you take a deeper look at what it really does (apart from the marketing buzzwords), none of them seems to really deal with viruses (how should they, if there are none?).
So what's the thing behind it?
Mixing of terms. Today far to many people taking "virus" as the "master-term" including all kinds of malware: virii themselves, trojans, and other evil doers. The [Wikipedia article on the term "computer virus"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus) starts right away with the most important fact:
>
> A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another.
>
>
>
Ever heard of such a thing on Android? No, here the user has to explicitly install it, and agree to its requested permissions. So how should this spread itself? (Malicious gossip has it these terms apply to the Windows OS and most of its payed programs: they replicate and spread from computer to computer via file sharing...). So *Wikipedia* continues:
>
> The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability.
>
>
>
There you go: You don't have a virus.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/01 | 811 | 2,853 | <issue_start>username_0: I hope someone can please help me!! I have had my galaxy s2 for about 1 year with no problems until now. I have never dropped the phone or gotten it wet etc...today I forgot to pay my bill and phone was shut off by ATT. Once I realized, I paid the bill and had it turned back on. When it came back on, I could make and receive calls however I Could not connect to the internet or use facebook without turning on WIFI.
If I tried to use internet with no WIFI it said no internet connection. I then decided to turn the phone off by pressing and holding down the power button. I waited a few seconds then tried to turn the phone back on. It began to boot up by flashing the normal samsung galaxy s2 screen. Instead of fully booting, it continually flashes the samsung galaxy s2 screen over and over. After 10+ minutes of this, I decided to remove the battery and try it that way. I am still having the same issue!
The battery is fully charged and when I try to connect it to my computer, the computer does not reconize any decives. I have a lot of pictures, videos and contacts that I am extremely afraid to lose because I have not copied them to my computer for quite some time....I pray that someone can please help me!!<issue_comment>username_1: As far as I can tell this is what you need to do. **NOTE: This information comes from my research and not my experience and while this may make your phone usable you may lose your data. I suggest removing your microSD card as it is most likely where your pictures and video are**:
1. Download ODIN from [here](http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=odin3%20v1.85&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGQQFjAA&url=http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=581913&d=1304094576&ei=hq8HUJeBHKap0QW6jOHzBA&usg=AFQjCNF7sF0f2yJp0IxHp1ISlP2fzGKhtw&sig2=BKX4LXB15tNBJOGUaa7jqg)
2. Register at Sammobile [here](http://www.sammobile.com/forum/register.php)
3. Download your firmware [here](http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-I777&pcode=ATT&os=1&type=1#)
4. Open ODIN
5. Put your Firmware.tar file in the PDA box and tick PDA (DO NOT TICK OR UNTICK ANYTHING ELSE)
6. Attach your phone to your computer using your USB cable and click Start. Don't do anything else until it is done.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Use @ZnewmaN 's method to backup your data. As for what's wrong with the phone, a similar thing happened to my Nexus One sometime back. It just kept on loading and never actually finished booting. Just go to the boot screen or what ever it is called, (usually when you turn on the phone keep the volume down button pressed and press power button) and do a factory reset and it should be fine.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It's possible that the button is stucked. All you have to do is hold down the power button until it works.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/01 | 665 | 2,154 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an LG Optimus One P500 phone which has an official update limited to Android Gingerbread 2.2.3. But I've heard of people installing ICS custom ROMS on their phone even though officially it is not supported.
My phone has the following specifications:
CPU: 600MHz
RAM: 512MB
Current OS: Gingerbread (runs very smoothly with no lags for any tasks)
So I'm just trying to find out **what are the minimum requirements for ICS** and whether a phone will continue to function as smoothly as it did for Gingerbread.<issue_comment>username_1: As far as I can tell this is what you need to do. **NOTE: This information comes from my research and not my experience and while this may make your phone usable you may lose your data. I suggest removing your microSD card as it is most likely where your pictures and video are**:
1. Download ODIN from [here](http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=odin3%20v1.85&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGQQFjAA&url=http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=581913&d=1304094576&ei=hq8HUJeBHKap0QW6jOHzBA&usg=AFQjCNF7sF0f2yJp0IxHp1ISlP2fzGKhtw&sig2=BKX4LXB15tNBJOGUaa7jqg)
2. Register at Sammobile [here](http://www.sammobile.com/forum/register.php)
3. Download your firmware [here](http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-I777&pcode=ATT&os=1&type=1#)
4. Open ODIN
5. Put your Firmware.tar file in the PDA box and tick PDA (DO NOT TICK OR UNTICK ANYTHING ELSE)
6. Attach your phone to your computer using your USB cable and click Start. Don't do anything else until it is done.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Use @ZnewmaN 's method to backup your data. As for what's wrong with the phone, a similar thing happened to my Nexus One sometime back. It just kept on loading and never actually finished booting. Just go to the boot screen or what ever it is called, (usually when you turn on the phone keep the volume down button pressed and press power button) and do a factory reset and it should be fine.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: It's possible that the button is stucked. All you have to do is hold down the power button until it works.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/02 | 644 | 2,292 | <issue_start>username_0: I lost my data upgrading to M1 CM10.1 through CMUpdate, but I still see it when I go into clockwork recovery mod. I tried accessing it through adb and adb shell but I cannot find it. Furthermore my Galaxy Nexus is reporting that it's full.
I have tried this method: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705>
However, it does not recover all my data and if it does it's often renamed and/or corrupted (i.e. images merged together, mp3s losing metadata, and so on)
Is there a way to access it using CWM and copy it to my PC? What commands is CWM using to access that otherwise inaccessible data that I could run from adb?
I tried tweeting the CWM guy but he never got back to me.<issue_comment>username_1: [Titanium Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup) offers this when you have the [Pro key](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro).
To get a copy from the cwm folder you can use `adb pull`.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Use `adb shell` and look in `/data/media`.
Should be there.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: If you were going from CM10 to CM10.1 — that is, moving from Android 4.1 to 4.2 — your data "loss" is probably because the path to your emulated SD card has changed due to the new multiuser support. Previously, the SD card was `/data/media`, but now it's a *subdirectory* such as `/data/media/0`, with additional subdirectories (such as `/data/media/1`) for additional user accounts. The files should've been moved to the new location automatically when you first booted CM10.1, but maybe that didn't happen.
Using a root file manager or shell, create a `/data/media/0` directory if it doesn't exist already, and then move all the *other* files from `/data/media` into the `0` subdirectory, and it should become visible within Android again.
---
If you use ClockworkMod for backups, you may find that it can no longer find your backups directory, because it's still looking for `/data/media/clockworkmod`, not `/data/media/0/clockworkmod`. You can fix that by creating a symlink in the old location. From a root shell, run these two commands:
```
cd /data/media
ln -s 0/clockworkmod clockworkmod
```
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/02 | 302 | 1,016 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to check the manufacturing date of an Xperia Ray. The easy way is by looking at the sticker under the battery, but I'm trying to convey this to a potential seller, and I would prefer something that doesn't involve taking apart the phone. I've read on Yahoo answers that `*#9999#` should do it, but it's normally a Nokia [service code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplementary_service_codes) so I doubt the accuracy. I've also found `*#*#4636#*#*` (info) and `*#*#7378423#*#*` (service), which may have what I need inside of a menu. Can anyone give me a more reliable answer?<issue_comment>username_1: [Xperia™ Function Tester App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.androidapp.functiontester&feature=search_result&hl=en)
I would suggest trying this official application to find out the information you needed.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: On my Xperia Z2 this code works: `*#*#SERVICE#*#*` type into dialer and a menu would appear.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/02 | 204 | 710 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a rzr hd and one of the stock ringtones was an ice cream truck. About a month ago, it disappeared from my phone. Any ideas? I don't know the name of it, but I haven't added any ringtones to my phone or connected it to a USB. The ringtone is just gone from the menu. Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: [Xperia™ Function Tester App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.androidapp.functiontester&feature=search_result&hl=en)
I would suggest trying this official application to find out the information you needed.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: On my Xperia Z2 this code works: `*#*#SERVICE#*#*` type into dialer and a menu would appear.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/02 | 976 | 3,793 | <issue_start>username_0: My mother is considering to get an Android tablet - probably a Nexus 7 or 10. Because I don't live near her, I might need to provide some remote assistance -- and you probably know that *talking her through things on the phone* is not very efficient, especially when I can't actually *see what's on her screen.*
I **don't** want to access the file system, read SMS messages, download photos, etc.
**I just want to *see what she sees*** so that I can talk her through whatever she needs help with.
**Is there an Android equivalent of running a VNC server** so that I can *see* the exact screen my mom is currently seeing? The "VNC server" apps I've seen in the Play Store are more like *remote desktop* apps and they all seem to require to launch an app from the device -- then you can see Android on your pc *but not on the device* which wouldn't help my mom.
**Is it possible to do some kind of screen-sharing** on Android, similar to a PC running VNC?
Could this work via a PC (Windows, Linux), or would I need another Android device, or perhaps even an identical Android *tablet?*<issue_comment>username_1: As you already put it into your question: You might consider installing a VNC server on your mother's device. Admitted, most of them require root access, so this could be a problem. However, at least one claims to do without root: [VMLite VNC Server](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver). But it comes at a cost: There's no free version available, so you'ld have to pay about EUR 6.
To give you a closer idea, some quote from the app's description:
>
> This app works on rooted and non-rooted android devices. However, for non-rooted devices, every time after turning the device completely off and on, you will have to connect your device to a Windows PC or Mac using a USB cable, then run a free desktop program, VMLite Android App Controller, to start the server on your device. Once the server is started, you can disconnect your device. If you don't turn your device off (but just let it "sleep"), then the server will continue running for months, if desired.
>
>
>
As that should definitely work, there are some other apps which might be working as well: [VNC Server Ultimate](https://www.appbrain.com/app/com.icecoldapps.vncserverultimate)¹ writes *The app normally requires root but on some devices it works without root.*, so you could give it a try -- it's free, and a paid version is available for just EUR 2.
---
¹ *VNC Server Ultimate* was unpublished in 5/2015, so consider it a place-holder for the fact that "[similar apps](https://android.izzysoft.de/applists/category/named/remotedroid_controldroid#group_671 "IzzyOnDroid: VNC server") might exist"
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: I attempted to get VNC options working, but they're all buggy. In particular the keyboard mappings and clunky and the screens never seem to render correctly. I even wrote to an author offering money for improvements but never got anything back.
Teamviewer 8 is the only solution I've found where it actually works the way it is supposed to (i.e. seamlessly). Teamviewer is free for personal use, which is a bonus, but it is by far and away the best solution I have found. It properly supports the Android home/nav keys and has complete and properly mapped support for keyboard input.
To use it, install Teamviewer 8 on your PC/Mac, and "[Teamviewer Quicksupport](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamviewer.quicksupport.market)" on your Android device. As far as I know, root is not required.
No, I don't work for Teamviewer.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Download TeamViewer: Quick support and the add-on for the device you want to manage remotely.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/02 | 280 | 1,013 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, running Android 4.0.3.
I want to install Nova 3 Near Orbit on this device. I need 2 gigabyte of memory to install the game, but I only have 1.97 gigabytes in total.
How can i get the other 3 megabyte? I have 11 gigabyte of space on my phone, and I also have an SD card with 14 gigabyte.<issue_comment>username_1: There is no way to add additional RAM to your Android device (as you've tagged your question "RAM" I assume you are meaning RAM). So: sorry, you won't be able to solve this.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: You can get free storage space the same way you do on your PC:
* Uninstall some apps you're not using. You might find it useful to go into the device **Settings**, then **Apps** (or **Applications manager**), then press the menu key and choose **Sort by size** to see which are taking up the most space.
* If you have lots of videos, photos, or music in your internal storage, delete them, or move them to your SD card.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/02 | 655 | 2,452 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it a bug in Jelly Bean 4.2.1 that subdirectories within the Music directory are not scanned for music files?
UPDATE: I just verified that copying using `cp` or using `Nautilus` on Ubuntu or `Windows Explorer` works just fine. They are scanned immediately by the player. But if I use `rsync` they are not! This is very strange. I also checked file permissions and they are the same in both cases.
I am trying to sync the music collection on my desktop to my Nexus 4. On my desktop my music is organized as follows.
```
Artist1/
Artist1/Art1_Track1.mp3
Artist1/Art1_Track.mp3
Artist2/
Artist2/Art2_Track1.mp3
Artist2/Art2_Track2.mp3
...
```
When I copy the same directory structure into the Music directory the stock music player does not scan the music in subdirectories. It works fine for files in the base Music directory though.
FYI, I use rsync to sync the music collection to the Music directory. I am using Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean on the LG Nexus 4. The device is mounted using `go-mtpfs` on a Ubuntu installation.
---
### Update: Some summary from the comments (by Izzy)
* the problem only exists when files are transferred using `rsync`. While `rsync` is in progress, files get a temporary file name extension like e.g. `.test.mp3.xdGHsk` -- but they are correctly renamed to `.mp3` once the transfer is finished (normal behaviour for `rsync`)
* there are no `.nomedia` files in the affected directories
* [Rescan Media](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner) is used to force the Media Scanner to update the library *after `rsync` completed its job*
### Update: More summary from the comments and correction (by Srinath)
* USB connection mode is MTP, on the Linux PC the device is mounted using [go-mtpfs](https://github.com/hanwen/go-mtpfs) (MTP file system implementation in Go language)
* The files transferred using `rsync` can be viewed and played using a file browser app like `ES File Explorer`<issue_comment>username_1: Try and clear the app data.
Settings > Play Music > Clear data.
This should re-scan your whole SD card for music. If this doesn't work, uninstall Google play music, remove your MP3 files, the reinstall Google play music. If that still fails, try another app like DoubleTwist.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: If the problem is really that rsync renames the files, try rsync --inplace.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/02 | 1,442 | 5,736 | <issue_start>username_0: I found several questions here where people want to merge several of their contacts into one.
I'm having exactly the opposite problem:
On both my Android devices (Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 7), two of my contacts were automatically merged, without noticing or asking me first.
I noticed this when I didn't find my mother anymore in my contacts. After some searching, I found that my father's entry now had two cell phone numbers (his own and my mother's) and two dates of birth (again, his own and my mother's).
Now I understand how it's possible that they were recognized as "similar" (both share the same last name, street adress, non-cell phone number and e-mail adress), but it's beyond me why on earth it would just merge them automatically, without any notice?
Please note that they are still two separate contacts in the GMail web interface.
They are just merged in the contact apps of both my Android devices.
I had another Android phone until a few days ago (HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2), but I don't know if they were already merged there too or if this is a new bug in Android 4.2.
Finally, I compared my complete contact list on my phone with the one in GMail, on order to find out if more contacts were merged.
But my parents were the only ones, even though I have a few more married couples with the same names and adresses in there.
Any idea why this happens and how I can separate them into two different contacts again?<issue_comment>username_1: I found a solution that kind of works, but IMO it's still unsatisfying.
After some googling, I found [that this is a known bug in Android](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4979).
Apparently it's fixed (the issue is closed), but I don't think so, because not only do I have these problems *now*, there are also comments with complaints which were posted after the date when the issue was closed.
[One of the comments](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4979#c10) had a solution that works for me, but it's not ideal:
When I edit the contact (which has my father's name, as mentioned in the question) it shows **both** contacts to edit...still on the same screen, but clearly separated as different contacts.
On this screen, I can separate or merge them in the options menu. When I choose to separate them, they become two different contacts again...but only on this device. I have to repeat that on the other device in order to separate them there as well.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I have tried the Separate Contacts option on my ZTE Valet Android 4.1 phone. If I perform it for one contact, it applies to ALL merged contacts. I like this, but it does not seem intuitive. To separate merged contacts in Android: Open Contacts. Select a contact that is merged. Do NOT edit the contact, instead at this point click the menu option (lower right). Then click Separate Contact. As I said, for me this separated ALL merged contacts, not just the selected contact.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I found a 'near' solution for my Moto-X (2014) running OS 5.1.
1. Go to Accounts, and turn off Auto-Sync Data
2. Go to Apps, find Contacts Storage and Clear Data
3. Go to Accounts, Google (all of the sync toggle should be off at this moment)
4. Sync only the Contacts by touching the Sync toggle button, and wait patiently until the sync arrow symbol stop (meaning sync is complete). It took me about 15 minutes for me as I have 1000 contacts with many pictures on each contact.
5. Go back to Accounts, and click Auto-Sync Data
With this, I still see few accounts that are merged, but it is way cleaner.
If you have photos on contacts, some photos will also be screwed up, but at least it solved the auto merge issues 90%.
Hope it helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: If you want to keep your Whatsapp and Gmail contacts separated.
Go to settings accounts take off auto sync. Make sure Google or Whatsapp is NOT running in the background (very important)Delete Google and Whatsapp account from settings/accounts, there only (Only on settings/accounts). Open google/gmail and login/Sign up. It will ask you to put on auto sync, let it auto sync and load you email and contacts. Close all running background again. Go to setting/accounts, take off auto sync. Now open Whatsapp, it should only have your phone contacts only (whatever your set to show as phone contacts)
Hope it works for you, running Android 6.0
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: I solved it by disabling the WhatsApp contact sync.
Go to **Accounts > WhatsApp > Sync > Disable**
Maybe WhatsApp and Google are conflicting with each other when both sync.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_6: First make sure that all contact are back up with gmail then close mail sync. Then Go to settings >permission >permission >contact >contact and dialer first deny permission
And allow permission again
And then on your Gmail sync you will get all your contacts properly.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: The best solution for all android phones is to:
1. Goto Contacts app
2. Click on the three dots near the search button.
3. A list menu will display , click onto Manage accounts.
4. Delete the other accounts showing here like Whatsapp (It will delete only contacts of Whatsapp, not data of Whatsapp, just relaxed), Duo etc, expect Google.
5. After deleting the other accounts, restart your phone.
6. Now your contacts is showing ok. Waw...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: I solved this issue in my Realme 2 Pro phone this way:
* Open Accounts & Sync
* Goto Gmail and open it. Removed all the other accounts except my Gmail account.
Automatically it solved the issue.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/02 | 809 | 2,957 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Motorola Xoom running Jelly Bean and am moving to the Asus TFT-700. I plan on giving my Xoom to someone in a factory default condition so that my Google account will only be on the Asus. Do I really need to remember all of my installed apps so that they can be manually downloaded to the Asus or will my Google account take care of this automatically?<issue_comment>username_1: Google's backup service is described on [one of their support pages](http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=168906):
>
> Backing up and restoring your data
> ==================================
>
>
> You can back up your settings and other data with your Google Account,
> so if you ever replace your tablet, you can restore your data on the
> new one. If you choose to use this service, your data is backed up
> automatically.
>
>
> If you previously used the backup service with the Google Account you
> just used to sign in, you can also choose to restore your settings
> from your Google Account to your tablet now.
>
>
> Important: If you want to restore your settings, you must do that now
> during setup. You can’t restore data after setup is complete.
>
>
> Many kinds of data are backed up, including:
>
>
> * Your Android settings, such as your Wi-Fi networks and passwords,
> user dictionary, and so on
> * Many Google application settings, such as
> your Browser bookmarks
> * The apps you download from Android Market Some
> third-party apps also make use of the backup service, so if you
> reinstall one, its settings and data are restored
>
>
>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Using Google's backup service (as [described by username_1](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/38874/16575)) is one way. But as in the past this did not prove very reliable (it should have improved with 4.x, though), plus apps have to actively support it (which by far not all do), there are alternatives to consider.
Since Android 4.0, you can perform [Full Backup of non-rooted devices](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28296/16575). You can also backup/restore single apps (including their data) this way.
An easier approach is using Koush's [Carbon Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup) -- at least if you buy the Pro license (less than 4 Euro). Install the app on both devices, and you can sync apps and data between the two (see the second "tab" in the screenshot[1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/424XW.jpg)).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: I would use Google backup for any personal data or other data and [Appmonster](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android_telefonie.appmanager) for the apps. The free version can batch backup all the apps on your device to a `.apk` format which you could batch reinstall onto the new device once Appmonster is installed on it.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/03 | 323 | 1,227 | <issue_start>username_0: Given that OpenFeint seems to no longer be in service [(OpenFeint service shutting down Dec 14)](http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/16/3655496/openfeint-shutting-down-dec-14-could-disrupt-ios-android-games), was wondering if it is safe to remove the OpenFeint folder from the phone.
The main reason is that for some odd reason, OpenFeint images have been showing up in my Gallery, which is really annoying. I've stopped them from showing up by adding the '.nomedia' file in the directories. Whilst doing this, I thought - can't I just remove the entire directory given OpenFeint is no longer in service?
Does anyone know if it will cause any problems?<issue_comment>username_1: I won't cause any problem and you can easily delete it.
To be dead sure you can try renaming the directory to something else and see if anything happens. But as I said it's perfectly ok to remove it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Openfeint is an app addon that tracks High Scores for the registered apps/games.
Removing it *might* remove your highscore records on your phone, reducing your bragging rights :P
But other than that, if you are not concerned deleting your scores, then you may remove it.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/03 | 426 | 1,855 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Micromax Supercanvas 2 phone.
I installed ES File Explorer from Play Store. I was browsing through various directories and files. When trying to open server logs, events, and other similar files, I was asked to open the file from a list of applications (e.g HTML viewer, ES file viewer, etc.) I selected Android HTML Viewer (as default). No file content is shown. Instead, an error is shown that file does not exist on path.
I tried going through all android apps and removing the cache and defaults. It did not remove the association. It still opens files in HTML Viewer.
Is there any way to remove the association, so that I can select which app to use to open the file?
Thanks in advance for any help.<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to take a look at the [Default App Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appiator.defaultappmanager). From the app's description:
>
> Default App Manager is a simple yet very functional app to manage (set defaults, clear/reset defaults) default applications for different types of actions that Android does. Unlike other applications that allow you to manage defaults for only one-two types of categories, this app allows to you to manage for almost all the common actions.
>
>
>
The description sounds quite promising. But not having tried the app myself, I cannot give any guarantee it will solve your special issue ;)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: From my experience, I think ES's default app associations are separate from the operating system's. To clear ES's file associations (assuming you are using the latest version), from ES File explorer go to *Settings > Cleanup setting > Clear defaults*.
The next time you try to open a file ES File explorer should now ask which application you want to open the file with.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/03 | 498 | 2,204 | <issue_start>username_0: On my tf300t ASUS tablet (with wifi only) I tried to set "Restrict Background Data" following
*Settings->Data Usage->three boxes in the upper right corner*,
but there is no such option. I read on some forums that this option is only available with limited mobile data, but the option to set a limit is not available under Settings->Data Usage->three boxes in the upper right corner.
There is, however, an option under
*Settings ->Developer Options -> Background process limit*,
but I'm not sure about it. On my Gingerbread phone, background processes were disabled, and whenever I wanted to download an app, I had to enable it. With the Backround Process limit, however, downloading is possible (therefore, I'm not sure if this is the equivalent to Gingerbread's setting). Furthermore, I noticed that, after setting Background Process limit, every once in a while I get a message that some Asus process has been terminated. My question is: how would one disable background processes (no connections to wifi while screen off, ...) in order to save the battery?<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to take a look at the [Default App Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appiator.defaultappmanager). From the app's description:
>
> Default App Manager is a simple yet very functional app to manage (set defaults, clear/reset defaults) default applications for different types of actions that Android does. Unlike other applications that allow you to manage defaults for only one-two types of categories, this app allows to you to manage for almost all the common actions.
>
>
>
The description sounds quite promising. But not having tried the app myself, I cannot give any guarantee it will solve your special issue ;)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: From my experience, I think ES's default app associations are separate from the operating system's. To clear ES's file associations (assuming you are using the latest version), from ES File explorer go to *Settings > Cleanup setting > Clear defaults*.
The next time you try to open a file ES File explorer should now ask which application you want to open the file with.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/03 | 286 | 1,113 | <issue_start>username_0: My GT-I9000 takes ages to come "alive" after powering up. It has been slow for a while, but now it has gotten even slower, anything up to 10 minutes sometimes. When it activates, everything works fine.
I was wondering if it is the loaded software that is causing the problem. Firmware is Gingerbread 2.3.6 XXJW4/XXJW4/OXAJW5. I have done a full factory reset and cleared the cache, but it does not make any difference. Can anyone help please?<issue_comment>username_1: Had the exact same problem. It went away when I uninstalled the Facebook app.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The official Firmware runs Touchwiz, which is a known Resourcehog, in addition to 2.x having known occasional performance issues with the Mediascanner.
I recommend flashing the latest stable [CyanogenMod release](http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=galaxysmtd).
Although you will sacrifice a few features, such as FM Radio - which can be restored with specific Kernels and Apps which use the functionality, it is very much worth the initial time investment in aspects of performance.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/03 | 713 | 2,614 | <issue_start>username_0: I was using the default Android browser and I noticed a drive-by download.
The file is `sexplay-r8.apk` MD5 (sexplay-r8.apk) = 61ec2c6dab14c53ca323ee0dbcad112e
It looks very much like a malware to me:
What should I do now ? How can I find what triggered the download of this file ?
I'm interested in triggering the download again, but I can't find a way to consult the history of the browser. Android isn't very forensics friendly.<issue_comment>username_1: Very first thing I'd do is removing that app ASAP from my device (*Settings→Applications→Manage Applications*). One never knows what it does!
Second, it helps to disable "unknown sources" (you always can enable them again when needed), to prevent such apps from being installed. With "unknown sources" (in Android 4.0.x you find this option in *Settings→Security*) disabled, only Google Playstore is permitted to install apps.
I have no idea what this app does, and whether it maybe installed (and hid) some Trojan stuff. If you want to be 100% sure, you can do a *factory reset* -- but that way you'd lose all your data and all apps you installed (it will, however, by default not touch your sd card). This option might sound a bit paranoid -- but even if I'm paranoid, that doesn't mean they are not after me! ;)
Of course, this is fully up to you. Uninstalling that app is definitly a must -- the other steps are IMHO optional. But I'd at least look around in the App Drawer to check if there are other suspicious things which not belong.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: To access the browser history, tap the "tabs" menu. (Looks like the tabs of a file folder and is next to the overflow menu, which itself looks like three vertical dots.)
Once you can see your open tabs plus the blank one to add a new one, tap the overflow menu.
You should see four options
* New incognito tab
* **History**
* Saved pages
* Settings
(I think you know what to do.)
This is on a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.1.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: You might want to use a packet sniffing apps for android.
I recommend [Shark for Root](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.n3o.shark). This is like Wireshark but for android. It does not have a gui for viewing logs. You will need another application like [Shark Reader](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.n3o.sharkreader).
This of course requires you to trigger the drive-by download again while the app is running to track where the rouge apk is coming.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/04 | 367 | 1,428 | <issue_start>username_0: I've got a brand spanking Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I want to import my SMS's - I've installed Kies, detected an iphone backup, (my iphone's name and date displays) but the import screen just refreshes infinitely (hmm... probably infinite) whilst my fans get to cranking (activity monitor shows 30% CPU).
My iphone backup is fresh, unencrypted, and I've tried with the phone plugged in, itunes running + iphone plugged in, and ihpone / itunes disconnected.
Any insider tips for me?!
(Please note, this question is IOS6 dependant - other tips for IOS5 haven't worked for me)<issue_comment>username_1: I got an answer from Samsung - was instructed to 'Update Drivers' or some such from the Window or Tools menu.
So, this worked for me - got the text components of my SMS history, then uninstalled Kies due to a conflict with Android File transfer on OSX 10.8.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: For anyone else having this same problem and have a Samsung phone, try <http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/>
It may not have been available when you initially posted the original question, but I just upgraded from an iPhone 5 with iOS 6 to a Samsung Galaxy S4. I wanted to copy over my SMS messages and found that most only worked with iOS 5 and below. This worked perfectly (Kies for some reason did not provide an option to transfer my messages). It also copied over my MMS messages.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/04 | 800 | 2,983 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to **export my SMS history from an iPhone and import them into a new Android phone,** including timestamp, message direction (incoming|outgoing), and correspondent (sender or recipient).
My specific scenario is this, but perhaps a generic solution exists -
*Source:* iPhone 4 running iOS 5 (jailbroken, if it helps)
*Target:* LG Nexus 4
[This old question](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16019/how-to-transfer-text-messages-from-iphone-to-android-with-ios-5) seems relevant except that it's aimed at Samsung devices, and it's 1½ years old.
Also, there's this alarming comment:
*The problem with faked.org/isms2droid is that it doesn't correctly extract the iMessages correctly. It gets the wrong timestamp, and leaves the address empty and the type (which represents sent or received) is always 1 (received).*
I'm thinking that there could be newer solutions that are worth mentioning?<issue_comment>username_1: [This answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/9357/sms-backup-in-android/9434#9434) to a previous SMS backup and restore question suggests that [Very Android SMS Backup](http://www.veryandroid.com/sms-backup.html) should be able to do this. They have a guide on how to do it here: [How to transfer SMS to Android from iPhone, Windows Mobile, Nokia, Blackberry etc?](http://www.veryandroid.com/how-to-transfer-sms-to-android-from-iphone-windows-mobile-nokia-etc.html)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: After some digging into google, I came across a software called **[Backuptrans](http://www.backuptrans.com/android-iphone-sms-transfer-plus.html)**. The features listed include Transfer SMS between Android and iPhone, Save SMS from Android/iPhone onto local database on computer, Restore SMS from local database to Android/iPhone and many more.
I do not have an iPhone to check this software. This seems pretty good. The work steps are as simple as importing from iPhone to the computer and exporting to the Android device. More details with screenshots can be found **[here](http://www.backuptrans.com/tutorial/how-to-transfer-text-messages-from-iphone-to-android.html)**
The only downer for this solution is that you have to pay some cash (a minimum of $29.95) to use it fully. Since you are not comfortable with [iSMS2droid (iPhone SMS Import)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.faked.isms2droid&hl=en), this seems to be the best option available.
On an additional note, [iSMS2droid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.faked.isms2droid&hl=en) is worth trying before you buy [Backuptrans](http://www.backuptrans.com/android-iphone-sms-transfer-plus.html).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Here is the way you can refer to transfer SMS messages from old iPhone to new Android.
1. Use iCloud to backup your SMS
2. Then connect Android phone to your computer
3. Open the iCloud backup file and copy those SMS to Android phone
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/04 | 650 | 2,297 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to be able to see a list of my apps sorted by the date the app was last updated. Descending order is preferred, but honestly I'll take anything.
One use case: Earlier today I had two apps show they needed an update. Neither was one that I use daily, but both were important enough to me that I knew I wanted to update. Unfortunately, my phone crashed shortly after the update and thus the notifications are gone. I cannot for the life of me remember what both apps were. (I blame my advancing age. I remembered one of them.) I know I wanted to check out the changes, but since I've no idea what app it was, I don't know where to look.
I *could* open up every one of my apps in the Play Store and look at the updated date, but I've get well over two hundred apps on here and that is impractical.
Do you have a technique or know of an app that would help me?<issue_comment>username_1: You could try [Elixir 2](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.elixir).
If you go to `applications`, you could sort it by update time.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cEV0p.png)
Elixier screenshot (click image for larger variant)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As of version 4.3.10, [the Google Play Store now has a "Recently updated" section under "My apps"](http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/08/05/download-latest-google-play-store-4-3-10-with-new-recently-updated-section-combined-update-notifications-new-episode-notifications-and-more-teardown/), which is ultimately what I wanted.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: [List My Apps](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.listmyapps) does this. Though you might need some script-fu to sort the output by date.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Since most of the answers here seem partial or outdated, I suggest to try [Total Commander](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander) app - where you can find the `Installed Apps` section, and order it by date:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MGbrs.png)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 580 | 1,988 | <issue_start>username_0: I used to own a T-Mobile Mytouch 4g before, which had the pause character before extension otherwise '*p*' on that handset and it was working fine.
Now, I own and use a Nexus 4 and I understood that the pause character on the Nexus 4 is '*,*' (*a comma*).
I replaced all the contact entries that had a '*p*' with '*,*' (*a comma*) in my contacts. And now it is not working, basically, what happens is when I make the call using that contact's number, the number gets called but the extension is not dialled automatically.
Anyone would know how to fix my issue?<issue_comment>username_1: You could try [Elixir 2](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.elixir).
If you go to `applications`, you could sort it by update time.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cEV0p.png)
Elixier screenshot (click image for larger variant)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: As of version 4.3.10, [the Google Play Store now has a "Recently updated" section under "My apps"](http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/08/05/download-latest-google-play-store-4-3-10-with-new-recently-updated-section-combined-update-notifications-new-episode-notifications-and-more-teardown/), which is ultimately what I wanted.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: [List My Apps](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.onyxbits.listmyapps) does this. Though you might need some script-fu to sort the output by date.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Since most of the answers here seem partial or outdated, I suggest to try [Total Commander](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander) app - where you can find the `Installed Apps` section, and order it by date:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MGbrs.png)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 937 | 3,390 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to install [BusyBox](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox) on my rooted stock Droid DNA.
Every time I try the normal install, it fails saying that the program can't be installed in `/system/bin`. If I do the smart install, it crashes and restarts the phone.
Anything I can do to make it work?
**Edit** so I looked through the busybox applet manager and about 20-30% are installed/symlinked by the smart install before it crashed the phone. I don't know if this is going to make a difference.
Also, would I be better off not doing it this way and installing through clockwork mod or adb?<issue_comment>username_1: You should check the following:
1. Check that `/system` is mounted as read-write. You can either check the mount filesystem or just try to copy a file with a root explorer to it.
2. Check that `/system` filesystem is not full and you have enough space.
As for the install, I would use the smart install in this case, since it won't overwrite all commands present in your ROM. If you find you still can't install it on `/system/bin` you could try to install it in `/system/xbin`.
If you find that `/system` is mounted in read only and you can't install it with that app, then you should install busybox from a flashable zip through recovery.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: What is your version? Because version 9.0 a had bug which crashed the mobile it seems. He fixed it in 9.1 and it got to play store on January 29th.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I ended up getting it to work by using ES File Explorer to mount system as writeable.
I did a NAndroid backup first in case I needed to start over again, but after mounting system, it appears that it installed like it is supposed to.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: I too have a HTC DNA but did not want to root my phone so I just did it the "non-root" way with <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=burrows.apps.busybox>.
This way I am not voiding any boot-loaders or warranties.
```
Required:
✔ Android Terminal Emulator Application
After having a rooted phone for years, I know that there are plenty of applications that allow users to customize their phones; however, when I recently bought a brand new phone this year, I decided not to root it and I realized the main reason for rooting my phone was simply to obtain more linux tools. I made this simple application in order to help users simply install BusyBox without the hassle of being rooted!
All binaries are installed in: /data/data/burrows.apps.busybox/app_busybox/
In Terminal Emulator, Preferences: Initial command: export PATH=$PATH:/data/data/burrows.apps.busybox/app_busybox/
Provided extra Binaries:
✔ add-property-tag
✔ backup
✔ bash
✔ btool
✔ check-lost+found
✔ dexdump
✔ drm1_func_test
✔ hcidump
✔ hcitool
✔ iwmulticall
✔ latencytop
✔ librank
✔ micro_bench
✔ multitouch
✔ nano
✔ opcontrol
✔ openvpn
✔ oprofiled
✔ procmem
✔ procrank
✔ rawbu
✔ run_backup
✔ run_restore
✔ sane_schedstat
✔ scheduler
✔ scp
✔ showmap
✔ showslab
✔ sqlite3
✔ ssh
✔ ssmgrd
✔ strace
How to use BusyBox Non-root:
✔ Step 1: Click on "Install" to install BusyBox
✔ Step 2: Open your Terminal and change directory to the path!
Permissions requested:
✔ Internet: Download BusyBox (make sure you are on WiFi!)
✔ Script: Add PATH to Terminal
```
Regards,
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/05 | 102 | 371 | <issue_start>username_0: After upgrading to the new Android 4.1.2, I can't seem to find the 'driving mode' tab.
Please help.<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried in `Settings > Language and input > Text to speech output > Driving mode`?
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: It's at the top, when you pull down to select WiFi, GPS, screen rotation, etc.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 576 | 2,350 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy S Advance and when I try sending an SMS message to someone, I have to search through all my GMail contacts that for some reasons appear on the app along with my phone contacts.
I don't send mails through the message app and most of my GMail contacts are people who I sent just one e-mail in my entire life.
The Sync and Account settings don't let me turn off Contact sync, just remove the GMail account entirely, and there is no menu in the messaging app that lets me hide the GMail contacts.
Is there any way to make the messaging app only show the contacts I have on my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: In Android 4.1 Jelly bean follow the following steps:
* Open the `Contacts` app
* Tap the `Setting` touch button
* Select `Contacts to display`
* Select `Phone`
A similar procedure should work also for the earlier Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have note II. Here's my solution: in SMS, when you click create messaging icon, then click on phone book icon, you will see CONTACT tab listing everyone you have emailed and those in your phone book. Ignore that list. Scroll to the left to GROUP tab. Scroll down to MY CONTACT. It'll then show a list with the contacts on your phone (that is, you have already set your phone to display people with numbers only).
You have to manually do this every time but it beats seeing random people you have emailed. And you don't have to group or clean Gmail database.
Visual tutorial on how to do it: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRvuSfTZ-1c>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: after following the steps above and still nothing happens. Go to phone settings>accounts>(click on your email)>left bottom>remove account> check your sms app contacts. Then if you want to add your email again, make sure when you add the account to sync off all.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: open up the default text messaging app, click the three dots in a row and tap settings. Click general and uncheck "Show email address. That will stop your email contacts from showing up when you start a new chat.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Here's what worked for me. Contact- settings- accounts- delete WhatsApp. My phone was completely free. (This was after I unsync Gmail and deleted the old Gmail account)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 574 | 2,210 | <issue_start>username_0: I have `LG Optimus L5` with `Android 4.0.3`. When `screen is locked` there are four icons (Phone, Messaging, E-mail, Camera) in the bottom of it. If I tap on it and slide, screen unlocks and the tapped app is launched.
I know there are apps for [customizing lock screen](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/12989/change-icons-on-sensation-lock-screen) but I couldn't find any free to help me with my LG.
How can I remove or change this icons on my LG device?<issue_comment>username_1: In Android 4.1 Jelly bean follow the following steps:
* Open the `Contacts` app
* Tap the `Setting` touch button
* Select `Contacts to display`
* Select `Phone`
A similar procedure should work also for the earlier Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: I have note II. Here's my solution: in SMS, when you click create messaging icon, then click on phone book icon, you will see CONTACT tab listing everyone you have emailed and those in your phone book. Ignore that list. Scroll to the left to GROUP tab. Scroll down to MY CONTACT. It'll then show a list with the contacts on your phone (that is, you have already set your phone to display people with numbers only).
You have to manually do this every time but it beats seeing random people you have emailed. And you don't have to group or clean Gmail database.
Visual tutorial on how to do it: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRvuSfTZ-1c>
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: after following the steps above and still nothing happens. Go to phone settings>accounts>(click on your email)>left bottom>remove account> check your sms app contacts. Then if you want to add your email again, make sure when you add the account to sync off all.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: open up the default text messaging app, click the three dots in a row and tap settings. Click general and uncheck "Show email address. That will stop your email contacts from showing up when you start a new chat.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: Here's what worked for me. Contact- settings- accounts- delete WhatsApp. My phone was completely free. (This was after I unsync Gmail and deleted the old Gmail account)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 503 | 1,809 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy S2, running Android 4.0.3
I can open a photo attached to a text message. How can I save the photo (not the message)?<issue_comment>username_1: When in the message window, "long press" the image (hold your finger down on the image for a second or two) and a menu should pop up giving you the option to download or save the attachment.
When you go to your gallery you'll usually see attachments you've downloaded in a folder called "Downloads" or "Messaging."
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I have a Galaxy S4 running Android 4.2.2
1. In Messaging in the Message I have been sent a photo.. underneath it says MMS
2. I tap the photo and it goes fullscreen
3. I tap the (anachronistic floppy disk) save icon
4. I can rename it
5. I hit OK and it responds with: Attachment copied to device storage
6. It is now saved to:
>
> Internal Storage/Download
>
>
>
* I use Dropbox to grab it from there
* It does not appear in my Gallery :(
If I accidentally long-press I choose *Save Attachment* for the same thing
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: On my android 4.4.2 tablet running the app "messaging 4.40.150" do a long hold on the message body not the photo. It opens a dialogue which allows saving the attachment. It was easy after that.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_4: On my phone, running CyanogenMod 12.1, I wasn't asked where to put the file or what to name it. It automatically went to the Downloads folder. In there, it had a cryptic file name: `cid:262`. I just renamed it to whatever I wanted + `.jpg`.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: 1. Long press the message (not the image or video)
2. A pop-up window will appear, select `save attachments`
3. Files are saved to my `Downloads` directory
Steps taken from a Droid Turbo
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 2,079 | 7,986 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to make a custom calendar notification on my mom's Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1.1) because the built-in ones are too short for her to hear. [This article](http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-s3-helpful-tips/) says I can move a music file to the notification folder in MyFiles.
So I bought a song from Google Play and looked for the file on her phone. Wasn't there. Checked every folder, but no luck.
Did some more searching and found [this article](http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1248950) from Google Play troubleshooting how to get songs to show up on your phone. Absolutely none of the menu options even existed on my mom's phone, so it was completely unhelpful.
Tried to search for how other people added songs as ringtones from Google Play on their phones. I found [quite](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/13662/how-to-set-mp3-ringtone-in-android-nexus-s) [a few](https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/779672) [articles](http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/101821) [addressing it](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/21293/how-can-i-turn-songs-from-google-play-into-ringtones?lq=1). They all said to add the ringtone from the Music Player app. Checked the Music Player app, and the song wasn't there.
That might explain why the song doesn't exist on her phone, except I can play the song on her phone through the Play Music app. I clicked "Keep on Device," but the song still doesn't seem to exist.
**How do I get the song I bought from Google Play to show up as a file on my mom's phone?**
However, if anyone provides a quick way to skip all this mess and just make the notifications last longer, that would be appreciated too.<issue_comment>username_1: In response to: "If anyone provides a quick way to skip all this mess and just make the notifications last longer, that would be appreciated too."
Use the free [Rings Extended](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.angryredplanet.android.rings_extended) app to easily choose any audio file (music or clips) for notifications/ringtones - without having to copy anything to specific folders. Just to clarify, this won't show up as an app when installed. However, whenever you try to change a ringtone/notification, "Rings Extended" will show as an option, which you can then choose to open the app for choosing a ringtone/notification.
Additionally, you can use [Ringdroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid) (also free) to cut the required part/length from a sound file (or music track) on the device.
Unfortunately I don't live in an area that allows me to buy music on the Play store so I can't help with that problem.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I think your are missing an important concept of Google Play Music: The songs are kept in the cloud and are streamed on-demand if you want to listen to them.
If you want to keep them on the device for offline listening, you have to check 'keep on device'. Now it should be clear what that option does.
The links you mentioned in your question are all about 'how to get uploaded music (with Google Musicmanager) to appear on your device'. They are not about how to let the actual song file appear on the device.
This 2 questions should help you further:
* [How can I turn songs from Google Play Music into ringtones?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/21293/how-can-i-turn-songs-from-google-play-music-into-ringtones)
* [Where does Google Music store offline songs?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/16220/where-does-google-music-store-offline-songs)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Go to the folder:
```
/mnt/SDcard/android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music
```
and remember that the songs don't come up with the title as their file name, GM creates its own numeric filename (God knows why, it's annoying).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: I was having the same problem and just fixed it: Under the Google play (app the you purchased it from) search in the music section the song you bought. When your results come up click the one that says purchased and then click listen (I did mine under wi-fi might be able to do it through data). I should give a message saying error, just click try again and it should sync. At least that's what mine did. Good luck, hope it works for you if you didn't already fix it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_5: You can only set songs that are actually on your sdcard... music from the cloud on google music are saved in a database, so you can't access them
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: If you are having the same problem, I did where you can only play it when the option is set to `all music` option on the play music app, but cant find it when the option is set to "on device" then here is what you have to do:
Make sure its set to `all music`, go to listen now. Find the songs that you want to download onto you device and there should be something on the song that allows you to do things with it, like `add to queue`. Look on that menu and there should be an option saying `keep on device`, push that and it will start downloading it to your phone and then when you switch it over to the `on device` music option it should be on that list.
Hope this helped!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: I found this link helpful for downloading Google Play music onto my Samsung Galaxy SIII.
<https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1250232>
* Navigate to Google Play Store
* Select Music
* From the left soft key on your phone, select My music
* From the upper left menu in Google Play (it should say Listen Now), select Playlist
* Scroll to find the Free and Purchased playlist and select it
* On the right side of Google Play, below the playlist image you should see a thumbtack in a circle. It will probably be grey.
* Make sure you are connected to WiFi (to avoid using data) and select the thumbtack. It should turn orange and your download should start.
I have not found a way to download individual songs yet...
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_8: When you go to the play music app, on top where it says listen now, change it from "on device" to "all music". Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_9: Go to Settings then Google and make sure sync is on in Google Music. That was my problem.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_10: Do this...it works..copied from a helpful chap elsewhere!
If you go to the Google Play Music site on a browser (PC / Laptop) & navigate to the album you bought, you can select to download the album as a zip of MP3 files, or each individual song. Strange this isn't offered within the app itself. Seems Google may be discouraging us from using alternative music players?
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_11: Just verified no option to download purchased songs to local phone storage using a OnePlusOne using google play store. The only solution that works is download to PC and copy back to the phone as noted above.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_12: I got it!
What you need to do is go into the Google Play app.
At the top where it says "Listen Now" hit the 3 lines on the left corner and it brings in a menu.
Select "Settings"
Scroll down til you see "Storage Location"
Select "External / SD Card, etc" (whatever your phone says - just make sure it doesn't say "Internal")
I'm not sure if this next part is necessary but I did it anyway.
Check yes to the two boxes "Cache During Playback" and "Automatically Cache"
Then hit the the download button, or "Keep on Device" or the symbol (downwards arrow with a line underneath)
The file should then be stored here:
My Files -> SD Memory Card -> Android -> data -> com.google.android.music -> files -> music -> (numerical code music files!!!)
Play them with the normal music player to figure out what they are or upload to a PC and rename them, then move them back to the phone.
Ta Da!!!
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/05 | 859 | 2,905 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to root a Kindle and I'm stuck. Getting permission denied and don't know how or what permissions to change.
```
mike@Inspiron:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell
shell@android:/ $ echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
1|shell@android:/ $ sudo echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
1|shell@android:/ $ sudo
/system/bin/sh: sudo: not found
127|shell@android:/ $
```
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 if it makes a difference.<issue_comment>username_1: **Short answer:** You will have to root your device for that.
**Explanation:** The `shell` user has no write permission there. The `/data` directory is not owned by `shell`, nor does their group match: on my Motorola Milestone 2, e.g., it is owned by `system:system` and has the permissions `drwxrwxr-x`, while `shell` belongs to the `shell` group only. Only on a rooted device you could either change the permissions, or be privileged enough to override them.
**PS:** On Android, the `sudo` command is simply called `su` -- which explains your last error (`/system/bin/sh: sudo: not found`) in case your device is already rooted.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Try this:
>
> adb shell "cd /data/local && mkdir tmp"
>
> adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
>
> adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
>
> adb reboot
>
>
> adb wait-for-device
>
> adb shell rm /data/local.prop
>
> adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"
>
> adb reboot
>
>
>
By creating a link to from `/data` to `/data/local/tmp`, Android will believe you are writing to `/data/local/tmp` even though you're actually writing to `/data`. This method is actually used to successfully root many devices, though some have it specifically in the `build.prop` that `/data/tmp` is off limits.
This method might not work with a Kindle Fire, though I haven't tried. I have rooted a Kindle Fire, but it involved a different method entirely. First, TWRP recovery had to be flashed. Then, a fake recovery image exploit. Then, you could gain access to copy over your su and busybox binaries.
You can try the `local.prop` method as I described above though. It is compatible with many devices.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_3: You did not follow the rooting instruction properly.
<http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34162-root-kindlefire-7hd-probably-the-other-2ndgen-kindlefire/>
The instruction above would have you create symbolic links to the /data/ directory from /data/local/tmp/ which would make the /data/local.prop writable after a reboot.
Make sure you follow the instructions precisely, including the reboots and all, and make sure you check each step that they do not produce unexpected error message.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/05 | 484 | 1,899 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a HTC Sensation running Android 4.0.3 (HTC Sense 3.6, 3.33.401.53). Of late I've been having increasing problems with global lag, however this is really most noticeable on the dialler/phone app itself. By more noticeable, I mean several times worse compared to anything else.
I can open the contacts menu in the dialler without difficulty and filter by name to get the number I want up, however I get no response when I click the name (aside from a green flash of it to indicate I've pressed sucessfully). There's then a pause of I would say up to a minute in the worst cases before it actually dials. Usually I've pressed it multiple times in the hope of it working, whereupon it calls the person multiple times and I end up with several calls to the same person 'on hold'.
Is there any known cause for this or *even better* any likely way to fix it? I could do a factory reset if this doesn't get resolved as it makes the phone close to unusable.
The effect isn't really on answering calls, though there is a lag on that too (but not to anywhere near the degree).<issue_comment>username_1: Having had no better suggestions I did try a factory reset and it seems to have resolved the problem entirely, indeed the phone 'feels' new. Whilst it is annoying, it's been over a year since having the phone and it only took about an hour to factory reset and restore important files, so it's not the worst solution out there.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This [advice from XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766793&page=2) seems to be working for me.
>
> check if you have a process by name Media running in background using
> Settings>Apps>Running Apps. Inside this process, if there is a service
> running called MediaDBMigrationService then stop it immediately and it
> will resolve the issue to large extent.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/06 | 1,116 | 4,092 | <issue_start>username_0: I have Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 version 4.1.2 and I lost the "Accounts and Sync" under settings. I added the "Auto sync data" under Data usage and it still does not sync automatically with my calendar. My question are:
1. How can I restore the "Accounts and Sync" ?
2. How can I control Auto sync mode on each application?
Thanks<issue_comment>username_1: Android 4.1.2 doesn't has an *Accounts and Sync* option under settings, it just has the text *Accounts*, each of your account in a row (if you have any account added to the device) and the plus sign at the bottom to add more accounts.
"Auto sync data" MUST be enabled. Go to "Settings > Data Usage > Click the MENU button on your device > Check "Auto sync data."
Autosync for each application is under each application menu. For example, if you have your google account configured, you have to select Google > and there you will see the sync options. In this case you will see sync calendar, contacts, etc and their respective checkboxes to enable/disable them.
Check the screenshots/steps to get there:
1. Go to settings > accounts and click the one you want to setup.
2. Once inside, click on the account name with the sync icon.
3. You will see the sync options for that account.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: I found the answer (whether it's the best way to do it I'm not sure!)
I removed the Google Account and re added it.
It asked me to sign in and once I had, a page came up where I could tick or untick each part of google that I wanted to sync, ie: email, contacts, calendar, internet, books etc....
it all seems to work now!
Paul
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I just had the same issue.
The first answer won't work if you updated from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2, while having sync toggled off.
The simplest solution is to add the sync button again in the notification panel. Then, toggle it on from there.
The settings to modify the buttons in the notification panel (panel at the top of the phone) is under `Display > Notification panel`. Drag and drop the icon into the notification panel after removing unwanted icons.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Sync can be turned on from the pull down menu (windowshade) from any screen. I just found it.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: While [username_1's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/39087/32513) is correct, there's more to the story, at least on 4.1.1. I know the OP says 4.1.2, but I add this in case some or all of it is the same in 4.1.2, or for the sake of anyone with 4.1.1 who happens by this question.
There is a global `Sync` setting available in the notification panel widgets. It's all the way to the right (you'll have to scroll the widgets to see it):
From what I gather, this isn't there in 4.1.2, unless you reconfigure the notification switches to put it there. The tricky thing is, you can get there another way, as indicated in the OP. This option is also available by going to `Settings` -> `Data Usage` and tapping the menu button:
This is an *awful* design, in my opinion. But that's the way it is. What you see in the items under `Settings` -> `Accounts` can change based on whether or not `Auto sync data` is turned on. For example, with it switched off, the Google account sync options look like this:
and with it switched on, they look like this:
So, to make sure that your phone will automatically sync with your Google calendar, you need to enable `Auto sync data` and *then* check `Sync calendar` under the Google account sync options (because the check box won't be there until you turn `Auto sync data` on).
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/06 | 1,080 | 3,815 | <issue_start>username_0: I am updating the OS of my Samsung Galaxy tab p1000 (i.e. 2.2) to 2.3.6 using adb.
I am using the steps below:
1. Check whether device is connected or not using ADB.
```
C:\Users\PC>adb devices
List of devices attached S6802084d305f device
```
2. Push 2.3.6 OS (i.e. update.zip) OS to SD card.
```
C:\Users\PC>adb push C:\Android\update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
2765 KB/s (2260360 bytes in 0.798s)
```
3. Go to recovery mode
```
C:\Users\PC>adb reboot recovery
```
After selecting `Apply sdcard: update.zip`, I'm getting the screen below. But it shows it for long time. There is no response from device. We waited for 5 hours. No response.
How can I flash my Samsung Galaxy tab? Let me know if I am missing a step.<issue_comment>username_1: These are the steps to install/update a custom ROM from stock:
1. Install a custom recovery (Clockworkmod for example).
2. Copy the ROM zip to the phone sdcard (you can do this via adb).
3. Reboot in recovery (it will load the custom recovery).
4. Use the option to install zip from sdcard to install/update the ROM.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: There is a log of "apply update.zip" function on cache partition. You can check what went wrong there.
But it would come down to three possibilities:
the update.zip is broken,
not compatible,
or signature failure
Looks like you have custom recovery, so the signature failure shouldn't be your case.
It would happen if you'll try to do "apply update.zip" of custom update.zip using official recovery.
---
Unless you really need to use update.zip for updating, I would strongly advise against this method.
The recommended way is to flash full firmware with Odin. [guide1](http://www.droidgator.com/xxju2-android-236-gingerbread-firmware-galaxy-tab-p1000/), [guide2](http://androidromupdate.com/2012/02/26/how-to-install-p1000xwjq8-android-2-3-6-firmware-update-on-galaxy-tab-gt-p1000/)
Officially the update.zip method is used by OTA updates. While the device is actively supported, it will download update.zip files in background.
These official update.zip files are signed and **applicable only on version of FW, which they are meant for.**
The update.zip file which you have is probably made by a MODder.
Although the update.zip file could contain all files and partitions of the target firmware version, this is seldom the case in custom update.zip files. Because of this, you might get different results applying custom update.zip on a devices with different firmware version.
It might work as intended, or might start freezing, or even fail to complete the update in case there is a command referring files or folders which don't exist or are different on your original firmware.
In many cases, not all partitions get updated and the part of firmware in SYSTEM partition is not compatible with bootloader present in another partition.
This might result in boot loops, very long boots, freezing, or random reboots.
---
If you don't specifically require version 2.3.6, you should consider using alternative builds, as [the cyanogenmod for p1000](https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=p1) which is currently in its KitKat version v4.4.
KitKat plays very nice with devices with smaller memory, and you'll also be able to use Chrome and other Apps, which are not backward compatible. Overall, it's like having a new device.
Bear in mind, that the cyanogenmod is also distributed using update.zip files, the name of zip is different but it's still "update.zip type" file, so it's also important to apply the update from supported firmware version. I did the update from P1000XWJU6
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/06 | 606 | 1,957 | <issue_start>username_0: While installing ROM on my galaxy Y as per mentioned on [[ CUSTOM ROM - KERNEL] JELLYBLAST V3.0.2 for Galaxy Y GT-S5360](http://techcure.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/custom-rom-kernel-jellyblast-v3-0-2-for-galaxy-y-gt-s5360/)
ROM installation aborted with error:
```
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Can’t open /sdcard/JELLYBLASTV3.signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
```
**Recovery.log**
```
-- Installing: /sdcard/JELLYBLASTV3.signed.zip
Finding update package...
I:Update location: /sdcard/JELLYBLASTV3.signed.zip
Opening update package...
minzip: Missed a central dir sig (at 0)
E:Can't open /sdcard/JELLYBLASTV3.signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
```<issue_comment>username_1: I think it would be better to ask in the appropriate section on the XDA developers forum. The one for your rom can be found [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679563)
The creator of the rom should be able to help you. There are number of reason why you can't install the rom, the most probable for me is that your zip file didn't download properly. Double check the expected and downloaded file size for any discrepancies. Also make sure that your recovery mode supports installing custom ROMs
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: This error comes normally for two reason.
1. You have a corrupted .zip so you should try re-downloading.
2. You have an unsupported recovery.
According to your ROM's requirements, You must have stock kernal. Most of the time while rooting, we flash a different kernal. So you may have to flash your stock kernal back again.
And also you must have a CWM recovery, as they say. You can find it here <http://techcure.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/how-to-root-and-use-cwm-for-galaxy-y-gt-s5360/>
If you have already done these steps, please let me know. I will try to help as much as I can.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/06 | 1,066 | 3,800 | <issue_start>username_0: Can I stream audio from Android to Windows through Bluetooth? If yes, how?<issue_comment>username_1: You could use DLNA, this allows to stream Music, Viedeos and Pictures:
* [DLNA - Android/Windows support](http://www.libratone.com/support/use-libratone-zipp/#faq10)
* [MediaServer Android App (Documentation)](http://www.prosyst.com/media/MediaServer/MediaServer-Docu.html)
* [Media Server](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.mediaserver) (Playstore)
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes you can. Depending on your Bluetooth adapter on your Windows computer. Connect the two together, find the Phone connection and choose "Control". There you can connect to the phone as "Music and Audio".
Of course this can be different on your computer and then I cannot help you.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I was also frustrated by windows 8 (64bit) with this as well.
After upgrading from win-7 64bit to win-8 64bit, I was a little miffed to discover that I could no longer connect via Bluetooth to my windows machine and play what was on the phone.
I tried using the software for win-7 from the adapter manufacturer - no good.
So I bought a MediaLink BT (version 4.0) adapter.
The device instructions say to NOT use the CD, that win-8 will install the necessary drivers.
--- Drivers installed, BT adapter found and installed, but audio streaming from my phone Still didn't work.
So I tried to let the "autorun" feature of the cd install drivers, but win-8 stopped this saying it was "buggy".
So I "explored" the CD and went to the Vista\_Win7>Win64 directory and ran inst.exe.
This installed all of the manufacturers BT stack.
Now when I connect my HTC Vivid (ICS) through Bluetooth to my computer, a "remote control" for my phones media player pops up on the pc desktop and allows me to start the player.
This solved my audio streaming from Android to win-8 64bit problem for $14.99... woot!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Yes you can, I just did it. I've Android 4.4.2 and WinXP.
Instructions:
1. Enable BT on both devices;
2. Make sure under Windows 'BT Configuration -> Local Services' you have 'Headset' service set to 'Automatic startup';
3. Connect the devices (using pass-phrase if required);
4. Check on Android that 'Media audio' is enabled for the connected PC.
Play some music, enjoy!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: in Ubuntu 18.04 is seamless, just pair both then give pc/laptop the role of audio port, then you just play music from the Android. Windows 10 needs some driver that I want to find out
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: In case someone's coming from a Windows 10 without this feature, I managed to add it by installing Toshiba's Bluetooth Link, for example, from here: <http://files.ecp.toshiba.com/2016/08/19/2123/59/tcp0000200a.exe>
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: In Windows 10 versions released before Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Microsoft had implemented support for the A2DP source role, but not for the SINK role for desktop editions. This means you could use Intel Bluetooth on Windows 10 to send audio to other Bluetooth devices, such as a speaker, but you wasn’t be able to receive audio from other Bluetooth devices via A2DP.
Starting in Windows 10 version 2004, Microsoft has re-added the SINK role to Windows 10 for upcoming versions of the OS. However, to use the feature, you need to install a third party app [Bluetooth Audio Receiver](https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9N9WCLWDQS5J) from Microsoft Store, as the OS lacks the user interface to activate the SINK role.
The instruction can be found here: [Enable and Use A2DP Sink for Bluetooth in Windows 10](https://winaero.com/enable-and-use-a2dp-sink-for-bluetooth-in-windows-10/)
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/06 | 438 | 1,709 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to add a shortcut on Android 4.2.1 to a local pptx file.
Is that possible ?<issue_comment>username_1: In fact it's easy to do using a file explorer application.
I used `ES File Explorer` but I suspect other programs have the same feature.
Using `ES File Explorer`, you have to navigate to the file, then do a long click on the file icon until a menu appears. Then you choose `Shortcut`. Nothing shows the operation works but a new icon will be present in the launcher.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: It's a shame that this isn't built into Android. Fortuantely, there are now many apps that can do that (mostly a side functionality of file manager apps).
If you just need a lightweight standalone app for this, I can recommend [File Shortcut](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nagopy.file.shortcut&hl=en).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: Just adding another file manager alternative to Denys's answer (which really works, +1 for that) which provides a little bit more customization:
[**Total Commander**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ghisler.android.TotalCommander)
1. navigate to the file in Total Commander
2. bring up the context menu by long tapping the file
3. click "*Create link on desktop*"
4. now you can add a **custom text** and optionally a **custom icon** to the shortcut. In the *Command* field, you can also define a **custom command** to run or define a **specific app** you would like to open the file with. (For example if you have a PDF file and multiple PDF viewers (or you have a video file and multiple video players), you can define which the file should open with.)
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/06 | 410 | 1,573 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300), my current Android version is 4.0.4.
I am trying to define software updates for it, via the Software Updates screen. (Settings > About).
However, I get "Unable to connect to network" every time. What network is it trying to connect? Can I define it? If so, what should I define it too?
Also, will software updates allow me to update to 4.1.2? If not, how can I?
Can anyone please point to a resource which explains it? (Or even better, answer it here).
If I'm lacking any technical details, please leave a comment and I'll edit my question right away.<issue_comment>username_1: May be I am too easy with you.
But just for the fact of helping, were you able to access internet through your mobile?
If the answer is 'Yes' then there must be a bug with your OS. (There are possibilities for that in one or two devices)
My suggestion is to use 'Kies' from a PC.
Last week only I got to know even GT-I9300 devices are network locked in some countries. A friend of mine's GT-I9100 started asking for Network Unlock code all of a sudden. After a master reset, we noticed some new apps from Vodafone and the default language turned into Spanish or something.
So I think your GS3 might be trying to access its original operator.
Or may be some other reason.
Just try my suggestions if you didn't do already.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Could it be that it refuses the update on mobile network because the download size is pretty big? Try updating while on a wireless network...
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/07 | 989 | 3,643 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the Galaxy S3, and I'd like to watch YouTube videos during my commutes. I like to watch long videos (around 1 hours), so I have no more than 1 video per commute.
However, youtube video takes a lot of bandwidth and I have a cap on data usage. Besides, connection outside during peak hours tend to be slow, which makes the video pause to download a lot of times.
Is it possible to pre-download a video at home (using my Wi-Fi, which is faster and has no data cap), and watch it on the way? I tried pausing it at home and let it download, but whenever the phone sleep (it sleeps often!), or the application switch from youtube to anything else, it seems all previous download will be lost.<issue_comment>username_1: There's a Python script floating around called `youtube-dl` (*which is an [open source project](http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/)*), an example invocation would be something like this:
`youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1MIVOTstF0`
depending on the video format, either `MP4` or `flv`, the file would be saved to disk as '*O1MIVOTstF0.mp4*' or '*O1MIVOTstF0.flv*'.
It is cross-platform friendly, and can run under any environment *provided* the [Python](http://www.python.org/) run-time is installed.
Then push that across using a video player on the handset to play the youtube video - that is off-line, thereby minimizing data caps limit.
***Addendum*** Am not 100% sure if Android has a video decoder for flv format... so that is an open ended question depending on what video player can support it.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: **Update:**
YouTube has removed this feature. [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/239rtl/google_removes_preloading_features_with_new/)
---
YouTube's official app allows you to preload a video. You can either preload all your subscription or the videos you have added to watch later.
When your phone is connected to WiFi and charger, Youtube automatically pre-loads them.
Open Youtube -> Settings -> Preloading
One thing to note is that this still requires data connection to view the pre-loaded video. It won't download the videos but it does something (may be verification) before showing pre-loaded videos.
Read more at support [doc](http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=2640704)
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_3: Assuming you also have a PC at home, most modern browsers have extensions that will allow you to download a YouTube video, which you could then side load to your S3 and watch in airplane mode, if you liked. I know Opera has an extension that allows YouTube downloads and I assume other browser do too.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: Any chance that [TubeMate](http://tubemate-youtube-downloader.en.softonic.com/android) might do the trick?
Just download them over wi-fi and watch 'em on the go. I find it too hard to view a video on a small screen for too long, but this might do the trick.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: There is a new app called [TubeDroid](https://www.tubedroid.net/) that will enable you to download videos to your device, rather than preloading them.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: There are a couple on the Google Play Store. Search for [`youtube mp3`](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=youtube%20mp3&c=apps) and you will find them.
Best one I found is [MP3/Video Downloader - Grab It](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grab.it.free).
It's really simple to use. You can search YouTube and then download music in video or MP# format. Really nice app!
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/07 | 455 | 1,683 | <issue_start>username_0: I am fine with the news that Android Jelly Bean no longer supports Flash. But being an Android developer, I am surprised that they did not release a reason for that.
Does anybody know?<issue_comment>username_1: It's not that Jelly Bean won't support Flash. Adobe decided not to support Flash for newer devices, starting from Jelly Bean and onwards. I don't know the know the reason though. Maybe they got tired of testing (and certifying) several devices?
[Source](http://www.droid-life.com/2011/11/09/adobe-stops-development-of-flash-for-mobile-browsers-and-its-official/).
You can still install Flash on Jelly Bean; there are [workarounds](http://better-tablet.com/18/11/how-to-install-adobe-flash-player-on-android-4-14-2-jelly-bean-2/) for that.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: Adobe decided to stop support for its Flash Player on Android mainly because of HTML5 doesn't need flash player to play videos. Unfortunately, that didn't mean all Web sites you visit would start using HTML5 instead of Flash (though it would have been nice). If some of the Web sites you want to look at are using Flash, the last version of Adobe Flash Player that landed on the Google Play Store will work with your Jelly Bean device.
However, since it's no longer available through the Play Store, you'll need to install it from a side-loaded APK.
**They've only stopped support, doesn't mean that it won't work but if it doesn't on certain devices then they won't fix it or support it.**
You can still install it from [here](http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html#Flash%20Player%20archives).
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/07 | 398 | 1,609 | <issue_start>username_0: I have this very strange issue which I discovered on my month-old Note 2. I never had this issue with my previous device which was a Nexus S.
I hooked up the phone via USB to my PC, and selected `camera PTP` mode. When I browsed the folders via `Computer\GT-N7100\Phone\DCIM\Camera`, I don't see any videos that I shot. However, when I browse the files through the default `my files` app on the phone, I see them. Why is this?
Windows 8 detected the device and installed all drivers too. Because of this, I am not able to move the videos shot with the phone to my PC. Any help?<issue_comment>username_1: Camera PTP mode means Picture Transfer Protocol. This is probably why you can't see any videos. Select USB mode and navigate to the same folder. Make sure you are checking the right "camera" folder as you may have 2, one on your SD card and one in the internal phone memory.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I also had same issue and I initially connected my phone in PTP mode and then phone got detected but I could not see the videos.
I went to phone and changed mode to MTP and then the videos were available.
Catch here is that when you are connecting your phone to laptop it should be in PTP mode and then change to MTP. If you have MTP mode and try connecting your mobile to laptop then your PC might not detect the phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Just use any file explorer and copy or cut the DCIM folder, create a new folder and just paste. Click file transfer on your PC, the images will be shown in respective folder.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/07 | 330 | 1,303 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to root my HTC One V. Are there any tools specifically for this?
I'm trying to follow this [guide](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869667) but having trouble with step 6 in the HTCdev-Unlock Bootloader guide.
Currently, running Mac OS X 10.7.5.<issue_comment>username_1: Camera PTP mode means Picture Transfer Protocol. This is probably why you can't see any videos. Select USB mode and navigate to the same folder. Make sure you are checking the right "camera" folder as you may have 2, one on your SD card and one in the internal phone memory.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I also had same issue and I initially connected my phone in PTP mode and then phone got detected but I could not see the videos.
I went to phone and changed mode to MTP and then the videos were available.
Catch here is that when you are connecting your phone to laptop it should be in PTP mode and then change to MTP. If you have MTP mode and try connecting your mobile to laptop then your PC might not detect the phone.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Just use any file explorer and copy or cut the DCIM folder, create a new folder and just paste. Click file transfer on your PC, the images will be shown in respective folder.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/07 | 817 | 2,783 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a rooted LG P500 running stock 2.3.3 with kernel 172.16.31.10.
I would like to use USB OTG features and connect a flash drive to my phone. I have a USB OTG cable that I use with my Nexus 7. The same cable and same flash drive doesn't work with my phone.
I have tried to install [StickMount](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount), but unfortunately it is not compatible with my phone and so is the [USB Host diagnostics](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.usbhostdiagnostics) - however, their [database](http://usbhost.chainfire.eu/) clearly says P500 does not support USB.
Other than going the route of custom ROM, can some thing be done for enabling USB OTG like patching kernels etc? I am not sure even the previous statement is valid, but just thought of asking as in the [database](http://usbhost.chainfire.eu/) under "Rooted API Claims support" column, the value for LGP500 is said as Yes. And, I checked [this XDA](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051282&page=4) thread, which also says that the chipset MSM7227 which my phone uses has limited OTG capabilities. Also that thread's title says `Update: Working now`, but I couldn't find anything relevant within its posts. All these just gives me a faint hope.
Update:
My phone's has three files `libra.ko, librasdioif.ko, wireless.ko` in `/system/lib/modules`<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried [USB OTG Helper](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shajul.usbotg)? It works with either stock or custom ROM.
*I have not seen the P500 listed as supported, but you could TRY.*
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: In short, MSM7x27 chipsets *have very limited support* for USB OTG, that is despite there is an option in the kernel to build the driver for it, unfortunately it does not work and requires hackery to get it to work 100%!
In reference to this:
>
> Update: My phone's has three files `libra.ko`, `librasdioif.ko`,
> `wireless.ko` in /system/lib/modules
>
>
>
Those modules the OP referred to, are tied to the SDIO's chipset support for both the SDCard mechanism and the Wireless. Notably, Atheros's `ar6000` uses the SDIO pins to activate the wireless, and is specific to that driver.
*Offtopic: The SDIO controls the SDCard mechanism, so yeah, it does sound 'cheap' in the sense that using the pins for I/O off the SDCard mechanism, to control the wifi chip...*
As a FYI - Zte Blade and LG-P500 uses the near-identical array of peripherals such as chipset, wifi, but under different manufacturers! Have a mooch around the Modaco thread governing both devices, you might find something in there!
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/07 | 236 | 926 | <issue_start>username_0: I installed many applications, and some of them have specific permissions. How do I get a list of all applications with a specific permission? I'm interested in SMS permissions. I do not want to write an app for that yet :-)
My problem is that the Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1 Messaging app takes up too much CPU - over 20%. So, I need to see which of my installed apps may be misbehaving.<issue_comment>username_1: There is a FREE app called [Permission Explorer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.carlocriniti.android.permission_explorer&hl=en). Check the MESSAGES category in that app.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You could use [Trust Go Antivirus & Mobile Security](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trustgo.mobile.security). Protects your phone while providing many benefits. One been being able to know what app use what permissions.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/07 | 511 | 1,848 | <issue_start>username_0: I have updated my *Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman* to 4.0.4 from 2.3.4 and now the system lags horribly. I have to wait for a considerable time for an application to exit. Even the in built basic applications like phone and contacts take about 5-7 secs to load.
Has anyone faced a similar problem? What can I do that would cure my system of the lag?<issue_comment>username_1: I've updated my phone as well, yesterday, and It's indeed quite slow at times. Here are two easy things you can do;
* Replace your home screen with LauncherPro, it's a lot faster
* If you're rooted, lower your *vmheapsize* (24m seems like a good value)
Now these small tweaks are probably going to be insufficient, but at least they're safe. The other thing you can do is to find the original Android 2.3 ROM for your device, and flash it to your device.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, Sony made the ICS upgrade a horrible experience which does slow down the handset and lag.
Two choices:
* downgrade to Gingerbread 2.3.x
* Try switching to custom ROM called [LegacyXperia](http://legacyxperia.github.io) to use JellyBean.
The experience is more satisfying and smooth. For that to happen:
* need `adb`, `fastboot` binaries
* if your bootloader can be unlocked, check [Sony](http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/) **Warning** *if yes and proceed to do so, you will lose your data*
* you would need to backup your apps (there is other questions on this site about this topic!)
* download the LegacyXperia ROM, extract `boot.img` from zip, flash it to bootloader
* reboot and toggle volume keys to get into ClockworkMod Recovery
* choose wipe data/cache
* choose install from adb sideload, CWM will wait,
* `adb sideload name_of_zip_file`, CWM will start loading and installing the ROM.
* reboot and enjoy JellyBean.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/07 | 592 | 2,358 | <issue_start>username_0: Some applications update frequently, (like Dolphin Browser), but to my needs the current version is clearly enough, barring a major advance of the application. Some applications (like Slacker Radio) remove earlier functionality via updates, in the interest of cleanliness or to strengthen marketing additional features to a subscriber audience. Slacker Radio specifically moved the look-ahead next artist functionality into their pay version.
So, for me, these are 2 cases for specific updates I would prefer never to perform because I am either happy, or just content. Currently I reject selecting Update-All, since they remain in the list, and update my apps one-by-one. Is there a way to tell Market/Google Play to shield them from the update list on a semi to permanent fashion to prevent them, especially to prevent inclusion in an accidental mass-update?<issue_comment>username_1: I've updated my phone as well, yesterday, and It's indeed quite slow at times. Here are two easy things you can do;
* Replace your home screen with LauncherPro, it's a lot faster
* If you're rooted, lower your *vmheapsize* (24m seems like a good value)
Now these small tweaks are probably going to be insufficient, but at least they're safe. The other thing you can do is to find the original Android 2.3 ROM for your device, and flash it to your device.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Yes, Sony made the ICS upgrade a horrible experience which does slow down the handset and lag.
Two choices:
* downgrade to Gingerbread 2.3.x
* Try switching to custom ROM called [LegacyXperia](http://legacyxperia.github.io) to use JellyBean.
The experience is more satisfying and smooth. For that to happen:
* need `adb`, `fastboot` binaries
* if your bootloader can be unlocked, check [Sony](http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/) **Warning** *if yes and proceed to do so, you will lose your data*
* you would need to backup your apps (there is other questions on this site about this topic!)
* download the LegacyXperia ROM, extract `boot.img` from zip, flash it to bootloader
* reboot and toggle volume keys to get into ClockworkMod Recovery
* choose wipe data/cache
* choose install from adb sideload, CWM will wait,
* `adb sideload name_of_zip_file`, CWM will start loading and installing the ROM.
* reboot and enjoy JellyBean.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/07 | 452 | 1,848 | <issue_start>username_0: My S3 (Jellybean) was suddenly no longer recognised by my PC when plugged in via USB. I solved that by debugging using *Developer Options* as advised in another thread, which allowed the driver to be installed... again (thank you).
But now if I try to use it as a hot-spot via USB tethering, I'm prompted to enter a network security key.
Previously it just connected without the need for this and furthermore, I don't know where I would find such a key since I didn't set it up in the first place.
Help anyone?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think you can use hotspot through USB. May be it is asking for your wifi hotspot password. Which you can find in 'Tethering and Portable hotspot' settings.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Once you have activated tethering you can select the "Portable Wifi hotspot" row on the *left side* in the tethering menu to get an information page. From the information page there is a configuration menu to add specific allowed devices to connect, and to configure the SSID and password of the tethering Wifi Hotspot.
I find this is confusing/misleading because in the same row there is also the tethering activation/deactivation button on the *right side* so to me it is counter-intuitive that other elements in the same row would also have actions associated with them.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Go to `setting > more settings > tethering` now enable tethering. On same screen tap tethering again, not to turn off, so tap to the left of the tether on switch. A screen opens, go to bottom left corner and tap configure. Scroll down you will see a password field, tap the show password then copy and paste the password to notepad or write it down. When your laptop asks for a security key enter password. I did this for the first time in ten minutes.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/08 | 956 | 2,545 | <issue_start>username_0: It runs Android 2.3.6 and has the 2.3.38.6-perf kernel version. I've already tried using SuperOneClick but it doesn't work. :(
I'm rather contented with it ( oh wait, it has this puny internal storage, 120+ mb, but I can live with that ) and I'd rather just leave it alone except for the fact that Huawei saw it fit not to add proxy support. My university network uses proxies so the smartphone is rather useless at school. I tried proxy apps but they all require the phone to be rooted. I hope somebody here can guide me in rooting this phone. Thank you for your time :)
---
**UPDATE:**
I tried SRSRoot as @Izzy suggested, unfortunately, it doesn't work either :(
```
---= SRS One-Click-Root v4.3 =---
11:29:51 PM - Starting ADB Server..
11:29:57 PM - Manufacturer: HUAWEI
11:29:58 PM - Model: HUAWEI Y210-0100
11:29:58 PM - Android Version: 2.3.6
11:29:58 PM - Build ID: Y210-0100V100R001C294B837
11:29:58 PM - Board ID: Y210-0100
11:29:58 PM - Chipset Platform: msm7k
11:29:58 PM - Getting OffSets.. : 0x8003 0x8005 (False)
11:30:00 PM - Query Server for Best Method.. Found Rootkit: 2
----= Start Rooting Process.. Please Wait =----
11:30:00 PM [+] Testing exploit: root2a (Please wait it can take some minutes)....
11:30:21 PM [+] Executing root2a exploit Failed, Proceed next...
11:30:21 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4 (please wait..)
11:30:24 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started)
11:33:23 PM [+] Executing root4 exploit Failed. (Root Error: 0)
11:33:23 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4b (please wait..)
11:33:27 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started)
11:36:45 PM [+] Device Reboot #2 (Wait till it's started)
11:39:57 PM Auto Root Failed on this device. :(
11:39:57 PM Rebooting Device and try again...
```<issue_comment>username_1: That was for y210D. You need to flash it stock again and root it with a y210 insecure boot image. You can get the stock ROM [here](https://rapidshare.com/files/2786480610/Y210-0010%20firmware%20%28U8685D%20Android%202.3%20V100R001C17B829_%20China%20Unicom%29.zip).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_1: you may [try this](http://www.mediafire.com/?n7z02db5jux22n6) at your own risk. Please do a nand back-up first.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I know it's been years but I think people might be interested to know how to root this. I tried again last month using [Framaroot](http://framaroot.net/). You just download the latest version, install the app and run it. Most painless root I've had so far.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/08 | 342 | 1,043 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 which I have updated to the official jellybean provided by Samsung, it is supposed to have Google Now but I cant see the cards on opening the the app. Can anyone help me out by pointing out the way in which I can see the cards.<issue_comment>username_1: That was for y210D. You need to flash it stock again and root it with a y210 insecure boot image. You can get the stock ROM [here](https://rapidshare.com/files/2786480610/Y210-0010%20firmware%20%28U8685D%20Android%202.3%20V100R001C17B829_%20China%20Unicom%29.zip).
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_1: you may [try this](http://www.mediafire.com/?n7z02db5jux22n6) at your own risk. Please do a nand back-up first.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I know it's been years but I think people might be interested to know how to root this. I tried again last month using [Framaroot](http://framaroot.net/). You just download the latest version, install the app and run it. Most painless root I've had so far.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/08 | 675 | 2,482 | <issue_start>username_0: On iOS, I can single-tap the top of the screen to scroll any list all the way to the top. This doesn't seem to work on my Nexus 4 (4.2.1 / CM10.1) and for instance in the list of phone contacts this is particularly tedious.
Is there a similar gesture on Android?
I'm surprised that I couldn't find this as an existing question, but I did search for it.<issue_comment>username_1: As far as I know, there's nothing built into the OS for that.
I guess it depends completely on the developers of the app you're using. I've seen some apps where, once you start scrolling, a "handle" appears on the side of the screen that you can tap-and-drag to scroll faster. I've even seen an app or two where you could touch the top of the screen to immediately scroll to the top of whatever multi-screen thing you're looking at. But it's certainly not universal.
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_2: As user267 said, it depends on the app.
On the phone contact list in Android 4.2 you have a little blue handle on the right.
In the stock Android browser, you just swipe up fast enough and it will scroll to the top quickly enough.
In Chrome for Android, It didn't find a way, and it is very annoying, because going back to top of a long page is often necessary.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_1: If you're willing to root your device, there's an app called [OneClick Scroll](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiumiu.ca.oneclickscroll) that will jump to the top or bottom of the page when you tap the notification bar at the top of the screen. It will work for all apps (which is why it requires root).
[Lifehacker has a review (and a video demonstration)](http://lifehacker.com/oneclick-scroll-jumps-to-the-top-or-bottom-of-a-page-wi-1513579137).
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: There is a way to do this, based on the [Xposed](http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer) module installer. *This requires rooted device!*
As per this [thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610647), tapping on the status bar will bring the scroll to the top.
It started out originally based on a thread in Reddit where this user blogged about her experience after ditching Apple for Android, and one of the things the user found troublesome was there was no way for Android to scroll to top, one of the devs that is a regular on the Xposed scene, developed the module to circumvent it.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/08 | 280 | 940 | <issue_start>username_0: I did a revert from CM10.1 to CM10.
Now, my keyboard is broken. It does not stop crashing. I tried everything:
* Clearing data and cache
* restart of the app
* factory reset
* clearing dalvik and normal cache
* re-installing it several times with different gapps, although I know the correct match.
Now, I'm back to cm-10.0.0-maguro and gapps-jb-20121011-signed. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of a system wipe using CWM recovery. Is this safe, or will it brick my phone? Is there anything I need to know?<issue_comment>username_1: AOSP keyboard crashing in CM is a known issue. I think you can go for a System Wipe. But just go through the precautions you should do.
Try re-flashing your ROM and GAPPS
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I finally made it without a `/system/`-wipe. I reinstalled CM9.1 + gapps, ran it once, and installed CM10 + gapps. Now it works fine! Anyway thanks for your help!
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/09 | 245 | 921 | <issue_start>username_0: When I connect the USB power source, it makes CPU to stay on (even though "Development->Stay awake" is off).
When charging from a weak power source if makes battery to drain even faster than is case of USB power is not connected at all (because of CPU stays on instead of sleeping).
How do I stop external power connectedness affecting CPU sleeping policy?
I'm not talking about screen being on, it's about CPU being awake (unfortunately it is not easy to see if CPU is on or off).<issue_comment>username_1: AOSP keyboard crashing in CM is a known issue. I think you can go for a System Wipe. But just go through the precautions you should do.
Try re-flashing your ROM and GAPPS
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I finally made it without a `/system/`-wipe. I reinstalled CM9.1 + gapps, ran it once, and installed CM10 + gapps. Now it works fine! Anyway thanks for your help!
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/09 | 249 | 913 | <issue_start>username_0: On Samsung phones, at least I know on the Galaxy S and Galaxy SII, it is only possible to merge 5 contacts max. There is also an issue on the Google Code page of Android [here](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16735), but this did not solve the Samsung specific problem.
The suggested fix on XDA-Developers did not work with newer Android versions, and I'd like to stick with the official Samsung ROM.
Is there way to increase the limit on contact merging?<issue_comment>username_1: AOSP keyboard crashing in CM is a known issue. I think you can go for a System Wipe. But just go through the precautions you should do.
Try re-flashing your ROM and GAPPS
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I finally made it without a `/system/`-wipe. I reinstalled CM9.1 + gapps, ran it once, and installed CM10 + gapps. Now it works fine! Anyway thanks for your help!
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/10 | 1,302 | 4,979 | <issue_start>username_0: Are the gapps (e.g. from goo.im) signed in a way that prevents tampering? Is there a way to verify they're the same as you'd get from Google?
Do all / most ROMs check for this?<issue_comment>username_1: All Android apps are signed.
Android will not run an unsigned app. In addition, the signatures are tied to the app permissions, such that if the signature was wrong, other apps would not be able to talk with it, and you would not be able to receive updates to it from Google Play.
Android signing is discussed in more depth in [Signing Your Applications](http://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/app-signing.html) in the Android developer documentation, from which the above information was drawn.
If you are paranoid and want to [verify an app's signature](https://stackoverflow.com/q/7104624/1068283), you can use the `jarsigner` utility included with the [Java Development Kit (JDK)](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html). For example:
```
jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs Vending.apk
```
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: * If you got your gapps from `goo.im`, you could manually check if the MD5sum of the .zip file you downloaded is correct. This would assure you that the file has not been tampered with.
* If flashing through ClockworkMod Recovery, there is this option: `install zip from sdcard > toggle signature verification`.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: As username_1's helpful answer says, all android apps are signed. This means:
* the android system will ensure that every app it tries to run has been signed by *someone*.
* When android updates an app, the new app must be signed by *the same key* that signed the original app. Otherwise, the upgrade will fail. If the key changes, the name of the app must also change.
All of this does not mean that a recovery console like TeamWin or ClockworkMod recovery will properly check the signatures of these keys, nor does it mean that a rom is from Google just because *someone* signed it properly.
**Do common roms check the signatures on zip files? Yes, they do**
* Fortunately, it appears that **TeamWin recovery does check**. If I understand it correctly, the source code (here are the [installation](https://github.com/TeamWin/Team-Win-Recovery-Project/blob/twrp2.7/twinstall.cpp) and [verification](https://github.com/TeamWin/Team-Win-Recovery-Project/blob/twrp2.7/verifier.cpp) portions) of TeamWin recovery checks that a zip file in its entirety has been signed by using a private key that corresponds to one of the public keys in /res/keys. It does this if told to verify the signature of a signed zip file, which is different from checking the md5 checksum of the file. In my version (v2.7.0.0) I can see a "Zip file signature verification" option on the install screen, which I assume turns this functionality on.
* **ClockworkMod recovery also checks zip file signatures**. The source code (see [the installer code](https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery-cm/blob/cm-11.0/install.cpp) and [the verification code](https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery-cm/blob/cm-11.0/verifier.cpp)) behaves very similarly to that of TeamWin: a zip file will count as verified if it is signed with a private key whose public "other half" lives in `/res/keys`
**Can we be sure that the apps came from google because of this signing? Probably Not!**
* It appears from [this blog entry](http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/31765.html?thread=1183253) and [this paper](http://www.cs.cuhk.hk/~cslui/PUBLICATION/ASIACCS2014DROIDRAY.pdf) that most recovery roms have at least one key in /res/keys whose private version is publicly known (that's my inference based on what the links say and my knowledge of what the rom verification code does). This means that **the validity checks are essentially worthless**, since *any key in `/res/keys` can be used to sign*.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: While signatures for APK files are checked, it appears that system apps (= apps installed to `/system/`) have more relaxed checks. This allows inclusion of additional files in an APK file and still pass the verification checks.
I have posted the details [on this page](https://github.com/username_4/make-gapps-zip/issues/3), the essence is that the validation code in [PackageParser.java (part of platform\_frameworks\_base)](https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/android-5.1.1_r13/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java#L1076) only checks files listed in the manifest file against the certificate in the APK file. Other files bypass the validation.
The Nexus factory images include Google Apps without the special `classes.dex` file (instead they have an "optimized" .odex file in a subdirectory next to the .apk file). This means that anyone could create an APK containing a `classes.dex` file that is in fact malicious. Be careful with files from untrusted sources!
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/10 | 550 | 1,886 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two Gmail accounts, one that I use for mailing lists and signing up for online services and whatnot, and the other one for more important stuff like work and friends.
I'd like to set it up so that my phone doesn't play the notification sound when an email comes in for the mailing list account. I only want to hear notifications for the account that has the more important email.
I can't find any setting to differentiate notifications between the two accounts.
Is this possible, and if so how?<issue_comment>username_1: This is what I did in Android 4.1 and Gmail:
1. Open Gmail
2. Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dots) and select **Settings**
3. Tap the account for which you *don't* want to get notifications
4. Uncheck the **Notifications** option
That should be all you need to do.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: An Update for Android 12 or 13 Beta. Both versions were tested and confirmed.
1. Open Gmail App on your Android phone.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Rrqr.png)
2. Choose the account to view.
3. At the top left there are 3 lines, tap the 3 lines.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z6ZEg.png)
4. Scroll down to Settings and tap Settings.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y8kxq.png)
5. Choose the email you want to change.
6. Tap Notifications.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zeaoq.png)
7. You have a choice of All, High Priority only, or None.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VhCFo.png)
Once you make your choice, you're done and can back out of settings.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/10 | 535 | 1,687 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to root my Galaxy S3 i9300 on a Apple Mac.
I followed the instructions [here](http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-mac-osx/)
But instead of my phone starting up ClockWorkMod recovery, my phone keeps booting up on android recovery.
Any tips on how to go from here?<issue_comment>username_1: This is what I did in Android 4.1 and Gmail:
1. Open Gmail
2. Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dots) and select **Settings**
3. Tap the account for which you *don't* want to get notifications
4. Uncheck the **Notifications** option
That should be all you need to do.
Upvotes: 5 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: An Update for Android 12 or 13 Beta. Both versions were tested and confirmed.
1. Open Gmail App on your Android phone.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Rrqr.png)
2. Choose the account to view.
3. At the top left there are 3 lines, tap the 3 lines.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z6ZEg.png)
4. Scroll down to Settings and tap Settings.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y8kxq.png)
5. Choose the email you want to change.
6. Tap Notifications.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zeaoq.png)
7. You have a choice of All, High Priority only, or None.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VhCFo.png)
Once you make your choice, you're done and can back out of settings.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/11 | 295 | 1,169 | <issue_start>username_0: Usually, in desktop version of Google Docs spreadsheet, I will enter a number of new rows if current document has no rows remaining, so I can extend down the document. I installed Google Drive on my Gingerbread and has a spreadsheet file in it. When I open it, I want to do so with my Android app but how can I do it? Which button should I press?<issue_comment>username_1: 1. Click on the row number in the first column.
2. Click the number again; a menu should pop-up.
3. Click 4th button; a menu should popup with the following options:
* Insert above
* Insert below
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: If you have a **keyboard** (bluetooth, tablet dock...), you can do:
1. Click the row number in the first column
2. Using **shift + up or down arrow on the keyboard**, select as many lines as you want to add at the end of the sheet
3. Click the row number of one of the selected lines, a menu should popup
4. Click 4th button ; a menu should popup with the following options:
* Insert above
* Insert below
This will extend the number of lines in the document by the same number of lines that you have selected at step 2.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/11 | 1,149 | 3,378 | <issue_start>username_0: How to root Samsung Galaxy Note 2? I have no experience with rooting. Model number is **GT-N7100**. Android-version **4.1.1**.<issue_comment>username_1: This will work on the following Galaxy Note 2:
1.**International Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100**
2.**T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 SGH-T889**
3.**AT&T Galaxy Note 2 SGH-I317**
Other carriers
[Sprint Galaxy Note 2 SPH-L900](http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-sprint-galaxy-note-2-sph-l900/)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 2 SCH-I605](http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-verizon-galaxy-note-2-sch-i605/)
(Given a link to video and more description at last sentence)
**Step 1.**
>
> Put your Galaxy Note 2 into Download mode by turning off your phone
> first then holding down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons
> together.
>
>
>
**Step 2.**
>
> Once you see the warning screen, hit Volume Up button to enter ODIN
> Download Mode then connect a micro-USB cable from your Note 2 to your
> computer.
>
>
>
**Step 3.**
>
> If you have to install [Samsung USB drivers](http://stockroms.net/file/Drivers/Samsung/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe)
>
>
>
**Step 4.**
>
> Next, download [GalaxyNote2Root.zip](http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote2/rooting/GalaxyNote2Root.zip)
>
>
>
**Step 5.**
>
> Unzip the files. Next, open up the ODIN program by double-clicking on
> the .exe file.
>
>
>
**Step 6.**
>
> You should see a yellow-highlighted COM box with a random number. If
> you don’t see it, double-check your Windows drivers (the Samsung USB
> drivers you installed in Step 3) and unplug, plug your Note 2 back
> into your computer.
>
>
>
**Step 7.**
>
> DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE and click on “PDA” button then find the
> file cwm6-root-note2.tar(in unzipped folder).
>
>
>
**Step 8.**
>
> Hit Start and let ODIN flash the custom CWM Recovery. When it’s done,
> your Galaxy Note 2 will reboot and you should have a fully rooted
> Galaxy Note 2.
>
>
>
Your phone will boot into newly installed CWM Recovery automatically once and install Superuser app and su binaries then reboot.
You should find a new Superuser app called “SuperSU”.
You can easily verify you have root by downloading Titanium Backup app (free on Play Store) and running it. (a Pop up will appear)
In [here](http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/) they described with details and video that "How to root Note 2" .
You have to just go for the carrier name, under which you are now.
**Good Luck**
**NOTE:I'm not responsible if you mess up your phone. Make sure you know what you are doing before following any instructions. Go [here](http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-faq/) .Just read it.**
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: My GT-N7100 was rooted successfully after watching [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUA2XWPjQBJVScn7wQjeqMqA&feature=player_embedded&v=NFHZ535L7is) and following [these steps](http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method/).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I've used the following guide on XDA Developers:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956>
And did the same for the S3 (for which they also have a toolkit and a thread)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/11 | 241 | 924 | <issue_start>username_0: My mobile data keeps turning on by itself and uses my data traffic. I think this is because of WhatsApp, but I'm not sure. Is there any other possible reason aside from WhatsApp? How should I stop it from happening?
Phone: Samsung GT9100i
Android Version: 4.2.1<issue_comment>username_1: What other apps related to mobile data are you using? Is there any battery saver app that are using? they can turn your data on or off automatically.
Whatsapp doesn't have the permission to enable mobile data. So it must be some other app. still you can use [3G WatchDog](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.rgruet.android.g3watchdog) to check if whatsapp is the culprit.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: For Samsung, go to Settings> Connections> Data Usage then press menu button. Select Restrict Background from the menu. It will stop turning on mobile data automatically.
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/11 | 243 | 929 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy Note 10.1, It suddenly stopped (when switched on) finger touch detection, but works with normally with S Pen. I tried Factory resetting but still it does not detect finger touch... I tried to find any setting regarding finger touch but I couldn't. Is there a way to fix this?<issue_comment>username_1: Go to `settings`, then `language` and `input`, then `Samsung keyboard settings`, then `handwriting`, then `recognition time`. Try changing it and then try touching. Sometimes this could solve. Also try touching the 4 corners.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: [This video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii7m2696T3Y) describes an issue that could be related to your problem.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Let it run dead to the point where it won't turn on, charge it till full (without using it at all) turn it back on and it should. Be fine. Happened to me. :)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/11 | 866 | 3,284 | <issue_start>username_0: My phone (Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX) seems to have problems accepting touch input when connected to a non-OEM power source. When connected to my computer via USB, it accepts input fine, as it does when connected to an Xbox 360 through USB. When connected to the wall USB charger it shipped with, it also accepts input fine, but when connected to a third-party wall USB charger, the touch input goes crazy and starts selecting objects all over the screen where I'm not pressing. The charger did not do this with my previous Android phone.
Is this because there is some data connection it is looking for through USB so that it acts weirdly if not using an OEM charger or actually connected to a data-using device?<issue_comment>username_1: The effect you are observing has nothing to do with any "strange signals" like some suggested but with the quality of the power adapter. Capacitive touch screens are very sensitive to [EMI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference) and the low quality power adapter you are trying to use is interfering with the touch sensor controller in the phone.
[Slightly more detailed description of the problem](http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/07/why-touch-screen-voting-machines-have-problems)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Though [Alex's answer](https://android.stackexchange.com/a/39428/16575) has its point; but as the OP confirmed the second adapter in question is a HTC charger, I hold it more likely that a special "PIN usage" is the cause. As I explained in my comments to the question:
[PinOuts](http://pinouts.ru/CellularPhones-A-N/cellphone_miniusb_pinout.shtml) describes how the PINs of the USB connector are used in general.
screenshot from PinOuts.ru
Note the "x" PIN which, according to the description, *may* be connected to GND.
Now to my observation: As I was annoyed by the very same problem, I decided to dig a little deeper. I tried 3 different cables with the HTC power unit versus two other power units (one Motorola, one generic) on my *Motorola Milestone 2*. In short, all cables behaved exactly the same: connected to the HTC power supply, they caused the very same behaviour described in the question, i.e. unpredictable reactions to the touchscreen. Connected to any of the other power sources, there was no such effect. So the cause very clearly was the HTC power supply.
If EMI were involved, as Alex suggests, the same strange behaviour should appear here daily, as that HTC power supply is connected to a power source (and such must emmit those electro-magnetic disturbance), and my devices are often positioned not much more than 20cm from it. A connected cable might bundle that, true -- but I still hold my theory for more likely. And as one can find by looking at [this XDA thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419722), HTC chargers *do* obviously use a different PIN layout -- which adds its weight to my arguments.
Besides: Other devices connected to the HTC charger (I tried with two tablets, none of them a HTC) did *not* show the effect. So with the EMI argument, the resumé would not be "HTC builds lousy adapters", but "Motorola builds lousy displays" ;)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/11 | 1,338 | 5,385 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Nexus 4, and I would like to be able to switch it to vibrate mode without having to look at the screen or unlock it. My previous phones had this ability (my iPhone had a switch dedicated to this on the side, and on my flip phone before that I just held down the volume down button). I've found this feature pretty useful in many situations where I realize after the fact that I want my phone to be silent, but I don't want to show that I'm silencing my phone (movie theaters, churches, meetings, etc.). I keep my phone in my pants pocket, and the other two phones allowed me to silence them without even removing them from my pocket.
I've tried holding down the volume up, volume down, or power buttons, but that doesn't do anything. I know that there are apps that I can configure to automatically silence based on my location, time of day, and/or calendar items, and while those are useful they still don't give me a universal way to silence the phone with minimal interaction. A home screen or lock screen widget won't work for me because my work requires that my phone lock itself, and doesn't allow me to put widgets on the lock screen.
I'm also not interested in rooting my phone, but a free or paid app (preferably on the Google Play store) is fine. Really, an ideal solution would be an app or setting that allows me to press and hold the volume down button (while the phone is still locked) to put it in vibrate mode.<issue_comment>username_1: Yepp, possible -- TaskerMan is back :) One solution would involve [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), available for about EUR 5 at the playstore (free 7 day trial on the homepage). *Tasker* is an automation solution, connecting "events" with "tasks". In your case, the event would be the corresponding hardware button pressed -- and the task to silence/vibrate your phone. Unfortunately, the volume buttons don't seem to be available here, but...
**Condition:** Event → Hardware → Button: Camera
**Task:** Audio Settings → Vibrate On
Optionally you can have it adjust volume settings as well, of course (a task can consist of multiple actions).
There might be alternative apps able to do this, but I cannot tell for sure what they cover (I'm using *Tasker* here for years, so I've lost track about the others ;) But you might want to take a look at the free [Llama](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama) as well (though from its description, it cannot act on hardware-key-events).
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The following short procedure should work:
* press power button (enable the screen)
* hold power button for 1 second (**new required step on Android 4.2.2**, not needed on 4.2.1)
* press volume up or down until phone vibrates
* optionally press power button again (turn off screen)
The idea is to enable the screen first, because then volume buttons would be enabled to change ringer volume (when screen is off they only work for music volume if it is playing).
Then depending on what volume you had set you need to press volume up or down:
* if volume was set to silent, press volume up once, the phone should vibrate, now the phone is in vibrate only mode
* if volume was set to regular ringtone, press volume down several times until phone vibrates. Now phone is in vibrate mode. Pressing volume down again would enable silent mode.
So you need to press volume down or up until you feel single vibrate and the you can leave the phone as is and it should turn off screen after short time by default. There shouldn't be much risk leaving screen enabled in a pocket for a while, but if you want you can press power button again to disable screen, but you risk pressing volume keys again which might either put phone in silent mode or enable ringtone.
Full procedure that should always work:
* press power button (enable lock screen)
* press volume down up to 7 times until phone vibrates then stop the procedure (this assumes there are 9 levels of volume, see below)
* if phone not vibrated press volume up (you were probably in silent mode), phone should vibrate
* if phone not vibrated repeat the procedure only one more time (maybe screen was enabled and first step turned it off)
* optionally if phone vibrated, press power button once to turn off screen
Phone changes between following states when pressing volume up/down keys:
1. Maximum volume
2. ...
3. ...
4. Medium volume
5. ...
6. ...
7. Minimum volume
8. **vibration only**
9. no sound, no vibration - silent mode
The procedure was tested on Galaxy Nexus, but since Nexus 4 is very similar (same button layout/number, OS version, nexus brand) it should also work for it.
**Update: Since android 4.2.2 changing volume on lock screen as described above does not work. There is additional step needed: holding power button for at least 1 second when screen is enabled. This will bring the "power off/airplaine mode" dialog and volume buttons will work there.**
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: I struggled with this for a long while as well.
I found [Silent Mode Switcher](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rm.android.mute&hl=en), which lets you the press power button and shake the phone to switch it to vibrate mode. Easiest way I've found, and it works great on Nexus 5.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/11 | 607 | 1,970 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to deploy and test an Android app on my Nexus 4 from my Ubuntu 11.10 computer, but ADB doesn't recognize it. I think I need the Google USB drivers, but I cannot find instructions on how to install them on Ubuntu.
How can I install the drivers on Ubuntu 11.10 so that ADB will recognize my N4?<issue_comment>username_1: You don't need any special drivers -- all you need is to make your device known. A few simple steps can accomplish this when your device is connected via USB:
```
sudo lsusb
[...]
Bus 002 Device 054: ID 18d1:4e22 Google Inc. Nexus S (debug)
```
See the two hex values separated by a colon: `18d1:4e22` This is the manufacturerID:deviceID you need to tell the system to handle. So as root:
```
sudo su -
cd /etc/udev/rules.d
vi 51-android.rules
```
In this file, add a line (you can use the editor of your choice, of course -- my example uses `vi`)
```
# MyDeviceName
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4e22", MODE="0666" GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
```
This example uses the values from above `lsusb` output -- you need to replace them by yours. Now, to let your changes take effect:
```
sudo service udev reload
```
Final step: Disconnect your device, and reconnect it. It should be recognized now.
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: As explained at [Enable developer options in Android 4.2 on Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus](http://www.redmondpie.com/enable-developer-options-in-android-4.2-on-nexus-4-and-galaxy-nexus/) you need to activate developer mode.
>
> Step 1: Pull down the notifications panel on your device’s interface and tap on Settings.
>
>
> Step 2: Next, scroll all the way down and tap on About Phone, and you will notice a segment detailing your device’s build number.
>
>
> Step 3: Repeatedly tap on Build Number (seven taps should do the trick) until you’re met with a message that reads: “you are now a developer!”
>
>
>
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/12 | 586 | 2,299 | <issue_start>username_0: I bought a HTC one X in China, in order to send it to my girlfriend who's in UK, but she's constantly get charging problems.
The problem is like this:
1. Can't charge at all using AC adapter if the battery is not empty. The battery bar just keep decreasing no matter whether you plugged the power line or not. (Faster with the line plugged). The only way to get it charged is to wait until the phone drain its battery and die. Then it charges again.
2. Battery can be charged with computer USB, but very very S..L..O..W. Maybe after hours and you get an 1% increase.
3. When using 1) the battery bar is around 50% after one night's charge. Restarting or shutting down\start again from the Android GUI won't help. But if we shut-down the phone and restart using the HBoot, it will show a bar of nearly 100%.
My girlfriend didn't have the adapter shipped along with phone. She has a BlackBerry 5V600mA adapter and a 5V1A adapter bought from AMAZON. Neither of them work. We hesitate to use a 2A adapter because we fear it may do harm to the battery.
I have read a lot threads these days. I think its maybe caused by some error on battery software of system or hardware error. But others' problems didn't seem totally the same with mine, and the solutions to these problems didn't work.
Does anyone have idea to deal with it?<issue_comment>username_1: I haven't had this problem with my HTC One X, I have used several adapters and all of them were charging as normal.
I don't know if this will solve the problem, but you could try to do a reset of your phone, to make sure it is not a software related problem. But I guess the problem will still remain after the reset, so in that case, it is pretty sure that it is a hardware related problem of your phone. So you might want to contact HTC support for this problem. I think the only solution will be to swap your defective device with a working one.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Try to reset to factory settings, charge with ant without SIM card, reeboot.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: original charger would solve all of your problems...
I had a similar problem on my hox as well, even with samsung galaxy s3 charger, everything is normal when I charge with original charger device & cable
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/12 | 1,686 | 6,028 | <issue_start>username_0: I downloaded a game from Google Play. In the permission page, I noticed that it asks for my personal information.
```
Allow this application to:
Your personal information read sensitive log data.
```
Why in the world a game needs my personal information to run? so I decided not to install it. However, I really want to play this game. My question is this, is there any way to fake my personal information so developer of the game can not be able to reach my info?
```
My Android version : 4.0.2
Model number : GT-N7000
Baseband version : N7000XXLB2
```<issue_comment>username_1: Log Data can't be faked without root and doing that would be a painful waste of time. All phones pre 4.1 that app can access a list of everything the phone has been doing (after you install 4.1 it can only access what it has been doing itself). You will have to trust the maker of the game to not use any logs maliciously currently or you can try and use this <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923576>. I would recommend trusting the app or uninstalling it.
If you still want to play the game and be sure no one is getting your logs, you can play in aeroplane mode and then uninstall the app before you take it off aeroplane mode.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Summing up from the comments on the question itself, so it doesn't "get lost":
As [ce4](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/15713/ce4) pointed out: The `READ_LOGS` permission requested by the app grants it access to the system logs, which *might* include sensitive information logged by *other* apps (also system apps). **However note,** that this specific problem has been adressed by Google with Jelly Bean onwards (apps can only read *their very own logs*, and not everything in the log since then). So the `READ_LOGS` permission on Android 4.1+ is safe. You can install the app without fear on Jelly Bean devices (but not ICS and below).
### PDroid
If one has *CyanogenMod* (or a compatible ROM) installed, there's the option to use *PDroid* in one of its incarnations. Visit the *XDA-Developers* for information on...
* The [OpenPDroid AutoPatcher](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719408), working on Linux, MacOSX, and meanwhile also Windows. With this tool you can patch a ROM image so it will contain the PDroid functionality.
* The [OpenPDroid project](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098156). This thread gives you detailed information on what OpenPDroid is, what it does, what features it includes, and more.
* [PDroid 2.0](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923576), which now also offers support for stock ROMs. Tons of screenshots there, for sure an interesting read!
Still, PDroid is nothing for Android newbies to install -- it's not like just picking an `.apk` and go. All PDroid incarnations require you to patch an existing ROM image file, which you then must flash to your device. So no easy-go.
### LBE
[LBE Privacy Guard](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite), on the other hand, can just be installed straight from the playstore **if you run Android 4.0 or *below***. There are issues with JellyBean like e.g. boot-loops, so **do not install the playstore version on JellyBean devices!** At least not if it was not updated May 2013 or later. You have been warned!
For JellyBean users, again XDA is a good source: some busy members took care to translate the Chinese [LBE安全大师](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lbe.security) (*LBE Security Master*) to different languages. The thread can be found [here](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422479), and this version does not boot-loop JellyBean.
### XPrivacy
[XPrivacy](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320783) is pretty new in this area (I just discovered it recently, after I wrote this answer -- so I felt the need to update it). As with the other mentioned solutions, it requires a rooted device. In order to install the app, you also need a Custom Recovery such as e.g. [clockworkmod](/questions/tagged/clockworkmod "show questions tagged 'clockworkmod'") or [twrp](/questions/tagged/twrp "show questions tagged 'twrp'"). *XPrivacy* is based on the [Xposed-Framework](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401), so you will need that as well. Requiring Android 4.1 or higher, this seems a nice option for those having used *LBE Privacy Guard* before, and don't want to use the overloaded *LBE Security Master* on JellyBean.
From its behavior it's comparable to *LBE*: on a per-app basis, permissions can be set separately. In most cases, if you "revoke" a permission, "fake data" will be served instead -- with two exceptions, where this seems not to be possible (internet and external storage). More details can be found on the [project page](https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy#description).
CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android, & Co. with *Privacy Guard*
---------------------------------------------------------
CM 10.1 nightlies and onwards of *CyanogenMod* as well as *Paranoid Android* already [ship with a Privacy Guard](http://donandroid.com/cm-10-1-20130625-nightly-with-cm-privacy-guard-incognito-mode-1236), which lets you define what apps should be placed into "incognito mode". While that's better than nothing, it's just an on/off switch: either the app is put into "incognito", or it is not. No selective withdrawal of permissions here.
Android 4.3+ *App-Ops*
----------------------
With Android 4.3, Google finally introduced a kind of "permission manager". In 4.3, it's still hidden, but can easily be made available: [App-Ops](http://www.xda-developers.com/android/app-ops-brings-granular-permissions-control-to-android-4-3/) allow you a fine grained control over your privacy, almost similar to what *PDroid*, *LBE*, and *XPrivacy* provide. But just almost: not all permissions can be revoked here (e.g. network/internet access cannot).
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/12 | 778 | 2,968 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed that our HTC Thunderbolts were upgraded from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0. That is very nice, I thought it would never upgrade.
Now that it did, I am wondering, why / what rules qualify an upgrade? Is it once every 18 months regardless? Is it diverse depending on which phone you have? Does it also depend on the carrier and/or brand? (are the HTC phones generally this way, or is it Verizon's choice)
Please clarify the Android OS update policy for me.
It would be extra good if you knew the policy on the iPhone OS, and how it compares.
Oh, and I already know that apps (YouTube, Play Store, Play Music, Gmail, Games) are not part of the OS, except for certain bundled apps. (Camera, Internet, Phone, etc.)<issue_comment>username_1: There isn't a specific Android OS Upgrade Policy. If it's a Nexus device and it can handle the latest version of Android it will get the latest version of Android from Google. Other than that it is up to manufacturers to update drivers and their specific customized version of Android for their own devices and then it is up to the carriers to approve those updates and release them to users' phones.
Apple has only one phone basically and they release updates on what seems to be a yearly basis and update is done via their own service, not restricted by carriers.
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history>
The last few new Android versions have been
* Android Jelly Bean 4.1 on July 2012
* Android Jelly Bean 4.2 on November 2012
* Android Jelly Bean 4.3 on July 2013
* Android Kitkat 4.4 on October 2013
* Android Lollipop 5.0 on November 2014
* Android Lollipop 5.1 on March 2015
So apart from a gap between 4.4 and 5.0 the minor releases have mostly been about half a year apart, and there has been a new major release (eg new dessert themed codename) about every one and a half years.
Important notes, however:
* Only Nexus branded devices get the updates as soon as they're released. Third party manufacturers get given the source code on that day, and it takes them a few months to make it into a release, depending on various factors. Additionally, they have various agreements with carriers to let the carriers test updates before releasing which can add months.
* Not all devices receive all updates, and some receive no updates at all. The more "popular" a device and the more it is considered a "flagship" device, the more likely it is to get updates, but that's only a general rule of thumb. There are phones being sold today still using only Android 4.3 with no further updates.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: According to Google 18 months is the OS life.
"Nexus devices may not receive the latest version of Android if they fall outside of the update window, which is usually around 18 months after a device has been released."
<https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705?hl=en>
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/12 | 409 | 1,482 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to view style sheets/html pages via the Android emulator. I pulled the html pages into the SD Card and was able to view them. However, I'm not sure how to pull the style sheets/javascript in to see specific styling.
How can that be done? I'm not a programmer, but can find my way around Eclipse pretty well if that is needed.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't know much about Eclipse. But for your goal, it all depends on how the external stylesheets are defined. If they are using full-qualified URLs (e.g. <http://www.example.com/example.css>), there's no way you get them working offline. If they are using a relative path (easiest: just their file name, residing in the same directory as the HTML file), you can simply copy them next/relative to your HTML files, and it should work.
Examples, assuming the HTML file is put to `/sdcard/html/myfile.html`:
* : simply copy `style.css` to `/sdcard/html`
* `href="../style.css">`: Copy to `/sdcard`
* `href="foo/bar/style.css"`: create `/sdcard/html/foo/bar` and place `style.css` there
* `href="/style.css"`: Sorry, nogo without root, as you cannot write to `/`
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You need to open the HTML file on your browser, so that you can see the actual styling.
You can also [open a browser via Eclipse](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8528454/how-do-you-open-the-eclipse-web-browser).
PS This really sounds like a dev-related issue. Probably off-topic.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/12 | 492 | 1,722 | <issue_start>username_0: I've seen screenshots from Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) that have a camera icon besides the unlock icon on the lockscreen (see below).
My Nexus 4 (latest Jelly Bean, 4.2.1) has a camera widget on its lockscreen instead, but I find it sometimes hard to open. (As long as the lock symbol is pulsing, the swipe has to be started from the very edge. If you are already widget selection mode, it is easier.)
Is there anyway to add the camera icon (or any other icons) to the unlock circle? In stock, with apps, or with any mods?
<issue_comment>username_1: I don't know much about Eclipse. But for your goal, it all depends on how the external stylesheets are defined. If they are using full-qualified URLs (e.g. <http://www.example.com/example.css>), there's no way you get them working offline. If they are using a relative path (easiest: just their file name, residing in the same directory as the HTML file), you can simply copy them next/relative to your HTML files, and it should work.
Examples, assuming the HTML file is put to `/sdcard/html/myfile.html`:
* : simply copy `style.css` to `/sdcard/html`
* `href="../style.css">`: Copy to `/sdcard`
* `href="foo/bar/style.css"`: create `/sdcard/html/foo/bar` and place `style.css` there
* `href="/style.css"`: Sorry, nogo without root, as you cannot write to `/`
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: You need to open the HTML file on your browser, so that you can see the actual styling.
You can also [open a browser via Eclipse](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8528454/how-do-you-open-the-eclipse-web-browser).
PS This really sounds like a dev-related issue. Probably off-topic.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/12 | 493 | 2,016 | <issue_start>username_0: so I'm trying to test apps on my Motorola Droid Razr so that I can test with audio and video playback. I'm running Windows XP (woot), and the problem is that when I connect my phone with USB Debugging enabled, the computer doesn't recognize it even though it was just connected as a media device with USB Debugging turned off. I thought I downloaded the correct USB driver because it worked before without USB Debugging.
I thought that the computer could automatically find the new hardware because i had just downloaded it, however this leads me to my next problem: whenever I connect my phone to the computer it kills the computer's internet...weird right? I've tried turning tethering, wifi, bluetooth, you-name-it on/off and it still does that. Any thoughts??
Appreciate the help
<NAME>.<issue_comment>username_1: Endless hours were spent trying to connect my Motorola Razr to my computer. This finally worked:
Go to Google Playstore on the phone. Download Motorola PIM (all upper case).
If you have an extended battery case/charger on the phone, remove the phone and insert the USB cable into the port on the top of the phone.
Or
Download [AirDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid) and connect wirelessly.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: The problem lies with the type of USB driver you have downloaded. They are two types of USB driver's.
1.Type1
2.Type2
Type1 USB driver is used only for file transfer and personal purpose like backup etc.
Whereas type2 USB driver is used solely for debugging(development). You need to download the Debug driver for your Motorola Droid razr
You had downloaded the type 1 driver so your device didn't get recognized by eclipse(or ADT). In order to get your device identified via the debug enabled option download the latest debug driver for your device.
Follow this [link](http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html#WinXp) on downloading the device drivers for your device
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/12 | 474 | 1,730 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a way to send an email to myself as quickly as possible. I am using my inbox as TODO list, and sometimes even send emails to myself to add new items…
The optimal solution would be one where after a single touch on homescreen and typing a line of text (like: “Buy Milk”), some app or service would automatically send an email to my address with subject equal to what I typed. I wish to avoid choosing destination address, being forced to type something into the body and so on.
I'm currently using Evernote for that, occasionally moving items to my INBOX manually. But even then it's 5 or 6 touches + several seconds needed to load Evernote on my a bit dated Milestone 1.
Thanks for any ideas.<issue_comment>username_1: You might want to take a look at e.g. [Mail Myself](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pfalabs) / [SelfMail](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.javatomic.drupal) (which integrate into the Share menu), or [Email Me](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.caramellabs.emailme) / [Email To Self](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.ashtonbrsc.emailtoself):
>
> Create homescreen shortcuts which use a preselected email address and/or label by long pressing on a blank space on your homescreen, then select Shortcuts, then Email To Self.
>
>
>
Guess that's what you're looking for ;)
Upvotes: 3 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: [Google Voice Actions](http://www.google.com/mobile/voice-actions/) has what you want.
Simply enter voice command mode, say "note to self", then say whatever your note is. When you're done an email message will be sent to you with the text of your message.
Upvotes: 3 |
2013/02/13 | 793 | 3,093 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Nexus 4, when I press the power button to access the lock screen (say, to check the time), the screen doesn't turn itself off for 30 seconds. This seems like an excessive delay. On my previous Froyo phone, the lock screen would time out in about 5 seconds. Is there an option to set the lock screen timeout? The only timeout-related settings I found are "Display -> Sleep" and "Security -> Automatically lock", but these don't seem to control what I want.
I could, of course, press the power button again to turn the screen off, but... laziness.<issue_comment>username_1: You could watch out for an automation solution. I e.g. use [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm) for a lot of things like that (yeah, it's EUR 5 -- but you can obtain a free 7-day trial at the project page, and according to the dev even make it work another 7 days by exporting its settings, uninstall, reinstall, import settings). Rawly described: You combine events/conditions with tasks. In your case, you'd e.g. set the default timeout to 30s, and have Tasker take care for specialities:
* Profile "Reading":
+ **Condition:** App running (Browser, eBook-Reader, ... -- make your choices)
+ **Task:** Set screen timeout to 2min (automatically reverts when condition is no longer met)
* Profile "LockScreen":
+ **Condition**: [Screenlock On]
+ **Task:** Timeout 15s
You've got the idea. Unfortunately (as indicated by the square brackets), *Tasker* seems to have no condition for "Screenlock active" (or I did not find it), so this might require some addon (Locale addons are compatible). Nevertheless, you've got the idea -- and there are other automation solutions out there on the Playstore which might do the job to your liking, and even may be cheaper. I'd look out for addons, then check [Llama - Location Profiles](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama) etc. as well.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Actually there is a way to do just that in tasker,
basically you can simply set the screen timeout to 15secs once the screen turns off (which usually is the trigger to turn the lockscreen on :) )
and there also is an event which is called Display Unlocked (which is lockscreen unlocked)
and with that simply turn the screen timeout back to whatever u choose, i.e. 30 minutes.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I just found a simple way to reduce the display timeout while on Lock Screen (in case you just want to wake the device, see what time it is, and then want it to lock itself more quickly than your android sleep timeout setting) :
Condition: SecureSettings - failed login attempts 1 and tick the "invert" box.
Action: Display timeout (put your desired seconds here).
This profile will detect the Lock Screen and *not* look for any failed attempt and will turn off the screen with your desired timeout.
Note that this condition requires [Secure Settings plugin](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin) to be installed.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/13 | 2,480 | 9,514 | <issue_start>username_0: On my Nexus 4, there's a folder called `/sdcard/Music/` (or just `/Music` when browsing the phone's storage; Windows 7 calls it `Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music`) and I've put a lot of songs in there but **the music player doesn't see any of my songs.**
Why can one app (the file manager, and e.g. Dropbox) see the files, but not another app (Play Music, Apollo, Jukefox)?
**Notes:**
* LG Nexus 4 16GB, unlocked, with CyanogenMod 10.1
(nightly build 20130212 because nothing *more stable* is available but there are no crashes.)
* The songs are stored in the path format `/sdcard/Music/Artist/Album/Song title.mp3` (simply because that's how they're stored on my media drive).
+ `Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Eagles\On the Border\1 Already Gone.mp3`
+ `Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Kashmir\The Good Life\10 Kiss me goodbye.mp3`
+ `Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\Christina St眉rmer\Freier Fall\1 Geh nicht wenn du kommst.mp3`
(yes there's a Chinese character in there and I don't know why; it's a German ü *(umlaut u)* on my original Windows media drive)
* I know that the songs are present and that they work because the CyanogenMod File Manager shows them and I can play them individually. *They do exist!*
* Running [Rescan SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberullu.rescansd) as suggested below didn't make the files appear in any of the player apps.
* I'm fairly certain there are no `.nomedia` files: The CyanogenMod File Manager doesn't display files that begin with a `.` (I renamed an existing TXT file and it promptly disappeared :)) but I used the [Root Browser Lite](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree) to look through `/Music` and subfolders -- the only match I found was the one I had renamed, and I have deleted that now.
* My Windows pc at work couldn't see the files either, but after unplugging/replugging the USB it now can see+open+play the files. (I've now revised this question to remove the Windows part.)
* I'm still mystified by the fact that file-browser apps see the files but music-player apps don't.<issue_comment>username_1: In the stock ROM the Nexus 4 default music player should be "[Play Music](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.music)" with an icon that looks like yellow headphones, never heard of Apollo but it's possible this is something your custom ROM's changed.
Most music players on Android get their "media library" from the built-in media scanner service, this should pick up MP3 files stored in any user-accessible storage location on your phone and add them to the scanner's library. Sometimes the media scanner doesn't "notice" new files you've just added and needs to be told to do a rescan, there are apps on the store that can do this, such as [Rescan SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberullu.rescansd), you can find a selection of them with a [search of the Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=rescan+sd&c=apps) if you run one of those and wait a couple of minutes all of your media should be picked up.
It's unlikely from what you're saying, but it's also possible that a hidden `.nomedia` file may be sitting in your Music folder, or one of it's parent/child folders. The presence of this file tells the media scanner to ignore the contents of that folder and it's child-folders. If you find that file somewhere in your Music folder's hierarchy, delete it.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Seeing a file name like `Computer\Nexus 4\Internal storage\Music\<NAME>眉rmer\Freier Fall\1 Geh nicht wenn du kommst.mp3` points to a special problem with "special characters" (such as German Umlauts) which got messed up on data transfer: While Windoze uses its own character set (MS-ANSI or wone of the WIN-12xx, depending on configuration), Android expects UTF-8 -- which is why it's a good custom to use only 7-bit ASCII characters in file names.
Due to this mismatch and the "unidentifyable character", the media scanner most likely has crashed. Which resulted in the media database not being populated, from which follows: The players think "no media files there".
Proposed actions
----------------
I'd suggest to either temporarily delete or at least rename all affected files, so that no file with "special characters" in its name remains. Then have the media scanner run again (e.g. triggering it with [Rescan SD](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberullu.rescansd)). Once that's finished, I'm pretty sure your media player(s) will find something to play (with).
That being approved, you know what to look for in the future. As said before, I strongly recommend to restict characters in file names to 7-bit ASCII -- that avoids a lot of problems, though some names might look a little strange ;)
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_3: Delete the .nomedia found on your music folder. Internal and external sd card music folder. Install player pro media player. Go to settings and point it to where your music folder at on your external sd card. Once your songs showed up, it will show on your stock music player too. Good luck
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Neither the pre-installed android music app nor Apollo music player could see the files I side-loaded until I flattened the directory hierarchy to one-level. For example, Music/Band/song.ogg works, Music/Band/Album/song.ogg does not. If only music players could see through those shallow id3 tags and get back to basics!
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_5: Your music library might not be set up to scan even the `/sdcard0/Music/` folder.
Connect your android phone the your computer and active "USB Mode"
On your computer access the SD card on your phone over the USB cable. So on windows it might look like "`F:\Music\`" as a drive letter.
So, in this instance my issue looked like this "`F:\Music\Music_aa\`"
I renamed it to "`F:\Music\Music_ab\`"
The Android USB helper service on the phone automatically starts a new scan for all media inside `/sdcard/Music/Music_ab` on the phone once you disconnect from USB mode.
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: Had the same problem on Android 4.4.2.
My solution:
1. move sdcard/Music to sdcard/media/Music
2. reboot to recovery mode
3. wipe cache (system cache, not the dalvik one)
4. reboot system
enjoy with Google Play Music! ^\_^
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_7: Ok guys.... Last night out of the blue my stock android media apps album and music player could not find any of the photos or songs that were actually in my sd card. After escaping a stroke by a little....and four hours letter after readind a lot of forums I found a solution:
For the music player I used an app called "Next music" which could actually see the songs. I went to an option called scan by hitting the refresh button, did a full scan and magically my songs were readable by every other app including the stock player. Without any rebooting
For the photos I used quickpick. It was the only one that could actually see the photos. I opened each folder in my album then by pressing the hard menu key there was an option called" Fix Date". Did that for every folder and tbey appeared on my stock album app. Without rebooting
Ps :deleting every .nomedia I found did absolutely nothing...
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: I mounted and un mounted my sd card and all apps recognized the files again
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_9: .nomedia - I had 2 of them files on phone and one on sd - deleted all three and Hay Presto Music player now sees all songs on SD card and phone - all good thanks - using Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 lite - had tried reformatting SD - reboots of phone - different media players - but by deleting all .nomedia files was the only solution that worked - worked a treat - didn't even have to reboot phone - just a quick rescan from media player
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_10: I had this problem and I found the solution, when you go to your phones "file manager", disable "show hidden files". Then the installed players will not recognize your mp3 files. So make sure the hidden files are hidden in the file manager.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_11: move
sdcard/Music
to
sdcard/Media/Music
reboot opo.
All files showed up on players.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_12: I experienced the same thing on my Samsung Galaxy S3 mini.
I just used *Rescan SD/Rescan* (used them both because I wasn't sure where my music was SD card/Internal SD)
After that - it just worked and my Samsung stock music player worked!!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_13: I had the same problem with the Samsung Galaxy s5 running cyanogenmod. Here is what i did. I put the music into my internal storage and it was working fine. Then i copyed the files over to sd\media\Music, if you dont have these folders, create them. Then test and see if the file shows up by deleting one of the songs in the internal storage. if it doesnt pop up, then unmount and remount the sd card.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_14: Rename the folder or move your files to Some new folder like (Music/). It will automatically fetch your mp3 files.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_15: Create folder media/Music. Put all your media folders and files. Make readdressing and rescanning in your player (I use VLC) Problem should be resolved.(LinageOS 15.1 on Nexus 5X)
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/13 | 795 | 3,272 | <issue_start>username_0: I would just like to know whether the website [root-android.org](http://root-android.org/) and its product is a big scam when it comes to rooting Android devices. If it is, then I advice other would-be rooters to stay away from it if they were to come across it.<issue_comment>username_1: According to [this ScamWarners post](http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=62280), it may be a SCAM.
>
> The site Root Android.org supposedly carries out the service of rooting and unrooting mobile phones with a "special" program. Like all scam sites "100% money back guarantee if not satisfied" is a in your face feature, alas nothing is further from the truth.
> After initial email contact regarding technical issues with the downloaded program, there is nothing and certainly no contact when exercising the refund option.
> I have since searched and found that the program Root Android.org uses is a free download from a few specific sites that deal openly with the global community.
> The old warning of buyer be ware rings true, I sincerely would not use this site again and warn anybody who is contemplating mobile phone rooting to steer clear of Root Android.org.
>
>
>
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: They list testimonials, which are from anonymous people who may not exist, so like most testimonials those are worthless. They don't list any reviews from any publications or other sources you might trust. They talk about being mentioned on Google and other places, but those are just search engines that have found their site.
So they've got no credentials.
Maybe it works, maybe it bricks your phone, you MUST be prepared for that because everyone who roots is screwing around with things that sometimes brick phones, sometimes work, and none of the free advice is written clearly or works for long, as files keep getting taken down or obsoleted.
Use a credit card, if it bricks the phone charge it back if you don't get a prompt refund. if it really worked so well, how come they can't get anyone to review it and post the review? Not even forum threads from "known" forum members?
"If it sounds too good to be true" it must be a rooting solution. The guys who say rooting is easy and reliable, somehow never are capable of writing really clear and complete instructions on how to do it. Never.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Most likely they gather rooting software or rooted kernels from XDA-Developers and sell them along with a guide also copied from there.
There isn't any fast way other than those you can find through a Google Search.
While I can't say it's a scam, I don't recommend you paying $30 for that. Better search Google for how to root your device and also add your Android version, because most of the time that matters.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_4: They are absolutely scammers. Their software, whatever it is, didn't work for me. Support "helped" by telling me to install a number of free software apps from the web and then never responded to further emails. SafeCart did not respond to email requests for a refund. After a week of trying to get someone to answer an email I finally called SafeCart and they issued a refund no questions asked.
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/13 | 772 | 2,706 | <issue_start>username_0: Some devices (like my Nexus 4) don't have an external slot for an SD Card. Instead, there's a root folder called `/sdcard/` that is treated the same way. But I also find other paths that all point to the same files -- there must be some kind redirects going on (I think this is called *symlinks* in Linux).
All these paths contain the same files:
```
/sdcard/
/storage/sdcard0/
/storage/emulated/0/
/storage/emulated/legacy/
```
Which path is the "actual" one? What about the other paths? What are they used for, why do they exist?<issue_comment>username_1: Recommended lecture: [Why did /sdcard/ turn into /sdcard/0/ with 4.2?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/35541/16575).
In short: It has to do with the multi-user functionality introduced with Jelly Bean:
* `/storage/emulated/0/`: to my knowledge, this refers to the "emulated MMC" ("owner part"). Usually this is the internal one. The "0" stands for the user here, "0" is the first user aka device-owner. If you create additional users, this number will increment for each.
* `/storage/emulated/legacy/` as before, but pointing to the part of the currently working user (for the owner, this would be a symlink to `/storage/emulated/0/`). So this path should bring every user to his "part".
* `/sdcard/`: According to a [comment by Shywim](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/39542/#comment-53772), this is a symlink to...
+ `/mnt/sdcard` (Android < 4.0)
+ `/storage/sdcard0` (Android 4.0+)
* `/storage/sdcard0/`: As there's no `legacy` pendant here (see comments below), the "0" in this case rather identifies the device (card) itself. One could, eventually, connect a card reader with another SDCard via OTG, which then would become `/storage/sdcard1` (no proof for that, just a guess -- but I'd say a good one)
Though one might get to the conclusion there should be a `/storage/sdcard/legacy` as well, there isn't (see comments) -- which completely makes sense with my assumption of the numbers here are not related to the user, but rather to possible multiple cards: "0" would always be the one in the card-slot of the device, so no need for a "legacy symlink" here.
Upvotes: 6 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: Yea a bit confusing but these are alternate paths for the memory layout
/mnt/sdcard0/ (Internal Virtual SD Card)
and username_1 your correct if more devices are connected, but the naming could be different depending on device.
ex. /mnt/sdcard1/ (Physical SD Card in SD slot)
but other devices such as a Usb flash drive connect with an adapter could be called
/mnt/media\_rw/usbdisk (android kitkat 4.4 and above?)
or /mnt/usbdisk (jellybean 4.1 - 4.2)
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/13 | 720 | 2,907 | <issue_start>username_0: This morning my Nexus 4 wouldn't turn on, so I plugged it in, but the white battery recharging icon doesn't show up when I press Power, and holding Power doesn't turn on the phone. Instead the notification light blinks a deep red. The screen was totally unresponsive.
Lots of websites have plenty of doom and gloom hinting that red light = device is bricked, but I see no official source for this. What does this light mean?<issue_comment>username_1: **This does not necessarily mean your phone is dead.** Your phone will flash the red LED light briefly when the battery is *completely* drained. When I got this I left the phone in the charger for a while, and eventually the white "charging battery" icon appeared again. Upon turning on the device it had 0% battery. It was in fact so drained that it died while on the charger (at 0%), so I left it to charge for longer. After it regained 30% of it's battery I took it to work and it seems to be draining, charging and working normally.
I'm not sure why lots of sites claim this means your phone is dead, lots of them just say "what else would a blinking red light mean", but definitely leave your phone plugged in for a while and attempt to turn it on again before you attempt to get your phone repaired.
Also if a normal microUSB doesn't seem to be working, try the original charger + wall wart that came with your Nexus 4. My dad had this issue with the N4 and other chargers didn't seem to work. Not sure if the volt/amp/something just isn't enough from other cables or what, but Google recommended it and it seemed to work.
Upvotes: 7 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I just had the same issue with my Nexus 4, phone suddenly died, press the power button and it would flash the white Google then turn off. I tried several times use the power button and even hold both volume buttons and power at the same time, nothing. So I plugged it in the charger and saw the blinking red light, thought, "Oh no this is not good."
Then I came here and read, "This does not necessarily mean your phone is dead. Your phone will flash the red LED light briefly when the battery is completely drained," so I left the phone in the charger for a couple minutes and the white battery indicator finally came on after a couple minutes. I now realize the battery was completely drained and I did not have a glass brick for a phone. All hail the forums!
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I just saw it. It was a simple case of 100% discharged. To fix it use the power socket charger and not the usb charger from your laptop or desktop. The red light first goes down, then it will blink and then the white charging icon comes. Let it charge at least 10 minutes after that before you switch it on, otherwise it would shutdown again (but won't go to red light mode).
In most cases the red light is not the light of death.
Upvotes: 3 |
2013/02/13 | 426 | 1,671 | <issue_start>username_0: My question is similar, but not identical to [this one](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28395/android-limited-to-1-hour-video-recording). Essentially I'd like to record videos of unlimited length on my android device(s) - that prior question seems to deal with a technical limitation: max filesize for FAT32. My issue is with an arbitrary limitation: the GNex uses EXT4 so max filesize isn't a reason to cut off my recordings at 30 minutes so I can only assume that this limit must be hard-coded into either the camera app or Android itself.
I understand that for many users you need to do some hand-holding and keep them from sucking down battery life, but I intend to record on a tripod while plugged in so none of that really matters to me. I'm also aware of an antiquated tax act in parts of Europe that heavily taxes devices that can record for > 30 minutes as "video recording devices" but I don't live in Europe and don't want to be limited by the obscure tax code of a country I don't even live in.
Is there a way to disable this limitation so the built-in camera app can record for > 30 minutes? Is there some alternate video recording app that doesn't have this limitation? Do the answers to these questions change if I root my phone?<issue_comment>username_1: Try [Magisto](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magisto). I just tested it initially and managed to record for almost 2.5 hours before I stopped it.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: open camera has done the job for me. <https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=opencamera&fdid=net.sourceforge.opencamera>
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/13 | 203 | 738 | <issue_start>username_0: I got the problem that my Nexus sometimes wants to update to 4.2.1 although the system update menu says the newest version is installed (4.2).
When I let the update do what it wants and it reboots, it fails at the recovery system with "apply patch check *something*".
Only thing I've done to my Nexus so far is rooting it.<issue_comment>username_1: Try [Magisto](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magisto). I just tested it initially and managed to record for almost 2.5 hours before I stopped it.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: open camera has done the job for me. <https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=opencamera&fdid=net.sourceforge.opencamera>
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/13 | 617 | 2,508 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently got a Nexus 4, and I've got a question regarding the volume warning that pops up if you raise the volume too much. Is it possible to disable or remove this warning? I want to be able to raise the volume with the phone in my pocket (with the volume buttons) without having to pick up the phone. I listen to podcasts with low or bad audio and need to raise it above the warning level.<issue_comment>username_1: This is a [known issue](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40365) (or feature) in Android 4.2, and there's probably no fix for now.
**UPDATE 2013-12-10:** According to [<NAME>](https://android.stackexchange.com/users/44737/marius-hofert), it is still an issue in 4.4.
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: This seems to be an implementation of the European Union regulations to limit the volume to 85db unless the user confirms they want to raise the volume higher ([BBC news article](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8410302.stm)).
I guess this does not apply in the US and other regions?
It's possible that some custom ROMs may let you disable this feature.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: Android source code explains it perfectly in AudioService.java
For any experienced Android hacker, It's quite easy to patch it out though.
```
//==========================================================================================
// Safe media volume management.
// MUSIC stream volume level is limited when headphones are connected according to safety
// regulation. When the user attempts to raise the volume above the limit, a warning is
// displayed and the user has to acknowlegde before the volume is actually changed.
// The volume index corresponding to the limit is stored in config_safe_media_volume_index
// property. Platforms with a different limit must set this property accordingly in their
// overlay.
//==========================================================================================
// mSafeMediaVolumeState indicates whether the media volume is limited over headphones.
// It is SAFE_MEDIA_VOLUME_NOT_CONFIGURED at boot time until a network service is connected
// or the configure time is elapsed. It is then set to SAFE_MEDIA_VOLUME_ACTIVE or
// SAFE_MEDIA_VOLUME_DISABLED according to country option. If not SAFE_MEDIA_VOLUME_DISABLED, it
// can be set to SAFE_MEDIA_VOLUME_INACTIVE by calling AudioService.disableSafeMediaVolume()
// (when user opts out).
```
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/14 | 342 | 1,519 | <issue_start>username_0: I have one Samsung tablet and one Samsung mobile phone. When I insert my Airtel SIM in tablet then it automatically sends one SMS to an unknown number, and when I insert the same SIM card into my mobile then it again sends one SMS to an unknown number. So every time an amount is deducted from my balance.
I don't know what is the problem and how to get out from this problem?
Is it a problem with the SIM card or with the mobile/tablet?<issue_comment>username_1: Hey I got solution after giving lot of time on this problem.
This is the defect of Samsung Software. Actually every software version is linked with some number. But it not send any sms to that number. Because of licence, security reason they need to linked every version to particular number. If some problem occur in mobile phone then only it communicate with this number. But in some particular software there is some defect that's why it send sms when new SIM inserted into mobile.
The solution is go to your nearest Samsung Service Center and update your software.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I had a similar problem. I had enabled mobile tracker & that why the SMS's were going. Disable the tracker & the sms'es will not be send out on sim change.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Before changing the SIM, set your phone to flight mode. Then switch it off, and change the SIM. Switch on after 5 minutes, and disable the flight mode. It will help you save your balance deduction.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/14 | 322 | 1,337 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just downloaded an app, and I want to move it to SD card. At the application setting, the app has data like this:
Total ... 10.05MB
Application ... 9.97MB
Data ... 80.00KB
Next to 'Clear data' button, 'Move to SD card' button is disabled. Why?<issue_comment>username_1: Hey I got solution after giving lot of time on this problem.
This is the defect of Samsung Software. Actually every software version is linked with some number. But it not send any sms to that number. Because of licence, security reason they need to linked every version to particular number. If some problem occur in mobile phone then only it communicate with this number. But in some particular software there is some defect that's why it send sms when new SIM inserted into mobile.
The solution is go to your nearest Samsung Service Center and update your software.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I had a similar problem. I had enabled mobile tracker & that why the SMS's were going. Disable the tracker & the sms'es will not be send out on sim change.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Before changing the SIM, set your phone to flight mode. Then switch it off, and change the SIM. Switch on after 5 minutes, and disable the flight mode. It will help you save your balance deduction.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/14 | 2,186 | 7,841 | <issue_start>username_0: When mounting my SD Card on my galaxy SIII files and folders in the card with characters that aren't in the ASCII range get corrupted. This happens by simply selecting 'Unmount card' in the Storage settings and mounting back. No need to physically remove the card and putting it back in. Turning the phone off and back on results in corruption as well.
Folders when viewed with a file manager on the phone show up as 0-size files with a date of Dec 31, 1969 (which is the linux epoch) and can't be navigated into to see their contents. They shw as empty folders. Files turn to size zero with that same date and can't be opened nor show in Gallery, music player etc. They open as an empty folder. (See image below)
I am using stock Android version 4.1.2.
The card is a SanDisk 64gb micro sdxc card (class 10). The issue ocurred when the card was factory-formated (with exFAT) and also after formating with the phone (settings > storage).
Examples of filenames that cause folder corruption are "Aṣa" or "דניאל". It makes no difference if the file was copied to the card using usb transfer or by taking the card out and using a reader on a Windows PC, or if the name was changed (using the phone) once the file was on the card.
Files with those same names don't get corrupted if they are in the internal phone memory and I can use them without problem.
When taking the card out and using it on a PC with Windows 7 files can be seen. But sometimes the affected folders appear duplicated. That is, twice with the same name both. Checking the disk with windows reports errors and attempts to fix them. But then when putting the card back in the phone the files are corrupted again.
How can I prevent this corruption from happening?
Update: with a 2GB card formated with FAT32 files didn't get corrupted. But after I formatted it to exFAT I could reproduce the file corruption. I think I can rule out a bad sd card.
More info, this is a report from Windows 7 after running checkdisk. Note that the 3 files existed in the TestFolder directory, which was corrupted:
```
[Window Title]
Checking Disk Removable Disk (M:)
[Main Instruction]
Some problems were found and fixed
[Content]
Any files that were affected by these problems were moved to a folder named "Found" on the device or disk. Your device or disk is now ready to use.
If you removed the device or disk before all files were fully written to it, parts of some files might still be missing. If so, go back to the source and recopy those files to your device or disk.
[^] Hide details [Close]
[Expanded Information]
Volume Serial Number is 6518-E54A
Windows is verifying files and folders...
Corruption was found while examining files in directory \TestFolder\ (0).
Corruption was found while examining files in directory \TestFolder\ (3).
Corruption was found while examining files in directory \TestFolder\ (6).
Corruption was found while examining files and directories.
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
62363648 KB total disk space.
41656576 KB in 43 files.
768 KB in 6 indexes.
256 KB in use by the system.
20706048 KB available on disk.
131072 bytes in each allocation unit.
487216 total allocation units on disk.
161766 allocation units available on disk.
```
Folders don't get corrupted if they are created on the phone with hebrew names, then unmounted and checked on windows. Only after re-mounting on the phone.
MORE DATA: this is I think relevant info from `adb logcat`:
```
I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): fsck.exfat 1.1.0p2
I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): [fsck] Invalid dir entry: (92675,0)
I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): [fsck] Wrong dir entry name hash
I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): [fsck] Successfully recovered
I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): Filesystem was modified.
I/logwrapper( 1897): /system/bin/fsck.exfat terminated by exit(4)
W/Vold ( 1897): exfat -> Filesystem modified - rechecking (pass 2)
E/Vold ( 1897): MDM :: sdCardWriteAccessBlocked 0
D/Vold ( 1897): Detected exFAT file system.
```
And when booting without problematic filenames I instead get a cute little
```
I//system/bin/fsck.exfat( 1897): No errors
I/Vold ( 1897): exfat -> Filesystem check completed OK
```
And from `adb shell` I can try and see the troublemakers (after remount, note 2 directories with apparently the same name, which in a windows console seems to be output as 2 characters per unicode character):
```
shell@android:/storage/extSdCard/Test $ ls * -l
ls * -l
drwxrwxr-x system media_rw 2013-02-18 18:39 אבג
אבג: No such file or directory
1|shell@android:/storage/extSdCard/Test $
```<issue_comment>username_1: According to the Samsung [site](http://developer.samsung.com/forum/board/thread/view.do?boardName=GeneralB&messageId=225023#post3) it was a bug that is now fixed and due to be released in the next firmware update (whenever that might be).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I have experienced the same with my 32gb Sandisk Micro SD card 10 class using in the Galaxy Tab 2. The SD card is genuine so I know that's not the issue.
However, I have found this to work for me.
1. Format the card on your PC or Mac, to NTFS file system.
2. Download Paragon NTFS / HFS apk app for your Android device
3. Without ANY NTFS app for the android, the android WILL NOT recognise the inserted SD card format as the android only recognises FAT file system
4. Put the Micro SD card into the device and restart the device (if the card icon shows in the notification bar, bottom right, ignore)
5. Goto and open on Android Paragon NTFS / HFS tool apk and check disk / format using the android app
6. Restart device again, with SD card inserted, leave card inserted and connect Android device to PC, the External Disk should now be available formatted to NTFS
The card should AUTO MOUNT via the Paragon NTFS app when the device is turned on.
I've tried every method possible to have the SD card in the FAT 32, but it just doesn't last, folder names change, files disappear.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_3: I updated my S3 from Android 4.1.2 (stock Samsung ROM) to 4.3 a couple of days ago.
The problem had happened consistently for me for a year and a half, exactly as described above, in two 4.0.x (ICS) versions as well as in Jelly Bean 4.1, but in 4.3 it appears to finally been fixed: After the update I copied many files with Unicode Hebrew names to my microSD card, and they have survived numerous unmount/remounts of the card & phone restarts with no issues.
Incidentally, another issue I had been encountering was that automatic rescans of the media folders on the card (done by Android's "Media Storage" system app), which occur every time a card is inserted or the phone is disconnected from USB, were taking a very long time (sometimes hours). This in turn caused issue with syncing my large music library between my Mac & phone using the iSyncr utility.
This issue has also completely gone away, and I suspect that the Android media scanner wasn't dealing well with the corrupted files.
Additional Details:
Phone:
GT-I9300 International version, unrooted, running the official Israeli unbranded Samsung firmware.
Card:
SanDisk 64GB Class 10 (same as original asker's IIUC), formatted to exFAT on a Mac.
I didn't even bother reformatting after the 4.3 upgrade -- I simply mounted the card on the Mac in order to erase all the existing corrupted 0-length files, which as noted cannot be deleted by the various Android file utilities.
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_4: You have no other solution but to buy another one. You're welcome. ;)
Upvotes: -1 |
2013/02/14 | 302 | 1,197 | <issue_start>username_0: How can I be alerted if the weather changes? For example, if it starts raining, I will receive an alarm / warning? This would obviously be based on some local weather feed, rather than actually detecting rain.
It would be useful because sometimes I have windows open for drying clothes and stuff, and from the room I am normally in one does not notice immediately when it starts raining. It would be very useful.<issue_comment>username_1: My suggestion: look at [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm), which is basically a scripting app for Android, and set up an alarm based on your weather app or a weather feed. While not an out of the box solution, I wouldn't think that there would be an app already built that does what you're asking so that's likely you're best bet.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: This isn't an Android solution, but I think it will work for you.
This [IFTTT Recipe](https://ifttt.com/recipes/78906) will send an SMS if the weather condition changes to "Rain".
**Trigger** (Weather channel)
* Current condition changes to rain
**Action** (SMS channel)
* Send me an SMS message
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/11 | 2,159 | 7,235 | <issue_start>username_0: \*Question:
I need assistance mounting an Android phone's internal data using the Android ADB Shell while the unit is connected via USB and in recovery mode. How do I form a proper mount command? See below for more detailed information.
\*FYI:
I have experience developing with the Android SDK using Java/XML. I have found little documentation for the Android ADB Shell for my purpose.
I have a Samsung GT-i9000 Android phone with a smashed screen. Screen is black, and unresponsive to touch. The phone does not have USB debugging enabled or USB auto mount enabled. I cannot simply plug the phone via USB to access the desired files (photos, and other internal data). I unfortunately cannot confirm the OS version. The phone has no SD Card, all the desired data is on the internal board. The phone is not rooted.
\*What I've tried:
Doing some research I have booted the phone into recovery mode using the three button method (VolUP + Home + Power) and managed to access the device using the "adb devices" command on my Win 7 machine. It displays as "recovery". This is the only way I have been able to make the computer recognize the device via USB. I've tried Kies, and androidscreencast with no success.
I have been able to use the "pull" command to access all the Android system files from the phone. I presume this is because recovery mode only mounts the required system files for updates/repairs and doesn't bother with the internal data. Using the mount command I can see what I consider to be the paths to the files I am looking for:
```
$ mount
mount
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
nodev /tmp tmpfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/stl6 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/stl9 /system rfs rw,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=
utf8 0 0
/dev/block/stl3 /efs rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,
iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/block/stl11 /cache rfs rw,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=
utf8 0 0
```
All my efforts to mount fail, usually with a usage suggestion:
```
$ mount rootfs / /mnt/ rw 0 0
mount rootfs / /mnt/ rw 0 0
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
```<issue_comment>username_1: Try this:
---------
```
$ adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /system
```
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_2: Samsung Galaxy S2 partitions with usefull data are `/data` and `/sdcard` (internal memory) or `/emmc` depending on the recovery.
To mount a partition, you issue the following command: `mount` or `mount` if the mount\_point is already defined. For `/data` or `/sdcard`, you can try with `mount /data` and `mount /sdcard`.
If the mount\_point is not already defined, you would have to use the partition: `mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data`. The `-o` parameter defines the options when calling *mount*, but since you only want to get all the data (read), the default options would sufice.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: ```
ls -l /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc/by-name/
```
to find the path to user data partition. Then
```
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data
```
Check the correct file system type as well as `mmcblkXpXX` from first command.
If successful, `/data` should be mounted correctly
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: This is a kind of tricky situation. As you don't have root access you won't be able to mount the data partition through adb in recovery. You won't also be able to do: `adb backup`.
The only possible way to get somehow your hands on your data coulb be as following:
1. flash a custom recovery via odin (<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2204700> maybe)
2. boot into recovery as before
3. mount data via adb if you have root permissions with this recovery
4. or use the key navigation in recovery in order to mount data(there is usually an option to do so) You can navigate with eh vol+ vol- and confirm with power. You just need to know how your recovery looks like from a device with a working screen.
5. pull everything from data and be happy
Maybe you will run into problems connecting via adb as you computer won't be authorized. This has to be checked. If yes you are screwed unless you find a recovery which has this security feature disabled.
UPDATE:
I just found something which pretty much could help you. It is a rooted kernel taken from the stock ROM and a security disabled recovery included. Flashing this Kernel via odin should help you mounting data or any partition you want to mount in order to get your data back.
Do:
1. Download the right CF-ROOT for your android version here: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8238938&postcount=3>
2. Go to download mode with the key combination(hold down the volume down button, home button and the power button)
3. Open odin(could be great to download it before)
4. Click the PDA button, and select CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.tar
5. Connect the phone to your computer
6. Make sure repartition is NOT checked
7. Click the START button
8. Wait for the phone to reboot
Now you can enter this recovery like before and mount data thorugh adb as you should have root permissions.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: from the adb shell
`cat /etc/fstab`
or
`cat /fstab.qcom`
```
~ # cat fstab.qcom
# Android fstab file.
# The filesystem that contains the filesystem checker binary (typically /system) cannot
# specify MF_CHECK, and must come before any filesystems that do specify MF_CHECK
#
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /boot emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 /recovery emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 /system ext4 ro,errors=panic wait
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 /cache ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,noauto\_da\_alloc,journal\_async\_commit,errors=panic,barrier=1 wait,check
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /data ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,data=ordered,noauto\_da\_alloc,journal\_async\_commit,errors=panic wait,check,encryptable=footer,length=-16384
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 /data f2fs rw,discard,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,inline\_xattr wait,check,encryptable=footer,length=-16384
# zRAM
/dev/block/zram0 none swap defaults zramsize=201326592
# vold managed volumes
/devices/platform/msm\_sdcc.4/mmc\_host auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,noemulatedsd
/devices/platform/msm\_hsusb\_host.0 auto auto defaults voldmanaged=usbdisk:auto
~ #
```
should give you the partition name you are looking for.
Device: SG-i9001 - Samsung Galaxy S Plus
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I had the same problem before. The main reason you cannot remount your file system and other partitions of your Android device is because you are not running the adb shell in root mode. Here's what I did before:
```
$ adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw, remount /system
```
This should solve your problems. Of course, in my case I am running this on a rooted Android device (LineageOS Android 7.1.2 build). It might be different in your case, but basically the idea is the same.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/14 | 378 | 1,452 | <issue_start>username_0: I have copied my mp3 files to my new Google Nexus 7 (Android 4.2.1) via USB into the Music folder. It can be played with *Google Play Music (version 4.5.910l.560208)*, but it is always showing one and the same cover for any track. This problem also shows up with other music players such as Rocket player. In VLC and iTunes on my PC the mp3 covers are just displayed fine!
Do I have to change something on my mp3's in order to display the covers correctly on that device or is there some kind of bug in the mp3-decoder? I couldn't find such a problem report in the web, so my assumption would be that there might be something wrong with my mp3 files.
Thanks in advance ...<issue_comment>username_1: iTunes and Windows Media Player encode album art into the song file's metadata. Googly Play Music uses an 'old hat' method for adding album art. Linux or WinAmp users know about this.
In your Album directory drop the image of the album in the directory and rename as "AlbumArt.png" or "AlbumArt.jpg". (Note the capitalization).
Google Play Music should pick it up, if not the artwork may not have fully synced. Try resetting your droid and it should re-sync. :)
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: From my experience if you want android to "forget" the old album art, you must rename the album and the artist to a new name. Adding spaces is not good enough. Example: Dancing Queen ABBA --> Dancing Queen2 ABBA2
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/14 | 780 | 2,602 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to manage my bookmarks both on my desktop and on my Android smartphone. My needs are as follows:
* I should be able to retrieve my bookmarks wherever I am, for instance on a PC I do not own
* there should be an Android client (obviously)
* there should be an easy way to add a bookmark from Firefox, for instance a bookmarklet
Do you have any suggestions on how to do this?<issue_comment>username_1: Firefox can do this without any add-ons. It's called *Firefox Sync* and all you need is [Firefox on your PC](http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) and [Firefox on your smartphone](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox), then follow these steps to set it up:
* [Introduction](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-sync-take-your-bookmarks-and-tabs-with-you)
* [How do I set up Firefox Sync?](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-up-firefox-sync)
* [How do I add a device to Firefox Sync?](http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-a-device-to-firefox-sync)
You can put your bookmarks in the `Unsorted Bookmarks` folder if you don't want to see them in your bookmarks toolbar. You can use tags there, too.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: Though it's in no way a classical bookmark manager, you could combine a few things:
[WikiMind note](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sweetrain.wikimind) is an editor with Wiki-Syntax support. So you can embed links and even structures easily (pictures as well)[1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rdaQG.jpg). It stores all the data files on your SDCard, so they are easily accessible with other tools.
 
This fact (files on SDCard) you can put to use with [FolderSync](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.tacit.android.foldersync.lite). As the screenshot[2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mfJUv.jpg) shows, *FolderSync* supports a lot of cloud services: Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Ubuntu One... It can also sync with local resources at home (e.g. Samba/Windows shares), or any FTP server, just to name a few examples. This way you can easily use your notes on multiple devices.
For usage on your desktop computer, there would be [WikiMind desktop](http://code.google.com/p/wiki-mind-desktop/issues/searchtips) and (even better) [ZimWiki](http://zim-wiki.org/).
**Further readings:** [S. W. Black: Writing tools for phone (Android) and desktop (Windows)](http://swblack.blogspot.de/2012/02/writing-tools-for-phone-android-and.html)
Upvotes: 2 |
2013/02/14 | 955 | 3,818 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Motorola Electrify M, recently factory-OTA-updated to Android 4.1.2. With the update came Google Now and the Google Voice Dialer.
Google's Voice Dialer sucks! It always get the name wrong, and then immediately places a call to the wrong person! It doesn't even ask for confirmation of the name, and to top it off the voice it uses is so *irritating* and **LOUD** it makes me want to jump out the window while driving down the freeway!
The Voice Commands app that originally came with the phone worked reasonably well, and I'd like to get it back (or even a third party app, like Dragon Assist, would be better than the current *POS* that's taken over the voice capabilities of my phone).
How can the Google Voice Dialer be disabled or uninstalled?<issue_comment>username_1: Okay, I figured out how to set the good ol' Voice Commands app as the default voice commands interface. It has to be done while **not** connected to a hands free device via Bluetooth.
1. Tap into the Phone app
2. Tap the Phone app's microphone icon
In my case a prompt appeared asking me to select the default app to handle voice commands. Thereafter, it's used the correct Voice Commands app when connected via Bluetooth.
---
For those who wanted to know how to **disable Google Now**, here's how it's done:
1. Swipe up from the Home icon to activate Google Now
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom
3. Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dot icon)
4. Tap Settings
5. Tap Google Now
6. Tap the OFF/ON switch in the upper-right to disable Google Now
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I agree the Google Voice Dialer is horrible! I was able to restore the Android Voice Commands on my Droid Razr Maxx by doing the following:
1. Go to Manage Apps, then swipe over to All apps.
2. Look for Google Search then Disable it.
This is probably all you need to do, but I went about it probably the wrong way by also doing the following.
1. In Manage Apps, click on your menu button and Reset App Preferences.
2. Ihe Google Search, click the "Clear Data" button.
The next time I pressed my BlueTooth Call button, it asked if I want to complete it with My MotoSpeak or Voice Commands, either Always or Just Once. I selected Always it works again!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I have a Motorola Droid, was getting great voice dialing using my BT Voyager Pro via the "Voice Commands" app (same as Mic Icon) but after the Android 4.2 update, Google Voice was activated and was a disaster.
To fix this I went to `Settings > Apps> Google search` and deactivated it. This fixed my voice dialing problem (went back to "Voice Commands") but the search (magnifying glass icon) on my phone went dead. I then went to the Android store and downloaded/installed the new "Google Search" app. When I used voice dialing for the first time, it gave me the option of either using Voice Commands (mic icon) or Google Voice (I think a read icon). I chose the first one and now it works as before. The search button is also working as intended.
The above may sound trivial, but when one is driving and wants to make a call, having to hold your phone to type the number after 5 failed attempts to voice dial is the last thing you want to do.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The method above works, or did for me -- disable Google, but I found out later that while it still lets Google work as a search engine (or does for me), it killed Maps which means you can't use Navigation. If you want to re-enable Google, follow the same steps: Setting, Apps, All, then scroll to the bottom and you'll find the disabled Google. Re-enable and Maps works but you're back to the horrible Google Voice Dialer. It's either/or (good voice dial or maps/nav) until Google fixes the operating system.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/14 | 805 | 3,181 | <issue_start>username_0: I have tried to connect to a "eduroam" network (PEAP) but it did not work in my Motorola Razr i, Android 4.0.4 . Any tips?<issue_comment>username_1: Okay, I figured out how to set the good ol' Voice Commands app as the default voice commands interface. It has to be done while **not** connected to a hands free device via Bluetooth.
1. Tap into the Phone app
2. Tap the Phone app's microphone icon
In my case a prompt appeared asking me to select the default app to handle voice commands. Thereafter, it's used the correct Voice Commands app when connected via Bluetooth.
---
For those who wanted to know how to **disable Google Now**, here's how it's done:
1. Swipe up from the Home icon to activate Google Now
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom
3. Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dot icon)
4. Tap Settings
5. Tap Google Now
6. Tap the OFF/ON switch in the upper-right to disable Google Now
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I agree the Google Voice Dialer is horrible! I was able to restore the Android Voice Commands on my Droid Razr Maxx by doing the following:
1. Go to Manage Apps, then swipe over to All apps.
2. Look for Google Search then Disable it.
This is probably all you need to do, but I went about it probably the wrong way by also doing the following.
1. In Manage Apps, click on your menu button and Reset App Preferences.
2. Ihe Google Search, click the "Clear Data" button.
The next time I pressed my BlueTooth Call button, it asked if I want to complete it with My MotoSpeak or Voice Commands, either Always or Just Once. I selected Always it works again!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I have a Motorola Droid, was getting great voice dialing using my BT Voyager Pro via the "Voice Commands" app (same as Mic Icon) but after the Android 4.2 update, Google Voice was activated and was a disaster.
To fix this I went to `Settings > Apps> Google search` and deactivated it. This fixed my voice dialing problem (went back to "Voice Commands") but the search (magnifying glass icon) on my phone went dead. I then went to the Android store and downloaded/installed the new "Google Search" app. When I used voice dialing for the first time, it gave me the option of either using Voice Commands (mic icon) or Google Voice (I think a read icon). I chose the first one and now it works as before. The search button is also working as intended.
The above may sound trivial, but when one is driving and wants to make a call, having to hold your phone to type the number after 5 failed attempts to voice dial is the last thing you want to do.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The method above works, or did for me -- disable Google, but I found out later that while it still lets Google work as a search engine (or does for me), it killed Maps which means you can't use Navigation. If you want to re-enable Google, follow the same steps: Setting, Apps, All, then scroll to the bottom and you'll find the disabled Google. Re-enable and Maps works but you're back to the horrible Google Voice Dialer. It's either/or (good voice dial or maps/nav) until Google fixes the operating system.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/14 | 863 | 3,410 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with 500MB worth of videos on it (2 in total).
I want to transfer those files to my computer. The catch, I have no cable.
How can I transfer those files as quickly and as reliably as possible? Bluetooth isn't an option (it would take hours), can it be done over WiFi? I've tried WiFi direct, it doesn't recognize my PC.<issue_comment>username_1: Okay, I figured out how to set the good ol' Voice Commands app as the default voice commands interface. It has to be done while **not** connected to a hands free device via Bluetooth.
1. Tap into the Phone app
2. Tap the Phone app's microphone icon
In my case a prompt appeared asking me to select the default app to handle voice commands. Thereafter, it's used the correct Voice Commands app when connected via Bluetooth.
---
For those who wanted to know how to **disable Google Now**, here's how it's done:
1. Swipe up from the Home icon to activate Google Now
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom
3. Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dot icon)
4. Tap Settings
5. Tap Google Now
6. Tap the OFF/ON switch in the upper-right to disable Google Now
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I agree the Google Voice Dialer is horrible! I was able to restore the Android Voice Commands on my Droid Razr Maxx by doing the following:
1. Go to Manage Apps, then swipe over to All apps.
2. Look for Google Search then Disable it.
This is probably all you need to do, but I went about it probably the wrong way by also doing the following.
1. In Manage Apps, click on your menu button and Reset App Preferences.
2. Ihe Google Search, click the "Clear Data" button.
The next time I pressed my BlueTooth Call button, it asked if I want to complete it with My MotoSpeak or Voice Commands, either Always or Just Once. I selected Always it works again!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I have a Motorola Droid, was getting great voice dialing using my BT Voyager Pro via the "Voice Commands" app (same as Mic Icon) but after the Android 4.2 update, Google Voice was activated and was a disaster.
To fix this I went to `Settings > Apps> Google search` and deactivated it. This fixed my voice dialing problem (went back to "Voice Commands") but the search (magnifying glass icon) on my phone went dead. I then went to the Android store and downloaded/installed the new "Google Search" app. When I used voice dialing for the first time, it gave me the option of either using Voice Commands (mic icon) or Google Voice (I think a read icon). I chose the first one and now it works as before. The search button is also working as intended.
The above may sound trivial, but when one is driving and wants to make a call, having to hold your phone to type the number after 5 failed attempts to voice dial is the last thing you want to do.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The method above works, or did for me -- disable Google, but I found out later that while it still lets Google work as a search engine (or does for me), it killed Maps which means you can't use Navigation. If you want to re-enable Google, follow the same steps: Setting, Apps, All, then scroll to the bottom and you'll find the disabled Google. Re-enable and Maps works but you're back to the horrible Google Voice Dialer. It's either/or (good voice dial or maps/nav) until Google fixes the operating system.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/14 | 893 | 3,488 | <issue_start>username_0: When I install a new ROM (`cm-10.1-20130213-NIGHTLY-mako.zip`) using ROM Manager, I have the option of adding another ZIP during the same reboot -- this is probably meant for the Google Apps (`gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip`).
What if I don't add that Apps zip? What will I miss?
Whenever there's a new build that I would want to install, should I always also add this ZIP? Or can I skip it because I already added it last time?<issue_comment>username_1: Okay, I figured out how to set the good ol' Voice Commands app as the default voice commands interface. It has to be done while **not** connected to a hands free device via Bluetooth.
1. Tap into the Phone app
2. Tap the Phone app's microphone icon
In my case a prompt appeared asking me to select the default app to handle voice commands. Thereafter, it's used the correct Voice Commands app when connected via Bluetooth.
---
For those who wanted to know how to **disable Google Now**, here's how it's done:
1. Swipe up from the Home icon to activate Google Now
2. Scroll all the way to the bottom
3. Tap the Overflow menu (three vertical dot icon)
4. Tap Settings
5. Tap Google Now
6. Tap the OFF/ON switch in the upper-right to disable Google Now
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: I agree the Google Voice Dialer is horrible! I was able to restore the Android Voice Commands on my Droid Razr Maxx by doing the following:
1. Go to Manage Apps, then swipe over to All apps.
2. Look for Google Search then Disable it.
This is probably all you need to do, but I went about it probably the wrong way by also doing the following.
1. In Manage Apps, click on your menu button and Reset App Preferences.
2. Ihe Google Search, click the "Clear Data" button.
The next time I pressed my BlueTooth Call button, it asked if I want to complete it with My MotoSpeak or Voice Commands, either Always or Just Once. I selected Always it works again!
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: I have a Motorola Droid, was getting great voice dialing using my BT Voyager Pro via the "Voice Commands" app (same as Mic Icon) but after the Android 4.2 update, Google Voice was activated and was a disaster.
To fix this I went to `Settings > Apps> Google search` and deactivated it. This fixed my voice dialing problem (went back to "Voice Commands") but the search (magnifying glass icon) on my phone went dead. I then went to the Android store and downloaded/installed the new "Google Search" app. When I used voice dialing for the first time, it gave me the option of either using Voice Commands (mic icon) or Google Voice (I think a read icon). I chose the first one and now it works as before. The search button is also working as intended.
The above may sound trivial, but when one is driving and wants to make a call, having to hold your phone to type the number after 5 failed attempts to voice dial is the last thing you want to do.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: The method above works, or did for me -- disable Google, but I found out later that while it still lets Google work as a search engine (or does for me), it killed Maps which means you can't use Navigation. If you want to re-enable Google, follow the same steps: Setting, Apps, All, then scroll to the bottom and you'll find the disabled Google. Re-enable and Maps works but you're back to the horrible Google Voice Dialer. It's either/or (good voice dial or maps/nav) until Google fixes the operating system.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/15 | 1,069 | 4,138 | <issue_start>username_0: I am running Cyanogenmod 9.1 on my Samsung Galaxy SII, and would like to upgrade to version 10.1. Is there a way to do this upgrade without wiping all my apps and settings from my phone?
If not, is there a good backup strategy (what should I backup, and how) for relatively easy restoration after upgrading the Cyanogenmod rom?
Thank you.<issue_comment>username_1: First of all, do a nandroid backup from recovery to have a backup of your current phone.
Since you're upgrading not only from a Cyanogenmod release but also an Android release, it is recomended to do a full wipe (`/cache`, `/system` and `/data`) to avoid boot loops and general problems with the upgrade.
If you want to backup all your data, despite doing the nandroid, you can use [Titanium Backup](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup), as it will let you backup your apps, data and also some system information (accounts, call log, sms, wifi settings, ...). Just take some care as some system information might not work if you restore it directly when upgrading from ICS to JB. User applications and its data files should be safe to restore.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_2: Upgrading from CM9 to CM10.1 usually requires a FRESH install. I had to do it this way too. It's not recommended to use Titanium Backup because of possible issues. Read the **WARNING** at the bottom.
Here are the steps recommended by [DonAndroid](http://donandroid.com/how-to-update-cm10-to-cm10-1-with-cwm-recovery-581).
1. Download the CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM for your device.
2. Copy the downloaded zip file on root of your SD card.
3. Boot your device into custom Recovery mode.
4. Perform a NANDROID Backup from Recovery.
5. Now wipe the data by selecting “wipe data/factory reset”.
6. Also wipe the cache partition from “wipe cache partition” option.
7. Select install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard.
8. Select the CyanogenMod 10.1 zip file to kick off the installation.
9. After installation is complete, select “reboot system now”.
Your phone will now reboot to update CM9 to CM10.1.
**WARNING**
```
# CM 10.1 is based on Android 4.2.1. Any and all proprietary applications that you have installed outside of CM should be updated to their 4.2.1 counterparts. Do not use the 4.1 versions of proprietary applications, else you will experience difficulties.
# Finally, we always advise that you create a backup before any update. Do note, however, that due to Android 4.2 changes to support multi-user mode, your backups will automatically be transferred to /sdcard/0/[backup folder]. Remember this when attempting to restore 10.0.
```
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_3: Here's some advice for moving between *any* two Android ROMs that will serve you well:
* First, do a full nandroid backup if you're not feeling completely confident. You can do this in CWM Recovery, or via ADB (Android Debug Bridge). This will create an "image" of your entire device.
* Now that you're safe from screwing anything up beyond repair, go ahead and use TitaniumBackup to backup all your system settings and your user apps (I usually don't backup system apps as this might cause problems). Backups will be saved on your /sdcard/ and will not disappear when you wipe.
* (Before this step, make sure you have the ROM zip files on your sdcard, otherwise you'll have to add them via ADB) Go into CWM Recovery and wipe your device (cache and data). Remember, /sdcard/ is still fine. Now install your shiny new ROM.
* When you've booted your new ROM, install TitaniumBackup first of all. It will recognize that there's already TitaniumBackup files on the sdcard (from before), and you'll be able to batch install your apps and restore system settings.
Some advice on restoring backups: be conservative. Start by restoring apps *without* user data, as old data may break the app. If somethings missing and it annoys you, restore *that app only* with data. Same goes for restoring system settings, *deselect everything* and just restore what you really want (usually just WiFi hotspots for me).
Upvotes: 4 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/15 | 1,712 | 6,818 | <issue_start>username_0: I am developing a webpage and would like to see how it looks on mobile browsers, preferably the real thing and not some emulator.
So I thought of making my locally hosted site available over LAN. I managed to do that and can access it fine over the WLAN from another computer. However if I try the same address on my android-phone on any browsers I've tried so far I just get "Webpage not available". Also tried on IOS and it's the same thing as on Android while it's still working on my other Windows7-computer.
Why is this? How can this be solved?
All devices in question access the LAN wirelessly if it matters.<issue_comment>username_1: This could be a [DNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) problem, Windows machines can easily find other Windows machines on the same network without needing to have explicit entries in the DNS ([WINS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internet_Name_Service) is the normal way this is done) your Android and iOS devices will be querying DNS (presumably on the wifi router?) for the machine name your website's on, and may not be getting any answer.
It's also possible that your Windows machines are using a different DNS than your mobile clients, possibly because you're on a domain and the Windows boxes are querying an Active Directory integrated DNS server, which may not be the DNS address that DHCP on your wifi is giving out to the mobile clients.
You may also at some point in the past put HOSTS entries on the Windows boxes to point to each other, which you've never done on the mobile clients.
On your Windows boxes, open a Command Prompt and type `ipconfig /all` pay particular attention to the Host Name, Primary DNS Suffix and all DHCP and DNS server lines.
Firstly from your Android phone try accessing the web server using the fully qualified DNS name of the Windows box, by adding the Host Name and Primary DNS Suffix together, eg if your IPCONFIG gave this:
```
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Computer1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : MyNetwork
```
...
```
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 123.123.123.123 (Preferred)
```
Try accessing the web page at the servername `http://computer1.mynetwork` from your mobile devices. If that doesn't work try using the IP address of your windows, like this `http://172.16.31.10`
If that doesn't work then install an app on your phone that will show the details of your network connection, there are a few different apps that will do this, I use [Android System Info](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi) (which is possibly overkill for this job, but works) in ASI go to the "System" tab, and expand the "Wifi" section, you should see a DHCP info here, compare the DHCP server address and the DNS server address(es) to the ones you got from your Windows machines, ideally they should match up.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: One option is Chrome Remote Debugging, which works through USB. You need Google Chrome both on your PC and Android smartphone, connect the phone to USB and follow the guide [here](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging).
You can view websites and also edit them live through Google Chrome Inspect.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: In my case in the router settings, "Use Router as DNS" was checked by default. As a result, my Router had assigned an IP address for my Desktop on which the web server was running (which somehow I didn't check and I was trying to use the IP address assigned by my Domain DNS).
So if you are using Wi-Fi when you face these kind of connection issues you should:
1. Login to Router page and check the "Attached Devices" section
2. If it displays both the Desktop(Web server system) and your mobile then your are good to go.
3. Just copy the IP address of Desktop and use it in URL in the mobile browser
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Just do it this..
Use your computer ip rather than localhost or 127.0.0.1
Check your mobile and pc already in same domain.
use this application to check it.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overlook.android.fing>
when open this application you can see your pc ip.if not use above @username_1 answer to config ip.
Your computer IP 192.168.1.2 (What ever you have) use it in your mobile phone.
type it in your web browser trough the mobile.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: If you are working with visual studio then the virtual server will not be accessible by LAN, you have to have IIS configured in that system or equivalent server-like webhosting software (xampp), if you have that then you just need to type the IP address of that machine in your phone browser.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I can't say this is the issue reported here but its worth nothing that on some Android devices any URL that contains a dash "-" will fail to load. On those same devices when trying other services, not just a browser, fail as well (ie., loading media through the Android SDK, etc..).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: Long story short: I advice you to check if the firewall on your PC allows incoming connections. If it is not such a big security risk, you can also try to deactivate it to run a quick check, just to understand if the FW can be the problem.
I told that because I stumbled upon a very similar problem. I was running a Java based HTTP server on port 8080 on my desktop PC but I was not able to access it through WLAN form my Android mobile.
It turned out I had a firewall activated on my PC that was blocking any incoming traffic.
It was enough to properly configure the firewall to solve the problem.
Sadly I work with Ubuntu, so I cannot help you with Windows but this is the screenshot of my PC's firewall status. As you can see, I added a rule allowing incoming traffic on TCP port `8080`.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3RAmO.png)
After that I was able to access the server running on the PC. As @devopsEMK said, `Fing` can give you a hand. Here's the screenshot showing you how you can check that the service is actually reachable from the phone.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AoQoj.png)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_8: I was having the same issue: I was able to access the site fine over the WLAN from another computer but not from my android phone.
I solved the issue by opening WiFi configs on my phone, then disconnecting *(Forget)* my current WiFi network and finally connecting again to the same WiFi network *(it will prompt again for the password)*.
After these steps, I was able to access the site fine from my android phone.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/15 | 1,705 | 6,639 | <issue_start>username_0: (Background: I never use ICS Phone, so i want to ask about performance)
Some of Android ICS Phone (e.g. Xperia J, Xperia Sola) has 512 MB RAM. How about performance of Android ICS Phone with that amount of RAM? [Sony Developer Blog](http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/03/30/learn-about-the-technical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/) said that there is performance issue with only 512 MB RAM, but is it really matter to user?<issue_comment>username_1: This could be a [DNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) problem, Windows machines can easily find other Windows machines on the same network without needing to have explicit entries in the DNS ([WINS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internet_Name_Service) is the normal way this is done) your Android and iOS devices will be querying DNS (presumably on the wifi router?) for the machine name your website's on, and may not be getting any answer.
It's also possible that your Windows machines are using a different DNS than your mobile clients, possibly because you're on a domain and the Windows boxes are querying an Active Directory integrated DNS server, which may not be the DNS address that DHCP on your wifi is giving out to the mobile clients.
You may also at some point in the past put HOSTS entries on the Windows boxes to point to each other, which you've never done on the mobile clients.
On your Windows boxes, open a Command Prompt and type `ipconfig /all` pay particular attention to the Host Name, Primary DNS Suffix and all DHCP and DNS server lines.
Firstly from your Android phone try accessing the web server using the fully qualified DNS name of the Windows box, by adding the Host Name and Primary DNS Suffix together, eg if your IPCONFIG gave this:
```
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Computer1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : MyNetwork
```
...
```
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.127.12 (Preferred)
```
Try accessing the web page at the servername `http://computer1.mynetwork` from your mobile devices. If that doesn't work try using the IP address of your windows, like this `http://192.168.127.12`
If that doesn't work then install an app on your phone that will show the details of your network connection, there are a few different apps that will do this, I use [Android System Info](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi) (which is possibly overkill for this job, but works) in ASI go to the "System" tab, and expand the "Wifi" section, you should see a DHCP info here, compare the DHCP server address and the DNS server address(es) to the ones you got from your Windows machines, ideally they should match up.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: One option is Chrome Remote Debugging, which works through USB. You need Google Chrome both on your PC and Android smartphone, connect the phone to USB and follow the guide [here](https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging).
You can view websites and also edit them live through Google Chrome Inspect.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: In my case in the router settings, "Use Router as DNS" was checked by default. As a result, my Router had assigned an IP address for my Desktop on which the web server was running (which somehow I didn't check and I was trying to use the IP address assigned by my Domain DNS).
So if you are using Wi-Fi when you face these kind of connection issues you should:
1. Login to Router page and check the "Attached Devices" section
2. If it displays both the Desktop(Web server system) and your mobile then your are good to go.
3. Just copy the IP address of Desktop and use it in URL in the mobile browser
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_4: Just do it this..
Use your computer ip rather than localhost or 127.0.0.1
Check your mobile and pc already in same domain.
use this application to check it.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overlook.android.fing>
when open this application you can see your pc ip.if not use above @username_1 answer to config ip.
Your computer IP 192.168.1.2 (What ever you have) use it in your mobile phone.
type it in your web browser trough the mobile.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_5: If you are working with visual studio then the virtual server will not be accessible by LAN, you have to have IIS configured in that system or equivalent server-like webhosting software (xampp), if you have that then you just need to type the IP address of that machine in your phone browser.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_6: I can't say this is the issue reported here but its worth nothing that on some Android devices any URL that contains a dash "-" will fail to load. On those same devices when trying other services, not just a browser, fail as well (ie., loading media through the Android SDK, etc..).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_7: Long story short: I advice you to check if the firewall on your PC allows incoming connections. If it is not such a big security risk, you can also try to deactivate it to run a quick check, just to understand if the FW can be the problem.
I told that because I stumbled upon a very similar problem. I was running a Java based HTTP server on port 8080 on my desktop PC but I was not able to access it through WLAN form my Android mobile.
It turned out I had a firewall activated on my PC that was blocking any incoming traffic.
It was enough to properly configure the firewall to solve the problem.
Sadly I work with Ubuntu, so I cannot help you with Windows but this is the screenshot of my PC's firewall status. As you can see, I added a rule allowing incoming traffic on TCP port `8080`.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3RAmO.png)
After that I was able to access the server running on the PC. As @devopsEMK said, `Fing` can give you a hand. Here's the screenshot showing you how you can check that the service is actually reachable from the phone.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AoQoj.png)
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_8: I was having the same issue: I was able to access the site fine over the WLAN from another computer but not from my android phone.
I solved the issue by opening WiFi configs on my phone, then disconnecting *(Forget)* my current WiFi network and finally connecting again to the same WiFi network *(it will prompt again for the password)*.
After these steps, I was able to access the site fine from my android phone.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/15 | 431 | 1,761 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using the latest stock ROM for my phone (SGS3, Vodafone variant, although rooted) and I have installed a [GPS live tracking program](http://www.greenalp.com/RealTimeTracker/) that stays on the taskbar as a service all the time (and that's the way I want it to).
When I load up some RAM-hungry games that I've installed, sometimes that service dies (along with other processes that I don't care about) because Android tries to free up memory automatically (I have no task killer installed).
Is there a way to make that service having higher priority, so it won't get scooped along the other things that Android's garbage collector trashes when I open my favorite enormous apps?
Thanks in advance!<issue_comment>username_1: Try [Auto Memory Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lim.android.automemman&hl=en) and set your minfree values on the secondary server lower so it has lower chances killing off services. You can also increase the OOM priority of the service to 0 (lower values means less chance of being killed), also part of app.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: The only solution I've found and seems to be working with more than one services, is to make sure that I leave open in the task manager the applications I do not want to be closed down.
This isn't a bulletproof approach, but it works for hours or even days (at least in my case) and it's much faster than manually changing OOM priority (only to find out that OOM changes back after a while by the system itself).
Ideal solution would be an application that monitors OOM of services specified by the user and making sure it's kept at certain levels, but I haven't found any that can do that until now.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer] |
2013/02/16 | 508 | 1,643 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8013EAYXAR).
I have tried literally everything, and I am at a loss. I have tried SuperOneClick which didn't even come CLOSE to working. I tried using Odin which seemed promising, so I went with it and kept trying. I tried stuff that was downloaded. I tried converting the official CWM to a tar.md5 (this made Odin crash). I tried adb methods (maybe I'm doing something wrong).
All I ever get is the factory recovery. I can't run Titanium Backup (or really any other decent apps) without su.
Please help. I'm at a loss here.
**EDIT -- SOLUTION**
If you have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and are looking to root, here are some useful links.
[This is the post](http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-10-1-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-10-1/) where I found the link to the superuser file that is to be flashed via Odin. The post describes the process. NOTE: *You do not need to flash CWM to get root.*
Here is the link to the actual [su file](http://stockroms.net/file/GalaxyNote10.1/rooted/Europe/N8000XXALGA_N8000OXXALG5_PHE_RootGalaxyNote.zip) that has been prepared for use with the Odin utility.
Hope this helps anyone that gets caught up in the process of rooting their Note 10.1. =)<issue_comment>username_1: Have you tried [this guide](http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-10-1-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-10-1/) from RootGalaxyNote?
*This answer is pending an edit. Site is currently blocked at my location.*
Upvotes: 2 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: You can read [here](http://www.username_2.net/root-galaxy-note-10/). I think it's useful for you.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/16 | 653 | 2,382 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently had my first Android device (rooted), but it has only 8GB.
I love playing games of all sort. So, I found an option in the apps menu that moves the apps to SD. Firstly, I had 4.97GB free, but after I moved my app, it had the same storage free!
I searched on internet and learnt that it doesn't move app to the EXTERNAL SD, but on the internal SD, which has only 8GB (the system).
So is there a way to move apps on external SD? Thank you!
EDIT: Finally I found Directory Bind that does what I want! <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262><issue_comment>username_1: I think an app called Titanium Backup has a feature like that. It is also full of other features. It is a must have for any rooted android. Practically why I rooted in the first place.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: I had the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy SII Plus,
i found a solution on youtube: here is the link: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8PyqCOpERA>
But notice that not all games can be moved, following that video will show you jut how to do it for some games like MXOFFROAD and SHADOWGUN.
I find It really disappointing to save Apps only in the Internal Memory, it's a dump idea..But in some old Android Versions have the possibility to move Apps to the External SdCard.
I hope this will help you a little bit..better than nothing.Thanks to DirectoryBind App, I could move two games until now, 2XL MXOFFROAD AND CSR RACING.
Note: You will not find DirectoryBind App on GooglePlay, to download it, look in the Video Description you will find the download link. Connect your mobile via USB cable to a computer and copy and past the downloaded App in Phone's memory. Eject your Phone. Go to GooglePlay and search for Apk Installer.Download this latest and open it to search for DirectoryBand App, while found install it and follow the video on youtube.
GoodLuck.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: Have you tried Link to SD Card app ? Try this app I am using it and it actually move apps to external SD. If you can't get your solution from Link2 SD than try Lucky Patcher.
* Just install that app in your mobile.
* Open that app, write the app name and select the app from the listings
* On next page, Tap on move to SD.
**Original Source:**
<http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1768697/move-apps-card-android.html>
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/16 | 1,207 | 4,134 | <issue_start>username_0: I have **Galaxy Nexus GT-i9250m**. It is currently running **Android v4.1.1**. I am in **India**. I want to know how to update my phone to **v4.2 officially without rooting**. I have already tried checking for updates using `Settings->About phone-> System Updates`.
Asked similar question in [gsmarena.com](http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_nexus_i9250m-4432.php) but to no success. Tried solution provided there to Goto Settings-> Apps-> All-> Google services and Frameworks -> Clear Data, but to no success.
Is there any way doing it manually on Galaxy Nexus i9250m without rooting the phone? Like downloading the ROM and trying to run it.<issue_comment>username_1: It's possible that India has not yet received this update yet. If that's the case, then you need to update it manually. This would require root access.
Here's a [manual update guide](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/413678/20121211/install-android421-jellybean-ota-galaxynexus-i9250-kalo.htm), in case you decide not to wait for an OTA update, which may never come.
**Edit #1:** If India already has it, and your phone cannot detect it, try this: Go to `Settings > Apps > ALL". Look for Google Services Framework, and click Force Stop button and Clear data button.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_2: OTA updates are country specific. In India 4.2 is not officially available for I9250. You can wait for official OTA or install manually as @username_1 suggested.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_3: The devices which were bought from Google Play are takju and the ones from Samsung are akju. I think your phone is yakju (Google Play didn't sell Devices in India).
Takju gets all updates directly from Google. If you want to get all updates from Google at the time of release you have to convert to takju.
***How Can you do that***
-------------------------
Please follow below to convert from yakju to takju (stock) without losing your data/apps: (assuming you know adb & fastboot and have set them up on your computer. Also assuming that bootloader is unlocked) [**Please read before you implement**]
1. Download [the 4.2 factory images for Takju](https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#takju)
2. Extract files using 7-zip on Windows (you need to extract twice and will get the files as: bootloader-xxx.img; radio-xxx.img and image-xxx.zip)
3. Copy these files to the location android-sdk/platform-tools/ (if you have the android-sdk installed or to the location where adb & fastboot is)
4. Plug in your Galaxy Nexus (ensure Debug option is enabled under Developer Settings
5. Follow these commands:
a. `adb reboot bootloader`
b. `fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-xxx.img`
c. `fastboot reboot-bootloader`
d. `fastboot flash radio radio-xxx.img`
e. `fastboot reboot-bootloader`
f. `fastboot update image-xxx.zip`
This would update your Galaxy Nexus from Stock 4.1.2 (yakju) to Stock 4.2 (takju) without losing any data/apps
Note:
1. If you are using Windows, follow [this video tutorial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc4z-KYypgY) to setup adb and fastboot
2. If you are on Mac, use `./` before the commands for execution
**Note 2: With this method you don't need to remove the userdata.img as the command `fastboot update image-xxx.zip` does not touch the userdata on your device.**
\*Disclaimer: Tried with Unlocked Bootloader, but you follow these at your own risk.
**Or you can Download factory image for yakju from [here](https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#yakjujdq39) and try similar step above for just updating (without converting from Yakju to takju)**
Upvotes: 3 <issue_comment>username_4: Try `adb sideload` from this [tutorial](http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/11/12/android-4-2-update-jo40c-rolling-out-to-takju-galaxy-nexus-grab-the-manual-update-now/). Then use sideload again to update from 4.2 to 4.2.2 (it is much faster). You don't need root or flash bootloader.
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_2: Official OTA updates 4.2.1 are started for I9250 in India. I received it on 20-Mar-2013. Check for updates from your system settings.
Upvotes: 0 |
2013/02/16 | 713 | 2,440 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 and need to find out my 20 digit SIM number somehow.
I have been told that I should go to `Settings > General > About` to find it.
However, it isn't! Does anybody know where this information is stored?<issue_comment>username_1: How about taking the SIM out and see the number printed on its back side (the other side of the contact surface) or next to it? Just thought to say this just in case if you are not aware of!
Upvotes: 4 <issue_comment>username_2: try the [Sim card Details App](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidyou.simcardinfo&hl=en) , this is the best. easy to copy the numbers you get.
Upvotes: 1 <issue_comment>username_3: the best way actually is to dial \*#06# on your Android phone and it will pop up.
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_4: or you can dial `*1#` from your mobile number
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_5: I think the best solution is [SIM Card Manager](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rachunek.android.simcard).
Upvotes: -1 <issue_comment>username_6: In many versions of Android for Verizon networks (e.g. Nexus devices, Moto X, Moto G), you can find this by going to Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> and this is listed as ICCID.
Upvotes: 2 <issue_comment>username_7: How about the old fashioned way? Either calling another phone with it and checking it via Caller ID or if that doesn't work, call the Provider and ask for it via the SIM Serial?
On another note: Many Providers *forget* to configure the SIM Cards phone number onto the SIM Card. That is why you probably cannot see it in your menu.
If you find out what the number is and want to correct the problem for the future, check out [this thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-sim-changer-change-registered-sim-t2106490).
Upvotes: 0 <issue_comment>username_8: Because of the huge number of different models of Android phone and the wide range of different software versions, you may find that your handset doesn’t have the SIM number in the same place. In this case, you can use a 3rd party app to find your SIM information. Such as the [sim card info](https://play.google.com/store/search?q=sim%20card%20info&c=apps&docType=1&sp=CAFiDwoNc2ltIGNhcmQgaW5mb3oFGADAAQKKAQIIAQ%3D%3D%3AS%3AANO1ljKNz8A&hl=en) app. Hope it helps.
Upvotes: 1 |
2013/02/16 | 289 | 1,150 | <issue_start>username_0: My android tablet, a zoom, has started to download apk's at random without any initiation on my part. I have the don't allow foreign apk's to be installed thing checked so they can't get on to the tablet. Has anyone else caught this? I don't see anything else on the internet about it and I have done a search with Avast to no avail at finding anything.
I suppose that the easiest way to remove it is factory reset. If I do that does google remember all my apps and download them instantly?
Anyway any I'm grateful for any information.<issue_comment>username_1: Go to Settings -> Backup & reset. Then check 'Backup my data' and 'Automatic restore'.
An alternative is to use an app like Ultimate Backup or Titanium.
Upvotes: 1 [selected_answer]<issue_comment>username_2: the Google does not saves your apps.
I have tryed that.
I was downloaded 380 mobile security and it detected 40 viruses.
I pressed clean all and a rescaned:
The viruses wasn't removed.
I performed a factory reset and the viruses was removed.
This is the solution when you have many viruses on android.
My tablet model is:Maxwell maxtab H10
Upvotes: -1 |