title: Buttons stop working in landscape mode

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# Question
Title: Buttons stop working in landscape mode
I wanna buy a second hand tablet (Pierre Cardin 7558) whose home and return buttons stop working when tilting to widescreen. The quality is good in comparison with the price, but there is this problem.

Is there any workaround to it? Like a Rom update or something?

# Answer
> 0 votes
The buttons are disabled so that users can grip the sides without causing and action. It would be difficult holding the device if the user is causing the device to go to the home screen.

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Tags: tablet, buttons
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title: Why is EXT3 not supported on Android?

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# Question
Title: Why is EXT3 not supported on Android?
Android uses the Linux kernel instead of some "Android kernel", so why is ext3 not supported on Android 2.3?

# Answer
> 8 votes
The filesystem support is device-specific, and in fact many devices using Android 2.3 support ext3 in the kernel (or ext4, which can also mount ext3 and ext2 filesystems).

Usually the difference in filesystem support is due to different hardware. Older devices often used raw NAND flash chips and MTD drivers in Linux, which did not support conventional filesystems such as ext4; only special filesystems such as YAFFS or JFFS2 could be used on such devices. In this case having ext3 or ext4 support in the kernel was not necessary, and it could be omitted to save some memory; to get ext3/4 support on such device you will need to flash a custom kernel (or, in some cases, an external module could be compiled instead of replacing the whole kernel).

More recent devices usually use eMMC storage, which provides a block device instead of raw flash; such devices mostly use ext4 for their filesystems, and therefore should have support for mounting ext3 filesystems (although actually using it to mount a custom filesystem, e.g., on a separate SD card partition, will require root access).

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Tags: file-system, kernel
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# Question
Title: What the s*!+ do I do to make the 4.2 swipe keyboard stop censoring me?
The new swype-style keyboard on my 4.2.1 updated Galaxy Nexus is great. However, when I attempt to express myself more colorfully, the swiping action does not yield the word I would like to write. The word is already in the device dictionary though, so it does not let me add it to the dictionary to be recognized, as I have done with other words. Does anyone know how to fix this?

# Answer
> 16 votes
I what I will call a workaround for the present, as it is not a simple solution as allowing offensive words in voice typing, but it has the same final affect:

1. Under Settings, choose `Language & Input`
2. Choose `Personal Dictionary`
3. Click the plus (+) button in the top right
4. Enter the "offensive word" under the `Phrase` and `Shortcut` spaces
5. Click the back button (system or top left)
6. Enjoy your custom swipable profanity

# Answer
> 7 votes
I have a Nexus 4 from T-Mobile, the Google one, with Android 4.2.2. I've been noticing this same problem, and the fix I found was to go to **Settings -\> Language and Input** -\> Then press the settings icon next to the **Google Keyboard (English, U.S.)** option -\> then deselect **Block offensive words.**

I can now swype swear words, although often times it is not the automatically recognized word, and I have to manually select it from the list of other possibilities that comes up. As for the voice-to-text options, I would suggest trying the same thing (i.e. finding it under **Settings** and deselecting **Block offensive words** or some similar option). Hope this helps!

# Answer
> 1 votes
Some keyboards have a kind of "blacklist" for bad/insulting words. Check if you can find that option in *Settings → Language & Input*, where you should be able to disable it. I know for sure there's such an option for voice input ("Block insults" in *Settings → Voice Input & Output → Voice recognizer Settings*), but I'm not sure whether *that* option also applies to keyboard input.

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Tags: keyboard, 4.2-jelly-bean, auto-correct
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# Question
Title: Firefox version 21 installed easily but greasemonkey won't install - error saying not compatible with ver 21
I can't find anyone with this problem of not being able to install greasemonkey since installing Firefox version 21 on my android. My ultimate goal is to combine my fitness pal logging with weight watchers so that mfp will calculate ww points. It can be done but only through using greasemonkey. Any help is greatly appreciated :)

# Answer
> 1 votes
The error message in this case is misleading: it's not that Greasemonkey is incompatible with that version *number*, rather that it's incompatible with Firefox for Android. The extension mechanism in Firefox for Android is somewhat different to Firefox on desktops, so add-ons for desktop Firefox won't work (in general) on Android.

To find out if/when Android support is planned, or to help out, you could start by contacting the gresemonkey-users mailing list.

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Tags: firefox-for-android, browser-add-ons
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title: Does the Galaxy S2 have two mics?

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# Question
Title: Does the Galaxy S2 have two mics?
I need a straightforward answer, does the Samsung Galaxy S2 have two microphones? I tried to Google it but was not too successful. Two mics are essential for my upcoming project. Thank you for all your replies.

# Answer
The Samsung Galaxy S2 does have dual microphones.

However, if using Gingerbread (2.3), the device only records mono audio.

Using Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) though, the device can record stereo audio at about 130 Kbps with a sampling rate of 48KHz.

Source: GSM Arena
> 3 votes

# Answer
It does have a dedicated 2nd microphone for active noise cancellation according to GSMArena.
> 2 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-2, microphone
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title: How to find my stolen galaxy ace duos

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# Question
Title: How to find my stolen galaxy ace duos
I lost my galaxy ace duos. The sim card has been changed. How can i trace phone or find the number of the new sim being used? I have several apps installed. can that help in anyway? Thanks for the help

# Answer
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos has Android 2.3 installed, so you should be able to use Plan B.

This app sends the location of your phone to your email. Of course this requires your phone having a connection to Google play with your account.

In general: saying 'I have several apps installed' does not help, providing information what apps are installed maybe does.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sim-card, lost-phone
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title: Different ROMs need different GApps?

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# Question
Title: Different ROMs need different GApps?
I am currently using ParanoidAndroid rom and I am switching to Cyanogen 10 on my Galaxy Nexus.

Do I need to download/install a new Gapps .zip file?

# Answer
It depends on the actual android version of the ROM you flashed. it the ParanoidROM and Cyanogenmod ROM are both Android 4.2 then you don't need a new set of gapps, if there aren't then if might just be safe to get a new set of gapps
> 3 votes

# Answer
Yes you need to download gapps from here: GApps.

Just choose the correct version of Cyanogen mod that you have.

Note: Cyanogenmod 10 has another gapps then Cyanogenmod 10.1.
> 0 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, google-apps
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# Question
Title: How to use an external USB keyboard with a Galaxy S II or a Huawei Y201 Pro
**The background:**

I recently learned about OTG USB cables that can be used to connect peripherals to Android devices. I had this idea of using an android device with a usb barcode reader connected (which basically acts like a keyboard) and an in-house developed app, for stock management in a warehouse.

The first step was to buy the OTG cable. The second was to start testing peripherals connected our existing Android devices.

**The problem:**

When I connect any USB device to a Huawei Y201 Pro (4.0), there is no feedback from the device. No error, no response from the input, nothing.

When I connect mouse to a Galaxy S II, it recognizes the usb cable, then a cursor appears on screen and all works great. However, when I connect a keyboard (I tried around 5 so far), a notification says that the cable was connected but right after that it says that no devices are connected.

**My question:**

Is there something I'm missing to make this work?

If not, some secondary follow up questions: What are the things I should look for in making this idea work? Is this connectivity more dependent on the Android device? OS version? Peripheral?

# Answer
Maybe your mobile doesn't support OTG. It may also need to be connected via a powered USB hub in order to provide enough power.
> 1 votes

# Answer
You can try to make your (perhaps incompatible) keyboard work using Externel Keyboard Helper.

If this works here is the fully functional Pro version.

I bought this app to completely reconfigure the keyboard layout of my bluetooth keyboard and to get an automatic dialog on keyboard connection to adjust the input method and the app is imho pretty useful once you get it how to deal with the configuration interface. ;-)

Maybe it works for you as well and detects the input from your keyboard. You can just give it a try as its free anyway.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-2, usb-peripherals, external-keyboard, usb-on-the-go
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# Question
Title: How do I export my favourites from Chrome to the stock browser?
I have been searching online for a way but couldn't find anything. How do I copy my Favourites from the latest version of Chrome Android to the stock browser on my Samsung Galaxy S3? I want to be able to open my list of Favourites from within the stock browser. Any way?

OS: 4.1.1

# Answer
Have you tried doing this with syncing your bookmarks over google account? I know that stock browser reads the bookmarks synced with google account when logged in. If you log into google using chrome browser, syncing bookmarks and then logging into google using stock browser should get your bookmarks there. Can't test it because I am currently on 4.2.2 and don't have Chrome for android installed so this is just a guess how it could be done.

## **edit**

When you first start your chrome browser it asks you right away to login into your google account. If you have done that it asks you the same question as in the desktop version - whether to synchronize things like passwords, bookmarks etc. between your chrome instances. If you have done the first thing and answered the following question with "yes everything" or just "yes" with a marked checkbox for bookmarks you're pretty much set up. If you don't have this done yet you can reconfigure synchronization in chrome settings.

Now if you take a look into the bookmarks section of chrome you should see some folders like "mobile bookmarks", "other bookmarks", "desktop bookmarks" (due to my german version the titles may differ a bit). Every bookmark saved under "desktop bookmarks" will be synchronized back to your google account. If you open your stock android browser some minutes later and login to your google account when asked you will see your google email address as a folder/category inside bookmarks section containing your bookmarks from chrome. Even if you will install i.e. a chrome browser on your desktop some day you will end up with your bookmarks/tabs/passwords/... beeing pulled from your google account once you login.

Here are some screenshots (as I already mentioned they're unfortunately from my german version):
> 1 votes

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# Question
Title: Encryption and Screen Lock without SIM card
I'm have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running `Android 4.1.2` which I am trying to encrypt through `Settings -> Security -> Encrypt Device`. The process I am following is described in this article at Step 2.

Upon entering the `Encrypt Device` screen I am told to "Set an unlock password". How is this password set? My first guess was the Android `Screen Lock`, but within `Settings -> Security` I have no `Screen` option as I would have expected (shown in above article at Step 1). Could this be because I am using the device without a SIM card? If so, is there any other way of using this encryption method, potentially with an inactive SIM card that is not connected to any network?

# Answer
The screen lock is set in `Settings -> Screen Lock`. The device can then be encrypted without SIM card.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, samsung-galaxy-s-3, encryption
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# Question
Title: Does the play store still show the provider and mobile information, if the google account is removed/changed
Basically what I would like to know is will the play store web version still show the provider and mobile information ie \[This app is compatible with your PROVIDER\_NAME DEVICE\_MODEL.\] if the device is factory reset/rooted/removed the google account/change google account.

Thanks in advance.

# Answer
Old devices stay in your list in the Play Store for quite a while after performing any of those actions. I gave one of my old Android phones a factory reset and then gave it to a relative a few months ago, they then registered it on their Play Store account, but it still showed in the list on my account for a few months afterwards (but I couldn't push apps to it from my account any more).

See also this previous question where an old device has been factory reset'd and still appears in the Play Store list: Deleting a device from the Google Play Store?
> 1 votes

# Answer
None of those actions (factory reset/rooted/removed the google account/change google account) will have any effect on your provider or device information.
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-play-store
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# Question
Title: How safe is the android Lock Screen with password?
If your tablet got stolen, how probable is it, that the thief will retrieve data from your device if you have only the lock-screen with a 4-character password as protection?

Is it easy for a hacker to get past that? Or can I lean back and be sure, that stored passwords in Firefox etc. cannot be retrieved?

# Answer
I wanted to know, so I tried entering my password incorrectly repeatedly. (Motorola Droid 3 - Android 2.3.4)

After `5`, `10`, and `15` attempts I was given a 30 second "cool down" where I could not try again.

On the 15th attempt I was informed that if I entered my password incorrectly 5 more times I would be forced to re-sign in with my Google Account.

So after 20 failed attempts, you can no longer try to enter a password - you must sign in with your Google Credentials.

I would say you are reasonably secure from a brute-force password log in at the password screen.

This does not take into account any other methods - just attempting to brute force.

This answer may address methods that could be used to bypass the lock screen.

To specifically address your concern about Firefox for Android's stored passwords - you can disable Firefox Sync on a lost tablet (Mozilla's Instructions) by changing your sync password. Mozilla also suggests changing all of your passwords after it.
> 1 votes

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Tags: security, lock-screens
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# Question
Title: Regular voice calls stopped working, was earlier. Maybe Skype related. Android 4.0.3
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II with Android 4.0.3.

The problem:

It was working fine until today, for both voice calls and Internet use, as well as for Skype calls. (I had installed Skype for Android on it some time ago after buying the phone). But only used it for Skype calls once or twice.

Since it supports both regular voice calls and Skype calls, when I go to call log in the Phone app, and touch or swipe a contact name to call them, it earlier used to give the option of calling that person either via a normal phone call or via Skype.

Today, while trying to call a person, I think I was absent-minded and may have accidentally pressed some wrong option. As a result, from then on, when I try to call a person, from the call log list in the phone app, it does not show the normal call option and the Skype call option for me to choose from. Instead, it directly goes to Skype and tries to do a Skype voice call. So I am now unable to make regular voice calls with it.

I looked in the Skype app settings as well as in the Call menu under the main Settings app of the phone, but could not find any way to restore the earlier behavior, where it allows me to choose whether to make a normal phone call or a Skype call. I also looked at all other options in the main Settings app, at the top level, but could not see any other menu that seemed as though it may be relevant to fix this issue.

Any suggestions on how to solve this?

Thanks.

# Answer
> 4 votes
You have multiple options to solve this:

1. Go to *Settings-\>Apps*, scroll to *Skype*, open it, and hit the "Clear Defaults" button
2. If that for some reason does not work: simply install some other VoIP app, try to call a person again (now you should be able to chose), hangup, and remove the other VoIP app again
3. Try Default App Manager Lite, DefaultApp Reset, or similar apps to reset *single* default actions
4. Chuck-Norris-Mode: try Clear default app for action to reset *all* default actions
5. Last ressort: uninstall and re-install Skype

All above solutions should reset the default app selected. Besides: same procedure works for multiple web browsers, home screen replacements (launchers), image viewers...

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Tags: calls, skype, default-applications
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title: Install default Android keyboard

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# Question
Title: Install default Android keyboard
It seems as the default keyboard is removed from several Android devices. I have two, a Sony Xperia (4.0.4) and a Samsung Galaxy SIII (4.0.4) and neither of them has the default Android keyboard (or I'm missing something).

Is there an official way of installing the default keyboard? (And why would hardware makers disable the default keyboard?)

This is related to my other question Switch to another keyboard language using stock keyboard

# Answer
There's no official way of installing the default keyboard if it's not installed by the manufacturer.

However, there may be unofficial ways using files stripped from other devices or compiled from AOSP. There are some keyboards on Google play, see for example Keyboard from Android 2.3, which claims to be like the default keyboard from Android 2.3.

Another way of getting the default keyboard may be installing another ROM.

I think hardware makers would install their own keyboards if they think that they are superior to the default one, for example because they better work on the screen size of a device.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Yes, you can now install the stock Android keyboard from the Play Store \- it's called Google Keyboard.
> 3 votes

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# Question
Title: WIFI share a reverse tethered connection
I know that it is possible to reverse tether your Android device via USB thanks to questions like this. But I am hoping to take this a step further by then sharing that connection to others via WIFI - like a bridge essentially.

I haven't seen this anywhere else and wondered if it was even possible? Has it been attempted and failed to anyone's knowledge?

# Answer
> 3 votes
I don't know how to do what you want with only an Android device, but since you mention reverse tethering using USB you could achieve the same thing using only a *computer that has an internet connection* and *wi-fi*. You can use your computer's wi-fi to share your internet connection with multiple devices, including your android phone, using one of two methods:

1. Setup your computer to be a virtual wireless router. All devices could then share internet by connecting to your computer using wi-fi.
2. Setup an ad-hoc wireless network, but unfortunately Android devices will only be able to connect if you set them up using these instructions that require your phone to be rooted.

If you *don't* have wi-fi on your computer, then a PCI or USB wi-fi network card is generally quite cheap to obtain.

# Answer
> -2 votes
well i too got an idea to reverse tether and make my android as a portable wifi hotspot but when reverse tether is done u need to switch your mobile data connection so that it appears as if you are using your data connection but the internet is used from reverse tethering your pc net try it if it works then good

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# Question
Title: Troubleshoot/ Tune Android performance / speed
I have a Motorola Xoom (not rooted) and new to the Android world (at least as an advanced user).

I've installed several (around 30) games + several (around 30) apps. I've noticed that it became a lot more slow. Actually browsers can barely work (they hang from time to time). I noticed that several games and apps have active daemons running.

I wanted to:

* Track the apps that are being used.
* Track the apps that are loaded on startup (and eventually change it).
* Do anything to improve performance

**TL:DR;** I want to troubleshoot / tune my Android installation.

Is there any application for that?

Is there any document recommended for this? (I'm an advanced user - developer)

Thanks!

# Answer
> 4 votes
There are a bunch of Tutorials around on the net on how to increase performance of your Android device (e.g. on LifeHackers here and here). One thing to definitely keep your fingers *AWAY* from are so-called "boosters" and (automated) Task-Killers. As rm-vanda already stated, they make things only worse; tasks should only be killed if they misbehave (e.g. are hanging, running havoc while eating your CPU and the like). Android manages its RAM fine, no need to worry about that.

As for the auto-starters, I can recommend AutoRun Manager, which is actively maintained and simply the best of all I tried (and I tried a lot).

To figure out what is consuming your ressources, a good candidate helping you would be System Tuner. While the free version simply lets you monitor activity life, the pro-version also offers background-monitoring and stores its data for later analysis.

Some other steps you could perform include:

* from time to time, clean up caches (to remove old data and get back precious internal memory; helping apps in this segment include Cache Clear, Quick Cache Cleaner, CacheCleaner NG, and Android System Cleaner \- the latter taking care for more things than just cache
* Moving some rarely used Apps to SD (if they don't have widgets you are using) saves additional internal space.
* uninstall unused apps

# Answer
> 2 votes
Well, if you are an advanced user, I would recommend rooting your device. The Tegra 2 is brick-proof, so you have nothing to fear. The XDA forums can help you with rooting and whatnot.

But, if you have several apps that are simultaneously running services or processes, well, that's exactly your problem! I use Fast Reboot to clean up excessive processes.

It is also noteable that TASK MANAGER APPLICATIONS can cause the sort of problem your talking about. As of Android 2.2+ task managers are obsolete - Android handles task management for you.

For managing startup applications, you can use Startup Manager.

You can also see which applications are burning the most battery under your battery settings! This has helped me to find applications that are running rogue processes they shouldn't be running.

# Answer
> -1 votes
As already said by izzy, autoruns manager is the best. Just disable unwanted receivers.

Additionally, here are some others tips:

* say no to widgets
* install android firewall.
* disable internet access to unwanted apps

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title: Restoring APKs + data from 4.1 to 4.2.2

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# Question
Title: Restoring APKs + data from 4.1 to 4.2.2
I migrated from `Android 4.1` (Omega) to `Android 4.2.2` (SuperNexus) on my Samsung Galaxy S3.

Before I did the migration I did a backup of apps with `Super Backup`. After this was done I moved all the files from the `SmsContactsBackup` folder to SDCard. After flash, I've installed `Super Backup` again from the Play store and putted the `SmsContactsBackup` folder in `/storage/emulated/0/SmsContactsBackup`. Now I see all the backups in the Super Backup app.

After I do a restore/install of an app, the settings are not being picked up by the apps.

Plague Inc.: I see the settings in `data/data/com.miniclip.plagueinc`. But the app crashes on launch. Lazors: I see the settings in `data/data/net.pyrosphere.lazors`. But my progress is gone.

Do they need to be somewhere else? Or do I need to use some other tool which can use my previous backups

# Answer
Essentially, for backing up apps or SMS, TitaniumBackup works wonderfully. I've always relied on it to get my job done. But since you've already backed up your apps, I'd suggest you to try moving your app data folder to storage/emulated/0/Android/data/ folder instead of where it is now, and if it is a .obb folder, move it to /Android/obb. It'll pick up your settings.
> 1 votes

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Tags: backup, 4.2-jelly-bean, data-transfer
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title: Lock-screen information lost calls etc

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# Question
Title: Lock-screen information lost calls etc
At my company we use Sophos MDM solution, witch forces all user to set a PIN on their lock screen. I use a Samsung S3 (android 4.1.2) and the lock screen is only a huge numeric key pad. The oterones using iPhone can have their phone to show lost cals, incoming mail, sms etc as a banner on the lock screen. Is it possible to have the same features on my Samsung device? Is it possible to customize the lock screen? Have tried to download some apps, like GO Locker, but they appear before or after my lock screen so it doesn’t work as intended

# Answer
Dashclock widget is an amazing app to let you view missed calls or notifications right from your lock screen for Android 4.2 and up. Since you're still on Android 4.1.2, install WidgetLocker lock screen and use it.
> 0 votes

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Tags: security, lock-screens, customization
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title: Android power Usage - How to monitor

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# Question
Title: Android power Usage - How to monitor
TL;DR: Is there some reasonably time-efficient way to find out what programs cause Android OS Services to drain battery?

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On a regular basis I find that some app causes my phone to run hot and drain battery within a few hours while the screen is turned off. While it helps to uninstall all non-essential apps in the worst cases, I still face heavy battery drain after stripping the phone down to those I find most essential - we are speaking here about at least 3 days standby when just lying around at home vs less than 8 hours when used actively for one hour, with active usage draining about 30-40% of the battery life, and background processes draining the rest.

When using builtin battery statistics or any app that reports battery statistics, whether it is by showing details on CPU usage, wakelocks or just some overall battery use estimate, I find the statistics to be pretty much useless: Top of the list is always "Android OS" and, since introduced, Google Services with the next couple of entries, at a fraction of those OS-related listings being apps that I have actually actively used in the foreground for prolonged time.

Basically, the mishaving apps seem to misbehave by delegating to Operating System services and no App I have yet tried (maybe even due to OS limitations) was able to split out what app has been requesting these services to do work, making battery statistics basically useless. And for trying out each app by "uninstalling, running phone for a while, reinstalling"... frankly, who has THAT amount of time?

What's more, being unable to identify battery wasters from among the apps that I need installed, I cannot even file bug reports if they are misbehaving on my device.

Is there some possibility in Android to find out what app is really misbehaving rather than being told "its the OS, give up"?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Not sure if it does what you want to, but I use Quick System Info PRO (free).
In this app, via "Basic Info", you can get to the battery details, and check the "Power Usage". This gives you a break-down on which processes are responsible for power usage in percentages. I have found it to be the most extensive monitoring application I could find. Also, the Dmesg and Logcat viewer (alos in the app) might give you an indication which messages are exchanged and thus which application/thread is responsible for activity.

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Tags: battery, resource-monitoring, multitasking
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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy S not displaying contacts, only unknown is shown
My Galaxy S Duos only shows unknown on the display when I have saved phone book contacts calling me? How and what do I do to get numbers to be displayed?

# Answer
> 0 votes
After some investigation I found a fix that works for me. Use this at your own risk.

First, the summary: The file */data/misc/rild\_ril.clip* is a single byte, either ASCII '1' or ASCII '0'. Somehow this value is being flipped from '1' to '0' during low storage space conditions and causes the problem. The solution is to either edit the file, or just delete it and let it be rebuilt.

The steps to fix this problem on your device without losing any data are as follows:

**Requirements**: ADB or a terminal/console application.

Steps:

1. Get to a shell prompt. If you're using ADB, it's `adb shell`. If you're using a terminal/console app, just launch it.
2. Type `rm /data/misc/rild_ril.clip`.
3. Reboot the phone.

That's it. Please let me know if it works or doesn't work for you.

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Tags: caller-id, samsung-galaxy-s-duos
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# Question
Title: Windows can't identify Samsung captivate glide
I've *Samsung Captivate Glide* (i927). When I try to connect the phone to the PC windows says `USB Device unrecognized`. I've installed the latest version of *Samsung Kies*, and also installed `Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0` from the official Samsung site. Still I cannot connect my phone to the PC.

I tried to install the Samsung mobile composite driver manually also. It installed successfully but gives an error that the device cannot start code 10. And again the phone is detected as "Unknown device".

I've also tried to change the PDA USB mode in phoneutils by `*#7284#`, still no luck.

Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem? I'm using Windows-7 Ultimate 32-bit Desktop computer.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Finally got solution after 2 days of headache. Problem is my USB data cable. I've got original Samsung's USB data cable with phone but unfortunately it is not working. Though charging can done via this cable. I've tries few Chinese cables also but problem remains there. But as soon as I use my friend's original Samsung cable it working like a charm.

So any of you have this problem first thing to do is check from another usb cable. And importantly go for OEM's original cable.

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Tags: samsung-kies, usb-drivers, samsung-captivate-glide
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title: How to know my base station?

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# Question
Title: How to know my base station?
I am an android user and I would like to know what are the available base stations and what is the base station that I'm getting signals from. How can I know that? Is there a way? Thanks in advance..!

# Answer
> 2 votes
It's possible to get the cell tower id and location using the `PhoneStateListener` of the Android API.

Here are some apps that seems to use this feature to show some information about the nearest cell towers :

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title: Samsung Galaxy Note II slow startup

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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy Note II slow startup
My Galaxy Note II used to statup in 5-6 seconds normally.
But yesterday when i switched on the device after charging it, it took almost 14-15 seconds for my home screen to show up.
I am pretty sure that i didnt install anything new. The device is not rooted.
Is there anyway i can check what might be making the startup slow?

# Answer
There might be some apps slowing the starup. Autostarts is an app which helps you see what apps run on boot. Unless you have root you'll not be able to make any changes though. It'll just be read only. See this: Autostarts

Update: Startup Cleaner 2.0 is for unrooted phones. You can now stop an app from loading at startup.
> 1 votes

# Answer
Have you wiped your caches recently, done an update or updated a lot of apps? It's possible that your phone needed to rebuild the Dalvik cache, which would add time to your boot as a one time only thing. You might have seen a screen saying "Updating Android" on your Note II when that was happening.

If you reboot your phone and the startup time is back to normal, this was most likely the cause.
> 1 votes

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Tags: boot, samsung-galaxy-note-2
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title: How do I create task lists in Jorte?

text:
# Question
Title: How do I create task lists in Jorte?
How do I create task lists other than `My Task List`?

Also, how many task lists can be created in Jorte?

# Answer
Open up Jorte and go to the "Tasks & Memos" section. Click on the "Task List" button, and there should be a "Create" button that lets you create a new list.

To view other lists, go back to the "Task List" button and check/uncheck the lists you wish to show/hide.

I don't know if there is a limit to the number of lists you are able to have in Jorte; I would imagine the number is a technical one that is much higher than an average user would ever need.
> 1 votes

# Answer
the max amount of task lists appears to be 3, at least for me anyways!
> 1 votes

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Tags: jorte
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title: Route Media (Music) to headphones only

text:
# Question
Title: Route Media (Music) to headphones only
Look, about once a week at work I put on my headhpones, choose my music track, and then proceed to play the music for the whole office because I didn't actually plug in the headphones to the player. There are thirty people within earshot of my cubicle, but this place is quieter than a library. Except for me.

Is there any way (settings, app, etc.) to make music only play out the headphones?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Estimated, at least 50% of the questions starting with "is there a way (settings or app)..." can be answered straight away with the "big T" -- Tasker. That's an automation tool which doesn't come cheap (about 5 bucks; a free trial is available at its homepage), but is worth every cent. It works with so-called "profiles", where each profile consists of conditions and a task. So let me propose such a profile for you:

* **Condition:**
    + *Cell Near* (set this up at work, let Tasker record all "cells near")1
    + *State → Headset plugged* (check "invert" to make it the opposite)
* **Task:**
    + *Audio → Silent*2

1 this refers to your provider's mobile cell towers, and is the "cheapest" location mode in terms of battery (as the cells must either be scanned for calls/SMS/mobile data being available). If that's not exact enough, you may add GPS location or *WiFi near* (to scan for e.g. your office's WiFi AP) -- which then only kick in as soon as one of the listed cells is detected, again to save your battery.

2 Check whatever you want here. You could completely silence your phone (that would affect ringtone and phonecalls as well), but you probably just want the media volume set to zero.

So what happens with that profile? As soon as you come near to your workplace ("cell near", the mobile tower(s) close to the office), and the headset is not connected, media volume (assuming you chose that) will be silenced -- as the condition is completely met ("at office, headset not plugged"). Now you start your player and hear -- nothing. But once you plug the headset in, the condition is no longer valid -- and *Tasker* reverts to the settings as they've been before the profile was activated (so you can hear music via headphones).

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Tags: music, headphones
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# Question
Title: Whenever I try to download an app, it keeps wanting to download it to my old Android phone
I bought a used Coolpad, but like new. Whenever I try to download an app, be it an old one already installed on old phone or a new, never before loaded one, it keeps wanting to send data to old phone, an LG Admire. In the box, looking for device compatibility, only the old phones model number comes up.

# Answer
It is about Google Account I think. Logout and create a new account.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I'd do a factory reset, then log on as yourself and try again. There should then be no trace of any other accounts on that device and you should be able to start afresh.
> 0 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, installation
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# Question
Title: Why phone sometimes (often) goes crazy and constantly lightens up its locked screen?
In general, from time to time, my phone (Galaxy SII) lightens up its locked screen for 4-5 seconds.

I thought: the reason behind can be to show if some messages or calls are awaiting to be noticed (but, with screen locked, it is pointless anyway, because nothing is shown besides symbol entry screen).

But sometimes it lightens up the screen like 3 times in a minute, over 15 minutes.

Why it does that?

# Answer
Try uninstalling some applications. The same thing happened to me and I fixed it by uninstalling my most recently installed app.
> 1 votes

# Answer
Try BetterBatteryStats or GSam Battery Monitor Pro. Both apps can provide you information on which apps/processes/services are initiating wakelocks, how many times they are doing it and how long they are keeping the device from going into a deep sleep. This may help you identify if it's an app or a system process that is going crazy and waking your phone when it should be idle. They both have free versions but I've only used the pro version so I'm not sure if the free versions will accomplish the same thing.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I am one of responsible developer of UzumApps. We developed app called "wakelock detector"(WLD) for showing statistics of wakelock usage. It is an alternative app for BetterBatteryStats or GSam Monitor.

If your screen lightens up randomly, then I think some app is holding "FULL\_WAKE\_LOCK" with ACQUIRE\_CAUSES\_WAKEUP flag, Check : PowerManager

Our app shows "full\_wake\_lock" statistics also, which will help you to determine the suspicious app. Most probably it will be the currently running process. WLD at GooglePlay
> 0 votes

# Answer
This happened to me, Samsung Galaxy S3, was killing the battery. After chasing my tail WRT applications, I found a post about the power connector on the bottom of the phone. If it gets slightly bent down it will cause a problem (short against something I assume) and cause the screen to intermittently become active. Take a non-conductive (NOT METAL) thin piece of something and VERY GENTLY move the power connector so it is centered in the hole where it sits. Then try hooking up the power charger; it is easy to move it too much, so the it can't plug in. The idea is to center the connector in the hole. If this looks beyond you, find your nearest friendly geek. Fixes the problem immediately.
> 0 votes

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Tags: lock-screens, screen
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# Question
Title: RAZR cuts off call ring after half a second
My Droid RAZR (original model, 18 mos. old), seems to have an issue where when a call comes in it will start to play the ring tone but then the sound shuts off after half a second. The call is still there, but unless I feel the single vibration in my pocket (I have it set to vibrate *and* ring), I don't know to answer it.

This totally blows.

Is there any way I can force this phone to ring a certain number of times?

# Answer
I just called Verizon Customer Care. They had me dial \*900 and that fixed the issue. This cancels any possible call forwarding. Works like a champ now.
> 0 votes

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Tags: notifications, calls, ringtone
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# Question
Title: How to re-arrange images in gallery after changing the GMT time zone?
I travel to another country and take photos for a few days. After that I change the tike zone of my phone.

Since then, photos in my gallery are mixed up!?

I open the DCIM folder and see that the cause is that gallery sorts images by the filename and filenames are named after the taken time when the photo is captured.

How can I get photos updated with the time zone changed?

# Answer
**NOTE:** This is based on Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 4.2.2)

In Gallery, click All beside the Gallery (flower) icon. Then, press left menu button, and select `Sort by latest` (If you see `Sort by oldest`, then your pictures are already sorted by latest.
> 1 votes

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Tags: gallery, time-zones
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# Question
Title: How to reset android phone which is locked and debugging mode is disabled, plus no recovery?
Anyone know how to reset an android phone which is locked and asking for gmail id/pass and can't boot into recovery mode, plus debugging mode is disabled?

# Answer
> 0 votes
It can be booted in safe mode. Just you have to do is switch off the phone and switch it on while pressing power key + volume down key simultaneously ( checked in micromax a116 ). If you are not able to switch it off, just remove the battery directly.;p Note : The key combination may vary depends on the mobile brands.

# Answer
> -1 votes
On your WiFi connectivity or data connectivity just call the locked mobile number with another number and as you get the bell ringing you get some access for calling options just drag down the drop down list and on your WiFi. It's done now get an open source WiFi connectivity and now your mobile can be unlocked by entering your Gmail ID and password.

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Tags: locked-out, micromax-a57
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# Question
Title: Keyboard Settings on Emulator revert on restart
My Android 2.3.3 emulator has four different keyboards:

1. Japenese keyboard
2. Chinese keyboard
3. Android keyboard
4. Sample Soft keyboard

I uncheck all of them so that I can use the hardware keyboard. After a few seconds, it gives an error message saying that the process `com.android.inputmethod.latin` not responding, with a `Force Close` button. Moreover, I close and restart my emulator to find all the keyboards checked!

The reason why I want all unchecked is as follows:

When click the cursor to a position where I want to insert some text (at least on Whatsapp, I face this problem), the cursor remains there for 3 to 10 seconds (!!) and then the keyboard shows up on screen and the cursor goes back to where it was! This is not the case when all the on-screen keyboards are disabled.

How do I make the keyboard disabling setting permanent?

**UPDATE:** This was beyond my imagination and very annoying. The input methods other than soft keyboard are back and even enabled once I rebooted the emulator! Why does the sdk just refuse to retain the settings??

# Answer
**DONE:** I backed up all my contents of my old emulator, created a fresh emulator using

`android create avd -t <TargetID> -n <EmulatorName> -a --abi <CPU/ABI-Used>`

To aid finding out the correct value of `<TargetID>` and the admissible values `<CPU/ABI-Used>` corresponding the same as per your choice of the API level, I used

`android list targets`

You will then find that the Snapshot option is available, when you edit the same AVD from the Android Virtual Device Manager. So check the snapshot. And when you launch, be sure you have checked "Launch from Snapshot" and "Save to Snapshot" options. Now use the `rm` commands in the `adb shell` to remove the IMEs. (I will make it clear soon how one does that) You close and next time you open it through `emulator` command, it loads from snapshot and the permanence of the IME settings (or for that matter any system settings) is achieved!

(P.S.: Only when you change the hardware configuration will you need to actually reboot, in which case you cannot launch from snapshot as it was saved for a different hardware configuration!)

As the question indicates, all I want is that my hardware keyboard is active and I really don't care about the 4 input methods there. It never occurred to me that I could simply *remove* all IMEs: Here's how:

Mount the `/system` folder. Retrieve the apk names of the IMEs by going into `/system/app` and displaying its contents:

```
aneesh@nb-14:~$ adb shell mount -rw -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
aneesh@nb-14:~$ adb shell
# cd /system/app
# ls
Phone.apk
Development.apk
Email.apk
Calculator.apk
...
..
etc.

```

Next just do

```
rm <IMEapkname>.apk

```

For instance in case of the Japanese IME one executes

```
rm /system/app/PinyinIME.apk

```

Since this trick, for me, didn't work thus far for the sample soft keyboard:

I came out of the adb shell and did:

```
adb uninstall com.example.android.softkeyboard

```

**UPDATE:** Once you ensure that the snapshot has saved properly (try launching from snapshot via terminal/AVD manager, it must not produce errors) and don't want to make further changes to the system applications or hardware configurations, do launch the emulator with the `-no-snapshot-save` option:

```
emulator -no-snapshot-save -avd Andreud

```

so that you can launch from snapshot like before and avoid aberrations that occur while saving to snapshot (lest it should produce error saying it was saved for a different hardware configuration). Moreover you can save some valuable seconds it takes to save the snapshot. So this way your overall android emulator experience improves!
> 3 votes

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Tags: keyboard, android-emulator, bugs, external-keyboard
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# Question
Title: HF Connector - Replace parts in a Nexus S
I have a Nexus S device (model i9023).

My current earpiece is torn - the wires are cut, and the body could not be screwed out because the specific body's screw is stuck. However, I can gently replace it without breaking the body.

I see a "HF" connector connected to the left of what I see in the picture of the earpiece unit.

To be more specific, I took some pictures of it, since I can't get the data from fixit.

Here's a picture of what dealers are selling in eBay. This picture is pretty descriptive.

All dealers provide a unit containing the earpieace speaker as seen upwards, a proximity sensor as seen below and the connector to the motherboard, to the right.

This is what I saw in fixit:

as you can see upwards, there's another group of wires (orange) to the right of the proximity sensor, which doesn't exist in the seller's unit.

The pictures I took of my device shows exactly what I mean:

This **"HF" wires** down there doesn't exist in the units for sale

> Don't mind the fact that in my pictures there's no speaker, its because its been torn. that's the reason why I was wandering around thinking of buying a new EM-Tech EME1511AFRC replacement unit in the first place...

So does anyone know what's that HF and what am I losing if I buy a new unit without it?

# Answer
> 0 votes
At first note that the i9023 is the Nexus S (with S-LCD) and not a Nexus One.

Here's iFixit's teardown.

Here's what iFixit says: *The EM-Tech EME1511AFRC integrates the earpiece speaker, loudspeaker for speakerphone and media use, and a sensor bank all into one unit with a singular shared data connector.*

That sensor bank includes at least the proximity sensor, a light sensor (for LCD dimming) and maybe some of the rest of the sensors (accelerometer, gyro, compass).

# Answer
> 0 votes
The black plastic, the one that's connected with those HF wires is the phone speaker, IHF Speaker.

The unit I showed is the earpiece speaker and a proximity sensor, an integrated circuit.

The thing is that the **integrated circuit is the one with the data connector** to the motherboard and the phone-speaker's wires are soldered with two wires of the integrated circuit to receive data.

My earpiece wires were cut.

So if I replace only the integrated circuit, I can solder the right wires, like they did originally, onto my existing speaker's wires.

Problem could be solved by soldering.

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Tags: hardware, samsung-nexus-s
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# Question
Title: Does adding a google account to phone increase data charges?
I've written an app that uses google push notifications to install upgrades. The problem is that certain companies that my app is rolled out to, have phones that are running Android 2.3.6. This means that for the push notification to work, a google account must be present on the phone.

One customer only has a limited data plan for his employees and is reluctant to assign a google account to his employee's phone because of the potential data charges.

Would assigning a Google account to a phone incur potential data charges on the phone?

He has mentioned things like emails, spam, links to YouTube. All of these worry him as he thinks the employee may use things outside company purpose.

Thanks

# Answer
Yes, assigning a Google account to a phone would incur data charges UNLESS syncing is disabled as it will regularly sync calendars, email, etc. Even so, other data related services may come into play (eg, Play store app update checking & downloading).
> 1 votes

# Answer
This depends on two factors.

* **Settings** \> **Wireless & Network settings** \> **Mobile networks**
* **Data enabled**, if that's checked, all internet data goes through the telephony layer and treated as internet data.

The other spot is in \- **Settings** \> **Accounts & Sync Settings** \- **Background data** and **Auto-sync** are checked, it will chew up the bandwidth (provided *Data enabled* is checked from the previous spot above)

Then yes, data charges will increase.
> -1 votes

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Tags: google-account, data-monitoring
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# Question
Title: Google Navigation forgets/ignores "Access to my location" setting - Nexus 4
Every time I attempt to use Google Maps Navigation on my stock (rooted) Nexus 4, I get the `Searching for GPS` screen. The phone never finds GPS though.

I've found that if I go to `Settings`\>`Location Access` and switch`Access to my location` off and on again the Navigation app finds GPS instantly, every time.

Nevertheless, the next time I try to use navigation, I will have to do this again.

Has this been reported as a bug anywhere, or is there a fix?

I'm on Android 4.2.2.

# Answer
Uninstalling the Yahoo Weather app worked for me.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293566&page=2
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.2-jelly-bean, gps, google-maps-navigation
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title: Better unlocking schemes?

text:
# Question
Title: Better unlocking schemes?
On my Galaxy S3 I have only a few options for locking/unlocking:

Either no locking and swiping, or entering a pin every time. Both options are not very attractive. One is too insecure when leaving it somewhere, the other too cumbersome, when I just take it out of my pocket. OK, there are more options, like face recognition and all that, but it never works in the dark.

What I would like to have is a more intelligent scheme: That I do not have to unlock as long as my S3 stays close to me. That a pin is only required, when it is further away from me.

Is something like that available or possible? Maybe in conjunction with an RFID-chip? Or bluetooth? So I would carry in another pocket that other device.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Maybe you're looking for something like NFCSecure. You can combine normal lock screen (i.e. swiping) with an underlaying NFCSecure lock screen for better security (only lets you in when scanned the needed NFC tag). Your smartphone needs NFC capabilities and you need an NFC tag to carry around with you to unlock your phone. Can not test this as my phone doesn't have NFC capabilities.

# Answer
> 1 votes
It also could be achieved with some bluetooth device (a headset should do), and using Tasker:

* **Condition:** Bluetooth Connected1
* **Task:** Keyguard "off"

1 Easiest set up with the device connected, so you can select it here

Of course this would require your BT headset to be permanently on -- plus connected to your body :). Then, as long as the two are in reach of each other, you wouldn't need to enter your PIN. But as soon as the connection is broken (you're separated beyond the BT range), Keyguard would be enabled again, and the PIN required to unlock.

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Tags: lock-screens
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# Question
Title: Why Link2SD requires second partition on sdcard for linking?
Why can't it simply link to extSdCard?

# Answer
> 2 votes
1. If it would use the only partition of your SDCard, apps would become unavailable if that card is mounted to e.g. your PC via UMS (USB mass storage). That's what happens with *App2SD*, and *Link2SD* wants to avoid that.
2. Ever tried creating links on FAT (which is the used on your card). This adds to the problem.
3. Using a separate partition, *Link2SD* can make use of "advanced" types, e.g. ext3/ext4, which leads (amongst other things) to better performance. Doing so with your only SDCard partition, this would introduce problems for Windows users, as Windows doesn't support EXT file systems out-of-the-box

These are the most obvious reasons for this decision. It might very well be I missed some more -- but these alone are enough to make it a wise decision :)

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Tags: external-sd, sd-card, link2sd
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# Question
Title: Power control widget auto rotate toggle issue
I have Samsung Galaxy nexus running official Android version 4.2.1. Problem is that the auto rotate toggle on the power control widget is not working properly. The toggle will change state, but the auto rotate feature state is not changed. I have to go to Settings -\> Display -\> Auto-rotate screen checkbox to change the auto rotate feature. The toggle button on the power control widget is unable to change this checkbox status.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I was wrong about the setting, it wasn't the auto rotate button. Power control widget doesn't have auto rotate, just Wifi - BT - GPS - Sync - Brightness.

From http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=42405 :

What you consider to be the auto-rotate toggle, is the button to switch the sync! It will switch whether your device will sync in background or not.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I too was thinking the sync button on the Power Control widget was the auto-rotate buttong. However I've found that by touching the top status bar and dragging it down gives me an auto-rotate button without having to go into Settings, etc... This is available while inside most apps so you don't have to exit to go to the settings panel.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-nexus, auto-rotation
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# Question
Title: Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots) visible in Apps in HTC One X and not in Samsung Galaxy S2
I have HTC One X while my friend has Samsung Galaxy S2. In some Apps like Google Chrome in my phone the Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots) are visible while on SGS2 they are not.

Google Chrome in HTC One X with Overflow menu icon (three vertical dots)

Google Chrome in Samsung Galaxy S2 without Overflow menu icon

In my HOX I have set the setting of "Recent apps button" to "Press for menu, press and hold for recent apps". So when I press recent apps button it shows the menu, so the menu icon should be hidden, right?

Why is the menu icon visible on HTC One X and not on Samsung Galaxy S2?

# Answer
Appears to be a bug. The "Make the recent apps button act like a menu button" setting appears to not be changing the appropriate values to inform apps that a permanent menu button exists and thus apps act as if it doesn't have the menu button.

ViewConfiguration is what handles that.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-2, 4.1-jelly-bean, htc-one-x, menu
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to revert back to Jellybean Stock while keeping ClockworkMod?
I am running CM10.1 on my i9300 and use ClockworkMod. Is there a way for me to revert back to JellyBean?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Just flash the firmware you like with Odin.

**Attention:** you will probably lose your data because of the wiping.

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Tags: cyanogenmod, 4.2-jelly-bean, clockworkmod-recovery
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title: Photos Look "Washed Out" when attached

text:
# Question
Title: Photos Look "Washed Out" when attached
I have Galaxy sIII and now when I attach photos, regardless if I do so by txt, Facebook or email, though they look wonderful on my android phone, once sent they look terrible, washed out, bland and so on. I recall dimly that when I first got the phone, I could select the size or something on those lines of those photos, now i cannot. I have tried settings, I have tried everything I could think of (at least for a not very techno astute girl), and still no luck. Where should I look? How can I fix this. Please help.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Make sure that you are taking the photos at full resolution from the camera and also that compression after uploading isn't enabled.

To be absolutely sure upload few photos on Dropbox and view them on PC. Check it's resolution on your PC.

# Answer
> 1 votes
The Galaxy SIII has a better display than typical computer monitors. It has a wider color gamut, which basically means it can accurately display more colors. Without color management of some kind, to convert between the color spaces of different output devices, you will get the washed out look on displays with a smaller gamut. It's a double-edged sword, as pictures optimized for smaller gamuts will look over-saturated on the SIII. That's a common complaint among SIII reviewers.

There are apps for doing color management, but I haven't personally tried any of them. Another option is to do the conversion on a desktop application, like photoshop.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, photos, attachments
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to run ADB on multiple devices using Hyper-V?
What I would like to do is use Hyper-V to set up N number of VM's, each one being used to run a different set of tests on a different Android device. It seems like Hyper-V doesn't accept the input of the USB device.

My question is: Is it possible to run ADB on multiple devices using Hyper-V? If so, how?

# Answer
> 1 votes
See the USB access from guest in Hyper-V question on ServerFault — in short, Hyper-V does not provide any way to access host USB ports from guests. There are some workarounds — mostly “USB over Ethernet” solutions.

Another option which could work for some use cases is to enable Wireless ADB on the devices, and then access them via the network.

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Tags: automation, virtualization
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# Question
Title: Is Gmail on Android susceptible to MITM attacks?
My employer performs MITM on gmail.com by generating their own certificate authority. I've only noticed this applies to the web version of Gmail. In additon, Chrome on Windows will alert me when the certificate is not completely authentic.

Does this also apply to the Android App? Will the same MITM logic for gmail web work on the Android App, or is the app more secure? Note that I do not get the same certificate warnings on the app. It's hard to tell if my traffic is intercepted via the app. Are there any other methods that could be used to intercept and decrypt traffic from the Gmail android app?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Indeed, overriding certificates it's one of the most popular ways to compromise https. So, if your employer can succeed to create a certificate that fools the app, it can easily perform a MiTM attack.

Some links to check about mitm attacks on gmail app:

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Tags: security, gmail
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title: My phone is rebooting on its own

text:
# Question
Title: My phone is rebooting on its own
My phone ( Xperia Z ) is restarting on its own every second its not coming up to the homescreen when its restarting it hangsup and restarts again i have no option of connecting it to my pc as well, as it doesnt get detected. i want to reinstall OS in it is there a way, can someone help me on this..??

It doesnt matter if i have to root my phone or pay and get a OS i want my phone to work ??

# Answer
In my case, I did a factory reset.

To do this: Open your phone in recovery phone. Hold down the home button, the volume down button and simultaneously press the power button. Your recovery mode menu should have an option about factory reset. Unfortunately, you will lose your apps and maybe your contacts/sms(unless you have back them up).
> 0 votes

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, boot-loop
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# Question
Title: phone makes touch vibration sounds when on facebook
Why my galaxy s3 make a vibration sound like im recieving a notification while I'm on facebook. While this is happening I am not touching my phone, its happening while I am reading something on facebook or a website. Again, I am not touching the screen in any way, just holding my phone while reading something on facebook or a website.

# Answer
I know this sounds silly, but I think it is likely that your hand is wrapped around the phone and thereby gently touching the screen with the tip of your fingers OR you are touching the volume down key that goes to vibrate mode.

Technical possibilities could be:

-Setting in the Facebook app, maybe it is sending some sort of notification equivalent that just vibrates instead of showing up on your screen.

-It could also be a different application that runs in the background and gives you notification vibrations. To solve that, go to applications manager, and click through applications and disable push notifications until you find the culprit.

Hope that helped.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3
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# Question
Title: How do I uninstall a system app with root?
Have root. Tried "autorun manager" app which gives option to display system apps & uninstall, but still said "uninstall not successful"

# Answer
I quickly read the description of Autorun Manager, and it doesn't mention the ability to uninstall system apps, but there are several apps that can do this, for example Root Uninstaller. Do a search on the Play Store for "root uninstall" for more.
> 1 votes

# Answer
If you already own a copy of Titanium Backup you can uninstall a system app with this tool too. Anyway Root Uninstaller mentioned by onik seems to be free and therefore cheaper as Titanium Backup Pro (if you haven't already bought it).
> 0 votes

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Tags: root-access, uninstallation
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title: My dialler app is severely lagging

text:
# Question
Title: My dialler app is severely lagging
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).

# Answer
> 2 votes
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.

# Answer
> 0 votes
This advice from XDA 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.

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Tags: calls, phone-app, htc-sensation
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# Question
Title: Are there any torrent clients allowing you to choose one file from a list?
I currently use uTorrent but I need to be able to choose one file to download instead of all the available files in a folder. I can't seem to find one Play. Any way to achieve this?

OS: 4.1.1 Samsung S3

# Answer
I use aTorrent, which has the possibility of selecting which files to download. Just change to the File tab and use the checkboxes.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I use tTorrent.

When you open a torrent, an `Add torrent` dialog pops up. Click on the `Select files` button, and you can check / uncheck the files that you want to download.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3
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title: Scheduled silent mode on S3

text:
# Question
Title: Scheduled silent mode on S3
Got a Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2 Some time ago it started changing my phone to silent mode automatically, every evening at 19:30. I did not install any scheduler app, nor did I change any settings. How can I find this setting and remove it?

# Answer
Select System Settings, then turn off Blocking Mode (under the Device heading). You (or someone!) might have accidentally pressed that button when scrolling down the list. You could go into it first and confirm that the 'set time' is 19:30; if not then the problem is something else.
> 1 votes

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Tags: automation
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title: How to remove this sliding app section?

text:
# Question
Title: How to remove this sliding app section?
A couple of weeks ago a sliding app section appeared on my home-screen. I have no idea how it got there, and no clue on how to disable/remove it. I tried all I could on the homescreen, to no luck.

Using Galaxy S3, Android 4.1.2, everything standard (so no custom launcher).

Any ideas on how to remove it?

# Answer
> 6 votes
It's part of Samsung's *multi window* feature, and was added by a system update. To disable it, go to the main **Settings** app. In the **Device** group, click on **Display**. In the **General** group, there's a **Multi window** item. Uncheck this setting to turn off the sliding tray.

If you want to use the multi window feature sometimes, but don't want the sliding tray there all of the time, you can add an item to the *quick setting* menu (at the top of the notification panel). The setting for that is also in **Settings****Display**. Click **Notification panel** to go to a page that lets you drag buttons on and off the quick setting menu. **Multi window** is one of the items, and that button toggles the tray on and off.

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Tags: home-screen, multi-window
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# Question
Title: How to copy wireless networks list from one android device to another?
I got a very long list of free hotspots and friends/family networks on my phone.

Recently I bought a tablet and I'm trying to find a way to copy the wireless manager list to this new device. Any idea how to do that? Both devices are rooted and running ICS.

# Answer
> 13 votes
As you are rooted: Wireless network data are stored in `data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf` -- so you could basically copy all its `network` entries from one device and insert them on the other. The entries look like

```
network={
    ssid="Telekom"
    key_mgmt=NONE
    priority=42
}

```

An easier way would be using the App Wlan Backup & Recovery (root): Backup all entries on one device, and restore them on the other. As you can see in below screenshot, the tool can even send the backup by mail -- so transfer to the other device should be easy:

But reading the comments on this app suggests it does not always work as expected: Users even recommend to use the manual way I described above.

Another option is using Titanium Backup, and restore the Wifi data on the other device. I did that successfully a couple of times, also cross-device and cross-ROM.

Third option is offered by the app Wifi Passwords (about USD 1), which allows you to share networks.

# Answer
> 3 votes
You can do this **without root** permissions as its built into Android ICS. Just go to:

**Settings -\> Backup & Reset**

Then when you setup the tablet you can restore all the Wi-Fi data from your phone when you sync from the same Google account.

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Tags: wi-fi, settings, data-transfer
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title: Nexus 4 encryption

text:
# Question
Title: Nexus 4 encryption
I encrypted my nexus, and now forget the password after the power is run out Can anyone tell me how many digit required and its rules (upper case, number, etc)?

# Answer
According to an enlightening blog post by Nikolay Elenkov the master password is derived from your screen lock password or PIN. These screen lock passwords are limited to 16 characters but don't have any rules by default (unless you have a device administration policy enabled that enforces something different). Assuming you haven't done anything different than the normal encryption process, these should be the password restrictions you're bound by.

As an aside, according to Nikolay, there is no character limit or rules on the master encryption password fundamentally.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 4.2-jelly-bean, nexus-4, encryption
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# Question
Title: Voicemail forwarding numbers - Tmo prepaid plan
I switched a monthly Tmobile plan several months ago and absolutely hate the voicemail "service". I previously had all my VM's sent to my email via YouMail (kind of like Google Voice).

Today while looking through settings I noticed there are three Voicemail Forwarding numbers in the Phone Settings menu. Each for a different scenario (busy, unavailable, unreachable). All numbers are currently set to Tmobile's VM handling number.

Has anyone with a TMobile monthly plan had success in changing these numbers to use a third party VM service such as Google Voice or other?

# Answer
At the suggestion of a forum member elsewhere, I called TMobile and asked them about their new "uncarrier" plan. It is a non-contract, postpaid plan with the exact same pricing and services as my current TMo prepaid plan, but I regain the ability to forward voicemails among other things. You have to submit to a credit check for a possible deposit (max is only one month's plan ie $50).

So going to the "uncarrier" plan was the solution for me. Hope this helps.
> 0 votes

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Tags: voicemail, t-mobile
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# Question
Title: How do I play Flash websites on my Samsung Galaxy S3?
Is there a way to use flash-based sites on Android? A browser? Radical app? I want to play videos on this site: http://www.onf.ca/explorer-tous-les-films

OS: 4.1.1

# Answer
> 0 votes
I hope it's okay to answer my own but I thought it might be useful to others. I found these looking around more: Photon browser and Puffin browser. Both play Flash sites without all the complicated installation of Adobe.

# Answer
> 0 votes
There's a HowTo at MakeUseOf.Com describing how to install Adobe flash player on JellyBean. Excerpt:

1. Enable on your device
2. Grab the `.apk` for flash player from XDA-Developers and save/copy it to your SDCard
3. Use a file manager (such as e.g. ES File Explorer File Manager), navigate to the place you've stored the `.apk`, and tap the file once. This starts the installer.

Once the installation is finished, you should be able to play flash again. However, not every browser might support it. The very same article mentions how to enable flash support in Firefox:

> Open Firefox, tap the menu button and open Settings \> Plugins and choose Enabled.

That way you should be able to use it with your favorite websites.

# Answer
> 0 votes
1. Install Adobe Flash Player for Android.
2. Use Boat Browser as your Android browser. Enable Flash via `Settings > Page content settings > Enable flash/plug-ins`.

This is what I did to enable Flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4. No luck with stock browser and Dolphin.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, adobe-flash
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# Question
Title: Market App crashes on Samsung Galaxy Ace
i have samsung galaxy ace, yesterday i rooted my phone and installed the link2sd application, everything was fine, today when i tried to install an application using market, the market just crashes while opening, i uninstall the app, and got the new apk from internet and install that, same happening with that, after i read a review on internet, that if the market app crashes, just clear the data from settings, i did the same, it was working fine, but when i clicked on Accept and Download button to install the app, the market again start crashing, do anyone have any idea why is this happening, is it because i rooted the phone and partitioned the SDCard and installed the Link2SD application yesterday, did anyone have faced this issue.

# Answer
> 0 votes
go into Settings\>Applications select ALL applications. Scroll the the very bottom of the list as you should see an app named "Downloads" select it, and then change it from "Disabled" to "Enabled".

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Tags: google-play-store, samsung-galaxy-ace, crashes
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# Question
Title: What is the name of the GUI Android uses/has used?
Like the GUI controlling home screen and app icons, etc.

How or what is this called that renders this?

# Answer
It gets the name of the Android OEM front end interface :

* *Touchwiz* for Samsung
* *HTC Sense* for HTC
* *MotoBlur* for Motorola
* ...

For the "basic" version of Android - i.e. the version embedded in Nexus phones and tablets - people often refer to the Android version as "*stock Android*". So what about "*stock Android UI*" or "*stock UI*" in this case ?
> 2 votes

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Tags: graphics
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# Question
Title: How can I look up words in an eBook reader with Google Translate?
Is there way to look up words and phrases while reading an eBook in the Google Translate app? Moon reader can do that in a browser, but the translate app is much better.

---

Here is what I ended up doing:

1. Install Aldiko reader
2. Install Andmade Share
3. Hide all share apps except Google Translate using Andmade
4. Select a phrase in Aldiko
5. Tap on the share button

Now the translation of the phrase will appear directly in the Google Translate app.

# Answer
> 2 votes
There are some ebook reader apps with can enable you to share book passages. And you can use Google Translate to share them... So select the passage and share it using Google Translate ! For example, the Kobo app for Android and Aldiko (free or €2.49) are ebook readers which enable to share book passages. Google Play Books have a built in feature to translate passages too (it must use Google Translate).

Obviously, you can also copy the passages by hand, open the Google Translate app and use it to translate what you have just copied. It is not quite smart or ergonomic but it works.

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Tags: ebook-reader, translate, google-translate
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# Question
Title: Re-route all audio from tablet to PC-Speakers
My setup is the following: I have a PC and a tablet (Nexus 7), and only one sound system (2.1, 3.5mm input). My goal is to play both sounds coming from my PC and from my Nexus 7 whilst it is in the (official) docking station through the speaker-system hooked up to my PC.

I've looked for a way to merge the two incoming signals but without any success (except for cost-heavy DJ equipment to mix both signals), so now I'm wondering if it's possible to simply re-route all outgoind audio via USB to my PC (both running Windows and Linux (Ubuntu)).

I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me. Thank you.

# Answer
According to Lifehacker, you can use a headphone splitter in reverse to achieve your goal.
> 1 votes

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Tags: audio, speaker
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to override notifications that don't let me dismiss them?
I have a Galaxy Nexus that's running 4.2.2. Certain apps, like Words with Friends, occasionally send spammy notifications for trying out a different game or something like that. They won't dismiss when I press the dismiss all button, and I can't manually swipe to remove them. I have to actually press the notification which takes me to the app.

Obviously I don't want to have to bother opening and immediately closing an app to remove a notification. The simplest solution of course would be to not install apps that do this, but in general, is there a way to have more control over your notification bar?

# Answer
> 2 votes
AFAIK, with Android 4.2+ you can regulate on a per-app-base whether you want to see notifications or not. Long-pressing a notification should open a menu, from which you can navigate to the corresponding place, and define you don't want to see notifications from that app anymore. (As I have no device with 4.2+, I cannot check myself).

On the other hand, "spammy messages" sound like they come from some advertizement module, such as *Airpush* or *Leadbolt*. You can verify that with Ad-Scanners (I recommend AppBrain Ad Detector). If I guessed right with that, you have two ways to react on this: for *Airpush*, there's a way to Opt - out, same seems to apply for Leadbolt (Opt-Out). *AppBrain Ad Detector* clearly shows you which network is involved, see below screenshots.

AppBrain Ad Detector (source: Google Play; click images for larger variant)

Or you consider avoiding apps using such an aggressive advertizement, uninstall yours, and watch out for a less offensive alternative -- that's what would be my choice. I have full understanding for devs to fund their fremium apps using ads -- but please, leave those adds where they belong: inside the app they are funding. Pushing ads to the notification bar, or adding "funny shortcuts" to the user's homescreen, is intruding the user's privacy, and has no connection to the app at all (in most cases, users even have no clue where that "stuff" comes from).

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Tags: notifications, samsung-galaxy-nexus, 4.2-jelly-bean, notification-bar
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title: MMS and Restricting background data

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# Question
Title: MMS and Restricting background data
Using GT-I9300, JB 4.1.2.

I can't seem to find details on how "Restricting background data" works (with Mobile Data enabled) exactly.

What is considered "background" data? E.g., if I'm sending an MMS and the phone goes to sleep, will the MMS be sent? If I'm sending an MMS and press the Home button, will the MMS be sent? Do I need to have the Messaging app open all the time for it to be sent? Is it okay, if I'm looking at the settings of the said app?

I've asked questions pertaining to MMS, but I'm also wondering about the general case.

# Answer
Background data is anything that involves mobile data or Wi-Fi; it will use whichever is enabled (I think Wi-Fi has higher preference). This includes autosync, background polling, notifications, and other similar operations that will access mobile data.

Assuming you don't have any task / data killer that runs in the background when your phone sleeps, the MMS will be sent You do not need to have the Messaging app open. However, if the sending fails (after a certain number of retries), it will fail and you will have to resend it manually.

**Update #1:** Autosync depends on background data. If background data is disabled, autosync is also disabled. Autosync is used by accounts defined in settings (In S4, `System Settings > Accounts`).

BUT it's also possible to have background data enabled, and autosync disabled. In this case, apps could poll and show notifications (e.g. Twitter).
> 1 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, samsung-galaxy-s-3
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title: Sharing Wishlist on google play store

text:
# Question
Title: Sharing Wishlist on google play store
Is there a way to share or transfer wishlist from one account to another on google play store?

# Answer
> 1 votes
As of October 2012, this is not supported. From TabletPCReview:

> The function only serves as a bookmark currently, meaning users can't share their list with others as "subtle" hints of future gifts.

There doesn't seem to be any app in Google Play that deals with the wishlist either. Perhaps the API for this is closed.

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Tags: google-play-store
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title: Vibration for LG Keyboard

text:
# Question
Title: Vibration for LG Keyboard
I don't know about the other models, but my LG Optimus L3 2 doesn't vibrate while touching the virtual keyboard. That's really bad, because it's annoying to hear a sound to make sure the key was pressed. Since I couldn't find any option to activate that, I tried another keyboard available in market and it worked, but I still don't have vibration while pressing the return key. Is there a way to activate vibration for all keys in the device?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Have you tried the Go Keyboard?

I use Go Keyboard on Samsung Galaxy S4. It vibrates when I press the return key. It's customizable via `Sound and vibrate > Key press vibrate`. You might also want to check `Advanced Setting > Smiley Setting`; this lets you merge the Smiley and the return key function.

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Tags: keyboard, 4.2-jelly-bean, vibration, lg-optimus-l3
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# Question
Title: Changing default view mode in Firefox to Desktop
Using Firefox Mobile for Android. I want to lock the option for Desktop mode on by default. The menu option only applies per-tab and is forgotten if I open a new tab.

I have looked around at extensions and in about:config without finding anything.

Can anyone help?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Have you looked at this extension?

Description:

> About this Add-on
>
> This add-on enables desktop mode by default; that is, "Request Desktop Site" is always checked whenever opening a new tab. This is designed for users with larger screens (primarily tablet users).
>
> NOTE: Make sure "Request Desktop Site" and/or Phony are disabled when viewing this page; otherwise, you may not be able to see the install button.

EDIT: Take this tutorial you can:

1. In the Firefox address bar, type "about:config" and press Enter.
2. Tap the "Add a New Setting" button, then select "String" as the type.
3. For name, enter "general.useragent.override."
4. For value, enter the browser user agent string you want to use. You can do a Google search for the user agent strings of your preferred browser and OS. In this example, we're using the user agent string for the desktop version of Firefox 17 on Windows 7.

> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0
5. Restart Firefox and confirm that Web sites are loading the desktop versions. That's it. If you want to change the user agent later, go back to about:config and search for "general.useragent.override." Hit the Modify button to change the user agent or the Reset button to remove it.

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Tags: browser, firefox-for-android
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# Question
Title: Can't change galaxy s4 lock screen wallpaper if security is in place
If I use no security for galaxy s4 lock screen I can use a custom wallpaper for the lock screen. But if I use a Pin security then the lock screen uses the default wallpaper of a kid running with a bunch of balloons when entering my pin. Can someone confirm this please? Thanks

# Answer
From what I've read this is a known "issue" with the S4. When using pin security you can't change any lock screen widgets either. If I was sure that my Fitbit Flex would continue to work with the S4 I'd have flashed CyanogenMod onto my S4 (they have been producing nightly versions for the S4 for a couple of weeks now).
> 0 votes

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Tags: lock-screens, wallpaper, samsung-galaxy-s-4
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title: Sending email to multiple recipients

text:
# Question
Title: Sending email to multiple recipients
I need to use my Note 10.1 to send an email to multiple recipients in the cc or bcc field. But it seems I cannot copy and paste the contacts which are automatically put into the 'to' field. Gmail in android also seems to allow only 250 contacts to be emailed at the same time.

Is there a way to copy and paste the contacts from the 'to' field into the 'cc' field? And send more than 250 emails at the same time? Thanks.

# Answer
If you frequently need to send these mails to the same large groups of people, have you thought about using Contact Groups, so that you only need to add and remove that group from the To or CC fields, rather than constantly dealing with huge numbers of names?

Creating the groups is easiest to do and manage in the web version of GMail (which you can use from your tablet). See GMail Help -\> Creating Contact Groups for more info on this.
> 2 votes

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Tags: gmail
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# Question
Title: My SD card was removed unexpectedly and won't work anywhere no
I bought a 32gb SD card for my Galaxy Mini long ago. It's never been removed from the phone. But yesterday my phone removed my SD card. I don't know why it happened. I tried to remove the SD and put it back, turn off/on phone, but nothing worked. Tried to put it in to another phone. Nothing. Then tried to put it into a laptop and it says "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error".

Please help, it has really important files inside.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Try the following: switch off the phone, remove the card, stick it into a windows computer. It will most probably pop up a window with the message that the card is corrupt, and ask: "do you want to format it?" refuse the formatting. Open "your computer", check if the card is visible as removable medium. It likely is, even if the card is corrupt. If it is, copy the data of the card, format it (the card is corrupted after all), and copy the data back. I had that twice now.

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Tags: sd-card, data-recovery
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# Question
Title: Using Alt Gr on external keyboard with Android 4.0.4
I have Sony Xperia P with official android 4.0.4 on board. The Polish language uses some letters, that normally (on PC) are typed by `Alt Gr`+`letter` (eg. `Alt Gr`+`a`=ą). But using `Alt Gr` on external keyboard does not work as intended on android. How to make it working correctly?

# Answer
I've found the solution some time ago. The app External Keyboard Helper Pro makes it work correctly.
> 1 votes

# Answer
Well that's really not the solution. Solution is to fix this issue, please! Why is it so hard to get the alt-gr to work? Still the same issue in android 4.1.2.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 4.0-ice-cream-sandwich, external-keyboard
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# Question
Title: How to separate the two pieces of the AC adapter for Samsung tab 2 7.0
I am trying to separate the two parts of the Samsung tab 2 7.0 AC adapter, since I am traveling to a country with different outlets.

I have tried pulling them but nothing seems to work.

Do you know how they can be separated?

# Answer
> 1 votes
The Samsung *Power Supply Unit* (PSU) I have (same for: *Tab2 7.0*, *Tab2 10.1*, and *S3 Mini*) just requires a firm pressure, to remove the Australia/New Zealand angle-prong portion.

***Push the power-prong element away from the bottom (with CE notice) of PSU. There is no release or catch, to stop this action.***

*(If this does not exactly match shape/appearance of **your** PSU, then disregard.)*

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The alternative approach is to instead obtain a *Samsung 30-PIN to micro-USB* adapter. This allows you to use ANY standard phone PSU or PC (USB to micro-USB cable) to re-charge the battery.

ebay \> Micro USB Female to 30pin for Samsung galaxy tab P1000 .. adapter

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Tags: hardware, samsung-galaxy-tab-2-7
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title: Galaxy S I9000 does not boot at all

text:
# Question
Title: Galaxy S I9000 does not boot at all
My Samsung Galaxy S I9000 does not boot at all, the screen does not come, no vibration, no backlight on the soft buttons. It's as if it was dead.

I reset the battery and hard reset. But nothing seems to work. Any way to get it working, other than heading to a service center?

It has Slimrom's Slimbean 4.1 in it, international version of Galaxy S.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Can you boot into recovery mode (Vol Up + Home + Power button combo) or download mode (Vol Down + Home + Power button combo)? If not, have it checked by a service center.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s
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title: Remove default action?

text:
# Question
Title: Remove default action?
When I try and add a picture to an SMS it only lets me choose a picture from my dropbox. I accidentally hit to make it use dropbox all the time - how can I change it back?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Go to Settings-\>Applications-\>Dropbox-\>Clear Defaults.

You can then choose an app to pick a picture again.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, default-applications, dropbox
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title: Nexus 7 White Vignette

text:
# Question
Title: Nexus 7 White Vignette
For the past few days my Nexus 7 wouldn't turn on. I just assumed the battery was dead but that seemed strange since the battery usually lasts a lot longer than it had.

Last night I connected it to the USB and charged it overnight. This morning it still wouldn't turn on, so i followed the troubleshooting instructions from the ASUS site and held down the power button for at least 15 seconds. This worked and my device began to power up, only this time there was something different - something quite noticeably different.

The white vignette is visible the moment the device is powered on throughout the boot screen. If you look closer, you can also see that there is a fine gradient split down the center of the screen.

The device is still under warrenty so I plan on having it serviced/replaced, but out of curiousity does anyone know what this is and what could have caused it?

# Answer
The line down the middle points to this being a problem with the screen's backlight. The backlight illuminates the screen from behind: the screen itself is essentially a coloured filter, which you wouldn't be able to see without a light source. From the excessive brightness I'd say it's possible the backlight has been receiving too much voltage from the rest of the system.

This could have been caused by a problem in the drivers for the screen. In normal use, they control the voltage to the backlight in order to make the screen brighter or dimmer, but it could be that in this case a bug made them supply too much voltage. The backlight is actually in two halves, which can be independently controlled (but usually aren't): the line down the middle appears if they're not quite receiving the same voltage.

If the problem went away on its own, there is probably nothing to worry about, but there is a small risk that the extra voltage may have permanently damaged the backlight. Normally I'd expect a voltage regulator to turn it off completely before getting to dangerous levels, but only the manufacturer would know for sure. As it's still in warranty, you should check with them. (They may also be interested to investigate this to avoid the problem happening again to anyone else.)

You say there's still a little whiteness around the edge of the screen when it's on but entirely black: this is normal for backlit LCD screens. It happens because the blackest black the screen can display doesn't quite manage to filter out all the light. The filtering is worst around the edge of the screen because that's where the light comes through at an angle (and on some displays because the light leaks around the outside of the screen). You probably just didn't notice it before because you weren't looking for it.
> 1 votes

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Tags: screen, nexus-7
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# Question
Title: Android OS 4.0 - USB host mode support for external keyboard
I would like to use an external USB keyboard with the Odys Next Tablet. Does Android OS 4 support USB host mode and will an USB external keyboard work with that tablet if it's connected with an OTG cable? (I recently tried to use the keyboard with an Android OS 2.3 device and it's not working for it)

# Answer
USB Host Mode was introduced with Honeycomb (Android 3.1, see changelog. This clearly explains why it failed on your Gingerbread (2.3) device -- and also should answer your question whether it is supported by *Ice Cream Sandwich* (Android 4.0) and above: Yes, it should work. As ov1d1u explained in his answer, it will require a "USB OTG cable" (OTG stands for "On-the-Go"). Does fine on my Cat Stargate 2 btw :)
> 1 votes

# Answer
Yes. I have a (cheap) tablet with Android 4.0.4 and I use a physical USB keyboard with it. I just needed an USB OTG cable, a standard USB cable will not work.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Yes, it is supported by ICS or higher Android versions. But, it's not easy to find an OTG cable on the market. If you're like me and don't like waiting for eBay to have it shipped to you, here's a youtube link to make one yourself.

*Requires some experience*
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.0-ice-cream-sandwich, usb, external-keyboard
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# Question
Title: How can I sync iTunes with a Galaxy Nexus
How can I sync my music from iTunes onto my Galaxy Nexus? How-To Geek has a good article about using Salling Media Sync, but apparently the Galaxy Nexus isn't supported because it only shows up as a MTP device in Windows.

Also I'm outside the US so I can't use Google Music (no sure if that would even help though because I don't have access to it! :-o).

Thanks in advance!

# Answer
> 5 votes
Try isyncr. They have a wifi add on also.

# Answer
> 1 votes
You can also try Double Twist.

# Answer
> 1 votes
iSyncr works over USB (Mass Storage or MTP), Mac or PC, and also works over WiFi. It handles the Galaxy Nexus just fine.

In full disclosure, I am the developer.

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Tags: music, samsung-galaxy-nexus, itunes
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# Question
Title: How to listen iTunes podcasts on Android
I found a language learning website. They offer their podcasts for free but only an iTunes link is provided. So iTunes for me, downloaded them all and put in a nice playlist to go through one by one and listen and learn.

I don't own an iPhone but I own an Android phone, a Google Nexus S.

How can I get all these podcasts in a playlist on my phone?

I am on Mac-os-x Lion, I think.

# Answer
> 8 votes
If you don't want to be shackled to iTunes for downloading/syncing the actual episodes, you can right-click the podcast in iTunes, and select *Copy Podcast URL*. It will copy the URL to the podcast feed to your clipboard.

Use this URL on your Android device to subscribe to the podcast there.

# Answer
> 3 votes
I've faced the same problem and I found this software:

http://doubletwist.com/

Basically what it does is read you iTunes library and coping what you want to the device your want, it's just great and you can set the configs to you needs.

It has an android client and a PC client.

Hope you will find it useful.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Manual alternative

If you are on a computer and you don't even have iTunes installed, you can find web page of that podcast on iTunes site

example: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tiesto-s-club-life-podcast/id251507798

Then you can view source of the page and locate links to actual files - mp3 or m4a . You can download the files saving either directly to a connected phone or transfer later in bulks.

# Answer
> 0 votes
You could always just get an iPhone ;-P

seriously though, I would contact the provider of the podcast. Many times they can make available the RSS feed, which many apps on Google Play can translate into a usable podcast. If they do not provide access this way, then unfortunately you are stuck unless someone engineers a way to access iTunes podcasts.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Another option is iSyncr. It will download your podcasts over USB/WiFi/Mac/PC. I've also added some specific podcast features like bookmark syncing, which work in combination with my other app, Rocket Player, so that you can listen to half a podcast on your computer and the other half while you are on the road.

Just a note from the developer.

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Tags: podcast, itunes
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title: Symbolic link to Dropbox

text:
# Question
Title: Symbolic link to Dropbox
So I had this crazy idea: I could play GBA games on my computer AND phone, using Dropbox to sync the save files, and a symbolic link to get the emulator app on my phone to find the save file. However, I neglected to consider that the way Dropbox works on my phone is significantly different than the synchronized folder on my PC. So, is it possible to keep an actively synced copy of a file (perhaps using favorites) from Dropbox in the filesystem on the phone? Where would that file end up?

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TL;DR: Can I symbolic link to a file in Dropbox on my phone?

# Answer
Instead of symbolic link, you may use DropSync (Pro) which allows you to define the Dropbox (cloud) directory and also the file (local) directory in your device.
> 1 votes

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Tags: dropbox, motorola-droid-x2
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title: Samsung Galaxy S stuck at bootloop

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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy S stuck at bootloop
I've bricked my old Galaxy S (GT-I9000) into a bootloop.

Trying to fix that, I've uploaded Semaphore's ClockworkMod Recovery to my device successfully via Linux.

However, when I press VUP+POWER+HOME, I get to the boot screen and it keeps flashing without booting into recovery mode.

Download mode works fine.

What can I do to restore the functionality of my device?

# Answer
Following this worked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30206455.

Basically I flashed zImage from FixRecovery.tar and removed my SIM (Don't know why that works, it's probably not required).
> 0 votes

# Answer
You should try flashing a stock rom on your Galaxy S with Odin.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, rom-flashing, clockworkmod-recovery, boot, boot-loop
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# Question
Title: CM Note 2 Stuck Rebooting After Enabling Simulate External Screen
My Verizon Galaxy Note 2 running a nightly from a couple weeks ago is stuck rebooting over and over after I enabled the option in the developer tools to simulate an external screen. I selected the bottom option that mentioned 1080p. It immediately went to the CyanogenMod booting animation. Here's the sequence that repeats forever:

It shows the booting animation for about how long it usually shows it when booting normally. Then it shows a black screen with one white, pink, or red (seemingly randomly) pixel in the very top left corner. After a couple seconds it shows another black screen and some of the top right icons (battery and clock) appear quickly. Sometimes it loads the clock and a few other elements. Then it repeats by jumping to the loading screen.

When turning the phone on after pulling the battery out, a dim light above the phone flashes red quickly.

I can get into Odin mode. Buttons don't do anything on the phone while in the perpetual boot loop.

Please help.

Thanks.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I was able to fix it by booting into safe mode by holding the volume up button while it booted. Then I disabled the setting that broke it.

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Tags: cyanogenmod
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# Question
Title: Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 version 4.1.2. stuck and freeze
I have Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 version 4.1.2. Lately it freezes very often and only a restart helps solving that.

I ran Factory data reset, but it does not help.

I don't know how to solve the problem. I bought it less than 1 year ago via E-Bay so I don't know who can help me.

# Answer
> 1 votes
As a recommendation, try installing a custom ROM like CyanogenMod 10.1. You won't lose your apps, and this happened to me on my BN Nook Tablet (rooted) and installing CM fixed it.

# Answer
> 0 votes
This is a known problem with the S3. It's believed to be related to a fix Samsung put out post 4.1.2 to prevent "Sudden Death Syndrome" - where the phone would die and require a replacement. Using different roms has not worked in 100% of cases. Fingers are crossed that the Android 4.2 release which is due out for the S3 later this month will have a fix for this, there's no evidence this is the case. It's believed that the problem is memory related, and there are apps such as Dummy File Generator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.nomunomu.dummy&hl=en) which will fill up the system memory with empty files to try and force some sort of self-correction, but this is also not 100% successful. Perhaps worth a go, though.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, system-freeze
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