# Question
Title: "My Calendar" and "PC Sync" -- How to Delete?
These two (empty) calendars appear in the list of calendars inside the stock calendar app (at least on HTC Sense setups). I'm not entirely sure what they are but they are both unused and cluttering things up. I know I can hide them but is there anyway to just make them gone? When I select Remove Calendars, they don't show up in the list.

Why would anyone want to sync a calendar to a PC anyway? That's the big advantage to a cloud calendar like Google's...

More Information: I have installed HTC's desktop Sync app (not for syncing, for development related things).

# Answer
You can't delete them but you can uncheck them so no information from them shows in the calendar.

Many folks are still using Outlook for calendaring and need the ability to sync with the desktop.
> 3 votes

# Answer
That must be an HTC Sense thing; no such calendars ever existed on my Droid.

It doesn't look like you'll be able to get rid of them short of rooting your phone.
> 1 votes

# Answer
For calendars. Go to the calendar. touch any day. then hit menu. then hit more. then select calendars. then un-check facebook. (at least one calendar has to be selected btw. it took off all the birthdays.

for contacts. hit people. hit menu. select view. then check just phone. however when you search some things. facebook contacts somehow still are searched. So i dont know how to remove them COMPLETELY.

thanks to Micah Reuben Charles Perez

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=15423&post=112530&uid=41158896424#!/topic.php?uid=41158896424&topic=15423
> -1 votes

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Tags: calendar, htc-sense, htc-sync-3.0
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title: App to hand write notes

text:
# Question
Title: App to hand write notes
I am looking for an app that would be good for taking hand written notes on a 10 inch screen tablet The closest app that i found is "note everything" What makes it short of my requirements is

1(most important) Drawn notes that i can write on are each 1 tablet screen size. I want something that can be scrolled down forever as i need more space. Something the way a normal document works. At worst it should let me instantly page another full canvas forward, not have to create a new note for every page 2. text notes and hand written notes are separated into separate files. I would like the whole note to be hand written, but be able to add typed ares 3. There are no lines in the paint section. Makes it hard to write

Can anyone suggest anything better?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Quick notes is alright.

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Tags: applications, notes
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# Question
Title: will samsung galaxy 5 get android 2.2 update
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)?

will samsung galaxy 5 get android 2.2 update ??

# Answer
You can upgrade to Froyo for the Galaxy 5 already - it was just released by a few guys recently. See this post on Samfirmware - samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i5500.htm, for more information. Otherwise by mid-December almost all regions should have it appearing on your official Samsung Kies tool.

PS. I don't have a Galaxy 5 but a college does.
> 0 votes

# Answer
The official date is some time in November/December 2010, should depend on your location.

See also When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)? for a centralised location of all phone froyo update schedule.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-5
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# Question
Title: Does Android 2.3 support ad-hoc Wi-Fi networks?
Does Android 2.3 have support for adhoc networking without rooting or at least support it better with rooting? The list of stuff added for 2.3 just said bug fixes, I was wondering if anyone knew what bugs they were fixing or had a link to a list.

# Answer
> 2 votes
The 2.3 Gingerbread user's guide has been released, Chapter 2: Connecting to Networks and Devices doesn't mention ad-hoc wireless networks at all.

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Tags: 2.3-gingerbread, ad-hoc-networks
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# Question
Title: Where are custom kernels being flashed to in internal memory?
I've unzipped zip files for custom kernels and noticed that the majority of the files that are being applied are in a /kernel folder. However that folder is unlisted when listing the root directories using both Root Explorer and ES File Explorer. Where is this /kernel folder?

# Answer
The kernel is part of the "boot image", which is stored in a separate partition in the flash memory, not in a normal file. See http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:\_Unpack,\_Edit,\_and\_Re-Pack\_Boot\_Images
> 4 votes

# Answer
May be you can explain a little bit more on what you are trying to do.. Also, if you can list those custom kernel files, we can help better.

If I need to flash a custom kernel, I follow below process:

1. Get the source from the git repository
2. Make my changes to the kernel source. Change could vary from adding a simple debug printk statement to adding a new driver.
3. Build the kernel source using cross-compiler toolchain
4. Change the phone to Fastboot mode (I'm talking bout G1 phone)
5. Use 'fastboot' to flash the custom kernel (zImage) using command: 'fastboot flash:raw boot zImage ramdisk.img'
6. Use 'fastboot reboot' command to reboot the phone using the new kernel

Hope there is some clarity now.
> 0 votes

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Tags: rom-flashing, kernel
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# Question
Title: What is the best way to provide feedback to an app's developers and request a feature?
Following on from an earlier question that I posed on how to free up space on my Android phone it became clear that a key issue is to request that more developers allow their applications to be moved to the SD card.

**What is the best way to let the developers of my favourite apps know of this request?**

I considered giving them a low rating in the market and writing in the comment that I would give them 5 stars if they included the "Move to SD card" option. However since I really like the applications and want them to be widely adopted to encourage further development on them I don't really want to turn away potential new users by giving a low rating.

# Answer
> 12 votes
If you want to provide feedback and/or do have a feature request that you want to have answered it would be best to write an eMail provided in the Android Market. It's located below the description and images of the app.

Also you could check out the website if the developer does have a bugtracker and/or forum (which is often the case).

# Answer
> 12 votes
> I considered giving them a low rating in the market and writing in the comment that I would give them 5 stars if they included the "Move to SD card" option.

Please, please, please don't do this. Us developers *hate* it when we are "threatened" with ratings. "5 stars if you do X", usually when X is the most random and obscure feature request, often not related to the app.

The rating of an application should be based off it's current quality. If it's missing a feature that you think would be good for it or if you encounter a bug, then **email the developer**.

The problem with rating down an application (that does not completely deserve it) is that *the user typically does not change their rating, even if their "threatened" feature request was added.* Additionally, developers cannot respond directly to comments to make the user aware that they added the feature or fixed that bug. If you **email the developer**, then they will be able to contact you back!

In the case of "Move to SD Card" option, it might not be recommended to do such a thing. For instance, if an application has widgets, it is not recommended to move to SD Card. See more examples and info here.

# Answer
> 8 votes
Don't give them a lower rating !

I , for one , really look at the rating to see if a program is worth investigating. A fine program , just without the option to move to SD , is not, all of a sudden, a bad program.

Look at their web sites, or at an email address visible in the market of in the program.

If none is found , clearly specify it in the comments, but do not give it a worse reading.

At least, that't my opinion, here :)

# Answer
> 2 votes
I've seen quite a few apps where the developer specifically says to leave feedback on their website, not on the Market comments. Remember that if you open up the details for an installed app from your Downloads list in the Market app most of them have a "Visit the developer's website" link.

Apparently they can't see any more of the comments than we can and don't get a way to search through them or see historical comments, so your comment is very easily lost in the list quite probably before they ever get a chance to see it, whereas if you click the link to go to their website most of them have somewhere that you can leave constructive feedback and requests (normally either blog post comments or a forum).

# Answer
> 2 votes
This is a good question, and one that I changed my mind on after reading each of the responses. After some thought I'd say **consider your audience**.

**The audience for the comments is the Android community.** Most devs probably look in there but some might not. You should rate and comment on the app honestly, and with the intention of providing a useful resource to other Android users. If you want to point out that it lacks some functionality, then go ahead, but first off be sure you are correct, and that it is functionality that is possible. As far as *"5 stars if you do X"* comments, it isn't a very clear and efficient way to critique the app.

**To communicate with the developer, you should email or post in their support forum** if they have one. It gives them the opportunity to respond, ask follow up questions, correct any misunderstandings and possibly educate you on how to better utilize their app and the platform.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Every app has an associated e-mail address, most also have a website (on which you may find a contact form, Facebook/Twitter account or other means of communication). Use these to get in touch.

Feel free to leave your request in the comments, it may be useful information for other users, but you don't have to give an unnecessarily harsh 1-star rating at the same time. Unless it is an app that attracts hundreds or thousands of comments, I suspect that the developer will read every comment that is posted anyway, regardless of the rating. If you give the app an artificially low rating you are hurting the developer. A lower average rating means fewer downloads. Also, it's counter-productive. Like anybody else, developers don't like being threatened/blackmailed.

Send a polite e-mail and you are more likely to get the response you want. Appeal to their ego. Tell them how awesome their app is, how you can't live without it and how your life would be complete if only they would add the feature you want.

In the specific case of SD card installation, this is such an incredibly simple thing to implement that, if you let the developer know that somebody wants it, they will almost certainly add it in the next release.

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Tags: google-play-store, app-ratings
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# Question
Title: What alternatives are there to the Contacts application for X10 running 2.1?
My X10 was running 1.6 when I bought it (I think). I successfully imported the vCard file with all my contacts from my Palm Centro.

Then I exported my contacts to a vCard file, upgraded to 2.1-update1 and lost all my contacts.

When I try to import any of the vCard files I have I get the message (translated from Swedish) "Couldn't read the vCard data. (Invalid line: "\[valid email address\]")"

What do I do now?

Can I use a different Contacts application?

# Answer
> 2 votes
You could try opening the vcard file in Outlook, there is also other software out there if you google "vcard editor", find one you want and make sure there aren't any issues with the file. In this case, you could remove the offending line, save with a new name and then try to import again.

Another option, you could import your contacts into your Google account from a computer, then sync to a phone. Follow this link for help with that.

As far as other contact apps go, you will have to root your phone and install a ROM that uses a different contact system then the one that comes stock on your phone. Reason for this is most apps on the marketplace just put a different front end to the contact system already on your phone.

You could look at the marketplace and see if there is an app you like, that is a totally separate contact system from what is on the phone, but I still think this wouldn't help because your underlying issue would still exist.

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Tags: 2.1-eclair, contacts, sony-ericsson-xperia-x10, import
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# Question
Title: Is there a Twitter app that allows filtering of tweets based on source, hashtag, etc?
Tweet Deck for PC has a global filter that allows this but I cannot see this option in the Android client.

As above, is there an app that has this feature?

I would very much like to clear my tweetstream of Foursquare noise and the like.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Touiteur has been updated today and now has filtering. Please note that this feature may just be the paid version. I'll update this answer with a link and QR code when I've confirmed those details.

Edit: It would seem that filtering isn't a premium feature.

The filtering can be found under the mute settings in Touiteur -\> More -\> Mute. You can choose to mute text (inc. hashtags), users and apps (sources).

Touiteur homepage

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Tags: twitter
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# Question
Title: Angry Birds Seasons "Installation Unsuccessful" -- Help?
I have tried several times to install Angry Birds Seasons from the marketplace. Every time, I get a notification saying "Installation unsuccessful" without anything more descriptive. Has anyone else run into problems installing it? Is there any way I can get a more detailed error message explaining what part of installation failed?

HTC Evo 4G

\[Update\] 7.15GB free on my SD card 196 MB free internally

\[Update 2\] I got this error again when attempting to update to the Valentine's day version of Angry Birds Seasons. Once again, unmounting the SD card and installing it seemed to work successfully. Further, my save data was still in tact after remounting.

# Answer
> 8 votes
I had a very similar issue on my HTC Incredible. Try unmounting the SD card (Menu-\>Settings-\>SD & phone storage-\>"Unmount SD card" on my Incredible) and then installing the app. After it finished installing, you can then remount your SD card.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Probably the most detailed error message you'd be able to get would be the logcat logs. You can use a terminal emulator on the phone and just type in 'logcat' shortly after the installation, you can use a market app called aLogcat, or you can use the Android SDK from the computer, open a command prompt and navigate to the tools directory of the SDK and run:

```
adb shell

```

and then

```
logcat

```

Another thing you can check would be to ensure you don't have another version installed. Sometimes if you download an .apk file and install it using a file manager, then try to download a different version (or even the same version) of the app via the market, it will fail with that error as well.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Find any other app you can and install it. Once installed exit the marketplace. Then go back and try installing the Angry Birds app again. This usually fixes most marketplace issues.

If it still doesn't work go to Settings -\> Applications -\> Manage applications -\> All -\> find the marketplace app and click on it. Then click clear data. Make sure it cleared cache too, if not clear cache. Then reboot. Then run the marketplace and try again.

These tips should help.

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, installation, angry-birds
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# Question
Title: Will the Android OS Support Higher-Resolution Screens?
As of Android 2.2, the screen resolution for an Android device is capped at 854x480, which has pretty much become the standard resolution for recent Android handsets. However, with the current generation of the iPhone sporting the so-called "Retina display", is there any information on if and when this cap will be raised? I haven't been able to locate any definitive information on whether or not this cap is altered in Gingerbread.

# Answer
Gingerbread is adding support for "extra hdpi" and "extra large screen" devices, but this primarily geared towards tablet devices than actual phones (but who is to say that won't change). More information can be found here on the updated dev guide on supporting multiple screen sizes.
> 3 votes

# Answer
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has 600 x 1024 pixels on it's 7 inch screen. So I'm not sure that 854x480 is actually a cap?
> 1 votes

# Answer
There is no "cap" on the resolution. In the froyo (and gingerbread) emulator, you can enter any screen dimensions you want, and there's no real problems with apps or anything (unless they're doing something wrong.) Apps just probably don't take advantage of the extra pixels or different physical size.

I think you're confusing "not supporting large screens" with "not optimized for large screens"

Honeycomb will allegedly make big screens look and feel awesome ;)
> 0 votes

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Tags: screen
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# Question
Title: What does it mean if my HTC Incredible's notification light flashes between green and amber?
I was driving today and my phone was in its holder. At the time, I was using it for GPS and Pandora, and it was plugged in using my car charger. At one point, the notification LED began to flash in what looked like a regular pattern (but since I was driving, I can't be 100% sure), alternating between green and amber. I've never seen this before, and I had no notifications. What does it mean?

# Answer
> 2 votes
I believe it means the battery is overheating.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I think is because it is advising that the Micro USB is connected to charge the battery, but the battery is not charging, temperature or other reason

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Tags: notifications, htc-droid-incredible, notification-led
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# Question
Title: Why does my HTC Desire browser crash on startup after update?
after I've applied recent OTA update (2.29.405.2) to my HTC Desire I can't use built-in browser anymore. It crashes every time I run it. Here is a stacktrace:

> 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: nativeEnableGifAnimation 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.webkit.HTCWebCore.nativeEnableGifAnimation(Native Method) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.webkit.WebView.fnEnableGifAnimation(WebView.java:13341) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.webkit.WebSettings.setIsEnableGifAnimation(WebSettings.java:1617) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at com.android.browser.BrowserSettings$Observer.update(BrowserSettings.java:335) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at com.android.browser.TabControl.createNewWebView(TabControl.java:707) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at com.android.browser.TabControl.createNewTab(TabControl.java:180) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at com.android.browser.BrowserActivity.onCreate(BrowserActivity.java:430) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1069) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2751) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2803) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:135) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2136) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:144) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4937) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626) 12-08 20:13:45.929: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(2147): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): Error running process 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): java.io.IOException: Error running exec(). Command: \[/system/xbin/procrank\] Working Directory: null Environment: \[ANDROID\_SOCKET\_zygote=11, ANDROID\_BOOTLOGO=1, EXTERNAL\_STORAGE=/mnt/sdcard, ANDROID\_ASSETS=/system/app, ASEC\_MOUNTPOINT=/mnt/asec, PATH=/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin, ANDROID\_DATA=/data, BOOTCLASSPATH=/system/framework/core.jar:/system/framework/ext.jar:/system/framework/framework.jar:/system/framework/android.policy.jar:/system/framework/services.jar:/system/framework/com.htc.framework.jar:/system/framework/com.htc.android.pimlib.jar:/system/framework/com.htc.android.easopen.jar:/system/framework/com.scalado.util.ScaladoUtil.jar, ANDROID\_PROPERTY\_WORKSPACE=10,65536, ANDROID\_ROOT=/system, LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=/system/lib\] 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at java.lang.ProcessManager.exec(ProcessManager.java:226) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:201) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.logProcessResult(ActivityManagerService.java:9437) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.access$900(ActivityManagerService.java:155) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService$9.run(ActivityManagerService.java:9614) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): Caused by: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at java.lang.ProcessManager.exec(Native Method) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): at java.lang.ProcessManager.exec(ProcessManager.java:224) 12-08 20:13:48.398: ERROR/ActivityManager(92): ... 4 more

I have tried factory reset, but that doesn't help. Does anybody know how to fix the problem?

# Answer
O.K. I've resolved the issue by re-applying the OTA update from sdcard with recovery mode.
> 2 votes

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Tags: updates, browser, htc-desire, crashes
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title: How to sync my Facebook contacts?

text:
# Question
Title: How to sync my Facebook contacts?
How do I sync my Facebook contacts with the contacts on my Samsung Galaxy Spica?

# Answer
1. Settings \>\> Accounts and Sync \>\> Add account \>\> Facebook
2. Enter your facebook info
3. Check the Sync Contacts checkbox
> 3 votes

# Answer
You can use SyncMyPix to download display pictures off Facebook of your contacts and use those for pre-existing contacts.
> 0 votes

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Tags: contacts, sync, facebook, samsung-galaxy-spica
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# Question
Title: How to prevent VZW drive from mounting when I connect my HTC Incredible to USB
Since the Froyo upgrade, when I connect my HTC Incredible, with the USB settings set to "Charge Only" to my computer with a USB cable, the phone still mounts a CD type drive that will install HTC Sync drivers. This prevents my phone from using the SD card.

How can I stop this from happening? Like I said, my phone is set to "Charge Only".

# Answer
You'll need to root your phone with Unrevoked and remove the CDROM.ISO file located in /system/etc/ That's the only way to prevent that.

The neat upside is that once you've rooted, you can replace that CDROM.ISO with any other ISO you'd like to auto-mount.
> 5 votes

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Tags: htc-droid-incredible, usb-connection-mode
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# Question
Title: Why do the buttons on my Incredible occasionally light up?
I've noticed that sometimes the four buttons at the bottom of my HTC Incredible sometimes light up for a couple seconds at a time, even when the phone is just sitting unused on my desk. Until now I've attributed this to a software bug, but I recently noticed it doing this while I was digging around in my email on my computer.

Does this indicate data transfer? Or does it have some other significance?

# Answer
You phone should light up when you activate it.

When an internal process either stops or wakes up you phone (like you said to start data transfer) or on other actions the lights can light up.

When a process crashes my phone lights up the control keys too, usually with a buzz.
> 3 votes

# Answer
My Incredible does this as well. I have been told that this also is sometimes used by applications to indicate that an app has downloaded updated data. For instance, if the HTC mail application has downloaded new emails. But I haven't taken the time to see if this is accurate or not.
> 1 votes

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Tags: htc-droid-incredible, buttons
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# Question
Title: Using headphone out to hook an alarm clock app to speakers
I own an Archos 43 Internet Tablet running Android 2.2, and I am looking either for an application or configuration option to allow using the headphone out port (if it is plugged in) for the alarm in an alarm clock app. I'd like to hook my Android device to external speakers in order to make the alarm louder than the device's internal speaker is capable of reaching.
The ability to use the math alarm option would be nice, as well.

I've tried the integrated alarm clock, as well as the free version of "Alarm Clock Plus". Neither of them seem to output the sound to the headphone port in their current configurations.

I am not opposed to spending money if I know that it will work as a viable solution.

Any feedback or solutions?

# Answer
I just tried with my Archos 70 and alarm clock plus v2 and it didn't seem to work at first but when I played with the headphone-jack and pulled it out about half a millimeter and it worked. This would seem to be a problem with the jack, but it works just fine when playing videos or music. I think the issue might be that the alarm clock apps are sending the audio out on just one channel and it's not getting picked up for some reason by the stereo speakers. I remember I used to have a similar problem with my old walkman and certain headphones and I'd have to pull the jack out just a little bit. I know theory doesn't make complete sense because it still should work just out of one speaker but it's something I've noticed about 3.5" headphone jacks for years and can't explain it.

Also, if you don't want to mess around with playing with the depth of the jack or trying a mono speaker, you could set the Alarm Clock Plus to launch Pandora which would probably play just fine over the stereo speakers.
> 3 votes

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Tags: alarm, archos-gen8, headphone-jack
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# Question
Title: Android Market won't download apps and Google Talk won't sign in after changing to @gmail.com address
I have tried the suggestions here and here with no results.

Google suggest changing back to @googlemail.com, waiting two days and restarting the phone, but that hasn't worked either.

Anyone had any luck with this?

# Answer
> 2 votes
I had this issue with my old G1. The only resolution I was able to find was to do a factory reset on the phone and re-enter the Google ID with the @gmail.com extension, as OS version I was running does not have the ability to remove your Google account.

Newer OS versions do seem to have the ability to remove your Google account from the phone and re-enter it with the new extension as I've been able to do this on Froyo at least.

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Tags: google-play-store, sync, accounts, google-talk
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# Question
Title: Bluetooth Peripheral Device Driver? - Droid X
I'm trying to transfer a picture via bluetooth from my Motorola Droid X - Android 2.2 to my Windows 7 32bit machine.

When I do the normal troubleshooting steps it tells me "No Device Driver found."

Does anyone know where I can find the driver, or what I can do to solve this issue?

# Answer
> 1 votes
I updated my phone to Motorola System Version 2.3.340 and it took care of this issue.

**Steps to update:**

1. Press the menu button from the home screen.
2. Touch \`Settings\`
3. Touch \`About Phone\`
4. Touch \`System Updates\`

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Tags: bluetooth, motorola-droid-x
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# Question
Title: the application Settings has stopped unexpectedly
I've installed few new apps; and when I went to deinstall some of them; I got this error.
Now I'm wondering is there a way to "fix this error"? I can still deinstall apps using adb from command line

my configuration : htc hero , 2.1, unrooted

# Answer
It seems that old installation of Locale was making problems; since after uninstalling it problems disappeared.

I still don't understand how is it possible for app to influence android systems so badly, since every app should run in it's own sandbox, but at least problem is solved.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 2.1-eclair, htc-hero
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# Question
Title: Reading images of QR codes displayed in the browser
I constantly come across websites that reference an Android application, and provide a QR code of the URL to download the application from the marketplace. Those same sites very rarely provide the actual link to the application in any other form.

I am looking for way to read QR codes that are on the phone itself. Ideally, I would like a method that utilizes the "share" functionality of the built in browser in such a way that I merely hold my finger down on an image of a QR code, select "share" from the resulting menu that comes up and select an app to send the image of the QR code to.

Are there any ways to do this or come close to the above functionality?

# Answer
You can do this from the Browser itself using "QR Droid". Search for it and install it. After that:

* In the Browser, long-click the image and select "Save image"
* After downloaded, open image from notification bar
* Select Menu \> Share \> "Decode with QR Droid"
> 24 votes

# Answer
Barcode Generator / Reader is an app that reads and decodes QR codes from a file.

Also, you can bookmark this web based reader: ZXing Decoder Online, then when you come across a QR code, long-press on it, copy the image URL, then paste it into the linked page.
> 21 votes

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Tags: qr-code
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title: Can I auto-rotate the screen 180°?

text:
# Question
Title: Can I auto-rotate the screen 180°?
Is there any way to make the Android 2.1 automatic screen rotation rotate all the way up to 180°, instead of just 90° either way? I would very much like to be able to use my phone upside down, because the audio jack is on top.

I've looked all over the web and the only advice I found was to install a custom rom (like Cyanogen,) but I haven't found any builds suitable for my Samsung Galaxy S.

# Answer
I do not believe Android 2.1 allows this. I've read that the latest release Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will have this feature.

Sorry I couldn't find the post that mentioned it but here is the API link.
> 5 votes

# Answer
You should be able to get this functionality if you have a custom launcher, like LauncherPro. Samsung's TouchWiz does not support the 180 degree rotation. You also need Android 2.2+, however, which introduced the `getRotation()` API.
> 0 votes

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title: How can I remove 'Orange' apps?

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# Question
Title: How can I remove 'Orange' apps?
I have a bunch of complete crap apps on my phone which I can't move to the SD card, so they are taking up about 10mb of space on my phone, which is irritating when I want to update my phone as I need 25mb, so have to delete loads of apps.

I was considering rooting my phone, but this apparently doesn't allow you to delete them. So how do I go about this? I don't want to run a custom rom and am happy to stick with HTC's regular firmware, but I want to 'unbrand' my phone.

Any ideas please?

# Answer
Rooting your phone without a custom ROM **can** be used to removed crapware. I have a french "Orange" HTC Desire, and here is what I did to remove the Orange apps:

* use Unrevoked to root your phone (close Eclipse because it can prevent Unrevoked from detecting the reboot, use USB Drive Mode if you try to root on a Mac as they say it's more reliable)
* once you're finished, reboot your phone in recovery mode (shutdown, press the - key and the Power button at the same time)
* mount the /system partition as read/write (easy, it's a simple GUI)
* open a shell on the phone with the command "adb shell"
* get a root shell with the command "su"
* go the /system/apps folder and remove whatever you want with rm (remove both APK and ODEX files that you don't need)
* close your shell
* unmount the /system partition
* reboot

With this method, I removed the useless Tetris and other games demos that were on my phone.

I still don't know if rooting your phone will prevent me from getting OTA updates in the future, that's why I haven't got a custom ROM yet.
> 8 votes

# Answer
Use Titanium Backup, it will let you uninstall system apps simply and easily if you have root. Rooting will not prevent you from getting OTA updates (how would the network know you're rooted?) in general, and you can almost certainly un-root if you want to update later.
> 1 votes

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# Question
Title: Are there any known conflicts between the official Samsung GpsRestore App for the Galaxy-S and custom roms?
Samsung have released an app for the Android Market in order to reset the GPS to factory settings, on Galaxy-S devices that experience problems using it. It should fix the GPS problems that a lot of people are experiencing.

(Android Spin: Samsung Finally Has a GPS Fix)

However, I know that several custom ROMs also attempt to fix the problematic Galaxy-S GPS. Does anyone know (or experienced) any problems after running that application on a custom ROM?

# Answer
The app only changes the settings, so it doesn't matter which GPS code the ROM has. All the custom ROMs I know of use GPS code from Samsung anyways.

One note: This will fix **very few** people's problems. The factory settings cause most of the problems, so restoring will probably hurt more than help. It is possible that the new 2.2 releases will fix some issues, however, and in that case it's probably better to use whatever settings Samsung tested with the new GPS code, i.e. the settings GpsRestore uses.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: Is it possible to change the swipe unlock screen on the Galaxy S series?
Is there any way to change the default swipe unlock screen on a galaxy S phone? I find that unlocking the screen usually requires a few attempts and is difficult for me to do with just one hand (heh, ironically the screen is too large to swipe across). I'm currently using a Captivate.

# Answer
WidgetLocker (on the market) provides HTC-like, iPhone-like, Motorola-like, and Rotary style unlock screens. Really superb app.
> 4 votes

# Answer
You don't need to install an app for this. `Settings -> Location and security -> Change screen lock`. There are 3 other options. I use **Pattern** because it's cool and easy for one hand, and relatively secure. The **Puzzle** lock the easiest though.
> 5 votes

# Answer
Search on the market, there are unlock screens that forces you to do random math puzzle, play a ball game, and there is an app aptly named "No Lock" that simply disables the lock screen, and requiring you to press the hardware lock button to unlock.
> 3 votes

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# Question
Title: Can the Droid Eris be charged on a PowerPlate Wireless Induction Charging Base?
Can the Droid Eris be charged on a PowerPlate Wireless Induction Charging Base?

# Answer
> 6 votes
eldarerathis is right. The PowerPlate is a two part system. 1. The Base and 2. The Receiver. The receiver clips onto the phone and is specific to the phone. It looks like the powerplate system replaces the battery cover on the blackberry and is a snap-on cover for the iphone.

**Duracell makes an inductive charger that is compatible with the Eris.** PowerMat doesn't have an Eris receiver but they have some universals. Or you could hack your own solution.

# Answer
> 5 votes
The product description on Brookstone's site (and the Amazon one mentions this, too) seems to indicate that you can't. They specifically list that there are receivers for iPhone 3G/3GS and Blackberry Curve 8900. You can't charge something without the receiver/case, so if they don't make one for the Eris (which it appears they do not) then it won't work.

That being said, you could always stop by or call your local Brookstone and ask, I suppose.

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# Question
Title: no sound alert to let me know i have a text message received
I can't seem to get an audible sound when text message received.

# Answer
Things to check include:

* You have configured a sound for your SMS app
* The notification volume is reasonable (in line with the ringer volume is probably good)
* You don't have either silent or vibrate silent mode selected
* You've enabled notifications in your SMS app
> 5 votes

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# Question
Title: Can I edit Swype's user dictionary to remove typos?
Swype has become populated with numerous words that don't exist due to typos.

As a result it frequently gets words wrong or pops up with its hidden word tip.

Is there a way of viewing all the user added words in its dictionary to selectively delete them?

*I'm not sure if this is os/handset specific so I haven't tagged it as such, but I'm on Froyo on a Galaxy S.*

# Answer
> 15 votes
There is unfortunately no way to directly edit the dictionary.

You can delete any user-added word by highlighting it and hitting the Swype key.

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# Question
Title: Is it possible to change the Operating System of the K599 (chinese iPhone)
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

I have an electronic device the model is K599 was built in China. The operating system of this device is a minimalist FreeBSD with java installed. I would like to know if is possible to change the operating system from Actual FreeBSD to Google Android.

**Another doubt:** Is it possible to install a new operating system inside the SD memory card?

I have been stuck on this for a long time.

Does someone have the same problem?

Please Help.

# Answer
No.

Most chinese mobiles run on a processor like MTK62xx, which uses a MIPS instruction set. That's a possible hardware plattform for a Linux kernel to run on. Yet those phones are not equiped with enough memory to run Android. Android needs a lot more than the internal 90MB flash disk. And I assume the actual RAM is 32MB or less (judging from my last two and the remaining free Java mem.)

Your K599 does not run FreeBSD. That's a misinformation. The software and UI you see is a customized MTK/NucleuOS. There's no known way to run custom software, much less a complete foreign OS off the microSD.

There is the "Q8 / iRobot" chinese mobile, which runs a genuine Android 1.5 variant. But that was specifically designed for that, albeit I think it runs on a secondary MTKxxxx chip too. But all the other mobiles, specificall with dual sim/gsm modules are unlikely to ever will.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I don't see why it is not possible (ever heard Android running on iPhone?), as long as someone writes a driver for it. However, if your device is a niche device, then it might not have enough user support to attract an experienced driver developer to release an Android driver for it.
> 2 votes

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title: How to "report" a mis-behaving app?

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# Question
Title: How to "report" a mis-behaving app?
I purchased a very popular IM app from the Marketplace, as it was the only one that was able to connect to my company's Jabber server, and I've been using it successfully for months now. On November 30th or December 1st it stopped working, I assumed due to an issue on my company's server, since they're always tinkering with it. Late last week I started looking into it and I found out, much to my utter horror, that it wasn't my company's server that was at fault, it was the IM app's server -- I have been logging in to my company's server through their server for months now, meaning that their server had access to my password (which can be used for just about every system I use at work). I verified this by rooting my phone, installing WireShark and looking at the network traffic.

I've asked for my money back, since I paid for the app, but I really want to get the app removed from the marketplace, as it's a huge danger to anyone using it.

Please note that I have no proof that this company was harvesting anyone's password, but they could be doing it. Regardless, they're transmitting my login credentials in the clear (though they are encoding the password, which I'm sure will deter all but the most hardened hackers -- not!).

# Answer
> 11 votes
When you uninstall an app from the Market, it asks you for a reason. If you choose "It's malicious", it will prompt you for a report. And you can leave a comment on the app (before uninstalling) to warn other users.

Since you have no proof they did or intended to do anything wrong with your info, there's nothing else you can do. You won't get the app removed from the Marketplace.

# Answer
> 10 votes
You can do what Matthew Read mentioned but if you visit the app details page in the Android Market and scroll all the way to the bottom there is a **Flag as inappropriate** link that will allow you to report the app.

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# Question
Title: Notify when connected to working Wi-Fi point
I use my phone to receive all my calls over SIP. Sometimes when I need to make a call I'm not around a (working) access point.

Let's say, if I'm walking around is there an app that can notify me (via vibrate or ringtone) when I've connected to an access point? So basically whenever SIPdroid lights up green.

# Answer
> 6 votes
Quick Marketplace search for *WiFi Notify* resulted in the following:

WifiNotify

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# Question
Title: Good clock and weather widget for someone dealing with multiple timezones / cities
I work for a big corporate with development centers around the world. There are 4 in particular that I interact with frequently and travel to regularly.

What I'd like is a clock and weather widget with the following features:

* Can have multiple instances set to different cities.
* Shows the city it is set to.
* Can fit 4 on a page, so 2x2 or 4x1.
* Shows time (for dealing with meetings)
* Graphical indicator of day night (for a quick are they likely to be awake check)
* Shows local weather (for small talk on phone calls)
* Including highs and lows (in case I have to go there tomorrow)
* In Celsius (because I'm not American)

The Beautiful Widgets "Beautiful Smaller Home Weather" is visually spot on what I'm after, but you can't have multiple instances.

Is there another widget out there that meets my requirements?

# Answer
Hey tolomea. I couldn't find a widget that could do all that but I did find this app that can.

> World Watch is an advanced world clock for an editable list of locations around the world. Includes sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times for the current or a given calendar date. Also includes weather conditions and a 4-day forecast.

I haven't used it since it's a paid app but looking at the description and the screenshots it looks like it can do everything you've asked for. I don't believe it's a widget but having a single icon on your home screen to launch it would be just as easy as having widgets.

World Watch
> 6 votes

# Answer
I'm favoriting this question. I just installed diviClock widget this morning--http://www.appbrain.com/app/diviclock/divi.clock. it doesn't tick all of your boxes, but it has a 1x1 widget option (which I wanted and saves a great deal of space) plus the date (also something I wanted), and you can have multiple instances for your different time zones.
> 1 votes

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# Question
Title: Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed?
On my Samsung Galaxy S phone a local telephone number is displayed in the format `999-999-999`.

Is it possible to change this format ?

Our local numbers are normally displayed as `99-999-99-99` , certainly the first two numbers are the area code.

Maybe is has to do with my language settings, because I used English as language.

# Answer
Try changing your language setting from "English (US)" to "English (UK)".
> 5 votes

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title: How do I hide contacts in HTC Sense?

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# Question
Title: How do I hide contacts in HTC Sense?
How do I hide contacts that I sync from Google Contacts in the Sense? I removed them from My Contacts and filed them under an "Archived" group. I want to keep them, but not show up.

I can go to the second "tab" on the bottom to filter by group, but thats a hassle.

# Answer
I don't have an HTC phone but on my Samsung Spica running rooted Eclair (2.1), here's how I restrict a particular group of contacts.

Start the CONTACTS app.

Press MENU \> DISPLAY OPTIONS

Select "Show only contacts with phones" (personal prefs)

Below that will be a list of Google accounts linked to the device - each one will have system groups like FAMILY / FRIENDS / COWORKERS / MY CONTACTS etc in addition to user created groups such as "Archived" like you've created.

Just select those you wish to display and leave unchecked the groups you wish to ignore.

Hope this helps.
> 3 votes

# Answer
Go to the People application, then press the `menu` button, choose `View`, and fiddle with the checkboxes. You need the first one "Only contacts with phone numbers", but the others could also be of use if you have a lot of different data sources.

This is on HTC Desire with 2.2 Froyo.
> 0 votes

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title: Is Hebrew support built into Android?

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# Question
Title: Is Hebrew support built into Android?
Is Hebrew support built into Android? If so, is it in all versions?

# Answer
> 11 votes
Here is my understanding as a developer:

Android 1.5-2.1: Right-to-left support is built-in, but most ROMs do not contain the letters. This means that Hebrew in most applications will show up as boxes (but in the correct order). This does allow individual applications to include their own fonts and thereby display Hebrew correctly.

Android 2.2: The default system fonts now include Hebrew characters. Right-to-left layout still works. (Although the rules for justification did change, annoyingly.) Based on some bug reports, Google did not yet consider support for right-to-left languages to be final in this version. (Note the comments by Google engineers, such as Romain Guy here: https://review.source.android.com/#change,15955).

Android 2.3: The SDK has been released, but no updates for actual devices. The SDK does include a Hebrew locale for the first time (http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3.html#locs).

Also note that locale support ultimately depends on the vendor of the actual device (either the carrier or handset manufacturer). They may choose to remove locales they deem unimportant to save space, or they may choose to add some that they deem important for their targeted market.

# Answer
> 9 votes
Froyo/Android 2.2 added support for displaying text in Hebrew and Arabic (among other languages), including the needed fonts.

Unfortunately, previous versions do not have Hebrew support in the stock source, though I would not be surprised if a device maker added support to their device on an ad-hoc basis.

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# Question
Title: Anyone found a way to move the insert marker one character to the left of to the right?
The new **insert marker in Android 2-2**, you get when pressing a text field in edit more, and which gives you the ability to move it to the point where you want to start editing, **is all very nice**. Compared to the previous way of long pressing the men key to shop up the cursor keypad, it's quicker and gives you more options.

**But has anyone found a way to move this marker one character to the left or to the right** (apart from the obvious of course, which is holding it and moving it to the left or to the right).

I found that positioning the marker to the exact place is hard. 90% of the times you put it just one character to the left or to the right. If you than want to move it again, it's very hard to move it just one character, especially when that character is s small one ( a space, an i or an l).

# Answer
If you are using Swype, slide your finger from the Swype button (bottom left) to the SYM key. This will display a set of navigation buttons - including a dpad that lets you move the text input.
> 10 votes

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# Question
Title: How to delete/edit one in series of reoccuring events
Is there a way to delete or edit just one event in a series of reoccuring events?

Htc Desire

Kernel Version 2.6.32.15-gf5a501c

Software Number Version 2.29.405.2

# Answer
> 1 votes
Yes, when you choose the particular event you want to edit or delete you are given 3 options (at least on my Droid 1 I am):

> 1. **Change only this event**
> 2. Change all events in the series
> 3. Change this and all future events

Choose #1 to change just that one event in the series.

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# Question
Title: Android 2.3 Keyboard on SE X8 running 2.1
Recently I've found out that it's possible to install new Android keyboard on 2.2 version of Android (here's the installer).

I was wondering if the same applies for 2.1?

I own SE X8 which I've recently updated to 2.1.

# Answer
The 2.3 keyboard cannot be installed on 2.1 as-is. It relies on the 2.3 Voice Search app, which uses API methods not present in 2.1. (See this XDA post.) I'm sure someone is in the process of hacking the keyboard to work though. To be honest, the only difference I see with the 2.3 keyboard is that the keys are smaller, which I dislike.
> 2 votes

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# Question
Title: want to get my Droid back to stock, but don't want to reinstall apps
I foolishly rooted my Motorola Droid and fumbled around until I got Cyanogenmod 6.1.0-RC3-Droid installed on the thing. There's really no reason I should have done this, however. It didn't exactly solve my problems. Now, I have a few additional problems and would just like to get back to stock.

My first question is this: What is the easiest way to just get this phone back to stock? Some posts talk about booting into recovery and just choosing factory reset - other posts say that isn't enough, etc.

Second question: Can I use AppBrain to make the installation of all of my apps easier once I have the phone back to stock? I have 75 apps. I am hoping that I can just install AppBrain as the first app, then have it do the installs.

Has anyone done this? Thanks.

UPDATE: I bricked my phone. I'm stuck in a loop of "Droid" and the animated eye icon.

# Answer
Your phone is almost certainly not permanently bricked. Chances are you can boot into recovery to flash a new ROM. Worst case, you'll have to flash the phone back to stock with RSD Lite.

That said, there's really no way to unroot the phone or flash a stock ROM without having to re-install your apps. You can try flashing a stock ROM without wiping data & cache (or doing a factory reset), but it's probably not going to work very well.

The major apps for restoring 3rd party apps & their data, like Titanium Backup, require root. You can use other avenues to re-install apps (like AppBrain), but you'll have to reconfigure them by hand if you're not rooted. Since you say you're having problems, this might be the safest course of action for a large # of your apps anyway. It's just a bear to lose complex configurations or progress in games.

Since your're already in trouble, the course of action I'd recommend is using RSD Lite to flash the latest SBF availble -- FRG22D in your case. It's available for download from Peter Alfonso's Site. Your phone will update to FRG83 via OTA. Flashing the SBF will wipe all your phone's data. You may even need to reactivate your phone with Verizon, but that's not difficult to do (just dial \*228 and press 1). This will not wipe your SD card, so things like backups you have or pictures/videos/downloads on the SD card will be safe. Despite the dire warnings or bricking one's phone, as long as you don't do something foolish like unplug the phone (or pull battery) in the middle of flashing (or have bad luck with a power outage), you should be OK. Using SBF to root and unroot @ DroidForums

If you can still boot into recovery, you can flash the stock ROMs from there and accomplish nearly the same thing -- though I'm not sure it will do things like update baseband. Unroot w/o SBF @ DroidForums

The DroidForums guides are very thorough, and their Rescue Squad group is very helpful.
> 8 votes

# Answer
Before you un-root I'd recommend upgrading to the Stable release of CM 6.1 which may fix your problems. If you do unroot you can use Appbrain to reload all your apps but you'll still have to re-enter in all your settings and what not. If you stay rooted and use Titanium Backup you can reload all your apps from your SD card with all their settings intact.

As far as how to unroot I believe that is going to depend on how you rooted in the first place. I am admittedly not an expert on this but I'm sure some others will chime in with some more details.
> 2 votes

# Answer
You cannot just do a factory reset. Factory reset removes data and apps, it does not restore the entire OS/firmware on the phone. Titanium Backup is probably the best to backup and restore your apps. The best way to go back to stock would be:

1. Install ROM Manger from the Market (requires root)
2. Open it, click Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, choose your device if it asks
3. Click "Download ROM", and select the appropriate option (should be "Stock Droid" or something)
4. Click the notification when the download completes to install said ROM from ROM Manager.

If you had been using ROM Manager originally, you could have backed up before installing CyanogenMOD and you'd just have to do a simple restore from ROM Manager.
> 1 votes

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# Question
Title: How can I send a contact from one Android to another?
While I can chose `Share` by a contact on my Droid's contact list, the Droid on the other end seems unable to open, or really do anything with, the resulting attachment if I receive it via Gmail or the normal mail client. Am I missing something? How do I import what I've shared?

# Answer
There is an app called Hoccer which allows transfer of arbitrary data (contacts, pictures, links, ...) by making gestures with your phone. It also works with the iPhone but of course requires both devices to have the app installed.
> 5 votes

# Answer
It's a known issue that Android (at least pre-2.2) does not support import of .vcf files via email or sms, see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3537

However, it does appear to work in Froyo on my Nexus One, when importing from email. As far as I'm aware it's still not catered for over SMS, and the thread above suggests it doesn't work for downloads in the browser either.
> 5 votes

# Answer
If both droids are in the same room the following will apply - You can both install Barcode Scanner and then on your device, open the contact, tap share, then tap Barcode Scanner. This will generate a QR Code. On the other phone, open the barcode scanner app and scan the QR Code. The second device will be able to add the contact via the scanned QR Code via the Add as Contact button after the scan successfully completes.
> 5 votes

# Answer
There's also Bump.

> Bump™ makes sharing photos, contacts, and apps with people as simple as bumping your phones together.
>
> HOW TO USE BUMP™: 1) Open Bump™ on both phones 2) While holding the phones, gently bump your hands together 3) Confirm the exchange
>
> Compatible with iPhone too!
> 1 votes

# Answer
I've got an Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and while viewing a contact, I just press the menu button, Send Business Card and choose between Bluetooth, Gmail, SMS or Moxier Mail (Exchange Client I think).

I've send contacts back and forth between my Android phone and my Palm phone. I don't have two Android phones, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Previously I was using 1.6 which was fully compatible with all my contacts on my old Palm phone, but since upgrading to 2.1 this does not work as well as I had hoped.

So, no software to install, works right out of the box for me.
> 0 votes

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title: How do I delete a draft message (SMS)?

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# Question
Title: How do I delete a draft message (SMS)?
I have created a draft message using the standard HTC Desire message application. However I now want to delete the draft.

When I select the thread I see my previous message, and my draft text below. I select "Menu", "...More", and then "Delete" and am warned I am about to delete entire thread. Which is stupid. I want to delete my draft.

How do I delete a draft?

# Answer
> 7 votes
Just figured this one out having had the same problem myself (HTC Desire HD, Android 2.2)....

From the "All Messages" view, press the Menu button. A "Drafts" icon appears (a floppy disk icon) - press that, and it takes you to a view of all your drafts.

Press & hold a draft message to View/Delete or press the Menu button again & select Delete Drafts to go to a view where you can bulk mark the drafts you want to delete.

Hope that helps!

# Answer
> 11 votes
just clear the text of the draft message, and it will automatically disappear

# Answer
> 3 votes
Have you tried pressing and holding on the text of the draft message and then using the context menu to delete that single draft message?

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# Question
Title: What exact purpose has the sync option "Background data"?
What exact purpose has the sync option "Background data"?

# Answer
> 5 votes
From the developer page, background data is used for "an application that uses the network in the background." For example, a quick search tells me the market requires this to be turned on. Keeping background data set to on is what enables you to keep data from GMail, Weather, Facebook, Twitter, etc. up to date without having to manually refresh/sync each of them. Also realize that battery usage increases with each app or account that is utilizing background data. I notice Twitter has several time increments to choose from in terms of synchronization rate - this helps balance between having the latest data and preserving battery. Hope it helps.

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# Question
Title: How to make Skype Mobile for Android permit PC-to-PC calling?
I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab from Verizon Wireless without a contract, so no 3G support -- only WiFi. I went to Skype.com/m and installed Skype Mobile for Android. After installation, it lets me only do Skype Chat. If I try to do a Skype Call (PC-to-PC calling), it won't let me -- the call just dies. Does anyone know how to make it permit PC-to-PC calling, even though this "PC" is actually a Galaxy Tab on my end?

I mean, Android is built on Linux, and my Linux PC has a version of Skype that permits PC-to-PC calling, so I don't understand what the issue is here for Skype.com on this.

# Answer
> 3 votes
Skype today released Skype 1.0.2, and mayor change is support for Samsung Galaxy S. Maybe this will affect your phone too. Update and see

# Answer
> 3 votes
What's odd is that there seem to be three different Skype apps for Android, but most people can only see one or the other available.

There's Skype available in the Market and currently at v1.0.0.659. This lists:

> Skype-to-Skype calls over 3G or WiFi
>
> Data plan or WiFi connection required (calling in U.S - WiFi only)

Then there's Skype Mobile for Verizon, which I think is at v1.5.0.16. This one says this but doesn't mention WiFi in its description currently:

> Unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and Instant messaging without using your plan minutes

Finally the **3** network in the UK have a special version of the Skype app where you're never charged for Skype calls over their network, get that here (only works if you're on the 3 network).

It looks like the Market must be doing a check on your country (or maybe which phone network your device is locked to?) to decide which to give you, and so which restrictions to apply to you.

It looks like your device is only offering you Skype Mobile, and not Skype.

Gotta love how the phone companies are desperately trying to keep themselves relevant in the face of customers who really would rather do things another way!

# Answer
> 1 votes
I believe this is a Galaxy S/Tab specific issue. I and many others cannot get Skype to work on our Galaxy S devices, and the Tab is very similar.

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# Question
Title: Why do I get dropped calls and weak signal with Samsung Galaxy 3 5801 mobile?
Samsung Galaxy 3 5801 phone with android 2.1 OS.

When I enable GPRS I am getting dropped calls and weak signal. When I disable GPRS I find my calls don't drop and the signal much better.

Is it a hardware issue or service provider issue or a software issue? How can I fix it?

# Answer
> 2 votes
It's almost certainly a software issue, I have read forum posts saying that the call gets dropped when apps/accounts try to sync over the data connection. As a temporary solution you can turn off account sync/background data. Hopefully it will be fixed in 2.2.

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Tags: calls, connection-issues, samsung-galaxy-apollo, gprs
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# Question
Title: Do I need network's SIM in in order to receive OTA update
I have a UK HTC Magic which is from Vodafone - I am in France for the time being and don't have the Vodafone SIM in. The phone is on the internet via wifi a lot.

Do I need to have Vodafone's sim in the phone in order to receive the Froyo OTA update that was announced today?

# Answer
> 5 votes
No, you don't. The updates are received from the Servers of the Provider/Manufacturer. This adress is saved in the ROM. So you just need an internet connection via 3g or wifi.

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, updates, sim-card, ota-update
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# Question
Title: What LauncherPro Shortcuts Have You Used?
If you have LauncherPro you may be familiar with one of it's powerful features: **LauncherPro Shortcuts**.

By using the LauncherPro Shortcut Generator, you can create powerful custom "shortcuts" that can access almost any function in your device that has an Intent *(see also Open Intents)*.

The shortcuts are almost mini apps in their ability to perform complex function like activating settings on your device, adding events in your calendar, sending to a particular email... I believe that LauncherPro Shortcuts may be able to solve Dmitriy's problem here.

It basically opens the door to accomplishing things and accessing functions that you normally would need to be a developer to do. Unfortunately due to the lack of documentation, it's still pretty difficult to use. The author has a thread on his forum for people to post their Custom Shortcuts, as forums go, out of the 210 posts, 99.99% of them are people asking how to use it. It is very frustrating finding the actual shortcuts.

I think the SE format will serve as a better mechanism for listing the Custom Shortcuts, and cutting out all the noise.

In order to keep this orderly please follow the following guidelines:

1. One Shortcut per Answer
2. **Only post working LauncherPro Shortcuts** (anything else will be deleted)
3. If you have questions or comments about a shortcut, post it in the comments.

Post it in the following format that will allow others to recreate the shortcut:

## Shortcut Name (make it descriptive)

**Notes:** Any notes about what it does and how it works. Also, anything else that needs to be explained.

**Form Fields:**

* Action:
* Package Name:
* Class Name:
* MIME Type:
* Data:
* Categories:
* Extras (Type / Name / Value):

***(not all fields are required so you can delete the ones you don't use)***

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**In order to make it easy you can cut and paste the following template code into your answer:**

```
##Shortcut Name

**Notes:**  Type notes here...

**Form Fields:**

 - Action:
 - Package Name:
 - Class Name:
 - MIME Type:
 - Data:
 - Categories:
 - Extras (Type / Name / Value):

```

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***I thought about making this a Community Wiki, but decided to keep it a normal question so people can get rep for the useful shortcuts they post (and encourage people to create useful shortcuts that don't already exist).***

# Answer
## LauncherPro Preferences

**Notes:** Here's one to get us started that I took from Fede's forum post. It opens up the LauncherPro preferences screen.

**Form Fields:**

* **Action:** android.intent.action.MAIN
* **Package Name:** com.fede.launcher
* **Class Name:** com.fede.launcher.LauncherPreferencesActivity
> 1 votes

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Tags: customization, launcherpro
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title: Security risks of "Open Wi-Fi Networks"

text:
# Question
Title: Security risks of "Open Wi-Fi Networks"
How paranoid do I need to be about allowing my phone to connect to open/unencrypted WiFi hotspots?

I don't really care if other people see my data (email being received or sent, stock quotes, whatever). I think all I really care about is whether they see my passwords (Gmail, Facebook, etc).

I understand I probably don't want to initiate a connection to a financial institution, and that I'm potentially subject to man-in-the-middle attacks even if my passwords aren't cleartext.

Please note that I am aware of this question and its answer, and it doesn't really answer my question because it's just about the data: What Android sync'd data is encrypted?

If this question has already been asked and answered, please point me to it. I searched with the built-in engine and Google and couldn't find it.

# Answer
If you use the Android web browser to access any sites that you've logged into and that don't use an SSL encrypted page while you're browsing them, then you should be very paranoid.

Have a read up about the Firesheep add-on to Firefox, it uses the fact that on an open, unencrypted Wifi connection anyone can listen to anyone else who is connected's network traffic. It listens out for cookies that other people's laptops and phones send out while they're browsing, grabs those cookies and lets you use them to log into a vast list of websites as that person. It doesn't need to capture login names or passwords, so it doesn't matter if you're careful about not entering your password into anything over an open connection. All it needs is your cookie and then it can log someone else into your Facebook, or GMail, or Twitter, Amazon *(they can even place One-Click orders on your behalf)* etc. BoingBoing has slightly more on what this demonstrates about web security.

The scary thing is that Firesheep doesn't do anything magic. It just makes a process that anyone could do (listening to open WiFi traffic, and spotting the interesting bits) and makes it one-click easy.
> 7 votes

# Answer
After investigating the question I linked above, I found the following page (translating from Germain), where the authors determined that the majority of common Android apps they tested did not send passwords in the cleartext: http://www.heise.de/mobil/artikel/Sicherheit-von-Apps-fuer-Android-und-iPhone-1103681.html?artikelseite=6

Turns out this isn't as helpful as GAThrawn's answer above; I didn't understand the full ramifications of cookies.
> 0 votes

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Tags: wi-fi, security, wifi-hotspot, password
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# Question
Title: Is there any Android 2.2 updrate available for Samsung Galaxy S?
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?

if yes, how to upgrade it with out going service center.

# Answer
What model do you have? There are a billion (hyperbole) Galaxy S models. There is a 2.2 update for the US Captivate, for the international i9000, and for others.

You can get the update OTA (over the air) if you have stock (unaltered) 2.1, a notification will show on your phone (on *most* carriers). You can also download it through Samsung Kies (see my answer here). Finally, you can find an upload of it and flash it to your phone through a Windows tool called Odin.

You can also use ROM Manager to flash a custom ROM, which will get you 2.2 early if it hasn't been officially released yet. Search XDA if you want one of those ROMs.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I have upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S from 2.1 to 2.2 without problems a few weeks ago.

If you connect your phone to the pc and start KIES, it should inform you if an upgrade is available.
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s
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title: Backup of my Droid X

text:
# Question
Title: Backup of my Droid X
How (What App) do I use in order to do backup? What is good backup apps out there? I primarily want to save calling logs & SMSs, as all of Applications I can just re-download from Market.

I use Droid X!

# Answer
I've used BackItUp Pro successfully -- it's one of very few apps I've found that can backup/restore MMS across ROMs. MyBackup Pro is another popular app. I've no experience with it personally though.

Titanium Backup is very nice for a lot of things, but for call logs & SMS, I'm not sure it's portable across ROMs. It looks like it's simply backing up the sqlite DBs directly. There's a "Data Migration" option that's been added recently, but it looks like it's a Pro-only feature. Perhaps someone who's tried it can chime in with their experience.

There's also Call Log Backup & Restore and SMS Backup & Restore, which are free apps. They back up to XML files, so should be highly portable across ROMs.

Edit: I had a chance to test the "restore" features last night with my wife's Droid. I switched her from Ruby 1.1.1 to CyanogenMod 6.1.0, and took the opportunity to wipe her phone and start it fresh. The Call Log Backup & Restore and SMS Backup & Restore apps worked perfectly.

Finally, there's SMS Backup+, which copies SMS/MMS & Calls Logs to your Gmail Account.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Titanium Backup is probably the best. It can back up and restore data like SMSs and call logs. It can back up the apps themselves too, which is much easier than making a list (or trying to remember) and manually restoring them. There are others but I don't think any can compare to TB.
> 2 votes

# Answer
As afrazier also said I use SMS Backup+ to automatically backup my SMS/MMS and Call Log to GMail. This has the side benefit that it's very easy to access all your messages, etc and search through them when you're sitting at a PC. Great for finding those directions that you know a friend sent you a few months ago!

I also use LifeSaver every now and then, which does a one-click backup of your messages and calls to your SD card. It's very handy to get your history back if you change phones, or need to factory reset yours, or wipe it for any other reason (like putting custom ROMs on).
> 2 votes

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Tags: backup
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# Question
Title: How does NFC on Google Nexus S and Android 2.3 work?
I'm curious on the Near field communication, NFC that the Google Nexus S has. From what I understand, this techonlogy can be used to read RFID-tags, or am I wrong about that?

What can I read with an NFC enabled Google Nexus S? Can I read all RFID-tags? can I read something else than RFID-tags?

# Answer
> 13 votes
Using NFC enabled phone like Nexus S one can read NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) message content present in NFC tags. Gingerbread (i.e. Android 2.3) is capable of reading NDEF format which is specified by NFC Forum Type 2 Specification.

NFC operates in the 13.56 MHz frequency range. NFC, is a subset of RFID that limits the range of communication to within a few centimeters.

Based on what I read and understood, my guess is Nexus S should be able detect NFC tags and not the RFID. May be in later releases hardware would be capable enough to do that as well!

EDIT: Here's some additional info.

EDIT2:

Android blog states following are the new NFC related features in Android 2.3.3:

> * A comprehensive NFC reader/writer API that lets apps read and write to almost any standard NFC tag in use today.
> * Advanced Intent dispatching that gives apps more control over how/when they are launched when an NFC tag comes into range.
> * Some limited support for peer-to-peer connection with other NFC devices.

# Answer
> 4 votes
NFC runs at 13.56MHZ which is HF. HF NFC with NDEF is indeed an RFID. However the RFID industry has for the most part moved away from HF to UHF, 860MHZ-960MHZ, due to longer distances and standardization (EPC gen2). Most supply chain implementations, IE: Walmart, DOD, are UHF for the longer read distances and the greater vendor selection/maturity.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Check wikipedia... NFC is backward compatible.. Cool stuff.!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near\_field\_communication

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Tags: 2.3-gingerbread, samsung-nexus-s, nfc
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# Question
Title: how to force the phone not to use wi-fi to upload video to youtube?
I do not have wi-fi at home and I want to upload video I took into my youtube account. I have generouse data plan so I don't have to use wi-fi to upload larger files like the application forces me.

I am on HTC Desire 2.1

# Answer
> 3 votes
Use the mobile YouTube interface instead of the YouTube app?

# Answer
> 0 votes
Apps like Tasker or Locale should be able to allow you to turn off WiFi based on what application is running.

See Also: Useful or cool Tasker recipes

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Tags: htc-desire, youtube
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# Question
Title: How do I type umlauts and other special characters with Swype?
I can change the swype-interpreting language, but the keyboard doesn't show me any special symbols.

HTC Incredible with Swype 2.4.44.10912.t100 (have not updated to Dec beta, yet).

I just want to swipe "Blue Öyster Cult" -- is that so wrong?

# Answer
Press and hold the 'o' key. At first you'll get a pop-up showing the left parenthesis. Hold it longer and you'll get another popup showing accents for the character.
> 8 votes

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Tags: keyboard, swype, localization, special-chars
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# Question
Title: Can I send IMs to an AIM user through the Google Talk app?
I linked my Google Talk and AIM accounts on the GMail website, but it doesn't look like my AIM buddies are showing up in the Android Google Talk application. Is there something I'm missing or is this not possible?

# Answer
I don't believe the Google Chat client supports this. Here are some alternatives:

1. Nimbuzz
2. Meebo
3. eBuddy Messager (via @Matt)
> 6 votes

# Answer
Try chatting with your AIM contacts through the web interface first. Make sure your Google contacts list contains them and that they are set to show in chat "Always".
> 1 votes

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Tags: google-talk, aim
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title: Storing passwords on your phone?

text:
# Question
Title: Storing passwords on your phone?
I'm considering switching to a service/app like 1Password, Keepass, LastPass, etc. but before deciding on which to use, I was wondering if anyone else had experience with one of these services and using it on their Android phone?

Ideally, I'm looking for something that is very accessible to use on my phone.

# Answer
> 8 votes
I use LastPass and the Dolphin Browser Add-on on my phone and the desktop app with Chrome and FF extensions on my computer. I really like the way it works on the desktop. With the Dolphin Add on it is very easy to fill in login info, however there is no easy prompt to save the password like there is on the desktop version (and like the Dolphin Browser does by default).

The other drawback is that I have set a very complicated master password which is a pain to type in Android. I have set lastpass to save my master so it's pretty easy to use but not as secure. The main app has a cool feature that lets you set a pin for the mobile use but this doesn't translate over to the Dolphin Extension.

The other benefit to LastPass is that they just bought Xmarks which is a good service, and I like keeping things consolidated when I can.

# Answer
> 6 votes
I've been using Keepass with Dropbox (just put your Keepass file in a Dropbox folder). It's worked well so far, but I haven't been using it on Android for long.

# Answer
> 4 votes
SplashID is outstanding. I like it because it has a desktop component, so you can easily manage your passwords on a human-sized keyboard. Synchs with Droid when both are on the same wi-fi network. Is very accessible on the phone too.

# Answer
> 2 votes
I use SplashId. Used if for many years with my PALM diveces - different models. And when I was looking for a program to keep my passwords with me on my phone, I was very pleased that SplashData had an Android version so I was able to keep my complete list of passwords !

All in all this tells me that this company is a) still in business - for many years now, and b) they follow the market and operating systems - a big plus if you ever switch device.

And the fact that they have a Windows desktop program with a very cool synchronization build in, makes it even better. The synchro works so easy, you turn on Wifi, you start the program both on the desktop and on the phone, and choose syncro.

The android version will recognize the SplashId program running on the PC. In fact, yt will show a list of all PC's running the desktop version of SplashId. You select the PC name in the list on the phone, and press synchro. All in all , very quick and very easy.

That's is how such a system should be.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Roboform also has an Android client which allows you to login to sites from within the native Android browser. The caveat however, is that you must store your credentials on the Roboform servers using their Roboform Online service.

> There is currently no edit or update ability within the application. This is a high priority to add in a future update.

# Answer
> 0 votes
PassPack mobile isn't a standalone app, but a nice mobile interface to your existing Passpack account.

I use passpack all the time on the desktop, but haven't really gotten used to using it in my phone's browser.

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Tags: applications, password
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# Question
Title: Froyo - Gmail - Can you delete by message, or only by thread?
Running on a out-of-box, unupgraded T-Mobile G2, which is running Froyo, if I'm correct.

This version of the Gmail application has a delete button, which is undocumented in their web help.

When I use it, it appears to delete the entire thread/conversation, rather than a single message. Is this the expected behavior?

UPDATE:

Found the verison number -\> "Version 2.3"

# Answer
> 3 votes
I'd say it's expected behavior. I mean, the big "Delete" button in the Gmail web app tosses the whole conversation to the dust bin. You have to dig a little deeper on the individual message to delete it out of the conversation. (Also, unlike the web app there is no option to view individual messages like a classical e-mail client.)

By the way, have you downloaded the latest Gmail app from the Market? There are quite a number of significant improvements over the stock app.

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, gmail
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to workaround the phone memory limit for installed apps?
..without rooting my phone.

Does this mean I really can't keep all the apps I want, and I have to clear data or uninstall apps when I want to install a new app that doesn't fit the phone memory?

Does anyone know if Google has any plans of doing away with this restriction?

# Answer
Your phone needs space for upgrades, temp files, and the like. You can't fill it up to the brim any more than you can fill the hard drive a computer OS is on. Google will not do away with it.

If you are out of space and your phone doesn't take an SD card, then yes you will have to clear up space for new apps. If it takes an SD card and you have root or 2.2+, you should be able to move many of your apps onto it (search for how), and App2SD support is being encouraged.
> 3 votes

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Tags: installation, insufficient-memory
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# Question
Title: What makes the Polar Bear and Black Hole color palettes dynamic?
When using the Polar Clock live wallpaper, there are two color palettes labelled "(dynamic)": Polar Bear and Black Hole. What's dynamic about them? How long does it take to see it?

# Answer
The colors of the rings will change gradually as they move around the clock. If you have seconds enabled you can see it pretty easily over the course of the minute.

Specifically, the color of the ring seems to progress through the spectrum of visible light in order from lowest frequency to highest. That is, it goes in the same pattern as a rainbow's colors: Red-\>Orange-\>Yellow-\>Green-\>Blue-\>Indigo-\>Violet (ROYGBIV). Then the cycle starts over again near the top of the clock.

That's how it looks on my phone, anyway. I'm not 100% positive if the other rings follow the same color pattern or if it's just the seconds ring, but the inner rings seem to be properly colored for their lengths (as in, at the point where the seconds ring reaches the end of one of the inner rings, they are both the same color).
> 4 votes

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Tags: live-wallpaper
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# Question
Title: Why doesn't my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate have self shot mode?
I just bought my Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate). My self shot mode is missing from the camera options. How do I get it? What should I do?

# Answer
The Captivate does not have a front-facing camera, thus no self-shot mode. You'll have to turn it around and try to tap the on-screen button without seeing it to take a picture of yourself (or use a mirror, etc.).
> 5 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, camera
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# Question
Title: Google Reader Not Available in International Market
I was excited when they announced the official Google Reader app but I can't get it on the market.

I am using my Android Device from Kenya, Africa and would want to know whether being in this region affect availability of apps on the market and if so, how to work around it.

I tried searching on the market as pub:"Google Inc." and this did not help

# Answer
you can download it from here then copy the apk file on your handset and install it from there.

but I would still recommend Newsrob as a better reader even than the official google reader application
> 4 votes

# Answer
According to the announcement on the Google Reader blog it should be avaiable for phones running donut (Android 1.6) and above, so you're covered for that.

The blog doesn't mention any geographical restrictions and I'm in Europe (UK) and I've got it, so it's definitely available outside the US.

If you've got a barcode reader, then you can just point your phone at the QR barcode on the blog and it should take you straight to the Market page for the app (if it is in your Market).

According to Reader's Androlib page, it's currently available in the US, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese, Swiss and Russion markets.

There are ways to change the settings on your device so that it looks at the US (or another region's) Market, see this previous question for more How do I use the US Android Market.
> 2 votes

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Tags: 2.1-eclair, google-play-store, google-reader
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title: how to close an application in android

text:
# Question
Title: how to close an application in android
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> What is the right way to close apps in Android?

Is there any proper way as suggested by google or android official documentation to close an application in android with out using any task killer tools ....

I ask this question as a android use not as developer.....

# Answer
Android keeps closed applications on memory as long as possible so that when you return to the application it will still be on memory and will load faster than loading from the internal memory or SD card; but if another applications needs memory, unused applications and background applications will be automatically force killed to give way to the foreground activity.

In short, Android is not Windows, don't treat them the same.

You should only force close misbehaving applications, not for freeing memory; without a dedicated task killer, you can do this from `Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > *name of application* > Force Stop`
> 3 votes

# Answer
in your application home/first/main page, press your back key/soft-key/icon.

this is the only common way for closing applications not suspending it.
> -1 votes

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Tags: 2.1-eclair
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# Question
Title: If I format my SD card or replace with a new SD card, what will I lose?
If I format my SD card or replace with a new SD card, what will I lose?

1. What Personal data
2. What Application data
3. What downloads

In short I want to find what, where and how data is stored on SD.

# Answer
Go to Settings -\> Applications -\> Manage Applications -\> SD Card to see what apps are on the SD card. Other things that might be on it include pictures and videos. There aren't a lot of things that default to the SD card, but it depends on your device and software. The easiest way to find out what's there is just to look!
> 3 votes

# Answer
To see what's on your SD card, you can use an app like ASTRO.

Or, you can hook your device to your USB port and enable mounting and look at with your computer's file explorer. Or pop the card into a card reader.
> 1 votes

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Tags: external-sd, data-recovery
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# Question
Title: What's the difference between the various lost phone apps?
I want to get a security app for my phone. I mostly need something in case my phone gets lost or stolen.

Researching this I have found several apps:

I am sure there are more out there too.

My question is why would I choose one of these over the others. How do they differ? Does anyone have experience with wiping or finding a lost phone using one of these devices?

Thanks!

# Answer
I suggest LookOut. I use it and it's quite good. It also has the virus scanner and backup of data.
> 2 votes

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Tags: applications, security, lost-phone
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# Question
Title: How to root HTC Desire (Froyo 2.2) without putting in a custom ROM (flashing)?
for research purposes I'd need to root a HTC Desire phone without flashing it. I did it already on the HTC Hero, where it was quite simple.

Basically all I would need is to get r/w access to the /system/app folder for copying my custom apk file there. Obviously this needs root access.

Is there a way to easily root the Desire without the need to completely flash and place a custom ROM on it?

Some details about the phone:

* OS: Froyo 2.2
* Software number: 2.12.110.4
* Kernel version: 2.6.32.15

Thx for your help

# Answer
Unrevoked 3 will root the HTC Desire without replacing the ROM, however it does reflash the recovery ROM: http://unrevoked.com/#desire
> 3 votes

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Tags: htc-desire, rooting
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# Question
Title: On a Nexus S, how do I activate the front facing camera in a Fring video call?
video calling in Fring is working but the video is only showing the rear-facing camera, how do activate the front-facing camera?

# Answer
From the Fring for Android user manual, do this after starting a video chat:

> To switch camera, press the switch button on the left side.

If it doesn't work on the Nexus S, it's probably because they haven't had time to fix it since yesterday. You can report a bug on their forum.
> 3 votes

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Tags: camera, samsung-nexus-s, front-camera, video-conference, fring
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# Question
Title: How do I assign cover art to songs? (Archos 43)
I have an Archos 43 Internet Tablet running Android 2.2. Has anyone figured out how to assign cover art to songs in the Music player? Some of my songs work just fine, others don't. What should I be doing to ensure that cover art displays properly in the music player?

# Answer
I don't know if Archos have modified the music player at all, but on most Android devices and players, the most reliable way to ensure that all your music shows its album art in the player is to embed the album art directly in the MP3 file, rather than relying on a "folder.jpg" or a "AlbumArt.jpg" being in the folder.

As far as I know most music selling websites embed the album art directly in the file, and a lot of popular CD ripping software does too these days, so it's probably only your older files, or ones you've got from elsewhere that don't have the art embedded in the file.

I use a Windows program called MP3Tag to embed the album art directly into the file amongst other things, but there's lots of other software that will do this, see these answers on our SuperUser sister site for some suggestions: What's the easiest way to update album art?, or Bulk fix Album artwork in iTunes library for display
> 5 votes

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Tags: mp3, archos-gen8, album-art
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title: Problem upgrading N1 to Android 2.3

text:
# Question
Title: Problem upgrading N1 to Android 2.3
I have a once-rooted Nexus one. Since then I unrooted it to enable automatic upgrades, and currently have a stock 2.2.

I got the notification to upgrade my OS (to 2.3 I assume), but after my phone restarts, I am presented with the following text in the recovery screen:

```
Build : RA-nexus-v1.5.3
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:No signature (8 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted.

```

How do I fix this?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Sounds like a bad download. I'd delete it if you can and try again, or download and upgrade manually. For 2.2.1, try following this post at androidandme. If it was 2.3 you might want to wait, Google has said it wouldn't be released for the N1 till after the holidays (example) so it might have been a mistake.

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Tags: updates, nexus-one, unrooting
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title: Italian Froyo not show Month Name

text:
# Question
Title: Italian Froyo not show Month Name
After update my HTC Desire to last Froyo Update, I can't see anymore Month Name or Day Of Week name.
Instead of **January** I see *1* and instead of **Wednesday** I see *2*.
This happens in all my App (even Facebook).
How can I restore the names?
Do I have to root it?

My HTC language system is Italian.

# Answer
This is a known "bug" with Android (it is probably intended behavior). The language, locale, and related settings are all linked and cannot be changed independently. Google apparently decided that people who read Italian want to see numbers for dates. I don't believe this was changed in 2.3-gingerbread so I guess there is no fix yet :(
> 0 votes

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Tags: htc-desire, 2.2-froyo
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# Question
Title: Best way to read programming/technical/math PDFs on Android device
I have a ton of programming/technical/math PDFs that I would like to read on my Samsung Epic 4G. I have tried Adobe's PDF reader and ThinkFree office and the reading views destroy the code snippets and images. Zooming in and out is difficult and cumbersome. I have tried converting to ePub and reading using Aldiko but I have the same problem. (Aldiko being the best application I have found for reading on Android).

What solution would you suggest for reading these books on my phone?

I have no problem with converting or buying an application.

# Answer
There's also Documents to Go which is a suite - allows for viewing / editing of MS Office docs. PDF support as well. No conversion needed.

An additional plus point is that the paid version integrates with Google Docs online allowing a user to view and edit your files from your Google Docs account directly in Docs To Go. Any changes you make can be saved and synchronized back to Google Docs so that you'll always have the most up-to-date version. You can even create new files in Docs To Go and upload them immediately to your account.
> 3 votes

# Answer
You could try Picsel Smart Office. It handles PDFs natively, and zooming is quite easy.

Disclosure: I work for Picsel.
> 12 votes

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Tags: pdf, ebook-reader
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# Question
Title: How to show screen display during phone call on HTC Wildfire?
I have started using the HTC Wildfire, and have a small niggle with it. When making a call, the screen blacks out to conserve power. This makes it awkward when you have to enter a number i.e. for an automated phone call response. Is there a setting to display the screen during a call?

# Answer
I'm not sure about the Wildfire, but on my Desire HD when I take the phone from my face, the motion sensor detects it and re-awakens the screen automatically. I'm not sure if it's a setting, a Froyo feature, or maybe an HTC sense feature.
> 8 votes

# Answer
What you're looking for is Screebl \- a background service that monitors the phone's orientation, and based on that orientation decides when to allow the phone's power-saving features to operate.

There's a PRO version too that allows for integration with Locale amidst other extra features.

Also check out Shake Awake from Maplekey (in the market) - it allows you to wake the phone during a call with a shake.

I also think that pressing the HOME key should turn the screen on again. Try and let us know.
> 2 votes

# Answer
In your phone dialer enter the following sequence:

```
*#*#7594#*#*

```

will show you Shutdown App configuration - you can choose to have the device power off directly instead of showing the menu for Airplane Mode / Power Off etc. when you long-press the power button. **There's also an option for keeping the LCD on during the duration of a call**.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Have you tried a longer screen timeout?

`Settings | Display | Screen timeout`
> 1 votes

# Answer
I am not sure on Wildfire, but I am using HTC hero.

You could have a try to press the key (like home, return or anything) or press the optical mouse, then it back to the phone call screen, then you can press num key after pressing the lower left hand corner Bn from the UI.
> 0 votes

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Tags: settings, calls, screen, htc-wildfire
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# Question
Title: Can I get Skype on my HTC Wildfire in 3?
I recently got HTC Wildfire from 3. On the webpage & in shop they told me that I will be able to do Skype talks. After doing some research I found out that:

1. HTC Wildfire is not officilly supported
2. Some claims that installing the Skype from apk just works

Hence I have following questions:

1. Is it legal to install Skype in such way (according to UK or English law)? On one hand it is advertised feature of phone (or at least it looks like it is) on the other hand Skype is propertary.
2. Which apk files I need?

# Answer
HTC wildfire is supported by 3. You need to go to favoured on 3 website and choose Skype. Then it begins to download.
> 4 votes

# Answer
Don't install any random Skype APK that you find on the web as it will charge for calls. You MUST install the APK from the Three website to not be charged.

AS an aside, who told you that Three do not support the Wildfire? They have massive sales of Wildfires on Three and they ARE officially supported by the network.

It is completely legal to install an APK of Skpye from Skpye's website but why would you when the APK that Three provide ensures that your Skype calls on Three are not charged?

Try this link \- !!!WARNING, this will only work on UK Three Android handsets!!!
> 3 votes

# Answer
You need the 3 version of Skype, which surely is supported on the Wildfire version of Android supplied by 3. If you don't use 3's version of Skype you won't get free Skype calls via the 3 mobile network - your calls will subtract from your monthly data allowance.
> 1 votes

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Tags: skype, htc-wildfire
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# Question
Title: "No item could be found" error when installing app
I receive 'no item could be found error' when I try to install some apps such as:

* Busybox
* Gems miner
* Springpad

All apps are listed in AppBrainer or on their webpages but not on Market.

What is causing it?

# Answer
> 1 votes
I think that AppBrain lists all apps irrespective of the phone you are using to browse it, whereas the market seems to filter apps to show only ones that are supported by your phone or version of Android (not sure which, but seems most likely version of Android). Since Wildfire is still on 2.1 I guess the apps you are trying to install are 2.2+. As far as I am concerned this makes AppBrain pretty useless for the Wildfire.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have encountered this before when I try to cancel an install from within AppBrain. If you have the FastWeb Installer loaded then it sees that as an indication of wanting to uninstall, even if the application is not really loaded on the phone.

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Tags: 2.1-eclair, google-play-store, app-brain, htc-wildfire
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# Question
Title: What special phone numbers can be used to display (hidden) info on Android phones?
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> Do you know other Android keypad commands ?

In another post someone mentioned the special phone number `#*#4636#*#` to list CPU specific information.

I would like to ask you to list such **special phone numbers** in this post.

Mind you, I am *not looking for a list on a web page* (I'm sure that such a list is available somewhere).

I am looking for **special numbers you actually used yourself**, so you can vouch for the fact that they actually work.

Please mention your phone, because I can imagine some of them are phone specific, no ?

# Answer
I'm running 2.1 Eclair on a Samsung Spica.

Well... the universal \*#06# will display your IMEI - always a good idea to store this in a safe offline place in case your device is misplaced / stolen.

```
*#*#7780#*#*

```

will take you a screen where you can Factory Reset your device - you need to press an additional button to confirm or BACK to exit.

> `*#*#7594#*#*`

will show you Shutdown App configuration - you can choose to have the device power off directly instead of showing the menu for Airplane Mode / Power Off etc. when you long-press the power button. There's also an option for keeping the LCD on during the duration of a call - also useful to some people!

> `*#*#197328640#*#*`

shows a SERVICE MENU where different diagnostics can be carried out.

> `*#*#526#*#* OR *#*#528#*#*`

takes you to a WLAN test screen where you can check Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX) capabilities - press MENU for options.

> `*#*#0*#*#*`

LCD test

> `*#*#0842#*#*`

Vibration test

Naturally, some of these may be specific to certain device models only.
> 7 votes

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, dialer-codes
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