title: Market / catalog for free non-ad apps?

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# Question
Title: Market / catalog for free non-ad apps?
Is there a market or catalog dedicated to apps (open source or not) that are free and don't contain ads? I find them hard to search for on the standard markets.

Please note: I'm not looking for a way to block ads in apps, or some other way to circumvent ads that the app developer wants to show. I'm looking for free apps that don't have ads by design.

# Answer
> 10 votes
F-droid is an open source (and free) market of Android apps. As far as I remember, they are ad free (or there is at least an in app option to filter the apps).

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Tags: google-play-store, freeware
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# Question
Title: I want Android to remember my currently playing song and playlist
I am currently using the stock `Music Player` for my phone. Whenever I pause a song, leave the app, and go back to the app, it *sometimes* goes back to my "All" songs view, not remembering what I was currently playing. It appears that this behavior depends on whether or not the App was closed. For instance, if the app closes by my actions via the Task Manager, or it closes on its own based on memory/CPU management, it loses track of what it is doing.

Is there a setting, or another music app, that allows me to play songs and have that song and playlist remembered even if the app is closed?

I'm running FroYo (2.2) on a Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S series).

# Answer
> 2 votes
The Android version of Winamp seems to do a fairly decent job of this. I barely use it (this particular aspect isn't that important to me), but I've just fired it up after about a week, and it picked up exactly where it left off.

# Answer
> 1 votes
One thing you can try is to increase how long apps stay in memory. It's pretty simple to do this on a Galaxy S -- install One Click Lag Fix from the Market, open it, go to **Alter minfree** and change it to **Moderate** (check **Set On Boot** too). I use this setting and apps usually only get killed if I play Angry Birds for a while and the phone needs to kill them to free up memory.

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Tags: music-player
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# Question
Title: High definition video and native video calling in Nexus S
I try to compare Samsung Galaxy S with Nexus S.

1. May I know why video calling is not supported in Nexus S? Is it due to limitation in software or hardware?
2. May I know why high definition video is not supported in Nexus S? Is it due to limitation in software or hardware?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Where are you hearing this? The Nexus S can absolutely support video chat, it has a front-facing camera. Whether a video chat app supports the Nexus S is a different question. Google Talk is supposed to support video chat in Honeycomb, hopefully it will be released for Gingerbread and support the Nexus S as well.

The Nexus S can't take HD video due to software restrictions, from everything I've read (example). I think it just wasn't prioritized since the Nexus S is a "developer phone". (If you meant to ask if it can *play* HD video the answer is yes, depending on the format and such).

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Tags: samsung-nexus-s
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title: My phone is not transmitting

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# Question
Title: My phone is not transmitting
I have an Htc Desire and I'm using the headset that came with it. During a call yesterday the other party stopped hearing me. I unplugged the headset and continued with the conversation normally. Today I checked the headphones again before buying a new pair and indeed the other person couldn't hear me. What was really surprising is that I could hear myself, echo with about a second of delay. So, electronically my headphones work. Is there something broken in my phone?

Update: I just tried the Skype test call and it worked just fine, so it seems to be my headset when making phone calls, which is really weird.

# Answer
Well, that's hard to say. Its either your phone, your headset or both of them. I'd say: go to a shop, ask to test a new one. If they work: buy them, its just your headset.

If they don't work: Test your headset in another phone. If they work: it's your phone. If they don't: its your phone AND you headset.
> 1 votes

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Tags: htc-desire, headphones
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# Question
Title: Use Only Mic in Bluetooth Headset, While Outputing Audio to 3.5mm Jack?
Is it possible to use **only the microphone** in a Bluetooth headset, while letting my Android phone sound through amplified speakers connected via the 3.5mm jack?

More specifically, I am looking to use my Nexus One that way. I have already solved the speakers via 3.5mm jack problem (thanks to @Adrian). I am now trying to see whether I can connect a standard Bluetooth headset and use its microphone.

It's OK if the same audio comes through the earpiece in the Bluetooth headset (i.e. it doesn't have to be disabled). I just want to make sure that if I buy & connect a Bluetooth headset, it will not disable the 3.5mm jack.

Is this doable? Do I need to change something in the setting? (I do have CyanogenMod installed, if this helps).

# Answer
> 6 votes
The term "Bluetooth headset" is very broad. Different headsets support different Bluetooth profiles.

The most common profile is HSP (used mainly for phone calls), which seems to be independent of the headphones jack you are referring to. So pairing your Android device with a cheap headset that supports HSP only (e.g. Plantronics 242) won't affect audio routing to the headphones jack at all. Your Bluetooth headset and your Android device will continue to operate in parallel, but each handling a different audio stream (channel).

If you are looking to disable the microphone only in your Android phone, it seems that only a headset with an A2DP profile could be a possible solution. You may want to read at the following thread: How do I send Bluetooth audio from the Stereo (A2DP) to Headset (HSP) profile?

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Tags: bluetooth, headphone-jack
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# Question
Title: How do I replace the default messaging icon in the dock with handcent?
I've a Samsung Galaxy S with 2.2 firmware. I'm using handcent instead of the default messaging application. In the default messaging app settings I have disabled notifications and disabled auto-retrieve. But when I get an SMS now, even after I had read it in handcent, I still get the new message notification overlay on the messaging icon on the homescreen until I click into it. Can i disable this, or better yet replace that icon with handcent?

# Answer
Assuming you are using the default Samsung TouchWiz launcher:

1. Open the App Drawer (Applications)
2. Press Menu, select View Type -\> Customizable Grid
3. Press Menu, choose Edit
4. Drag off the Messaging icon, and drag on Handcent.

I've replaced it with Gmail, myself.
> 8 votes

# Answer
What home screen application are you using? In Launcher Pro, I can long-press on the dock icon, and change the icon and/or shortcut. I can also disable the overlay from `Menu > Preferences > Dock Settings > Missed call count/Unread SMS count/Unread Gmail count`
> 0 votes

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Tags: sms, samsung-touchwiz, handcent-sms
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# Question
Title: Nexus one hack to work on 8500/1900 freqs
I have a nexus one that (by default) does not support 8500/19000 3g frequencies.

That forces me to use EDGE or lower with my carrier.

The question is: Is this something that can be modified or is it a hardware limitation?

```
Note that I don't mind rooting the phone to get 3g support
```

# Answer
This is set in hardware, there is nothing you can do about this. You can learn more about this in http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=395c29e6b9cab6bc&hl=en
> 4 votes

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Tags: nexus-one, 3g
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title: google contacts not shown

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# Question
Title: google contacts not shown
When I log onto GMail on my HTC Desire, I can't find a way to access my GMail contacts. I read that there was some link on the left of the screen. I see none. I am now at a loss

# Answer
The Gmail app does not have a contacts section -- you only see you contacts when typing in the To field or whatever. You should have a Contacts app with your Gmail contacts, if you are syncing them. To change your sync settings, look in `Settings -> Accounts and sync`.

If you're referring to the website, that's not an Android question. But the mobile website doesn't have Contacts on the left, you have to view the Full site (there's a link at the bottom of the mobile view).
> 1 votes

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Tags: contacts
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# Question
Title: What's the difference between the Xperia X10 and the Xperia X10a?
What's the difference between the Xperia X10 and the Xperia X10a?

# Answer
> 1 votes
The X10 is distributed in two varieties for different regions of the world, and they're internally referred to as the X10a and the X10i by Sony Ericsson. Strictly speaking, X10 is just a general term for the hardware of either of the X10 phones, so there's no "difference" since an X10a *is* an X10.

As for the difference between the X10a and the X10i, you can find a good explanation on the Wikipedia page. Essentially, the X10a is sold in South America and the X10i is sold in Asia and Europe. Both phones are sold in the US and Australia, but on different carriers. For instance, in the US, AT&T carries the X10a and T-Mobile carries the X10i. Because they are targeted at different regions/carriers, they support slightly different frequency bands. The rest of the hardware is the same.

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Tags: hardware, sony-ericsson-xperia-x10
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# Question
Title: How can I view and easily delete pictures?
Could you advise me of some way to view pictures and easily delete some of them when viewing (with one or two taps)?

I'm using Android 2.1.

# Answer
Try QuickPic.
> 1 votes

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Tags: photos
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title: Android: Cannot open apps on SDcard

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# Question
Title: Android: Cannot open apps on SDcard
I accidently deleted some folders on the SDCard, and now I cannot open any apps that were installed on the sdcard like angry birds.. These apps are being shown in the Settings, but I cannot move it back to phone. Only thing I can do is uninstall it. Any idea how to get these apps working? I really dont wana play angry birds from the begining all over again :(

# Answer
No idea about other apps but Angry Birds save data is stored to /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files

If you copy over the contents to a separate location, then re-install Angry Birds and move back the old save data into the same location *after* re-installing Angry Birds, you should have the same save state.
> 2 votes

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Tags: applications, sd-card
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title: Syncing tasks with exchange server

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# Question
Title: Syncing tasks with exchange server
I've recently upgraded from a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone to a desire, and there is one feature that I miss and that's the ability to sync tasks with my exchange server. What are other people's, low cost solutions to this problem?

# Answer
I've used Nitrodesk's TouchDown for that. It does the full Exchange experience. Not free, but not too horrible. I really liked it -- but ultimately uninstalled it as my current android phone is a little gimpy on processor power...
> 1 votes

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, sync, exchange, exchange-tasks
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title: correct image orientation from camera

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# Question
Title: correct image orientation from camera
I took a few pictures with the camera on my Galaxy S, and when I viewed them on the PC (via USB) they all were on their side - obviously the camera has taken them in portrait orientation, but why would the images appear sideways when copied to the PC? Is it possible to make them save in the orientation they were taken - ie portrait if taken as portrait shots, landscape if taken when the phone is held 'horizontally'?

# Answer
The problem is that some systems think of different ways to use the exif information. There are several possiblities, but for the motorola milestone (droid in the US) it was that the picture got a "rotated" mark in the EXIF, but it didn't get the height/width set correctly

(example: lets say you have a hxw = 3x4 camera. If you take a landscape shot, you'll get the normal hxw= 3x4 sized shot, and everything is fine. If you take a portrait shot, you STILL get the hxw = 3x4 (but you would want to see hxw = 4x3), and an extra mark that says "this shot was rotated). Some programs could work with this (twitpic for instance), but some coudn't.

Now you might face the same issue. I would look into your shots, and check what the exif says. If the exif has one of these issues, you might need to change (possibly use some sort of automatic process) the exif. Also, another viewer might help here.
> 2 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, camera
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# Question
Title: Why does my Galaxy S keep corrupting and resetting?
My Samsung Galaxy S was working well, but about a month ago it turned itself off, and upon restarting went through the initial setup again (language, keyboard, etc.). At the same time, lots of apps started to fail, and were force closed and relaunched by the OS (Swiftkey, Agenda Widget, and others). All my other data was intact.

Eventually, I reset the phone (losing all the texts and my Angry Birds progress :o) and reinstalled the apps and set up my sync accounts again.

The phone repeated this process three times in a week, so I requested a return, but then as I was waiting for a returns envelope, everything seemed to be fine. I decided to see if it was a glitch and all was well until this afternoon, when it turned off again (I checked and the battery was pretty full) and has started doing the application force closes again.

Running Froyo from the official Samsung update via Kies.

Any theories?

Thanks.

# Answer
If it keeps doing this even though you've done a factory reset, I would just go ahead and exchange for a new one. You could, however, try flashing a ROM via Odin with re-partition, to completely start fresh. Instructions (assuming you have the i9000 model) are below.

Go to this XDA thread and download the newest firmware for your region (caveat: if you're concerned about warranty, you don't want to use the 2.3 firmware since it wasn't officially released. To be safest, flash the exact version you already have). Download Odin for Windows (search for "Heimdall" if you are on Linux). Then do the following:

1. Put your phone into Download mode
    1. Remove the battery
    2. Hold VolumeDown plus the Home key plus Power. While holding,
        1. Reinsert the battery.
        2. Release the power button, still holding the others, about 1 second after the white "GT-I9000" text appears.
        3. After a few seconds a yellow triangle with an android in it should appear, this is Download Mode. If it doesn't, try this again while holding Power the whole time.
2. Start up Odin.
3. Attach the phone to your PC via USB so that Odin recognizes it.
4. Load the .zip file you downloaded (the ROM/firmware) into the PDA field of Odin.
5. Load the 512 .pit file into the PIT field of Odin.
6. Check "Re-partition".
7. Hit Start. Odin will tell you when it's done; if it fails, reboot your phone and try again. (This happens occasionally).

Note that if you need to back anything up, you should do that beforehand and save the backup to your PC, since everything (except probably the external SD card) will be wiped on the phone. Also note that you do this at your own risk; Odin is very powerful and misusing it can damage your phone. I've used it dozens of times myself safely.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, internal-storage, force-close
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# Question
Title: Is copying an .apk into /{system, data}/app sufficient to install an Android application?
If not, what else is done under the covers?

Also, what are the differences when installing applications

* From the android market
* sideloaded from web download
* sideloaded using adb install
* sideloaded using adb push

# Answer
> 2 votes
Yes, I believe apps can be installed just by placing them in the appropriate directory. I'm not sure what the app installer does beyond this copying, if anything. The Market does update the system's list of apps "linked" to the Market however, so that the Market can check for updates and such. Apps installed by other means won't show up in the Market's list.

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Tags: installation, apk, side-loading
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title: Email multiple pictures in one email

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# Question
Title: Email multiple pictures in one email
When I take a picture with my android phone I can view it then goto "Share" and it will give me the option to email it to someone through gmail but it will only let me send 1 picture at a time. Is there a way to send multiple picture attachments?

# Answer
> 3 votes
Assuming you're using the Gmail app, simply start a new message, then choose `Menu | Attach` and select what you want to attach. You'll need to repeat for each file, but you can certainly add more than one.

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Tags: email, images
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# Question
Title: How to Put PDF on SD card for use by Adobe Reader
I have phone tethered to PC, and on the "G" drive I can see the phone directories and files. Another post, said that you have to put PDF files on SD card. How do I navigate to the SD card, is it the "DCIM" directory? I tried putting a file there, but Adobe Reader still says "No PDF Files Available".

# Answer
> 0 votes
I gave up on Adobe PDF reader, too bad it doesn't have a simple "file open" option. I downloaded Beamreader free version, and so far it's working. It actually allows you to browse the directories and open files, what a concept!

I was going to buy the Speedsoftware Explorer suggested by @Matthew above, but never bought an app before, and got this issue: buy an app - message: "none of the accounts on your phone are supported"

# Answer
> 1 votes
My Adobe Reader seems to be looking in the `download` folder, try putting them there. You could also just browse to them on your phone and open them directly. Your phone should already have a file manager to use for that, but I recommend Explorer (or Root Explorer if you have root).

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Tags: sd-card, pdf
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# Question
Title: A problem with finding apps in the market on the Phone
I want to install the app Where. But when I did the same search in the Android Market app on my phone, I couldn't find this app. Since my phone does not have service, I cannot install this app through the Android Market website. Does anybody know why this app does not show up on the phone? How can I install this app in this case? I couldn't find its apk file either. Thank you.

# Answer
> 1 votes
In addition to Chahk's answer, there are also geographic or carrier restrictions for some apps. These are basically up to developer, and we can only speculate as to why. You should contact the developer.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Some apps have certain hardware requirements that your phone might not support (e.g. screen resolution.) The Market has the ability to filter out such apps from search results.

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Tags: google-play-store, installation
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# Question
Title: buy an app - message: "none of the accounts on your phone are supported"
I tried to buy my first app on the HTC EVO. My mail is working fine. It says "none of the accounts on your phone are supported", then it offers me to 'add a google account". I click "Already have a google account/signin", then it tells me "There is already a "xxx.xxx.com" account on this phone.

My account is a Google App account, is that the problem? What is the get around, to create yet another Google Account juts for shopping?

# Answer
> 2 votes
This is a known issue with the Market / Apps accounts. I believe Google has upgraded some Apps accounts to allow Market purchases, but if yours hasn't been upgraded then I believe you're out of luck and should create a regular Google account to use with the Market.

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Tags: google-play-store, google-account
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# Question
Title: Is there any Android phone that can wake up for alarms even when the battery has died?
My old Nokia N95 used to wake up for alarms even when the battery had died.

Is there any current Android smartphone that can do this?

# Answer
Looks like it's a NO.

Star this issue if you're interested in Google adding the necessary framework for a hardware alarm: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1942
> 2 votes

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Tags: battery, alarm
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title: Sync birthdays between iCal and Android

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# Question
Title: Sync birthdays between iCal and Android
I have an HTC Desire and a Mac (10.6, if that matters) and I sync them via Google Contacts.

Many of my contacts in Apple's Address Book.app have a birthday set, but it does not transfer to Google Contacts and thus not to my Android Contacts.

If I create a new contact on Google Mail/Contacts and set a birthday, it is immediately synced to my Android phone, complete with birthday, but in Address Book.app the birthday is missing.

**How can I get my birthdays in sync?**

If a proper sync is *not possible,* it would be nice to have at least a calendar that is synced, but I don't know how to add the calendar that Address Book.app can generate automatically to my Google account to sync.

I have seen icalbirthdays but I don't think it can help me. I would like to avoid kludges like creating a calender from Address Book in iCal, publishing that to a third server and subscribing in Google Calendar...)

# Answer
> 1 votes
Okay, I am admittedly not an Apple guy, but it looks like you might need a third-party solution.

According to some comments I found here, non-support of birthdays is a known thorn. To get around it, the commenter used Spanning Sync but also mentioned SyncMan.

**Spanning Sync** offers a 15-day trial, after which it costs $25 for a one-year subscription or a $65 one-time purchase. The commenter referenced above did mention that he chose this because birthdays were not being sync'd.

**SyncMan** offers a 30-day trial, after which you can purchase it for $14.99. On the support page it specifically mentions birthdays as one of the things it syncs that the native Google sync in Address Book doesn't.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I personally used Missing Sync, it's quite a good app for Mac

http://www.markspace.com/products/android/missing-sync-android.html

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, contacts, htc-desire, macos
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# Question
Title: How can I save keypad command numbers like `*#*#4636#*#*` to my contact list?
I learned from a previous question of mine that Android has got several system numbers, or "keypad commands," which produce all kinds of information or invoke a system mode.

As example: one of them is `*#*#4636#*#*` ( *which produces all kinds of usage statistics* ).

**How can I save these number to my contacts list ?**

Or is there some **other way** that I can create a **short cut** to enter these numbers ?

# Answer
Save it as contact; then when you want to use it -\> navigate to it; and choose edit before sending.
> 7 votes

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Tags: contacts, dialer-codes
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title: find total incoming and outgoing time

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# Question
Title: find total incoming and outgoing time
I am using HTC WildFire, and what to find how long I have been talking on the phone since purchase?

i.e., I want to find out, my total incoming and outgoing call duration

# Answer
I found a free app that will track this information for you: Call Meter NG. I don't know if installing this app right now will give you historical data but it's worth a shot.
> -1 votes

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Tags: calls, data-monitoring
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title: Can't sync using Leedroid

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# Question
Title: Can't sync using Leedroid
I have been using Leedroid for a while and all is well, it works great. Now for some reason my GMail is reporting that I have 7 unread emails, but my GMail app won't update my inbox on my phone.

I've tried going into the settings and resyncing the accounts, but the button doesn't seem to do anything.

Any ideas please?

***Update***
It seems that I have lost all my sync functionality. I can no longer sync my GMail, Calendar or Google Contacts with the web. Happened on 17 Feb 2011. Perhaps Google have stopped people updating?

Would I be better to just reflash my phone?

***Update 31 Mar '11***
This has happened again now, and I can no longer sync up anything on my phone. Does anyone have any ideas please? Should I swap from using LeeDroid over to a stock HTC rom?

# Answer
My phone will not sync if I have low space warning in my notification bar. I've cleared out the data of a bunch of apps which were hogging my internal memory and as soon as I had cleared the low space warning my phone sync'd!
> 1 votes

# Answer
You just need to clear the data for Gmail Storage in `Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications`. For some reason the Gmail app occasionally thinks it has synced some messages and does not re-load them from the web, so you need to clear data so it will load everything from scratch.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sync, gmail
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title: Samsung Galaxy S Firmware Update

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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy S Firmware Update
I'm experiencing trouble with the 2.1 to 2.2 update. It looks like this advice doesn't work for me as I have no Software Update button. I also tried this advice but it seems that I'm not able to put it in the download mode (it just doesn't apper). Can someone help me with the issue?

I also have next message in KIES:

As to KIES:

My firmware version is 2.1-update1.

# Answer
> 2 votes
My answer on that other question wasn't quite right -- I have a US variant on the Galaxy S, and the process to get into download mode isn't exactly the same. I'll update that answer shortly, in the meantime here are the Odin instructions:

Go to this XDA thread and download the newest firmware for your region. Download Odin for Windows (search for "Heimdall" if you are on Linux). Then do the following:

1. Put your phone into Download mode
    1. Remove the battery
    2. Hold VolumeDown plus the Home key plus Power. While holding,
        1. Reinsert the battery.
        2. Release the Power button, still holding the others, about 1 second after the white "GT-I9000" text appears.
        3. After a few seconds a yellow triangle with an android in it should appear, this is Download Mode. If it doesn't, try this again while holding Power the whole time.
2. Start up Odin.
3. Attach the phone to your PC via USB so that Odin recognizes it.
4. Load the .zip file you downloaded (the ROM/firmware) into the PDA field of Odin.
5. Load the 512 .pit file into the PIT field of Odin.
6. Check "Re-partition".
7. Hit Start. Odin will tell you when it's done; if it fails, reboot your phone and try again. (This happens occasionally).

Note that if you need to back anything up, you should do that beforehand and save the backup to your PC, since everything (except probably the external SD card) will be wiped on the phone. Also note that you do this at your own risk; Odin is very powerful and misusing it can damage your phone. I've used it dozens of times myself safely.

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, samsung-galaxy-s, 2.1-eclair, updates, device-firmware
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title: Reminders in Google Calendar

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# Question
Title: Reminders in Google Calendar
I'm confused about synchronization of events between Google Calendar and Android (version 2.2). I used to receive a SMS and/or email reminder about events on Google Calendar (I set them up on PC). However, as I see, I can add ony a pop-up reminders using Android. Moreover official Google calendar application doesn't display SMS and email remainders conected with particular events... One more thing, I had set up default reminders for specific calendars in Google Calendar. When I add new event on Android and synchronize then, it shows up, that Android override my default calendars' reminders!

Is it a common bug or something? Or maybe it's a Google policy, that I don't understand...

# Answer
> 3 votes
These aren't bugs or policies, Google simply hasn't implemented all of the Google Calendar web features in the Android Calendar app. You can browse Android Calendar feature requests and bugs, as well as request and report them, here: http://code.google.com/p/android-calendar/issues/list

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Tags: calendar
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# Question
Title: Audio dropouts over Bluetooth on Nexus One
Ever since the Gingerbread update, my N1 has been experiencing random audio dropout problems every 5-10 minutes when connected to my car's audio system via Bluetooth. The audio will be streaming normally, then I'll hear a "pop" sound and the volume drops to zero, then immediately fades back in. The whole process lasts about three-quarters of a second, then everything is back to normal until the next dropout. This happens regardless of which audio application I am using. It does not happen when I am listening to the device over headphones or through the internal speaker. It did not happen under Froyo.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing it or how I can fix it?

# Answer
This sounds like a typical Bluetooth interference problem. It happens to me from time to time, but I didn't notice any correlation with the Android version I use (neither on N1 nor NS).
> 1 votes

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Tags: nexus-one, bluetooth, 2.3-gingerbread, audio, a2dp
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# Question
Title: How can I get the Unknown Sources option on my Dell Streak?
I want to install one application which is not in the Market. I know that if I want to do that I should switch on the "Unknown sources" option, but I don't have "Unknown sources" on my Dell Streak. What should I do to get this option?

# Answer
Depending on your firmware version, you might be able to abuse the ability turn-on engineering mode. Taken from StreakSmart:

* Dial `*#*#307#*#*` on your Streak. Other than a quick flash on the screen, it will look like nothing has happened.
* Go to your app drawer/program menu and tap a new icon labeled EMList. If the icon is not there, turn off the Streak. It should be there when you turn it on again.
* Scroll to the bottom and tap app\_security.
* Tap update unknown resource property to enable it.

This will be the only way without installing a custom rom (Google StreakDroid)
> 2 votes

# Answer
First you need to enable the option to install application through unknown sources, you can achieve this in

```
Settings >> Applications >> Unknown Sources

```

Then you can use ADB to install applications from your PC or use ASTRO File Manger to install applications in your SD card.
> -2 votes

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Tags: applications, settings
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title: Applications in notification area

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# Question
Title: Applications in notification area
I noticed that some ROMs (mainly HD ones like insertcoin) embed additional row with active applications into sliding notifications area. It's completely useless and makes that small area even smaller. Is there any way to get rid of this "feature"?

# Answer
> 1 votes
The simple answer is no. You'd have to re-skin that part of the ROM and also dig into the code and remove whatever's doing that, most likely. If it bothers you enough you should just switch ROMs.

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Tags: notifications
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# Question
Title: Reconnect Authenticator with Google account for a second time
My account had *2-step verification* enabled and associated with the Authenticator App on my phone.

Yesterday I reformatted it and now I'm installing the apps again. Everything is setup but the Google Authenticator App looks for a barcode, and I cannot find in the *2-step verification* steps. What I'd like to do is re-associate my account with the Google Authenticator App **without** turning off 2 step auth and back on again.

Any ideas?

# Answer
From what I can see, there is no way to re-associate a phone. It looks like your option is to disassociate/re-associate.
> 2 votes

# Answer
**Edit:** You can re-add the same phone by going to https://www.google.com/accounts/SmsAuthConfig and hitting the Edit link beside "Android" (the Mobile Application field). Oddly enough, this link didn't work for me in Chrome but it did in Internet Explorer.
> 1 votes

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Tags: google-account, google-authenticator
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to update from 2.1 to 2.3?
I've got a galaxy s device and want to update it to latest android releace. I'd like to skip the 2.2 update and just do the 2.3 update. Is it possible?

# Answer
It's perfectly possible to skip Android versions, but 2.3 has not been released for the Galaxy S. See When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?

You could try a custom ROM, however; check out XDA's SGS Development forum to find one.
> 1 votes

# Answer
There is a beta version of a custom Gingerbread ROM made by Darky (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091), but it's still a bit tricky to install and not a stable release. It works almost flawlessly on my phone, but there are some bugs. If you'd like to have an official or a stable ROM, best to wait.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, 2.1-eclair, 2.3-gingerbread
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title: CyanogenMod 7 Stable for Droid

text:
# Question
Title: CyanogenMod 7 Stable for Droid
I'm asking this here because the mods at CyanogenMod's forum seem pretty adamant about people not asking about the status of version seven for the Of Droid.

I understand that CM7 hasn't been released for the Droid because of a few lingering instabilities in the ROM and that the CyanogenMod team is working on getting it to a stable state ASAP. My question is **will CM7 automatically show up in ROM Manager as a ROM available to download as soon as they mark it as a stable release, or will I have to do something to have ROM Manager manually check for an update?**

If this seems like a fairly entry-level question I apologize, I only ask because I haven't been using ROM Manager long enough to experience an update to the ROM I'm using and don't want to miss out on flashing CM7 as soon as it's up to snuff.

# Answer
> 4 votes
ROM Manager will auto-load the list of available ROMs, yes. You'll still have to look in that list and see whether CM is there.

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Tags: motorola-droid, cyanogenmod, rom-manager
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# Question
Title: Is there a music player can display the song words and scrobble to Last.fm?
Currently, my favourite music player is Winamp for my HTC Incredible S. Because it supports scrobbling with the Last.fm app and syncs with my Winamp in PC.

However, some of my mp3 files saved the song words and I can't find how to display those words (of the playing song) in Winamp. Likes the music player in iPod Touch / iPhone.

Is there a music player that supports those 2 features? Thank you.

# Answer
Just from the Market description, Astro Player looks like it might.
> 2 votes

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Tags: music-player
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title: Searchify results not showing up

text:
# Question
Title: Searchify results not showing up
I have installed Searchify on a HTC Legend running Froyo. Unfortunately, it none of the commands are appearing in search. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Have you enabled Searchify as a 'Searchable Item' under the global search settings?

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Tags: search
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# Question
Title: Selected notification sound overwritten by default
How do you make sure your selected notification sound (selected by any App) is not overwritten by the default? No matter how I try, and test the sound within the app (Handcent SMS) successfully, the selected sound is overwritten by the Subtle System Ringtone. Thanks!

# Answer
Maybe try turning off notifications in the system Messages app, if you can? Or changing them to the sound you want.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sms, notifications, handcent-sms
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# Question
Title: What is the minimum specification for Android 2.2 (Froyo)?
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> What are the minimum specifications for Android?

Assuming that the handset and carrier both allow the OS to be upgraded, what is the minimum specification needed for Froyo in terms of processor, screen, and other capabilities?

# Answer
Almost any Android phone can run Froyo (if you root it and it can run Cyanogen) but carriers won't be upgrading the majority of the phones that were out before the "Droid" era (which was out around November of 2009). Basically, if the phone came with 2.0 or above it'll probably get upgraded to 2.2 (Froyo) but lots of phones that came with 1.5 or 1.6 just arn't powerful enough for all of Froyo (Cyanogen had to disable a few features to get it to work on the first Android phone, the G1).
> 3 votes

# Answer
The Android CDD has the minimum specs. There is no minimum processor, it just has to be "fast enough".
> 3 votes

# Answer
Well, i'd say the G1 specs, since Cyanogen has it running on those, from what i understand it was a bit tight to fit froyo on a G1/Dream but it was possible
> 2 votes

# Answer
Without rooting the phone, the Motorola Droid or N1 is probably the minimum spec for Android 2.2. I don't really see many older phones than the Droid getting 2.2.

With rooting the phone, I would say the G1 with CyanogenMod or similar, but it will not be feature complete as that phone simply cannot support some features, such as LiveWallpapers.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I can confirm that I am running CyanogenMod 6 (Froyo) on a HTC Hero - which is not the highest spec phone on the block in terms of CPU, RAM (and anything else come to think of it)

Performance is greatly improved over the standard HTC spin and has given my phone a new lease of life (so I can buy a new laptop instead of a new phone!)
> 0 votes

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Tags: 2.2-froyo
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# Question
Title: Can a charger not 100% compliant to the USB specification damage my Andoid phone?
I've bought a world adapter which can charge USB devices as well. According to the packing the usb will be powered with more than the 500mA as per USB specification - 1000mA.

Will charging my HTC Desire with this USB/travel adapter damage my phone?

I know that many main boards don't deliver 500mA per socket esp. when another draining device is attached to the neighboring port.

# Answer
> 4 votes
As long as your charger device deliveres the right voltage then you should be safe. The maximum current specification is how much ampare it can deliver before the voltage from your charger goes out of USB voltage specs or blows a fuse.

I don't know how they have constructed the HTC Desire battery chargine part, but I would use your charger. They should have some current limiter for the battery in any case, or you couldn't charge your phone in an ordinary computer USB connection.

# Answer
> 5 votes
In most cases your phone will only draw as much power as it needs, and it's OK that the charger can provide more. However, unless you know that your phone will do this and has other power management safety features, I wouldn't use the charger myself. I've never had a phone ruined, but I have had batteries ruined by non-official chargers (including one charger that claimed to meet the specifications for my phone).

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Tags: htc-desire, usb, charging
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# Question
Title: Can any rooted Android phone be upgraded to version 2.2?
Assuming a given Android phone is root-able, is there any possibility that it cannot be upgraded to Android version 2.2 (or CyanogenMod 6)?

If such an upgrade isn't possible on a certain rooted Android phones, what are the factors that determine that? (hardware specs, other?)

# Answer
> 3 votes
There are more differences between Android devices than between different PC Machines. So you need to know things like which CPU and hardware and version of it you got in the device. Then look for an Android firmware that supports your phone. You might be able to compile your own firmware from source for your device, also depending on your devices hardware and how well you can handled fails there.

After an upgrade, your device will end up in different shape with regard to what works and not after the upgrade. It might even work flawlessly. You might even get a "bricked" device if you fail the upgrade and are a bit unlucky.

So, it all depends on what hardware you have and how good support Linux and Android has to your device hardware.

That is why the phone manufacturers and your telephone operator test the upgrades in many ways before they push it out to the customers.

But if you know this and are technical skilled and know that you *might* make your phone usless, you can always try.

# Answer
> 2 votes
It depends on your hardware and the images of roms which may be available. There are many ROMS for many Android handsets out. Cyanogen has allowed many devices see 2.3.3 even if their provide hasn't released an update.

Like Anders said, there are possibilities of bricking your device deeming it unusable.

I know this, because I've done it to my HTC Magic, and half-bricked my HTC Desire Z (It's fine now! :) )

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, updates, root-access
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# Question
Title: Does Froyo fix Samsung Galaxy S I9000's GPS problem?
There have been reports that Samsung Galaxy S has problems with its GPS that render the GPS almost unusable. Does the Android 2.2 update fix that?

# Answer
Personally, I didn't find anything wrong with the GPS on mine (AT&T Captivate). You didn't say which version of the Galaxy you have (Captivate, Fascinate, etc.), but I know that before Froyo even, AT&T did push a separate update to their customers which supposedly was to fix the GPS (I don't know if it did though, since as I said I wasn't having issues before the update).
> 2 votes

# Answer
Guides to fix the GPS issues with Captivate and Vibrant have just been posted.

http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-posts-gps-fix-guide-for-captivate-and-vibrant-20101130/
> 2 votes

# Answer
**Edit:** Check out my guide on how to improve Galaxy S GPS performance.

With GPS on the Galaxy S, the answer is always "maybe". New code works for some people, changing settings works for some people, and sometimes nothing works.
> 2 votes

# Answer
The latest update on the Samsung Vibrant (JI6) fixed GPS issues for 2.1. A similar update has been pushed to all the variants, as far as I know. As you can tell from the other responses, GPS issues aren't universal and even for those having trouble it wasn't always completely broken. It is safe to say it is fixed now, though -- and I see no reason to think it would be broken again in 2.2.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I can't confirm any GPS problems with my Galaxy S I9000 so far with 2.1. Unfortunately Froyo is not yet available for that device.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Captivate received a software update a month or so ago(I think it was later September or early October 2010) that fixed most GPS problems.

I still have some errors, but the major problem I had was that cellular assisted was not enabled. This is a must for the samsung captivate.
> 0 votes

# Answer
Well I also have problems GPS lock issue on my Galaxy 5 i5500, hope this can fix your phone. I got tips to fix this issue. Remember to write down the default setting before change the GPS setting below, in case you want to go back.

Make sure GPS has been activated.

1. Press `*#*#1472365#*#*`. This will bring to GPS setting.
2. Settings -\> Parameter Settings -\> Address -\> Server Type: 1x MPC
3. Settings -\> Parameter Settings -\> Position mode: option3
4. Settings -\> Fix Request Settings -\> Session Operation: Standalone
5. Settings -\> Fix Request Settings -\> Server Option: Local
6. gpsOne XTRA -\> Xtra Enable: Enable
> 0 votes

# Answer
No, After updating my Samsung Galaxy S from JP8 2.1 version, that was working normally with GPS, but losing GPS capture some times...

Now with Froyo 2.2, the capture GPS works very well, but the position is completely erratic and is going 100 meters from the site where I am....

I don't know what to do, and I didn't find any solution on internet ... and if you are waiting for Samsung help you could die waiting first.
> 0 votes

# Answer
No, I upgraded to the unofficial FROYO (Android 2.2) for Samsung Captivate and the GPS sucks. The signal does not lock and when it does, after waiting for days and sucking up the battery, it loses the signal just as fast. I am so frustrated with the GPS problem that I am thinking about switching carriers to get a different brand phone - like HTC or Motorola.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I also upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S to Froyo 2.2 and lost my GPS lock that I had on 2.1 which sometimes worked. I tried to a factory reset and cleaned everything on my phone and after the reset comepleted I had to input information and the first thing I tried was GPS and still could not get a lock. I download GPS locator before and that also did not lock onto a GPS. I will try what "user1100" said and see if that helps.

Bottom line Froyo 2.2 has GPS lock issues.. maps and navigation works without a GPS lock..:(
> 0 votes

# Answer
I am writing to inform you that this link is very helpful to fix GPS problems coming with samsung galaxy s froyo. But please be aware that this may have a risk (less probably) but worked very fine with me.

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-fix-gps-on-samsung-galaxy-s-eclair-and-froyo/

step 7 does not appear in the settings so I passed that option. it is working now.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S 2.2 FROYO edition.
> 0 votes

# Answer
There was definitely a problem with the GPS on my Samsung Captivate I purchased from AT&T a week after it launched, but I wouldn't classify it as unusable. It would take several minutes sometimes to first fix even when outdoors, but it would stay fixed as long as nothing obstructed it, such as my car ceiling. If it had a fix recently, it would be quicker at getting a fix as well. I used GPS Status to keep the GPS Almanac up to date which helped a bit, and applied several fixes people had suggested with minor improvements. Even official updates from Samsung had little improvement. I finally decided to replace my ROM with a third party and my GPS was greatly improved unlike anything Samsung had provided before. Generally, any third-party ROM using the JK4 modem like Paragon
> 0 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, gps, 2.2-froyo
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# Question
Title: Are ROMs with deodexed programs faster or slower than odexed?
I am a bit confused by the effect of deodexing (or even by terminology).

Based on answers to "What is the difference between odexed and deodexed roms?":

> A "deodexed" ROM is one where the .odex files have been more or less merged back into the .apk

This one seems to imply that "deodexed" ROM is an odexed (thus precompiled/optimized) ROM where the .apk package contains the .odex stuff instead of it being in a separate file.

However, the same answer has a seemingly opposite quote:

> ROMs are typically released in deodexed form because they can be themed and modified fairly easily, whereas theming/modifying an odexed ROM is basically impossible (at best things would crash like crazy). Some people also choose to release their ROMs in odexed versions for people who would prefer the performance gains.

This second quote seems to imply that the deodexed ROM does NOT have the performance gains of the odexed ROM (based on the last sentence) - I am guessing because it completely removes the .odex info for the sake of portability/theming; whereas the first quote seems to say that deodexed ROM is just as optimized as odexed, but differently packaged.

Which one of these meanings is correct? What am I missing?

Example:

* Fission Vanilla: "ROM has root and has been deodexed, and zip alligned"

# Answer
> 8 votes
Deodexed ROMs do not have the .odex files integrated into the .apk's, they are removed. What eldareathis meant in his answer to the other question is that the reliance of the .apk's on the .odex files is removed; some information is integrated back into the .apk, but not the actual .odex file itself. This page has some technical details.

Deodexed ROMs may be slightly slower because of this; however I believe that as the Dalvik cache is built up from using the ROM, the performance gap is minimized.

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Tags: custom-roms, performance, odex
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# Question
Title: Do odexed programs have any runtime (vs load time) performance gains?
From my understanding, odexed programs are programs that are pre-compiled for specific architecture.

It is obvious that this process would help decrease the startup time for the program.

Am I correct in thinking that odexing would have **NO** effect on the performance of the program once it is already loaded in memory? What about memory footprint?

# Answer
> 3 votes
I would expect it to have an impact on both. An odexed app is optimized, not just precompiled. Android runs on a huge variety of hardware, so platform-specific optimizations could result in significant performance gains.

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Tags: custom-roms, performance
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# Question
Title: How can i update my experia x10 from 1.6 to 2.1?
Every time i try to upgrade it through PC companion it stuck in middle when of preparing the phone for installation. I have tried deleting, redownloading and reinstalling the PC companion. But still im not able to update my phone. What should be done?

# Answer
Call support. They are really helpful. To the Swedish support it's +46-1-324-4500.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sony-ericsson-xperia-x10
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# Question
Title: Modern Combat Sandstorm Texture problem on Acer Liquid Metal
The game works perfectly except many graphical glitches with textures (mainly those in the background). any hints?

I have Acer Liquid Metal, official Froyo

# Answer
You should contact GameLoft. They officially support the Acer Liquid for that game, and thus should be able to help you (or at least take a bug report). They don't specify which versions of the Liquid they support, so it could just be that they haven't tested on the Metal.
> 2 votes

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Tags: applications, compatibility
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# Question
Title: How do I type a tabulation character on an Xperia?
I imported my notes from my Palm Centro into Note Everything and the tab characters in my existing notes show up correctly.

But how do I type a tab character on my Xperia X10?

# Answer
If you use the Swype keyboard, holding the space key gives you a tab. Smart Keyboard Pro also has tab, press `?123` twice for it.

Reference: http://androidforums.com/android-applications/151563-softkeyboard-tab-key.html
> 5 votes

# Answer
On the stock keyboard on my Droid (the soft keyboard, not the slide-out) I see the tab character on the alt-symbol keyboard.

Hit `?123` key, then `Alt`. The tab key looks like an arrow pointing right to a line.
> 5 votes

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Tags: keyboard, sony-ericsson-xperia-x10
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# Question
Title: How do you copy a contact from the SIM card to the phone in order to assign a picture to it
Searching the site here has let me to believe that you **cannot assign a picture to a contact which resides on the SIM card** ( *I am using a Samsung Galaxy S, and that indeed seems to be the case - at least I haven't found a way to do it* ).

So I have to copy these numbers to my phone, I presume.

**How do I copy/duplicate one contact at a time from SIM to phone memory ?**

I especially ask 'one contact at a time' because I , some months ago, seem to remember having read that you can copy all contacts at once, but that is not the action I would like to take ( although, to be honest, I haven't even found that option, yet ).

# Answer
Although I still hope that someone else gives me a easier and quicker solution, I have found the following procedure to be a fairly quick method to accomplish what I wanted ( someone else will certainly have another idea regarding this , I'm sure ) :

I send the contact information using the `Send via` Gmail to my own Gmail account, press `Download` in the received email and choose `Contacts` and `Phone`). Since all information is present in the .vcf file attached to the mail, I can now easily create/duplicate a new contact without having to enter the name and phone number again.
> 1 votes

# Answer
This app looks like it claims to do so; whether it works is a different question. You might want to buy it and try it quickly, and if it doesn't work then refund it before the 15 minute trial time is over. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.happydroid.c2spro
> 0 votes

# Answer
For the part of your question where you say you haven't yet found how to copy all contacts from SIM to memory: on my Galaxy S, if I go into **Contacts**, press `Menu`, select **Import/Export** I get the option **Import from SIM card**. It sounds like that's what you're after?
> 0 votes

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Tags: contacts, sim-card
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# Question
Title: What does the 'Mark as default' option do in my 'Edit' option of a contact
What does the **'Mark as default'** option do you can choose in the `menu` when you **select a contact** which is present in the **phone memory** ?

I am seeing this on a Samsung Galaxy S phone ( *if this should make a difference* ).

**-- background information (for those interested) --**

I am still trying to copy phone numbers one at a time from SIM to the phone memory ( see my other question ).

At the moment the easiest way to accomplish this is to send the contact information using the `Send via` \+ Gmail to my own Gmail account, press `Download` in the received email and choose `Contacts` ).

Having done this for the few numbers I wanted to transfer ( *it's main reason being that I now can attach a picture and a ring tone to the important phone numbers, while still retaining these numbers on my SIM card should my phone suddenly die* ), I now noticed the '**Mark as default**' option in the menu of a phone number saved to the phone memory.

Before selecting this option, I wanted to ask what the option will actually accomplish.

# Answer
> 4 votes
I'm looking for documentation to back this up, but in my experimentation the "default" phone number for a contact is what's used with voice commands if you don't define a phone "type".

So, if I have three phone numbers for John Smith, if I just use the command `Call John Smith` the default phone number will be used. Otherwise, I need to use `Call John Smith home` or `Call John Smith mobile`.

It's also used if, when looking at a list of contacts, you tap the phone icon next to the contact's name. It will use the default phone number (if defined).

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Tags: contacts
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# Question
Title: Enforcing no synchronization with Google
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> Can I use the Google Market without syncing other Google data?

Hello,

I'd like to setup a personal calendar with Funambol's syncing application. My goal is to never let my calendar items go on Google servers, for privacy reasons. But I do have Google Calendar application (from a stock ROM, so not easily uninstallable).

From what I understand, Funambol Sync Client synchronizes with a system-wide calendar, the same which is used by Google Calendar client. Will this make my items sync with remote Google Calendar if I launch Google's client (f.e. by mistake)?

I still want to use Google account for Market--and only for it. How can I enforce a no-synchronization rule only for calendar items?

I think I could remove `/system/app/Calendar.apk` (my phone is rooted), but doesn't Google services synchronize using GTalkService?

# Answer
Just turn off sync in `Settings -> Accounts and sync`. You can specifically turn off Calendar syncing for a particular account in that menu, as well.
> 5 votes

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Tags: sync, calendar, google-account
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# Question
Title: How to switch the layout of a hardware keyboard without changing language?
I have bought German T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), and thus I have German hardware keyboard. In stock firmware I used English language, but the keyboard was still German - that was OK. I got used to that layout, and all was well.

Then I upgraded firmware to CM6.0, keyboard was still German.

Then I went restored backup of stock 1.6 firmware, and suddenly android thinks that I have US keyboard. I can't type quickly because the symbols printed on the keyboard are for German keyboard, but the keystrokes generate characters for US English.

Is there a file containing the key mappings, that I can save using adb with correct layout and restore on the firmware with wrong layout? Thanks.

# Answer
> 2 votes
There is no file that I know of for changeing keyboard layout.

You might want to try to change the settings for your phone to English and then back to German. That might help reseting the keyboard layout, depending how HTC have set up the firmware the you used when you reinstalled the phone.

If that doesn't work, you could try to use `adb` from Googles Android developer site. There you can set Localization for your phone without using the menu in settings. That *should* be the same thing though.

If this doesn't work, you could always try to install another software keyboard from the Market or reinstall the Android firmware in the phone.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I think the easiest way would be to flash a stock German ROM, and completely wipe out the broken settings.

# Answer
> 0 votes
I solved this by overwriting keyboard layout in my ROM backup file from stock german ROM, and flashing the new "backup" back.

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Tags: keyboard, localization
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# Question
Title: How to mount the SD card in T-Mobile G2 from a Linux host (workstation)
This question is similar to Mount disks from Samsung Galaxy S i9000 to Linux System over USB cable but I want to get it to work on my stock T-Mobile G2. The G2 does not have any USB configuration in Settings\>\>About Phone.

On the same machine running Windows XP, when connecting the phone via USB, I can see it mounted and made available as disk E:.

I have gone into Settings\>\>Wireless & Network Settings\>\>Tethering & Portable Hotspot and enabled "USB tethering" while connected, and I got the "Turn On USB Storage" option.

The phone is charging while connected to Linux, so I know there is some handshake between the host and the device.

# Answer
When I connect my Samsung Spica to my Gentoo laptop, I get this in `dmesg`:

```
[380540.638713] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[380540.763249] usb 1-3: config 1 has 1 interface, different from the descriptor's value: 3
[380540.763258] usb 1-3: config 1 has no interface number 0
[380540.763745] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=681d
[380540.763759] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[380540.763769] usb 1-3: Product: GT-I5700
[380540.763775] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Samsung Electronics
[380540.763782] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 57000da3e1f8
[380540.770454] scsi55 : usb-storage 1-3:1.2
[380541.771209] scsi 55:0:0:0: Direct-Access     GT-I5700  - Card               PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[380541.773123] sd 55:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[380541.778920] sd 55:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

```

After enabling USB Mass Storage in the phone (the phone should prompt you on the notification bar), I get this messages:

```
[380708.007194] sd 55:0:0:0: [sdb] 1982464 512-byte logical blocks: (1.01 GB/968 MiB)
[380708.026714] sd 55:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[380708.029668] sd 55:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through

```

At any rate, these messages pointed me out which device file I should mount to mount the phone, in my case the device file is `sdb`, I simply create the /mnt/spica/ directory and do `mount /dev/sdb/ /mnt/spica/`.

Note though, if you used Gnome and the gnome's auto mount is set up correctly (i.e. it should just work out of the box, unless you disable it), then this all should be automatic. When I'm on Gnome environment, Gnome will usually prompt me to mount the phone on `/media/` and the phone should show up on `Computer` like any regular USB stick.

> The phone is charging while connected to Linux, so I know there is some handshake between the host and the device.

The phone can charge on any powered USB port, it does not need to do any handshake for charging.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sd-card, usb, htc-desire-z
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# Question
Title: What is the effect of changing the maximum application VM heap size?
The settings menu in CM6 lets you change the maximum per-process heap size (internally, that’s the `dalvik.vm.heapsize` property). What are the practical effects of raising or lowering that setting? On my G1, I changed it to 12m from the default of 16m, and I noticed that switching applications feels faster, but I wonder if it will cause some applications to run out of memory sooner.

# Answer
Here's a great article someone wrote on the effect of changing it, very detailed: http://ryanolson.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/test-how-changing-the-max-amount-of-memory-per-vm-heap-can-effect-your-rom-cyanogen/

In short, with the G1, it *can* cause bigger applications to crash. I would just recommend you keep it default or find a value that you do not see any crashes in applications with.

As far as anything else goes, in the short period of time searching else where and reading over different posts. Could not personally find any other effects, other than possibly battery life.
> 9 votes

# Answer
If you have a phone with low memory (like the G1) and spend your day switching between a couple little applications, then lowering this number will speed up your system and allow more programs to stay loaded up, making switching faster.

If you have heavy weight applications (such as the FB app!) that can't get their jobs done inside the limit you set, they will crash and die for no apparent reason until you increase the number enough that they can survive. I usually find this preferable. Switching apps on my phone is slower, but the big jobs don't randomly crash.
> 4 votes

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Tags: performance, cyanogenmod, system
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to tether my Evo to a server to provide internet to my network?
I currently have an unrooted Evo using PDAnet/easytether to tether my phone to my PC. I am wondering if it is possible to tether to a server to provide internet to my network. If it is possible, are there any configurations I need to know? Also, how might this effect the speed?

# Answer
If you're using Android 2.2's native tethering, then the phone acts as an access point. This means any Wifi-enabled devices can tether to the phone as if it is a regular wireless access point.

I don't know much about PDANet/Easytether, but it should be possible to set up "Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" on Windows or "Masquerading" on Linux.

Speed will probably be not that great, since 3G is pretty slow on most areas. It will be usable, but unless the 3G speed in your area is blazingly fast, don't expect much.
> 2 votes

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Tags: htc-evo, tethering
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# Question
Title: CM7: How to enable passwordless SSH login on same network?
I'm running CyanogenMod 7 and I'd like to enable passwordless SSH login to my main Linux computer on my network, but only when the phone is accessing the server over the same network. How/where should I put my .ssh/known\_hosts file to enable this?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Try this:

1. Take/generate a public key of your Android device. *Don't you ever hardcode your password into scripts :)*
2. Put it into `.ssh/authorized_keys` on main computer
3. Then use `"from="` mask to limit IP/hostname to your LAN, like `from="192.168.1.*"`.

If IP range won't work, set up a fixed hostname for MAC address of your device on WLAN. Some AP firmwares, like OpenWRT, allow it.

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Tags: cyanogenmod, ssh
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title: Better description of permissions

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# Question
Title: Better description of permissions
Is there a list of permissions with more detailed descriptions available? The standard ones doesn't feel good, and I don't trust developers who write that they need permission X only to do Y--if their app requires permission X, this app will be able to do anything permitted by X, not only Y.

For example READ\_PHONE\_STATE is described as "Allows read only access to phone state" -- but what is included in that phone state? Is it only connected/disconnected? Or maybe it includes phone number I am actually talking to?

# Answer
> 4 votes
I can't find a good complete list, but you can always search for the permission on developer.android.com. In the case of READ\_PHONE\_STATE, it does look like the phone number can be read.

# Answer
> 1 votes
This blog post tries to explain permission: http://techpp.com/2010/07/30/android-apps-permissions-secure-private-data/

If you really need to know the specifics of each permissions, you can download and grep Android's source code (it's open source, after all). I think that's the best we can do for now.

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Tags: permissions
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# Question
Title: Rooted Phone but still can't uninstall Apps
So I finally temp-rooted my HTC Desire HD and set about trying to uninstall some of the stock apps that came with it (Stocks (no pun intended), Facebook for HTc and so on). But it won't let me - the 'Uninstall' link is disabled inside Settings-\> Applications.

Do I need to do a 'full' root to achieve my goal or am I missing something?

Thanks for reading.

# Answer
> 5 votes
The Settings application doesn't let you uninstall system apps; it's got nothing to do with root. It doesn't check for root, or anything like that.

I recommend using Titanium Backup to remove system apps, it works wonderfully. I even had a regular app yesterday that the Market just couldn't uninstall for some reason, and TB took care of it.

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Tags: applications, uninstallation, bloatware
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# Question
Title: Why is it that many Android apps do not feature a true close application feature?
I was wondering why it seems many applications in the Android eco-system come without a true "close" feature? It seems "different(to be politically correct)" to have to manage if an application is running through the OS rather than the actual application itself.

# Answer
This is a policy encouraged by Google. I can't find the exact link, but you can see related guidelines here: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui\_guidelines/menu\_design.html

The idea is that users shouldn't have to explicitly manage their apps, they can just let the Android OS hibernate or terminate applications on an as-needed basis. The problem, of course, is that this doesn't work perfectly. I find it's often too aggressive with apps I want running, and not aggressive enough with services I'm not interested in. But the goal is to minimize the time users need to spend managing application states.
> 6 votes

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Tags: applications
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# Question
Title: How to check if GPS is working (Android 2.1, Samsung Galaxy-5)?
> **Possible Duplicate:**
> Easiest way for testing the internal GPS

My new Samsung Galaxy i5500 (or Galaxy 5 or whatever other name they confuse us with) (android 2.1) has a build-in GPS. However, I somehow think it is not working correctly or at all. Whenever I use Google Maps (in open air) and select 'My Location' the GPS icon appears in the top bar but keeps blinking (I waited several minutes), and it seems my location is only determined using wifi or mobile network wizardry.

Can I somehow easily check if the build-in GPS is working correctly? Is there some page that shows the longitude/latitude location it has received from the GPS?

(BTW: turning on the GPS in the power bar, or in the settings page, does work, but still leaves me puzzled if the GPS actually works)

# Answer
Indeed, there is - the aptly named GPS Test app ought to help you.

The more popular GPS Status & Toolbox is also similar and will display your current lat/long co-ordinates and also a compass. Both are currently freeware.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 2.1-eclair, gps, samsung-galaxy-5
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# Question
Title: Can I have different default phone numbers for different actions?
Take a contact which has several phone numbers... say `Home`, `Mobile` and `Work`. When I click the QuickContact action to text them, it asks me which number... so I select `Mobile`. Now, I'd like to set this as default... because I always text them on their mobile. Problem is, when I do this, it ALSO sets it as the default phone for `ACTION==CALL`, which I do NOT want, as I regularly call them on all three numbers.

Is there any way to set a default number for texting while NOT having a default for calling, so that it will still prompt me to pick a number when I click QuickContact.Call?

# Answer
> 1 votes
I don't think you can set separate default numbers. However what you could do is set a shortcut to message that contact and leave the default number empty so it can prompt you when you call. To set a message shortcut: long press on the Home-screen, select "Shortcut", then select "Direct Message". This will launch your default messaging app to send a message to that contact to whichever number you set when you create the shortcut.

Hope this helps

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Tags: contacts
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to set the IP configuration on a per network basis?
I connect to multiple wifi networks. On some of the networks I have to use a static IP address. Most with DHCP configurations are without the option to use static IP addressing.

For this reason I want to be able to set specific IP settings for the networks with special settings. Is such a thing possible?

# Answer
> 4 votes
There is no way to do this natively in the settings of Android, as you've noticed.

However, there is an app on the Android Market called "Wifi Static" that should help you with what you're looking for.

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Tags: networking, wi-fi, dhcp
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# Question
Title: Minimal Internet usage on an Android phone
I am considering buying an Android phone and hence the question about Internet usage. How much Internet bandwidth can I expect to use if I want to enable syncing of contacts, calendar, email, etc. (assume e.g. I receive 10 short textual emails per day) I am going to need?

Is it possible to automatically connect to WPA protected Wifi's, and do all the syncing only when Wifi is available (hence not use 3G internet at all)?

I will use it in a free country (UK atm)

# Answer
Depends entirely on how many contacts you have, how often they change, how often you set it to sync, etc. Paying for data as you go is generally a bad idea with an Android phone, they use a lot.

You should be able to shut off 3G though (probably dependent on the phone) and just use WiFi. Although, it might be more difficult to prevent it from using 2G data. Some phones let you use WiFi while the phone is in Airplane mode, which would shut off both 3G and 2G. Android has the ability to store WiFi credentials and connect automatically.
> 6 votes

# Answer
You can definitely connect to WPA protected wireless and your phone will connect automatically when you're within range of a known wireless network.

You can use APNdroid to cut off your 3G altogether. Take a look at: How can I prevent my phone from using any kind of internet?

If you've got wireless at home and you're there every night, your phone will be able to sync your contacts, etc. over night.
> 3 votes

# Answer
You can turn off all internet data over the mobile network using Settings-\>Wireless & Networks-\>Mobile Networks-\>Data enabled

Personally, I connect to WIFI at home and with reasonably heavy use of email, chat and web browsing when away from home, I only use about 200M of data a month.
> 0 votes

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Tags: internet, data-connection
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# Question
Title: Does google voice require a data plan to place calls?
I own a Nexus S and will be travelling to US on a business trip. I will have a T-Mobile prepaid connection and intend to use Google Voice to make and receive calls.

Since I am currently outside the US, I cannot determine whether GV android app requires a cellular data plan to make calls.

# Answer
A little bit yes. (See comments below) The app will make this seamless but should still use a bit of data.

Edit: After checking Google Help I found this:

> By calling your own Google number
>
> When you call your own Google number and sign into the Google voicemail system, you’ll have the option to place a call. Just press 2 and enter the number.
>
> For calls within the U.S, enter area code and number. For example: 212-555-2222. For international calls, enter 011, the country code, and the number (or "1 and the country code," depending on where you're calling). For example: 011442012345612345 or 12464260200
> 6 votes

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Tags: samsung-nexus-s, data-connection, google-voice
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# Question
Title: How to use GPRS (not wifi or 3G) to get internet access?
With my Galaxy 5, I can visit websites using wifi, but how can I access them using GPRS (=when no wifi around)? I don't want to pay for a 3G data plan with my mobile operator.

**Background**: On my old Nokia phone (which didn't have wifi), I was able to visit a website using GPRS (useful only for emergencies, but still, useful). This meant that I did not have to subscribe to some data plan with my mobile operator (at least in my country this is so); I did have to pay for the GPRS connection, but that was only when connected.

# Answer
> 4 votes
This sounds like something that you need to make sure your operator has enabled on your contract, normally with smartphones a data plan is a data plan, once you've got one they give you a (monthly/weekly/daily) bandwidth limit which you can use either on 3G or GPRS, the operator doesn't care which you use.

It sounds like you don't want to pay for a monthly data limit, you want to get a metered contract where you only pay for when you use it (normally charged by the megabyte or by the hour, or something similar).

You can then turn the data connection on or off depending when you want to use it. The exact setting for this can vary from phone to phone, but is normally under something like **Settings** -\> **Wireless and Network** -\> **Mobile networks** -\> **Use packet data**. On many phones you can also switch to only use GPRS or 3G (sometimes called GSM and WCDMA modes) but all that does is control the speed of your connection, not normally how you're charged.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-5, 3g, gprs
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# Question
Title: How to flash Nexus S (currently on custom AOSP build) with stock Gingerbread by Google (Android 2.3.3)
I have a Nexus S which I have flashed with a custom Android build. Now I need access to the Android Market and some other Google services and therefore I need the stock Android from Google.

How can I revert my phone back to Google's build of Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3 which includes Google apps)

# Answer
Here's a full stock ROM for the Nexus S (via XDA): http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google\_crespo/f182cf141e6a.signed-soju-ota-102588.f182cf14.zip (MD5: `3e8908941043951da5a34bb2043dd1a0`)

You *should* be able to name that update.zip and put it in the root of your SD card; upon reboot it will be installed.
> 2 votes

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Tags: samsung-nexus-s, stock-android, vanilla-android
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# Question
Title: Is it possible to wipe the phone without uninstalling the apps?
I'm having problems with my Google account in my phone and because of that I want to remove it and add it again. When I try to do it, it tells me that I can't remove it unless I restore to factory defaults. But I don't want to reinstall every app. Is there a solution?

# Answer
If you are rooted, you can use an app like Titanium Backup to back up your apps (and their data).
> 2 votes

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Tags: applications, factory-reset, google-account
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title: Wi-fi immediately disables

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# Question
Title: Wi-fi immediately disables
I have a **Samsung Captivate**.

This week, it's wi-fi stopped working.

To be more precise, it's wi-fi recognizes there is a wi-fi router nearby (my home's), and tries to connect. But it immediately disables and tries again in an unending loop.

* I have not tried connecting on another hotspot.
* I have installed a couple of programs this week, but I don't remember any of them being wi-fi related.
* I recently put JuiceDefender on aggresive mode, but now I've disabled it, and wi-fi still doesn't work.
* Tried enabling/disabling Flight Mode, but no success.
* I've restarted my phone a couple of times.

## UPDATE (04/15/2011)

I managed to connect to a nearby hotspot, so I'm guessing the router is the problem. It is a 5yrs+ old router (linksys). What's strange is that my PC is connected to the router by LAN cable, and still works. Also, I was able to enter it's configuration page (192.168.1.1). Probably some hardware is damaged.

## UPDATE (04/16/2011)

NOW I´m confused. I connected to my router with an old low-grade tablet I forgot I had, with no problems. I'm guessing now that the problem must be some app I installed on my phone.

## **CONCLUSION (04/16/2011)**

I just had to press the router's **reset** button on the back, and now my phone is connecting. Thanks to all who commented!

# Answer
> 2 votes
Delete the saved network from the phone, then reboot both the phone and the router and try again. If that doesn't fix it you'll need to test with another network to see if it's a phone issue or not.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have the same problem with my friends Netgear wifi router, but all other wifi networks so far work perfectly, so it could be a compatibility problem with the phone and router. To verify this, i'd suggest the steps that Matthew Read and somehume already mentioned: try other networks and check other devices connected to the troublesome network.

# Answer
> 1 votes
If you can access the web interface of the router see if there are any error codes in a log or on the main page after you log in. Most likely your radio is bad but the rest of the hardware is still good (or at least ok :)). This happened to me with an old router too and confused me for a good while before I found the error codes and searched their meaning. In my case it was time for a new router anyway so I just went and bought a new one - so I'm not sure if there's anyway to fix it, if it is a bad radio.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, wi-fi
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# Question
Title: unknown_error when installing couchdb on android
I was able to install CouchDB fine on my Samsung Captivate android phone using the app in the market. When I try and install it on my Samsung Galaxy I update the binaries, then I get an error:

```
{"error":"unknown_error","reason":"badarg"}

```

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no luck. Any suggestions?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Thats a strange error, currently there are 2 common problems with the CouchDB install,

1. is that it isnt currently supported on 2.3.3 and above
2. is that your external storage isnt mounted on /sdcard/ (or it is currently mounted as a drive)

are either of those true? if so then they are already on https://github.com/couchbaselabs/couch-android-launcher/issues and I will update there when they are fixed, if not if you could run `adb logcat` it would be extremely useful

Cheers Dale

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title: Does Jorte synch with Google Calendar?

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# Question
Title: Does Jorte synch with Google Calendar?
When I create events on Google Calendar, they don't end up in Jorte. Does Jorte truly sync events with Google Calendar or does it just import events when you set it up and then forget about it?

# Answer
I use Jorte to add events to my Google Calendar linked accout without problems and without any specific setting tuning.
> 1 votes

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Tags: sync, calendar
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# Question
Title: Good idea to transfer all phone numbers from SIM card to google contacts?
I am new to the whole smartphone thing. Currently all of my telephone contacts are on my SIM card. **I suspect it makes sense to move all my phone numbers from the SIM card to my Google contacts** (i.e. adding the numbers to existing Google contacts who mainly contain only email addresses). The benefits would be: (a) no more duplicate contacts in my list, (b) automated backup of my contact's phone numbers.

**Or, is there something I should be aware of before I do this effort?** Will there be some workflow side effects? (apart from not having my contacts on SIM anymore)

Edit: I just transferred all. Actually, I did not remove the contacts from my SIM card, I just hid them using the contacts settings. So if I ever have to use my old phone as a backup, I'll have most of my phone numbers in there

# Answer
> 17 votes
I'm not going to answer if it's a good idea or not - you need to solve that for yourself :).

Having your contacts stored with Google Contacts will eliminate any duplicates (at least duplicates where you have the number stored in the SIM and e-mail in Google, or something like that) and allow you to manage/sync those contacts from anywhere you can access Google Contacts, like a computer. You are correct that it will 'backup' your contacts so that if you were to switch phones or even carriers, you wouldn't have to worry about bringing your contacts as long as the phone you have supports Google Contacts (web or app).

Keeping your contacts on the SIM allows you to keep them from Google (if you're worried about privacy), and if you get another SIM-based phone, you can easily move them (provided you keep the same SIM).

Personally, having my contacts in Google Contacts has been great. Easy synchronization, use photos from Picasa as contact photos, management from a computer... but you will have to decide for yourself which is "better".

You may want to see this answer to help you move your contacts from the SIM to Google Contacts.

# Answer
> 3 votes
I can't think of any reason why this wouldn't be a good idea.

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Tags: contacts, sim-card
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title: Install APK from external_sd

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# Question
Title: Install APK from external_sd
I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure this out. I've read that you can copy an APK file to the SD card and use the browser to activate the installer to install it with this:

file:///sdcard/yourApp.apk

(from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4268803/android-how-to-install-apk-from-sd-card)

But, I cannot seem to get that to work with external\_sd card. I've tried

file:///external\_sd/yourApp.apk

I keep getting the following message:

"Data connectivity problem - The Web page contains an error."

# Answer
If you have a Samsung phone, some of them have separate "internal" and "external" SD storage. If it's on the external SD card, then you need this adress: file:///sdcard/external\_sd/yourApp.apk
> 6 votes

# Answer
Try downloading a file explorer like ES File Explorer, find the apk and select it. Android should prompt to install from there.

The selected answer you are referring to says to download Astro \- which is another file manager. I'm not sure about the default Android browser though.
> 5 votes

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Tags: installation, apk
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# Question
Title: What limits a mobile phone to be upgraded to new Android version?
**What is the main reason that you can't upgrade your phone to new Android version?**

Is it the lack of drivers, or simply hardware limitation? Are there other aspects?

# Answer
> 7 votes
Somebody needs to write and test the drivers and core apps. That's all.

Most applications that are written for Dalvik (i.e. most apk programs) are pretty portable across different Android versions, but not so much for core programs that were written in C, the Linux kernels and drivers, and the Dalvik VM itself. At the very least, these programs need to be recompiled; occasionally, the new Android version may require new capabilities from the drivers, and someone will need to write the code for them.

Additionally, for official releases, manufacturers and carriers often adds value-added customizations; these customizations need to be ported, tested, and often debugged against the new framework. In deciding whether to write upgrades, manufacturers (and to certain extent, carriers) faces a dilemma, they make better profit by selling to you a new device instead of writing upgrades for free, but poor upgrade history will put off customers as well; so they will often drop support for older phones and only write one or two version upgrades at most.

Hardware limitation has never been a problem for upgrades. While it's certainly true that certain new features might have a much higher hardware demand than older phones can conveniently handle (e.g. Live Wallpapers), these features are usually either disabled or left to give sub-optimal experience.

Other limitation is space limitation. Some phones have very small internal memory, and Android tends to get larger for every upgrade. To port newer versions for these phones, some sacrifices has to be made; whole libraries may be left out (e.g. who needs the NFC on a G1?). These modifications needs to be written and tested.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Your device will run any version of Android, even if your carrier or manufacturer won't have a official update available you can check out XDA-Developers and get an unofficial ROM, that are a lot better in my opinion.

For an example, the HTC G1 that everyone knows that is a bit slow and out-dated, but was the first device to get an unofficial port of Android Honeycomb for it, even if it was made only for tablets the developers manage to get the screen resolution working and the other stuff that wasn't compatible.

Another example I that I have: I had a HTC Touch Pro2 that by stock runs Windows Mobile 6.1, I've installed a unofficial ROM first(called Simplicity ROM), so I was running the latest build of Windows Mobile 6.5 and within Sense 2.5, so I bought my first Android phone. And some time after the XDAndroid developer team released a Android port for my device, and now I use it too, but on Android.

My first Motorola Milestone is running a custom Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM, even that my carrier haven't released any official ROM for it. It runs very stable and it's a lot better than the 2.1(stock default) and the 2.2(custom too). So there are no problems if you can flash custom ROMs.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Right now Gingerbread and Honeycomb use hardware acceleration for graphics. While it could be done without, phones that lack GPUs that can do this will not see these version.

To be Google Certified devices must be able to launch core apps within a certain amount of mili-seconds.

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# Question
Title: Help pairing bluetooth headset/microphone with Samsung Galaxy Tab & Skype?
I have had some difficulty getting a bluetooth headset/microphone to work with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and with Skype.

First, the bluetooth scanner can only find some headsets, not all of them. I tried to get a Motorola H350 headset to work, but it failed. Then I tried a Sprint Jawbone headset and it synced, but in Skype the microphone in it didn't work and it was using the microphone on the Galaxy Tab instead. I mean, I walked away from my tab and said "testing 1, 2, 3", and couldn't hear it. Instead, I heard someone near my tab saying, "testing a, b, c".

Second, I don't know if it's just a Skype issue or the Galaxy Tab hardware that's preventing Skype from picking up my voice over the paired bluetooth headset. Or perhaps it's the headset. Or perhaps I must use only a Samsung-brand headset.

In a nutshell, I want to use Skype calling on my Galaxy tab, and purchase a headset that lets me use the microphone in the headset.

Has anyone gotten this to work? What's the trick?

**EDIT**: I have since purchased these wireless headphones which also include a built-in mic. These sync'd up for audio output, but in Skype I could not get audio input. So, I then temporarily rooted my device (thank you z4 root tool) and edited /system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf to enable some settings that Verizon Wireless and/or Samsung disables in the unit. I then reset the unit and did the headset repairing again. In the end, Skype would not do audio input from the headset. But I noticed this, however. The microphone on the Galaxy Tab is outstanding. It collects the audio input in such a way that drowns out background sound. So, in a sense, you can still use the headset with the tab and walk around in your cubicle, or even talk on a crowded bus, and for the most part it will clearly pick up your voice. It's a nice compromise since headsets with mics don't seem to work with the Galaxy Tab. This might be a symptom of Skype. Their tech support says they don't support audio routing through the headset. However, I noticed that headset audio on the Galaxy Tab also doesn't work with every other app I've tried as well.

# Answer
> 5 votes
I also have the proble second problem, and I found the skype staff said :Skype doesnt currently support routing the audio to a bluetooth device. http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=726263&st=0&gopid=3271265& Maybe this is the reason...

# Answer
> 3 votes
Glad to see someone else with the same ambition, however, I just received a samsung wep870 headset and it's not behaving any different. According to samsung support, in order to use a headset in the first place, the headset must support a2dp. Perhaps someone else well have some luck making this work.

# Answer
> 3 votes
Also from the Skype Community Forum Unofficial Android FAQ:

> Q. Why wont my bluetooth headset work with Skype.
>
> A. At this time skype doesnt support bluetooth devices. I am unable to comment on when or if this will be added

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have a Sony Stereo bluetooth that is working on all the audio apps so far, including Skype. It's the (Sony) DR-BT10CX. I hope this helps. fardroid

# Answer
> 1 votes
I just got a Jawbone Icon and it is working perfectly with all tab features AND Skype mobile on my tab and my husband's DROID X. Skype even rings to the BT headset. My tab is on Verizon if that matters to anyone.

# Answer
> 0 votes
What I found out is that BT supports two channels. (And the HTC Desire HD or Evo4) supports it well:

1 phone audio (which my android connects to my Navi, which has an built-in phone supporting BT kit and confcall quality speaker)

2 media audio (which my android connects to my FM rebroadcaster so I can pick it up on my cars' older radio, e.g. when I play podcasts, but still being able to have a phonecall: the media automatically stops playing, and I can touch the Navi to pick up the call)

I assume now, that Skype works intimately with the phone, on the media audio channel. A paired, connected BT audioset , will most likely broadcast phone audio capability, and Skype will be none the wiser...

floris.

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Tags: bluetooth, samsung-galaxy-tab, skype, bluetooth-pairing
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title: Market app crashes when I try to scroll

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# Question
Title: Market app crashes when I try to scroll
For the last day or two I have had trouble in the default Market application.

When I try to scroll in the "Just In" area the application just stops working. I get a black screen for while then I get an error that `process com.android.vending` has crashed.

My device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab and I get crashes in all "Just In" sections such as "Just In" in games, apps/tool etc.

What it could be?

# Answer
I would try and clear the cache of this application

* menu
* Settings
* Applications
* Manage Applications
* All
* Market
* Clear cache

Just to see whether this should help.

You might also want to click the 'Clear data' button but than you must login to your account again.
> 3 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, samsung-galaxy-tab, bugs
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# Question
Title: Widget to immediately phone a specific contact?
I have a widget that places an icon of a specific contact on my home screen. Whenever I touch it, the phone immediately dials that person.

Problem is - I already forgot what the widget is called (I'd like to install it on a new phone). Can you help me identify it?

# Answer
I'm not sure if this is HTC specific, but this is what I need to do to get a "direct dial" icon on my HTC desire.

1. Long press on where you want to add the icon
2. Hit 'Shortcut'
3. Hit 'Direct Dial'
4. Select the contact you want to use (if the contact has more than one number, you'll need to pick which one)

There should now be an icon that will have that contact's photo and a small phone symbol on the bottom right. If you hit the icon, you'll immediately dial the contact.
> 11 votes

# Answer
There are too many 3rd-party apps and widgets that allow you to place "direct dial" type of widgets and/or shortcuts on the home screen. Have you installed this from Android Market? In that case you should be able to browse through your installed apps in Market -\> My Apps section. You can then look up each app's description to see if that's the one that gave you this functionality.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: how do I know the time involved in updating the firmware of my samsung I5801 phone via KIES
The official update for samsung I5801 is available now.

**Has anyone done it before (using KIES, any samsung phone)?**
**How long it will take** to update the firmware via Samsung Kies pc suite?
What are the **additional things to do** before and after I update my firmware?
(\* I have taken backup of my contacts, messages and applications on the phone's memory card
* I will reset my phone before and after updating the firmware using the settings -\> factory reset option)

If something goes wrong then what can be done to revert.

Please help me as I don't want to fall in trouble after attempting an update.

Thanks

# Answer
The actual update should take at very most half an hour, the download time may vary though. Other than a backup, I don't see what else you'd need to do.

If you have trouble, come back and post a separate question with details. The update usually either fails entirely (in which case you can try again) or works fine, you shouldn't end up in some half-updated broken state.
> 4 votes

# Answer
Updated the firmware successfully. :)

Took almost 40 minutes for the upgrade process to finish completely.

**After the update I was amazed to see that all the settings, programs, contacts and accounts were there. I didn't have to restore from the backup that I took earlier.**

Froyo is much faster that eclair.

Hope this answer is helpful to those looking to upgrade their firmware but feared (like me) the risk of data being lost or phone malfunctioning.

Go ahead and upgrade your firmware. You will love it.

Here are the screenshots
> 2 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-apollo, samsung-kies, updates
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to save profiles on Motorola's Droid X?
When I had an HTC Eris I could change "profiles". Each profile was basically: wallpaper + screen lock image + all apps on your desktop. So, I could have a work profile that had my apps that were geared for while I was at work, a social profile to switch my phone to having FB, Twitter, etc on my desktop with a different wallpaper, etc.

Is there an app for that? ;)

# Answer
What you're referring to are called HTC Scenes (Hero Scenes link). Off the top of my head I don't know of anything like that and only HTC devices have the HTC Scenes.

I just did a quick search of the market and didn't come up with anything so my initial guess is:

**No, there is nothing like that currently.** You would either need a Sense-based custom ROM (not sure if there are any for the Droid X) or an HTC device.
> 4 votes

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Tags: motorola-droid-x, profiles, wallpaper
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# Question
Title: Android - how to install apk from SD card
Is it possible to install an app to an Android phone from an SD card? To install it without a data connection, the marketplace, or using ADB?

I've tried searching for this but no luck so far.

# Answer
> 8 votes
If you have a file browser app installed, such as ASTRO, you can browse to the apk file on your SD card, click the apk, and it should pop up the apk installer.

# Answer
> 4 votes
Simply call the following URL in your browser:

file:///sdcard/yourApp.apk

It works!

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Tags: sd-card, installation, apk
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# Question
Title: How can I change the voice used for the Navigation app on Android?
I love the Navigation app on Android. The voice it uses is fine, but I'd like a little variety. I'd settle for it using the British voice that's available on the phone. However, I've changed the `Text-to-speech` setting on the phone for language to British, but it hasn't changed the voice used by Navigation. There is not a setting in Navigation for the voice. Assuming it uses the "locale" setting, my only options on the Droid are "English" or "Español".

Am I stuck? Does this require root?

In case it matters, I'm still currently on Android 2.2.

# Answer
> 2 votes
This is apparently not possible with Android 2.2 on Motorola Droid.

# Answer
> 0 votes
The SVOX Classic TTS system replaces the (robotic) native Android Pico\_TTS (and Pico\_TTS is generating the speech onboard the phone)

free main application https://market.android.com/details?id=com.svox.classic

$3 voices like the British Victoria voice https://market.android.com/details?id=com.svox.classic.langpack.eng\_gbr\_fem

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Tags: motorola-droid, gps, text-to-speech
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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy S problem :WiFi doesn't reconnect with SSID broadcast disabled
Hi
I have a problem with my Wifi connection. My Samsung Galaxy S does not connect to my Linksys wrt54g router after I'm disabling the SSID broadcast.

The connection is automatically returned when I enable the SSID Broadcast.
Why is it like that and how can I fix it?
Thanks.

# Answer
> 2 votes
This is because Android by default (manufactures could of added something ) connect using only the SSID, not the BSSID.

See this issue : http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1041

This app here might help: https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.sourceforge.soopy.hidden.ssid.enabler&feature=search\_result

This is the design to connect by SSID instead of BSSID for mesh networks, this becomes helpful.

Also if your router and phone support WPS button, try that.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Disabling the SSID broadcast doesn't provide any meaningful security to your wireless network. The days that it might help make your network harder to spot are long, long past.

As such the best "fix" is to re-enable the SSID broadcast.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s, wi-fi
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# Question
Title: How much internal storage for Apps does Nexus S have?
I have a Nexus One now, and the internal storage is very limited. For the moment I have only 164 MB internal storage for apps (From DiskUsage).

Nexus One seem to have totally 512MB of internal storage. And Nexus S seem to have totally 16GB of internal storage. But Wikipedia wrotes: `16 GB iNAND (partitioned 1 GB internal storage,
15 GB USB storage`

Does this mean that Nexus S only has less than 1GB of internal storage for Apps? I find my 164MB very limiting on Nexus One and I consider to buy a new phone because of this.

# Answer
Nexus S is only using 1GB of its 16GB memory for internal storage which only left 971MB for applications. This is very limited. I read this from Test av Google Nexus S \- a deep review in swedish.
> 1 votes

# Answer
I believe the 1 GB is for the /system folder, which is not normally mounted via USB. The rest of the space is usable for your apps! I have a Galaxy S and this is how it works, plus there's an external SD card.
> 3 votes

# Answer
The other answers (except for Matthew Read's original answer) are completely incorrect. You can choose whether your installed apps are stored on the 1gb system memory or on the 15gb data memory. I have a nexus S and can confirm this is the case. You do not need a rooted phone or apps2sd to do this; it's built-in to the standard build.
> 2 votes

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Tags: samsung-nexus-s, internal-storage
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