title: Using an audio dock on CM10.1 i9100

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# Question
Title: Using an audio dock on CM10.1 i9100
I'm running the CM10.1 nightlies on my Galaxy S2 (i9100). I've purchased the KitSound GALS2Dock, which has audio out over USB, but it doesn't work.

I've asked KitSound via Twitter, and they told me to switch on the Audio Output Mode. I think this is a Samsung specific setting, but I found this in the samsung specific CM10.1 settings menu.

(It says USB-audio dock - use passive audio out from the dock)

I've checked it, and now the phone audio stops (so that's one thing) but my box nor my TV recognises the sound. It does work when I plug it in the regular audio jack.

So I'm thinking this is a software issue. My question: where could this issue be? Is it CM10.1? Is it CM in general (EG: downgrading to CM10 wouldn't help? Or do I need to switch back to a stock samsung ROM in it's entirety to have this functionality work (I'd prefer not to).

Any ideas?

Thanks

# Answer
Downgrading to the leaked 4.1 (official) firmware fixes the problem. I'll update this answer if I find out if it works on CM10.
> 0 votes

# Answer
I know that this has been fixed in some of the latest CM10 nightly releases. As a matter of fact, I'm running JellyBam 4.1 (based on CM10) and the USB audio does work without issues. When I've updated to JellyBam 5.2 (based on CM10.1), USB audio stopped working. So I had to revert back to 4.1, which is, in my opinion, an excellent release anyway.

I've read in forums that the problem is not proprietary drivers or anything like that (it is working on CM10 nightlys afterall), but rather than CM team has not finished implementing all audio features on 10.1 yet. The need to migrate this patch to CM10.1, that's all.

So my advice is to install CM10 nightly or JellyBam 4.1. You will enjoy Android 4.1.2, and of course, your USB audio.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I had this working on CM10 by un-checking this box, and using an app called *dock audio switcher*. It would detect the dock and automatically change the audio output through the USB.

However, I have tried using this on CM10.1, and this app no longer works. I've also tried using the USB passive audio setting in the advanced menu, and this also no longer works.

The odd thing is when I use the USB passive audio I get no sound whatsoever, but when I use the dock audio switcher I can hear a bump from the speakers, similar to when you first plug a audio cable into the phone jack.

So it seems that its activating the audio to USB, but it just cant push it over.
> 1 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, samsung-galaxy-s-2, audio, 4.2-jelly-bean
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title: change icons on sensation lock screen

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# Question
Title: change icons on sensation lock screen
I've just got a HTC sensation and I've worked out how to change the icons on the home screens, but is there a way to change the icons on the lock screen?

# Answer
Yes, **this is possible without apps**. The icons on the lockscreen are the same ones that you chose for the home screen:

Here you see the icons I originally had on both screens:

By changing the apps on my home screen adjacent to all apps, this change is mirrored on the lock screen:

To change the icons adjacent to all apps on your home screen, long-press them until you can move them around then drop the old icons either into the trash can (that appears when you long press) or into a free space on another part of the home screen. You can then replace it with an icon of your choice.
> 1 votes

# Answer
There are various lock screen apps on the market, but so far the best I've seen is WidgetLocker, very customizable and in my opinion worth the small price.
> 1 votes

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Tags: lock-screens, home-screen-shortcuts, htc-sensation
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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy Tab, charging technique through USB Cable
**From** Galaxy Tab is not being charged through USB Cable

@Chris Stratton

> Tablets have larger batteries than phones and may be unable to sufficiently charge from the half amp limit of a USB port, especially while they are fully on (screen on and full speed processor clock).
>
> Some will barely charge if the screen is off but come with high current 5v "usb-like" wall chargers, others use a higher voltage charger on a custom connector - typically something round. Sometimes the "usb-like" ones are actually special cables with extra pins that tell the tablet that a special high-current charger is being used.

@NobbZ

> The Samsung Galaxy Tab has a loading current of 2 A, but the USB-Specificication only allows 500 mA for the whole bus.

**From** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal\_Serial\_Bus

@USB 3.0

> Battery Charging Specification 1.2 released in December 2010. Several changes and increasing limits including allowing 1.5 A on charging ports for unconfigured devices, allowing High Speed communication while supplying a current up to 1.5 A, **and allowing a maximum current of 5 A**

So, **What kind of USB Cable** should be used to **Charge Samsung Galaxy Tablets**, for example Samsung Galaxy Tablet 2 (GT - P5100)

# Answer
I don't think the *cable* is particularly important. Its the *jack* that the cable plugs into that makes a difference.

Basically, if the tablet can tell that its plugged into a special (high amp) jack, then the tablet will charge more quickly (at 2A), otherwise the tablet will assume its plugged into a standard USB port and charge at the specification limit (500 mA). The best way to get an adapter that the tablet can identify is to use the official wall adapter. I believe there is no "standard" way of doing this, so different manufacturers may do different things (e.g., using an Apple USB charger may not work).

You should be able to see what your tablet is doing based on the battery icon in the system tray (assuming its similar to the older Galaxy Tab that I have). On my tablet the icon will have a small red "X" if its being charged through a "normal" connection, and should have no such "X" if its being charged through a high-amp connection.

See How much power does a Galaxy Tab 10.1 charger need to supply?

And Do Samsung tablets have the same USB connector as Apple's iPad?

And Why is charging from computer using USB slower than using an outlet?
> 6 votes

# Answer
Samsung tablets are impossible to charge without the right charger. The charger was given to you with your tablet and if you lose it you have to buy a new one that will fit because there are many chargers that are wide but don't fit into Samsung Galaxy Tabs. So if you don't have a charger you have to buy one or else your tablet will not be charged until you do so.
> -1 votes

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Tags: usb, charging, samsung-galaxy-tab-2-10.1
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# Question
Title: Show the original timestamp on received messages
Is there any way I can change the message settings on my LG Nexus 4 to show the time a message was sent to my phone, rather than the time it was received?

# Answer
> 2 votes
This was raised as an issue in June 2009 and despite being discussed extensively there doesn't appear to be any way to show the original timestamp in vanilla Android. This leaves you with a couple of options:

1. Use a custom ROM like CyanogenMod which supports this, or
2. Install an app like SMS Sent Time which appends the message sent time to the message itself

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Tags: sms, nexus-4
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title: Grooveshark app on Android

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# Question
Title: Grooveshark app on Android
I realized that they took `TinyShark` offline recently. I'm looking to see if anyone knew why or what the reason for that was? I've found one alternative, `BlueStream`, but I don't think that that is a solid alternative and would love to hear some more apps from you guys.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Try `Wiredog`. It's new and you can find it on Reddit in the top apps category.

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Tags: applications, music
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title: Rezound in a boot loop

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# Question
Title: Rezound in a boot loop
My Rezound has randomly just turned off and on for a while and it doesn't stop until I take the battery out and remove the SIM card. Any ways to fix this? Thanks!

# Answer
> 0 votes
Do a hard reset, remove sim, set network type to WCDMA preferred.

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Tags: reboot, boot-loop, htc-rezound
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# Question
Title: Strange Android app displaying in Mandarin
On my Samsung Galaxy Note phone I started receiving strange notifications in Mandarin (the language of the people of China). Once I click on the notification it opens my browser with a blank page and then exits just after few seconds.

A few minutes later I get this app install prompt:

It says in French

> blocked install of apps not coming from Android market.

This has been repeating several times since ~2 weeks now.

Questions:

* What's this?
* How to be sure that it won't repeat again?

My phone has the latest updates offered by Samsung and is not rooted. I also did not install any app in Mandarin.

# Answer
I would say the app is Baidu Browser or any other app from Baidu.

Despite not being able to see an app in the laucher, you could have some sort of malware app installed that will only display notify items but stood hidden in background. On your phone go to Settings \> Application Manager and check for all the apps you have installed. If you find an app that you haven't installed, uninstalling it might end the notification issues.

If you only install apps from Google's Play Store I would suggest you disable the *Unknown source* option to enable/disable the installation of third party app (if you have this option enabled). You can find the option in either Settings \> Security, Settings \> Developement or Settings \> Application Manager (depending on your Android version)

As for the ROM and updates, they can't do anything about malware apps.
> 1 votes

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Tags: malware
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title: HTC One V without Sense 4

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# Question
Title: HTC One V without Sense 4
I have an HTC One V with Android 4.0 and HTC Sense 4. Unfortunately, the phone is quite slow. I suspect for the htc sense and other unnecessary application. Can I install android 4.0 without htc sense?

Does anybody have a link to the ROM that I need to use? My phone is a HTC One V on the T-Mobile network (HU) and I got it in January.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

# Answer
Basically you can install any launcher from the Play Store. You don't need a custom ROM to do this. I suggest Apex or Nova.

It doesn't change anything on your system, fyi
> 0 votes

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Tags: custom-roms, htc-sense, htc-one-v
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# Question
Title: Identify the NFC tag or NFC-enabled device during transfer
I am very new to Android.

I want to identify which one is enabled NFC tag or NFC-enabled device.

Please provide the difference between NFC mode:

* card read/write
* P2P communication

# Answer
I'm not sure if you have a first question, or if I understand your first question. But, if you are looking for an app to read NFC tags, just search for "check nfc" in Google Play. There are a lot of apps there.

If you want to enable the NFC on a device, go to `Settings > Wireless & Networks > More... > NFC`. This is also how you check if the device can read NFC.

To answer your second question, please look at conor's answer in this question: Is it possible to use Android Beam between an android device and another NFC device?
> 1 votes

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Tags: nfc
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title: Nexus 10 handwriting apps always lag

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# Question
Title: Nexus 10 handwriting apps always lag
So I just bought a nexus 10 and among the many reasons for getting one, I want to take notes with it. I've bought myself a nice stylus that works wonderfully on iPads and my galaxy nexus phone. However, writing with the same stylus and exact same apps on my nexus 10 isn't working as one would hope. It seems to lag quite badly in picking up where my stylus is and this forces me to write very slowly so that it will pick up all of my strokes, thus making it pretty much useless in a classroom setting, but, like I said before, I don't see this at all with my galaxy nexus.
So, why am I seeing such a huge difference in performance between these two devices when (I assume) the nexus 10 would be so much more powerful than my phone? Is it the apps or the hardware? And how do I fix this issue without just writing my own note taking app?

# Answer
1. Make device as root
2. Go to xda-developers.com - Seeder Topic
3. Install last Seeder apk on your device
4. Run it

And then your device should work better.
> 1 votes

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Tags: hardware, performance, notes, stylus, samsung-nexus-10
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# Question
Title: Red exclamation mark when trying to update Nexus 7.
Every time I go to update my Google Nexus 7 to Android Jelly Bean 4.2, it fails and shows the Android logo on it's side with red exclamation mark (!) on.

Why won't it let me update to Jelly Bean 4.2?

Has anyone else had this issue before?

# Answer
I had this problem because I manually (via titanium backup) uninstalled one of the system apps: the korean keyboard (which, for me, is rather pointless). Somehow that caused the upgrading process to fail, maybe because my system was not "intact". After I restored the app it worked flawlessly. Did you make any modifications like that? If so, try reverting them.
> 1 votes

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Tags: updates, nexus-7, 4.2-jelly-bean
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# Question
Title: How to install Android completely as new to ASUS Eee pad transformer?
I have ASUS eee pad transformer.

I used OLife to use Ubuntu on it, it worked but it crashed Ubuntu. Now when i boot it always goes to APX mode, so i have black screen only. No Android, No Ubuntu i got. Nothing shows up on the screen. But when i connect the device using USB to my PC i can see its showing

```
Bus 003 Device 077: ID 0955:7820 NVidia Corp.

```

(Which means its in APX mode.)

Now, I dont want to use Ubuntu on it. How can using APX mode, completely install the Android as new on the device from my PC?

Is there any OLife like package available to install Android straight quickly on it?

# Answer
If you can access APX Mode, you can restore a stock ROM using Easy Flasher.

The steps are the following:

1. Check if your Asus Transformer is supported.
2. Download *Easy Flasher*
3. Download the latest stock ROM from Asus website.
4. Copy the update zip to *asusupdate* folder (inside *Easy Flasher* folder).
5. Open *Easy Flasher* and hit *Flash Asus stock zip*

The application will install the stock ROM back to your Transformer, so from there you can root or install a custom ROM without problems.
> 1 votes

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Tags: usb, installation, asus-eee-pad-transformer
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# Question
Title: Can the Android YouTube app display annotations?
I run the stock YouTube app on my HTC One X phone.

There are a couple of channels I follow who post videos narrated in their local language, but with translations added as annotations on top of the video stream. These are perfectly viewable in my desktop browser but are not displayed in the Android YouTube app.

Is there a setting for this I am missing, or are they just not available?

# Answer
Annotations are unfortunately not supported on Android at this time:

> # Notes
>
> * Annotations appear on standard YouTube players and embedded players.
> * Annotations **do not** appear on custom YouTube chromeless players.
> * Annotations **do not** appear in video playbacks taking place on mobile, tablet and TV devices.

Someone from Google has evidently acknowledged this feature request, but I don't believe there's any kind of timeline for its implementation (or official word that it, in fact, *will* be implemented).
> 7 votes

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Tags: youtube
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# Question
Title: How can I search the SMSs/MMSs using the default search interface?
I have a Cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM installed. I love the Google Search interface and can search most of my phone using it, but I am unable to find "Messaging" as a searchable item. I've seen a lot of photos showing "Messaging" as a searchable item, but it isn't on my phone.

I dug through the Cyanogenmod source and found that a commit was made that removed this functionality. I haven't been able to understand the reason for this.

Is it possible to re-add this feature? Do I need to configure something?

# Answer
I don't know if this will help or not, but if you need this option, you can give it a try (if you are ready to face the aftermath whatever it is).

First, you have to access the system files of your mobile, so you might need Droid Explorer. You may face an error sometime while showing the android SDK path if you have already installed it on PC. For that, you can simply create a folder named `android-7` inside your `sdk/platforms` folder.

Then connect your phone and open Droid Explorer and try locating the particular `searchable.xml` file which I have no idea where it is.

Open it and try changing the `false` into `true`.

Sometimes, it might have triggered some other file to change this particular option. I tried myself for some time using this and I couldn't figure it out.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, mms, google-search, sms
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title: Sony Reader PRS-T1 becomes unresponsive

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# Question
Title: Sony Reader PRS-T1 becomes unresponsive
My Sony Reader PRS-T1 based on Android 2.2 is acting funny.

I had rooted it in the past but is now in the "original" state, upgraded with the latest official firmware.

The problem is that many times, the unit becomes unresponsive. This happens after putting the unit on sleep and waking it again. The dictionary hangs, changing dictionaries hangs even worse and sometimes highlighting text as well (this makes the dictionary pop up.

I managed to get logs and I found the following error messages, just after waking from sleepmode:

```
2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getProductName ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getSkuName ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getSerialNumber ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getServiceId ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getMacAddress ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getPsn ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 E JNIHelp (2308:2308) [log_main    ] RegisterNatives failed for 'com/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier'
```

Any ideas on how to diagnose and restore my system?

# Answer
It turned out that backing up, reformatting the internal drive and restoring the backup.

After doing that, I also copied the internal partitions from another Reader and the problem is solved.

I suspect that it is the formatting which solved the problem but am not sure.

Procedure in this forum post.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, performance, malware
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# Question
Title: How do you configure a Nexus 7/10 for family use
I'm considering getting one of the Nexus tablets for my family. I think the multi-user support is a great way to separate my apps from the kids games. But what I've read about the implementation of multiple users seems lacking. Without a device to experiment on I am left to ask here how this works.

What I would like to do is setup myself as owner, with my Google email address and Play Store credentials. Next I'd like to add users for my wife and my kids. Setting up a profile for my wife is easy as she has her own android phone and I can use her Google account for that. It's adding a user profile for each of my kids that I'm uncertain about.

1. My kids are young and don't have email addresses. Nor do I want them to yet. Do I have to create an address for each of them? What are my alternatives?
2. Can I configure the Play store for the kids user profiles to use my Play store sign-on / credentials? On my phone I have the option of doing this, though I don't know what effect it would have there either (does it uninstall the apps from the first sign on and sync down those from the second)?

Obviously I don't want to pay multiple times for apps for my kids. It's one thing for adults to buy their own apps, but does Google really expect each kid to have an associated credit card and to buy their own apps?

Any assistance in the correct way to configure the tablet would be appreciated.

# Answer
> 9 votes
Set up a child account on the device, this is pretty simple, there's an overview of that process here. You don't to sign the child in using a Google account, it lets you skip these steps.

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Assuming you want your kids to be able to download any apps you've already paid for, or want to be able to download any apps you buy them, sign into the Play Store on the child account using your main account's credentials, it's probably worth also choosing not to sync all of the main account's emails/contacts/etc. across at this point. You can then add a PIN to the Play Store so that they can't buy anything with your details and also choose the maturity rating of the content they see, this won't affect the settings of the main account's Play Store on the device despite the fact you're using the same Google account on the store.

From this your kids can access all your already paid for applications but thanks to the PIN won't be spending any of your money, at least not without your knowledge, and you haven't had to sign them up for a Google account.

Any apps that they download also aren't automatically put into your main accounts app list so you don't have to worry about them downloading a load of games and it filling your home screen a la iPad/iPhone style.

The downside to this approach is that your kids will be able to read your GMail, see your calender and contacts etc. A good solution to this is an app locker which restricts them from using these applications. I tested APP Lock and it seemed to do the job well.

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If you don't mind your kids not being able to download apps you've already paid for on your account and aren't bothered about not being able to access any games you buy them then I think it would be worth signing up for a new main Google account and adding your credit card details to this. You could then sign onto the child's Play Store using this new account, set up the PIN same and maturity in the same way as the last approach but this time you won't have to worry about them seeing your emails or any other information that is linked to your main account.

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For both of these approaches if you download an application on the child's account with your main account selected in the Store but have added the child's email as well and then switched back to this on the Store after the download the app will remain on the device and still be usable.

If you want any more information, clarification or screenshots just say in the comments and I'll add it or test it out if I haven't already.

# Answer
> 2 votes
If your children use your Google Account, you could install some kind of app locker to stop them opening the GMail app and reading your emails.

The newer Google Play versions also allow you to apply a PIN to purchases - which would probably be handy in this place.

If they use your Google Account, they will have access to all the apps that you have purchased, but if they do not then they will have to be purchased again.

If you do not want to use your email address/google account for your children, then you would have to make them one, if they were to use Google Play. You could keep the passwords, and install an app locker to prevent the gmail app from opening.

The only issue with them having their own accounts would be that you would have to re-buy apps for their accounts.

For your number 2 point, you can have an unlimited number of devices with a single google account - it will not remove apps from your phone, but it *may* download apps if they are backed up. To counteract this, you will have to make sure you untick the 'Restore data from this Google Account' option when setting up the Google Account.

# Answer
> 0 votes
If you are happy to root your tablet, you can use Multi-User App Share. With this, purchase/install all apps for the tablet as the administrator user, then you can choose which of these apps is available to other users.

This way, you don't need to set up an email address for each child, and the child will never have access to your account. If you give the child an email address in due course, then (s)he can access his/her emails without seeing yours.

Warning: Multi-User App Share is currently in beta.

# Answer
> 0 votes
Another alternative if you have a rooted device, or are willing to root it, is AppShare(+).
(Full disclosure: I am the developer).

It mimics the method that Google uses to enable/disable apps on a user account.

You can install it on your primary account, and then select which of your apps you'd like to "share" (enable) with each of your kids' accounts.

You also have the ability to "unshare" (disable) system or user apps.
So you could remove the Gmail app, or even the Play Store app, to prevent your kids from getting at stuff that you wouldn't want them to. I have found that this works best when you remove system apps from a "fresh" user – i.e. One that has not had a Google account set up on it yet.

For paid apps however, you *may* – depending on how their licencing works – have to add the Google account that you used to purchase the app, to the user that you wish to share the paid app with in order for it to work.

The Play Store description explains what can be done, and some of the limitations, in more detail.

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Tags: nexus-7, 4.2-jelly-bean, multi-user, samsung-nexus-10
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# Question
Title: Can I stop installed apps adding their icon to my homescreen?
Currently **every** app I install adds a launcher icon to the homescreen. As my default homescreens are nicely arranged and as a result full, it creates another home screen 'page' to put the icons on.

This is really very annoying as I have to remove both the icon and the newly created screen on every install.

Is there any way to stop apps adding a launcher to the home screen by default?

# Answer
From Google Play Store application:

* Go into Settings
* Uncheck *Auto-add shortcuts*

That will prevent Google play store from creating shortcuts to the home screen each time a new app is installed.
> 3 votes

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Tags: htc-sense, home-screen, htc-sensation
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# Question
Title: How to upgrade the HTC One X (with AT&T) from ICS to Jelly Bean from Indian telecome?
I purchased HTC One X unlocked (with AT&T) with Android ICS. I am using this phone in India with Airtel SIM.

How can I upgrade the device to Jelly Bean?

# Answer
If you have bought an unlocked phone then there's no issue of what kind of carrier you have and which country you are in. Just connect to the internet and get an OTA update from settings, provided they have rolled out the update to their customers in the country where you bought it from.
> 0 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, updates, htc-one-x
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# Question
Title: Why does my phone have erroneous input when connected to a non-OEM power source?
My phone (Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX) seems to have problems accepting touch input when connected to a non-OEM power source. When connected to my computer via USB, it accepts input fine, as it does when connected to an Xbox 360 through USB. When connected to the wall USB charger it shipped with, it also accepts input fine, but when connected to a third-party wall USB charger, the touch input goes crazy and starts selecting objects all over the screen where I'm not pressing. The charger did not do this with my previous Android phone.

Is this because there is some data connection it is looking for through USB so that it acts weirdly if not using an OEM charger or actually connected to a data-using device?

# Answer
Though Alex's answer has its point; but as the OP confirmed the second adapter in question is a HTC charger, I hold it more likely that a special "PIN usage" is the cause. As I explained in my comments to the question:

PinOuts describes how the PINs of the USB connector are used in general.

screenshot from PinOuts.ru

Note the "x" PIN which, according to the description, *may* be connected to GND.

Now to my observation: As I was annoyed by the very same problem, I decided to dig a little deeper. I tried 3 different cables with the HTC power unit versus two other power units (one Motorola, one generic) on my *Motorola Milestone 2*. In short, all cables behaved exactly the same: connected to the HTC power supply, they caused the very same behaviour described in the question, i.e. unpredictable reactions to the touchscreen. Connected to any of the other power sources, there was no such effect. So the cause very clearly was the HTC power supply.

If EMI were involved, as Alex suggests, the same strange behaviour should appear here daily, as that HTC power supply is connected to a power source (and such must emmit those electro-magnetic disturbance), and my devices are often positioned not much more than 20cm from it. A connected cable might bundle that, true -- but I still hold my theory for more likely. And as one can find by looking at this XDA thread, HTC chargers *do* obviously use a different PIN layout -- which adds its weight to my arguments.

Besides: Other devices connected to the HTC charger (I tried with two tablets, none of them a HTC) did *not* show the effect. So with the EMI argument, the resumé would not be "HTC builds lousy adapters", but "Motorola builds lousy displays" ;)
> 5 votes

# Answer
The effect you are observing has nothing to do with any "strange signals" like some suggested but with the quality of the power adapter. Capacitive touch screens are very sensitive to EMI and the low quality power adapter you are trying to use is interfering with the touch sensor controller in the phone.

Slightly more detailed description of the problem
> 3 votes

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Tags: charging, motorola-droid-razr
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# Question
Title: Removing Gmail app for guest device in my home
I recently picked up an HTC One V phone for practically free. I want to use it as a "media device" in my home. I have it hooked up to a dock and would like to have Netflix/Pandora/Play Music (linked to my personal Google account) installed. Since I frequently have guests in my home, I do not want ANY access to my personal things. (GMail and Play Store). What is the safest way to remove access to Gmail and the Play Store (or to force password entry every time), while allowing full access to my Play Music without a password?

# Answer
You could use a so called "App Locker" like e.g. App Lock, which allow you to protect selected apps with a pattern lock. A more restrictive way would be to turn your tab into a "Kiosk device" (details can be found following the tag; just 6 questions, so it should be easy to browse).
> 2 votes

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Tags: google-play-store, google-account, media-player, kiosk-mode
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# Question
Title: How to disable file extension check during incoming file transfers?
I'm running CyanogenMod 10 on my Nexus 7. As with all other Android devices, for some reason Google thought it cute to check file extensions of incoming Bluetooth file transfers and reject them if they're not one of a handful of extensions.

In other words, a file called file.pem, file.xxx will not transfer via Bluetooth but file.zip or file.jpg will.

Is there something I can do on my rooted device to disable this silly file extension check?

# Answer
> 1 votes
You could use a workaround, compress your file as zip archive and then extract it on your Android Device.

I use AndroZip for it. As an alternative you could use a better Variant. Total Commander.

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Tags: bluetooth, file-transfer
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# Question
Title: Difference between touching the screen with finger and S pen
What is the difference in touching the screen of Galaxy Tab (10.1) with Finger and the S Pen ?

# Answer
> 1 votes
When using the S-Pen your Touch is a bit more accurate, if you use a app like "Papyrus" where you can write on a "Virtual" Sheet of Paper you will see that a Pen is much more accurate. But in normal Terms if you dont need to be that accurate your Finger is enough.

The Pen is nothing more than a Piece of Hardware having a organic material on it's top. That the Galaxy Tab can recognize.

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Tags: touchscreen, samsung-galaxy-tab-2-10.1
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title: Thunderbird mail on Samsung Galaxy S3?

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# Question
Title: Thunderbird mail on Samsung Galaxy S3?
I'm switching from an old phone and need to know if I can install Thunderbird on a Samsung S3 or any other similar phone? I have several business emails and like the way Thunderbird works.

Being new to this, if I can't put TBird on the Samsung or similar product, then what type of e-mail platform will I be using?

# Answer
Mozilla have not created a Thunderbird app, so you're not going to have that option.

That said, there are **dozens** (or more) email apps in the Play Store. (Not to mention the stock email app that ships with the device.) A large number of them can handle multiple email accounts just fine.
> 4 votes

# Answer
I have Thunderbird installed on my S3 phone.
> -1 votes

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Tags: email
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# Question
Title: "Red frame" around the screen when starting some apps
Just recently I noticed on my Nexus 7 that when I start some apps - and it's not just those allows to have superuser rights - I can briefly see a "red frame" all around the screen area of the app that goes away in a second or maybe a little less.

Does anyone know where this comes from and in particular what it means?

Note: as you probably guessed from the contents, my device is rooted. Also note that it's well possible that one of the installed apps is responsible for this, yet I don;t know which. But I'd like to know.

# Answer
This is caused by the strict mode setting under the developer options. It flashes a red border around the screen when anything does a long operation on the main thread.
> 13 votes

# Answer
Happened with me also. Uncheck the strict mode setting and then reboot the device. Dont forget to reboot.otherwise the settings' change wont apply.
> 5 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, nexus-7, z4root
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title: Quickly send an email

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# Question
Title: Quickly send an email
I'm looking for a way to send an email to myself as quickly as possible. I am using my inbox as TODO list, and sometimes even send emails to myself to add new items…

The optimal solution would be one where after a single touch on homescreen and typing a line of text (like: “Buy Milk”), some app or service would automatically send an email to my address with subject equal to what I typed. I wish to avoid choosing destination address, being forced to type something into the body and so on.

I'm currently using Evernote for that, occasionally moving items to my INBOX manually. But even then it's 5 or 6 touches + several seconds needed to load Evernote on my a bit dated Milestone 1.

Thanks for any ideas.

# Answer
You might want to take a look at e.g. Mail Myself / SelfMail (which integrate into the Share menu), or Email Me / Email To Self:

> Create homescreen shortcuts which use a preselected email address and/or label by long pressing on a blank space on your homescreen, then select Shortcuts, then Email To Self.

Guess that's what you're looking for ;)
> 4 votes

# Answer
Google Voice Actions has what you want.

Simply enter voice command mode, say "note to self", then say whatever your note is. When you're done an email message will be sent to you with the text of your message.
> 5 votes

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Tags: email, to-do-list
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# Question
Title: Viewing local style sheets/javascript/html using Emulator
I want to view style sheets/html pages via the Android emulator. I pulled the html pages into the SD Card and was able to view them. However, I'm not sure how to pull the style sheets/javascript in to see specific styling.

How can that be done? I'm not a programmer, but can find my way around Eclipse pretty well if that is needed.

# Answer
> 1 votes
I don't know much about Eclipse. But for your goal, it all depends on how the external stylesheets are defined. If they are using full-qualified URLs (e.g. http://www.example.com/example.css), there's no way you get them working offline. If they are using a relative path (easiest: just their file name, residing in the same directory as the HTML file), you can simply copy them next/relative to your HTML files, and it should work.

Examples, assuming the HTML file is put to `/sdcard/html/myfile.html`:

* `<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">`: simply copy `style.css` to `/sdcard/html`
* `href="../style.css">`: Copy to `/sdcard`
* `href="foo/bar/style.css"`: create `/sdcard/html/foo/bar` and place `style.css` there
* `href="/style.css"`: Sorry, nogo without root, as you cannot write to `/`

# Answer
> 0 votes
You need to open the HTML file on your browser, so that you can see the actual styling.

You can also open a browser via Eclipse.

PS This really sounds like a dev-related issue. Probably off-topic.

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title: Sync without gmail playing big brother?

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# Question
Title: Sync without gmail playing big brother?
My happiness turned to despire when I realised that to have Android0based cell means to have a mandatory GMail account and an mandatory sync of all data to Google even if one just wants to sync just PC and cell in good old fashioned way. :(

I am not comfortable being forced to use GMail, moreover I don't want an online sync! I just want my phone and my PC to be in sync. Is there any other good way to achieve this without smashing my cell to pieces and hating Google for the rest of my life?

I am really unhappy that Google is this ruthless for data, maybe I made a mistake switching. Please help me if any of you have a solution, I have invested quite a lot blindly trusting Google. :(

# Answer
You can easily limit what data is synced by navigating to Settings \> Accounts and Sync. ( Your menu may look somewhat different than this but should be similar.) From there you can deselect Background Data, Auto-Sync as well as individual accounts such as your Google (@gmail), Facebook, etc. However, I believe this will just prevent syncing from occurring automatically. If you open the GMail application, I believe it will sync your inbox/outbox/etc. BUT, if you're not using GMail, this wouldn't apply to you.

While you're at it, you can navigate to Settings \> Connect to PC \> Default Connection Type. There you may have another option regarding Syncing (with a PC). I see "HTC Sync" but I'm not certain what other manufacturers have in that menu.
> 4 votes

# Answer
This is what I did to solve this Google forcing on me problem.

This method will most likely **void your warranty** for your device proceed at your own risk.

First of all my phone was already rooted so, I did not need to root my phone. So you will need to root your phone. You will need to install titanium backup on to your rooted phone and run a full backup of your phone apps. Then you will need to look for a file called **Google Contact Sync** and uninstalled/or freeze it. It is also wise to install droidwall firewall or even Avast mobile firewall. Now I have to do something about calendar syncing to Gmail, None!
> -1 votes

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Tags: sync, privacy, offline
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# Question
Title: How do I get a camera icon on my lockscreen?
I've seen screenshots from Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) that have a camera icon besides the unlock icon on the lockscreen (see below).

My Nexus 4 (latest Jelly Bean, 4.2.1) has a camera widget on its lockscreen instead, but I find it sometimes hard to open. (As long as the lock symbol is pulsing, the swipe has to be started from the very edge. If you are already widget selection mode, it is easier.)

Is there anyway to add the camera icon (or any other icons) to the unlock circle? In stock, with apps, or with any mods?

# Answer
> 2 votes
You could try WidgetLocker Lockscreen. It lets you add app shortcuts on your lockscreen.

*It replaces your lockscreen though.*

# Answer
> 2 votes
Go to
**Settings**--\>**Lock Screen**--\>**Slider Shortcuts**--\>*Swipe to any side*--\> Click on "**Empty**"--\>Select "**Applications**"--\>**Camera**

Now you can see a camera Icon on Lock Screen.

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Tags: lock-screens, 4.2-jelly-bean
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# Question
Title: File Manager opens when connected to charger
I am using Sony XPeria with Android 4.0.4. If I connect the device to an AC adapter/charger, the ASTRO File manager opens by default. How to stop the app from opening when the device is connected to the charger?

# Answer
I believe this is because the Astro file manager sees it as a connection instead charge only.

When you connect the charger, pull down the top notification menu -\> click on the USB icon -\> change the settings to "USB charge only"

This should fix it
> 1 votes

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# Question
Title: Reversing translation of (error) messages?
A device presents me with an error message, and I want to google the problem.

The error message is displayed translated, making it harder than necessary to find others with the same issue and/or a solution.

Is there a way I can search the translation dataset and find the original string in english?

# Answer
> 1 votes
After some digging around, it turns out that there is indeed a way to handle localization in the SDK that could help answer this question, but from the Localization documentation, I don't get the impression an end-user can easily find these files and read them.

Izzy's two suggestions from the comments are really the best available solutions here.

1. Switch the system language in the settings, provoke the error message, write it down, and switch back. While the system language is switched, all apps will use this if not explicitly told otherwise.
2. You could try is to google for the translation, which might turn up the translation XML file holding both, original string and translation.

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# Question
Title: Mere presence of SD card causes all sort of issues - what can be wrong?
My Galaxy S II started to act weirdly recently - **application can't be installed or updated** neither in Google Play, nor locally, the Settings \> Apps (Storage) says **"Computing" forever**, my SD card **fails to dismount** etc. But other than that, the phone operates normally - all files are accessible, all apps work etc.

As I needed the updates and installs to work, I needed to fix this. It appeared that when I physically take the SD card out, all is suddenly fine. When I put the card back in, I can access the data on it, the files are visible over MTP on my Windows machine etc. but the above mentioned problems are back again.

I've checked the card itself and it seems to be fine - it operates normally under Windows, the Windows check tool didn't find any corrupted sectors or anything like that. So I guess the fault is either in my phone or in Android - does this sound familiar to someone here? Is there anything I can do to try to fix this?

# Answer
> 1 votes
tl;dr: Have you tried with another SD card already? Have you tried the SD card on another phone? Try formatting the SD card and resetting the phone.

Maybe there is some problem with a file on the SD card, that isn't recognized by your computer, but that your phone doesn't like. Maybe you could try to format your SD card, so that everything is removed (also the possibly bad file). Or check if you have the same problem on your phone with another SD card.

Could be that this doesn't fix your problem, then I would suggest you try to reset your phone (don't forget to take a backup of course). And see if you still have the problem.

If this (formatting SD + resetting phone) also doesn't help, then I am out of ideas. Maybe then there is something wrong with your hardware, but I hope one of the above will fix the problem.

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-2, external-sd
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# Question
Title: How to mark and delete some or all contacts?
I've accidentally "imported contacts from storage" and now all my Gmail contacts I've ever emailed to are in my contacts on my phone! Now I can't find any option to be able to get rid of them, "export from storage" doesn't work as expected. What should I do?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Since it doesn't look like a feature that Android natively supports, you can try Contact Remover; it lets you to mark the contacts you want to delete.

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Tags: contacts, samsung-galaxy-nexus
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# Question
Title: What's the default Nexus 4 indicator LED behavior?
What is the *default* behavior of the Nexus 4 indicator LED? When is it lit, in what colors, and why?

Google's official Nexus 4 documentation doesn't apparently cover the LED. I googled and found apps or articles on how to customize the LED behavior, or reviews mentioning the LED without further details, but no descriptions of how it's supposed to work by default.

# Answer
99% of the time the LED means "new, dismissable notification". I am unsure exactly how the LED color is chosen, but it seems to be based off the homescreen icon of the app; IMO has a blue icon/LED, Messanging (texts) has a green icon/LED, and Gmail has a while icon/LED. The color is consistent each notification from the app, so you will learn which color means which sort of notification.

You can also apparently control it via applications (and presumably by tinkering with system settings somehow): Light Flow can set the colors for Nexus 4 notifications per-app. I haven't tried it myself, but it claims Nexus 4 support.

You can see (I believe) all the colors the LED can show in this (surprisingly long) video. Most of the colors chosen are easily distinct to anyone with typical color vision. If you have partial colorblindness or apps with overlapping notification colors, the notification color changing apps might be of use to you.

The LED can also Flash red when the battery is extremely low and the device won't otherwise turn on.
> 8 votes

# Answer
It depends on the app. e.g. If I use Yahoo, it changes to purple.
> 0 votes

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Tags: nexus-4, notification-led
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# Question
Title: Dual Booting a Windows 8 Tablet/Smartphone with Android OS?
Is it possible and indeed practical to dual boot a Windows 8 tablet/smartphone with Jelly Bean 4.0 + ? Are there significant restrictions or limitations in doing so? If this is not achieveable as yet - What about running Bluestacks on these devices, just in the same manner that Bluestacks can run Android Apps as an emulator on a Windows PC (if i'm correct)

# Answer
You could, but without support it would be difficult.

Android does not 100% support for all apps on intel/amd processors

As well as this, you would have to write a kernal / kernel object to support the specific hardware of the device.

This can be quite difficult if propriety information is unavailable.

You would be better to ask at http://forum.xda-developers.com and ask if someone has ported Android to your device, or a device you would be wanting to buy.
> 3 votes

# Answer
**Update: BlueStacks Android App Player Now Has A MS Surface Pro Tablet - Optimized Version**

Bluestacks android emulator has now finally arrived to Windows 8 (no RT Version currently available), and works like an absolute charm on Windows 8 PCs, notebooks and ultrabooks alike.

BlueStacks for Windows 8 supports an elegant interface and runs in full screen mode by default. The application is also fully optimized for the 1920 x 1080 HD display of Surface Pro.

BlueStacks for Windows 8 is perhaps the most interesting application to hit the OS so far. It’s a significant boost to the otherwise lukewarm offerings of Windows Store. BlueStacks works on all variants of Windows 8, but not on Windows RT. Testing was carried out on Windows 8 Pro 64-bit.

http://www.bluestacks.com/

The above extract was taken from an article entitled **"BlueStacks Android App Player Now Has A Surface Pro-Optimized Version"** was written for Addictive Tips by Waqas Ahmed on 13th February 2013. For more in depth info:

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/bluestacks-android-app-player-now-has-a-surface-pro-optimized-version/
> 2 votes

# Answer
The vast majority of devices aren't capable of supporting both OSes. However, you can try Android x86 on non-ARM tablets; I've tried it on my WindPad and it works. It's just like dual-booting with Linux.

Probably the most significant limitations are that some hardware is unlikely to work, as driver support is not comprehensive.
> 1 votes

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title: Gmail has stopped syncing

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# Question
Title: Gmail has stopped syncing
How do I get my new email to update and notify me on my Android? On a regular computer I can see **all** my email. On my phone I will not see anything new; it's always just the same two email messages. I pressed the refresh button and it does nothing. How can I fix this issue?

# Answer
> 1 votes
Go to your Gmail `settings`. Most probably you can go by pressing your menu button. Then select your email address, such as `xxxx@gmail.com`. Make sure, you have `notification` option ticked. Go below and you will see Gmail Sync option, make sure it is `ON`. Now try refreshing.

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title: HTC One S notification vibrate

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# Question
Title: HTC One S notification vibrate
I have a HTC One S and recently did a system update and am now running 4.1.1 (whatever that is called)

I have a few games that have push notifications e.g. bakery story, restaurant story. As soon as I updated these, the notifications play the sound I had set, but now annoyingly they also vibrate. I have been into the settings for each app and there is no option for vibrate.

I have searched through all the settings in my phone and can't find an option for notifications vibrating anywhere. I don't know how or why it turned on, but I want it off. The only option I have at the moment is to have my phone on silent all the time, or to turn the push notifications off.

Which means that I will lose out in the games. I know it's not very important but I have spent a lot of time on these games and it would be a shame to get rid of them.

Thank you. :-)

# Answer
Go to your phone's `settings`. Go to `Sound`. Tick off the `Vibrate` (Vibration feedback for calls and notifications) option.
> 1 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, vibration, push-notifications, htc-one-s
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# Question
Title: How can I webcast a live drawing session with Android?
I just migrated from an iPad to a Nexus 7. One app that I used frequently was Jot. Basically it was a simple drawing app that allowed people to watch what I was drawing in real time on a webpage.

Is there a way to achieve something similar on Android?

# Answer
> 1 votes
**To the date, No**

The best you can get is to share your whiteboard through Wi-Fi. Go to goolge play store and search for whiteboard apps. You will find a plenty of great apps.

Hope this helps.

# Answer
> 0 votes
We created an app that allows you draw + chat with multiple users in real-time.

It's also a social network so can add friends, upload stuff, view a newsfeed etc.

Market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.che.squibble.client

Website: https://www.squibblebox.com

Let us know what you think!

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Tags: drawing
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# Question
Title: Antenna Patch/Adaptor for Galaxy Nexus i9250
It's been a month of searching what kind of antenna adapter/patch am I going to use.

Anyone knows what kind of patch is this? Thanks.

# Answer
You will need a MS147.

Be careful, you might kill your internal Antenna connecting an external one.
> 1 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-nexus, hardware
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title: where are Android Chrome bookmarks?

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# Question
Title: where are Android Chrome bookmarks?
What is the path of the bookmarks file for Chrome in Android 4.1.2? eg is it in the /sdcard/data directory or somewhere else?

# Answer
> 2 votes
As far as I know, they are stored under:

`data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/default/bookmarks`

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, chrome-for-android
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# Question
Title: Why do some applications have `Move to SD card` button disabled?
I've just downloaded an app, and I want to move it to SD card. At the application setting, the app has data like this:

Total ... 10.05MB
Application ... 9.97MB
Data ... 80.00KB

Next to 'Clear data' button, 'Move to SD card' button is disabled. Why?

# Answer
There are some apps that have programming requirements that entail having to be installed on the system SD card. Think of it as a flag that's set by the app as to whether or not the app can be moved to SD or not. In this case, it can't be as it would destroy the app's functionality.
> 0 votes

# Answer
This question comes up quite often, and so we already have a lot of answers for it. Please check e.g.
> 0 votes

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Tags: applications, sd-card, settings
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# Question
Title: Enabling Android as USB host on Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 10
I'm trying to develop applications that talk to USB devices, but nothing works. I installed a USB Host Diagnostics app, and it tells me that there's no OS support for device detection on the Galaxy Nexus or the Nexus 10. I'm running Android 4.2 on both.

I tried the AdbTest sample application, but that doesn't respond when I connect the devices together. I tried updating the files in `/system/etc/permissions` as discussed here, but that doesn't do anything.

Can anyone get USB device detection to work on these devices? Thanks!

# Answer
I don't know the specifics about n10, but I found out an issue with my n7. When I bought it I got USB OTG/host working, but now when I tried with 4.2 it does not work anymore!

I found out that it was configured incorrectly. If you check `/etc/permissions/tablet_core_hardware.xml` you should see line `android.hardware.usb.host` in there, but after 4.2 upgrade it was not there anymore.

So for me it looks like the only way to get it working is to root the device. :-( I wonder why it has been taken out.
> 0 votes

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Tags: usb, usb-host-mode
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# Question
Title: Execute Windows Run Command or Some Windows Batch Process from Android
Can we execute a Windows run command from an Android device? Like for example I want to open a file in PC using my Android device such as `Run>C:\abc.exe`.

Or you can say I want to run a batch process (Exe File) placed in PC from my Android device.

# Answer
One option would be to install and set up SSH on the target PC. http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/

You can then use any of the many SSH android clients to connect to the target PC and you will have command line access.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I think we can achieve this thing using Sockets. we need to send a command from device to PC using socket. But on PC side we must have another socket which can manipulate the incomming command from device .Then we can execute exe batch or jar file on the basis of incomming string.

Like that suppose we send a command from device to pc " Java -jar " C:\deviceExecute.jar " On pc side we get this command through socket as a string (executejar) and then run this

if(executejar!=null || executejar!="") {

Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process proc = runtime.exec(executejar);

}
> -1 votes

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# Question
Title: How to get an alarm / warning when it starts to rain
How can I be alerted if the weather changes? For example, if it starts raining, I will receive an alarm / warning? This would obviously be based on some local weather feed, rather than actually detecting rain.

It would be useful because sometimes I have windows open for drying clothes and stuff, and from the room I am normally in one does not notice immediately when it starts raining. It would be very useful.

# Answer
> 3 votes
This isn't an Android solution, but I think it will work for you.

This IFTTT Recipe will send an SMS if the weather condition changes to "Rain".

**Trigger** (Weather channel)

* Current condition changes to rain

**Action** (SMS channel)

* Send me an SMS message

# Answer
> 2 votes
My suggestion: look at Tasker, which is basically a scripting app for Android, and set up an alarm based on your weather app or a weather feed. While not an out of the box solution, I wouldn't think that there would be an app already built that does what you're asking so that's likely you're best bet.

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# Question
Title: How can I open the keyboard on my Android tablet?
I have just bought a NATPC M009S ULTIMATE Capacative Android Tablet PC Android 4.0 ICS and I can't find any way of accessing the keyboard.

How can I open it?

# Answer
> 1 votes
It should pop up when you tap on a text box.
If it doesn't, does there appear a small keyboard icon in the bottom right corner?

# Answer
> 1 votes
It should pop up when you hold the menu button. I don't know if this works on tablets with Android 3.0 or higher but it will work on Android 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3. Good luck!

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title: How to format /storage/sdcard0 in ext4

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# Question
Title: How to format /storage/sdcard0 in ext4
I tried to create a symbolic link on the "internal SD card" of my Galaxy SD2. It failed with "permission denied" and I quickly realized this file system is vfat.

How can I reformat `/storage/sdcard0` with a modern file system instead, like ext4?

Are there any drawbacks if I do this?

# Answer
## Possible drawbacks

As for the "drawbacks" part, there are different things to consider:

* Windows cannot read ext4
* Mac/Linux/\*nix should have no trouble with it
* Using MTP, Windows won't have any trouble either
* If your ROM supports ext4, there should be no local problem
* You might want to switch to a different ROM one day -- that ROM might not support ext4 (unlikely, but not impossible)

There are several situations to consider, as well:

* If you one day get trouble with your card which cannot be solved "locally" (e.g. the card no longer mounts locally, or cannot be mounted via MTP/UMS, or you need to do a recovery of accidentally deleted files), you might need to attach it to your PC using a card reader (ext4 ↔ Windows: Fail!)
* If you lend your device to somebody only having Windows, he might encounter problems
* If you one day sell your device, you have to keep this in mind, too

Though for the last two situations, the solution might be simply to remove/replace the card, or re-format it (in the last case).

## How to do it

Still here? OK, so the drawbacks seem to be negligible. There are multiple ways of how to get your card formatted with any file system:
> 5 votes

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Tags: 4.1-jelly-bean, file-system, ext4, reformat
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# Question
Title: Organizing bookmarks between Desktop and Android
I am trying to manage my bookmarks both on my desktop and on my Android smartphone. My needs are as follows:

* I should be able to retrieve my bookmarks wherever I am, for instance on a PC I do not own
* there should be an Android client (obviously)
* there should be an easy way to add a bookmark from Firefox, for instance a bookmarklet

Do you have any suggestions on how to do this?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Though it's in no way a classical bookmark manager, you could combine a few things:

WikiMind note is an editor with Wiki-Syntax support. So you can embed links and even structures easily (pictures as well). It stores all the data files on your SDCard, so they are easily accessible with other tools.

This fact (files on SDCard) you can put to use with FolderSync. As the screenshot shows, *FolderSync* supports a lot of cloud services: Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Ubuntu One... It can also sync with local resources at home (e.g. Samba/Windows shares), or any FTP server, just to name a few examples. This way you can easily use your notes on multiple devices.

For usage on your desktop computer, there would be WikiMind desktop and (even better) ZimWiki.

**Further readings:** S. W. Black: Writing tools for phone (Android) and desktop (Windows)

# Answer
> 1 votes
Firefox can do this without any add-ons. It's called *Firefox Sync* and all you need is Firefox on your PC and Firefox on your smartphone, then follow these steps to set it up:

You can put your bookmarks in the `Unsorted Bookmarks` folder if you don't want to see them in your bookmarks toolbar. You can use tags there, too.

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title: Configuring WiFi Proxy Settings

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# Question
Title: Configuring WiFi Proxy Settings
Where can I find the WiFi proxy settings? I have the Motorola Electrify M with Android 4.1.2. I would have expected the proxy settings to be under the advanced WiFi options, but they're not there.

# Answer
Long tap on the network you want to configure. Then select 'modify network'. Scroll down and check ' show advanced settings'
> 9 votes

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# Question
Title: How do you set the default search engine in firefox?
In firefox if I type a bunch of words instead of a web address and hit go it does a google search.

You can install addons for other search engines and they appear in a list below the address bar and you can click those to perform the search on that engine instead.

Is there a way to make one of these search add-ons the default?

# Answer
> 4 votes
Figured this out by looking at the desktop version.

Enter "about:config" into the address bar. Search for "keyword.url" Set the value of this setting to the new search provider. For example: "https://www.duckduckgo.com/?q="

UPDATE: This has changed in the newer versions of Firefox (desktop version too).

You now have to install search engine addons.
Then enter "about:addons" in the address bar.
Long press on the search engine add on that you wish to be default and select "Set as Default" from the menu that appears.

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# Question
Title: Samsung Galaxy S having internal sd card problems
I have `Samsung Galaxy SLCD` having android 2.2.1 which is around one and half year old. Around one month back my it started showing message in notification bar '`internal sd card removed unexpectedly`' and after that sometimes phone hanged and I got black screen with samsung written like we get at boot time and sometimes there is multiple '`force close`' pop-ups of different apps on phone. Whenever phone gets hanged or it automatically shutdown I am able to restart it only after removing battery and putting it back again and it takes long time to boot up every time I restart.

Now from last 3-4 days I am having following problems that were not there earlier-

1. If I install an app from market or through eclipse and I restart phone the app is not there.
2. If I uninstall an old app and I restart phone the app is not uninstalled, it is still there.
3. If I copy a file it does not show up or if I transfer a file through Bluetooth it is gone after restart of phone.

However I am able to open old files or app. I don't have external SD card on my phone. Is problem with internal SD card of phone or some other OS or phone related issue. Anyone know how to solve above problems.

Thanks in advance.

Anuj

# Answer
> 1 votes
I have the exact same problem with my Samsung Galaxy S. You can also get it going again by holding the "On" button for about 15 seconds. It has been happening now for about 2 months and it was only today that I happened to be looking at it as it hanged and I saw the message about the internal SD Card, before that I thought it was a corrupt operating system or faulty battery.

The frustrating thing is that when it hangs I lose all my contacts, my text message history and my customised settings like shortcuts to certain apps on the desktop.

It also loses the default setting for connecting to the Mobile Access Point set by my mobile provider. Sometimes when it reboots people can't ring me, they think it rings once but I don't hear it ringing at all and I get no missed called.

It's funny, I notice that this post is dated December 27th and this is roughly when my phone started giving trouble, my phone is about a year and a half as well.

The advice given here by Izzy is probably the best advice for this situation but I just wanted to contribute some content here that might help more people with the same problem to find this post because unless you are looking at the phone when it crashes you will never think that the internal SD Card was at fault. It is more likely that you will find that your phone has switched itself off or has just hung.

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Tags: 2.2-froyo, samsung-galaxy-s, internal-storage
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# Question
Title: Does the Nexus 7 have a LED flash for its camera?
Does the Nexus 7 have a LED flash for its front facing camera? Can somebody point me to some documentation online that states whether this is true or not?

# Answer
As a Nexus 7 owner, I can confirm for you that it does not have a LED flash for its front-facing camera. In fact, off the top of my head, I can't think of a single device that does.

Documentation of a feature that isn't present is going to be hard to come by. A good verification of this fact, however, is in ifixit's teardown pictures (see steps 12 and 13). Camera and light sensor, no flash.
> 3 votes

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Tags: nexus-7, hardware, front-camera, camera-flash
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# Question
Title: Why do apps legitimately purchased from Android Market warn about missing license?
A few weeks ago I purchased two paid apps, 3G Watchdog Pro (3GWP) and The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE). Both of them displayed warnings that the license is missing, and advised to visit Android Market for purchasing the product. 3GWP issues the warning at startup and won't start unless I buy the app. TPE does start, but issues the warning occasionally.

I had actually bought 3GWP a few months earlier but soon uninstalled it, then decided to install it again a few weeks ago. I purchased the app again after the developer, whom I had contacted, refunded the previous purchase for troubleshooting. He said that refunding/repurchasing usually fixes the issue, and had no other suggestions.

I thought this issue was app-specific, then it occurred with a different app, TPE. I posted a query to the Google Mobile help Forum and was contacted by the TPE developer. He did some troubleshooting, i.e. checked the aLogcat output and whitelisted my account. But the problem persisted.

Today I launched the Wolfram Alpha paid app, which I hadn't used in a while, and it displayed the warning "Application Not Licensed - This Wolfram | Alpha app has not been licensed. Please login to the phone using correct credentials or purchase it from the Android Market", and didn't start.

Why do unrelated, legitimately purchased apps report licensing issues? I suspect the problem is at Google's end.

I have a Nexus S phone with Android 2.3.6. My mobile carrier is Vodafone IT.

# Answer
This does sound like Google has messed up your account. One thing I would try: Uninstall the apps in question, clear the data for the Market, then go into the Market again and re-install them.
> 4 votes

# Answer
I'm an Android developer and this bug drives me NUTS.

The only thing we've found that always fixes it is to open the main Settings app, Manage Applications, Google Play app, and then tap the Clear Data button. Then restart your phone and open the app in question and it'll be able to properly check your license.
> 1 votes

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Tags: applications, google-play-store
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# Question
Title: Continue using app after developer refunds purchase?
I'm an app developer and wondering about refunding purchases.

I use Google's standard License Check library. If a user requests a refund and I refund the entire purchase price, does that prevent them from passing the license check? Or do they get to keep using the app after I refund the money?

# Answer
> 2 votes
Play Store purchases are refundable under a 15 minute window. Under that window, if the user doesn't like the app and wants a refund, using Play Store to refund the purchase will end in the user receiving back the purchase amount and the app being uninstalled from the device.

Is it possible, under the refund window, to copy a paid app to the external storage for example and then once refunded, install it from there. I'm no app developer but I know some apps that despite doing this, they check somehow the purchase via Play Store and in this case, since the user hasn't bought the app (it did a refund), the app won't work as if it was purchased. In this example the app has a free and paid version, so the paid version has more features but since the user didn't paid for that, it gets the free (despite having the full installed).

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Tags: google-play-store
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# Question
Title: If we install the apk outside the Play Store, does it affect Google Play statistics?
If we install the apk outside the Play Store, does it affect Google Play statistics?

# Answer
NO, apps installed outside Google Play do not affect statistics.

Those apps are considered to be coming from `Unknown sources`,
and you cannot install them if you do not manually allow (or check) them in
`Settings > Security > Unknown sources`.
> 1 votes

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Tags: google-play-store
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title: How to change font on CyanogenMod?

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# Question
Title: How to change font on CyanogenMod?
I am on CyanogenMod 10.1, and I installed a font from FlipFont. But, I could not find the option to change it on the display settings.

If anyone has any idea about this, please let me know.

# Answer
You can use Font Installer. This app requires ROOT.
> 2 votes

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# Question
Title: Upgrade Cyanogenmod from 9.1 to 10.1 without losing information?
I am running Cyanogenmod 9.1 on my Samsung Galaxy SII, and would like to upgrade to version 10.1. Is there a way to do this upgrade without wiping all my apps and settings from my phone?

If not, is there a good backup strategy (what should I backup, and how) for relatively easy restoration after upgrading the Cyanogenmod rom?

Thank you.

# Answer
Here's some advice for moving between *any* two Android ROMs that will serve you well:

* First, do a full nandroid backup if you're not feeling completely confident. You can do this in CWM Recovery, or via ADB (Android Debug Bridge). This will create an "image" of your entire device.
* Now that you're safe from screwing anything up beyond repair, go ahead and use TitaniumBackup to backup all your system settings and your user apps (I usually don't backup system apps as this might cause problems). Backups will be saved on your /sdcard/ and will not disappear when you wipe.
* (Before this step, make sure you have the ROM zip files on your sdcard, otherwise you'll have to add them via ADB) Go into CWM Recovery and wipe your device (cache and data). Remember, /sdcard/ is still fine. Now install your shiny new ROM.
* When you've booted your new ROM, install TitaniumBackup first of all. It will recognize that there's already TitaniumBackup files on the sdcard (from before), and you'll be able to batch install your apps and restore system settings.

Some advice on restoring backups: be conservative. Start by restoring apps *without* user data, as old data may break the app. If somethings missing and it annoys you, restore *that app only* with data. Same goes for restoring system settings, *deselect everything* and just restore what you really want (usually just WiFi hotspots for me).
> 6 votes

# Answer
First of all, do a nandroid backup from recovery to have a backup of your current phone.

Since you're upgrading not only from a Cyanogenmod release but also an Android release, it is recomended to do a full wipe (`/cache`, `/system` and `/data`) to avoid boot loops and general problems with the upgrade.

If you want to backup all your data, despite doing the nandroid, you can use Titanium Backup, as it will let you backup your apps, data and also some system information (accounts, call log, sms, wifi settings, ...). Just take some care as some system information might not work if you restore it directly when upgrading from ICS to JB. User applications and its data files should be safe to restore.
> 2 votes

# Answer
Upgrading from CM9 to CM10.1 usually requires a FRESH install. I had to do it this way too. It's not recommended to use Titanium Backup because of possible issues. Read the **WARNING** at the bottom.

Here are the steps recommended by DonAndroid.

1. Download the CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM for your device.
2. Copy the downloaded zip file on root of your SD card.
3. Boot your device into custom Recovery mode.
4. Perform a NANDROID Backup from Recovery.
5. Now wipe the data by selecting “wipe data/factory reset”.
6. Also wipe the cache partition from “wipe cache partition” option.
7. Select install zip from sdcard \> choose zip from sdcard.
8. Select the CyanogenMod 10.1 zip file to kick off the installation.
9. After installation is complete, select “reboot system now”.

Your phone will now reboot to update CM9 to CM10.1.

**WARNING**

```
# CM 10.1 is based on Android 4.2.1. Any and all proprietary applications that you have installed outside of CM should be updated to their 4.2.1 counterparts. Do not use the 4.1 versions of proprietary applications, else you will experience difficulties.

# Finally, we always advise that you create a backup before any update. Do note, however, that due to Android 4.2 changes to support multi-user mode, your backups will automatically be transferred to /sdcard/0/[backup folder]. Remember this when attempting to restore 10.0.

```
> -1 votes

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Tags: cyanogenmod, updates
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# Question
Title: How can I send large files from my device to my computer, without using a cable?
I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with 500MB worth of videos on it (2 in total).

I want to transfer those files to my computer. The catch, I have no cable.

How can I transfer those files as quickly and as reliably as possible? Bluetooth isn't an option (it would take hours), can it be done over WiFi? I've tried WiFi direct, it doesn't recognize my PC.

# Answer
If your remote pc has Linux, you could do it through `scp` command.

See here an explication of the command. You could run this command from a terminal emulator like this one.

Short example:
`scp -r path/to/folder user@remote-PC:/path/to/where/to/save/the/files`
`scp path/to/file user@remote-PC:/path/to/remote/location/where/to/save/file`
* `-r` option means recursively copy entire folder.

If your remote pc has windows, take a look at pscp.

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Another way is to install **ES File Explorer File Manager**.
* Select the local files you wish to transfer (actions -\> copy)
* In LAN section access a folder from your remote PC and paste (actions -\> paste) the selected files.
* The folder from remote pc has to be shared with write permission.
> 2 votes

# Answer
I use WiFi File Explorer for this sort of thing. There are free and paid versions. The app acts as a web server showing the file system as a web page with all the nessasary options to copy to and from another device viewing the website. You browse to it over the wifi link. Works really well although for a really big transfer plugging the cable is is faster.

It will be a year or two befor we start to get phones with 802.11ad style wifi with multi gigabit wifi speeds which will make this a doddle.
> 2 votes

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Tags: samsung-galaxy-s-3, file-transfer
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# Question
Title: Howto avoid autostart of an app (non-rooted)?
I now and then use an app that is written to autostart on every boot of the device. This is pretty annoying since I don't use it that much. How can I stop it ?

I know there is an "Autorun Manager" app, but it requires a rooted phone. Is there a way to do this on a non-rooted device ?

# Answer
There are several ways how you could establish that. Though, as you discovered, most really good solutions require your device to be rooted, there are some methods working even without root:

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Autorun Manager you've already mentioned -- to my experience, this is the best app in this area. This app also offers a non-root mode you might want to give a try. But like other apps in non-root mode, it can only kill apps after they've started -- while in rooted mode, it can disable the corresponding "Listeners" and thus keeping the app from being started at all. Even if killed right away, many of those apps simply re-start again (which is detected by ARM, and that app then left alone to avoid a kill-start-kill cycle). Moreover, they can only handle the `boot_completed` event -- but some apps (like e.g. Google Maps) start on so many different occasions (network changed, sdcard mounted...) -- where again the Pro-Version in root-mode can deal with, but the non-root mode can't.

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If you've got Android 4.0 or higher, there might be another useful "work-around" -- at least if it's a rarely used app: Go to *Settings→Apps→Manage Apps*, scroll to the app in question, tap it once, and then tap the "Disable" button. App is gone (disabled) then, no longer shown in the app drawer -- and no longer started automatically or manually, as to the system it is "non existent". If you need it again later, go to the very same place, scroll to the very end of the list (Ah! there the disabled apps have gone to...), tap it again, and tap the "Enable" button -- back it is!

As this is a rather complicated way, it's probably not feasable for apps you need on a daily basis. But if it's an app you need no more often than once a month, it might be worth the effort.

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Some related questions go deeper into details, many of them including stuff only relevant for rooted devices. However, they might be worth reading in this context, so I include their links with my answer here:
> 3 votes

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# Question
Title: How to transfer iPhone contacts to Android Samsung without using iTunes?
For some reasons, the iPhone 4 does not talk to iTunes and I need to transfer the contacts from this to the new Samsung Android phone either Samsung Galaxy 3 or Note 2.

How can I do it?

# Answer
> 9 votes
You can sync your contacts with gmail in iPhone, then use same email ID in android device and it will automatically sync contacts.

# Answer
> 2 votes
Try using a third-party tool such as copytrans contacts to export your iPhone contacts to your PC in an Android-readable format:

Also, have a look at this tutorial:

How to transfer contacts from iPhone to Android?

# Answer
> 1 votes
If you can export your contacts into `.vcf` (VCard) format and transfer the export file to your Android device, no 3rd party utilities are necessary: the contacts app can directly read (and import) this file, and you are done.

If not, there's an app called Contacts Importer available in the playstore, which claims:

> Contacts Importer is a quick and easy cross-platform solution to help you back up and import your contacts between Android, iphone, ipad, Symbian and Blackberry.

I didn't test this (and have no iWhatever), but you might give it a try and report your success here for others to learn.

# Answer
> 0 votes
You don't need a computer to transfer contacts from Samsung mobile to iPhone5. You can follow the steps below:

1. Switch on the WiFi in both phones
2. Select contacts in Samsung
3. Select the import / export option
4. Click send name card via...
5. Select all contacts
6. Send
7. Select GMail and send to your own email ID
8. Open your GMail in iPhone
9. Open the attached contacts (v cards)
10. Add all the contacts

DONE!

# Answer
> 0 votes
Use a service like **Mobyko**, the syncing of contacts is done over the air. It is a trully global service that works on most phones & networks. All you need is a phone & an internet connection - let Mobyko do the rest. It is however a paid for utility

For more info:

http://www.mobyko.com/Home.do

Alternatively this free application named **Uptact** which is a contact syncing App & maybe beneficial:

http://www.uptact.com/

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# Question
Title: Scan Barcode and QR code from the mobile screen itself
How to scan barcodes from the mobile screen itself?

Edit on Mar 10, 2020: I am also looking to do the same for QR codes.

# Answer
As already described in the above comments, this would require taking a screenshot and saving it as an image file. Having done that, there are several barcode scanners available in the Play Store supporting "loading" of barcodes from image files, as e.g. QR BARCODE SCANNER. QR Droid also seems to be capable of what you're looking for:

> Scan QR codes from your camera, browser, SD card, or saved image
> 5 votes

# Answer
I'm frequently using Manatee Works 'Barcode Scanners' app for such a purpose. Here's the Google Play Store link to the demonstration application.

The app supports a wide variety of 1D/2D codes, scans very fast, and is free. The only downside is that the option to manipulate the results is few, namely either copy or email, because it's a mere demonstration.
> -1 votes

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Tags: qr-code, barcode
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# Question
Title: Is there a way to hide pictures from being shown in Gallery
How can I hide a jpeg image in Android Gallery? or is there a way to hide a folder of pictures for Gallery only?

# Answer
> 8 votes
If you add a file with the name `.nomedia` (note the period at the beginning) to the folder, the automatic media scanner will skip that folder in the future. Thus no images from there will appear in the Gallery.

You can do this by tethering to your computer or by using one of the several folder-browsing apps in the Play Store (e.g., ES File Explorer, ASTRO).

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# Question
Title: SHARP Aquos 104sh, listen to YouTube with the backlight off?
I'm on 4.0.3, trying to listen to music. YouTube is destroying my battery life. I always need to charge my phone at work. If I save the battery, I can work more efficiently, though. Any way to have the best of both worlds?

On iPhone, you can double tap home and press the play triangle, but that doesn't work on my smart phone. Any ideas?

# Answer
Try PVSTAR+. Not the easiest UI, but it'll let you play (really just listen to) YouTube videos and a number of other sources, too, in the background.
> 2 votes

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Tags: youtube, backlight
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title: AVG by DroidSecurity - legit? Useful?

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# Question
Title: AVG by DroidSecurity - legit? Useful?
Re-post from StackOverflow, when suggested this was a more appropriate forum. I originally posted this on Whirlpool as well - I am very interested to see what new input I can get from this community.

I was looking at AVG by DroidSecurity in the marketplace today and am a bit confused. On the free version there is recent feedback saying that AVG isn't affiliated with the app and other comments saying it is malware that slows the machine, deletes data and sends spam. But my Googling skills reveal articles saying AVG acquired DroidSecurity.

So, has anyone on this forum had experience with this app?

And... do I really need an anti-virus on my Android device? Is it so bad? Are we talking about bad things coming from .. what, apps, email or web pages? I am coloured by my experience with iPhone, nothing evil to worry about so far.

Also, if there's nothing to worry about, what are these AV apps doing? Scanning with an empty database?

# Answer
> 11 votes
I have no experience with this specific app, however here's my two cents on the second half of your question.

The Android security model is very well thought out. Android runs on the Linux kernel (a modified version) and sandboxes every app through a variety of measures, including running each under a different user account. The biggest legitimate threat you have is installing malicious apps. Most likely these will be trojans that ask for reasonable permissions (reading your SD card, communicating with the network) and use them for nefarious purposes.

If I remember correctly, the malware prevention portion of AVG works by scanning apps before you install them, much like desktop virus scans work. This is a reasonable way of protecting you, malicious apps can be added to a database and you are warned if anything you download (from either the internet or the Market) is known to be Bad. The only catch is that Google usually removes illegal and malicious app from the Play Store within a few days of it becoming available. (I have nothing but anecdotal evidence to back that claim up though)

So if you're installing a lot of apps from sources other than the Play Store, or you don't trust Google to quickly catch malicious apps, installing an anti-virus is probably a good bet.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Truth is, scanning consumes CPU cycles, which in turn consumes battery juice...

> Also, if there's nothing to worry about, what are these AV apps doing? Scanning with an empty database?

That's why it should be avoided at all costs and ignore the so-called anti-virus products as that's fear-mongering into scaring you psychologically and likely, end up "*paying for their product*" so that *you'd feel 'safer'* and lulling you into a false sense of security!

Ultimately it boils down to a bit of common-sense and double-check on the reviews and weigh it up carefully, users are not likely to bother reading what sort of permissions there are, the reviews, and so on, especially, from countries where buying an app is impossible due to legalities and restrictions within that country's jurisdiction and laws!

*In relation to permissions, that is why developers post explicitly on the **Overview** page on the Play Store, what sort of permissions there are and explain it, around the top of the page, due to the fact end-users themselves are not bothering to click on the '**Permissions**' tab page*!

Henceforth, for some users, who do not want to buy, they ultimately end up being the victim and also for users from these countries, which end up resorting to downloading from unknown and dodgy websites, so don't be downloading from dodgy warez websites either!

*Pro-tip* If you happen to be in one of those countries or that you don't want to buy, email the developer of the app personally and ask them if some sort of agreement can be made, it can be done, perhaps by using paypal or similar... developers are not "out to get you", in fact, they are friendly! :)

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**YES** to be blunt, Android apps can easily, be modified by someone who has knowledge of the code, due to their nature, and quite likely, to have some malicious code (**read** not virus.. but a *trojan*!) that fools the user, into thinking the app is "all-good" when in fact behind the scenes, it is sending out some logs/emails etc... that is *often* the reason why there should be a firewall in place to block unknown apps for a few days and monitor it. The sad truth, is, no-one gives a damn or care about that and end up posting "*why is my phone bill so high?*" or "*Why is my battery getting sucked down very quickly?*"

It is those clues that are the dead-giveaway of something quirky going on and should set off alarm bells in the head as in "*Oh, that's funny, ever since I installed X app, this started appearing*" but are the end-users going to care.. and carry on in denial...?

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That is where the so called Anti-virus software vendors kick in... hence a vicious circle ensues...

Not to be an alarmist, *remember this much:* Android is **not equal** to Windows where viruses and malware are more commonly seen and prevalent!

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# Question
Title: how to root your Android or at least understand how it works
I do not know exactly how rooting works or if it can even by done on my Android (Samsung GT-N8013) device. No rootkit appears to exist yet for Android 4.1.2, so I am left with figuring out how to root my device via other means.

All I would like to do is do certain operations (on my own device!) e.g. read a file regardless of its permissions or run certain programs as root. So assuming we have

* *your own* physical Android device
* the permission model of Android/Linux
* the tools available e.g. adb, Android NDK,

is it *at all* possible to make a process run as root on the current Linux version of Android 4.1.2? If nobody has a direct answer to this, could you please offer any ideas on how to even begin attempting to do so, or resources that really show you how rooting works (not just a wikipedia link)?

(All I know of so far is rageagainstthecage and gingerbreak, which are unfortunately, exploits, and don't work on 4.2.1 anyway. )

Thanks for any help.

# Answer
> 0 votes
root permissions means that you have full permissions to all the items of the kernel. I do not see how you can use an app that requires root permissions to work when the user shell you are operating does not have it.

As far as the in's and out's of manipulating a shell for root permissions I have no idea.

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title: Does Google Talk push messages?

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# Question
Title: Does Google Talk push messages?
I would like to know if Google Talk works like Gmail where it actually pushes your messages onto your phone instead of the phone pulling periodically.

# Answer
Yes.
> 3 votes

# Answer
No, GTalk messages are not received on Android GTalk client while away (sleeping). So I assume there is no pushing, as it is done in the Blackberry GTalk client.
> 0 votes

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# Question
Title: Is Adobe Flash deprecated with regards to Android Devices and Apps?
I'm looking at all the cool new Android tablets, but the ones that really catch my eye (with regards to size, resolution, processor, and memory) don't seem to support Adobe Flash. Like the Barnes & Noble - NOOK HD+ BNTV600, At least Best Buy says they don't (I haven't looked into much yet.) Most of the devices I've been interested in run Android v4.0 and seem to have good processor/memory specs.

I haven't done any flash type programming in a very long time. However I do want to get more involved with Android products/app development. If it's just a software/driver type issue or something that can be overcome by some tweaking I'm fine with that. However if Flash plays a big role then I should probably just get a device that supports it!

So my question is, how necessary is Adobe Flash, and in most cases (for devices that don't support it out of the box,) is it addable/installable?

# Answer
> 3 votes
Adobe Flash has been deprecated starting Jelly Bean, for reasons only Adobe knows. However, there are still workarounds for installing Flash.

The trend in mobile (Android) development now is using native Android, or HTML5. Flash is discouraged, although there are still Flash websites around. Phones with older versions of Android may be able to access them.

Related: Why does Jelly Bean no longer support Flash?

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# Question
Title: SMS Delivery reports in Ice cream sandwich dont show up
After I send a message I used to get a delivery report confirming the delivery of a SMS message in my old (non-Android) phone.

But in my Intex Ibuddy Connect with Android 4.0.4 I am not getting the notification of delivery.

I have checked the option for the delivery report in the settings still, no change.

What could be the issue?

# Answer
> 2 votes
In android, (particularly in ICS), you don't get a pop up delivery notification as the ordinary phones. Instead there will be a `tick` in front of the date of your message. That's the maximum delivery notification you get.

If you *really* need some bigger notification, you can use an apps like Delivery Reports, Delivery Reporter+, Messaging Notification, etc.

# Answer
> 1 votes
Delivery reports are operator (sender and receiver) dependent feature. This will be successful only if both cooperates (usually happens). My operator BSNL is quite unreliable especially to the SMSs sent to international numbers. Several times it has happened for me - I would have not received a delivery report where as the receiver would have replied to my SMS!

I would suggest to follow these steps to ensure that the options are set correctly:

1. Make sure the delivery report option is ticked. In my LGP500 the user interface is quite confusing if you are in a hurry. Make sure the delivery report option is set for SMS and not for MMS - I fell for this quite a few times when ever I do factory reset.
2. Set the validity period to `maximum`.
3. Try sending a test SMS to a phone number of the same operator of yours and it will be helpful, if you can ensure the delivery yourself - like getting a reply from the receiver.

As @Sid said, the delivery reports are just seen as a small glyph like this: In my phone, I also get a toast message (a message saying `delivered` for few seconds). On long press on the message I had sent, I will have an option `view report` which will give the status as `failure/pending/delivered`.

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title: Pandigital Supernova tv audio problem

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# Question
Title: Pandigital Supernova tv audio problem
I was wondering if anyone has had sucess in getting audio through Mitsubishi 1080 DTV speaker when connecting tablet to tv. I am using a SIIG Hdmi to VGA converter with audio. The video comes through great but when I connect the red and white audio cables the sound comes through for about 2 seconds then nothing. If anyone has had sucess doing this please tell me what you equipment was used to accomplish this. Thanks

# Answer
> 0 votes
OP solved the problem:

> it was the power cord on the converter causing the problem. I don't know why but when I unplugged it the sound came through prefect.

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title: Password method changed on nexus 4

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# Question
Title: Password method changed on nexus 4
I just got a nexus 4 and have been trying out a couple of 'lost phone' apps. I was using the face/pattern authention for the lockscreen, but now it prompts for a password. I tried my google account password and I still can't get on.

I'm not really sure what caused this, but I'd obviously like to get back on my device. How can I recover (or reset) my password?

# Answer
> 0 votes
The prompt for the password is probably caused by one of those apps. Try to remember the password you may have used for them. Or else please provide a list of the apps you've tried. (This can be achieved by going to the Google Play website and clicking on my apps. As a last resort you can restore your phone to it's factory settings by entering the recovery. To boot into the recovery press and hold power and volume up

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Tags: lock-screens, 4.2-jelly-bean, nexus-4, lost-phone
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# Question
Title: HTC XE turned itself off and won't turn back on
I charged my phone overnight for at least 6 hours. It was working fine when I checked my emails first thing this morning.

Then, the phone restarted itself (not uncommon!). Since then, I can't turn it on. I have taken the battery out and left it out for around 2 hours; it still won't turn on.

I have tried to turn it on in recovery (holding the down volume button and the power on button) and still nothing happens.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nick

# Answer
> 0 votes
Have you tried holding the button down? When the phone is running, a single quick press on the power button will usually wake it up. When it is completely off, like due to the battery being removed, you often have to hold the button down for a short while.

You should also make sure it is charged using a wall charger. A completely depleted phone may not be able to charge from the USB port of a laptop.

Beyond that, I have seen cases where the power button wore out.

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Tags: power-on, htc-sensation-xe
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