For questions about Android apps in general.
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What do the names means in settings > application manager > current app?
In settings>application manager><your app> we got some infos about her.
What do they means? I am quite confused.
I really need to know it but somehow its quite hard to guess. Where can I get ...
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Using an Android device as a web server [closed]
How do I use my Android device as a web server by with an IP address and port? Just like a Wifi file transfer app in the Play Store?
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Installing downloaded apks from external site
I have just downloaded APK files of a software from a website to my laptop. My question is if I install this on my phone, will it be installed in the phone memory or in the SD card memory?
I couldn't ...
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a straight line tool in a paint app? [closed]
Looking for an app with some of the told windows paint has, like straight line, square, polygon, oval... anyone know one?
Basically, the sketch programs I've found so far are useful for art but not ...
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How to set default apps on Samsung Galaxy S II + Android 4.0 (ICS)
On stock Android and 2.x ROMs on SGS2, default apps could be set in Settings -> Applications. However, when I go there with the ICS ROM, I don't see where I can set which default applications for ...
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How can I mirror my samsung phone screen on my Tv
I have a upnp enable TV on which ImediaShare seems to work fine. But does anyone know how to mirror my phone screen on the TV
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How to prevent the android system from killing an app?
I have rooted my phone and use Swapper. an app that creates a linux like swap simulation w/o actually partitioning the sd card...
I observed that this app gets killed every now and then thus not ...
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How to get apps previously bought with GetJar?
I have bought several apps with GetJar gold. Then I had to reset my phone and reinstall all software from scratch. Thus I lost all GetJar gold and had to buy those apps again.
Is there a way to ...
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Internal storage, phone storage and SD card
I am new to Android (v4.0.4) and trying to understand it.
By looking at the storage setting, I found the followings are listed:
Internal storage: total space 807MB
Phone storage: total space ...
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How to make cell phone using GPRS/3G a WiFi-Hotspot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to share internet among 2 android devices?
Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?
I have an android cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S Advance) running on ...
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Handwrite / draw on a text document
Is there an Android app that enables hand-writing / drawing on a word document? I want to draw and write on the text. I don't want to edit the document, but write on the top of it. Instead of typing ...
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Any way to assign startup apps manually?
Is there any way i can set up an app to start at startup? Its a ram boosyer and for some reason it does not auto start....earlier it used to..
Does moving apps to SD card prevent its auto start?
And ...
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CM7.2 Viber installing problem
I'm on HTC Wildfire S
With my stock ROM I can use all versions of Viber
But on CM7.2 I can't install newer version than 2.0.x.xxxxxx (I didn't try every version, but the 2.2. and 2.1. installing ...
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Searching for a specific to-do list app [closed]
I have searched on Google Play for a to-do list style app and although there are literally hundreds, they all appear to have a subset of my requirements even though all requirements are met but at ...
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What's the secret behind super durability of latest ADW Launcher EX?
Update of ADW Launcher EX is back again after a long time. It brings lot of visual tweaks as well as performance boosts. After few days of experience, I have encountered one even more interesting ...
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Why do some apps get frozen every time I reboot?
After rooting my Galaxy Nexus (international GSM version), I looked around a bit with Titanium Backup and found several system apps that were frozen. Among them are: Google Earth, Google Play Books, ...
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How to remove app from wishlist?
How can I remove an app from wishlist? I clicked the add to wishlist button by mistake..
I'm looking for this but i can't find, is there a way?
I tried to unistall the app, search in the app page ...
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Really know what is using internal storage [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What can I do to manage my phone’s internal storage?
I am constantly running into the "Low Space" warning so I would like to know what is really consuming the phone's ...
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Applications Start automatically , Start again if I Force Stop them or even if I Disable them
Many applications like skype , orkut, yahoo msger etc start automatically... i have already disabled and force stooped them .... I don't want to run these app and others like WiFi sleep etc to save my ...
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Does factory reset remove apps that install into the /system from an unroot phone
Suppose the following situation:
End-user have a unroot phone. (the phone is not rooted).
End-user install a app, which actually is a System app and is installed in the /system of the phone.
So, ...
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Restrict apps from accessing the internet at the background without the end-user knowledge
Is it possible to restrict app from accessing the internet at the background without the end-user knowledge. (Assume the phone is not rooted)
In other word, are there apps that can inform the ...
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Is there any way to block flurry?
I noticed that an app I installed also added Flurry to my phone. I noticed this while doing some development work, and saw some activity relating to Flurry in my LogCat. Is there any way to block ...
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Recover overwritten sound recorder files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I recover a deleted file on Android?
Is it possible to recover overwritten sound recordings from the default android sound recorder?
Earlier I was recording ...
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Differnce between abilities of System apps, Apps in phone memory and Apps in the SD card [duplicate]
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What are the differences between a system app and user app?
What is the difference between abilities of System apps, Apps in phone memory and that in the memory card?
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How can I sort / specify separate storage locations for my audio files?
So, this question is a little off the wall, so I'll first explain what I'm looking to do.
I have a bunch of MP3s from a 'Learn to Speak Japanese' program, and I'd like to listen to them on my phone ...
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Matlab on Android
I know matlab mobile was just released for android.
Nowadays several mobiles got hardware enough to run some decent calculations...
So question is: Is there a way to run matlab offline on a emulator ...
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RE: Android 4.0.4 shows folder count on Galaxy Note (Android 4.0.4) but not on Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Android 4.0.4) [closed]
On my Samsung Galaxy Note (Android 4.0.4) it shows the count of items on the header of each folder. I love this feature. Why cannot I see this on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Android 4.0.4)?
Thanks, Timothy
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Stop application after set time - sleep timer
Is there a way to automatically stop playing music/stop other app after a set period of time. For instance while listening to music at night.
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Some apps are gone and others crash after Samsung Galaxy S2 crash
I'm facing a problem with my Galaxy S2. I've been using it for 1 year but a week ago when I used the alarm clock to set an alarm, the phone suddenly hanged and restarted. After the restart it stopped ...
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Galaxy Tab Multi Device App Installation
I am planning on having a few labs of Galaxy Tabs (60+ tabs), and I need a way to manage all of these. Primarily I need a way to automatically install apps on all of these at once. I know there is a ...
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Watch Coursera's videos with the video app on Jelly Bean
Coursera has a html5 based video viewer that works on the android browser on Jelly Bean, but I would like instead to use the video app, in order to have full screen and better controls.
On my Kindle ...
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Why my S3 device sounds when magnetic card is put on its back? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does my Galaxy S3 make a noise when I put it down?
Why my samsung S3 play a sound when I put above my gym magnetic card? Only with this card the device play this ...
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Any way to schedule a passive profile-change? (connectivity, volume etc.)
What I am wondering is if there is any way to make Android change its profiles passively from one state to the other at e.g. 3 pm in the afternoon local time:
Through Android internally (with some ...
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Hide / Add / Replace dock icons on home screen
I have Samsung galaxy Y and I do have 2 questions about dock settings on home screen.
Is it possible to Hide / Modify dock on home screen?
Is it possible to make it toggle on touch the home screen?
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Is there an application / ROM that allows me to set the phone to “Guest” mode which I can configure?
I would like to be able to set my phone into Guest mode so people using it will not be able to "abuse" it while I give it to them.
Example of usage:
Child mode - prevent editing settings, making ...
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Will an Android phone connect to Wi-Fi and download apps without a subscription?
I wanted to get an iPod, but hate Apple and like Google. I was told that the android equivalent of an iPod is any phone without a subscription.
Would an Android phone without a subscription be able ...
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The meaning of Androidisms [closed]
I see this word around but not sure what it means.? What do people try to say when the use th word Adroidisms?
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Porting the PH7 engine to android [closed]
Does anybody port the PH7 engine (An embeddable PHP engine that allow host application to compile and execute PHP application in-process) to the android platform.
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BSNL Penta TPad 701C Android ICS - Play store closes immediately after opening.
When I got the tablet, new version of play store was pre-installed and was working fine. Initially my 3G dongle was not connecting to Internet. After complaining to customer care, I was provided a ...
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How to move Applications from phone to SD Card?
I have recently purchased Sony Xperia Tipo Dual phone, I couldn't find to move the apps to SD card. We can able to move the Apps from phone standard memory to Phone Internal Memory.
Can any one give ...
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None of the apps on my Samsung Galaxy S Advance are working
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S Advance. I used the phone for the first 2 days with my old SIM and the phone was working well. I tried using all apps like Gmail, GTalk, Samsung Apps, Google Play ...
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Missing application from sdcard
I did factory reset. So, I lost application from sdcard but that application files still exist in sdcard.
How do I recovery my application from sdcard. I do not have back up app data file.
My phone ...
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How can I stop applications and services from running?
When my phone starts up there are several application/services running in the background that I would rather not. And when I press the Home button while using an app, that app usually goes into the ...
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Online note taking
I need to be able to save text (like url, sms, etc) on my android phone which can also be viewed on the Internet through a URL. Right now I use Google Drive (which takes time) or Facebook chat (by ...
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Android custom factory apps
I want to protect my phone in case of stolen, so i want add an app which will install after factory reset. I have root acces. I want to that app be automatically installed, and factory reset won't ...
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How can I prevent apps from running in the background? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I stop applications and services from running?
There is already a similar question to this one, but mine is narrower in scope and not addressed in the other ...
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How can I track my app usage? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I track app usage?
If you're not familiar with the late Wakoopa app for desktop, it's a small utility that runs in the background and monitors what application / ...
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Cloud app to handle grocery list over Android/iPhone & Windows/Mac
I am looking for an app or service that would let two different users view & update a shared shopping list from an Android phone (Galaxy Nexus running 4.1), iPhone 4S and laptops (Windows and ...
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How do you disable system apps in Android 4.x.x (and up)?
I heard you can "freeze" apps starting in Android 4.0 without rooting. How do you do it?
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Share App list with friends? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Service for sharing list of installed apps
Is there an app that would allow one to see my installed apps and if they like any to click on it and have it install on their ...
