For questions about Android apps in general.
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How can one access hidden apps on the Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0?
There are many apps loaded on the Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0 that do not appear on the applications icons page. Phase Beam 1.0 is an example. It is not a "Samsung App". How do we find and load these ...
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S Note larger canvas?
The S Note application seems to have a limitation I can't get by. The only workable area is the exact size of the screen. Is it possible to change the size of the canvas?
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Is it possible to have the same apps from the same amazon account on 2 different devices?
My kids have an android tablet each both linked to my amazon account. When I try to put the same app on both it tells me it's not possible.
How can this be fixed?
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Want to download an unsupported app, but says it will replace an app
What does it mean when it says it will replace an app?
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Why can't Banshee Remote connect to server?
I'm trying to use Banshee Remote with my Samsung Galaxy S3, but everytime I try to add a new server, it says Can't connect to server. Check your settings. There are only two settings:
IP Adress, ...
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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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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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How can I choose a music player?
I am looking for a music player for my android device which has a number of specific features (such as having a play queue, lock screen controls, etc.) I am finding it difficult because there are lots ...
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Activate voice recognition with keyword
I want to have the mic listening for a keyword and then have it turn on Google recognizer? Has anyone been able to do this and how? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Flinx
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Why is there such a difference in thr amount RAM used? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The RAM total of the apps “Running” never equals the “Used Ram” shown below on the scale
I'm owning a Nexus 7 running on 4.2.1. This is a screenshot of the amount of RAM ...
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Can I transfer application from account to account on a single tablet?
I bought an android tablet to my parents for christmas. I registered it on my Google account and went on and installed some apps. (Some are the ones I own on my second tablet, some are the ones I ...
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How to allow installation of Non-Market apps (ICS)?
I'm attempting to install the exynos fix after downloading the .apk file.
When I open the file to run, the system tells me that I cannot install apps that did not originate from Google Play.
After ...
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Is there a stylus-based notepad app for Android?
One of the things I assumed the Android OS could do was let me use a stylus and just record notes in my own handwriting (without handwriting recognition). The goal being that I could remove the need ...
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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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Add me feature of Galaxy S
There is an interesting feature in the camera of Galaxy S phones, called Add me. Using this one can take photo of a person sitting in two postures in the same frame. (A normal photo is taken, the ...
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Redirecting incoming calls to different numbers depending on WiFi connectivity
Can we have an android application which will direct any incoming call to:
The cell number in case WiFi is disabled
Office extension number through Jabber client in case WiFi is connected (when I ...
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How to push and install APK files from a PC over Internet?
I want to push AND INSTALL apk files from PC like Play Store does (when I send install signal from web interface). How to do this?
Note: The PC and Android device may not be in same Wi-Fi network. ...
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Are there any side effects of uninstalling Apps
Are there any side effects of Installing and uninstalling lots of apps on an Android smart phone?
Specifically are there any things that do not get cleaned up that I need to be aware off?
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Can I easily redownload all my apps if I get a new phone?
I am considering buying a new phone. Is there a way to easily redownload all of my apps onto the new phone without having to search for each one individually?
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Can I clear out broken/uninstalled apps that still show up in the app list?
I had some apps stored on my SD card that I have since wiped. The apps still show up in my app list in Settings->Manage applications. How do I refresh this list?
Rebooting the phone doesn't help, and ...
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How to check if an APK contains native code?
Is there a way to check if an APK file hosts native code?
There are many reverse engineering tools (e.g. apktool, androguard) from which you can reproduce the
source files of an Android app but I'm ...
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How do one know which folder is created by which Android apps?
From my understanding, a majority of Android apps may have created some folders on either local storage or the SD Card.
So, how do I know which folders belong to which apps? (I know that some apps ...
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Why can't apps connect to the internet?
Running on both WiFi and mobile connection, the browser can connect to the internet ok but apps can not connect.
What can cause this?
Samsung Galaxy S
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Why can't I download games, apps, etc from any site except the Official Android Market?
Every time I try to download any of the games I love from any site except the Android Market, my phone tells me that the settings are set to not allow unknown apps to be run on my phone.
By the way I ...
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Is there a free android app which can launch apps on a successful wifi connection?
Is there a free android aplication which can launch other pre-selected apps when it detects a successful wifi connection?
Bonus, if it can kill the apps when the wifi connection is gone.
I know ...
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How can I arrange the applications on each page of my app drawer?
I have recently bought a Samsung ACE S5830 smartphone and downloaded several applications like astrology, live wallpapers, games, and some daily usage applications.
When I open my application drawer, ...
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Where in the file system are applications installed?
I have installed a few Android applications both with the adb install MyApplication.apk command and via a webserver (like an alternative to Android Market).
But where in the Android file system on my ...
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Is there a camera app which would let you access the gallery?
In this accepted answer user @Parth Mehrotra writes:
You can't really change the things camera intent has to offer, and if
you do find a device where the camera app would let you access the
...
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Can my Android phone be hacked without installing permissions?
After reading this article ( Kaspersky smartphone report ) this got me wondering.
Obviously if I install a dodgy app through Play Store or directly from a website, that can be dangerous, however if I ...
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Make apps force close automatically without going into settings [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I stop applications and services from running?
I have an HTC Desire and I have been trying to figure out how to always get my apps and things I don't use to ...
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Where do I find the minimum requirements for an app?
I was trying to install a new app from Google Play on my computer, but a message told me that the app wasn't compatible with my device. No more information was given.
Can someone please tell me where ...
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Are the apps safe? How can I make my Android more secure?
Are the apps on the Android Market checked or audited?
If I search Google for "hardening Android", the best hit I can find is Google Android Hardening Checklist.
What's your opinion regarding this? ...
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Does installing and re-installing my own app affect my app's rating/ranking? [closed]
I just released my first app not too long ago. To test it in the Play store, I installed my own app. After discovering some bugs, I uninstalled it, and installed the one I would code to fix from ...
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How to Remote Control Google Doc Presentation?
I want to remote control Google Doc Presentations. Is there an app for this?
Bonus point if it can connect via Bluetooth to my Linux-based PC.
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Are there location tracking apps that would send data to my server?
Are there any Android apps that would track my location (at regular intervals, like every hour) and send coordinates directly to my server, without revealing this data to any third party?
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How to close 'system tray' type apps LG Optimus Logic [closed]
I can close normal apps from the App manager, but the system tray ones at the top don't show up there. Example apps: Twitter, Google Play, simpleirc.
It has gingerbread android os
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Can't receive emails, downloads [closed]
All my downloads are being sent to a pc, I do not have a pc, but used a friends, I no longer receive emails, can't get on Facebook, all pages and searches get redirected to ??? Somewhere, I feel I ...
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How to make a normal apk with .dex inside it from an apk which is odexed?
I had a file manager provided by my manufacturer as a system app.
it was odexed.
i have its apk and odex file both.
I installed a custom rom now and want to install that filemanager. how do i do ...
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There is an app to send/read SMS from the desktop using the Internet? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I send SMS from PC through Android Phone or to Android Phone?
There are many apps to send/read SMS from the desktop using a Wi-Fi connection, but my cyanogenmod ...
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Editing font colour in decompiled APK File [closed]
Where and what file is possibly the file I have to edit for editing the font colour in a APK of a digital card I have already decompiled
(I am pretty beginner with android apps Though I understand ...
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Do prepaid phones have issues with downloading certain Apps in the Android Market?
My company has written and published some Android Apps on the Android Market. A couple of times now we've had complaints from customers who are not able to download and install the App - I believe the ...
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How can I access a Mantis Bug Tracker from Android?
We track our bugs on Mantis, and I was hoping to find an Android App for it, since it exposes a PHP-SOAP API (see this question) which Eclipse uses.
Does anyone know of existing apps (or projects) ...
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Weather widget with multiple day forecasts and hourly forecasts? [closed]
I am looking for a weather widget that can display:
Hourly forecasts
Multiple days forecasts (at least 3).
Doesn't have to be on the same widget. Could be multiple widgets of one application. ...
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Where to download and install Google Apps on Android 4.0.4 device? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android device?
I have an international android smartphone which doesn't have anything related to Google ...
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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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If I uninstall an app do I lose the data?
I want to install Angry Birds from the Amazon App Store but all I get is errors. My guess is it's because I already have it installed. I'm afraid to uninstall just in case I lose the data. Any ideas?
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How do I know if an android apps for phone can be install on an android tablet?
Are there any way to find out? (probably using a emulator or a software to verify?) This is because from my understanding, there are android apps for phone which somehow become either stretched or ...
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What “Force stop” button means?
When I go to Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->Downloaded I see an application list. If I enter some applications, I see button "Force stop" active. Some applications have this ...
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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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matlab equivalent app [closed]
I need to solve systems of linear equations (with capability of imaginary/complex numbers (i/j)). are there any offline based matlab equivalent for android? my mobile is running under dual core ...
