For questions about the internal procedures and processes of the Android system.
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Does the Android OS provide any overheating protection?
Apple iOS devices display the following warning and suspend operation should they overheat:
Temperature
[iDevice] needs to cool down before you can use it.
Does the Android OS contain ...
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3answers
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What is SNS App?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy I551 with Android 2.2 FroYo.
Sorry for my ignorance, but I have not idea what is that app (which came installed and without rooting can't be removed). And it is using 15MB ...
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Can Android provide as USB storage a filesystem not from a physical disk?
I'm not sure how an Android device works when connected as USB storage to a PC. Perhaps, it's not a direct access to a physical disk, but rather the Android system "emulates" a FAT filesystem for the ...
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How can I deal with unwanted system applications without rooting?
There are a lot of system apps in my mobile that I do not use, and have no intention of ever using. I know that is is possible to uninstall system apps and bloatware with root, but is it possible ...
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2answers
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How to manually disable or hide the system bar (menu bar) at the bottom of the screen?
I am using an ASUS Transformer TF300 with Android 4.1.1, and there is an app that shows the playing cards at the bottom of the screen, and show the "Continue" button when the card game is finished.
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1answer
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How to give root access to apps that don't request it?
I've been using the app SystemPanel for some time now to archive my Android apps. It works great, but it cannot archive apps that have been installed under /data/app-private, because this directory ...
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How can I make the system folder writable without rooting?
My device is Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III
Model number: SPH-L710
I want to do this, because I want to stop the camera shutter sound.
And I don't want to root my device.
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2answers
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Is It Possible To Backup Settings And All Customized Stuff I Made On Android Cellphone?
Which backup is that? Full backup that backs up whole system? Or is it only backup that backs up settings and customized stuff?
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0answers
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Is it possible to change the system language to Japanese? [duplicate]
I was wondering if it is possible to install Japanese as a System Language on my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S2). My friend is from Japan and wants to buy her smartphone in Europe - but she wants to ...
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6answers
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How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
I'm using a Samsung I9000 and I have some annoying apps that came pre installed by the phone vendor, like a music store, a custom web browser and other memory leaking apps.
Those crappy apps can't be ...
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1answer
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Can I convert a system app to a user app, uninstall it, or move it to my SD card?
Is it possible to convert a system app to a user app and then uninstall it or move it to SD?
I'm thinking about not critical apps, such as Astro filemanager (I use Root Explorer), Google maps, Google ...
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1answer
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What is the exact difference between user and eng binaries?
What is the exact difference between user and eng binaries for a phone (mobile device)? These are two of the build variants. I want to know the exact difference between them.
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0answers
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Auto boot when charger connected (for HTC Magic)
I want to let Android OS to boot automatically when the charger connected (for HTC Magic) without pressing power button
I found this guide:
Complete boot when charging
If your phone only gets one ...
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0answers
176 views
Is there an internal memory test for Android devices?
I need to fix a friend's phone this evening that has suddenly produced loads of android.process.media and com.google.process.gapps errors. I am going to reinstall the OS as it's an older ROM but it ...
5
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1answer
947 views
Is it possible to write to a device's clipboard using ADB?
I am interested in learning how to write to (and if possible, read from) a rooted Android device's clipboard.
I hope to do so using ADB over USB and I am not interested in installing any apps to help ...
5
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1answer
310 views
How can I monitor and visualize the current resource usage (CPU, Memory, etc.) caused by the running Apps?
I am looking for typical per app/process resource usage information (CPU, Memory, etc.). This information is often useful to find and identify misbehaving apps.
How can I monitor and visualize the ...
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2answers
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How to switch on/off system load and running processes overlay
Somehow I have managed to get my Android phone (HTC Wildfire running Cyanogenmod 7.1 / Android 2.3.7) into a state where the system load (in unix uptime format) and running process list is constantly ...
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3answers
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Is Android a 32-bit or 64-bit OS?
The title is pretty much self-explanatory: is Android a 32- or 64- bit OS? I assume that it is one or another and not both, as that would force both 32- and 64-bit binaries to be hosted on Google ...
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2answers
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Toshiba Thrive, changing system font
I am currently running the Favum 1.1 ROM on my toshiba thrive, and I tried to use Font Installer to install a new system font. For some reason the font will install, but the actual font on my thrive ...
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2answers
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Installing Android on Symbian Phone [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I install Android on my non-Android device?
I want to know if I can install Android on my Symbian phone.
Please provide the link where I can download Android, and ...
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3answers
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Choosing apps to load and remove from memory when using Android
I'm not a programmer. And as far as I know, Android uses as much RAM as possible, loading as many apps as possible, so that launching / opening (or returning to them) is smoother.
My question is:
Is ...
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What's the meaning of signal strength colors in battery usage screens?
The battery usage screen has an indicator for "Signal strength" that, instead of being blue/black like WiFi, has many colors: green, gray, yellow. What's their meaning?
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1answer
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Which system files are safe to delete?
I got only 160MB internal storage out of which 100MB is reserved by android operating system.
Which System files and folders are safe to delete?
For example:
de, fr, es and it files in ...
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1answer
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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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Changing some system file values in Android failing
I am trying to change some sys values but I don't seem to be having much success.
In my case I am trying to change values of files in the folder
...
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3answers
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What are the differences between a system app and user app?
As I've played around with different ROMs and used Titanium Backup, I see that apps are categorized into system and user apps. Several ROM developers state that Titanium Backup should only be used ...
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1answer
237 views
Reinstalling Android after mobile has been erased by DBAN?
I was curious if a Android mobile is erased using DBAN, then can the Android be reinstalled on the mobile or it becomes useless ?
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1answer
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Why my (unrooted) /data partition appears to be empty?
I am having some issue with my /data partition. Among other things, when I browse its contents with the Astro app, it appears to be empty. The phone has never been rooted and it has been factory-reset ...
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1answer
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How can I install additional audio/video codecs on Android?
Does android separate the module between video player and video codec? If so, how do we install more codec to the system?
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1answer
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How to mount system in rw mode if no custom recovery
When I changed my build.prop for spoofing another device model, I copied build.prop from another device having gingerbrad but my system is froyo. When I rebooted, I lost my internet connection. It ...
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0answers
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How To Disable htcCheckinService?
This process causes CPU spikes and sometimes incredibly slows down whole system. I need to know how to disable it. Tried with Quick System Info PRO but it won't allow me to end process or close it.
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rmt_storage keeps polling and spam logcat
In logcat I can see rmt_storage keeps doing something every 2/3 seconds
I/rmt_storage(15279): rmt_storage open success
I/rmt_storage(15279): rmt_storage shared memory ioctl success
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1answer
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Where does shared prefrences data are stored in Android device?
I want to know where Android stores the data of SharedPreferences in actual Android devices?
In PC I found this data under /data/data/pkg_name/shared_prefs/pkg_name.xml
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My Galaxy S II is not properly allowing me to use USB storage mode - how can I fix this?
My phone Samsung Galaxy S2 is giving me issues with 2 removable drives(Drive E and F) shown on my computer. It also doesn't allow me to connect to USB mode.
Has anyone had this issue before with ...
3
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1answer
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Media Storage: what is it, and why is it using all my data?
I am only 5 days into my Billing cycle, and noticed that already like 1/3rd of my data has been used (thanks to My Data Manager)... So I looked to see what has used all this data, and it says it is ...
3
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1answer
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Phone starts playing podcast for no apparent reason
This started yesterday, and I have no idea why.
I noticed my phone was playing a podcast. I've been using BeyondPod for a while, which is sometimes a bit wonky, but never had this kind of problem.
I ...
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How to prevent shutdown when low battery? [closed]
When I'm using my hacky backlight modulation program which toggles screen off and on fast enough to simulate ultra-dim brightness Android sometimes gets wrong info about battery charge (it sees 0% 0V ...
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Is possible to make symbolic links in the android filesystem? (and how?)
Is possible to make symbolic links in the android filesystem? (and how?)
Thanks in advance :) .
(My Android version is 2.1 , i'm using Motorola Defy)
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3answers
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What is the effect of changing the maximum application VM heap size?
The settings menu in CM6 lets you change the maximum per-process heap size (internally, that’s the dalvik.vm.heapsize property). What are the practical effects of raising or lowering that setting? On ...
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2answers
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What system app stores the cellular network settings?
Before installing a new ROM, I backed up all data from my system apps using Titanium. I installed the new ROM, and also put in a new SIM card from a different network (so it was in on first boot-up ...
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1answer
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What's the difference between Camera.apk and com.sec.android.app.camera.apk?
I'm trying to install a modified version of the Camera app on my rooted Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate) through copying to /system/app and through installing a zip file via ClockWorkRecovery. It doesn't ...
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How is the default PATH set?
On another linux system I might expect to find a .profile file, or something in /etc used by default. I'm unable to determine what sets the system path for processes not running in a shell.
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How do I install an apk as a system application?
I'm trying to install an application in the system/app folder of a device. It needs to be done since I'm writing a QAT program and the tests need to run with a few privileges not available to third ...
2
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1answer
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How can I monitor my phone's activities?
A couple of times I've found my phone turned off when I don't remember doing so, especially when I have a fully charged or nearly full battery. Are there any applications out there that will monitor ...
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Free system information for Android such as Everest for Windows
There is any apk that shows the system and hardware information about my Adroid phone??? I mean an aplication such as Everest (or msinfo32) does for Windows.
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Will gingerbread system apk apps upgrade over froyo's?
On my froyo , I just found several apk files of gallery, FMradio, etc etc inside "/" directory using filemanager.. I was wondering if gingerbread's system apps can be used to "upgrade" over these ...
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Hiding System icons in Notification area?
Does anybody know a reliable way to remove system icons from the notification area? I have a smaller screen on my (rooted, default ROM) Optimus T and I find some of the system notifications icons ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to disable the system update notification?
I have a Nexus One that I want to keep at v2.2 for testing purpose. But the update 2.3.4 has been pushed to my phone and I keep seeing the notification to install it. Is it possible to disable the ...
