Questions tagged [4.0-ice-cream-sandwich]
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My bluetooth keyboard's skip/back buttons don't fast forward/rewind
I recently purchased Satechi's Bluetooth Multimedia Remote Control so I could control my music without looking (i.e. without removing my hands from my pockets and exposing them to winter). Essentially,...
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How to change the home dock icons on TouchWiz?
Similar to How to edit the home dock icons (shortcuts) on TouchWiz 4.0 ICS
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 with Android 4.0.4. I can't for the life of me figure out how to edit the home screen ...
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Can't access Internal SD Card
I can't access the internal SD Card (8GB) on my Wayteq x-tab 80, with Android 4.
The device is not rooted, and worked perfectly fine until yesterday. I could access the SD card from the tablet, and ...
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How do disable VPN gateway when connected?
I am connecting to my VPN from android device (4.0.3) using PPTP.
Everything works except I would like it not to use default gateway from VPN.
Same thing as you would do in windows when setting up ...
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How to keep display always off during the call on HTC Sense 4.1 (Android 4.0.1)?
My wife has a problem with HTC Desire X (HTC Sense on Android 4.1) that during the call sometimes (in ~10% cases) the screens goes on for no reason. This cause phone calls to be canceled, loud speaker ...
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Is continuous focus a 4.0-only feature?
The http://www.android.com/about/ice-cream-sandwich/ page details that Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" introduced two interesting features for Camera: “continuous focus” and “zero ...
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How to revive an old 4.2.2 phone?
Because of "reasons" (or at this point mostly out of curiosity) I find myself with an old Wiko Iggy phone running Android 4.2.2 that after being factory reset is unable to install anything ...
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Message (SMS) contain text from other messages in Android
Has anyone experienced this issue where the content of an SMS is not complete and some other content (from different message) is added to that at the end.
I have experienced this problem many times. ...
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One device does not show on Google Play
I just purchased two identical Android tablet for my kids, running ICS 4.0, both using the same gmail account. I have the Google Play store installed on both of them, but only one of them show on my ...
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Predictive writing just suggests me my friend's names!
I've just installed ICS on my Samsung GT-s5660. The Italian dictionary is installed, but still I can't get suggestions when I'm writing. It just suggests me names from my address book and punctuation ...
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Save SMS to phone directly
Some of my text messages get saved in my SIM card automatically and this does not show up in notifications and I miss out on reading them.
I only realize the messages have arrived when I get a ...
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Wifi error after Motorola XOOM tablet Android 4.0.4 update
I have a Motorola XOOM type tablet.
Three days ago I updated my tablet to Android 4.0.4.
But after that I can't connect to my wi-fi modem.
I was successfully connecting before this update. I also ...
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Why is one of my WiFi networks not visible after connecting to the other one?
I've got two access points / WiFi networks at my home and there is a strange behavior with my Android 4.0 phone (SGS2): after my phone connects to one network or the other (whichever is currently ...
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ICS - no internet, but access to network drive possible
I've set up wifi on an ICS phone.
I can connect to a network drive in the system, so the connection seems to be OK. However when I try the browser I get the message 'problem loading page'.
I used ...
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Android disk encryption - using as a removable device
I'm about to upgrade my Desire HD to ICS so that I can use the full disk encryption functionality.
Does anyone know if its possible to still use the device as a removable disk when plugged in via a ...
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Retry System Update Not Working
I just bought a new Galaxy SII 4G Touch and was updating it to ICS and I lost connectivity while downloading the update. Now when I go to About Phone > Update Android, there is a button saying "Retry ...
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ICS email app, SSL certificates crash bug
Does anyone have a solution for the following situation:
Added Exchange account, tick "Accept all SSL certificates", upon saving the setting the app crashes.
Stock ICS, please see log here: https:/...
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Is there a way to index and search all data on my phone?
After taking a look at my options, I settled for Android-Sync to sync the Nexus with Outlook.
One of the issues I have, though, is that Android-Sync in its Notes and Tasks applications doesn't ...
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Samsung Social Hub: How can I view the sent folder running ICS?
I have 3 email accounts under Social Hub, how can I view sent folder running ICS 4.0.3 on Samsung Galaxy S2?
When I was using Gingerbeard 2.3.6, it was very simple to move the other mail folder as ...
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ICS (Samsung Nexus) Calendar Default Event Duration
Been trying to change the default duration while creating an event on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus stock calendar. It's defaulted to be 1 hour but I'd like to change to 30 minutes like I can on Google ...
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Exchange server email sync
I have just upgraded to ICS on my Galaxy s2 and have an Outlook Exchange account that I sync on the device. Prior to the ICS update, when I read emails on my computer it automatically updated the ...
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How can I use external modem for voice calls on Android tablet?
My tablet doesn't support calling/messaging function by default and also it doesn't have an app for that by default.
Is it possible? In my case I use Micromax Infinity P275 tablet and Huawei E1732 ...
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Mobile data limiter keeps enabling itself
I'm 'grandfathered' in on Verizon's old 'unlimited' data program so I'm trying to get the data limiter to be completely disabled (or removed if that's possible).
Going to system->data usage->and ...
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How can I root unknown device
I have a Turkish device named General Mobile e-Tab 7 B and I want to root it , How can I do that ?
I tried SuperOneClickRoot and it didn't work for me
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How can I eliminate duplicate notifications when I have a custom notification on a Gmail label?
I've set up a custom notification on a particular Gmail label (call it [special]). However, when an email with the [special] tag arrives, I get a notification for both the [inbox] and [special].
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How to disable the ghost touch and use device with mouse in android 4.0.4
Got an android tablet iBall i6012 with ghost touch. Its screen is touching in keyboard area with some fungus between touch screen and LCD. This is an hardware issue, have around 7 touch area in screen ...
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How can I install keyboard for android 4.0.4 on android 5.1.1?
My phone with android 4.0.4 is rooted and I got the SamsungIME apk and odex files, moved them to the phone with android 5.1.1, but when I try to install, it simply says "App not installed". ...
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creating mount point in root mode
When trying to expand tablet memory (from 500 Mb to 1G) I made a mistake when I was applying Gparted. I reset my device to the fabrication settings and now I can't mount sd card (no the real sd card), ...
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White screen while charging when phone is off
I'm using my phone (Lenovo A660) since more than two years.
Usually, I do not boot the phone to often (approximately once a month).
However, I recently realized when I turned of the phone, that the ...
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Chrome crash/close immediately on Android 4.0.4, Android x86
Chrome version 42.0.2311 running on Android 4.0.4 on Asus Eee PC 701 x86. Browser crashes and closes immediately.
I have already uninstalled/reinstalled it. Cleared the data, force stop, reboot. ...
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What does this reoccuring allert mean "NEW MMS message to download: size is 1KB, expires on ___, _:__PM."
I get this all the time from contacts who insist they never sent me anything. Any clue?
I have a suspicion that somehow it is an error relating to others using imessage trying to contact me? or not?
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Avoid app to autoinstall
I have a "ZOPO ZP100" phone with Android 4.0.3. Eventually applications (Chinese) are installed without my permission. Any human action is not necessary for applications to be installed, and is quite ...
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Can I change my ICS phone camera trigger?
I am using Sony Xperia LT18I. It's ICS 4.0.4 and I was wondering about changing the trigger of my phone's camera with the headset key press. If I connect my headset it should find and change it's ...
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How to enable drag status bar from lock screen?
I have Hisense AD686G running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. I can't pull the status bar down in any type of lock screen (slide, pattern, PIN, etc).
I know almost all ICS phones out there have ...
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"Low on space" message, but nothing appears full
GalaxyS (SGH-I897), running Android 4.0.4
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I keep getting "Low on Space: Phone storage space is getting low" error in my notifications bar, but neither the SD card ...
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Disable repeating email sign in error notification
When there are problems with IMAP server that I'm using, email app makes a notification every few seconds or minutes (inbox check frequency is set to every hour):
Couldn't sign in which leads to ...
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Can downgrading OS make Xperia Neo V, boot after a boot loop
My Neo V MT11i was upgraded to ICS a few days ago. Today when I turned on bluetooth, it started to reboot repeatedly.
I tried to hard reset using sets of button as posted in some blogs but still I ...
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Strange Issue(Auto Touch) with Touch on HTC Desire X. Has anyone experienced this?
I have got a HTC Desire X about 3 months ago. I've quite enjoyed the features it comes with. For the past week or so, I have been facing with this strange issue. The touch screen acts as if it is ...
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How to open android backup file (with .backup extension) on PC?
I created user data backup (with .backup file extension) on Philips W732 (Android 4.0.3) through service menu.
I need to open it on PC and modify (I created this backup before hard reset due to ...
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Google Maps unthaws "itself"?
I have a relatively specific question - I'm on a SonyEricsson xPeria Mini Pro (sk17i), using Android 4.0.4 with a rooted Stock Rom.
To conserve battery, I'm regularly freezing some apps I only use ...
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Indic font(Kannada) is not rendering properly in Android ICS
I am trying to get the kannada font support for Android ICS. I rooted my Xperia Neo L phone which is running Android ICS 4.0.4 and installed Kannada font (Lohit-Kannada.ttf). I have also included the ...
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How do I change my device locale (default currency symbol) on 3.x and higher?
I want to change my device Locale because some of my apps use my default Locale to determine what currency symbol to use when formatting money values. In Android 2.x, I'd just go to the main Settings -...
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Phone won't turn on after attempting to upgrade Galaxy S to ICS
I tried upgrading my Galaxy S to ICS like I did my Galaxy S2.
I used the exact same steps. However, Odin froze and shut down. So, I unplugged the phone, powered off, and went to power back on in ...
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map physical button to auto-rotate switch in android?
I would like to map the auto-rotate lock toggle/switch/setting to a physical button in a device. how do I do that?
On the linux side of android, in linux/input.h, there are different KEY events, SW(...
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Using a USB game controller on Android
I have recently acquired a USB gamepad. It has two analog buttons, four L+R buttons, but is not a Playstation joystick -- it is recognized as a "Human iterface device" on Windows 7.
Is there a way ...
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Is it possible to show ongoing notifications under regular notifications?
On my Galaxy S3 (4.0.4) when I drag the notifications bar down to see the list of the notifications, the ongoing ones (e.g. wifi) are always on the top and the regular ones (e.g. gmail) are the at the ...
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can't open recovery menu after installing recovery clockworkmod 5.0.2.6 galaxy ace fix
I have installed clockworkmod-5.0.2.6-galacyace-fix.zip on Samsung galaxy ace s5830.
When I had rebooted it and pressed Home+Power button, it is not showing me a recovery menu. When I press Home+...
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XMBC select does not work with MK802III and Logitec wireless kb/mousepad - how to resolve?
Using Aptoid, I installed XMBC on the MK802III. As per Update 2 found here, it takes a while to load on the first run. The XMBC logo appears, and sometimes the menu shows up.
When the menu does ...
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Cant access photo/muxic files through phone application
There was .nomedia file in my mobile. I removed the same but still I am not able to access my photos, music files through Gallery & music application. I am able to access the same through desktop ...
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Can't sync appointments from server to phone
Verizon HTC Rezound, ICS 4.0.3.
This seems to be a common problem, especially with ICS, but I have yet to find a definitive solution that works for me.
I just got my new phone, and have gone through ...
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