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Samsung Galaxy SIII not Recognized

I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII which I'm attempting to pull photos off of - but I am having trouble doing so. I've attempted to use Kies to pull the photos off - but it just says loading... loading... ...
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Update Linux kernel version in my android phone [migrated]

I am using Sony Xperia E Dual with the kernel "3.0.8-perf administrator@ubuntu-scm01 #1" and i want to update it to the latest and the best one. Please any one can help me understand it more clearly? ...
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Need suggestions(and would not mind assistance) with knowing where to learn android development [closed]

I'm planning to make an android app which is similar to twitter. My app is only going to allow users to stream posts from me to their phones. It's design would be similar to the facebook/ twitter ...
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Is it possible to run ADB on multiple devices using Hyper-V?

What I would like to do is use Hyper-V to set up N number of VM's, each one being used to run a different set of tests on a different Android device. It seems like Hyper-V doesn't accept the input of ...
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LInux talk to the phone [closed]

I have a samsung and this is the message I get Description: Error opening device, Unkknown, busy or no permissions. Function: Init Error code:2 I have my computer connect to the internet by my phone ...
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How to know my base station? [migrated]

I am an android user and I would like to know what are the available base stations and what is the base station that I'm getting signals from. How can I know that? Is there a way? Thanks in advance..! ...
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Android power Usage - How to monitor [migrated]

TL;DR: Is there some reasonably time-efficient way to find out what programs cause Android OS Services to drain battery? On a regular basis I find that some app causes my phone to run hot and drain ...
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Some apps crash on x86 android eeepc 4G (701). Why and what can I do?

I installed x86 android on my asus eeepc 4G 701 and it was a success out of the box! Then I installed the gopro app for my camera to connect and control it via wifi. The pc cannot maintain a ...
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Android accessibility / convenience: Color settings [migrated]

I found that when using my Android phone for reading webpages reading is often made unnecessarily straining due to the combination of background and foreground color used by websites. Using anything ...
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Which standard class is responsible for creating screenshots in Android? [closed]

I'm searching standard class is responsible for creating screenshots in Android.
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Is there a way to get/make a driver for Intel GMA 3150 that support OpenGL 2.0

When released the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 - also found in Intel Atom N4xx, N5xx (Pineview) processors (ex.: in notebook like various Dell Mini or Inspiron Duo 10.1 hybrid Tablet) was ...
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How do I ban a device from Firefox Sync?

I have my Firefox Passwords synced to my android tablet device. Now that device got stolen, and I am not sure, if i had really set a masterpassword on the stored passwords there. Can I somehow delete ...
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Custom ROM installation on a Android device [closed]

I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 GT-S6500D. I want to install Cyanogenmod on my phone, but I'm afraid of losing warranty. Can I receive the warranty back if I install back the original software???
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What IMAP clients are available for Android? [closed]

I am looking for a stable IMAP client running natively on Android, with features such as email-starring.
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Connect from Android (ES File Explorer) to Windows 7 Share

I am having problems connecting from Motorola Razr HD phone to my Windows 7 PC's shared folders via ES File Manager. Until recently everything worked fine, I could see/copy files just fine. Not sure ...
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Android phone keeps computer from booting

When connecting my android phone to my laptop. I don't think it gets to the point of booting harddisk, so I don't believe this is relevant, but for completeness, it is a dual boot Ubuntu 12.04, and ...
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encrypted, multi-platform chat [closed]

I am looking for a way to send encrypted messages between android, iOS and windows or apple computers. There are lots of products for each platform, but I didn't find any that works on all of them! ...
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Reject calls with whats app message in Android [migrated]

Is there any app or any way to reject call with message that is sent via Whatsapp? You know, when we get any call, there is an option to reject call with message but that sends text message, I was ...
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Disable auto android tablet power on with usb [migrated]

I just installed cyanogen mod on my nook tablet and now it doesn't have the capacity to charge as the OS takes most of the juice. I need to disable power on when a USB cable is inserted into my nook ...
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Android google keyboard won't install [migrated]

Google released their google keyboard as an app in the market but I cannot install it. The error is "Application already exists". I am on a Att Note 1 (stock\unrooted). No other keyboards are ...
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Linux: Access Android content via mediaserver

I have Desktop-pc: Linux Mint 13, Phone: Sony Xperia V running android 4.1.2 From my desktop I want to access pictures, videos etc. on the phone. I have enabled the "Media server" on the phone, but ...
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Tight VNC cascading Windows effect

I am trying to connect to my LGP500 Android phone with TightVnc. After Handshake, it is just producing cascading desktop windows !! Why is this happening and how can I resolve this ?
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Why does VirtualBox not detect my Android device?

Using VirtualBox 4.2.12, I've set up a Lubuntu 13.04 VM on a Windows 7 host. I specified a USB filter for my Galaxy S, but neither the VM nor VirtualBox detects it. After searching the internet, I ...
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How can I limit the size of the Android source I need to download with repo sync?

I have been repo syncing the Android source, (& the CyanogenMod source on my AWS server), but they are so large (>30GB), that I won't get them before I leave for a country with an even worse ...
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How can I view the video camera stream from my DVR?

I have a HANBANG HB7008KC DVR. It comes with a Windows IE ActiveX software to view the cameras. They don't support Linux. I have a Linux machine and i want to connect to the DVR. I use DvrSeeSee App ...
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What protocol does the Wii use for Ethernet over USB?

I was disappointed when I realised the Wii doesn't have an Ethernet port, but the settings interface has support for a wired connection. Apparently there is an Ethernet over USB adapter for the Wii ...
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How can I Install new CPU / GPU for Android Phones? [closed]

I want to know Is It possible to upgrade / build CPU or GPU In an Android phone? If yes, where to buy and how to do this?
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MAC address keeps on changing on every reboot [closed]

Whenever I reboot my device attached to my linux development machine, I get different IP address for my device. I want to avoid this and want that my device mac address should be static. How could I ...
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What is in Nova's Google folder? [migrated]

I just installed Nova launcher on my Android phone. When I installed it it created a Google folder with all my Google Apps in it. I accidentally deleted, but I want it back. Can anyone tell me what ...
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Automatically cycle between web tabs on Android? [migrated]

I have an information board in an office which I wish to display live web data from an external source as well as data from an internal source. I was using Revolver Tabs for Chrome but this is not ...
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How do I physically find a wifi device using a laptop or mobile phone

Okay, so I have lost my tablet somewhere in my flat and have been searching for hours already. It is an Android device, which seems to have wifi enabled (responds to pings), but doesn't seem to react ...
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Syncing Google Calendar on Android phone without accepting Mobile Device Management [closed]

We're recently moved from Microsoft Exchange to Google for corporate email and calendars. The problem is Mobile Device Management has been enabled which causes an issue for staff with personal Android ...
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Can a usb dongle be used with rooted Nexus 7? [closed]

I dont think hardware changes are necessary to make nexus usb dongle compatible.Is there an app for this purpose?
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3G internet sharing from laptop to Android [duplicate]

I want to have internet connection on my Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.1.1. Right now I have it only on my Windows 7 laptop, which uses a USB 3G modem. How can I make my phone use internet ...
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Sync files from 'portable device' to Windows 7 folder

What I'm looking for is an efficient way to back up my phone's SD card (Galaxy S4). In an ideal world* I would plug in the phone and it would automatically fire off a synctoy or robocopy task or ...
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Samsung galaxy s2 international cannot voicemail, send sms — new sim card [closed]

I just got a galaxy s2 unlocked international from amazon. Opened, put my sim card in, can't connect to voicemail or send sms. What do I have to do for my phone to work? My last S2 I plugged my sim ...
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Failed to register SIP with Linphone on Android connected to FreeSWITCH [closed]

I have a private network and I installed FreeSWITCH server on my PC. I use Linphone on my PC, and it works. But when I use Linphone on my Android device, it fails to register with the SIP account ...
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How to fix a broken icon on an android phone [migrated]

The icon is displayed as a grey icon and an image of a small SD card on the bottom right of the the icon; when I try to launch it, it says: Application not installed. Have check Google Play ...
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Script to root, install busybox and flash insecure boot.img for Nexus 7 wifi

I need to create a shell script (linux) to automatically root, install busybox and flash a non-permanent insecure boot.img on a Nexus 7 wifi (Android 4.2.1, mod j0p40d) so I can remount the system via ...
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How do I get offline voice detection on my tablet running JB(4.1.1)? [migrated]

I just got myself a budget tablet(halo value) from "swipe telecom", and I was wondering how I can get offline speech recognition on it, since JB should support it. My language is set to English(US), ...
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In Google Docs, How to search something in a Spreadsheet while using Android Tablet? [migrated]

I have a 1000 rows spreadsheet in my google docs, and using goolge drive app on my nexus tablet I cant perform a search or use Ctrl+F option. Any ideas or alternative ways to achieve this other than ...
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Any way to link vimeo video to native player on Android? [closed]

I am bulding a portfolio site. I am using the http://player.vimeo.com/video/9999... format for my links. On an iOS devie, these links open up in the phone's native player and play nicely. But on ...
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How do I concatenate Android (3GP4) videos using FFMPEG?

I have FFMPEG installed on my CentoS 6 x64 system: FFmpeg version 0.6.5, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Jan 29 2012 17:52:15 with gcc 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6) ...
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How to get events from the matrix keyboard of DevKit8000?

I installed Android OS (0xdroid) on my board DevKit8000, then I connected a simple rotary encoder to the 6x6 keypad interface of this board. Now I want to get events from the encoder using bash shell. ...
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How to count traffic only at home (via specific router)?

I would like to count traffic that I use monthly at home. I always connect via one specific router - both wired (when at table) and wireless (when in bed). Do you know any solution that will achieve ...
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Bluetooth headphones static only with certain songs? [closed]

I have a set of these: http://www.jaybirdstore.com/s.nl/it.A/id.376/.f?CAWELAID=520010280000000006&catargetid=520010280000000416&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CMP8kfjPm7cCFSoV7AodoxoAJg They are kind ...
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Correctly partition microSDHC card [duplicate]

I temporarily used my microSDHC card for flashing a BeagleBone Black embedded device. This process involved overwriting the entire card with a binary image that contained two partitions. Now I would ...
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IM+ disable status string [closed]

How to disable status string "On Android with IM+" when using IM+ for skype account? I do not want to show that I am away from PC.
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Spotify: Make a playlist available on Android mobile app?

This is driving me insane, and Spotify online support is not helping. I have a Spotify Premium subscription. I want to make a playlist of some MP3 files that I own available on the Spotify Android ...
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How to backup apps + data using TitaniumBackup directly to SMB share

I've been searching for answer to this question for quite some time now and finally decided I should as a question here. So I've managed to find a kernel module (cifs.ko) for my kernel build on ...

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