Questions tagged [android]
Questions about Android devices are off-topic for Super User and should be asked on android.stackexchange.com unless they specifically involve interaction with a computer. Questions about Android app development should be asked on stackoverflow.com. For app recommendation please ask on softwarerecs.stackexchange.com. For non-coding/development questions about the Android Studio software, use the [android-studio] tag instead.
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Making your Windows 7 a WIFI hotspot for Android?
I use a broadband dongle on my Windows 7. I want to expose my laptop as a wifi hotspot so that i can use internet on my samsung galaxy ace.
I have tried Connectify but my chipset is not supported so ...
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PC sound is distorted when an Android Emulator is open
I'm running Archlinux 5.2.0-arch2-1-ARCH and Android Studio 3.4.2
When I open an Android Simulator Device with (AVD Manager) an I'm reproducing any kind of sound (music on Spotify, or YouTube in a ...
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Disable charging of connected USB device (phone)
I often use my phone as a mobile internet hotspot, which is connected via USB to my computer. This works fine, but unless the phone is already fully charged, it starts charging its battery from the ...
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How do I connect Android 4.2 VPN to OS X Server VPN (L2TP)?
I have a Mac mini running OS X 10.8.2 with the OS X Server 2.2.1 from the app store, and I have set up the VPN using L2TP in the Server.app interface. I have tested this VPN connection using a Macbook,...
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WRT54G router restarts every time I connect to it with my phone
My WRT54G router usually works fine with my roommate's laptop and my laptop. However, whenever I connect my Sony Xperia Pro, the router drops all connections and restarts itself. Then I have to power ...
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Prevent/Configure Androids unloading/suspending of apps not 'on top' [closed]
I often switch back and forth between two apps (for example at the gym between JEFIT and Kindle app, or on the train between IRC and Firefox, or while hiking between a map/route app and the Camera), ...
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How can I determine the IP addresses allocated by DHCP on a router that I'm connected to?
This “router” is not a typical situation. I’m using my phone as a hotspot and can only configure a select number of DHCP options.
I can manage the limit on how many devices/clients can use my phone ...
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Windows 10: Most efficient way of getting around "The library, drive, or medial pool is empty" errors while copying photos from Android?
I have a Google Nexus 5. The camera app seems to like to generate corrupted jpg files. Maybe 1-2% of the files seem to be corrupted.
Usually I wait several months before transferring the photos to ...
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Playlists in Android foobar2000
In foobar2000 for Android, is there an easy way to:
Add all tracks under a genre into a playlist?
Add the currently playing track into a playlist? (when I tap the context menu (ellipsis) I only get ...
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Bluetooth pairing between android phone and windows 10 surface book
I don't succeed in transferring files between phone and computer (which is sometimes not comfortable, for example when you prepare a trip on your computer and need to quickly transfer any confirmation ...
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Android TCP error failed to resolve host name from static library
I'm using ffmpeg on android and i have encountered and error, that does not occur when i'm using the library on my linux VM.
I'm using FFmpeg Static Builds, from here.
I am using the stable 3.1.5 ...
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Bluestacks Application - Failed to Load Channels. Unable to connect to the Internet
I have installed the Bluestacks 2 application on Mac OS X (El Capitan). The application is installed successfully.
When I launch the application, I get this weird error
"Failed to load channels. ...
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Build an Android Rom (Make Error 41)
I tried to build a custom Rom for Android 4.4.4. I use as base the Liquid Rom (Github Link)
Before I build the rom, I had insertes in the local_manifests some apps to add to the ROM and before I did ...
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Issue in internet sharing (ethernet) to Android device in Mavericks
I have installed HoRNDIS driver on my Mavericks and my phone is displayed on network preferences (with green connected icon).
The issue is I cannot get access to the internet.
I shared the ethernet ...
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Firefox OS (html5,js) vs Android (java) vs IOS (objective-c) In terms of pl and tech use, how can the other is faster? [closed]
How can be one faster than the others, what happens inside their code, is it a matter of the engine they are using? (noob about the gecko, linux kernel thing, educate me)
One of the limitations of web-...
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Smartphone breaks the Internet connection when a call is received while wireless connection is on
I have this strange issue that I have absolutely no idea about with my HTC one X (Android 4.2.2) and Linksys Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router WAG120N. Desktop has Windows 7 Ultimate running.
When I'm ...
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how to access sensors and camera of android device from Shell [closed]
I have logged in to my android phone through SSH [installed SSH client in android and through putty from windows]. Now I can access all the directories like root , dev , etc, of the phone.Can someone ...
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configuring Android 7.1 device to use local DNS server [closed]
I'm trying to get an Android device to use a DNS server on the LAN to resolve a server host name as a local address, but it is not working.
I have somehow tricked(*) the router into passing along the ...
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Unable to install Android for Windows 7 because JDK is not found
I have JDK SE7u4 installed in windows 7. I tried to install Android on Windows 7 using the installer_r18-windows.exe but no avail.
The setup window showed the message saying that the Java SE JDK not ...
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Using ADB to sendevent touches to the phone, but cant release
I have a HTC 10 which is running CM13
I am trying to send touch events to it by means of ADB and Send Event
After sending this:
adb shell
sendevent /dev/input/event6 3 57 0
sendevent /dev/input/...
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Running Market Android apps on the simulator
(Related to, but not the same as this).
I used to be an Android user but switched to an iPhone. There are a few apps that I would like to continue to use, but the idea of carrying around a second ...
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Can I run the emulator without HAXM
I'm creating android app. My computer does not support Intel VT-x. So I'm unable to Install HAXM.exe on my system and unable to run my app.
What would be best way to proceed further?
How can i run ...
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Can I use android app on PC?
I use android-x86 on PC using VMware or virtualbox.
I wonder how I can install android application.
(Assume that the app is freely available from android market.)
My PC OS is Windows 7 (32bit)
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Where is stored the backups of WeChat?
I have an Android device with some conversations of WeChat. I would like to do a backup of these conversations, so I am using the Windows 10 application of WeChat, it seems that it is the way to do ...
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How do I install Android applications from the PC?
Currently I don't have an Internet connection available on my cellphone and I would like to install some applications on it.
Is it possible?
Do I have to use the market?
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Reverse USB tethering in 2022?
I'm trying to let my Android phone access internet over a host computer, via a USB cable. The solutions that I can find all seems to require a rooted phone.
However, all current generation Android ...
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How to run Android apps on PC through Google Chrome?
There are many way to run an android application on pc (e.g : genymotion , by installing android through virtual machine).But my question look different: Is that possible to run Android apps using my ...
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Running android apps on a linux PC
How can I run android apps, i.e. from the android marketplace on a linux PC? Does there exist any easy-to-use android emulator or virtual machine environment?
FWIW, I'm running arch linux and ...
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Is there a clock application with deciseconds (HH:MM:SS.d)?
You may wonder, But I am interested in a clock app that in addition to second show decisecond.
I deeply searched and could not find one yet, did you know any app (desktop gadget/system tray clock) ...
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How to get phone files in Far Manager?
When I connect my phone to Windows 10 machine I see icon with Samsung Galaxy phone and two folders in it - Phone and Card. When I run Far manager I don't see these directories. How to enable far ...
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Rewind and fast forward YouTube video
How is it possible to rewind and fast forward YouTube video on both Android app and desktop? Is there any setting available on Android and any Safari extension available for desktop?
Thanks.
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Can I share a wifi connection (not 3G) from my phone? [closed]
I have a Samsung S3 and a Windows laptop. For some reason or the other laptops don't detect our school's wifi but mobiles do.
I want to know if it is possible for me to share the wifi from my phone ...
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Transferring files through wifi
I have an android phone and a laptop (windows 8 Pro). Can I transfer files through wi-fi (not bluetooth), if yes, how ? And what are the steps for sharing files between to laptops through wi-fi ?
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Configuring Firefox sync on a PC with an already configured Android phone
I have a Firefox Sync account that I created on my home PC.
I have also configured this Firefox Sync accout on my Android phone by following the standard procedure of entering a phone-generated code ...
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I can't find adb_usb.ini
I want to edit it so that it suits my Kindle Fire 6.2 firmware to be able to install apks from outside the market....
Why can't I find adb_usb.ini
I have installed Android SDK
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Is there a way to stream all audio output in Windows 10 (not just individual files) to an Android client device via http?
I would like to stream all audio output (not just individual music files) from my Windows 10 PC, via http, to Neutron Music Player on my android phone. Neutron allows entering of a http address and ...
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Android Studio Instrumented Test fails with "DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=109, too big."
On Android Studio 3.3.2 with java --version of 11.0.2, I can't run an instrumented test without this error:
DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=109, too big.
Googling turned up something about ...
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How to connect router to internet through a PC with 3G modem?
I want to connect my android to internet through my PC which have 3G Internet connection like this diagram :
+------------+
| Android |
| Device |
+--------|---+
(( | ))
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Charging Android phone from MacBook while MacBook is charging, all via USB-C
I have an M1 MacBook Air with its original power supply/charger and original USB-C cable. All working great.
I also have a cheap Android phone (Redmi 10C) with USB-C.
Sometimes when I'm on the road I ...
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Installing Google Play Store in android emulator
I am trying to install Play Store in AVD emulator. Google APIS build And it fails over and over. So I started searching for solutions. But none of them worked.
Reason? here it is
android@Debian-101-...
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When using Charles Proxy with mobile devices, how can I allow a device?
I have Charles Proxy working fine for requests from OSX, and one Android device works fine. I have another android device with the same proxy settings on which Chrome just responds "Unable to connect ...
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Can an infected Android or iOS phone infect a PC running Windows?
I realize that any .apk may not run on Windows via anything other than an emulator, but my instructor insists that it can. Here are my objections:
Can I infect the computers at school with my Android ...
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Connect to windows share over vpn - on an Android device
I'm having some difficulties connecting my Android devices to a Windows share over VPN.
Background
I've bought a Synology DS214se NAS, which I have installed in my home network. I have configured the ...
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Shared memory in chroot environment
I'm playing with Ubuntu 11.10 launched in a chroot environment under Android 3.2.1. Most of the software works fine except PostgreSQL. When installed or initdb launched it's saying:
FATAL: could ...
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Firefox stopped playing media in the background [closed]
Till the last update (79.0.5), media used to play in the background even if the browser is minimized (navigate to other apps), or android on sleep (press power button, screen off). But after the ...
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Is it possible to transfer wifi settings from an android device to windows?
I have the information from a few wifi networks saved on an android device, is there any way to move this data over to windows 8.1? I have exported the .txt file from android that contains the ...
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Irritating CTRL and ESC key in connectbot for android [closed]
I have a galaxy note 10.1 and a physical blue tooth keyboard that comes with it.
I downloaded ConnectBot because I wanted to SSH to my web servers and use VIM to edit html of web pages.
VIM is ...
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TF101 Android: Image block device via adb
I have an Asus TF101 tablet running Android ICS. I am trying to image the entire internal flash file system onto my desktop via adb. The problem is that the image I am obtaining appears to be ...
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Copy files/using apps on HD with no drive letter?
My phone path is Computer\Model-Number\Phone. I wanted to use a util like windirstat on it but it doesn't recognize the path since it doesn't have a drive letter (I assume). I tried copying all my ...
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New network name created every time I connect a Windows 7 machine to my Nexus One Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
I have my Nexus One configured as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot named AndroidAP JD. Whenever I turn on the wifi capability and connect to it with a Windows 7 machine, it remembers the password and connects ...
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