A Linux-based operating system for smartphones and tablet computers. Unless the device docks with your computer, questions are better on android.stackexchange.com or stackoverflow.com for programming Android applications.
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Is bluetooth tethering slower than Wifi?
I'm tethering a Galaxy Nexus (running Android ICS) with my Macbook Pro (2009 model, running Lion). What's the difference between bluetooth and wifi tethering in terms of:
latency
bandwidth
power ...
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Where to find XP driver for “NATPC M7” android tablet
I have just purchased a NATPC M7 8GB 7" Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Tablet PC.
If I look under "Model number" within Settings-phone status I see it says "MID_Serials".
I have no idea how to ...
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Connect android to pc with tightVNC and androidVNC
I want to connect my Galaxy S2 to my pc using androidVNC (for the android) and tightVNC (for the PC), or any other combination of software to VNC. So far I have managed to port forward ports 5500, ...
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How can I run an iOS or Android app on my PC?
I've got a SWTOR account, and I'm interested in adding a security key to my account. Not because I'm particularly worried about my account being compromised, but because it allows access to a ...
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adb.exe not working in Windows 7 SP1
I need help in getting adb.exe to work.
OS is Windows 7 SP1, with Comodo internet security suite.
On executing adb start-server, I see adb.exe in my process list.
And I did netstat before ...
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Motorola Photon - Easy Tether - Linux connecting them all
I recently got Ubuntu on my computer (more specifically Xubuntu and Kubuntu) and have been loving it except that it will not recognize my phone meaning when I plug it in, nothing happens. There are ...
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MP4 video from Android phone can't be played in Windows
I took a video on my Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android), it's about 3GB and it can be played on the phone. But after transferring it to the PC is does not play when opened with VLC, QuickTime, Windows Media ...
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Connecting to Apache2 through mobile inteface?
I have a webserver built at home, using Ubuntu Server, that is using Apache2 to host my website. At this moment, I am only interested in hosting the website on the inside of my network.
The server is ...
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Android-x86 on virtual box
I installed Android-x86 on Virtual Box, but when I try to enable wifi, I'm getting error.
"unable to scan networks"
Do you have any solution for this issue?
I have intel(R) wireless wifi link ...
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Sharing PPPoE internet from desktop to laptop and android
I have a desktop (Win 7 Ultimate) with 2 LAN cards and my internet connection through cable is by PPPoE connection. I connect to the internet via dial-up in desktop. I do not have a wireless router ...
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Samsung “Kies via Wifi” doesn't work, stuck on “Loading…”
When I connect my Galaxy S2 to my laptop using "Kies via Wifi" it doesn't work.
On my phone it tells me it is connected, and on the laptop I can see the device "GT-I9100" under connected devices, but ...
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How to install Android OS and Android Apps on PC? [closed]
How to install Android OS and Android Apps on PC ? If possible , android 4.0.3 .
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Is it possible to transfer purchased iTunes songs to a Google Android phone?
I live in Canada and I've accumulated a wealth of purchased music from the iTunes store. I have an iPhone and I'm considering of moving to an Android mobile device. My question is, can I easily ...
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Manually install Google USB drivers
My SDK and AVD manager is unable to access the Google USB drivers. I believe this is a firewall issue and a proxy could work, however, I would like to avoid this route if possible.
Is there a way I ...
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Workaround blocked email forwarding to external addresses rule
Our Domino server at work is set to block rules that forward emails to external accounts. This is a Good Thing. However, Traveler on my Android doesn't have a way to duplicate the "Level 1" type ...
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How to connect android devices to hyperterminal?
I would like to know how to connect android devices to hyperterminal? I am not able to find the port on which my android mobile connects and which connection mode to use? On my HTC wildfire S I have ...
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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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Blocking app from Android by router?
I am wondering if its possible to block an app by the router? By blocking the website of the app?
I blocked the Android from connected to router with the Wifi, but some-how they got it to work again. ...
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Why is this iptables rule that does port forwarding not working?
I have a server bound to localhost:7060. It is using ipv6 socket instead of ipv4. Below is netstat outout.
# netstat -an
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp ...
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Imap server woes with Android Gingerbread email and Thunderbird
I run my own mail server and use UW's imapd/popd daemons to provide service.
This week I just upgraded my OG Droid to a new Droid 3, running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). The email client is much ...
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Running Android emulator inside a Virtualbox Vm
I'm trying to setup a VM with a complete android development stack (SDK, Platforms, Eclipse etc) for a Hackathon. I'm having real trouble getting the emulator to start in the VM. I realize that the ...
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How to set terminal size in Android adb shell?
When I connect to Android using "adb shell" and run certain commands such as "vim" or "mc", they are restricted to a "window" of 25x80 characters. Since I'm connecting from a desktop computer where ...
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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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Ubuntu as wireless router
I have moved to a country where Internet is very restricted and where I live I'm only allowed to have one computer online, and data for my smartphone is extremely expensive. I would however like to ...
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How do I bind /dev/ttys2 to a port on android emulator?
I am trying to bind /dev/ttys2 to a port on the Android Emulator but I dont know how to. Help is appreciated. I am creating a java application that will connect to a port on the emulator and write ...
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Installing Android on VMware Workstation?
As you know , we can install different operating systems into Virtual Machines running under VMware Workstation.
Is it possible to install Android(4) on VMware-Workstation 8?
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How to extract SQLite file from Android SD card
My Galaxy S was having an error on the notification bar "SD Card blank or has unsupported file system" then I was required to format my SD card... however I couldn't format it using the phone and my ...
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Can I use two network connections at the same time in Windows XP?
I'm using my work computer with access to all my work stuff (database, apps, mail...) and I have limited Internet connection, with some blocked sites.
Fortunately, I have my Android device which I ...
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How can I download android source code with TortoiseGit
How can I download android source code with TortoiseGit? Here it is explained using Repo but I use TortoiseGit.
EDIT1
@heavyd, If I do that I get this error(and my local folder is deleted!). I also ...
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Can software operation damage an SD card?
My SD card has a broken boot sector and the tools I've tried say that it's not repairable (I've tried TestDisk, DriveRestore Pro and Easeus Partition Recovery).
The card was in my Android phone and ...
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Windows Firewall and Android's internet passthrough connection
So long as I have the Windows Firewall turned off, internet passthrough works perfectly. Running without a firewall is not feasible for me so I'm trying to find out which app or port the passthrough ...
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Epic Android phone not seen by my computer when I plug it in
Usually, when I plug my phone into a computer the phone sees the computer and puts up a prompt for Mass Storage mode, Tether, or charging.
I know the phone is ok because I have seen this using my ...
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Weird connectivity problem with home Wi-Fi, affecting only two devices but differently - how to debug?
I'm having some weird connection problems with my home Wi-Fi network (ZyXEL adsl P-660HW-D1). I have a few devices connected to it, both by Ethernet wire and Wi-Fi, and only two of the devices have ...
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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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MAC Filtering off…still blocked
I had MAC filtering on for my router so that only my devices could connect. I have a Nexus One which used to always connect, but after turning off the MAC filtering, it stopped connecting. It ...
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Can I sync an Android phone with Lotus Notes Contacts and Calendar?
In my office, they currently use Windows Mobile phones, mostly for legacy reasons. Contacts and calendar are synced from Lotus Notes like this:
Lotus Server → Lotus Notes → Lotus ...
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Use an Asus Transformer Tablet with Cisco VPN Connections [closed]
Our company has recently bought an Asus Transformer Tablet, running Android 3 (Honeycomb). I have been tinkering around with it for a while now and have so far failed badly to get this tablet to ...
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Auto-Connect to Bluetooth Modem (Android Phone Data Connection)
I can easily get my Win7 to connect to my phone's internet connection via Bluetooth. It's a simple right click -> connect to -> dial up modem.
Thing is, I want to be able to do this automatically ...
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Android eclipse keyboard problem
Not sure if I should ask this question here or somewhere else, but I am having a recurring problem. Every time I deploy my android application to my tablet in eclipse (Run As Android Application), my ...
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Is there any way to synchronize an Android device with Thunderbird or any other Linux PIM application (without Google)?
I would like to synchronize my Android device with my desktop computer which runs Ubuntu. The following data needs to be synchronized (listed in the priority descending order):
Calendar
Tasks
Email
...
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Installing Android SDK on MAC OS X
I am trying to setup my Mac OS X for development purposes. I have successfully downloaded and setup the iPhone SDK. However, I also need to setup the Android SDK. Coming from a Windows background, ...
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Evernote open source alternative?
Is there some kind of notetaking server application which syncs everything between your devices?
Or is it possible to use your Dropbox or Google space for notetaking and synchronisation?
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How can I relax the X security constraints for the jenkins daemon?
It works fine on the commandline, when I do
xhost +
su - jenkins
emulator -avd myAVD.avd
but
emulator -avd myAVD.avd
executed by jenkins daemon fails with
"SDL init failure: No ...
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How can I start the Android SDK manager with non-root shell?
Login as user myuser.
To become root and run Android SDK manager:
su -
/var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux_x86/android
all is well.
Then to become user jenkins and run Android SDK manager:
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Is it possible to locally save a Quicktime Movie that is served via (embedded) RTSP protocol?
I have a Quicktime stream that I would like to save to a local file. (I want to convert it into a sane file format, because the device I want to watch it on doesn't play mov files.)
When looking at ...
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Sharing Android 4G phone internet connection from PC to LAN
I have a Windows 7 x86 PC and an Android phone with a 4G connection.
I would like to share the 4G connection – I currently do so using PDAnet software – but I also want to share it over ...
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Charging my Droid with USB using Mac
I only have the USB connect for my phone, so I've been plugging it into my macbook to charge it. But when the phone is completely dead it won't charge whatsoever and the bootloader screen comes up. Is ...
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Using a Windows computer as a Bluetooth input device for another computer/device
Ok, I realize this is a totally backwards use-case but I've got to imagine it's technically possible.
I have an android tablet (Acer A500) that I use at work to get to personal email and IM since I ...
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How can I connect to localhost from another computer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Connect to localhost from another computer
Hi all I'm trying to access a database that is hosted in a laptop localhost from my android device which is both connected to ...
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Instant Messaging Between Android phone and PC
I use universal IM clients for both my PC and my Android phone. I'm running Digsby on my PC and the Trillian client on my Android.
I'm not specifically attached to either piece of software, they're ...
