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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 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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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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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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How to specify ANDROID_HOME path for Maven under IntelliJ

I'm very new to Maven, and on top of that I'm forced to use the IntelliJ which is new environment as well for me. While building project with the Maven in IntelliJ 12.0.3 I'm getting compilation ...
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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 to run Android-x86 4.2 iso on VM VirtualBox?

I installed oracle VM virtualBox on Win7,then I downloaded android-x86-4.2-20121225.iso from Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86.After I installed Android x86-4.2 on VirtualBox from iso and creating ...
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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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Nexus 4 doesn't show up in my computer as storage device

After googling for days and trying 1001 solutions, I decided to post here for further advice. I have a Nexus 4 phone, Windows 7 x64 Ent with latest updates, google USB Driver installed. My phone ...
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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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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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How to detect if user lifts finger in onTouchEvent() [closed]

I used a switch case to print the Touch events. But ACTION_UP doesnt print. why so? Is there any other way to know that user has lifted finger from screen?
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How to set friendly network name of android computer?

I see names of computers in my router's DHCP leasing list. My android galaxy tab is listed under alphanumeric name. How to set a friendly name I like?
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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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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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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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How to check if an SSH connection is open or not?

I am trying to connect to the public.sigmadesigns.com site. Actually I was authorized to that server by sending my RSA Public key to it. But now when I try to do repo, I get: Getting manifest ... ...
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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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How to install Samsung apps on CyanogenMod ROM on Galaxy S3 [migrated]

I've tried installing CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy S3 device. I was amazed by its smoothness and speed, but I've missed some of the apps of the official Samsung ROM, such as the camera, the ...
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How can I use reversed tethering on apps and/or to log onto my Google account?

There's no Wifi and I do not have my micro-SIM card yet, so I don't see any other way than using reversed tethering. My Nexus 4 is rooted and I used this guide to setup the reversed tethering. It ...
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Send song to Android phone from Spotify

I use my mac laptop to listen to songs on Spotify's desktop app. I would like to be able to press a button in Spotify and have it launch the current song on my Android phone, for when I'm on the go. ...
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View video on Screen while listen audio in android

Is it possible to stream all pc audio throug mpd, raop, UPnP or something like? I want to play video on a big screen far from where I'm sitting and be able to hear the audio Streamed trough my phone.
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How to connect my Android to my Laptop wirelessly , to stream data between the two?

I want to stream data from my Laptop PC to my Android phone using TCP or UDP by creating sockets in both the phone and the laptop, but it has to be done wirelessly. How do I connect them to stream the ...
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Alternative Skype IM app for Android while imo support is down? [closed]

For all the people with Android phones who relied on imo for instant messaging with skype contacts on the go without the battery drain of the official skype, is there any alternative left? It has to ...
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How to merge audio and video using ffmpeg in android? [closed]

Hi everyone actually i am very new to this concept how to merge video and audio in android can anyone help me out.
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How to Use a Shared Folder in VirtualBox with AndroVM

I'm trying out AndroVM and cant figure out how to access a shraed folder with VirtualBox. The instructions say it needs to be called mysdcard, which I did. But I can't find it in the android. What do ...
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building a blackberry and android application [closed]

i want to build a blackberry and an android application. I know they both use Java for building it, from what i've heard. I learnt there's a tool you can use to build the android application, and ...
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Can I share a wifi connection (not 3G) from my phone?

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 ...
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Android USB Driver on Windows 8

I am running Windows 8 x64 Professional. I updated my android USB driver to include my device (Sony Tablet S) as was instructed by the internet. Sadly, installing the driver seems difficult on ...
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How can I block annoying SMS From all numbers that start with a specific numbers? [migrated]

I received a lot of spam SMS from a lot of numbers which are started with 60 , so is there any android app that allow me to block all sms came from any number start with a specific number like 60 ?
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OpenVPN Android Certificates [migrated]

I'm having trouble with my openVPN certificates and my android device. I'm using the official openvpn client on android with a zeroshell box running openvpn using host to lan. I've generated and ...
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Android: accessing Linux PC? [closed]

I'm looking for a way to access my home box PC drive (Linux-based) on Android. What can I use for that? ATM I've found only FTP and SSHFS, both are slow and have issues (couldn't even install SSHFS on ...
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Yahoo Messenger NOT storing chat messages in conversation history when using Android app? [closed]

When I chat via Yahoo Messenger in Windows 7 desktop PC, the conversation is stored in the history and can be reviewed later. But when chatting on Android phone, it seems that the conversation is not ...
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Android TV MK808 or MK808B no signal on TV [closed]

As titled. Bought a Android TV stick with OS 4.1 and works fine on my 720p TV. Bought another one (on OS 4.2) but does not work.... TV shows blank screen yet the blue light on the stick is on, ...
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One application for CALENDAR & TASKS? [closed]

I have been searching to death to find ONE great app which: 1- handles both calendar (events) & To-Do list (task). 2- connects to googla account (both calendar & task) 3- should be availabe ...
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Android emulator performance on linux

I installed the android SDK and eclipse plugin on my laptop, but I was surprised to find out that the emulator eats up 100% of one of my cpu cores. I have exactly the same setup on a desktop machine ...
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Why do pages load slower when using wifi from my smart phone compared to a laptop? [closed]

I have a Samsung galaxy ace GTS5830i running Android 2.3.6 278MB RAM 832 MHz Broadcom BCM21553 ARMv6 processor. Is it because of the network adapter is worse on a phone or that it can't handle ...
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how to install android on a new empty tablet [closed]

I know it's not an easy question, if we have an OEM that is creating new tablets, what is the process to install android on those tablets, and what apps to preload. Thank you.
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Connectify not working properly?

I use connectify to create a wifi hotspot which I use in my Android device. But a problem occurs that the internet access stops after a minute or so in my Android device. I have to restart connectify ...
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HTC Desire SV shows only 1.11 internal Hard Disk memory [closed]

I got new HTC Desire SV about which specs says that it has 4 GB internal memory, BUT when I go to settings > Hard Disk it sows me 1.11 GB Total Memory... the same when I Connect it to PC. Is is the ...
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Sparkleshare Server on Android MiniPC [closed]

I want to setup a SparkleShare Server on a MK808 Android mini-pc. From what I've seen, there is already a Sparkle Share client available, but I've found no mention whatsoever as to how use the MK808 ...
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Sync photos on with Samsung Kies

In Kies I set as target device folder: Internal memory\DCIM\Camera and set as photo folder to sync a folder on my PC hard disk By clicking the sync button, I see that files go on from PC to the ...
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VPN for Home to watch TV on the go

My ISP offers TV on tablets, phones, etc. where I have to use an app, but I still have to have that traffic flow through my modem. What would be the best solution to setting up a VPN for probably just ...
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Get directions in Google Maps for Android offline [migrated]

I've used Google Maps to download an area to my phone. But if I don't have a data connection, the "search" button is greyed out. How can I get directions in offline mode if I can't search?
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Install USB host drivers on Android ICS [migrated]

I have a Desire HD running a custom rom: Android ICS 4.0.4. I ran USB Host Diagnostics software and connected my camera through a USB OTG cable but the phone does not detect the camera. I am thinking ...
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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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Buffering video through Lan

Is it possible for a video located on a laptop hdd to be accessed through wifi using android phone and play it. If we put file on shared network location and then make it available to others through ...

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