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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
I'm not sure if this is possible as ICS has no built in file manager, but is there anywhere I can put an apk file that it would be accessible without one? Specifically I want to be able to open an apk to install a file manager as the first thing I do after flashing a rom, to avoid needing to go through the market.

I thought maybe I could leave it in sdcard/download but it seems like the downloads program is blind to anything in that folder that wasn't officially "downloaded". (I suppose I could upload one to my dropbox and download it via the browser, if there are no viable options). Also made a few stabs at getting the gallery program to show one but it seems to filter out anything that's not a picture or video.

Any ideas for places to stick an apk and get one of the stock programs to let me open it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Peesashiz:
maybe email it to yourself?

but you would have to log into the email app to do that

but there isnt really anyway to access the file without a file explorer
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
Open your favourite rom zip, add your apk to /system/app, save the zip, push that zip to the phone, flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
Yeah in general I'm trying to cut out the step of signing into anything and just restoring my apps from a backup before I need to cancel automatic restore functions (which I do want on and running once I do my own initial run of things).

I'm guessing this comes with the consequence of raising any apk added in this manner to system app level? Not that I distrust the apps I'd have in mind for this to do anything malicious themselves, but is there any danger of opening security holes by elevating apps not designed to be system apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] heo_con184:
What I've done many times is just enabling Air Plane as soon as I can after flashing a ROM. That's way I can install any apk I want.

Hope it helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
Hmm but then what is your method for getting to that apk? If you do it over wifi that seems to defeat the point, no?

Personally I've found that it works just fine to uncheck the boxes for recovery syncing during the setup process, and then just re-enabling them later in settings. (Alternately, not signing into my google account at all until I've performed a backup). That way even if I end up signing into the market to download a recovery app, it doesn't automatically try to re-download everything else on its own.

I'm starting to think that my dropbox solution will be the cleanest, as it'll be a simple step of opening the browser and downloading a single apk every time at the same link.

I bet that the inclusion of a basic file explorer will be one of those headline items in a future android release. A nice basic functionality that the bloggers can rehash to death before anything actually hits.:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
Download the file manager apk over wifi and install the APK via download manager.

I do it all the time with Chinese android tablets with no market access.

Or Bluetooth it from another device.

Or just use the market

LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - 4.0.3 AOSP

Asus Transformer - Revolver OC/UV
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] heo_con184:
Transfer by USB from my laptop.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
Is there a way to do that in which the device will launch the apk you move over? When I copy files over usb, it only ever puts them into whatever directory, and I need a file explorer to interact with them on the phone. And then I'm back to square one, as far as this particular task is concerned (once things are up and running I just use the LAN option in ES file explorer and it's as convenient as could be).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
you have the apk in your computer right?

connect the phone to pc, and use adb to install

'adb install <apk_file_name.apk>'
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
Ah. I haven't used adb since I first unlocked/rooted a few months ago. Guess it probably pays to be a little familiar with those tools; they don't even occur to me when problem solving these days.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
mark thread as solved then, if that solved it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JoeSyr:
Well a completely in-phone solution would still be nice, but I guess if there were any of those they'd have come up by now.

I'll probably use abd if I'm actively working at my computer and a dropbox download otherwise.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gAracUh:
guys i just want to know the truth RAM of xperia x10 sorry im just confused i see in MUI ROM the RAM of x10 is 512 but if i check specs in gsmarena in only 384?? what is the true RAM of this two? sorry for my english.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoxx3m:
384 mb of RAM,thats the truth.

Sent from my xperia "z10i" :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HR7:
512mb is not the right ram for xperia x10.. it is 384 mb.. 512mb is the hack version of that rom
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoxx3m:
512 is ilusion,not a hack.384 is hardware limit,u cant have more than that.

Sent from my xperia "z10i" :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M&Mao:
I think it's 512mb total

384for system and other for GPU

I think read about it somewhere but can't rember exactly
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TAL333:
I think maybe 384MB Total. 278.78Megs for System, 105+Megs for GPU.

Phone: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i @1.19GHz- White

Android version: 2.3.7

Kernel: 2.6.29-modFXP-DooMKernel-v06 #1 PREEMPT

Radio: 2.1.71

Recovery: BootManager-v2.0 by DooMLoRD

Rom: Achotjan_2.3.7_CM7.1_v4.1

Theme: Honeycomb3D-3Dicons by BKMO
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoxx3m:
384 is total,not 512,google it and u will c.

Sent from my xperia "z10i" :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gAracUh:
ok thanks guys for answered my question :)
[HTC Rezound] Tmask32:
I am currently running I c s rom and today when I took my phone out of my pocket I noticed it was locked up and I had to do a battery pull. When it rebooted I noticed that all of my photos in my gallery are distorted and black and white.

Does anybody know how to fix this without reflashing.

.........!!!!Uninstalled Chainfire 3d and gallery back to normal.......!!!!!
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Try clearing data on the gallery app.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
I recently switched from LG G2x to this new HTC Amaze 4G.

I got tired of the bland O/S and decided to make a drastic change over to the O/S that is full of crazy bloatware.

Ok whatever I can deal with it....

In the first day that I bought the phone (2 weeks ago) I decided to check for updates. Surely enough, there were updates for HTC (NOT ANDROID) .... So I decided to update...

I updated the phone and everything seemed fine, seemed as if nothing has changed. A few hours later I started seeing my phone go sluggish, normally when this happens on any Android device I choose to just shut the phone down and turn it back on.

I long press the power button and nothing happens.

WTF?

I short press and it shuts my screen off.

I panic and take my phone back to T-Mobile the next day.

They gave me a new one.

So up until today, I have not updated because of my fear of having to factory reset on my phone.

(Like they did on the first one at the store)

Surely enough, my power button is GONE AGAIN!

WTF HTC!?!?!?!?!

I did backup my phone before updating.......

BUT CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT HAVING TO RESTORE MY PHONE?????

Has anyone else had this problem!???

I am so frikin pissed! :mad:
[HTC Amaze 4G] smatthew45:
first of all, is your phone completely stock? second, did you try a basic phone restart/battery pull?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Jessfox:
Htc amaze doesnt support the long press to power down your phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
go to settings=>security=>check "use secure credentials" put whatever credentials you want and your power button will be back :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
What are you people talking about? I long press the power button and my options came up to power down the phone or restart....
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
us people are talking about those people whose power button options do not come up. good to know yours come up though.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
That happened to me on a few ROMs. I used Extended Controls Widget and made a restart button. You have to remove the battery instead. You can also install NRG's ROM. I never had that anymore.
[HTC Amaze 4G] aj_2423:
Since when?

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[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
I may understand on a modded amaze, but why would factory Amaze phones differ with what is common in majority of all Android phones?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
trust me you wouldn't understand even on a modded amaze ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] scrminsqrl:
How long are ya'll holding the power button? Had this problem once but it fixed itself...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Jessfox:
I think I didn't word that correctly. I'm saying that holding down the power button for about 5 seconds manually shutting down the phone isn't supported on this phone. I'm not talking about bringing up the power options
[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
Every forum has a resident asshole, I see you are the one. Nice to meet ya.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
hope u not this slow all the time;) welcome
[HTC Amaze 4G] smatthew45:
lol this gave me a good laugh :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] cobbcobbdavid:
Hi, have you update to latest rom? I have call the customer service. They say the newest update will fix the power button issue. You have mention your screen has become sluggish after update. Maybe the sluggish make the system abnormal.
[HTC Amaze 4G] aj_2423:
Lol wth r u sayin haha

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[HTC Amaze 4G] aj_2423:
Ahh i see wat ur sayin. But in a way, its still the same bcuz u have to long press to bring up the menu to shut down. So long pressing doesnt shut it down, but at the same time it does. Or gives you the option to. :D you kno wat i mean lol

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[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Completely stock..... and the battery pull was the very first thing I tried.... I just refuse to do battery pulls every time I need to restart my phone....
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
You are absolutely wrong about that. Long press is suppose to make a menu come up and ask whether you want to restart, shut down, or go into airplane mode.... Are you telling me that your power button does not do long press???? If so, then you probably are going through the same thing as me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
I am asking myself the same question..... what in hell is in those updates?!?!?
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Me too... laughed quite hard
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
What latest rom are you talking about??? I didn't know that ICS was available???? I don't want to switch my roms I like the stock rom... Unless you're talking about the HTC updates. The HTC update is the update that made all this crap happen... as soon as I update, that's when my power button menu ceases to exist! Please clarify what you mean.... because I'm willing to try calling them...
[HTC Amaze 4G] smatthew45:
ics is currently not available for the amaze, or at least not officially lol, i think he meant the htc update, which is what is actually giving you problems

but as far as solutions go, all i can think of is after you do the update, do a factory reset and your phone should be as good as new
[HTC Amaze 4G] Jessfox:
Like I said before, I'm not talking about the menu. I didn't realize that's what u were talking about in ur post. I'm talking about the feature most phone have where of u hold the button for 5 to 8 seconds and it just manually shuts down your phone. My htc evo did it, but the amaze doesn't support it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] freakboy13:
First off welcome to the amaze forums, make sure you contribute to the picture thread :D

Secondly if you are not doing so , its a good idea to restart your phone after each and every update, even if it doesn't say to do so.

Secondly THERE IS NO long press power off on the amaze... G2x was my last phone as well.

Long pressing will bring up a menu with options one of them being power off

Now... Take a deep breath and relax, this one of the best damn phones out there, and once you unlock, root and maybe even romify (yes I made that word up) your amaze everything will be just dandy.

Also for the most part this forum is filled with some great peeps, and mods who actually seem to give a shizzle.

Hope it works out for ya and again welcome!
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
I have not seen an Android device that supports long press shut down....
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
That's the whole problem.... Do a HTC Updated.... power button takes a crap within a few hours.... Do a factory restore.... phone comes back WITHOUT update.... phone says "System Update is Available" .... click it.... and go back into this frustrating cycle....

I'm about to do a factory reset now...... I updated just to see if this handset will do the same thing.... WHICH IT DID.... so now I have to restore all my crap....
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
WTH people??

I have never had one issue stock or on just about any of the custom ROMs that have come out for this thing. My first Android. I flash almost everything playing around and seeing all the minor differences. Stop speaking in absolutes when you don't KNOW something is absolute. I use my power button ALL the time.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
1) Will contribute pictures ASAP!

2) G2x was the biggest fail product I ever bought.

3) Am going to be rooting my Amaze today, as soon as I do more research. (Don't want to root prematurely)

4) I see that the people on this forum are pretty laid back and funny... hoping to see them on future posts.

5) And thank you for the warm welcome! I appreciate it....

6) I will Thank your post tomorrow, I ran out of thanks for today. LOL.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
You know, you are just going to have to give in and come run one of X's awesome custom ROMS. COme on... COme on.... you know you want to.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Sorry I read ur other post clarifying what you meant kinda late... many apologies.... :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] smatthew45:
smh noob... before you freak out, factory reset means clear data, so no you will still have the update... :rolleyes:

and btw on a stock phone you do this under settings > storage
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
LOL. I am trying to keep things stock right now... I like my sense and I don't want to lose it.... Xboarder has ICS.... but no sense...

The only reason why i'd want to root my phone, is to tweek it up and get rid of this crazy bloatware...
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
LOL. I am a noob that's willing to read a lot and learn. I am here to pick your brains, and learn what you know through your old posts. :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1426179﻿

[HOW TO] ROOT HTC RUBY / AMAZE 4G

Best guide on the forum. Very well written and very detailed step by step instructions. Welcome to the Amaze
[HTC Amaze 4G] aj_2423:
I love sense too. I would recommend NRGZ rom, i can almost promise u'll love it. And u wont have any of the problems u are having...

Sent from my NRGized Amaze...

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[HTC Amaze 4G] Jessfox:
My htc evo did and every Samsung phone since the Moment has.
[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
I know my Kindle Fire does as.well, lol!

Sent from I am on Fire!
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
I'll do it when I get home today.... the reason why I don't really care to root is because I haven't had this phone long enough.... so if anything messes up.... I don't wanna go thru all the BS of unrooting the phone...... I tried to unroot my G2x and I couldn't...... I can't afford to go and throw out another $670 for yet another amaze... you know?
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
There's even a guide on how to unroot also. It's smooth as butter. I think the only issue is once you unlock your bootloader, it can never be "locked" again, just "relocked" so you can't trick HTC into believing you never rooted your phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] smatthew45:
at this point, it is not possible to brick an amaze since we do not have s-off, so that means you won't ever have to throw out another $670 for yet another amaze...

worse case scenario is you have to flash a ruu and you'll lose all your data (if you do not back up all your stuff), hasoon makes a great all-in-one tool that can help you unlock and root your phone, it's even noob-proof, here's the link...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1493905
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Thanks I'm almost home now..... Bout to take my coat and shoes off and get right to rooting. I appreciate the help.

This load of crap was sent from my HTC Amaze 4G.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Hmmmm what an interesting approach.... I was wondering why they'd give us the tools needed to void our warranties. I was skeptical of their generosity. Suspicions confirmed.

This load of crap was sent from my HTC Amaze 4G.
[HTC Amaze 4G] aj_2423:
Keep in mind though that unlocking does not neccesarily void your warranty. If something is wrong with your phone you can still send it in for warranty, as long as the problem wasnt caused by you or from you frying it from flashing

:D

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[HTC Amaze 4G] :
+1 if you are having hardware issues, than your warranty may still qualify. I've read plenty of examples of people sending in unlocked devices.
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Ok this is all good to know.... Thanks guys!!!! I appreciate it!!!

As of now ... my amaze is fully rooted.... and debloated!!!! YAY!!!

I don't think I'm ready for a new rom yet though....
[HTC Amaze 4G] aj_2423:
If you were using my phone in one hand and yours in the other, you'd probably think differently :D

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[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
You should make a video .... I'd like to see it!
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I would take his word for it. He's right :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Oh the reason why I wanted to see a video is because I'd like to see what his O/S looks like.... It wasn't a challenge or anything like that.....

And I do take his word for it... ......

Now if he was a noob on here... then I wouldn't lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] mznatnat:
Can either you or aj send me a link to the Energize Rom???? I am fairly open minded and would like to see what it looks like... and read some of the specs ....
[HTC Amaze 4G] :
I was just going to post it but I see you saw it in the other thread about you deleting your Bluetooth. PM me if u need any help
[HTC Amaze 4G] mawais15:
Hello guys,

I've also about the same problem, My Amaze is Asian version with JuopunutBear S-OFF and ICS Speed Rom installed.

The problem with my phone is that while its charging or in use, it doesn't shut down, but when idle for some time with no music application running in background, it shut down.

then it doesn't turn on unless you pull the battery for a while and re insert it,

Can anyone plz tell me what's the issue, is it battery or some culprit application?

Thanks :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] chevycowboyusa:
Issues

Have you changed your govenor settings?
[HTC Amaze 4G] mawais15:
What're governor settings, i've never seen such settings :-\
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakuburban:
Hello,

I would like to find the clipboard location.

And please don't tell me that it is only to copy/paste or don't give the name of the program that can manage the clipboard.

I'm only interested in the location of it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Its probably just stored in the RAM since its usually just a string of text.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay448:
Hee,

I was wondering what is the best program or site to build your own android apps?

Jay448
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nismax:
google

you are long way from home, my friend. there is GOOGLE and your going to spend a day on reading its not like posting on this forum.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youweit:
the web site "Stack Overflow" helps me a lot!

and if i had problem,i google it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GladiatoRiley:
If you have to ask, app developing probably isn't for you...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colapro:
The official Android Developer's Guide has a pretty good intro to Android app development. However, you need to know how to program in Java before you start with this guide.

If you know C++ you could make it without Java, since you can build apps using C++ if your target platform runs Android version 2.3 or higher. I would however recommend learning how to develop apps in Java first.

Sorry, I can't link to the developers guide because this is my second post in this forum and outside links are not allowed, but you could search for "android developer guide" on google and you should find it.

Happy deving, wish you best of luck :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobitourist:
In my experiment, best way to learn new tech is try to make something with it rather than read document and tutorial.

There are many open source android on code.google.com, choose one of theme then try to custom it by adding feature, improve user experiment...

anddev and stackoverflow is good place to solver issue.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chkneo:
developer.android.com
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cusa:
I actually just started learning Java and it's quite difficult for a beginner to learn all this stuff in short amount of time. It will probably take years to fully understand this sort of stuff.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnabghosal:
Sites to learn Android App Development from

Lars Vogel Android Tutorial

Official Android Developer Site

TheNewBoston Video Tutorial on YouTube

The best software to develop Android Apps would be

Eclipse - Juno - Either the Java or the JEE version (I personally use the Java x64 version)

Photoshop - for image editing

Illustrator - for SVG based image editing

There are instructions on the Android Dev Site on setting up Eclipse for App Dev

PS-im new so i cant post url's if u want the specific url's feel free to PM me
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] joachim1:
As you can read in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1437656

The livedock enables the homescreen to be in landscape mode.

I was wondering if someone could find out how we can get landscape mode without the dock? I think if it's possible with dock it should also be possible without the dock in some way?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] kormatoes:
Same on hdmi

Cool
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] joachim1:
So if you put hdmi cable in the phone the homescreen is in landscape mode?

Is there not a developer who can find out how to enable it without hdmi/dock connected?

Maybe an app so the phone thinks a hdmi cable is connected?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] harise100:
Install GoLauncherEx.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] joachim1:
Well I really love the SE launcher :p

Edit:

Ok, i found an amazing app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1412752

If you force it to landscape mode you will have homescreens in landscape, app drawer, in-call screen, ...

It's an amazing app.

Only the lockscreen stays in portrait mode.

Must have app for the people who use their phone in the car in landscape mode!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] kormatoes:
Forgot about that her this works cool
[Android Apps and Games] dudewithnofood:
is there a good messaging app that combines sms and fb chat? I'm using Go SMS right now with the fb chat plug in but i'm not too happy with it. Any suggestions?

Evo 4g running CM7
[Android Apps and Games] Trey_Richards:
Just search Facebook Messenger on the Android Market, Facebook themselves released an app that does that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkside79:
Just a heads up Rom Toolbox works great for most Roms! I am using it with Juggernaut 5.0 and the darkside blue theme. Has many tools. Rom manager, overclocking tools, Theme, Font and Icon installer. Along with many other awesome tools. can be found in the Android market. There is a free and pro version. I bought the pro version! Its worth every penny! I think you guys will also find this app awesome! Let me know what you think! Enjoy!!

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro&hl=en
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] duboi97:
.....does anyone else see what I see. ..