I know very little about Android and pretty much only use AndFTP on my Htc Inc2. I have that Inc2 which I carry in case my car or truck breaks down. I have a DooGee DG300 I bought years ago then found I couldn't use it and have been using it as a tablet. The DG300 is Android 4.2.2. I can't find an upgrade to 4.4. Thought I had one until a pop-up saying answer these questions showed, so I killed the website quick like rabbit.
Why do I need Android 4.4? I thought I needed 5.0 until I chatted with a Google rep.
I bought a Google Home Mini. I managed to find a Google Home app version 1.22.25.7 that would install on the DG300. Plugging in the Google Home Mini I run the Google Home app and it find the GoogleHome giving it an ID but calling it Chromecast. A Setup button is displayed. GoogleHomeMini is repeatedly telling me it has not been setup. I mash the setup button and the app comes back with A Newer Version is available, Upgrade, and pressing yes it closes going no further. If I say no to the upgrade it says it's trying to connect to a wifi hotspot via the Chromecast. I assume the app is telling the HomeMini to connect to the hotspot but it fails to connect to any wifi routers or phone as a hotspot. Google Home app in the PlayStore says it needs Android 5.01. I chat the rep at Google and am told Google Home with work with the mini if it's 4.4 (mines 4.2).
I bought an RPI3. I tried to install RTAndroid and was told it's no long available but to use EmteriaOS and that is available free but the free version reboots every 48 hours. So, I install the EmertiaOS to a microSD card and it wakes the RPI3 with an animated triangle but no cursor and as I understand it, no Next> (which should be visible). Also, unlike linux no Alt+F1 for a terminal login. I've used Debian linux for years but am not a programmer. I don't know Android.
Giving up on the EmteriaOS I move on to Lineage-14.1, which like EmteriaOS is an android os for RPI3 or cells. You can see I want to install android on RPI3, download and install a current Google Home app and run Google Home Mini setup.
The EmteriaOS now overwritten by the Lineage-14.1 operating system, I boot the RPI3 and find an animation that looks like the edge of a galaxy with a planet appearing on the right, approaching, then exiting on the left. Again, no cursor, mouse, or way to proceed, and no Alt+F1 terminal.
So, I'm wondering if:
a) should I find a way to get the DG300 to boot to the SD card with Lineage-14.1 - but I don't know how to get the DG300 to boot from the SD card,
b) should I find a 4.4 firmware and flash the DG300 - but that firmware doesn't seem to be available from a reputable website,
c) put the SD card having Lineage in a reader and modify it using the RPI3 booted to Raspbian so it then can boot the RPI3 with mouse support.
The last seems the most convenient but I should mention that the RPI3 is using a display from a lightening stuck Pavilion laptop using an M.NT6876.2A DVI VGA Audio LCD LED screen controller. This laptop screen obviously isn't touch.
Advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Have the original G1 Google Phone [HTC firmware ver. 1.6] Had to reset the phone to get the last Google Talk account off. I now find that the WiFi configuration panel that existed is no more. What replaced it is a panel that has more parameters that I can comprehend. I am looking for a Google desktop app that would allow me to install google apps to the phone via USB cable. At this point, I see no other way to make use of the device.
I've taken the cell contract off of the phone for now and only want to use it for WiFi access. Windows internet connection sharing has yet to work. Guidance sought
even if your phone isnt rooted and you dont have a data plan, you can still use this phone via wifi for a portable internet/mp3/etc device.
you need to be signed into at least one google account to operate the phone (unles it is rooted and has custom rom) once in you can use the phone not as a phone but a portable mini computer or whatever so long as you are in a wifi hotspot
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Have the original G1 Google Phone [HTC firmware ver. 1.6] Had to reset the phone to get the last Google Talk account off. I now find that the WiFi configuration panel that existed is no more. What replaced it is a panel that has more parameters that I can comprehend. I am looking for a Google desktop app that would allow me to install google apps to the phone via USB cable. At this point, I see no other way to make use of the device.
I've taken the cell contract off of the phone for now and only want to use it for WiFi access. Windows internet connection sharing has yet to work. Guidance sought
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You can install apk files by copying them onto the sd and install them through some file explorer on the phone
And what don't you understand in the wi-fi panel?
Check wifi, go into wifi settings, click on the name of your wifi network, and type in the password if you have one
are you unable to login/register? If I remember correctly you need data plan to register...but there is a bypass to that, is that what ur problem is?
WiFi for the G1
Greetings:
Much thanks for your reply. Please know the following:
- Phone had a contract
- Wifi continued to work when contract was cancelled
- Because of slow internet navigation it was suggested [from a forum] that I reset the phone. After the reset the Wifi configuration panel was no longer. What replaced it was a series of input windows that requested information far beyond network name, SSID, etc.
- The SIM card that had been in the phone no longer is recognized.
Still hoping for guidance if it is at all possible to configure this device. Additionally, I would like to cultivate some mobile developer skills and would also like to use this device for educating myself. Much thanks for your support as I await your reply.
Search for a thread on how to bypass android screen. With a little adb knowledge it isn't to hard
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
demkantor said:
Search for a thread on how to bypass android screen. With a little adb knowledge it isn't to hard
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
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No ADB or somethig needed, just 4 touches my friend, If it's possible, go to the Begin-screen where the android is, touch the four corners of the screen on the upper-left, upper-right, down-right, above the black bar where all the buttons are, and down-left. If I am right, it would skip the whole sign-in screen and just go on the home-sceen. IF it works, just press that little thanks button up at my nickname, okay?????
I have a motorola droid A4855 and I'm running cm 7.2RC2i installed gapps and ive got rom manager/clockwork recovery and so on...
Here is my issue. I have never been able to get the play store to work. I just bough this phone from a friend of mine a week ago for like $10. I haven't had a phone in almost a year and I'm still somewhat new to Android.
Well before I rooted this phone and put the ROM on it it was still on its basic ROM. I was able to at least open the Market and it would have me put in my credentials to log into google to do the sync thing so I could access and download apps. but it always said it couldnt connect. I have it running off of wifi because I do not have a 3G data package as of right now. I'm not going through a traditional US phone carrier either, although I will be in the near future here. Right now my wireless carrier is through Reach Out Wireless (a government supplemented wireless program). It runs on the Verizon network though. I check my number and it comes back as Cellco dba Verizon Wireless.
Now that I have rooted and installed CM I installed the gapps and now have the Play Store (as opposed to the Market previously). I click on the app to open it and it gives me the dialogue of "You must add an account to the device to continue. DO you want to add one now?" and it gives me the option of Yes and No. I click on yes because I obviously want to, but then the app just closes and I'm back to my home screen. I've downloaded and installed the play store from several different sources and it still doesn't work. Neither do any of the other apps that require a google login. They all ask to chose the account and there are none visible and they give me the option to create a new account but I click on that and it does nothing as well...
Anyone have any idea why this could be happening? Is it just because I don't have a data package? Every other app on my phone works perfectly fine through wifi. And I have tried about 6 different wifi sources as well at home, work, 3 different mcdonalds and a starbucks.
try to read this topic
it may help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346
Problem solved. I was not installing the proper gapps package... D'OH! stupid me lol
Ok so not completely solved... The play store keeps saying that my device is not compatible with a lot of the apps I want to download. Most of them say that they require 2.1 and up or 2.2 and up. Well I have 2.3.7 with CM7RC2 on my droid correct? Therefore my device should be compatible right? I called google and they said they would check into it. I'm not sure what could be causing this to happen...
Hello. Currently I'm running N2A on 16gb nook hd+. I have several problems, which I'd like to be fixed, but don't know, if CM or whatever other upgrades will fix them. Here they are:
1. SD card or internal memory not accessible when connected to PC via USB.
2. Wifi sensitivity/AP scan speed issue. Say Nook is lying on my table, and I'm in mode for AP searching, there are 14 APs around, detectable with my laptop, phone, etc. Nook sees either 3 or 11 in cycle, i.e. for 2-3 seconds there are 3 AP shown, on next 2-3 second - 11 AP are shown.
3. "Unfortunately, another clock widget has stopped" error message repeated many times, when all APs are lost around (say sitting in subway train and going from surface to underground).
4. Browser often lags when visiting amazon, ebay and many other sites "Browser does not responding, do you want to wait or close" (Yes I know these websites have mobile versions, I want to use desktop versions on my tablet). Sometimes, browser crashes without any notification, clearing all form data, etc.
5. Frequent restarts in sleep mode. I lock tablet with side button, and shortly discover that it have rebooted into native nook hd+ shell.
6. I want to have SD card slot free, so I can plug in card from my camera and view/manage photos there.
Thanks in advance.
Hmm
I don't want to bash you but you actually spent $30+ on an sd card loaded with an open source rom on it? And now you have issues that aren't addressed by the creators of N2A? Maybe I just find it funny that a company can profit from a half-brained idea and claim that it works.
Have you tried the help section on N2A's actual site? Why not look at the forums in there as well?
Hi, I purchased an LG G2 2 months ago from Verizon and it was working great as a mobile hotspot until it updated to android 4.4.2. Now when I go to connect my Mac Book it either times out connecting or gives an invalid password error. I have talked to Verizon and LG tech support who have essentially had me reset the password a few dozen times to no avail. They are now telling me I should contact apple as it must be an issue with my MacBook, The hotspot does not work with my other Android or Windows based devices either and at this point it seems pretty obvious that it is not simply my macbook. Any advice? I rely heavily on the hotspot capability for my work and am unsure where to turn as each company seems to push me off on the next, resulting in a big circle of no solutions. Hoping some help will come from here! Thanks!
Have you tried going into the application manager in control panel, swiping left a couple of times until you're in the all column. Look for com.lge.mobilehotspot.ui then clear data and cache if it isn't greyed out.
Then try to configure your hotspot application all over again.
Hey all, so I recently spent some time learning up on these awesome forums, and at least for getting started I decided to just modify stock 2.2, I have just really wanted to be able to play games using my ps3 controller on my nook so I thought the easiest path was to root using the Universal Rev3, and the Unknown Apps, at least to get me started. I have a bluetooth keyboard I also use with this setup for school. Okay so that's the upfront details.
My issue is that, while my bluetooth is connecting fine with everything before I run sixaxis, and my controller works (yay, i got what i wanted!) while I'm running the program, it's when I stop sixaxis and it restores my bluetooth (or says it does... or gets stuck and never says it does) my bluetooth simply can't be switched back on until after I reboot... I've completely stopped and disabled and cleared the cache on the sixaxis app... and nothing, still won't turn back on. Now this is a cadillac issue, my controller works, my keyboard works, but I just have to reset. The problem is that I know it shouldn't be this way and if it has to be, I'll survive, but if not I'd love a way to make it work right, or at the very least see if there's an option to... "respring" (I know that's an iphone thing I just didn't know if there was a faster equivalent to a reboot without having to completely turn it off and back on)?
Anyone else had this problem? Any thoughts? Any options? Thanks for your time and information, have a great day!
"t's when I stop sixaxis and it restores my bluetooth (or says it does... or gets stuck and never says it does) my bluetooth simply can't be switched back on until after I reboot..."
Obviously, its at the fault of the app, because otherwise (sixaxis not installed/used) bluetooth would function properly and no restart would be required.
Therefore, sixaxis is not ending support of the controller properly, re-enabling bluetooth support, or whatever its trying to do for the device, android version, or whatever its problem is in code.
Probably good to let the app's dev know about it and find out if they say anything.
Since root access is required, it definitely requires some deeper access to android (the deeper the more problems are likely to occur). Some code doesn't even work for all devices and they could have gone that route with their app knowingly - whether it was a necessary side effect due to the type of app they created or specifically because of a workaround of what google allows devs to do with android.
Either way it is often an app with problems as reviews show.
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"t's when I stop sixaxis and it restores my bluetooth (or says it does... or gets stuck and never says it does) my bluetooth simply can't be switched back on until after I reboot..."
Obviously, its at the fault of the app, because otherwise (sixaxis not installed/used) bluetooth would function properly and no restart would be required.
Therefore, sixaxis is not ending support of the controller properly, re-enabling bluetooth support, or whatever its trying to do for the device, android version, or whatever its problem is in code.
Probably good to let the app's dev know about it and find out if they say anything.
Since root access is required, it definitely requires some deeper access to android (the deeper the more problems are likely to occur). Some code doesn't even work for all devices and they could have gone that route with their app knowingly - whether it was a necessary side effect due to the type of app they created or specifically because of a workaround of what google allows devs to do with android.
Either way it is often an app with problems as reviews show.
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Hey thanks a ton for the information. I had started to suspect that but since I'm a noob here I thought it was best to ask. Will contact the developer. But hey for now if all I have to do is a reset after a gaming session to make all things right, it's not so bad. Thanks again!
EDIT: Okay, so after doing some fiddling with my own Nook HD+ it looks like the Nook itself has trouble shutting down bluetooth! When I go into my battery use bluetooth is staying on permanently after initially turning it on. The time continues to run no matter what I do or shutdown with Android Task Manger. And it appears I'm not the only one. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...Bluetooth-won-t-turn-off-Nook-HD/td-p/1462091
Also since mine is rooted and has unknown sources installed I felt like I needed a control group. So I borrowed my wifes Nook HD+ which is completely stock, no mods at all... and it does the exact same thing... This is mind boggling. Could a few people turn their bluetooth on long enough to register in their battery monitor, then turn it off, and tell me if their time is still running for the bluetooth? It would really help me identify whether this a software problem with Nook software, or it's a hardware issue that they had amongst several models and they shipped with bad parts, etc. Thanks!
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Could a few people turn their bluetooth on long enough to register in their battery monitor, then turn it off, and tell me if their time is still running for the bluetooth? It would really help me identify whether this a software problem with Nook software, or it's a hardware issue that they had amongst several models and they shipped with bad parts, etc. Thanks!
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It could also be this or similar: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=69135
Quote, "Problem: When turning off the Jawbone, it causes the Bluetooth(BT) to misbehave and not turn off nor function."
...Though that's for android 4.4.2 and nook 2.2 is android 2.2... wow that's old... that could of course be it as well - if the problem is with android, it could have been fixed in a later android version.
In the end, it doesn't appear to have to do with the device itself, but perhaps with that android version's bluetooth package or an installed app. And which android version (if any) would work for you idk. I remember people saying cm and sixaxis didn't work with bluetooth on the nook in the past, so if that's still the case, don't know that either.
I'm not sure how far back many apps are going today with android versions but something like: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.myklos.btautoconnect&hl=en
could possibly do something(?). But, I'm just reaching there for anything in the you never know category.
But hopefully that gives a better picture as to what it could be. Sorry, I can't give an actual [working] solution, though for all I know I gave a path to the only solution.