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    ads on notification bar - where it's from?

    Got a new Nexus 4, loaded a few apps. Now seeing ads on notification bar once or twice a day. How to tell which app did it? I'm disabling it by uninstalling apps one or two a day...
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    Help rooted phone after OS update

    I have an unlocked Galaxy Nexus. One of the reasons I rooted it is to use Catlog (as you may know, Catlog requires "super user" priv.). The headache is, every I upgrade the OS on phone (downloaded automatically, then keep asking me to install the upgrade), I have to go through the rooting...
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    UFO is using my app!

    I have a free app on Google Play that contacts a server for search results. The server logs user's request including phone's IP address (mind you that no user privacy data get logged). My report shows one day a phone made a few requests from an IP address in Stuart FL, and about 5 minutes later...
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    app usage on US election day

    I have a small app on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.usml.localsearch&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS51c21sLmxvY2Fsc2VhcmNoIl0. I go to AdMob site to monitor the usage of my app by checking the daily ads request number. For whatever reason...
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    GPS not working in China (Galaxy S)

    My unlocked Galaxy S works fine in US, but can't lock location in China (Beijing). I tested with an app called "GPS status" which shows only one satelite. Any idea what's the problem and how to fxi it? TIA.
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    unlock code doesn't work. Galaxy S

    I bought the Samsung phone from AT&T exactly a year ago. Now they allow me to unlock it and provided the unlock code. The darn thing is, the unlock code doesn't work (triple-checked with ATT)! any idea? TIA
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    any interesting Bluetooth app out there?

    On my Galaxy S, the Bluetooth visibility is only set to 2min. I assume other phones have similar short living Bluetooth visibility window to save battery. This makes any Bluetooth based application/game hard to auto-detect each other. Any comments on this? Any good app/game out there that link...
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    Apps how to package/release library project

    I'm working on a widget that can be plugged in to any screen you have. Something like this in your main.xml layout: <LinearLayout ...> <MyLibraryWidget .../> <YourWidget ... /> </LinearLayout> "YourWidget" is whatever your application displayes, for instance a game. "MyLibraryWidget" is...
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    Apps AdMob ads

    Hi, I'd like to hear other developers' experience with AdMob, are you satisfied with them? I find that AdMob ads are very limited, mostly advertising for other Android apps. In their API, there's this call AdView.setKeywords(String), I call it with what user is interested in, such as "hotel"...
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    Apps show other widgets with MapView

    Can't get this to work (simplified layout xml) -- <LinearLayout> <TextView android:text="text1" ... /> <com.google.android.maps.MapView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" ... /> <TextView android:text="text2" ... /> </LinearLayout>...
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    Apps Jobs attacking Android

    This is great -- they attack Android because they worry about Android. I don't hear Jobs attacking Nokia which is becoming quite irrelevant these days (although Nokia still hold on to #1 phone maker worldwide). I'm curious about what people think about his comments on "Android fragmentation"...
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    Apps google map color changes to blue

    I have an app that uses MapView and works fine on emulator. On phone (Samsung Captivate), the yellow-ish map change to blue from time to time, when zooming or sliding the map. has anyone seen the problem before? TIA.
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    Apps Anyone got "New version of Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement"?

    I registered with Google and paid $25 fee. A few weeks later I received this email from Google: "New version of Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement..." with this link http://market.android.com/publish/ddaUpdate When I click on it, no new agreement but asking for the $25 fee again. Is...
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    Apps Bluetooth discoverable time limit

    Lot of people complained about this -- Issue 6348 - android - Bluetooth should have the option to be constantly discoverable and not just have a set time limit - Project Hosting on Google Code Just wonder if anyone heard about anything from google. The solution is obvious and shouldn't take...
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    Apps Finding other Android devices by Bluetooth

    Anyone can write an application that allow communication between two Android devices via bluetooth. My question: is that a good practise to have an application running in background and constantly trying to discover other devices (using bluetooth adator scan for other devices EVERY MINUTE, or...
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