Android Ultimate Tutorial

In the case that the phone freezes (locks up or very slow) and you want to restart it, much like you do on your PC, try the following procedure.
For now, we have tried to HTC Desire, but it may work on other models, try and contact.

The combination of the Power button + button to mute + Trackpad.

With this combination you do not have to remove the battery and return it to restart phone. Keep in mind that this is not a regular process of lowering and raising systems, but only so-called "hard" reset which should use only in situations where your phone does not respond to other commands.

We are sure that you are like me at least once experienced the problem of lack of space on the internal phone memory. This usually happens because Andoid OS installed applications on the internal memory, and only the version Froyo, you have the possibility that some of the applications installed on your switch on your SD card. We say some, because it is still a large number of applications to the market did not update-ovan korsiti that this feature of this version of the Android OS.

Following the instructions in this tutorial, you will adjust your phone so all the applications you have installed, are installed on the SD card in your phone.

Required:

Telephone where he runs Froyo
ADB installed
instructions:

1 Turn on debugging on your phone (Settings-> Applications-> Development-> Debugging USB)
2 Connect your phone and PC
3 Open a Command Prompt (on PC Start-> Run type cmd and hit Enter)
4 In the Command Prompt in knock: adb shell am setInstallLocation 2
5 press Enter

Potential problems and frequently asked questions

Q: Widget-and you're installing you can not put the desktop.
A: Widgets can not work with SD cards. You need to put it on the phone's internal memory.

Q: How do I switch applications on the phone?
A: Go to Settings-> Applications-> Manage Applications, select On SD card, and find a widget or application you want to switch to internal memory. Once selected, press the Move to Phone.

Q: I do not like this change, if they can give back to the original settings that were on the phone.
A: Yes. Repeat the steps in the tutorial, but you'll step 4 From the command prompt knock: adb shell am setInstallLocation 0

If you rooted yours Android, and if for some reason your application you will receive with the phone or ROM bothers you, following this tutorial you will be able to delete them. Finally there is a short instruction on how to restore deleted application, if you want to sometimes.

Well to begin. It is essential that you have:

Rooted phone
ADB driver installed on your computer
1 Enable writing to the system partition

Do not worry, this amendment is only temporary, until you delete applications that you do not want.

a) Desire to Connect your computer via a USB cable.
b) Open the Command Prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd and hit Enter)
c) In the command window, knock: ADB reboot recovery
The phone will restart in recovery mode.
d) Then, type: adb shell
The first character in the command window will become #
e) Then, knock: mount-o rw-t yaffs2 / dev/block/mtdblock3 / system
This command will receive access to reading and writing to the system partition.

2nd Backup applications

Before deleting, good practice is to backup system application in order to bring them back if you change your mind.

a) In the command window, knock: exit
This will leave the shell mod-A.
b) Type: adb shell ls system / data
Now you need to see a list of all applications in the system directory.
c) For the application you want to backup, type:
adb pull system / app /
the name of the application you want to backup. Find a name in the result from step b).
d) after this. apk file the application you just backuped to be located in the folder from which you run a command prompt.

3 Deleting applications

This is the place where once again we must emphasize that must have completed step 2 before moving on to the deletion of applications. Also, it is very important that you do not delete some of the most important system applications, such as Sense (known as Rosie).

a) Re-enter the mode by typing shell: adb shell
b) Type: cd system / app
c) Type: ls
With this you get a list. Application apk files in the system directory.
d) Type: rm
This application is permanently deleted from your phone.
e) If you have noticed in listed applications and file . ODEX and delete it.

4th Reset

When you finish deleting all the unwanted applications, Reset the phone. If everything went as expected, the system will be free of applications that have this procedure clear.

5 Restore the application (optional step)

a) Repeat the entire Step 1 in this tutorial.
b) Find the application you want to go among those who have backuped in step 2 this tutorial.
c) Type: adb push system / app /

Android is one of the fastest growing mobile platform today. Day after day, the number of applications for this platform is increasing and with it increases our desire to try them out. Well, not to overuse, with more than 100 000 applications as they currently have on the Android Market, it is difficult that we can all just to try.

On Android devices that are installed only buy a few basic and most popular applications, without which the device for unpacking a relatively useless. For a very short time each of us met with their Android and normal, there is a need for even if an application. Each new user first Android yourself the question: "How sad to start?". If you have identified, in this article we will explain how to enrich your phone with new applications.

How do things work?

Android applications are delivered in the form of APK archives (Android Package). Most applications of the Android Market, Google's internet service delivery and purchase of applications that is available with every Android device. Given that the current market there are a variety of different devices, in terms of dimensions, hardware, and versions of operating systems, the market is located and applications that are specific in their requirements. Many of them can not be installed on phones weaker hardware, the smaller size of the screen, or an earlier version of the operating system. With Google Android Market applications are installed directly on your phone, but there are alternative sources from which you can download your own application-ovati as APK file, and therefore there are multiple ways to install the Android application:

Market using an application that is installed on your phone
manually start the installation APK file from the SD card phone
installing APK file directly from a PC using the Android SDK
Android Market

To install the application from the Android Market is necessary that you have achieved internet connection (Wi-Fi or GPRS) and follow these steps:

Start the Market application from the applications menu.
You can choose one of the following options: Apps, Games, My Apps (My Downloads) or Search, depending on what you want. After this you will receive your application or game from which you can choose one.
You can also search for a specific application, and while you'll get a list of applications with descriptions and ratings.
Select the application that you like and get more details on it, such as the number of download-and this list of comments with the evaluations.
To install it just hit the Install button at the bottom (or top right corner of the newer version of Market)
On the next screen you will get more information about the application, such as resources phones that will access the application.
To complete the installations, just press Finish button (or OK in the top right corner of the newer version of Market)
Manually install from SD card

If you possess the HBS application you want to install it is necessary that the first application using the Market installing App Installer (by FunTrigger).
It is necessary to enable installation of applications that do not come with the Android Market's. You can do checking item Settings> Applications> Unknown Sources.
USB cable, connect the phone to the computer and the phone choose "Disk Drive". After this step, SD card will be visible on your computer as a separate memory unit.

Copy the apk file to the SD card.
Start the App Installer from the menu with the applications.
Using the App Installer Find APK file that you have settled on an SD card.
Select it and click the Install button at the bottom of the screen.
Installation using the Android SDK

Firstly, it is necessary to your computer and install the Android SDK Android USB drivers. Android USB drivers need to install to be able to connect to the SDK and the phone via USB. Drivers can be downloaded at the following locations (http://dl.google.com/android/android_usb_windows.zip).

To be able to install applications from sources that are not Android Market, enable this option in Settings> Applications> Unknown Sources. Also go to Settings> Phone and SD Card Storage and disable the Use for USB Storage. Later you can restore this option to a previous state.

Attach the phone via a USB cable and run the Command Prompt (or Linux Shell) and enter

adb install path / fajl.apk

where the path is full path to the APK file and file name of the APK file that you want to install. The application is installed this command.

Deleting applications

If you do not use any of the applications, or you just take the necessary memory, you can remove it as follows:

Open the menu of applications.
Select Settings and go to the Applications item.
Next, click on Manage.
I will give a list of applications you have installed on your phone.
Select the application you want to delete. A screen will appear with more infornacija and possible operations with the application.
Before deleting the application, we recommend that you delete the cache applications and data saved on that same SD card. You can do this by pressing the buttons Clear Cache and Clear Data.
Finally, click the Uninstall button and the application will be permanently removed from your phone.
Of course there are other ways that you can remove the application from the phone. You korititi previously mentioned App Installer or Uninstaller Apex, as well as many other applications this purpose.