I seem to find myself in possession of a shiny phone. As opposed to my old one, which was an abhorrent pancake sandwich of electronics, screen, and what must have been some kind of horse poop.   Is there any way for me to join the Android beta, or is that period over / the slots filled?
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We are in the early stages of development of the official Stack Exchange Android app and we need your help with testing. To set a few expectations: there will be bugs, crashes, and missing features, all of which will be fixed in .    We are initially targeting Android devices running  (Android 4.1 or higher) starting with phones (up to ~5 inch) and eventually moving our way to tablets.    To register for alpha testing .  After you register we will send you an invite to a private Google community where you can find a link to download our app directly from the  store. The invitations will be sent out in waves, so if you don’t get an invite immediately, be patient.  Crash reports will be automatically reported back to us using . Bugs or feature requests should be reported here on meta and tagged . Please do not use the Google community to report bugs.  As always, we welcome your feedback and are committed to building the best mobile app possible for browsing the Stack Exchange sites.
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I did sign up for Apple's Public Beta program but was too late and missed out on the Developer Preview as they were offered to only the first one million sign-ups. Anyway, today I just managed to grab a copy off a torrent site and it's now lying on my computer.  Now before I proceed to install it, I would like to know what happens to me when Apple releases future beta updates. Will I be able to just update my OS as a regular copy or will I again need to search for and download an updated copy off the torrent? What happens when Apple finally releases the official copy come fall? Will I be able to just hit the Software Update option in the Apple menu and get it done or will I have to download the whole shebang all over again?  P.S. I understand there are risks involved with installing Dev Previews and am not worried about them. Thanks.
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I would like to know where I can ask Android apps and other mobile related questions. Is there a Stack Exchange site for such questions?
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In the new Android Market/Play Store (3.5.15) they have now got a list of "all downloaded" apps.   I have had an android phone for a good 2/3 years now and the list is huge, plus sightly more questionable apps which should have been lost in the ether of the internet have now been dredged back up to haunt me.  Can I remove apps from here?  Thanks
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I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2. Is there a way, or a place, to give feedback on this system? Not file bugs, just give feedback.
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I will like to know some of the android emulators that work really well with Ubuntu 11.10 and above. I want to try 'whatsapp' on Ubuntu through an android emulator. Thanks in advance
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I checked yesterday and today the new homepage in the Android app. Very surprised I saw that I would almost reach a silver tag badge, that confused be because I always take a look on possible badges I can get. However I compared the score with the website and I got a total different results. See this two screenshots:
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So I have an old unlocked phone and I'd like to load up my own OS.  I've seen some mods out there.  CyanogenMod seems to be the most popular.  However, I was curious if I could just install a pure untouched version of the OS -- as distributed by Google. I seem to remember being able to download a clean compiled version of the Android OS.    Does Google distribute any binaries like this, and if not, is there someone out there that does?    Additionally, is this even worth trying?  These days is it necessary for Android to be packaged with special drivers and such for all of the different hardware out there?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Young (S6310), which I'm re-tasking to play with as a secondary, mini-tablet (with no cellular access i.e. no SIM card inside, just wifi for internet access). My issue is space available on the device for applications, data, etc.  I don't want to use an SD Card, because the one which was in this phone has already been moved to a new phone. Plus, I don't want to buy a new SD card, because the point of this exercise, for me, is to see if (without spending any money) I can take this already-four-year-old phone and get several more years out of it.  I've already removed old pictures/videos on it, old messages, rooted it to remove some unnecessary Samsung and Telstra bloatware, etc. But I'm still not having a whole lot of internal memory available, so my next step (unless I'm missing something which would make the next step unnecessary?) is flashing a different ROM onto the phone. I used CyanogenMod in the past on a different phone, so I'm thinking I might try out LineageOS, CyanogenMod's successor. However, herein lies where I got stuck.  Checking out the download page for , after expanding the Samsung models on the left, I can't see the Galaxy Young or its model number in the list of devices at all.  Am I correct, and a ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Young is not available/supported by LineageOS? And if so, could I use a different ROM instead?  For the latter question, I'm assuming "no", but asking anyway in case the answer is actually more along the lines of "not really, but you could, with certain risks".
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So I had 20+ Pokemon on my account and today when I tapped on the app, it brought me back to the original screen when you first start playing. My friend who signed up tested using my username when she first started and my username was unavailable, meaning the account still exists. I don't have the password for the account, but I do have the email. So I wanted to know if it was possible to log back into an account?
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Android Market has just updated an app in my device. I liked the update, but its fully different from last version which was also my favorite. So, I want to keep last version too. I have last version's apk thanks to Titanium Backup. But, I can't install it without replacing current one (Android architecture sucks). Is there any way to do this? Hacks etc.. Note: I want to keep current version which must be connected with Market to receive future updates.
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Is it possible to downgrade from Android version 4.0(ICS) to 3.0(Honeycomb) after upgrading to ICS? Can any one help me.
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I was having trouble playing the game on my android so I downloaded it to my wife's phone (Galaxy S6). I read some posts on how to get it running on my android and it worked but, my level 7 account is on my wife's phone.  How do I get it back to my android? When I sign out and back in it doesn't ask for any sign in info. I've tried deleting the app's data and even uninstalling and re-installing, but it still doesn't ask for sign-in info.
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I took a walk in the park and my old account fell out of my pocket. Can someone help me finding it or creating a new one? I do not want to miss my questions and answers.
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Where would I ask a question pertaining to an ordinary phone? Or just cell phones in general? I saw Windows Phone while browsing the SE database, nothing else really popped out at me. Google didn't bring up anything either. Is that just too small a community to cover with SE?
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My Android phone has been abandoned by the manufacturer and carrier. It's stuck on 2.2, and doesn't seem likely to get any updates in the future, nor can I find updated ROMs for it.  I'd be willing to purchase a new phone, but how can I ensure that it will be supported? Does Google, or any carrier, or any manufacturer, make any guarantees about providing timely updates for their phones?
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This Community Wiki question is designed to be the "canonical question" for questions asking how to upgrade one's device to a new Android version.   I want to get a newer version of the OS for my Android device. How can I do that?  See also: