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Is there a way to check if a androind device (tablet or smartphone) is rooted or not Sometimes when doing some android development I need to root a android device but wanted to be able to test if the device is already tooted before i begin rooting

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So you've got a tablet, be that an Android, iPad or Windows powered device. Maybe you've got a phablet or just a bog-standard smartphone. Whatever you have, the chances are that it will have a capacitive touch screen. Most people, however, won't have got a stylus. The reasons are straightforward …

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Hey guys, so I'm creating this webapp that creates a QrCode based on informations given by the user, decodes QrCodes and creates a log. I would like some tips, like QrCodes, Image processing, Getting SubImages libraries and API's. I'm using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. This webapp will be able to …

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I have been using a D-Link DSL-2730U modem for over a year now. This modem served a desktop PC (connected directly from the modem to PC's LAN card), a laptop, and three smart phones (by wi-fi). None of us had any problem in accessing the internet from the PC/laptop/smart phones. …

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The average car is increasingly becoming a vehicle for the Internet; but does this also make it a vehicle for cybercrime? Security vendor Kaspersky Lab, in cahoots with Spanish digital media outfit IAB, reckons that software updates, in-car mobile apps and privacy are all areas which have ripe potential for …

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[COLOR="Red"][B]UPDATE: see author's comments after article[/B][/COLOR] When you develop for mobile devices these days, you pretty much have two paths you can take: You can use the OS manufacturer's SDK and develop native apps, or you can create an application that runs in the device's web browser. Developing for the …

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Amazon has, this week, revealed the first smartphone designed by the online retail giant in the shape of the Amazon Fire. Described by the company as featuring "two new breakthrough technologies that allow you to see and interact with the world through a whole new lens" and by some others …

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![63e834471f9c1463ee1caed517a7fbf1](/attachments/small/1/63e834471f9c1463ee1caed517a7fbf1.jpg "align-right") I'm working on an a windows phone project where I need to support fully transparent backgrounds in my controls to overlay ontop of dynamic image. I want to use this "new item" path I created to show how many updates an item has. I attached an image showing …

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I don't say it often (thank goodness) but OMG, and not in a good way. This [ASUS Transformer V machine](http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/389047/asus-reveals-five-in-one-transformer-book-v?) has got to be the maddest idea I've seen for years. > The Transformer Book V is a Windows 8.1 laptop/tablet hybrid, which turns into an Android 4.4 KitKat device …

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One of my friends gave me his blackberry curve 8520 to update the software. He went to the repair centre becuase his screen went white and it doesn't want to reboot or anything, and they said it will cost him R350. I already checked the battery and it's not the …

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One of my friends gave me his blackberry curve 8520 to update the software. He went to the repair centre becuase his screen went white and it doesn't want to reboot or anything, and they said it will cost him R350. I already checked the battery and it's not the …

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I've searched the internet for a solution to this problem, to no avail. I'm getting an increasing number of complaints that, as the title says, my joomla sites are displaying as 503 errors in windows phone 8. HTTP 503 service unavailable. I've tested it on a lumia 1520 and I …

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I ve built a simple webservice just for testing and whenever I implement it on my windows phone 8 solution(I add a refference) my methods which are decorated with the [webmethod] naturally seem to convert from type string for example to type void and at the end of the method …

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I’m building a website (desktop first, tablet 2nd, smartphone app 3rd) that enables users to track their disposable income to better utilize it (whether investing it or using it on ecommerce)…it’s sort of like Mint-light+ Pinterest-lite. However, I have limited programming experience. I would love to get anyone’s input on …

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Hi there, I am interested in phone selection by using if..else statement. so after viewing the phone specification we can select the phone and purchase that. so do you have python sample codes for that? a rough idea is enough. Thank you. and python is really interesting.

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Hello, So I have an option screen where 8 colored squares pop up for the user to select the background color. What I'm stuck at is how to set all of them to that color. Is there a way to bind them to a setting (FYI, this is a windows …

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Hi Dw I'm planning to create an application for mobile phone, now my problem is that I've never done this before and I don't know the filing or the root files of a mobile device but I use to hear that it also has a 'c:' drive which is good …

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Android-driven devices, including smartphones and tablets manufactured by the likes of Asus, LG, Motorola and Samsung, are being sold with pre-installed malware according to claims made by the CTO and Founder of Marble Security. David Jevans made the claim following complaints from a potential client that a mobile security platform …

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Wearable computing has been a buzzword for so long that it's easy to get blinded by the hype and not realise that actually it's a reality; and one that got even more real with the announcement by Google of Android Wear. Forget the fitness bands of today and the 'smart …

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This ones got me confused, I'm a total noob but I created a joomla site, hosted by justhost and it's fine on all browsers apart from Windows 8 Phones running Internet Explorer 10 where all you get is the HTTP 503 Service Unavailable. I've checked it via http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com which says …

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Hello Everyone, Was just wondering if anyone here does Windows Phone Development? apart from Android and iOS are there are Windows Phone developers here that could help out? Thanks!

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Aside from being one of the [most hated CEOs](http://www.businessinsider.com/hated-tech-ceos-2011-12?op=1) in the world of technology, Steve Ballmer is hard at work trying to design a new world for Microsoft and the future of consumer electronics and, simultaneously, saving himself from a history of redicule. Ballmer's ambitious claim of [400 million](http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/05/ballmer-400m-windows-phone-8-windows-8-devices/) Windows …

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Hi all, I found a great VoIP application for WP7 that prevents the service providers to block SIP: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/722556/How-to-build-a-VoIP-application-for-Windows-Phone. The core of the solution is the following: as it is known, SIP protocol is used in VoIP technology, but its port (5060) is blocked by many mobile service providers. That's …

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I want to ask a question that how many backlinks should i make for my this blog? Also tell me that building backlins via comments or forums which method is best? regards

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**About an hour or so ago my hotmail stopped working correctly. I can receive, open, and read my emails but am unable to send new or reply to emails. This is very frustrating! One particularly important email I had my son send from his smartphone and it went through and …

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Hello, I am new to phonegap.I have used web API in my code but it's giving "error O"(android emulator on windows).What i shuld do now?? How to rectify the problem??thanks in advance

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iam getting position 3 of 5 keywords but i dont know how to maintain that keywords in same position any one please help me friends regards abuhasali

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We want to start mobile development (starting with Android). Our two most likely candidate tools at this time are Phonegap and Xamarin. I'd like to hear about any thoughts on and experiences with either of these packages. Am trying to decide what to use for a first prototype (business software). …

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i want to develop android app using html, css & jquery mobile in dreamweaver CS6 that integrated with phonegap. My app will send & receive data from database in remote server. But the problem is how to connect to the database in remote server? this is because phonegap just support …

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A [Channel 4 News investigation](http://www.channel4.com/news/phone-mobile-data-24-hours-apps-security-secret) in the UK has revealed that in a 24 hour period just one smartphone made 350,000 requests to 315 different servers and made 30,000 requests to 76 servers when otherwise sitting totally idle for 45 minutes. Oh, and then there was the location data being …

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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Xml; namespace WindowsFormsApplication2 { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } List<Person> people = new List<Person>(); private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { string …

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1)On receipt of the signed MSA back from the customer, the original should be sent to the legal representative and a controlled copy should be sent to the TM/Account Manager by ___________. B D M DM 2)Runtime Profiling is used by which category of users? Developers and System Administrators Configuration …

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If I run a 100 foot phone wire around the house to install another jack, will that lower my DSL speed.Is there a maximum length for phone wire, before it lowers the signal?

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how do i make my windows phone app to wait for webclient to finish before continuing? # TextBlock.Text = originalFeed.Count.ToString(); # this part of the program should returned the total rss feed downloaded from the rss links but it is returning 0 instead eventho there are rss feeds. using Microsoft.Phone.Controls; …

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Discount coupons are OK, but consumers consider drive-by location marketing an invasion of privacy. That's the warning message that research across four countries (US, UK, Mexico and India) by ISACA would appear to be flagging loud and clear to retailers wanting to maximise the marketing potential of customers with smartphones. …

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Hi, I am currently porting one of my apps to the windows phone. I have issues with the design I see in blender and the design I see when I run my app. It seems that the fonts work work in design mode but not in preview. This is what …

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Thanks to a federal copyright law ruling on Monday by the Library of Congress, jailbreaking your iPhone doesn’t have to be kept to the underground forums like it's alcohol during a digital prohibition. The process is now completely legal under US law. Grab a glass of e-freedom![ATTACH]16137[/ATTACH]The resulting decision was …

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I've had some reports that some SVG files I've created work, but without the text. Is there a problem of rendering SVG text on smartphones and browsers? Here are my test files: http://www.ransen.com/svg1.html http://www.ransen.com/svg2.html http://www.ransen.com/svg3.html The first two have very small text, but the last one has text which should …

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The AR.Drone is what is known as a quadricopter device, and the Parrot drones are probably responsible for kick-starting the whole consumer drone industry. Unpacking the box you immediately notice how light it is, and how little you get by way of stuff to assemble or plug-in. Beyond the couple …

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Apple has, of late at least, oft been accused of following rather than leading when it comes to smartphone innovation. Perhaps the launch of the iPhone 5s with the somewhat controversial fingerprint scanner has changed that, just a little bit. HTC, the powerhouse in the Android smartphone hardware market, has …

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I am planning a service that I would like to eventually grow into a multi-platform service, however, my original plan of creating a hybrid app may not be the best decision. Is it better to come up with one app design and recreate it on each platform, or design a …

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Hi all. I am designing a HTML website that only runs on smartphones. When I test the website on my smartphone it cuts off the words right at the bottom... It only allows the user to scroll down with +- 2mm or 1cm. I've put in underneath the styles.css a …

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Hi, I have a question regarding mobile websites seo. I have a website that has two different codes one is for mobiles and the other is for system browsers. I want to know that is it better to make my website name as mabc.com or abc.com/smartphone. The original website link …

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Hello I want to have a drop down menu showing small thumbnail pictures and text in a "smartphone like" grid. What can I use to accomplish this? Thank you

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Are smartphones becoming thought of as disposable items these days? Research from one UK-based online auction site, BidGrid, would seem to suggest that Brits at least regard their gadgets, including mobile phones, as such. Indeed, BidGrid goes as far as to state that the UK is a throwaway nation with …

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Hello Community, I've been thinking about buying a phone I've chosen these phones to choose from: http://www.jbhifi.com.au/phones/nokia/lumia-520-black-prepaid-sku-411577 http://www.jbhifi.com.au/phones/samsung/galaxy-express-4g-grey-sku-418996 http://www.dicksmith.com.au/unlocked-smart-phones/samsung-ativ-s-windows-8-unlocked-smartphone-dsau-em5132 http://www.jbhifi.com.au/phones/sony/xperia-acro-s-sku-91231 https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_4_16GB?id=nexus_4_16gb http://www.harveynorman.com.au/optus-nokia-lumia-720-windows-8-phone-pre-paid-mobile-red.html The funny thing is currently I don't have a mobile phone so I'm not sure what is a good phone and what isn't; the thing is I don't …

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I have bought new Windows Smartphone Nokia Lumia 720 and want to install MX player on it. but there is no free MX player on windows app store.May be its paid on windows apps store. Can anyone suggest good Windows Video player for Nokia lumia 720 ?

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