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Few questions when connecting the SII to a PC

So,
-I just connected my S2 into my PC (windows 7 ultimate 64bit) and it said "CDC Serial - No Driver Found." Where can i download it?
-Every phone iv bought before i get a CD with it to install the software onto my PC.. what software do i need for the S2?
-I want to drag and drop some .APK files (apps) but dont know where to.
Hope you can help me... (this is my first android phone)
Thanks!

Hi.
You don't need to use USB. Connect your phone to WiFi and open Kies Air on your phone. Type the URL it gives you into your PC's browser and you can upload/download straight to your phone! Click File explorer in the browser for a complete view.

Hi. Just to samsung site, downloads, program name is 'Kies'.
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beggin said:
Put them anywhere. Then use the My Files app on your phone to find the apk and open it.
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Thanks.
I installed ASTRO File Manager and installed the app =)

I think this thread is running its course. We're not here to help you install pirated apps. This time is a warning. We don't want to know about it. Go buy them from the market, or via paypal.
The question was valid, but XDA is a developer site. Pay for apps, or use a free version with ads.
That is all. Thread closed before we get the old "omg it's not warez" flame-war...

GS3 on Ubuntu

Does anyone have any ideas about getting the gs3 to show up on Ubuntu 12.04.1 so I can transfer movies and songs to and from the device?
Sorry if this has been posted before. I'm just at the end of my tether with this, don't want to have to reinstall windoze just for this one thing.
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I already google it before and found many packages but i cant paste anything in the memory card!!
I used root access but same .. still i cant find a good package for this !!
Just use both ubuntu and windows
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You already tried airdroid?
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I'm using dropbox for small thIngs and sshdroid to access the files over Adb vIa port forward

I enabled usb debugging and I was able to mount both internal and external SD cards on Ubuntu 12.04 while on stock.

Acidpunk said:
I enabled usb debugging and I was able to mount both internal and external SD cards on Ubuntu 12.04 while on stock.
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I will try this today
Thanks
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Pflunz said:
You already tried airdroid?
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No !!
Link please
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ali8383 said:
No !!
Link please
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Airdroid is in the play store, works on Debian so ubuntu should be fine

Airdroid works a treat. Thanks for that. Will also try usb debugging when I get home.
Is the problem with this phone and Ubuntu that usb mass storage mode was done away with? Would it register on Ubuntu fine that way?
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Never had any problems on Ubuntu with SIII. Works out of the box.
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Just a small update. Airdroid works a treat. Love that. USB debugging doesn't work at all. I also bought a usb otg cable as a backup. That's easy enough.
Just a pity it can't be as smooth as windows.
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pardoned said:
Is the problem with this phone and Ubuntu that usb mass storage mode was done away with? Would it register on Ubuntu fine that way?
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Yes, personally I use QtADB, which works fine. I found mounting worked fine out of the box but drilling down through folders showed them as empty, and transferring files just plain failed.
BTW Heimdall works fine as an alternative to ODIN, although I've so far failed to get the GUI functional on Mint Lisa x64, but no issues using CLI.
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pardoned said:
USB debugging doesn't work at all.
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Installation instructions for Ubuntu releases prior 13.04
1. Add the PPA to your system
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update
2. Then, launch Software Updater (previously known as Update Manager) and install the available updates.
3. Once everything has been updated successfully, restart your computer, unlock your Android device, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager.
Change the connection method to MTP and then you can view directories and their contents.
For more details see here (can't link externally yet): askubuntu-com/questions/87667/getting-mtp-enabled-devices-to-work-with-ubuntu/308366#308366

haytona said:
Installation instructions for Ubuntu releases prior 13.04
1. Add the PPA to your system
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update
2. Then, launch Software Updater (previously known as Update Manager) and install the available updates.
3. Once everything has been updated successfully, restart your computer, unlock your Android device, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager.
Change the connection method to MTP and then you can view directories and their contents.
For more details see here (can't link externally yet): askubuntu-com/questions/87667/getting-mtp-enabled-devices-to-work-with-ubuntu/308366#308366
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That's correct - Ubuntu 12.04 does not support MTP devices out of the box therefore the instructions above should help.

chevli said:
That's correct - Ubuntu 12.04 does not support MTP devices out of the box therefore the instructions above should help.
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Thanks Chevli, I should have made it more explicit. I guess there are quite a few people on the older release.

4.2.2 adb device offline

I have fresh installed N7 3g 4.2.2
adb devices show me "device offline" on Linux.
Do anybody help me solve?

AW: 4.2.2 adb device offline
It's a New security feature: in your device a popup with a hash key should be shown asking you whether you would allow the PC to connect to your device. After accepting that, the device can be accessed from the PC.
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AndDiSa said:
It's a New security feature: in your device a popup with a hash key should be shown asking you whether you would allow the PC to connect to your device. After accepting that, the device can be accessed from the PC.
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Thank you for answer. But I don't see popup window.
I install TWRP. Then in recovery mode install root access.
Now I can use local shell via android terminal with su.
Code:
setprop ro.adb.secure 0
getprop ro.adb.secure
1
How to change this property?
seting in /system/build.prop didn't help

Solved. Latest adb installed. Popup fingerprint window appeared.

svs57 said:
Solved. Latest adb installed. Popup fingerprint window appeared.
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sorry for noob question but how you update your adb?

Yeh how do you update adb, is it through sdk manager
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azfarmiera said:
sorry for noob question but how you update your adb?
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Download the android adb fastboot files in this thread link and if usb debugging is enabled and you connect your phone to you computer you should get a pop-up on your phone. It worked for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144709
Also I think I opened the fastboot.exe and adb.exe files too

I couldn't update through SDK manager, t just kept popping alert that I need dependant lib, so I just uninstalled whole SDK and installed again, worked like a charm.

azfarmiera said:
sorry for noob question but how you update your adb?
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To update ADB use SDK Manager.
For some reason the SDK Manager does not automatically show the new release versions of Android SDK Tools and Android Platform-Tools, so if the versions of your Android SDK Tools and/or Android Platform-Tools are respectively older than 21.1 and 16.0.1, you will need to first delete them then reload the SDK Manager to get their new release versions to be displayed and available for installation.
Also, it appears that Android Support Libraries (under Extra) is also required for ADB to work, so you should install it as well.
Also, to get ADB-over-WiFi to work, first use ADB-over-USB to the same given PC/Laptop and grant access with "always" box checked.

digixmax said:
To update ADB use SDK Manager.
For some reason the SDK Manager does not automatically show the new release versions of Android SDK Tools and Android Platform-Tools, so if the versions of your Android SDK Tools and/or Android Platform-Tools are respectively older than 21.1 and 16.0.1, you will need to first delete them then reload the SDK Manager to get their new release versions to be displayed and available for installation.
Also, it appears that Android Support Libraries (under Extra) is also required for ADB to work, so you should install it as well.
Also, to get ADB-over-WiFi to work, first use ADB-over-USB to the same given PC/Laptop and grant access with "always" box checked.
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So is version 21.1 and 16.0.1 the latest of their builds? And if I install those, I will not have a problem with the adb being offline?

Leonhan said:
So is version 21.1 and 16.0.1 the latest of their builds? And if I install those, I will not have a problem with the adb being offline?
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I use Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86.zip

Leonhan said:
So is version 21.1 and 16.0.1 the latest of their builds? And if I install those, I will not have a problem with the adb being offline?
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They are the latest version and solved the problem for me.
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windows 8 recognizes kfhd 7 only in device manager

hello everyone,
this is my first post here and i've been looking for a solution everywhere but anything worked, so i'm here.
my problem is that since i updated to w8, i cannot transfer data on my kfhd anymore. i installed drivers disabling drivers signature check, i updated adb and followed any existing threads like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34700983 which seemed to be my same problem. what do i have to do in order to transfer my data on kf SD?
thanks for any reply

bencio28 said:
hello everyone,
this is my first post here and i've been looking for a solution everywhere but anything worked, so i'm here.
my problem is that since i updated to w8, i cannot transfer data on my kfhd anymore. i installed drivers disabling drivers signature check, i updated adb and followed any existing threads like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34700983 which seemed to be my same problem. what do i have to do in order to transfer my data on kf SD?
thanks for any reply
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hi. could you connect Kindle HD to PC and run command: adb nodaemon server
put there your output

output is: cannot bind 'tcp:5037'
(now when i type adb device the daemon is running and it seems to be recognized by adb but still not as external drive)

Try going into terminal if you have your kindle fire ROOT already and run
shell
start sdcard
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KindleFireGuy said:
Try going into terminal if you have your kindle fire ROOT already and run
shell
start sdcard
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i got the command i run before as output (start sdcard) and then nothing happened, i'm confused

Have you tried wireless transfer technology? Such as what is possible in ES Explorer?
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Krsmqn said:
Have you tried wireless transfer technology? Such as what is possible in ES Explorer?
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it works, as a temporary solution it could be fine, but you know it's kinda slow expecially for music and video files (neither windows media player sees my kfhd). but thank you for this solution in the meantime

Go to a terminal emulator on your kindle and run the command
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KindleFireGuy said:
Go to a terminal emulator on your kindle and run the command
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now i've no output and nothing happens again

ideas?

with adb i can go to sdcard folder and see files with ls command....

bencio28 said:
with adb i can go to sdcard folder and see files with ls command....
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So what's the problem? You have an ADB connection. Use it to push files to your sdcard.

soupmagnet said:
So what's the problem? You have an ADB connection. Use it to push files to your sdcard.
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i'd prefere to transfer my files in a normal way, like an external hd (it's a bit intricate using adb when you could just drag and drop in a folder)

bencio28 said:
i'd prefere to transfer my files in a normal way, like an external hd (it's a bit intricate using adb when you could just drag and drop in a folder)
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201008230

soupmagnet said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201008230
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i already said windows media player is not seeing my kfhd

bencio28 said:
i already said windows media player is not seeing my kfhd
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Really? Because I didn't see anything of the sort. You'll have to forgive me for assuming the worst as that is what I'm used to seeing around here.
When you plug your device in, (assuming you haven't installed a custom ROM), what shows up in your device manager?

soupmagnet said:
Really? Because I didn't see anything of the sort. You'll have to forgive me for assuming the worst as that is what I'm used to seeing around here.
When you plug your device in, (assuming you haven't installed a custom ROM), what shows up in your device manager?
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more or less this is what i see and what i should see and i do not..
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6263/whatiseez.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9512/nodevwmp.png
hope this help you understand my situation

bencio28 said:
more or less this is what i see and what i should see and i do not..
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6263/whatiseez.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9512/nodevwmp.png
hope this help you understand my situation
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Have you toggled the ADB Debugging mode off?

soupmagnet said:
Have you toggled the ADB Debugging mode off?
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i didn't
and i have no custom roms

bencio28 said:
i didn't
and i have no custom roms
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MTP cannot work while debugging is on BTW, turn it off and try again.

[How To] Http Proxy on Amazon Fire TV Stick (non root)

Hi,
I just had the problem of being behind a Http/Https proxy and there is currently no option available to set this on the fire TV Stick.
Android offers this option at least since version 4 by default but they must have deactivatetd this feature intenionaly (region rights and such things).
But it is still possible.
1. Setup your AFTVS on a normal Wifi with internet connection ( if not already done)
2. Activate Apps from unkown sources and ADB
Settings --> System --> Developersoptions
3. Make sure your are connected to the same network as your pc.
4. Sideload following app:
Code:
AndroidProxySetter:
github.com/jpkrause/AndroidProxySetter/releases
How To sideload:
aftvnews.com/sideload/#more-7959
5. Start the App over adb on your pc:
Code:
//connect to device
adb connect 192.168.1.184:5555
//check the connection
adb -s 192.168.1.184:5555 get-state
//start app
adb -s 192.168.1.184:5555 shell am start -n tk.elevenk.proxysetter/.MainActivity -e host 192.168.56.1 -e port 8080 -e ssid PrivateWifi -e key Passw0rd
Where u would replace the device ip, host, port, ssid and key with the settings of your network.
Please mind that ur on a linux based system and everything is case sensitiv.
For more options look here:
Code:
github.com/jpkrause/AndroidProxySetter
5. Now, if everything is fine some little popups will be displayed and at last it should say connected.
6. Going back to the home screen and Done.
Known issues: After some major updates you will need to set the proxy again, so just repeat step 4
It should also run on the normal AFTV but i got none so i can't test it.
All Credit goes to JPKrause who wrote that little app, I just happend to find it

Update 21.06.2016:
With Fire Os 5.2.1.0 it seems like you cant start adb on the device itself so you have to start the proxysetter over adb on your pc.
This "new" way doesnt require to install the terminal emulator anymore and its actually more comfortable.
best regards N4b0

how to setting up proxy using pac file?
N4b0 said:
Update 21.06.2016:
With Fire Os 5.2.1.0 it seems like you cant start adb on the device itself so you have to start the proxysetter over adb on your pc.
This "new" way doesnt require to install the terminal emulator anymore and its actually more comfortable.
best regards N4b0
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how to setting up proxy using pac file?

zcrself said:
how to setting up proxy using pac file?
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Hi,
well I guess the AndroidProxySetter doesn't cover any way to use PAC files.
But you can actually open your pac file with an editor of your choise and extract your proxy settings from the containing functions.
bg N4b0

Hello, I have this working on a Fire Stick, I ran the commands on a Fire TV and is not working. Anyone has this working on a AFT (no stick)?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
edit: it not working anymore on my fire tv stick, I see the connection going to the proxy but in the screen it says invalid_geo_ip, somehow they manage to get my original ip. My gf is american, and we are abroad, this was the only way to watch amazon content. Sad. I'll try to get a vpn instead, but this proxy setting was easy configuration.

Hi mastodonian,
in my case it still works like a charm on the AFTVS. I just tried it over a vpn that my home server provides, but the tv stick then says something about geo restriction even though its a german vpn. I suppose they are doing some kind of deep packet inspection or they got an ip blacklist.
Can't say but eventually the proxy you are tring to connect uses internally a vpn or is on a blacklist.
Cheers n4b0

can someone help me with this one im a bit slow on following instructions especially codes like these

gjhech said:
can someone help me with this one im a bit slow on following instructions especially codes like these
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its pretty simple just do the following
Download adblock plus and install it on your firestick - use the power of google or an app store on your fire stick to get it
Download this app to your pc - https://github.com/jpkrause/Android...d/v0.1.3-alpha/proxy-setter-release-0.1.3.apk
Adb this app to your firestick by (assuming you have adb installed if not google howto)
enable adb on the fire stick in dev options if not already done so
adb connect 192.168.1.1 (change the ip address to your firesticks)
adb devices (you should see a list of devices connected if adb is working with your firestick ip address and port number)
adb install (then drag and drop the apk file into the command window - This will auto complete the path of the apk to save you entering it manually)
once the apk is installed
Code:
adb -s 192.168.1.1:5555 shell am start -n tk.elevenk.proxysetter/.MainActivity -e host localhost -e port 2020 -e ssid MyWifiName -e key MyWifiKey
Starting: Intent { cmp=tk.elevenk.proxysetter/.MainActivity (has extras) }
Change the ip address in the above code to your firestick ip address - the numbers after the : is the port address - it should match what you saw when you typed adb devices
Change the ssid to your wifi name and key to your wifi password
you will get some pop up windows on the firestick telling you if it has succeeded or you have errors
next open adblock plus and enable adblocking
restart the firestick
open adblock plus again and you shouldnt see the warning about it cannot manually set the proxy at the top of the screen
load up an adblock test website to test its working

Thank you for making this method clear and easy. However, even though I get the successful messages and the proxy chnages to localhost and the Port to 2020, Ad Block Plus still shows the "please configure manually" message after reboot.
Testing on some apps, the ads are most definitely not blocked!
Any suggestions?

Thanks for malking this app , I just have a problem , netflix connects directly and not through the proxy , any idea how to force connecting through proxy ,

It works perfect
I bought FireStick today and it wouldn't let me connect to Amazon as my ISP has made mandatory to use HTTP proxy.
I followed your step wise instructions and it worked. Thanks a ton

Hello,
Thank you for this! One issue: I'm unable to disable to proxy via adb... is there a specific way to do this? I've attempted to uninstall the apk file and clear data, but it still remains connected to the host.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

pdesai91 said:
Hello,
Thank you for this! One issue: I'm unable to disable to proxy via adb... is there a specific way to do this? I've attempted to uninstall the apk file and clear data, but it still remains connected to the host.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi,
I actually had to do this myslef recently so what i did was just remove the network via the GUI and add the network again.
If you have to do this over ADB you should try to remove the network and add it without proxy flag
Cheers N4b0

xbarsasy said:
Thanks for malking this app , I just have a problem , netflix connects directly and not through the proxy , any idea how to force connecting through proxy ,
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Well I have to clarify i did not make this app i just found it and put it to good use
On the issue i cant really say how to force him using the proxy. This method just configures the android intigrated Wifi network stack that supports proxys since 2.X is suppose. If an app like Netflix detects this, then u need an other method.
For windows i got an app called Proxifier, but until now i didnt find anything similar for android.
Only alternativ solution for your problem I can think of would be to configure your Accesspoint with a VPN on a second virtual network (well that's how i would do it).
Cheers N4b0

Hi All,
-I posted as a guest but didnt see my message, so posting again. sorry if it will be duplicate-
After Fire OS 6.2.1.3 upgrade, this wonderful proxysetter app doesn't seem to work anymore. I tried both 0.1.3 and 0.2 versions and it can not set the proxy.

Poareq said:
Hi All,
-I posted as a guest but didnt see my message, so posting again. sorry if it will be duplicate-
After Fire OS 6.2.1.3 upgrade, this wonderful proxysetter app doesn't seem to work anymore. I tried both 0.1.3 and 0.2 versions and it can not set the proxy.
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Facing the same issue, unable to connect to Amazon after October update.
Any workaround available?

Not working for me too
uj812 said:
Facing the same issue, unable to connect to Amazon after October update.
Any workaround available?
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I recently bought a fire tv stick. But unfortunately unable to make http proxy work. Kindly advice.

Solved... I think
phildani7 said:
I recently bought a fire tv stick. But unfortunately unable to make http proxy work. Kindly advice.
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Not sure if anybody is still interested in this, but I recently uninstalled the apk and was unable to install it again getting the following error: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE]
The solution is simple! The latest version of the FIreTV OS includes a proxy setting!
Just follow Step 1. in the instructions here: Blocked
The original instructions are posted on the Amazon appstore -> Appstore Blogs -> Viewing Secure (SSL/HTTPS) Traffic From Your App on Fire TVs Running Fire OS 6 on November 02, 2018
Since I've been blocked from posting a URL, here are the slightly modified instructions:
Setting a proxy on Fire TV
Bring up the Developer Tools Menu by one of the following two ways:
Remote: 1) Press and hold the Select and Down buttons for five seconds release and then 2) Press the menu button
ADB: adb shell am start -n com.amazon.ssm/.ControlPanel
Select Network Proxy
Select Manual
Enter your proxy IP address
Enter your proxy port
Click Save
Enjoy!

Hi All,
These proxy setting were working for me until the last update on OS 6.x and OS 7.x. The Developer setting app crashes on selecting save on the Network settings and the IP/port info is not saved.
Is someone else facing same issue.. Any work arounds?

Try this. It worked for me.
Use this .apk AndroidProxySetter. Install and follow the commands. It will route Network traffic to Charles proxy.
https://github.com/manadream/AndroidProxySetter