Oh I'm running 1.5 too, but I think that should be fine.

On Nov 15, 8:05 pm, Mark Wyszomierski <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok I just tried with my one and only activity, still returns null:
>
>   class MyActivity extends Activity {
>      private String mId;
>
>     �...@override
>      public void onCreate(..) {
>         mId = Settings.Secure.getString(this, ...);
>      }
>   }
>
> I just pop it up via a dialog box, tried looking at it in LogCat too
> (with phone hooked up), same. I'm stumped!
>
> On Nov 15, 7:52 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Mark Wyszomierski wrote:
> > > What does rooted mean?
>
> > Having the ability to run as root, which is roughly the Linux equivalent
> > to the Administrator account in Windows.
>
> >http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_Root
>
> > > Things that might be messing it up:
>
> > >  1) I don't have a SIM card in the device (just using wifi)
> > >  2) I am using getAppplicationContext() for the context parameter in
> > > that call
>
> > > Other than that - everything else is 'normal'.. I think?
>
> > Try a different Context -- use an Activity, Service, or ContentProvider.
>
> > getApplicationContext(), near as I can tell, is tantamount to useless as
> > a Context.
>
> > --
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>
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