yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color General] cdaters:
In Android, I think you have to unmount the uSD before you can "erase" it (thus effectively re-formating it to it's maximum size).

I would do it this way if you are able to, because you are guaranteed a uSD card that Android will recognize every time. Devices that use removable cards this way know how to properly format them. Desktop OSs treat them as removable media (i.e. like disks/discs) and do not always format them properly using a a USB adapter.

When formating SD/uSD cards on your PC, your best bet is to use an actual card reader that connects to your PC via a USB cable (like the multi-card readers).

Here is a formatting tool specifically for SD/uSD cards from the SD Association website (https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/). Instructions are at their website too.

Incidently, if you have access to a Mac system running OS X, the Disk Utility app in Applications > Utilities will also format your uSD and get it back to stock where Win machines have problems. I know this from personal experience.

Here is another thread, Read All About it: WP7 SD-card format working., with more formatting info that may or may not be helpful...

Short of a Mac system, you could install Linux (I recommend Ubuntu currently) in a VirtualBox virtual machine environment and give that a go in your Win7 environment. If you go this route, you also want to install the Extention Pack for USB 2.0 support. Then you end up with a more versatile OS for tinkering around in ;) all within your Win7 evironment....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiroimin:
I have had my Epic for few months now, and have yet to encounter this error. Today both my parents decided to buy the Epic's (woot 3 epics in the house), and so I go and try to Root it for them. I go to the first one, and put CWM 3.1.0.1 on it. Everything goes fine, I reboot into CWM, everything dandy, shutdown and go into download mode (Hold 1 then press power button), done this many times. But here came the problem. Odin has failed during the flash and now the phone shows (Phone ---- ! ---- Computer) display when I try to boot it up or try to go into CWM. So I have tried Odin again with download mode, I did get the yellow download screen, but Odin keeps failing. I have tried different USB ports/cables. Different pit files and modems, including EB13, EC05 and EH06. And I am sure the files work, as I have just tried the second phone, and everything went fine. ... So yeah... uh... Attached are two screenies.

This is my Odin Print out

And this is the screen I get

NVM, got it to work using this :
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Glad you got it fixed!

(And that you searched, albeit after posting XD)

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnnyEpic:
Thank you for that post. Kids loaded some stuff on my notebook and it froze during Odin. Just happened to happen on this thread and Viola. Download mode accessed, Odin fixing.

I was about to go to Sprint today.

I love XDA.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Hey that was my quote...YAY!

Glad you got it fixed dude!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiroimin:
Well, the true fix for me is the Battery is bad somehow... I can Odin like nothing if I take the battery out, but the second the battery is in and I try to Odin, it Fails... is this the case for you guys?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
I think that is caused by whether your computer has a powered or non-powered USB port.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiroimin:
no, because I have Odined 2 other Epics on the exactly same cable and same USB port, so it has nothing to do with that. It was truly just the battery.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Did you try swapping the battery from the other Epic and see if it truly is interfering somehow?
[Defy General] dereckzh:
hi all,

I flashed my Defy from CM7 R0 to CM7 R1, before flashing, i have backed up the SMS (Message-menu key, backup sms) and i got a file named "androidin_001.sms"in SD card, then after flashed, i wanna restore the backup (Message-Menu key, restore sms), but it tells me cannot find the file:(, i have put the "androidin_001.sms" in the SD card, i do not know why, Is the path of the file incorrect? or other reasons?

PLS help me

thank you in advance!

dereck
[Defy General] dereckzh:
wow, i know how to fix it

1,backup present sms

2.open old "androidin_001.sms" file by Note.exe

3.open new "androidin_001.sms" file by Note.exe,too. And copy the all the old smses to the new one,save.

4.copy the newer "androidin_001.sms" to the SDcard root directory

5.at last, touch "Message-menu key,restore sms", dadadada... all smses back!
[HTC Sensation] alexsql:
Ever since i did the update, the GPS takes several minutes to get a lock. Even if I exit Google Maps after it gets a lock and then re-start GMaps again within seconds, it takes again several minutes to get a lock. As if it is doing cold start every time GMaps gets active.

Before OTA update it would take a second to get a lock after just exiting GMaps and re-starting it. A couple of hours later, and dozen miles away, it was still locking within 10 seconds.

Now everything takes many minutes.

GPS Status is showing strong signal from 4-5 satellites, but GMaps is not locking.

Does anyone else have similar problem?
[HTC Sensation] dr.m0x:
Are you actually getting a lock from gps status or just 4-5 satellites?

I had a similar problem before the update, first lock took about half an hour in gps status, after that it was quicker but still not great.

Sorry to report the update fixed the issues in my case. It could be due to the old radio being better suited to your geographic location than the new one. Unfortunately its hard to really test this unless you are willing to s-off and test some radio/ril combinations.

Sent from my Cyanogenmod hungry Htc Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] samnada:
My experience is pretty much the opposite of the OP. I've noticed GPS locks are much faster after the OTA. Using GPS Test they were fast before, typically less 15 sec and nearly always under 30 sec, and after the update closer to 5 sec. However, over time I've seen a good bit of variation day-to-day so I can't say with any certainty that my observation is directly related to the OTA. And based on the reports in this thread it seems likely the OTA didn't fix or break GPS.

I have seen Google Nav take much longer than GPS Test to get a lock. I've also had it completely hang my phone where a battery pull was the only option. This when GPS Test would work fine. So I'm quite certain that Google Nav is buggy. Mostly it works, but sometimes not. If it's taking too long to get a lock I will exit, use GPS Test to get a lock, then go back to Nav and it typically locks quickly.

Regarding GPS Test taking minutes to lock that's most likely due to either not having a data connection or a corrupted ephemeris. If you do have a data connection then use the options to clear and update the AGPS data. The next lock may take 20-30 sec but after that it should be back to normal.
[HTC Sensation] animaleyes76:
EXACTLY the same as that.. 6+ satellites in less than 10 seconds (usually about 5) and the same is true when using google maps.
[HTC Sensation] amorek13:
same thing here instant lock few seconds

less then 30 sec inside
[HTC Sensation] alexsql:
The thing with the GPS Status is that it is showing many satellites with strong signal (i.e. 11 with green bars) but it is not locking either for minutes.
[HTC Sensation] samnada:
Are you running stock or a ROM?

I'm on stock and have seen this a couple of times. I've been able to fix it by clearing and reloading the AGPS data. This can be done under Settings in GPS Test (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=en).
[HTC Sensation] alexsql:
OK, i fixed it.

I am on stock and I've tried reloading AGPS but that did not fix it.

I used GPS Status ->Settings ->GPS&Sensors ->Sensor Filtering

After I changed the filtering from Weak to None the GPS locks within seconds.

The weird thing is that now, if I change the filtering back to Weak or even Strong, it still locks in seconds
[HTC Sensation] samnada:
When you say reloading AGPS didn't fix it, how long did you wait for a lock? It can take longer for the first lock after reloading than normal. From your description it may have been the AGPS reload that actually fixed it, then once it got the first lock it was back to the normal fast locks regardless of the filter setting. Just a guess. I haven't played with the filter setting since far as I can tell it's only available in GPS Status, which I normally don't use.

Regardless, glad it's resolved. Also glad to know about that filter setting for future reference.
[HTC Sensation] alexsql:
I did AGPS reload 2-3 hours ago and it did not work until I did the filter thing.
[HTC Sensation] samnada:
Ok. That does seem odd. Also odd that changing the filter back didn't break it. Hard to diagnose that without knowing a lot more about how it works underneath. Still a useful trick to know about. Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] d33ps1x:
That filtering is for the sensors for your gyroscope on the device not the GPS. It smoothes out the display in the program so your "bubble" in your compass isn't jittery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] That_Guy0505:
What do I do now??????
[Motorola Photon 4G] tuxytuxy:
check the threads in the Developer forums
[Motorola Photon 4G] That_Guy0505:
Got it... Thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazKidd:
What app is best to freeze apps with ? Thanks :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belkbuzze:
I use Antek app root manager but I guess everyone will tell you to go with Titanium backup.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleurdelisxliv:
I like bloat freezer it works nice :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazKidd:
Can you just delete them? Instead of freezeing them?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elementaldragon:
It is possible to delete them from what i understand... but from what else i understand, if you delete them, you'll need to put them back if you intend on doing any of the OTA updates in the future. So... yea.... po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
titanium backup....

the best bang for your buck on any android device
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldfusionb:
I use titanium backup and just delete them if for some reason you need them back just reflash a rom.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Titanium backup all the way!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phalanx7621:
I used to use titanium backup pro up until about a week ago. Then I found Antek which does what I need it to do, all I ever really used titanium backup for,which is freeze bloatware. Never really used it to back up much stuff cause unlike most people I choose to reinstall everything fresh when I flash a ROM. It just feels newer. If all u wanna do is freeze bloatware, I would go with Antek.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRobby:
Bloat freezer works well, there's also app quarantine and tB
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msd24200:
TitaniumBackup pro is best for me
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
Don't delete.

It's a real PITA if you need to restore an app for any reason.

With the processing power, ram, and storage why would you need to delete?...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
As for OP's question, Titanium Backup Pro by a landslide.

IMHO everyone should own this app since its like the "Swiss Army Knife" of Android apps... :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3c:
System Tuner can freeze app and much more!

System Tuner now allows freezing/unfreezing apps very easily and much more features.

You can check its details here:

XDA

Android Market

Dev web site
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Titanium Backup Pro.................should be the first app anyone gets after they get an android phone!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supermerkin:
You should add after they have root as well seeing as i tried to install and it doesnt work on my phone(no root/unlock yet)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko!:
I normally just rename the apk in my system folder using root explorer. App.apk_fro
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3c:
One of the many reason I prefer System Tuner Pro, much more features than just app management, and it's still being updated with new features very frequently.

And not the least, it's still cheaper than Titanium Backup Pro! It can actually replace both TBP and System Panel Pro for much much less bucks! And still offer more features than both apps united!

STP should be the 3rd app on any Android phone if not the first considering it offers many features without root requried!

The first 2 could well be ClockWorkMod and root for those wishing to have extended control over their phone.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] termleech:
I use bloat freezer and love it. It seems to be much more descriptive on the thing I'm freezing than TiB which usually reports com.something
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vertigood:
Bloat freezer doesn't come up when I search the Market..Where is it?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sspa:
App Quanrantine, Ultimate Backup should do the job too.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sotoLOTO-:
STP seems like a nice app but the OP is asking for an app freezer. I was hoping that STP can freeze apps WITHOUT root but is clearly CANNOT. So that was sad to see ...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
I've been running C/CV6 for a few months now and for the most part it has worked great. Last week I cranked up the ole gtab after not using it for about a week or so and started having all kinds of issues. I noticed that nearly every web page that I went to I was getting warnings about the cerificate not verifying. I could push through the warnings and continue on to the page but it's getting kind of old after doing it for a few days. I have also noticed that the marketplace that I worked so hard on also doesn't work. Not only does it not work, it flat won't open. It starts to open, attempts to load, gives me the white screen, then closes. I tried it several times in a row. Then restarted the tablet and it still gives the same result. I would really appreciate some help on this if anyone has some information. I'm trying to avoid doing a wipe and reinstall, but I need that marketplace. Thanks for any advice.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
Uninstall your browser and reinstall. This is a problem related to the upgrade of the market app. It's been giving a lot of issues to apps other than the ones came with stock.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsukaza:
Go to browser setting and uncheck security warning :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
GoodIntentions, I did what you said. I deleted my dolphin browser. Nothing changed. I tried to delete the browser that came with it but couldn't. It won't allow it. I went into the market settings and also deleted the cra in it's cache. I restarted, nothing happened. It's still doing the same thing. The market will not open. It tries but closes. I'm also still getting certificate warnings on every site using the stock browser. Note that I haven't changed any security settings to cause this. I had been using my dolphin brwser for afew months with the market installed with no problem. All of the sudden this happened. I can't get it to work at all. Any suggestions?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsukaza:
In the stock browser setting, unchecked show security warning. I had the same issue.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
tsukaza, I know that it is possible to change the secrity settings, which will affect how often you're alerted about security certificates. The concern here is why is it suddenly doing this. I didn't change the settings, so why did this start happenning. Something triggered it. This isn't really what has me most concerned though and changing the security settings won't make the market suddenly work. I wish someone knew about the update and how to fix the issue. thanks for you suggestion.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsukaza:
If the warning only shows up on a few sites then mostly likely the cert expired and they didn't renew it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cobey_S:
Check your time and date. I've noticed that my gTablet will sometimes lose these and set them to some point in 2008. Changing the time and date back to current instantly fixes things.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] K Rich:
So I have haptic feedback when touching some things on by Tab, but when actually typing with the keyboard, I don't have any...I swaear I had it before.

I do have "vibrate on key press" checked in the keyboard settings too. I'm using Pershoot's Kernal with stock KME.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] poisike:
It only works with Samsung keyboard, so maybe you are using Android keyboard ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] K Rich:
Wow....that is exactly right, I feel like an idiot now!! I knew I wasn't crazy haha.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] foxmeister:
Works on other keyboards too - eg SwiftKey Tablet.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] smaskell:
this is probably the most annoying thing about the touchwiz update. I wonder if there's any way to change it..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] K Rich:
Yah, any devs out there know of a way to turn haptic feedback on for the stock android keyboard...?

---

- Sent from your mothers house.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H-TX:
I just got my Galaxy SII from Bell Canada and need to unlock it to Fido. After spending hours on forums still haven't been able to find a simple guide to do this. If someone could please help me out with this, very anxious to use this amazing phone but don't really want to pay $40 to get a unlock code. I've been using Android for a couple months but haven't really gotten into rooting until now. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KayvinM:
All the info you need should be on the first post of this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1193695
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Hey guys,

Since my chichitec battery is lasting SUCH a long time (20 hours of moderate use and still 49% left) I decided to put the HTC battery back in to see if the 2.3.4 update may be to thank. (Plus I like having REAL temperature values!)

Well, I put the battery in and noticed that my "time on battery" wont reset. Its still at 16 hours for today, despite me PULLING the chichi and then booting up with the HTC.

This isnt correct, and I have tried a full power down, as well as tried charging the phone. All the things that USED to reset it.

I am S-OFF (revolutionary) rooted, CWM (.4 version) and 2.3.4 stock ROM. What the heck could be wrong here?

Might a recalibration (once the green comes on) do the trick?

Matt
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
Certainly won't hurt.

I think that with any new Battery or Rom it's worthwhile calibrating, remember it takes a couple of cycles to get a degree of accuracy.

Folks, please correct me if this is a wrong assumption.
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
Looks like they reset after I did a calibration once 100% charged. I hope I dont have to do this each time. :rolleyes: The battery stats should reset once you begin charging. I know they used to...

Oh well, no harm no foul!

BTW-My stock HTC has been lasting a much longer life now. I bet there is something up with the phone...Telling us our HTC battery is dead when it isnt. Im at 12 hours and have 55% left. Thats with near an hour of GPSing out in the middle of nowhere, 1.5hours of screen, some phone calls, web browsing, ect.

Matt
[General Questions and Answers] joseh672:
I am trying to do a 2 hour stress test on all models of android phones with monkey but i need communication between the computer and the phone with no charge. I have tried resistors (500 ohms) to cut back on amps which worked for the Samsung I500 but will not work for Motorola, LG, and HTC. Rooting each device is not an option for ADB over wifi. If anyone knows how to accomplish this please let me know.

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] nstream:
i am gonna bump this

if one was to cut off wires 1 and 4, would it work?
[General Questions and Answers] nstream:
bump
[General Questions and Answers] nstream:
bump again
[General Questions and Answers] Sanjay:
Nsteam why u say bump,what does it mean?

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

SENT FROM MONSTER ! ! !

HIT THANX OR I WILL JUST

CRY...
[General Questions and Answers] immortalneo:
Bumping is used to bring up an old thread to the top of the forum. You are however allowed to bump a thread only once in 24 hours! :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
Hi, my milestone has been randomly rebooting since well the 2.2 ota update, I thought putting a custom rom (HoNO and the current one FroyoMod)would fix it but nope, though it appeared to be less frequent though lately (again anecdotally) it seems to happening more. I'm using a "new" sim card (from my hero, which never rebooted) but still same issue. It doesn't take too long and I rather avoid doing anything too complex but its annoying so if anyone has a possible solution it'd be very welcomed.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
It's possible that they are DSI reboots. Try applying the latest DSI-fix by Kabaldan.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
I'm assuming you mean xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1210819 that? Installation looks a little above my head (though I could have easily misinterpreted it) so don't think I'd risk it but thank you very much for the suggestion.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
Quite simple in fact: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16845881&postcount=5302

Flash using recovery.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] shatnershaman:
Hehe, I feel a lil silly now cause it so easy :P Thanks a million!
[Android Themes] Dmw017:
The ADWLauncher EX page on the Android Market has a picture of this awesome home screen and I can't figure out what theme the user has.

I see it's in landscape mode but the notification bar is at the bottom along with Back,Home,and I believe menu bottoms in the bottom-left corner. Also the dock bar looks awesome (similiar a bit to Mac?) , and there is an awesome clock and a few extra buttons on the top-right (Lock desktop, edit, etc)

Can anyone identify some of these or the overall theme perhaps?

Inserted pic but if it's not displaying properly, the pics also on ADW Ex's page on the Market as I said.
[Android Themes] masse1369:
I don't think it's a theme. It's a tablet running Honeycomb. You could check out Honeycomb themes though and it would look similar.
[Android Themes] Dmw017:
Ah yeah now i see the honeycomb icon on the notification bar. Wow that's honeycomb on a tablet, Gorgeous lol.

I actually did download a honeycomb adw theme yesterday and it didn't quite look the same. Is there a way to move the notification bar or setup the icons in an elongated dockbar fashion. Also im curious about the clock widget, im sure it has to be downloadable from somewhere.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrManiacNF:
Just wondering somthing, when I go to App Management and look at the tab for Apps which are installed on SD memory, on the bottom is shows the Internel 16GB memory stats.

It shows I have 9GB free of 13GB. When I check under the tab for the apps installed on the phone memory, it shows I have 1GB of 1.8GB free.

When I move an app from the 1.8GB phone memory to the SD Memory (Apps2SD) the app gets moved to my 4GB MicroSD Card.

If I remove the MicroSD card from the phone, I can't move the apps, it says I don't have enough free memory. I've been reading, and appearently you can only install to the externel MicroSD.

Is there a way I could change this and make the app install too the 16GB Memory, can I change mount points, partition my 16GB internel Memory, anything?

When I was using the GalaxyMTD nightlys it would put the app on the internel 16GB memory. So I know it is possible to do, but I don't know how to do it.

Thx

Maniac