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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dnast:
Short story: Was running the latest (as of Dec. 4-5) ICS ROM(s) - the ones with the SD card bug - and my SD card appears to be shot.

Long story:

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I had been using the various betas of the ICS ROMs since I noticed Tytung's first Alpha was out and the ROMs had been improving rapidly. I guess when the headphones issue was fixed it caused problems with reading the SD Card which was documented and seems to be well known.

The constant SD messages didn't bother me much, but eventually I noticed launch icons missing and went to the Market to re-download one of the apps I use (I've been flashing so much, I wasn't sure which apps I didn't bother restoring). The Market app tells me I need a SD Card to install apps, so I just figured it's just the instability of the sd card mount for this latest batch of ROMs and I'll flash an older ROM off my SD card when I get the chance. I also noticed the messages started saying I inserted a blank SD Card but I brushed it off (couldn't look into it at the time).

I get home and find out Clockwork refuses to mount my card which means I can't easily wipe and install something else, so I switch to USB storage mode in CWM to simply transfer a ROM from my PC and my PC only sees ~30mb of my 16GB SD! I initially thought it was just some corruption but I tried all sorts of format and partitioning programs and nothing recognizes more than 30mb of space and none have even been able to format that little space that's showing.

I've been Googling for a while and came up with nothing I haven't already tried so I finally decided to post here. Is there any hope for my SD card? Being the holiday season and for once I've got most of my Christmas shopping done early, I'd rather not waste the little money I have left to run out and buy another SD card right away if it's not necessary.

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Does anyone have any ideas how I could fix this? I'd greatly appreciate it because I now stuck with WM6.5 and realize how much I didn't miss it for the past year :p

This is also a heads up for testers to be sure to upgrade their ROM ASAP (or at least to the kernel that fixes this) if they're on a ICS ROM with an SD card bug. I'm not complaining - I know this is a part of testing early builds (please ignore my sorry post count; I've been flashing for quite a while) - but there's no reason for others to go through this issue if it can be helped. ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Curiousn00b:
Have you tried EaseUS?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ys8574:
Yes,

Try Easus Partition Manager and/or MiniTool Partition Manager.

They can help but you will have to format your SD card I think.

Good luck!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mr_dilly:
I had the same problem. I plugged my card into a USB reader after it working error free, it then said it needed to be formatted and was only showing 30mb. After formatting repeatedly it still doesn't read. I haven't retired any positioning software but i think the card may just be done with.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dr.Move:
probably you'll need a replacement.

have you tried the SD formatter? there's like a 0.000001% chance it will work in your case, but why not try it?
[Windows 8 General] atadres:
okkkkk im sure most of everyones having this problem but i need socialite on my windows 8 and its not logging in at all and i belive its an issue with the certificate it sends to facebook does anyone have any idea on a patch ?
[Windows 8 General] Lacedaemon:
Try Refreshing

If you don't currently have any important documents or settings on your current installation, I would probably "refresh" the system. My Weather and News apps were not loading at all, but after refresh they successfully loaded and I was able to run and actively use them.

If you don't already know how to refresh, just simply go to Control Panel and refresh. If that didn't work for you, then boot into your installation media and do it from there.

Sent from my iPad 2
[Windows 8 General] Gizumhi:
What you mean with refresh? I'm having issues with weather and socialite.

In the 1st install I had trouble with the graphic card when I reboot so I reinstall OS again and It worked, but those apps still without

Thanks

Enviado desde mi U20i usando Tapatalk
[Windows 8 General] Strike_Eagle:
Common issue... i haven't been able to log in either.
[Windows 8 General] :
Refresh does not work

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[Windows 8 General] MKohlman:
For Socialite you will need to go into your Facebook Security Settings and Disable Login Approvals. It should register and work then.
[Windows 8 General] Zejsters:
Same Problem With Me...

I Guess It Will Be Fixed In The Consumer Preview.......

Atleast Hope So... :)
[Windows 8 General] WuzzoUK:
This works: pastebin.com/FhiBffkR

Bit fiddly but I now have Socialite working on Iconia Tablet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
I was reading cnet and I came across this article. We all know by now about Sprint transitioning toward LTE, but what I didn't know according to cnet "Of course, this won’t extend to LTE, but offering unlimited 3G and WiMAX plans may be enough to keep many customers from jumping ship until Sprint’s a bit more competitive in the LTE market."

I thought we keep our unlimited data plan, after all I am paying $10 extra for the so called 4G, and when Sprints 4G speed catches up to all the other carriers, I have to switch to a capped plan?! I hope this is not true.

Source:

http://m.intomobile.com/2011/12/05/sprint-launch-lte-devices-2h-2012/?page=1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xcharles718:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-first-lte-handsets-coming-second-half-2012/2011-12-05

Article in OP seems out of context.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
I read this before, what caught my attention is that folks on 3G and "clearwire 4G" keep their unlimited plan. So if I want 4G LTE, I have to switch plans?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] quick99si:
Maybe I'm a bit jaded, but i've learned to expect nothing in concessions or good will from Sprint. There is a clear movement toward penny pinching with current subscribers (fees, SERO) and crowd pleasing with new subscribers (iPhone, "unlimited" data... for a fee).

Who knows, maybe they parlay the current premium data fee into a double-premium data $20 fee for LTE devices, with a $10 admin fee. Probably not, but rewind two years and ask yourself if you'd expect them to do what they did in the last 6 quarters...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jayavarman:
It will probably depend on the success of current spectrum deals and LTE rollout speed. Sprint's LTE on its own is not enough because they have only half the spectrum of Verizon. However, if Clearwire and Lightsquared successfully develop their LTE networks, then Sprint may still be able to offer unlimited 4G LTE to subscribers.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niv3d:
Hmm... ok. Well would it be worth it to stay with Sprint IF they limit data since Sprint's LTE is apparently only half of what Verizon has?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jayavarman:
If unlimited data plans disappear, I will probably leave Sprint. But it will also depend on pricing and coverage where I live at the time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
+1 for me also
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tuna-83:
That is funny.. A while ago I was on the phone and I was *****ing at sprint in my most professional manner and I said that.. "I'm paying extra for this 4g that I can't even take advantage of because of my area" The lady was quick to correct me and call it the premium data package. I love how they change the wording to avoid issue.

I'm confident that I too wil be leaving sprint. My bill really isn't much cheaper than my friends who have Verizon or ATT. Pretty much what pushed me over the edge was when they got rid of my ability to upgrade every year and then also took away the 1 year contract. I'll more than likely buy whatever phone I want and never be held to a contract again but the value in me being able to get a new phone every year and sell my old one.. Well that was too good to pass up. With out that ability.. See ya.

One thing I found crazy is that Sprint has a deadline for when they expect to have their LTE deployment finished. That really makes me feel like where I live.. I will never see it. I doubt that they are still deploying WiMax and their 3G network is absolutely slooooowwwww.

If it were not for the Galaxy S II with a notification light I might not be with sprint now hahah.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spencer88:
I too am switching...this Thursday or Friday when the galaxy nexus arrives. I'm going to take advantage of Verizon's awesome service in my area, that's almost 2mbps 3g and over 20mbps lte, my employer discount of 19 percent, double data promotion and the Google supported galaxy nexus.

Coming from sprints 200 kbps 3g speeds here and no 4g, this is gonna be a hell of an upgrade.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Well said.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
Same for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Err0rist:
I've been waiting for 3G to be fixed in Milwaukee since 2009 when I had the Hero. Every month I get a new excuse that they're upgrading the towers in my area later on in the month.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
I really wish that the people leaving would stop threatening it and just do it.

These idle threats have been going on since January on XDA.

Leave. Please, so we can get back to actual discussions about android and developing etc instead of whining about a problem with a simple solution to no end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Data here in Wauwatosa is sometimes fast, sometimes slow. Just sitting in my house, I can go from 150KBps (kiloBYTES) to 5KBps in the same evening from one day to the next at the same general time.

However, when I'm in Chicago, Sprint has far better data speeds than my co-workers who are on Verizon.

So weird.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TurboFool:
To clear up one misconception: we're not paying the $10 for 4G. Sprint stopped claiming that early on. It's on all premium phones, even the ones that don't support 4G. They claim it's a premium for premium phones which are more likely to use the network more heavily. No tie directly to 4G at all anymore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] quick99si:
Anecdotal speed test conducted today at a Chicago area Starbucks:

My ET4G w/ EK02 modem: 4 megabit down

Friend's Thunderbolt LTE CM7: 17 megabit down

We ended up tethering my phone off his device so he can play around with it and render a few commonly visited webpages to "experience" dual core/1gb ram.

He's gonna buy the Nexus Prime off-contract next week D:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I always forget about 4g, since we don't (officially) have it in the Milwaukee area.

The one unofficial 4g tower I'm ever around (near the airport) gives me about 12mbit. Of course, in that area I pull almost 2mbit on 3g there...

I know the sprint 4g towers have a very short range... Once I get more than a mile away from the 4g, the speeds drop dramatically fast. Knowing Sprint, they probably have just four towers covering all of Chicago. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Err0rist:
I never see anything over 250 kpbs at home, sometimes it's lower than 30 kbps. I can't drive and stream music or even watch youtube videos on 3G. When I had my hero (2009) I was getting 1.3mbps constant.There's no way they've been working on the towers for over a year with no results. We're paying for 3G and 4G and not getting either.

There's a rumor on the sprint forum that sprint sold half of their towers to cricket mobile.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
Here's how I honestly read this article:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eagercrow:
Thanks for the useless post!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
Useless post? How?

I think you confused the word "useless" with "blatantly honest"

Give me any proof that what they said in based in any truth.

Because they didn't.

At all.

If there's ANY truth to it they are responsible to provide the evidence.

They didn't.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mazook98:
I don't see how they could have:

Sprint doesn't actually OWN any towers anymore.

They sold them all off a few years ago to raise cash, and are strictly lease-only now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
America used to have people agreeing over a hand shake instead of a signed contract with lawyers present. Seems to me that you need to get a little more old school, grow up and actually take some ones word for it instead of trying to be a disruptive and cause drama. So what if it isnt true. Are you his daddy that gets to reprimand him. Leave it alone with all this "you have to prove everything with official documebtation or else... " is your day job a meter made? Jesus. Worst case its not true. What are you going to do about it and why do you care and what state of mind are you in to call him out when we are just talking. I bet your friends really like it when they tell you a story and your like " bro let me see a photo or some paper work or a couple eye witnesses or your story isnt true". Who wants to hang out with that guy?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
Me too

+1

Dude....we all know you're on Sprint fanboy status (either that, or you're an employee), but stop giving people crap because they see some holes in their carrier's past, present and possible future decisions. Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
God I love XDA.

Sprint fanboy because a site makes a pretty serious claim with absolutely *no* evidence?!??

I mean seriously?

That's the most absurd thing I have EVER HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

Seriously, calling someone a fanboy should be as bad as calling them other names on here.

Grow up and have a conversation instead of just calling people names because they bring up a completely legitimate point of view.

Anyone can post anything on the internet, lets be a little less naive.

What does handshake agreements with lawyers present have to do with a site claiming something with nothing to back up their claim (and actually plenty to refute it)?

Oh, absolutely nothing?

Oh, okay.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 12MaNy:
You get butt hurt when people say anything negative about Sprint.....just sayin'. :)

Not trying to fight with you, just pointing out an obvious (yet annoying) fact.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
What are you even talking about?

No, I don't.

I get upset when people come on a forum for phone hacking and do nothing but complain and clutter up the forum about data speeds for the entire calendar year of 2011 instead of just moving to a different carrier.

That's about it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Smasho:
Agreed. And, well said.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
I can stream Netflix in the middle of the forest in Northern Wisconsin when I'm roaming on Alltel, but I can't in many areas of Milwaukee... at least not with any predictability.

---------- Post added at 01:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:28 PM ----------

Yep... I have a friend who's a Verizon area rep, and she told me that she got a lot of new sales this year because Sprint ended their lease payments to 4 towers, all near large businesses.

At one hospital alone, she got 200 new Verizon accounts because Sprint's service no longer was reliable in the area.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jerdog:
Oh my goodness - I have never seen so much whiny, complaining, butthurt people people in all my life! And I have 3 kids under the age of 10!

All the US CDMA forums are like this - and I just don't get it.

Closing down yet another thread of drivel before it gets WAY out of hand.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] bluecard:
I tried to get my STOCK　ROM　online.

my Model is S5830T ,my carrier is Telstra, Australia

so

I tap *#1234# to get the information of PDA and CSC.

PDA:S5830TDVKQ3

CSC: S5830TTLPKQ3

and then I search for my model on Samfirmware.com.

Model : GT-S5830T

PDA	Version: S5830TDVKQ3 ##

Date: 2011 October

CSC: S5830TTELKQ3

Country/Carrier	:	Australia (Telstra)

Everything is matched except the "CSC".

What does this mean?

is this the right stock rom for my ACE?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jonnyshatter:
im freshly rooted, running the EG30 modem. Am i able to flash a EK02 based rom, such as Calkulin's E4GT? Or do i have to update my radio to EK02 first. Sorry newb here. Came from OG EVO 4G for a year, to Evo3D for a week, and got my E4GT today.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
No its not you can flash the RoM and still be on eg 30

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnderZone7:
I tried the method to check to see if i could unlock my phone, *#*#7378423#*#*.

But it said i couldn't. I have a rogers arc is there any other way of unlocking my phone?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Contact this forum user Alejandrissimo or there is one guy more, but I forget name. They will be able unlock your boot loader.

Sent from my MT15i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alejandrissimo:
Hello, yes I can help you, just contact me at google talk

alejandirssimo@gmail.com
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronicus:
he helped me last night,have same problem and now i have unlocked phone :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thekingofmean:
Neither my internal or external storage will mount via usb.

The card I have works fine in other devices, and can be read by my phone but won't show up on my computer. I was going to take it in to sprint but my phone also won't boot using my jig...

What do I do?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TeamERA:
make sure you still have the mtp app, if not enable usb debugging.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thekingofmean:
I don't see mpt app anywhere... enabling usb debugging does nothing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] veritasaequita:
try another cable..ive got 5 that will let it mount and 3 that wont
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] thekingofmean:
Tried multiple cables, none work. Also no luck with my jig...

Also can't seem to boot into download mode via vol-down+power.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _dd_:
Epic 4G Touch SGSII USB Charging Problem

I'm having the exact same problem. I was using an official MHL adapter for a few days and plug it in the next morning, and the phone tells me it's charging.

2 hours later only 2% battery charge was added and as soon as I unplugged it battery power started dropping drastically. 60 to 19 after 3 minutes of having screen on, ~2 hours idling.

I just got this phone about 2 weeks ago so least to say I'm kind of pissed that it's crapped out on me already.

It's not the cable (works fine on my old Galaxy S) it's not that battery (I can charge it fine in a separate battery charger) so I can only believe it to be the usb port itself.

The bad part is, I have a yellow triangle when I boot the phone, and the only instructions to get rid of the triangle involve ODIN and using the USB port.

I have TEP with Sprint but I'd like to just take this in to a Sprint Store and get an exchange for a working phone (Service and Repair). I've ordered a jig but I think it's a long shot to even get it to work.

PC cannot recognize phone. Windows 7 Says the usb device is damaged. SD doesn't mount. USB doesn't mount. The phone while in recovery doesn't mount.

The phone will say it's charging when there is not anything plugged into it.

The phone will not stay off with the battery in - It automatically boots.

The Home Dock will automatically pop up after pressing the HOME key

Outgoing calls are automatically switched to speaker phone (phone thinks it's on the dock)

Battery life seems horribly worse than normal, I suspect this usb problem is causing extra software to be ran (Maybe it's trying to output via MHL, eating my battery)

It just sucks. Cmon Samsung.

Worst case scenario: I gotta break the phone and pay 100% deductible to get a replacement under TEP (vs Free exchange via Service and Repair)

-_-
[Streak 5 General] AkumaMax:
Well Guys the day has come where I have cracked my first phone. I was working and it fell a good 4ft onto a concrete floor face first. I have dropped my phone plenty of times but I guess this one finally did it. Thankfully it's not that bad as I just have a technicolor rainbow on the top of my screen. I can deal with it until I get a new screen. But just wanted to rant!:mad:
[Streak 5 General] ruben__:
Damnnnnnnnnnn, sorrry to hear that bro!! Have you already ordered a new screen?

A couple of weeks ago I wanted to sell my Streak and took the pics, created the add( I know.. bad decision) but then it made a sudden unpredicted drop from around 50 cm (1.5 ft?) out of my pocket onto the tiles at home.

Nothing seemed to be wrong with it but after two hours or so the camera connection broke apparently as it wouldn't connect with the camera. Whenever I activated the camera app, the device would get very hot at the front and back cam region, the battery suddenly freaked out. If I made a phone call it would drop from 100 to 1% in less than a minute but if it was used as a mp3 player I could listen for at least a couple of hours. Charging went extremely fast, but discharging as well.

After a couple of days I sent it back to store as a RMA and just received the conformation today that it will be delivered tomorrow!

Anyways, my parents and friends laughed at me and said the Streak committed suiside :confused::eek::D:p......The lesson I learned in my case: 1. Don't ever sell the Streak, 2. Don't drop it and you will be a happy man for a looooooong time.
[Streak 5 General] cyapalmpos:
That sucks man. I've been lucky enough to not have dropped mine yet.

However, I've received a line of faulty ones. Dell is shipping out my 5th replacement device!

I've given up on screen protectors. I keep having to ship them back to Dell. F it. I'll trust Gorilla Glass to be tough enough.
[Streak 5 General] andy1weir@hotmail.co.uk:
gorilla glass aint that tough, mines is cracked just above the home button and runs along the edge of lcd for about an inch, new screen coming tomorrow so hopefully will get it changed ok (if i dont brea another part lol)
[Streak 5 General] ruben__:
just use those from Xtreme guards, they really great and you can reapply them! There are also a couple of alternatives, they use the same material but I find Xtreme guards to be the cheapest with great quality.
[Streak 5 General] AkumaMax:
I've never used Guards on any of my phones. I will not ever unless I like the way it looks. Anyway. I am going to go ahead and order a new LCD and possibly try repairing it myself but I am very iffy about that.
[Streak 5 General] trf000:
been there. Actually got Dell to replace my Streak when it happened, but it took over a month! But I've been careful since.
[Streak 5 General] hxmisr:
I broke my Phone on the front about a month ago ... it was in my Jeans back pocket and I bent to pick up my kid from floor and went on to squat posture ... and heard a feeble cracking sound! I knew instantly, it happened. When removed, to my bad, it was found the same. Ran to the Dell Service next day morning (I am in Hyderabad, India now) and bought my Dell Streak when I was in US. I had to pay around 250$ (including $60 US to India warranty transfer) and they instantly replaced the device (except my old battery).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Concordium:
A friend gave me an HTC Incredible to fix. It bootloops without ever trying to load Android. It also loops when I try to do a factory reset. So I am looking for a full working PB31IMG.zip file to flash via hboot to completely reset everything (OS, Hboot, recovery, splash screen, boot animation, etc.).

I'm very experienced with flashing HTC devices and I've searched the internet for the file I am looking for. Unfortunately every link that I come across for the file is dead. If someone has the file and can post it for me I would greatly appreciate it.

Device info is as follows:

HTC Incredible

HBoot: 0.92.000

Radio: 2.15.00.07.28
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Here you go, download the PB31IMG.zip

http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=22

And here is how to flash it, if you dont already know.

http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=79