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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyperEscape:
Hello All,

Just got a white one without any external SD-Card (the micro SD) installed. I was able to root it using the CF-ROOT V5.0 guide which is an excellent resource for noobs like me.

Using the CWM (which shows in the applications menu after the root) I was able to take phone complete backup.

Now the confusion begins that even though there was no external SD card installed the backup took place and then it was saved in

/sdcard/Clockworkmod/backup/folder_name_date_time

Infact /sdcard is the home directory to start with, which is shown when I browse files using the built-in file manager called "My Files".

So when is there is no SD-Card installed, why is the internal home directory called SD-Card , where the nandroid backups are saved automatically ? (i guess the internal storage is also called SD-Card, is it so ? bad naming idea then)

Now I did install a 2GB external SD-card and formatted it using the storage options within the settings menu.

So apparently this (actual) SD-card is mounted in the directory called

/sdcard/external_sd

Then again I tried taking a nandriod backup hoping that it would automatically detect this available external sd card and would save the backups, which did not happen and the nandroid again took backup to the internal SD storage.

So how to direct nandroid to take and place backups on the external SD card.?

Secondly I have also read about the Sd-Ext partition, can someone please explain what is this partition , how is it made, and what is the benefit of using this partition. Can i make it a default location for installing application and what other uses can I have of an SD-Ext partition.?

Do i need App2SD and Link2SD in order to use SD-ext partition for any purposes.?

If I take a backup again using nadriod would it place it on the SD-Ext partition or the left over space in the regular SD card partition. ?

Thanks a lot for reading and clearing up my confusion mentioned above.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Internal card is named SD card in CWM .

Me i just copy the clockwork backup folder to PC and External SD card .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyperEscape:
Well,

Thanks however I am hoping some more details to satisfy the specific queries I had, waiting for the gurus to shed some light.

Thanks again.
[Acer Iconia A500] loth77:
i have read an old thread with a similar, not solved, problem, but i didn't wanted to write in a so old thread...

so...

when the wifi radio is on, my iconia a500 suddendly turns on the screen and it stays on also for various minutes, sometimes i guess also until the battery is completely finished (i have found more than once the tablet off because of battery drained in the morning, so i guess it was with screen on all night long)

this happens also if i set wifi to go off when display is off.

i have tried many different roms (taboonay, lightspeed ... and now i have thor rom 14.2, installed yesterday) but the problem is always here.

if i manually turn off wifi, this seems to never happen... or at least it never happened while i was watching the tablet during the last months :)

does anybody knows a solution, a hint... or anything that could be helpful to make this issue less annoying?

thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
You might have a program installed that is constantly calling for wifi access?

That's the only thing I can think of?

On my Rom, I haven't ever experienced that problem.

My settings are as follows:

Airplane mode on

Wifi On

Wifi disconnect policy: when screen turns off.

;)
[Acer Iconia A500] loth77:
also when i just turn it on it happens, even with no services or program needing wifi...

but you gave a me a good idea to try...

i will put airplane mode on and check what happens now

and anyway, i'll check again my programs
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Post your findings ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] loth77:
i'll keep my eyes on the screen ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
hm for me it sometimes happen but it's like once it two or three days so it's hard to track it down ;/
[Acer Iconia A500] loth77:
For me it is quite common....

To check it i keep it next to the tv while i watch it, or next to the computer :)

Dal mio Iconia A500
[Acer Iconia A500] spud357c:
Can someone please clarify what I am missing in these settings:

If airplane mode is turned on doesn't that over ride the wifi on setting?

So if airplane mode is on wifi will always be off so the disconnect setting has no bearing.

Can someone please confirm above or explain..

thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] loth77:
no, you can put airplane mode and then turn on wifi :)

and seems like it is working well... but i don't want to talk too early... :)
[Acer Iconia A500] nstong:
Airplane mode is for tablet/phones with data connections. Airplane mode just turns that off
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Yes, but for some strange reason it helps with the wake up problem some have ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] spud357c:
That's what I was getting at - when airplane mode is turned on it overrides all other settings and wifi can not be engaged in any way until it (airplane mode)is turned off.
[Acer Iconia A500] nstong:
Yup I was just answering Spud ;)

Airplane mode only refers to the 3g/4g cell radio (so it turns off wireless network data/phone calls/texts etc.). You can still turn on wifi and use it when airplane mode is on because this is a different radio (well in the a500 there is no 3g radio). After all many airplanes now have wifi on board, however you're still supposed to have it airplane mode.
[Acer Iconia A500] spud357c:
Thanks.

I haven't been able to turn in wifi with airplane mode on - it takes a longer push (hold) on the wifi button to engage.

I now have wifi on with airplane mode on - didn't realize airplane didn't also disable wifi.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Incorrect! You turn Airplane Mode on, which turns off wifi, then turn on wifi with Airplane Mode still turned on (and airplane mode stays on with wifi turned on as well). ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] loth77:
after some days trying i have noticed that putting in airplane mode solves the problem...

but not always the tablet turns off wifi and stay in airplane mode when i turn off the display, it is surely some annoying app (or widget) that makes this happen.

i'm trying to understand which one
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
The only way to do that is process of elimination. Knocking out the variables one by one until you find the culprit, which has the potential to be a long, painstaking process. Start by uninstalling, one by one your apps that require internet access, and wait a couple days In between each one to see how your tab reacts.Then again, it may be an app that you wouldn't think needs wifi access to work, but in the background is calling for access.

Good luck with it!

;)
[Acer Iconia A500] Turboboxer:
I cannot do this... but I am not on Honeylicious either...

Running Thor's rom
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Well there you have it.

All stock based ROMs allow it to be done. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] scotty2b:
The install of cyanogenmod 7.1 was successfull but an AP was bugging and I've tried to reset in factory data and now the boot block on white screen logo HTC

and when I trie to go in recovery mode the screen I have à black screen with red triangle.

so I test other thing pushing audio + and power button and after a wipe i test new upgrade but the program aborde.

Nothing work and my HTC is out of order.

Please help me !

sorry I can't post images, perhaps I can put an URL in a private mail...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudeguy:
I'm looking for a good location based app.

Something like Siri where I can use speech to text. If I want to find a Chinese restaurant nearby, I could just speak "find me a Chinese restaurant".

I've tried Vlingo, Personal Assistant and Voice Search.

What else is there?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flytechguy:
I believe there is a Wolfram Alpha app. It's based off the same tech Siri uses.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bldon:
i got virtuous unity 2.39 installed on my inspire. but i read the virtuous affinity was a bit better. i got some questions about this.

1) how good is batt life on virtuous affinity over virtuous unity?

2) is it possible to adjust the governors on virtuous affinity?

3) ppl have complained about receiving small mms on virtuous unity. is this issue fixed in virtuous affinity?
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Well I never rest used any of theses roms but for battery from my experiences can be a couple of things radio rils type of governed your using and the type of settings like frequencies from.what was popular could be still,set CPU cause you can set.profiles for different things when the phone is or on. If your able to use a uv.script. etc..

Oh and types of kernels. And using daemon controller.
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
Why don't you test them both and let us know?

1. battery life is dependent on a lot of different factors outside of the ROM. For instance, Kernel, radio/ril, your use of the phone, the condition your battery is in, what apps you run. The only way you'll know which battery life is better is by testing them out yourself. Everyone has different battery lives.

2. I do believe they make OC Dameon for Virtuous which allows you to adjust frequencies and governors. Not 100% sure but that's something you can ask in the respective Q&A section.

3. Again, ask in the Q&A section for this respective ROM, they are not there just to look to pretty.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
There is only one person that will be able to tell you what one works better on your device and that is you. Try them both and decide for yourself.

Thread closed
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksidezx:
I am using LG Optimus 7, anyone from Singapore received the update to 7.10.7740? Currently running on 7720
[General Questions and Answers] shivansps:
This is something that is driving me crazy, shouldt be MIPS Android SDK and NDK be compatible with any source maded for the ARM version?

First thing i noticed with this Ainol Novo 7 Basic was that, the small amount of compatible apps, none of the better apps are compatible.

No: Netflix, Skype, Android Terminal Emulator, MX video Player, Chainfire3D, any mame32/nes emu, a working barcode reader, connectbot, adosbox/qemu, opera or any other browser. and the list goes on.

I wonder why, i trought devs will want the larger amount of users as posible.

For the record, i just got Android Terminal Emulator working in my Novo 7 Basic, i had to:

1) Download Term source code

2) Download MIPS Android SDK, NDK, Apache ANT, Eclipse with ADL, cgywin (to compile NDK libs)

3) Import Term project to eclipse

4) change the target build to android-12

5) change Aplication.mk to "APP_ABI := mips mips-r2"

6) build ndk-libs for the app

7) build the project with eclipse

And i know nothing about programing for android, just c/c++
[General Questions and Answers] lehjr:
Best guess that anyone will probably give you is that the majority of devices out there running Android are ARM based, but as that changes, the number and quality of available apps should improve.

There is a HUGE obstacle to overcome however. Not many people are going to buy a device today based on what might run on it months from now, especially when there are devices out there that will run it now, and many of those that do purchase a MIPS based device consider it a mistake and end up returning it.
[General Questions and Answers] Dark3n:
It is not possible to offer two different version on the market and i don't think it is possible to restrict the apps to a specific architecture.

Are the number of MIPS devices really rising? The android market doesn't really seem to be ready for that. It would mean even more app versions devs would have to consider.

Which apps work and which don't?

Maybe those using native code, compiled with NDK don't work, as those routines are compiled specificly for ARM.

Don't take my word for it though, just some thoughts.
[General Questions and Answers] SGA-Sean:
its not possible to get 2 different versions on the market.
[General Questions and Answers] GJSmith3rd:
Rumor has it that the problem is frequently a development oversight and that it's related to omitting some important MIPS related files from the package build.

I imagine that it can also be related to poor programming practices and also programming for optimized code.

~~ Sent from my Velocity Micro Cruz PT701/T105 via Tapatalk ~~
[General Questions and Answers] HinotoriBR:
As far as I know, Market supports device specific apk's nowadays, which would make it possible to have an mips apk...

http://developer.android.com/guide/market/publishing/multiple-apks.html

Altough the proccess is not trivial, it is not that difficult either, just minor changes to the manifest and filter the apk for Native Platform...

Also, it would be possible to compile it for all devices that the current NDK supports, by using the latest revision of NDK (as of November 2011):

http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html#overview

You just need to add:

to the makefile and it should now be compatible with all processor architectures that NDK supports....

So, now there are means to easily support different processor architectures, but, don't expect quick adoption of it, as, unfortunately, this depends entirely upon developer will to change some of its project settings and/or publishing way (it is entirely possible, now, to have a single apk for all platforms)...

Unfortunately, right now, and I would dare to say, in the next 6 - 8 Months, I would not expect this to change much... Altough the official NDK has support for multiple devices, it still doesn't incorporate the MIPS abi, which is not official, and thus, it is not possible to declare that an APK for a native MIPS device as well...

Hopefully MIPS devices will grab a nice piece of the Android devices and then "force" Google to officially support those devices. I believe that it is possible to grab the latest unoficial NDK and use it with APP_ABI all and publish it to the Market, but, as of today, is mostly something recent and that few (if any) developers support (remember, this possibility came with November's NDK, I'm not even sure if MIPs NDK is already up to date with Google's November NDK), so, I would dare to say, MIPS devices are not in a good position right now (even x86 devices, which have official support, are not...).
[General Questions and Answers] arddhu:
I have a MIPS based tablet named "MIDI Japan MD-785IP" that is quite nice but is making me sad with the lack of some softwares and in special, lack of ROMs to it. Apparently I am the only person in the internet that have one :p
[General Questions and Answers] merlot:
Hello,

Have you shared that MIPS compatible Android Terminal Emulator?

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] shivansps:
Sure... and here is connectbot too.

Ive attemped to recompile adosbox too but the source code and makefiles are just a big mess and no documentation provided.

And that is another problem, poor documentation in open source projects.

BTW, Market has to have some way to know if a app is for arm or mips, since market on basic only shows up compatible apps.

Also, its no enoght to just incluide the "mips" folder along with "armabi" with all mips compiled .so files inside the libs folder? because is that all what it takes, unless the app is using binaries.

And im agree that google has most of the fault for not incluiding mips supprt in his NDK, the mips one can compile for both.
[General Questions and Answers] no_alone:
I wonder what will happen when intel medfield will came out...
[General Questions and Answers] maersi:
I am in an even worse position - I bought 2 NOVO7Paladins - one for the g/f. I had to get one for myself, because I know I will be 1st line support :D

So, I have a MIPS cpu (with reduced software availability) and also ICS which further reduces app compatibility.

Apps which I consider essential (Samba server, VNC Server, Angry Birds Seasons....) are not available, so l'm currently installing eclipse, JDK, SDK, NDK on a linux box to try to rebuild stuff - it has been many years since I last had to get my hands dirty with code.

I know I have a steep learning curve ahead, but I'm sure it will be many months before there is a significant increase in app availability. I understand though, that if developers have written native code for ARM, they won't be in a hurry to port that to a minority cpu. It is way easier for new apps to be built with different architectures in mind.

Thanks Shivansps, I had been looking for a terminal - I had given up and was trying to get telnet working - a last restort. It was either that or carry a laptop around with me to use ADB :o

Now, all I need is to get the MIPS ABI to appear in Eclipse AVD setup... (oh, and learn how to code for android :D)
[General Questions and Answers] shivansps:
i dont use Eclipse or SDK myselft any longer, what i do is just recompile shared libs with mips NDK and include the new "mips" folder intro the libs folder of the original .apk file, then re-sign the apk with one click signer.
[General Questions and Answers] AlexanderZolotarev:
MapsWithMe for MIPS and x86

Hi! Do you still have MIPS android device?

Would you please test MapsWithMe on it? It's offline world maps based on OpenStreetMap.

We've built apk for mips and x86 architectures but doesn't have any devices to check if it works.

Apk is available here: dl.dropbox.com/u/24013616/MapsWithMe-203-mips-x86-120502.apk

Cheers,

Alex Zolotarev

MapsWithMe Team
[General Questions and Answers] merlot:
Yes, I still have a mips tablet, but it hasn't gps. Do you want me to check it?

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 2
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 123Kage:
Which video format does best work in NOOK tab?

I have tested sideloaded MKV from SDcard and found out it doesn't support at all though official site said it was supported.

Any suggestion for Converter and format???

NB: it's my first Android device.. :p
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lenardo:
Are you sure? Because mx video player and the stock player play my .mkv files fine
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zmobie:
The stock media player is kind of terrible and doesn't support some (nonstandard) codecs (what was your mkv file encoded in? - i.e. what's inside the .mkv?). Definitely grab MX player and use that - either root the device+grab it from market, or download it, stick it onto your card/internal memory and install it through there. If it doesn't work in MX player then make sure it's not a corrupt file and that it plays on your pc.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 123Kage:
Converter please

I convert my video files with quick media converter.. what i want to know is which converter best suit for NOOK standard? I also converted some files to mp4.. some worked. but some didn't..there are a lot of mp4 version to choose.

:)Thanks.. I will try to install MX player on my NOOK
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rlefranc:
I use WinX DVD Ripper (vendor is Digiarty) and rip in iPad mode so that I can watch on my Nook or my iPad. The format is .mp4 and they've worked on my Nook Color and Nook Tablet straight from the beginning with no tweaking on the stock video viewer, Mobo Player and mVideo player.

The newer versions of WinX DVD Ripper have an output format specifically for Android tablets but I haven't even messed with it because iPad format works fine for me.

I've seen posts where people have had success using HandBrake too but I've never personally used it...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dermotti:
I use handbrake. But usally mx player works fine
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conundrum768:
Handbrakeor Super should work perfectly for this purpose. They both are a little full-featured so read a guide before using them -- if you're not experienced in working with multimedia files.

Otherwise, Windows Media Encoder is a very user-friendly and efficient way to convert your videos to a given playback dimension.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dkb218:
Make sure to install the codec apk. It's not included with the download of the player.

MX Video Player Codec [Armv7]

It doesn't ask for the codec when you run MXV for the first time. Once you install the codec, all supported formats will play...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] proels:
no need

Save yourself hours of time, you don't need to re-encode video if you install MX player.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] john810:
Convert them to MP4 format, then you can play them freely.

icoolsoft.com/guides/how-to-convert-mkv-to-mp4-videos-with-icoolsoft-mp4-converter.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mvtm:
What would be the Early Termination Fee for a Skyrocket if canceled in the first 30 days. Per at&t policy i read it would be 0. I plan on buying a White Skyrocket and cancel the contract on the first week of purchase. But most importantly to Keep the Phone.

Will at&t allow me to keep the phone? I would like to keep the phone,unlock it and finally use it in my main country. I was thinking of buying a Galaxy Nexus but it is still expensive and the Skyrocket strategy plan B would be a cheaper solution if possible.

Feel free to comment. Thanks ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] groves226:
less then 30 days you pay a restocking fee at most unless you damaged the phone, then not sure.

you have to return the phone or pay for it outright.

handheld google device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] djrbx:
No, AT&T or any other US carrier for that matter will not let you keep the phone if you plan to cancel within 30 days. You will have to bring the phone back to the store to cancel if still within the 30 day period. They will issue a refund for the phone first, then will they cancel the contract.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mvtm:
Is there anyway i can keep the phone without paying the full off-contract price?

In 2007 i brought a couple of iPhones to my country. They were not activated in store and i could keep them. I dont remember much, but i did get to keep my iPhones and then unlocked them myself :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] djrbx:
Only way I know how is to look on craigslist and find someone selling theirs. That is what I did. I was able to get a skyrocket for $300. It is not as good as as paying $150, but I did not have to sign a contract.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Izmir Stinger:
So you want to cancel the 2 year contract you signed, keep the $600 phone that you only payed $150-$250 for as incentive for signing the contract, and pay no termination fee?

Good luck with that!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kornklown69:
per at&t policy u must give the phone back during the 30 days if u cancel or change mind trust me if this was not the case people would do this all the time and i would have about 10 new devices right now :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kellindinda:
AT&T will bill your account the $325 Early Termination Fee, and will only remove it once you return the device. If you don't return it. I imagine they'll continue to add late fees to the bill, or eventually send you to collections if it remains unpaid. You're better off trying to find a used one on CL or eBay. Otherwise save yourself the hassle and buy it outright.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dac1227:
Here in Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bell will buy out your current contract with competitors, maybe you can do the same with a carrier near you. It will require a contract signed with the next carrier, with termination fees probably including the cost to buy out original contract. CBell is GSM, it might work here dependent of frequencies. Thats the only way out as I see it and keeping the device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jayharper08:
"Sticking it to the man" threads are not looked too good upon here. ;)