yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonygoes:
Does anybody know of a way to fsck the system or data partitions? I've run into a few times where I had data errors on /data, and the only way I could think of to fix them was to do a backup and restore. I was worried about losing data during the backup process, as the filesystem was already questionable.

I have e2fsck in my rom, but I can't run it from a normal shell as the filesystems are already mounted. Is there a way to make a rom automatically check and repair the filesystems on boot, and if so, how can I control the options it passes to fsck? Are there other ways to get to an unmounted system or data partition? Does clockworkmod have any kind of shell or fsck utilities built in? Are there other recovery programs that may have something like that?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman0900:
You should be able to boot into CWM, unmount the partitions, connect with adb and run it from there. At least if your version of CWM has fsck in it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toadlife:
You should be able to do it while booted into recovery through ADB.

Boot to recovery

connect usb cable to PC

run `adb shell`

unmount /data
unmount /system
fsck /dev/block/stl9
fsck /dev/block/stl10

syntax for above commands needs to be checked.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman0900:
Just tried this out myself. Here's the correct syntax for the fsck command:

e2fsck -fv /dev/block/stl10

EDIT: Forgot to mention also that unmount should actually be umount. Or you could just use the CWR menus to unmount partitions.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
How bout mtd?

sent from my always aosp epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Please consider posting questions in Q&A next time. Thank you.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonygoes:
Sorry for the "newbie spam"! But that worked perfectly - I didn't realize that adb shell worked when booted from cwm. That's exactly what I was looking for.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Colliebudz:
Thanks for this, this is why i love xda!

I have e2fsck in my /bin

On a samsung galaxy s2 i9100

How do i identify my /system & /data blocks

I cant remember how to find out!

So mine would be

e2fsck -fv /dev/block/????

Thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zman0900:
If you run mount with no arguments, it will show a list of mounted partitions like "xxx on /system".
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheByteSmasher:
Better to do /dev/block/platform/(your processor)/by-name/xxxx. Less chance of error
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincy24:
the easiest was to find what /system and /data mount points actually are

cat /etc/fstab

to see a list of mount points.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rod.gui:
How do I get the Moto X in Recovery mode to accept the adb command?

Because when I put in Recovery (Android Robot lying down) mode, the command adb and fastboot are not recognized.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
Flash a custom recovery first. (CWM/TWRP)

Sent from Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE @ CM11
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandgeo:
My phone is Huawei G525. It doesn't have CWM or any custom stuff, just rooted.

My problem is that it reports an imagic flagged inode and it recommends to fsck the partition (/system). The logs are saved in sdcard folder.

I can use adb and fastboot, but fastboot shell doesn't work and /system is mounted when i can use adb.

Is there any solution for me to run e2fsck on /system partition?

Or is there the case to worry about that error? The phone works fine...no random reboots, no crashes, no force closes.

Another thing...I've tried to make a romdump and system archive is damaged. Cannot be opened even with 7-zip.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
G525 DOES have CWM recovery available, find and install one so that you can fsck from recovery using adb.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandgeo:
As far as I understand from here... http://bbs.dospy.com/thread-16432606-1-823-1.html , the bootloader needs to be unlocked. I've submitted for an update code and i'll wait. The chinese guy talks about U8950, but there are five different types. I've selected the first one, U8950-1. Maybe i'm lucky.

I've also tried to boot directly into the recovery found here... http://www.needrom.com/mobile/huawei-g525-u00/ , but that command is not allowed, maybe because the bootloader is locked. That was the only recovery i found that seems to be in english.

I'll try the same procedure to boot into recovery (fastboot boot recovery.img) because i don't want to mess things more that they are. I didn't found any tutorial in english and google translate is confusing.

Thanks!

LE. Does anybody know if Huawei rewrites the custom recovery if it's not the stock one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyYan:
Well, you know this forum is dedicated for discussion about Samsung Epic 4G, not Huawei G525... But to help you out I might be able to dig in a bit more later this week when I have time. I'm a Chinese myself and can (hopefully) understand these procedures.

Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulkoan:
My phone is a Note 2 LTE N7105 - I realise not the same as this thread, but this is the only thread I have found that is discussing this. My /data partition needs an fsck, however, while I can adb to the phone when it is booted, I can't when it is in recovery.

I have TWRP 2.7.1.0 installed, and everything else works fine. When the phone is booted, I get the GT-N7105 driver appearing in portable devices in device manager, but when recovery is booted, I just get t0lte in "other devices".

Seems like the Samsung USB driver only works when the phone is properly booted, and doesn't match when booted to recovery.

Any ideas how to work around this?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulkoan:
Yes, the workaround is to not use stupid Windows.

Works fine on linux.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Illuvitar:
run terminal app:

su

touch /forcefsck

Then reboot. It might depend on your ROM, but give it a go.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan14:
I have an LG Optimus ME P350 Android phone that has a soft key for a back button, but I was wondering if it's possible to use the touch screen to go back instead of using the soft key? For example, when using Android 2.x I go into the default sms app and there is no onscreen button to go back, so I have to use the soft key button.

The reason I'm asking is because the soft key backlight doesn't illuminate when the touch screen is pressed, so at night when I am in the SMS app and I want to navigate backwards, I cannot even see the 'back' softkey because it doesn't illuminated. The soft key backlight only illuminates when you press them.

Here is a photo of the LG Optimus ME P350:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jj-bDxhPL...-E/3xABEBgEEZU/s1600/lg-optimus-me-p350_1.jpg
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melvinchng:
Go to market and search on screen softkey, there are several app for you to choose.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan14:
By on screen software do you mean this?:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite&feature=search_result

This is just a keyboard for SMS. It does not provide a back button that applies to the entire phone and all Apps. For example, when I play a game and I want to go back, that keyboard won't be displayed will it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pax0r:
In CyanogenMod there is an option to show screen softbuttons in "Improvements for tablets"

But I think you should go with your phone to service or something like this cuz using screen softbuttons is more like a workaround than the solution

here is softbutton app https://market.android.com/details?...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zbWFydC5zd2tleSJd
[myTouch 4G General] DKStunna108:
The new Skype has the rotation fix
[myTouch 4G General] wade_link:
Really? I have the new update on my wife's 4G and it still shows the videos rotated 90 relative to each other. What is the Skype version?
[myTouch 4G General] kevev:
Yup. Same problem here on both MT3G devices and an Exhibit II 4G. Maybe the next update will squash this bug.
[myTouch 4G General] gruuvin:
Nope. The new Skype is still buggy. landscape mode only and front cam is 90 degrees out.

So far the latest version that works right is the theos0o v11 of 2.1.0.46 build

edit: theos0o released a new build of v13 that works for us MT4G users.

theos0o's v13 was in beta and then he released it on Christmas. After Christmas he has diligently created a few more v13 builds to fix all sorts of troubles for various people. theos0o is a real giver!!! There is a release on this page http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1148708&page=167 that lets us rotate the camera while in a video call. Video calls work in landscape and portrait mode. For users that don't get rotation just enable "Force openGL".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ninickck:
I just updated my Galaxy Nexus to Android Revolution HD™ 1.3.3.

But I found my system info are still old, like:

Android version

4.0.1

Kernel version

3.0.1-ga052f63

android-build@apa28#1

Is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xSunny:
Go to rootzwiki and he has it updated to 2.1.0 which is 4.0.2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Im using messenger miyowa but it doesnt notify me and doesnt make a sound

Any good oned out there? Or at least an official one?

Doesnt matter if its free or paid
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melvinchng:
Ebuddy or im free or Im pro.

Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Thanks for answering, but i was looking for an msn exclusive
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] equiliym:
there was this 'official' chinese msn app here somewhere on xda, if you try searching, might find it :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Im using it, but notifications dont work, its called messenger miyowa
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JonGarrett:
"Official" Chinese app. lol. I hate that MS is in bed with apple. they have the official MSN app for iPhone but not for Android.

MS makes more money off Android than it does on Windows Phone so it would seem to me that they would want to support Android as much as possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franky_sv:
I using Ebuddy Messenger is the best!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDA_Mod:
I just used EBUDDY but I was looking for that Chinese app I am curious :-)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naxiz:
I use Trillian. It supports many services and is leightweight.

The free version has only one ad in the bottom of the contact list.

I used eBuddy before, but it was so buggy and there were so many ads everywhere...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jam3l:
Is there a way to enable both the "slide" option and face unlock ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhuynh:
What exactly do you mean by slide to unlock. Do you mean the one where you choose your own unlock pattern? Yes you can choose to have it use the unlock pattern if the face unlock doesn't work or you can choose a PIN unlock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
He means the default lock option where you slide to the right to unlock and to the left to go to the camera.. and no I don't believe you can
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhuynh:
What would be the point of turning on face unlock if all anyone had to do to get on the phone was to wait for it to not work and then you just slide to unlock? Doesn't make any sense at all which is why it can't be done.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
You aren't understanding the question.

He is asking for something like slide to unlock which then leads to face unlock..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhuynh:
Why would you want to do this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ves:
Most likely an extra security measure. Or when carrying it your pocked that the face unlock screen doesn't turn on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thePromoter:
This would be great, but it would imply app tweaks for system apps like the camera :rolleyes:.

The Razr has exactly that, and it's great, but the slide is not as cool as GNex is :p.

I would love that in my phone too, Slide, and then unlock. So if I slide to the camera, I can open it and take a quick shot without unlocking it (In the razr the camera app opens but the gallery is locked because you have not unlocked your phone).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
Yes that's an option with AOKP rom:):)

Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
Initialization of a build environment

Download from GIT

Building-system

OR

Nexus S Official OTA (we should be able to patch binaries over this version to get it working on 4G)

Binaries for Nexus S 4G

imgtec binaries have been updated. Full hardware-acceleration should work now,

Now that everything's in a convenient place, this should speed things along. maybe some nice dev can help :D
[Nexus S General] Igotsanevo4g:
Wish I had the hardware to compile :'(
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
me too. 10char
[Nexus S General] Indirect:
I'm compiling on my Intel i3 4gb of RAM laptop, will let you know how it goes. :p However, I suggest people who are waiting to build an ICS rom (like myself) wait until superuser gets an update.
[Nexus S General] johnsongrantr:
building as we speak, going to go to sleep and see what pops out in the morning :p
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I compiled, and I made a zip, but my result was a very buggy ICS rom wasn't usable and then I had no recovery, so i'm stock as store bought now. I might try again. By the way someone already made an ota package, it had 4g featured in it but he didn't have 4g available?
[Nexus S General] Indirect:
Cm9 build is working well for ns4g but i know there is no superuser so dont touch it unless you know adb really well for system mods.

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Nexus S General] codemonkey85:
Who did this? Is it available? I'm searching everywhere for a compiled 4.0.3 ROM for NS4G.
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
Not that I know of, i'm compiling again but I made a mistake, I forgot to add the proprietary drivers.
[Nexus S General] codemonkey85:
I look forward to hearing good news from you! (After you start compiling again.)
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I just started compiling again, I haven't slept yet. Sometimes if you don't want to wait, you might have to try yourself. Hopefully there will be good news, after I flash.
[Nexus S General] chiikko561:
Good luck and thank yu for trying... lord knows if laptop screen was not broken I would try
[Nexus S General] codemonkey85:
My laptop cost less than $300. I'm not compiling ICS anytime soon. :-(
[Nexus S General] thmgombosi:
whats the minimum req. for a computer to make roms? I have a netbook running windows 7 with 1.2 ghz i3, 2gb ram. will that work? I really want to get into deving.

p.s. My netbook was free. (not really free had to seed a guys lawn for it....lol)
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
Maybe it will be easier to rebuild from CM9 Alpha. OTA doesn't have face unlock and some other features. I'm being told android beam won't work either. but it's very fast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxUfTuyCiOE&feature=player_detailpage#t=106s

That's the browser right there. Unbelievably smooth
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
There isn't any real minimum. But, to make ROM's in half an hour you need 2x4Core Intel Xeon's with 24GB of RAM and 250GB Hard Drive. Or something like that.

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/the-current-and-future-state-of-cyanogenmod-nightlies
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I'm done compiling, rerooted my phone, added su, busybox and superuser to the build, added some other things too.
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
So it works good?
[Nexus S General] david279:
Gimmie!!! Gimmie!!!
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I havent' flashed it yet, my first time around, the first build booted but it wasn't good..very buggy.
[Nexus S General] thmgombosi:
So what your saying is if i start now it will be done around ten tonight!.....lol

thank you though
[Nexus S General] scott420:
this i gotta see:)
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
Well, bad news, same problems as last time, runs like an alpha. It doesn't wipe my CMR install though. I don't know what the problem is though, it boots but the launcher and etc. won't run. I can pull the status bar down, but there isn't alot i can do with the rom.
[Nexus S General] codemonkey85:
That's unfortunate. Anyone else with experience who can help debug?
[Nexus S General] thmgombosi:
Start a thread with the rom you have and ask for dev help. Iam sure our dev community will jump on it and get it working.
[Nexus S General] david279:
I assume your using all the correct binary files?
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
Where would I upload?
[Nexus S General] david279:
Dropbox, megaupload, etc....
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
I PM'd you
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I'll see about uploading to tylers website, thanks again.

---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:17 AM ----------

I have the crespo4g proprietary files. I'm new to this, I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong.

EDIT: Guys, give me some time to recompile again unless someone beats me, but i'm going to recompile, there's something that I missed, could possibly be a reason/s why the rom wasn't acting correctly.
[Nexus S General] joebarkho:
Question, if he used the source code that Google put out for the nexus s 4g why cant we just get an ota update, and why is his rom buggy? Curious as heck.
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
He didn't put in the NS specific binaries. Source doesn't include proprietary binaries because it's not open source. It's the same reason you have to flash Gapps separate from CM7
[Nexus S General] david279:
I figured something like this. Instructions don't tell you what to do with the binaries. Glad that's figured out.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I only downloaded the binaries for CDMA and wiimax. I happened to look at the page, and noticed that there were other files. This might take a long time, but if the rom works fine then there will be ICS with Wiimax today hopefully, someone already did it though, but he didn't upload. Can't say I haven't tried? I haven't been to sleep yet.
[Nexus S General] sph33r:
I have a working build that I compiled from source last night. It works quite well, very snappy, 4g turns on, you can update profile/prl. Unfortunately it seems once you flash one of the gapps packages available on here, it all goes to help. Laggy, wallet constantly FC, etc.

I can upload the zip if anyone wants to mess with it.
[Nexus S General] superblast:
Thanks for giving it a try! That's pretty awesome! Hope the latest try works better for you.
[Nexus S General] david279:
upload please
[Nexus S General] jblazea50:
Can u just get the apps from market instead of flashing the gapps? It might not be laggy then.
[Nexus S General] superblast:
Aren't most of the apps available through market anyway? Maybe they'd work better downloaded from there...
[Nexus S General] Indirect:
Wallet keeps force closing because 11-25 gapps is depreciated. Wait for a new build of them.

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Nexus S General] sph33r:
Yeah that's what I was thinking. I think you really just need whatever apps guide you through the phone setup/accounts/etc... and a market.

---------- Post added at 12:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ----------

I was wondering about that. Where do the new ones come from? Did the GSM ota include gapps? If so, can they be pulled from there?

Where the gapps materialize from has always been a mystery to me. :D
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
Thanks, if i still go through with it, and it works right or whatever, I might maybe possibly have a go at my own custom rom.
[Nexus S General] tylerwatt12:
CM9 has the separate gapps-ics.zip Would that work better?
[Nexus S General] sph33r:
I posted my zip in the NS4G forum so as not to cause any confusion. You can grab it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1397298
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudofcow:
I'm not able to find NESoid or SNESoid in the market... Just upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus and i'd love to port my old rom's over to it. Does anyone have suggestions for other emulators? anyone got the .apk's?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chibixzero:
google took them down try app brain
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
You could try this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.emulator.fpse&hl=en and this: http://slideme.org/application/n64oid.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduCoder:
Download here:

NESoid - http://slideme.org/application/nesoid

SNESoid- http://slideme.org/application/snesoid
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] humanophile:
As far as I can tell from the rumor mill, the author used GPL code and refused provide the modified source. His Market/Play account was pulled, but the emulators are still available through other avenues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrSpohn1:
Hello all:

I have a Galaxy Nexus CDMA version, that I have successfully unlocked but cannot root. When I type fastboot devices I get my phone serial number. When I type adb devices I get nothing. I looked everywhere and have tried everything that I know to do. From what I read I don't even need adb devices if I use the superboot method. I tried that, but any time I try anything it tells me that it is "downloading..._" and never leaves that, or it says something like failed (too many links). Does any body know what I can do or what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrSpohn1:
I kept on typing the same command fastboot boot boot.superboot.img over and over again... it finally took one of the times I typed it. I hope it helps somebody. Also, it just stayed at the google screen and never passed it. I let it go for about 15 minutes, then pulled the battery and rebooted. I had root upon reboot. Hope this helps somebody.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
The super boot root method is for 4.01. On 4.02 phone gets stuck at google logo,but it does work. The devs need to fix that.

Also as for your adb command, ADB only works when your phone is on and booted up in android. Adb does NOT work in fastboot.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrSpohn1:
Yes. That is what I heard. Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibr4him:
Hi,

I'm currently using Koush's ICS Alpha 11, I've downloaded the official 4.0.3 version and tried to rename it "update.zip" and flash but it fails.

I'd really appreciate any help.

Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike216:
Did you go back to stock 2.3.6 and flash in stock recovery

BEST DAMN PHONE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST DAMN DEVELOPERS!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibr4him:
Oh, so I should download this:

Android 2.3.6/GRK39F/UCKF1 Radio/KA3 Bootloader

Official, signed, can flash with ClockworkMod or stock recovery. Contains recovery, radio and bootloader.

... rename it to update.zip and then back into CWR and then ICS?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike216:
Download stock 2.3.6 and flash it you will loose clockwork mod.you have to do this to apply the official

Rename it to update.zip

In fastboot mode go to recovery and select it with your power button

When you see the android question mark hold up and power again

Choose apply update.zip and bam your done

I forgot get voodoo ota root keeper from the market and run it before flashing the stock rom

Good luck and keep ne posted

BEST DAMN PHONE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST DAMN DEVELOPERS!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibr4him:
Can't seem to find FULL stock 2.3.6 for nexus S, some links floating around the web are just the update packs (around 12mb), not full.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cttttt:
There's a stickied post right here on the forums (this forum, in fact). It has every OTA released.

- chris
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
You do not need to go back to stock recovery. Do it all from cwm recovery.

Full wipe and flash the 2.3.6 from

Flash the ota file.

Reboot. The reboot into the os will flash the stock recovery