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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siberx:
Well, by my app drawer I'm sitting at ~125 (44 purely in data, 34 moved to SD with standard android method, rest either native system or moved there) apps, and if my "puny" N1 can have 60MB free and not even need ext-style A2SD I'm not quite sure how the N1 doesn't have "nearly enough internal space for any common use". Seems to me the point (not "pure fun" as you dismissively imply) of doing what I've done is to able to keep using a pretty decent phone that still has more than enough storage space if you make the least bit of effort to manage it.

But hey, who am I to judge if you prefer to buy whatever latest phone the carriers tell you you should want every 12 months just so they can cram more bloated apps on it?

I appreciate the answer to my initial question about what's using the lowest block of flash storage (I was simply curious about what was using it - I couldn't find information if it was flash overprovisioning or some other low-level portion of the OS using it), but I don't really appreciate the unnecessary negative attitude and commentary for what was just a simple question. Thanks anyways.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
I guess you didn't understand my point(s). I'll elaborate:

First and foremost, my point is this: N1 is a crap of a phone. Having it for over 1 year, and trying to adapt it to my wife for 3 or 4 months later on before giving up on it, taught me that this phone can't be dealt with by anyone who doesn't want to accept its touchscreen limitations. It was so refreshing having the phone (MT4G in my case) just react without fuss and not expecting it to crap out at any given time - not even mentioning the huge speed-up. The price of "upgrade" (selling the N1 and buying any previous-generation phone, like DHD/MT4G/DS/DZ) can be brought down to as low as $50, and the benefits are huge, I already wrote it a couple of times on the forum.

To the storage point (actually, several points):

N1's NAND is painfully slow, compared to anything, even to regular Class 2 SD card. You can try copying any large file from NAND to EXT and back, from NAND to NAND and from EXT to EXT and see what takes more time. You're likely to discover that A2SD actually adds performance instead of hurting it.

My app data (/data/data/*) alone takes roughly the same space as your whole internal /data storage has, so I guess the amount of apps alone isn't that meaningful of a measurement. I still call it a perfectly normal and average data usage - I don't have anything special installed, no heavy games that save 200+ MB of data on internal memory, just apps like Goggles, Flash, iGO and a couple of other big apps that aren't movable by normal means (and tend to crap the system out when they're forced to move). The problem in your approach is not even the one-time amount of work you had to invest to make that space, but the amount of work you'll have to invest to keep the phone running - moving system updates to /system upon every update, clearing browser cache, etc - generally, keeping things in constant check. Free time is something you learn to appreciate when you don't have enough, and more hassle-free setup is always preferred IMHO.

But again, different people have different needs, so while I can post my point of view - I don't argue with yours.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siberx:
Thank you for elaborating, actually; it clarifies much that was not apparent in your earlier posts. This thread isn't really about the pros and cons of the N1 so all I'll say is that the advantages of the N1 (small size, OLED, build quality, tricolor trackball LED, etc..) still outweigh its manageable downsides for me, even compared to very modern handsets - so I'll stick with it until I can find a suitable upgrade that I'm happy with (is it so hard for HTC to make a <=4" qHD AMOLED? Seriously...).

Your point about the NAND being slow is interesting; this is something I hadn't heard and will have to benchmark; if it pans out it would be a point in favor of A2SD, but not really in favor of replacing the device over it ;)

The upkeep I don't find that bad; Titanium backup makes integrating updated system apps a single touch for the batch, and I've only got a couple libraries symlinked into system that are unlikely to be frequently updated. With the space I've freed I shouldn't need to clear browser caches nearly as often - so it actually saves me time and frustration regularly for the one-time effort.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply and to clarify your points :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatlesssandman:
If a2sd+ doesn't work for you you could do custom mtd partitions like I did using fireats custom mtd if u google it u will find it basically you can shrink ur system partition down to almost half because it is being wasted I mean whatever size u want to define it as. I'm using miui and my system partition that i defined is 120 mb (4 mbs are free just in case) and my cache partition is 15 mb. Now that leaves 301 mbs free for user data. I have 107 user apps installed about 10 games or so and I still have 120 mb free for user data for me that's more than enough. This way ur phone won't be buggy because u will only use the system partition for ur rom again I would suggest miui since it takes minimal space and is very smooth and stable with amazing battery life (I use tiamat kernel). Hope this helped

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Oh if u use a2sd in conjunction with custom mtd then u can have close to 750 mb of space available for user data given that ur sd ext partition is 512 mb (which was stable for me using 8gb card) that's basically rivaling new phone memory so don't just call the nexus one off just yet it can surprise anyone that knows how to play with it or stuck with it for 2years like me lol.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siberx:
I've already been using root access with shell and titanium backup to move apps and libraries into the system partition without resizing it, so I'm already using the available space there. The only major difference is you've dramatically shrunk your cache partition from the default of (IIRC) 100MB down to 15MB; this seems like a pretty huge reduction, and I feel this would have performance implications, especially when running larger apps...

Other than that, if I find my current space as set up proves to be inadequate in the future (it seems just fine for now) then a2sd appears to be the best option for those who need even more additional space on a nexus one.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatlesssandman:
15 mb is more than enough for cache partition unless u plan to download huge 3d games and as we all know gaming isn't the reason that we have held on to nexus one for so long I haven't seen any app large enough to not install due to my partition size. I messed around with that too first I had it set at 5 mb but that made market force close every time then I set it at 10 was stable but large apps couldn't download and then I tried 15 and hasn't given me a single problem. Otherwise all that space is wasted so why not dedicate it to user data? With 20 mb partition u can download almost all games that can function on nexus one but since I'm not a big mobile gamer I stuck with 15 mb cache.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezdi:
Most normal programs don't use /cache.

To fix your cache market issue:

su
busybox mv /cache/download /sd-ext/download
ln -s /sd-ext/download /cache/download

If you don't have a sd-ext you could use /sdcard/download instead. The directory will already exist if you've downloaded anything from the browser, so I just remove /cache/download before linking. I used to get package file invalid errors from this setup though...

Ti backup will also let you move stuff to /system and re-odex your rom instead of shrinking /system. Sure, everytime system stuff updates you need to click a few times, but unless space is real tight, it works fine. The re-odex-ed rom seems to boot faster for me than with external dalvik-cache, too, but that could just be me pretending. I've never busted out the stop-watch.

I like to keep apks on a2sd and put dalvik-cache on internal memory. It's kinda like raiding the two interfaces together to get the sum of the bandwidths of both when launching a program.

siberx: I'm sticking with the N1 until I find a decent phone that has been designed to fit in my pocket instead of sitting in a purse or on the bar too... I considered the glacier for a while, but, near as I can tell, the only benefits of going there are better touch screen and gpu.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siberx:
I used firerat's mtd patch to rejigger my girlfriend's desire paritions to something more sensible (something like a 230mb system partition stock? ridiculous!) and that worked smashingly; the same trick against my N1 didn't go so well though. Seems like my Nexus with CM6.1 on it is still using the cache partition for dalvik at least partially, and I think shrinking it down to 20mb made it too small to boot right. Not a big deal anyways; I've got enough space to work with as is ;)

I tried to do some benchmarks on my internal flash for comparsion, but the only decent benchmark I could find (without getting manual about it on command line) was Passmark's mobile benchmark; problem is they wan't 90MB free to run the internal memory benchmark, so my 60MB isn't cutting it for that ;)

Anybody know of a decent benchmark that will bench both internal and SD read/write speeds that doesn't need such a huge chunk of free space?

ezdi: I considered for awhile buying a G2 for the faster CPU/GPU and improved touchscreen, but ultimately decided against it due to the extra weight and thickness (combined with the nexus' other advantages like OLED and tricolour LED). Eventually some manufacturer will figure out there's a still a market for compact high-end phones...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Better touch screen is a reason enough by itself.

GPU, much faster and bigger internal memory (both system and data), much faster and bigger RAM, and most of all - 90% HW-compatibility to one of the most popular devices in the world (DHD) - means staying updated and speedy with ROMs that fly where they crawl on Nexus (if they exist at all). Plus - all ROMs besides ICS are 100% functional, CM, MIUI, Sense 3/3.5, you name it. And if it's not enough, 20% hassle-free overclock is standard.

From quite satisfied Glacier owner.
[General Questions and Answers] aNiMeMaN14:
Am I going crazy? Where did the search button go? I used to be able to search categories and sub-categories, and the button would appear under the Twitter/Facebook/News/Rules buttons, but now it's not there. What gives? Can someone please inform me on how crazy I am?? Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] scottcwhite:
The whole website us screwed up. Has been for two days now. No "quick links" button either to jump to subscribed threads on PC. XDA apps are messed up also. No search, link to threads "participated"just brings up blank screens. I hope they get it fixed soon
[General Questions and Answers] aNiMeMaN14:
Bless you. This was driving me MAD.

I thought I got banned for whatever reason, but then again I think taking away the search button would be counter-intuitive.
[General Questions and Answers] scottcwhite:
They are aware the issues and trying to get it fixed currently, thank goodness
[General Questions and Answers] theartofbone:
Searching hogs up quite a bit of CPU and ram on servers. Times are hard, perhaps they are just trying to save resources.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] budco2000:
I can't believe how accurate my Note's barometer is? Every hour I was comparing my Note's barometer to Weather Underground and it was dead on. It rose all day long and showed exactly what Underground was showing. I live less then a mile away from the weather station Weather Underground was using. I'm using barometer pro. Nice gauge widget with lots of options
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kimtyson:
What the heck are you talking about? The Note has a barometer??????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CrazyTomato76:
I don't know about the barometer, but the flux capacitor is awesome!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] greyhulk:
My Note's built-in Geiger Counter has saved me numerous times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jdsemler:
What are you using to read what your barometer is measuring?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] droidal:
I believe he is using Barometer Pro. ;)

Search Barometer in the market.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
Lots of neat tricks up its sleeve. Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity sensor,

Barometer, Light sensor, and dual-GPS (GPS and Glonass).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] baaj:
My flux capacitor has failed, returning for yet another warranty repair :rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hololight:
Mine is off by almost 40 millibars
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CrazyTomato76:
I may have to do the same...I'm stuck in the 80's!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kimtyson:
Holy cow! Here we are making fun and guess what? It DOES have a barometer sensor, http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/10/28/why-does-the-galaxy-nexus-have-a-barometer/. Sorry op, for showing my ignorance. Thanks to Droidal for pointing me in the right direction.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thinguy:
Very cool but why does it have a barometer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
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Along with all the other sensors mentioned on the last page. ;)

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Ever see one of those multi-sensor watches with barometer/altimeter/compass? The Note does all of that and more. Nice for hiking, as a backup for a pilot, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
yeah check out AndroSensor on the market. Gives you a nice readout of all the goodies in the note!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hololight:
@thinguy

Similar to agps in that it is supposed to speed up gps fix. It is used to rough calculate altitude which is then used in conjunction with gps.

I thought this was common knowledge actually.. the galaxy nexus was the first phone to have it though...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] burhanistan:
Was the barometer included on the Note to actually measure ambient pressure or more just to monitor the device for moisture/shock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
Considering barometers have nothing to do with shock nor moisture...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
Sweet, thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] californiarailroader:
Well, they do have something to do moisture, high pressure usually means fair weather and no precip, low pressure usually means rain and/or snow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] theone33:
ok very funny.............:good:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loveubuntu:
Any idea how to make any wallpaper fit this?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drukuma:
My Sony Xperia play touch screen is having issues not responding it was not dropped exposed to any kinda of water or heat the slide up controls work fine and I can use the d-pad and buttons to select the apps and setting in the device but it will not allow me to do a factory reset the only other option I found was to download the device repair tool from the Sony website but decided to ask you guys for help firs if there is a post with the same question and answers just direct me there :D if not any advice will be very helpful
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michealtbh:
Sounds like a hardware issue tbh. Try flashing back to stock, if the problem persists you'll need to have it repaired
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningdude:
That's what the search function is for.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D.Spirit:
That's what the search function is for.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drukuma:
i did look in the forms for any questions close to or answers like mine and i didn't find any that is why i asked for help not trying to be a pain or anything and my phone isn't rooted so do u think flashing will do any thing
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markus-SonyXperiaSupport:
I must agree it sounds like a hardware problem. It's pretty easy to run a software repair though so you should definitely try this before sending the phone for repair.

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/

Contact the local support office and ask for their help on how to get in touch with a service center if this doesn't help.

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/support/contact-us/

-Markus

Sony Xperia Support
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drukuma:
Fixed the issue a while back thanks a ton guys
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quiksilver669:
im facing the same problem, how did you fix it?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lincruste:
I don't know how he fixed it, but I had the same issue with my Xperia play and finally had it to work again ! In my case, I noticed that the touch screen was unresponsive in vertical position, but it was working when I slid it open. Then a few days after, I had to open-close-and open again the gamepad to make the touchscreen work before it finally totally quit working.

If you have the same issue, don't buy a new screen digitizer, the issue probably comes from the inner flex cable and a spare one cost approximately 7£ on ebay.

By the way, if it does solve your problem like it did for my Xperia Play, buy a few spare cables, because when you'll open your phone you will understand why it is so fragile and why every time you slide it open you are wearing it more and more.

Stupid SE engineers made that thin cable pass through a tiny square-shaped hole of sharp metal. While replacing the flex cable I putted some adhesive tape around the metal, hoping it will slow down the wearing process, but I can't be sure it will be sufficient.

I hope that helped !

(please forgive my bad english)

edit: The gamepad also worked despite the touchscreen failure, so a working gamepad does not mean your flex cable is ok.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quiksilver669:
Hey, thanks for responding.

Yes, my problem started like yours, it would only work when i slide the pad. First i thought it was because of the humidity, the phone having moist inside or something, cause we just moved to Florida when that started happening. Then I also tried to take out the thick plastic screen protector, as some smartass on the internet suggested. but then again, i thought i bricked my phone because i was messing with the device and root and stuff.

Well, out of hopelessness i bought a digitizer on ebay, it came with the screwdriver and prying tools. When i tested it on my phone, it still wouldnt work. then i remembered reading about a fix to the replacement part, something about a version update for those people who messed with their phone's software. Again, i tried that, but still no luck. So when I was about to wrap my phone up, i noticed the black coating on my flex cable is worn out, so i tore it out and checked whats inside there, im not sure how a damaged flex cable would look like, but that black coating looks guilty to me.

So yeah, maybe the problem is really the flex cable. I'll just have to return the digitizer and replace it with a flex and then we'll see.

I hope this time it works, because i totally lost the enthusiasm on fixing this device.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lincruste:
It looks like this: imgur.com/a/l0yWD

If you experienced the same problem I had (unit *partially* and randomly fonctionnal when slid open and then totally unresponsive), it's 99% sure it comes from the weak flex cable. Anyway, ~7£ seemed a little money to revive my only phone, but since your post is 6 month long I guess you already replaced it so it's up to you to decide !

Regards.

(and sorry again for my frenglish)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quiksilver669:
Exactly like the first picture. I haven't taken it out of the phone so i dont know how the insides look but indeed, that might be the problem.

I'll try to order the part today, any particular site you could suggest i buy it from?

And yeah, i bought another one. but I still like this phone, it's still the awesomest phone to play games with.

I'll let you know if i fix it or not. Thanks! :good:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lincruste:
I couldn't tell, I just typed "r800i spare flex cable" in ebay search engine and bought the cheapest one from a seller with a good reputation. And yes, please give feedback if it did solve your problem.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yeather:
a bit late to the story, but did that tape help after all?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lincruste:
Just a bit indeed.

But what are ten years when it comes to retrogaming ?

And no, it did not help at all, but I used transparent tape which is too thin, I should have tried electrical tape back then.

The new ribbon cable fixed the phone but failed a few monthes later too despite careful usage, this design is really stupid.

I still have a spare cable but did not bother to install it, your necropost makes me want to try.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yeather:
I'm thinking about going with either electric tape or rubber paint (not sure if that is its correct name, but it's basically liquid rubber that you can apply like paint and it then hardens)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yeather:
I forgot to ask, is it really that commom for it to fail with just a few months of use? It's rather impossible to find spares today
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lincruste:
I don't know if it's a common issue, maybe Sony made an improved hardware revision, couldn't tell. What I'm sure if is mine will eventually fail again, which is why I didn't bother to fix it twice.

The "xperia play ribbon cable" Google query gives a few options including Aliexpress and other third party sellers.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agret:
I bought an XPeria Play cheap from a retail store when it was end of life they were having a clearance on them. I played around with it and flashed an icecream sandwich skin which made the UI look better, installed the tools to emulate PS1 games through the official Sony emulator on the device and add my custom games to the PS Games launcher so they look official with the artwork and stuff. Played a few games then I put the phone on my shelf and didn't touch it for like 5yrs.

I fired up the phone and my dpad / touch works but the screen doesn't respond to touch at all. I'm not sure how the flex cable could be damaged as the phone hasn't even been powered on but I guess it's worth a shot for the price. Is it hard to replace the cable?

A couple years ago I made a post about the issue and people blame it as my screen needed replacing which is clearly not true since it was working perfectly before I put it on the shelf and has no damage to it.
[Motorola Triumph] xxBrun0xx:
Hey guys,

So I have heard of the issue with the CM7 (Wyzor's TG-Reloaded build, in my case) issue in which calls to numbers with a "+1" in front of them cannot be made. Since all incoming numbers to google voice have a +1, returning missed calls is a pain in the ass. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!

PS - LOOOOVE my new triumph :)
[Motorola Triumph] primetechv2:
Does using an alternative dialer work? At worst, it might be a fix, at best it'll give you an idea whether it's the dialer's fault or the phone's. I have the ROM but my phone isn't active.
[Motorola Triumph] xxBrun0xx:
Nope, just tried a different one from the market, and it doesn't make a difference. Seems like it hangs while trying to make the call (which appears to use the stock phone app and not be dependent on the dialer). Any other ideas? Do phone.apk replacements exist?
[Motorola Triumph] primetechv2:
Not that I've ever seen, and I've been around. It might be best to ask about the issue in the ROM thread, because the developer is usually the one in the best position to recognize the problem or offer a fix.