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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tumpy:
Do you always talk to your self like this?. It should have been, It may be the card (I am) using.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yosterwp:
I am aware that sometimes CWM adjusts the size of your backup according to the amount of space a person has left on their microsd card. You might also want to make sure it is not backing up the internal storage of your xoom (aka /sdcard).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
It's on /mnt/external1, just larger than expected.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmgreen:
I want to choose between these two phones. I live in the states so the s3 is only dual core but it has 2gb of ram. Plus the ion you can't remove the battery. The plus slide is the ion is 100 USD's cheaper than the s3 and had 12mp camera ad opposed to the 8 MP3 camera on the s3. Which phone would you choose and why?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theMoiz94:
S3 any day.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalel29:
a Quad core on plastic body and with connectivity issues,

i will wait for Xperia GX
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goothu99:
sony acro s

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_acro_s-4781.php
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aval1392:
i used to believe i would stick with sony...but they are incredibly slow on updates...xperia s and xperia ion should have came out with 4.0 ICS since release...sony (and sony ericsson) has always disappointed with updates and i would expect the same to occur with jellybean. That's ended up being a deal-breaker for me. Also there doesn't appear to be any top developers or root access being up for xperia ion.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whmgreen:
Why?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goothu99:
then i would suggest wait for the next google phone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fcb1:
s3 because it already has ics and who really know when ion will get ics. and most likely the s3 will get jellybean first. ion i doubt will. the att version of the s3 has a better processor and better software. and the s3 is is pretty much guaranteed top devs
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
I have my S3 since Saturday. Sunday was actually the first day to test it. The only thing I did Saturday was to update it, OTA.

Of course, I took it for a drive several hundred miles. Everything looked good. It fixes the location very fast and accurate... many times better than my previous S2... however, at one point it did lost the location....... after a reboot it started working fine again and was able to complete my drive very happy about it.

Unfortunately, I have to say, the serious problems started Monday.

My S3 is loosing the satellites constantly. A reboot fixes the problem, but again, after about 10 minutes, it looses the satellites. No matter what I am running, waze, Google maps, GPS Test Pro etc., it is all the same: it sees a big number of satellites, but it doesn't lock on them... even if the signal strength is considerable good with some of them (that could turn them to green if in GPS Test Pro).

I don't see any reason why it would loose the lock of the satellites.

Getting tired rebooting my S3, I tried a couple of tools from the market: GPSfix and GPSaids... although I am not sure about the first one, even that it helped, the later one helps indeed. After running it and return to my navigation program the S3 starts locking the satellites again and fast and very price... for another 10 minutes.

Not sure what to do... guess my next step is to root my device and try FasterFix and other tools that requires root... or even try a custom rom and different rom/modem.

Any idees, suggestions?

The phone is purchased from Vodafone Romania.

AP: I9300BUALF1

CP: I9300BULF1

CSC: I9300VFGALF1

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] lonelyw:
To be on the safe side I think you should return it, otherwise flash xxalf6 rom and check if you still have the same problem
[Galaxy S III General] the_slasher:
how about trying to calibrate the compass first

http://jjpda.blogspot.sg/2011/10/how-to-calibrate-your-compass.html
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
Another thing I noticed:

for example, at home, with or without wifi enabled, I let the GPS on for more than an hour and haven't noticed it loosing the lock on the satellites.

I guess it happens only when my position changes (driving).

So, am I the only one with this strange behavior of the S3?

It might be as well, as you suggest, the firmware/modem branded version from Vodafone Romania.

I will certainly contact Samsung and ask them about it.
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
I will give it a try...
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
I am on Omega V6, and the GPS literally saved my friends and I over this weekend in the desert with almost no gas and no reception.

THANK YOU SGS3!
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
I had to rotate it a lot to get to 3 where the line pointing to North (I guess) was blue.

LE: Now I will give it a drive test to tell if it helps.
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
Doesn't really helps me... how about when you were on stock rom?

GPS' performance was one of the main reasons I switched from S2 to S3... being able to point me down in areas where's no GSM network and no roads.
[Galaxy S III General] moustic_moustic:
I am using the navigation regularly for a 2 hours car trip. I haven't noticed any lost position, Crossing the country side with about 30mn without gsm connection.
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
This is what it was looking like yestarday...View attachment 1158790
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
In the app, hit menu then settings and clear agps the update agps. Used to help me on the S2, especially when far from home or overseas. Even though it shouldn't need it bit try just in case.
[Galaxy S III General] DJSave:
I have a strange problem:

I'm on omega 6.0 and my GPS fixes 14-18sats in about 5-10 seconds. sometimes ti finds satellites and just don't fix them without data connection or Wifi. Tried both LF2 and LF5 modems. cleaning cache and dalvik cache helped. but I'm aware it will happen again

any ideas? I'm using GPS status and toolbox to monitor GPS
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
I have calibrated the magnetic sensor. From 1 went to 2 and then to 3. From 2 to 3 had to spin the phone A LOT.

Anyway, left the house with GPS on. The GPS stayed locked for about 2 hours.

Later on the day, the GPS started to lose the lock again.

I checked again with the magnetic sensor and it was down to 1 again. Brought it quickly to 2 again. GPS started working.

Minutes later, GPS lock lost again. Using GPS Test Pro (clear AGPS) or GPS aids or other similar application... or even doing the magnetic (re)calibration offers only a TEMPORARILY solution.

Beside trying a different/newer modem/rom, does anyone have a permanent solution to this stock UNrooted rom?

Thanks.

Anyone else from Vodafone Romania experience this issue as well?
[Galaxy S III General] spookyx:
I am coming to the conclusion that the magnetic sensor is broken (keeps decalibrating) and that affects seriously fixing the location.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironia.:
Manual? With app?

Version?

Tnx a lot guys
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
....hmmmm , how about enter http://play.google.com and search for word "busybox"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironia.:
mmm tnx!

install to /bin or /xbin??

the difference??

tnx
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironia.:
i tried stericson, it installed also a lot (for me unuseful) applet
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
How do you change the SNID on iconia A500?

I would like to change the SNID of my Tablet.

I sent my out of warranty tablet in for repair to Acer, it had a dead Mother Board.

I used the back panel off of my other tablet with a good warranty and SNID bar code.

When the tablet came back it has the SNID of the back panel i used.

So now I have two tablets with the same SNID.

I would like to change it back to the old SNID.

Any one no how to change the SNID?

I know how to change it on an ACER PC but not the Tablet.
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
I'm pretty sure you can't.
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
Evidently there is a way.

I am not saying it is public information but Acer obviously can.

I now have 2 tablets with the same SNID.

So it is not a unique number generated from an embedded number somewhere on the Motherboard I have two with the same SNID.

Anyone have any info?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
So if I understand, you had 2 tablets.

You had an issue with 1, so you changed (for some reason), the EXT SD pnl of a good one, with the one that was bad? Then when you received the repaired tablet, it has the same SNID as the other?????

Why would you do something like that, unless you were trying to "cheat" acer, by pretending that the tablet you sent for repair, was actually out of warranty. (by using a ext sd panel of one that was within warranty).

Sounds pretty low to me....

MD

EDIT: the answer is yes. If you have a machine level coding machine to re-program the chips.
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
I tried to get Acer to help repair the tablet they gave all kind of excuses why they would not honor the warranty.

So I used the SNID with no questions asked.

That is not cheating or low, it is fair!
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Like I said - you cant. They can, however. They issue new SNID's when tabs get sent out to be refurbished by their partners - even they can't change/issue an SNID, only Acer can.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Mate, to have 2 tablets, and change the EXT SD card covers, is not exactly fair, to change the cover which is out of warranty with another which is in warranty. And in the end, you have 2 tablets with the same SNID numbers.

I should ask which country do you live, as warranty policy is different from other countries. This I know.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
You can't have 2 tablets, 1 with warranty, and 1 without. and change the EXT SD covers, and turn it in for repair.

This is deceitful, and in most countries against the law, regardless if you own 2 tablets of the same type. This is something I witnessed when I was abroad in the military.

This is why you have 2 tablets with the same SNID. It's what you did, and you have to live with it. You will have to call Acer and explain to them.

I suspect there is more to this story than what is told.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] starkiller86:
Just own up to the fact that what you did was wrong. It wasn't "fair" in any sense of the word. You knew what you were doing now you gotta deal with it.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
I suppose the OP could call them and say he swapped them by mistake when looking inside the tablet, as he is a technology fan. He thought putting the wrong backs on wouldn't make a difference so didn't bother to check the SNID. But eventually it comes down to a matter of social engineering :P

Either way, we can't reprogram the EC ROMs with new SNIDs. Nobody has those tools yet. Hacks are created with a need and you seem to be the only person that needs to falsify their SNID ;P

On the moral issues - if the tablet was out of warranty and you did then you're wrong and Acer will probably charge you to fix it themselves. If the tablet still had warranty and Acer were being nasty and not honouring it (i.e. because it was close to the end etc.) then I would have probably done the same thing in your situation
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
Did not mean to rattle the hornet nest here, just asked a question.

I suppose it is better dropped at this point.

Acer warrants things when they want to and sometimes not.
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Quite likely. Many companies are like that these days. Very hit & miss. I had an acer laptop issue and they just told me to reformat it. Wtf.
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Hmmm....

Just to satisfy my curiousity here... What are the downsides to having two tabs with the same snid?
[Acer Iconia A500] blackthund3r:
Warranty confusion. It's like cloning an IMEI (except the latter is dodgy). The tablet doesn't match the box or indeed its own casing!
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Thanks, but ignoring that part of it (as well as any moral implications). Are there problems with Google Play or apps or something? I mean, it seems like mission accomplished. I'm just trying to wrap my tiny brain around why this is a problem... Not at all important, So it is ok to let this die...
[Acer Iconia A500] t_r_j:
Just din't want to have any warranty confusion down the road.

Seems simple enough a question but I guess the whole SNID thing must be a BIG SECRET. I have repaired many PC's and laptops and set the serial number back to match the case after installing a new mother board. In the case of the PC's and laptops it is incoded in the bios, so the biois needs to be edited. Esay enough to do with the correct tools. Thought there might be something similar for the Tablets but it seems the subject is taboo.

Oh well, thats what I get for asking.
[Acer Iconia A500] xdasupporthelpedme:
I'm in need of how to change a SNID back, or at least explain to me how the hell I inadvertently changed it. I was running Taboonay from about 2 years ago, and decided to flash ICS (Taboonay 3.0). I got into it, and honestly didn't like most of the ICS, so I wanted to go back. Flashed CWM 1.7 from acer recovery, and installed an old 3.2 rom from a file I downloaded from link here on XDA: Acer_500_4.010.38_COM_GEN1 (the vache link from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1159443) The update.zip didn't work when I extracted it, so I put the update.zip on a thumb drive, and used CWM 1.7 to flash it, and it worked. I lost my CWM, but that was no biggie.

But now, my SNID is 696660736xe, and I don't know where the hell that came from. Is it one of yours vache? lol

I guess my question is, where inside the standard rom zip files is the SNID stored? Or did my Abe Lincoln frankenstein zombie black magic create a SNID in the 8th dimension and beam it into my a500 (I'm hoping the later of the two!!!)

To be honest I only want to change the SNID in case I do something naughty with my tablet, I don't want someone else's tablet to be punished for it :P
[Acer Iconia A500] partzman2:
Not sure if it is the same id but titanium backup has an option to change the Android ID. Noticed this a while back after a factory reset and when restoring my titanium backup. Gave me a change to keep the new id or change back to what it was.
[Acer Iconia A500] gears177:
and then tth

man youve posted this everywhere ;) im trying to look into this if xdasupporthelpedme actualy did change his SNID by flashing one of vaches .zip then it must be possible right ???

EDIT: i found the imei or android id i believe to possbly be in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

dont know if its changeable though :/

is it possible for the serial number to be programmed into flash then the bootloader passes it to the kernel via kernel command line?? just wandering
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oso jhonson:
It seems there was a mistake flashing the kernel tried flashing a stock rom?

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
thanks very much for your prompt reply.

i was upgrading my r800i from stock to sony ics stock. how do i rectify the kernel problem?

As you may have guessed im a beginner trying to learn. I would really appreciate a short how-to to get this sorted. i have just downloaded this,

update-cm-7.1.0.2-XperiaPlay-R800i-signed.zip\

will this sort it out?? it is from here download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=zeus

thanks again,

homer
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oso jhonson:
If you really like to play I do not recommend ics here's a guide to flash cm7 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1600833

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
Given my phones current state, should this overright everything I have already done?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oso jhonson:
I recommend you flash a stock rom first and do a clean install.

First install a stock rom with Flashtool then install cm 7.2

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
Nice one, thanks again.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oso jhonson:
And yes if you do this your phone should be working fine ;)

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
tried this, firstly installing a stock rom .62 as suggested. made it worse. Now when i connect the phone to the cpu it reads it as an unknown usb device. i have had this before while trying to do this but i cant remember how i un-done it. Now i am at a loss as to what to do.

in the guide you have suggested i use, it tells me to download a .62 and says that is the rom my phone came with, but mine was .42, does that matter?

Please help.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oso jhonson:
Installed the drivers that come with FlashTool?

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer4president:
followed these instructions to install stock rom, taken from another thread

Install flashtool from here: http://androxyde.github.com/Flashtool/

Once downloaded and installed head over to the directory of the programm and inside the folder "Drivers" install the driver located and chose appropriete options when the tick boxes come. Then download this FTF file:

https://rapidshare.com/files/6981940...1253-4437_.ftf

Now remember this is a Stock Firmware, so reverts your phone back to how you baught it in terms of Kernal, ROM, and baseband.

Warning: The process would delete use Data/ Factory reset

Files on the SD card should stay intact.

Through flashtool click on the main flash icon and select flashmode. The FTF file I linked you must be placed in a folder called "Firmware" again in teh directory of the programm before hand. Follow up the steps and your good to go. Once your phone boot up you will recognise the firmware is changed to the original Stock ROM.

this was the first step i have done after speaking with u last night and it has gotten worse. i installed the r800 drivers in flashtool and after the wizard has finished it doesn't show me where they are installed or anything, it just lets me close the wizard.

i have downloaded the files for 7.2 and gapps like the guide says but cant install them yet until i have stock rom installed.

Tried SEUS but thats doesn't help since my cpu simply doesn't recognize my phone.

Just noticed, when i connect phone now it flashes red led on power button every 3 seconds. forgot to disconnect phone and after what must have been about 10 minutes cpu prompted me to say some SEMC device had been installed. Closed it and tried again to flash the drivers from "Drivers" folder, and it happened again. as i type, the led is now green and im really unsure where to go next.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oso jhonson:
That's a problem with your bootloader the only person who can help is alejandrissimo. Alejandrissimo@gmail.com contact him check this the same problem http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252038

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caspersfi:
Hey what's up guys. I've searched the Market and messed around with different apps and file explorers with no luck. I want to clean up my duplicate files on this phone.

I've tried the Pro version of SDMaid. Something with that app and the ICS ROMS I've been on aren't playing well together. SDMaid is not recognizing the Pro version. I've tried a couple other duplicate file apps and the pain in the a#s part of it is is these apps will only let me delete one duplicate file at a time. I have something around 1500 duplicate files.

So basically I'm looking for an app or procedure so that I can delete duplicate files.

1500 is a little ridiculous. :-)

TIA guys.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knoc:
Plug it into PC so u can use a mouse lol sorry
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dark3n:
If you send me a mail, i'm sure i can fix your sd maid issue, if not i can grant you a refund.

The problem is there is no smart automatic procedure for selecting which duplicate file to keep.

You can try by modified date, path length or random, but it will never be a 100% correct.

Imagine the case of a two mp3 files, both duplicates (maybe with a different name, but same content).

One in a directory called "Single X - Artist Y" and one in a directory called "Best of Artist Y".

How can a computer know, which one to keep, or if none should be deleted, although they are duplicates.

Yeah well, we could use one of the methods and just be okay, as one copy will always be left.

But this will almost certainly lead to lots of users going "OMG can't find my files", when the remaining copy is not where they exspect it to be.

:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caspersfi:
Pm sent. Not concerned about a refund. From the great info you provided it really doesn't sound like the issue is app related.

Thanks for the useful info and look forward to hearing back from ya. :-)