yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thearch1tect:
sorry if this is a noob question but what is the blob and download folder for within the clockwork mod folder? I'm coming from the 5.5.X CWM I believe. And are any of the files in those folders necessary or can I delete them?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pjjohn73:
Keep them, that is were it is saving your data now. Each backup saves data in the blob, saving what is different in each consecutive backup. Simular to a database. The dated backup folders tell what to grab out of the blob on a restore.

Sure I'm not exactly right, but that is the gist of it I believe.

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thearch1tect:
So does it replace outdate items at any point or when I delete a backup from the backup folder does it automatically delete the corresponding data from the blob folder? I'm just worried about having unnecessary space used up by that folder
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pjjohn73:
I'm no expert, so maybe someone can step in and explain this better.

But if you go into clockwork mod under backup/restore you can delete old backups and cleanup old data from the blob. Also if you delete old backups and make a new backup it automatically cleans old data from the blob. It actually should take up less space as it does not make a full backup each time. Only what is different.

Here is information that was posted elsewhere by mpcdata, which I believe he got from mskip and koush..........

CWM 6.0.1.2 supports External SD Card for installing zips and backup/restore functions.

NOTE: VERY NICE addition to 6.0.1.2 is the ability to 'choose backup format' to either the new .dup method with the blobs folder or the original .tar method where everything is in the date/time stamped folder. You can now ALSO 'create image zip' file from a NAND backup. Be patient with the zip backup option as it does take a while to create the zip (to be expected from a 1GB+ backup). Thank you for this addition koush it makes recovery alot more complete ￼

QUESTION: Why are the backups size soo small now compared to the previous cwm backups?

ANSWER: Basically on the new cwm all the data is stored in a blobs folder in the clockworkmod folder. The backups folder now doesnt hold the actual data and instead the system and data files contain links to the files in the blobs folder (with the hash of the file as its filename). When you perform another backup only the changes have to be added so it performs incremental backups instead of full backups everytime. You can still flash different roms and back them up as any new data is stored in the blobs folder with the links in the backup folder. Several backups can share the same blobs file so over several backups the total file size of all the backups will be much much smaller. When you delete a backup via cwm you can then free space of the blob files that are no longer needed to keep everything tidy and make sure that no files are stored that arent referenced to any backup. If you don't free the space then any unused files will automatically be deleted when the next backup is performed.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thearch1tect:
Thank you very much! That makes sense.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Thanks for the tutorial fergie716!!!

Damned cygwin is a pain to setup properly. If anyone decides to use it, remember, your windows username can not have any spaces in it.

Now the results of 8 hours of downloading, installing, removing, re-downloading and re-installing. Here is recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.2-d2spr.tar ready to flash in mobile odin or desktop odin.

recovery.tar
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VonStarkeGSD:
have a slight problem, I noticed i had the stock cwm and wanted the touch version. I downloaded the recovery and renamed it recovery.img and then went and installed odin mobile pro after selecting recovery and internal or external it will not find the file recovery.img ? I then thought i would try to download the .tar.md5 file for CWM TOUCH RECOVERY 6.0.1.2, however upon opening odin on my pc and then trying to boot my device into download mode, it just shows the Samsung logo and refreshes. I have managed to boot the device back on since then.

Update I have tried and read about 20 odd posts and everywhere tell me to get the device into download mode, the device wouldn't,However after several attempts I managed to get odin to pick the img file and flash. Upon booting back up i am now stuck with a Samsung boot logo and feel its bricked? Please Help!!!

I can not even return the device under warranty as i was unable to run triangle away ;(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monstaX:
Should never have flashed an img file from Odin :( that was the worst mistake I believe. You might be bricked. Keep trying to boot into Odin mode and grab a stock tar. Keep trying. Try a bunch of battery pulls and such
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VonStarkeGSD:
i followed this from the op post :

METHOD 2

-Use Mobile Odin

-Download CWM Recovery, rename it to recovery.img and place on root of internal storage

-Open Mobile Odin (may start downloading neccessary files for our device)

-Select "Open File", then select "Internal SD-Card"

-The recovery.img should be listed at the very top. Select it

-In the main menu the only Partition that should be selected is Recovery

-Scroll Down and Select Flash Firmware (after it flashes you may be automatially rebooted into recovery)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
You can flash an img file from Mobile Odin, but not PC Odin.

You can flash a tar file from either version of Odin.

PC Odin operates on your phone, in download mode.

What steps are you using to get into download mode?

Where did you rename the file to recovery.img?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wild1z:
Thanks Fergie, I appreciate this thread. Thanks to all as well. Happy Thanksgiving.

Used Method #1 (terminal emulator) , worked flawlessly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dscatto:
Worked! Did the Terminal Emulator method - Option 1, I believe. Super easy! Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jackbenimble:
Yikes..

I was sort of hoping to get CWM Touch.. but I'm seeing LOTS of installing/flashing issues, not to mention possible bricks...

Is anyone happening to find a reliable way to install this?

TIA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
I've used both methods 1 and 4 successfully with no issues.

Who is reporting the issues?

Swyped from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poppajonzz:
Just used method 1 without issue. Though I might go back to power buttons lol. Been using CWM since Kaos was god of the HTC Eris, touch recovery is a big change for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Do I have to do the 3 button press with the CWM touch recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
The three button press can be used when booting your phone from off on any rom. If on a rom with reboot to recovery option you can use that and it works too. Both are methods to get to recovery. Home button plus volume up and power button.

GS3 L710 4.2.1 AOSP Kt747 2.1Ghz ROW/Ktoonservative *Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
The terminal commands i cant get to work on cm10.1.

Here is the latest cwm touch for sprint.

http://db.tt/tgWNMlDO

Ill try using odin instead.

Edit: nevermind i viewed it on cell phone and the command was over two lines. I viewed on pc and realized the command is one line. Did it from terminal now and it worked fine from CM10.1. Cheers the changes in CWM seem pretty good.

GS3 L710 4.2.1 AOSP Kt747 2.1Ghz ROW/Ktoonservative *Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NashTnGuy:
CWM restore

So I did these steps prior to hearing about the sdcard0/0 thing that happens with the latest Jelly Bean supporting multiple users. I installed CWM 6.0.2.3 as my custom recovery. Did a backup. Flashed the latest CM nightly. After doing some setup and using for several days I decided to go back to a stable release CM (the earlier version of Jelly Bean). I did another nandroid and flashed the earlier version of CM. At this point in CWM it appeared I only had one backup.. and it was the CM nightly one, and not the stock sprint one that I had created right after rooting. After reading about the sdcard0/0 issue I figured out that the other CWM backup was there under the /0 directory structure. I moved this backup to the root structure and could then do a restore. It restores and appears okay at first. I password protected my screen lock and after entering a password the phone reboots. I can restore my stable CM 10.0 with no issues. Are there other /0 things that need to get moved back for the original restore to work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
Maybe you should move the backups to a safe place and factory wipe and clean all the partitions then replace the backup files and try restore again?

GS3 L710 4.2.1 AOSP Kt747 2.1Ghz ROW/Ktoonservative *Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
im having some trouble here, my internal memory is full thanks for all these 0 subfolders. I hear updating cwm is suppose to help this? im lost, i want to update my clockwork mod touch but cant find any tar or flashable for it.

tried using method 1 to install recovery but no dice.Just keep getting an error message.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
What about three posts up i shared how i used the terminal command methid and even provided the touch reocvery img direct from CWM website for latest touch version. You can even direvt download from cwm site if you dont want to use te file i provided.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
i saw what you posted about it being 1 line of code, I still get the error in terminal emulator, ive got the recovery.img file from the web site on to my phones internal storage, using the commands and still get an error.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
Whats the error. You used SU hit enter and then typed the full line out woth the mmcblk etc at end? Also is it on /sdcard/ folder. Are you on 4.2.1/4.22? Could have to do with the name of sdcard in file system. Maybe its sdcard0/ instead, i would use a root explorer to double check.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
it tells me "cannot open for read: No such file or directroy"

im on 4.1.2

tried sdcard0 in place of sdcard and still no luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
Okay it just sounds like the location is wrong for your rom. Like there /mounts/sdcard/ and also /sdcard/ depending get es explorer go all the way up a folder to the root called / which should have system,data, and more folders. Look for the file location name of the internal sd card.

It hasnt found the file the commands arent pointing to your file proper.

Please post screen shot of terminal maybe i can still help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
I ended up formatting my internal storage thru clockwork mod, tho I never got to update it. The whole reason this started was because I switched from a 4.2.1 from to a 4.1.2 and noticed my internal storage was like 95% full all of a sudden.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
Yes the location in 4.2 is different. Im on 4.2.2 and yes the new user config making a emulated folder and a folder 0 tends to make some issues when going back to an older android version as the folders stay intact. The clean install was best bet for sure. The latest cwm is supposed to help but its giving you trouble installing it....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ayaad:
I was trying to open apps using Google now but was unable to open it so what are the commands to open apps or play music from. Google now????
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
As a general rule, Google voice actions doesn't launch apps. It'll launch the dialer, messages, maps, navigation, the browser and some of those basic things.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sashusmom:
There's a thread somewhere about the nexus 7 tablet manual that is free thru google play books that has a section with all the commands for the now search app. I don't have the link available.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wirelessFREAK:
It would suck if Google limited now's ability to Google's own apps. That's the worst thing about its retarded cousin, siri
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] danger-rat:
"Play Beastie Boys" works on my phone...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skychan:
I've got the same problem. Everytime I ask something (e.g. call xxxx, play song xxxx, what's the Yankee's score), it'll go to the browser. I went through all the settings and can't find anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Puck24:
If I remember correctly, launching Play Music via Google Now only works if you're in the US and the music is uploaded to the cloud.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JLishere:
Instead of 'play', have you tried to ask: 'listen to' --- [artist] or [song title]? It works for me. It should even ask you to choose between Google Music, YouTube, and any other music app you already have installed (like Rdio, Jango, Slacker, etc).

Also, make sure you've followed this guide on how to set up Google Now:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740542
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skychan:
Same thing happens, Now will show the "link" to Google Music, but then the browser automatically opens up over it ... It also happens when I try "call xxx", the contacts open up (because of multiple phones for this person), but then almost immediately, a browser opens showing the Google results ...

There's gotta be a setting somewhere to disable auto browser results ....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] omgidfk:
If I say, "Text Melissa -text here-" it works. But if I say "Text Mom -text here-" it won't. I have to say "Send text to Mom" for it to send a text. Same with calling. So my suggestion is to play around with the wording.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akshay7394:
Change your settings to 'always search from Google.com instead of your local domain.' Then it'll work. I'm in india, did this, and then it started showing cards/doing actual voice actions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] insomnatech:
Google Now can open apps. First you must say (Open app) then say the name of the app that you want open.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sheetzie03:
You are CORECT SIR!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 1stx2:
Still can't get it to work. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gavmac:
Go to settings>phone search and untick the browser setting. That should sort it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] donovanchan:
You don't have to uncheck browser in settings. You can launch application by saying "launch [app name]".

Maybe you have to change both system language and voice input language to English(US).

I'm able to play music too even I'm outside US.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anthony1117:
didn't know i could do this. should be fun
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Itachi_3000:
More info about Google Now

Ok, the option to listen to music works, but it will give you the option to listen to songs that you have stored in your phone with the default music application, it's not like it'll stream music from the web ;) so use it confidently. Also, following all the set up instructions for Google Now exposed in a previous post helps a lot. A personal note: I would say that Google Now works pretty much better with searches on the web and in my experience S-Voice on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) works better with the phone's applications. Basically both of them are good, but each one has a strength tha the other does not. Hope it helps as the thread of this post helped me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iFalcon:
Does anyone know if the calendar from .the galaxy s 3 is available? Its a very nice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] midnight assassin:
I agree, that would be cool to have on the gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iFalcon:
Yep...saw it tonight. I had no idea it was included. Great UI!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kevinjgray88:
Great idea

Jellin' like a felon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LNJ:
It's probably part of TouchWiz.

Sent from my GNex running Jelly Bean 4.1.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] decalex:
Even though it's not listed in the mods added (I know the calendar is typically a PITA), I'd ask the dev of this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1669190

Also, maybe add a [REQ] to the thread title, since there's no Galaxy S3 Calendar in here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NexusNero:
The S3 calendar looks hot.....would love to see this ported (if possible) to the GNex :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blinkjona:
+1 :fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spz0:
Im building a 2.3.6 ROM for the samsung R720(Vitality). Everything is working now except for the APN settings.

Here is my process and issue.

One phone, 2 different carriers (Vitality = Cricket -- Admire = MetroPCS)

My carrier (Cricket) requires apns-conf.xml and cdma-carriers-conf.xml (both of which are set correctly)

The build Im using is a GENERIC update from Samsung for the Admire(R720) (ported for the admire -- native to MetroPCS which only uses apns-conf.xml, not cdma-carriers-conf.xml).

I have both xmls set correctly, and upon first boot, I can get data, web, sms, just no MMS

I can restore APN with ApnBackupRestore, and MMS will resume working after a reboot.

It is not an Mms.apk specific issue, as I've already tried multiple mms apks known to work, as well as edited the mms-config.xml within the apk =\

Could it be that since the generic 2.3.6 update was meant for MetroPCS (and does not use cdma-carriers-conf.xml), this could be the root of my issue?

Im at a loss on how to get the apn to 'take' on first boot. I do not want the end user to have to restore from apnbackuprestore.

Does anyone have any insight to this issue?

Thanks in advance for reading. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spz0:
Friendly *Bump.
[Vibrant Android Development] fishman0919:
Bi-Winning Redux v1

A Moped_Ryder - Fishman0919 Rom

All the theming and idea was Moped_Ryder

so please make sure you thank him big time as well

Bi-Winning Redux is a updated, tweak, highly optimized, super smooth and fast version of the original.

All credit going to Whitehawkx, Romanbb, Dan_Brutal and EDT.

Where stuff is...

1st Post - Info Stuff

2nd Post - Downloads

3rd Post - Themes.... soon to come

Features

V1

2.2.1 Froyo rom - Based off of Dan_Brutal's Bi-Winning v3

WiFi Calling

SGS III Sounds

GPS Fix by jellette

Stock Samsung 2.2.1 TouchWiz30Launcher

Fr4gg0r TW Launcher 4.5

AM/PM Clock Hide

7 Lock Screens (4-Tab, Rotary, Android, Glass, Puzzle, Epic and Star Wars)

Updated TwWallpaper Picker with some nice Walls

PC Boot Animation

ECOTOX DragonMOD beta 1 kernel - Tested and soilid

Build.prop edits - for optimization and WiFi calling

Default.prop edits - for WiFi calling

GB Bins for smoothness

Every system apk that could be optimize was... pain in the a$$

Optional Moped_Ryder Green Clock Mod - in 2nd post Download Section

Screenshots

​
[Vibrant Android Development] fishman0919:
Install Stuff

Copy Bi-Winning Redux to your phones int SD Card root... not into a folder

Boot into clockwork recovery

Perform a factory reset, wipe data/cache

Select the zip file and flash.

Clean Cache Partition

Under "advanced", Wipe Dalvic Cache and Fix Permissions

Reboot.

Go through setup and get to the Desktop

Let it sit for 10 mins.... reboot

Enjoy your Bi-Winning Redux

Warning - Very Important

Do not flash Bi-Winning Redux and then Immediately Flash Moped_Ryder's Green Clock Mod without rebooting

IT WILL CAUSE BOOT-LOOPS

Flash the Full rom first, then after it settles in for the 10 mins and you have rebooted

Re-enter Recovery and then flash Moped_Ryder's Green Clock Mod

Downloads

Bi-Winning Redux V1

Bi-Winning_Redux-v1 Green Clock MOD​
[Vibrant Android Development] fishman0919:
​

{Themes}

ICS Theme

Screenshots

Bi-Winning Redux ICS Theme v2.2 ICS theme by Moped_Ryder based on KSR07's theme

Bi-Winning Redux Sense Theme Sense theme by Moped_Ryder based on Dan_Brutal's theme

Bi-Winning Redux theme Revert​
[Vibrant Android Development] fishman0919:
and again........
[Vibrant Android Development] Rayn1328:
Can wait
[Vibrant Android Development] Nabeel10:
The most greatest ROM tweaked from most greatest froyo developers!
[Vibrant Android Development] Xenoism:
Very cool! :D

Great to see you two working together to bring us this awesome collab!

Froyo is certainly not dead with great developers like you guys around :)
[Vibrant Android Development] krazierokz:
Thankx so much fish!!!! Flashing this bad boy at work asap!! :d
[Vibrant Android Development] john9:
it looks a perfect rom!!!thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] kaiser_bun:
Ooooooooo... Can't wait to try it. Thanks guys!
[Vibrant Android Development] bryantthesmith:
Can't wait for that ICS theme

That ICS theme looks nice. Been waiting for a look like that on a Froyo ROM. Glad it came from you guys. Your ROMs are the tops. Was using the ECOTOX DragonMOD Kernel earlier and had bad battery drain problems (running on Moped's Fat Rider). Have you seen anything like that in your testing?
[Vibrant Android Development] kaiser_bun:
The only time I noticed any battery drain is if you leave the wifi on. Wifi was not turning off when the screen was off, but that was about it. Were you leaving it on the default smartass governor when you were running it yourself?

---------- Post added at 07:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

Big fan so far guys. GPS is good, Bluetooth is good, very snappy all around and I dig the font and most of the new icons... although I miss the semi-transparent pull down for the notification page in Slim_Ryder and Fishman's v4;) I'll post back on the battery life, and whatnot after some real world use this weekend.
[Vibrant Android Development] bryantthesmith:
I tried both smartass and scary governors. The Wifi may have been my problem. I'll try it out again when I get this ROM flashed.
[Vibrant Android Development] Xenoism:
ICS theme is looking sweet :]
[Vibrant Android Development] Nabeel10:
Can we get a picture of moped's battery mod? I wanna see how it looks like before I flash :>
[Vibrant Android Development] iTz KeeFy:
Pictures are in the first post...........
[Vibrant Android Development] iTz KeeFy:
Sorry but just to clarify, this ROM does NOT contain voodoo lagfix correct?
[Vibrant Android Development] Woody:
Since it included Ecotox' kernel it does/should include it.

Edit:

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone can do me a favor and pull the settings.apk and upload it on here for me? I am at work for a few more hours and have no connection with my phone and while I can post on my work PC, I cannot download (I can go away from my desk log into tapatalk and download the apk far quicker). I am testing out something and want to see if that settings.apk will work on it. The one from the OP, not the ICS themed one.

TIA
[Vibrant Android Development] Nabeel10:
Hey Fish, if I add the tweaks from this thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15295150) that you haven't already put, then will it break any of the tweaks you put? Or am I good? Just wanna be safe...

And also, have you ever seen this 2.2.1 rom?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1258564

In my experience, it was really nice. Maybe you should "steal" some tweaks from it that you haven't used yet to improve the Bi-Redux experience! Its already great, just wanna help to make it 2x better!
[Vibrant Android Development] Nabeel10:
Yea I know, but a picture of moped_Ryder's green clock mod isn't up there. So I don't know how it looks like...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebonydad:
Currently running AOKP Build 40 on my P7500. I am noticing I am unable to download files from the Google Play Market. I have decided to try to run CM9. When I boot into ClockworkMod recovery, I am unable to do a Factory Reset/Data Wipe. It just sits there on "Formatting /data". One time I left it alone, the battery completely drained, but still no data wipe.

Have no idea what to do. I have tried to flash it to CM9, but I get an error doing that. My main concern is that I am unable to wipe the data and start with a clean slate.

Any ideas/suggestions?