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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SorryGoFish:
There seems to be a lot of (out)dated information on the web about Android and sd-card formats. Would somebody please point me in the right direction (link to Google, CM Wiki, some other authority, or your own personal experience)?

Should I format my (entire) sd-card to ext2?

Can I format the entire card to ext2? (Is it supported by CM, AOSP, AOKP?)

Does the answer to the above questions depend on the rom in use?

I'm aware of the difference between ext2, 3 and 4. I'm mostly wondering if it's still required to have at least on primary fat partition, and whether that trade off is worth it.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
i wouldnt do that since you dont have a SD card for the nexus.

you could ruin the entire partition and then you have a paperweight.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SorryGoFish:
Wow. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I'm about to get my Nexus. (I'm preparing for it, in part, with this post.) I somehow overlooked that it doesn't support SD cards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frostyeo:
Hi guys, just asking does battery monitor widget work with s3? The values seems to be unrealistic, like getting 165 mA constantly, when using the phone for different activities
[Android General] KayxGee1:
I'm having a hard time comprehending this. You're apologizing for people admiring your work?
[Android General] galnet:
No I'm apologising for any rules that I may have broken. :)
[Android General] SimonTS:
It's sad to see the Galnet website nowadays Matthew. I don't know anything about these 'problems', but Galnet MIUI was by far the best equipped and most stable variant of GB MIUI on my HTC Desire S.

Hopefully one day you will be back and I'll be able to see what you can do with ICS.
[Android General] Eddie Bombay:
tldr
[Android General] MissionImprobable:
Well I hope that everything gets resolved. As SimonTS said above, Galnet has been the most stable MIUI I've run, and in fact the most stable Rom period of all that I've used. I've been running MIUI V4 lately because of some of the little UI tweaks but still nothing beats Galnet in terms of overall usefulness. It would be great if you could do some work on V4 for the community.
[Android General] galnet:
So any moderators have any feedback?

It would be nice to know if xda accept the above and allow me to post my modified roms.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incisivekeith:
Why does the "Camera ICS" app lack so many features compared to the stock camera app? Why do devs include the "Camera ICS" app in their ROMs? I'm curious.

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRG v9, LRB Modem, speedmod 3-7 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShahinTehShiz:
Some may prefer not to fiddle about with ISOs etc, and CameraICS allows you to use the volume keys as the shutter button, which the dev preffered or was requested to do.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incisivekeith:
But the Camera ICS app significantly lacks just so many features - it's like a camera app from a few years back. I'm curios if there are any other reasons for developing the Camera ICS app and including it in ROMs.

Criskelo 4.04 ICS LRG v9, LRB Modem, speedmod 3-7 kernel, Carrier: AT&T (US)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilentMODE:
hello all ,

well , i realize when i have a call the ringtone starts in low volume for 1 or 2 sec then become normal volume ( high ) after that

is this normal ? or something i need to configure?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruchira88:
this is completely normal. its bit pleasing for ears :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mopral:
Normal!

It's a Samsung feature!

Had that since my old SGS1...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilentMODE:
normal !!!

is there a reason for that or what ?!!

what is the point of making it like that ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Fix is available

No Increasing Ring tone Mod .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruchira88:
I dont understand why wont like it? :confused:

its neat little feature and it even comes with samsungs $20 phones. it makes the ringing sound little bit pleasing rather than suddenly booming in your pocket or on hand.

if your phone is on your hand and it makes you to pick it up or silent it by pressing volume down quickly. it comes in handy all the times
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmd512:
Some like it, some don't. I personally don't care for it as I have low volume audio profiles set for times of day when I'm at work anyway, so it goes from too quiet to quiet.

(If it was a slowly increasing ringtone, it would be a bit nicer. Instead, it goes from super quiet to full volume... kinda weird.)

I'm modding the SecPhone.apk for stock releases to disable this feature + call recording, you can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735417
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moe.nassef:
Below is the source for the ROM GT-I9100 Egypt 2012 June Android 4.0.3 I9100JPLPF I9100OJPLPC which is the best stock os for Meddle east

i think it can help members who are welling to have stock 4.0.3

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162825855/1021d9f/I9100JPLPF_I9100OJPLPC_EGY.zip.html

thanks for www.sammobile.com
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WindGhost:
You can find on Sam's website whole Arabic ICS roms.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khassanove:
Topic doesn't belong to the development it should be in general
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
[edit] my bad, didn't realize it was stock fw.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xx-scream-xx:
hey bro u can find all arabic toppics her www.xq55.net
[Galaxy S III Accessories] yoderz:
I should have posted this in this section first, but oh well. It's a quick guide to fixing the HTC Rezound Car Mount to work with the Galaxy S3 with a case on.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1775107
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] maheswaran_07:
Hi,

My Sony Xperia Lt28i international version gives trouble with wifi reception. The WiFi receiving strength is very less even if i stays near the router whereas my other HTC and Samsung does the job well. Is there any solution for this? Does any one face the same?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
I have noticed the signal strength doesn't appear to be as good as some of my other devices but I have no fix.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] accts:
I also noticed Ion doesn't have a good reception - both wireless & mobile. It seem to have some interference within the phone. I hope the custom rom will boost up the hardware.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] josemald:
I've noticed that the bars are lower compared to my old HTC Tilt2, both for wifi and phone signal, but I've never had problem talking on the phone or using the Internet even with only one bar. I don't think that there is a standard among companies about how to show the reception strength, so 4 bars with a Samsung probably isn't comparable with 4 bars on a Sony. So far the only place I´ve noticed a complete signal loss was a basement office where I've heard people say they also don't have phone signal.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] 0000alex0000:
agree. never had a problem with ion's signal. probably sony is more honest lol?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] maheswaran_07:
I guess its because of the metal back cover.....
[Nokia Lumia 800] [Antonio]:
hi

i want to find out which bootloader i have and then, maybe, install a custom rom.. the problem is that i can't access osbl mode.. i power off the phone and remove the usb, then i keep volume up holded and i insert the usb.. i wait for the bzz and release the volume up button, and then that's what happens: windows finds "dispositivo di input usb" (i'm italian), and after about 30s it disappears.. then wp starts normally or the phone's screen remains black and i have to remove the usb and re-insert it..why?

info: firmware: 1600.3031.8773.12121; hardware: 112.1402.2.1; bootloader: 7.33

sorry for my bad english, thanks in advance :)
[Nokia Lumia 800] Reflexdarky:
osbl

this is what i done install nokia care suite plug the phone in load ncs let it pick up the phone then exit it. secondly get nss, load that up click detect then in the right bottom there will be a drop down box for mode select osbl then click the little arrow then your phone will enter the mode but if it doesnt come up with a flash disc you cant flash a custom rom
[Nexus 7 General] garyart1:
If the Nexus 7 ships by Wednesday, I will admit Google has met it written obligation to me being I ordered on 6/27 and it said 2-3 weeks shipping. Saying that this has left a bad taste in my mouth for Google Play. Something I think Google should have avoided. First I pay shipping when Amazon and Apple doesn't charge shipping and then I get it after I could get it from a B&M.

Now why do we want Google Play:

Apps- GetJar and Amazon doesn't have as many apps but they do offer great deals including free premuim apps, does GP offer premium apps for free? I do like that apps purchases through GP will update automatically unlike other services. I guess that is one of the advantages of having the store ties into the OS.

Books- GP can't compare to Amazon and Barnes and Noble, I get a email everyday with a lsit a great free books from Amazon, you want free books from GP, better like books over 100 years old. B&N has many books for free, some good and some not so good. The shear amount of good books on those sites beats GP any day.

Magazines- Can't comment being I have not done this so far

Music- It seems amazon again has GP beat in prices and there are a lot of other better music services than both

Movies/TV- with services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and others, seems like I won't be buying from GP

Cload- Google Drive does seems cheaper than most, I have to wait and see how this holds up with speed once more people use it

Devices: seems like anywhere is better than GP

So here is the point of this all. I WAS very excited about Google Play and the Nexus. I probably would have been one of those who loyal fans who would have consistently brought from GP. Now the best thing I can say is thank God that the Nexus allows us to buy from multiple sources unlie the Kindle Fire. Sorry Google, until GP gets better, other services will at least get my money.

If anyone has different experiences with the above, please let me know, I actually want to be a loyal google customer.
[Nexus 7 General] smartboyhw:
Er, why???? Google isn't actually as good in music. Apple was better. The Nexus 7 surely is good, but then in general I don't think someone would really recommend Google Play. Indeed, research has said that companies want to develop iPhone apps first...
[Nexus 7 General] donatom3:
Don't worry about the speed of Google Drive. Plenty of people use it already and Google has more than enough servers in their arsenal to handle the task.
[Nexus 7 General] adamhlj:
I will just say this. Google play movies are HORRID!!! the sound AND picture quality IS NOT HD. Second, Music is slightly better in quality then that what you get from amazon. So thats ok by me. Book selection will probably get better with time. There are other apps for magazines if you don't want to get magazines through the play store.

But I reiterate: HD MOVIES FROM THE PLAY STORE ARE NOT HD IN MY OPINION!! 480p??? AND THE SOUND????
[Nexus 7 General] ky0nkyon:
That's terrible news. I was really looking forward to build my movie collection through google movies. Bad idea?

My life for Aiur
[Nexus 7 General] garyart1:
I am glad you mentioned about the movies. Actually I was thinking about using some of the $25 credit to purchase/rent. I guess I will think differently. I actually have uploaded my music collection to Google Music and have been streaming over phone with the google player. Not all that bad as long as you have a good signal. I think I will stick to keeping the music stored on my phone and using Power Amp. Power Amp just kills the google player. I hope GP really improves there services otherwise they will get left in the dust.
[Nexus 7 General] aristurtle:
Ugh, Amazon Appstore is awful, both for users and developers.

Google Music has a thin selection because of this feud Warner has with them.

But then, that's the neat part, right? You can get your apps from one place and your books from another company and everything is fine.

---------- Post added at 03:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:26 PM ----------

I believe the PowerAmp guys are working on a Google Music streaming plugin, which would be great for everyone involved. There are some (crude) workarounds already.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martirio3000:
As you can read my phone claims that it is has no enough free memory for installing aps.

I tried installing Titanium back-failed it says i must free up some space

i tried some other diferent apps some of them have the same problem (even with play store)

I HAVE 200MB FREE SPACE WTF.

Also i have 3gb free space in SD

SOME HELP PLEASE!

I have been trying to fix this for more than 2 days

edit: freed up even more space now i have almost 300MB free space still problems

edit2: Now i cant move apps2sd because it says storage is full BUT I HAVE 2GB FREE

EDIT3: THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED FOR A REASON THE APPS WEREN'T REALLY DELETED THEY WHERE STILL EXCISTED AT /DATA/APPS

I HAD TO DELETE THEM FROM THERE WITH A FILE MANAGER AND THEN INSTALL THE APPS
[HTC One V] donhashem.dh:
SOLVED!!!!
[HTC One X] Dorric:
Hi, i was wondering if theres a way to save my contacts list if i install a new rom or something ? i dont want to add all the contacts one by one everytime update something
[HTC One X] SandmanPT:
Hi Dorric,

do you have the one x sync with google?

if so all contacts are sync with gmail account, and when you install new rom, when you resync with gmail the contacts will be restore
[HTC One X] skywalker1970:
Go to people, menu, manage contacts and then export to phone storage.
[HTC One X] M4Kval:
As said, just make sure to tick sync contacts and run a sync. To be sure check og gmail, under contacts and all your contacts should be there. If this is not an option, check MyBackup on Play Market. Its a free version, but it only allows to restore to the same phone. But that wouldn't be a problem, or buy the full pro version where you can restore to any phone. I think its also posible to backup apps if you have root.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] plasmasnakeusa:
Beware that if you have a Zagg HD screen protector on you can't use the Diztronic TPU cases as the case will cause the Zagg to lift off the screen on the sides and top. I bought the case from Amazon and when I put it on my Zagg came off and I had to go to best buy and have them put a new one on. Apparently the edge of the case is acting like a blade and lifting the edge of the screen protector off.

Has anyone else experienced this and do you have a recommendation for a better case that will not interfere with the Zagg?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Lakeshow423:
Alot of these screen protectors will lift on the corners or sides with any TPU cases
[Galaxy S III Accessories] cgardnervt:
For this very reason is why I got rid of my ZAGG HD. I will just use the OB Defender case.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] plasmasnakeusa:
The problem I have with the otterbox defender is that it makes the phone very thick. I love how thin this phone is. I had one on my incredible 2 then I got the trident aegis but even its pretty thick.
[Galaxy S III General] tonybhoy:
Fresh new colour options for the Samsung Galaxy S3 are on the way, a Sammy rep has announced.

As it stands, the S3 is only available in the launch colours of pebble blue and marble white and the just announced Garnet red edition, which is exclusive to AT&T in the US.

samsung galaxy s3 red

That’s about to change, though, after a Samsung UK spokesperson confirmed that it will be “announcing potential colour variants in due course”.

As well as a UK release for the red hued model, we also anticipate a pink model a la Galaxy Note, and perhaps even something a bit more macho, say gun-metal grey, for those Clarkson-alikes who want an S3 but have been put off by the touchy-feely way it has been marketed.

Available on all major UK networks, the S3 just completed a second month at the top of uSwitch Tech’s Mobile Tracker, commemorating its status as the UK’s most in-demand smartphone.
[Galaxy S III General] kane.92:
so is the red s3 coming out in the uk aswell? and if so when is the release date?
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
Have you ever seen a red phone? They look ugly.

☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
[Galaxy S III General] kane.92:
ive had a red htc wildfire and it looked alright and im not asking for me its my step mum who will want one because she likes red thats why i was asking
[Galaxy S III General] SONE9:
Color is relative to the user, just like music is. Cool though I guess.
[Galaxy S III General] kane.92:
its different aswell most phones are black or white geta boring nice to see something different
[Galaxy S III General] gege0202:
what's red is it? some pictures?
[Galaxy S III General] Aimara:
a normal red might be nicer
[Galaxy S III General] kane.92:
thats the picture i saw gotbit off google i think it looks fairly nice better then the blue one anyways
[Galaxy S III General] mchu6am4:
Gun metal / black would be nice!
[Galaxy S III General] bluebreeze57:
Personalizing covers

Would it not be nicer to have your own mobile give

a personal touch with 3D printing?

Have anyone heard about this possibility?
[Galaxy S III General] tonybhoy:
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/07/16/samsung-galaxy-s3-differing-colours-hinted/

i'd love the green one
[HTC Incredible S] cenkcnk:
Hi,

Today i got the update for amdroid 4.10 ics. But, while my first attempt, download session corrupted suddenly, and i got a message "please mount a sd card", i tried many times but no luck. i borrowed another sd card from a friend and i completed upgrading. But my phone still doesn't recognize my own sd card. What should i do? Is my sd card gone?
[HTC Incredible S] WILLI120:
Format your SD-Card with FAT32 on you PC and try again...
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
It could be. When I first got my IncS last year, it got an error on the original SD card and there was no way to revive it. No device would recognize it at al..

Put a new Sandisk 8GB sd card in and it has been fine ever since.
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
Ok so I was running taboonay 3.0d and I thought I'd have a go at Thor's rom. Flashed it wasn't really into it few things missing that I like in taboonay. So I then restored my back up. All hunky dory.

I then flashed a zip for scrillax v8 bootloader. It seemed to work fine, tablet boots up and rom running fine. I then tried to get to recovery and it's just not happening. Acer recovery says it cannot get root access. When I reboot I can get into the bootloader menu but none of the commands work. I can't get into the recovery menu at all no matter what I do. So then I figured I'd give Blackthund3r's root tool a go. Got everything ready on the pc including latest acer drivers. Now the tab isn't showing up on the pc either. I know some others have had similar problems but no solution was found in the other threads and considering that I probably screwed up badly somewhere along the way I thought I'd start this thread where you can all point out my ignorance and stupidity without bothering anyone else :silly:

Any help?
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
Any advice at all would be great, I have reinstalled drivers for tab but still no go! I'm on a old xp pro laptop. Everything else connects to the usb port and the cable is working fine
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
If you can't get to Recovery, you will need to reflash that.

But first thing is first. And that's the driver issue.

With the tab plugged into the PC, go to Device Manager, and see if it reflects there. If not, you will probably have to reload the drivers. You have a choice, which is the Acer Driver installation, or you can try the Google USB Android drivers. Generally I have had not much luck letting windows search the PC, so I usually install them manually. You can either;

a. Direct device manager to look in a specific folder for the google drivers, or;

b. In Device Manager, when you choose update drive, use "select from list" and see if the acer drivers show up there.

Generally, when you install the acer drivers, you should "right" mouse click the install file and select "run as administrator".

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
Thanks md will give it another go

My device manager has no option for select from list or update drive, just scan for new hardware. Nothing shows up for acer.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Ok, now I run Win 7. But XP should be similar.

Are you saying in device manager, you do not have a device with an exclamation mark when you plug the tab in???

If you do, then right click the exclamation mark, select properties. Then the Tab "driver". Next, select "update driver". Then, "browse my computer for drivers". You should get the option to "select from a list".

If your PC does not detect the tablet at all when you plug it in, then it';s a different issue. It's what we call a USB Brick. At first guess. Usually easy to fix on the 500.

Can you start your tablet in APX mode? hold the pin reset, press and hold pwr. Count to 3, and release pwr, then 1 second later, release the pin reset. You should have a black screen with the pwr lite on.

I'm thinking you might want to do the manual flashing of the bootloader + 1.7.3 recovery. Obviously the bootloader V8 flashed, or it wouldn't work at all. Civato has instructions for manual flashing of the bootloader and recovery. Note that I HOPE you wrote down your UID number somewhere. As you will need to convert it to the SBK.

MD

EDIT. One more note. When you boot to the bootloader menu, in your case, probably the only option that will work is "fastboot mode". When you select it, the menu should go away, and it should say "fastboot mode". Then plug into PC and see if windows detects it in device manager. If so, you can fastboot a recovery image to it. Note, that for fastboot to work, you must have the Android SDK installed on your PC. Because you will have to run the fastboot commands from a command window. But for now, check to see if you get to fastboot mode on the tablet.

Sorry I can't spend a lot of time, as it';s late in moscow. Job tomorrow. But Skirlaz_CZ can give you the commands to fastboot a recovery in his bootloader thread.
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
Thanks MD I can get into fastboot mode so I'll try that one first. I didn't write and numbers down unfortunately. I was following a thread on tegraowners to install the bootloader which made no mention of making records( I'm a simpleton that needs to be led by the nose)

I appreciate your input :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Ouch! No UID numbers. That hurts. Look in your old CWM recovery backups (if you have) on your EXT SD Card. If you were at one time running a more recent version of CWM, You might have them in the recovery folders. The more recent recovery programs in the backup folders, it's called UID.txt. You have to have this if you use NVFlash. No way around that.

With Fastboot, you don't need it, as you will fastboot the recovery image. If successful, that should allow you to boot to recovery, and flash one of the custom roms. Make sure you do your wipes as in the Rom install instructions. I use CWM 1.7.3 (I've been too busy to try EZTerry's or the TWRP versions. But CWM works good so far.

If not, well, there;s always the update.zips to get a stock ICS on your tab.

Either way, we'll get you running, so don't worry. Just takes a little time between time zones, work, and family ;)

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
You're not wrong there! I'm doing the whole ikea/home improvement thing with the family today. I'll try the fastboot later

Again I really appreciate the help. :D