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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
flashing never wipes anything. you do.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
Personally I think it depends how the scripts were wrote, but Odin does not wipe anything unless repartition...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
right, I've just never seen a ROM that wipes data by default
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyblake:
You must have hit wipe... no other way for sure. :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hazzul:
Some custom ROMs with latest unofficial builds can wipe your data so beware and check the relative documentation before doing so :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystical80:
Thanks!!! Just checking before rooting S3. When I had HTC I had problems. Just switched to S3 from HTC
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] himorasi:
Always remember to backup your rom and your files so you dont have to be afraid of losing any data or bootloops;)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kuota:
Hello!

I'm looking for a unbranded stock rom for the HTC Trophy which supports chinese language.

Does anyone know where to get such a rom?

I only found the branded roms from ansar.

Thank you very much in advance.

Br

Daniel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smoothiex:
I downloaded ES File Explorer and it works great. However when Im away from my Wifi I would still like to connect to my home network using 4g if need be. I do not want to use Dropbox, All share but would like to somehow use ES File Explorer with the FTP option. Are there any recommendations you guys have or any apps?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamie2002uk:
Try smart ftp I'm sure it's still free or better yet what version of windows are you running u could just enable iis
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d4fseeker:
That's what vpn is for.

Many routers support Vpn Server capabilities out of the box. And even if yours does not, there is a high chance DD-Wrt can run on it.

Alternativerly you'd need to keep your computer running with a vpn-server on it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamie2002uk:
3or4 clicks on windows 7 u have a fully functional ftp server I have dd-wrt on my router but you would still need the pc on to access your files do it all on one box
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smoothiex:
My router doesn't support it, but I can get DD-WRT on it. However I will be getting better router soon (Asus RT-n66u) which should have it on there. Thanks for the help guys.

Also is there a app you can get to control your PS3 from your phone using bluetooth?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Sergent D:
I have a strange problem using A2DP with non-stock ROMs. Basically, the device will pair and the music player will start playing the track but no sound comes out. This happens with all apps except for the Apollo player that comes with the ROM. I can get audio on another ROM to temporarily play on another app if I use the search function within Apollo but it stops the audio after exactly 5 seconds (although on the app the playback continues). I think it is somehow related to BlueZ because I had this problem on my old phone (G2X) as well. If I use a ROM based on stock everything is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss2:
I took the plunge today and flashed my first JB ROM today. (I was previously running BAMF Paradigm v1.3).

This morning, I flashed CWM 6.0.0.5 (not the touch version), and then flashed BAMF You Jelly Huh v2.1

Everything went very smoothly, it boots up quickly, JB is awesome, etc, etc...

So, with Root Explorer, I see that there is now this folder:

/storage/sdcard0

From reading a lot in the past week or so (both here and at rootzwiki), I know that this is the new actual location of our internal SD card. And the /sdcard folder really just points to this new location.

However, I also still have the old /data/media folder. From what I can tell in Root Explorer, the /data/media folder is identical to the new /storage/sdcard0 folder. However, I'm assuming that the data hasn't really been duplicated, and all three folders all contain a single copy of the same files.

Is that correct?

If so, what exactly is the differences between /storage/sdcard0 and /data/media? Should I just leave them both? Should I delete the older /data/media folder? Or would that delete everything on my internal SD card?

Thanks in advance for any clarification you can provide.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cilraaz:
/sdcard is indeed a symbolic link to /storage/sdcard0, which is the new sdcard data location and mounted on /dev/fuse. It's likely there for backward compatibility. If I had to guess, /data/media looks like a bind mount of /storage/sdcard0, though I have no idea why they would use a bind mount instead of a symbolic link if it were only for backward compatibility. It's not listed as being a mount point when issuing the mount or df commands, though. I guess I'll dig around for an fstab entry.

Edit: It looks like there's an explanation in the init.tuna.rc file. /data/media is created. Later in the file, a "virtual SD card" is created via a service:

service sdcard /system/bin/sdcard /data/media 1023 1023
class late_start

Per the code comments:

# create virtual SD card at /storage/sdcard0, based on the /data/media directory
# daemon will drop to user/group system/media_rw after initializing
# underlying files in /data/media will be created with user and group media_rw (1023)

So the actual physical storage place is still /data/media. /storage/sdcard0 is a "virtual" SD card. /sdcard and /mnt/sdcard are symbolic links of /storage/sdcard0.

At this point, my big question is... why?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss2:
Cilraaz - thanks for your detailed reply. We still don't know why the new /storage/sdcard0 folder was created, but at least we're a little closer.

Anyone else have anything to add?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss2:
Does anyone else have any other thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boomer13:
I wonder if this has something to do with the problem some people are having where the available space in internal storage isn't adding up properly. For example, I have 13.33GB total space, 4GB of used space, and 3.21GB of available space.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
I'd guess that the virtual sdcard exists because /data/media is part of an ext# partition, so they use fuse filesystem and virtual sdcard to make it look like fat to apps, many of which don't understand ext# filesystems.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fabriciouerj:
External_sd

In my vold.fstab, now I have the following to my External SD:

dev mount sdcard1 /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/plataform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1

How can I remap the external SD card back to /sdcard/external_sd ?

Is it in the vold.fstab file?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cilraaz:
1. Why would you want to?

2. Safest bet would probably be a symbolic link from /storage/sdcard1 to /sdcard/external_sd. If you're doing it as a hard mount and it tries to mount /sdcard/external_sd before everything happens with /data/media, /storage/sdcard0, /mnt/sdcard, and /sdcard, you'll end up with some nastiness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HowardPau:
write to /mnt/sdcard or fail on /storage/sdcard0 ?

This is making me nugging futz !

just trying to save a picture in an app - same code works fine in os < Jellybean (JB)

m_sFilePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() ;

= /mnt/sdcard in os < JellyBean (JB)

but /storage/sdcard0 in JB

as others here have noted.

However - and this is where it gets me - append a file name with a leading slash and the slash is there in os < JB, but gets trimmed out (somehow?) in JB ! e.g.

/mnt/sdcard/MyFile.bmp

VS

/storage/sdcard0MyFile.bmp

Tests use EXACTLY the same code ! Tests run on 2.3.3, and several versions of 4.x

So is /storage/sdcard0 actually a C, null terminated string and the null has been turned into a char 0 ? The '0' is counted in length() call, but fails on write --- or should I not use the sym link and go straight to /mnt/sdcard ? Can the app write to that path without special permissions, etc ?

thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
*sigh* *frakkin necrobumping*

the issue you're describing...relates to an app, not really to the mount list/android fstab :|

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/android-developers would be a better place, IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HowardPau:
Not necrobumping, more like "living dead bumping" :p - I searched extensively first on Stack Overflow, and the google forum you mention above, then came here to XDA, based on a suggestion two days ago in S.O. *THIS* thread, despite it being old, is the closest match and my question / comment clearly relates: it is a File Access problem, is it not ?

So how about a useful suggestion - do you know the difference between ~/sdcard and ~/sdcard0 ?

Why does writing to storage/sdcard work, but to storage/sdcard0 fail, if they are sym-links to the same place. Clearly, the are not - or at least not at the time my app attempts to write to it, which should be long after mounting has happened.

:D

and for you SDcard DeadHeads - the obvious search is "sdcard0 path", which as I mentioned does not yield the info needed:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/android-developers/sdcard0$20path
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vfan23:
Enough complaining about 'necrobumping'. Bringing these threads back is much better than overflowing with new threads. I feel that this is a good reason to bump an old thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HowardPau:
Thank you Vfan23 - this is exactly what I was thinking - seemed more appropriate to tie into old info (that, I claim, is not really old, just odd).

Here's more of what I've determined, but have not solved yet:

* JellyBean requires

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

( or READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE if that's all you need ).

* Trim off the " 0 " in /storage/sdcard0 and append your file name to the result and some folks claim it works:

/storage/sdcard/MyFile.foo

Still have not tested if writing directly to /mnt/sdcard (in JB) fails or not ... will let you know.

thanks

- H
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gnustomp:
I wonder why xda mods don't close necro'd threads...tell me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vfan23:
Because sometimes questions aren't answered.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HowardPau:
Samsung non-standard use of Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()

This relates not only to this thread, but all others referring to

Samsung devices using sdcards

- of which there are many threads.

Samsung has implemented a non-standard API (I claim they broke the interface :p )

Samsung says you have to append more to the path - AND that you "must test for Samsung specific devices" before doing this:

String external = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

external = external + "/external_sd/";

(Sorry, I'm still a <10 post NOOB, so here's the raw link)

developer.samsung.com/forum/board/thread/view.do?boardName=GeneralB&messageId=162934&messageNumber=1381&startId=zzzzz~&searchType=TITLE&searchText=sdcard

But if you get "sdcardX" where X is 0 - 9, then it fails (at least for me on several sam. devices using JB). I ask them in that link about how to fix this ... too soon for a reply.

- H
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hybris95:
If you delete files from /data/media they dont disappear from /storage/sdcard0 nor from the MTP file explorer.

So I guess /storage/sdcard0 is used for different virtual services like MTP.

After rebooting my smartphone, the data was not there anymore (refresh MTP explorer to be sure).

And after going on adb shell, the data had disappeared from /storage/sdcard0

So the real data is probably on /data/media and no /storage/sdcard0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] redman9:
Note i717 on ICS perf UCLE2.....some apps don't appear in Playstore (they did on GB, and yes, they are up on ICS phones), and I'm trying to "clear cache and data" under "settings/apps/all/Playstore and Google framework" as directed in another similar thread....BUT, in this ROM, settings/apps gives my a list of apps under three tabs..."DOWNLOADED" "ON SD CARD" AND "RUNNING". There is no "ALL". Scroll down and find GOOGLE PLAY STORE and clear data and cache....but there is no GOOGLE FRAMEWORK. Not under any of the APPS tabs. Anyone have any ideas? Twice I have been told...go to settings/apps/all (there IS no "all") and clear data and cache for google play store (done) and Google framework...(ain't there). Who can tell me more than those lovely folks?

Thanks in advance peeps......I am very appreciative of your time and effort.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Try scrolling to the right or left on the top tab. Maybe the "All" button is hidden from view. Just a thought. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] redman9:
Thanks Froid...I feel stupid. OK, did that, went and cleared data on both PS and Framework and went back to playstore app and now hitting playstore opens a screen saying "server error" Retry. So....NOW what's wrong? Should I reflash the Gapps rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Simple reboot should do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] redman9:
Thanks gents...sorry for the newb queries.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sjr19:
Hey guys, I am using my S3 to USB tether to my computer, for two reason:

1. My wireless card is ****ting the bed

2. I get great speeds from it to the computer through my home wifi.

That being said, has anyone had experience with getting tasker to detect the usb charging state (i know how to get there), and then:

1. Unlock the screen

2. Open the settings menu for Wireless and Networks // or turn on USB tether?

The profile i tried says "Warning: Action USB Tether failed", but manually activating it works just fine.

Just curious, thanks!
[General Topics] Python.:
What do you guys think? Which phone is better? The HTC has much better hardware but the Nexus will be supported for longer. I will be getting the phone on contract and the prices are nearly the same. So, which one would you suggest without considering the price? Also, which phone apart from the Samsung S3 is the best at the moment?

Python.
[General Topics] Rapydax:
They both don't have sd-card slots. But almost everything except software on the HTC is better.

I would personally go for the Nexus just because of the software and ROM development.

Best phone hmm maybe the One X as well?
[General Topics] Python.:
The card slot is annoying but I can live with it.

You say the One X is the 'best phone' and is better in all ways apart from software, but you would still go with the Nexus? Couldn't the ROM development and software catch up? Also, for how long will the HTC be updated in your opinion? I know the Nexus will be updated for at least one more year but what about the HTC?
[General Topics] lowandbehold:
The One X will get Jellybean, but that might be it. I personally feel like the One X is the best phone on the market...better than the SGSIII. I still would get a Nexus. Android is made and optimized for the Nexus, so you are going to get great performance on the slightly worse hardware. Paired with a development community that is second to none..I think that is the best choice.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Closed

Please check Q&A section there are many threads with similar topic
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TokedUp:
I don't why my SGS3 to tell me how loud I should listen to my music. Is there any way to get rid of this? I think it's ridiculous.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Heisenberg420:
My main beef with the notification LED is that it blinks way to slowly, i have to stare at it for like 10 seconds to see if i have a text or not.

Light flow appears to not be compatible, as it causes the LED to be solid green whenever my screen is off (even if there's no notification), and Light manager partially works, (does not blink, and color is off)

Are there any other apps out there? I really just want to make it blink faster (frequency control)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dave the Knave:
Yours blinks? Mine stays on solid when I have any sort of notification. (Missed call, text, email, voicemail, etc...)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Heisenberg420:
hmm strange, u have stock at&t galaxy s3?

i'd never want mine to stay solid, i'd imagine there would be a significant drop in brightness after a few months, especially if i got a notification after i went to bed and it were on all night.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dave the Knave:
Yupp, all stock. And LEDs don't normally get dimmer until they are about to actually go out. Which takes a long long time. It's not like an incandescent lightbulb.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrRobinson:
when i miss an email mine is solid green. miss a kik message solid purple. miss text message blinks blue.

I didn't configure any of this and can't even see how to.... I thought the system just was realizing different apps notify and changing it up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Heisenberg420:
interesting, my LED flashes blue for every type of notification, it just flashes like once every 8 seconds, which is just too slow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GenericAsianGuy:
Mine is solid as well, red when charging, blue for emails, and purple for almost everything else. I have a white phone as well.

If there are multiple notifications, it will pulsate through the different colours.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dave the Knave:
You can change the settings in Kik to get one of like 3 colors I think. I have mine set to white in Kik and it actually does come out white. I think the other two that work are red and blue. Pretty sure green is the only one that doesn't work.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] goodwidp:
So I'm definitely going to purchase a case for my S3 as it tends to be a bit slippery at times and I'm terrified of shattering the screen. However, I also plan to get a car dock and these 2 decisions are directly related to each other (for me anyways) so I'm just looking for opinions or advice from anyone else in a similar situation. Basically, I have narrowed it down to two different options for me:

1- Get a thinner/TPU style case and use the Infuse Car Dock.

I like the idea of using a custom car dock as it looks neater, in my opinion, though they wont work with a case so I would need to get a thinner case that can easily and repeatedly be removed and put back on several times a day, when I'm placing it in the car dock, without losing it's form or grip on the phone. After looking around on these forums, I think I would go with the Diztronic Matte Back Black TPU Case (mentioned in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726922) as it seems to offer decent drop protection and can still be easily removed for use with the car dock.

2- Get a thicker case and use universal car dock.

If I went this route, I would get something similar to the Otterbox Commuter, Incipio Dual Pro, or Seidio Active/Surface case as I feel they would offer superior drop protection to the thinner style Diztronic case mentioned above. However, those cases are not really meant for constant removal so I would have to go with a universal car dock (most likely the Exomount). The exomount is a great looking dock and has pretty solid reviews and even though I prefer the look and functionality of a custom dock, I would be willing to sacrifice that if it meant keeping my phone much more secure.

Is there anyone else in a situation similar to this? Can the Diztronic offer decent protection against drops or is it mainly just for protecting the back of the phone? Is there anyone who uses a Exomount car dock with a larger case? I'm just looking for personal opinions from anyone else who may have gone with one of the methods I mentioned above. Thanks very much.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chmodbot:
I have the infuse car dock ( love it ) and I have the the incipio case which is very easy to take the device out and put back in every day.

http://www.amazon.com/Incipio-SA-30...=1342720597&sr=8-1&keywords=incipio+galaxy+s3

I take it out every day / time I get in my car to drive and put in my dock and not a pain at all.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] the_buzz_man:
I went with the exomount because I am planning on getting the otterbox defender soon.

Look at the bottom of this page for some pics and description for what I did:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28677574#post28677574

Working great so far.......I can vouch for that exomount. I stuck it on my dash three weeks ago and it hasn't shown any sign of coming off. I had my doubts of it holding up in this SW Louisiana heat, but it has both surprised and impressed me so far.

the_buzz_man
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KiraLynB:
I was considering getting the Trident Kraken AMS case just so I could use the car mount accessory that came with it. You might want to check it out.. but now I am confused about whether I need the phone to go into dock mode with the pc board or if the ap I downloaded on its own can do that.. it seems like it, but maybe its only because I am trying it for a few minutes at a time.

Can't link to the kraken because I don't have 10 posts yet. I somehow lost my other forum account.

They said on their facebook page that it will be coming out next week.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] the_buzz_man:
Not sure about the app you are talking about, but I just discovered an app called car widget that allows you to setup one of your home pages to look like car dock mode. This will negate the need to have that PC board to trip the mode. For me, however, I like having to only plug one cable in to both charge and output audio to my car stereo. The basic car widget app is free by the way.

the_buzz_man
[Galaxy S III Accessories] goodwidp:
I ended up ordering the Infuse Dock along with a Diztronic Black Matte Back case. The case is very flexible and shouldn't take more than a few seconds to remove/put back on so I can live with having to do that when I want to use my dock. Nice thing is the dock was only 18$ (half-price on AT&T website) and I could always return it to the local AT&T store here if I absolutely hate it. I'll try to post some pics of the dock and/or case when I receive them if anyone would like.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] AxelRoldos:
It, like, undulates to the beat, which is cool but I'm sure uses a ton of battery. How do I turn this off?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] aamon17:
Go to Settings --> Sounds turn off AutoHaptic
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] AxelRoldos:
Thank you! I was like, wtf? I listen to heavy music, so it was making my phone go crazy lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iandmacdonald:
Ended up bricking my phone using Lazy Panda, and could not even get it to power on. It was taking too long to d/l Ubuntu, so, I decided that in the time it would take me to get it all going, I could jump over to BB and utilize my black tie protection and swap it out, lol. And now, a new Evo to play with. Guess I'll wait for a safer s-off method.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swaze:
Windows? Mac? What were you using? Were you S-On or S-off? Unlocked by HTC or another method.

I was Htc unlocked, S-On and used lazy panda for Windows and had zero issues. Took all of about 8 mins and i was S-off. really simple.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iandmacdonald:
I am now S-off using Lazy Panda. I was Regaw unlocked, while on Mean 1.3. I tried this again using stock right after regaw unlocker and worked flawless.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Why would you run the Regaw unlocker before running LazyPanda?? LazyPanda doesn't void ur warranty like the Regaw HTC method....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dased14:
You have to have root before you can use lazypanda for s- off

Sent From My Sweet Ass EVO LTE :-P
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
Nobody uses the HTC warranty. It's pretty useless.