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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrscope:
Hi!

I've the same problems.

My phone has a srange behavior... Often can't ormat partitions, can't mount them, but after few retries i can manage it. And it's totally random..

You think is a software memory or a damaged memory ?

I never can't restore a nandroid backup because it give me an error restoring system partition.

Any ideas ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sixdaysandy:
I've found a sort of work around. It appears to only be recoveries that use an ICS kernel that give me issues, so I loaded Doom's Advance Stock GB Kernel onto the phone and the recovery on that works flawlessly everytime. (it also has better features than regular CWM Recovery)

All the ICS kernel's that I tried will always successfully back up and restore the boot partition, so I use them to do that. Then restore DoomKernel (advanced restore, restore boot) then do all my backups, restores, and flashing with DooMRecovery. Then you can tidy everything up by moving the ICS Kernel BootPartion image into the DooMRecovery system/data backup folder, then insert the boot.img line from the checksum MD5 file at the start of the ICS MD5 file into the DooMRec MD5 file. (so you have all the correct files in the same folder, with the correct MD5 sum for each of the images in the folder). Then you can do a restore via DoomRecovery if you ever need to.

I grant you it's a bit messy and if the timestamps don't work properly a little confusing, but it does do the job, and it means you can easily swap between ROM's on the go.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] GaardenZwerch:
I had the same thing last week, couldn't restore a backup form CWM (on Xperia S/FXP CM10 207). Formatting cache and system 'manually' in CWM also failed. /data was OK.

I ended up formatting from adb (mkfs.ext2 -T ext4 /dev.... ) and mounting the partitions through CWM. Then I untarred the different partitions of my CWM-backup and everything was fine.

Is this a problem of CWM or my phone, or ...?

Thanks

Frank
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] schumifer1:
I am having the exact same issue. I cannot -ever- format the cache . So every restore attempt ends in error.

I have rooted stock .55 , with locked bootloader.

Did anybody ever found a fix for this.

I have read the other recovery option but it requires kernel changing and possibly unlocked bootloader.

I created a thread with my issues, here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2163141
[Off-topic] AlwaysDroid:
Hey guys, i am interested in knowing how to decompile videos, most mp4's into their individual frames. I tried almost all of the programs online and none of them work for me, and i was wondering if anyone here knew.

Thanks!
[Off-topic] StormMcCloud:
You try Adobe Premiere Pro?
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
Are you saying you want to convert videos into individual picture files such as jpgs, pngs, etc.?
[Off-topic] iok1:
That's what i think he meant. I've been trying to find that too.

Sent from my Sensational phone
[Off-topic] AlwaysDroid:
Yes. ^^ cause we all know here that videos are individual frames, and when played at 30 per second, makes a smooth video. So I just want a program that will split the video into the frames that make it up, as individual files such as JPGs, PNGs etc

And I will try adobe premier, thanks for the suggestion.
[Off-topic] veeman:
With After Effects CS5 you can take the video and render it as a PNG sequence or JPEG sequence. I think that's what you're looking for.

I believe it's possible with Photoshop CS5/6 also.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
As well as Sony Vegas, just FYI.

Sent from my coffee pot.
[Off-topic] funnyangrykid:
U can use ULead Gif Animator.. u can save them into png's I believe.

Sent from my Incredible, very Vivid, One X'strordinary S-off HTC Rezound

http://www.speedtest.net/android/216418366.png
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
Check these out: http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm/ or http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-JPG-Converter.htm. The second program is bundled in with the program in the first link as well. It's just that the first program has a lot more goodies besides the one you're looking for.

They work great and they're free.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
The op never bothered to state what software he is currently using for video, let alone photo. He may already have something that will give him what he wants. Its up to the op to give us more info before we inundate him with software.

Sent from my coffee pot.
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
This is what he wants unless I'm missing something? He wants the video converted or split up into image files. Anyway, that software I linked is there for anyone else who's interested as well. I like it a lot and it's easy to use. :)
[Off-topic] AlwaysDroid:
Thanks for all the help! I am going to try using Sony Vegas first, I actually have it on my computer right now. If it doesn't work, I will try all the other suggestions!
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Why not just put the video on the timeline in Vegas and find the parts of the video you want stills from and save them? Just go frame by frame with the left/right arrow key and save as jpg.

Sent from my coffee pot.
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
The software I linked, you just attach the video and press a button and it just shoots out jpgs to whichever folder you want it saved to. Seems like a lot less work to me. But to each his or her own. ;)
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Yeah, Vegas does that too. My point was, if you don't want to end up with 1000s of jpgs you'll never need, you can take little extra time and jog thru the video and just save portions of it as an image sequence.

Sent from my coffee pot.
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
The program I linked you can also set the amount increments of frames(jpgs) you want outputted. Not bad for a free program. ;)

Well, it's up to him decide I would think. Whichever method we prefer ultimately doesn't matter.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
He said he already has Vegas. Made more sense to me that he stays in his NLE instead of jumping to a third party program to do something he could easily do with what he has.:p

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[Off-topic] vanessaem:
Since when was having options a bad thing? *Sigh*...lol. :p
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
Wut?

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[Off-topic] esloudan:
Use virtualdubmod. Ull have to check how to add more codec. U can save movies frame by frame as JPEG, bmp, or PNG. Works best on avi, but adding video codecs it will use other video formats.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] option94:
Thanks. Couple things I didn't know about in that list.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ignito-nexus:
Wow, most of thing is i didn't know!

Thanks:)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elracing21:
Thanks for the list. I went thru everything and a lot of the same thing gets repeated. Must edit. Good job nonetheless.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eyecon82:
yea it keeps happening because people keep helping me add on to it, and i forget it was already listed....ill fix it soon
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vdub804:
Good list of tips been using the S3 all this time and didn't even know most of them even existed :thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] robertwind89:
This should b stickied
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] wayne2410:
Great tips just cant get the screen shot with physical buttons to work can anyone assist
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] option94:
Hold home and power.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] wayne2410:
Awesome got it thanks

SGIII

www.MobileRevolution48.com
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AxAtAx:
Not bad, some on the list were very helpful. Thanks, and to think, I thought I knew it all. heheh

Thank you.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] khanguyen519:
Omy was

Is there a shortcut to go to the top of the Page in browsers and lists other than emails? The double tap is inconvenient top.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kmdub:
Thanks for the list. A few that I didn't know about, and one specifically that I can't believe I missed. I was just lamenting the absence of a simple flashlight on the phone, and bam, the tip about the assistive light. Missed it completely. I argue that simply flashlight would have been a better choice for the name of the widget...lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jon.s.nelson:
...yeah, I think the lack of a consistent naming of basic applications (regardless of carrier...or build) should be improved.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] otariq:
is there a way to stream videos from my laptop on the s3? i enabled the media sharing on my network and it works on my samsung tv but not the phone. when i go in the video app it just says no videos found when i choose the laptop
[Fascinate General] abcs1:
I have my Fascinate backed up with Titanium Backup. There are a couple apps that are backed up that are no longer on the market. One is the ESPN Mobile app. How would I go about getting the app from my fascinate onto my Nexus 7? Thanks.
[Fascinate General] abcs1:
Anyone?
[Fascinate General] mezster:
Restore the app to your SD card, plug into PC via USB mass storage, copy it to your desktop, plug in nexus 7 and transfer. May need root explore to install it and set permissions.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] prachall:
i'm trying to unlock my dinc2 and have been unsuccessful at doing so. i'm trying to avoid paying somebody to do it because i'd like to figure out how to do myself so i can do it again in the future. i've found very limited info on the dinc2 as far unlocking, and would greatly appreciate any help or advice. does anyone know if android terminal emulator works for this phone to retrieve the MSL number? also, does it have to be rooted to retrieve the MSL number? i'm trying to use qpst and so far from what i've read, i must have the msl number to set it up in qpst. am i headed in the right direction at least?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] iiandskater:
Now here's tutorial on how to put any PNG image as notification pulldown background.. :o

Here I'm using lidroid's modified SystemUI, should work on other stock based SystemUI

First you need to decompile your SystemUI.apk

Open res/values/drawable.xml with any good xml editor (here I'm using NP++)

Delete this line:

<item type="drawable" name="notification_tracking_bg">#xxxxxxxx</item>

the #xxxxxxxx value maybe vary in each ROM, just delete the whole line ;))

Save

Prepare your desired .png file, can be opaque or transparent, and can be in any size/dimension (the system will resize it to match the screen)

Rename it to notification_tracking_bg.png and put it in res/drawable-hdpi

Recompile your SystemUI.apk, push to your phone and you are.......

Done !! :cool:

The result will be looked like these :

Good luck.. ;)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Oohhlala:
when i finished modifying and pushed the new systemui.apk to my phone, i lost my statusbar. which step i was wrong in ? i'm using JJ rom. Need your help to do this guide course im' very like this mod.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Overdose1986:
Jellybread v2 ROM systemUI.apk doesnt need to be modified, only change the background png, but thanks anyway
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Did you just recompile and push? Or did you do something between those?
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Oohhlala:
recompile then using winrar to extract .arsc file and add it back to recompiled apk with " store" option, copied to sdcard and using rootexplorer to move to system/app, reboot and lost the statusbar:(
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
You need to make sure the new apk is signed. Easiest way of doing this is copy the META-INF folder from the original into the new one.

Android won't run unsigned apps, you see.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Oohhlala:
use winrar to add META folder ? which option of " compression method " have to chose ? " store " is right ?

when i dit it again, after modified i tried to compile but i had got this error ? can you tell me what wrong with me ? thanks :)
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] CONdemmedNORmal:
I'm able to do everything right up to recompile I always come up with an error could somebody help :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] iiandskater:
Now here's tutorial on how to put any PNG image as notification pulldown background.. :o

Here I'm using lidroid's modified SystemUI, should work on other stock based SystemUI

First you need to decompile your SystemUI.apk

Open res/values/drawable.xml with any good xml editor (here I'm using NP++)

Delete this line:

<item type="drawable" name="notification_tracking_bg">#xxxxxxxx</item>

the #xxxxxxxx value maybe vary in each ROM, just delete the whole line ;))

Save

Prepare your desired .png file, can be opaque or transparent, and can be in any size/dimension (the system will resize it to match the screen)

Rename it to notification_tracking_bg.png and put it in res/drawable-hdpi

Recompile your SystemUI.apk, push to your phone and you are.......

Done !! :cool:

The result will be looked like these :

Good luck.. ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Oohhlala:
First I like your guide and i tried to do follow that, but i need your help. Can you explain more cleary, i used apk manager to de-compile systemui.apk then copied to sd and used Root explorer to move it to system/app and set permission 6-4-4 and then reboot phone, But when the phone started, i lost my notification and got alert mess com.adroid.systemui stopped. Force close :(

p/s sorry for my poor english :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinxuSx:
This is a very simple and quick guide to show you how to format your external SD Card to FAT32. It took me a total of about 4 minutes from start to finish to format my 64 GB SD Card to FAT32. The main benefit of this is that your SD Card will now be recognized in CWM. I could not get Windows to format my SD Card by itself, which I was I use the program mentioned below.

Step 1: Download and Install EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition

http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html

Step 2: Insert your SD Card into your computer with SD Card reader and open up the partition program

Step 3: On the main screen you should see your SD Card. Right Click and select format partition. Put in Partition Label (Optional), Select FAT32, and select a cluster size. The smaller the cluster size, the less wasting there is of disk space. I chose 4kb. Then Click "Ok"

Step 4: The Format will go into Pending Operations. Now click "Apply"

Step 5: Profit! Your card should now be FAT32.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Chengdu Yiwo Tech Development or their programs. I am also not responsible for anything that may happen as a result of this guide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Also you can just use this simple tool: fat32format
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I have refrained from doing this to my 64 gig card because IIRC doesn't FAT32 prevent you from saving any file over 4 gigs??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
you're fine with exFAT as long as you don't want to flash a CM/AOSP based rom. Otherwise, you're just going to end up with a corrupt sdcard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
That is correct however you might want to read this article: Team Epic: Why not exFAT?

Also CWM and TWRP can't read your SD Card properly until you format it to Fat32.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I realize that, but I have movie RIPs that are over 4 gigs, so I just let CWM write to the internal storage & then back it up to my PC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
As of this moment, unfortunately, CWM doesn't support internal storage. There is one alpha build out there version 6.0.1.0 that I haven't tried yet, but so far every other version up to 5.8.4.9 either doesn't work properly or doesn't have an option for internal memory. In that case you may want to switch to TWRP and just use the internal storage there if you want to keep exFAT on your external SD Card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
huh? Every version I've installed was able to access the "internal sdcard". Backup/Restore works fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
What version are you on now? Try choosing to flash a zip file, anytime I have done that it errored out and went back, wouldn't let me read the partition. The only exception is version 5.8.4.9 non-touch which uses the external SD card as it's only memory option and even then you still need to reformat it as FAT32 to get it working. So far, no version of official CWM has supported internal SD card at all, the default was always external but only started working with 5.8.4.9.

EDIT: Just checked CWM 6.0.1.0 is the first version that not only shows options for both the internal and the external memory, but also works with both as well. But upon further checking it's not official CWM either, just CWM-based.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
The version I'm using (5.8.4.9) works just fine with the internal storage, I use it all the time & have done 3-4 restores from it also with no problem,

It also installs zips just fine, I do it all the time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
I'm using the kexec cwm right now listed as 6.0.0.8. Can't remember the other version number but it was the one included in the original root thread. Also didn't have an issue with the touch based kexec cwm that was linked with the first cm9 rom. Only errors related to flashing a zip file I've seen were corrupt downloads or flashing a kexec rom on a noncompatible cwm. Haven't tried the official one through rom manager but I tend to avoid that app anyways.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Just to make sure I wasn't imagining things, I just restored a CWM BU made two days ago from my internal storage (I figured worst case scenario I have to start over with all my apps)

The restore worked perfectly & it is definitely coming from the internal storage as CWM does not see my 64 gig card at all.

There is no way I am going to format a 64 gig card to a file system that limits me to under 4 gigs in file size, half the reason I bought that card was so I didn't have to worry about large file size.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
I find it very interesting that CWM is giving you an option for internal SD card. Please tell me which version you are using and the exact words you see. Perhaps a photo? I just flashed 5.8.4.9 non-touch and I see no such option for internal SD card. The only memory option there goes directly to my external SD card without even asking.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I am using (5.8.4.9) non-touch version.

I could care less if its touch or non-touch or what it looks like as long as it works.

Mine has been backing up to the internal memory /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup by default & never gives me the option to do it anywhere else.

When I first installed it, I was pissed that it didn't detect my 64 gig card not realizing at the time it was because of the file system.

I tried to find an option to BU to the card, but there was no way to choose it. At that point, I figured who cares really as long as it works.

I flashed the root66 ROM & immediately made a BU. I then restored it to make sure it worked before I went any further.

It worked fine, so from then on every few days I copied the BU's to my PC & didn't worry about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Wow, I feel like a complete idiot. Apparently (and I have no idea how this happened) but my SD card got cloned onto my internal storage. So actually what's happening is that CWM 5.8.4.9 is by default to internal storage and in fact doesn't give you an option for external SD card at all. CWM-based 6.0.1.0 that I linked finally shows and works with both and so does TWRP but only when you format to FAT32. So ignore that I said CWM doesn't see internal storage, that was in fact it's default this whole time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Format Int or Ext SD?

I fell upon this thread for 2 reasons

1. Insufficient memory downloading apps from GPStore ( 9/16GB Remaining on SD + 9/16GB Remaining on Enternal + 600MB Remaining on System)

-- I dont understand why that is happening.?!?!?

2. Is it neccesary to Format the Enternal memory (16GB)?

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@open1your1eyes0,

so what you are saying is:

- its NORMAL to see CWM in both Internal and External SD? Therefore, it does not matter which CWM I use to flash a ROM? CWM 6.x.x.x vs CWM Touch 5.x.x.x vs TWRP?

Like right now I am copying all my internal storage to my PC & external storage card(merging)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Only CWM 6.x.x.x will see both where as CWM 5.x.x.x will see only internal memory. But even if you use CWM 6.x.x.x, to work with external SD card it has to only be formatted in FAT32.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
do we have to format the internal memory? only the external - fat32, correct!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Can't format it even if you wanted (device limitation) so yes, correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Thanks!

Also I followed thread using GScript to enable/disable MSU so that your PC will only read the External SD and not both Ext/Int Storage.

---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1785243

One last question .. have you encountered "insufficient storage" while downloading an app? I manually pushed my apps2sd using TiBu and Links2SD and was still getting the same error. any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
You may have to return to MTP Mode as soon as you're finish to mount it back on the phone. Some people have issues until the remount it back as MTP Mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Ok via Gscripts put it back to MTP Mode > reboot > play store > "insufficient storage"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] open1your1eyes0:
Hmm...never seen that issue before. You may want to check out your storage and application lists. And just FYI I cannot guarantee anything on custom ROMs. That was only confirmed on stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kuntri:
Ok,

- deleted all folders from internal storage

- fat32 external sd card storage

- provisioned

- reFlashed ROM

- everything is working now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] edif30:
save images to external SD card by default

Is there an option to save images taken with the camera app to save directly to the external SD card? I am running CM10 at the moment.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pkumar_s:
Hi Experts,

I got this phone ATT Skyrocket S2 which said its rooted (custom ROM) and unlocked When i plug in my T Mobile, the phone boots without asking for any sim unlock pin. I believe that its unlocked ?

But i dont see any signals from T Mobile.

Below is the information,

Model Number = SGH-i727

Android Version= 4.0.4

Radio Version==I727UCLD2

Kernel Version=3.0.8-perf-gcc015d1

Build Number=IMM76I

Chimera Version =ChimeraVsSkyrocket_RC2.

I dont see any msg after typing *#SIMLOCK# as well. Please help how to get this phone work with T Mobile or any GSM carrier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
You aren't using a T-Mobile radio
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pkumar_s:
Hi Can you please let me know how which version of radio that will work with T Mobile or Simple mobile sim. Appreciate your reply. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
goto the first link in my sig and go to the radio section, also in the mod section theres a link to a thread about using tmobile
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pkumar_s:
Hey,sorry can you please let me know if i can just update the radio version ? any instructions on this. Doing this for the first time.

Just want this phone to work on T Mobile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
You would just wipe cache and dalvik cache and flash the radio in cwm. You can flash the radio twice to make sure it sticks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scythe024:
Seems like whenever I haven't opened this app in awhile, it gives me a error. The error is something along the lines of folder missing them it has to redownload every email in my account. Has anyone else had this issue or figured out a fix for it yet?