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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekmaster:
USB hard drive on Nexus 7

I just plugged in my 2.5-inch 1 TB USB hard drive into my Nexus 7 USB OTG. It is NTFS formatted. StickMount mounted it. I am now playing a 1080p video that is an 8GB file.

I was pleasantly surprised that the Nexus 7 supplies enough power to run the USB hard drive just fine.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T3kB0i:
Write?

While that's very impressive that the Nex7 can power the external hard drive, your scenario isn't a very viable option if you ask me. What I am looking for is fully-functional storage. There is no way currently that allows you to WRITE anything to that 1TB hard drive, am I right? You can only read. I currently have a 64GB flash drive, nice and light, and the adapter is velcroed to the back of my Nex7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HunteronX:
You should be able to use this kernel to do so, since it supports NTFS read and write:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804374
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T3kB0i:
Thank you, I'll give this a try and update in a minute.

UPDATE:

That kernel worked perfectly. It didn't automatically allow me to write to my flash drive or delete files, but I went into Paragon NTFS, unmounted, then re-mounted, and everything was super. Super as in: I can finally WRITE! =D

Thank you kindly.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fishcake21:
The internal storage for nexus 7 is indeed not fat32, one way to prove it is to use a terminal app and concat large files all together, and you will see it bypass the 4gb limit, there was one test done and there's a 6 gig file inside the internal storage for nexus 7

Nexus 7 probably used fuse to display its contents on other oses, like windows or even macosx, using the universal file format fat32 to make it an easy process to mount stuff.

So unless there is a way to bypass and write to the storage natively, otg and a usb stick is another method...

No FTP or wifi xfers, too slow for a large mkv file :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bizdady:
So is this an old issue? I just picked up an N7 and transferred a 5gig file to mess around and it plays just fine.

:confused:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalwraith:
4 GB for one movie... good lord. What are you watching? Watchmen considering that's long as hell and drawn out... lol
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafadm:
my ultimate cut of watchmen has 48gb, 1 mkv nonlossy video from blurry + dtshd track
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watchman.see:
I found this thread while searching for video size limit of Android but my dilemma is slightly different and I am not sure why I couldn't find a more elaborate discussion thread on the issue. I am talking about the size limit of the video that you are allow to capture using Android apps. I have tested it with Xperia SP and Samsung Galaxy Grand and both apps STOPPED capturing the video once the video file size reaches 4gigs, regardless of whether the storage media you are recording to is NTFS or FAT32. Is it a known built-in limit of Android OS and if it is so, anyone know of a workaround, custom mod, kernel etc that allow the capturing of video beyond that limit ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HaiPBM:
How to change bootanimation on 4.0.4 samsung roms?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortalis:
I'm not sure about ability to change BA in Sammy FW, but:

you need custom kernel and bootanimation.zip file.

When you have them, copy .zip to /system/media/, set rw-r--r-- perms, reboot.

Or use bootanimation changer for S2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HaiPBM:
This is working at CM9 rom...

But at Samsung rom .. no.

The bootanimation.zip is not in /system/media/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
I'm currently running GB El29 and am looking to update. I've done a lot of reading around the forum, the wiki, and a few other websites, and I'd just like a little bit of clarification. I figure I'd ask now, before doing anything, as opposed to asking later, after something's gone wrong.

Looking at the Wiki, I was considering updating to Calkulin's E4GT 2 v1.6, or unrooting and then waiting for the Official ICS update (it was rerolled today, apparently.) Or, to Blazer, but I'm not sure if going to the ICS version or GB version is best.

My question - The process to update - Nandroid, Flash Format All, Flash Rom, Success? I've noticed a lot of installs say to "Wipe All", and I assume that's what Flashing Format All does, correct? I just don't want to mess up - I had no problems rooting, following that guide I mentioned, and I've done a lot of reading...I just want to confirm before doing anything. I mean, I know, wipe delvic and clear cache, but Format All does that, correct?

I rooted my phone using "How to Root Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch! [NEW][SPH-D710]" rom Epic4gtouchroot.com. I'd post a link, but I've fewer than 10 posts. All I've done, outside of root, is install the Beats sound files. That's really it.

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Read this 10 times over then you should be fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1525495

If you are interested in certin roms read threw the rom post to see if people have already answerd the questions you seek. Some devs request you flash different ways so read the OP in the post of the roms you are considering

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Read this once, stay with gingerbread, try Calks E4GT V. 3.0 YOU won't regret it.

Pp.

Delivered to you via Mayan technology .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Yeah, that's what I was thinking of going with. I've read over his topic several times, and even though I'm really not a fan of the transparent notification tray, most of the included mods sound really, really useful. Thanks for the heads up.

And thank you too, jugaloo. I actually have that page bookmarked on my phone lol. I've already made several nandroid backups - I plan on making a titanium backup in a moment. My only concern now is th process from going from El29 GB to E4GT 3. Rereading that thread several times has me wondering - I download the ROM, place it on the SD, boot into recovery, clear delvic and cache, run Format all, then install the ROM, correct? I already have a nandroid backup, so in case anything here goes wrong, I can just flash the backup back on, correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
I just run the format x2 script made by ruj in the blu kuban thread. Then i follow the devs op to install. From what i see you have your feet planted and ur about to make that plunge. Id take the next step and try the flash. Id go with a different rom the the fe22 is out of date and calk has moved on. Try blu kubans rom its super stable and ita built from source. I myself like gb better.

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
I was thinking that - Calk's topic was updated in May, while blukuban was updated in February. I mean, I can always try both, right? I'd like to go with Calk's first, then try blukuban, only because BK is heavily themed. But either way, thanks!

Edit

I didn't realize the blukuban thread had updates outside of the OP. It was very recently updated. I might check that one out first.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Yes the blu kuban ics is always up todate and he is there for the people. If you want ics builds that are more stockish id aokp they have theming going on but is nice and stable. Read all of the op and there sites for correct install. Cm9 alpha 6 is also really good. Blazers rom is also really good. Those are all stockish built from source. For gb roms id go with either calks 3.0 or UnOfifcials ics gb rom. For me gb gives me most bang for battery and bandwith. Those last two roms are highly recomended. Calks is super fast stock with options for themes. Unofficial gb ics is themed lightly and is very good for battery and the animations are nice

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Alright, awesome. Waiting for my battery to finish charging (my phone reset while performing a titanium backup, and the battery life dropped from 44 to 9, so I'm getting it back up to at least 50.)

So just to recap

-

To Install

Boot to recovery

Make a NAND Backup

Wipe Phone (Format All/wipe delvic/wipe cache)

Install ROM

Right? That's what Blukuban's install requires, and Calk's doesn't have any special instructions, outside of " a wipe is recommended BEFORE flashing if coming from another ROM", which is what the Format All is for, correct?

You've been insanely helpful. Thank you so much! I'm also looking into UnOfficial (it's not on the Wiki, so I didn't really know about it until you mentioned it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Charge the bartery more. Use a wipe script dont touch the fomat that is built into the cwm while flashing a ics rom. If you use the wipe x2 script found here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25448865

U should be good. It wipes everythings even both of the caches twice. If you already have a newer nandroid id just go with that instead of making a new one everytime you flash. If possible download the roms to pc check the md5 check sums make sure they match. If they match transfer to the phone. When downloading to the phone it has a higher chance of a bad download. I try and flash at 75% battery incase of error and you have to restore a previous nandroid. If you want read this post about the eMMc bug. Most roms are safe now but some are not current.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1644364

Not trying to scare you with that last link you should know about it before hand so you know the dangers of flashing a non safe ics roms. If you have any more queations shoot. But i think your good to go

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
One more thing. Qbking27 has install video guides for 90% of the roms in the threads of the rom. Id watch those before installing that rom you want. Some times they are buried in the op. You can use them as a step by step as you install. Best if luck to you and i want a report once you get your new custom rom on your phone.

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
You got it!

I'm doing a GB build - from what I've come across, GB just gets better battery life, and I just feel more comfortable using it. At least, until the official ICS rolls out from Samsung. If that one is well received, and it's worth it, I'll unroot/wipe fresh and try it out.

That being said though, I'll use x2 then. Will it matter if I do both, just for good, measure? (Both x2 and FormatAll)

And yes, I'll be downloading to PC first, then transferring. I feel more comfortable doing it that way. I'll be doing Calk's 3.0 first, and if I don't like it, I'll try either Unofficial or BluKuban.

And once it's done charging more, and I perform the install, I'll report back, with a screenshot or two as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Just use the wipe x2 that does everything you need. Blu kubans gb rom is good but wifi is whacky. Id go with his ics build. Well your set good luck!

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Alright so, I installed it, and all is working well. It's actually a bit...erm, slow? Whenever I swipe from screen to screen on the homepage it's a bit laggish. But it works! I'll run around with it for a little while and see how it works. I'm in the process of reinstalling my older apps, updating my contacts and such.

Thanks for all of your help!

Edit

A little worried, to be honest. Some of the apps I'm trying to install is giving me the "Package file is invalid" error off of the Google Market. Dropbox, Amazon, etc. Not sure what to make of it, to be honest.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
Try and clear the cache for the market. If your using tb try to unmount the sd card if that dont work do fresh installs off the market place . Also go into recovery and clear the cache and dalvik.

UnOfficial
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Done. I cleared both caches, and so far, all of the problems I've had with the market is gone. (Dropbox didn't install on the first try, but it did after the second.)

I've replaced the default touchwiz interface with Launcher Pro (TW was running wicked slow - loads of lag with just basic scrolling) and it seems to be running well. And it's definitely saving on battery life.)

That being said, it's not really my cup of tea. I restored my contacts and such, but eh. I think I'll try UnOfficial, and if it's not better, either go back to el29 or update to official ics.

I'll likely keep this one until tomorrow. You've been such a huge help. Thank you so much.

Actually, with launcher pro replacing it, this is pretty good. I want to mess with it more. I'll run it for a few days and see how it fairs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] vinscuzzy:
Ok wait before everyone leaves, Ive got some questions too! :)

I just got my replacement(after a hard brick trying JB) and figure Id ask my questions in this thread rather than starting a new one..

1. Ive decided to odin EL29 EVERY TIME I want to flash a new rom, just to be safe. If I use CMW with EL29 and decide to try out CM9, Do I always need to flash a aokp kernel? Or is that built into the CM9 install?

2. If I like CM9, and want to make a nandroid backup of it, do I need to Odin back to EL29 first to back it up? Or is it safe to do it with the recovery that comes with CM9?

3. If the answer to #2 is yes, meaning I do have to odin back to EL29, how do I restore my backup? Let me explain:

Lets say I flash CM9, make a nandroid of CM9, then decide to try out say a different rom, like a TW rom. Then I hate the TW rom and wanna restore my backup of CM9. Do I need to ODIN back to EL29 to restore the nandroid? I read in the "how not to brick my..." thread its bad to restore a ICS rom from a GB Kernel. Can someone please explain?

Ive really, really tried to search and read as much as possible before asking, but a lot of the threads are old and have contradicting information. Sorry for being so noobish, but I dont wanna brick my new phone. I come from Evo, Evo3d, Hp Touchpad, etc, where there arent as many issues to flash customs roms. Ive rooted and flashed custom roms ever since the PPC6600, 100's of times and NEVER had a problem. Sorry, this just really confuses me for some reason!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DataHawg:
Can't help you with CM9 or AOKP because I've never tried either one. The OP was talking about launcher pro. I highly recommend Nova launcher or Apex. They are both specifically built for ICS and look and act like stock android with great customization features.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Was going to make another topic, but I thought I'd ask here first

- The notification tray in this rom (Calk 3.0) is transparent, and I'm not fond of the icons in the Notification Tray. I tried using Rom Tool Box lite to change it, but the tray won't change, no matter what I do. Does anyone know how to fix this? I've tried before - it just won't change.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
I don't mess with rom tool box. I hear good and bad things about it. If you start at page 1080 and read to the end people post new system ui's but it may theme it a little bit. They have blazers UI in there and one other one I think. I'm not sure it is transparent or not. Or even make a post in the thread about it. I know its still active and you may find your answer. Sorry I can't really help you on this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Alright, cool. Thanks a lot. You wouldn't happen to have the link to that thread, would you? I've searched, and I'm a bit lost. Sorry for the trouble.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] juggalo1300:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1332837
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IceCatraz:
Oh! I thought you were referring to a RomTool Box thread. I was searching through multiple threads related to RTB, not the rom itself.

Thanks for everything man.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UnknownFearNG:
I tried pushing a backup to my phone from my computer in CWM. I got it to appear and went to restore, but when it gave me an error while restoring /system. I then tried to just reboot into my phone and copy and paste the backup the normal way... But now it will not boot passed the Google logo!!! Can anyone help me out?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
restore the factory images, root it, install CWR, copy your backup over and then restore it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] UnknownFearNG:
Doing that now with Nexus Root Toolkit. Hope to GOD it works!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibsonflyingv:
For some reason I'm having trouble deleting nandroid backups off my N7. If I plug it in using usb, and I delete it. I can go back in and check it, its still there. Using astro, it says theres an error deleting the file. Any ideas on what to do? Its just a bit of a pain having a 1.2gb file on my 8gb n7.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibsonflyingv:
bump...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianjr1:
Flash this in CWM recovery and it should wipe ALL of your backups from the device. Make sure to offload the ones you want (including the blobs folder).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gibsonflyingv:
Thanks, really appreciate it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianjr1:
Of course! Make sure to hit the thanks button ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktiv8:
Do you guys know when will it be available in Europe ? (I live in France)

Else, do you know a good site to ship it ?

Thanks and sorry for my bad english :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vokodlok:
hm

Probably will be hard to get it in Europe and if you buy it in US you will probably pay aditional taxes
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appelflap:
According to some sites in the Netherlands it will be available in the Netherlands in September. So I guess that Europe will be getting it around September
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Last time I checked, the UK was still in Europe, and we have the Nexus 7! ;)

Regards,

Dave
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktiv8:
That's right, i saw that Simply Electronics can ship for free in France, is it reliable ?

Thanks for all your answers :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] soulhackereborn:
hello Sola Owners !!!

As discussed earlier in many posts about the updates for Xperia '12 series there is a latest update available already on Pc companion...

please check it out and upgrade accordingly !!!!

don't know the change logs cause i myself haven't upgraded (but a couple of my Friends have) due to some issues (dont know whats wrong guess unlocking bootloader issues but relocked it and repaired still cant upgrade it to .184 from .162)

here is the discussion on Sony forum itself :

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/46840

NOTE: Can please someone extract .tft file of Indian variant and upload it here cause people facing this upgrade issue will be able to flash including me !!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnaurittiello:
Hi guys,

I've a question I cannot properly answer by myself. I've searched the web but I didn't find an exhaustive answer.

I wanna use my Nexus S as WiFi router during holiday, for about one month, several hours a day. I'm concerned to possible damage that this could cause to my phone, especially due to overheating and fast battery drain.

When I tested WiFi tethering I noticed, obviously, overheating and also battery drain.

Since the phone will be probably connected to wall charger while tethering (that causes overheating itself), could the excessive heat damage something, somehow? I think I'll underclock to embank it a little, but I'm still worried..

And also the continue charghing of the battery, beside overheat, could really damage it ? :confused: :silly:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
The battery may be degraded a little bit as a result of overheating. As for the rest of the hardware, I'm not sure what the effect is on that, shouldn't be a real issue I guess. You can try to cool your phone with an icepack underneath it or something? But why not just take a wifi router with you? or make us of Ad-hoc from the laptop?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnaurittiello:
Yes, I thought about cooling the phone somehow, but it sounds weird :silly: Anyway, I'm on linux and the driver (iwl4695) of the wifi card on my laptop doesn't support AP-mode ( I need to connect more than one device to it), so I cannot use that. I would do this to avoid buying a brand new device such a MiFi, but I'm not still sure, but maybe it will be the best choice, (apart from the 50€, obviously :laugh: )
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwibis:
They're not that expensive are they? Couple of years back bought a very cheap wifi router for 20 euros... still functioning :good:But good luck with your decision;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnaurittiello:
Finally I opted for WiFi tethering. Battery is about 42-43 degrees, but it's fine for now. And it's also charging with USB, great. I'm posting this with my PC WiFi connected to the phone.:laugh:

BTW, if phone will die for this, nevermind, it will be a good reason for switch to Galaxy Nexus :silly:

Anyway, thanks for help.:good:

I ìll leave this unsolved, because even if I solved my own situation, it will be interesting read experiences of users using their phones as router for extended period of time. I'll post my own experience after holiday. :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greg2826:
ive been using wifi tet. while on my last holiday for about a week, few hrs a day, never got warm/hot when unplugged from charger, although when on charge and i was streaming videos from net , phone was warm..

if ur phone is really hot while using wifi tet, try to reflash ur rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xc8118:
Anyone know if there is any way to change handcent notifications? They have yet to put in any expandable notifications.

I love the stock messenger notifications, especially after the CM10 addition of "Additional notification action to call sender," but the messenging app is ugly and too large to be functional for me.

Combining stock notifications to handcent app would make my life sparkle like a unicorn.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MWFD:
bump
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ahmadallica:
What is the change in the notification you exactly want? :confused:

As for expandable notifications, I have it working fine with Handcent.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MWFD:
I'm looking for the Handcent notification to work like the default messaging app for 4.2, where there is an option to click 'Reply' right from the notification and a 'Quick Reply' box will come up. Right now, Handcent has no additional/expanded functionality in the notification for 4.2 and you have to click the whole notification to be brought into Handcent app to reply to the message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ilogik:
So I'm sitting at my desk when all of the sudden my phone starts making this annoying sound like they use for severe weather alerts on TV. I was using a tethering app at the time so the first thing that popped in my mind is that Verizon detected it somehow and fried my phone to get even. But when I picked it up there was a message on the screen advising me that I might die in a possible flash flood that might occur in my area...

Pretty neat, I just hope we don't get them too often, especially in the middle of the night. Here is more info on it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...hone-near-you/2012/05/18/gIQAqPBrZU_blog.html
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
I believe the stock TW messaging app has some emergency alert setting in it. Im not at my phone right now so i can't tell you exactly what it says.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hopesrequiem:
Same thing here. Cool as Hell
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
ive gotten this twice since release day. One was for flood warning and the other tornado warning. Im in NYC WTF!!!! LOL scared the **** outta me! The tornado almost touching down in Midtown was one of the craziest things ive ever seen! I just wish we could change the ringtone, its loud and super annoying but I guess thats the point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
is there any way to disable, i dont wanna know if im gonna die :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] badseed767:
Stock messaging app, settings, all the way at the bottom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
i was referring more to the presidential one