yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popfan:
I got the stock firmware, but it looking for the recovery image. Do I just load the whole firmware there? The stuff is a little different from Samsung stuff - it uses ftf files.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4473400:
Follow me: find a phone that have the same resolution (1280x720, so Galaxy Nexus or other) and flash it with fastboot (I do it with LG GT540 using P500 recovery, because P500 has 320x480 resolution as GT540). (I do not assume responsibility for damage, I'm just proposing an idea)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popfan:
Which I could try, but locked bootloader.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steph2:
DD dump your ROM Google how to do so.

from a galaxy far away
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popfan:
I tried the files are very hard to extract. They are not normal image filies and split_bootimage.pl doesn't work on them due to no android magic.

I got a mostly working version using the CWM from the Xperia S:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1830170

but it is unstable and crashes during backup. Any thoughts on how to fix?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogerdap:
So I am following the steps from QBKing in this youtube video and I get all the way to where I need to install FC09 from the SD Card but I am getting this error: E:\ Can't mount sd card?

I have never flashed this phone before and am trying to get ICS on it. I hope I am going the correct route but right now it reboots fine just can't install FC09 for Superuser access. Any help on this would be greatly appreciate! Thanks.

BTW, I checked several other threads before posting but I didn't find anything particular to Epic and there were several different troubleshooting steps so don't hate because I started a new thread.

Thanks in advance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
I'd like to second the request, as this happened to my phone Thursday evening. I've also looked around forums for the last two days and I can't find anything specifically for the Epic 4G that address this issue.

In my case I was running a Deodexed rooted version of Gingerbread. I got the bug to try something a bit more, so I installed the newest stable release of of Cyanogenmod 10, and it loaded up fine. I had made a nandroid backup of my texts, contacts, calendar, etc., but when I tried to put that info back in I got to the point where my screen showed "E:Can't mount" anything.

Ideas? Thoughts? Prayers? :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propjockey:
In CWM recovery, go to mounts and storage. Then manually mount sdcard. This may help. Also try cycling the card in its socket.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
What version of CWM are you trying to install? Try to odin this https://www.dropbox.com/s/yyhp404ixp26o2g/cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5 then go into recovery and mount your device copy the rom you want or flash the rom that is on your sd card.

I think CM10 uses a different version of CWM and might not be backwards compatable. I could be wrong on this. If I am someone will correct me. If I am not go back to stock reroot do your nandroid restore then back up your text using SMS BACKUP and RESTORE or MY BACKUP PRO
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
Thanks for the info all!

My phone won't turn on at all anymore. I used instructions I found elsewhere (take out battery, hit power button twice, pop in battery, go to download mode) which worked, then I used the dropbox file and was able to get Odin to flash it, but now I'm still having the issue that my phone won't turn on at all (either with power or power+camera+lower sound button). Any other ideas? At this point I think paying an extra $50 to Sprint to get a new S3 is looking good :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propjockey:
If you can still get to download mode, all is not lost. Odin back to stock and try again. Check out the sticky in the development section regarding Odin. And make sure you have a robust cable like a BlackBerry one. They work best. If you can get to download mode, you can almost always come back. Good luck.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
This 100%
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
If I may ask . . . what specifically should I try? I have Odin 1.87 along with the file listed a few posts above. I can get into download mode, I can flash this, and then . . . nothing. I've tried an HTC cable, but no blackberry cable, and tried it from both computers in my home on different ports. However, I still can't turn the phone on or boot into CWM. Any and all help to specific solutions would be greatly appreciated (please note that while I sound literate and am pretty tech savvy, messing around with my Android OS is something I'm doing pretty much by the seat of my pants!) :confused:

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propjockey:
Get the victory pit file from the Odin sticky thread and a stock tar file. At this point you probably need to start over. So, using the detailed writeup on how to Odin back to stock, find your way back to bone unrooted stock. Then, depending on what version of stock tar file you chose (el30 or fc09), you then must re-root the device. At this point I would suggest searching YouTube for qbking77 videos on how to root that version. That should get you rooted with a recovery . Then download and flash your ROM of choice. This is a nutshell version, please look for the Odin /unbricking thread. It is far more detailed and directs you to the appropriate files needed.

Edit: This is the thread I speak of. Its a wealth of Odin info.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13245831

---------- Post added at 01:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:14 AM ----------

Oh, also, the cm10 and 9 along other ROMs use MTD/yaffs2 file system. The previous cwm recovery you were flashing is only compatible with BML/RFS or EXT4 which is proprietary/stock. Once you Odin back stock, root, and get the recovery installed, you then can flash CM10 which will convert your system to MTD and install the appropriate CWM recovery for CM for you in the flash. That's why it reboots during the initial flash. Once you're MTD, you have to use mtd versions of ROMs. Spend a bit of time in the development section sticky threads. There are some great explanations for all of this in there.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
Awesome - thanks! I couldn't find the Odin thread, and with these notes I hope I can have my phone back this afternoon :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propjockey:
So I'm curious. Did you get your phone fixed?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
I just sat down to my comp - going to give it a go - if you haven't heard from me in about an hour I prob took my phone outside to vent my frustrations :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo

And Happy Thanksgiving to all :)

---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:44 PM ----------

Actually, now I have a different question - I bit the bullet and ordered two new S3's from Sprint (got a nice $1 on each one with no activation fee). I would rather not lose all of the info stored on my SD card (pics for the most part, but maybe salvaging phone numbers would work, too). Could I put my SD card into my wife's phone (same), boot it up, and copy over all of the files without it affecting her phone?

If I can do that, I'd rather try that first and then happily try the steps from the previous posts. :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo

And Happy Thanksgiving to all :)[/QUOTE]
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propjockey:
Sure, but your SD card should be untouched from the Odin process. Assuming you have contacts synced to Google and your pics on the SD card, you should be fine.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
It worked! Downloaded everything, ran it exactly as it said, and I'm sitting here with a fully functioning phone that is yelling at me that I have tons of missed calls, texts and voice mails. Thank you so very much! :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] propjockey:
Well done! As difficult as that was, it's one great learning process.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugodlr:
Yes, yes it is. And, since I did it once, I figure trying to put Jellybean back on here is what I want to do . . . so here I go again :)

Blessings & Peace,

Hugo
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanukk:
Hi All,

There seem to be several different Galaxy S III boards here so I just picked one at random (if it's the wrong place would somebody be good enough to move it to the correct place? Thanks)

I was in a phone shop here in the UK the other day asking about the SIII, and specifically the differences between the three types 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB the salesman said instead of getting one of the bigger ones, I should just get the 16GB model and buy a larger sd, I said that isn't how it worked, but he called another guy over who 100% agreed with him. Still not convinced I came home and had a quick sniff around on-line. This did not help clarify things, there seems to be just as much confusion out there.

Can I ask the experts here at XDA to give a definitave answer on this.

Thanks.

~S

Added later to clarify: I currently have a rooted HTC Desire with a 4GB a2sd partition. Even though the a2sd partition is practally empty the phone keeps complaining that I don't have enough space to install/update things. Although there are thing I want installed that aren't because of this it isn't a HUGE problem, but it's happening more and more as apps get bigger and bigger.

I'm not a big gamer (I pay some but not that frequently), I am a big app nut though. Yes 16GB is more than enough space for me right now, and I know there are options to move some files elsewhere, but if these options are as unreliable as a2sd am I going to be stuck for space again in 12 - 18 months time like I am now?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
If you are not a gamer, 16gb model should fit well for daily usage.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
You can always use the mod internal2external by Mattiadj in developnent section. Root is required.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Their is no definitive answer.

All depends upon what you want versus cost .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatekills:
If u are a gamer and u don lik to root ur phone( love stock) thn u should go for 32 or 64gb..

If u are a gamer and u lik rooting then u can go for 16gb version +64gb SD card.

If u are a regualr user..without gaming..16gb is sufficient.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Well since the phone has an SD slot you really can just buy a 16GB phone and buy a 64GB SD card..

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delsus:
You can only install apps on internal memory on the S3 also apps can also only use internal memory, which is why people said if you are a mobile gamer to get the 32 or 64GB version.

If you are just a normal user the 16GB will be absolutely fine, just use an sd card, I would say the store staff were half right, they probably don't know we can't install apps to sd.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msaraiva:
I best his confusing RAM with non-volatile storage...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
Game apps themselves don't use that much data, but it's the game data which can be massive. 9mm itself has about 2gb of data.

Game data can be moved to external storage so even if you are a gamer, 16gb is still good enough. I use 'gl to sd' from the play store which allows me to move data to the external card. There are other options as well, like 'directory bind'.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanukk:
Clarification.

Hi,

Just added this to the OP to (hopefully) clarify a little:

I currently have a rooted HTC Desire with a 4GB a2sd partition. Even though the a2sd partition is practically empty the phone keeps complaining that I don't have enough space to install/update things. Although there are thing I want installed that aren't because of this, it isn't a HUGE problem, but it's happening more and more as apps get bigger and bigger.

I'm not a big gamer (I play some but not that frequently), I am a big app nut though. Yes 16GB is more than enough space for me right now, and I know there are options to move some files elsewhere if needed, but if these options are as unreliable as a2sd am I going to be stuck for space again in 12 - 18 months time like I am now?

~S
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanukk:
Anybody want to add anything else?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tectas:
Yes app2sd sucks a bit, I'm using something somehow similar, but more reliable (at least for my opinion)(also additional ext4 partition [20gb], but only mounted at /sdcard/Android to have the game data somewhere else and also because ext4 is way better for such big folders than messy fat32 or exfat).

But I would say go at least for the 32 gb, I'm not that heavy gamer, but I have some high-end games installed and the space is pretty tight at my 16gb device (if iwouldn't have put it to another place and also because I got some other stuff on it which I haven't moved yet).

Yes all is movable somehow, but why should you if you can get more space from the beginning.

16gb are for sure ok and I'm still happy with the device the same way i would with more internal, but I would have taken at least 32gb if it has been available when I bought the device.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tft:
so this is the reason they have 16 and 32g models. lock app installs to physical storage so people don't buy large SD cards and rather buy the larger 32gb or 64gb models.

too bad i didn't know this or i would of bought the 32gb.. i figured i could get 16gb and use sd card for extra apps but based on reading it looks like it requires hacking or apps that make symlinks..

why bother putting an SD slot if they're going to restrict what you can put on it. :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] daniel_erd:
Anyone port a rom with Xperia x10 mini pro stock launcher?

My friend see my phone and would like if his phone can have the same rom like me which has x10 mini pro UI with the application can be launched at the corner of home screen

I found one but the link was set to private

so i create this thread

Can anyone help me?

Sorry my English is bad :(
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] djbjpanchal:
This will definitely help you. Go HERE. Download the QVGA corners home from the attachments. Hope it helps you:D:good:
[Desire HD General] fis324:
Desire HD, Galaxy S, Xperia Arc is almost the same specs.

Galaxy S and Xperia Arc has a stable version of the official CM9.

However, Desire HD does not have even the nightly version.

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=ace&type=nightly
[Desire HD General] johrie:
Kernel related i think.
[Desire HD General] d3sperad0:
The key is they almost have the same specs. There will not be an official CM release for DHD untill things are working. Right now the biggest hurdle is the camera, but there are other smaller issues and tweaks to be made before they will release an official version. I am running an unnofficial CM10 build by Randomblame that I like quite a bit atm. Things feel like the are progressing pretty quickly, so I have hope we'll see a strong/stable JB build in the coming weeks.
[Desire HD General] zelendel:
They already stated that then only devices that will get an official CM build are those with ICS official updates. Without it all we will get is kang builds which are not bad at all
[Desire HD General] motherninja:
But aren't Galaxy S did not have official ICS updates? Are they just pull the hardware driver from its sibling Nexus S? CMIIW
[Desire HD General] zelendel:
Yes it is because the whole galaxy series is so close that they can make things work unlike HTC
[Desire HD General] fis324:
Desire HD is not complete even CM7

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=ace&type=nightly

Sony is working with FreeXperia team, Samsung has a relationship with Cynagenmod team.

I think HTC is reluctant about the CUSTOM.

The sales of HTC fall as expected
[Desire HD General] daddins:
Where is CM9 for HTC Desire HD (was running Icecoldsandwich)

If HTC are not going to continue to support this phone ... they should at least release the source code to the CM & Kang teams who continue to develop for this device.

Come on HTC lift your game!

How is it that Opensource development teams in there spare time can achieve more that the dev's who created the device????
[Desire HD General] zelendel:
Its they can't but xda is your best bet
[Desire HD General] sonnysoul:
Yes it is. Look at the stable releases. You have CM 7.2.0 which was released June 15th,

It's a shame though. I never like Vanilla Android (and CM) until ICS. HTC Sense is the reason why I always stuck to HTC phones. However, with the UI advancements in ICS and JB, I would happily drop HTC Sense. Looks like that will never come to fruition on the Desire HD though, as there won't be an official CM9 or CM10 unless we get the source code from HTC first.

HTC really are killing themselves. Once industry leaders, they are now lagging far far behind. Sort of like a 100m runner competing in a marathon (sorry, I've been watching way too much of the Olympic Games)!
[Desire HD General] adilrenzu:
becoz it was never officially released by htc
[Desire HD General] zelendel:
Specs mean nothing. It is all hardware, driver, kernel related. You have to remember that drivers for a lot of hard ware is not open source so they have to be built from the ground up. Without kernel source it is a lot more difficult.
[Desire HD General] fis324:
However, Xperia Arc has been updated to Android4.0, But Galaxy S hasn't been updated to Android4.0.

Why does Galaxy S have the official version of CM10? And GalaxyS is officially supported by AOKP, But DesireHD is not supported by it.
[Desire HD General] zelendel:
Because the nexus is a galaxy phone. All the galaxy phones are alot closer then HTC phones. You can take most of the stuff from the nexus and it will work on the galaxy s with only minor changes to the kernel and coding.

Also you have to remember that HTC big thing is Sense. They want every HTC running it so they are not huge supporters of AOSP.
[Desire HD General] sonnysoul:
I can't see why you don't understand. The Galaxy S is pretty much identical to the Nexus S. They have the same CPU and GPU. So the CM team pretty much had the drivers for the Galaxy S when the Nexus S source code was released.
[Desire HD General] fis324:
Thank you for your reply.

I see.
[Desire HD General] ajghodke:
CM9 for DHD

now that desire HD has got a fully working unofficial rom ported from incredible s, where the camera works great which was the actual reason that was stopping the CM team from building a CM9 for DHD.. cant they build one now ? :fingers-crossed:
[Desire HD General] RoboWarriorSr:
If I am correct, you can't use a Sense kernel on a ASOP kernel. Although having the Sense kernel will help, you can't plop in a Sense kernel on a ASOP rom. If those CM10 betas get any better, then CM may start official nightlies. The main problem is all internal, how the phone manages RAM and especially using the SD Card is relatively unstable compared to a Sense Rom (most people consider it very stable but CM wants everything to be somewhat perfect and truthfully it kinda is unstable).
[Desire HD General] poondog:
Correct. And about the galaxy s and xperia arc, they have team hacksung and freexperia project working on every Samsung and Sony device. We HTC users have devs committed to a certain section, usually their device

Our maintainers, attn1 and kali- have both moved on. Maybe that's the problem lol

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Desire HD General] daruda:
messengers gatiCle

I think Desire HD is getting too old. Using it 2 years now, however i'll keep on doing as long as it works
[Desire HD General] jmg81:
Same to me, with cm7.2 it still runs like a charm. Its not really slower than new smartphones with dual or quadcores. Ofc not the same in 3d intensive games etc. Listening to aac internet stream through A2DP BT audio, while using google navigation makes the phone going to its limit , but it works very good.:good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slixzen:
So I am a little concerned with my RMA. It is supposed to arrive on Wednesday this week, unfortunately I had two issues which I let them know when I called in. The first was screen lift, and the second was some rattling in the back of the device, apparently the U62 ping had broken off. That's physical damage, which I am not sure if they will blame on me or not.

Has anyone had any trouble with exchanges within the 14 day window?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3vo kid:
Still waiting on my replacement but I had no issues with exchanges thru Google but then again I didn't have any physical problems with mine
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slixzen:
Can i get a bump up in here.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slixzen:
Bump, would really appreciate some more answers.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jworkcoo:
I deleted it in error and have been searching for it online and have yet to find one. Could someone please post the apk or zip file? I would appreciate it. I'm currently running AOKP Milestone 6
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
reflash gapps maybe
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jworkcoo:
Nope gapps only includes google apps....I hope somebody can get it for me
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostedunit:
Just pull it out of the .zip file for your ROM.

I walk on toilet paper cuz I'm the s###!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Just in case you didn't have time to pull it out yet... and if so here it is for anyone else... http://db.tt/7z5iIxgZ

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frostedunit:
Thanks, flast. I'm away from the wifi and didn't want to dl a rom to post that.

I walk on toilet paper cuz I'm the s###!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxfanj:
You can install ics browser + from the play store. Same thing but couple new features.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiaokai:
Hi

I bought a Nexus 7 from Tesco Direct. They are only of the only retailers who have them in stock still.

They are able to to deliver to your nearest Tesco store, even a small Tesco Express store the very next day for you to pick up.

I had to issue of screen separation, I was able to return and get a refund very easily over the phone. They will come to collect the Nexus 7 and refund in 3 to 5 days.

I called Google, who said that they are aware of this issue which has been fixed by Asus, which means all the new Nexus 7 are fixed according to them.

I wish to know if this is true?

1) Are the new Nexus 7's fixed of this problem?

2) Are Google Play good and fast as taking goods returned and refunding?

3) Do they meet their delivery times?

4) Do you have to pay for any postage to return the item or anything?

Normally I only buy from retail stores, which means any time i have an issue i can go to the store and sort the problem out quickly.

However i am worried about buying from Tesco's even though they have very good service, I am worried i will get the older stock which still hast this screen separation problem, as they may have the older stock.

But i am also concerned about buying from Google Play because of the hassle of dealing with someone on the phone and posting the item back and waiting for delivery and so on. However i do not mind buying from them if it is true that all the new Nexus 7's being sold by Google Play are fixed of them problem.

Thanks

Xiao