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[T-Mobile LG G2x] braschlosan:
I'm cross posting here because this seems to be an active thread

In some instances Media Scanner will DELETE ALL THE PICTURES ON THE SD CARD

Here is an example google bug report on the issue http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692

I have lost a year of pictures because of this. Before you assume I am making a mistake realize that the SDcard is now connected directly to my laptop and a search of the entire drive (including subfolders) with the string *.jpg gives no results. I can post a screenshot if you like.

Rom Manager caused my pictures actually be deleted

and I am using recovery tools that scan the free space to get them back

If any of you suffered as I did try this OPEN SOURCE recovery tool specifically made for recovering pictures from an SDcard - PhotoRec - CGSecurity

Here is a screenshot of my current progress

edit: I just realized it also broke some of my applications that stored images on the sdcard that served as part of their menu system. SCREW YOU ROM MANAGER DEVS. I will never trust anything you publish from this day forward
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
Sorry to hear that. I'm running CM7 Nightly #225 and it seems CM7 fixed that bug - I tried to recreate that on my phone and it did not delete the files.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AndroidKills:
Quite strange; I was wondering why lately my phone has been weird and not reading any of my files from the SDcard. i cant find my music nor photos ive taken, but when i use rootexplorer i can find them.

Edit - thanks alot!! by deleting the .nomedia file, its all working!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Sonic Marvel:
How i fixed it

i used rom toolbox pro and went into the sd root.

Android > .data > .nomedia

and i deleted .nomedia and poof it worked :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Might-E:
Thanks, had to play around with folder names and reboot, but it's working again now. I believe I have to post at least 10 times before I can thank a post though :(

EDIT

Ah, just had to post once and the thanks button shows up now!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
Back at 'cha - I gave you your first Thanks! Nice to know that only two people appreciate the work I did.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] atb1183:
damn ROM Manager

well, this teach me to never hit the "update all" button in google play now. ONLY update apps that shows changes you need/want.

anyway, after 2 days of messing deleting .nomedia, only to have it come back at next boot and uninstalling apps that was suspect. i finally saw a thread about this.

The thread recommended: remove update/uninstall rom manager

delete .nomedia

clear data of Media Storage

reboot

this worked out perfectly for me and that damn .nomedia file hasnt come back for the past few reboots
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
Do not allow any apps to auto-update. And I have background data turned off all the time to save the battery.

The only time I have background data turned on is when I'm in Google Play. I always check permissions, (you MUST click "see all").

Here are the apps I have stopped updating because they suddenly want scary permissions:

Angry Birds - wants access to Google Billing Service (****!)

Camera 360 - wants ability to change WiFi state, modify passwords

Firefox - Modify global system settings, access user accounts, read sync settings

Google Translate - take photos and videos without user intervention, view available networks

YouTube - take photos and videos without user intervention, access user accounts
[T-Mobile LG G2x] reapur:
I'm hoping someone can help, I'm having this problem only with JB ROMs

ROM manager is not even on my phone, here's what I do in recovery

Wipe data/Factory Reset

Wipe cache partition

run dalvik-wiper.zip

reboot recovery

format /system /cache/ /data /boot AND /sdcard

reboot recovery

?? at this point this phone should have nothing on it right?

install ROM. (I have tried 5 or 6 of the JB ROMs in the Nexus S TMO develop section)

Copy over my pics and music. I install no Apps, just run gallery and it's empty, even after 2 hours.

Where does ROM manager do its damage after everything is formatted? Is it CWM that is causing the problem?

I've checked /DCIM and /Music on my sdcard backup and they don't have any .nomedia or hidden files.

where do I go next?

Thanks for the reply.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mikrron:
Same thing here. i have only CWM and root.

tried all kinds of stuff like format sd card new rom search and delete .nomedia

installed new rom manager now...

+quick system info shows cpu 100% and batery dies quickly (25% at night to 0 in the morning)

With sd card removed battery goes back to normal..

Today i used another phone,the old one, because of this..

It really sucks and im close to sell or smash it!:mad:

---------- Post added at 11:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:01 PM ----------

don`t know how i did it, noe it`s working , you have to f#@&k it up a little with the sd card, Install/uninstal rom manager and nomedia files (note the nomedia wasnt placed in my gallery or music folders) , hope i don`t meet this in the future..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
@mikrron, it's possible you have a bad misbehaving application. You might have a game that scans your sdcard and sends photos and other info to the game's servers. That would account for your bad battery usage.

Install the firewall DroidWall and block internet access to any application that doesn't NEED the internet to run, like cameras, most games, etc. See how much your battery life improves.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dimitris.:
Sorry for performing necromancy on this thread but I encountered a problem. It is similar to the one described here (files can be browsed normally but no media-apps can see them. Even the settings>storage menu shows nothing on my sd card but reports that the free space is only 1.5gb out of 8gbs total.

If I fire up a file browser I can access all the files on the sd-card without a problem. I can even view the pictures with the gallery and the music app plays my music files alright, if I select the file from the browser and then use the corresponding program to deal with it.

If I just use the gallery or the music app or songbird or any other media player, they all report an empty media library. Media on the phone's internal memory can be scanned by these apps and included to their library without a problem.

After lots of searching around on the web, I found that most people that had this problem, managed to solve it by deleting some stray .nomedia files that were in their sd-cards (like you guys did in this thread).

So, I searched my sd card for those files (I know they are hidden), both through the phone's file-browser and by connecting it to my computer, and I failed to find anything. For good measure I backed all my data up, formatted the card, restored the data, cleared the media storage data and restarted my phone, all to no avail. I know that the sd-rescan apps are irrelevant here but I tried one of them anyways. It didn't help...

I should note that I have not tampered with the phone in any way (no custom roms, no rom manager, not rooted, no unlocked bootloader or anything else of that kind). Also my phone is a Sony Xperia Tipo, using android 4. Sorry if the post is out of place here... The thread seemed very relevant.

If someone has any idea about what the problem might be, I'd love to hear from them. Thank you in advance.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
Is it possible that the nomedia file is in the secured android file that you cant access without su permission

All the way from mars
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dimitris.:
Oh god... So, if formatting my external sd didn't work, this means that the /mnt/secure folder is not part of that card. Right? Does it belong to the phone memory, internal storage, or should I try to format the sd card via my computer instead of the phone? I really don't want to blow my warranty up, and obviously I'd like to avoid a factory reset, if possible...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
Remember if it can be rooted it can be unrooted. Im not real familiar with sony but i think only Samsung has a flash counter so find a easy root unroot method and try

All the way from mars
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
SD Formatter

You have to format it from your PC using an app like SD Formatter. SD Formatter properly formats an SD card and also creates the proper system and protection areas:

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dimitris.:
Would you happen to know a linux alternative? Since you mentioned about protection areas and stuff I guess it is not something that I can do by hand via command line magic. Wouldn't just formatting it to fat32 do the trick?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
No, you can't just format to FAT32. You have to do an SD card format using that utility. Don't know a Linux alternative.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dimitris.:
I wasn't able to find an alternative to that program you pointed me at so I said "why not" and formatted the drive to FAT32 using gparted, I deleted the media storage data, restarted the phone and everything turned out alright. Problem solved!

Thank you very much for your help guys.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bamathafan:
Im fairly New to this root business. That being said fhe first thing i do when i flash a new rom is to uninstall rom manager it serves no purpose to me what so ever problem avoided lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
If you restarted the phone with a totally blank SD Card then the phone automatically formatted and partitioned it properly. If the card wasn't blank, you might have problems later, like your ringtones and alert tones getting unassigned.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dimitris.:
Yeah, this has happened to me twice since then. Every time I restart my phone, actually. I will try wiping the sd completely using gparted, then inserting it to the phone so it can format it the way it likes and dump all my media on it only after I've done this.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] EEngineer:
gparted is totally incompatible with SD cards. Any SD Card formatted with gparted used with Android will have problems. NEVER format SD Cards with gparted.

Just use SD formatter:

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Batter yet, insert a blank SD Card. From Android, go to Settings > Storage, then select "Unmount Sd Card". After you unmount, you'll see an option to "Format SD Card". Format the card and then you will be all set.

Remember to Click THANKS if I helped!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] HarmonyFlame:
Now i know this problem is pretty common, however most methods require deleting or editing the nandroid.md5 file. My particular backup does not seem to contain the file (i suppose this is why the mismatch is occuring). I havent edited any of the contents what-so-ever, so i dont know why CWM did not make make the file. Does anyway know a work around to fix for this?

List if files in folder
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] HarmonyFlame:
Okay I was able to restore the nandroid.md5 via terminal emulator, however when the backup restored it was buggy and missing apps, ect. Anyone have any help at all?

I have many thanks waiting to be received :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
If the apps are from the market why not reset, then go get your apps?

Another possibility: qhen I've had a crappy restore, I restored a second time and things went smoother.

I would try that, but I would be ready to reset and visit the market.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] samcory:
I have been using a mono Kindle for the last year and missed not having an internet connection to check items as I was reading, so when Samsung offered £30 cashback on a Tab2 7" I jumped at it. Purchased from John Lewis.

The first night of reading my ebook was fine however on the 2nd night I wished to connect to the internet to check something - Shock it could not connect to my wireless! I had to go threequarters of the way downstairs before it connected.

Both my wife's HP pad and my cheap old netbook connect quite happily in my bedroom.

I returned the Tab to John Lewis (bless them they refunded more less instantly) and purchased a Nexus 7 from Ebuyer.com at 11pm and it arrived, would you believe, the next morning!!!

Yes the Nexus did connect to wireless in my bedroom.

So be warned the Tab's wirelessreceiver is not very strong.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Mike02z:
My Tab2 is being replaced but I did a side by side with my Nexus 7 and the 7 was faster than my Tab2. That said, the Tab2 blew away the wireless on my old Asus Prime. I don't recall the exact numbers but in my test the 7 was getting 35 mbps down and 21 mbps up and the Tab2 was getting 19 mbps up and 18 mbps down. My Tab2 died and had all sorts of issues so maybe the replacement will be better. I'll post screen shots when the new Tab2 arrives.
[General Questions and Answers] pickmurari:
Hi Team

Could not find any topic for rooting a Micromax A 73 Android Phone.

Need the software and if possible to root this phone
[General Questions and Answers] pickmurari:
Waiting for reply

Waiting for the reply
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] evolutiontheory:
Got my new galaxy nexus this week after coming to the US.

Now I have purchased light flow application from play store and was trying to configure the led notification and I got this doubt on the battery impact.

Will notification led impact battery significantly? Also I would like my led to be 'always on' rather than it blink at any rate. Is 'always on' bad for the hardware? I have read in some posts that 'always on mode' is better than blinking mode for the battery. Any tips?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No, it won't affect battery.

No, it's not bad for the hardware for the LED to be always on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Liskrig:
You're fine with always having it on, LEDs are the most energy efficient source of illumination available on phones.

Swyped from my Galaxy Nexus using TapaTalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
Incorrect. The LED can very much affect battery by keeping the phone awake during standby. See, if you receive a text for example, and you're not around the phone for quite some time (asleep for example, or stepped away for awhile and actually left your phone behind for a change) with LED disabled the phone will wake for the audible notification, then go back to deep sleep (aside from other wakes). With LED enabled, the phone will remain awake for the duration of time from receiving the notification till the time you view it and stop the LED from blinking. See, the system has to remain awake to tell the LED to continue blinking.

I disable LED as I see it as a useless feature. If I need to check for notification, I just tap the wake button and glance. It's really not that hard. And yes, I see a significant positive increase in battery, most notably relating to standby.

Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Actually zienzu. As quite surprisingly as it sounds the gnex does not stay awake when the led is on... just like it doesn't stay awake when charging. Like the epic as surprising at is its true and got caught with my pants down arguing otherwise. So no it doesn't effect battery life. As odd as it may seem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
Whaaat?! Fo realz?!

I wonder how they managed that.

Ponders...

Sent from my AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Its weird it blew my mind when I figured it out for my self.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LNJ:
Must be the chipset cause the SGS2 won't go into deep sleep when charging like the GNEX does!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] evolutiontheory:
Thanks guys! Sorry I forgot about my post :) Real thanks to all
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
I keep getting a "no data recieved" error when I try to go to my credit unions website using the EVO LTE. I used to get a similar message with my OG EVO until I rooted it. For those of you on non-rooted ELTE's can you click on this link and see if you can get anything?

http://www.myisland.com

I promise it's not anything bad...just my credit union's website.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] interhawk1:
I'm rooted with wifi on and I got the same error.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
Thank you sir...so I guess it's not just me.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
I am also rooted with Liquid Rom and I got an error.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
I wonder if it has anything to do with Sense. On my OG EVO I was on an AOSP ROM and it worked but not on the stock sense. My wife's iphone opens up the page without issues. Unfortunately they don't have a mobile website.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] michael.stollaire:
No data received in browser, and network error occurred pop up box.

Sent from my r00ted, unlocked, 100% tricked-out LTEVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
I can check from my AOSP tablet later and let you know.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
It worked with my lap top browser, but not with my stock, non rooted (yet) EVO LTE.

Here's a pic of what I see.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cruise350:
I just tried from my tablet and got the error too. Must not like mobile devices.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MTNS:
cant help :( sory
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arozer:
It does not work on AOSP.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jimmyg41:
Thank you guys. I think I will report it to their website. It's quite the inconvenience to me right now.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddsouza:
I'm running stock android 4.1.1, provided by stachre on my xoom. Unfortunately, the extended power menu (like in CM9/10 and EOS), pull down toggles (Wifi, GPS, bluetooth, ...) and battery percentage are not included in the stock rom.

I was wondering if CWM flashable zip files exist to add these features to the stock android 4.1.1?

Many thanks

Daniel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZunRob:
After wiping clean my screen I found out there is a small white dust particle under the Gorilla glass but above the actual screen. So it's always visible. It has about the size of a pixel.

Anybody else having this problem?

Unfortunately my refund period of 8 days just passed, so I can't get an exchange any more. I've read somewhere that the screen and glass is one bit, so that would mean a possible repair also includes a new screen. Anybody experience with dust particles under the touchscreen itself (so not the gap between screen and bezel) and Samsung repair?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oulouloul:
I had this problem years ago while using htc desire hd.

I dont think they (samsung) care this issue and try to repair. I know its disturbing you but belive me its just not a problem at all. If you want to see that dust and look for that, you see that dust.But you know what i am saying.. just forget it :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZunRob:
That is true. But things that are once seen, are hard to be unseen... And it just annoys me that there are other SGS3's without any particles under the glass of the touchscreen...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenator21:
Hello Nook Color Owners!

I am currently a Owner and regular on the Nexus 7 forums and am starting to develop ROMs and apps.

My freind has a Nook Color running on 1.4.3, never rooted before.

I was wondering what is the best root method for 1.4.3 for the Nook Color that is fairly easy (don't want to worry him)

THanks in advance!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigjar:
I too would like to know this.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
Use ManualNooter 5.02.19. Just look in Nook Color Development thread.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigjar:
OK wasn't sure if it was going to work since I am on v1.4.3 software.

Will check it though and thanks for help.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenator21:
Sounds great! So this does work on 1.4.3? Just want to make sure.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigjar:
I read through the thread and it appears to be working. Just follow the instructions/watch video.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] traskers:
I just installed Miui 2.1.13 (GB) on my phone, and and I was wondering if here are any alternate kernels I can use with it? Preferably to undervolt/under clock..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Achmonster:
Hi. Running TWRP with a CM10 Nightly (8/14 I think). Well I wasn't doing anything special and the phone decided to reboot and then just started the haptic feedback boot loop, no samsung logo. I took the battery out let it sit for about a minute and put it back in. Started on it own, got to a samsung logo and then rebooted back to the black screen and buzzing.

After everything I have tried I figured out it can boot into anything but only for about 10 seconds with pulling the battery and letting it sit. Download mode shows up then reboots. TWRP can boot up to the splash screen then it reboots.

I'm at work right now so I am unable to try any advanced methods for getting this back up, but download mode reboots worry me. Do I need to warranty it out?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
From the looks of it, looks like a bad power button. Its a know problem with SGS2, been many similar threads done. Actually, it kind of worries me!!:eek: mobiletech will fix it for cheap, or you can warranty it out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Achmonster:
Duh! Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Appreciate it.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] terrywang903:
I got same problem today.I don't know how to deal with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quest4fire:
You got a soft brick, you can restore via Odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
It restarts on its own in DL mode and recovery, how will he be able to Odin?

Sent from AOKP Goodness :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
Lol yeah bad power button
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] terrywang903:
what is bad button problem, can i ship the rooted phone to samsung customer service?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] playya:
may be able to find someone locally who can fix it for your you or at the least unstick it long enough so you can odin a stock rom and send it on its way
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Mobiletech has a power button service. I've heard its cheaper then JTAG.

Sent from AOKP Goodness :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] terrywang903:
what is Mobiletech ? where I can find it? Thank You!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Here you go, very helpful site.

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile/

Sent from AOKP Goodness :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smarulanda:
This happened to my T989 a couple of days ago as well... I was pretty sure it wasn't a software brick as I hadn't been tinkering with the phone at all since putting CM9 on it a few weeks back. But an issue with the power button makes sense, I was actually able to boot it up and/or get it into recovery just by continually pressing the power button (guessing this interrupts the signal that the broken button is sending)... of course as soon as you stop pressing the button, the phone shuts off again.

I'll have to look into the mobiletech repair.