yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mtfh:
.nomedia with no success

I am really surprised to see that .nomedia had any desired effect in your case. I'm trying to exclude those files in my WhatsApp folders from appearing in my Galaxy s3 music player as well as in the gallery. I can do whatever I want, these files ALWAYS are visible.

When trying QuickPic i am able to exclude mentioned folders and no pictures apper in the QuickPic gallery, but they do prominently appear in the Gallery app. the same goes for audio files. I tried to exclude them from DoubleTwist media player. Actually they never appear there, no matter i have a .nomedia file placed or not.

I have no understanding, which folders are scanned for media. And I cannot say that ALL folders are scanned because that would mean my mp3-ringtones under Ringtones shall appear in my music player media list?

So for me it is hard to believe that the .nomedia trick will do the desired effect (keeping WhatsApp media files out of my galleries and media players).

Actually browsing the web a bit, it seems I am not alone with this experience and I am surprised, that there is no clear description about that ominous .nomedia file. I do not say it has no effect (it does have in QuickPic - but that is about all), but not the effect everyone is talking about.

So I am really curious how you managed to have those files eliminated from your media lists (gallery, music player) by simply putting the .nomedia file in the respective directory :)

Thanks

mtfh
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tiazek:
The .nomedia file did the trick just fine on the S3 mini. Thank you.

[MENTION=4875541]mtfh[/MENTION]: a late answer but, after creating the .nomedia file, try restarting the phone. Also, I guess it depends whether your (music player/photo gallery) app reads for .nomedia files to ignore those directories. In my case, I created with ES File Explorer a .nomedia in the following locations:

WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Audio/

removed the audio files from the stock music player

WhatsApp/Media/WallPaper/

removed the whatsapp custom wallpaper folder in the stock photo gallery

As for:

WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images/

I actually liked having that folder in the photo gallery to check all whatsapp pictures in one place (without opening whatsapp itself), so I left this folder intact.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tammyinwv:
Galaxy s3

I know I am going to seem dumb as dirt, but we just got our first smart phone a few months ago. I am learning a lot with it, but I just cant figure out how to do this. I can figure out how to tap the lower left corner while in my files to create a folder. But for the life of me I cant figure out how to do this. If I click on the music note on my player it brings up a list of all my music and the ringtones, but I cant do anything with them other than shuffle them or delete. I cant find a specific folder with all ringtones in it. I have dl a couple of apps that have ringtones. Can anyone give me a step by step?

Tammy
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fabiolaec:
step by step info

Hey there, follow the instructions in this link, very useful and graphic.

http://www.guidingtech.com/15563/hide-certain-files-android-music-player-photo-gallery/

Rgds,

Fab
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuldaoo:
Hi,

I have issue with USB tethering. Tethering works fine until my phone goes to sleep. After that the tethering works very slowly, it's almost useless. The only solution is to wake up and unlock the phone.

I'm running nightlies CM10. With CM9 it was OK.

Do someone have the same situation?

thanks for any advice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mbmlsx:
I dropped my phone last night and broke the screen and can no longer see anything. I know I can restore with Odin but how can I re-lock the bootloader without being able to see the screen?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
restoring the completely stock odin file should relock the bootloader as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mbmlsx:
Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
no it dont lock the bootloader you have to push the stock aboot.img via adb since you cant see your screen, then power off and odin back to stock. on a side note i doubt they will even check to see if your bootloader is unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techgov8:
That does not re-lock yor bootloader. You have to use ez-unlock to relock it then flash stock image

Tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mbmlsx:
Thanks but where can i find the stock aboot.img? I looked through your all in one guide but couldnt find anything about adb the stock boot or the file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
pull the stock aboot.img from the ez-unlock app with file manager or something equivalent and put it on the root of your sd card. i forget the command to push with adb, but there is some info around here on it. ill check around and see if i can find it.

when you open link click on old info!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30274259&postcount=1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
Why even restore to stock. Insurance does not care if its rooted and unlocked nor will Samsung if your sending it in for repairs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mbmlsx:
True. Just trying to cover my ass just in case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] glamisfan:
Run it over with your car.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TechSavvy2:
Actually I'm pretty sure you will be in "locked" status just from doing Odin with a full factory image. Its exactly how I relock. It flashes the new boot.img and if you use the ez-unlock app afterwards, it shows as locked. Imagine it as still having unlock capabilities with aboot, but still being in locked status. For all intensive purposes, you're locked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] annoyingduck:
Don't worry about it, your not claiming warranty. In this instance it does not matter at all. Your having the hardware itself being repaired at a cost to you, or your making an insurance claim on a physically damaged device. Either way there is no software related issues that your claiming therefore root is completely irrelevant.

And remember, rooting is not illegal, it just voids your warranty if you screw something up software related.

Sent from my VZW GS3 running Synergy/Trinity/Dark Horse Rises
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidstyle:
i thought this at one time but its not true...going back to stock does replace boot.img(kernel), but not the aboot.img(bootloader). you have to lock with the ez-unlock app or push the secure aboot.img via terminal or adb.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shojus:
drioidstyle is 100% correct guys and gals.... I have performed tests on 3 different S3's to confirm.... Follow his instructions in that thread.... :D Edit: It is Brian Gove's thread in this same forum...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x714x:
Next time just say you dropped it in a lake or the ocean. That way you have nothing to return and you have a extra battery :D
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] ajolly:
Anyone else having super slow internet speeds on their Photon Q LTE? My Evo Shift was way faster, and I'm wondering what my problem could be. I returned my Galaxy III in favor of the Photon Q LTE because I thought it still had EVDO. :/
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
Haven't noticed anything slower than the Epic was, which isn't the phone in either case---its Sprint (pre Network Vision).

Is it possible you live in a WiMax area and had been using that on the Shift? That at least would account for the difference. Pre-NV 3G data speeds on Sprint are always sluggish regardless of which phone you use pretty much.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] 903tex:
Yea cause of the new iPhone 5 users noticed speeds are getting slower than usual. Had a lot of people complain at work I just pointed at the iPhone 5 banner lol!
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] whitelightnin3006:
Sprint is just slow. Thats about it. Mine was getting about 500k down, and i updated my profile, and my PRL, which double that, which still isnt good. Try that out and see if that helps. Oh yeah, this is 3g btw. On 4g, I have gotten about 12mbs is the fastest I have seen so far.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] 903tex:
Depends on location ive get over 1.5-2 on the norm, except lately cause their doing network upgrades in my area
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] whitelightnin3006:
Correction, I got 36mbs this morning on 4g
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
Hi there.

My phone just froze and it rebooted by itself. After booting up. My battery drained to 18% or so. How can i fix this? Its the first time it happened but im sure it will happen again soon.

Im on Resurrection 3.0.6 + DorimanX 5.78

Kind regards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadba:
I believe it is linked to the fuel gauge chip. Nothing to worry about, you can either reset the fuel gauge chip with exTweaks (siyah kernel's tweak app) or let it sort itself out. The phone battery level will increase over time if you don't use it for a while.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexaniji:
I have reset the fuel chip before. Ill just leave it for a while. Its on the charger now.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] GR0S:
Actually this is pack of ported, adapted, revieved mods for SGS3.

This mod wil your 3rd zip you flash. (Rom, RomCleaner, UltraRock?)

Currently it includes:

FM Radio application restoration (Next release will make it removable)

Following init.d tweaks

Ext4 IO

Task Manager tweaks for RAM

Auto ZipAlign

Most tweaks are taken from ARHD by mike1986, so thanks to Mike and his team.

More tweaks are coming, like apps, mods, and etc.

Replacements:

Chrome ->> Internet

Evernote ->> S Memo

Mods:

Brightness fix

Cell drain fix

GPS lock enhancer

Higher bitrate and JPEG quality

Download

R2 PT:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?51j4uamxu1mlhdy
[Galaxy S III Android Development] GR0S:
Mounting issue found and fixed, R3 PT will be uploaded tomorrow.

Thanks to our russian users.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] zenosteam:
will test it thanks mate
[Galaxy S III Android Development] mattiadj:
Mate wher is brightness fix??

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Shidapu:
You forgot to mention if this is for TouchWiz or AOSP/AOKP/CM10/CM9.. ICS OR JB. :p I'd like to try it, but i need to know before i flash away. These things sounds great! :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] 2727alex2727:
Are you going to update this or have you abandoned this project?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikArchangel:
So I'm running stock rom on my sgs3 rooted and for some weird reason quite a few of the albums in my music player app are doubled. Also another thing that irks me is that for example, I can't cap the M on moby, as you can see in the 1st screenshot, I've tried many times of taking the song off my phone, editing the details on it and then putting it back on but it'll always stay as moby :/

Screenshots are underneath.

~Nik
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The1nonly1:
Make sure that all the information on the music files is the same. This includes album name, artist, genre and everything else
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
Try unmounting then remounting your SD card.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikArchangel:
They definitely are all the same, I've taken all the songs off my phone and edited them all so that they all have the same album name/artist, genre is also the same although I don't see how that should effect it. :/ As you can see from the screenshots the titles of the album and the artist names are both identical yet they're seperate for some reason.

~Nik
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikArchangel:
The songs are all in the internal memory, I am quite a noob with android I must admit, so how do I unmount then mount the sdcard?

~Nik
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tahunatorea:
/mnt/ incorrectly displaying

I had the same problem on my galaxy note 10.1. Looking at the folders view in music player, it was showing every track twice- once in /sdcard/nas and once in /mnt/sdcard/nas - which is of course the same location., the nas folder on the internal storage. The only folder that was NOT resulting in duplicate entries was /sdcard/Samsung/music, so i moved them into there. I had to restart music player and now they only show once. This is (to use a purely colloquial term) a bit arse, and is something that needs to be resolved. Hope it helps someone else.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Keith:
Anyone had any luck with the option to turn off wifi when sleeping?

I tried checking it, but it has a problem reconnecting when I wake the device. I have to manually toggle the wifi to get it to reconnect.

I'm trying to extend my touchpads standby time. I already turned off most syncing.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infinite Jest:
I've been having the same issue lately.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
You could try an app called Automatelt it is very easy to use and there is a trigger for screen off/on and an action Wi-Fi off/on . I use mine to alert me and turn off my TOUCHPAD when the battery gets to various levels.

I hope this helps .
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valuxin:
If you are using android, try updating your current build to the latest. Wiping Dalvik cache may work too.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Keith:
Just did a clean install of 9/16, did the same on 9/3.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valuxin:
Hmm... Try this fix - it should help
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
The link is down , its the same service as SGA uses for his Roms and has been down for the last few days.

Link now working
[Asus Transformer TF700] rayman:
While we're on a roll with TF300 release, we are now ready for further testing of TF700 nvflash solution ;)

As usual there are a few requirements :

Unbricked device

Running any TF700 rom/bootloader

Able to use fastboot/adb

Must be unlocked, officially

MUST NOT BE RUNNING TF300 JB BOOTLOADER

NOTE: Latest update prevents this! If you're on 9.4.5.30, you can't get nvflash :(

There is some risk involved, but we have already tested it on one TF700 and cross-tested on TF201's. It's also based on the same stuff as TF201/TF300, so the ideas are fairly ell tested by now.

Interested testers should connect to freenode IRC and join #asus-transformer and poke me (rayman). We'll provide all files requires and both windows & linux users are welcome to join us in testing.

A quick primer on what nvflash is:

A way to move back and forth between any update/rom/bootloader

A way to unbrick once you have your files (Recovery from *any* software brick, incl. bootloader bricks)

A way to root any rom
[Asus Transformer TF700] lafester:
bastards
[Asus Transformer TF700] urrlyx:
hmmm has anyone tried flashing back to .26 from .30 yet or do they always block downgrading the bootloader?
[Asus Transformer TF700] paddycr:
This thread shows how to do it on the Prime. I did the downgrade on my TF201 and can confirm it worked fine. Works for TF101 too.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22439618

Anyone man enough to try it on their infinity???

That's a bit harsh :eek: Hardly their fault...
[Asus Transformer TF700] tweeklulz:
like, ever? :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] dre1187:
I just finished testing nvflash for this device and worked like a charm :)

-hav0k
[Asus Transformer TF700] dasunsrule32:
In theory that should work.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rayman:
Sadly, theory != practice :(

In 9.4.5.30 for TF700, they appear to have the same prevention code that the TF300 JB rom has.

So no downgrades for now :( Hopefully someone will find a way, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rayman:
Testing is done. We have all the testers we need.

I'll make a new post when we do the final release :)

Thanks to everyone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] timthatank05:
I know this may sound stupid... but if i do a factory reset will it take me back before i upgraded to 2.2 and then i can try to root? i just thought i would ask seeing how i dont really want to completely setup my phone again and reinstall everything for no reason. I MUST HAVE ROOT! I HATE STOCK PHONES!!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] abhipati:
By doing Factory reset your resetting all setting on your phone (clear cache and data] you will be on 2.2..its not downgrading
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] timthatank05:
ok thanks i thought it would go back to the previous version. I NEVER SHOULD HAVE INSTALLED THE UPDATE... FML. Hope they find a way to root this soon then..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnafer:
I noticed this for the past week and it's horrible.. any suggestions? Recommended kernel, ROM, etc?

I have:

KT747 kernel

Stock ROM

UV -60 for all voltages

Min/Max : 192/1510

Nothing special, I don't think I have any rogue apps either.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] limpexowns:
Sounds like something is eating up your battery. Try downloading BetterBatteryStats app. Fully charge the phone, unplug it and leave it for a while (about 1 hour). Then open the app to see what exactly is eating up your battery. You could post the BBS screenshots so we could help. Hope it works out for you.

EDIT: Besides that, you should post more info. Were you using the phone (playing games, browsing, videos) during those 3 hours or it was idle?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dj_spore:
I noticed the same thing happening to me once, it turned out to be picasa trying to sync, using my google ID, but I don't use picasa. I was seeing 50-60% drain in four hours while idle. Check your sync settings.

When it happened it showed android system was using over 60%, battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dippo6:
I was having this issue. I could charge my phone to 100% unplug and go to sleep and 8 hours later it would be at like 10% i tried everything i mean everything even tried airplane mode it still drained. Put a custom jelly bean rom on it. Now my battery lasts all day. I just cant wait for

The legit update from samsung and att
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnafer:
Really? I actually love jelly bean on the gsIII, but apparently people are getting horrible battery stats with the latest leak from Bell (unless you're referring to another JB ROM?). So I'm a bit sceptical with all that. I'd rather wait for the official release :P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraffman:
The bell ones i tried all have great battery life, it's the t mobile ones that suck... that's my experiences at least.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jebise101:
For me battery has been great but a few times i noticed its gets very hot and when i checked the CPU both cores were lit up at max speed draining my battery, after some googling a found this thread which explains the gsiff daemon is the culprit after a hot reboot.

No one has found what the gsiff daemon is for or what causes the ho reboot, but the solution is just use root explorer and rename the daemon so it does not run.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Bruce Lee:
Have all of you having trouble with battery drain still tried looking at the term "deep sleep"? You can check that with an app called cpu spy. If your having that issue with the phone not deep sleeping, report back and i will post some ideas.

With those who do say they have deep sleep issues, post the ROM, and kernel you are on.

Sent from my SGSIII with the XDA Premium App
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blooddragon88:
so lately i noticed my battery dieing super fast. the only thing i can think of it since att expanded lte in my area i basically get lte everywhere now and since then my cell standby is at 60% or higher my phone lasts about 6 to 8 hours now its very annoying... before lte it lasted a ton longer it could be a coincidence but its very frustrating if this is the cause because its pretty ridiculous
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] itsalexaye90:
Post some screenshots of the battery so we can see more of what's going on.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ErebusRaze:
If you flashed multiple ROMs on low battery then you may need to recalibrate. I did it with my GS3 and I wish I would have known about it when I had the S and S2. Download the BatteryCalibration app from the market and follow the instructions on it. I noticed I was losing battery life bad, but after this I got it back up to stock levels which is amazing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ehaze:
was using a live wallpaper that drained my battery REAL fast.

no joke, 1 minute = 1% of drain.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] itsalexaye90:
and thats why I don't use live wallpapers :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JB calhoun:
Use the tmo one its the new one
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ehaze:
live n' learn.

they look cool, but drain a battery real quick.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greenflaw:
I have faced the similar issue as your. After 3 days of constant inspection with various apps I figured out the process causing this problem.

Go to developer options and click on show cpu usage. If the top process is "gsiff daemon" then you have found the culprit. Download system tuner and kill the process and you can see that the cpu usage will go back to normal and your phone will deep sleep afterwards. :angel:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dj_crash1981:
hi i am looking to port the ics rom from the experia s but i dont no where to start i am a noob i only ever flash roms
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] GODISMYCOPILOT:
why dont you read up on 'how to cook roms'
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @Bill_Dollar:
What scripts are you running? I am looking for the best combination of scripts that provide great 3g speeds, responsiveness and battery life. I would like to use this forum as a 'Once and for all, these are the tweaks to add if you are running CM 7.2. I know the smurfed out tweaks are good, but I have had trouble combining those with any others. Super Charger V6 also good, but doesn't play well with others. Loopy Smoothness tweaks, Nifty Conniption, I mean the list goes on...but...for maximum performance across the board which build.prop, init.d, sysctl.conf, ect. scripts work best with CM 7.2 nightlies? I have a list of collected build.prop scripts at home and will update to this post later. The idea is to come together as a community and collectively, once and for all, make our Evo's run as well as they can TWEAKED to the nth. Why CM 7.2? Because it is full functioning and open source.

Please leave your suggestions below and happy tweaking!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
The best thing i can tell you to do is,trial and error and install each tweak manually to you build.prop,you will learn something new,plus you wont have to ask for help anymore.

You will just need a file explorer(root)to do this.I will write you a guide if you need one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @Bill_Dollar:
I don't need help because I dont know how to do it, I wanted help/advice on what others are finding as useful combinations.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mryoung0042:
This should help you out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276
[HTC Incredible S] babicz99:
Hello!

Last time i found in rom settings something called fastcharge but i vent got idea whats this of course how it work, if work

Please describe whats this

Cheers
[HTC Incredible S] sirpellinor:
When you plug your phone to the computer through usb it charges slower than if plugged to the wall because to put it simple part of the cable is used for data exchange between computer and phone. some custome kernels have the feature to turn off the communication between computer and phone to let you charge through usb at full speed. of course you cannot "see" your phone from the computer as long as fastcharge is on. hope what i've written is understandable i apologise for my english
[HTC Incredible S] babicz99:
Yes i understand you my friend

Thx for lesson

Case to clossed