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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jdruc:
So I just installed the 20121020 nightly with the latest gapps( twice, both times wiping data, cache, dalvik), and while the performance is pretty nice (and the compass is fixed from 4.0.4), the internal/sd storage situation is preventing me from using Swiftkey, Titanium, Camera, Earth, Evernote... All of them say I need a memory card in one way or another. I can't really see any format options in Settings -> Storage (mounted or unmounted), and under Storage I have 3 sections: Internal Storage (Total 1.12GB), Internal Storage with Mount SD Card option which does nothing, and SD CARD with stats of my sdcard (4GB right now).

The following mounts are available:

/external_sd (pointing to SD card)

/mnt/sdcard (empty)

/mnt/external_sd (same as /external_sd)

/sdcard (SD Card empty, unmounted or not present) <- this is probably the issue, should I just ln -s /external_sd /sdcard ?

/storage/sdcard0 (empty)

/storage/sdcard1 (same as /external_sd)

So, can anyone please tell me what am I missing?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
Now that I had a chance to wrap up my ICS build for t769 and i577, next week I'm gonna look into the mount situation. It seems I might actually be doing something wrong because I based my set up on a REALLY old copy of the hercules device definition :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] crispian:
I am running 10/20 and am loving it :) I did a complete wipe and install of the unofficial 10/17, but since then I've just done "dirty" installs through ROM Manager of each new nightly with just a Davlik wipe.

I have no problems with the mounts- under storage I have- Internal Storage (1.12GB), Internal Storage (again) (1.40GB and SD Card (29.71GB). I have had no problems with playing all the music (16GB) on my SD card, and my custom ringtones have even survived through each install. The only problem I've had is the JB problem of the stock camera no being able to save to the SD card, but I'm using ProCamera which is a little glitchy but lets me save to the SD.

The battery life of 10/20 is awesome- I'm at 45% after 16 1/2 hours of pretty average use- no Juice Defender or anything :)

And it's been nice and stable too- no reboots so far. The only fly left in the ointment is the random MAC address thing, but maybe that'll be fixed in 10/22....which I just noticed is up so I'm off to try it :)

Keep up the amazing work!!!

Edit-

Just found that ROM Manager couldn't download the new 20121022 as there's no room- it seems it is saving them to /storage/sdcard0, so I've moved all the old ones to /storage/sdcard1 (my SD card with about 10GB free) and now it's downloading fine...guess I spoke too soon and there does need to be a little housekeeping done.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] sgolem:
I believe I had the same problem. I solved it by going into clockwork recovery and connecting via usb to Windows. The internal sd card mounted in Windows and I was able to reformat it as a fat 32. It solved everything that was wrong, basically what you listed above
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jdruc:
Well I just changed the fstab to mount external_sd under /storage/sdcard0 and sdcard under /storage/sdcard1 and everything is now happy (camera app included). Might want to submit that change to the nightlies.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
Thanks, but that's more of a hack than a fix :)

There are some variables that I need to set that actually tell the phone that the sdcard is the preferred storage for some things and I'll be investigating that over the following week.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jparnell8839:
I had done that for while as well and everything seemed hunky dory, except for the fact that it absolutely corrpupts MD5 hashes. if you download anything flashable from the phone browser, you'll never get it to flash properly. at least, that's what happened to me. i'd be open to hear how it worked out for other people :D
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] flyers00:
I was using the latest nightly and I ran into 2 issues. While making a call the phone shut off and had to do the battery pull. The other issue I had is using a wall charger. When plugging in the phone shows battery then it dies or shuts off. Other than that all is good
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jdruc:
hack/fix = same thing :). I bet the variable you need to flip does pretty much the same. In CM9 there is an option to tell it to use external sd card, and it just updates the fstab...

Either way, I'm sure you'll figure it out. Till then, works great for me :)

Also, strangely enough, when I flipped the mounts, my 'internal sd' also mounted properly in sdcard1.

No issues here. Just downloaded nightly 1022 and md5 matched. Check with another sd card.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
I had an issue with the latest (10/22) nightly earlier this afternoon. I was using the GPS for directions. Everything was going smooth (it was draining the crap out of my battery but that's to be expected) then about an hour into my trip I got the low battery warning. I plugged my phone into the charger but I couldn't tell if it was charging or not. I didn't pick it up to look closely at the power indicator to see if it showed charging.

About 10 minutes later I heard a buzz, saw "SAMSUNG" on the screen, and then it went black. I tried holding the power button and would get two quick buzzes, a brief glimpse of the battery indicator, and then it would turn off again. I assumed it wasn't charging so I plugged it into my wall charger when I got to my hotel. Got the same thing. It wouldn't work properly until I pulled the battery. Then it fired right up and actually showed 34% battery strength. I tried the trick mentioned before about holding down the power and volume buttons but it was a no go. I had to pull the battery to get the darn thing working right.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] masterofthedamned:
they released a seccond 10 22 nightly with samsung specific changes so maby they fixed it already
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
I seem to lose data almost every time I install a nightly update. I guess it had sometime to do with permissions because I can usually fix it by going into CWM and running the fix.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] namaui:
Its worth noting that after installing a nightly via the Cyanogenmod Updater, you should reboot into recovery (CWM) and wipe caches. That has always resoled any small outstanding glitches between updates for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] blazetim:
Do the bottom lights work properly now, turn on when you unlock the screen? Every build i have tried after 20121009 they don't work right.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] namaui:
I've been on 20121019 for a few days now and nearly everything is flawless, only some very minor graphical glitches in Youtube when you bring up the volume or rotate the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
I installed the 10/23 nightly and had one reboot while using GPS this morning. I was able to "hard boot" my phone using the volume & power keys. Other than that it's worked pretty well.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] mdneilson:
They only work intermittently for me on 10/22 (the second release).
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Hey I tried switching mount points but couldn't get it can u write the internal and external lines out for me so I can see what to switch
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dvdneighbars:
So I'm loving this ROM! The only problem I have is that when I download anything it saves to my internal. Any way around this other than going into files and transferring manually? Dr4stic, amazing work!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
Odd, even after clearing cache and fixing permissions I always lose data when I install a nightly (empty right triangle instead of bars of service). To fix it I have to put my phone in airplane mode, reboot, and then turn off airplane mode when it comes back up.

Once I put the phone in airplane mode it won't give me the option to take it off until I reboot.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] strungoutfan78:
I'm glad you mention this. It doesn't always do it to me, but it started when I flashed 10/22. I'm thinking a factory reset and clean flash is in order, but when I tried that last night none of my market links worked. All my paid apps weren't marked as "Purchased", rather with a price tag, and the My Apps section was empty. Thank God for backups.:D

Sent from a magical unicorn using CM10
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
Yeah, I shouldn't say it happens every time but it happens to me about 80% of the time that I lose data when I update. It's slightly inconvenient but as long as I have a method to fix it I'll live with it. Small price to pay for being on the nightly list. :)

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] strungoutfan78:
So he's a question. How do all of you flash the nightlies in general? I usually just wipe Dalvik cache before and after flashing. I've heard so many different recommendations I'd like to just get some opinions.

Sent from a magical unicorn using CM10
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] masterofthedamned:
if you use boat browser the download location can be changed in the settings chrome doesnt have that option, and i really doubt the stock browser does either
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
I've had this happen on other devices running CM. Usually all you need to do is clear data from the play store.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
Thanks, I'll give that a try next time.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
So can anyone help me change my internal sd to mount as my external sd and my external mount as internal I know it's in the fstab file I just don't know what to change I've tried 3 times and can't get it right please someone help me I need to use my whole 8gb sd card since most games are more than our 1.4gb now and I play a lot of games
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] shaikmonster:
I have done straight dirty flashes since it was unofficial... no issues. I haven't even had a SOD in two builds. Love it...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
Interesting, it seems that the nightly goes live at the same time every morning (7:00AM CST) but my phone is unable to download the update until about an hour later.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jdruc:
Edit /system/etc/vold.fstab changing:

to

That's what works for me. Otherwise the internal sdcard never mounts.

Also keep in mind after every update you'll have to redo this, as it will be overwriten.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] marchingknight11:
Just installed the newest Nightly (10/25) and now my phone won't boot. I get to the CM boot animation, but it just spins indefinitely. I don't get an adb connection, so how do I boot into recovery to revert?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Pull battery and hold vol up down and power then when Samsung screen goes off release power count to 5 and let go of vol up down and recovery will start
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
swapping mounts...

Guys, I know you would like to have more space for the important stuff, but I think swapping the mounts is a bad idea.

I think I may have an alternative though: symlinks. Figure out which particular directories you'd like to store on the SDCARD versus the local phone storage, and then symlink those directories.

I'm pretty sure this would work, and this method would survive upgrades, hell... even data wipes. And best of all, it'd be safer.

I'm gonna investigate and put up some pointers.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jdruc:
which Ufqual

dr4stic, while I agree from before that swapping the mounts via fstab is not ideal, in my case, and I can only speak for my case, it is the only way to get CM10 working. The 'internal sd' just doesn't mount on sdcard0! It sounds like there are other folks here that have had that issue, but definitely not all.

As far as symlink vs mount, how is that safer regarding data wipes? When you boot in CM, it still thinks sdcard0 is the internal memory so it never touches your external card.

Ideally CM10/android should offer an option to select the external SD as main storage (like in CM9, which I still believe does just that- change the mounts), until then I really don't see a problem swapping the mounts.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] mdneilson:
Symlinks won't work, both cards are fat 32 which doesn't support symlinks. Plus, if the external sd was removed, then files sent to the link would become lost. Here is a small script that will mount folders if the cards are present and mounted. I modified this from another xda post, just paste this into scripter and set to run on boot.

#!/system/xbin/sh

# Check if the SDCARDs are mounted yet.
result="`ls /sdcard/ | wc -l`"
while [ "$result" -eq 0 ]
do
sleep 10
result="`ls /sdcard/ | wc -l`"
done

result="`ls /external_sd/ | wc -l`"
while [ "$result" -eq 0 ]
do
sleep 10
result="`ls /external_sd/ | wc -l`"
done

# The cards are mounted. Now mount the directories
busybox mount --bind /sdcard/test /external_sd/test

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---------- Post added at 04:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:42 PM ----------

Looks like posting from android messed it up. I'll clean it up when I get home

Edit: never mind

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Ya symlinks won't work I've tried... > there is another option its called directory bind and that is and app that takes a directory and binds it to another so u can download asphalt 7 for example its 1.4gb which is our whole internal sd and u bind it to a directory on the external sd and then it moves the files to ur external sd but it shows as on ur internal so when u run the game it runs from ur external but the problem is u have to have enough Room to download the app or game so thats why i swapped mount points here is the thread i started that will allow u to do the same its as easy as swapping 2 numbers in Vold.fstab in /etc

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33253737

The directory bind thread is just a Google search away if that's what u need too
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] mdneilson:
Directory bind does the same function as the script that I posted. It is a simple bind mount. I hate having apps for such menial things, but it is simpler for those who don't want to go through the work. Bind mounting should download directly to the external card if the mount is successful.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] l666666z:
Samsung T769 Won't Boot

flash cm10,the cell phone can not boot when charging.but official rom can boot.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
I knew I should've checked the filesystem before opening my mouth :)

I just assumed it was ext4, not sure why they would format an internal partition as fat.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dispozable:
Would Super apps2sd be of any use? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1888986
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] flyers00:
2 quick questions for you.

Have the changes from 10/24 unofficial been pushed to the official nightlies?

In performance settings do you recommend turning on ksm and zram?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
ksm, not sure. It does look cool. You could try it and report back :)

As for zram, seems like it'd almost necessitate more CPU all the time, right? The device has 1gig of ram... are you memory starved? If you need the memory and are willing to sacrifice cpu and battery for it, then go for it. But I don't think the majority of people will need it.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] flyers00:
I used to use ksm on my old phone and it helped on some processes.

I'm not starved for memory and most people will stay away from zram..

Have the changes from 10/24 unofficial been pushed to the nightlies ? Thanks for the quick response
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] crispian:
Random MAC address fix???

I've been happily downloading the nightlies each day and continue to be impressed by them- the stability and battery life keeps improving...BUT the one continual pain is the random MAC addresses generated by the wifi!

All the access points where I work (as well as my own ones at home) are set up with MAC address filtering so this effectively means I have no wifi. I can reset my home router (though this means changing the set up on all my laptops, desktops, bluray player, Wii etc.), but that doesn't help me at work.

Does anyone have a fix for this that I can use until whatever needs fixing gets fixed in CM10? Something I could flash over the ROM or an edit I can make in the system- I'm really not complaining- I love these ROMs, but this is getting to be a dealbreaker :(
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] l666666z:
Samsung T769 Won't Boot

!!!!!

flash cm10,the cell phone can not boot when charging.but official rom can boot.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] skullreapper66:
Use the search button!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
Sorry, I've been mired in a ridiculous amount of... beaurocracy... lately. This is my next "bug" to work on. The whole broadcom driver is... different. Figuring out what's wrong has been interesting. But I wanna play with it tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] merwin:
I dont think fat32 supports symlinks like ext does. Much easier to edit vold.conf or boot.img/init.rc
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] crispian:
No apology necessary- far from it! I'm so grateful that we have what we have thanks to you!

If there's anything I can do to help/test/feedback etc. please let me know- I shall be holed up sheltering from the "Frankenstorm" for the next few days, so I should have some time on my hands but may be without power or internet ;)

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Noticed lately been having problems with juice defender not starting at boot. Checked jd's log and its not compatible with jelly bean. Switched to Green Power from the play store, and phone seems more responsive. Also the toggle for wifi and 3g/4g seems to be much more fast and responsive. Battery performance blows jd out the park. Anyone else wanting more battery life try this app. Its compatible with ics and jelly bean. Ive had wifi on all morning surfing the web with only a 15% dip in battery and it loads immediately at boot.

SGH-T769

CM10 20121029
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] strungoutfan78:
I'm on 10/30 build and it's rock solid. My battery life is fantastic.

Sent from a magical unicorn using CM10
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] shaikmonster:
Got a DoD on the 29 build, but not on the builds since.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Haven't had any sod since the 1028 update, but today experienced a sudden shutdown totally unexplained wasn't doing anything. Phone wouldn't cut back on had to hold the power key for about 6 secs. Been fine since.....

SGH-T769

CM10 20121101
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
FYI:

Most likely from 11/3 nightly on, the WiFi Random MAC bug should be fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Thx dr4stic, its amazing what you've done for blaze owners. Just let me know what your next device will be and i will follow. People don't fully understand the work that goes into these builds and i just wanted to say how much i appreciate you putting all your energy into this project. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Chitown021:
Only downside to nightlies, I have to reinstall the 4.2 camera, clock, and font each day when I upgrade. I guess it's because they are installed via recovery and not like regular apps?

I don't have to do that with the 4.2 keyboard.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
If you have Titanium Backup, you can just backup the whole app and restore it whenever you upgrade... I think :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
Heh, thanks... but I think if I can sell off enough equipment and blood, I'm headed towards a Nexus 4. It's sexy and it'll have AOSP right out of the gate :)

But I do appreciate it. Just 1 more bug to go!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dvdneighbars:
I have to agree with you about the Nexus 4 haha

Which is the last bug?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Hey I don't know if u use this Rom too dr4stic and I know it's not a major thing but the flash will NOT turn off... Do u think it's possible to fix that please it kinda wastes battery and it makes it impossible to take close up pics... That's a bug to me a important one if u know a way to fix it I'd really appreciate it

And once again your name will be echoed from the masses for ages to come for all your hard work man u r the man DR4STIC
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chjema:
Flash turns off just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
BLN... we're using a provisional driver right now. It's supposed to be a temporary setup, and this particular one is going to be very involved.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
So, ummm... I've never experienced that. I've tested these things while I still have my testing phone and the flash has always worked fine.

Have you been following the nightlies? Does this problem also exist with the CM9 builds? Is there anything weird about your setup (did you switch schedulers, or governors, etc)? Can you get me a logcat while it's going on?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] marchingknight11:
Hey dr4stic. Love the ROM and thanks for all your hard work. Only one more thing I'm wondering about: are you going to add the ability to change the storage location for the camera. I have to say its a bit annoying to manually copy my pics to the SD every time with root explorer.

Sent from my Blaze 4G using the xda-developers app
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Goodbye_Alltel:
I second marchingknight11 on that. I know you're working very hard on this project and the BLN issue, but it would be nice to come up with a permanent solution to our storage issues. I know I can manually move photos over to the sd card with a file manager, but what about large apps or games? Ashpalt 7 is 1.4 GB - I'd like to buy and play this game but have no idea how to get it to install to the sd card, unless it does that automatically? Which in that case, it still wouldn't work because the partitions and mounts are all wonky on this device. And dr4stic, please don't feel like you're under appreciated as I write this because I am so grateful for all your hard work, especially with the latest nightly fixing wifi (now I don't have to abuse my grandfathered unlimited plan, lol). If I could thank you with a small donation I would, but I don't see where to donate to you - would you rather I just donate to the whole cyanogenmod team?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] dr4stic:
scratch that, I see it now. It's not that you can't turn it off (as in it comes on and stays on), it's that you can't disable it.

I'm tempted to think it's a CM10 bug because the torch works fine, however my GS3 doesn't do that. Then again, the gs3 has that fast-picture hardware, so the flash probably works differently.

*sigh*.

I'll look into it... on monday.

Can you tell me if you experienced this on CM9? I don't have the zips on my phone for some reason and I'm unlikely to copy them in tonight.

If the problem doesn't exist on CM9, then it's likely a CM issue. Ugh.