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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] segueyer:
Since I have not posted enough times I couldn't post this in development section where it belongs. I have been trying to use Jellybean ROMs since they became available but always reverted back to Blazer ROM because of the media scanning bug. This is where media scanner fails to find any media on both SD cards, in other words gallery and the default music player fails to load any of the media. I tried everything that was suggested on these forums and could not figure it out. I found all .nomedia files and deleted them, updated rom manager, cleared the media cache, etc.

One of the solutions was to copy everything on the sd cards over to my computer, format the SD cards then copy everything back. This did not work the first time I did it. The second time I tried it I forgot to copy over my DCIM folder to the main SD card on my phone. I turned on my phone and after a reboot all of my media was there. I use Jetaudio for my music and I was finally able to to use it. I then realized that I had forgotten to copy my DCIM folder in particular the Camera folder with my more than 1,000 pictures and videos. I then went to check my media and it was still there but none of my new pictures where showing up. So I went into Apps settings and cleared my media, still nothing, so I rebooted. Now all of my media including my music in jetaudio was gone. So I went ahead and deleted my Camera folder with all my pictures, and all of my media came back after a reboot. To make a long story short something in my Camera folder was stopping the media scanner from functioning properly, I have yet to figure out what it is. But maybe with the help of some of the people here we can figure it out. I am currently happy having all of my music and none of my pictures. I can always look at them on my computer if I get nostalgic.

I am currently running Paranoid Android 2.16 and I think that the fact that Media Scanner is no longer stuck allows my phone to Sleep. I was previously loosing 10% battery life per hour getting about 5hrs battery with moderate to heavy use. I now get 10+ hours battery life with moderate to heavy use and loose about 1% per hour.

If anyone can make suggestions as to what files might be causing media scanner to hang. I would appreciate the feedback. It would be nice to have my pictures back on my phone but I can live without them.

By the way all new pictures i take show up just fine and cause no problems. I have also added new music and this shows up just fine as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kmok:
Have you tried copying just the pictures in the DCIM folder to the Camera Folder and not the entire folder? Are there any weird files that are not pictures or videos in your DCIM folder? I'm on Paranoid Android 2.16 also but I haven't copied over any old pictures to my phone and have not experienced this issue myself. I did have an issue with my music files not showing up in my music players on my old Epic 4G (the one with the keyboard) and when I first transferred my music files onto my external SD card. Getting PowerAmp fixed that issue and I also a Rescan SD app occasionally if needed. I haven't really needed to use it after I got both my SD cards all setup on the phone. Maybe try using a Rescan SD app?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrBira:
Hi guys.

I got a problem.

Got tired of lags, so i decided to wipe (data + dalvik) and reinstall Omega 27.1.

Now i can't boot up the phone - it just starts up CWM (6.0.1.2) when i reboot. Have tried to pull battery and when i insert it recovery just comes up.

What have i missed?

I have tried to install again, with and without wipes but still the same.

Can't restore nandroid either. Getting error on restoring /data, and just comes back to CWM again.

I'm kinda stuck.. ideas?

EDIT:

Just did a nandroid restore, error on restoring /data as always, but i rebooted and got into Android. I had to type in my google account information again, and all apps crashes all the time.

So I rebooted to recovery, and installed 27.1 (did a full wipe again), and now i can't get past recovery again.

Wtf?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devid801:
If you can get into download mode, flash a stock rom samsung www.sammobile.com with ODIN, then get root permissions and cwm with ]cf-root 6.4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrBira:
Yes, it seems to be the only thing to do..

But does anyone know what is causing this?

Can't be the boot.img, because restoring the boot (wipes+restores) doesn't work. And installing a new rom also adds a new boot.img.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nka11:
Hi,

I'm a noob, so i'm not allowed to post in developpement forum even if believe it's the correct place for this post.

I'm following the B2G porting guide for a Galaxy s3 device. (wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/Porting)

I'm starting from the samsung rom (XXBLH3) rooted.

Here are my files :

device profile : github.com/nka11/android-device-galaxys3

B2G fork for config/build files : github.com/nka11/B2G

and you will find here some notes taken during build : gist.github.com/3826507

Right now, the system.img (file available, see gist ) builds successfully and i modified the rooted boot.img to include init.b2g.rc.

I'm flashing with heimdall successfully but it fails booting (device hangs showing Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300, first screen).

As i'm a noob (can't make link nor post in good places), i'm stalled here, i don't know what i can do to figure out why it don't work.

So i'm looking for an experienced rom builder on gs3 (or a firefox os expert) to review the profile, and would like to learn some tricks which may help me to debug on my own.

Hope someone can help

Regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nka11:
still stalled

Hello,

Thanks for the silence.

I'm stalled, so changing my strategy and using the CM9.1 ROM as codebase.

I'll keey forum in touch anyway.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Thanks for the silence.

Thats not the way a forum works and with that attitude you may find many developers not bothering to reply .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nka11:
Sorry, i was deep in dev and quite impatient. Just like many people here, I spend my spare time on this, so i can understand you felt insulted.

Anyway, I have a bugfix for heimdall 1.4, userdata image partition flash is now supported for GT-I9300 : github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/pull/56 . It may be useful for some people here.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nka11:
News about porting

With CM9.1 rom :

Build successful but boot stalled at Samsung splash screen.

adb daemon active, so i can shell into the device.

After parsing dmesg, no error message found.

Going for further investigation.

I can give latest rom images on request.

Best regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnakeHaveYou:
Interesting! I'll subscribe to this thread!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nka11:
a new attempt

Here are the extracts from dmesg i can suspect.

around line 263 :

<3>[ 2.222980] c1 init: could not import file /system/etc/init.local.rc

<4>[ 2.225921] c1 init (1): /proc/1/oom_adj is deprecated, please use /proc/1/oom_score_adj instead.

<3>[ 2.409017] c1 init: cannot open '/initlogo.rle'

but as the kernel startup goes further, i don't know if i can suspect one of those lines. I've just commented

reference to init.local.rc in init.rc as it contains only CM specific service loading. Let's see later if we'll need

it with Firefox OS.

Later i can find these lines

<3>[ 2.643364] c2 init: cannot find '/system/bin/dmbserver', disabling 'dmb'

<3>[ 2.643446] c2 init: cannot find '/system/bin/bintvoutservice', disabling 'TvoutService_C'

but after checking in the CM9.1 backup, it appears that these files are not present in the rom.

it seems to reference proprietary binaries. I've checked in the samsung rom and found bintvoutservice but no dmbserver.

I've found the reference to these files in the init.smdk4x12.rc, so I commented the lines out for 'dmb'.

As above, it doesn't block the boot process.

I haven't noticed anything else, but something bothered me...

init.smdk4x12.rc isn't referenced in init.rc, however, init.rc content doesn't seems to be interpreted. So I moved

the import init.b2g.rc and chmod instructions to init.smdk4x12.rc.

Rebuilded the updated rom files for a new attempt.

Comportement changed : when i boot, the samsung splash screen disappears but the screen remains black and I have no access to adb...

Hard buttons seems to react as they light on when i touch them, but nothing else seems to work.

Where else could i watch ? Can someone explain (or reference a thread) init.rc/init.smdk4x12.rc on GT-I9300 ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuisuMercha:
Any news ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vote_gough:
I remember seeing someone upload some Galaxy S III stuff for Firefox OS to Github a couple of weeks ago, but I can't find the link anywhere.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vote_gough:
Found those links, I hope that they'll help anyone trying to port Firefox OS to the Galaxy S III.

Godspeed :)

https://github.com/Droid2Fox/android_device_samsung_i9300

And another attempt

https://gist.github.com/nka11/3826507
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRPnet:
I don't pretend to be a developer for one minute, but my understanding is that as far as those last two errors go, they are unsupported in CM because the code is propriety.

Sorry I can't help further - this does sound like an interesting thread - I only hope someone can give you some assistance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DesertHawk:
Still recruiting? I know someone who can help
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cullenmq1:
for some reason, this app is not supported for the infinity pad. could someone with a prime download cloudon and post the apk? (its a free app, no warez)

thanks so much!
[HTC One S] briandresstoyota:
Hey everyone,

This may be a bit of an off question as it applies to all android phones not ust the one s but here goes....

I just picked up an iHome Bluetooth Keyboard, designed for the ipad. Connected with ease to my one S and I am currently using it to type out this post. Works fantastic. No lag to speak of and the keys are really nice. One drawback, it is designed for Ipad lol. Sooooo the question here is whether or not it is possible to remap the keys on the keyboard to perform funtions on Android. I.e. map the function buttons to quicklaunch apps or to use the arrow keys to roll around the UI as I have not yet picked up a mouse. the arrow keys work in certain apps like the text message app or the browser. keyboard is a dream for emulation, takes me back to my early pc no gamepad emulation days lol. anyways, if anyone has some input on the subject i would love to hear it. Thanks in advance to your helpful replies. Love this community!!!
[HTC One S] nor-ric:
Hi,

I've managed to remap some hotkeys by opening up the terminal emulator (which you can download here) and inserting the string "am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.quicklaunch.QuickLaunchSettings" without quotes (thanks to norristh for this). This way you can map each search+letter shortcut and, IN MY KEYBOARD, hotkeys are nothing but a search+letter combination (I mean, if you change the search+letter behaviour you also change the hotkey behaviour).

The only hotkeys I haven't been able to get working are the apps key and the mute key (they aren't probably integrated natively in android).

Try it out!
[HTC One S] sevenvssix:
i bought an ihome bluetooth wireless keyboard and i am unable to pair it with my inspire4g. i need some help please. i try to type ''0000'' and ''1234'' with no luck. what am i missing. it's a race to get this done because my girlfriend wants me to take it back, but i know it will work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] JohnMullins:
Hey,

I tried flashing a rom but I failed. But I did nvflash according to the guide at androidroot.mobi.

Now I get unrecoverable bootloader error 0x0000004.

I tried to access nvflash with wheelie but I always get Error -1 sending command (even when I use wheelie -r --blob blob.bin). Strange thing is that when I run this wheelie command my transformer shows the Eee pad where it says in the top left corner "Entering NVFLASH recovery mode / Nv3p Server" and CHIP UID: ........

But nvflash doesnt react from there.

Is there any hope for me? What can I do?

Btw: I am using Windows
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jra89027:
I am running cm10 10/2/12 version with k47 kernel 9/23/12. I have ran cm10 different times with my gs3 and always get awful battery life. I love cm10 but I need better battery. the kernel was only flashed, never tweaked with. there is also lte in my area, but what is this media server. its not the rom, i have flahed many versions of it and always get the same issue. any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
Media Server covers any application that plays media such as Google Play Music, PowerAmp, any audio / video player application. I have flashed a few different JB ROMs and have had terrible battery life on most of them. Android OS is always my culprit though. I would assume that one of your media player apps is constantly trying to scan a file or directory and that is why the media server usage is so high.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
Try asking here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1786563

They could probably help you more than general q&a.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jersam515:
Hi, I'm looking for the best way to root the original kindle fire on the latest OS. I know there are already threads on this but I want to make sure the latest approach is the same. A simple step-by-step guide would be great. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jersam515:
Thanks, wasnt sure if that was still modern.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Doomboss:
Just want to see if anyone use portable DAC such as Fiio E7 with GS3 or not.

My DAC doesnt work with the GS3 though. When i plug it in the sound didnt goes through the DAC, and play it on the speaker instead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ToxicSkin:
Just did a very clean install of SkyJellyBean5.0. In the photo I attached is a screenie of the answer ring used to answer calls. This is the first time I've seen this happen to me on JB or ICS. Just was hoping maybe something I did wrong or a fix I could use to correct this. SkyJB runs flawless for me other than the glitchy answer ring. Any help is appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] slimslim:
New version now compatible with S3 stock roms (and also with HOX), download from Google Play. Enjoy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zack2491:
I'm due for an upgrade, and am considering the GS3 or possibly even the Note 2 if I can hold out that long.

I'm curious why I would ever need more than 16gb of internal storage when I could easily buy a 64gb microSD for ~50$

I understand apps can't be installed on the SD (stock, at least), but other than that, is there any reason to have more internal storage?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esvext:
You can just buy a 64 GB and microSD. Yes, you can't install apps on the SD card... in theory. But THE solution is there :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1772234
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayoi92:
u need more internal storage if u are gamers..if ur fon not rooted..u cant move apps 2 sd..all big and small size game will be stored in internal memory..
[HTC Rezound] diehardbattery:
I know there have been some threads about this but I'm still not sure about it all. Currently running ViperRez ROM, unlocked bootloader with s-on.

I'd like to get back to stock ICS to make the phone more sellable. Been having signal issues with my phones in the house, and unfortunately an extender won't work in my case. So will be going to at&t..
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...lobal-capabilities-installation-instructions/

All you need to know :)
[HTC Rezound] diehardbattery:
If I'm reading that link correctly, it says something about being on stock ota ICS? I am guessing I would somehow need to get back to that first, I know I can find the link for that in the article. I don't believe I'm on stock since I'm running the ViperRez ROM? What am I missing here?
[HTC Rezound] Bluesnake01:
Download the official VZW ICS update and put it on your SD card, make sure the file name is PH98IMG.ZIP. After, re-lock your boot loader. Once locking it, restart the phone to HBOOT and it will automatically update itself to the VZW ICS file.
[HTC Rezound] diehardbattery:
Worked great, thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Know125:
Is it normal for this device to lag when playing 3D games?

I understand that 3D games are quite resource intensive, but I expected better than this.

N.O.V.A 3 is almost unplayable, Modern Combat 3 suffers less lag than N.O.V.A but still a considerable amount, Mass Effect Infiltrator suffers huge lag spikes when multiple enemies are onscreen and even Monsters ate my Condo is lagging.

I am on stock touchwiz, not rooted. No custom kernel. Na-da.

Also, which may not have anything to do with this, the keyboard often lags in the messages (texting) app. Sometimes bad enough that I can watch the sentence finish itself. That's always fun, right? :D

Thanks in advanced to anyone who can give me any insight.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sp991:
I know it will sound like a stupid question but can you make sure your power saving (from the statusbar widget) is not activated. I've notice lag on Nova Launcher while this was turned on even if I set the powersaving option not to affect CPU performance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Know125:
Thanks for a quick reply :D

And no, power saving mode is not on. I never activate this mode as every single task becomes extremely laggy D:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
I would return this phone. This is no normal behavior. I played those game before rooting without a lag. I even downloaded torrent while playing without any lag. The phone heated up a little but hey it's a phone! :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Know125:
Thanks that's exactly what I was looking for; just some insight as to whether it's normal or not.

I'll look into whether I can get this sorted out. I've just gotta find the right way to get this covered by warranty or just pay a deductible for a new phone :P

Good thing I have an extended warranty!
[Verizon Droid Charge] jett1217:
whenever i try to turn it on it gets the little phone followed with caution symbol followed with computer symbol it happened after tring to flash a recovery in odin a few times and kept failing and now whenever i try to flash stock rom from samsung or anything in odin it will say nand write fail

what am i supposed to do?
[Verizon Droid Charge] cujo6801:
Go to imnuts.org

And download ee4 and pit file..

Run them at the same time.

I'm assuming that you know how to run odin.

And know to unzip the ee4

And so on..

Select PDA

SENT FROM THE DOG POUND
[Verizon Droid Charge] jett1217:
i downloaded ep4 and tried to flash it but i didnt use a pit and it said nand write fail
[Verizon Droid Charge] jett1217:
Removed!!

<ID:0/008> Added!!

<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/008> Initialzation..

<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/008> Removed!!

<ID:0/008> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

and its been pluged in everytime
[Verizon Droid Charge] jett1217:
i flashed tweaked 3.0 odin style and now it wont even show splash screen it only goes to download mode
[Verizon Droid Charge] lukegman:
Did yu put Yur battery back in after going to download mode?...and check the pit file box?

simply tweaked 3.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] jett1217:
of course i put my battery back in
[Verizon Droid Charge] lukegman:
Sounds like Yur doing a good job then...keep going

simply tweaked 3.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] stueycaster:
Did you check Re-Partition and un-check Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time?

Click on Pit and add your Pit file.

Verify the MD5 checksum before you added the EP4 file into PDA. Bad downloads do happen sometimes.

Pull the battery to enter download mode then replace it before flashing. That nand write fail thing is what happens if you flash without the battery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
did you try a different USB cord or rebooting your computer? (I know it sounds silly, but changing the cord worked for me and others)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
I use Titanium Backup all the time. But one thing I have not yet figured out is this.

I flash a new ROM.

Go to Play Store and download Titanium Backup & License.

I restore all my apps (including Titanium).

But none of the settings I've set up for Titanium Backup are restored?

I have to go through the menu and re-do all my preferences, etc. for TB.

What am I doing wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kinghorsey:
Its the first option under the preferences menu.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
SMH :eek:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] phaze3131:
confirmed this does nothing, hit the option, played around on thunderbird opening and closing, even killing, no such backup file is ever created. I wipe and load up a new titanium app, use the setting, but nothing happens.

so this def does not work, does anyone know of a way that does work, maybe this time with instructions on where to find this ghost settings file?

thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d3athsd00r:
Works for me. I haven't had to set preferences in TB for a while.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
Yeah it's been working great for me also.

Are you using the free or paid version of TB? I have the paid version and maybe that is a requirement.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] eyeconic:
It's been awhile since I posted to this forum. In that time I managed to FUBAR one of these things into a paperweight and CWM refused to cooperate.

Has anyone figured out a safe way to upgrade the U8800-51 to at least GBread? I need it for a couple of applications.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
Is any dev by any dev planing on porting the galaxy note 2 ron in to the galaxy note ? am asking becase is jelly been and it has lots of s pen feautures ... just wondering
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] supermerkin:
This is something I was wondering as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
I'm guessing yes ....

But these things take time ...

The note 2 CPU architecture is very different ...and the kernel will need big changes...

It's gonna be worth it I think ....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daminux:
Lets hope so :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] chiwire2000:
me too

me too, men i keep watching the reviews for the gn2 and the only thing that i want is the rom, i hate physical home buttons so i don't want to upgrade.