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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
I've been out of town the past few days, and I wanted to get back to you on this. I did a fresh wipe/all (system/cache/data/davlik) today and flashed 2.99.5. While still in recovery I ran shell and checked the 24-26 blocks (system/cache/data) and everything came back clean. I rebooted. The setup wizard hung and wouldn't do anything. It was stuck on "hang on a sec..." which I became impatient on about 3 minutes in so I rebooted again. Then as I was completing the setup wizard the phone froze and rebooted - like it was doing before with the themes. So I rebooted to recovery again and opened shell and checked with tune2fs. To my surprise, everything again came back clean.

So I'm starting to wonder... is it possible when you uploaded the update to PA some error/corruption occurred on the host server that could/would explain what's going on with my phone? I'm wondering this since the link in the 2nd post for 2.99.5 is down... Something just isn't right. I don't doubt your dev skills at all, however I DO doubt file server hosts :D

I work as a photographer and it seems like once a year one single image in a batch of a few hundred gets corrupted on my lab's ftp server either during upload or on the ftp server itself and the issues that I'm having are making me think that this could be the culprit here - especially since this is the first time with PA that I've had this issue and that I can run tweaked without issue.

EDIT: I will go through the new filesystems thread you made and post my results with that:) Results: e2fsck reported all partitions clean 21, 24-27.

EDIT2: Downloading again from goo manager and will do destructive format ./make_ext4fs for system/data/cache.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Morganmachine91:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 06MAR13) 2.99.5

Just wanted to say... Thanks Thomas for this last update :) is working great for me :D BLN is definitely working now too. And I'm not having any problem with themes... I'm using Cyrusholo black.. But have also used acid green and tangerine dream since the update. Nothing weird has happened.

Anyway, thanks for the hard work
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 06MAR13) 2.99.5

Quite possible something with the ftp went wrong... not the first time this have worked great one day and corrupt the next... I use to only have that problem on fileshare, but I guess it's possible on any file hosting site... I'll upload it again tonight and see if that helps... I'll also upload it on my alternate site just in case...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Phattack:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 06MAR13) 2.99.5

Would the LMT launcher work on this ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 06MAR13) 2.99.5

It should...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
UPDATE!

2.99.51 is up... read the change log and enjoy!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] etinellum:
As a heads up, after installing the update I had to reinstall GApps. Otherwise everything is working great so far. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Read the

Flashing instructions for updating ONLY:

in the second post... I stated to flash gapps after you flash the ROM...

Just a tip, my attempt at making a tweaks.prop isn't one of my better ideas...lol

To get the build.prop tweaks to work:

In root browser navigate to /system and rename tweaks.prop to build.prop(2). It is VERY important that you are verbatim when renaming it build.prop(2) because if you leave out the (2) then you will be stuck in a bootloop. Next update WILL have this change, or I will go back to the tweaks.conf as it worked well too...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] KLBrey:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Very grateful, thanks for the seemingly solid update.

I'm anxious to try your tweaks as mentioned but I'm having trouble renaming tweaks.conf as quoted. No matter what I try (GUI, term, adb) I'm rebuked for using unauthorized characters, namely the must-have "(2)".

How would you go about it?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

A Lil app called Root explorer

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Or root browser which I included in the package... you might have to remount system as rw though...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] xWolf13:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

How do I change the Thomas.raines presents boot?

Sent from my ParanoidAndroidDevice!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] KLBrey:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Thanks. Worked.

Root Browser first asks to install a few custom binaries including a separate Busybox. I'm guessing that particular Bb, and possibly Root Explorer's as well, is what allows expanded-character sets in file names ie parentheses.

I won't forget that. Thanks guys.

[from me2u using Tapatalk 2]
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Or just wait for the next update which should be up tomorrow with a ton of kernel tweaks/adjustments...Ok, maybe not a ton but there are quite a few...lol
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] RavenII:
So...a few things, while this rom kicks EVERY form of ass that it can...(I had an Amaze before)....

Do you guys have to type SU in order to have root access?...

Does adb remount work for you?

anddd....does overclocking work? I'm using Rom toolbox pro and it's not going over 1566MHz
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
In setting>developer options just above where you check to allow android debugging, there is an option named Root Access. Tap that and select Apps and adb. Now you have root access in adb...

As for the cpu clock speed, I am working on that now...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Long story short, I fudged up...lol

I have voltage and cpu frequency control fixed in the kernel. I have to get to bed so I am not able to update PA atm, but you can head over to my lz kernel thread and flash p3.4.1 to fix everything.

Thanks for understanding... I'll have a PA build up tomorrow with the fixed kernel...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] RavenII:
Awesome, thank you for the reply. That helps a LOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
Flashed this rom and ran all day yesterday with no problems and then flashed your new LZ kernel last night and it looks like I alomst doubled the battery life. 8 hours and still 70% yesterday after 8 hours was around 30% and I think I have used my phone more today then yesterday..

Is there a way to change the split view in menu settings and make things bigger? I got fatt fingures :) I would like that split view more if my phone was larger like a s3 or note but my blaze is a little smaller and the areas I am touching are much smaller and some times takes a couple extra tries to get the right selection. I like the way it looks but my big fatt fingures makes it harder to enjoy.

Huge fan of the LZ kernel and I always flash it on whatever JB rom I am using.

Many thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] xWolf13:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Whenever I answer a call it hangs and reboots...

Sent from my ParanoidAndroid Android!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
Just figured out font size helped a little and I can go to indevidual apps and change there size too. Being PA has the ability to do tablet mode or phone mode the apps can be ran either way too. I like the ability to to set what apps to run in tablet or phone..... very very slick :)

got to spend some more time exploring PA abilitys !!

Or I can just youtube it :)

---------- Post added at 04:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:46 PM ----------

Bad flash or download maybe? try wipe dalvic and cache or maybe even try the uvmb1 update or latest LZ kernel. I did both uvmb1 and latest LZ kernel last night and made several calls today and recieved a few too with no problems.

good luck :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] xWolf13:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Think it was a bad flash. Thanks! Fixed it!
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Well, my battery mod to remove what I thought was an unnecessary wakelock may have not been a good idea. So, I will add the power manager wakelock back and see if that makes it any better.

As for the the split screen, you are kinda SOL on that one bud... That's how PA was designed...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
Progress made and a cause is finally found

OK. I have figured out the cause of all my troubles (no it's not the obvious things like having a baby a week from tomorrow or being worked to death up until that very day). It's the kernel. I have a 100% stable CM10 on my phone (using 3/18 nightly) used extensively all day today - I ran the battery almost empty without issue :D. Themes still are not right and even break some of my favorite games (final fantasy dimensions in particular will no longer load using any theme with cm10) so I am 'stuck' running the default theme - and when I say default I mean what's on it when it is first booted because selecting the system theme still breaks stuff lmao :D.

Just now that I have a 100% stable system (minus the issue with themes) I decided to flash the new LZ 3.4.1 (to increase performance and battery life) and upon boot it immediately froze and rebooted (actually freezing where 'checking sd card' is displayed in the status bar) - the exact issue I was having with PA that I initially attributed to themes (such a noob thing to do lol). So now I am under the assumption that the voltage is just set too low for my device to function properly. Or could it be a tweak? IDK. I could change whatever is causing my reboots (voltage, tweak, etc) to make everything run fine except that I can't get much beyond the initial boot before it locks up - yet another reason to ALWAYS nandroid before doing anything (which I did and restored to a fully functional system). If I can get anything for you to confirm what's going on in my seemingly isolated case please don't hesitate to ask (although I am slammed right now and baby on the way, etc.etc.). BTW is it normal that when the blue bar 'fills' where it says "Thomas.Raines LZ Kernel" (the kernel 'splash' screen as I call it) for the phone to hang for ~15 seconds on every boot? This happens on my phone - perhaps signaling something isn't right for my device (ie voltage)? I just am used to the stock tweaked kernel, where as soon as that blue bar fills the screen immediately disappears.

I also went back to the original CWM 5.5.0.4 as I am sure with it-

1- It works. 2- It uses make_ext4fs to format when wiping (I assume this since when wiping data/factory reset an error occurs saying make_ext4fs couldn't format sd-ext path not found). 3- (personal preferences here) You can 'mount usb storage' successfully to access the microsd card via computer when in recovery and backups are always full backups (no blobs etc). Also reboots properly unlike 6.1.0.4 where if you leave it plugged in it will sometimes not reboot and stick on the battery charging animation.

LASTLY - I wanted to post this here in the PA thread to let everyone know who may be reading my issues over the last page or two and decide to stay away from this rom that MY ISSUES are seemingly an isolated case - and are just that - MY ISSUES. Please don't shy away from this great rom made by one of the best devs around :) :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

I think he was saying its better now I know mine is I'm getting crazy good battery life now thanks as always I never use any other kernels its this one everytime

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] henslo:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

I've been running 2.99.5 since released and no issues with themes, freezes, etc. Great ROM for the blaze, Got an Atrix HD now would be great to have this on it :D

Sent from my MB886
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
For the big fingered folks-

You can change settings.apk to phone pixel density by going to paranoid preferences > apps > settings.apk and changing the pixel density to 240, then change the ratio on the next page to 1.36?, then scroll over two pages and tick the force box and hit apply. It will no longer be split screen though. I believe I already posted this on this thread somewhere lol. I have fat fingers too and this is what I do.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
I changed the settings density, but didn't think to change the ratio... good call... thanks man
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
@anactoraaron, your issues are my issue bro... I'm not saying this because I want everyone to enjoy my work as I do, I'm saying this because seriously... Every time you post an issue, I soon experience a nearly identical issue on my skyrocket...lol

I just built 3 kernels for the sky, all working fine, just testing out some things. I read your post and now with all 3 builds, it won't boot. It will show the android is updating thing then starting apps then freezes and reboots...lol

I'm going to figure out what is causing this sooner or later... I promise... I actually have a very good idea... But I have to test the theory first... So hold on guys and let me see what I can do...

Oh, and as far as this

That is actually normal for the LZ kernel. It's the init.d scripts running and optimizing things.

Just as I thought, it seems to be a dalvik issue... Now the question is how to fix?

I'm working on it... well, I will work on it tomorrow... I have to get to bed...lol
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Thanks. You're the best. I know I'm going to be busy, but there will be some time on occasion this week and beyond where I will have time and need to do something to stay sane and if you need anything tested please hit me up. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ObeyGods:
Cant sync

I cant sync my contacts from google and would like to know how i would do it because i have tried everything
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
did you flash GAPPS after rom? I know you said you tried everything but I thought i would ask anyways. check system settings accounts and see if you see google.

---------- Post added at 12:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:10 AM ----------

Battery life is fine since I flashed your newest kenel over the newest PA. I was not complaining just stating that my big fat fingures were the problem not your awesome rom and kernel :) I changed font and figured out how to customize app size and am now hooked on PA and I am starting to like the split view more and more as I use it. I think I am done flashing roms now for a while or at least till the kernel isue with 4.2 is worked out. PA and LZ is awesome combo and I will stick with that for a while.

Many thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ObeyGods:
Sync

Can anyone help with the syncing of contacts because it doesnt work for me
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] anactoraaron:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Did you dirty flash or did you start clean by wiping system/data/cache/davlik? Which recovery are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ObeyGods:
Yes i started out by wiping system/data/dalvik but ill try it again.

CWN-based Recovery v5.5.0.4
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] chinabear13:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] ObeyGods:
Fixed
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] crispian:
I'm loving this ROM- running 2.99.51 with the 3.4.1 LZ kernel, Lionheart/noop, 384-1566 and UC -25 across the board- and I'm getting awesome battery life and it seems 99% stable :) So many thanks!

One question though, when I plug the phone into my computer it no longer shows up as the two folders it used to, it just comes up as a "camera" (I'm running Ubuntu). I get no "USB connected" on the phone either. I looked around and found a couple of apps that said they would fix this, but so far no luck. Am I missing something, I don't get the choice of MTP or PTP like I used to.

It's not a deal breaker as I can just unmount the SD card and plug it directly into my laptop, but it would be more convenient to be able to plug the USB cable in like I could with CM...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
That's how it shows up in ubuntu. You can still access them as the two files, you need to go to settings/storage and change it to mass storage.

@Thomas , a little rusty but doesn't DL the SDK and a dB allow Ubuntu to recognize the phone? Been awhile...lol
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Unplug the phone form your computer

Go to system setting>storage hit menu button>USB computer connection and check mass storage

Plug back in and enjoy

Not on my computer...lol

But yes it should...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Kernel Update 3.4.2

LZ kernel Blaze_p3.4.2 is ready for downloading... I know I said I would get a completely new PA build for you guys, but I have been super busy trying to fix my screw up my kernel source...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
I figured out a long time ago about setting JB to mass storage but on my ubuntu pc I can plug my phone in and I see both my sd 1.5 and 16 gig and I can brows them and copy from them to my ubuntu but if I copy anything from ubuntu to either sd the phone will freeze and I have to remove battery....This has been the case for me on every JB rom I have used and every kernel I have tried. It also did this when I was running linux mint. I switched back to ubuntu to see if it would be different but same thing every time. only freeze when I copy a file from linux to sd but not from sd to linux. For now I just been popping out the sd and using an adapter to plug it into usb and transfer files with no problems.

Do you think it is something to do with ownership on android or ubuntu? chroot? im still learning a lot about linux and file systems and ownership of file systems. I can plug a flash drive into my linux desktop and format it and use it and then plug it into my wifes windows pc and copy a file and then back to my linux pc and linux looses ownership of the drive and its files after windows used it...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] jbats:
Go into settings and change the screen timeout to something longer, maybe that will help. Worked with my buddies phone transferring 5 gbs of music.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

I had the same issue... I'm running mint 14. For me, I had a lot of Windows hidden files on my sd card (thankfully I'm Windows free now), so first I backed up my sdcard, formatted it. In my backup, I searched for keywords like db, index, and thumbs. Then deleted those files and pushed my backup to the sdcard to restore it... no issues since...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] crispian:
That was the piece I was missing- I looked high and low through the settings but never thought to hit the menu button ;)

Thanks muchly- this makes this ROM even more of a perfect fit! Now I'm off to flash 3.4.2... :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
is it ok to format both the 1.5 and the 16 gig external to ext4 or ext3 ? which one would be the better choice if so?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
I wouldn't suggest doing that with the 1.5 partition. They are both setup as vfat by default. If you changed the 1.5 partition formatting, the device may not be able to read them; because, the fstab is written to recognize them as vfat.

/sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /dev/block/mmcblk1

By reformatting the 1.5 sdcard partition, you could also brick your phone (I'm not completely for sure on that though). However, you can test this with your external sdcard to see if the device reads it, and I would suggest ext4 (and maybe add journaling since it is 16gb after all...lol). I think, and I could be wrong, that they are formatted as vfat so you can connect the device to a Windows machine and be able to read and write to them.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] johnb380:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Always have formatted fat32 personally

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
I tried all three ext 2,3,4 and my blaze would not recognize them so when back to fat and it worked fine. I used disk utility in ubuntu. I used a scandisk sd to usb adapter to format and then booted phone back up with sd card and it did not read any of the ext formats. Its back to fat and reads it but I did do as you suggested and did search of all db thumb files and found a lot on the db search that I cleaned out so I will see if I can transfer files back and forth from pc to phone tomorrow and let you know.

many thanks

there maybe something I need to do to android to make it read ext. I am just too tired tonight to read up on it but I have not given up.. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
I'm 99.9% sure that altering the fstab would enable you to run your sdcard formatted as ext*. I personally would like to test this theory, but doing so may take away the ability for Windows users to connect and transfer files on their computers.

If someone has Windows, and would like to test it to see if Windows will in fact read/write to an ext4 partition, I would happily give this a shot. Otherwise, I'm not going to do it. Not that I am being a jerk, but it just isn't fair to our community to limit things as such. That would make me a proprietary ass like Windows and Sony...lol
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
I have my wife's windows pc to test this on. She uses windows for her on line college and I can see if her pc can read and write to ext I may also have a net book with win 7 that my wife uses I can test on to, and my main desktop is linux only so I can test both. That is if you decide to mess with it ill try. plus there is ways to make windows read and write to ext ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/ )

thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

Please test out in Windows... but don't force it... I just want to know if Windows will read/write to ext naturally...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
Sure! You going to send me a kernel to test this on? Mass storage only?? I just cleaned up my phone last night and fresh install of PA and LZ I can do a backup before I test.

I got some smaller sd cards I can test this on too just to see what happens with other sd cards. ill just copy a few mp3's and pics back and forth to see what happens. Both are windows 7 pc's. I can test it on my Ubuntu desktop last.

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Beastmode:
Re: [ROM] OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid JB (Updated 14MAR13) 2.99.51

You can format internal memory to ext4 or another one as well without bricking just need to do it from the kernel level as well
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
That's what I was getting at...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] thomas.raines:
Before I alter the kernel, I am needing someone to format an sdcard to ext4 and put it into a windows machine to see if they can read/write to it...
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
oh I thought you was going to mod a kernel and I was going to test the ext format while it was in the phone and plugged into usb.... lol I can just use my usb adapter then and find out... sorry I got confused on what you wanted.

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] woodyjlw:
As soon as windows 7 sees the ext4 SD card it ask you to format it. If you try to open it it ask you to format it. Now I'm sure I could pull some software off the net that would let windows read and write to an ext4 and I bet there may even be some software out there that would let windows format ext 2/3/4 but not sure all the windows users would want to mess with it. If more people would wise up and ditch windows for Linux that would fix a lot of problems :)