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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frleong:
Hi, I just flashed 4.2.1 on my phone and found that PhotoSphere force closes whenever I choose it in the Camera app. adb logcat reveals something like:

W/ApplicationContext( 2892): Unable to create external files directory

E/LightCycle-storage( 2892): Sessions root directory could not be created.

D/AndroidRuntime( 2892): Shutting down VM

W/dalvikvm( 2892): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41e6e930)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): FATAL EXCEPTION: main

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): java.lang.NullPointerException

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.google.android.apps.lightcycle.storage.LocalFileStorageManager.cleanUpOldSessions(LocalFileStorageManager.java:428)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.google.android.apps.lightcycle.storage.LocalFileStorageManager.init(LocalFileStorageManager.java:66)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.google.android.apps.lightcycle.PanoramaModule.onResumeAfterSuper(PanoramaModule.java:276)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.CameraActivity.openModule(CameraActivity.java:175)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.CameraActivity.onCameraSelected(CameraActivity.java:161)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.ui.CameraSwitcher.onCameraSelected(CameraSwitcher.java:104)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.ui.CameraSwitcher.access$000(CameraSwitcher.java:38)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.ui.CameraSwitcher$1.onClick(CameraSwitcher.java:130)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4202)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:17340)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:725)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5039)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(NativeMethod)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I cannot find the source of LightCycle on the web, but apparently, it seems to be a permission issue because it says "E/LightCycle-storage( 2892): Sessions root directory could not be created.". Anyone can give me some hints on how to solve? Thanks!

Francisco
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lifehacker7:
Which phone? Photosphere doesn't work if the phone doesn't have gyroscope!

Sent from my head runnin on CM10!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frleong:
I am using Galaxy Nexus. The problem is that getExternalFilesDir(null) is null.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] indiandragon:
Guys did anyone else get FC - 'Unfortunately touchwiz home has stopped' with P3100BUCLK1 ROM when accessing Widget's section from the App drawer ?

First I thought it should be related to the Animation draw settings from the developer section, but further investigation suggests it could be a bug within ROM as my animation scales are set proper.

Window animation scale :1x

Transistion animation scale : 1x

Animator duration scale : 1x

Log cat

11-27 19:05:57.228: E/WindowStateAnimator(352): createSurfaceLocked called attrs.flags=25231616
11-27 19:05:57.236: E/SurfaceFlinger(110): SurfaceFlinger translucent=1 isOpaque=0 isExternalDisplayLayer=0 isExternalBlockLayer0
11-27 19:05:57.236: E/SurfaceFlinger(110): SurfaceFlinger translucent=1 isOpaque=0 isExternalDisplayLayer=0 isExternalBlockLayer0

Install - Clean install via mobile Odin

Root - Ever root
[Motorola Droid 3] sunwolf654:
My cousin asked me to install cm9 on his droid 3. Well I bricked it and it had one of those CWM recoveries where you have to boot to it from rom manager. Also the volume rockers are broken so i cant get into AP fastboot and use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339816 . Anyone know of a way to get to AP fastboot without volume rockers or another way that uses stock recovery?

EDIT: Sorry I forgot to include: the phone show motorola dual core technology but dosent advance from that screen. I can get into stock recovery, and i can get into the bootloader but cannot change the selection in the bootloader. Carrier is verizon.
[Motorola Droid 3] bhigham:
I was looking for this same thing, and finally found a page that mentioned some key shortcuts.

To get into the AP Fastboot mode, power on while holding the "F" key on the keyboard.

Hope this helps you.
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
if you get it working, install safestrap 3 for D3
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
What he said

While rom manager does support d3, I would advise against using it. It will just cause problems. Safestrap is the way to go on the d3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] golfnut65:
I keep getting insufficient storage available when updating or installing apps.

I have lucky patcher, but even that does not clear it up.

Any help what to try next?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
You don't need to keep creating multiple threads...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2023783
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
see if you can get sdmaid install and run the orphan cleaner.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frleong:
Hi, I just flashed 4.2.1 on my phone and found that PhotoSphere force closes whenever I choose it in the Camera app. adb logcat reveals something like:

W/ApplicationContext( 2892): Unable to create external files directory

E/LightCycle-storage( 2892): Sessions root directory could not be created.

D/AndroidRuntime( 2892): Shutting down VM

W/dalvikvm( 2892): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x41e6e930)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): FATAL EXCEPTION: main

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): java.lang.NullPointerException

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.google.android.apps.lightcycle.storage.LocalFileStorageManager.cleanUpOldSessions(LocalFileStorageManager.java:428)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.google.android.apps.lightcycle.storage.LocalFileStorageManager.init(LocalFileStorageManager.java:66)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.google.android.apps.lightcycle.PanoramaModule.onResumeAfterSuper(PanoramaModule.java:276)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.CameraActivity.openModule(CameraActivity.java:175)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.CameraActivity.onCameraSelected(CameraActivity.java:161)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.ui.CameraSwitcher.onCameraSelected(CameraSwitcher.java:104)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.ui.CameraSwitcher.access$000(CameraSwitcher.java:38)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.camera.ui.CameraSwitcher$1.onClick(CameraSwitcher.java:130)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4202)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:17340)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:725)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5039)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(NativeMethod)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)

E/AndroidRuntime( 2892): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I cannot find the source of LightCycle on the web, but apparently, it seems to be a permission issue because it says "E/LightCycle-storage( 2892): Sessions root directory could not be created.". Anyone can give me some hints on how to solve? Thanks!

Francisco
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frleong:
Solved. the /sdcard/Android/data directory apparently did not have the right permissions. Reset the directory permissions through adb shell and all is fine now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stingrass:
want to ask.... can't turn on wifi on my s2... it turn off itself after 30sec.... its that hardware failure???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
may be or may be not, just to confirm try installing a different Rom/Kernel altogether and see:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stingrass:
same thing happend

just install JB same problem.... do u know cost to repair this prob... TQ anyways. :crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jocon40258:
i am just wonering if it is possible to upgrade the gt-p7510 to 3G and install a sim card. I have seen a few posts on other websites about this but wanted to know if anyone has had any luck? I have one laying around and love to tinker with stuff. They sell the Sim flex slots on ebay and there is even a video on how to install it. but i was wondering if i could actually do it and if so what would have to be changed out..thanks for your help
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eman5oh:
Any having wifi issues with their N4? Mine seems to be inconsistant with wi-fi speed. I have 10Mb Dsl at my house and when run speet test several times in a row the results very wildly from 150kb to 10Mb. This is only like 10 feet from the router. Testing with my laptop or my galaxy nexus in the same location give consistant 10 Mb every time. I see it has been reported elsewhere as well, see http://code.google.com/p/android/is...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=40306
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megapixle:
Lots of people with the issue, check the Q&A section, big thread there.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ravynmagi:
I found that the Nexus 4 didn't like 40Mhz channel bandwidth setting on my router, the auto 20/40 setting was no good either. Had to use 20Mhz.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral2145:
Can we use any extended battery or has Verizon changed the battery ports on our device?
[LG Optimus Black] sekhar13515:
I am using CM10 latest nightly, able to access Play Google app and downloading apps without any issues

But in PC in Google Play, not showing my account and showing errors, plz check screen shots

I tried to clear cache and data and again tried, but not successful

Followed some suggestions while we opening new thread, that also not helpful.

I think there is something migration issue of google play
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inseconds99:
The only thing that frustrates me about the Nexus devices are the on screen buttons on the bottom with the eyesore black bar behind them. Are there aosp like roms or mods that I can install that have the ability to pull down the bar for full screen and flick up to get them back? Or, make the black bar transparent and maybe lighten up the buttons so you can see more of the screen?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inseconds99:
Did some research and I found some things that some devs made for a "full screen mode nexus" but not to much info on exactly what to look for in a Rom.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inseconds99:
Anyone with any info on this? This will be my last attempt to get info.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cusa:
What's the best way to fully wipe before flashing a new ROM? I don't mean wiping from cwm. In my old phone which was the atrix, I could fully wipe using fastboot but the gs3 is different.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Heisenberg420:
The quickest/most efficient/safest way to fully wipe is using the wipe menu in cwm or twrp
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dlove27:
Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache, then go into mounts & storage and format system all in recovery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KorGuy123:
What does formatting /data in mounts in storage delete? I tried looking for the guide I saw weeks ago. I Just need to know what to backup (pictures, music etc)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
The data partition... It's not a needed step because the Wipe Data / Factory Reset does that, but I do it anyways...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KorGuy123:
Ok so because it's redundant I won't lose my pictures and music because I don't lose it after a factory reset?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AtoZ0to9:
None of those steps will wipe your internal or external SD, but the options for that do exist in recovery...
[HTC Amaze 4G] ted619:
Hi guys most of you are noobs like me but when i get a devise i do a lot of research cuz i tend to mess with them and usually end up

getting bricked or stuck on boot screen but in the end i end up fixing them through lots of research...

OK well today ima help you fix your htc amaze, im not a developer im just an android lover...

First you have to go to this website and download this 457mb zip file http://d-h.st/rfa ...

my guess now is that you have downloaded this file and have somehow transferred it to a micro sdcard

so what you have to do now is boot into your custom recovery which can be 4EXT or TWRP if you dont have

any try flashing it with this http://d-h.st/mue ...

OK Now that we Are on the custom recovery we are going to flash the 457mb Zip file and remember to do a complete

wipe (factory reset, cache and Dalvik) once you wiped this 3 things flash the zip like you would any custom rom...

IF YOU JUST WANT TO FIX A BRICK OR STUCK ON BOOT SCREEN STOP HERE AND CHECK FOR ROOT ACCESS*

IF YOU DONT HAVE ROOT ACCESS YOU WILL HAVE TO ROOT IT AGAIN YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO DO THAT

BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO COMPLETE STOCK KEEP FOLLOWING THE GUIDE...

this will take less than 10 minutes from start till end and its NOOB PROOF im an advance noob i know what im telling you...

now you will be booted on stock t-mobile ICS and you will need to check if you have superuser on you app drawer

if you dont have it then good and we can go to the final step which is restoring stock recovery image... to do this is simple

download this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19769336/recovery.img and run "Amaze 3.2" then on the top right box you will

find use your own image or something like than and you will pick the image you have just downloaded....

After this you are done and have an htc amaze like if you have just gotten it from the store...

SORRY FOR THE MESS BUT ITS MY FIRST GUIDE HOPE IT HELPS MANY OF YOU AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL RESPOND AS SOON AS I CAN
[HTC Amaze 4G] Ninjistix:
there's some critical info missing here... first off "Deodexed" isn't stock its "stock like" without bloatware its not the official stock RUU, and next is that Deodexed file for GB or ICS? and what if they have a different carrier besides t-mobile? i think there's a little more information missing but overall this seems like a guide to flash a Deodexed stock rom and get root
[HTC Amaze 4G] ted619:
Thanks for the extra info ill edit the post with the some of the info u just posted
[HTC Amaze 4G] gsanchez42390:
hey i need help guys. my phone all of a sudden didnt want to boot or factory reset, i thik its missing the boot img im totally new i need help:crying:
[HTC Amaze 4G] rodr4813:
Im confused. it says run AMAZE3.2 where is that exactly? or what software? the RECOVERY.IMG how do i flash it?

Thanks. Its a starter but at least it got me in the right direction...

EDIT: OK AMAZE TOOLKIT 3.2... durr
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Recently, I've been having a really weird issue with my battery.

Take tonight. Went to a movie with my kids. Phone was at 90% battery when we entered the movie in my front pocket. Just over half way through the movie, my phone was hot enough to bother me in my pocket, and was at 63%. That's not right...

The only wakelock I've seen during this time is a kernel wakelock of sdio_dmux, which is related to non wifi data.

There have been no changes with either of the most recent 2 radios. Same thing happens.

I thought it was a kernel I had installed, but I reflashed everything (slim bean 3.0, inverted aio addons, then the inverted multi dpi play store in the s2 forum, then kk.12 kernel) and I'm still having the issue.

At this point, I figure it's either something I've installed or something in one of those flash files, but I'm reaching out to see if anyone else has any ideas. I'm going to reinstall everything once slim 3.1 is out, but this is really frustrating. No way I should lose 30% of my battery in an hour...

Sent from my Slim Bean Skyrocket

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Ok, well I flashed everything again with no kernel and the 3.1 gapps from slim. Aside from copying over just the phonesky apk from the multi dpi zip I have (I like its inverted theme more than the one that comes in the slim aio). So far it seems to be working. Not sure where the problem was, but so far it seems to be fixed.

Sent from my Slim Bean Skyrocket

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Datron:
I experience this a few times per week on sky jb and every other ROM. Simply rebooting the device fixes it.

Unclefest v2 alive and kicking - support SeanZ!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Rebooting didn't fix it for me, and I spoke too soon... As soon as I left my house and was off wifi the wakelock came right back. Noticed something else weird too, bbs is reporting something about signal strength (under other) at 99.9% of uptime, when my signal strength is 3 bars of h+ or better...

Sent from my Slim Bean Skyrocket

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
It was No Data Connection and No or Unknown Signal

Whatever it is that's chewing my battery is preventing it from going to deep sleep. It will go to the lowest processor speed, but never deep sleep.

Sent from my Slim Bean Skyrocket

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
During the brief time that I played with one of the ROMs listed above (using an electrifying kernel) I had a very similar problem with battery drain and overheating. The phone would randomly pick up a vbus_present wakelock, then run at 384MHz and heat itself up dramatically. The weirs part about the vbus_present is that it would generate itself even though the phone hasn't touched a charger or computer USB port for hours, up to a day. Dumping the kernel solved it. I put the kernel back on later, boom, same problem again. Seeing as you guys are having a similar issue with different kernels, I think it might just be a fluke JB thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
It might be, though I truly wish I knew how to get rid of it...

I'm running on the "stock" SlimBean kernel right now and it's still happening. So far, it seems to be only happening when I'm off Wifi (which is most of my day as it's contractually forbidden at work). Also, when it is happening, the phone has a hard time charging via USB. If I plug it in to the stock charger, no problem. If I plug it into my computer at work, it struggles. Normally it charges just fine.

Give you an example: Plugged it in at 93% this morning, turned a video on to listen to while I work, and it's now at 90%...

Something's not right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Ok, it is 100% related to signal.

Phone was at 81% (yes, just since my last message, that's how fast it's draining), so I decided to try airplane mode along with USB Fast Charge from SlimBean.

20 minutes later it's at 88%, so it is charging.

Now I just have to figure out what to do to fix the signal. I've tried UCLI3 and UCLF6 radios before and nothing changed between the 2. Running UCLI3 now, so maybe I'll flash it back to 6 and see if that helps. I also thought maybe my APN wasn't set properly, but from what I can see here everything seems to be correct.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
UCLI3 seems to be a dud for most who've used it. Florence is kind of out in the middle of nowhere IIRC, and is probably on an older network. Have you tried UCLF5?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
No, I haven't; and you're right about Florence being out there but there are 2 other things about that:

I work in Tempe, which has full LTE coverage and Florence is home to a military range and a Homeland Security facility. It's actually a pretty decent coverage area (no LTE, but H+ most of the time). Plus there's a tower less than a mile from my house that is less than 5 years old.

Anyway, the issue seems really weird. I charged the phone to 95% on airplane mode, then flashed the UCLF6 radio again (I had issues before with UCLI3, but thought I'd try it again all the same), then rebooted. Phone charged to 99% (never seems to go above that when it's plugged into a computer) and for the moment it's working just fine. Video playing and still at 99%.

Still wish I knew what was going on, but if I fixed it by going to airplane mode and reflashing a radio, then that's good.

Edit Nope. Down to 97% now...stupid thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Brad.S.:
Just wondering liquidzoo, have you ever started fresh?

Meaning odined stock and wipe all the junk out of the sd cards?

I was having major drain, 30%/hr on standby. After restarting from stock, I've had no such problems.

It's to my understanding, and quite obvious that so much junk data accumulates that it causes problems.

Just an idea though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
You commute from Florence to Tempe? You're nuts lol

I hate to say it, but I think you might want to Odin back to stock and see how the phone reacts. If it works just fine, try flashing a different JB ROM and leave the stock kernel up. If the problem doesn't reappear at all, Slim for whatever reason wasn't playing nice with your phone. If it does reappear on the other JB ROM, it's a JB thing. If you have problems on stock, my guess would be hardware. Have you tried a different battery?

As far as radios, I do a good deal of travel, and when I was using my Rocket as a phone, I consistently had the best luck with UCLF5 and UCLF6. I seem to recall Phoenix being a good UCLF6 area when I was out there with my Rocket last May, and I spent time everywhere from downtown to the Cardinals stadium.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Yup, and no doubt about the nuts part...

What I can't figure out, though, is how this problem started. I was having no issues at all with Slim Bean, and then it just started doing this one morning. I really don't think I did anything to it.

Wait...I did flash a kernel (BrickBeatz, aznrice's Skyrocket kernel) just before this happened, but that shouldn't still be affecting me (after 3 complete reflashes, 2 of which included kernels) should it?

I do not have another battery to try, but I'm seriously contemplating going to get one. I was saving Odin as a last resort, but I may have to. It may be that it's time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
The Sprint promotion for a $6.50 Nexus Extended might still be going. No guarantees, though; haven't checked in months. If it is, that's a steal.

I think an Odin all the way back to GB might be worth it at this point. It's possible the kernel messed something up. No way to know for sure other than taking it back to GB, then letting the Kies ICS update clean out whatever's left messed up. It sucks because I know you're the type to do everything right, and it seems like you might have won the lottery on bad flashes. Hoping it's your battery, tbqh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
So am I. I will stop and pick up a spare battery on my way home, just to see. Never hurts to have one around. If that doesn't do it, then it's Odin back to stock and update through Kies for me. Sucks, but it is what it is.