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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Flash el26+cwm5 in download mode is how you should flash a safe recovery, or adb push the kernel/recovery if download fails

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
I can't believe this is still going. He can't even odin a bootloader much less anything else. I am willing to bet a JTAG will fail. The flash is screwed even if you could get it somewhere it will NEVER be a whole phone again.

One thing I did mean to post is just because you did not get the insurance does not make your screwed. There is a 1 year hardware warranty on the phone. But depending on the tech your gonna want to have that thing not booting into cwm lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] davidcv5:
Thank you all guys!! I really appreciate all the help and great ideas from you. This is the first time I have to troubleshoot something with my phone that I couldn't find for myself, and all thanks to you guys, always posting bright solutions and helping others like me.

After trying everything you guys recommended, nothing was able to bring my phone back to life, so I ended up going to sprint, they couldn't fix it neither, but fortunately, they are going to replace it for only $35 dollars, which is great, I was already looking to buy a new phone but I'm still on a contract and don't have insurance, so this $35 solution is great. I'm picking up the phone on Friday so let's see what I get.

Thank you guys again! This forum rocks!! :good:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] davidcv5:
You're right, I was thinking about JTAG but it seemed like it was going to fail too, as it wasn't even letting me copy files into the phone.

Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Congrats on getting the warranty replacement.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
Great. congrats.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
This is a public service announcement, in some unrelated research I just stumbled upon this bug in 2.0.4 kernel where it is unable to write data to external sdcard (not sure about internal), the kernel messages clearly show IO errors, but if you use android transfer (or whatever other mtp transfer tool) to write your files, no error is reported even though the files are badly damaged as result (not 100% of the time, but frequently enough, esp. if you are writing a lot of data).

Also sometimes nook just panics (and reboots) in the middle of a write.

Clearly there was nothing like that in 2.0 ROM, I have not really tried 2.0.2, so don't know how is the situation there.

If you have not updated to 2.0.4 and plan to heavily use external sdcard, it might be a good idea to skip this update and I hope B&N's next update will address this problem.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] r1c47:
This means no harm if the nook updated to 2.0.4 when you first started the nook and it connected to the internet, right?

Only to those people who either had firmware previous to 2.0.4 and then update after use of the sdcard, right?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
No, this means if you run 2.0.4, then reads and writes from/to sdcard (not sure about internal eemc) are unstable, can cause data corruption (i.e. write is claimed to succeed, but in reality it fails) and reboots of the device when accessing sdcard (due to kernel panics).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] carlyle070:
Is it possible to revert back to a previous version? where can we download the firmware?

thank you.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You can reset and it will take you back to 2.0.0. But when you try to register it will upgrade you. The only solution is to skip registration and immediately do someone0's all in one before turning on wifi. Skip registration by skipping OOBE as described in my HD+ tips thread linked in my signature. Then wait for B&N to fix the kernel with another update.

Or another option is to just not use an SD.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
Actually my updated 2.0.4 does not go back to 2.0 after reset, I already tried.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What does it go to? I meant complete reset, like 8 failed boots. Did it come with 2.0.4 out of the box?

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
I believe it went to 2.0.4 The initial "registration" screen changed to the new way of doing things.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you got to the registration screen that means you let it update to 2.0.4 before that. To skip OOBE you need to catch it on the first screen, before you turn on wifi.

Skip OOBE instructions: Volume up, tap lower right screen. Choose factory, then volume up, tap lower right screen again. Select Skip OOBE.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
Right.

So I did factory reset (home + power on startup, then home - home), once more right now to be sure.

On the first OOBE step it shows the screen with system info, and version listed there is already 2.0.4

If you look into 2.0.4 update log (in /cache/recovery), you can see they update /factory content there as well.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, factory reset just clears data. You need to do 8 failed boots to get new system. Just interrupt boot eight times. Or you can add something to /system.

Edit: That factory they are updating is in /system/etc/factory. That is what tells them has been updated already. It is some patch files.

BTW, I was able to capture one of the update zips (the one for 2.0.4). It is 18 MB. I could send to you if you are interested.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Taosaur:
I'm trying to parse this into practical terms: are you saying these errors occur when writing from a PC to /ext_sdcard over MTP, or only when writing to /ext_sdcard from the HD+ itself (i.e. downloading from a browser or copying files w/ a file manager)?

I've written quite a bit of data to a 64GB SD over MTP with no panick reboots and I've accessed some of those files quite heavily and not found any corrupted. In fact, I started using the HD+ for this purpose because the only card reader I had handy was failing with large tranfers (otherwise I would avoid MTP). I don't know that I've ever written to /ext_sdcard from the HD+ itself, though--all app data lands internally on /sdcard, and I mostly load media over USB, so for all intents and purposes the card could be read-only.

Out of curiosity, what kind of file transfers were you attempting when you got these errors (what kind of files/jobs from where to where)?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
both.

Well, check your dmesg. I guess it also depends on sdcard, but all cards I tried locally here report io errors with 2.0.4
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Taosaur:
I'll try to remember to check next time I'm moving files (assuming I don't migrate fully to CM10 in the meantime ;) ). Otherwise I'll just ride it out--there's nothing too vital on the card that isn't duplicated elsewhere. Am I correct in thinking I'd have to run dmesg right after an operation to get useful data? Is there any way to check for errors or corruption after the fact?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
dmesg after the write is the most sure-fire way.

You can try md5sum next time you reboot too, I guess. (to avoid cached copies that would be correct, till they expire from cache).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Windsor1959:
Okay, I have an HD, and I know that the kernels and the hardware are somewhat different. I'd like to see if this is an issue on the HD. I learned how to do dmesg. But what should I look for? The file is way too large to copy to this post. Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sorrowuk:
So is there a way to go back to 2.0.0 and stop the auto update ?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, look a few posts back. Do the 8 failed boot (or add something to /system) and when it boots back up do the skip OOBE (instructions above). Then block automatic updates immediately either by using someone0's all-in-one or his settings mod which only does block OTA and unknown sources. His all-in-one is in it's own thread and his settings mod is in the second post of my HD+ tips thread.

It will auto update immediately if you don't skip OOBE. And if you skip OOBE you will not have access to your account.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sorrowuk:
So there is not a way to have access to your account and be on 2.0.0 ?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, but if all you are wanting is access to your books, you can download the nook reader app and register that. You will have to use that reader which is not as nice as the stock reader though. And you still don't have access to your apps account.

You have to do the all-in-one in order to get the app on play store. Or if you have the app already you could sideload install it.

The simplest solution is to not use an SD with stock 2.0.4 and wait to see if B&N updates to a newer kernel without breaking root.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
Well, I'm not entirely sure if that's correct. At least if you are willing to play with the wifi router. I mean shouldn't authorization only take a few packet and it's tiny in size compare to say downloading update. So, I would say it's entirely possible to put restrict the speed of the wifi on the nook at least initially until you did manual OTA mod. So, if you are willing to play around, I guess you can restrict the speed down to like a few KB/s or maybe drop the packet a lot. Unless the update take place prior to login? IDK, I haven't don't that since the first time I boot my nook.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] verygreen:
I found out that when you interrupt the initial download of update (at registration time) by powering off the Nook (as soon as you get the downloading bar, press and hold power + home buttons, having not super fast link so that download takes more than 10 seconds is a big plus), then next time you turn it on and continue registration, it does not see the update anymore. The about tab shows "downloading" progress bar that's stuck in place basically for hours.

I imagine it will retry eventually, but nothing you cannot solve with a quick firewall rule or two.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Well, if you are talking about extreme measures, there are lots of ways to do it. I did it. One way is to power off when it gets to the first screen. Use verygreen's first CWM card to boot to. Use adb to mount both interior system and data. Symlink build.prop to data. Then put the 2.0.4 build.prop in data and boot again. Then when it checks for version it is fooled into thinking you have 2.0.4 and does not update. That's not how I did it, so there are other ways.

Edit: 12/21/12 - I did this procedure with my second HD+ unit. It worked great. But I used my own CWM that I modified for internal memory. I wiped /system and /data (leaving /data/media alone) then flashed factory.zip (2.0.0) from partition 7, mounted /data and/system with CWM and connected to ADB. Used ADB to add the build.prop from 2.0.4 to /data and deleted the 2.0.0 build.prop from /system. Then symlinked the 2.0.4 build.prop in/data to /system. Rebooted, update checked and thought I was on 2.0.4 so did not update. Registered and proceeded to all-in-one root and do gapps etc.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Zaben:
I have the same experience as you. 64GB Sandisk card with several transfers from PC to my HD, I don't see any file corruption related messages so far.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
Anyone know if this bug still existin 2.0.5, or B&N only release 2.0.5. to screw us up by removing root.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lkmiller:
Apparently it still exists:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35909269&postcount=259
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
I guess that means people should stick with version 2.0.0-2.0.2
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cattywh:
Good to know that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
I don't know what the deal is, but no matter which JB ROM I try, my camera will work a couple of times, then fail, and I have to reboot. I have tried UCAM, stock cam, and they both do the same thing.

Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jrosetto:
Not sure if it has anything to do with anything but after I flashed the 4.2 camera I noticed whenever my camera would flash it would just shut off. Try turning off your flash instead of having it on auto and see if the problem goes away.

---------- Post added at 10:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:08 PM ----------

LOL now it is working fine...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BACARDILIMON:
Do a clean flash and dont restore anything and see what happens
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
I've done that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sinfulgray:
Did you try and wipe app data? I have both 4.1 and 4.2 cameras and both work fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] idbl_fanatic:
Yeah, that's how I can get it to work if I don't feel like rebooting
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
So i could not find an app that would do exactly what this one does...

Turn on the flashlight LED immediately upon execution of the app... Instead, every app on the market has the user open it up, then press a button to toggle the flashlight.

My app will IMMEDIATELY turn on your flash light LED then shut off the screen.

Its main purpose is to have as a lockscreen shortcut.

Install instructions:

1. Download APK

2. Place apk onto your SD card

3. Using ANY file explorer app

4. Locate downloaded apk and tap on it to initialize the install process.

5. Install and run the app once to set it up.

Permissions:

Hardware Controls [Allow app to access camera LED]

Also need to enable device administrator to allow device lock

Dont forget to hit thanks :) it really makes me feel good about myself knowing people are benefiting from this other than myself :)

Check my Signature for other work/projects by me :)

THANKS XDA FOR PROVIDING US WITH SUCH A GREAT WEBSITE AND RESOURCE!! :)
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
UPDATE 12/10/12 10:36 EST

-Fixed force close issue due to me being retarded....
[Android Apps and Games] dancer_69:
I've searched a lot for an app like this, the past days and I've also developed one myself, which just today I've managed to finish it(have some problems though).

I will try your app, maybe is better than mine(I'm new in programming).

EDIT:

Just tried, flashlight turns itself off about 10-20 seconds after screen is off(sometimes less), at least on my device.

I'd have this problem with my app too. Do you run it as service?
[Android Apps and Games] annoyingduck:
This is a very useful app my friend. It's so annoying on aosp rom's hitting the power button, pulling down the notification bar, engaging the torch, and cycling all over again. This saves steps and works quite well so far.

I'll report back as I use it more over the next few days.

Using it on a sgs3 running Eclipse rom.
[Android Apps and Games] choyt2011:
Just so you people know, theres actually a widget you can place on your homescreen, just long press on the screen, go to widgets...then look for Assistive Light....put in on one of your homescreens...press it, walla...LED light on back of phone lights up!!! No need to download any apk.
[Android Apps and Games] annoyingduck:
That's not what this is for. This is instant lockscreen on/off. This is a smart app. Obviously there are home screen options other than this.....
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
OK now do that on your lockscreen ;)
[Android Apps and Games] annoyingduck:
Here you go. Instant on / off. No fumbling around with with pull downs, opening apps, etc. Just boom.... It works
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
Ok thats creepy.. thats EXACTLY where i have my shortcut located at..
[Android Apps and Games] BlowingNose:
thanks for the useful app!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Hi all I have problem I installed wanamlite rom, all widgets works but when install

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1999623 then not work shortcuts, quick access to camera, and weather... not saying that mod is bad..

Send form Galaxy S2. But I don't have it :-\
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
please help ;\

Send form Galaxy S2. But I don't have it :-\
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
Clean cache and dalvik cache, that fix the problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
I do that, not helped...i clean it before flasing and after flasing and then fix permisions

Send form Galaxy S2. But I don't have it :-\
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] postfatal:
Did you flash the mods right after you flashed the ROM?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Nope. I first install rom rebooted system(normal) and when programs were

Optimaized I reboot into recovery and flash mod

Send form Galaxy S2. But I don't have it :-\
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Help?

Send form Galaxy S2. But I don't have it :-\
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Hey ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
So none can't help ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
well may be the 'MOD' may not been optimised to wrk with the version of Wanamlite rom ur using, check for the same either in the rom thread or the mod thread first:)

PS- also as a senior member u should lead by example by not flouting the rules of XDA ( Bumping posts)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Yes I know but... I very need these widgets :( ICS_XD don't say say that incompatible with wanam...

Merry christmas and Happy new year

Paulius
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gege001:
So my microUSB port is broken, and I want to restore the nandroid backup of the stock rom so I can bring it back to t-mobile, but I get the error message md5 mismatch every time. Is there any way I could fix this without using adb (since I cant connect my phone to the computer)? Or any other way I could go back to a stock rom without RSD lite? thank you in advance
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turffe:
You'll need download terminal emulator from market. Type in terminal emulator this commant to recheck md5 sums:

su

mount -o remount rw /sdcard

cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/(YOUR BACKUP FOLDER NAME)

rm nandroid.md5

md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
But doesn't md5 mismatch mean a corrupted backup? So by regenerating the md5, won't it semi brick the phone?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turffe:
In some times nandroid.md5 can be corrupted, for etc by errors in sdcard or something similar. You can't semibrick your phone , because i dont think that backup can be corrupted by nothing. What defy did you have? If you have defy mb525 (not +), i can send you my nandroid backup.

In Terminal Emulator to remove root (you know why you need to remove it) :

su

rm /system/app/Superuser.apk

rm /system/xbin/su

rm /system/xbin/busybox

exit

and reboot phone after rebooting open any root apk to veritfy that it says: cant obtain root access. are you rooted?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gege001:
Thanks a lot! I'll try it tomorrow! I have a defy+ but hopefully my backup is not damaged just the md5 file
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techniques:
You can unlock the bootloader BUT, you still won't be able to go into fastboot mode. I recommend you to pay someone to unlock your bootloader so that it enables fastboot mode.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonkey05:
Yea I would pay for the unlock and FYI the test point method is the pay method there the same thing
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Helios747:
What would not having fastboot mode prevent me from doing?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonkey05:
Well it prevents you from flashing any official firmware. I.e. downgrading to let's say 2.3.3 from 2.3.4
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubleJayJ:
Doesn't matter if it says no. When it comes to test point method, it pretty much tells it to eff off and unlocks it anyway, with fast boot. That's how I was unlocked. But it costs $24
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Helios747:
Would this prevent me from flashing to, lets say Cyanogenmod?

Or are you saying if I flash to Cyanogen, I can't flash back to stock?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonkey05:
Yes you can flash to cyanogen but can't flash to stock.....unless someone has made a zip that can flash you to stock via recovery
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techniques:
Basicly if you unlock the bootloader but you still can't go into fastboot mode, then that defeats the purpose of unlocking your bootloader since you need to go into fastboot mode to install custom kernels.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] khuzema9:
i really need jhelp guys , i installed this app and when i opened it it gives me this error evice does not have a real primary external storage. do i need to perform some additional step or something else to either create some partition or what , i have tried to find it out , but i cant seem to find ans
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
Not sure what your goal is.. but afaik that app is useless on Gnex, or any device lacking external storage. Delete app2sd and you wont get that message anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
app 2 sd is not useful on the nexus at all. apps and system all use the same partition.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ahsanali.pk:
If by any chance, is it possible that you were instead looking for "Link2sd"...?? cz app2sd is neither required, nor usable on Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
The app developer should have blocked installs on devices with a "virtual sdcard". I checked playstore, i can see the app and it allowed install; it shouldnt do that.

Sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] khuzema9:
thank you all of guys for answering it , i think i got confused, actually i thought it might partition my phone internal memory so i can use some apps may be exclusively,, is there any way to do that
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
What do you mean by "use apps exclusively"?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 05Glide:
I've tried searching, but there are so many "variances" in my situ. I figure I'll never find a complete answer.

Contract is up, so I would like to get it back to unrooted, stock with stock recovery.

Background

I got the EVO 4G in December, 2010, I honestly do not recall whether I used Unrevoked or Revolutionary to root it. I thought it was Unrevoked, but found a Revolutionary folder on the PC, it's had ROM manager and CWM since the beginning.

In the two years I've had it, I tried a few ROMs. The last one started getting buggy last month, so I installed a rooted stock rom 2.2.

I installed a stock unrooted ROM 5.07.651.1, then flashed stock - recovery.img.

HBOOT 2.10.0001 S-OFF

After that was all complete, everything looked good...

I did vol down - power and got the red triangle & exclamation point.

The next day I simply turned the phone on and got the red triangle & exclamation point.

Did a battery pull, waited 5 mins same thing.

Waited an hour, battery back in and powered up fine, except I ran Root Checker and it still had root.

I reinstalled ROM Manager and CWM to be able to look at things closer.

Now, I get the red triangle & exclamation point intermittently on boot-up and everytime I try to do a recovery after vol down - power press or through ROM Manager's "Reboot into Recovery" option.

At this point, I'm in over my head, I don't want to brick it, so I'm looking to more experienced folks for help.

Thanks In Advance,
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum_Enforcer:
Can you boot into CWM, or is that when you get the red triangle? Sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery. I (and many others) prefer an Amon Ra-based recovery, like Smelkus, over CWM on my OG EVO. Do a search for it here on XDA.

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 05Glide:
I got the red triangle (as expected) doing vol down & power on. Did not expect it after volume up and power on, CWM would not load either.

The issue was something was corrupted.

I did an RUU with an older version of a stock ROM and recovery, now all is well.

Thanks,