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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KKB9750:
When in doubt you could always do an SD card wipe (obviously backing up all important data first) and that should clear everything up. I know you can do that with TWRP, I think you can with CWM, or you can just Lock and then Unlock your bootloader and that will do it for you too.

I had a similar issue after I flashed my first 4.2 ROM without the latest version of TWRP (though mine was definitely not duplicating data as my memory was not extra full), but after a wipe and a flash using the latest version of TWRP I was good to go.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MartianCeo:
Also do not switch between 4.2 and 4.1 roms as you will get multiple /0 folders and you will have to move everything over and. I believe you can hop between 4.2 ROMs without a problem though. I have had any issues doing that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] un4givn85:
so what do you do if you cant see any of your data on the sdcard, but the sdcard still shows the same amount of space used on it?

edit:

nevermind, i found my stuff

it got put in mnt/shell/emulated for some reason
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb91:
Hello,

i'm new to Android and the Nexus 4 is my first Android device. I'm really happy with it but i've got some questions which i'm sure are pretty easy to answer for most people here:

- I turned off the vibration (touch feedback) in the settings, but in some apps it's still there, for example when i type in a URL in chrome. how do i disable it?

- I came from an iPhone and i'm used to having an app for notes. Is there any good, simple app for android, where you can just write down some notes, similar to the iphone app?

- I've heard of a great app to use in case you lose your phone or someone steals it, so you can track it down from your pc, take photos etc, but i forgot its name. Does anyone know?

- Is it normal that the Nexus 4 camera sometimes keeps trying to focus on something? it happened to me sometimes that it focused, the image got sharp, then suddenly it loses the focus again, focuses again, loses it again, and so on, even though i was not moving the phone (holding it in my hand though).

Thanks for your help!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayyWilliams:
Ok, I Don't Have A N4, But I Can Help. For The Type Vibration, You Might Have To Go Into The Keyboard Settings And Look For It There. I Think It's Set Apart From The Other Feedback Option.

I Use ColorNote & EverNote. ColorNote, As The Name Implies, Has All These Color Options You Can Use, And Separate Your Notes By Color. (Red for thoughts, green for to-do stuff, and so on) I Like EverNote Because It Automatically Saves Your Notes Online.

I Think You're Referring To The Lookout Mobile Security App. I Have It On Both Of My Phones.

Once Again, Not A Nexus Owner, So I Can't Help With Your Camera Issue. Sorry. :/

All The Apps Suggested Are Free. (Lookout has Premium features that you have to pay for, I think by the month)

I Hope I've Helped. :)

sent from my EVO LTE on the XDA app because Tapatalk hates me -__-
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
I have come from an iPhone too, although this is not my first Android. For the keyboard vibration, you have to turn it off on the keyboard's settings, as the guy above me said.

For the notes, I use this. It's a simple but great and useful application.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.demo.notepad3

I hope I have helped.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flynny75:
Look at Google Tasks Organiser. It syncs your lists online. For theft protection, Cerberus is the best
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb91:
Thanks guys.

Another thing i don't fully understand:

On the top left of the screen (on the bar), i see Skype, which makes sense, since Skype is open in the background, so i won't miss a call or message or whatever. But then why is there no symbol for What's app or facebook? Don't they work the same? Basically, there also needs to be some kind of background process open for these, right? But why are they not shown on the top left of the bar?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
That's the choice of the application's developer not to have the icon in the status bar. I find it better not to have any icon in the status bar as they take up space and look ugly.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb91:
Thanks!

While we're at it, another question :D

How do you actually CLOSE an app? So it's not in the RAM anymore. I'd imagine that all those apps still running in the background use a lot of battery, right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
Just use the third soft button at the button of the screen then close the apps from there. As for background processes, you need not to worry about then. Android is good at handling background processes so they don't take a lot of battery.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb91:
Isn't this just a list of "recently opened" apps? Because if you swipe them off there, these apps are still shown as "Active" in the settings menu.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
Nope, you close them from there. Although some may have a background process like Facebook so you can still receive notifications with the app closed. It takes up minimal battery.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
And you mean this screen, right?

Because if so, they're just background processes.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb91:
Ok, i get it now. But is there a way to close all the apps in one go? Instead of swiping every app off by itself?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
At the same screen, you see these 3 line things in the top right corner? Tap that.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
There is if you go custom, but not in stock. This is why I always close the apps after using them so I'm only swiping 1-2 at a time...

---------- Post added at 10:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:41 AM ----------

You're using CM, it's not in stock ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catlog:
Damn, I'm so used to CyanogenMod, haha!

My bad then. :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb91:
A question again about that cerberus app:

I've downloaded it and made it so it doesn't appear in the installed apps. But how do i make it visible again? How do i even open it now?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadricksimms:
I have a sprint note 2 thats flashed to boost mobile. The first time it was done it was fast 3g was good. I messed upand reset the phone so I had to reflash it b I t now its slow.the more u flash a phone does it get slower
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManMOuntain:
For this scenario Cerberus has a feature where you dial a unique code to access the hidden program but you've probably not noted it. If you haven't changed it, dial

23723787

Or to remove you could also go to Settings / Security / Device Administrator and uncheck it then Settings / Apps and uninstall the app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dannys.ser:
Any way to save email attachments or MMS straight to external sd card??

Sent from my MASSIVE Galaxy Note® II...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenda12:
Hi.. iwant to to change my display to sony bravia..... can u send me thread tnx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frag1le:
Hi,

First you're asking about the Sony Bravia Mobile Engine and then you're asking about changing your display to Sony Bravia.

Please try to use the proper terms and know what you need to be asking.

If you want to change your launcher to the Xperia launcher please just read this:

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...to-all-android-devices-running-ics-or-higher/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenda12:
sorry.... this is what i want http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/download...ravia-engine-for-galaxy-s3-and-galaxy-note-2/

but i already tried this one and it was succesfully installed via cwm ...however i cant see on my s3 settings/option of sony bravie engine
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galactus:
1. From what I remember this never worked hence why most roms here don't include it.

2. You wouldn't get an "Option" to turn it on or off. It supposedly should work straight away

Edit: Even the bottom of the page says so lool

"The Bravia Engine is run in the backgound, so you no need to choose any setting for active the Bravia Engine. After installation complete, then just play video and enjoys!"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenda12:
i cant find any setting to activate the emgine bravia option
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WTVTom:
If I remember correctly UltimaROM had this working and included - I'd check that out first
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenda12:
ok tnx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ykkfive:
the real bravia engine mod is now under test

REAL Sony Bravia Engine mod for Samsung Galaxy S3 under test - http://ykkfive.blogspot.com/2012/12/real-sony-bravia-engine-mod-for-samsung.html

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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Abhishek Bhat:
I am using xperia neo(MT15i)

i rooted it and i'd like to run jellybean for it..

i used ics kernel to root..

how to install jellybean?

will i have to install jb kernel and stuff??

please help me out thanks :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] LoneWanderer:
you need to flash jb roms..like CM10, MIUI4..etc..and the rom's installation instructions will be in their resp threads..

list of JB roms here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316394 but things like HDMI wont work..and a few other bugs..but check em out!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] pravinb89:
Happy Flashing!!!

I believe you have the BOOTLOADER unlocked.

Otherwise bootloops or you might end up in briking your precious mobile :(

Read THIS to get some lights of BOOTLOADER unlocking

To use JellyBean Rom, you have to flash JB kernel.. and if your's is BL locked you shld not try flashing the a different ROM kernel.

Only Stock based (ICS in your case) Custom ROMs can be flashed.

:silly:Happy Flashing and enjoy Custom MODS and ROMS in XDA as i DO :silly:

NEO V | PAC MAN 18

Hit Thanks if my words lightened you hair :highfive:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mmckoyuki:
do searching,googling & reading...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] risay07:
you can try Paranoid Android JB rom. find it in the Neo development thread. there is an instruction on how to install the rom in the thread itself.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] manoj_nike15:
Follow the Instruction provided in Custom ROM thread in Neo/Neo V Development section
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CVonV:
Hi guys,

I've just re-installed WhatsApp. I manually backed up my chat history before uninstalling using the built-in backup feature. When I re-installed it, the installation successfully found the backup and automatically restored it. I can see all my messages but the problem is the thumbnails of previous pictures do not open the full image. When I click on the thumbnail it says "Sorry, this media file doesn't exist on your SD card."

However when I check the folder, WhatsApp/Media/Images on my internal SD card, they are all still in there. It seems like the links are broken. Any new pictures that I receive after the re-installation work fine. And these new pictures are also in the said folder along with the previous pictures.

I have tried forcing a rescan of the media; moving all the pictures into another folder, rescanning, moving them back in then rescanning. I am on CM10. The WhatsApp folder is on the internal SD partition as it's always been (even in CM7).

Does anyone have any ideas?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soul reaper:
try wipng data in settings >>applicatiin>>manage apps >>whatsapp >>clear data

and sign in again

or try to send an error report to whats app about this matter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CVonV:
that's pretty much the same as uninstalling and reinstalling. but yeah gave that a try anyway and still the same result :(

and yeah i did email whatsapp support.. not sure if i'll get a reply though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashank:
Just don't think that's possible as of now. Maybe they'll enable it later. If they respond to your email, can you post their response here for all of us to see?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomskii:
I think/ am quite sure that Whatsapp for now does not re-allow images to be put on their backup servers because of the space it uses. (for millions of users)

Guess that will be a feature will not get for the moment.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CVonV:
it's not restored (uploaded) back onto their servers..

i've restored many times before on CM7 with the thumbnail links (well pointers to be exact) to the full-sized images on the sd card being correct

but i've never experienced this breakage of the "pointers" =\

i will post their reply if they ever do
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CVonV:
interestingly enough.. the CM10.1 09/01 2nd build for the LG P990 fixed this whole problem!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazybone:
Hi

After reading that email response and not seeing no update tells me this has not been resolved?

I just downgraded my phone back to my old one, which in the past I successfully transferred whatsapp (Xperia Mini Pro > Xperia Z)

Now for a temporary reason I need to transfer back from the Z to the Xperia mini pro.

Even though I have factory reset the Xperia mini pro and firmware updated it, when I go to restore the whatsapp, but I am missing the images between the time I got the Xperia Z.

There is like a 6 Month gap, all the Xperia Z media is not linked although they are all in the same folder?

There is a linking issue since the old ones load?

Any thoughts on this.

The only think i noticed that has changed was that the Xperia Z had the files on the Internal SD, where as the Xperia Mini Pro had them on the External SD... Which would explain it, but I cant actually put files on the internal space (it has none for user use)

I would like to resolve this at some point soon.

Many Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b1inarical:
i am facing a similar issue as well.

i had to send my xperia z for repair, so i did a backup of the whatsapp folder and did a restore to my old HTC desire s.

whatsapp on the HTC phone was saying that the media is not found (only for old media files), but new media received on HTC phone was ok.

after i got my xperia z back, i did a backup of the whatsapp folder on the htc phone and restored on my xperia z.

now xperia z is able to view all my old media files that were originally received on the xperia phone. but when i try to view any media that i received on the HTC phone, whatsapp is giving the "media not found error". but all the media files are inside the whatsapp directory.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CVonV:
Yeah I just got a note 3 a few weeks ago and transferred my WhatsApp folder from my LG 2X. Got the same problem again. They were both stored on internal SD. I don't think I can be bothered anymore.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Earth@MilkyWay:
I also encountered this problem "sorry this media file doesn't exist on your SD card" and the images are blurred, and after playing it for a while on my ace 2, I finally solved it. Its Whatsapp folder pointer problem.

Basically you need to use a file explorer, and there should be 2 folders, sdcard0 (internal phone memory) and extsdcard (external sd card), your backup (conversations, images, videos) are in extsdcard, and you need to copy the media folder in extsdcard/whatsapp folder and then paste it to sdcard0/whatsapp folder (overwrite), and that's it. If your sdcard0/whatsapp/media contains some images already, then you got to copy the images from extsdcard to sdcard0 (not by folder overwrite).

Hope this helps :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reatman:
I'm having a similar problem.

I downgraded my Samsung Galaxy S from CM11 (which I used for about 6 months) to a custom ICS mod. Even though al my media files are located in the correct folder on my internal SD card and Whatsapp properly reloaded my chat database, Whatsapp doesn't seem to be able to locate the pictures I received or took in the last 6 months. However, pictures from before CM11 are detected properly.

Did something changes in the filesystem setup between ICS and CM11? If so, is there a way to correct this for Whatsapp??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewalekk:
right now the offical last version is 2.11.378 which i downloaded from play store after a clean new rom and i got the "unable to restore" message. then i had downloaded whatsapp+ because of the more options. so i said lets try nothing to loose and voilaaa succesfully restored even with the pictures and everything. i checked the + version. right now it is 2.11.301
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sciacallo010:
I just tried now with Whatsapp+ but still nothing...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewalekk:
Those who cant get their history back, here is the %100 working answer.

First rename your whatsapp folder something else just incase.

Then download whatsapp+ 6.15D and install

Rename your folder back again as whatsapp

Open the app and register your phone just like original version

(If you had a plus backup before the app will ask to restore the plus backup. Pass it and register as normal)

Now restore your messages (you will see it will be restored)

Now go to the plus options and take a full plus backup (not normal whatsapp backup! Plus backup!)

Now rename whatsapp folder again just incase and uninstall whatsapp+ and install the latest plus version

Rename the folder back

This time use plus restore option when you first open the app

And there you go... latest version and your all messages are back :))

P.S : Sometimes you can get an error when you register your phone like "your client's base has chaned" if you get the error install the latest original from play store and uninstall it and do the steps from the begenning...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam10000:
Hi

A friend just experienced the same "Sorry, this media file doesn't exist on your SD card." problem when he moved his WhatsApp chats between two phones, like b1inarical did with his Xperia Z and HTC Desire S.

Has anyone found a technical workaround to this perennial WhatsApp account transfer problem, or is it innate and cannot be solved?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josie1:
This worked for me - backup the entire WhatsApp directory from the old phone from the SDCARD (or wherever it is on your phone), then copy it to the new phone BEFORE you install WhatsApp. When you install it on your new phone choose to RESTORE THE MESSAGE backup and the images should be linked to the correct directory on your phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivercervera:
I have found the root cause, but not a way to fix this issue.

By switching WhatsApp from a Nexus 5 to a Galaxy S2 (have to send N5 in RMA) I restored conversations but media link is broken, although the folder has been placed correctly.

By opening your WhatsApp DB (/data/data/com.whatsapp/msgstore.db) with a text editor like Notepad++, look for

/storage/emulated/0/Whatsapp

This is the WhatsApp folder on my Nexus 5. However, the internal SD card on the Galaxy S2 is /storage/sdcard0. Since WhatsApp is quite stupid, it saves the FULL path in the DB, instead of pointing straight to /sdcard/.

If I open this DB with ANY SQLite browser, I can find only few of these paths, contained in the media_refs table. Only 51 results are shown, while I have thousands of audio clips and pictures. Messages table does contain many information, including the Whatsapp server where the media has been downloaded, but not the path on the device.

Does anybody know how to pull this information? It is displayed when opened in Notepad++ (and I can see thousands of results searching for /storage/emulated/0/) but the DB table does not show all of them...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deek0:
Sorry to bump an old thread but is the only thread I can find with a similar issue to mine. HTC M8 (lolipop) is in for repair and managed to back up my chat history to a loan phone from a friend HTC desire 610 (kitkat). Chat history has been restored with no issues. But the media images are "not on SD card" however if I manually browse they are there. Did anyone find a solution or a way to change the path as per Oliver's post?

Strange part is that videos have moved over with no issues. Just images.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivercervera:
Following my investigation at #19, thanks to the creator of Whatsapp Viewer, we found out more about this issue.

As said above, WhatsApp DB does save the full path of your SD card/media storage. Many phones use /storage/emulated/0/, other doesn't. That means when you switch to an old phone or simply to another phone that mounts the SD card/storage in a different path, WhatsApp will not open any media or audio file.

Unfortunately this is the only information which is not "clear" in the WhatsApp DB. This information is contained in messages table, in thumb_image column, but as Java object (serialized).

Someone should write a Java deserializer, replace paths using the correct one for your phone, reserialize the information and then save the DB. Is not a big job, but C++/Java coding is needed. I'm working with a couple of friends to see what can be done about this, I definitely want this problem sorted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deek0:
Thanks for this reply. In your earlier post I didn't interpret it correctly. Sorry.

So by this logic when I move the new back up from the loan phone to my repaired M8 the old media will show again but media received in the interim on the loan phone will be "not on SD card. "

Will report back once repaired.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker87:
I knew this was the matter. Yesterday I switched back from 4.4 to 4.1 and noticed this with old messages. And another thing... I didnt copy back /android folder in sdcard... Could be this too, I ll give it a try
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivercervera:
What /android folder are you referring to?

As said before the only way to resolve this issue is to get someone in to code a tool for this purpose.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker87:
The folder named 'Android' in /sdcard

At first I did copied it after changing rom and I remember I could see older media in whatsapp, this morning I restored a nandroid after wiping internal storage and copied everything but that folder, and I have this issue

I'm trying right now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivercervera:
That folder does not impact Whatsapp older media.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker87:
Yes, it didn't work. I restored the app with titanium, another try could be reinstalling it from scrap
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skofox:
I have just restored my WhatsApp history. Most of the pictures are fine, but some of the media (until now I have only noticed issues for pictures) is faulty. Either I get the famous "not on SD card" message, but I also have the issue that pics are referenced incorrectly. If I browse the chat history, the preview of the thumbnail changes to another picture. If I tap on it, it shows the "wrong/updated" picture. If I close the history again and re-open it, the behavior is exactly the same.

The only thing I have copied is the WhatsApp folder to a (to my knowledge) completely wiped phone.

Can anyone share some knowledge around how WhatsApp actually references pictures within the chat history?And where to the thumbnail previews come from? I was always under the impression it was by file name, which should be unique to my understanding.

I am not sure how to resolve this...

Any input is highly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joker87:
I'm experiencing the same trouble, at first I switched from kitkat to jelly bean, and internal storage folder changed from /sdcard to /sdcard0 causing the "file missing from sd card" error

Then I switched back to kitkat and /sdcard internal storage path and pics are visible again, but some are not correctly referenced, as you noticed
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr. Hurt:
Any fixes for this?!!

I contacted WhatsApp about this but, as was expected, I got no response!!