yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solidhound:
I was wondering whether anyone has experienced the following:

I was on Team Sonic-Free GS3 v.3.0.0. Everything was setup the way i wanted it. I booted into Recovery and created a Restore point.

Right after, I did the following:

- Wipe Data/Factory Reset

- Wipe Cache partition

- Wipe Dalvik Cache

- Format /System

- Format /Data

- Format /Cache

I installed the latest Nightly from Cyanogenmod 10 (12.26). Initially I used an older version of gapps-jb but immediately flashed the correct one. Everything went fine. The system loaded and nothing seemed wrong. After some messing around I noticed it was a big sluggish on my phone. So I decided to restore the phone back to its original setting.

When I went to backup/restore and hit the Restore option, it told me that I had no recovery points! :crying::crying: At this point I started freaking out.

I tried to see if I could flash from the SDCard and I noticed one thing. This was in order to get to the main folder of the SDCard i needed to enter a folder named "0". All the files were there including my CMW recover file. Although it was on the card the recovery option was unable to see it.

After this I decided to do the following. I clean swiped again and installed the Free GS3 version i had on the SDCard already. I booted into the system and saw that the folder "0" was there but also in the main directory there were still folders. In the main portion of the card i loaded my copy of the recovery.

I went back into recovery and and tried again. The restore file was there! :good::good: I was able to recovery my original setup. Unfortunately, all of my pictures and music were still located within the newly created "0" folder. I just copied those back.

Can anyone explain why this happened? I'm very curious!

I do apologize if this has been answered before. I have done a search and have only found scenarios for the SDcard is not seen as mounted. (also dont know if the icons mean anything for the post)

*Update - Folder "0" cannot be deleted. Root explorer says "failed" and Windows Explorer says "Cannot delete 0: THe storage is write-protected". Any ideas on this also?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] milky1112:
Was it registering a different recovery version when you flashed CM10 from the FreeGS? If so that would be why it didn't register the backup that you made. (I had this issue or similar to on my Touch) flashed a different rom that used CVM 5.something.. and original was a newer version. Caused me some issues. As for the folder being write protected. Try using root explorer, mount as R/W and then try to delete from there. Just ensure you have everything out of it you want tho.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solidhound:
hey milky1112.

Thanks for reading and providing your input!

I actually used the sames recovery when creating and trying to restore. That's the odd part. I did recently flash the newer version within the old recovery. Do you think that may have been it? Although the new one was used to create a nandroid and restore it.

I just tried deleting using Root Explorer and the same result. It's not a big deal since its only 69mb but it's quite annoying knowing I can't.

thanks again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] milky1112:
That is very possible, still odd that it will not let you delete even with R/W permissions set. But as long as everything is working.. Then i wouldn't fuss too much :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
The new rom you installed is on 4.2 not 4.1 which is probably what you had originally. The new 4.2 releases by Google move everything into the O folder its part of the new Android set up to dual boot devices. If the recovery is not set up to correct for this your phone will not recognize where the files have been moved to. In my understanding only TWRP is corrected to do this, we'll at least in the Gnex it is. Anyone on Cwm has had issues with this. The fix is to copy and paste your files back into its original location. You can not delete O folder it is an essential part now of your system and it's where it will reference everything from and originals must remain.

Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] milky1112:
Thanks for clarification Ed. I've been on TPR for a while so haven't flashed any 4.2 roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solidhound:
hey edfunkycold,

thanks a ton for the response and clarification! i was thinking about swapping recoveries but i already reverted back to the original nandroid image i had at that point.

and you are correct. i was on 4.1 and not 4.2. i didn't know such changes were made but its great to see dual boot is coming up.

i will make sure to THANK both responses once i reach 10 posts. i'm trying hard to participate in these forums but haven't had time until recently.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki67:
I have an uprooted device that keeps rebooting ,I flashed a rom (4.1) the upgraded OTA to 4.1.2 and the rebooting is still there.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bulbous:
Remove SD Card. Enter recovery and clear cache. If still rebooting then factory reset. If Still rebooting, then reflash it back to ICS and start over.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki67:
Thanks, I did I reset but still same problem, where can I get that ics?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bulbous:
Why don't you try to help yourself and us by ...

Telling us what device you have (N8000, N8010, N8013 etc)

Telling us what you tried to flash (JB)

ICS firmware can be downloaded from http://www.sammobile.com
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You have a rooted device ???

OTA upgrade usually fails on rooted phones .

Suggestion wipe the phone and install your original saved firmware .

jje
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki67:
No the device is not rooted. I upgraded to jb from the German leaked rom and then ota to the latest 4.1.2
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
Hi

I don't know if this exists anywhere, but I liked the idea and wanted to share it with you.

It's no secret the iphone has many accessories (due to a very good, gotta admit, human engineering)

and android devices and our phone in particular (as well as its international brother - the i9000) have very little accessories,

though they have their respectable market share.

SGS 4G, being an obsolete, yet very fun phone to have, we might just need to pick up the glove and make the accessories the manufacturers fail to supply us.

I aim to making this thread an accessories user to public thread - whether it's a suggestion/idea

or a complete "how to" (including a list of items to buy, a scheme and instructions on how to build ).

To kick off :

An example - LEGO dock station

First idea - making your own flash LED addon (current project seems to fail).

See posts 1 & 5. I will try to make one myself and send complete instructions.

Second idea - making your horn speaker amplifier.

It exists only for iphone.

Thinking of making the mold of epoxy and then make it with white silicone (RTV).

Haven't started working on it yet.

Feel free to share your great ideas.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
They made a bullet proof case for the iPhone 4/4S... Why do you need a bullet proof case for a phone? The front doesn't look protected too! The non-sense these people make.

[YOUTUBE]uLpjPMQ1mW8[/YOUTUBE]
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
Well that guy is insane, he also shot an unprotected SGS 3...

Back on topic, I see we barely have handymen here

sent from me
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] goddi2010:
I totally like the flash idea. I might have to try it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pisherthefisher:
I've actually done a few self-modifications to my sgs4g

Here's how it looks like right now
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] itzik2sh:
I just ordered :

* LED flash - Dealextreme 3.6$

* Back replacement - Dealextreme 3.9$

* 50 Mini Push Buttons Momentary Connectors, Switches - eBay - 3.5$

Once succeeding I will publish full schematics.
[HTC Titan] francalero:
Hi every body.

i am interested to buy a Titan (new and unlocked) in China the model name is X310e is the 3G (No 4G) i have read about the problems with the call and the HTC say is the antenna problem.

i read this problem is only for the American Version but i dont know if they are talking about the TITAN II.

I am really interested in this smartphone, can someone tell me is this problem with the antenna is in all titans model or only in the American Model.

tank you and have a nice day.
[HTC Titan] NeuroXT:
All Titans in general will have the antenna issue due to the phones schematics on how the antenna was designed. Since the whole casing shell acts as the antenna, it uses conducting points, which over time can get loose and weaken the signal. Another fact is that sometimes, even just holding the phone itself can reduce signal because your hand acts as a barrier between the signal and the antenna. I live in an area with plenty of signal, other phones get around 4-5 bars (Nokia Lumia 800, Samsung Omnia W, HTC Trophy), but my Titan gets barely like 0-1, 2 if I'm lucky. This also raises the problem of calls being dropped (and calls being muffled/quiet is another problem of the Titan). I love my Titan, but despite these issues, I can live for another 4 or 5 months until they release the 2nd gen WP8 devices.
[HTC Titan] francalero:
Thank you for the information.

It means is a serious antenna issue then, the Titan is almost the half price than two weeks ago.

But this make me think more about if buy or not.

I want to buy the HTC 8S, but i lost my phone (Nokia N9) a few days ago and the 8S is no in China yet, i found the Titan is very good option and has a good price also.
[HTC Titan] NeuroXT:
Then it depends if you want to get it. It's a great phone but all these faults isn't making the phone any nicer. It's not also a developers point, unlike its predecessors HD7 and HD2 which are quite popular for making custom Roms. I heard china is getting a Lumia 920 soon on contract for free, I'm not sure on which network tho but that, I can recommend getting.
[HTC Titan] francalero:
I want to buy a Windows phone to start to develop WP7 apps and WP8 also, i am begineer in mobile development but i want to start to do it and get some money.

BUt i need to use the phone every day, i dont make too much calls only messages and whatsapp.

the Lumia 920 is a great option, but is too expensive for me and with plans are free but the expensive plan for 2 years, i never use a mobile for more than 1 year, i always brake or sale it (i always be boring usin the same mobile every day)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] DoctorQMM:
I'm returning a defective GN2 (hangs on splash-screen about 50% of the time). Anyway, I've been working this for hours trying to get my "CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD" count to show "NO". But no matter what I do, it continues to show "YES (1 count)". here's the odd part: in Settings... About Device... Status... Device Status... is shows "Normal". Here are the steps I've performed MULTIPLE times:

1. while I had TWRP installed, did a complete factory reset to wipe /data partition and /cache partition

2. re-flashed the stock firmware (from SamMobile)...via Odin3

3. used ChainFires's method to re-root.. then re-downloaded "Triangle-Away"

4. used TA to reset the counter (showed that it reset)

5. rebooted... uninstalled Triangle-Away...

6. then via SuperSU, used the FULL UNROOT option to unroot.

7. booted into stock 3e Recovery and performed a factory reset.

8. reboot to Android...

As I stated, when I go into "Settings... About Device.... Status... Device Status... it does show "NORMAL". However, when I boot into Download Mode, press volume up... it shows:

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 count)

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

Don't get it... everything shows stock EXCEPT that friggin' "Custom Binary Download" number. Any way I can get this to show "NO", or is this as close as I can get? I'm returning to ATT for refund (got an exchange.. a new GN2 which works perfectly)... but want to be sure this won't be an issue for refund. Thanks compadres... this one has me baffled...

EDIT: *SOLVED*. Thanks KillaHurtz! After trying the CF-AutoRoot method multiple times (with no success), used Odin3 (and this time used Odin3 v3.07 and not v1.85) to flash Root66 tar (root injected)... then, using an USB-OTG cable and drive, moved Triangle-Away apk to sdcard. After reboot, installed it.. ran it (which required another download over WiFi).. then after it rebooted, power down... boot into stock 3e Recovery... Factory Data Reset... reboot... wala... Custom Binary Download now say "NO". (and everything else says "Official" and "Normal". Good to go, thx again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] KillaHurtz:
best thing is to flash a root66 (root injected stock odin tar) and then use triangle away. It won't go to 0 unless you already have a stock everything flashed before you do trianlge away. Trust me I have taken back a few Notes to T-Mobile already using this method.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] mathan52:
Hai Friends this is BlackPearl Junior Member and here i am going to share a bit of information I Know.

Flashing the Galaxy Y using Odin back to its Stock ROM

Important Notice

*******************

*Do it on your own Risk.Me or the Devs of the linked pages below are not responsible for any mistakes you commit

and damage you bear to you device

Requirements

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*First Download your Requred Stock ROM based on your country from the below link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465800

*Secondly you should have ODIN Get it from the below link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35934961#post35934961

*Kies must be installed in you PC then only you can get the connectivity driver for your device

*Then what your samsung galaxy y and its data cable to connect with your PC

Steps

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*Close Kies and better terminate it by CTRL+ALT+DEL and opening Taskmanager>>Processes>>KiesPDLR>>rightclick>>EndProcessTree

*Open ODIN in your PC

*Select the necessary files to PIT, BOOTLOADER, PDA,PHONE (MODEM) and CSC.

*Check Re-partition, AutoReboot and F.Reset Time.

(Only for flashing Stock ROM completely.For Flashing baseband and CSC alone you dont need to repartition)

*Dont Connect your Device Now.

*First Switch off you Device

Recommended

you can even select "Reboot in Download Mode" from the Boot menu of your Custom ROM

But this method is not quite advice-able coz some custom rom doesn't allow to boot in download mode so switch off do it manually

*Now turn on you device in Download mode

Do this by simply pressing the Volume Down+Power Button+Home Button simultaneously

till you see a warning

*Press Volume Up to continue to Download Mode

*After seeing Downloading connect the Data Cable to the Device

*See the ODIN on Your PC

*You will see the port number highlighted in yellow colour if your device is connected properly

*Now select Start and dont disturb both the device and your PC.

*After you see PASS in ODIN your device reboots and do a small installation in recovery mode and then it reboots automatically you have to do nothing.

*After you see that your Device is booting you can disconnect your device.

Thats it you had flashed the Device with Stock Rom which you can even update using Kies.

Hit thanks if you find useful

Got lot of help from many devs of xda
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] nmpnik:
file system

:confused:

will this convert file system from ext4 to rfs?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] nikufellow:
Yes it will :)

But OP we already have similar guides :rolleyes:

no problem anyway btw make it more illustrative !
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Jonny:
Thread closed as this is essentially a duplicate guide.

Jonny
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _guzzler_:
I searched for this but couldn't find any related thread.

I am having issues with n4 shutting screen off when playing games. I use to play where is my water game on my g2x without a problem, but n4 shuts off the screen for any game.

Screen settings are set at 15 secs, on both phones.

Temple run does the same thing very annoying!

Is this a known issue ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinfamy:
Sounds like possible overheating
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solutions Etcetera:
Does your screen come back on when you press the power button? If so, Nexus 7 behaves the same way with some games where you do not touch the screen within the timeout period. You'll have to set your screen timeout longer.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ztmike:
I find some games dim my screen then shut the screen off ..but not all games. Not sure why developers would implant this stupid feature.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
15 seconds screen off time? How do you browse the web? God, that must be annoying. Set your screen off time to at least 30 seconds and your problem is most likely solved.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgeissler:
Couldn't you use tasker to set your display time out to 5 hours? Then return it back when you exit the game.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Lol! 5 hours should do it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _guzzler_:
I can set it to higher value like 30 sec or a minute. but the weird thing is that the game does fine on gingerbread (on my g2x). So i think this is an issue with jelly bean?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _guzzler_:
Not a hardware issue. It just times out, comes on when pressed power. Cant play games where there is thinking involved, have to constantly keep tapping the screen resulting to unwanted moves in the game :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _guzzler_:
I had terrible battery issues. 7 -8 hours. :(

Media server causing the major drain.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
There is a script in development for killing media server that you should drop in your init.d folder. If you don't have init.d, there is an installer available. If you haven't rooted, then why do you have a Nexus?

:D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _guzzler_:
Hehe...thxx. I will try that. Ofc it is rooted and the bootloader is unlocked... ...was running PA for a while but had lots of force closes...back to stock...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinma50:
Hy, so my battery drain is very high. But, here's the problem. When phone is awake and surfing the internet playing games , texting and such battery is preety good, but when i go to sleep my battery is for ex. 50 % but when i woke up it is 5% so something is obveiusely eating my battery. And one more thing 2 months ago my original samsung micro usb cable broke so i buy Bandridge BCL4901, Micro-B USB kabel, 1.0m and that might also be a problem here is the example. Please if someone can help it really piss me off
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Download BetterBatteryStats and let it collect data and identify what is keeping your phone awake.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinma50:
OK i did i what now how to see and after how long
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcly:
Leave it from full charge to when it's low. Go the partial wakelocks option and since unplugged.

See what's on the top and see if you can link that wakelock to a particular app that uses the service identified.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] This_dude:
I was just wondering what I would have to do to enable Scheduled messaging in the stock tw messaging app. I have seen it on the FreeGS3 rom awhile back but not lately. Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dito33:
Get sms scheduler from play store.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gthing:
How much of the ritual of rom management is actually necessary and how much is just passed on wisdom based ultimately on nothing? Is there really any benefit to wiping a partition more than once, fo example? Some people suggest all sorts of voodoo to make sure a rom gets installed right and everyone is quick to blame a failure to follow the ritual perfectly for any shortcomings of the rom.

Just curious. Either way - it is interesting to have these flashing rituals. The ritual is different for each device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashank:
Steps to flashing ROM -

1. Wipe all partitions ONCE (but make sure you wipe them all).

2. Flash ROM first, flash gapps if not included, then flash any other zips of apps/mods/whatever else that you need.

3. Done.

A lot of the tips that people give are misleading. You DO NOT need to wipe more than once. When you format a flash drive on your computer, do you format it 2-3 times just 'to make sure everything is wiped' or do you just format it once? Same thing for the NAND flash memory of phones/tablets. One format of the partitions will wipe them clean.

There's no such thing as a wait time for 'letting the ROM settle in'. You flash a ROM, reboot, wait for dalvik cache to rebuild, wait a minute or two after boot for all the auto-start apps to load (especially if you have a single core phone with low RAM) and use away.

You don't have to wipe cache+dalvik cache each time you flash an update of your ROM. Android automatically detects which apks have changed and rebuilds the dalvik cache only for them, rather than unnecessarily deleting the whole dalvik cache and rebuilding the same stuff again. Google 'android auto dexopt-ing' for more info.

You don't have to wipe cache+dalvik after flashing a new kernel, because those are for apps and aren't related to kernel.

The correct wiping order is -

1. Format /boot

2. Format /system

3. Format /data

4. Format /cache

Some devices have additional partitions so you would need to format them too if necessary, but for most devices these are the standard partitions to wipe. Some recoveries have a 'format all partitions (except SD card)' option which does all this at once, most recoveries require you to format them manually. In most recoveries, the option for formatting data is called 'Format data/Factory Reset'. This does the same thing as running Factory Reset in the phone settings, i.e. it formats /data and /cache. So depending on your recovery, you might not need to format /cache after formatting /data. Many people advise to format dalvik cache after formatting data. This is completely unnecessary. Dalvik cache is just a folder in /data and in /cache, so when you format /data and /cache or do a factory reset, it is wiped too. If you wipe dalvik cache after formatting those partitions already, you're doing nothing other than deleting a non-existent folder.

You don't need to 'calibrate' the battery after a new ROM flash. Battery calibration as it is called does nothing but delete a system file called batterystats.bin which contains info about the running apps, percent of battery they use and the battery history. This file is anyway reset whenever you charge the device fully, so you're essentially 'calibrating' your device each time you fully charge it.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

Last one, you don't need to fix permissions each time you flash a ROM/ROM update. Only run it if you're getting a lot of app FCs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuyInTheCorner:
I agree with Sashank, use the order but personally (again my own personal preference) I boot the ROM first after flashing ROM /or GApps then I reboot back into recovery to flash anything that needs to be flashed. Also when using 4EXT Recovery (preferred/best recovery for our Desire HD) there's an option to wipe all partitions except for SD Crad, I usually use that 3 time to make sure my device is as clean as possible