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[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
Need4speed?

Quick response: Samsung

Is it not?

This is the purpose of the SD card; additional storage space.

I was nearly tempted to investigate this... but we all have Google, right?

Rather than inject (time-consuming) investigated conclusions, possible brand-biased suppositions, or whatever other parameters that would -in my mind- needlessly hinder the decision process, I'll offer you an alternate approach vector for your consideration.

OPINION:

Integrated storage space on this device is high and will not be outperformed in speed by any other option. Thus, all software applications should reside in this storage and all products of applications should (initially) be directed to follow suit.

SD card storage is an on-device backup medium, though files obtained from off-device for on-device usage is certainly valid. (video, music, documents, etcetera)

Subjected to (highly recommended) routine off-device backup procedures, the transference speed will be negligible and unnoticeable once initiated --partake of, and enjoy, your preferred beverage.

Of the two options you've allowed, I would choose the larger capacity without regret.

Welcome to my opinionated thought process; hopefully it is still appreciated. :D
[General Questions and Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
As I said, 128 is sufficient already so the higher 256 is welcome but not necessary

I did Google the A2 & V30 certifications but unfortunately couldn't find any information correlating to Note 9 devices, or Android at all actually, since I'm not knowledgeable on either I was hoping someone would be

All software applications will reside in the internal storage, I can't think of a situation where I'd ever even consider moving apps to the MicroSD, it'd be strictly used for videos, photos, music & documents etc. I also backup my MicroSD cards twice monthly to my PC which I will continue to do with the newer one, thank you for your thoughts & opinion
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
Bottlenecked

This is what I've located for you. CLICK HERE

You can decipher and infer for yourself but my recommendation remains static at the Samsung offering due to the hardware limitations expressed therein.

Save yourself the extra expense of the additional storage since 128 suits you.

Quite the bargain to my eyes.

:)
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
First of all.... It's spelled "DEFEX". A misspelled word like this can result in a nightmare of results when your attempting to search for it. :eek:

This is a fairly new security that Samsung introduced, I believe, with the Android Oreo and the support for this is actually increasing.

After performing a quick search, on XDA, I did locate the following 2 threads that just might be what you're looking for. Don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within one of them too.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3851487

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3901518

I, personally, am vaguely familiar with the Samsung DEFEX since I haven't seen much about it prompting me to get deeper in familiarizing myself with it but, I do plan on doing this when I get some more time.

Good Luck!

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[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
HI

Hello, [MENTION=9101376]kapmino269[/MENTION].

If you are saying you attempted to PM with [MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] then please be advised this member resides in a different time zone from you and it is 4:00 AM here as I send this. You will have to allow some more time.

Also, please notice this member's signature stipulates the following:

UNLESS asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support.

I am unfamiliar with the topic and can't provide any assistance. However, you can be certain that you will receive a response from that member. You have not been forgotten or ignored.

:D :) ;)​
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I really can't help you out with this.

It's not that I don't want to but, I am unable to based upon my limited experience with this myself.

My Deepest Apologies! :(

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Just a suggestion, but...

You might consider changing something about how your signature appears in forum apps. The "unless asked, don't PM" part of your signature gets lost in the signature extension that gets added to your posts when viewing them in forum apps such as Tapatalk. This might be interfering with users catching the significance of the request to not be PM'd.
[General Questions and Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
There's a thread in the Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News & Discussion called "Everything thread", needs cleaning or closing by a mod as soon as possible, just thought I'd bring some attention to it..
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
CLEANED

It has been cleaned.

For future reference, should you encounter a post that troubles you, you may report this most expeditiously by clicking on the "report" button which can be located at the bottom of the offending post.

This is your direct line to a moderator. Leave a brief summary of your issue, as this method provides the moderator a reference to what you are talking about already.

Thank you for your concern.
[General Questions and Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
I'm on the XDA Labs app, which doesn't appear to have a report button, in that case would I have to log in using my browser & report it that way?
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
REPORTS

Yes, unless someone can explain a better method, that would seem to be the best approach.

I don't use LABS and am not familiar with the interface, but the lack of a report button may be due to spatial constraints.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If XDA Labs is anything like Tapatalk, to access the report feature, I tap on the post to highlight it as if I'm going to reply but then instead of replying, I tap the menu button at the top of the screen and a list pops up with the "Report" option.
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
16 thanks rule.... grrr!

Excellent information!

I have exhausted my allotment of "Thanks" for today, [MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION].

You

will

be made whole on the morrow!
[General Questions and Answers] SprinklesNSlippers:
TYPEMemory, but for the PC?

Is there a safe way to get the LG Smartworld TYPEmemory apk off of my phone? Specifically it's an LG K20. I have never rooted a phone before, but TYPEMemory is so cute and overall useful that I genuinely want to be able to get it usable on my computer. I've looked all over for a download of its apk online and I have had absolutely no luck. I figured I could trust this thread with my plight since you all seem quite helpful. :o
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Download the stock firmware for your device and then extract the firmware until you get to the system partition then extract that to get to the /system/app or the /system/priv-app folder, the .apk you are looking for should be in one of those folders, copy the .apk and use the copy to achieve your purpose.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Exactly which font are you looking for. Maybe you can try searching for that font in a downloadable ttf file.
[General Questions and Answers] bootflop:
Does a sensor replacement help with none of the cameras being detected and not even the flash light working anymore on my current phone?

I don't really want to throw it away as it behaves just fine otherwise :(
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Have you tried opening the device to see if any the cameras or the flash have become disconnected? Things can become disconnected over time due to being dropped or by other "jerky" motions and forms of shock.

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There is plenty of things that you could do for yourself to fix this issue, but, we can't discuss any of them.

Keeping looking around on the web, you might find something.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
CWM install zip from external sd card

So, I have a bricked Acer A3-A11. I have an update.zip on my external sd card, and it's plugged in. However, I can't see my update.zip. How can I fix it?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Can't see it where? While in recovery? Or while the device is connected to PC?

We need more information, such as:

How did the device become bricked?

What modes can you boot the device into?

What methods are you trying to use to unbrick your device?
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Ooooh, here we go.

1. While in recovery.

2. Quite a long story. One day I got root installed. It kinda screwed with Android, causing a bootloop. I made a flash incorrectly, so it died. I made a format (ABSOLUTELY NOT UNDERSTANDING ANYTHING), and from some tests, it seems internal memory is dead. Which is why I want to at least install SD card instead of the internal memory.

3. Fastboot, recovery. Bootloop, since there's no system. Of course, it's all useless, since when I try and install firmware, it gives a flash error.

4. I TRIED EVERYTHING: Fastboot, adb sideload, flashtool... All in vain. Now? The only hope is installing through sd card or firmware ON SD CARD.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Fastboot and recovery shouldn't be affected because there is no OS installed, they don't require an OS to be installed in order to boot.

If the internal sdcard is corrupted or "dead" to the point that it no longer functions, you won't be able to get it to accept flashing the firmware.

Do you have stock recovery or custom recovery?

Does your device use fastboot to flash firmware or does it use something like SPFlashtool or Qfil or some other flashtool?

What flash error are you getting when you try to flash the firmware?

Have you tried flashing your stock boot.img via Fastboot? You may have corrupted boot, flashing boot.img might fix it.

You can also try flashing a copy of your stock system.img via Fastboot, this might help get the OS repaired.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
...

1. I said there's an error. Of course it works, just that there's an error.

2. About that. Somehow, freeboot is undocumented anywhere, I get into fastboot using CWM Recovery. But of course mostly I did all the work through SP Flashtool

3. ADB Sideload: Cancelled by peer.

Fastboot: *some storage error*

Flash tool: redid it just for you. 3149 or S_DA_SDMMC_WRITE_FAILED (which again confirms that sdmmc inside is broken)

4. Might try.

5. HOW CAN I FLASH IT IF WHEN I TRY TO FLASH IT FASTBOOT NOTHING WORKS!?

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Welp, congrats. Now it doesn't boot once again.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you haven't already seen this, here is a list of SPFlashtool errors and their possible solutions:

https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-439.html

Your error code is fairly close to the top of the list.

Also, if you didn't have USB debugging enabled before the device was bricked, that might be part of the issue.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
I have this problem for more than a year. I HAVE CONSULTED EVERYTHING. NOTHING WORKS.

Return to the main problem - CWM install zip from external sd card.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Well, I'd say it's probably dead or at least can not be fixed without using more complex tools and methods, the kind that requires specialized hardware, have you considered just replacing the motherboard?
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Eh, excuse me.

HOW IN THE WORLD I CAN DO THIS!?!?!?!?!??!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
First of all, CWM can't flash stock update.zip files, those are meant for use in stock recovery.

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You should be able to find YouTube videos detailing the process of replacing the motherboard in your device.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Well, when I try to do it through stock recovery, it just freezes, then reboots once again.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Regardless, it requires stock recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Eh, I must buy it. And it probably ain't cheap. I know there's a way without replacing motherboard.

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I renamed it into update.zip. Originally, I downloaded it from Acer's website.

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I renamed it into update.zip. Originally, I downloaded it from Acer's website.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Not if it can't be flashed by any means. If it isn't working as it is intended, there is no way to "force" it.

Yes, there are ways to do it without replacing the motherboard, but, as I already stated, it would require additional specialized hardware such as an Octobox/Riff box. Equipment that is used by professionals.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
I AM NOT A PROFFESIONAL. Like I said, there's a way to keep the firmware on the SD card. HELP ME TO DO IT THIS WAY, AND MY WORK'S DONE. (and yours btw)
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What file did you download? If you downloaded the full stock firmware and just renamed it to update.zip, that isn't going to work. The full firmware file is to be used in SPFlashtool.

You do not understand what you are doing, your ignorance is what has created the problem and has been compounded by other things you are doing because of your ignorance. I'm using the term "ignorant" as it literal definition=not knowing, lack of knowledge.

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What do you think I'm trying to do?

I don't think you get what is going on or how much of a mess you have made of things. You've corrupted the device to the point that the "standard" methods and tools are not working.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What do you think I'm trying to do?

I don't think you get what is going on or how much of a mess you have made of things. You've corrupted the device to the point that the "standard" methods and tools are not working. Corrupted in a manner that requires more than what the user can do from home with just a computer.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Oh, the link? https://global-download.acer.com/GD...&Step3=A3-A10&OS=ALL&LC=ru&BC=ACER&SC=EMEA_23
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I downloaded the file, it appears to be meant to be flashed in stock recovery, you shouldn't have needed to rename it, you should have been able to flash it via stock recovery as is without extracting it or renaming it.

If it isn't flashing via stock recovery as intended, there is no way to "force" it to flash in stock recovery.

You might be able to convert the file into a proper flashable zip that can be flashed in custom recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Ahoy, that's what I've been trying to do! But when with original boot and recovery I click "Install update from external storage", it freezes, then reboots.

Which is kinda dissapointing.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Maybe it won't allow it to flash via stock recovery because something is left behind that is conflicting with it.

Install stock recovery, then boot into stock recovery, then factory reset and wipe cache partition then try installing the update.

The more you keep saying "this doesn't work" and "that doesn't work" the more I become convinced that you'll need to use an Octobox or Riff box to fix this, or replace the motherboard. Whether you "want" to consider those options or not. You've been at this for a year and haven't gotten any closer to solving the issue by any method. I'd say that is enough evidence to say that you aren't going to do this at home with just some files and a PC.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
I'll give it a try.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I'm trying but it seems like you might be out of viable options that you can do yourself at home.

I added more information to my post above.
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
GOTO_10

SOMEBODY HAS AN EXTRA GOTO 10 LINE... NOT TO MENTION A STUCK SHIFT KEY.

I hope you intend on clicking some of those thanks buttons on your way out -- yes, regardless of the outcome with your efforts.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Don't. I haven't even tried the factory reset option.

Still did the same as the install thingy. How about I'll try it with the CWM?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Don't sweat it, thanks don't really matter.

Fixing the device "if possible" is all that matters.

I appreciate the support though, lol.

Win some, lose some.

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Some devices can boot from external sdcard and some can flash directly from sdcard, but not all devices.
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
INGRATES

Spoken like a true winner.

You've my thanks.

JUST -- I misspoke there. You earned them and spite was not my motivator, you were.

TO

SPITE -- DEMONSTRATE TO

INGRATES!
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
Thanks for support tho, will ask everyone else.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
As stated previously, it won't flash via CWM as is.

It has to be converted in a specific manner with specific tools to create a file that can be flashed via custom recovery. I'm not familiar with that process so I can't help you with that part. Stock firmware and stock updates are frequently converted into custom recovery flashable zips, I've used many.
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
16_CLICKS

clickety, clickety...

You have 16 to give.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
to give what?
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
Thanks button on [MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION]'s posts to you.
[General Questions and Answers] Bounty780:
yeah, just a blank image, i get it.
[General Questions and Answers] bootflop:
Not yet, I have the phone for a month or two maybe, it was actually in new condition so I wouldn't expect such a thing to happen :(
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Hmm, starting to seem like hardware damage.

Could it possibly be something that you installed or modified?
[General Questions and Answers] anfrew:
Phone memory wont free up.

This even after removing all the installed app. Do app still leave behind trace after uninstall?

Of 16GB memory, only 2GB left. I think during my purchace of the phone, there still 10GB menory left on main memory. I only use this phone for navigation purpose( google map, locus.map), no social media/messaging app.

What I've done:

-clear cache

-disable most preloaded bloatware.

Phone is Blackview a9 pro.

Thank in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I use ESFile Explorer and usually then to uninstall an app it ask to erase some junk files associated with the app.

Go to Settings/Storage and take a look to the detailled dedicated space for apps, musics, general files, images, etc in this section.

The apps usually left their folder with some obsolete files on sdcard/Android/data you can delete them from there.

Also take a look on DCIM or Pictures folder so thumbdata files can enlarge the size after a certain time even to some GBs.

Disable Automatic Updates and choose just the apps you want to be updated.

Check with a File Explorer app for larger sized files.

If none of this results then probably you need to format data.
[General Questions and Answers] anfrew:
Allready done most of that. I'll think i do reformat this time, see how it goes. Probably google update take most of the space i suspect. Most of time i received play store security update or security update ir something in the background, mostly i ignore it. I think this is the culprit.

Since most cleaners app require root access ( unroot phone) , it can't touch system file i think.

And this phone having weird problem not allow write acces to sd card, so i had to manually remove junk from external card.
[General Questions and Answers] bootflop:
Not necessary.

It's odd, whenever I flash a new ROM to it, both cameras and the flash light work at first for say... half an hour as if everything's fine.

Then it just stops functioning.

Recently I went back to the N5X's stock without anything to it - not even TWRP is installed - and while I thought to disable HDR works on the camera, the fix was only temporary.

Otherwise the device functions great.
[General Questions and Answers] waxwepa:
Hello! Ever since I received the March 1st security update, I have been unable to install new apps or to update installed ones from XDA Labs. Every time I try, I get a message saying that the download has failed. However, the apps that prompt me to download the updates allow me to get the new stuff (the wonderful MIXplorer eg). Does anyone know how to fix this?

Samsung Galaxy note 9 running Pie with security patch April 1st, no root. Any help would be greatly appreciated
[General Questions and Answers] completely stuck:
Anyone have any advice?

Hi - I posted a question in

[GUIDE] Install Windows ADB Drivers for Fire HDs ("Newbie Friendly")

https://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/general/guide-install-windows-adb-drivers-fire-t3189000

Here is my post - I haven't had any activity / responses - are there still people on the forum that might be able to provide me advice? THANK YOU!!

"Can't find device

Hi - thank you SO MUCH for posting all of this helpful information. Unfortunately it isn't working for me.

EDIT: A couple additional notes for clarification. This is a stock kindle running store purchased software. The issue I'm having is it is stuck in a boot loop where the black screen will show the "Amazon" logo for a few seconds, then go black, then the logo, then black, etc. I have tried the recovery mode clearing cache, factory reset, etc. but it doesn't effect it's behavior.

Windows 10 Home

downloaded / ran "15 second ADB installer"

booted Kindle Fire HD7 (4th gen) in recovery mode and selected "apply update from ADB"

plugged in Fire to PC with charging USB cable that came with product <------- IS THIS MY PROBLEM - DO I NEED A FAST BOOT CABLE INSTEAD???

looked under device manager and no "fire", "android", "KFASWI", etc. anywhere except under Universal Serial Bus Devices has KFASWI

I selected the KFASWI under USB Devices and selected "update driver", "Browse....", "Let me pick....." and the only option is the "ADB Device" driver (which I did try successfully updating)

I open a command prompt and run ADB devices and get a reply of "List of Devices Attached" and then nothing.

If I try running an "adb sideload update-kindle-20.6.0.5_user_605485620.bin" nothing happens and eventually the Fire times out

Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Thanks!"
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yeah, that is very strange. I can't think of anything that would cause it to work temporarily and then just stop working.

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The guys on the thread below are the best guys I know with just about all of the various Amazon devices. They can help with this and pretty much anything else you want to do.

https://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/development/bootloader-unlock-ideas-t3289721