yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Tablet S] prashp:
Thanks Stifilz, but the nbx03_003 R1a - signed-nbx03_003-ota-120803004.zip does not seem to work either :(

here is the log

-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
I:Update location: /sdcard/signed-nbx03_003-ota-120803004.zip
Desklunvr update package...
Opening update package...
I:1 key(s) loaded from /res/keys
Verifying update package...
I:comment is 1465 bytes; signature 1447 bytes from end
I:whole-file signature verified against key 0
I:verify_file returned 0
prev version[NONE] is not an int
Checking version is passed, 0 -> 120803004
Not found detailed sku[27550237] in META-INF/com/android/detailedSKU.lst
E:Prohibit update as a result of checking version or base sku
Installation aborted.

Which region does sku[27550237] stand for? Mine is a UK tablet.

Really stuck :crying:
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
I just double checked and that sku is for UK which is the nbx03_003. So I am not sure what is happening. Perhaps the other partition is a different region.... try the R1a for nbx03_001 (US). Have you used region changer or flasher or anything unusual??
[Sony Tablet S] stifilz:
Of course the +3G model for UK. Haha forgot about that. How did you get the list? (just wondering there are several ways, lol)
[Sony Tablet S] prashp:
Used the desklunvr package to decrypt 1a the roms and got the SKUs from there
[Sony Tablet S] MLRamos:
How, when, where and why

Sorry, I did not understand anything. What is SKU?

And how can you help me?

I'm downloading the files and none of them can be unzipped ... how to proceed?
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Third_eye:
Hey guys ,

I recently updated my HD7 to 7.8 thanks to the XDA developers Members , but , after the update , whenever I plugged in my phone to my laptop , the Zune software didn't detect the device at all ; I've been trying to do so for the past few weeks , but It failed. Can you please help me out ..

Thx
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KnightmareCS:
I have the same problem, but I didn't even update to 7.8! Hah!

My last sync was Feb 9 2013. I'm trying to sync now to back up before I update to 7.8, but the phone is not even showing up.

Have you tried updating Zune? I am currently downloading it.

-Edit-

New DL said it was already the latest version. Uninstalling then reinstalling. Lets see what happens.

-Edit-

Reinstalling did nothing. But I'm a dope. All it needed was turning the phone off and on. Sometimes, the simple things...
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faustolg:
Just install Dynamics 2.0 and update, you'll be fine
[Networking] rp56:
Please delete
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
I tried installing Carbon on my GS3, but the gapps wouldn't work properly, and upon booting would say Setup Wizard stopped and the gapps processes. So now I can't get the Google apps on my phone. At this point I decided just to recover my backup that I did through CWM, but when I try to restore it it says MD5 mismatch...what do I do? I need help.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
Toggle signature verification off in CWM
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
No luck, it was already toggled off. Dammit...how can I just go back to the way my phone was pre-rooting?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
Just get on Carbon like this:

Flash mrRobinson's rooted stock

Download Goo Manager from the Play Store to install TWRP

Flash Carbon and the gapps from the Carbon thread
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
Just finished getting it, but it won't get past the final Samsung loading screen, where it glows purple. It's stuck there, in a boot loop...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
Go into 3e recovery and factory reset and wipe cache
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
It worked. Holy crap. Thank you, I thought this was going to take even longer. So...how can I put a new rom on it, if I wanted to?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
Where exactly is TWRP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
There are two recoveries. CWM and TWRP

I suggest TWRP not because I like it better but because it's easier to load. Download Goo Manager, open it, hit Menu => Install Openrecoveryscript
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
So I should use Goomanager again, even though it messed up my phone last time? I think it was the gapps download that messed it up last time. Maybe the latest version isn't compatible with my device?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
Only use Goo manager to load TWRP

Get the ROM and gapps from the carbon thread, and follow the OP's instructions for flashing
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
What thread would that be?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2136846
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Slothshin:
I have no idea what to do. The gapps link is for 4.2.2, even though the download page said the gapps should be 4.2.1.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SophisticatedRetard:
They are special gapps because of the Dark UI toggle... Give me a moment, I'm downloading carbon, and finding the proper gapps.

---------- Post added at 11:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:24 PM ----------

Ok, it looks as though the Dark UI toggle has been removed, so use 4.2.2 gapps

Why not go with SlimBean? Carbon is just a Slim rip-off....

Flashing:

Wipe Data \ Factory Reset

Wipe Cache

Wipe Dalvik Cache

format /system

Flash ROM

Flash gapps

Reboot

Profit

---------- Post added at 11:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 PM ----------

PMed you
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] darkdave:
is it true that xda2 has very strict restrictions on wat is allowed to be installed on it?

if so is it then possible to unlock that feature so i can write my own c programs for it?

maybe even write a new browser that has jvm say ? :)

Dave
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] surur:
No. You can write and install whatever you like. Where did you hear that rumour?

Surur
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] edsub:
Dave,

So youre a programmer.

I am still looking for someone who can contribute the following software to this community:

Today pluging that makes ot possible to toggle Bluetooth & TomTom GPS being switched on / off. If youre interested, let me know, I can supply you with more exact specs. It seeems to me quite simple: just reading / updating some registry values.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] darkdave:
programming

sure ill give it a go.

email me with specs and sourcecode

darkdave3000@yahoo.com

this would be my first xda2 programming experience tho, so it ight take me a little while to get fammiliar with xda2 programming first. im mostly a pc proammer good in c++ and opengl graphics, however im fast learner.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Busch38:
there are enoug forums for PPC programmers where u can read how to modify registry:

www.devbuzz.com

www.pocketpcdn.com

amd of course www.msdn.com

etc
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] darkdave:
flashing the phone rom what does that do for u practicaly?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] edsub:
flashing means to upgrade the s/w (firmware) that is stored in (flash) "rom".

Normally you only flash the device when

- You suffer from bugs in the old'rom

- The new rom has specific benefits

There are 3 types of rom on the device that can be flashed:

OS- the operating system

Phone (aka Radio)- the gsm/gprs radio functionality

ExtendedROM- add-on and customisation s/w (usually put together by the service operator)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] cruisin-thru:
Flashing the rom on the xda 1 since the developers got their hands on it is a whole new ball game, they discovered that the autoconfig program was taking up acres of space and wasnt really needed, there was also some unused space. They devised a way of writing complete programs to this space and my xda has numerous programs in rom that would normally be taking up precious ram when installed. These guys are brilliant in adding value and funcionality to a brilliant device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DeriquedeCoux:
So I somewhat accidentally formatted data in TWRP 2.3.3.0 with SourceryROM 5.2 and now have no idea what to do.. I searched on a few forums finding some stuff on ADB pushing but I don't have much experience with ADB. I tried using ADB for this but I can't figure a way to hook my phone up to my computer since there is no SDcard and I can't go into the ROM to allow debugging. I'm sure I'm missing something here.. any help would be much appreciated as this is my only phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
well, for starters this topic has been covered a hundred thousand times....we have a search feature that would have given you the answers almost immediately.

secondly, USB debugging within the OS is ONLY applicable within the OS, and has NOTHING to do with recovery....so plug the phone into your computer and use adb to push a rom zip to it

adb push nameofrom.zip /sdcard/

or

adb push nameofrom.zip /data/media/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mjs2011:
Good guide!

Just a reminder to all that creating a partition will wipe your entire sdcard. ll
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
in fact I'll add this to the OP so no one misses it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Just_s:
Nice work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zhal696:
Clarification Needed OP

Looking for some advice but let me make sure I understand everything...

So I DLed Zombiewood by Gameloft - 325MB. I run FolderMount and find a data file in /Android/obb for 286.4MB. FolderMount moves that portion of the 325MB successfully to my external SD card on it's own without having to create a separate partition on my external SD card. Basically for that game there is still 38.6MB of data still on my internal memory.

This isn't 100% clear to me but I believe the OP is saying that to also move the 38.6MB to the external sd card in my example above...we must use link2SD...FolderMount wont do it. Am I correct?!?!?

If I am correct, it seems like a lot of work with the partitioning and running link2sd to just save 38.6MB. Seems like I could live with just FolderMount since in my example it migrated 88% of the data to the external SD card...or am I missing something here?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
If you can live with it that's fine. however once you set up link2sd it can automagically move the apk files to the sdcard upon install and remove them when you uninstall. It's a set it and forget it type of deal. And you're only saving 38gb if that's the ONLY app you're installing. Which I doubt it is. I have 61 user apps on my phone so far. I'm sure you don't have that many and maybe you don't plan to. But your mileage will certainly vary from everyone else.

And as I noted in my OP I'm up to 830+ mb of data on my 2nd partition. My internal storage is nearly bare. Again it's all about what YOU want with YOUR phone. Many people like myself would love to save as much space as possible.

I'm certainly not forcing anyone to use link2sd. As for it being a lot of work? It literally took me 4 minutes to create that 2nd partition.

One final thing to consider: You only have so many writes and rewrites to your internal storage. While I'm sure you won't see the average life span of 10,000 writes to your internal card, why not write to the SDCARD when you can? If that dies you can buy a new card. If your internal storage dies you're taking it to the sprint store for repair/replacement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Thanks! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Zhal696:
Great just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Appreciate you figuring this out and posting for the community!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] btemtd:
Doenst make things run slower on Ext SD comparing to internal sd
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Incorrect sir. There is no noticable lag associated with it. SSD storage is SSD storage. whether it's coming from your internal card or your external card.

I play GTA3, the dark night rises and the bard's tale with no lag whatsoever. if you have doubts benchmark your internal card with android tuner. (yes you can do this with android tuner) and note the difference.

EDIT: I added screenshots of my internal vs external transfer rates. Note the external is more than DOUBLE the internal transfer rate. So I highly doubt you'll see any lag. Granted I have a class 10 64gb and your milage may vary but I sincerely doubt you'll see any lag. This mod isn't anything new. I'm sure someone would have complained if they noticed any lag by now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GuestK00339:
2 quick questions:

My foldermount app does not show the size of files just keeps saying "calculating..." whats up with that? is that the same for everyone?

Also lets say i have all of this data on my sd card. what happens when i want to change rom... am i able to link back to the destination directory? and not loose the game data so i wont have to download game again or what is the correct process?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
1) I'm not having this issue. So I'm not sure what the problem is. What exactly are you doing to display the size?

2) Yes exactly that. You should be able to relink those files with no problem. The game just verifies whether the files are there or not. If not it redownloads them. The game should not know the difference when you link them again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] happy_5:
The only tool that has made Link2SD work again

Link2SD got broken for one reason for another. Foldermount solved this in two reboots. Plus following your method, there is some additional space saved as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrtopdog2000:
Thanks for the guide. I'm having a bit of a problem with my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4. I'm using a 64GB card. I made the first partition about 40GB and the ext2 partition about 20GB. When I open Link2SD, after I select the appropriate file system type, it just sits there saying "Please Wait" for a long time with a circle going round and round to the point where I feel the need to stop it. Is this normal? Is my ext2 partition too big? Should it be ext3 or ext4? Please help!! Thanks!!

EDIT:

I reduced the 20GB ext2 partition to a 10GB partition, and I made it ext4 instead of ext2, and all seems to be working fine now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Yep I had the same issue with ext2. I used ext4 also and it works fine. I didn't want to put it in the OP as I wanted you guys to have a choice. I'm pretty sure it was that causing the issue and not the actual size of your pattition.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Good news!!!! There has been an update to foldermount to correct the size calculation problems you spoke of. Try and update the app and see if this fixes the problem!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thehelios:
Thank you OP! Tried this out and it works perfectly! I followed your instruction of making the extX partition a decent size unlike the tutorial which only sets it at 512 MB. I set mine at around 5GB and working pretty well.

My main concern was with the game Horn which is both very large and encrypted (according to link2SD). Even with the considerable size (around 3GB) from the SD card, it runs pretty well and smoothly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Awesome sir! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] buggz2k:
Hello,

I am wanting to try this, so, I got the link2sd and foldermount apps.

I am rooted via the excellent CF Auto Root method.

Just poking around right now, link2sd app comes up no errors.

FolderMount app comes up with the following error:

FolderMount has detected a faulty module in your Samsung Galaxy phone

FolderMount will NOT work properly with it.

Would you like me to attempt to repair that fault?

(You must reboot your device after I am done to complete the repair)

Cancel OK

Anyone else seen this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Yes. Click ok. It's fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
please verify that you have init.d support. then unlink everything. then recreate mount scripts. then relink everything. you should be fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
did you allow foldermount to move the data to the new folders on the sdcard?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
This is what I did from foldermount > when tru adding as you stated but then on the left hand side there is an option so i select that, which game the following to select from: list of pairs, partition sizes and apps analyzer - which is what I selected and gave me a total of 56 apps

I just went back to folder mount and did it how u stated on step 5 (click the + sign to create a new entry) and now Internal/SD Card shows 2.54gb in used and 7.20gb free

Now under storage/emulated/0/android i see a total of 16.8m still not mounted, where would that other 2.54gb be?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
sorry but I don't understand what you just wrote. I never said use the apps analyzer. When you create a folder and save it foldermount asks you if you want it to move the data from the target to your new folder. Say yes! It will then move the data to the new folder on the sd card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
I said yes to all of them... so I have to re-start the process again, if so how do I proceed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Did you see a progress bar in your notification panel indicating the data was being moved?

Sent from the rabbit hole.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
Yes, it said finished moving 100%
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
Ok then that particular data has been moved. Now just mount it as instructed and do the same for all other folders which contain data you want to move.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
I've moved almost everything, still showing 2.27gb used

How do I start from scratch again?

Also I just installed an app, and it went directly into the storage above
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
what are you using to display the size? link2sd? if you unmount all of your folders and then look at your space you'll see that the data is "gone". It's successfully moved to your exsdcard.

If you want to do it again for whatever reason start from the top sir. This isn't a very difficult process. I think you're over complicating this process.

also please note NO DATA WILL BE MOVED UNTIL YOU MOVE IT USING FOLDERMOUNT. NONE.

you can configure link2sd to automatically move the APK, DALVIK CACHE, AND LIB FILES. NOT THE DATA. Link2sd does not move data.

one final note...it may LOOK like the data is still on your internal card but it ISN'T. That's what this process does. it fools your system into thinking the data still exists on your internal card. to prove this unmount all of your folders with foldermount. Then look at your space. if you see that the folders you mounted are "gone" from your internal card you did it correctly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tfhavel:
ok as long as dalvik not linked

I'm using stock(ish) v2 with its KT kernel, so I expect I do have init.d support!

I have however verified that the problem only happens if my phone rebuilds an app's dalvik cache over a symbolic link; it does not happen when the cache is first moved, only after it is rebuilt.

And since I can't seem to control when my phone decides to rebuild apps' dalvik caches during a reboot and it seems to want to do it every time it finds a symbolic link rather than an actual folder for the dalvik cache, I've gotten around the problem just by not linking any dalvik caches to the external SD card.

Enough hacking for me for one lifetime (little old noobe me)!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
Yes, link2sd... ok let me unmount and start over from step 5.. It got complicated when i navigated over to apps analizer, my mistake

Will report back and see how it goes.. thanks for your assistance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
I can tell you right now I'm using this to link dalvik cache with 0 problems. I honestly think that if you unlink everything...and verify that the 2nd partition contains no data...and relink everything you'll be fine.

If the 2nd partition DOES have left over files you can try to use link2sd to clean it up and the dalvik cache too for that matter. If that doesn't work then I'd say delete your 2nd partition and reformat it again with fat 32.

I've been using this process for quite a long time and with the exception of the exfat issues (which I have resolved sucessfully with fat32) it's been flawless.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
trying to unmount and some pairs still in green ex: twitter data, subway surf

starting from the top all over, what happens to data already moved into sd card > will it have any effect?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
if they won't unmount kill the apps that are in use. it's the only reason they won't unmount.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
Data unmounted... now will begin from step 1

But a screenshot from link2sd didn't change much
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
as I've said before....link2sd doesn't move much. It moves apk, lib files and cache. foldermount moves data which is much more noticeable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] juniorr7710:
ok, went into foldermount and has the following:

/storage/extSdCard 3.3g/24.0g > 14%

/storage/emulated/0 2.4g/9.7g > 25%

/storage/emulated/0/Android/obb 2.4g/9.7g > 25%

what other info do I need to look at, thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
I think we're done here done here sir. I've done every thing I could to help you. The instructions are very clear. We've taken up quite a lot of space in this thread with no results.

Perhaps this method isn't for you? here is my latest screenshot. This process works. If you can get it figured out great! If you can't I'm sorry. You're the only one I've seen that cannot get this working. Good luck to you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wally18324:
CM 11 rom

does this method work with sph-L710 ( Sprint Galaxy s3) running CM11 1/6/2014 nightly. ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rawintellect:
The file system is the same. It should.

Sent from the rabbit hole.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] d_bizzzz:
Cheers for the Info

Hi,

Your write-up is fantastic,

Have been using this method for many months now on my S3, works flawless.

I'm a self confessed app hogger and almost filled all my 8gb ext-4 partition and a fair chunk on the internal .. plenty of FAT32 room left on the external SD tho so I'm about to re-partition the card again with 10gb ext-4 just for some app breathing space ;)

In additional to your method I also 'borrow' some of the system area for storing a few apps, hey it's there so why not use it right ?

a bit of trial and error which apps work here, and sometimes a reboot is needed after updating some apps, but the one's I've got sitting in there run absolutely fine.

In regards to people previously mentioning the worries about their SD card dieing along with their data just leave your important apps on the internal (or system) areas so if 'caught short' you can still survive with your most precious of apps.

... just cannot wait for those 128GB micro SD's to be released :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wally18324:
backup

Just one more question pls. After you back up sd card internal and external to ones pc. After the partition is done, do you put back all the contents of your sd card back on it. Thanks In advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fzrbiker:
Hello,

my SD Carte appears in MiniTool as "Bad Disc".

In the phone, the SD Card but it works.

I have a Samsung S3 I9305