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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HandyAndyXDA:
I'm not even sure what you are doing at this point.

I was trying everything I could possibly do. Luckily I had an old TWRP backup and after restoring that I had my notes again...

I am extremely relieved. :laugh: I do apologize for not being so descriptive. That is not like me, but I was in a panic.

There should be thousands of files in those data.ext4.win backup archives, and there certainly are more than two sub-directories inside of /data. You should be able to inspect that for yourself using your root-aware file browser.

inside data.ext4.win001 there is only 2 directories "app" and "app-lib"......."app" is just the apps or apk files and "app-lib" is where all the app data is stored which is where com.akproduction.notepad should have been but who knows why it wasn't. I also looked in the other data.ext4.win archives and they didnt have it either which is odd but they didnt.

So, either you were making Nandroid backups to a device that was completely full (and thus the backups are faulty or truncated), or there is a significant problem with your understanding about the way things work.I wasn't making back ups to the device I was making them to a flash drive and then copying them to a place on my desktop for safe keeping. Each time I made a backup I made sure the flash drive was empty and had plenty of space. This worked fine up until recently when I just experienced a new issue. Any backup i made to flash drive using twrp was not seen by twrp to recover.

The .dex file from the dalvik cache will do you absolutely no good. I gave you the exact pathname of the file you should be looking for in the archive(s):

yeah i found out the .dex file would do me no good on my own lol.

/data/data/com.akproduction.notepad/databases/aknotepad.db (absolute path) or

data/com.akproduction.notepad/databases/aknotepad.db (relative path)

neither of those could be found in any of my TWRP backups in the past 2 weeks, but luckily the very first TWRP backup I had did have them saved...

BTW, please note that saying stuff like "it doesn't work" or "it's no good" is completely unhelpful - it says approximately nothing about what you actually tried, nor what the nature of the failure(s) you encountered were. I am terribly sorry for that as I mentioned its not like me at all I was in a panic. Again very sorry.

I think I asked this question before: WHAT VERSION OF TWRP ARE YOU USING?TWRP v2.5.0.0

Are you saying that you made 5 different Nandroid backups? Or that when you made them, you always gave the same backup name so that it dropped a whole bunch of files

( .win001, .win002, .win003, et cetera) into a single folder?I made a few different Nandroid backups, but they were kept in entirely different folders on my desktop. I never had it save in the same place. TWRP just makes more than one backup archive. for example one backup will contain more than one data.ext4.win### file. I guess for some reason it splits the backup into smaller files. I am not sure but that is what it always did.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Your hypothesis probably explains *exactly* why you were seeing what you did using the 7zip archive tool. Probably they need to be concatenated or something similar to create the complete archive, so that explains why some of them could not be decoded - and the ones that could, appeared to not have a full backup.

If that is the case, this pipeline:

$ cat data*win001 data*win002 ... data*win00N | tar tvf -

would produce the complete listing.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, I have been using TWRP 2.4.1.0 and it creates a large, single archive. That's why I asked early on about your TWRP version.

How large (exact number of bytes) are the data.ext4.*win00? files? I suppose TWRP 2.5 performs the splitting so that a giant archive (> 2GB) can be stored on FAT-formatted devices. If they are split at an exact number of bytes rather than at TAR record boundaries, that would explain why only the first (few) files were able to be read.

Well, finally I hope you are not gun-shy about restoring ROMs using Nandroid backups. I can't remember ever having a problem with them.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HandyAndyXDA:
Yeah I'm not too gun shy about it anymore lol. However I am in the process of getting this device organized and thoroughly backuped up both using things like Titanium / TWRP, and manually copying and saving zip archives all to my desktop. I am even taking some manual backup notes. Reason for going all out like this, is because I plan to do a total hard factory reset since I am sure at this point I messed up a few things and for all other purposes I would just like to start fresh and do things right.

Have a great weekend and thanks again.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] mani:
hi,

i visited this link and saw the 1400mAh battery or the Qtek 2020, wanted to know, if anyone has used this, and if so, how reliable is it, and how much is the increase in battery power ?

http://www.bluetrade.fr/achat/produit_details.php?id=75540

Thanks

mani
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] moose2:
I have it

I have had it for some while now. It certainly works ok, but as normal when you have the other one in the charger you do not remember if it last longer than the original one. If I had been a scientist I would have tried out how many minutes of music it lasted compared to the original but I am not.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] dyntak:
I'm thinking of getting one as well.

Way cheaper on ebay - about $20US
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Chop!:
extended battery for xdaII

Where on ebay have you seen them for that price? I can't find any! :shock:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] dyntak:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=75446&item=5722669139&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Chop!:
Thanks Dyntak!

Have ordered 2 :D
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] d-o-h!:
Any chance you can do a test to compare results against the standard 1200mAh version?

Also, could you let us know what ROM version you're running for the test as that will make a difference too.

Thanks!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] kcfong2:
Any updates

Any one have any updates on the 1400mah vs 1200mah battery?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Guest:
You can get 2400mAh batteries if you don't mind the extra bulge in the back.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Official Lebaneese S4 Thread .

We Will Discust Your Issues With Arabic Support :).

We Start From Lebanon ;)​

Prices In Lebanon : 630-640-650-670-680-690-700-800{With Full waranty By Samsung}

Does Price Matters ?

Yes I Was Searching for a s4 and i came across a store in sin-el-fil and he was asking for 500 Dollars .After A little Investigation The pHONE At&t and unlockesd{Buyers Be Ware}

Whre To Buy {Clean And Cheap}

Techno Center Bisalim {Find It On FaceBook}{Bought My S4 From Here For 680 Dollars<Bought Note 2<Bought Almost Every Device From This Store

Cell To Cell Sid Al Bouchriya {Find It On FaceBook}<I Worked At The Guys Place And He Takes His Merchandise From Samsung.

HTC Solutions Ashrafiyee {Find It On FaceBook} I Know The Guy Personally And He Shipps From OUTSIDE tHE cOUNTRY.

Khoury Cell City Mall {No One Ever Complained About His Cells}

Class City Mall {Very Clean Phones bUT nOT Cheap }

Private Cell {I Have Heard Good Feed Back}

I Have Shipped 3 Galaxy S4 Will Come On May 28 Selling One Peace For 680

Some UseFull Tips :

When You First Buy The Device Check IMEI Vesrsion On Device By Entering *#06# {Many S4 Are Coming With Out Their Real Boxes :)}

On First Night Charge For 14 Hours {Beware When Charging on "3al Moteur" Electricity May Be Unstable :) And Might Damage Device.

Buy A screen Protector And A nice Cover Device Is made of plastic so first drop you will crack screen !

Dont Buy Every Cover U see Not All Are Good I recommend SIGPEN XSTYLZ and Official Samsung Covers.

How To Controll TV :

You will see in wachon That There Is no Lebaneese Flag Dont Panic Just Hit OtherCountires At The Buttom And Wait For It It Will Take 5 min Then Connect To Your TV And Enjoy Prancking Every Body At Your House.

And More To Come >>>>>>>>

​
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dr.Dango:
lebanese?? its about time ya man yalla mabrouk :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] rayiskon:
nfoukhu ! :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] samxxx99:
CSC

Hey guys, i bought 2 S4 so far from leb, and both are coming with ACR for the csc.

It's my first time seeing a ACR and I even check sammobile.com and its says unknow country.

I'm just curious what's your opinion.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Ahahahahahahahahahhahaha b3ago ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Normal :) lebanon is not supported as a full software support we have the company but you dont get updates :) you have firmwaee usuly based on emarats and saudi arabia :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] btemtd:
Shuuu my fellow Brothers :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] rayiskon:
ta7iyye lal shabeb l taybe , yalla soon we'll get aosp support at least for the i9505 variant :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Nice ana halla2 badde nazzel jelly beer bass nater la yenzal l source 15 gb!!! 3ala l internet lebneniye tamem :/
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dr.Dango:
ehh w 3enna shou nezl which verison 9500 only or both?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
I think alfa badda tnazzel l I9505 bass la 7adit hlla2 bass I9500 ana gebet l tnen lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] RaininHanoi:
Anyone knows if the 32GB version is available? I cant seem to find it anywhere

What do you think should i wait?:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] daraj:
wil3it:laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 General] jamal2367:
selam habibis ....
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Wont be available untill 2 months in lebanon i got the 16 gb version :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] RaininHanoi:
Ughh :( Hope its not that much, cant wait that long.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dr.Dango:
u mean the 9 gb version :)) , water resist s 4 photos are out , buttons look cool color is cooler
[Galaxy S 4 General] btemtd:
You spelt title wrong.

Lebanese

Lebanon
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Dont get it :) truat me
[Galaxy S 4 General] RaininHanoi:
Hey guys,

Yesterday, a friend told me that by the beginning of June, next month, there will be a sort of a price hike, can anyone confirm this? wth :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] btemtd:
Why is the title STILL spelt wrong loooool yaaaa allah
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
I can confirm this, they'll start to go higher to a max of 27% increase later on.

3m yfado l bda3a nw! s4 3nd private cell sar 610$
[Galaxy S 4 General] RaininHanoi:
Lol yeah "Discuss" too

Hmmm... so they won't risk getting new stock
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
They want to get rid of their stock as soon as possible to avoid any conflict next month!

Anyone tried any init.d tweaks ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] The-CROW:
Hey guys! I also heard about a price hike, 15% initially.

Maybe it has something to do with the new process of registering IMEIs with our carriers thus decreasing illegal import of phones into the country....
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dr.Dango:
yep its true, they already sent sms alerts, telling to activate any cellphones u got at home, just insert the sim and turn it on then turn it off
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
anyone has other than ACR ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Well as i work in a mobilebohone atore we had s4 from stock yesterday sold 2 bith worked on sim card . Now i sold a nokia yesterday and it was not picking up sim so rebooted device twice and it worked :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
eh bass I mean what stock firmware version mawjoud b lebnen ? ACR aw egypt aw ksa aw uae aw shou ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Now all the devices i got till today are uae .....
[Galaxy S 4 General] machhho:
hi to all lebanese ,

can anyone who lives in beirut confirm that if the S4 ( GT-I9500 ) is picking up the 4G signal or not .

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 General] btemtd:
GT-I9500 Does not have 4G Chip inside so it will be IMPOSSIBLE to get 4G signal

Only the GT-I9505 Has the 4G cip
[Galaxy S 4 General] sxi200:
First of all hi to all the Lebanese brothers out there.

I thought Lebanon didn't have 4G yet but a quick Google search proved me wrong.

When I was there in 2011 3G wasn't even available yet. I nearly had a heart attack. And because I was on prepaid I was only allowed 20mb a month. So I said 'give me 10 of them'. But no, the limit was 20mb. Couldn't believe they refused my money lol.

At least the next time I visit things will be different.
[Galaxy S 4 General] maf23:
No cell phone can pick up 4G signal now, only dongles we will (ALFA) enable it in 2 months time.

Oh and it is nice to see a Lebanese group on XDA.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Life Engineer:
hey nice idea brothers!

Bas ana ma3e Nexus 4!!!

LAlalalala :cool::cowboy:

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yeah things changed fast!

However there's no real 4G yet! Only on dongles and tablets and will soon be released but only in Beirut area!

However 3G is nice overall (there's still a lot of problems but at least we can say we have 3g)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
No need to gload but i am behind the bright idea hehehe :)

And there absolutly no prob with 3g mate here in downtown area you will get 4g and h+ but i areas like saiida and sour baalbeck ..... you will get 3g or e and even g :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] djsteel3000:
'Newcell' in Antelias

Does anyone know if its safe to buy from 'Newcell' in Antelias ?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Samer Diab:
Nope ita not :) because he gets supplies from someone called amjad and amjad's phones are **** as hell so dont :) go to pricate cell better :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] crossmission:
Hi, I live in Cyprus and a friend of mine told me he can bring a S4 for 380 euros from Lebanon (roughly $500), so if it's the AT&T what is the problem (personally I prefer the Qualcomm version)? Apart from warranty obviously...
[Galaxy S 4 General] djsteel3000:
Unfortunately I already purchased my S4 I9500 from him, The phone heats up a lot and battery seems to drain even when its on stand by. Does this have to do with the fact it was purchased from him or is it due to the known problems of the I9500???

When you say amjad's phones are **** as hell what do you mean? How is one S4 i9500 from one shop **** and from another shop good ? Can you please explain exactly what you mean?

Many thanks !
[Galaxy S 4 General] crossmission:
this is kind of my question too, are they second and third grade devices or maybe even refurbished?

My girlfriend's brother is coming from the US end of July and I was thinking of ordering the HTC One 64gb Dev Edition but this Lebanese S4 price came up, it would be a great help if you could give us an insight.
[Galaxy S 4 General] machhho:
Is the Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 LTE is out in lebanon !

and if so where to buy and how much are they selling it !

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] rayiskon:
Bas a small note, the 4G name is only for marketing purposes , heida mish 4G , maybe LTE , maybe H+ , bas it's surely not 4G standard.
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
I'm getting H+ in couple of areas now which is supposed to be the "lte" ! I own an i9500 from private cell

if anyone wants to buy go to private cell in dekwane slav, ask for 3isa or boudy! My phone isnt heating & can stand a whole day with heavy usage
[Galaxy S 4 General] sxi200:
4G & LTE are the same thing. H+ is not 4G, it's a faster version of 3G. The i9500 is not 4G capable.
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
actually 4G on i9500 is capable through 3rd party hardware. Also the korean i9500 has 4G! As for the 4G lte, i know the H+ isn't the same. But to us the lebanese, the H+ for us, is like the LTE in other countries (sarcasticly speaking)
[Galaxy S 4 General] rayiskon:
4G standards ~= 1Gbit/s , LTE is not anywhere near that. LTE is being advertised as 4G for marketing purposes only.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sxi200:
Haven't really heard about this 3rd party software and really doubt it can do anything more than change the icon. The Korean model is also not an i9500. It does however use the same octa core processor as the i9500.

Bus mazbut, 3.5g is more than good enough and in some cases can even be quicker than some 4g / lte networks. It all comes down to reception.

I suppose it depends on the country. Some US networks were known to be using the 4g symbol in place of H+ on other model phones.

Here in Australia the iPhone 5 shows as lte while the galaxy shows as 4g. Both are the same speed / connection, just named differently.

At the end of the day the 2 models we are taking about (i9500 & i9505) have different radios. One is capable of 4g or lte or whatever you want to call it, while the other is only capable of 3.5g max.
[Galaxy S 4 General] samersh72:
glad to see Lebanese community on XDA :D:good::good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] nj1266:
I am traveling to Lebanon for two months and taking my iPhone 5 with me. My Verizon iPhone come unlocked. I was told that I would need to give the IMEI code of my phone at customs.

Is that true? How does that work?

Sent from my iPhone 7
[Galaxy S 4 General] im4eversmart:
akhirann l2eet lebanese forum:P, hello first, is it possible ta ne2dar na3mul software update over OTA hone bi lebnen? i know we rarely get firmwares updates from samsung, i m looking forward to update my 4.2.2 jelly beans , the current one sucks . I know i can do it manually bas ekher mara 3melet la galaxy s2 , 7aset l phone rawkab chwe mab3ref bas bfadel a3mul update over OTA . Hal2 iza 3melet download lets say UAE firmware and flashed it to my galaxy S4, hal eno ra7 ysir yusalne updates from samsung ?Please let me know if anyone can answer my noob questions.Thank you.

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well i think yes, you need to have your iphone + passport to have it unlocked plus i heard some rumors that it costs a few dollars too , but only for iphones since we have no apple store yet..btw welcome to lebanon.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidsoccer:
Finally some Lebanese love.
[Galaxy S 4 General] samersh72:
Hala bik my friend.

Yes, the CSC will change to UAE, (do a wipe after flashing) and you will get ota update.

But see what is your CSC before flashing (connect to kies and see last 3 letters of firmware). Arab countries didn't receive update yet.

sent from my Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 General] im4eversmart:
Kies says CSC:MDK(AFG)..what country firmware you advise me to get ? or should i stick to my current one?
[Galaxy S 4 General] samersh72:
you have Afghanistan April firmware. MDK is the latest firmware for now for AFG. sure it will receive OTA update to MEA (the latest for now) but im not sure when.

for now far east countries received the new update. if you are in hurry, you can flash one of MEA firmware with odin.
[Galaxy S 4 General] im4eversmart:
so bottom of line, the afghanistan april firmware will have an OTA update eventually...and may stick to the current firmware.

Thanks alot my friend.
[Galaxy S 4 General] im4eversmart:
New Firmware update

Ok so i got my firmware update over OTA, it was around 370mbs.I've downloaded it and installed.However,the CSC changed from MDK to MEA, well no idea why , anyways my question is if anyone updated already there firmware for GT-I9500 an still having the smearing/purple issue please let me know cause i'm still having the same issue , thought samsung fixed it , but overall new update showed some improvements to the device.
[Galaxy S 4 General] androidsoccer:
What are some improvements?
[Galaxy S 4 General] samersh72:
Your product code still the same and the firmware is updated to MEA, you are good to go. Regarding smearing issue, it must be fixed with new firmware beside moving app to sd and hdr video... Any way make a backup and wipe data and cache
[Galaxy S 4 General] im4eversmart:
Thats right.i can move apps to the sd card now and can take hdr videos,but the smearing issue is still there after clearing cache and wipinf off the data , its kinda weird idk,but i can live with it.

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Camera is much better now,you can take hdr videos,major bugs are fixed..device stopped rebooting when opening the camera on instagram or thru the widget when screen is locked,can see it opens faster and lighter.they added transparent notification center too...

---------- Post added at 11:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:45 AM ----------

[/COLOR]Camera is much better now,you can take hdr videos,major bugs are fixed..device stopped rebooting when opening the camera on instagram or thru the widget when screen is locked,can see it opens faster and lighter.they added transparent notification center too...
[Galaxy S 4 General] sergeroyal:
Ahla Bel chabeb !!
[Galaxy S 4 General] E.Cadro:
Mod Note: Why region specific threads are not allowed.

Thread Closed
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Take57:
Anyone having any luck with the latest release of Google Now and location based reminders? Time based ("Google, remind me to feed that cat at 9:00 am") seems to work great, but no joy with "Google, remind me to buy cat food at Kroger's".

Running stock 3.16.xxx

Thx
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Echodawg:
I've found that I need to leave the "Remind Me" part out and just say "buy coffee when I get to work".

And it only recognizes Work and Home for me at the moment.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Take57:
Thanks. I suspect it's Sense that is crippling the location element. Really too bad because, in your example, unless you're employed by Starbucks it might be slightly difficult to buy anything but a cup of coffee at work :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Echodawg:
I went into Maps>Settings>Location Settings>Manage Your Places and found a list of places including "Home".

I tried "Buy coffee when I get to (a few of those places)" and it worked.

"Buy coffee when I get to Target" brought up search results.

I Starred Target and no change.

I'm hoping it just takes some time to sync.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Take57:
You bring up a good point. I tend to try and fly under the radar as far as location based social apps/tracking (foursquare/check-in type things) so it's entirely possible I've disabled what ever it is that Google Now needs to find me for reminders. Come to think of it, I've not gotten the Public Transit card to work either.

If I were to give Google another piece of my soul, any idea which Location Settings would I need to enable to trigger the reminders and location based cards? Which one's might I be able to leave turned off to keep my whereabouts mysterious?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Echodawg:
I keep Latitude off but that's the only one I try to stay away from because it broadcasts where you are to people based on your settings and it's a battery hog.

There are so many settings in maps, and sync, and settings, and ....

I'd go in, poke around for a while and see what your willing to give up.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Take57:
Hootie Hoo, I've had some success. Enabled the "Report from this device" setting in Google Maps>Settings>Location settings and I got a location based reminder. I believe I asked "Google, remind me to buy a raspberry shake at the nearby Culver's restaurant" No problem at all submitting the request by voice and having the right information come up for approval.

I'll add a couple of caveats. The reminder triggered after I has been in the location for at least 5 minutes or so (and had already ordered the milkshake :) ) and I happened to be in a location where I was picking up 4G data speed. I think there is defiantly an issue of how fast the phone/app is able to report back to the Google mothership and fire off the reminder as opposed to having the location coordinates processed from within the phone itself. I suppose that might be one more reason you are encouraged to enable the WiFi detection element of location services.

In any event, while currently this is not a particularly smooth and seamless feature, I think as the network builds out and the app matures the Now location reminders have a lot of potential to be an extremely valuable and handy tool.