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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
New method to delete 'Media Storage' data

Just an hour back, I thought, I've found a new way to delete the 'Media Storage'. I.e. I deleted internal memory> storage (or its subfolder named legacy/emulated).

BUT WHAT I DID! GOD! I DELETED/ERASED ALL MY EXTERNAL MEMORY CARD! SUCH A BLUNDER. NO WARNING, NOTHING! I GOT NO WARNING AND HAD JUST DELETED A SMALL FOLDER NAMED STORAGE (OR SOME OF ITS SUB FOLDERS NAMED LEGACY OR EMULATED). THAT'S ALL.

I NEVER THOUGHT ANDROID COULD DO THIS TO ME. IF IT WAS WINDOWS, IT WOULD HAVE WARNED ME 100S OF TIMES BEFORE TAKING SUCH A DRASTIC STEP.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Why would there be a warning? I'm certain that Windows would not warn you before deleting the contents of a removable disc.

Anyway, if you're the sort of person that deletes directories without even looking what they contain first, then no amount of warning is likely to help.

I mean, come on, this is worthy of a massive facepalm. You only had to look in the directory before blindly deleting it and this wouldn't have happened.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
Why! Why! Pls read!

:crying:

Perhaps I didn't make myself fully clear.

I had deleted only one folder inside my internal memory chip (internal 16GB SD Card of my new xperia) named Storage Media (or Media Storage). This folder only contained two folders named 'legacy' and 'emulated'. Now since these folders are located inside 16gb sd card, I didn't check further inside (May be perhaps they contained some shortcuts etc).

Now, logically they can't delete all other folders lying parallel to them or in their hierarchy. But what they did!!! They not only deleted all folders lying parallel to them but also hierarchy. Not only hierarchy, but also external memory.

Now CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN HOW IN PC WORLD ONE MEMORY CHIP CAN DELETE ANOTHER MEMORY CHIP???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
The directory you deleted is a symlink to your external SD card. If you had looked in the directory before blindly deleting it, you would have seen that.

You have nobody but yourself to blame here. You started messing with the system file structure on your device without knowing what you were doing and paid the price.

Learn from it and be more careful next time.;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
Still Not agree.

First, if it was a link, the link should have been deleted, not the target the link was pointing to. E.g. if there is a link pointing to d drive, and one deletes that link, d drive won't be erased all (even if it was, at least one warning is apt before taking such a drastic step). In another example, if there is a switch which links to the light bulb in the room, and we break the switch, the light is not expected to be broken, is it?

In the android folder structure, there are many places where link to SD Cards can be found. I don't think/expect deleting those will erase the full sd card. And, I HAD looked into the directory and found only links.

:confused:

Next, for tens of years, I, and many others, have become so accustomed to windows rules, that it very tough indeed to think contrary. Treading on these lines, I don't know android system files should be so easily accessible (they weren't even simply 'hidden') to the user and without any warning.

In the end, forget all my logics, you think yourself in my chair for a moment. You've been accustomed to windows computer for many years now. And you choose to explore your new android mobile system's folders. You find some simply named folder which are otherwise/seemingly empty and you delete them. And without warning two memories are erased fully. WOULD YOU JUSTIFY THAT???
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
I'm not sure why you're arguing with me, or who you're trying to convince.

The facts are simple. You browsed through the internal memory of your device (where the operating system is stored), found a directory vaguely related to what you were doing, then deleted it without properly checking it's contents or even trying to find out what it was for.

Just accept that you made an almighty error and move on. :)

Just finally, you might want to try connecting your external SD to your PC and using a data recovery tool such as Recuva. You may be able to retrieve the files from it, as long as you haven't since overwritten the card. ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
Don't agree.

You replied to msg and I replied to your msg. If its an arguement, then let it be so, there is no problem (as long as it is not culminated into hatred).

I DID check its contents and it only contained some shortcuts.

I didn't do it vaguely, rather I WAS consciously trying to find out what was its use by deleting it and then checking what will be missed without them.

I accept that there was a small mistake on my part (but very big one on android's part).

I accept that I cannot leave android because of its beauty and openness.

I accept that android has many, very big weaknesses, like any other OS.

And no body has YET succeeded in convincing me that I'm 100% wrong and android has not got this shortcoming.

AND FINALLY DON'T PLS GET ANGRY, I DIDN'T INCITE YOU OR USED ANY ANGRY WORDS
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Come on now. I've been around here for a long time and you are the only person that I have seen that has made this mistake. There is no problem or shortcoming with Android.

Again, you cannot possibly have properly checked the contents of the directory that you deleted. If you had gone into the directories contained in the one that you deleted, you would have seen that they contain all of the files on your SD and therefore would not have deleted them in the first place.

You even just admitted yourself that you had no idea what you're doing and deleted the directory to see what would happen. You got your answer.

As for being angry; I'm not, in the slightest way. Just amused that somebody would do such a thing, then post a message blaming everything but themselves, on a development site, no less.

Like I said, accept your mistake, learn from it and move on. Everyone makes mistakes. Admitting them and accepting fault is a part of life. :)

Anyway, you really should try to recover your files like I suggested. You should get all of them back if you haven't used the card since you deleted them. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
I'm not getting your point. BUT YOU'RE ALSO NOT GETTING MY POINT.

That's because perhaps others are not exploring as much as I was OR they did this thing when their mobile was new and so loss was not big OR they didn't report their loss as much as I have. Or may be, it was simply a coincident which hasn't occurred to others yet.

I did check and they only contained the shortcuts. How can two different places (like my internal memory and external memory chip) be inside any one of them? Just HOW CAN!

I did say that I deleted the directory to know what purpose was it there for. I never said I had no idea of what I was doing. I WAS DELETING SOME SHORTCUTS!

I felt so from your choice of words. No worries now. I got the correct tone now.

And you know that development sites/software companies (even like google) do make mistakes and learn later from people's sufferings. Don't they ever?

I'm accepting that there was a small mistake on my part. But bigger one on Android's part. Windows gives warning even while deleting a single file from fixed/removable disks. And if we command it to wipe entire drive, then at least 2 very hard warnings come across our ways. But Android being open, it should have at least give one (may be very soft) warning.

I've already forsaken the contents. They're recoverable. I've their (unsorted and duplicate) copies. I'd have to spend some time though to bring them back to normal life. So not much worries on that front. I was just wondering what would have happened if I had deleted the same a day earlier with some PRECIOUS AND UN-SUBSTITUTABLE FILES!:cowboy:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
I suggest you research what a symlink is before posting any more, or performing any more operations on the file system of your phone.

Hint: It is not a shortcut in the sense that you think it is.

You will do yourself a favour for the future if you stop thinking that Android works or should work in the same way as Windows. It does not, for the most part.

With that, I'm done with this discussion. You obviously have it set in your mind that the mistake you made is somebody else's fault and who am I to dissuade you from your rationalisation of it makes you happy? :D

Peace. :beer:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
Last thing.

Reply me this last thing: how can any ONE folder have something, that, upon deletion, can delete two different drive's contents??? I'm baffled by this thing the most.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
The directory contained symlinks to both the internal and external SD cards.

When you deleted the directory, it deleted the symlinks and therefore it deleted the target of those symlinks.

Just Google what symlinks are and you will have some understanding of how they work and what happened. :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
Can't stop myself from replying.

Again I couldn't stop myself from replying when I found that even Wikipedia (google pointed me straright to that) is saying that if you delete a symblink, the target isn't deleted.

To quote wiki ".....The symbolic link is a second file that exists independently of its target. If a symbolic link is deleted, its target remains unaffected." (3rd para from the top). It further says, even if you delete another type of links (i.e. Hard Links) even then the target isn't deleted.

I don't want to argue with you. I understand that it is in no way your fault. You're just trying to point me to the right direction. But what I say that the direction you're pointing to isn't so RIGHT!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Hmm, yes it appears that you're right. I was under the impression that ALL actions on symlinked files had an effect, but it appears that deleting them only deletes the link, not the original file.

You learn something every day. :)

I'm not an expert by any means, just an interested amateur and welcome all opportunities to learn and I apologise for passing on incorrect information. :thumbup:

I had a look around the directory that you deleted, and it appears that there are mount points for the internal and external SD cards in there. Now, according to a quick search, deleting a mount point will indeed delete the contents of the drive that is mounted there.

Whatever happened, I still maintain that you should have looked in all of the directories contained in the one that you deleted. If you had, you would have seen that they contained lots of important files and left it alone. ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zopfan:
That Concludes.

Yeah!

But I wish android was like windows in this area and had carried some warning for users when they're going to do some stupidity.

Anyway, THAT CONCLUDES!
[General Questions and Answers] Damin81:
i am trying to flash eXperiance v2.1 jb on my xperia u.when i choose apply zip from sd card and select this rom screen goes black.It displays opening aroma launcher and then the screen goes blank.Currently i have vision rom on my xperia u.can any1 plz tell me the solution
[General Questions and Answers] krabappel2548:
Did you tried to wipe cache?
[General Questions and Answers] Jukbuks:
Same problem

I have exactly the same problem. Has anyone solved this?
[General Questions and Answers] rohitdhamal:
Hi All!!

I am using a custom ROM and ROOTED phone ver. 4.0.4 ICS. I have gone through almost all of the posts on resetting the binary counter. I have also a JIG and used Triangle away. Nothing seems to work. Most of the recent models also resist the JIG method. I wonder where is this information exactly saved? We could break in there to reset the counter value without flashing or any other software or JIGS (nonworking), Just through terminal emulator. I have a few codes on this site only but doesn't seem to work with 4.0.4 ICS. If we get the location of the file, then we can vey easily change it. What say?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lujan3591:
so I rooted my phone did everything right and I installed twarp well I decided to to install the the baked rom I followed the directions and everything except one thing before I began the flash I forgot to check on the box wipe factory rest or something like that so I guess you can say I dirty flashed it well the phone rebooted and I thought it was a success cuz the phone turns on but it stay stucked on the baked logo I left it sit for about 3 hours and nothing happen my computer wont read it by the way I can go into twarp if I hold the 3 buttons but it still wont let me do anything I have gsI747 or something like that and the baked I installed was baked_d2att_bb-8.zip I tried to install it for goo something app please help
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Re-download Baked ROM, go in TWRP, mount SD to pc, replace with the new Baked ROM.zip, factory reset, clear cache/dalvik and flash it.

If that doesn't work, flash back to pre-rooted stock and try another ROM.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mnasledov:
UPDATED 2013-06-13: Released v3 with an improved updater script. If you've already installed VLDLL1 firmware update, there's no need to re-flash this.

This is for Canadian SGH-T999V devices. For SGH-T999 UVDMD5 firmware, please see this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282603

I've made a flashable .zip to update the T999V to VLDLL1 bootloader, resources and power manager, etc. It's based on my T999 UVDMD5 updater except it has the firmware blobs from the official T999V VLDLL1 Odin download and updated the SHA1 sums in the script. This does NOT include modem firmware as there are several different VLDLL1 modems for T999V. You will have to update that yourself -- please see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1880987

This is the latest firmware update for Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999V) that flashes the VLDLL1 radio and bootloader with a convenient update.zip. Flashing it on anything other than the Canadian SGH-T999V is strongly not advisable. It will likely brick your phone. It CANNOT be used on the US SGH-T999. Do NOT ever mix up Canadian and US firmwares. Doing so will result in a hard brick.

@jason27131 (and, since, many others) has successfuly guinea pigged this on a T999V!

T999V VLDLL1 Bootloader / FW Update (w/o Modem): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/173554095/T999 Devel/T999V_VLDLL1_noradio_v3.zip (md5: 79f976220f86ce457803c0baee5e1fd2)

What are these firmware files?

rpm.mbn - Resources and Power Manager

sbl2.mbn - Part of Secondary Bootloader

sbl3.mbn - Part of Secondary Bootloader

aboot.mbn - AP Bootloader

tz.mbn - Trust Zone

NON-HLOS.bin - Modem -- This is not flashed in the VLDLL1 updater as the VLDLL1 firmware is used by multiple providers with different modems.

Why do I want this?

If your phone has old enough firmware, newer CM10.1 builds will no longer install on it. It is unknown if updating to VLDLL1 from earlier supported versions has any noticeable positive effects. No known negative effects have been reported and the Odin method ends up upgrading all this stuff anyway.

Instructions:

(1) Put this .zip file on the root of your sdcard.

(2) Reboot to recovery

(3) Choose .zip file from sdcard and select this file and flash it.

(4) Reboot and you're done. I didn't find any wiping of any kind necessary. If you plan to flash anything else, at least reboot recovery first to pick up the bootloader change.

Many thanks to whomever put together the original update.zip and to Khaytsus and invisiblek for pointing me in the right direction. Thanks to GenericAsianGuy for helping with the T999V script -- getting me the PIT file and firmware blobs. Thanks to jason27131 for being the first brave person to test this! Also many thanks to all who've tested it and provided feedback. There is no greater enjoyment than in helping people.

I've also hacked together a firmware backup script that works for both T999 and T999V: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2283935

DISCLAIMER: I do not take any credit for this stuff, I just put it together. I am not liable for your device if you break it, etc etc.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DgtHorse:
Did you try it? Curious about your results :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mnasledov:
In case anyone with the VLDLL1 firmware on their phone wants to check my work, they can run the backup script and run sha1sum on the generated files, they should match up:

a04f58ebf54433f3ff9ea18ec98a026902c89b35 files/aboot.mbn
9a5f30f6dfcd7560708ee3fd1372df07cc31947a files/NON-HLOS.bin
c9602ae49e42921cade29485519c7c04b1342f6b files/rpm.mbn
8e682ac22540d1ca79db51013201152f3489e5d0 files/sbl2.mbn
96384a9bce59b74b9618448a8aa0ac4e5924fa16 files/sbl3.mbn
cfd154b25067f8b7dee6d35b02746bf7b2641255 files/tz.mbn

Unfortunately I don't have a T999V so I can't guinea pig this myself or else I would.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jason27131:
I guinea pig'd this and it works for me. Thanks a lot!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mnasledov:
Awesome! Thank you for testing it, good sir!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] space4ace:
Does that mean I can flash the latest tmobile 4.1.2 firmware update and then flash this to make it work on my t999V (Videotron)?

That would be nice since Videotron is taking forever to release the 4.1.2 firmware update.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PoLaRBe4r:
I guineau pigged the tmo version on my canadian phone and learned the hard way :P

thanks for making this available to us canadians eh'. I'm lucky enough that my brand new phone is already updated ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rener78:
Well it's working on my Videotron phone here. No problem whatsoever.

Thanks alot
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ndwgs:
NOOO DO NOT FLASH THE TMO FW UPDATE!!!

Flash this for ALL CANADIAN MODELS. THE 4.1.2 is only for TMO MODELS.

If you want an expensive paper weight, just ask Polar.

Please people, if it says it it's compatible for Canadian models or Videotron or T999 V (that's with a "V" after the SGH-T999), by all means, try and flash it.

If IT DOES NOT, and the OP states it is of/for T-Mobile USA, or T999 (without the V), then why would you want to flash that to your Videotron S3????????????

Common Sense people.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Valhalla_:
Should have let him do it. If people skip over the OP to ask answered questions, or obvious questions, from the first post, no less.... :confused::eek:

+Cool story, bro!

+The "Thanks" you get from me is not just thanks, but can be laughing, props, +1, and so on
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] space4ace:
Oh I see! The firmware includes everything already for the T999V. I could swear it was only the modem and bootloader.

I will try it and report back.

Thank you for the warning.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mnasledov:
Specifically you don't want the US bootloader or modem on the Canadian device as it ends up in a hard brick, or vice versa. I've made an update.zip each for SGH-T999 and SGH-T999V that provides the latest bootloader and modem firmware. This thread is for the T999V and the other thread (linked to in the OP) is for T999.

If you flash the entire 600-700MB image from TMO or Videotron or whomever via Odin, it flashes the modem, bootloader stuff, boot (kernel), system, recovery, etc.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LuigiBull23:
Thank you for making separate firmware threads for the T999 and T999V.

It should definitely avoid much more the confusion and raise more clarity on this matter.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rener78:
Might be a dumb question, but what's the benefit of flashing this to our phones?

Thanks all
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LuigiBull23:
Read this and you'll have your answer.

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/s...genMod/posts&sparm=cbp=14hrv94e7evgu&sview=25

You'll then know the main benefit of this thread
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mnasledov:
Posted a version of the script that doesn't flash the modem for VLDLL1 as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LuigiBull23:
Very useful. Thanks. Will help those who don't want to update their modems.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] yanikd:
Since the TMO bootloader version is newer, couldn't we simply flash their version without flashing the modem? Like only aboot, sbl2-3, tz and rpm?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
It may not work.
[HTC Desire V] Grondo:
Hi guys,

I’m noob and I’d like put my smartphone HTC Desire V T328t in S-OFF. These are the datas of my device

***UNLOCKED***

PRIMOTD PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.45.0000

RADIO-3822.18.00.2

eMMC-boot

Aug 29 2012, 14:50:03

C:\Android Tools\Android SDK 21.1\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.45.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 3822.18.00.2

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 1.23.1403.1

(bootloader) serialno: XXXXXXXXXXXX

(bootloader) imei: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

(bootloader) product: primotd

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7230

(bootloader) modelid: PK7910000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTCCN704

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4279mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 5f14c5f0

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

N.B. I think this device is China Mobile (or other operator) branded because it’s visible this logo when booting…

/media/DIKOM/Thread su Desire v T328t

I’ve got unlocked bootloader and I rooted the device with superuser and superuser pro (a china crack has changed the boot.img and now wi-fi and Bluetooth don’t work, but these are the last problems…). I installed CWM Recovery 5.0.2.0 from bootloader with the command:

fastboot flash recovery CWM_Recovery.img

and all was ok. Now when I charge the device (only when it’s OFF) and when I go in bootloader and I push on recovery (to flash another ROM) the screen show this message:

This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC’S written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action.

Now I have already tried:

1) Flash a cooked ROM, but I can’t enter in recovery;

2) Flash boot.img file with another .img but the message show on the screen when booting and I must remove battery to reboot;

3) Make a gold card with “Gold Card img Helper” tool (very thanks to Gene Poole and the other developments), but gold card don’t work or I can’t how use it… ;-( I’ve got two CID: one in MMC0 and 2nd in MMC2; I tried both but they generate always a not working gold card.

Where am I wrong? Can someone help me please? Very thanks to all!!! Hi…
[HTC Desire V] stlifey:
chinese? have tried using tools on gfan or other smartphone forum in china for a universe unlock?

---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 PM ----------

i have thought about a problem that you must have used htc official unlock tool and successfully flashed the recovery.

htc official unlock doesn't turn s-on to s-off but shows "unlocked",

and any flash in recovery will not flash the boot because of this "s-on".

you may flash boot.img via fastboot tool, for command-line input "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and you will sucessfully got boot flashed.
[HTC Desire V] Grondo:
I'm not Chinese, I'm Italian and I found the device on the street... However I don't know nothing of forums in china; I unlocked bootloader with Htc official unlock using desire model. Have you got any idea what boot.img I must flash? I tried boot.img of bravo ROM but I can't reboot the mobile and I can't go in recovery too. Thanks for your help
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Arslan81:
Please Help.. My XDA1 have not a Bootloader and ROM.. :cry: :cry: :cry:

How can i fix this...

Please Help Me!!!!!!