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[LG Optimus Black] misaon00:
What do you think about the unknown NEXUS 5? I'm going to move him from P970 ...

It is a good choice? :confused: I like clean ANDROID and my price limit is $ 512 .. Would you propose a better device with better equipment for the same price?

:highfive::):cowboy::o:D:cyclops::good::fingers-crossed:

ZIGY

http://zigy.cz​
[LG Optimus Black] SamBG:
Stop creating unnecessary threads..

The nexus 5 has not yet been released and u want people to suggest you a better phone then that...:what:
[LG Optimus Black] BlackPie:
Hey dude don't get Nexus 5 but the Nexus 6! It has the Octa Core Snapdragon 1200 and 4GB of Ram!With a 5" 2560x1600 resolution! 50mp camera with OIS and Optical Zoom!7000mAh battery with Wireless and Solar charging.1mm bezel and 5mm thick!Price:299 USD.
[LG Optimus Black] Mexickano:
Who will to help with Nexus 5?, I hear rumors about motorola, but I really dont know.

I'm just waiting, I gonna get Nexus 4.
[LG Optimus Black] abdel12345:
Lol that would be awesome. Except. 299 is a little pricey maybe 199 woukd be better. It should also quintaboot (boot 5, thats probably wrong lol) ios, android, windows, blackberry, and ubuntu :p:D:rolleyes:

Sent from my LG-P970g
[LG Optimus Black] Pondera:
I am not gonna answer your question since i am not sure whether or not this is a prank thread. Even your budget is dodgy.. $ 512?? what a specific number... Is that 1 buck for every ram in OB? :p

Anyway i'll give you my opinion about Nexus 5, so that you can make a comparison, on a chance that you are serious about this. Nexus 5 will most likely be manufactured by LG, based on the monster G2. LG is better hardwarewise speaking, but lacks in all other things.

(Off topic it is said that Korean G2 will have SD car slot and removable battery, but international version won't. Another .tupid LG decision. I was searching a replacement from LG for OB, and i came across a phone of theirs which doesn't have "flash". Who puts a camera without flash. As i said best hardware poor everything else)
[LG Optimus Black] abdel12345:
Lg said the nexus 4 was a success and they dont need another success like it so that hints that theyre not making nexus 5 so they can quit while theyre ahead

Sent from my LG-P970g
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] timbuctoo:
LoLaTiOn's ProBAM 4.2 / CM 10.1.2 has the following issues.

It's a great ROM, but needs a few fixes

* The notification bar disappears every now and then (someone else had also reported this). No way to reproduce :(

* External SD card needs to be manually mounted (Settings -> Storage - > Mount SD card) after every reboot!

* The 'Make It Dark' option in Settings does not work

P.S: I don't have more than 10 posts, else I would have replied at the development thread itself
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mustafahussain:
I will be flashing pro bam and will confirm about these bugs
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nekoSL:
well the only bug i have is the WALKMAN from proBAM adds-on is that the volume can't be controlled, its always set to max and can't be lowered
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] maxs8007:
the 2nd issue which you mentioned is not about the ROM. "external SD card mounting problem" can be fixed. before flashing a new rom, always do a full wipe. also format the system by going in mount and storage in recovery mode.. your problem will get solved :) and always follow the proper steps given by the developer so that you won't face any problem in future.. :)

I didn't face any other issue with the rom. :) I think you might be getting those problems just because of un-proper flashing of rom.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nekoSL:
I use SwapSD, thats the reason why i don't face that bug,

another thing, the AOSP android Keyboard, the swipe gesture is not working,
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sam_777:
Yes. 'Make It Dark' option is not working.

CountParadox wrote "somewhere mentioned that the 'make it dark' feature is a beta thing?"

(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2295673&page=147)

and I read somewhere that its not working for roms based on AOKP or Paranoid3.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] maxs8007:
sam_777

bro it worked on our devices so it should definitely work on yours too.. it doesn't matter weather it is still in beta or not. you might be doing something wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sam_777:
So its working. Good news. Should clean flash again...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] timbuctoo:
Followed all steps listed by the developer

I did a full wipe, including formatting the external SD card as well. Not sure how this worked for you.

And yes, I followed all instructions mentioned by the developer.

Thanks anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] timbuctoo:
Will try SwapSD

Thanks nekoSL, will try SwapSD.

The swipe gesture is working on my phone though. Can you check if it's enabled [Settings -> Language & input -> Android Keyboard (AOSP) -> Enable Gesture Typing]? Also, there's a gesture swipe trail display option right below. Looks great with a thin streak!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] timbuctoo:
Posted the issues to the development thread

After getting the required number of posts, I have copied the issues in the development thread itself.

With the ProBAM leads officially announcing the I9003 port to their builds, we should get enough attention, and hopefully fixes! Hooray! :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sanaousuke:
Hi....im facing problem with this rom..my phone got slow responses...even after using seeder for reduce lag.not everytime but usual after i press home button or using ctome or heavy app...before this rom im using xgamerz rom and i dont have problem using it.this is problem with rom or my phone processor/ram?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ajayprakashpandey:
Because of low memory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Nickitt:
When I turn my phone on, goes straight to downloading mode.

I was currently running jellybomb, plugged the phone in via usb. I transferred Illusion rom to my external SD card. Held the power button, pressed reboot into recovery. Phone restarted and went directly into download mode.

Even when I pull the battery, whether I do vol up home pwr or normal phone turn on it goes directly to downloading mode.

I see the Galaxy Note 2 logo for a split second.

Not sure what the heck happened but I'm freaking the heck out. I hope someone can help me and give me good news?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrao_n:
Let it go to download and flash a stock rom maybe? Not sure why its doing it. Soounds like system and recovery were wiped. Giving it no where to load into. As long as you have download you should be fine. Just find a one click. Flash it from your computer. Then try recovery. Or you can just odin the twrp recovery and not odin the rom. Then try booting into recovery. Either way goodluck. One clicks can be found in the development forums. Twrp can be found at goo.im
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rezistrat:
I have this problem often. In fact since I cant odin my phone anywhere but home I dont flash roms at all. The only saving grace is no new tw roms getting released lately. I thought it was recovery dependent but it happens on both types for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] vseslija:
Hello everyone

Just wondering if anyone tried to wipe their phone via the new android feature. I have a custom recovery ( twrp ) and I heard it wont work. Thanks.

Sent from SGH-T889v Canadian Wind Mobile
[About XDA developers] Nate2:
Is Google a paying sponsor of XDA, and do they influence what can (or cannot) be said about them or their products, here on XDA?
[About XDA developers] orangekid:
no
[About XDA developers] Archer:
No, and no. Xda has nothing to do with Google. We're not just an Android forum. There's lots of other forums for Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, even Windows PCs, as well as several other mobile OSs.

Android is just the most common platform for our users.

Just have a look here to see what's on offer...

http://xdaforums.com/index.php

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[About XDA developers] ronnie498:
Easiest is to help others in the q&a or in the general section of your device.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Forum Runner
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jucares:
Can anyone point me into the right direction to get init.d support in stock rooted ROM (.257).

Thankyou
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parkside:
I think the 'pimp my Rom' app from the play store has the option and other apps do too. Don't know how effective they are though
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Redeque:
Try this. Not tested by me yet.

Let me know how it worked out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933849
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jucares:
Thanks it works perfect!!!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroInfinity:
Today, I have experienced a very "odd" problem. I have just found out that there is a folder called "storage" visible in my Internal Storage.

When I thought that, since it was visible, it did not contain much useful files (Only 2 xml files I found which would be in both internal and external storage) so I deleted that folder and everything in my SD Card and Internal Storage vanished.

I found out that the "storage" folder had a link to both storage devices but the weird thing is, why was that there and why is it visible? I could of sworn that I have never seen that before on my Xperia Z...

Can anyone else see their "storage" folder in the internal storage or is it just me?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CiscoX:
Hi.

At root, i have sdcard and sdcard1 and storage. Inside storage folder i have sdcard0 and sdcard1. I have seen this before for long time ago.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroInfinity:
but this is totally different from what I have experienced.

From Windows, Internal Storage would have a folder called "storage" with another folder called "01" inside the storage folder. So "Internal Storage/storage/01/" if it was read on a Windows PC. inside the storage folder, there is just 1 folder called "01", nothing else. inside "01" folder, there are ONLY 2 .xml files which are the same as the 2 .xml files you would have by default in the root of your Internal and External Storage.

In short- Internel Storage has a folder called storage, inside storage has a folder called 01, inside 01 there are only 2 .xml files. The strange thing is, if it were linked to Internal/External Storage, why only 2 .xml files are visible in the 01 folder?

EDIT: When I tried to delete the storage folder (At the time I did not know that it was linked) Windows loading bar for deleting files did not move so I had to cancel it. Once cancelled, everything in my external/internal storage was wiped off. Thankfully, I recovered most of my lost pictures with Recuva
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
Not sure but I think this folder came somehow from the recovery maybe a bug.

I hope you didn't lost important things.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CiscoX:
Yes, this is very strange. I remember when i did see this after i bought my phone i was thinking this must be an bug. Another thing, in root i also have a folder named: ext_card and it is the same as sdcard1 here. Sdcard1 is my microSD card i have, but why so many folder linked to the same folders.

At root i go to storage, inside i have folders: emulated, removable, sdcard0, sdcard1 usbdisk.

Inside emulated i have 0 and legacy. etc etc

All of them are linked and goes to the same internal card and external card,
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroInfinity:
If it really is a bug, we need to know what did actually cause this to happen.

And yeah, Recuva was really useful for me :D

Too many linked folders make it confusing, why would there be a linked folder visible in the Internal Storage though? this is what is really confusing me right now.

Need more reports if any one else has found this mysterious "storage" folder in their Internal Storage...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinsfanbdh:
im not sure but if everyone with this folder are running 4.2.2 it is for the multiuser or multitasking feature of jellybean 4.2.2
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroInfinity:
Strange, this is the first time I have ever seen this. I only saw this folder today and I have been on custom roms based on stock xperia firmware android 4.2.2 for ages now... Why would it appear just today? I don't think multitasking will cause this to happen since it doesn't create any folders/files related to it (afaik).
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shbaldw:
I've had something like this happen where in emulated/0 (my main internal SD storage) there was another 0 folder that freaked out recoveries and such. I had the similar "can't delete from windows" thing, but using a in-recovery file manager I just deleted it, problem solved. tl;dr if you want to delete it and its causing problems delete it from recovery.

Sent from rooted carbon note 2, with the xda app.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinsfanbdh:
exactly what im talking about. lots of threads in the htc one forum about it and being this device was released with 4.1.2(like the htc one) and has recently been updated to 4.2.2(like the htc one) maybe its the same thing, not saying it is because i dont know. just sounds like the same thing
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroInfinity:
Windows did not make any progress in deleting it, it was stuck on the Preparing to delete... window. Once I cancelled it because it took too long, everything from sd card/ internal storage was gone. All because of that storage folder inside my Internal Storage...

I know about the emulated/0 issue (From previous HTC One X Android 4.2.2 AOSP roms) but this seems to be completely different from it.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZeroInfinity:
I don't think it has anything to do with an upgraded android version. Like I said before, I have been on Android 4.2.2 a long time now (Upgraded when the firmware first came out) and I have never seen this folder before. I have just seen it yesterday. Another strange thing is that after I attempted to delete the storage folder, Everything was gone INCLUDING that storage folder. I haven't seen the storage folder after that happened. I'm going to go flash another rom and full wipe to see if the storage folder pops up again.

EDIT: Right, no there is no more storage folder in Internal Storage after a full wipe and formatted everything! Very strange indeed...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anantharam:
Wierd storage folder symlink inside internal storage!

I know this is a very old thread but I face the same issue in Android 5.1.1 now and I too deleted the folder named storage only to see that all the data from the sd card has vanished because of that. Any idea what caused this buggy symlink to be created?

All my data is now gone because I just deleted one folder inside my sdcard, and I didn't even think to backup anything since I didn't even dream that deleting a single folder will delete the parent folder! Again recuva was my friend but still I am not able to recover everything in internal storage, any suggestions on what to use to scan the internal storage?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] langeveld024:
Did you upgrade to newer firmware using a zip? That's a common bug when upgrading via zip.

The only proper way is to backup ur entire internal storage and flash a full ftf. Then you will not have the annoying symlink.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anantharam:
I did do a factory reset before flashing a new firmware. Not sure what else I should do..

And as for the internal storage recovery, I followed these different guides but raw file using vhdtool and recuva did not give me any single file that was last present in my internal memory and even extundelete didn't return any single file that was in the internal storage, some of these tools return hundreds of text files and images that I had no idea was in my internal storage but none of them return me any of the hundreds of images and videos that I was sure were in my internal storage.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] langeveld024:
Yes but if you factory reset on 4.4.2 (for example) and then flash 5.0.2 fw via zip in recovery, you will get the annoying folder symlink.

The only way to upgrade to lollipop is by flashing a full ftf (which will wipe internal sd) after that you won't have the annoying symlink.

But you flashed zip instead of ftf and discovered the folder symlink which seemed not harmful to delete so you deleted it. Right?

Then there's no chance in getting the data (photos etc) back.

I was the same situation as you, twice, I tried every possibility to recover my photos but it ended up with nothing. Everything was gone.

On a mechanical harddrive, when you wiped data, the data will only be gone when the wiped sectors are overwritten (e.g. format harddrive, which overwrite with empty buffer).

As long as the wiped data in those sectors are not overwritten, you'll be able to recover almost all - if not all - data you deleted.

On flash memory instead, (such as ssd drives and internal storage of our phone) deleted data is immediately deleted.

(that's also one of the reasons on Android, you never have to defragment the internal sd, same story for an ssd)

I'm sorry for u to say but I'm afraid you're unfortunately lost the photos and there's no way to get it back.

But my advice to you is:

Never upgrade between android versions (e.g. 4.4 > 5.0) using a zip installable.

Only use full factory images (ftf), they will wipe internal sd in order to get correct mappings so backup everything before flashing.

Once u on a firmware, an update to the same firmware is allowed (e.g. from one 5.0.2 rom to another 5.0.2 rom).

I hope it helps u in the future.

Regards
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anantharam:
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation, after wasting two whole days trying everything described anywhere in the internet for recovering data from internal storage, I have also learnt it the hard way that it won't be possible to recover my data. Anyways the good news is google photos had backed up most of my photos, so it would actually be the call recordings, whatsapp history and other documents that I would have to loose permanently.

As for the upgrade issue, is this only for lollipop or any android version? I have never seen anything similar when I upgraded from 4.0 to 4.1 or 4.2 to 4.4 e.t.c. If I shouldn't use zip installable to upgrade android versions how else do I upgrade to kitkat or lollipop? I don't think there are any factory images published for lollipop for my phone since support for it ended long time ago.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashish.akc:
Am again reviving this old thread as today I deleted a folder named sdcard inside my oneplus 3's internal storage and lost everyrhing. Though I had never upgraded my phone using any zip file and always went with the OTA update

I also made a thread https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-3/help/strange-t3537998
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john5220:
I don't wanna use just any rom and brick the phone

Anyone can confirm me a link with a ROM for my i8190L latin S3 mini?

I want latest Cyanogen or the other AOSP thingy

I want a fast and good rom
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youStolemylaptop:
there's Oliver's / maclaws cm 10 / cm 10.1. Maclaw.pl
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rOck4n:
Anyone of the above will work fine. I do have the latin version, already tested Oliver's and Maclaw's. You should be fine. And BTW, wrong forum, please ask a mod to move your thread. :eek:
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacbarahona72:
Moderator this is not the place for this post :confused:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] SignX:
or it must be done by using a card reader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
Is there no script for cleaning out the old kernel b4 flashing a new one.I used a kernel cleaning script with my I777 S2 all the time.is it cause the bootloader being locked on are I337 S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Ol' Dirty Bastard:
With the S2, and I777, the kernel and recovery were packaged, so sometimes things were left behind and the script could be used before flashing another.

S3, and S4 have seperate partitions for the kernel and recovery, it's no longer needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Aou:
This is exactly right. And to slightly expand on this:

Because the kernel is on its own partition, nearly all flashable kernel zips will simply overwrite the whole kernel partition from a kernel image file (boot.img), therefore no need to wipe it first.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbass350z:
I have an old Nook Color sitting on the shelf and decided it is time to do something with it. I want to know which ROM is the most stable with all hardware working (CM 10, 10.1, ASOP, other?). I plan to use it for games, web browsing, and maybe watching videos. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I do plan to run from an SD card if that makes a difference.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aperezdc:
If you want stability the most, the MiRaGe CM7 is your best bet. If you need/want a more recent Android, pick the stable CM10 or mateorod's AOSP (which are quite responsive in the Nook even being Android 4.2 :D).

Should not be a problem to run any of the above from a SD card.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexluthor:
Same question as op so I'll tag along here. So why would I want mirage cm7 over cm10? What exactly doesn't work right/isn't stable in cm10?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
CM7 is just fast and stable, period. CM10 can be laggy and unstable at times.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagirfahmid3:
I also recommend Mirage ROM. I'm running it and it's crazy fast, especially overclocked to 1.2GHz, animations disabled. I can watch HD YouTube videos with no lagg at all.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexluthor:
I am trying out Mirage CM7 off an SD card and it seems like it will be ideal.

Should I try to install it to internal memory or is there really no point? Are there up to date instructions for installing to internal memory?

If I do decide to just keeping running Mirage CM7 off the SD card, can I still use the internal memory to store/play movies while running Mirage CM7? It appears in estrongs, so I wouldn't see why that wouldn't work.

Is overclocking to 1.2 required to watch youtube in HD?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagirfahmid3:
Yeah I'd say it's worth it to install to internal SD. Overclocking to 1.2GHz helps a lot with video playback. If you're at stock 800MHz, it lags occasionally. The TI OMAP 3621 has a rated frequency of 1GHz, so if you're worried, just put it to 1GHz clock speed max.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GAPY427:
Which root method is the easiest? Thanks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aperezdc:
If you are using a non-stock rock (CM, PA, AOSP, etc), then you don't need to do anything — those come with root enabled by default, and Superuser preinstalled.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexluthor:
I found the instructions for internal install. Went perfectly. Seems like no reason not to do that. I guess if I have 8 failed boots in a row, my CM7 install will get wiped and stock will come back? I guess that's not too likely.

Mirage CM7 had an 1100MHz and 1200MHz choice in the settings, so I just set it at 1100MHz to be a little safe.

Seems to be working great.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GAPY427:
I brought my Nook back to factory stock, i.e., I have no root access. Are you saying you can download the ROM on the external SD and it will work?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
Only if you left stock recovery on internal memory. If you replaced it with CWM or TWRP, the 8 failed boots does not work.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexluthor:
Cool, then I'm good. I flashed CWM.

Should have talked my wife into letting me do this earlier.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GAPY427:
Could you please point me to the internal install instructions? Thanks.