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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] verngator:
I’m rooted and using CW for my recovery. I’m using a pre-owned phone that I (thought) I wiped before rooting. I am running stock 4.2.2, baseband MDL.

Initially all I wanted to do was nandroid to my SD card in preparation for flashing a custom ROM. I have a 32GB card that my phone recognizes just fine, so I thought it would make sense to put the backup there. So I enabled Use External Storage in ROM Manager settings and tried to begin the backup process.

First I tried it using the ROM Manager itself. Got this error message:

Unknown volume for path [/external_sd/clockworkmod/backup/name of the backupfile here]

/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log

Please open ROM Manager to report the issue
​

Then I tried doing it by going straight into Recovery and initiating it myself. That was in the Backup and Restore menu. The Backup location options were

/sdcard

/storage/sdcard1

Neither of those is the external card. Then I looked at the Advanced menu but there was no option that mentioned the external card. So it seems that the Recovery doesn’t see my external card. And the subdirectory options that Recovery wants to use do not exist on my phone.

At first I thought it was my SD card. I removed it, re-formatted it (non-Quick) on my computer, etc. I was still not able to save my recovery to my SD card. Again I see that CW want to put the recovery in a subdirectory that does not exist.

I was able to nandroid to the internal memory, so at least there’s that. But the file directories on my card are a mess that make no sense and don’t seem to match what I’ve seen on multiple forums.

Using ES File Explorer I see this from the root directory -

/storage/emulated/0

/storage/emulated/legacy

/storage/extSdCard

/storage/sdcard0 – this one has a little arrow at the start of the pathname. Does that make it a shortcut?

/storage/container – this one has a little arrow at the start of the pathname. Does that make it a shortcut?

Also from the root directory I see this –

/sdcard/ – this one has a little arrow at the start of the pathname

Then there are these –

/mnt which seems to have copies of sdcard and extSdCard

/mnt_1 which just has extSdCard, sdcard_1, sdcard_2, and sdcard_3

I’m running 4.2.2, baseband MDL. What I would like to do is get the directory structure back to stock and remove all the multiples of data and folders that I am seeing.

1.	If I totally wipe the phone, will the stock file structure be restored?

2.	If the answer to #1 is “yes”, what happens if I do an Advanced Restore, restoring Data from a nandroid created with the screwy structure? Does the screwy structure return?

Thanks,

Veronica
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: nandroid backup/restore

If you wipe the phone using it's internal "factory data reset"

(settings>accounts>backup and reset>factory data reset)

It will restore the stock phone's internal sdcard's structures, directories and folders.

But what I would suggest is to download and odin flash the TWRP custom recovery,

that way you will not loose any data or user files and you will not have any problems

making or restoring nandroid backups.

TWRP is really easy to use and basically self-explanatory.

Here is the direct download link for TWRP: http://techerrata.com/get/twrp2/jfltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-jfltetmo.tar

Good luck!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] verngator:
Thanks!

Are you saying that using TWRP will preserve the file structures and that CW has some kind of effect on them...or that CW is the reason I can't put my backup on my SD card?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
CWM or TWRP do not effect the file structures.

All I am saying is create a nandroid backup using TWRP and then restore

the backup. Then if it works properly for you then keep using twrp.

You will be pleasantly surprised how well twrp works and how easy it is to use.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Kobro:
Hi. I was just wondering if anyone would be able to create a swipe to kill app statusbar for all galaxy.y roms, or at least for jelly blast if universal is impossible. If anyone could explain to me, step by step how to create such a mod, that would be apprecited as well.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
not possible to include it in gb framework but there are apps in the playstore that you can use instead

also you are using a banned rom which is not supported on xda
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Kobro:
What?!

Since when is jellyblast banned and not supported, and why? :confused:

and what app lets you swipe to kill on statusbar?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TheFixItMan:
banned about a year ago for kanging - that dev is banned perminantly on xda for his actions - just search for that rom on xda you will see

Task manager app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AID.icsjb.taskmanager.free&hl=en
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
Just landed in Oklahoma City!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Has

nothing

to do with Geographical location, when are you people gonna learn this... smh lol -___-
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MENACE_69:
Lol I knew I'd see Joe or Daniel in this thread lmfao!

Just a fyi dude,There's already one if not two threads in the forums on this "new" mk2 update you could have just posted this in one of those threads instead of making a whole new thread on something of this nature.

just a suggestion for future reference bud. But what's done is done no biggie I'm not the xda police err anything...just a kind suggestion is all, cause I know a lot of people do this sort of thing (post a topic on something that has already been posted without searching) and some people don't take to kindly to it. I honestly could care less just for the rec so you don't think I'm attacking you lol.

but since this thread is the latest on the mk2 update and is takeing up space in the forums. i will ask a favor of you or anyone else who has taken the mk2 ota can you kindly post a (copy of their dumped partitions from modem and non-hlos) so unknownforce can build the proper files needed to get this mk2 modem live and up in the forums for us who just want the modem alone out of the mk2 update.

It would be greatly appreciated,

Just post it in unknowforces's thread (link below) or p.m him if you have question's on how to go about this. Cause I'm honestly not too sure how to myself just spreading the word is all.

(Unknown force's thread I was referring to above)

[FIRMWARE][ODIN] All Sprint Firmwares {11/14/13}

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2338919

EDIT:also I searched and don't know where I seen it but someone said they noticed not so good results on the mk2 modem apposed to the mja modem. Idk if that's accurate but I'm just curious do you notice a improvement or decline when on mk2's modem alone, Signal and data speed wise ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fearbasel04:
Let me reply before this badboy gets locked.....

And a thousand plus planes land today. Also a few birds. Kinda cool landings. As for mk2 week(s) old news.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jtsv:
No doubt it makes sense NOT!!!!!! If it is not geographical then what? Not sure how OTA chooses because one of my S4 out of 2 got the update and the other didn't. Both phones activated with minutes of each other so obviously more of a random decision on OTA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Ummm duh... you just answered your own question...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
Did someone say my name?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Shanks:
Yeaph, Mr. Nobody did lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:


---------- Post added at 03:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:50 PM ----------

Sure ^^
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MENACE_69:
Mr.nobody :confused: ??? Okay...lol mr.somebody ;)

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:D:beer:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] socos25:
Stuff like this is killing xda imo. Jumping all over people for little things. At this point there really is no reason to post anything, it all has already been asked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] daniel4653:
And there was no point in making this thread as there is a designated thread in stickies for ALL LTE discussion
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] KennyG123:
There is a thread to discuss 4.3 updates and as said has nothing to do with location

Thread closed
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferklj:
Hello,

I have just installed CM with CMInstaller... Everything works fine, but mobile data does not... Any advices?

CM version that has CMInstaller installed: 10.2-20131114-SNAPSHOT-InstallerWPPQ46R-i9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Network IMEI EFS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393289

Downgrade and network problems .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
Does anyone have a good direct link to the proper Windows 8.1 64 bit Samsung drivers needed to use Odin? I'd rather not install Kies if I don't have to.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Killberty:
I have win 8.1 since 1 month before release and i just gooled "samsung usb driver" and they worked like a charm

hit 'thanks' if i helped you

SM-N9005 DBT-DMJ7 0x0

XDA Developers 4 premium app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hella356:
Small (3K), black wallpaper image file. I like my desktop black; it makes it very easy to see the icons/widgets. They really pop in front of that absolutely black background. I use it for my lock screen wallpaper as well. From what I understand, the AMOLED screen loses less power when displaying black, so if this is the case I suppose it might even save some battery. I figured someone might like it.

*Changed calling it background to wallpaper, for clarity.*
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] 92drls:
Yeah this is a good idea, from what I understand the pixels that are truly black on the screen are physically turned off so it saves power and has a true black color instead of a dark lighted pixel you would find on older phones or cheaper screens.. Would be cool to have a "power save" kernel profile set to change the wallpaper to this if it dropped below a pre set % too... Thanks for this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] HampTheToker:
How much time do you actually spend looking at the home screen when your screen is on, though?

I'm sure it would save a little battery if you did that, but most people don't. Typically people are going to be making calls, texting, or using some other app that doesn't have a pure black background.

Sent home from work early bcuz some1 4got teh nsfw tags
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hella356:
Yeah, I realize it probably won't do a whole lot to save the battery, but I figure every little bit helps. I really just like the way it looks (I prefer a simple, stripped down, no eye-candy approach) & I think it makes the icons easier to see than any other wallpaper. Also a feeble attempt to contribute a little something on XDA, where I've benefited so much. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] 92drls:
If its set as the background and lock screen it could help quite a bit. If you get a text and the screen turns on it wont need to activate all those extra pixels.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chrisdfw:
This app is what I use

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.colors&hl=en
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] 92drls:
Were trying to save battery, by installing this app and running it in the background would be counter productive IMO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] burdman:
Just an FYI - I have been using the mentioned app for a long time and never had it run in the background. I've even cleared data and uninstalled the app and background color persists between reboots. Only problem is you can't set lock screen color with it (last time I tried anyway)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lost_:
Really, if it's just plain black, why bother with 1920x1080? The launcher would stretch out a smaller image, and it would still be... black.

I created the attached plain black 40x40 png with Photo Editor app, and it's only a few 140 bytes. It's 40x40 just to make it easier to grab the border for the wallpaper setter. Works fine with Nova.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] 92drls:
ha makes sense.. size does matter when it comes to phone memory
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] hella356:
Your solution is better! Hehe. I never bothered trying to make it smaller than 1920x1080, so thanks for that. Every little bit helps...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] tabchour:
thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] aloha2013:
Good one. Thanks!;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Xatoku:
Uses RAGEAGAINSTTHECAGE aswell as timing attack in order to root.

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If using E400/E400b use root_noob_setup.bat If using other LG device use root_only_setup.bat

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Compatibility List

======== - LG Optimus L3 E400b - LG - LG - LG - LG - LG - LG - LG - LG - LG ========

Please inform me whether this root exploit works for your device.by posting below.

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By downloading you agree that me, XDA nor its members can be held liable for any possible damage to your device...

Download:

mega.co.nz/#!xt52EarJ!A-mKcRUXGhsATzmTn15a_z0FQiMuwEDPVq-lE_8Z7xU
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Xatoku:
Has anyone here tryed it out?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Xatoku:
Bump
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] zdravo:
this method works with V10M version ? :cowboy:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Xatoku:
Mate It works on all ;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] jocker01:
Hi,

loads of errors!

Antivirus found a virus in a pack though :(

Regards

Jocker01
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] mugen_dz:
didn't worked, have issue when arrived to the step "installing clockworkmod recovery. black screen white text which finish with "fastboot: processing commands" and it's blocked.

hardest phone ever made to root
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] mugen_dz:
The phone was rooted successfully but the CWM was not installed, so i installed ROM manager and installed it through it, i rebooted and installed my custom ROM.

Thx
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] saley7:
NICE

It work nice man! Thank you a lot finally i root it!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] Xatoku:
Thanks guys!!! I got this to work out of complete luck ;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] LUISRAMON41:
Super User Lg L3 E400B

Yes this metod is functioning
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rvv2002:
HBOOT 2.09

Radio 1.13.11.0030

Unlocked

So heres the deal. My little brother jacked up his EVO 4g LTE while it was apparently doing an OTA update. It got stuck on a bootloop that would not get past the Sprint logo animation.

In trying to fix it I have:

1) Unlocked it

2) Flashed TWRP

3) Tried flashing stock rooted and stock RUU's.

THE PHONE STILL WON"T BOOT PAST THE SPRINT LOGO! I'm going insane and feel super bad for him. Any ideas? I've tried to get the rumrunner and moonshine S-OFFs to work, but they don't like that I'm stuck on bootloaders or recovery.

Any ideas?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
Hit the top link in my sig. I think that will answer some of your questions, as you'll need to flash the kernel separately from the ROM while S-on unless the ROM you're flashing includes a S-on kernel installer. As for RUU's, there isn't one for the latest OTA. Also, make sure you're doing a full system wipe in TWRP prior to flashing a ROM.

Also, Rumrunner is the S-off method you'll need to use, not Moonshine.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm on purity rom but also happened in Cataclysm and when trying to record a video it's really dark compared to when your taking a photo:

now my questions to you guys are: are you having this issue? What kernel are you guys using?

Btw try this test with brightness all the way down to 0 please and thank you.

I am on franco kernel but had the issue on stock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matteventu:
I have this issue too: http://imgur.com/a/oFGjT

I'm 100% full-stock on 4.4.1, so I think it's related to the last update...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Noxis:
Well I have had my XDA Exec for a couple of months now but only just got around to using it more than a v.large mobile phone.

I need ideas on how to make my Today screen much nicer - I just got it to run in proper VGA mode but would like more functions on the main screen.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
On the Magician.

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=26468&highlight=today

Unless you're starting a VGA theme thread, that's generally compatible.

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Noxis:
As this is my first XDA or indeed PDA Phone its intended for XDA Exec (+other random names given to this device). I dont even check/read those other forums ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] vijay555:
Noxis: Absolutely understood. I'm not telling you off, I'm in no position to, just saying that they have 14 pages of very good stuff there, so it's a good place to start unless you're using non QVGA themes, and even then, useful.

I appeal to moderators to have the Magician specific thread above moved to general, we all think it would be more useful there.

Gracias!

V
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] hotdog53:
Figured I'd try a solid white background with black start menu and today text. Hmmmm not bad.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Themes and Apps] ckelly33:
Anyone tried the GEL on the 10.1 2014? Any reason it wouldn't work?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Themes and Apps] tids2k:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2506488
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Themes and Apps] ckelly33:
It is slooooooowwwww. Disappointing. It really shouldn't be with this hardware. It isn't on my S4, not sure why it would be here.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ironic12:
Hello, I am willing to try and develop smart cover feature for AOSP.

first of all, I want to know if someone started, knows about any project before I am starting it by myself.

Anyway, for now , I want to develop only the lock and unlock feature.

Do you think that there is a character device that the magnetic device throws the state to it? or is it built it in the android kernel and not coming from LG, in that case, it would be much more easier.

If I am in the wrong forum, my apology.

let me know what do you think.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herzau:
try decompile com.lge.lockscreen
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danieljamie:
Using the S-Pen, when you hover it at the top or bottom of a list/page, it scrolls.

There are some hover functionality for fingers as well, such as showing gallery previews for different folders.

I'd love to be able to hover my finger at the bottom and scroll :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kikemotions:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohebq:
Sounds cool.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannycanrock:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleksandar1006:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RollsReus™:
Probably not possible. The hover function that is used in the gallery app uses the sensor above the screen. The S Pen uses some other kind of technology. I dunno much, but basically when you have the S Pen close enough to the screen, the pen becomes active due to electro magnetism from the screen which it picks up and it gets power to do for example hovering & scrolling.

I might be terribly wrong, but this is somewhat how it works. I think.
[HTC Droid DNA] riot1031:
I updated to 4.2.2/Sense 5 this morning. Everything works great with the exception of the music app. It lets me browse all of my music, but won't play any of it! I press play, and nothing happens, the progress bar stays at 0:00 even though the play icon turns into a pause icon. My music plays fine in the Play Music app and in the ES media player, so I know it's not the music. Anyone else have this issue?

Worked after a reboot!
[LG Optimus G (International)] drivingtoheaven:
Hi, is it possible to root lg optimus g e97510h-eur-xx? I tried some root solutions, like motochopper, but no success. Could you suggest how to root it?
[LG Optimus G (International)] davidvv:
Freegee

Enviado desde mi LG-E975 mediante Tapatalk
[LG Optimus G (International)] drivingtoheaven:
Cann't use FreeGee, because it require rooted phone, and I am unable to root the phone
[LG Optimus G (International)] davidvv:
Nope, it root it, unlock bootloader and install recovery.

Anyway, try framaroot

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[LG Optimus G (International)] kt-Froggy:
Huh? Since when FreeGee roots the phone?
[LG Optimus G (International)] davidvv:
True, my bad, but with freegee and the recovery change you can install a prerooted rom (stock based or no)

Enviado desde mi LG-E975 mediante Tapatalk
[LG Optimus G (International)] kt-Froggy:
I haven't tried rooting a 10h, but take a look at this tool, which worked like a charm on my Korean F180S. As far as I can understand the way it works, I see no reason for it NOT to work on a 10h, or any particular version of the ROM. It uses adb to push busybox, su and superuser to your phone. (BTW, I just realized I never thanked [MENTION=3132243]fiddy619[/MENTION] for this tool. Oh well, better late than never... :o)

OK, so you need to root the phone first to begin with, in order to use FreGee, in order to install a custom recovery, in order to then install a pre-rooted ROM. Umm... I think I need a drink to process that... :)
[LG Optimus G (International)] qryak:
Framaroot is working on 10h.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
[LG Optimus G (International)] atifsh:
i have yet to find a ROM that cant be rooted with this :) tried upto 10J
[LG Optimus G (International)] nch26:
Try Framaroot, search it on google, is an apk that will root your phone. Use gandalf method.
[LG Optimus G (International)] atifsh:
why you guys always want to go hard way or not so simple way is beyond me!
[LG Optimus G (International)] drivingtoheaven:
Thanks, Framaroot worked perfectly!
[LG Optimus G (International)] drivingtoheaven:
Thanks, I tried before ZV9-ZVB, but perhaps I did something wrong, however I used framaroot as guys suggested here and it works
[RAZR HD General] aviwdoowks:
:good:Hi, I have a SD swap flash that I made for the xt907. I am pretty certain it will work on the Atrix HD & the Photon Q. If the Photon Q recovery works on the Razr HD then I know the Swap should work as well. But I as of yet do not know this.

Atrix HD SD swap

xt897 SD swap

If anyone tries this a recovery backup will save you and simply flashing the mod is more surly fixed by a recovery restore than testing Rom Manager. The sd swap flash will also prove that Rom Manager will work.

It is SS compatible too.
[Google Chromecast] vizionforever:
Can this be achieved rather simply? Trying to make 4 TV's view as one with some chromecasts..(I have hardly a clue about how that would work,)

Is there a way to broadcast a certain sector to a respective monitor to view 4 hdmi TV's as 1 with chromecast's in them?
[Google Chromecast] Apk07:
I don't think we currently have that flexibility. Maybe some more options will show up after the SDK is released...

I'd look into something like the raspberry pi or some other small solution...
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
While it's possible to split a larger image into 4 quadrants and have 4 separate Chromecasts pull those quadrants, I don't think Chromecast would be a good solution for this.

The problem isn't much tiling the video, but rather keeping the tiles in sync. Because Chromecasts work autonomously (once given a request, they go off and pull the video on their own), it would take significant development effort to keep them in sync.

In professional video situations, there is usually a reference sync generator involved, or it's a single device with multiple outputs (that keeps its own internal sync).

Raspberry Pi or a more-accessible less-appliance-y solution as [MENTION=749336]Apk07[/MENTION] suggested would be much easier to accomplish, IMO.