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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AlwaysDroid:
Hey all, I've been in the android game for a long time now, so I'm not new to any of this, but this s3 here has me totally stumped.

It is my cousins (telus i747m), and we had it stock rooted 4.1.1 until yesterday.

I updated it to 4.3 with kies, and then he opted for a custom rom. So I flashed TWRP in Odin, and tried to flash gummy 4.4.2

It failed with a assert fail as well as a status 7. I tried old TWRP, New TWRP, Old CWM, New CWM, many different roms ranging from 4.3 and upwards. Still failing with the stupid status 7.

Kies no longer connects to the phone, so I can't restore through there. I will have to install through Odin and the download is horribly and painfully slow.

So is there any way to get a custom rom flashed? I have searched and no one seems to have an answer. Any help appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Vergeh:
What assert failure were you getting?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xSharpi:
I'd start back from scratch so go back to stock, then root and flash latest version of TWRP or CWM. Make sure when you flash a Rom it's for that specific device for example if its for the AT&T it's for the AT&T. Also make sure to do a factory wipe before installing any me roms
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pc103:
See my posts #2 & #5 here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2585493
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dntesinfrno:
Also see THIS post for a more detailed description of the updater-script and bootloader assert.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Ice_mephi:
So... Yesterday I did one thing - and as the result - no lockups while listening to music today... :)

I have Qtek 2020i and trancsend 150x 2GB SD card.

What I did:

1) formatted my SD card using card reader.

2) than copied music to card with card reader too.

3) inserted card into ppc - tried to listen to music and got lots of lockups....

4) some days ago I found a tool for fixing errors SD card on ppc(format and defragment also): "Storage Tools 2.0". I tried to check sd card with it - and it found lots of errors on sd card.. (there were 2 kind of errors: "lost chains of files" and "2 files pointing same data").. so I runned it and it removed those errors...

5) today I listened to music almost all the day - and wow! there were no lockups! :)

I do belive that that lockups are caused by some harware fault while reading and writing data to SD card via ppc. but that program somehow corrects errors...don't know how..

but ! be carefull - I tried to format my card using that tool - but after that - my ppc and PC showed me that the card has no free space - I tried to reformat it via card reader and other tools - it didn't help.

but on transcend homepage I found util for correcting "free space issue" (that is that card's known issue i think..) and it saved my card...

and one more advice - when you'll check your cards for errors - set option to correct errors automaticly, or you will get thousands of messages asking fix or not each found error, and aborting checking won't help.. (I waited for 20 minutes after I pressed stop button - than just soft reseted ppc...)...

so here is that util:

http://www.softwinter.com/storagetools.html

you can use it without paying for it as I understood.

use at your own risk anyway...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] pug:
That sounds like good news Ice.....

Lets see what others have to say, especially with TT5.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] gquipster:
Well I still get the occasional TomTom lock up with my bog standard bought in Tesco's 256MB SD card, formatted to FAT32 2kb (about 1 lockup per 3 days, compared to 1 lockup per 30 mins before I switched to PUGS 1.11.162 and reformatted the card), so I just downloaded and tried this with some interesting results...

I analysed my storage card and it told me that there were errors. So I ran repair (manually clicking ok on each error) and I got a few lost file chains, but about 30 "Bad Directory Entry". When it finished, I ran the "Verify" again, and it told me there were still errors. Ran repair again, this time just 3 "Bad Directory Entry" errors.

Upshot, each time I check it with this tool it tells me there are errors, and doesn't seem to be able to fix them. Pocket Mechanic on the other hand tells me that my card is fine and that there are no errors.

Don't know which to believe.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Ice_mephi:
hm...wes there any work with card between checks? if there were some write operations it could cause new errors.. if that util worked from sd card exspecially..

I have no other card to test it myself...but my seems to work fine..

while listening to music I had lockuos about every 5 minutes...it's gone..

now I am going to try installing some programs to card and more music and see what happens...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Ice_mephi:
So I tried to add\remove some data from card - no errors appeared - and no lock ups still...

so now i think that formatting SD card clears only header of a card, and leaves some info on free space - which can cause such trouble when accessing new data....
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] checks:
Used StorageTools to reformat SD as FAT32, 2K cluster size

Downloaded TT5 maps and ran Scan with Repair option but still issues with TT 5.21 lockup!! :cry:

Tried with both 1Gb SanDisk Extreme III and 1Gb Transcend 80x
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Ice_mephi:
heh =|

btw, you all speak about tomtom lockup, do you have lockups when listening to music? because I never used tomtom - I just had problems with music....
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
I think the corrupted data on the cards is caused by momentary power losses which the card reader experiences (thanks to a fault in the Alpine hardware), if I remember past discussion on this forum correctly...

Also, is the Transcend SD card an MLC or SLC card? Because as far as I know, SLCs don't suffer from the data problems MLC cards suffer sometimes when used in Alpines.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] checks:
Chris,

How can you find out if the Transcend SD is MLC or SLC ?

Would upgrading to a later ROM fix the problem?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
If you search the forums for the threads discussing MLC Vs. SLC, I think you'll find out your answer.

Basically, I believe the only ways to tell if a card is SLC or MLC are to either have a program which will tell you (I don't know of one myself), or check the manufacturer's web site for technical information... Or ask someone who may know. :)

I don't believe upgrading the ROM will solve the problem, it's a hardware issue (the card readers are too sensitive to power fluctuations). It was previously assumed that the latest Transcend cards were immune from the problems with some other makes of SD card, but it seems from various user reports that they do indeed suffer - usually randomly - from similar problems.

Another user reported that after switching from SD cards to MMC cards, the problem was alleviated, and he went from experiencing quite a few lockups daily to absolutely no problems at all. Therefore, it may be worth your while sending back the Transcend card and buying an MMC (which you're quite entitled to do if you're a UK resident and you purchased the card recently from a UK retailer, thanks to the Distance Sale of Goods Act).
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] ericd91:
There are other posts related to the same subject:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=240871#240871

and

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=39122&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25

Someone has reported last week, that moving from SD to MMC has cured his TT5 problems.

For people who bought their PDA through EXPANSYS, I encourage you to join this support poll:

http://www.expansys.com/forumthread.asp?code=121444&thread=35&man=QTEK

And for those who bought the QTEK version of this PDA, I encourage you to complain about the lack of any support on that product.

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[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
We're on the same wavelength :D
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Charlychar:
I had a 1Gb Sandisk, I had to buy a Transcend 80x 1Gb, and know do you think we have to buy another card (MMC)!!!??

Please QTEK!!!! Solve IT!!!!
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
Well, if you can't return the item for a refund, you could always flog it on eBay. :)
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] BigDede:
I don't think the problem of TomTom lockups is caused by momentary power losses which the card reader experiences as stated by christopherwoods.

The card readers may be too sensitive to power fluctuations, but after doing the following testing, here is below the results I had:

1 - Transcend 2 Go SD card 150X (2Go) with QTEK 2020i using TOMTOM

5.21, but I took out the SIM card of my phone (so no more GSM signal)

I did not suffer any lockups with TOMTOM during many trips

2 - Transcend 2 Go SD card 150X (2Go) with QTEK 2020i using TOMTOM

5.21, but I put back the SIM card in my phone, and here are the

lockups back again.

I noticed that when my phone is searching for GSM signal (when moving from one cell to another, or in weak signal area), then it is precisly the time where TOMTOM lockup. Maybe it is when QTEK2020i search for GSM signal then there is power fluctuations on the card reader of the phone, which result with a lockup of TOMTOM or other applications (as stated by other people).

In this case, christopherwoods would be right.

Anyway, I have moved since more then one week to a Kingston 2Go MMC Plus Card, and I said goodbye to all the lockups problems, it works perfectly, and I'm very happy with my 2020i.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
I can't say for sure, I've never experienced any problems like this on my 2i (but I have a fairly old 256mb SD card which JUST fits TT5 and the GB and NL plus maps, my largest SD card I use in my digital camera). All I mentioned in my previous post were things other people either took an educated guess at, or mentioned might be the cause of the problem. It seems that a fair few peoples' bug reports and diagnoses of their problems were quite similar though, which led me to believe that this is probably the cause.

It would fit, if the device needs to draw more power than available to boost the signal strength to handshake with a cell, I'd expect all the other interfaces to suffer as a result, the memory card unfortunately being particularly susceptible (especially with these newest, HUGE memory cards which I can only imagine are really sensitive to voltage change, being so tightly packed into the chip).
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] ericd91:
I don't think temporary power losses have anything to do with the problems we are facing.

TRANSCEND SD cards as most of FLASH cards assemblers work at 3.3V +/- 10 to 20%. For example the TRANSCEND 1GB x80 SL is given to work between 2.7V and 3.6V.

Also, the problems I have been having were the same with LEXAR 1GB x32 that used to be one of the reference cards for IPAQ2215, behaves the same way the TRANSCEND 1GB x80 does.

And TT5.21 freezes happen when the 2020i is plugged to the cigaret lighter adapter as well as being used on its onw battery.

A problem has been identified with TT5 when changing cell towers, and this might be still be the case even though TT5.21 was supposed to cure it.

I can reproduce the freezes 5min from home when entering a particular area, and changing cell tower migh have something to do with it.

When changing cell-phone tower I think it induces either higher data transfers between the radio module and the processor, or the opposite way keep it in hold for a pretty long time.

When looking at SD or MMC specs, I found out that several revisions of the MMC standard specifications have been released. So, I think the 2020i hardware or firmware version we are using, only supports a certain sets of this MMC/SD standards. The same issue was known on the IPAQ221x serie regarding BlueTooth.That PDA wasn't able to communicate properly with certain BT devices that implemented BT1.2 standard because of its hardware design. Also on that PDA certain SD cards weren't supported properly when running TT2 or 3. I found out at that time that running TT app & sound files out of RAM instead of SD was the cure to problems whatever SD card was used.

Unfortunatly, running TT5 and associated files out of SD or RAM doesn't change anything on the 2020i regarding freezes.

I think the problem is a hardware/firmware issue between cell-phone tower changes and SD card support.

Hope we'll figure out what the real issue is, and have a definitive fix for it.

So far, Bigdede's tip seems to be the one, unless other people than sybaseian have fix their problem when moving to newer ROM updates.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
Hmm. Well, my old SD card is a PNY 256Mb, if that helps in diagnosis. I have the occasional problem with TT locking up if I try to load too many POI or display them on the map, you have to be patient with this SD card ;) It's just got quite a slow access rate. That has to be one of the main reasons for this problem... Maybe the CPU just can't keep up with the fastest read/write rates of these new cards when it's having to think about loads of other stuff at the same time? Resulting in momentary data loss or corruption, just like WMP will sometimes stutter or crap out.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Charlychar:
The same for me I can reproduce this lockup it in a particular point. But only when I have additional pois activated.

(I have trascend 1Gb 80x)

Without these pois, it works perfectly.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] ukbonkers:
Another story of lockups:)

Hi there,

Just thought id share my experiences with you all.

I was experiencing lockups when using TomTom 5.21, on my 66x 1GB PNY SD, and like previously stated doing a scan disk can help with stopping the lockups. However it wouldnt resolve them complety, so i tried updating to the O2 rom by PUGS can't remember version, that was no better. So i went back to a clean rom (Factory settings). Still had the same problems, so after taking back the Qtek 2020i and got it replaced for a new one. I thought it might resolve the problem and it was a hardware fault... Bang TomTom crashed again.

So after all this cafuffling around, I swaped my 66x PNY for a 1GB PQI SD card, which is the standard rate of transfer (and after benchmarks, performance was almost as good as the 66x, dont think the hardware can hack the faster speeds very well)

And so far no lockups using TomTom...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
It's gotta be something to do with the data transfer rate. What's the standard MMC xfer rate? I know, but I've forgotten right now :roll:
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] ericd91:
I am not sure data xfer has anything to do with it. Otherwise why would certain TRANSCEND X80 SD cards work and others wouldn't ...

Also, I have two cards with different speed grades that behave the same.

For people who have found SD cards to work, could you tell us what luster size they have been formatted for (512bytes like the internal FLASH, or more) ???

Also, if you look at the SD Specs:

- cards could support different data xfers fom 1byte to 4Kbyte,

- 3 different hardware interfaces are provided, 1bit, 4bit, or SPI mode,

- three different system bus widths ate supported, 8/16/32bit,

- the clock provided by the device accessing the card is 0-50MHz,

So, the firmware/hardware of the 2020i driving the SD card might have limitations, the SD Clock could be out of range, or the SD driver built-in Windows Mobile 2003 could have limitations too on the services provided for accessing an SD card.

Just as a reminder, the same type of a problem was identified with certain SD cards on the IPAQ221x when running TT2 or TT3. It wasn't a question of xfer rate but a PDA hardware/driver issue. Depending on the FLASH chip manufacturer, for a same card brand , same capacity, same xfer rate, TT freezes would occur or not. Later on HP released an SD card driver update because of a problem handling SD carte state (suspend, ready, ...).
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
Interesting. Sounds like maybe batches of devices have the problem due to a manufacturing fault, or different components were used?

Hmm, someone should try emailing HTC and asking them :roll: :lol:
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] ericd91:
I've sent an email this morning to three different HTC email addresses I've picked out of their web site.

However, I would be really suprised if I get any feedback from them.

I'll keep you updated on the subject.

I am running some more investigations on my side trying to understand if the hardware, firmware, or driver is involved regarding this 2020i/SD/TT5 compatibility issue.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Andy R:
I have an interesting experience with SD cards. We are using XDAIIi machines to send large data files via GPRS (we have about 50 units). Without fail, GPRS locks and freezes the machine in the mniddle of sending, but ONLY when an SD card is installed in the XDA. If you take the SD card, it works fine. It also works fine, when using a Transcend 80x SD card, but I have not yet found another brand of SD card which works without locking the machine.

I also had this problem when using Tom Tom 5.21 - it happened when the XDA connected to GPRS for a traffic update.

What is really interesting is that the data files I was sending could be located on internal storage, NOT the SD card, and the very fact that the SD card was installed in the XDA caused it to lock up. It seems that there is some problem caused by the SD card being in the machine, when using GPRS.

But, thankfully, the Transcend has worked faultlessly on 50 machines! We use the 256Mb cards but I also have a 1Gb card which is working fine.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] ericd91:
Adding-up to your observations, running TT5 with any SD card but without the SIM card inserted, worked fine with me.

Also, when getting into a TT5 freezes, everytime I pull-out then pull back in the SD card, fixes the problem .
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] Cpasjuste:
Hi,

here is a light custom rom for the Kindle Fire HDX 7", with all amazon apps and services removed and almost aosp (including google apps). I'll try to fix remaining bugs as soon as i have the time to !

Features:

All amazon apps removed

All amazon background services removed (including OTA update)

Google services added (play store, gmail, gallery...)

AOSP launcher and apps

Rooted

Bugs/Todo:

Gmail is crashing

Some settings menu not working -> use stock settings app

No camera app -> use any other camera app from the market

Installation:

Install/update SafeStrap

Create a rom slot

Flash/restore stock rom DATA to rom slot (optional, but restore partition if problems)

Flash thor-gapps-13.3.0.0-v2.zip if you are on firmware 13.3.0.0 or thor-gapps-13.3.2.4-v1.zip for firmware 13.3.2.4 ...

Download:

thor-gapps-13.3.2.4-v1.zip

thor-gapps-13.3.0.0-v2.zip

Changelog:

13.3.2.4-v1

built from amazon update 13.3.2.4

IF YOUR FIRMWARE IS NOT 13.3.2.4 DON'T UPDATE OR USE THIS ROM

13.3.0.0-v2

removed xposed dependency (all changes are done in aosp sources)

improve gapps which now include working Google+, Photos ...

fix contacts from aosp sources

fix brightness menu in aosp settings (SeekBar)

fix facebook installation (library error)

removed stock settings

disabled amazon activity extender (?!)

13.3.0.0-v1

fixed DownloadManager (gmail, chrome...)

fixed launcher orientation silliness (thanks to CelticWebSolutions !)

added chrome and gmail app

added aosp settings compiled from sources (com.android.thorsettings)

fixed almost all settings when using aosp settings (still problems with SeekBar's like volume and brightness)

added aosp keyboard compiled from sources with landscape width fix (removed stock swype)

changed bootanimation to aosp one

Credits:

Hashcode

CelticWebSolutions

All of you for your support
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] lionking2k:
I wonder if there will be a xxx-gapps-rom.zip for the 8.9" version soon?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] tootone:
Cool, as soon as I figure out how to get supersu on the hdx ill give this a try! Thanks for working on it!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] EniGmA1987:
That would depend on there being a SafeStrap for the 8.9" version soon :p

This works great on my tablet BTW. Thanks!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] bhsvault:
Hmmm looks like I might be the first one to try this out. I'm downloading now and I'll report back when it's finished.

Update: Installed the ROM and immediately hit the Play Store. Tried to add an existing Google account but it caused a reboot. Right now I'm stuck on the calculator since I have no nav buttons :p

Update 2: Tried to enable Wifi, got another reboot.

I'm going back to my stock ROM slot for now, being unable to use the Nav buttons makes this a bit difficult.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] tootone:
Installed and working perfectly. So far everything but gmail works, and works really well. thanks Cpasjuste.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] bhsvault:
Any protips here since I obviously failed hard at this?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] Cpasjuste:
The problem can only comes from the data partition. Did you try to first restore your stock data partition then flash the zip ?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] bhsvault:
No I did it the other way around, and the data restore failed.I I'll give it a try and report back. Thanks. Good work by the way.

---------- Post added at 12:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 AM ----------

Just tried it. ( Restoring data, flashing the zip).

I can see my apps from my stock ROM so I know the data restore was successful. I'm still missing the nav bar and Play Store still results in a reboot.

EDIT: Just tried it a second time and it seems to be working.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] stickstickly:
So unlike your flashable zip for the stock firmware this ROM gets rid of the Amazon Video App correct. Amazon video has Prime Instant Video Offline Downloading and that is a killer feature for me. Anyway to sideload that stock APK and have it work?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] bhsvault:
Here's a video of the end result

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LO-7MBl5fc
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] vdsno1:
thanks

Thank you for making this rom! The only good rom each use gmail error alone!! Hopefully the next version will optimize system and fixes gmail thank you very much!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] gavolo:
Ty very much!!!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] davekaz:
Excellent gapps rom. Facebook not installing but so great...awaiting Amazon and Google working..miss my prime vids not working..fantastic. your the best
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] black_label:
Hey thanks for your hard work. Glad development is picking up for the hdx7.

Quick question is flash working on stock browser? I know its not asop and dont like adding other browsers.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] kschang:
It does say it removes ALL Amazon background services, so, Sideloading probably will not work, at least not enough for the app to recognize this as a Kindle.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] murso74:
i can't long press anything with this rom... it just flips the screen around. can't get to the apps settings either. also, games like shadowrun always are upside down.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] gqukyo:
I use Nova launcher and long press works fine. Hungry Shark Evo always starts upside down for me but I guess unlock rotation lock, get it right then relock and it's fine. It's a pain but works. Only that game does that to me so far. Not sure why...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] trainriderben:
Soooo.... I installed and this was working OK, but random reboots. So I went ahead and wiped dalvik. Now I've got a bootloop. Is there a way to access safestrap?

***edit-fixed*** adb reboot got me into safestrap