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[Galaxy S II Android Development] la_malacoda:
ok, id rather not but I'll try it, cheers. Can you recommend a stock rom for me to flash please? and also ive noticed everytime I clear preload when i flash a new rom deleting the preload fails everytime, if you have any ideas why im all ears.

Thanks again :)

Which kernel are u using?

For stock, I obviously recommend Neatrom :D :P

Btw, you could try to do like this. Use latest Philz kernel (I'm on Tapatalk, so please search) and perform a "clean to install a new rom". Be careful, since this deletes everything, and I mean everything lol, you external SD files too!

Other way, you could search for ROMWipe script, which I always use, that perform a clean of everything you need before flashing a new rom :thumbup: i recommend to use this last method. Then, enter recovery and flash the stock rom, and finally change kernel to whatever you want (I recommend Apolo, I had even 7H+ of SOT)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Rovers82517:
Which kernel are u using?

For stock, I obviously recommend Neatrom :D :P

Btw, you could try to do like this. Use latest Philz kernel (I'm on Tapatalk, so please search) and perform a "clean to install a new rom". Be careful, since this deletes everything, and I mean everything lol, you external SD files too!

Other way, you could search for ROMWipe script, which I always use, that perform a clean of everything you need before flashing a new rom :thumbup: i recommend to use this last method. Then, enter recovery and flash the stock rom, and finally change kernel to whatever you want (I recommend Apolo, I had even 7H+ of SOT)[/QUOTE]

thanks again, im going to go back as far as i can, please will someone link me to a suitable stock rom i can flash with odin on my laptop? I have no external sd so i need to get the laptop out anyway, plus it should erase the yellow triangle, trivial but annoying haha
[Galaxy S II Android Development] la_malacoda:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9100

Look here :thumbup:

LOL

I also used to use that site, but if I don't remember wrong they were hosted on hot file and some of them got deleted or blocked, so I found that site which is a very good alternative :sly::thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] It_ler:
Link for stock ROMs ... check SamMobile.com ;)

I recommend latest official firmware > XWMS3.

EDIT: Meeped by lady [MENTION=4157514]la_malacoda[/MENTION] :cool:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] avirk:
Sorry lady but that option will not touch the external or internal sd card in any way, that option clean the ROM partition along with all option which we perform manually.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Rovers82517:
I will do as instructed, first i have to go to the doctors, i have been to hospital twice in 7 days and had the ambulance out 3 times due to asthma and this pollution we have had,

OT,

who can I sue? its not me pumping the atmosphere with industrial poisons! I very nearly died saturday night :/
[Galaxy S II Android Development] la_malacoda:
I'm glad to hear this, but I remember perfectly *sigh* that I lost all my data on external sd two times when using that option... :(

So I thought it was what it had to do, but I'll never use it again LOL
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Vivek_Neel:
Oh sorry. .almost my eyes got wet:D

I don't like to hear this kind of things. .

Wish u speedy recovery and get well soon my friend. .believe in god.:thumbup:

Sorry for the last ot.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] moonwonder:
Radio 'Spirit light' is working on my phone.

aosp neatrom 3.10

Without RDS...but it's OK.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
This won't work for you at present, as i notice you're using ART, and xposed framework currently only works with dalvik, but in case anyone else reads your posts and also finds the Slim OTA notifications annoying (as i did) but doesn't want to freeze or disable slimcentre, there is an xposed framework module called NotifyClean which does the job very nicely (as it does with other irritating notifications - afaik it blocks notifications from any app you choose).
[Galaxy S II Android Development] altojd:
ok, id rather not but I'll try it, cheers. Can you recommend a stock rom for me to flash please? and also ive noticed everytime I clear preload when i flash a new rom deleting the preload fails everytime, if you have any ideas why im all ears.

Thanks again :)

check with your network provider what's the best modem for your area. modem is not part of the rom and u can install whichever modem is best for your area.

i surely wouldn't install stock rom because of a modem. search for newest modems for your phone and try some other modem. u must allow every new modem abt one day to get used to your rom
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Coempi:
check with your network provider what's the best modem for your area. modem is not part of the rom and u can install whichever modem is best for your area.[/QUOTE]

Neat ROM 5.9 of course!

Best regards, Coempi
[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
I've had this problem whilst on many different roms, and i've discovered that many people on many different roms and many different devices (not all android, either) have had the same problem. Error logs connected with the problem report ril errors. I assume from your mention of 3UK that you're in the UK, in which case you might like to know that of the modems listed on the page linked in your 2nd post, lots of UK residents find that BVLP7 works well for them (if i remember correctly, it was originally intended for the Orange network, but lots of people on other networks find it works well for them). People who do a lot of messing around with modems suggest that after installing a new modem, you should attempt to connect to 2 or 3 networks that your sim does NOT support before connecting to the network it does support, and that you should give a new modem a few days to "settle in" before deciding whether it's right for you. I have to tell you that I have never completely eliminated this problem, and i've tried quite a number of different modems.

Something for you to be aware of is that unless you have error logging disabled, every time you lose connection an error log will be written, and over time (not very much time if you lose connection frequently) these logs can take up a significant amount of space, which will NOT be taken into account by settings>storage (i.e. your internal storage can become full but settings>storage says it isn't). Log Eraser, a free app on play store, is in my experience the easiest way of clearing these logs and freeing up space.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Rovers82517:
I can try bvlp without changing rom? and im installing log eraser as i type :)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
Yes. And you might want to try these: http://d-h.st/O1d http://d-h.st/z2y (they're a bit more recent than the ones on the page you linked - they were new about the middle of last year).

I would post a link to the forum i found the links on, but it's not xda and posting links to other forums might be against xda's rules. I'm a noob and therefore very sensitive and don't want to get shouted at by the mods. On the other hand, i'm too lazy to read the rules. Try googling modem + hawkerpaul.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pilotn:
Where did you find it?

On play store cost 100 €.... And 10 € the paid version...... Is a bit expensive.:(
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Rovers82517:
you can PM me ;)

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I hope Sale doesn't mind this conversation, it is useful though, BVLP7 hasn't disconnected once yet, I'll come back to your link if it starts again, thank you for your time and effort, much appreciated :)

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[Galaxy S II Android Development] moonwonder:
Find here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1059296
[Galaxy S II Android Development] _Sale_:
No problem mate

Sent from my NeatRom'ed GT-I9300 wifi hotspoting from my NeatRom'ed GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Media Scanner again

I again have media scanner issues...someetimes it works, and sometimes after a reboot it gets stuck again.

Just stopping the service is also no solution, as the Galery does not find any pix on my SD card in that case, altought before the reboot everything was fine.

I tend now to do the following, and need your advice and support:

- Use Rocket player for Music (seems not to be effected by Media scanner as it scans itself)

- Use Qic Pix instead of Galery (seems not to be effected by Media scanner as it scans itself)

Can I completely remove the Mediascanner/freeze it? Anything else I need this thing for beside Galery and Music?

Would this work? (Or would this lead to lost media also in Rocket player and Qic Pix?)

If yes, what do I need to freeze so that Camera is still working correctly....

Any hint form this famous team here?

Thanks GeScha
[Galaxy S II Android Development] _Sale_:
Yes you can. Maybe your ext sd needs to be reformatted? Try to format it first. Fat32

Sent from my NeatRom'ed GT-I9300 wifi hotspoting from my NeatRom'ed GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
I did this already several times. Also tried cleaning caches, delete data of gallery, media, etc.

After a reboot it sometimes work, sometime its stuck...then works, then stuck... always on the same data on ext & into. SD..

Somehow I'm sick of it...

Is simple deactivate in settings for media scanner sufficient as well to keep it off?

Otherwise I'll freeze the scanner :) Could you please share the name of the scanner so that I freeze the correct thing?

Tks, gescha

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[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
I now freeze Gallery and "Media memory". Additionally I switched off the scan at boot in additional setting. Seems to work...

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[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
I don't know whether you found a solution, but the same thing has just happened to me, and installing alternative diallers didn't solve it. In case you didn't find a solution: (1) i solved it by full wipe and reflash rom; (2) if you tried that (several times if necessary) and it didn't work, but you still want to use this rom, i have a workaround that would probably work if you have/are willing to buy Tasker. If (2), quote this post and i'll let you know workaround.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] la_malacoda:
Please let us know too :thumbup:
[Galaxy S II Android Development] _Sale_:
glad you sorted it out. ill take a look at it anyway
[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
Ok. Create Tasker task 'end call'; in settings>navigation>hardware buttons (tick 'enable custom actions'), assign this task to long press home button, and you should then be able to end the call by long pressing the home button. When the problem happened to me, i initially assigned the end call task to long-press back button, but i discovered that the dialler had seized control of that button and pressing it had no effect. Since i was able to end the call by crashing the phone, clearly the dialler hadn't seized control of the power button, so i'm speculating that the dialler is seizing control of all of the touch screen, including the back and menu buttons, but is not seizing control of the clicky button-type buttons (power, volume and home). I didn't test this, though, because before i'd got the chance to, i had a rare moment of common sense and decided to wipe and reflash the rom; after that, the problem disappeared. Given that wiping and reflashing (i only had to do it once) solved the problem, i'd encourage anyone with this problem to do the same, rather than use this possible workaround, even if it works, and even if they already have Tasker and don't have to buy it for this purpose. Still, if anyone is desperate enough to try it, i'd be interested to hear whether it works!

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I can't see 'media memory' in my apps, but i can see 'media storage' (it's 11.33 Mb) - is that the same thing? (I'm having a problem with lots of media scanner wakelocks causing battery drain, so i also want to disable media scanner - you seem to have done that, but i don't know what to disable.)

A while back (before i started having the problem) , someone on this thread mentioned a free app on google play called SD Scanner, which as far as i can see might be useful for you - if you haven't already got it, you might want to check it out and see if it's useful for the problem you've been having (as an alternative to freezing gallery and confining yourself to qic pix and rocket player).
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Guess "media storage" is the correct name of the app in English...I use German setting, there it is "medienspeicher"

All the apos on play store only start the system media scanner, so none of them really solves the issue.

I will now try to live without the media scanner, therefore I needed a gallery and a music player that does not require the media scanner.

I currently think this works with rocket player and qic pics. If I take a photo, qic pics recognises it, and I even can delete pictures...they are really gone..:)

And rocket player also scans himself.

On both apps you can set the directories to scan or exclude what not to scan...

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[Galaxy S II Android Development] -Chill:
Dunno if you tried it already.. I do encountered the same issue but, the only option that I have done is to move the files to Internal memory. Then , just do some Link to SD for your other APPs. It will look like you just swapped the Internal and ExtCard.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] pilotn:
This shot are dedicated to our friend battery life addicted ;).

Anyway very rarely I was getting 2 hours of screen on time on JB neat rom...

3 hours + 30 minutes call+almost 2 hours of active bluetooth (headphones +transfer files) is not a bad battery life.

I'm at the second cycle of full charge, I'll report back when the 'new rom' effect will be finished and the use will back to normal.

For the moment I have to say that aosp neatrom battery life is better than jb neatrom.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
Thanks for the information. Looks like i might have to choose between neatrom and my favourite music player. I'll try a few more attempts to get things right first, though.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] velocity90:
Can highly recommend fusion player
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Rovers82517:
I'd not seen that app, just installed it, looks good, better than betterbatttery stats and free :) thanks for post :)

On my losing signal problem i mentioned the day installing bvlp7 modem seems to have done the trick, i lost signal very briefly around 26 hours (i like to stay up late haha) i have had no more issues :D
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoItJust:
About the media scanner

So far I have;

- run chkdsk on both internal and external

- cleared data on music player, gallery and media storage

- force closed all three

- rebooted

The media scanner

runs at reboot

regardless of if it's disabled in settings or not

It appears to do it's job and find the media files but also creates a wake lock ( 6 hours in 21 hours up time). The wake lock thingy is random, sometimes it's there, sometimes not.

All the best
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
I did this as well, several times, helped sometimes, somtimes did not help. As mentioned, After rebooting the phone, sometimes everything is fine, sometimes not. This is a situation I cannot stand any more, so I wanted to get rid of the media scanner.

I am tired of finding out after some hours that this time media scanner again drains all battery, and need to perform the above steps, reboot, try again, reboot, and suddenly all the batt is gone....

What do you mean it always runs?

I disabled it by setting the folowing: Settings->extended settings -> media scanner behaviour at boot -> Do not scan media

Additionally I freezed Media Storage.

Hope this does the job (so far it does) - Anything else you'd recommend to freeze, did I oversee something?

Gescha
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoItJust:
I mean exactly that, it runs after a reboot regardless of the setting.

I'm as clueless as you are about a solution, freezing should do the trick.

However, this is a workaround, not a solution.

I hope Sale can fix this or I will probably go back to 3.2 which did not have this problem.

All the best
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Hmmm...you are right, I still see a MEDIA process in running applications, but it's in the cached processes.

Maybe there is something else that needs to be freezed to really stop it.

Nevertheless, curretntly it does not keep the device active, so it goes to deep sleep, and it also does not stuck somewhere.

Maybe the bug is in the "media storage" and not in the scanner itself. The "Media storage" i freezed, so not sure what the media process is now doing....

I guess I will only recognize after some reboots, hope it keeps calm now.

And true, this is a workaround, not a fix.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Heraku:
Had the same problem as you, but found that if you set it to show you the notification and you swipe that away, then the service won't start.

If you set it to disabled there is still the chance that it will run.

I also recommend to disable the mediascanner and us the app Sd scanner https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.jerickson314.sdscanner . This app will act as a media scanner replacement under Kitkat and allows you to scan the files without wakelock. the ONLY PROBLEM is that sometimes this app does not work and freezes up while indexing the files.

So you have to reboot and restart the App in the worst scenarios a couple of times in order to get it to work. But the advantage of this app is, that it doesnt create a wakelock, scans the files really fast and it works at least most of the time.

Hope this helps at elast a little bit
[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoItJust:
I owe you both!

Unfortunately I've spent my eight thanks already:p

All the best
[Galaxy S II Android Development] marjune23:
Ok guys I will test again this Rom for 1 battery cycle...

As I have mentioned before, i didn't experience any media scanner wakelock...

Dunno what's the problem in your side guys...

Will report back once am done...

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[Galaxy S II Android Development] DoItJust:
You did a clean install?

All the best
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
I also do not know what's wrong and what causes the media scanner thing :) Wish you the best that your phone never shows it. It worked for several days on my phione as well on 3.10 before it appeared 1st time.

Nevertheless, hope it's calm now. I still see the media process in backgroung (cache) but it does not cause any issues at the moment...so far so good ;)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Heraku:
I also get the well known "Music stops playing after a while" bug.

But not after 1 or 2h but often times after just 30-45 minutes... after this bug I have to restart the phone because Playerpro wont play any songs and the app will show a black screen( notification bar is still visible)

And with a restart I have to worry about the media scanner again... this is a quite annoying cycle...

EDIT: and as a side note, this bug can not be cicumvented by starting a rescan of the media files by running the SD scanner app. The problem remains the same.
[Galaxy S II Android Development] txx3:
greenify?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Freezed Media Storage

Unfortunately I found one issue after freezing the Media Storage.

I'm not able any more to assign any Ringtone. Neither out of the Music Player (Rocket Player) nor out of the Phone settings, or sound settings.

If I try to assign via Rocket Player (worked before - the possibility is still in to assign a track to phone) it simply does not change the phone settings.

When trying to do from settings, it calls the file manager, I can select a file, but same result, no change in phone....

The phone settings and sound settings always show "unknown ringtone" and it only performs a short "bling" when someone is calling.

Is there any other possible method to assign a ringtone? Otherwise I guess I need to activate Media Storage again and somehow keep it from actually running.....

GeScha
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Vivek_Neel:
Can u able to do it via any file manager?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
As mentioned, I have the option to do so, but it does in the end not change the setting for the ringtone.

(So It shows the file manager as option as in your picture, I can open it, select a file, but in the end, it's still the unknown ringtone :( )
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Vivek_Neel:
So.

Extract mediastorage from ROM zip and push it to system/app with rw r r permission.

Reboot and see:)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] :
Can you gimme a hint where to find it in the ROM zip? What is the name of the .apk?

Should I additionally delete or freeze it anywhere else?

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[Galaxy S II Android Development] Vivek_Neel:
@Up

It should be

MediaProvider.apk

Which must be in system/app or system/priv-app of neat ROM zip:)
[Galaxy S II Android Development] psychlist:
Media Scanner Wakelocks

This is for anyone who's been having problems with excessive media scanner wakelocks:

Settings > security > privacy guard > menu (3 dots arranged vertically at top right) > uncheck 'permission filter' & check 'Show built-in apps' > scroll down to media storage and long press on it > switch 'keep awake' to 'off'. This seems to prevent media storage acquiring wakelocks, but so far is not interfering on my phone with the functioning of built-in gallery app or my music player (poweramp). I'm guessing that if you wanted to listen to music for a while or look at a picture for a long time (!) you'd need to ensure that something else was preventing the system from sleeping, but there are lots of ways of doing that. I'll happily confess that when it comes to android, i haven't a clue what i'm doing, so maybe this apparent workaround isn't a workaround at all. But maybe unless someone more knowledgeable than i can see a problem with it, all of us with this wakelock problem could try it and see if it resolves the problem or causes any problems elsewhere?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] mookan:
I also have the media scanner issue. Tried sdscanner and it said my media database was corrupt, so I tried deleting the databases from /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases and rebooted and let the media scanner start.

It created db for external sd but didn't seem to create one for internal sd.

Tried rebooting without external sd (took it out) and media scanner still didn't create the internal.db.

(Installed sdscanner and opened the app without starting any scan, and that very moment also the internal.db got created. Coincidence?)

Also a question. Mounting both sdcards to PC I can see .android_secure folder on both sdcards. Should there even be two of them? Not only one on one of the cards? The one on internal has content, the one on external is empty.

Unmounting and back in Total Commander and ES file explorer the folder is not visible on external sd, and on internal sd .android_secure is a FILE (?!) at 0 kb.

Any ideas on what is going on?
[Galaxy S II Android Development] Klaus20:
Is it possible to give toggles in a horizontal row (like Neat 5.9) ??

How can I set the weather in the lockscreen ??
[Galaxy S II Android Development] mookan:
Also have one Android-folder on internal and one on external.

Both seem to have updated data for some apps.

Confusing.