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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jmdrizen:
I did do a quick search, but couldn't find owt, but can't believe I'm the only person with problem.

I use the supplied Clock & Alarms for my alarm clock, but sometimes if I'm using something else on the phone, or already have notifications like missed calls when my alarm is due to go off, if will still sound, and vibrate, but won't come up with a message about it. Giving me no option to turn the thing off!!!

So it will go off fow a minute or two, then go quiet, then every five minutes will repeat, again with no message.

Even if I reset the device it will still continue.... I either have to wait for a message to come up, which can take 30+minutes, or if I get really annoyed with it clean reset it :-/

If anyone does know how I can get rid of this error, or what file I can load to give me the message, it will be much appreciated!!! :-)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] simon_darley:
alarms and repeating alarms are well known to be highly unreliable.

spb pocket plus has an add in to assist with repeating alarms, but I never found it much help.

may i suggest you dont repeat them, this is a big problem.

mine got so bad after a while I had no choice but hard reset. it messed up all the system notifications and just became plain unreliable.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] philtech44:
Yes, I've had exactly the same problems and also with Spb Pocket Plus repeating alarms too.

I've since disabled this option which has made things bettr but still not perfect
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] joey jojo:
at least your alarm goes off, mine does not. an expensive device like the xda exec and a simple thing like the alarm wont work after new o2 rom update

:? :?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] doody:
Does that mean if I use alarms, but don't select "repeat sound", that may be better?

I upgraded to the i-Mate ROM, and TWICE now the notification queue has died for the calupd.exe and calnot.exe. Adding appointments with alarms make no additions to the notification queue, hence I miss all my alarms.

The only fix so far has been to hard reset, and wait for the next time the notification queue dies.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] foxnolds:
Are you using Sprite Backup?

I found it to be the culprit and I have switched to SBP Backup now.

Sprite CRMdesk will give you a patch "PostBootPopup.exe" if requested that helps the problem. It solves the many notifications in the queue that can't be cleared or dismissed normally. But the issue of not waking for any alarms remained for me with Sprite 5 - even with this patch.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
works perfect for me! :)

I just added my own sound file which has a little more agressive waking properties ;-)

If you're stuck with an invisible alarm you cant get rid off, you can use scarybear's "check notifications" proggie and take out the notification which has messed up....

San
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jmdrizen:
Where is this please? :-)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] simon_darley:
http://www.scarybearsoftware.com/ppc_cn_overview.html

But be warned, if you are careful it can work, but I got aggressive and frustrated.

The only, hard reset. There are some you can, some you cant.

Bewarned.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfino:
Hello Folks,

im running Faux123 kernel and root priviledges on a Stock 4.4.2 Moto G

I would like to know which Motorola stuff are safe to remove from my phone (mostly because RAM usage more than disk)

Thanks in Advance
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theoneofgod:
Why don't you tell us what you'd like to remove, and we'll help.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleistift33:
Could you please post your root infos in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2631686

It might help us getting the unlock code without Motorolas official way
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] joshj1310:
I am having problems sending MMS while the WIFI is turned on on the unsense rom for verizon HTC one. I can send MMS with the WIFI turned off but not with it turned on. I called Verizon and they said everything was good on their end
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] brholt6:
What messaging app are you using? Might try the updated Hangouts that came out yesterday...I believe they fixed all the MMS issues.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] joshj1310:
That's what I am using I did the update I even tried using GO SMS pro and it wouldn't send with the WIFI turned on.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] pureburn:
You can try Textra...there's an option that you can set to allow you to have MMS connect to the mobile network before sending and receiving MMS.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] joshj1310:
Thanks I'll give it a try..
[General Questions and Answers] somewhatdog:
I'm asking this in global Q&A because I realise that it's probably a slightly stupid question and certainly there are many factors I'm missing - but I'd like some pointers because it's annoying me ;0

I'm trying to move some files around various devices - the setup is basically like this

Wireless G/100mbps broadband router

NAS - connected by cable to router

Desktop - connected by cable to router

Laptop - connect to Wifi with strong signal

Android Phone - connected to Wifi with strong signal

Android Set-top-box - connected to Wifi with strong signal

I transfer files around using smb - Android devices use Sambadroid, - NAS has it's own smb server and the PC is running W7-64

It all works - but transfer speeds on the Android devices are SLOW and I'm not sure why?

File transfers on the wired devices run around 10Mb/sec which is what you'd expect from a 100mbps network?

File transfers on the laptop run 5-6Mb/sec which is what you'd expect from Wireless 'G'?

File transfers to/from either of the Android devices run at between 800k/sec and 1.1Mb/sec which is - well - it's deadly slow!?

A network speed test on the Android devices (broadband) gives around 17-18mbps (3Mb/sec) - the max my connection offers and a lot more than the 1.1Mb/sec I'm getting when transferring files!!

What am I missing???

TIA

Note: I tried a different Samba Server on the Android devices - it got the same results or worse - so it's not Sambadroid specifically and I also tried transfers to/from internal and external storage with the same results.
[General Questions and Answers] Dom3616:
Try using the back ports (USB 3.0) for data transfer. Speeds up the process. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] somewhatdog:
The one thing not involved in all of this are my USB ports (these devices being in different rooms) but thanks for the suggestion! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AppY.fTw.wOw^:
Hello Guys,

My Device Is Stuck @ CWM Recovery Screen!

I Want To Flash Firmware Using KDZ Updater. But My USB Debugging Is Turned Off So Any Idea How To I Turn It On? Because IF i Do Not Turn It On KDZ Updater Wont Work And Shows Phone Was Not Found!

My Device - LG E400 L3

Please Help ME!

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
Decided to send my XZU back to Sony as I have got abit Fed up with it. I'm sending it back as getting annoyed with phantom touches. I have already upgraded firmware etc. Also I haven't had a screen protector on screen I have relied on the factory installed anti shatter film/protector. Which was a big mistake. But Sony told me as standard they change the anti shatter film anyway... Is this true. Also as I don't have the magnetic dock/charger. The usb port rubber seal has come off. And the usb port doesn't seem to hold as I'm guessing because I use it all the time. Any one had to deal with Sony much. Worried it won't get sorted and they ask me to pay for repair etc. Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
[MENTION=1197391]Lordman[/MENTION]hatten shall I just follow your back to Sony to get back to stock? So restore TA and relock and then flash .257 EU ftf file. Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
[MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION] ^^ cheers mate
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Be sure to be on a stock rooted ROM before you restore TA, or else you'll be stuck. The bootloader should lock itself after you've restored TA (if you use the TA Backup Tool in the cross dev section at least)

Sent from my old Desire HD using Morse code
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
Ok thanks bud. I am currently just on stock Rom rooted so all good there. Apart from some titanium backup uninstalls that's about it. I think I will remove all my stuff and then restore tonight. Then send off tomorrow. But I am thinking about changing afterwards and getting a HTC one max I'm just not sure.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Oh, you'll regret that decision pretty fast :p I won't stop you though.

Sent from my old Desire HD using Morse code
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
I no I no lol. Really split mind at the moment. Just if I sell my HTC one normal. I will miss ir blaster flash etc. But I need money so would sell it any way. But then HTC one max actually has a sd card reader which I won't miss from XZU then. but I like the ui better on XZU but I also like the BlinkFeed news of HTC so I don't no...:'(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
[MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION] I've restored ta and phone won't boot. Keep getting error when trying to flash ftf file . .....
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Were you on STOCK ROM? Just unlock the bootloader again and i'll boot. Be sure to be on a STOCK rooted ROM before you restore TA, or else this will happen.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
Scare over. It's on its way to Sony now. :) I was trying to flash 532 but every time got error on flash tool restated laptop thinking ad b may still be running from ta still didn't work . Tried my generic 257 eu and then flashed in the end. Wahey. I miss it already. You got yours back yet?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ursulavasey:
When you get it back, switch off all the vibrate and haptic feedback settings in relation to the screen and key boar 's etc. My partner and I both had the phantom touch issues (his was worse than mine). Once we switched off all the haptic feedback and vibrate stuff, the problem went away.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
Ok I'll give that a try. But I just remember ed I didn't check the service menu to see if boot loader relocked after ta restore. Damn
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] thesoulpacker:
Hello all,

I would like to by this camera for my Xperia Mini Pro. I have cleaned it from different useless apps like Facebook, FaceTime and etc. So I have rather quick device. I can't test QX10 in real shop because in Belarus we I haven't seen this device in shops, I can only buy it through internet shop. I know that Play Memories app works slow on some devices. So I want to know how it works with it? Does anybody test QX10 maybe with similar smartphones?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] FR∑∑MαNFṙomβlα©kM∑Sα:
sony sites says all

our sweet mini pro can drive this qx's camera!!!!

its on the site of sony :good:

http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/disoft/int/playmemories-mobile/en/connect/index.html

happy capturing!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordVaderXIII:
Hey guys I was wondering if there is a way to force on screen buttons for the GS4? I have tried the qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in build.prop and it crashes the UI constantly.

I'm on Android 4.3 and I'm rooted. Using GT-I9500.

I really hate the soft buttons and my home button is starting to sound bad. I don't have time to send the phone in either. So any help would really be appreciated.
[Asus Transformer TF701] bklm1234:
I just got my new tf701. It's running stock android 4.2.2. The Androbench micro scores are worse than my old Transformer Prime. I thought the tf701 didn't have poor performing internal sd like the tfp did. What are your scores? Should I exchange it?

Here're my tf701 Androbench micro test scores:

Sequential Read: 67.12 MB/s

Sequential Write: 14.37 MB/s

Random read: 7.21 MB/s, 1846.66 IOPS (4K)

Random write: 0.82 MB/s, 209.94 IOPS (4K)

SQLite scores:

Insert: 68.15 TPS, 4.4 sec

Update: 85.03 TPS, 3.52 sec

Delete: 82.94 TPS, 3.61 sec

all of them are below the Transformer Prime's.
[Asus Transformer TF701] malos1984:
hello

i just ran mine i got similar results. i think it is wrong as i copy between tab and sd often and copies faster than that result much faster.

i got rand write 1.2

rand read 36.8

no reboot for days.

i ran on 3.2 and remember much higher

so it may be firmware

i wonder what the custom rom that is out gets

anyway it seems like next update may be 3.4 so lets hope its polished.

im happy with performance and since update i have not got garbled screen.

the dock though is still **** and it seems to drain the batt faster when docked then undocked

though havinf a 64gb sd card may cause extra drain?
[Asus Transformer TF701] bklm1234:
Thanks. I feel better. I hope more members can post about their AndroBench results.

My TF701 is not running slow. I just want to make sure I don't get a defective one.

I have owned a Transformer Prime (TF201) for a couple of years. TF201 is notorious for having slow internal SD. I ran custom ROMs that had Data2SD. The current ROM on it is Voyager2K's Paranoid 3.99. I don't use Data2SD on it anymore even though that's an option. The reason is my AndroBench scores are excellent without Data2SD, big improvements from the beginning, esp the writes. I don't know what Voyager2k did to make his ROM improve on SD speeds. But the OS itself can obviously make the difference.

My TF201 with stock 4.x ROM:

Sequential Read: 18.07 MB/s

Sequential Write: 3.85 MB/s

Random read: 5.25 MB/s, 1345.42 IOPS (4K)

Random write: 0.21 MB/s, 55.82 IOPS (4K)

The writes are much better even though the reads are not as good

My TF201 with PA ROM 3.99 w/o Data2SD:

Sequential Read: 13.3 MB/s

Sequential Write: 159.77 MB/s

Random read: 4.86 MB/s, 1246.38 IOPS (4K)

Random write: 160.58 MB/s, 41109.08 IOPS (4K)

The writes are much better even though the reads are not as good
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
I don't trust those scores. Sounds like fsync might be off in which case you can forget the write scores being reliable.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
I have a XZU and a HTC one at the moment. Undecided whether to sell both phones and get a HTC one max. Or sell HTC one and keep XZU. I like the XZU just wish it had some missing features. Like flash. Better speakers. Better placed micro usb port. Any one have any experience with HTC one max and XZu. Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Well if I'm not wrong there is a review that compares between the two. Chcek it out on youtube. If I'm not mistaken the conclusion was this: if you're looking for a big phone, htc one max will suit you better. But if you're looking for a mini tablet, xzu is for you.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpbfeAM73ro&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nathlynn22:
I've got a XZU at present. I think I will send it back to Sony get the repairs sorted then sell and get a HTC one Max to be perfectly honest but tha me will look now
[General Topics] simon_darley:
XDA Developers

Given the size and nature of this forum now, I was wondering who out there is willing to be a volunteer to administer this forum.

I dont know whats involved, I dont know how much time it takes, but I do know its a thankless job, with zero money, and nobody is asking for help that I can see, but I am suggesting that this topic be used to document who is willing to volunteer and assist.

Perhaps the moderators can them come along and pick some volunteers at their choosing.

So anybody? somebody? everybody? nobody?

To the moderators.... if you are listening, whoever you may be, I am willing to try and help.
[General Topics] jkossowsky:
I would be willing to volunteer

I am on the forum a lot, so i would be happy to give back to the community by helping out.
[General Topics] raymondu999:
To those who are listening up there, I'm in the boat if needed :mrgreen:
[General Topics] vijay555:
I'm happy to help out if I can. I spend too much time on this board anyway :shock:

V
[General Topics] hdubli:
Count me in too...I will be obliged
[General Topics] levenum:
Since I have an explorer open on this site whenever I work on a computer (which is all day) I probably should have said it sooner:

Count me in too!
[General Topics] buzz_lightyear:
hi...

..as we (moderators) listen (sometimes) to what is happening in these forums, we are trying to do our best to clean the forum and ftp.

however, time is very limiting factor. so I would say, that the site might need more of fresh power ;o))) but it's only up to admins and owners of this site, who they gonna choose as for moderators.

thanx for offering your help. lets hope, that admins are listening as well...

take care

buzz
[General Topics] buzz_lightyear:
hi VJ,

I want you as admin @ my site... ;o)))

take care bro... ;o)))

buzz
[General Topics] KTamas:
I'd like to volunteer too...I spend quite some time at the Blue Angel sections (BA, BA Upgrading mostly).
[General Topics] HDuser:
Thanks for the offers and yes they have been seen.

Here is our problem most of you are BA owners and most of the mods are also BA owners.

What we need are poeple to look after the newer sections and people to write wiki pages of the newer sections to stop all the same posts.

Also some of the mods are nolonger as active as they have moved on or things have changed or what ever, its normal.

So we need to work out of the old ones who are still around and of the new ones which sections do they cover.

Mostv of you who have posted here have recived PMs from me.

Mean while the Mods are having there own talk in the Modorator section.

Simon who started this thread also posted to a different thread which resulted in this:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=48673
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambuculus:
Hi everyone,

I've been looking around these forums for days now, but it seems nobody else has had this problem. It's about boot animations. My screen just stays black. I have narrowed it down to the zipping process.

I've tried it with somebody else's bootanimation.zip to make sure it is not about my .pngs or .txt file.

When I put a downloaded .zip directly inside system/media/ or data/local…it works like a charm!

But as soon as I unzip and then zip it again (on Mac OS, Windows as well as 7zip for Android), it won't work anymore! There must be something apart from the "store" method and the permissions.

Things I tried:

(Mac OS Terminal) zip -r -X -0 bootanimation.zip bootanimation -x "*.DS_Store"

(Mac OS) "Keka" app (unofficial 7zip port) "store" method

(Windows) 7zip , "store" method

(Android) "7Zipper" app, "store" method

Phone:

Rooted Xperia Arc ("Anzu") with CM9 (also tested on CM10)

I need your help, I don't know what else I can do!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Well that's hard to say, it looks like you are doing things correctly, I use 7zip on Linux and windows and it always works when compression is set to store

Maybe upload the copy of working one and the one you played with and I'll take a look when I get home
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambuculus:
First off - thanks very much for your helpfulness! I won't be able to figure this out by myself.

Att. #1 is an already zipped download.

Att. #2 is the exact same, except that I unzipped it and then zipped it again (via Terminal "zip -r -X -0…")
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divyamg28:
you have to zip it again using the store option in 7-zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
ok, so what you are doing is zipping up a folder nameded bootanimation, in this folder there is

part0

part1

desc.txt

but you dont want that folder!

so when zipping just highlight the three from above and zip those, do not add an extra level

than you will be all good!

let me know if you have further questions but im guessing you'll be just fine now!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hnkotnis:
[MENTION=5709340]sambuculus[/MENTION]

You may be interested in this.

If you have gif for bootanimation then use Bootanimation Creator from ROM Toolbox app (No PC, no zipping, software does everything).

I have used this and works fine.

Sent from my GT-S5360 Gadget of Mass Destruction by xda-app

using CWM........Busybox commands........ No I use my hands:D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambuculus:
Just did that, but it didn't work o.O I actually think that the outcome is the same.

Instead, I had a TeamViewer session on a Windows PC. Here's the outcome:

Unzip Mac - Zip Mac : Doesn't work

Unzip Mac - Zip Win : Doesn't work >> that's interesting I think

Unzip Win - Zip Win: Works!

> I forgot to test if unzipping on Windows and then re-zipping on Mac would work…

So what finally brought my own bootanimation.zip onto the device was using the BootAnimationFactory on the PC. Pretty sure it would have also worked if I manually wrote the desc.txt but whatever.

For now, that's an acceptable workaround for me, but it bugs me that I don't know the reason it doesn't otherwise.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Very strange, the only thing I found wrong with the .zip you posted was the the extra folder in there, to double check I removed it and flashed it to one of my devices and it worked just fine.

But if you found a solution than good! Let me know if you want to try again with teamviewer or something
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sambuculus:
[MENTION=4334383]demkantor[/MENTION] It WAS the folder! It worked!

Info for Mac users:

I saw that opening a .zip on PC doesn't render a Folder like it does on Mac. That may be the reason why I couldn't see a difference on OSX, as it shows me the additional bootanimation folder, whether I zipped the whole folder or just its contents.

Anyways, thanks again for your help!

[MENTION=5343187]hnkotnis[/MENTION] Thanks for the tip! If only the color range on a .gif wasn't that bad, it would be a convenient workaround as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davek17:
Thought I would just add to this to make it relevant to Android 7.0 and 2018!

I just had the exact same issue and i've been doing this for years, from Android v4, but now have an Android 7.1 device I wanted to change the bootanimation on. You do forget the little things from time to time!

I use Windows, you need to use 7-zip, I can't tell you how much better that is for LINUX-y based things you build, (also notepad++). Also the advice by divyamg28 was bang on for me.

make sure when you "add to archive", you choose "store" as the compression level.

This definitely worked for me
[Asus Transformer TF700] fatboyinlycra:
Firstly: To the moderators, I am very sorry if posts like this are frowned on, just let me know and I will make sure I behave in future.

But mainly...

A very big thank you to an awful lot of the devs and incredibly brainy people on here. There are some that I have already hit the thanks button to.

But without you guys life would be very very boring indeed.

Reading your posts, conversations and comments on all manner of things has left me feeling I am in the presence of giants but has also encouraged me to experiment and then given me ways to recover when my experiments have gone wrong.

You lot rock.
[Sony Xperia M] DillaDawg:
Just wondering if anyone has tried the xposed framework on stock xperia m. It's just i have no backup/recovery (because of 02 ireland locking the bootloader :rolleyes: ) so I'm apprehensive about using it until i know its safe.
[Sony Xperia M] klugshicer:
I tried the xposed framework on stock with locked bootloader. It works fine. But I tested only the xprivacy module, which worked also.
[Sony Xperia M] Piravinthb:
Yes, it's safe and all of the modules is safe I use nearly all of the modules and none of them gave me any problems and my phone bootloader is locekd