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[Desire General] sturm100:
just a quick update, I was able to see all my programs(ext3) and the fat32 partition files on my phone, just that the files in fat32 partition are read only and very sluggish till its unusable. Did a search...and found that this has nothing to do with ext3 and fat32 partition problem. Its how linux deal with windows file system. If the fat32 file system has error, linux will mount it as read only...(u can find this info on google..our android phone are linux base, which is how it is...so even with or without ext3, if the sdcard fat32 has an error, the android phone will detect as an error and mount it as a read only card (there are tons of ppl complaining on this even on older version android)

the only way to fix this is to plug it back to windows a do a chkdsk or scan for error and fix it. will do more research on this...btw, my phone is working now, just a scan and all the files are now writable...as for ext3, nothing has been change, its still intact as i can see all my programs, btw i have another issue that im trying to fix...the weather widgets...its not reporting the area like the stock it came with...i put the singtel sim card into my wife HTC desire which is the stock, it reported the town but with the custom, it just say Singapore(Current)...
[Desire General] mmaacc:
Interesting. So it might just be a dirty flag set on the FAT partition. Like the one that causes chkdsk to run when booting into Windows without shutting down properly. Now the question is what causes this...
[Desire General] Psych0Chimp:
Is this still an issue and if so should we be avoiding A2SD+ or is there some way of preventing corruption?

Chimp
[Desire General] mmaacc:
Yes and yes. But it is not only triggered by A2SD+. Other tools that mess around with Froyo's internal mounting also screw your SD up. Tested and confirmed with Dual Mount SD Widget. If you want to play safe use a ROM without these.
[Desire General] Psych0Chimp:
Odd that the devs don't seem bothered about this problem!

So how about Froyo's official App2SD?

Also, what if I just don't create an ext partition, so that the A2SD+ script doesn't kick-in?

Chimp
[Desire General] ruleamsterdam:
Seems to me that you really have to activly try to create the situation where your SD gets messed up. I'm connecting, copying, deleting and disconnecting all the time but NEVER had any issues with it. 8gb Class 6 card with 512mb EXT3

The problem seems to be caused by a number of different things from simply faulty cards to tools like "Dual mount SD" which IMHO looks like that's really asking for trouble. Please dev's, DON'T remove A2SD+ from ROM's!! If people don't want it they should simply not create an EXT partition. Besides this A2SD+ has definetly not been proven to be THE cause of this issue.
[Desire General] mmaacc:
It is completely irrelevant if you create an EXT partition or not. That was said many times. A2SD+ (or any other tool that interferes with Froyo's mounting mechanism) corrupts SD cards, be it EXTn or FAT32. Only solution: do not include such confirmed buggy scripts in your ROM.
[Desire General] ruleamsterdam:
And i'm saying it CAN corrupt your SD but is NOT necessarily THE reason why it happens. How come a LOT of people don't have this issue when simply using A2SD+ without other tools that are simply begging to mess up the card. Multi-mounting your SD sound like a pretty sure bet to get that done.

Only solution...provide some info on the ROM page on how it works and how it should be used. Same story that people still need to be told NOT to put widgets on their SD. For me the extra space given by A2SD+ is needed badly if i don't want to get low space warning all the time and i NEVER had any issue.

Dev's: KEEP A2SD+ IN YOUR ROM'S PLEASE!! (or at least give the option for those willing to take the "risk")
[Desire General] mmaacc:
Same bubbles. I don't have it so it should be ok...bleh. But the solution may have been found as I found in the other thread, you need to set the mounting scheme to the first partition instead of the automatic detection that mounted the whole card.
[Desire General] nawoa:
I had this problem a little while ago after deleting something off my SD card using root explorer. Maybe I did something wrong, I don't know. Just selected a file, selected delete, and the next time I rebooted my phone it said the SD was corrupt. It wasn't a system file or something that was in use by anything, just a ZIP or something. This was BEFORE I set up an EXT partition or ran the A2SD+ script on Cyanogenmod.

Obviously the delete didn't go well, so the particulars are just academic. Anyway, I popped out the SD card, checked it in windows with "correct errors" selected, put it back in my phone, and everything was fine.

Repeatedly doing "whatever-it-is-android-doesn't-like" might lead to more severe corruption I suppose.

Since installing CM6 and using the A2SD+ script with a 512mb EXT3 partition made in ROM Manager, I haven't had any problems. I would advise people to just avoid using A2SD as a matter of course and instead only using it on things that actually need to be stored externally, such as games, Google Earth, and other things that are 5mb or more.

Absolutely avoid having system applications or services - JuiceDefender, SetCPU, Swype, etc - installed on your SD. Problems arising from doing things like this (aka "dumb things") are part of the reason some apps don't allow A2SD by default and instead you're forcing them to copy anyway.
[Desire General] BriEE:
What if you just make ext partitions and no fat32? I have linux boxes at home and also my window boxes can read ext anyways with a program.

Or if I just transfer files via BT or SSH to my server...
[Desire General] y0schi:
To anyone that has doubts about A2SD or A2SD+ I can confirm that I have had the issue with HTC Stock Roms 2.1 & 2.2

I had not flashed any Roms at that point. My HTC Desire was brand new.

Funny thing is that I'm here because I'm looking for a Rom without the currupting SD Card issue. I feel a little lost now :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcall_r:
Can someone please help me with my long going problem?

Intermittently, when replying to a text message (either in stock messaging or handcent, etc) the phone does not send the text message, and refuses to send for up to a minute after retrying, then the message will eventually send.

This has been happening for MONTHS, and I have had my HTC hero replaced through orange several times regarding the issue, as they had identified it as a handset fault. I then got a replacement SIM from orange aswell to try and rectify the issue, but shortly after registering my new SIM, the issue still occurs.

It seems someone in this thread has the same problem:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=665932

I tried the "fix", ie. making sure all numbers were in international number format (+44...) but this made no difference.

As I said, this issue is intermittent and RANDOM, but happens around 3 times a day. It is very frustrating especially when trying to reply to a text urgently.

Is anyone else having the same issue?

Before anyone asks, yes my message centre number is correct (+447973100973).

It only seems to be when replying to a text message, well that is when i notice it anyway.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marky33:
I started to get this when I rooted to VR12, it did it alot the first couple of days then didn't do it much. I've now unrooted to orange 2.1, its done it twice in a week. It didn't do it at all on 1.5, maybe a coincidence. Location doesn't matter either.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kame1986:
I noticed this issue. I updated to 2.1 and found im having the same problem. Its intermittent so i cant tell what is forcing it to "retry". Only noticed this since going from 1.5 ---> 2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atomsk32:
I installed Darkstone's Froyo Sense v1 and just today gave me the error. Friend of mine actually mentioned it earlier today. We tested it a few times. When I sent him an mms, I got the error, but he still got it. The little envelope icon remained on my message. Tried it again with another friend and same thing, but after 2min the message was sent.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mach2005:
I had the same problem.

I fixed it by entering the service number in the service-menu of the radio. DIAL *#*#4636#*#* and you will see the menu comming up. Take the upper option. Scroll down and update your servicenumber there. While you are there check if the prefferd network is " gsm auto prl" instead of "wcdma". It can save some power.

Goodluck.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppettis:
Hi mcall_r

just wondering if any of these suggestions fixed your problem as I'm having the same issue. mach2005 where do you get the service number from to enter?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bifter:
Me too!

Hi,

I've been having this issue too. Along with all the other bugs introduced with 2.1 it's been driving me nuts.

The issue seems to occur intermittently and with a variety of numbers. Normally I get the notification sound, a text icon with an exclamation mark in the notification bar and the text 'unable to send text message'. After a while it normally resolves itself and the message is sent however with one number, my mum's, the problem always persists.

Initially I tried checking the message centre number, ultimately I tried a master reset, without any joy. Then I got a new SIM from Orange, which still hasn't resolved the issue. I can pop the SIM into another phone and send messages to her number so it's definitely the phone.

Just today I noticed that I had an unread text from 'Anon' deep in my message thread, which apparently had come from nowhere (I have observed this before). After deleting the thread I was again able to text my mum, is this just a coincidence? Seriously pissed off with this issue but hoping it is now finally resolved. The messaging in Android/Sense seems fubar, I've also had issues with it resolving to the wrong contact when selecting 'Send message' from another contact. Anyone had these same issues in combination with the 'cannot send text message' error?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteelH:
MODS can delete. Answered elsewhere
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] buffalosolja42:
I am looking for one that is similar to the one used on non smartphone devices, ie the samsung captive's voice command works great is there something for windows mobile out there? (without me having to train the program)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Miami_Son:
Is there something wrong with the Voice Command that comes with WinMo?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] buffalosolja42:
doesn't work as well imo

to the ones on non-pda phones guess I am silly
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Aaron McCarthy:
quick search in the themes and aps sub-forum and you would have found the direction you needed....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724016&highlight=voice+command

Basically tells you to go to the roms sub form.. find the ENERGY thread (usually always around the top as it gets a lot of traffic) you'll see next to the thread link a small paper-clip. Click that and a page will open with all the attachments in the thread. There are a few MS voice command cabs there.

Hope this helps
[Touch Cruise Android Development] SuperJMN:
My wired headset has never worked like in Windows Mobile. Polaris just refuses to play music through it. I think developers are working on this, but some users have found workarounds that work.

I created this topic to keep track of this issue in order to give it the importance I think it has. I hope you think the same.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] -colin-:
I also agree that this issue deserves more attention from the developers, especially because, at least for me, is the main inconvenience with Froyo at the moment (this and the related issue with usb mounting and adb).

I can confirm that one workaround is to plug either the headset or usb in recovery mode and then quitting into android, after that it works as normal until the next reboot, in the sense that if you unplug and replug the headset / usb it will recognize it. I don't know if it will be hard to fix, but it seems that android cannot communicate with the usb port after fully booting.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] pswebreg:
Same problem here. The recovery mode workaround does recognize USB but it would not recognize my wired headset.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] waterpolo:
The working around for the wired headset RC W100

The headset is working with Incubus RLS12 only when you unplug the headset it isn't directly play on the phone speaker.

You have to stop playing (pause) and turn off (end key) the screen. Unlock the screen and start playing with the music on the phone speaker.

It isn't necessary to reboot with the headset connected to enable it.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] mylostnick:
Hi!

I can't get my wired headset to play music through it. Unless I've not understand the workaround it does not work for me. Here is what I've done:

- stopped the music player (while playing through phone speaker);

- switched off the display;

- connected the wired headset;

- start playin' again but it plays always through phone speaker;

Thank u.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Muukuro:
I can confirm this issue.

I really love the work done with Android, but I can't use it as an MP3 player, because my wired headset doesn't work.

Is this known with the developers, and being looked in to?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] halst:
Nothing new on this issue so far?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] vovkav:
Up!

I am still ionterested in this issue!
[Captivate General] sKyZ:
Any way to get Skype on my Captivate? It's the last thing I really need before I completely declare it > my old iPhone.

inb4 iPhone vs Captivate discussion :rolleyes:
[Captivate General] rajendra82:
Skype on Android is exclusive to Verizon. You can install the apps marketaccess or my market and change your carrier settings in there to make google think you are on Verizon for you to see the skype app in the market. I am not sure that it will actually work if you download and install it though.
[Captivate General] pezx44:
I was disappointed by this too (coming from WinMo), but I have figured out how to use sipdroid in conjunction with google voice to get free voip calls to the US and Canada (I had a gizmo5 account which is no longer open for registration, but you can choose from a number of sip providers). Another option that looks interesting, but will not work for calls to non android/iphone phones (yet anyway) is a new vonage/facebook app which gives free voip to your facebook contacts. i haven't tried that one out yet though...
[Captivate General] floppy__:
Nimbuzz 2.0 works perfectly with Skype, MSN, Yahoo, Google talk and some other.
[Captivate General] pezx44:
Does Nimbuzz let you make outgoing voip calls to a phone from a skype account?
[Captivate General] clubtech:
Don't people say there is a loud echo when they speak with you on skype?

Everyone i spoke with said they hear themselves and very loud echo.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
you can get skype if you use market enabler. However, it has not been said to be a good app. The Skype to landline calls still use minutes etc.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dartmouth70:
I know this question has been addressed before - but I can't seem to find a consensus answer so please direct me to the appropriate thread if I missed it :o

I rooted my Incredible with Unrevoked 3 and managed to get Busybox & Titanium working by redownloading Busybox with the Titanium problems button.

My question is (if I don't want to install the leaked Froyo OTA & which I think requires wiping my phone -what do I want to do when I receive the official Verizon 2.2 OTA? :eek:

Thanx!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt Devo:
this is the thread you were looking for:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740537
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dartmouth70:
Thanx Matt
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
I'm thinking about signing up for Google Voice, but it's telling me I either can use my current number or get a Google number and I have no idea which to pick. My main interest is Google Voicemail where I get transcripts, etc... but I don' want to miss out on the features that you get if you use a full Google voice number, even if I don't use them immediately and only use them at some point down the road.

Can I get a GV number, have my busy and unanswered call get forward to Google (for free on Sprint), and have the ability to in the future use my GV number for the other features as well?

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
i have a gv number and i still get transcripts and such via email when i have voicemails on my regular number :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
So, I signup for GV and get the number, then call sprint (do I have to call them?) to setup a conditional forward of my number on Busy/Unanswered to my GV number.

Then when I'm using my phone, it's still using my normal Sprint number to dial and receive?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rutter9:
You don't need to call sprint at all. Signup for google voice. Confirm your cell number on google voice online. After everything is setup dial *28 then your gv number on your phone. All of your voicemails will go to google voice now. to deactivate it, dial *28 then gv phone number.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BmoreBadBoy:
Really? Because when I told google voice to handle sprint voice mail during setup it told me that wasn't possible with sprint yet...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cervantes008:
GV

GV can handle your voicemails without having GV take over your phone. You lose virtual voicemail, but you gain transcribed voicemails and the ability to listen to them online.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodelyfe:
no it works, that just means that you wont be able to 'listen' in on a phone call and be able to pick up when someone is leaving a voicemail aka screening

or like the previous user above me said.... virtual voicemail
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodelyfe:
google voice is bad ass, i really like it.

if the 'broke' people or the folks who always buy prepaid was smart...they would just buy an android phone outright on ebay, craigslist or something and get a google voice number

i mean free calls anywhere in the US and text messaging?

damn near free phone.

i use it when i call phones who dont share same carrier... or low on minutes or whatever, etc etc.

the blocking a number feature is bomb too!!! not to mention dedicated voicemail greetings for each user/number
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonithe:
like the title sort of say's, i would love a transparent notification menu.

However, when i make the png for the background transparent, it just turns black. *see attachment*

is there any way to make it transparent or is it a no-go?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey-n:
You have to change a line of code in services.jar

Decompile it using baksmali

Then in the folder services open up com/android/server/status/StatusBarService.smali

Then use find to find 'const/4 v5, 0x2'

And simply replace with 'const/4 v5, -0x3'

Then compile with smali

http://code.google.com/p/smali/ link to smali/baksmali
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonithe:
that doesn't seem so hard =)

i'll give it a try, thanks

EDIT: ehmm, how do i use baksmali and smali?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breytex:
maybe someone can post a more detailed tutorial :-)?

I want a transparent service-popup, too :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey-n:
If your using Linux or Mac, I suggest using ThemePro to make this easier

There's a windows release but I don't know how well it works
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djtosh:
m8 we need an explanation on how to use these things, theres not much of an explanation in theme pro either. if you could kindly provide a step by step guide to get a transparent notification status background it would be much appreciate.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoey-n:
I'll post it up in the morning. Midnight here so I'm not on the computer
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djtosh:
thanks m8 looking forward to it
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djtosh:
this is taken from lincore's expresso mod, the bottom zip will give transparent notification pull down only. wonder if its possible to make translucent
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonithe:
i'll give that file a try =)

EDIT:

That file works great!!!!! Thank you so much =) =) =)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwertylesh:
Is this taken from or for, droid 2.1 or 2.2?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sckc23:
Thanks for the link mate. will def try it out!

p.s. i think translucency depends on the png file you put in the framework.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patachon33:
This is only for 2.2 roms :(.

Could you make one for 2.1 modaco?

Thanks!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwertylesh:
Where do I push the jar file to, to have this on my droid? :o

edit: can I just flash the zip using recovery? :)

sorry, I am unsure.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sckc23:
you can extract the service.jar and the background png from customized 2.1 roms such as pays's bravesoul or Amer's v4 and push them to your device. hvn't tried it out but should work=)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sckc23:
yes you can juz flash the zip=)

i still hvn't done so thou.. coz i'm using 2.06 based rom and lincore made it for the official 2.09.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sturmtief:
It's not really hard to do it on your own:

First download smali.jar and baksmali.jar from here http://code.google.com/p/smali/

Open the services.jar file for example with winzip, 7z, winRar, or whatever.

Unzip the classes.dex file to your sdk/tools/ folder and place the baksmali and smali file there too. After that open a new commandbox an run following line:

java -jar baksmali.jar -o out/ classes.dex

You'll have a new folder now called "out". Browse to "out/com/android/server/status" and open the file called StatusBarService.smali with a text editor like notepad.

Search for ".line 1773" and you'll find also "const/4 v5, 0x2"

Just change this to "const/4 v5, -0x3" and save the file.

Open again a new commandbox and run this:

java -Xmx512M -jar smali.jar out/ -o edited-classes.dex

Now you'll have a new dex file called "edited-classes.dex".

Delete the old file an rename the new in "classes.dex".

Open again the services.jar file with any zip tool and overwrite the classes.dex file with the one just created.

Now search the status_bar_background.png file in the framework-res.apk and make it transparent.

You're done! ;)

THIS WILL ONLY WORK ON DEODEXED ROMS!

Otherwise you won't find a classes.dex file in the services.jar!

You'd have to deodex all files before!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nodders:
Right, I'll be the token slow chap. I followed you right up to where you say "Open the services.jar file for example with winzip". Where do we find this file?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sturmtief:
Open your ROM with a zip file manager, browse to /system/framework/ and there you'll find the services.jar file!

If you want to edit the file from the rom you are using, type this in a commandbox:

adb pull /system/framework/services.jar services.jar

Don't forget to make a backup of the file or a nandroid backup!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nodders:
Thanks for that - found services.jar. However when I do a search on StatusBarService. smali I can't find a .line 1773 (or the string 1773 at all come to that). I'm using OpenDesire. There are lots of other files called things like StatusBarService$1.smali and similar.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patachon33:
nice tutorial Sturmtief .

Thanks a lot, going to try it :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fllash:
I had the same question a while back, and wrote up a guide (thanks to droidforums)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=732370

Josh.