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[myTouch 3G, Magic General] adam79:
My phone has already killed one SD card and is now ruining my backup card. It starts off with the card losing all it's data, I replace it and soon enough it gets erased again! This last time, it not only etased the data, but made the catd unrecognizable. It shows up as a blank SD card on the phone, but when I go to reformat, I follow the prompt, and when I click the final "are u sure u want to format," it just returns to the SD card settings page.. no error, no nothing! When I connect it to my computer via an SF Card reader it's not even recognized. Now I'm using another SD Card and it's been erased twice already. With both cards, only a directory called "LOST.DIR" remains post data loss. Anyone else experience this problem and found a fix? This problem has been happening sice I've owned the phone, but by the time I figured out it was a problem w/ the phone and not the card it was past the 14 days T-Mobile gives u to exchange the phone for free. Luckily I got insurance. Do they still have local service centers, or is it all done through the mail now?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
If you've had the phone less than a year you can have it serviced/replaced under warranty. As for local repair centers, it mainly depends where you are.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bho15:
I've already partitioned my sd card using rom manager but I'm pretty sure I only have a ext2. So how do you make a ext 3 + ext 4? If this has been posted before please link me the tread that talks about it. Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex-V:
i think the latest rom manager make ext 3...

you can test it if you download a partitionsmanger that can handle linux ext partitions ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kickasskev:
And how do you make ext4?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fakts13:
i know amonra recovery can make ext3 to ext4 partition, but there are some roms out there that don't support ext4, so i personally stick to ext3 just to make things a little easier.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kickasskev:
how do you know you are using ext3? i created my partition on rom manager about a month ago and thought it was ext2 could it be ext3?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fakts13:
not sure how to do it on the phone. i know if you use gparted on ubuntu, it is possible to tell what type of filesystem your partitions are.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kickasskev:
Wow i dont even speak that language, thats gone way over my head lol thanks for your help though, i'll assume i have an ext2

Thanks man
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackWhiteOne:
Using AmonRA recovery
[Captivate General] quadzilla500:
Hello everyone! First I want to thank everyone for their hard work! I wish I could contribute more.

I would like to know if there is ANY WAY possible to have Different ringtone per notification.

Example - one sound for email and another sound for SMS, etc...

When going into Settings it doesn't seem to have this feature.

I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a way to do this.

Thanks,

quad
[Captivate General] babi_gurlx:
to change the ringtone for sms click the messaging icon>menu>settings. scroll down until you see notifications settings and then select ringtone. hope this helps! :)
[Captivate General] emmfan:
@babi_gurlx Thanks, been trying to figure out how to choose the ringtone for SMS.

If you want a profile app that will control the volume for separate notification and SMS, I've been using Profile
[Captivate General] quadzilla500:
That's the ringtone for notifications, meaning any notification (SMS, email, etc)

Unless I'm missing something.

I want a different ringtone for SMS than email.

Thanks
[Captivate General] quadzilla500:
No, I'm sorry! !!

You are right and I'm glad!!!

Thank you very much!!!
[Captivate General] pitbull292006:
Go into your messaging app and then push the menu button, then scroll down and change the ringer
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] dsixda:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/08/10/telus-motorola-milestone-gets-minor-software-update/

More details here:

https://rsddownload.motorola.com/download/Motorola_MILESTONE_Upgrade_Release_Notes_2010-08-10.pdf

Looks like a 30MB file, so not a full ROM. You'll need the original Telus 2.1 ROM flashed before applying this.

I might post a Nandroid if I get this working.

EDIT: Doh! Probably the same one as the one released/leaked by the G.O.T. team in July: http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/update-for-france-and-telus-released/
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
maybe we can get a light and fast telus nandroid based on this?

nm it already is LOL
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Soy_Filipo:
Is there a way to apply this patch on a Latin American Milestone? Is this a kernel upgrade?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] m82a1:
quite cool, i want to update to it, but i'm rooted, can i still go ahead, or what?

edit: i updated using motorola software update, reflashed the vulnerable recovery, and rerooted.

i can feel the phone being snappier.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Mackattack:
What was done that now the sound is enhanced?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] odin13:
hi guys,

first of all, i did not create this app so all props should go out to alankila from TeamVillain.

i really like what it does and the simplicity of it...it really makes a friggin' big difference to the sound :D

so therefore i want to share it with those not using FroydVillain ( i searched for it in market but could not find it )
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MentalDeath:
Thanks just installed :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] no1male:
off topic but how do you extract apps from a rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Summered:
Open up the zip and look for 'em in either data/app or system/app.

Enjoy!
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] pulser_g2:
Yeah, alankila made this.

Are you not missing the modified .so file? Or am I getting confused between things?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] skedone:
does not work
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MentalDeath:
It works on Cronos Froyo 0.2.

open up command prompt (if on windows)

type :

Or you can put the apk in the root of your SD Card download Astro Filemanager go to your sdcard find the apk and install it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] odin13:
eh..well..i dunno to be honest :D

i'm just a really simple-minded 'user' so i just extracted the *.apk from the zip-file and installed it with oi filemanager on my phone

i'm now running Cronos 0.2 and it works just fine so far...i really like what it does! so alankila, thnx! ...now my hero really rocks :)

i tried the same procedure with the cpuspeed.apk but that didn't work ( really liked that proggie as well! )

*when i close my eyes i start dreaming of a 'Feeyo/Villain' colaboration resulting in the best hero-rom everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....damn that would be something :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] odin13:
@skedone .. you're using the new MMod-rom right?

you could ask M@xisma if he could get it work?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] skedone:
no gone back to VR12 till bug is sorted in mmod, and all i get is invalid parser of file or summmit along them lines
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] qpop:
Is this built only for 2.2? Tried on Chronos 2.1.3 and get invalid parser error
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] no1male:
Getting the same problem so im guessing you need to be running 2.1 :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] pulser_g2:
This is for froyo (2.2) , dunno about eclair (2.1)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Tetsuo75:
Cheers, Odin.. :D This is just what I wanted!

Thanks ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MentalDeath:
Just wondering but if any of you guys are audiophiles could you possible post your setting? Please and thank you :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] alexluckett:
Sorry to bump, but this won't work on Android 2.1 will it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] pulser_g2:
Froyo only AFAIK, and I think it needs to be built into the ROM with a lib or two as well...
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] petercool:
thx a million!:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] scholbert:
FYI....

Project site: http://bel.fi/~alankila/android-dsp/

Regards,

scholbert
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] r47z:
seems to work well
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] vijaysapkota:
I don't really understand the use of this app, can you explain me what the use it, and how to use it???
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacDeveloper:
thx a billion
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c00ller:
So in several "how to remove apk" threads, I've seen 2 different ways to go about removing apks.

1)

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/blah.apk

2)

adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/blah.apk

My questions is, is there a difference between adb remount and mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2blahblah?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danaff37:
The long command can be run on a terminal emulator on the phone so you can do other things without a computer.
[Android Software Development] tisungho:
Hi,

I'm using Motorola Milestone. A lot of times I have to update a new version of an app which has several bug fixes for Nexus One. As I know that the Milestone and Nexus One are running the same Android OS version (2.1). I just wonder why a normal application (such as Calendar or Note) must be dependent on hardware? I mean the same application version that works on Milestone but some of its features don't work in the Nexus. Let's take an example of Windows OS. We can install Firefox, Winamp or even some low level interacting program like anti virus in any computer (Lenovo, Acer,...) as long as they're running the same Windows version (like Vista). Is it a down side of Android platform?
[Android Software Development] Batistuta88:
I think I have a similar question. On my work the have a winmo databas app that work like an workordersystem. Can this program run in Android by any chance or has it to be rewritten to work on a Android platform?
[Android Software Development] christelle2a:
I managed to install my application on the SD card by using to apkInstaller.

I thus wanted to test the installation from Android Market... My application does'nt settle down on the SD card but on the telephone... Why ? Nevertheless I added in the manifest the option android:installLocation="preferExternal" !

Needs to make other thing ?

Thank for your answers !
[Android Software Development] jubeh:
It's mostly localization.

Either developers ask google to make their app available only for certain devices, or certain manufacturers ask google to make only certain apps available.

If an app is built against the SDK, then it's compatible with all devices that share that SDK version.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
I've made a script that relocates all your apps into an EXT2 filesystem in /sdcard/andboot/apps.img.

Advantages

- Get a LOT of space for apps even if everything else is running in NAND

- Never need to reinstall apps when upgrading (as long as the release has this script)

- Dual boot, for example, Eclair in NAND, Froyo on SD-card, but share the same apps.

- Wipe data (all settings) but keep all the apps stays (but not their settings)

Disadvantages

- Propably a bit slower than keeping everything in NAND

- If you intend to keep apps when when upgradring/switching releases then odex:ing your Market apps is not a good idea when using this.

Attached is an update that should work on any Android build (for our devices). The script in the update is only used once to create /sdcard/andboot/apps.img. Once it exist, the init script in the new initrd.gz (included in the attached NBH for NAND users) will automaticly mount /sdcard/andboot/apps.img to /data/app on boot no matter what Android build you are using.

Instructions

1a. Flash the attached kernel (but configure it first if needed with Loserskaters NBH editor) (NAND Users)

1b. Replace andboot\initrd.gz (HaRET users)

2. Apply attached update (adds relocate_apps.sh to /system/bin)

3. Do this in a terminal:

$su

#relocate_apps.sh 256 (for 256Mb storage, the choice is yours)

<wait until it finishes>

That's it. Upon the next boot your old apps in /data/app will be deleted to free up space.

To uninstall, delete the apps.img file on the SD-card, then wipe your data.

I've done some testing and it seems to work fine. I'm currently dual booting VaniljEclair (NAND) and Fresh Froyo (SD-card instal) and they share the same apps. Works fine for me but I cannot guarantee that it is without bugs.

Known limitations

- Won't work with apps that installs to /data/app-private (like some banking apps) so you have to reinstall them if you switch build or wipe your data.

- You can't remove the SD-card without powering off the phone since your apps are now stored on it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] -Arturo-:
Interesting....so to get it work on fresh froyo I need to add this line /system/bin/relocate_apps.sh boot into userinit.sh?

Also when could we expect the version that deletes apps from system after moving them to sd?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
Not anymore, the new version has that part in the initrd.gz so it will work in ANY build without modifications once you've relocated your apps.

Right now. :)

If this works as well as it seems to do I will push my changes to the bootenv and tinboot repo's so that all new kernels will have support for this. I will also include the relocate_apps.sh script in next VaniljEclair release and push it to Fresh Froyo.

While I have never needed more space on /data I still find this very useful as I now only need to reinstall one single app (my banking app) when I reinstall my phone (which I do quite often).

btw, I'm using a 512Mb image for /data/apps right now I don't think I will ever come close to fill it up.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] tuannam:
kaffe, can we put apps (only apps, data still on NAND) on a second ext2 partition instead ext2 filesystem? I think it will be faster.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] scooter1556:
Just a quick question, i know i could just try it and find out for myself but with the new kernel, does it mount /data/app normally if the apps.img does not exist??

EDIT::

Just realised that it must do this for it to work the first time but i'm guessing at the minute there is no way to revert back to apps on the /data partition without wiping and starting a fresh.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Cookiekaikai:
Hi..thanks for the app.

I follow direction unitl the app.img was mounted and saw the msg saying /data will be deleted after reboot, but after reboot the internal memory is still the same. Any idea?

ps. I am running your 2.1 built (on polaris) so I didn't follow your step1, so maybe that is why it didn't work?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] scooter1556:
Are you saying you didn't flash the kernel provided?? If so the apps.img on the sdcard will not be mounted. You need to modify the kernel NBH with the NBH editor to work with Polaris, flash it and try again. Sorry if i misunderstood and you have already done this.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] blahblah2000:
Can the kernel file you attached be used for vogue at 320x240 res?

edit: actually, if it's not too much trouble...could you explain how to get this working on a vogue froyo nand 320x240? Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] -Arturo-:
Ok seems to be working fine for me with 512 image. Will report back in a few days.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Cookiekaikai:
I didn't flash the kernel because the file name says FROYO but I am running eclair. However I am pretty sure the file was created and mounted as well.

I do know how to use NBH editor but just want to be sure that the kernel is safe even if I am running eclair.

Thanks for the reply

UPDATE: never mind I forgot you can select eclair as type. I will report back once I am done with the rest of the steps. THX!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] -Arturo-:
Yes it's safe.i think Kalt has made all the required changes to make kernel work on both froyo and eclair.

Kalt I'm wondering about something.I've already created the image for apps but I'm not sure what's going to happen when I instal new applications.will they automatically be moved to the image or do I have to run the script after ever installation off apk file?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
It would propably be a little bit faster but it will be a lot more complicated to make and perhaps even more complicated to use. We allready have a de facto standard with this partitioning:

part 1 - FAT32

part 2 - system

part 3 - data

part 4 - swap

Now, not many uses swap on SD-card so we could propably say partition 4 should be used for this, right? But then we also would need to now that partition 4 really is ext2 and is having apps on it before we mount it. And it is also quite complicated for most people to partition their SD-cards in the first place.

So basicly, what I'm saying is that it propably could make small difference in performance but I'm not convinced it would be worth it. The way it works now is pretty safe as it won't do anything unless /sdcard/andboot/apps.img exist and setting it up is a simple one-liner in the terminal.

On the other hand an advanced user could set up their own apps on ext2-partition manually and add some lines to userinit.sh that mounts it.

So I don't know, at least I don't have any plans to add it at the moment. Perhaps someone could add it later if the advantages turns out to be big enough to make it worth it.

EDIT: Another aspect is that /data/app is only written to when installing, all other accesses should be only reads. All writing to /data is still in NAND so I really think the performance penalty is minimal. I haven't been able to tell the difference myself.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
Your logic is correct.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
If you are using the latest VaniljEclair then use a Froyo kernel. With the latest version of the libcamera.so the Froyo kernel can and should be used to get the extra 11Mb of memory.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
As long as you have the new kernel and have run the script once then everything you install will end up i apps.img.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Cookiekaikai:
I must be doing something wrong. I flashed the new kernel, performed the update then ran the script(saw the /data/app copied screen and was told after reboot it would take effect, but internal memory is still going down after reboot).

UPDATE: after doing some PD I found the app.img disappeared from andboot. Not sure what is going on but i am recreating another one now.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] blahblah2000:
Played around with this, and I think it's working on my vogue... ~60mb free on phone. Performance isn't too bad. Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] -Arturo-:
Kalt I have a feeling that the script messes up compcache(it could also be the new cell location patch) My sd card is not recognized after restart of the system with compcache enabled. I remember that we had already suffered with this problem and you fixed it by adding 120 s delay to the script. I've notice that with apk image the system takes a bit more time to boot and load widgets in comparison to apks on nand. Could that be the problem? I would like to increase the delay in compcache script to maybe 180 seconds or so to see if it fixes the issue.

What should i change in this script to change the delay time?

Does this 2>&1 stands for 120 seconds?

#!/system/bin/sh
#
# Compcache manager
#

#
# Change these variables to tweak the compcache
#
opts=	# Use default (25% of the avaliable RAM (~23-24Mb))
#opts='disksize_kb=16384'	# 16Mb compcache
#opts='disksize_kb=32768'	# 32Mb compcache
#opts='backing_swap=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4'	# compcache (default size 15% of available RAM) + backing swap (on SD card)
#opts='backing_swap=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 memlimit_kb=32768'	# 32Mb compcache + backing swap (on SD card)

# Swappiness
swappy=30

case "$1" in
start)
sleep 120
insmod /system/lib/modules/lzo_compress.ko >/dev/null 2>&1
insmod /system/lib/modules/lzo_decompress.ko >/dev/null 2>&1
insmod /system/lib/modules/xvmalloc.ko >/dev/null 2>&1
insmod /system/lib/modules/ramzswap.ko $opts >/dev/null 2>&1
swapon /dev/block/ramzswap0
sysctl -w vm.swappiness=$swappy
;;

stop)
swapoff /dev/block/ramzswap0
;;

enable)
setprop persist.service.compcache 1
echo "Compcache will be enabled in 120 seconds."
;;

disable)
setprop persist.service.compcache 0
;;

*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
How about the line "sleep 120". :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kallt_kaffe:
I've experienced some strange things with this so far. I installed a new app this morning. Some hours later I got a freeze and pin-reset my phone. The new app was gone... The .apk is no longer in apps.img, not even in lost+found. The system however believes it is still installed and I cannot reinstall it.

I have now added the "sync" flag when mounting the sdcard in /init and I'll give it another try. With a little luck it might prevent it from happening again.

I attached the new NBH and initrd.gz here if anyone else experienced the same problem and want to give it another try.
[General Questions and Answers] anoop19b80:
Hello All,

Just want to ask you is, when there is some firmware released for Samsung Galaxy S, will it be compulsory to apply it, i mean, is it sequential? Say if I have JG3 firmware available and in comple of months some new firmware comes, then is it complulsory to apply the old firmware first and then only you can apply a new one?

Or it is not dependent event?

Regards,

Anoop.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rebeldx:
ello guys im new 2 cyanogen

i chose this cos i was told its the best 4 customisin my fone, basically i wanna no the easiest way of changin the notification bars colour or theme

the nexus bar is bland as hell n i want rid
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
if you are using cyanogen 6 RC2, then just find one of the threads here with black notification bar theme, and use meta morph to apply it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gIMpSTa:
Don't remember if this was in RC2 or a subsequent nightly, but you can also change the color of the status bar, text, and pull down notification to anything you want directly from CMSettings.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jujudeshighlands:
Hey you're right. In cyanogen settings you can set the color. It just needs a reboot after this.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imfloflo:
Post in right section !

Try to speak in good english!

thread moved
[Galaxy S I9000 General] djglenn1337:
Now that I have had a few days playing with my new phone I thought I would leave some feedback.

Firstly the screen is amazing! I have had several iphone4 owners grovelling at it.

Swype is a touch of genius! I am using it now to type this and its fast as hell!

The battery usage is pretty severe compared to what I expected! Does apps like juice defender work?

Gps is flakey! My tracks was bouncing all over the place, so I guess I am joining the rest of you praying for a firmware fix. I will try co pilot tomorrow to see if its usable.

Lag was a problem, however have been using advanced task manager and it seems to help. I know rooting is supposed to be better with autokiller, but I believe rooting invalidates your warranty? Also, when I reboot my phone I have about 150mb free, but after a days use using adv task man I only have 55ish.

Anyhow in all I am happy with the phone, just need to work on the gps and lag.

Btw, how do I figure out my firmware number?