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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Miami_Son:
What is actually wearing on a card? There's no moving parts like a HDD. Fragmentation can occur on any read/write media. As it gets used, files get deleted (installing and uninstalling programs), moved (photos and music), and other I/O operations that cause things to get scattered. Defragmentation can optimize how things are stored. No, there isn't the problem of the write/read heads jumping all over the disk to find fragmented data, but by defraging the card you limit the space lost from improper cluster size usage.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] bmhome1:
SSD running an OS and SD storage for 99% PLAYBACK have NO relationship.

Simply, does a 1.5GB video run smoother not broken up into 20 pieces vs one contiguous file? Absolutely, no matter what it's stored on.

That's enough reason alone to have PMP onboard.

It's free, fully functional 30 day trial. It's 2.5MB. It's $7.50 - 15.00 invested after liking enough to buy. What is the issue?!?

Oh, precious write cycles used up. I doubt my 32GB SD won't get retired long, long before 100,000 cycles.

Anyways, I defragged ONCE so far, and don't expect to EVER again...unless mysterious slowdowns creep up.

Then simply run the damn app and find out exactly what it reports and act accordingly...

or blame Win6.5, Sense, card speed or whatever less-informed conclusions to dream up.

Personally, I don't have the time.

Also, anyone who has actually transferred 15GB from SD to PC and back knows how agonizing long the process. And error checking/repair using Windows desktop is equally endless waiting. That is, IF that's an option, what do you do when the SD card can only be reformatted offered?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] redpoint73:
Solid state memory is limited to a certain number of read/write cycles before failure (unlike HDD, which can theoretically be re-written infinitely . . . its the mechanical parts that fail). And de-fragging solid state memory actually requires many read-write cycles. Assassin is right about that.

But its controversial how long it will actually take to make an SSD or SD card fail. Some have theorized decades, and even de-fragging it on a regular basis isn't going to make much of a difference. Some claim the life spans of these devices will be much shorter. The formats have not been around long enough to really know.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] bmhome1:
Just as with hard drives, the greater the FREE space on the SD card starting out, the quicker and less taxing on write cycles. In other words, DON'T wait until your SD card is close to full (at least 10% minimum free space traditionally) and expect defragging to go smoothly and/or fast. The less free space available the more churning processing.

My 32GB card freshly loaded with 15GB from retired 16GB SD and numerous movies (totalling around 17GB) had low level of fragmentation (under 15%) and defragged quickly (five minutes) due to all the free space to shuffle files. The most fragmented file was a 1GB video for some reason. It was hardly a drama event, greatly helped by exceptionally informative GUI during processing.

Pocket Mechanic Pro has been around almost a decade, going back to Win Mobile 2002. It defragged my 2003 iPaq's very, very expensive 4GB SD card too many times to count. That card is still in use today.

The wear cycle concern is blown WAY out of proportion. Since 2001, I've been abusing dozens upon dozens CF, SD, SDHC and microSDHC filling up repeatedly, reformatting, defrag when needed, never a single burp from any (anybody want 32MB CF cards :)

Ironically, Intel's first SSD launch didn't go so well. The lightning speed fell off a cliff very quickly, due to guess what. Their next-generation SSD revised algorithms addressed slowdowns along with the timely introduction of trim command. This was all in the past year. It's hardly time yet to become didactic regarding SSD's.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frishmans92:
Well, I jumped the gun and am using Adrenlyn's "Second Wave" Froyo rom. Also, I threw in the 2.15 radio update, so I should be all caught up. HOWEVER, I noticed my battery has been...eh, at best.

Then I thought, "could it be the new toolbar I installed." I added the Stock Sense UI bar with Battery %'s added in (white.) Do you think this could be hampering my battery life, or do you think it's more a psychological thing, since I can now see exactly how much battery is left?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluewave53:
not trying to be rude man but the reason why your not gonna get an answer is because this belongs in general section. follow the rules of the forum and people will help you.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larsrya8:
This.

That said, I'm assuming you did a complete wipe of Cache and Data when you installed the new ROM. If so, this erased the battery stats. If you didn't have the phone at 100% charge when you did this, your battery life will suffer. Steps to fix it:

1. You will need to charge the phone to 100% (while the phone is off).

2. Leave charging cable plugged in.

3. Boot into recovery and wipe the battery stats (should be under Advanced).

4. Then boot into Android.

5. Then remove the charging cable.

Your phone will have abnormally good battery life during the first discharge, but after you charge it again it'll be back to normal.

Pretty sure this info is searchable (I have typed it out at least 3 times myself)... maybe it should be added to the Wiki.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc_woe_is_me:
Well, you helped more than one person. Thanks, going to try it right now. Now just wait to wait patiently for 3 days for the battery to charge to full...

God, I hope the official 2.2 OTA fixes the battery life/charging time.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fortesquieu:
to be honest, my battery has been ****ty after radio update.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obededom:
has anybody does a comparison of cell standby percentages from before/after the 2.15 radio?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldman_58:
I just did the Battery wipe

Well in the 5 minutes I have had my phone back on I am already down to 96%:(

I am using Sky Raider 2.5.2 Stock with the UnRevoked-Forever and Radio 2.15

I am not seeing much if any difference in battery life...

I can plug in as needed when in my home office, but on the road a whole other ballgame.

I have 2 spare batteries HTC EVO 4G 1800mAh, Can't afford not to be connected...:eek:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgldrgdlr:
Throw hydras stock undervolted kernal in. I can go a good day and a half on a full charge with the 2.15 radio installed

Sent from somewhere
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldman_58:
Which Kernel

1.115 or 1.113 OC/UV
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgldrgdlr:
http://www.hydrakernel.net/stock_speed_undervolted_kernels.htm

Sent from somewhere
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frishmans92:
Right on, sorry about that yall. :/

And indeed, my phone was NOT fully charged to 100%, so I'll do the steps to fix it, and eventually report back. I do have the Hydra-Stock UV Kernal installed already.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
Did the 1 click root successful and loaded up cyanogen 6 and then tried thinking I was a big dog and screwed around and f'd up my phone,it won't get past any of the recovery screens,I will link what I have gone through over at nof.net,sorry for the link but I suck at typing because it takes me forever so please read,also I will paypal 20 bucks who can get me out of this debacle. Thanks.

oops can't link cause I'm new but If you are kind enough to go to nexusoneforums.net and read it ,It's titled In deep doodoo.

Basically it won't boot past the x no matter what i do,but I can see everything is still on my memory card through my laptop
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
direct link to his post

http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-development-hacking/8483-deep-doodoo.html
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
thank you

10 char
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
I think you need to locate a stock, signed update zip file and put it on your sd card. I'd do this seperate from the phone. Take the card out and put it in your laptop or whatever you have to read it.

I'd then get back to where your were on page four of your other thread where it says apply update zip.

you don't know if you have the stock recovery img still? or Ra or clockwork?

your phone isn't broke, I wouldn't worry too much.

You also don't know if you bootloader is unlocked or not?

heres frf91 full if you choose to go this route http://www.mediafire.com/?xniymzimojg
[Nexus One General] inneyeseakay:
Stock ROM's here: http://www.mediafire.com/n1passion

Sounds to me like you need to relax a little and read a bit more before jumping in with both feet... Rooting isn't necessarily for everyone.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
I won't ever ever attempt this again.
[Nexus One General] blisterplease:
ahh don't do that! I don't even want to begin to count how many bootloops I've had, I'm pretty sure I've seen more of that X than I have of my home screen. I think once you've messed up once and had someone help you to fix it it kinda implants into your head how to fix it in the future. My only advice for future attempts is to Nandroid backup (make sure you have atleast 1 sure working back up, then do further updated back ups along side it)
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
Can someone tell me which file I need in post #5 for a tmobile n1.Thanks
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
http://www.mediafire.com/?xniymzimojg
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
jbrinkley,I downloaded the file and put it on the memory card,but I'm still getting the same x screen,anything else I can try.
[Nexus One General] wrench115:
The only way to master something is through multiple failures
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
Somebody help me,I had no clue this phone meant so much to me.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
I don't want to fail with my phone.Trust me when and If I get it working I will stay in my lane and leave the rooting to you guys.
[Nexus One General] wrench115:
Flashing back to thw original stock rom should fix it there's a link posted above. Atleast it worked when I had a g1 and royally screwed up. I would try that first.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
I cant,or obviously don't know how to flash back to the original rom.Don't mean to sound ungrateful but it appears nobody is reading about the problem I'm having ,again I'm stuck at the x and can't get out.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
I will paypal 20 bucks to the person who helps me out of this mess
[Nexus One General] craigacgomez:
OK, relax... take a deep breath... and try this out...

1. Download a full ROM zip (e.g. Passion-EPE54B.zip) from http://mediafire.com/n1passion

2. Pop out your SD card and pop that zip onto your SD card, be sure to rename it to PASSIMG.zip

3. Boot into bootloader mode (power off -> trackball + power)

4. The phone should pick up the PASSIMG.zip and ask you if you would like to update it... select yes!!

This will restore you to the stock EPE54B image, you can then download the FRF91 OTA or re-root you phone...
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
Craig,I downloaded the file from post#9 and renamed it PASSIMG.zip and went to bootloader and the x came up again,do I need to use the 54 one you were talking about to get to 91,sorry but I'm smartphone illiterate as hell.I get a message that says no image or wrong image

If I try to apply sd card update I get this message

failed to open\sdcard\update.zip(no such file or directory)

E signature verification failed

Installation aborted

Does it matter where on the memory card the file is at?
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
what we don't know is what recovery you have, if you bootloader is unlocked or not.

I don't know anything about that one click method. if you have a nandroid file on you sd look in there and see if you have actual backups.

and now i can't remember if you got to the restore menu or not.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
bootloader not locked,under clockwork mod I see recovery and there is 3 backups under recovery
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
seems to me scroll down to nandroid, hit the trackball, scroll down to restore, hit the trackball. The top power button will get you one screen back if you choose the wrong thing.

I bet you've done this already and it didn't work?
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
It takes me back to the x
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
you can't just randomly update zip some of those files from media fire. You have to have the full rom. Some of those are update zips from other roms like the ere27 and ebe whatever.

A full rom on the root of your sd card, or one of your three backup nandroids. Restore one of those or "apply sd card:update.zip" this choice only looks for a file named update.zip.

OR "install zip from sdcard" next menu gives you the choice to pick the zip to install.

I was reading the other pages of your other thread, that's why I said that.
[Nexus One General] Mokurex:
This is gonna be a reallyyyy long day. LOL
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
so you can get to the restore screen and you see a file such as "2010-08-08.16.36.10/" ? and you click it and you go straight to an X?

these menus have green letters right?
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
do i need to run to the store for more beer?
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
I used the file you linked me to from post #9 and when I try to do ANYTHING from those bootloader or the other screen it goes straight to the x,but I can see the file you linked on my sd card
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
If you help me fix this I'm gonna pay for the beer:)
[Nexus One General] cyberjones:
Are you saying you can't get into the boot loader?
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
just to be clear, you see the green colored zip file in the recovery on the phone and you click it and you get the X?

not trying to be a ****, just making sure i understand
[Nexus One General] jbrinkley:
don't confuse him, he's in recovery mode lol
[Nexus One General] Flippy125:
First of all, DONT pay $20 for something this simple to fix. Now, look up "PASSIMG.ZIP" download it and copy to the root of your sd card. Then, put the card back in, but when u put the battery back in, hold volume - down and turn on, it should load up the file and ask if you want to restore, hit yes and install the OTA's you need. And please dont quit on root because of this little problem =( the nexus is made by this developer community and without root you lose half of the phone's capabilities. 720p, overclocking, FM radio, etc.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
no,I see the backup stuff on the sd card not the phone itself
[Nexus One General] talan1268:
I'm not sure about Clockwork's recovery, but under Amon_RA's you would highlight the newest backup then click the trackball. There would be a message that pops up asking you to click the trackball to confirm, or any other key to abort. Click the trackball, and you should see a progress followed by a message that says Recovery successful. Vol-up to go back to the main screen and select reboot.

In order to flash a shipping rom and then update to FRF91, you're going to have to put the stock recovery image back on your N1 with fastboot. Custom recoverys won't install them
[Nexus One General] C64c:
I had a problem like this on my n1 where it continuous rebooted on the X. All that wrong, was i'd hadn't cleared the cache and something else. After that, all worked fine.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
As above, bet you didn't wipe before flashing.
[Nexus One General] cyberjones:
You might want to put the passimg.zip file on a clean newly formatted card. That made it easier for me when I got stuck in a similliar situation.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
Was gonna try that today but thanks to Flippy I ended up getting it back up last night,problem is it was a 2.1 file.Can anyone tell me the EASIEST way to get froyo back.
[Nexus One General] GldRush98:
Easiest way?

Wait for the OTA notification to tell you it's ready.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
I was thinking it would have done it already.

Yeah I tried already but will continue but for other people having the same probem what I did was downloaded the os file(I think it has to be a full copy and not just an update one)and copied it to the sd card but I had to rename it passimg no capitals no .zip or anything else only passimg worked as I tried PASS.img,PASS.IMG.Hope this helps,matter of fact I tried so much stuff that I'm sure I forgot some of the steps to get it working but renaming it the way I did got it back but now I really want froyo back.
[Nexus One General] Macklessdaddy:
Ok gents the neighborhood pest is back.I now have build epe76 2.1 on my phone,can someone help me get 2.2 back?
[Nexus One General] sheanzyy:
Type this in on your Dialer, don't press CALL ..*#*#CHECKIN#*#* (2432546) are the numbers.

It should push the update for you.
[Nexus One General] maedox:
For the future: As long as you can get to recovery, fastboot or even just see the "X" there is no need to panic. On the other hand if you ever decide to flash a radio image, make damn sure you get the correct one. If you manage to flash the wrong radio (should be difficult) or it flashed only partially, your phone is a paperweight.
[Nexus One General] blunden:
It should've been as easy as wiping and reflashing CM6 or your rom of choice. When it get stuck at the boot-animation it's almost always just a question of wiping to fix it (and reflashing if you have messed with the system or boot-partition).
[Desire General] chili1496:
just updated handcent and now i find the above running in the background all the time? whats its for

thanks
[Desire General] AndroHero:
its the process for handscent sms to check for new msgs use your head lol
[Desire General] kmetek:
it must have been running even before?
[Desire General] chili1496:
nope it was not
[Desire General] chili1496:
how about i use your head !!
[Vibrant General] Spokenblurb:
Is the vibrant the first US phone with a dedicated gpu?
[Vibrant General] ConceptVBS:
No, but it has the fastest one available.
[Android Software Development] fabiboo50:
Can anyone tell me how to root my motorolar dext. I do not know the procedure for rooting it. Thank you.

Sent from my MB200
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] barnettc2:
Sorry for links. moderator to fix. Thanks!

Created a Zelda themed splash screen. Just put this file (PB31IMG.zip) onto the root of your sd card and boot into hboot. (hold volume down powering on.) You will be prompted to install (Volume Up)

Note: you will need s-off.

Enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/b6wwcdzqp74s7w8/PB31IMG.zip

Many thanks to deficitism for the tutorial
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Mach3te:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/b6wwcdzqp74s7w8/PB31IMG.zip
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] barnettc2:
Thanks for your help!
[Android Apps and Games] Tweak_four17:
Hey,

been racking my brain like pool balls trying to figure this out. Is there a way to modify the lockscreen or is there another lockscreen that will display a countdown to the next alarm when enabled? Similar to what S2U2 did for winmo 6.5, I like being able to switch on the screen and see (6:30am, 8hours, 23minutes) so I know how much longer until the next alarm goes off..alternatively if such a mod/lockscreen doesn't exist how about a live wallpaper or widget that does this that I could combine with a transparent lockscreen or disable the lockscreen to see the countdown timer..

thanks,

Tweak

edit: I have a telus HTC Desire with android 2.1 if that matters..
[Android Apps and Games] Tweak_four17:
So..noone knows of an app for this eh? :( That sucks..I tried Final Countdown, and it will do a countdown to a time that yuo can set, so if I set it for the same time as my alarm it is a bit of a workaround, but it needs to be set everyday and doesnt show on the lcokscreen, just as a widget..
[Android Apps and Games] karrigancs:
Good. Another would be interested but it seems that there is nothing ...
[Android Software Development] fabiboo50:
Can some one help me with an application that can view microsoft word, excel and other files on my motorolar dext. I can't view these fils with my quickoffice installed on my phone. Thank you.

Sent from my MB200
[Android Software Development] IcerJo:
Documents to go
[Android Software Development] fabiboo50:
Hope is a demo. How can I get the full version. Do not have a credit card

Sent from my MB200
[Android Software Development] benjymous:
You can buy using a check (if you've got a US bank account)

http://www.dataviz.com/purchase/upgrade/documentstogo/android/index.html

Either that, or see if you can get a prepay credit card (plenty of places offer those, and they're available pretty much to anyone, and are accepted just like regular credit cards online)

Or just ask someone who does have a credit card to buy it for you :-)
[Touch Pro CDMA] Deltatristar500:
Hi, does anyone know what Sprint is replace user with Touch Pro when phone is broken or lost now a days?
[Touch Pro CDMA] tgkdubb:
any word on this...my screen is starting to go...the digitizer I believe.
[Touch Pro CDMA] Deltatristar500:
I thought by now a replacement would be Touch Pro 2 or HTC Hero, but not sure and I cant locate the topic about this stuff.
[Touch Pro CDMA] Deltatristar500:
Got my TP2 as a replacement...my options where a TP, TP2, Samsung Moment, Blackberry something and that was it
[Touch Pro CDMA] marlboro_greens:
where are you located? i just got a touch pro that was fixed up. im located in northern california.
[Touch Pro CDMA] shahzade:
They just gave me a refurbished TP when I took mine in about a month ago. I was hoping for at least a TP2, that way my desire for a new phone would be satiated until WP7.
[General Questions and Answers] asad1150:
Hi

i have Htc Touch Pro GSM. Windows 6.5

i want to use my HTC as a 3g modem/HSDPA in my desktop, in my Desktop operating system is windows 7 , i couldn't find the way how to connect my PC with 3g modem with data Cable ( mini USB Cable), plz help me
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] StreakUK:
Ok, so I just got my Dell streak on O2 - first thing I did was install 2.1 on it.

when trying to sign into my googlemail account, it kept saying I had no connection (even though I was on wifi, and the browser worked on both streak and my mbp). After trying and try I decided to use the O2 sim that came with the phone (i was using my previous one still on iphone tarrif) and turned off wifi - this allowed me to sign into the market.

I found a handful of apps I wanted to download, but when I go to the download page, they all just say "starting download", the bars are animated but nothing is happening. I have tried this with both wifi on and off.

Is this a 2.1 issue?

I love the phone/tablet (phablet?) but not having access to the marketplace sucks! I also can't sync my contacts!

Help!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Djd10:
Also have the same problem with downloading apps from the "Market", but mine are on the Motorola Milestone, already preloaded with 2.1 ()Eclair. Simply won't let me download any apps, which is a minor problem I 1st had with my old HTC Wildfire, but automatically overcome. Help is greatly needed, thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ante0:
This is a 2.1/2.2 bug in the Market, which Google has to fix.

Try leaving it on "Downloading..." for a bit, it might start. Else you can try cancel-install a few times, that should get it going.

I thought they fixed this for 2.1, but they obviously didn't :/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Djd10:
Aight then, thanks, so it's basically a common Eclair/Froyo OS problem? Hopefully that'll all work then. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Djd10:
Would there be any other problems other than the OS that could prevent apps from being downloaded from the "Andorid Market"? Because I've tried the above steps and I'm gettin' nothing.