yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiiNgLiiNdO:
try this :rolleyes:

I got an error saying 'unknown error 18', I Google'd the error and found a possible fix, which was un-mounting the SD card. I tried, and was able to install the apps ! I then have to mount the SD card and move the apps across! It works, but its a real pain to have to keep un-mounting and mounting the sd card! :p

giv it a shot
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjlabais:
that's what i posted before you :P
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skbgiants:
Totally worked. I was having trouble updating ROM manger because it was on the SD card. Thanks!

EVO 4G

2.2

Rooted

Stock Rom
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stavec:
So can everybody definitely tell,what to do? I have this problem with installing angry birds on my desire and also when I do pm setinstalllocation to SD. how to solve this problem without root and everytime un/mounting SD? Please, help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paperheart:
the removal of smdl2tmp1.asec worked!! i've been facing this error on market and 'application not installed' error if i'm installing with an apk (larger than 10mb - no idea why).

now i can go crazy again with huge apps on my G1 with a2sdext!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddeluxe:
Worked like a charm! Thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gwanatu:
This happened on my G2, but removing that file solved it. Thanks again to this forum, it is constantly a life saver!!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TillysWilly:
ok I need to buy you a beer that worked like a champ on my Droid 2 iv been having this problem forever THANK YOU
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TemporalShadows:
I just wanted to chime in and say that deleting that file worked great. Thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeltime:
Change your CM Setting

I solved this problem on a rooted Hero by going to:

Settings -> CM settings -> Application Settings -> Install Location,

and choosing automatic.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjh8154:
Thank you tjlabais!

My partner's Droid X (2.2.1, rooted using Z4Root) was having the same problem with the "installation error unknown reason -18" when trying to install "Angry Birds Seasons". Other apps were installing just fine but not this one. I simply unmounted the SD card as you advised, installed the app without problem, and then remounted the SD card and all is well! :D:D

Thank you!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giacomanu:
This also worked for me..tnx!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nagasgura:
It works!

I was messing around with clockworkmod and kernels and I was worried that I would have to do a nandroid restore, but the last method saved me.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liliaceae81:
This is going to be a stupid question but where do I put the code? I've been trying for weeks to install Angry birds and other games and keep getting the "Unknown Reason -18" code. I even had my phone replaced with a new one-guys at Verizon couldn't figure out what was wrong. Please help! thanks

------------EDIT------------------

Finally found the folder .android_secure and removed it- apps install like a charm! THANK YOU!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Speakupdude:
Just unmount your SD card and install app and then Remount... It's an error with some SD cards including mine...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzys_dr:
-18 code problem

Thanks for hints!

I had exactly the same problem on my Desire and removal of smdl2tmp1.asec has worked for me perfectly fine.

All you need is to connect your device as removable drive, then using any of file explorer (under W7 totalcmd i.e.) go to SD card .android_secure dir and remove smdl2tmp1.asec file.

That is it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankbald:
it works

Thanks for the help everybody, I was becoming crazy. But so what was the problem with this file? It will come back in some times? there won't be any permanent fix by Google?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trulskaare:
This worked for me:

Browsed to .android_secure folder on SD card and deleted this file:

smdl2tmp1.asec

Simple.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siaokiawei:
I delete the smdl2tmp1.asec file already.....but still same problem on my desire.....how can i do? or got other file wanna delete?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parrimin:
I am not able to see the folder you say.

I have not an external SD. My phone is rooted, and from a terminal I try:

su
rm /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec

And it says read-only file system. And yes, I typed correctly (the first is an "L", not a "one") If I do an ls, does not show any file inside that directory.

If I connect my phone to the PC, I only have three folders: Android, DCIM and LOST.DIR. I recently formatted the internal card.

So, am I doing something wrong, is there any other way? I recently formatted the whole phone, to have Froyo, and I am not able to install some apps (not only Angry Birds, also Slice it, and some Samsung Apps). I am not able to understand anything, before I formatted, I was able to install anything without problems,
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parrimin:
I dont have that option also. CM Setting? I have Applications, in settings menu, but anythign about install location
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightriderjoe:
deleting "rm /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec" worked for me

thanks to everyone that put there 2 cents in
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyingjedi:
UNMOUNT SDCARD TO RID of [INSTALLATION ERROR UNKNOWN REASON -18]

This worked perfectly! UNMOUNT SDCARD! perfect

Thanks

DyingJedi
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobvanjr:
Un-mounting the SD card worked for me with Angry Birds. How can I find the file I need to delete on an unrooted EVO? I have no idea how to find it. Total noob here.

Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zigadabooga:
Stock Nexus One 2.2.2 FRG83G.

I tried the passive, move to phone-unmount-update-mount-move to SD card, worked for a couple apps' updates.

But when I moved Angry Birds to my phone it doesn't show on market that I have it installed, just shows "Free" instead of "Update" and "Uninstall" on market page.

I can still run the app and data is intact.

What is the file smdl2tmp1.asec? I deleted it, ran check disk and repair on my SD Card (after backing it up) everything ok. Tried updates, still no luck.

It's not just Angry Birds, a good 10% of apps don't show under the Market.

Now once a week I get a notification of updates. The ones that do update are the ones that show under the market, some are on SD card some on phone.

The apps that get error 18 don't show in 'My Apps' except this once a week notification.

After the error it's dropped from the list of 'My Apps' and I wont see it again for a week.

I've tried *#*#checkin#*#* to force market updates, nothing.

Realized I initially install Angry Birds from the Rovio website, didn't stop me from updating before. Just installed new version from market as if I didn't already have it and it worked, data intact.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankostanko:
Go to Settings/SD & Phone storage/Unmound SD card.

Install the game.

Mount SD card.

Done :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tintin169:
My problem is after mounted back the sd card i cannot move angry birds to sd....only can work on phone, but i also have the angry birds season which works fine and moved to sd.....so wtf happened and what to do????
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chibucks:
+1 for me as well. :) thanks everyone.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankiepapa:
Thanks so much for this information!! Have been trying since August to find information about this stupid error, thanks again!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkofman:
Worked for me too
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadanger:
Answer

Just unmounted your ad card and then install. You can mount the card after the installation.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyo:
i deleted my security folder on my SD card as well as clearing my marketplace cache and it got rid of this error, i can finally play angry birds again
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobvanjr:
So I'd still like a step by step direction on how to delete the file that may be causing the problem. Once again, from a total noon perspective.

I'm so frustrated. I can't even install some apps that I've never used before...it's not just updates.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkt:
For the non rooted device:

1) purchase MicroSD -> SD card adapter. I got mine on Dealextreme

2) use the adapter to insert your phone's MicroSD card into a computer that has SD card slot

3) find and delete smdl2tmp1.asec

before I could perform the above steps I used to move each application to the phone memory before updating it. And then back to SD card after the update.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destke:
I wish that would helped but the only thing in it is a poor

com.piviandco.fatbooth-1

So for me. Still no solution. Maybe a full wipe will do :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pana_Ruplahlava:
ok.. im stuck, again. im getting -18 error, x8 2.2.1 Floyo v 0.15

that file /mnt/secure/asec/smdl2tmp1.asec is not on my card (used su, win explorer showing hidden files) even if i delete whole folder, nothing happens

whe i try to unmount card and then install app, it wont download :-/
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WitchMX:
Worked just great. Thanks a lot. I love this forum.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wss05:
Here's one solution that worked for me:

I installed Android Market 3.0.27 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1166152

I cleared the market cash and Google services framework data as per the steps described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893538

Then the trick that did it was to disable app2SD under settings/applications.

I still am missing some apps in the market (Skype, Facebook, Google Maps, etc.) but at least I can install them from apk files now.

I hope this helps.

Cheers
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalman213:
I finally finished compiling an aosp build. But when i boot it sticks on the htc incredible screen and the logcat shows http://pastebin.com/YNvdwqA2. Anyone have any idea how i can fix this problem?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoreclipse:
i wouldnt know how to fix it, but i can say that the dalvik cache is shot.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalman213:
i think it has something major to do with D/dalvikvm( 204): Unable to process classpath element '/system/framework/servic es.jar'
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoreclipse:
i think it was services.core....which is the main part or dalvik
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalman213:
please anyone, im still having these problems when using my build
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoreclipse:
did it build successfully.?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalman213:
yes, and it installs completely fine
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atarno:
Hey folks,

Despite the fact I defined my wifi never to go off it still seems to be disconnected after some time while the device is in a sleep mode. I see that it's also not switched on by apps needed to be updated online, f.e. apps like weather forecast stay not updated.

I use wifi analyzer to manage my wifi.

Any thoughts how can I make wifi to be on after it's already connected while n1 is in a sleep mode?

Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chopes:
Search for the wifi keep alive mod.

Should fix your problem I think.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icemanscion:
Topic says it all and now im having problems trying to flash to a different rom. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilwilwel:
A lil more informatie would be usefull:

- what did you do before this occured?

You can switch ROMS. Is you installed HSPL you simply power down your phone, hold volume down and reboot until bootloader shows. Then connect your usb cable. It's recommended to use Task29 before flashing into another ROM
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fred_up:
Make sure you have flashed the Energy's recomended Radio ROM (becareful if you are using a USA T-Mobile phone).
[myTouch 3G Slide General] matt897:
I've been looking to change the LED notification color on my mytouch slide however it seems that the hardware is limited to only green and orange...

anyone successfully changed the LED out for a multicolored one?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] em2drvr03:
there is only 2 led colors and thats them
[myTouch 3G Slide General] SefEXE:
I think he's asking if anyone has replaced the 2-color one with a multi-color one. At least, I think.

I haven't done much research, but I don't think anyone's mentioned it.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] beartard:
I haven't pulled the slide apart to check, but most 2-color LEDs only have 2 leads to solder to the board. The color is changed by polarity. Multicolor RGB LEDs have four leads: one for common, and one for each of red, green, and blue. I can't imagine HTC would include the board traces for it and not include it.
[General Questions and Answers] interlope:
I am wondering if it is at least *technically* (even if no current solution exists) possible for any existing smartphone to register to a GAP compatible DECT base station. For example, could a person develop a radio for a WM6.x device that would allow the phone to be used as a DECT handset?
[General Questions and Answers] interlope:
Judging by the silence, should I assume the answer is it's not possible?
[EVO 4G General] simon1100f:
I purchased internet service straight from Clearwire and changed my evo settings on the 4G side exclusively to Clearwire settings. My best speed with Sprint was 3.5mps now I am getting ten mps? What am I missing here? My brother has a TMobile g1 that was always getting better speeds than me. That promted me to want to research this. I am told by Clearwire reps that Sprint uses a technology called MIP to help lock on to towers which can cause slower speeds. Anyone aware of this MIP technology?
[EVO 4G General] crypt0kiddie:
Would that really surprise you?

Although, didn't Sprint claim us EVO people who were paying the $10 extra would get "unlimited" speed? Well unlimited within the capabilities of the 4G service anyway.

Wouldn't that be fraud then?
[EVO 4G General] pididente:
Yes, I think you should sue Sprint.
[EVO 4G General] jkinnison90:
There's people posting that are getting 9/10 mbps on sprint 4g.
[EVO 4G General] crakerjaks:
I get 8mb on average, 9mb max on 4g using speedtest app on phone, not even tethering..
[EVO 4G General] BigRick10:
I usually get around 9-10mpbs but I have peaked at 13mpbs. :cool:
[EVO 4G General] EliWay:
Sprint does not cap download speeds. They do currently cap upload speeds to 1mbps.
[EVO 4G General] om4:
no they dont cap, they throttle the network which is just as bad, in my area there are 4 antennas which blanket the whole town, one side is closer to 1Mbps the other 3-4Mbps, the other 2 in between 1-3 but in peraland just 2 streets down theres a 5th that covers just that area of pearland and there i reach 8-9 and where i am the evo wont stay on 4g longer then a minute before losing the signal

@simon what do you mean by change the settings to clear? i thought that you just turn it on and off...theres a settings page for 4g?
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
gotten 8-9mbps on evo's at best buy and around the sprint store location. Getting about 3-5mbps about 5-10miles from those locations
[EVO 4G General] manooti:
look at my sig.. i had a mt3g and now have the evo. i use mobilespeedtest for the mytouch because i wasnt getting good speed results with speedtest app. on the evo the speed test app was better

forgot to answer the mip tech thing. when i had an issue with my phone i had to reset the tower from where i purchased the phone to where i live. i had to drive 150 miles round trip for the phone. when i got back it was all messed up. had to reset some settings like update prl and stuff to get the new tower connected. im guessing everytime you go somewhere and plan to stay for a while or youre getting slow speeds try rebooting phone and see if that helps. but anyway you already switched, so yah
[EVO 4G General] Chem_Guy:
I got 11mb in silicone valley.
[EVO 4G General] sprink0281:
It always nice by those BB's and certain Sprint stores! They love to use repeaters so when they sell you the service it always works so nice for demo purposes.......waiting the Sprint store 2 miles from the house to get theirs..The store mgr has been saying any week now it should be installed for the last 2 months. Hopefully it will share some of those 4G's with me! If and when it gets installed. 4G's---still lol'n
[EVO 4G General] imcdona:
It appears that there is there is a speed increase by merely changing the realm to clearwire-wmx.net from sprintpcs.com. In addition to speed, ping times were reduced from 400ms to 100ms.

It appears that the sprint wimax realm is limited somehow. QOS? At any rate, sprints 4g appears to be crippled.
[EVO 4G General] manooti:
how did you switch it? i wanna try it and see if it changes my dl speed at all
[EVO 4G General] imcdona:
@zeuzinn all the evidence thus far seems to contradict your statement. Have you tried changing you realm to clearwire-wmx.net?
[EVO 4G General] flyingwolf:
Exactly what he said, how exactly do you switch?
[EVO 4G General] felacio:
##3282# > Edit Mode > put in your MSL > select WiMax. In there is an option to change your realm

...in 1943, I killed a drifter.
[EVO 4G General] crakerjaks:
I got 69mb down on your mom!
[EVO 4G General] EliWay:
No. Trying it now :P

Update: Didn't work for me. I open up the browser and it says "Clear has an important message for you" with a continue button right below. I click on it and get redirected to Clear.com. Same thing happens if I try to go to any website. :(
[EVO 4G General] tech7:
Clear is a load of crap i had them and i only would get dial up speeds and on my evo i get 5 mps to 11 mps mostly 11 mps downtown so far and unlimited no caps

HTC EVIL PHONE
[EVO 4G General] om4:
i was thinking about trying it but when i got into the wimax menu all the different values all seem numerical...got scared off haha
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
i may try this if others report success
[EVO 4G General] cornelious2:
I get 10.45 mbps on Sprint 4g just outside Chicago.
[EVO 4G General] om4:
all i saw were numerical values...im not understanding where im supposed to put the clear setting, i know it says realm, but its a numerical value?
[EVO 4G General] SolsticeZero:
I get about 7mbps on average in Houston when connected to 4G.
[EVO 4G General] prettyboyrob2007:
daymmmmm my evo is fast with clear wow
[EVO 4G General] energizer1389:
I cant even get a 4G connection. Im in Down Town Fort Worth, TX. The map says I should have great coverage but I cant connect. I have the OTA Froyo 2.2 update(I know, cant root yet, I got it already updated). Can someone help??
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
Have you ever gotten 4g at all anywhere? If so its likely a tower needing adjusting or fixing. If not then theyll want to trouble shoot your phone. Regardless calling sprint is your next step if your in good coverage area and cant get signal.

I'm in good coverage area on the map but the way the towers point I'm in a dead spot thats NOT on the coverage map and they are attempting to adjust the antennae to hit my home. If that wont work they will have to slap a fat blank spot in the coverage map which i doubt they will want to do.
[EVO 4G General] jerryparid:
I only wish that Sprint could guarantee 1 mbits 3G over all of Indianapolis.....
[EVO 4G General] bludragon742:
Anyone get any odd charges as a result of changing their realm to Clear?
[EVO 4G General] EliWay:
Seems like it's a bug. Same thing happened to me when I tried to access the WiMax section. Realm was set at "10" and the reading of the settings took about 10 times longer than usual. Odd. I restarted and it worked.

Anyone else tried changing their realm to clearwire-wmx.net and got the Clear.com redirect loop?
[EVO 4G General] TeknoJnky:
interesting find...

I did not get a speed increase, at least at my current location, but my ping went from 150 to 50ish. My 3g pings were usually around 400.

Stability about the same suckiness here, too often cycles to 3g and back.

But I think something wrong with the tower here, I get much more stable connection and speeds at home.

My browser is functioning normally, no redirects to clear website.
[EVO 4G General] om4:
for those that have been successful, did any of you see what i did in settings, i dont want to change it if im seeing the wrong information, realm seems to be a numerical value
[EVO 4G General] TeknoJnky:
realm should not be numeric

you may want to try:

a) turn off 4g

b) shut down phone

c) restart then recheck ##data#

also, see

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731960

for default data settings
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
WOW. TAKE A BREATH DUDE!!! I changed the realm and it put me in a redirect loop. No data here.
[EVO 4G General] simon1100f:
I activated a day pass account to get around being VLand to the clear web page.
[EVO 4G General] bludragon742:
My original question still stands...Simon, have you talked to Clearwire about this? Thank you for all the wonderful info and detailed description even if it was a little long-winded.
[EVO 4G General] Rudementry:
I get 12Mbps at my house. Just saying.
[EVO 4G General] simon1100f:
After many hours of working with clear reps we discovered all that u need to chage is

1. relm sprintpcs.com

2. Change to Clearwire-wmx.net

Done
[EVO 4G General] davejet:
If u change realm r u going to be hit for dat charges?
[EVO 4G General] EliWay:
Doesn't work for some though including myself :(

Getting the redirect loop
[EVO 4G General] simon1100f:
I new at posting very long winded!

Yes I have been in contact with Clearwire. I did open a day pass account for testing purpose to get around being redirected to clear.com. once u open an account they input your mac address into the authentication server which will stop u from being redirected to clear
[EVO 4G General] simon1100f:
With that being said if u have a speed test app even without an account speed test app will start to work and might stop halfway threw. U will notice ping ms drop and speed increase
[EVO 4G General] simon1100f:
My speed atleast doubles everytime. Anyone know if sprint uses an invisible proxy?
[EVO 4G General] prettyboyrob2007:
speeds on clear are sick using my qik app
[EVO 4G General] Tilde88:
to get around Clear page you can set your DNS so google dns or OpenDNS... however, doing this on Android... is nogo
[EVO 4G General] Tilde88:
heres what you CAN do ... connect @ CW, and tether... then set your PC DNS to the stated ones... anyone test?
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Could someone please tell me how to get my MSL? Thank you :)

edit: Nevermind, I just called Sprint and they gave it to me basically no questions asked.
[EVO 4G General] oikjdfkrjhr:
What happens when you lose 4g and it switches to slower network? Does you network connection hiccup? Lose file transfer, or video playing aborts or hiccups? Thanks.
[EVO 4G General] TeknoJnky:
3g and 4g networks are completely different, they get different ips, so whenever there is a switch over, any data connection gets disconnected and has to reconnect on the new ip.

btw, I started getting the clear home page redirection, so I set it back to sprintpcs.com
[EVO 4G General] MadFlava:
Thats awesome.. even with 4G Ive never seen anything faster than about 1.5 down.
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
Ok so I have to pay clearwire for a separate account??? That's a no for me, I pay enough already.
[EVO 4G General] woofermazing:
The day pass is 10 bucks, supposedly you only need to pay for it once.
[EVO 4G General] prettyboyrob2007:
i already had clear
[EVO 4G General] ajk511:
I have Clear as my home internet in downtown Chicago( north loop). Varies back and fourth but pretty much getting the same speeds with clear 4g as sprint. When clear plays nice that is. IMHO Clear regulates usage. Either that or its just that inconsistent.
[EVO 4G General] dragonlord76:
Where in Silicone Valley?
[EVO 4G General] woofermazing:
Must have meant LA.