yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
How is your card formatted? Fat, Fat32, NFTS?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattiL:
Did you drag-n-drop your video folder into some other folder by mistake ?

Search for large files on the sdcard.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptshun:
fat 32 its the 16 gig from rogers, class 2
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
This happened to me a bit ago, but put it down to how the card was formatted, but it's not happened since reformatting. Try reformatting and take it from there.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kloud_:
Same thing happened to me as well lost my pics of the last day at the college as well as a few songs and walpapers. :-(

And was wondering what went wrong....??! :-(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
So, a little history...

I'm on my 2nd Captivate (unrelated issue). The boot problems didn't arise until I restored my data onto it. The first time I tried restoring system data along with my apps (which I figured was safe since I was going from 2.1 stock to the same) but that had lots of issues. So I did a factory reset, and started over. This time I just restored apps and their data, and a few specific pieces of system data (contacts, wifi APs, etc). That worked better. But later I got too aggressive with what system apps I "froze" (using Titanium Backup), and it got into boot loops I couldn't break out of. So I did another factory reset.

This time, first I carefully froze only apps I was to confirm were safe to freeze. I didn't proceed restoring my apps until I was done freezing and ensured it was booting fine. I then restored all my apps (and their data). The problem is now that it takes forever to boot... in fact, it'll go into a boot loop if I just leave it be. It seems the only way I can gain access is to try and unlock it before it's done booting, clear any "Force close" errors (sometimes takes a few tries) and given enough attempts, I can get in. But the boot takes an unbelievable amount of time, and even with my original apps is many times longer than before on my previous Captivate. Once I fuss my way in, it seems mostly fine, but something is obviously wrong and I want to get it straightened out.

Aside from doing another factory reset, and reinstalling all my apps (which takes like a day without troubleshooting after each, since batch restores in TB don't seem to work well on the Captivate so I have to do them one by one), I'm hoping there's a way to troubleshoot it in its current state and try to fix the problem surgically versus erasing and starting over. I looked at the logcat logs but got in over my head... there are so many errors and warnings and I don't know what's normal and what isn't... too many to know where to begin with searching Google.

So... advice? What tools are available? Even the logcat doesn't seem to kick in until the boot is mostly done, so I'm not sure if it can catch the problem while it's happening. One frustrating thing about Android is that is seems to have no "safe mode" or other diagnostic boot or full logging where you can methodically look at what's happening and experiment with the config. If this was a Windows, Linux or FreeBSD box I'd be in my element and able to get to the bottom of this, but on Android I feel even more crippled, locked-out and helpless than even on Windows. Urgh.

There's got to be a better way to troubleshoot and fix than endless random factory resets. This is something us anti-Windows people scold PC makers for, with all their use of "Restore CDs" for every minor and trivial software issue.

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
I can't help but think you are still disabling some essential system apps. Either that or one of your apps is causing major problems. Please list what you have frozen in tibu. Btw, the batch function works fine and is what most people on here use.

Also, what is force closing after you restore your apps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
First of all, thanks for taking a stab at this. :)

My frozen apps are:

* AllShare

* AT&T FamilyMap

* AT&T Hot Spots

* AT&T Maps

* AT&T Music

* AT&T Navigator

* AT&T Radio

* Daily Briefing

* Days

* Instant Messaging

* Media Hub

* Mini Diary

* Mobile Banking

* Mobile Video

* MobiTV

* Where

* Write and Go

* YPmobile

I also tried removing my MicroSD card, as well as switching back to Touchwiz (from LauncherPro). Didn't help.

Yeah the batch problem in TB is very frustrating. I'm using the pay/donate version so I'm missing out on a feature I paid for. I've been exchanging emails with Joel (the author) and we haven't figured it out yet. Batch backups work fine. Batch uninstalls also work fine (update: phone just spontaneously rebooted after about 50 or so uninstalls in a batch). It's the batch restores that seem to choke it. It's not corrupt backup files... a verify runs fine, and I can individually restore the same handful of apps one by one that will choke and hang/reboot the Captivate if attempted to restore in a batch.

The FC error I get is on boot-up, as I try to unlock the screen prior to the boot finishing. I often see "Process system is not responding".

I have aLogcat installed, if that's any use. A few questions about that:

- What's the best logging level to view on? In other words, do I care about "Warnings"?

- What errors are common, harmless, and safe to ignore?

Currently I've tried uninstalling everything down to just a few core apps. Certainly boots fine now, but I get plenty of warnings and errors in logcat.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Are u restoring just the user installed apps+data, or system apps too? Or restoring system stuff like contacts data, accounts prefs, etc?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
I did not do a "restore system data" or any batch/bulk option in TB that restored all system data. As I recall, the only system data I restored a-la-carte (by selecting the individual item from the TB list) were:

Accounts

Bluetooth pairints

Bookmarks

Calendar

Contacts

Wi-Fi Access Points

These were all items in green in TB. I don't believe I restored anything else. Possibilities I suppose are wallpaper settings, "Country, Launguage, Time Zone"... but I definitely would not have restored anything not green.

Are these items safe? Is there any system data definitely not safe to restore? I have to wonder though, if "system data" is unsafe to even restore to the same stock OS version... why back it up at all?

I'm not a long distance from doing yet another factory reset I suppose, if it must come to that. But I'd love a way a bit more analytical/exacting to try and troubleshoot this other than "reinstall one app, reboot, see what happens" as that will take me a week to get back to where I was. I also suspect it's not just one single app that would suddenly show a huge difference after installing, but instead might be the cumulative errors from several apps and knowing how to identify that and clean them up would be useful.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Using adb logcat you can view what is occurring while the phone is booting and possibly see where it is hanging or what is causing the slow boot times. I have seen problems from restoring data such as accounts and contacts with titanium backup but does not seem that it should be an issue when using the same system though I have very little experience with the stock firmware. I know it is not an answer to your question but it seems that you are wanting to remove all the att/Samsung BS so why not flash a rom that does this as well as much more?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
Thanks for the tip about adb. I've actually not needed adb for anything yet so I've never set it up or used it. I wasn't aware that the service would be active early enough on the phone's boot process to allow it to log boot logs... nor was I even aware it could do this. I'll definitely check out how to set this up... however, if you have a free second and can point me in the right direction (FAQ, instructions, etc) it'd certainly be appreciated otherwise I'll search around and try to find it.

I could probably find other ways to restore contacts and could set my accounts up again manually but I really doubt that's the cause and the other ways are sort of a pain and imperfect. Since neither of us is really convinced that'd be it I won't bother yet until/unless you really suspect it. :)

I wondered how long it'd take before someone would suggest a custom ROM, this being XDA and all. ;) Short version is I'm not really sold on the concept, as they are all based on the buggy beta leaked ROM, or 2.2 ROMs from other devices that have been hacked up to sort of work as well as possible on the Captivate. All seem to have issues... enough that I'm not really left feeling confident about them. Seems every release unleashes new issues despite addressing old ones, and all seem to have at least a handful of gremlin items that just don't work quite right. Don't have a warm fuzzy feeling, and I still feel like Samsung is going to release an official 2.2 for the Captivate within the next month or so, so I'm interested to see what comes of that. If nothing else, it'll give a better baseline for custom 2.2 ROMs. ;) Then there's the 2.3 being worked on... now that might be interesting.

I don't really think my issue here is related to me running 2.1.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
On my phone so it is a pita to search and add a link for you but search for android sdk and you will find what you need to get adb up and running.

And as far as the rom issue goes..it is your phone and I respect your concerns I just had to ask :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokestack76:
I would think its media hub that slows it down. It will search your SD cards on every boot. I would start there first.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
That's one of the apps I've frozen though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
For me the longest process while booting is the stupid media scanner upon bootup. Takes FOREVER for the phone to finally "boot" all the way up.

Been looking for a way to disable it (not really lol) and only have it scan manually to see if the boot time will improve. I'd start searching there.

Also - from what I've read nothing you did should have affected the phone. BUT - if your using Google for your Calendar and Contacts.. and they all get synced up to Google? Why bother doing the restore for those? After you sign up with the Market they get pulled back down to your phone automagically :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
It's definitely more than just the media scanner. I watch that. When everything is loaded up, it actually reboots in a loop unless intercept the FC. The media scanner will rerun over and over each time... far more than the standard two times.

And I use Google Calendar for my events, but I keep my contacts locally on my phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
So what is the FC again?

Yep.. my media scanner will run at least 3 times before it stops checking everything.

Very frustrating that the software does this EVERY time I boot back into my phone - you'd think a programmer would put a check to see if it had run before or make it user configurable to scan when you want it to. :mad:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
See my second post (reply #3):

"Process system is not responding"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
LOL sorry not enough coffee and a lil' guy that decided to wake up at 4a.m. = not a good mix.

Well.. did the ol' wise search of Google and came up with:

Might be a permissions issue. Easiest way to fix it is to run ROM Manager and have it fix permisions.

Run the command yourself in ADB:

Open terminal and
>su
$mount -a
$fix_permissions -r
The -r is optional, but necessary if you find orphaned apps (the app not found please reinstall message)
And reboot. That may help.

And it was also stated that you might have an errant widget/application causing the issue as well. That will be fun trying to figure out what it is. :rolleyes:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
And.. from my non-dev/non-professional experience - I have checked the logs on my phone and do see a large number of warnings on the phone - but never hindered performance.

So.. 99% of the time you can probably ignore them.

But back to the FC issue - I would try doing a restore of your apps/data again (I read where you have it back down to the "core) and then run the permission script or have ROM Manager do it for you and see if it returns.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sremick:
Just an update that I think the "fix permissions" thing solved most (but perhaps not all) of my issues. Thanks so much for the tip. I've been reinstalling apps in batches and it's much better, although I see it getting bogged-down bit by bit and I can't pin down what or why.

Thing is, the apps I'm installing in these later rounds/batches shouldn't be resident all the time, shouldn't be auto-loading, and don't come up in things like Startup Cleaner or Advanced Task Killer. Nor do the various process monitors I've tried seem to have the granularity/ability to catch them while they're happening.

So things are better, but I still have some issues without a suitable means to diagnose. I don't get why just having more apps installed, but not running, should affect boot time so much. Hmm...

An inability to troubleshoot certainly rains on my love-affair with Android... not that I'm jumping to another platform anytime soon, but I really want this to work well (as well as be a good salesman to friends and family who often turn to me to show off quality technology).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wunicky:
first my english is very very poor,thank you for support

my desire hboot info.:

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON(rooted)

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:10

make s-off,

Waiting for Android to boot, dozing off for about 30 seconds while we wait.

Step 2 of 3 is running..

"Waiting for Android to boot, dozing off for about 30 seconds while we wait." this info show the screen

but s-off is failed and phone is not brick

at my friends. They also have this problem, the steps no problem

do you know why?

thank you
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najar360:
PVT4 known that have problem to s-off
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nanujra:
PVT4 still cannot s-off at the moment

Its an announcement in the general section:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853583
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
@nunujra Incorrect... If you have a PVT-4 device with an erasesize of 20000, then you can achieve S-OFF by flashing the modified Hboot for GSM desires.

However, if you have a PVT-4 device with an erasesize of 40000, then you cannot achieve S-OFF, unless you use unrEVOked 3.22 for CDMA desires.

@wunicky you probably have a PVT-4 40000 device.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chenzhibiao:
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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3722:
:confused:

after a gTranslate : "Aberdeen to Bangni Ding Bin up less soy sauce! Wow haha"
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Rofl, haha :-)

Sent from my HTC Desire using eMIUI
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tempott:
For those of you that have decided to pass on the Nexus S in anticipation for the next Galaxy S won't have to wait much longer for the details of the device. Samsung has confirmed it will unveil it at the MWC 2011 in mid February. Can't wait...

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[Captivate Accessories] xpeppyx:
Hey I have not seen it posted yet but the official samsung car dock is out for $50....
[Captivate Accessories] Sqdnguns:
LINK ? ? ?
[Captivate Accessories] xpeppyx:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ECS-M981BEGSTA
[Captivate Accessories] Miami_Son:
Still overpriced.:rolleyes:
[Captivate Accessories] GAMacky:
Newegg has it for $34.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875998664
[Captivate Accessories] badabam1:
I have the BodyGlove case from ATT, does anyone know if I'd have to take the phone out of the case to put it into this dock?
[Captivate Accessories] Donatron:
Judging from the pictures, it looks like you probably do have to take it out of the case. It seems to be a pretty snug fit. I haven't been able to find any reviews/feedback about the car dock, tho. So I can't confirm.
[Captivate Accessories] trekie86:
Finally available, I'll probably get it from the egg. Does anyone know if the phone detects that it is in a dock as apposed to just being plugged in?
[Captivate Accessories] TexUs:
Now you can watch your non-functioning GPS with ease while on the go!
[Captivate Accessories] Voicebox:
The desk dock does trigger the phone to pull up either desk home or other things like some dock clock apps. I'd imagine the car dock will either will do the same thing, or know that's it is the car dock and do something specific to that.

One annoying thing on the desk dock is it has an audio out port, which would be great as the speaker is hard to hear considering the dock fits nice and snug. But they also give a nice announcement paper with the dock saying the audio out feature will work when Froyo is released for the phone.

With all the background noise in a car, audio out would be even more important. Since they seem to have cut a hole out in the mount where the speaker is, I'm guessing they're going the practical route with it and not counting on Froyo.
[Captivate Accessories] GAMacky:
That's where the bluetooth comes in handy.
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
Not if you get one of these.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000HZI2YY/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Got mine on sale for $15.
[Captivate Accessories] TexUs:
That's interesting so this pretty much proves the GPS issue is because of the hardware in the phone, right?
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
Thats what I thought at first too, but Im not entirely sure. The TomTom has its own GPS software in it as well, so you're bypassing the i987 entirely, both software and hardware. There is an app called "Bluetooth GPS Provider" that just reads what the TomTom is transmitting and uses it instead.
[Captivate Accessories] gary1949:
I received the Samsung Captivate Vehicle Mount and I'm very impressed with the quality of the piece. I had been using one of the generic mounts (mGrip) and although it did it's job, I wasn't satisfied. Most generic mounts use a flexible gooseneck stalk to hold the phone. This flexibility allows the phone to bounce and vibrate - it's just not steady.

There is no flexibility in the Samsung mount. No bobbing and weaving . . . none!! The phone is positioned in the mount securely and accurately, and once the phone is installed the piece with the power usb connector slides into the phone to secure the connection. There is also an external speaker jack that will become functional once we receive froyo 2.2.

When the phone is put into the mount and the mount connector piece is slid into position to mate with the phone, the phone automatically goes into the navigation desktop providing 5 large icons for the navigation functions.

The mount comes with a car charger cord included, no need to purchase one separately. Price is kind of high at $50, but it will be cheaper on eBay or discount sides if you're willing to wait awhile longer.

If you're looking for a high quality mount that provides an exact fit for your phone, proper automatic insertion and alignment (via the sliding power bracket) of the mini-usb connector and rock solid stability, this unit is the one to get.

Be aware that this mount will ONLY work with the Captivate - the other Galaxy S phones will not fit. AND Samsung mounts for the other Galaxy S phones will not work with the Captivate because of the case shape differences and the differing positions of the usb connector.

Hope this helps those looking for a vehicle mount for their Captivate.
[Captivate Accessories] TexUs:
Hmmm...

I guess the question is... Where does it do the GPS calculations at- the software that runs on top of the OS or the driver that runs below it? I don't know enough about it to know for sure- but if we knew it should help narrow it down.
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
Thanks for the review bud, I ordered one myself from the Egg. Taking my Rocketfish (temp solution, it worked ok) one back ASAP. :)
[Captivate Accessories] flashman2002:
I prefer the style from the samsung website. But its just to expensive.

This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
[Captivate Accessories] OVCArchion:
If you look at the pictures on newegg (they let you zoom), you will see that it has an audio out. I did order mine yesterday, should have it soon, it ships from their NJ warehouse.
[Captivate Accessories] Miami_Son:
I assume you're reading that from the included instructions. If so, that would make two places (home dock) where Samsung has mentioned in writing their intent to provide the update of Froyo to Captivate owners. They need to get it out already.:mad:
[Captivate Accessories] OVCArchion:
I've gotten so used to running the modified leak, I forget that we dont have official yet... I'm waiting on a stable custom 2.3 now...lol
[Captivate Accessories] jswclw:
I'm running a custom ROM based on a 2.2 leak, Cog 2.3b8 specifically, but no dice on the audio out. Got to wait for the official release I guess.

Really pleased with the Samsung Car Mount though. Easy docking, super solid.
[Captivate Accessories] OVCArchion:
I'm sure its in there, some industrious Dev can find it... I have faith!!!
[Captivate Accessories] netnerd:
this makes no sense! why would i want a bluetooth gps when cappy suppose to have build-in gps??

do you also carry a AM/FM boombox radio around everytime you go driving? haha (your car suppose to have am/rm radio build-in! )
[Captivate Accessories] bhauptman:
Confused - How do you use the mount?

I can't post links, but in the pictures, they alternate between:

-"blocky" section of the mount near the buttons.

-"blocky" section of the mount away from the buttons.

How does this mount charge the phone, by a cable or a built-in charger? If there is a built-in charger, how does it work when mounted in the first picture?
[Captivate Accessories] trekie86:
I must just be one of the lucky ones but I've never had a problem with my GPS. I do however have the random shutdown occasionally which I need to trade in based on the press release. Hope I don't get one with a bummed GPS.
[Captivate Accessories] OVCArchion:
go look at it on newegg, they have better pictures, there is a usb port on the back and it comes with a car charger.
[Captivate Accessories] GAMacky:
The one at newegg is the one they show on the samsung website.
[Captivate Accessories] Reefermattness:
Its pretty obvious that the galaxy s is "supposed" to have internal gps. My gps actually isnt even that bad, but i don't care what kind of phone GPS you have, its not going to be close to as accurate as a tomtom GPS transmitter. Plus it can be used for multiple devices including jailbroken apple products. My GPS went from 10-15' accuracy to less than 1' accuracy. I guess if you want "ok" GPS then use the phones internal but, if you want exact MPH and surveyor quality GPS then you're never gonna have it with the phone alone.
[Captivate Accessories] Miami_Son:
I'd be happy with that and getting a lock in less than 10 minutes.:mad:
[Captivate Accessories] flashman2002:
Hmmm. It looks different to me. At least when I made the comment. I guess I will have to gi back and look.

This is my Captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
[Captivate Accessories] netnerd:
People are not looking for GPS that are 100% accurate or tomtom quality, they just want a GPS that works! But not Samsung garbage! Keep losing GPS signals while driving or when I stop at stoplight, GPS navigation still shows I'm moving! Do u see people complaint about GPS on Sony, HTC, or Acer phones?