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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URALLMINE:
need photos from sbu

hi i had a galaxy s2 i backed it up a few times on my pc . i recently bought a galaxy s4 , i tried restoring the sbu files i had backed up from my galaxy s2 but to my horror only the first ever back up i made works the other 2 don't and they are the ones i need . I have tried using an earlier version of kies but i still get the same results . I even tried restoring the sbu files to my galaxy s2 with kies but i get the still the same . I have used the files before with no problem when i had to restore my galaxy s2 last year . Please could you help me with this problem as i have priceless photo's of my children on the files ..

thanks

any help would be much appreciated.

ps the kies programme loads one of the files but nothing is listed eg messages music photo's , so i think the files maybe corrupted . I also deleted my temp folder duh how dull was i.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
So sorry you've had issue with your SBU files with photos. The assistance I've provided in this thread and the app written on the first page only works with vcard files, so contacts as it looks for an XML style start and end tag, and uses this to copy the data out.

Have you tried this?

https://www.lord-luncher.de

I don't know if it works, I just googled "extract data from SBU without kies"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URALLMINE:
help needed

yeah tried that didn't work , Think files are corrupted need a program to fix the files.

Does anyone know of a program that can fix corrupted sbu files or help me in any other way please really desperate to get those photos back.

thanks again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckershaw:
hi, i just flashed my note 1 with 4.4 last night and i made a full backup with kies, i dont have any directory like that im on win 7 pro x64 as far as i get is C:\Users\{LogonName}\Documents\samsung\Kies there is no temp or sbu folder, the only folder that has anything in is backup\gt-n7000 then the .sbu file

any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quarinah:
extracting SMS easy mode

This comes as a follow up to tbind's post, to which i thank alot, only that i found a easy way to get to the content of the SMS file. This tutorial is made for the situation in which you don't have access anymore to a Samsung phone, and you need some crucial info stored in one of the sms that you previously backed up.

1. Locate the file on your computer, mine was here:

C:\Users\[your user name]\Documents\samsung\Kies\Backup\GT-I9070\GT-I9070_\GT-I9070_20140610095802\MESSAGE\BR

and it was called Message.bk

2. This .bk file is an archive and i found that WinRar knows how to extract it, so just grab a WinRar from somewhere (trial works too). Now, if you right click on the file you wont have the extract option in WinRar's context menu, so you will have to first open WinRar, navigate to your file, select it and then click the Extract icon in the above menu.

After extraction you get a file called mmssms.db.

3. In order to get to the contents of mmssms.db you need to download Mozilla Firefox or open it if you have it, go to Firefox menu>Add-ons.

the first tab there is Get Add-ons, here you have to search for SQLite Manager, it will be the first result, install it.

4. Go to Firefox menu>Web Developer>SQLite Manager and a new window will open.

In menu go to Database>Connect Database, this will open a window to look for your file, first thing you have to do, because by default it looks for .sqlite extention, change it to look for all files, then navigate to the place where mmssms.db, select it and click open.

5. now on the left side you will see "Tables" click on the arrow in front of it to expand it, then look for "sms", right click on "sms" and select Export Table.

Some options will open on the right side, by default CSV is seelcted, leave it like that and leave the options default if you don't know whats going on, then click "Ok".

This will export the content of "sms" table to a CSV file which can be viewed with Microsoft Excel any version, or Google Sheets(not 100% sure because i don't use it).

6. inside the columns of interest are: column C which contains the phone number and column L which contains the actual sms text.

and this is it, hope it helps, fell free to ask me questions about this process if you get stuck at some point, i'm not a smartphone expert, just spent a good part o a day to find a solution for this problem, it might work the same way for Contacts or other stuff, i haven't tried it, i needed some stuff from the sms and please excuse my english.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Develogy:
Hi everyone, I have searched the forum but it returned mostly irrelevant result.

I am having some problem mounting the SD card on the phone in FreeX10 Beta 4. I hope the following information may be useful in assisting;

Stock Build number: 2.1.A.0.435

Baseband Version: 2.1.54

Somehow, the SD card mounts correctly in stock OS but in FreeX10, it keep prompting me to mount SD card. Mounting the card in the notification bar or settings proved to be futile. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
Have you by any chance partitioned your SD card?

If that's the case, you need to format it into a single FAT32 partition again.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Develogy:
Thank you, a format to the SD card did the trick (Blocks of 16KiB). I did not partition my SD card though. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoskopico:
cant mount sd card

I have reformatted my sd card Fat32 and still not working??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crawler9:
How does everyone in the Android community go about keeping their phone synced up with their computer? This is a question directed mostly at those who have a lot of media to keep synced with their phone, such as a music or photos collection. I use MS Synctoy to get the job done for me, with the configuration shown in the image I've attached.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kupfel:
I don't need to sync huge amounts of data. Everything that i want to be able to access on my phone i simply drop into my dropbox. Dropbox is incredibly convenient, especially since everything can also be accessed from any computer. This works fine for music & photos as long as you have a fast mobile connection
[Defy General] fileiro:
Hi,

I installed S.Froyo Fin III edition, unfortunately I'm not able to send SMS. Every try ends with "Message not sent", error code -1.
[Defy General] Sp_Ark:
Hi have you checked the sms server settings? Every provider has a specific number. Had the same problem with stock rom and just replaced with vodafone's correct number for my country.
[Defy General] fileiro:
of course, the numer is ok.
[HTC Inspire 4G] orb3000:
Any Chef cooking one? (if possible)

Want to have full landscape support including Sense as in Desire Z

Thanks,
[HTC Inspire 4G] capychimp:
rcmix does that just with dhd software ;)

so no need for z rom
[HTC Inspire 4G] orb3000:
Do you mind sharing the link please?

Thanks,

Gracias Sr. Payaso :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] orb3000:
never mind, got it

Please close
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delu77:
Hi mates,

I have recently updated my JPY SGS with darky's 9.3 and speedmod k13c.

Everytime I delete a sms thread an empty thread is added by that name at the end with date 1 Jan 1970. These cannot be deleted.

When I was with darky's 9.2 it was never happened

Any way around this annoying addition?

Thanks a lot,

Andrea
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delu77:
Thanks!

Solved by myself....hope it could be useful for all.

I have installed Clear All SMS & MMS (free from market) and cleared all sms, the only one that can do it really.

Next, restored the backupped sms.

Tried with deleteing a thread and no more errors! :D

Cheers,

A.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Casey023:
YAY!!!! Thank you. I was having the same problem. I get Facebook text alerts and each one creates a new thread. I was up to 200 threads and couldn't delete any. Thanks for posting!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endva3:
THX man. this work to me :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Keefo:
Hi all....

Im just wondering if there are any other emulators out for WP7??

i have seen the Nes ported emulator, and will be sideloading that soon.

Just wanting to keep myself entertained when i go on my long travels next month to Australia! haha
[Android Apps and Games] mobosquare:
Google has released a new version of its popular map application Google Maps for Android. The updated version 5.2 brings feature tweet all of your Hotpot pals and your friends using Google apps, sending out your review and recommendation of a location.

Latest features: :D

- Post your reviews of places to Twitter.

- Check in at places with Google Latitude to earn status and share with friends.

- Ping Latitude friends to ask them to check in. Friends will get a check-in request notification from you.

- Search for a place to check in from Latitude if it’s not in the suggested list of places

An exciting news for us you can read more details in the following link:

blog.mobosquare.com/news/google-maps-5-2-hits-android-market
[Android Apps and Games] mobosquare:
absolutely good news
[Android Apps and Games] doomsdaybg:
Hell Yeah :)
[Android Apps and Games] Bugattixda:
Love it, just no one really uses latitute!
[Android Apps and Games] chamcham737877:
please advise how to download it, i'm using galaxy s no root and can not found google maps in Market. using v5.0 installed from SD
[Android Apps and Games] Caustic68:
It's in the market, just update it. Are you using froyo?
[Android Apps and Games] realtobaqo:
Just got it from the market right now, It looks awesome
[Android Apps and Games] MarOkVe:
Thaks .. good news !!!
[Android Apps and Games] spyder09:
thanks good to know
[Android Apps and Games] bookmark:
i already got it :X
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiki_B:
Hi,

I'm sorry if someone already asks this question.

Since the GRI40 update, do you have a force close when you open the camera app and switch with the gallery app ? It happens to me when I do it twice. I got a force close for the 2 apps.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rumspringa00:
Hey guys, I am new to this forum so apologies if I'm posting in the wrong category. I want to run some psd files I have through drawPatch9 but I can only seem to get as far as the android-sdk-windows folder in command prompt (windows 7). I have the correct jdk and can run eclipse with no probs, just can't navigate to android-sdk-windows/tools. I get "system cannot find specified path" when I try "cd tools". I also tried tabbing through android-sdk-windows folder and I only get add-ons, docs, SDK Manager, SDK Readme and uninstall, no tools or platform-tools directories. I couldn't find a solution here or elsewhere, hoping someones ran into this before. Thanks in advance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GuyInDogSuit:
I can't believe no one's answered this. The SDK tools were moved to android/platform-tools, and you will need to open the SDK Manager and install the platform-tools package.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 13lack13ox:
u can also add the directory to your path environment variables.

Assuming your running windows rightclick mycomputer>properties>advanced system settings>environment variables.

system variables box find path click edit and add the complete path use ; as a seperator

this way you can execute the tools from any directory:)
[Xoom Accessories] Lothaen:
Any good suggestions for a bluetooth gamepad for the Xoom?

I could use the wii remote's but was wondering if there's any better alternatives that anyone can suggest...

Thanks!
[Xoom Accessories] BlazinGTI:
Also wondering the same. I think there's a good demand for a nice bluetooth controller. Something similar to the Xbox 360 controller would be nice.
[Xoom Accessories] Lothaen:
I don't have a ps3 or xbox but i'd happily buy a controller if it worked!

Wii controller, while great - would be slightly annoying as if you use the classic controller the actual wii remote is attached and dangling loose...
[Xoom Accessories] Salpula:
Ps3 is bluetooth so could theoretically work, if an app provides support. I picked up a Datel wireless wii Retro classic controller or

whatever on ebay for $20, which should work with one of the wiimote apps. Its basically the wii classic controller without the need to tether it to a regular wiimote for wireless.
[Xoom Accessories] PaulG1488:
Let me now how that works out for u so I can get one as well
[Xoom Accessories] tomqman:
Icontrolpad is great little control pad for phones and pc. I'm waiting for mine to be delivered
[Xoom Accessories] Just-in-time:
PS3 Controllers wont work based on the way they pair with the PS3. Tried this and have tried to find apps that would make this work.
[Xoom Accessories] AJMetal87:
Wii!

A Wii controller of course! I got mine up and running fantasticly a couple days ago when N64oid was released. Its very simple and uses bluetooth (obviously). You will need the assistance of the app "Wiimote Controller" that can be found in the Android Market free of cost though to actually pair, but from there on out, your good! And hopefully you didnt even need to go spend any money :) Hope this helps. Take Care :)
[Xoom Accessories] Salpula:
Works pretty well! I used it with Snesoid and it worked great. Dpad and joysticks as well. 4 trigger/shoulder buttons and 4 standard thumb buttons.
[Xoom Accessories] PaulG1488:
Thanks for the feedback ill be sure to buy one now
[Xoom Accessories] Err0xx:
Dow do i go about connecting a wiimote to this Xoom? I can't get it to connect via Bluetooth settings or a wiimote connection app on the market. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
[Xoom Accessories] Salpula:
Which wiimote app did you get? I use wiimote controler and it works great.
[Xoom Accessories] NZtechfreak:
For those keen on a Classic Controller, but not wanting to have the hassle of connecting to the WiiMote, take a look at the Datel Retro Wireless controller...
[Xoom Accessories] lightlytoasted:
Does anyone know what games work with the wii remote / retro controller? I know the emulators work, but I don't think games like Samurai Vengence, Vendetta Online, Airattack HD, or Angry Birds works. Anyone know if there is a way to get them to respond to the controller input?
[Xoom Accessories] jdenman03:
If you find one for sale somewhere, than let me know. Everywhere I have looked, they have all been sold out, and not a single one is on ebay!
[Xoom Accessories] Benkr0n:
Codejunkies.com I ordered one from there... no mention of out of stock or anything like that.
[Xoom Accessories] lightlytoasted:
also ordered one from codejunkies on Tuesday. Haven't gotten a shipping confirmation though.
[Xoom Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Turbojunkies, used Shipito to get it sent to me here in NZ. Did get one from Ebay also, but they are only occasionally available via Ebay.

EDIT: Not sure what happened there, mine should read codejunkies also, not turbojunkies (awesome brain explosion though).
[Xoom Accessories] lightlytoasted:
Here's what CodeJunkies just said about my order.

Your order is currently in transit between our UK office and our office in the US. Once it arrives in the US, it will be shipped out via UPS with the following tracking # 1z***********
[Xoom Accessories] Err0xx:
Got my wii controller working finally, I was just being stupid lol. So that dattel Retro controller works well? All the buttons function? Any problems so far? About to order one if its still working well. Thanks for your time!
[Nexus S General] herman3101:
Hi,

Does anyone else find that the gyroscope is useless on this phone. In street view or Google earth, if I use the hardware sensor to control movement the movement is really jerky and all over the place. Even the compass seems to be screwing up as a 360 turn only seems to have 3 or 4 discreet steps rather than being smooth.

I've installed phone tester and monitored the sensor output and even on a stable surface the values are all over the place.

Is this normal or am I going to have to get the phone replaced?

Cheers,

Phil
[Nexus S General] sagech:
you have to wave the phone in a figure 8 pattern to calibrate the compass. I'm not sure why, but I have to do this every day. My Nexus S seems to lose its compass calibration everyday.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Or is it a hardware problem on mine?
[Nexus S General] [hfm]:
I've had mine about a week and this is the only thing that had upset me so far. Google Sky Map was exhibiting this same problem. It was fine on n1 and g2. hopefully it's a software/driver issue. I would have expected a fix by now though if it was.

Has google said anything yet of substance besides 'we'll talk to X team/we're looking into it...'?
[Nexus S General] phillevy:
I've also noticed this - maybe a hardware issue?
[Nexus S General] gratti:
Plz oh plz let not be a hardware issue, cause it would mean it can't be fixed. I really hope is driver problem, since the NS it's the first google phone to have a gyroscope (as far as I know) so they didn't pin down the little brat.
[Nexus S General] chadrockey:
It's not the gyroscope. It's the compass. The compass in our phone is extremely bad and subject to lots of noise/interference. It's very unlikely this will be fixed in a software patch, unless Invensense updates their library.
[Nexus S General] herman3101:
So to confirm this appears to be a general hardware fault with the compass? I can't believe that everyone has this problem on the Nexus S, it's a huge problem and I would have expected more fuss to have been made about it. I have used phone tester to determine what sensors I have on my phone:

Compass: AK8973 Orientation Sensor (Asahi Kasei Microdevices)

Magnetic field sensor: AK8973 3-axis magentic field sensor (Asahi Kasei Microdevices)

Accelerometer: KR3DM 3-axis Accelerometer (STMicroelectronics)

Gyroscope: K3G Gyroscope (STMicroelectronics)

It would be great if anyone who does not experience this problem could let us know and post what sensor they have to see if there are hardware variations around?

@chadrockey Where does Invensense come in? I've seen that they have produced new generation sensor but it appears that the Nexus S doesn't include it.
[Nexus S General] chadrockey:
Invensense supplies the gyroscopes in the Wii MotionPlus and quite possibly the gyroscopes and some additional hardware in the Nexus S.

They also developed the sensor fusion algorithm in the new gingerbread APIs:

hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7JQ7Rpwn2kOsg

It's more or less a problem with compasses in general and probably weak software applied to calculate heading.

Compasses also vary significantly in area, so the closer to the equator you are, the fewer problems you should have. You can also try indoors/outdoors away from dumpsters, cars, computers, anything metal.

All compasses are notorious for noise and having issues with anything metallic. Like computer cases, magnets, fridges, or even our NFC antenna. :-P
[Nexus S General] dinan:
ditto, compass sucks. it gets better when i move it away from speakers, computers, monitors, etc. also, i'm in toronto so it generally sucks everywhere. when i was in HK it was pretty good though.
[Nexus S General] umbrella42:
Nexus' compass is totally borked: +/-30° deviation with back cover (nfc antenna), +/-20° without. (90° turns). My old htc hero performed MUCH better ...
[Nexus S General] Tsuchinoko:
:confused: So, is it a software or hardware issue??
[Nexus S General] shrooms90:
I cant confirm that. In maps the compass shows the exact direction im looking at. But i can confirm that none of the compass apps i downloaded showed it right most of them showed me south (i pointed to north) i turned 90° left and they showed sw another 90° and i saw se and next 90° showed me east. Same for sensor testing apps my phone lies on the floor and the values for acceleration, magnetic, gyroscope and compass where going crazy but i i couldnt see them bouncing more than +-2%
[Nexus S General] Kositch:
Same problem by me on LG Optimus One, I think it's Android or generally compass sensor problem. After every launch of some compass app, I need to re-calibrate it in figure 8 movement...
[Nexus S General] kresk:
I'm currently on my fifth nexus s.. The compasses on the last four were pretty much unusable. The fifth one is noticeably a lot smoother. On a different note, every single nexus s i used was great in some areas and lacked in other areas. The first one i had was solid but every now and then when i was taking pictures the whole screen would turn red. I would have easily kept it. Dropped it hard, replaced it. Second one had an completely crapped out back button. Third one had that weird can't make a portable wifi hotspot problem. It would almost never turn on and the speaker sounded blown out. Fourth one was all busted.. it had the hotspot problem and the screen was popping up. Plus it got unusually hot. My other ones never got that warm. On the fifth one, the live wallpapers slow the home screen scrolling and app drawer so much I don't use them but the rest of the phone works flawlessly, including the compass. The other phones were never affected by the live wallpapers. Am I a little bummed that a $550 device isn't perfect, ya. Especially if your obsessive like I am, but at this point I've learned that no NS is perfect (in my experience anyway). Even after all that stuff i went through (which might be an extreme case) I still love this phone and I'll have it until the next nexus comes out. I just hope I don't drop this one :) Holy crap this is a long post...
[Nexus S General] Aria807:
Mine had issues back on 2.3.2 and CM7 RC1. Flashed RC2 and it wasn't jerky anymore. Not really sure why.
[Nexus S General] Morbo42:
I had my device repaired by Samsung service recently, just got it back 2 weeks ago. I'm not 100% sure it is still the same device, only with a new screen, or a replacement (although the S/N and IMEI are the same as before). However, since I got it back I also noticed this compass weirdness. I definitely didn't have these issues before. But then I also didn't have 2.3.3 before. There is also a thread in Google's forums where people complain and some think it started with 2.3.3 (I'm not yet permitted to post the link here though).

I just hope this is a software problem and will be fixed in an update. In the current state Maps is basically unusable for me, the little blue needle always points in the wrong direction and even directly after calibrating the compass (which seems to last about 5min max) the direction is always off by some 10-15 degrees and also reacts very jerkily to any movement. My HTC Desire never had such problems.
[Nexus S General] wyk126:
please report this bug at here:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=37f2dd3261d20d1f&hl=en

and add a star if you have this issue as well here:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15999

check my issue video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9lehX8u2U

Google please fix this!!!
[Nexus S General] 9h05t:
I have the following weird phenomenon.

Nexus S users, please confirm you have this problem too.

This problem does not manifest itself on a Nexus One.

I have both Nexii.

Open Google Sky Map.

Move the phone around as much as you can in all directions and orientations.

Select Back or Home.

Open Gallery.

Tilt the phone from portrait to landscape

Do you lose the orientation function?

Infact, I lose orientation function across all apps after that. It is as if the phone is "locked" into a certain orientation or loses the function altogether.

This problem corrects itself after a reboot.

More info: Gingerbread 2.3.2 with LauncherPro

Update: If you change the sensors Speed and Damping to HIGH for both, the problem goes away...
[Nexus S General] dario3040:
I don't think it uses the gyroscope.

I guess it just uses the Compass to find out which direction your pointing, and the accelerometer to measure up and down