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The only cab I can get to work is from:
androidonhtc (could not post the link)
How can I incorporate a self updating start up utility with this cab? Any idea why I cant get the newer versions to work any other USCC people having this problem? I do not have a SIM card at all. Even with the few things that do not work, it seems alot better than WM.
USCC specific instructions for HTC Touch Pro2
First, credit where credit is due. These instructions are just specific tweaks for US Cellular customers of the original FAQ http: //sites.google.com/site/androidport/faq by Reefermattness and the most effective method for US Cellular Data in http: //forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=113441&page=13 post 127 by clifftrue. You'll need to register on PPCGeeks to download files linked in this procedure. This procedure should save you a couple of days of reading and a few reboots in the process.
I have an HTC Touch Pro2 on US Cellular in Chicago. I don't have a SIM card. My phone has the FN in light blue, with SYM on the , key and : on the N key. Yes, Android is a huge improvement over WinMo. Here's what you want to do.
Go get a new SD card just for XD Android. 2GB is recommended.
Go to http: //sites.google.com/site/androidport/downloads and download the CAB - Android v2.2 Froyo: BLAZN (click where it says View). Copy that .CAB file to your new SD card.
Put the SD card in your phone. In WinMo, go to Programs, File Explorer. Open My Device, Storage Card, and open ProjectAndroid2.2BLAZN.072110 - this will install Project Android and extract the files onto your SD card. Reboot after the installation.
After the reboot, use your phone to dial ##778, then press View in the screen. Press View Info in the lower left corner, scroll down, and choose M.IP Default Profile. Write down your NAI (should be something like 2245551212 @ uscc.net). Hit OK in the upper left to exit.
Remove the SD card from your phone and put it back in your computer. Create a new folder called gscript in your Storage Card. Click http: //forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64040&d=1269451299 to download the USCCFIX.txt. Put USCCFIX.txt into the Storage Card/gscript directory you just created. Double click on USCCFIX to open it with a text editor. In that file, in all three spots, carefully replace 6414251234 with the numeric part of your NAI that you wrote down. Save and Exit the text editor. Rename USCCFIX.txt to USCCFIX.sh
Click http: //gscript-android.googlecode.com/files/GScript.apk and download GScript. Copy that file (GScript.apk) to the Storage Card/andboot/AndroidApps directory.
Put the Storage Card back in your phone. Go to Programs, All Programs, and run Project Android. Make sure you're in Device Family: Rhodium, choose rhod400 for the keyboard layout, check the Force CDMA box, then press Run Android in the lower left.
This should be the first time you're booting Android on this storage card, so it will take a while. Once Android has started, press your Windows key, then choose Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, then On SD Card in the upper right. Install GScript if you find it there. If it's not there, that's fine. Press Downloaded in the upper left, and make sure GScript is there. Press the Power button on the top of your phone to exit the Settings screens.
Press the grid of squares at the bottom center of your display. Press GScript. Press the physical Windows key and select Add script, Load file. Tap the usccfix.sh file listed, and press Save. Now tap usccfix (only item in the list) to run it. After it runs, press the ‘Close’ button at bottom. You're back at the Android main screen. Hold down your End key, choose Power off and reboot your phone.
Your phone will reboot to WinMo. Again, go to Programs, All Programs, and run Project Android. It should remember Rhodium and rhod400 for the keyboard layout, but you'll need to check the Force CDMA box. Press run Android in the lower left. Once Android starts, it will take a few minutes for it to connect to the data network. When you see the 3G icon up by the battery meter at top, you're set.
And finally, avoid any Marketplace apps that say they "prevent sleep mode." They'll cause the Sleep of Death (SoD) that everyone finds so frustrating.
I'm new, so I can't use hyperlinks until I'm unlocked by a mod. Once I am, I'll fix the hyperlinks.
Could an 8gb sd card cause a problem?
My data was working fine on my older version of android, will taking all of these steps help me get Froyo? I think when I have tried to install it in the past, the install has been unsuccessful, I will try it tom. and let all the other USCC users know.
Should my M.IP Default Profile # be the same as my phone number?
I got it working thanks so much for your help, how long are you able to use it on a charge? Is there somewhere that I can update it automatically have you had any luck with that?
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Your last three posts were all in 30 min. If you were able to install Android and run it in 30 min, then that's about as tight a procedure as anyone could want.
Somewhere I read that 2GB was the max for the Touch Pro 2, but the official site doesn't give a limit. Did you use an 8GB SD card?
Your M.IP Default Profile will be your phone number if you've never moved it from another carrier. If you originally had a phone number on AT&T, for example, and you moved it to US Cellular, then your M.IP Default Profile will be a different number.
As Reefermattness says on the main thread ( http: //forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627997 ), the battery meter is about 50% working right now. You'll get about the same battery life as when you're running WinMo, but Android will bother you about low battery well before you're really running low. I've made a couple of calls and run for over two hours in Android with my battery meter in the red. There's a big risk of the battery not ever taking another charge if you drain it entirely, so don't do that unless you're ready to buy a new battery.
No, Android won't update automatically between builds. Hopefully this procedure makes each fresh installation as fast as possible. Good luck!
The only SD card I have have is an 8gb. When I looked up my M.IP Default Profile, it was not my number and this phone has only been on USCC, I bought it on Black Friday. Do you think it is a return that someone else may have had? Are they getting billed for my data usage?
When you click the PA icon, the bottom left soft has an update option. Have you tried this? I know it will not auto update, but it might on demand? Thanks again for all of your help.
M.IP Default Profile is specific to the US Cellular network. It's not usually your phone number, which is why you have to find it with ##778. No, your M.IP Default Profile is not any one else's number, and no one else is getting billed for your data.
I've updated apps with an automatic notification, but you still need to manually upgrade to a new version of android manually.
When you click the PA icon, then click the left soft key, update. This gives you the option of zImage/rootfs/ and intrd.gz. Did not know if this works. I guess you would have wait for a new release to try it.
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Hey ive been working at this for a while, but every i tap the haret.exe icon i come to a launch screen that says launch a script file and when i do i get the error message "Cannot open script file\Storage Card\[MJG]Rhod.2.2BLAZN.XXxxXX\ANDBOOT\default.txt"
any suggestions?
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Hey ive been working at this for a while, but every i tap the haret.exe icon i come to a launch screen that says launch a script file and when i do i get the error message "Cannot open script file\Storage Card\[MJG]Rhod.2.2BLAZN.XXxxXX\ANDBOOT\default.txt"
any suggestions?
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You're using the BLAZN build? From when? Last release of that was... 9.28.2010 IIRC.
Please update.
See the FRX07 thread or the GBX0A thread.
In another thread, I asked whether Power OFF and "PaperClip Reset" were the same thing. Below is the response I received...and not wanting to divert the other thread, I thought I'd start this one.
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Kinda/sorta..lol. soft reset is a more drastic reboot, IMO. its usually used if the prime freezes up or starts acting up alot. You even have another kind that I believe is called a cold boot or a hard boot or something. That involves holding power button and volume down at the same time(while power is still on, I believe) until prime reboots. Then keep hold it until you see some lettering across the top of the screen. Then let go. Then it'll say device will reset/reboot if nothing is pressed within a few seconds.
I always do it in order if the previous one didn't work or fix problem. A regular reboot(power off then on again), then a soft reset, then a cold/hard boot.
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Based on the above, here is my understanding of the different modes:
1)Sleep/Display OFF/Lock - Turns the display off. When restarted it will return to the same page that was previously open - no data loss
2) Power Button OFF - Will clear temp files/temp caches, saves the state you are in and restart at the home screen - only unsaved data lost.
3) Paperclip Reboot - Restores Prime to state before error/freezeup. (in Windows terms, restores registry to last saved version). Your current state is not saved.
4) Volume button/Pwr OFF - Restores OS to original configuration....no data or apps lost.
5) Factory Reset (in settings) - Totally wipes the Prime clean. You lose all data and installed apps.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, and on a side note - Does Android have a file similar to Windows registry? IF so, can I copy it to a safe place so I can use it to restore the Prime in case of failure....Would the Prime have to be rooted to do this?
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Once in a while (I think it's an issue with the reboot option mod) when I reboot my st15i Mini, the apps in the SD card are not recognized properly: they are there, but instead of their usual icons there's a grey icon resembling an SD card. If I turn off the phone normally then turn it on again everything is back to normal, BUT in the launcher menu the icons are rearranged in an awful way. First, the custom order I had is totally scrambled, second (and most important), they are not arranged to fill every "screen" of the menu (12 per screen, was it?), but there are random amounts (from filled screen to 2-3 icons per screen), leaving a lot of holes, and clogging up my menu with 4-5 screens more than needed. Needless to say, if I change order (eg alphabetically) then back to custom, holes are still there, so I have to manually move EVERY icon back to its original place.
Is it a launcher problem, or the fact that something about the apps in the sd card is not loaded correctly? I noticed that the stock apps not installed in the SD (first 2-3 screens of the menu) are never scrambled, nor moved, so it's more likely an SD issue.
(I have rooted st15i with GB/.62 and stock rom/kernel/launcher btw, if that can help)
I noticed a similar behavior in my sk17i launcher, with stock (rooted) GB .58 ROM.
Holes started to appear here and there in the launcher out of the blue: I thought it had to be related to installing/updating/uninstalling apps. Oh, and I wasn't using any custom ordering, I was still using the default ordering it had when I bought it (which was by order of installation I think).
Then a couple of days ago I wiped the Dalvik Cache with CWM, and after reboot many more holes appeared (and also some home screen shortcuts inside folder disappeared).
At that point I switched to the Most Used first order.
This means I have no solution for this problem, but I can confirm that there is indeed some strange behavior in the stock launcher.
Yeah, that happens to me sometimes also.
I noticed that it happens after disconecting the phone from PC when not connected as MTP.
The grey icons mean that the apps are loading from the SD card (OS is mounting the card).
I know it's annoying, especially the mess in the drawer, but i also noticed that the problem disappears when connected in media transfer, usb debugging, and since i flashed CyanogenTimescape (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748576) it never happened to me.
Seems like some roms have some kind of a problem with that, you can try that one (it's also very responsive, fast, and stable), if you're up for the change.
Cheers!
That grey icon while booting means the app is not loaded yet. Since it is stored on the SD, you have to wait some seconds for the SD to be mounted.
If you plug your phone in MSC mode, for example, SD card is completely unmounted and you'll see the same effect on SD-stored apps.
If you reboot immediately when you notice this, you probably screw up things, and (as you noticed) the same apps will be rearranged because the phone can't load them properly on boot, and it takes some time to "realize" they are on the SD. Therefore, they'll reappear in the last page of the app drawer.
This also happens if you turn your phone on after removing the SD, and maybe even if you unmount manually your SD.
Just use and connect your SD properly, and this won't happen again.
Also: come mai ho la sensazione che tu sia di Napoli?
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That grey icon while booting means the app is not loaded yet. Since it is stored on the SD, you have to wait some seconds for the SD to be mounted.
If you plug your phone in MSC mode, for example, SD card is completely unmounted and you'll see the same effect on SD-stored apps.
If you reboot immediately when you notice this, you probably screw up things, and (as you noticed) the same apps will be rearranged because the phone can't load them properly on boot, and it takes some time to "realize" they are on the SD. Therefore, they'll reappear in the last page of the app drawer.
This also happens if you turn your phone on after removing the SD, and maybe even if you unmount manually your SD.
Just use and connect your SD properly, and this won't happen again.
Also: come mai ho la sensazione che tu sia di Napoli?
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Create a sd ext partition and move the apps to it. Even in msc mode the apps will not turn grey. It's so, because the sd partition keeps being mounted. That means that all your apps are still usable.
You can read this at the faq section from link2sd.
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dodsi said:
Yeah, that happens to me sometimes also.
I noticed that it happens after disconecting the phone from PC when not connected as MTP.
The grey icons mean that the apps are loading from the SD card (OS is mounting the card).
I know it's annoying, especially the mess in the drawer, but i also noticed that the problem disappears when connected in media transfer, usb debugging, and since i flashed CyanogenTimescape (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748576) it never happened to me.
Seems like some roms have some kind of a problem with that, you can try that one (it's also very responsive, fast, and stable), if you're up for the change.
Cheers!
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thanks, I was having the same problem, connecting in MTP with debugging helped
najodleglejszy said:
thanks, I was having the same problem, connecting in MTP with debugging helped
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I have the same problem on my sk17i (mini pro). Both in the app drawer and with the on screen shortcuts and in folders.
I've had it since day 1.
And you can't get rid of it just by changing the usb connection mode. Because you will eventually want to unmount your sd card, and when you do, your app drawer gets screwed (by how much depends on your luck).
I've also found that this problem can occur after simply having booted the phone. If it takes too long, or the phone is busy with stuff you're in a hurry to do, your SD crap gets screwed up again.
I really don't understand why the app drawer can't just reserve a particular position for the particular app which was occupying it. I mean, on a desktop operating system, your shortcuts remain where they are, regardless if their target is there or not. On Android, they turn to the gray sd symbol, but they also disappear at the slightest breeze like some kind of wusses...
I wonder if it's possible to hard code a custom app drawer with proper persistent positions.
Also, I personally love the 4 corner UI in the minis, as well as the stock timescape widgets and whatnot. So I can't use a custom launcher or rom which doesn't accommodate them and with at least 2 of the 4 rings in the 4 corner UI.
Hi, can someone help. I have the S3, rooted, and tried yesterday to go into settings, more settings, nearby devices, file sharing. However all of the options including the `radio' button is greyed out?
Has anyone else come across this?
I thought it may have been kernel specific, I was using Franko's R14, so I re-flashed the standard build I9300XXBLG8 with the root maintained but still no joy?
Can anyone help?
Screen shot attached!
Thanks
Dave
dajola2007 said:
Hi, can someone help. I have the S3, rooted, and tried yesterday to go into settings, more settings, nearby devices, file sharing. However all of the options including the `radio' button is greyed out?
Has anyone else come across this?
I thought it may have been kernel specific, I was using Franko's R14, so I re-flashed the standard build I9300XXBLG8 with the root maintained but still no joy?
Can anyone help?
Screen shot attached!
Thanks
Dave
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You might have already tried this but just keep taping on the file sharing switch, my phone was doing the same thing with all the buttons grayed out but i just taped that switch like 10 times and it ungreyed and started to let me turn it on and off.
Sorry if you have tried this already.
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You might have already tried this but just keep taping on the file sharing switch, my phone was doing the same thing with all the buttons grayed out but i just taped that switch like 10 times and it ungreyed and started to let me turn it on and off.
Sorry if you have tried this already.
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That worked for me, thanks!
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Hi, thanks for the info. Have just tried that 20+ times and no response. If anyone else can help please let me know.
dajola2007 said:
Hi, thanks for the info. Have just tried that 20+ times and no response. If anyone else can help please let me know.
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Thanks for the help, just found the answer in another thread, I had to goto settings/application manager/click the ALL tab, scrolled down to the `Nearby devices APP' and clicked Cleared Data, went back to settings/more settings/nearby devices and it worked. Thanks to whoever posted that!
Worked for me
I had the same problems, eventually fixed it by removing the micro sd card, clearing nearby devices data and restarting the phone. Once I confirmed everything was working, I reinserted the micro sd card and now everything works as it should. I hope this helps someone.
Didn't work for me. Only for the first time after deleting the data it worked, the on/off switch was enabled immediately. When I went to the menu for a second time, I had to wait for about 15 seconds, before the switch became enabled again.
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Didn't work for me. Only for the first time after deleting the data it worked, the on/off switch was enabled immediately. When I went to the menu for a second time, I had to wait for about 15 seconds, before the switch became enabled again.
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Mines still borked too!
I've read that even doing a factory reset still doesn't sort it, maybe its an issue with firmware? I'll try deleting cache and dalvik cache in cwm to see if that helps.
. . to confirm clearing nearby devices works but only temporarily
edit / update:
well it seems clearing the cache and dalvik cache doesn't seem to do any good either, but I had some success.
Firstly I cleared nearby devices cache / data again (whilst I was in the vicinity of my wifi network with wifi turned on on the phone at the time, don't know whether this is important but it seemed to kick things into working for me at least)
The dnla settings became live again, but I noticed my wifi icon was gone even though wifi was turned on on the phone, so I toggled the wifi button and heypresto things started to happen! and was able to see my phone on the PS3 and share files etc.
After I switched off the phone and rebooted (with dnla left in the on position) the dnla app was greyed out again, however a quick trip to wifi settings to toggle on and off again (and also remove some 'remembered' wifi connections that I no longer use) meant the dnla share started working again no problem (and without clearing any near by devices data again).
Hope my experience gives some pointers to others out there to get theirs working!.
Edit 2:
Still getting a grey DNLA inactive screen, but by turning your wifi off and on, on your phone a few times (in range of your wifi network) it seems to jump DNLA into life . . . hope it helps
Edit 3:
Seems that going into advanced settings in wifi (go into wifi settings not just turning it on) and altering the wifi sleep policy seems to correct the issue, I toggled from 'never turn off' to 'turn off', then back on again, and DNLA app seems to work fine now . . ...
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Edit 3:
Seems that going into advanced settings in wifi (go into wifi settings not just turning it on) and altering the wifi sleep policy seems to correct the issue, I toggled from 'never turn off' to 'turn off', then back on again, and DNLA app seems to work fine now . . ...
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i have tried all your recommendations through 3 edits and it does not seem to fix my dlna. i still cannot turn on file sharing without clearing data in applications manager. how do we tell samsung about this. this is the only problem ive been having with my phone so far.
I also wrote some work around here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30209238
It's of course not a solution but maybe it helps a bit.
solved problem
foo said:
I also wrote some work around here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30209238
It's of course not a solution but maybe it helps a bit.
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open the window and wait 5-10 seconds and it starting then Disable content "music","images" and "videos" in the nearby devices settings, and tne next time it works fine!
I've been having this issue since day 1 of getting the phone, took it to store and they couldn't figure it out and said as it's not a fault they couldn't exchange it. For me it was a fault as the main reason I got the phone is to stream media to my TV and the blu ray in living room. Thanks to this thread I am now able to do this, tapped on some of the options several times until a pop up appeared and got it working.
Seem's like a odd bug which I hope Samsung update with the JB update.
Connect to your wireless router with your wifi
then toggle your wifi direct on
go in near by devices and wait until screen come to life (not geyed out)
don't touch the screen while waiting it doesn't help.
it can take a second or two or even a minute or so (keep the screen on by looking at it)
when it light up it's up and running.
DLNA greyed out
FYI:
I found the problem to be related to the number of files (multimedia in general so mp3, jpgs, mp4 etc) on your external SD card: if you have several thousands of pictures and mp3 files like I do on a 32GB or 64GB SD card, it is near impossible for this service to enumerate them without lagging(!). You can see for yourself by simply unmounting the external SD card (settings -> memory -> unmount SD card) and then entering the DLNA sharing: you will see the option turns white after a mere second and you can enable or disable the service rather quickly without problems. Even if you untick the sharing of Video, Images and Music, after mounting the SD card and re-enabling the DLNA sharing service, you will still see the option greyed out. It is trying to enumerate in any case all the MM files on your SD card but takes a hell of a long time before it finishes, becoming white again. Why it is so slow is up to the developers to find out as it shouldn't. I suspect there is a scanning bug somewhere in the enumeration process.
You can enable a debug option which will popup a window if an app is taking a long time to respond or is hanging so you can see what app is causing the problem. You'll see that even after you go back to the main screen once you have selected the DLNA sharing menu (which is greyed out), the phone is sluggish as it is scanning the SD card and after a couple of minutes the warning will popup allowing you to terminate the service or wait until it is finished. You can enable this option in the developer options page, last setting "show all ANR" (or NRA as mine is not in English). I suggest you all to keep this option always enabled as it will give you more insight on what apps are causing your phone to lag and are problematic.
This should be reported to the developers at Samsung or Google/Android as I'm certain it is not a major problem to be fixed.
My S3 has currently build BLH3.
As a side note, unfortunately my popcorn A-110 which has DLNA support, is no longer working with the S3 built in "share" button that pops up in the player (top left): it sees my popcorn but when I try to "export" the song clicking on the button, it just fails to playback. Similarly, when I enable the DLNA sharing, my A-110 sees my S3 but only see the images but it fails to show them. It doesn't even list the songs. This is a fimrware big in the A-110 though (it seems it only lists jpgs and avi files and not mp3 files). My LG P990 does however work with my A-110 correctly playing back songs (though the scanning function is not working) and images. I guess it's time I got a more recent popcorn though it'sa pity as mine work so well for over 3 years.
Anyhow, I hope this shed some light on the matter
Edit: sorry guys, I just read the post by foo - so this one's kind of a double :/
IceC00l said:
FYI:
I found the problem to be related to the number of files (multimedia in general so mp3, jpgs, mp4 etc) on your external SD card: if you have several thousands of pictures and mp3 files like I do on a 32GB or 64GB SD card, it is near impossible for this service to enumerate them without lagging(!). You can see for yourself by simply unmounting the external SD card (settings -> memory -> unmount SD card) and then entering the DLNA sharing: you will see the option turns white after a mere second and you can enable or disable the service rather quickly without problems. Even if you untick the sharing of Video, Images and Music, after mounting the SD card and re-enabling the DLNA sharing service, you will still see the option greyed out. It is trying to enumerate in any case all the MM files on your SD card but takes a hell of a long time before it finishes, becoming white again. Why it is so slow is up to the developers to find out as it shouldn't. I suspect there is a scanning bug somewhere in the enumeration process.
You can enable a debug option which will popup a window if an app is taking a long time to respond or is hanging so you can see what app is causing the problem. You'll see that even after you go back to the main screen once you have selected the DLNA sharing menu (which is greyed out), the phone is sluggish as it is scanning the SD card and after a couple of minutes the warning will popup allowing you to terminate the service or wait until it is finished. You can enable this option in the developer options page, last setting "show all ANR" (or NRA as mine is not in English). I suggest you all to keep this option always enabled as it will give you more insight on what apps are causing your phone to lag and are problematic. :/
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Yes I think this is main part of the problem.
However I think this part of the problem is caused by a combination of the type of SD card and the mounting of the card.
I was using all the tricks mentioned above then I discovered what you did.
What seems to be causing the SD card problem is the mounting of the card it don’t seem to mount properly (even though the rest of the phone seems to operate fine). I simply unmounted removed card remounted repeated a few time. That seemed the get a more stable mount…..
On some phones I’ve found it necessary to remove SD card contents to a laptop and reformate the SD card in the phone. Again I reformatted the card 2 or 3 time for luck (not in laptop but in the phone). Put contents back on and the phones can now access the SD card without problem…
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On some phones I’ve found it necessary to remove SD card contents to a laptop and reformate the SD card in the phone. Again I reformatted the card 2 or 3 time for luck (not in laptop but in the phone). Put contents back on and the phones can now access the SD card without problem…
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Yes, I had formatted this SD card on my prior phone (LG P990) though I did not reformat it on this phone. I have had the problem you mention before on other flash devices and it appears the mere disposition of the files in the sdcard/ssd influences access times for certain files depending on where they are (all controllers now write files in random blocks to avoid cell deterioration). This all leads back to the diatribe about defragging or not flash / SSD devices. This really depends on the controller inside the flash device basically. In any case, simply defragging the SD card DOES help, and resolves the laggy access problems most of the time. I will do this on my Sandisk 32GB SD card (again) and see if access times improve and this lag problem improves.On a side note, writing the whole card with a certain hex pattern also helps the access times. I do this regularly on my SSD device on my laptop after I delete/defrag many files. If I don't, it starts lagging like hell after some time.
Cheers
So, my Samsung Galaxy A10 got into a bootloop and I'm 90% sure it was caused by short storage, because seconds before it started I saw the storage was full. I've had a similar problem before, where my phone would randomly reboot and stop when I clean up some space, but now it just locks itself on a bootloop and freezes on the Samsung logo.
I tried entering Safe Mode, but my phone just won't load it no matter how many times and how many buttons i press. Alright, "let's try Recovery Mode", i thought, but it was also very hard to do because the buttons wouldn't work most of the time. I managed to enter it around 4 times in a span of 3 hours and I got two different screens. One screen was what I believe to be the standart, with options to clear cache, factory reset and etc. The other one only had the option to clear app data, no idea why it changed or what triggered it. In these few instances where i could access the Recovery Mode, I tried clearing cache, repairing apps and clearing app data, but nothing worked.
I can't turn off my phone either, I tried holding the power button for almost a minute with no results. Maybe that's why the recovery mode didn't work...? Right now I'm waiting for my phone to run out of battery and see if it helps.
Also, one thing that is kinda concerning... everytime it reboots, before the Android logo appears, the screen glitches for a millisecond in a vibrant color.
Please, is there any way to fix it without losing my data? I'm sort of a noob so I have no idea how bootloaders and similar things work, I'd be really thankful if you guys could help
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Meh... why isn't your data on a SD card?
If you used a SD card as a data drive... you be able to do a factory reset and not lose critical data.
If you can't connect with the PC and you can't get into safe mode I don't see how you can recover the data. Maybe someone here has a plan for you...
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Meh... why isn't your data on a SD card?
If you used a SD card as a data drive... you be able to do a factory reset and not lose critical data.
If you can't connect with the PC and you can't get into safe mode I don't see how you can recover the data. Maybe someone here has a plan for you...
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Thanks! Yeah, no SD card for me
Draining the power didn't help, but I figured out why the buttons didn't work: I was supposed to press them when my screen started glitching, not on the android logo (leaving this info here in case someone else has the same problem). Still unable to access safe mode tho, only recovery.
Welp, most of my data was only personal things and at least I can backup some stuff with my google account, so I did a factory reset. Now it's working again, which is great, I just wanted my phone back honestly :,)
Lik_2345678 said:
Thanks! Yeah, no SD card for me
Draining the power didn't help, but I figured out why the buttons didn't work: I was supposed to press them when my screen started glitching, not on the android logo (leaving this info here in case someone else has the same problem). Still unable to access safe mode tho, only recovery.
Welp, most of my data was only personal things and at least I can backup some stuff with my google account, so I did a factory reset. Now it's working again, which is great, I just wanted my phone back honestly :,)
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Boot loops are tough. Sometimes after a couple tries it may go into safe mode but don't count on it. Another question is what caused it, a poorly coded or incompatible 3rd party app running at start up? You don't want a repeat. It may have been a single event upset that corrupted the user data partition, these are rare but can happen.
Get a SD card and use it as a data drive, everything you need to do a complete reload should be on it including installable copies of all your apps. A full reload with no internet connection can be done like this. Since all the data is already on it for a reload, no time is wasted reloading data.
The SD card is a valuable asset if you use it correctly.