How to upload for free
Yes I'm serious and I had someone ask me and i remember I didn't know how to upload stuf so I put together this guide on two different ways.
The first way is to use your gmail account. (You can only do ten mb at a time though for either way but most update zips or roms aren't going to use that much.) Open up your mail account click compose mail then attach. It will upload the file to your email. click save now and it will save it as a draft then right click on the uploade folder and scroll to copy link location. There's your link to attach your done.
The second way is to use your windows live email account. Click new then click attach. It will let you pick something off your computer and upload it. Send the message to your self and begin to download it then go to your downloads box and right click the download and copy link. That's your download link. (you can stop the download now to )
On either of these ways you have to save the message as a draft or mail it to yourself. Cool part is none of that wait 42 seconds nonsense. Also imo gmail is faster
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SOLVED PROBLEMS
1. Wildfire not vibrating when sms is received.[Solved]
2. HTC Sync not syncing.[SOLVED]
3. Not able to transfer files to SD card.[SOLVED but open for further discussion]
4. Unnecessary images(from gps etc), sounds(From Gps etc), Showing up in HTC gallery and Music app.[Solved]
5. Lesser Battery Life- Try THIS ...... and NOTE::Read the bold part here in this thread.
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Unnecessary images(gps etc),sounds(From Gps etc),Showing up in gallery/music
Ok Here are two Simple solutions ::
1><NOT RECOMMENDED> This solution basically helps is hiding the contents of a particular folder and might cause problems with the apps which are linked to those files..It is advisable to be used for images you don't want to show up in gallery and are not associated with any app eg GPS..
-Open Astro / Androzip or whatever file manager/explorer you are using and create a folder named “.anyname” and then mount your phone or mini-SD card on a computer.
-Transfer private files into the new folder and they will no longer appear in the photo browser. Browsing through Astro or a similar file manager will become the only method of viewing those photos on an Android phone.
2> <HIGHLY RECOMMENDED>
- On your computer, open Notepad or any other text editor
-Save the blank file as “.nomedia” . Make sure that the Save as type is set as “All Files” instead of “Text documents”
-Copy that file to the folder on your SD card containing audio files you don’t want to show up.
(Example: If you want to block CoPilot sound files from coming up, place the .nomedia file in the sdcard/copilot folder)
-Reboot your phone and the files should no longer be viewable
This same trick works for folders containing images or videos that you don’t want to appear in the Gallery app. The files will still be accessible from your original app or an explorer like Astro or Linda or Androzip, but you’ll finally be able to stop hearing “From the next roundabout take the first exit" announcements after a great song.
HAVE FUN
Ok this was a big problems for me because i love testing out sifferent rom but also have like 9 different emaisl accounts on my phone (NOT GMAIL) but email accounts.
And everytime i would tryout a new rom and i would do a wipe and then have to Start from scratch with my email accouts.
So i did some messing around with my phone and foudn out how to make a complete backup of all my account please read carfully
(I AM NOT RESPONSIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES DOEN TO YOUR DEVICE)
Things Nedded
# 1. An Android Phone (Duhhhhhh)
# 2. A Rooted Phone (Must be rooted to do this)
# 3. Root Explorer
# 4. An SD Card with enough space to backup your accounts.
here is the procedure.
Before installing any new roms or just doing a wipe you must do the following to backup your accounts.
Open Root Explorer and browse to the following folder on your phone
data/data/com.android.email folder
in this folder should find the following folders
chache
database
files
lib
shared_prefs
now copy each folder and browse back into your sd card and paste them into a new folder on your SD card.
now your email setting are safe and you can wipe the data from your phone.
now once you have installed a new rom or did a master reset.
go into your email app and add 1 email account somthign simple like a gmail or aol etc....
install and run root explorer again,
browse to your SD card were you saved toye 5 email folders
copy them and then browse back to
data/data/com.android.email
make a new folder in the data/data/com.anroid.email folder
so now open the new created folder so you will be in data/data/com.android.email/new folder (or what ever you named the new folder)
now paste the 5 folders in this new folder
chache
database
files
lib
shared_prefs
now open each folder and copy all files inside 1 of the folders for instance data/data/com.android.email/new folder/database copy all files in this folder
now browse back to data/data/com.android.emal folder and open the database folder located here in data/data/com.android.email.
so now you will be in the following folder data/data/com.android.email/database
now paste your files in this folder. (Please Note you may ends up with 2 of the same files for instance) (webview.db & webview.db -copy) delete the webview.db file and keep the webview.db-copy file.
now rename the webview.db-copy file to webview.db and any additional file that may have the -COPY extension on it delete the orignal and rename the -COPY file as the original file name.
keep doing this process with all 5 folders.
once done if you go into your email.app you will only still see the emailaccount you created erlier this is normal.
Now reboot your phone (Full Reboot) power off then power on.
when you return to your email.app you will see that all your account have returened.
if you need any help let me know.
i will add screen shots later to help out
Hope this helps.
RinnyCoop121
Great tutorial! This has been driving me nuts for years.
Just tried it though and the copy process failed... I believe a file was in use. I went to the app manager and force stopped email, but it still failed in copying. It did get farther though.
Any idea what else I should force stop for succes?
My plan b is to boot into recovery and see if I can do the copy steps from TWRP. Seems like I saw a file manager in there before..
Thanks again!
Mike
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I did have success copying with TWRP. Now I just have to backup my current rig and see where this process gets me! Thanks!
Mike
This is what a friend asked me to post here as he had no account
Let’s see… I was cleaning a bit and I accidentally deleted the certifficate of my .apk without noticing it and it is already in the market. What do I need it for? To upload an update.
This is the error that comes up when trying to upload the new .apk
“The apk must be signed with the same certificates as the previous version.”
I have tried this:
- http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/A ... b586&hl=en
- copying the old META-INF folder into the new .apk
- restoring the deleted files, but all the ones that are 2KB big have strange names and I don’t think any one of those is the one
- I have created a new certificate with the same data (even time and date of creation) and nothing…
Nothing of this works and, sincerely, I wouldn’t like to upload it and deactivate the other one (it has nearly 2000 downloads)
Any ideas? What I want is to extract my certificate from my .apk
PS: In case anyone asks, this is the application: https://market.android.com/details?id=c ... rch_result
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It's not possible, sorry. Your friend will have to add it as a new application.
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Does anyone know how to delete files received over Bluetooth??
I transferred the wrong VCF file to my S5 using Bluetooth and now my S5 is loaded with all the wrong contacts. I have deleted every contact from the phone but every time I boot up my S5, all the contacts re-appear. I wondered whether the phone was importing the VCF file automatically so I decided to delete it but I can find no option to delete the file.
I have been through the Bluetooth menu and it only shows 'open' as an option on the file. I have also searched my phone for the file with no success. There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
My S5 is not rooted and any solution can not include rooting. My boss won't appreciate me hacking a work phone!
For someone who works in the IT industry, I feel like I'm losing the plot on this one!
Can any of you lovely XDA people help?
richhaynes said:
Does anyone know how to delete files received over Bluetooth??
I transferred the wrong VCF file to my S5 using Bluetooth and now my S5 is loaded with all the wrong contacts. I have deleted every contact from the phone but every time I boot up my S5, all the contacts re-appear. I wondered whether the phone was importing the VCF file automatically so I decided to delete it but I can find no option to delete the file.
I have been through the Bluetooth menu and it only shows 'open' as an option on the file. I have also searched my phone for the file with no success. There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
My S5 is not rooted and any solution can not include rooting. My boss won't appreciate me hacking a work phone!
For someone who works in the IT industry, I feel like I'm losing the plot on this one!
Can any of you lovely XDA people help?
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To mine all that transfer directly from wifi or another go in the download folder. I do not think it is automatic save. maybe you synchronize your data via Google? if you let the auto synchronization.?
Djimmy said:
To mine all that transfer directly from wifi or another go in the download folder. I do not think it is automatic save. maybe you synchronize your data via Google? if you let the auto synchronization.?
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Hi Djimmy,
Thanks for your reply.
I forgot to mention that I checked the Download folder also. I've also used Astro to search my phone for the files with no results.
As for your Google suggestion, we are testing out Google Apps and so the account I have used with the phone is completely blank. That rules out any possibility of a Google sync being the cause.
On my old S3, I only had to go to the Bluetooth folder to delete any files received so I don't get why this folder no longer exists unless its in a location that I need root to access.
If anyone has any ideas, throw them at me and I'll give them a go!
richhaynes said:
Hi Djimmy,
Thanks for your reply.
I forgot to mention that I checked the Download folder also. I've also used Astro to search my phone for the files with no results.
As for your Google suggestion, we are testing out Google Apps and so the account I have used with the phone is completely blank. That rules out any possibility of a Google sync being the cause.
On my old S3, I only had to go to the Bluetooth folder to delete any files received so I don't get why this folder no longer exists unless its in a location that I need root to access.
If anyone has any ideas, throw them at me and I'll give them a go!
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Yes we had before the appropriate folder. but now everything is in download. Transfers do not go on it's roots.
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It is possible that the exchange with bluetooth. may allow adding contacts without saving the file, but in this case if you delete this means is that I do not understand sorry.
Bluetooth files are stored in the Bluetooth folder
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Bluetooth files are stored in the Bluetooth folder
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Hi termdj,
Thanks for your reply but I did state that there is no 'Bluetooth' folder anywhere on my device as per the below quote.
richhaynes said:
There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
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I have manually checked EVERY folder visible in My Files and cannot find a single folder labelled Bluetooth. I have selected show hidden files in the settings.
I have used Astro to search for the folder and the files themselves without success.
I have even gone as far as used an adb shell to try and locate the folder but I dont have and wont ever have root access on this S5 which means i cant check the system folder which is where I believe its going to be.
Can others confirm they have a Bluetooth folder on an actual S5?? If not then this may be a wider issue.
Mine has the Bluetooth folder.. Sorry I missed your statement about not having the folder. I did pick up that if I delete a file in the folder, that afterwards it deletes the folder. The folder appears only when I receive a bluetooth file
Thats odd behaviour...
I'll give it a go and see if anything pops up and update you later.
Cheers!
Sent from my SM-G900F
I have a also this problem... The .vcf not finding intern or external sd.
Then I rename the original in .vdc it landed in "download" and then rename to .vcf......
vom SGS 2 gesendet
Hi lwiss.
Thanks for the info but i cant even rename the file. The only option available is open.
I have also emailed Samsung to ask them to file a bug for this as one of my work colleagues has also suffered the same issue!
I'll keep people updated on here.
Sent from my SM-G900F
Done some testing using some of ur ideas and i still cant get at the VCFs.
I created a text file on my laptop and sent this to the S5. This appeared in my download folder. Not exactly what others get but its a damn good start! I decided to see if i could delete it through the recieved files option. It still only shows open. I went back to download folder and deleted the file. When i returned to recieved files, the text file came up as 'not found' and was removed from the list of files. Yet my VCF transfers remain suggesting they are still somewhere on the phone.
Im emailing Samsung again and telling them to provide a delete option on the recieved files bit or i will root my phone and find the offending files myself. They will then be held responsible for any issues that arise.
If anyone has anymore ideas im all ears
Sent from my SM-G900F
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Hi richhaynes,
i know this is an old one, but i stumbled over this thread, because i had the same problem while i transfered some contacts to my S3. Solved it and it's easy...
richhaynes said:
Done some testing using some of ur ideas and i still cant get at the VCFs.
I created a text file on my laptop and sent this to the S5. This appeared in my download folder. Not exactly what others get but its a damn good start! I decided to see if i could delete it through the recieved files option. It still only shows open. I went back to download folder and deleted the file. When i returned to recieved files, the text file came up as 'not found' and was removed from the list of files. Yet my VCF transfers remain suggesting they are still somewhere on the phone.
Im emailing Samsung again and telling them to provide a delete option on the recieved files bit or i will root my phone and find the offending files myself. They will then be held responsible for any issues that arise.
If anyone has anymore ideas im all ears
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It's my guess as well that VCF-Files are treated different by Bluetooth share function, maybe for security reason.
To remove any received VCF-files from the "virtual" Bluetooth shared folder go to:
Settings -> Application manager
In the apps list go to "ALL" and search for "Bluetooth share".
Tap it and again tap on clear data button as well. That's it!
Seems that part of the framwork keeps track of the transfered data and keeps it in some container or drops it into download folder, depending on the file ending.
Anyway, hope this helps!
Regards,
scholbert
Facing exact same prob. If you get the solution plz reply.
Facing exact same prob. If you get the solution plz reply.
scholbert said:
Hi richhaynes,
i know this is an old one, but i stumbled over this thread, because i had the same problem while i transfered some contacts to my S3. Solved it and it's easy...
It's my guess as well that VCF-Files are treated different by Bluetooth share function, maybe for security reason.
To remove any received VCF-files from the "virtual" Bluetooth shared folder go to:
Settings -> Application manager
In the apps list go to "ALL" and search for "Bluetooth share".
Tap it and again tap on clear data button as well. That's it!
Seems that part of the framwork keeps track of the transfered data and keeps it in some container or drops it into download folder, depending on the file ending.
Anyway, hope this helps!
Regards,
scholbert
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Thanks @scholbert, i was looking for a solution for my S3 with Atila rom 4.4.4, i made a backup of contacts for my girlfiend and when i transfered vcf file i couldnt find it anywhere and also all her contacts appeared in my contact list.
Deleted everything, i had option on Google contacts to recover them in state from 10 days ago, did that and im saved .
But i couldnt know how i can delete this VCF file it was not re ading like someone sad above but i didnt want to have it anymore.
Thanks again for this tip!
SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
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richhaynes said:
Done some testing using some of ur ideas and i still cant get at the VCFs.
I created a text file on my laptop and sent this to the S5. This appeared in my download folder. Not exactly what others get but its a damn good start! I decided to see if i could delete it through the recieved files option. It still only shows open. I went back to download folder and deleted the file. When i returned to recieved files, the text file came up as 'not found' and was removed from the list of files. Yet my VCF transfers remain suggesting they are still somewhere on the phone.
Im emailing Samsung again and telling them to provide a delete option on the recieved files bit or i will root my phone and find the offending files myself. They will then be held responsible for any issues that arise.
If anyone has anymore ideas im all ears
Sent from my SM-G900F
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SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
Use notepad or any other text editor and create a blank VCF file having the same name you put for the first VCF file that you transferred via bluetooth.
Then transfer that blank VCF file to your device via bluetooth. You should no longer have that problem!!!
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richhaynes said:
Does anyone know how to delete files received over Bluetooth??
I transferred the wrong VCF file to my S5 using Bluetooth and now my S5 is loaded with all the wrong contacts. I have deleted every contact from the phone but every time I boot up my S5, all the contacts re-appear. I wondered whether the phone was importing the VCF file automatically so I decided to delete it but I can find no option to delete the file.
I have been through the Bluetooth menu and it only shows 'open' as an option on the file. I have also searched my phone for the file with no success. There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
My S5 is not rooted and any solution can not include rooting. My boss won't appreciate me hacking a work phone!
For someone who works in the IT industry, I feel like I'm losing the plot on this one!
Can any of you lovely XDA people help?
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SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
Use notepad or any other text editor and create a blank VCF file having the same name you put for the first VCF file that you transferred via bluetooth.
Then transfer that blank VCF file to your device via bluetooth. You should no longer have that problem!!!