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debugging mode on plug into USB and hit MOunt Card... nothing comes up in my computer... this only happening since i upgraded to 09...
well i rooted + CWM but thats all no other modds
If you don't have the correct drivers on the computer, you need to turn off debugging.
If you have been ok with adb in the past, then I'm not sure what would have changed to make it stop working.
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so turned off debugggin but isntead of SD card showing up i get this instead ....
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and im pretty sure got right drivers if it recognizes phone and was able to root
Turn USB debugging on. Reboot phone while connected to PC.
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This is NOT a root issue. It is a widespread issue (based on other forums) as well as this one. I have a Mac and I am unrooted and I have yet to figure out a solution. Some PC users are able to find a way around it, sort of. Verizon blames Samsung, Samsung blames Verizon...blah,blah blah! I have already seen posts from 4 other people who had to get new phones. The last Verizon rep I spoke to told me to get an external SD card reader!! I'm losing hope for any additional help. :ma
PS - tried all of the above plus several other tricks...nothing works!
Seriously wtf is this?! I can't believe they released an update that breaks USB mass storage! ****! Perhaps it's finally time to try a ROM...
Edit: tried changing to "ask on connection", works ok. Still annoying!
I have a replacement device on the way for the same basic issue. It wasn't even on DL09 yet
Try freezing the VCast apps with Titanium Backup. That fixed it for me. Verizon is trying to push some new VCast media manager app for your PC, and wont let you directly mount the sdcard anymore, unless you disable those apps.
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same my new one wasnt dl09 but regarding the SDCard issue.. restarting phone whiel plugged in worked for me
Same problem here... I'm on a Macbook (gasp!). I love my laptop AND I also love(d) my Android phone. I just want the two to communicate. Is anyone on here willing to develop a fix for us Mac users?
PM me your email, and I'm willing to make a donation to your Paypal.
Thanks in advance!
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Try freezing the VCast apps with Titanium Backup. That fixed it for me. Verizon is trying to push some new VCast media manager app for your PC, and wont let you directly mount the sdcard anymore, unless you disable those apps.
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Can anyone else confirm this?
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I also would like to know if somebody else can confirm this, as I'm willing to bet that this fix will apply to all Windows/Mac users who can't mount the sdcard, and also those who are trying to mount the sdcard to a car stereo head unit.
I have the same problem. The problem occurs after I CWM. I started with a scratch DL01, OTA to DL09, rooted and then installed CWM. After doing this twice USB works until I add push CWM.
dl09 works perfectly on ubuntu 10.10. I got the whole fake cd drive thing in windows until I installed the drivers from samsung's site, now it mounts just like before on my other computer.
Install a rom without verizon (vcast
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i had the same problem.........did a restart with it hooked to the pc & it installed some drivers and it seems fine now.
Actually, nevermind. I somehow got it to work one time, but when I tried again, it was back to the CD drive. Regardless of whether it's a bug or intentional, it looks like USB mounting is broke for both PCs and Macs. PCs can use the VCast junk software to sync files, but Macs are out of luck. We've got devs working on the code though, so I imagine we'll see a fix in the near future.
If you haven't found this yet, check it out.
http://bit.ly/guihjk
....that sucks
Kaosinate V2 CyanogenMod6
Ah, good to know there's a partial workaround. Still, Verizon is gonna get blasted by crippling the phone like this.
Mounting problem didn't happen to me
Stock phone
DLO9 via OTA yesterday.
Today rooted, ROM Manager, Flash CWM.
Only mounting problem in XP was the device showing up as a CD-ROM. That was fixed by unplugging phone, setting usb debugging on, turn off phone, plug phone into computer, and turn device back on.
Now it mounts normally again.
Before I did the rooting I accepted the updated software that was offered when I plugged in the device after the OTA update.
Sorry to those who are having problems.
This is being talked about on lots of android sites/blogs and most are posting 'solutions'.
So I'm confused; what is the correct order to start upgrading your Huawei u8800? Which is the thing to start with? From what i gathered, the first thing is to do a backup and the best way to do it is with Clockworkmod, but when i check CWM page here on XDA, it says root requiered. Ultimate Guide to Huawei U8800 says that i can root the phone with Super Boot, so should i just go with that and worry about backup later? What if i screw my phone up and don't have a backup? Then is the part of selecting a proper ROM, and i think that i'm interested in the most stable one, so wich one i should go with (oh, and a circular battery with a presentage would be nice) custom or just a firmware update? And the Re-Partition mentioned in MoDaCos Ultimate Guide to Huawei U8800, does it also require a root?
Sorry for the n00b questions, but well, i am one.
I would recommend upgrading to stock ROMs first, but in order to install a custom ROM, you need both root and recovery mod. These 2 functions are being are done from the "shadow" memory, using 2 img files (boot.img and recovery.img).
To access that memory and replace the 2 files follow these steps:
1) Download the boot file and rename it to boot.img ( should be "boot.u8800-modaco-superboot-r1") from here:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...nd-then-some-for-the-huawei-u8800-ideos-x5/om here the zip file (rename if not called that recovery.img).
2) Download and extract the recovery file (extract.zip) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14870348
3) Turn off your phone and unplug the usb cable. Make sure you have enough battery (at least 50%).
2) Turn on your phone, holding VOL+, VOL- and POWER (should come up with pink screen, to indicate access to shadow memory)
3) Connect the usb cable and the driver should install (don't worry if it says drivers not found, the partition called "image" should still be accessible)
4) Browse your phone to find the folder with boot.img and recovery.img. Copy these 2 files somewhere on your computer, to create a backup of the original files. Now, replace both files with the ones you've downloaded.
5) Remove the battery from the phone to exit "shadow" memory.
To access the recovery mod, press VOL+ and Power, while the phone is off.
I hope this helps...
It does help, thanks! The rooting AND the recovery installation are done simultaneously. But i still have few conserns. Does this all work backwards? I mean in the case of hardware breakage - if i am giving the phone back to maintenance - can i just re-replace the original boot.img and recovery.img and thus "unroot" the phone? Previously recovering backupped data? Is the phone then as it were before whole prosidure?
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It does help, thanks! The rooting AND the recovery installation are done simultaneously. But i still have few conserns. Does this all work backwards? I mean in the case of hardware breakage - if i am giving the phone back to maintenance - can i just re-replace the original boot.img and recovery.img and thus "unroot" the phone? Previously recovering backupped data? Is the phone then as it were before whole prosidure?
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Yes, replacing all things you done with stock will by default revert it to normal.
Right. One more thing, though this is a bit beside the subject. The re-partitioning, when upgraded from 600mb to 1.2G, does this actually add space for running apps or gives only more installation space?
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Right. One more thing, though this is a bit beside the subject. The re-partitioning, when upgraded from 600mb to 1.2G, does this actually add space for running apps or gives only more installation space?
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Yes it gives both actual space for installation. Running apps will always be loaded into ram and swap.
So RAM is its own thing and separate from (ROM?) the increasable space? But what is the actual gain IN increasing it? More apps in the phone? But I've read that the phone gets all cluttered and buggy, if its full of apps. Is this the gain in re-partitioning?
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Vk_ said:
So RAM is its own thing and separate from (ROM?) the increasable space? But what is the actual gain IN increasing it? More apps in the phone? But I've read that the phone gets all cluttered and buggy, if its full of apps. Is this the gain in re-partitioning?
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Where have you read that?
The thing is huawei included a external storage(build in SD card) which had the size of 2GB, and internal storage at 600MB, with geno's partition flash you just change the partitions, the 600MB becomes external storage, and the 2GB(1.2GB data) becomes internal storage. So we gain rather than lose storage. So I have used it for now quite and not experienced any problem.
Please link me up on where you found out this cluttered and buggy thing with this ok?
I think that I accidentally misled you on this. It was some SGS(maybe) thread that I read sometime ago. The talk was about phone being laggy and probable cause that it was full of apps. So I kinda gathered that if any android phone is stuffed full of applications, it gets slow. But I guess I am wrong?
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I think that I accidentally misled you on this. It was some SGS(maybe) thread that I read sometime ago. The talk was about phone being laggy and probable cause that it was full of apps. So I kinda gathered that if any android phone is stuffed full of applications, it gets slow. But I guess I am wrong?
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Aha, well if the phone gets sluggish is because swap and ram is being used and less free for other processes. You could make it similar to any OS. I have tried once with this phone filled it up had 6mb left wasn't sluggish at.
So if I have still 389mb phone memory left free, re-partitioning isn't really acute procedure for me?
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So if I have still 389mb phone memory left free, re-partitioning isn't really acute procedure for me?
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The partition thing will work independently, only thing it does is formatting the external storage(2GB) and then moves all your data on to the 2GB internal SD and that's it. You can do this if you feel like you need lots of space for apps ok?
Yes, I understand. And since I still have lots of free space left, I think I save this for later. Thanks for explaining this to me. Oh jeah, what custom ROM would you recommend? Preferably one that has all its bugs smoothed out?
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This ROM seems to be stable and very fast.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059753
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Yes, I understand. And since I still have lots of free space left, I think I save this for later. Thanks for explaining this to me. Oh jeah, what custom ROM would you recommend? Preferably one that has all its bugs smoothed out?
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Uhm, I am really uncertain about this fact. It seems like phones from different regions have different problems with ROMs.
I would say like this, take a tour , visit different roms out and try out them for yourself and see which one suits your needs and such things.
What I use
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...rom-for-the-huawei-u8800-with-online-kitchen/
I am using this because I seem to have problems with other roms out nowdays. Might be only me
Other ones...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147103
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059753
Try out and see for yourself, that's the best thing you can do !
Hope it helps !
Thanks for the help. Wanna Google+ invite?
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Thanks for the help. Wanna Google+ invite?
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Thanks, but no thanks
I am happy with forums and iirc.
The n00b question parade continues.
I applied new boot.img and new recovery.img and updated to B160 ROM (for now). So far so good. But its the Superuser that I can't figure out. I can't seem to make it do anything..
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The n00b question parade continues.
I applied new boot.img and new recovery.img and updated to B160 ROM (for now). So far so good. But its the Superuser that I can't figure out. I can't seem to make it do anything..
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Well, the superuser application is there for applications who require root access to make changes and such thing, so if you were to use SetCPU, noAds or Titanium Backup, they will require access from superuser(root). So don't worry, it works but you need something that demands root access to see anything happen !
And yet more questions. Is there a way to upgrade the touch screen? I mean to up the number of simultaneous touches from two to more?
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HTC Glaciet non-rootef, OTA update.
Have logs showing an app dowloaded from google play store inserting file iinto root.
Uninstalled app. That was 2 days ago, now cell phone is connecting and downloading. Logs show all system files now have unknown permission (1 per system app).
Multiple partitions and roots. Anytime password is in log hash folloes it. bmr150_usr was making connections thru accelerator sensor. Everything off but utms. Found webroot secure premier could no longer scan sdcard. Also allowing finsky, plurk, flurry, dam.kargo.com to send and recieve. I don't have dropbox but its listed in logs. Sefi.msrch dowloaded lots of images. Also found .adb files on internal storage file systems.
7 partitions, 4 different roots, 4 different boots. sdcard rooted at .android_secure.. Have done 2 master resets prior. Downloaded treve security tester but did not have root and an
showed treve was zombie, all others asleep.
Anyone interested in examining logs about connecting thru sensors? Would like to have phone back if possible. Thanks for reading thru lengthy post.
Why not just Factory Reset the phone and start fresh. Backup the important things to SD card and reset it no need to kill yourself over potential log key virus.
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Since you already did 2 resets, make sure and reformat your sd card as well or use a blank one and try the factory reset again
Or be absolutely sure. Format sd and flash PD15IMG.zip.
Screw all these advises lol & Root that 2 yr old phone already lol
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...Awesome... said:
Screw all these advises lol & Root that 2 yr old phone already lol
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I second that!
I am researching the downgrading.
Appreciate the response.
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freakout45 said:
I am researching the downgrading.
Appreciate the response.
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Advice: Don't skimp out, use the downgrading method instead of htc-dev unlock, true S-OFF is much better than htc-dev.
Hi guys need a little help have managed to delete my sons birthday videos of my phone wife is giving me a headache about it I've tried several apps none work they find jpeg but not mp4 files if anyone knows a way to get them back I'd be eternally gratefull
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Hi, you can use this program: http://www.piriform.com/recuva or a similar one (Read about them, try them all) (Mounting your phone as mass storage)
Or search Google and try everything! (Ok, not EVERYTHING, just things that make sense in a trusted webpage...)
Best Luck
dog121 said:
Hi guys need a little help have managed to delete my sons birthday videos of my phone wife is giving me a headache about it I've tried several apps none work they find jpeg but not mp4 files if anyone knows a way to get them back I'd be eternally gratefull
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Just delete, it should be easy to restore.Try some undelete software.
dog121 said:
Hi guys need a little help have managed to delete my sons birthday videos of my phone wife is giving me a headache about it I've tried several apps none work they find jpeg but not mp4 files if anyone knows a way to get them back I'd be eternally gratefull
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Firstly, take the SD card out of your phone so that the deleted files don't get overwritten by anything installed.
Then use some non-destructive data recovery tools (Google) to search and undelete the mp4 files.
If that fails you can always pay a professional data recovery service.
But don't use the SD card for anything else in the meantime.
dog121 said:
Hi guys need a little help have managed to delete my sons birthday videos of my phone wife is giving me a headache about it I've tried several apps none work they find jpeg but not mp4 files if anyone knows a way to get them back I'd be eternally gratefull
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Firstly, take the SD card out of your phone so that the deleted files don't get overwritten by anything installed.
Then use some non-destructive data recovery tools (Google) to search and undelete the mp4 files.
If that fails you can always pay a professional data recovery service.
But don't use the SD card for anything else in the meantime.
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Yeah. Get it out of your phone. Your data is recoverable so long as something isnt over written onto it. Else you're going to need some FBI level recovery to remove newly written data and separate it from your sons birthday cake.
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Plz need some help. Done a nandroid restore and tried a tb restore but still getting the same problem. Applicstions are disapearing and where the app icon was its still thier but in grey. When i click on it, it opens the play store to reinstall the app. Even when i check using root browser or my files it shows the app is still installed. Even if i redownload these apps after a reboot or exiting out of a app it happens again??? The icon for the app is grey and if i click it opens play store to reinstall. Now my biggest problem its starting to do it to newly installed apps. I purchase alot of apps and never has it asked me to repay but i just dont know whats going on. Its a pain everytome i want to use a certain app i must reinstall it. Can anybody plz shed some light on yhis problem or is anybody experianceing the same problem. Plzzzzzz help???????
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If you had sd card and it was going bad, then I could imagine apps that install partially to sd card get corrupted and stop working. There should be
LOST DIR folder, if anything is there, those are lost and later recovered file fragments. You would need at least reformat the card, possibly replace it. If that's not the case then I have no idea.
Yes my external sd is corrupt. Cant add or delete anything from it. I contacted sandisk and they will replace it in a weeks time. So that must be the problem then?
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