Database Users

How can u change the startup picture?

Probably asked a billion times but can somebody quickly explain how i can have a custom startup picture instead of the cingular one? thanks

If u do a simple search, u will find many posts talking about it.
Anyway, here's the steps (WM5 ONLY):
Step 1)
Backing up the original Bootscreen image.
Open your device's File Explorer and go to /Windows.
Search for an image named 'welcomehead.96.png'.
Copy that file (Tap & Hold on the image's name and tap on Copy).
Paste it somewhere else on your device. Preferably on a removeable storage card (SD, Mini-SD, etc)
Paste the file by tap & holding on an empty space in the file explorer and tapping on paste in the context menu.
Now the file is backed up!
Step 2)
Take the Bootscreen skin you've chosen, and put it on your device.
Now, you need a third party file explorer, because Microsoft, for security/safety reasons, disabled the Built-in File explorer (and ActiveSync Explorer)
from replacing system files.
Resco Explorer is a good 3rd Party explorer but there are tons of freeware explorers out there to do the job.
Paste the Bootscreen skin in the /Windows folder with the 3rd party file explorer.
A pop-up will appear asking you to overwrite the original file. Overwrite the file.
You will also probably get a system warning about replacing a system file. This can be ignored.
Please note, as stated above, that this only works on Windows Mobile 5 devices.

File explorer problem

I went on windows folder on file explorer. It took ages to load so quit file explorer. Now whenever i load file explorer on my phone i just get the rotaing windows logo timer thing.
How can i get back to a different page on explorer? This is driving me mad!
I'm running duttys rom if that makes a difference.

Same thing happened to me. I waited about 3-4 minutes and as the explorer was finally (you just have to wait) showing the content of the windows folder, I switched to a higher level. That was it. And remember - never ever try to go inside the windows folder on winMo

yes, the /windows directory has a lot of files and it takes a while for loading. Just wait until it's loaded and then change the directory (e.g. to /) because the explorer will always open at the last visited directory!
duttys rom has maybe another file explorer installed (look in the programs directory)
if not, then install another explorer. I'm using Total Commander
click here for the cab!

Yup, that even happens if you access your Windows folder via your PC (ActiveSync). Use TotalCommander for any operations in your Windows folder, that's the fastest free alternative.

win explorer stopped functioning during large file transfer

Hi! all. recently i have this problem copying large video files from windows explorer to the iconia. everytime i copy & paste a large file such as 1 or 2gb, windows explorer will stop functioning & restart. i notice that small files such as pix & mp3 do not have this issue. but if a folder that is 1gb in size with lotsa pix or music in it is transfered, the same thing will occur. i tried wifi file transfer but it keeps getting disconnected halfway & i have to redo the whole process again. anyone can help?

What I recommend is getting ES File Explorer from, the market, its free. Then share, say your home folder over the network in windows, as ES can access Samba file share. Then copy and paste within ES instead of your computer not only does it work wonderfully, but you aren't tethered to your home computer and you don't have to use Acers terrible driver Lemme know if it works.

Even easier, withthe File Expert (free), yuu don't have to have a permanent network share, it has a web interface for transfering to and from the tablet. It also has root access, so no need for a separate root explorer.

same with es on root access. I find sharing a folder easier for me, but thats just me.

[Q] A storage question

This isn't necessarily a nexus question, but I thought you guys would probably know anyway.
If I look at the file structure over a USB cable from my PC, I see what I think is on the "SD card". I have a list of directories and I can see the files.
However, if I use ES File manager, I can go to /SDCARD0 and I see the same file list but an additional directory called "maps" (created by my mind map application).
if I use ES File manager and just look at where it starts off (the Home directory), I don't see that "maps" directory.
So, how can I get my PC to see that extra directory? Is it some sort of permissions or is it more complex than that?
regards
Alan

[Q] Big thumbdata3 file in internal storage

Hi all;
Can i know why the thumbdata3 file folder in /mnt/sdcard/DCIM is so big in size (nearly 1gb) in my internal storage? Actually, all my photos or videos are in my ext-SD.
I have tried to delete the thumbnail folder but it come back again in same location. As shown in the picture, the device memory bar is almost full,but the available space still show 7.24gb. Please advice. Thanks.............

Anyone can help..? Thanks.........

Big thumbdata3 file in internal storage
erictanyh said:
Anyone can help..? Thanks.........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Using a disk space analyzer, I was surprised to see that my Android tablet had 1.03GB of photos. This was odd to me, because I knew there were only a couple of photos on the device.
I pinpointed the problem to thumbnails. These are tiny copies of photos used by some apps to more quickly display pictures. Specifically, the 1GB was being taken up by a thumbnail index file, and I didn't need to lose that 1GB to a function I don't use on the tablet. I erased the file as follows:
1. Open a file manager on Android. I use File Manager from Rhythm Software.
2. Ensure that it can display system or hidden files. This is an option somewhere under Settings. In File Manager, tap Menu > Settings > Show Hidden Files.
3. Navigate to \mnt\sdcard\DCIM\ .thumbnails. By the way, DCIM is the standard name for the folder that holds photographs, and is the standard for pretty much any device, whether smartphone or camera; it is short for "digital camera IMages." Another BTW: when a folder name is prefixed with a period, then it is a hidden folder in Android (such as .thumbnails).
4. Select and erase the file that's about 1GB and contains the word 'thumbdata." The exact file name will vary.
After I did this, image viewing apps like Gallery operated just fine, with no apparent slowdown from the loss of this file.
In this way I freed up 1GB on my Android v4 tablet, 1GB on my Android v4 phone, and 750MB on an older Android v2 phone.
Keeping the 1GB Free
Because .thumbdata is a system file, Android recreates it. Indeed, you may find more than one copy in the .thumbnails folder, if you have reinstalled Android or similarly redid the system in some way.
To keep Android from creating the 1GB file anew, we need to create a dummy file that fools Android. In short, we create a text file with a text editor, and then move it to the thumbnails folder. Here are the steps to doing this:
1. Use File Manager to determine the exact name of the thumbnail index file. On one of my Android devices, the name is .thumbdata3--1967290299. Write it down.
2. Start a text editor or word processor on the Android, and then create a new text file.
3. Use the Save As command to save the file in the DCIM folder. (We move it to the .thumbnails folder in a later step.) Save it with the same name at that index file, such as ".thumbdata3--1967290299". Now, depending on the text editor's capabilities, it might not allow the "." prefix or a blank extension. Thus, you might end up with thumbdata3--1967290299.txt as the file name. We fix this in a later step.
4. Exit the text editor, and then switch to File Manager. Now, it is important you use a file manager like Rhythm Software's File Manager app, because it does what some others cannot: it can (a) rename file extensions and (b) access hidden folders.
5. In File Manager, navigate to the \DCIM\ .thumbnails folder. If the thumbdata3 file is there again, erase it again.
6. Move up a level to the \DCIM folder, and then right-click the thumbdata3--1967290299.txt file name. ("Right click" means hold your finger down on the name until a menu appears.)
7. From the menu, choose Rename, and then rename thumbdata3--1967290299.txt to .thumbdata3--1967290299 -- (a) add the dot (.) to the start of the file name, and (b) erase the ".txt" from the end of the file name.
8. Click OK (or Rename) to finish renaming.
9. Right click the file name, and then choose Move (or Cut).
10. Navigate down to the .thumbnails folder, and then tap Paste.
The dummy file will now prevent Android from creating the huge index file.

Thumbdata files allow most devices to access the file it is in i.e if u give another device permission to access your device it will create a thumbdata file so it can browse your personal files so should be treated with caution as app developers would be able to illegally access your sensitive personal images or information on your phone or smart device without consent from the owner therefore maybe should be treated as spyware permissions for thumbdata should be an optional decision from the user in Android systems and currently is not