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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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Vk_ said:
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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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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I have my Nexus 4 now Boot loader unlocked, rooted, busybox installed etc using the Toolkit 1.3.0 with the 4.2.2 files from the official thread, however when I try to install a recovery the touch one just won't work (keep getting an android with his belly open an a red exclamation triangle symbol).
CWM installs but when I boot into CWM and then exit, it gives me a message about the default recovery reinstalling or something, I can't remember the exact message because I had several things to do between getting a chance to post this and when I tried to install it.
From efrant's nexus 4 101 sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010338
I just flashed CWM, but every time I try to boot into CWM, I keep seeing the stock recovery. Why?
If you updated your Android build using an OTA update file (either manually or over-the-air), the update placed two files on your device that re-flash the stock recovery every time you reboot your device. These two files are:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh <== this is the script that installs the patch file
/system/recovery-from-boot.p <== this is the patch
You have to rename (or delete) one or both of them, then re-flash your custom recovery. Now it will stick.
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Thanks I had a search on that thread and I'm blind that I missed it, long day, work + 8 week old daughter + shopping = tired!
No worries
tekken179 said:
Thanks I had a search on that thread and I'm blind that I missed it, long day, work + 8 week old daughter + shopping = tired!
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There's your problem right there lol. Waking up every 2 hours for feeding or do you take turns with your partner? :silly: I normally did it because I sleep lightly and I usually put the baby back into the crib and sleep on the comfy rocking chair. Now forward 4 yrs later, my lil one sleeps in a big ol bed but still uses a security blanket.
Congrats on the lil one and treasure all the 3am feedings. They grow up faster than Google releasing Nexus'
Haha Aww we take turns I do one she does one etc. Unless circumstances arise! Like appointments or meetings, doctors and stuff.
Usually I'm happy enough to do whatever feeds my partner asks me to do I enjoy the feeding and changing. Most nights the baby is good and she goes over her bottle if she sleeps we let her sleep until she is ready for the bottle.
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From efrant's nexus 4 101 sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010338
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New question now, *sigh*
Where does CWM save backups to because I cannot find it at all =\ but it's took the data up for the backup lol.
tekken179 said:
New question now, *sigh*
Where does CWM save backups to because I cannot find it at all =\ but it's took the data up for the backup lol.
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Should be located in /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
well I just booted into it again to see where it saves to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup , clockworkmod folder isn't there for me(using root explorer)
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From efrant's nexus 4 101 sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010338
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Should be located in /data/media/clockworkmod/backup
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Tried several options of showing hidden folders, connecting to PC and different exploring apps but no avail, rebooting the phone but the folder just won't show.
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Tried several options of showing hidden folders, connecting to PC and different exploring apps but no avail, rebooting the phone but the folder just won't show.
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You won't be able to see /data on your computer. Use a file explorer on your phone.
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You won't be able to see /data on your computer. Use a file explorer on your phone.
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Yea I'm using root explorer can't find the folder anywhere I've booted into recovery again to delete the backups to see if it worked OK but it never freed the space back up, note the storage doesn't add up.
There is now 3GB space wasted and I have no idea where =\
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Yea I'm using root explorer can't find the folder anywhere I've booted into recovery again to delete the backups to see if it worked OK but it never freed the space back up, note the storage doesn't add up.
There is now 3GB space wasted and I have no idea where =\
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Try looking in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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Right I finally found the folder, seems deleting the backups does nothing it's all in the blobs and had to delete them through root explorer (I only made the backups to check)
But these backups aren't the same, I've never dealt with blobs before? Usually they were in the /backup folder each backup was in seperate large gb+ file
Sounds like you're using an old CWM build as they stopped using blobs a while ago
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Just got the white variant yesterday, rooted using the toolkit in the Dev forum, also updated to 4.3 before that.
Bottom line is when I install titanium, I cant backup because I get a storage space error. I was able to backup once but then none of my apps stick, meaning no backups can be found even tho I just backed them up.
Lastly, I lost root after flashing Slim and Carbon. I have root with PA, though.
Thanks.
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stevew84 said:
Just got the white variant yesterday, rooted using the toolkit in the Dev forum, also updated to 4.3 before that.
Bottom line is when I install titanium, I cant backup because I get a storage space error. I was able to backup once but then none of my apps stick, meaning no backups can be found even tho I just backed them up.
Lastly, I lost root after flashing Slim and Carbon. I have root with PA, though.
Thanks.
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Try changing backup storage location in titanium backup preferences. Hit detect, whole device, then try changing that. I have seen people say use the legacy location in 4.3, but I have had trouble with the storage error using that. Right now storage/emulated/0/TitaniumBackup is checked on mine.
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This is what happens when I do that...
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Try the legacy location. Then hit use the current folder.
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I can't do that, though. My screen shot shows that error when I hit the Detect button. Also, how do I get around the issue if Not enough space when trying to back up. I have the new pro version
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ok my friend couple questions what size is your phone and also do you have backups on there already. Was your backup from 4.2? I ask about that because file system changed and thats why you were instructed to try the other folder options. Now also are you properly rooted and using es file explorer or my favorite root explorer?
There are a few factors to figure out when resolving your issue but your question quite honestly is all over the forum and maybe a little searching may help you find your answer. If not post more here so we can figure it out...
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ok my friend couple questions what size is your phone and also do you have backups on there already. Was your backup from 4.2? I ask about that because file system changed and thats why you were instructed to try the other folder options. Now also are you properly rooted and using es file explorer or my favorite root explorer?
There are a few factors to figure out when resolving your issue but your question quite honestly is all over the forum and maybe a little searching may help you find your answer. If not post more here so we can figure it out...
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Alright, my Nexus is the 16gb white version, a newer one because it has those two little bumps on the back to help against glass damage. Also I updated officially to 4.3...THEN rooted, flashed TWRP 2.6.3.0, flashed PA and installed a handful of apps, including ES EXPLORER. I had a previous version of Titanium Pro, which wouldn't let me backup (got the error stating storage capacity), I tried to choose a different backup location and selected "Whole Device", then immediately get the "no back up folder" error.
I then went to the play store, installed the newest trial version of Titanium...and I WAS able to backup, but as soon as I would restart my phone, the backups would disappear. BUT they backups are still stored in my ES explorer in a default folder: /storage/Titanium/Backups (the text may not be exact but the location is right).
So bottom line is that I can't access the folder which holds my backups...thru Titanium. I can see them when I open ES, though.
Here is a screenshot of my TB folder and showing how much space I have can you do the same
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Here is a screenshot of my TB folder and showing how much space I have can you do the sameView attachment 2289697
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My device is brand new, I have like 12gb left on my phone, so the storage problems is an error.
May I suggest you backing up that folder and doing a complete wipe of your phone but make sure you can transfer a Rom over if needed
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If changing folders does not work and you googled your problem you may have to start o we with a clean device
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Is USB debugging on ?
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xanthrax said:
Is USB debugging on ?
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Yes, tried off too, look at these.
I am by no means a noob, but this one has really got me.
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You shouldn't try off...
Anyway , uninstall it delete its cache and data , flash the latest superSU , reinstall , be sure USB debugging is on , detect and choose legacy folder , if no backup folder detected do a small one , retry to detect and chose legacy , use current location
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stevew84 said:
My device is brand new, I have like 12gb left on my phone, so the storage problems is an error.
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look through here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201604
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You shouldn't try off...
Anyway , uninstall it delete its cache and data , flash the latest superSU , reinstall , be sure USB debugging is on , detect and choose legacy folder , if no backup folder detected do a small one , retry to detect and chose legacy , use current location
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and if I still can't even view the folders to choose from when I click on "whole device"? Because that's what happens...anyway I'll try right now.
EDIT: No dice.
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EDIT: No dice.
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What about the backup ? Did it worked ?
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What about the backup ? Did it worked ?
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This is weird, I can back up all of the apps I have installed at the moment, and I can restore those apps...BUT I cannot restore the apps I've backed up previously. But I can now change to the Legacy folder..
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This is weird, I can back up all of the apps I have installed at the moment, and I can restore those apps...BUT I cannot restore the apps I've backed up previously. But I can now change to the Legacy folder..
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So , is fine now ...
And you can restore as well ...
If so , edit the thread name adding "solved "
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i have exact same problem, changed location for tb but still no go, have u find fix?
Jon Bon Jovica said:
i have exact same problem, changed location for tb but still no go, have u find fix?
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No go what ?
Did you flash superSU ?
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Hi, I just wondered if anyone else is having issues after the Kit Kat update? Maybe we could start a list here.... I'm on the stock recovery and not rooted (and have been since day one). If you add issues, please could you tell everybody whether or not you're rooted etc.
1.Can't write files so MicroSD card using file manager apps (but I can do it if I connect the Note to a PC in MTP mode, then drag and drop files from internal to external storage
2. MC3 doesn't work - this one may bring about the end of civilisation as we know. No really, it might.
3. Stuttering when playing movies over HDMI to a TV (this was present in 4.3 too, but not 4.2.2)
4. Options to use auto-correct, double tap of the space bar etc when a hardware keyboard is connected do not work (this extra menu only appears when your keyboard is connected).
5. Various slow downs and pauses.
6. Battery life, as mentioned by foxxorrrorororors (approximate spelling)
7. GPS - still pretty bad for me, even with GPS Test....
Anybody else got the same, or perhaps other issues?
*UPDATE* I just tried a full factory reset and the microSD card write issue remains. You also can't write files to an external USB drive either. Clearly Nvidia doesn't have a very thorough procedure for testing these updates before pushing them to our devices. Muppets.
**UPDATE** If you are rooted, the tutorial in this thread fixes the write to SD card problem as far as I can tell http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921
1. jup, vlc cant access sdcard either - seems they changed something here.
2. na
3. na
4. na, using swiftkey
5. not yet
6. maybe, time will show
7. jup
wonders who this foxxoorrroxororors person you speak of is.
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wonders who this foxxoorrroxororors person you speak of is.
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Sorry dude, I couldn't remember how to spell your username - too many letters for me
cars10k, thanks for responding - do you mean MC3 does work for your, or that you haven't tried it? Sorry if I'm being a bit dumb
Writing to Sd card was killed by Samsung in their KitKat update - apparently the permissions are set wrong in platform.xml. I don't know if this is the case for us. I can't even use Helium Backup to write to the MicroSd card. Darn.
yeah my sd cards isnt working either, moving or with es file man. that sucks i use it daily.....
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did not try MC3.
surprisingly, mx player works for me, even with files on the sdcard.
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did not try MC3.
surprisingly, mx player works for me, even with files on the sdcard.
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Thanks
Reading files from the MicroSD card works fine, writing does not unfortunately
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yeah my sd cards isnt working either, moving or with es file man. that sucks i use it daily.....
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Yeah, I use it daily too. Really frustrating. I'm tempted to cut my nose off to spite my face and just take the tablet back to Currys. There's no point Nvidia throwing out updates with newer versions of android and extra features if they break basic stuff in the process (USB OTG hard drive unmounting being one example of something that was broken by the 4.3 update).
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yeah my sd cards isnt working either, moving or with es file man. that sucks i use it daily.....
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I think it's actually a KitKat thing: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...at-and-even-samsung-may-be-implementing-them/
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5. Various slow downs and pauses.
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Do you mean like the whole tablet becomes unresponsive at times? You can't even get to the home screen or turn the screen off? Then after anything from 30 second to 2 minutes it just comes alive again? I was experiencing that even before the update - with very few apps installed (same as my Sammy 7.7 which never froze). I've reset to factory and haven't had it again... Yet...
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did not try MC3.
surprisingly, mx player works for me, even with files on the sdcard.
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Ditto for me. I keep my vids on the SD card. Watched a couple today. Oh, and I've never rooted this; still stock.
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Ditto for me. I keep my vids on the SD card. Watched a couple today. Oh, and I've never rooted this; still stock.
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Here's a thread about how to solve the problem of not being able to write to the SD card. You need to root first though unfortunately. On the plus side there's absolutely no reason why Nvidia Shouldn't push a fix out very quickly if they are paying attention.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921
After rooting I used ES File Explorer. Before you can do anything, in ES File explorer turn on Root Explorer in the side menu by tapping the button next to that entry, then tap on the Root Explorer text itself to enter the options menu for root access. In the menu that pops up tap "Mount R/W" and press the radio button to mount "/system" as RW, then press ok. After that you can follow the instructions to edit the Platform.xml as laid out in the link above. I used ES File Explorer's in built text editor to do this. After you've made the changes to platform.xml, you to set the correct permissions for the file, again using ES File Explorer (long press platform.xml, press the menu button in the bottom right hand corner, then tap properties) change the permissions to rw-r-r-. That should be it, in theory you can now write files to external storage.
Ouzo said:
Here's a thread about how to solve the problem of not being able to write to the SD card. You need to root first though unfortunately. On the plus side there's absolutely no reason why Nvidia Shouldn't push a fix out very quickly if they are paying attention.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921
After rooting I used ES File Explorer. Before you can do anything, in ES File explorer turn on Root Explorer in the side menu by tapping the button next to that entry, then tap on the Root Explorer text itself to enter the options menu for root access. In the menu that pops up tap "Mount R/W" and press the radio button to mount "/system" as RW, then press ok. After that you can follow the instructions to edit the Platform.xml as laid out in the link above. I used ES File Explorer's in built text editor to do this. After you've made the changes to platform.xml, you to set the correct permissions for the file, again using ES File Explorer (long press platform.xml, press the menu button in the bottom right hand corner, then tap properties) change the permissions to rw-r-r-. That should be it, in theory you can now write files to external storage.
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Thank you, thank you. I just spent about 3 hours trying to edit the file, but I couldn't figure out how to get the permissions to do so. That did it.
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Ouzo said:
Hi, I just wondered if anyone else is having issues after the Kit Kat update? Maybe we could start a list here.... I'm on the stock recovery and not rooted (and have been since day one). If you add issues, please could you tell everybody whether or not you're rooted etc...
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Clear your dalvik cache and normal cache using the recovery kernel options.
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Clear your dalvik cache and normal cache using the recovery kernel options.
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Haha I just FAC reset before I read this, but everything is nice and spangly after reset, try SD card now
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Haha I just FAC reset before I read this, but everything is nice and spangly after reset, try SD card now
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Google's KitKat is supposed to be restrictive on allowing apps to be installed to sdcard1, but you maybe able to trick installs using symbolic linked folders.
Damn this game mapper is awesome arcane legends rocks with it
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Clear your dalvik cache and normal cache using the recovery kernel options.
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Wiping dalvik cache isn't an option in the stock recovery on Kit Kat. I just looked a few mins ago. Wiping cache is there and I used it, but it still isn't solving the slow booting/loading time.
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Wiping dalvik cache isn't an option in the stock recovery on Kit Kat. I just looked a few mins ago. Wiping cache is there and I used it, but it still isn't solving the slow booting/loading time.
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Ok You'll need root mode and either use a custom recovery partition options.
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Ok You'll need root mode and either use a custom recovery partition options.
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That's fine, I'm not going bother with rooting, I'm rolling back to stock 4.3. This whole kit kat update left a really sour taste in my mouth and rooting the tablet just to put in a dirty hack to fix it is ugly, IMHO. The fix isn't even guaranteed to solve it completely as others have expressed other issues. At least with 4.3, I know I didn't have much problems with it, and I need my sdcard for hosting files (25GB worth) for an app that putting them in the cloud isn't workable when I can't access them on the road or at places sans wifi.
titetanium said:
That's fine, I'm not going bother with rooting, I'm rolling back to stock 4.3. This whole kit kat update left a realthy sour taste in my mouth and rooting the tablet just to put in a dirty hack to fix it is ugly, IMHO. The fix isn't even guaranteed to solve it completely as others have expressed other issues. At least with 4.3, I know I didn't have much problems with it, and I need my sdcard for hosting files (25GB worth) for an app that putting them in the cloud isn't workable when I can't access them on the road or at places sans wifi.
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Agreed. While I think Nvidia have done a great job at pushing out updates in a timely manner, the quality of those updates has been poor. Each time they have added some useful features, they have also either introduced new bugs or failed to fix existing bugs. On the one hand, I want the latest update due to the game mapper functionally and the fact that they fixed the bug regarding unmounting external hard drives (which they introduced in 4.3), but i don't want to have to employ a workaround to use my microSD card or an external hard drive freely. It's such a shame as this device has so much potential. I don't think I'll be buying the next Nvidia device.
To roll back to 4.3 involved installing unsigned drivers on my PC (a real no no) and unlocking the boot loader (which means my warranty is now void). What a stupid end user experience Nvidia and Google have created between them. At a time when I want to move away from rooting my device and flashing custom recoveries and ROMs they are actually making doing so more and more of a necessity. If I'm going to have to keep tinkering with my devices to get them to function in the way I want, then I would like a better OS that does less dodgy stuff with my data and is truly open....
After recent system updates my device is sluggish and unbearable to use. I wanted to do factory reset however I have all my movie on the internal storage. I tried moving it to my portable hard drive but ES would not let . is there a way for me to move the movie to my hard drive without root?
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Not sure if it'll work, but try connecting shield to your PC.
toanau said:
After recent system updates my device is sluggish and unbearable to use. I wanted to do factory reset however I have all my movie on the internal storage. I tried moving it to my portable hard drive but ES would not let . is there a way for me to move the movie to my hard drive without root?
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I had to root to enable it. Although I read somewhere that you can do it on the 1.4 firmware without root.
Set up an FTP server on your computer temporairly then connect withh ES file explorer to that and move them that way. I very much recommend rooting, and using trimmer (root application in the play store) as that makes the device as fast as day 1.
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I had to root to enable it. Although I read somewhere that you can do it on the 1.4 firmware without root.
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I already tried it with the new update. Couldn't move it. Thanks
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Set up an FTP server on your computer temporairly then connect withh ES file explorer to that and move them that way. I very much recommend rooting, and using trimmer (root application in the play store) as that makes the device as fast as day 1.
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When u root the device. doesn't it wipe the device first?
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toanau said:
When u root the device. doesn't it wipe the device first?
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I didn't check as I rooted mine before I ever booted it, but for most devices yes. That being said, rooting isn't what causes it to lose data, it's the fact that you have to unlock the device (fastboot oem unlock), which wipes it for user security on most devices. I would highly suggest backing it up via some method, I like FPT server, or you can probably mount it with the OTG cable. Once rooted, yes, you woid your warenty (for software, if it bricks, most campanies cover it), but then you have the control to fix things yourself. For example, the 1.4 update bricked many devices, so you can manually block updates with root, along with trimming drives to gain speed. Android 4.2 and higher is supposed to trim itself, but it doesn't do it very often if it does, causing slowdown.
Ignore the parts about Mac, but this explains why SSD's slow down, and why trim is important.
http://www.howtogeek.com/222077/how-to-enable-trim-for-third-party-ssds-on-mac-os-x/
We are a little off topic here, so back to the original topic. Try an OTG cable, or moving things via FTP is my suggestion on getting it backed up. BTW, root can be removed if you decide it's not for you.
toanau said:
When u root the device. doesn't it wipe the device first?
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kdb424 said:
I didn't check as I rooted mine before I ever booted it, but for most devices yes. That being said, rooting isn't what causes it to lose data, it's the fact that you have to unlock the device (fastboot oem unlock), which wipes it for user security on most devices. I would highly suggest backing it up via some method, I like FPT server, or you can probably mount it with the OTG cable. Once rooted, yes, you woid your warenty (for software, if it bricks, most campanies cover it), but then you have the control to fix things yourself. For example, the 1.4 update bricked many devices, so you can manually block updates with root, along with trimming drives to gain speed. Android 4.2 and higher is supposed to trim itself, but it doesn't do it very often if it does, causing slowdown.
Ignore the parts about Mac, but this explains why SSD's slow down, and why trim is important.
http://www.howtogeek.com/222077/how-to-enable-trim-for-third-party-ssds-on-mac-os-x/
We are a little off topic here, so back to the original topic. Try an OTG cable, or moving things via FTP is my suggestion on getting it backed up. BTW, root can be removed if you decide it's not for you.
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Yes when you unlock the bootloader it wipes the device, and you need to unlock the bootloader before you can root. Well worth it though does't take that long to set back up in my experience. I'm not sure if Carbon works on the Sheild if so you could back up apps and app data using that.