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Lost functionality - unable to register - no wifi

Hello, I have a B5510, and had managed to root and install link2sd to free up some space on my internal memory even though I had reduced the phone's applications to the "basic essential".
I noticed that even by moving apps with link2sd, the free internal space was not increasing and was getting an error with the dalvik-cache. I tried to move the dalvik-cache to the sdext2 partition since that is where link2sd was looking for it, however accidentally removed it. Unfortunately with it I must have removed also the links to the apps on the sd card and was left with only a handful of useless applications.
After trying to find a solution for that, it seemed that the only option I had was to do a factory reset, which I did. Despite having regained access of the google market application, I am unable to log onto the internet / wifi, and register my samsung phone. The phone seems to be continuously on standby at "obtaining ip address...". If I try to set a static ip, it seems like the device is connected to the wifi but it actually isn't, or at least, I can't register it to find out since my only application with access to the internet is google market.
I don't know whether the loss of functionality is due to having removed the dalvik-cache or some samsung related applications like samsung apps. In any, I wish I could find a way to restore my phone to what it was before. I thought that maybe I could flash cyanogenmod but didn't find a version for my phone. However I really don't wish to remove the stock OS and would like to restore it as is. Do you guys have any suggestions, experiences, or any helpful advice? I really don't know what to do. I asked for help to samsung but I don't know whether they'll help since the device is rooted.

oakenguy said:
Hello, I have a B5510...
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My suggestion would be to use Odin to flash your original firmware onto your handset as per this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678568
If you cannot find the correct firmware in that thread (most likely as the files have not been converted it seems...huh!) then post in this thread and ask Doky73 very very nicely to convert the firmware files for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678568
You will need to know what firmware you are currently running - you can probably check yourself on sammobile to see if that is available, once you know the stock for your phone you can search google - it may already be out there converted and ready to go!
Once that is flashed delete everything off the SD card and format and repartition it again then start afresh - good luck! :good:
Stokey

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My suggestion would be to...
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Hello stokey and thanks for your quick suggestion! I've been looking all over the website trying to understand and apparently the best solution would be to flash the firmware with odin 1.85.
I've found the details of my firmware being the Italy version:
Code:
HIDSWVER B5510XXLF3/B5510ITVLF1/B5510XILE1/B5510XXLF3
ANDROIDVERSION 2.3.6
BASEBANDVERSION B5510XILE1
KERNELVERSION 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #103
BUILDNUMBER GINGERBREAD.XXLF3
and it seems I also found a download from sampro.pl
I'm hoping this goes well because it seems like I've only managed to take the situation from bad to worse so far! If you have any experience with odin, do you believe the phone (wifi especially) should work correctly after flashing?

oakenguy said:
Hello stokey and thanks...
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Ok, I've downloaded a stock firmware corresponding to my original IDs, split it up with Ordinatrix and flashed it with Odin and it worked! It's back as new! Thanks a lot stokey and everyone for your very helpful threads, I thought my phone was good as dead!!

[Q] Changing to a different stock rom and rooting

Hey guys
I got the Galaxy S4 i9500 with the stock firmware (build number JDQ39.I9500XXUAMDK) running Jelly Bean 4.2.2. I don't know what's the region but I bought it in the US if it helps.
I got a few problems/things I wanna do:
1. I want to change my stock rom to I9500XXUAMDE (ILO region) because my original rom doesn't support Hebrew menus.
I found a link to a file but I can't post it cuz i'm new. Its name is "Samsung-Updates.com-GT-I9500-ILO-I9500XXUAMDE-1365755329.zip"
For some reason I can't download the file from hotfile... just when the download is about to finish, the download stops
I tried downloading on 2 different computers in my house, both trying with firefox and explorer browsers (every attempt took about 2 hours to "complete" its exhausting!!!!) - could someone download it and upload it as a torrent link or provide some other way to help me?
2. I want to root the device while still leaving the stock recovery and rom, first of all - should I do it before or after putting the new rom?
and second - is it still possible to update the firmware after rooting?
3. Sometimes my phone decides to lose its reception - the circle with the line crossing it doesn't show up, just the reception triangle in the top becomes empty (with no lines) and the data network symbol disappears for a few seconds. How do I stop it from happening?
4. I bought a new 32GB sdhc class 10 card (Kingston) and I can't change anything in it unless I connect the phone to my PC with the card inserted. I put the card in a different phone (i9000) and I didn't have any problems with writing there. What can I do to make the card writable, and by the way... after rooting my s4 I can move apps from the internal SD to the external one right?
Sorry for the loooong story and thanks in advance,
Gilad.

[Q] Noob xcover2 cm install

Hey
I am the owner of a Samsung xcover2 - s7710. I have ben looking for a Way to get cm mod installed. It is not possible to move apps to sd Card on it it seems, and Winther only 1 gb storage left I Got tired of the Samsung ROM.
I managed to get the Phoenix rooted first.
Next I Got the cwm recovery installed using odin.
Now I cannot seem to find my sd Card where the cm files are... How do I get that to show or mounted in a way?
Nxt is there a step by step tutorrial I Can use and if someone Can point me to it, on how to get the cm, I Think I have read that some caches need to be reset along the Way? So a step by step guide World be awesome.
And when I get it installed there are no apps on it is there? So I need to get some Google apps for it, and does it come in a bundle for that specific phone or is there a standard package, and how to install?
Sorry if I seem a retard, but I find it bit hard to navigate here.
And I apologize if I have misspelled alot in This msg - writing from ipad and the gawd awful keyboard and autocorrection...
Thx

[Q] SD Card Issue in Xiaomi Redmi Note

I have inserted a 32 GB class 10 microSD Card in my Xiaomi Redmi Note. Usually it works fine but many a times it stops suddenly and all my files disappears until I restart my phone. Please help me with it.. I have already replaced my sdcard with a new 32 GB class 10 microSD card however it still poses the same issue.

have you try to root your redmi note? maybe the reason is CPU isnt compatible with some Apps,

I was facing the same problem. I have fixed this by formatting the sd card. Good luck :fingers-crossed:

SD card - phone wont read or write to it
Hi,
I have a Redmi Hongmi Note 4g LTE with Miu 66.44.22.00 and Android 4.4.4, kernel 3.4.0. Ive inserted a 32Gb micro sd card but every time i try to move files to it i get a message saying "currently Android 4.4 does not allow 3rd party applications to make modifications to external SD Cards (such as creating files, pasting, renaming files etc)" so how can i make use of my sd card please?

Search the playstore and install an app called "sd fix: Kit Kat writable micro sd". Try to execute it and go to security center to give the app root privileges. After that run the app again and follow instructions.
From the middle of nowhere to the center of everywhere...

Great! Thanks I'll try that now.
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Found and installed sd fix but cannot find how to give app root privileges. Went to security settings turned off permission manager but i get a message saying that the app cannot get root access. I cant find any other settings that might help.

Check Security - Permissions - Root access. If u can't find anything than I guess your phone is not rooted.
From the middle of nowhere to the center of everywhere...

Yes, that's the dilemma. I've never rooted a phone before and I like my redmi note so much I really don't want to trash it! But.... I could really do with being able to move apps to SD card. Thanks for your help.

If you want to stay on Miui , just download Miui developer edition rom from mi.com , this is prerooted .
My advice , use fiui instead , the rom itself occupies a lot less space and leaves you with more free space on internal sd .. KitKat is the cause of the external sd card problems .. The only effective fix is a lollipop update .. Xiaomi is holding back on that!!!

Thanks very much Obanna. I'll take a look at fiui - it would certainly simplify matters! ?

jgordon5 said:
Great! Thanks I'll try that now.
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Found and installed sd fix but cannot find how to give app root privileges. Went to security settings turned off permission manager but i get a message saying that the app cannot get root access. I cant find any other settings that might help.
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In security app--->permission you should have "root permission". Enable it to give root privileges,, Anyway I was wondering about your MIUI version coz AFAIK There's no such version number. Possibilities are that either you are given a custom reseller rom or....Your device might be a fake. Anyway try downloading Root Checker in Playstore and see whether your device is already rooted and report back

That's what I wondered. I haven't seen that. Rom number anywhere!
I installed root checker and no access to root. Shall I install a genuine Rom and go from there. And just a question with regard to which Rom, how do you know it's English and not Chinese?
I really appreciate your help - thank you.

same problem
i have a same problem
in cant open picture or video in my gallery
my music player didnt work
i already try to format the sd card once,it works for a while but its back again after a couple of weeks
what should i do?
i never root my phone before and didnt wanna take a risk to root it
im using HongmiNOTE LTE
MIUI 6.7.1.0[KHICNCH]stable

Hi my name is Yash i am using a redmi note 4 , i found a way that could potentially be the solution to this menace. ●● NO ROOT REQUIRED ●●
Go to the music app , go to advanced settings ( within the three dots on the top right corner ) , now here you must disable all the filters applied to the audio files , then select " by folder " (bottom of the page) , then choose the files which have the music ( this may be dicey if there are multiple files with songs , but thats the solution )

Unrestricted access to my memory card - is that possible?

Hi all,
First of all - forgive me if the subject has been up before - I did a bit of searching, but could't really find much about the subject.
I'm generally very pleased with the Mi A1 (my 4th "main" android phone after HTC Desire, SGS3 & OPO) but one thing that is giving me a bit of grief is this thing with access to my sd card, more precisely with copying content to the card by using different apps like root explorer, dropbox, dropsync pro etc.
Two very common actions in my usage are:
- Start an ftp-server on the phone and push new episodes of whatever tv-series I'm watching for the moment from computer to phone
- Open root explorer in my phone and copy stuff from my Dropbox folder to my phone (and back)
Neither of these actions can be done in my A1 (stock Oreo). The phone actually give the appearance of giving me the option to choose the sd-card but when trying to actually transfer something there it get's stuck before finishing or just return an error when trying.
So my question is - to get back to actually having rights to transfer stuff to my SD card without any problems, which of the below options would be the "easiest":
1. Does this work if I downgrade to Nougat?
2. Would rooting be enough if I stay on Oreo?
3. Can I transfer more freely with LOS 15.x?
4. Other options?
I actually found one thread mentioning this as a problem in stock Oreo so I know I'm not alone with the problem.
Thanks in advance,
/gosa

Hi,
Found this when searching Google for solutions this problem.
At the moment my only way of getting files onto the memory card is to download them to the internal storage and then using "Stock" file manager to copy them to the memory card... A bit to many steps if you ask me.
I was thinking that rooting might solve it but haven't gotten around to it yet.

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gosa said:
Hi all,
First of all - forgive me if the subject has been up before - I did a bit of searching, but could't really find much about the subject.
I'm generally very pleased with the Mi A1 (my 4th "main" android phone after HTC Desire, SGS3 & OPO) but one thing that is giving me a bit of grief is this thing with access to my sd card, more precisely with copying content to the card by using different apps like root explorer, dropbox, dropsync pro etc.
Two very common actions in my usage are:
- Start an ftp-server on the phone and push new episodes of whatever tv-series I'm watching for the moment from computer to phone
- Open root explorer in my phone and copy stuff from my Dropbox folder to my phone (and back)
Neither of these actions can be done in my A1 (stock Oreo). The phone actually give the appearance of giving me the option to choose the sd-card but when trying to actually transfer something there it get's stuck before finishing or just return an error when trying.
So my question is - to get back to actually having rights to transfer stuff to my SD card without any problems, which of the below options would be the "easiest":
1. Does this work if I downgrade to Nougat?
2. Would rooting be enough if I stay on Oreo?
3. Can I transfer more freely with LOS 15.x?
4. Other options?
I actually found one thread mentioning this as a problem in stock Oreo so I know I'm not alone with the problem.
Thanks in advance,
/gosa
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Here one more with the same problem. I have the My A1 in ROM Stock Oreo 8 with root via magisk, and it is tedious and annoying not to be able to write to the external SD. I use ADM, apps for downloads Torrent, Solid Explorer.
Having Root I had the opportunity to try several possible solutions. Here some of them (note: none worked, nor resolved) I expose them in case someone else wants to try, possibly something will work for them.
Root ??????
SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD. (Developed by NextApp)
Magisk Modules??????
App Systemizer
ExSDCard Access Enabler
Xposed ??????
Marshmallow SD fix
KitKat SD Card Full Access (Caution: gives many errors in OS)
Handle External Storage
One way to take it with Solid Explore (it's more visual than the Stock Explorer):
* Solid Explorer, to paste or write to SD, always go to Root / mnt / media_RW / SD Card
As I mentioned. None of the above worked for me.
The only way to solve the problem momentarily is to download and use the apps all in the internal memory, with the stock file explorer moving the files to the external SD in a step later.
If someone can give light to this problem or a possible solution I will be very grateful.
*(sorry for my English)

Have you tried binding folder/creating softlink

Could you explain how it is done? Or inform about the subject.

Just got 8.1 and the problem is gone.