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I have been rooted for like 6 months now and have never really had any issues until last week. Started getting fcs on media and a lot of reboots. Flashed a couple different ROMs and stayed away from any custom kernels still having issues. So I decided to start fresh and not use TB to restore any apps, but now I keep having problems with data not working and my apps are disappearing. The last time I flashed Sprint Lovers after wiping everything and flashing the format all .zip and then I redownloaded all of my apps from the market. Everything seemed fine for a day or two and now all hell has broke loose once again. Any one have any tips or suggestions I really don't want to unroot.
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Well what symptoms are you having? Are your radios up to date, and did you install on a clean install?

Apps keep disappearing and my data randomly stops working. I'm pretty sure my radio and pri are up to date. I've ran Sprint Lovers before with no problems.
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Have you installed any sdcard speed fixes?
~ d3rk

No, haven't tried anything like that. How long does the factory SD card usually last? Could it be starting to fail?
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durandetto said:
No, haven't tried anything like that. How long does the factory SD card usually last? Could it be starting to fail?
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Did you have the apps on sd? Maybe that's the problem. Sdcards usually last for years but sometimes they can corrupt.
~ d3rk

I'm not sure if those ones were or not but its possible. That could possibly explain the media fcs when my phone would ring with a custom ring tone.
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One more thing I just discovered. YouTube is one of the apps that disappeared and I go to the market and try to download it and it starts to download then nothing happens. Also most for the HTC widgets are gone now.
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This sounds exactly like a corrupted sd man. How is it working now? Did you do a full wipe and start over?
~ d3rk

I've been having problems since I did a full wipe including flashing a format all .zip. When I get more time I might try formatting my SD card.
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Start from scratch. Copy the contents of your SD card onto your computer or external hard drive. Download a fresh copy of the rom you want to flash as well as a fresh copy of amon RA v2.3. Place the PC36IMG.zip for amon RA on the root of your card and then shutdown your device. Enter the bootloader by pressing simultaneously, the down volume button and the power button until your device starts. When it starts, you'll enter the bootloader screen and pause briefly until a few lines of text scroll across the screen. Afterwards, the bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install. Follow the prompts to install. The installation process will last less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into recovery and then go to the wipe menu and select "wipe SD card". Your card will then be formatted. Now individually select to wipe everything in the wipe menu except the SD card, being that you just wiped it. Afterwards, select return at the top. Connect your device, if not already connected, to your computer via USB and then select the "MS-USB". A drive should appear on your computer. If you have a Mac, it will appear on your desktop. Copy the rom you want to flash onto the card. Unmount the card from the computer FIRST and then unmount it from recovery by selecting the power button. Go into the flash menu and flash the rom. Afterwards, reboot into your new homescreen and then update your profile in the settings menu if you're using a sense based rom. Hopefully, your issue will be resolved. Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend..
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Thanks for all the help, been running ok today. As soon as I get time I'm gonna try starting from scratch or maybe convince my wife I need a new SD card.
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How to run RUU with htc sync?

I'm going back to stock, and I just want to make sure I'm doing it right. I downloaded the RUU file, so now what do I do? Obviously I connect my phone to the computer, but then what?

Also, will this delete EVERYTHING off my phone, making it like brand new? Or do I need to do a factory data reset in settings first? I'm obviously not running stock rom.

Anyone?????

Yes it will erase everything. Just not stuff on emmc and your SD card.
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So how exactly do I use it? I've never done it before. Got my phone connected, htc sync recognizes it, now I don't know where to go from here.

Honestly I find it much easier to just use the PB31IMG.zip version. Esp. since I have a Mac.
Simply download THIS and rename it exactly PB31IMG.zip. Put it on the root of your SD card, first make sure it is formatted to FAT32 or else hboot won't see it. Then boot into hboot, with the phone off PWR + VOL DWN. And wait a while for it to recognize and verify the image.
But first you will want to run S-ON to get totally back to stock. Do that in recovery first, flash like a ROM.

BrettApple said:
Honestly I find it much easier to just use the PB31IMG.zip version. Esp. since I have a Mac.
Simply download THIS and rename it exactly PB31IMG.zip. Put it on the root of your SD card, first make sure it is formatted to FAT32 or else hboot won't see it. Then boot into hboot, with the phone off PWR + VOL DWN. And wait a while for it to recognize and verify the image.
But first you will want to run S-ON to get totally back to stock. Do that in recovery first, flash like a ROM.
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That's the method I tried first, but hboot doesnt see the PB31IMG.zip. The reason I wanted to try the RUU method is because I have no idea if my sd card is fat32, and if it isn't, how I get it to that.

brian85 said:
That's the method I tried first, but hboot doesnt see the PB31IMG.zip. The reason I wanted to try the RUU method is because I have no idea if my sd card is fat32, and if it isn't, how I get it to that.
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Your SD card must not be FAT32. Backup everything on it, then in Windows XP/7 I assume, right click it when it's mounted, and select format. From the drop down menu you can choose FAT32. Then it will format it erasing everything. Then you can put the image back on and flash it through hboot. Did you run S-ON?
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Awesome, thanks. Doing that now.
yes, I already put s-on

Directory Bind is Driving me nuts !!!

So, i'm trying to bind FIFA 12....the source folder for FIFA 12 on the internal SD card is in /Android/Data/com.ea.game.fifa12_na so I went to the External SD Card at
storage/extSdCard/ and created the folder /Android/Data/com.ea.game.fifa12_na
I entered the paths in the source and target fields then ticked on transfer files from target to data then clicked on Add and it started copying the files until finished successfully.
I went back to check the source files if they are actually moved but they are still there...the fifa folder in the local storage is there with all it's files and is reading 1.5GB although it has been transferred to the External SD Card..why hasn't the files been deleted as it mentioned?
Also there is something very weird, if I manually delete the com.ea.game.fifa12_na from the local storage it gets deleted from External SD card as well..This even happens if the item is unbinded ! This is really driving me nuts..why does it get deleted from the external sd although I haven't touched it?
I don't know if i'm clear with my problem but I hope someone understands what I'm saying..
Thanks in advance.

Btw...I do know that directory bind has to keep the original source folder but not with all the files in it as in my case !!!
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I had a similar problem with DirectoryBind. The error I made was using the wrong path for the original files. I used /storage/sdcard0/Android/... when instead I should have used /sdcard/Android/...
This may not help you but maybe it is worth a try? Worked like a charm after this for me.

Thanks for the reply mrruin..ill give that a try now and report back.
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Ok, i'm trying with the path sdcard/Android....it's copying files now, hope the files disappear from the internal storage after that !!

YES !!!!!!!!!! Finally the path of the original files is reporting 0kb....now i'll try running it from the memory card

Ok this is weird...WTF??!! After running the game and closing it...I went back to the original path and the files are back and the path reports 1.5GB again...wtf is that???

That's it...I give up on Directory bind...tried everything possible nothing seems to be working right...original feels still keep getting back after being transferred to the external SD..this is driving me nuts..could be a problem with the rom or something....sigh

I think that if the directory bind is on then the internal memory will still show the files even though there are in the external card. Click unbind and then check the internal memory. However if directory bind is on and files still showing, it will show the correct free space when you check storage in settings.
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XeroHertZ said:
That's it...I give up on Directory bind...tried everything possible nothing seems to be working right...original feels still keep getting back after being transferred to the external SD..this is driving me nuts..could be a problem with the rom or something....sigh
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This is way how director bind works!
Nothing wrong, just unbind, you will see there is no files on sdcard.
It will just show files but still your space won't be counted. Njoy!
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dr.ketan said:
This is way how director bind works!
Nothing wrong, just unbind, you will see there is no files on sdcard.
It will just show files but still your space won't be counted. Njoy!
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Oh Well Excuse my n00bness with Directory Bind.....thanks for enlightening me up

Here's an Image showing that it's on SD Card...I guess it's working fine now
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I don't know if it wud be different without directory bind, but just unbind from menu and you won't see any files in internal sd card folder.
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I tried unbinding and the files disappeared as you mentioned and I couldnt play the game when I launched it coz it asked me to download the data...so I guess its working fine now. Ill try with gta vice city now.
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yes, directory bind isn't like a symlink.

speculatrix said:
yes, directory bind isn't like a symlink.
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Right...I got it sorted out now..I just have one trouble with binding GTA VC..since it uses only 1 big obb file to run the game under the directory sdcard/Android/obb/gtavc when I try to transfer the file with direcory bind the transfer meter goes straight to 100% and stays like that for a few mins then no file gets transferred...but I didnt have problems binding other games....any idea on how can I bind gta vice city?? If anyone has binded it can u kindly share screenshots of ur binds??
Thank you
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insufficient memory/"not enough storage space" problems

I've been having this problem on my i747(16GB, 4.1x JB, rooted with CWM) for a few months now, but they just got worse as time went on. I've yanked every possible picture, video (what few I had ), and apps I could think of; I copied off/deleted old CWM and TB backups, and it STILL gives me the dreaded "not enough storage space" message. The last time I recovered about 2GB, but that lasted less than a month, and that's AFTER I set the camera to store on the extSDcard (8GB, has about 6.3GB left this go 'round), and moved the maybe 2gb of music I've had lately.
I'd show you the Storage screeshot: but I don't have enough memory to take a picture--it only has 392m available now!! :WTF: so I took a picture with my tablet:
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I started that process about 40 minutes ago... And it STILL hasn't reported anything!!!
Also, I cannot uninstall anything, either thru the application manager or the play store. I've booted to recovery, wiped cache (no option in my CWM to wipe dalvik), wiped dalvik with CWM app after boot, and deleted every possible app, text, and picture I can find--oh, and the picture gallery won't open because I don't have enough memory. I've dug thru every possible directory with ES File Explorer, and deleted everything I can think of that was expendable... And still no luck. I can't gain squat. And I STILL can't get the phone to uninstall any apps at all. AT ALL.
And: this go'round took less than three weeks for the phone to clog itself like an overloaded toilet---i thought only Winblows had this kind of memory problems!!!
I'm working now on copying any data I can, and making an app list, before I try a factory reset. I've unmounted the extSDcard, and will remove it before I reset.
But I still need advice. I need to know what's going on, what's wrong, and how to fix it for freaking good, because given the logarithmic rate of decay I'm seeing, the next clog up will take about a week--and THAT will send me into a psychotic break and probably into the back door of the nearest att location with a silenced uzi! [/I'M JUST KIDDING HSA!!!]
Thanks in advance...

I had a problem similar to this, although not quite as extreme but it turned out to be the lost+found folder in the /system folder (i think, there is one there and on each sd card). Not sure about ES explorer but root explorer would show it as empty until i gave the folder full permisions, and even then couldn't modify it. I ended up using the file explorer in TWRP to delete the contents of the folder. With CWM you can load up aroma file manager from the recovery and delete the junk that way. If you've never used it before you 'flash' it like you would any other zip but it doesn't actually flash anything, just loads up into memory and gets dumped when you exit so it shouldn't be a problem with your low storage.

Did I...

I'm pretty sure I hard bricked my S3. I go to turn it on and all it will do is vibrate once. I can't get into download, or recovery. Before that it would get stuck at the galaxy s3 boot image, and I could get into both download and recovery. I tried factory reset and what not and well now I'm here.
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H4rryTipp3r said:
I'm pretty sure I hard bricked my S3. I go to turn it on and all it will do is vibrate once. I can't get into download, or recovery. Before that it would get stuck at the galaxy s3 boot image, and I could get into both download and recovery. I tried factory reset and what not and well now I'm here.
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USB jig or JTAG service, jig is not guaranteed to work. Have you tried this method HERE?
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Okay, how do I download to external SD? I got a new HTC One M8, and I can't seem to figure out how to download it directly to my SD card
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H4rryTipp3r said:
Okay, how do I download to external SD? I got a new HTC One M8, and I can't seem to figure out how to download it directly to my SD card
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Just move it to your SD card after downloading
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bilgerryan said:
Just move it to your SD card after downloading
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I tried that using ES File Explorer, but it won't work for some reason. Then I switched my download folder on Opera to my external SD, but now every time I try to download something using Opera it fails. So I switched it back to my internal downloads folder and it works again.... so idk what to do.... Are you still on the E4GT by the way?
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H4rryTipp3r said:
I tried that using ES File Explorer, but it won't work for some reason. Then I switched my download folder on Opera to my external SD, but now every time I try to download something using Opera it fails. So I switched it back to my internal downloads folder and it works again.... so idk what to do.... Are you still on the E4GT by the way?
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I still have it, but my main device is the S3, are you able to connect your phone to a PC? Just move the file to external SD from your PC.

H4rryTipp3r said:
Okay, how do I download to external SD? I got a new HTC One M8, and I can't seem to figure out how to download it directly to my SD card
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In the Browser settings it should give you the option to choose where the DL is going.
H4rryTipp3r said:
I tried that using ES File Explorer, but it won't work for some reason. Then I switched my download folder on Opera to my external SD, but now every time I try to download something using Opera it fails. So I switched it back to my internal downloads folder and it works again.... so idk what to do.... Are you still on the E4GT by the way?
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Did you give ES File Explorer Root privileges ?