[Q] Mac Users Please help! - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey mac users, need help fast. For some reason when I download .apks, they are being recognized as documents, not unix documents (or whatever the default was). How do I fix this?

Anyone know?

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Anyone know?
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I have no idea. What I do is just download straight to my phone.
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I've never ran into the problem. What is the default program to open them with?

arent .apk's applications for your android phone? so if you place them on your sd card and open them on your phone they should work.

flight3 said:
arent .apk's applications for your android phone? so if you place them on your sd card and open them on your phone they should work.
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Well, yes. But on my mac it thought an .aok was a word file, so when I transferred or uploaded anything to my phone or on a thread, they wouldn't upload correctly. But restarting it somehow fixed it.

|| Acer || said:
Well, yes. But on my mac it thought an .aok was a word file, so when I transferred or uploaded anything to my phone or on a thread, they wouldn't upload correctly. But restarting it somehow fixed it.
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Oh ok, well good to hear that it has been fixed.

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Download unsuccessful

I'm breaking my cherry here. Long time follower, reader, but never signed up for XDA. Now I need you!
VZW Droid Incredible 2. Stock rom. Rooted. Tried to download a short artistic video from an app I got off of Snappz (not sure if the video is going to internal storage or SD.) Anyways, thing keeps saying 'download unsuccessful.' I don't care about the download anymore. It won't stop trying to download this video. I've tried a reboot, I force stopped the process that I got the artistic video from. Out of ideas. Tried searching google and XDA. No luck. How do I stop this thing?
Edit: Deleted the app that was causing the issue. Don't know why I didn't think of that first.
Uhnaan said:
I'm breaking my cherry here. Long time follower, reader, but never signed up for XDA. Now I need you!
VZW Droid Incredible 2. Stock rom. Rooted. Tried to download a short artistic video from an app I got off of Snappz (not sure if the video is going to internal storage or SD.) Anyways, thing keeps saying 'download unsuccessful.' I don't care about the download anymore. It won't stop trying to download this video. I've tried a reboot, I force stopped the process that I got the artistic video from. Out of ideas. Tried searching google and XDA. No luck. How do I stop this thing?
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Try going into downloads and cancelling it? Reboot not stopping it is odd, if that doesn't work kill and clear data on the downloads app.
Edit: also, welcome to xda
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prototype7 said:
Try going into downloads and cancelling it? Reboot not stopping it is odd, if that doesn't work kill and clear data on the downloads app.
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Hmm. This download isn't under the downloads app dealy. Killed and cleared data on downloads. Rebooted. Still trying to download this file.
Uhnaan said:
Hmm. This download isn't under the downloads app dealy. Killed and cleared data on downloads. Rebooted. Still trying to download this file.
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Try killing the app that you were downloading file from and clearing data
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Still no worky. Anybody?
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You could always do the usual wipe everything, reflash your ROM trick
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bsmitty83 said:
You could always do the usual wipe everything, reflash your ROM
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I could reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows every time I get some malware too but obviously that's a last resort.
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Reflashing a ROM is different than formatting a hard drive , but hey if you can find a solution better than a 5 min reflash cuz I dont know what else you can do to stop the download that won't download, wish I could have been more help
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Did you try connecting to wifi to see if it will finish that way? Or if you are on wifi now did you try using the mobile network?
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cstone1991 said:
Did you try connecting to wifi to see if it will finish that way? Or if you are on wifi now did you try using the mobile network?
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Fails on both.
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Uhnaan said:
Fails on both.
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Could be server issues with the app or the app itself. It possibly makes a folder with the app name or something on the SD card that it saves to.
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CondemnedSoul said:
Could be server issues with the app or the app itself. It possibly makes a folder with the app name or something on the SD card that it saves to.
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The app says that it saves to SD/downloadmanager. The folder was empty. The app didn't have a folder I could easily identify either. Didn't even think to try uninstalling the app (slaps palm against forehead.) So I did that. We'll see.
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Erorr on Note 2 (no pictures in gallery)

Hello, I would like to fix this bug but I do not know how.
Whatever I do I can no see pictures in my stock gallery (android 4.1.1) on Note 2.
I try to put pictures via cable, dropbox, sdcard...
I try to reset gallery application
I try some other solutions that I found on this forum but nothing helped with this problem.
I really hate it! Can someone help me please?
And I would like to know if it is possible to set up phone to vibrate when contact (which I am calling) answere his phone.
Thank you
Application Manager -> All. Select Media Storage, and clear data. Reboot the phone. This will force the system to rescan all media files.
AkiraBBQ said:
Application Manager -> All. Select Media Storage, and clear data. Reboot the phone. This will force the system to rescan all media files.
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No, it is not working.. now i lost even those 4 pictures that i had in gallery :S .. (i have around 200 pictures on phone)...
Just be patient and wait for it to load
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melvinchng said:
Just be patient and wait for it to load
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I waited all night till morning and still nothing .. i can see pictures in quickpic or fish bowl gallery .. but i really would like to use stock gallery .. i try EVERYTHING that I find online and still nothing ..
Can anyone help plz?
Thank you
U can try this. Go to my file set to view hidden file in ur internal memory look for folder ".thumbnail" delete that whole folder. Then go to gallery n wait for the pic to load again.
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shazarul said:
U can try this. Go to my file set to view hidden file in ur internal memory look for folder ".thumbnail" delete that whole folder. Then go to gallery n wait for the pic to load again.
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I found it .. delete it and still the same as before .. i can only see pictures that i make with camera on phone ..
so dissapointed with this 4.1.1 android ..
I use an app called Media ReScan, it forces a researching of media on your phone. It's free on the market. LINK TO IT
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I use an app called Media ReScan, it forces a researching of media on your phone. It's free on the market. /QUOTE]
been there.. done that .. didn`t work :S
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Use Kies
The same thing happened with me, and the only workaround I found to fix this problem, is by copying the pictures from phone to computer, then used kies to copy the pictures from the computer back to phone, and it worked.
Regards
bchehab said:
The same thing happened with me, and the only workaround I found to fix this problem, is by copying the pictures from phone to computer, then used kies to copy the pictures from the computer back to phone, and it worked.
Regards
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Been there too .. and did that too .. and did not work too ...
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zkyevolved said:
I use an app called Media ReScan, it forces a researching of media on your phone. It's free on the market. /QUOTE]
been there.. done that .. didn`t work :S
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Might I suggest, sadly, the last two options:
Completely delete the entire SD card. If that doesn't work, format your phone. If you're rooted, backup any NECESSARY data, (no options, settings or anything like that, just in case it's related to the settings, but you can make a back up, just don't restore), and then reset device to factory default and see if that eliminates the issue.
Wait, are you rooted? On stock Android Galaxy Note 2? Or do you have any special changes done to your phone?
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My phone is not rooted and it is on custom room.
I took my phone to the waranty provider and they were restored my software and still the same ...
Thank you
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zkyevolved said:
zaaz89 said:
Completely delete the entire SD card. If that doesn't work, format your phone. If you're rooted, backup any NECESSARY data, (no options, settings or anything like that, just in case it's related to the settings, but you can make a back up, just don't restore), and then reset device to factory default and see if that eliminates the issue.
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zaaz89 said:
My phone is not rooted and it is on custom room.
I took my phone to the waranty provider and they were restored my software and still the same ...
Thank you
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Stock now, and no root. Did you try this last suggestion?
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Hello, yes i tried.
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Are you on CM10?
I believe that this is a bug that has been hitting Samsung phones. It's either, a) a fault in the MMC chip, or b) a CM10 bug. I've had that happen 3 times to me, the 1st time I had no backups and lost over 10GB of media from my External SD Card. The other 2 times I was prevented and lost everything but had a backup. So protip : backup each time you have something new on your phone. Better safe than sorry.
Now, download this program and run it. It'll recover almost all the deleted photos from your SD : http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Phistachio said:
Are you on CM10?
I believe that this is a bug that has been hitting Samsung phones. It's either, a) a fault in the MMC chip, or b) a CM10 bug. I've had that happen 3 times to me, the 1st time I had no backups and lost over 10GB of media from my External SD Card. The other 2 times I was prevented and lost everything but had a backup. So protip : backup each time you have something new on your phone. Better safe than sorry.
Now, download this program and run it. It'll recover almost all the deleted photos from your SD : http://www.piriform.com/recuva
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Hi, I dont know if I have CM10 :S .. i only know that I have anything as brand new (stock rom).
I found a solution but it`s not 100% working.
I downloaded Fish bowl gallery and go in setting>advanced>find missing photos> and than I select the maps where the photos are but are not shown in the stock gallery.
I waited till photos are added and now i have 100 photos (of 117 total) added in my stock gallery (but i still does not have other 17 photos)
Thank you
You should return your phone. If your pictures aren't showing up even after flashing an official rom then something is wrong.
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Hi, i have the same problem, as others I think that it is a bug in the stock rom. I didnt resolve it but i use quick.pic instead which is a great too
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Hi,
I'm using a SGS3 (no root, no custom rom) but got the same problem! I think it's a jelly bean problem..

[Q] Installed 4.1.2 ROM Music Now Won't Play

Complete Edit: Problem is that since I flashed my phone with AOPK's rom and that music and videos will not play. The speaker by the ear will not work during calls and the headphones aren't registering properly (maybe with the headphones). I remember when I opened doubletwist and I got a message that went along the lines of that this is a custom rom and it was missing apis (I forget if that was it or not, I might have gotten it wrong) necessary to run some apps. And I'm thinking that is the real issue.
I have tried a lot of things, please take a look through the thread to see what I've already tried and didn't work.
I'm thinking I need to flash it with a different rom OR would really like it that if someone else who has the normal HTC One V software that isn't customized or anything, if they could leave a Clockwork backup file here so I can get my phone back to what it once was.
Try a full format of the sdcard from the pc or lappy.backup all the contents and format it(the full format,not the quick one)..
mihirengg19 said:
Try a full format of the sdcard from the pc or lappy.backup all the contents and format it(the full format,not the quick one)..
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I will try that, thank you! c:
It didn't work. :c
wu fan said:
It didn't work. :c
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Try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it.
Or,Remove the app and then clear the media storage in settings-apps-all
mihirengg19 said:
Try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it.
Or,Remove the app and then clear the media storage in settings-apps-all
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Already tried uninstalling and reinstalling. :c It's not an app issue since it won't work on other apps either.
Try clearing the media storage as said above.
Move any one music file to internal memory,and then see if it plays.
Maybe because its not able to read the music from the sd
mihirengg19 said:
Try clearing the media storage as said above.
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It didn't work either.
If you have windows, connect phone to PC, mount as disc drive, right click, tools, check for errors.
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soham_sss said:
If you have windows, connect phone to PC, mount as disc drive, right click, tools, check for errors.
Sent from my One V
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Thanks, I hope it works. :3
soham_sss said:
If you have windows, connect phone to PC, mount as disc drive, right click, tools, check for errors.
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It found no errors and I tried playing music again but it didn't work. Thanks for your help, though.
Did you try moving to internal memory and playing it?
mihirengg19 said:
Did you try moving to internal memory and playing it?
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No, I wish I could. But ever since I flashed it I can't access internal memory on the computer anymore. Is there a way on the phone?
wu fan said:
No, I wish I could. But ever since I flashed it I can't access internal memory on the computer anymore. Is there a way on the phone?
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Using es file explorer.open it and hit favourites then go into /mnt/emmc.i just pasted a file there successfully,try it.
mihirengg19 said:
Using es file explorer.open it and hit favourites then go into /mnt/emmc.i just pasted a file there successfully,try it.
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I tried, it wouldn't let me. Thanks for trying to help so much, I really appreciate it!
Why wouldnt it let you?what does it say?
Last option in my opinion would be a factory reset and re-install the rom.
mihirengg19 said:
Why wouldnt it let you?what does it say?
Last option in my opinion would be a factory reset and re-install the rom.
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It said that it couldn't copy it to that area. I've already done a factory reset and the rom, I'm a bit wary of doing that but it might be an option.
I'll come back on tomorrow and some other days, but as of now it's almost 2:00 am here and I'm so exhausted. Good night!
Ok,try using root explorer,copy the music file,mount system as read/write and go to mnt/emmc and see if it copies there.
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I tried, it wouldn't let me. Thanks for trying to help so much, I really appreciate it!
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Go to the file explorer you are using, click settings, root settings, click root.
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Hi have u tried clearing the data from the music/galley apps
Hope u solve it
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[Q] Camera (inconvenient filenames )

Hello, somebody knows if there is way to change how the camera creates the files names??
Ex: It begins with DSC_0001, DSC_0002 and goes on... but when I cut those files to my HD, the counting start over again, DSC_0001 etc etc...
The solution for now is, everytime when I want to clear my phone I have to create a new folder and use some sw on windows to rename the pics/videos by date/time.
On my SII the files are naturally named by date/time, so easy and have no chance to overwrite the old files by accident.
Really, it sucks...
I have the same problem , I never had this problem with my Nokia n8
mackien95 said:
I have the same problem , I never had this problem with my Nokia n8
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True... I guess it's a Sony problem, I didn't see other droids (sammy,lg moto etc etc..) doing that.
The only way to preserve the files from overwriting is to use another sw on pc to rename using the EXlF data (date/time).
PS: I'm using an sw called "Ant Renamer", very usefull.
Blow me Sony...
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True... I guess it's a Sony problem, I didn't see other droids (sammy,lg moto etc etc..) doing that.
The only way to preserve the files from overwriting is to use another sw on pc to rename using the EXlF data (date/time).
PS: I'm using an sw called "Ant Renamer", very usefull.
Blow me Sony...
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I'll try it when I get home :good:
digaoturbo said:
Hello, somebody knows if there is way to change how the camera creates the files names??
Ex: It begins with DSC_0001, DSC_0002 and goes on... but when I cut those files to my HD, the counting start over again, DSC_0001 etc etc...
The solution for now is, everytime when I want to clear my phone I have to create a new folder and use some sw on windows to rename the pics/videos by date/time.
On my SII the files are naturally named by date/time, so easy and have no chance to overwrite the old files by accident.
Really, it sucks...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380199 try this if ur rooted the only solution is use any other camera app
bhavstech said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380199 try this if ur rooted the only solution is use any other camera app
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Thank you.
Because of the warranty I still did not root my device. I thought about using another application instead of the default, but will I not lose some resources or quality? Can you recommend me any to make a test?
digaoturbo said:
Thank you.
Because of the warranty I still did not root my device. I thought about using another application instead of the default, but will I not lose some resources or quality? Can you recommend me any to make a test?
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focal on playstore n u can always regain your warrant by unrooting unless you edit system files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.xplod.focal
bhavstech said:
focal on playstore n u can always regain your warrant by unrooting unless you edit system files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.xplod.focal
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Installing and testing, thanks again.

Inshot App cannot Install.

Hi All
I had Inshot app in my s20+ for 1+ years. Yesterday I have uninstalled to update to new version (mod apk). After uninstalling , I cant install new version as it says signature doesnt match with existing application.
This is really frucked up situation as the same happened to zedge and vanced youtube with me. But these 2 apps was gone when I upgraded the firmware to Android 11 3.1 one UI.
Any help guys???
problem solved.
Easy steps.
Wait. Me too. instruct me please
ckshahzad said:
problem solved.
Easy steps.
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i had clear all data on CHPlay & Google Services. But nothing change for Inshot
secretlonely said:
i had clear all data on CHPlay & Google Services. But nothing change for Inshot
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U need a pc and use adb for this...it worked smoothly.
ckshahzad said:
U need a pc and use adb for this...it worked smoothly.
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Hmmm you right. Thanks for idea. I'll try
ckshahzad said:
U need a pc and use adb for this...it worked smoothly.
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please what does this mean?
adb
I have exactly the same problem with inshot. I uninstalled it to update a new version, but after install a new version, it says "signature doesnt match with existing application."
What do you mean with adb? Is it an uninstaller, like "Revo Uninstaller" software?
Please can anybody help me?
My problem is solved. I have a better solution then the ADB:
Go to: internal sdcard > android > data > then find the package: com.camerasideas.instashot and just delete this package. After that, you must restart your Smartphone and then you can install the new version of Inshot.
one thing I would like to say here is that whenever you want to install any update of an application you should simply goto the update panel in playstore and simply update from there. You don't need to install the app first and then reinstall to get its updated version. I hope you would get it.
Having this problem myself now. Phone does not have the com.camerasideas.instashot folder. Can't install any version of the app
Did anyone find the fix. I deleted the folder with com.camerasidea... but it didn't help. Please let me know if anyone solved the issue.
Thank you
Is there a way to fix this without resetting the phone?
ckshahzad said:
problem solved.
Easy steps.
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How did you solve it?
Can anyone help to to delete that file when I uninstalled the app it gave me the option to keep the file I clicked on it and now I can not install the app anymore. Does anyone to know to delete that folder or file manually.
Thank You
inshot initializing problem
Did anyone figure this out yet? I am facing the same problem
ckshahzad said:
U need a pc and use adb for this...it worked smoothly.
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Hi,
Can u please walk me through the process?
Thank You
I cannot share the link here. If possible share ur email id...I will share the link of the site
Sure, [email protected]
Thank you
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I cannot share the link here. If possible share ur email id...I will share the link of the site
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