Arc android 2.3.4 - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I hv upgraded my firmware to 2.3.4 last night. It has new features but my gallery does not show memory card pics, music player shows no songs even after it searches!
What do i do? was that a bad decision to upgrade?

Reinstall the update
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yea, try reinstall the update

NoobSEowner said:
yea, try reinstall the update
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I was trying to avoid this option now that I have all my market programs set up and all my settings done.
I was hoping the actual sound files are somewhere that I can download them

Backup your apps with something like Titanium Backup.

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Samsung Apps - Asphalt 5

I haven't noticed anyone else mention it here, but I just opened up the Samsung Apps and noticed that Asphalt 5 from Gameloft is available...
Been there for awhile for me.
The new version kinda sucks, it always displays a video before the app actually starts. Can I somehow skip that instead of fast-forwarding the video?
marty1976 said:
The new version kinda sucks, it always displays a video before the app actually starts. Can I somehow skip that instead of fast-forwarding the video?
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Just hit back once and it should take you to the game menu.
Is there like a way to save this game after downloading it coz I hate to redownload it everytime i flash the firmware and if possible not to use titanium backup or anything
An Droid said:
I haven't noticed anyone else mention it here, but I just opened up the Samsung Apps and noticed that Asphalt 5 from Gameloft is available...
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read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763887
there are actually way more
Hadn't checked samsung apps for a while just downloading krazy kart racing, looks good
EarlZ said:
Is there like a way to save this game after downloading it coz I hate to redownload it everytime i flash the firmware and if possible not to use titanium backup or anything
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Use Astro File Manager (Free, No Root Required)
In Astro File Manager, Setting->Tools->Application Manager/Backup
It will backup your selected installed app as .apk file in Backups/Apps folder
edwinlinkt said:
Use Astro File Manager (Free, No Root Required)
In Astro File Manager, Setting->Tools->Application Manager/Backup
It will backup your selected installed app as .apk file in Backups/Apps folder
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if you read what he said, he wants to save the game, not the app
astro and titanium just backup the .apk, ive had the same problem with this game, i think the gamesave is stored on a server, or it might be in root of the phone but i havent looked since i lost my 4 week gamesave
can someone please make an apk of this please ive just updated to jpc and its not on samsung apps any more and was one of my top games on the phone
Hey any chance to geat all samsung apps on froyo JPC ??
I think you need to mod one of the files to trick the samsung store into thinking you're not on froyo.
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but Im not developer maybe someone with skill can do it ?
gtanny said:
can someone please make an apk of this please ive just updated to jpc and its not on samsung apps any more and was one of my top games on the phone
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http://rapidshare.com/files/416250339/Asphalt5_3.0.3.apk
get it from here
just downloaded this game via Samsung Apps, but i can't find the 70MB game files anywhere on the internal SD, where is it stored?
Has anyone got Krazy Karts apk too? Could od with that too please. Thanks.

OTA Update offfered, but already have it....

Thought i would check for update on phone, it offers me 4.0.2.A.0.42 but this is the version i already have, and now i have a update icon in my notifications and cant clear it, even after taking out battery the icon is still showing and no option to clear grrrr.
Any ideas guys???
Thanks
Jay
Use titanium backup to freeze the update app if you have root
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I've got the same problem today D=
The Alpha Gamer said:
I've got the same problem today D=
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Mmmmm, im with 3 too, although i have an unlocked XP could 3 be trying to force their bloatware filled FW onto us??.
Is that even possible?
P.S
Forgot to add in my first post that my phone is unlocked, unrooted and on official firmware, so untouched really lol
jaytwo said:
Mmmmm, im with 3 too, although i have an unlocked XP could 3 be trying to force their bloatware filled FW onto us??.
Is that even possible?
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Forgot to add in my first post that my phone is unlocked, unrooted and on official firmware, so untouched really lol
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Mine's simfree, unrooted and on stock firmware too...
Ok, the notification was still there so thought i would try the update via my PC, it failed on numerous occasions so i gave up.
The notification is still there though
Just force close the app. It's a temp solution that would need to be repeated each time you reboot your phone.
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jaytwo said:
Ok, the notification was still there so thought i would try the update via my PC, it failed on numerous occasions so i gave up.
The notification is still there though
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I thought the same thing, it worked for me though, except it set my time and date to 1980...
Why don't you freeze the update service in titanium backup, no pesky notification and you can defrost it when a new update comes out
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Why don't you freeze the update service in titanium backup, no pesky notification and you can defrost it when a new update comes out
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Isnt Titanium Backup for rooted phones only?
My phone is not rooted.
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Why don't you freeze the update service in titanium backup, no pesky notification and you can defrost it when a new update comes out
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Also its only on the paid version now. Unless you have 3.99 to get it you won't be able to freeze. I don't know why they took that feature away from us the stingy b**tards. I have the same problem but I just did it a different way. I made a backup using TB and then uninstalled it using TB. nd now is all good. Why take the freeze feature. Not everyone has 3.99 to spare now days. Especially when we have bills and shopping to pay. Grrrrrrr
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I think links2sd has the option to freeze apps and if I remember correctly it's free
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[Q] restore apps from market after full wipe

Hi all I got this problem and it happened only once that after a full wipe, my apps has been reinstalled by theirself when i booted up for 1st time.
now it is not happening anymore and when i do full wipe, i have to remember all the apps io downloaded and reinstall them again.
is there a solution? dont tell me to use titanium bck please cos android should do that automatically! thanks
i looked around on found this, same problem different "phone" but none solutions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117511
What ROM were you on and what were you going to? I've found if you've wiped and got to a new build (e.g. 4.0.3 to 4.0.4) then it doesn't automatically do it
thanks for answering!
Im using AOKP, 21 before and now 22 (403), always used this after the stock rom, with AOKP have never been restored :/
P4p3r1n0 said:
thanks for answering!
Im using AOKP, 21 before and now 22 (403), always used this after the stock rom, with AOKP have never been restored :/
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Get Titanium Backup, it backups up your apps including the apps data.
Titanium Backup - LINK
kkl1993 said:
Get Titanium Backup, it backups up your apps including the apps data.
Titanium Backup - LINK
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ok thank u if this is the only way to fix then i will
I think it has something to do with your Google account. I have the same problem and it was ages ago the phone auto installed my market app. I do change rom quite often and i do not like TB to restore apps.
In your goggle account, I don't remember exactly where you can se a list of your devices and their apps. Same device can show as different ones in your account probably due to different build.prop or something like that.
So my theory is that you can only have a limited amount of devices with auto restored apps. Or Google doesn't recognice your device as the same one after you have flashed it with some custom rom.
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qsec said:
I think it has something to do with your Google account. I have the same problem and it was ages ago the phone auto installed my market app. I do change rom quite often and i do not like TB to restore apps.
In your goggle account, I don't remember exactly where you can se a list of your devices and their apps. Same device can show as different ones in your account probably due to different build.prop or something like that.
So my theory is that you can only have a limited amount of devices with auto restored apps. Or Google doesn't recognice your device as the same one after you have flashed it with some custom rom.
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duno.. i find out that logging with my credential onto the web market, i can see all the apps I downloaded and both my phones, G1 and nexus.
I just choosed what i wanted to "restore" and I clicked on install and in which phone to install. now i've got all my aps back onto my nexus

link2SD Convert system app ==> user app

hi guys
i checked the link 2SD latest version that enable you to convert system app to user app , then link them to SD card !!
fantastic ! isn't it ?
but i found that converting some system app makes our rom crazy and Force close happening.
my question is , do you know which app's are convert-able and which one isn't ?!
till now , i know that converting phone and home launcher makes sooooo many force close !
can you please share your experience together ?
I tried it on the Android framework, and now my XPlay is bricked...
My guess is that the ones that would be compatible with transferring to the sd card are also the ones that are safe to remove. If you're going to test any more than that, maybe test the phone and messaging apps, but other than that, there's some real dangerous ground you'll be walking, as neverwinter found out.
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My guess is that the ones that would be compatible with transferring to the sd card are also the ones that are safe to remove. If you're going to test any more than that, maybe test the phone and messaging apps, but other than that, there's some real dangerous ground you'll be walking, as neverwinter found out.
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thank you
i'm ganna try it again
there is a light , always
neverwinter said:
I tried it on the Android framework, and now my XPlay is bricked...
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bricked? if xperia play hardware is not effected in anyway, and you have CWM, unlocked bootloader its never bricked just soft bricked
I tried it on Gmail and it wouldn't do it.
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I tried it on The Amazon Kindle app and it worked. Asphalt 6 and Star Battalion it would not. Same for VZ Navigator (but I think I can uninstall it). That said I'm worried to do too much of this for the possibility of it screwing up a future OTA update.
Rogue Leader said:
I tried it on The Amazon Kindle app and it worked. Asphalt 6 and Star Battalion it would not. Same for VZ Navigator (but I think I can uninstall it). That said I'm worried to do too much of this for the possibility of it screwing up a future OTA update.
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What OTA update? You think Verizon's actually going to do anything more for this phone?
In all seriousness, though, I'm not entirely sure the Link2SD has good implementation of this method. You might try Titanium Backup to convert system to user apps, then try linking it with Link2SD. It may still not work, but it'd be worth a shot, I suppose.
Furthermore, I always delete bloatware I'm not going to use with Titantium Backup. If I need to go back to stock for an OTA, I just flash the complete stock of whatever phone I'm on. For us on the Xperia Play, we have the .ftf files. That'll prep you for an OTA just fine.
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What OTA update? You think Verizon's actually going to do anything more for this phone?
In all seriousness, though, I'm not entirely sure the Link2SD has good implementation of this method. You might try Titanium Backup to convert system to user apps, then try linking it with Link2SD. It may still not work, but it'd be worth a shot, I suppose.
Furthermore, I always delete bloatware I'm not going to use with Titantium Backup. If I need to go back to stock for an OTA, I just flash the complete stock of whatever phone I'm on. For us on the Xperia Play, we have the .ftf files. That'll prep you for an OTA just fine.
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Hilariously, that exact question came across my head last night. In all reality I think they are done with it, we are never gonna see 2.3.4 or ICS (although shockingly they still sell it $19.99 w/2 yr in store, or free online w/2yr).
I'm gonna probably go the titanium backup route. I am running out of space severely.
U can try system/app mover on play store,but u need root. It works great! I changed some apps in my Cyanogen nightly build,like messaging app ,or stock camera and even converted Gboard

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.
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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 ...
zaaz89 said:
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..

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