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[Q] Cascading FCs, Whitescreen, and Half-Opening Apps

In the last few days I've had a cascading series of issues with my Evo, and things keep popping up. Can anyone help me figure out what may be going on?
It began with my phone "losing" the SD card in the middle of daily use. Eventually I formatted the SD card and put my backed up files on it, and everything seemed fine.
I had been experimenting with Go Launcher, and wanted to return to Launcher Pro, so I flashed my themed update - built off of Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo themed Launcher Pro. I've flashed this a number of times with no issues, but this time - nothing happens.
So I DL Launcher pro from the Market, THEN flash Launcher Pro. All I get is the stock Launcher Pro, no matter what I do. So I go poking.
I find out that my /Data folder is completely empty - despite the fact that the themed update puts com.fede.launcher.apk into /Data/Data/App. But there's NOTHING in /Data, and no subfolders.
Finally, I reboot into recovery and run "fix apk ui mismatches", but the recovery hangs up right after saying it's done doing that. I have to pull the battery, and when I reboot, I get perma-stuck at the Whitescreen.
So I Battery out/in, and go into recovery, re-run fix apk ui mismatches, and this time it goes smoothly. Except that when it reboots, I get cascatding apk FCs immediately.
So I go to Nand, and every Nand I flash just gives me a whitescreen.
Finally, I load the PC36IMG.zip onto my sd card, but before I hit "update" (which UNROOTED my phone last time I did that, but at least restored it), I decide to reflash the Rom I've been using.
Reflash, reboot, everything looks peachy. Reflash all the other stuff I normally flash (which includes no new files that I haven't regularly used before, and no new Kernels), and then get to trying to use the phone normally.
Now here's the thing: all my recent data is still there. But on about half of the apps I try to run (including XDA, Gmail, Internet, and Dolphin HD) it begins to open and then immediately closes.
Does anyone have any idea what may be going on, and what I can do?
Thanks.
MDM

MadDogMaddux said:
In the last few days I've had a cascading series of issues with my Evo, and things keep popping up. Can anyone help me figure out what may be going on?
It began with my phone "losing" the SD card in the middle of daily use. Eventually I formatted the SD card and put my backed up files on it, and everything seemed fine.
I had been experimenting with Go Launcher, and wanted to return to Launcher Pro, so I flashed my themed update - built off of Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo themed Launcher Pro. I've flashed this a number of times with no issues, but this time - nothing happens.
So I DL Launcher pro from the Market, THEN flash Launcher Pro. All I get is the stock Launcher Pro, no matter what I do. So I go poking.
I find out that my /Data folder is completely empty - despite the fact that the themed update puts com.fede.launcher.apk into /Data/Data/App. But there's NOTHING in /Data, and no subfolders.
Finally, I reboot into recovery and run "fix apk ui mismatches", but the recovery hangs up right after saying it's done doing that. I have to pull the battery, and when I reboot, I get perma-stuck at the Whitescreen.
So I Battery out/in, and go into recovery, re-run fix apk ui mismatches, and this time it goes smoothly. Except that when it reboots, I get cascatding apk FCs immediately.
So I go to Nand, and every Nand I flash just gives me a whitescreen.
Finally, I load the PC36IMG.zip onto my sd card, but before I hit "update" (which UNROOTED my phone last time I did that, but at least restored it), I decide to reflash the Rom I've been using.
Reflash, reboot, everything looks peachy. Reflash all the other stuff I normally flash (which includes no new files that I haven't regularly used before, and no new Kernels), and then get to trying to use the phone normally.
Now here's the thing: all my recent data is still there. But on about half of the apps I try to run (including XDA, Gmail, Internet, and Dolphin HD) it begins to open and then immediately closes.
Does anyone have any idea what may be going on, and what I can do?
Thanks.
MDM
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On the surface, two things come to mind : Virus and bad RAM. Make no mistake about it, I'm only speculating. If you don't mind, can you flash one of the stock roms and see if you have the same problems? You can download one from here: http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/ If you still have those issues using a stock rom, then it's safe to assume a hardware problem (bad RAM is my guess). If you find that those problem disappear with the stock rom then I would start from scratch when reinstalling RLS 5 and that includes reflashing the radios. I wouldn't leave anything to chance.

OK, I'm DLing one of the stock ROMs you linked to. I notice they're all .exe files. How do I go about this?

MadDogMaddux said:
OK, I'm DLing one of the stock ROMs you linked to. I notice they're all .exe files. How do I go about this?
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Do NOT install or run the .exe after you finish downloading. I have not noticed that they were executables. Let me find another link for you for a 3.70 RUU zip.

Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?t7u904lm502vl7l

OK, that seems to let me run things normally. So I guess I'll assume that all the .zips on my SD card were corrupt and begin downloading/flashing new everything.
Weird, how Stock looks fresh and new since it's been so long since I've used it.
Thanks DJ!

Not sure if this is still part of the problem, or what.
I flashed the Warm TwoPointTwo themed Launcher Pro update, but it doesn't show up anywhere, and when I go to /Data, there's nothing in the folder at all.

MadDogMaddux said:
Not sure if this is still part of the problem, or what.
I flashed the Warm TwoPointTwo themed Launcher Pro update, but it doesn't show up anywhere, and when I go to /Data, there's nothing in the folder at all.
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Have you tried using adb push instead?
If you're flashing it and it's not installing into the data/app folder then it's possible it's not actually being flashed properly.
I could send you a launcherpro apk that I use (the most recent one) but it has some lingering themeing effects in it.
You could use it for troubleshooting as far as installing goes. I have installed it myself many times. LMK.

Thing is, my /Data folder is completely empty. Is that right?
Additionally, it's an update that I've flashed before without issue - so why would it stop flashing correctly?
Come to think of it, I HAVE tried adb pushing it - it still shows up as empty in /data

MadDogMaddux said:
Thing is, my /Data folder is completely empty. Is that right?
Additionally, it's an update that I've flashed before without issue - so why would it stop flashing correctly?
Come to think of it, I HAVE tried adb pushing it - it still shows up as empty in /data
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It sounds like you are looking in the wrong data folder. It's possible.
Can you take a screenshot of the directory you are looking in with some sort of visual indication of the directorys actual location in the structure?

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This is everything right above /data, at the same folder level as /system. /data is the next entry listed right below /d. Opening up the update.zip, it drops the .apk in /data/app
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MadDogMaddux said:
This is everything right above /data, at the same folder level as /system. /data is the next entry listed right below /d. Opening up the update.zip, it drops the .apk in /data/app
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Assuming that what you say is true (that your /data folder is empty) then the next logical explanation is that your data partition is jacked.
That in itself is amazing because if that is the case it's a wonder that your phone is even operating at all.
Have you tried formatting your partitions (boot, system, data) and reinstalling another rom (preferrably "stock like" rooted roms that don't use any type of sd scripts [a2sd])?

I haven't tried formatting Data, no....I assume I can do that from Recovery or HBoot?
Flashing the stock ROM that dougjamal linked me restored the functionality of my phone - and I think a2sd is optional on Warm, and I haven't set that up.

MadDogMaddux said:
I haven't tried formatting Data, no....I assume I can do that from Recovery or HBoot?
Flashing the stock ROM that dougjamal linked me restored the functionality of my phone - and I think a2sd is optional on Warm, and I haven't set that up.
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Get a hold of calkulins "format all" zip and flash that.
If you flashed a stock rom and it restored your functionality then the possibility exists that the stock rom restored your data partition.
a2sd is not the only possible cause of your problems. Basically anything that moves system files to the sdcard has the potential of messing up your system which is why i don't use any of them anymore. The dalvik2cache script is another possibility. It doesn't move the files to the sdcard but it does move the dalvikcache out of its default location and app makers don't take into account all the modifications that can be done to the devices (really they shouldn't have to anyways) and so will always install extra files to their respective default locations.
If you need more space I suggest going the route of reallocating the partition amounts over moving everything to your sdcard.

MadDogMaddux said:
OK, that seems to let me run things normally. So I guess I'll assume that all the .zips on my SD card were corrupt and begin downloading/flashing new everything.
Weird, how Stock looks fresh and new since it's been so long since I've used it.
Thanks DJ!
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You're very welcome, my friend. I'm glad you got it up and running. In regard to how the stock rom looks, lol, I can believe it. I would definitely feel the same way since I rooted and flashed Myn's RLS 3 days after purchasing my EVO...laughing...Anyway, take care and enjoy your day.

lovethyEVO said:
Get a hold of calkulins "format all" zip and flash that.
If you flashed a stock rom and it restored your functionality then the possibility exists that the stock rom restored your data partition.
a2sd is not the only possible cause of your problems. Basically anything that moves system files to the sdcard has the potential of messing up your system which is why i don't use any of them anymore. The dalvik2cache script is another possibility. It doesn't move the files to the sdcard but it does move the dalvikcache out of its default location and app makers don't take into account all the modifications that can be done to the devices (really they shouldn't have to anyways) and so will always install extra files to their respective default locations.
If you need more space I suggest going the route of reallocating the partition amounts over moving everything to your sdcard.
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Cool, I've got Calk's Format_All on my lappy already, but I think i'll DL it again just to be safe.

OK, so I flashed Calk's Format All, and then reflashed the ROM that DougJamal had me flash previously listed in this thread.
Result?

MadDogMaddux said:
OK, so I flashed Calk's Format All, and then reflashed the ROM that DougJamal had me flash previously listed in this thread.
Result?
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I just noticed your toolbar at the top of the image.
I am assuming (from memory) that you are using astro to view that folder.
If that is the case, astro is your first problem because it can't properly access and show the system files.
You would need to use root explorer to view the data folder. It is a paid app but you get what you pay for.
If you don't want to pay for it you can use terminal emulator and run these commands.
su<enter>
cd data<enter>
ls
After those commands you should have a list
backup, tombstones, system, agent, wimax, dalvik-cache, drm, property, etc.
You should see in that list "app".
Do the command
cd app<enter>
After that command you should see a whole bunch of "com.xxx" filenames. Those are your user installed apps.
Report your results.

LOL!!
Well, every now and again, it is good to be reminded that I'm a moron.
I didn't even think to question whether or not Astro could view that directory, as I remembered viewing it on my phone before.....now I'm realizing that I viewed /data with Ninjamorph. Here's my screenie.
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MadDogMaddux said:
LOL!!
Well, every now and again, it is good to be reminded that I'm a moron.
I didn't even think to question whether or not Astro could view that directory, as I remembered viewing it on my phone before.....now I'm realizing that I viewed /data with Ninjamorph. Here's my screenie.
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So we have established that your data folder does in fact exist.
What are your problems now?
I'm home early now so if you have gtalk pm me your gtalk name and I can try to help you more.

[Q] Apps disappear after moving to SD

Hi all,
I've searched the internet for hours trying to find a solution to this problem but found only similar problems with icons disappearing, not whole apps, icons and all.
I got a new 32GB micro SD card moved all apps that could be moved to it. After reboot all links to those apps disappeared from home screen and from app drawer. Through application manager I was able to see the apps but when trying to move them back to the phone notification appeared that the application is missing.
Some moved applications will run before reboot, some won't but all will disappear after being moved to SD card and phone rebooted.
I tried resetting the phone and starting from scratch but the results were the same.
Does anyone have a work around or an idea?
Thanks.

This happens because the apps that disappear are on MicroSD. When booting the phone the launcher starts before the SD card is scanned. so the launcher doesn't sees the apps and thinks they are missing.
So what you have to do is the following, force close the launcher. you can do the following:
settings>Applications>Manage applications>all>SE Home > and press "Force stop"
this will relaunch the SE home and all the apps will be back

Thanks for a quick reply Comodoor but unfortunately restarting SE Home doesn't fix the issue for me. The apps are all gone. If I go back to application manager and have a look at apps installed on SD I can see an entry like: com.appspot.swisscodemonkey.appbrain taking up total of 32kb (which is kinda too little) and an option to move it to phone but then a notification: Failed to move application. The application does not exist.

Did you changed your SD card without copying everything? Because moving apps to SD card creates a folder where the apps are in. If you delete this folder all the apps will be gone.
In Linux and Mac don't see this folder because it's hidden for them. the folder is called ".android_secure" you have to copy this file to

Thank you commodoor for your help, the mystery seems to be solved for now. I tried my old 8gb card and it seems to be working fine. Obviously the new 32gb card is faulty.

commodoor said:
This happens because the apps that disappear are on MicroSD. When booting the phone the launcher starts before the SD card is scanned. so the launcher doesn't sees the apps and thinks they are missing.
So what you have to do is the following, force close the launcher. you can do the following:
settings>Applications>Manage applications>all>SE Home > and press "Force stop"
this will relaunch the SE home and all the apps will be back
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Thanks a lot commodoor! this issue is annoying me. Never realized that the solution is so easy. Even the SE customer service personnel does not know how to solve this issue. Thanks again=)

ICS403 app disappear after a reboot
Hello all,
I want to reopen a discussion that I consider that is not well concluded or solved, and I don’t see any opinions in XDA, for a problem that I think many people already had in the pass, but because we have handy backups, we restore the things and no need to waste time discussing it.
For some time that I have been reading the problem of apps disappearing, after moving to sdcard followed by a reboot, and the fault always go to the user (forgot to copy something) or to the external sdcard, like the case discussed here in the first posts.
I see here a talk between commodoor, cech and leolion38, blaming a faulty 32gb sdcard, but I don’t understand why the blame, because when we press button <move to sdcard> in application manager, it moves to the USB storage app and not to the external sdcard.
Now going to actual facts, and respective problem:
- My phone details are Galaxy Note with ICS 403 rooted with CF5.6+CWM;
- Everything stable working correctly, any kind of problem;
- I have an external sdcard, but I didn’t moved anything to the external sdcard;
- I moved applications to the sdcard (internal USB) using button <move to SD card> in application manager;
- After I can see that in line “USB storage app” the amount increased from 0 Bytes to whatever Bytes;
Now the conclusion and respective problem:
When I make a phone reboot, the app disappeared and a grey shortcut appears in the place of the previous app shortcut, and in application manager tab “All”, I can see several grey icons beginning with com.whatever, corresponding to the app that disappeared.
This already happened to me in GB236, but I also blamed a cheap copy 32GB sdcard that I had bought in the market. I was an android beginner user and I thought that when we move the app to the sdcard, we were moving to the external and not to the USB (the sdcard was good and I putted it in the garbage, problem of not trusting in hardware copies) .
Can someone help me discover what causes this problem and how to solve it?
Thank you in advance.

Problem also happening moving applications using Titan Backup.
After restored the applications that were missing and before a reboot, I had to move applications again to the internal phone memory.
My opinion is that only the app installation is able to put/install itself in the sdcard, we cannot move it using application manager or other software, even if it says that app can be moved.
The final shot I gave was following the above idea of commodoor, making an FC to SE Home, because I didn’t find it, I made an FC to System UI, I think it’s the similar in ICS. Not worked and the grey icons continued there, I had to delete them.
One detail, if I press the grey icons android says that application is not installed in phone.
I think it’s needed some kind of app refresh in the system, because when I delete the grey icons, android asks me if I want to uninstall the application, of course I do that because if not, when I restore application that garbage continues there.

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I continued my study around my problem, and I read some more XDA threads and I could not find a reason for the disappearance of the applications.
I suggest to the administrators of XDA if possible, maybe an impossible huge work, to compile in only one place all the threads about this subject, with the most important opinions, and in a common place because it happens in several different equipment.
Well the problem now! After erasing USB and the problem continuing, I decided for the Wipe/Factory reset making fingers, because I have the emmc problematic chip.
My congratulations to chainfire and CF56 because everything erased, phone restarted like new with normal questions, and after even the SuperUser was maintained with root. No doubt chainfire knows about development.
The problem was solved with wipe, only one time I had to shutdown phone for the app grey icon appears correctly.
But now other doubts came to me:
- Moving apps to sdcard they are going to the internal or to the external sdcard?
- What are the uses of all the partitions we have?
- We have in Galaxy Note 16GB internal memory, how it’s splited?
- Why USB storage not mixed with the 2GB phone memory?
- What is that Misc inside USB storage, and why all remaining space its affected to?
If someone knows how to answer this doubts, please explain them to me.
Thanks.
:good:

Finally solution found:
Uninstall Stericson permissions pro and Stericson Busybox, crap applications that damage everything, create mysterious crashes, loops, grey icons and applications stop working after phone reboot.
CH SGnote using XDA premium

Fast Boot option may be the culprit
deltinha said:
Finally solution found:
Uninstall Stericson permissions pro and Stericson Busybox, crap applications that damage everything, create mysterious crashes, loops, grey icons and applications stop working after phone reboot.
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I use Busybox by Stericson without any trouble. What follows may help.
CUT TO THE SOLUTION BELOW -- SEARCH FOR ////
Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report back here on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://...f-ou1mn6iyeGVg
(I am copying this post to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only there. This is a bit arbitrary (although this thread appears to be the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:

...for what it's worth...
...for what it's worth, in my case...the SD card couldn't hack it...DEAD after 3-4 months. symptoms...phone kept on restarting, apps disappeared/wouldn't run(-that is ALL apps installed to the SD card). card could not be read in the P.C. only through usb card reader. btw...card was meant to be "for android phones", read and grey in colour, 32Gb...oh, similar thing happened to another 32gb card in my HD2, card lost Android OS, which it was booting from. ended up with just WM7.xxx . if i remember somewhere from back in the days, not a good idea to constantly use SD cards for os etc. i have been warned by myself!!:laugh:

android apps moved to sd card disappear
settings>Applications>Manage applications>all>SE Home > and press "Force stop"
The above step Worked

Apps disapeear
commodoor said:
This happens because the apps that disappear are on MicroSD. When booting the phone the launcher starts before the SD card is scanned. so the launcher doesn't sees the apps and thinks they are missing.
So what you have to do is the following, force close the launcher. you can do the following:
settings>Applications>Manage applications>all>SE Home > and press "Force stop"
this will relaunch the SE home and all the apps will be back
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Thanks bro...its working for me.

Scuse me... i have the same problem with a rom in my samsung galaxy s2. i try to force stop "Touchwiz home" (i have touchwiz launcher) but the icons on my app drawer don't reappear.
I try to search fast boot but i don't find it...
how can i do? please help me

[Q] TWRP 2.4.1.0 backup amount smaller?

So the other day, I found my S3 to have apps crashing all over the place... nothing had changed prior to this, I literally just picked it up and saw avast anti-virus had crashed, and continued to do so, as did the stock browser and so on (still have absolutely no clue what caused this in the first place). I figured I'd just reboot....except then it wouldn't proceed past the s3 splash screen (thankfully I can still boot into recovery or download modes).
Had to wait to get a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A) delivered, as I had a lot to backup via the TWRP 2.4.1.0. However it lists the following under backup device:
System (387MB)
Data (1755MB)
Boot (10MB)
Recovery (10MB)
Cache (85MB)
This comes to 2247MB, but I know I have around 20-22GB on the internal storage.... I ran the backup and that's all it's reporting as having backed up. I need to really get my phone back up and running, but I'd rather not loose any photos or anything else on the internal storage.
Also, while I'd love to just copy files via usb, none of the computers I currently have access to can properly install the Samsung usb driver... it's rather frustrating, as I spent many hours attempting to get it to work last night.
*edit*
Figured it out (yay lots of googling!), doesn't backup the DCIM folder and such. Copying that over to the external sd card manually...though so far not even a hint of blue on the progress bar and it's been 10min...

GB452 said:
So the other day, I found my S3 to have apps crashing all over the place... nothing had changed prior to this, I literally just picked it up and saw avast anti-virus had crashed, and continued to do so, as did the stock browser and so on (still have absolutely no clue what caused this in the first place). I figured I'd just reboot....except then it wouldn't proceed past the s3 splash screen (thankfully I can still boot into recovery or download modes).
Had to wait to get a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB MicroSDXC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card (SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A) delivered, as I had a lot to backup via the TWRP 2.4.1.0. However it lists the following under backup device:
System (387MB)
Data (1755MB)
Boot (10MB)
Recovery (10MB)
Cache (85MB)
This comes to 2247MB, but I know I have around 20-22GB on the internal storage.... I ran the backup and that's all it's reporting as having backed up. I need to really get my phone back up and running, but I'd rather not loose any photos or anything else on the internal storage.
Also, while I'd love to just copy files via usb, none of the computers I currently have access to can properly install the Samsung usb driver... it's rather frustrating, as I spent many hours attempting to get it to work last night.
*edit*
Figured it out (yay lots of googling!), doesn't backup the DCIM folder and such. Copying that over to the external sd card manually...though so far not even a hint of blue on the progress bar and it's been 10min...
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I often find myself too lazy to dig out my USB cable. So I start the FTP server (FTPDroidPro (ie Pure-FTPd) because it has root access) on my phone and my computer is the client. You don't need cables.
Update TWRP.
Wipe data/factory reset (need TWRP user to confirm, but CWM does not wipe intsd when you use this option). Stock recovery WILL wipe your internal sd.
Install rom again.
Copy pictures to computer. I've said it more times than I can count, but I'll do it again. Always have a backup of important files. Pictures cannot be replaced. Perhaps invest in some Dropbox space. Then use the Dropbox app to automatically upload pictures you take. I think GDrive is cheaper. But you need G+ to autoupload there. You can send manually, but you have to remember to do it. I suppose Carbonite Mobile would work. Carbonite is a good service, but their apps have always sucked. Windows, mobile, etc.

Thought this would be a good place to mention it, but when copying the dcim folder check the thumbnails file inside it first. Mine often gets up to 10gb in size! More than the actual photos!
Anyone know why it does this?
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Backed up stuff and manually copied over what I could to the external sd card. Wiped cache/dalvik factory reset, flashed cm 10.1 and gapps..... rebooted....still stuck at s3/cm splash screen. What do I do now?

GB452 said:
Backed up stuff and manually copied over what I could to the external sd card. Wiped cache/dalvik factory reset, flashed cm 10.1 and gapps..... rebooted....still stuck at s3/cm splash screen. What do I do now?
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Take out the battery, and tell me what the sticker on the inside of the battery compartment says.

Aerowinder said:
Take out the battery, and tell me what the sticker on the inside of the battery compartment says.
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MODEL; SGH-T999
FCC ID: A3LSGHT999
RATED: 3.8V 1025mA
After that is the IMEI number and serial number.
I know I downloaded the proper cm for the galaxy s3 under t-mobile (http://get.cm/?device=d2tmo).
If I have to wipe the internal memory/format then that's what I'll do... gotta get this back up and running sooner than later.

Did you update TWRP?

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Did you update TWRP?
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That's the one thing I hadn't done. I'll have to grab the update, and look up how to do that while in recovery mode.

Link in my signature for the tar file you flash with Odin, or the zip you flash in recovery here: http://db.tt/RkfTm2cd

Aerowinder said:
Link in my signature for the tar file you flash with Odin, or the zip you flash in recovery here: http://db.tt/RkfTm2cd
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Thanks, I'll take care of doing that and report back.
*edit*
Nope...updated and re-did all the steps... still stuck at the s3 logo splash screen.
I presume formatting is in order?

You did a factory reset and reflashed the rom?

Yes and yes.

Salvage your data and Odin root66. Unsure what the problem is, unless your ROM download was corrupted.

Aerowinder said:
Salvage your data and Odin root66. Unsure what the problem is, unless your ROM download was corrupted.
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Can't imagine the download being corrupted, nothing seemed amiss. I presume I am to follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309, but just need to find the bootlink files for tmobile instead? Will there be any issues with the fact that I can't get the samsung usb drivers to install on this laptop (no matter what I do, it's always shown as not having the driver required in the device manager, code 28), when running Odin?

You don't need that guide, pretend you didn't see it.
What version of Windows are you on?

Aerowinder said:
You don't need that guide, pretend you didn't see it.
What version of Windows are you on?
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Ok, I'll ignore it then. I'm on Windows 7. I have the exact same problem with an old XP machine. Drivers report installation is successful, but once it's plugged in, drivers are either not found and/or weren't installed right. I've tried installing them in safemode, with no difference.

1) Plug phone into computer.
2a) In the control panel, uninstall Kies and SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones.
2b) In the Device Manager, right click > Uninstall the phone device. Check the delete drivers box if it is there. Rescan for hardware changes.
3) Repeat step 2b until the phone shows up as "Android".
4) Unplug phone from the computer.
5) Install these: http://db.tt/nugwjVWT
6) Plug phone in - if still not working, it's an issue with your phone's micro USB port, your cable, your USB port, or your Windows installation.

Aerowinder said:
Issues with USB devices/drivers are usually a pain to fix, but let's try this:
I uploaded an extracted driver package for you, here: http://db.tt/As7SW9sy
Uninstall the drivers (and Kies) from the control panel. Then, when you plug in your phone, go into the device manager, right click the phone (should be pinged), select Uninstall and check delete the driver software for this device.
Then Action > Scan for hardware changes - phone should come up unrecognized (if it's recognized, repeat above step until it no longer does). Right click > update driver > point it to the extracted contents of above zip file.
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Thanks, as soon as I get back in from walking a dog I'll try this out. Thanks btw, for all the help thus far.:good:

Aerowinder said:
1) Plug phone into computer.
2a) In the control panel, uninstall Kies and SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones.
2b) In the Device Manager, right click > Uninstall the phone device. Check the delete drivers box if it is there. Rescan for hardware changes.
3) Repeat step 2b until the phone shows up as "Android".
4) Unplug phone from the computer.
5) Install these: http://db.tt/nugwjVWT
6) Plug phone in - if still not working, it's an issue with your phone's micro USB port, your cable, your USB port, or your Windows installation.
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I'm starting to suspect the cable. It's not the original one, but I had to use another micro usb cable as my cat decided to chew on the other one until it fell apart. Haven't had an issue with charging, but it may be the cause with the PC to phone connection.
Did all the steps but:
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is where I'm at.
Looks like I'll have to postpone this until tomorrow afternoon, and see if I can't utilize another neighbor's computer, one which has never had problems with the PC to phone connection (and I only hope that stays true with this current cable).

Platform.xml caused broken bluetooth and write permissions

So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.

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So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.
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i know the feeling but it is best to KDZ 11A on your phone and then reroot it to be safe. there is a way to get the SD card fix without messing with the XML file, i have 1 app but i cant post it on here but i do some looking around tomorrow and i let you know the best one you can use to write to SD card, i got y G4 unrooted to do a video, so once i get it rooted and do some looking around. i let you know
my youtube channel can show you how to use a KDZ file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDnfyWhSEEo
dont use the same file that i used, just use your 11A KDZ if you want to stay on 11A. if you want to use 13B please use the LGUP tool dont take the OTA cause you may be pushed to 25A

ishb3w said:
So, this all started, because I was annoyed that Dolphin Browser, wouldn't let me save directly to the external_SD\download folder. I googled, and found out it was a thing since 4.4, that writing to the SD card was kinda wonky. Anyway, I did the "fix" where you add those lines in the platform.xml file, and bluetooth no longer works (something I use every day, so it's important to me). I deleted the file and restored my backup, which at the very most, stopped the bluetooth toast error from constantly appearing. Now, I can no longer take screenshots, or use the camera app. I also noticed that sdcard0 no longer shows as an active directory. Everything appears to have been moved to emulated\0. I have used Root Explorer to try and change folder r/w permissions, to no avail. I'm wondering if having Apps2sd move everything to the sd card, the day prior, aided in this debacle. I have tried using the apps on the play store to fix the sd issue, which just tell me that it's already fixed, even though it isn't.
Is there a known fix to this, other than wiping and starting completely over? When I attempt doing a factory reset, do I need to have the rooted image on the root of the internal memory, and by that I mean, do I need to re-access sdcard0, or will it work on the emulated/0 mount? Will this cause a boot loop?
I am on 11A, and rooted.
I have read all the threads I could on this, but I didn't really see a solution.
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ok sorry that this is late but i found an app, enjoy
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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}

I tried that app, and mentioned it in my OP. It doesn't do anything, it tells me my phone has already been fixed (even though it wasn't).

ishb3w said:
I tried that app, and mentioned it in my OP. It doesn't do anything, it tells me my phone has already been fixed (even though it wasn't).
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hmm, when i used it and used my other app, it said it fixed the sd card issue, i can keep looking for you, sorry i haven't replied for awhile. been playing with the lg V10 and LG G3

XIAOMI MI A2 Lite - Android Oreo 8.1 - "External storage stopped working"

Hi all,
I just bought the phone in the subject of the thread and I am just having this problem with the sdcard over and over again.
Long story short:
I bought a sandisk sdcard 128 and converted it as internal storage from the settings menu'.
The card is working perfectly fine as I am able to move apps on it, run programs and see the added 128GB but, every time I try to open "file" manager (the stock one or any other downloaded from Googleplay) I keep getting the error message "External storage stopped working" and the device disappears from the list on the left. Same issue if I try to delete the apps stored on the memory rather than the one on the device itself.
Of course I understand that the phone is not seeing it as an external memory anymore, and till this point all is perfectly normal for me but still don't understand why any of the file managers used is unable to show me what files are on my device.
Also, this error message is a pain in the A** as stop me from receiving notifications from some apps as Facebook or messanger.
I tried removing the SDcard or converting it as an external memory and all come back working as usual.
I tried reformatting it numerous times and rebooting the device and nothing seems working.
Below some pics of the error message and "file" app not showing my device anymore when the SD is in
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Thanks in advance to whoever can help me (and not) with this puzzle.
Davide

I have exactly the same symptoms on my phone. Could it be a hardware issue?

Yeah, I also have this issue. Previously I used old (1-2 year old) sandisk ultra 32 gb card. The i bought a new samsung evo plus 64 gb card and I still got the same error message. Worse, somehow in storage setting the capacity of the samsung card is listed at 128 gb.
Weird. Help?

Workaround, not a solution
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.

Dont lie there is no such option in there , xiaomi better fix this im about to take a hammer abd break the phone

Elroto said:
I had the same problems from the first time I got this phone. I even replace the SD card I had with a new one with A1 specs capable of 100mb/sec transfer rates.
The was still coming up everytime the card was accesed, I think due to some response timeout from the android system although the apps seem to be running ok.
Anyway I think I found how to overcome this problem so far, although it is not a solution, so that this annoying warning is not appearing:
-You have to enable developer options (check google how to)
-Go to Settings > System > Developer options
-Scroll down almost to the bottom of the screen until you find an option like 'Errors without response' (may be different text)
-Switch this option off
Now I can use the sd card with no problem, anyway better have a fast one as I said before to ensure apps can read/write ok.
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Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!

manna.davide87 said:
Nice, I'll have a look and test. however the phone works fine. now is almost 2 months and apart from the error message the phone is fine!
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nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!

manna.davide87 said:
nope, can't find anything similar. can you post a screenshot please and in which category you find it?
my last category is "apps" so I don't think is the same. i think probably the correct category is Debugging. please correct me if I am wrong!
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It is at the bottom and looks like this

rockycocky said:
It is at the bottom and looks like this
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mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?

manna.davide87 said:
mmmmh really strange, is not showing on mine... which version of Oreo have you got?
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sorry, found it. was already set on "disabled".. it worked for me for a couple of days but now is happening again...

Having the exact same issue, play music won't recognise my SanDisk 128 GB card and neither will file manager??

I bought this phone ans I also have the same issue. I have a high quality 128GB SD card I used on my previous phones with no errors or lag. With this phone I have exact same issues as you guys so this is due to xioami. But there don't seems to be a lot of people affected looking at this thread.
Need a solution for this.
This video clearly shows the issue.
external storage keeps stopping http://c.mi.com/thread-1574881-1-0.html

Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france

Kwaadpepper said:
Android pie update on xiaomi lite a2 solve this update I think. It's on the December update. Just got it in france
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Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine

rob420p said:
Yes it did i had the issue on Oreo no longer says that.but if I soft reboot it says to reinsert the card I just turn it off n back on and it's fine
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yup but now my phone is crap: turns itself down, spotify doesn't work anymore with the alarm, no notifications from whatsapp unless i open the app, the screen brightness is atrocious, the volume is lower and the battery drains faster and many more....I am collecting them all as for pokémons. Google you are ****ing unbelievable, fix one to destroy a hundred.

bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english

bla.tiga said:
bro... what moment in sd card error?
just in the moment you convert to adoptable storage , or in normal mode that sd card use for external storage (store foto music film etc)
sorry my bad english
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For the issue in the first post try clearing the data from every file manager you use, it seems a little strange that the file manager reports external device error when you converted to internal (basically you told the system that the external memory doesn't exists and it should only look at internal memory)
you could try to format the sd card on a PC (use FAT32, NTFS gave me issues)
when you put the card in, choose external option and see if that helps.

I recently purchased 64GB Hama SD card (it's Samsung's) with 80MB/s read speed (this one) and it was totally unusable on Pie. I formatted it as internal and my phone kept rebooting over and over (restarting SystemUI) and all the apps which were installed on this card were constantly cleared, for e.g. every time I left Spotify, even without this random reboot, I needed to log in again and download my files, same with other apps and their settings. I didn't get those pop-ups about storage errors tho.
I downgraded to Oreo, formatted the card as I wanted - as internal, and now everything seems to be fine, except this error I'm getting from time to time "External Storage has stopped". I didn't noticed any impact on my files or the overall speed of the phone, just throwing this error and nothing else happens.
I tried the solution from @Elroto, but it was already turned off in Developer options, then I found #43 in this thread, but it didn't work for me either.
Did anyone manage to solve this issue?

yea pie fix the error popup but the sd card problem is still there when the screen is locked the sdcard randomly ejects and when you set the sdcard as internal itll soft reboot your phone when locked. The problem occur when the phone is locked

I disabled Downloads and Download Manager (System -> Apps & notifications -> All apps (show system)) and I don't receive any errors about external storage anymore, but you can't use Android/Play Store without Download Manager. Any workaround ideas?