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Android Troubleshooting, A Posting Guide.

I'd like to ask those wishing help with troubleshooting to please help us to help you.
When reporting a problem it is useful to get as much information as possible, the more information we have, the easier it is to help.
Is it running from SD or Nand.
What radio version.
What build are you having the problem with.
What kernel/nbh are you using.
If you can, try to post any error messages.
Please try to post your questions in the thread for the build you are having issues with, it's more likely to get noticed there, and other users of that build may have the solution you need.
All this information saves a lot of time, and helps cut down on confusion, especially the SD/Nand part.

I have trouble with signal, it's weak than WM, when I used WM my radio is 1.65, I'm up to 1.71.09.01 and flash Android (NAND menthod) and the signal so weak
So Android support radio 1.65??? I want to back 1.65
I'm using TYTN 2 Kaiser _ WarmDonut version
Another Qs:
Q.How can I use my fone like a modem? I see in Menu have Modem but I don't know how to connect with my PC as a modem
Q.How can I connect to my PC via Wifi ad-hoc? (if available, please guide step by step- because I'm... chicken )
Q.GPS so slow and weak (in Vietnam)
Q.It so hard to power off (It's hang)
Best regard

I had issues with 1.71.xx radios too, and went back to 1.65.21.14 and my signal was good once more.
To change radio, download the radio you wish to use from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393182, post 3 has the download links you need.
Once you have it downloaded, rename the ruu_signed.nbh to kaisimg.nbh and copy to SD card, flash using the power+camera method you used to flash the nand nbh, you will not have to reinstall Android when you do this.
The modem in question refers to the gprs modem used for data, it should be possible to use the phone as a modem, but as far as I know this is not working properly yet.
Not sure if you can do this either, I know wifi works for data transmission, but accessing the computer this way with android may not be possible, yet.
Gps problems may depend on which nbh you have installed, some of the more recent nbh's perform better than older ones. I'd recommend Kallt_Kaffes NBH's as I know these are quite good for gps, for me at least. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=660158, you will need to load the nbh into the editor and set the correct panel type, keyboard, and 3d type, ( donut in your case), then save as kaisimg.nbh and copy to SD and flash using power+camera, again this will not affect your android install.
Power off issues may be nbh related also, however this can still happen anyway, usually pulling out the battery will sort out the reboot issues.

many thank for quick reply, I love Android on my phone
thank you again

I was wondering what steps to take when the android loader gets stuck in a loop, when I install andriod right after install it boots fine but when I try to boot second time, after andriod appears on the bottom of the screen it will go into some kind of loop. I have tried different radios and a different version of hardspl, and a few nbh panels as well as reinstalling the system, any help would greatly appreciated.
Phone: AT&T Branded TILT
OS: Nand w/Incubus Super Froyo Installed
Radio: 1.70.18.02
NBH: kaisimg-panel2-320-tilt-froyo-07-07-10
HardSPL: v3.34.hard

Everything looks fine, although I haven't used that particular build, however bootloops are commonly build or kernel related.
Have you tried other builds? Or is it just this build that does this?
Generally panel type only affects the display on the screen itself, or sometimes problems with sleep mode.
Since you have a froyo kernel installed, maybe you could install this build to see if it helps? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724821

Yeah I have tried other Froyo builds and they worked, but I just like the way Super Froyo build is put together. But if it is the build then its is the build. Oh well maybe next release. Ok thank you for your time, guess I will give the GZO build or the one you suggested a try.

Installed the kernel you suggested, it works. It boot looped once, then I cleared the dalvik cache and it booted again after install. I don't know if that is what it is used for, but it worked after that.
It is a awesome build, battery life works correctly, signal is good with radio, and wi-fi works good. But I had one more questions.
1. What is up with live wallpapers, on some builds I have used some work on one build but not the other, I have looked through the forums, but can find no solution for this. Is it because of the amount of RAM in the TILT as I saw somewhere or is there a fix. Even in this build when I try to load a live wallpaper on a couple of them is just stays on wallpaper loading and stay black screen.
I would like to take a minute to thank the people that make this awesome stuff, now my TILT has more current software than my BACKFLIP, so my older phone is now newer than my new phone, and I would also like to thank the people who help others out on this forum, I don't think a lot of people like myself would get anywhere without your help.

Forgot to mention dalvik cache. oops, ah well, you found it anyway
It's another of those occasionally useful things, like fix permissions, I have used it before to fix unusual behaviour, but not tried it on a bootloop.
Live wallpapers are usually pretty buggy at best, it's complicated, memory is one problem, cpu speed another, and 3d handling yet another, some wallpapers work ok, but slow, others just won't, ever. I just delete them before install, along with a few other minor customisations such as deleting a few ringtones and notification sounds, changing boot animations, nothing that affects the core of the build, just personalising a bit

I'm using:
1)incubus's Super Eclair 6.1, with the downgraded settings.apk which enables wifi (another member offered the settings.apk from a previous version (3, I think) as an androidupdate.tar)
2) Currently radio 1.71.09.01 (thinking of switching to 1.65.21.18 to improve reception)
3.) Currently using the latest Dzo kernel for eclair (07-02-2010, I think)
My problem is that my data connection doesn't work (and this has been an issue on just about every release, save for one Froyo install where the data autostarted once, and then I never saw a 2g/3g notification and mobile internet didn't work).
I'm currently in India, and I've used the correct APN settings (they have worked on other phones including Nokias, iPhone, and a USB modem). I've tried asking the question in the SuperEclair vogue thread, but alas, no love. I'd really appreciate if you could help me on this, or at least guide me in the right direction, because android (especially eclair) is too awesome to abandon for this single issue.
By the way, everything else works, Wifi (with the mentioned update), GPS, Voice, and SuperEclair is the fastest that I've found so far.

I have seen a number of issues with data such as this, and i'm afraid none have had a truly satisfying resolution.
However I would try:
Downgrade the radio as planned, this may help, and certainly won't hurt.
Boot to installer, and run fix permissions and clear dalvik cache, this has been known to fix various issues, not certain why yet.
Double check the apn settings, especially the MCC and MCN settings, a lot of online guides seem to miss these two, but they are important.
Not sure where to point you after this, apart from a long trawl through the thread here, however if you do get it resolved please post back, and if not, try another post on it in the build thread, along with the steps you have taken to resolve it, it may convince someone to have a closer look at this issue.

data connection
I too have had this problem after installing a recent froyo build to nand....I had checked no.start data when flashing dzo's latest kernel using nbh editor and had to reset my apn settings. Remember to open your modem utility and press connect twice....this actually starts the connection......Radio type could also be an issue..Ive had good luck with the 165's with 2 different froyo builds....Hope this helps.....

Thanks for the replies! I'm going to try this out (need to recharge the data service on my prepaid) but one thing I did notice was that the MNC/MMC were different that those listed on my providers website. Hopefully this will help.
I have tried to switch on the data using the modem utility, and the utility itself says that data is connected, but it never really worked. In settings, there is an on/off switch for mobile internet, and a mobile internet settings. When I click the on/off switch, then mobile internet just goes gray and does nothing. I'll try to post back to the Super Eclair vogue board, but I think that Incubus might have moved on...
I'll update once I get my gprs service paid up. Again, thanks for the help!

The process com.android.phone has stopped
Those are my first Android experiences, so I`ve got problems .
Phone : Kaiser (TyTN II)
OS : Win Mo 6 Profess (original-not flashed)
Radio : 1.27.15.32
I`m trying to install Android on the SD card, without additional partitioning. I`m currently trying this Android version : Eclair 2.1 for Kaiser/Vogue/Polaris -- polymod 2.1 gamma [Based on OpenEclair 1.2.2 (XDA thread)]
and using this too : How to run Polymod’s AWESOME 2.1 Eclare Build and Updates (the forum didn`t allow me to post links for the Android versions). I`ve tryed this too : VaniljEclair RLS7c - A fast and stable CM 5.0.8 for Vogue/Kaiser/Polaris [2010-07-02] - the same result
I`ve done everything according the instructions... Starting Haret.. Hit D-Pad, Install, clear data... etc. etc... It actually starts to install... and everything seems fine... At some point it brings me again the install menu, I`m hitting exit, and then come some errors ?!? I forgot to type them down... Something like that some files cannot be found... And after rolling errors for a while the Android actually boots ! But then come errors too... At the first time it brings me the dial pad to enter my pin-code... I entered it , but it says it is wrong...I wasn`t wrong ofc . For the next time I simply disabled my pin in Win Mobile and try again... After the Android booted it says : The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. , and some button like "cancel" or something like that. I'm hitting it , the Android guy appears and a message " Hit the android to begin" with a hand pointing it. I`m hitting the android - nothing happened !
I`ll be greatfull if someone can help me , or at least give me some clues !
Thank you .
p.s. sorry for my english... not my native language ;-)

Your problems are mainly in the OS version, 6.0 is not recent enough to run Android, and the radio version will also give problems, my advice would be to update to the most recent stock version, which would enable you to run Android.
This would of course wipe your present installed OS and a more recent version may or may not exist for your language, ( with the wiki down I can't be more specific with which files would suit you best).

Thanks
zenity said:
Your problems are mainly in the OS version, 6.0 is not recent enough to run Android, and the radio version will also give problems, my advice would be to update to the most recent stock version, which would enable you to run Android.
This would of course wipe your present installed OS and a more recent version may or may not exist for your language, ( with the wiki down I can't be more specific with which files would suit you best).
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Thank you for your fast response . But I`ve tryed (I`ve tryed again today) before to download an official WinMo 6.1 ROM from HTC_com , but according to my TyTN II`s serial number , they said : "Sorry, this software download is not suitable for your device". And I want an original ROM... I`m not sure that I can manage to flash a cooked one on my HTC . So I guess I`ll stay with the original WinMo 6.0 withut Android .
Thanks anyway

To flash a cooked rom you would need HardSPL, it is possible to do this for WM 6.0.
Regarding an upgrade to WM6.1, this too should be possible, I'd tend to disregard the warnings about upgrades being 'unsuitable'. The unavailability of certain upgrades is more to do with them being designed for certain providers or areas, rather than their actual unsuitability for the device itself.
If you have a need for a language specific rom this too is probably available from another source, if the wiki was available then there is a table of rom upgrades that would almost certainly contain just what you would need.
Note that the wiki links are all official HTC roms, and would not need HardSPL.

@Zenity - You had given me some advice on getting the gprs working on my eclair install (Eclair problems/Android problems thread). Well, I ended up ditching Super Eclair for polymod 2.1d, and mobile data started working out of the box (which is odd, because it wasn't really working before, but who am I to question?!). Now my only issue is that if I activate wifi without first deactivating mobile data, then wifi gets caught in a loop and won't connect (i.e "Connecting, obtaining address, unsuccessful, connecting, obtaining address, unsuccessful" and on on on...). Then if I try to deactivate data or wifi, both get grayed out and say turning off, but never do. I'm fairly positive this is some conflict between data and wifi, because I've connected to the same AP without any issues while the data connection is off. Regardless, this is the most fully functional implementation that I've found. Still playing around, now that I have the time I'm diving a little further into tweaking and hacking through these releases.
Thanks for the help man. I've been on xda-devs since I first got this Att Tilt, mainly reading and learning, but I've noticed that a fair number of people don't take the time to further explicate and help people through problems and troubleshooting. You and kallt_kafee are both awesome when it comes to responding to less knowledgable users, and I for one really appreciate it. So Cheers, bro!

Thanks matcha, the main reason I still find polymod 2.1D my build of choice is that of them all, it just works, all the other builds do to, but I have found less issues from users on Polymod than the other builds, perhaps it's age has something to do with it, it has less 'new' features than the others, so less to go wrong, and perhaps also that it has grown with the whole android on kaiser project.
Anyway, appreciate the vote of confidence, really I'm just trying to give back a small measure of what Xda-Developers has given me

Revolutionary on new wildfire problem (or extreme muppetry)

Hello everyone.
I enjoyed the noob video and also look forward to being pasted no doubt.
I have a wildfire running 2.2 android which I understand means I am running the latest firmware, which I also understand is going to make it difficult for me to root easily.
Never the less not being one to be beaten I have tried with EVO3, which no matter what I tried would not work, constantly asking if my firmware was too new. I even wiped it but no luck.
So I struck upon revolutionary, which yes I understand is beta.
This is perhaps where my lack of understanding comes in. Would I be right in thinking that custom roms require a specificly rooted device?
The thing is I have apparently been successfull with revolutionary. I can boot into it and I was able to instaly cryongena rom which worked OK until I installed google apps where by it constantaly showed the spinning blue arrow, round and round, rebooting and rebooting.
Thing is all other roms I have tried, everyone, has failed, with either script being old 'error 6' etc etc.
I found I needed a different kind of rom, which a few were offering however these also failed with error 6 which apparent was something to do with not being pure unix or something.
Sorry I am not up on the language, but I think I have tried all the popular ones, puzzle etc and none will install.
When I start up with the volume button pressed it shows the screen then says something about failing to load image, but goes away to quick to read pc4diag.img or something.
Is it possible I have not loaded revolutionary correctly, and have I gained 'root'
Thanks for reading, and please feel free to tear me a new one.

- Yes, I am sure you have Revolutionary installed correctly. You got a bootloop while installing GApps, in which case I would recommend performing a full wipe in Clockworkmod and try to install again. (Install the CM ROM first, then the GAPps Zip. Also, I hope you are using a filename called gapps-gb-2011xxxx.zip)
- If you want to install other ROMs, Sense and Android 2.2.1 ROMs require Clockworkmod 2.x. Attempting to flash them in Clockworkmod 3.x/4.x will give you the "Scripting not supported" error. The workaround to this is to download this attachment:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=662193&d=1311319218
Flash this in your new Clockworkmod Version, which will give you temporary 2.5, then proceed as normal.
- When you boot into the HBoot Mode, it will automatically perform a search for the files PC49IMG.diag and .nbh. It's normal, and theres nothing to worry about. After the search is over, and, it has not found the files, you can navigate properly again.
Oh, and I think you are being too paranoid about the video and everyone here trying to tear you a new one.
Good Luck

Thanks very much for your answer.
Honestly I spent 2 hours on google last night trying to get my head around it.
To be honest all I want is a quick phone, and I am not getting that with stock software on my wildfire, I get very frustrated when trying to scroll but it reads it as me tapping an app icon, and there are loads of them I don't want in here, footsteps and tweets and the likes, I am simply not interested and neither am I allowed to remove them. The cynogenmod looked amazing, but I can see even more processor intensive than the stock software.
I will have a look at what you have suggested and thanks for your help!

In that case, I think you might want to stick with the Stock ROM, and, get an app like 'Root Uninstaller' or 'Titanium Backup' which allows you to uninstall (Or, to be more correct - 'freeze') any apps you wish - Including System Apps.
Not trying to advertise Cyanogenmod here, since I understand ROM preference is a personal thing, but, I would recommend giving it one more try, after a full wipe. Also, go with the latest nightlies rather than the Stables. I have been using it since it was released back in January, and, honestly, I am never going back to Stock / Sense based ROMs.

Don't get me wrong it looks awesome. But the boot up time was just shy of 4 minutes (although I now understand it may have been because of first boot) and two attempts at install failed.
I shall look at how to fully wipe, but to be honest, being very new to hacking my phone I am quite happy having the back up there to revert too.

Well I tried to install anything but nothing works so I shall revert to my original back up and see about these tools for removing unwanted apps.
Thanks for the help, but something is not right. All roms either get as far as the twinkly noise on the HTC screen then do it again and again, and cynogen gets to the rotating arrow, then eventually an android zips across the screen and back to the arrow

Well I don't think I have root on this device. I tried to install busybox and titanium and both tell me my phone is not rooted.
Sigh.

If you are on the Stock ROM, you will have to flash this additionally:
http://bit.ly/su2361ef
This will install Superuser, which is what will give you "root". If you are on Custom ROMs, flashing this additional file is not required, since, they include the Superuser Binary already,. So, flash that, and then try installing Busybox / Ti Backup. (make sure you get a "superuser" icon in your app drawer after flashing that zip)
EDIT:
- Are you on Clockworkmod 3.0.0.6 incidentally? That version has caused bootloops for many users when installing ROM's.
- First boot time is extremely long (Upto 7-8 mins), and its normal.

Hello thanks for the info.
I am not confident I know what mod I am on, I just went to the revolutionary website and downloaded the latest beta.
When you say it can take 7-8mins to load up would this include the boot loops though? Thats all I get on all of them
I shall install the super user bit see if that helps.

No, not including bootloops. BTW, I am referring to the Clockworkmod Version, not Revolutionary,
When you enter the Recovery to flash something, at the bottom, you will "Clockworkmod Version x.x.x.x". It is that version I was asking.

Sadly I am not getting anywhere here, every single rom just goes round in circles in one way or another.
The version say revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
I was unable to get the standard revoked installed as I am runnning the latest android firmware and it just kept failing.
Something I am getting rather used to!

I cannot see a clockwork mod number anywhere, although it must be there as I have clockwork folder on the SD card.
Sorry, I am being a muppet here.

[Q] Ultra Noob Question, what am I doing wrong to fail custom rom installs.

Ok so I have been trying to mess around with my S3 for the last few days, I just converted over after 6 years of using iOS products and have absolutely no knowledge of Android at all, most of the info I can find that pertains to my device is limited to very basic instructions that make no sense to me having no droid background, I tried following information from other devices and that didn't change any of my issues. I have rooted the phone successfully and with no issues; however my next step of installing a custom rom has had me hit a brick wall.
I have gotten as far as installing the rom onto my phone (CM10) yes I was trying to use the proper d2att version of the nightly updates, most current one. I have CWM running fine, created a nandroid backup, booted back to stock, wiped all the cache's, wiped the phone. But any time I try to install the rom it gives me some BS status 7 error, which from all the searching I did came back with an issue of it not being the correct rom for my phone. But according to everything blasted on this site and on CM's site my phone (Rogers GS3) uses all the d2att stuff, thats what I used to root my phone and as mentioned that went flawlessly, 10 minutes maybe. Big thanks to the people here that put the Toolkit package together.
If it makes any difference I was trying to install via CWM via the install from zip on SD
Terribly sorry if this is the wrong spot for this but its been three hours of horrible frustration on something that people do in a 6 minute video on YouTube, followed one to the word and still had this status 7 error.
TL;DR - Help a converted apple noob with his perpetual status 7 error from hell!

First thing, you posted in the sprint section and as for status7 error I want to say you have a bad download, try downloading it again.

epic4GEE said:
First thing, you posted in the sprint section and as for status7 error I want to say you have a bad download, try downloading it again.
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Ah crap! Thats what I get for going on a flurrey of cross board reading, could have sworn I was still in the AT&T section, probably wait a day or two for a new download or possibly try and older version. Thanks for the heads up.

Meola said:
Ah crap! Thats what I get for going on a flurrey of cross board reading, could have sworn I was still in the AT&T section, probably wait a day or two for a new download or possibly try and older version. Thanks for the heads up.
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Won't hurt to try an older version, or another ROM to make sure your phone runs that ATT coding properly. If a different/older ROM works, then I would chalk it up under the bad download/bad update for that ROM and wait for the next increment. As long as you have the Nandroid (without getting crazy) you should be free to explore different things.

[Q] CM 12 issues and fixes

Since CM 12 is now official I didn't see any place to ask questions about bugs we find, so I thought this would be a good place. So far I've only come across three things.
1. When on a call, and the screen goes off, it won't come back on unless I press the power button twice. I take it the first one really turns the screen off, and the the second back on. I had the proximity issue on CM 11, and there was a fix I did through the terminal emulator, but it won't work on CM 12.
2. Under About phone the Model name shows "unknown".
3. Battery stats keeps showing Miscellaneous as the top use.
Other than those (which aren't deal breakers for me) CM 12 is super smooth, and very stable.

only issue i had was when not on wifi and in the playstore it would reset playstore on my bought apps list. worked fine on wifi though. even benchmarked better then kitkat with antutu. didn't get the incall issue though but i don't think the screen shut off either. will give cm12 some more time before i try it again but definately like what they have done so far

bobbyphoenix said:
Since CM 12 is now official I didn't see any place to ask questions about bugs we find, so I thought this would be a good place. So far I've only come across three things.
1. When on a call, and the screen goes off, it won't come back on unless I press the power button twice. I take it the first one really turns the screen off, and the the second back on. I had the proximity issue on CM 11, and there was a fix I did through the terminal emulator, but it won't work on CM 12.
2. Under About phone the Model name shows "unknown".
3. Battery stats keeps showing Miscellaneous as the top use.
Other than those (which aren't deal breakers for me) CM 12 is super smooth, and very stable.
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Quick update. Blank screen on calls is fixed. I updated BL and Modem to NK3, but I also am on today's nightly, so I don't know which one fixed it. As far as battery showing Misc, it's still there, but after asking around, it's not a bad thing, it's just a stat shown computed used vs real use. Model name still showing unknown.
Super smooth ROM. I recommend it even with those "bugs".

Music not in track order.
Huge bug I can't figure out. Google Play Music, and the music player that comes with CM 12 show all albums in ABC order, and not track order. I had to install PowerAmp to get them in track order. I removed all music from SD card, formatted card, and put music back on, but still in ABC order (except for PowerAmp). Any suggestions?

System settings FC and auto update
I run into an error that I cannot access system settings and since I cannot do that I cannot do download update from my phone. I noticed the error occured when Greenify tried to load, but was unsuccessful. I have uninstalled Xposed and Greenify since then, but I am still having this issue. Any thoughts?

r80ies said:
I run into an error that I cannot access system settings and since I cannot do that I cannot do download update from my phone. I noticed the error occured when Greenify tried to load, but was unsuccessful. I have uninstalled Xposed and Greenify since then, but I am still having this issue. Any thoughts?
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Xposed is not compatible with 5.0.x. You probably need to do a clean install, and don't use Xposed. Since Xposed changes framework, it's likely the issue.
Sent from my SM-N900T

bobbyphoenix said:
Since CM 12 is now official I didn't see any place to ask questions about bugs we find, so I thought this would be a good place. So far I've only come across three things.
1. When on a call, and the screen goes off, it won't come back on unless I press the power button twice. I take it the first one really turns the screen off, and the the second back on. I had the proximity issue on CM 11, and there was a fix I did through the terminal emulator, but it won't work on CM 12.
2. Under About phone the Model name shows "unknown".
3. Battery stats keeps showing Miscellaneous as the top use.
Other than those (which aren't deal breakers for me) CM 12 is super smooth, and very stable.
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All three are fixed as of 1/15/2015 nightly release. I've been on it for over five hours now, and it's running perfect.
Also Separate sliders for volumes have now also been included. Example: You can set ringer and notifications as two different levels now. That's a great addition.

The only thing I can see that is an issue for me is Google Play Music, and the stock music player, show albums in ABC order, and not track number order. PowerAmp is the only one that shows track numbers, and has them in that order.

bobbyphoenix said:
The only thing I can see that is an issue for me is Google Play Music, and the stock music player, show albums in ABC order, and not track number order. PowerAmp is the only one that shows track numbers, and has them in that order.
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You sure you're not missing something in the settings somewhere? Because I don't think anything you could do to a ROM would change the order that Google Play Music list things in. The stock player, maybe, but not a different one....

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You sure you're not missing something in the settings somewhere? Because I don't think anything you could do to a ROM would change the order that Google Play Music list things in. The stock player, maybe, but not a different one....
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I've been trying to check everything. It's really odd. I can download an album I bought through Google Music, and the track numbers show, and are in the right order, but any albums I put on from PC transfer don't have them. I even started fresh with a clean install, and even deleted the music files, and re-copied them over. I'm stumped.
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I just had a look at mine, and it seems like it sorts by track number, when present, but it reverts to sorting alphabetically when there aren't any track numbers....
This is probably stating the obvious, but are you sure that the albums in question have track numbers associated with them? Maybe there's something in the settings on the PC side of it, and it's not set to sync track numbers?
As I said before, I'm not aware of any way a ROM could have that effect, but I'm pretty much stumped....

Morningstar said:
I just had a look at mine, and it seems like it sorts by track number, when present, but it reverts to sorting alphabetically when there aren't any track numbers....
This is probably stating the obvious, but are you sure that the albums in question have track numbers associated with them? Maybe there's something in the settings on the PC side of it, and it's not set to sync track numbers?
As I said before, I'm not aware of any way a ROM could have that effect, but I'm pretty much stumped....
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PC shows them. I can copy an album from the phone to the PC, and as soon as it's copied, it shows track number as a column. I'll have to keep researching.
Sent from my SM-N9005

failed to flash? bad download?
I don't know what im doing wrong. Right now I have [ROM] DomPop v.0.2 TMobile N900T - TW Lollipop flashed and running fine but when I try to flash cwm 12 it just says failed on my twrp. ive got backups of my backups so im not stressing.. bad download?
android version 5.0.1
baseband version n900tuvudnf1
twrp v 2.6.3.8 -4.3-bl
btw does this rom have spen features?

See what boot loader you have. Considering the NF1 baseband, you'll probably have to update. And no, only TW ROMs have the S-Pen features, but somewhere around here there's a thread showing different ways/apps to replicate all the S-Pen stuff on non-TW ROMS.

It was a bad download. I redl'd it and everything went smooth as butter. Would it be worthwhile searching for and downloading the latest bootloader and recovery? Or should i just stick with what's working ?

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It was a bad download. I redl'd it and everything went smooth as butter. Would it be worthwhile searching for and downloading the latest bootloader and recovery? Or should i just stick with what's working ?
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If it works why "fix" it, but if you really want to here are links to the current recoveries, and where you can get the current BL (among other current things).
CWM: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hlte/philz_touch_6.48.4-hlte.zip
TWRP: http://www.techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hlte
Firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...900tuvuenk3-extracted-stock-firmware-t2952883

bobbyphoenix said:
If it works why "fix" it, but if you really want to here are links to the current recoveries, and where you can get the current BL (among other current things).
CWM: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hlte/philz_touch_6.48.4-hlte.zip
TWRP: http://www.techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hlte
Firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...900tuvuenk3-extracted-stock-firmware-t2952883
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I end up pointed to hltetmo through the TWRP website. With that recovery I get blocked from installing with a warning that the n900t is not supported. Several other devices are listed as supported. I got it installed with philz, but I was curious if htletmo and hlte merged in TWRP or you were just successfully using the other version. My phone is showing up as a n9005. Are you getting that as well? Any idea why n900t is showing up as unsupported?

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I end up pointed to hltetmo through the TWRP website.
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You clicked on the link I gave you? And it took you to TWRP website? It should have just given you the downloads on Techerrata (Mirror site). Flash this through recovery, and then reboot recovery when done, and you will have the latest TWRP. This is the current version (through the link I gave for TWRP recoveries): http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hlte/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-hlte-4.4.zip

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You clicked on the link I gave you? And it took you to TWRP website? It should have just given you the downloads on Techerrata (Mirror site). Flash this through recovery, and then reboot recovery when done, and you will have the latest TWRP. This is the current version (through the link I gave for TWRP recoveries): http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hlte/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-hlte-4.4.zip
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I did not and it did not. The link was correct, to htle. I ended up in this thread after having trouble with the hltetmo recovery that the TWRP site sent me to when I put in model number n900t. I just wanted to make sure your link worked with n900t and wasn't intended for a different model.

nikov1 said:
I did not and it did not. The link was correct, to htle. I ended up in this thread after having trouble with the hltetmo recovery that the TWRP site sent me to when I put in model number n900t. I just wanted to make sure your link worked with n900t and wasn't intended for a different model.
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So it's working now? The one I suggested?
Sent from my SM-N9005

[Q] Game refuses to run?

So I'm running into a wall on this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.ff7g_bike Updated a week ago to 1.2.0, and prior to that it would run fine (if a bit laggy at times). But since installing the update (required to play) it won't run. I'll tap on the icon, it'll load and show in the background with other running apps, but just won't run proper? I even updated to Android 4.4.4 cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-d2lte, from 4.4.2), used the Triangle Away app to reset things so the phone wouldn't appear to be custom/flashed, and still doesn't work.
I tested the update on a friend's S4 (un-rooted) and haven't had the same issue.
Is my phone (SGH-T999) just too old/no longer supported? The S3 is still on the device list: http://help.finalfantasy7-gbike.com/model but perhaps it wasn't updated.

So the last update to 1.4.0 at the end of April took care of the problem, which was great.
However..... they've updated to 1.5.0 today, and I'm experiencing the same exact problem I had prior to that update.
I don't know what to do, if there's anything that CAN be done.
Help, please.

Probably because you are using an aftermarket rom. Only thing I can suggest is to use a TouchWiz rom, or update cm. That zip is extremely old. Try the latest nightly. In case you didn't know, cm12 is available for the s3 under d2tmo in case you want to try it

It's possible.... so far unrooted/stock-rom devices are fine. However my friend let me root their S4 and that didn't cause an issue.
As for updating CM, I'll give that a try. I hadn't checked since March (and CM updater didn't give me any indications of a newer version oddly).
*edit* Ok I used TWRP 2.8.6.0 and updated to cm-12.1-20150614-NIGHTLY-d2tmo (along with gapps-5.1-2015-04-20-15-56-24), during the "Android is upgrading" screen (after a very long time on the CM splash) the phone rebooted.... currently back on CM splash screen... will edit in more details once beyond that screen.
*edit2* Past the CM splash, on "Android is starting".... optimizing apps 3 of 108.... and again with reboot.
*edit3* Again at "Android is starting" now optimizing app 198 of 199.... *fingers crossed*
*edit4* Finishing boot.... ok looks like I need to use a newer gapps... ok, updated to gapps-5.1-2015-06-02-15-19...
*edit5* Well everything appears to be working.... though the G-Bike game still won't load once updated to 1.5.0... it does at least switch to the horizontal position and the screen goes dark longer before returning to the homescreen... but that's about it. :crying::crying: Switching to TouchWiz may have no change either, correct?
*edit6* I've always used the default messaging app, but when I opened it it's seemingly stuck on "loading conversations", I read elsewhere that it may take a very long time to load if you have a lot of texts... which I guess given that one contact has 4,000+ texts saved in that thread, perhaps it's just a matter of time before all previous texts load?

A rooted rom shouldn't affect it. I mean aftermarket like cm or aosp. It could work fine on TouchWiz, especially since it's listed as a supported device. Yes, texts may take long time to load if you have many

Texts finally did load. I'm about to install CM on the S4, to see if the game no longer loads then. If that's the case, then I'll switch to TW on my S3 and hope that the game works afterwards.
Unfortunately I'm under a bit of some time constraint, the 1.5.0 update was for an event to gain a new support character, and that ends in exactly 1hr....
Given the time-frame, is there a "quick & easy" method to flash a TW rom without having to do various app data backups/nandroid backup (I will have to factory wipe, yes?), and not lose much/any data? I unfortunately don't have a high capacity SD Card (4GB, my 64GB one in the S3 stopped allowing write access a few days ago, seems to be an issue with that particular card), and 4GB isn't nearly enough to backup everything from the S3 to SD.
*edit* Well well..... 1.5.0 will not run on the CM rom on the S4!

You can back up to your internal memory. As long as you factory reset with custom recovery, you won't lose anything stored on it, except apps and settings

Great! One further question, is there any possibility that by switching ROMs, the game might think I'm on a different phone/new user (and if so, is there a way to fix this?)? Despite all the un/re-installs, I've never lost my progress most likely due to it being saved on their servers... but I'd hate to appear as a new user and lose month's worth of progress.

Yeah there's always that possibility. That's why you should always back up your apps with data so you can restore it in case

Thanks again. I wish I knew exactly what was being changed from version to version, that makes the game not work on an aftermarket rom. If it never worked from the beginning, that'd be one thing... but it's a yes/no/no/yes/no type of deal here. Shame I can't just take what works in the 1.4.0 version and compile it into the 1.5.0 ver... Or figure out what it's checking, and make it think it's a stock rom instead.