[Q] Question regarding UCPLC5/ICS and USB:MTP vs UMS - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

OK, so I spent the day testing out the leaked UCPLC5. It worked pretty cool and I liked it a lot, but there was a major issue that forced me to go back to UCKH7. I need to know if this is ICS exclusive or just caused by some bug in UCPLC5 (from here on called LC5). Obviously, when ICS is officially released for the sgh-i777, I would like to update, but not if this still exists.
The issue that I encountered was with the way that LC5 connects through USB. I am fuzzy on all the technical terms, so please bare with me. With Gingerbread, your computer used to show a separate External Storage Device for the internal and external SD drives (I think this is called UMS?). With LC5, however, it connects differently by showing up as a single Portable Device, which, when clicked, reveals the internal and external SD drives (I think this is called MTP?).
(I will use those MTP and UMS terms and I defined them above... please correct me if I am wrong, but also please use my current definitions throughout this post)
Now, with my computer UMS and MTP both work fine... no problems whatsoever. HOWEVER, I regularly use my phone as an MP3 player and ESPECIALLY plug it into my 2010 GMC Terrain via USB in order to listen to music from it. Doing this, I have NO issues using Gingerbread's UMS connectivity... as long as it hasd USB debugging enabled. With LC5's MTP though, my car no longer detects the phone for some reason. It always says that it is unsupported, blah blah blah. I tried everything from turning USB debugging on/off to installing the UMS1.0.apk app. The app made the phone work in my car, but broke connectivity between it and my computer!!!!
So, I NEED to know:
1) Does ICS ONLY support MTP and not support UMS like it did in Gingerbread?
2) Does LC5 simply not have the UMS option enabled yet?
3) Do you think that when ICS is officially released, it will be able to connect to my car if it only supports UMS?
Seriously, this is a BIIIIIIG deal for me. If my phone wont play music in my car, then I wont be updating. I would really appreciate any help on this issue.

Have you tried to toggle usb mass storage in settings> more... > usb utilities?
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gsrrr said:
Have you tried to toggle usb mass storage in settings> more... > usb utilities?
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I did. I was only given MTP and PTP; no actual UMS option.
Question:
I am currently back on UCKH7, so I can't test this now. Is it possible to uncheck BOTH the MTP and PTP options (thus leaving nothing checked)? If so, will this bring the phone into UMS without the need of that UMS app?
When I was running LC5, I was under the impression that you could only choose MTP OR PTP, but no matter what, one of the options had to be checked... I never actually tried to uncheck both options (d'oh!!!). Maybe that was my answer?

Google turned away from ums in the ics builds so don't expect to see it unless a dev mods it in.

yoderk said:
Google turned away from ums in the ics builds so don't expect to see it unless a dev mods it in.
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Yes, they did, but it turns out that UMS is still available on ICS, but not by default (MTP is default) and ONLY on devices with removable storage (like the sgh-i777 and NOT the Nexus). I Found this out this morning after doing some Googling. There are many websites talking about it, but here is one of them:
http://anythingbutiphone.com/10985
This morning, I reflashed ICS UCPLC5 and figured out how to get the phone to connect via UMS. First, USB Debugging must be turned off. Second, you go to "More" under "Wireless and Network" section > USB Utilities, then you push the small white/gray button, and then plug in your USB cable.
I think this is what 'gsrrr' was talking about earlier, but I misunderstood what he was telling me (I thought he meant something else, so I apologize for that; it was very late and I was tired).
So, after figuring this out, I tried it in my car and it works! YAY!
Now I have two more super minor issues: 1) I HATE that I have to do this now, but I guess I can learn to get used to it. It wouldnt make since for UMS to be completely taken out since according to many Linux users on the internet (Im a Windows user BTW), UMS is the only way to connect phones to the OS. Also, it would completely make some connections (like my connection between my phone and car) obsolete, which would probably piss off a LOT of Android users! 2) I really would LOVE to be able to create a shortcut that will take me directly to "USB Utilities," but I cannot figure out how to do this.
So, all in all, I guess my problem has been solved, but if anyone can tell me a surefire way to create a shortcut to "USB Utilities," please share it with me.

AOSP biulds, AOKP that i know of, which is based off CM9, have UMS option. dont hold your breath for that on a Sammy build.

MotoMudder77 said:
AOSP biulds, AOKP that i know of, which is based off CM9, have UMS option. dont hold your breath for that on a Sammy build.
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I am not trying to prove you wrong necessarily, but I AM trying to understand this because I am very confused right now. I was under the impression that I was flashing an official leaked firmware that was Sammy built, but tweaked by ATT.
1) To the best of my knowledge, I wasnt using CM9... I THOUGHT I was using what ATT is currently developing, unless ATT is using an AOSP or CM9-based firmware....
Here is what I flashed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568080
2) According to several websites, the solution I used seems to be the solution for the Galaxy S2 (ATT and Int)... however, I dont know if they are all talking about AOSP or not since they do not say so in the links:
http://www.jayceooi.com/tag/usb-mass-storage/
http://stuff.body-builders.org/enable-usb-on-ics/
3) According to Android Engineer Dan Morrill, UMS is still in ICS, but only usable by phones with external storage (ie, NOT the Nexus):
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
4) It could also be that I am using the wrong terms here and basically making it so that everyone and myself are on two different pages. Let me clarify just to be safe (PLEASE correct me if I am wrong though! I cant go around using these terms incorrectly!):
When I am talking about UMS, I am meaning that my phone, when plugged into a computer, reads as though it is two separate drives, each with their own drive letter (in Windows, two separate drives will appear under "External Storage Devices" and will both have a different drive letter, such as L: and M: ).
EDIT: I believe UMS = MSC as well, but I could be wrong... again, I might be using the wrong terms here. No matter what, my car's manual specifically states that my phone would need to be in MSC mode in order to work, so if UMS =/= MSC, then it is MSC that I need and want in ICS.
When I am talking about MTP, then I am meaning that my phone, when plugged into a computer, reads as though it is a single Portable Device (in Windows, a single icon will appear under "Portable Devices" and will look like a cell phone or an MP3 player. When double clicked, you will then see the internal SD card and External SD card as separate drives, both both do not have a drive letter assigned to them.)
Based on my descriptions, I NEED UMS in order to make my phone work in my car.
5) When ATT releases their official ICS, should I install it, a custom ROM, or simply a custom Kernel like Siyah if I want to be able to connect as UMS (see #4's definitions).
Please make comments/answers on each # bullet point.

spexwood said:
I am not trying to prove you wrong necessarily, but I AM trying to understand this because I am very confused right now. I was under the impression that I was flashing an official leaked firmware that was Sammy built, but tweaked by ATT.
1) To the best of my knowledge, I wasnt using CM9... I THOUGHT I was using what ATT is currently developing, unless ATT is using an AOSP or CM9-based firmware....
Here is what I flashed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568080
2) According to several websites, the solution I used seems to be the solution for the Galaxy S2 (ATT and Int)... however, I dont know if they are all talking about AOSP or not since they do not say so in the links:
http://www.jayceooi.com/tag/usb-mass-storage/
http://stuff.body-builders.org/enable-usb-on-ics/
3) According to Android Engineer Dan Morrill, UMS is still in ICS, but only usable by phones with external storage (ie, NOT the Nexus):
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
4) It could also be that I am using the wrong terms here and basically making it so that everyone and myself are on two different pages. Let me clarify just to be safe (PLEASE correct me if I am wrong though! I cant go around using these terms incorrectly!):
When I am talking about UMS, I am meaning that my phone, when plugged into a computer, reads as though it is two separate drives, each with their own drive letter (in Windows, two separate drives will appear under "External Storage Devices" and will both have a different drive letter, such as L: and M: ).
EDIT: I believe UMS = MSC as well, but I could be wrong... again, I might be using the wrong terms here. No matter what, my car's manual specifically states that my phone would need to be in MSC mode in order to work, so if UMS =/= MSC, then it is MSC that I need and want in ICS.
When I am talking about MTP, then I am meaning that my phone, when plugged into a computer, reads as though it is a single Portable Device (in Windows, a single icon will appear under "Portable Devices" and will look like a cell phone or an MP3 player. When double clicked, you will then see the internal SD card and External SD card as separate drives, both both do not have a drive letter assigned to them.)
Based on my descriptions, I NEED UMS in order to make my phone work in my car.
5) When ATT releases their official ICS, should I install it, a custom ROM, or simply a custom Kernel like Siyah if I want to be able to connect as UMS (see #4's definitions).
Please make comments/answers on each # bullet point.
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I'll do my best.
1. Yes that is/was the latest leak from at&t. Samsungs touchwiz UI. All builds are based off AOSP. TW, like Miui, HTC sense, Blur. are all just UI, and overlays. Crap that the companies install on there phones to make them different.
2. Dont buy into everything you read, especially when its from hokey pokey websites. I've never played with TW on 4.0, but have never seen or heard of what was stated in those link's.
3. thats the way I understood it also, but "However the cost is that Android can no longer ever yield up the storage for the host PC to molest directly over USB." taken from the link.
4. your correct on terms. UMS/MSC is what you want. but most just call it UMS.
And yes, most vehicles need UMS, know mine does.
5. Do some research, right now only a couple ROM's that i know of have UMS option. in time, more will come I'm sure.
Honestly, I have no clue, nor do i care what at&t puts in there official build.
Stability, Speed, and good ICS looks, are not gonna come from at&t.
Hope I got everything for ya.

Thanks MotoMudder. I think you cleared thinks up a bit more.
All I know right now is that on the current ATT leak, I can get my phone into UMS by accessing the USB Utilities. Once the official release comes, I guess I will have to update and see if i can still get my phone into UMS the same way, or else I will need to either return to GB or use a custom ROM.
BTW, its offtopic, but if i can get it answered here without starting a new thread, I would appreciate it.
I was using Siyah Kernel and then while talking to someone on the phone, they said they were having difficulty hearing me. So, I hung up, flashed the stock kernel, then called them back and they said they could hear me better.
I was stumped as to why this happened. It was my understanding that kernels shouldn't affect phone calls. Only modems do... right?
Additional info:
-Both calls were taking place in my house.
-The weather outside was extremely windy (I was inside though, but maybe this affected the ATT network somehow?)
-Only the kernels were swapped. Modem stayed the same for both calls.
-While on Siyah Kernel, I had a SETCPU profile for phone calls: Lulzactive governor, min 100, Max 500.
-When on stock kernel, I also had a SETCPU profile for phone calls: Conservative governor, 200 min, 500 Max.
Any ideas as to what could have caused this? Kernel? Processor speed settings? Governor? Weather?
I know its kind of a hard question to answer, but which of the factors that took place affects calls?

spexwood said:
Thanks MotoMudder. I think you cleared thinks up a bit more.
All I know right now is that on the current ATT leak, I can get my phone into UMS by accessing the USB Utilities. Once the official release comes, I guess I will have to update and see if i can still get my phone into UMS the same way, or else I will need to either return to GB or use a custom ROM.
BTW, its offtopic, but if i can get it answered here without starting a new thread, I would appreciate it.
I was using Siyah Kernel and then while talking to someone on the phone, they said they were having difficulty hearing me. So, I hung up, flashed the stock kernel, then called them back and they said they could hear me better.
I was stumped as to why this happened. It was my understanding that kernels shouldn't affect phone calls. Only modems do... right?
Additional info:
-Both calls were taking place in my house.
-The weather outside was extremely windy (I was inside though, but maybe this affected the ATT network somehow?)
-Only the kernels were swapped. Modem stayed the same for both calls.
-While on Siyah Kernel, I had a SETCPU profile for phone calls: Lulzactive governor, min 100, Max 500.
-When on stock kernel, I also had a SETCPU profile for phone calls: Conservative governor, 200 min, 500 Max.
Any ideas as to what could have caused this? Kernel? Processor speed settings? Governor? Weather?
I know its kind of a hard question to answer, but which of the factors that took place affects calls?
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Our kernals are weird, mic has to be flipped for AOSP vs Samsung builds. Havent played with siyha much, dont know if there are two different versions for this issue. but a search around that thread should tell ya if it'll be compatible with what your running.
Maybe someone can give a better explanation, but that the gist of it from what i understood.

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Veoh.com question

Hey guys first time poster long time reader. Before I begin I just wanted to thank you all for the help and support with the ins and outs of the android OS.
Now that that is out of the way, I had a question in regards to Veoh.com and some issues I am having with it. I have Kaos Froyo v39, and I use Dolphin browser mini. When I change my useragent to iPhone and I go on Veoh it works okay for a little bit, and then it either stops loading videos or gives me an error message saying 'this video cannot be played' is there a fix for this? Am I doing something wrong?
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the kid escobar said:
Hey guys first time poster long time reader. Before I begin I just wanted to thank you all for the help and support with the ins and outs of the android OS.
Now that that is out of the way, I had a question in regards to Veoh.com and some issues I am having with it. I have Kaos Froyo v39, and I use Dolphin browser mini. When I change my useragent to iPhone and I go on Veoh it works okay for a little bit, and then it either stops loading videos or gives me an error message saying 'this video cannot be played' is there a fix for this? Am I doing something wrong?
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Hi! Welcome. Is this over 3G or Wifi, or have you tried both?
Either way, this is safe to try: Download "APN OnOff" from the market. Launch it and choose "Show APN list" in the middle of the screen. Press Menu and choose "Reset to default". You may or may not need to perform a reboot to see if this helps. Try it without first.
This used to help me with restoring tethering when it stopped working.
A longer method to possibly achieve the same thing, but may be worth a try if the first method doesn't work:
Perform a nandroid and flash a stock-like ROM such as xtrSENSE (what I would recommend). You only have to use it long enough to download "APN Backup & Restore" off the market. Run it and choose "Backup APNs", you can name it whatever makes sense to you such as "xtrSENSE stock APN.xml", otherwise it just uses the current date and time.
Nandroid back to KaosFroyo and install "APN Backup & Restore" again. This time choose "Restore APNs" and restore the one you backed up from xtrSENSE. Again try it without a reboot first but if it doesn't work try a reboot.
You can do this as often as you like to see if this helps with any data trouble. I'm not positive if it helps with WIFI at all; I know it helps with 3G Data.
Please let us know if any of this helps or not.
Thank you so much, its working now. Only issue now is that the bar in the program is stuck in the off position, and when I click on it to turn it back on it just goes into the settings. My connections are still fine as you can see, should I be worried?
On an unrelated note, which tethering Rom did you use? I would love to tether my phone, but the threads I have read make it seem like a daunting process to me.
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the kid escobar said:
Thank you so much, its working now. Only issue now is that the bar in the program is stuck in the off position, and when I click on it to turn it back on it just goes into the settings. My connections are still fine as you can see, should I be worried?
On an unrelated note, which tethering Rom did you use? I would love to tether my phone, but the threads I have read make it seem like a daunting process to me.
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Bar in which program? APN OnOff? As long as everything's working I wouldn't worry about it since I don't use that button; I think I've noticed that before. A reboot would probably restore it, in my experience.
I've tethered under every ROM but any GingerBread one, now. Started with xtrsense, found that it was marginally more reliable under Froyo so GB would probably be good too. What was better about 2.2+ tethering was how fast the tethering connection would be made, before it took a minute or two for the computer to recognize it; now down to less than 30 seconds.
I don't recommend the old wired or wireless tether for root under 2.2+, but I haven't tried them in a while. 2.2+ and CM6+ have their own native tethering. CM6.1's notification power widgets have a WIFI tether one which connects the fastest. Free Tethering Widget off the market will also give you a widget for that and/or USB tethering, which is built into 2.2+ itself but for some reason CM doesn't include a notification power widget for.
Wireless tethering eats your battery like crazy plus made the phone extra hot, but you have to understand that it was my only home internet until a month ago since last August. I kept the battery cover off and had a fan on it, but you don't have to do that for just occasional tethering. I also had it plugged in to charge constantly; I just liked how fast wireless connected.
Wired tethering also uses battery faster and makes it warmer, just not nearly as fast or warm as wireless.
Occasionally 3G would stop and I'd have to turn off tethering and do the steps in my other post to get it going again. Most of the time a reboot after doing APN OnOff made tethering last longer.
If you know how to install drivers with Device Manager (assuming you're on Windows), or you don't mind learning I would get the latest drivers from http://htc.developers.comhttp://developer.htc.com/ if I remember correctly.
I'm on my phone at the moment, I'll check later. The driver package is all the way at the bottom of the list, the last one.
Otherwise just install HTCSync for the Eris and that'll install older drivers.
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Edit: corrected link to http://developer.htc.com/
Okay so let me get this straight... I have tethering on my Froyo 2.2 already and I just need to grab a widget in order to activate it? What is the driver for? I was under the assumption that my phone would become a "hotspot" so I could set it up to an Xbox PS3 etc. Do I need to download the driver in order to tether to the computer? If so, how would I be able to use a wired tether to something like a PS3? I am a pretty quick learner on the whole concept of rooting and flashing Roms, but I am a newb so I appreciate your time and patience.
Okay so let me get this straight... I have tethering on my Froyo 2.2 already and I just need to grab a widget in order to activate it? What is the driver for? I was under the assumption that my phone would become a "hotspot" so I could set it up to an Xbox PS3 etc. Do I need to download the driver in order to tether to the computer? If so, how would I be able to use a wired tether to something like a PS3? I am a pretty quick learner on the whole concept of rooting and flashing Roms, but I am a newb so I appreciate your time and patience.
the kid escobar said:
Okay so let me get this straight... I have tethering on my Froyo 2.2 already and I just need to grab a widget in order to activate it? What is the driver for? I was under the assumption that my phone would become a "hotspot" so I could set it up to an Xbox PS3 etc. Do I need to download the driver in order to tether to the computer? If so, how would I be able to use a wired tether to something like a PS3? I am a pretty quick learner on the whole concept of rooting and flashing Roms, but I am a newb so I appreciate your time and patience.
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If you're running a recent enough version of a ROM based on CM6.x (6.1 or 6.2?), then if you enable the tethering widget in the notification menu power buttons (the buttons at the top), then you'd don't need anything else to WIFI tether.
You can do USB tethering by going into the stock settings, but it's such a PITA to do it there it's easier to do it by using that widget I mentioned, which also handles Froyo's WIFI tethering as well. So if you're never going to do USB tethering, you don't need any other drivers (called RDNIS drivers) and you don't need that widget off the market.
If you do ever plan on wire tether, then you will need to install some RDNIS drivers (the link I gave you) unless you've already installed HTCSync, since that includes both the regular and the RDNIS drivers. I have no idea if you can wire tether to a PS3 since in Windows you need to install a driver, but you can try it and let us know, or search for other people who wanted to do the same thing. You should be able to WIFI tether, however.
No problem, I'm glad you pick things up quickly, makes it that much easier. And you're welcome!
So help me - what bar in the program were you talking about?
On APN on /off, when I reset the settings I saw a bar on the main screen highlighted on. I turned it off thinking I should rest it. I couldn't toggle it back on, bit data was still working and I did a reboot just in case. It was nothing major thankfully.
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the kid escobar said:
On APN on /off, when I reset the settings I saw a bar on the main screen highlighted on. I turned it off thinking I should rest it. I couldn't toggle it back on, bit data was still working and I did a reboot just in case. It was nothing major thankfully.
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You were correct in your end assessment that it shouldn't be anything to worry about, that APN switch in the middle of the screen. I've had mixed results with it in my observations, so I don't even touch it although as you noticed it doesn't seem to hurt anything.
Thanks for verifying; that was the only thing I could imagine you might be talking about!

[Q] Anyone having problems copying files to the Tab?

I'm not sure if this is a problem with all samsung devices, just my tab, or perhaps even my computer:
Whenever I try copy a large file, say a movie, the transfer stops half way through and I get a message saying "The device has stopped responding" So I break it into smaller pieces and transfer separately, which works. Then, after I disconnect the USB, I get a repeated toast "Media Scanner Running" every few seconds. Whenever I try open the Video Player, Music, Gallery or even Camera, they close right away. So I read somewhere online that this is Samsung's crappy media scanner. I cleared the data from the media app and then I see a message "media scanning completed" and now I'm able to access these apps, though they show no files.
I have finally resorted to streaming over wifi from my desktop to the tab. Is anyone else facing these issues?
I'm currently on the latest overcome ROM, but I've seen the same issues on AOKP, Task and even the stock 3.2 rom.
I just found this post and would like to say that I too am having this problem, it happened with the stock ROM and after ROOT with Task650 ROM... I was worried it was the hardware in the Tablet. I was wondering if you ever resolved this or found a way around, as I too can't transfer large files (my movies) to it, it just times out.
I will also have this problem, only with Android 3.2
with CM9 I had not more ', which are now in stock, it has returned to make, so it's the rom
I used to have this problem when I had my sleep timer set to 1 minute. I now set it on 5 minutes, and have yet to see the problem reoccur. I just loaded a 2.5 gigabyte folder to it this morning without a hitch. I am not sure that is the solution to your problem, I have done many things since then...any of which could have resolved the issue. I am a flashaholic, so it may have been resolved on one of my more recent wipes (I always restore to stock and completely factory reset my tablet prior to loading another rom).
Regardless, try changing your sleep setting to 5 or 10 minutes and see if this resolves your issue. Post back your results!
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mauwri37 said:
I will also have this problem, only with Android 3.2
with CM9 I had not more ', which are now in stock, it has returned to make, so it's the rom
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I doubt it's the Rom, as I have used them all. It's more likely a setting or a driver issue....I am leaning towards settings.
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Are you transferring using Explorer or Kies? Try using Kies and see if it has the same problems if you were using explorer.
I will try changing the sleep setting, that's a good idea I had not thought of this. I am transferring through explorer - I will try it tonight and post back my results.
xtacydima said:
I will try changing the sleep setting, that's a good idea I had not thought of this. I am transferring through explorer - I will try it tonight and post back my results.
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Looks like this didn't help me, the transfer failed. Also, I keep hearing the USB connect/disconnect sound all throughout while the tablet is plugged in, and yes I tried different USB ports. I even uninstalled Kies and tried. Same issue.
Sometimes toggling usb debugging on the tablet works for me. Seems like the tab drivers don't play nice with some usb controllers.
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xtacydima said:
Looks like this didn't help me, the transfer failed. Also, I keep hearing the USB connect/disconnect sound all throughout while the tablet is plugged in, and yes I tried different USB ports. I even uninstalled Kies and tried. Same issue.
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Hrrmmmm, interesting. It sounds like one of 2 things is happening:
1. Your connection between your tablet and your computer is intermittent, whether it be the cable or the pins on your tablet connection.
Or
2. For some software related reason your computer cannot keep your tablet mounted. You may try going into your devices tab on the task manager and remove all references to your tablet, then try plugging ur tablet back in.
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you can install a kernel that allows to disable mtp and mount ass mass storage, it solved the problem for me and is also way faster.
cheers

[Q] "connected but no internet"

I posted this in the wrong place before, maybe someone has some answers in this section.
My rooted NT has been giving me "connected but no internet" warnings, no matter which wi-fi network I connect to. I can still access the internet, but have to deal with that exclamation symbol popping up constantly. Anyone else dealing with this? It's been happening since July.
Thanx!
]You need to provide more information. Are you using the stock B&N OS? If yes what version? Are you running CM 7, CM9, or CM10? If yes internal or from SD?
It says rooted and I would assume the stock OS but everyone knows what happens when we assume.
SlowCobra96 said:
]You need to provide more information. Are you using the stock B&N OS? If yes what version? Are you running CM 7, CM9, or CM10? If yes internal or from SD?
It says rooted and I would assume the stock OS but everyone knows what happens when we assume.
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I rooted it waaaaay back last Dec.(2011) with the method that was available here at the time. I still have the "NookandZergy" files on my computer. I also blocked the B&N update. This is the first time I've ever used any Android device, how do I find out what OS I'm using?
Sounds like you are running the stock OS. Look in settings, about to get the version number. Though in this case I am not sure that it matters. From a little research it looks like this is a common issue on the Nook Color. Haven't seen it on the Nook Tablet. Some of the suggestions were to change the link speed on your router or to change router channel from Auto to a fixed channel. This way it doesn't keep channel hopping if it is temperamental.
I don't have my nook near me so I can't check it right now but I do not recall there being a lot of advanced options as far as wireless configuration goes. If you can choose either G or N and not auto detect speed, choose one of those based on your router speed.

[Q&T][ROM] CyanogenMod 10.1 and 10.2

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I've had this issue since moving to CM 10.2, originally on the unofficial nightly 20130901, just flashed the unofficial 20131014 yesterday. My phone will not make sounds after previously set to vibrate, after turning up the volume with the volume key from the home screen the indicator shows volume, but will not make a sound to verify the sound level, and my alarm is silent too. Rebooting seems to fix the sound until I silence it again, but I have to yank the battery as it freezes on a reboot initiated from the power key. I have updated my recovery to TWRP 2.6.3.
I very much appreciate the screen flickering fix on the 10/14 nightly, it is completely gone today.
biodiesel.ufo said:
I've had this issue since moving to CM 10.2, originally on the unofficial nightly 20130901, just flashed the unofficial 20131014 yesterday. My phone will not make sounds after previously set to vibrate, after turning up the volume with the volume key from the home screen the indicator shows volume, but will not make a sound to verify the sound level, and my alarm is silent too. Rebooting seems to fix the sound until I silence it again, but I have to yank the battery as it freezes on a reboot initiated from the power key. I have updated my recovery to TWRP 2.6.3.
I very much appreciate the screen flickering fix on the 10/14 nightly, it is completely gone today.
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There's a new official nightly you can flash now. 20131016. As for the sound thing, if you go into Settings--->Sound you can check off "Volume Adjustment Sound" and it should make a tone showing what the volume level is. I'm not sure if it's related or the same thing you're experiencing, but in the past I've had issues flashing between builds (not nightlies, but flashing from like 4.2.2 to 4.3) where the default ringtone, notifcation tone and/or alarm tone would get some issue and it would say "Unknown" if you went to check what they were set to. Setting them to a new tone fixed the issue. This usually occured when I would flash a very different build version, or when I would restore a TWRP backup. But once I set a new tone it would be fine from that point on.
I am running 10.2-20131016-NIGHTLY-fireball. Our office has two wireless routers that share the same SSID, but different channels to eliminate interference. Not unique to this build, it seems that my handset's wifi is either slow to, or just doesn't, hand off to the best router when I move about. It seems like in the past i could walk from one end of the office to the other, watch my wifi signal go down, then suddenly jump up as I near the closer router. Is this a CM issue, or is this an android issue, or is there no mechanism to adjust automatically? Thanks for any help.
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I am running 10.2-20131016-NIGHTLY-fireball. Our office has two wireless routers that share the same SSID, but different channels to eliminate interference. Not unique to this build, it seems that my handset's wifi is either slow to, or just doesn't, hand off to the best router when I move about. It seems like in the past i could walk from one end of the office to the other, watch my wifi signal go down, then suddenly jump up as I near the closer router. Is this a CM issue, or is this an android issue, or is there no mechanism to adjust automatically? Thanks for any help.
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I'm not qualified to answer on this issue but I'll point out that I've noticed this behavior since I've been on cm. I work in a large building with multiple access points and it doesn't hand off between routers well at all.
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Maybe if you check off "Avoid poor connections" in the WiFi advanced settings it will hand off easier when the current signal gets weak. Also note that you can select the priority levels for the WiFi networks in those advanced settings. Maybe you're closer to one of them but the priority of the other one is set higher so its constantly trying to connect to that one first?
somerandomname1 said:
Maybe if you check off "Avoid poor connections" in the WiFi advanced settings it will hand off easier when the current signal gets weak. Also note that you can select the priority levels for the WiFi networks in those advanced settings. Maybe you're closer to one of them but the priority of the other one is set higher so its constantly trying to connect to that one first?
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Not sure if this will help as the routers have the SSID, so there is only one wireless network entry in the wifi list.
spectre559 said:
Not sure if this will help as the routers have the SSID, so there is only one wireless network entry in the wifi list.
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Ahh, I've never seen where two routers have the same ssid. I just assumed that since they were technically two different connections it would list the same name twice. Well maybe the "avoid poor connections" will help? I've never had that checked either so I don't know how well it works, but it makes sense that it would drop a low signal more easily for a higher one.
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Ahh, I've never seen where two routers have the same ssid. I just assumed that since they were technically two different connections it would list the same name twice. Well maybe the "avoid poor connections" will help? I've never had that checked either so I don't know how well it works, but it makes sense that it would drop a low signal more easily for a higher one.
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You'd think that would work better but it doesn't. It keeps that signal until it's low enough to drop it then actually drops it and you're without a signal for a second or few before it connects to the stronger signal. This is the behavior I notice with mine regardless if avoid poor connections is checked or not
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somerandomname1 said:
Ahh, I've never seen where two routers have the same ssid. I just assumed that since they were technically two different connections it would list the same name twice. Well maybe the "avoid poor connections" will help? I've never had that checked either so I don't know how well it works, but it makes sense that it would drop a low signal more easily for a higher one.
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Just checked...apparently I already "avoid poor connections" checked. I'm wondering if there is any built-in software function that actually checks for better signals on different channels when connected to the same SSID.
I flashed the unofficial 10/15 build with no problems at all for about 5 hours. Went to sleep and now I can't send txt or make phone calls. My phone shows that I have full service so I'm thinking its a borked radio. Well my comp with adb crapped out on me this morning, so I have a laptop with windows 7 and no ADB. Flashed back to a different ROM and no luck. Still no txts can be sent out or phone calls but I can receive them. Can someone point me in the right direction to install adb on windows 7? I used google but a lot of the articles were out of date. Thanks in advance!
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I flashed the unofficial 10/15 build with no problems at all for about 5 hours. Went to sleep and now I can't send txt or make phone calls. My phone shows that I have full service so I'm thinking its a borked radio. Well my comp with adb crapped out on me this morning, so I have a laptop with windows 7 and no ADB. Flashed back to a different ROM and no luck. Still no txts can be sent out or phone calls but I can receive them. Can someone point me in the right direction to install adb on windows 7? I used google but a lot of the articles were out of date. Thanks in advance!
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Did you do a full wipe and clean install? Or are you flashin' dirty?...
TheGOAT232412 said:
I flashed the unofficial 10/15 build with no problems at all for about 5 hours. Went to sleep and now I can't send txt or make phone calls. My phone shows that I have full service so I'm thinking its a borked radio. Well my comp with adb crapped out on me this morning, so I have a laptop with windows 7 and no ADB. Flashed back to a different ROM and no luck. Still no txts can be sent out or phone calls but I can receive them. Can someone point me in the right direction to install adb on windows 7? I used google but a lot of the articles were out of date. Thanks in advance!
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Check that you have RUIM/SIM selected under Settings > (Wireless & Networks) More... > Mobile networks > CDMA subscription. Barring that, restore a known working backup and check the phone. If it does not work, follow the borked radio instructions - after which if you install CM again, set that RUIM/SIM connection type on first boot and restart.
mdmower said:
Check that you have RUIM/SIM selected under Settings > (Wireless & Networks) More... > Mobile networks > CDMA subscription. Barring that, restore a known working backup and check the phone. If it does not work, follow the borked radio instructions - after which if you install CM again, set that RUIM/SIM connection type on first boot and restart.
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I am currently on a restored ROM that I was using prior to the CM ROM. I am currently still having the same issue, I can't send out calls and texts but I can receive text. In my previous post, I stated the PC that I had ADB installed on crapped out on me this morning. I have a laptop running Windows 7 without ADB installed. My PC is running Windows XP, as of to where my laptop is running Windows 7. So I was just looking for a guide to help me install ADB on Windows 7 and just go from there. Appreciate the quick responses, it's the only phone I have and as of right now its useless.
Speakerphone patch
@scottyb96: with reference to this post, try this sound file update (install through recovery) and see if it helps your garbled speakerphone mic. Several device definitions were missing the dual-mic feature of this phone.
Also, let me know of any regressions. I updated quite a bit more than just mic.
TheGOAT232412 said:
I am currently on a restored ROM that I was using prior to the CM ROM. I am currently still having the same issue, can't send out calls and txt but I can receive txt and no phone calls. In my previous post, I stated that I the PC that I had ADB installed on crapped out on me this morning. I have a laptop running Windows 7 without ADB installed. My PC is running Windows XP, as of to where my laptop is running Windows 7. So I was just looking for a guide to help me install ADB on Windows 7 and just go from there. Appreciate the quick responses, it's the only phone I have and of right now its just worthless
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Drivers, ADB/Fastboot, Post 2
Is there any way to subvert the text message limit where it splits? Using third-party sms apps it's possible. Just wondering if there's any hidden way or something I can edit to disable the splitting in the stock sms app.
mdmower said:
@scottyb96: with reference to this post, try this sound file update (install through recovery) and see if it helps your garbled speakerphone mic. Several device definitions were missing the dual-mic feature of this phone.
Also, let me know of any regressions. I updated quite a bit more than just mic.
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First test sounds good. I will report back after a few days of operation. Thanks for the update.
scottyb96 said:
First test sounds good. I will report back after a few days of operation. Thanks for the update.
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I'd like to merge this by Thursday evening at the latest. If others can apply the sound file fix and make sure I didn't introduce any regressions I'd appreciate it. I'd also like to ensure garbled mic when on speakerphone is indeed fixed.

[KERNEL] 2.6.32.61-nAa-jb-06 [ROM][JB-4.1.2]Release 4, broken wifi and camera issues

love the x10 mini so flashed it to JB hoping to get a little more life out of the old thing. but I have run into a few issues.
1/I have two wifi routers, with this rom my phone will authenticate on neither, sitting right next to one it's telling me my signal is low, I had been able to connect to wifi once at random when toggling wifi off / on several rooms away but only once. wifi is a deal breaker, I need it else the phone is no good to me, I tried disabling DHCP but I have no idea where to start troubleshooting this one?
2/camera, the default camera apps sucks, I switched to opencamera but for some reason with both apps recording video is extremely choppy, any suggestion on this? Im just using a standard 2gb card at the moment, worth getting a faster card? is this an issue with the rom? it's choppy enough that I would say it renders this feature useless (also I don't have swap on yet)
3/loudspeaker in calls, iI exclusively use loudspeaker when making calls, Im not sure where this is on the new rom?
4/a full keyboard is cool but is there no way to get the phone keypad back as an option?
thanks
Sandgoose said:
love the x10 mini so flashed it to JB hoping to get a little more life out of the old thing. but I have run into a few issues.
1/I have two wifi routers, with this rom my phone will authenticate on neither, sitting right next to one it's telling me my signal is low, I had been able to connect to wifi once at random when toggling wifi off / on several rooms away but only once. wifi is a deal breaker, I need it else the phone is no good to me, I tried disabling DHCP but I have no idea where to start troubleshooting this one?
2/camera, the default camera apps sucks, I switched to opencamera but for some reason with both apps recording video is extremely choppy, any suggestion on this? Im just using a standard 2gb card at the moment, worth getting a faster card? is this an issue with the rom? it's choppy enough that I would say it renders this feature useless (also I don't have swap on yet)
3/loudspeaker in calls, iI exclusively use loudspeaker when making calls, Im not sure where this is on the new rom?
4/a full keyboard is cool but is there no way to get the phone keypad back as an option?
thanks
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1 About the WiFi: Remember that the phone only does WiFi b/g, if you have your routers set to n it won't authenticate, if it's set to automatic (where it chooses to use n or g depending on the device trying to connect, it may already be connected in n-mode to another device, and can't or won't switch down) Try forcing WiFi-g in your router and you may have more luck.
2. The choppy video is ROM-related, there is a fix for it. I'll attach a zip below that you can flash through CWM. (omx_fix.zip)
3. When the call is connected there is a loudspeaker-button on the call-screen you need to press. With an outgoing call you can press it as soon as you start dialing, with an incoming call you have to answer the call and then press that button. There is no way to answer a call on speaker directly.
4. I use the Sony Xperia S ICS Keyboard, which works nicely in keypad mode. I'll also attach that below, just flash it with CWM
SmG67 said:
1 About the WiFi: Remember that the phone only does WiFi b/g, if you have your routers set to n it won't authenticate, if it's set to automatic (where it chooses to use n or g depending on the device trying to connect, it may already be connected in n-mode to another device, and can't or won't switch down) Try forcing WiFi-g in your router and you may have more luck.
2. The choppy video is ROM-related, there is a fix for it. I'll attach a zip below that you can flash through CWM. (omx_fix.zip)
3. When the call is connected there is a loudspeaker-button on the call-screen you need to press. With an outgoing call you can press it as soon as you start dialing, with an incoming call you have to answer the call and then press that button. There is no way to answer a call on speaker directly.
4. I use the Sony Xperia S ICS Keyboard, which works nicely in keypad mode. I'll also attach that below, just flash it with CWM
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thanks so much on helping with the other issues, the loudspeaker, I guess I just missed where the button was? the wifi is still an issue tho...
the router is an oldish one (netgear dg834g v5) it was set to G only, I changed it to B & G but still just sitting on "connecting" authentication mode is WPA2-PSK(Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 with Pre-Shared Key) if that makes a difference and my phone is baseband M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015, not even sure where to start with this one? the other access point is also an old one (WL-HDD) both use strong passwords (upper and lower case characters and numbers)
Thanks
Sandgoose said:
thanks so much on helping with the other issues, the loudspeaker, I guess I just missed where the button was? the wifi is still an issue tho...
the router is an oldish one (netgear dg834g v5) it was set to G only, I changed it to B & G but still just sitting on "connecting" authentication mode is WPA2-PSK(Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 with Pre-Shared Key) if that makes a difference and my phone is baseband M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015, not even sure where to start with this one? the other access point is also an old one (WL-HDD) both use strong passwords (upper and lower case characters and numbers)
Thanks
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Maybe restarting your phone with WiFi enabled will do the trick. It's been a while since I went through all this, but I think that could solve your problem.
SmG67 said:
Maybe restarting your phone with WiFi enabled will do the trick. It's been a while since I went through all this, but I think that could solve your problem.
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still no luck, but its worth mentioning the phone works fine as a tethered hotspot, restarted the router made it connect but as soon as I was out of range back to hanging on "connecting...."
Thanks for all the help video recording is a lot less choppy but it is not as smooth as it was with the factory rom (thinking faster SD card maybe help?)
The wifi just has me scratching my head, I see 6 nearby adapters, the phone is saying none of them have any signal (the list seems to be refreshing rapidly) my router is just flashing between 5 and 0 bars stuck on connecting.
are there any other functional roms that anyone can suggest I try to see if I can get some different results ?
Sandgoose said:
Thanks for all the help video recording is a lot less choppy but it is not as smooth as it was with the factory rom (thinking faster SD card maybe help?)
The wifi just has me scratching my head, I see 6 nearby adapters, the phone is saying none of them have any signal (the list seems to be refreshing rapidly) my router is just flashing between 5 and 0 bars stuck on connecting.
are there any other functional roms that anyone can suggest I try to see if I can get some different results ?
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Have you tried MiniCM10?
SmG67 said:
Have you tried MiniCM10?
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I did just head over to the page
"Downloads -- do NOT mirror files anywhere"
click downloads
Sorry we shut the site down.....
yeah should have mirrored those downloads!
the download pureslim worked, using same kernel (E10_2.6.32.61-nAa-06.ftf) behaved exactly the same and wouldn't connect to wifi but from what Ihave seen I think this kernel has a newer wifi driver, maybe I should go looking for an older one with different drivers? or even reflash with the same one? thinking of going further back than jellybean, maybe ics or gingerbread worth it ?
Sandgoose said:
I did just head over to the page
"Downloads -- do NOT mirror files anywhere"
click downloads
Sorry we shut the site down.....
yeah should have mirrored those downloads!
the download pureslim worked, using same kernel (E10_2.6.32.61-nAa-06.ftf) behaved exactly the same and wouldn't connect to wifi but from what Ihave seen I think this kernel has a newer wifi driver, maybe I should go looking for an older one with different drivers? or even reflash with the same one? thinking of going further back than jellybean, maybe ics or gingerbread worth it ?
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Definitely not ICS if you want to go back,it had a very short development period before JB came out and is a lot less mature than JB. If you want to try going back, go for a gingerbread ROM. There are roms that work with nAa-s GB kernel and some that work on the stock kernel too.
ok different issue now .......
I try flash to gingerbread E10_nAn-14_2.6.29.6-nAa-14.ftf which went fine
first boot spamming the back button, dosn't take me to clockwork, trying all sorts holding down power up / down nothing
decided to flash back to JB but I cant turn the phone off to get it into upload mode, its just stuck rebooting, power button dosn't seem to do anthing, can't remove the battery so how do I power down?
help (digging myself a deeper hole, should I just leave it running until battery dies to get it into flash mode)
EDIT:forget that last one managed to get it into flash mode... power +home (still holding jsut home) connect usb release home hold back
wondering if there is an E10_2.6.32.61-nAa-05.ftf anywhere ? id like to try a slightly older JB kernel see if that gets the wifi fixed, maybe I should ask in a more generic section about troubleshooting the wifi?
the official downloads page goo.im being shut down is making it very difficult for me to find things
Thanks
Sandgoose said:
ok different issue now .......
I try flash to gingerbread E10_nAn-14_2.6.29.6-nAa-14.ftf which went fine
first boot spamming the back button, dosn't take me to clockwork, trying all sorts holding down power up / down nothing
decided to flash back to JB but I cant turn the phone off to get it into upload mode, its just stuck rebooting, power button dosn't seem to do anthing, can't remove the battery so how do I power down?
help (digging myself a deeper hole, should I just leave it running until battery dies to get it into flash mode)
EDIT:forget that last one managed to get it into flash mode... power +home (still holding jsut home) connect usb release home hold back
wondering if there is an E10_2.6.32.61-nAa-05.ftf anywhere ? id like to try a slightly older JB kernel see if that gets the wifi fixed, maybe I should ask in a more generic section about troubleshooting the wifi?
the official downloads page goo.im being shut down is making it very difficult for me to find things
Thanks
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Ah yes... flashing back to a GB kernel would require you to do all wipes (data, cache, dalvik, etc) from CWM in the JB kernel first and then flash the GB-kernel and then format the partitions from CWM in the GB-kernel to get them back to original size. (Since JB uses an extended /system partition and slightly smaller other partitions to create enough space to fit the ROM on)
You did format all the internal partitions (/system, /data and /cache) when you flashed the JB-kernel right? If you didn't, it may be an explanation for the troubles you've been having.
Flashing the GB-kernel twice will get you out of trouble if you forgot to wipe the data from the JB-kernel though, CWM will show up the second time you flash it, as far as I remember.
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Ah yes... flashing back to a GB kernel would require you to do all wipes (data, cache, dalvik, etc) from CWM in the JB kernel first and then flash the GB-kernel and then format the partitions from CWM in the GB-kernel to get them back to original size. (Since JB uses an extended /system partition and slightly smaller other partitions to create enough space to fit the ROM on)
You did format all the internal partitions (/system, /data and /cache) when you flashed the JB-kernel right? If you didn't, it may be an explanation for the troubles you've been having.
Flashing the GB-kernel twice will get you out of trouble if you forgot to wipe the data from the JB-kernel though, CWM will show up the second time you flash it, as far as I remember.
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Thank you for all the help SmG67, I really appreciate it, I would have given up long ago if it weren't for you
Im sticking with JB on the x10 for now. it still refuses to connect to the netgear hub but I have tried it on a couple of others and t connects to every time without any issues, for some reason it just doesn't seem to like the netgear ?
any suggestions on that? if not Im still happy with it, I think it has given the old dog new life
Sandgoose said:
Thank you for all the help SmG67, I really appreciate it, I would have given up long ago if it weren't for you
Im sticking with JB on the x10 for now. it still refuses to connect to the netgear hub but I have tried it on a couple of others and t connects to every time without any issues, for some reason it just doesn't seem to like the netgear ?
any suggestions on that? if not Im still happy with it, I think it has given the old dog new life
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Quite odd, you would think there is something in the Netgear router's setup that's different from the other routers then maybe...I haven't really had any issues regarding WiFi on JB, apart from trying to connect to N-configured routers. But glad to know that it connects fine now Hope you enjoy it, I know I did.

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