Hi guys,
There was a good thread for the Sony Tablet S containing issues and work arounds - I wanted to do the same here for Xperia Tablet S.
After playing with it for a good two weeks now, there are a few things that I've found out and fixed through tweaking.
1) The first issue ofcourse is the creaking back on some devices, this is a confirmed issue by Sony [CONFIRMED]
2) WIFI drop after waking the Xperia Tablet S up after sleep has now been fixed by Sony in release 4 dated 21/09/2012 [FIXED]
3) Some of you may or may not agree, but another issue mentioned in most reviews is the internet browsers rendering. I've posted a few tweaks the which greatly improve the rendering times of the browser and overall experiance. On some bigger website, I'd find that scrolling down would cause the browser to slow down rendering of the page and also lose what's already been rendered - it doesn't fix it, but certainly helps to make the browser considerably smoother. [WORK AROUND]
In the browser, type about:debug, this will allow for a section of the browser settings to appear where you can tweak with some of the hidden settings of the app. Navigate to "Settings" and "Debug" - make your settings like mine:
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I'm happy to add any others to the list that i've missed,
Thanks.
1) The first issue ofcourse is the creaking back on some devices, this is a confirmed issue by Sony [CONFIRMED]
Does this mean you have to return if you have this as this is hardware related?
Thanks
Got my device today, with crackling back
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I dont have the debug option on my browser,.
Hi folks,
If you have the creaking on your back panel and is of an annoyance, you can sent it back for a replacement free of charge.
In order to access the debug menu, you must type about:debug into the navigation bar.
Hope that helps
Let´s hope sony europe (Germany) will give me also a replacement...
GPS
Has anyone else noticed serious performance issues with the GPS?
With my Nexus 7 I can have the GPS lock in under a minute from inside a vehicle. With my Xperia Tablet S, the GPS never actually locks.
mhaisley said:
Has anyone else noticed serious performance issues with the GPS?
With my Nexus 7 I can have the GPS lock in under a minute from inside a vehicle. With my Xperia Tablet S, the GPS never actually locks.
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I went out side to test it out and it does take awhile to lock in on my location. My phone only took like 5 seconds while the tab took around a min or so.
Having bluetooth issue at the mo. It can send file to other BT devices no problem but drops Incoming files. I have my S2 paired with this device and my PC. Both file failed. Also when playing audio via BT it cuts off.
Not possible to move apps to sd card. Any advice? SD card is mounted (it is visible in Settings) but when go to Applications and open one app - there is no option for "move to sd" Even App2sd is not working...Pls any advice welcomed!
2) WIFI drop after waking the Tablet S up after sleep has now been fixed by Sony in release 4 dated 21/09/2012 [FIXED]
I am on 4.0.3 release 1a, did an update and said I am upto date. How and where do I get the release 4??
buttwad said:
2) WIFI drop after waking the Tablet S up after sleep has now been fixed by Sony in release 4 dated 21/09/2012 [FIXED]
I am on 4.0.3 release 1a, did an update and said I am upto date. How and where do I get the release 4??
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You have original Tab S??? This is for Xperia Tab S....
looker1 said:
Not possible to move apps to sd card. Any advice? SD card is mounted (it is visible in Settings) but when go to Applications and open one app - there is no option for "move to sd" Even App2sd is not working...Pls any advice welcomed!
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The "move to sd" means move to sdcard, which is internal memory that is also referred to as USB storage. So, to move an app to sdcard, go into Settings, select Apps, select the app you want to move, then press the button labeled Move to USB storage. If the app has already been moved to USB storage (sdcard), the button will be labeled Move to tablet.
The external SD card is called sdcard2.
Cat McGowan said:
The external SD card is called sdcard2.
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&& Is only for use to transfer files to and from Tablet not to be used for App Storage as such (by default anyways)
Protongti said:
I dont have the debug option on my browser,.
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I thought I didn't either, but tried again and typed ' about:debug ' taking note of the colon punctuation mark : and then pressed enter, and
settings then showed the debug submenu.
Ofiaich
stifilz said:
&& Is only for use to transfer files to and from Tablet not to be used for App Storage as such (by default anyways)
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This could be a problem coz I don't have any button "Move to..."
In the Tablet S, you've got the option to Move to USB Storage, this seems to have dissapeared on the Xperia.
SWFlyerUK said:
In the Tablet S, you've got the option to Move to USB Storage, this seems to have dissapeared on the Xperia.
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Heh. Those young I-can-make-it-cooler programmers, why can't they just leave well enough alone.
Hey, anyone else have problems with the tablet randomly shutting off at times? I think it happens mainly when i'm using the a/c adapter but that might be do to the over heating. It does have it's random moments though when when it's not being charged.
WiFi Settings
I have a few questions about the Xperia Tablet S as this seems to be the only place I can raise my concerns.
1. I have applied the latest update as soon as I first startup the tablet. What I am trying to do is ensure that the WiFi does not switch off at all. I would not want the connection to be interrupted if I'm downloading something and I leave the tablet on. However, there is no option to maintain the WiFi connection, regardless of the tablet state. Or am I missing something?
2. I have a BlackBerry Curve 9360 with unlimited data plan, and I am hoping to tether the Internet to my tablet. Is that possible and how?
Related
Ok, so I searched and found similar posts for Tablets and other devices. I'm starting this one for the Samsung Galaxy S2.
Model: SGH-T989
Android Ver.: 2.3.5
Baseband Ver.: T989UKID
Kernal Ver.: 2.6.35.11
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.UVKID
I haven't Rooted or Modded my phone in any way. I just got it 12 days ago. This has been happening now for a few days. Might be a conflict with some apps? or what?
Recently, I have lost some apps. So far about 4 in total. I would use it, then the next time I go to use it,a day later, or a few hours, it appears ghosted out and if I touch it, it would say, "you do not have this app installed". I didn't move it to my memory card either. I would have to re-download it again, and my files are still there after the re-install.
Does any one else have this issue?
Does any one know why this is happening?
I am attaching a few screen shots so you know what I am talking about.
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Missclicked quick reply with thanks -_-
Anyhow, that usualy shows if you moved your apps to external sd card, ive seen it on some phone after boot ups while it takes some time to read them depending on sd card usualy slow one. But if you dont do that, and use no sc card, maybe faulty usb storage? Just like faulty flash disc ? cant hold information and just ghosts on you.
not 100% sure tho just assuption.
Thanks for the reply! I do have a SD card installed, but I only have my music, pictures and Documents on there...no apps..I'm toying with the idea to restore the phone back to original out of the box status...I'm wondering if something got corrupt..I have pulled the battery and SD card and reinstalled them..It's randomly happening and to different apps..this is actually the second time it happend to angry birds...
It happened to me once as well. I don't have any apps installed on my SD card, but I had about 4 apps that did exactly the same as you.
I did a factory reset and all seems well now. I am not sure what the heck that was all about though. I don't have an answer for this problem either.
Also one thing I happened to notice by accident, when I do a factory reset, after the phone boots up, for like a few seconds it comes up with a notification box with a message and didn't get a chance to read it. Not sure what it said. But I noticed it the 2 times I did factory resets.
Although the issue with the ghost apps hasn't returned for me, it makes me wonder if I got a bum phone. I dunno.
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Although the issue with the ghost apps hasn't returned for me, it makes me wonder if I got a bum phone. I dunno.
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I'm going to hope that it wasn't a bum phone and just some sort of software conflict, seeing how you've restored twice and it hasn't returned..
Question: Did you have to do a restore for the same problem, twice? or different reasons?
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I'm going to hope that it wasn't a bum phone and just some sort of software conflict, seeing how you've restored twice and it hasn't returned..
Question: Did you have to do a restore for the same problem, twice? or different reasons?
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Ya that really irked me doing it twice.
I did it once cause I wanted to go fresh with everything. Then after I got all my stuff reinstalled, I copyied all my pictures on my SD card, and then I noticed those icons dissappeared.
I wasn't sure what happened, so really mad, I ended up doing another factory reset to start over again, thinking like you that I might of had something corrupted.
So far so good, but it does make me wonder what it was that caused it. Cause the icon makes it look like the apps were installed on the SD card when none of mine are.
BTW, in your program list, are your Movies, video maker and videos icon black and white? I thought that was weird that they are B&W when all the other icons are color.
chocodough said:
Ya that really irked me doing it twice.
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Ouch! Do I need to know anything before I perform this?...like what to save/back up?
Homeuser66 said:
Ouch! Do I need to know anything before I perform this?...like what to save/back up?
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Not really. I keep a list on paper of all the apps I usually install on my phone. All my contacts are on my gmail account.
It's just a drawn out process setting up everything over again from scratch. I don't backup apps, I prefer the fresh approach.
Well here is when it happened to me.
First off, I was not originally aware that you have to go under Wireless settings and enable USB transfer to copy stuff back and forth. I am used to the phone asking what you want to do when you plug it in.
So that being said, when I plugged the phone in, it said MTP mode I believe. If you click on the phone in explorer, it showed the phone memory and the sd card. So I started copying all my pictures to my SD card. Half way through it stopped and said the device stopped responding. I unplugged the phone, went into settings and formatted the SD card.
That is when I noticed I had like 4 apps that were ghosted with the SD card symbol saying they were not installed. That is why I thought I might of corrupted something, being that I never installed any apps on my SD card.
After that I noticed that setting under wireless which turns on USB mode to copy stuff back and forth. I did a factory reset, then used the USB mode and copied all my stuff and everything has been fine ever since.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or not. But I guess copying files in MTP mode shouldn't be done eventhough it still shows up in explorer.
I hope someone else chimes in here with any ideas or a reason why this happened. Even though everything is fine now, and it might of been a fluke, I was wondering if I should exchange my phone or not, being as I don't know if it was a phone issue or not.
chocodough said:
Well here is when it happened to me.
First off, I was not originally aware that you have to go under Wireless settings and enable USB transfer to copy stuff back and forth. I am used to the phone asking what you want to do when you plug it in.
So that being said, when I plugged the phone in, it said MTP mode I believe. If you click on the phone in explorer, it showed the phone memory and the sd card. So I started copying all my pictures to my SD card. Half way through it stopped and said the device stopped responding. I unplugged the phone, went into settings and formatted the SD card.
That is when I noticed I had like 4 apps that were ghosted with the SD card symbol saying they were not installed. That is why I thought I might of corrupted something, being that I never installed any apps on my SD card.
After that I noticed that setting under wireless which turns on USB mode to copy stuff back and forth. I did a factory reset, then used the USB mode and copied all my stuff and everything has been fine ever since.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or not. But I guess copying files in MTP mode shouldn't be done eventhough it still shows up in explorer.
I hope someone else chimes in here with any ideas or a reason why this happened. Even though everything is fine now, and it might of been a fluke, I was wondering if I should exchange my phone or not, being as I don't know if it was a phone issue or not.
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Don't know what the other posts are about lol, too lazy. Anyways I only copy files in MTP mode... havent had any problems, but if the SDcard you formated was the built-in, then there could be a chance of the apps having data stored...in which you just removed - leaving them corrupt.
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I hope someone else chimes in here with any ideas or a reason why this happened. Even though everything is fine now, and it might of been a fluke, I was wondering if I should exchange my phone or not, being as I don't know if it was a phone issue or not.
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Instead of quoting your whole post, I just took a bit..
I'm chiming in again..What you said/did makes sense..I wiped my phone clean to the "out of box" settings..and I didn't do it with the normal, Menu>settings>Privacy..ect...I actually did a Hard Format and Cleared all my cache...
Spent all day at work on my downtime, adding all my apps back on..so far everything is working as intended..I'll notice what happens when I plug it in to my comp and use Samsung Kies to sync my phone with my comp..but I never saw anything like that come up when I was syncing it before...will notice next time...
Hello,
So I use doubletwist to sync all my music which I have a lot of playlists set up in iTunes. The problem is, everytime I add to my playlists and sync, when the SD Card is rescanned, all my playlists get doubled and I have to go back and delete.
This didn't happen on my EVO when I would sync but it does on the rezound. I use the Winamp android app and even when freezing the HTC Music app (thought it was the cause) it still does it.
Is there any possible way to fix this? It really is annoying to have to go back and delete... one time I had 3 copies of the same lists...
Thanks.
DarkPontiac said:
Hello,
So I use doubletwist to sync all my music which I have a lot of playlists set up in iTunes. The problem is, everytime I add to my playlists and sync, when the SD Card is rescanned, all my playlists get doubled and I have to go back and delete.
This didn't happen on my EVO when I would sync but it does on the rezound. I use the Winamp android app and even when freezing the HTC Music app (thought it was the cause) it still does it.
Is there any possible way to fix this? It really is annoying to have to go back and delete... one time I had 3 copies of the same lists...
Thanks.
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Yeah, noticed this too. Very annoying. I have a ticket in to HTC CS asking about it. When I get a response I will post it here.
would probably be a good idea to let doubletwist know of the issue also in case there's some sort of 'fix' they can do on their end.
most of the time i just use a simple folder based mp3 player but times when i use the stock 'music player', upon first opening the app, it'll give some error msg that there's no music found & i'll have to close & re-open, then the music is available.
Apsalus said:
Yeah, noticed this too. Very annoying. I have a ticket in to HTC CS asking about it. When I get a response I will post it here.
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Thanks, hope it's something they can fix or tell us how to make it stop.
voxigenboy said:
would probably be a good idea to let doubletwist know of the issue also in case there's some sort of 'fix' they can do on their end.
most of the time i just use a simple folder based mp3 player but times when i use the stock 'music player', upon first opening the app, it'll give some error msg that there's no music found & i'll have to close & re-open, then the music is available.
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Thing is, it is not doubletwist that is doing it. Even when I tried to use HTC Sync (which annoyingly added "iTunes" in front of all of them) it doubles on each sync. Also I should mention that on the SD Card itself, only 1 of each playlist is on the card and not doubled. I think it has something to do with the fact there is phone storage as well as the sdcard.
I too have the Rezound and am seeing this issue. The playlist-doubling will also occur if I connect it as a Disk Drive. Viewing the SD card files through a Disk Drive connection only shows 1 of each playlist, even when Music shows multiples. if I delete a playlist and disconnect, the next time I launch Music the playlist is still there. It seems like it's caching the playlists in memory and adds whatever is on the SD card to it's mem cache resulting in "doubling".
FYI: I only use the basic Rezound Music app. Never had doubleTwist or a similar app.
I got a response from HTC tech support on this issue. A basic blow off: clear cache, reboot, go away.
Snip.
I first suggest you try clearing the data from the music player. You can clear the data from the music player by going to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications then tap Music then tap clear data. Once you clear the data from the application you will then restart your device. If this does not resolve the issue then you will want to try a 3rd party music player from the Android Market to see if you have the same issue.
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java4steve said:
I got a response from HTC tech support on this issue. A basic blow off: clear cache, reboot, go away.
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Yeah, me too. It doesn't work. I told them so and then they said to do a factory reset. What a load.
So has anyone found a fix? It has to do with the media storage app, cause when I clear the data on it they disappear (sadly have to reboot as well since the ringtones disappear with it)
I experienced the same problem with stock music player and Poweramp. I was using HTC Sync. I never found a true fix for the problem but I found a solution for me. I stopped using HTC Sync. I'm now using iSyncr. No more doubling up and it has a better filing system. I have my music kind of buried on my PC and HTC Sync was using the same files on my phone. iSyncr has a music folder and puts everything in there. Sorry it's not a true fix but there are other options out there.
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I experienced the same problem with stock music player and Poweramp. I was using HTC Sync. I never found a true fix for the problem but I found a solution for me. I stopped using HTC Sync. I'm now using iSyncr. No more doubling up and it has a better filing system. I have my music kind of buried on my PC and HTC Sync was using the same files on my phone. iSyncr has a music folder and puts everything in there. Sorry it's not a true fix but there are other options out there.
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Getting this soon.
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I wonder if it makes a difference on which volume Double Twist is installed.
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I don't know if this is the same issue but this might fix the problem. I had double everything showing up as well and here is how I fixed it, originally posted in here:
I found the setting that tells the music app where to look/scan for music files. I have mine all in a folder I created on the external card called Music. The phone's settings had that checked as well as /mnt/sdcard I believe, can't remember now what other folder was checked, but got rid of double listings by making sure only my Music folder was checked.
Settings > More > Settings > Music Folders
Then select the folder where you keep all your music and deselect any others voila, no dupes. Hope this works for you guys.
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I hope somebody can help me with this cause Im not too happy right now. 2 days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 and Ive signed into my Google Accounts so I can install my apps.
The device has 8GB of memory, Ive installed only 12 games yet the device tells me I do not have enough room to install more ?!?!? WTF ! I have 8GB of storage.
When I go to settings, SD Card and Device Storage it shows I have 5GB of space left.
Then I plugged the device into my computer to see if I can copy over some music, 1.25 GB worth copied to the device with no problem leaving me over 3GB of space so whats the deal? why cant I install a 20mb app but I can copy over a gig of music?
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That's happened to me a few times. Try clearing Market cache in Menu > Applications > Market and reboot
I am curious... what error are you getting from your phone?
I get a "can't install on USE or SD card" error....
And its getting worse...
I have like 30 meg free... and get an error installing a 4 meg file...
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That's happened to me a few times. Try clearing Market cache in Menu > Applications > Market and reboot
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If you meant Settings>Applications>Manage Applications I just did that and the option to clear the cache is greyed out and its already set at zero.
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I am curious... what error are you getting from your phone?
I get a "can't install on USE or SD card" error....
And its getting worse...
I have like 30 meg free... and get an error installing a 4 meg file...
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the exact error reads:
Error
Error downloading "world of goo". there is insufficient space on the device.
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the exact error reads:
Error
Error downloading "world of goo". there is insufficient space on the device.
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Hi,
I'm still new to the SGP5 (in my case), but if you can, try to get something like App2SD installed. That tells you how much "internal" (not sure what its called on the SGPs) memory is available. At least on another device I have (a Droid), even though you have lots of space available, they only allocated a relatively small amount for "system", which is where apps normally go, so you can run out of that "system" space way before using up all of the internal SD space.
Apps like App2SD/App2SD pro will "move" parts of some apps (not all apps are "moveable") to the external microSD, leaving a much smaller "footprint" in the internal SD.
Jim
This is quite common, what you want to do is clear all the cache and everything else. To do this go to the Sd card or root of device and deleting the tmp folder and going into android and deleting other cache related to the device. Thats how mine got fixed.
hey thanks for the info. I was beginning to think I had a defective device. I wound up installing my apps a little bit at a time, took me a couple of hours. for some I actually had to side load them.
I will definitely get App2SD and see how that works.
This device is a Xmas gift for my 8yr old because he likes my Galaxy S II more than the iPhone 4 I gave him. he would not have been able to put all the games on it so I figured Id open it up and at least put all the games on it.
thanks again for your help.
JonGarrett said:
hey thanks for the info. I was beginning to think I had a defective device. I wound up installing my apps a little bit at a time, took me a couple of hours. for some I actually had to side load them.
I will definitely get App2SD and see how that works.
This device is a Xmas gift for my 8yr old because he likes my Galaxy S II more than the iPhone 4 I gave him. he would not have been able to put all the games on it so I figured Id open it up and at least put all the games on it.
thanks again for your help.
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Hi,
Mind you, not all apps will be moveable. I'm not sure of the technical details, but I think they have to be written a certain way to be moveable. In any event, a nice side benefit of apps like App2SD/App2SD Pro is that they will show you the space available for apps, so you get an idea about how much "headroom" you have.
Good luck,
Jim
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I know there is probably nothing that can be done, but it's worth a shot to ask...
The other night when I was texting on my phone at work, I got a random notification that said something to the effect of "SD Card has unmounted unexpectedly". I just cleared and figured it was no big deal. Later on, I noticed that I couldn't access any music or pictures that were saved so I restarted my phone, and still nothing showed up. I went to recovery and it wouldn't mount my SD card(external 16GB, by the way). When I look at my SD card in root explorer, some of the stuff still shows up but they all say "0 bytes". And now, I just have this constant notification that says "SD card blank or has unsupported file system". I click on it and it gives me the option to "Format" or "Cancel". My question is, is there any way to recover what's on the SD card before I format? I don't understand what caused this at all. I've never had a problem with my SD card on any of my EVOs before, and now it suddenly gets 'corrupted' or something? I don't get it... But I really don't want to lose every picture and song on my SD Card, if possible.
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Did you try putting it in your pc to see if your files were there? I don't know if anything can be recovered. You probably don't want to hear this, and not to be a jerk, but that's what Dropbox and other backups are for. Someone might have an idea for helping out though, that really sucks if you lost it all. I'm always afraid of that happening.
This happened to me. I downloaded "test disk" to my PC and recovered everything
Edit: its a free program.
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metalfan78 said:
Did you try putting it in your pc to see if your files were there? I don't know if anything can be recovered. You probably don't want to hear this, and not to be a jerk, but that's what Dropbox and other backups are for. Someone might have an idea for helping out though, that really sucks if you lost it all. I'm always afraid of that happening.
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Lol, three years ago there was no Dropbox to count on and I never had this problem until now... I have some saved on the PC, but it's several months so I will still be missing some pictures, music, and other files.
clavin78 said:
This happened to me. I downloaded "test disk" to my PC and recovered everything
Edit: its a free program.
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Thanks! I will give this a try and hope I can recover everything as well.
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Yeah, I've been slowly adding old stuff to Dropbox. Along with my subscription which is only $9 a month, and the free space we got with our phone I have like 100 gb. Hopefully you can recover your stuff though.
Well a couple of things to try, boot into recovery and try to fix permissions. I had a problem where out of the blue pics music and apps didn't work that were on the card. I couldn't get anything to work so I fixed permissions and everything came back. Now as far as recovery goes, what OS are you working with on your computer. If it is mac, try DISKWARRIOR that program is AMAZING, so far I have had to use it on a mac and a windows pc at work. This program literally found every doc, pic and mp3, flipchart and smartboard pages on each HD and the HD was corrupt enough that NOTHING was able to see it when I put the HD's in an external case.
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Well a couple of things to try, boot into recovery and try to fix permissions. I had a problem where out of the blue pics music and apps didn't work that were on the card. I couldn't get anything to work so I fixed permissions and everything came back. Now as far as recovery goes, what OS are you working with on your computer. If it is mac, try DISKWARRIOR that program is AMAZING, so far I have had to use it on a mac and a windows pc at work. This program literally found every doc, pic and mp3, flipchart and smartboard pages on each HD and the HD was corrupt enough that NOTHING was able to see it when I put the HD's in an external case.
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I run Kubuntu(Linux) on my personal computer that I built almost three years ago now(still a beast!)... I have Windows 7 on one of my secondary HDs for those rare times that I require the use of Windows. My mom has a Mac, though, so I hopped on there to see about DiskWarrior and it costs $100! Maybe if I can find a free trial version somewhere or something... I'm going to give a few things a try, though. Obviously the information is still on there but there's something causing it to not read correctly on anything. The Mac won't read it normally either...
I've had my V30 for less than a month and this hasn't been an issue until the past couple of days. Basically, from what I can tell so far, non google apps don't have access to the SD card for write functionality. I can open and read any file on the SD card, but can't edit it, even so much as to rename the file, or create a text file, etc. Instead, when an app is directed to edit a file on the SD card, what I get is a variant of the instructions to "tap on the left hand drawer on the next screen, and select your SD card's root directory to grant access permission" sometimes with pictures of how to do it, sometimes not (in this case, that is a direct quote from QuickPic).
The next screen will then pop up with the slide in menu on the left saying "Open from" as it should, but it only shows "Recent" below that. Swiping left to get rid of the slide in menu shows a screen that says "Recent" has a button on the top left which reopens the left slide in menu, two buttons on the top right (one looks like a grayed out sideways version of cellular signal and does nothing), and a button with three dots which ONLY offers the grayed out option "new folder".
Below that is a chest of drawers with the second drawer (from the top) slightly open, and the words "No items" underneath.
Now, if I use my camera app, it says to the SD card just fine and Gallery deletes files off the SD card, as does Photos (all apps from Google that were on the phone to start). (well to be fair, Gallery and Photos just moves the files to trash, and I don't see a way to delete them permanently other than to wait 7 days).
At this point, I can't move my downloaded audiobooks from the internal memory to external storage to be played on Listen Audiobook player, so any further purchases from audible (I HATE the audible app by comparison - Listen works with Tasker), or Graphic Audio are pretty useless to me at this point. I really need to get this to work again.
All apps are up to date. The only things that I've done recently that I can recall are update the apps, and start a Youtube Red/Google Play Music subscription. Obviously the phone is stock/not rooted, but I do have developers options on, but I haven't modified anything in there since I turned it on shortly after I got the phone. I've uninstalled apps and reinstalled them all to the same effect. I can't get write-access with my preferred non-google apps. Does anyone have any suggestions, or similar experiences?
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I've had my V30 for less than a month and this hasn't been an issue until the past couple of days. Basically, from what I can tell so far, non google apps don't have access to the SD card for write functionality. I can open and read any file on the SD card, but can't edit it, even so much as to rename the file, or create a text file, etc. Instead, when an app is directed to edit a file on the SD card, what I get is a variant of the instructions to "tap on the left hand drawer on the next screen, and select your SD card's root directory to grant access permission" sometimes with pictures of how to do it, sometimes not (in this case, that is a direct quote from QuickPic).
The next screen will then pop up with the slide in menu on the left saying "Open from" as it should, but it only shows "Recent" below that. Swiping left to get rid of the slide in menu shows a screen that says "Recent" has a button on the top left which reopens the left slide in menu, two buttons on the top right (one looks like a grayed out sideways version of cellular signal and does nothing), and a button with three dots which ONLY offers the grayed out option "new folder".
Below that is a chest of drawers with the second drawer (from the top) slightly open, and the words "No items" underneath.
Now, if I use my camera app, it says to the SD card just fine and Gallery deletes files off the SD card, as does Photos (all apps from Google that were on the phone to start). (well to be fair, Gallery and Photos just moves the files to trash, and I don't see a way to delete them permanently other than to wait 7 days).
At this point, I can't move my downloaded audiobooks from the internal memory to external storage to be played on Listen Audiobook player, so any further purchases from audible (I HATE the audible app by comparison - Listen works with Tasker), or Graphic Audio are pretty useless to me at this point. I really need to get this to work again.
All apps are up to date. The only things that I've done recently that I can recall are update the apps, and start a Youtube Red/Google Play Music subscription. Obviously the phone is stock/not rooted, but I do have developers options on, but I haven't modified anything in there since I turned it on shortly after I got the phone. I've uninstalled apps and reinstalled them all to the same effect. I can't get write-access with my preferred non-google apps. Does anyone have any suggestions, or similar experiences?
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Do you mind posting a screenshot? I think that I'm tracking but wanna be sure
So you don't see the text "SD card" under recent?
Also could you try downloading a file explorer like file Commander to verify? It always asks for RW permissions.
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Do you mind posting a screenshot? I think that I'm tracking but wanna be sure
So you don't see the text "SD card" under recent?
Also could you try downloading a file explorer like file Commander to verify? It always asks for RW permissions.
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I downloaded File Commander as suggested and the dialog is slightly different (it actually asked me to"Show internal storage" but that option affects no change. Internal storage didn't show up either.
But here's the screenshots you requested.
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I downloaded File Commander as suggested and the dialog is slightly different (it actually asked me to"Show internal storage" but that option affects no change. Internal storage didn't show up either.
But here's the screenshots you requested.
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Thanks for uploading those. That is not what I see when granting permission. I can click on recent and then see the SD card.
So basically all non-Google apps can't even see the SD card? I have never seen that issue. So if you go to the settings/storage setting do you see both internal and SD card?
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Thanks for uploading those. That is not what I see when granting permission. I can click on recent and then see the SD card.
So basically all non-Google apps can't even see the SD card? I have never seen that issue. So if you go to the settings/storage setting do you see both internal and SD card?
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Correct. Google apps don't even give me that dialog, they just work. Here's another screenshot of settings -> storage:
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Correct. Google apps don't even give me that dialog, they just work. Here's another screenshot of settings -> storage:
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Yep that's exactly what mine looks like. You wouldn't by chance have your SD card encrypted would you, like from your previous phone?
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Yep that's exactly what mine looks like. You wouldn't by chance have your SD card encrypted would you, like from your previous phone?
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Nope, and I still have access to all the data. I just can't modify it. (Except with Google apps)
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Nope, and I still have access to all the data. I just can't modify it. (Except with Google apps)
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So if you plug it into a computer do you have RW to the SD card?
Also, did you go from Android 7.x.x on your old phone to the V30 or was the SD card formatted from older OS?
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So if you plug it into a computer do you have RW to the SD card?
Also, did you go from Android 7.x.x on your old phone to the V30 or was the SD card formatted from older OS?
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Can't test through USB right now, I'll have to do that tomorrow. But I had this on a V20, so yes, running Nougat. Also, this problem only recently manifested itself. It worked when I first got the v30 a month ago.
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So if you plug it into a computer do you have RW to the SD card?
Also, did you go from Android 7.x.x on your old phone to the V30 or was the SD card formatted from older OS?
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Another thing...if you go to settings/apps and look at file Commander and then select file permissions do you see options for contacts, phone, and storage?
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Another thing...if you go to settings/apps and look at file Commander and then select file permissions do you see options for contacts, phone, and storage?
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Yes, and storage is selected.
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Yes, and storage is selected.
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Okay,well I can't think of anything else to check tonight. Let us know if you can RW when it's connected to computer tomorrow or sometime.
Sorry.
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If this only just started happening recently, you'll probably need to think back to what updates were applied around that same time. System updates, app updates, any changes to the system at all.
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Okay,well I can't think of anything else to check tonight. Let us know if you can RW when it's connected to computer tomorrow or sometime.
Sorry.
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I just tested on my laptop and editing the files worked as expected. So it's only non-google apps having the problem (I haven't definitely eliminated all google apps - just that the ones I've tested do work).
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If this only just started happening recently, you'll probably need to think back to what updates were applied around that same time. System updates, app updates, any changes to the system at all.
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No system updates as far as I can tell (Android security patch is September 1st, or essentially what was on there when I got the phone). And it's near impossible for me to tell which app updates have happened, as I tend to just tell it to update as soon as I see the prompt for it. I often update 5-15 apps every couple of days.
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No system updates as far as I can tell (Android security patch is September 1st, or essentially what was on there when I got the phone). And it's near impossible for me to tell which app updates have happened, as I tend to just tell it to update as soon as I see the prompt for it. I often update 5-15 apps every couple of days.
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Start looking for suspect apps. Uninstall them. Restart phone. See if it changed anything. Repeat until offender is found. Sounds like this would be the only changes made.
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Start looking for suspect apps. Uninstall them. Restart phone. See if it changed anything. Repeat until offender is found. Sounds like this would be the only changes made.
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Is there any way to organize the apps by latest update, or latest install? I have hundreds of apps, and, as stated, update 5-15 every couple of days... this could take a LONG damn time.
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Start looking for suspect apps. Uninstall them. Restart phone. See if it changed anything. Repeat until offender is found. Sounds like this would be the only changes made.
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Oh, it *should* be important to note that I also followed this tutorial -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-make-v30-faster-smoother-t3693083 and disabled almost all the things he showed to disable there. A few apps I do use so I didn't disable them, but I am made to wonder if that might be why it doesn't work? I used that tutorial maybe a couple weeks ago, and I really don't know when write functionality disappeared.
You know, I'm now more willing to bet that this is the case. I'm going to have to look at that tuturial again and see just what has been uninstalled that's causing a problem (all easily reinstallable via the purchased app).
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Oh, it *should* be important to note that I also followed this tutorial -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-make-v30-faster-smoother-t3693083 and disabled almost all the things he showed to disable there. A few apps I do use so I didn't disable them, but I am made to wonder if that might be why it doesn't work? I used that tutorial maybe a couple weeks ago, and I really don't know when write functionality disappeared.
You know, I'm now more willing to bet that this is the case. I'm going to have to look at that tuturial again and see just what has been uninstalled that's causing a problem (all easily reinstallable via the purchased app).
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Okay, I didn't think to ask you if you did any debloating.
Could you export your current list of debloated apps and then restore all of the system apps?
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Oh, it *should* be important to note that I also followed this tutorial -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-make-v30-faster-smoother-t3693083 and disabled almost all the things he showed to disable there. A few apps I do use so I didn't disable them, but I am made to wonder if that might be why it doesn't work? I used that tutorial maybe a couple weeks ago, and I really don't know when write functionality disappeared.
You know, I'm now more willing to bet that this is the case. I'm going to have to look at that tuturial again and see just what has been uninstalled that's causing a problem (all easily reinstallable via the purchased app).
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Yeah, that would have been important to know.