Hi,
I've a phone (lenovo A660) with multilang ROM in it. When I want to move apps to phone storage, it reboots.
it also reboots while installing some games from google play store (Subway surfers etc.).
I think it is the same problem as moving to phone storage.
I could install some applications from play store.
There are 2 internal area in the phone,
1st: internal storage (~1GB)
2nd: phone storage named as SDcard: (~1,5GB)
my microSD card is the 3rd: named SDcard2 : 8GB
I think the system wants to move some apps to the phone storage area while installing them, then system reboots. And when I want to move apps to the phone storage(named sdcard) it reboots too. There is no option to move apps to my scard(named sdcard2).
What causes this problem?
Temporary workaround
Hi, I've been searching into this for a while now. I used another phone to inspect the manifest files of the apps that rebooted my A660, and the one thing in common that I could see was that they all had installLocation=”2”, which means preferExternal. I did not find any installed app that had this set to 2, they all had either 0-auto, or nothing, which defaults to 1-internal, so I tried to bypass this preference in the following ways, one at the time:
with a microSD card inserted:
1) changed: "System settings->Storage->Preferred install location" from "Let the system decide" to "Internal storage";
2) used a terminal to enter: "pm set-install-location 1". Checked it with "pm get-install-location", which returned 1;
3) in "Link2SD->Settings->Install location", changed from "Automatic" to "Internal";
4) Physically removed the microSD card from the slot, and tried all three approaches again, one at the time,
but was not successful with any of them, the phone always rebooted after downloading the apps, apparently soon after beginning to install them.
The weird thing is that both /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/sdcard2 seem to be normal (I can read and write from and to them), but for some reason apps marked with preferExternal seem to ignore whatever is set on the phone and try to install on /mnt/sdcard, and the phone reboots.
I am certain I tried other approaches as well, but after so many days searching, reading and experimenting I do not remember everything I tried. The most important ones are described above. I was finally able to install those apps by doing the following:
1) edited /etc/vold.fstab: commented the line that mounts /mnt/sdcard;
2) rebooted the phone;
3) installed the apps to the internal memory (weird thing is that even with the microSD card inserted in the slot, the phone showed no available external media...);
4) edited /etc/vold.fstab back to the original (i.e. removed the hash sign from the beginning of the line);
5) rebooted the phone.
All 6 apps I installed this way are functioning, so at least there is a way to install and use them for now, though they are all installed in the internal storage area (/data/app), consuming precious real state. I do not know what is wrong, if somebody solves this I am still looking for an answer.
ROM: A660_S019_120824, multi-language version
thanks
thank you very much for your explanation.
But I tried many things that ;I can not remember now, but I could not find any solution like you. That is not important for some people who will not play these games/apps, but it was so importnt for me. And I sell the phone. Then I bought THL W100, and it is a perfect phone with no problems...
Same problem
KY69 said:
Hi, I've been searching into this for a while now. I used another phone to inspect the manifest files of the apps that rebooted my A660, and the one thing in common that I could see was that they all had installLocation=”2”, which means preferExternal. I did not find any installed app that had this set to 2, they all had either 0-auto, or nothing, which defaults to 1-internal, so I tried to bypass this preference in the following ways, one at the time:
with a microSD card inserted:
1) changed: "System settings->Storage->Preferred install location" from "Let the system decide" to "Internal storage";
2) used a terminal to enter: "pm set-install-location 1". Checked it with "pm get-install-location", which returned 1;
3) in "Link2SD->Settings->Install location", changed from "Automatic" to "Internal";
4) Physically removed the microSD card from the slot, and tried all three approaches again, one at the time,
but was not successful with any of them, the phone always rebooted after downloading the apps, apparently soon after beginning to install them.
The weird thing is that both /mnt/sdcard and /mnt/sdcard2 seem to be normal (I can read and write from and to them), but for some reason apps marked with preferExternal seem to ignore whatever is set on the phone and try to install on /mnt/sdcard, and the phone reboots.
I am certain I tried other approaches as well, but after so many days searching, reading and experimenting I do not remember everything I tried. The most important ones are described above. I was finally able to install those apps by doing the following:
1) edited /etc/vold.fstab: commented the line that mounts /mnt/sdcard;
2) rebooted the phone;
3) installed the apps to the internal memory (weird thing is that even with the microSD card inserted in the slot, the phone showed no available external media...);
4) edited /etc/vold.fstab back to the original (i.e. removed the hash sign from the beginning of the line);
5) rebooted the phone.
All 6 apps I installed this way are functioning, so at least there is a way to install and use them for now, though they are all installed in the internal storage area (/data/app), consuming precious real state. I do not know what is wrong, if somebody solves this I am still looking for an answer.
ROM: A660_S019_120824, multi-language version
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And I have the same problem. Please tell me if you found any way to solve this problem. I did not understand how to get one thing
"1) edited /etc/vold.fstab: commented the line that mounts /mnt/sdcard;" If you have patience and can you please explain me. Thank you!
hmmm......
buyukbalkan said:
Hi,
I've a phone (lenovo A660) with multilang ROM in it. When I want to move apps to phone storage, it reboots.
it also reboots while installing some games from google play store (Subway surfers etc.).
I think it is the same problem as moving to phone storage.
I could install some applications from play store.
There are 2 internal area in the phone,
1st: internal storage (~1GB)
2nd: phone storage named as SDcard: (~1,5GB)
my microSD card is the 3rd: named SDcard2 : 8GB
I think the system wants to move some apps to the phone storage area while installing them, then system reboots. And when I want to move apps to the phone storage(named sdcard) it reboots too. There is no option to move apps to my scard(named sdcard2).
What causes this problem?
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firstly, i think ure device is rooted
but in my device (xperia M) that situation device reboot while moving app is happen when the rooting device is not fully root
sorry if my opinion isnt solve ure problem because the device is difference, but in my xperia M that xperia 2013, i have troubleshooting with rooting methode, and there is have two version of root, that is half root and fully root. and in my case, i was experienced device reboot suddenly while i mod system app (eg; move, remove, link). and now the problem solved when i try step two in my device, it is fully root. maybe you can try this bro and find the perfect rooting app for ure device:good:
sorry for my bad english
Still not working
Two phones have the same lenovo A660 and both happened the same. I've heard that others have the same problem with Lenovo A660 with multilang ROM. If anyone knows a solution please tell me your. Thank you!
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I have the CM10 [skang jellybro] fascinate rom installed, and coming from a cm9 rom, all my apps didn't fit because they switched the partition around [making the app partition only 468MB, and the system partition 1.5 GB].
So anyway I had to move a lot of apps to the sdcard. So I just downloaded a newer version of my rom, and wiped cache/dalvik, nandroid backup, then I installed the new zip.
Then I rebooted, and it had to 'optimize' apps [create dalvik cache?] and after that finished...I only had about 15-20 apps show up in my app drawer. [I have probably around 40] So I clicked on Zedge, on my homescreen, and it said "App isn't installed." I then started to worry..:S I googled apps on sdcard disappearing.. and so I opened titanium backup, and under Batch operations, it said "Restore missing apps (6)," and they were 6 apps that I'd uninstalled but didn't delete the backup. so then I wasn't sure what to do next, because I did not create a fresh titanium backup prior to updating my rom [because I did a nandroid instead..] so then I went to Manage Apps, and then.. for some reason, all my apps showed up again! all the ones on my sdcard.
I tapped Zedge again on my homescreen, and it loaded up! So my question is, what happened? Why did my apps disappear, and then just show up again? was it loading titanium backup? or did the rom just scan the sdcard for apps?
Sounds like it just messed up the media scan of the sdcard which I have heard happens from time to time... not sure if that's related to your issue, but now are all your apps installed or are you still missing some? Next time I would just reboot again and let it re-scan to see if it helps
Crawshayi said:
Sounds like it just messed up the media scan of the sdcard which I have heard happens from time to time... not sure if that's related to your issue, but now are all your apps installed or are you still missing some? Next time I would just reboot again and let it re-scan to see if it helps
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ah.. yes they are all there, but I was just wondering why did they disappear, and then why did they just show up all of a sudden?
I guess if it is the media scan thing, that would explain it.
Fast Boot option may be the culprit
mvmacd said:
ah.. yes the [apps] are all there, but I was just wondering why did they disappear, and then why did they just show up all of a sudden?
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CUT TO THE SOLUTION BELOW -- SEARCH FOR ////
Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report back here on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNE3D5NrpiSqCRSof-ou1mn6iyeGVg
(I am copying this original post (without edits) to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only here. This is a bit arbitrary (although this thread appears to be the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:
EDIT 2012-12-26-a:
Nearly all of the 100+ apps on my HTC DINC (Droid Incredible) continue to behave normally after the "fast boot OFF" fix. (No disappearing act.) However, I did find one that appeared to be installed but really was not: ASTRO File Manager. I used Titanium Backup Pro to reinstall app+data from a backup. It only took a couple of minutes, and after that all went normally.
The only other noticeable issue right after the fix is that nearly all of my installed, functioning apps were listed as "missing" by Titanium Backup in its Batch scenario list (although they were NOT counted in the total number of apps listed with the scenario -- that number was 61, and it should have been nearly 170 based on the number of apps actually in the physical list). After about a day or so of regular usage, a re-check of the "missing apps" Batch scenario found all the functioning apps no longer listed; the 61 missing apps were valid -- they were all from earlier ROMs belonging to the original HTC setup and another phone (MOTO OG Droid). Since I have kept the MOTO as an emergency backup smartphone, I might conceivably want to revive some of these apps.
EDIT 12-26-b:
Some other potentially useful points I have gathered in my survey of this topic across XDA:
1. This problem happens most often when using the "Disk drive" option in the USB Debugger system app. It also happens after physically returning the sdcard to the phone after removing and inserting it into a PC.
2. Those who have wiped the app data cache also report serious problems.
3. Wiping the dalvic cache while in Recovery mode automatically triggers a rebuild of that cache, which may make apps behave oddly or disappear until the rebuild is complete, which reportedly "takes time"
Personally, I did only #1 myself, and the fast boot removal fix seems to work well for that one.
I cannot confirm the others, but they seem to make sense to me, and I doubt the fast boot removal fix would have any influence on them.
4. There are some signs that apps installed to internal phone storage can behave in the same way. This may mean that the fast boot OFF tweak may prove beneficial to any storage area, since they all come on-line after the OS loads from phone memory.
EXT4ALL (aka Convert2ext4) = final fix for dalvik cache related bugs (?)
Further investigation of the Dalvik cache reveals a significant connection between it and a number of odd and unpleasant behaviours, including Low Disk Space warnings and disappearing apps.
Fortunately, there are some excellent XDA forum threads about dealing with the Dalvik cache.
The best recent place to start seems to be here:
[Q] Incredible running CM7.2 "Low on space" message (launched 2012-12-14)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2047424
It is not because of the focus on the Droid Incredible or CyanoModGen in this thread, but the attention paid to the more universal fix "EXT4 4 ALL" aka "EXT4ALL" or "Convert2Ext4". (Thanks to Senior Member cmlusco for his post #9 on the thread that got me started in the right direction!)
Files can be found at these locations:
Goo.im site http://goo.im/devs/tiny4579/mods
DINC.does-it site http://dinc.does-it.net/EXT4_Mods/
One version of this fix (Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_normal_dalvik.v2.0.zip) moves the Dalvik cache from the default, limited 150MB internal partition to the "unlimited" (or at least maximum) 750MB internal partition.
Any phone with a kernal installed that supports ext4 can utilise this fix.
[ I personally use gingertiny 2.6.35.14-v2+ (2012-02-13), which has supported ext4 since late 2011]
My own experience has been to flash the "no data limit normal dalvik" zip file using ClockworkMod 5.x Recovery -- this was entirely painless. I just downloaded the file into my phone's downloads folder on the sdcard using a web browser, then ran CM Recovery (with a little assist from ROM Manager), selected "install a zip from sdcard" and navigated to the file. It was all done in 5 minutes. After manually rebooting a second time, everything seems to be working normally after about half a day of regular use.
For those who flash a new or updated ROM sometime in the future, you would need to flash this fix after doing so.
There is plenty of information contained on the main threads of this topic. Links aplenty can be found; just follow the ones provided in the thread I suggest here to get started.
Hopefully, this brings an end to my struggles with my phone's storage issues, and to others of you reading this post and following the links to the threads and downloads.
FYI -- My storage values changed as follows after running the fix:
Total Internal memory: 748MB --> 770MB (22MB increase)
ROM free space: <1MB --> 20MB (close to the value change of total internal memory)
Used internal memory: ~335MB --> 464MB (close to 128MB increase)
Remaining internal memory: ~420MB --> 306MB (close to 128MB decrease)
So, it seems that my ROM was being used to cache app data, which would explain why the value kept declining even though I NEVER added anything to it (using Titanium Backup Pro or anything like it). When free space on my ROM literally ran out, Android OS hit the proverbial panic button and warned me to free 512kb minimum to allow Gmail to download new mail. Now, it has 20MB free (and will hopefully stay that way, since I NEVER intend to transfer anything into the ROM!) -- The internal memory usage jump of 128MB probably indicates the Dalvik cache.
SUMMARY:
1. Turning off "fast boot" in Android settings helps some, but it does not get to the heart of the issue. It will NOT make a Low Disk Storage warning go away.
2. Once you have a Low Disk Storage warning, you MUST uninstall enough apps to make it go away (keep track of what you take away, because you can reinstall them very soon!)
3. With no LDS warnings showing, flash the "Convert2ext4 no data limit normal dalvik" zip file. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE REAL SOLUTION!
4. Reinstall your recently removed apps, and you should be good to go! :fingers-crossed:
PS>>> One last unresolved issue: I am still unclear exactly WHERE the dalvik-cache ends up, since my Astro file browser cannot locate anything containing the word "cache" that does not now report "EMPTY". There are a large number of "com." folders containing software I have installed found in the /mnt/asec/ folder. The total size of the contents of this folder (362 MB) is within 100MB of the amount of internal memory reported in use. Does that 100MB represent the current size of the Dalvik cache files, or at least include them? If so, where are they located? If anyone can help me figure this bit out, I would be grateful! :fingers-crossed:
Hello,
I've got a huge issue with my GS2 this morning. When I woke up I've seen a warning about the SD card ("card empty or with an unknow file system" something like that if I translate from French). So I've no more access to the SD card from the phone, I'll test asap to read the card externally (I need a card reader...). But it was just the beginning, then there was an update for Titanium Backup and now it's no more working, couldn't get the SU right any more, but Super SU is still here and working. Then I shut off the phone, remove the SD card, replace it, reboot and the time/date was reset to 1.00 2000 (or something like that) inducing an error with Whatsapp. Plus within Go Launcher a lot of app went out of there folder, now I've 2 screen of unclassed app that were in different folder until yesterday.... And finally when I press power or home button to wake up the device it take like 1 full second or more to get the screen on sometimes.
This is very strange... I mean, it could only be related, no ?
Any clue of what went wrong and where to start looking for a clue ? (before the big formatting and re-installation, probably of a custom rom this time).
Config.:
Rooted Galaxy S2 I-9000 with stock rom 4.0.3
I use a lot of app but major one are Go Launcher, Titanium Backup (update recently), SuperSU, Lama, Droidwall, DoubleTwist (update recently).
Thanks in advance for any help
EDIT: Happen to be only an SD problem. It's readable in my computer (I've backed up what was not made already by Titanium or so) but not any more in the phone. This SD is a quite new one (2-3 months) with 32GB. However my older one (the 8GB included with the phone) is still working great.
The icon problem is related to the fact that app transfered on SD card was removed from Go Launcher then when it can read the card again (for 1 or 2 min) it adds all the app outside of these folder (bug feature from Go Launcher).
Finally Titanium root access was not really related I guess... I had to restart the phone to get a new prompt for root access then It was OK.
When I install apps on my device and move them to phone storage (/mnt/sdcard/ i believe as apps can no longer be moved to the external sd), if I restart the device any application that has been moved is gone. The icon is still there but when I select it I get a message that says "application is not installed." Verizon & HTC both told me it was an unknown issue - but it's now happened to me on 2 consecutive devices, both of which I've done a factory data reset on, and the second time I also wiped my external sd card.
Any ideas? I'd love to know if this is something I'm doing with my settings, or if my google profile is corrupt, or if this has happened to anyone other than me. Would rooting help? That's the next step anyway just to see (or S-OFF?) Thanks in advance for any responses.
Device is HTC Droid Inc. 4G / ADR6410LVW / not rooted
mdsav said:
When I install apps on my device and move them to phone storage (/mnt/sdcard/ i believe as apps can no longer be moved to the external sd), if I restart the device any application that has been moved is gone. The icon is still there but when I select it I get a message that says "application is not installed." Verizon & HTC both told me it was an unknown issue - but it's now happened to me on 2 consecutive devices, both of which I've done a factory data reset on, and the second time I also wiped my external sd card.
Any ideas? I'd love to know if this is something I'm doing with my settings, or if my google profile is corrupt, or if this has happened to anyone other than me. Would rooting help? That's the next step anyway just to see (or S-OFF?) Thanks in advance for any responses.
Device is HTC Droid Inc. 4G / ADR6410LVW / not rooted
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this sounds like your sd card is on its way out. have you tried a different card to see if its the problem? Is said card formated FAT32??
synisterwolf said:
this sounds like your sd card is on its way out. have you tried a different card to see if its the problem? Is said card formated FAT32??
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i tried deleting the external card via the phone's data reset mechanism, but haven't tried a different card yet - I didn't think that could be the issue because the apps are moved to "phone storage" not the external sd, but i will try that next.
how do i know if it's FAT32? i saw this thread for formatting and will do when i get home, but is there a way to check using the phone?
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i tried deleting the external card via the phone's data reset mechanism, but haven't tried a different card yet - I didn't think that could be the issue because the apps are moved to "phone storage" not the external sd, but i will try that next.
how do i know if it's FAT32? i saw this thread for formatting and will do when i get home, but is there a way to check using the phone?
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idk how to check via phone, might have an app for it.
but when you move app to sd it adds some data to .android folder that is stored on the external SD card.
try pulling everything off the card and put it on the pc, format via windows pc, then put the stuff back and try it out. if you can get a different card and try that.
I am rooted and am running CyanogenMod (0717) and my apps sometimes just disappear. I have noticed with one app in particular. My Play Music app seems to just disappear off the face of the earth (metaphorically speaking). I thought to myself, "Hmm, maybe I just uninstalled it by accident.". Because I have done some pretty crazy things while I was asleep or just plain old being me. I went to the Play Store and found it on there and I noticed that the Play Store said it wasn't installed. I went and tried to install it. I got an error code (-24). I went and researched it and it actually never disappeared. (Well kind of didn't) I went into /data/data/ and found it sitting right there. The folder to the application was still there, but it appears that the OS lost track of it. It almost seems as if it forgot it was there. (But of course that is almost impossible for a machine that is coded to do something cannot possibly forget like that. The error code I received was saying that the app folder existed and couldn't be overwritten. Sorry if I invaded in this thread, but it is just similar experience. Did you try and reinstall the missing apps and see what happened? Did you get an error code like I did? And I am assuming you are on 4.0.4 (stock) OS, yes?
vazersecurity said:
I am rooted and am running CyanogenMod (0717) and my apps sometimes just disappear. I have noticed with one app in particular. My Play Music app seems to just disappear off the face of the earth (metaphorically speaking). I thought to myself, "Hmm, maybe I just uninstalled it by accident.". Because I have done some pretty crazy things while I was asleep or just plain old being me. I went to the Play Store and found it on there and I noticed that the Play Store said it wasn't installed. I went and tried to install it. I got an error code (-24). I went and researched it and it actually never disappeared. (Well kind of didn't) I went into /data/data/ and found it sitting right there. The folder to the application was still there, but it appears that the OS lost track of it. It almost seems as if it forgot it was there. (But of course that is almost impossible for a machine that is coded to do something cannot possibly forget like that. The error code I received was saying that the app folder existed and couldn't be overwritten. Sorry if I invaded in this thread, but it is just similar experience. Did you try and reinstall the missing apps and see what happened? Did you get an error code like I did? And I am assuming you are on 4.0.4 (stock) OS, yes?
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Ok so we're going to go deep and nasty with this here. So far you've ruled out rom based issues since you've moved from the stock RUU to CM10.1nightly(I suggest running mdmowers builds honestly). I too had a weird issue with getting apps to move from "internal" to "phone" storage(both are internel to the phone, just different partiitons). The next few things are based on my dealings with embeded linux and flash hardware.
First are you using the SDcard partition swap patch supplied by jose51197? If so, this could be a wacky thing where the linkings are going bad because of a failing SDcard and that could be your problem.
Secondly, are you runnign out of space in the /mnt/secure/asec and /data/ partition and your phone is doing wacky things because of this? Check by plugging your phone into a computer with ADB installed on it and do "./adb shell df /data" and "./adb shell df /mnt/secure/asec". If they report very little space, usually apps start failing silently because they've got no space to write their added data.
If neither of these things are the case, then its the phones internal flash memory that is failing. This does happen, usually though only because of excessive writting and deleteing things(app churn, text messages with auto delete on, testing multiple roms) from the internal memory, and can only be dealt with by getting a new phone.
Best of luck.
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mdsav said:
When I install apps on my device and move them to phone storage (/mnt/sdcard/ i believe as apps can no longer be moved to the external sd), if I restart the device any application that has been moved is gone. The icon is still there but when I select it I get a message that says "application is not installed." Verizon & HTC both told me it was an unknown issue - but it's now happened to me on 2 consecutive devices, both of which I've done a factory data reset on, and the second time I also wiped my external sd card.
Any ideas? I'd love to know if this is something I'm doing with my settings, or if my google profile is corrupt, or if this has happened to anyone other than me. Would rooting help? That's the next step anyway just to see (or S-OFF?) Thanks in advance for any responses.
Device is HTC Droid Inc. 4G / ADR6410LVW / not rooted
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Which app are you trying to move first off? Have you moved them to SD successfully on other devices, if you have access to them?
vazersecurity said:
I am rooted and am running CyanogenMod (0717) and my apps sometimes just disappear. I have noticed with one app in particular. My Play Music app seems to just disappear off the face of the earth (metaphorically speaking). I thought to myself, "Hmm, maybe I just uninstalled it by accident.". Because I have done some pretty crazy things while I was asleep or just plain old being me. I went to the Play Store and found it on there and I noticed that the Play Store said it wasn't installed. I went and tried to install it. I got an error code (-24). I went and researched it and it actually never disappeared. (Well kind of didn't) I went into /data/data/ and found it sitting right there. The folder to the application was still there, but it appears that the OS lost track of it. It almost seems as if it forgot it was there. (But of course that is almost impossible for a machine that is coded to do something cannot possibly forget like that. The error code I received was saying that the app folder existed and couldn't be overwritten. Sorry if I invaded in this thread, but it is just similar experience. Did you try and reinstall the missing apps and see what happened? Did you get an error code like I did? And I am assuming you are on 4.0.4 (stock) OS, yes?
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ive seen this happen before when i move apps to sd and wipe android secure when updating roms. Is the app installed on the sd card?
synisterwolf said:
ive seen this happen before when i move apps to sd and wipe android secure when updating roms. Is the app installed on the sd card?
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jiggz88 said:
Ok so we're going to go deep and nasty with this here. So far you've ruled out rom based issues since you've moved from the stock RUU to CM10.1nightly(I suggest running mdmowers builds honestly). I too had a weird issue with getting apps to move from "internal" to "phone" storage(both are internel to the phone, just different partiitons). The next few things are based on my dealings with embeded linux and flash hardware.
First are you using the SDcard partition swap patch supplied by jose51197? If so, this could be a wacky thing where the linkings are going bad because of a failing SDcard and that could be your problem.
Secondly, are you runnign out of space in the /mnt/secure/asec and /data/ partition and your phone is doing wacky things because of this? Check by plugging your phone into a computer with ADB installed on it and do "./adb shell df /data" and "./adb shell df /mnt/secure/asec". If they report very little space, usually apps start failing silently because they've got no space to write their added data.
If neither of these things are the case, then its the phones internal flash memory that is failing. This does happen, usually though only because of excessive writting and deleteing things(app churn, text messages with auto delete on, testing multiple roms) from the internal memory, and can only be dealt with by getting a new phone.
Best of luck.
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Which app are you trying to move first off? Have you moved them to SD successfully on other devices, if you have access to them?
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No they aren't installed on the SD card and I haven't seen it happen for a couple days. But in response to jiggz88, by apps failing silently, do you mean they open and they close suddenly without notice? Or that they just don't exist. I was using the unofficial mdmower builds when CyanogenMod was going through some rough times and apps such as Play Music would close suddenly without notice. Especially when you entered My Library or Radio on it. Is that what you were referring to? Or just not showing up at all in the installed apps (or whatever).
vazersecurity said:
I am rooted and am running CyanogenMod (0717) and my apps sometimes just disappear. I have noticed with one app in particular. My Play Music app seems to just disappear off the face of the earth (metaphorically speaking). I thought to myself, "Hmm, maybe I just uninstalled it by accident.". Because I have done some pretty crazy things while I was asleep or just plain old being me. I went to the Play Store and found it on there and I noticed that the Play Store said it wasn't installed. I went and tried to install it. I got an error code (-24). I went and researched it and it actually never disappeared. (Well kind of didn't) I went into /data/data/ and found it sitting right there. The folder to the application was still there, but it appears that the OS lost track of it. It almost seems as if it forgot it was there. (But of course that is almost impossible for a machine that is coded to do something cannot possibly forget like that. The error code I received was saying that the app folder existed and couldn't be overwritten. Sorry if I invaded in this thread, but it is just similar experience. Did you try and reinstall the missing apps and see what happened? Did you get an error code like I did? And I am assuming you are on 4.0.4 (stock) OS, yes?
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that's definitely different from my issue. Play Music has never been one of the apps that disappears because I can't move it to phone storage partition at all. also not that error code, it only tells me "application is not installed" nothing else. by checking available memory it doesn't appear that the apps actually get uninstalled as no more space is available after they are magically uninstalled, it's just that the system no longer recognizes that they're there. yes stock 4.0.4 OS. when i reinstall the "missing" apps they reinstall and work just fine until the device reboots (which has happened 3x in the last 24 hrs) and then they are "gone" again. hoping to try reformatting ext sd card tonight or tomorrow if i can finish enough work first; if that doesn't work will root.
mdsav said:
that's definitely different from my issue. Play Music has never been one of the apps that disappears because I can't move it to phone storage partition at all. also not that error code, it only tells me "application is not installed" nothing else. by checking available memory it doesn't appear that the apps actually get uninstalled as no more space is available after they are magically uninstalled, it's just that the system no longer recognizes that they're there. yes stock 4.0.4 OS. when i reinstall the "missing" apps they reinstall and work just fine until the device reboots (which has happened 3x in the last 24 hrs) and then they are "gone" again. hoping to try reformatting ext sd card tonight or tomorrow if i can finish enough work first; if that doesn't work will root.
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Alright sorry for bloating your thread. Hope you get your problem fixed as I haven't ever experienced this issue.
First few things: I don't know if I'm supposed to be posting this here, idk if the problem is device specific or not... Sorry if I've done anything wrong. I've searched already, can't find any similar threads that actually help. I have the international version. I was running the CM10.2 Rom prior to 'the accident'. I will pay for a resolution if need be - PM me.
There's a bit of a story to this so I'll go over it all - not sure what's relevant.
I've been running out of storage for days, a 64GB SD card is in the mail. I currently have an 8GB one as well as the internal 16GB, both of which were near full, but the external one had relatively more than the internal one, so I decided to use foldermount and link2SD to move some space over. That all went fairly well.
This morning I got invited to the Aviate Beta launcher, which looked interesting. Tried to install, didn't have enough space. So I decided to make a backup of Nova, go into the play store, uninstall nova to free up space and then install Aviate without leaving the playstore. It worked, turns out I don't like Aviate much, so I worked backwards. Uninstalled Aviate, went to install Nova. Not enough space (idk how). Uh oh.
So I deleted some less-necessary apps that I could reinstall later. Not enough storage. Notification comes up in the bar along the lines of "storage critically low, device may malfunction". Now whenever I attempted to enter settings, the process crashed. Great. Simple fix, flash a NANDroid back-up in CWM. I can't remember what the message was, but there was something wrong with the back-up.
Wiped everything and tried to flash CM10.2 from the external SD Card but it wouldn't mount. Data also wouldn't mount. I tried several SD Cards ( ie about 10, different brands, sizes, classes, etc out of hope). So I decided I'll open up and Odin and just re-do everything per /showthread.php?t=2387980.
Turn the phone back on, stock Jelly Bean lockscreen was there, and once unlocked only the notification bar was there (no launcher). So I used different versions of Odin, different cables, downloaded the image several times, etc etc. Nothing fixed it. In fact, it's worse now. after booting past the Samsung logo, the screen just goes black now. smh
Can anyone help? It would be extremely appreciated. It's also a time sensitive issue as I need the device for work on Monday.
Sorry if I've missed anything. Yes I'm a noob, but you great people at XDA have helped a lot of people out before so I'm hoping you can help me.
Thanks!
Phone: GT i9300 (aka international Galaxy S3)
Storage: 16GB
Firmware: I9300XXUGNA8 (4.3)
Rooted: Yes
Recovery: ClockWorkMod
Bought: Abought September 2012
My Problem:
When i left the house this morning everything was working properly with my phone but when i took it out of my pocket at work
i had to see that the phone had done a factory reset all by itself and the google playstore , playservices and all other gapps
are missing. Also apps that would come with the firmware are no existant.
I did a bit of reaserch and found that this could be related to an insane chip problem where some chip, related to the memory is in
a bad state since production. It was stated that some phones died to sudden death in just a few weeks but also this
problem was fixed by samsung with android 4.1.2 onwards.
I also used a app called eMMC Check to see if my memory is defect, but it did a memory test and said it was ok, but also stated that i have
this insane chip.
Further i had a problem with apps suddenly deleting themselfs/simply disappering once or twice in the last one or two month.
This could de fixed by deleting the contents of the app folder (where its installed) and renaming it. Afterwards you could reinstall the app
through the playstore. Beforehand the app would still be shown as installed in playstore, when accessing through a browser. and also
is ore are all the apps i had on my phone before it resetted it today. But i cant find them in any directory i can access on my phone
or through adb.
I don't know if or how this could be related but I'm assuming it is.
Something to mention would be that the phone shows under storage-information that about 12GB out of 16GB are
which would aproimately be the data i had on my phone before. But as mentioned i cant't find it anywhere though dile explorer or
adb.
Also it shows about 8.2 GB of other data beeing on my phone but when i click on it it shows only a few megabyte of data.
As if some Data is hidden/occupying storage but not accesible for the OS.
I want to know if there is any possibility to rescue any data or if its lost or
if anyone had a similar problem before.
I hope you can understand what my problem is and that i have provided enough detail for you.
If anything comes to my mind or you have a question i will update the post/you can simply ask.
Please keep in mind that english isn't my main/first language.
Thanks in advance.
Pommesfee said:
Phone: GT i9300 (aka international Galaxy S3)
Storage: 16GB
Firmware: I9300XXUGNA8 (4.3)
Rooted: Yes
Recovery: ClockWorkMod
Bought: Abought September 2012
My Problem:
When i left the house this morning everything was working properly with my phone but when i took it out of my pocket at work
i had to see that the phone had done a factory reset all by itself and the google playstore , playservices and all other gapps
are missing. Also apps that would come with the firmware are no existant.
I did a bit of reaserch and found that this could be related to an insane chip problem where some chip, related to the memory is in
a bad state since production. It was stated that some phones died to sudden death in just a few weeks but also this
problem was fixed by samsung with android 4.1.2 onwards.
I also used a app called eMMC Check to see if my memory is defect, but it did a memory test and said it was ok, but also stated that i have
this insane chip.
Further i had a problem with apps suddenly deleting themselfs/simply disappering once or twice in the last one or two month.
This could de fixed by deleting the contents of the app folder (where its installed) and renaming it. Afterwards you could reinstall the app
through the playstore. Beforehand the app would still be shown as installed in playstore, when accessing through a browser. and also
is ore are all the apps i had on my phone before it resetted it today. But i cant find them in any directory i can access on my phone
or through adb.
I don't know if or how this could be related but I'm assuming it is.
Something to mention would be that the phone shows under storage-information that about 12GB out of 16GB are
which would aproimately be the data i had on my phone before. But as mentioned i cant't find it anywhere though dile explorer or
adb.
Also it shows about 8.2 GB of other data beeing on my phone but when i click on it it shows only a few megabyte of data.
As if some Data is hidden/occupying storage but not accesible for the OS.
I want to know if there is any possibility to rescue any data or if its lost or
if anyone had a similar problem before.
I hope you can understand what my problem is and that i have provided enough detail for you.
If anything comes to my mind or you have a question i will update the post/you can simply ask.
Please keep in mind that english isn't my main/first language.
Thanks in advance.
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Look at this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/info-flashed-4-2-sdcard-data-t2274218 <<
tallman43 said:
Look at this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/info-flashed-4-2-sdcard-data-t2274218 <<
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Sadly this doesn't really fit my problem. The only folder i had in data/media was clockworkmod.
I moved it into /0 and restarted my phone but nothing has changed.
I'm thinking that the data that is occupying my sd card is out of range of the operating system .. could that potentially be ?
Pommesfee said:
Sadly this doesn't really fit my problem. The only folder i had in data/media was clockworkmod.
I moved it into /0 and restarted my phone but nothing has changed.
I'm thinking that the data that is occupying my sd card is out of range of the operating system .. could that potentially be ?
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Yes it probably is..
Are you looking in the right place did you see
0
legacy
obb
folders as well. If not I think you may belooking in the wrong place these folders must be there try using a root explorer and look carefully through your system root files not your ext sd card.
tallman43 said:
Yes it probably is..
Are you looking in the right place did you see
0
legacy
obb
folders as well. If not I think you may belooking in the wrong place these folders must be there try using a root explorer and look carefully through your system root files not your ext sd card.
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I'm 100% sure i'm in the right direction (/data/media/) and there only seeing the thre folder (0, legacy, obb).
I found under data/clipboard some old clips (pictures).
And i possibly found the issue..
I have a lost+found folder which is 8.14 GB big .. I don't know to much about lost and found.
just that files end there when the os doesn't know what to do with them.
So any chance for recovering data ?
I think everyfolder has # and a number so i think i have to look in all of them to find out whats left of my data.