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.
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!
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!
I'm a long time android user but have never rooted/flashed/recovered or anything like that.
A few weeks ago i bought a "full android" smart watch, the Lemfo LEM4.
According to the specs it's has android 4.4.
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...32742033816.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.AGUhkp
It has 4 GB of storage but it seems that it is divided into different parts. There is only 601mb of space for installing apps and a seperate partition with about 2gb of storage for video's, photo's, music and other files.
I have already opened a thread about that :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sma...emfo-lem4-smart-watch-memory-storage-t3516500
The 601mb partition is already loaded with stock apps, and you get about 150mb of free space to install other apps. You can imagine that this makes the watch very limited.
So i'm trying to figure out a way to change all that but my knowledge of android rooting and "hacking" is very very limited right now.
So i'm turning to the XDA community to try to find answers for a couple of questions.
1. I was wondering if the 601mb partition and 2gb partition is actually one storagespace that is split into two partitions(or more parts, because i don't know where the android OS is stored on). So is there a way (or an app) to find that out.
2. If it is indeed one storagespace, is there a way to change the partition (for example putting the 601mb and 2gb back together).
3. Additional question : can i install another android version onto this smart watch? Or do you need drivers and special software to make it all work.
Can this all be done?
I'm trying to figure all this out too. Along with if/where the SD card slot is (or if it's the same as the SIM slot).
Edit: SOB! I just read that it doesn't support TF or SD cards. It must have been listed on a bunch of generic Chinese listings that just list every feature you'd want to see. Sighh. Guess I'll join the struggle of figuring out how to repartition.
I bought a pro version of apps2SD tool and have been using it for quite some time very recently like just the month ago the developer sent a note that the paid version , has been removed from Google app store & instead the free version is the pro version without ads that is. I think this is such a precious app that it needs to be paid for so not sure what drove the developer to think this way but right around the time and this happened I have had a strange experience with apps2sd
I have w r i t t e n to the developers but having got no reply I am putting a thread here if someone else is also having the same experience who is using this
when I use the option to restore apps from SD card second partition. I get a list of apps there are 2-3 apps out there who's APK files I am not able to see in directory /data/ sdext2 /apk
these are a virus apps I believe and if they are not physically there in the second partition of my micro SD card then from where are the names coming
from where the AP app2sd is getting these names