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Hey all,
Loving my nice shiny new O2X but having some problems using the LG On-Screen Phone software, the one that lets you control your phone from your PC. I have it all installed and followed the user guide but when I attempt to connect to the phone after putting the password in (still 0000 as default), I press next to connect and can see that it causes the phone to wake up and a screen icon appear in its notification bar but then I get an error on the software saying "An error occurred while creating the OSP window after downloading the skin file from the mobile phone" this messages times out then it shows "Failed to connect to phone" and I'm back to the password screen.
Obviously some communication must be occurring for the phone to wake up and try to start the appropriate app but it just isn't working.
So far I have tried it with USB debugging on and off and have also tried reinstalling the USB drivers on the PC, no luck.
Has anyone else experienced this or have any advice?
Thanks
Russ
Hmph, tried this on 3 PCs now with the same results
I‘m only able to get it run for once, the other times are having problem like yours.
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Slightly better off than me but glad I'm not alone!
I emailed LG support but I got a cut and paste template response telling me how to download the LG Suite in the first place, which I have obviously already done!
Hi, I just tried again now and it worked... here I attached a screen shot..
then after quitting, it's back to normal (i.e. can't connect again!).. it's weird
Hmph, just tried flashing ROM to MCR Fr11 and still have the same issue
Just discovered a log file in My Documents saying this...
13:39:39 - -----------------------
13:39:39 - OSP_ConnectService
13:39:39 - type:1, param:8
13:39:39 - OnOspEvent::OSP_CONTEXT_UPDATE_EVT
13:39:39 - OnOspEvent::OSP_CONTEXT_TYPE_EDIT_MODE
13:39:39 - Edit Mode : True
13:39:39 - OnOspEvent::OSP_CONTEXT_UPDATE_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_AUTHENTICATE_RESULT_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_CONNECTED_EVT
13:39:40 - connect value : 0
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_GET_MODEL_EVT
13:39:40 - COSPScreenWnd:arsingPhoneXML - File not found(\\boxserver\Russell Oakes\LG OSP\Phone_skin\P990\P990.xml)
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_FTP_PROGRESS_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_FTP_PROGRESS_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_FTP_PROGRESS_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_FTP_PROGRESS_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_FTP_PROGRESS_EVT
13:39:40 - OnOspEvent::OSP_FTP_GET_EVT (SUCCESS!)
13:39:40 - COSPScreenWnd:arsingPhoneXML - File not found(\\boxserver\Russell Oakes\LG OSP\Phone_skin\P990\P990.xml)
13:39:43 - OnOspEvent::OSP_DISCONNECTED_EVT
13:39:43 - OSP_Connect : Fail
Which would suggest that a file isn't being successfully copied to the PC, could someone upload the contents of their "LG OSP\Phone_skin\P990" folder from My Documents?
Thanks
Woohooo got it working!
I had to go to /system/media and copy off the file osp_skin_p990.zip to my PC and extract it to the "LG OSP\Phone_skin\P990" folder in My Documents and then it worked!
So it looks like the program was unable to automatically download and extract this file for some reason, just needed a little manual intervention. Strange that it happened on 3 PCs though, which would suggest that maybe the file is located somewhere unexpected on my handset?
There is another thing that is not really user friendly.
On the connexion Assistant, if the model of the phone is not selected on the bottom right corner combo box, the connexion is not working but the error is not really usefull.
I had to copy the files in "My Documents\LG OSP\Phone_skin\P990" (thank you roakes ) and then had to select the model P990 in the combo box and then it worked.
It is working in USB and Bluetooth
Hello guys!
Im also having this problem, but my system/media is empty! And my "My Documents/LG OSP/Phone_skin" does not contains P990 Can anyone upload or tell me where I can get the contents?
same here... i've copied P970 phone skin, installed all LG drivers... no luck. still cannot connect phone to OSP. really suck!
I have a worse situation here, even if all my drivers are installed i still get a failed to connect to mobile phone message everytime I try on the computer
lws803 said:
I have a worse situation here, even if all my drivers are installed i still get a failed to connect to mobile phone message everytime I try on the computer
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Same problem
Any news ??? did you solve it ?
Edit:
ok with unistall lg programs and reinstall lg pc suite and from that install OSP
Edit :
There is no way to fix it now...
This is the error in the OSP log :
16:39:00 - OSP_ConnectService
16:39:00 - type:1, param:27
16:39:04 - OnOspEvent::OSP_DISCONNECTED_EVT
16:39:04 - connect value : 1
16:39:04 - OSP_Connect : Fail
16:39:17 - OSP Start : Setup version 0.4.27.20110628
16:39:19 - LGBTCON_IPC_IsInitialized() or LGBTCON_IPC_InitializePCBT() function fail
Try rebooting your phone, works for me every time
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try to disable usb debuging if it is enabled
In my case both on froyo & gb it wont give me any prob, I think u can try to install updated version of osp & USB drivers.
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I have found a way around this.
I own a LGP930 and also got this "skin error" problem. I noticed in the
My Documents\LG OSP\Phone_skin directory, there were other skins already present. Now these are simply image files that will "contour" your phone's screen.
I looked up the images in a folder labeled "720x1280" and they seemed pretty similar. Along with these images there is an xml file that (I am only assuming here) manages the logic of the image names and placement on the display. My folder, labeled "P930" (my phone, in other cases, your own model) was empty .
The solution:
1. Copy the files from the models available that represent the best your phone and paste them into your model's folder. If it does not exist, create it.
2. Rename the xml file to your model's name, in my case it was P930, which is also the folders name (not sure if this is critical, but to be safe just do so).
3. Open the file with notepad (notepad>open or right-click then edit).
you should see these tags:
Code:
<on-screen-phone id="P930" version="2.0">
<model>LG-P930</model>
<name>P930</name>
I renamed all these (there were named "720X1280"). Fill these tags with the model of your phone, again.
4. Run the software. It should now be working. This is all model-specific, so it will be different everytime and if you do not have the exact name it won't load.
5. Optional: Edit the images to whatever you like as long as they have the same name and have fun.
Hope this helps out anyone who will find this topic.
Cheers,
Sphero09
Sphero09 said:
I have found a way around this.
I own a LGP930 and also got this "skin error" problem. I noticed in the
My Documents\LG OSP\Phone_skin directory, there were other skins already present. Now these are simply image files that will "contour" your phone's screen.
I looked up the images in a folder labeled "720x1280" and they seemed pretty similar. Along with these images there is an xml file that (I am only assuming here) manages the logic of the image names and placement on the display. My folder, labeled "P930" (my phone, in other cases, your own model) was empty .
The solution:
1. Copy the files from the models available that represent the best your phone and paste them into your model's folder. If it does not exist, create it.
2. Rename the xml file to your model's name, in my case it was P930, which is also the folders name (not sure if this is critical, but to be safe just do so).
3. Open the file with notepad (notepad>open or right-click then edit).
you should see these tags:
Code:
<on-screen-phone id="P930" version="2.0">
<model>LG-P930</model>
<name>P930</name>
I renamed all these (there were named "720X1280"). Fill these tags with the model of your phone, again.
4. Run the software. It should now be working. This is all model-specific, so it will be different everytime and if you do not have the exact name it won't load.
5. Optional: Edit the images to whatever you like as long as they have the same name and have fun.
Hope this helps out anyone who will find this topic.
Cheers,
Sphero09
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Good job , my lg f320K work finel
F120L
keilien said:
Hello guys!
Im also having this problem, but my system/media is empty! And my "My Documents/LG OSP/Phone_skin" does not contains P990 Can anyone upload or tell me where I can get the contents?
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In my case, just delete the folder LG OSP and then run the software again. A new one will be created automatically.
I just got an LG K7 MS330 from metro to upgrade from my LG F6 and I can no longer use On screen phone. I attempted what I interpreted this process to be and had no results. If you know a way please tell me.
The usual "LG Software" option in the connection type menu is not on the newer K7 as it was on the older F6, it only allows Charge only, MTP and PTP.
Please help
Hello,
Can anybody tell me how i can exclude some folders which contain images from showing up in my Album ?
i found a few replies regarding this in other forums but none of them worked and I tried asking in talk.sonymobile.com but it was useless.
I tried the .nomedia file creation method, Quickpic method and adding dot to the folder name method.
I tried all those methods to prevent the pics that i get via whatsapp from not being shown in my album. As you may know the pics that we download via whatsapp gets stored inside "Whatsapp images" folder.
I tried to put a blank .nomedia file into the folders and then cleared cache and data of both Album app and Media storage. Then after doing all that i rebooted my phone. I can still see the pictures in there in my Album app once i add a new pic into the folder.
Am running .253
i would really appreciate it if anybody could help me out :angel:
I am 100% positive that there are many people who would love to have a solution for this.
If you need anymore info then do please let me know.
I am 100% positive that there are many people who would love to have a solution for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179976
xxpaigexx said:
Hello,
Can anybody tell me how i can exclude some folders which contain images from showing up in my Album ?
i found a few replies regarding this in other forums but none of them worked and I tried asking in talk.sonymobile.com but it was useless.
I tried the .nomedia file creation method, Quickpic method and adding dot to the folder name method.
I tried all those methods to prevent the pics that i get via whatsapp from not being shown in my album. As you may know the pics that we download via whatsapp gets stored inside "Whatsapp images" folder.
I tried to put a blank .nomedia file into the folders and then cleared cache and data of both Album app and Media storage. Then after doing all that i rebooted my phone. I can still see the pictures in there in my Album app once i add a new pic into the folder.
Am running .253
i would really appreciate it if anybody could help me out :angel:
I am 100% positive that there are many people who would love to have a solution for this.
If you need anymore info then do please let me know.
I am 100% positive that there are many people who would love to have a solution for this.
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the .nomedia way worked for me. but the trick is cleaning data and cache of the media server/media storage (don't know the exact name at the moment) in settings->apps, and then restarting the phone.
after a restart, album will be empty and start rescanning your storage. when finished, you'll see that there won't be the .nomedia folders included anymore.
So when i change rom to ressurection remix (on cm i had same problem) i notice that my picture thumbnails in every single one gallery are disappearing. i can view them (sometimes not...) but when i browsing folders some thumbanils are showing but then they disappearing. Only restart of phone help but only for few pics. What do ? its not about pics cause on new photos, thumbnails missing too.
Maybe it's the same issue I had, this fixed it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732698
lfom said:
Maybe it's the same issue I had, this fixed it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732698
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most of these i couldnt even find but i did what he said and nothing happen (yes i rebooted)
Did you do in this order?
1. Kill com.android.providers.media service
1. Delete .thumbnails folder inside DCIM
2. Remove external.db
3. Reboot
lfom said:
1. Kill com.android.providers.media service
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what do you mean by that ?
sdcard/dcim/.thumbnails (delete the whole folder) - done
/sdcard2/dcim/.thumbnails (ditto)- i dont have this
/sdcard2/dcim/thumbs.db this too
/sdcard/Android/data/com.cooliris.media/cache - i dont have this com.cooliris.media
/dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media/externalXXX.db - i dont have dbdata
any thumbnail folders in /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/ or /sdcard/DCIM/100ANDRO/ - done
/data/data/com.androids.providers.media/databases/
and delete the file external.db - done
(i have show hidden files)
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what do you mean by that ?
sdcard/dcim/.thumbnails (delete the whole folder) - done
/sdcard2/dcim/.thumbnails (ditto)- i dont have this
/sdcard2/dcim/thumbs.db this too
/sdcard/Android/data/com.cooliris.media/cache - i dont have this com.cooliris.media
/dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.media/externalXXX.db - i dont have dbdata
any thumbnail folders in /sdcard/DCInM/Camera/ or /sdcard/DCIM/100ANDRO/ - done
/data/data/com.androids.providers.media/databases/
and delete the file external.db - done
(i have show hidden files)
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It the app that scans for media and creates the thumbnails. Sorry, I don't have CM13 installed anymore, I think the app name is Media Server, you can check it using Link2SD.
I had the same folders as you, and it fixed the problem I had (lots of missing thumbnails). You may want to delete this too, it's the music album covers, not in the gallery:
/sdcard/Android/com.android.providers.media/
Soon after having updated to oreo I started noticing something very odd: upon downloading, certain files cannot be found, or show up in the my files app or fx file manager app with the name, but when trying to access (e.g. open) are followed by an error on the lines of "need to reindex". I do just that, or refresh, or forceably stop one or both file managers, or reboot phone, but the files are eventually gone (not even showing up with the name). Anyone else having experienced this?
Hello people it's just to report and see if any of you have faced a skmilar problem and how To solve it.
The main problem is that all files pdfs, jpgs or any other that are sent to me via WhatsApp it's impossible to open with any app. All apps say the file is corrupted or something like that. The same happens with Edison Mail (app) I use it to have all my mails synced, but the same happens all mails that contain attached files are imposible to open the external apps to open pdf or image files say it's impossible or file corrupted.
Nevertheless, and the main thing is that those files are NOT CORRUPTED whatsoever, if I look for the files on the internal storage and open them with any of the apps that said that the same files were corrupted, the files open without any problem.
I was going to reinstall WhatsApp, but in the end I didn't because it's really time consuming to make a backup and because I realized it was happening with other apps (probably with others I haven't come across).
I have checked permissions, disabled /enabled them but with no luck.
Any thoughts or similar experiences? Any workaround?
Vaizen said:
Hello people it's just to report and see if any of you have faced a skmilar problem and how To solve it.
The main problem is that all files pdfs, jpgs or any other that are sent to me via WhatsApp it's impossible to open with any app. All apps say the file is corrupted or something like that. The same happens with Edison Mail (app) I use it to have all my mails synced, but the same happens all mails that contain attached files are imposible to open the external apps to open pdf or image files say it's impossible or file corrupted.
Nevertheless, and the main thing is that those files are NOT CORRUPTED whatsoever, if I look for the files on the internal storage and open them with any of the apps that said that the same files were corrupted, the files open without any problem.
I was going to reinstall WhatsApp, but in the end I didn't because it's really time consuming to make a backup and because I realized it was happening with other apps (probably with others I haven't come across).
I have checked permissions, disabled /enabled them but with no luck.
Any thoughts or similar experiences? Any workaround?
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This problem isnt occuring for me. It opens for me fine. Maybe it could be an issue with the pdf reader?
What do you mean when you say, it is impossible to open pdfs in external apps?
Im assuming you have tried different pdf apps as well? Try opening the file from the pdf app itself, as in navigating to the file from inside the pdf app, rather than opening it directly in whatsapp.
nousernamesorry said:
This problem isnt occuring for me. It opens for me fine. Maybe it could be an issue with the pdf reader?
What do you mean when you say, it is impossible to open pdfs in external apps?
Im assuming you have tried different pdf apps as well? Try opening the file from the pdf app itself, as in navigating to the file from inside the pdf app, rather than opening it directly in whatsapp.
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Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
If I open the files directly from the pdf reader (I've used several, acrobat, xodo, drive, onedrive, etc) or opening the files from a file explorer (solid explorer, xiaomi file explorer) they open, they are not corrupted.
The problem is when I tap on the attached file on the whatsapp chat or on the edison mail (app) The prompt to select an app to open the file shows up but no matter which one I select it will FC or say the file is unreadable or corruupted (depending the app). That is why I believed the problem was regarding some permissions in whatsapp or edison mail, but I've enabled and disabled them with no avail.
If you google this problem, hilariously you can find a very similar one on an Adobe forum but of course there's no solution because the adobe won't provide a solution that is not directly caused by their apps. The only good comment there is that apparently it's an andorid 11 problem on MIUI devices.
Some mention to disable MIUI optimizations, which I've already tried enabling and disabling because I usually have them disabled.
Vaizen said:
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
If I open the files directly from the pdf reader (I've used several, acrobat, xodo, drive, onedrive, etc) or opening the files from a file explorer (solid explorer, xiaomi file explorer) they open, they are not corrupted.
The problem is when I tap on the attached file on the whatsapp chat or on the edison mail (app) The prompt to select an app to open the file shows up but no matter which one I select it will FC or say the file is unreadable or corruupted (depending the app). That is why I believed the problem was regarding some permissions in whatsapp or edison mail, but I've enabled and disabled them with no avail.
If you google this problem, hilariously you can find a very similar one on an Adobe forum but of course there's no solution because the adobe won't provide a solution that is not directly caused by their apps. The only good comment there is that apparently it's an andorid 11 problem on MIUI devices.
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Yes, it certainly seems like an miui problem or the A11 problem. Okay, do one thing, try opening the pdf file via chrome browser, or any other app, maybe gmail app.
Also, before you do that, download matlog to log what happens, maybe we can try pin pointing the issue.
If its just an app thing, then maybe reinstalling should fix it. But i doubt it is. And the only real possibility seems like reinstalling the rom.
Heres a suggestion, since we dont have twrp yet.
Download the latest full rom, a few issues happened to me earlier, when i installed miui in one of the incremental updates.
So, what i did was, downloaded the entire recovery rom (not fastboot) and just updated the system via system update by locally installing it.
Just google how to local upgrade on miui if you're not clear about it. As i wasn't since this is my first miui phone.
This would essentially dirty flash a stock rom, and should iron out any issues without having to reset the phone.
Is your MIUI optimisation option disabled in the developers options? If so, try enabling it and try to open the files again.
nousernamesorry said:
Yes, it certainly seems like an miui problem or the A11 problem. Okay, do one thing, try opening the pdf file via chrome browser, or any other app, maybe gmail app.
Also, before you do that, download matlog to log what happens, maybe we can try pin pointing the issue.
If its just an app thing, then maybe reinstalling should fix it. But i doubt it is. And the only real possibility seems like reinstalling the rom.
Heres a suggestion, since we dont have twrp yet.
Download the latest full rom, a few issues happened to me earlier, when i installed miui in one of the incremental updates.
So, what i did was, downloaded the entire recovery rom (not fastboot) and just updated the system via system update by locally installing it.
Just google how to local upgrade on miui if you're not clear about it. As i wasn't since this is my first miui phone.
This would essentially dirty flash a stock rom, and should iron out any issues without having to reset the phone.
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Here are the logs. Actually by doing so, I discovered that also sharing a zip file from the matlog to any app to upload or share it (whatsapp, gdrive, onedrive, etc.) also resulted in an similar error (this part is not included on the logs).
The logs include trying to open one file in two different apps. Gdrive pdf reader and Xodo.
brzi6 said:
Is your MIUI optimisation option disabled in the developers options? If so, try enabling it and try to open the files again.
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Actually I hadn't tried that, Just did and leaving MIUI Optimizations enabled makes the problem disappear, in fact, the promt to select the app to open the file is different.
But what if I want to leave MIUI Optimizations disabled?
Vaizen said:
Actually I hadn't tried that, Just did and leaving MIUI Optimizations enabled makes the problem disappear, in fact, the promt to select the app to open the file is different.
But what if I want to leave MIUI Optimizations disabled?
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I don't think there's a solution for this. I think the best workaround for this problem would be switching to Xiaomi.eu rom (since they have MIUI optimisiation disabled by default) but it's still not released yet.
I could be wrong though.
Vaizen said:
Actually I hadn't tried that, Just did and leaving MIUI Optimizations enabled makes the problem disappear, in fact, the promt to select the app to open the file is different.
But what if I want to leave MIUI Optimizations disabled?
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Im assuming the miui has its own code for the app selector and the underlying android 11 app selector code is disabled. Probably to speed up the process of switching apps. Maybe if there is a way if you can enable the original android 11 code for it then you could disable the miui optimization setting. But then, if this is just for the app selector, there could be other underlying issues, that you might have not have experienced yet where miui uses its own implementation and has disabled the original android implementation. I wouldnt recommend that unless you decide to switch roms to the EU version for this specific issue like @brzi6 mentioned but i think theres no point as it could cause other location based hassles.
Firstly, miui optimization is garbage anyway.
Secondly, the problem is with app permissions. If you can get your pdf viewer of choice to have access to your file system then all will be well.