ok, i have a problem with the g sensor on the samsung captive. now, i've thoroughly searched online and on these forums for a fix, and i've found a few fixes. unfortunately, none of them worked.
before i get into that, here's my phone info:
SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
firmware 2.2
kernal 2.6.32.9
build Cognition 4.3
comp os win7 64bit (if it matters)
now, here is the first fix ive found:
http://androidforums.com/captivate-support-troubleshooting/162768-lost-auto-rotation.html
response #12
ive tried that using terminal emulator, but i get an error saying ADB not found. i downloaded the Android SDK with ADB, navigated to it using the command prompt and typed adb shell as instructed only to get an error saying device not found.
now, i completely abandoned that fix (since i felt i was doing something wrong and going nowhere) and found this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712439&page=3
this one had better results, but up until sensorcalibutil_yamaha. like some users on that forum, my result was:
fgets: Unknown error: 0
msmachdep_SaveGsOffset failed
calibration utilities failed
so, after following that forum, i found the solution, which was to delete ms3c_yamaha.cfg from /data/system and rerun. i navigated to that folder on my computer, and nothing. there was no system folder in the data folder. i allowed hidden folders to be visible and still nothing. i downloaded a root explorer app, searched for ms3c_yamaha.cfg and nothing popped up. i couldnt even find the folder it was telling me to look in. and this is where i am stuck.
i cant find ms3c_yamaha.cfg, nor the folder to look into, and i dont know what else to do...
perhaps i'm using the wrong root explorer, or perhaps that folder isnt even on the ROM i used. completely flashing the ROM would be my last resort, since i'm not too savvy on stuff like that, and it took forever for me to figure out how to even put Cog4.3 on my phone, so hopefully someone out there has some info.
thanks for your time
edit:
problem solved!
when i woke up this morning, on my way to work i started thinking about my problem, basically, why couldnt i find the system folder. i searched again in the market for a root explorer and found one that specifically stated "even allows access to the elusive system data folders". i bought the app right away, and immediately i was given access and found ms3c_yamaha.cfg and proceeded with the second solution. after running the calibration, it gave me an odd result, which made my screen rotate when held vertically. i reran the test, and ran the system calibrate (the 3 circles with the blue ball) and all was set. phone works perfectly now.
thanks for anyone who read this, and who was taking the time to find a solution
Hello.
Can you tell me what application explorer you are using?
I got the same problem as yours.
Please reply to my email: [email protected].
Thanks a lot.
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I've searched the forums for advice, and haven't been able to find any for this particular topic (although it is possible I missed something).
I installed the unlock_ext_rom_wizard_105 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=249359 ) to my wizard, and it shows me extended rom 2 folder, but there is nothing displayed inside the folder. I tried exploring it through activesync and through total commander, there is nothing. When I try to copy to it, I get the write protection error leading me to believe that it was not unlocked just unhidden. What puzzles me is that I am unable to see any of the contents of the folder. I tried playing with total commanders settings for the folder to see if I could get anything to work, but nothing has worked.
Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I am keep getting this message whenever I try to adb. It corrects itself and works fine after. But it annoying waiting that additional few seconds... I didnt have this before. Any idea why I am getting it now?
what sdk version are you using? also have you gone to task manager and tried ending adb.exe?
david1171 said:
what sdk version are you using? also have you gone to task manager and tried ending adb.exe?
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I am using the latest SDK. Thanks! That fixed it. Ending adb.exe in Task Manager... I was messing around cos I cant get fastboot to work. I go into FastbootUSB, connect my usb, run "fastboot devices", and I get no results. It just waits for my next command.
I tried killing adb.exe after I wrote an adb command and it didn't do anything. I keep getting that out out date killing .... can anyone help? thanks!
I have the same problem. Can't get rid of that stupid message.
i was having the same problem, i took ADB.exe and adbwinapi.dll from 1.5r2 SDK and put it in the new SDK Tools folder, problem was fixed
palosjr said:
i was having the same problem, i took ADB.exe and adbwinapi.dll from 1.5r2 SDK and put it in the new SDK Tools folder, problem was fixed
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I did that and still have that problem ...
could someone please help me .. thanks!
If anyone runs into this problem I fixed mine with the adb.exe from the new "universal" sdk. I downloaded it and just pasted that adb.exe into the existing tools folder. May not be recommended but I did not want to change my setup.
while your phone is in recovery and plugged in, go to device manager and see if there is a listing called adb interface. if so, do you know how to manually update the drivers? by pointing the driver update to the usb folder of the sdk?
konzern
running my adb shell ums_enable is no longer working says ums not found ?
edit to m y post i found a alternative thank god!
1.plug in your phone and open command prompt
2.change directories to where u have ur sdk stuff (ex. cd c:\thenameofdirectory/tools)
3.type this in
adb shell
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
I am curious if any of you loaded Droid Explorer? I loaded it, played around with it, and it was pretty cool for the screenshot and screencast stuff. But, later I noticed I kept getting the "adb server is out of date. killing..." I searched through these threads and Google for a solution, but nothing seemed to work. I could enter "adb remount" and it might work about 1 time in 5. Even adb devices would fail and fail before finally reporting my device. After I uninstalled Droid Explorer. The problem stopped immediately. Now that I think about it, I think Droid Explorer runs a service. Maybe after uninstalling, the services stopped, fixing this problem. If not Droid Explorer, maybe some other program that is trying to detect the device at plugin. Just my experience.
I just killed the DroidExplorer service, and set it to manual. Problem solved.
I've had no luck with DE anyhow, so it probably won't get started again any time soon.
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I am curious if any of you loaded Droid Explorer? I loaded it, played around with it, and it was pretty cool for the screenshot and screencast stuff. But, later I noticed I kept getting the "adb server is out of date. killing..." I searched through these threads and Google for a solution, but nothing seemed to work. I could enter "adb remount" and it might work about 1 time in 5. Even adb devices would fail and fail before finally reporting my device. After I uninstalled Droid Explorer. The problem stopped immediately. Now that I think about it, I think Droid Explorer runs a service. Maybe after uninstalling, the services stopped, fixing this problem. If not Droid Explorer, maybe some other program that is trying to detect the device at plugin. Just my experience.
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Yes, this is a problem that occurs after installing Droid Explorer. The service also takes a lot of idle CPU time. I have uninstalled it due to this and other reasons.
Damn, Droid Explorer! I uninstalled and I am still having this problem. Damn !
OK, I got droid explorer and adb playing nice together. I deleted the SDK from my PC, and reinstalled droid explorer full (which comes with the SDK already). Then I just added the new tools directory droid explorer installs to the system path. You can find directions on how to do that here -> http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking#sec02 . Instead of using C:\AndriodSDK\Tools\ for the string I added, I used the default location where droid explorer installs the tools directory ( C:\Program Files\Droid Explorer\SDK\tools ). Now I have the best of both worlds !
lotherius said:
Yes, this is a problem that occurs after installing Droid Explorer. The service also takes a lot of idle CPU time. I have uninstalled it due to this and other reasons.
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I also noticed I was getting the blue screen of death, which I hadn't seen in years. I think DE was causing that, too, because I haven't had the BSOD since uninstall. So two problems I didn't think were related seem to have been caused by Droid Explorer. I think it's a pretty cool program, but I'd rather do things the "old fashioned" way.
Can any of you point me in the direction of how to use ADB to take a screenshot? Maybe it can't. Thanks.
Edit: I found it...Through DDMS!
sacredsoul said:
I am keep getting this message whenever I try to adb. It corrects itself and works fine after. But it annoying waiting that additional few seconds... I didnt have this before. Any idea why I am getting it now?
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Sounds like you have droid explorer installed, goto the sdk folder in droid explorer (c:\program files\droid explorer\sdk) copy the 2 folders (platform and tools) to your own sdk folder.
billquinn1 said:
If anyone runs into this problem I fixed mine with the adb.exe from the new "universal" sdk. I downloaded it and just pasted that adb.exe into the existing tools folder. May not be recommended but I did not want to change my setup.
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Can you link to the "universal" download please? Probably missing something obvious here, but can't seem to find any other version than the most recent r05.
Thank you - worked a treat
palosjr said:
i was having the same problem, i took ADB.exe and adbwinapi.dll from 1.5r2 SDK and put it in the new SDK Tools folder, problem was fixed
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where can i get 1.5r2 SDK?
THX BRO!
[Q] "Installation error - insufficient storage available" when installing skype
Hello Everybody,
this is my first post on this forum, i decided to start this thread cause i've been struggling with this problem for something like one month now, i really want to fix it, and this looks like the best place where to ask for help.
I'm having problems installing the Skype application on a Samsung Galaxy S, in Italy.
Initially i installed it from the market, the installation went fine, but i couldn't log in cause i was still running Android 2.1
After the upgrade to 2.2, Skype worked only the first time i tried to use it, then it started giving me a weird bug; basically each time i tried to make a call, it would say "already 2 ongoing calls".
I uninstalled it, and now each time i try to install it again i get the same error message "Installation error - insufficient storage available".
I have 5.22GB available on the internal SD card, and 573MB on the internal phone storage, and i have no external SD card.
I tried to contact the Skype support, sent them something like 10 different emails, but each time they came up with stupid answers and in the end they couldn't find a solution, so they said
"Please note that the message you are receiving is an operating system message and is not a Skype message.
We suggest that you contact Samsung to find out under which circumstances the operating system returns this message and what can be done to make an installation possible."
I tried to contact Samsung, but they didn't even reply.
I started a thread in the Android Market Help Forum and one guy suggested to use adb to delete the skype folder
So i rooted my device with z4root and also did the OneClickLagFix V2.2+
I managed to install the Android SDK and get the adb up and running, but when i try to delete the skype folder, this is what i get
# rm -R /data/com.skype.raider
rm -R /data/com.skype.raider
rm failed for /data/com.skype.raider, No such file or directory
#
basically there is no such folder..
at this point i really don't know what to do, and i hope that someone here is able and willing to help me.
I think i gave all the possibly needed information to help you fixing my problem, but if you need more please just ask.
Thanks a lot and by the way big up to this forum, so many useful informations in here!
Cheers
Pedro
update
i installed Titanium Backup
if i go to the Backup/Restore tab and scroll to the very botton, the last one is com.skype.raider, but it has a line on it and i'm not sure what that means (see attached image)
if i click it, all the options are grayed out, so i can't uninstall it..
if i click and hold, a different menu comes up, where most of the options are grayed out as well, i can only do Assign Labels, Explore and View in Market.
If i click Explore, it says:
com.skype.raider
files/
shared.lck 0B
defetto/
main.db-journal 8.0KB
any idea what's going on? thanks in advance
Never mind, i made it!
I bought an application from the market called Root Explorer, i couldnt find a free one doing the same, basically giving full access to my folder structure.
Anyway, i was able to find the com.skype.raider folder and delete it..
after that, next install went fine!
the correct path was /data/data/com.skype.raider
so if you have the same problem, you can use abd and delete the folder and you don't need to buy the above mentioned app..
p.s. how do i set this thread as answered?
Had a similar problem! I couldn't downlaod anything from the market. Unmounting the sdcard has fixed the issue. Thx http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
defetto said:
Never mind, i made it!
I bought an application from the market called Root Explorer, i couldnt find a free one doing the same, basically giving full access to my folder structure.
Anyway, i was able to find the com.skype.raider folder and delete it..
after that, next install went fine!
the correct path was /data/data/com.skype.raider
so if you have the same problem, you can use abd and delete the folder and you don't need to buy the above mentioned app..
p.s. how do i set this thread as answered?
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Thank you for sharing your solution. It helped me solve the "insufficient" problem
Update 2:
So now I can see most of the files with ES, but OI file manager isn't seeing them. What the heck is going on? Ghost files?
Alright, so I'm in a bit of a pickle.
I was having problems with Rdio and wanted to wipe all traces of it from my phone to install an older version. Using ES File Explorer, I searched for all the files related to the app in "/" and once I found them, I foolishly used select all and delete. Problem is, it seems "select all" actually selected all the folders in / and not only those found using the search function.
The odd part is I can see all the folders in / when I use OI file manager (though some are empty, namely /data and /datadata), but not when I use ES.
Does anybody have an idea as to what I can do? Odd thing is the phone is working fine and not all files on it have been deleted (the files inside EFS seem to have been though, but I still have signal). I'm afraid to reboot it since I figure it might become bricked. I've got a recent Nandroid backup which wasn't deleted, so I'll be fine if I can get to recovery, but is there any chance of that not happening?
Anyways, I'm feeling really dumb and stressed out.
Thanks for looking and/or helping!
Cheers!
Update
Making a call seems to have restored the files (.bak and others) in the efs folder and some other files seem to be reappearing. Maybe if I just wait it out all the files will come back from the dead? Files that weren't showing 10 minutes ago are back and are dated earlier than today.
Again, I'm mainly looking to know if I can reboot into recovery (or normally?) without many problems.
Thanks!
Hey. I'm a noob.
My phone is 24 hours old. I dig it. I did the kitkat OTA. Verizon. Was 12A when i got it, now it's 24A.
I don't like being put in a box, so I rooted the phone. I have a problem though. Here's what i did:
Lot's of reading and research.
I downloaded and installed the ADT bundle for sdk and adb on my Windows 8 desktop.
I downloaded and installed drivers from LG.
I downloaded and unzipped autoprime's IOroot25.
I achieved a good handshake between adb and the phone. (adb devices command).
I set USB connection to Internet/Ethernet, enabled Debugging, airplane mode.
I ran the root.bat.
It stopped right away and asked me to sideload the desired file. I freaked out.
Then i moved the kk-root.zip to my adb/sdk/platform-tools folder and sideloaded it. It rooted the phone in 5 seconds and asked me to reboot, so I did. The phone now says it's rooted.
BUT - the autoprime routine didn't finish. So it never steered me to backing up the EFS.
I think I should do that next.
Can anyone steer me to a tute, or tell me how?
THANKS!
I went back and looked at things. I tried it again, this time running the command prompt from the ioroot folder. It did the same thing.
So I think I did it right the first time.
The Joey Krim app sez I have root, and the phone sez I have root.
Where are the backup EFS files stored? I looked around and can't really find anything on my pc that jumps out at me.
Thx.
Geez.
Got it.
I read so much stuff today that i apparently started missing really obvious things.
If you run ioroot25 on 4.4.2, the script doesn't back up the EFS files. It says that right on the tute.
Sorry to clutter the board with trash. Delete this thread if you can mods.
Thx.