When ever Zipalign is present on any ROM or Script I installed, I always get the bug where some applications in sd-ext just vanish after a reboot. They were like being corrupted, I can say that because I do find the main APK still on sd-ext but file size is not exact as how it was before (sign of file corruption).
I have come up to this Idea because I done a my part to do some trials on what happened and it came to point that deleting zipalign/70zipalign files from /bin or /init.d solves the problem.
Does zipalign really makes that bug? Why?
Hey bro, do you use any app2sd? S2e?
I am asking coz I had a similar issue before using s2e.. though I think that it was not related to zipalign.. but here's what I found, enabling read buffer on s2e settings corrupts the sd-ext. I usually resolve it by restoring sd-ext and data from nandroid backup. Then disable the read buffer.. might be a different case on your end..
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What does Zipalign do, really?
kitrax59 said:
Hey bro, do you use any app2sd? S2e?
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I use S2E on every ROM dude.
Sorry, I edited my first post..
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Svennen said:
What does Zipalign do, really?
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http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/zipalign.html
In short, it optimizes the way your applications are accessed in such a manner your phone needs less RAM to run them.
kitrax59 said:
I am asking coz I had a similar issue before using s2e.. though I think that it was not related to zipalign.. but here's what I found, enabling read buffer on s2e settings corrupts the sd-ext. I usually resolve it by restoring sd-ext and data from nandroid backup. Then disable the read buffer.. might be a different case on your end..
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It does not really corrupts the whole sd-ext, instead it somehow corrupts some applications and this applications are really specific, they always vanish. Those applications are PVZ, Jelly Defense, Guerilla Bob, Field Runner, Zombie Wonderland. Those are the applications that always vanish.
If its not Zipalign then why this apps dont vanish if I removed zipalign on the system. This is really odd.
maybe these apps are not align able as you are saying only some apps get corrupt
it should not be the fault script
dhlalit11 said:
maybe these apps are not align able as you are saying only some apps get corrupt
it should not be the fault script
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Oh so its compatibility issues, applications that are not lined. Too bad I cant give up on those applications.
gummie said:
It does not really corrupts the whole sd-ext, instead it somehow corrupts some applications and this applications are really specific, they always vanish. Those applications are PVZ, Jelly Defense, Guerilla Bob, Field Runner, Zombie Wonderland. Those are the applications that always vanish.
If its not Zipalign then why this apps dont vanish if I removed zipalign on the system. This is really odd.
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Not really sure what's wrong or if it's a compatibilty issue. I am currently using CyanMobile with s2e, 303MB used out of 525MB on sd-ext.. no problems at all.. read buffer disabled on s2e settings..
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Recently, I started getting a "not enough storage available" error when trying to install Handcent either from the Market or using a Titanium restore. I know it's not a space issue because all other apps that I have tried install with no problem. I am using A2SD and have about 400 MB free. I have duplicated this error on multiple ROM's so it must be something on my phone. I searched and found something about permissions on *.so files in the lib directory but I don't know enough to fix it myself. Here is a pastebin of the error:
http://pastebin.com/33gKG5Db
Any help is greatly appreciated!
PS - link to the post that talked about the lib perm's - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6240715&postcount=5
PROBLEM SOLVED!
wjason said:
Recently, I started getting a "not enough storage available" error when trying to install Handcent either from the Market or using a Titanium restore. I know it's not a space issue because all other apps that I have tried install with no problem. I am using A2SD and have about 400 MB free. I have duplicated this error on multiple ROM's so it must be something on my phone. I searched and found something about permissions on *.so files in the lib directory but I don't know enough to fix it myself. Here is a pastebin of the error:
http://pastebin.com/33gKG5Db
Any help is greatly appreciated!
PS - link to the post that talked about the lib perm's - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6240715&postcount=5
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I know this is a stupid question but ur not trying to install when card is mounted to computer r u. Also what app2sd r u using, is ur ext partition full, I've also noticed this when I thought I had room then went in and deleated a few old nandroids and then it worked great.
I had the same problem.
Go to Applications
Somewhere in there, there is a handcent registry that is different than the normal handcent program.
Scan through everything, you will find something like com.sms.handcent. Uninstall that as well as the program and you should be able to install.
Bielinsk said:
I had the same problem.
Go to Applications
Somewhere in there, there is a handcent registry that is different than the normal handcent program.
Scan through everything, you will find something like com.sms.handcent. Uninstall that as well as the program and you should be able to install.
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I see it under applications but every time I click on it I get a f/c on settings (I get the f/c if I click on anything under applications that begins with com.). Any way to do it through ADB? I checked system/sd/app and didn't see the com.handcent.nextsms to remove?
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I see it under applications but every time I click on it I get a f/c on settings (I get the f/c if I click on anything under applications that begins with com.). Any way to do it through ADB? I checked system/sd/app and didn't see the com.handcent.nextsms to remove?
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you have gtalk?
if so add me [email protected]
I'll try my best to help out
regaw_leinad said:
you have gtalk?
if so add me [email protected]
I'll try my best to help out
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Problem solved - Thanks Regaw!!!!
Well hell, what was it?
Make the search usefull
There was an old data entry in /data/data called com.handscent.newsms or something, and I deleted it. then it worked perfectly.
regaw_leinad said:
There was an old data entry in /data/data called com.handscent.newsms or something, and I deleted it. then it worked perfectly.
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yep... I have had this problem with a couple of apps. The real fun is sometimes that directory is named something completely different then the application name. Then you have to guess at what it is and then check /data/apps to verify it has a missing apk.
Tried firefox for android beta2 today and it freezed my phone, so I uninstall it only to realise that it locked 13MB of my internal memory permanently probably due to bad uninstall. Tried to reinstall it so that I can uninstall it again but it didn't allow me to install again saying that I don't have enough memory (though i still have ~45 MB free internal memory).
Anyone knows where does firefox install to? I couldn't find it in any of the app directory (not in data\app or system\app, nothing in dalvik cache and data\data as well). having 14MB memory locked is really a paint considering how small our milestone memory is.
Please help.
Thanks
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Tried firefox for android beta2 today and it freezed my phone, so I uninstall it only to realise that it locked 13MB of my internal memory permanently probably due to bad uninstall. Tried to reinstall it so that I can uninstall it again but it didn't allow me to install again saying that I don't have enough memory (though i still have ~45 MB free internal memory).
Anyone knows where does firefox install to? I couldn't find it in any of the app directory (not in data\app or system\app, nothing in dalvik cache and data\data as well). having 14MB memory locked is really a paint considering how small our milestone memory is.
Please help.
Thanks
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bump. please can someone help. thanks
en0203 said:
bump. please can someone help. thanks
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1.Do you have a recent nandroid backup? that would be a simple fix?
2. What rom and kernel are you using?
3. Is your phone rooted? Probably yes...All the apps go to /system/app, unless you have apps2sd installed
4. If it's not there and it's not in "manage applications" then probably it's a an error of your rom showing erroneous available space.
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
1) I am using XT720, we don't have nandroid backup tools yet
2) Stock EU rom and kernel for XT720
3) yes, rooted. I am sure it's not in /system/app (mine has got apps2sd)
4) I guess I'll probably need to reflash the rom to get rid of it then. a bit troublesome but no choice I guess.
Something about the firefox is that if you install it you'll find that the space taken up by the firefox is much bigger than the .apk+dalvik cache+data in the normal app installation path. some portion gets installed into somewhere else which nobody knows where. My friend with a Nexus one try to move it to sd but it simply won't move the whole thing because part of it does not install to the /app.
Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll wait another day or two before I flash it to stock again.
Many thanks
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
1) I am using XT720, we don't have nandroid backup tools yet
2) Stock EU rom and kernel for XT720
3) yes, rooted. I am sure it's not in /system/app (mine has got apps2sd)
4) I guess I'll probably need to reflash the rom to get rid of it then. a bit troublesome but no choice I guess.
Something about the firefox is that if you install it you'll find that the space taken up by the firefox is much bigger than the .apk+dalvik cache+data in the normal app installation path. some portion gets installed into somewhere else which nobody knows where. My friend with a Nexus one try to move it to sd but it simply won't move the whole thing because part of it does not install to the /app.
Anyway, thanks for the help. I'll wait another day or two before I flash it to stock again.
Many thanks
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Can you go into recovery? ADB commands actually work as root there.
You also said you have app2sd - I'm guessing the ext version. You can browse around the ext partition if you have something that can read it (like Ubuntu) and delete it from the card as well.
- Look into your /cache partition and delete every download*.apk
- Look into /data/app and look if there is still an apk left
- Look into /data/data and see if a Firefox-folder is located there - delete it!
You can do all this with RootExplorer
Then you should be fixed
Milestone isn't supported. I think I read it somewhere on the mozilla site. There's some known issue logged somewhere
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Check if there is any "*.tmp" files under /data/app ?
I was locked some memory due to unsuccessful install of "Pocket Legends", and found out that the apks were stored in both "/cache/downloadfile.apk" and "/data/app/vmxyzxyz.tmp".
I'm trying to uninstall NFS Shift completely. I've uninstalled using Uninstall Pro, deleted the folder from "my files/data", but can't find the remaining files using Root Explorer. Can anyone show me where it's at or are there any? The reason I'm doing this is, I'm getting an error when trying to play.
Thanks in advance..
Guess not...
Hondo209 said:
Guess not...
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If you're really wanting to make sure you've cleaned it out, you could always to a Titanium backup of all the apps/data that is/are good (or that you want to save), and do a factory reset from Clockworkmod Recovery. That would clean out anything that's left.
Just make sure you don't do anything that will format your internal sd card (unless you've moved all the things you want to keep to a safe place).
Granted, you'd have to take some time to reinstall your other apps, but it might solve your problem.
Just my opinion, though.
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Or get a an app called SDMaid. That's kinda what is was made for doing. Completely cleaning up entire apps and clone files and such.
seems like a lot of trouble to get rid of a few 2-5 kb files in my opinion
After several install of a ROM (namely BCM from zero-cool), my /data/data dir begins to grow out of control.
I suspect some data are not used anymore, but this dir is not wiped by a new install (that's better like that BTW).
How could I know which directories are not needed anymore by the installed applis?
Any ideas, fellows?
ivanoff7 said:
After several install of a ROM (namely BCM from zero-cool), my /data/data dir begins to grow out of control.
I suspect some data are not used anymore, but this dir is not wiped by a new install (that's better like that BTW).
How could I know which directories are not needed anymore by the installed applis?
Any ideas, fellows?
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What? I'm sorry but i don't understand your question? Your data partition grows? Did you try a full wipe?
race55 said:
What? I'm sorry but i don't understand your question? Your data partition grows? Did you try a full wipe?
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Yes of course, I could do a wipe but I would have to configure all my apps again.
But maybe I can backup the data and restore it app by app, whenever an appli is installed. Not very practical but probably efficient.
Hi
First sorry for my english...
Since cm-10-20120910-NIGHTLY-umts_sholes i can't flash my a853 (milestone).
cm-10-20120823-NIGHTLY-umts_sholes works fine but no other after that, openrecovery says "some symlinks failed" status 7 error instalation aborted....
How can solve this?
and... sorry for my english
Solution
Hernan_ar_c said:
Hi
First sorry for my english...
Since cm-10-20120910-NIGHTLY-umts_sholes i can't flash my a853 (milestone).
cm-10-20120823-NIGHTLY-umts_sholes works fine but no other after that, openrecovery says "some symlinks failed" status 7 error instalation aborted....
How can solve this?
and... sorry for my english
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It's because it cant fit in the system partition. Quentin himself made a little guide, how to make a bootable zip from the new nightlies. HERE it is. I deleted the Live Wallpapers and some other stuff i would disable anyway.
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Erovia said:
It's because it cant fit in the system partition. Quentin himself made a little guide, how to make a bootable zip from the new nightlies. HERE it is. I deleted the Live Wallpapers and some other stuff i would disable anyway.
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Thank you fot the info Erovia. :good:
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Thank you fot the info Erovia. :good:
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Your welcome
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Here i take this message too (status 7), but in zip package don't have as live wallpapper apk, have some more apk's i have to exclude or someting more?
Sory for my poor english!
Yes, the newest nightly doesnt have live wallpapers by default. You have to delete some other stuffs.
Ringtones, some fonts are safe to delete. (and those asian fonts eats up at least 8Mb...)
I can't make it work too. I tried to delete some stuff, but I don't know what is safe to delete or not.
I don't need Live Wallpapers and so on, but the apk isn't in the zip file anymore.
DerET said:
I can't make it work too. I tried to delete some stuff, but I don't know what is safe to delete or not.
I don't need Live Wallpapers and so on, but the apk isn't in the zip file anymore.
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Try booting ROM form that post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32403158#post32403158
Its already prepared for booting. Before that you better wipe all user data and cache - it should work after that
The installation worked, but my Milestone stuck while the boot logo is shown.
Edit: Works after a restart, but now it tells me every minute that text-to-speech has crashed. >.<
CM10 boot issue with latest nightly
Greetings all, I am new to this forum so bear with me :laugh:
I have just tried out the latest rom from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445209
(I am currently running CM9)
It boots to a blank screen with just the bar at the top, which seems to work, but no home screen to be seen :crying:
I understand there won't be a wallpaper, but I should see icons, right?
I have cleaned all the caches and reset to factory before installing, but nothing ..
I do not have the /data partition though, is that necessary?
Thanks,
B.
You should have wallpaper, only the live wallpapers were deleted by default.
I guess, the problem is your /data partition. It's necessary to wipe it if you upgrade your rom. Wiping it should solve your problem.
Well, after some restarts it's working. But Angry Birds isn't running and World of Goo is lagging. Isn't the great project butter working?
Erovia said:
You should have wallpaper, only the live wallpapers were deleted by default.
I guess, the problem is your /data partition. It's necessary to wipe it if you upgrade your rom. Wiping it should solve your problem.
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Hmm, I don't have a /data partition yet ... I guess that is the problem.
Question: If I create a new SD card with a FAT32 partition at the start and an EXT3 at the end, can I just copy my phone SD card contents
including hidden files to the FAT32 partition, put it in the phone and all will be good?
I am guessing that the OS will find the partition and create a mount point for it and that I don't have to do that, right?
Thanks,
B.
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Well, after some restarts it's working. But Angry Birds isn't running and World of Goo is lagging. Isn't the great project butter working?
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Project Butter improves the reactiveness of the UI and increases the framerate.
But the reason for games not working is a lack of RAM (in 90% of the cases).
To circumvent this you need to use a kernel that supports zRAM and/or swap.
bmentink said:
Hmm, I don't have a /data partition yet ... I guess that is the problem.
Question: If I create a new SD card with a FAT32 partition at the start and an EXT3 at the end, can I just copy my phone SD card contents
including hidden files to the FAT32 partition, put it in the phone and all will be good?
I am guessing that the OS will find the partition and create a mount point for it and that I don't have to do that, right?
Thanks,
B.
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So I created the card with the new partition and it works fine with my CM9 backup from nandroid.
When I try to install CM10 I deleted all the caches, factory reset etc and installed CM10.
When it eventually booted to the setup wizard, I enter all the information and it says it is complete, but then on exit the wizard dies and I am left with the status bar and a black screen ..
I tried re-booting, but it won't boot until I go and delete the caches etc again ..
What's wrong?:crying:
Did you wipe everything from recovery? Because doing a Factory Reset might not be enough.
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Did you wipe everything from recovery? Because doing a Factory Reset might not be enough.
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What does "Did you wipe everything from recovery" mean? If you mean did I execute all of the three menu options in recovery, then yes I did that.
However, I do have it going now ... but only after many resets .. and I got stuck on the setup app crashing ..
I am using it and have found it a bit flakey .. slows down at times and the keyboard goes away sometimes, I have to use the hard keyboard.
EDIT: Found the reason for that was voice typing was on for some reason.
I also noticed that the font is very light (alsmost un-readable) in contacts, I have to hold the phone at an angle to be able to read the names.
Here is the cure for the font problem:
Open "HWA Settings" and disable "Contacts" and "Messaging".
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Here is the cure for the font problem:
Open "HWA Settings" and disable "Contacts" and "Messaging".
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Cool thanks, that did it ..:good:
So what is "HWA Settings" anyway?
If an app don't need hardware acceleration, than it will ask the system to not to do it, but sometimes it's just not working properly and with HWA Settings we can disable the hw acc on that app.