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Remiving unremovable files taking up space in windows file

I have a Tilt with wm6 and I am running low on space. I noticed in my windows folder that I have several wma files in there that I did not put in there. They are taking up around 12mb of space but the system will not let me remove them! I have Total Commander and even after changing them to a non-system file, it still won't let me remove them. Do I need them for some odd reason? If not, how can I get rid of them and recover some much desired space?
For example, there is a Gin Blossoms song, a Stylistics song?, Ted Leo Pharmacy song, Communique song, the Oranges, Ray Charles, Frightened something, Assembly of something, and I want to delete the 3G up wave file and video since I have them disabled.
Thanks loads for any help!

you'll need to cook your own rom, or find another rom to install that has all those files removed...
rom files are locked and must be removed before the rom is flashed onto your device.

I was feeling like that was the case. Oh well. Which ROM seems to be the best out there? I have read several posts about Dutty's and how good it is. Anyways, thanks alot for you response.

what i did before was to create a blank file using notepad and then save it as a wma file with the same filename as the ones i wanted to remove. then using Resco Explorer, i copied it over the original file.

i know this will give me more storage space, will it give me more ram too?

no flash ram cant be used as app ram
and for at least most devices not using all the os flash dont even yeld any
storage ram for usage

oldsap said:
what i did before was to create a blank file using notepad and then save it as a wma file with the same filename as the ones i wanted to remove. then using Resco Explorer, i copied it over the original file.
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Oldsap! I hope you realize that by doing this, you actually accomplished NOTHING. Files in ROM can be "covered" with a different version, but they are still there, taking up the space they already did. You merely supplanted a newer version with a smaller size (maybe "0"), covering the one that was there already.
Test my theory, try deleting the 0-byte file you copied there, and miraculously, the old file will appear again, untouched, and the same size it always was.
Test my theory again ... "cover up" one of the files that's 1MB with a file by the same name, but 0 bytes. Then check your storage space, and you will see that you did not save a single byte.
This is just the way that ROM files work. The only way to get rid of them is to cook them out - period.
-pvs

[Q] Is low volume a FUZE issue only? Or all Raphael/Diamond?

Just wondering if only AT&T Fuze users are dealing with low speaker/in-call volume or if it's a problem with all Raphael phones.
My volume on my Fuze is silent compared to my previous phone (Treo 700wx).
edit:
If you can, answer these questions
1. What variant of Raphael are you using?
2. Do you think the volume is low?

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thanks

vicjan88 said:
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Do a search. This has been covered over.... and over.... and over...

Somehow... I knew someone would answer with "Do a search".

I had good results after tweaking the audiopara file. See my thread.

rsw686 said:
I had good results after tweaking the audiopara file. See my thread.
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Tried your file but it saves as an excel spreadsheet its to be csv file right how to convert it then?

tenxo said:
Tried your file but it saves as an excel spreadsheet its to be csv file right how to convert it then?
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Right-click the download link and select save link as. You need to save it directly as a csv. You also need to modify the registry key to use audiopara3.csv
[HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\WaveDev]
"AcousticFile"="\windows\AudioPara3.csv"
You can use diamond tweak to do this by disabling the 100 db sound limitation.

I have disabled the 100db from Diamondtweak but my volume is still low. Anyone else found a solution?

hipertec said:
I have disabled the 100db from Diamondtweak but my volume is still low. Anyone else found a solution?
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Did you try swapping the audiopara file in the link I provided above? That will increase the volume for the earpiece.

Im trying that now but in the windows folder, there is only a audiopara4 file and a audiopara hidden file.
Do I just copy the audioPara3 file without replacing/deleting any other file?

hipertec said:
Im trying that now but in the windows folder, there is only a audiopara4 file and a audiopara hidden file.
Do I just copy the audioPara3 file without replacing/deleting any other file?
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The file is actually there, but some file explorers hide the files in the ROM. I would recommend using total commander.

TP2: Cant increase maximum tabs in Opera?

I read through the instructions here on how to increase the allowed tabs in Opera from just the default 2 tabs. Everytime I increase the tabs in the user preferences, I hit save, and reboot the phone.. and voila - back to 2 tabs.
any advice here?

you have to disable push enternet theres a cab for that on here then it will work

tcshort said:
you have to disable push enternet theres a cab for that on here then it will work
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"push enternet" ??

I'm on a VZ TP2 as well. I finally got it to work after trying it several times. I have no idea why, but it finally "stuck".

SecretAgentMan said:
I'm on a VZ TP2 as well. I finally got it to work after trying it several times. I have no idea why, but it finally "stuck".
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lucky you!

I had the same problem where the changes wouldn't stick after making the changes via the 'config: opera' page. I think there's an opera.ini file that you can edit that'll force the change. May require a restart of your phone once you edit the file.

There is also another way to do it. This is for the Sprint version, but I'm pretty sure it works for all TP2s. To manually do it follow the following instructions:
First get a program like Total Commander so you can edit files in the Windows folder of your phone. Open TC and navigate to Windows > Opera9 > and then locate the file named opera.ini . Rename the name of the file to opera.txt and then use file explorer the open the file.
Navigate towards the end of the document, and there should be some text that says something like "Max Number of Tabs = 2" Change the 2 to a 5 (5 is the max number of tabs) and save the file.
Then go back in TC and rename the file back to opera.ini and reset your phone. Open up Opera and now you can have 5 tabs

Registry change to increase the volume? (Did HTC hide this registry key)

Hello Guys,
I just would like to increase the volume of my HD2 when I listen to my mp3s.
Does someone know which registry key to modify (in France volume is limited to 100 db). Cannot find it.
Old tweaks which used to work on all previous HTC models do not work anymore on the HD2.
Thanks for ur help

It would be interesting.
I think that the volume level is not bad but could be better, like the HD when modified it with HD Tweak.

i am also interested
please help us !!
michel

Hi,
Me too. Been looking for weeks now. I believe it's not in the registry but a config file in the Windows folder.
I suspect it's not easy to edit though. The new HD Tweak doesn't cover volume, nor does BsB Tweaks, whereas on the HD it was solved very early on.
What's strange is that HD Tweak removed the restriction on my HD even though that was running Dutty's Leo ROM on 6.5.
HD Tweak looks like it's removed the restriction on the HD2 but the volume doesn't appear to change.
Frustrating. I'm still using my old HD for music!

p.s. You may want to start here:
HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\WaveDev\AcousticFile
Don't get excited by the Maximum App Volume - changing this on mine did nothing that I can tell.
AcousticFile points to Windows\audiopara3_Max.csv (which doesn't seem to exist, even looking at hidden files). Thisis what used to set the limits on older devices (or so I've been told).
SysMaxVol doesn't seem to do anything either.
Hope this helps.

Thank you very much. I tried this registry change. But you are right, no effect
Strangely the HD2 registry differs from the one of the HD.
I tried to modify the volume level using HD Tweak and Shaps Advanced Config: no result
Why is it so complicated?

My neither. - (nor AppMaxVulume and the same effect with SysMaxVolume)

Can someone help?
Thanks

What I have done is to increase de mp3 file volume with "mp3DirectCut" and I will wait for a solution.
I hope someone can help us.

friendly bump....

We won't give up.

there's a audio calibration file in /windows
but I've not been able to open it so far.
attached is the one from the 202 rom if anyone wants to try

Strange. I have one question:
It seems that the old registry tweaks regarding In Call Recording and Volume Increase do not work anymore on the HD2.
Would it be possible that HTC on purpose decided to hide these registry parts, as they may correspond to legal limitations???!
I can't believe it.

arturobandini said:
Strange. I have one question:
It seems that the old registry tweaks regarding In Call Recording and Volume Increase do not work anymore on the HD2.
Would it be possible that HTC on purpose decided to hide these registry parts, as they may correspond to legal limitations???!
I can't believe it.
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We have new hardware.. new way of doing things?

People I use by replacing in Windows folder (with Total Commander or Resco Explorer) this file AudioPara3.csv
I upload one zip with an original file AudioPara3.csv in Original folder, one AudioPara3.csv with an audio increment in folder Full Boost and another AudioPara3.csv in folder Lighter Boost.
So... you can try first per example the AudioPara3.csv in folder Full Boost and copy/replace the original in Windows folder>Soft Reset and try... the same with Lighter Boost If you don't like the results... replace in Windows with AudioPara3.csv in Original folder of the zip I attach
Don't forget do a Soft-Reset after copy to Windows folder... any of AudioPara3.csv

Fidalgos said:
People I use by replacing in Windows folder (with Total Commander or Resco Explorer) this file AudioPara3.csv
I upload one zip with an original file AudioPara3.csv in Original folder, one AudioPara3.csv with an audio increment in folder Full Boost and another AudioPara3.csv in folder Lighter Boost.
So... you can try first per example the AudioPara3.csv in folder Full Boost and copy/replace the original in Windows folder>Soft Reset and try... the same with Lighter Boost If you don't like the results... replace in Windows with AudioPara3.csv in Original folder of the zip I attach
Don't forget do a Soft-Reset after copy to Windows folder... any of AudioPara3.csv
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Fidalgos, thanks a lot.
I just installed it in on my HD2. I successfully placed the AudioPara3.csv file in the Windows folder. Strangely Total Commander did not ask me if it should overwrite any older AudioPara3.csv file, which suggest that there was no such prior AudioPara3.csv file in Windows. Am I right.
Everything seems to work fine. I will test it tomorrow in the street to check if it is not the famous placebo effect

Yes is true... Windows folder don't have this file But when you soft reset and return... if you use the file in Full Boost folder... shure you have an increment of audio in general and maybe you must decrease on volume button a --step . When you try in street... say something
Before... open your windows media player and put the volume in 100% then... close the WMP (real close) to set this 100% in volume
Regards

It seems already better.
Thanks a lot Fidalgos.

not much better,not like old HD.
Maybe,after copying this audio para3.csv file we can make reg change in sysMaxVolume from 6 to 7 or 8.
Maybe this can enable audio para3.csv file to take effect?
Did someone tried this?

thanks
thanks for the info but no use :crying:

[Q] Export S Note Audio?

Anyone have luck extracting stuff from SNB files, or just exporting the audio from S Note? I have been taking all my class notes in S Note this semester, and while I can export my writing to PDF, I can't export the audio in case I want to do something with it later.

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Anyone have luck extracting stuff from SNB files, or just exporting the audio from S Note? I have been taking all my class notes in S Note this semester, and while I can export my writing to PDF, I can't export the audio in case I want to do something with it later.
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A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.

rename files from .snb to .zip then open in explorer
that will solve your issue. go into the snote folder in the zip file and then the media. the .jpg files will be images of your notes.
Thanks

rename .snb to .zip
Thanks, works great.
Vahik
jchammerpants said:
A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
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easy video for extracting
Everything above works... here's a video for le nubs
if you do a google search for: "Galaxy Note 2 Tips & Tricks Episode 80: View S Note snb files on your PC Computer"
(sorry, i'd of posted the link, however i have under 10 posts) hope it helps
cheers

jchammerpants said:
A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
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Can I ask you how you knew (other than playing around with it) to change the extension from .snb to .zip? Just trying to wrap my head around why this works.
Thanks.
-Rob

how to know it's a zip file
robbery89 said:
Can I ask you how you knew (other than playing around with it) to change the extension from .snb to .zip? Just trying to wrap my head around why this works.
Thanks.
-Rob
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Well, when you are dealing with an unknown format for the first time, it's always helpful to open in a hex editor and check for the first bytes, which usually act as file header to indicate file type.
in .SNB file case, this translates in ASCII characters PK
which means its a package file... from where you can try to unpack it; i.e. unzip it in case it's a zip package.
or you can always have 7Zip as your best companion, and first thing that comes in mind is to try and open it as a package through the context menu to see what is there.
Then normally you should look for an xml file or any structured format file that lists the content of the package.
Regards

PK = Phil Katz
ahassaan said:
Well, when you are dealing with an unknown format for the first time, it's always helpful to open in a hex editor and check for the first bytes, which usually act as file header to indicate file type.
in .SNB file case, this translates in ASCII characters PK
which means its a package file... from where you can try to unpack it; i.e. unzip it in case it's a zip package.
or you can always have 7Zip as your best companion, and first thing that comes in mind is to try and open it as a package through the context menu to see what is there.
Then normally you should look for an xml file or any structured format file that lists the content of the package.
Regards
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Just to set the record straight, PK does not stand for Package - it stands for Phil Katz, the inventor of the Zip format. The original program (on DOS) was called PKZip and it quickly became the standard instead of ARC ("Archive") files that had been invented by SEA (System Enhancement Associates). SEA sued Phil Katz because of his clone of their tool (and use of their trademark), which he called called PKArc (later renamed to PKPak).
So he started over and created the competing Zip format that eventually prevailed (he open-sourced the format). Unfortunately, he had a troubled life and died from an overdose of alcohol. You can read about it more at the PKware web site, wikipedia and many other sources on the web (including a somewhat angry diatribe by the founders of SEA).

It works
Thank you Very much.... Finaly i can copy my poems to Ms Word...
Thanks again...:good:

You can directly download S Note Desktop Application as of software from Samsung website. R.O.F.L.? Hi how high are you doing? R.O.F.L.? Cheers.
http://www.samsung.com/in/apps/mobile/snote/
There are other online arguments too about .snb and none of them is perhaps aware of that, except one as he eventually said that you can install it on Windows 8 as of perhaps and later. But you can install it in earlier Windows for i did and it did operate at its' best practice. R.O.F.L.?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-way-to-read-snb-files-from-Samsung-S-Note-on-Windows
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Ooh Aah said:
You can directly download S Note Desktop Application as of software from Samsung website. R.O.F.L.? Hi how high are you doing? R.O.F.L.? Cheers.
http://www.samsung.com/in/apps/mobile/snote/
There are other online arguments too about .snb and none of them is perhaps aware of that, except one as he eventually said that you can install it on Windows 8 as of perhaps and later. But you can install it in earlier Windows for i did and it did operate at its' best practice. R.O.F.L.?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-way-to-read-snb-files-from-Samsung-S-Note-on-Windows
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I forgot to mention that i've done it a couple of years ago.

.snb file format on PC
jchammerpants said:
A possible solution, from a Windows PC. Sync your .SNB files to a PC somehow (Dropbox, USB cable, etc.). On the PC, change the .snb extension to .zip. Windows Explorer can then open the resulting folder. Hopefully you will find a usable audio file in there, if Samsung is using a standard audio format. But I haven't used this find audio, I just played around with it to see if changing it to .zip was a way to access the notes images without converting. It wasn't, as the note image I found was sized more like a thumbnail than a readable image.
Hope that helps.
JC
EDIT: Just tested this with audio. Yes it works. The folder should contain another folder titled 'Media,' in which you'll find an .amr file that I was able to play on my PC with QuickTime.
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Dude, you guys are awesome! Worked on the first try!!!