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[Q] Very Strange.

So for some reason with CM7 and poweramp. Something went.. a little strange.
For some reason my media scanner ran twice. Seems normal yes, but for some reason. I now have 2 of everything. Every song on my phone and every picture.
Just wanted to know. Short of going through everything and deleted an extra 400 songs or so. Is there a simplier way of going about it?
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Sounds like it just duplicated the databases and not the actual files. I'm not near a computer right now or I would get you the name of the database files you can delete and have the phone setup a new database
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Whenever you get a chance. Much appreciated
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Mine did that once, but I had at least 20 of each...weird...I just formatted my sd and copied my files back...hasn't happened since!...but that's a lot of files!

Had this happen to me once with winamp on perception 10.4. Have you tried just restarting the phone?

That sucks. Delete one of everything.

etewald said:
That sucks. Delete one of everything.
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bad idea. i tried this one time when i noticed '2' of everything. problem is that what you are seeing are just thumbnails tied to a database of your pictures....you go in and delete one of everything and you will likely lose it all.

Want the new Android Market?

http://www.androidcentral.com/grab-new-android-market-app-while-its-hot
You might have heard that Google was rolling out a new Android Market, complete with book and movie rentals. You also might have heard it would coming in the next few weeks. Well thanks to an anonymous source (possibly with a time machine) you can grab it today.
Hit the download link, and install it from your SD card like any other app. Fair warning -- we don't know if there will be any complications from doing this, but we haven't seen any so far. Use your best judgement. Discuss it in the forums!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17742828/com.android.vending-1.apk

Haha I also posted this in isnspire app thread
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I have occasionally gotten an "error retrieving information from server" but other than that it seems to work.

XAviierG said:
Haha I also posted this in isnspire app thread
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Dadgummit,
I always forget about that.portion.of the forum because I never go in there.

Tx Redneck said:
Dadgummit,
I always forget about that.portion.of the forum because I never go in there.
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Haha same. Ill get a mod to delete mines so we can keep it simple and only this one
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Seems a little cluttered but i like it mostly. I'd recomend using something to backup your old market app in case this one doesnt work for anything, in the comments on that post some people said they were having problems uninstalling/updating apps.

Jake33108 said:
Seems a little cluttered but i like it mostly. I'd recomend using something to backup your old market app in case this one doesnt work for anything, in the comments on that post some people said they were having problems uninstalling/updating apps.
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I had no problem uninstalling apps. Haven't tried updating yet.
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Yeah, I just uninstalled and installed an app no problem too. But all of my apps are up to date so I don't know about updating.

Do y'all have the video/movie tab?
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I think this is a beta and the movie tab will be in the next update they're not done with it.
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Kinda reminescent of wp7, what with the tiles and sidescrolling and such. Love It!

I haven't run into any problems updating Apps so far
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neither have i, actually as soon as I installed it the updates started rolling in
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I haven't run into any problems updating Apps so far
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awesome looks cool by any chance anyone running Ninja 7061 and using the new market place.
? though since I have the stander market how would I save the .apk for that so just in case I dont like this one? Also do I just add the this new .apk like any other .apk file, I use Android Side Load Wonder Machine when I install .apks

CYRAXDroid said:
Also do I just add the this new .apk like any other .apk file, I use Android Side Load Wonder Machine when I install .apks
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Why bother with any software or plugging your phone in to install an APK? It all seems a bit unnecessary. I just chrome-to-phoned the dropbox URL and bam app installed.

CYRAXDroid said:
awesome looks cool by any chance anyone running Ninja 7061 and using the new market place.
? though since I have the stander market how would I save the .apk for that so just in case I dont like this one? Also do I just add the this new .apk like any other .apk file, I use Android Side Load Wonder Machine when I install .apks
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If your running tpgb ninja your rooted, so you don't need the sideload machine, just go to settings>applications>and check unknown sources. Then put this apk on your sd card and use file manager (an app installed in ninja) to select it and install.
Oh, and i am running ninja 7061. but i think i might just go back to stock CM

FOr people who want old market follow these steps:
(Originally Posted By:Chris Chavez of Phandroid)
Go into your phone’s Settings
Select “Manage Applications”
Select the “All” tab at the top
Scroll down to Market app and select it
Select “Uninstall Updates”
Now have your old Market back!
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If that fails, install gapps via rom manager>download ROM>gapps

_kansei_ said:
Why bother with any software or plugging your phone in to install an APK? It all seems a bit unnecessary. I just chrome-to-phoned the dropbox URL and bam app installed.
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Cool. Going to try this sometime. I hadn't heard of this method for installing .apk's.

meiguoguizi said:
Cool. Going to try this sometime. I hadn't heard of this method for installing .apk's.
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It's not a "method" really, it's just.. installing the app, the same way you would any APK. Doesn't matter how you get the url to the APK to your phone (email, chrome to phone, typing it in by hand).

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It's not a "method" really, it's just.. installing the app, the same way you would any APK. Doesn't matter how you get the url to the APK to your phone (email, chrome to phone, typing it in by hand).
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Well I call it a method so nah! . I just hadn't thought of using it that way.

Recover DELETED files from you sd card, even on your PC. ;)

Hey guys I would just like to share this wonderful app because I'm so overjoyed with it! It recovers any file, I guess. I accidentally deleted the media folder in my SD Card, but I recovered ALL of my music. Just click the DEEP SCAN option to be sure. BTW, it even works on your PC's recycle bin.
It's free BTW. Here's the link: http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/

A very good program to have. I wish I had it a couple months ago when I accidentally deleted some videos.

piccolonicky said:
THANKS!
You saved me. I deleted the wrong SD. This tool worked smoothly!
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Glad I could help.

ssjwiggy said:
A very good program to have. I wish I had it a couple months ago when I accidentally deleted some videos.
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You can download the app now and reserve it for future use bro.

jmagnu said:
Thanks!
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You all know it's easier to click the thanks button right?

I need to check this app out.
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Sinvex said:
Awesome program, very helpful!
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Glad I could help

will be keeping this tool on hand, the "accidental" delete happens a lot in my home

What also works which was made for linux but also works on windwos is photorec...
This will go through your SD card anything you have media stored on and pull deleted photos..
Good tool to run if you are sellin a used SD card and wanna make sure everything was formatted right... Best way is to either run a eraser program on it to go double kill.
Just copy 3 sets of games you have installed on your pc to your sd card max the sucker out and format it will get rid of everything.... lol..

good to have in the toolbox, and free!

very nice. I needed this a couple days ago, maybe I can still get those files back I have to see how it works..

That's the program ive used for a while now. Works every time. I have always managed to recover everything (within hours of deletion).
Question: Is there a program similar to that for Android phones/tablets

Thanks for the info! This can surely come in handy.

Thanks! This should be included with every computer, phone, or device with user controlled storage. But if this makes you paranoid about deleting stuff, just use cCleaner with the 7 pass option.. or 15 if you feel like spending 8 hours to delete 100mb's.

thank you!

jtdogblue said:
Thanks! This should be included with every computer, phone, or device with user controlled storage. But if this makes you paranoid about deleting stuff, just use cCleaner with the 7 pass option.. or 15 if you feel like spending 8 hours to delete 100mb's.
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Or eraser
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greeky510 said:
That's the program ive used for a while now. Works every time. I have always managed to recover everything (within hours of deletion).
Question: Is there a program similar to that for Android phones/tablets
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You mean regarding your sd card? Or the internal memory?

reaper24 said:
Or eraser
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Oh ok.. Thank you for your inputs reaper24! I'm also learning a lot from you.

recuva is a pretty good program.

Thanks
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FPse emulator

Does anyone know how to back up the FPse emulator data? I had to restore my phone to a previous date and couldn't back my emulator data up. I lost a month and a halves worth of work from my ff7 game. I was pretty pissed when I found out everything was erased! So is there a way to back up the emulator data to prevent this in the future if I ever need to restore again?
Also, the games save have nothing with the actual games. They save somewhere else. I think it has something to do with the emulator itself.
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Have you tried to backup the data by any means? Try Titanium Backup.
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I'm rooted and running CM7. I have clockworkmod recovery too. Making a back up of my phone is not an issue. I need to back up the emulator itself in its current state.
I have tried copying the emulator itself to my sdcard and still no luck. Which I thought would have solved the issue, but that wasn't the case. So I was thinking maybe there is data from the emulator somewhere on my phone I could back up.(no idea where/how to or I wouldn't be asking!)
I had to restore to a previous back up because I downloaded something and my phone stared getting all wacky. Then a week down the line, the app market wouldn't work. Facebook app and on the browser were blocked. Only on my phone. I tried on a friends phone, and i had no problem signing in.
Just in case something like this happens again, or if ever needed for any reason; I don't want to have to restore and lose a hella game time time.
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Ok, so here's what I want you to try: Titanium backup
It will back up *the apk and related data* just tell it to update the backup when you're asleep.
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When I'm asleep? What does it take forever? Thanks btw!
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Волк said:
Have you tried to backup the data by any means? Try Titanium Backup.
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That it just save the memory card.
Pin it to Win it.

codecaine21 said:
When I'm asleep? What does it take forever? Thanks btw!
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No, a full backup takes five minutes, I was meaning to say that you should make a schedule for it to do that, though I am not sure if you can specify only one app for it to update, but I've also never tried it either.
Edit: ok, just checked can't do it for only one app,.but I reccomend using it to back up your apps and data anyhow. If you're on GB and staying there you can also backup system data.
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Yeah I'm on GB and staying. I've thought about switching to ICS but heard there are lots of kinks that need to be worked out. Maybe ill try it sometime in the future, when a stable version is released.
Up until now, backing up the system data was done on my Linux box. I just use CWM to make a back up, then store the back up on my Linux box. Titanium will make it that much easier.
I'm gonna check titanium out tonight. Thanks again man!
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Anyone know how to transfer save-states or memory card data to a pc (to use with ePSXe)?
I'd love play Symphony of the night on my phone, and continue on, on my computer, then back again.
I can automatically sync folders with Dropsync, but I don't know where the files are.
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warlock257 said:
Anyone know how to transfer save-states or memory card data to a pc (to use with ePSXe)?
I'd love play Symphony of the night on my phone, and continue on, on my computer, then back again.
I can automatically sync folders with Dropsync, but I don't know where the files are.
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Well, it would either save on the SD card or with the app data. Try googling it, I hae a hunch someone has asked the exact same question before, maybe not on XDA's G2x forum, per se, but somewhere.

Warlock, nvm I misread your post. But I have tried the titanium app and its pretty cool. Now all I have to do now is restore my phone and figure out how to restore the data
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Ok, I figured it out. I couldn't find them because they are hidden. You need root explorer to access them.
The memory cards on the phone is located at:
data\data\com.emulator.fpse\files\memcards
-copy 'slot1.mcd' to the PC.
-rename it to 'epsxe000.mcr' and put it in the memcards folder in epsxe
-and to get it back to the phone, do the opposite, name it back to 'slot1.mcd' and put it in the folder it came from.
Despite the different extensions, both the android and windows emulators will read the memory cards fine, as long as the name is right.

Cool, so you could play on your PC, save, slap it on your SD card and play on your phone. Maybe it's time I dust off one of my Resident Evil discs. STARS!

Warlock, I tried doing the dame thing. That is essentially backing up the emulator data. So if I ever lost my emulator data I would never lose the spot in the game I am at. I have seen in a bunch of different places that the data would be in the data folder. Oddly, my data folder is empty and has always been empty. Should it be? I even changed the file path of the memory card on my emulator to save to my sdcard. I took a look at it after a save point in FF7 and it was 0kb big.....empty. or was it?
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codecaine21 said:
Warlock, I tried doing the dame thing. That is essentially backing up the emulator data. So if I ever lost my emulator data I would never lose the spot in the game I am at. I have seen in a bunch of different places that the data would be in the data folder. Oddly, my data folder is empty and has always been empty. Should it be? I even changed the file path of the memory card on my emulator to save to my sdcard. I took a look at it after a save point in FF7 and it was 0kb big.....empty. or was it?
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Yeah, that was the problem I was having initially. I gather that you can't see anything inside the 'data' folder with a regular file explorer, you have to use the 'root explorer' app. (I assume your phone has to be rooted to use this).
I'll also add a handy shortcut within Root Explorer. You can bookmark folders, so its really easy to jump to the memcards folder and back to where you want to back them up to. Just long press on the folder you want to bookmark.

Yeah I'm using the regular file manager that came with CM7. I feel really dumb for not thinking about this before. I am rooted so all I had to do was open a terminal and navigate to the data folder lol its not as easy on the eye as a GUI would be but I still don't know why I didn't think of this earlier?! Anywho, ill check out the root explorer app you have suggested. Thanks for the file path to the game data too!
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No Problem.
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Recover deleted pictures

Is there a way that you are able to recover deleted pictures from our phone when it is connected via USB to a computer?
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No. sadly, if you deleted pics through your phone they're gone for good. Pics are the one thing that is automatically saved to the sd card. If you have any pics (from the camera) you can find them on your sd card in a folder called "DCIM". Use ES file explorer or your computer to find the folder.
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I actually figured out how to mount the SD card and then scan for files using a program.
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jgr208 said:
I actually figured out how to mount the SD card and then scan for files using a program.
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check this http://www.ehow.com/how_4461259_restore-deleted-files-sd-card.html

I recommended Dropbox app...
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Dropbox is great for this...I'm experimenting with Google+ right now. With what I'm taking pictures of these days, the worst that happens is everyone sees a "problem area" of my hotel that I'm getting maintenance or housekeeping to work on. So far, it's keeping everything private and I'm not having any issues with upload.

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Dropbox is great for this...I'm experimenting with Google+ right now. With what I'm taking pictures of these days, the worst that happens is everyone sees a "problem area" of my hotel that I'm getting maintenance or housekeeping to work on. So far, it's keeping everything private and I'm not having any issues with upload.
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Yea that would have not worked for me not having the picture deleted. Apparently girls don't like pictures of them taken while they are bored at a baseball game.
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jgr208 said:
Is there a way that you are able to recover deleted pictures from our phone when it is connected via USB to a computer?
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yes, it is, just with a proper data recovery software, like Jihosoft Photo Recovery for Mac. Stop using you phone and connect it to computer via USB, start this program, you will be able to recover deleted pictures from your phone with ease.

Kelly Clarkson said:
yes, it is, just with a proper data recovery software, like Jihosoft Photo Recovery for Mac. Stop using you phone and connect it to computer via USB, start this program, you will be able to recover deleted pictures from your phone with ease.
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This is because "deleting" something on an sd card just marks it ok to over-right, but does not break the actual logic gates in the card. this means the data is still there, until something else is put in it's place.

lkrasner said:
This is because "deleting" something on an sd card just marks it ok to over-right, but does not break the actual logic gates in the card. this means the data is still there, until something else is put in it's place.
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Thanks. I didn't know that, but it seems like some useful knowledge to have.
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You can recover deleted pictures from android phones with photo recovery software, here's a good one
android photo recovery
hope this helps.