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[Q] Unrooted and reflashed multiple times. At a loss....

I restored to stock using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112555
then rooted it using super one click and then backing up my recovery file and using 3e recovery file...then downloaded rom manager and used that to install bionix rom but same issues I have had since getting my infuse...I will download apps and in the middle of them installing, my phone will reboot and delete random apps...I've unrooted and tried a couple times...so do I just have a bum device? I've moved the apps to phone memory also. They delete also when simply just rebooting my device. It seems over time that it becomes the same apps that delete while others will stay.
I have tried searching but couldn't come up with much. I am going to attempt to unroot and then try it all over again.
EDIT: Finished and it is still removing apps with every reboot...guess the phones going back.

....move problem apps to phone instead of sd.

Is it doing the samething under stock ? And have u tried installing from .apk instead of market?
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I move them all right away to the phone memory and when I first got the phone I noticed it was doing it when it was stock also. I read somewhere about a certain number of phones having a problem with the LCD at the very bottom where it looked like txt rolling under old warped glass? It's not noticeable unless your looking for it...but if there was a bad batch of phones maybe this is related?

Fee454 said:
I move them all right away to the phone memory and when I first got the phone I noticed it was doing it when it was stock also. I read somewhere about a certain number of phones having a problem with the LCD at the very bottom where it looked like txt rolling under old warped glass? It's not noticeable unless your looking for it...but if there was a bad batch of phones maybe this is related?
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I would say take it back bro
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Yea that's my only other option. I'm nearing my 30 day return so i'll have to this week.
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I copied all my photos and zedge ringtones to my external sd card and it is not showing up on my phone when I search. In fact nothing I have ever put there besides a couple divx's that I put there actually stay. I have a 32gb sandisk class 2.
Am I missing something simple here or is my phone just a lemon. First time android user.
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I.dont think.sounds like its not scanning media
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tyshemi said:
I.dont think.sounds like its not scanning media
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Picks up on my moviefiles and a couple youtube downloaded vids but most things I copy over from my pc dont show up. It looks like it used up the space tho.
I un mounted and remounted too. Says scanning media/completed
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I.would unformat wipe your card mount it. Then let.media scanner run.whens it done open settings and select usb debugging and check.unknown sources.try that if you havent yet
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tyshemi said:
I.would unformat wipe your card mount it. Then let.media scanner run.whens it done open settings and select usb debugging and check.unknown sources.try that if you havent yet
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Usb debugging and unknown sources are already checked. I will reformat card and try that. I'm at work so I'll have to verify that it worked once I'm home
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re: external SD card
Fee454 said:
I copied all my photos and zedge ringtones to my external sd card and it is not showing up on my phone when I search. In fact nothing I have ever put there besides a couple divx's that I put there actually stay. I have a 32gb sandisk class 2.
Am I missing something simple here or is my phone just a lemon. First time android user.
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Here is a suggestion.
Put your phone into mass storage mode and copy/backup everything on your external sd card to your computer.
Unplug usb go to settings>applications>development and disable USB debugging, then plug in USB cable from computer, and select mass storage mode.
Then open "computer or my computer" on your pc and find your external sd card drive icon.
Right click mouse on the icon and select "format"
(be 100% sure that the drive you are formatting is your external sdcard)
After you are sure of that, uncheck the box which says "quick format" leave all other options alone and start the format, when its done formatting
copy all the files you backed up to your external sd card and I am almost certain that after doing this you will have no problems with your external sdcard.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Here is a suggestion.
Put your phone into mass storage mode and copy/backup everything on your external sd card to your computer.
Unplug usb go to settings>applications>development and disable USB debugging, then plug in USB cable from computer, and select mass storage mode.
Then open "computer or my computer" on your pc and find your external sd card drive icon.
Right click mouse on the icon and select "format"
(be 100% sure that the drive you are formatting is your external sdcard)
After you are sure of that, uncheck the box which says "quick format" leave all other options alone and start the format, when its done formatting
copy all the files you backed up to your external sd card and I am almost certain that after doing this you will have no problems with your external sdcard.
Good luck!
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I will try that once I'm home from work thanks for everyones responses. One question is my phone is now in ext4 format I believe. Would that cause any kind of issue?
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Formatting my 32gb now....I purchased it off a coworker who cannot use it in his phone...it is currently in fat32 format...is that right? I'm not sure if that is how it came or if he formatted it that way.

Fee454 said:
Formatting my 32gb now....I purchased it off a coworker who cannot use it in his phone...it is currently in fat32 format...is that right? I'm not sure if that is how it came or if he formatted it that way.
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Thats fine
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I thought it was fixed. Rebooted all last night and all apps stayed. I just rebooted a few min ago and 5 apps are now deleted. First android experience is not a good one. I really wanted give this a chance too.
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Its not android. Don't let a bad device mess up your opinion of this phone and definitely not android as a whole. Just exchange and your issues will go away.
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laxwillsch said:
Its not android. Don't let a bad device mess up your opinion of this phone and definitely not android as a whole. Just exchange and your issues will go away.
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Yeah that's what im going to do. Just frustrating.
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OK so by my name you can see where I came from. I started with the atrix and it sucked , very unhappy with that phone. Went back into my iPhone 4. Then tried the HTC inspire, crashed non stop , very dissapointing. Nothing seemed to measure up and facetime was something I missed big time. Back to my iPhone those phones lasted 4 weeks combined. I have been in this phone for 3 weeks and while I look for.things I was use too some, its overall a better phone for me than iPhone. Like the SMS apps, customization better, the screen being bigger is a huge one. The 8 MPH camera is awesome. Used a pic I took for my website and it looks great. Multiple launchers to give you the feel you want. I get some force closes , but my ios did too. I was jailbroken so I could use my phone to the fullest.
The speed of this phone is great and I am sold on android after this. That's just my thoughts I would say u have a bad unit and give it another shot. I will get the galaxy s2 when it arrives. If the iPhone 5 isnt 4.2" I wont even sniff it, unless there is chocolate on it.
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iphonedefector said:
OK so by my name you can see where I came from. I started with the atrix and it sucked , very unhappy with that phone. Went back into my iPhone 4. Then tried the HTC inspire, crashed non stop , very dissapointing. Nothing seemed to measure up and facetime was something I missed big time. Back to my iPhone those phones lasted 4 weeks combined. I have been in this phone for 3 weeks and while I look for.things I was use too some, its overall a better phone for me than iPhone. Like the SMS apps, customization better, the screen being bigger is a huge one. The 8 MPH camera is awesome. Used a pic I took for my website and it looks great. Multiple launchers to give you the feel you want. I get some force closes , but my ios did too. I was jailbroken so I could use my phone to the fullest.
The speed of this phone is great and I am sold on android after this. That's just my thoughts I would say u have a bad unit and give it another shot. I will get the galaxy s2 when it arrives. If the iPhone 5 isnt 4.2" I wont even sniff it, unless there is chocolate on it.
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Good to know. I hope my replacement infuse works the way it should. I will be exchanging it in about 6 hours.

[Q] External Storage HDD

can you plug an external hdd into the asus transformer or asus transformer prime keyboard dock and use it as extra storage.

Yes
I have used both a 300gb NTFS external hard drive and a 4gb FAT32 flash drive. Both work perfectly.
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yes I have a terabyte drive on mine.
But please don't post questions in the general section in the future

ANDROID_NOOB_0101 said:
can you plug an external hdd into the asus transformer or asus transformer prime keyboard dock and use it as extra storage.
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Yes,
I started using my 2T drive a few month ago.

Anybody benchmarked speed compared to a fast MicroSD card, out of curiosity?

infazzdar said:
Yes
I have used both a 300gb NTFS external hard drive and a 4gb FAT32 flash drive. Both work perfectly.
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But how is done? I have no clue

You simply plug the device in to one of the keyboard dock's two USB ports. Then a notification should appear in the notification area telling you that the volume mounted successfully. Select the notification and press the icon that looks like a folder.
Or, attach your device then open the File Manager application and navigate to /removable/. Your storage device should be shown here.
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Why do people say no mirco sd when theirs usb OTG

Wondering why people say the lack of sd card is no go when theirs usb on the go
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usb-otg is nice but you have to carry around at least one more "device".
a sdcard is installed "once" and you never have to think about it again.

Hello, the answer for your question is, when the device you are using acts as a host for any of external storage, the *battery drain* is alot faster than normal condition and obviously you cannot charge it at the same time. The phone can withstands that condition for about 20-30 minutes. So the USB OTG Is a no go as compared to SDCard.
If battery is not the issue, go for it!!!
Also if you are thinking of forcefully adding OTG capability to your device using root permissions, THINK TWICE. It may cause damage/ burning of internal hardware.
Hope I helped you.
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I really thought USB OTG was nice, until I realized that you would have no way to charge to device while watching a movie.
If you're listening to songs then it's a hassle to have that extra wire and drive sticking out from the phone.
However, USB OTG is still very useful for being able to have a keyboard to type with when you don't have access to a computer
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otg adapter with 1tb external hd

i'm looking at getting this 1tb external hard drive and using it with my OTG cable, but i'm not sure if the phone will detect that there is that much space available.
here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Port...TF8&colid=1TWXTHTS82EGP&coliid=I2WMSUSP2F8AXK

I don't think it's gonna work cause such a hard drive needs power and it didn't work for me
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even if it's usb powered?

ucpro said:
even if it's usb powered?
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Your phone probably can't power it. You are also gonna have problems with the file system
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jhoutz said:
Your phone probably can't power it. You are also gonna have problems with the file system
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i thought about the file system too. i read that i'd have to separate it into a bunch of different partitions

Mounting as an external HD

Is there any way of mounting Tab 2 as an external drive rather than mobile player?
Thanks!

Ummm, when connected to pc under my computer does your tab not show up as an extra drive? Mine does.
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Again, it shows up as a media player. No drive letter is assigned.

cushy incs said:
Ummm, when connected to pc under my computer does your tab not show up as an extra drive? Mine does.
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Sorry I may misunderstand what ur question is, but when plugged into pc, tab shows up as GT P5110 Portable media player (under My Computer) , but once you double click on it it then shows the 2 storage drives one being internal sd and the other the external sd, but without drive letters. but in reality it is 2 separate drives.. hope I'm on the right track.
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cushy incs said:
Sorry I may misunderstand what ur question is, but when plugged into pc, tab shows up as GT P5110 Portable media player (under My Computer) , but once you double click on it it then shows the 2 storage drives one being internal sd and the other the external sd, but without drive letters. but in reality it is 2 separate drives.. hope I'm on the right track.
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That's different. What he wants (probably) is to mount as an actual drive similar to a Mac in Target Disk Mode through Firewire.
As far as I know that's impossible. It would make flashing roms and backing up much easier.

cushy incs said:
Sorry I may misunderstand what ur question is, but when plugged into pc, tab shows up as GT P5110 Portable media player (under My Computer) , but once you double click on it it then shows the 2 storage drives one being internal sd and the other the external sd, but without drive letters. but in reality it is 2 separate drives.. hope I'm on the right track.
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Yup, just what the below poster said. I can mount my Galaxy Note and have two drives in Windows. To bad there's no way of mounting like that with this pad. Thanks for your response though.