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CWM Question

I have made backups fine in the past, but I just tried again 2 times, and it gets to /data and starts going, then stops, and says there was a error backing up /data
What might cause this?
I have 8G free on the SD card

idbl_fanatic said:
I have made backups fine in the past, but I just tried again 2 times, and it gets to /data and starts going, then stops, and says there was a error backing up /data
What might cause this?
I have 8G free on the SD card
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That's just weird usually its no space
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Would the battery being low cause this? I mean mine was at 65%

No this is usually caused by space issues in your sd card. Backup ur sd card to pc and reformat? Maybe that might help.
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chrisram88 said:
No this is usually caused by space issues in your sd card. Backup ur sd card to pc and reformat? Maybe that might help.
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He says that he has 8gb free, reformat might do it though... other then that I have no clue. Battery would have nothing to do with this issue.
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Well that didn't work either, I tried a different SD card, and getting the same thing......it gets about 3/4 of the way through /DATA and then give that error

How many apps/games do you have lol?
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If your trying to do a backup from the app as oppose to booting into cwm recovery you may have freezes.
Pin it to Win it.

I have about 144 apps/games, and I am doing this within CWM

idbl_fanatic said:
I have about 144 apps/games, and I am doing this within CWM
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Holy crap, I have 15 apps no games, it might be that huge... check your other nandroids to see how large they are.
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idbl_fanatic said:
I have about 144 apps/games, and I am doing this within CWM
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Dam... That's why maybe?
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I have never had any problem up until now with this, I will check the size of the others though
**EDIT** they are about 1 G

idbl_fanatic said:
I have never had any problem up until now with this, I will check the size of the others though
**EDIT** they are about 1 G
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This worked one time for me. Try unmounting and mounting system, data etc.
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Well, I went ahead and installed the new ROM anyway, and restored my apps using titanium and then I went into CWM and mounted everything, and it let me make a backup of the new ROM so, I dunno...........

I have a heard of a rom not allowing people to back up for some reason before. Maybe a google search will help you for a reason? mind sharing what rom you were on?

mt3g said:
I have a heard of a rom not allowing people to back up for some reason before. Maybe a google search will help you for a reason? mind sharing what rom you were on?
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Hellfire Phoenix 2.0

Can't install new apps from Google Play, "insufficient storage" message

Hi,
I installed the route 66 stock rom on my Verizon Galaxy S3, and now am getting the "insufficient Storage" error on Google Play when I try to install apps. I have lots of room on the internal and the external SD cards. I've tried clearing the data on Google play, but still won't work. Any ideas on how to fix it?

If you Google search insufficient storage space Google play there is some good info
Could this be your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726525
Are the apps you are trying to install ones you have installed before?
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Android_Monsters said:
If you Google search insufficient storage space Google play there is some good info
Could this be your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726525
Are the apps you are trying to install ones you have installed before?
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No, that isn't the issue. These are new apps.

How many apps do you have?
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Frustrated!!!
Android_Monsters said:
How many apps do you have?
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Not so many. I have lots of space on both the internal sd card and the external card.
I'm getting frustrated with this, considering wiping phone and starting from scratch, but no point unless I understand what's wrong.

Did you use lucky patcher on this app?
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android94301 said:
Hi,
I installed the route 66 stock rom on my Verizon Galaxy S3, and now am getting the "insufficient Storage" error on Google Play when I try to install apps. I have lots of room on the internal and the external SD cards. I've tried clearing the data on Google play, but still won't work. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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You have to deo-odex the app first, then install normally.

Fixed it
After trying a lot of things, I gave up, backed up everything with Titanium Backup, wiped my phone in recovery, and install the new Synergy Rom. Now works fine, and I can install apps fine. Don't know what was wrong, but just in case I installed Cache Fixer for future issues.

android94301 said:
After trying a lot of things, I gave up, backed up everything with Titanium Backup, wiped my phone in recovery, and install the new Synergy Rom. Now works fine, and I can install apps fine. Don't know what was wrong, but just in case I installed Cache Fixer for future issues.
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Can you tell me how much space has the Galaxy S3 for Intallation of apps? Confers with what I read on other sites: 2GB? My S2 had 16 GB internal, but only 1.75 GB for installing apps! ! Thankful!

fireboypr said:
You have to deo-odex the app first, then install normally.
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may i know how to de-odex, i face similar issue on my friend's S3, problem where there is problem with update, i uninstall the app and when i try to reinstall the app back. it stucked. in ICS, i know where is the odex file located, i root the device and removed the file, and it work. but in S3, which is JB, i can't seem to located the odex for this apps. perhaps something else or some other hidden location.
apps install and having problem is MX player.

Flashing rom fail

When I try to flash a new rom I get an error (fail) or sometimes recovery freeze and reboot.
I don't understand why this happen, sometimes I can't flash any rom, other times I can flash some roms like cm10.1 and other roms fail.
Now I flashed pac-man rom and I can't flash any other rom, so I restored backup of cm10.1 but I can't flash any rom for now.
I'm using TWRP 2.6, but I got similar problems also with CWM.
I don't know why flash roms with my photon Q seems so difficult, with desire z and g1 I never had similar problems.
Anyone has got similar problems?

I never had any problems, and I flashed my Q a lot with TWRP... Are you using internal or external SD? If external, do you have any issues with the card? Is it old, bad sectors, etc?

arrrghhh said:
I never had any problems, and I flashed my Q a lot with TWRP... Are you using internal or external SD? If external, do you have any issues with the card? Is it old, bad sectors, etc?
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My SD is a samsnug 32gb class 10, no problem with sd card. I'll try to use internal SD card for flash roms

Now it works, with flashable zip on internal memory :silly:

nagash91 said:
Now it works, with flashable zip on internal memory :silly:
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Sure your sdcard has no problem ?
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j_rivers said:
Sure your sdcard has no problem ?
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I think! Never had problem with sdcard, I have 18gb of music, and a lot of photos.. no file corruption or similar

nagash91 said:
I think! Never had problem with sdcard, I have 18gb of music, and a lot of photos.. no file corruption or similar
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Try another brand of sdcard like sandisk, see what happens ... Sometimes no file corruption doesn't mean your sdcard is in good status.
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Can't delete a file on SD card

Hello.
Can someone please help me out? Awhile ago I flashed rage rom, and it placed a folder called HD rage extras onto my SD card. I have since then been using other roms, and wiped everything except internal SD card multiple times. I cannot seem to delete that rage folder, or the 5 files inside it
YES, I have used root file explorers, multiple ones, and all of them will not allow me to delete them.
Even tried changing permissions but they still will not delete.
Any ideas?
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tatootie67 said:
Hello.
Can someone please help me out? Awhile ago I flashed rage rom, and it placed a folder called HD rage extras onto my SD card. I have since then been using other roms, and wiped everything except internal SD card multiple times. I cannot seem to delete that rage folder, or the 5 files inside it
YES, I have used root file explorers, multiple ones, and all of them will not allow me to delete them.
Even tried changing permissions but they still will not delete.
Any ideas?
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The next time you flash a ROM, wipe data and it will be gone.

I've done that at least 5 times, currently running cm nightlies I have wiped everything except internal SD.
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tatootie67 said:
I've done that at least 5 times, currently running cm nightlies I have wiped everything except internal SD.
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You need to wipe or format internal.

RikRong said:
You need to wipe or format internal.
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If I did that, wouldn't I lose my backup, recovery, or new rom download? Would I have to adb with a PC after?
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tatootie67 said:
If I did that, wouldn't I lose my backup, recovery, or new rom download? Would I have to adb with a PC after?
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Wiping data doesn't touch your recovery, but it will get rid of everything else. I always save my backups, etc. to my external SD. That's what it's there for.

Yeah, my ex card stopped working awhile ago. Still can't believe there isn't another way to delete a file that's not even being used any other way
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Problems after Rebooting

After doing a hard reboot, there is a 50% chance the phone will soft reboot again within 5 minutes if I don't clear the cache/dalvik. After doing a soft reboot, my SD card is not recognized and then I have to hard reboot... You see my problem. Do you have any suggestions on what to do so I don't have to clear my cache/dalvik every time I need to reboot? Thanks!
I am running CM 13 Nightlies

Try to reboot your Phone without your SD Card. Maybe your SD is faulty. If your Phone is working ok without SD, then Backup your Data on your SD in PC, format it to FAT32 and try again to reboot with SD Card.

Sorry I forgot to mention Im using my SD card as adoptable storage. Am I able to still format is as FAT32 and also use it as adoptable?
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thekuom said:
Sorry I forgot to mention Im using my SD card as adoptable storage. Am I able to still format is as FAT32 and also use it as adoptable?
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You can still try rebooting your phone without the SD card to test it. Some of the apps may not appear but that's about it. Be sure and turn your phone off before removing or inserting the SD card. I would suggest using the phone to change the card back to a removable media card before putting it in the PC to format.

Just a few questions before I do anything. Will reformating my SD card wipe all its data? Can a FAT32 formatted SD card be used as adoptable storage? Will a FAT32 formatted card be able to have a swapfile on it? I use a ram expander
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thekuom said:
Just a few questions before I do anything. Will reformating my SD card wipe all its data? Can a FAT32 formatted SD card be used as adoptable storage? Will a FAT32 formatted card be able to have a swapfile on it? I use a ram expander
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Yes, formatting the SD card will wipe all data on the card.
No, a FAT32 card cannot be used as adopted storage, only a card adopted by the device can be, that process formats the file system as an encrypted ext4 system.
Maybe, but I'm not sure Android normally use a swap file, so you might have to make some manual changes which would be overwritten every time you flash a nightly build.
TBH, the RAM Expander is probably your whole problem, the low processing power and I/O speeds of the device plus using an SD card are probably causing delayed writes and extreme lag and cache corruption. You should have at least a UHS3 card, even then I would suspect the RAM Expander is the root cause of your problems.
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acejavelin said:
Yes, formatting the SD card will wipe all data on the card.
No, a FAT32 card cannot be used as adopted storage, only a card adopted by the device can be, that process formats the file system as an encrypted ext4 system.
Maybe, but I'm not sure Android normally use a swap file, so you might have to make some manual changes which would be overwritten every time you flash a nightly build.
TBH, the RAM Expander is probably your whole problem, the low processing power and I/O speeds of the device plus using an SD card are probably causing delayed writes and extreme lag and cache corruption. You should have at least a UHS3 card, even then I would suspect the RAM Expander is the root cause of your problems.
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Ive had this rebooting problem shortly after i flashed CM and didnt get the ram expander for a few weeks after that. Ideally, I wouldnt have to flash another ROM.
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thekuom said:
Ive had this rebooting problem shortly after i flashed CM and didnt get the ram expander for a few weeks after that. Ideally, I wouldnt have to flash another ROM.
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Try another rom then... CM is hardly the only option, and some devices do better with different ROMs.
Otherwise, give us something concrete like a logcat or something.
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acejavelin said:
Try another rom then... CM is hardly the only option, and some devices do better with different ROMs.
Otherwise, give us something concrete like a logcat or something.
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Ok I'll upload a logcat as soon as I get it to break again.

Here is a logcat I got. I'm not sure if I caught the first failed reboot but it soft rebooted a good 3-4 times so hopefully there's something worth looking at. Thanks for your help!
BTW - it's in a zip because it's exceeds the file limitations for .txt files on xda.

thekuom said:
Here is a logcat I got. I'm not sure if I caught the first failed reboot but it soft rebooted a good 3-4 times so hopefully there's something worth looking at. Thanks for your help!
BTW - it's in a zip because it's exceeds the file limitations for .txt files on xda.
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I did a quick glance though the file, I'm at work and will look through it more later, but two things stuck out to me... there seems to be a lot of package errors, and the theme is not happy.
When is the last time you did a clean install, and then reinstalled your apps from the Play Store (not restored from TB or similar app)? Also, does the problem still occur when you use default theme?

acejavelin said:
I did a quick glance though the file, I'm at work and will look through it more later, but two things stuck out to me... there seems to be a lot of package errors, and the theme is not happy.
When is the last time you did a clean install, and then reinstalled your apps from the Play Store (not restored from TB or similar app)? Also, does the problem still occur when you use default theme?
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I did a clean install about a week ago (and reinstalled my apps from the Play Store). I haven't tried it with the default theme but I can do that this afternoon.

Just rebooted with the default theme and it booted up fine but then i rebooted with my previous theme and it also booted up ok so basically idk if its the theme yet.
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Update: Im fairly certain it was the theme now. I have since replaced it and my phone is much more stable. Thanks for your help! Now whenever I reboot, it will probably soft reboot once and then it works fine.