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[Mussels]

at the time i took that, my DSL was managing 2Mb down, 0.5Mb up. i couldnt finish a speedtest reliably to get a screenshot.

 

[Laurijan]

might need to be a combination, i don't know sorry. the devicename in the build.prop was not documented anywhere online, but was the fix for hundreds (if not more) of users in posts i googled who had imported phones or flashed custom ROM's

I tried using VPN proxies to get google play store unlocked but didnt work.
It seems like i would need a credit card with an billing address in the country i want the google play store to be in if i dont want to root.
With root i can install market enabler and a VPN and so it should work without the credit card form that country.
If root doesnt work i get to austria in summer and will get the credit card since my father lives there i think its no problem - and i was born in austria too.

 

[t_ski]

I'm curious how this goes for you. I absolutely love my G3: it's by far the smoothest phone I've used (on at least my 5th) and I have no stability issues. I currently have the phone powered on for well over 650 hours and it's still running smooth. All my other phones would have to be rebooted once every 1-2 weeks.

However, every time I've received an update (all VZW phones), the stability has been worse after the upgrade. I don't want to go without the stability I'm now used to, and doing a factory reset should never be an option.

Well, after I go through and type all that, I ended up checking to see if Lollipop was available for my phone - it was, so I went ahead and downloaded & installed it anyway

 

[micropage7]

at the time i took that, my DSL was managing 2Mb down, 0.5Mb up. i couldnt finish a speedtest reliably to get a screenshot.

its better than in my country the well known provider cant give stable 10kbps, yeah the package is cheap but 10kbps, come on..

thats why i usually updating or download when im at the office

 

[Ferrum Master]

German VPN is the only way to access country based software elsewhere usually.

 

[Frick]

Phone (Galaxy Express) got slower and slower, it turns out the internal storage is almost full. Of what? I have no idea, but not anything I've put there. And it seems it can't calculate what's on it either, it can't even calculate how big individual apps are. I've left it running for hours, and it gets how while doing it so it's doing something, but it never finishes. Again, it doesn't even compute how big the Gmail app is. Also the sdCard-app is eating the battery. Groan.

I've had these problems before and they were solved with a factory reset, but I did that recently and I don't want to do it again (because also it doesn't really back anything up with Kies). I'm seriously tired of this shit.

 

[t_ski]

Can you plug it in via USB and delete stuff off from a PC? Might be able to make some room that you can clean things up from the phone more.

 

[Mussels]

a root file explorer will delete everything you need (and dont need) easily.

 

[twilyth]

Phone (Galaxy Express) got slower and slower, it turns out the internal storage is almost full. Of what? I have no idea, but not anything I've put there. And it seems it can't calculate what's on it either, it can't even calculate how big individual apps are. I've left it running for hours, and it gets how while doing it so it's doing something, but it never finishes. Again, it doesn't even compute how big the Gmail app is. Also the sdCard-app is eating the battery. Groan.

I've had these problems before and they were solved with a factory reset, but I did that recently and I don't want to do it again (because also it doesn't really back anything up with Kies). I'm seriously tired of this shit.

can you add a microSD card to the phone? It should utilize the external storage automatically for somethings and give you the option for others.

But the heating problem is weird. I've heard of phones being hacked to run bitcoin, but the fact that it keeps happening is very strange.

 

[Frick]

a root file explorer will delete everything you need (and dont need) easily.

Can you plug it in via USB and delete stuff off from a PC? Might be able to make some room that you can clean things up from the phone more.

Currently the cable is displaced, but I shall root it when I find it. But I don't understand why it keeps filling up. It did exactly the same thing before I reseted. I'm pretty sure there's nothing strange going on, I only use official apps and don't do strange web stuff on it. The built in - terrible - file explorer said the empty DCIM folder had 1.5GB in it, but nothing changed when I removed it.

@twilyth Yeah and it does that, but it still puts crap on the phone for some reason. And it got warm during the "calculating storage" thing, meaning it evidentily did something but it never finished.

 

[Mussels]

if its the DCIM folder sounds like cache files arent getting wiped.

 

[Frick]

Can you plug it in via USB and delete stuff off from a PC? Might be able to make some room that you can clean things up from the phone more.

I'm on it now, and practially speaking it's hopeless. It's unbelievably slow. Just entering a folder takes ages, if explorer doesn't crash while attempting to enter it.

 

[micropage7]

I'm on it now, and practially speaking it's hopeless. It's unbelievably slow. Just entering a folder takes ages, if explorer doesn't crash while attempting to enter it.

have you tried wifi file transfer app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer&hl=en

you can browse your files through wifi

 

[Frick]

have you tried wifi file transfer app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer&hl=en

you can browse your files through wifi

I don't see how that will help when it's the storage that is slow, evidentily. There's got to be some corruption somewhere.

@Mussels The DCIM folder contained 700MB of hidden thumbs, for some reason.

 

[micropage7]

I don't see how that will help when it's the storage that is slow, evidentily. There's got to be some corruption somewhere.

@Mussels The DCIM folder contained 700MB of hidden thumbs, for some reason.

for some reason its slow when entering the folder, just wanna check, does it slow if he open the folder through wifi

 

[Mussels]

I don't see how that will help when it's the storage that is slow, evidentily. There's got to be some corruption somewhere.

@Mussels The DCIM folder contained 700MB of hidden thumbs, for some reason.

glitchy camera app, basically. a root file browser should be your best bet for deleting that kinda stuff. I prefer ES file explorer (doesnt require root, just adds options if you do have it)

 

[Frick]

for some reason its slow when entering the folder, just wanna check, does it slow if he open the folder through wifi

Every single folder is slow. Like, everything. The android folder crashed explorer.exe. And I mean crashed.

glitchy camera app, basically. a root file browser should be your best bet for deleting that kinda stuff. I prefer ES file explorer (doesnt require root, just adds options if you do have it)

I do use that, and I deleted the files but it didn't free up anything.

Next week I'll just do a system restore thing, OR I just give up and buy that Galaxy Alpha they have for a good price now. I can't really afford it, but I did a system restore very recently and ... it's hateful. HATEFUL I TELLS YA.

 

[micropage7]

Every single folder is slow. Like, everything. The android folder crashed explorer.exe. And I mean crashed.



I do use that, and I deleted the files but it didn't free up anything.

Next week I'll just do a system restore thing, OR I just give up and buy that Galaxy Alpha they have for a good price now. I can't really afford it, but I did a system restore very recently and ... it's hateful. HATEFUL I TELLS YA.

its like some are get protected or failed memory although the space is right
btw just realized that i only 120mb free from 16gb and guess what eating the space

 

[Mussels]

thats your external SD card not your internal (unless your phone is weird) - and thats where apps 'installed to SD' get pushed to.

That has been removed in modern versions of android, due to issues like what you've shown there. a root file explorer (or connected to PC) can remove that, and the laggy delays you're talking about make sense for a slow external SD card.

 

[micropage7]

thats your external SD card not your internal (unless your phone is weird) - and thats where apps 'installed to SD' get pushed to.

That has been removed in modern versions of android, due to issues like what you've shown there. a root file explorer (or connected to PC) can remove that, and the laggy delays you're talking about make sense for a slow external SD card.

yea, as far as remember when i use 8gb it just take about 3gb but i dunno why it jumped to 9gb when i use 16gb

 

[Mussels]

yea, as far as remember when i use 8gb it just take about 3gb but i dunno why it jumped to 9gb when i use 16gb

that shouldnt be involved, its apps you've installed that automatically or manually stored things there.

 

[micropage7]

that shouldnt be involved, its apps you've installed that automatically or manually stored things there.

the last time i just buy 2 iconpacks, i dunno maybe from app update so the size getting bigger

 

[Mussels]

the last time i just buy 2 iconpacks, i dunno maybe from app update so the size getting bigger

you can go into the folder and look.

 

[micropage7]

you can go into the folder and look.

its empty, just folder and folder but from properties it looks like from apps and cache from gallery

i just delete it, maybe after a week im gonna take a look at that and recheck

 

[micropage7]

Android M here's what you need to know

Android M design and interface
We expect Android M to be what iOS 8 was to iOS 7: the big changes in Android’s interface, like the adoption of Material Design, have already been implemented. We doubt Android M will look vastly different to Android Lollipop: expect evolutionary change and refinement rather than a gee-whiz new look.

A concept video for Android M has been uploaded by Android Hackz, and for all it's an unofficial video, we're impressed by some of what's shown – particularly the "app close" animation


Android M features

Improved notifications
Notifications are always being improved upon because they are so frequently complained about. We want relevant notifications, which only appear when we need them, and currently, this is not an exact science.

Rumor has it that the next step Google is taking with notifications is to unify them across all platforms. A notification seen on your PC would not appear on your phone or tablet, for example. It’s early days, but we’re expecting some changes to the way notifications are both displayed and interacted with on Android M.

Smart home
Android 5.0 Lollipop already focuses on consolidating everything Android has brought us thus far and makes attempts at providing a more stable and quality-assured platform.

On the broader front, the Smart Home will be an increasingly important feature of Android, with complete control over your connected devices at home and in the office via Nest and other third-party makers.

Security
With smartphones being increasingly used for, well... everything, security is something which grows ever-more important. Google recently introduced a "find my phone" feature to Chrome, and a "kill switch" option in Android 5.1 to make stolen phones useless, so look out for further security enhancements on Android M.

Android Wear
With reports that the Apple Watch has already shipped one million units (more than Android Wear devices did in the whole of 2015), Google will be searching for a way to fight back. Android M will undoubtedly bring some improvements to how smartwatches and smartphones interact, and probably with regard to notifications (once again) and voice input.

We may even see some AI robots introduced on which Android M will be demoed... or perhaps I'm just getting a little carried away. Whatever happens, we're pretty sure Android M will be all about bringing Android to as many new frontiers as possible: from your pocket, to your wrist, to your car and home to who knows what else.

Android M release date
Android KitKat was around for roughly a year between Android Jelly Bean and Android Lollipop update, so it is possible that the Android M release date could be set for October or November 2015.




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