Steps I took on my S3 prior to upgrading to KitKat
I'm unsure if this actually worked, or if I was one of the lucky ones. I'm average tech-wise, but took my time and read a lot of forums prior to installing KitKat.
Here's what I did, very simply. Hope it works for you too:
1. Deleted any unused / unwanted apps. Installed any updates available for the keepers.
2. Moved any apps stored on the SD card over to device memory. (I did this since the KitKat doesn't write files to SD card - figured this may make the new OS install with less glitches).
3. Installed and ran Clean Master (Clean Master - Free Optimizer - Android Apps on Google Play). This freed up over 5GB of space on the S3 device memory!
4. Ran KitKat installation.
5. Held breath.
6. Messed with a few settings and charged overnight.
So far for the past 5 hours this morning I have experienced no issues, and seemingly better battery life.
Good luck!
Thanks for this info. Did you upgrade to KitKat from JellyBean or an earlier version? My S3 got the JellyBean update in December and my device has been terrible ever since. Battery life plummeted, numerous wifi and settings issues surfaced, among other things. VZW Customer Service has been basically useless, both here on the forum and on Twitter. I'm hesitant to upgrade to KitKat if it doesn't fix what JellyBean broke or breaks something else.
Thanks in advance.
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so my ex step-daughter took my daughters ipad 4 and changed the passcode. she is NEVER giving me the new passcode. my daughters has pictures on there that are very important to her. pics of her late grandfather, etc. how can we get back into the ipad without losing her items??? shes heartbroken..
Removing the "Disabled" will erase the iPad. If you have important files on an iPad you should backup frequently.
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
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http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
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http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
You may have to do this several times.
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
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5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just canceling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
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My "itunes library" folder is empty. My libray music (prior to upgrading itunes) is now in an .xml file in my itunes location under my music. How do I extract/convert this .xml file to a Itunes database and restore my Itunes music library??? Thanks, Tom
Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
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I can CREATE the list but, the songs that I have played don't accumulate in the list.
I haven't changed the steps that worked for me previous to the upgrade.
I have no idea how to fix this and can't find mention of anyone else having a similar problem.
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This is the iPhoto for iOS forum. You should ask in the Mac iPhoto forum. iPhoto for is OS only on version 1.
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I686 -- x86_64 upgrade - steps i took to keep packages/settings/data
So i successfully upgraded from i686 to x86_64 over the weekend; took me two tries but once i stopped making stupid mistakes it was actually pretty easy. i'd like to document what i did (and some easy places to go wrong) here in this forum post, then maybe if i get the time, look into where and how to post a wiki entry. [anyone who would like to put forth the effort is more than welcome to convert this to a wiki themselves]
My Scenario:
i had a working 686 install on a 250G drive with 2GB memory. i bought a new 500G drive and 4GB memory to use in this ugrade. i also had a 320G drive to store backup data for use in the transition.
The Steps:
first, backup /etc and /home/username to another drive that'll be accessible in your new system.
cp -a /etc /home/username /backup_dir/
[sidenote]i used tar the first time but that was a pain. when i finally went to restore, i got /etc/etc then i got /etc/* directly in / and then i had /home/username/home/username. meh, my fault mostly but annoying nonetheless. go with cp -a, it maintains the permissions and mod times and it's recursive by default including dot-files. much easier if you've got the space.[/sidenote]
second, create a list of installed packages to be reinstalled into the new system.
pacman -Qqe | grep -vx "$(pacman -Qqm)" > /backup_dir/pacman.lst
pacman -Qqm > /backup_dir/aur.lst
next, swap out your drives and install arch64 onto your new drive using whatever method you're comfortable with from the install cd.
note: with a clean out-of-the-box HDD i couldn't get the first [pata] boot live cd option to work, so i had to use legacy IDE. this could be an isolated incident, i dunno; on my second attempt however (after the drive had already been formatted twice) i could use the first [recommended] option and these instructions continue from there.
now assuming all went well (i had to reformat/install a few times due to grub errors ), you should be rebooted into your new working 64bit system at this point.
the first thing i did was [-Syu then...] make a directory to mount my backup drive, add it's entry to fstab and mount it; if this were an ubuntu64 transition, i'd spell that out for you...
now, back up a few key /etc files that we don't want to modify during the restore (all of these are probably not needed, but on my second attempt at this i wasn't taking any chances...)
cp -a /etc/{fstab,pacman.conf,pacman.d,makepkg.conf} /backup_dir/
note: you _could_ just copy these files directly into /backup_dir/etc (overwriting your 686 backups) then they'll come over when you restore, but i like to separate steps sometimes to prevent errors, do whatever you feel comfortable with.
next, reinstall all of your packages. thanks to the beauty that is pacman, this is a trivial (albeit timeconsuming) step. aur.lst won't be used in this post but will come in handy later when you want to manually reinstall any foreign packages you had in your 32 bit system. also, check the announcements forum about the klibc error(s), it will probably be required for you.
note: if you're comfortable editing pacman.conf and pacman.d/mirrorlist, do so now to maximize your download speed in the next step (don't forget to [re-]back them up to /backup_dir)
cat /backup_dir/pacman.lst | xargs pacman -S --noconfirm --needed
this will take forever. go get dinner and come back to see how it went.
once that's all done we can restore /etc and /home then put back the files we didn't want modified
cp -a /backup_dir/etc /
cp -a /backup_dir/username /home/
cp -a /backup_dir/{fstab,pacman.conf,pacman.d,makepkg.conf} /etc/
now... gingerly... carefully... reboot. hopefully, if you've been diligent, all should be well and it should look like your 686 system.
go ahead and re install any packages you got from AUR at this point.
Things to Note:
as i just did this yesterday, i'm still finding the little things that didn't get restored with this method, i'll list them below as i find them.
1. crontabs, dunno where they're stored but i had to recreate mine
2. firefox... error, "can't find GRE between version..."
fixed with:
sudo xulrunner --register-global
3. mySQL db's (my amarok db) is stored in /var/lib by default. backup/restore it or recreate it after your upgrade.
4. some programs store config/theme files in /usr/share (slim, some kde icons...) it's nothing important but keep it in mind if you've modified things in there.
5. backing up /usr or /opt might be a good idea; backing up /var is _not_ a good idea as it contains all your 32 bit packages
good luck!
pat
Last edited by brisbin33 (2009-08-24 14:21:52)fukawi2 wrote:
Could you boot the 64-bit LiveCD and mount your existing installation to /mnt/sda1, then:
pacman -Sy
pacman -Qqe --dbpath /mnt/sda1/var/lib/pacman > /tmp/packages.txt
for PKG in `cat /tmp/packages.txt` ; do
pacman -S --root /mnt/sda1 --logfile /mnt/sda1/var/log/pacman.log --noconfirm $PKG
done
I decided to give this a shot on my laptop this evening, mostly out of boredom.
I had to make a few tweaks to your commands to get it to reinstall the packages. When you use --root with pacman it will look for the the log file and database relative to that root (unless it is specified in pacman.conf which it isn't atleast in the usb install image I used), so you need to specify the dbpath back to the installer's filesystem. Alternatively you could do pacman -Syu --dbpath /mnt/var/lib/pacman and update the one in the existing install. Pacman will also freak out about existing files so giving it the -f option is needed too.
for PKG in `cat /tmp/packages.txt` ; do
pacman -Sf --root /mnt/ --dbpath /mnt/var/lib/pacman --logfile /mnt/var/log/pacman.log --noconfirm $PKG
done
That will get it to reinstall everything.
I didn't bother to update my i686 install before I did this and ldconfig was yelling about some modules with the same soname but are a different type, older vesions that didn't get overwritten. I'm thinking bringing the system up to date first would have prevented this, and it may have been the root of the problem I was having next.
After that I booted from the hard drive and it would hang with a few messages stating "runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c". Tried reinstalling grub and some other tricks I found with google but nothing got it going. This probably had something to do with some 32bit leftovers some where, and ldconfig not running cleanly. I wasn't about to go through and try to delete all of the offending modules, so I cut my losses and did a fresh install. Good thing I had the sense to back up first. Now I just have to wait for all of the packages to download again.
Andy
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even after i restore my ipod it fails to be recognized on my itunes and doenst allow me to format it. been through all the trouble shooting steps and disk mode an still wont work properly plz help someone
I need my phone not only because it it my alarm clock in the morning, but because i use it excessively at work. PLEASE HELP !
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Bob, Can you list the steps you took to clone the XP partition?
Also how did you restore the XP to the MacBook Pro?
Thanks ... Ken1. Did Boot Camp
2. All updates (XP / Drivers etc.)
3. Added apps to XP
4. Shut down and came back up in Mac
5. Used Finder to do a simple copy of the XP partition to my FW 400 drive.
6. Ran Boot Camp Assistant
7. Deleted XP Partition
8. Re-Started Mac
9. Re did Boot Camp
10. Now, I did the install of XP. However, I did nothing else, no drivers, nothing. Shut down XP.
11. Went back to Mac
12. Copied the FW copy back to the XP partition (answered yes to overwrite).
13. Booted back to XP
14. Everything worked just great!
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What to do prior to upgrading to Leopard from Tiger on an iMac G5
So with the iphone coming and requiring 10.5 + i needed to up from my ancient tiger to leopard. I thought i'd get my parents mac mini too while i'm in the upgrade mode. I did the mac mini first so i could "test" on them in case of bad things....sure enough. errors, issues, and it said it must reformat. the cool thing was that my parents didn't really store anything on there so i went ahead with that. Now though I need to do the iMac G5 (mine), I'd really rather not have to reformat etc. but will if need be. i've copied my hd to an external and have a copy of everything (so i think).
What else do i need to do in case or before I upgrade the OS?
The leopard disc is 10.5.6 from the box set i got.Before a major upgrade:
First: Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Second: Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4.Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive.
Source means the internal startup drive.
Third: *Install the upgrade*
For greater protection install the upgrade on the clone. If all is well then you can install the upgrade on your main drive.
I would upgrade any third-party software for compatibility with the new OS X version prior to the upgrade.
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