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So my burning question is ... I just upgraded to 2.3.3 and some of my older applications are not working now. In particular some of them are having permissions problems with getting static content on the phone. Where would you recommend I go to read up about what has changed? I think things were better in 2.2.1 but I can't completely swear that that's what I upgraded from.

you upgraded what to 2.3.3?

a phone?

yes. sorry. droidx

can you be more specific regarding "permissions probelms with getting static content on the phone"?

for example, do you have a stack trace?

or at least the exception error message?

not but I can easily get an error message

in general, the release notes are in the SDK tab of the developer Web site

e.g., http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2…

Ok. so I'm using the Astro File manager to find an HTML file and then the Dolphin Web browser and the message is

content://com.metago.astro.filesystem/mnt/sdcard/data/reading/books/mybook/myfile.htm text/html could not be loaded as The requested file was not found. Permission Denial: opening provider com.metago.astro.provider.FileSystemProvider from ProcessRecord {40ef1428 11447:mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser/10052} (pid=11447, uid=10052) requires null or null

OK, first, you are encountering a problem, but it is not with one of your own apps?

this feels like an issue with Astro File Manager

which I have no insight into

I do recall seeing some messages float by that Astro changed something that was breaking ACTION_GET_CONTENT or something like that

my own app is having a problem too but I've been busy with work to spend much time on it so I'm assuming I have the same problem. I have an app which uses WebView. It loads a web page with links but when I click on the link, instead of showing the next page, it just flashes and returns to the 1st page. So this is something different in the API that the Astro people and I need to learn about

maybe by the next office hours, I can have more proper data ... or maybe I will have found it in the link you sent above.

the error message does not indicate a problem with "something different in the API"

com.metago.astro.provider.FileSystemProvider is perhaps not exported, or requires clients to have the same signature as itself

I only say that because both applications worked before the upgrade

regardless, I would contact the Astro people about Astro

with respect to your own WebView, you are (hopefully) not using content://com.metago.astro.provider

no

I'm just doing baby steps/training wheel thins

in which case, we'd need to look at your error message and stack trace

yes. next time.

you could also open up a question on StackOverflow, if you get the information and want to try for answers sooner than the next chat

is there anything else that I can help you with today?

next topic: do you know anything about file system damage on the phone? After the upgrade, the kindle application sometimes locks the phone up and I'm left pulling the card out. Ouch. I'm wondering if there are utilities for making sure that the filesystem is not become corrupted.

well, the SD card is usually FAT32 (vfat in Linux-ese)

corruption is certainly possible

I guess reiserfs or ext3 is too heavy for the small footprint

I am not aware of any on-device ways to test for corruption, though there might be something on the Market

it's more for compatibility

many external storage volumes are removable SD cards

more users have machines that can access FAT32 (e.g., Windows) and have card readers

Ok, well thanks for your thoughts. I don't know that the device is in trouble, I just think it's not good to have applications locking up.

I forget if the external storage on a Droid X is removable or not

I should look up more about the hardware and how the phone is put together. I think the only removable part is the battery.

if it is, you might try running some desktop filesystem integrity test on it (e.g., CHKDSK on Windows)

nope, it's a micro SD card

I could certainly try some utilities on when the card is connected to the PC via usb.

I just pulled the cover off of my Droid X

cool.

You get to it from the back or the front?

slide off the battery cover

you'll see the card on the side

you will have to remove the battery to remove the card

yes I see it now

There's also built in storage?

I don't think so

but, there are so many devices, I lose track

You can move apps to the sd card so that makes me think they must be living somewhere else before, but maybe it has to do with how/where they execute

oh, wait

I thought you meant built-in external storage

all devices have internal storage

that's for the firmware plus apps

it's also where your files are stored that you put in getFilesDir()

some devices have fixed external storage

external means "mountable on a host machine", not "removable"

some devices have both fixed external storage *and* an SD card

though that's beyond the scope of the SDK

Ok. that makes sense because you can't see everything when the phone is connected via usb

right

internal storage is not accessible on standard production hardware

what about when people root the phone/flash a rom/that kind of thing?

they are accessing that normally hidden stuff, no?

yes

I am afraid to do that just now. Maybe when it's time for an upgrade.

I think I am out of questions just now.

ok

Thanks for your help.

you are very welcome!