shallowthought
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 17, 2012 12:54:49 GMT -5
Success! Reinstalled and got it working with latest version.
Edit: backup/restore instructions... Further edit: fixed instructions so they actually work
My computer for some reason refused to pick up my phone in the android debugger, so I did the backup/restore via the phone's command line. Here are instructions for anyone in a similar situation (and a reminder for me next time). For this, you will need a rooted phone with a terminal emulator and busybox installed.
Backup to sd card: su cd /data/data/com.corytrese.games.startraderselite busybox cp -r databases /sdcard
Restore from sd card: su cd /data/data/com.corytrese.games.startraderselite busybox cp -r /sdcard/databases . chmod 777 databases cd databases chmod 777 *
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 17, 2012 13:39:10 GMT -5
Spoke too soon. Getting a force close every time I try and open the game with the restored files. Sometimes it gets to the main menu but it crashes if I start or continue a game.
Realised they need correct permissions - did a chown on the files to fix that but still not working. Any ideas? Going to install the logcat app and see if i can figure out what's going on.
Edit: for some reason, permissions on the data file were 075. Did a chmod 777 data and it works fine now.
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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 18, 2012 0:14:27 GMT -5
That makes sense to me, nice work on the chmod
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 18, 2012 12:03:28 GMT -5
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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 18, 2012 13:47:42 GMT -5
If you ever need anything extracted from the game like Help file HTML or artwork for your own use, you have to only ask and it shall be done. I am in your debt for this effort and I cannot thank you enough for the work you have put into ST on our behalf. Thank you, thank you.
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 18, 2012 14:31:59 GMT -5
If you ever need anything extracted from the game like Help file HTML or artwork for your own use, you have to only ask and it shall be done. I am in your debt for this effort and I cannot thank you enough for the work you have put into ST on our behalf. Thank you, thank you. I spotted the apk file while doing my backup/restore and thought I'd have a look. It opens like any archive (zip, tar etc) on my computer, so that's probably the easiest way for me to get my hands on the latest version. Documentation can be written by anyone so if an hour or two of my time means you can concentrate on coding new stuff into the game then I'm quite happy to put the time in. Also, I've written hardly any of the content - it's the work of many people on the forums here, I've just collected it all together and sorted out the formatting. (also, looks good on my cv)
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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 18, 2012 16:18:46 GMT -5
It does exactly that -- we get happier new players (which means less issues via e-mail.)
Since we released your help content we have seen a 7% drop in e-mail questions which is amazing.
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Post by grävling on Aug 18, 2012 18:10:50 GMT -5
I don't suppose we could take over answering some of these help emails, could we?
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Post by starfixer on Aug 18, 2012 20:17:59 GMT -5
I don't suppose we could take over answering some of these help emails, could we? Ooh me me! I could toally do that.
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Post by BlastGT1 on Aug 18, 2012 22:47:43 GMT -5
I don't see Cory making his email account available for people to log into, since that's where these questions are going. Also, if there were a simple way for Cory to farm these out, I would think he'd want to be VERY discriminating in who he chose to do it. It takes a lot of work to build good rapport, and only one wrong comment to destroy that rapport and have that bad experience told to many other people. I imagine that people who have been made forum staff would be at the top of the list for a task of this nature.
There's a saying that I've lived by in forum communities I've run: Those who ask to be staff will never be staff. This is because those who are typically best suited for the job prove it by their conduct with other members, and not by asking to prove themselves. This is also why I have never held open applications for staff, because suddenly everyone is uber helpful, hoping to win a position of prestige or power, yet never cared before this prize was at stake.
If this offends anyone, I apologize, but my statements are not personal or directed at anyone in particular. They are a seasoned observation from my point of view, and I believe they are valid here.
I'm tired of customizing sigs every time I flash a ROM. This time it's plain old Torp City!
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Post by starfixer on Aug 18, 2012 23:17:08 GMT -5
I wasn't asking to be staff. I was simply suggesting that if it was okay with Cory I could help him with some of the questions. I'm OCD about correctnes, so if I'm not 100% sure about something id ask cory.
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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 18, 2012 23:22:14 GMT -5
Well for some crazy reason I use my cory.trese@gmail.com account for everything, so until we get big-time enough to have an e-mail service system (will we ever do that? Maybe not) it remains my personal struggle. I work on getting everyone who e-mails me to join the forum and post questions here. Team members like BlastGT1, starfixer, grävling, slayernz ... they are already working on behalf of the games. It may be unofficial but when Andrew and I talk about things Trese Brothers has in it's advantage, this forum and the people that make it work are #1 on our list. We may have two part time staff, no money and a list of issues and fixes as long as my arm ... but we've got a forum that is second to none in terms of response, detail and energy. When I'm bummed out about work or exhausted from working a double shift this is where I come to recharge. Positive posts and ideas are what keep me coming back. So, again, I thank you all. I think the people I get to read the forum will find that the group here is one of the best in mobile gaming
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Post by BlastGT1 on Aug 19, 2012 2:10:49 GMT -5
It's you (Cory and Andrew) and the active members here when I joined that convinced me to purchase Elite. This forum made ST worth 2 dollars and so much more. Anything I do here that is found helpful is solely to help others find that same value and enjoyment that this forum and its members gave me. I feel honored, surprised really, to be considered a contributor worthy of mention. I guess that means I'm legitimately paying it forward! Seriously though, this forum is what it is because of Cory and Andrew, first and foremost. You guys prove day in and day out that this is about your love for the game, and that you want us to love it as much as you do. No matter what Google or anyone else says, it is people like you who are #1 when it comes to developers, period. I'm tired of customizing sigs every time I flash a ROM. This time it's plain old Torp City!
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 19, 2012 5:25:07 GMT -5
It does exactly that -- we get happier new players (which means less issues via e-mail.) Since we released your help content we have seen a 7% drop in e-mail questions which is amazing. Really? How many emails do you get? And what do the other 93% want to know?
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Post by grävling on Aug 19, 2012 5:34:12 GMT -5
Really? How many emails do you get? And what do the other 93% want to know? I'll bet you what they need to know is 'Put more xp into Pilot', regardless of how they actually phrase the question.
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