Filesystem / DB check and repair
 

So there are at least 3 levels of structures in which data like texts and email is stored under Android:

1. SD Card FAT32 filesystem
2. data.img volume and filesystem
3. Actual database residing in files in data.img

What are the methods of verifying the integrity of those filesytems and databases? #1 is easy - that can be done by popping the SD card into any PC, and is automatically done every time Android boots. What about 2 and 3?

The reason I ask is I've been running FRX05 for many weeks now with few problems, but now the last few days I've been getting a lot of SODs, which I never had before at all. They seem to occur when texts are coming in, which leads me to believe something is corrupt in the user data where the database is stored. So I'd like to verify everything at each layer to see if it can be repaired.

Thanks!

Re: Filesystem / DB check and repair
 

lol, we usually just tell people to blow away the data.img when things start acting crazy.

I'm sure there's some sort of corruption happening in that file... I don't think anyone has really looked into why and where. The why is important, but I think the where changes... Unfortunately.

Good luck on your quest - it's usually easier to blow it away and restore with something like Titanium Backup.

Re: Filesystem / DB check and repair
 

Actually I think the problem is related to the email store. I just now had a number of emails listed with no name and a date of 1969, which is probably from null unix epoch time values. I'll do some digging...