ODeeKers,
You can test and tweak all you want, but the day you actually start your
project, something always goes wrong. Once I got all the enumerators working
at the same time, I had a flood of errors. The errors are all over the
place, but they seem to be focused around read/write to the SDcard. That's a
guess. I will describe the errors in brief, provide version information, and
attach a logcat from one of the androids crashing. Also some screenshots of
crashes. Also, the forms I am working with. What the Heck, I will throw in
my APK.
I am doing training in Monrovia, Liberia for a huge data collection. Sample
size is about 4500, and we are using 50 android phones to run the KoBo
version of ODK. In the first day of training, I had about 20 serious error
incidents, maybe more that were not reported. Very awkward for the first
day of class.
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Power on Blue:
Conditions: Happens when you try and start the PDA.
Symptoms: PDA will not boot until you remove and replace the battery. Red
button doesn't do anything. Blue LED is showing.
Solution: Remove battery. Put battery back. Start. May happen twice on one
phone, though not right in a row.
Comments: Really? C'mon, never seen this before and I see it 8 times in one
day. -
Force close
Conditions: Happens sometimes when you open ODK. May happen on Saving
completed data.
Symptoms: Sorry! crash screen. Often followed by error #3.
comments: see attached screen SorryOnOpenorClose.png
Solution: None.
3)Nothing available to enter
Conditions: After ODK loads, often following an error #2, but not always.
Symptoms: ODK cant' read or load the forms off the SDcard. Either Shows
[Start New Form (0)], or shows "Nothing to Display Screen".
Comments: see attached screenshot.
Solution: remounting the SDCard will at least fix this temporarily. So will
a restart.
Notes: after any of these errors, remounting the SDcard or rebooting might
or might not sort it out temporarily, but not permanently.
Just so we know what version:
From the Android Manifest
package: org.odk.collect.android
Version Code: 8
Version Name 1.1.4
I'm running HTC Mytouch androids, 32A and 32B mixed. Most of my errors are
showing up on the 32As, but that could be a coincidence, and these errors
happen on the 32Bs as well.
So, clearly, I have done something dramatically wrong. Weirdly, it doesn't
fail 100% of the time in any one way, these errors are all over the place.
So, I'm digging in to it, but I am pressed for a solution and a fix before
the Liberians start to get upset. Thus, the massive junk dump. Looking
forward to hearing from you and will keep you posted on my progress. As
always, your help and advice is much appreciated.
☞§※⌘:airplane:![]()
~Neil
crashoutput.txt (5.25 KB)


Morning.xml (21.6 KB)
Example_Form.xml (9.22 KB)
KoBo.apk (423 KB)