My user seem to have had the same symptom. He e-mailed me that he had to do a factory-reset to his phone due to other reasons, he re-installed the app from the market (something that didn't help before the reset), and now everything works as expected.
On Jan 27, 8:49 pm, klwinkel <klwin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have exactly the same problem with my own developed app, on my own > standard non-rooted Samsung Galaxy S with android 2.2.1. > > this is my error message, when I do the Editor.commit(): > > E/ApplicationContext(19228): Couldn't rename file /dbdata/databases/ > klwinkel.huiswerk/shared_prefs/klwinkel.huiswerk_preferences.xml to > backup file /dbdata/databases/klwinkel.huiswerk/shared_prefs/ > klwinkel.huiswerk_preferences.xml.bak > > I did some investigation, with a "ps" and a "ls -l" on the xml prefs > file, with the following result: > > ps: > > USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME > app_17 19411 2366 223648 21104 ffffffff 00000000 S klwinkel.huiswerk > > ls -l --> > > -rw-rw---- app_107 app_107 292 2011-01-22 20:13 > klwinkel.huiswerk_preferences.xml > > So, this is the proof, that the uid of the prefs file(app_107) and the > uid of the app(app_17) are different. > > The prefs file is from a few days ago, probably I was developing at > that time, maybe I removed the app from the phone, I don''t remember. > > It possibly is a bug in the Samsung android 2.2.1, which does not > always delete prefs file when de-installing an app. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
