Android Jelly bean database is locked (code 5)

Question

Im getting a database is locked (code 5) in my ListActivity the code works in the other versions of the Emulator but fails in the 4.1 version of the emulator

E/SQLiteLog( 2132): (5) database is locked E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): Failed to open database '/data/data/id.online.mydroid/databases/geo.db'. E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabaseLockedException: database is locked (code 5): , while compiling: PRAGMA al_mode E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.nativePrepareStatement(Native Method) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.acquirePreparedStatement(SQLiteConnection.java:882) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.executeForString(SQLiteConnection.java:627) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.setJournalMode(SQLiteConnection.java:313) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.setWalModeFromConfiguration(SQLiteConnection.java:287) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.open(SQLiteConnection.java:215) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.open(SQLiteConnection.java:193) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnectionPool.openConnectionLocked(SQLiteConnectionPool.java:463) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnectionPool.open(SQLiteConnectionPool.java:185) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConnectionPool.open(SQLiteConnectionPool.java:177) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openInner(SQLiteDatabase.java:804) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.open(SQLiteDatabase.java:789) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:694) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.app.ContextImpl.openOrCreateDatabase(ContextImpl.java:804) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.content.ContextWrapper.openOrCreateDatabase(ContextWrapper.java:221) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getDatabaseLocked(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:224) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper.getReadableDatabase(SQLiteOpenHelper.java:188) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at id.online.mydroid.myDB.openForRead(myDB.java:158) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at id.online.mydroid.mydroid.refreshCount(mydroid.java:207) E/SQLiteDatabase( 2132): at id.online.mydroid.mydroid.onResume(mydroid.java:525) Blockquote

Answer 1

beginTransaction was holding lock