brightness force close - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a little bug of sorts, it seems. My screen brightness seemed to be flickering around, so I went to settings>display>brightness to try to adjust it, and I am getting "the application settings (process.com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again". Does anybody know why this is happening and how to fix it? TIA...

I am having the same problem. Some say to uninstall fonts, but it did not work for me.

ride351 said:
I am having the same problem. Some say to uninstall fonts, but it did not work for me.
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Thanks for the response. Is it your understanding that one or more individual fonts need to be deleted, or does the whole folder needs to be deleted with Root Explorer, or what exactly needs to be done? I'm willing to try it, the display is the best part of the phone and I can't stand looking at dullness constantly.

Maybe a bad flash or something?
Odin work or have you not tried?

xriderx66 said:
Maybe a bad flash or something?
Odin work or have you not tried?
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Yeah, in addition to the brightness thing I was starting to get the random shutdowns again, which is the only thing I hate worse than the brightness problem. Just reflashed, all seems well. I never did understand the concept of a "bad flash", but I guess that's what happened. It either flashed or it didn't? What do I know? Thanks much...

FIXED. So it looks like if you assigned a font then uninstalled the font without changing the system font first, it will cause this problem. I reinstalled all of the fonts (cause I could not remember which one I had last) and Bam, I could get into my display settings.
This has been killing me for weeks!

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Editing screens after firmware update

Any comments? i tried keeping my finger pressed on the icons but that opens the apps up...help! i am trying to remove some icons from the screens
thanks
People please, 22 posts and no replies? I am certain some of you must have updated the firmware and found this bug. I tried searching for çustomization' and other words I could think of but could not find the correct threads on this. Please help, I cannot find any way to edit the screens (not even in settings).
Thanks a lot in advance for your inputs, really appreciate
I think HTC changed the delay when moving or removing widgets or shortcuts from Home pages.
Just needs a more accurate and slightly longer press and hold before it triggers the move.
I must admit, its not as easy as it was.
Just make sure you press the icons for long enough. I find it sometimes takes as long as 10 second for the remove option to come up. And also, its seems slightly tempremental sometimes. If it doesnt work after 10 seconds, try again.
Hold the icon only after the screen/scene is static
People
It just opens the app up after 2 seconds, no matter how long i keep pressing it. I have tried multiple ways....has anyone reported this to HTC? any easier way around this? This is pissing me off!
umaronly said:
has anyone reported this to HTC?
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Given noone else has this problem, shouldn't you be the one reporting it?
I did, am just trying to find out if someone else already has a solution for it....anyone?
umaronly said:
I did, am just trying to find out if someone else already has a solution for it....anyone?
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I don't have the problem, it works just fine for me. I suggest you try doing a hard reset or something, sounds like something hasn't installed right on your system.
Have you tried long presses on other apps, like messages? Just to see if it recognises long presses at all...
Silly question...
Your not trying this in the applications list are you ?
You are trying this on the Home screens ??
Just want to clear that up
Yes I am trying on the homescreen, I even have tried changing the scenes to try it for the icons....does not work And yes I have tried it on all icons, apparently all the big icons (HTC ones) seem to work much better (though not always) whereas shotcuts to applications seem to be the worst. On a total average 98 out of 100 times the shortcuts open the application no matter how i try it....emailed HTC and they told me the same story of what is written in the manual even though I explained i already did that.....have emailed them again to see if they take it more seriously
anyone else have a solution?
umaronly said:
anyone else have a solution?
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I can only suggest that you either return the phone (if possible), or at least try rolling back the firmware to see if this fixes your issue.
As it stands, it looks like you are the only person in this community suffering from this, so it makes it very unlikely it is a "generic" firmware issue, and more likely that it has something to do with your physical device.
Regards,
Dave

[Q] Can't get to Conversations.apk settings

Ok, first of all - I'm seriously gonna buy somebody a big beer if he can tell me how to repair the stuff below without reflashing. No kidding...
- Whats the problem?
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When I go to default SE massager (conversations.apk), and hit the "Settings" option from the menu I get a force close... No way I can get in to that settings, and I need them to disable the standard notifications.
- How did that happened?
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Well I'm not sure, but I think I deleted some stock apk that I was just not using (ofc from system/app folder). The Conversation.apk is there obviously, but like I've said, settings in it - not reachable because of the force close.
It's hard for me to say which app is responsible for that. I am sitting, and restoring them one-by-one with no effect. Maybe I miss some... Don't really know
Ofc I've tried to delete, and restore Conversations.apk (new), I've even installed a X10i version, but still - the same problem.
Reflashing is not an option for me, so I have a big problem. Be thankful for any suggestions.
Doesn't help you, but I have the same issue, a reflash doesn't help have just got into habit of clearing notifications after every text.
@batwingnz
Thanks for replay. Hope someone can help us. The problem is really annoying, and after your post I have no clue wtf generates it... :/
Done! -Tutorial-
Wow, finally I found a way to get rid of this problem once and for all!
This took a while, but anyway...
I've installed the stock "SEMCSettings.apk" from old 1.6 (attached to post).
Simply:
- copied apk to system/app
- changed permissions
- restarted the phone
Voila! Now theres no force close when trying to get in the messages settings.
Quick Edit: The SEMSSettings.apk from 2.1 also works great on that issue
You are the MAN!!! So many thanks!!!

HTC Personalize Force closes on ICS - Sense Redefined

I am running the latest version of Joelz ROM, just installed. Noticed when I try to add any widget it always force closes.
Anyone else have this issue? Anyone know of an easy fix? Maybe I can replace or repermission the file?
I attached a screenshot, although it doesn't tell you much more than what I did.
djdubd said:
I am running the latest version of Joelz ROM, just installed. Noticed when I try to add any widget it always force closes.
Anyone else have this issue? Anyone know of an easy fix? Maybe I can replace or repermission the file?
I attached a screenshot, although it doesn't tell you much more than what I did.
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I don't remember which page it was on, but it was related to an app causing a conflict. It happened to me but after I uninstalled Beautiful Widgets the problem went away. Hope this helps.
jcollier said:
I don't remember which page it was on, but it was related to an app causing a conflict. It happened to me but after I uninstalled Beautiful Widgets the problem went away. Hope this helps.
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I will look into that, of course I had reinstalled most of my apps before I tried to add widgets, didn't restore them... but still could've cause the issue.
I might just try to live without widgets until the next update since he is so quick to iterate!

[Q] Do I need to flash a device if OS crashed?

My SGS2 was suddenly rebooted itself when I connected it to my PC. It didn't happen before and it does not happen now.
My question is, when something goes wrong and the phone suddenly reboots or a specific app crashes or whatever (just one time, not on a regular basis) how can I know if any damage was done, to data for example, like a corruption, and whether or not should I reinstall this app or wipe and flash the phone?
I was just about to finish configuring settings and installing apps after a clean ROM installation when it happened, and so I thought about doing everything all over again because I wanted it to be "perfect".
If anyone shares this annoying habit I'm sure you will know what I'm talking about. I figured out I might just ask a pro about this thing I usually do, as I am aware that it is possible that there is absolutely zero logic to it and it is all in my head
Thanks.
P.S: Didn't post in the device forum because I figured it is a question that is based on the Android OS nature rather than subjective to a specific device model.
Clean install, re-flash rom.
Press thanks if this post helped.
sanpedro_bonita said:
Clean install, re-flash rom.
Press thanks if this post helped.
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I was hoping for a little bit more info
Is there any reason to re-flash just because of a single crash? if so, please elaborate as I am very willing to understand the considerations.
Thanks.
Anyone?
why dont you do a research on logcats !!
if you can understand logcats fine or else just post the logcats in the forum of the app that causes crashing!!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11930-learn-to-logcat-like-a-pro/
MoonBlade said:
why dont you do a research on logcats !!
if you can understand logcats fine or else just post the logcats in the forum of the app that causes crashing!!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11930-learn-to-logcat-like-a-pro/
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Because I'm not asking about troubleshooting a crashing app... nor a faulty OS installation.
I'm asking about the general idea of re-flashing a phone just because the OS suddenly crashed, one time only, without any special use for the moment.
You said your phone rebooted after you connected it to the pc. This the problem. No need to reflash imo, just close all apps when connecting next time.
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rechazame said:
Because I'm not asking about troubleshooting a crashing app... nor a faulty OS installation.
I'm asking about the general idea of re-flashing a phone just because the OS suddenly crashed, one time only, without any special use for the moment.
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what do you mean by OS suddenly crashed.. is it that it rebooted all of a sudden out of nowhere or are there some system process that gets FC ?
if its happened one time only no need to reflash... if problem exists reflash with proper wipe..
wget21 said:
You said your phone rebooted after you connected it to the pc. This the problem. No need to reflash imo, just close all apps when connecting next time.
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It was actually right after I power it up so maybe it was still loading some stuff? and btw, how do I close all apps? I can google it of course but then I will find about 5698 different ways to do it without knowing which one did you mean
MoonBlade said:
what do you mean by OS suddenly crashed.. is it that it rebooted all of a sudden out of nowhere or are there some system process that gets FC ?
if its happened one time only no need to reflash... if problem exists reflash with proper wipe..
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Kind of out of nowhere, yes, but even if it had something to do with me connecting it to the PC too soon after starting the phone - I am still curious if a sudden crash (a single one out of nowhere) can make some sort of a damage to any system or app data that it is recommended to re-flash or something.
I really hope you got my point. I used all my English skills to this one! :laugh:
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Kind of out of nowhere, yes, but even if it had something to do with me connecting it to the PC too soon after starting the phone - I am still curious if a sudden crash (a single one out of nowhere) can make some sort of a damage to any system or app data that it is recommended to re-flash or something.
I really hope you got my point. I used all my English skills to this one! :laugh:
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android can crash when it runs out of RAM. Doesnt necessarily mean that a system app is damaged. if however a system app is damaged it will show up as a FC (force close) rather than a reboot.
so still im of the opininon that you dont have to reflash you rom yet...
How exactly did it work? Did you connect your phone to PC and then it rebooted?
By closing all apps i meant removing everything from recents screen.
MoonBlade said:
android can crash when it runs out of RAM. Doesnt necessarily mean that a system app is damaged. if however a system app is damaged it will show up as a FC (force close) rather than a reboot.
so still im of the opininon that you dont have to reflash you rom yet...
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So you are basically saying that if something wrong happened like a sudden reboot, and it doesn't happen again, you wouldn't mind about it. Correct?
wget21 said:
How exactly did it work? Did you connect your phone to PC and then it rebooted?
By closing all apps i meant removing everything from recents screen.
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Yeah. But it didn't happen since. Just this one time.
I got curious about what might have caused it and what might have happened because of it and decided to ask here if it makes sense to re-flash
your rom is fine. The reboot used to happen to me from time to time when i plugged it into the computer or when i uninstalled an app. It had something to do with an app being executed in the background and not releasing every ressource. This didnt happen on the last few builds for me though...
wget21 said:
your rom is fine. The reboot used to happen to me from time to time when i plugged it into the computer or when i uninstalled an app. It had something to do with an app being executed in the background and not releasing every ressource. This didnt happen on the last few builds for me though...
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And can a sudden reboot cause any damage to any app or sys data integrity?
normally not. if you dont have fc over fc then you dont need to reflash
rechazame said:
So you are basically saying that if something wrong happened like a sudden reboot, and it doesn't happen again, you wouldn't mind about it. Correct?
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i wouldnt mind it if its a one time thing !!
Thanks guys.

Screen Overlay Issue

All,
I keep getting an error message when trying to share a contact or really change any permissions for my apps that says "turn off screen overlay in App>Settings"
There is no setting and if I go directly there from the prompt, and turn all of the apps, it still will not work. This has been happening for the past week and I can not figure this out........
I keep finding other people say to factory reset it. We had to factory reset my wifes device due to a seperate issue and it is happening to hers as well. Is this because of the most recent update or is there some way I can fix it.
Thanks,
Adari
Adari2012 said:
All,
I keep getting an error message when trying to share a contact or really change any permissions for my apps that says "turn off screen overlay in App>Settings"
There is no setting and if I go directly there from the prompt, and turn all of the apps, it still will not work. This has been happening for the past week and I can not figure this out........
I keep finding other people say to factory reset it. We had to factory reset my wifes device due to a seperate issue and it is happening to hers as well. Is this because of the most recent update or is there some way I can fix it.
Thanks,
Adari
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Most likely it is Facebook Messenger that causes this. Force close it before changing permission and it should work. It's because the Chat Heads are displayed as an "overlay" over the entire screen regardless what you are doing. This somehow prevents some buttons to work specifically changing permissions and stuff.
dannejanne said:
Most likely it is Facebook Messenger that causes this. Force close it before changing permission and it should work. It's because the Chat Heads are displayed as an "overlay" over the entire screen regardless what you are doing. This somehow prevents some buttons to work specifically changing permissions and stuff.
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Thanks for the help. I turned off all of the apps that had the drawing permission before. I turned them back on and left messenger off like you said. It worked great. I tried turning it back on and it started messing up again. Thanks for the solution!!

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