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Rooted, s-off no problem. VirusROM for the last week or so, no problem.
decided i'd look into custom roms. leanKernel "normal" looked great. nothing too crazy, middle of the road, story of my life. researched flash procedure, i understood that it flashed like a ROM, wipe and flash.
ROM Manager, backed up, reboot into recovery. the code scrolled just like a ROM flash, and it rebooted, except it never loaded the lockscreen. all i got was what looked like a loading screen that said "android" in metallic letters with a white flash going across it.
i waited forever, no change. pulled the battery, no change. reset holding power, volume + & -, no change. i gave up, figured i'd have to wait until after work so i could hook up to my PC.
occasionally i'd get notifications (stock, not my custom ones), and i even received a phone call (it didn't know the number even though i've had it for years)! VirusROM dialer came up, answered, talked, hung up, was able to voice search and even surf a bit! now it's stuck on this Dialer screen. when i hit the power button no lock screen, no homescreen, just the VirusROM Dialer.
i am so lost. i thought id done all the research necessary.
help?
so i'm thinking: "how the hell can i reboot into recovery if i can't access my apps?"
inspiration strikes like a ....... bolt......... of some sort
from my new VirusROM Dialer Homescreen, i hit the phonebook icon, then held the search button. i searched for something, i think it was "christ, please let this work, i can't afford a $700 paperweight!"
from the google results page, i did a new search for android market, then found the link to DL ROM Manager, set up google account, opened RM, and flashed VirusROM from there.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!!!!
ok, so, crisis averted!
any ideas why this happened? i don't like being ignorant >=o/
(BTW, the song that was playing during the flash was Prong - Broken Pieces. fitting, i thought... LOL)
it sounds like your launcher and some other apps got borked.
usually happens when you download a file and it corrupts itself.
usually the best way is to try to get back into CWR and flash your backup. or reflash the .zip incase it just installed badly.
these things happen. you are not alone.
didda said:
so i'm thinking: "how the hell can i reboot into recovery if i can't access my apps?"
inspiration strikes like a ....... bolt......... of some sort
from my new VirusROM Dialer Homescreen, i hit the phonebook icon, then held the search button. i searched for something, i think it was "christ, please let this work, i can't afford a $700 paperweight!"
from the google results page, i did a new search for android market, then found the link to DL ROM Manager, set up google account, opened RM, and flashed VirusROM from there.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!!!!
ok, so, crisis averted!
any ideas why this happened? i don't like being ignorant >=o/
(BTW, the song that was playing during the flash was Prong - Broken Pieces. fitting, i thought... LOL)
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Just so you know for future reference all you need to do to get to recovery is, with the phone off hold power and volume down (at the same time) until you get into the bootloader, then scroll down select "recovery" and hit power.
dirtyfingers said:
Just so you know for future reference all you need to do to get to recovery is, with the phone off hold power and volume down (at the same time) until you get into the bootloader, then scroll down select "recovery" and hit power.
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yeah, I tried that too. Took me to the shiny Android screen.
I guess what happened was I flashed the kernel in the same way that a Rom is flashed. I didn't realize that CWM was used for this.
And I also think i realized last night that ROMs mY Leo be flashed with CWM, that I don't have to go through all the steps with RM every time
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Hey so I flashed DAS BAMF GingerRemix 2.1 yesterday and everything is working fine, the only thing is there was a "Rosie Settings" application in my app drawer when I first flashed the 2.1 and I was able to change the right button to Dolphin Browser instead of the stock browser, but all of a sudden now it's just gone! It isn't in my app drawer, and when I click on the right button nothing happens. It was working fine for a while, I don't know what I did. I tried the one patch Rosie-original-button-replacement but that doesn't do anything. If I go into Astro File Manager and go to system and app I can scroll down and see Rosie Settings but when I click it it says Activity Not Found - com.logicvoid.rosieutility Do I have to change some setting? Did I do something wrong? The part I can't understand is it was working at first and now for some reason it isn't at all. I did a forum search and couldn't find any answers. Please give me some things to try if you know anything. Hopefully I am just being dumb and doing something wrong, because right now I just have a button that doesn't do anything, when it should be opening the internet.
Thanks in advance.
Howard
I had the same thing happen to my phone. I didnt try to setup the widget through htc.... i just thought it would be easier to reflash...(which fixed everything).... wish i could give you a reason why you lost rosie....i had a lot of fc's too.... i think it was all tied into restoring everything i had through titanium . i decided to only restore things on an "as needed" basis and haven't had a problem since.
I had that issue with 2.1 standard, but everything was fine with the remix version of GB. I would have stuck with the standard if it wasn't for that. I love the remix, but I hate the notification bar being in black font. hope they fix that soon.
I re-flashed it and everything worked perfectly. But THEN I tried changing the font in das bamf toolkit in the extra section and I must have done something wrong. It said it was going to download, install and re-boot my phone as soon as I clicked the font that I wanted. So I chose the font that I wanted and it turned my phone off, and my phone started re-booting and it never got past the first screen where it says HTC and the background is white. It stayed like that for over an hour so I pulled the battery and re-tried and the same thing happened, it just never got past the HTC part. So I pulled the battery and launched into bootloader so that I could go into recovery mode and hopefully re-flash and make everything all better. But NO! I forgot that I accidentally still have the PG05IMG.zip file on my sd card from when I flashed the GB radio, so it instantly wants to do an update and my only two options are to do the update and re-boot (which did nothing) or to just re-boot the phone. So I brought the phone to verizon and they took one look at it and saw that it wouldn't turn on and gave me a new phone. I just really hope that they dont look into it and see that I rooted it and void my waranty and make me have to pay for the full price of the phone. ANyways looking back now I realize that I probably could have gotten a micro sd card reader, put it in my computer, deleted the PG05IMG.ZIP file, and gotten into bootloader and into recovery and re-flashed the rom. But whatever, it is what it is.
Howard
Hi everyone. It's been two days since the process com.google.process.gapps has started crashing, "stopping unexpectedly" whenever i use the browser on my tab.
Reading the error report, it seems (not 100% sure about that) this is somehow related to the bookmarks sync with Chrome, but i can't find a way to disable this.
Has anyone exprerienced the same issue? Any known solution? Thanks
Go to settings > accounts and sync, click on your account then uncheck everything, then manually sync everything one by one to see what is causing the error.
Then go to manage apps and clear the cache of all the problem apps and re-sync them once you're done. It might take a few tries but it should take care of that error.
I'll try that as soon as possible, thanks!
browser sync was causing this for me
I believe that bookmarks sync no long works with galaxy tab. Google changed something on their end that should have worked fine(it still works on the xoom, transformer, etc.) but since samsung changed a bunch of stuff for no apparent reason, it is now broken. samsung is so stupid sometimes..
So you're basically suggesting that bookmarks sync should stay off to avoid problems like that?
well I don't really know. I never used bookmark sync in the first place. I'm just going by what is said in this article.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/br...gle-or-the-oems/17840?tag=mantle_skin;content
It turns out that at some point Google started making some changes to the backend systems that handle Google’s user account data. There’s nothing wrong with them doing this; it happens all the time. In fact, no other Android 3.1 tablets had any issues at all with the changes, and their bookmark sync continued to work without a blip on the radar.
Not Samsung, however... I did some digging around the internet, and it’s become somewhat well-known amongst Android developers that Samsung actually modifies core source code in the Android operating system that handles communicating with Google’s backend data services.
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Well, that's a pity. I had just started to think it was a useful tool to keep track of unread web pages between work, home and outside...
Let's hope Samsung somehow fixes that.
PS: disabling bookmarks sync actually stops the process from crashing, I think I've solved (if we could really say so...) the issue. Thanks to all!
Thanks, disabling auto sync for browser has stopped the error. Samsung developers need to fix this - I can't auto sync my gmail
What am I missing here?
Ok be prepared, this post may be rather long winded however I will try my best to prevent that. I have a Tmobile G2x I purchased on launch date. Ive not attempted to Root, change roms, or anything of the sort. (as much as I always wanted to, I always felt that my skills were not good enough to attempt these ideas no matter how easy they may seem. I just did not want to be the cause of screwing up my phone that I paid dearly for)
So I have a friend who claims to be the master (of disaster so it turns out) of rooting androids and such. He stops by my house just to hang out and eventualy convinces me to let him root my phone and install CM7. Within a few minutes the phone was rooted (super1click) and was running CM7 release candidate. (I really dont know what all these things truly are but I drilled him for answers once he jacked up my phone and left me with a half-bricked phone) So he installed Rom manager and convinced me to upgrade to the premium version via marketplace so I did. He was then showing me how easy it was to flash new roms at the touch of a few buttons. He put on some other rom which looked like CM7 but claimed to have extra tweaks. It worked fine. A few minutes later he put on some Faux Rom which gave a boot up screen like my old Nexus One did. (Multicolored X) It seemed to work fine as well. Then he said lets check out the nightly CM7 Rom so he put it on. (however I dont think it ever actually put CM7 back on.-still on Faux?) Thats when things got crazy.
Now I get the com.google.process.gapps force close message all the time. He tried to fix it for 4 hours and finally gave up. Here is what I know he/we tried: After searching the internet for hours we tried everyone elses ideas. Clearing calenders cashes, un syncing, etc. We did about 40 factory resets. We have tried to install my backup (which was from BEFORE he even touched my phone) and upon holding both volume rockers and plugging in USB (no battery installed) and it still does nothing. Windows recognizes device but phone screen stays black. Tried Debug mode while doing this as well. If we hold the volume down button and power the little install bar comes on the screen and it does its thing (whatever that is) and goes right back to the way it was. I keep getting the gapps message all the time. After factory reset I cant even type in my gmail address to start the initial setup of the phone. The force close keeps cutting me off. If I type fast, I can sync the account but I cant use market whatsoever. Tried installing Rom manager to re-flash but just sticks at starting download and gapps pops up again.
My son is starting school tomorrow and he has a medical condition. I NEED this phone to communicate with the school nurse via emails and such. As of now I can only text, call, or surf web all while dodging force closes. If ANYONE out there can please help me get my phone back to normal Id greatly appreciate it. Im sure its something easy but as I said before, Im not good at this thing and thats why I never attempted it myself. Your welcome to submit answers here or PM me your phone # if you want to walk me through it on the phone. (I have a landline phone to talk to you on) Thanks in advance for everyones time and Im sorry this ended up being so long.
Hello,
Based on your post, I would suggest that you search your phone's development forum on XDA for a compatable clockwork recovery mod which will install a custom recovery on your phone. The thread will give you instructions on how to do so and how to enter recovery mode.
You can then enter the 'Backup and Restore' part of the recovery and restore your backup manually without using ROM manager. If this doesn't work, I would suggest that you then download the ROM of your choice and install it from the clockwork recovery. Make sure you clear user data and wipe the cache before you install.
Any fix yet? This is really annoying me as I rely on my bookmarks tremendously.
try this:
Open stock browser and under settings choose clear cache and deletehistory
I have a dual Booted Tablet. When I hit the N button it usually asks me if I want to go home or ADW Launcher(The launcher I chose). Now it stays on the original Nook screen and randomly opens up different books on its own and flips pages on its own. Also, the option to open up ADW is gone. if I hit the N button it just opens up whatever book I was reading last. I turned the device and back on but it acts the same way. Can anyone help me?
I'm not sure what you mean by 'dual booted'. With CM7?
Similar behavior to what you describe (things opening randomly, pages flipping, etc.) usually happens when the battery is very low. I've also seen it happen trying to use USB power adapters that don't really work correctly for the NT. Make sure you're not operating on a very low charge or other power issue.
I used Indirect's Root. I was able to keep the original Nook look as well as boot into another launcher. It was working fine until yesterday. Now the Home button doesn't do what it should but the main thing is that the screen types and writes all on its own. I heard about the low power setting issues with some people. My Nook was at 60% so I don't know if that's considered low enough to be under that umbrella
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I used Indirect's Root. I was able to keep the original Nook look as well as boot into another launcher.
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I can't help you with your problem, but I want to make things clear.
You don't have dual boot or anything like that, you just installed alternative launcher application.
In general you have the same stock firmware you had before rooting with addition of a few apps, allowing you to do more, than B&N wants you to be able to do.
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You don't have dual boot or anything like that, you just installed alternative launcher application.
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This is correct.
Disclaimer: I am a noob. Please take the following suggestions with a grain of salt.
Perhaps, clearing the homecatcher defaults will clear things up?
Alternatively, you could try installing a different launcher, such as golauncher, and see if it behaves as strangely as your current configuration.
Sent from my BNTV250 running Team B's CM7 "don't format your sd" beta build.
Well I would just install another launcher but the problem is that I can't access the other launcher any longer. The Home button doesn't work like its supposed to but instead opens up the Nook's Book Library. The whole thing just started acting weird and randomly the keyboard would pop up and write by itself in addition to opening and closes the book Library. Its been acting like it has a virus. I factory reset it but unfortunately it didnt help. So I figure my screen is faulty
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Well I would just install another launcher but the problem is that I can't access the other launcher any longer. The Home button doesn't work like its supposed to but instead opens up the Nook's Book Library. The whole thing just started acting weird and randomly the keyboard would pop up and write by itself in addition to opening and closes the book Library. Its been acting like it has a virus. I factory reset it but unfortunately it didnt help. So I figure my screen is faulty
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I got the same few hours after I rooted but using go launcher, just clean your screan very very clean if you haven't put a screen protector on it, then make sure its charged. Now try to open anything in that you could find a link click on it so it opens the browser then go to the android.market.com and download another launcher. After that I took my tablet and removed all the B&N crap apps, ijust left the games. Don't forget to apply the OTA block again.
Advice: remove home catcher.
PS: you could also use adb to push a new launcher but as you factory reseted usb debugging must be disabled, you need can enable it again by downloading tgps_launcher.apk from indirects root thread using the Nook browser.
~ Veronica
Sent from XDA premium using my Nook Tablet
what should I use to wipe it down. Im thinking I wiped it down pretty good but its still doing it. I noticed the z, e, and s buttons on the keyboard get pressed a lot so maybe its in the lower right region of my device.
OKAMIsama said:
what should I use to wipe it down. Im thinking I wiped it down pretty good but its still doing it. I noticed the z, e, and s buttons on the keyboard get pressed a lot so maybe its in the lower right region of my device.
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OK if you havent installed CWM you're good to make the wipes, to know how to... read my FAQ . Link in my signature.
~ Veronica
OKAMIsama said:
Well I would just install another launcher but the problem is that I can't access the other launcher any longer. The Home button doesn't work like its supposed to but instead opens up the Nook's Book Library. The whole thing just started acting weird and randomly the keyboard would pop up and write by itself in addition to opening and closes the book Library. Its been acting like it has a virus. I factory reset it but unfortunately it didnt help. So I figure my screen is faulty
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Have you tried going in to manage apps and deselect the default for ADW, B&N's Home Launcher and Homecatcher if your using it? I use button savior so I have software buttons rather than the n button. by deselecting the default launcher you should get a window again asking which launcher do you want to use as home.
Hello,
Earlier today, my phone just started acting up. All day, every single app was force-closing to where I cannot even use the phone anymore. Email, google docs, dialer one, calendar, everything. It was annoying.
I decided to run a hard-reset by pressing the up/down arrows and power button. I chose factory reset and saw the lock screen.
I got to the HTC vision and I was able to enter my google account so I can start synching up my phone.
After clicked the "finish set-up I get a force Close again. Here is the exact error.
Sorry!
The application Setup Wizard (process com.android.setupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
Since I can't click on anything else, I click on force close and I basically cannot see anything after that. No home screen, but I do see the taskbar on top. When I turn off and turn the phone on, I will get stuck at the Dell Logo.
Please help!!! I don't know what to do.
I have the Dell Froyo Stock Rom, can't remember exactly what build.
Thank you guys
I also don't see anything if I press on the physical menu button. I put it on my dock, I clicked the clock icon and it automatically force close, did not even see the clock.
This is so wierd. I appreciate all the help.
Thank you
Nim
Wrong place to ask question. This is for developing thread.
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
The mods will move the thread to the right place, but to try and help the OP out, it sounds like the inner MicroSD may be going bad. Run a diagnostic on it by getting the Streak into Fastboot mode (instructions on the wiki), then tapping *#301# into the keypad that pops up in Fastboot. You should see a list of options of which one should be to test the MicroSD.
If the MicroSD passes the diagnostic, then the ROM somehow became corrupt and you need to flash a new copy. If the MicroSD doesn't pass the diagnostic, it will need to be replaced.
I am really sorry.. I thought I was in the proper thread.
Mods, please delete, I will make a new thread to the other sub-forum. I apologize once again.
Strephon Alkhalikoi: Thank you for your help. I ran the diagnostic and fortunately SD card and SIM card is working fine.
So looks like I have to reflash the ROM, I kind of have an idea. I flashed the official Dell Froyo long time ago but I cannot remember exactly how. I guess I'll have to wait until Monday coz my computer at work is set-up already for ADB and all that.
Hit the thanks button next to my post if I was helpful. And...deleting a thread isn't necessary. The mods may move it if they feel it belongs in another section, and for them that's not a great deal of work.
Has anybody else had the problem where the launcher stalls/restarts upon pressing the home button from within an app, resulting in the spinning loading wheel? I noticed it on stock 4.0.4 and venom 2.0, but when I went to venom 1.0 (based of of 4.0.3 firmware) the problem completely stopped.
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brycekerr said:
Has anybody else had the problem where the launcher stalls/restarts upon pressing the home button from within an app, resulting in the spinning loading wheel? I noticed it on stock 4.0.4 and venom 2.0, but when I went to venom 1.0 (based of of 4.0.3 firmware) the problem completely stopped.
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i had this happen a few times. noticed it but didnt really think too much of it.
Just picked one up for my son. *Every* time he hits the home button, he gets the spinning circle "loading" for quite some time (3-7 seconds) before the home screen displays. I installed Launcher Pro on it, and that seems much more responsive. Is this an issue that I should be concerned about? We've only had the phone for a couple of days, and I can still send it back for a replacement and/or exchange for another model.
He's having another issue with apps starting, though. Several apps (mostly games) will "launch loop" it'll start to launch, show its 1st & 2nd splash screens, then go back to the 1st. Lather, rinse, repeat. (Angry Birds, in particular). Forgive me if this is a thread-jack, I'll post it as a new issue if preferred.
Thanks,
FreeMan
FreeMan2012 said:
Just picked one up for my son. *Every* time he hits the home button, he gets the spinning circle "loading" for quite some time (3-7 seconds) before the home screen displays. I installed Launcher Pro on it, and that seems much more responsive. Is this an issue that I should be concerned about? We've only had the phone for a couple of days, and I can still send it back for a replacement and/or exchange for another model.
He's having another issue with apps starting, though. Several apps (mostly games) will "launch loop" it'll start to launch, show its 1st & 2nd splash screens, then go back to the 1st. Lather, rinse, repeat. (Angry Birds, in particular). Forgive me if this is a thread-jack, I'll post it as a new issue if preferred.
Thanks,
FreeMan
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Sounds like an excessive amount of undesirable behavior. You could try a factory reset or take take it back, if you can reproduce the weird stuff predictably and show the Verizon people. Mine was doing the home button = loading thing quite a bit, and the factory reset may have helped a little but it didn't go away entirely.
OP- Have you tried flashing the newest Viper ROM? It looks like you'll need to flash the kernel also since you are coming from 1.0. I am on 2.1.1 and I had to flash the kernel also, haven't had the loading issue yet.
Thanks, Spyder..
My search skills have been failing me lately. How do I do a factory reset? I know that on my Dinc OG, volume up while power on got me in, but that doesn't seem to be working here. The phone is completely stock - no root, no bootloader unlock, no nuttin'.
Thanks again!
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Thanks, Spyder..
My search skills have been failing me lately. How do I do a factory reset? I know that on my Dinc OG, volume up while power on got me in, but that doesn't seem to be working here. The phone is completely stock - no root, no bootloader unlock, no nuttin'.
Thanks again!
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It's under the storage setting options at the bottom you can do it in the stock recovery also but no need for all that
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FreeMan2012 said:
Thanks, Spyder..
My search skills have been failing me lately. How do I do a factory reset? I know that on my Dinc OG, volume up while power on got me in, but that doesn't seem to be working here. The phone is completely stock - no root, no bootloader unlock, no nuttin'.
Thanks again!
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settings > storage > scroll to bottom and you'll see it
Thanks, guys. I remembered seeing it as I was running through the menus, but couldn't for the life of me remember where. Maybe with my brain this fuzzy, I shouldn't be messing with it right now...
UPDATE: Thanks guys, the factory reset seems to have worked, at least for now. I'm busy reinstalling all his apps, but there's NO loading pop-up, and Angry Birds has launched just fine. He's had the phone since Friday, and the loading was an issue on occasion at first, and seemed to have gotten worse, but the load-looping seems to have been there from the start, and now seems to be resolved.
Again, much appreciated!!