I am running Cyanogenmod 6.1.0-beta4-harmony on a Viewsonic G Tablet since December 2010 and have generally found it to be stable.
However, I have twice over the past month been greeted by the above error when booting the device. After some research after the first time, I used adb on a Windows maching to log in and delete the entire database folder in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts since it did contain the journal file mentioned in one posting. That did resolve the problem, my contacts database was resynchronized from Google although I have may have lost a few of my over 3,000 contacts.
Today, this happened to me again and I did the very same thing and I am now waiting while the contact database is being rebuilt on the tablet.
I find this to be very troublesome, however, since I may not have access to a machine set up with the android development environment and being able to log onto my tablet to fix the problem. Further, since the error prevents me from doing anything on the tablet (it greets my when the tablet is booting) the tablet is useless until this can be fixed.
My questions are: (1) have others seen this on the G Tablet (yes, I know it is seen on other hardware), (2) are there other reasons for the error, and (3) is there some way I can fix this if I were to boot the tablet into recovery mode which does work?
Thanks.
Your contacts have been corrupted. You can either go to settings>applications and clear them there, or if you have titanium backup, wipe the data that way.
My advice moving forward is turn automatic syncing of contacts off by going to Accounts/Sync settings, clicking on your Google account, and unchecking "Sync Contacts".
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Hey guys,
In a moment of great weakness... i have destroyed my SGS2. This phone has been giving me a lot of grief lately (spontaneous and looping reboots, slow or no data connection, apps not behaving as should - requiring reinstalls, and general buginess)... and the result is a cracked temper and a cracked screen.
All that aside - i have decided not to get the screen repaired, but to get a new phone (no idea what my next handset should be - will gladly take suggestions).
So... Lately I have been backing up a lot of my apps using Titanium - which is great. And I have my contacts set to auto-sync with my gmail account - which it has failed to do since adding a few new contacts yesterday.
So my questions are... what is the best way to retrieve/backup the following data now that the screen is un-usable (but the phone seems to still work ok):
- Contact and Calendar Data
- Apps (or list of apps) that Titanium hasnt backed up
I figure I may need a different method of app backup/restore if i do not wish to root my next phone. There doesn't seem to be an automatic feature in the Play Store which keeps track of which apps I have installed... Is there another way to do it?
Thanks for any help.
Cheers.
I'm almost tempted to suggest Kies as solution for retrieving all organizer data (contacts, calendar, tasks, notes) since it does not require mobile screen interaction.
And there are two ways to save data: sync with Outlook or simple backup.
I'm ready to be flamed...
1. To retrieve your contacts or view them, visit Google.com/contacts and login your hole details. You can also sync them too ur New phone.
Access Google calendar online, to see your calendar info
2. I'm not sure how you can proceed with backing up your new apps since you said phone is working but unusable but the options below will work fine in getting back your apps on your next phone without rooting your new device.
I). Though Google Playstore:
When you log in your Google account on your new phone, open playstore, go to my apps and swipe to the next page too view all.
All, will show all the apps you have ever installed or updated via playstore. You can simply reinstall them one by one.
Note that you will need a lot of data so Wi-Fi is recommended.
ii) via ADB: this will work only if usb debugging was enabled under development option. And you have access to a pc. Root access May also be helpful.
You can use ADB to copy all your presently installed app's apks and even your titanium backup folder or any other folder to your Pc
More info on this will follow based on your response.
iii) MTP mode: this will work if MTP mode and not mass storage mode was previously enabled on your phone.
Simply connect your device via usb to ur pc and start copying your files especially your titanium folder, since your question is about apps.
iv) Titanium backup folder:
If you have a copy of your titanium backup folder, then all is well
Personally, I will galaxy Siii or NoteII if you have the patience.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Thank for the help guys.
Kies did allow me to retrieve those few un-synced numbers.
And the "my apps" list is a great way to see and reinstall past apps. Not sure if I will be able to root my new phone (Xperia S), so if I cannot get to the Titanium Backup data, this looks like the next best thing.
Thanks again guys.
hello to all, and please pardon me for my bad english.
i bought this i9100 (i9100GSMH) from ebay, from a guy who said "i was unable to find lockscreen sequence".
i was incredibly lucky, found it after some 30-40 attempts, but this is where real problems started.
The device is fully functional, 2.3.3 stock Gingerbread, branded O2, simlocked and contains all the first owner put in, more than 400 images, music, family videos and so on.
Some 7 accounts, like hotmails, two google accounts and, this is fundamental, one samsung account.
it has a valid IMEI and appears not been stolen (i contacted the girl some 10 days ago, still waiting for a reply)
well it contains also two emails from two guys who evidently bought this device and wrote to her trying to obtain samsung account's password
well, long story short: if i try to uncheck "remote functions" it prompts me with a password request (that samsung account)
the same password it ask me if i try "factory data reset". i tried subscribing another samsung account (success) but can't put in the phone (it says there is already one)
examples: i delete all images and music, accounts, various apps (some 7 gigabytes) and reboot: everythings returns in his place!
every file i put in the cell disappears if i reboot or if i "format USB storage"
in recovery mode i can't select sd-ext (to install firmware from ext-sd), tried put in DCIM but everything i put in disappears
tried various firmwares with ODIN and official update by kies: they complete successfully their work, but after reboot i have the device in the exact state it was the first time i turned it on:
lockscreen, images, music, videos, accounts, emails, apps returns there, nothing was really never changed nor deleted, everything i copied in the device simply disappeared.
this baffles me, as i read tons of forums and posts about it but everyone says you can factory reset, install firmware at will etc.
this is not the case, someone can help me?
i'm going to ask directly samsung if they can send me the "change password page", i'm running out ideas
well some news, the original owner of the cell emailed me: it isn't stolen nor lost, she sold it.
she gave me also the password (good!) for the samsung account, so i can remove "remote controls"
the password is valid and i can also access the corresponding account on (findmymobile), where there aren't any device registered.
i can delete all accounts on the device but two: this samsung account and one by googlemail.
the samsung account on the phone shows nothing, is empty, i can only select "delete account" but it says i can't because some apps blabla.
the google one is fully working, i mean it receives mail too, and is needed by some apps blabla, i can not delete.
my problem is actually the same described here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474222)
i think there are only two possibilities:
1 somewhat similar to NAND RW corruption, hardware defect, probably unrecoverable
2 samsung account and/or googlemail accounts are gone ape**it and internal SD is kept in some "security" state i don't even know if one exists.
anyone please?
Hey,
today I needed to turn off my phone to swap battery. On turning it back on, my Google account wasn't there anymore, a notification said "due to changes to your account you have to sign in again". But signing it just won't do it. It doesn't fail, I come to the accepting terms and conditions, but when accepting the app just closes, the account isn't created so it seems that whatever app is responsible for that just crashes for no reason without any notification. The strange things: in the process I can see only the arrow in the bottom right, not the words "next" or "accept" (at the last page), only when I tap on them I can see them. And I had no accounts.db under /data/system/users/0. Now I have that file via TB restore. And I now see, after reflashing my ROM (by wiping /system, cache and dalvik-cache in TWRP and flashing the ROM) that I also have under /data a system_ce (with accounts_ce.db) and system_de (with accounts_de.db and accounts_de.db-journal), but I don't know if I had them before the TB restore or the ROM reflashing (having english (US) and german (germany) as system languages).
No solution form anywhere else was helpful. I froze AdAway with TB, deleted /system/etc/hosts, deleted data from PlayStore and PlayServices with multiple reboots and the mentioned reflashing, nothing seems to help.
I'm running Emotion ROM based on CM 14.1 on my Note 4 N910F with latest modem and bootloader I can find. Since I don't know how far that could be ROM or CM related, I'm posting that problem here. I have absolutely no problems logging in with my account on my desktop PC via browser, even logging in on google.com from chrome on the phone is no problem. But filling in the infomation either initiated over system settings -> accounts or by opening PlayStore, I pass everything but the account is not under the accounts section and PlayStore would just open again with the login page.
Anyone any idea how to fix it? Here is a logfile of me trying to log in.
UPDATE: Just did a TWRP restore. Did not help! Going to ask Google meanwhile since it might not be a problem with my device...at least if I can find out where to do so.
PS: just looked into my account settings, it seems to recognize that I log in to my device, but that's it. Disconnectiong the device from there and trying again also doesn't work.
Hello, everyone.
I encountered issues after updating to Windows 11, version 22H2, yesterday. Last night, I left my computer updating and went to sleep, as I usually do. The computer was updating throughout the night, and this morning when I turned it on, I discovered that it had reverted to a previous point in January of this year, causing me to lose important files and programs.
My initial suspicion was that it had reverted to an old restore point, but I checked and found no restore points saved since I had never created one. I also checked the update history, and the only recent update listed was the one from yesterday. After that, there are only updates dated back to January 25, 2023, and earlier. Lastly, I attempted to check the disk by using the "chkdsk /f" command in the Command Prompt, but it returned with an access denied error, stating that I didn't have sufficient privileges or the disk was locked by another process. Apparently, when the system reverted, the user who was logged in previously disappeared.
It's worth mentioning that my computer exhibited unusual behavior in recent days. It seems that I downloaded a virus named "Trojan/Wacatac.H!ml" from a .jar file related to a school project. I removed the virus and performed multiple scans that found nothing, but Windows Defender kept notifying me of the virus's existence for a long time, even though I couldn't find anything when I clicked on the notification.
Also important to note, this has happened before in January this year when the computer reverted to 2021 (or 2022, I don't remember exactly), but at that time, I reinstalled my programs and continued to use the computer normally. However, now it has reverted to the point before it reverted the first time (I hope that you guys could understand that).
Does anyone know what is happening and how I can resolve this issue, if there is a way?
Wipe Windows and switch to Linux.
i wish i could lmao
s7vennn said:
I encountered issues after updating to Windows 11, version 22H2, yesterday. Last night, I left my computer updating and went to sleep, as I usually do. The computer was updating throughout the night, and this morning when I turned it on, I discovered that it had reverted to a previous point in January of this year, causing me to lose important files and programs.
My initial suspicion was that it had reverted to an old restore point, but I checked and found no restore points saved since I had never created one. I also checked the update history, and the only recent update listed was the one from yesterday. After that, there are only updates dated back to January 25, 2023, and earlier. Lastly, I attempted to check the disk by using the "chkdsk /f" command in the Command Prompt, but it returned with an access denied error, stating that I didn't have sufficient privileges or the disk was locked by another process. Apparently, when the system reverted, the user who was logged in previously disappeared.
It's worth mentioning that my computer exhibited unusual behavior in recent days. It seems that I downloaded a virus named "Trojan/Wacatac.H!ml" from a .jar file related to a school project. I removed the virus and performed multiple scans that found nothing, but Windows Defender kept notifying me of the virus's existence for a long time, even though I couldn't find anything when I clicked on the notification.
Also important to note, this has happened before in January this year when the computer reverted to 2021 (or 2022, I don't remember exactly), but at that time, I reinstalled my programs and continued to use the computer normally. However, now it has reverted to the point before it reverted the first time (I hope that you guys could understand that).
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It sounds like the update may have corrupted your system, causing it to revert to a previous point in time.
I would like to help you troubleshoot this issue and get your computer back to normal you need to follow these steps-
Check your Windows Update history to see if there are any other updates that were installed around the time of the issue. If there are, you can try uninstalling them to see if that resolves the problem.
Run a full scan of your computer with your antivirus software. It is possible that the virus that you downloaded may have caused the corruption.
Create a new restore point. This will allow you to roll back your system to a previous point in time if the issue persists.
Contact Microsoft support for assistance. They may be able to help you troubleshoot the issue and get your computer back to normal.
anyabaker said:
It sounds like the update may have corrupted your system, causing it to revert to a previous point in time.
I would like to help you troubleshoot this issue and get your computer back to normal you need to follow these steps-
Check your Windows Update history to see if there are any other updates that were installed around the time of the issue. If there are, you can try uninstalling them to see if that resolves the problem.
Run a full scan of your computer with your antivirus software. It is possible that the virus that you downloaded may have caused the corruption.
Create a new restore point. This will allow you to roll back your system to a previous point in time if the issue persists.
Contact Microsoft support for assistance. They may be able to help you troubleshoot the issue and get your computer back to normal.
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i did a full scan on my computer. the only thing antivirus found was a keygen.
i checked the history of updates and, apart from the update that caused this problem, there is no updates after 01.25.2023.
simply there is no clue of what may have happened or any trace of these last 6 months i used my computer, apart from the files that were saved on the ssd.
Hey Guys,
Today suddenly my WhatsApp gave a message error, followed by a full deletion of the entire chat history. 10 Years of work (I run my business via WhatsApp).
I had my Google Drive backup, but everytime it hit 24% it got stuck and failed to restore the messages. None of the proposed solutions I could find online fixed it for me, nor did the poor WhatsApp support which is practically a machine prompting same non-working solutions.
After reading many different solutions and threads about it, I started to feel and think that possibly the cause of it is some bug or failure to retrive media files, and looks like I was right - I just made a breakthrough that at least allowed me to restore all the chats, without the media - but hell, at this stage I'll take what I get. And that's 10 years of it - I couldn't afford losing it.
So for all of you who are facing the same problem and are willing to waive media, those are roughly the steps I took which solved it for me (lots of other things in the way that I doubt helped):
I highly advice before you do it, maybe to avoid many of the steps I did and especially before uninstalling and reinstalling WhatsApp as the WA Support advices you to do, to go to Internal Storage > Android > Media > com.whatsapp > WhatsApp > Databases and copy the msgstore.db file. Also, try to create a local backup by disabling Google Backup and perhaps getting another updated version of the chats. I didn't do it, and I think it costed me a lot of extra steps to try to get the local backup file back, as well as some missing recent chats.
1. Uninstalled WhatsApp, rebooted the phone.
2. Authenticated and started normal backup restore from Google Drive process.
3. Connected the phone to my computer, so I can see real time via Windows Explorer which files are downloaded as a part of the backup (Storage > Android > Media > com.whatsapp > WhatsApp).
4. When download finished and the restoring process started, I immediately copied the Databases and Backup folders as they were brought from the Google backup, leaving the Media one out which I figured is the one causing the issues. Note it's important to do it as soon as download finishes and files are complete, as WhatsApp deletes it if backup fails.
5. When hitting the 24% stuck mark, I 'force stopped' WhatsApp, and uninstalled the app again, then restarted my phone.
6. I reinstalled WhatsApp, and didn't open it.
7. I went on to Create the folder Storage > Android > Media > com.whatsapp > WhatsApp > Databases, and pasted my msgstore.db file in it.
8. I opened WhatsApp, authenticated and started normal backup restore from Google Drive - and it worked. All my chat history is back.
9. I changed my Google Account for WhatsApp backup, and created a fresh backup just in case.
Now I'll decide if makes sense to also attempt recovering the media but at this moment I'm way too tired to think about it anymore.
Hope this helps you!