Hi
I got a Lumia 800 to play around with from my employer but there is a Demo OS (or something) installed that resets all of my configurations (Exchange etc) now and then. So I wonder if there is a way to reinstall a clean OS on this phone?
Might be of use: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409297
I will try that, thanks a lot.
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Just got a new tablet. Looks like it's a clone of something of these:
AMLogic A9
iRobot a907
Ramos W10
MaPan MX19S
Hyston 9587
Anyways, it didnt come with market, so I rooted and I installed gapps. It's running android 2.3.4. Everything seems to work except that Google Services Framework crashes all the time. Pretty much background sync doesnt always happen, because Services Framework crashes. It happens all the time! I tried like 4 versions of framework, the one that came with the gapps, honeycomb version (honeygapps from xda), version 2.1, version 2.3.7 and it just doesnt fix it. I cleared data a million times, online says that it might be contacts db causing it to fail.. I removed anything contacts related (the sync adapter and everything.. so there are no contacts anymore on my tablet)... but nothing seems to work.. it just continues to FC, I even disabled background data and auto-sync, it still force closes!!!!! The only method to stop it is to disconnect wifi. I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? It's annoying always popping up every few minutes / seconds.
Thanks.
Hi everyone, I'm new to Android, not very knowledgeable, have got into a pickle and wonder if anyone can help me.
The Phone - I bought my first Android phone just over a year ago, a Storex DC50G. It's a dual SIM phone running Android 4.2.2, made (or at least marketed) by a French office equipment company. Not very popular, sold mostly in southern Europe (I'm in Britain). Most of the discussion online is in French or Spanish. I understand a bit of both languages but can't find any discussion of rooting, hacks or ROMs. Some software reports the manufacturer as Alps (but they deny it). Until recently it did what I needed and I was happy with it.
The Problem - Unfortunately, I got complacent because of what I'd read about Android's good security and Google's vetting of apps on Play Store. I only installed respectable apps from Play Store, but at some point I must have installed something bad which installed more bad things. I suppose it's possible that this was one of the Chinese phones that had a trojan as it left the factory. At one stage as soon as I connected to WiFi or cellular data I'd get a blizzard of animated advertisements and new installations that made the phone unusable.
What I've Done - Booted to safe mode, with no data connection. I tried 'Factory Data Reset' via settings and via the recovery menu. That wiped all my data but the malware survived. I uninstalled all downloaded apps and removed the SD card. I found several apps that looked obviously suspicious but were installed as 'Factory Apps' so could not be uninstalled. I've disabled them. Malwarebytes detects 16 pieces of malware but can't delete them ('Do you want to delete the selected items?' -> 'Name of application Do you want to uninstall this app?' -> 'Name of application Uninstall unsuccessful'. The listed malware is:
PUP.Riskpay.Xinyin.wch
Android/Trojan.Ztorg.b
Android/Trojan.Agent.OT
Android/Trojan.Downloader.Agent.ex
Android/Trojan.lop.rp
Android/Trojan.lop.rp
Android/Trojan.lop.j
Android/Trojan.Dropper.Agent.gg
Android/PUP.Adware.Sprovider.E
Android/Trojan.Ztorg.tw
Android/Trojan.Spy.Qcarec
Android/Trojan.Ztorg.b
Android/Trojan.downloader.Guerilla.m
Android/Trojan.Ztorg.a
Android/Trojan.Dropper.Agent.FH
Android/Trojan.Ztorg.b
I've tried deleting them one by one, getting the name of the app from the error message and disabling them individually. The phone is much better now - usable for making calls, but I'm not happy to trust it with passwords, banking applications etc. and every time I unlock it I'm greeted by a naked Chinese lady who I didn't invite.
Lessons Learned - next time I'll buy a popular big name phone so I have a chance of getting support, from the community if not from the manufacturer. Android's security turned out to be just enough to prevent me from making a proper back-up and now to stop me uninstalling the malware, but not enough to keep out the nasties. I'd be tempted to root a new phone straight away so I can back up the operating system - even at the risk of invalidating the warranty.
What next? - I'm being cautious, but haven't got much to loose. I'm thinking of trying some of the general purpose rooting tools like Kingoroot, then if I get root successfully trying again to uninstall the malware (but don't know how to be sure I've spotted it all). Ideally, I'd flash a fresh, clean ROM, but since it's not a popular phone there's no such ROM and no-one seems able to give me a clean manufacturer's ROM.
Is this a sensible way forward? Is there a better way forward? Should I chuck it in the bin and go shopping for a new phone?
Install update of ROM with SP flash tool
Install ROM of storex.
xda does not let me put link ROM
Hello Everyone
Start off by saying I have little to no Android knowledge (rooting, custom ROMs, modding or programs for such things), however I have basic knowledge of linux and the command line.
My S2 GT-i9100 rapidly heats up and its battery is *unimaginably* and randomly depleted by Google Play Services and quickly renders it useless as a device. I want to fix it and not turn it into a brick.
I got the phone from a family member from Europe (I live in Australia), who had used it for about 6 months. When I got it, it was already unlocked and rooted by some phone place over there. I didn't have any problems.
Recently however Google Play Services (size 127 MB) has randomly started doing *something*, this despite no mobile broadband and almost no internet usage from wifi either to invoke it. Considering it is on ICS (no idea how to upgrade, or whether i should upgrade, or what to upgrade to) it has to be either a bug or a virus considering all those Android exploits in the news recently.
To fix it whenever it occurs, I clear the RAM twice then go into the list of Applications and Force Stop Google Play Services (more than once if the button isn't greyed out).
I tried to disable the components of Google Play Services(listed below) but the problem continued AND it erased the names of my contacts meaning I was left with a bunch of numbers with no name.
Google Bookmarks Sync
Google Play services
Google Services Framework
Google Account Manager
Network Location
Google Contacts Sync
Some details:
Wi-Fi use only (and nonexistent nowadays), no mobile broadband
GT-i9100 running Android 4.0.3 (ICS)
ROM, unknown if original / custom, has a T-Mobile animation screen on bootup and shutdown
It also has a yellow triangle at the bottom when I turn it on (don't care about cosmetics)
Rooted with CWW (no idea about how that works or what it means) and SuperSU (i do know how root user works in linux)
Root Browser + Terminal Emulator installed (my doing)
Google Authenticator + Microsoft Account Authenticator (i don't wanna screw up anything with these, got codes for google authenticator, need to research microsoft)
Call history and text messages (I would like to keep these and would like to know how to backup the phone first of all)
So I'm looking to figure out what would be the best course of action to fix this without screwing up anything. I know the standard solution would be a factory reset but I don't have any backups (also don't know how to), don't want to brick the phone and don't know what it would actually do, and even if it worked, how to root the phone again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
i had the same massive battery draining. Problem was Google Fit App. After uninstalling the app the battery draining is gone. I think this app prevented the google services to fall in "doze" mode. Perhaps you have a similar app!?
Disclaimer: I have already posted this in the S2 specific forum, unfortunately a lack of response is why I am also posting this here.
Hello Everyone
Start off by saying I have little to no Android knowledge (rooting, custom ROMs, modding or programs for such things), however I have basic knowledge of linux and the command line.
My S2 GT-i9100 rapidly heats up and its battery is *unimaginably* and randomly depleted by Google Play Services and quickly renders it useless as a device. I want to fix it and not turn it into a brick.
I got the phone from a family member from Europe (I live in Australia), who had used it for about 6 months. When I got it, it was already unlocked and rooted by some phone place over there. I didn't have any problems.
Recently however Google Play Services (size 127 MB) (version 9.2.56) has randomly started doing *something*, this despite no mobile broadband and almost no internet usage from wifi either to invoke it. Considering it is on ICS (no idea how to upgrade, or whether i should upgrade, or what to upgrade to) it has to be either a bug or a virus considering all those Android exploits in the news recently.
To fix it whenever it occurs, I clear the RAM twice then go into the list of Applications and Force Stop Google Play Services (more than once if the button isn't greyed out).
I tried to disable the components of Google Play Services(listed below) but the problem continued AND it erased the names of my contacts meaning I was left with a bunch of numbers with no name.
Google Bookmarks Sync
Google Play services
Google Services Framework
Google Account Manager
Network Location
Google Contacts Sync
Some details:
Wi-Fi use only (and nonexistent nowadays), no mobile broadband
GT-i9100 running Android 4.0.3 (ICS)
ROM, unknown if original / custom, has a T-Mobile animation screen on bootup and shutdown
It also has a yellow triangle at the bottom when I turn it on (don't care about cosmetics)
Rooted with CWW (no idea about how that works or what it means) and SuperSU (i do know how root user works in linux)
Root Browser + Terminal Emulator installed (my doing)
Google Authenticator + Microsoft Account Authenticator (i don't wanna screw up anything with these, got codes for google authenticator, need to research microsoft)
Call history and text messages (I would like to keep these and would like to know how to backup the phone first of all)
So I'm looking to figure out what would be the best course of action to fix this without screwing up anything. I know the standard solution would be a factory reset but I don't have any backups (also don't know how to), don't want to brick the phone and don't know what it would actually do, and even if it worked, how to root the phone again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello!
I've recently purchased what I thought was a feature phone with long battery life, the Vodafone Smart A9 (VFD 120) for the purpose of putting my "home" SIM card in while I travel. Surprisingly, this phone actually runs Android! Albeit a very locked down version of Android without Google Play Services. In hindsight I probably should've purchased a different cheap phone and turned off data and location to get a similarly long battery life, at the time the price of $49NZD ($32USD) didn't seem like a bad idea. For the sake of interest I decided to try and sideload an application onto this phone, it seems like a decent companion to take hiking as I lost my last phone off the side of a mountain.
I've tried a few things to sideload an app or gain some sort of privileged access to the phone. I haven't really been up to date with the Android Hacking/Dev scene in a good while as my personal need to root has diminished greatly in the last few years.
Things I've tried:
Enable ADB in Developer Mode by pressing Build Version a bunch of times. Unfortunately pressing Build Version does nothing.
Look for settings to enable applications from other sources. This doesn't exist in the security settings.
Tried installing an app from the file manager. This doesn't work either.
Boot into recovery to do "anything". The phone shows up in ADB as "Unauthorised". There aren't any settings except a bunch of hardware tests and factory reset.
The device only has OTA updates but I imagine that even if I grab the file and spoof the download URL with a modified ROM, it wouldn't pass a hash/signature check.
Is there anything else I could realistically try? I'd just like to know if I've missed anything glaringly obvious.
Thanks for taking a look at my post!
phone is now 13nzd from harvy norman did you ever work out a way to load apps
If Android device is Wi-Fi enabled and has browser installed, you at any time can install an app from one of the several existing app markets: Google Play Store isn't the only one though it's highly recommended to use it due to security reasons.
Hi I was wondering if You could tell me how to boot into Recovery mode for this phone.