Soooo I started using WidgetLocker again yesterday along with ADW EX for an ICS-ish theme. Well today I started having some issues with WidgetLocker not allowing me to answer or even see a phone call when my phone was locked. Well to take things further; just an hour ago, when I woke up, when I unlocked my phone my screen was blank and unresponsive. All I had was the notification bar at the top, but it is unusable, and my wallpaper showing. So I rebooted my phone and then disabled WidgetLocker. Well now I'm stuck with just the wallpaper and notification bar on the screen. Nothing works accept the power button and I can't reboot or anything without pulling the battery. I never froze the Sense Launcher or HTC Lockscreen. So... WTF do I do other than wipe my phone and re-install everything??? :'(
I think you have some other problem and it is not widget locker.
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krelvinaz said:
I think you have some other problem and it is not widget locker.
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eh? had to edit my post. my screen isn't actually blank, or off, there just isn't a home screen or lock screen, and none of the buttons work accept the power one.
Are you rooted and unlocked? If so make a nand backup and try wiping. This will allow you to troubleshoot. Report back and we can go from there
I'm rooted on inef 1.4 , I did that and it didn't work. WidgetLocker kinda pisses me off that it can mess stuff up that badly now. Do any rezound users have problems with it? I went though the settings trying to find the culprit but couldn't. Then once I disabled the app everything just broke.
I ended up wiping and staring from scratch. Not using that app again.
I wanted aosp ICS looking stuff but I'm too lazy to desense and theme apps now. I miss MIUI lol. soo easy to change everything from system apks to icons. Makes want to buy a nexus and put up with all the missed opportunities on the phone just to have aosp lol.
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I'm rooted on inef 1.4 , I did that and it didn't work. WidgetLocker kinda pisses me off that it can mess stuff up that badly now. Do any rezound users have problems with it? I went though the settings trying to find the culprit but couldn't. Then once I disabled the app everything just broke.
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I use widget locker on every phone and Android tablet, including my Rezound... Never seen that type of problem before.
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If you do go back to using it again, set up HomeHelper if you haven't done so. Also, unsure of the package names, but you can uninstall using ADB. Having this happen once before, I had to ADB shell into the phone and remove ADW. It's a rare occurrence but does happen.
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WidgetLocker kinda pisses me off that it can mess stuff up that badly now. Do any rezound users have problems with it?
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It won't help you any, but I stopped using Widget Locker because it did the exact same thing to me. I did a wipe & reinstall from scratch just to get totally 100% rid of the POS.
never had any issues with it before, user error perhaps?
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never had any issues with it before, user error perhaps?
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LOL, I don't think so.
I used it forever in my DroidX & it worked fine. All I did was install it in my Rezound & I immediately lost the ability to answer the phone, how is that "user error" ??
boot your phone up without the sim, it should take you to the home screen. Dial *#*#4636#*#* and make sure cdma+lte auto is selected. Power down and re insert sim, and boot back up.
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completely remove widgetlocker and see if it still happens.
I did completely remove it. That's when my phone was totally unusable. Before I did that I could reboot to get it to unlock at least. Idk what the app did or altered to mess up that bad. I'm glad I was rooted and could fix it.
My fix I mean wipe and reflash the rom
I had nothing but problems with it on my thunderbolt. Great idea, poor implementation.
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nrfitchett4 said:
I had nothing but problems with it on my thunderbolt. Great idea, poor implementation.
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True. What's bad is that there is actually a market for a really good one. Money to be had there...
I have had troubles with this app as well. actually it worked kind of alright when it was installed (but it glitched/didnt work occasionally so i got rid of it) but when i uninstalled it somehow the widgetlocker lockscreen still comes up before my current lockscreen (GOlocker). i dont see how this is possible, any ideas? also it usually does this after booting the phone, after its on it pretty much never shows up. maybe reinstall it and wipe the app data with Ti backup, then uninstall?? not sure what to do here
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I started a thread on android central about this but it has got me no where. Ever since I ota'd to ed01 none of my apps that have unlock features unlock the screen. I usually have go sms with the unlock screen feature enabled with a pop up box for replying, this no longer works. Power amp screen lock widget with option of direct unlock no longer works. Instead I get two lock screens. I even tried no lock to get rid of the lock completely. That doesn't even work.
I've tried different froyo roms, fixing permissions, and I have no pins or passwords on my lock. I get the same result with the official ota, evil fascination, the community rom, and the debloated/dibinged rom with no success.
THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY! Any help would be appreciateed
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The same holds true for handcent and its pop up not popping up on comm rom
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I love the development going on here...
I'm hoping the devs will shred some light
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Agreed.
Ill bump this because im having the same problem. Its killing me.
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Can we get some help here guys. Were helpless lol. I need my pop up sms
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This is a rather big issue, as it effects a good number of apps, including some paid ones. I use Unlock With WiFi so I don't have to enter a password when my phone's at home, and it doesn't work either.
I really hope someone can figure out a workaround. I'm almost tempted to just go back to SC2.9.2.
I am also having this issue. Has anyone came up with a solution?
It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
Something may be wrong with the phone. I haven't experienced none of that. Even out the box. Actually its been so fast for me that if I experience the littlest bit of lag it drives me nuts. Might be hard ware related.
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It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
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LOL dude you have the data guard enabled. There is a setting in their that holds downloads and other things in a queue until you are using WiFi in order to save battery. Just disable that and you'll be on your way And the SPB Mobile Shell problem is probably a problem with the app. Contact the developer and tell them about it. There aren't many nVidia Tegra 2 phones out there so it's not very likely they have done much testing on the architecture. Also, what kind of links are you talking about? Like a link you receive in a text message?
Hey buddy aren't you from Hero Land??
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LOL dude you have the data guard enabled. There is a setting in their that holds downloads and other things in a queue until you are using WiFi in order to save battery. Just disable that and you'll be on your way And the SPB Mobile Shell problem is probably a problem with the app. Contact the developer and tell them about it. There aren't many nVidia Tegra 2 phones out there so it's not very likely they have done much testing on the architecture. Also, what kind of links are you talking about? Like a link you receive in a text message?
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I used to have the same problem with apps not responding after pressing. I was using adw launcher I reverted back to stock and everything is good now. Emailed the developer about the compatability and waiting for an answer but the photon is good otherwise
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Yeah it really sounds like you have Data Saver enabled which is located under Battery & data manager in the phone settings. If not you may want to exchange the phone as faulty. I have a lot of issues which my Photon: stuttering during music playback, random reboots (twice in 2 weeks so far), and feedback when using the audio out (buzzing / static). These seem to be common problems but the performance issues you are mentioning do not seem normal from what I have read in these forums.
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I used to have the same problem with apps not responding after pressing. I was using adw launcher I reverted back to stock and everything is good now. Emailed the developer about the compatability and waiting for an answer but the photon is good otherwise
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Been using ADW launcher pro for 4 days now without any issues
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radrian92 said:
Hey buddy aren't you from Hero Land??
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You would be correct. Although i went from the Hero to an LG Optimus S, and now the Photon.
No problems like that with SPB Shell here. Check the data saver mode. You can also try changing the vm heap to 48 or 64. Mine is on 64 but never had an issue with the stock setting either.
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It does appear that it was SPB Shell which sucks because I was really liking it. I will send a message to the dev and see what happens. The funny thing is that is was working great the first few days that I was using it and then started acting up which was why I didn't thing it was SPB
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No problems like that with SPB Shell here. Check the data saver mode. You can also try changing the vm heap to 48 or 64. Mine is on 64 but never had an issue with the stock setting either.
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How do you get it that high? I am using VM Heap Tool and the highest it will let me check is 48.
It's not data saver. Or it shouldn't be. It's an Android flaw.
I've had an Incredible, Thunderbolt and then Photon. Which means I've used a few Android phones over a couple of networks (more if you consider the 4G's as their own networks).
99% of the time my phones work fine. Every so often it will stall downloading an app, or an email will just sit on sending for a longggg time. Unless I am recreating the same conditions over three phones and two networks I think this just happens every once and a while.
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It seems to freeze up a lot. I will select apps and they do nothing, same with downloads from the market. They just hang at showing them as downloading.
I use SPB Shell and sometimes when it does this it will also stick between pages rather than just flinging to the next it will actually just stop in between pages until you continue to scroll though.
When I select links to open, it does nothing until I actually open the browser. I have only had the phone for a few days and it worked fine, now its doing all these weird things.
Anyone got any suggestions or ideas, let me know otherwise I'm afraid I may be taking it back...
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I'm glad you found the issue, this right here always tells me it was something you installed that caused the problem. When it worked fine out of the box and then....
Just watch what you install, install one app at a time and see how it flows for awhile after each app. Yes, it may take awhile to get all your apps on but you will know what apps are causing you issues! Like a previous poster said, there aren't many T2 phones, so just be careful what you install!
Glad you found the problem!
-DJ
Sorry if i sound dumb, but i was trying to restart the TP but when i hold down the power button it only ask to shut down. Is there something i am missing?
Shutting down will power it off.
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dabels1961 said:
Shutting down will power it off.
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I am trying to restart the tablet, not turn it off. Is there a different method to restarting it?
Try the Quick Boot app from the market. It works for me.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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Try the Quick Boot app from the market. It works for me.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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that app requires root, and i still am stock - as i dont see a necessity to root
asus didnt implement a combination of buttons?
Not that I'm aware of. Look at the bright side, now you have an excuse to root.
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Not that I'm aware of. Look at the bright side, now you have an excuse to root.
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haha, what other advantages do i get for rooting?
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/10_reasons_root_your_android_device
* Titanium Backup
* AdFree
* Root Explorer
* Quick Boot
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/10_reasons_root_your_android_device
* Titanium Backup
* AdFree
* Root Explorer
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Thanks, what's adfree? the only other use i see for rooting is six axis, everything else seems phone worthy, my thunderbolt is rooting and tethering
edit: found adfree on market (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&feature=search_result) - i am going to try on my phone first
I was also wondering if there was some sort of reset. Although, powering down and back up is fairly quick, so it's not that much of a problem for me.
Titanium backup and Chainfire is what I probably like best from rooting.
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I was also wondering if there was some sort of reset. Although, powering down and back up is fairly quick, so it's not that much of a problem for me.
Titanium backup and Chainfire is what I probably like best from rooting.
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i never found a good use for titanium yet, besides backing up
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i never found a good use for titanium yet, besides backing up
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Backing up is a pretty damn good use Especially when an app update causes crashes, I can revert to a previous working backup.
Freezing apps is also awesome. I can disable bloat without having to physically delete apps, and I can re-enable them when I want to do OTA updates.
Those two things alone make the premium license worth the price.
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Backing up is a pretty damn good use Especially when an app update causes crashes, I can revert to a previous working backup.
Freezing apps is also awesome. I can disable bloat without having to physically delete apps, and I can re-enable them when I want to do OTA updates.
Those two things alone make the premium license worth the price.
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i got a response on the transformer forums.
"Keep holding the power button (about 10-12 seconds) and the screen will go black, and then start back up. "
back to titanium, freezing apps essentially stops the apps from running in the background?
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i got a response on the transformer forums.
"Keep holding the power button (about 10-12 seconds) and the screen will go black, and then start back up. "
back to titanium, freezing apps essentially stops the apps from running in the background?
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Thanks for that piece of info!
Yes, freezing apps stops them from running in the background 99% of the time. The 1% of the time they don't stop running is when another app that isn't frozen opens them.
Freezing an app basically makes the system think it's not there, even though they are not physically deleted. Then OTA updating is as simple as unfreezing the apps.
i just received my note today..a couple of hours later i noticed it acted wierd..when i try to type a message, the keypad types random letters on its own, goes to to the app drawer, launches a random app and stuff...any of you guys experiencing stuff like this...i did a full restore twice, wouldnt help...any idea whats going on??
im sure i can return the phone if its a defect in it..but jus wanna make sure if therz sumthing else i can try before returning!
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i just received my note today..a couple of hours later i noticed it acted wierd..when i try to type a message, the keypad types random letters on its own, goes to to the app drawer, launches a random app and stuff...any of you guys experiencing stuff like this...i did a full restore twice, wouldnt help...any idea whats going on??
im sure i can return the phone if its a defect in it..but jus wanna make sure if therz sumthing else i can try before returning!
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Sounds like you have phantom taps.
I'd exchange it after you try a restore and it still doesn't work.
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Sounds like you have phantom taps.
I'd exchange it after you try a restore and it still doesn't work.
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Is there an odin one click to restore to stock?
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bonefan03 said:
Is there an odin one click to restore to stock?
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You should be able to do it right from the phone like any other Samsung android
Assuming you haven't installed custom ROM/kernel, all you have to do is go to settings->privacy->factory data reset. I'm pretty sure that just clears out the stuff in /sdcard and removes any apps in /data (i.e. user-installed apps).
I have a Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G, running Android 2.3.6, but I don't think this question is all that device-specific. If it is, someone will let me know.
I'm pretty new to Android.
This phone is rooted. I didn't install any custom ROM, however. I rooted it only to be able to use SetCPU and to be able to freeze/block some things, which I did successfully. This is where the problem starts.
I used a program called Gemini App Manager to block certain things from running. I had installed Launcher 7 and was using it for a couple of months. Today, I decided to return to TouchWiz for a while. I had blocked the TW files for some reason, but I used Gemini to unblock them. Or so I thought. I went through the motions of doing so, but didn't actually check to see if the unblocking worked. Apparently it didn't. Not knowing this, I uninstalled Launcher 7 from the phone and rebooted.
Now I can't get past the Samsung splash screen. It appears that TW wasn't unblocked, and with Launcher 7 gone, there's nowhere for it to go.
Yes, I'm an idiot. Let's get that out of the way first. The question is: Is there any way to fix this?
just reflash rom using samsung's official tool for updating software.
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If you want, I'll get you a launcher app and you can flash it. It will be the stock Jelly Bean launcher though Or at least my modified version of it
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He's on GB so JB launcher will not work
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ubizmo said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G, running Android 2.3.6, but I don't think this question is all that device-specific. If it is, someone will let me know.
I'm pretty new to Android.
This phone is rooted. I didn't install any custom ROM, however. I rooted it only to be able to use SetCPU and to be able to freeze/block some things, which I did successfully. This is where the problem starts.
I used a program called Gemini App Manager to block certain things from running. I had installed Launcher 7 and was using it for a couple of months. Today, I decided to return to TouchWiz for a while. I had blocked the TW files for some reason, but I used Gemini to unblock them. Or so I thought. I went through the motions of doing so, but didn't actually check to see if the unblocking worked. Apparently it didn't. Not knowing this, I uninstalled Launcher 7 from the phone and rebooted.
Now I can't get past the Samsung splash screen. It appears that TW wasn't unblocked, and with Launcher 7 gone, there's nowhere for it to go.
Yes, I'm an idiot. Let's get that out of the way first. The question is: Is there any way to fix this?
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Yes there's a way to solve it, however, you need to have USB Debugging enabled... You can install another launcher via ADB, and that way access again to your apps/files. IF you need a guide, ask me, I'll do one for you
Can't you install a launcher from the Play Store on your computer to your phone...?
The problem is solved, thanks to help offered here and elsewhere.
I was able to install Go Launcher using ADB, although to do so I had to "wipe data" from the manual boot screen first. When this was done, and the phone rebooted, TouchWiz was back; I didn't even have to do anything with Go.
I'm sticking with TW for now. It works fine for my purposes. I had been using Launcher 7 for a few months, after having a WP device. I had also read that Launcher 7 was easier on the battery. I don't know if this is true; I've read so many conflicting things about launchers and battery life. In any case, TW is fine at least until ICS comes through; then I'll see what I want to do.
I had to re-root after the above operations, so that I could continue to use SetCPU.
ubizmo said:
The problem is solved, thanks to help offered here and elsewhere.
I was able to install Go Launcher using ADB, although to do so I had to "wipe data" from the manual boot screen first. When this was done, and the phone rebooted, TouchWiz was back; I didn't even have to do anything with Go.
I'm sticking with TW for now. It works fine for my purposes. I had been using Launcher 7 for a few months, after having a WP device. I had also read that Launcher 7 was easier on the battery. I don't know if this is true; I've read so many conflicting things about launchers and battery life. In any case, TW is fine at least until ICS comes through; then I'll see what I want to do.
I had to re-root after the above operations, so that I could continue to use SetCPU.
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I'm glad, but one last question, why did you have to wipe data?
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I'm glad, but one last question, why did you have to wipe data?
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I don't know. Doesn't make any sense to me either.