I charge my Titan via USB on my work computer. I don't have Administrator privileges on this computer so I cannot install the drivers for the phone. However, even after clicking cancel on all the Hardware Installation boxes that pop up when the phone is attached the phone is detected again and the boxes pop up again. This happens every 10 minutes or so as far as I can tell.
Is there a way to disable this without cooking nueUSB into my ROM? I'm running DCD 3.2.6 btw.
Thanks!
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I charge my Titan via USB on my work computer. I don't have Administrator privileges on this computer so I cannot install the drivers for the phone. However, even after clicking cancel on all the Hardware Installation boxes that pop up when the phone is attached the phone is detected again and the boxes pop up again. This happens every 10 minutes or so as far as I can tell.
Is there a way to disable this without cooking nueUSB into my ROM? I'm running DCD 3.2.6 btw.
Thanks!
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Same problem here. There is a CAB for nueUSB as well. I would go that route. I have backed it into my ROM. Plus I love having the Storage Card show up instead of The active Sync interface. I cannot live without that. Plus I never like to synch my phone with a PC. Do it all OTA with Exchange.
I've had issues with nueUSB where when I disconnect the device some system process starts to hang resulting in the spinning beach ball always on the screen and CPU usage going way up when the phone is just sitting there so I stay away from it. This requires a soft reset to fix.
Strangely, I have the same problem when I remove my SD card and also requires a soft reset to fix...
unL33T said:
I've had issues with nueUSB where when I disconnect the device some system process starts to hang resulting in the spinning beach ball always on the screen and CPU usage going way up when the phone is just sitting there so I stay away from it. This requires a soft reset to fix.
Strangely, I have the same problem when I remove my SD card and also requires a soft reset to fix...
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It sounds like you have something running that may be accesing the devices. When you disable the functionality it locks up that program or something like that.
WHat all do you have installed?
Windows Mobile 6.1... DCD 3.2.6
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Windows Mobile 6.1... DCD 3.2.6
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No for applications.
scrosler said:
No for applications.
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Oh for some reason I had misread something.
Here's the complete list of what I have installed right now:
S2U2
Total Commander
HomeScreen PlusPlus (formerly BatteryStatus)
Pocket Player
TouchPal
MemMaid
FTouchFlo
GC Java Pack 1.2.4
Google Maps
Talkonaut
GPS Viewer
Nilisco Flashlight
1-Calc
Parlringo
Pocket RAR
Resco Explorer
Resco Registry Add-in
SBSH.net PocketWeather
Schap's FTouchFlo Configurator
Skunkworks FlashVideoBundle
Skyfire
SpaceTime
Spb Backup
Spb Diary
Spb Pocket Plus
TCPMP AAC Plugin
TCPMP
Calctor Mobile
TomTom Navigator (installed to SD)
FlexMail4
I didn't realize that nueUSB would disconnect the SD card when you plug the phone in. Having realized this today I realized my two problems were very much related. So I decided I better look into fixing it.
After a little troubleshooting I narrowed the problem down to the Spb Pocket Plus Today plug-in. I thought it was odd that that program would cause an issue with the SD card since I didn't think it had anything related to the SD card. I didn't even have an icon displaying the SD card's free space on it.
After delving into the menus a little more I found one option that had to do with the SD card. "Refresh icons in today plug-in when storage card is inserted." It would make sense that this could be my problem since the problem only occurs when the SD card is removed and then reinserted. Not if it is just removed. So I unchecked this option and viola! nueUSB causes no problems for me now
Ok. Hope this is not thread crapping. But I have a question. What does nueUSB do? I have searched the forums but besides some *issues* and a flame war of someone who did or didn't steal it I don't find my answer. Can someone answer this simple question?
It gives you the option to use your phone as a USB SD card reader. So when you connect your phone to your PC it is detected as a mass storage device and you can read and write to the SD card.
oh goody. That would help me get around the activsync issue I have at work. LOL
Usually if you are having problems with nueMassStorage, it is because of other programs (like stated earlier). I have been using nueMassStorage for a while now, and it has really come in handy for those times you are at a computer that does not have active sync installed.
If you don't want Activesync or mass storeage or anything, just use a cable that has no data lines, just power.
Hi mates,
since this evening, my Galaxy S2 (unbranded, unrooted, with stock firmware) was connecting fine with my PC in the "kies mode". I could use kies flawlessy, and I could regularly see my phone in my windows 7 (x86) explorer, and use explorer to read and write files from and to its memory.
Then, this evening, I got a notification, from kies, that an update (of kies) was available (2.0.2.11071.182.2), and I gave my consent to the updater. It did all its dirty job but after the installation of the new version, despite the phone connects via USB, every time I try to access the phone's memory from the PC, the connection drops. It restores backafer one second or two, but then again, if I try to access the phone's memory, it drops agains. The problem appears indifferently when accessing phone's memory from kies, and when doing it from windows' explorer, and this makes me suspect of the drivers, that the new version of kies brought along.
The phone connects correctly to the PC in the direct USB mode, and I can access its memory with no problem, and this also suggests that the problem should be the drivers.
So I uninstalled everything (new kies and drivers), and rebooted the PC, then I dowloaded what I believe is the previous version of kies: 2.0.1.11053.99.3, and launched its installation. After the end of the process, I rebooted the PC, just to be safe. According to the list of the installed software in my PC (in "Control Panel > Uninstall a program"), the drivers have rolled back, as expected, to version 1.3.2410.0 (before they were 1.4.something).
At the first connection of the phone to the PC after the reboot, I got notification from windows that the device installed correctly and it is ready to use (all the tree drivers are indeed reported as installed correctly)...
The point is that all this did not solve the problem at all, and USB connection still behaves exactly as badly as before.
I tried again uninstalling and reinstalling everything, also adding a manual clean up of the windows' registry from any entry related to "samsung", checking that the phone was not set in "USB debugging" mode, and disabling the antivirus, but despite everything appears to be fine, the phone regularly keeps on refusing to maintain USB connection alive everytime I try to access its memory.
What drives me mad is the fact that until this evening, everything was working flawlessly!
What else can I try????
I've just made a test on another PC running windows XP, with latest Kies 2.0.2.11071_128 installed. It's my office PC, and although I'm not 100% sure, I seem to remember that, until yesterday, my phone was connecting fine with it, and with that version of kies. But now, all of a sudden, I have the same problem also with this PC...
So, likely, it is a problem of the phone... the MTP application restarts everytime I try to access the phone from the PC, so... what can I try on the phone, to see if I can fix this annoying issue? I DON'T WANT TO FACTORY RESET MY PHONE, PLEASE!!!!
If any of you has any suggestion, I would be more than grateful...
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If any of you has any suggestion, I would be more than grateful...
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I had the same problem the other day and I could not find a way to fix it, in the end I did a factory reset from Settings/Privacy and its ok now, just wiping cache did not fix it, factory reset was needed.
Dear Odia, thank you very much for replying and giving me a clue.
So... it appears that there's nothing else to do, is there? Buhahhaa!!! I want to cry!!!! I haven't made a backup and resetting the phone will be really painful... I'm already starting to feel the pain in my ass!!!
By chance, do you happen to know if I will have to buy again the apps I have already bought from the market? I have always kept both "Backup personal data" and "Automatic restore" ticked in "Settings>Privacy"... Could this be of any help?
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Dear Odia, thank you very much for replying and giving me a clue.
So... it appears that there's nothing else to do, is there? Buhahhaa!!! I want to cry!!!! I haven't made a backup and resetting the phone will be really painful... I'm already starting to feel the pain in my ass!!!
By chance, do you happen to know if I will have to buy again the apps I have already bought from the market? I have always kept both "Backup personal data" and "Automatic restore" ticked in "Settings>Privacy"... Could this be of any help?
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You can always make a backup now before the reset and you will not have to buy paid apps again.
Yes but how can I backup my phone if kies will loose the connection with the phone as soon as it tries to access its memory?
Oh wait a moment, Perhaps I could use Kies air? Deos it allow to backup the phone? 'cause I can't test it now in my office, there's no wifi here...
From what I can tell, its the amount of the power that is supplied to the USB port itself that is the issue. I have the same problem when I put my i9100 on certain computers. Same thing happens to my WD MyPassport. Certain computers it works fine, and some it will power it for a bit, but once the device starts to draw too much current, it just disconnects.
This is why I try to do all my modding and flashing on a laptop, since, for me, they seem to be the most reliable in keeping devices powered up properly.
This is certainly a good point, but in my particular case, USB connection used to work up until yesterday with all the PCs I have (2 laptops and a desktop PC), whereas since yesterday, it works with none (with and without using the same USB ports). In addition if I use straight USB connection (hence not through the MTP app used by kies), it works fine.
Anyway what you have just mentioned is actually what scares me, because it would mean a hardware fault. But I'm crossing my fingers, hopefully it's (just) a software related issue and a factory reset will solve it. After all, straight connection works, so it would be really surprising if it were a hardware fault.
I will try resetting everything when I get home. Another "nice" busy evening to account to Samsung!
I guess if all samsung customers were honestly paid for every hour spent mending/fixing the issues of samsung products, the company would declare bankrupt in a matter of a few days!
Ok, I solved the issue with a drastic factory reset.
Thanks Odia for helping.
I spent 8 hours backing up and restoring everything included all the settings and personalisations. I went to bed at 3 am, eating only a quick sandwich in front of the bloody phone.
THANK YOU SAMSUNG, I wish to electrocute all your ****ing managers.
I hate when something in a device screws up all of a sudden and noboby knows why. It could happen again any time, and again I would have to spend hours mending a stupid phone instead of enjoying my life.
By the way, does anybody knows exactly what data is automatically backed up and restored on google servers by these functions?
"Settings>Privacy>Backup of personal data"
"Settings>Privacy>Automatic restore"
I always had both tiched, and I noticed that almost all the applications downloaded from the market that were installed on the phone, were automatically re-downloaded and restored on the phone at first boot after reset, but I'm not too shure I have understood what else was automatically restored.
I just read this thread for the first time, and was sympathetic to your issue when I started reading. I could see that there had been problems, but suggestions had been made and you seemed to be making good progress.
I was getting ready for offering advice and wishing you well with your problem.
Then suddenly you start to wish physical harm on Samsung employees.
Bye.
JuniorGG said:
Yes but how can I backup my phone if kies will loose the connection with the phone as soon as it tries to access its memory?
Oh wait a moment, Perhaps I could use Kies air? Deos it allow to backup the phone? 'cause I can't test it now in my office, there's no wifi here...
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This is a simple solution try it and it will work for you the next time you face it most of the time it is a hardware issue i have been facing the same issue and nothing helped neither the factory reset nor the *#7284# procedure.
Take a pointy object like a pin or a paper and then clean your usb slot of the phone properly cuz most of the times usb pin points gets connected with each other due to the atmosphere and metal reaction. After that it will work like a charm for you. Before commenting anything negative i would appreciate if those who are facing this issue for a long time try this and then comment
Had the same problem, solved it by upgrading the phone software.
Setting > About Phone > Software update.
No need to afraid losing files. Hope that helps.
i faced the same problem on the GalaxyS sometime back. i did factory reset too. I got the same problem again. but i remembered it working on my LG TV so i did not go for factory reset. I went for re-install of samsung's USB driver for Windows. now it is working fine.
I fully agree that Samsung needs to be more responsible and responsive in resolving the such problems without causing data losses.
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i faced the same problem on the GalaxyS sometime back. i did factory reset too. I got the same problem again. but i remembered it working on my LG TV so i did not go for factory reset. I went for re-install of samsung's USB driver for Windows. now it is working fine.
I fully agree that Samsung needs to be more responsible and responsive in resolving the such problems without causing data losses.
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You could have saved a lot of hassle by installing a custom Rom and Kernel. I hate MTP mode! Mass storage mode is much better, I never had any problems with that....
Workaround - Power Management
This may be fixed, for now. However, in the future, there is a small workaround that you can use so that you're not required to wipe your phone every time this happens.
Here's what I do:
Since the device's connection is severed after the use of a certain amount of power, we can control the power management of the port that the device is connected to.
On WinXP:
Enter "Control Panel" > "System"
Click on "Hardware"
Click on "Device Manager"
Find the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" section
Click the "+" next to that, and find the "USB Root Hub" that the device is connected to.
Right-click on the Hub, then select "Properties"
Click on the "Power Management" tab
Then, UNcheck the box that says "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power."
This will prevent the connection from resetting. It's a quick workaround that works pretty well for me.
However, I ought to note that the changes should be undone after you're done with syncing the device, ESPECIALLY if you're on a laptop. Otherwise, you could risk a lot of battery/power usage within a short time, even if there is no device connected to that port.
Good luck, I hope this helps.
Cheers!
-Robbie (Zecred)
Moderator please help others as this is a community problem
Archer said:
I just read this thread for the first time, and was sympathetic to your issue when I started reading. I could see that there had been problems, but suggestions had been made and you seemed to be making good progress.
I was getting ready for offering advice and wishing you well with your problem.
Then suddenly you start to wish physical harm on Samsung employees.
Bye.
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Please don't bail out because of that comment, i have been having this issue for a month and AT&T almost sold me another phone telling me it was the USB PORT.
I changed my phone setup dialing *#7284# and changed the UART to : PDA from Modem and same for USB (to PDA) modes. This helped get connected as before it would not even recognize the phone (computer would not do so).
I was am not sure if it is not the battery or charging circuitry, as others also reported, but my charging circuit is working fine and my battery charges 100% and last all day as normal. I can connect to the USB port and see my phone for a short while but it will suddenly disconnect.
But same as before it suddenly disconnects and will reconnect cycling continuously. I also believe it is the charge circuit because when it is charging, i hear the phone constanlty beeping from turning the schreen on/off. Same as when it is plugged into the usb port on computer.
Am tempted to buy a battery, but is can run the phone on the USB port without a battery in the phone. Problem continues without a battery...disconnecting and connecting to the computer.
Zecred said:
This may be fixed, for now. However, in the future, there is a small workaround that you can use so that you're not required to wipe your phone every time this happens.
Here's what I do:
Since the device's connection is severed after the use of a certain amount of power, we can control the power management of the port that the device is connected to.
On WinXP:
Enter "Control Panel" > "System"
Click on "Hardware"
Click on "Device Manager"
Find the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" section
Click the "+" next to that, and find the "USB Root Hub" that the device is connected to.
Right-click on the Hub, then select "Properties"
Click on the "Power Management" tab
Then, UNcheck the box that says "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power."
This will prevent the connection from resetting. It's a quick workaround that works pretty well for me.
However, I ought to note that the changes should be undone after you're done with syncing the device, ESPECIALLY if you're on a laptop. Otherwise, you could risk a lot of battery/power usage within a short time, even if there is no device connected to that port.
Good luck, I hope this helps.
Cheers!
-Robbie (Zecred)
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I was plagued with this same problem, until I tried the above fix, and it works brilliantly! No more disconnects, great stuff.
It's pretty old topic but maybe someone has same issue and doesn't want to loose data. I had similar problem (couldn't connect to device, also couldn't install/uninstall any stuff because of no-space-available error).
I managed to download all pictures/documents via adb - worked pretty well. A sample command to retrieve all camera pictures:
adb pull /mnt/sdcard/DCIM
I run linux on my computer so I don't/can't have Kies running. What exactly does Kies control on the handset side? Is it possible to kill Kies on the handset or some other way to stop that MTP Application "Press the home key to quit Samsung Kies" from popping up every time I stick my phone in the cradle?
If you don't have any use for Kies, you can safely enable USB debugging found in: Settings -> Applictions --> Development --> USB debugging, which will stop Kies automatically popping up on the handset.
If you want rid of it after that, it's perfectly safe to freeze/uninstall the kies related APKs.
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If you don't have any use for Kies, you can safely enable USB debugging found in: Settings -> Applictions --> Development --> USB debugging, which will stop Kies automatically popping up on the handset.
If you want rid of it after that, it's perfectly safe to freeze/uninstall the kies related APKs.
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Brilliant. Sorry, that has likely been asked a million times. I think I'll keep the APKs installed, I do have kies running in a VM for the occasional backup, but no need to see that stupid screen every time I charge when it doesn't do anything unless I specifically want it to. Cheers!
Less brilliant than previously thought. That stops the MTP screen from coming up but also breaks push gmail for some odd reason.
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I access gmail through the exchange server method so it pushes messages. When I enabled USB debugging, messages stopped getting pushed. disabling the debugging fixed the problem. I find it very odd that the two would be related, especially while not plugged in, but that does seem to be the issue.
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I don't know.. what's up,m but it seems to be working now... terribly sorry to bother yet again
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Hello all
I have had a Swift X for a week. So far so good...for the most part.
My usage habits are such that I frequently take photo's for my job and download them to my PC.
When I plug in with USB my PC recognises this and opens with a window "This PC > Swift 2 X" ... but I cannot access the internal drive...
...I then always have to go to the phone....tap "USB for charging; Touch for more options"...and then select "File Transfers"
...then at my PC a pop up appears with "Internal Memory" accessible.
Is there a way to shortcut this and make it a permanent setting?...I've tried but can't find the relevant option anywhere in the settings.
Thanks!
You can try unlocking the developer options in your device, then inside that menu, find the Networking / Select USB Configuration parameter and set it to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), although I think the value is ignored and overwritten by something else.
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You can try unlocking the developer options in your device, then inside that menu, find the Networking / Select USB Configuration parameter and set it to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), although I think the value is ignored and overwritten by something else.
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Hi...thanks for taking the time...yeah I've done that already...and in Developer Options it states "Select USB Configuration; MTP"....but it doesn't make a difference to my (& I assume every Swift owners) problem.
Yeah it resets itself every time. ?
My first post. This might be relevant. I have found that with my Swift 2+ I connect to the laptop with a usb cable but the laptop doesn't properly recognise the mobile filing system. It just shows an icon labelled with the phone's name but clicking on that gives an empty window.
Note that this happens on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu so I would assume that it is a problem with the mobile rather than the laptop's operating system.
Hint from another topic: A work around can be to have a cloud app on your phone, Dropbox frinstance. Copy the photo to that give time for it to upload and then use the downloaded file in the Dropbox application on your PC. I have tected this in the opposite direction, transferring music from PC to the phone. The disadvantage is that it is slow.
Nick
Hey, as far as I can tell, this is standard Android behaviour since a few releases. You simply have to select MTP every time.
Probably for security reasons.
I understand if this is too broad a question, but on the off-chance there is at least a broad category of problems anyone could point me to...
I've had a problem with the phone after asking a third party file managing app to look for duplicate files (usually quite a long operation). It failed to complete, and since then nothing has been working on the phone and it keeps restarting. The weird thing is (or at least weird in my experience). It hasn't frozen or crashed. It's just that everything seems to be finding it hard to do anything. It's exactly the same in safe mode.
I turned on some developer tools (CPU indicator and notification for unresponsive apps). I don't really know what the CPU indicator is showing me (having no point of reference), but it spiked very quickly one time to cover almost the whole screen then calmed down to sit about a quarter along, so I'm presuming CPU usage is far from full. The unresponsive app notification is more telling as every minute or so a new app comes up with "... is not responding. Would you like to close it?". Basically everything is not responding.
I also tried checking running apps and cached processes, the third party app is not still running, just the usual set of background Google apps.
I can't do any USB debugging or software repair because "USB connectivity is not responding". I can't uninstall or re-install anything because "Settings is not responding" and "Google Play is not responding". I can't even use certain developer tools because many of those are "...not responding"
I realise this means I'm probably out of options, but before a factory reset (or the bin!) I'd just like to try and understand what could have happened. At least I could possibly avoid it next time.
Just to add - I've just done a Factory Reset. The problem is still there, apps don't respond, I can't uninstall anything, USB connection doesn't respond (or does respond but keeps dropping out) and after a while it will spontaneously restart. How on earth can one operation do this to a phone?
malware?
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I've just done a Factory Reset. The problem is still there, apps don't respond, I can't uninstall anything, USB connection doesn't respond (or does respond but keeps dropping out) and after a while it will spontaneously restart. How on earth can one operation do this to a phone?
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Start by mentioning your device.
Isaac34 said:
I understand if this is too broad a question, but on the off-chance there is at least a broad category of problems anyone could point me to...
I've had a problem with the phone after asking a third party file managing app to look for duplicate files (usually quite a long operation). It failed to complete, and since then nothing has been working on the phone and it keeps restarting. The weird thing is (or at least weird in my experience). It hasn't frozen or crashed. It's just that everything seems to be finding it hard to do anything. It's exactly the same in safe mode.
I turned on some developer tools (CPU indicator and notification for unresponsive apps). I don't really know what the CPU indicator is showing me (having no point of reference), but it spiked very quickly one time to cover almost the whole screen then calmed down to sit about a quarter along, so I'm presuming CPU usage is far from full. The unresponsive app notification is more telling as every minute or so a new app comes up with "... is not responding. Would you like to close it?". Basically everything is not responding.
I also tried checking running apps and cached processes, the third party app is not still running, just the usual set of background Google apps.
I can't do any USB debugging or software repair because "USB connectivity is not responding". I can't uninstall or re-install anything because "Settings is not responding" and "Google Play is not responding". I can't even use certain developer tools because many of those are "...not responding"
I realise this means I'm probably out of options, but before a factory reset (or the bin!) I'd just like to try and understand what could have happened. At least I could possibly avoid it next time.
Just to add - I've just done a Factory Reset. The problem is still there, apps don't respond, I can't uninstall anything, USB connection doesn't respond (or does respond but keeps dropping out) and after a while it will spontaneously restart. How on earth can one operation do this to a phone?
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Try to install some app which keep notifying you whenever you get such virus in your handset.
Isaac34 said:
I understand if this is too broad a question, but on the off-chance there is at least a broad category of problems anyone could point me to...
I've had a problem with the phone after asking a third party file managing app to look for duplicate files (usually quite a long operation). It failed to complete, and since then nothing has been working on the phone and it keeps restarting. The weird thing is (or at least weird in my experience). It hasn't frozen or crashed. It's just that everything seems to be finding it hard to do anything. It's exactly the same in safe mode.
I turned on some developer tools (CPU indicator and notification for unresponsive apps). I don't really know what the CPU indicator is showing me (having no point of reference), but it spiked very quickly one time to cover almost the whole screen then calmed down to sit about a quarter along, so I'm presuming CPU usage is far from full. The unresponsive app notification is more telling as every minute or so a new app comes up with "... is not responding. Would you like to close it?". Basically everything is not responding.
I also tried checking running apps and cached processes, the third party app is not still running, just the usual set of background Google apps.
I can't do any USB debugging or software repair because "USB connectivity is not responding". I can't uninstall or re-install anything because "Settings is not responding" and "Google Play is not responding". I can't even use certain developer tools because many of those are "...not responding"
I realise this means I'm probably out of options, but before a factory reset (or the bin!) I'd just like to try and understand what could have happened. At least I could possibly avoid it next time.
Just to add - I've just done a Factory Reset. The problem is still there, apps don't respond, I can't uninstall anything, USB connection doesn't respond (or does respond but keeps dropping out) and after a while it will spontaneously restart. How on earth can one operation do this to a phone?
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If you have a custom recovery I would suggest you to wipe the system os and install firmware again
You can google search it like
How to install stock firmware on 'your device'
But instead of just solving the problem, I am much more curious in knowing how the problem occurred
Could you please tell me
What was the app's name?
From where did you download the app?
And did you granted root permission to the app?
Hope my post was helpful
Regards,
milkyway3