Hello everyone, I hope I'm posting in the good section.
I usually can find solutions to my problems by searching and reading, but this time, I can't, and I have a huge problem.
As the title says, every new application that I install since a few days ago will crash when I try to use it. When I do, the phone will hang for a few seconds, then a message saying "unfortunately, <appname> has stopped", with two choices given: OK and report.
Every other app that was installed before still works. I uninstalled an app that worked and reinstalled it, it doesn't work anymore.
I have a galaxy S3 i9300, with jelly bean 4.1.1 (official rom from my carrier SFR), rooted with SuperSU through exynos abuse.
I don't know exactly when the problem actually happened (realized by trying to install and run new apps), but here is what I did before realizing the problem and that may be the source:
I tried to replace the android.policy.jar file to activate long press volume buttons to change songs. Didn't work, put the original back in place (with total commander).
I tried to installed Xposed after that to activate it, but it crashed too, so I uninstalled it.
Now that I think about it, it may have been with the same error message, but I can't say for sure. I dismissed it, thinking it was not compatible with JB and forgot it.
I uninstalled AdService through the task manager, and reinstalled it after realizing the problem, by using the apk backuped by rootuninstaller. But I can't force stop it from the task manager, so I guess it's not even running.
I also softbricked (stuck on boot logo) it by installing Chainfire3D on JB (I know, stupid of me. I did read the description though, but missed the "doesn't work on JB" somehow). I was able to unbrick it by using "adb -d shell su -c "/system/lib/cf3d_uninstall.sh"" (would that command work if the phone is not rooted by the way? I'd guess yes but I'm not sure) from my computer while the phone was in recovery mode (thanks to a user of this forum for the tip), but it was before all that and I'm sure I installed apps after that that would work.
Now when an app crash, the report is always the same:
Exception class name: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
Source file: BaseDexClassLoader.java
Source class: dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader
Source method: findClass
Line number: 61
The stacktrace is also always the same, and is basically what's above.
I fear that I may have lost some system files (even though I don't remember modifying any beside android.policy.jar nor granting root access to apps that would. I didn't tinker a lot with my phone).
The strange thing though is that old apps still works, which leads me to think that maybe it is thanks to the dalvik cache and odex files that I read about (but don't know much) but that newly installed apps don't have.
I'd really appreciate any kind of help. Otherwise I guess I'll have to reset to factory settings, but I'd like to avoid that if I can.
Thanks in advance.
You're not, General is not for questions. Q&A is
Glebun said:
You're not, General is not for questions. Q&A is
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Aw, such a fail... So would a kind moderator move the thread there or should I repost it and let this one drown to the abyss of this section?
If no one else comes up with any answers, I'd say that your best option would be to wipe everything and install a stock ROM again. That should sort it out.
DeadSOL said:
If no one else comes up with any answers, I'd say that your best option would be to wipe everything and install a stock ROM again. That should sort it out.
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That's what I'm thinking about, but I have a question about that: would the reset to factory option from the recovery menu work? I see a lot of people advising to flash a stock rom, is there a difference between both (I do not have CWM)?
And is there a difference between "factory settings" and "store settings"? I mean, if I reset it to factory, will I have my phone in the same state I did when I bought it (with my carriers modifications and apps) or not?
hey01 said:
Aw, such a fail... So would a kind moderator move the thread there or should I repost it and let this one drown to the abyss of this section?
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You ask via the report button on your post .
Wipe phone factory reset .
jje
hey01 said:
That's what I'm thinking about, but I have a question about that: would the reset to factory option from the recovery menu work? I see a lot of people advising to flash a stock rom, is there a difference between both (I do not have CWM)?
And is there a difference between "factory settings" and "store settings"? I mean, if I reset it to factory, will I have my phone in the same state I did when I bought it (with my carriers modifications and apps) or not?
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Yes, I always factory reset via Recovery. This will give you a clean ROM with no extra apps installed.
Buuuuuut you need to repair your ROM since you messed with it. Just flash a stock ROM and you're good to go!
DeadSOL said:
Yes, I always factory reset via Recovery. This will give you a clean ROM with no extra apps installed.
Buuuuuut you need to repair your ROM since you messed with it. Just flash a stock ROM and you're good to go!
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Ok, so I seemed to have mistaken a few things, I thought the factory reset did reinstall the rom, but apparently it just wipes user data and settings. And it also seems that flashing a new rom doesn't erase everything, such as CWM or similar things, right? So I wonder if it would solve my problem or not.
Also, I just realized, when in recovery mode, I have the classic 6 options in blue at the top, but then in the middle, I have this in yellow:
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : SFR
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
And in the background, the android robot lies open with a red warning sign above.
The typo in "Applying Multi-CSC" and the warning sign make me think that this is not as it should be and there is a problem.
Would flashing also solve that problem, if it is one?
I'm sorry for the noob questions, but even though I'm reading a lot of guides and tutorials, I'm still quite confused.
The problem got worse: I did the wipe data/factory reset, and things got worse: when booting, I get dozens of "application stopped". Literally all of them, it's hard to even turn off the phone (need to press ok on all the popup to reach the shutdown button).
So I then tried to flash my phone, but problem again. I followed this guide exactly, but when I press start, Odin 3.04 hangs for a bit and crashes, be it on a windows XP or 7. It writes:
"checking md5... do not unplug the cable
please wait"
and crashes
I then tried to download another version, 3.07, but when I put the firmware in Odin, it does the md5 check at that moment and crashes again, on both computers, so it seems the problem isn't even related to the phone.
My phone is totally unusable now if I can't flash it, I'd really need some help.
hey01 said:
Ok, so I seemed to have mistaken a few things, I thought the factory reset did reinstall the rom, but apparently it just wipes user data and settings.
WRONG it reinstall the rom .
And it also seems that flashing a new rom doesn't erase everything, such as CWM or similar things, right?
Correct unless its a wipe rom .
The problem got worse: I did the wipe data/factory reset, and things got worse: when booting, I get dozens of "application stopped". Literally all of them, it's hard to even turn off the phone (need to press ok on all the popup to reach the shutdown button).
Sounds like the firmware stored in recovery is damaged .
Download a stock rom and flash via Odin and report failure point if it does not work .
jje
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JJEgan said:
hey01 said:
Ok, so I seemed to have mistaken a few things, I thought the factory reset did reinstall the rom, but apparently it just wipes user data and settings.
WRONG it reinstall the rom .
And it also seems that flashing a new rom doesn't erase everything, such as CWM or similar things, right?
Correct unless its a wipe rom .
The problem got worse: I did the wipe data/factory reset, and things got worse: when booting, I get dozens of "application stopped". Literally all of them, it's hard to even turn off the phone (need to press ok on all the popup to reach the shutdown button).
Sounds like the firmware stored in recovery is damaged .
Download a stock rom and flash via Odin and report failure point if it does not work .
jje
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Ok, I downloaded another rom from another forum, specific from my carrier, and Odin didn't crash. I flashed my phone, and it's working again. Only thing still worrying is that warning sign over the open android robot if I boot in recovery mode. It is still there and I can't find anywhere what it means.
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Update, if any case someone has the same problem and ends here:
I tried once again to activate that long press, replace the .jar with another, it didn't work (I guess it does only on deodexed ones). Replaced the new jar by the original one, and the crashing new apps problem arised again.
Being less panicked than last time, I realized the permissions changed. The android.policy.jar should be rw-r--r--, as every other file there, but they were rw-------. So yes, bound to make problems.
So adb -d shell su -c "mount -o remount rw /system"
and then used total commander to change the permissions back to original. Rebooted, it works.
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I previously had the S2, I've just got the S3 and I've managed to somehow restore it to factory settings; in this case, factory settings meant nearly no system apps.
I managed to push Play and TiBu to the phone, then restored Swiftkey (the default keyboard was wiped) and then... well, a few hours later, here I am. Play doesn't entirely work, it throws "Server error" whenever I try to use it. I've managed to set up my Google account, though. I'm sure I can restore the remainder of my apps using TiBu, but it'd still be useful to be able to get these apps updated, for example.
I've tried searching and all I can turn up are posts/threads/articles about restoring to factory settings, but this was the problem.
I'd be extremely grateful to someone that could tell me how to:
Get the phone working in the current state (I'll gladly supply any further information required), or;
Restore it to the original, stock, out-of-the-box I9300 ROM and apps
Of course, if another post already does instruct on one or more of the above, I apologise, and I'll gladly look at those if someone could point me in the right direction.
jamess362 said:
I previously had the S2, I've just got the S3 and I've managed to somehow restore it to factory settings; in this case, factory settings meant nearly no system apps.
Thats wrong all system apps should be restored .
Suggest one factory reset phone via recovery menu .
Fails then match your current rom details to one in stock rom/branded rom thread .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
jje
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Suggest one factory reset phone via recovery menu .
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I've tried this - multiple times - and it doesn't seem to help. Seems like CM doesn't actually install the stock apps? Unusual, or perhaps I'm doing something wrong.
Fails then match your current rom details to one in stock rom/branded rom thread .
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I'm currently downloading stock, and will post back when something more has happened.
Hey, so I've tried the above; it seems to work except that the phone gets stuck on the Samsung logo screen while booting.
I'm not sure whether I just need to wait longer for it, but it's been a while now and I'm not sure that this has worked.
Is there any way for me to find out whether I just need to wait, or whether there's something else that's gone wrong here?
Something is going wrong .
Factory restore just reinstalls the last flashed firmware file including all its apps .
Stuck at boot loop pull battery replace and see if it boots if not flash stock firmware again following the instructions .
jje
So perhaps something is seriously wrong.
I've removed then replaced the battery, then I've re-flashed stock firmware, and still stuck on logo screen - the glowing Samsung logo, mind, not the Samsung I9300 screen. But still no luck.
I've rooted my S2 plenty of times with no such problem, I have no idea what to do next, though.
Any more ideas?
Fixen (somehow)
So at some point after one of the backups I've done this morning, it's started working. Not sure why, but hurrah! :laugh:
Hi all,
Had my SGS3 for a few weeks now and it's been good for the most part, but as of a few days ago things started to go wrong.
Had a message from Orange saying that i've been using my phone out of the EU and i've used 2MB (even though i haven't) this issue hasn't raised it's head again, i also had four apps install themselves, "slots", "cab app", "droid apps" and "new message", i've since wiped and had no issues.
Then this morning i had an icon show up saying car mode enabled, click here to disable, theres nothing i can do to remove it besides reboot the phone and then it promptly comes back again
The other one is since installing villain rom, which has been a solid rom and the dev's there are top notch so i don't even think it's the rom, but i've been getting a strange error too.
Also getting rebooting of the phone randomly also happens and again theres nothing i can do about that either.
I've attached screengrabs of both the car mode issue after i click on the notification and the error i'm getting when using villainrom.
Any help at all with any of these issues would be great.
Many thanks.
PS: Things i've tried:
Rebooting.
Full wipe, data, cache and dalvic.
Re downloaded the rom and full wiped again.
Cleared the internal and external memory.
Tried different kernels
The car mode issue was also present on Omega rom and i imagine it would follow me onto any other rom, i'm actually suspecting that it's some malware which has been left behind and has installed itself, so even after wiping it's just installing itself again.
I don't use apk's too much but i do use titanium after every flash although i am careful as to what i install.
Might i need to go back to stock and start over?
Thanks.
~EDIT: Just used the toolkit to go back to a stock rom and i'm still receiving errors "Unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped ?? wtf? It's supposed to be clean?
Anyone?
EDIT 2: Re rooted the phone and everything went perfect, flashed a custom rom and still good, then signed into google and as it was loading up my numbers and changing my wallpaper, attempting to download my apps, it crashes, i reboot and as soon as it's connected and trying to finish off what it was doing, it reboots again? This lump of **** is going back.
Baad.
Bump.
Yeah.bump. don't know what is causing this. But try this
Full wipe, go to mount/storage and format system, then flash new rom
Do have full access to all your apps,if not then your phone is on "safe mode/car mode" and i never use that feature, so i don't know how to turn it off.
Hope this can help
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Maybe if you "tick-off" the sync_with_google option before finishing the first time gmail setup??
And you could try Settings --> Back up and reset --> and untick Automatic Restore??
Good luck
zodiaxe66 said:
Yeah.bump. don't know what is causing this. But try this
Full wipe, go to mount/storage and format system, then flash new rom
Do have full access to all your apps,if not then your phone is on "safe mode/car mode" and i never use that feature, so i don't know how to turn it off.
Hope this can help
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Completely unrooted, flashed a stock rom, still having issues.
Called orange, getting a new phone tomorrow, courier to my door Now that's service.
Don't know how to fix the issue but i had 6 reboots on the train on the way to work, couldnt' even send a text.
System was clean, i'd already wiped anything that could be wiped.
Hardware issue.
QuaQuaRaQuaQua said:
Maybe if you "tick-off" the sync_with_google option before finishing the first time gmail setup??
And you could try Settings --> Back up and reset --> and untick Automatic Restore??
Good luck
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Sign in or don't sign in, the problem persists.
Car mode has stayed away but the reboots are still present, for a 20 day old phone i think it's utter bull****.
Must have been tested by a bunch of corpses, either that or the testers were high and thought it'd be funny to send out some dud unit's.
Even in my place of work, i sometimes set up client's phones, up til now i've done hundreds, about 10 of them have been dead from the box, some have had issues with the touchscreen, lalalalallalalaaaaaa, not good enough samsung, i understand that some bad eggs can slip through the net but for me the ratio is just too high.
Like i said, i'll be getting a spanking new phone delivered tomorrow morning, hopefully this one isn't on it's arse.
zodiaxe66 said:
Yeah.bump. don't know what is causing this. But try this
Full wipe, go to mount/storage and format system, then flash new rom
Do have full access to all your apps,if not then your phone is on "safe mode/car mode" and i never use that feature, so i don't know how to turn it off.
Hope this can help
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If this issue is happening to you, send it back, mine went from being on it's knees to being on it's back in a coffin in one day.
I would suggest you do a full wipe as suggested and try to use a different GMAIL account initially to see if your issues return.
burmo said:
I would suggest you do a full wipe as suggested and try to use a different GMAIL account initially to see if your issues return.
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M8, i HAVE done a full wipe, i've also signed in AND not signed in as i've previously said.
Both yielded the same results.
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware for your phone .
Still problems Triangle Away to set rom counter to zero flash stock rom .
Return to service centre .
jje
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware for your phone .
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I'm not sure what your addressing here?
Balls'ed up the firmware? Not likely sunshine, not me
NO i think you'll find that this ***** has hardware issues, at least since it still reboots at stock.
Either way if someone does want to go back to stock then there is only one place they need to go to.
There is no script or anything else needed for it.
Just the tool kit.
Congrats, u neither helped me nor, did anything else, u just gave some unwanted info. Kudos i think????
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I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF YOUR POST, AT ALLLLLL.]
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New here. (also apologies for probable duplicate topic)
I've rooted a phone in the past with no problem. This time round was with an S2, and I flashed an insecure kernel on it, got a green pass on Odin however it's now stuck on the boot screen with the yellow triangle.
I can access recovery mode and download mode but it will never boot properly, always stuck on the yellow triangle. What's the best course of action from here?
Need a lot of help with this guys as I'd rather not have a bricked phone ><
ikradex said:
New here. (also apologies for probable duplicate topic)
I've rooted a phone in the past with no problem. This time round was with an S2, and I flashed an insecure kernel on it, got a green pass on Odin however it's now stuck on the boot screen with the yellow triangle.
I can access recovery mode and download mode but it will never boot properly, always stuck on the yellow triangle. What's the best course of action from here?
Need a lot of help with this guys as I'd rather not have a bricked phone ><
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Seriously dude? Use some common sense please and give relevant information on what you have. What model/variant do you have, rom are you on, what kernel have you flashed?
How do you expect anybody to be able to help you if you dont give such basic info???
Are you sure the kernel supports the rom/version you have installed?
ikradex said:
New here. (also apologies for probable duplicate topic)
I've rooted a phone in the past with no problem. This time round was with an S2, and I flashed an insecure kernel on it, got a green pass on Odin however it's now stuck on the boot screen with the yellow triangle.
I can access recovery mode and download mode but it will never boot properly, always stuck on the yellow triangle. What's the best course of action from here?
Need a lot of help with this guys as I'd rather not have a bricked phone ><
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Maybe because you wiped all data....so...there's no ROM to boot up to.
Try flashing one via Odin
gastonw said:
Maybe because you wiped all data....so...there's no ROM to boot up to.
Try flashing one via Odin
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Wiping data doesnt wipe rom , It just wipes appdata, ie settings etc. All that happens is a factory reset so when you next boot its back to default. For example you would need to re-enter google account and re-install apss either manually or from a backup.
You can only wipe rom by formatting system partition.
TheATHEiST said:
Wiping data doesnt wipe rom , It just wipes appdata, ie settings etc. All that happens is a factory reset so when you next boot its back to default. For example you would need to re-enter google account and re-install apss either manually or from a backup.
You can only wipe rom by formatting system partition.
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Thought you had me in ignore.
So there's no way you can wipe your OS via recovery? Good to know that, it's like ROM over ROM then. The new one clears the old one.
gastonw said:
Thought you had me in ignore.
So there's no way you can wipe your OS via recovery? Good to know that, it's like ROM over ROM then. The new one clears the old one.
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I did have you on ignore but I still see little boxes saying this comment has been ignored etc which was actually more annoying so I removed ignore.
Yes you can wipe OS via recovery but only by formatting system/deleting partition etc. All the "wipe" options do is remove files that have been created by rom like app settings/cache etc.
Your confusion was probably also the reason why you made a big thing in a previous topic about you trying to avoid wiping data, because you thought it wiped rom? :silly:
Wiping data/factory reset in cwm is one of the best ways to get rid of system issues, Its basically like doing a clean install of Windows on a PC. After you have wiped you can simply restore your needed apps from a backup using Titanium Backup. Other things like sms/mms etc can be also backed up easily and contacts will be synced via Google account.
TheATHEiST said:
I did have you on ignore but I still see little boxes saying this comment has been ignored etc which was actually more annoying so I removed ignore.
Yes you can wipe OS via recovery but only by formatting system/deleting partition etc. All the "wipe" options do is remove files that have been created by rom like app settings/cache etc.
Your confusion was probably also the reason why you made a big thing in a previous topic about you trying to avoid wiping data, because you thought it wiped rom? :silly:
Wiping data/factory reset in cwm is one of the best ways to get rid of system issues, Its basically like doing a clean install of Windows on a PC. After you have wiped you can simply restore your needed apps from a backup using Titanium Backup. Other things like sms/mms etc can be also backed up easily and contacts will be synced via Google account.
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hum...okay.
I actually know what Factory Reset does, I mean..."factory"..."reset", kinda......gives it away.
And yes, it made sense to me that you could wipe the ROM you are on before installing a new one, just like the format c:/s days in win98.
You learn something every day, speaking of which, how come no one recommends noobs to root their device with exynos abuse? It's because they're noobs and wouldn't be able to handle/understand the exploit?
I still don't do factory resets because I don't need to, and I avoid needing to perform it.
TheATHEiST said:
Seriously dude? Use some common sense please and give relevant information on what you have. What model/variant do you have, rom are you on, what kernel have you flashed?
How do you expect anybody to be able to help you if you dont give such basic info???
Are you sure the kernel supports the rom/version you have installed?
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Thanks for the reply Figured if someone was willing to help me I'd give them the information they wanted.
Have Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) (couldn't tell you what "variant" it is). I was following this guide. It told me to get an insecure kernel from here. The guide said it didn't really matter which kernel I picked so I picked the first one (GT-I9100_BGKF5_insecure) and used Odin to flash it. Got a green pass and the phone began reboot but it's now stuck on the yellow triangle (the warning message that you've flashed an insecure kernel).
I couldn't tell whether there would be compatibility issues as the thread just seems to be one big list of kernels and nothing else. AFAIK the phone was running ICS.
Looking at the replies, I keep seeing factory reset. Is that a liable option to restore my phone back to its original state. I don't care as long the phone works again. If not can someone run through how to fix my predicament I heard if I can access download and recovery mode I should be able to fix it.
ikradex said:
Thanks for the reply Figured if someone was willing to help me I'd give them the information they wanted.
Have Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) (couldn't tell you what "variant" it is). I was following this guide. It told me to get an insecure kernel from here. The guide said it didn't really matter which kernel I picked so I picked the first one (GT-I9100_BGKF5_insecure) and used Odin to flash it. Got a green pass and the phone began reboot but it's now stuck on the yellow triangle (the warning message that you've flashed an insecure kernel).
I couldn't tell whether there would be compatibility issues as the thread just seems to be one big list of kernels and nothing else. AFAIK the phone was running ICS.
Looking at the replies, I keep seeing factory reset. Is that a liable option to restore my phone back to its original state. I don't care as long the phone works again. If not can someone run through how to fix my predicament I heard if I can access download and recovery mode I should be able to fix it.
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Of course, you're not bricked yet.
Before trying your back up, why don't you flash a stock ROM via odin and take a long breath?
This is JB leak.
These are ICS, look for 4.0.3 unbranded.
gastonw said:
Of course, you're not bricked yet.
Before trying your back up, why don't you flash a stock ROM via odin and take a long breath?
This is JB leak.
These are ICS, look for 4.0.3 unbranded.
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I know this is leading onto another thread but my phone now is having trouble connecting to my computer. Keep getting "USB not recognized" error. Installed/Uninstalled kies & drivers then installed drivers again alone and still won't recognize it
Tried another usb port? another pc/laptop? sure kies is not running in background? reinstalled kies?
Don't worry, your pc WILL see your device.
Sent from the little guy
OK. So. I've been encountering nothing but problems since I received my Huawei Ascend P2 phone.
To begin with -
I bought the phone for the sole purpose of it being 4G/LTE. When I got it, I couldn't figure out how to get it, so I contacted Three and was told that my phone had to be 4.3 - it was running 4.1.2.
When I tried to get 4.3 through whatever means, it stopped working.
I tried to do a complete factory reset and now I'm getting many more problems -
I keep getting errors that anything Google related has stopped working (especially Google keyboard).
My contacts won't auto-sync, despite me having my Google account synced up with it.
The icons at the bottom of the screen (back, home, settings/whatever else) won't light up and the home button isn't working.
It's a different loading screen than normal - before it was a Huawei Ascend splash screen, now it just says "Android".
It is not being detected by my laptop whatsoever.
When I try and download anything using a browser, it says "starting download" but nothing works.
So, anyone have a solution? It is driving me demented. And all because I wanted bloody 4G.
boneyarsebogman said:
OK. So. I've been encountering nothing but problems since I received my Huawei Ascend P2 phone.
To begin with -
I bought the phone for the sole purpose of it being 4G/LTE. When I got it, I couldn't figure out how to get it, so I contacted Three and was told that my phone had to be 4.3 - it was running 4.1.2.
When I tried to get 4.3 through whatever means, it stopped working.
I tried to do a complete factory reset and now I'm getting many more problems -
I keep getting errors that anything Google related has stopped working (especially Google keyboard).
My contacts won't auto-sync, despite me having my Google account synced up with it.
The icons at the bottom of the screen (back, home, settings/whatever else) won't light up and the home button isn't working.
It's a different loading screen than normal - before it was a Huawei Ascend splash screen, now it just says "Android".
It is not being detected by my laptop whatsoever.
When I try and download anything using a browser, it says "starting download" but nothing works.
So, anyone have a solution? It is driving me demented. And all because I wanted bloody 4G.
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I think we need some more info on the attempt to upgrade via whatever means. What steps / guide were you following? Did you install a custom rom? If so, what rom and what recovery are you using? From a few minutes of searching around, it seems that there is no official 4.3 update for the phone, and just being ON 4.3 itself will not automagically enable LTE service as this has much to do with the radio/baseband used as much as the actual operating system and that will not get updated via a custom rom (99.999% of the time unless SPECIFICALLY stated). Seems like they are working on an LTE capable update/patch for 4.1.2 soon according to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50495570&postcount=162 (that post is part of a thread about your phone on a UK carrier so should be pertinent).
es0tericcha0s said:
I think we need some more info on the attempt to upgrade via whatever means. What steps / guide were you following? Did you install a custom rom? If so, what rom and what recovery are you using? From a few minutes of searching around, it seems that there is no official 4.3 update for the phone, and just being ON 4.3 itself will not automagically enable LTE service as this has much to do with the radio/baseband used as much as the actual operating system and that will not get updated via a custom rom (99.999% of the time unless SPECIFICALLY stated). Seems like they are working on an LTE capable update/patch for 4.1.2 soon according to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50495570&postcount=162 (that post is part of a thread about your phone on a UK carrier so should be pertinent).
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Thank you for your reply.
I'll talk you through the steps I took as much as I can.
Firstly I rooted the phone using eRoot, which did work and allowed root access.
I then downloaded P2Tools, which was obtained from this thread and it allowed me to put CWM on it.
Once this was done, I attempted to put CM 10.2 on it, but kept getting a Status 7 error. Some quick Googling later, I discovered this video, which showed how to solve it.
When I followed the steps on there, I kept getting a Status 0 error.
That was when I started to encounter those problems, so I wiped everything I could, even system, but that part failed.
And that's about it.
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Thank you for your reply.
I'll talk you through the steps I took as much as I can.
Firstly I rooted the phone using eRoot, which did work and allowed root access.
I then downloaded P2Tools, which was obtained from this thread and it allowed me to put CWM on it.
Once this was done, I attempted to put CM 10.2 on it, but kept getting a Status 7 error. Some quick Googling later, I discovered this video, which showed how to solve it.
When I followed the steps on there, I kept getting a Status 0 error.
That was when I started to encounter those problems, so I wiped everything I could, even system, but that part failed.
And that's about it.
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K. So you are still on the stock rom, rooted, with CWM recovery (which version?), and after you attempted to wipe /system, it failed to wipe (what was the error message there?), and now it boots and has all kinds of weird glitches? First thing to try would be to go back to CWM and wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache and then Fix Permissions. This MIGHT help. If it doesn't then you will just probably want to throw a stock rom back on there to get back to running right again.
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K. So you are still on the stock rom, rooted, with CWM recovery (which version?), and after you attempted to wipe /system, it failed to wipe (what was the error message there?), and now it boots and has all kinds of weird glitches? First thing to try would be to go back to CWM and wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache and then Fix Permissions. This MIGHT help. If it doesn't then you will just probably want to throw a stock rom back on there to get back to running right again.
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I've wiped the Caches and Dalvik Cache and can't seem to find "Fix Permissions". I did some searching and it seems this feature was removed from CWM? I'm running v6.0.3.7 of CMW.
When I try to format the system, it says
E:format_volume failed to unmount "/system"
Error formatting /system!
Weird, they did take it out. Koush said it was a placebo. Which normally I would take as law, if it weren't for many times I have ran fix permissions and it caused apps that were force closing to not force close anymore. But whatever, if you wanna try, flash this: http://db.tt/9aWdF8Rp. It'll either help fix something, or do nothing. Won't make it any worse. If it can't mount to format though, it's either or a bug with CWM for your device, or after factory reset, reboot recovery and try again. But you really don't want to wipe /system unless you have a nandroid or another rom on your storage that is accessible.
Thanks so much for your help so far. Took me ages to figure out how to get that file on my phone, but I managed to do it. I then installed zip from recovery mode and chose the fix_permissions. Then reboot and it asked me to root the phone again. It's now upgrading and hopefully it will work now.
It is still saying "Unfortunately, Android keyboard has stopped" and other things. What do you reckon I can do now? You're right, it seems like I can't make it any worse.
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Thanks so much for your help so far. Took me ages to figure out how to get that file on my phone, but I managed to do it. I then installed zip from recovery mode and chose the fix_permissions. Then reboot and it asked me to root the phone again. It's now upgrading and hopefully it will work now.
It is still saying "Unfortunately, Android keyboard has stopped" and other things. What do you reckon I can do now? You're right, it seems like I can't make it any worse.
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Ok. So looks like first thing to check is to see WHICH version of the P2 you have because it seems like there are at least 2 different sub versions of it. The P2-6070 and the P2-6011. Please go to Settings / About Phone/Device and let me know all the software info there.
Also, have you unlocked the bootloader (I'm guessing so since you have recovery, but just checking)?
I found some more info on how to get you back up and running, but want to confirm the system version so everything goes as smoothly as possible. There's a new update that just came out not too long ago that people are saying LTE works on, so hopefully we can get you to that point.
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Ok. So looks like first thing to check is to see WHICH version of the P2 you have because it seems like there are at least 2 different sub versions of it. The P2-6070 and the P2-6011. Please go to Settings / About Phone/Device and let me know all the software info there.
Also, have you unlocked the bootloader (I'm guessing so since you have recovery, but just checking)?
I found some more info on how to get you back up and running, but want to confirm the system version so everything goes as smoothly as possible. There's a new update that just came out not too long ago that people are saying LTE works on, so hopefully we can get you to that point.
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Mine is the P2-6011.
Swear if we get this working, never changing anything ever.
Yes, the bootloader is unlocked.
Alright, so here is a link for the newest firmware for your phone :
http://huaweidevices.ru/ROM4221/P2/...R001C00B038CUSTC19D001_United_Kingdom_H3G.rar
Need to be on stock recovery. Unpack the rar file and put the whole folder /dload on the root of the SD card. This has the update.app that should take care of everything for you. Turn off the phone and turn it on by holding Vol + and - and Power together. This is supposed to boot it into the mode to take care of the update for you.
If you don't wanna go back to complete stock, I have another way that involves switching to TWRP recovery and restoring a rom via nandroid restore. If you'd prefer that, lemme know and I'll shoot you the links.
es0tericcha0s said:
Alright, so here is a link for the newest firmware for your phone :
http://huaweidevices.ru/ROM4221/P2/...R001C00B038CUSTC19D001_United_Kingdom_H3G.rar
Need to be on stock recovery. Unpack the rar file and put the whole folder /dload on the root of the SD card. This has the update.app that should take care of everything for you. Turn off the phone and turn it on by holding Vol + and - and Power together. This is supposed to boot it into the mode to take care of the update for you.
If you don't wanna go back to complete stock, I have another way that involves switching to TWRP recovery and restoring a rom via nandroid restore. If you'd prefer that, lemme know and I'll shoot you the links.
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If I ever meet you I definitely owe you a drink. Did exactly as you said and everything (from what I can tell) is working.
It's one of the things I love about Android phones - unless you do some serious damage to it physically, for the most part it is fixable.
So, thanks button isn't enough - you saved me giving up and buying a new phone
*Hi Five* Glad all is well!
But yea, I do this for a living. Seriously. Helping people on here is how I stay sharp. lol
getting a gateway 504 error from link to firmware, would love to get this update working as i keep getting a notification on phone saying update available but it wont work
boneyarsebogman said:
Thank you for your reply.
I'll talk you through the steps I took as much as I can.
Firstly I rooted the phone using eRoot, which did work and allowed root access.
I then downloaded P2Tools, which was obtained from this thread and it allowed me to put CWM on it.
Once this was done, I attempted to put CM 10.2 on it, but kept getting a Status 7 error. Some quick Googling later, I discovered this video, which showed how to solve it.
When I followed the steps on there, I kept getting a Status 0 error.
That was when I started to encounter those problems, so I wiped everything I could, even system, but that part failed.
And that's about it.
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Can you post the link of the CM 10.2 rom For huawei P2.
I search for a long long time. but still dosnt found a rom.
Thx
Sorry for digging this up but does someone have the stock ROM of the P2? Im stuck like the fella who started this thread and havent found the stock ROM anywhere.
Thanks for the attention.
Hey everyone,
I have an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 on T-Mobile (UK). I recently updated firmware 4.3 and noticed the battery drained really quickly. After a lot of researching, I found that a factory reset should fix the issue, which it did!
I have since discovered that when in recovery mode, everything seems normal (as in the menu is displayed, including the option "Wipe Cache Partition") the words "No Command" is displayed under the Android robot, with a red exclamation mark. If I choose an option, whether it's Wipe Cache Partition" or "Reboot Now" it seems to do the actions(it shows "Erasing" once "Wipe Cache Partition" has been selected and also reboots the phone) but the word "Error" is displayed under the robot when the action has been done or just before the phone reboots, after selecting "Reboot Now"
Is this normal? Why all of a sudden does it say "No Command" and "Error"?
I haven't tried to root my phone or install any custom roms or try to modify the phone in any way since I got it.
Can anyone out there please let me know why these words have started to appear in recovery mode?
I'd really appreciate it!!
P.S. I searched the forums before posting and although some were similar, they didn't cover my exact problem.
Try downloading the same official firmware and flashing with odin, there is a guide in general forum. Factory reset then try again.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Try downloading the same official firmware and flashing with odin, there is a guide in general forum. Factory reset then try again.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Thank you very much for your reply. I found the guide to flashing the phone with Odin and I'm a little worried in case I mess up and brick the phone, I read that if you make a mistake, that can happen.
Just to say, I checked the recovery mode again and it seems to do everything normally, such as wiping the cache(it says so in the log) but it just says "No Command" after each action. The word "Error" only appears the very first time you see the robot, and when you select "Reboot Now" just before it reboots "error" shows up under the robot and then the phone restarts.
So, do you know if this is normal? Or do you think it's something to do with the way the firmware 4.3 works?
I'd just like to know whether it's normal or if there's something wrong behind the scenes in the phones firmware.
Hope you can help and thank you again.
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Thank you very much for your reply. I found the guide to flashing the phone with Odin and I'm a little worried in case I mess up and brick the phone, I read that if you make a mistake, that can happen.
Just to say, I checked the recovery mode again and it seems to do everything normally, such as wiping the cache(it says so in the log) but it just says "No Command" after each action. The word "Error" only appears the very first time you see the robot, and when you select "Reboot Now" just before it reboots "error" shows up under the robot and then the phone restarts.
So, do you know if this is normal? Or do you think it's something to do with the way the firmware 4.3 works?
I'd just like to know whether it's normal or if there's something wrong behind the scenes in the phones firmware.
Hope you can help and thank you again.
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Honestly, I'd quite like to see a pic of the errors in recovery. Meanwhile if you don't feel like using Odin (if you stick tight to the tutorials nothing bad will happen) you can try to repair with Kies, you might have installed it anyway. Here is a detailed guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/guide-how-to-reinstall-stock-firmware-t1978840
If this fails for any reason go ahead and try Odin using this noobproof guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/restore-to-stock-rom-galaxy-s3-i9300-t2187081. That should almost certainly eradicate any errors.
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Honestly, I'd quite like to see a pic of the errors in recovery. Meanwhile if you don't feel like using Odin (if you stick tight to the tutorials nothing bad will happen) you can try to repair with Kies, you might have installed it anyway. Here is a detailed guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/guide-how-to-reinstall-stock-firmware-t1978840
If this fails for any reason go ahead and try Odin using this noobproof guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/restore-to-stock-rom-galaxy-s3-i9300-t2187081. That should almost certainly eradicate any errors.
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Thank you so much for the links! I actually just tried the update via Kies, reinstalling the stock firmware and it took a while and I did everything it said but the messages still show in recovery mode, just like before. So I'm wondering if it's actually supposed to normal to display those words, and maybe that's just that way it is now?
I took some pics of the screen, so you can see what I'm talking about.
Here's the "No Command" message displayed. As you can see, it has wiped the cache partition after I selected it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/irolo6rp8wh5ibf/Photo 27-04-2014 23 39 34.png
And here's the "Error" message it says just after I've selected "Reboot Now" and before the phone restarts.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9o0yuopkf3dov76/Photo 27-04-2014 23 40 17.png
Have you seen or heard of this before?
No problem. And no, not in this context. But then again, I haven't had a stock recovery (nor a stock ROM) on my phones for years.
But I do get tons of phones in for repair every week, have not really noticed these 'errors' anywhere.
It seems to execute everything fine.
Would be interesting if you'd flash a TWRP recovery what it says then. You can easily replace it by your stock recovery again.
If everything looks good there then it probably is just the way it is.
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No problem. And no, not in this context. But then again, I haven't had a stock recovery (nor a stock ROM) on my phones for years.
But I do get tons of phones in for repair every week, have not really noticed these 'errors' anywhere.
It seems to execute everything fine.
Would be interesting if you'd flash a TWRP recovery what it says then. You can easily replace it by your stock recovery again.
If everything looks good there then it probably is just the way it is.
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That would be interesting, but doing so would require me to root my phone, right?
Oh I see, so it's a quite an unusual thing to happen . . . The fact that it says "Error", yet executes things fine anyway.
I've come to a possible conclusion that it's probably down to that particular version of the stock rom? Maybe people how have updated in the UK, using that version would experience the same? Because, after reinstalling it via Kies, and there being no change regarding those messages in recovery mode, doesn't that point to the firmware being the cause? For example, if I flashed the phone with a custom rom(that didn't have any error messages) surely, those messages wouldn't show up after I'd installed it, right?
Does what I'm saying make sense?
Sorry if I'm going on, I'm not too familiar with the technical side of Anroid systems.
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That would be interesting, but doing so would require me to root my phone, right?
Oh I see, so it's a quite an unusual thing to happen . . . The fact that it says "Error", yet executes things fine anyway.
I've come to a possible conclusion that it's probably down to that particular version of the stock rom? Maybe people how have updated in the UK, using that version would experience the same? Because, after reinstalling it via Kies, and there being no change regarding those messages in recovery mode, doesn't that point to the firmware being the cause? For example, if I flashed the phone with a custom rom(that didn't have any error messages) surely, those messages wouldn't show up after I'd installed it, right?
Does what I'm saying make sense?
Sorry if I'm going on, I'm not too familiar with the technical side of Anroid systems.
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No, you don't need root for flashing TWRP via Odin. Use this great and easy guide (if the guide helped you hit the users thanks button):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/twrp-flashing-tar-t2680354
I'm not sure if this is really the UK-ROM or just a common thing under certain circumstances and I've just never noticed it, but I really doubt it.
If everything is fine with TWRP and also installing ROMs causes no problems I would just accept this as one of the never solved mysteries - which I rarely do normally
we have same issue i already flash custom recovery via odin stil no command when i rebooting into recovery. . did you fix it?