Browser default web page is "goolgle"??? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen...
I was using an LG Lucid up until a couple days ago, and for a while now it stated trying to open up "goolgle" as the default page when opening the browser. I figured it was just the phone acting retarded since it was rooted and romed and it's been randomly restarting a lot too, so who knows...
So I bought a Galaxy Nexus second hand and it works great. But ever since I signed into my Google account with it it's started doing the same freaking thing! Opens up "goolgle" when I open the browser.
How in God's name to I change this? It's really frustrating lol.

Open your browser and go to Settings > General > Set Homepage (set it to whatever you wish). It was probably backed up with your Google account as your homepage so it was restored once you re-logged. Sync after you set it correctly and your issue should be gone.
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I have tried just that, about 5 times now, still keeps trying to go back to "goolgle" every time...

iamsuperbleeder said:
I have tried just that, about 5 times now, still keeps trying to go back to "goolgle" every time...
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change here Settings > General > Set Homepage. also check if you are logged in else where like your pc. try to log out from those. Also try with your sync disabled.

Still no luck... There's got a be a setting somewhere that can be changed when signing into my Google account from a computer I would think? But I cannot find it.

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Are you by any chance using Go Launcher? I had the same problem until I deleted that scumbag program.

Actually... Yes... Hmmm...

Well damn what do you know... Uninstalled it and problem went away... Weird since I've been using go launcher with my last 3 androids and this has only just recently started happening... Guess it's time to find a new launcher! Thanks for the help, this has been driving me nuts!

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has anyone been able to log into htcsense.com?

I've tried several times to log into htcsense.com, but it won't let me. Is it still closed or something?
log in, yes...get features such as locate,make phone ring etc to actually work, NO
myersn024 said:
I've tried several times to log into htcsense.com, but it won't let me. Is it still closed or something?
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I have been able to log in all the time, but getting the features to work is another story. I have been able to get them to work exactly two times. Once, on the first day I got it on June 22nd on initial setup. The other time was maybe a couple days later. I tried locking the phone via the site but nothing happened. Around 5 or 6 hours later when I got home from work, looked at my phone and it had just locked itself. Nothing since then
EDIT: Just deleted and readded my htcsense account and can now get the ring phone function to work. Location gives an error. Tried locking again and it seems like the request went through. I am guessing my phone will lock itself in a few hours, lol
I use dolphin browser to get on in my phone , and it works , but I had set up since the first port of my og EVO so no problems hhere
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Phone ring works every time. It's instant.
Same here, I can login but nothing works.
I'm able to log in, but htcsense.com thinks the device finder on my phone is disabled even though it is not. I logged a ticket with HTC a week or so ago and they replied saying that they've seen an unexpected volume and it is a known issue, etc.
I was able to create an acct, but during the verifiy device stage, it tells me to log in to HTC Sense... wtf? There's no selection for that in "SetUp" Only FB for sense and twitter for sense...
dagnasty said:
Just deleted and readded my htcsense account and can now get the ring phone function to work. Location gives an error. Tried locking again and it seems like the request went through. I am guessing my phone will lock itself in a few hours, lol
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same thing with me now...
How do you delete the account and create another? No functions are working for me, I am able to login.
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It worked fine for me, however there's a big delay. Just download SeekDroid for 99c. Best app for what you're looking for, EVER. You don't need root. You can wipe (everything, including SD card)/enforce or remove a password/track your phone almost INSTANTLY on Google Maps/alarm, grab a list of recently made, received, or missed calls AND the IMEI/ESN of the phone. Plus there's a mobile interface so you can hop on your buddy's phone if your phone is lost and there's no computer around.

[Q] Is this a known issue - Resolved - This issue is not a syncing issue

I am wondering if this is a know issue or possibly a bug with CM7. Today I was messing with settings and I turned off the syncing setting. After doing this I got a google voice error. I then turned syncing back on, but still got error. I went to the market and tried to do a update and kept getting the -101 error (which from what I could find is a know error code). To resolve it as explained in the xda forum was to remove google account and sign back into gapps. Well the only way to remove your account is to reformat and start from square one. If this is a known issue, then I guess this post will be good for newbs like me as something not to do EVER. If not maybe it is something that can be resolved by the devs so not to happen. So far this is the only issue I have found, this after setting up 5 NT's for co-workers so I have tested and messed with a lot of setting.
Update: I found that this issue was not caused by disabling syncing on device. Coincendence of time of issue. Issue is caused by basically taking a CWM backup from one NT and restoring to another NT which is essentially a clone copy. When wifi is turned on to both devices is when the error occurs and I am thinking is a naming convention issue. If a resolution is found I will update the post. Thanks go to those that helped me by making me keep testing until I actually found the root issue.
tmjohnsonfse said:
Well the only way to remove your account is to reformat and start from square one.
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Settings -> Accounts & sync -> Select account -> Remove account
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ckevinwelch said:
Settings -> Accounts & sync -> Select account -> Remove account
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Not allowed --- "This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your personal data). You do that in the setting application, under privacy."
Trust me if it were that easy I would not have posted. Thanks for the response though.
if the above mentioned doesn't work just delete accounts.db and reboot
hard reset your phone by settings , privacy options .
then reconfigure your phone .
"if the above mentioned doesn't work just delete accounts.db and reboot"
I tried to to the delete accounts.db method and as soon as I launched market it created the account and the save issue was still present. I still had to do the hard reset and reconfigure as stated below.
lalitjsraks said:
hard reset your phone by settings , privacy options .
then reconfigure your phone .
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That is what I did do. However, the question is, is this a known isssue with all android devices if you disable sync that you have to hard reset your device and reconfigure or is it a glitch with cm7. I have never had a android device before so I can't test it to see if this is just how it is.
Thanks.
Now that I think about it more, if you were trying to delete the only (last?) account on the device it makes sense to make you reset. The first thing you must do when booting up is add an account ... if you want to delete the only account, it makes sense that the device would need to be restored to "out of the box" (so to speak) condition.
Perhaps what one could try is adding a second account, deleting the first, readding the first, and deleting the second (optional).
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ckevinwelch said:
Now that I think about it more, if you were trying to delete the only (last?) account on the device it makes sense to make you reset. The first thing you must do when booting up is add an account ... if you want to delete the only account, it makes sense that the device would need to be restored to "out of the box" (so to speak) condition.
Perhaps what one could try is adding a second account, deleting the first, readding the first, and deleting the second (optional).
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I did have 2 accounts and it doesn't give you an option when you reformat, it just wipes. Trust me I tried to do anything to avoid having to reset everything. What I didn't understand is after formatting why I could not restore my backup. I tried and same error. I had a backup off another NT I setup for a friend it worked fine. I really don't know I just know that at no point should anyone ever, never ever, turn sync off or you will be spending half the day setting your tablet up again.
tmjohnsonfse said:
I did have 2 accounts and it doesn't give you an option when you reformat, it just wipes. Trust me I tried to do anything to avoid having to reset everything. What I didn't understand is after formatting why I could not restore my backup. I tried and same error. I had a backup off another NT I setup for a friend it worked fine. I really don't know I just know that at no point should anyone ever, never ever, turn sync off or you will be spending half the day setting your tablet up again.
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Hmm ... why don't you post the exact steps you took. I'm willing to attempt this to see what happens, but I want to know exactly what you did.
Sort of related to this. I changed my Gmail password and now none of the Gapps work on the NT. When I open the Market it asks me to add an account but the window closes. Same thing happens in Gmail.
I installed NT HIdden Settings but I dont see the option to add or change the Google Account.
Any ideas?
ckevinwelch said:
Hmm ... why don't you post the exact steps you took. I'm willing to attempt this to see what happens, but I want to know exactly what you did.
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Issue now has been duplicated and I know exactly what I did to cause the error. It has nothing to do with changing the sync setting on the device. It was just coincendance that it appeared at that time. I have been setting up multiple devices for friends of mine. A couple of the like how my device was setup so to save time, I loaded cm7 on their device and then using my backup made from cwm I used that to restore to their device and I had a exact clone. I deleted the acounts.db, cleared data setting on market app and rebooted and everything work, until, turning on wifi to both devices. Bam error occurs, which I assume is do to matching naming convention/mac addressing. The funny thing is whatever device is turned on first crashes and the other stays running normally. And you are right deleting accounts.db and clearing data on market worked to restore once I figured out what was happening. The other day I had left the other device wifi on the whole time so every time that I did the delete it would just fail again until I did the reformat. So after saying all this I will ask you (I sent Celtic a PM explaing issue) is there a way to give a somewhat cloned device a unique name so not to cause a conflict. I see under development that there is a device name, but I would not know how to go about changing correctly.
Thanks for the help so far. That is what I guess for trying to take shortcuts when working on so many NT at the same time. I also have a NC that I am also working on. Good experience I guess.

[Q] htc inspire 4g most apps crash

Okay, so I just rooted my inspire last night and everything went good then i started messing with an app called "andriod overclock" I went to extras then i dont remeber exactly what I clicked but i dragged it all the way to the left..i rebooted the device because it said it was required. now when I try to open an app i get an error saying something like htc.blah has ****ed up force close? my phone is also like 10 times slower. i can still open some apps but most wont. if i open the settings it closes after about 5 seconds. is there anyway that i can fix this? sorry for any terms i could have possibly used wrong i just started using android ive had an iphone for years,
thanks for any answers attempting to help me
Fix permission in recovery
Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S
235tylerlee said:
Okay, so I just rooted my inspire last night and everything went good then i started messing with an app called "andriod overclock" I went to extras then i dont remeber exactly what I clicked but i dragged it all the way to the left..i rebooted the device because it said it was required. now when I try to open an app i get an error saying something like htc.blah has ****ed up force close? my phone is also like 10 times slower. i can still open some apps but most wont. if i open the settings it closes after about 5 seconds. is there anyway that i can fix this? sorry for any terms i could have possibly used wrong i just started using android ive had an iphone for years,
thanks for any answers attempting to help me
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You most likely lowered you click speed too much. You will have to undo it. Be care messing with things you don't understand
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Galaxy S 3 Crashes when copying to clipboard!! Help!

About 2 days ago my galaxy S3 started crashing the app when i would i would copy something to clipboard in that particular app. Happened in messages, contacts, and I'm testing what other apps.
but no1 has figured out a fix yet. I am running go launcher and have a feeling that, that might be the issue. I really don't want to factory reset -_- but if I have to i will. anybody?
if you think that Go luancher maybe the issue, why not just download another launcher from the market and see if it goes away while your running that launcher ---- i would do this first instead of a factory reset.
the2rrell said:
if you think that Go luancher maybe the issue, why not just download another launcher from the market and see if it goes away while your running that launcher ---- i would do this first instead of a factory reset.
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just tried apex launcher, and even went back into touchwiz and the same problem occurs. ill hold down a message or a contact. press copy message text or whatever else, and the black screens and a FC. Stock browser and stock contacts. I tried copying text from an email, but the interesting thing now is if i go to long press in any composition field i don't get a past option. Just a "clipboard" option and pressing that doesn't do anything
Have you tried Wiping Delvik Cache and fixing permissions in CWM??
I had the same problem and a factory reset sorted it out....try doing it
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ptisam said:
Hi everyone,
I also had this problem, I found a solution without do a factory reset.
The app in question is TestService.
First you have to clean the directory /data/clipboard, delete everything in it with root explorer. After that, go to manage applications and find the app TestService, uninstall the updates.
After a reboot, copy/paste should work again.
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Try this before you do your factory reset, seems to have helped others with the same problem.
found the fix
I don't know how i missed this in my search (i know ppl hate that) but i found the fixed, worked after this and reboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28961696#post28961696
fixed?
numbah54 said:
I don't know how i missed this in my search (i know ppl hate that) but i found the fixed, worked after this and reboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28961696#post28961696
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What did you do? Having the same problem since last week. I hope you can help.
It will crash whatever you try to copy from. The factory reset was the only thing that fixed mine seeing as I didn't want to root my S III immediately.
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read the link, there's a fix in that forum for rooted users
same problem on tab
numbah54 said:
About 2 days ago my galaxy S3 started crashing the app when i would i would copy something to clipboard in that particular app. Happened in messages, contacts, and I'm testing what other apps.
but no1 has figured out a fix yet. I am running go launcher and have a feeling that, that might be the issue. I really don't want to factory reset -_- but if I have to i will. anybody?
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Same thing happening to me on my samsung galaxy tab. Started two days ago, as well. Samsung tech support told me to reset to factory. I don't want to, I have too many apps, picture, videos etc on my tab. BUMMED I read about stopping testservice. Did that, still no joy. Said to clear data/clipboard folder. I checked, and NO clipboard folder can be found in my data folder.

[Q] removing home screen pages?

Hi, I'm new to the forums, searched around, and couldnt find this problem on the note 2.
I just bought mine a couple of days ago, and accidentally added a new home screen. I dont have a use for it, but when i tried to go to edit page -> and drag and drop it into the trash can, the phone freezes, and comes up with the message "Unfortunately, TouchWiz home has stopped."
My phone is stock, and is not running any extra launcher programs.
Anyone else having this problem?
Thanks for your help.
I just tried it and was able to delete all but the homepage (I haven't bothered to set any others up yet anyways). I'd restart your phone and try again.
flaring afro said:
I just tried it and was able to delete all but the homepage (I haven't bothered to set any others up yet anyways). I'd restart your phone and try again.
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Just tried restarting, and it still freezes =[ funny thing is it freezes right when i drag the page to the trash can. Thanks anyways =]
Ubernewbish said:
Just tried restarting, and it still freezes =[ funny thing is it freezes right when i drag the page to the trash can. Thanks anyways =]
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this is the exact problem I have.
I was able to remove pages before rooting. after I flashed revision3 I wasn't able to remove them.
anyone have a fix?
thanks in advance

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