Well, after not even having my phone rooted for a day, it seems like i have already probably bricked it. I hard reset my phone which normally wouldnt cause a problem if i didnt 1) delete the home launcher and 2) delete the keyboard app. So i can neither get on apps or type. Only thing i can access is the settings panel. My phone is a Kyocera Event running 4.0.4 if that helps. Is there any way to recover from my noob mistake or have i bricked my first phone? lol
Well i figured out if i can just install a home launcher on it then ill be ok but i cant figure out how to install an app on there without being able to access the google play store. Can anyon tell me how to install an app on my phone via pc? Thats probably the only way. If anyone can help id be very thankful thanks a ton:banghead:
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Well, after not even having my phone rooted for a day, it seems like i have already probably bricked it. I hard reset my phone which normally wouldnt cause a problem if i didnt 1) delete the home launcher and 2) delete the keyboard app. So i can neither get on apps or type. Only thing i can access is the settings panel. My phone is a Kyocera Event running 4.0.4 if that helps. Is there any way to recover from my noob mistake or have i bricked my first phone? lol
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is there any file manager installed in your phone
Nope its stock 4.0.4 os :/ it didnt have one
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Open the play store from your computer web browser, sign in with the same mail you use in your phone and get a launcher. It will download and install automatically in your phone.
Will it still install to that phone even though my email isnt on the phone anymore? It was deleted when i reset the phone
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Ops, my bad, i forget you did a reset. Well, you can open settings, right? Add your Google account again, then download the launcher from play store.
I wish i could but i deleted the stock keyboard apps too :banghead: if i could find a way to access my sd card, install an app on my phone via pc or get to the google play store then i could fix this. Next time i definitly wont be touching any non bloatware apps lol
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Nope its stock 4.0.4 os :/ it didnt have one
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on your bluetooth & take a launcher app from other phone,& install from notification
Omfg thanks!!! Ill reply back if it works
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For some reason my phone wont send the apk. It must be too big or something cus i tried and sent a picture succesfully. Any ideas why?
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I fixed it via sending myself links to apks over bluetooth thanks a ton everyone
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Exactly? My phone is currently unlocked and rooted. What is going to happen if i do a factory reset (inside settings menu)? Will it unroot and un-unlock? Thanks in advance.
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Nope, it'll just wipe user data (apps), settings and everything else. It'll put your phone just like the same as if you just took it out of the box.
It doesn't unroot nor unlock the phone.
So the CWM app will remain on the phone?
Say the phone is already reset, will i be able to find and install all my apps in the market after i log in to my google account?
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Should do, and all contacts should be restored if you backup to google...
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So the CWM app will remain on the phone?
Say the phone is already reset, will i be able to find and install all my apps in the market after i log in to my google account?
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Yes you will ... even the paid ones. When you log into market with your gmail , all installed apps will be in a list there...
Super cool. Thanks guys. First time android user here (obviously)
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Hi all,
I have googled, searched and even called Google themselves but I cannot start a download from my desktop browser and have it install on my phone.
Phone does nothing at all, sits there pretending I haven't asked it to do anything.
The app will appear in My Apps in the play store and I can download and install from the device directly.
I've followed the guidelines on Google website, signing out of talk etc but still no luck.
I did manage to make it work by going back to stock, then flashing SuperNexus but within four days it's broken again.
Does anyone have any ideas what may be causing this and how to resolve it?
Try using a different Google account to setup the phone then sign in on the Web
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Does anyone have any ideas what may be causing this and how to resolve it?
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Remove the Google account from the phone, reboot and log in again.
Thanks for the tips but still no joy.
Google refuse to help because I'm rooted!
So when you open play store, it doesn't start automatically?
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I sometimes have the same problem. Toggling WiFi or data off then back on seems to do the trick usually.
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So when you open play store, it doesn't start automatically?
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Nope, sits there doing nothing as if I haven't touched a thing.
The Badger, that somehow managed to sort it! I can't believe such a simple toggle can fix a problem that I've been struggling to sort for a week!
You have my sincerest thanks!!
You're welcome. Glad it helped.
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When I install an app from Google Play Store via my computer, the app will only download to my phone after I restart it. Can anybody help me?
same problem bro but its ok. if not downloading, download again..
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When I install an app from Google Play Store via my computer, the app will only download to my phone after I restart it. Can anybody help me?
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Why don't you download your apps directly via play store? And is it a problem to simply reboot your phone? Anyway, as far as I know, this is the way google works, no matter which phone or which android Version you are using, you will have to reboot your phone to download the apps.
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Kilroy. said:
Why don't you download your apps directly via play store? And is it a problem to simply reboot your phone? Anyway, as far as I know, this is the way google works, no matter which phone or which android Version you are using, you will have to reboot your phone to download the apps.
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Nope, that's not the way Google works, whenever i choose something on my pc it gets automatically downloaded when i connect my phone to the internet, no issues.
Maybe you can check if you got the Play-service running in the background or not. It usually runs directly after a reboot, that's why the downloads come through, but maybe it gets killed by a taskkiller or something like that.
Hi guys for the past few days my gmail has been having issues with downloading attachments. Ever since I used a program to clean some junk off my phone I have been noticing issues. For example if I can send attachments with no problem but once I go to download an image I sent its a black screen and says *couldn't load image* or if downloading a different file it says "can't download try again." Is there any way I can fix this? I am on a rooted 4.3 stock Samsung ROM. Thank you in advance
I guess no one knows..?
Hey did u uninstall the app and installed it again? Make a restart of your phone. Maybe its a bug from google.
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Hey did u uninstall the app and installed it again? Make a restart of your phone. Maybe its a bug from google.
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Yes I have but it still seems to do it
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Yes I have but it still seems to do it
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U read the comments in the play store under gmail, maybe they have the same Problem? If it is so, than its a bug from google.
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Okay, so I was visiting some illicit sites looking for hacking tools and what not to put on my Android phone to use to learn about network security. Unfortunately I ended up getting hijacked by a randsomware virus. To be specific, the PornDroid virus. I have been able to get my phone into safe mode, however I am not able to remove admin from the offending app in order to uninstall it! It has done something making it impossible to remove admin from it! When I attempt to deactivate the admin privileges I get an error message "operation is forbidden! System application can't be deleted." from the package installer.
What do I do at this point short of factory restore? I spent many hours fine tuning all of my settings and would really rather not have to do that again, lol.
Is your phone rooted. If yes then you can download system app remover from playstore as this app can remove system apps and remove your virus app too.But it need root access.
Hope it helps:thumbup:
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sumitberi said:
Is your phone rooted. If yes then you can download system app remover from playstore as this app can remove system apps and remove your virus app too.But it need root access.
Hope it helps:thumbup:
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Unfortunately, no, this particular software has been a PITA to get to root. None of the one-clicks work, and it has a non standard firmware that does not allow booting into download mode. If I could figure out what files the stupid thing needs to run, might there be some key file I could delete to disable it at least? I do have a file manager I can access in safe mode if so.
Tell me the name of that virus apk bro.
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Tell me the name of that virus apk bro.
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I can't. I looked for it folder by folder and there are no foreign apks. My assumption is that at the end of the install it may have deleted itself? This seems to be a very sophisticated version of this virus. There are tuts out there on how to get rid of it, but this variety seems to have really locked itself down.
The only thing that will get rid of it is formatting all the partitions and refreshing stock firmware. If it is as deep as you say then even a factory restore won't get rid of it.
Is that app still installed and appear on your device.if yes then tell me its name which it display
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Is that app still installed and appear on your device.if yes then tell me its name which it display
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Try reading before posting.
I have one suggestion for you if you can root your device then root as after rooting you can only remove system apps or viruses and if you cant even tell name of that virus app then sorry I cant help you.
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sumitberi said:
I have one suggestion for you if you can root your device then root as after rooting you can only remove system apps or viruses and if you cant even tell name of that virus app then sorry I cant help you.
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Once again try reading before posting. The OP already stated that he doesnt know and cant find the apk name. So there is no deleting the apk. It has most likley hidden itself into one of the system files.
Only option will be to format and reflash
Then sorry I cant help.
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Well, I did a reset. Thanks for the suggestions.