[Q] Restore Contacts and ContactsProvider on Clone S5 Mini - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi All
I have spent the last 3 days trying to figure this out and can usually fix my own issues but this time I am stumped and need to ask for some help.
I picked up a cheap S5 Mini clone from China to use for work, ignore the specs on the page as they are not correct..
CPU is a Dual Core Spreadtrum 8825
256MB RAM
MALI400 GPU
2GB Internal Storage
Android 4.0.3 (IML74K)
Unfortunately its not stock android and is heavily skinned to look touchwiz ish. the stock Contacts app was not very nice so I decided to replace it with the AOSP version pulled from a stock IML74K ROM
Now usually this is quite easy and I would copy the AOSP contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk from the same android version into /system/app and change the permissions to 0644. Do a quick reboot and bobs your uncle.
But the system just doesn't seem to pick up the fact that the APK is there and nothing appears in the app draw, now the problem I have is that when I put back the original APKs the system does the same thing, so I no longer have a contacts app or ability to store contacts
It is probably important to note that the ROM is odexed so there are corresponding odex files with each app.
So far I have tried the following
Repeated the procedure using Root Explorer and ES File Explorer
Installed the APK using a System app installer
Cleared Dalvik and Cache...
So any ideas as to what I am doing wrong as I must be missing something really obvious?
And no I do not have CWM installed as I have not found a working version for this phone so cannot restore a backup, (yes I know I am an idiot)

voodooboy3000 said:
Hi All
I have spent the last 3 days trying to figure this out and can usually fix my own issues but this time I am stumped and need to ask for some help.
I picked up a cheap S5 Mini clone from China to use for work, ignore the specs on the page as they are not correct..
CPU is a Dual Core Spreadtrum 8825
256MB RAM
MALI400 GPU
2GB Internal Storage
Android 4.0.3 (IML74K)
Unfortunately its not stock android and is heavily skinned to look touchwiz ish. the stock Contacts app was not very nice so I decided to replace it with the AOSP version pulled from a stock IML74K ROM
Now usually this is quite easy and I would copy the AOSP contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk from the same android version into /system/app and change the permissions to 0644. Do a quick reboot and bobs your uncle.
But the system just doesn't seem to pick up the fact that the APK is there and nothing appears in the app draw, now the problem I have is that when I put back the original APKs the system does the same thing, so I no longer have a contacts app or ability to store contacts
It is probably important to note that the ROM is odexed so there are corresponding odex files with each app.
So far I have tried the following
Repeated the procedure using Root Explorer and ES File Explorer
Installed the APK using a System app installer
Cleared Dalvik and Cache...
So any ideas as to what I am doing wrong as I must be missing something really obvious?
And no I do not have CWM installed as I have not found a working version for this phone so cannot restore a backup, (yes I know I am an idiot)
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First mistake was getting a clone let alone one for work. You are gonna be sadly dissapointed as that is not even the min ram required to run the OS. Second is that it won't pick up the apk as they are using an official version of Android. You may have to search the China forums for a rom to reflash

I have contacted the manufacturer to see if they can supply me with the ROM for the phone.
I only use the phone for talk and texting and it's working very well considering its specs. I knew what I was getting into when picking up a clone I made sure that this had a named brand behind it unlike a 'fake' product.
Sent from my Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk

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Is there a way to change an app....I try with all the file manager but it won't...

I tried to rename and move and delete the calendar app on CM7.2 rom, but root explorer and all other won't let me. It says it is only readable. I googled and didn't find anything. I pulled the calendar apk file off my other rom. It's the best calendar app I've seen so far. Is there a way to back up the photon with nandroid then somehow unzip it and replace the app and rezip and reflash? Something simpler would be nice.
Did you mount the system as writable (its in the settings of ES File Explorer, but might be somewhere else on other apps)
hdmunger said:
Did you mount the system as writable (its in the settings of ES File Explorer, but might be somewhere else on other apps)
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Ok awesome it worked after I did what you said, thank you. I put the calendar app I took of my other rom and put it in the app folder and fixed permissions and rebooted, but it didn't show up when I looked at apps. I went to the app folder and clicked on it said "failed to install" after attempting to install. Maybe I'm not doing it correctly. How should I take an app from another rom and install it?
Stock apps, specifically, are very finicky with regards to version. If you are trying to use a 2.3.4 version on 2.3.5, for example, it may be more complicated than simply copying over and fixing permissions...there may be some dependancies on other files (systemui.apk or framework-res.apk for example). You are now exceeding my knowledge level with this topic...sorry.
hdmunger said:
Stock apps, specifically, are very finicky with regards to version. If you are trying to use a 2.3.4 version on 2.3.5, for example, it may be more complicated than simply copying over and fixing permissions...there may be some dependancies on other files (systemui.apk or framework-res.apk for example). You are now exceeding my knowledge level with this topic...sorry.
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Ok, that does explain a lot, thank you. I won't spend too much time messing with it. I found a "biz calendar" that is great and other apps that are pretty good. I'll wait for a nice ICS rom to come out and start all over =)
Waiting for some nice ICS UI apps on the market to replace the stock apps lol....
deedscreen said:
Waiting for some nice ICS UI apps on the market to replace the stock apps lol....
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Do you think the new apps will be more optimized for ICS and not backward compatible?
Eventually that will be so, but right now, over 60% of the Android Community is running Gingerbread... A Developer would be stupid not to allow Gingerbread use.... ie. Google with Google Chrome Beta..... but for now, most will work from ICS down and Gingerbread and up.....
Not too many apps are being made for below Gingerbread... my point is --- you should be fine, nothing to worry about, also, most gingerbread apps are compatible with ICS, so again remember that and the fact that only about 1-3% of the Android Community is running ICS....
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[Q] Google play for Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 (EXLP2B)

want to side-load and use google play on
Ematic eGlide XL Pro 2 (EXLP2B)
that is it...
of course, rooting and flashing a custom rom would be epic...
but it appears this device is too new, and not popular enough... yet... maybe
either way,
any help would be great! Thanks.
hi,
"market" is a system app, so in order to replace it you might need root but anyways, you can find the play store apk on google or here in xda and try to install it, it might work.
Tried...no dice... pretty cool 10" ics tablet for around 200 bucks... but no play store is Huge inconvenience
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app
Da_Sheezy said:
Tried...no dice... pretty cool 10" ics tablet for around 200 bucks... but no play store is Huge inconvenience
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda app-developers app
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Agreed! I have the exp8b model and I don't like not having google play...gonna work on getting root for it then a rom shortly there after
Any luck on this one ? eGlide seems a nice tablet but can't root it or upgrade it to 4.1 or 4.2. Any ideas ?
Ematic model EBW204
I left Linux Min16 and installed Windows7 (ick) just to try to root and Mod this device. Any help would be appreciated please. I purchased this device since it was in my budget. I should have researched this on the forum more before the purchase I now know. I do not want to brick it but a Cyanogen Mod would be nice.
It can be done!
After rooting with restore by bin4ry (recovery exploit) and doing a factory reset again and updating SuperUser binary and installing Root Explorer, it's easy to do.
All you need is a signed Gapp package for the correct android OS version. Mine was 20120429 ICS 4.0.3, which I downloaded to the tablet using JRummy's Rom Toolbox Lite from 1Mobile.
Then used Root Explorer to extract the Gapp Zip. Inside you will find all the APK's you need in the archived System/App folder.
Using Root Explorer you can remount the tablets /System/App folder for R/W mode and copy all those APK's from the archive to the device in the same matching location.
Then delete everything in the tablets /data/davlik-cache and shutdown the tablet.
After powering it back on and the tablet loads the OS again, make sure you go into system settings and setup your google account before doing anything else. If the account sync is condition RED instead of GREEN, then you'll have to factory wipe again and retry the Gapp installation. Erase the internal SD storage partition too.
DO NOT HAVE A MICRO SD CARD INSERTED DURING ALL OF THIS EITHER!!!
No custom rom necessary at all. Use the chinese rom manager instead of using the android GUI for the factory reset. I can't read a lick of chinese, but I played with all the boot diagnostic options enough to figure it out. LOL
Volume down plus power for 2 seconds.
Option 2
Option 4, wait until characters stop changing.
Tap GREEN symbol on bottom left.
Take final option 5 for a shutdown.
Power on, , boots, and... taaadaaa clean factory reset waiting for file modification / Gapp Installation.
Can you reset a ematic won't let me into it and i can't download Google the worst tablet ever bought it on walmart.com and they won't do anything about it

[Q] please help! sgh i757 apk's!

someone plese help me!
i've got a samsung galaxy s2 hd lte (sgh-i757m)...and i'm having problems finding much information for my phone on here...i know its older, but i just got it...i finally managed to root it using a galaxy s3 sgh i757 root....here is my problem...i'm sooooo confused!....when i rooted it i kept the stock rom that was on there... ics 4.0.4....and it had the dialer and the contacts apk that i love...the one you can slide left or right to call or text....since then i've updated to cyanogenmod 9, and love all the features of it, but it looks like it has the jellbean contacts apk...the real ugly white one that can't swipe left to right to text ect....I've found some downloads of the old contacts apk, but am having no luck installing them!....I've even tied restoring to the old stock rom, then copying the contacts apk into the downloads file, then re-load cm9 and move the contacts apk into the system/apps folder to replace the one's already in there but no luck.....this is soooooo frustrating!.....
.i have to admit i'm a bit of a noob...but both my stock rom and the cm9 show as 4.0.4, so should the contact apk not be transferable???? and why are they different in the first place!!!....I've enabled unknown sources to allow third party apps, and i've changed permissions in the apk to rw-r--r-- and replaced the contacts apk then reboot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache then reboot, and nothing....then i've tried to install apk.......and it shows installing, and the working blue bar, then just says "application not installed"...wtf???...i'm so frustrated!....is there something i'm missing with the owner/groups thing?....i just really want to make this happen....i've spent at least 12 hours on it already.....
please help!!!!!!

[Q] Gallery won't work, need stock apk

Well, my girlfriend updated her Galaxy S3 a couple of days ago, and suddenly the gallery wouldn't work. It just showed up as com.sec.android.gallery3d in the app drawer. I've done everything in my power, even rooted the damn thing, but nothing seems to work.
Amidst my ferocious attack on the problem I seem to have gotten rid of the "faulty" gallery apk and can't find a good one via google that works.
Odd thing is that at first the com.sec.android.gallery3d app was missing from /system/app. When I did a search for "gallery" I found SecGallery2013.apk that was called "com.sec.android.gallery3d" in it's properties. Kind of like a symlink I think.
That original SecGallery2013.apk is now gone with the wind for some reason (my ADHD took over a while). I actually found a com.google.android.gallery3d that works (but not original) and com.sec.android.gallery3d-2be92cef98aab5194d4ae68382324577.apk (took away the number at the end of course) that seems to be the original, but crashes constantly.
I'm at a loss, hence why I did the topic name "need stock apk", as that might fix things.
Though somewhere on the filesystem (I'm still somewhat of a noob as to how android is built) there were once a folder called com.sec.android.gallery3d which is not there anymore. Any attempts at installing the apk has, obviously, also failed.
I've read almost every other possible solution, but all of them seem to be under the impression that I would have the sense to backup every single thing...
Help!
What android, firnware are you running right now?
You can get the gallery app from any STOCK BASED flashable zip (many lite version roms available in this forum). Just open the zip, look under system/app or something similar, take the apk file, put it in system/app of your own phone with rw-r-r permissions, then reboot.
Stock system apps can't be just installed, they must be manually placed in system/app directory.
Try to flash Google Apps from CWM or TWRP (I assume you already flashed CWM or TWRP with Odin)
A brief explanation of Google Apps:
Apps like Play Store, Gallery, Camera, etc... Or the stock proprietary software made by Google are all in this one zip file called GApps, All you need to know is how to flash ZIPs (easy as 1,2,3) and the GApps for your android version.
Other options:
Find another 3rd party Gallery alternative from Google Play (EASIEST)
Flash CyanogenMod or an alternate ROM (Too risky just for getting gallery back)
Just get the images from the device to your computer
Well that's all I got, PM me if you need anything, hit "Thanks" if I helped you

[Q] ROM for corrupted phone (system damaged)

Ok, I'm new here and this is my first post, please be nice
Just got me a Guomi F3 (in Chinese, 国米 F3) and I'd like to do a clean install in English. I didn't know much about Android but I have been searching and learning to handle this situation I'm under..
I lost backup ROM and can't find a compatible one on the net yet.
This phone seems to be very new (and very minor) so I can't find a manufacture ROM or even manufacture's website..
Currently it keep showing an error message "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!"
The OS seems to belong to China Mobile (in Chinese, 引領3G生活) and it won't let me fastboot but I can access fastboot mode by ROM manager app.
Here's the spec of this phone;
- Platform: Android
- Android ver.: 4.4.4
- Android SDK ver.: 15 (Android 4.0.3)
- Kernel: Linux 3.0.8
- CPU: MT6592 2GHz Octa Core
- Root access: Yes
- RAM: 421MB
- System storage: 2.07GB
- Internal storage: 0.97GB
- External storage: 0.97GB
- GPU ver.: OpenGL LS 2.0 Spreadtrum Build
I need a custom ROM for the phone, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!
You should have done a backup before!!
Now you're helpless unless you get a stock rom or a custom rom
Use yuweng's recovery porting tool to get a custom cwm recovery(dont know whether it'll work on mt6592)
Then port a custom rom using a rom porting tool and try it
It'll be a long process but at the end of the day you'll get rid of the error and will have a custom rom too
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
Hi arnabbiswasalsodeep, thanks for your reply :good:
I tried MT65xx Lewa OS Porting Tool but can't proceed it.. as there's no compatible lewa ROM, fails to install USB driver (Mediatek Driver Auto Installer) due to no unsigned drivers for win7.
I just hope that someone can modify or create ROM for this phone soon.. :fingers-crossed:
Use mtk firmware adapter
Many even port roms fron mtk6577 to mtk6589 using it
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
chloem said:
Ok, I'm new here and this is my first post, please be nice
Just got me a Guomi F3 (in Chinese, 国米 F3) and I'd like to do a clean install in English. I didn't know much about Android but I have been searching and learning to handle this situation I'm under..
I lost backup ROM and can't find a compatible one on the net yet.
This phone seems to be very new (and very minor) so I can't find a manufacture ROM or even manufacture's website..
Currently it keep showing an error message "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!"
The OS seems to belong to China Mobile (in Chinese, 引領3G生活) and it won't let me fastboot but I can access fastboot mode by ROM manager app.
Here's the spec of this phone;
- Platform: Android
- Android ver.: 4.4.4
- Android SDK ver.: 15 (Android 4.0.3)
- Kernel: Linux 3.0.8
- CPU: MT6592 2GHz Octa Core
- Root access: Yes
- RAM: 421MB
- System storage: 2.07GB
- Internal storage: 0.97GB
- External storage: 0.97GB
- GPU ver.: OpenGL LS 2.0 Spreadtrum Build
I need a custom ROM for the phone, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!
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I got the same phone. I tried and root the phone successful. Somethings went wrong in the process and the massage shows up "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!".
Have you fixed the problem? appreciate your help. Thanks
wl224 said:
I got the same phone. I tried and root the phone successful. Somethings went wrong in the process and the massage shows up "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!".
Have you fixed the problem? appreciate your help. Thanks
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Don't worry, your phone is perfectly fine. The system is NOT damaged at all. This iRoot chinese superuser crap is what is sending the scary message. The scare tactic occurs because you deleted some other chinese bloatware which came down via the iRoot software during the rooting process. There is one chinese app in particular which when deleted will download and reinstall itself. It is the one that pops up annoyingly every 10 seconds. It's like an appstore that's trying to force you to download chinese apps. You can uninstall it by putting the phone in airplane mode and uninstalling it.
When the chinese superuser sees that that particular chinese crapware is absent, it starts to send that annoying message that the system was damaged. Just ignore it. Of course, it is hard to ignore because it flashes constantly in the middle of the screen. But you can work through the nuisance.
You see, at this point, the phone is actually properly rooted! So what you do next is simply download a root file manager (Uninstall Master or ES File Manager for example), do whatever you needed while rooted then after you've done whatever you wanted to do in the first place, just use the root file manager to delete the chinese superuser program. It's called RL King or some such non-sense. THIS WILL SAFELY UNROOT THE PHONE. In other words, you will lose root, but it will get rid of the annoying fake message that your system was damaged.
Or you can root the phone, accept the chinese crapware and be happy. Me? i unrooted my phone. I don't want any chinese crapware on it. Who knows what other sneaky stuff iRoot is doing on there. I don't speak chinese so I have no idea what all the visible crapware was for. And if they get so upset that you delete the crapware that they would spitefully put this annoying message permanently on the phone, then I DO NOT TRUST THEM!!!
My advice is TO NOT USE iRoot or vRoot for rooting your phone. You will have no idea what nastiness they are inserting directly into the root of your system with superuser privileges!
Volte4G+ CPU: MT6589 4GB RAM, 120GB ROM 2.048GHz???
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
stentmartin said:
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
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What is your phone make and model? Can't help you unless you provide this info.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Free mobile app
System is damage, please check!!!
My Phone is a " Volte4G+". It is made by Spreadtrum.
The phone information is giving me the following info:
1. CPU: MT6589 (Spreadtrum 4G SC8830?).
2. ARM V7 architecture.
3. 8 cores
4. 2..048GHz
5. 4GB RAM
6. Internal Storage 120GB
7. 512GB micro SD Card (Installed by me)
The phone is bought from Malaysia.
Works perfect, but I can not find any tech spec that match this phone internal spec (can be fake?).
I have uninstalled KingRoot and it has nothing todo with the problem. I don't think iRoot or KingRoot is the problem (mybe emidiator). I have deleted all suspissios programs but there is of course hundreds other apps that can couse this problem!
You are absolute right about your assumption that a deleted malware program have triggered this messages.
stentmartin said:
My Phone is a " Volte4G+". It is made by Spreadtrum.
The phone information is giving me the following info:
1. CPU: MT6589 (Spreadtrum 4G SC8830?).
2. ARM V7 architecture.
3. 8 cores
4. 2..048GHz
5. 4GB RAM
6. Internal Storage 120GB
7. 512GB micro SD Card (Installed by me)
The phone is bought from Malaysia.
Works perfect, but I can not find any tech spec that match this phone internal spec (can be fake?).
I have uninstalled KingRoot and it has nothing todo with the problem. I don't think iRoot or KingRoot is the problem (mybe emidiator). I have deleted all suspissios programs but there is of course hundreds other apps that can couse this problem!
You are absolute right about your assumption that a deleted malware program have triggered this messages.
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I guarantee you that iRoot or KingRoot were indeed the source of the problem. What I said was, one of those programs downloaded the culprit without your knowledge. I know it for a fact because my own phone was completely free of all malware. I had a brand new, clean stock ROM flashed. I then tried to root with iRoot or vRoot. Immediately after rooting, I deleted a Chinese app that got installed by the rooting program. And as soon as I deleted that program, the annoying message began. So it had to be via the rooting process and it was because I deleted that crapware.
It's possible that it's an app that cannot be deleted even by AppMaster, or the root browsers even with root permission. This is because some of the virus apps install themselves into the system partition with an attribute of i (immutable) or a (annex only). You first have to remove the "i" or "a" attribute with a terminal emulator such as Terminal Emulator from PlayStore (but your phone needs to be rooted). The problem with those attributes is that a program like AppMaster, SD Maid or Root Browser will tell you the app was deleted, but once you reboot, you will quickly find out that the app was not deleted at all. Once you remove these attributes, you can delete the offending apps permanently. So to do this, you'll have to reroot your phone. Don't be afraid to reroot because once you're rooted, you can get rid of all the crap. Also, once you're rooted, make sure you also install busybox (download and install Busy Box X from PlayStore) because it gives you access to a better suite of Linux commands that you can use via the terminal emulator app.
There is another possibility for the problem. The annoying message may be a service and not an app. In that case, you need to discover what service it is and use the app called Disable Service to permanently stop that service from running (but your phone needs to be rooted). So you'll have to reroot and then use Disable Service.
Anyway, you have an absolutely beautiful phone. Love the specs. I wonder it it uses MTK or Spreadthrum architecture. If it's MTK you can easily and quickly flash back to stock with SP Flash Tool. Otherwise you have to use the Spreadthrum tools. You will need to find your stock ROM and flash it. That's the other way to deal with it.
Let me know how it goes. I can help answer questions at each step of the way. Just remember to take screenshots to help explain what's going on if you need help.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Free mobile app
System is Damage
First. My goal withe phone is to install Ubuntu Mate and have a combined phone & Ubuntu computer.
On all tests this powerful phone have extremely low score. Reason, the tests can not handle 4G phones @ 2GHz and 8-cores or the phone is a fake or scam?
I have contacted the Seller on eBay about the Stock ROM. Normally they don't know anything..
Also I am a normal user with some computer knowledge, not a hacker or aUnix programmer.
I have downloaded and tested all programs you have suggested. Note! my phone is rooted.
The problem:
1 To use Service Disable or Uninstall apps in settings I need to know what app is causing the problem and I don't have a clue witch app I shall disable.
2. I can not find the Stock ROM to my phone.
3. I believe the my phone is a MT6589 SoC MTK device with 8-cores 2048MHZ and 120GB local storage.
At least that is what the phone is telling me.
Anyway, this is the future of computer/phones.
Possible Solutions
1. Buy another similar phone. Cost only $52 on eBay.
2. Take. backup of the new phone ROM and restore the backup to the old damage phone (delete internal storage first to get rid of malware?)
3. Compare installed apps on the phones and delete the differences on the old damage phones..
Can I use the therminal emulator to find the program causing my problem? You told me they have the "i" and "a" attribute in the mode. Can I look for some distinct features in the mode and use RM to remove the app.
In what directory shall I look?
Please advise
stentmartin
stentmartin said:
First. My goal withe phone is to install Ubuntu Mate and have a combined phone & Ubuntu computer.
On all tests this powerful phone have extremely low score. Reason, the tests can not handle 4G phones @ 2GHz and 8-cores or the phone is a fake or scam?
I have contacted the Seller on eBay about the Stock ROM. Normally they don't know anything..
Also I am a normal user with some computer knowledge, not a hacker or aUnix programmer.
I have downloaded and tested all programs you have suggested. Note! my phone is rooted.
The problem:
1 To use Service Disable or Uninstall apps in settings I need to know what app is causing the problem and I don't have a clue witch app I shall disable.
2. I can not find the Stock ROM to my phone.
3. I believe the my phone is a MT6589 SoC MTK device with 8-cores 2048MHZ and 120GB local storage.
At least that is what the phone is telling me.
Anyway, this is the future of computer/phones.
Possible Solutions
1. Buy another similar phone. Cost only $52 on eBay.
2. Take. backup of the new phone ROM and restore the backup to the old damage phone (delete internal storage first to get rid of malware?)
3. Compare installed apps on the phones and delete the differences on the old damage phones..
Can I use the therminal emulator to find the program causing my problem? You told me they have the "i" and "a" attribute in the mode. Can I look for some distinct features in the mode and use RM to remove the app.
In what directory shall I look?
Please advise
stentmartin
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It's really difficult to tell which app is causing whatever problem you might experience on your screen.
There are a couple things you can try:
First look in Settings> Applications and flip over to the Running tab. Look for apps with strange names. Then find the app in the All apps tab and try to disable it.
Next, use a root browser and check the /system/app and /system/priv-app folders. Again, you are looking for apks that have strange names. You have to be really careful because there are some system apps that have strange names but they will often have an odex file with the same name right next to them. You can ignore these apps that have an odex sibling. WARNING: Don't delete any of the apk files in the system folders. First try to rename them to whatevername.bak. Be sure you have root permissions. If you can rename the file, then it is NOT the one you're looking for. Rename it back to whatevername.apk and try another suspicious file. If you cannot rename the file, it will throw a message like "operation failed"... THIS IS THE CULPRIT. And there could be several of them. These are the virus files that cannot be deleted by normal means because they have their attribute set to immutable or annex or both. (I'm assuming that you already deleted all the virus apps that can be deleted using a system app manager like App Master and only these stubborn ones are left).
I use ES File Explorer for my root browser. Just long click on the file you want to delete and select Properties. There on the file properties screen, I have the option to Copy Full Path. Click that to save the name of the file including the path (it will save something like /system/app/filename) so you don't have to manually type it later.
Then go to the Terminal Emulator app. Type su to get superuser privileges. Then type chattr -i -a /system/app/filename. This will remove the i and a attributes if they were on the file. Next type rm /system/app/filename. Obviously you can just paste the filename you copied to the clipboard instead of typing the whole thing and making mistakes on these tiny keyboards. Anyway, this is how to delete virus files that refuse to let you delete them. Lol. I have had to do this with infected phones that had 10 or more viruses permanently installed. This is why the copy full path is excellent. It removes the need for a lot of typing.
Let me know how it goes. But I did like your solution which was very effective....If these phones cost only $50 bucks, just buy a new one and extract the stock ROM from it. The only thing that concerns me is how could a phone so powerful only cost $50??? Sounds like a fake. I see a lot of Samsung Galaxy clones that show they have many GB of internal storage in the Settings. But if you run an app like Diskinfo on them, you'll see that they have very little RAM and very little internal memory. Some are so bad that you can't even install any apps on them because you'll get an insufficient memory error.
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ROM for corrupted phone
I have tried everything and can not find the virus.
Is not in the /Syste/app or /System/pri-app. If I delete all apps and goes to safe mode the virus is still there so it most be on the root level. The seller can not give me a new phone, they are out of stock and they are totally fake. They are even programmed to deceive you and the test program, a deliberate fraud or crime. It is 479MB not 4GB RAM and 1.2GB ROOM not 128GB. The CPU is a 4-core 1GHz not 8-Core 2GHz. And it is the same with all the Chinese phones I have seen. However they are nice low end phones payed by the ads you have big problems with. And as in my case, when you try you have this message "System is Damage" you can't get rid of blinking every 2 seconds.
The only way I can see now is to find a Stock ROM that works and that is not east to an MT6589 CPU.
Any suggestions?
stentmartin said:
I have tried everything and can not find the virus.
Is not in the /Syste/app or /System/pri-app. If I delete all apps and goes to safe mode the virus is still there so it most be on the root level. The seller can not give me a new phone, they are out of stock and they are totally fake. They are even programmed to deceive you and the test program, a deliberate fraud or crime. It is 479MB not 4GB RAM and 1.2GB ROOM not 128GB. The CPU is a 4-core 1GHz not 8-Core 2GHz. And it is the same with all the Chinese phones I have seen. However they are nice low end phones payed by the ads you have big problems with. And as in my case, when you try you have this message "System is Damage" you can't get rid of blinking every 2 seconds.
The only way I can see now is to find a Stock ROM that works and that is not east to an MT6589 CPU.
Any suggestions?
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If it's not one of the apps that shows up in your listings of Running apps, then it is a service which you need to halt.
There is a root app called OS Monitor which you can download from the PlayStore. It will tell you exactly which apps and services are running at any given moment. Use it to identify which service(s) is(are) running when this message pops up.
Then use Disable Service (also a root app from PlayStore) to block/turn off those services, thereby permanently stopping the message from appearing.
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y320
my friends huawei y320 u10 gapps and many other process keep crashing (android core is one of it). and its spamming error message
tried factory reset, it said reset success, but all my data is still there and the crashing persist.
tried flashing the stock firmware, it said success, but everything from before the flash is still there, and the crashing error persist. (tried adb ,and sd card)
and i also found that in the storage setting , there is an internal storage and phone storage. and i found that everything that is usually sdcard0 on my other phone.
there is an option to delete phone storage, but it also doesn't work (altough it said success.)
i also can't uninstall any app on that phone (currently there is : piano tiles, farm quest saga, instagram, weibo). everytime i tried to uninstall, launcher,setting,and nearly everything else crashes,
adb (at pc ) can't read the phone unless its doing install update from adb option (at the phone).
tried using ubuntu,kali , windows, mac (pc) and tried a lot of different usb cables)
help
elyas2u said:
my friends huawei y320 u10 gapps and many other process keep crashing (android core is one of it). and its spamming error message
tried factory reset, it said reset success, but all my data is still there and the crashing persist.
tried flashing the stock firmware, it said success, but everything from before the flash is still there, and the crashing error persist. (tried adb ,and sd card)
and i also found that in the storage setting , there is an internal storage and phone storage. and i found that everything that is usually sdcard0 on my other phone.
there is an option to delete phone storage, but it also doesn't work (altough it said success.)
i also can't uninstall any app on that phone (currently there is : piano tiles, farm quest saga, instagram, weibo). everytime i tried to uninstall, launcher,setting,and nearly everything else crashes,
adb (at pc ) can't read the phone unless its doing install update from adb option (at the phone).
tried using ubuntu,kali , windows, mac (pc) and tried a lot of different usb cables)
help
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Is the device rooted? Is it encrypted? Is the bootloader locked (by operator)?
Your EMMC may be corrupted. Forget factory reset. Hold down the volume DOWN key and then press power till the phone boots. You should see a menu. Select Clear or Wipe EMMC. Let us know what happens.
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I'm facing the same problem,system damaged,pleasw check.After re-root nothing happen,the massage still pop up.Try using Os monitor,cannot find weird apps running the massage.Only system running..please someone help
Qiba said:
I'm facing the same problem,system damaged,pleasw check.After re-root nothing happen,the massage still pop up.Try using Os monitor,cannot find weird apps running the massage.Only system running..please someone help
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The message about "system damaged" comes from a virus process that is installed by certain rooting applications. That application is triggered when you attempt to delete certain apps installed by the rooting app. Nothing is wrong with your system.
What phone do you have have bro? Can't help you unless you state the make and model of your device. Also, what did you root with?
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stentmartin said:
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
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If you put the phone in english and after you use iRoot. Try this:restore factory seting and root again but not change the lenguage

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