This is my first Samsung device, long time user of HTC and Nexus, and I was a bit too cocky.
I was depleting system apps using titanium backup. Thought I was playing it safe, only did about 26 that I thought would have no negative impact. Turns out, I was wrong. I am now caught in a mild bootloop.
The phone will boot, I can use the phone for a minute or two, then it restarts itself, every time. I have tried a factory reset from the settings menu, it does not work. I have tried booting to recovery, I can't, and unfortunately, there is no stock firmware available.
So, with that said, I may know a solution but I need someone's help. Could someone make a backup of their stock apps using titanium backup (just the app, no data is needed) and share it with me? I will try to restore missing apps in the short window I have while the phone is booted, one by one if I have to until the phone does not restart itself.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone could do this. Thanks in advance.
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I updated the Flyer through the system menu. It was a small file that downloaded. When it restarted it got stuck in a boot loop where the you would get the white screen with green HTC lettering. It would do the jingle then reboot. Called tech support. They had me do a factory reset. Fixed it. 9 days later. I restarted the tablet and got the same problem. Did another factory reset. Fixed it. Called HTC. They said they can't do anything unless I send them the tablet while it is stuck in boot loop.
It is not rooted. I haven't done anything special with it. Anybody have any clue what might be going on or how I can prevent it from happening again? Or know any apps that could help me figure out what is happening?
Thanks!
Turn on usb debugging and leave it on, then use adb to connect when it goes into a loop and grab the output from logcat. We will probably be able to help you if you can do that.
I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, only the rep said there was nothing to do to fix it. They said it was a known bug. I was able to do a factory reset by plugging in the usb adapter and then power + down vol. Without the adapter, it would continue to reboot even after a factory reset. So far it has worked. I was surprised that the rep did not have me even try anything to solve the problem, but hey.
I had the same problem before updating to Globatron's HC leak. Seemed to happen after rebooting, (almost every time. Got to the point that I decided to never turn it off again) and a factory reset was the only solution. Since HC, the problem hasn't happened once.
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I had the same problem after the 2.27 update(Never happened before the update.) It would just be random, not all the time (only after a restart, I would always cross my fingers and rub my rabbits foot.) I got into a habit of Nandroid Backing up the device at least once a week, as the problem would occur more than once a month.
I just upgraded to HC a couple of days ago, I have yet to have it happen.
Thanks for the suggestions and sharing. It's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue. I am really tempted to root and go to Honeycomb now. I was trying to keep everything stock until HTC moved it to Honeycomb. If HTC could write software that didn't screw me over, I would be more than happy to be patient for the official update.
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I have a similar issue. I rolled back the device from HC to GB stock rom and I am on the last updated GB stock rom. It is just randomly restarts and I cannot see the reason why? Sometimes after a day or 2. Before this started the sense was randomly freezing and I couldnt do anything just restart. I got taskiller on and this looks like sort out the freezing issue I have over 300 mb memory free most of the time but I have this random restart now.
Is there any way I can diagnose or check in a log file what is the reason for these random restarts?
thx
shadow78 said:
Hi
I have a similar issue. I rolled back the device from HC to GB stock rom and I am on the last updated GB stock rom. It is just randomly restarts and I cannot see the reason why? Sometimes after a day or 2. Before this started the sense was randomly freezing and I couldnt do anything just restart. I got taskiller on and this looks like sort out the freezing issue I have over 300 mb memory free most of the time but I have this random restart now.
Is there any way I can diagnose or check in a log file what is the reason for these random restarts?
thx
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Yes, like globatron mentioned in the second post, turn usb debugging on (in settings - applications - development) and leave it on until you encounter another bootloop. While the device is bootlooping connect it to your pc and use adb logcat. If you can post the output here someone might be able to help.
Sent from my HTC Flyer.
Hi there,
sorry for using this old thread, but I am having the same problem with my Flyer running Android 2.3.4.
Today I've done nothing with it, just let the battery drain, to make a full recharge. Want to restart it, and: Bootloop. This f*ing melody drives me crazy already!
I've connected it to my laptop, creating a logcat-file. I will edit this post if its ready.
But I am wondering why this happens. There wasn't an update (even if if there whould be: I am rooted, so I couldn't install) and in my opinion I've done nothing special since the last reboot a few days ago.
I've done a backup via CWM, but don't want to perform a Factory Reset because the last backup is... already a few months ago.
... How long does it need to create the logcat-File? I wrote this whole text while he is still writing...
Edit: Haha. It will never end. Have created a 42MB .txt-File.
I've shorten it, until the first repeat of a row. But it is still to long for insertig here, it is attached.
Edit 2: Is there an Option to perfom a backup via adb? "adb backup" doesn't work with Android 2.3, And I haven't found a solution for "adb pull" to copy a complete partition.
I'm having a problem with my Vibrant. I've looked through the threads & can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I bought my phone second-hand so I don't know how it was rooted, or what was done to it before I got it. It was 'clean' when I got it, so there were no added apps or files or anything. I started having problems with storage space. I would get a warning, but when checking there was plenty of space. I did a factory reset, & I got a force close, so I did another factory reset & it was fine. It's running Open Kang ICS. It was on it when I got it, & was still there after factory reset. I used Titanium to back-up & restore my apps. (I've backed up with GO backup too, but didn't use it to restore). Since restoring I've been having issues with my phone rebooting randomly. It's happened in the middle of a phone call 4 times now (so far). I also have an issue with not being able to turn my screen on. I try to unlock the screen & nothing happens (but it's still on) & I have to take the battery out & put it back in & turn it back on. My brother suggests a new ROM, but I have no idea how to do any of this. I didn't flash this one, & I didn't root it. My brother didn't root it either (he rooted my previous phone) so he doesn't know how it was done. Any help would be appreciated (including step-by-step in language I can understand LoL). I have tried installing ClockworkMod Recovery but for some reason I can't get it to work on my phone.
The vibrant bible thread has a tutorials section that links to some pretty good tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547730
and the Vibrant AIO toolbox is a great program to help with rooting and flashing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Mentalmama said:
I'm having a problem with my Vibrant. I've looked through the threads & can't find exactly what I'm looking for. I bought my phone second-hand so I don't know how it was rooted, or what was done to it before I got it. It was 'clean' when I got it, so there were no added apps or files or anything. I started having problems with storage space. I would get a warning, but when checking there was plenty of space. I did a factory reset, & I got a force close, so I did another factory reset & it was fine. It's running Open Kang ICS. It was on it when I got it, & was still there after factory reset. I used Titanium to back-up & restore my apps. (I've backed up with GO backup too, but didn't use it to restore). Since restoring I've been having issues with my phone rebooting randomly. It's happened in the middle of a phone call 4 times now (so far). I also have an issue with not being able to turn my screen on. I try to unlock the screen & nothing happens (but it's still on) & I have to take the battery out & put it back in & turn it back on. My brother suggests a new ROM, but I have no idea how to do any of this. I didn't flash this one, & I didn't root it. My brother didn't root it either (he rooted my previous phone) so he doesn't know how it was done. Any help would be appreciated (including step-by-step in language I can understand LoL). I have tried installing ClockworkMod Recovery but for some reason I can't get it to work on my phone.
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Here are some codes you can use just like you are dialing a phone number. You can even perform a factory reset. http://androidforums.com/vibrant-ti...ck-built-day-time-firmware-gps-test-more.html
Use with caution, I personally have never used these codes.
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Hey guys, first post only because of the level of stress I been goino through trying to figure this out.
So I Had Rooted My phone succesfully At One Point I Wanted To Flash My Rom and It Failed using twrp. I had backed everything up using twrp and when it came time to trying to restore, it failed as well. Long story short I've been searching for a way to fix this as my phone is stuck in factory mode. Weird thing is that my imei number is still correlates correctly with the sticker on the phone but there are no files/ folders in the efs folder and I feel I've exhausted all of my options. I've tried factory wipes, nandroid restore via twrp which failed. Reinstalling factory Rom via kies and Odin to no avail with this issue.
Am I missing something? Where do I go from here? I know there's something that was backed up onto my sd card as the folder upwards of 1gb. when backed up in twrp I made sure to check everybox. Should i have performed a wipe prior to backup? Any help is much appreciatedas this phone is about a week old and its starting to get a bit frustrating...
i only have one real connectivity issue and it only happens on wi-fi. if i turn it on, it will connect than within 5-10 sec the rom will reset to boot screen and it will say "Factory Mode On! wi-fi is now turning off" other than this, i have full network access.
as of right now i'm stock worst comes to worst, may have to send the phone in, if warranty is void, i have a $175 deductible... trying to avoid this on a brand new phone.
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hi everyone this is my first post so I hope I'm doing it right. I have an LG Optimus f3 p659. I rooted it and about 4 days later my phone app and messaging app disappeared. no matter what I do the message phone has stopped working pops up. I press OK and it pops up again faster than I can take my finger away. I can no longer access my phones system information in the about phone section. please keep in mind that im ignorant on codes and such. so if it is possible please keep it simple. if a technical answer has to be done ill delve into it. thank you in advance for your time.
http://androidforums.com/threads/metropcs-t-mobile-guide-unbrick-or-unroot-lg-optimus-f3-kdz.812528/
This will wipe the phone though and put it back to like you just bought it. If you absolutely can't bear to reset the phone, you would need to see if you can install a custom recovery and flash the messaging and phone apps into the system.
I'd recommend the restoring option though.
my opinion, you can wipe the phone, or you can check if you unroot the phone again, is the apps come back? if not, you can factory reset it
I have a horrible ZTE Valet Z665C (Tracfone), which is stock and running Jelly Bean 4.1.1. This is my first dumb, "smart phone" that I have owned, but I have owned a few computers so I should be able to understand anything you want me to try.
I can no longer use the cell because every 2-3 seconds another error message(ex. Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped; OneDrive has stopped; YouTube has stopped etc.) pops up and I can't clear them fast enough to do anything. If I try to uninstall an app that I installed, I get another stop error message, and nothing uninstalls. I tried Safe Mode, but the same thing happens. I have successfully done a factory reset via Recovery in the past, but now, even though it goes through the motions successfully, it doesn't actually factory reset anymore and remove any app I installed, and I still get tons of stop messages.
Is there a way to find a factory "update.zip" for my cell, so I can try to reset it that way? Can I attach the usb cable to my laptop, and somehow uninstall the apps I installed, just in case one is corrupted and causing these problems? If you have any ideas, I'm game to try them.
Thanks in advance.
...Stumped?
Seven days have gone by, and not one reply other then mine, here lol. If my post would get more traffic from experts elsewhere, I hope an admin or moderator can advise me. Thanks in advance.
This is a "Developers" forum, yet not one expert can take the time out of her/his day to offer up any suggestions?
Mods, is this in the wrong sub-forum, and if so, can you move it to the correct spot? I first asked for help in May of 2017 and there still has not been anyone able to suggest anything that may help at all. Thanks in advance.