[Q] How do I Reinstall\Flash the ContactsStorage app? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Posting here after previously posted at OnePlus One forums and then realised that this forum exists.
I have a OnePlus One CM11 rooted.
I read a post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2064859&highlight=deleted
And therefore I "played" a little bit with my phone with those things:
1) \System\priv-app\ContactsProvider.apk
2)ContactsStorage from Setting ->Apps->All->ContactsStorage
Somehow I ended up with the situation that:
1)ContacsStorage does not appear at the apps list.
2)The directory \data\data\com.android.provider.contacts have disappeared.
I want to reinstall\flash the ContactsStorage app.
I know that reinstalling the rom will fix it, but I'm trying to avoid it.
Do you know of any other way I can do it?

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[Q] Can't find my notes after rooting

Hello all,
After rooting my Samsung Galaxy SII (Resurection remix) there was no notes-app on my phone anymore. Also all my notes disappeared when I checked the files using PC/ File explorer. I couldn't find the location of them in my mapstructure. Does anyone know a way to recover/ find these notes since there are some very important ones I really need.
I saw a post like this last year but no one seemed to know the answer...
Thnx!
I'm struggling to read between the lines here, but have you come from a stock Samsung ROM to an AOSP ROM in the process of "rooting"? If so, you won't have Samsung's Memo app anymore which would have stored its data in /dada/data/com.sec.android.app.memo/databases/Memo.db
It would be contained within any nandroid backup.
About the ROM-thing: Yes, that is correct. It's now an AOSP ROM. I'm pretty noob, as you can see, so don't do these things very often
Also the map you described is not on my phone anymore. The app I used is:
"app backup & restore". For some reason the note files are the only ones which are gone.

[Q] Google Maps Android API, missing?

This has been bothering me lately. When I open my Instagram (using xperia ray latest Gingerbread stock ROM), and go to "Photo Maps", a dialog box appears saying "Photo Maps requires that the Google Maps Android API is installed on your device
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both Google Maps and Instagram, I restarted my device too. But it doesnt solve the problem.
I tried checking /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar , I thought I lost this file but the file is there..
This is a rare problem and I only found 2 search results on Google about this problem, and both were found on XDA forum. One had his problem solved by placing this .jar file there. The other one tried placing the .jar file but no luck.
It's bothering me. Because I think it will affect other application that uses google maps. But I'm not sure. And I don't want to reinstall the whole ROM because I have partitioned my SD card, put many stuff in it, I dont want to start it all over just because of this small problem.
Thank you very much in advanced.
I am having the same problem, but it has caused me to realize that I cannot download most things that have a main function that utilises the gmaps API... I'm running a CM9 fork, though, so I expect that to be the cause. Furthermore, I tried to replace the files and gapps installation through recovery, it yields no changes. I see no new files, which is odd imo... Placing the JAR through a file manager and rebooting doesn't change anything for me either. Would love a followup because I too have seen the threads Fun is talking about but I have also seen at least a dozen on here that have gone unanswered
yes. Someone has to got to have the solution. So bump.
bump... i guess? I havent been able to fix this. Althoug a simple flash will fix this, I'm curious that we can fix this.
Still having this issue myself.
Running CM10.1 on my Galaxy SII (i9100P), although its not just with my current ROM that I'm having the issue. Tried refladhing ROMs and GAPPS but no joy. Countless data/cache wipes have done notjing to fix it. Also tried the.jar solution but did nothing.
Really annoys me that I can't find a solution.
No one any ideas on what this could be?

[Q] what is android.process.acore?

hey, I did a search in NT for android.process.score and got no results, what is it and how do I fix it?
I am running NT 8gb 1.4.3 with cm10 build 08.3 and installed using cwm 6.0.1.5 I can't think of any other system mods I'm running. in some of the other device forums I read (here on xda) I was reading it had to do with facebook,but I have never even been on fb with this device. thanks for any help and sorry if I am being a noob.
What was the last thing you did before you got that message?
Can you do something after it appeared?
More info means better chance of possible solutions!
If you Googled I guess you read this one and tried what's said there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942731 and it didn't work?
it was from a fresh install, however I think I figured it out. I disabled contacts and then cleared data in the app manager and so far it does t seem to becoming back.if it does I will update this thread.
when I posted I was only looking for nt stuff however I stumbled across this fix on another site and tried it and it seems to work. sorry about any wasted time and/or space.

Reg Query: How does installing of Whatsapp works?

Just a regular query no other intent really. Got curious after reading the method to get the s.w working.
I was interested in installing the Whatsapp+ v4.00D a few days back when a friend mentioned about the thread here on xda. The thread now has been taken down and hence i cannot ask there. So i am hoping i will get an answer here.
After my friend told me how he got the s.w to work, I was trying to read more about the s.w but couldnt find the answer to the query i had in mind. The steps to get the Whatsapp+ s.w working were:
1) Install the reg edition from the playstore and get it working.
2) Back up the data for this app via Titanium Backup.
3) Uninstall the reg edition.
4) Install Whatsapp+
5) Restore data of reg Whatsapp via TB and start using it.
Question:
1) What exactly goes on behind the scenes with all this technique/method of making the Whatsapp+ work ?
2) From where can i read about the full details of the authentication followed by the reg edition of Whatsapp.
I hope people do not see this as an attempt to accomplish anything inappropriate.
Just got curious reading and thought a lot about both these versions, and would like to get answers to clarify things.
Why has the thread been taken down anyways ? . Has the development stopped? I love Whatsapp+ !
maybe there's a complain from original whatsapp maker

Samsung S7 Edge forgot lock screen password, and now ... DISASTER [SM-G935F] [FRP]

So, apologies where due if I could have simply searched for this answer, but I can't seem to find it. If that makes me a big fat idiot for just not searching right, then I'll take my punishment and sit in the corner wearing the stupid hat.
Meanwhile, I'm getting somewhat desperate.
The scenario is this:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, running Android 6.0.1, which I rooted using ChainFire's CF-AutoRoot. I've enjoyed using the phone for about 6 months and life has been good. Yesterday, someone suggested I reboot it after I mentioned I thought the battery was starting to drain a bit faster than I liked, .... and lo and behold, having used that stupid biometrical fingerprint thing for about half a year, I just couldn't remember my password.
So yes, I'm an idiot. But it gets worse.
Having rooted my phone, I thought I could fix this! I found some guide which probably pertained more to CyanogenMod saying I might delete the *.key files in /data/system (specifically, there was gatekeeper.password.key and gatekeeper.pattern.key) So I did (well, I moved them away)! That didn't work very well, so I tried moving the files back, and that didn't help at all!
What I'm stuck with is a screen telling me I have to log on to the last Google account the phone was registered to before I'm able to use it. Not only has the phone never been used to connect to Google (yes, I'm weird and paranoid), but I don't even have the original Google Play stuff installed (I've been running microG GsmCore instead) I've thought about trying to reflash the stock firmware, but that would probably lead to me losing root, which at this point at least seems to grant me more options.
What is a way out of this predicament? I can still access my /data partition through adb, so I guess I could backup all of that prior to doing something invasive, but I just don't know what's the next step from here.
Also; I've seen videos mentioning some .apk to be downloaded from vnrom.net, but I'm skeptical of running a 3rd party .apk on my phone without someone vouching for it; it seems to me that the state of the phone, having not been logged in to a Google account ever, cannot truly be contingent on some online handshake; there's got to be something I can do locally, or so I hope.
I throw myself at your feet, XDA. Please help!
EDIT: (hah, I can edit! Wouldn't have replied to myself if I knew that!) Additionally, if this is the wrong place to ask for this kind of help, but another, better place exists; please, please, help guide me there. My phone is certainly not in actuality bricked, but for all intents and purposes, that's how it feels. Help right this ship, someone!
I forgot to mention, although I don't know if it's any help, that I've got TWRP installed. So any tricks to be done via a custom recovery might be available to me, if I just knew what they were!
Tangib1e said:
So, apologies where due if I could have simply searched for this answer, but I can't seem to find it. If that makes me a big fat idiot for just not searching right, then I'll take my punishment and sit in the corner wearing the stupid hat.
Meanwhile, I'm getting somewhat desperate.
The scenario is this:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, running Android 6.0.1, which I rooted using ChainFire's CF-AutoRoot. I've enjoyed using the phone for about 6 months and life has been good. Yesterday, someone suggested I reboot it after I mentioned I thought the battery was starting to drain a bit faster than I liked, .... and lo and behold, having used that stupid biometrical fingerprint thing for about half a year, I just couldn't remember my password.
So yes, I'm an idiot. But it gets worse.
Having rooted my phone, I thought I could fix this! I found some guide which probably pertained more to CyanogenMod saying I might delete the *.key files in /data/system (specifically, there was gatekeeper.password.key and gatekeeper.pattern.key) So I did (well, I moved them away)! That didn't work very well, so I tried moving the files back, and that didn't help at all!
What I'm stuck with is a screen telling me I have to log on to the last Google account the phone was registered to before I'm able to use it. Not only has the phone never been used to connect to Google (yes, I'm weird and paranoid), but I don't even have the original Google Play stuff installed (I've been running microG GsmCore instead) I've thought about trying to reflash the stock firmware, but that would probably lead to me losing root, which at this point at least seems to grant me more options.
What is a way out of this predicament? I can still access my /data partition through adb, so I guess I could backup all of that prior to doing something invasive, but I just don't know what's the next step from here.
Also; I've seen videos mentioning some .apk to be downloaded from vnrom.net, but I'm skeptical of running a 3rd party .apk on my phone without someone vouching for it; it seems to me that the state of the phone, having not been logged in to a Google account ever, cannot truly be contingent on some online handshake; there's got to be something I can do locally, or so I hope.
I throw myself at your feet, XDA. Please help!
EDIT: (hah, I can edit! Wouldn't have replied to myself if I knew that!) Additionally, if this is the wrong place to ask for this kind of help, but another, better place exists; please, please, help guide me there. My phone is certainly not in actuality bricked, but for all intents and purposes, that's how it feels. Help right this ship, someone!
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You should hard reset
Hi chap
God don't you just hate password, I am always for getting mine.
I would Setup a google account on a computer to start with at most you will have a google account that you are being asked for?
Its what I would try any way
log on to google from your computer, and ask to reset your password?
use the same email address you use to setup google account and you can reset your password.
You will have a password the one you have just setup?
I think it should work, and trying it your not changing any thing on the phone only setting up a google account to get a password.
get the password log on then reset password you the have old and new password.
Like I have said I only think this may work.
hope you get it working
Go to /data/system in TWRP and delete all .key and also all files of the type locksettings.db.
If that does not help flash this zip in TWRP, all it does is delete all those files automatically and a few more related to fingerprint, found it on XDA but I do not remember the thread.
Hi folks! Thanks so much for replying to me.
Danyaelgaina said:
You should hard reset
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Now, my concern is, the phone seems to think this has already happened. Are you certain that a "factory reset" is going to solve my problems? (please note, I didn't actually perform one yet, I just deleted /data/system/*.key and then rebooted, and now my phone doesn't want to be friends)
arnavbatra said:
Go to /data/system in TWRP and delete all .key and also all files of the type locksettings.db.
If that does not help flash this zip in TWRP, all it does is delete all those files automatically and a few more related to fingerprint, found it on XDA but I do not remember the thread.
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Thanks for the tip! I found and deleted /data/system/locksettings.db, but apparently, no dice, upon rebooting, I'm faced with the very same thing.
Tangib1e said:
I found and deleted /data/system/locksettings.db, but apparently, no dice, upon rebooting, I'm faced with the very same thing.
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Flash that resetscreenlock zip in TWRP
Make sure you're deleting all these

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