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Hi!
I try to tell my lovely story, let's hope someone can help me, because i am in a huge trouble.
Today i installed WIFIunlocker on my device, and unfortunately, i gave access to the device administrator right to the application, plus i set up a password. Using the app i realised this is not that iam looking for, so i decided to remove it. Tryed to uninstall it, but for the first try i got an error, later on i realised that i need to turn off the device administrator mode inside the app, everything is fine, i was able to unintall it. Now the nightmare starts...
After uninstalling the app, locking the screen then unlocking the phone, it asks for password. I was a bit surprised because i just removed the related app. Nvm, i just entered my "password", but it was wrong. Before the uninstall it worked, now, after the uninstall it doesn't. At this point i can't do anything with the phone, because iam stucked on the "password screen".
What i did today:
- started from Litening rom v2.0
- i was hopeless, so wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache + darvik cache, formated system+data+cache
- installed LeoMar v2.5
- After the boot the it still asked for the password, i removed the sim-card, and somehow was able to access the phone, but unfortunately it locked itself, the "password screen" popped up again.
- My last try was flashing stock KG6 rom then later on CF-Root, but now i can't boot the phone into recovery mode. Download still works.
- What happends when i try to boot it to recovery, the Samsung Galaxy S 2 title shows up, but after that immediately asking for the "password". Before this, the phone booted fully / i was able the access the recovery mode.
So my question is, what can i do now? How can i get rid of this "password screen?"
Youtube video
Same problem
But I switched off administrator mode before uninstalled
and i used only one password so it can not be wrong.
I think that the app is a joke or a prank?
DID you managed to fix that?
Well I managed to make my phone the same brick as yours.
What now.
Did g4rb4g3 = Garbage did in purpose?
I think using download mode to restore your efs partition backup will fix this since password and pin info is saved on it.
Volume DOWN + Home + Power.
Do you have a custom recovery?
Wipe everything. All of it. Flash a new rom. How the hell is this impossible to remove? Flashing a rom wipes all crap right? Wth..
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Edit: Seems the app is known for this bug with many others. Mods should take the app down, it's killing devices, turning them unusable. If the dev can reproduce the problem or if someone smart enough could come up with a fix..
prodygee said:
Volume DOWN + Home + Power.
Do you have a custom recovery?
Wipe everything. All of it. Flash a new rom. How the hell is this impossible to remove? Flashing a rom wipes all crap right? Wth..
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Wrong the password/pin is on the efs partition which is NEVER touched during flashes or wipes.
Or flash a AOSP rom like cm7 or MIUI since they don't use the efs partition for lock settings.
ANd i fixed it again from the brick
Just go to download mode
flush it with stock
after restart try to go to recovery it will ask you about the password
type anything as many timea as it will tell you that if you will try again it will wipe out your internall sd card
of course try once more it will wipe out your sd card and ask you again for password
type anything again and again and it will warn you again that if you try again it will wipe the internal sd card and after that you will see red info that your pass was changed to NULL
restart
and you are in and all is back to normall
mahatma said:
Well I managed to make my phone the same brick as yours.
What now.
Did g4rb4g3 = Garbage did in purpose?
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You can blame him same as yourself. This story shows that you need to be really careful when you mess with your phone. This true from the developer side and from the user side. At least we have some information about this for the future and we can help people out.
hi Evrey one >
at first sorry for my english
my tablet is ( i-life wtab 704) android 4.0.4
today i tried to root my tablet with z4root .
After that i rebooted and everything gone as like as the( factory rest )
so i began to install apps but the system give me a Message said (there is no enough memory)
i checked the storage i found the internal storage zero
then i rebooted it after that . Everything gone !!!!!!
but i noticed something .....
before trying to root my tablet ..i didnt have a recovery mode on my tablet ....when i try to press the 3 buttons (power + volume up + volume down) it didnt refer me to the recovery mode but keeps the screen stand still then reboot ( because its locked i think so)
but after use z4root ...when i do factory reset it shutdown then refer me to the recovery mode mentioning that i didnt install a recovery mode
in the recovery mode
...i made a wipe/factory reset...and made a cache wipe
but nothing happened
and The problem remains as it is
So please.... help me
Let me knw something about ur tab
mohamed11 said:
hi Evrey one >
at first sorry for my english
my tablet is ( i-life wtab 704) android 4.0.4
today i tried to root my tablet with z4root .
After that i rebooted and everything gone as like as the( factory rest )
so i began to install apps but the system give me a Message said (there is no enough memory)
i checked the storage i found the internal storage zero
then i rebooted it after that . Everything gone !!!!!!
but i noticed something .....
before trying to root my tablet ..i didnt have a recovery mode on my tablet ....when i try to press the 3 buttons (power + volume up + volume down) it didnt refer me to the recovery mode but keeps the screen stand still then reboot ( because its locked i think so)
but after use z4root ...when i do factory reset it shutdown then refer me to the recovery mode mentioning that i didnt install a recovery mode
in the recovery mode
...i made a wipe/factory reset...and made a cache wipe
but nothing happened
and The problem remains as it is
So please.... help me
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Let me knw have u installed app like busybox ?? because i have the same problem but in my case problem is caused by busybox not by root.
I googled and found that busybox is creating issues like this with ICS.
I hope this thread can help U--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752704. If it works then tell me and if not then message me.
solved:- Reset and internal memory
mohamed11 said:
hi Evrey one >
at first sorry for my english
my tablet is ( i-life wtab 704) android 4.0.4
today i tried to root my tablet with z4root .
After that i rebooted and everything gone as like as the( factory rest )
so i began to install apps but the system give me a Message said (there is no enough memory)
i checked the storage i found the internal storage zero
then i rebooted it after that . Everything gone !!!!!!
but i noticed something .....
before trying to root my tablet ..i didnt have a recovery mode on my tablet ....when i try to press the 3 buttons (power + volume up + volume down) it didnt refer me to the recovery mode but keeps the screen stand still then reboot ( because its locked i think so)
but after use z4root ...when i do factory reset it shutdown then refer me to the recovery mode mentioning that i didnt install a recovery mode
in the recovery mode
...i made a wipe/factory reset...and made a cache wipe
but nothing happened
and The problem remains as it is
So please.... help me
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This is due to the reason that may be your android is not branded. First of all download the ES file manager. Dont worry it will be installed in Sdcard. Now open the explorer and go to the show hidden file tag in navigation bar, after click on root explorer and click on Mount r\w. For that superuser will ask for granting permission. Now go to device tab and click on search and type busy box which is installed in /system/xbin thus move it to /system/bin/. Now cent percent your problem will be solved.. If you dont find busybox then re root your tab..
Factory Reset on Restart.
Hi Everyone...
I have a HP 7 Plus (1301) tablet and I rooted it with Root Genius, none of the other rooting programs could root it. After rooting it it installed "King User" app. Now the problem began:
(1) It does factory reset each time I off it and restart.
(2) The above solution of copying the busybox from /system/xbin to /system/bin DID NOT help.
(3) I have no problem with available space on the internal storage, all space is ok when seen in system (app) -> internal storage
(4) I tried updating with its original stock ROM: Doesn't let run any method of update...from int-storage, ext sdcard or adb sideload.
Any ideas or help will be appreciated ..
Mabboseg said:
Hi Everyone...
I have a HP 7 Plus (1301) tablet and I rooted it with Root Genius, none of the other rooting programs could root it. After rooting it it installed "King User" app. Now the problem began:
(1) It does factory reset each time I off it and restart.
(2) The above solution of copying the busybox from /system/xbin to /system/bin DID NOT help.
(3) I have no problem with available space on the internal storage, all space is ok when seen in system (app) -> internal storage
(4) I tried updating with its original stock ROM: Doesn't let run any method of update...from int-storage, ext sdcard or adb sideload.
Any ideas or help will be appreciated ..
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I have the exact same problem if it restarts it restores
Same here! Any solution yet?
Bump. Same problem on HP 7 Plus?
Any solutions yet?
Working now ..... just like 'Factory Reset'
Finally I have something working now:
(1) I had to find the original ROM … since I had bought the tablet in Australia I had to flash it with that ROM made for Australia.
It doesn’t take any other ROM even made for that same model, all these times I was trying North American one.
(2) Also only the adb sideload works, tried doing an update by sdcad …NO GO.
NOTE the above operation made the tablet work OK but un-rooted …. so I lost the root altogether.
Well ... the tablet works well ….NO MORE reset after restart…..
I hate this unit now …. it has only one socket doing all: Recharging, usb-in, usb-out etc. Now the socket has gone loose, they should have designed it with a separate charging socket at least. This unit is a new one still being sold in the shops, will never recommend it to anyone.
Do you still have the update.zip file?
Mabboseg said:
Finally I have something working now:
(1) I had to find the original ROM … since I had bought the tablet in Australia I had to flash it with that ROM made for Australia.
It doesn’t take any other ROM even made for that same model, all these times I was trying North American one.
(2) Also only the adb sideload works, tried doing an update by sdcad …NO GO.
NOTE the above operation made the tablet work OK but un-rooted …. so I lost the root altogether.
Well ... the tablet works well ….NO MORE reset after restart…..
I hate this unit now …. it has only one socket doing all: Recharging, usb-in, usb-out etc. Now the socket has gone loose, they should have designed it with a separate charging socket at least. This unit is a new one still being sold in the shops, will never recommend it to anyone.
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This is a long shot, but wondering if you still happen to have the update.zip for this, which you used to fix your phone. It's no longer anywhere on the internet! And have been blowing my brain to try and fix it the last couple of days, HP won't help me cause they don't have the files anymore. Any help would be much appreciated. I've tried another update.zip but it's an american one, and I need the Australian one.
mattpyle said:
this is a long shot, but wondering if you still happen to have the update.zip for this, which you used to fix your phone. It's no longer anywhere on the internet! And have been blowing my brain to try and fix it the last couple of days, hp won't help me cause they don't have the files anymore. Any help would be much appreciated. I've tried another update.zip but it's an american one, and i need the australian one.
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head over to the hp website! Kitkat is now live for hp 7 plus!
hp 7 plus link
pleas can you post the link of upload.zip for hp 7 plus or the likn to download kitkat version
Mabboseg said:
Finally I have something working now:
(1) I had to find the original ROM … since I had bought the tablet in Australia I had to flash it with that ROM made for Australia.
It doesn’t take any other ROM even made for that same model, all these times I was trying North American one.
(2) Also only the adb sideload works, tried doing an update by sdcad …NO GO.
NOTE the above operation made the tablet work OK but un-rooted …. so I lost the root altogether.
Well ... the tablet works well ….NO MORE reset after restart…..
I hate this unit now …. it has only one socket doing all: Recharging, usb-in, usb-out etc. Now the socket has gone loose, they should have designed it with a separate charging socket at least. This unit is a new one still being sold in the shops, will never recommend it to anyone.
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i have a prestigio multipad wize 3017 and my problem is the same every time i shutdown and start it back up it does a factory reset asking my to input all my info again. i used kingroot since then it has done that searched for advice but found nothing until now when i saw this. will this work for my problem. if so is the original ROM the firmware that came with it if not what is it? please reply to my question ASAP It is very important. thanks.
please send the reply to here and the email address [email protected]
Nirajan 2014 said:
This is due to the reason that may be your android is not branded. First of all download the ES file manager. Dont worry it will be installed in Sdcard. Now open the explorer and go to the show hidden file tag in navigation bar, after click on root explorer and click on Mount r\w. For that superuser will ask for granting permission. Now go to device tab and click on search and type busy box which is installed in /system/xbin thus move it to /system/bin/. Now cent percent your problem will be solved.. If you dont find busybox then re root your tab..
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So, by moving busybox from /system/xbin to /system/bin, is that the same to deleting it? Does /system/bin equal deleting it? If not, how can I find /system/bin? Thank you.
Sir please help.
Please send me the Australian ROM and guide me also. I will be really grateful to you.
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Mabboseg said:
Finally I have something working now:
(1) I had to find the original ROM … since I had bought the tablet in Australia I had to flash it with that ROM made for Australia.
It doesn’t take any other ROM even made for that same model, all these times I was trying North American one.
(2) Also only the adb sideload works, tried doing an update by sdcad …NO GO.
NOTE the above operation made the tablet work OK but un-rooted …. so I lost the root altogether.
Well ... the tablet works well ….NO MORE reset after restart…..
I hate this unit now …. it has only one socket doing all: Recharging, usb-in, usb-out etc. Now the socket has gone loose, they should have designed it with a separate charging socket at least. This unit is a new one still being sold in the shops, will never recommend it to anyone.
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I picked up this device from walmart for $29.99 with the intentions of learning some new development stuff.I
thought for 30 bucks there's gonna be a lot of these little "duallies" running around why not a cheap candidate?
So far as i can tell there is little info found about this device so I'm looking to collect what little is known about
it in one place in hopes to get a jump on it. First things first, I am responsible for my own actions as you are yours.
If your not sure ask or simply dont do, some of this stuff can brick your device!
*ROOT*
These are the instructions I followed to root.
http://www.androidarea51.com/all-things-root/working-root-for-lg-optimus-fuel-woot/
dont forget to install supersu
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
and busybox afterwards!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en
*RECOVERY*
Downloaded "TWRP Manager" from play store.
twrp settings, I enabled the sd card patch.
Install twrp\device name :l34c\version i instaled: openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-l34c.img
click install... wait... things will pop up..... things will go away... wait some more...
finally a dialogue that states sucess.
***ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OF LOSING RECOVERY OR THE ABILITY TO ENTER IT AFTER
A WIPE AS WELL AS PROBLEMS BACKING UP AND OR RESTORING.
I have "injected" twrp manager into the system using titanium backup (link2sd will work also). This seems to
prevent any issues I have read about previously mentioned. Also I have successfully preformed backups as
well as restores, both before and after wiping. I have not figured out how to enter twrp recovery upon boot
yet, so be careful of what you do!
*SAFE TO REMOVE APPS*
yet to come
I use "titanium backup" from the play store, still trimming.I can get it down to about 230MB
available "free" ram at the moment but not consistently.
Ok had an issue with a task manager improperly reporting free available ram... true availability was
around 150mb free. There are apps that have to be replaced when removed, for example a launcher
for a launcher but some do not. Again I'm still trimming and experimenting, right now my system rom
around 244mb free. Most every thing I have done has been on the phone its self without the need of a P.C.
*STOCK BACK UP*
Yet to come
Any candidates for a true stock rom? Ive hacked the crap out of this one so far without the need of a back up... i know tisk tisk tisk!
I'm going for a debloated deodexed stock rom, hopefully!
*DRIVERS*
The only ones I could find that actually work. The Verizon drivers mentioned for the g2, not surprising since it runs on vz towers!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
*TETHERING*
using the android wifi tether 3.3beta2
https://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
all settings untouched except
device profile
lg optimus 3d
device access does work as well as encryption
*XPOSED*
Does work, im using 2.6.1.
*DPI*
The app I'm using for safe keeping to test dpi settings
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oumugai.densityadjuster
200 not working
170 works
160 native
150 works
140 works
130 works
120 works (looks good)
110 works
Temporarily went back to native dpi for debloating purposes. Will revisit later.
After messing with DPI settings I'm having a"contacts has stopped working " when tapping on the phone app.
DPI set to 120 when I noticed. All dpi switches affect lg home launcher
so you will need another launcher.
ok so far thats what i got. whats the nexts step to a stock AOSP rom?
questions and/or constructive comments wecome
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I've got a few of these that are bootlooping. They show the LG logo, and then TracPhone Wireless splash screen infinitely in a loop.
Two questions.
1 - Is there any way to recover them? I'm hoping for some sort of a dev tool that I could flash a stock image or something (like Odin is for Samsung phones)
2- When these phones started bootlooping, I installed TWRP on the other Fuels that I have, thinking that I didn't want it to happen to them. My understanding of the TWRP that's installed from TWRP manager doesn't flash a modified boot image, so you can't enter TWRP from a powered off (or in my case, bootlooping) phone. Is that correct? I flashed a custom boot image from elsewhere that allows me to tap vol up at the LG logo to boot to TWRP. Any idea if this is enough of a safeguard to in the even of similar boot loops?
Any chance you know how to get it in diag mode? I need to connect it to DFS but can't without diag. Thanks for your help!
DrPhant0m said:
I've got a few of these that are bootlooping. They show the LG logo, and then TracPhone Wireless splash screen infinitely in a loop.
Two questions.
1 - Is there any way to recover them? I'm hoping for some sort of a dev tool that I could flash a stock image or something (like Odin is for Samsung phones)
2- When these phones started bootlooping, I installed TWRP on the other Fuels that I have, thinking that I didn't want it to happen to them. My understanding of the TWRP that's installed from TWRP manager doesn't flash a modified boot image, so you can't enter TWRP from a powered off (or in my case, bootlooping) phone. Is that correct? I flashed a custom boot image from elsewhere that allows me to tap vol up at the LG logo to boot to TWRP. Any idea if this is enough of a safeguard to in the even of similar boot loops?
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My apologies for the delayed response. I have a lot going on in life.
As for recovering them, use the device you have closest to stock to make a backup. Do this before you attach your account or put any thing in to it after a "fresh wipe". To the best of my knowledge there isnt a tool like odin available, i could be wrong though. You can push a back up to the looping devices via adb. in order to do this you must have previously enabled usb debugging. The instructions are available on the web, i my self dont know how to do this. If you can establish an adb connection im sure you can command it to boot into twrp. For setup and testing use one of the devices that doesnt have a problem to establish adb. There is a little info on another thread i created about investigating the boot process the link is in my signature for the defy. Please be patient with me as i have two jobs and a single father, im not a hacker or developer. just a normal guy that is fascinated by my little robot willing to learn any thing. now that I know this thread is becoming active Ill monitor a little closer. Also if there is any thing i can help with ill be glad to do so. Im wanting to get a second fuel just for dev and learning purposes.
Recovery
Is there a way to access recovery on the lg fuel? I am stuck in a boot loop because I disabled the home screen service as well as other things that I did not pay attention to. I do not have a custom recovery installed.
I've never been able to boot to recovery by way of button press. Seems like there's a way to get into boot loader mode though. Just can't remember off the top of my head, I'm at work now and don't have the fuel with me. I'll see what I can figure out in a few hours when I get home. In the mean time you can try button combos upon boot to include the home button. If we can get ADB talking to it there's a chance I can send you copies of the files needed. Give me more details of what you have done just before the boot looping.
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I bought the optimus fuel a few months ago and i've been using it primarily for a music player/run keeping devices during my jogs. I turned off mobile data and i've noticed that i still see signal bars on the top notification area - does this mean that the radios are still on?
I was wondering if there was some way to completely disable the cellular radios so that i could conserve battery life inbetween days where I don't run?
Thanks!
This is a pretty cool app....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender
Airplane mode and then turn WiFi back on does the trick. "Radios off" = ton more juice
Has anyone found out anything else for this little phone? I have the LG Optimus Fuel. Had it for a few months now. I rooted it as soon as I got it and uninstalled a few system apps like the LG keyboard, the default SMS app and Chrome along with 2 or 3 other Google apps. It's still running fine.
I installed TWRP recovery and a custom boot image so I could boot into recovery by pressing the up volume button. Works great. I made a full system backup and saved it to my external SD card and saved it to my Debian laptop.
Right now I'm just looking for a custom ROM for this little phone but can't find one. I'd love to get Cyanogenmod on this phone but there are none. I'd port it myself but I'm not able to at the moment.
reemobeens19 said:
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*ROOT*
These are the instructions I followed to root.
http://www.androidarea51.com/all-things-root/working-root-for-lg-optimus-fuel-woot/
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I'll expand on the above link because no one can view all of the info in that thread w/o registering for that site [PITA].
Load towelroot (www.towelroot.com). Upon running towelroot, press "welcome to towelroot v3" 3-times (quickly). Change 1337 0 1 0 4 0 to 1337 0 0 0 4 0 (change only the ONE to a ZERO), click "make it ra1n" and you're rooted. :good:
This was verified on an L34C running Android 4.4, Kernel 3.4.0+, build KRT16S.L34CV10c, Sw ver L34CV10c.
YMMV; IANAL
My apologies for the inconvenience, I was unaware for the need to register.
What I would like to do with the L34C is find a ROM with all the phone functionality removed, and few to no Google Apps (let me just add the ones I need). I am not planning on using it as a phone (I still have my old Casio flip-phone, need nothing else). My intention was to experiment with creating a PalmPDA "replacement", something small to carry around for addresses, notes/memos, calendar (you know, the stuff you used to do on PalmOS), and in addition figure out how to do record-level synchronization **locally** (as in I don't need to send my data to some dirt-floor shack in Bangalore just to have it sent back to a device 2 feet away from my computer). Additionally, would line to use it as a basic portable media player. Essentially, trying to re-create the Palm LifeDrive on Android.
To my knowledge there are no roms available for this device. Your best bet in my opinion is to remove apps 1 by 1 after rooting. Google each and find out what the risk and severity of removing them are. I have donated my device to a less fortunate fellow employee. So as of now I'm unable to help with testing. This method is what I do for all of my devices until I'm finally happy with its performance and functionality. Think of Android as the swiss army knife of the computer world, you can do just about any thing with it, you just gotta figure out what tools are useful to you and the ones you can do with out, then you gotta ask Google witch ones Android can function with out. I hope you find what your looking for in the little robot, its a really neat world inside there!
I hate to bump an old thread but, I also don't it necessary to start a new one, at least not yet anyway but, I too am looking for a way to flash stock ROM. I have LG34Cs to use as a reference..
Where is the link to exposed framework at for this phone?
All official twrp 3 images are broken on official site. Last good working was 2.8.7.0.
Here is working twrp 3.1.1 if anyone interested:
Code:
mega.nz/#!I0lhAYAY!fRbQtQjYFI2kiJOD0FSEBPnBJm0JZxpiBaw52kyOfQE
majexuj said:
All official twrp 3 images are broken on official site. Last good working was 2.8.7.0.]
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What does broken mean in detail? Do I risk to brick my L34C when I flash official twrp 3 images?
Mac23 said:
What does broken mean in detail? Do I risk to brick my L34C when I flash official twrp 3 images?
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Broken as in doesn't boot into recovery. The phone will still boot into android, assuming you have a working system, and within android with root you can flash a working recovery image over a broken flash with the dd command on the twrp device info page (twrp.me/lg/lgoptimusfuel.html). So no real risk of brick, just possible inconvenience that might require a battery pull.
I built twrp 3.2.1 with same sources but I have not tested it since my battery seems to have completely died and the phone won't boot with usb power alone.
Here is link anyway in case anyone is interested:
Code:
mega.nz/#!ssExSY7S!_B3FcAmclzRwCKTX461Tl_QhpdwwK0tmvhL-6zkKLRw
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I have a sumsung ace 3 gts7272 that has been infected with a virus called com.system.patch. here's what it does:
1- the first thing I noticed was that a white page pops up for like a second and it says com.system.patch
2- the second thing is very hard to not notice. a white noise page pops up every 10-30 seconds and the phone restarts and ANY CHANGES YOU DO BEFORE THE RESTART WILL BE GONE. YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
3- in settings>security>administrators you can see com.system.patch as administrator and android is not ticked, you can tick it but once the device restarts all is back to the way it was.
4- you cannot remove com.system.patch from app manager.
5- you cannot deactivate its authority as administrator.
6-you cannot factory reset it is deactivated. secret code does not work and using keys after it says factory reset done and it restarts everything is back to the way it was.
7- I removed the sd card and the background photos are still there.
8- I can connect it to the pc as storage device but nothing more than that.
9- I tried odin3.9 and it does the whole download process but after reset it goes back to the way it was and I can never get the PASS message.
10- I tried professionals who work for sumsung but after trying everything they just said you should change parts that would cost 3/4 of the phone's price which is not worth it.
I still don't wanna give up. Please help me get rid of this annoying virus.
maxapay said:
I have a sumsung ace 3 gts7272 that has been infected with a virus called com.system.patch. here's what it does:
1- the first thing I noticed was that a white page pops up for like a second and it says com.system.patch
2- the second thing is very hard to not notice. a white noise page pops up every 10-30 seconds and the phone restarts and ANY CHANGES YOU DO BEFORE THE RESTART WILL BE GONE. YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
3- in settings>security>administrators you can see com.system.patch as administrator and android is not ticked, you can tick it but once the device restarts all is back to the way it was.
4- you cannot remove com.system.patch from app manager.
5- you cannot deactivate its authority as administrator.
6-you cannot factory reset it is deactivated. secret code does not work and using keys after it says factory reset done and it restarts everything is back to the way it was.
7- I removed the sd card and the background photos are still there.
8- I can connect it to the pc as storage device but nothing more than that.
9- I tried odin3.9 and it does the whole download process but after reset it goes back to the way it was and I can never get the PASS message.
10- I tried professionals who work for sumsung but after trying everything they just said you should change parts that would cost 3/4 of the phone's price which is not worth it.
I still don't wanna give up. Please help me get rid of this annoying virus.
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As we discussed earlier, "com.system.patch" is not a virus, but rather an extremely stubborn and annoying form of adware. In most case, it can be simply deleted whether it has administrator privileges or not from a root-enabled file manager (Root Explorer?) or from a custom recovery with file manipulation capabilities (TWRP?). Is your device currently functional and rooted and if so have you tried to locate and delete the apk from a file manager (not the "Application Manager" in settings) or even a terminal prompt?
There is a forum dedicated to Ace 3 Development at http://forum.xda-developers.com/ace-3/development where I see several recoveries and ROMs that might be of interest to you. Don't give up yet!
Mike B. said:
As we discussed earlier, "com.system.patch" is not a virus, but rather an extremely stubborn and annoying form of adware. In most case, it can be simply deleted whether it has administrator privileges or not from a root-enabled file manager (Root Explorer?) or from a custom recovery with file manipulation capabilities (TWRP?). Is your device currently functional and rooted and if so have you tried to locate and delete the apk from a file manager (not the "Application Manager" in settings) or even a terminal prompt?
There is a forum dedicated to Ace 3 Development at http://forum.xda-developers.com/ace-3/development where I see several recoveries and ROMs that might be of interest to you. Don't give up yet!
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I can't install anything. It restarts too soon. I have no time to do anything. There must be another way.
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I can't install anything. It restarts too soon. I have no time to do anything. There must be another way.
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Can you get into "Safe mode" (if applicable to your ROM) as suggested in the thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090072? Do you have a custom recovery from which you could simply delete the apk or even reload a fresh copy of your ROM (or upgrade to a newer ROM)? The link I posted earlier seems to offer quite a few possibilities.
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Can you get into "Safe mode" (if applicable to your ROM) as suggested in the thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090072? Do you have a custom recovery from which you could simply delete the apk or even reload a fresh copy of your ROM (or upgrade to a newer ROM)? The link I posted earlier seems to offer quite a few possibilities.
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I can go into safe mode, however, the same problem exists there as well. it doesn't give me enough time to do anything it keeps restarting.
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I can go into safe mode, however, the same problem exists there as well. it doesn't give me enough time to do anything it keeps restarting.
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Then I guess a custom recovery or reflashing a ROM would be your best bet. Once again, good luck!
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Then I guess a custom recovery or reflashing a ROM would be your best bet. Once again, good luck!
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as I said in my post that did not work as well. It's like the phone is in freeze mode and everything goes back to the way it was.
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as I said in my post that did not work as well. It's like the phone is in freeze mode and everything goes back to the way it was.
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It's not clear from your posts whether you have a custom recovery, whether you can access your recovery (custom or stock), or whether you have tried to reflash a ROM. You mention "Odin" but not what you tried to use it for nor whether you tried other methods for replacing your ROM or at least /system since Odin is far from perfect (and actually useless on many platforms/devices).
I'm somewhat familiar with your phone model and it's a good little unit worth fighting for. Please understand that the more exact you are in describing your problem, the more likely it is that someone will be able to help you. Trust me, we're on your side!
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It's not clear from your posts whether you have a custom recovery, whether you can access your recovery (custom or stock), or whether you have tried to reflash a ROM. You mention "Odin" but not what you tried to use it for nor whether you tried other methods for replacing your ROM or at least /system since Odin is far from perfect (and actually useless on many platforms/devices).
I'm somewhat familiar with your phone model and it's a good little unit worth fighting for. Please understand that the more exact you are in describing your problem, the more likely it is that someone will be able to help you. Trust me, we're on your side!
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I'm not a pro. I just learned all of this as I was trying to figure out a way for my problem. I put my phone in download mode and after installing all the necessary drivers Odin was able to recognize my phone and I downloaded a tar.md5 file (I'm not sure whether the file is good or not or at least can't make sure) and selected it as AP and except for auto-reboot and F.reset time. I left everything else unchecked. It started the process and after completion it resetted my phone and everything was back to the way it was. That's the only thing I've tried. Is there anything else I can do?
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I'm not a pro. I just learned all of this as I was trying to figure out a way for my problem. I put my phone in download mode and after installing all the necessary drivers Odin was able to recognize my phone and I downloaded a tar.md5 file (I'm not sure whether the file is good or not or at least can't make sure) and selected it as AP and except for auto-reboot and F.reset time. I left everything else unchecked. It started the process and after completion it resetted my phone and everything was back to the way it was. That's the only thing I've tried. Is there anything else I can do?
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I still don't know whether you have access to a recovery, which file from where you were attempting to load, or even which ROM you have/had. I have played with a device similar to yours in the past but no enough to make guesses about your particular situation, sorry. I'm afraid someone else will have to jump in and try to help you.
Is my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Bricked ?
I got the phone from Ebay on July 6,2015 everything was great
But on the morning of Sep 21st looking at my gallery pictures, I found they deleted themselves?
not knowing what that meant I went looking for recovery software "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android"
it was not working so I had to root(?) my phone, so I went to the google play store and found a root app that seem
to have high reviews, tried it and did not work out right the phone restated saying "Samsung's firmware upgrade encountered an issue" so the next day did some research first before trying anything. I downloaded Odin3 and entered download mode & flashed the Samsung it restarted had it on for 3-4 hours
then turned it off & turned it on later to find it would not go pass the Samsung logo so I went to hold the off button shutting the phone off that happen 2 times and on the 3rd try turning it on It did not come on at all. Went to see if google had anything on this some say it is bricked and need to use a jig so I got one from a USA seller on ebay and returned it because it did not work at all. Not the phone still won't come on & I can't enter download mode, how do I fix this, is it a boot loader problem? is it hard bricked? do I need to take it to someone if so who & how much would that cost? you think.
Other Info of the phone
70% of battery is on the phone
It's factory Unlocked
Root Software I tried to use was (Kingo SuperUser)[Root]
I found they deleted themselves?
not knowing what that meant I went looking for recovery software "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android"
it was not working so I had to root(?) my phone, so I went to the google play store and found a root app that seem
to have high reviews, tried it and did not work out right "UNQUOTE"...........What was the reasoning behind the rooting your phone for lost pictures??? if had wanted to get into the stock 3E recovery of your phone, all you had to do was, rocker up on Volume,pwr on, and menu key......dr phone may have flashed the wrong Bootloader, which makes you extremely lucky it even turned on to Odin it.....the problem your facing with it not turning on at all could be either [1] you have the wrong primary boot loader on it, which means its hard bricked, but im thinking you have a bad battery, because you were able to restart it after you flashed what exactly with Odin??......what did you flash with Odin??...an entire ROM, a bootloader file, or a kernel file by wrong chance, whatever it was we need to know... your not giving out enough info here, to determine if it was the correct SW for the phone you have, also what did you tick or not tick with Odin??.... extremely weak or going bad battery's cause abnormal voltages and abnormal symptoms as well...you might have a battery that finally went completely bad!!....there's usually only 3 things that cause a phone to not power on!...1] flashing wrong firmware, corrupting the primary bootloader...2]bad internal/failed hardware...3] a bad battery either its causing abnormal voltages or producing nothing from being totally dead!!...you state you cant power on anything, nothing visually illuminates, plus your saying it wont go into DL mode....volume rocker down, menu button and the pwr button all together will get you into DL mode, if you can power on a DL mode to the phone it is NOT HARDBRICKED!!...that means a softbrick situation= SW corruption....we need further more detailed info here!!...BTW YOU POSTED THIS QUESTION IN THE WRONG FORUM, THIS IS DISCUSSION FORUM , OTHER FORUM IS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR TRYING TO DO HERE!!!
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I found they deleted themselves?
not knowing what that meant I went looking for recovery software "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android"
it was not working so I had to root(?) my phone, so I went to the google play store and found a root app that seem
to have high reviews, tried it and did not work out right "UNQUOTE"...........What was the reasoning behind the rooting your phone for lost pictures??? if had wanted to get into the stock 3E recovery of your phone, all you had to do was, rocker up on Volume,pwr on, and menu key......dr phone may have flashed the wrong Bootloader, which makes you extremely lucky it even turned on to Odin it.....the problem your facing with it not turning on at all could be either [1] you have the wrong primary boot loader on it, which means its hard bricked, but im thinking you have a bad battery, because you were able to restart it after you flashed what exactly with Odin??......what did you flash with Odin??...an entire ROM, a bootloader file, or a kernel file by wrong chance, whatever it was we need to know... your not giving out enough info here, to determine if it was the correct SW for the phone you have, also what did you tick or not tick with Odin??.... extremely weak or going bad battery's cause abnormal voltages and abnormal symptoms as well...you might have a battery that finally went completely bad!!....there's usually only 3 things that cause a phone to not power on!...1] flashing wrong firmware, corrupting the primary bootloader...2]bad internal/failed hardware...3] a bad battery either its causing abnormal voltages or producing nothing from being totally dead!!...you state you cant power on anything, nothing visually illuminates, plus your saying it wont go into DL mode....volume rocker down, menu button and the pwr button all together will get you into DL mode, if you can power on a DL mode to the phone it is NOT HARDBRICKED!!...that means a softbrick situation= SW corruption....we need further more detailed info here!!...BTW YOU POSTED THIS QUESTION IN THE WRONG FORUM, THIS IS DISCUSSION FORUM , OTHER FORUM IS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, WHICH IS WHAT YOUR TRYING TO DO HERE!!!
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Should I post this in the Troubleshooting Forum?
The pictures I took on the phone disappeared all 300+ pictures disappeared .I am the only one using the Samsung
and it was on my table all that day. So I went to google to find a photo recovery software & found a software called
Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android (you can find videos on youtube) & using the software it can do 2 things, auto root the phone to find the photos and bring it back to normal or you Have to have your phone rooted. The auto root setting was not working on the Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android software so I went to the google play store on my Samsung and found a root app that a lot seem to like as it was 4.4 stars, went to install that the app stated I should have "Kingo SuperUser" on my computer so had that put on the went to root the phone & it did not work.
I got a screen on the Samsung saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Youtube had a video on this same problem so I went to Sammobile's site and download the firmware what was
"2014-06-11 USA(Verizon) Version 4.4.2 PDA (I605VRUFND7) Kies. After I downloaded that I downloaded Odin3_v3.10.6 opened it had auto "Reboot & F.Reset Time" selected and added the firmware MD5 file add in the "AP" secion then Entered Download mode on the Samsung & hooked it up to my computer
then I hit start about 30min later it Passed with a green light and everything seem back to normal 3 hours later I went to turn the Samsung off and latter that night when I went to turn it on it got stuck at the Samsung logo that happen 2 times and on the third time it did not come on & so can't "enter download mode" and the "usb Jig" did not
work. What happen & what do I need to next. Do I take the phone to someone to fix this.
Short version of the story
.Pictures I took 300+ disappeared so when looking for recovery software
.Found a software called "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android" (the software had "2" Options for recovering. 1 the software would
Auto Root and bring the Samsung back to normal after recovering the pictures or I would have to had the phone already rooted.
. When to the google play store with the Samsung, found a root app download that & "It stated I should download "Kingo SuperUser" to my computer so I did that.
.It failed & got a screen on the Samsung Saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".
.Went to Sammobile's site and download Firmware 2014-06-11 USA(Verizon) Version 4.4.2 PDA (I605VRUFND7) Kies
.Download Odin3_v3.10.6 had auto "Reboot & F.Reset Time" selected and added the firmware MD5 file add in the "AP" secion
Entered download mode & the Samsung passed
.Everything was back I had it on for 3-4 hours then shutdown the phone later that night went to turn on and it got stuck
at the Samsung logo 2 times and on the 3rd time it would not turn on nor enter "Download Mode"
.Got a "usb Jig" & that did not work and now I am here wondering what do next & what happen to my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 do I need to take to someone to fix it ?
Samsung Galaxy Not 2 Unlocked
SCH-I605V version (Verizon)
my battery was %70 full
You may have a possible hardware problem then= a bad motherboard and possible replacement!!!....Can you power it on in anyway shape or form??...meaning can you toggle it into recovery??...can you toggle it into DL mode??....does it pwr on to the bootloader screen and continuously loop???.....if you can do any of those things then its not hardbricked, which means you need to reconstuct the SW and then see if the Hardware holds stable....If it doesn't....then it could be a severe HW problem!!!....For the future be advised that, you completely took the wrong road to achieving blindly what you intended to do!!...meaning ....you should've completely took control of the situation and been totally proactive in your rooting and unlocking the bootloader...you wrongly turned to 3rd party APP's when you should've read first...educated yourself completely on what you were to embark on, and then set everything up with 3 different choices of rooting/unlocking..again depending on what ROM version your operating on, before engaging!!.....NEVER TRUST 3rd party APP's to do something only you should have step by step control of = lazy!!!.....I personally wouldve 1st tried to get to the stock 3e recovery, and attempt a nandroid backup of the phone as it was...then afterwards try to get the phone detected on my computer, so as to access the file containing the photos, transferred them to the computer safely... then flash the phone to a stock ROM with root already baked in or not = equals totaly factory stock.. doesnt really matter!!!.... and then set up the phone again, and see what it WILL!!! or WONT!!! do!!...point is, easter-egging a problem carelessly, will cause you to either install the wrong stuff or go completely outta proper sequence and either hose the SW, or worst case scenario....corrupt the primary Bootloader and hardbrick it!!....if you can power it into DL mode!!!.... Then, 1st BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING!!.... go get Odin 3.07....then get the Samsung drivers for your computer to detect the phone...then DL the Pit file "sch-1605-16gb.pit"....then the proper stock ROM..4.1.1...4.1.2 in .TAR files only, BTW there is a stock 4.1.2 with rooted already in it!!....and then flash your phone using Odin with the pit file and then tick the PDA .tar file of whatever ROM. you choose.....I suggest 4.1.2 as a base to start with and reconstruct it, re-root it if necessary, that's if you choose the one W/O rooted baked into the ROM and unlock it with advice above using ghetto root, do not use adams outlers unlocker, there seems to be problems with it, triggering KNOX, and YOU DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!!....relying on 3rd party app's will FK you up....use your head...not your heart!!...and yes you really should post NEXT time in the trouble-shooting forum, but for now leave it here!!...for your benefit!!
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You may have a possible hardware problem then= a bad motherboard and possible replacement!!!....Can you power it on in anyway shape or form??...meaning can you toggle it into recovery??...can you toggle it into DL mode??....does it pwr on to the bootloader screen and continuously loop???.....if you can do any of those things then its not hardbricked, which means you need to reconstuct the SW and then see if the Hardware holds stable....If it doesn't....then it could be a severe HW problem!!!....For the future be advised that, you completely took the wrong road to achieving blindly what you intended to do!!...meaning ....you should've completely took control of the situation and been totally proactive in your rooting and unlocking the bootloader...you wrongly turned to 3rd party APP's when you should've read first...educated yourself completely on what you were to embark on, and then set everything up with 3 different choices of rooting/unlocking..again depending on what ROM version your operating on, before engaging!!.....NEVER TRUST 3rd party APP's to do something only you should have step by step control of = lazy!!!.....I personally wouldve 1st tried to get to the stock 3e recovery, and attempt a nandroid backup of the phone as it was...then afterwards try to get the phone detected on my computer, so as to access the file containing the photos, transferred them to the computer safely... then flash the phone to a stock ROM with root already baked in or not = equals totaly factory stock.. doesnt really matter!!!.... and then set up the phone again, and see what it WILL!!! or WONT!!! do!!...point is, easter-egging a problem carelessly, will cause you to either install the wrong stuff or go completely outta proper sequence and either hose the SW, or worst case scenario....corrupt the primary Bootloader and hardbrick it!!....if you can power it into DL mode!!!.... Then, 1st BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING!!.... go get Odin 3.07....then get the Samsung drivers for your computer to detect the phone...then DL the Pit file "sch-1605-16gb.pit"....then the proper stock ROM..4.1.1...4.1.2 in .TAR files only, BTW there is a stock 4.1.2 with rooted already in it!!....and then flash your phone using Odin with the pit file and then tick the PDA .tar file of whatever ROM. you choose.....I suggest 4.1.2 as a base to start with and reconstruct it, re-root it if necessary, that's if you choose the one W/O rooted baked into the ROM and unlock it with advice above using ghetto root, do not use adams outlers unlocker, there seems to be problems with it, triggering KNOX, and YOU DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!!....relying on 3rd party app's will FK you up....use your head...not your heart!!...and yes you really should post NEXT time in the trouble-shooting forum, but for now leave it here!!...for your benefit!!
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I guess it's the hardware? as It won't come on nor enter Download mode.
Now what, Do I take it somewhere? to fix it what ever it is ?
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Are you saying I can take it to them to fix it ?
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bigmike35 said:
Are you saying I can take it to them to fix it ?
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You cant take it but you can mail it. They unbricked my phone awhile back when something happened. It was good service. I rec'
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