Verizon LG Lancet Android Setup Wizard Loop - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Posted this in another thread and was directed here, so hopefully someone can give me some help!
Finally got around to fixing the screen on my LG Lancet with Verizon (stock OS Lollipop), and it already had a factory reset on it so I figured I would try to root it again. I had success and started doing what I normally do; getting rid of system apps. One of these was the Setup Wizard.
Started getting notices on screen that setup wizard (and other apps I uninstalled) had failed. This made the phone unusable. So I did another factory reset thinking I would just root again without uninstalling system apps this time.
Now I am at setup screen and right as I am about done going through it ( email, language, wifi, etc) it fails and sends me back to beginning. ( I do have access to the swipe down menu from top and can access settings)
Best guess is that I need to flash the stock firmware back on the phone with all the apps that I deleted intact so I can have a working phone again, but I have no idea how to do that. So if I could get some help doing so, that would be great. Or if there is a way for me to bypass the setup wizard that might be the ticket out of this mess.
Hope to hear from somebody soon, thank you. :good:

Anybody? I really would like to get this phone running so if anybody can help me I would appreciate it.

Now the phone I was using broke and I do not have another phone beside this one.
Can somebody please help me? I would really really appreciate it and I figure someone has to know how to reinstall the firm ware on this device.

Since you have access to the notification bar, are you able to get into Settings? If so, you might be able to disable the Setup Wizard through the App Manager. Some VZW phones let you. I can't say on that one for certain.
Doesn't seem like the stock firmware is readily available, unfortunately.

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cannot access market?

Hi, i just got a mozart with me for first time and i cannot access market even after enabling wifi. When i go to market place it says "service unavailable". Help
Try a factory reset. Turn off phone then turn back on again but hold down both volume buttons when doing it. This should give you the option to do the reset. This may fix it. If then don't work send it back, I'm now on my second phone due to problems. Hope this helps.
Working now, forgot to sign in with hotmail. Anyway, i need to flash this phone with russian. Can you tell me where to get russian rom from and how to install it procedure. Please help im a newbie.
There is roms on here but I have not flashed mine yet so can't help there mate. There is info on how to do it but it don't look as easy to do as the hd2 I flashed so many time . I'm sure if you ask someone will be able to help. Good luck.

no keyboard on lock screen

Ok, so I have a serious problem... My phone is locked and when I touch the text bar to enter the password, no keyboard comes up. Important information:
- I just upgraded to jelly bean (the official one that came out today)
- as far as I can tell, everything is working fine, i just can't unlock it
- when I touch the text bar, it makes a noise, but no keyboard comes up
- was working fine immediately after the upgrade
- I got done fixing some settings and locked the screen
- this may have something to do with changing the default keyboard to Google Keyboard (it was acting a little funny immidiately after, like it was crashing)
- I have Android Lost installed, the unlock function isn't working, but others do work
- phone is encrypted
Unless someone has some ideas for me within the next couple hours, I'm going to wipe the phone. Obviously, I would prefer to not do that.
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EDIT:
I've managed to use Android Lost to make some backups of some stuff, but I'm still trying to figure out how to unlock the screen. I've found that I'm able to install apps remotely from google play if that gives gives anyone some ideas.
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EDIT2:
I had another idea. If this is a problem with the keyboard, is there a way for me to change it remotely? Can I install another one via the store?
Alright... I gave up on trying to get passed the lock screen and tried doing a factory reset. I was afraid of the super brick issue, so instead of doing a wipe in recovery mode, I used Kies to reflash it. However, that did nothing. The phone started back up and acted like nothing happened. It asked me for the same password, then got to the lock screen and had the same keyboard issue.
I've tried various roms, but nothing seems to wipe the encrypted information properly. At some point, I got it to forget the password, but it still thinks that one exists. I even rooted it and tried shostock3, but when it boots, it asks for a password. The old password doesn't work, so I can't get passed it. I tried entering the "wrong" password many times and it said it would wipe the phone, but it just restarted to the SAMSUNG boot screen and just sat there. I pulled the battery after half an hour...
I should note that stock gingerbread seems to work fine...
Does anyone have any ideas on how to wipe the encrypted data?
If you can push apps to it, try pushing an app like no lock or something.
Short answer: No.
It is probable that encryption information is stored in the efs (encrypted file system) folder. That's where the imei and other critical stuff is stored. I don't believe anyone who posts here in the I777 forum really has a grasp on how phone encryption works though. I've only seen one other person post here who had an issue with an encrypted phone, and he was unable to solve his problem as far as I know.
If you have a proper backup of the efs partition from before the phone was encrypted, it is possible that you could solve the problem by restoring that partition. But I'm not even sure you could write to that section of the phone memory with adb with the phone in it's current state. Edit: if you can boot into stock gingerbread normally, then you can restore an efs backup, if you have one.
I'm guessing you could send it to Samsung and they could fix it for you probably.
I finally got it working. I'm not sure what combination of things did it, but I had to restore it to stock jelly bean (via kies) to get it to wipe the encryption. I guess the stock rom knows how to properly wipe it when you keep entering the wrong password. After I got it all cleaned up, I put shostock3 back on. When the battery charges back up, I'm going to try encrypting it again (in shostock).
However, now I found another issue (may or may not be a real problem). I wanted to check if the phone was still unlocked, so I dialed *#SIMLOCK# and it says "Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
Tada!
Creepy, my good friend, would be referring to me and as you know SCIU I didn't ever get it to unlock the phone. Oddly enough a stock ICS rom (my mom now has my phone right up the road so I may try this to see if it will work and then go back to ShoStock3) works fine. I have nothing hidden from the phone storage, everything shows up, it is actually unlocked and rooted though not a custom bios err firmware/ROM because when that is put on there the encryption issues come back and the password is asked for. If the correct password is entered (and my KEYBOARD comes up but I didn't change it from the Android/Samsung one) it proceeds to enter whatever it is supposed to (my guess is the POST area like on a computer when it is entering Windows/Linux, etc.) but the screen stays black (ShoStock logo doesn't even appear if I remember correctly or it does show then goes to black loading screen with the Samsung logo and that is it, perm stuck). However I did try flashing back to Gingerbread ROMs and ICS ROMs though not through official KIES.
SCIU I may have to give this a try if my mom don't mind it and see if that helps fix the problem. Thanks for starting this thread. I am sorry I didn't respond to the PM you sent me (my LGOG, Triple OG, OG, TRIPLE OG, Optimus G AT&T Phone has screen cracked twice and is unresponsive on two different phones so I sent that in to warranty repair [rapid heating and cooling issues]) and haven't been on XDA for a week. If there is anything else you need to ask or bounce ideas off of me then I am all for it.
As far as encryption goes, the process works the same as any other encryption algorithms used (MD5/HASH/SHA-!, etc.) using a basic replica of most file systems although mobile storage tends to work a tad differently. Unfortunately, the freezer trick, brute force, nor any other cracking methods I was able to try at home worked to get it to open up. I tried getting into the EFS area of the phone but never could get to the directory or have it display.
Again thanks SCIU and as I stated I may give this a try if my mom don't care.
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i've the same problem here but i cann't use kies when my phone is locked .... so what can i do??
rawan-omer said:
i've the same problem here but i cann't use kies when my phone is locked .... so what can i do??
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You can get the full stock jelly bean Odin flashable tar in the Download Repository. See link in my signature. According to sciguy125, flashing stock jb and then inputting repeatedly the wrong password will clear it. I'm not sure how many times it takes, 5 or 10 I think. I've never worked with an encrypted phone. I'm just repeating what I have read others say. I've seen the above posted by at least one other person. You should be able to flash the stock firmware using Odin. The one you want is I777UCMD8
my phone screen is locked (with word password) , Huawei, and the keyboard doesnt show up when i click the box? tried reseting it, cant go to settings whatsoever! i didnt damage my phone in any way either. need help asap!!
moselyy said:
my phone screen is locked (with word password) , Huawei, and the keyboard doesnt show up when i click the box? tried reseting it, cant go to settings whatsoever! i didnt damage my phone in any way either. need help asap!!
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Friend, this is the forum for the S2 (Samsung), so you won't find anything about Huawei devices here - best to ask your question in the forum for your device.
That being said if you are rooted and have a custom recovery, simply power the device off and boot into recovery and perform a factory reset from there. If that doesn't work do a full wipe (this means wiping /system), then re-flash the ROM/gapps.
me too!!! do you have some tips for me?? i almost fainted when i knew that the keyboard isnt working.... i do have a lot of important files in my phone.
Easy, you fools! JUST KIDDING lol Connect an external keyboard. Restart the phone with the keyboard plugged in and you'll have one chance to input the pass every time you restart. Good luck, bosses!
my phone screen is locked (with word password) , SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 3V, and the keyboard doesnt show up when i click the box? tried reseting it, cant go to settings whatsoever! i didnt damage my phone in any way either. need help asap!
My sumsang keyboard has stopped I cannot do nothing because is secure by password can you help please
I got the same problem but everything on my phone is fine except it doesn't let me enter the password I dnt wanna factory reset it cause I got important pictures in it any suggestions on how to get my keyboard working.
Solution that worked for me
Hello all,
I usually don't post things around, but something told me to do this, since I don't see any threads talking about this solution.
My solution was the following:
Went to google play store on my computer via chrome. Logged in to the user attached to my play store and re-installed all keyboard apps I have.
That worked beautifully and hope this helps other people!!

after rooting phone and message apps disapered

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

(Anyone? I need help please!) - No OS found - Help

Hi...
I have a Verizon i605 (Note 2) that was originally on Sprint. A couple of years ago we took it to Cell Phone Bros in Orlando for a total fix and to make it work on Boost.
Since then, it has been taken off Boost and I have been using it with Google voice over WIFI. After starting to have many problems I decided to reset it back to factory condition this morning and redoing it with Hangouts and WIFI.
I could not remember how to do a factory reset so I Googled it. I did the reset and now it says that there is no OS on the phone. Only thing I can figure out is that it must have had something to do with the way it was redone to work with Boost.
I have not rebooted the phone yet and it is sitting on the screen that says "Team Win Recovery Project v2.5.0.0" so the GUI is still there. I just can't do anything in the menu because of the no OS message.
I am leaving it like this until I hear from someone here that can tell me what to do to get it back to factory condition.
Can I have some help please?
Thank you,
John
PS - I CAN see certain stuff like if I select the "Install" button, I can see a bunch of stuff in there. Or the Mount button but it says "unable to find path to mount or something like that.
Do I need to explain more? What else do you need to know? Thanks again

ZTE Valet Z665C "Stopped Responding" Errors and Can't Factory Reset

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.

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