Hello there.
First of all, hi, I'm Filipe and I just purchased a new Samsung Galaxy Ace a couple weeks ago, my first Android.
SecondlyI am completely new to this world and a lot of friends told me to come and register here should I want to learn about Rooting, ROMs and what not. They also told me to come here if I had any problem with the phone.
So far I didn't had much time to learn about ROMs and etc but today I got a large overview of it through a friends explanation, which is why I didn't came here before. But some days ago I started having problems with my phone. I googled an answer, I "androidpt.com"ed an answer, I even searched here and I have found either no solution or no one in certain forums with this problem.
Here's whats happening:
A couple of days ago, I was 'playing' with the phone when it suddently shuts down. After turning it back on, nothing seemed to have happened. Until I tried to install something. From that day on, I can only install certain apps. The others just won't install. This is what happens (I'd take a print screen but I can't install any print screen app, LOL):
1- I click the APP I'm trying to install.
2- I click on "Install" when it asks me if I want to install the APP.
3- The screen says "Installing" and has a tiny green moving bar bellow it, for about half a second.
4- After that half a second, it instantly says "Application not installed", leaving me with a single button to exit.
And that's it. I just can't install anything.
Solutions tried:
- First I tried a soft reset.
- Then I tried a SD reset.
- Then I went to the store where I bought it and they did a hard reset.
- Then I tried to hard reset it again.
- Then I tried Rooting it.
- And I'm finally trying to see if you guys solve it here..
- The last option will be heading to Samsung's large store here in Portugal but this will make me lose it for several days, and I was told you could probably fix this.
Ah well, hoping for a positive answer.
Kind Regards,
Filipe
I'm guessing there are no solutions then?
Maybe the app is for root users??
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Well I have it rooted, I tested installing stuff with it rooted, and unrooted, so it doesn't seem to be from that, but thanks for trying!
Any other possible solutions? This is getting really annoying, can't even take screenshots of my screen or install most games.
You should try to reflash you FW, it will be better then hard or soft reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
And to take screen captures, you don't need any app, just press and keep pressed the back button and then the home button, both together, you will here the camera sound and a warning on the screen will show you where the file got saved.
Yup reflash your phone. Also you can take screenshot with a stock service. Hold the back soft button and press on your home middle button.
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Have you try to delete the temp file that can block installations? I had same problem and i delete the temp file and after that it was ok.
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FilipeTedim said:
Hello there.
First of all, hi, I'm Filipe and I just purchased a new Samsung Galaxy Ace a couple weeks ago, my first Android.
SecondlyI am completely new to this world and a lot of friends told me to come and register here should I want to learn about Rooting, ROMs and what not. They also told me to come here if I had any problem with the phone.
So far I didn't had much time to learn about ROMs and etc but today I got a large overview of it through a friends explanation, which is why I didn't came here before. But some days ago I started having problems with my phone. I googled an answer, I "androidpt.com"ed an answer, I even searched here and I have found either no solution or no one in certain forums with this problem.
Here's whats happening:
A couple of days ago, I was 'playing' with the phone when it suddently shuts down. After turning it back on, nothing seemed to have happened. Until I tried to install something. From that day on, I can only install certain apps. The others just won't install. This is what happens (I'd take a print screen but I can't install any print screen app, LOL):
1- I click the APP I'm trying to install.
2- I click on "Install" when it asks me if I want to install the APP.
3- The screen says "Installing" and has a tiny green moving bar bellow it, for about half a second.
4- After that half a second, it instantly says "Application not installed", leaving me with a single button to exit.
And that's it. I just can't install anything.
Solutions tried:
- First I tried a soft reset.
- Then I tried a SD reset.
- Then I went to the store where I bought it and they did a hard reset.
- Then I tried to hard reset it again.
- Then I tried Rooting it.
- And I'm finally trying to see if you guys solve it here..
- The last option will be heading to Samsung's large store here in Portugal but this will make me lose it for several days, and I was told you could probably fix this.
Ah well, hoping for a positive answer.
Kind Regards,
Filipe
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Hey!
Dose you CHECK the box in MENU>APPLICATIONS>UNKNOWN SOURCES?
CHEERS!
Anyone that asking in the forum and read ur post should be ashamed of themself, the details is well complete. This is how people should be posting when seeking for answer of their problem
Btw flashing seems a good way to solve this. Maybe ur system somehow got corrupted when it autoreboot that u mention.
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Hi, I am having the same problem....
I brought my ace locked to 3, got it unlocked (simlock) then rooted it using Super One Click V1.9.5 Short fuse. The phone is running 2.2.1 Kernel version 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
If I remove the memory card, then re-boot, I can install apps from market place.... for a while, then I just get the "failed to install message" and I have to remove the card and reboot
One thing to mention, I was already running a Galaxy Europa (I5500) and I am using the memory card from this phone, to try and install some of the apps from, maybe this has something to do with the problem?
I have downloaded the AceVillanRom and was goin to give this a go, do you think this will sort the problem?
Thanks for looking
Boyzdad said:
Hi, I am having the same problem....
I brought my ace locked to 3, got it unlocked (simlock) then rooted it using Super One Click V1.9.5 Short fuse. The phone is running 2.2.1 Kernel version 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
If I remove the memory card, then re-boot, I can install apps from market place.... for a while, then I just get the "failed to install message" and I have to remove the card and reboot
One thing to mention, I was already running a Galaxy Europa (I5500) and I am using the memory card from this phone, to try and install some of the apps from, maybe this has something to do with the problem?
I have downloaded the AceVillanRom and was goin to give this a go, do you think this will sort the problem?
Thanks for looking
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If the system is able to read memory card...then probably its not a problem...trying flashing to a new rom..hope this works..also before using memory card just format it and then try...
Please help me,
Phone is having problems, started out this morning when I woke up. I restarted my phone and all of my apps in the folders got all dumped out of their sorted folders, not a big deal I thought I will restart my phone again to see if that helps. After I restarted my phone again, I got all sorts of crashes and force close message and that got me in a loop where after I force close it, it tries to run the program again and goes back to crashing in a loop. Mainly TW launcher and some other start up apps.
I researched online and followed instructions on how to wipe the cache in recovery mode and try to see if that helps. That didn't help at all. After exhausting all options, I have decided there is no other choice but to do a factory reset on my phone. I cannot have an nonoperational phone as I have to make and receive called throughout the day for my business. After I factory reset my phone, it reboots in like normal except for a few problems. The home button doesn't work, the lock screen PIN doesn't function, and the power button menu only has power off option.
Isn't the factory reset suppose to bring my phone back to when I bought it new? Those problems were not there when I first bought my phone. I did not flash in another rom, it's on stock rom but only rooted before.
I searched and found this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246439
My knowledge on Android cell phones isn't as advance as needed to follow those instructions. Is there another method to fix those problems, or can someone help me with plain English.
Thankyou
Bob
Seems like a corrupted firmware to me, if you want to go the easy way, we follow here, try flashing a new stock rom via Odin(you will have to read and follow instructions carefully though) , if you want to go the Samsung way you can use Emergency Recovery in Kies (easier but slower).
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86b said:
Please help me,
Phone is having problems, started out this morning when I woke up. I restarted my phone and all of my apps in the folders got all dumped out of their sorted folders, not a big deal I thought I will restart my phone again to see if that helps. After I restarted my phone again, I got all sorts of crashes and force close message and that got me in a loop where after I force close it, it tries to run the program again and goes back to crashing in a loop. Mainly TW launcher and some other start up apps.
I researched online and followed instructions on how to wipe the cache in recovery mode and try to see if that helps. That didn't help at all. After exhausting all options, I have decided there is no other choice but to do a factory reset on my phone. I cannot have an nonoperational phone as I have to make and receive called throughout the day for my business. After I factory reset my phone, it reboots in like normal except for a few problems. The home button doesn't work, the lock screen PIN doesn't function, and the power button menu only has power off option.
Isn't the factory reset suppose to bring my phone back to when I bought it new? Those problems were not there when I first bought my phone. I did not flash in another rom, it's on stock rom but only rooted before.
I searched and found this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246439
My knowledge on Android cell phones isn't as advance as needed to follow those instructions. Is there another method to fix those problems, or can someone help me with plain English.
Thankyou
Bob
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Last year this happened to me too.But a Factory reset solved everything for me.Try via Odin,and flash XWLP7 firmware(search on Sammobile,it's android 4.0.3).Then do a Factory reset again.
Thank you both of you for your advice and help.
This phone never cease to amaze me, today my phone decided to be in a good mood and every problem I mentioned in my original post has been solved by itself. I can skip re-flashing my phone for now. I have now switched to Go Launcher instead of using the TW Launcher, hopefully it's more reliable and I wouldn't have to do a factory reset again and potentially bringing those problems.
It happened to me as well exactly the same thing att galaxy s4
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Hi everyone! Kinda my first post here so be gentle
I have a S3 which i rooted almost instantly when i purchased it a year ago. Haven't had any kind of problems with it until now. Over the year i've tried most of the roms out there but now i decided to try the rom called "illusion" (don't know if this problem is related tho!)
It was working fine for a couple of days but suddenly today my phone started bootloopin. I can't even go into CWM or download mode. Sometimes it can stay in CWM och even boot up but after like 2 minutes it restarts again. I've managed to wipe everything once but no change. Was able to install a new rom BARELY, then it restarted again. I've tried remove SD and/or SIM but no change. Ain't working with a usbcable either.
What can I do? Seeing that I can't stay in download mode to use ODIN.
I'd appreciate any help.
a USB recovery jig may be your best shot otherwise its a service center repair
Hi guys, sorry if I posted this at the wrong place.
I have a Lenovo s860 and it went into a bootloop. It was stock and all so I thought that I can have my files recovered if I just bring it to a service center so they can get the files first before wiping it or maybe even fixing the bootloop without wiping the device. Well, the thing is, the guy at the service center screwed up and now, when I try to turn it on, I still see the boot screen (Lenovo, powered by Android) but the next screen is like an television with bad signal.
I'm familiar with rooting and flashing ROMs, I've tried it on my Galaxy S2 (yeah I know, it was way back), but I think things are still more or less the same: I need to be able to boot into recovery mode in order to root the device. However, when I tried the Power Button + Volume Up, or any combinations of the Power Button and the Volume Buttons, it just goes straight to the dead screen, I get no response whatsoever.
I also tried to check if adb can detect it, however, it didn't seem to be able to do so. I'm using a MacBook Pro so I know I don't have to install any drivers, I also code Android Apps so I have a background on this.
I think my only option would be to flash the ROM on this dead device but I don't know how to do that. I've also seen some posts that suggest doing some things (I forgot the specifics) while the battery is drained, so what I'm doing for the mean time is to leave the phone open and let it drain which might take ~2 days.
Does anyone know how to flash a ROM on a bricked device? Thanks for any leads.
Hello,
Recently I bought a new WileyFox Swift Plus 2 four months ago. Eveything was going smoothly until two weeks ago after I updated to
Cyanogen 13. Today I was on SnapChat and I received a call. I answered it and my phone shut off when I tried to switch it back on it was stuck in a loading loop of CyanogenMod. I want to factory reset this but don't want to lose my files. I checked the state of the phone on fastboot and it says that the state of my phone is locked.
): I can't understand why I got locked out of my own phone and why It won't run at all. Sometimes it shows the starting apps sign but it never loads and returns to a loop of CyanogenMod. The finger sensor unresponsive.
How can I fix this? I really need my phone because it's important to me. I would factory reset it but there's a lot of precious memories and pictures on it that I don't want to delete.
Please help me ):
Thank you very much.
Hey This was recently posted on the wileyfox facebook
https://www.facebook.com/officialwileyfox/posts/1844545742523409
there is a problem with the facebook app causing bootloops