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Well, today my girlfriend found out that she can play Words with Friends on her Samsung Fascinate. Only, she had AdFree for Android installed, and it was causing numerous errors. So she did what any person of average intelligence would do: She googled an answer.
http://neallambert.com/?p=5
The gist of the issue is, when instructed to make sure her screen matched the screenshot exactly, of course she didn't. She dd'd two extra lines. Since then, she's not been able to search or go home.
When pressing the Search or the Home Softkey, it provides the haptic feedback and blinks the light, but nothing happens.
Also, I installed Galaxy Tuner as a workaround until I discovered a way to fix it (or enlisted the help of those of you here that are far more savvy than myself), and mapping the touch gestures to home and search, the same thing happens. Meaning, when the specified gesture for home is executed, it will provide the haptic feedback, but nothing else happens. So it registers the command, but it is not completed.
If you have any ideas how to fix this, or can just point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!
Flash THIS FILE via CWM and it should reset melfastouchkey settings.
good day.
Hey Chopper, Thanks for the response. I did flash the download, but it was still exhibiting the same symptoms. In the end, I just did a wipe/reinstall.
Im trying to root my tablet WITHOUT activating it through the simcard and i cannot figure out how to do it I was wondering if anyone else found a way to bypass the stupid SIM activation. I followed the steps on GALAXYTABHACKS.COM and i CANNOT go into recovery to install the zip file the screen just gives me the green android guy for software downloading and the other icon with the android logo and the white box. the tab conects to wifi fine through the settings and im able to download apps though the market and open them only through the market since i cant see the home screen at all. I managed to download the ZIP file into the sd card via dropbox but im just stuck now.
I wanna either bypass the stupid activation or root it then activate it later.
anyone? I'd appreciate the help. Any time of help lol
Did you select the Android + box? That's what you have to do. Follow the instructions here: http://www.fun47.com/verizon-4g-lte-samsung-galaxy-tab-rooted/
yea it keeps saying error 401 on the link when i go to the site. and when i click on the android + icon nothing happens just a blank screen
Hmmm, strange, the site works. Did you try to access it from your Tab or from a computer?
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When the tablet ask the activation, just tape on the screen on each corner (up-left, up-right, down-left, down-right) and volume down (the right button in volume) and you're tablet will pass the activation.
I've done it on my own tablet and it works perfectly. If you need more help, I remain at your disposal.
Sincerely,
Avalon
djavalon said:
When the tablet ask the activation, just tape on the screen on each corner (up-left, up-right, down-left, down-right) and volume down (the right button in volume) and you're tablet will pass the activation.
I've done it on my own tablet and it works perfectly. If you need more help, I remain at your disposal.
Sincerely,
Avalon
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tape on the screen on each corner together or just one by one ?
can u record a video for proof
i tried same u say many time but cant ( today 4G galaxy tap 10.1 verizon
bypassing 4g
Tap on the corner of the tablet in this order when it boots up
top left
top right
bottom left
bottom right
I am recalling from memory
for the final step
after above procedure
hit power or
hit vol up or
hit vol down
This means you will have to do this at least 2 more times that usual but, one of these sequences will work.
This will then bypass the 4g setup and go into wifi setup for the initial setup of the tab....
Hello, I’m having this same issue. I factory reset the tablet, and I keep getting an error message. It says “SIM Initialization error” a SIM card is needed to operate this tablet. Please turn off your tablet and insert your SIM card.” I do not have a SIM card, and would like to use the device with wifi instead. I have been unable to get the trick with touching the corners of the screen to work. Is there another way to bypass this screen? Or can someone post a video showing me how to do it right?
Hello,
My screen suddenly does not work anymore.
It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.
How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?
Thanks for helping.
Laurent
You probably can't. Unless.... search for fast boot. You can probably hit the right combination of buttons to hard wipe it.
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Thanks.
Currently trying to do this.
Hard.
Any other good idea is welcome.
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Edit : Done. Difficult to do this blindly.
Laurentwb said:
Hello,
My screen suddenly does not work anymore.
It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.
How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?
Thanks for helping.
Laurent
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If it's the screen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.
The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
what are you trying to wipe? if it boots up but screen doesnt work you can attach to your pc and use adb to pull data and wipe out personal data, if you are rooted then you can also get in and remove applications then use vipermod exe to remove root
Thank you guys.
I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.
I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.
Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.
Good day.
Laurentwb said:
Thank you guys.
I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.
I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.
Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.
Good day.
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you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
shreddintyres said:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
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are you certain that is not a microphone
shreddintyres said:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
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This just reboots .. pretty sure it doesnt format ..
Mic hole is on the top of the device, reset is on the side.
robertg9 said:
If it's the sccreen reen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.
The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
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My screen went out and I did the HDMI out to the tv and did a factoy reset before I sent it in .
Hello,
About two months ago I factory resetted and fully recharged my Acer Liquid MT.
Didn't use it for quite a while, but recently I wanted to but apparently the battery was empty meanwhile.
Charged it for hours but it didn't go on anymore (tried most basic stuff: changing battery, reset button etc)
Didn't show 'any sign of life' however. No screen, no sound, nothing at all.
Yesterday I did hold the Power Button and both Volume Buttons for a few seconds and it quickly vibrated a few times + one (normal) vibrate afterwards.
I think it isn't completely bricked since it did vibrate.
However, how am I going to be able to get this thing working again?
Many thanks in advance!
PS: Rooted, no custom ROM.
Edit
Forgot to mention, but my PC doesn't detect the phone anymore when connected to USB ...
i'm sorry...
it sounds your phone is bricked... i don't know how u could fix it
stevenhippie said:
it sounds your phone is bricked... i don't know how u could fix it
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Yes I think so too, however this shouldn't be a 'full brick' right? /mmz
Please, anyone at all?
Please, anyone at all?
Begging you ......
Please please please
Cheetah11 said:
Please please please
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There is a liquid metal forum on modaco.com, maybe you should look there. If it was working before, maybe it fell down once or got some hardware fault? 3 vibrations were SD download mode AFAIK
foner81 said:
There is a liquid metal forum on modaco.com, maybe you should look there. If it was working before, maybe it fell down once or got some hardware fault? 3 vibrations were SD download mode AFAIK
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No help from there really ...
Well it didn't fell down, it was fully charged & working, until I tried it later on
Ok, keep device manager opened, connect phone and power on with all the key combo's mentioned here and tell me what happens in device manager: what device is popping up etc.
foner81 said:
Ok, keep device manager opened, connect phone and power on with all the key combo's mentioned here and tell me what happens in device manager: what device is popping up etc.
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Thanks for your interest in my problem.
The phone doesn't respond to any of the commands anymore.
Also, what do you mean with 'device manager' exactly?
Cheetah11 said:
Thanks for your interest in my problem.
The phone doesn't respond to any of the commands anymore.
Also, what do you mean with 'device manager' exactly?
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It needs good charging as the battery has drained completely and will take time , may be couple of days. If it doesn't fix the problem then take it to a mobile shop and ask them to power charge it. It will fix the problem. I had the same issue with this phone...
I hope it helps...
Cheetah11 said:
Thanks for your interest in my problem.
The phone doesn't respond to any of the commands anymore.
Also, what do you mean with 'device manager' exactly?
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-device-manager#1TC=windows-7
Or just hit the Windows Key (next to Alt by the Spacebar) + the letter R together then type : devmgmt.msc and hit enter.
When the Device Manager is open and you plug in the device, you should see it blink out for a sec and reload and show you the device - probably will see a yellow warning symbol next to it - if so that means the PC sees it, just not loading the correct driver.
Hi guys,
I hope that this is the proper forum, if not please direct me to the correct one.
I am currently using a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6, non-rooted.
My problem started about 48 hours ago while I was voice dictating a test message.
I was doing my regular texting with the SwiftKey keyboard microphone (problem also replicates with the Samsung Keyboard as well) and the box at the bottom of the screen would not go away. I tried to X it out, hit the back button and the home button but nothing gets rid of it other than restarting the phone.
This all seemed to start happening after the Google App update.
I rolled back to the old version and it seemed to work fine. Last night, it updated itself again and problem was back.
I have included an image of what I am talking about.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would be very appreciative!
Thanks
Mikeinstlouis
I have to same issue that just happened and same as the screenshot.
Same issue...
This is so freaking ridiculous! A Google update that does this crap?!
I too own a S6 Edge Verizon 128GB and I noticed a couple of things.
If you bring up text to speak and then power off your phone.. Once you come back... you have locked it (Until restart)
I tried the following...
1) Reset the Dalvik Cache .. No luck.
2) tried force closing TTS and samsung text to speech.. no go.
3) Uninstalling latest update to the high quality voice. .. No Go.
4) Tried holding both buttons at the Same Time... No go..
5) For quibs and giggles.. Held down the close "X" for 5 whole minutes.
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What I think is going on is a time out error in the code.
So how i am able to get around it RARELY is..
Bring it up with the microphone button
Say what I need to say then hit the X to close it as FAST AS I CAN!!
I know that with all of our phone hackers, crackers and experts that we can ALL reach a Fix on this.
Damn Google...
mikeinstlouis said:
Hi guys,
I hope that this is the proper forum, if not please direct me to the correct one.
I am currently using a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6, non-rooted.
My problem started about 48 hours ago while I was voice dictating a test message.
I was doing my regular texting with the SwiftKey keyboard microphone (problem also replicates with the Samsung Keyboard as well) and the box at the bottom of the screen would not go away. I tried to X it out, hit the back button and the home button but nothing gets rid of it other than restarting the phone.
This all seemed to start happening after the Google App update.
I rolled back to the old version and it seemed to work fine. Last night, it updated itself again and problem was back.
I have included an image of what I am talking about.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would be very appreciative!
Thanks
Mikeinstlouis
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Latest update have little bugs
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I am also having this issue on my Galaxy S4.
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mrneoz81 said:
This is so freaking ridiculous! A Google update that does this crap?!
I too own a S6 Edge Verizon 128GB and I noticed a couple of things.
If you bring up text to speak and then power off your phone.. Once you come back... you have locked it (Until restart)
I tried the following...
1) Reset the Dalvik Cache .. No luck.
2) tried force closing TTS and samsung text to speech.. no go.
3) Uninstalling latest update to the high quality voice. .. No Go.
4) Tried holding both buttons at the Same Time... No go..
5) For quibs and giggles.. Held down the close "X" for 5 whole minutes.
********************************************
What I think is going on is a time out error in the code.
So how i am able to get around it RARELY is..
Bring it up with the microphone button
Say what I need to say then hit the X to close it as FAST AS I CAN!!
I know that with all of our phone hackers, crackers and experts that we can ALL reach a Fix on this.
Damn Google...
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One way I found that I can close it is by opening the menu that has active apps, then going to RAM, next turn the phone on its side (<--- yes do that), then hit clear memory a few times. And done its gone.
Thanks! That worked on my Sprint S4! (restarting phone has also worked for me, but this is easier.)
After holding down Home button to open the menu that has active apps, the options were still covered by the text to speak box. So I had to FIRST turn phone on its side to make visible the pie chart icon on bottom left, THEN then going to RAM tab and hiting clear memory a few times. When I turned it back to portait orientation, the text to speak box was gone. Thanks!
This has been happening to me all day long. so frustrating. I am also not the tech savy one in the house and hubby is not around. So thanks for the quick answer to get rid of it until he can uninstall the new update. Thanks
What is the pie chart menu option? What is the RAM tab? And will just be a little easier for Google to fix this? Lol
same problem here
Galaxy S6, same problem, started last night (September 24, 2015) . I do know that some updates were performed last night, not sure what. How do I uninstall the update? Which one is it? Help! I use voice typing constantly, and my phone is a brick when this thing locks up. It covers all my buttons. "Restart" doesn't clear it, I have to totally power off and back on. Right now, I have disable my voice key on my keyboard so that I don't accidentally touch it while waiting for solution.
Me too - just started today after some updates yesterday.
Same here....has anyone responded with a fix yet??
THANKS!
Glad it's not just me and my Note 3, but where does google get off sending out this kind of crap? It's enough to drive me to a windows phone.
Having the same issue only way I can get ride of it is to turn off my phone
same issue on moto droid mini; have to turn off phone too! poor QA google!!!!!
Me too. Galaxy S4. Have to shut the phone down and restart it to resolve the issue.
Piece of crap
Note 4 same problem started on the 24th
Same issue, Note 4
Same issue, Samsung Note 4.
Yep me too Verizon Galaxy s6
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