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So I used the ACS/Shabbypenguin root method (do a Google search, I can't post links...) and followed the directions exactly. Well almost exactly, I knew of some issues so this is what I did...
First I downloaded Superuser & Superuser Elite (I previously paid for it on a different phone).
Then I downloaded the drivers and Odin and both kernals.
I installed the drivers and put my phone into development mode.
Next, I turned off my phone then turned it back on in download mode and flashed the pre-rooted kernal as per the instructions there.
Finally, I went through the process again to flash in the stock kernal.
Now the other users had issues with USB connection and the phone not being recognised, the answer to that was on page 11 of the above linked thread (editing the vold.fstab file). I did this (using ES Root Explorer) as per the instructions and restarted.
Things seemed fine for half a day. Now my phone randomly restarts, but not always randomly. I can perform specific actions to cause it to freeze and reboot (example, simply opening the vold.fstab file does this EVERY TIME, but I was able to copy/paste it to the SD card and then open and edit it and even copy/paste it back, all using ES root explorer, and no crash/reboot unless I open it specifically and yes, that's with having the system mounted as R/W).
Another thing I noticed since rooting, and it still has maintained the rooted status, is that any time my phone restarts or I restart it, I open the system tray and this stupid "tip" toast message comes up that, prior to rooting, only came up once. Now, it comes up only once after a restart but resets every time.
I tried to sign up for the ACS forums but for some reason, I've not gotten a single registration e-mail from them and messaged half their admin with no response (the fact that the site has no cancel account and no re-send activation option troubles me enough as it is and in my opinion, should be internationally illegal).
Anyway, that's the issue, I need to resolve these random restarts, which may or may not be caused by this vold.fstab file.
Also, I connect now (before when I did the fix, it worked), the computer doesn't recognise the phone so I can't even re-flash using Odin, but the phone works (until randomly restarting which is a pain...), so I am at a loss as to what the actual cause was and since nothing I change sticks when it restarts, I have no idea what the deal is.
Some more information...
Nothing I change sticks. I have programs that I uninstalled, but they still show up in the system tray after a reboot (if I click it, it says that the program is not installed, but it still shows up).
I tried swapping back the original build.prop - didn't stick.
I tried factory data reset - didn't do anything.
I tried a restore in BusyboxPro (stericon or something is the dev) - restored but there were some "errors".
Tried temporarily unrooting (Superuser Elite) - nothing.
I read about a power button issue - my power button is fine.
There is something wrong specifically with the OS in some way that certain actions cause it to freeze and restart. I have a game, "Deathworm" that I can play with no issues or freezes. I can do a few things but:
if I get on the mobile browser, sometimes it will freeze and reboot.
if I run AppManagerPro III, sometimes it crashes when calculating the cache size (always when it gets to 70/125 or whatever the total is, but always at 70 if it DOES crash).
Now I went into task manager and went through and cleared all the app data individually app per app. Before when I tried to do this (before restoring in Busybox, before restoring the original build.prop, etc), it would crash when I went into the downloaded tab of the thing to clear the cache. This time it didn't crash on me.
Other root stuff I have installed which was working before the random rebooting issue:
Script manager (free) and V6 supercharger (also unsupercharging wouldn't stick, which I tried before restoring the build.prop manually)
SuperUserElite
App Manager Pro III
SD Maid Pro
ES File Explorer (free version I think)
BusyBox Pro
SU Update Fixer
Screenshot It
After everything I just did, it seems to (for the moment) be working again, I am just waiting to see if it crashes again. So far I have opened and closed App Manager Pro III a few times and it calculated cache sizes with no crash. Right now, SD Maid Pro hasn't crashed yet open, hide certain tabs (clearing the data so I had to reset those options), close, reopen, scanned with system clean and app clean and actually did the app clean, so far no crashes (my phone would normally have crashed by now), cleared databases and no crash.
Also while I was in there, two programs I uninstalled via the system tray (menu button, edit, uninstall) that kept coming back were a buld.prop editor and some wonkey game (Fall down) or something, anyway those were in the downloaded section of task manager and I uninstalled them through there. Maybe that did it?
And no... still freeze, reboot and not saving any changes.
So far I've also tried uninstalling practically everything I installed and those changes aren't persisting (the uninstalled apps remain uninstalled, but reappear in the system tray or on the home screen if I had an icon there for it).
No changes I make to anything persist except things I save or copy to the SD card.
Tried factory reset again, still didn't stick.
So apparently SOME others have this issue without rooting, I can't tell, there's not a ton of reviews that I can find beyond "F*** STRAIGHT TALK CUSTOMER SERVICE THIS PHONE IS CRAP".
I hate to keep bumping this, but every time I have an issue, I am highly detailed in things and I NEVER EVER have EVER gotten a response EVER on this site, EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
I really really really don't want to waste another ~$200 for nothing.
I would appreciate even a response of "yeah I have this problem too".
I don't want this to die like all the other threads I started...
Does anyone even have a clue as to where I can begin attempting to troubleshoot this on my own then?
What tools should I look into or what logs in what folders?
I know this post is very outdated but there may still be someone tinkering with these older phones still as I am.
Over the past few days I have been trying to get this Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Proclaim rooted and working just for something to do.
I'm not one to ask for help to often so I end up doing a lot of reading and a lot of trial / error.
In my reading I have seen quite a few posts / comments around the net stating not to use the Shabbypenguin root method
as it is very buggy and unstable.... I can not tell you from experience so please do not quote me. I ended up using the TeamProlusion
root method and all has went very well other than a few minor problems I need to work out.
In all honesty I'm not real sure what I may post or may not.... ( Yes I need to REread the rules for sure ) but I
will leave this link for anyone that may be in need... Mods / Admins please feel free to edit this post if this is not permitted and
please accept my apologies.
Please google androidarea51
Z2 Tablet, SGP511 .402 FW
Rooted
Although this happened coincident with root, I don't see how it could be related.
I have lost all connection to Google. Gmail doesn't reach the servers: "No connection Retry". Play store (server error) and Drive don't connect. I tried to create a secondary Gmail account, but it never was able to talk to Google. Because of this, I haven't tried to delete the primary account because I don't think i could recreate it.
Every other non-Google internet service connects just fine.
Any ideas where to start? Thank you for reading to this point.
Me, again. Replying to my own question.
It's still not solved, so I could use some help. But I've found that fixing permissions from recovery completely solves the problem (temporarily). Everything will run fine until the next reboot - then, but only about half the time, it reboots with the Google problem back. If I remember to fix permissions before rebooting, it never fails.
Does this info give anyone any ideas?
CAL7 said:
Me, again. Replying to my own question.
It's still not solved, so I could use some help. But I've found that fixing permissions from recovery completely solves the problem (temporarily). Everything will run fine until the next reboot - then, but only about half the time, it reboots with the Google problem back. If I remember to fix permissions before rebooting, it never fails.
Does this info give anyone any ideas?
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I laundry list of questions and things to try:
1- is the tablet rooted or have you unlocked the boot loader?
2- have you tried a factory data reset?
3- have you tried clearing the cache and dalvik (if you are rooted)?
4- have you tried pinging a Google server from a terminal?
5- have you tried a different Web browser?
6- have you tried a different Wi Fi connection?
7- do you have any ad blocker or firewall installed?
i remember google services having an issue with adaway a little while ago, doesnt seem to be an issue now with the latest one though.
najoor said:
I laundry list of questions and things to try:
1- is the tablet rooted or have you unlocked the boot loader?
2- have you tried a factory data reset?
3- have you tried clearing the cache and dalvik (if you are rooted)?
4- have you tried pinging a Google server from a terminal?
5- have you tried a different Web browser?
6- have you tried a different Wi Fi connection?
7- do you have any ad blocker or firewall installed?
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THANK YOU! For further help diagnosing, all applications that are simple internet interfaces (e.g. any web browser, weather app, Lastpass, tapatalk, etc.) work fine. Applications that do not work: Gmail, Exchange mail, Google Play Store, Dropbox, Google Drive.
"Fix Permissions" (FP) from recovery has, so far, always corrected the problem. From a cold start, If I boot without performing a FP, it has an 80% chance of failing; if i first boot into recovery and FP and reboot, has a 99% success rate.
1. Tablet is rooted, but boot loader still locked. I first noticed the problem after rooting, even though I still don't see how rooting could have provoked it.
2. Have not tried a factory reset yet - not yet that desperate, but may soon.
3. Clearing cache and dalvik does not help.
4. Pinging any and all web sites always works, specifically including mail.google.com, www.dropbox.com, play.google.com, and my corporate exchange mail server (even though the apps associated with those servers cannot connect).
5. Problem is independent of web browser choice (even the Lastpass browser works and logs into my LP vault).
6. Problem is independent of Wi-Fi AP, or even completely different Wi-Fi networks.
7. Tablet uses Adblock Plus. I have tested with that both disabled and enabled, with no difference.
Thank you, again.
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7. Tablet uses Adblock Plus. I have tested with that both disabled and enabled, with no difference.
Thank you, again.
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uninstall adblock, clear cache of all google services, delvik, reboot etc. and see what that does. i had the very same issue with adblock plus on my z2 phone. it could very well be as simple as that, hopefully.
CAL7 said:
THANK YOU! For further help diagnosing, all applications that are simple internet interfaces (e.g. any web browser, weather app, Lastpass, tapatalk, etc.) work fine. Applications that do not work: Gmail, Exchange mail, Google Play Store, Dropbox, Google Drive.
"Fix Permissions" (FP) from recovery has, so far, always corrected the problem. From a cold start, If I boot without performing a FP, it has an 80% chance of failing; if i first boot into recovery and FP and reboot, has a 99% success rate.
1. Tablet is rooted, but boot loader still locked. I first noticed the problem after rooting, even though I still don't see how rooting could have provoked it.
2. Have not tried a factory reset yet - not yet that desperate, but may soon.
3. Clearing cache and dalvik does not help.
4. Pinging any and all web sites always works, specifically including mail.google.com, www.dropbox.com, play.google.com, and my corporate exchange mail server (even though the apps associated with those servers cannot connect).
5. Problem is independent of web browser choice (even the Lastpass browser works and logs into my LP vault).
6. Problem is independent of Wi-Fi AP, or even completely different Wi-Fi networks.
7. Tablet uses Adblock Plus. I have tested with that both disabled and enabled, with no difference.
Thank you, again.
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flumps said:
uninstall adblock, clear cache of all google services, delvik, reboot etc. and see what that does. i had the very same issue with adblock plus on my z2 phone. it could very well be as simple as that, hopefully.
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I agree. After you do this check /system/etc/hosts file and make sure it only contains one line for localhost
This is getting even more perplexing. There seems to be an Adblock connection, but my testing is yielding counter-intuitive results. Please bear with me, because it is very frustrating.
Very strangely, when I remove Adblock (I've done it twice: once wiping cash/dalvik; once not wiping), I still get the services connection problem, but get this... then I can't recover by using my Fix Permissions trick. It's actually worse. I can't restore the services no how, no way. My only recovery - no pun intended - is to nandroid restore to an earlier version (with Adblock).
Even using Titanium Backup to re-install Adblock does not get me going. Only a nandroid back to an earlier version. At that point, a simple boot will fail, but a boot with Fix Permissions works.
My hosts file is, and has been, good, so that's not it. I'll be grateful for any further ideas on how to isolate this. Thank you.
Well obviously something you have on your system is causing this, so fresh install, no nandroid is the quickest fix and although you have said adblock plus isn't to blame, it has and does have lingering effects. Try using adaway or unbeloved hosts instead.
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@CAL7
You said you have root and custom recovery installed. I assume
you rooted with the easy-root method which uses towelroot.
Which version of easy-root did you use?
Did you flash supersu zip from custom recovery?
whatever47 said:
@CAL7
You said you have root and custom recovery installed. I assume
you rooted with the easy-root method which uses towelroot.
Which version of easy-root did you use?
Did you flash supersu zip from custom recovery?
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Yes. I was an early tester of the zxz000 easy root implementation of the towelroot exploit, so it was a tweaked version of v2. Yes, flashed SuperSU zip from TWRP. All SuperSU functions are working.
Do you think a re-root with v8 and new(er) dual recovery might help? Thanks.
Don't know if a re-root with v8 would help.
The problem just reminded me to what happened to me when I used v3 and root didn't work properly after a reboot. I rooted again with V3 and than installed dual recovery without rebooting
before. Than in recovery I installed the newest version of Supersu (v2.0).
and Since than everything works ok, but I really can't say what exactly was doing the trick.
I would try using AdFree (from http://adfree.bigtincan.com/ ) and remove the Adblock plus app. Adfree doesnt require changing proxy settings. Things got worse when you disabled adblock plus because you probably forgot to remove the proxy that you set in your wifi for adblock plus, and you can only get Internet through that proxy if it has adblock plus to work with.
It not happens always, but when it happens, it's always when the system is starting, when the apps are starting and being granted root permissions, etc. If I don't do anything, is fine, but If I unlock my screen while the apps are loading on startup and start to open some apps, it reboots(not always). I don't know If it overloads or something, but aLogcat doesn't record anything after the system reboots. I've already used Boot Manager to disable some apps from starting, but the problem persists. It's a Moto X 4.4.3 Stock and I never had this problem before. I'm almost sure it's a Xposed Module, but I want to know which one is.
Thanks.
No one knows?
Yeah
Yeah its mainly due to xposed module or you didnt root correctly . Better unroot by installing stock rom from motorola website and root it again .
Sounds like a kernel panic try and grab kmsg if you want to trouble shoot or wipe clean and start fresh if this seems like to much
So... I have an Archos 55 and well, root is dangerous, particularly when you're being annoyed with pop up adverts and want to get them gone.
TL;DR:
So basically this all started when I found that web pages and adverts were just opening. Whether I was using the device or not, they'd just magically appear, sometimes ten at a time, accessing the internet at will. I was not best pleased as I have not long purchased the phone, but true to form, Archos have no idea what customer service means, so I was left to attempt to remedy the situation myself. Ordinarily, I would have just formatted and reinstalled the O.S, I do that with linux all the time alas I knew that was difficult.
Instead I sought to find out what exactly was causing the adverts. I deleted all the apps I had installed, but still the adverts kept coming. I did a factory wipe. Still with the adverts. At this point I was a bit stuck, so I grabbed an anti-virus app. It showed a few things that were causing problems including one trojan, under com.android.settings (or something to that name). I made a few enquiries and needless to say, this wasn't a false positive, but it had meant that I had a trojan...and I really don't like trojans. Cue the rage and the not thinking properly as I deleted com.android.settings without making a backup thinking... "shouldn't be too hard to put back"...oh how wrong I was...
I of course tried to make amends by grabbing a "copy" of settings from another site (and possibly a different phone) but I was told that it was ROM and no amount of permission changing was going to change that (I tried and I apparently failed, I may have possibly been doing something wrong, but I don't think my chown/chmod skills are `that` shabby).
The problem:
- No access to settings. Settings doesn't exist. (No access to USB Debugging either because that requires tapping the about phone bit and guess what...)
- Can't install apps as something has "Stopped".
- No access to WiFi
- Using Linux (Ubuntu something or other...15 I think).
- Mobile Tinkering Newb (But I'm not totally tech illiterate).
I do have access to fastboot mode apparently.
So what I think I need is a way to reinstall lollipop 5.1 so I can get back to square one, without (at least initially) using ADB (because I've tried and my device just refuses to show). I've also tried a few "needrom" things but, of course, they don't work because linux.
If anyone could possibly help me, I would be greatly appreciative in any way. I just want wifi back really. (I can see that wifi works and a network is available I just can't edit the settings to access it). If I can provide more information, please ask and I shall provide.
[SOLUTION]
Back up your device <- Essential
Grab a rom from NeedRom
Enable Fastboot.
Enable USB Debugging etcetera.
Use custom software (provided by NeedRom) (I know this seems dodgy but you try anything when you're desperate enough and this works so...if you're worried then take precautions and make a backup of your own phone first.) to open up the .pac file. Check where the files have been opened up to.
Copy the files to a more stable area (i.e from Temp to your Data drive), they should be in .img format as .pac basically appears to be some kind of archive that groups them all into one.
Use Fastboot (you might need to enable this so make sure you do it) and flash the .img files to the phone and sparse them to about 250MB.
Restart the phone.
Check phone works properly.
If works properly, consider donating to NeedRom.
Anyone?
Trojan
I have the same problem, but I didn't uninstall the setting, did your Trojan installed random apps too? Like MyApps or something like that?
Seeing the same problem I think the problem is that the device comes with it, but I haven't found anything else to do apart from installing avast to tell me when unknown sources get on to install a random app.
Talasa said:
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Hey I fixed it, I have Uninstalled settings and successfully installed them again, no pop ups since.
Message me so I can tell you how to do it.
Fantasma198 said:
Hey I fixed it, I have Uninstalled settings and successfully installed them again, no pop ups since.
Message me so I can tell you how to do it.
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Hi! How did you solve the problem? Please let me know
It appears to involve installing an apk installer from the Google Play stores (any will do it seems). Then by installing a copy of the Settings.apk.
Neither of which I am able to do as, due to getting rid of settings Google Play won't work. So....
Edit. I managed to get Google Play installed and then installed an APK installer. However installing settings is restricted as security won't let me install unofficial apps. >.>
How do u get rid of pop ups
Fantasma198 said:
Hey I fixed it, I have Uninstalled settings and successfully installed them again, no pop ups since.
Message me so I can tell you how to do it.
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How do u get rid of them my phone is plaqued with them they are so annoying I didn't even root my phone just done a simple software update thanx
R3b3l3k8 said:
How do u get rid of them my phone is plaqued with them they are so annoying I didn't even root my phone just done a simple software update thanx
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Hi,
What you have here is a virus.... and like me, it's probably embedded in settings. I.e It comes with the device.
There is no way to get rid of those adverts....except...by voiding your warranty. You will need to wipe your device and reinstall a rom, preferably not your original. (That or send it back to Archos). Taking your phone back to the store and demanding a refund is an option before I proceed further and this is the solution I recommend.
Take this moment to back up all your data.
What I did however and what seems to have gotten rid of them is firstly head over to NeedRom (search) and acquire a freely provided Rom of someone else's phone. There are two versions for the Archos Platinum 55 and it will depend on your specific phone.
Now you will need to flash (this will destroy all data on your phone so make sure you get it backed up) your rom. You can use the ADB solution but that couldn't work for me. So I used Fastboot instead, however to use this the rom provided by needrom is in a .pac file format, you need to get the .img file from it. You can do this by loading up the software provided by NeedRom (named FactoryUpload or something like that) load the .pac file and look at the file path locations. The one I checked was for System. I then went to where it said it was, in my case a Temp folder, copied and pasted all the data to somewhere not temp (all the .img files I needed were there).
Then I used Fastboot to flash the rom entirely there are much better Fastboot tutorials out there than I can explain myself. This flash included System, Recovery, Cache and basically everything, however it wouldn't let me do it all at once. I had to use a particular "flag" or "switch" so that it would `sparse` all the files over 250MB (that was the number I chose) and it worked after that.
This is the only way without returning the phone to get rid of the adverts *if* the virus is indeed in Settings. There's no way to remove Settings safely. I tried.
I'd been dirty flashing LineageOS on my Xiaomi Mi 5, with no real issues, for almost exactly a year so, on Saturday, I decided that it was time for a clean flash.
I used Titanium Backup (latest free version from Play Store) for all apps and data, and all system settings (the guide I followed suggested these 2 scripts were all I needed). I noticed that after the backup, my wallpaper was back to the default and a few other settings had been reset.
Then I clean flashed exactly following the instructions in the official 15.1 LOS thread for my device.
So I have the all the latest: TWRP, OpenGAPPS (nano), LOS SU, firmware, and last week's LOS 15.1 of course. I have nothing else like Magisk installed - it's basically vanilla.
I then completed the initial setup and then restored using the Titanium Backups. Aside from a few settings needing to be done again, all seemed well. But then the home and recents buttons stopped working, along with notifications and the drop-down settings menu.
A bit of Googling revealed that this is symptomatic of the install wizard not having completed properly so I re-triggered it using the Nova Launcher activities workaround and that seemed to fix it. When I restarted the phone however, it kicked me back into TWRP.
Reinstalling the weekly got it going again but I had to redo the Nova workaround. I can't get the fix to stick and I'm concerned that it's symptomatic of a deeper problem.
I'd really appreciate some help diagnosing the problem / advice on how to proceed.. No-one else has mentioned anything like this that I've been able to find on the Official LOS 15.1 threads so I guess it's unlikely to be a ROM problem.. Might it have been Titanium Backup messing up settings somehow?
HairyPriest said:
I'd been dirty flashing LineageOS on my Xiaomi Mi 5, with no real issues, for almost exactly a year so, on Saturday, I decided that it was time for a clean flash.
I used Titanium Backup (latest free version from Play Store) for all apps and data, and all system settings (the guide I followed suggested these 2 scripts were all I needed). I noticed that after the backup, my wallpaper was back to the default and a few other settings had been reset.
Then I clean flashed exactly following the instructions in the official 15.1 LOS thread for my device.
So I have the all the latest: TWRP, OpenGAPPS (nano), LOS SU, firmware, and last week's LOS 15.1 of course. I have nothing else like Magisk installed - it's basically vanilla.
I then completed the initial setup and then restored using the Titanium Backups. Aside from a few settings needing to be done again, all seemed well. But then the home and recents buttons stopped working, along with notifications and the drop-down settings menu.
A bit of Googling revealed that this is symptomatic of the install wizard not having completed properly so I re-triggered it using the Nova Launcher activities workaround and that seemed to fix it. When I restarted the phone however, it kicked me back into TWRP.
Reinstalling the weekly got it going again but I had to redo the Nova workaround. I can't get the fix to stick and I'm concerned that it's symptomatic of a deeper problem.
I'd really appreciate some help diagnosing the problem / advice on how to proceed.. No-one else has mentioned anything like this that I've been able to find on the Official LOS 15.1 threads so I guess it's unlikely to be a ROM problem.. Might it have been Titanium Backup messing up settings somehow?
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hi, dont know.. but the thing is... I am really questioning why "Setup Wizard 2.0" is always being Frozen on Titaniumbackup app in my phone. I Unfroze it but after restarting it is frozen again. Is it the same for you? ... I got no issues with it but, i just dont know why it is always frozen.
yllonjohnb said:
hi, dont know.. but the thing is... I am really questioning why "Setup Wizard 2.0" is always being Frozen on Titaniumbackup app in my phone. I Unfroze it but after restarting it is frozen again. Is it the same for you? ... I got no issues with it but, i just dont know why it is always frozen.
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I'm new to Titanium - how do you see which apps are frozen?
HairyPriest said:
I'm new to Titanium - how do you see which apps are frozen?
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just scroll among the app list.. See if you have a purple highlight on "Setup Wizard app. Or just use "filter" on the setting, and select "show frozen apps only".
yllonjohnb said:
just scroll among the app list.. See if you have a purple highlight on "Setup Wizard app. Or just use "filter" on the setting, and select "show frozen apps only".
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Thanks, I looked and neither Pixel Setup nor Setup Wizard are frozen on mine (although they might be just after startup - I'll check next time)