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hey,
So I have a Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, it is rooted, runs 2.2 & Speedmod kernel.
It has been running fine on the speedmod kernel for several days now, until today. Out of no where, when I was using the phone Launcher Pro started CONSTANTLY force closing, basically leaving my phone in a useless force closing cycle.
AND, on top of that there are other apps that are force closing about every 10 seconds or so. they are: Market, Clock, and Samsung Apps.
Any idea whats happening here?
Thanks a lot!
~Dylan
did you install any recent apps that cause problems? it might be one of them.
You may need to ODIN back to stock.. well thats how we go back to stock on Galaxy S VIBRANT.
should be the same.
I haven't installed any apps that have caused problems that I know of...
I was just listening to music for an hour or so in the car, then when I unlocked my phone I was met with countless force close messages.
Yes, I was thinking that might be the route I have to go, but I was hoping there would be some way to uninstall those problem causing applications (namely Launcher Pro) somehow. I don't know how I would go about uninstalling it though, as my phone is basically rendered useless due to the constant force closing.
But thanks a lot for the input!
DS1495 said:
I haven't installed any apps that have caused problems that I know of...
I was just listening to music for an hour or so in the car, then when I unlocked my phone I was met with countless force close messages.
Yes, I was thinking that might be the route I have to go, but I was hoping there would be some way to uninstall those problem causing applications (namely Launcher Pro) somehow. I don't know how I would go about uninstalling it though, as my phone is basically rendered useless due to the constant force closing.
But thanks a lot for the input!
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i don't think theres a difference between our phones, mines Tmobile Vibrant, but theres a built-in feature in stock, and most custom roms called SAFE MODE.
most people don't know about this.
This mode helps you do exactly what your facing, uninstall apps that act up.
In Safe Mode, it disables any startups and all that shiz.
Try going in like this.
shut down phone.
press power and wait till it get on vibrant screen, then start holding the MENU KEY the whole way until it starts.
the way to know if thsi worked is.. on the bottom left hand corner, it'll say SAFE MODE with a box aroundi t.
if this doesn't work, ODIN is the best way.
If you haven't turned it off recently, try a reboot. Yeah, standard boring advice, but I had constant-force-close issues a few months ago and a reboot fixed it.
So I somehow managed to get into the task manager by long pressing the home button, then from their I was able to uninstall Launcher Pro. So the CONSTANT force closing has stopped.
BUT, I still have plenty of other apps that are force closing very consistently. For example, everytime I go into the messaging application it force closes, so I can't send or receive texts. Along with that, Facebook, 'Clock', Samsung Apps, & Market are force closing.
When I go into the market it says **Connection Error (or something like that) and then sometimes force closes....so this problem renders the market useless as well.
Oh, and when I go into safe mode, I still get the constant force closing... but thanks for that info! I had no idea you could even go into safe mode with this phone.
Honestly, at the point flashing stock firmware back into ODIN is looking like my best option, but I reallllllly don't want to lose all of my installed apps, and text messages, and whatnot.
Anybody have any other ideas?
btw, thanks a lot for the input so far!
So I did a backup of all my data using the speedmod recovery menu (volume up, home, power)
If I reflash the PDA in ODIN, will I still have the speedmod kernel, thus allowing me to recover my backup of installed apps, texts, etc.?
Or will re-flashing wipe the backup and get rid of the speedmod kernel..?
DS1495 said:
So I did a backup of all my data using the speedmod recovery menu (volume up, home, power)
If I reflash the PDA in ODIN, will I still have the speedmod kernel, thus allowing me to recover my backup of installed apps, texts, etc.?
Or will re-flashing wipe the backup and get rid of the speedmod kernel..?
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Idk what the speed mod thing is.. But yes. It will be erased.
If u want to save backups of apps..
Get titanium back up doesn't matter if u get pro or free.
Just restart on everything dude.. Like a clean fresh install.
Its something that u installed or flashed that's causing these problems.
Sounds like your phone's internal SD is dying. Our Bell Vibrant has a nasty habit of the internal SDs dying, and I've heard that force closing all the time is one of the signs that the SD is going. There's a thread in development about this. I suggest you start backing everything up
Alright, I started from scratch and now everything is working great! thanks for your help guys!
plus, now I'm even running Darky's v7.5 Gingerbread Edition, this ROM is soooo epic. haha
DS1495 said:
Alright, I started from scratch and now everything is working great! thanks for your help guys!
plus, now I'm even running Darky's v7.5 Gingerbread Edition, this ROM is soooo epic. haha
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No problem.
just glad your phone works great.
DS1495 said:
hey,
So I have a Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, it is rooted, runs 2.2 & Speedmod kernel.
It has been running fine on the speedmod kernel for several days now, until today. Out of no where, when I was using the phone Launcher Pro started CONSTANTLY force closing, basically leaving my phone in a useless force closing cycle.
AND, on top of that there are other apps that are force closing about every 10 seconds or so. they are: Market, Clock, and Samsung Apps.
Any idea whats happening here?
Thanks a lot!
~Dylan
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Try To Install **Rom Manager**
& There's A Option Called
**Fix Permissions**
This Recently Fixed All My FC's,
Also I Believe The App,
**Spare Parts** Also Has A Fix Permissions Option!!
*Note*
I Have A "HTC Hero", But It Still Should Work For You!!
Hope This Helps!!
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So so far, yesterday I've had the multi-touch keyboard force close maybe 4 times, the drag racing game 8, and a soft reboot. I have not rooted yet... holding off until there is more of a point. Anyone else having issues like this? I have 28 more days to do an exchange, I wanted to see if it's just my phone or not & either way I'll give it another week to see how it fares. Soft reboot occurred at maybe 40 hours or so of run time.
I use Go keyboard which has a far better layout and the swype ability as well, never had a fc. I dont play games. Have gotten a few fc's on various apps for unknown reasons, a few freezes in apps, but it happens so rarely that its not an issue. I did have to do a hard reset the day I got it though, but it was my fault.
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try doing a battery pull, not saying it would help but it definitely wouldnt hurt.
Fter rooting FC's also
After rooting (One-click method) and running Titanium Backup Pro to get a good backup of my phone. I now have a similar FC issue. Every time I try to open a contacts details, in the contacts app that starts, it will FC on me. The same thing happened to the phone app, works only if I dial a number from the keypad, click on a recent call in log, baam! FC I had to install GO Contacts/Dialer and they work fine. I tried to clear the cache/factory reset but the issue persists after I just loose all my info.....
Any way to Flash back to stock yet, think its a little to soon to root this racehorse....
I now have 3 apk's in TB that have a line through them. I cannot backup/restore/freeze the apps. Under the lined out app it says "No Backup yet"
com.motorola.blur.contacts.sync.yahoo
com.motorola.blur.provider.linkedin
com.occamy.andriod.motoxmayhem1lite
Anyone that can post these apk's so I could re-install/repair would help me greatly. I had this similar issue on my old cappy and replacing the app fixed it. I think when TB makes a backup and closes the app it some how actually deletes the app and/or corrupts it and then you have to replace it.
Rooting should no effect on the problems you are having. Did you freeze anything with TB, if so unfreeze everything, if not try unistalling it and see if the problems persist
If you are rooted, download ROM Manager and run fix permissions. That should help out with FC's.
so, the Facebook app stopped working, and now only force closes. someone right next to me on a different android phone has no problem, so the issue must be isolated to the charge.
I,m running a rom called infinity, but I can't find the thread with that rom any more.
anyone else run into problems with the Facebook app? I've tried clearing cache, uninstalling, rebooting, reinstalling, and even tried emailing myself a known working apk to install. nothing works. what did Facebook do to break their app??
yourbrokenoven said:
what did Facebook do to break their app??
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wait their app worked???
lol I've always used another app for Facebook though they all have their little problems, I'd suggest friendcaster (almost an exact clone of the official app), seesmic (cool smooth UI but lacking some features) and tweetdeck (kinda basic but gets the job done lol)
blazing through on my A500 with ICS
anoninja118 said:
wait their app worked???
lol I've always used another app for Facebook though they all have their little problems, I'd suggest friendcaster (almost an exact clone of the official app), seesmic (cool smooth UI but lacking some features) and tweetdeck (kinda basic but gets the job done lol)
blazing through on my A500 with ICS
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That is good.
Around the time I made this post, my phone began acting very flaky. On my way home from chuck e cheese where the app stopped working, and after I confirmed that Facebook was up, and the problem was isolated to my phone specifically, I rebooted into recovery to clear cache.
After clearing the cache and rebooting, my phone got stuck in a bootloop. No amount of battery pulling and trying again would get me out of the loop. After getting home I just flashed a new Rom. I decided a rooted debloated stock gingerbread rom was the way to go, so I flashed that with Odin.
Well, everything was peachy for about a week. On my way to a wedding rehearsal dinner with my girlfriend, I charged up my phone as I normally do before going out due to the dismal battery life when actually using the phone. I had the phone off at the time thinking that would make it charge ever so slightly faster since I was in a hurry.
Once I was ready to go I unplugged, hit the power button, stuffed the phone in my pocket, and left. Over an hour later, I pulled it out and noted that it was booting...
Then it rebooted
and rebooted
and rebooted
I was in ANOTHER bootloop. Tried battery pulling. Nope, back in a bootloop. I gave up for a while. At dinner I pulled it out and began tinkering. I cleared cache in recovery, but still was in the bootloop. I cleared Dalvik cache, but still was in the bootloop. I tried the factory restore option...
Well, that worked, however, I had disabled the default launcher (by renaming it with the file extension ".bak") and installed ADW launcher EX from the market. I hadn't moved the ADW apk to the system folder, thinking it would be easier to update if I left it in its default location.
So I had a phone with no launcher.
However...
I stumbled upon a solution. Somehow the voice search button still worked. I searched for market. That launched the browser. Clicking on the first link asked me if i wanted to use the browser or Market to complete the action. I chose Market. I tried installing ADW Launcher EX, but the install failed. Damn. I installed Root Explorer and launched it from within Market, used that to rename the default launcher, and voila!
Now, strangely, my phone is a LOT snappier than it has been the last couple weeks, though I've reinstalled all my apps except ADW.
I haven't quite figured out what caused either of the Bootloops, and I'm really not certain why my phone is snappier NOW after that ordeal than it was when I first flashed the rom.
After flashing a rom am I supposed to go into recovery and do a factory restore from within the new rom and recovery? I thought all you had to do was clear the Cache and Dalvik cache.
You don't necessarily have to, unless the ROM specifically tells you to in the instructions, but you can. I've also had times where my phone just crashes and burns, and I have to restock and flash ROM again. Not very fun and I have no idea what causes it, but it's not a big deal having to lose a of my stuff since I have TiBu on a nightly schedule. It's just a minor inconvenience.
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I recently did a clean wipe and install of Owain's ROM, but the only real issue I'm having now is that it keeps flipping in and out of car mode for no apparent reason. Is there a way to disable completely or at least understand why it keeps coming on?
You should be able to uninstall car mode completely. I think you can use root explorer
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I used titanium backup to remove it.
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You've got a magnet in your case?
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Yup, got a magnet in the case. That's weird, didn't know that would make it turn on. I'm going to try and remove it if I can since I never use it anyway.
Thanks guys!
Well, I tried Titanium Backup, and I can't find the Car Mode app anywhere to uninstall. Am I missing something?
it should be in there... it always comes up for me when i flash a new rom and want to uninstall it.
Hi,
I've had this problem before too.
for some REASON, YOU CANT UNINSTALL IT.
You can't uninstall through titanium. (freezing doesnt help)
You can't uninstall through apps.
You can't unnstall through root explorer.
It ALWAYS comes back.
I dont know how all these guys are uninstalling, but it JUST DOES NOT WORK (at least for me, and looks like for you.)
So what I have is an app called DISABLECARHOME, and it seems to work (kind of). I sometime still get the 180 degree orientation and call speaker default when I answer calls.
Next time, I'm going to just take out the carhome.apk from the GAPPS when I install a new ROM/gapps.
h22aboi said:
Hi,
I've had this problem before too.
for some REASON, YOU CANT UNINSTALL IT.
You can't uninstall through titanium. (freezing doesnt help)
You can't uninstall through apps.
You can't unnstall through root explorer.
It ALWAYS comes back.
I dont know how all these guys are uninstalling, but it JUST DOES NOT WORK (at least for me, and looks like for you.)
So what I have is an app called DISABLECARHOME, and it seems to work (kind of). I sometime still get the 180 degree orientation and call speaker default when I answer calls.
Next time, I'm going to just take out the carhome.apk from the GAPPS when I install a new ROM/gapps.
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It is called Car Home. It can be uninstalled with Titanium Backup, as I have done it on my G2x. You may need the Pro version though.
GTWalling said:
It is called Car Home. It can be uninstalled with Titanium Backup, as I have done it on my G2x. You may need the Pro version though.
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Yes, I've done it on Titanium.
I've also removed the physical APK via root explorer.
I've also feezed the package through terminal.
IT DOESNT WORK.
It still comes back. I'm not going to argue with you, but I still get the "touch to disable carhome" in the notification bar sometimes.
Also, I know its still there as I get the 180degree rotation, and default speaker when I answer calls.
So annoying.... DISABLECARHOME seems to be the only thing that semi-works for me.
PS: After you "think" you uninstalled it, try getting a magnet and wand it near the camera glass on the left/right. The screen will light up and you will see a carhome logo on the top notificaiton bar... surprise!
h22aboi said:
PS: After you "think" you uninstalled it, try getting a magnet and wand it near the camera glass on the left/right. The screen will light up and you will see a carhome logo on the top notificaiton bar... surprise!
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I can't confirm what you are saying. I deleted Car Home in Titanium Backup (it was listed twice and I deleted both listings) and tried using a magnet all over my phone. No Car Home popped up at all.
Are you running ICS and if so which rom? I can replicate what h22aboi is saying exactly, so now I'm curious if it is an owain specific thing or is it something with ICS as a whole.
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Are you running ICS and if so which rom? I can replicate what h22aboi is saying exactly, so now I'm curious if it is an owain specific thing or is it something with ICS as a whole.
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Knights,
I'm running Eaglesblood ginger.
Same thing happened on weapon ginger as well.
I think the only thing I can do it take out carhome/launcher apk from the gapps when I install a new ROM.
I'm going with HFP soon and I'll let u know if that works....
(AndrewNY, I'm not sure if it's just my phone or not, but I've tried EVERYTHING.. trust me)
knightesarmor said:
Are you running ICS and if so which rom? I can replicate what h22aboi is saying exactly, so now I'm curious if it is an owain specific thing or is it something with ICS as a whole.
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I'm running burom (based on the stock 21Y), 2.3.4.
Sorry for bumping an old thread but...
For those of you who can't for whatever reason remove CARHOME app launching.... (myself included)
Reinstall a fresh ROM (after wiping everything), and when it comes time to install GAPPS, open the ZIP beforehand and delete the CARHOME and CARHOME LAUNCHER app in the zip folder. It should be under System/apps or something like that. Then flash the GAPPS.
I just upgraded to EB 2.8 (2.3.7) and wiped everything and installed the modified GAPPS.
I have had no ill effects of magnet turning on screen, carhome launching, speaker phone on during call answer, etc, etc....
I have seen countless questions asked about CARHOME and everytime, someone chimes in saying all they have to do is uninstall through (insert file manager/app manager here), but that NEVER seems to solve the problem.
Hopefully, this helps some people out.
Hello everyone. Updated to FP5, from rooted, stock, debloated FP1 and renaming apps to (.bak) remove them (in Root Explorer like I always do).
Got rid of all the usual suspects, but I'm having problems with Slacker Radio.
The problem:
The slackerradio.apk that appears in sys/app is no longer the functioning app for Slacker Radio on the Charge. Instead, it appears that com.slacker.radio-1.apk is the real app now, located in data/app. However, when I rename it with .bak, a generic black and white icon for it remains in the app drawer called com.slacker.gui. WTH!?
The services for Slacker are no longer running, but it would be nice to get rid of the damn icon entirely, you know? (Verizon bastards . . . )
Any thoughts greatly appreciated!
Have you rebooted yet..
Sometimes that will do the trick
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cujo6801 said:
Have you rebooted yet..
Sometimes that will do the trick
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Have rebooted several times with no effect. Never had an app icon remain after a rename/remove and reboot . . . perhaps I should add Slacker back, reboot and repeat the process over . . . weird . . .
Have you or are you planning to re-root it. Then you could freeze it with Titanium Backup.
stueycaster said:
Have you or are you planning to re-root it. Then you could freeze it with Titanium Backup.
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Had tried using TB in the beginning, but it got hung up during the freezing process (as it does occasionally when it's attempting to freeze something it can't) without ever finishing. That's what made me think to use Root Explorer . . .
Put Slacker back by removing the added .bak extension (I never delete anything). Then initiated a freeze with TB again, let it hang for five minutes or so, shut it down using the program monitor. Opened TB back up, and it showed Slacker as being frozen. Rebooted the phone, slacker icon gone, all well. Thanks!
Cool. Glad it worked out.
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