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I have recently installed Manup's 2.1 rom. Works great. Then I installed Advanced Launcher (Home replacement app). I ticked "always use.." before testing it. Now the app FCs the whole time and auto starts permenantly. I cant do anything.
I thought it might be possible to boot into recovery, go to console and delete it or set it to not auto start, but I am not sure where to begin with this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
Nevermind, I just flashed again.
I tried to push the Launcher.apk from the rom's .zip to the phone and replaced it, rebooted, but it didnt work. I also found some xml settings, but didn't want to mess around too much with that.
I accidentally deleted my launcher application while messing around in Titanium backup. My phone was getting hung up on the Samsung boot screen when I tried to restart it. I have now tried a factory reset, and the phone now boots to a black screen, I can receive calls and texts but can't access anything manually. I tried installing from the web market but that is not working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciated....I am desperate.
Edit: Also I can't mount my phone for some reason x_x
rgrubb said:
I accidentally deleted my launcher application while messing around in Titanium backup. My phone was getting hung up on the Samsung boot screen when I tried to restart it. I have now tried a factory reset, and the phone now boots to a black screen, I can receive calls and texts but can't access anything manually. I tried installing from the web market but that is not working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciated....I am desperate.
Edit: Also I can't mount my phone for some reason x_x
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If you do a hard reset, you can restore the whole system. Deleting the launcher while booted in Android won't delete anything from the ROM and can be restored that way. But if you don't mind using a different launcher, you can load an apk of your desired launcher on the card and then find a way to get into any screen that will let you get to a file manager. Then you can install the launcher from the apk you loaded on the card. Mess around with the buttons and see if you can't pull up any screen that will eventually get to a file manager.
MartyLK said:
If you do a hard reset, you can restore the whole system. Deleting the launcher while booted in Android won't delete anything from the ROM and can be restored that way. But if you don't mind using a different launcher, you can load an apk of your desired launcher on the card and then find a way to get into any screen that will let you get to a file manager. Then you can install the launcher from the apk you loaded on the card. Mess around with the buttons and see if you can't pull up any screen that will eventually get to a file manager.
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I did a hard reset, but now it has the same problem - no launcher. It is just a black screen. I played around with it for a long while before coming here trying to figure out any way to get into any menus etc...but nothing.
If you had your device in debugging mode, then you can always download an alternative launcher such as launcherpro on your computer, put it in your platform tools directory and install it through adb. If you need further help with this post your comments and I will read them later and reply.
Sent from my cyanogenmodized Droid two global
If you had your device in debugging mode, then you can always download an alternative launcher such as launcherpro on your computer, put it in your platform tools directory and install it through adb. If you need further help with this post your comments and I will read them later and reply.
Sent from my cyanogenmodized Droid two global
P.s. if this helped press the thanks button
hard reset doesn't fix apps in system partition, so you can't restore without adb to push a new launcher.
Sent from myTouch 4G
rgrubb said:
I did a hard reset, but now it has the same problem - no launcher. It is just a black screen. I played around with it for a long while before coming here trying to figure out any way to get into any menus etc...but nothing.
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What process did you use to "hard reset"? And which phone do you have?
MartyLK said:
What process did you use to "hard reset"? And which phone do you have?
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Held down the volume down, call, and end buttons to boot into a menu where I selected factory reset. The phone that I am having these issues with is a Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept.
found a working solution for accidently deleted launcher in android phone
100 working
0) download launcher app from ur pc and place it in the root of mem card of phone and rename it as launcher.apk
1) press green button after switching on the phone
2) the keypad appears. now click contacts tab
3) try to send a msg to any one of the contact
4) the messaging service will now open
5) send any url from another phone to this phone
6) now clik inbox and then the url
7) the browser will open now.
8) type this url: "file:///sdcard/launcher.apk"
9) the installer now opens.
10) enjoy!!!
BY NEBURIZER...
Is the phone rooted?
Do you have a custom kernel with CWM recovery?
If you do, you should be able to install the launcher using cwm.
There's a specific forum for your phone in XDA. You might find answers there to.
Had same problem, now fixed
Although I have a g2x and I'm running a 2.3.4 rom, this should still work. I did the same exact thing to my phone. I had my wife send me an email (gmail) with a link to google in it. When I recieved the notification, I swiped down, opened email, clicked link, then searched "Go Launcher EX apk download". Once I found a good download for this launcher and downloaded it, I was good to use my phone again. Piece of cake
rgrubb said:
I accidentally deleted my launcher application while messing around in Titanium backup. My phone was getting hung up on the Samsung boot screen when I tried to restart it. I have now tried a factory reset, and the phone now boots to a black screen, I can receive calls and texts but can't access anything manually. I tried installing from the web market but that is not working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciated....I am desperate.
Edit: Also I can't mount my phone for some reason x_x
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Hey i'm a noobie but i have a 100% way on how to fix your problem i was once too in that situation and all i did was enter recovery mode (no cwm/twrp) factory reset 2x, clear cache 2x and "Rebooted" When i was in setup wizard it asked me to set up my gmail account. Wifi is recommended but 3G/4G is also fine. If on wifi it will not connect to google servers but instead give you the option to connect to wifi. Connect to your wifi and finish the setup. When your at the black screen you should get a notification for updates on the play store. Tap on it and it SHOULD take you to the play store. After that search the desired launcher you want. (ADW Launcher, LauncherPro, Go Locker etc.
Hi!
Apologies in advance, I don't know much about the workings of android, I just follow guides!
I'm trying out my first custom rom, namely gingerclone, and am having trouble getting all my apps back up and running...
Before installing the rom, I backed up all my apps and settings with titanium backup, so I could restore them much easier after the rom change.
Although when I tried restoring them, I had lots of force closes with titanium backup itself, and about half of my apps would immediately FC on opening and didn't have icons. I then uninstalled the problem apps manually in settings>applications, and tried installing via the market. For some apps, it worked fine, but for others, whenever I try to install from the market, my phone reboots when the download is done and it tries installing. Sometimes it won't even download and just gives me errors, and for some they will install, but will not launch, just force close. I've tried cleaning the dalvik cache with titanium backup, and deleting settings files for the problem apps from my sd card, so that as far as I can see, there is no trace of them. But still, random reboots whenever I try installing, or unopenable if I manage to get them to install.
Any idea what could be going on? Plenty of other apps have installed and are working fine, so I'm stumped.
Had the same exact problem trying to install apps with titanium backup.
what i did was just slow down and install each app one by one and wait for each app to completely install before trying to install the next.
trying to download all of them all and once always made my phone reboot like it does to yours.
well hope this helps!
Wel I ended up uninstalling them all and trying to install again from the market, but I can't even get them to install individually now. It seems like trying to restore the backup has put some rogue files somewhere and is messing it up when I try to install the apps...
I have no idea why, but everything has started working again, so problem solved :/
I don't know. That never happened with me
*****I'm a beginner ROM Developer, so don't forget to thank and donate*****
Phone: Sidekick 4G
ROM: FreshBlood ROM - Beta
Kernel: Bali 2.2 /w Voodoo
Yesterday after downloading and installing a sweet customizable homescreen "SPBShell" and used it, it kept asking me to buy the application from market which i didn't want to. Earlier this morning, i disabled it's access to the internet and stopped market from accessing the internet and had to uninstall GoLauncher EX and my default homescreen so i wouldn't be asked to chose a default homescreen each time i press my home button. So finally the new Launcher got on my nerve and i uninstalled it without installing a new launcher and then i restarted my phone, now my phone can't get past the SAMSUNG screen.
Sorry for the long message but i seriously need help_____ THANKS IN ADVANCED
I would download an apk for a different launcher (like adw or launcher pro), boot into clockwork go under mounts and storage and mount USB storage. (Assuming you have adb set up) push that apk to the /data/app folder with adb. Reboot and see if that works. Otherwise I would wipe data/factory reset if that doesn't fix it.
Hope I helped
AeroToxin said:
I would download an apk for a different launcher (like adw or launcher pro), boot into clockwork go under mounts and storage and mount USB storage. (Assuming you have adb set up) push that apk to the /data/app folder with adb. Reboot and see if that works. Otherwise I would wipe data/factory reset if that doesn't fix it.
Hope I helped
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Thanks but i wished you read through the post before, i said i can't get into the phone since the screen stops at the SAMSUNG after vibrating. It doesn't get to the HomeScreen
Do you have clockworkmod recovery on your phone? You won't need to get to the homescreen if you have clockworkmod recovery.
No i don't. DO i need it?
Im guessing you had a pirated version of spbshell? All you have to do is restore a nandroid backup in your recovery.
Yes, if you want to get your phone back to normal with all your data. You could boot into normal recovery and do a factory reset, but all your data would be gone. What is your phone model?
So you rooted your phone, didn't get a custom recovery, didn't make a nandroid backup, dowloaded pirated apps (which could have very well been a virus), deleted the stock launcher, deleted go launcher, and deleted spbshell?
I don't even know if he's rooted his phone lol
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I don't even know if he's rooted his phone lol
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You can't delete system apps if you are not rooted. And for his phone not to be working at all, the stock launcher had to be deleted as well. Unless he is using a ROM with golauncher as stock.
Ok guys am sorry for late reply, but my phone is back to normal.
Like i read people saying "Press up and down Volume button and boot into recovery", However, that didn't work for me. I got my phone back when it got to low batttery and showed my main screen before shutting down, so i had to keep the charger ready and when it showed the main screen again to shutdown, i plugged in the charger and since i had no homescreen but i have Advanced Task Killer running so i opened up my search and typed "My files" and reinstalled my default launcher and the phone is working now. I didn't know i have CWM in my system until right now as am trying to format my phone and it showed me the menu which i chosed what to do. Once again, Thanks for the reply and help
do you think is it neccesary to have it
kennyngo said:
do you think is it neccesary to have it
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Necessary to have what?
Alright this has happend a couple times in the past to and I did not think much if it. It has began happening again ever since I flashed the latest Mahdi ROM. Now it might be a problem with the ROM but It has happend with many other ROMs as well. I was wondering if there is some sort of fix...When I go to open the Stock Downloads application it always say "Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped working" now I can download everything fine but I just can't open the application. I tried going to the app and clearing the cache but that did not do much...any help would be appriciated.
Try reinstalling gapps
Hi,
Have you deleted or froze (with Titanium Backup for example) some system apps?
Because this has happened to me when I froze, don't remember exactly, some files like:
Code:
GoogleBackupTransport.apk
SharedStorageBackup.apk
BackupRestoreConfirmation.apk
And maybe one or two others..., sorry I can't be more precise because now I don't use DowloadProviderUI.apk (deleted), the stock download app if you prefer. Did you flashed the Gapps, if yes which ones?
Im gonna try and re install the gapps now, I did use bloatware remover to get rid of some apps. Im using the pa_gapps-modular-mini-4.4.2-20131230-signed gapps...
clear data for the app in the main phone settings, apps, all..