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Part of my touch screen does not work so when I go to install a custom rom with twrp I cannot factory reset delvik cache and all the other stuff. What can I do? I would use clock work mod but the roms I want to install need twrp. For example the ViperXL Rom says to install with twrp? Is there anyway to get viper installed on my phone? Is there something else I can use to clear the cache?
You should be able to use CWM to flash Viper, I think it's just a recommendation to use TWRP. I'd say give it a try.
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jluca98 said:
Part of my touch screen does not work so when I go to install a custom rom with twrp I cannot factory reset delvik cache and all the other stuff. What can I do? I would use clock work mod but the roms I want to install need twrp. For example the ViperXL Rom says to install with twrp? Is there anyway to get viper installed on my phone? Is there something else I can use to clear the cache?
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What version of TWRP are you using? Some of the older versions of TWRP won't work with the updated touch screen firmware, which you would have if you ran the 3.18 RUU or took the OTA JB update.
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You should be able to use CWM to flash Viper, I think it's just a recommendation to use TWRP. I'd say give it a try.
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Unless it's been changed, Viper won't install on anything other than TWRP. I tried to install it using Philz AdvancedCWM and it stops the install and prompts you to install TWRP instead.
Oh, I stand corrected then. Thanks for clarifying that.
It sounds like a hardware fault to me though, only part of the screen isn't working.
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What version of TWRP are you using? Some of the older versions of TWRP won't work with the updated touch screen firmware, which you would have if you ran the 3.18 RUU or took the OTA JB update.
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This is mostly likely the issue. It's a rather old version of TWRP that has this touch screen issue, so update to the latest (2.6) posted in Development.
I do have twrp 2.6 installed. The thing is that the touch screen under my status bar does not work in most apps but in some of them it does. This problem is occurring in twrp but when I play games that part of the touch works so I do not understand what is going on.
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This is pretty confusing, since you haven't given a lot of vital info, and didn't completely describe (as far as I can tell) the issue in your original post. First it sounded like touchscreen wasn't working in recovery only, now it sounds like its not working when the OS is booted also.
What ROM are you running?
What hboot?
Ok, so like I said, it's a hardware issue, it has nothing to do with touchscreen drivers. I think at the moment you only have two options:
1) Have your touchscreen repaired.
2) Use CWM (non touch) and flash something other than Viper. There are plenty of great ROMs available, now the official Sense 5 update has been released you'll see even more pop up. There's already a stock Sense 5 ROM by Turge, and MagioRom will have our own modded version released in the next day or so.
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Ok, so like I said, it's a hardware issue, it has nothing to do with touchscreen drivers. I think at the moment you only have two options:
1) Have your touchscreen repaired.
2) Use CWM (non touch) and flash something other than Viper. There are plenty of great ROMs available, now the official Sense 5 update has been released you'll see even more pop up. There's already a stock Sense 5 ROM by Turge, and MagioRom will have our own modded version released in the next day or so.
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Problem Solved. The Viper aroma installer actually has a feature that automatically clears the delvik cache. I flashed the ROM and all is working. Thanks for the help guys.
Also, to clarify my problem, my touchscreen has a spot on it that does not work in some apps and works in some apps. For example, I cannot click the install button in the Google Play Store (I rotate the screen to install apps.) but I can click in that same area in the lockscreen and get a touch reaction. This seems to me like a hardware issue because the affected area does not work in TWRP either, but then why does it work in some apps and in some locations of the ui?
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Problem Solved. The Viper aroma installer actually has a feature that automatically clears the delvik cache. I flashed the ROM and all is working. Thanks for the help guys.
Also, to clarify my problem, my touchscreen has a spot on it that does not work in some apps and works in some apps. For example, I cannot click the install button in the Google Play Store (I rotate the screen to install apps.) but I can click in that same area in the lockscreen and get a touch reaction. This seems to me like a hardware issue because the affected area does not work in TWRP either, but then why does it work in some apps and in some locations of the ui?
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because of the response area specified within the app. Chances are the ones that are working just have a larger area of response and therefore it recognizes within those confines. there are apps that test the touch screen try one to find out where you lose responsiveness
You are correct. I used the touch screen test app and that strip is completely unresponsive.
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You are correct. I used the touch screen test app and that strip is completely unresponsive.
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Hi I have the same issue with you, a segment of my touch screen is not responding but it's pixel is alright.. No dead pixels, only segment of screen not responding. The affected segment is in line with the send key in text message so I have to rotate everytime i need to send a text message in order to change the location of send key. What did you do in order to solve this problem? Did you bring it to HTC Service Center? Thanks!
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Hi I have the same issue with you, a segment of my touch screen is not responding but it's pixel is alright.. No dead pixels, only segment of screen not responding. The affected segment is in line with the send key in text message so I have to rotate everytime i need to send a text message in order to change the location of send key. What did you do in order to solve this problem? Did you bring it to HTC Service Center? Thanks!
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If what you're experiencing is a hardware issue, which it probably is, you need to replace the digitizer. Whether you attempt it yourself or get an experienced repairer to do it is up to you.
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Got the same issue as posted above but my touchscreen works perfectly in landscape mode (touchscreen test apps don't work here either but other apps do) while that silly strip still doesn't work in both recovery and booted OS, whichever recovery/OS installed, in portrait. Tried to find different touchscreen drivers but that thread seems to be deleted. I'll try an older firmware (2.14 seems to be the last one to have tp drivers inside).
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Firmware flash didn't help.
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Ordered new digitizer, I'll see when it arrives.
also ordered screen
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Got the same issue as posted above but my touchscreen works perfectly in landscape mode (touchscreen test apps don't work here either but other apps do) while that silly strip still doesn't work in both recovery and booted OS, whichever recovery/OS installed, in portrait. Tried to find different touchscreen drivers but that thread seems to be deleted. I'll try an older firmware (2.14 seems to be the last one to have tp drivers inside).
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Firmware flash didn't help.
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Ordered new digitizer, I'll see when it arrives.
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new screen did not help for me. how did the new screen work for you?
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new screen did not help for me. how did the new screen work for you?
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Did you change just the screen, or the screen + digitizer?
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changed the lcd and the digitizer but in two parts so not to run into broken digitizer issues in the future and need an assembly.
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changed the lcd and the digitizer but in two parts so not to run into broken digitizer issues in the future and need an assembly.
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Mine didn't arrive yet. Will probably tomorrow or early next week. Also ordered an lcd screen + digitizer combo just to be sure. Funny how stuff is cheap on ebay.
Moto Mouth said:
changed the lcd and the digitizer but in two parts so not to run into broken digitizer issues in the future and need an assembly.
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Ok, was thinking you had only changed the screen.
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I can not format your partitions in, because I do not work in the sensor recovery menu, I tried to reinstall all else fails Please provide help
Moto G 16GB, bought off Amazon.co.uk. Rooted and flashed 4.4.2 before it was pushed to the device (I think it was an image off US version, found it in these forums back when I got the phone). I've been getting a prompt to install some Motorola US update for a few weeks, it pops up every now and then, has gone away when I tapped "No, thanks" option. All was fine until this morning...this is a really weird problem.
I don't know if the phone updated itself overnight, but when I dismissed the alarm this morning I couldn't get past the lockscreen. I put in my lock code and the phone had the stock wallpaper, then cycled to black background, then back to stock wallpaper and then I got a pop up saying "Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped." and I was bumped back to the PIN lockscreen. Tried again, same thing. Now it doesn't even say anything about androidui, just cycles between black background and stock wallpaper and kicks me out.
Tried hooking it up to a PC and Mac, but neither recognized it and the phone appeared to be just charging. Power cycled it a dozen times by holding down the power button for about 6 seconds and I always end up with the same problem of not getting past the lockscreen. Every time I boot the phone now it says "Android is upgrading... Optimizing app 1 of 1". This is why I thought maybe I was pushed some incompatible US update?
Underneath it all the phone works fine, got the alarm this morning, received an SMS, answered a phone call. I can even get to the camera from the lockscreen. Is there any other options besides complete wipe and starting from the beginning again?
Probably OT, but I've always had trouble with the launcher quitting, no matter what launcher I'm using, on Moto G and the previous GNex.
Any help is appreciated, I'm bummed.
Hi,
i've today the same, exactly the same problem. It's strange, because i can't reset my phone to factory default, i went to the recovery menu, then "factory", but it only rebooted...
My "solution":
I reinstalled the original firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Then all works fine.. No matter why this error occurs.. an automatic firmware update? ..i don't know...
the exact same thing happened to me today out of nowhere and i'm about to leave on a trip, i'm so angry!
Jeez...well, looks like I'm not the only one. WTF happened? I left on a weekend trip too and I'm P.O.'d. I haven't been too religious with my backups either, that's why I was trying to find a way to back things up before wiping it all, but it looks like I'm out of luck. Guess a full wipe is in order.
hmmm i'm a complete dufus when it requires ADB, i've followed the procedures at the link but everytime i try to enter an input cmd says "mfastboot is not a recognized command"
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Jeez...well, looks like I'm not the only one. WTF happened? I left on a weekend trip too and I'm P.O.'d. I haven't been too religious with my backups either, that's why I was trying to find a way to back things up before wiping it all, but it looks like I'm out of luck. Guess a full wipe is in order.
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my phone wasn't even rooted, pure stock kitkat, i'm taking my heavy ass old notebook with me and will spend my days off trying to fix this **** it seems
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hmmm i'm a complete dufus when it requires ADB, i've followed the procedures at the link but everytime i try to enter an input cmd says "mfastboot is not a recognized command"
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Take a look:
c) If the firmware file you downloaded is a .xml.zip file then download Motorola Fastboot mfastboot-v2.zip (attached to this post) and extract the .exe into the same folder as the stock firmware files (the same folder as the .bin and .img files). If your firmware is a .tar.gz file then skip this step.
I'm debating if I should go ahead and restore the firmware OR wait for Motorola to right their wrongs!
a.monteiro said:
the exact same thing happened to me today out of nowhere and i'm about to leave on a trip, i'm so angry!
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Same situation....
ifishy said:
Take a look:
c) If the firmware file you downloaded is a .xml.zip file then download Motorola Fastboot mfastboot-v2.zip (attached to this post) and extract the .exe into the same folder as the stock firmware files (the same folder as the .bin and .img files). If your firmware is a .tar.gz file then skip this step.
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I... did that, but obviously not the correct way, i'm downloading the files on my note and will try again. Maybe I should unpack the firmware files at some specific place? The instructions said nothing about this so I did nothing.
zofari said:
I'm debating if I should go ahead and restore the firmware OR wait for Motorola to right their wrongs!
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Just reminded me that my phone is still within warranty, doing this restore may void it?
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I... did that, but obviously not the correct way, i'm downloading the files on my note and will try again. Maybe I should unpack the firmware files at some specific place? The instructions said nothing about this so I did nothing.
Just reminded me that my phone is still within warranty, doing this restore may void it?
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My phone is back working..at the cost of wiping out all my data.
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My phone is back working..at the cost of wiping out all my data.
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Guess this is the only way out of this, then. What a mystery... I wonder if this is the "Welcome to Lenovo" update 1.0 lol.
i'm getting a "missing AdbWinApi.dll" although i've installed all the applications required, any help?
edit: guess i also need the android sdk, right?
edit2: got it, just copy the dlls from the minimal adb directory into the firmware directory and it's good to go, just configuring my newly restored device, thanks all
I wonder why this happened? I was using google play store at the moment, updating the flipboard app...
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I wonder why this happened? I was using google play store at the moment, updating the flipboard app...
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I guess It's the problem of flipboard app!
My father's phone is also experiencing this issue, I can't even reset the phone to factory settings.
This occurred when I was also updating the flipboard app... seriously I'll have to RMA this...
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So I also have an issue where when you unlock the screen, it just locks back up (no android dialogue saying that com.android.systemui has crashed, but the same result).
I'm also unable to go into bootloader -> Recovery to factory reset the phone.
I stupidly tried to uninstall the flipboard app and reinstall it and it killed the phone... it's now stuck and quite annoying.
I'm 99% sure it's Flipboard.
Looks like others are having issues with Flipboard too
http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-g/391289-something-seriously-wrong-my-moto-g.html
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I solved the issue by following the instructions here:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/97329/p/30,6720,9050
how could a flipboard update screw android so badly? what a strange day
edit: they seemed to have pulled the update back or fixed it though, during my restore flipboard installed without issues
Holy S*** I'm in the same situation. It's definitely the Flipboard update that caused everything. Support just acknowledged me but never gave me any solution. I'm running ART and I think that was contributing the problem. It's terrifying knowing how a single app can completely ruin your phone!!
Anyway guys, is there anyway I can save my pics and stuff before I wipe my data?
Good detective work, I now remember updating the Flipboard app w/ bunch of others as well when things were still all good. Could this be remedied if Flipboard would manage to push a working update? I really don't wanna wipe everything, and I'm not sure I can.
Word from Flipboard (via Twitter):
"Flipboard does not support the experimental OS ART at this time."
Can anyone verify that the method posted by Unjustified Dev in this thread will work the the indicated phone model?
Rooted LG Lucky
I rooted using kingroot version 4.8.0 I could use the stock Rom have no download if anyone could help thanks. Its a straight talk lg lucky running 4.4.2 kitkat I'm no computer whiz and I couldn't figure out how or what I needed phone works fine . now I just want to be able to do a factory reset safely if need be only deleted stock apps that I don't use nothing important I hope.
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Can anyone verify that the method posted by Unjustified Dev in this thread will work the the indicated phone model?
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I have obtained root on the device today. Ive read that some were able to do it with kingroot on the older versions but all have had no luck on the version with software version L16CV11a and build number KOT49I.L16CV11a. Well i managed to root it today with a certain methid...will post up a guide later after ive written it out...may see if i can further the progress now that ive rooted it.
STOCK firmware??
i got an lg lucky and its stuck in bootloop does anyone know how i could get stock firmware to flash? it goes to factory reset menu but freezes as soon as it starts to do its thing... maybe not fixable??
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i got an lg lucky and its stuck in bootloop does anyone know how i could get stock firmware to flash? it goes to factory reset menu but freezes as soon as it starts to do its thing... maybe not fixable??
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Depends on if yourlucky was rooted and if you deleted files you should have
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REV3NT3CH said:
I have obtained root on the device today. Ive read that some were able to do it with kingroot on the older versions but all have had no luck on the version with software version L16CV11a and build number KOT49I.L16CV11a. Well i managed to root it today with a certain methid...will post up a guide later after ive written it out...may see if i can further the progress now that ive rooted it.
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I have the newer Model LGL16C/4.4.2/Baseband version M8610B-AAAANAZM-1.0.6060/Kernel version 3.4.0+/Build KOT49I.L16CV11a/Software version L16CV11a/"Lucky". Service provider is Tracfone, aka Crapfone. Attempts to root with Kingroot as well as Kingoroot failed, including several apps which claim to root your phone. I paid less than $10 US dollars for this phone and rooting it isn't high on my priority list, however rooting the damn thing has presented a bit of a challenge.
A working guide to rooting this phone would be great.
2k73 said:
I have the newer Model LGL16C/4.4.2/Baseband version M8610B-AAAANAZM-1.0.6060/Kernel version 3.4.0+/Build KOT49I.L16CV11a/Software version L16CV11a/"Lucky". Service provider is Tracfone, aka Crapfone. Attempts to root with Kingroot as well as Kingoroot failed, including several apps which claim to root your phone. I paid less than $10 US dollars for this phone and rooting it isn't high on my priority list, however rooting the damn thing has presented a bit of a challenge.
A working guide to rooting this phone would be great.
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Give me a few days to write it out...basically if you have the knowledge...what I did was run kingroot while plugged into PC...was a tad tricky but I'll get further into it later...took a few tries
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REV3NT3CH said:
Give me a few days to write it out...basically if you have the knowledge...what I did was run kingroot while plugged into PC...was a tad tricky but I'll get further into it later...took a few tries
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Hey mate,
I hate to be like a noodge, but would you be able to explain how you rooted? Would be so much appreciated.
REV3NT3CH said:
Give me a few days to write it out...basically if you have the knowledge...what I did was run kingroot while plugged into PC...was a tad tricky but I'll get further into it later...took a few tries
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PizzaMaster said:
Hey mate,
I hate to be like a noodge, but would you be able to explain how you rooted? Would be so much appreciated.
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Hey so i spent forever trying ro find a root that would work on this. Or a custom ROM anything really. Try going into McAfee Security, setting up an account, go to settings and disable the lock down device option. That was the problem for me at least McAfee was blocking any root from installing. From there i rooted my lucky with kingroot one click root. Hope this helps!
The Easiest Way To Root Your LG Lucky Without a PC
Easy way to install SuperSU on your LG Lucky
Just follow directions
Use KingRoot 4.5.0 app - google KingRoot apk all versions. Download and install apk.
Google replace kingroot with supersu. There will be a few sites popup, Mediafire is where the original .zip file is hosted. You can even search "how to replace/remove kingroot with supersu" here on XDA for more info.
Once you have downloaded the .zip file be sure to extract it to your INTERNAL sd, the script in the zip will not work from your external sd.
Open the extracted file and copy the mrw file to the internal storage, the path should look like /storage/emulated/0/mrw.
Now go to the play store, download and install Terminal Emulator. I use the one by Jack Palevich as it is only 551kb and easy to use.
Open the terminal emulator and type "su" in order to grant super user permission to the emulator,
On the next line type "/system/bin/sh - /storage/emulated/0/mrw/root.sh" and press enter.
Now the script will run and open up SuperSU automatically. Install binary when prompted with the "normal" option. Choose yes when it asks if you want to delete other superuser apps. (this removes kingroot).
Before rebooting phone, go into the settings of SuperSU and enable pro mode, change icon if you wish, enable survival mode, enable su during boot. I think you have to restart app at this point, can't remember as I did this months ago. Then restart the SuperSU app, go back into settings to Install SuperSU into system. Reboot phone,
When phone reboots, this is when Kingroot is finally uninstalled. Your phone will still be rooted with SuperSU. At this point you may wish to update SuperSU as this is version 2.46 and the newest version is 2.71 Beta. You can get the newest version of SuperSU from the thread here on XDA.
(thanks MrWolf for the script to make the change and thank you Chainfire for SuperSU, FlashFire, CF.lumen, etc...)
LGL-16C successfully (so far) rooted using Kingoroot.exe (latest version). Had to change from mtp to camera on USB then was recognized. Have SuperSU 2.72, SuperSU Pro, BusyBox Pro, and Xposed installed with Xblast and Lucky Patcher running. No custom recovery or roms available and I have searched hi and lo. Was a Net10 $15 phone with nothing to lose, so...will try more stuff out another day and post again.
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LGL-16C successfully (so far) rooted using Kingoroot.exe (latest version). Had to change from mtp to camera on USB then was recognized. Have SuperSU 2.72, SuperSU Pro, BusyBox Pro, and Xposed installed with Xblast and Lucky Patcher running. No custom recovery or roms available and I have searched hi and lo. Was a Net10 $15 phone with nothing to lose, so...will try more stuff out another day and post again.
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Until any source is made there will be no recovery or ROM and tbh I don't have the time to dig into it currently.. The positive with rooting though is removing the bloat
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Until any source is made there will be no recovery or ROM and tbh I don't have the time to dig into it currently.. The positive with rooting though is removing the bloat
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Hi. Could you tell me how you installed supersu after rooting with kingroot? Thanks
Well I have root and supersu installed but it won't update binary. Any help out there? Thanks
Hey everybody. I did it!! Just root with kingroot 4.5 and replace kinguser with super sume. Worked great. All kingroot stuff is gone!! Ive rebooted 3 times to make sure and all is good.
Well if anyone is interested in looking at the source code, lg support has downloads available for nearly every phone they've ever made.
http://opensource.lge.com/osList/list?m=Mc001&s=Sc002
The file for the LGL16C is on page 2. Every thing seems to be listed alphabetically so it's easy to locate.
I still have my lucky and actually use it often although I no longer have it activated.
@ cecnwv,
Thanks for the link. Using Ares 11 and got "IP banned for 6 hours,try again later" after dbl tppng yellow icon. I did something wrong. Not at my PC. (unfortunately)
Thanks for any enlightenment,
michaeltheclyde
Two 10a LGL16C Tracfones, one free (recon from Tf) and one new $14.95 @ eBay from Best Buy, rooted with everything that has Google in the name frozen (TB) but no image to restore. (twrp)
Has anyone made a complete backup of their system apps using Titanium Backup? Being that one can't use fastboot/download mode (this phone has it locked out and a special USB cable is required) so my backup options were limited. I thought I did a full backup with Titanium Backup, but apparently lost it as I only found a small partial one on my PC.
Issue is I had uninstalled some bloatware and integrated updates for a few apps. But after factory resetting the phone it is behaving a bit odd. The notification bar doesn't really work anymore (apps still able to use sound/vibration to make a notification, but nothing appears in the notification bar) and I am unable to call the phone because it never rings and it immediately goes to voice mail. So the phone app is borked too.
Plus soft button to the right of the home button (I forget what it's called) doesn't bring up the app history anymore so I can't close background apps. (the volume buttons also don't really do anything anymore. Normally using them causes the volume bar for ringtone to appear and if using a media app, the volume bar for media audio comes up instead. But now nothing happens).
The phone is in a pretty broken state and even doing app updates from Play Store doesn't work anymore. Was gonna try and look around if someone has some app/data backup of the system apps installed. This is a TracFone branded phone and is currently running Android 4.4.2 (Kernel version 3.4.0+). Which is the last Android update they made for this phone.
Perhaps there's a single service/app that is responsible for notifications/volume bar that is borked. But I have no idea which system app is broken so a full app restore is my next best option.
The first thing wrong I noticed after resetting it was that the intial setup screen would return everytime I rebooted the phone. (only way i could get that to stop was freezing it in Titanium Backup). So maybe related to that app somehow. I don't recall ever uninstalling/merging update data for that perticular app though so it's probably a side effect of a different app going haywire.
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Ok looks like I resolved the issue. I just removed the LGStartupWizard.apk then did a factory reset via Volume Down+Power button combo. It boots straight to home menu now and everything works. I guess the LG setup wizard thing got borked somehow. No more setup wizard but verious things like google account and whatnot can be configured manually via settings so no real loss.
All the missing things like the app history button, lock screen, notification bar, etc are now working as a result of resetting after removing LGSetupWizard.apk.
Apache Thunder said:
Has anyone made a complete backup of their system apps using Titanium Backup? Being that one can't use fastboot/download mode (this phone has it locked out and a special USB cable is required) so my backup options were limited. I thought I did a full backup with Titanium Backup, but apparently lost it as I only found a small partial one on my PC.
Issue is I had uninstalled some bloatware and integrated updates for a few apps. But after factory resetting the phone it is behaving a bit odd. The notification bar doesn't really work anymore (apps still able to use sound/vibration to make a notification, but nothing appears in the notification bar) and I am unable to call the phone because it never rings and it immediately goes to voice mail. So the phone app is borked too.
Plus soft button to the right of the home button (I forget what it's called) doesn't bring up the app history anymore so I can't close background apps. (the volume buttons also don't really do anything anymore. Normally using them causes the volume bar for ringtone to appear and if using a media app, the volume bar for media audio comes up instead. But now nothing happens).
The phone is in a pretty broken state and even doing app updates from Play Store doesn't work anymore. Was gonna try and look around if someone has some app/data backup of the system apps installed. This is a TracFone branded phone and is currently running Android 4.4.2 (Kernel version 3.4.0+). Which is the last Android update they made for this phone.
Perhaps there's a single service/app that is responsible for notifications/volume bar that is borked. But I have no idea which system app is broken so a full app restore is my next best option.
The first thing wrong I noticed after resetting it was that the intial setup screen would return everytime I rebooted the phone. (only way i could get that to stop was freezing it in Titanium Backup). So maybe related to that app somehow. I don't recall ever uninstalling/merging update data for that perticular app though so it's probably a side effect of a different app going haywire.
EDIT:
Ok looks like I resolved the issue. I just removed the LGStartupWizard.apk then did a factory reset via Volume Down+Power button combo. It boots straight to home menu now and everything works. I guess the LG setup wizard thing got borked somehow. No more setup wizard but verious things like google account and whatnot can be configured manually via settings so no real loss.
All the missing things like the app history button, lock screen, notification bar, etc are now working as a result of resetting after removing LGSetupWizard.apk.
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Awesome, this worked for me too, though the issue wasn't exactly the same. When I got the phone it had already been rooted with Kingo at some point and I noticed after resetting it that I had similar problems (it may have had the issues before the factory reset too, I just didn't notice one way or the other). Anyway, I was getting slightly different misbehavior. No recents key, yes, but also no response from the Home key. Pull-down notifications bar was mostly working, but with no visible notifications and I couldn't press the Setup "gear" in top right. My volume buttons and Play Store were fine, though, but I'd noticed that when I tried further factory resets (from the menu, not via hard reset) that it wasn't "really" resetting, as any downloaded files/etc. remained on the phone. I'd tried freezing LGSetupWizard already, but as you noted, that doesn't fix it for whatever reason. Deleting altogether does. Yay. I do wonder what the hell is happening during the root or reset that triggers this problem, though. It behaves as if Setup Wizard was just never completed, so you remain "locked out" of most of the same functions that are unavailable during setup normally. Oh well.
Anyway, as old ten-dollars-or-less type phones go, this isn't the worst I've ever used by a long shot. Heck, it's arguably better than a few other slightly bigger/newer/pricier crap-phones out there! (Looking at you, ZTE Legacy/Quest...) FWIW, I had "ripped" all of the APKs from /system/app and /priv-app for some reason back when I first got this thing, so if they'd be of use to anyone I'll be happy to upload all or individual files. Hell, if anyone can tell me how to do a full ROM dump I'd be happy to do that too, because there's definitely still no official stock image available online that I could find a trace of. (Granted, I don't know if there'd be any way to utilize a non-official backup image anyway or turn it into a flashable KDZ, but that's not my point...)
Thank you, I got my lucky rooted! I'm wondering if anyone ever found any custom ROMs or recoveries for this device. It seems like this was never popular for any of that, but thought I'd ask. Thanks.
01/10/2017
Recently I've attained a factory reset Samsung Galaxy s3. I just got it rooted and all my apk installed apps remain unaffected. However when i try to install an apk (unknown source installation activated) the package installer won't let me install anything. The install button is nonfunctioning but it isn't frozen as i have learned that when i get to the bottom of the permissions, it switches to install but yet it doesn't respond to touch. The cancel button still works though. I've tried to unroot but the app to unroot is apk so i can't unroot. I need help with this. If any more information is required I'll gladly provide.
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01/10/2017
Recently I've attained a factory reset Samsung Galaxy s3. I just got it rooted and all my apk installed apps remain unaffected. However when i try to install an apk (unknown source installation activated) the package installer won't let me install anything. The install button is nonfunctioning but it isn't frozen as i have learned that when i get to the bottom of the permissions, it switches to install but yet it doesn't respond to touch. The cancel button still works though. I've tried to unroot but the app to unroot is apk so i can't unroot. I need help with this. If any more information is required I'll gladly provide.
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Go to these guide and install apk using given methods
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2231949
Got a screen overlay or dimmer running? Try disabling that.
It's really weird, I know. But for some reason there's something in Android that doesn't like you clicking that button with an overlay running.
Actually that worked. I had no idea that was a thing. Thanks
Hi all!
suddenly the swipe left or right gesture on navbar broke, my screen does not resize anymore =(
i think it just happened after i downloaded a navbar related playstore app to change icons etc in navbar or view visuals in it.
i deinstalled the app later and then the gesture for one-hand-mode was broken i think.
i tried to fix it like in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFQt22hNG3Q
smthng like: activate magnifying glass, use it, deactivate it, one-hand-mode should work. it do not work.
Any help how to get this back?
i'm on (stock) emui 5.0 android 7.0 with magisk, systemless root and twrp
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PROBLE SOLVED, see Post 23 ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73480820&postcount=23 )
Reboot, tell us if it solves the issue
nLz_phone said:
Hi all!
suddenly the swipe left or right gesture on navbar broke, my screen does not resize anymore =(
i think it just happened after i downloaded a navbar related playstore app to change icons etc in navbar or view visuals in it.
i deinstalled the app later and then the gesture for one-hand-mode was broken i think.
i tried to fix it like in this video
smthng like: activate magnifying glass, use it, deactivate it, one-hand-mode should work. it do not work.
Any help how to get this back?
i'm on (stock) emui 5.0 android 7.0 with magisk, systemless root and twrp
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I have an app that customizes my nav bar but I can still use one-hand mode
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nLz_phone said:
Hi all!
suddenly the swipe left or right gesture on navbar broke, my screen does not resize anymore =(
i think it just happened after i downloaded a navbar related playstore app to change icons etc in navbar or view visuals in it.
i deinstalled the app later and then the gesture for one-hand-mode was broken i think.
i tried to fix it like in this video
smthng like: activate magnifying glass, use it, deactivate it, one-hand-mode should work. it do not work.
Any help how to get this back?
i'm on (stock) emui 5.0 android 7.0 with magisk, systemless root and twrp
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Make sure it is turned on in Settings > Smart Assistance > One-handed UI > Mini Screen View
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@Rommco05 @PalakMi
reboot do not solve,
wipe cache do not solve too...
maybe wike dalvik-/ART cache? where is it for?
i dont want to loose magisk.
and i dont factory reset...
i played in my mind to maybe flash stock system and hope thats it maybe brings the hidden option back?? then i dont loose anything, maybe just some options in settings, right?
nLz_phone said:
@[email protected]
reboot do not solve,
wipe cache do not solve too...
maybe wike dalvik-/ART cache? where is it for?
i dont want to loose magisk.
and i dont factory reset...
i played in my mind to maybe flash stock system and hope thats it maybe brings the hidden option back?? then i dont loose anything, maybe just some options in settings, right?
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I posted instructions above this post please see it and tell if u got it to work.
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PalakMi said:
Reboot, tell us if it solves the issue
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Rommco05 said:
Restart phone, but I think u do this if doesn't work... factory reset or before try wipe cache in recovery
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ayush rao said:
Make sure it is turned on in Settings > Smart Assistance > One-handed UI > Mini Screen View
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i was searching for such option, but i i did not see it... so i thought it was "allways on"
... look my screen, no such option =// ... u have same version?
nLz_phone said:
@[email protected]
reboot do not solve,
wipe cache do not solve too...
maybe wike dalvik-/ART cache? where is it for?
i dont want to loose magisk.
and i dont factory reset...
i played in my mind to maybe flash stock system and hope thats it maybe brings the hidden option back?? then i dont loose anything, maybe just some options in settings, right?
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Just make sure you backup your data even if it won't erase it, just to be safe in case something happened
nLz_phone said:
i was searching for such option, but i i did not see it... so i thought it was "allways on"
... look my screen, no such option =// ... u have same version?
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I have FRD-L04 and mine is full stock with no root and a locked bootloader.
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Reflashing stock firmware will solve the issue, I guess.
Just be sure to backup your data
ayush rao said:
I have FRD-L04 and mine is full stock with no root and a locked bootloader.
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
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okay, i see...
PalakMi said:
Reflashing stock firmware will solve the issue, I guess.
Just be sure to backup your data
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yea, before i unlocked bootloader and installed magisk i was on pure stock and installed this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.perfectapps.muviz
after i used it, took some settings, deinstalled it my mini-view was broken.. then i made factory reset and all was good again...
but now i have magisk and applied all my app and userdata backups from old phone.
... in the next days i try to flash system only and try to inform myself (and you ofcause) if flashing system partition will harm in any kind my files, settings, etc.
thanks guys so far.
maybe there is some other trick to bring this function back
nLz_phone said:
okay, i see...
yea, before i unlocked bootloader and installed magisk i was on pure stock and installed this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.perfectapps.muviz
after i used it, took some settings, deinstalled it my mini-view was broken.. then i made factory reset and all was good again...
but now i have magisk and applied all my app and userdata backups from old phone.
... in the next days i try to flash system only and try to inform myself (and you ofcause) if flashing system partition will harm in any kind my files, settings, etc.
thanks guys so far.
maybe there is some other trick to bring this function back
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Ok, we'll wait for your response
so, i managed to get myself to the "mini-view option screen" by entering the (from playstore downloaded) activity manager and there i startet the correct activity.
since my could not find this point in my settings i had to go that way.
see screenshot.
http://imgur.com/Q1Mxq42
so the function was enabled, is disabled and re-enabled it. nothing. still no swipe for mini-view
disable it, restart, enable, restart still does not work....
is there a way to find out why this is like that?
can someone maybe check the code, what this switch actually do to a system file, so maybe i can take a look inside mine and change -a number for example- by myself?
reflash anything to my phone is the last way i guess... that cant be the only option.
nLz_phone said:
so, i managed to get myself to the "mini-view option screen" by entering the (from playstore downloaded) activity manager and there i startet the correct activity.
since my could not find this point in my settings i had to go that way.
see screenshot.
http://imgur.com/Q1Mxq42
so the function was enabled, is disabled and re-enabled it. nothing. still no swipe for mini-view
disable it, restart, enable, restart still does not work....
is there a way to find out why this is like that?
can someone maybe check the code, what this switch actually do to a system file, so maybe i can take a look inside mine and change -a number for example- by myself?
reflash anything to my phone is the last way i guess... that cant be the only option.
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U can do that easily by swiping on middle button to recents button on navigation bar. Works on both sides.
gopinaidu77 said:
U can do that easily by swiping on middle button to recents button on navigation bar. Works on both sides.
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He mentioned that it's stuck (meaning swiping doesn't work for him)
But does the touch work on navigation bar?
PalakMi said:
He mentioned that it's stuck (meaning swiping doesn't work for him)
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you r right, the swipe does not work for me.
gopinaidu77 said:
But does the touch work on navigation bar?
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the touch works without problems.
i just think that the navbar-app i installed earlier somehow broke this feature for me.
i dont want to say "please guys (n girls) try this on your honor 8 and see if it breaks the feature on your phone, too."
i think the app changed some settings which were accessible without root-permissions and my honor 8 can't change these settings back...
but if someone maybe plans to backup his/her system.img and is free to try the app and if it breaks this feature it maybe help.
so that i can say if it is really the app fault.
maybe someone knows the file in the phone where the variables for the mini-view are stored to change/check it all manually?!
thanks so far
new info:
i extracted system.img from latest update.zip (update.app) and flashed it via twrp. after that i wiped dalvic and cache and booted the phone.
mhm.. nothing changed =/
all settings stayed the same, swipe to mini-view still not working....
anyone know in which partition the systemsettings are stored ?
I don't know in which partition they are.
I'll search
[problem solved]
problem solved!
i just got into
Settings>
advanced settings>
restore/backup>
reset all settings
not the nice way i guess, but it did the trick and now i'm able again to use mini-view (and have the slider back in settings again)