[Q] Epic 4G Unique SMS Force Close Issues - General Questions and Answers

Ok so I've been searching for a few days here, but haven't found anything exactly like this. I rooted my friend's phone for him about 3 months ago (Sprint Epic 4G). I flashed Thunderhawk and all went flawlessly. Great install, fast, etc. No issues. I did an initial nandroid backup then. Fast forward to 3 days ago. He has had his phone off for 3 weeks. Gets back, and can't retrieve any texts. Can't even open the Messages app. It just force closes. In addition, I had him download Handcent, and that force closes, as well. Here is what I've tried so far, to no avail -
1. Fix permissions
2. Wipe dalvik cache
3. Factory Reset
4. Wipe x3 (dalvik, cache, data) and reboot
5. Restore from initial nandroid backup back in November
The only things I can come up with left to do is to download a new ROM and try to flash that, but I'm at a loss. I figured doing a complete wipe and restore would fix it, but NOTHING has worked. Any recommendations?
Thanks.

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[Q]Home button not functioning

As posted in the gummy thread, I am experiencing my home button not functioning. Good news i narrowed it down. My roms are good and when fresh the home button operates normally. I have been up and down flashing left and right between GB and Froyo and the roms that overlay them. Titanium backup is the issue, or rather me backing up. yesterday I flashed to EE4 Eclipse pbj coming from GB NAMELESS Eclipse. I restored and that's where the problem showed. My dock went to just applications and none of my buttons worked except for holding power button. I booted to CWM and cleaned cache and wiped, i was left with a working fresh rom.... So now i have the same problem again when restored system i lost my home button, I filtered the restoration files too, only did contacts,mms and things along that line... My question what is the bad restore that i'm doing and how can i fix my current bad restore without losing everything?
thanks Jeff
I noticed that issue with earlier versions of nameless. perhaps it is something with that.
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although currently i'm not running nameless maybe it autobackuped up part of the system when NAMELESS was on my device. Restoring must change a file that isn't compatible with other kernels. If only i could pinpoint the restoration file that does it and get a fake file to replace it
So randomly after 2 manual starts I lost all the launcher icons and no longer have a lock screen. This occurred after I installed a boot animation app. changed my logo, execpt I restarted once and everything was intact. The second restart was where problems arises. Tomorrow im wiping and restoring apps only. Thanks for the help nitro
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Simple solution. Don't restore system data. Restoring system data can play havoc with your device when coming from and to different roms. Think about it, some of those system settings you are trying to restore might not even exist on another rom. Stick to restoring user apps, and select user app data, and then get practiced in redoing system settings after a wipe. You'll get used to it doing this over and over. It takes me only 20-30 minutes to go from completely wiped back to my usual setup.
Remember, when restoring data, less is more.
Yep thays what I was thinking. Purchased titanium pro now im back after factory reset not flash
tcollum said:
Simple solution. Don't restore system data. Restoring system data can play havoc with your device when coming from and to different roms. Think about it, some of those system settings you are trying to restore might not even exist on another rom. Stick to restoring user apps, and select user app data, and then get practiced in redoing system settings after a wipe. You'll get used to it doing this over and over. It takes me only 20-30 minutes to go from completely wiped back to my usual setup.
Remember, when restoring data, less is more.
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[Q] Can't access settings anymore - help needed

Hi,
Just got new Sensation XE - s-off'ed, rooted, all good. Downloaded AnTuTu had a look at and decided that I didn't know enough to go playing with things like the CPU so uninstalled about 5 minutes later.
Now the odd the thing is, I can't access the Settings anymore (HTC Phone ones) - can't do it from the apps menu/list or from the desktop shortcut - everything time it just brings me straight back to the homescreen with the clock on it. It's a bit weird.
I've turned the phone off and on again in good IT tradition - reinstalled AnTuTu (haven't touched anything, just opened and closed it) but again no joy.
I am getting a bit concerned as I'd really need to have access to the settings.
So, any ideas? I really don't want to have to s-on and sned back to Orange after only 48 hours.
Cheers
Paddy
You don't have to send something like this back. It's definitely User Error, I don't see that you tried to
a) wipe your phone
b) reinstall rom
My assumption is that you've probably deleted an important /system/ app and brokeded it! Just reflash the rom...
Well what you can try to do berfore wiping and flashing a new rom, try go into recovery and wipe cache and go into advance>wipe dalvik cache after that do a fix permission in recovery and reboot phone, it will take awhile to boot up due to wiping cache after try to go into settings again see if it works,
if it doesnt then do as stated about jus back everything up, a wipe/data reset and flash new rom

Legend 3 ICS Edition Update

Hi there. I currently am running the Legend 2 ICS Edition ROM for Infuse 4G. I just noticed there is a new update Legend 3 ICS. If I want to keep all my files and apps, do I just flash the Update file (instead of the Full Wipe file)? And do I need to go through the same process, clear cache, dalvik cache, etc.? Probably no need to wipe data and factory reset.
Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.
Yakusoya said:
Hi there. I currently am running the Legend 2 ICS Edition ROM for Infuse 4G. I just noticed there is a new update Legend 3 ICS. If I want to keep all my files and apps, do I just flash the Update file (instead of the Full Wipe file)? And do I need to go through the same process, clear cache, dalvik cache, etc.? Probably no need to wipe data and factory reset. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.
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I suggest do a full wipe, if you want to keep your app, "tibu" titanium backup is great and well worth app, buy it...I did and worth every dime. IMHO Tibu will and can backup your apps and restore them.
So I suggest get tibu, backup your apps, do a full wipe install Leg3 go back to Gplay download/install tibu back on, then use the program to restore your apps only in this case.
Plus tibu can do a full backup of your data & apps, say you find your DD but want to test other ROMs, use tibu to backup data & apps, go test the another ROM, and want to come back to your DD ROM, you can then do a full data & app restore...plus there are lots of YouTube vid on Titanium Backup app.
Yakusoya said:
Hi there. I currently am running the Legend 2 ICS Edition ROM for Infuse 4G. I just noticed there is a new update Legend 3 ICS. If I want to keep all my files and apps, do I just flash the Update file (instead of the Full Wipe file)? And do I need to go through the same process, clear cache, dalvik cache, etc.? Probably no need to wipe data and factory reset.
Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.
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You can do the update and keep your files, which is the reason for the update. Though, like Bigjoe says, a full wipe is always prefered, but not necessary.
Yakusoya said:
Hi there. I currently am running the Legend 2 ICS Edition ROM for Infuse 4G. I just noticed there is a new update Legend 3 ICS. If I want to keep all my files and apps, do I just flash the Update file (instead of the Full Wipe file)? And do I need to go through the same process, clear cache, dalvik cache, etc.? Probably no need to wipe data and factory reset.
Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.
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The reason why everyone suggests a full wipe is so that you dont potentially run into any problems after the flash. ie flash not working, or camera wont load... little things like that that make it hard to narrow down problems. One of the main things people are going to ask is did you wipe before you installed? It helps to eliminate and remnants of left over roms so that you dont have any issues with the new rom. Its called a Bad flash.
I hope i answered your question!
Thanks for all the replies! So whether it is the full wipe ROM or the update ROM, both go through the same procedure of booting into CWM first? I will try Tibu for app backup! :good:
Stuck at blue loading loop
Hey, I am new so bare with me, I just flashed this rom onto my Infuse 4g and it seems to be restarting itself and looping to the Blue Android/Dust loading screen. It seems to fix with a fresh install of the rom, but shortly starts after everything seems fine. Please help!
araidis said:
Hey, I am new so bare with me, I just flashed this rom onto my Infuse 4g and it seems to be restarting itself and looping to the Blue Android/Dust loading screen. It seems to fix with a fresh install of the rom, but shortly starts after everything seems fine. Please help!
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Try doing an odin or hemdall back to stock with partitioning, then flash the full wipe rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260
So I've been using your latest release (full wipe Legend v3) and I did factory reset, clear cache and dalvik cache, fixed permissions, etc. The phone is occasionally laggy now, usually when I open web browser it would stay on the white screen a several seconds. Sometimes, when I open my phone, it would stay on the black screen even though I never turned it off and it still has battery. So I had to long-press the button to restart. I've already rebooted and shut down numerous times but these problems still persist.
Also, bluetooth doesn't work for me. When I enable it from settings, the "Turn bluetooth on" checkbox stays unchecked and does nothing.
Should I reflash again? I did to a Titanium Backup to restore apps and settings... Any help is appreciated! Thanks.
turkish ?
i wonder if turkish is included or not ?
turnazurna said:
i wonder if turkish is included or not ?
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With any rom, you should be able to install More Locale 2 from the Play Store to get support for Turkish (and many other languages).
Yakusoya said:
So I've been using your latest release (full wipe Legend v3) and I did factory reset, clear cache and dalvik cache, fixed permissions, etc. The phone is occasionally laggy now, usually when I open web browser it would stay on the white screen a several seconds. Sometimes, when I open my phone, it would stay on the black screen even though I never turned it off and it still has battery. So I had to long-press the button to restart. I've already rebooted and shut down numerous times but these problems still persist.
Also, bluetooth doesn't work for me. When I enable it from settings, the "Turn bluetooth on" checkbox stays unchecked and does nothing.
Should I reflash again? I did to a Titanium Backup to restore apps and settings... Any help is appreciated! Thanks.
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My bet is the tibu restore of your settings is what is causing the issues, I've had problems and have known others that had problems when restoring system settings with tibu, especially if the tibu backups were done on another rom.
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My bet is the tibu restore of your settings is what is causing the issues, I've had problems and have known others that had problems when restoring system settings with tibu, especially if the tibu backups were done on another rom.
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I only started using tibu when I had Legend ICS v2 and then I immediately upgraded to v3 using the full wipe ROM. And then I restored all apps and settings. I'll try wipe and re-flash without restoring any settings in tibu. But honestly, I only wanted to backup my widget and screen settings (such as app shortcuts on home screens) but tibu didn't back that up.
Yakusoya said:
I only started using tibu when I had Legend ICS v2 and then I immediately upgraded to v3 using the full wipe ROM. And then I restored all apps and settings. I'll try wipe and re-flash without restoring any settings in tibu. But honestly, I only wanted to backup my widget and screen settings (such as app shortcuts on home screens) but tibu didn't back that up.
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I would try reflashing to stock, then reflashing the rom again, are you converting to ext4 at all or just using rfs?
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I would try reflashing to stock, then reflashing the rom again, are you converting to ext4 at all or just using rfs?
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I'm a noob so I don't know what those are. :laugh: But I've only flashed ZEUS final and then Legend ICS v2 and v3. Full wiped and cleared cache on all those flashes.
I've reflashed to stock and then back to Legend 3 without restoring anything. It is all better now, very snappy. The bluetooth can be turned on now but for some reason, it doesn't detect my Jabra headset no matter how many times I scan. But it detects my Macbook Pro...

[Q] Help!! No call/data connection on Verizon GSIII after flashing CM10.1-20121221

Hello XDA,
Sorry for the long post but I am desperate!
The first ROM I ever flashed was CM 10 M2 which ran well and went without any problems. For this I used CWM. I found a stable nightly early in December and decided to update. I also wanted to store my backups on my external however, so I switched to TWRP and created a new backup of my stock TouchWiz rom using TWRP then backed my CM10 M2 up just in case. I flashed the update without wiping the data (factory reset) but did wipe the dalvik cache. This worked fine; all my apps were still there as well as my background. So when GooManager told me there was a 10.1 update for my Rom I thought why not try it out. I figured this was a big update so I wiped dalvik and did a factory reset. After flashing I ended up in a loop of "com.android.something or other has stopped" which turned into "setup wizard has stopped". The homescreen would not load. Fine. Booted into recovery last night after this and reinstalled my latest backup of the nightly I had been using for about 20 days. Seemed OK but the "android activation" screen was taking forever so I pushed home, plugged my phone in and passed out. I Woke up this morning and tried to send a text but it wouldn't send. Tried to call and I couldn't. Now I have restored every recovery I had (Stock, M2, Nightly) multiple times and same problem except that in stock I get a roaming charge warning. I was sure returning to stock would solve this. Does anyone know what I can do? Im not sure exactly how to factory reset but am willing if thats what it takes.
Thanks a ton!
Pups
Try here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065285. It has worked for several people.

System interface is always crashing [Android 9]

Here's my problem :
Since 1 week, I keep getting this message. It appends right after I've put my SIM pin or right before I can unlock my phone.
It keep restarting, and crashing, and restarting...
Sometimes I have no problem and it works fine, but that's only if I have luck.
I tried wipe cache/dalvik.
I tried reinstalling the rom.
I installed another rom (I'm currently on Ressurection Remix 7.0.1, Android 9, Samsung Galaxy S6 international).
I would love some help here as I tried almost everything I could.
Thanks
Edorion
Edit : Seems like wiping only the cache and dalvik (not the data) is a temporary solution, as I will get the error back soon or late.
Edit 2 : Last "solution" isnt working anymore. I have done full wipe (data, storage, system, cache, etc...) and reinstalled RR 7.0.1, with and without root and still my phone is crashing. I'm trying to reinstall stock rom and see if this is from Adnroid 9 or because I damaged it (dropped on the ground)

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