Hello I am having trouble with a HTC Sensation 4G for T-Mobile. I can not access the settings menu for the phone. I've done a factory reset and still no settings. I've tried access setting by pressing menu key at the home screen, via the notification bar, or in the app list. In fact setting doesn't appear anywhere on my app list. The device belongs to my cousin and from what he tells me the phone has never been rooted and the problem just appeared one day.
Anyone had this problem or knows away to fix it??
Thanks
first pull out the battery and reinsert, then boot into bootloader via volume- and press and release power button.
Then post the information displayed on the screen so that we can tell what had been doen to the phone prior to this problem.
Take a picture with another phone and upload it if you can and we will see what we can do from there to help you buddy! More info is more likely to bring you more support.
irrelephant said:
first pull out the battery and reinsert, then boot into bootloader via volume- and press and release power button.
Then post the information displayed on the screen so that we can tell what had been doen to the phone prior to this problem.
Take a picture with another phone and upload it if you can and we will see what we can do from there to help you buddy! More info is more likely to bring you more support.
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Here is the pic
Phone is indeed true stock. So that is good! Now factory reset from that menu... Volume down till its highlighted and power button to select. And skip phone set up, add no accounts and try settings menu.
irrelephant said:
Phone is indeed true stock. So that is good! Now factory reset from that menu... Volume down till its highlighted and power button to select. And skip phone set up, add no accounts and try settings menu.
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I've that before but I tried it again since you suggested it and still no settings. It's strange because everything else works fine.
Did you do it without syncing or adding any accounts? I was leaning toward you having some app that was messing with your phone... so even on the stock rom there is no app in the app drawer called settings?
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Did you do it without syncing or adding any accounts? I was leaning toward you having some app that was messing with your phone... so even on the stock rom there is no app in the app drawer called settings?
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Nope no settings in the app drawer. And no I did not sync it or add an account. By the way the phone is running gingerbread
bigphilly08 said:
Nope no settings in the app drawer. And no I did not sync it or add an account. By the way the phone is running gingerbread
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do you have a gtalk? this would move much faster if you did?
You can do a factory reset from within boot loader
jslim38 said:
Do a factory reset
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we have done that many times...he still has gb rom and is complete stock never modified the phone. tried the proper ruu and it throws an error. tried pd58img and no go via sdcard method, but about to push it via fastboot and see how it goes...
I was able to fix it.
I was able to use revolutionary.io to S-off the phone. After that I was able to use the ICS RUU to update the phone to ICS. Now the phone has a nice new update and the settings are back. Thanks for the help. Especially irrelephant
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First off: I'm an idiot. Ok, that's out of the way.
I rooted my Captivate, and installed Root uninstaller. Since I had been using ADW for a long time, I figured I didn't need twlauncher, and uninstalled it. First mistake. After doing this, I received a ton of Force Closes constantly for the process android.process.acore. Don't know what that is, but it sounds bad.
So... I figured I'd reset everything to the way it was. I backed up everything with Titanium Backup, and then did a factory reset. Second mistake.
Now, I still have no twlauncher, and I'm without ADW. No launcher, and no way to enable USB Debugging (that I can tell).
The phone boots up to a black screen. The Menu, Home, and Search buttons do nothing. All I can do is bring down the notification bar, and get to the phone dial pad through the emergency call button on the lock screen.
Please help. What are my options here?
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
And follow Step 1. Odin is in the 'Downloads' section just above.
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First off: I'm an idiot. Ok, that's out of the way.
I rooted my Captivate, and installed Root uninstaller. Since I had been using ADW for a long time, I figured I didn't need twlauncher, and uninstalled it. First mistake. After doing this, I received a ton of Force Closes constantly for the process android.process.acore. Don't know what that is, but it sounds bad.
So... I figured I'd reset everything to the way it was. I backed up everything with Titanium Backup, and then did a factory reset. Second mistake.
Now, I still have no twlauncher, and I'm without ADW. No launcher, and no way to enable USB Debugging (that I can tell).
The phone boots up to a black screen. The Menu, Home, and Search buttons do nothing. All I can do is bring down the notification bar, and get to the phone dial pad through the emergency call button on the lock screen.
Please help. What are my options here?
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it doesn't bring up option to use ADW if you hit the home key? Try bringing up your dialer then hitting home key.
Either way sounds like you are going to need to ODIN your way back to stock and start over (the link from the 2nd post)
Can you still get to the recovery menu? Either via the 3button method or the advanced power menu? (when you have the phone "booted" and you hold down the power button does it bring up your power menu and if so what options does it give you?)
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Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
And follow Step 1. Odin is in the 'Downloads' section just above.
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Checking that out now. Thank you!
flamadiddle said:
Checking that out now. Thank you!
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it almost sounds as if you deleted part of the framework vs. just the launcher app.
canadaboy37 said:
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
And follow Step 1. Odin is in the 'Downloads' section just above.
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This worked! Thank you SO much!
flamadiddle said:
This worked! Thank you SO much!
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For future reference, keep a copy or two of your favorite ROMS on your internal SD for cases like this. That way you can boot into recovery and just reflash your current ROM. That saves you from having to flash back to stock and have to see what Samsung and ATT made so poorly!
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For future reference, keep a copy or two of your favorite ROMS on your internal SD for cases like this. That way you can boot into recovery and just reflash your current ROM. That saves you from having to flash back to stock and have to see what Samsung and ATT made so poorly!
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hello!
i was given an android tab with 2.3.3 kernel 2.6.35.7 tablet(the brand is crypto, guess nobody knows it). the problems started because i am unable to download any kind of app from the market, either free or paid. then i followed many instructions and comments i saw in various forums etc, clearing cache of market, clearing any google account stuff etc. i want to change the google account i have and i am getting the message that this is possible only if i go for hard reset udner privacy submenu etc. i am going for factory reset, pressing the button..getting the shut down message and animation..the tablet shuts down..then i have to turn it on again, and everything is still there...no other updates are available for my tablet, i cannot downlaod any appz, i cannot get rid of the google account i have, i cannot factory reset..desparate..anyone has any ideas?
thanks...
What model is it?
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What model is it?
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you wont know it..the brand is greek but it is a galaxys tab like copy.. below are the specs of the model:
http://www.cryptoelectronics.gr/catalog/partdetail.aspx?partno=W003853
Did you flash any custom rom... or are you with the stock? ...
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Purely a guess, but turn it off and then hold down power and volume up. Keep holding it through the boot logo(s) and you may get a recovery menu where you can do a proper factory reset.
I'm a little bemused by a device that tells you to factory reset by going into the settings menu when you have forgotten your unlock password
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Did you flash any custom rom... or are you with the stock? ...
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nope, its the standard rom that comes with the tablet and no updates available.
thanks for the interest
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Purely a guess, but turn it off and then hold down power and volume up. Keep holding it through the boot logo(s) and you may get a recovery menu where you can do a proper factory reset.
I'm a little bemused by a device that tells you to factory reset by going into the settings menu when you have forgotten your unlock password
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i m not at home right now to check what you are saying will do that and post here again!
what do you exactly mean about forgotten unlock password? no passwords are being asked for factory reset under settings->privacy.
thanks a lot for trying help!
My Atrix 2 is all of a sudden freezing up on start-up.It goes through the Motorola Dual Core screen and th At&t Screen but as soon as it gets to the lock-screen it freezes,after a few minutes the screen goes dark and wont turn back on.I've pulled the battery countless times and it still wont boot up and work?
I am running stock and did not do anything or install any new apps today.I have no idea what happened.
Please any help would be great,I really need my pictures and videos.
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My Atrix 2 is all of a sudden freezing up on start-up.It goes through the Motorola Dual Core screen and th At&t Screen but as soon as it gets to the lock-screen it freezes,after a few minutes the screen goes dark and wont turn back on.I've pulled the battery countless times and it still wont boot up and work?
I am running stock and did not do anything or install any new apps today.I have no idea what happened.
Please any help would be great,I really need my pictures and videos.
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Tried a factory reset?
is that the only option?I need my pictures and notes.Is there a way to get it to boot up normally or is there a way to back my stuff up?
PassingThruLife said:
is that the only option?I need my pictures and notes.Is there a way to get it to boot up normally or is there a way to back my stuff up?
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Pictures and notes are usually on sd card and facrory reset let sd intact. You can try first only "wipe cache" from stock recovery maybe helps.
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is that the only option?I need my pictures and notes.Is there a way to get it to boot up normally or is there a way to back my stuff up?
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Also, you can take out your sdcard then flash or reset your phone.
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Still cant get it to work,have been using my old phone.
How do I do a "clean wipe".
If I turn it on ,it goes to the unlock screen but wont unlock and the screen goes black but if I call the phone it goes through and the dial screen works fine.
I really need to get this working as I need the texts I have sent and received as well as everything else.
Can anyone offer any help or advice?
Biggest mistake to ever get a Motorola phone,should have stuck with Samsung.
i think ur blur launcher is having problem or u deleted it by mistake.
If any expert here makes a flashable zip of any launcher, or u can install it by adb
At this point I would recommended to reflash back to factory 2.3.5 using the fxz, and the update over the air afterwards.
Remember to always have a backup and use CWM in boot!
Follow this link and look at the instructions on how to flash the fxz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
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My Atrix 2 is all of a sudden freezing up on start-up.It goes through the Motorola Dual Core screen and th At&t Screen but as soon as it gets to the lock-screen it freezes,after a few minutes the screen goes dark and wont turn back on.I've pulled the battery countless times and it still wont boot up and work?
I am running stock and did not do anything or install any new apps today.I have no idea what happened.
Please any help would be great,I really need my pictures and videos.
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Download "fxz" and "replace" files from Noob thread and flash it using rsd lite if its a software issue then it will be resolved if not i m afraid you will have to service it.
If you're using stock then you shouldn't have to FXZ your phone. With the phone OFF hold the up & down volume keys, and then press your power button. It should pop up the "Boot Mode Selection Menu" Release both the volume keys and then press the down volume once to highlight "Recovery." Then press the volume up button to start your recovery. Scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" using the volume down key and when it is selected press the power button. Then navigate to the "Yes -- delete all user data" using the volume keys (up or down) and press the power key when it is selected. After it has finished, it will show the first menu again. Then navigate to the "wipe cache partition" and follow the same steps as the wipe data/factory reset instructions. Once it goes back to the first menu after wiping the cache partition, then press the power button ("reboot system now" should be selected) and when your phone boots back up it will be like you just got it out of the box except you WILL still have all of your pictures and your videos.
Is there a way to get to my texts and call history?
I need those texts as they have numbers and things i do not have saved anywhere else.
Basically,is there a way to fix this problem without factory resetting is what im asking.
I will try anything,please.
PassingThruLife said:
Is there a way to get to my texts and call history?
I need those texts as they have numbers and things i do not have saved anywhere else.
Basically,is there a way to fix this problem without factory resetting is what im asking.
I will try anything,please.
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are you rooted? if so you can reset then get all of your data back (I can explain how if you are)
If not, do you have usb debugging enabled? if so you can do a temporary root, just enough to dump your system so you can reset then restore your data the same way
PassingThruLife said:
Is there a way to get to my texts and call history?
I need those texts as they have numbers and things i do not have saved anywhere else.
Basically,is there a way to fix this problem without factory resetting is what im asking.
I will try anything,please.
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Let's start here, try telling us exactly what happened and what you did to get yourself into this situation. For instance, are you rooted, running any custom roms, or are you on stock Android 2.3.6.? Which model of ATRIX 2: MB865 or ME865? Anything else you can tell us that you have done? The more information you can give, the better!
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Let's start here, try telling us exactly what happened and what you did to get yourself into this situation. For instance, are you rooted, running any custom roms, or are you on stock Android 2.3.6.? Which model of ATRIX 2: MB865 or ME865? Anything else you can tell us that you have done? The more information you can give, the better!
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this would all be helpful. as long as he has usb debugging on he can use the root exploit to open things up enough to try pushing a launcher and if that fails dump the system so that data can be restored
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Let's start here, try telling us exactly what happened and what you did to get yourself into this situation. For instance, are you rooted, running any custom roms, or are you on stock Android 2.3.6.? Which model of ATRIX 2: MB865 or ME865? Anything else you can tell us that you have done? The more information you can give, the better!
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100% stock.I have themb865.Only thing changed is I updated it when Motorola released that update,the one people said fixed the cam.
Here is a video of it,notice how long it takes to start up and when it reaches the screen,nothing happens.If I were to call the phone however it would work and I can receive calls.Also if I press the power button the screen wont turn back on unless I call it.It will run very hot as well.
Video of the problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yrpz17H7J8&feature=plcp
1. Can you try bringing it up without the SD card? If you can, the card may be corrupted, may be need to put to a computer for fsck.
2. Can you connect to it via ADB? Then there are ways (google for exact command syntax: adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases ... in fact pull out entire /data/data, you can extract all your contacts, sms, call log from there) to dump/restore your data.
Like i said a few posts up bud, follow the link i provided and flash the fxz. It will fix your issue. Your pics will remain on the sd card, but yes you will lose your texts. Your contacts are backed up by your google account.
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kousik said:
1. Can you try bringing it up without the SD card? If you can, the card may be corrupted, may be need to put to a computer for fsck.
2. Can you connect to it via ADB? Then there are ways (google for exact command syntax: adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases ... in fact pull out entire /data/data, you can extract all your contacts, sms, call log from there) to dump/restore your data.
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I tried to take the SD card out,same thing.The SD card I got in there now is a different one I popped in the phone so I dont misplace it.It's definitely not the SD card.
I am using an older phone,my contacts are not all there,infact most arent. I need my texts as there is numbers and info in there I cant lose.
I will try what you suggested,is there any other things I should do?
I should add,the last app I installed was that Lookout Security app.
I should have stuck with Samsung,never again will I get a Motorola phone.
Hi,
I need a help.
I have a phone LG VM701 (LG optimus slider) with virgin mobile.
I reset my phone and now I have no launcher and have a blank screen. I can only receive phone call or message.
To install a launcher I tried several things, but nothing worked.
When I got phone call, I went to contacts to add my Google account.
Then, I went to Google play on PC, to download a launcher automatically to my phone but my phone wasn't on the list of possible devices.
Then, I send me an email with attachment with launcher but there was no alarm on new email on status bar.
So that doesn't work too.
Next thing I did is making a friend to send an URL through message.
When I click the URL in message, the message program shut down.
(I was trying to connect internet app to download a launcher)
Then, I tried to use adb to install. When I connected phone to PC, I found there was no debugging mode.
I cannot type any thing because it simply doesn't connect to my phone.
I really don't know what to try next.
Help me if you know any other way to try.
How did you reset your phone? Is your phone rooted?
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Android311 said:
How did you reset your phone? Is your phone rooted?
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It is rooted. I held power button and volume button to do factory reset.
Before reset, I have deleted setupwizard. I guess it is causing this problem.
try to fxz a stoxk image
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First I would flash a new ROM
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First I would flash a new ROM
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I rooted with one click rooting or something. I did it a while ago.
So, I don't have custom recovery.
I cannot flash a new ROM..
ADB is always an option. If you do a search, there should be info about pushing a recovery image onto your device. Just as long as you have the latest drivers for your device, this should be possible.
aarsyl said:
ADB is always an option. If you do a search, there should be info about pushing a recovery image onto your device. Just as long as you have the latest drivers for your device, this should be possible.
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I try to use a program call 'adb made easy' and then found out it doesn't even connect to my phone.
When I connect other android device, it easily connect to the device.
Do you think it could be different if I try to do manually with adb not using some program?
Is there cwm for your phone?
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Hi, noob here.
I have the same problem, everything works (camara button, notifications bar, etc.) but I have a blank screen and can"t access anything that its not a shortcurt through the devices buttons (can"t access the menu).
Its a Droid x and I rooted it, i deleted some things with titanium backup (nothing that said launcher and i supposed that if I stayed away from the green ones there was no problem but I backed them up anyway) and think this is the problem, I tried to back everything with CWD but could not get it to CWM recovery mode so I uninstalled it....I was gonna give the phone to my gf but found out that I could not add accounts and could not change the main one so I reset the phone and here I am.
Is the problem that I messed my launcher? can I apply an update from the sd card in recovery mode from a zip file or do I have to use ADB? or is the problem something else entirely?
PD: Sorry if this are dumb questions and the long post, thanks in advance.
Bought this phone and didn't like it. Felt like my G3 was a better phone, so I went and bought myself the Note 5. Anyways....
I backed up everything from my G4 and did Factory reset. Now when I try to setup the phone, I complete the last step and I'm greeted with the "Unfortunately, LGSetupWizard has stopped" Message and then it returns to the first setup (choose language) screen. Just happens over and over. I just have this phone and don't know what to do. I really don't want to flash the PR stock file to my phone. Does anyone know of a solution or some sort of setup bypass?
Thanks in advance
do a hard reset, turn off the device, then hold volume down and press the power button until the lg logo comes up, release the power button and immediately press it again until you boot into the factory reset. Keep the volume down button pressed continuously until the factory reset screen comes up.
Yea, I tried that a while back but still the same problem...
tyiphius said:
Yea, I tried that a while back but still the same problem...
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Did you root before? replaced some app to system? I have this problem before cause of deodex home..but still can access it..
If you can reach wifi setting after start screen, try to pull status bar down...then go to setting>home screen>select home..
My advice is you have to reflash stock image but the problem will be MTP mode..
download sg usb mass storage enabler for access storage via pc..
Yes the phone was rooted.
I don't think I debloated by removing system apps. I think my problem might have came from using the debloated tool by gatesjunior. Though nothing of it when I reset the phone. If disabling the apps wasn't the problem then I guess I did go delete system apps.
But if I deleted Setupwizard, I wouldn't have the setup at all correct?
tyiphius said:
Yes the phone was rooted.
I don't think I debloated by removing system apps. I think my problem might have came from using the debloated tool by gatesjunior. Though nothing of it when I reset the phone. If disabling the apps wasn't the problem then I guess I did go delete system apps.
But if I deleted Setupwizard, I wouldn't have the setup at all correct?
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Its still has setup UI, because before this i've froze those app ..
try go to setting and select home 1st...from my previous comment
faizalotai said:
Its still has setup UI, because before this i've froze those app ..
try go to setting and select home 1st...from my previous comment
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Still nothing. I brought it to a ATT device support center and they'd replace it but there was non in stock, so ATT will send me one in 4 bussiness days.
The device center will swap out the phone if they can't fix it and once its under its 1yr manufacture warranty. You don't ATT mobile insurance either. I had my Note 4 swapped out by them in store before.
You should just have to reflash the system img and it would work.
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I had this problem too.. Couldn't find an answer short of flashing it to PR... After a loooooong time on the phone with AT&T tech support, finally did an RMA... Send the other one back this morning, I hope it doesn't come back and bite me later bc it was rooted.
I had serious thoughts of flashing an international system image to it so it could brick. But couldn't bring myself to do it...
I would however like to know what I did to get that.. I did just like the OP and did a simple factory reset. I did delete a few things from system manually, but that was mainly att stuff and Google books, magazines etc. I haven't rooted the new one yet bc now I'm skeptical on doing anything with this damn phone.
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It happened because system cannot access lg setup wizard apk, either its been delete or froze.
What do l do when my LG70 is showing unfortunately LGSetupWizard has stopped