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Can't Make or Receive Calls and Texts

My brother has had his Shift for over a month now and just recently it stopped making/receiving calls and texts.
The first day he got it, I rooted it (it had 2.2), put CM7 on it, and x99 kernel. This is the same setup my Shift, and my friend's Shift have.
Whenever he tries to make a call it says "Your authentication code could not be verified"
Should I hard reset this, call Sprint, un-root, or what?
Thanks.
PS: I rebooted it, and had it shut off for 30min before turning it back on. Should I do a battery pull? That would be slightly tricky since he has the Otter Box case on it.

You don't have to unroot. Just flash a Sense based Rom. Update your Profile and PRL. Then flash back to CM7. Don't Nand back when your done updating your PRL and Profile. That will just put you back where you were.

prboy1969 said:
You don't have to unroot. Just flash a Sense based Rom. Update your Profile and PRL. Then flash back to CM7. Don't Nand back when your done updating your PRL and Profile. That will just put you back where you were.
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Now when I flash a Sense ROM, I need to wipe the data and cache right? Update the stuff, then flash CM7, gapps, and kernel right?
Just wanna make sure.

doratheconquistadora said:
Now when I flash a Sense ROM, I need to wipe the data and cache right? Update the stuff, then flash CM7, gapps, and kernel right?
Just wanna make sure.
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Correct.. Do a full wipe, data/cache/dalvik (can't hurt to do it multiple times) Flash a Sense ROM and update PRL and Profile. Wipe EVERYTHING again and flash CM7, gapps and kernel.

Ok. So I downloaded the lastest Mik ROM
Wiped the data and cache. Used CWM to install Mik from the SD card.
Updated the Profile and the PRL.
Made a call to my Shift, rung once then gave me the same "Your authentication code could not be verified message again."
What do I need to do?

doratheconquistadora said:
Ok. So I downloaded the lastest Mik ROM
Wiped the data and cache. Used CWM to install Mik from the SD card.
Updated the Profile and the PRL.
Made a call to my Shift, rung once then gave me the same "Your authentication code could not be verified message again."
What do I need to do?
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While your still on a Sense ROM, call Sprint and have them refresh your device.

crump84 said:
While your still on a Sense ROM, call Sprint and have them refresh your device.
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Yeah that's what I'm doing now.

prboy1969 said:
You don't have to unroot. Just flash a Sense based Rom. Update your Profile and PRL. Then flash back to CM7. Don't Nand back when your done updating your PRL and Profile. That will just put you back where you were.
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+1. Right this is what i did when i was experiencing the same problem, and it worked..

kevowanj said:
+1. Right this is what i did when i was experiencing the same problem, and it worked..
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Yeah but it didn't for me :/ That's fine though, Sprint got his phone working again
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Well it's just one problem after another.
Text and calls work again. I wiped data and cache, then flashed the ROM, gapps, and the kernel.
But now the Wifi is broken...
Clicking on it just says Error.
Now what?

doratheconquistadora said:
Yeah but it didn't for me :/ That's fine though, Sprint got his phone working again
Sent from my Speedy with the XDA app
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Well it's just one problem after another.
Text and calls work again. I wiped data and cache, then flashed the ROM, gapps, and the kernel.
But now the Wifi is broken...
Clicking on it just says Error.
Now what?
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What ROM and Kernel are you using? Also, try rebooting and see if you still get the error with WiFi

crump84 said:
What ROM and Kernel are you using? Also, try rebooting and see if you still get the error with WiFi
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CM 7.0.3.1 and x99.
The same one my phone is using, and the one he was using before. I rebooted and it still just says Error.
I'm going to wipe data/cache, reflash the ROM. Reboot. Wipe cache and flash gapps. Reboot. Wipe cache and flash kernel. Reboot.
That should work then right?

doratheconquistadora said:
CM 7.0.3.1 and x99.
The same one my phone is using, and the one he was using before. I rebooted and it still just says Error.
I'm going to wipe data/cache, reflash the ROM. Reboot. Wipe cache and flash gapps. Reboot. Wipe cache and flash kernel. Reboot.
That should work then right?
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That should work, just when you do a full wipe the first time it's best to wipe a few times. Also, I usually let my ROM settle in just a bit before I flash a custom kernel.

This happened to me a couple of days ago. i was running Cyclonic 1.1. Here are the steps I did to fix it.
1. Made a Backup.
2. Wiped everything (except sd of course).
3. Flashed a sense rom.
4. Chatted with sprint and they fixed it.
5. Then wiped everything again.
6. And finally restored my ROM.
And everything is working fine now.

Is this the same as the "error 16" issue? My sister got a new shift about a week ago, I downgraded, rooted and flashed it to cm7 right away, and it was fine for a couple of days before not letting her call or text, just saying "error 16".
I called sprint, they did something on their end, then it worked for six hours before doing the same thing. I called them again, tech support said he forced a refresh on all the servers the previous tech hadn't, then it was fine again for a day before getting the same issue. Third call, fixed for twelve hours. During the second call I flashed to mikshifted, wiping everything very well beforehand, updated the profile and prl before sprint fixed it and I went back to cm7.
The fourth call fixed it again, but broke 3g data. Phone failed with error 16 again today and the lady at sprint, upon being told that it was running CM7 said that until I put the stock rom back on, it's going to keep having the same problem. I don't think that's right, or no one else would be able to run an aftermarket room. Any ideas, people?

Just flash the latest nightly.

Mystery solved on my error 16 issue, anyway. Turns out when I flashed the froyo engineering build downgrading from 2.3 to be able to root, I didn't realize it downgraded the radios. My super smart boyfriend figured it out, and newer radio has no problem now keeping authenticated with Sprint.
e: never mind, it worked for about two and a half days and then error 16'd repeatedly again. Flashed to x99's stock rom, we'll see what happens there.

What Did I Do Wrong?

Ok so I have Vahalla Final flashed through Odin as my first ROM on this phone. Everything has been great for a few days and I flashed the lighting tweak today with no issues. Just a little while ago I made a backup and flashed the Linda voices and the Ki3 modem bc I saw where the KJ6 didn't allow long text messages. When I flashed the modem some blue words popped up really zoomed in on another screen then it was done. The phone was laggy so i tried to delete everything and restore like I had done numerous times on old phone.
I did a factory reset then cache then tried to format system. These are all steps i used to successfully take on other phone. It won't let me format the system though. Says: "format_volume failed to mount "/system" error formatting system!"
Where did I go wrong? Am I supposed to do some more wacky things on this phone for a restore? Everything else on it seems to take 20 more steps

aburn95 said:
Ok so I have Vahalla Final flashed through Odin as my first ROM on this phone. Everything has been great for a few days and I flashed the lighting tweak today with no issues. Just a little while ago I made a backup and flashed the Linda voices and the Ki3 modem bc I saw where the KJ6 didn't allow long text messages. When I flashed the modem some blue words popped up really zoomed in on another screen then it was done. The phone was laggy so i tried to delete everything and restore like I had done numerous times on old phone.
I did a factory reset then cache then tried to format system. These are all steps i used to successfully take on other phone. It won't let me format the system though. Says: "format_volume failed to mount "/system" error formatting system!"
Where did I go wrong? Am I supposed to do some more wacky things on this phone for a restore? Everything else on it seems to take 20 more steps
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CWM versions prior to those in bhndven's Slightly Modified Stock kernels have a problem with mounting/unmouting the /system partition in GB. I believe you can backup and restore user data, but nothing on the /system partition.
Flashing the KI3 modem shouldn't have had an effect like you're describing, though. I can't say I've had an issue like that at all or heard of people having that issue after flashing the modem.

stephen_w said:
CWM versions prior to those in bhndven's Slightly Modified Stock kernels have a problem with mounting/unmouting the /system partition in GB. I believe you can backup and restore user data, but nothing on the /system partition.
Flashing the KI3 modem shouldn't have had an effect like you're describing, though. I can't say I've had an issue like that at all or heard of people having that issue after flashing the modem.
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So everything should run fine after trying the actual restore of my backup even though i couldn't format the system? I have a backup but don't want to restore over data that wasn't deleted or whatever. If that's possible.

How the hell do i know which modem to use anyways? There's like 10 to choose from

Uh yeah I forget it tries to format system anyways when restoring... and it couldn't. So what do i do? Re-flash the GB starter pack way through Odin?

aburn95 said:
Uh yeah I forget it tries to format system anyways when restoring... and it couldn't. So what do i do? Re-flash the GB starter pack way through Odin?
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As for the modem, I'm using KI3 on mine. You already did a factory reset so you should be able to just re-flash Valhalla.

Trying now. Does Vahalla automatically change all the mounts that the other roms require changing before flashing?

aburn95 said:
Trying now. Does Vahalla automatically change all the mounts that the other roms require changing before flashing?
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I'm not sure about that one. Definitely go check the original Valhalla post to make sure you don't have to set the mounts.

Guess you don't have too. I'm using it now. thanks for the help

aburn95 said:
Guess you don't have too. I'm using it now. thanks for the help
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No worries. Good luck

Hey I still have an issue. I reflashed Vahalla through CWM and it was fine at first all the way through setting everything up like it was before. Ran smooth. I went to the market this morning and checked for updates and Google Search, Maps and Superuser updated. Phone started acting really laggy again. Scrolls really slow, pulls up GO Launcher menu slowly, etc.
It seems to me that the re flash installed over the existing data that was left on the phone since i couldn't format my system.
My new question is, what's the best way to re do everything including formatting the system if I can't format through CWM? If I flash through Odin does that format everything? Or am I better of just going through the whole GB Starter Pack process again?? Or will that even work now since i've already done it?

aburn95 said:
Hey I still have an issue. I reflashed Vahalla through CWM and it was fine at first all the way through setting everything up like it was before. Ran smooth. I went to the market this morning and checked for updates and Google Search, Maps and Superuser updated. Phone started acting really laggy again. Scrolls really slow, pulls up GO Launcher menu slowly, etc.
It seems to me that the re flash installed over the existing data that was left on the phone since i couldn't format my system.
My new question is, what's the best way to re do everything including formatting the system if I can't format through CWM? If I flash through Odin does that format everything? Or am I better of just going through the whole GB Starter Pack process again?? Or will that even work now since i've already done it?
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Did you restore your previous apps are do fresh installs?

Restored w titanium..... ugh.. Flashing a new zip doesn't wipe anything right? Just installs over whats already there right?

aburn95 said:
Restored w titanium..... ugh.. Flashing a new zip doesn't wipe anything right? Just installs over whats already there right?
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If you flashed and "it was fine at first all the way through setting everything up"...
try reflashing as you did before. Do fresh installs on as much as you can ONE AT A TIME. And then restore ONE AT A TIME what you can't do fresh installs on. It sounds like one of your backups is not agreeing with the system. Install/Restore ONE AT A TIME and play with phone between each to see if you can determine which backup your system is not agreeing with.
Did that make sense??
EDIT: And make sure to wipe dalvik cache and cache partition before you reflash as is always recommended.

stephen_w said:
No worries. Good luck
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If you flashed and "it was fine at first all the way through setting everything up"...
try reflashing as you did before. Do fresh installs on as much as you can ONE AT A TIME. And then restore ONE AT A TIME what you can't do fresh installs on. It sounds like one of your backups is not agreeing with the system. Install/Restore ONE AT A TIME and play with phone between each to see if you can determine which on your system is not agreeing with.
Did that make sense??
EDIT: And make sure to wipe dalvik cache and cache partition before you reflash as is always recommended.
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Yeah it makes sense thanks. I will do this despite how impatient I am (see where that got me). I'm just got spoiled on another phone that was way way easier to work with. Weren't as many options to screw up either.
Any suggestions on how I can get my system to format for future reference?

I feel like it's Go Launcher for some reason. In cased you missed it though, I didn't start having lag issues until I flashed the Ki3 modem and linda voices one after another. I have a good backup but I can't format system to restore it.

aburn95 said:
Yeah it makes sense thanks. I will do this despite how impatient I am (see where that got me). I'm just got spoiled on another phone that was way way easier to work with. Weren't as many options to screw up either.
Any suggestions on how I can get my system to format for future reference?
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I have never formatted my system nor read anybody wanting/needing to format their system. A factory reset is what people use to clean the gremlins along with wiping dalvik cache and cache partition. Bhundven has recommended flashing the same rom twice in a row I believe to help make sure all installs correctly (I think he was talking about bootloaders when he recommended that).
But a factory reset is what I think you are trying to accomplish with formatting your system.
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aburn95 said:
I feel like it's Go Launcher for some reason. In cased you missed it though, I didn't start having lag issues until I flashed the Ki3 modem and linda voices one after another. I have a good backup but I can't format system to restore it.
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I use GoLauncher on Vahalla Black with no problems. I think it has to do with your backup... not the app itself.

I wiped caches, did factory reset, tired to format system again with no luck and accidentally restarted before re-flashing Vahalla. Which, I guess I didn't really need to do anyways if it's an App causing the issue. I guess the factory reset would be enough. Smooth again so i will try some fresh reinstalls now. Thanks for the noob patience

lumin30 said:
I have never formatted my system nor read anybody wanting/needing to format their system. A factory reset is what people use to clean the gremlins along with wiping dalvik cache and cache partition. Bhundven has recommended flashing the same rom twice in a row I believe to help make sure all installs correctly (I think he was talking about bootloaders when he recommended that).
But a factory reset is what I think you are trying to accomplish with formatting your system.
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I use GoLauncher on Vahalla Black with no problems. I think it has to do with your backup... not the app itself.
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Ok cool. In another phones forum a system wipe is actually suggested a lot. I think... I did it every time on the G2x before installing any new roms or backups. I wasn't doing it at first but started after someone suggested it. But yeah I think the factoy reset is enough. Seems to be enough so far.

aburn95 said:
I wiped caches, did factory reset, tired to format system again with no luck and accidentally restarted before re-flashing Vahalla. Which, I guess I didn't really need to do anyways if it's an App causing the issue. I guess the factory reset would be enough. Smooth again so i will try some fresh reinstalls now. Thanks for the noob patience
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I am a noob too. No worries. Vahalla Black is solid. Backups are tricky. Fresh installs are the way to go.

[Q] Can't flash any ZIP files with ClockworkMod

I was going to install openOptimus on my Optimus One, so I made a backup, wiped mostly everything then partitioned the sd card (512MB ext and 0MB swap) and transferred the backup and the rom back to my sd with an adapter. Then I went to install the zip, but it delivered this message:
E:Can't open /sdcard/update-openOptimus-build-2.202.1-thunder-ciaox-signed.zip (bad)
Installation aborted.
I tried redownloading the zip, which didn't work, so I tried a different one which also didn't work. So I gave up and tried restoring, but that didn't work either. Now I have a phone with nothing to boot into but CWM, and no way to install anything new. I have no idea how to fix this and my phone is useless until I do, so what should I do?

It looks like you'll have to start from scratch again. Use the kdz updater. And download the stock firmware for your phone. When you re-root the phone, make sure you reformat your sd card (slow format) before anything. Then you have the absolute latest version of clockwork installed. The same thing happened to me but with a couple reboots it seemed to read my card. But if this isn't the case for you, then google up those items and start allllll over.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA

Thanks for the answer, I appreciate it. But how can I get kdz updater to work on my phone if I can't get past clockworkmod?

Seems simple, but you might also want to try another card. I have to admit to having annoyed myself more than once by not checking to make sure an SD card was in fact good BEFORE driving myself crazy trying everything else.

Doesn't sound good... Redoing all that isn't fun either..

Try downloading the ROM using another web browser on your computer just in case the download gets corrupted.

Its pretty simple..there's a button combo to get into emergency mode!! Google it because I forget lol. Then just update it through kdz while its in emergency mode...all fixed
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA

Btw when u get your phone up and running. Hit that thanx button
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA

Thanks a ton, I thought it was done for. Got stock back, rerooted and hopefully it'll work when I update CWM and try to install a custom rom.

Okay, flashing the same rom I was trying before is not working. Same problem. Restore is working now, so at least I won't have to use kdz again. Any possibility that I need a specific CWM to flash the current version (2.202) of openOptimus? Cause I have the latest CWM, but openOptimus was last updated in August.

qs96 said:
Okay, flashing the same rom I was trying before is not working. Same problem. Restore is working now, so at least I won't have to use kdz again. Any possibility that I need a specific CWM to flash the current version (2.202) of openOptimus? Cause I have the latest CWM, but openOptimus was last updated in August.
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Haha! Grrrreat! your up and running again! When you get a chance check out some of my vids on youtube.....xavicivic
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Haha! Grrrreat! your up and running again! When you get a chance check out some of my vids on youtube.....xavicivic
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Oh and as for that. Flash the latest version. Ummm check the website or get rom manager. It should be there. Before u install the rom. be sure you wipe data, cache, dalvick cache and your good to go from there

sudden constant reboots and less internal memory?

Ive been running the same CM7 nightly for a while ( current version in sig)
and a few weeks ago upgraded to a 32GB micro SD.
everything seemed fine for weeks until last week. I have been getting random reboots and now it reboots and stays sluggish for about 1 min then reboots again. it doesnt have time to load all my apps so i cant titanium backup and USB wont connect.
as far as memory the external card reads 32 but internal reads 5 with 62mbs left, I thought it was 8gb?
Im not sure what happened as I didnt change anything. I wanted to finally update the rom and it started going crazy today

decided to reboot to recovery and install the latest nightly on top of everything. if that works Ill back up settings & apps and factory reset before i try again.
I wish this damn phone would just work and stay working, if its not one thing its another.

If just flashing the new nightly doesn't work I'd recommend wiping it completely and reflashing everything from a clean slate. It's a little more work but it should fix the random reboots and the sluggishness. As for the loss of internal space, that's usually a custom ROM issue. I don't think I've had all 8 gigs of mine available since my G2X was running stock (which was quite a few ROMs ago)
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And a lot of ROMs will also just mount the remaining space under a separate internal SD paritition.

ehafling said:
If just flashing the new nightly doesn't work I'd recommend wiping it completely and reflashing everything from a clean slate. It's a little more work but it should fix the random reboots and the sluggishness. As for the loss of internal space, that's usually a custom ROM issue. I don't think I've had all 8 gigs of mine available since my G2X was running stock (which was quite a few ROMs ago)
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And a lot of ROMs will also just mount the remaining space under a separate internal SD paritition.
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that was the plan, just flashed long enough to get it stable to back up apps & settings. I always wipe cache ect between nightlies and always full wipe between different roms or major build changes. this time I didnt change or do anything and it just starting going crazy.
flashed the newest nightly and was better but not long enough to backup. had to delete a bunch of apps to get some memory back. which again is odd because I had plenty before and havent installed any new apps.
at any rate I have been using my old N1 with an early CM7 rom and its fine. about to wipe and flash the G2X now. BTW I haven't searched yet but is the newest base band flashable to the CM7 roms yet? i really dont want to flash a stock rom ect

Sounds like its your phone and not roms, and yes cm7 rc3 and the 5-27 nightly are okay with the latest baseband. you have to use a lg tool or OTA to change basebands though.
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Spoo76 said:
BTW I haven't searched yet but is the newest base band flashable to the CM7 roms yet? i really dont want to flash a stock rom ect
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Basebands can only be updated with LG's software (which checks for a stock ROM), just do a Nandroid backup of your current ROM, download a stock Nandroid backup, restore to it, run LG software update to get new BB, then nandroid restore your ROM, wipe caches, and flash latest CM7 nightly. Guide links are in my signature.

mt3g said:
Sounds like its your phone and not roms, and yes cm7 rc3 and the 5-27 nightly are okay with the latest baseband. you have to use a lg tool or OTA to change basebands though.
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Im still not sure what it was, but it seems fine now.
I flashed the latest nightly on top.
got it stable enough to titanium backup recent MMS ( so handy for work!)
restore to factory.
wipe internal SD ( which I haven't done in a while )
I knew the roms worked with the new baseband, just thought it was flashable from recovery with a file. I thought that's how i got the july 15.
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Basebands can only be updated with LG's software (which checks for a stock ROM), just do a Nandroid backup of your current ROM, download a stock Nandroid backup, restore to it, run LG software update to get new BB, then nandroid restore your ROM, wipe caches, and flash latest CM7 nightly. Guide links are in my signature.
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Thanks! I didnt even think to use a Nandroid
BTW I just noticed the in CM settings the "use internal storage" check box.
I just rebooted after clicking it. seems this just swapping internal memory with internal SD?
EDit, after reboot it looks like it just swaps the default location for the "store to SD" feature. I was hopping it was like Apps2SD was on my N1
Thanks again everyone. Haven't been that frustrated with android in a while. usually I don't get problems until i mess with something.

Well the phone is running smooth other than when in a call. speaker & mic don't seem to work. both work for other apps. also happened when i flashed on top, but after I wiped it was fine until work today. still on the baseband from the 15th. wont have time to try the new one till tomorrow

Nexus 5 slow down!

Hi,
recently i have noticed my Nexus 5 acting strangely. A couple of tasks have become very slow while the rest of the phone is fine.
Taking pictures normally is fine but when I try to take a HDR now it will take one, take an age to process it and will lock up the camera in the mean time.
Also taking a screenshot takes an age, first theres a delay then it takes long for it to save.
Finally when i come out of an app to the home screen's there is a 2-3 second phase where all it shows is the wallpaper and nothing else.
Other general use and using apps etc seems fine. Iv tried restarting but noting changed.
Anybody else having similar issues? any solutions to this.

Easiest fix is probably just backing up your apps and data with titanium backup and clean flashing the firmware again. Should weed out any troubles.
And give you a fresh clean start.
Just don't erase your internal SD.

yh your probably right, by clean flashing the firmware, do you mean factory reset.
I haven't rooted etc

TurkzZ said:
yh your probably right, by clean flashing the firmware, do you mean factory reset.
I haven't rooted etc
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You can try factory reset.
But I actually meant flash the firmware with fastboot.
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If you have custom recovery, you can also try just wiping cache and dalvik cache first.

@KJ you silly you don't need a custom recovery to wipe cache/dalvik

Sandman-007 said:
@KJ you silly you don't need a custom recovery to wipe cache/dalvik
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I've never used stock recovery on any device for anything. Lol
But good to know. ?