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Just about everyone is having trouble installing the official JH7 OTA update... except a very few!
Those people who successfully installed the OTA JH7 (and got the "system updated successfully" message), please help your fellow XDAers out! We could use a Nandroid / ROM manager backup of your updated firmware!
1) Root your phone (using One-Click Root)
2) Install "ROM manager" from the market
3) Flash Clockwork recovery using "ROM manager" (select Galaxy S Captivate)
4) Backup your current ROM using "ROM manager" (save this as my-personal-backup -- you don't want to share this one)
5) Perform a "factory reset" (to clear out all your personal stuff, under settings -> privacy)
6) Re-root your phone (same as step #1)
7) Re-Install "ROM Manager" from the market, and then REMOVE your Google Apps account from Settings->Accounts and Sync
7 Alternate) Re-install "ROM Manager" via side-loading using attached APK and Sideloading Wonder
8) Re-flash Clockwork Recovery (same as step #3)
9) Make another firmware backup, and save it as "JH7-OTA-Stock" (or something)
10) Share that backup with us! It saved it in your internal SDcard memory under clockworkmod/backup
11) Restore your "my-personal-backup" firmware with "ROM Manager" to get back to normal
This will allow us all to try out the update. Thanks for whoever steps forward!
EDIT: I have attached my Titanium backup APK for ROM Manager -- you should be able to side-load this for step #7 "alternate"
If they do this and set up their market again, won't it save their username and password?
Wouldn't side loading Rom Manger be a better option?
mmm_tacos said:
If they do this and set up their market again, won't it save their username and password?
Wouldn't side loading Rom Manger be a better option?
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Yes, good point.. does anyone have the ROM manager APK on hand to attach? I can get it, but if someone can attach it faster than I, go for it
This may be a dumb question, but does a factory reset restore the bloatware?
maximus-dev said:
This may be a dumb question, but does a factory reset restore the bloatware?
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I think so... but it would only be temporary. Once you restore back to your first backup, the bloatware would be gone again. Yes, the backup you share with us may have bloatware in it... but we have become very efficient at removing it
Does a succesful update mean having both PDA and Phone firmware read
I897UCJH7? I'm not sure how I achieved the PDA updating to JH7 since my update failed. I had to restart with Odin JF6 then to JH7, flashed Cognition and Voodoo Lag and was surprised that i have JH7 on the PDA and Phone.
jhego said:
Does a succesful update mean having both PDA and Phone firmware read
I897UCJH7? I'm not sure how I achieved the PDA updating to JH7 since my update failed. I had to restart with Odin JF6 then to JH7, flashed Cognition and Voodoo Lag and was surprised that i have JH7 on the PDA and Phone.
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Successful update is having the phone say "Update was successful" after it reboots. If it ever said the update failed, it didn't complete the update. It may have updated a few things (which you see in the "About Phone" section) -- but I highly suspect it isn't a 100% update and key things may be missing.
Nothing from me. Update is failed at 50% so I am not going to be trying again in hopes of keeping my phone unbricked. Sorry guys.
flashman2002 said:
Nothing from me. Update is failed at 50% so I am not going to be trying again in hopes of keeping my phone unbricked. Sorry guys.
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I get a fail at 50% too.. the only way I can think of us getting this update is either Samsung fixing it (which is unlikely anytime soon), or someone giving us a ROM manager backup.
I think that most of the people that are sent to this tread are newbies that may be scared of the "Root your phone" part of it. Can we attach the link that explains how to do it?
Just a thought.
That absolutely describes me! Haha. I'm totally willing to help out but nervous as hell to root/flash my phone as I have zero experience with that kind of stuff. I have been following xda for years now, by have never really done anything like that. If someone would be willing to help me out I might be able to do this.
Edit: I suppose it would have been helpful to mention that I did indeed have a successful update.
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Gr8Danes said:
I think that most of the people that are sent to this tread are newbies that may be scared of the "Root your phone" part of it. Can we attach the link that explains how to do it?
Just a thought.
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Ditto, I think the people who HAVE successfully updated through OTA are newbs (I don't mean that in a derogatory way) because if they weren't newbs, they would have already flashed a few roms, played with rom manager, and used odin..... which wouldn't allow their device to update.
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I think that most of the people that are sent to this tread are newbies that may be scared of the "Root your phone" part of it. Can we attach the link that explains how to do it?
Just a thought.
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I see what you are saying, as long as one of them speaks up we can help.
Gr8Danes said:
I think that most of the people that are sent to this tread are newbies that may be scared of the "Root your phone" part of it. Can we attach the link that explains how to do it?
Just a thought.
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Done (includes side-loading too!). We need to push more people over here
cpk86 said:
That absolutely describes me! Haha. I'm totally willing to help out but nervous as hell to root/flash my phone as I have zero experience with that kind of stuff. I have been following xda for years now, by have never really done anything like that. If someone would be willing to help me out I might be able to do this.
Edit: I suppose it would have been helpful to mention that I did indeed have a successful update.
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I added a link to Super Rooter Extreme on the first post -- this should get you rooted and allow you to "side-load" (e.g. install applications from memory, not from the market). Let us know, we will walk you through it!
cpk86 said:
That absolutely describes me! Haha. I'm totally willing to help out but nervous as hell to root/flash my phone as I have zero experience with that kind of stuff. I have been following xda for years now, by have never really done anything like that. If someone would be willing to help me out I might be able to do this.
Edit: I suppose it would have been helpful to mention that I did indeed have a successful update.
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Well if you have successfully gotten the update, look in the dev section and you will see a thread titled one click root by tgagruman. Download that zip, unzip. Put phone to usb debugging and open the galaxy one click root application. Click root and watch the screen. When your phone goes to recovery mode select reinstall packages and hit the power button. That will be it.
Next you can download the sideload wonder machine to install the rom manager apk on your phone. After that it is just making a backup through rom manager and making a zip to host.
Question. Why is everyone freaking out about this update is it not thesame as the jh7 put on samfirmware.com weeks ago?? If not what is the difference my dad has the same phone and i did the update for him today and it was successful. I told him i dont need it i already have it. Are they the same
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cpk86 said:
That absolutely describes me! Haha. I'm totally willing to help out but nervous as hell to root/flash my phone as I have zero experience with that kind of stuff. I have been following xda for years now, by have never really done anything like that. If someone would be willing to help me out I might be able to do this.
Edit: I suppose it would have been helpful to mention that I did indeed have a successful update.
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Same with me. This stuff is way over my head but I'd like to help after seeing the issues others are having. Unfortunately I'm just a dummy with a smartphone
phr00t said:
Done (includes side-loading too!). We need to push more people over here
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super rooter might be scary. I know I chose the most minimal method when I did it the first time...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
Download
Rename
boot in recovery...
and for sideload I used the manual editing of the settings DB method at the bottom of the link
http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_Sideload
just my humble opinion as a new captivate owner...
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My update was successful, and I am a newb. But ill give it a shot. I was rooted prior to the update, I still think I am... anyway to check so I can skip steps or do i need to start at the beginning?
Hi all , just joined xda-developers but i spend straight 14 hours trying to fix this DAMM photon q yesterday
all i got in the end is a normal boot after following this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001108
BUT at the startup , the screen comes like for a millisecond and then this " starting services" logo doesn't go at all...it just continues forever
any help would be appreciate .
Can you explain what your setup is, and exactly what you've done to get where you are?
For example, you were bootloader official unlocked, on CWM and asa-10, etc.
Thanks.
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Can you explain what your setup is, and exactly what you've done to get where you are?
For example, you were bootloader official unlocked, on CWM and asa-10, etc.
Thanks.
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bootloader is not qaulified for official unlock... and its my friends phone so he gave to me since he was unable to use it.. i thought i could give it life again.. so...i don't what esle info you want but i did EXACTLY what that thread told me to do... and still the that thing does not go ..
tune345 said:
bootloader is not qaulified for official unlock... and its my friends phone so he gave to me since he was unable to use it.. i thought i could give it life again.. so...i don't what esle info you want but i did EXACTLY what that thread told me to do... and still the that thing does not go ..
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Still doesn't tell me what you've done, what state the phone is actually in, etc.
I thought my question was pretty straightforward. Unless you provide more detail, I don't know how anyone will be able to help you.
Is this a stolen device? Why is it not qualified for the official unlock? Either way, how does that play into what's wrong with the device?
Did you have custom recovery on it? Give some details!!!
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Still doesn't tell me what you've done, what state the phone is actually in, etc.
I thought my question was pretty straightforward. Unless you provide more detail, I don't know how anyone will be able to help you.
Is this a stolen device? Why is it not qualified for the official unlock? Either way, how does that play into what's wrong with the device?
Did you have custom recovery on it? Give some details!!!
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i think i am a noob at explaining things but let me try again...i don't know the exact history of this phone , my friend gave it to me yesterday and its not stolen ... he paid his insurance every month but then who know what he did... i have no idea why its not qaulified for the official unlock probably because he bought a new phone on the same line so the company deactivated this phone..
ok so when i got the phone yesterday , the bootlocker logo appeared and i was unable to do anything ...then i installed CWMrecovery and it was successfull and then i installed every possible rom available online as far as i know but same thing happened with all of them ..... successfully installed , it reboots and little square thing saying " starting services..." and then it does not go away at all ... but at the same time i am able to bring the top menu ..and go to the settings and everything from there but i can't go to home screen since ...it is black and is occupied by "starting services.."
so finally i came accross this thread for master reboot and i followed it ....i installed TWRrecovery and made backup and then restored a backup providers by that guy ... i flashed new stock recovery after that... so following his thread , he told that if all went successful ... it will return to original stock
and now i am at the same screen as previous... " starting serivces..." my friend told me he tired to root it and he messed up really bad ..so i believe there is still some old files in the internal storage from previous rom versions.... but i deleted everything......wiped, data facotry reset and then
installed a clean backup provided by the thread starter...... and everyone else had success except me ...
i hope i answered your questions if not .. i would aprreciate if you tell me what exactly you want to know ..... thanks
i also tired every US ROMS from here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/asanti_c/list.php
and all of them showed " starting services.." after i installed them from sdcard using CWMrecovery.
we have full RSD lite backups now to restore a phone can be found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095536 i think some xml editing is required tho but it explained it in the thread. that will erase everything on the phone and restore it to complete stock minus unlocked bootloader
Rangerbry said:
we have full RSD lite backups now to restore a phone can be found in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095536 i think some xml editing is required tho but it explained it in the thread. that will erase everything on the phone and restore it to complete stock minus unlocked bootloader
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i tried that but m getting confused which commands to delete and how to delete them........because its in the zip
tune345 said:
i tried that but m getting confused which commands to delete and how to delete them........because its in the zip
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You have to extract the files and edit the xml file. And you use rsdlite on your pc phone connected thru usb to write it to the phone
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Rangerbry said:
You have to extract the files and edit the xml file. And you use rsdlite on your pc phone connected thru usb to write it to the phone
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ok i will do it right now...give me 1 minute
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ..... DUDE YOU SAVED ME FROM GOING INSANE lol ....thanks
its working now ... i did that yesterday but my dumbass was choosing the whole zip file without extraction haha...
but the questing is which is the lastest update for it ??
If you installed the asa-14 then it should be. Make sure you flash the right one dont flash the us cellular unless thats what you have
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Rangerbry said:
If you installed the asa-14 then it should be. Make sure you flash the right one dont flash the us cellular unless thats what you have
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asanti_c-user-4.0.4-7.7.1Q-6_SPR-125_ASA-10-11-release-keys-Sprint-US.xml
i installed that one... can i make over the air update on it ... and is this like stock rom ... everything will work ..hdmi ..wifi ??
tune345 said:
asanti_c-user-4.0.4-7.7.1Q-6_SPR-125_ASA-10-11-release-keys-Sprint-US.xml
i installed that one... can i make over the air update on it ... and is this like stock rom ... everything will work ..hdmi ..wifi ??
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You should be able to and everything should function its a complete stock just as sprint flashed it
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is there any other way around for bootlocker ...without official ??
Thank you so much Rangerbry.........
If you Flashed CWM and TWRP your bootloader is already unlocked
Rangerbry said:
If you Flashed CWM and TWRP your bootloader is already unlocked
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This.
Glad you got it workin with RSD lite.
Alright thank you .....all of you guys..
I meant to say remove the boot locker screen at startup ....
Another question is can i reactivate in sprint ?
tune345 said:
Alright thank you .....all of you guys..
I meant to say remove the boot locker screen at startup ....
Another question is can i reactivate in sprint ?
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For bootlogos: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873834
Reactivate in Sprint? What do you mean? Only Sprint can tell you whether the phone can be activated or not. Call them. Not sure why you would even worry about that if it's not stolen.....
Ok I think I will go in store and see what happens...
Ok I have this anither problem now....batteryy life is very short..I charged in the morning and after straight 3 hours.of use its out ..from 96 ,%
M looking into market ...can someone throw some light on battery calibration ...mine phone is not rooted
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Hey guys. me again................sadly. here's what happened. i placed a few custom roms on my sd card and tried to flash them unto my infuse 4G using the three finger salute with the factory wipe/cache wipe method. my phone is rooted(thanks a bunch to u guys) and i started getting E: signature verification failed or failed to verify the whole file with all of them. even my original update zip and recovery (3e). seemed just to not work. i rebooted and now i cant retrieve my backups,my wifi refuses to connect and continuous pop ups of whats not workin on my phone anymore are rampant....especially google play. even superuser even tho the app is there it shows errors as well. please tell me what to do to fix the problem......i really want to experience ics and jelly bean and im stuck wit gingerbread and it seems like i missed a step or a download somewhere. also recently my phones memory is being chewed up. jus like that i have 26,32 even 40 apps running. mind u i did not activate them......please help
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Hey guys. me again................sadly. here's what happened. i placed a few custom roms on my sd card and tried to flash them unto my infuse 4G using the three finger salute with the factory wipe/cache wipe method. my phone is rooted(thanks a bunch to u guys) and i started getting E: signature verification failed or failed to verify the whole file with all of them. even my original update zip and recovery (3e). seemed just to not work. i rebooted and now i cant retrieve my backups,my wifi refuses to connect and continuous pop ups of whats not workin on my phone anymore are rampant....especially google play. even superuser even tho the app is there it shows errors as well. please tell me what to do to fix the problem......i really want to experience ics and jelly bean and im stuck wit gingerbread and it seems like i missed a step or a download somewhere. also recently my phones memory is being chewed up. jus like that i have 26,32 even 40 apps running. mind u i did not activate them......please help
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sooo please tell me what going on right now, what is the state of your device, you are able to get into recovery correct? its not the stock recovery which is recovery 3e. it turns on but allot of the apps are not working. so since the signature verification failed, you are going to go to (this is assuming you have CWM NOT STOCK RECOVERY) install zip from sdcard then toggle signature verification, and try to reflash the rom you wanted and since the google play store isent working on your device you need to flash the gapps. it needs to be the version of android the rom you want to flash. (gingerbread roms dont need it but ICS and JB need it) just google gapps and look for the android version of what the rom is.
Trozzul said:
sooo please tell me what going on right now, what is the state of your device, you are able to get into recovery correct? its not the stock recovery which is recovery 3e. it turns on but allot of the apps are not working. so since the signature verification failed, you are going to go to (this is assuming you have CWM NOT STOCK RECOVERY) install zip from sdcard then toggle signature verification, and try to reflash the rom you wanted and since the google play store isent working on your device you need to flash the gapps. it needs to be the version of android the rom you want to flash. (gingerbread roms dont need it but ICS and JB need it) just google gapps and look for the android version of what the rom is.
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list of whats goin on:
wi-fi fails to connect.
update zip shows same message as other roms (signature verification failed)
google services is gone
recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.5-infuse .zip doesnt work
neaither do (DlevRom++Infuse Edition+1.2.zip,INFINITIUM-v1.1.1.zip,)
vcremoveboot-CWM.zip fails
i cant get into recovery,but how do u toggle signature verification? ive tried reflashing all the roms and the same thing happens.....
Skorpyo1983 said:
list of whats goin on:
wi-fi fails to connect.
update zip shows same message as other roms (signature verification failed)
google services is gone
recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.5-infuse .zip doesnt work
neaither do (DlevRom++Infuse Edition+1.2.zip,INFINITIUM-v1.1.1.zip,)
vcremoveboot-CWM.zip fails
i cant get into recovery,but how do u toggle signature verification? ive tried reflashing all the roms and the same thing happens.....
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Ah, this is a samsung phone, i thought it was htc,so are you able to get into download mode? if you dont know how to get into download mode, look it up for your phone specificly
Trozzul said:
Ah, this is a samsung phone, i thought it was htc,so are you able to get into download mode? if you dont know how to get into download mode, look it up for your phone specificly
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i do kno how. but my pc is currently down for repairs and this pc on work is protected. so most programs dont even open, like odin. i recently asked on this site about alternative ways of flashing and i was told about Odin mobile......but sadly my this craziness happened so i havent gotten the chance to do anything
Skorpyo1983 said:
i do kno how. but my pc is currently down for repairs and this pc on work is protected. so most programs dont even open, like odin. i recently asked on this site about alternative ways of flashing and i was told about Odin mobile......but sadly my this craziness happened so i havent gotten the chance to do anything
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Well for now Odin is the only way to fix your device if your able to boot into it
good luck!
ahhh how frustrating. hope you were able to get it fixed!
Skorpyo1983 said:
list of whats goin on:
wi-fi fails to connect.
update zip shows same message as other roms (signature verification failed)
google services is gone
recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.5-infuse .zip doesnt work
neaither do (DlevRom++Infuse Edition+1.2.zip,INFINITIUM-v1.1.1.zip,)
vcremoveboot-CWM.zip fails
i cant get into recovery,but how do u toggle signature verification? ive tried reflashing all the roms and the same thing happens.....
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Do you have ClockworkMod recovery installed or the stock 3e recovery?
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ProtheusIRC said:
Do you have ClockworkMod recovery installed or the stock 3e recovery?
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he is unable to get into recovery, when he gets his computer back, he will be able to know if he can get into download mode, please read before posting something that has already been sloved.
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he is unable to get into recovery, when he gets his computer back, he will be able to know if he can get into download mode, please read before posting something that has already been sloved.
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Before being a ****, make sure you know what I'm asking. I did not ask him could he get into recovery, I asked which recovery he had installed. Is there a block button for assholes like you?
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Before being a ****, make sure you know what I'm asking. I did not ask him could he get into recovery, I asked which recovery he had installed. Is there a block button for assholes like you?
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if you read again, he says he does not know which recovery he has. i was not being a "****" i was only informing you :/
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if you read again, he says he does not know which recovery he has. i was not being a "****" i was only informing you :/
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That's the second time you've insinuated I didn't read the thread. I can read perfectly well, thank you. At one point he let on he didn't know which recovery he had installed and then he let on he may have CMW. Unless you have something to actually contribute to this thread or a valid question, I'd appreciate it if we just don't communicate with each other. It's a waste of space, which drives up server costs and i don't much like you.
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That's the second time you've insinuated I didn't read the thread. I can read perfectly well, thank you. At one point he let on he didn't know which recovery he had installed and then he let on he may have CMW. Unless you have something to actually contribute to this thread or a valid question, I'd appreciate it if we just don't communicate with each other. It's a waste of space, which drives up server costs and i don't much like you.
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Look, im not Barking at you because you trembled onto someone im helping, i was just telling you and YOU yourself are being the "****". i am not insulting* you in anyway i was only telling you of the situation. i thought at first maybe we can help this guy together. now if your Going to have a fit, take it out on admins or mods, we should not be fighting on this persons thread.
okaaaaaaaaaay that was a bit weird. ok lets see how clear i can be. i roioted my phone using odin. superuser is there(but i cant tell if it works cause my wifi is not connecting whatsoever). basic phone functions(camera,music player,calling work fine) when i do the three finger salute i see 3e recovery. updates and roms are on my sd card but the verification halts any progress. its like the files are incomplete somehow i guess(just a guess). google framework shows an error pop up all the time...............should i reroot the phone,try to get cwm again or try another rom jus in case. any advice right now would be greatly appreciated. i recommend u guys to my friends and u helped me so much in the past. i jus wanna be back in the game makin all my android friends jealous and see what this baby can really do
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okaaaaaaaaaay that was a bit weird. ok lets see how clear i can be. i roioted my phone using odin. superuser is there(but i cant tell if it works cause my wifi is not connecting whatsoever). basic phone functions(camera,music player,calling work fine) when i do the three finger salute i see 3e recovery. updates and roms are on my sd card but the verification halts any progress. its like the files are incomplete somehow i guess(just a guess). google framework shows an error pop up all the time...............should i reroot the phone,try to get cwm again or try another rom jus in case. any advice right now would be greatly appreciated. i recommend u guys to my friends and u helped me so much in the past. i jus wanna be back in the game makin all my android friends jealous and see what this baby can really do
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Well we can try rerooting use the old method you used for now,
i'll try.....hope this work pc lets me load odin. i'll give u guys a heads up
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i'll try.....hope this work pc lets me load odin. i'll give u guys a heads up
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welp! odin and kies dont install on this pc. needs admin permissions.
Skorpyo1983 said:
welp! odin and kies dont install on this pc. needs admin permissions.
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did you right click and hit run admin?
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did you right click and hit run admin?
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yes i did. all it asks for is admin name and password. thats usually reserved for the guys in the IT dept
Skorpyo1983 said:
yes i did. all it asks for is admin name and password. thats usually reserved for the guys in the IT dept
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well your going to have to wait untill you have computer you have admin rights for.
Hello everyone,
I rooted my device ( LG Nexus 5) a few weeks ago, then I installed an app called "Cracked Play Store".
Until then, no problems. Then, bored by the new icon of the cracked play store (a yellow smiley on a bag) I decided to unistall the app and from then my Play Store is not working anymore . I'm very upset about this, I've searched all over the internet with no solution. I tried all possible things (clearing cache, disable the app,....) but none are working.
So I'm now asking to anyone a possible way to recover my regular properly working Play Store . I was also asking myself if it was possible to replace the play store install folder by a properly working one and if so could someone send me those files
Thank you in advance for the help
PS: I'm a french speaking, so excuse my possible mistakes
raptomic said:
Hello everyone,
I rooted my device ( LG Nexus 5) a few weeks ago, then I installed an app called "Cracked Play Store".
Until then, no problems. Then, bored by the new icon of the cracked play store (a yellow smiley on a bag) I decided to unistall the app and from then my Play Store is not working anymore . I'm very upset about this, I've searched all over the internet with no solution. I tried all possible things (clearing cache, disable the app,....) but none are working.
So I'm now asking to anyone a possible way to recover my regular properly working Play Store . I was also asking myself if it was possible to replace the play store install folder by a properly working one and if so could someone send me those files
Thank you in advance for the help
PS: I'm a french speaking, so excuse my possible mistakes
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trying to get apps for free i see? you know people work on those, put time into it. if you put time into making an app, how would you feel if people were stealing it?
anyways, boot into your recovery, wipe your dalvik. then boot up, and install a fresh play store apk.
simms22 said:
anyways, boot into your recovery, wipe your dalvik. then boot up, and install a fresh play store apk.
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Thank you a lot for your quick answer (PS: I'm only 14 that's why I can't buy apps and I know it's still bad of me to do so)
raptomic said:
Thank you a lot for your quick answer (PS: I'm only 14 that's why I can't buy apps and I know it's still bad of me to do so)
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let us know if that fixes the issue
raptomic said:
Thank you a lot for your quick answer (PS: I'm only 14 that's why I can't buy apps and I know it's still bad of me to do so)
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you have no cash money at all? you can buy the play store gift card and use it.. that's how i bought things on Apple before and Android
@simms22 : In fact I don't know hox to wipe Dalvik Cache bc it's not appearing into the recovery mod
@markdapimp : Thx I'll try this next time
raptomic said:
@simms22 : In fact I don't know hox to wipe Dalvik Cache bc it's not appearing into the recovery mod
@markdapimp : Thx I'll try this next time
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Which recovery you are using?
TKokab said:
Which recovery you are using?
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I'm using the basic one ( turn off your phone, launch it in quick mode and select recovery mode ). Thanks for trying to help me
raptomic said:
I'm using the basic one ( turn off your phone, launch it in quick mode and select recovery mode ). Thanks for trying to help me
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so how did you root? maybe you only unlocked the bootloader? if you are using the default recovery, then you could not have flashed the su binaries. you need to flash a custom recovery for that, either twrp or cwm recoveries. stock recovery doesnt give you an option to wipe dalvik, only custom recoveries do.
Just reflash the factory image and take it from there. We have no idea what this cracked play store may have modified, and simply clearing cache/dalvik may not be enough to reverse whatever it changed. In the future don't download warez, it's not not fair to the developers, and as you can see they can mess up your phone. If you want to download paid apps, you can get your parents to buy you store credit at the Google Play store.
simms22 said:
so how did you root? maybe you only unlocked the bootloader? if you are using the default recovery, then you could not have flashed the su binaries. you need to flash a custom recovery for that, either twrp or cwm recoveries. stock recovery doesnt give you an option to wipe dalvik, only custom recoveries do.
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He could have just boot in to custom recovery via adb without flashing it and use it to install superSU binary. I do it all the time. I'm rooted and running stock recovery right now. No offense, just clarifying it is possible..
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littlewonder said:
He could have just boot in to custom recovery via adb without flashing it and use it to install superSU binary. I do it all the time. I'm rooted and running stock recovery right now. No offense, just clarifying it is possible..
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truth.
thats how i used to get into the recovery if my old nexus one from powered off, since the power button was broken. id just fastboot boot from the bootloader instead of flastboot flash
Hey everyone thanx a lot for all your answers ! I'll try @BirchBarlow 's solution very soon and I'll tell you the results. About the app buying issue, I arranged with my parents thank you again a lot
BirchBarlow said:
Just reflash the factory image and take it from there. We have no idea what this cracked play store may have modified, and simply clearing cache/dalvik may not be enough to reverse whatever it changed. In the future don't download warez, it's not not fair to the developers, and as you can see they can mess up your phone. If you want to download paid apps, you can get your parents to buy you store credit at the Google Play store.
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Thank you a lot for this methods, it worked perfectly
Hey guys. I have been out of the Atrix scene for awhile. I remember that BMM was the ****, but the developers abandoned the project. has it changed at all within the past year? I have been using TWRP on my other phone and I love it. Should I still use BMM or should I move on? Thanks.
No update for BMM until now, but we're still using it to install most of ROMs at this time
Oh wow really? Whats new with it?
Sowden said:
Oh wow really? Whats new with it?
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Shameless self promotion :sly: :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2882280
1BadWolf said:
Shameless self promotion :sly: :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2882280
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ha ha ha ha I can feel your pain
Ok cool. And if I want to run a Kitkat on system 1 I shouldn't run the BMM play store app, correct? I've read that it tends to soft brick phones in those ROMs.
Sowden said:
Ok cool. And if I want to run a Kitkat on system 1 I shouldn't run the BMM play store app, correct? I've read that it tends to soft brick phones in those ROMs.
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Quite the opposite. It's the only recovery app that will flash KK ROMs. Just make sure you get this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.projectlense.bootmenu.manager
Yeah I've tried that. It gave me a "Wrong BMM busybox" error and soft bricked my phone. Luckily I did a full backup and was able to bring it back. Is there a way to get it to run under KK?
Sowden said:
Yeah I've tried that. It gave me a "Wrong BMM busybox" error and soft bricked my phone. Luckily I did a full backup and was able to bring it back. Is there a way to get it to run under KK?
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You don't need to reinstall it after you flash a custom ROM because the recovery files are automatically installed. But if you just want to have the app you just open it and when it prompts you to install the recovery files, don't do it. Hit the back button and the app will function normally after that.
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No update for BMM until now, but we're still using it to install most of ROMs at this time
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Well im still using it
Ah that did the trick. As long as I pressed "back" it didn't install and give me a "wrong busybox" error. Problem solved, thanks man.
Sowden said:
Yeah I've tried that. It gave me a "Wrong BMM busybox" error and soft bricked my phone. Luckily I did a full backup and was able to bring it back. Is there a way to get it to run under KK?
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It tells you it only works for BusyBox by Stephen and whether you'd like to go on ahead and try with your currently installed variant of busybox.