So I bought a new unbranded xperia Z1 compact. This even has a chinese sticker in front. Also, it had some chinese apps like one to watch tv and those anime things. I rooted it and installed Ti backup. I selected option "Integrate updates of system apps in rom" and all my google apps stopped. I had the marvelous idea of uninstall google play and reinstall it, but nothing happened. After that, I tried to downlload Google play services. Succeed... Or not? When opening Gmail it said my phone wasn't compatible with Google play services. I searched for mymstock rom to flash it back and get everything back to normal, but even thought I have been all day looking for it, nothing happens. Can I get it back? With that rom, I could update ota and those things. Thank you.
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My phone is bricked now... Yes, bricked, not even a light. Now what?
Hi,
Unfortunately there is no section for your device, you will need to ask for help here...
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
You may need to contact the manufacturer for original firmware and Flashing instructions to get back up and running.
Good luck!
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Below is my recent drama with technology. I would really appreciate any help or guidance anyone has for this poor novice. Thank you in advance.
Here is my story:
My first android experience was my xperia m2. With a bit of playing about I rooted it (using towelroot), installed super user, xposed, donkey guard and a bunch of other modules. As you can imagine for someone who is a novice and has no clue about coding, flashing, roms, ftf's, bootloaders, fastboots, anything like that. So I was quite pleased with myself that I could block permissons with donkey guard, and the look of my phone with gravity etc....
All was going well when I kept getting a "You have a system update" message telling me that a system update to 4.4 is now availible. So I allow it to install but it wouldn't work. So I figured that its because the phone is rooted, so I did a factory reinstall, flash whateveryou call it using sony pc companion. Once finished I tried to root again using towelroot but that didn't work, so I hunted all over the net to find a way of routing the m2 with 4.4 but wanted to avoid unlocking the bootloader as everything pointed towards that not being a good idea if you don't know what your doing. Nothing that I have found so far I can understand. So thats why I am wanting my old 4.3 back. I Was happy with it, but when I use pc companion to flash, it keeps putting the latest 4.4 software on which I cant seem to root easily (ie. 1 click solution).
Also, I bought an xperia Z2 tablet (SGP511 - 17.1.2.A.0.314) a few weeks ago and as you know they come with 4.4 as standard. i quickly found a 1 click root method, rooted the tablet the installed superuser, busybox, then xposed and donkey guard etc.
I activated donkey guard and other modules in xposed and restarted etc.
I found that donkey guard would not work, nor would most of the other modules. One more thing that I found was that whenever I would shut down the tablet it would boot straight back up again and had to use the force off button next to the sd card to turn it off. So I flashed it again and went through the whole procedure again thinking that maybe I hade done something wrong, but got the same result. I did find out though through ellimination that the shut down issue was being caused by donkey guard being active, so if I deactivated it in xposed no more reboots. I thought that theproblem was with donkey guard and went though the donkey guard forum, but later dicovered that other modules are not working too. So I am not sure if the problems the tablet, 4.4 software, xposed, or something totally different, but all I know is that I was happy when everything worked on the m2 with 4.3, hence why the thought of a downgrade (if I can do it) of the M2 and not sure what the hell to do with the tablet.
Please let me know your thoughts
All the best
Hi,
You can ask for help in your device section here,
> Sony Xperia M2 > Xperia M2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!
Greetings form South Africa!
This is my first post on this forum, so apologies if this is in the wrong section!
Needless to say I am a complete novice with android so I do not know where to start with troubleshooting.
I am in bit of a bind here. As the title suggests, I think I need to do a completely fresh install of Android 4.4.2 on my Prestigio SPS 5508 DUO.
Some Background:
I have rooted my phone with KingoRoot and for the last round used the Titantanium Backup app to uninstall the default Message app and The preinstalled office suite 7.
After that my Google news stand app stopped working with a message saying it stopped working.
I decided to do a factory reset, because I thought it might resolve the issue... That was a mistake it seems.
When My phone rebooted after the factory reset, everything was messed up. the setup wizzard keeps crashing. and I get error messages from almost all the google apps.
The Problem:
I have not backed up anything, so there is nothing to fall back on.
My question now is, is there a way to do a fresh install of the Android OS along with the needed drivers? - same as you would do when formatting your pc: fresh install of windows, install the drivers, then move on to the programs you use.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
EDIT: On the Prestigio site I have found a firmware update download, maybe something inside here can help? I wanted to post a link but apparently I don't have enough street cred!
Go to prestigio dot com and then go to the PSP5508 page and you will find it under support and firmware
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I'm having a big issue right now. Basically, I rooted the le pan, got rid of a bunch of apps including system apps since I didn't expect having to do a factory reset, and then removed the root permission. I wanted to download a firmware update, but I was having issues with connecting to the update server, so I did a factory reset without thinking. I ended up removing two very important apps, being the stock launcher and keyboard. Now, the homepage is just a black screen, and I can't type anything. There's seemingly no way for me to either get into the play store, since I have to type in my credentials, or any way to retrieve the stock apps. I haven't seen a single download for the stock firmware of the Le Pan Mini, and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm having a big issue right now. Basically, I rooted the le pan, got rid of a bunch of apps including system apps since I didn't expect having to do a factory reset, and then removed the root permission. I wanted to download a firmware update, but I was having issues with connecting to the update server, so I did a factory reset without thinking. I ended up removing two very important apps, being the stock launcher and keyboard. Now, the homepage is just a black screen, and I can't type anything. There's seemingly no way for me to either get into the play store, since I have to type in my credentials, or any way to retrieve the stock apps. I haven't seen a single download for the stock firmware of the Le Pan Mini, and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
Unfortunately there isn't much on this device. Root, that's about it. You may have some luck in the general help thread.
Please create an account, so you can post in other forums. From there, add a post to the following thread:
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Ask Any Question][Newbie Friendly]
You may be able to push the missing files without the full ROM through recovery (assuming it accepts adb). That's a mighty big if though.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Hi all!!
I have a tablet (MIIA MT-733G) and it worked perfectly. Last month it took 2 virus (TIME SERVICE and MONKEY TEST) and now I just cant use ut anymore. It connects itselfs to data or wifi and starts downloding 3475364576340583760 of useless apps!!!!!
I rooted it, I tried to reset to factory, I tried to use apps to remove those 2 virus from the sys directory..but they are still there!
This is why I'm here! I'd like to do one last try. I'd like to remove the android sistem and install it again. I hope this way those stupid viruses will be deleted!!
And here it is my second problem! I don't know if there is a rom for my tablet, because it isn't produced by a famous mark like Samsung or LG or Sony. It has been produced by MIIA!
MODEL : MT-733G
ROM Version: ALPS.JB5.TABLET.GBXYHQV2
Could someone please help me? I 'm going mad..I really need my tablet, but I just can't use it this way !
XDA Visitor said:
Hi all!!
I have a tablet (MIIA MT-733G) and it worked perfectly. Last month it took 2 virus (TIME SERVICE and MONKEY TEST) and now I just cant use ut anymore. It connects itselfs to data or wifi and starts downloding 3475364576340583760 of useless apps!!!!!
I rooted it, I tried to reset to factory, I tried to use apps to remove those 2 virus from the sys directory..but they are still there!
This is why I'm here! I'd like to do one last try. I'd like to remove the android sistem and install it again. I hope this way those stupid viruses will be deleted!!
And here it is my second problem! I don't know if there is a rom for my tablet, because it isn't produced by a famous mark like Samsung or LG or Sony. It has been produced by MIIA!
MODEL : MT-733G
ROM Version: ALPS.JB5.TABLET.GBXYHQV2
Could someone please help me? I 'm going mad..I really need my tablet, but I just can't use it this way !
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
Unfortunately, I cannot see any resources on the site about your tablet. I would suggest contacting MIIA, for the stock firmware (can explain the virii problem), or even warranty work (if available, and especially if you didn't modify the device - i.e. root).
The virii could have rooted the device themselves by the way - all it would have needed is a hook like StageFright (and 4.2 Jellybean is very vulnerable to those things). Which means, option one (getting the stock firmware from MIIA) is a better option over warranty because it is likely this problem will happen again. And again.
Last ditch effort to find stock firmware here would be to make a thread in this forum (once registered for an account):
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Hi all, new to the forums, nice 2 meet U!
I am facing an annoying problem.
I got a Galaxy Tab A (SM-T350) from China, and it is unbranded and does not contain anything related to Google (Play services, Play store...) and instead came built-in with some Chinese stuff (Baidu maps, etc)
I tried rooting the device using Odin in the regular way (Auto reboot, F. Reset Time) to a corresponding firmware of my country/carrier. The root itself seems to have succeeded (PASS! on Odin) and the tab booted successfully.
The problem is that not only did it not remove all of the Chinese stuff, it also pops-up an annoying "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped" dialog non-stop, making the tab completely unusable.
Is there any specific way that I should handle my Chinese unbranded tablet? I guess it's more complicated than just rooting like any other device.
Would appreciate your help!
Thanks,
Mor
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA assist.
Please note that after rooting your device, apps do not automatically remove themselves. This needs to be done manually using an app like titanium backup which has root access and can remove system files. As for the errors, there is not much you can do other than revert back to the original firmware. It is likely the root process broke some of the system files on your ROM causing this error to occur.
Once you have reverted back to stock ROM, try out a different root method like using kingroot.
For further questions, please create a XDA account and post in the following forum:
Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
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