so i tried out the repair feature in htc sync manager to see if it was like itunes restore and just to get ready for the lollipop update sometime this month or next. so i used repair and after a couple failed downloads it said success and my phone will reboot. upon boot there was no set up screen and all my data and apps were still there. Ive checked around and im back on stock recovery and no root and stock splash screen. Is that how its supposed to work?
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My phone is rooted and s is off but here's the problems am having if i login to the market app with my old account and in stall my saved apps my phone restart and then gets Stuck on white screen with htc logo and just keeps rebooting like its stuck in a loop. Same if i install the updated market app or if I try and do a system update.Its work now but ive already had to do a system restore about 5 times
still on 2.3.4 1.45.401.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
I managed to get it back to stock rom and un-rooted but for some reason now when I try to install my natwest app it crashes my phone. So far out of all my backed apps its the only one that doe's this
Had oxygen mod installed and franco kernel etc and after months of using it fine I thought the phone was running a bit funny so thought it reinstall fresh.
I knew the files were still on my sd card so i went to go into bootloader or recovery and i got a black screen that had a message Firmware Update Step 1/2 Unpacking.
It finished and appears to put me back on Android 2.21
I then rooted the phone and tried installing clockword mod etc but was having all sorts of problems getting marketplace to work. Can search for apps but when i click install nothing happens. I did enter my gmail account details for sync and it can list my apps available from my account.
USB is not working, it shows up sometimes in the top bar but when i click connect nothing happens and the phone freezes or reboots.
I cant get into the bootloader screen it instead brings up the standard Android bootloader and wont recognise my rom on the sdcard.
I tried rooting with superoneclick and although it roots the phone it seems to cause the issues???
Is Superoneclick the only way of rooting U8800?
Yesterday I went through the process of rooting, unlocking and flashing my GS3. I used CWM to make a backup of my stock rom (which I then saved a copy on my computer) and then flashed to Paranoid Android, which I loved. I used Titanium Backup to load my contacts up, and got prompted with a reboot. Once I did, I kept getting android.process.acore errors, and eventually narrowed it down to Titanium and my contacts (wasn't hard, only thing installed). I decided to flash to stock and backup my contacts to Google, but everytime I enter CWM recovery to restore, it reboots before I have a chance to. Both entering via Rom Manager and into recovery mode. I have used a downloaded stock rom to try and flash back to stock in Odin, and continually get error messages. I would just stick with PA, but every 5 seconds brings up a android.process.acore error because it is still trying to DL my contacts. Anyone have any ideas/hints/tips/etc that I should try?
Nevermind, finally found a stock rom that worked for me.
Update: It turns out it was not a software problem, and had nothing to do with my root, CWM, or PA. After flashing to stock, the problem persisted, even after a full reset and update to 4.1.2. Took the phone to Best Buy, since that is where I have my insurance through. They told me that the power button had gone faulty, which makes sense cause pressing it will prompt power off options, and slightly touching it will lock the phone. According to the guys there, it's a problem they've seen on a few S3's lately. So, I have a refurb on the way via Geek Squad. I jokingly asked for a S4 or One as a refurb replacement, but sadly don't think that'll happen. Anyway, figured i'd update this to let everyone know just in case you encounter the same symptoms.
So after i rooted my phone everything was working fine but then a message saying "unauthorized changes have been made to phone restart to undo changes" i accidentally clicked restart and once the phone got to the metro screen it froze there.
I've tried using the recovery.tar on Odin but nothing changes i even factory restored/wiped cache multiple times so can anyone help me out/tell me what i'm doing wrong?
If you want to recover from any type of error. Simply restore using the original firmware from this device. (An almost identical thing happened to me last night, but thankfully i was able to recovery thanks to the support from this forum and also being able to download the stock firmware.)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/53271/G360T1UVU1AOFA_G360T1TMB1AOFA_TMB/
Ive had this proble, you just have to be patient, it will boot after the logo its loading files in the background
I had the same problem. But no matter how long I waited it would never get past the metro pcs logo. I had to go into recovery and erase and format. I was then able to get into android but I now have to wait 72 hours for google to unlock the phone. Part of the new security feature of lollipop. Once I get in I will disable the feature.
I have the US 32gb unlocked version. Tried to do the downgrade to install CM using the method mentioned several times that changes the version from a command put in twrp.
First I unlocked bootloader, then installed twrp, then did the command line thing to lower the fw version, then put the v1.12 firmware on zip then rebooted to install.
Well, the install failed so I decided to stop there and try to put everything back to stock by using the latest ruu exe from HTC. The exe started sending a file to phone, then locked up and threw an error. I restarted the exe and it finally passed. I got everything set up and went to bed while it was updating apps.
This morning, shut off phone to put in SD, and when turning on it was optimizing apps then when done, would reboot and optimize again. The phone was stuck in this loop until I let the battery die. I couldn't do anything with it.
Battery finally died and tried to run the ruu exe again. This time it would not pass at all, no matter how many tries. I wanted to try to run the zip from SD but the latest firmware I can only find as exe.
Finally decided to just do a factory reset from recovery mode. This let the phone boot normally and I could do set up again. I tried doing a soft reboot, and it booted fine. Then I disabled apps I don't use, and did a full power down, now the phone is back to doing the 'optimizing apps' bootloop.
Right now I'm waiting for it to run its battery down again so I can at least get to download mode/recovery. Maybe I will try a full power off and app disabling separately, to see which is causing the loop.
Anyone have an idea what's going on? A link to the latest ruu in zip form? I really need a sure fire way to get this thing full clean stock (remember the exe is failing for me) to eliminate if thats the cause. Is it because I edited the version number?
Edit: just realized I put this in the wrong section
Update: Once battery died, I did factory reset again from recovery. Went through setup, and I then immediately shut the phone completely off and turned back on. It booted up fine. I then went to disable the same apps as before, EXCEPT for the "Google App". Phone still powers up fine, so I left it there and phone is working fine. I didn't want to see if disabling the Google App was causing the phone to boot loop. I had that app disabled the entire time I've had the phone, but don't think I've ever completely shut the phone down, so maybe that's why I never had the problem.
Still don't know why the ruu exe didn't work. Hopefully it was the computer, and I can still take updates.
I have the same problem, can't disable apps without phone going into bootloop on restart. Can you tell me what apps did you disable? Facebook, Instagram, Google docs, HTC apps etc,etc...
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I have the same problem, can't disable apps without phone going into bootloop on restart. Can you tell me what apps did you disable? Facebook, Instagram, Google docs, HTC apps etc,etc...
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I think what caused my problem was disabling the app called "Google App". No problem disabling all the Facebook and Instagram apps.
What about Google docs, slides and news apps? Can those be disabled?
Same problem with my A9 bought a week ago. Like Rouyal, I recall disabling the Google App and then came the OTA update and the bootloop. Tried alll permutations of buttons and even when I could get to RECOVERY MODE, all the options looped as well, returning to the same screen: no bootloader, no recovery. The only alternative screen was the "Enter your code to decrypt your drive" after leaving RECOVERY MODE. It looped as well. Copied the stock RUU to an external SD card; did nothing (with HTC Sync).
SOLUTION: Enter wrong codes for the "decrypt your drive" screen 30 times; that is the limit before the drive gets a factory reset. After the 30th it was factory reset. On restarting, the systems asks for the SAME email that was used previously.