I have my rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace for a month now. I used Bloat Freezer to freeze unused apps including the default home launcher. This morning, I had some software/network problem so I formatted the phone hoping to fix it. I did not know that the apps would still be frozen, hence, I have no home launcher now. Cannot do anything much since the menu won't show up. SMS still comes through and I can access them when they show up in the notification bar. so technically, its not really bricked.
any suggestions on how to un-freeze the home launcher? or install a 3rd party home launcher by pc?
I have also tried updating the firmware but samsung kies does not recognize any problem with it.
thanks in advance,.
What about the 3 button trick to get into recovery or download mode, maybe some way to fix it that way, all I know maybe you can do something going through Samsung Kies software and see if you can restore your phone there.
Shoot me, the developer an email and as long as you can get a root shell through adb we can defrost everything.
jeffdijkstra said:
What about the 3 button trick to get into recovery or download mode, maybe some way to fix it that way, all I know maybe you can do something going through Samsung Kies software and see if you can restore your phone there.
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the recovery mode only does the same as the factory reset, with the apps still frozen.
fixed it though, thankfully i had the copy of widget locker in my email. bluetooth-ed it to my phone (which still has an active notification bar) then i had access to my apps using the lockscreen.
thanks!
Android Lollipop 5.0 Stock Factory Image: "Couldn't add widget" on recent apps list
I just installed the Android Lollipop 5.0 factory image on my Nexus 5, thenrooted, and I'm getting a gray box on top of my recent apps list, I guess where the search bar should be, with the error message "Couldn't add widget". Reboot didn't fix the issue. Anyone have any ideas?
You've deleted Google search app
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That's not it because the search bar is there on my home screen. I should also mention that I rooted...
Weird, mine shows and I'm rooted and have removed a load of system apps. Have you removed system apps? If so which?
Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
I removed no system apps. But I logged in as guest and the search bar is correctly there. So it must be something corrupted for my user..
I have this too. I didn't remove anything, but I am rooted. Dunno if it had that before rooting.
Edit: This worked fine on the last preview and I don't think I did anything different this time. I did a new install (full wipe), rooted (Cf auto root) and restored stuff with Titanium (no system stuff other than text messages). I DID choose to restore my setting and such from Google this time when I logged in the first time. I think that might be the only difference.
Edit #500: Ok, it is working now. Not sure what I did exactly, but this is everything I tried in order more or less:
Cleared data for Google Search
Set Home back to Google Now Launcher (was Nova)
Reboot into safe mode (press power button, long press on "Power off")
Check if it works - it does
Reboot again
Done (set Home back to Nova, still works).
Maybe safe mode fixed it.
jobarr said:
I have this too. I didn't remove anything, but I am rooted. Dunno if it had that before rooting.
Edit: This worked fine on the last preview and I don't think I did anything different this time. I did a new install (full wipe), rooted (Cf auto root) and restored stuff with Titanium (no system stuff other than text messages). I DID choose to restore my setting and such from Google this time when I logged in the first time. I think that might be the only difference.
Edit #500: Ok, it is working now. Not sure what I did exactly, but this is everything I tried in order more or less:
Cleared data for Google Search
Set Home back to Google Now Launcher (was Nova)
Reboot into safe mode (press power button, long press on "Power off")
Check if it works - it does
Reboot again
Done (set Home back to Nova, still works).
Maybe safe mode fixed it.
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I had the same exact issue you described, clean flash and then root, not sure if it was that way before root. I followed the exact same steps you did and it fixed it for me.
Good. I would suggest to anyone else to just try safe mode. Maybe that is all you need to do.
jobarr said:
Good. I would suggest to anyone else to just try safe mode. Maybe that is all you need to do.
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Safe mode fixed it for me. I don't think some of my widgets carried over correctly from the upgrade from 4.4.4 so I was getting that weird error also on the recent apps screen. Safe mode will wipe them out so you can start over again.
Yeah, clearing google search data fixed it for me, but I reset my home screen and all my widgets are unconfigured, if safe mode works like most people have reported it to do, use that instead.
Clearing Google Search data didn't work for me. But booting into safe mode, then booting normally worked for me.
Guys, I have this problem and no of the 2 solution worked for me... Any help, please?
custom launchers
Looks like this is happening when using a different laucher than the default one. The same happens to me with solo launcher. As the new launcher takes care of the widgets it causes the search bar not to be loaded. Hopefully the devs for the custom launchers find a solution soon.
Solved with full wipe...
Fixed with safe mode
A safe mode reboot fixed it for me on a fully stock nexus 6 running 5.0 but, except for the evernote shortcut, every widget on every screen was removed (after the safe mode reboot). The fix remains after adding back all the widgets and after a normal reboot. After another safe mode reboot (just to check), all the widgets were gone again (had to add them back again but the fix remained.)
Safe mode fixed it for me.
Thanks!
NVIDIA Shield tablet, WiFi only version. Android 5.0.1
Safe mode ftw. Thank you.
I HAVE deleted google search app because its not needed and normally that is where the search bar would be... Any way to get rid of this "Couldnt add widget" message?
jobarr said:
I have this too. I didn't remove anything, but I am rooted. Dunno if it had that before rooting.
Edit: This worked fine on the last preview and I don't think I did anything different this time. I did a new install (full wipe), rooted (Cf auto root) and restored stuff with Titanium (no system stuff other than text messages). I DID choose to restore my setting and such from Google this time when I logged in the first time. I think that might be the only difference.
Edit #500: Ok, it is working now. Not sure what I did exactly, but this is everything I tried in order more or less:
Cleared data for Google Search
Set Home back to Google Now Launcher (was Nova)
Reboot into safe mode (press power button, long press on "Power off")
Check if it works - it does
Reboot again
Done (set Home back to Nova, still works).
Maybe safe mode fixed it.
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Work perfectly! Thanks!
I got this same message after a clean 5.0.1 factory install. No root,recover, or 3rd party launcher, just whatever Google thought to backup to my account. I actually enjoy Google's Now Launcher, I left it as is
After a Safe Mode reboot, it worked fine
hi friends, hope all is well with ya. i have a question, for anyone else with a VZW Note Edge that they obtained on release date or shortly afterwards. does anyone else have a phone that's booting in Safe Mode, and will NOT exit out of Safe Mode whatsoever? I had some trouble activating it (despite VZW's simple instructions of just popping the new SIM in the phone and turning it on) so i got that taken care of, but even when I first booted it up initially, it was still in Safe Mode. There's a notification in the drop down bar stating, "Safe Mode is enabled" and to tap it to disable Safe Mode, which essentially just restarts the phone. and every time it boots back up, it's still in Safe Mode, which restricts any/all customization whatsoever, and what is the point of having a phone if you can't customize it. thankfully i still have my Note 4 handy if necessary, and i've backed everything up with VZW's cloud, Google + photos, SMS Backup/Restore for texts and Helium for my game data. i've done a battery pull, checked the settings, powered it off and on, performed a factory reset, and i can't find anything that will disable it, other than the predetermined instructions that Samsung has on the VZW variant page (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-N915VZKEVZW). turning to you guys first before i decide to harass customer service and/or take a trip to a VZW store to handle it in person. is anyone else having this issue? thoughts? ideas?
I got mine on the 9th. Booting normally after lots of restarts and tweaked configs. I'd go swap it out if you haven't already.
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I got mine on the 9th. Booting normally after lots of restarts and tweaked configs. I'd go swap it out if you haven't already.
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thank you. i did swap it out, turns out the down button was jammed completely, you could actually see that it wasn't at a perfect vertical angle when comparing it to my replacement device. so far booting perfectly fine, getting everything restored from Helium as well.
My fingerprint scanner has been acting up lately, rooted on stock Rom, with twrp installed. Tonight I was out on the bike and put my phone into ultra power saving mode and now I can not get into my phone.
I click backup password but I don't get a keyboard I'm guessing the custom theme I have is the problem. (From galaxy store). There is no way to disable upsm and I can't log in now. Is there a flashable zip I could flash to get out of ultra power savings mode so I can type in my backup password and regain access to my phone.
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My fingerprint scanner has been acting up lately, rooted on stock Rom, with twrp installed. Tonight I was out on the bike and put my phone into ultra power saving mode and now I can not get into my phone.
I click backup password but I don't get a keyboard I'm guessing the custom theme I have is the problem. (From galaxy store). There is no way to disable upsm and I can't log in now. Is there a flashable zip I could flash to get out of ultra power savings mode so I can type in my backup password and regain access to my phone.
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Did you have a backup of your ROM?
Not a recent backup. I ended up using a USB keyboard and an otg cable. That let me type in my password, but then when I turned off upsm the phone constantly bootlooped. I was so furious. After trying numerous things to get in without a boot loop I ended up wiping everything except data and flashing a different rom ontop. And I was finally in. This rom is lagging and has wierd glitches probably from the dirty flashing but at least now I'm able to use tibu and save everything I need.
I'll tell you what tho I've never been more disappointed with a phone before, this ****ing Samsung has been nothing but headaches since I bought it. Massssssive lag constantly and the camera buzzes about when I start the camera, fingerprint scanner gets worse by the day. I'm over this pos, I wish the m9 wouldn't have been more or less the same as my m7 and I really wanted the scanner but I guess what's the point if it doesn't work anyways.
Thanks all for the help and sorry for the rant
I did the T-Mobile update that pushed to my phone, and because I was groggy and didn't bother researching it beforehand, my Substratum theming caused the phone to boot to a black screen with a persistent 'System UI has Stopped' message. I could see my Samsung Pay drag up and get to that, but other than that I couldn't access anything! I didn't have my phone remembering my computer, so I couldn't perform any ADB commands, safe mode and/or clearing cache via the recovery menu did not work, and a tip about removing SIM card also had no effect. These are all tricks I found on forums and this reddit thread.
I was just about to do a factory reset, and a thought occurred to me. I called upon Bixby (which I'm slowly finding more useful), and did a voice command to set the phone to Max Battery Saver Mode, which launches it's own minimalized UI! Then, because the settings and apps are also minimalized you can't access Substratum to untheme, but at least you're operable for the moment. But from a previous experience (I am using XDA user tytydraco's mod to remove the navigation bar and use LMT instead), I knew that coming out of Max Battery does a full/clean UI refresh (aka for the mod I used would not be loaded coming out of Max Battery saver until I did a restart). This allowed me to get a 'clean' UI load, and I unthemed with Substratum at that time. The only casualty was that I had to click on my widgets to reconfigure after I restarted, which took all of 1 minute, and resetting Accessibility settings for LMT use.
TL;DR: Switching first to Max Battery Saver mode then to Mid using Bixby saved me from having to do a factory reset, and let me get back into the OS to make the changes I needed to fix to avoid the 'System UI has stopped' loop. YMMV, but I hope this helps someone else while Googling how to fix similar issues!
Thanks....
Thanks Brother! I am in the same situation as yours, but even worse I cant access bixby unless i unlock the phone (UI says 'Bixby got an update, unlock and click the button again'). So I guess there is no other way than factory reset?