[SOLVED] I Softbricked my phone, need some help!

[SOLVED] I Softbricked my phone, need some help! - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

-----SOLVED NOTE----
I did a reflash of the stock rom one more time with ODIN and it seems to have solved the problem. However I still have absolutely no idea about what was wrong with the phone, or why the first successful flash did not take care of the problem.
And a piece of advice, do not edit platform.xml. I swear I edited it correctly and then reverted to the correct settings, did using 3 spaces instead of a tab caused an error??? This will remain a mystery for me...
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Hello All,
So I have the Verizon S3 i535, I edited the platform.xml file to give write permissions to external sd card and all hell broke loose after I reverted those changes. All of a sudden every app is getting that "unfortunately stopped" message. I cannot send any file to neither the internal nor the external sd card from my pc, file browsers cannot read any file on any of these cards, I tried pushing with adb but that does not work either. I tried factory reseting, and hard reseting to no avail.
I tried reflashing the stock rom with ODIN but after the flashing process nothing changes? (Does that have to do with me being on NE1).
I do not understand what is going on with the phone right now, flashing should have restored everything, I still get com.google.process.gapps stopped working then all sorts of apps stopping in the same manner, I still can't copy any file to any sort of storage on the phone.
Any idea what has happened and how I could fix it?
Thanks in advance.

That type of editing is not something I have done on Android.
Is there any chance it is a permissions issue and could be fixed with root permissions to a file manager or with adb?

dawgdoc said:
That type of editing is not something I have done on Android.
Is there any chance it is a permissions issue and could be fixed with root permissions to a file manager or with adb?
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I would be willing to try that however I cannot connect to play store, neither the internet app connects to the internet so I cannot install apk's. I cannot "push" apks to the storage too I tried it via pc and via adb. So I cannot even install a root file manager.
Kingo root however accesses the system (through the pc) and manages to install itself. I have no idea how it can do it.

guguma said:
I would be willing to try that however I cannot connect to play store, neither the internet app connects to the internet so I cannot install apk's. I cannot "push" apks to the storage too I tried it via pc and via adb. So I cannot even install a root file manager.
Kingo root however accesses the system (through the pc) and manages to install itself. I have no idea how it can do it.
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Glad to see you solved the problem.
I was speaking of using an adb shell to change the permissions of platform.xml to 0644 (-rw-r--r--) if they were set to something else. (I just checked my /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml to verify that was the settings on my device. I wasn't any more specific before because I hadn't checked the file locations nor its permissions.)

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[Q] Superuser Force Closing

I just rooted my Inspire. I'm trying to flash a ROM for the first time using ROM Manager. It says I need CWM Recovery installed before continuing. But it is installed as far as I can tell, it is. There's a folder for it on the SD card. I tried using Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and it causes Superuser to force close.
I've search every string of words I can think of and none of the threads coming up are related to my issue. Fast Boot is off. Debugging is on. I'm new to flashing ROMs, so I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing, but it is REALLY pissing me off.
One of the threads did mention a superuser zip file needing to be in the root directory of the SD card. I don't see one in mine, so I won't be shocked if that's the problem. But then, it becomes a matter of finding where to download that zip.
Please help.

oscarbum said:
I just rooted my Inspire. I'm trying to flash a ROM for the first time using ROM Manager. It says I need CWM Recovery installed before continuing. But it is installed as far as I can tell, it is. There's a folder for it on the SD card. I tried using Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and it causes Superuser to force close.
I've search every string of words I can think of and none of the threads coming up are related to my issue. Fast Boot is off. Debugging is on. I'm new to flashing ROMs, so I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing, but it is REALLY pissing me off.
One of the threads did mention a superuser zip file needing to be in the root directory of the SD card. I don't see one in mine, so I won't be shocked if that's the problem. But then, it becomes a matter of finding where to download that zip.
Please help.
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You need to reinstall su.

It's not letting me install it for whatever reason.
There is a certain irony that running "Fix Permissions" to solve the force close issue CAUSES Superuser to force close.

did you unzip the file? What rom are you running? Do have sdk?

I unzipped the file. Moved to the SD. Tried installing it from there. Yes, I have permissions set to install from non-market sources.
I'm running, presumably, the AT&T stock ROM, unless the Simple Root S-Off program installed something different.
Don't know the answer to the SDK question.

Have you tried to clear out the 'data' for 'Superuser' application under application settings?

oscarbum said:
I unzipped the file. Moved to the SD. Tried installing it from there. Yes, I have permissions set to install from non-market sources.
I'm running, presumably, the AT&T stock ROM, unless the Simple Root S-Off program installed something different.
Don't know the answer to the SDK question.
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As said try clearing data and cache.
If that doesn't work.
Uninstall su.
Download anrdoid SDK
Cope all the files from platform tools to tools
place su apk in tools folder
shift+right click on the tools folder, open command promp
use adb to push apk
Code:
adb devices( make sure it is connected)
adb remount
adb push ./(name of app) /system/app

Here's a possible reason I'm having a problem.
When I did the root, I used a spare SD card to make the gold card. I've been trying to flash a ROM with my regular SD card. Could that be what's causing it?

oscarbum said:
Here's a possible reason I'm having a problem.
When I did the root, I used a spare SD card to make the gold card. I've been trying to flash a ROM with my regular SD card. Could that be what's causing it?
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no, the gold card is only needed to downgrade the radio/rom and pass the CID check.

So here's where I'm at....
It won't let me install the superuser fix above.
It won't let me uninstall superuser.
I even purchased the pro version for the Market, hoping that it might install a version over the version flashed there and that doesn't force close every freaking time I try to do anything in ROM manager.
In the meantime, I miss about 50% of the texts, emails and notifications on my phone because, of course, I don't HEAR them. And the bloatware is bogging down the phone.
So, are there any suggestions before I walk outside and throw this phone into the Atlantic Ocean?

[Q] Cannot Update/Install Apps: How to fix appname unsuccessful?

Has anyone found a quick way to fix the "appname unsuccessful" installer failure on the Xoom? I cannot install or update any apps as of this morning.
A Google of the problem does not come up with anything Xoom/Honeycomb specific but says that on other devices the procedure is to delete smdl2tmp1.asec from the .android_secure folder. However I cannot find this folder or file? I have Astro and ES explorer but neither can see the folder (I have show system files on) and nor can windows when it is connected by USB.
My Xoom is un-rooted and I cannot install any apps like root explorer (which may help) due to the fault.
Apparently a hard reset fixes it to but frankly it took so long to set the thing up how I want, I would like to avoid this if at all possible!
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Have you gone to settings/apps/manage apps/all tab/market/force stop/wipe data

Thanks for the reply.
Sorry, I should have mentioned but I have tried that - not working.
I am currently in process of backing up all 30 ish Gb to laptop to do factory reset if I cannot find an answer by this evening :-(

[Q] Cannot Delete Apps or Google User Account even after flashing ROM

Hey everyone,
My friend gave me his tab p1000... but I cannot seem to remove apps or even google user account even after i have:
- Reset the phone
- Flashed stock rom v5 ROM with ODIN (with repartition and also flashed dbdata).
- I also tried NAND Erase All, which soft bricked the tab but i was able to get it back.
Even with all this, all the apps are still there.. when the tab loads up.
The Apps keep crashing every minute though.. so they are not stable.
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1.
After flashing stock rom, when it enters recovery i get the following errors:
part(1): Checksum error
MMC verification failed
and
cannot find: /preload/app folder
2.
There are some weird files under the internal memory root folder that cannot be deleted.
Well you can delete them but they come right back up when you remount the internal drive(16gb).
Also the application folders cannot be deleted.. they reappear once you remount the internal drive.
the files are:
- Copy of Shortcut to (1/2/3/4).lnk
- glweax.exe
- glweax.scr
- x.exe
- xxx.dll
- zjroic.exe
- zjroic.scr
-xjdqob.exe
3.
There is an app called - Perfect Applock - that might have something to do with this.. Not sure.
I have read in forums, to put the phone in flight mode and restart it, then try to go to app manager within 30sec to uninstall the app.
i tried that but it still doesnt work. the App still exists..
btw, i have also tried removing the apps via app manager, that doesnt work. although it says sucessfully uninstalled.
when you reboot the tab, all the apps are present.
4.
I installed root app using superoneclick so that i can install a root explorer app - but it kept crashing.
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My guess, is that there is a virus, or something that is recreating the apps. or not granting access to where the apps are stored (guessing in /preload/app).
i have read forums and some people said it might be a faulty internal storage.. i did the checks(some commands using adb) to verify but it was negative.
so i dont think the internal storage is bad.
Right now i am stuck... the tab has stock rom v5 installed right now.. not rooted and with 3e recovery.
any help will be greatly appreciated.. thank you in advance.

you are in wrong device section.... go to this Samsung Galaxy Tab section for better help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=752
btw, those file that you mention is a virus... so check your pc.. it might already infected your pc with it...

[Q] Need help!! File Permissions

Hi all,
I am new here and here goes my first post/querstion at XDA.
I was using some apk when my Device suddenly crashed. I restarted, everything looked fine. The problem started when I tried to open other apk which needs data file from Android Data folder for second operation. The apk was not able to access the files from data folder. I checked my file explorer and found the permissions(displayed at the end of the folder) have changed to -drw(for sure) from -rw(most probably). With this I am not able to delete/move any file from the device storage because the permissions of all other folders have changed to as abaove. If I try to move file, it makes a new copy on my extStorage but the original file is there as it is. The files can't be deleted either. Since my tab is rooted, I installed Root explorer to change file permissions. The permissions under Owner are all unchecked and Group/Others are checked. When I check the Read/Write/Execute permissions for owner, it says cannot be modified(its default disability message). Fed up of all this I went for Factory reset as a final option. I tried to backup using Ti but after some 10% it said not enough space. So I manually backed up whatever I could and went ahead with reset. I successfully did the factory reset and my tablet looked as fresh as when I bought it the first time. All factory apps only but when I was about to be happy, I opened the device storage just to find all those files and data still there, staring at me with their -drw stamp.
My device is Iberry(China I guess) and works on ICS. It is rooted. I had Su Superuser and busy box installed prior to the factory reset but after Factory Reset all apps are gone except their data in the device storage. Please help!

Unable to delete bloatware from phone

Hello, I've made a threat not so long ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-assist/rooted-delete-bloatware-t3058272
I'm still unable to delete apps, as u might know, lenovo a850 comes with many useless chineese apps. I have disabled/frozen them, now I'm missing some internal memory.
I rooted my phone with framaroot, installed supersu.
then I tried removing apps with Es file explorer, I gained superuser access to it, and to all apps below, but "operation failed" . Same thing happened to Root explorer.
Later on, I have downloaded no bloat, It says "(app) deleted" but when I exit app and come back in, the app is still there. Same thing is with Titanium backup, I can select uninstall app, it fake uninstalled it, but when I reboot my phone, app is still there, no mater what I do.
Also, I tried using recovery exploit, phone reboots, but the app(s) still remain there
If anyone had same or similar issue, I would've really appreciate any help.
I can provide more info, about build, etc.
"Deleted apps"
imgur.com/fzFM9Rp
As you can see, apps are still there
imgur.com/6cG2kBi
More info
imgur.com/iwjgr86
Thanks for taking your time

Try root browser and locate the apps mostly it's in system/apps ....and delete the apk and restart ur phone ...
sent from my GT I9505 5.0.1

Tried it, still, apps are there

Now, I managed to find why it is unable to delete apps, because permissions.
However i can't change them either. Using total commander, es file explorer or using terminal, every time I get the same error.
imgur.com/Mr1acN1
Any way to fix this?

Ur links dsnt work
sent from my GT I9505 5.0.1

navi dl said:
Ur links dsnt work
sent from my GT I9505 5.0.1
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Add www. In front, cant post links before 10 posts

FahRoDus said:
Hello, I've made a threat not so long ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/xda-assist/rooted-delete-bloatware-t3058272
I'm still unable to delete apps, as u might know, lenovo a850 comes with many useless chineese apps. I have disabled/frozen them, now I'm missing some internal memory.
I rooted my phone with framaroot, installed supersu.
then I tried removing apps with Es file explorer, I gained superuser access to it, and to all apps below, but "operation failed" . Same thing happened to Root explorer.
Later on, I have downloaded no bloat, It says "(app) deleted" but when I exit app and come back in, the app is still there. Same thing is with Titanium backup, I can select uninstall app, it fake uninstalled it, but when I reboot my phone, app is still there, no mater what I do.
Also, I tried using recovery exploit, phone reboots, but the app(s) still remain there
If anyone had same or similar issue, I would've really appreciate any help.
I can provide more info, about build, etc.
"Deleted apps"
imgur.com/fzFM9Rp
As you can see, apps are still there
imgur.com/6cG2kBi
More info
imgur.com/iwjgr86
Thanks for taking your time
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First thing first,
WHY...WHY DO YOU MANUALLY DELETE IT?
No offense bud, but yeah after you did that, you missed its registry, permissions, licenses and crap.
Ever heard about Uninstaller[ROOT]?
Ever?
This app saves your LIFE,PHONE and ITS LONGEVITY. This app also indicates what app you should delete, what you shouldn't.:good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp
There, I gave you the link.:fingers-crossed:

Still, not working, can only delete user apps, but not the system ones

FahRoDus said:
Still, not working, can only delete user apps, but not the system ones
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Do you actually got root access? You should make the Uninstaller app to ALWAYS GRANT and try again. If no success screenshot me the error popup you are facing.

The thing is, there is no error showing, after "deleting" app, it disappears, but after re-running app, it appears again. The thing is I cannon't change r/w access on .apk files in system/app folder. Even using apps that can change permissions and after granting them.superuser access, I'm unable to change it. On my old phone, after rooting my phone I could easily delete .apk filrs using ES file browser.
Thanks for replying

FahRoDus said:
The thing is, there is no error showing, after "deleting" app, it disappears, but after re-running app, it appears again. The thing is I cannon't change r/w access on .apk files in system/app folder. Even using apps that can change permissions and after granting them.superuser access, I'm unable to change it. On my old phone, after rooting my phone I could easily delete .apk filrs using ES file browser.
Thanks for replying
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Logcat would help,maybe. Try posting your log here and see what is it tellimg.

CWM log when trying to force remove app using recovery exploit in titanium backup
Finding update package...
I:Update location: SYSTEM:app/appsearch.apk
E:unknown volume for path [SYSTEM:app/appsearch.apk]
E:Can't mount SYSTEM:app/appsearch.apk
Installation aborted.

FahRoDus, u need to do it with MTK Droid Tools. with 1 single click ALL the chinese craps will be GONE...

FahRoDus said:
CWM log when trying to force remove app using recovery exploit in titanium backup
Finding update package...
I:Update location: SYSTEM:app/appsearch.apk
E:unknown volume for path [SYSTEM:app/appsearch.apk]
E:Can't mount SYSTEM:app/appsearch.apk
Installation aborted.
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Unknown volume huh? Can you execute it? If you can't, I guess you can clean it up by using SD Maid. If the app is even functional....
"WTF? Is this hardware level?"
I would say the abruptly choice to is to COMPLETE WIPE (ROM,kernel,bootloader) and install new ROM. That's my level of expertise, no beyond that.
I mean, something glitched your volumes that they registered empty in kernel but not in the software, or a triple-A type of administration crapware that's preloaded within the ROM which, "BY ANY MEANS...TOP SECURITY SYSTEM APP PROTECTION PREVENTS ANY SOFTWARE-LEVEL DATA TERMINATIONS! ENSURES APPS ARE IN FACTORY STATE, NO MATTER WHATEVER LEVEL OF BREACH INJECTION! DESIGNED BY CHINA COMPANIES! PROVIDED TO YOU!"....
Well that thing actually exists, FYI, and that's the working theory right now.
In addition, try logging via CatLog, cause that is very little log lines for me to decipher.
This was sent from my fully-Xposed-modded Lenovo A850 rooted stock ROM via XDA mobile app.

irfanadli97 said:
Unknown volume huh? Can you execute it? If you can't, I guess you can clean it up by using SD Maid. If the app is even functional....
"WTF? Is this hardware level?"
I would say the abruptly choice to is to COMPLETE WIPE (ROM,kernel,bootloader) and install new ROM. That's my level of expertise, no beyond that.
I mean, something glitched your volumes that they registered empty in kernel but not in the software, or a triple-A type of administration crapware that's preloaded within the ROM which, "BY ANY MEANS...TOP SECURITY SYSTEM APP PROTECTION PREVENTS ANY SOFTWARE-LEVEL DATA TERMINATIONS! ENSURES APPS ARE IN FACTORY STATE, NO MATTER WHATEVER LEVEL OF BREACH INJECTION! DESIGNED BY CHINA COMPANIES! PROVIDED TO YOU!"....
Well that thing actually exists, FYI, and that's the working theory right now.
In addition, try logging via CatLog, cause that is very little log lines for me to decipher.
This was sent from my fully-Xposed-modded Lenovo A850 rooted stock ROM via XDA mobile app.
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I tried removing apps by flashing
This is what I wrote:
delete("/system/app/14_Youni.apk");
delete("/system/app/17173.apk");
delete("/system/app/appHao123.apk");
delete("/system/app/appsearch.apk");
delete("/system/app/AppStore-279-209160-signed.apk");
delete("/system/app/baidubrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/BaiduMap.apk");
delete("/system/app/baidusearch.apk");
delete("/system/app/cleanmaster.apk");
delete("/system/app/com.orangestudio.MuteCamera.apk");
delete("/system/app/com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer.apk");
delete("/system/app/iReader.apk");
delete("/system/app/NewsArticle.apk");
delete("/system/app/ninegame.apk");
delete("/system/app/oupeng.apk");
delete("/system/app/qqbrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/SogouMall.apk");
delete("/system/app/SohuNewsClient.apk");
delete("/system/app/taobao.apk");
delete("/system/app/tencentmobilemanager.apk");
delete("/system/app/TencentNews.apk");
delete("/system/app/TTPod.apk");
delete("/system/app/UCBrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/youhuidashi.apk");
delete("/system/app/yingyonghui.apk");
delete("/system/app/ es.pulimento.wifi-1.apk");
delete("/system/app/luckypatcher419.apk");
Managed to remove few apps that came with custom ROM (I had S128 stock rom, flashed s203) like luckypatcher, silentcamerapro, rootexplorer... But Chinese apps remain. I can't even chmod apps

it seems like I don't have any problem remove all the chinese apps with MTK Droid Tools

FahRoDus said:
I tried removing apps by flashing
This is what I wrote:
delete("/system/app/14_Youni.apk");
delete("/system/app/17173.apk");
delete("/system/app/appHao123.apk");
delete("/system/app/appsearch.apk");
delete("/system/app/AppStore-279-209160-signed.apk");
delete("/system/app/baidubrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/BaiduMap.apk");
delete("/system/app/baidusearch.apk");
delete("/system/app/cleanmaster.apk");
delete("/system/app/com.orangestudio.MuteCamera.apk");
delete("/system/app/com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer.apk");
delete("/system/app/iReader.apk");
delete("/system/app/NewsArticle.apk");
delete("/system/app/ninegame.apk");
delete("/system/app/oupeng.apk");
delete("/system/app/qqbrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/SogouMall.apk");
delete("/system/app/SohuNewsClient.apk");
delete("/system/app/taobao.apk");
delete("/system/app/tencentmobilemanager.apk");
delete("/system/app/TencentNews.apk");
delete("/system/app/TTPod.apk");
delete("/system/app/UCBrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/youhuidashi.apk");
delete("/system/app/yingyonghui.apk");
delete("/system/app/ es.pulimento.wifi-1.apk");
delete("/system/app/luckypatcher419.apk");
Managed to remove few apps that came with custom ROM (I had S128 stock rom, flashed s203) like luckypatcher, silentcamerapro, rootexplorer... But Chinese apps remain. I can't even chmod apps
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Yea, try MTKDroidTools, I never used it but I've been convinced it will work.
This was sent from my fully-Xposed-modded Lenovo A850 rooted stock ROM via XDA mobile app.

I'll try that, and will report results, thanks

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