System UI stopped - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Edited the build.prop file by adding 1 line, restarted phone and now I keep getting System UI has stopped message.
Any way I can edit the file to fix my phone?

Have you tried to clear the cache in recovery? If that doesn't work, try a full factory reset.
If the phone is running a stock rom, try flashing just the system.img file in fastboot.
Before doing any of this, make sure you backup your data.

audit13 said:
Have you tried to clear the cache in recovery? If that doesn't work, try a full factory reset.
If the phone is running a stock rom, try flashing just the system.img file in fastboot.
Before doing any of this, make sure you backup your data.
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Thank you, I ended up backing up the data and cache via USB, then did a flash of Cataclysm ROM. I'll let you know if it works.
Can I just restore the data ASAP after installation or do I need Google to finish restoring my backup first?
Edit: Well, restored data, stuck with the boot screen loop again, then goes to Android is upgrading... and shows it optimizing 10 apps, and back to the boot logo.

Did the phone boot without restoring data?

audit13 said:
Did the phone boot without restoring data?
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No, I made sure it was completed.
Now Play Store keeps quitting when I try to install apps. I can only install specific ones.

I recommend flashing a stock rom to make sure there isn't a hardware problem. Don't restore anything until you are sure the phone works.

audit13 said:
I recommend flashing a stock rom to make sure there isn't a hardware problem. Don't restore anything until you are sure the phone works.
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Alright, I was able to get all my apps installed besides United Airlines and can't update Chrome.

So the stock rom works fine?

audit13 said:
So the stock rom works fine?
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Yes, thank you.
I don't think I want to do another custom ROM for now.

The stock rom is the best with the bloat taken out .I think the kernel can be improved though. I use EX

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[Q] Stuck on Samsung logo

I have a friend who has the Skyrocket.
He is rooted and has TWRP installed, but he is still running the stock rom and kernel.
Today his phone randomly rebooted and now it is stuck on the samsung logo. We have been able to take out the battery and boot into TWRP no problem.
We do have a backup from a while back and he is also considering trying a new rom at this point, but we'd like to be able to get this to boot.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get this thing to boot? What could have caused this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
If the backup is a nandroid backup made in twrp restore that in twrp
jd1639 said:
If the backup is a nandroid backup made in twrp restore that in twrp
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We do have a twrp backup and can restore it, but we're hoping to find something that will fix the boot issue.
Do you think it could possible fix the problem if we flashed a new kernel and then tried to boot? Can't hurt, right?
iLuvMudkips said:
We do have a twrp backup and can restore it, but we're hoping to find something that will fix the boot issue.
Do you think it could possible fix the problem if we flashed a new kernel and then tried to boot? Can't hurt, right?
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You could try the kernel our you could also try wiping just cache and dalvik. I assume you're trying to save the data.
jd1639 said:
You could try the kernel our you could also try wiping just cache and dalvik. I assume you're trying to save the data.
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We aren't trying to save the data. We already have a backup. We're trying to get this thing to boot without flashing a new rom or reverting to a backup.
iLuvMudkips said:
We aren't trying to save the data. We already have a backup. We're trying to get this thing to boot without flashing a new rom or reverting to a backup.
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read the stickys, this one is right above your post, short answer wipe caches and if still a no go then do a factory reset, still a no go then restore, still a no go then read the sticky

Moto M Logo vanishing pink

I flashed aerokernel and it worked great.
Today i wake up and the phone was off due it ran out of battery, now im charging it and it wount pass first motorola logo, shows it and then it vanish from pink to black.. screen backlight is noticiable, but i cannot do anything.
any ideas?
Antieco said:
I flashed aerokernel and it worked great.
Today i wake up and the phone was off due it ran out of battery, now im charging it and it wount pass first motorola logo, shows it and then it vanish from pink to black.. screen backlight is noticiable, but i cannot do anything.
any ideas?
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How long have you been charging?
You need a couple of hours before thinking there is a problem.
alresave said:
How long have you been charging?
You need a couple of hours before thinking there is a problem.
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It goes into recovery without problem, it just wont go further the logo... the funny thing is this pink vanishing screen.
its charging now for about 20 minutes and its on 45%...
i tried flashing stock kernel, radio & modules without success.
Im on stock KK 4.4.3 US retail / Philz recovery
Antieco said:
It goes into recovery without problem, it just wont go further the logo... the funny thing is this pink vanishing screen.
its charging now for about 20 minutes and its on 45%...
i tried flashing stock kernel, radio & modules without success.
Im on stock KK 4.4.3 US retail / Philz recovery
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I'm not sure flashing stock kernel would help or make things worse. AeroKernel renames or deletes a library when it's flashed.
If it is charging then your device is working somehow. Maybe you'll need to re-flash 4.4.3 ROM using mfastboot to recover the phone.
Did you try to undervolt or overclock AeroKernel?
Have you tried pressing power button for about 5 minutes?
alresave said:
I'm not sure flashing stock kernel would help or make things worse. AeroKernel renames or deletes a library when it's flashed.
If it is charging then your device is working somehow. Maybe you'll need to re-flash 4.4.3 ROM using mfastboot to recover the phone.
Did you try to undervolt or overclock AeroKernel?
Have you tried pressing power button for about 5 minutes?
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Thanks! will restoring with mfastboot delete my data partition?
Antieco said:
Thanks! will restoring with mfastboot delete my data partition?
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Yes it will delete your data partition.
Did you make a nandroid backup before flashing AeroKernel?
alresave said:
Yes it will delete your data partition.
Did you make a nandroid backup before flashing AeroKernel?
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No i didnt.. cant just flash it over it? as a zip?
Antieco said:
No i didnt.. cant just flash it over it? as a zip?
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Yes, but it has to be done prior to flashing something that can potentially break your system.
The nandroid backup creates full images of your partitions with all the data on them. So if your device has an error the nandroid backup will restore it as it was before. It is recommended to make a nandroid before flashing a new kernel or rom, so you can revert to a previous state if anything goes wrong.
alresave said:
Yes, but it has to be done prior to flashing something that can potentially break your system.
The nandroid backup creates full images of your partitions with all the data on them. So if your device has an error the nandroid backup will restore it as it was before. It is recommended to make a nandroid before flashing a new kernel or rom, so you can revert to a previous state if anything goes wrong.
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I know its a good practice, but as mine just got 5gb free its quite hard to have a full nandroid... im going to try installing the kk4.4.3 zip version.. hope find it around... that should keep my data partition untouched innit?
Antieco said:
I know its a good practice, but as mine just got 5gb free its quite hard to have a full nandroid... im going to try installing the kk4.4.3 zip version.. hope find it around... that should keep my data partition untouched innit?
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If it is a normal flashable zip and you dirty flash it, it should work. Just don't make the factory reset.
Antieco said:
I know its a good practice, but as mine just got 5gb free its quite hard to have a full nandroid... im going to try installing the kk4.4.3 zip version.. hope find it around... that should keep my data partition untouched innit?
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If you mean the tar.zip file or something like that, then you have to use mfastboot. Just don't do mfastboot erase userdata and you can keep your apps

[Q] Stock 5.1 DOWNGRADE to 5.0.1

I'm trying to go back to 5.0.1 from 5.1. 5.1 works ok but my favorite app no longer works (Puzzle and Dragons).
I flashed 5.1 by flashing bootloader, radio, boot, recovery and system images followed by fastboot format cache. The upgrade was no problem at all.
Now I'm trying to downgrade back to 5.0.1 and the same steps do not work. I just get the endless animation loop. I would like to keep what I have installed (no wipe).
Anyway have a good way to do this downgrade? I'm practically stock other than unlocked.
flintdragon said:
I'm trying to go back to 5.0.1 from 5.1. 5.1 works ok but my favorite app no longer works (Puzzle and Dragons).
I flashed 5.1 by flashing bootloader, radio, boot, recovery and system images followed by fastboot format cache. The upgrade was no problem at all.
Now I'm trying to downgrade back to 5.0.1 and the same steps do not work. I just get the endless animation loop. I would like to keep what I have installed (no wipe).
Anyway have a good way to do this downgrade? I'm practically stock other than unlocked.
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It may be a data conflict with system apps, if flashing system.img and boot.img doesn't work. Try booting into a custom recovery then deleting the /data/data/whatever.app folder of some system apps such as SystemUI, framework, Settings.
Otherwise, you'll have to clean flash.
Elluel said:
It may be a data conflict with system apps, if flashing system.img and boot.img doesn't work. Try booting into a custom recovery then deleting the /data/data/whatever.app folder of some system apps such as SystemUI, framework, Settings.
Otherwise, you'll have to clean flash.
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Seems like some guesswork?
flintdragon said:
Seems like some guesswork?
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After you booted 5.1, app data would have been "upgraded" to accommodate the changes. This operation probably won't work in reverse, hence your bootloop.
Restore nandroid of 5.0.1.
Or make a backup of all your apps with TiBu, flash 5.0.1 and factory reset then restore user apps.
Aerowinder said:
Or make a backup of all your apps with TiBu, flash 5.0.1 and factory reset then restore user apps.
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Thanks. I had to resort to this. The factory reset was also critical. I thought running the flash-all.sh script would clean everything up but apparently it doesn't.

[HELP!] Not booting after stagefright update!

Hi guys, can somebody help me? I received the stagefright update this morning and after downloading it and rebooting, the phone stopped working. It shows the logo animation for a few seconds then the screen goes black. It's a rooted and unlocked phone so i don't know if thats the cause. Also, i can access the recovery mode pressing power and down. Other than that nothing.
If you were rooted and updated ya..the rooting may be the reason
So as you can access the bootloader just flash the stock rom back and you will be done with it..
Jaydeep123 said:
So as you can access the bootloader just flash the stock rom back and you will be done with it..
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I always forget how peacefull people with knowledge can be. Thanks mate, will do that.
But, just for curiosity: rooted phones tends to have problems after updates?
Yes It may get error or Somthing Else Thats Why I prefer if a update is avaiable flash back to stock and then proceed
Just a quick update. Flashed stock, worked fine. Thanks all.
Also, sorry for posting under general, i was so worried that i forgot to put this under HELP TROUBLESHOOTING.
Also, if I went there before i would find this thread here with the same problem and solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/ota-caused-boot-loop-t3202322/
Thanks all again.
reinaldojr said:
Just a quick update. Flashed stock, worked fine. Thanks all.
Also, sorry for posting under general, i was so worried that i forgot to put this under HELP TROUBLESHOOTING.
Also, if I went there before i would find this thread here with the same problem and solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/ota-caused-boot-loop-t3202322/
Thanks all again.
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Technically, it should not install at all if it's been rooted. It's interesting that Moto has let this slip by.
In the future, if you have made a single change in the system partition...root, build.prop edit....anything...even custom recovery or kernel...you should reflash your current factory image, reboot, then flash your updated factory image. It's VERY IMPORTANT you reboot between flashing one factory image and the next, though. You may have more issues if you don't.
hp420 said:
Technically, it should not install at all if it's been rooted. It's interesting that Moto has let this slip by.
In the future, if you have made a single change in the system partition...root, build.prop edit....anything...even custom recovery or kernel...you should reflash your current factory image, reboot, then flash your updated factory image. It's VERY IMPORTANT you reboot between flashing one factory image and the next, though. You may have more issues if you don't.
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Hello HP429; reflashin full factory image would effectively wipe phone
sunandoghosh said:
Hello HP429; reflashin full factory image would effectively wipe phone
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Not if you only flash the system, boot and recovery image files
Recover the factory
I did the update and as mentioned previously on the thread stales after the logo. (bootloader is unlocked)
I can not find my oem backup. I tried twrp on recovery and was able to backup other stuff. Is there a way to generate the OEM so that i can flash or any other roms that are compatible with Moto G 3rd generation?
Try wiping cache, dalvik cache and data with TWRP. Don't use stock recovery for the data wipe or you will lose all the files stored on your internal partition, as well.

Installed Cloudy G3 through TWRP, receivint system ui not responding error

Hi guys!
I got a G3 yesterday and decided to root it. I installed TWRP and decided to install Cloudy G3.
Immediately on boot, all services stop responding. There's a loop of popups saying things like "System UI has stopped responding." The same with download manager and other things. So I figured the rom didn't install properly. I went to my backup to restore it and TWRP doesn't have it listed. I looked in all directories I could (saved it initially to /sdcard/) but it's not there. The weird part is that when you click the restore button going into the list of your backups, my backup pops up for like a quarter of a second and goes away.
I decided to use TWRP's wipe function to do a system restore. It completed and now my android version is "Cloudy g3 2.5." So... System restore installed the rom? I'm just really confused at all of this. Anybody have any insight to the stuff I've mentioned?
it0ken said:
Hi guys!
I got a G3 yesterday and decided to root it. I installed TWRP and decided to install Cloudy G3.
Immediately on boot, all services stop responding. There's a loop of popups saying things like "System UI has stopped responding." The same with download manager and other things. So I figured the rom didn't install properly. I went to my backup to restore it and TWRP doesn't have it listed. I looked in all directories I could (saved it initially to /sdcard/) but it's not there. The weird part is that when you click the restore button going into the list of your backups, my backup pops up for like a quarter of a second and goes away.
I decided to use TWRP's wipe function to do a system restore. It completed and now my android version is "Cloudy g3 2.5." So... System restore installed the rom? I'm just really confused at all of this. Anybody have any insight to the stuff I've mentioned?
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Did you use wipe before flashing the rom? If not that's Why you had the issue you didn't wipe. You MUST wipe when flashing a rom.
hyelton said:
Did you use wipe before flashing the rom? If not that's Why you had the issue you didn't wipe. You MUST wipe when flashing a rom.
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Did not know that, and no I didn't. But I appreciate you letting me know that, probably some volatile information I should've been aware of.
May I ask why the device fixed the CloudyG3 rom when I did wipe it? I thought wiping through TWRP sends the phone back to factory settings, but it just fixed the rom and booted fine.
it0ken said:
Did not know that, and no I didn't. But I appreciate you letting me know that, probably some volatile information I should've been aware of.
May I ask why the device fixed the CloudyG3 rom when I did wipe it? I thought wiping through TWRP sends the phone back to factory settings, but it just fixed the rom and booted fine.
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Your welcome
It wiped your current install, current rom being cloudy it reset it to factory settings. Doing a wipe won't put you back to stock.
hyelton said:
Your welcome
It wiped your current install, current rom being cloudy it reset it to factory settings. Doing a wipe won't put you back to stock.
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Ah, so flashing the stock lg firmware would be the only way to send a device back to factory settings? I'm enjoying this learning process for sure.
it0ken said:
Ah, so flashing the stock lg firmware would be the only way to send a device back to factory settings? I'm enjoying this learning process for sure.
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Correct

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