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I accidentally deleted my launcher application while messing around in Titanium backup. My phone was getting hung up on the Samsung boot screen when I tried to restart it. I have now tried a factory reset, and the phone now boots to a black screen, I can receive calls and texts but can't access anything manually. I tried installing from the web market but that is not working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciated....I am desperate.
Edit: Also I can't mount my phone for some reason x_x
rgrubb said:
I accidentally deleted my launcher application while messing around in Titanium backup. My phone was getting hung up on the Samsung boot screen when I tried to restart it. I have now tried a factory reset, and the phone now boots to a black screen, I can receive calls and texts but can't access anything manually. I tried installing from the web market but that is not working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciated....I am desperate.
Edit: Also I can't mount my phone for some reason x_x
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If you do a hard reset, you can restore the whole system. Deleting the launcher while booted in Android won't delete anything from the ROM and can be restored that way. But if you don't mind using a different launcher, you can load an apk of your desired launcher on the card and then find a way to get into any screen that will let you get to a file manager. Then you can install the launcher from the apk you loaded on the card. Mess around with the buttons and see if you can't pull up any screen that will eventually get to a file manager.
MartyLK said:
If you do a hard reset, you can restore the whole system. Deleting the launcher while booted in Android won't delete anything from the ROM and can be restored that way. But if you don't mind using a different launcher, you can load an apk of your desired launcher on the card and then find a way to get into any screen that will let you get to a file manager. Then you can install the launcher from the apk you loaded on the card. Mess around with the buttons and see if you can't pull up any screen that will eventually get to a file manager.
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I did a hard reset, but now it has the same problem - no launcher. It is just a black screen. I played around with it for a long while before coming here trying to figure out any way to get into any menus etc...but nothing.
If you had your device in debugging mode, then you can always download an alternative launcher such as launcherpro on your computer, put it in your platform tools directory and install it through adb. If you need further help with this post your comments and I will read them later and reply.
Sent from my cyanogenmodized Droid two global
If you had your device in debugging mode, then you can always download an alternative launcher such as launcherpro on your computer, put it in your platform tools directory and install it through adb. If you need further help with this post your comments and I will read them later and reply.
Sent from my cyanogenmodized Droid two global
P.s. if this helped press the thanks button
hard reset doesn't fix apps in system partition, so you can't restore without adb to push a new launcher.
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rgrubb said:
I did a hard reset, but now it has the same problem - no launcher. It is just a black screen. I played around with it for a long while before coming here trying to figure out any way to get into any menus etc...but nothing.
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What process did you use to "hard reset"? And which phone do you have?
MartyLK said:
What process did you use to "hard reset"? And which phone do you have?
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Held down the volume down, call, and end buttons to boot into a menu where I selected factory reset. The phone that I am having these issues with is a Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept.
found a working solution for accidently deleted launcher in android phone
100 working
0) download launcher app from ur pc and place it in the root of mem card of phone and rename it as launcher.apk
1) press green button after switching on the phone
2) the keypad appears. now click contacts tab
3) try to send a msg to any one of the contact
4) the messaging service will now open
5) send any url from another phone to this phone
6) now clik inbox and then the url
7) the browser will open now.
8) type this url: "file:///sdcard/launcher.apk"
9) the installer now opens.
10) enjoy!!!
BY NEBURIZER...
Is the phone rooted?
Do you have a custom kernel with CWM recovery?
If you do, you should be able to install the launcher using cwm.
There's a specific forum for your phone in XDA. You might find answers there to.
Had same problem, now fixed
Although I have a g2x and I'm running a 2.3.4 rom, this should still work. I did the same exact thing to my phone. I had my wife send me an email (gmail) with a link to google in it. When I recieved the notification, I swiped down, opened email, clicked link, then searched "Go Launcher EX apk download". Once I found a good download for this launcher and downloaded it, I was good to use my phone again. Piece of cake
rgrubb said:
I accidentally deleted my launcher application while messing around in Titanium backup. My phone was getting hung up on the Samsung boot screen when I tried to restart it. I have now tried a factory reset, and the phone now boots to a black screen, I can receive calls and texts but can't access anything manually. I tried installing from the web market but that is not working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Much appreciated....I am desperate.
Edit: Also I can't mount my phone for some reason x_x
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Hey i'm a noobie but i have a 100% way on how to fix your problem i was once too in that situation and all i did was enter recovery mode (no cwm/twrp) factory reset 2x, clear cache 2x and "Rebooted" When i was in setup wizard it asked me to set up my gmail account. Wifi is recommended but 3G/4G is also fine. If on wifi it will not connect to google servers but instead give you the option to connect to wifi. Connect to your wifi and finish the setup. When your at the black screen you should get a notification for updates on the play store. Tap on it and it SHOULD take you to the play store. After that search the desired launcher you want. (ADW Launcher, LauncherPro, Go Locker etc.
My P1000 shut down randomly, so I tried to put everything new on it. After flash and all the other stuff it won't run properly anymore. Everytime I get 'System UIDs Inconsistent'. used Odin and Heimdall, I did wipe the data and the cache, I can see with ADB it is gone, but after reboot all the corrupt apps and system failures are back again. I installed several different firmwares, nothing worked.
I have changed permissions with chmod and deleted by hand several files, amongst them the everytime restarting but crashing apps like skype and whatsapp.
When I perform wipe, delete, rename or move actions in ADB the results are what I wanted. But when I restart everything is back again. I even deleted almost anything, did not work.
This happened in all the roms I installed, so it must be a problem in the filesystem or so. Any idea how to permanently delete stuff while in adb shell? I already gave myself all the rights on the tablet, synced it after the deletes, nothing works.
Or does anybody know how to start from scratch?
I cannot start the tab anymore in normal mode, but I do have recovery mode and overcome cwm.
best of luck
nbreed said:
My P1000 shut down randomly, so I tried to put everything new on it. After flash and all the other stuff it won't run properly anymore. Everytime I get 'System UIDs Inconsistent'. used Odin and Heimdall, I did wipe the data and the cache, I can see with ADB it is gone, but after reboot all the corrupt apps and system failures are back again. I installed several different firmwares, nothing worked.
I have changed permissions with chmod and deleted by hand several files, amongst them the everytime restarting but crashing apps like skype and whatsapp.
When I perform wipe, delete, rename or move actions in ADB the results are what I wanted. But when I restart everything is back again. I even deleted almost anything, did not work.
This happened in all the roms I installed, so it must be a problem in the filesystem or so. Any idea how to permanently delete stuff while in adb shell? I already gave myself all the rights on the tablet, synced it after the deletes, nothing works.
Or does anybody know how to start from scratch?
I cannot start the tab anymore in normal mode, but I do have recovery mode and overcome cwm.
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try plugging it up while its in cwm and access the adb shell while its displaying. the prompt should be ~# if its universal. maybe you can completely wipe everything and flash a recovery at the same time? that may keep it deleted. i dont know. just a suggestion. i hope you succeed... tell me how it goes.
thanks for answering.
i tried all that, even did a complete format of the internal sd card, in adb with parted and also in windows with a mounted card. it says it is deleted, but after reboot it is all back again...
Do you have a backup of a working ROM you can restore?
Crap.... Hmm... Have you tried any formatting software? Try to find a programmer who can wipe it completely, re partition, and reinstall the stock rom. Then try to restore to something before the problems
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Use flashtool. I've heard it can unbrick, maybe it'll help???
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nbreed said:
My P1000 shut down randomly, so I tried to put everything new on it. After flash and all the other stuff it won't run properly anymore. Everytime I get 'System UIDs Inconsistent'. used Odin and Heimdall, I did wipe the data and the cache, I can see with ADB it is gone, but after reboot all the corrupt apps and system failures are back again. I installed several different firmwares, nothing worked.
I have changed permissions with chmod and deleted by hand several files, amongst them the everytime restarting but crashing apps like skype and whatsapp.
When I perform wipe, delete, rename or move actions in ADB the results are what I wanted. But when I restart everything is back again. I even deleted almost anything, did not work.
This happened in all the roms I installed, so it must be a problem in the filesystem or so. Any idea how to permanently delete stuff while in adb shell? I already gave myself all the rights on the tablet, synced it after the deletes, nothing works.
Or does anybody know how to start from scratch?
I cannot start the tab anymore in normal mode, but I do have recovery mode and overcome cwm.
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this Q
With Q???
Recovery rom can be installed, but is gone after reboot. Formatting in windows or linux (adb) performs without errors, but after reboot, yes you guessed right, it is back. So this internal sd card has a life of its own, the only thing I can do is install a working system with flashing, but then no app will work, every activation of whatever app will give inconsistent uids errors. And I cannot install new apps, because vending.apk (market) will crash. I installed vending by hand (adb), then it work for a moment, but after reboot to use it the normal way, again crashed.
AS LONG AS I CANNOT REPLACE THE SDCARD IT IS HOPELESS?!?
This morning I left the unwilling android tab in the power adapter to be fully charged for a new go. But: it is now a real brick. It won't power up any more, the button lights do not flash anymore, the only thing it does, is showing the battery. Never again will I buy such an expensive underdeveloped piece of plastic crap again!
Calm down... You need to boot into recovery mode and try using formatting the sd. If comp can recognize, format the sd with the computer. It's not the android. It's what you did. Sorry
ROOTED Xperia Play 4G 2.3.3
can you read? i did format the sdcard in adb with parted, i did format it on the pc. but when i reboot EVERYTHING is back again. before rebooting it is totally empty. after reboot the old non-working stuff is back.
end of android, no end of samsung for me
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nbreed said:
can you read? i did format the sdcard in adb with parted, i did format it on the pc. but when i reboot EVERYTHING is back again. before rebooting it is totally empty. after reboot the old non-working stuff is back.
end of android, no end of samsung for me
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I have the very same problem, did you managed to fix it ??
I added some new strings to my build.prop and rebooted. afterwards it would get stuck on the tmobile screen. Theres no custom recovery for this phone.Its an alcatel one touch fierce. I factory reset and cleared cache. I still have my backup build.prop but i cant push it to the phone because i get error:closed. I only have adb sideload but i dont have the update.zip. Any way to save my phone......???:crying:
Bookg said:
I added some new strings to my build.prop and rebooted. afterwards it would get stuck on the tmobile screen. Theres no custom recovery for this phone.Its an alcatel one touch fierce. I factory reset and cleared cache. I still have my backup build.prop but i cant push it to the phone because i get error:closed. I only have adb sideload but i dont have the update.zip. Any way to save my phone......???:crying:
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Try adb push of your backup after removing the build.prop.
You must have already enabled adb debugging, appropriate drivers in place & adb environment for this to work.
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Well i have everything set up ,but when i try pushing it i get error:closed and ive tried alot to fix it. Maybe because its only adb sideload ?
Hello,
I've been trying to undo the mcs_heartbeat changes I've applied while my Nexus 5 was on KitKat, but the app Push Notification Fixer is not compatible with Lollipop, so I tried to directly uninstall Google Play services via Titanium Backup, to then have a clean reinstall and convert to system app again. In this last process however, TB seemed to become non responsive while it was converting it to system app, so I decided to force a reboot after 5~ mins.
Now every time it reboots after I see around 2 secs of the lock screen.
Tried to restart into safe mode, same thing. At this point, scared, I decided that I'd be willing to lose all the data if it meant have the phone working again, so I tried a format, but that seems to just not work, after a while it simply reboots normally to the same bootloop. It won't get past "Formatting /data..."
Another problem is that I usually keep USB debugging off because it makes winamp music transfer not work, so I don't have it. I'm really a beginner, so the solution might be simpler than I can imagine, but could anyone please help?
edit: formatting went through, but it clearly didn't solve the problem, as it now keeps rebooting as soon as a glimpse of status and navigation bar are seen (for 0.5s max, on a full black background).
halp, what do why doesn't formatting restore everything to how it should be?
1.Download factory image from google ,
2. download and install fastboot/adb drivers (there's a pack on this forum that only requires 3 clicks)
3. Unzip the factory image archive
4. connect phone to pc , reboot to bootloader ( press and hold volume down and power ) ,
4.a type in a command window , from the folder where u have fastboot.exe "fastboot devices" -quotes . If you get a long string of numbers everything is fine
4.b if your bootloader isn't unlocked , type in a command window
fastboot oem unlock
5. run the flash-all.bat from the folder where you unzipped the archive
6. wait
7. wait some more
8. phone should reboot full stock.
Factory reset doesn't touch your modification , nor does it restore corrupted files. All it does is delete your app storage , settings and cache.
Um, sorry if this sounds annoyingly silly, but if I do factory reset on my Nexus 5, will that delete all of my pictures, PDF document, videos, music, etc2?
I am aware that the app will be wiped clean like how the phone is first received, but I'm not sure if factory reset will also delete all of my stuffs I mentioned above.
I got stuck in boot because I think I have too much app on my phone.
dvdlesher said:
Um, sorry if this sounds annoyingly silly, but if I do factory reset on my Nexus 5, will that delete all of my pictures, PDF document, videos, music, etc2?
I am aware that the app will be wiped clean like how the phone is first received, but I'm not sure if factory reset will also delete all of my stuffs I mentioned above.
I got stuck in boot because I think I have too much app on my phone.
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Yes it will
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I know this is probably a shot in the dark, but the phone was rooted with kingroot and working great, I decided to be an idiot and factory reset. I must've deleted a system app that made the phone function properly. The lock screen doesn't work. The recent apps button does nothing either. Also, when I restart the phone it starts the whole factory reset process over. Does anyone have any idea what LG app may govern these things? The phone works besides this, but that is pretty major stuff. I know it's a cheap phone but I thought it was worth asking.
CaptainPatterson said:
I know this is probably a shot in the dark, but the phone was rooted with kingroot and working great, I decided to be an idiot and factory reset. I must've deleted a system app that made the phone function properly. The lock screen doesn't work. The recent apps button does nothing either. Also, when I restart the phone it starts the whole factory reset process over. Does anyone have any idea what LG app may govern these things? The phone works besides this, but that is pretty major stuff. I know it's a cheap phone but I thought it was worth asking.
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If you can find a copy of your stock firmware, you can:
1) extract the system apps from the firmware(they'll be in the /system/app and /system/priv-app folder, extract the ones that you don't currently have on the device), then push those apps to the corresponding folder on the device using adb push or by using an app that has a root browser.
2) extract the /system/app folder and the /system/priv-app folder, then use adb push to push them back to /system on the device.
3) extract the entire system.img from the firmware then use adb shell and a dd command to dd the system.img on the device to replace the corrupted system with a complete system.
Or you can get copies of what you don't have from another member here with the same device and firmware then use those to replace the deleted apps
After getting them back to where they go, boot to recovery and wipe cache but don't factory reset.
It's always best to disable or hibernate system apps first to determine whether they are needed, if disabling/hibernating them cause issues then you know they can't be deleted, in this case, re-enable/unhibernate the app. If disabling/hibernating an app doesn't cause an issue, then it's safe to remove/uninstall that app. Do this process one app at a time and you'll figure out what you have to keep and what can be gotten rid of. And remember, after removing or adding system apps, you have to boot to recovery and wipe cache partition (and/or dalvik/ART cache if you have custom recovery). Failing to do the wipe will definitely cause issues.
@CaptainPatterson, I added more info.
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