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[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haxin:
this would work, however you have to fix you novacom/novaterm issues on your windows machine before you'll be able to do any of this. the reason acmeuninstaller, acmeinstaller2 arent working is likely because youre on a windows7 64bit box and Palm-sdk, the novacomd.exe, noverm.exe, and javaruntime apps and drivers arent setup right. just make sure you have the proper javaupdates on your computer then you can install preware in webos, preware has some nice tools that will delete the entire android install partitions, one is called 'remove android' and the other is called 'tailor' you run them from within webos. after you do that then in webos you should do a full device reset. you'll find it in the "info" tab under settings in webos. this will delete and reformat the whole /media ,(aka sdcard) partition. so you will lose all the files you have stored on both webos and android. that format will take a long time probably like 30 min or more. after thats done. reboot the hp and run webosdoctor. now i know for sure this will work because ive done it on mine. remember to put the touchpad in developer mode in webos first to install preware. you can do that by typing webos20090606 into the webos search bar and hitting enter. I'll put links from my box.com accou t to everything you need.

https://www.box.com/s/479acdb6ef9c99fc7b92

https://www.box.com/s/1aed4722990aad251570

edit: also I'm not sure if youre on the 16gig 32gig or 64gig pad, the webosdoctor that i linked is for 32gig wifi only US version. if thats not what you have then youll need to get the doctor for for specific touchpad. or you could create a webosmetadoctor but thats a whole nother project.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasticsoldier:
i have the 32gb version. i assume US and Canadian aren't gonna make a difference

i've tried all those threads. any novacom/novaterm stuff doesn't work, the files won't delete so when trying to recreate they just error saying it already exists.

if the devices is on in androind the adb can find the device although the "Serial" has a bunch of ???? at the end of it. when i go to cwm adb cannot find the device.

in cwm i can mount and add files that way and go back to install zip sdcard but get:

--Installing /sdcard/aokp_tenderloin_milestone-4.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E: Can't open /sdcard/aokp_tenderloin_milestone-4.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted

used "remove android" in webos, but then nothing is different after the fact as usual. 'tailor' doesn't seem to exist anymore in preware at least that i can find

not sure if there is anything else I can do at this point
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haxin:
ok no one will be able to help you fix this issue unless you give complete details of the problems. when you say " novacom/novaterm stuff doesn't work" we cant really help specific error details is what i need. I dont mind helping you fix this but you have to be a little more specific on exactly what,where, and how youre installing and running and mounting apps and directories.

your problem IS fixable but you need to slow down and really do things exactly step by step.

Ok so back to ./adb. now when you boot in to CWM recovery on he touchpad DONT do anything in CWM just plug it into the computer. do not mount it as a usb storage and dont mount or unmount the sd partition LEAVE IT.

you can then use ./adb from the command line or terminal on the computer to move the files to the touchpad' or install apk's uninstall apk's you name it. This will require that you know some linux terminal commands. for example to move a new rom zip to the internal sd card or into any other folder you can use ./adb push command to run a root shell on the android device itself you can use ./adb shell and then change folder and file properties from readonly to rw. this can all be done while the touchpad is patiently waitng in CWM recovery. this way when youre done installing or uninstalling apps from the device and moving flash zips to it, you can disconnect the .adb connection with ./adb disconnect or just type exit from the terminal till it closes. unplug it then you will be able to pick up the touchpad and install zip from the sdcard, keep in mind you dont want to choose 'apply u[date from sdcard' you want to use the 'install zip from sdcard option' you can read up more on how adb works. it is probally the most important part of hacking android.

with that being said. novaterm is the palm webos version of .adb. this is why when you boot into webos recovery to do things like acmeinstaller and acmeuninstaller2 the novaterm novacom and novacomd apps have to be installed correctly on the computer or else you wont be going anywhere fast. some screenshot examples of how it should appear below.

https://www.box.com/s/432e63a83215f00eea6a

https://www.box.com/s/970bc29542a05f98f036

https://www.box.com/s/63c0f656e8354f7f2d6a

https://www.box.com/s/cbe3266467ae8e3ebabe

https://www.box.com/s/005e56a61a178dd17fa4 some better resolution images.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
Plasticsoldier said

used "remove android" in webos, but then nothing is different after the fact as usual. 'tailor' doesn't seem to exist anymore in preware at least that i can find

not sure if there is anything else I can do at this point

Yes there is

Firstly tailor does exist, it is a beta and the facility to dl must be enabled.

Read this and scroll down to Enabling beta test feeds and follow the instructions , when you get as far as using the Linux command you CAN copy and paste thank God.

http://en.m.webos-internals.org/wiki/Testing_Feeds?wasRedirected=true . After that reboot into Webos and launch preware. Go into managed feeds as per the instructions in the link above and install Tailor. Reboot again and the app will work. It looks very good actually.

But before attempting to actually use Tailor please read the article I have posted below it is only 7 pages long but will explain how to use Taylor properly as it is a powerful tool.

http://forums.webosnation.com/webos...partition-filesystem-editor-beta-testing.html

I have done all of this , this morning so if you have any problems pm me or ask in this thread.

I sincerely hope that this helps, it should be the answer to your problems.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasticsoldier:
@haxin: sorry, wasn't trying to be unhelpful when everyone is being helpful to me. I shall be more detailed in future responses. I think i was getting frustrated and had had a busy exhausting day so it didn't help me come across clearly/properly.

OK, so I had preware installed already, so I removed it, went into developer mode, used the linux commands, reinstalled preware, added Tailor.

(i've done this a few times, because I didn't remove the cable after doing the linux commands for preware, then i accidentally hit the wrong buttons and it connected to 'usb drive' mode and wouldn't connect on the pc side and got stuck on the "ow disconnected me properly next time" screen).

So it gives me the following options

USB (media)

Android (system)

Android (cache)

Android (data)

Unused Space

the 'usb media' starts mounted and will mount again if unmounted. If I use 'check filesystem' it'll pass. So then I try 'delete partition' which pretends to delete, then it takes me to the unused partition which is still at 16mb. so i try to use "check filesystem' again and it fails. try repair and it fails as well

I've tried mounting the android parts just to see, they just sit there processing that they are trying to mount. trying to delete or anything else fails as well.

and now after trying things, any of the 'cards' will try to open and just sit there grey. and with my usb cable not plugged in it still is giving me the option to enter usb drive mode. and with this i have to restart and go through the steps again of adding Tailor which is getting tedious.

I restarted, went through the motions to get back to Tailor. trying out resizing just to see how that goes. So far 15%. not sure what will happen when done, but we will see.

This is getting long, so i'll end this part and update on anything and also try to familiarize myself with adb a tad more
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
So I'm assuming my post/pm was what helped you to get Tailor installed.

I'm rereading the how to thread before I resize my android partition to give a little more space as I also use an app called switchme to have two individual user profiles for when I let someone else use/borrow my Touchpad .

Hope all goes well, regards sstar /saul.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plasticsoldier:
yeah got tailor installed with those instructions. partition resizing failed. I've been busy with work so haven't gotten to try more with adb or anything else, but basically just been installing es file explorer on android after any restart and streaming from my pc for any videos. i will try adb later though and let everyone know what steps i am taking/how that turns out to see if i am doing it as correctly as possible and if there may be a chance of saving this jerk of a machine haha
[Thunderbolt General] recDNA:
Hi! Sorry to interrupt the ICS frenzy but I would really appreciate your help.

Anybody using K9 for an Exchange Account? I keep getting 2 inboxes for the same 1 exchange account. Tried setting it up twice but same result. Anybody have this problem? Even better if you know a fix! I don't want to use stock email because then I must consent to giving IT dept authority to remotely wipe my phone whenever they feel like it ( or mess up).

Thanks!
[Thunderbolt General] dcs3473:
There is another thread about duplicate emails, but my issue was only with the Unified Inbox. What was happening is that my Exchange account Inbox only shows one email being downloaded and displayed in the Inbox, but two of every email would list in the Unified Inbox. On K9 Mail's site, Issue 3486 described my issue exactly. Someone there posted a solution, and I responded on that site with a detailed way of getting around the issue. I thought I would repost here as several fellow Android users here may come across this issue.

The main issue is that Exchange accounts may list two Inbox folders that are synced, and therefore two of every email show up in the Unified Inbox. Unchecking the "Unify" option for the second inbox gets around two emails displaying.

To do this, first open K9 to the account selection screen.

- Select the account that shows the duplicate (most likely your Exchange account).

- Bring up the menu using the Menu button on your Android device, and select "Folder List"

- If two Inbox items are listed, select and hold the second "Inbox". Then select "Folder Settings".

- Uncheck the last item in the Folder Settings ("Unify").

->If two Inbox items are NOT listed, there may be a different folder with two items listed or your problem is different (sorry!).

I also turned off syncing of the second Inbox folder so that I also am not downloading any items to it. I hope this helps.
[Thunderbolt General] recDNA:
I don't use the unified inbox for precisely that reason. I have my email set to poll every 5 minutes.

I long pressed the bottom inbox to get its settings and unchecked every box but it must still by syncing because each incoming email first shows up as 1 in the notification bar then quickly changes to 2.

Thanks! I'm surprised they haven't fixed this.
[Captivate General] 671Cappy:
Just installed CM 10 Nightly and GAPPS 7.1; now I have no stock camera and video player crashes when I try to scan for new videos; Movies are in external sd and video app is not reading it. Help
[Captivate General] noone.dk01:
camera, you can try another app for example ICS +

if not try to flash another rom
[Captivate General] sunfirestorm:
Try this

So i am not sure what you mean by Gapps 7.1 but the gapps you should be using for the official nightlies is http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip

and i would suggest you, do a factory wipe, go a head and flash the latest nightly, wipe cache and dalvik for good measure then flash gapps and then fix permissions. That should fix you up good ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
Ok, so heres the deal. The s2 is my sisters phone, and she comes home and told me the phone wont turn on, that its stuck on the boot screen and it just keeps turning off and doing it again. So I started looking into it (Im an iPhone user, so I'm not too familiar with android devices. BUT I do know a bit about computers, cell phones and just technology in general). I ended up finding out that its stuck in a soft brick. So I started youtubing how to fix it. Found a great method using Odin3 and Samsung Kies. AND IT WORKED. I turned the phone back on, got past the lock screen and everything was all good.

After about 30 seconds, THE PHONE BRICKED AGAIN. And it went right back into the boot loop, I cant get it into download mode because it just keeps restarting after a couple of seconds. With that happening, I cant get the computer to recognize it so I can do a recovery fix with Samsung Kies. I legit cannot find any solution to it.

The thing that baffles me and is causing me a huge headache is the fact that THE PHONE IS NOT ROOTED. nothing has been done to it, its completely stock. So if there is no solution to it, can somebody at least tell me what might have been able to cause this?

Thanks to all,

Dariel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
Probably bad sticky/stuck/sucky power button. That usually is the case when you can get into download mode but then it restarts.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikie86:
same problem

having the same problem... phone worked great for a while the with darkside evolution..ICS.. my phone began randomly restarting on a daily basis... but now it just in a boot loop.. it makes it to the darkside evolution screen and then will eventually power off and reboot.. sometime it just vibrates and never boots.... once in a while it will boot all the way and when it loads the power off mode pops up and i try to hit recovery but i ussually will just reboot...... absolutely frustarting.... took it to a phone repair guy ,said he took the power button off and it did the same thing to him... he said it was a corrupt operating system.... not sure he is right.. think its a bad power button..... dont know what to do.. cant send it to warramnty with it rooted with a custom rom..

IF ANY ONYONE CAN HELP,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
But if thats the case, then how would I be able to fix it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
I doubt its a corrupt OS, because like I said in my original post; my sisters phone is completely stock. No custom rom, no root. Nothing. So I'm leaning more towards the bad power button situation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikie86:
i agree.... just dropped off the phone to another cell phone repair shop.. hes gonna try to flash it to stock so i can send it in for warranty... should know about an hour... hopefully he can get it done.... i will post back when i know something......
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
Alright. Keep me posted. Im waiting for my dads friend to show up because his cousin or something owns a cell phone repair shop around my city. I'll post back up once I find anything else out. Godspeed. Lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikie86:
still waiting to hear back... ask your dads cousin/uncle/friend/nephew if he knows a way to fry the operating sytem if my guy cant fix it.... think that may the only way to get it warrantied LOL..... maybe a tazer or a paper clip in the light socket????? :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
Im still waiting too -_-. Nothing yet. Im gonna keep looking into it and see if theres anything else that might have caused it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikie86:
just heard back from my guy and he said he couldnt do anything either.... DAMMITT... he also said 3 other people showed up at his shop,after i left with the exact same issue as you.... stock roms and keeps rebooting... ordered the usb jig today... maybe that might help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
As far as I read, with this problem, Jigs dont help because the phone turns off regardless if they're in download mode or not. goodluck tho.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
I'm curious, did you all have the phone for a while, or did you recently get these phones? Sounds like a bad batch
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] janjala:
i had same prob on galaxy note and i found out that it was power key problem, it was moistored and phone was thinking that power button was allwayes pushed. JIG wont help it will go in download mode for 3 seconds.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darielwho:
well I just came back from the phone repair spot. they took the phone apart and said that the motherboard is completely fried. Theres nothing that can be done for the phone. I guess its time to just move on a get a new phone. Thanks for the help regardless guys. Good luck to yous that still have this problem, hope the outcome is different. Live and learn.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bernarddo:
wow

---------- Post added at 11:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:35 PM ----------

cach wipe it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikie86:
i only had th phone for about 2 months.... think you might be right...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leug:
it sounds like a bad power button

Like its been posted before, it sounds like you have a bad (or stuck) power button. OK try this (it might or might not work) take off the battery, and with your finger start rubbing the power button from side to side (take in consideration not to do it too hard, you don't want to hulk rub the phone to death). while you rub the button make sure to hear the click click every time you go over it. after that connect the battery and see if it boots. it worked for me. granted sometimes the problem comes back, so in all honesty this AINT a fix, its more of a workaround. but who knows it might work for you as well. Best of luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] madmaze:
so i think these issues are different from OP. Though i can say, i did have the same issues you were describing.. im now happily on CM10 nightlies.. much faster and stable than the Darkside ICS rom!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] akstunt600:
Well I can verify that removing the power button from the mobo works brilliantly. No more boot loop on the t989 and nexus s. Only the middle and left or right side of the contacts need to be jumped to power it on. Remember it takes 10 seconds of holding a jumper there. Now where to find replacement buttons?

Hopes this helps guys.:good:

Alex K.

UbreakIfix technician.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Arakhnidef:
I think its a power button assembly problem. At first it would happen intermittently and it would go away till, no matter what I did, the phone would behave as if the power button was being pressed and not let go. It would happen more often when the phone would get moist due to rainy or humid conditions. So I opened up the phone, took the motherboard out and used a blow dryer on the power button area for about a minute, let it cool down and then reassemble (also blew some air in there just in case dust was causing the problem as well). The phone did not boot/reloop for a week. Then it started again, and I thought that maybe my case (d30 case) pushing on the power button really tightly all the time wasn't helping so, I cut away the are near the power button on my case and the problem has not come back in two weeks.

To Sum up....

Possible causes

-Tight cases pressing on the power buttons (Get a case that doesnt fit so tight on the phone, dont use one, or cut the power button area away from the case)

-Power button too sensitive to humidity and dust ( (disassemble , clean and heat the area up)

goood luck, my friend had the same problem before he traded it in to get an s3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] n1n00b:
What's the best/easiest way to remove the power button from the mobo? My wife's T989 is having this issue. I found a replacement part for ~$5, but I don't want to just rip the button from the mobo...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] musashi32:
my friend's t989 is having the same issue. Where did you get your replacement power button?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] n1n00b:
I'm waiting to hear about how to remove the button, but this is where I found the replacement part.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] frankFrank4u:
Had the same problem - this worked

All of a sudden my phone would not start Galaxy S II kept looping.:(

Looked on the web and found this site :laugh:

Solution -

Playing around with the phone and ...:cowboy:

As the phone was looping hit the home key (The Key at the bottom of the phone) and it went to the pattern to unlock page, was this a fluke? :confused: I don't know but it works now...:laugh:

Hope that this helps someone :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] svahora:
SGH-i897 Power Button is the same button, so if you guys want to do this yourself... look for that part its only about $2-3

http://www.fastestsupply.com/samsun...gh-i897-power-button-at-t-original-p-431.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] petoria_:
bump

this happened to me couple days ago. anyone know how to remove the power button and jump it? Went to fastestsupply site to buy the power button but user isn't able to accept payment from paypal so its kinda fishy =/ If anyone knows another site please inform
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mattprime86:
THANK YOU guys...I've been trying to figure out my problem. it IS INDEED the power button problem. If i rub the button in phases, it boots up normally. Not touching the button causes the reboots. so happy to know the problem, will be going in to a repair centre.

much appreciated :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] YemeniFriend:
Power Button?... HELP!

Well, I'll start my story from the top. So I rooted my SGH-T989, No Custom Rom or anything! So then I wanted to unroot it because for some reason I felt guilty to have my phone rooted. So I opened SuperSU and clicked Full Unroot. So everything was fine after that except Syncing with Kies. So I then had a Live Chat with a Samsung Representative. We preformed a soft reset and all these other things that didn't help it. So she said to boot it in Android Recovery Mode which for some reason I couldn't do that because it booted to Download mode. So while we were chatting I was trying to go on Odin to reset everything and put it in stock mode BUT Odin didn't detect anything!!! Nether did the computer detect anything! So she led me to preform a factory reset which succeeded BUT now I'm in a loop when booting. I usually makes it to the Android logo then resets and it does that right now. So what do I do? I tried rubbing the power button and playing with it, no progress. So

Help? Please.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Sounds like a faulty pospower button, either that our u had a bad flash when u tried to unroot the phone, u could try putting the phone in download mode and then connecting to odin, make sure that u dont have kies installed on ur pc, and try diff com ports, make sure u have the factory oem usb cord, or one that handles data transfer, or try a differnt pc, make sure drivers are installed too..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Edit- I forgot to mention, the reason kies won't sync with ur device now is because u rooted it, I assume u had a custom recovery installed to root ur phone and once u do that kies will no longer connect to ur device
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] YemeniFriend:
No no no...

But i could never access ANY recovery at all. I know there maybe some issue from the internal USB because nothing will detect it in any mode. I can only access Download Mode but no Odin or Heimball