yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Yes. Rename it to launcher.apk

After finishing with the steps in my previous post, you can move to the following steps:

1. Connect your device to pc (power it on) and wait for the drivers to install

2. Open the extracted ADB folder,

- hold the SHIFT key, and RIGHT CLICK on a blank area in the folder,

- select OPEN COMMAND PROMPT HERE, from the right click options,

- command window will open

3. In command window, type as follows

- adb devices

#this will confirm if your device is connected

- adb install launcher.apk

- adb reboot

Wait for your phone to reboot, then disconnect it from your Pc.

You should now have the option to choose another launcher.

Done.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
Model Number: GT-I9100

Android Version: 2.3.3.

Baseband version: I9100XXKDH

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKDD-CL161513

root@DELL103 #2

Build Number: GINGERBREAD.XWKDD

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Oh and I found how to get contacts and messages.

Using ADB

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databses/mmssms.db

Then I installed SQ Lite Manager add on for Firefox and opened the 2 .db files.

Well, I'm making progress now on how to read the information from a database, it's like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. I feel confident in putting them together via extensive cross referencing and recovering all text messages and phone numbers, even if I have to type them out by hand into Word.

Thanks Jokesy for helping me with this damn Twlauncher problem. If the worst comes to worst, I think I can recover all personal data from the device before wiping everything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
don't worry.

1. You need to flash a ROOT kernel with CWM recovery. You can flash CF-ROOT kernel or Siyah kernel via Odin

2. We need this so that adb can gain root access, and also to probably flash another launcher at worst via CWM recovery. We can also disable Touchwiz launcher temporarily via ADB.

3. Do you have CWM zip template?

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1. Download Siyah kernel 2.6.6 : www.gokhanmoral.com/public/files/siyahkernel/Siyah-v2.6.6.tar

2. Download CF-ROOT kernel

3. Flash Siyah kernel via Odin

When you are done, let me know
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056334

I originally rooted my phone following the instructions in that thread. So I assume the kernels you're referring to are compatible with the ROM I flashed?

No I do not have CWM zip template, what is it and where/how can i get it/make it?

I basically rooted my phone as soon as I got it, didn't change a thing after the initial messing about.

Why do you want me to download the CF-Root Kernel but flash the Siyah kernel?

I will redownload Odin and see about the flashing the kernel as you have said. It's been a while.. I also need to sleep now for a while, when I wake up tomorrow morning, I will read a bit more about the stuff you have to me to do, then try to do it. Thx.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Ok.

That means you rooted your phone using insecure kernel, right?

I want you to download and flash a kernel that has CWM recovery. We really need it to flash another launcher and rename Touchwiz launcher via CWM recovery.

What's your time there?

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Yes, the Siyah kernel is compatible with gingerbread.

I couldn't find a compatible CF-ROOT kernel, so i guess you will have to flash Siyah kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
UK Time. I will be here now for a several hours.

Well, I think it's insecure because when I start my phone there is a yellow triangle with ! inside.

So, I've downloaded Odin 3.04. The Siyah Kernal as you said, after extracting from zip, I get "zImage", type of file is "File."

So how to flash? I really have forgotten all of this. So I start my SGS2 in Download Mode, go to Odin, select PDA, select zImage, the press Start?

What then? Thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
You don't need to extraxt it from .tar select PDA then selexct unzipped Kernel and then start :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
Odin ID:COM is is not turning yellow, it is a sort of light blue colour. Is this to do with odin v3.04 rather than v1.85?

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OK I've flashed it. Odin shows in green PASS!

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Ok, phone boots as normal, still yellow warning triangle. Still Twlauncher error.

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Now The recovery mode has changed from default Android to CW-based Recovery v5.0.2.7 with the following options:

reboot system now

apply update from sdcard

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

install zip from sdcard

backup and restore

mounts and storage

advanced

power off

+++++Go Back+++++
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Ok. All now if you want to remove triangle search on this forum "triangle away" in play is paid in this forum free.

But with crashing twlauncher I can't help...

Send form Galaxy S2. Using XDA Premium
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Good.

Download CWM.zip template

follow these steps:

1. Rename Go launcher.apk to com.gau.go.launcherex-1.apk

2 Open CWM.zip with 7zip, WinRar or similar apps (Don't Extract)

3. Copy com.gau.go.launcherex-1.apk to data/app

4. Close CWM.zip

5. Boot to Recovery

- Select Mounts and Storage

- Connect your phone to PC

- Turn on USB storage

- Copy CWM.zip to your phone

- Safely remove you phone from pc

- Unmount usb storage from recovery

- Disconnect phone from PC

- Press back button, select flash zip from Sd card

- Flash CWM.zip

- reboot phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
OK. Done of all that.

Phone reboots ok.

Still Twlauncher error, there is no option to use another launcher?

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Just checked /data/apps no sign of the com.gau.go.launcherex-1.apk that should have been flashed.

Rebooting phone now because some other previous installed apps were greyed out, meaning error with sd card reading.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
have rebooted the phone, anything?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
nothing. doesn't seem to be installed. it's the right apk. i know it is.

i also reflashed the zip a second time. nada, even though it says it's gone ok.

i simply dont understand my twlauncher problem seems to be more severe than the case files i have seen on the internet.

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So any way to force the /data folders to be mounted as r/w?

I think that's where the headache stems from.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Dont worry we'll soon get over it.

1. Boot your phone into recovery

2. Connect your phone to PC

3. Fire up Adb and type the following commands

- adb kill-server

- adb start-server

- adb devices

Goto Step 4, once you are sure Adb has found your device.

4. In recovery, perform the following steps,

- Select mounts and storage

- Select mount /data

- Select mount /system

5. Copy com.gau.go.launcherex-1.apk to your Adb folder

6. In Adb type the following commands

- adb push com.gau.go.launcherex-1.apk /data/app

- adb shell

- ls /data/app (you should be able to see if the launcher has been copied now. )

- exit

If you can see go launcher in /data/app, move to step 7. if not, just report here immediately, dont bother to move to step 7.

7. let's backup all your system apps

- adb pull /system/app \systembackup

8. let's delete touchwiz launcher now

- adb shell

- rm "/system/app/TouchWiz30Launcher.apk"

- rm "/system/app/TouchWiz30Launcher.odex"

9. check if touchwiz launcher has been truly deleted.

- ls /system/app

- exit

- adb kill-server

10. In recovery,

- unmount /data

- unmount /system

-reboot phone.

If you face any error let me know.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
Before we do any of that. Do you think it's worth it for me to go into CWM Recovery to wipe cache + wipe dalvik cache? Thx

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(however, i do seem to have copied something to data, CWM recovery seemed to have really succedded in making /data r/w)

adb shell

~ #: su

su

Segmentation fault

OR

~ # Is /data/app

Is /data/app

/sbin/sh: Is: not found

~ #

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well, com.gau.go.launcherex-1.apk is in /data/app now

but it's not doing anything on boot

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now that /data can be finally mounted as r/w. perhaps I could try your previous method of "adb install launcher.apk" or maybe I can use ADB to manually uninstall swiftkey 3 & skyfire, the 2 programs i was using before the twlauncher error?

it has green android logo, not the clover logo of go ex launcher.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. how did you know that go launcher is showing android logo, are you accessing that with a file manager on your phone?

2. have you deleted touchwiz launcher already?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
1) Yeah, I'm accessing it with Root Explorer on my SGS2, using my mentioned method of quickly pressing buttons inbetween each force close error to get into settings to force stop twlauncher. then accessing Root Explorer from home page.

2) I havent deleted touchwiz launcher yet because i'm not sure why adb shell now says

~ # rather than #

And why su gives "segmentation fault"

or what /sbin/sh: Is: not found means.

I just need to be sure before deleting that those weird messages on ADB doesn't mean anything bad is going happen.

And also you don't think it's work for me to try adb install launcher.apk now that /data subfolders are r/w? Thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Since you can access a file manager, then you should try this,

1. download an alternative launcher compatible with Gingerbread. Nemus launcher, ADW launcher. use google to search for them.

2. copy the apks to your phone the same way you copied the cwm.zip

3. reboot your phone

4. use Root explorer to locate the apks, and install them.

5. press home button after successful install to lauch the alternative home launcher.

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in recovery, adb shell was aready running as root, hence those errors
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
Well installing apks from within Root Explorer still fails. 2 reasons. 1) Superuser process force close at beginning (but can still make /system r/w) 2) /data reverts back to r/o

So installing the apk crashes the phone.

I've now used adb install launcher.apk to put the launcher.apk in /data/local/tmp

This is because I'm using CWM Recovery mode to mount /data , that makes it r/o so that the adb commands will work.

However when I reboot phone nothing happens, no app is installed. The launcher.apk from /data/local/tmp where you copy launcher.apk to using command is now gone. No idea what happened to it if application not installed.

I suspect that for some reason the /data folder become locked into r/o as soon as phone system loads up. Even ADB cannot change that.

But for some reason , CWM Recovery mode CAN successfully mount /data and make it r/w, but that does not last...

Maybe I should try clearning cache/delvik cache and when in Recovering mode & mounting /data to use ADB to uninstall swiftkey 3 & skyfire to see if that fixes problem?

It's midnight in the uk now and I'll going to bed in a bit because I'm really sleepy. But please do post advice here. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
I don't know if I'm communicating to an android user, but all you steps you listed are not needed.

How to install a user app with Root Explorer or any file manager in Android:

1. Open the file explorer

2. Navigate to the location of your apk file

3. Select (simply touch the apk file) the apk file

4. If you haven't done this before, a window will show up. Simply look for and Enable Unknown Sources. Close that window.

5. Select (simply touch the apk file) the apk file, a window like this shows up:

6. Select install.

This is how to install a normal app using any file explorer in Android. You don't need any Superuser, R/W, R/O stuffs to do that.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
I apologise, you must think I'm lacking in brain cells. :(

http://www.mediafire.com/?lc22p5xdchm4xax
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Sorry but I can't download 100+MB of files for this, I'm on a limited data.

If you don't mind, can you explain whatever is in that mp4?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Jokesy.

I see when he installing programs he phone fast reboot...

@Op

Not too young for semi-nude woman ? :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
@Paul thanks.

@Op, boot to recovery,

- wipe cache partition

- wipe dalvik cache (under Advanced)

- fix permissions (under Advanced)

- reboot phone

Report how it goes
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
@ Paul

Well, there was a bit more than that, it showed everything I'd been saying wasn't working.

@Jokesy

Did all of that, wipe cache/dalvik cache & fixed permissions. Still same problem
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
ok

1. Copy the new launchers .apk (Nemus and Adw) I told you to download in system/app inside the CWM.zip, flash the new CWM.zip via recovery

2. If 1. Doesn't work. Backup your system/apps using the Adb command i posted yesterday (ie adb pull /system/app), then delete touchwiz launcher, Don't worry, we can always restore it back anytime we want.

3. Flash the new CWM.zip file again and reboot.

hope it works this time.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
Well that was a fail. System will not load up now (gets stuck on the S) , it refuses to use the other launcher flashed into /system/apps

Will be using ADB to push back touchwiz launcher now.

I'm going to try something of my own. I'm convinced it had something to do with the 2 applications I was using (Swiftkey 3 & Skyfire), so i'm going to delete their cache folder then remove the apks all together to see if that will fix the problem, because they were the 2 that caused touchwiz to crash.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
can you confirm if those new apks are in /system/app? if yes, boot to recovery and fix permissions
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
Yeah confirmed. Tbh, I really don't have to use CMW zip, I can use ADB push to put the apks there.

So I deleted touchwiz, put other apk there, fixed permissions. Phone boots up and then gets stuck on the S logo.

I also found that even though using CWM recovery and using the Mount /data option there makes say /data/app r/w so I can push app there, or use adb install launcher.apk to copy into /data/loca/tmp... When I do

adb shell

~#: rm -r /data/data/com.skyfire.browser/app_appcache

I get

Error it's a read only file system.

So maybe there are multiple failures on my phone? because the entirety of /data should have been mounted r/w and parts of DO BECOME r/w but NOT ALL, even with the CMD recovery console.

I mean surely the Twlauncher error shouldn't have been this hard to fix and not with other things all screwing up, I've seen youtube tutorials which my grandma could have done.

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adb uninstall commands do not work, I failed to uninstall swiftkey 3 this way. So I simply used adb shell to manually delete the apk, but all cache , files etc are all left behind. Still Twlauncher errror. FML.

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Twlauncher shows 52kb of data, which could never be cleared. I wonder how I can manually clear this, I can't find any directories where this might be stored. Maybe it rewrites the APK or the ODEX file? If so maybe I should find a stock Touchwiz Launcher apk / odex and push those into /system/apps

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This has gone on long enough. If you can think of any other solutions, please let me know, otherwise when I wake up tomorrow morning I'll back up stuff then used CWM recovery to factory reset. I'm getting a new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 next week anyway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
What you do when Tw launcher has been started crashing do you install some programs or try to use some programs.

P.s. I wrote was been important....

Send form Galaxy S2. Using XDA Premium
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
My hunches were right.

Those application caches and data for swiftkey 3 & skyfire (2 programs I was using before pressing home key and crashing Twlauncher) that I couldn't delete even using adb shell and mount /data in CWM Recovery or even manually removing the apks were to blame for absolutely everything.

So my interpretation of the Twlauncher error at least from my experience is caused by other programs, and if you do happen to successfully uninstall them or clear the caches of those programs or twlauncher then I guess problem would be solved. For me, that was not possible despite trying almost everything.

I have now used CWM Recovery to wipe /data completely, thus factory reset. Seems to be a stronger command than merely "mounting /data" because everything is gone now whereas before I couldn't even manually remove using rm -r commands in adb shell.

What's funny? Well you know I put various launcher apks in /system apps but they NEVER activated?

Now, I'm going through the standard Android Gingerbread Setup process and NOW it asks me which launcher I should use.

FML
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
So you do Factory reset ?

And now not crashing ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
yes, problem solved i think.

i really cba to restore everything piecemeal now on my SGS2 because the Twlauncher problem meant I couldn't use Kies to make a backup file. So what I have is manually pulled files from ADB (such as contact database or mmsms databse_ or from USB Storage mode, and I will have to reinstall all apps.

I think I'll just keep this phone stock and sell it in a week or two when my Note 2 gets here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Of course, factory reset would have solved the problem long ago but we were trying to solve your problem and at the same time preserve your data
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeanclaudevandamme:
yeah i know. thanks so much for trying. really appreciated that and it taught me a few tricks along the way :cyclops:
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] kiki22445:
Does anybody know how to take a screen shot on the spring board tablet?
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] Corn Flake:
Just hold volume up (or down?) button + power button for few seconds.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] kiki22445:
That didn't work :L is there something else to it? Like a setting i have to turn on. When i tried it, it kept asking if i wanted to shut it off.
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] rurou:
It only took less than 1s. If nothing happens after 1s, the try again. It needs to be pushed simultaneously (power + volume up/volume button furthest from the power button).
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] luvduchovny:
Theoretically this can also work:

Display the desired screen you want to capture.

Simultaneously press and hold the Home and Recent Apps button for 10 seconds

Screen Capture will briefly display on screen

The captured picture will be stored in the Gallery>Capture

(It works on the Springboard, don't know if it will on rooted versions, I put the ICS of TMob back on my springboard is this method does work along with the one mentioned above)
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] kiki22445:
That worked! Thank you so much :D
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] luvduchovny:
No problem. :)
[General Questions and Answers] nathan-96:
Hello guys,

I think this is a weird question, but im testing beta's from Jrummy (rom toolbox, etc). Last night I had a idea, and I mailed this to him:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dear Jimmy,

Last day I was thinking about your icon changer. Because I want my battery-icon changed. Its seem like a great app, but I've used it well. This because I'm running Cyanogenmod. In CM, not the framework-res and systemui needs to be changed, but the the (like cyanbread.apk). Because I know that you gonna rewritte all your apps, this might be a option you can add? There arr many CM (or CM-based roms) running our phones. So please think about it.

Bye, Nathan-96

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

So he replied this to me:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hey Nathan,

I see what you're saying, but please clarify; is this something that is true across all CMs, 7, 9, 10, all use the same cyanbread or whatever, instead of framework and systemui?

What is the exact name of that app that has the icons?

I await your response to see how practical it is to consider adding this.

Thanks!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

So, can anyone answer this question or give some detailed information?

Maybe, we will get icon changer, without needing uop kitchen,

thanks you all!!!

Nathan-96
[Nexus S Android Development] C4SCA:
Here is a link to slukk forum where u can find the latest twrp recovery (and his roms/kernels):

http://romolda.blogspot.pt/search/label/Nexus S?m=1

sent from my Nyan NeXus S

"You're either NEXUS or against us!"
[Nexus S Android Development] beat s:
Can i flash any rom with this as easy as with clockwork? :o
[Nexus S Android Development] C4SCA:
mostly yes!
[Nexus S Android Development] red_skittles:
Does this work with a fully encrypted Nexus S
[Nexus S Android Development] beat s:
Does that mean there are roms that you can't flash with this recovery but with cwm?
[Nexus S Android Development] C4SCA:
some people may say so that but i never had an issue...

honestly i prefer cwm 6.0.1 ...
[General Topics] PitbullVMX:
I just picked it up and its great but I'm just wondering since its only one of a few tegra 3 tabs out right now, why is there no forum for it?
[General Topics] orb3000:
How come you don´t read and search before posting?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zrpeg:
I bought a T989D privately and was told it was unlocked. Running stock ICS. When using my MTS sim it asks me for network lock control key. Since I was not the one who unlocked it, I suspected it was not really unlocked. Did a little research and found if I dialed *#7465625# , I could find status of lock. All were "off" . Now since I did not unlock it and have no way to contact person who unlocked it, I have no codes to enter. Tried rooting and using [root] Galaxy S2 SIM Unlock, it could not find unlock or unfreeze code.

What is my next step??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
Since its locked, i suggest you pay for an unlock code. Sucks that you got lied to, but thats life buddy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zrpeg:
Did some more testing. Here are some more facts. As I said my active working MTS sim asks for network lock control key. I have 2 Rogers inactive never used sims, they both ask for network lock control key.

Have a Telus never used sim, it DOES NOT ask for network lock control key.

Makes me think phone is locked. So why all the "off" states of *#7465625# test?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zrpeg:
Am I missing something here? Status of *#7465625# indicates phone IS unlocked. Any help would be appreciated. Would be glad to pay for unlock code if I knew that would work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] elesbb:
Seems like you were ripped off. I've heard of "partial unlocks" where whoever unlocked it didn't know what exactly they were doing. Like they tried z3box or jtag to unlock it. But yes if you bought an unlock key it would fully unlock it as unlock keys are usually direct from Samsung.