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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
Thank you so much for your steps. I went to apps and cleared cache on the Google play but the Google services framework wasn't in there so I went and installed root explorer from the internet and went to system then apps then Google services framework and it wasn't installed and when I attempted to install it it said parsing error . Then I tried to download it from internet and no luck so..oops I deleted it....I now just went into twrp and flashed gapps. I do not know if that will fix it but any more assistance is appreciated and I will let you know what happens after I reboot.

Thank you:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
You need to be on the ALL APPS tab not the downloaded apps tab.

I am pretty sure it needs those frameworks to operate...

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BTW- is that a CM9 or CM10 ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
OK. I am on Chimera rom . Sorry I was thinking of the rom on my Samsung galaxy 3.. and it is cm 9. 4.04

Still having the issue. I am going to run thru ur steps again. Btw what causes it?

Thank you

Deanna:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
Well I tried again and it appears that Google services framework is not at all in apps - all apps ....and under root explorer in system - apps when I click on it I am getting parsing problem....so I hope that info helps.

Again thank you:(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Try fixing permissions also.

The actual name is Google Services framework sorry....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
Did that also ... any other thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Clear Dalvik Cache?

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Try going to your terminal app and typing

su

killall drmserver

and rebooting.

If that does not do it, I think you should do a factory wipe, format cache/system and reflash your Rom and GAPPS....

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You are positive you have the correct ICS Gapps correct?

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I think you are running the WRONG GAPPS.

Check which file you have downloaded.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
OK. Thank u I am going to try it now. R u a developer? U know a lot about phones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
Not certain how to tell if correct gapps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Just observed and soaked up all I can.

I would for sure check your version of gapps first!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
Version 3.7.13
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Not your play store, your GAPPS.

The gapps for cm(ICS) is gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip.

Is that the gapps you flashed when you flashed your ROM?

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Download the appropriate GAPPS from HERE....

For your version of CM.. (9 or ICS)

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
Ur going to think this is as crazy as I do probably but I downloaded and flashed the gapps..same problem. Then, I opened terminal emulator and got ...stopped unexpectedly.. unbelievable!! What is up w this rom? Phone?:confused::eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tennisjunkie:
OK I downloaded a dpi fixer for gapps on cm9 from the how to guide in stickies...some mod ..and IT WORKED. I HAVE MY STORE BACK. THANK YOU.

I couldn't have done it without you.:D:D:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] K9kazoo:
Google Play error...

I'm running [Rom]Sky-JellyBean T-1,000 5.3 ((T5--(10/06)) GS3-Touchwiz--Vs--CM 10... also receiving error while at Google Play... receiving an error message when I go to update apps thru Google Play... (Error retrieving information from server. [RPC:AEC:01])

I've tried clearing the Google Play app cache and rebooting w/o success.

Any suggestions?

Thx.

B
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hechoen:
Clear data from Google Services Frameworks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
Already did all the clearing that is recommended here.

The problem I have is that my music doesn't play. I'll click on a song and hit play and Google plays the song but the seek bar is stuck at 0.00 and the music never plays.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onealvideo:
Clear cache/data for the download manager also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
I also forgot to add that it won't even play music that I have on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] pro2kon:
I followed all the steps to try to resolve this issue but the only thing that I found out to work is RE-INSTALL your gapps it worked for me im running CM10 stable and was running the NEXTGEN 4.2 gapps then flashed the new gapps and thats when my market was getting the error message so I decided to reflash my 4.2 gapps now my market is back hope this helps any body out there by the way im using twrp as my recovery just in case your wondering
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aliasif1:
Guyz what if i root my s2 and then unroot will it be in warranty still
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulius7:
Ir binary custom be in 1 so no but if 0 yes it be still valid to reset binary use triangle away in play paid in this forum free

Send form Galaxy S2. Using XDA Premium
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poroto:
As long as you unroot completely and keep your binary counter on 0, then yeah, u should get your warranty back
[XPERIA X10 General] sdzbwxp:
As many of you may know, Achotjan is one of the most talented dev in our X10 community. He made the SEMC Debrand Engine, and developed many wonderful Roms for our device. His SEMC Debrand Engine also provides the the frame work for many other wonderful ROMs made by other Devs, such as some Feralab roms, and DiKeJ for DiXperia 8 'eXtraodinary'.

in Mid August, a guy named Rajiva opened this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30226225#post30226225

While his ROM was totally based on Achotjan's SED, he didn't ask for permission first, and even worse, he was rude and disrespectful after Achotjan pointed it out. Because of him disrespect, Achotjan decided to stop developing for X10 and leave our community.

you can read this thread to understand what happened.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1829595

Obviously, Rajiva is not a dedicated and ethical dev that XDA embrace. In fact, he not only used the SDE without permision, but also included some paid Apps in his ROM. He violated number of XDA rules, and his thread was eventually closed. It has been over a month, Achotjan hasn't looked back. He did say in one of his thread that the X10 community is the one he enjoyed the most.

I want to call on all X10 members to show your support to Achotjan, and ask him to come back to our community. the X10 community miss you, Achotjan! Your ROMs were constantly on the first page of the DEV forum, and thousands of members use your ROM everyday! With Fera coming back to development, and new Dev's like Amin, our X10 community is reviving. Please please, Achotjan, come back...we need you, and we miss you!!
[XPERIA X10 General] cartmenicus:
I agree with this!! we need achotjan!!!!!! he was an amazing dev! and for one mistake we lost hime! i really wish that didnt happen! please achotjan comeback man!:good:
[XPERIA X10 General] brenty108:
I don't disagree but you know the moderators are going to take this down. They take down stuff like this.
[XPERIA X10 General] sdzbwxp:
Mind pointing out which rule my post violated?
[XPERIA X10 General] quintas84:
Its great if achotjan come back im very courious about SEMC DEBRAND ENGINE for CM9.1 for x10
[XPERIA X10 General] TAL333:
You didn't. Most topics of this nature are posted in the dev thread, which will get them deleted.

Yea, I bet Achotjan could do some great things with AOKP, as AOKP already kicks the **** out of stock CM9. :cool:
[XPERIA X10 General] mijakhany:
For me and others who do not know how to cook their own rom would return Achotjan be great! :)

I add up. Please continue their work.
[XPERIA X10 General] varshil:
Yea, we want ACHO back!!

I hv messaged him, waiting for his reply!!
[XPERIA X10 General] enriquecs2005:
x10

Respect Achotjan! +1
[XPERIA X10 General] z28tovette:
Hopefully he comes back and hopefully us users donate more to these awesome developers.
[XPERIA X10 General] ImS0Raw:
Don't let this end like TripNRaver. Let him make his own decision.
[XPERIA X10 General] cartmenicus:
Sorry for unrelated post.. but i wasent here.. who was TripNRaver ive read htings about hm hahah:) just curious what happened?
[XPERIA X10 General] maikinho10:
For more as 1year tripnraver (one of best devs in this time)and other great devs was fighting about permissions of roms and who has made the best things....

and with the time many user cooked rom with tripnraver feature or based his rom as source but tripnraver was a personal egoism and was fighting with user,moderator and devs again...he was deleted here but now he is back and active in htc one forum without fighting or something..

But his work was always good!!!:)

Greets

If achotjan comes back that would awesome!!!!!!!

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[XPERIA X10 General] brenty108:
Sounds like a new megaman boss had been born ;) "and he use the omega darkchip and became stronger and after reaching the limit that of the chip could being used in his buster he fused it into a long sword and pierced his heart and was reborn Proto-MegaX.............anyway I don't remember him. He was right to reserve his development to whom he wanted but he handled it the wrong way.
[XPERIA X10 General] Time Machine:
i agree, we really need Achotjan back, his latest ROM was really awesome and it's so close to being perfect, such a shame some other guy had to steal Achotjan's work and claim it as his
[XPERIA X10 General] fcb1:
Achotjans rom was my favorite when I used my x10. It was everything I wanted in a rom.
[XPERIA X10 General] riginal:
the situation & the things he did was a lot worse than what you described but I'd rather not dig into it...
[XPERIA X10 General] maikinho10:
I know know but hey think positive^^

its terrible history of x10 Forum LOL
[XPERIA X10 General] ImS0Raw:
It's really offtopic. not that achotjan is a bad developer. he is really good. but tripnraver was one of the best developers for our device. there are many others like z, j that are also really good.
[XPERIA X10 General] brenty108:
Was deleted huh? What name does he go by now? I want to check the work he has done and is doing. And please don't say his name is bass. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TR-909:
Hello again.

Since I am under 10 posts and not allowed to participate in the relevant thread plus searching didn't yield any results I am posting here. :cool:

After one month of using my nexus I want to play with it and try some custom things that all people talk so much about.Fact is I first want to backup current state where everything works fine in case something goes wrong.

I 've already backed up my apps and their data with Titanium Backup.

Now I need current OS state bootloader, etc.Am I right to believe this is the NANDROID backup? Is this the backup that can bring the phone back to its current state?

Second thing is that the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit v7.8.0 I am using recommends backing up the EFS partition.Did some research that revealed this hidden partition is about the IMEI - I can't understand how such a valuable data isn't hardcoded inside the phone.But nevertheless I would like to know where are those backups (NANDROID and ESF partition) stored (already checked backups folder in toolkit).

My phone's current state is: unlocked bootloader, CWM recovery, rooted and on stock 4.1.1.No mods or any other custom file.

Another question regarding the CWM recovery.How is it possible to go back to the stock recovery? By flashing the stock ROM?

Also from GN Toolkit I flashed CWM Touch but after trying an update through CWM ROM Manager I got the manual version (both 6.0.1).Can I reflash the touch version from Toolkit?

Sorry if some of those questions sound silly but I am new in Android and prefer the safe path. :cowboy:

Thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
toolkit is not a safe path for you.

read these:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1812959

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1626895

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529058

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420351

learn how to troubleshoot and search, you'll be a whole lot happier. don't use toolkits.

nandroid doesn't backup the bootloader. if you ever need to go back to a specific bootloader version (which you won't), it is available online.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TR-909:
That's a lot of reading. :D

Anyway thanks for pointing me to those threads (I don't mind reading hehe) but still I don't understand why toolkit is so bad.In my view the toolkit just automates a set of commands which otherwise I would have to give through a command prompt.Only good thing I can find avoiding a toolkit, is getting a deeper knowledge on the subject but maybe the risks of doing something wrong are increased (say a typo)?

Anyway let me read those and I may be back.:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Toolkit is a automated set of other people's command, programme are coded by humans and human errors are bound to happen, not to mention if something went wrong somewhere, you won't know what went wrong. By doing the steps yourself, you will know exactly what went wrong, and it will simplify things should you have to ask questions here, which you most likely don't have to once you know how to use adb and fastboot, trust me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ragnar:
Typos while doing your commands won't hurt because it simply will fail and not do anything. Immediately you will know you typed something incorrectly and know you have to do it again. With the kit you will not know at which step it failed so figuring out something will become a task. Doing it yourself sounds like it's longer and difficult but once you do it you will see how easy and simple it is plus you will understand what you did and why.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Yes and yes.

I won't comment on the toolkit, but nandroid backups are stored in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ on your device.

As for the efs partition, you could back it up, but I don't really see what the necessity of it is. That partition is never written to by any ROM (stock or otherwise), so the only way it will get messed up is if you do something to it.

If you want to back it up on your device, just open a terminal window and type:

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img

That will store it in /sdcard, and then just copy it off your device.

Just pull the recovery.img file out of the version of the stock factory image that you are currently using, place it in the same directory where you have your fastboot.exe file, reboot your device into fastboot mode and type:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Or, just save it to /sdcard on your device and type the following in a terminal:

su

dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/recovery

Can't help you out with any toolkit, sorry. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TR-909:
Hello efrant.

Seems you are the n00bs hero in here! I was reading your FAQ and threw some basic ADB commands through cmd to see how it feels ,lol.

Well reading made some good, I backed up through CWM but the backup size baffles me - only 21.4MB in total.Is this normal?

Also took a fresh backup with Titanium for all apps and data - this is a lot bigger 728MB in total.Still Storage (in Settings) reports that applications and their data hold 3.54GB.Is there some kind of ultra compression involved?

As for the stock bootloader I found that image (recovery-stock-jro03c-maguro) which I think is for my GN (GSM).I am asking in case something bad happens and go for a warranty claim.In that case I believe I 'll need to flash the stock bootloader, stock ROM and finally lock the bootloader.

As for the EFS partition is it impossible to be harmed? Say File System corruption, sdcard bad blocks, etc?

It's ok.I clearly understand your position on the toolkit and any similar programms out there.It's just they are so "convenient" and "time savers".Still you 're all right that most of the time you do not understand what you are doing when using toolkits.

Thanks to all of you for your great help. :good:

PS - to test my progress I am going to flash stock recovery through flashboot.I just hope I won't mess it up. :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
To clear a few things:

we don't have any custom bootloaders, as of yet.

not impossible, but many many users never had any issues. to be on the safe side, back it up.

glad you understand. just because something is convenient doesn't mean that it's the best for you.

easy. you can't fail with fastboot. like said before, if you type it wrong, it won't go through. :good:

'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'

done.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Regarding the nandroid, copy off the whole clockworkmod folder.

Will the next nexus have a longer screen?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TR-909:
@bk201doesntexist: yes you 're right I was reffering to the stock recovery image.Thanks for correcting me

@Mach3.2: I 've read just the backup folder is needed (the one with the date and time).

For the sake of learning, I started in ADB then:

adb devices : to check I am online

adb reboot-bootloader: to get into fastboot

fastboot devices: check again status

and then

fastboot recovery recovery-CWM-touch-6.0.1-maguro

blah...

blah...

blah...

Finished and voila CWM touch recovery installed. :victory:

I am going to try with stock recovery but I am trying to find an official source to download it (if any).

EDIT: I see the only way to find the original recovery img is to extract it from the official ROM.So I am downloading from Google a .tgz and will continue from there.

Any comments for my backup sizes?

Now with my backups in hand what is the possible way to verify them? In theory with nandroid (from CWM recovery) and Titanium, I can restore phone in today's state.Right or wrong?

I am thinking of going a bit further flashing the stock ROM again (wiping everything) and then recovering from the backup archives as my next learning exercise.I should obviously backup photos, music, etc but I was wondering if SMS history is taken care by Nandroid or have to use a seperate application.Contacts are in google's server so np on that.

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
If you are using the 6-series CWM, it does backups a little differently (incrementally), and stores the backup in two locations in /sdcard/clockworkmod. I personally use 5.5.0.2, which does a full backup and stores it in one location.

As was mentioned above, all bootloaders available are stock bootloaders. A list can be found in the bootloader thread (link in my signature).

But if you have bad blocks in the efs partition, you would probably need to get a new device, at which point you have no need for the backup, no? :) But I guess yes, better safe than sorry.

With a nandroid alone you can return to today's state.

Wiping from CWM does not wipe the data you have on /sdcard, so no need to backup photos, music, etc.

SMS will get wiped, but both Titanium and a nandroid will back them up. However, you can use a third-party app (there are many of them) to do it as well, which is simpler actually.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
The backup is just a shell, it's backed up in blobs, so you will need to copy the whole thing off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TR-909:
You 're both right that in that the CWM recovery "image" is incremental and the base backup is the blops folder - now the total size is 1.75GB which is logical.

@efrant: thanks for clarifying on backup now it all starts making sense.I 've read Titanium Backup can pull individual files (may I call it selective restore) from a Nandroid backup, say a single app and its data.If that is so then the Titanium Backup could be used as a reserve app and that could save me some precious space.

I prefer to use less apps for doing the job so if Nandroid has the data it is fine with me.I hope it isn't that complicated to pull the data out. :cool:

@Mach3.2: You were right, my bad.The article I read was about CWM recovery 5.5.0.2 so now I copied the whole thing on PC. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
The issue is that SMS's are stored as data for a specific system app (I can't remember which one at the moment). If you change ROMs, it is generally not a good idea to restore system apps or system app data via Titanium Backup, as those apps/data could cause some instability. You may get lucky, you may not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TR-909:
Point taken.:good:

A bit more on the backup subject...

As I can see CWM recovery backups boot image, recovery image and the /system partition.I also saw in one of efrant's posts about different bootloaders but honestly I fail to comprehend the need for flashing a bootloader.

*In your "convert to latest yakju" post you recommend flashing it "5) Optional (NOT optional for n00bs) -- Flash the bootloader: fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primela03.img (or whatever the name of the bootloader image that you downloaded)."

** Also the radio partition is a mystery so far.And I 've read a lot of guys talking of better connectivity (be it GSM, 3G, WiFi) through flashing custom (?) radio images.On list to be explored...

The recovery image is pretty straight and the system partition is the one with the OS - now all this can't be 1.7GB unless it backups the userdata partition too.

EDIT: It seems it also backups the data folder (hence the apps) so the size now makes sense.I reverted to 5.5.0.2 because incremental backup is fast and slick but brings two issues: first the "blops structure" gives me problems when I want to transfer those thousands of files via MTP and second it is much more practical when I want to backup completely different "builds" (that is my guess).

Also in between flashing ROMs a standard procedure is recommended about wiping data, clearing dalvik cache, etc

Could you please give me in details the series of tasks needed (or point me to a thread) for properly preparing a custom ROM installation when unlocked and rooted?

About restoration in the "new enviroment" I read this:

"If your bootloader is unlocked: yes, you can root (if you haven't done it already) and use TiB to backup apps + app data. Installing a ROM will not wipe your /sdcard. It's always a good idea to back it up though before a flash. Use TiB to restore apps + appdata to your new ROM. Be careful with system apps and settings, restoring such data can lead to issues."

Am I right in that "illegal" system apps are those painted with red colour in TiB?

Final steps I am going to backup SMS history and find a custom ROM to install.Any ROM recommendations for a "novice user" are welcome...

Off Topic: what would be the adb commands to push/pull folders (or files) from /sdcard to PC (eg. \sdcard\clockworkmod --> C:/Nexus) .Right now I am doing MTP transfers but would prefer the "adb way" if possible.

Thanks a lot for your support and sharing of knowledge!

PS - So much reading! :cool: