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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Infi<3:
Hello,

i have a Problem regarding KitKat in combination with GApps,

yesterday i installed some KK ROMs, to find the one that suits my needs (AOKP, PA, CM, Carbon and Omni), and all of them worked really great.

But as soon as i flash a GApps package (PA, AOKP or BaNkS' GApps), the phone becomes literally unusable. Every press of a button takes like 5 secs with shuttering animations and the device bootloops every minute.

Before flashing the KK ROMs i upgraded vrom an oldish CWM 6.0.0.x or sth in that timeframe (Android 4.1) to the latest TWRP.

Before every flash i wiped Dalvik, System, Cache and Data.

Any suggestions? :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] evilnoxx:
Have you tried frashing a rom and gapps immediately after (I mean before rebooting to see if the rom "works really great" ;)).

I've never tried using a rom without gapps myself, so I don't really know if that helps or not...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Infi<3:
Yes, that was on the first KK Rom i tried, because thats how i usually install as well (Jelly Bean), and it was unusable as well. First i thought it was the ROM, but since the other ones behaved the same way i tried one without GApps and it was fine. Same with the others without GApps.

Edit:

Retried now with Carbon ROM + GApps Core, seems that yesterday evening i forgot to wipe Cache and Dalvik after flashing GApps, now everything seems to run smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgnex:
Which CWM version are you using right now? And are you 100% sure you use the right gapps? And in which order do you wipe? (That shouldnt make a really big diffrence)

Edit: didnt saw your edit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] evilnoxx:
Wiping the caches is really important. It forces android to "optimize" all the apps. I believe it actually recompiles some of the code in order for the apps to work better, and in your case to actually work at all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kscash:
Hello,

My S3 recently lost every free app (including Google Play Store, Gmail and other built-ins), except the Samsung apps after a reboot. However:

Every paid-for app is still installed and working.

My contacts, photos and other data seem to be intact.

The missing applications are still listed in the application manager, but are lacking their icons and names (e.g. Spotify displays as com.spotify.mobile.android.ui) and display with size 0.00B.

The application manager recognises the amount of cached data for each application.

Any ideas on what might have happened? It's currently running Android 4.3, but I'm not sure when it might have last updated.

Additionally, I don't have an SD card installed, so all the apps were installed on the internal memory. Restarting makes no difference.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Restore your Nandroid backup .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvtnelson:
I assume you haven't switched accounts in Google Play. Otherwise switch to first account.

Edit: Or better said; switch to google play account on which you installed your apps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazorMC:
Happened to me once. I lost all non-Sammy apps. Seems there was an issue with GApps.

I just used Odin to reflash the stock ROM.

~ RazorMC
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bene1:
Reflash Rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brack11:
I'm so frustrated by now, because I have issues with receiving sms since I started to use kitkat. I had this issue with Pound rom, with Sibermod, and now with official cm11 snapshot. All roms that I used are cm11 based, I tried different kernels, personal preference is apolo kernel. Well the problem looks like following :

1. I clean flash rom, gapps, kernel, clean caches, reboot, sms works, I receive the test.

2. Restore apps, using tb or Google backup (tried both) sms still working

3. After night of charging, sms are no longer received.

I can send messages but cannot receive.

The only way to fix it would be to reset the phone, wipe everything and flash rom again.

I don't know if this is related but since flashing cm11 official I keep getting cell broadcast notifications every 5-10 min. I have disabled every possible broadcast notification but it still pops up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brack11:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trustinsimpson:
Same problem

I think this thread needs a bump.

I've been having the same problem. I was running 4.4 on my D2spr for months with only minor bugs. I ran Slimkat up to stable build 4, Gummy 4.4.2, and a few others with no problems. About a week ago I flashed CM11, and after about 30 minutes I couldn't receive sms or mms anymore. I tried to disable Voice+ (didn't work), I tried installing a third part sms app (go sms pro) and that didn't work, I tried flashing a different GApps package (went from PA GApps to Slim's I think) that didn't work either.

Then I happened to buy a bricked S4 L720. I got it up and running and flashed Gummy 4.4.2 onto it at first, I couldn't get texts. So I flashed Liquidsmooth 3.0 (4.4.2) and still cannot receive sms or mms. CM11 doesn't work either and neither do different GApps on this phone.

Obviously I assume Sprint but they are screwing me over with their whole "Oh your phone is rooted and we're gay boys." So I'm attempted to flash the stock firmware in hopes that either that will fix it or Sprint will help me after that.

In the mean time, has anyone found a solid solution to this yet!?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brack11:
Agreed that thread needs to be bump. I don't know if it's cm11 issue or kitkat before 4.4.3 but I gave up on the issue and flashed neat rom based on stock, works great but as flashaholic I feel sorry to not be able to use the latest version.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trustinsimpson:
I know what you mean. Right now I'm enjoying LS 3.0 and there are a couple others I want to try, the thought of going back to touchwiz disgusts me.

One thing though. On my GS3 I wasn't able to receive Hangouts IM on any ROM from a specific person. Now I can receive them from him on my GS4! Definitely worth not being able to receive sms (highly sarcastic.)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trustinsimpson:
I resolved my issue. After all that trouble and even though I disabled voice+ like everyone said I figured out in my regular voice app I had to go to

Worst user error experience of my life haha.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] gooberdude:
OK, Since it seems there is no way to update to a full featured ROM on ATT SGH-i467, it there a way to update the language capabilities?

I would assume there will be root access done to replace files or editing.

If I can change to UK English and remove the defaults to US it would be workable for me.

Some issues are that temperature defaults to F not C, and $ for currency.

Once someone develops a way to crack the locked boot loader, a UK ROM will allow more versatility with provider channel capabilities, as the driver for data connectivity will allow UK channels to be used, along with fixing the language issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyBarrett:
Hi all,

It looks like I've clicked on a dodgy banner or something similar..

For the last couple of weeks my phone keeps launching the standard internet app and launches a Google redirect page. Nothing more seems to happen but I'm obviously extremely wary. This can launch at any time and is independent of what I'm doing at the tim

I did paste a url in here, but as a new poster I'm not allowed...

No AV software i have tried finds anything wrong.

I'm using a vanilla build HTC One X

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid?
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
Before downloading the OTA from the below link, please take note:

1. This is an OTA update (not the full firmware). This means that...

2. You should read the whole OP of this thread: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2639102

3. I am not taking responsibility for bricked devices.

4. This ZIP is not flashable via TWRP/CWM/PhilZ...stock recovery is required.

Here is the download link: http://goo.gl/D14Q5X

Thanks to nomad 64 for this.
[Moto X General] nomad64:
I went through the update on my device. As it has been noted before, stock recovery is required. However, I did keep root through the process...woot!
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
Can I flash just stock recovery without flashing anything else, and if yes were can I find it
[Moto X General] KidJoe:
Just curious... how did you root? unlock your bootloader and use customer recovery and SuperUS? or did you use SlapMyMoto? if Slap... I've seen reports of still having root, but write protection being enabled again so you can't do anything with /system and the like..
[Moto X General] DonKilluminati23:
I'm on Verizon not Sprint but I still consider this progress, happy and a little jealous of you guys!
[Moto X General] nomad64:
Yes. Reference the "Returning to Stock" section of this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2603358. You have to download the whole firmware package for sprint, which sucks because you only need one file. After you have done what you need to do with TWRP/CWM, reboot your phone into the bootloader, then simply run

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot

I unlocked my bootloader and flashed SuperSU. I live life on the edge! :cool:

At the time of the upgrade, I had flashed stock recovery and unfrozen Sprint Zone. I had also completely removed Xposed (uninstalled modules, disabled Xposed, and flashed Xposed-disaper.zip). I still had other root apps installed when I took the upgrade (TitaniumBackup and ROM Toolbox Pro). I have verified that they still work post-upgrade without additional work on my end.
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
If someone gets a copy of the ota zip faster than i upload it please message me a copy of your link and i will update the original post with it.
[Moto X General] jeffgt14:
Dang it! Where's the AT&T one! First to get the phone, last to get the update.:mad:
[Moto X General] termleech:
You won't be the last Verizon will haha
[Moto X General] KidJoe:
Cool. That is what I expected, and even if you lost root, you can just redo the custom recovery & SuperSU to get root back.
[Moto X General] shaya4207:
Just to confirm, this won't delete anything from the phone, just go back to stock recovery, correct?
[Moto X General] dandan2980:
Thanks for posting this just updated my phone
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
At the risk of sounding like a newbie, what are the steps to perform the update. I am coming from a Galaxy S4 and have only did OTA updates as they came. I just got this Moto X about 3 weeks ago during the $299 off contract price (couldn't resist). I would love to go ahead and do the update. My Moto X is stock, unrooted. Thanks :D
[Moto X General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
Settings - about phone - software update

MOTO X Slapped
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
That, I know. I am asking about this file in the OP initial post, manually updating.
[Moto X General] nomad64:
Correct. It will put you back on stock recovery and reboot your phone. Nothing in your /system or /sdcard will be touched. This is what I did to get back to stock recovery.
[Moto X General] dandan2980:
You need to have a completely stock system and the stock recovery installed. I manually flashed with super user still installed just fine but everything has to be completely stock straight out the box. To manually update you just download the zip in the OP.

1 boot into boot loader by holding volume down and power button

2 use volume key to scroll down to recovery press volume key up will put you into stock recovery with the red triangle.

3 to get to the menu screen in stock recovery you must hold volume key up then press power

4 choose to install from SD card and navigate to where the zip downloaded in this screen power button is used to select your choice. I moved the zip to the root of my SD but it usually will be found in downloads.

5 push power button to install ota manually. Be patient it will take a minute

I had it abort on me first try cause I forgot to change my fonts back to stock so be sure you are bone stock no tweaks or even V4A installed with STOCK RECOVERY.
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I am completely stock except for apps dl'd from Play Store and Amazon.
[Moto X General] dandan2980:
That's OK with the apps from the play store and amazon just things like exposed modules and viper 4 android have to be uninstalled basically anything that modifies your system cannot be installed. I did have Super user installed when I applied the ota with no problems though
[Moto X General] gokart2:
SuperSU or Superuser, and what version if SuperSU. Last time I checked, SuperSU installed another system file incase the daemon method needed to be used.
[Moto X General] dandan2980:
I have SuperSu 1.93 installed and I updated with the ota with it installed no problem. After the ota installed I reflashed TWRP and flashed the SuperSu 1.93 zip from recovery again. I didn't bother to check if the ota broke my root or not just flashed it again anyway. But yea SuperSu installed didn't cause me any problems
[Moto X General] bso44:
The link in #2 is broken.
[Moto X General] bmxchampga:
Is there a way to convert this to be installed via TWRP?
[Moto X General] gokart2:
You would have to rewrite the installer-script, which would take awhile and likely cause an issue brick. I will be making a flashable update tonight, likely have it posted by Monday evening. Not sure when I can upload, therefore not giving a timeframe. BUT, it won't include some of the firmware that is included in the update. Would only be system and boot.IMG. I personally reflash to stock firmware , install this update, then reroot.
[Moto X General] dray_jr:
So i when ahead and installed this last night and had some issues ware it was having problems finding some of the google apps like google books, music and so forth so i ended up just competely returning to stock then updating.

Now this is my recomended way of flashing this OTA so you have no issues or bugs.

1.Return to Compete stock sorry about data lose and all but make a Titanium backup and restore from it when done.

2. after you return to stock copy the 4.4.2 OTA zip to you phone.

3. boot your phone into recovery you will get the android man with a RED !. Hold Volume Up and Press Power

4. Go to Update from Sd Card

5. Find the OTA 4.4.2 zip and start the install

6. enjoy your phone on 4.4.2

so far everything seems to be running perfectly flawless so i think i will put my stamp of aproval on this File :)

i have not noticed really anything new or any major changes so far thou.

here are some Proof Pics
[Moto X General] dandan2980:
I have noticed when unlocking the phone with active display is much faster and smoother with the new 4.4.2 update
[Moto X General] gokart2:
OK.

I need the 4.4 stock recovery please

. Will be MUCH appreciated. I'm going to change my thread into a Sprint specific thread with all the stupic crap anyone could need shortly. I've found an easier way to take updates as well...IMO. Once I have it fully tested, I'll post for opinions.
[Moto X General] dandan2980:
I have it on my computer at home but I'm not there will post it if you still need it it'll be about an hour
[Moto X General] MichaelMcEntire:
I would be interested in your method, I keep hitting walls.
[Moto X General] gokart2:
I hit walls too. More or less it involves downloading the current sprint 4.4 stock ROM I posted, which is rooted. After boot and setup, you could update to the latest SuperSU (which some say works), or choose the full unroot option in the SuperSU app. Then you should be able to remove .bak from the recovery-from-boot.bak file in in /system. I could not achieve the rename the various ways I tried via es file explorer. If you take the .bak off, next time you reboot/reboot to recovery it will automatically remove cwm/twrp and install then stock recovery. I have done this on other devices with luck. Im gonna try one more method.

I ended up fastboot flashing the stock recovery, and assumed that just having it on the root of my sdcard would flash, or by the checking for updates and it seeing the file already. Didn't realize there was a stock recovery menu that was needed to be used.

I built a stock 4.4.2 flashable, but am not sure how it will react by flashing from 4.4. Will post when possible.
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
Has this been released as an OTA or is it still just a soak test?
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
It's still a soak test
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
Thanks. How long has the soak been going? In previous soaks I was involved in, they lasted less than 3 days in most cases.
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
I've been updated on soak since Thursday
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
Then, I wonder why it has not been released to everyone else yet. Have you heard/seen any major issues?
[Moto X General] charlie-n:
it goes to soak for first 3 to 7 days, then to 1/4 of phones for a week then one half. Why don't you just save the file in the original post, it's the same one that your gonna get
[Moto X General] kbboykin:
I bit the bullet and installed the file today. Got tired of waiting for the soak to complete. So far, so good. Phone seems about the same. I'll google for the change log for our phone.
[Moto X General] aappss01:
Im about to do the same, im tired of waiting for the soak test to finish. Hopefully we'll get some more development for sprint too.
[Moto X General] EVOSerb:
Actually i think soak test is finished. I just got update today for 4.4.2.
[Moto X General] aclem08:
I think your right. I got the update also.
[Moto X General] Aarongauntt:
I just took the ota with a custom recovery, that wasn't supposed to work right?

Edit: never mind, tried to flash stock recovery from an app and it failed. Guess it didn't really fail.
[Moto X General] shloho:
How do you flash stock recovery from an app. I have an unlocked bootloader , rooted, with twrp installed. I want to take the ota. Basically, what I understand is that, I just need stock recovery to take the ota? I'll lose root, but then I just flash SuperSU? Did I get it right?
[Moto X General] dpwhitty11:
For those on 4.4 with the xposed module for stock tethering, you need to revert the change we had to make to build.prop to get the module to function properly in order to have the update install.
[Moto X General] jagsaw:
Exactly what I'd like to know. I have the update sitting on my phone waiting to be installed.
[Moto X General] MichaelMcEntire:
You could use Flashify to flash the recovery. Be sure to use twrp to remove xposed using the removal zip first.

However I was still unable to flash the update, so I just used Gocarts twrp flashable zip.
[Moto X General] sumonmolla:
fine.. i think removal zip may be works good..
[Moto X General] mulhiny:
Same here. I used Flashify to flash stock recovery, but it still failed to update my heavily debloated stock rom even though I had flashed the removal zip..Thankfully I had a full rooted stock rom nandroid.

So, I reflash TWRP, restored my fully stock rooted backup, reflashed stock recovery, and took the OTA..Updated now to 4.4.2 and still have root. FTW
[Moto X General] Dante of the Inferno:
I have the linked update zip downloaded to my phone, and I flashed back to stock recovery from TWRP. I have not used Xposed.

During the recovery update, it tires to verify the current system, but then it hits an error: "'system/priv-app/SprintZone.apk' has unexpected contents. Installation aborted."

Now, last night (before I received an OTA notificiation), I remove the Sprint bloat from the phone before I made my most recent nandroid backup. So I flashed TWRP right back, restored the phone using the backup before last, backed up the Sprint bloat in Titanium, restored the phone to the current backup, re-installed the Sprint bloat, backed up one more time, flashed stocked recovery, and tried updating again.

Same error.

What am I missing? I clearly see the SprintZone.apk right there in Titanium, and it shows active. I'd prefer not having to revert to the completely stock backup if possible. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
[Moto X General] shloho:
Where can I find stock recovery. Can someone point me in the right direction. Thanks
[Moto X General] MichaelMcEntire:
These are the exact issues that I had, except mine had nothing to do with the files I had removed. Mine would tell me something like " email apk has unexpected contents ". Later it was another apk causing the error. That's why I just used Gokarts twrp flashable ROM.
[Moto X General] Dante of the Inferno:
So you're thinking revert to just stock + root and update or use a full custom ROM? Not fun.
[Moto X General] winn75:
What's the best and easiest way to basically root Sprint 4.4.2 kitkat? I only want the Wifi Tether app running.
[Moto X General] :
A tiny bit of searching and reading would help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2603358

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Moto X General] Bonzai11:
EDIT: I'm an idiot and forgot the stock roms posted here are missing the sprint bloat. This link has the links and guide for getting back to pure stock.
[Moto X General] PTown599:
Thanks to the OP for posting this. Works great.

:highfive:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] android.zealot.fervor:
Yesterday, Samsung U.S. confirmed that 14 devices will soon be making the switch to Android 4.4 KitKat. However, there was no mention of when international models would be receiving the KitKat update. Fret not users, as we now have confirmation as to which international models will be getting the Android 4.4 KitKat update. The list is Samsung Poland’s official KitKat update list that was obtained today by Polish blogger Robert Nawrowski. It is to be noted that not all models listed below would be making the switch to KitKat right away. They will move to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and eventually receive Android 4.4 KitKat.

Here are the international models that will be making the switch to Android 4.4 KitKat:

Galaxy Note 3

Galaxy Note 2

Galaxy S4

Galaxy S4 Active

Galaxy S4 Zoom

Galaxy Mega 6.3

Galaxy Mega 5.8

Galaxy Grand

Galaxy Express

Galaxy Note 8.0

Galaxy Note 10.1

Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition

Galaxy Tab 3 7.0

Galaxy Tab 3 8.0

Galaxy Tab 3 10.1

The list is identical to the list of models detailed by Samsung U.S., although unlike the U.S. list, it isn’t clear as to when these mobiles will receive the OTA update. Most devices launched last year are included in the list, with a few notable exclusions like the Galaxy Core.

source:sammobile
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] mysticsantum:
Woah Kool

saw the post in sammobiles...awesome! and they said that there is a possibility for 4.3 and then 4.4...The more the merrier :P

Just hope samsung doesnt customize kitkat too much.. hope we atleast get a AOSP lockscreen.. :/
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] thepain20:
Surprise of the year from Samsung

Its good to see that Samsung realized value of existing users and rewarding them with this update.

This will boost Brand value of Samsung for sure.

Lets see when the update is available in INDIA.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Sulaimanshariff:
Fingers crossed hope there might be better battery life lol haven't used stock since four months let's wait and watch AFTER ALL IT WAS A PHONE IN INDIA WHICH PEOPLE APPARENTLY THOUGHT TO BE THE NOTE 2 OR S4:p:D:p:D:p:D:thumbup:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] abhi0502:
It will come mostly after grand 2 gets updated to kitkat
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] danierakes:
It will never be,coz its only for grand 2 only...
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] jortegat7:
You're wrong dude, just wait ;)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] DMJoh:
This is great, but anybody sure that its not for the Grand 2?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Nisheet Chaudhari:
Heeee.

4.4 official

On

Grand 1 or new grand 2 ??

Pls.. Tell me!!!!!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] android.zealot.fervor:
For GRAND 1 surely.

i also read in another article that grand 2 will also get kk 4.4.2
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] android.zealot.fervor:
The update will be for both GRAND 1 AND 2.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Nisheet Chaudhari:
4.4 not for grand its for mega..

I see on Google