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[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.

I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.

Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.

Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.

So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:

1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.

2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.

So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.

So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.

Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.

This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.

I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.

What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?

At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.

I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.

Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.

Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
First of all, thank you very much for replying!

LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.

I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...

Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
Is this the file you wanted me to dl?

LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
I found it just before you posted that... DLing now.....

So flashing this *may* repair my phone without losing everything? I'm guessing it will overwrite all the Android OS, LG and AT&T files?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
or does the com port only show up when the phone is attached?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
Is your phone in download mode?

Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
on it... hold on...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
okay, the phone is in download mode and plugged in... it showed up in LGNPST on COM4
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
I selected the DLL and the BIN file.. i'm guessing i'm ready for the transfer?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
is there a way to use LGNPST to try to back up my phone book before I flash this?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
I think i'm screwed.. I did the flash, it rebooted, but is stuck on white AT&T screen...

I think I have to do the factory reset.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
well, that's it. did the factory reset. that worked.

>sigh<

the only stuff I wish I could have saved would have been the contacts and the text messages. They are gone now.

Thank you, adfurgerson, for the hand holding. I appreciate it!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
Sorry I didn't reply back of was set for email alerts but they didn't come through. Your contacts don't sync to google.?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
No worries. You helped a lot already!

No, I'm one of these old school nuts that doesn't want google to have easy access to every bit of my life.

In all my years of cell and smart phones, I've never had a failure like this. I gotta say, I'm really just so curious as to how what happened could happen, because clearly it's not supposed to happen. One of the reasons I never bothered to root it was the extra risk of screwing it up. Just the way it started to fail first with the settings and then the lost notification panel and shade and then complete failure... just so odd. What the hell could have caused this failure cascade? I haven't installed any new software lately as I've been enthralled with my new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. I've only been updating what was already installed. I just wonder if something in the Emergency Room area of the hospital I was in for five hours yesterday could have caused this? Its just so weird.

Once I get this thing into a semi-functional state, I'll be looking into a program to backup the contacts and texts to the SD card or a PC. Let me know if you have any suggestions. And again, I very much appreciate your assistance. I try to help people when I can also, but that is mostly in the PC world.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
I use an app called MyBackup Pro but only when I am switching ROMs . Helium is the one I would suggest for you to try, it works on non rooted phones and will allow you to schedule backups to SD or cloud.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
Which do you like better? MyBackup Pro or Helium? I really only NEED to backup my MMS and contacts. I really don't care about game data. Would either MyBackup Pro or Helium be able to backup my MMS and contacts without root? I use the LG Messaging app and the LG Contacts that comes with the phone. I am a little aprehensive and I'm wondering if I need root to backup and restore properly. One thing worse than having no backup is thinking you do have a reliable backup when you really don't.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
I dug into this matter a little deeper and will list findings below.

Helium without root appears to offer the choice to backup to Drive or tether to PC for backup.

Mybackup has three apps Mybackup, Mybackup Root, and Mybackup Pro.

Root features are apk data and batch restore of APKs with one click. Pro version is for migrating backup from one device to another.

Summary- I uninstalled Mybackup Pro and installed plain Mybackup, was prompted to grant superuser rights which I denied. Backed up MMS and SMS then deleted all threads in messaging app and was able to restore. So I now recommend the plain Mybackup just follow the instructions to allow Mybackup to become your MMS app when prompted before restore then decline it after restore.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jaytee23:
Wow, I can't believe you did that. What if the restore failed? You would have lost all your messages! That seems to be the complaint for people who 1-star these apps is that it fails in some manner when they go to do a restore.

I understand what you're saying about allowing the program to temporarily "become" the MMS app as I'm guessing that Android will then allow it full access to the message store without superuser. Pretty clever, actually. I'm going to give it try now while there are only a few messages on here at this point, so if something does go wrong it won't matter very much.

I really have to thank you again as that last bit of research you did was above and beyond imho. Thank you!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zloevke:
Hi,

Have been using my S3 Mini fine for a couple of months now, running Maclaw's CM 11.0 mod. However, about 30 minutes ago the device freezed and rebooted, and now I'm stuck in the infamous boot loop. I'm seeing the "Samsung Galaxy S III Mini GT-I8190" screen, which is shown for between 30 seconds and a minute, and then the device automatically reboots.

I know how to boot to recovery mode and download mode, but the problem is that my phone doesn't want to ... I cannot turn off the device: if I remove the battery and put it back in after a couple of minutes, it automatically boots. I have tried all sorts of timings and pressing the recovery/download mode buttons before/during/after putting the battery, it just gets stuck at the boot screen :/

Any ideas how I can recover from this? Force the phone to power off completely, or enter recovery/download mode from the boot screen?

Thanks!

Update: it gets better/worse: when the battery runs out, the damn thing finally turns itself off. When it's shut down, I can boot it to download mode, recovery mode is not working. Ofcourse, I cannot stay for longer than about a minute in download mode, since the battery is empty ...

Plugging the device in to charge it: starts charging a bit, then automatically boots and gets stuck in the boot loop again ...

Update2: what the f ... Completely frustrated, I just unplugged the phone, upon which it restarted ... and loaded my OS. And then shut down again ofcourse, because of empty battery. I'm completely frustrated AND baffled right now :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] laufersteppenwolf:
Hey guys

I'm looking into the cam again right now, but I need a properly working logcat to compare, this means either a logcat taken from android 4.3, or from the official CM11.

It should contain everything, starting with the opening of the cam app, recording a video (just a few seconds), and closing the app again.

Thanks in advance :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Flying_Bear:
i'll provide one from official cm11 nightly in an hour or so. :good:

edit:

here we go, 5 seconds capture with a clean install of cm11 1.3. nightly & gapps only.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Adam77Root:
0x80001005 is bad parameter error (reference). It seems camera blobs want to use some parameter(s) that's missing in new grouper encoders. Otherwise I didn't really check this as QR/barcode scanning was a bigger issue for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supracer:
Hey guys, my question here is that I rooted my phone, got a custom recovery, running a custom ROM and I'm using a pin code request at the lock screen. The thing is if someone stole my phone.... They can delete the data on the phone from the recovery by turning it off and pressing down + power to enter recovery and viola! They have a new phone.... How can I prevent this from happening and make sure the pin stays no matter what?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
Write down your imei code in a safe place so that you can give it to the police and your phone company if your phone is stolen. In some countries the service providers will ban phones with imei registered as stolen. However, this only work for the country you live in. In other words, if the thief sells your phone oversea it can still be used.

Regarding factory restore and deleting all your data, I am afraid there is very little you can do to stop the thief. You can use a boot up password, but there are probably ways to circumvent it, especially on a rooted and bootloader unlocked phone. Most security measures are aimed at stopping thieves from accessing your personal data stored on the phone, so they are not too concerned about thieves wiping the phone data. In fact, most security services offer ways to remotely wipe your phone.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisrozon:
Once they have your phone, your only concern is keeping your personal info secure. You're not getting the phone back either way.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supracer:
True true thank you for trying to help but my point was for thieves not to have that enjoyment that they stole a phone and its useable..... So I can't put a lock for the bootloader menu... Thanx again for your help guys
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howard bamber:
In future get "trickster mod donate" you can lock the bootloader with it, without wiping the phone and unlock it. If the phones locked with a pin they can't get to your information and you could put other measures on
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supracer:
Thanx dude!!!
[Moto X Q&A] Jersey846:
Has anybody else experience any slight warping or denting on the back of the phone? My fiancé has an X and is careful with it and it also has a case. I was messing with the phone and removed the case the other day and noticed that there seemed to be slight warping on the back. My Razr M has a similar warping on it. Not sure if it's the battery heat or what. It's minor but I was just curious. I'll be upgrading to the X shortly.
[Moto X Q&A] pkomarnicki:
I don't know about the M, but the X has a slightly curved back - it's not supposed to be flat - and an indent under the "M"

Sent from my XT1060 Dev Edition
[Moto X Q&A] Jersey846:
And what about that flat, slippery glass part on the front? Is that normal too? :) The form design of the device is obviously not what I'm referring to.
[Moto X Q&A] drago10029:
Not me, I've owned 2 and mine never got too hot. even during voice calls, video calls or video viewing. Also I would've said the same as the above user. Being that xda is open to anyone and everyone, you should never assume people KNOW things.

Anyway, better warranty that badboy fast.
[Moto X Q&A] Jersey846:
I couldn't quite tell if he was being sarcastic, which is why I shot him a "Thanks". She is still under warranty since she only got it a little over a month ago so I'll shoot her the feedback I get here. I've attached two pictures. The original and then an edited photo highlighting the area in question. It's very slight and hard to see, but if I move my fingers over the upper left area on the back I can feel what I can only describe as a dent or slight warping. The right side in the same area feels smooth to the touch. There seems to be a speaker on the right side. Not sure if the two sides are slightly different because of this or not.
[Moto X Q&A] drago10029:
Hmmm, does the bump cause anything to malfunction? My thought is if it's not outright noticeable to you a warranty center could possibly overlook it. My fear here is that you send it back and they tell you they didn't notice anything. Anyway, I think you got what you needed.

I hope she gets her phone fixed!
[Moto X Q&A] Jersey846:
Yeah she's experiencing absolutely no malfunction. She's loving the device. I've known I wanted an X the moment it was released so hopefully I can grab mine in the near future. I have no doubt that it would be highly possible for them to not notice anything if she sent it back. It's just my nitpicking and curiosity that let me to post the question here.
[Moto X Q&A] drago10029:
yeah, I don't see anything lol. hopefully moto notices.
[Moto X Q&A] pkomarnicki:
I wasn't being sarcastic, just eliminating the obvious first. Like the other guy said, never assume someone knows something.

I haven't seen that on an X before, but my experience with battery warping has been closer to the center of the device/battery rather than on one side or a corner. Not sure what would cause that, but I'm not terribly familiar with what's located where under the back this phone. There's got to be a teardown somewhere, though.

Oh, and not to nitpick, but "he" is a "she." :)

Sent from my XT1060 Dev Edition
[Moto X Q&A] Jersey846:
Ahh! Your avatar being upside down is my excuse. :) And thanks to both of you for the feedback!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bob332:
hello :)

very nice with a wealth of information.

i wanted to upgrade the roms and unlock my siemens sx66.

before i do it, i want to verify the manner in which it is done. from my readings it appears that i update the roms and then after they are all done then i unlock the phone.

i plan to backup the phone before all is done.

one of my main questions is that my wife also has one of the sx66s and we share contacts and the calender. we do this via active sync. will there be any issue with my phone having a different rom than hers with the syncing?

also, once all the roms are update, would i just restore from a backup or do i just place items back in.

i was planning on using the stable roms from the SX66 (Blue Angel) Standardization Project

thanks in advance for your assistance :)

bob
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] HDuser:
read wiki for the blueangel
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bob332:
thanks, will do
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bob332:
ok, i read the info provided and also found the sx66 standardization project webpage. that site is very dedicated to the sx66 that cingular wireless put out, which what i have.

the site gives good directions, but i have one issue. it says that you need to have all the same revisions for the main and extended rom. how exactly do i do that? do i just do the main and radio rom upgrade first, then the extended rom? i just don't want to mess up the phone by not doing something correctly.

thanks in advance,

bob
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Midget_1990:
afaik you flash them all at the same time, but what it means is dont flash an extended rom for one ROM version also with with a different ROM version
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bob332:
got it done :)

followed the instructions on the sx66 standardization project -

unhid the extended_rom folder using the correct too then did a soft reboot

then put the 1.44.xx ext rom into the correct folder, after that ran baupdater with the 1.44.xx main rom and 1.15.xx radio rom. after all was done i did a hard reset and everything installed excellent :)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Dan0568:
How is it Working?

Bob332, is your SX66 functioning OK, not problems? How is your BT, more stable, pairing ok? How did you know what upgrade to use as I am not finding a match for the Siemens model?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bob332:
Re: How is it Working?

it is running nicely. as far as bt, i don't use it reguarily, but with the headset i have it works nicely - jabra bt800. i can say that it appears to run as good if not better than my wife's which is not modded at all. i get a good signal and it is just as stable as my wife's. i feel the newer roms have better wifi control and there are some additional features with them. i used the roms off of the sx66 standarization project webpage.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Dan0568:
Bob, as the instructions seemed very clear I went for it. My device settings now read: ROM 1.42.00, Ext ROM 1.20.115, Radio 1.02.10 and

BT Stack 3900. Protocol 1337.35.

What did I do wrong? More importantly how can I get my settings to match yours – 1.42.126 & 1.15? When I attempt to load the Radio I get this error using BAUpgrade tool? Where do I go from here?

Which upgrade tool do I use for the Radio?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] bob332:
read everything i have put up and d/l the appropriate files before going farther, then follow the 1, 2, 3 method at the end

here is the page - http://sx66-blueangel.home.comcast.net/SystemRadio.htm

use the blue angel flash rom tool aka - baupdate.exe and make sure both the system and radio roms are in the same folder as the the updater tool. during the upgrade, actually before it starts, it should tell you what versions you are upgrading to. also, this information and these roms are for a cingular branded sx66.

system and radio roms - system - 1.40.00 (source is dutch) and radio - 1.15 UK

unhide the extended_rom folder using the correct tool from this page - http://sx66-blueangel.home.comcast.net/Extended.htm (latest ext rom tools) and also read the pdf documentation located here - http://relaysgoldens.com/sx66/ext_roms/Extended_ROM_Installation_Instructions.pdf

then did a soft reboot

d/l the newest "pre-cooked" ext rom - 1.40.125

1. put the 1.44.xx ext rom into the correct folder after you unhid it on the sx66

2. run baupdater with the 1.44.xx main rom and 1.15.xx radio rom.

3. do a hard reset and the info from the new ext rom will be installed

this should get you set up :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bstylz911:
i know theres a hack to make SPEAKER volume louder, but is there a hack to make the INCALL VOLUME LOUDER?

especially using bluetooth?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxtrotftw:
Hey I need a copy of Timur's USB Fixed Install Host Kernel for CM10.1. The download links on his Github don't seem to be working. This is the exact file I'm looking for if that helps anyone.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Well ****. I just saw that Timur has updated the download page. Maybe he reads XDA? I guess I don't want to be using this anyway. I'll try to get the USB ROM to work, but we couldn't get it to flash last time.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkN3ss61:
Have you got a mirror? because I cant download it
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Old Guy:
Give Oxydo a try. http://xdaforums.com/nexu...-2012-t2978950
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louisdunseith:
hello.

I bought a used samsung S3 from the internet, like a dumby. I set the apn's and was able to get data working no prob. Can't call or text though. my research tells me the phone is probably stolen... so my question is.

I have my old broken S3 (still boots up just no screen) can i swap out the imei numbers to make it a functional phone? the guy obviously isn't getting back to me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louisdunseith:
just changed out the mainboards... working now. sweet.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vimal1988:
Hi all,

Since i've updated to Kitkat 4.4.2, everytime i make a phone call, the speakerphone automatically turns on? I've restarted the phone, checked my settings etc but can't see anything that would auto switch it on?

Please help, rather annoying :(

Thanks,
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snot Rod:
Same here. Please help before this phone has an untimely death.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mielnoir:
Also here.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vimal1988:
Anyone tried resetting phone? I remember I had some issues past time I updated and was told to reset it and then the issues were sorted.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snot Rod:
When you say reset do you mean restart? I have restarted my phone and completely powered it off and back on with no luck.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vimal1988:
I mean factory reset, the person on the phone last time told me that something might not have installed properly when I updated.