[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krezee:
Moto E LTE stuck in "just a sec" screen of "SetupWizardTestActivity"

Moto E LTE stuck in "just a sec" screen of "SetupWizardTestActivity" :crying:

1) Any suggestion on how to cancel/escape this "first time init" application so that i can reach the settings and give the required permission to this app.

2) If above not possible then any other suggestion to get back phone in working condition without factory reset/wipe from recovery.

*Apps are still working in background , i am getting notification sound and pushbullet notification on desktop

*tried the cache cleaning from recovery. it took quite some time but after reboot also the stuck in same situation

*Completely stock phone. bootloader unlock and root not done. since bootloader unlock wipes the device i do not want to do it at the moment.

*I have installed moto usb drivers and SDK to execute adb but phone is not visible with 'adb devices' command.

* apps are excuting in background since i am getting pushbullet update of phone notifications on desktop browser but the first time setup app has captured the screen and does not alow any other activity from touchscreen.

* for some reason the Paytm app also runs at startup and runs on top of "SetupWizardTestActivity" app but only thing i can do is back soft button till it exits. cant open notification

Context and back story

I triggered the "home button not working, empty notification" of lollipop/marshmallow as detailed in the following post on my Moto E 2015 LTE surnia by trying to manage space by using the migrate data option in storage. it tried to perform migrate in opposite direction i.e. from sdcard to internal and ran out of space mid operation probably.

"http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-6-0-marshmallow/600742-nexus-5-marshmallow-home-button-not-working-many-more-problems.html"

This issue is also reported here along with adb fix by koush

https://plus.google.com/u/0/110558071969009568835/posts/BL8XtUDcDCZ

Nova launcher workaround if abd not available . 3rd last post at the bottom.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-e-2015/673227-problems-marshmallow-moto-e2-any-help.html

After this the behavior was as specified in above issue posting. home button not working (i could reach home screen by using back key till all open application as closed.), empty notification drawer, not able to reach the quick shortcuts in notification area etc.

So I tried thought some space issue

A) so i installed a few apps and cleared data of chrome, play books etc. to free up 500mb.

still same home button issue

B) then i thought it is some notification permission issue and checked various options in notification option in setting.

still no change

C) then i thought some other permission issue. So in the apps option in setting i reset the apps permission to factory. (dont remember exact menu option but it was in the 3 dots option on top right in apps setting). it gave a warning that all permissions will be reset to factory for apps

after this all apps lost all permissions and everything was asking permission when app was started. e.g. data manager app wanted permission to access data, sms app wanted sms access and so on.

**This will be one main reason for my issue at the end.**

After that I searched the issue and found above link.

so i tried the guest user login and cancel from that and the notification drawer got recovered. it was showing app notifications for whatsapp, SMS etc.

but home soft button was still *not* working

Since i haven't done any bootloader unlock and root operation on this phone i was not confident of the adb command success since it mentioned in one post that it required 'su'

So i tried Nova launcher workaround to invoke 'SetupWizardTestActivity' and it did execute asking me for

Now the initial factory inti app is running and stuck in following loop

language->sim select-> wifi login-> \

/-----------------------------------|

->privacy option->|software update check->-\

|------------------------------------------|

|-> account added -> "just a sec" ---------^

it hangs and crashes at the saving "just a sec" screen and goes back to "Account added" screen

This is due to the permission issue i created in step "C" of permission reset explained above.

This issue is also reported here along with adb fix by koush

https://plus.google.com/u/0/110558071969009568835/posts/BL8XtUDcDCZ

Nova launcher workaround if abd not available . 3rd last post at the bottom.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-e-2015/673227-problems-marshmallow-moto-e2-any-help.html

Please if someone can help with ideas and suggestions to kill the fitst time installation app. :fingers-crossed:

NOTE. im new to Moto E but have been playing around with my older phones samsung s2, lg g2 and changing roms and trying out various options like CM, AOKP res remix etc.