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[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
The sledge hammer approach pays off

A few weeks ago, my G1 dropped out of my shirt pocket onto a tile floor as I bent down to pick up some piece of paper. Held my breath as I picked up the phone. Just a black screen! 3 finger salute made it reboot, screen fine, but hardly no apps! What had happened was that the sd card had been ejected. After reinserting the SD card and once again rebooting, my phone came up, limping.

From that day on, my previously stable phone started misbehaving. Odd freezes, applications vanishing (but still present from the package installers point of view), unable to update, unable to uninstall & cetera. I habitually took the surgical approach and tried to pin point and fix what was wrong, spending hours and hours investigating, Googling and trying different cures.

I finally gave in and:

* Downloaded Defanged 1.6 and copied it to /sdcard

* Downloaded latest CM and copied it to /sdcard

* Backed up all apps on my SD card to my computer. (adb pull /system/sd/app/ .)

* Erased /system/sd/app

* Erased /system/sd/dalvik-cache

* Reboot to recovery.

* Wiped

* Installed defanged

* Installed CM

* Rebooted

* Reinstalled my backed up apps (those I still wanted)

The whole process took substantially less than an hour, and my phone is back at it's old fast stable self.

Last time I wiped was when this thread started. Now I won't be all that reluctant to do it again.
[G1 Android Development] bornmw:
You're lucky.

I've just tried to wipe, no reformat (I don't use apps on SD), installed 4.2.12.2, rebooted, skipped tutorial, skipped sign-in, the Date options showed up, then I received the Sorry message saying that com.android.phone process stopped unexpectedly.
[G1 Android Development] jaaronmoody:
i'm not lucky if it happens the same way every time.
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
Well, after entering my PIN for the first time after my complete wipe outlined above, I too experienced this. Once. Quite shortly, the PIN dialog appeared again, and since then, not a hicup.

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] bornmw:
Ok, so it's not just me. I thought that this issue was SO evident and clear to see that someone somehow should've reported it already.

I've created a new issue in their bugtracker with full logcat: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=974

The root cause is this:

D/TelephonyProvider( 235): Setting numeric '25002' to be the current operator
D/dalvikvm( 80): GC freed 287 objects / 10944 bytes in 671ms
D/AndroidRuntime( 235): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm( 235): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001e170)
E/AndroidRuntime( 235): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
I/ActivityManager( 105): Process com.android.voicedialer (pid 420) has died.
E/AndroidRuntime( 235): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime( 235): at com.android.internal.telephony.gsm.GsmDataConnectionTracker.IsPreferredApnChanged(GsmDataConnectionTracker.java:834)

It is the same exception that I see when I try to use ToggleData/APNDroid, which is another issue http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=871

I will try to switch to 'Super D' in the meantime.
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
My experience so far is that the problem only occured once at first boot after a complete wipe/reinstall, so can easily be lived with. Rebooted a few times since, and no boot up crashes anywhere. I'm not going to do a full wipe/reinstall just to see if it happens again...:)

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] calam:
dead browser

:confused:

Okay, so my reformat & reinstall went pretty well, all but one issue with process com.android.browser stopped unexpectedly, browser just will not work, although dolphin is fine. any way to reinstall only the browser by perhaps, or am I going to have to re-do the whole shebang just to get it back? (dolphin would be fine except they recently included annoying ads, ugh).

thanks all!
[G1 Android Development] borodin1:
This is a typical behavior that phone exhibits when you did not flash HTC 1.6 properly prior to CM rom. Wipe, flash HTC 1.6 recovery image, wipe again, then flash CM (all that without rebooting) and you will be good to go.

Good luck.
[G1 Android Development] borodin1:
Wipe your browser data and cache (from Settings->Applications->Manage applications). Wipe your dalvik-cache (from recovery). See if that helps.

Good luck.
[G1 Android Development] bornmw:
I had lots of these.

I think that somehow input method (IME) can interfere with the browser: once I disabled AnySoftKeyboard it seemed to work more 'stable'.

Do you have any 3-rd party IMEs installed?
[G1 Android Development] calam:
yes, the HTC_IME & clicker, nothing else, & it has not given me issues before with it installed, not like this any how. I will try uninstall of that & clearing cache 1st.
[G1 Android Development] calam:
Okay, clearing the cache from settings did the trick, thanks. dint have to wipe dalvic or uninstall htc ime.

cheers!:)
[G1 Android Development] bornmw:
Ok, I've just flashed SuperD and it resulted in exactly the same exception 8-)
[G1 Android Development] idbl_fanatic:
Ok, the only thing that I can see that is a problem with this build is that everytime I mount the SD card, and then unmount it, it says the card is corrupt, until I reboot, then I cannot open the notification bar.
[G1 Android Development] mgorman:
EDIT: Never mind. A reinstall fixed it
[G1 Android Development] pityr:
why not? whats the error?
[G1 Android Development] no6969el:
Loopt?

Is anyone having issues with the app Loopt? Every day it forcecloses when im not in it..(since it runs in the background) Just wondering if this is common now?
[G1 Android Development] rwp71:
CM and TMob HSPA 7.2Mbps

Is it known if these ROMs are able to take advantage of the very recent unveiling of TMobile's HSPA 7.2Mbps data upgrade? If so, how will we know we are using the faster network speed?
[G1 Android Development] fiktion:
When I use the browser for a few minutes, then exit it and go back to my home screen, all my icons/widgets are gone. I have to reboot for them to come back. Gets really annoying.
[G1 Android Development] pReTTyUnG1:
Was wondering why the last few roms the app ebuddy logs you out everytime you click out of it. Anybdy else been having this issue with ebuddy? Any ideas on what could be the problem. If I go back to 4.2.5 it works just fine lol
[G1 Android Development] halla29:
Problems with market.

Hi can someone help me with an issue that I'm having with my market app and any other app? The thing is I was going from CM 4.2.10 to CM 4.2.11 and someway some how my market app got uninstalled off of my phone. I tried downloading it and reinstalling it but i get an error message that says " This app cannot be installed on this phone"?????????????................... Now when ever I download any .apk file the phone isn't able to install it. Can someone please help? I even tried flashing other versions of CM's Roms and still nothing. Right now I'm running CM 4.2.12 but without a market app.
[G1 Android Development] jasimeii:
I think the com.gapps problem might be related to ext2 and ext3. I had problems going from 11.1 to 12.2 and I think i must have accidentally clicked "fix extension" in my recovery, because I had all these errors including not being able to sync my google accounts on start up.

Running 12.2 now :)
[G1 Android Development] emceeprotech:
i can't run fix permissions from terminal emulator either. i get a message saying "91 does not exist (1 of 91). Reinstall..."

i was able to run the command from the console in recovery tho. wasn't going to post about it here but, since someone else did, i might as well +1 it.
[G1 Android Development] jschaffer:
Actually I tried the 3g hack earlier in this thread and it fixed the issue for me...so I think it seems to have something to do with the ROM. (Post I'm referring to:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5277817&postcount=10359 )

That's pretty much something we've all been dealing with. I've even talked with a few folks in the CM IRC channel and they pretty much agree, and say the only thing we can do is wait. Sorry.
[G1 Android Development] aha27:
> http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=968
[G1 Android Development] halfsight:
Happens all the time to me, and it happens on my girls droid, so its def the app.
[G1 Android Development] tjhart85:
This resolved most of my issues as well. I hope I don't have to do this every time I update.
[G1 Android Development] Franklees:
voice search

Has anyone else had a problem with voice search? When i activate it, a drop down box appears and that tells me that the application has stoped unexpectedly. i have tried fix permissions, and tried to go back to earlier releases with no luck. if there is a solution could you please share it. thank you.
[G1 Android Development] zxn:
Lost IM

myTouch

CyanogenMod v1.4 + JF

Firmware: 1.6

Build: DRC92

Kernal: 2.6.29.6-cm42

Baseband ver: 62.50s.20.17u_2.22.19.261

I upgraded from 4.2.11.1 --> 4.2.12.2 using the CM Updater. After the update the icon for IM changed and gives me the following error message when I attempt to load it: 'Application is not installed on your phone.'.

How would one go about getting the IM application reinstalled?

Thanks
[G1 Android Development] ZilverZurfarn:
If it's the TMO IM app you're talking about, it was removed from 4.2.10 (according to Cyanogens change log). Grab it from a version prior to this and install if you want it.

/Mats
[G1 Android Development] Sleeepy2:
Notification bar not working all of the time.

Any one else have this on 4.2.12.2?

I thought that it was something that I installed so I restored my back-up and all was good. Now it just happened again.

Phone is plugged into computer so I had the Debug Notification icon, Mount USB icon, Gmail message and an IM but the notification bar wouldn't drop down.

Checked Gmail and IM manually and the drop down started working again but the debug icon is now gone.

Anyone else?
[G1 Android Development] idbl_fanatic:
Me too, me too...........this is what was happening to me.
[G1 Android Development] pityr:
Install the 10MB RAM hack and see if that helps it. Seems to have helped keep my HiMSN from closing on me all the time.
[G1 Android Development] Chosen_on184:
yea i have that bug too ... sometimes if you leave it for a while it will eventually work ..other times you gotta reflash the rom over and even then that doesn't help .... never happened before only in this version ....
[G1 Android Development] Franklees:
possible solution to some force closes

i posted this question earlier and found the solution. I swapped from Build: DRC92 to DRC83_base_defanged. I hope this helps some of you.
[G1 Android Development] lnjryan:
Cyanogen,

As always awesome work! I just installed 4.2.12.2 (wipe,wipe ext, wipe dalvik, flash rom). I'm having an issue with the terminal app and running fix_permissions. I get an error that says /system/bin/fix_permissions started at 01-05-2010 87 doesn't exist (1 of 87) Reinstall... I have removed and reinstalled all apps, still no bueno. Rewiped and reinstalled still get the same error. 1st time I 've ever had an issue using your roms. Any help would be appreciated.

Doo'h just noticed the link for this error: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=968

Never Mind...
[G1 Android Development] jenol:
this has been posted several times reboot to recovery drop to console and run fix_permissions if that doesnt work then reflash DRC83_base_defanged and cyanogen without a wipe if the problem is with the google apps they may have been corupted.
[G1 Android Development] frankencat:
Thinking about updating to the latest but I need an IM app. So how do I install the IM app or do you just use Chomp or something else?

BTW, no updates past 4.2.9.1 are showing up in CM Updater. Is there a new version or server or something?
[G1 Android Development] Infinite76:
I cosign what this poster said. I am unsure why some are having all these issues.
[G1 Android Development] jenol:
pull the im app from a previous build and push it via adb or use the several im apps on the market theres a new version of cm updater on the market.
[G1 Android Development] xxruxx:
Unable to install IM

Any and every attempt I've made to install IM to Cyanogen's latest Rom (4.2.12.2) has ended in utter total failure. I've tried installing via SU file browser, ADB PUSH, APKinstall, nothing works. Installing via file SU File browser just says IM could not be installed on this phone. Pushing the file via ADB works however the app does not show up in the app drawer. I've pushed the following files to the phone.

IM.apk

IMProvider.apk

TmoImPlugin.apk

IM.odex

ImProvider.odex

Am I by chance I'm missing a file?
[G1 Android Development] cojonesx:
Here is what I've done since it was yanked, unfortunately every new release yanks it again.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5216465&postcount=9209
[G1 Android Development] Snakebear:
I've been having random shut offs, and when I reboot none of my apps will load. Then after a nand restore everthing works fine until it happens again. Updated again today and still the same issues. Could this be the rom or is my SD going bad?
[G1 Android Development] ad505:
Music plays on ear speaker

Since flashing to 4.2.12.2 (without a wipe), when i go to play music on the external speaker, it comes out of the phone earpiece speaker. A nandroid restore to 4.1.11.1 fixes this. I haven't tried wiping and installing, just wanted to see if anyone else is having this issue as well. If it seems like nobody else is encountering this, I'll try a wipe.

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] jedinger:
Mobile Backup

Anyone else have an issue with the Mobile Backup app? Every time I try and run it (after a full wipe to 12.2).
[G1 Android Development] bornmw:
My 4.2.12.2 plays music fine from the speaker. I wiped.
[G1 Android Development] tonyriceroni:
this might be true, not sure if it improves speed but i get 3G everywhere i go now. I used to not be able to get it at my work and some areas at school
[G1 Android Development] merdely:
I can confirm this. :) My G1 is working great!
[G1 Android Development] Fast240Z:
I'm sorry to say, but the latest Cyanogen builds have been wreaking havoc on my G1. The latest builds are causing random crashes, force closes, and reboots. I've wiped everything, switched SD cards, flashed back to stock and then back to Cyanogen, and issues are still occuring. I'm happy with the performance of the ROM when it is working right, but the constant slew of issues is causing me grief.
[G1 Android Development] tdomhan:
I'm running version 4.2.9.1

when I'm checking for updates with the cyanogen mod updater none are shown to me.

has anyone an idea why?

another question: can I update from 4.2.9.1 to 4.2.12.2 directly or must I update from 4.2.9.1 to 4.2.10.x to 4.2.11.x to 4.2.12.x?

edit:

ok I had to update the updater itself.
[G1 Android Development] merdely:
You can update directly to 4.2.11.2.
[G1 Android Development] halla29:
Market Issues With My G1.

Hi can someone help me with an issue that I'm having with my market app and any other app? The thing is I was going from CM 4.2.10 to CM 4.2.11 and someway some how my market app got uninstalled off of my phone. I tried downloading it and reinstalling it but i get an error message that says " This app cannot be installed on this phone"?????????????................... Now when ever I download any .apk file the phone isn't able to install it. Can someone please help? I even tried flashing other versions of CM's Roms and still nothing. Right now I'm running CM 4.2.12 but without a market app.
[G1 Android Development] jedinger:
Mobile backup

What I tried to type last time, and apparently failed, was the following:

I wiped and installed 12.2 this afternoon. Installed the Mobile Backup application to restore my address book, and have been unable to get it to run.

I'm just wondering if anyone else tried. I'm thinking it's a T-Mobile issue, but I'm curious. Not sure if it was working with 10.1 (the previously installed version).

Thanks.
[G1 Android Development] jaaronmoody:
brainfart...
[G1 Android Development] TheInfekted:
I updated to 4.2.12.2 and now my fix_permissions keeping saying something about 104 doesn't exist reinstall and stops any ideas on what I should do?
[G1 Android Development] bmj1086:
The upgrade didn't improve signal strength, I think that's just a coincidence. They just improved bandwidth. They didn't add anything to make the signal stronger.
[G1 Android Development] smapdi:
Figure I reply before someone replies to you with a semi-rude remark about reading past pages.

This is a know issue addressed here: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=968

Apparently fix_permissions can be run from recovery console which means exactly jack to us myTouch3G owners without a physical keyboard.
[G1 Android Development] bmj1086:
Mine is working with adb and in terminal. Have you tried both?
[G1 Android Development] pityr:
I stopped using tmo backup since the phone will sync your contacts with your gmail account. Works much better too.
[G1 Android Development] jedinger:
I don't like syncing everything w/gmail, as I don't use it on a regular basis, but I turned it on and apparently it worked. Still failing w/the tmo backup, but *shrug*.

Also, can anyone point me to a good how to on installing amon ra recovery? I tried one walkthrough using the flash recovery app, but it didn't work. Failed on the backup.
[G1 Android Development] Charrion:
Actually, those sounds do come in the update. They are the sounds in /system/media/audio/ui. The ones that don't get included in the updates are ringtones, notifications and alarms except for the default oggs for each directory.
[G1 Android Development] jaaronmoody:
EASY! dl from the link in my sig, USE FASTBOOT after download just move to where you fastboot from and rename to recovery.img if it suits you, then

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[G1 Android Development] ilaughinyourface:
Love the Rom cyanogen, fast and stable
[G1 Android Development] PsychoI3oy:
EVEN EASIER! throw the recovery image on your sdcard as recovery.img (can't type numbers with the android IME in terminal) and

su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
[G1 Android Development] AustinKnight45:
THx 4 all the work you've done for the G1 wish I was due for a upgrade so I could get my hands on the nexus one well I'll just have to wait it out. Maybe there will be something better out when I'm due for one will see THX Cyanogen!:D
[G1 Android Development] heyyyitsjordan:
so... i use astro... and when i go to the process manager, it shows mp3 store, my uploads, my account, and a bunch of other crap...

why do these programs load when i turn on the phone?
[G1 Android Development] bmj1086:
I was just here to post this. Every time I turn the screen back on I have a lot of apps running, including things I don't use. It didn't do this before .12

I noticed when I switched to 2.0.1 ROM to check it out for a while it did this.
[G1 Android Development] traicer:
i was wondering this same thing, why are apps i don't use automatically loading up and running in the background? is there a way we can stop them from automatically starting up?
[G1 Android Development] asb123:
yeah, after reboot SOOO MANY apps were open including useless ones like amazon mp3
[G1 Android Development] AustinKnight45:
This has been asked a lot I don't think you can stop them from running sure would be nice, now that I think about it I think there was a app that did this but it never worked for me :(
[G1 Android Development] turtleiscool1737:
T-Mobile IM.apk Now working

OK i have finally figured out why i couldn't add the IM back into the 4.2.12.2 rom. I was adding all 4 files when only 3 are needed to make it work

IM.apk

ImProvider.apk

TmoImPlugin.apk

all in the app folder reboot and Magic. i cant believe i didn't figure that out without cyano's help. THanks man keep up the awsome work

+++++ Karma on nexus 1 roms. :D
[G1 Android Development] kraze10458:
im having a problem like i did a wipe and installed perfect but i get a force close....O.O when its asking me for my gmail and stuff and i cant sign on....ive done this 3 times and had the same problem with the other update as well how can i fix this?????i have a mtg3

it says the google partner setup (process com.google.android.partnersetup) has stopped unexpectedly please try again

what do i do

o yeah the 1st 2 times i tryed it did the same thing and i tryed those time to just skip it all and go into the market .....and it would not let me same with gmail o.o????? help asap

i was reading flash the base img???whats that like just flash the 1.6 over the cyano and then cyano again

ok so i flashed the 1.6 over the cya and then put the cya .....samething i got the force close....this never happened befor so weird??what should i do
[G1 Android Development] javon27:
Low memory

Cyanogen (Steve!), first off I wanna say, keep up the good work!

Question: any idea on why the last few updates are having more occurences of low memory, thereby killing background processes (i.e. music, ebuddy, etc)? I've also noticed, along with others, that even though you removed the IM, it along with the Amazon MP3 store app, runs in the background after a reboot.

So far it hasn't exactly been a big deal, but I'm starting to realize that this problem may be affecting some other things. For instance, I'm finding that I have to keep updating my Weatherbug widget manually when I need to check the weather info.

Again, thanks for the work you do!
[G1 Android Development] Asswipe44:
Hey cyan, is there any way to integrate some kind of autolock feature into your rom? By this, I mean instead of having to swipe a pattern every time, the phone would be locked only after 5 min, 10 min, etc. I've been using the app Autolock, but it's been kinda buggy since donut came out. This way, users could save battery by having one less app running in the background as this would be integrated into the rom.
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
i have added the IM app to the updater as an update.zip and in another thread for those who are lazy (like me) and want it all easy :D
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
Settings>Sound & Display>Screen Timout

it locks when it times out
[G1 Android Development] d3spis3m3:
Ok i just used the CM Updater to update to 4.12.2 and it said it was a bad image.
[G1 Android Development] garok89:
easy solution

since you have already done a nandroid restore an ended up on hero

wipe, apply 1.6 htc image, wipe, apply cm-4.2.12.2 (redownload it so it works this time)

see what happens when you ask nicely? ;)
[G1 Android Development] Asswipe44:
True, this is a solution, but what if you put the phone in your pocket after you text somebody, without turning the screen off first? What if the phone opens an app on the home screen?

I'm talking about a solution where you could press the end button to turn off the screen and then have the phone lock after 5 or 10 minutes.
[G1 Android Development] smurf:
i tried this app but its not working properly. If I deactivate sms for example handcent doesnt work either:

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-elsdoerfer-android-autostarts-jppi.aspx

This issue is not autostart related only. Lots of Wlan apps start after wake up the phone. This is so annoying :(
[G1 Android Development] samsci:
Install this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530492

I run a Mytouch. You can fix permissions from this and it works great.
[G1 Android Development] jedinger:
I tried doing this, but my vista machine doesn't pick it up in fastboot mode. Tells me no devices. Isn't there another way to flash the rom? I tried the /data route, but the phone won't let me copy anything into /data on the internal memory and putting it in /sdcard/data is no help.