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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PDY05:
YUP. I "soft bricked" my t-mobile galaxy s (vibrant here in the us) or so I hope. The phone was rooted via z4 on the latest android t959uvji6 from t-mobile.

How did i do it? Brick my phone that is...

The 3d gallery was pissing me off by picking up everything on the phone. I tried clearing the default setting via the manage app but nothing changed so I decided to delete it. First backing up the apk and odex file from the system folder with titanium backup then deleted them from the system folder via root explorer. Rebooted the phone, pulled out the battery, waited for 30 seconds or so, popped in the battery and booted up the phone w/o any issues.

I tried installing the backup 3d gallery apk file and got the "app not installed" error on numerous attempts. Then tried simply copying it over again with ti backup and nothing happens. Gave up and said the heck with and went the factory restore route, got all the relevant apps installed and tried reinstalling the 3d gallery apk but resulting in the same "app not installed" error prompt. So I again copied over the apk and odex file into the system folder. Rebooted and nothing... phone does not boot into the home screen.

At this point here is what the phone is able to do.

It will boot up and display the default galaxy s animation, goes through it's array of colors then comes to a stop at all white letters then the screen goes blank and nothing happens - zip. nadda. i left it on for 12hrs like that - blank screen w/all the hard keys lit up.

What i did notice was win7x64 recognizes the phone after it gets into the blank screen of death as mass storage units.

So far i've tried booting into the recovery screen via the three button method and none of them works.

Did the karma-volume up-home-power twist - nothing

Did the karma-volume down-home-power roll - nothing

Did the karma-volume up and down-power jiggy - nothing

I tried the key combos for about 2hrs without any success then jumped into adb. After reading for a bit I realized that the phone was still rooted and the debug mode was enabled the last time i shutdown the phone (good'ol ti-backup)

For a while there adb did not recognize the phone at all but with an odd power cycling while spamming "adb reboot recovery" it was able to finally nab hold of the phone and jump into the recovery console. At first I thought it was pure luck so unplugged everything and tried it again - works every time if i did the odd out of sequence power cycle while spamming the adb console with "adb reboot recovery".

In the reboot recovery - deleted the user data and did the restore.

Here's where I think I really screwed up - now the phone is no longer in debug mode.

Long story short - is there a way to get into the recovery screen w/o debug mode on?

**quickly pulls on flack jacket**

but seriously any suggestions would be great
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lralexl:
Wrong section bro. You probably won't get an answer here.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichu_9:
To answer your question. Yes, Remove Battery, Plug your phone to USB, Press and hold the volume down and the power button Put the batter back on. This should get you into download mode. Use ODIN to restore.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PDY05:
the usb jig trick did the work - now i have two phones!!!! (bought the nexus s yesterday) lol
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagb1967:
Time to ODIN.

To access Download mode.

Unplug. press volume up and down togheter, and connect USB. VOILA!

If ODIN does not recognize it, plug and unplug again
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
no!

Why the hell are people giving others ideas on how to get into download when their doing it wrong.

its JUST THE VOLUME BUTTONS, NOT THE POWER BUTTON ALONG WITH IT.

volume + power = Recovery, which in this case you probably cant get into

Volume - Power = Download mode, which everyone can get into unless if they somehow hard bricked, if its possible.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] The Andropirate:
if any have you experiencing

com.google.process.gapps force close error

i have found the way to resolve it

i have attached apps copy them to sdcard and to system/app folder using 644 permissions use root explorer (root required)

and reboot

market, sync, youtube, and many more problems are solved:):):):)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kiwiBratwurst:
I was having this issue.. but after a reflash from SEUS it was sorted.. :rolleyes:

your way sounds much easier.. I had to re-install all my apps again.. root the phone.. delete horrible SE apps etc etc.. took fricken hours! (just because that error seemed to be stopping Market working Grrrrrrrrr!!)

any idea what this gapps app is and what it does? I don't remember deleting it (I generally just get rid of games, user guides etc.. safe stuff, so I was really confused when the error suddenly started popping up)

Cheers for the file tho (I have a copy safely stashed away now for next time!) :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] The Andropirate:
the problem i have found is that deleting googleapp.apk and google settings provider. when you do this all other google related apk's malfunction that's where the error comes up
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gaer75:
This method was difficult to me, because i did hard reset and i dont have any program(z4root and Astro) and i dont know how install from sd because my Market didnt work.

My one way was repair from Companion:(
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kiwiBratwurst:
The easiest way around this is (to install a file manager without market).. either use a laptop with BT or find a friend with a bluetooth capable phone and a file manager like astro, stick the file on the laptop/their phone and send it to your phone over BT, once its copied across go to the task bar and select the file and install it. couldn't be easier.. :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] NashXDA:
Google talk missing mate ..cud u link me to the apk or upload it?

Thanks
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gorunn:
I recommend you not to touch any google.apk's, you can delete googlesearch.apk, enhancedgooglesearch.apk and search.apk, rest of .apk's that have google in its name leave it alone. Also, Setupwizard (or whatever its called (Setup wiz that starts when you first boot your phone or change sim card) is closely related to google.apks and market login, so i recommend you to leave it alone to.

When i deleted it, i was unable to log on my market (when i start marked i only get force close error and my market crashes and i was unable to login to my google acc to do the synh.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Archaic1881:
Thanks a lot, i wasn't able to copy them directly to the specified folder (i don't have root explorer), but copying the apk to SD and installing them from there seems to solve the error.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ziest:
for setup wizard, I have deleted it and I can access market without problem.

but, I do sign in into market first before I delete it. :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] MrEzzzkiel:
I copied the files to SD and then I installed every single one of them... It worked! :(

But only to remove the FC message... Still couldnt use Marked... So I reflashed it and recovered with Titanium... 15 mins and I was up n running again...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] squeezes:
Thanks dude!!! :) After days of searching for a solution I downloaded and copied to system\app your pack and it worked.

Now I wonder why these android phones start doing funny things when you try to delete the Google stuff. Maybe that "don't be evil" policy is a thing of the past.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vmonk:
Hi , I downloaded the apps.rar to my phone but it can't extract or install..

it claims the file is empty , even though the filesize says 1,95 MB. Very strange..

I get the com.google.process.gapps error when opening Gmail app.

anyone?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] The Andropirate:
use computer for this. if you still want to use in mini use unrar pro to unrar the file
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Michaelrp67:
YES! com.google.process.gapps SOLVED!

@ The Andropirate... You sir are my new hero for the day anyway! I rooted my phone and my buddies and had this horrid error and market freeze for a couple days now with all kinds of bogus advice on how to fix it.

This IS how to fix the problem!

One thing that was not clear to me was copying the files in root explorer which I did do but it didn't seem to make a difference so I installed the files through root explorer from the SD card and that worked. I then simply installed the files from my friends SD card on his phone without the copy process and that worked. I do not think there is a need to copy the files to system/app. Simply extract to SD and install from there through root explorer.

This fix worked on Alcatel PT-980a and a Motorola Citrus
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rexkwando:
Im a bit of a n00b and when i rooted my x10 mini i went crazy uninstalling everything. Big thanks! I just copied all the apps to my sd card and installed them using root explorer. All fine now after many panicky hours!

By the way.... if you dont have any apps you need and you have this problem, download them from 4shared.com (when searching type the app name all one word followed by .apk e.g. rootexplorer.apk) and transfer to sd card... easy!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vitinho:
Acer A1 running 2.1

I have an Acer S100 A1 running official Eclair 2.1

Made a factory reset thinking that it would solve this gapps problem...

But no, it still pops up each time after I reboot and market is not working...

No file manager comes with the phone...

I cannot find a way to install the google apps in the first post...

Anyone, please

Victor
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Q-fLaDeN73:
Is there any possibility to install these apps via recovery? Via .zip or adb?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] prabandh91:
You can find the better solution here: http://technogiga.com/how-to-fix-com-google-process-gapps-has-stopped-error-in-android/ Don't forget to hit the thanks button
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splat matt:
Wrong section post - need coffee.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TmobileDash12:
Just wondering, once we get these options, will anyone use them?

Coming from a G1, I knew swap and apps2sd were definitely needed.

But seeing as we have 768 MB of RAM, 1.2GB of data.

Since internal memory is faster than micro sd cards, would we use apps2sd?

If anything, could we just use http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717874 that mod?

Since we have so much RAM, would swap/compcache be necessary ?

Just a few questions, thanks for your replies and thoughts. :]
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex9025:
I don't really see the need for them, this phone is flying.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
Bet money we will not even see those coming. Ablsolutely no point with native apps on sd card and that much ram.
[General Topics] xenopod:
Pro's = The Zte Blade is out

Con's = You opted for a two year contract for a HTC

Join the crusade and get XDA to give the blade a section.

long live ZTE blade hail the new king
[General Topics] hungry81:
Um ok

HD2 (LEO)

Pro: Win = WM + Android + Ubuntu + WP7 (maybe)

Cons: No more WM

Join the crusade and keep the HD2 Kicking ass for a long time to come.

Long Live HD2 The most versatile phone in existance!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splat matt:
My mt4g is rooted by the latest method true S=off and radio is unlocked. ROM is the original t-mo flavor.

Two questions:

1. If an update comes from t-mo does the phone need to be unrooted back to oem?

2. I'm selling the phone so with it rooted can I perform a factory reset and the phone will remain rooted and function properly? Will any other issues arise? Remember rom is stock never been flashed.

Thanks!

MT4G (HTC Glacier) using XDA app.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splat matt:
Anyone?

MT4G (HTC Glacier) using XDA app.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vdub804:
wiping it wont undo root so you're good
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4xdaplanet:
When tmobile pushes the rom to you it will unroot it when it upgrades. Then you just re-root it after the upgrade. Just did the same for my mt3g
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deviusdragger:
^not necessarily, when the nexus received an update it killed their root and also kept the one click fixes from giving them root anymore. So lets not speak for the future. ^_^ . But you should be good if you sell, once its out of your hands, its not your problem no more.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Was curious about this myself. Now that the CM nightlies are starting to appear I'm getting closer to actually rooting my phone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Mister B:
Odd fault this (assume hardware) ! Just occurred with no recent software added.

Boot device or simply toggle radio off/on & it will work great but the following morning it will be unable to receive or make calls but carrier messages still work (GPRS account use ect)

Tried other SIMs & carriers & handset acts up the same.

Have tried quite a few radio versions & done a complete reflash of HardSPL Radio & New ROM but problem persists. Bit upset as handset is like new condition & I was happy with it :-(

Any ideas !

Anyone breaking a TouchPro !
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Hakim Rahman:
whether your devices have invisible settings such as in SE Xperia ..? ;) :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apn3a:
Hi,

i mistakenly uninstall htcsyncwidget from mytouch 4g. i thought i would be able to restore it through Titanium backup; no such option, unfortunately. Can someone please upload it for me so i can re-install it? I am running froyo 2.2.1.

Thanks in advance guys..

edit: Ok i was able to extract it in my pc from a nandroid backup i had; however, it says "application not installed" any reasons as of why??

Edit#2: actually i fixed it.. :p just placing the files back to /system/app and restarting the phone brought it back to life. btw i love how i answered everything my self. u can delete this post. thnx
[Desire General] pspuser007:
Hello,

I read the Tips & Tricks thread, and saw that there is a tip about the contacts.

Tried it and realized the problem, I am telling you:

When you want to scroll through your contacts -fast- you can use the bar one the left or scrolling by touching the screen with 2 fingers..

I am using greek language for the system and I 've also written my contacts in greek.

But when I tried scrolling I only saw english letters(only some of them, as it shows the letters of the contacts you have inserted - and I have some english written contacts) and not greek letters.

This also happens with the dialer, that we can type the first letters of the contact..It doesn't work with greek contacts..

Is it a setting that I can change?

Thank you!
[Desire General] pspuser007:
Anyone please?
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] weka773:
please i need your help

i flashed wrong Hard Spl in my jamin

and now my jamin didn't turn on without charger

and when i try to make conection with usb it turn off and screen flash for a second and turn off

is there is any solve or any thing can i flash from external memory to solve this problem
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Hakim Rahman:
check your usb cable, still normal, or is no longer! turn the device off and remove it then reenter betere .... try to soft reset the device like this : Use the stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button on the bottom of your device. Your device restarts and displays the Today screen.

Warning! Always turn off your device before performing a soft reset. To perform a hard reset

Press and hold the CAMERA and COMM MANAGER buttons, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device.

Warning! Always turn off your device before performing a hard reset. Your device will be set back to factory default settings. Please ensure any additional installed applications and/or user data has been backed up before this is performed. if the problem continues go to the bootloader menu and you try to Flash ROM with the original ROMs for your device .... :D :D
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] weka773:
many thanks for your replay

but i try all this things but the problem still

i think the solve is how to downgrade ipl/spl from 2.21 to original 2.13

is ther is arn way to do this???:(:(
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] Hakim Rahman:
why do not you try looking at the WIKI ..? My knowledge on the Wiki is IPL / SPL 2.09, 2.10 to Jamin :D:D try and do not despair friend​
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] weka773:
I traied a lot of officeal room but in go to 80% and stop

i sucses to downgrade Ipl to 2.20

but i can't downgrade Spl - is there is any way to do this ????
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Ejdj:
Hi,

I recently bought used HTC hero.

I found on my hero sd card .data/navigator/data/maps - France, Ireland, United Kingdom.cmap file. I don't have any navigation app, except Google Maps.

From where they are (all .cmap)?

Can i delete this .cmap file (and save about 1,2 Gb)?

Thanks.

Sorry for my english.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jjdacl:
Yes!

I found that they are part of the Locations app.

You can delete them through the app itself.

"Menu -> Get More -> Manage licences & content"

This should list the ones you have, and you can delete them.

You should also check the "Download maps" tab, as I found that I was in the process of downloading about 10 USA maps, even though I'm based in Canada! All deleted now and I have 4GB more free space on my SD!
[Android Themes] zajko:
Hi!

I have a question.

I got the HTC Legend, with stock 2.2 FroYo, Unbranded and unlocked.

Question is, how do I change the lock-screen?

I don't like Sense UI and disabled that, BUT still got the Sense UI lock-screen, not the FroYo (right to left) lock-screen.

So, again, how do I get that to work?

thanks in advance

// Martin
[Android Themes] bunchdx:
Could get widgetlocker from the market...other than that custom roms...only thing I know to tell you...im sure there are other ways im unaware of. Hope this helps.
[Android Themes] zajko:
thanks bunchdx. :P

Had that, didn't work as I wanted, but I mean, the Sense UI on HTC's devices have a lock screen that goes up, and down.

I have disabled the Sense UI and I am running Android like the nexus one, wich is stock android. BUT the only thing that is Sense still, is the lock screen.

I mean, it can't be that Android FroYo has got the Sense UI lock screen.

I want the stock lock screen..

if you know what I mean..

// zajko
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
If you're not a Sense guy just flash a AOSP ROM.

Other than that: Idk. How did you disable the Sense lockscreen to start with?
[Android Themes] zajko:
Naa, I have the stock rom, just disabled the Sense UI and am currently running a clean Android, except for the lock screen, that is still Sense UI lock screen.

is it no way to get rid of that besides flashin a custom ROM onto that..

the google nexus one doesn't have the sense ui lock screen, so why can't I get that on my legend, it is the same system.. Or am I off track?

cheers // zajko
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
So by "disabling" Sense you've installed a different launcher? (LaucherPro, ADW, etc).

You gotta flash a different ROM. You're running a Sense ROM. It doesn't contain the Froyo lockscreen. Flash an AOSP ROM and you'll get it.
[Android Themes] zajko:
yeah got the LauncherPro..

Ok, then I was a bit off track, thought that all sense ui stuff was disabled.

but I disabled the sense ui before I got the launcherpro installed.

That is why I was under the impression that it should be disabled.

Damn, so I need to downgrade, root, upgrade and flash another rom..

bummer... hehe..

thank you for the explanation of that..

Kjempe flott..

ha´de // zajko
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
The lockscreen is not launcher dependent but ROM dependent. I can understand your thought pattern though :p You don't actually "disable" Sense you just choose to use LPP as your 'standard' launcher.

Rooting and flashing shouldn't be that hard. It's all worth it in the end, hehe.

- Ikke noe problem ^^,
[Android Themes] zajko:
Aaaah, then I am back on track..

yeah well, never had problems doin stuff like that, but, it is my baby..

It seems harder then it is I guess..

Wich is the easiest way to root a HTC Legend?

that is downgrade, upgrade and flash rom right?

that is alot of hazzle..

But, I don't need a gold-card if I understand it right, cuz my device is unlocked and unbranded..

anyways, thanks in advance..

// Martin
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
I don't have any experience with the Legend. But a good tip is set aside some time to root your phone.

Use an hour to read rooting guides, twice - Then start the rooting.

This thread has a lot of useful information: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=747890 - So check that out.

I doubt you need a gold-card or anything like that.
[Android Themes] zajko:
Awsome, thank you so much mate..

will do that, gon´tell you how it turned out..

Cheers!
[Android Themes] zimmi86:
If you have root, you have to delete HTC_lockscreen.apk in /system/app via adb.
[Android Themes] gkenny1991:
you can try lock bot => http://www.appbrain.com/app/lockbot-free/com.jackdoit.lockbotfree

idk if you need root for it , you can choose a theme or fast create a new one , and then you can select style => froyo :D

hope this helps :D
[Desire HD Accessories] Sneets:
Hi there,

I am looking for a charging dock that accommodates my DHD without me having to remove the protection case (Case-Mate Barely There).

Does anyone have a suggestion for me? I just need it to charge the device, no further USB connectivity features needed.

I guess the usual Desire HD docks are all fitting so tightly that a case won't work with them, right?

Anyway, if you have any tips for me, I'd appreciate it :-)
[Desire HD Accessories] MrTweety:
I'm looking for the same thing.
[Desire HD Accessories] MattSkeet:
I'm signing up under this one as well

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire HD Accessories] HasC:
I've just received my Spiderpodium which does the job and is futureproof.

Its basically a rubbery type material which you can bend into various configurations and I am using it in the car right now and it works wonderfully.

I have bought a black one, it may not look as nice as custom made docking stations however is very practical.

Here's a link where it is demonstrated on an IPOD Touch however, I am using it with my DHD with a Otter commuter case attached and it works brilliantly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPap5kneFI
[Desire HD Accessories] Burning_aces:
Spiderpodium looks nice, wish there was something like that, but with the option of those sticky,sucky things that most gps use to attach to windows etc
[Desire HD Accessories] HasC:
My main reason for going for the Spiderpodium was because I did not want to get the windscreen "sucky" thingy. With this it leaves no marks, just sticks into the grills of my Mk5 golf which has the grills at a decent level to use sat-nav at a good viewing angle. It also holds the Wifes i-phone 4. If there is a need to, I can easily remove it from the car and use as a dock too.
[Desire HD Accessories] MattSkeet:
Nice but I need one that I just slide in and it will charge my phone without need of connecting usb cable manually

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire HD Accessories] Burning_aces:
yeah, i think i might get one as well...
[Desire HD Accessories] Sneets:
Yup, same here - I just want to plug my phone straight in without fiddling with cables..
[Desire HD Accessories] Mojo Fones:
I have one of those cheap Chinese-made docks, I used a dremel tool to make the recess a bit bigger. It's not pretty but it fits in nicely. :)
[Desire HD Accessories] AndyCr15:
I would be amazed if someone made a dock for a case. It's hard enough to get a dock for a phone, which sells millions, I would be really surprised if someone made a dock for a case which sells only in it's thousands.

Take a look at the Clingo -

http://hemorrdroids.net/clingo-universal-podium-phone-and-media-desk-stand/

It does require you to plug in the USB charger, but as I say, I think you'll have to live with that.