yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One General] anomalyconcept:
My N1 developed this issue just a few days ago- I'm looking for a solution as well. I have all of the symptoms you've described, apart from the backlight turning on as I have an AMOLED display. It's interesting to know that the backlight turns on, as it and the video signal are controlled separately (and impossible to distinguish on an AMOLED display).

I've reverted mine back to an official shipping ROM, something really ancient, and it still occurs.

Mine is also right around the 2 year mark. There are a handful of other threads on various forums which describe the same issue with the only resolution being sent in for servicing. I don't know whether it was the screen or the motherboard that was replaced, which would be very helpful to root causing the issue.

I'm not sure whether it's an issue with initializing the screen itself as it is is functional and can turn on after a battery pull/sitting for a few hours. I would guess it's something to do with a capacitor or similar, since the way to get the screen to work is a battery pull +time or to wait a long time before turning the screen back on.

It's a shame, too, because everything else is working just fine in my N1 and I think it is the perfect combination of a phone.
[Nexus One General] Theshawty:
Format your SD-Card. It's known to fix it.
[Nexus One General] anomalyconcept:
Thanks for your suggestion, but unfortunately it does not fix my issue.

I've tried different SD cards, repartitioned & formatted the card (previously had a sd-ext partition), and even running it without an SD card- all either won't turn the screen on during boot (starting with the battery out) or will fail to wake the screen.

My logs don't show the mmc0 errors which would indicate an issue with the card; it seems to be pretty normal for the screen turning on and off, just that the screen doesn't actually initialize and display anything.

About a week before the screen wake issue developed, I had a problem with the camera and gallery thinking that the SD card was not present. I eventually wiped and reloaded an older ROM and the problem went away.
[Nexus One General] anomalyconcept:
I replaced the AMOLED screen and it now properly works. Since the screen was able to turn on by itself after an hour or so, I suspect it might be a capacitor or something that's gone bad on the flex cable itself. I'm not sure how much effort I'll spend tracing it down, but I might at least give it a shot.
[Nexus One General] K2e:
Change the Screen

Had same issue with a Nexus 5. I changed the screen and it worked great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddeath:
Hi All, just some info sharing after I encountered TwLauncher force close loop after I installed an app. and how I resolved it. Searched for an answer for this but seems like everyone says do a hard reset which I do not want to.

Was trying out Dolphin Browser when suddenly my twlauncher force close. Think the error occurred because the browser tried to put a shortcut on the launcher but my launcher screens did not have space for it. Rebooting does not help as the twlauncher still goes into force close loop when the phone starts up. Almost wanted to do a hard reset but was thinking if I could go into Settings and remove the dolphin browser which may remove the error. After trying, I realised I could still go into the Settings by holding down Menu button to go into Search option (after dismissing the force close) and search for the Settings app. However when I went into the Settings, removed the Dolphin browser and rebooted, launcher still goes into force close loop.

Then I figured I should clear the data in twlauncher and let it launch in default. Same thing again, press and hold Menu button to go into Search. Search for app Settings and launched it. Go to Applications, Manage Applications, All and select TwLauncher. Go to Storage -> Clear data. And presto! No more force close loop!! TwLauncher now sets back to default, and the only thing you need to do is to customize/add back your launcher 'desktop' again with whatever shortcuts or widgets you want or had previously. No hard reset required which save a lot of hassle! So the error is basically data corruption which caused the TwLauncher to go into force close loop.

Hope anyone who encountered the same problem as me don't have to hard reset anymore with this solution! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Biagio®:
Damn, you just saved me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WANJČE:
Thanks so much, I almost did the hard reset myself! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noname090:
thanks man, i thought it's some bug from my rom, by now i see it's not. u're my hero! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skiefer07:
hey

it didnt work for me i tryed an its still does it when i try to go to edit
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solo_888:
Thank you man! I'm old you one)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valinorian:
Thanks man! Happened to me a few times, annoying. Definitely gonna try this next time.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjberrier:
Wow! Saved me too! Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Tom82:
in my app list is no TwLauncher?! Only TwWallpaperChooser...

But I think it is translated to "Startseite" (german) - can somebody confirm this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SyntheeR:
I have the same problem - there is no TwLauncher in "All" list - please help :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepakG:
thank mate. although i find it useless but still i wanted it. thank so much :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nazrazr:
damn thus thread is a little bit too late.....I experienced it about 2 week ago...the only solution was to flash back my FW because Hard Reset didnt help...btw thanx for this coz it might be usefulll for the future....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddeath:
Well, glad my old thread helped some of you guys. I'm not sure why some of you can't see the default rom twlauncher, unless you are using a custom rom with another launcher.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amwebby:
This sounds good and would have certainly helped me on the numerous occasions when I have experienced this, caused by an application failing to find desktop space to park an icon every time.

One small thing is nagging me though. If Search is not one of the last six apps I've used it won't show up in the Recent apps drawer that appears when I hold the menu button or have I missed something?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ic3joker:
thanks bro this is great!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axea:
thank u soooo much

I was facing this problem on my new Galaxy S i9003 and had pretty much made up mind to do a factory reset when I came across a link to your post on this site - androidza.co.za forum

Thank you again - you saved me from a lot of trouble.:):):):)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sleepless:
Thank you so much!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mossy1963:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14641911#post14641911
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightning69:
Thanks for the wonderful info...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sridhar24:
Thanks a ton guys from saving me the work of hard resetting my Galaxy Ace.

Note: for the people searching for tw launcher in manage applications, on the Galaxy Ace its "Sansung Home", just clear data and your Ace is all good again :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] menthols:
Thanks dude, you saved me and me phone..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgandhi:
Thanks a lot for the solution. It certainly saved me a boat load of time in re installing applications after a factory reset, which I was about to do before I found this post.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamid3pnn:
Hi thanks alot
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soyusa:
Your post help me a lot! I have been struggle on how to get this TwLauncher work properly in SGS2... now the problem solved!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipmo76:
Thank you very much for this solution.

Thank you very much for this solution. :)

Clearing the data of this twlauncher is way better than a hard reset.

Two issues I had to overcome to be able to use this solution:

1) I could no longer access the Settings (from the ever crashing home launcher).

My workaround was installing another Home launcher (LauncherPro) via the android market on my PC.

I logged in to android market on my PC and there clicked install on LauncherPro.

Then connected my Samsung Ace to the internet trough Wifi and the android market pushed the install to my device.

After it was installed I could choose between LauncherPro and the standard launcher (called "Startpagina" in Dutch) when I press the Home key.

I selected the LauncherPro and was able to get to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All.

2) In Manage Applications -> All ("Toepassingen Beheren -> Alles" in Dutch) I couldn't find the "twlauncher".

I finally found "Startpagina" and cleared it's data.

For others that can't find "twlauncher".

Look for the name you see when you can select the home launcher

or look for the icon which I used in my profile (a little house with Andy in it).

Thanks again ddeath.

Cheers all and good luck fixing this horrible bug (without having to do a hard reset). ;)

Philip.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoss18:
Thanks a lot It worked like charm.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jexdeea:
Oh no you did-ent,one hit wonder

Dude that totally worked! Step-by-step I am resurrected from the dead...Thanks a grip. I copied all my SD memory files before beginning your remedy precariously.... just in case I blew it and to secure your integrity::rolleyes:

The only deviation was; I had to access

Settings

via an App called

Turbo Droid

first. After that it was all down hill. You-Da-Man!::eek:cool::[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkruijer:
Good stuff alright!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IrmaIsfot:
Thank you soo very much!

Saved me a nights worth of work, and will save my daughters day tomorrow morning, when she wakes up and the phone (Galaxy Mini) is working again! :)

In the Swedish version of the OS, twlauncher is labeled just "Start" in the application list.

I wanted to press the Thank You Button, but it was not available to me?

The comments on this page

http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/introducing-the-thanks-button-on-xda/

mention that you must post before you are presented with the Thank You Button. So after this post I may find that button..?

Edit: well, the Thank You Button kind of work... On this third page of this thread, where my post is, I now see Thank You Buttons on all posts. But it's not available if I go to the first page of the thread?!?!

But then again, I suppose that is really off topic... :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagsingh:
Resolve Samsung Home screen issue

1. go to Settings -> Manage applications -> All -> samsung Home -> clear data.

This helped me for my Galaxy Ace. My Default Home screen was restored successfully.

I hope this helps folks out there.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] needaniphone:
Ok, so I've tried to be lightning fast after Force Closing when trying to hit the menu button, but it doesn't work, it just keeps looping. I have already had to do 4 hard resets on this phone. I added a bookmark to my home screen, and I had room for it, but it still went into this crazy loop. I REALLY don't have the time or energy to re download all of my apps... any suggestions??? I am BEYOND fed up with my Android at this point.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasiloukos:
Thanks

Thanks to share that information...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightstormc:
Thank you

Thanks ddeath6th and Flipmo76 :) I was having the same problems but it seemed a little more severe as it wasn't just Twlauncher force closing, it was SPB 3d launcher, locale, screebl and a whole other bunch of apps so I had no chance of bringing up the settings screen. I used the method of installing launcher pro through the android website on my computer but even that didn't work. So as a last resort I connected my phone to my pc to try kies and started my phone up. As i did that the usb connection helped my phone to install Launcher pro and I then managed all the workarounds. I can't believe there is such a serious bug which hasn't been fixed yet. I only got my phone last week and because my home screen was full on SPB shell and a new app was trying to add a new icon onto it, it destroyed everything. Cheers again guys!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soul18reaver:
Wow! Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipmo76:
@needaniphone:

Try installing another Home launcher (like LauncherPro) via the android market on your PC.

Log in to android market (can't post the link cos I'm a newbie :D) on your PC and there click install on LauncherPro.

Then connect your phone to the internet trough Wifi and the android market will push the install to your device.

If that doesn't work try connecting your phone via USB to your PC so that it can push the LauncherPro installation.

After it is installed you can choose between LauncherPro and the standard launcher when you press the Home key.

ps. I'm not sponsored by LauncherPro. ;)

It just worked for me but you can try whatever alternative Home launcher you want.

pps. And don't turn your back on Android.

My girlfriend has an iphone and she would love to change it for an Android phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitindes:
Hi,

I am facing similar issue , however its quite wired than urs. I am not even able to see home screen and cant access any of the function of phone, except recovery mode. Is there any way to clear data through kies and pc connected to device. I am stuck at the force close, it seems there is no entry mode as well :) . Please help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devil3000:
hi! Your advice helped me but I have a little problem ... My phone is Samsung i9001 Galaxy S Plus and after I did as you said I noticed that my icon disappeared from the main screen with the message being in the bottom of the screen ... any solution?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilmoose:
Thank You

The fix you outlined to clear data from the TwLauncher app worked well for me. It's been a couple weeks since I installed a new app, so I'm not sure why I got stuck in the force close loop, but this solution did the trick. Thank you very much ddeath.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckh1958:
Thanks

Thanks you saved me a lot of work today too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluedynamite:
Man, you just made me register to thank :D Touch of a smart man makes it easier ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nafsi:
Tw launcher problem

I'm using Samsung galaxy s plus, and i tried doing ur way but when I press & hold down my home button it goes into recent activity. please help ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nafsi:
THANK YOU...!!

Thank you so much both of you!! launcher pro idea helped a lot...!:good:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wawan999:
Sorry, not work for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kathleenwhiteley007@gmail:
help...

..i deleted twlauncher in Applications and now cannot get back my google playstore when pressing the google play store application..amongst that i have created another usernamr with gmail because my other accounts says not registered..do i have to re install apps such as google play store ...

...now it is telling me i cannit access my Gmail other than my..almost all mail..nothing else after syncing..

..chrome is not cooperating either..

..tried downloaded...almost the whole app LaunchPro..

...i don't know my next move yet..but could really use the help..and and and...

kathleenwhiteley007@gmail.com
[XPERIA X10 General] totalz:
I'm using LauncherPro home app, and I want to set the home button to activate TaskSwitcher. I tried with LauncherPro's preferences, but there's no option to open app on Home Button Press.
[XPERIA X10 General] totalz:
thanks for reply, I know long press on home button for the default task switching. But TaskSwitcher is an app that does a better job!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drcrappants:
I'm on astro and cannot seem to find the directory to access the 2gb SD card. All i see is the sdcard directory, which is the main internal mem.
[Desire HD General] ikostas_1:
I have DHD for a month now... With the stock Rom, I can't lock with Gps, but the programs like Gps status, are finding 4 to 8 satellites... but always with signal above the average... with cyanogen 7, Gps lock in 10 seconds... now I have leeDroid hd and sometimes it locks and others....

Is something that I can do to fix that SOFTWARE bug???

Has anyone the same problem???
[Desire HD General] pshdo:
Hi there...

Try to let gps status download agps data eg. once a day, and see if that will help...

The gps in this device is not that good at all, when compared to eg. all the Sonyericsson x10 series phones...

The gps in the dhd need ALL the help it can get to just work a lille below avarge and for me automatic agps data download helped a little...

--

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
I have never been able to get the gps to work on my dhd for apps such as cardio trainer. As far as I know, even when the phone does get a gps lock, it will lose it when the screen goes off. Very annoying.
[Desire HD General] exxi:
I can concur that the GPS on the desire HD is not so good. I use an app called Quick Fix and I fix the GPS satelite location to Europe which helps with fixing the signal quicker but a problem that I experience a lot is when I am in the mids of navigating to some place by car (google navi) my location seems to be jumping, especially when I slow down to take a turn... the GPS seems to go nuts and it pretends that I've taken the wrong route starts rerouting etc. Its really annoying.. anyone else with the same problem? any ideas how to fix it ?
[Desire HD General] shadow65781:
Is this a common problem with this device?

Im considering the HTC inspire, currently using samsuck craptivate.

one of its problems is faulty gps. I dont want to go from one phone with bad gps to another with the same problem.
[Desire HD General] exxi:
I discovered that the GPS is not too bad. Actually when you optimize it its quite good. Do the quck gps fix and set the server to europe or whereever your are located. Let the rom fix a signal a few times and then the connection will be quite reliable. Its not as good as SE or Motorolla droid devices but It will do the Job!

With the DHD you get an excellent phone; it would be a shame to discart it from the list of potential devices for such "small" error depending on how much you need that feature.
[Desire HD General] ikostas_1:
Can I fix it??

K
[Desire HD General] CitizenLee:
There are plenty of threads already about this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=964333
[Windows Phone 7 General] DarkRyoushii:
Hey

I was wondering if there is a way to get my school emails from an exchange configuration, I've managed to get it down to a matter of "Certificate not verified" and, even though I am not a network administrator I know that its because its was signed by the school itself. Is there a way I can disable the verification or bypass it somehow?

Thanks in advance :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] jhughesy:
Install the certificate on your phone. Either email it or put it on your web server.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiwas:
Like the previous poster said - just email it to yourself. You can even email it to your exchange account and the log onto the webmail to get it :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnexus:
can anyone tell if there is a way i can change the nexus s lockscreen sound
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
there's a topic about it in the themes section

... unless it got moved again
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fchipm:
Use root explorer or adb to push an ogg file to /system/media/sound/ui. Rename it accordingly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumeetp:
Does Voodoo stable 5.3 for Froyo 2.2.1 require your phone to be rooted??..i dont wanna root my phone..just apply the fix..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nwsk:
Voodoo replaces your kernel. Most of the kernels that have voodoo also will give you root.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sOt0nGx:
1) Download voodoo's "Update.zip", put it inside /sdcard

2) Start > Run > cmd

3) in the Command Prompt, type "adb reboot recovery"

4) Go to your phone and select Apply Update.zip (use Volume +- keys to move and Home key to select)
[Nook Color General] tinpanalley:
I want to install a pdf reading app from the market to read pdfs. But I'm not sure where to put them on the nook so that the pdf program will see them. It's not seeing the ones that I'm able to read with the nook UI. Anyone have any ideas? Where does one put documents one wants to read on the rooted portion?
[Nook Color General] miniaturepeddler:
I have placed my pdf docs on either the internal document directory or the external document directory. My pdf application has been able to see and read them in both locations.

sent via my HTC evo 4g
[Nook Color General] tinpanalley:
Sorry, I'm talking about a rooted nook. Should have mentioned that.
[Nook Color General] zdrifter:
Rooted Nook will see docks incl. pdfs in either internal or external Documents folder.
[Nook Color General] tinpanalley:
Not in the adobe pdf app I just downloaded from the market. I'm trying to use a downloaded app because I don't like how basic the one on the nook is. But unfortunately the one I downloaded in the market doesn't read the pdfs I have internally on the nook.

Any ideas?
[Nook Color General] zdrifter:
Move or copy the pdfs in the internal directory to the sdcard directory (Astro from market is good for this type of thing) .. BTW which app is that .. seems strange it won't navigate to the internal directory??
[Nook Color General] tinpanalley:
The app is the Adobe Reader app.

And there seems to be a partition that the app reads from on the sd card since rooting that won't hold very much data.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Copro:
Hi,

I have a Desire here that was from a German o2 contract and now shows very strange behaviour. When normally turned on it is sometimes possible to boot the device normally into Android 2.2 when it then suddenly resets itself.

Also using the software reset from within the system did not work to improve this.

The next step was to use the CLEAR STORAGE option in the stock Recovery menu but also this did not fix the the problem.

Sometimes the phone when turned on does not boot at all and just he white backgrond with the green htc is there after one time vibrate.

Sometimes after this he phone vibrates 7 times and does not boot.

And then again after removing the battery it might come up and start the normal registration process with the language selecting and after some time reboot suddenly to show one of the other behaviours again.

The details from the recovery screen HBOOT menu (Holding down VOLUME DOWN followed by a short keypress POWER):

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-09.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

Aug 10 2010,17:52:10

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

CLEAR STORAGE

SIMLOCK

I have read in another thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=660770 that by installing a fresh ROM again this could be solved. I am just not so sure anymore that this can be a software problem only.

My next steps would be to read out the CID of the SD Card on another Android phone to create a Goldcard and try and reflash because I cannot boot into the system to enable USB Debug to root or use some root explorer or adb shell to read out the CID reliably with this device.

Any other suggestions or tips ?