Uninstall problem on the XDA IIs - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

Help!
I've a problem with uninstalling a program on the XDA IIs. It's called Task Switcher and everytime I use it, it crashes the XDA. The problem is, the program starts up on the XDA and is not visible in the Memory manager, so I don't know how to stop it running so as to enable me to uninstall the program.
I know I could do a hard reset, but that's a bit of a hassle really...Any ideas?
Thanks for any help!

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A file called cptnl or something is missing!!

I have been using my XDA II regularly and then suddenly one day when i wanted to start a program it said something like "The key file is missing or there is not enough memory to run the file, stop all the running prgrams and try again" i did this by going on to memory and stopping all programs and still the messege has come up. I tried everthing, switching it off etc. then i hard resetted it but still the problem arises.
ALSO when i hard resetted, usually the customisation tools come up and it takes some time BUT THIS time it started to customise the XDA II but then it stoppped saying that the "cptnl" file or something like that was misssing. When being lucky enough to go on the file explorer i noticed that it is missing.
So could you help me somehow directly instead of giving me a number or could you find out the information please.
i think i need a new set of windows files, i personally think that some windows files have been deleted and it would be particularly useful if you could supply me wiht a new set of windows files for the XDA II. I am an O2 costumer so i really do need to have my XDa working properly instead of not opening a single program. I can access it if u guve me some instructions.
Thank you very much
(Can some one help me please!!)

MY XDA wont run any programs saying there is not enough mem!

I have been using my XDA II regularly and then suddenly one day when i wanted to start a program it said something like "The key file is missing or there is not enough memory to run the file, stop all the running prgrams and try again" i did this by going on to memory and stopping all programs and still the messege has come up. I tried everthing, switching it off etc. then i hard resetted it but still the problem arises.
ALSO when i hard resetted, usually the customisation tools come up and it takes some time BUT THIS time it started to customise the XDA II but then it stoppped saying that the "cptnl" file or something like that was misssing. When being lucky enough to go on the file explorer i noticed that it is missing.
So could you help me somehow directly instead of giving me a number or could you find out the information please.
i think i need a new set of windows files, i personally think that some windows files have been deleted and it would be particularly useful if you could supply me wiht a new set of windows files for the XDA II. I am an O2 costumer so i really do need to have my XDa working properly instead of not opening a single program. I can access it if u guve me some instructions.
Thank you very much
(some one help plz)

"handle programs" repeatedly FC's - what can I do?

Hi people!
All of a sudden going into "handle programs" in settings on my HTC Desire force closes com.android.settings. BAM! I've tried rebooting several times, no difference. Even tried uninstalling the last application I installed but it still force closes. Now uninstalling through the market works fine, so it does through the astro program handler, but why does my core settings app all of a sudden crash bigtime?
I've not rooted the device and I don't have much fishy stuff on it, the most fishy thing I guess is the HTC IME modded keyboard from jonasl that adds the microphone button and a milllion other neafty tricks. I'm not sure if this started happening then or later. Any ideas?
Kristian
I had the same issue. I had been installing ALL sorts. I had to back up what I could and do a factory restore to resolve it.
I hadn't installed the Voice Search workaround yet at that point so it wasn't that. I think I narrowed it down to one of the app killer programs. I uninstalled that and it's been solid since. On top of that I never really gave the phone a chance without it and now I have there was no need for it in the first place.
Aitese said:
I had the same issue. I had been installing ALL sorts. I had to back up what I could and do a factory restore to resolve it.
I hadn't installed the Voice Search workaround yet at that point so it wasn't that. I think I narrowed it down to one of the app killer programs. I uninstalled that and it's been solid since. On top of that I never really gave the phone a chance without it and now I have there was no need for it in the first place.
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- So you found it was one SPECIFIC program that when being installed caused this problem? That's what I am gussing too, I just don't know WHICH program.
Did just uninstalling that particular program fix the issue or did you have to do the factory restore to fix it even after uninstalling the offending program?
Locale may cause this behavious, do youhave that installed?
le3ky said:
Locale may cause this behavious, do youhave that installed?
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I was smiling when I read this because I was just thinking "could it be locale, that was recently installed", and YES not only is it installed but it's one of the prime suspects, timewise.
It's the beta version that apparently still works here in sweden where there is no pay market. So that program is known to cause this, crap! I'd really prefer keeping it as it's my "don't bother me at night" app. Is it known to cause any other problems or just the fact that the stock progarm handler app FC's?
TigerSoul925 said:
- So you found it was one SPECIFIC program that when being installed caused this problem? That's what I am gussing too, I just don't know WHICH program.
Did just uninstalling that particular program fix the issue or did you have to do the factory restore to fix it even after uninstalling the offending program?
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Well I like I said, I think it could have been that program. My problem was only solved after the restore. I put back everything else but that one app and it's fine.
Ok so I did uninstall locale, nothing changed, I scratched my head, and cursed. Then I also installed the two plugins I had installed for it, namely the battery/charging plugin and the all vols plugin and guess what? TAADAA it works again as expected. Either it was locale in combination with those plugins or one of the plugins themselves.
I don't really care which because I just found "settings profiles" which is everything locale is bundled into one program and as a matter of fact I only need one rule making this free for me, great!
Still don't know which of the plugins or locale or combination caused this but I guess this is a word of caution to others going down a similar road.
i've been getting similar errors and i DID have locale installed but i'vs since uninstalled it and the plugins and it's still broken. :-(
guess I was lucky then, make sure you uninstall ALL plugins for it, for me it related 100% to locale or it's plugin (or both).

[Q] How do I stop apps from automatically starting up?

I am trying to prevent certain apps from automatically starting up without me requesting them to. For example, Shopkick, Amazon App Store, Pulse, to name a few. Can someone help me with this? I still want to use these I just don't want them running all the time (Shopkick esp since they activate the mic and record certain words/patterns to market to you).
houseofkrazeesstl said:
I am trying to prevent certain apps from automatically starting up without me requesting them to. For example, Shopkick, Amazon App Store, Pulse, to name a few. Can someone help me with this? I still want to use these I just don't want them running all the time (Shopkick esp since they activate the mic and record certain words/patterns to market to you).
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Get the app called Autostarts and selectr the ones you want to stop.
Easiest way to prevent this is to Back out of programs or use the exit button. If the app stil does't behave, notify the creator. All Android programs should permanently close if you use those methods.
The Root said:
Easiest way to prevent this is to Back out of programs or use the exit button. If the app stil does't behave, notify the creator. All Android programs should permanently close if you use those methods.
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That's not the issue, the big issue is them starting when I don't request it to start (i.i. Amazon App Store starts at random)
Use any of the myriad of start-up process editor apps or freeze unwanted apps/services with Titanium backup.
houseofkrazeesstl said:
That's not the issue, the big issue is them starting when I don't request it to start (i.i. Amazon App Store starts at random)
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Yes, it means sometime you didn't close it out properly. I've never had Amazon App store reopen because I always close it out right.
The Root said:
Yes, it means sometime you didn't close it out properly. I've never had Amazon App store reopen because I always close it out right.
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At startup they load a piece into memory. If you check with Advanced Task Killer for Froyo you can see how many apps load into memory at bootup. If you load the task manager and clear memory you will see it closing apps that you had no idea were running. Amazon App store is one of them, Qik, Tango, Google Nav loads Maps, Telenav loads a similiar process.
LBE Safeguard,......you can shut em down, and bring em back when you want to use them.
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Use autostarts... it works well
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BrooklynsFinest said:
Use autostarts... it works well
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No, it doesn't on an HTC Droid Incredible. I have a problem where Music Beta (the Android app which supports Google Music Beta) autostarts whenever it senses a BT audio connection that isn't being used, sometimes right over other apps which *are* streaming BT.
I was looking for an app that would prevent it from automatically starting up, but Autostarts couldn't even see that event as a triggering event for the app. (And, no, it's not a function of the "headset" setting on the app.)
I am still searching for the app that will do that.
hgoldner said:
No, it doesn't on an HTC Droid Incredible. I have a problem where Music Beta (the Android app which supports Google Music Beta) autostarts whenever it senses a BT audio connection that isn't being used, sometimes right over other apps which *are* streaming BT.
I was looking for an app that would prevent it from automatically starting up, but Autostarts couldn't even see that event as a triggering event for the app. (And, no, it's not a function of the "headset" setting on the app.)
I am still searching for the app that will do that.
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Isn't there a bluetooth function in Autostarts? I know there are a ton of settings. If not just get bloat freezer or paid Titanium and freeze it until you actually want to use it. If I use Pandora with my Bluetooth, the next time I use the Bluetooth a piece of Pandora is loaded into memory. If I freeze it for a connection or two it doesn't do it again.
The Root said:
Yes, it means sometime you didn't close it out properly. I've never had Amazon App store reopen because I always close it out right.
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I seem to recall that there are many self-starting apps. Things that want to collect data or monitor usage. I saw these when using one of the autostart apps to kill these. There were several apps that came up as self starters. Meaning that as many times as the autostart program would kill them, they would automatically restart themselves. Its true.
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Is there a fix for this issue?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T-Mobile and I have the same issue.
I am using a start up cleaner app, start up manager, 1tap cleaner, TaskManager, Super Tool as well as My Data Manager apps to monitor my Phone. The data manager is showing me apps that are using my DATA when I don't want them running. Aside from uninstalling some apps, Some I can't, what can I do? I don't want them running unless I turn them on myself. My task Manager app shows me apps I never use that are running, such as, Social Hub,CK Zombies-a game I rarely use, My Account, Voice Command,Books, Maps and a few others.
Is what I want to do, run only what I want to run and not everything else, possible?
Homeuser66 said:
Is there a fix for this issue?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T-Mobile and I have the same issue.
I am using a start up cleaner app, start up manager, 1tap cleaner, TaskManager, Super Tool as well as My Data Manager apps to monitor my Phone. The data manager is showing me apps that are using my DATA when I don't want them running. Aside from uninstalling some apps, Some I can't, what can I do? I don't want them running unless I turn them on myself. My task Manager app shows me apps I never use that are running, such as, Social Hub,CK Zombies-a game I rarely use, My Account, Voice Command,Books, Maps and a few others.
Is what I want to do, run only what I want to run and not everything else, possible?
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I've used Gemini App Manager to do this. Launch Under Menu->Settings->Expert Mode, click on the Filter. Go down to "Can Auto Run", and see what can auto-start. You can also filter by "Is Running" to see what is running now.
In Gemini, click on an app, and go down to "Config Autorun (root)". There you will see a list of when the app may autorun, and you can adjust accordingly.
roguejam said:
I've used Gemini App Manager to do this. Launch Under Menu->Settings->Expert Mode, click on the Filter. Go down to "Can Auto Run", and see what can auto-start. You can also filter by "Is Running" to see what is running now.
In Gemini, click on an app, and go down to "Config Autorun (root)". There you will see a list of when the app may autorun, and you can adjust accordingly.
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Ok, I'll check this out...I failed to mention, I don't have my phone Rooted...yet...Not sure if I plan on it yet either. But will this work on a non-Rooted Phone?
Homeuser66 said:
Ok, I'll check this out...I failed to mention, I don't have my phone Rooted...yet...Not sure if I plan on it yet either. But will this work on a non-Rooted Phone?
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Unfortunately, you need root access to be able to modify that about a program. That's the reason for the "Config Autorun (root)".
roguejam said:
Unfortunately, you need root access to be able to modify that about a program. That's the reason for the "Config Autorun (root)".
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Figures.....I haven't decided on doing this yet or not...

Bug in restricted profile management

Hello all,
I have a problem with my tab pro 10.1. I created a restricted user for my daughter and gave her access to few apps. When I installed a new game recently and tried to give her access, I couldn't anymore because the menu wouldn't stop switching to the "Enable Google search" tick box option.
Its hard to describe so I made a video to show the behaviour:
Samsung galaxy tab pro 10.1 Bug restricted profile: http://youtu.be/G1W8UOjLVm8
I tried deleting the profile and creating a new one but it didn't fix the issue. I couldn't find anything on Google about this.
Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this, apart from a hard reset?
Thank you.
Sam
Have you tried soft reset? Holding power til it shuts down
Are you rooted?
Have you tried deleting cache?
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cloud71 said:
Have you tried soft reset? Holding power til it shuts down
Are you rooted?
Have you tried deleting cache?
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Hello,
soft reset = no, what are the consequences ? any loss of data or settings ?
rooted = no
deleting cache = no, what are the consequences ? any loss of data or settings ?
Thank you
Sam
I'm not against trying those but I'm not the only user of the tablet, I can't take the risk to delete anything
Hello!
I just saw this thread, because I was searching for a solution for exactly the same problem with my Galaxy Note Pro.
When I saw that you also have the issue that the settings dialog switches to the Google search option, I wondered if Google search had something to do with this behavior.
So I deactivated the app "google search" in the application manager.
After that I finally was able to set up a restricted user and allow this user to use certain apps.
So I thought I should share this finding...
I haven't tried yet, but i think, after setting up the restricted user completely, google search might be reactivated again.
As I don't use the app google search very often, I am not quite sure about the consequences of deactivating and reactivating this app. But I think in worst case some settings may be reset to defaults.
Kind Regards
René
It works ! Dude thank you so much for sharing !

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