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Hey all,
I have been having an issue with my phone after flashing various roms. I have had the issue occur on every rom ive tried (Bonsai, ACS Syndicate Frozen 1.1 and 1.2, and most recently the ERA eh17 rom)... After I flash a rom everything works great on the phone.. I reinstall programs, re-setup everything, and enjoy the experience once again; however, after a period of about two weeks to a month something goes wrong and I begin getting message after message of force closes. They typically start with Google Services Framework Force Closes. This tends to happen over and over making it difficult to actually use the phone. I've found that once this starts to force close its impossible to actually open up contacts to browse through them. I had browsed solutions to this and went through my gmail account "cleaning up" my contacts. I tried going into applications and clearing data as some suggested.. unfortunately, clear data was grayed out and unavailable as an option. Shortly after getting these messages nearly every process on the phone begins to crash (i can recall acore, phone, messaging.. pretty much anything I try to run). I'm not sure what is causing these problems and would appreciate some help as I thoroughly enjoy running different ROMS and trying new things out. The only "fix" ive found is clearing everything and reflashing. any help is greatly appreciated.

Have you tried fixing permissions under advanced in clockworkmod? It works most of the time for me. Its always worth a shot before reflashing a rom.
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Sounds like u have data curupted do u have journaling enabled.?
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Esteway.619 said:
Sounds like u have data curupted do u have journaling enabled.?
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+1... sounds like corruption. I always run with journaling on.

thanks for the suggestions... im not sure if journaling was on or not... i downloaded the journaling on zip and have enabled it... just reflashed the era eh17 rom and tried the fix permissions... i'll repost if this did not fix the issue

Journaling on zip should be flashed after you flash a new rom. If you enabled it and flashed a new rom you will have to flash journaling on again. I usually only fix permisions once the force closing starts. It is less likely to happen with journaling on.
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Hah....well I fixed permissions, enabled journaling, cleared all x3, flashed, then fixed permissions again and enabled journaling again... Figured that should take care of it... No problems thus far but it has only been half a day
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[Q] Apps un-installing on their own?

Did a search but didn't find anything useful.
Recently my apps have been un-installed without me knowing anything about it. The only thing I can think of is I've updated to the NEW android market and Go Launcher ex. This problem started happening soon after these two updates, so I uninstalled the market update and I'll see if it's still a problem.
Anyone else experience this problem?
Btw, I'm on StarBurst v1.8 (didn't have this problem, just recently after market and launcher update)... then again it could be anything???

One of those apps happen to be wireless tether or something similar?
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One of those apps happen to be wireless tether or something similar?
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Yes! (WiFi Tethering by OpenGarden, Inc) ... ?
Update: I un-installed android market update and to my surprise, my old apps started showing up again...wtf? (before I couldn't find them anywhere, app drawer and application management, now they're back everywhere...lol weird).
About that wifi-tether...?

I've been having the same problem, and I'm not even rooted yet. Oh well...
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I have go launcher and the new market as well, and sometimes in my folders an icon will turn generic but still work, sometimes will be generic and say application not installed, check the manage apps page and sure enough they arent listed. reboot the phone and they are usually there. Im gonna go back to the older market and then see if it fixes (one of) my problems...

[Q] Getting Old Mobile Facebook UI, But Why?

Hey everyone,
When I go to use facebook via the stock browser, it brings up the old Mobile Facebook UI. This has only started happening recently, after installing ProxyDroid and activating it for the first time over my university's network. When I was simply rooted and had AdAway activated the current Mobile Facebook UI (that's similar to the Facebook app) would be displayed.
Why is this? Nothing's really changed. Is there any fix for this? Googling gets me nothing.

It started for me today too. I'd rather use the mobile site because the app sucks and is a huge battery hog.
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I was speaking to a friend of mine, and he has said that despite uninstalling ProxyDroid, it may still be messing with the Nexus' proxy settings. So I'm going to install it again and clear all the settings. If that doesn't fix it, I'm considering going in and removing any trace of ProxyDroid from root (or just in the Android folder over ADB).
If it's an issue with Facebook though, well... That sucks.
SOLVED:
I just had to clear the stock browser's cookies and cache a few times. Not sure why didn't fix it the first time. Oh well.

OniV2 said:
I was speaking to a friend of mine, and he has said that despite uninstalling ProxyDroid, it may still be messing with the Nexus' proxy settings. So I'm going to install it again and clear all the settings. If that doesn't fix it, I'm considering going in and removing any trace of ProxyDroid from root (or just in the Android folder over ADB).
If it's an issue with Facebook though, well... That sucks.
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I just had to clear the stock browser's cookies and cache a few times. Not sure why didn't fix it the first time. Oh well.
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Thanks for that mate ... I was having the same issue on my Galaxy S2, didn't know why it was happening but it just suddenly started doing it. I thought it may have been 'cos I had recently flashed a new rom. So I flashed back to stock but that didn't fix it.
I then came across this thread of yours and did as you did, cleared cache and cookies a few times and it seems to have fixed it
thanks again.

OniV2 said:
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I just had to clear the stock browser's cookies and cache a few times. Not sure why didn't fix it the first time. Oh well.
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Worked for me. Damn that mobile site is a killer. I actually installed friendcaster because of it ! LOL
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It reverted to the old UI for me again after updating to IMM76I. Wiping cache and cookies did nothing, so I went into CWM and wiped my cache and dalvik cache. That fixed it.

Possible JB Bug: View Type: Alphabetical list

So I've been fighting with Touchwiz force closing quite often since the JB update. I flashed the full official ROM from Telus, as well as 2 other Telus based ROMS, all suffered from the same problem. The only thread I found pertaining to a similar issue is HERE.
Issue:
Touchwiz force-closing (stopping), when creating folders, or moving icons on the homescreen (like to delete them or move them to another homescreen).
In a nutshell, myself and 2 friends all have GS3s. 2 of us were having the issue, myself (rooted) and my friend (unrooted, completely stock), where as another friend (rooted) was not having the issue.
After much hair pulling and testing (3 different ROMS, using different computers and cables to flash, having my device flashed by my friend who was not having the issue), I came to the conclusion that Touchwiz was force closing ONLY when the App Drawer was in "Alpahbetical List" view type. When it was in a "grid" view type, there were no issues.
I was wondering if anyone else could do some testing and let me know if I'm on the right track with this.
I ask that you change your App menu to "Alphabetical List", and use it normally for a few hours or days, and let me know if you see any instances of Touchwiz force closing. If I see enough response, I'll start looking into how to place a bug report on this.
Thanks.

Did you wipe/factory reset? You should not be having issues like that if you did.I don't see any of that.
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crystalstylez said:
Did you wipe/factory reset? You should not be having issues like that if you did.I don't see any of that.
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I wiped, factory reset, cleared caches, etc several times, as well as trying 3 different ROMS like I said.
The only way I could fix it was to clear data from Touchwiz Home. But the issue would still come back after a few hours.
So you are on JB, and are using "Alphabetical list" without issues??

Did you back up system and maybe restored the data wipe titanium by accident? If you have a clean install with nothing restored yet does it do this? If not install back all your apps one by one widget by widget to see what is causing this. Could be an app compatible issue. I tried to replicate your issue and could not at all.
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crystalstylez said:
Did you back up system and maybe restored the data wipe titanium by accident? If you have a clean install with nothing restored yet does it do this? If not install back all your apps one by one widget by widget to see what is causing this. Could be an app compatible issue. I tried to replicate your issue and could not at all.
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Essentially a clean install, nothing installed or restored with titanium, and the issue was there. I think the only apps I had installed were Chrome browser, Go SMS (or Handcent, I tried them both because I thought maybe one of them was causing the issue), and Facebook. Other than that, I was on a stock rom (rooted).
I was just able to re-create the issue by doing the following:
1) Switch app list view type to "Alphabetical list".
2) Go to task manager, do a "Clear memory"
3) Go to homescreen, grab an icon, as if to remove it from home screen, and let it go.
Touchwiz force closes (Unfortunately, TouchWiz Home has stopped). As soon as I set it back to "Alpahbetical grid", everything works as it should.
Note: I do have a folder in the shortcut area on the homescreen (bottom, next to the Apps button), not sure if this makes a difference, but it usually starts when a folder is created...
I was able to recreate this problem on 2 Telus devices, and 1 stock Rogers device, all running JB.

Followed that and I still unable to recreate this. I also have a folder on mine in dock for email with Gmail and email in it. I am at&t though. Even though I am not sure if it matters.
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crystalstylez said:
Followed that and I still unable to recreate this. I am at&t though. Even though I am not sure if it matters.
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Hmmmm, interesting. I was thinking of perhaps trying an AT&T based ROM (all I've tried were Telus based, and was able to recreate the bug on a friends Rogers device as well...). Maybe it's Canadian devices only? I did notice that it doesn't seem to be a very widespread issue. Although there was a thread about it, there were very few responses...
I'll see about flashing an AT&T ROM, but for the moment, its working properly in grid view, so I'm good with that.
Thanks for the input though!

I'm not able to reproduce this issue on my SGH-I747M (Rogers) running stock (not rooted) Android 4.1.1.
If you factory reset/wipe data on the stock ROM, configure the phone without installing any third-party apps from the Play Store (heck, don't even bother signing in with a Google account initially for this one), then set the app drawer to alphabetical list and attempt to reproduce the issue as per your earlier steps does it still occur? Just curious.

kmcckenn said:
I'm not able to reproduce this issue on my SGH-I747M (Rogers) running stock (not rooted) Android 4.1.1.
If you factory reset/wipe data on the stock ROM, configure the phone without installing any third-party apps from the Play Store (heck, don't even bother signing in with a Google account initially for this one), then set the app drawer to alphabetical list and attempt to reproduce the issue as per your earlier steps does it still occur? Just curious.
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Thanks for trying it out.
I was actually able to reproduce it on my friends stock Rogers 4.1.1 OS.
I was able to reproduce it with a minimal install of third-party apps (mentioned in another post, I think I had Chrome, Go SMS and Facebook installed...).
Perhaps I'll give it a try if I flash a new ROM anytime soon. Right now, my device is working well, and I only figured out it was the List option causing me the problem after installing a bunch of apps and customizing. Don't feel like resetting right now just to try to reproduce it, lol.

Tested on Rogers Stock 4.1.1 root injected, no issues at all here.
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jb 4.1
i tried to get this to happen on my gs3 but so far i have no complaints .i was running aokp for last 6 months or so and yesterday decided to go back to stock att jb 4.1 and must say i forgot how smooth tw is. i love aokp and tho i never really had any issues running tasks rom and now that he released 4.2 is fantastic!! but im likeing this new update from att its just nice to have everthing working perfect with awseome battery life charged my phone last night to full then unpluged and went to sleep . pleased to say that phone this morning 6 hrs later is still at 100 %..what i did to install was first i wiped phone completely formated everthing and then used odin to flash root66 rom insatlled booted up intsalled cmw and then just fixed parmisions. today is second day so far not one issue at all to report .. gunna hang with this for a bit let the bugs get fixed in 4.2

Also not able to reproduce this on blackjelly v1.02 (based on 4.1.1 ota).
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invalid package file

im getting invalid package file errors when trying to download Instagram from the market. ive researched and done all the suggested fixes i.e. clearing play store data google services framework data, cleared bothe the cache and the dalvik cache and im still getting these errors. my wife and i are both having this problem right now, she is running rooted stock and so am i. does anyone have any ideas? ive even don a full wipe and re flashed my rom and nothing has worked.i really dont care that I cant have it but my wife is getting irritated wich means im getting really annoyed. any help would be greatly appreciated.
if there are no more techniques i can use would someone be kind enough to send me the apk? thanks again.
EDIT: all is well found an apk file.
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I'd like to add a little to this. I have experienced this more recently while trying to update my apps. The more commonly known techniques did not work for me as well. Everything from clearing cache in the app and through recovery, to a lesser known trick using the browser and the play store website.
I did find that when all else failed, I toggled my wifi off and used my data to download/update my apps and did not have the invalid package issue. A technique so simple, I had to chuckle because I flashed and re-flashed multiple roms and restores. I was getting so annoyed at the failure of my app download/upgrades. So this makes me think it might have something to do with google servers and my wifi connection, which is strange since it recently randomly started to happen.
Just a little of my thoughts with this ever annoying issue.

For future reference, if u can't find the apk, there's an app called hideman. Its a VPN app. Just install that, connect to the server thats displaying, go to the market and install the app giving u the error. All those other solutions didn't work for me either but with the hideman app it worked beautifully.
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I tried that briefly. I personally don't trust it. Switching on my T-Mobile data worked best for me. Thanks for adding another option though.

I have tried all suggestions except using 3g or 4g. My tablet is wifi only, it does not have cell service. I also tried hideman vpn and still get error. I am trying to get lotus map app. Contacted them they only knew to clear catch and data. Any help would be appreciated.

This started happening on all three phones in my house. So im inclined to believe its a problem with the play store itself
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