[Q] Upgrading to Flash 11 - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm constantly getting a reminder that I can upgrade from Flash 10.1 to Flash 11.0 in the market. However, if I try it fails because I have insufficient phone storage.
So, I have assumed that originally, Flash 10.1 is installed on the system partition and the update to Flash 11.0 is attempting to install on the data partition where I have in suffienet space.
So, my plan was to find the Flash 10.1 APK in /system/app and remove it before copying in a new Flash 11.0 APK to /system/app which does have enough room. I'm happy using ADB for this.
However, I have a few questions if anyone can help:
Can I upgrade Flash in this manner?
In /system/app I am unable to find a Flash APK. However I can find an install_flash_player APK & ODEX, is this the Flash Player APK or something else?
Where can I download the APK for Flash 1.0?
Thanks for any help!

not sure if that will work but here you go.

Just uninstall the old flash and install the new.
Don't forget to hit thanks
Sent from my HD2

michaelnv710 said:
Just uninstall the old flash and install the new.
Don't forget to hit thanks
Sent from my HD2
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Its a system app

michaelnv710 said:
Just uninstall the old flash and install the new.
Don't forget to hit thanks
Sent from my HD2
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Thanks, I believe it is installed on the system partition and I can't uninstall it until I know which APK it is. Hence question 2.

What ROM are you using? Rooted? Try using Titanium Backup to remove the previous flash player (TB's got a removal feature too)

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How do I install a ROM?

Hey guys, I'm trying to insatll adfree pro and the new market to my oxygen rooted desire.
I put the .zip folder in the SD card and used ROM manager to install the ROM, however when it finalized and booted back up, adfree pro wasn't installed. Any ideas?
Thanks
kharekatoh said:
Hey guys, I'm trying to insatll adfree pro and the new market to my oxygen rooted desire.
I put the .zip folder in the SD card and used ROM manager to install the ROM, however when it finalized and booted back up, adfree pro wasn't installed. Any ideas?
Thanks
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youve already installed a rom
it should be "how do i install adfree pro "
im knew to the desire as i have a galaxy s, if the apks are in the zip why dont you instal with a file manager or an appinstaller
Thanks for the reply thebazman, I've just installed appinstaller, however it's not reading my .zip files. Am I supposed to extract them beforehand?
kharekatoh said:
Thanks for the reply thebazman, I've just installed appinstaller, however it's not reading my .zip files. Am I supposed to extract them beforehand?
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yes extract them and if theres apks voila just instal them
regards
extract the zip in windows put apks on sdcard
Hmmm,adfree doesn't have an apk file and the new marlet won't install (has to be done from recovery doesn't it?)
kharekatoh said:
Hmmm,adfree doesn't have an apk file and the new marlet won't install (has to be done from recovery doesn't it?)
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can you not instal adfree from the "old" market
regards
Indeed I can, but I like keeping stuff up to date, so I'd ideally like the new market.
However, I'm not hugely keen on the new market so it's not a big loss anyway.
I was going for adfree pro also.

Give me a hand will ya?

Currently running on AOKP OTA ver. 3.2
I would like to have someone who can guide me slowly step by step carefuly to whatever better option there is.
I been having lots of troubleshooting with phone not responding how it should and I have to keep rebooting to often.
I appreciate your help.
Thank you
Since you're running a custom rom, you could update your recovery to the latest CWM or TWRP and flash a different or updated rom.
Could you help me to do that?
Just guide me step by step.
Ok I already did a backup.
What custom recovery are you running? The first thing would be to get the latest img for your custom recovery and install it.
How did you root and install a custom recovery on your phone?
I am running AOKP OTA Ver. 3.2
That time I did it following a step by step guide with someone who was guiding me.
Hmm what else would you like to know?
That's the OS. What program did you use to backup your rom?
audit13 said:
That's the OS. What program did you use to backup your rom?
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Oh…sure sure.
One I use is Team Win Recovery Project v2.4.1.0
You should update to the latest TWRP from here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/104
You can flash it using Odin. Make a full backup using the new TWRP. Find a rom you want to try, save it to the phone, and flash it using the ypdated TWRP. Don't forget to wipe the phone before changing ROMs.
audit13 said:
You should update to the latest TWRP from here: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/104
You can flash it using Odin. Make a full backup using the new TWRP. Find a rom you want to try, save it to the phone, and flash it using the ypdated TWRP. Don't forget to wipe the phone before changing ROMs.
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Ok So I delete the older TWRP get the new one.
Then back and wipe which of all the options?
And of course if I was using AOKP which I really liked, what will your recommend me?
Installing the latest version of TWRP will overwrite the version on your phone.
Install the newest version of TWRP, create a backup of your rom using the new version of TWRP, find a rom you like, copy the ROM to your phone, boot into TWRP, wipe cache, dalvik, data, flash the ROM, reboot.
audit13 said:
Installing the latest version of TWRP will overwrite the version on your phone.
Install the newest version of TWRP, create a backup of your rom using the new version of TWRP, find a rom you like, copy the ROM to your phone, boot into TWRP, wipe cache, dalvik, data, flash the ROM, reboot.
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Ok perfect!
Thank you very much sir.
I will let you know when I'm done.
audit13 said:
Installing the latest version of TWRP will overwrite the version on your phone.
Install the newest version of TWRP, create a backup of your rom using the new version of TWRP, find a rom you like, copy the ROM to your phone, boot into TWRP, wipe cache, dalvik, data, flash the ROM, reboot.
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Ok next is to find a nice rom, Any suggestions? (S3rx or SlimBean) keep in mind my device is an i747
Also do I use my computer to download the rom or should I use my phone directly?
I decided to go with Hyperdrive RLS16
Currently downloading it.
Will be flashing soon.
Harkadenn said:
Ok perfect!
Thank you very much sir.
I will let you know when I'm done.
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Make sure to backup your apps with Titanium Backup.
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juanhbk1 said:
Make sure to backup your apps with Titanium Backup.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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Thank you for the warning.
Will do for the future.
Harkadenn said:
Ok next is to find a nice rom, Any suggestions? (S3rx or SlimBean) keep in mind my device is an i747
Also do I use my computer to download the rom or should I use my phone directly?
I decided to go with Hyperdrive RLS16
Currently downloading it.
Will be flashing soon.
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You can download it directly to your computer and use Windows Explorer to copy it to a microSD card or directly to your phone. It's probably quicker to download a few to your computer and transfer them all at once so you can try different ones.
Have fun flashing ROMs.
audit13 said:
You can download it directly to your computer and use Windows Explorer to copy it to a microSD card or directly to your phone. It's probably quicker to download a few to your computer and transfer them all at once so you can try different ones.
Have fun flashing ROMs.
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Ok as I extract the rom to my external sd card of my phone it's asking me many permissions such as:
"Do you want to copy Cesium.ogg to your device?
Your device might not be able play or view this file."
I said yes to skip all of the next warnings because every time i hit yes comes another warning.
Also strangely the rom took forever to download and the extraction is also taking way to long.
I didn't had to go through so much stuff by that time I downloaded AOKP rom. :/
Still extracting as I update this post... Something is not right...
I will have to cancel this.
It's stuck.
Do not extract the files. Just flash the zip.
audit13 said:
Do not extract the files. Just flash the zip.
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Ah, to late I'm currently trying to find the right download link for Slim Bean rom.
Mind if you help me here?
My device is an I747.
UPDATE:
I believe is this one?
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...o/6801-slim-d2att-4-3-build-2-2-official-1738
UPDATE!!
Yup it's done.
Thank you very much for your patience.
Quick question.
How do I restore all my phone data such as my contacts numbers and messages from the back up I did with the other rom?
Do I just restore the last backup and it should recognize the new rom?
UPDATE!
So it went back to where it was of course.
How should I back it all up and restore in the new rom?
Looks right. I have an i747m, not the i747.

Updating to latest rom.

Hi all!
Sorry for posting a new thread about this, but I'm really confused about what should I do.
I'm currently on P6-U06V100R001C00B111 - rooted, and I would like to use KitKat stock or custom, doesn't matter. Can I just put ROM files on SD and go on "Local update" in settings? Or do I have to install ADB and fastboot as described here
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
soul_train said:
Hi all!
Sorry for posting a new thread about this, but I'm really confused about what should I do.
I'm currently on P6-U06V100R001C00B111 - rooted, and I would like to use KitKat stock or custom, doesn't matter. Can I just put ROM files on SD and go on "Local update" in settings? Or do I have to install ADB and fastboot as described here
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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First of all, wrong forum..
Second I belive there are many ways of doin this update.
This is what I did:
1. Placed the update.app on a Sdcard and did a locale-update by going into settings
2. The phone will reboot and the update will start.
3. You are know on KK, but you will not have a working PlayStore since the old one is for JB.
Basicly this is what u need to do to be on KK, but if you want Playstore etc you have to install TWRP and flash gapps, and if I remember right you need to flash TWRP via fastboot.
I wanted a clean install so after I had installed TWRP I did a factory reset and wiped the internal memory and installed KK (.zip-file) and Gapps via TWRP from my Sdcard.
This is how I did and maybe someone else can tell u a better way to do it.
Can anyone post the link for what rom can i flash?
Fancy Pants said:
First of all, wrong forum..
Second I belive there are many ways of doin this update.
This is what I did:
1. Placed the update.app on a Sdcard and did a locale-update by going into settings
2. The phone will reboot and the update will start.
3. You are know on KK, but you will not have a working PlayStore since the old one is for JB.
Basicly this is what u need to do to be on KK, but if you want Playstore etc you have to install TWRP and flash gapps, and if I remember right you need to flash TWRP via fastboot.
I wanted a clean install so after I had installed TWRP I did a factory reset and wiped the internal memory and installed KK (.zip-file) and Gapps via TWRP from my Sdcard.
This is how I did and maybe someone else can tell u a better way to do it.
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[Q] Rom doesn't appear in recovery mode

When i enter into recovery mode to flash a ROM(using CWM) and i choose install zip from sdcard none of the ROMs i have put on my sdcard appear. I downloaded them onto my computer and put them directly onto my sdcard separate from anything or any other folders. Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated. I am doing this on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon.
apat27 said:
When i enter into recovery mode to flash a ROM(using CWM) and i choose install zip from sdcard none of the ROMs i have put on my sdcard appear. I downloaded them onto my computer and put them directly onto my sdcard separate from anything or any other folders. Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated. I am doing this on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon.
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First off, use TWRP instead, it's much easier to use and just works better in my opinion annnd you can themes.
I would recommend downloading it on the phone itself. It'll be located in the Download folder and ALWAYS make sure it says .zip otherwise it wont appear in recovery (for example .png files)
use an explorer app like root explorer and make sure it has .zip at the end of the name. :good:
Prettylilandroid said:
First off, use TWRP instead, it's much easier to use and just works better in my opinion annnd you can themes.
I would recommend downloading it on the phone itself. It'll be located in the Download folder and ALWAYS make sure it says .zip otherwise it wont appear in recovery (for example .png files)
use an explorer app like root explorer and make sure it has .zip at the end of the name. :good:
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Hey thanks man i ended up finding it and i just flashed it. But now when i load for the first time i get pop up windows that wont go away saying com.google.process.location has stopped blame the split screen. I am tying to flash Pacman 4.4.2. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
apat27 said:
Hey thanks man i ended up finding it and i just flashed it. But now when i load for the first time i get pop up windows that wont go away saying com.google.process.location has stopped blame the split screen. I am tying to flash Pacman 4.4.2. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
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reflash the ROM (dont wipe anything but dalvik) and reflash gapps (dont wipe anything but dalvik).
hope that works. and hit that thanks button if you wanna thank me.
Prettylilandroid said:
reflash the ROM (dont wipe anything but dalvik) and reflash gapps (dont wipe anything but dalvik).
hope that works. and hit that thanks button if you wanna thank me.
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im thinking that i have the wrong version of gapps. Not sure that i have the right one that is compatible with 4.4.2 but im having trouble finding the download for it i cant find a link
apat27 said:
im thinking that i have the wrong version of gapps. Not sure that i have the right one that is compatible with 4.4.2 but im having trouble finding the download for it i cant find a link
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http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=7992
This is what I use. It's big but it works!
This is what I use. It's big but it works![/QUOTE]
yeah it is. do you think that could be the issue i ran into? flashing an older version of gapps?
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This is what I use. It's big but it works!
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yeah it is. do you think that could be the issue i ran into? flashing an older version of gapps?[/QUOTE]
Yes it actually can be an issue. Some gapps have caused problems before especially when using 4.3 gapps for 4.4.2 ROMS.
Prettylilandroid said:
yeah it is. do you think that could be the issue i ran into? flashing an older version of gapps?
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Yes it actually can be an issue. Some gapps have caused problems before especially when using 4.3 gapps for 4.4.2 ROMS.[/QUOTE]
I downloaded gapps for 4.4.2. went back to my backup i made before flashing the rom for the first time put the new gapps on reflashed the rom and then the gapps. When i booted for the first time i get a constant pop up that says setup wizard has stopped blamed the split screen and it just keeps popping up when i click ok. Any ideas?
Location is rom related not gapps. So obvious question: did you wipe everything? As for gapps just use any 4.4 gapps (pa preferred).
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mrgnex said:
Location is rom related not gapps. So obvious question: did you wipe everything? As for gapps just use any 4.4 gapps (pa preferred).
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Yes i did wipe everything prior to flashing the ROM. Also flashed pa gapps and experienced the "set up wizard has stopped blame the split screen" pop up. Not sure what else to try

Problem updating to 4.4.3

I am on a stock rom, rooted with twrp. I downloaded the 4.4.3 update ota but when rebooting it went to twrp and I did not know how to proceed so I booted to system. The update did not apply and I am still on 4.4.2
Now I cannot download the update again as it says I have the latest version.
Please tell me how I can get 4.4.3
Thanks
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goodboy1 said:
I am on a stock rom, rooted with twrp. I downloaded the 4.4.3 update ota but when rebooting it went to twrp and I did not know how to proceed so I booted to system. The update did not apply and I am still on 4.4.2
Now I cannot download the update again as it says I have the latest version.
Please tell me how I can get 4.4.3
Thanks
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First make sure you have the latest twrp, then boot into it, flash the ota zip from inside twrp, the ota zip is located in /cache...be sure to wipe cache and dalvik before restarting.
Many thanks for the prompt response. Unfortunately, when I try and install the update I get a message
Unexpected Content in system/app/iWnnIME.apk
Many thanks
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Me too!
I am having the exact same problem. I got a notice that an update was available but when i did the update via TWRP, it rebooted and i was still on 4.4.2. It thinks i already updated so say's I am already up to date when i check for updates again..
So i downloaded the 4.4.3 update zip file from somewhere and put in on my SDcard. Then went into TWRP to install it and it complains that /system/app.Videos.apk has unexpected contents - WTF??? Then aborts. Why is a simple update so damn problematic?
Am i out of luck? I don't want to have to wipe my tablet and start over.
James
goodboy1 said:
Many thanks for the prompt response. Unfortunately, when I try and install the update I get a message
Unexpected Content in system/app/iWnnIME.apk
Many thanks
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brandypuff said:
I am having the exact same problem. I got a notice that an update was available but when i did the update via TWRP, it rebooted and i was still on 4.4.2. It thinks i already updated so say's I am already up to date when i check for updates again..
So i downloaded the 4.4.3 update zip file from somewhere and put in on my SDcard. Then went into TWRP to install it and it complains that /system/app.Videos.apk has unexpected contents - WTF??? Then aborts. Why is a simple update so damn problematic?
Am i out of luck? I don't want to have to wipe my tablet and start over.
James
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Both of you modified /system, you must dirty flash your stock system.img then flash the ota. Additionally, if you are using a custom kernel, you will probably have to flash the stock boot.img as well.
And both if you, don't forget to do a nandroid first!
By dirty flash if you mean wipe Dalvik and cache, i did that and then tried reflashing the update but it failed again.
James
brandypuff said:
By dirty flash if you mean wipe Dalvik and cache, i did that and then tried reflashing the update but it failed again.
James
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No, what I mean is you need your system.img (and boot.img if you use a custom kernel) from the stock rom, then you need to flash that over your /system and /boot respectively, then flash the OTA, then wipe cache and dalvik.
And both if you, don't forget to do a nandroid first!
Updated!
Bought my Nexus recently and it was android 4.3 [Dad bought it in US and forgot to check the version)
I got the OTA update to 4.4.2 a few days back but it didnt install though it finished downloading. After trying all methods, i decided to do it with Nexus Root Toolkit. But to my surprise, NRT had the 4.4.3 stock img already! I flashed it and my Tablet is smooth. No problems noted till now. If you want me to check whether a particular app is working in 4.4.3 properly or not, let me know. I will test it and tell you
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No, what I mean is you need your system.img (and boot.img if you use a custom kernel) from the stock rom, then you need to flash that over your /system and /boot respectively, then flash the OTA, then wipe cache and dalvik.
And both if you, don't forget to do a nandroid first!
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Hmm..I don;t remember removing video.apk but i may have done some house cleaning awhile back. i know i don't have a backup of it anywhere. Since I'm not running a custom kernel, i just need to flash razor-kot49h-factory-ebb4918e.tar, wipe dalvik and cache and then the update and then the update should work ok? will i lose any of my installed apps after flashing the factory image? I'm assuming this puts it back to the original out of the box OS.
Actually, if that's the case that I will lose everything, why can't i just flash the factory image 4.4.3 (KTU84L) directly?
James
brandypuff said:
Hmm..I don;t remember removing video.apk but i may have done some house cleaning awhile back. i know i don't have a backup of it anywhere. Since I'm not running a custom kernel, i just need to flash razor-kot49h-factory-ebb4918e.tar, wipe dalvik and cache and then the update and then the update should work ok? will i lose any of my installed apps after flashing the factory image? I'm assuming this puts it back to the original out of the box OS.
Actually, if that's the case that I will lose everything, why can't i just flash the factory image 4.4.3 (KTU84L) directly?
James
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No, no, no, extract system.img from this zip, then fastboot flash them.
i.e.:
fastboot flash system system.img
...then flash the OTA, then wipe cache and dalvik.
This process will revert system to stock, thus allowing the update to work. It will not wipe data, but any changes you made to /system will be gone, you will have to reapply those changes.
You did not ask, but I use MultiROM, and I will flash a new version to a secondary, then use titanium on app data, then boot into the new secondary, make whatever changes I need to, once I am fine with how it works, I then migrate my data to it, then use the swap ROM function in MultiROM. The whole OTA thing is a PITA when you modify too much of the system.
mdamaged said:
No, no, no, extract system.img from this zip, then fastboot flash them.
i.e.:
fastboot flash system system.img
...then flash the OTA, then wipe cache and dalvik.
This process will revert system to stock, thus allowing the update to work. It will not wipe data, but anychanges you made to /system will be gone, you will have to reapply those changes.
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Thank you very much!
I will try this.
James
I fought with the Nexus 7 {2013} 4.4.3 update for a good day and a half. Tablet rooted with xposed modules , etc. Same messages you got.
Found that this method works very easily and preserves all data. Takes a few minutes to accomplish, then just one minute to reroot. Try this, it works:
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-t...ndroid-4-4-3-without-losing-any-data-0155334/
sucess
OK, I was able to update successfully.
I copied down the factory razor 4.4.2 kot49h image from google and extracted the tar file using cygwin's tar because winzip was giving me errors reading the tar file. Once i extracted the contents, i used ext4_unpacker to extract the system folder. I then copied videos.apk to the system\app directory using a the File Manager App and provided the correct RW attributes.
I tried the upgrade again but got an error this time about system\bin\app_process. I searched the web and realized that i need to uninstall the Xposed framework. Then i tried the upgrade again. this time it worked. I wiped dalvik/cache and rebooted. However, now I've lost root and need to remember how i rooted initially.
Thanks all.
James.
brandypuff said:
OK, I was able to update successfully.
I copied down the factory razor 4.4.2 kot49h image from google and extracted the tar file using cygwin's tar because winzip was giving me errors reading the tar file. Once i extracted the contents, i used ext4_unpacker to extract the system folder. I then copied videos.apk to the system\app directory using a the File Manager App and provided the correct RW attributes.
I tried the upgrade again but got an error this time about system\bin\app_process. I searched the web and realized that i need to uninstall the Xposed framework. Then i tried the upgrade again. this time it worked. I wiped dalvik/cache and rebooted. However, now I've lost root and need to remember how i rooted initially.
Thanks all.
James.
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Just download the newest SuperSU and flash it from recovery. Then install busybox from playstore.
I had to uninstall xposed, re enable all apps. Recovery, install update in cache, wipe cache dalvik, reboot, reboot to recover flash su, boot, install supersu, reboot to TWRP and boot then reinstall xposed.
Yep if you're unlocked and rooted it can be done without a computer but it's way slower!
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Thank you everyone. I used the nexus toolkit suggested a few posts back and everything works.
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I am having a similar issue where the error that pops up for me says "/system/bin/app_process has unexpected contents". I tried uninstalling xposed and gravity box but that didn't help. Help?
mccartad said:
I am having a similar issue where the error that pops up for me says "/system/bin/app_process has unexpected contents". I tried uninstalling xposed and gravity box but that didn't help. Help?
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How did you uninstall xposed? If you did so the way you normally uninstall apps, you did it the wrong way. You should have uninstalled it from within xposed. I think you can still fix it by reinstalling xposed and doing it the right way.
mdamaged said:
How did you uninstall xposed? If you did so the way you normally uninstall apps, you did it the wrong way. You should have uninstalled it from within xposed. I think you can still fix it by reinstalling xposed and doing it the right way.
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Holy shnikies it worked! Thanks so much!
mdamaged said:
No, no, no, extract system.img from this zip, then fastboot flash them.
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can anyone please confirm that this is a flashable .zip of a full stock Kit Kat 4.4.3. or can anyone point me to one. - thanks :cyclops:

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