Title says it all. Since formatting my phone as ext4 and flashing CyanogenMod 7.2, no browsers - the preinstalled Browser or Opera Mobile - will work. Browser just FCs when it reaches somewhere around 90%, while Opera Mobile won't load past the splash page (it doesn't make it to the speed dial).
Oddly enough, however, Opera Mini works fine, albeit a little slowly.
On another note, I've also been having permission issues while installing Adobe Flash, whereas before using CM I had no problems.
Might the two issues be related?
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Try fixing permissions from CWM
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Great, now the browsers work fine, though I had to reinstall my apps because they were force closing.
But now my home button doesn't work - at all - and my lockscreen seems to have vanished; it's not on Quick Unlock, not even CM Settings seems to realize it's not there anymore.
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You may backup and do a clean install, download again to ensure theres nothing wrong, and look if its fixed
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You may backup and do a clean install, download again to ensure theres nothing wrong, and look if its fixed
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Well, nuts. I was hoping not to have to do that, but okay.
By the way, this may sound silly, but how, exactly, do you do a back up? I'm guessing you need an application like Titanium Backup? (And if that's exactly what I need, do I need the premium version?)
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You can use titanium backup, but I recommend nandroid backup from recovery, however you can restore the full rom, settings etc, but cant restore apps only or something.. So you can use both
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This is just getting stupid.
I backed up my apps+data with Titanium Backup, then the whole system with NANDroid. I suspected the latter wouldn't do anything useful, as it saves an image of the current state of the system, so if I was having trouble, what good would it do? But I restored via Recovery anyway, and, as I thought, it didn't change a thing.
So then I wiped everything all over again (and even reformatted with ext4-formatter.zip) including the two caches, reinstalled CM 7.2, applied the patch (which I didn't do before and is for the previous version of the ROM) and restored everything with Titanium Backup. It advised me to reboot, because Android thought there was little space left, and so I did.
Before I go any farther, let me just say that I restored ALL apps+data, not just the ones that were missing.
Moving on...
After the reboot, everything seemed fine (except I had to generate a new password for my Google account, as I use 2-step verification, but it makes sense as some of the apps didn't match up with the previous password).
But then, as I was changing some permissions for Adobe Flash player in Root Explorer, I noticed the home button had stopped working again. Before restoring, everything - and I mean everything - worked perfectly. So it's not CyanogenMod causing the problem, but an app or its data.
I will not vent my frustration here, but it looks like I'll have to start from scratch - for what seems like the 5th time now since getting into custom ROMs, which was only a few weeks ago - and reinstall all my apps. Including the Google ones, as apparently Market decides to let you choose which GApps to install for yourself (which is both a blessing - less bloat - and a curse - takes a lot longer).
Is there anything at all I can do to minimize the amount of time this is going to take?
Well, I've never heard of it before, so there is a problem causing this, on your phone.
I would suggest to go back to stock, do a fresh install, and think ablut apps that may be not able to trust its permissions...
It can be some sort of malware, but also just somethimg wrong flashed in /system
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Actually there's nothing wrong with my phone. I suspect that some data for a particular app was corrupted, but after yet another fresh install, everything works perfectly fine. I backed up everything with Titanium Backup so if anything goes wrong again I can restore from backups that I know work.
Thanks for the help.
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Some apps that have been restored with Titanium Backup won't update in the market. The download will reach 100% and then the installation will fail, or it will just sit there.
Usually I can resolve it by unmounting the SD card, but that is really annoying, and I would like to find the cause & cure. Does it have something to do with the app's cache or something?
I had a similar issue. I think it might have to do with the market itself. Instead of updating the app from the update tab in market, search for the app in market and install from there. That has helped me.
Also, it helps if you post what your current setup is. Various roms, kernels and basebands can cause issues too. Not just titanium.
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#1 King Bad F*cking **** Kernel OC to 1.13
It's not titanium or the market from my experience, It's the kernel. The only time I haven't gotten hang ups was with the stock kernel.
Just cancel and re start the download. May take a couple tries :/
-Flawless
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This is stock 2.2, rooted. I did an RUU install, and then used Titanium to restore my apps. They all show up in the market.
Once I have gotten an app to update with the sdcard unmount, subsequent updates appear to be fine. Still annoying though.
Oh hmm. I guess I wasn't on a stock kernel long enough to see it. I know I've seen other people post about it, guess it just bothers some people more then others.
I do wish there was a fix for it, or some way to realize what was causing it.
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I was wondering if any of you guys have ran across this. I updated my rom (Full wipe) its evervolv. I used TB (Pro) to back everything up. So when I try to restore it, it restores the apps, but fails on data. I've updated Busybox, fix permissions, I'm not sure what else to do. Any Ideas?
Yep. Don't do data, regardless. Pretty much every dev advises against it, (at the least I haven't found one who doesn't). Just think about it for a second. What is the point of doing a full wipe, and then restoring data? Personally, I don't restore any apps, either, and I've had very, very few problems, and most of those were known bugs.
I do it for my saved stuff. Not system data.
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I was wondering if any of you guys have ran across this. I updated my rom (Full wipe) its evervolv. I used TB (Pro) to back everything up. So when I try to restore it, it restores the apps, but fails on data. I've updated Busybox, fix permissions, I'm not sure what else to do. Any Ideas?
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Have you tried restoring just app & data on specific apps? Say for something like Handcent - the app and your settings will come back (not your messages - that's a different gig). Or maybe a game of yours and your settings. Try a couple individually to see if it makes a difference.
Good luck!
I have tried a few random apps. Tried installing app, then data, tried both. Still notta. Makes me sad. First time with flashing any roms with having issues.
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I back up all my apps with Titanium prior to any update of CM7 nighties. My issues its after upgrading nighties I lose apps, no biggie, I backed them up with Titanium. Every time I restore the missing apps Titanium says "restore unsuccessful". Only way restoring apps works for me is if I do a full wipe every update. This is a pain! Any one else having this issue and have did you solve it, minus wiping every time?
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I back up all my apps with Titanium prior to any update of CM7 nighties. My issues its after upgrading nighties I lose apps, no biggie, I backed them up with Titanium. Every time I restore the missing apps Titanium says "restore unsuccessful". Only way restoring apps works for me is if I do a full wipe every update. This is a pain! Any one else having this issue and have did you solve it, minus wiping every time?
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It sounds like you're having a bigger issue, that also leads to not being able to restore apps.
The fact that you're losing apps when upgrading nightlies in incorrect. Flashing a nightly .zip doesn't overwrite anything but the system, which leaves everything else in tact. Not sure exactly what that issue would be, but I don't think TB is the problem.
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I back up all my apps with Titanium prior to any update of CM7 nighties. My issues its after upgrading nighties I lose apps, no biggie, I backed them up with Titanium. Every time I restore the missing apps Titanium says "restore unsuccessful". Only way restoring apps works for me is if I do a full wipe every update. This is a pain! Any one else having this issue and have did you solve it, minus wiping every time?
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The one and only time I've tried to use TiB, it failed; I messaged the dev and reported it to the support forum (which doesn't even exist anymore) and never got a reply. Waste of money, at least for me.
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The one and only time I've tried to use TiB, it failed; I messaged the dev and reported it to the support forum (which doesn't even exist anymore) and never got a reply. Waste of money, at least for me.
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Very surprising. I've been using it for almost a year now, quite frequently, with no issues.
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I back up all my apps with Titanium prior to any update of CM7 nighties. My issues its after upgrading nighties I lose apps, no biggie, I backed them up with Titanium. Every time I restore the missing apps Titanium says "restore unsuccessful". Only way restoring apps works for me is if I do a full wipe every update. This is a pain! Any one else having this issue and have did you solve it, minus wiping every time?
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Just a hunch, are the apps you're restoring stored on the SD card? (a2sd)
If so, that might be the problem.
Hey all, long time no talk.
I noticed everytime a new ROM comes out you guys are always flashing. Is there an easy way to flash without having to "re-install" everything and keeping your screens the way they were previously? Or there is no simple solution?
Mike
Generally not really. If its a minor update for a current Rom u don't always have to erase everything but generally u will have to start from scratch. That's always the best bet for squashing bugs ect
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Hey all, long time no talk.
I noticed everytime a new ROM comes out you guys are always flashing. Is there an easy way to flash without having to "re-install" everything and keeping your screens the way they were previously? Or there is no simple solution?
Mike
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You can always use titanium backup to reinstall apps, I'd definitely recommend dropping a few bucks on the paid version for no click restores. If it's an update to a rom I'm already running, I usually just wipe cache and dalvik before flashing, but you should always wipe before flashing a different rom.
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Excellent that is what I had figured. I just had noticed some guys flashing everytime a new rom comes out, that has to be a pain in the a**. But I have been using Astro to back up everything.
Thanks guys
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Excellent that is what I had figured. I just had noticed some guys flashing everytime a new rom comes out, that has to be a pain in the a**. But I have been using Astro to back up everything.
Thanks guys
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Titanium is a great ap. I have noticed that restoring aps with it can cause some issues and slowdowns. I always used titanium but now I prefer a fresh install. When u log into your gmail account u can set it to automatically restore your previous aps also when you look at the "my aps" section you can slide to the right and look at all aps you had ever downloaded.
Good luck, have fun and follow the roms specific instructions!
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Titanium is a great ap. I have noticed that restoring aps with it can cause some issues and slowdowns. I always used titanium but now I prefer a fresh install. When u log into your gmail account u can set it to automatically restore your previous aps also when you look at the "my aps" section you can slide to the right and look at all aps you had ever downloaded.
Good luck, have fun and follow the roms specific instructions!
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I'm with you. I used TiBu a couple of times, but had random crashes and stuff.
I do the full wipe now, every time. Stability is worth the trade-off of reinstalling everything
Titanium can be buggy at times but I use the heck out if it... I make a backup of xyz rom and rename it, then switch roms. Set everything up (if it's new to me) and backup/rename. For example I have titanium backupUKB, titanium backupCM9 and titanium backupSRZ all on my SD card...
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I have been using GO Backup instead of Titanium lately and it is pretty good. You can restore all your backed up apps with one click; it only backs up user apps. It also can backup your messages and wifi access points if you backup that kind of stuff, and most of all it's free. I definitely recomend you try it out.
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juzz86 said:
I'm with you. I used TiBu a couple of times, but had random crashes and stuff.
I do the full wipe now, every time. Stability is worth the trade-off of reinstalling everything
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I only restore the user apps using Titanium Backup. I believe that should technically not cause any problems. Well I am glad it didn't the few times I did use it, so far.
So basically, I'm on a ROM, that updates very frequently. Almost all dev say to do a CLEAN install, meaning deleting everything and then flashing the ROM. I'm really sick and tired of re-downloading all apps I had before. Going back into settings tweaking everything, putting back my wallpaper and such. There's got to be an easy way, people tell me having a micro SD slot makes it easier on flashing. Can someone shed some light, theres got to be an easier way then what I've been doing.
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So basically, I'm on a ROM, that updates very frequently. Almost all dev say to do a CLEAN install, meaning deleting everything and then flashing the ROM. I'm really sick and tired of re-downloading all apps I had before. Going back into settings tweaking everything, putting back my wallpaper and such. There's got to be an easy way, people tell me having a micro SD slot makes it easer on flashing. Can someone shed some light, theres got to be an easier way then what I've been doing.
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Titanium backup. It'll take care of backing up your apps, sms, wifi networks, call log, and accounts no problem. Settings are a bit harder just because there could be minor changes that differ from what you have backed up and could cause conflicts if you we're to restore the different configurations.
~PsyCl0ne
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You can dirty flash. I still would clean flash after awhile of dirty flashing tho.
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Titanium backup. It'll take care of backing up your apps, sms, wifi networks, call log, and accounts no problem. Settings are a bit harder just because there could be minor changes that differ from what you have backed up and could cause conflicts if you we're to restore the different configurations.
~PsyCl0ne
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I hear, if you do that and reinstall everything with Titanium backup, its not consider a clean install anymore, I could be wrong. Oh do you know how does a micro-SD become handy when flashing roms?
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You can dirty flash. I still would clean flash after awhile of dirty flashing tho.
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Ugh, whenever I do a dirty flash, I just feel like my phone will just be buggy, even though it might not, it just bugs me alot.
I always restore all user apps with their data and my call logs, sms, and mms using titanium and never have a problem. I use my sd card to put all my backups on to save space.
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Kreateablaze said:
I always restore all user apps with their data and my call logs, sms, and mms using titanium and never have a problem. I use my sd card to put all my backups on to save space.
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Just to add in case you need to do a full wipe on internal if you have your pictures music etc on external then it's not a huge problem.
~PsyCl0ne
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You can back up data in CWM or TWRP recovery, then restore once you flash everything. That will restore everything back to the way you had it, just on the newer rom version (or new rom, depending on what you flashed).
If you hate dirty flashing, back up the apks using rom toolbox or titanium backup (there are many applications).
If you're tired of adjusting the settings, back up app cache/data (may even say app settings depending on which backup application you use) and restore after you flash the rom.
My advice is to just use cwm restore; its easy and I don't have to mess with anything.
Restoring app data into a new build ...(unless using the exact same build )..
Is like unprotected sex...
You might get lucky ...you might not ...or you might get phone VD...
It's up to you really ...LOL..g