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Let me start by saying, I have searched all of the treads for my phone, and the ones suggested before posting a new one, with no luck. I also searched all over other sites for an answer, about 3 hours now, and still nothing that quite fits my problem..
I have a Verizon HTC Inc2
-running 2.3.4
-Virtuous Unity v2.39.0
The problem I keep running into is that whenever I flash a new rom, or do a factory reset with clockworkmod, I can never get my phone to send or recieve MMS. It always says, generic network failure. I have tried with the HTC messages app and handsent app, both failed. The data icon in the notification area usually does not even show activity. I tried wiping the cache several times, restarts, changing data and wifi settings but to no avail. Funny thing is, I can restore my phone to the first backup I made, Gingerbread 2.3.3, and then MMS works.
Any ideas as to what may be happening? I can give you any additional info you need or ask as well. I'm not a total noob, but I feel like one right now. I just can't figure this one out on my own. Thanks!
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Let me start by saying, I have searched all of the treads for my phone, and the ones suggested before posting a new one, with no luck. I also searched all over other sites for an answer, about 3 hours now, and still nothing that quite fits my problem..
I have a Verizon HTC Inc2
-running 2.3.4
-Virtuous Unity v2.39.0
The problem I keep running into is that whenever I flash a new rom, or do a factory reset with clockworkmod, I can never get my phone to send or recieve MMS. It always says, generic network failure. I have tried with the HTC messages app and handsent app, both failed. The data icon in the notification area usually does not even show activity. I tried wiping the cache several times, restarts, changing data and wifi settings but to no avail. Funny thing is, I can restore my phone to the first backup I made, Gingerbread 2.3.3, and then MMS works.
Any ideas as to what may be happening? I can give you any additional info you need or ask as well. I'm not a total noob, but I feel like one right now. I just can't figure this one out on my own. Thanks!
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General Network Error is when the system returns an error stating that you have no connectivity to send a message or an MMS (at least from my experience w/ it). I have this issue a lot with any messaging on my end because of shoddy reception. Which other ROMs besides Virtuous are you flashing that are giving this error? I know for a fact the CM7 has been having a LOT of issues with data connectivity. The last ones I remember hearing about with working data is #79 (or was it #80, I can't remember) and #85 and for a few people, #92.
I do have plenty of reception, always around 2 to 3 bars. Sorry I worded that wrong in my post, Virtuous is the only and first rom I flashed. I did it because Verizon OTA updates kept freezing my phone and I would get the blue android with the !. What I meant was, even when I did a factory reset, my MMS wouldnt work. First time I got that error, I was able to use bootloader and make a backup of eberything, then did a factory reset/wipe data and thats when I first noticed MMS was not working. So I copied the backup to my laptop, did another factory reset and format SD card, then I copied the backup to my card again, and did a restore with that backup. I restored data, cache, system, and boot I believe, and everything was back to normal and MMS was working. Unfortunetly I kept getting the OTA updates and each time, same problem, so this morning I read on a forum that a custom rom would prevent OTA updates, so I flashed Virtuous. I just found it odd that a normal factory reset, with no custom rom, would prevent MMS.
One more thing, not sure if its related, but I keep recieving messages from #6250 that say "VZWNMN: 1." Google searched that, most responses in forums are people saying they get the same thing and that Verizon told them they know nothing about it..
Have you tried a different radio?
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my3kgt said:
I do have plenty of reception, always around 2 to 3 bars. Sorry I worded that wrong in my post, Virtuous is the only and first rom I flashed. I did it because Verizon OTA updates kept freezing my phone and I would get the blue android with the !. What I meant was, even when I did a factory reset, my MMS wouldnt work. First time I got that error, I was able to use bootloader and make a backup of eberything, then did a factory reset/wipe data and thats when I first noticed MMS was not working. So I copied the backup to my laptop, did another factory reset and format SD card, then I copied the backup to my card again, and did a restore with that backup. I restored data, cache, system, and boot I believe, and everything was back to normal and MMS was working. Unfortunetly I kept getting the OTA updates and each time, same problem, so this morning I read on a forum that a custom rom would prevent OTA updates, so I flashed Virtuous. I just found it odd that a normal factory reset, with no custom rom, would prevent MMS.
One more thing, not sure if its related, but I keep recieving messages from #6250 that say "VZWNMN: 1." Google searched that, most responses in forums are people saying they get the same thing and that Verizon told them they know nothing about it..
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People on CM were complaining of the same exact issue. They'd get bars of reception but MMS was just broken. I was just stating that when I try to send a message thru verizon and not google voice, I often get the same error message you're getting, which means that the data is being prevented from going out. I probably should've clarified that a little better lol. When you installed Virtuous, did you do a wipe data/cache and a wipe dalvik cache?
Also, if you restore back to your Gingerbread 2.3.3 that's rooted and your MMS is working fine there, then I don't believe it could be your radio. A possibility would be the kernel, but I doubt that Virtuous would package a kernel that would crash the MMS function. And since it's any SMS/MMS app, that knocks out the possibility of it being application based. The only thing I can suggest, would be to test out another ROM. If you're looking for sense based roms, go for BAMF's (http://www.teambamf.net) or Newt's Incredible 2 HD (http://www.themikmik.com). If you're looking for an AOSP based rom, go for CM7 (found on ROM Manager or at http://www.cyanogenmod.com) or MIUI (ROM Manager again, or http://www.miuiandroid.com). If you want a hybrid, I would suggest Skyraider Zeus (http://www.teambamf.net) or Gingersense (it can be found in the development portion of XDA). Remember when you flash a rom for the very first time, I'm sure you know this already, but you need to backup your rom first and then wipe data/cache and wipe your dalvik cache. Not doing either wipe before installing a brand new rom for the first time can cause unforseen errors.
Ok I found the answer while actually looking for new radios, so thanks for the post! haha
For all you out there who might run into the same problem, this is the solution I found..
Instructions to fix MMS (by xelsewherex)
1.Go to the market and download apn backup and restore (Market Link APN B&R).
2.Create a folder on your sdcard named APNBackupRestore if it doesn't exist already.
3.Copy this file, ht tp://db.tt/9Ao5ErR, to APNBackupRestore folder (If you aren't doing this on desktop, hit menu now in xda and choose browser. File is an xml and your phone will not know what to do with it. Long press the link and use 'save link'). This is an XML doc, sorry but since I'm new I can't just post a link, just remove the spaces between ht and tp.
4.Run APN Backup Restore and press Delete Apns and then Restore from the downloaded file.
5.You should be good to go from there. MMS should now work and the softkey lights do as well.
Hey Everyone,
I am running the SGH-T989 with the latest Darkside (2.3) ROM and kernel. Though new to the forums I have been "trolling" here for years and rooting and moding every phone I have had since ... well I can't remember when.
Never had any serious troubles, but suddenly, about 2 days ago I stopped getting incoming calls. It acts as though the phone is off and all calls go straight to voice mail, this happens when I have full signal, and I can still make outgoing calls. I have done full wipes, charged fully, tried it plugged in, not plugged in, on WIFI calling, on cellular networks, different ROMs, and nothing seems to work.
Anyone have any suggestions?
check under settings --call--- call rejection---auto reject numbers---should be off or the ones you want rejected...may got switched to all calls
Thanks for the response Bobby. Unfortunately I checked that after posting and it is set to off.
However I retired again and I am receiving calls now over Wifi calling, just not over cellular networks.
This is herring frustrating and of course the missus blames me for routing and ROMing
Ok,actuakly I tried to type retried but you gotta love auto-correct.
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What about call forwarding?
Just checked and Call forwarding is set to:
Always forward: Disabled
Forward when busy / unanswered / unreachable is all set to voicemail.
Could that be the culprit even if I show full signal and am able to make out going calls? Should I disable any of those?
A few weeks back I had flashed a new rom and did a full app restore from Titanium backup. I had the same thing happen with call going directly to VM. I did a full wipe and re-flashed and then restored only missing apps and the problem went away. I assume it may have been a conflict with the restore. Might be worth a try. Good luck.
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A few weeks back I had flashed a new rom and did a full app restore from Titanium backup. I had the same thing happen with call going directly to VM. I did a full wipe and re-flashed and then restored only missing apps and the problem went away. I assume it may have been a conflict with the restore. Might be worth a try. Good luck.
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Yes if you restore system data that causes issues unless it's backed up and restored on the exact same rom.
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I am having the same exact problem on Jugs 5.0... very interesting. I did not do a Ti restore, but rather just upgraded from one iteration of Jugs (3.7) to the latest.
But what happens when you don't restore any apps / data? I tried a fresh ROM install and prior to installing any apps I was unable to get any incoming calls (except when on WIFI calling).
Thanks for the help everyone. I guess its time to break down and contact Tmo and see what's up.
You beat me by seconds Poser. I tried Jugs 5.0 too and the problem still didn't go away.
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But what happens when you don't restore any apps / data? I tried a fresh ROM install and prior to installing any apps I was unable to get any incoming calls (except when on WIFI calling).
Thanks for the help everyone. I guess its time to break down and contact Tmo and see what's up.
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By fresh install did you go into recovery and:
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache
3. wipe davlik
4. mnt /system and wipe
5. flash ROM
I only ask, because I am wondering if "ghosting" is leading to mine and your problem?
Well, with the Darkside ROM has its own script to do a wipe ..... But, I'm a little OCD so, especially after having the problem I went through and wipe / re-wiped / wiped dalvik / re-wiped and factor reset.
Then after the flash (no matter what ROM that I have tried since having this problem) I fix permissions and then leave it for some time after boot to let it "settle in".
Hopefully the "ghosting" is your problem and the full wipes will help.
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Well, with the Darkside ROM has its own script to do a wipe ..... But, I'm a little OCD so, especially after having the problem I went through and wipe / re-wiped / wiped dalvik / re-wiped and factor reset.
Then after the flash (no matter what ROM that I have tried since having this problem) I fix permissions and then leave it for some time after boot to let it "settle in".
Hopefully the "ghosting" is your problem and the full wipes will help.
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No dice, same problem. Wonder if it is an /efs problem?
Don't know but it is odd. I can still make outgoing calls, get data and everything else.
I have the same exact symptoms...exactly. It also just began a couple of days ago. Have you restored to bone stock via ODIN (I can't, my usb port is shot)?
Get a new sim card. If factory reset doesn't do it and you think its not network related and you don't think you accidentally blacklisted all your friends its probably the sim card.
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Android_Monsters hit the nail on the head. I took it to a T-Mobile store, they replaced the sim and all is golden (except that my wife can now call me again )
And in case you are worried, my phone was still rooted / ROMed and the Tmobile rep working the store was simply stunned to see the custom boot screen. They didn't care in the slightest that the phone was rooted and ROMed. In fact he was upset because he couldn't do that because of company regulations.
Same here.... new Sim did the trick
Huh?
This happened to me b4 I called t-mobile and they fixed it without going anywhere.
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For some reason, my phone randomly has lost the ability to make or receive phone calls. Any time i try to place a call, it simply says "call ended" before even attempting to dial. I have not made any major changes to the phone recently. This seems to have happened out of nowhere. Data and text messaging work just fine, but phone calls won't.
My phone is rooted and I have the leaked Touch Wiz Jelly Bean rom installed. Also using CWM recovery.
I have tried pulling the battery for 10 minutes, and I also wiped cache/dalvik then did a system reboot through recovery, to no avail. Is there anything else I can try? Would prefer not to have to do a full data wipe if possible. Unfortunately I can't even call Telus (my carrier) to ask them for advice, due to this problem.
Is your IMEI# intact? Maybe try a new SIM card? Go back to stock to see if that fixes it. (I know you said you'd prefer not to wipe.)
Just to rule out any ROM related issues you could always make a full backup from recovery, then full wipe and flash back to stock and see if the problem persists. This way although you did wipe you can revert back to you current setup in a matter of minutes like nothing ever happened, if the problem is not fixed by going back to stock.
saj222 said:
Is your IMEI# intact? Maybe try a new IMEI card? Go back to stock to see if that fixes it. (I know you said you'd prefer not to wipe.)
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Yep IMEI is still there. Anyone have any other suggestions before I wipe and flash back to stock? I'll try a new SIM card if wiping and re-flashing doesn't work.
dntesinfrno said:
Just to rule out any ROM related issues you could always make a full backup from recovery, then full wipe and flash back to stock and see if the problem persists. This way although you did wipe you can revert back to you current setup in a matter of minutes like nothing ever happened, if the problem is not fixed by going back to stock.
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This seems like a good idea, I think I'll have to go this route... thanks.
Okay so I did a full backup using CWM, then wiped everything. Attempted to re flash the stock rom but ran into an issue and decided to try a different rom instead just to try it out.
Dialler worked fine on the new rom, so that was great news. Then I attempted to sync my contacts and everything with my Gmail.... But nothing was there. Apparently I somehow lost all my contacts!
So, freaked out, I immediately reverted to my Cwm backup, which thankfully restored everything. Just for the hell of it I tried the dialler... And it worked! So.... Yeah I have no idea what exactly fixed my problem in the end, but I'm just happy its working.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
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Sounds like the dialer app was borked somehow, might want to look into those sync settings though. I had an issue one time where the contacts i added to my phone were saving to the phone and not as gmail contacts. To check you can just log into gmail in a broswer and look at your contacts, make sure they are all there. If not you can go to your contacts on your phone, press menu and export to a .csv file. This will move all contact info into this file and you contacts will be blank, at this point simply find where you saved the .csv and import the contacts which will give you the option to make them gmail contacts. Then all you need to do is go into gmail on the browser again and delete and/or merge the duplicates.
Okay so I left my phone as-is for the past couple weeks until earlier tonight. I made a backup with CWM, then I attempted to flash a couple new roms. Did a cache/dalvik/system format/factory reset before each rom installation, then made sure to format cache/dalvik and fix permissions after each installation attempt. The roms installed fine and everything was working, except I lost use of my dialler again! So I reverted to my backup, but the dialler problem has persisted, just like I described in the OP. The way I "fixed" it last time, was to restore my backup....but that isn't helping this time...
Anyone know what else I can try? IMEI still intact, getting mobile data, wifi, MMS, etc... just can't make or receive calls again.
I should also mention that I a while back, before I tried rooting/installing any custom ROMs, I made a backup of my EFS folder on my phone... should I attempt to restore this?
Dial
*#2263#
Check to make sure automatic it's selected.
I had a similar problem messing around with lte, and found the above fixed the issue.
Also on Telus.
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Wow thanks so much! That totally fixed the problem. I seem to pick up lte signals less often now but at least I can use my phone!
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Yeah, the lye on my phone only picks up when I'm out of my house. Has to do with the signal from telus I believe
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I've done the Go SMS manual settings, rebooted, restored old rom, installed rootbox, reinstalled old rom again, used Chomp sms, handscent, and stock messenger. Cleared cache, and delvic cache, updated prl, profile, and fixed permissions. Did the ##...## thing too. Not sure what else to try. This is ridiculous. It just happened out of the blue. Was working since I got the phone and with all my roms. I can receive texts and make phone calls, my wife can send me texts and she is sitting next to me.
Any ideas?
Is this an unfixable problem???
Did the teenybin LGNPST and nothing helped. Anyone think doing an entire reset will fix this?
Am I talking to myself?
Reset to stock and if it doesn't work then, take it to sprint.
Well, Teenybin worked once I loaded a new stock rooted rom along with a radio flash and an efs flash. Been able to send texts for a little while now. Hoping it sticks. What sucks is I am worried about loading any new roms to try. Anyway, it's been fun chatting with myself for the most part. :silly:
Hello all!
At the request of Santod, here is a separate thread to discuss the SMS issue some of us are experiencing with his 5.0.1 GPE ROM.
The original ROM thread can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...m-google-play-edition-lollipop-v1-00-t2963841
For some of us, flashing this ROM makes sending SMS messages work intermittently. Some experience that only the first message successfully sends, then all subsequent messages fail. Personally, I've tried flashing v. 1.02 three times to no avail. My most recent attempt was after re-flashing updated firmware and radios.
Let's figure this out!
As an update, it would seem that disabling both cellular data (In Settings -> Data Usage) and setting the preferred network to 1x (In Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More -> Cellular Networks) seems to stop SMS from failing.
I've attached screenshots of my current settings.
Perhaps this helps!!!
steveg545 said:
As an update, it would seem that disabling both cellular data (In Settings -> Data Usage) and setting the preferred network to 1x (In Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More -> Cellular Networks) seems to stop SMS from failing.
I've attached screenshots of my current settings.
Perhaps this helps!!!
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because that stops the phone from sending them all together?
synisterwolf said:
because that stops the phone from sending them all together?
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1x allows me to send SMS and make calls. Just tested both.
steveg545 said:
1x allows me to send SMS and make calls. Just tested both.
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good to know. i wonder why some are having the sms bug. I use textra and havent ran into the problem yet..
*knocks on wood*
steveg545 said:
As an update, it would seem that disabling both cellular data (In Settings -> Data Usage) and setting the preferred network to 1x (In Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> More -> Cellular Networks) seems to stop SMS from failing.
I've attached screenshots of my current settings.
Perhaps this helps!!!
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Damn. I'm glad there's SOME way around it, but hopefully a more convenient and more permanent solution comes along soon. This is the only ROM on any phone that I've been 100% satisfied with. Well I mean, it was perfect until I started having the SMS issue.
OP.
Can you pull a log cat after you sent 2 messages before the work around. i wonder if i can see something that i can help with. lmk
synisterwolf said:
OP.
Can you pull a log cat after you sent 2 messages before the work around. i wonder if i can see something that i can help with. lmk
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Sorry if the log is a bit of a mess (never pulled one before).
Two messages were sent on a fresh boot, one succeeded. One failed.
Let me know if I can be of any more help!
Setting to 1x and disabling data allows SMS for me too. So weird.
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Headed home now. Will take a look at it.
Problem Flashing Stock recovery
I'm having the SMS problem. I tried the method of flashing stock recovery and then factory resetting. I flashed the stock recovery and it seemed to flash ok, but when I go into bootloader and select recovery, the screen goes blank and then after a bit, an image of the phone appears with an red triangle and exclamation point on it. So I can't get into recovery. I reflashed TWRP recovery and I can get into that fine, but when I flash stock recovery, it still doesn't work. The stock recovery I'm using is https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712472879
Any ideas?
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I'm having the SMS problem. I tried the method of flashing stock recovery and then factory resetting. I flashed the stock recovery and it seemed to flash ok, but when I go into bootloader and select recovery, the screen goes blank and then after a bit, an image of the phone appears with an red triangle and exclamation point on it. So I can't get into recovery. I reflashed TWRP recovery and I can get into that fine, but when I flash stock recovery, it still doesn't work. The stock recovery I'm using is https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712472879
Any ideas?
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You don't need to do anything else with the stock recovery. You have to have it in order to do the stock factory reset. After you do the factory reset go back to twrp and flash the ROM again.
Well add me to the list of people having this problem. Setting it to 1x network only also allows me to send texts temporarily until I turn it back on LTE. Has a reset with the stock recovery been working for many people or was it a new idea that you decided to try greiland? Has anybody else restored their text history with titanium backup? I did and am wondering if it is a problem. I went from a fresh flash from 4.4.3 stock with all of the OTA firmware so I'd be surprised if it is something that requires a factory reset.
Also what recovery did you guys use? I flashed it with 2.8.1.0 and I had to do it twice before it would let me boot.
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Well add me to the list of people having this problem. Setting it to 1x network only also allows me to send texts temporarily until I turn it back on LTE. Has a reset with the stock recovery been working for many people or was it a new idea that you decided to try greiland? Has anybody else restored their text history with titanium backup? I did and am wondering if it is a problem. I went from a fresh flash from 4.4.3 stock with all of the OTA firmware so I'd be surprised if it is something that requires a factory reset.
Also what recovery did you guys use? I flashed it with 2.8.1.0 and I had to do it twice before it would let me boot.
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Try again with 2712 and don't restore your messages.
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You don't need to do anything else with the stock recovery. You have to have it in order to do the stock factory reset. After you do the factory reset go back to twrp and flash the ROM again.
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Stock recovery factory reset did not fix it for me.
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I'm doing the stock recovery reset based on Santod's advice (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55930057&postcount=1553). There's a lot of discussion about it towards the end of his Lollipop thread and his GPE 4.4.4 thread.
It just started happening to me within the last few days. Only thing I've done to my phone right before it started happening was I upgraded to Santod's GPE Lollipop V1.02 edition (dirty flash from 1.00) and installed the NuK3rn3l V2.00 kernel. The other thing I did was I restored an old Titanium backup of my SMS messages from a 4.4.4 backup. Maybe that hosed things up? But I've done full wipes, stock factory resets since that and it won't fix it. Only thing that fixes it is restoring my nandroid backup of the [ROM][4.4.4] NuSenseSIX-ART Edition that I had before upgrading to Lollipop.
This may have already been suggested but using an alternative texting app like Textra doesn't work. This is getting so freaking frustrating.
For me, coming from a fresh flash on mdmower's TWRP 2.7.1.2 and not restoring any messages (I don't use Titanium or any app backups) still presents the issue. App doesn't matter (I've tried stock messaging, Google Messenger, and Textra).
There is a logcat a few posts back that I pulled when the issue occurred as well.
Just an FYI from my experience thus far!
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For me, coming from a fresh flash on mdmower's TWRP 2.7.1.2 and not restoring any messages (I don't use Titanium or any app backups) still presents the issue. App doesn't matter (I've tried stock messaging, Google Messenger, and Textra).
There is a logcat a few posts back that I pulled when the issue occurred as well.
Just an FYI from my experience thus far!
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Have you tried the factory reset with the stock recovery too? I've thought about it but its a lot of work to do if it isn't doing the trick for anybody else here.
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Have you tried the factory reset with the stock recovery too? I've thought about it but its a lot of work to do if it isn't doing the trick for anybody else here.
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I'm in the same boat. If the stock recovery fix hasn't worked for others, I wonder if it's worth the work.
I think I'll give it a try as a last ditch effort if the logcat I uploaded doesn't yield any insight into the issue.
Not saying Tibu is or isn't the cause of the problem.
But my gut always tells me folks with this issue did just that.
Restored messages with tibu.
Are there residual side effects that continue to booger you up once that's been done, even after a full wipe?
I don't know, but restoring messages with Tibu is about the worst thing ever and has always, always, always created issues.
I won't even touch Tibu personally.
Haven't since a bad experience years ago, and never will again.
It causes more grief then it saves me.
That's my opinion on Tibu...