[Q] huge problem, need help - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

this morning I got unfourtunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped and cannot get the phone to boot without constantly hitting the "OK"
I see there is no signal, and can see in the phone information that the radio is turned off. I have an app that used to get to the screen but now it hangs due to the phone has stopped issue.
Is there any way I can turn the radio on by using some code with the dialer pad?
I have tried recovering 3 other nand backups, but none work. all have the same result.
Thanks for any help someone might be able to give me!
It is a rooted samsung galaxy s4 M919 from t-mobile

is it stock rooted or what ROM are you running ?what kernel? what settings ? what mods? we need some detail sir but for starters if you can get it to boot try *#2263# and if its not set to automatic try clicking your options auto is the default setting

bobolinko said:
this morning I got unfourtunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped and cannot get the phone to boot without constantly hitting the "OK"
I see there is no signal, and can see in the phone information that the radio is turned off. I have an app that used to get to the screen but now it hangs due to the phone has stopped issue.
Is there any way I can turn the radio on by using some code with the dialer pad?
I have tried recovering 3 other nand backups, but none work. all have the same result.
Thanks for any help someone might be able to give me!
Remove your sd card sim card and battery let set 10 minutes put back in see if the message is still present if so you might need a new sim card.
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I have tried both of the above suggestions and no joy!
I have 2 nandroid backups that were done when the phone was working fine, and recovering either one has the very same symptoms.
I'm not sure that all the phone is backed up or restored in entirety, unless there it a hardware fault in this phone. It's 31 days old today..... :<(
if anyone else has any ideas, I'm all ears!
Thanks!

Might just be a lemon. I would just flash back to stock then take the phone and get a replacement.

bobolinko said:
I have tried both of the above suggestions and no joy!
I have 2 nandroid backups that were done when the phone was working fine, and recovering either one has the very same symptoms.
I'm not sure that all the phone is backed up or restored in entirety, unless there it a hardware fault in this phone. It's 31 days old today..... :<(
if anyone else has any ideas, I'm all ears!
Thanks!
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You still have given us no details on what you are running, stock, rooted, touchwiz, aosp. Do you know how to Odin back to stock? Sounds to me what happens when you flash a modem not meant for the phone.
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tylerholbrook said:
You still have given us no details on what you are running, stock, rooted, touchwiz, aosp. Do you know how to Odin back to stock? Sounds to me what happens when you flash a modem not meant for the phone.
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OMG! Sorry! It is a STOCK ROOTED SGH919, 4.22 M919UVUAMDL W/ 3.4.0-453951 Kernel
Thanks!

bobolinko said:
OMG! Sorry! It is a STOCK ROOTED SGH919, 4.22 M919UVUAMDL W/ 3.4.0-453951 Kernel
Thanks!
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Odin back to stock I would think should alleviate your problem. I flashed an international modem when I was running omega rom and got flash happy when I was drunk. Had the exact same problem you are describing odin to stock worked for me
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tylerholbrook said:
Odin back to stock I would think should alleviate your problem. I flashed an international modem when I was running omega rom and got flash happy when I was drunk. Had the exact same problem you are describing odin to stock worked for me
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Yo Tyler!
I was not drunk nor did I flash anything, it was going fine and suddenly, poof!,,,,,
Anyway, I tried your suggestion and IT WORKED! I also saw, (I don't know how/why) all my apps being installed automatically!
Well, almost all anyway. I had to install only maybe 3 apps, and that was all. Even my keyboard configuration that I made lots of cosmetic changes to- via the apps setup, was like I had set it up as... Weird, but great for me!
Thanks for your suggestion. It's quite odd, as one of the nandroid backups was made using the exact rom image that I used to Odin back to stock....
Nevertheless, as the Hawaiians say, MAHALO NUI LOA! Tyler No Ka OI (Tyler is the best)
Aloha...

Glad I could help. The modem isn't in your back up that's why back ups won't fix this problem. As for apps, it's from syncing your Google account. Aloha
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bobolinko said:
Yo Tyler!
I was not drunk nor did I flash anything, it was going fine and suddenly, poof!,,,,,
Anyway, I tried your suggestion and IT WORKED! I also saw, (I don't know how/why) all my apps being installed automatically!
Well, almost all anyway. I had to install only maybe 3 apps, and that was all. Even my keyboard configuration that I made lots of cosmetic changes to- via the apps setup, was like I had set it up as... Weird, but great for me!
Thanks for your suggestion. It's quite odd, as one of the nandroid backups was made using the exact rom image that I used to Odin back to stock....
Nevertheless, as the Hawaiians say, MAHALO NUI LOA! Tyler No Ka OI (Tyler is the best)
Aloha...
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If you chose to have Google back up and restore your apps, it will do just that.

Related

L900 note 2 (sprint) sprint network connection problem

rooted, but now sprint network (call/data) no connection :/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997150 mot sure if this what you are talking about?
well damm, nothing good in that thread lol
I guess is that time tomorrow to head back to bestbuy
Check your baseband ? It may say unknown if so flash radio using twrp or Odin . If that's not it connect to WiFi and update profile and prl
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downlink for tar file modem/radio
Epix4G said:
Check your baseband ? It may say unknown if so flash radio using twrp or Odin . If that's not it connect to WiFi and update profile and prl
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sir u have downlink for modem/radio odintar ext..??? via recovery operation aborted status 7...thanks....
I'm having the same problem now. Need help I have no data!
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not that I will have an answer or solution, but others who might would likely want a bit more information, like:
are you on a custom ROM, or stock? which version of stock? or did you use that leak?
if custom, how did you get there? (ie: method used to flash/odin, stock recovery/twrp)
if you're just rooted stock, how do you achieve that? which method for rooting, or was it a rooted rom/oneclick/etc?)
did you do anything just previous to the problem? or "out of the blue"? (it is also vaguely possible it Is a network problem on Sprints end...)
if you're going back to BustBuy, are you unrooted now? do you know how to get back to unrooted? (they may not honor your warr if you are)
the more info you give us, the more likely we will have advice. just saying.
You might want to try resetting sprint login data by ##72786# to see if it helps.
Thank you for the quick response but I finally figured it out. I just reinstalled stock Rom and started fresh.
DJ IZZY said:
Thank you for the quick response but I finally figured it out. I just reinstalled stock Rom and started fresh.
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how exactly did you reinstall stock? i just got this problem after a reboot. i was on viperboy's stock K8 and just did a reboot and found my phone no longer has any network. i had twrp installed, the multi window mod, and the reboot option mod prior to this. i odined back to viperboy's stock J1 and had no resolution. i then went on to odin back to viperboy's stock JC, still nothing. i tried doing a restore from twrp off of J1, JC, and K8. after i reset everything and went back to stock i took the phone into sprint who had no way to fix it and could only offer to order me a refurbished replacement unit for whatever the price was. i have insurance from a third party but more then anything i need to know what exactly caused this and how to repair it. i noticed enough posts about this particular issue that i am hesitant to even think about rooting my next phone. when i do finally get a new one off insurance i of course would like to prevent this issue. however, using insurance after a month of owing my phone for this sort of issue really was not why i got the insurance.
Try this its the 3rd post down posted by garwynn. Flash ur rom and then flash the l900errfixljc.zip. hope this works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36181746#post36181746
samevo said:
Try this its the 3rd post down posted by garwynn. Flash ur rom and then flash the l900errfixljc.zip. hope this works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36181746#post36181746
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thanks again, that solved my problem. i still wonder what in the world had my phone acting up in the first place. i believe i was one of the only people who had this just happen on a reboot without moving roms.
Thank you all for this thread. I just recovered from no mobile network as I accidentally flashed the wrong ROM. :good:
The process I had a failed flash that scared the @)*$& out of me. But i believe it flashed the modem.bin before it failed.
Then i flashed CWM again and all was good.

[Q] Tmo T999 No 4G

Hello,
Obviously from my posts I'm new posting, however, I've been reading the forums for a while now and have been a huge fan at the massive support of devs and other helpful people. My question, and I've tried searching hi and lo on this site and others to get an answer:
I rooted my phone about 2 months ago and kept ROM, kernel, etc. stock until about 1 month ago when I flashed CM 10.1. Everything was awesome, loved the layout and the customization of the ROM. About 2 weeks ago, I lost 4G/H+ coverage, and voice service was sometimes spottier than usual. Wifi was and is still fine, but anytime I left and wifi network, I was immediately given EDGE speeds. I ran speedtest.net and the display is accurate.
I tried searching a couple of sites and I read that flashing a different ROM could fix the issue. I flashed Wicked which again was a great layout, but didn't fix the 4G issue. Lastly, today I followed an unroot thread and unrooted my phone. I didn't reset my counter with triangle away because I didn't think that was an issue in the lack of 4G. And I didn't want to dig myself any deeper on possibly bricking my phone. So now, my phone is stock (minus the counter) with ROM, kernel, and recovery. Any tips or suggestions?
Something to note: When I tried flashing CM10.1 the very first time, I received an error 7 message on CWM recovery. After reading a couple of posts on here, it looked like the workaround was to remove the first line of code on the updater-script file in the zip. Doing so made the ROM flash without any hiccups. Or were there?
Again thanks in advance for taking the time to read my post.
Go to settings> about phone> status
Look under imei, is it still there or is it 0.
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Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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keeeoh said:
Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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Its not really bad, but its not great. It means you lost your imei, it just happens randomly when flashing a ROM (no one knows why, it just rarely happens). Its not the ROMs fault, it just happens.
If you haven't made a backup of your imei, then you'll have to restore/inject the imei so that you can use 4g again. I'll have to look for the threads that explain how to do that and I'll post them for you.
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keeeoh said:
Dakine,
Thanks for the reply. It says 0. Doesn't sound good based on the two options you said it could be.
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Da Kine said:
Its not really bad, but its not great. It means you lost your imei, it just happens randomly when flashing a ROM (no one knows why, it just rarely happens). Its not the ROMs fault, it just happens.
If you haven't made a backup of your imei, then you'll have to restore/inject the imei so that you can use 4g again. I'll have to look for the threads that explain how to do that and I'll post them for you.
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I wouldn't worry bout it. Unless you get lucky it can take a lot of searching and piecing info together to find all that's needed. Imei restoration can still be found, but a lot isn't too clear. Data restore after imei restoration is not so easy.
Also, one or two of the important threads are gone. If you ever need help with this issue, you can just pm me.
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Da Kine said:
This video will help you restore your imei, download links are in the video description.
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Huge help! Thanks for locating this. About to read up on restoring my imei. Thanks again, especially for the quick reply.
DocHoliday77 said:
Check your PM's
I wouldn't worry bout it. Unless you get lucky it can take a lot of searching and piecing info together to find all that's needed. Imei restoration can still be found, but a lot isn't too clear. Data restore after imei restoration is not so easy.
Also, one or two of the important threads are gone. If you ever need help with this issue, you can just pm me.
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And thank you too Doc! I'll post my results in case anyone else has this problem. I'm certain this will work. Thanks for the future reach-out invite as well.
Hey Doc, does everything in the video I posted restore 4g or does it just restore the imei? If it doesn't restore 4g, could you please post here or pm what steps are needed to get 4g going again?
I would just like to have a copy of everything just in case something goes wrong with my imei backup, If I end up losing my imei.
Edit: Hey keeeoh I removed the video (thank you Doc for the heads up). If you need the link to it, just let me know and I'll pm it to you. Once again, thank you Doc for letting me know.
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Da Kine said:
Hey Doc, does everything in the video I posted restore 4g or does it just restore the imei? If it doesn't restore 4g, could you please post here or pm what steps are needed to get 4g going again?
I would just like to have a copy of everything just in case something goes wrong with my imei backup, If I end up losing my imei.
Edit: Hey keeeoh I removed the video (thank you Doc for the heads up). If you need the link to it, just let me know and I'll pm it to you. Once again, thank you Doc for letting me know.
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Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
keeeoh said:
Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
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Awesome! Glad you got it working again.
Next thing is to create s n on-device backup of your nv data. This should only need to be done once, as you can't delete or overwrite it with common methods. It is also preventative so you shouldn't ever see this issue again.
Two methods
1. Install Andromizer and backup nv data
2. Install and open Terminal Emulator and enter this:
su
reboot nvbackup
That's it. Your phone will reboot and create the back up. If you do ever need to restore just enter this:
su
reboot nvrestore
Note: you cannot make copies of this as its stored across several partitions that are not easily accessible.
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keeeoh said:
Well, Success!!! Needed to do a couple more things but both of you were able to get me back up and running on 4G.
Dakine - Already got the video, so thank you anyways.
Doc - Finished those steps, for some reason I can't PM you so if you can PM me again to let me know what I need to do avoid this in the future, as I'd love to go back to a rooted phone.
Thanks again guys!
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What were the "couple more things"? My IMEI was wiped when I installed CWM and I had no signal showing at all. I have restored my IMEI and it now connects to Edge but it does not connect to 4G as it did. My wife's phone still gets a good 4G connection so I think it is the phone. I have tried wiping it, installing Cyanogen and have now reverted to Samsung factory UVDMD5. Everything about the phone seems to work great except it has no 4G. Tried changing APN type and forcing WCDMA -- no luck
Thanks!
touchsw said:
What were the "couple more things"? My IMEI was wiped when I installed CWM and I had no signal showing at all. I have restored my IMEI and it now connects to Edge but it does not connect to 4G as it did. My wife's phone still gets a good 4G connection so I think it is the phone. I have tried wiping it, installing Cyanogen and have now reverted to Samsung factory UVDMD5. Everything about the phone seems to work great except it has no 4G. Tried changing APN type and forcing WCDMA -- no luck
Thanks!
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Low 2g and 3g but no 4g
I also can never get 4G in the metro. Even right next to somebody with the exact same phone and same T-mobile service who gets it fine.. I had flashed Synergy ROM and now S3Rx (stock kernel) but no improvement. My IMEI is valid, the Mobile Network type is shown as: GPRS:1. It shows the APN as T-Mobile USA (epc.tmobile.com). Baseband version is: T999UVDMD5.
I don't know anything else to check. Sure would like some ideas.
Test with someone else's SIM card. Or call T-Mobile as it sounds like it may be an account issue. Odin back to stock. If it still continues, it could also be hardware.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Test with someone else's SIM card. Or call T-Mobile as it sounds like it may be an account issue. Odin back to stock. If it still continues, it could also be hardware.
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Do you know where I can find the stock ROM for this phone?
Firmware thread. In my Sig. Stickied in development.
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Missing IMEI I could not find other way to reach you but to post here
DocHoliday77 said:
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Hello Doc, I tried to pm you, but never received a reply, maybe my message is blocked.
I hope you can help me find cure for my phone!
After regular update of CM 10.2. using CWM my phone stopped connecting to 3g and 4g, I checked with T-Mobile and no problems on their end. I thought it was a failed upgrade reinstalled CM 10.2, didn't help. Then I totally reformatted Internal Storage and Installed LiquidSmooth 2.3.7, same thing, only EDGE data. Then I thought maybe I have to unroot and go back to Stock, and this time unrooted, upgraded baseband to the latest version, then installed Stock JB 4.3 but it didn't fix my problem. Then I came across this info about missing IMEIs, and there it was IMEI was showing Unknown at one point and now it is showing 0. I tried to follow some guides about nv_data.bin but my EFS folder doesn't seem to contain that file, it actually doesn't have more than that when compared to other user's screenshots.
At this point I rooted my phone again using TWRP with SU and De-knox and installed CM 10.2.0. Still EDGE only and IMEI showing 0.
Please, help! I can email screenshot of About Phone Status Page and EFS folder if you need.
Thanks!
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Having same issue, could you help me??
DocHoliday77 said:
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Doc,
I just purchased a T999 on eBay with this same problem. When I got the phone, it had CM installed on it and had no IMEI (IMEI=0). I put it back to stock 4.1.2, still no IMEI. I did IMEI repair using Z3X box which worked, now IMEI is normal. Problem is that it always stays on EDGE network. I'm sure this is something to to with the phone and not something else. I have a couple of other T999's available to use to test SIM card, location, etc. and all other T999's I've tried work just fine. Only this one that I had to restore IMEI.
Can you please give me some advice?

Random Reboot and Random Black Screen

Lately I have been getting random reboots and random black screens. The phone will either reboot itself show the galaxy s3 screen then go to complete darkness or vibrate and go straight to complete darkness. This seems to be random and usually starts happening a week or so after flashing a rom or kernel. Right now I am using my own TW rom (in dev section) with kt kernel and team kernalizer scripts. But the kernel doesn't seem to matter as this happens regardless. Does anyone know whats going on? Also this started happening after I ran aokp 4.2.2 for awhile, then odin back to stock and issues started. I've also been having less battery life since then.
Someone please help
anyone?
aamir123 said:
anyone?
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Running stock Odin may be an option, but here is what I would do first.
Flash the LJC firmware from the second firmware link in my signature. It's in the OP, but isn't immediately obvious. Just scroll a bit and you will see it.
Stop using KT and tkmod for now. These, simply put, are variables that you don't need to deal with right now. There is also a good chance it's a bug in your ROM.
Aerowinder said:
Running stock Odin may be an option, but here is what I would do first.
Flash the LJC firmware from the second firmware link in my signature. It's in the OP, but isn't immediately obvious. Just scroll a bit and you will see it.
Stop using KT and tkmod for now. These, simply put, are variables that you don't need to deal with right now. There is also a good chance it's a bug in your ROM.
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Before I went to aokp I was using my rom very stably for a good while and others have been using it without problems, but I agree going to least common denominator (stock rom/kernel) sounds like a very good idea. I'll also flash the ljc firmware even though I haven't really had any problems with the 4.1.2 one.
Btw why ljc and not md5?
aamir123 said:
Before I went to aokp I was using my rom very stably for a good while and others have been using it without problems, but I agree going to least common denominator (stock rom/kernel) sounds like a very good idea. I'll also flash the ljc firmware even though I haven't really had any problems with the 4.1.2 one.
Btw why ljc and not md5?
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Because it's somewhat likely the MD5 firmware is causing your problems. I can't use it on my phone, just kills battery. Maybe your phone has a more severe reaction to it.
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Because it's somewhat likely the MD5 firmware is causing your problems. I can't use it on my phone, just kills battery. Maybe your phone has a more severe reaction to it.
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ok I guess I'll go back but I don't see why the md5 firmware would be a problem now after I was using it with no problem for a while.
Unless you are running 100% md5, it has been known to cause some issues. Seems a lot was done on that update from 4.1.1 - 4.1.2, and it doesn't always like to be mixed with older fw.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Unless you are running 100% md5, it has been known to cause some issues. Seems a lot was done on that update from 4.1.1 - 4.1.2, and it doesn't always like to be mixed with older fw.
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Well I flashed the LJC fw and so far it's been pretty stable, only having trouble with excess heat but will probably get better with time. Also I'm having trouble getting a logcat app running (catlog etc). The app opens I give it root permissions, then I get a black screen with loading ring. No log whatsoever, is that normal? tried on both fw btw.
just got another random reboot on ljc fw. any other ideas?
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just got another random reboot on ljc fw. any other ideas?
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Just a heads up, my phone was doing this for about 3 days, and then completely crashed. Check out my thread. Stock Rom, but rooted. Hope it doesn't happen to you.
cboss718 said:
Just a heads up, my phone was doing this for about 3 days, and then completely crashed. Check out my thread. Stock Rom, but rooted. Hope it doesn't happen to you.
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Idk what the issue is I'm gonna go stock for a while without recovering and see if that will fix anything, if not maybe tmobile is the way to go. Btw I tried taking a log cat but get error saying that dev/log/main doesn't exist.
Ok I was doing good for a few hours after flashing stock and not restoring Google account until I got a random reboot just now. I was able to get a log cat tho so I'd anyone can look at it and help.
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anybody? Does anyonehave any ideas?
aamir123 said:
anybody? Does anyonehave any ideas?
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That logcat contains 30 seconds of information. Looks like you pulled it after the device rebooted. It's probably going to be the kernel dmesg that we need. You get that one after the device reboots, but not the logcat.
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That logcat contains 30 seconds of information. Looks like you pulled it after the device rebooted. It's probably going to be the kernel dmesg that we need. You get that one after the device reboots, but not the logcat.
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ok I will try to get that the next time it reboots. Hopefully it's a simple fix, but just not sure what the problem could be.
So I went all these days without a random reboot and finally got one today, but was unable to pull a dmesg as it said does not exist. What can I try to get a dmesg now?
Also the phone feels like it never shuts down, even when I choose to shutdown in the menu it ends up restarting itself then bootlooping or just restarting. I've also noticed that holding home and power to turn phone on works most of the time to get it back to the os only to have it crash shortly after. I press home and power until I see the white splashscreen then let power button go. but staying in os for more than a few mins right now is impossible.

Lost root somehow, any ideas how?

I turned my s3 off for about a month while I used my note2. When I turned it off it was rooted with twr recovery and running a custom Rom. When I turned it back on the Rom was still running however I did loose all the widgets I was using. Over night titanium tried to run the scheduled backup redo. Then in the morning I noticed titanium said it could not gain root access. I tried other apps that require root and none will gain access. The super user app is still there but says there is no root. It's simple enough to re-root but I'm really curious as to what happened. Any ideas?
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Please Specify Rom and Android Version.
In short, if your TWRP recovery is intact try a factory reset from there.
Thanks Persius, I haven't tried to go into recovery since I have to do it manually cause I'm not sure what will happen if it's not there. My computer is broke right now so I'm limited. It's been since the s3 first came out that I installed the Rom so I'm not really sure which one I'm on but it says JZO 54, and it's 4.1.2 Thanks again for your help
bls2633 said:
Thanks Persius, I haven't tried to go into recovery since I have to do it manually cause I'm not sure what will happen if it's not there. My computer is broke right now so I'm limited. It's been since the s3 first came out that I installed the Rom so I'm not really sure which one I'm on but it says JZO 54, and it's 4.1.2 Thanks again for your help
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Say... Are you sure we talking about an SIII or an S-II ?? That sounds like the 4.1.2 Stock of an S II. What does it say under Settings > About Phone > Model Number ?
Turn off completely then Hit Volumn Up + Home +Power all at the same time. Wait for 3 minutes or so with all 3 pressed. You will see Recovery come on. Let go of all 3 buttons and then do a Factory Reset in the recovery.
Thanks again, under build that's what it says, jzo 54, I think it might be Liquid Smooth. And it is an s3. I will try to go into recovery if you don't think anything will happen if that's not there either. Something else weird I just thought of is I also had some strange kiddie like themes and apps I never put there. It's like someone else used my phone but that's not possible as I saw it every day and live alone. Strange. Any way, thanks again
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Thanks again, under build that's what it says, jzo 54, I think it might be Liquid Smooth. And it is an s3. I will try to go into recovery if you don't think anything will happen if that's not there either. Something else weird I just thought of is I also had some strange kiddie like themes and apps I never put there. It's like someone else used my phone but that's not possible as I saw it every day and live alone. Strange. Any way, thanks again
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Yes its safe to Go into Recovery. Go ahead and do a Factory Reset. Let me know how that goes.
Ok, did the factory reset and went ahead and did the ota update to 4.0 I'm going to root again. Do you have any suggestions on a good Rom? Also what is the best way to root these days and best recovery? Thanks Perseus I appreciate your help and advice
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I am confused. Wasn't (or shouldn't it be ) your S3 already on the JB 4.1 ? What did you mean by OTA update to 4.0 ? Are you referring to the OTA Update to 4.3 ?
I can not comment on Rooting unless I know which os version you have.
Sorry, was a misprint. Yes, went to 4.3
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So if you still have TWRP then flash Superuser from Recovery. Lookup its thread here on XDA.
However, with the Knox being present and SELinux in Enforcing state, your chances of Rooting are slim.
Please don't brick your device.

Unfortunately settings has been stopped?

What caused this error message and how do I get rid of it? When I did something related to the settings, like turning on/off airplane mode, the error message "Unfortunately Settings has been stopped" popped up and I had to click OK for it to go away. However, it did not seem to affect anything else...
It also came up right after my Note 2 finished reboot.
Anybody knows why it happened? It just happened in the last couple of days and nothing was changed.
My Note 2 is running stock JB 4.1.2, rooted with CF Autoroot.
Thank you very much in advance.
I'm sure I'm not the first one and only one who got this message. Could anybody please help?
Thank you very much!
testrider said:
What caused this error message and how do I get rid of it? When I did something related to the settings, like turning on/off airplane mode, the error message "Unfortunately Settings has been stopped" popped up and I had to click OK for it to go away. However, it did not seem to affect anything else...
It also came up right after my Note 2 finished reboot.
Anybody knows why it happened? It just happened in the last couple of days and nothing was changed.
My Note 2 is running stock JB 4.1.2, rooted with CF Autoroot.
Thank you very much in advance.
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I don't know about stock, but flashing a custom ROM should fix it. (Try reflashing stock 4.1.2)
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Irwenzhao said:
I don't know about stock, but flashing a custom ROM should fix it. (Try reflashing stock 4.1.2)
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Note 2 LTE powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.
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I don't know why flashing a custom ROM would fix it, as I did not have this before and I did not change
my ROM...
testrider said:
I don't know why flashing a custom ROM would fix it, as I did not have this before and I did not change
my ROM...
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U could try reflashing stock rom if u don't want a custom one.
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testrider said:
What caused this error message and how do I get rid of it? When I did something related to the settings, like turning on/off airplane mode, the error message "Unfortunately Settings has been stopped" popped up and I had to click OK for it to go away. However, it did not seem to affect anything else...
It also came up right after my Note 2 finished reboot.
Anybody knows why it happened? It just happened in the last couple of days and nothing was changed.
My Note 2 is running stock JB 4.1.2, rooted with CF Autoroot.
Thank you very much in advance.
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I would just re-flash a stock rom. Maybe stock+root. Sorry I've rooted many times and never had that issue on a stock rom.
0.o said:
I would just re-flash a stock rom. Maybe stock+root. Sorry I've rooted many times and never had that issue on a stock rom.
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Thanks for the reply. It'll be great if I can find out why then I can fix the root cause. We really don't want every time we have a problem we just do factory reset/wipe all/reflash and pray for the best?
It really seemed that there was no answer. I googled it and saw lots of people having the same problem but no solution.
I may have to flash the stock rom but I don't think that will fix the problem. Mine is running a stock ROM
testrider said:
Thanks for the reply. It'll be great if I can find out why then I can fix the root cause. We really don't want every time we have a problem we just do factory reset/wipe all/reflash and pray for the best?
It really seemed that there was no answer. I googled it and saw lots of people having the same problem but no solution.
I may have to flash the stock rom but I don't think that will fix the problem. Mine is running a stock ROM
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The only way to get to the root problem is run a logcat of the error. We could guess all day long. I mean did you freeze anything, delete anything, flash a mod, use an xposed module? There are hundreds of things that could be wrong, but without a logcat it would take a long time to guess your specific error.
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kintwofan said:
The only way to get to the root problem is run a logcat of the error. We could guess all day long. I mean did you freeze anything, delete anything, flash a mod, use an xposed module? There are hundreds of things that could be wrong, but without a logcat it would take a long time to guess your specific error.
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Thanks. I'll remember to get a logcat next time. Right after the message popped up, correct?
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Thanks. I'll remember to get a logcat next time. Right after the message popped up, correct?
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Yep right after it happens. If there is something that triggers it. Reboot, to clear the log, then trigger the fc and pull log
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