Hello, got GT-I8160 with Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXMG2 firmware, rooted. At the very beginning, I did a stupid thing. While doing cleanup from Samsung bloatware, I deleted some Samsung Bluetooth files.
Now, even though I can turn the Bluetooth on and scan for devices - I can NOT send photos from gallery for example, because the option is missing. So I virtually am unable to send any files via Bluetooth.
Is there any possibility to recover the deleted file, or install it again ? Or do I need to make a factory reset ?
Thank you
Maybe its best way to flash firmware again.
You can try send your file using file manager
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Well I think I am not able to update because I removed japanese keyboard.apk. Is it possible to reinstall it in some manner?
Yes it's possible, just request japaneseIME.apk and install it.
daantjuhh said:
Well I think I am not able to update because I removed japanese keyboard.apk. Is it possible to reinstall it in some manner?
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You should NEVER remove a system file without at least backing it up onto your SD card. If you've modified any other system files, the update will likely fail. Backup and do a complete flash through Update Service, PC Companion or the Flash Tool.
You can attempt to restore the keyboard with the attached file.
X10 tutorial on removing/restoring the keyboards:
(Do NOT use these files. They are for the X10, not the arc. This is a general guide ONLY.)
Dear Forum members!
Today I wanted to modify the smiles in the Mms.apk system app..
when i Copied back and tried to isntall, my phone started to reboot and not come back... (I know of course I mistake
From ADB I fixed my phone but just a half success, I copyed back the original Mms.apk and changed the permissions to 644, my phone boots up normally, but I still can't install the apk.. if i try to isntall from system/app it says: Replace app.. (I dont see in any list to be installed) If I press Ok, starting to install, then says: X App not installed. In downloaded apps I see messaging with 0 kilobytes, i can remove. After this if i try to install from system/apps it dont want to replace but the same thing happens... (X App not installed) Another interesting thing. On my Sd folder I still have a copy of Mms.apk, if I enter into this directory withy any file explorer, its quit I have ftp server where i can rename to mms.app -for example. In this case the explorers are not quit But I have no chance to install like user and not like root?..
Of course i have rooted my phone and it works.
Is someone have any idea?
thanks: Karoly
Please help me
I installed to my phone a catlog to read out what happens durring the installation.. I see in the log there is no odex file in the mms.apk ... Is someone can suggest me a solution to install back my factory mms application? I really don't want to reinstall my system because of this problem. Currently I use the latest android update 4.1.2. I have too much settings and apps on the phone :S
Thank you in advance.
Greets: Karoly
If your on a stock Google ROM (Yakju?) you should be able to download the factory image and fastboot flash just the system.img & your apps & data should be fine.
Hi. Thanks your answer.
I tried to flash only the system yesterday, wipe caches and fix permissions, my datas remained, but the mms app still not works.. nothing changed. Is it possible maybe to install this apk from recovery (cwm) mode?
Im sure if i reflash everything will work but i dont want to lose my apps, so i'd like to fight for it if its possible
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I am using Samsung Kies for a short period of time and found it works with my Note 2 LTE but very slow in recognising my phone. It takes a couple of minutes to complete and I need to unlock my phone a couple of times in the process of recognition. Is it normal? I just updated to Samsung Kies 2.0.0.12123_7 for Mac and no obvious improvement.
Before I install Kies, I installed Android File Transfer for files transfer with Android phone. It works correctly. However, once I installed Samsung Kies, every time I connect my phone using usb port, the Android File Transfer pops up but says cannot find the device. I am unsure if it affects Samsung Kies. Is there any way to transfer the files from and to the phone? I found it is the fastest way to do file transfer amongst others such as Dropbox, bluetooth etc. Thanks!
kies - ahahaha.
what data you wanna backup?
whole rom - use nandroid backup (makes a ghost like nortan ghost)
apps - use titanium backup
Hey all,
I've been having this problem, whenever i flash any other stock ftf, ics or jb, I see a weir-ed problem, that is whenever i connect my phone to pc and try viewing internal storage, it doesn't show all folders, infact it just shows a 3 or 4 folders and then just sits there, I mean i can copy and paste stuff, but I'm unable to view all folders present on the internal storage, which is driving me crazy as I've literary lost some bits and pieces of data from my phone while thinking that I've copied everything from phone to pc and do a factory data reset and later finding out that it didn't copy everything
But, now when i installed some Chinese firmware on my phone(DE something), the problem just went away, FYI: I bought my phone from some online retailer which was sent from china. As a matter of fact, its reasonably quick while copy files to/from pc.
Please can someone help me out, as I'm trying to root my phone, and for that I'll need to flash .211 following Doomlords method, whereas my phone only has .200 released till yet.
Thanks
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Hey all,
I've been having this problem, whenever i flash any other stock ftf, ics or jb, I see a weir-ed problem, that is whenever i connect my phone to pc and try viewing internal storage, it doesn't show all folders, infact it just shows a 3 or 4 folders and then just sits there, I mean i can copy and paste stuff, but I'm unable to view all folders present on the internal storage, which is driving me crazy as I've literary lost some bits and pieces of data from my phone while thinking that I've copied everything from phone to pc and do a factory data reset and later finding out that it didn't copy everything
But, now when i installed some Chinese firmware on my phone(DE something), the problem just went away, FYI: I bought my phone from some online retailer which was sent from china. As a matter of fact, its reasonably quick while copy files to/from pc.
Please can someone help me out, as I'm trying to root my phone, and for that I'll need to flash .211 following Doomlords method, whereas my phone only has .200 released till yet.
Thanks
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had this problem and tried this method :
go to sittings/xperia/usb connectivity (or connectivity)/then change connect method to MTP if it was MCS and the same if MTP
if you not see it try untick install pc comp....
(not working ? ) try another Rom generic i guess or deodexed one
Regards
Hello,
I have had my HTC One M8 for a while now but I wasn't really happy with the soundquality while playing through my headphones, so I looked for ways to improve it. I found a few methods and finally decided to give it a try. These methods require a root so yesterday I have rooted my phone for the first time. Unfortunately I am experiencing some problems now.
The rooting process went without too much trouble. I used hasoon2000's toolkit and have TWRP version 2.7.0.2 installed as recovery and used it to install the provided SuperSU, which didn't work at first. On the forums I found a newer version and installed that one, updated it and got it to work.
Now this is where I think I messed up: I read somewhere that when rooted, you are able to delete pre-installed apps from the phone. I downloaded SD maid and deleted Kid Mode, Zoe and 7digital. When I deleted Kid Mode I got an error saying it has crashed. I tapped away the error but from this point I couldn't go back to my homescreen anymore because my launcher kept crashing (com.htc.launcher crashed). I rebooted the phone and the launcher worked again, but the phone still seemed to be buggy.
After this I tried to install the snapdragon audio+ (this was my first choice for an equalizer). I downloaded the apk and moved it to the system folder using ES file manager. I installed but when I tried to use it (through settings in google play music app) my phone would crash. I uninstalled it and tried again, but when I tried to move the apk to the system map like before, my phone would crash everytime. I then found out the file I used doesn't work for lollipop so I figured that's what caused the crashes.
My next move was to try and install viper4android. I downloaded it from the Play Store and opened it. It told me it needed an installation of BusyBox so I downloaded that too. But when I opened the BusyBox app and clicked install my phone would crash again. After some searching I found that the HTC One M8 requires BusyBox to be flashed manually so I downloaded the file but when I tried to load it onto my phone I noticed this wasn't possible anymore.
Now when I connect my phone to my PC the PC recognizes it, but when I open the map in Windows Explorer it only shows three maps; .showme, _nero_sync and Ringtones. I know there should be more as they were there before. It also shows my phone's capacity as a total of 10GB (shouldn't this be 16GB?). Also when I try to connect it with Sync Manager it gives me an error everytime I reconnect the phone; Device unavailable. Please reconnect your device [4].
I have tried to reset the phone through settings, wipe with TWRP and fix permissions with TWRP. I also tried reinstalling Sync Manager and the drivers on my PC. What I'm thinking now is I maybe have done something wrong in the ES file explorer that would make the folders unaccessible.
My phone is running stock android 5.0.1 and my PC Windows 7 64-bit.
I hope someone can help me, Thanks.
P.S: Sorry for the long post, I figured I'd give as much info as possible.
@Steef076 First update recovery to the latest one (2.8.6.0)
Second if you go and delete vital or integrated parts of the stock rom you will get a lot of bugs. Third, viper4android requires to write system and you can't write system with the stock kernel, you need an unsecured kernel or unsecure it yourself.
10GB is right since 6 is eaten by android. At this point I would just revert to a backup or install any custom rom around here. Most are close to stock and with no bloatware and come with root. You can even clean them further using a tool called ROM Cleaner. It will most likely solve all your problems
Did the deleted system apps reappear after reboot, or do they remain "uninstalled"? If the system is write protected like TempestZ states, any deleted system apps should reappear after a reboot.
Revert your nandroid to restore the system apps. And you didn't make a nandroid, you really should before making any system modifications for the very reason that it allows you to revert if you run into problems.
Another good practice, is if you don't know what effect deleting a system app will have (such as "safe to delete" lists that can sometimes be found on XDA) you should first freeze the app with Titanium Backup. If freezing doesn't cause any issues, then go ahead and delete. If you do have issues, just unfreeze the app.
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Now when I connect my phone to my PC the PC recognizes it, but when I open the map in Windows Explorer it only shows three maps; .showme, _nero_sync and Ringtones. I know there should be more as they were there before. It also shows my phone's capacity as a total of 10GB (shouldn't this be 16GB?). Also when I try to connect it with Sync Manager it gives me an error everytime I reconnect the phone; Device unavailable. Please reconnect your device [4].
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No, Windows will never show 16 GB. It only shows "internal storage" partition, or the user accessible portion of the storage. A good chunk is reserved for the OS.
Does what is shown in Windows differ from what is shown in ES if you browse to internal storage?
Thanks for the replies. @TempestZ @redpoint73
First of all I managed to update twrp to 2.8.6.0 using adb/fastboot.
To answer your question @redpoint73 the system apps I had deleted indeed reappeared after reboot. Also I didn't make a nandroid before I deleted the files, as I did not even know this was possible. Now I have made a nandroid of my stock ROM that is working decently, except for the TV app keeps crashing (I'm not opening it) and the connection to the PC is not working properly (not sure if this is ROM based?). I have noticed when the phone is in recovery I CAN see the folders through windows explorer. HTC sync manager still doesn't find it though. I am working on finding a proper stock ROM or maybe flash a custom one to see if that will fix it.
I understand now that the OS is taking up the storage space. The space windows is showing is the same as ES file manager so I guess this is fine.
HTC Sync is a hot mess. It often causes more troubles than it solves.
One thing you can try (to see if it fixes the USB connectivity) is uninstall HTC Sync and all HTC drivers. Than connect the phone. Don't let it install HTC Sync. Go to Windows Device Manager, find the device. Then pick the option to manually select the drivers, and pick the generic "Android MTP device" (or something to that effect) drivers.
This doesn't work for everyone. But it worked for me to be able to "see" the internal storage of my M8 on my home PC (Win 7). Annoyingly, it seems to vary from one PC to another. My work laptop (also Win 7) works fine with HTC Sync.
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So if I understand correctly, 'version-main' is the same as 'firmware' and 'software number' (found in settings)? If so, my current firmware seems to be 4.19.114.2.
Now, what you're saying is I should do an OTA but this isn't possible because I have a custom recovery right?
Also, when I want to flash stock rom and stock recovery or do a nand don't I need the files that fit my cidnum? How would your file work for me?
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If yours already on 4.19.114.2 then no need to do OTA as that the latest.
and my backup will bring back your device back to stock as you first bought it when restore with a full wipe.
Try to solve your problem first, only when you really need the backup then only I will upload ... let me know
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If yours already on 4.19.114.2 then no need to do OTA as that the latest.
and my backup will bring back your device back to stock as you first bought it when restore with a full wipe.
Try to solve your problem first, only when you really need the backup then only I will upload ... let me know
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Hello, sorry for the late reply.
I have decided to give a custom ROM a try. I now have ARHD 41.0 installed and it seems this took care of my problems. All the maps are showing in windows explorer and HTC sync manager is connecting properly with my phone again. Also no more crashing apps. Your backup would still be of much use for me as I am not sure I want to stick with a custom ROM and therefore would like to have a stock ROM backup.
Thanks in advance.