So my phone keeps freezing alot when I make a call or try to answer calls or hang up and sometimes it even freezes on the lockscreen and it will be like that for a few mins it's really annoying.... Anyway my question is if I decide to do a hard reset(which is a factory reset right?) will I still keep my root? I rooted using towelroot or do I have to do it again? And do I have to unfreeze any apps I froze using titanium backup?
WendyB87 said:
So my phone keeps freezing alot when I make a call or try to answer calls or hang up and sometimes it even freezes on the lockscreen and it will be like that for a few mins it's really annoying.... Anyway my question is if I decide to do a hard reset(which is a factory reset right?) will I still keep my root? I rooted using towelroot or do I have to do it again? And do I have to unfreeze any apps I froze using titanium backup?
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i'm not very sure about this. but probably it's because of the root? I cannot root my phone (D855, V10i) with towelroot. And when i tried the string method to root my phone with towelroot, it freezed my phone a while. And when I scanned my phone with CM security, it showed an exploit security problem (towelroot). I'm not sure which software version are you running, but i guess the updated phone has fixed the towelroot problem, and probably it's related to your problems. I would suggest you root your phone with a different tool (such as PurpleDrake like I did) no matter if you have a hard reset.
You could also revert back to stock and unroot at the same time using the LG pc suite. Then root with another method like Stumproot.
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So I've had my Play for about a year. I've loved it so far. But lately I'm getting many MANY force closes and apps freezing and just bad performance. I Reset the phone through the normal means through the phone. I've also used Flashtool and completely erased the phone and SD card and reset the phone completely. No help. Still the same issues. I really want to keep the phone longer but I'm not sure how to fix this. It was rooted before just to remove the factory apps. I've never flashed roms or any of that business on this phone. Anyone have any ideas of how to attack this problem?
Lconquistador said:
So I've had my Play for about a year. I've loved it so far. But lately I'm getting many MANY force closes and apps freezing and just bad performance. I Reset the phone through the normal means through the phone. I've also used Flashtool and completely erased the phone and SD card and reset the phone completely. No help. Still the same issues. I really want to keep the phone longer but I'm not sure how to fix this. It was rooted before just to remove the factory apps. I've never flashed roms or any of that business on this phone. Anyone have any ideas of how to attack this problem?
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Download X-parts off the app store and boot into recovery, post back when / if you get that far.
By normal means? Have you tried repair with SEUS? Maybe a fresh install will help, after that you can root again and remove bloatware with Titanium Backup, i think there is a bloatware removal tool somewhere around the forums too.
I just meant through the normal restore built into the phone. I'm going to wait until I finish a game I'm working on so I don't take the chance of losing my progress.
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Hi all, i really need help here. I search through forums but still cant get any solution.
I rooted my s3 earlier today and freezing some stuff using titanium backup. It work fine until suddenly it got restart automatically. After that, i got stuck on the "Samsung" logo. I do not install any custom rom as i'm noob to all these things. I froze those apps and some bloat stuff according to some list i got from the internet.
What i can do to get my phone running back without losing any data? I forgot to back up using clockwork after i root my phone.
Please help!!!!!!
abyss8 said:
Hi all, i really need help here. I search through forums but still cant get any solution.
I rooted my s3 earlier today and freezing some stuff using titanium backup. It work fine until suddenly it got restart automatically. After that, i got stuck on the "Samsung" logo. I do not install any custom rom as i'm noob to all these things. I froze those apps and some bloat stuff according to some list i got from the internet.
What i can do to get my phone running back without losing any data? I forgot to back up using clockwork after i root my phone.
Please help!!!!!!
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You can still backup now (if you have a custom recovery installed. if you don't, then i think there are some clockworkmod Odin flashables available, no idea where). Then when you erase, and boot up next time, use titanium to open the nandroid backup (because it can do that, as long as you have the full version, which you can just find cracked versions of), and it will add the whole nandroid backup to part of the "backed up list" in titanium. All the data should be preserved too (I don't rememebr if it also takes the cache).
and just a question to devs, is it even possible to cause boot loops by freezing bloat? I have never had such issues. I even froze my browser, the calendar, file manager, clock, and nearly every app in a clean AOSP build (did that for a benchmark once), and it hasn't bootlooped. Think there is something else? Some other factor?
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You can still backup now (if you have a custom recovery installed. if you don't, then i think there are some clockworkmod Odin flashables available, no idea where). Then when you erase, and boot up next time, use titanium to open the nandroid backup (because it can do that, as long as you have the full version, which you can just find cracked versions of), and it will add the whole nandroid backup to part of the "backed up list" in titanium. All the data should be preserved too (I don't rememebr if it also takes the cache).
and just a question to devs, is it even possible to cause boot loops by freezing bloat? I have never had such issues. I even froze my browser, the calendar, file manager, clock, and nearly every app in a clean AOSP build (did that for a benchmark once), and it hasn't bootlooped. Think there is something else? Some other factor?
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I have never seen or heard freezing bloat to cause boot loops. He froze something he shouldn't have. Try Odin back to stock then re-root or leave stock. Don't do things you don't understand.
It sounds like you froze something you shouldn't have like this poster said. Before freezing in titanium always make a nandroid backup and do a quick Google search to make sure it's safe to freeze.
Okay, what the hell?! Every now and again (usually when I'm running Dolphin Browser and/or trying to cut/copy/paste) I get a floating notification at the bottom of the screen that says 'shell has been granted Superuser permissions'! It flashes a few times and then my phone restarts. When it turns back on, I have to restart Juice Defender and SwiftKey (default keyboard ALWAYS comes back, even if I shut down or restart myself!) manually. I went into the Superuser application the other day and there was nothing in there by the name of 'shell.' In fact, the only two things I have granted Superuser permissions to are Titanium Backup and the Android System (is this the culprit, I wonder). Either way, this problem has become a real pain in my ass. It always happens at the most inconvenient times. I would really, REALLY appreciate a solution to this problem.
Also, I have my phone set up just the way I like it, as far as the layout and what not. I've only rooted my phone, I have not replaced the G/UI or OS. If I backup my phone on Kies, wipe it and restore the backup, will it restore the root, Superuser, etc? Or just my apps, data, UI layout and what not? I'm beginning to think that I don't know enough about rooting, or just have horrible luck with it, and need to just run the phone stock. Is there a way to root, delete bloatware and unroot?
Thanks in advance for the help! I appreciate it.
KL
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Seriously? No one knows anything about this? There's another post about the same problem that has also gone unanswered.
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Okay, what the hell?! Every now and again (usually when I'm running Dolphin Browser and/or trying to cut/copy/paste) I get a floating notification at the bottom of the screen that says 'shell has been granted Superuser permissions'! It flashes a few times and then my phone restarts. When it turns back on, I have to restart Juice Defender and SwiftKey (default keyboard ALWAYS comes back, even if I shut down or restart myself!) manually. I went into the Superuser application the other day and there was nothing in there by the name of 'shell.' In fact, the only two things I have granted Superuser permissions to are Titanium Backup and the Android System (is this the culprit, I wonder). Either way, this problem has become a real pain in my ass. It always happens at the most inconvenient times. I would really, REALLY appreciate a solution to this problem.
Also, I have my phone set up just the way I like it, as far as the layout and what not. I've only rooted my phone, I have not replaced the G/UI or OS. If I backup my phone on Kies, wipe it and restore the backup, will it restore the root, Superuser, etc? Or just my apps, data, UI layout and what not? I'm beginning to think that I don't know enough about rooting, or just have horrible luck with it, and need to just run the phone stock. Is there a way to root, delete bloatware and unroot?
Thanks in advance for the help! I appreciate it.
KL
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Does it happen every time you copy paste something? Have you tied other browsers to copy paste from?
Something could have happened during rooting. I assume you have a cusom recovery? I might try and flash Chainfire's root method found here http://download.chainfire.eu/324/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.30.zip It will just overwrite the supersu and the su binaries.
If that doesn't do anything for ya I would Odin back to the stock rooted ROM found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 and start over. Or try one of many great custom ROM that are available.
I don't know what else you could do. If you could get a logcat it would definitely help find out why you are having these issues, and actually solve them. There are plenty of resources on how to obtain a logcat here on xda. Or try an app from the store to save the logcat. PM me with the attachment and I will look at it for you.
I could be totally wrong. BUT I think its samsung doing it. When I denied it permissions it restarted. I did it again and it did the same. I think its intertwined b.c I never had it with AOSP roms
After I upgraded my LG G3 to 5.0 I decided to downgrade it back down to 4.4.2 because 5.0 was crashing randomly. After I got 4.4.2 installed back onto the phone, McAfee shows up automatically and wants a PIN. I never made one.
I can't factory reset the device, it tells me the kill switch is disabled. Also, USB download mode is also disabled by McAfee. I'm at a loss, what do I do?
I've tried 123456 and 000000 as some other members have tried, but they don't work.
Jaradice said:
After I upgraded my LG G3 to 5.0 I decided to downgrade it back down to 4.4.2 because 5.0 was crashing randomly. After I got 4.4.2 installed back onto the phone, McAfee shows up automatically and wants a PIN. I never made one.
I can't factory reset the device, it tells me the kill switch is disabled. Also, USB download mode is also disabled by McAfee. I'm at a loss, what do I do?
I've tried 123456 and 000000 as some other members have tried, but they don't work.
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I have the same problem, did you find the solution? please help me:crying:
Try flashing tot file for your model
montresor60 said:
Try flashing tot file for your model
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when i put the phone in dowload mode, this say that has been desible by killer switch
Try this:
- Go to: https://www.mcafeemobilesecurity.com.
- Click Forgot your PIN at the top of the page.
- A link with PIN reset instructions is the sent to your registered email.
- Follow the instructions to reset the PIN.
Jaradice said:
After I upgraded my LG G3 to 5.0 I decided to downgrade it back down to 4.4.2 because 5.0 was crashing randomly. After I got 4.4.2 installed back onto the phone, McAfee shows up automatically and wants a PIN. I never made one.
I can't factory reset the device, it tells me the kill switch is disabled. Also, USB download mode is also disabled by McAfee. I'm at a loss, what do I do?
I've tried 123456 and 000000 as some other members have tried, but they don't work.
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Hi. I think I can help you. Because I have the same problem ago and I solved it.
The way is :
1、reboot your phone again and again until mcafee not auto-start (trust me you can )
2、if you into the system without mcafee successful，Congratulations on your！You have achieved half of success！
3、download towelroot and installed to root your phone
4、after that. Your phone will restart ，then you have the same work likes step 1
5、download TitaniumBackup and installed，then find mcafee on TitaniumBackupal and unInstalled
6、then your phone will work normal，good luck for you.
(I am sorry my English is poor because I am come from China)
xbustama said:
when i put the phone in dowload mode, this say that has been desible by killer switch
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Of course. I did read your post but must have had a brain fart when responding.
Eenie_胜胜 said:
Hi. I think I can help you. Because I have the same problem ago and I solved it.
The way is :
1、reboot your phone again and again until mcafee not auto-start (trust me you can )
2、if you into the system without mcafee successful，Congratulations on your！You have achieved half of success！
3、download towelroot and installed to root your phone
4、after that. Your phone will restart ，then you have the same work likes step 1
5、download TitaniumBackup and installed，then find mcafee on TitaniumBackupal and unInstalled
6、then your phone will work normal，good luck for you.
(I am sorry my English is poor because I am come from China)
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I will try it, thanks a lot
xbustama said:
I will try it, thanks a lot
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I had to login and reset the PIN and it finally let me in. Now it's rooted and I got custom firmware on it. Great phone, but that McAfee crap shouldn't be a thing....
Thank you to everyone who tried to help
Kill Switch Disabled / Black Screen After Factory Data Reset
I just had this problem too; after Factory Data Reset ("FDR") from the "Settings" menu, I went thru setup, opened my Google Backup, watched my Apps reinstalling, then ended up with a black screen showing only the status indicators at the top, and the "Back" arrow at the bottom.
After trying hardware FDS a couple of times, I got a message saying "....Kill Switch Disabled" and then the black screen again.
It turned out that I had installed McAfee antivirus on my phone, including a feature (Kill Switch) which would prevent anyone who got hold of my phone from wiping it and re-selling it for someone else to use.
Once I realized this, all I had to do was log in to my McAfee for Android account from my computer and disable that setting. I don't remember the details of doing so, but it was fairly self-evident once I realized what was happening.
Good Luck
Eenie_胜胜 said:
Hi. I think I can help you. Because I have the same problem ago and I solved it.
The way is :
1、reboot your phone again and again until mcafee not auto-start (trust me you can )
2、if you into the system without mcafee successful，Congratulations on your！You have achieved half of success！
3、download towelroot and installed to root your phone
4、after that. Your phone will restart ，then you have the same work likes step 1
5、download TitaniumBackup and installed，then find mcafee on TitaniumBackupal and unInstalled
6、then your phone will work normal，good luck for you.
(I am sorry my English is poor because I am come from China)
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i can reboot phone without mcafee auto-start but it can't install everythink. and it doesn't matter install from google play or other sources.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...are-method-t3534946/post70470494#post70470494
While old, this is probably still relevant - I came here via a search, and found this to be the only way to resolve the McAfee lock. I was trying to downgrade an LG G3 D855 phone so that I could root it, and flashed a file that was supposed to be a stock ROM, D85510A_00.kdz, the oldest KitKat file for this phone. Big mistake, it had NcAfee installed and locked the phone. My McAfee was registered to an email address, and the only way to unlock it was to log on to "my" McAfee account, or have an email sent to this address. McAfee tech support had a very supportive attitude, but couldn't do anything as they didn't have the email address registered. They didn't know their own product too well, suggesting that if I managed to start in Safe Mode I could remove the McAfee app. Not so. Recovery and download modes reported that they had been disabled by the "kill switch". There was nothing I, or McAfee could do.
I came to this thread; the fundamental fact I learnt is that repeated rebooting eventually got the phone started without locking. It didn't work very well, presumably with McAfee using system resources as it tried to lock; it wasn't possible to install anything from the play store ("downloading" for 5 minutes or so until I gave up), and programs worked slowly and not very well with McAfee active and trying to do its thing.
The exact procedure listed here didn't work for me, but once I knew I could get into the phone by repeated restarting I could try anything; anyone reasonably familiar with Android should be able to cope with whatever the system throws up. I first installed Towelroot 3.0, which rooted the phone without needing a reboot I installed files by writing the .apks to the SD card on a computer. I installed the System 2 task manager, Titanium Backup application, and SuperSU at various times. I also installed Total Commander, my preferred file manager, though the built-in one might have been enough. The first thing to do to stop McAfee from undoing everything, once rooted to provide access to its file /system/priv-app/LGMcAfee.MobileSecurity.apk, was to stop the process with System2. (Until then I had done various things, but later found that McAfee had managed to undo them and resuscitate itself on next reboot.) After stopping the process, I deleted McAfee with Titanium Backup. That's the essential unlocking bit. I also installed the TWRP app and used it to flash the TWRP recovery. So I had a phone working well, rooted, with the earliest release of KitKat. Booting in factory reset mode and ignoring the warnings that everything will be deleted starts TWRP in the way I've been used to, and allowed me to restore a backup of the phone (or install a custom ROM).
[When repeatedly rebooting until McAfee doesn't kill, find something not very taxing to do, e.g. watch a video., so the time is not entirely wasted.]
[Added later]: instead of repeated rebooting, it's been suggested that if you manage to go to Settings > General after the boot process has finished but before McAfee has loaded (about 5"), McAfee will not fully start and you can do the root, terminate, remove process. As before the phone will be sluggish and not work properly, and the Play Store will not work, until McAfee is terminated. Put .apks on an SD card, or use a browser to download them from the phone.
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Great example of perseverance and not giving up. I probably would've. [emoji37][emoji36]
Kudos.
LG G3 D851, crDroidAndroid v4.6 ROM, microG (NoGapps), MultiROM, XDA Legacy
My fiancé's Xperia Z1 compact suddenly did a surprising factory reset by itself couple days ago. To my surprise SD card has been deleted in the process as well. The phone that in the trouser's pocket. The reason remains mystery...
I recovered most data from the SD card (pictures and music mainly). However, I made attempts to recover the data from the phone as well and among certain options I tried EaseUS MobiSaver. In the process it asked to root the phone using Kingo ROOT... and to be honest if I know what problems it's going to cause, I wouldn't dare to do it. Kingo ROOT rooted the phone, EaseUS performed the scan, by memory seem to be totally wiped, so nothing from pre-reset incarnation has been found. I entered the Kingo Superuser app and ask for unroot... and that's where my problems started. The root exists and all banking apps refuse to log in (obvious reason why I don't want root anymore).
I tried to figure out what my options are, and tried to use Kingo ROOT PC app to unroot, but that fails after couple minutes without giving the reason. I tried to install SuperSU to use it's mechanism to remove root traces, but it fails to update binaries and attempt to unroot only removes SuperSU... Root checkers still shows phone is rooted. Any clues how to let SuperSU do it's job in such case?
Now, question is if anybody knows a method to wipe out damage done by Kingo ROOT using adb to restore the phone into state without root? I personally didn't touch bootloader, however I don't know what method Kingo applies to perform rooting (any clues?).
Next question to more experienced users is if I reflash the phone using Flash tool (I identified stock firmware already) am I going to face any bad side effects? Any advice, hints, clues here? What to avoid? How to do it right? Are data already collected back on the phone would remain intact? Can I eventually backup all of them (networks setting, sync setting, contacts, etc.) and restore easily?
I've seen some posts mentioning using repair option in PC companion to destructively reflash the phone to get rid of the root. Can anyone share experience?
Manneveru said:
My fiancé's Xperia Z1 compact suddenly did a surprising factory reset by itself couple days ago. To my surprise SD card has been deleted in the process as well. The phone that in the trouser's pocket. The reason remains mystery...
I recovered most data from the SD card (pictures and music mainly). However, I made attempts to recover the data from the phone as well and among certain options I tried EaseUS MobiSaver. In the process it asked to root the phone using Kingo ROOT... and to be honest if I know what problems it's going to cause, I wouldn't dare to do it. Kingo ROOT rooted the phone, EaseUS performed the scan, by memory seem to be totally wiped, so nothing from pre-reset incarnation has been found. I entered the Kingo Superuser app and ask for unroot... and that's where my problems started. The root exists and all banking apps refuse to log in (obvious reason why I don't want root anymore).
I tried to figure out what my options are, and tried to use Kingo ROOT PC app to unroot, but that fails after couple minutes without giving the reason. I tried to install SuperSU to use it's mechanism to remove root traces, but it fails to update binaries and attempt to unroot only removes SuperSU... Root checkers still shows phone is rooted. Any clues how to let SuperSU do it's job in such case?
Now, question is if anybody knows a method to wipe out damage done by Kingo ROOT using adb to restore the phone into state without root? I personally didn't touch bootloader, however I don't know what method Kingo applies to perform rooting (any clues?).
Next question to more experienced users is if I reflash the phone using Flash tool (I identified stock firmware already) am I going to face any bad side effects? Any advice, hints, clues here? What to avoid? How to do it right? Are data already collected back on the phone would remain intact? Can I eventually backup all of them (networks setting, sync setting, contacts, etc.) and restore easily?
I've seen some posts mentioning using repair option in PC companion to destructively reflash the phone to get rid of the root. Can anyone share experience?
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I don't know exactly what you want to preserve, (if it's in the realm of photos / music or more in the realm of app data, etc), but I think if I were you, and I wanted to use the phone for daily, secure personal use, I would use official Sony and/or Google backup functions, (built into the phone), and then flash using Emma, (official Sony flash tool - https://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/how-to-download-and-install-the-flash-tool/), or use Androxyde Flashtool if you want. Then go back to the same Sony / Google app you backed up with, and restore. Anything that's restored from Kingo will be easy to delete, since it will only be /data and not /system.
I used Link2SD to uninstall Kingo ROOT