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"handle programs" repeatedly FC's - what can I do?

Hi people!
All of a sudden going into "handle programs" in settings on my HTC Desire force closes com.android.settings. BAM! I've tried rebooting several times, no difference. Even tried uninstalling the last application I installed but it still force closes. Now uninstalling through the market works fine, so it does through the astro program handler, but why does my core settings app all of a sudden crash bigtime?
I've not rooted the device and I don't have much fishy stuff on it, the most fishy thing I guess is the HTC IME modded keyboard from jonasl that adds the microphone button and a milllion other neafty tricks. I'm not sure if this started happening then or later. Any ideas?
Kristian

I had the same issue. I had been installing ALL sorts. I had to back up what I could and do a factory restore to resolve it.
I hadn't installed the Voice Search workaround yet at that point so it wasn't that. I think I narrowed it down to one of the app killer programs. I uninstalled that and it's been solid since. On top of that I never really gave the phone a chance without it and now I have there was no need for it in the first place.

Aitese said:
I had the same issue. I had been installing ALL sorts. I had to back up what I could and do a factory restore to resolve it.
I hadn't installed the Voice Search workaround yet at that point so it wasn't that. I think I narrowed it down to one of the app killer programs. I uninstalled that and it's been solid since. On top of that I never really gave the phone a chance without it and now I have there was no need for it in the first place.
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- So you found it was one SPECIFIC program that when being installed caused this problem? That's what I am gussing too, I just don't know WHICH program.
Did just uninstalling that particular program fix the issue or did you have to do the factory restore to fix it even after uninstalling the offending program?

Locale may cause this behavious, do youhave that installed?

le3ky said:
Locale may cause this behavious, do youhave that installed?
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I was smiling when I read this because I was just thinking "could it be locale, that was recently installed", and YES not only is it installed but it's one of the prime suspects, timewise.
It's the beta version that apparently still works here in sweden where there is no pay market. So that program is known to cause this, crap! I'd really prefer keeping it as it's my "don't bother me at night" app. Is it known to cause any other problems or just the fact that the stock progarm handler app FC's?

TigerSoul925 said:
- So you found it was one SPECIFIC program that when being installed caused this problem? That's what I am gussing too, I just don't know WHICH program.
Did just uninstalling that particular program fix the issue or did you have to do the factory restore to fix it even after uninstalling the offending program?
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Well I like I said, I think it could have been that program. My problem was only solved after the restore. I put back everything else but that one app and it's fine.

Ok so I did uninstall locale, nothing changed, I scratched my head, and cursed. Then I also installed the two plugins I had installed for it, namely the battery/charging plugin and the all vols plugin and guess what? TAADAA it works again as expected. Either it was locale in combination with those plugins or one of the plugins themselves.
I don't really care which because I just found "settings profiles" which is everything locale is bundled into one program and as a matter of fact I only need one rule making this free for me, great!
Still don't know which of the plugins or locale or combination caused this but I guess this is a word of caution to others going down a similar road.

i've been getting similar errors and i DID have locale installed but i'vs since uninstalled it and the plugins and it's still broken. :-(

guess I was lucky then, make sure you uninstall ALL plugins for it, for me it related 100% to locale or it's plugin (or both).

Android Device Manager - Not Locating Phone

I noticed today that the ADM does not locate my phone anymore. I dont think I installed anything out of the ordinary that would cause location problems. just general apps/games, rooted, xposed framework....
3rd party apps find my phone fine, just not ADM. I tried this method --> Android Device Manager Not Locating Phone Fix however it proved futile as well.
Any suggestions?..Or is anyone else facing this problem?
Thanks for the assistance.

I am running into the same issue as well.. The other day I tried following several guides to get to work, but in the end I signed into and out of my google account a few times, went into my google settings online and deleted all my old mobile devices, and eventually ADM starting working properly.
Unfortunately I just checked it today and ADM can't locate my device again. I don't know what the issue is now or how to fix it and keep it working.

Just tested with a ZF2 and ADM worked fine here.
ZF2 4GB
No Root
FW: Z00A-2.17.40.12_20150515_6168
- Steve

Hmm well I'll be getting another ZenFone shortly and I'll be giving my gf this one.. I'll factory reset it first n see if it makes a difference.. will respond according to the results
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[AFTV1] I can't access my apps library.

Hey all.
So I have a previously rooted FTV that is now unrooted and on 5.0.5.
Everything was great until just a couple of hours ago when I sideloaded Kodi via Apps2Fire. Everything seemed OK at first, but I quickly found after about 5 minutes that when on the main screen, I am unable to access the "Apps" section. When I scroll down to it, I am redirected up a couple of entries to "Movies." If I scroll up to the "Apps" section from beneath it, I am redirected down a couple of entries to "Photos." I tried a factory reset, but that did nothing for me.
What can I do?
I'd greatly appreciate any help that can be provided.

I'm seeing exactly the same behavior on a Fire Gen 1 and a Fire Stick. I had Kodi installed on both. I also tried a factory reset on one with no change.
So I can't help, but you're not alone .

Exactly same problem never rooted mine tho did. factory reset still same problem

Quicklyfrozen and skytcam, when did this issue start for you two?

I noticed it about an hour ago maybe a little more

justin526 said:
Quicklyfrozen and skytcam, when did this issue start for you two?
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I just noticed it today, but I don't normally use the apps category (usually just pick something from the recents list).
A couple days ago (probably Saturday) I noticed that my LLama + Classic TV solution wasn't working anymore to launch Kodi so I assume the software was updated around then. After searching for a bit on that issue, I read that side loaded apps were supposed to show up on the app list now so I thought I'd check it out (and found it broken).
BTW, I've never rooted either device, just enabled ADB and side-loaded Kodi and LLama.

I'm having the same problem. It only started early. This afternoon. I tried everything that others have tried but nothing doing.
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Well then, I'm hopeful that this is a temporary issue on Amazon's side and that they'll resolve it. I guess we'll see.

Seems to have resolved itself on both my devices. Must have been a server side issue.
And after side-loading it again, Kodi does show up in the "My apps library" list.

Yep it's suddenly working on mine too. Hopefully it's all worked out.
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I had to deregister and sign back in and it worked

My apps library suddenly won't let me access it either.
My Fire TV suddenly started redirecting me to the movies or music sections every time I tried to click on the apps section. I haven't found a solution to get the apps tile function back, but it is simple to get around this sudden annoyance. I simply went to settings, then applications, scrolled down to manage applications, then scrolled down to the exact app I wished to open and hit the first choice, which was launch application. It was a round about way to open my favorite apps, but they still open and work fine with this method. I hope this helps.

Amazon appstore on Fire phone gives a blank page with cryptic error message

Fire phone appstore unusable since today, with blank page & partially readable message:
The introspection has more information.
I was using Google play store before, but phone dialling stopped working, so I reset phone, & it worked ok until today, with appstore issue.
Resetting didn't solve the problem.
Anyone having this problem? Fix?

The layout you specified doesn't exist for this page. The introspection...
nabil2000 said:
Fire phone appstore unusable since today, with blank page & partially readable message:
The introspection has more information.
I was using Google play store before, but phone dialling stopped working, so I reset phone, & it worked ok until today, with appstore issue.
Resetting didn't solve the problem.
Anyone having this problem? Fix?
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This is the full message I get:
The layout you specified doesn't exist for this page.
The introspection has more information.
I used Mayday on the phone & got a technician online. He tried hard, but could not solve the problem, asked me to reset to factory defaults which I had done already, so re-did.
Still the problem persists.
I can access apps installation using other shortcuts, but all main menus of app headers section give a blank page with that message.
Technician promised he will call back, but did not.

Debugging -
Creating then using a new Amazon account yields a working Appstore app.
So the problem is with the original account I hold with Amazon.
Technicians from Amazon have no clue as to how to fix this, & referred me to the Appstore team, who will get back to me in a few days... LOL!

Having that problem too. First it worked, but one day stopped working on both phones I have. Well, at least I have Google store working.

Solved - Appstore app fix (for me)
Only geeks & nerds would obsess about getting an app to work until it does - either way, it is fixed, the Appstore app on my Amazon Fire phone -
I downloaded the latest stock rom, put it in the sdcard, rebooted to the recover menu (Vol+ & off switch), chose adb side load, force switched off...
After switching back on, the stock rom bin file was deleted from sdcard, & the Amazon Fire phone Appstore app was fixed.
I kept a copy of the latest stock rom just in case.
I gather there was file corruption, & the system recovered itself by using what was needed from the rom.
andrei80 said:
Having that problem too. First it worked, but one day stopped working on both phones I have. Well, at least I have Google store working.
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Keyboard No show

Okay, I'd like to start out with saying that I have Samsung note 10 plus. I may even be in the wrong forum for this question, which I apologise in advance.
I really need you guys help. I'm not sure if it's something I did having installed the app Package Disabler, (and mostly disabling things that I felt were Samsung bloated apps)
but after I did this and restarted my phone, the keyboard is missing. Now, I can't input my password to open my phone. I've Googled around and found some solutions, but they're all dated back in 2017 and things have changed since then.
1. using a wired keyboard or a micro USB adapter just to use it to access the keyboard part which would allow me to open up my phone since my phone hasn't a keyboard at the moment.
2. My only option now is the emergency call button. One suggestion was to dial #211 and that would miraculously do the trick. People were raving about that one, but then again that post was from 2017. lol! I tried it and got nada.
3. I even tried the wipe cache partition and that still doesn't work. I don't want to master reset my phone AGAIN. I just updated it, two ago.
Do you have any other suggestion???

taiowa72 said:
Okay, I'd like to start out with saying that I have Samsung note 10 plus. I may even be in the wrong forum for this question, which I apologise in advance.
I really need you guys help. I'm not sure if it's something I did having installed the app Package Disabler, (and mostly disabling things that I felt were Samsung bloated apps)
but after I did this and restarted my phone, the keyboard is missing. Now, I can't input my password to open my phone. I've Googled around and found some solutions, but they're all dated back in 2017 and things have changed since then.
1. using a wired keyboard or a micro USB adapter just to use it to access the keyboard part which would allow me to open up my phone since my phone hasn't a keyboard at the moment.
2. My only option now is the emergency call button. One suggestion was to dial #211 and that would miraculously do the trick. People were raving about that one, but then again that post was from 2017. lol! I tried it and got nada.
3. I even tried the wipe cache partition and that still doesn't work. I don't want to master reset my phone AGAIN. I just updated it, two ago.
Do you have any other suggestion???
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Install a keyboard app to your phone by signing in to the play store from another computer?

taiowa72 said:
Okay, I'd like to start out with saying that I have Samsung note 10 plus. I may even be in the wrong forum for this question, which I apologise in advance.
I really need you guys help. I'm not sure if it's something I did having installed the app Package Disabler, (and mostly disabling things that I felt were Samsung bloated apps)
but after I did this and restarted my phone, the keyboard is missing. Now, I can't input my password to open my phone. I've Googled around and found some solutions, but they're all dated back in 2017 and things have changed since then.
1. using a wired keyboard or a micro USB adapter just to use it to access the keyboard part which would allow me to open up my phone since my phone hasn't a keyboard at the moment.
2. My only option now is the emergency call button. One suggestion was to dial #211 and that would miraculously do the trick. People were raving about that one, but then again that post was from 2017. lol! I tried it and got nada.
3. I even tried the wipe cache partition and that still doesn't work. I don't want to master reset my phone AGAIN. I just updated it, two ago.
Do you have any other suggestion???
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Firstly ,
if you have read some of my previous post, i have warned about the possibility that disabling ,
apps eg with a package disabler , can have a "knock on" effect .
Anyway ,disabling what is bloat to you, can be linked to another device function/ system app ??
This is the reason i stopped using a package disabler .
The knock on effects can be various .....??
eg ..system apps can be corrupted or not working .. excessive battery drain ....etc
Nowadays , I only disable apps in the Device/Settings /Apps/....
All i can suggest is ..if you can ??/ ..enable all the apps you disabled with the Package disabler
Double check that you have and maybe do a "clean" factory reset afterwards .???
Do not import any backed up Device settings or data ..as it could have been corrupted
Good luck .