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[Q] App Install/Uninstall & Text Message Errors (Cyanogenmod 6.1.1 rooted)

Good Afternoon,
I'm having some issues with my MyTouch 3g Slide, and I was wondering if anyone could do me a huge favor and help me out. I just recently got this phone about a month and a half ago, and just rooted it about a month ago (using the new root method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754020), so I apologize for any noobness. I tried searching the forums, but I haven't been able to find anyone with this issue, so I figured I'd rather ask to see if anyone knows what to do, before I start trying methods for similar issues to fix it. Anyways, here goes:
Short version: Installed apps from market, got low space error from excess apps. Moved some with "apps2sdpro" to sd card. Next day, apps wouldn't install/uninstall, apps moved to SD card weren't showing up (SD card itself was accessible though), camera froze up after taking a few pictures and black screened on reopening after force close. Rebooted phone, received text messages which were clearly sent hours ago (yet had signal & made calls during time), sometime after moving apps. Factory reset didn't fix issues. Restored Nandroid of original stock backup, then reflashed Cyanogenmod again. Error seemed to be fixed. Next day, started moving some apps to SD again, no noticable issues (aside from weak wifi connection). Afterwards, problems installing/uninstalling apps & receiving texts again.
Longer, more detailed version:
A couple of nights ago, I was downloading some apps from the app market, and my phone started popping up a low memory storage error, so I decided to go on a purge, and move almost all of my apps to my SD card using "apps2sdpro", including the ones that according to the program, were "phone-only". I'm not sure what, but unbeknownst to me at the time, apparently something got messed up with my phone in the process. The next day, everything seemed to be working fine, though I still had a low memory storage indicator, because I didn't get a chance to move all the apps over yet. I was taking some pictures with the phone, and the camera program force closed on me after a few pictures. I tried restarting it a few times, and it would just bring up a black screen. So I figured maybe it's the low memory, and tried to move and uninstall some of the apps. Any app I tried uninstalling, just hung on the "Uninstalling..." screen. So I tried Installing some apps that I put on my sd card after downloading to my computer, and the same hanging thing, except with the installing screen. I also noticed that all the apps that I had moved to the SD card weren't showing up on my app list. When I went to the apps2sd program, no apps were showing up on my SD card, and all the apps that I could move to the SD card had "0" memory size in the phone apps section. So I restarted my phone, thinking it was just a bug. As soon as my phone came back on, I received a number of texts apparently from hours ago, one of which I know my girlfriend had sent me the night before based on the content, but I had signal all morning, and even made a few calls earlier without problems. I did a factory restore, but that still didn't seem to fix the problem. So, I restored the Nandroid backup that I made before originally flashing Cyanogenmod, then reflashed Cyanogenmod and gapps onto my phone. Everything seemed to be working fine again, so I assumed whatever the issue was, I fixed it. The next day, I started moving some apps to my sd card, and everything seemed to be working fine. Yet when I woke up today morning, I once again couldn't install/uninstall any apps, regardless of size, and after doing a factory reset, I received a text message which my friend had sent me hours ago. So that's where I stand now.
My system information, if it helps:
Phone: T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
Android Version: 2.2.1
Kernel Version: 2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod [email protected] #1
Mod Version: CyanogenMod-6.1.1-Slide
Build Number: FRG83
Once again, I apologize for any noobness, or if I missed something obvious, but I would really appreciate it if someone could help me. I'd rather ask someone that's probably been doing this for some time, and knows what they're doing, rather than try to start taking pokes at it myself, and potentially do more harm than good. If you guys need any additional information I forgot to mention, please let me know. Thanks in advance for any help. ^_^

Did you wipe data/cache between re-installs?

Nope, only after the initial root. I saw something in one of the forums saying not to wipe out the contents because it bricks the phone or something, so I assumed that you're not supposed to do it after the initial root. ~__~

It will not brick your phone, I've done it numerous times. I'd bet that will fix your problems. Wipe data and cache in clockworkmod recovery and reflash cyanogenmod and gapps.

Thanks for the help! I've been really busy, so I just got around to trying that last night. I wiped both the cache and the data, reflashed cyanogen and gapps, and everything seems to be working fine for now, and hopefully it stays that way. The phone seemed a bit buggy at first, having trouble getting signal, but after I rebooted it again, it was working. The problem usually hides for a day or so when I think it's fixed, so I might have to try something else, but either way, I appreciate the help & reply. ^_^

[Q] Need options for odd situation

Okay, so this may get a little long winded. I used to have an incredible but gave it to my GF when I upgraded to my Thunderbolt. I was rooted so I have been flashing the new versions of stock as they were released. She is on the latest build of Gingerbread, and it was working fine since I flashed it. However she has been getting the stupid low disk space error (even though she's got 6 gigs free on both internal and external storage). I am currently away on business for two months, and she needs to get this problem addressed. Well this morning she can no longer receive text messages. So I told her to kiss her stuff goodbye, and had her wipe data/cache and reinstall the newest stock rom. She still can't receive text messages. What are my options? I don't know if I could walk her through how to get back to stock (un rooted for the OTA), she isn't very computer literate and doesnt have ADB on her laptop. Anyone have any suggestions? Would going unrooted and getting the official update even help? Can I just send her an RUU in zip form to flash back to stock? She's freaking out, thus making my life horrible. Any help is really appreciated.

grimez said:
Okay, so this may get a little long winded. I used to have an incredible but gave it to my GF when I upgraded to my Thunderbolt. I was rooted so I have been flashing the new versions of stock as they were released. She is on the latest build of Gingerbread, and it was working fine since I flashed it. However she has been getting the stupid low disk space error (even though she's got 6 gigs free on both internal and external storage). I am currently away on business for two months, and she needs to get this problem addressed. Well this morning she can no longer receive text messages. So I told her to kiss her stuff goodbye, and had her wipe data/cache and reinstall the newest stock rom. She still can't receive text messages. What are my options? I don't know if I could walk her through how to get back to stock (un rooted for the OTA), she isn't very computer literate and doesnt have ADB on her laptop. Anyone have any suggestions? Would going unrooted and getting the official update even help? Can I just send her an RUU in zip form to flash back to stock? She's freaking out, thus making my life horrible. Any help is really appreciated.
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Well, my gf has a HTC Desire, which has 147MB set aside for app data, and she started getting this with just two Market apps installed...an issue that plagues that device. This was on 2.2!
I rooted her phone, and since she had all of her contacts as Phone contacts, the size it took up was over 87MB. I moved all of her contacts to Google, cleared the Contacts cache, re-synced Google, and her low storage warnings went away. I also stopped Facebook from syncing contact information as well. So now she is able to install more apps, and the issues haven't come back since.
I realize that this is a different phone, but maybe if she has a lot of phone contacts, and those are syncing up with FaceBook, could be causing issues?

I thought that too, so after she wiped and reinstalled the ROM I had her not set up Facebook. Another interesting thing, she can send all the texts she wants, but still cant receive any. I don't know what to tell her...

[Q] Question RE Random Reboots and Freezing on stock 4.4.2

I have read around regarding this problem without luck, and hope that someone can advise if I have missed anything.
I used to use this phone and as I liked to tweak it was running a custom rom (think it was Wanams). Anyway I got an upgrade ages ago, and my wife carried on using the phone for a while. As she just needs a standard rom I recently decided to factory reset and use Odin to flash the newest stock rom (N7100XXUFNE1 - UK). This is when the problems started. Initially the Wifi wouldn't come on, but after factory resetting and using the Samsung Updater in Kies I finally managed to get Wifi back. Then, while setting it up and installing apps from the Play store it started freezing and had to be rebooted every 5 or 10 mins. Finally after doing this a couple of times, all the apps were installed and after leaving it to "settle" it seemed to be better. Now however, 2 or 3 times a day, when playing games or using other apps, it will just reboot.
What I have tried is:
* I have tried clearing cache through the stock recovery
* Tried a number of Factory Resets
* After reading about the SDS problem I have tried running the "dummy file generator" to fill the internal memory and this completes ok. I guess this means that although I have memory that is/was susceptible I applied the original SDS fix early enough with the custom rom that all the memory is still ok?
As I have the newest bootloader I can't downgrade that, but as I don't care about triggering Knox I was thinking of rooting and installing a custom rom to see if any of the other Kernels help?
Has anyone got any idea's what could be causing this and what I can do to fix it?
Thanks.

Galaxy Note 10.1 SM-P600 Reboot Loop

Hi All,
Having some issues with my Galaxy Note 10.1 which I've had for quite a while now. It's rooted but with Android 5.0 stock rom and a custom kernel.
Just now (like 20mins ago) I tried to enable Adblock plus app, the app said it can't automatically change the settings - even though SuperSU was installed and had no issues with it previously. So like all things thought I'd give it a reboot that ought to clear it out. That didn't work, so tried clearing cache (Dalvik/ART/Cache), Still no joy.
I'm a s/w engineer, but not and android/bootloader expert, so I've tried to grab the dmesg and boot logs which I've attached, I've got some stuff on the internal SD (app data) which I'd like to keep, hence I'm not going for the full wipe.
Please take a look at the logs and see if you can determine how to fix this issue, my initial thoughts were there are some issues with the flash storage (bad sectors/partition table?), if I could grab the image and dd the image again I'd be OK - but I don't know much about about android boot loader/kernel etc so can't say.

Ok it has been fixed by wiping data - but I've lost my data and installed apps!
Is there anyway to find out which file/app is causing the boot loop so I can restore data, delete the offending file?

Well, I shall give a bump to this topic, with a little more info. Though probably not really useful.
First I had stock 5.1.1 deodex pre root etc ROM that, after I tried to insert a nano sim card (mine is a 601 3G model) that got stuck, it entered on a bootloop, I had to open it, take the sim card out, and it was still on a boot loop. Tried to install another image, still bootloop, tried to reinstall the original one I had, still bootloop, wiped data, worked fine.
Then almost 2 weeks later, everything worked fine, went to watch a video, the sound was mute, tried to turn it on but everything looked fine, decided to restart because it would probably fix the problem. Got a bootloop. Wiped the data, everything was fine again.
Now, a little more than 2 weeks later, seems like the wifi is not working, thought all my other devices are, guess it's the same problem, decided to restart it, and bootloop again. I'm currently trying to update my TWRP, and gonna try a different ROM, and wait to see if something like that happens, until then, I wonder what could be happening... I remembered an Asus Device that I had that had different firmware versions for 4.4 and 4.1, so if I tried to flash a 4.4 on a 4.1 firmware it wouldn't work, and for downgrade, the same problem happened, and wondered if Samsung has some difference between versions 4 and 5.

ssj4maiko Let me know if you find a more stable rom - I went back to pretty much stock, but with root as I wanted to use all the Samsung apps, but this constant random bootloops are annoying!

Fixing odd 4G/Data/SMS/MMS problems

DON'T PANIC!
I own two Verizon note 4 devices. You could call me a flash-a-holic. I love this stuff and really love my Note 4. It's the best phone I've ever seen with great features that many newer ones do not have. However, you already know that ... so I'll dispense with the speech. Before any of you think I'm new to this stuff, I should say I've been flashing devices since 2005 with my old Windows Mobile devices. I also manage a total of seven Note 4 devices from Verizon, five of which are on my own plan. My neighbor has the other two because they loved mine so much.
Recently, I've been playing around with some of the International ROMS, particularly the Note 7 and S8 ports in the Snapdragon section. I really love those for the scrolling snapshots and S8 launcher (even though I use Nova on my daily device). However, after flashing so many of those and having to use a variety of data fixes to get 4G working, I seemed to have messed up my device. I was having really odd issues, like going from 1X, 3G, 4G, to disabled for several minutes before it would settle and finally connect. I also had issues with text messaging. It would work fine, for a while. Then it stopped receiving messages, but I could still send. I messed with APN settings, which didn't help. I flashed more data fixes and APN fixes I found. Nothing really fixed it. So I figured it was the SIM card. I went to Verizon and admitted it was a custom ROM, but he could see that obviously. He gave me a new SIM card, yet I still had the same trouble. After a reboot, it wouldn't settle on a connection for about three minutes, sometimes more. I still was unable to receive text messages (including MMS) on that device. Even a Nandroid backup did not fix the problem.
Here's what I did to fix it.
I decided it was probably best for me to restore back to stock and go through the rooting process again. Ugh... but I love my phones. I'd do anything to keep them going. Instead of using ODIN to restore back to the original stock, I used the Safe Upgrade for 6.0.1 found below. It's been fixed so it does not lock the bootloader again, but restores everything else to stock, but you get to keep TWRP recovery.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...firmware-safe-upgrade-to-marshmallow-t3402727
I let it boot and go through the process (without signing into anything). Immediately, I realized that my data/4G problems went away. It never flickered even once. I let it sit for 15 minutes once it finished it's initial setup and rebooted back into RECOVERY to flash Kevin's Flashpoint kernel. That gave me root again with Magisk. After a full reboot, I then went into DOWNLOAD MODE and flashed the newest modem (CQI2) using ODIN. Then it was time to settle on a ROM for my use. This time I decided to go back to another International ROM and it appears I'm good to go. Just remember, the Verizon Voicemail app won't be included and usually won't work with an International ROM. I've tried and only was able to get it to work on one of them. It runs, but just will not connect to Verizon properly to access your voicemail. I'd love to find a real fix for that.
Ah... it's good to be working again. Now I can use Titanium Backup to restore my apps and data. BUT I DO NOT RECOMMEND RESTORING SYSTEM DATA. It can only cause problems.
Just a few suggestions for anyone having issues. ALWAYS keep several files on your PC/Device for this type of recovery.
1. Keep the Safe Upgrade to Marshmallow 6.0.1. image. It will be your lifesaver in case something goes wrong.
2. Keep a good working kernel (of your choosing). I prefer @kevintm78 Flashpoint Kernel. It restores Magisk v14 and almost always passes SafetyNet. I keep both stock and port versions on hand (just in case).
3. Keep a good ROM or two (also of your choosing) in order to reinstall a ROM you prefer to use.
4. Keep a working data fix to flash if you're using one of the ported ROMs. Not all are created equal, nor the same at all. Not all of them work. I recommend the Aurora N7 Data fix (Alpha 5 for my N910V): https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69066109&postcount=2681
5. Keep the latest version of ODIN around. You'll need it from time to time.
Last but not least ... try this fix before you start blowing up the forums with questions and complaints about problems you have. I've found that most of the odd problems people experience are caused by using Titanium Backup to restore system settings created from another ROM, or trying to add different mods, which cause issues. Don't blame the developer for issues that you have that no one else has reported. Most likely, it has nothing to do with their software. It's probably something you installed or restored from a previous backup. You can let those old text messages and phone history go.
If you use Titanium Backup, only store system data IF you are using the exact same ROM as before. Otherwise you will experience problems.
I was sure my Note 4 was ready for disposal after the cellular issues I was experiencing. However I'm happy to report it's good as gold now. I'm not sure how much longer these devices will work for us, but I'll never freely get rid of mine. Besides, who else can fix the TV in the bar when the bartender loses the remote? Not very many devices these days have IR Blasters installed. I've used mine at least a hundred times for that very reason. But that's only one reason for loving this device. I could go on, but you already know that Samsung made the best device with the Note 4 models.
I hope this info helps anyone having problems after flashing so many different ROMs. I know, it's hard to settle on only one. Happy flashing and remember ... DON'T PANIC!