Lollipop Upgrade erased all Private Mode photos!?!?!?!? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4

As the title said, that is my issue!!! Anyone else having this problem / can they suggest any solutions?!!?! Am I screwed?!?! I had many important photos that may be gone forever :crying:

Toxicoblivion said:
As the title said, that is my issue!!! Anyone else having this problem / can they suggest any solutions?!!?! Am I screwed?!?! I had many important photos that may be gone forever :crying:
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Lol now that is funny xD did you lose your dirty pictures? (Don't answer)
But I have no idea how to help sorry... I disable OTA... wish I could help tho...
Is there a private setting? Cause the pictures should b still there, cause in kitkat private mode put them in a partition.
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nemopsp said:
Lol now that is funny xD did you lose your dirty pictures? (Don't answer)
But I have no idea how to help sorry... I disable OTA... wish I could help tho...
Is there a private setting? Cause the pictures should b still there, cause in kitkat private mode put them in a partition.
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Do you know the name of the partition? The option is still there but nothing new pops up in gallery, however I can add a new private picture and have it show/disappear on command. And i was so excited in getting the lollipop OTA, i skipped some of the regular prep list before upgrading out of sheer excitement :crying:

So they're still here, just not accessible through gallery. Should I unprivate or zip them? There aren't really any other available options than that

Toxicoblivion said:
So they're still here, just not accessible through gallery. Should I unprivate or zip them? There aren't really any other available options than that
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I'm not sure but you should try to unprivate them to see if you can retrieve them and re private them in gallery
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nemopsp said:
I'm not sure but you should try to unprivate them to see if you can retrieve them and re private them in gallery
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Trying a test batch of 10.

Toxicoblivion said:
Trying a test batch of 10.
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Goodluck! Can you even view the in MyFiles?
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nemopsp said:
Goodluck! Can you even view the in MyFiles?
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Unprivating them through the stock file manager didnt change them back to their original form, just literally moved the encrypted (i assume thats how it works) files from the protected private partition to the unprotected partition of the sd card, without unencrypting them. So still no better off than i was before. A reboot didnt work either.:crying:

Toxicoblivion said:
Unprivating them through the stock file manager didnt change them back to their original form, just literally moved the encrypted (i assume thats how it works) files from the protected private partition to the unprotected partition of the sd card, without unencrypting them. So still no better off than i was before. A reboot didnt work either.:crying:
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Well sorry for the loss tho good to kno if I update...
It's just a idea, but you can try to put them on your sd card, use Odin downgrade back to 4.4.4 then put them in private an try to unprivate them and see if it works but it's a long shot...
plus would take alot of time, maybe there is a app on the play store?
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nemopsp said:
Well sorry for the loss tho good to kno if I update...
It's just a idea, but you can try to put them on your sd card, use Odin downgrade back to 4.4.4 then put them in private an try to unprivate them and see if it works but it's a long shot...
plus would take alot of time, maybe there is a app on the play store?
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Is this even possible on this variant? What would I lose by doing this? And any suggestions as far as apps?

Toxicoblivion said:
Is this even possible on this variant? What would I lose by doing this? And any suggestions as far as apps?
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Yes it's possible there is a post 5.0.1 back to 4.4.4 in the general threads
But you'd lose everything it's factory reset, which is y you'd have to back up everything on sd card
And y I say it may not b worth it since, I can't say it would work... Just a idea... Next idea is mayb app on Google play
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Just realized I have the same issue. This really sucks
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Damn, the same thing just happened to me. When I activate Private Mode, I can see it mount files under /storage/Private but they are renamed and look to be encrypted. How did this get past any kind of testing???

I tried activating KNOX to see if that helped. Doesn't look like it did. I can see why Sammy decided to disable it by default...runs much smoother.
However, unfortunate for all those private photos seemingly lost.

Searching around I found Galaxy S5 users that complained of this same thing happening when they went to Lollipop. So it looks like this was a known issue! But they have no solution either that I could find.

Does Android have a history of listening to user complaints and coming out with a fix in the near future?
Some way to unencrypt them..

Same thing happened to me. Had anyone had luck downgrading and unencrypting that way? Can we report the issue to samsung? I lost a ton of important info for my job.

I have the same problem.

I was talking to samsung support via twitter. They said that in the next FOTA it will import the previous encrypted files...

ADubz10 said:
I was talking to samsung support via twitter. They said that in the next FOTA it will import the previous encrypted files...
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Did they happen to say when that would be?

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[Q] Does Tacoroot Method Erase Your Data?

Does the Tacoroot method described here erase all your data (apps, texts, call log, etc)? I've done some searching but haven't found a definitive answer.
Thanks!
Yes because it downgrades your ota version
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Copy that, just wanted to make sure. Was going to do it for a co-worker but they don't want to lose all their data. Can't have your cake and eat it too There's not really a sure way to tell if the Google automatic backup thing will restore apps and data when I get the phone working again is there? Just losing texts and call log is not a big deal.
nitsua98 said:
Yes because it downgrades your ota version
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adoublearonn said:
Copy that, just wanted to make sure. Was going to do it for a co-worker but they don't want to lose all their data. Can't have your cake and eat it too There's not really a sure way to tell if the Google automatic backup thing will restore apps and data when I get the phone working again is there? Just losing texts and call log is not a big deal.
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You can back those things up with go backup I think...it doesn't need root like tibu afaik
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Afaik?
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Afaik?
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As far as I know.
Not sure if go backup can do data, thought you had to have root for that. Contacts will be saved if they are synced with Google, if not there are apps for it, messages can be backed up, really all you're losing is app data. If you do want to try out a different root method that won't wipe your data, shoot me a PM and I'll hook you up tomorrow morning, it hasn't been tested yet.
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prototype7 said:
As far as I know.
Not sure if go backup can do data, thought you had to have root for that. Contacts will be saved if they are synced with Google, if not there are apps for it, messages can be backed up, really all you're losing is app data. If you do want to try out a different root method that won't wipe your data, shoot me a PM and I'll hook you up tomorrow morning, it hasn't been tested yet.
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Ye he says he's doing it for a coworker...so he probably doesn't want to risk bricking the phone.
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prototype7 said:
As far as I know.
Not sure if go backup can do data, thought you had to have root for that. Contacts will be saved if they are synced with Google, if not there are apps for it, messages can be backed up, really all you're losing is app data. If you do want to try out a different root method that won't wipe your data, shoot me a PM and I'll hook you up tomorrow morning, it hasn't been tested yet.
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Is this different root method going to be public soon?
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bc13 said:
Is this different root method going to be public soon?
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As soon as someone tests it and it works.
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If their data is worth 6 bucks, I am pretty sure titanium pro can backup data on unrooted phones now, but can only restore to rooted. You'd have to go look into it more for the details.
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As soon as someone tests it and it works.
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If its easy enough for a noob like me I might be willing to help.
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Hmm. Wish I could test it but I'm already rooted lol
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Help: Photos/Video of my late mother deleted after system update

Hi there,
I am new to the forums but am wondering if anyone could help me in recovering recorded videos/photos.
My mom recently passed away from cancer and these video files are extremely important to me as it was her last words to me. Before unlocking and rooting my phone, I created a full backup through the Nexus Root toolkit program. However, in restoring the files, it only pushed back a fraction of the files I had on my phone.
Is there any way of restoring all my files or even just the photos and videos? I am completely distraught and I have tried all the data recovery programs for android but unfortunately none of the applications work as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus cannot mount an SD card.
If anyone could provide any input, it would be much appreciated.
My direct contact is: [email protected]
With sincerest regards,
Richard
ricjandro said:
Hi there,
I am new to the forums but am wondering if anyone could help me in recovering recorded videos/photos.
My mom recently passed away from cancer and these video files are extremely important to me as it was her last words to me. Before unlocking and rooting my phone, I created a full backup through the Nexus Root toolkit program. However, in restoring the files, it only pushed back a fraction of the files I had on my phone.
Is there any way of restoring all my files or even just the photos and videos? I am completely distraught and I have tried all the data recovery programs for android but unfortunately none of the applications work as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus cannot mount an SD card.
If anyone could provide any input, it would be much appreciated.
My direct contact is: [email protected]
With sincerest regards,
Richard
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That's rough. By chance did you have auto upload turned on? If so they should be present on your google account.
Do you still have the backup from the nexus toolkit? Can you explore it for the DCIM directory?
lumpysherman said:
That's rough. By chance did you have auto upload turned on? If so they should be present on your google account.
Do you still have the backup from the nexus toolkit? Can you explore it for the DCIM directory?
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Thank you for such a quick response,
I do have auto upload turned on but I do not know where I can find the files on my google account. I did not see it in my google drive or docs. Should I be looking somewhere specific?
ricjandro said:
Thank you for such a quick response,
I do have auto upload turned on but I do not know where I can find the files on my google account. I did not see it in my google drive or docs. Should I be looking somewhere specific?
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Try and see if u can find them under piccasa and what did u update to?
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Google recuva. Downloads the program and run it through your device, assuming you haven't over written any files yet. It should recover a majority of the files. I can't count how many times it had saved me. Let us know what happened. Sorry to hear.
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ricjandro said:
Thank you for such a quick response,
I do have auto upload turned on but I do not know where I can find the files on my google account. I did not see it in my google drive or docs. Should I be looking somewhere specific?
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They would be under the album Instant uploads on your Google+ profile
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DelTree© said:
They would be under the album Instant uploads on your Google+ profile
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That's on picasaweb.google.com
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Try and see if u can find them under piccasa and what did u update to?
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Esteway: Unfortunately my device synced to picasa and so there are no albums there aside from a profile picture.
slicingtaco said:
Google recuva. Downloads the program and run it through your device, assuming you haven't over written any files yet. It should recover a majority of the files. I can't count how many times it had saved me. Let us know what happened. Sorry to hear.
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slicingtaco: I downloaded recuva but it doesn't detect the internal storage within the Galaxy Nexus.
DelTree© said:
They would be under the album Instant uploads on your Google+ profile
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gnustomp said:
That's on picasaweb.google.com
DelTree: I only have an album titled "Profile Picture." I'm assuming this is because of the auto sync...
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At the moment, I'm completely distraught but I'm planning on bringing it to a computer store to see if they would be able to recover the files. Although none of the methods mentioned above worked, I just want to thank all of you who have responded. I really do appreciate your input and am happy I joined this community.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up and say that I was able to recover the deleted files by following this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Thanks everyone for all your help.
ricjandro said:
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up and say that I was able to recover the deleted files by following this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Thanks everyone for all your help.
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Man I'm glad it worked out for u. U should back those pics and videos to your computer so u always have them backed up. So happy for u man. And really sorry to hear about your mom. My condolences
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ricjandro said:
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up and say that I was able to recover the deleted files by following this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Thanks everyone for all your help.
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Happy to hear a great success
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I was feeling for you and trying to thing of a solution as I read through this thread, Undelete came to mind. I am glad you were able to recover the photos! Besides keeping a backup on your comp maybe put copies in Dropbox and/or Photobucket for safe keeping.
ricjandro said:
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up and say that I was able to recover the deleted files by following this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
Thanks everyone for all your help.
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Awesome work dude! Take care
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Need testers

Hello im working on a MIUI rom for this phone. I ported my MIUI rom from the sprint galaxy s3 and need someone to test it. The rom is based on CM10. I dont have this device so its up to you guys to test it. What im looking for is does it boot and do all the core functions work(aosp wise) and if LTE works please report back when you can
http://d-h.st/hHx
also have to include this Disclaimer: Im not responsible for bricked devices or damaged phones. You made the choice to test this and you knew the risks
I went ahead and tried it. I used TWRP. Systemui crashed for me as well as the keyboard. I couldn't check signal bars due to this. Calling does work though. I didn't check everything but thought it was a start. I was able to nandroid back to a backup without issue.
Quick edit: I don't have LTE to check so I didn't check that.
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I went ahead and tried it. I used TWRP. Systemui crashed for me as well as the keyboard. I couldn't check signal bars due to this. Calling does work though. I didn't check everything but thought it was a start. I was able to nandroid back to a backup without issue.
Quick edit: I don't have LTE to check so I didn't check that.
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Thanks m8 I'll take a look at it
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someone test this http://d-h.st/AnR latest MIUI with Control Panel just need someone to verify Data and if there are no FC
When my slow sprint 3g finishes downloading it I'll try it and let u know
Nothing but android. Phone fc followed by system ui FCC over and over .... sorry could not get a log
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Nice ill give it a shot when im home
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My d/l is almost done. I will see if I have the same results.
Epix4G: Did you happen to get a corrupt SD card message?
Need a little extra time to backup SD card and Nandroid...gotta use protection when tangling MIUI
Epix4G said:
Nothing but android. Phone fc followed by system ui FCC over and over .... sorry could not get a log
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its fine
can anyone download the first rom i linked and get me a log of SystemUI FC. I really need logs for me to be able to fix anything
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can anyone download the first rom i linked and get me a log of SystemUI FC. I really need logs for me to be able to fix anything
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Ok, I d/l the second one but I will start d/l the first one. Can you just tell me how I get a log of SystemUI FC? Do I have to run the logcat app?
I'm sorry man, I'm not too savvy a tester.
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Ok, I d/l the second one but I will start d/l the first one. Can you just tell me how I get a log of SystemUI FC? Do I have to run the logcat app?
I'm sorry man, I'm not too savvy a tester.
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if you have adb installed on your pc plug it into your PC and do adb logcat -d > logcat.txt
Im downloading the second one I will try it when is done . Anything u need me to do let me know
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Im downloading the second one I will try it when is done . Anything u need me to do let me know
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He needs a ADB Log for the errors on the ROM from the FIRST post.
Just let me know what you need I am in fir testing too
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SantinoInc said:
He needs a ADB Log for the errors on the ROM from the FIRST post.
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No SD card errors but have had mine formatted to fat32 for a while....
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Idk how to do that:/ he explained but i dont understand :/ can u explain step by step please
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mkc90 said:
Idk how to do that:/ he explained but i dont understand :/ can u explain step by step please
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http://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/
I'm using this guide. I have never used ADB in my life so I hope I get this right.
Well I'm no help... I flashed the second zip and got thru all the FC's.. Went to setting/developers setting/ n un checked show fc.. After that non of the apps work. Sorry I thought I could do something but I'll wait for the pros to help u...
We are a bunch of Android n00bs here. If my daughter ever gets off the computer I will try to set up ADB. You have to download so much stuff though and my PC and intent connection suck

Notifications keeps resetting back to silent.

I'm sure it's an app that's causing this issue, buy I cant figure this out. My notifications keep resetting to silent some how. Mainly my email notification sounds and occasionally my text message sounds.
Anyone experience this too, or found the culprit?
Do you installed any battery saver app? If yes check the setting for this app and stop the "auto turn off sync"
or install an app called " auto sync" available in the store..
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Having same issue since flashing the latest sabre kernel.
Oh and no battery saving apps.
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Hussein Aljaza'ary said:
Do you installed any battery saver app? If yes check the setting for this app and stop the "auto turn off sync"
or install an app called " auto sync" available in the store..
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Yeah, no battery apps loaded here...just a few basic one's...I only got this phone a few months (May) ago... funny thing is that it kept happening on my old Samsung Galaxy S2 rooted and unrooted ways....
Homeuser66 said:
Yeah, no battery apps loaded here...just a few basic one's...I only got this phone a few months (May) ago... funny thing is that it kept happening on my old Samsung Galaxy S2 rooted and unrooted ways....
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Yeah I was going to tell you to go check what was the last thing you installed last? That might b causing the problem your having! Fyi
Most of those battery app's are junk and don't really help you! That's why I learned with my Skyrocket, not to use unnecessary app's. I've tried everything with that phone. And over time you'll see what is good and what is junk!
So NOW if you want to clear out the audio setting!
Then go into setting, applications, All, setting, clear data, reboot into recovery and then wipe cache & dalvik and see if it's still happening. After you set up your audio sounds! Might b something that was, corrupt in the data causing it!
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Bajanman said:
Yeah I was going to tell you to go check what was the last thing you installed last? That might b causing the problem your having! Fyi
Most of those battery app's are junk and don't really help you! That's why I learned with my Skyrocket, not to use unnecessary app's. I've tried everything with that phone. And over time you'll see what is good and what is junk!
So NOW if you want to clear out the audio setting!
Then go into setting, applications, All, setting, clear data, reboot into recovery and then wipe cache & dalvik and see if it's still happening. After you set up your audio sounds! Might b something that was, corrupt in the data causing it!
Just my 2¢®
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Sorry..but I'm not rooted...this is for a Rooted phone...I'm going to wait on rooting this...
Homeuser66 said:
Sorry..but I'm not rooted...this is for a Rooted phone...I'm going to wait on rooting this...
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Clearing out your setting data, you don't need to b rooted to do that FYI.
And another thing if it's a real problem for you then do a FDR [factory data reset] and you should b good to go then.
I'll say search read and you'll find your answer!!
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Bajanman said:
Clearing out your setting data, you don't need to b rooted to do that FYI.
And another thing if it's a real problem for you then do a FDR [factory data reset] and you should b good to go then.
I'll say search read and you'll find your answer!!
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Roger that! Thanks! I keep doing just that...and it keeps defaulting to this..weird..
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Roger that! Thanks! I keep doing just that...and it keeps defaulting to this..weird..
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And it's all stock, no root no nothing! Take that crap back to the store, and ask them for a replacement!!
For the resetting part, might need to wipe internal as well.
I had to when I was having some issue with a few things!! Just back up what ya want to keep first!!!!
If you haven't done it already!! Just trying to fix ya prob 4 YA!
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Bajanman said:
And it's all stock, no root no nothing! Take that crap back to the store, and ask them for a replacement!!
For the resetting part, might need to wipe internal as well.
I had to when I was having some issue with a few things!! Just back up what ya want to keep first!!!!
If you haven't done it already!! Just trying to fix ya prob 4 YA!
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No...I don't need to go back to store and replace it..I can live with it...thanks though...just trying to find the culprit...no worries..
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No...I don't need to go back to store and replace it..I can live with it...thanks though...just trying to find the culprit...no worries..
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Bajanman said:
And it's all stock, no root no nothing! Take that crap back to the store, and ask them for a replacement!!
For the resetting part, might need to wipe internal as well.
I had to when I was having some issue with a few things!! Just back up what ya want to keep first!!!!
If you haven't done it already!! Just trying to fix ya prob 4 YA!
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Hey, I found out the issue to this problem.. Not sure if it can be posted somewhere as "Fixed"...or maybe I should start another post with the original post inside it for reference??
I had my Ringtones/Notification sounds I downloaded from the web or created on my SD Memory card. I was using the sounds from there and not the device. I have now copied and pasted them into the Ringtone and Notification folders on my Device itself and they stay.
To test this, I used 2 different Google e-mail accounts and set 1 Ringtone/Notification sound from my Device and the other Gmail account to a Ringtone/Notification sound from my SD memory card. The one from my memory card kept changing to a 5 Digit number. The other one didn't..
I hope this helps others????

Boot Looping

Was this a problem on the first Note tablet? As I get to installing a lot of apps, over 500 is what I have, I've found that the tablet is going through an infinite boot loop. I'm talking to a Samsung rep online now about it. I've tried taking out the sd card, putting it back it, etc. It appears that some are going through this too with the Galaxy Note 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467005
icebergisonfire said:
Was this a problem on the first Note tablet? As I get to installing a lot of apps, over 500 is what I have, I've found that the tablet is going through an infinite boot loop. I'm talking to a Samsung rep online now about it. I've tried taking out the sd card, putting it back it, etc. It appears that some are going through this too with the Galaxy Note 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467005
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Updating my status. Through my own research, instead of trying to install all 500 at once, I've taken a more modest approach. I'm installing apps 4 at a time, letting it finish, powering down, then starting back up. It's working. I can get to my home screen without problem now. Maybe 500+ apps was too much of a strain for the file system to endure.
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Maybe 500+ apps was too much of a strain for the file system to endure.
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it would be pretty stupid if that's the case. it would seem a bug if anything, and serious for some. installing that 500th (or whatever the breaking point would be) at the wrong time could be disastrous.
perhaps we'll her more about it this weekend when the rest of us start getting ours. only i don't really have 500 apps that i want installed, lol.
icebergisonfire said:
Updating my status. Through my own research, instead of trying to install all 500 at once, I've taken a more modest approach. I'm installing apps 4 at a time, letting it finish, powering down, then starting back up. It's working. I can get to my home screen without problem now. Maybe 500+ apps was too much of a strain for the file system to endure.
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+1... That is exactly what I do however i install about 10 apps at a time then reboot then do another 10, ETC...
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500 is a big number for most people. i know some people who barely have 10 apps downloaded. i've got quite a bit but definitely not 500...
Yes I would agree with that as well, I don't know that I would have a advocate having 500 applications I think I may have 30 or 40 at the most
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I have a ton of games. When I went to my Google Play for the first time, it was like it was raining apps. :laugh:
icebergisonfire said:
I have a ton of games. When I went to my Google Play for the first time, it was like it was raining apps. :laugh:
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Please keep in mind that some apps my not be fully compatible with android 4.3 yet.
Mine goes through the Samsung animation 5 times... I'm not sure at what point started doing that. I have around 100 apps and I feel very lazy to reset it and install a few apps at the time to see if that fixes the problem... Anyway I wonder what the apps have to do with the booting?
For reference I'm using: Nova Launcher, Swiftkey and not rooted yet.
Maybe a future update will fix this....?
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I removed the Sd card (64Gb) and now just looped once... I'll reformat the card latter today and post back...
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Nope... I just formated the card and the Samsung animation still loops 4-5 times...
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The question really is... Is that really a problem? Defective unit? Or an Android/Samsung software issue? Because it boots up anyway and works with no apparent problems... Is everyone else going through a similar/same issue?
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icebergisonfire said:
Was this a problem on the first Note tablet? As I get to installing a lot of apps, over 500 is what I have, I've found that the tablet is going through an infinite boot loop. I'm talking to a Samsung rep online now about it. I've tried taking out the sd card, putting it back it, etc. It appears that some are going through this too with the Galaxy Note 3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467005
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Do a factory reset trough your recovery
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lolerpro8 said:
Do a factory reset trough your recovery
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DO NOT do this!! I did this on my own note 10.1 2014 after a bootlooping issue caused by corrupt files on my sd card (or so Ive theorized), and after doing so, my software showed as CUSTOM in the settings, and would not let me access the update servers. It was only after restoring the firmware via kies (a long and involved process, though less than odin, which probably would work too) that I was able to get it back to "Official". So unless you want to go through what I did, DO NOT factory reset via recovery. Id recommend doing everything else possible to fix this first.
jmwils3 said:
DO NOT do this!! I did this on my own note 10.1 2014 after a bootlooping issue caused by corrupt files on my sd card (or so Ive theorized), and after doing so, my software showed as CUSTOM in the settings, and would not let me access the update servers. It was only after restoring the firmware via kies (a long and involved process, though less than odin, which probably would work too) that I was able to get it back to "Official". So unless you want to go through what I did, DO NOT factory reset via recovery. Id recommend doing everything else possible to fix this first.
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Dusko75 said:
The question really is... Is that really a problem? Defective unit? Or an Android/Samsung software issue? Because it boots up anyway and works with no apparent problems... Is everyone else going through a similar/same issue?
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Whell then istall custom recovery and delete them manualy. This is possible only with twrp.
lolerpro8 said:
Whell then istall custom recovery and delete them manualy. This is possible only with twrp.
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i suppose you have instructions on how to do so?
madsquabbles said:
i suppose you have instructions on how to do so?
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Root it, install goo manager from play store, then press settings > install OpenRecoveryScript
... and root it how???
lolerpro8 said:
Root it, install goo manager from play store, then press settings > install OpenRecoveryScript
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You do know that this tablet his only been out for 5 days and there is not root for it yet?
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ajamudc said:
You do know that this tablet his only been out for 5 days and there is not root for it yet?
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That means there is no twrp for it yet. And there are loads of universal rooting programs, and you can always do it over odin
lolerpro8 said:
That means there is no twrp for it yet. And there are loads of universal rooting programs, and you can always do it over odin
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if you know how can you please share? i'd love root. even if giving knox a flip.

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