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[Q] Dialer no longer working

OK I'm not sure what i did but i was removing some unwanted bloatware from my phone now when I click on "phone" and then "contacts" and select one of my contacts nothing happens. It used to display their number, their facebook status, give me an option to message them etc. Now when I click on a contact absolutely nothing happens, it just stays on the screen displaying the long list of contacts. I know that there is info stored in each contact because if i go to messages and click on a name it will display their number and email etc. What's wrong. How can I fix this?

jdz7t8 said:
OK I'm not sure what i did but i was removing some unwanted bloatware from my phone now when I click on "phone" and then "contacts" and select one of my contacts nothing happens. It used to display their number, their facebook status, give me an option to message them etc. Now when I click on a contact absolutely nothing happens, it just stays on the screen displaying the long list of contacts. I know that there is info stored in each contact because if i go to messages and click on a name it will display their number and email etc. What's wrong. How can I fix this?
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lol this happened to me the exact same thing. its a com.sonyericsson...apk file but i cant remember which 1 lol restore a backup or reflash your rom unless you can find out which file it is

fma965 said:
lol this happened to me the exact same thing. its a com.sonyericsson...apk file but i cant remember which 1 lol restore a backup or reflash your rom unless you can find out which file it is
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Yeah I just reflashed my rom and everythings ok now. Thank God for Titanium backup

jdz7t8 said:
Yeah I just reflashed my rom and everythings ok now. Thank God for Titanium backup
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it was quite funny cause i was in college and some 1 asked me for a number and i was pressing the contact but the number wasn't showing and i was like great

I believe you were looking for infinite view...

yeah could have been that lol i really wouldn't no as i was deleted apps and i presume the op was to

Can't send SMS after changing Phone Testing settings

Hello all,
I have an issue that I could really use some input on.
I am currently unable to send a txt message and can't figure out why, but this is what I did.
I went into Phone Testing settings (the #*#* command) and only really looked around. I checked the other band options but put it back to GSM/CDMA auto. I also looked at the Select Bands option and am not sure what it was set to before, but I just chose Auto.
After I did that I am now unable to send txt messages and can't think of anything else I may have done to mess it up. Handscent nor the stock txt app will send, it just fails immediately.
I otherwise have a strong signal and full data connectivity. I tried a baseband restore as well as reinstalling the kernel and that has not restored my sms.
I didn't change any settings in APN and even restored it to default.
I'm using Team KANG milestone 2 and Franco Kernel 14 on WIND in Canada. Everything was working just fine before all of this.
Thanks for the help!
rAy
UPDATE: I also did a CWM restore of a backup I did only an hour or so before this happened and when things were working fine and now I'm getting panic prompts for 'google.process.gapps'. Ideas??
UPDATE 2: Judging from other posts in his thread it COULD be related to the Franco Kernel, he just upped a fix for something. Going to try flashing the old one and then to the newest to see if that helps.
UPDATE 3: It did not, still can't send txt.

I remember reading a post like this before, don't remember if it was fixed or not

Type *#*#4636#*#* in your dialer. Press phone info. Scroll down to smsc and then press refresh then update. See if that works. Otherwise you can manually enter that number. Search for the smsc # for your carrier.
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium

Actually I have solved the mystery!
What I apparently did was delete my SMSC number in the Phone Testing menu by hitting 'Update' next to the box... so I'd advise anyone else not to do it either lol.
I found the code needed for WIND in Canada too in case anyone finds themselves in this situation.
You need to re-enter the SMSC Carrier number. For WIND Mobile Canada, SMSC is 16135009000
Android requires you to enter this info in Hex.
Hex = 07916131059000F0
In the dialpad enter *#*#4636#*#*
Select phone information
Scroll down to SMSC field, enter 07916131059000F0 and done. Then reboot
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You can find the code to other networks with a search here at XDA, just remember that you apparently need to convert to HEX first.
rAy
PS: I think I was writing mine as you wrote yours, but thanks for the reply El Daddy! That would have saved me if I wasn't so impatient lol

ray2jerry said:
What I apparently did was delete my SMSC number in the Phone Testing menu by hitting 'Update' next to the box... so I'd advise anyone else not to do it either lol.
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I read here that it is apparently a bug and so may not actually be your fault!

rowanparker said:
I read here that it is apparently a bug and so may not actually be your fault!
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Not really a bug. The carrier doesn't expect people to know how to go into the service menu and change it themselves. People really shouldn't be randomly hitting buttons that they don't understand what it will do.. Google could have designed the UI better also. It's kind of a huge mess of a design.

jhuynh said:
Not really a bug. The carrier doesn't expect people to know how to go into the service menu and change it themselves. People really shouldn't be randomly hitting buttons that they don't understand what it will do.. Google could have designed the UI better also. It's kind of a huge mess of a design.
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Did you even read what I posted? I'll quote: "It apparently wipes the SMSC number as soon as you enter the hidden phone settings...". Now, that's not randomly hitting buttons is it? Just viewing a settings menu shouldn't wipe a setting (and, it hasn't before for me on gingerbread, froyo or eclair) so I'd call that a bug.

rowanparker said:
Did you even read what I posted? I'll quote: "It apparently wipes the SMSC number as soon as you enter the hidden phone settings...". Now, that's not randomly hitting buttons is it? Just viewing a settings menu shouldn't wipe a setting (and, it hasn't before for me on gingerbread, froyo or eclair) so I'd call that a bug.
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That is not true. It only removes the SMSC if you touch the update button. I have been in that menu a lot and have never had it randomly delete my SMSC settings.

jhuynh said:
That is not true. It only removes the SMSC if you touch the update button. I have been in that menu a lot and have never had it randomly delete my SMSC settings.
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But, I could say that is not true. I didn't touch anything other than the network mode (changing from WCDMA Preferred or GSM auto (PRL)) yet mine got wiped. Just 'cause it didn't happen to you doesn't mean it isn't a bug!

How sure are you that you didn't hit update? It's not intuitive that you are not supposed to do it so you might have done it without thinking. Also, I noticed a lot of tutorials online that tell people to hit update when they shouldn't be doing that.
This is the first I've ever read of this as the most likely cause was that button. Just re-read the first post and there might be a bug in the kernel? Or maybe it's just an Orange thing, but didn't think there was much difference between the different versions of yakju**.

jhuynh said:
How sure are you that you didn't hit update? It's not intuitive that you are not supposed to do it so you might have done it without thinking. Also, I noticed a lot of tutorials online that tell people to hit update when they shouldn't be doing that.
This is the first I've ever read of this as the most likely cause was that button. Just re-read the first post and there might be a bug in the kernel? Or maybe it's just an Orange thing, but didn't think there was much difference between the different versions of yakju**.
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I'm pretty damn sure I didn't touch that button. I wasn't going anywhere near that setting until I went in the second time after noting I couldn't send texts. I think one thing that should be sorted is the requirement to enter the SMSC in HEX format, that wasn't required on my desire.

SMSC code for AT&T US
The SMSC code for carrier AT&T US is: 07913121139418F0
Once you put the SMSC code in, click update, then refresh and your all set. NO REBOOT / RESTART needed.

therealdamiani said:
The SMSC code for carrier AT&T US is: 07913121139418F0
Once you put the SMSC code in, click update, then refresh and your all set. NO REBOOT / RESTART needed.
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AWESOME dude you fixed it for me! thanks so much! without even being a jerk about it!
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[Q] Phone became very buggy and slow after app install what to do?

after downloading an voice recorder app on my Note 4 it suddenly became very buggy and all apps will crash or not respond even after uninstall. Beside factory restore any other way I can clear the bug or the problem?
I tried to clear my phone out with master clean and clear cache, but the problem still exists. Please Help!

levhomes said:
after downloading an voice recorder app on my Note 4 it suddenly became very buggy and all apps will crash or not respond even after uninstall. Beside factory restore any other way I can clear the bug or the problem?
I tried to clear my phone out with master clean and clear cache, but the problem still exists. Please Help!
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Id use a Root Explorer and exercise the search function and search for anything relating to that app, look for odd named folders that might also be tied to it. If its as serious as you suggest, id happily(I, in general) spend 10-15 minutes doing my own manual search, even the entire system area of your phone, no telling what permissions it had and where it put its files

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
Id use a Root Explorer and exercise the search function and search for anything relating to that app, look for odd named folders that might also be tied to it. If its as serious as you suggest, id happily(I, in general) spend 10-15 minutes doing my own manual search, even the entire system area of your phone, no telling what permissions it had and where it put its files
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What do you suggest I look for? I searched for recorder and found a few files but the problem still exist.

levhomes said:
What do you suggest I look for? I searched for recorder and found a few files but the problem still exist.
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Personally, if my backup i made wasnt too far before the install, id just flash my backup at the price of losing text messages or minor tweaks that one can forget on the first backup made.

levhomes said:
after downloading an voice recorder app on my Note 4 it suddenly became very buggy and all apps will crash or not respond even after uninstall. Beside factory restore any other way I can clear the bug or the problem?
I tried to clear my phone out with master clean and clear cache, but the problem still exists. Please Help!
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What app was it?
XDA saves lives. Well...maybe not human lives. ☺?☺

Messenger showing numbers and not names

Maybe someone can answer 2 questions for me.
First-- I used the data cable to download all the information from my previous phones. All of my contacts are there but for some reason in Messenger it will just show the persons number instead of contact name. No idea why. I am going into each contact and saving their contact again to see if it will take, sometimes it does, some times it doesnt.
Second-- In messenger.....someone please tell me I can remove these stupid large colored letter next to each message? I have been through setting and advanced and do not see an option.

My phone is having the same issue of not connecting my contacts to the messager app. I also used the cable to transfer.
The other issue, I always give pictures to the people in my contacts so it shows pictures instead of letters however the first issue is messing that up lol

So I went to Settings>storage>cache data>clear cache data and then I went to apps>messager>storage>clear data and it fixed both these problems for me. Hope that helps.

If you clear data on messenger doesn't that erase all messages?

iceman4357 said:
If you clear data on messenger doesn't that erase all messages?
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It didn't erase mine. Maybe backup with a app first before if you want to make sure.

Update. I cleared both, which fixed it but it does erase. Google auto backup ftw

Mine did that the first time I went into Messenger but I exited and went back in and it started updating the threads with names and pictures.

Thanks that's worked for me!

Clearing the messenger data work for me. Thanks!!
Jacobk85 said:
So I went to Settings>storage>cache data>clear cache data and then I went to apps>messager>storage>clear data and it fixed both these problems for me. Hope that helps.
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Question Messages Crashes When Sending Pictures

With "Chat Feature" enabled I keep having an issue with sending pictures to other users that use Messages. Everytime I do so it seems to always crash the app and will continuously crash it till the picture finally stops trying to send. Only way I am able to is by switching to SMS/MMS. Anyone know the cause or a fix? I am on VZW.

I have tried clearing cache and restarting device but it still refuses to send via "chat" only SMS/MMS. Any feedback?

Man that's an interesting one. I'm on Verizon with no issue so it's not the network. Maybe turn off chat features, clear data for messages and data for carrier services restart and set up chat features again

kintwofan said:
Man that's an interesting one. I'm on Verizon with no issue so it's not the network. Maybe turn off chat features, clear data for messages and data for carrier services restart and set up chat features again
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It's been going for awhile. Could it be an issue with the beta also? I currently use the beta app that's ongoing updates. Will I lose all my texts if I clear data for the app? And what exactly is carrier services?

I run the beta myself so I doubt it. No you won't lose your messages if you clear data. Carrier services is another app that preloaded that helps your phone use your carrier services. It might not be the urinal, but it doesn't hurt anything to reset it and it's known to cause issues at times

I will give that a try and report back thank you for the info! Gonna try it in a few mins

kintwofan said:
I run the beta myself so I doubt it. No you won't lose your messages if you clear data. Carrier services is another app that preloaded that helps your phone use your carrier services. It might not be the urinal, but it doesn't hurt anything to reset it and it's known to cause issues at times
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IT WORKED! Thank you!

StrangeTimes said:
IT WORKED! Thank you!
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Hey awesome glad I could help