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cant' turn off soft keyboard vibrate on Cyanogen.

I can't seem to turn off the vibrate function on Cyanogen 4.02. I uncheck it, but it always turns itself back on. This has been happening ever since the first Cyanogen rom I used a while back.
In the past I used:
adb remount
adb shell
cp /system/intmem/app/HTC_IME.apk /system/app/HTC_IME.apk
rm /system/intmem/app/HTC_IME.apk
reboot
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to fix it, but that no longer works.
Any advice, ideas. I searched the gigantic Cyanogen thread and the only thing that came up is people having problems with it not vibrating. Go figure!
Thanks, guys.

This was happening to me before and it was because there was 2 htcime installed..im guessing the one that I installed on my phone before flashing to cyans rom, which already comes with htc_ime, (apps2sd kept older on there even after wipe)..what i did was uninstall all of them and delete all traces of it from sdcard and then reinstall cyans .. did it all through app manager

I'll give that a shot, thanks!

Newbie Stuck on RC29

uys, I had Cyanogen 4.2.14.1 build on my G1 before, and I tried to install a theme on it, but maybe i installed wrong theme that was not compatible with the build on my G1.
After the installation, my G1 stuck on boot screen and i had to pull off the battery...
So I kept googling and found that i can fix my G1 with Dreaimg-RC29. And my G1 fixed now and it works properly, but... I just stuck here on RC-29 and Gmail log in page, I have a Gmail account, but i just can't log in since i can't connect to any internet connection. I can't install any applications on my G1 until I successfully log in to the Gmail.
So the questions is:
-Can I activate Wifi on this state?? If so, how??
-Can I install Recovery Image on this state?? (because on Cyanogen 4.2.14.1 I can skip the Gmail log in and turn on the WIFI first)
Thanks, please help if anyone knows the solution. Sorry for the bad english

there isnt a way to install a recovery image at this state. as far as connecting to the internet i have no clue, does your phone not have a service plan?
and how did you do it before?

New problem
Oh okay, I figured this out, I just did some things with the APN settings..
But, now i can't install the flash recovery on my G1, it's weird because I did it the same way before.
After I download the flashrec.apk and tried to install it, it keeps on "Application install unsuccessfull"
Any clue to solve this one??
I tried to install it with Application Manager, Application Installer, it just won't do it...
Help please. Thanks

Have you tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
If you don't have root copy the recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img to your sd card then
1. After your phone starts up, hit the enter key twice, type "telnetd" and press enter. (Yes, it will start up a contact search, don't worry. Just type it.)
2. Download an Android "Telnet" application from the Market and connect to localhost.
3. If you connect successfully, you will have a root prompt "#".
4. Type the following into Telnet (these commands will give you root access easier in the future):
* mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
* cd sdcard
* flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img
* cat recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img > /system/recovery.img
This is what I've done when having to revert back to rc29. Hope it helps.

I'm trying that one.
Reboot my G1, press enter twice, input telnetd, press enter again, and nothing happens??
What should happens exactly??
I downloaded the Telnet apps, but I just don't know how to configure the localhost, can you explain it to me??
Thank's anyway

Sorry, Lord, or Michaelo, or anyone that understands this problem, can I just add your MSN or any messenger, so i can ask directly and clearly?

Did you type in the enter button twice then "telnetd" with the quotes from the home screen it runs a script in the background that you won't see if I remember right. Half asleep so if you still need help when I get up I'll try to help more.

Yeah, i got my phone rooted, i thought it will appears some response after telnetd typing.
Sorry to bother you, now i have rooted G1, but I can't get into Recovery, when I press and hold Home+Power button, it appears to be red green white color screen, I think you call this "Boot Loader"??
So I just can't go to recovery.
Thank you so much really appreciate the answers.

OK so you are rooted did you download the recovery from the link i posted? if so then in the telnet app
* mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
* cd sdcard
* flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img
* cat recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img > /system/recovery.img
after you shut down hold the home key and power up you should be in ra's recovery manager if not well I guess i do need sleep lol

Yeaah...! Finally It's running on Cyanogen!
I was following instructions from the XDA developers forum before and didn't put the correct directory when flashing Recovery Flasher from telnet...
Thanks Lordvip...
Phew... what a tiring day...
Going to sleep too...
Thank you, thread can be closed and problem solved...

Glad you got up and running

[Q] Stock phone w/root locking up on boot.

Hey all,
I woke up today to see that my phone was locked up. I removed the battery and let it reboot, it goes back to the lock screen I have, shows the time/cell status.
And then it immediately locks up.
I'm able to get it into recovery mode and I wiped the cache, but no dice. I don't want to reset the data because I have some important sms messages that I'd like to back up, but I can't access the data folder in recovery mode it seems.
Is there a way to backup the data folder in recovery mode? Or another way to get the phone to not freeze on startup? I'm assuming something just got corrupt.
I am able to connect to it via ADB in recovery mode just fine, but can't pull my data directory or use the su commands (permission denied).
FYI: Phone is stock, except I did root it.
Bounty: $20 to anybody's paypal account if their advice helps me recover data.

Stock firmware but rooted rigjt? Man this might be a tuff one.

When u tried to get the files did you use adb pull command?

smokestack76 said:
When u tried to get the files did you use adb pull command?
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Code:
C:\Programming\Android\tools>adb pull "/data/data/com.android.providers/telephony/databases/mmssms.db" "C:\Programming\Android\mmssms.db"
remote object '/data/data/com.android.providers/telephony/databases/mmssms.db' does not exist
I do have busybox on the phone, but still, I need to get root somehow. I don't even know how I can push an update.zip to the sdcard.

I was forced to reflash a stock phone over this issue, and lost the messages.
Tried to get back at them with dd of the internal data storage, had some messages I composed and emails, but nothing else.
Damn.

[Q] Need help with my semi-broken NC - what did I do wrong?

I have sucessfully rooted my nook and I can load apks from dropbox, installers or via adb so I am a happy camper, all is good....
But I got greedy. The ComicViewer doesn't work well without menu keys so I decided to install softkeys.apk and that is where the trouble started, something is amiss.
I am not an expert here, just a novice, so forgive my patchwork explanation.
Here's what I know and what I did, maybe someone can spot my error?
I can fully access adb.
I remember installing SuperUser and SU using the commands:
# adb shell
# cd /system/bin
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
# cat /data/local/su > su
# chmod 6755 su
# ls -l su
And all was fine, SuperUser shows up in the drawer. Then I tried installing SoftKeys and it never showed up or worked.
So I figured I fubared the SuperUser install somehow or have an old version of SU or SuperUser. So I downloaded the most recent versions and went to uninstall the original with uninstall utilities and it's not listed in any of them, so I tried using adb (adb shell ls /data/app) and it's still not in the list.
I even reset the Nook to factory and rooted again with nooter and when I tried to install SuperUser again (downloaded the latest version here on the forum) it said "Install Failed already exists!"
So I cannot uninstall the SuperUser or overwrite it with a newer version, and a factory reset doesn't fix it??
I cannot use any root utilities like SuperUser or z4root, SuperUser has all blank screens and I cannot update it and 4zroot just doesn't seem to do anything but reboot the nook.
Titanium Backup says I don't have root access and other utilities say the same thing,
I can mount system partition as read-write
> adb shell
# mount -o remount rw /system
# exit
That works...
So I tried the commands again to install SuperUser and SU and when I try to install SU
# cd /system/bin
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
are OK but when I do:
# cat /data/local/su > su
I get:
Cannot create su: remote access failed
I have also tried a few other things that seem to be available to root users and all come back with write or access errors.
What could I be doing wrong?
Note: I also tried to do a full wipe by using that Power and Volume Down and nothing happens...

Power the nook on and off immediately 8 times until it does a full factory reset. When I've done the Power+VolUp+Nook button reset it doesn't always seem to do a FULL reset. When the nook fails to boot 8 times it does a different reset that takes a good deal longer and (at least in my experience) seems to be the real deal.

z4root will work and install superuser for you.

mhoepfin said:
z4root will work and install superuser for you.
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I have already mentioned that that did not work, but thanks for the suggestion anyway.

Ok, something VERY weird is going on.
I have reset it to factory twice
Each time I did it by powering on and off 8 times in a row
The first time after it indicated it was updating th software, it went into a stuck at NookColor Logo boot loop again.
The second time I left in the nooter microSD card and it booted properly.
But it booted to a "clean" system with all my programs.
All my settings and data was gone, but all my apks were still installed.
So what exactly did it reset? Just data?
I tried to get it to flash both ways, the quick (power/home/volume) and now twice with the 8 power cycles. Neither reset the Nook entirely.
Am I screwed?
I want to go back to factory to fix this thing
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Looks like I am locked out of the system entirely, none of my apps work, some of them come back and say no write access.
I cannot do an app listing like:
adb shell ls /data/app
I get:
opendir failed, Permission denied
I can't do a simple mount
mount -o remount rw /system
I get:
mount: operation not permitted

This should help you with what type of reset you want to do. I think you should do another 8 power on/off reset followed by a power-up-home reset to get it fully reset.

axe2 said:
This should help you with what type of reset you want to do. I think you should do another 8 power on/off reset followed by a power-up-home reset to get it fully reset.
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I tried that...
Now it's completely dead.
Won't power up at all.
It had plenty of battery life left and plugging it in will not boot it either...

gormly said:
I tried that...
Now it's completely dead.
Won't power up at all.
It had plenty of battery life left and plugging it in will not boot it either...
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Well that's a bummer! Maybe something went wrong in one of the resets. Did they seem to complete? If it's not a hardware problem you should still be able to revive it via nooter. I would suggest PMing pokey9000 and see if he can walk you through a recovery. You might be the first near brick that requires running some of the recovery commands by hand. I think Pokey9000 knows the most about that.

axe2 said:
Well that's a bummer! Maybe something went wrong in one of the resets. Did they seem to complete? If it's not a hardware problem you should still be able to revive it via nooter. .
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Yea, but it won't respond to anything, it won't boot meaning no power at all.
It's just completely black screen.
Nothing I do does anything.

gormly said:
Yea, but it won't respond to anything, it won't boot meaning no power at all.
It's just completely black screen.
Nothing I do does anything.
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Whatever you do make sure the battery is getting charged somehow.. Try to leave it plugged into the wall or in a usb. Does the computer see the device when plugged in? HAve you tried to remove the SD card from the NC while powering up?

norkoastal said:
Whatever you do make sure the battery is getting charged somehow.. Try to leave it plugged into the wall or in a usb. Does the computer see the device when plugged in? HAve you tried to remove the SD card from the NC while powering up?
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Yep tried all those things...very frustrating afternoon so far
However...I did get it to boot.. here is how:
Press and hold the power button while inserting the USB charger connected to a computer, continue to hold (I think it was 10 seconds or so).
I remember doing this to reset a device a long time ago, not sure what.
But it worked, not only that but I was able to do a pwer/up/home rest and this time it completely wiped the nook. It looks like I am back to factory!
YES!!
Thanks for alll the help and suggestions guys. Hopefully this struggle will help someone else in the future.

gormly said:
But it worked, not only that but I was able to do a pwer/up/home rest and this time it completely wiped the nook. It looks like I am back to factory!
YES!!
Thanks for alll the help and suggestions guys. Hopefully this struggle will help someone else in the future.
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OK. This time around, do this:
(1) nooter
(2) use ADB to enable Non-Market Apps
(3) use ADB to enable multitouch
(4) Use ADB to push z4root over to the NC
(5) Run z4root and do a full-root (whatever is NOT the "temp" option)
(6) Use ADB to install Astro
(7) Use ADB or Astro to install a market
(8) Install the rest of your apps however you choose.

johnopsec said:
OK. This time around, do this:
(1) nooter
(2) use ADB to enable Non-Market Apps
(3) use ADB to enable multitouch
(4) Use ADB to push z4root over to the NC
(5) Run z4root and do a full-root (whatever is NOT the "temp" option)
(6) Use ADB to install Astro
(7) Use ADB or Astro to install a market
(8) Install the rest of your apps however you choose.
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I did 1,2,3,6,7,8 and in place of 4/5 I used the most recent version of SU and SuperUser and all is good on my Nook! Not sure what happened before but it must have been a bad version of su or superuser. In any case, all seems fine, only Titanium doesn't work, all the rest of the root requesting apps work fine.
Thanks!

Sort of a bootloop after Android 11 update

Hello guys,
I hope someone can help me with this problem...
So the thing is - yesterday I finally got OneUI 3 and Android 11 update (yay?). But ofcourse as soon as the phone rebooted and optimised all the apps and came back to main screen it rebooted after a minute or so...everytime. As soon as I enter my pin and unlock the phone it reboots after a short period.
The same problem happened when I de-bloated the phone a while ago via ADB - but I then enabled back all the apps except facebook and some "safe to debloat apps" which were not even system apps and it has since worked for almost a year. But here we go again....
I even "re enabled/installed" all the apps I could list in ADB ( so basically all the apps on the phone) and then went to wipe cache - but still no go.
I am also wondering if there is a posibility to somehow mount storage just to copy some files to my computer (which are important, and my latest backup is around a month old) and then I'll gladly do a a factory reset - no problem.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

If you're able to use ADB to enable/install apps, then you should be able to use "adb pull path/to/files" to copy the files to your computer. You could reboot into recovery mode and see if your computer pulls up the storage that way too. Also, if you have TWRP, you can use the file system to copy files to an external SD card. So you have a few options to get your files.
You can also create a back-up of specific apps (and their data) using "adb backup -f MyBackUpName.ab com.corp.AppName".

TacoDeMuerte said:
If you're able to use ADB to enable/install apps, then you should be able to use "adb pull path/to/files" to copy the files to your computer. You could reboot into recovery mode and see if your computer pulls up the storage that way too. Also, if you have TWRP, you can use the file system to copy files to an external SD card. So you have a few options to get your files.
You can also create a back-up of specific apps (and their data) using "adb backup -f MyBackUpName.ab com.corp.AppName".
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Hello, thanks for the reply and helping out.
But all the commands and stuff is kinda useless because the phone reboots sooner than in 30 seconds after getting to the main screen. When I boot to recovery the storage doesn't get mounted.......
And I would've had TWRP but the phone is still under warranty so that's a shame, because on my backup phone I have it (and so did on all the previous ones) and it would be great. But IIRC if I install TWRP now, the phone needs to be wiped.
FFS samsung, what is this....because I now read a couple threads and posts on social media people having exactly same problem, and some didn't do anything with ADB prior to update. shame...