Hello,
Before everything:
I have a SGS with Android 2.2.1 JPY, rooted 2 months ago with 1click or something like that
It all happend yesterday... I was talking at the phone for aprox 2 minutes when my phone started vibrating... I sad ok, maybe some app just crashed, it happens. After i closed the call, my phone didn't respond to any command (any kind of button, power button nothing).
So i tought ok, a good old pull the battery out reset should do the trick. After restarted the phone... what could i see... the settings (with google account and sht appeard) and my background changed
Then i started receiving messages from A LOT of apps the i had installed (Titanium Backup, Color Note, so on...) that they crashed. My contacts are gone too (recovered them in the end), and it seems i can only use 5% of my installed apps (basicly the ones that come preinstalled with android).
What should i do ? Did someone else have this problem ?
Yes, same **** happened to me last night !
I did a hard reset and reinstall all and now it's working ok.
(FROYO.DXJPE)
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Hi,
I have a rooted GT-i9000m (bell Galaxy S Vibrant). I used the one click lag fix to root my phone and it works fine.
A few days ago out of no where all the apps started auto closing as soon as i opened them and then both the menu and back touch buttons lit up and the screen went black. I held the power down till it rebooted only to get and error with com.android.calendar even tho I never use the app. When it finish's booting none of my installed apps are showing.
The first time it happened with com.android.app and I did a full wipe and factory reset and just reinstalled everything.
Ideally I don't want to system reset to factory settings again and lose all my files and notes that i copied back on to the phone 2days ago...
Please note I have tried clearing the data for the calendar app in settings -> apps and i cleared the calendar back up. My problem is that none of my installed apps are showing...
(Update) I also cant reinstall or update apps due to a Installation error - Insufficient storage. But there's room on both SD cards. I also set 850mb for apps when i did the one click lag fix and i don't have 850mb of apps installed.
(Update 2) I did a factory reset again this time i didn't format the internal and external SD cards. (It works like new again) Thus I got to keep all my personal files and ring tones ect. The only thing that was deleted that I didn't back up is my Notes. This leads me to my new question whats best for backing up apps on a rooted SGS (bell Vibrant)?
If anyone has answers they would be much appreciated.
i had the same problem
install rom manager from the market place
there is a option in there "Fix Permissions" just run that and it will fix it up for you
only takes 1-2min to run
Tried what you said but i cant install anything... I get Installation Error - Insufficient storage available.
I now understand the cause of the problem. I change my battery once and some times twice a day. At first I would wait for the long shut down (untill the screen goes totaly black) and then take off the back and swap out the battery. At least 3 times the phone would boot up and ask me for the network unlock code (I bought the unlock code directly from bell for 75$). I found this rather annoying so i tried just taking the battery out wile it was on (idle) and it appeared to work flawlessly at least 20-30 times before the phone would start to do an endless force close loop cycle. This kept forcing me to do a factory reset on the phone. I can only assume the one click lag fix and my disregard for the need of the shutdown before removing the battery must be all the cause of my problems.
I will try and see if my phone is more stable with out the one click lag fix.
nope that is not the cause of the problem
but it sounds like you are another victim of the lag fixes that is killing your internal SD card.
not the fault of the lag fix, it just make the problem apear sooner than later
I have been having a similar issue and I'm using Voodoo lagfix. I think it's because I took the battery out before it had completely shut down.
read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793404
Well the phone bit the dust today. I opened up google maps to look up an address and it crashed with the usual error. So i rebooted the phone and now it stays stuck at the boot logo. (the glowing S with both touch keys staying lit) So i did the recovery thing again but this time I had to do the Vol-up + home + power in order to get the phone working some what. IDK but it wont let me log into my google account to sync my contacts. My APN settings are correct and working and I even tried off my Wifi at home. I'll just hope its a google problem and not my phone acting up. Thanks for the pointer to the bad internal SD. That may be the problem kinda hard to prove it to Samy thoe...
I get force close errors after about 4-7 days of use. Now its gotten worse. A few days ago I was looking up an address and my phone crashed and rebooted it self. It then hug at the S boot logo for 20mins. I got to my friends apartment building to find my phone still stuck at this boot logo. I couldn't remember his apartment number or buzzer code... Normally i just check my contacts list and buzz the code. I was standing out side in the Canadian fall cold wind trying to get this phone to work... OMG i almost just smashed it on the spot. Anyways I remembered about something i had read on this forum about the recovery mode ( i had used it to root ) so i tried that out got the little menu and tried every option before having to do the dreaded factory reset. Well nothing work with the exception of the factory reset it got my phone working in about 5mins... LOL
Anyways I thought I might try upgrading the firmware when I got home. What a mistake... I cant control my phones MP3 player via my bluetooth car stereo any longer. Tried everything even a factory reset and formatting the internal and external SD's. I tried running it with out rooting it again and with out the lag fix in hopes that I wouldn't get a force close error. Wouldn't you know it about 5 hours after the factory reset un-rooted just after i finish coping over all my music. I get a force close error! So I tried again and this time the phone ran for about 30hours before it started giving me force close errors about the email now...
Sigh I've tried just about everything in my power to make this phone work. So I assumed it must be the phone... I called Samsung up to get a RMA going... Wouldn't you know it they tell me that I have to call my carrier to get it RMA/repaired. I try to explain that I bought the phone with out a contract and bought the unlock code from Bell so I could use it on Fido. They tell me to call Fido... ROFL Fido wouldn't even give me their APN settings when i got this phone so knew they would be of no help. They don't even have one android phone in their line up i tell the sammy rep. So they tell me I should go back to the Bell store I bought it from to get it repaired/RMA'ed.
I doubt Bell will be of much help but here's hoping.
Do you think my phone is broken, bad flash, buggy memory, ect and needs to be RMA'ed?
Update...
I got my phone back from repairs 2 weeks ago. They flat out replaced the phone for a new one. This was a huge headache for me because the new one wasn't unlocked. Took Bell 2 hours to get the new one unlocked wile my wife waited out side double parked downtown! (I thought it would be a quick pick up and I would be out) The blue-tooth works flawlessly again!!
Much to my dismay the replacement phone has started acting up much like my first one did. It gets several force close errors a day and has gotten to the point where it no longer can send or receive text messages (using Handcent). The stock Music Player app also force closes at random with more frequently. It looks like I got another Lemon. This time around I did NOT root, lag-fix, or flash firmware. I will be sending it for repairs as soon as I can afford to buy another phone to use wile this one is off at repairs. My back up phone is a 3~ year old Iphone3g that my son has made his... (cracked screen, vol rockers dont work, power button is jammed in, the LCD screen it self is bleeding on the top edge)
The Vibrant never let me down other than as a phone. As a divx player or using all-share it rocks! I use these features A LOT to play my 720p divx movies on any TV or the projector in the bedroom .
with that being said I might keep the phone just as a portable movie player to bring from place to place and put my sim in something more stable.
Hi guys,
I've updated my Galaxy S I9000 from 2.2 to 2.2.1 JPX with KIES (when the JPX came out), i've used SuperOneClick v1.55 to root the phone, and I haven't used no lagfix app.
The first time this problem occour was when I left the phone ran out of battery, the phone turned off, then when I started it, it seemed that it was partly reset, as it showed me that initial screen, that let me configure the phone, and my home screen was empty, and I had a lot of Force Closes..In that time, I didn't care as it was the first, so I have flashed 2.2.1 JPX again (with KIES), and rooted it...Then i've installed all my apps again (ROM MAnager, SGS Tools, Titatnium Backup, Fruit Ninja ....)
I've been using the phone for a couple of weeks, and today, I needed to swap the SIM card to let a user make a call, so I turned my device off (by shutting down in the menu..)
I've changed the SIM card, turned it on, it worked well, no problem...
Then I did the same to change back to my own SIM card, when I started the phone...it was a mess again, my home screen was empty, a lot of Force Closes...
I don't know what's causing this, this problem only occours sometimes when I turn the phone off... Is there any solution for this? What's causing this?
I don't want to reinstall all my apps everytime I need to turn the phone off
(sorry for my english...)
edit: i've tried the "Fix permissions" thing, but it didnt help
Hello,
for a few days now i have something strange going on with my galaxy s. When i reboot the device, somewhere around the moment you can enter the pincode for the sim, the phone shakes one time first and and then two times as if there is something crashing.
After that all seems to be working fine... That is, until i notice up to two times now, an app went missing, from which i can't remember i removed it. After i reinstall the app, all settings i configured before for that app where there in place...
I am not sure if these two issues have something to do with each other...
I am running the stock Froyo rom 2.2.1 with the speedmod kernel (k12t)...
Is there someone out there who has an idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Mart
Did you recently change to the froyo 2.2.1 rom, and did problems only occur after changing?
Did you do a full wipe when changing?
Thanks you for the reply...
well no, i am running the 2.2.1 for a few weeks... As far as i am able to point to the moment it started it was just after i removed the battery when the phone was locked (i mistakenly thought it was off). After i placed back the battery and started the phone, i started noticing the possible crashing...
A day or 2 later i noticed an app was lost, the icon was still on the desktop, but it was a green android (like that from the market) and won't start. Because i didn't remember removing the app i looks strange to me. After reinstalling the app all settings i configured before where in place, as if wasn't gone for a while... That's why i notice it, because when i remove an app, i normally make sure everything is removed including settings...
Up until now i have found two of these in a strange way lost apps...
Because there was some time between the removing of the battery with the start of the first issue and noticing these lost apps, i am not really sure they are connected...
It seems that you have any kind of data corruption. If the phone shakes 1 and then 3 times, it is saying that some process has stopped. Also if you lost some app without your intervention... looks like I said. Consider backup your data, wipe and reinstall.
Good luck
Hello,
My SGT p1010 got unresponsive (the display didn't want to turn on) and I held the power key untill shut down. After turning on again, the home and search keys are touchable (I get the vibrant feedback), but there isn't any action performed. I unfroze some samsung stuff I had frozen before that and restarted, but no effect.
As a side effect, the icons and widget (accuweather) I placed manually on the desktop disappeared, and the programs got sorted by name (not like before - the latest installed - after the earlier ones).
Was this some kind of soft-hard reset?! No info disappeared though..
Any ideas why is this happening and how to fix it?
Well, I just did factory reset and it's all ok now..
It will happen again
i had the same problem. went to a samsung store and they updated the gt software. they were sure that the update was the solution to the issue, but it happened again. please contact samsung support to make them know this important problem.
Same problem here.
Contacted Samsung. Waiting for a call.
Problem:
- Home screen reset to factory settings. Some settings like key sounds reenabled
- Home and Search key not working
All account settings and apps are still there.
Also when you shutdown the phone there is only one option "shut down". There were 3 before. Like offline mode and one other option i don't remember.
Malicieux said:
Well, I just did factory reset and it's all ok now..
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Just what I was gonna recommend. It usually does the trick
Tbolt meatclaws-talkatap
Doing the "trick" every day is not that great though...
Again
This stupid issue happened AGAIN....I refuse to factory reset it again! Any ideas?
@ravage2k : did u get a call from Samsung?
It happened to me 2 weeks ago, did a factory reset and I'm waiting for the next time :'(
See also there : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074446
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SUCCESS!
The weirdest miracle happened - I connected the tablet with KIES on the pc and the locker and buttons are working again...hope this helps you guys
Thx for the tip, I'll try if it happen.
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Malicieux said:
The weirdest miracle happened - I connected the tablet with KIES on the pc and the locker and buttons are working again...hope this helps you guys
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It happened to me today and the Kies' tip worked ! Thx a lot. :-D
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Bad Samy BAD!
happened to me just now, the KIES trick fixed for me, but not only the buttons do not worked, even my google acount wasn't registered, after unplugin the device it asked me for my acount restore settings, and also no lock screen until pluged to kies We really need an update for the P1010 even if it not froyo but this problem seems to be for a lot of users... I dont whant to connect to kies every day just for the fix
the problem keeps spreading to all reagions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiE3BxnGjUY
I've had this problem for the past 6 weeks since I got my gt p1010. It happens a couple of times per week. Grrrrr.
The Kies solution fixes the home key & lock button issue and all the apps are there, however I get the following two things:
* All Homepage data is lost (I have to re-do all of my homepage icons)
* My browser bookmarks are all lost
Haven't done a factory reset as I'm not convinced this will fix the issue - that certainly seems to be the case for Malicieux anyway!!
Might this be something to do with pattern lock??
Has anyone found a solution to this yet?????
We need a firmware update and fast!!!
P1010 Home and Search Key not working
Hi Guys,
I have read your posts and have also had this really annoying problem.
The last time I did a factory reset, I have intentionally not installed any additional apps or setup my Exchange e-mail client, as I strongly suspect that it will be down to something like this.
I have not had any problems at all so far - where before it would lock up and reset multiple times in one day.
I have not yet installed any of the previous apps I had, but I will be installing one a day until I find it crash again.
It didn't have many apps on their but here are a list. I am curious to see if anyone who has also experienced these issues had installed the same apps as me.
Skype, BBC Iplayer, GoogleSky
or were connected to an Exchange account.
I have setup my exchance account once more today - but without checking the Sync Calender or contacts options.
It has been working for 1/2 day with still no problems.
I suggest everyone else who has this problem does the same and we nail down the offending app!
You will need to do a factory reset - not a Kies Sync fix - because you will always get the problem again (because you still have the offending setup / app)
Let's nail this down!
I have a P1000, so not sure how valid this is. I searched on Google and there appears to be an Android issue 8503 (I think?) related to this:
Home button vibrates but no action
Search doesn't work
cut-down "power off" menu
no security lock
I experienced this issue repeatedly when updating Overcome ROM, I narrowed it down to restoring backed up apps. So I've downloaded apps from the market and restored data from Titanium Backup. I think I've got a contaminated back-up somewhere.
Since not restoring apps (after trying at least twice, maybe 3x), my system has been stable. While not pinpointing the issue, I hope this helps someone...?
@ irw030370 same here...
@ snesy i think the problem lies with Skype.
my father has the same problem with his P1010 ans the same temporal solution when connecting the tab to his pc ( he does not need to start Kies, just connect it with a usb cable )
I did a reset once but installed all the SW directly after that...
strange thing is that my mother has also a p1010 same version of FW and so on and does not have that problem...
next week i'll get my hands on his tab and will perform a hard reset, and do as you suggest.
Will update my findings later on...
Greets,
T.
Edit :
With the basic install, added only skype and some email accounts. I did not have an issue.
Still looking...
Hi all
any advance on this problem?
You should update to Android 2.3.
Check Kies or follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410035
I did not have any problems with this new version so far.
Hi,
I have been using Team ICSSGS RC3.1 for a long time now, didnt really feel the need to migrate to RC4.2 etc. Today, I suddenly started getting "Low messaging memory" errors saying an incoming message was rejected. The fone started lagging, and many apps started crashing. finally i reboot-ed my fone, hoping it would get better, but its now stuck in a boot-loop with the ICS boot animation.
I havent taken any titanium-backup in a long time, so afraid of losing all my messages. Any fix for this..please suggest!
TIA
Hi, can you boot in to recovery mod with 3 button combo?
vol down + Home + pwr
OK, since you're now bootlooping the solution will take more time... you should go to recovery, wipe everything and reinstall rom.
daggi78 said:
Hi, can you boot in to recovery mod with 3 button combo?
vol down + Home + pwr
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yes..i could boot into recovery mode. though i ended up doing a fresh wipe and re-flash..i wud still like to know how i could have saved my sms messages in such a situation.
Also..for future reference..is there a way i can sync my SMSes in the cloud..just like i sync contacts with my google account!
Thanks.
fps249 said:
OK, since you're now bootlooping the solution will take more time... you should go to recovery, wipe everything and reinstall rom.
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thanks..i realised that was the ultimate solution..but the whole idea was to save my sms messages in such a situation. any idea on that.?
low memory and backup SMS
Hi!
i've lived just a couple of days ago exactly the same situation: low memory error comin up about every day >> annoying lag (RC3.1 since.. well when it was published)
so i downloaded the 4.2, hoping in this new release the memory usage was fixed.
the phone was badly lagging, when i connected through USB to download a couple of pictures from apps like whatsapp ecc (not synced with google): suddenly the phone rebooted by himself and started to do that LSD-trip on start
i solved it this way, simply: 3-buttons, install from zip (the RC4.2 on the external microSD) and it started working again, with all my data and apps as nothing happened.. i have to say, it's a bit slower, but i want to figure it out this weekend, after backing up photo/video/mp3 i'll do a wipe and a fresh install.. just to be sure that the previous situation won't mess up with the new one.
To back up SMSs i found months ago the BEST APP to do that (imho):
SMS Backup+ (the icon is a green bubble comin out from a small Gmail)
It syncs all your SMSs (with a schedule, choosing under wifi coverage and some other useful options) with your google mail, so you can always find them simply as if they are mails! the app creates its own folder in gmail and dont mix them with the mails in the inbox.. look, i sleep like a baby since i have this app..
If u keep all other stuff synced with google, SMSs with this app and other apps with related services, you can change a device every day without losing anything
i hope this will be useful for everyone who had these problems
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