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[Q] Samsung Captivate Broke After Removing Bloatware

I took off all the AT&T applications from my phone, and now my phone can't download anything. Everytime it tries to, it says
"android.process.media has closed unexpectedly"
and it makes me force close it. I am new to android and am horrified that my new phone is broken. Please help me! If any of you have a backup of the AT&T applications that I deleted, or if you know of any way to completely restore the OS to factory defaults I would be very pleased. Thank you in advance.

Download Odin in the Development section and reflash back to Stock. JF6 is the stock firmware for the Captivate. I dont know what you took off to cause that but my phone does not have the bloatware and works perfectly!
Cheers,
Charlie

Good possibility that you removed the TWLauncher because I got the same FC issue afterwards. Just like the previous post mentioned, just use the one click odin in the dev forums to restore your phone.
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There is a file called media hub or media provider or something, and if you remove or rename it your phone will go crazy. At least i had similar issues once before.
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bobbylx said:
There is a file called media hub or media provider or something, and if you remove or rename it your phone will go crazy. At least i had similar issues once before.
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Its not media hub, that is just the site for samsung when they get their stuff working to download stuff. It could be the other one but just use odin from the app/dev section.

well I had something very similar happen to me and reflashing back to stock worker, but I also heard that reinstalling the stock android market fixed the problem. Not sure where to get the apk, but I'm sure you could find it somewhere.

Lost app

This has never happened before...so I dunno what to do. So I had an Xbox app I actually paid for because I was given a credit to the android market and since flashing the current gingerbread rom I cannot for the life of me locate it. Its not in my downloads in the market no can I locate it in the search for the market. Now I think I might have to enable certain permissions so my phone sees it in the market maybe. I'm lost here I never use titanium backup because I only have a few set apps I use that I know and this has just got me goin up a wall.
It does show up on my g1 running 1.6 though. Maybe the firmware isn't letting me get it.
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Go back to your previous rom, find the .apk in your file manager, send
It to yourself via Gmail. Then go to your updated rom, open Gmail and push install. That's what I do. Try it.
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My Stupid friend deleted dialer.apk.....

My buddy, has an OG Droid. It's a 'spare' phone and not activated...its mostly used as a web browsing (wifi) device. Well, I rooted it for him and got him a root-enabled application remover...well, he 'accidentally' removed dialer.apk. He is not sure what version of android he was on, but I assume it was 2.2 (the latest official firmware).
Can someone either a) post a version or dialer.apk or let me know where I can find it so I can walk him through putting that back on the phone by way of adb. Or b) let me know what I can do to help him with this. He told me he did do a hardware reset, but it made no difference, dialer.apk is still missing.
Now I'm not exactly sure he did a true hardware reset/recovery.
Any ideas? suggestions?
Thanks in advance....
Paul

Try this one: http://db.tt/mHuwDlP
Maybe you have to rename it - it's from an european version of Cynogen Mod 6 - but I suppose it should work if you put it into /system/app directory
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I would download and .sbf back to stock, although the question begs, what use is dialer.apk on a phone that's not activated?
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Hi, I am the dumb friend that has made a fatal mistake. I was trying to strip my Android of unwanted apps so I could take out my memory card and use it elsewhere. When I was doing this I accidentally deleted dialer. Now when I turn turn on phone a message comes up and tells me dialer is not working and thus I choose force close. Well the problem is this message locks up my phone as its continuously comes back.
I have tried hard reset and this did not work. I also was not paying attention so I did not backup Dialer either
Any and all help is much appreciated for this noob.

Grillmore said:
Hi, I am the dumb friend that has made a fatal mistake. I was trying to strip my Android of unwanted apps so I could take out my memory card and use it elsewhere. When I was doing this I accidentally deleted dialer. Now when I turn turn on phone a message comes up and tells me dialer is not working and thus I choose force close. Well the problem is this message locks up my phone as its continuously comes back.
I have tried hard reset and this did not work. I also was not paying attention so I did not backup Dialer either
Any and all help is much appreciated for this noob.
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If you let me know which sbf you are using, i can extract it for you. btw, is there a dialer.apk in droid? Because the milestone only has Contacts.apk and Phone.apk. I thought dialer.apk was there only in motoblur devices. OG Droid is not one of them.
IF you dont know which rom you are running on your phone, just go to Settings->About Phone, scroll down to the bottom and post a screenshot of your screen.
Update : I just downloaded and unpacked the original Verizon Droid 2.2 sbf from here and i can confirm that there is no dialer.apk in there. Also it is odexed. You are not running the official 2.2 update.

Hello silshen, and than you for taking time out to try to help me.
When I turn on this droid the exact message I get is
! Sorry!
The application Dialer (process
com.android.phone) has
stopped unexpectedly.Please
try again
Force Close
I cannot get any further into my droid now. I force close then this message instantly reappears. I downloaded the link you have posted (ty). Now If I might ask, how would I go about reinstalling 2.2 on this droid? I have 0 experience at
this. Do I need a program on my computer to install?

Grillmore said:
Hello silshen, and than you for taking time out to try to help me.
When I turn on this droid the exact message I get is
! Sorry!
The application Dialer (process
com.android.phone) has
stopped unexpectedly.Please
try again
Force Close
I cannot get any further into my droid now. I force close then this message instantly reappears. I downloaded the link you have posted (ty). Now If I might ask, how would I go about reinstalling 2.2 on this droid? I have 0 experience at
this. Do I need a program on my computer to install?
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You have the following options.
You can flash the official sbf using rsdlite.
If you have installed clockworkmod recovery, I can make a flashable update for you.
You can use rootexplorer to copy the contacts and phone apps to your system folder.
You can use adb to push the apps to system partition.
Best option is to flash sbf. You can then root your phone using z4root/universal androot or superoneclick root. Then install rom manager and then flash whatever custom rom you want.
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Use the attached guide to flash the official 2.2 sbf if your phone is a verizon droid. Follow procedure and please note that all risk that comes with this is yours. If you follow procedure, you shouldn't have any problems.

I'm not to worried about contacts or apps because this is my 'gaming' droid.Even though the Ram(if that is what it is called) is a bit small and can not run every game.Atm I have downloaded rsdlite 4.5.3 and will try to begin to 'flash' this droid. This droid was rooted before if that is any help.

Grillmore said:
I'm not to worried about contacts or apps because this is my 'gaming' droid.Even though the Ram(if that is what it is called) is a bit small and can not run every game.Atm I have downloaded rsdlite 4.5.3 and will try to begin to 'flash' this droid. This droid was rooted before if that is any help.
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You will lose root when you flash the sbf. Root the phone using the method i told you or get your friend to help you out again.

Thank you very, very, very, much for your help.

Grillmore said:
Thank you very, very, very, much for your help.
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You are welcome.
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When I open RSD and then plug Vdroid in, most values are N/A. I downloaded drivers and am not sure what I should do.I was able to try flash device, the model comes up as SE Flash OMAP3430 MI. The status is 'Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve initialization from INI file.

Grillmore said:
When I open RSD and then plug Vdroid in, most values are N/A. I downloaded drivers and am not sure what I should do.I was able to try flash device, the model comes up as SE Flash OMAP3430 MI. The status is 'Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve initialization from INI file.
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Did you put the phone into bootloader mode? (Power+dpad-up)
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Yes, I put the vdroid into bootloader then plug into my pc
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Did you install Moto USB drivers?
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Yes I have installed the drivers, updated, and reboot comp.
I also am running windows vista ultimate if that is any help.
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Grillmore said:
Yes I have installed the drivers, updated, and reboot comp.
I also am running windows vista ultimate if that is any help.
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Download rsdlite 4.6 or above and try running the program as admin. Have you installed any other recovery like cwm or sprecovery on your phone.
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I have upgraded to 4.6, gave RSD Lite Admin rights(doh' I should have done that >.<
Vdroid is now able to be flashed. Model still came up different though,but this worked like a charm!!!! Thank You!!!
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Just Got It Fixed
I also have the same problem on my Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure. Just got fixed it yesterday. Good thing that I already backed up my system before it happened. I have a stock app and its components .odex file. Just download it here.
Instruction:
1. Download the "Priv-app" on Facebook. Search the group Free Applications
2. Extract it.
3. Copy "Dialer.apk and Dialer.odex File.
4. Paste it in \system\priv-app on your android phone.
5. Press and hold Dialer.apk and click properties.
6. Uncheck all boxes except read only.
7. Click OK and Reboot.
Thatsss alll. Hope it might help you.

need HELP, many issues after reboot with revolt 1.5

need help again ran into alot of issues
i'm using revolt 1.5
1-for some reason after i moved some apps from phone to sd card using App 2 SD by sam lu the system show the apps as uninstall after i reboot the revo, how can i fix it?
2-also after that reboot, my market can't download or update any apps it just get stuck showing the download bar but it have no info of whats the download percentage,
since the market cant download apps i tried downloading the revotoolkit.apk from the xda revo forum with the google browser and it worked
3-but another issue poped up when i try to install the revotoolkit.apk it'll freeze and wont install, whats the problem here? i tried installing multiple times still no dice
4-then i figure something up with the market app so i try to clear it data and cache so i went into settings >> applications >> manage applications and notice there's nothing on the " Downloaded " section
so i check the " Running " section and see that all apps from android system-youtube says computing..
then i went to " All " section, same thing as " Running " section but with some more apps.
then went to " On SD card " section its blank also like downloaded, anyone know how to fix it?
i thought i did something wrong flashing the revolt 1.5 rom so i went back to cwm and do the whole process again " wipe data > flash revot 1.5 > reboot and it didn't fix anything, i still have the same problems
5-so i tried to connect the revo to my pc and run s1c to unroot it and reinstall the stock v4 and redo the whole downgrade and root process then another problem occured, the revo wont connect as internet connection while debug on and neither mass storage and media sync work but it shows the revo is charging through the usb connections
i'm sorry for such a long post
so can someone please help
side note - my phone worked flawless and everything works before i moved the apps to the sd card and reboot thats when everthing got screwed up.
but i still can make/recieve calls/text, the internet is fine i can browse/stream/download with stock browser and youtube

What I would do is back up apps, reboot into recovery, wipe data, reflash the rom, then reinstall apps.
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mtmichaelson said:
What I would do is back up apps, reboot into recovery, wipe data, reflash the rom, then reinstall apps.
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i would but i can't because before i flash the revolt i backed up everything with " my backup " and that's one of the app that's went missing and i can't seem to find a way to reinstall it even after i found it on the browser and downloaded it, it still freeze during install and i cant find a way to install that apk just like the revotoolkit.apk by thecubed it still won't install no matter how many times i try it
i even tried to do the software update on the revo obviously it wont work but i thought why not give it a shot.
i was wondering if i would flash any previous revolt versions would i be able to do the sorfware update on the revo?
thanks for the reply tho mtmichealson
are there's another way i can try to fix these problems?

bhp117 said:
i would but i can't because before i flash the revolt i backed up everything with " my backup " and that's one of the app that's went missing and i can't seem to find a way to reinstall it even after i found it on the browser and downloaded it, it still freeze during install and i cant find a way to install that apk just like the revotoolkit.apk by thecubed it still won't install no matter how many times i try it
i even tried to do the software update on the revo obviously it wont work but i thought why not give it a shot.
i was wondering if i would flash any previous revolt versions would i be able to do the sorfware update on the revo?
thanks for the reply tho mtmichealson
are there's another way i can try to fix these problems?
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Interesting.. What home replacement do you use? I use GO Launcher, and I went in, and did some light app cleaning, getting rid of crap I don't need. I rebooted to make sure it was all off, and interestingly enough, some of my apps were gone. I went into Settings- Applications- manage, and the apps I was missing on my home screen were still there, but were not being displayed on my home screen. I did a reboot. And it solved it. I don't know if that had to do with the GO Launcher or not.
If you go to the market, does it say you have the apps? If you get Astro file manager, does it say the files are on your sd card? I mean, they have to be somewhere. You could wipe cache, and dalvik and try to reflash the rom. If that doesn't work, you could try homeless, and if everything is golden flash revolt. Taking into account the risks there. I know somewhere quite close to the top of the forums, we have the original files so you can take everything back to stock if you junk it up too much.
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bhp117 said:
i would but i can't because before i flash the revolt i backed up everything with " my backup " and that's one of the app that's went missing and i can't seem to find a way to reinstall it even after i found it on the browser and downloaded it, it still freeze during install and i cant find a way to install that apk just like the revotoolkit.apk by thecubed it still won't install no matter how many times i try it
i even tried to do the software update on the revo obviously it wont work but i thought why not give it a shot.
i was wondering if i would flash any previous revolt versions would i be able to do the sorfware update on the revo?
thanks for the reply tho mtmichealson
are there's another way i can try to fix these problems?
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Is that "my back up" an app or did you save that under cwm back up? If you saved it in cwm, you can access that through recovery. If its an app, you should be able to download it from the market again, and it may have saved what ever for you. If you get to the market and says you have it, you should be able to choose to run it from there or uninstall. Again, if you get Astro, you should be able to find your back up on your external sd card.

i was using " go launcher ex "
when i went into the market it didn't show any of the missing app, but the missing apps still have a short cup on the app drawer with out the actual app icons.
" MyBackup is a app by rerware, LLC " they have 3 versions " MyBackup/MyBackup Root/MyBackupPro$4.99 " is like TI Backup
I've tried going back to the market to download and reinstall the MyBackup app so i can restore my apps+data/contacts/system data but it tend to freeze
so i use the browser to google the app, i found the apk file on google and download it w/o any delay so i thought something is wrong with my market app
once the download of the mybackup app completed i tried to install it and thats when the other problem happen, it won't install. i tried to install it a few times and each time i'll wait 2-7 minutes and it still no install.
at 1st i thought it was something wrong with the apk file so i tried to install the revotoolkit.apk i've downloaded and installed w/o any problems earlier but didn't install this time and it just froze like the mybackup.apk
so i tried the troubleshot in the order i did on my 1st post
thanx alot for the reply markapowell
if you can think of something please let me know

Well, that is beyond my already lack of expertize. Sounds like you might be missing some LG file from the factory. For instance, when we got the phone we had a list of freezable goodies. Well one of the programs you would freeze would kill Bluetooth, but it would have been a program that should have never controlled that function. So you may have offed something that was connected to how you see things in the drawer. How to solve it, is beyond me, without looking at the phone.
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i tried flashing revolt 1.0-1.4, rehome 1.0/1.1, decrap 1.1 nothing fix any issues
then while i'm still on decrap 1.1 i finally found a way to get the revo to be connect to my pc with internet connection and debug on last nite
revo turned off and make sure it's in auto internet connection with debug on before i turned the revo
then connect to pc " pc is on " before i turn the revo back on
once the revo established internet connection w debug on i started s1c v2.1.1 to unroot it
then i use LGNST to update with the v6 tot file instead of doing a downgrade to v4
after update finished i reboot then try to download apps from the market, same thing as before it wouldnt download or install. so the problem wasn't fix on the market
then i check the other settings like my 1st post and its still the same thing, all the problems still there nothing was fixed on the v6 firmware
so i just dont bother with it anymore since the stock firmware didnt fix anything i know i broke something not sure what
then i just went to a verizon store told them the issues, they check the phone firmware just to make sure it's stock and not rooted
"good thing the LGNST and the v4/v6 tot brings the phone back to original state "
then the verizon reps did a factory reset just to check if that would fix the issues and it didn't anything so they just going to send me another revo in a few days
i guess thats the only way to fix those issues
cant wait to get it and root again , if anything screws up i'll have to use LGNST again and bring it back to verizon
thanx again to mtmichealson and markapowell for the replies
huge thanx to hilong08 and nasirahmed posting the LGNST and stock firmware files and how to downgrade

thanx again to mtmichealson and markapowell for the replies
huge thanx to hilong08 and nasirahmed posting the LGNST and stock firmware files and how to downgrade[/QUOTE]
Yah, sounds like you did all you could do. Glad you were able to take it back in. Good luck on the next one.

there's probably more i can like really dig into the system to find which files are missing but then again i'm not an IT tech i'm just a trucker and it'll be much easier for me to just revert it back to stock and have verizon send me a replacement

Did you ever try adb push in recovery to get my back up back?
Open command prompt to platform-tools folder hold shift and right click on platform-tool.and start command prompt there then run
adb devices (insures your connected debugging must be enabled)
adb pull /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro-1.apk
(that will pull the apk to the platform-tools folder)
Now boot into recovery
adb devices (make sure you are connected and says recovery next to it)
adb push com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro-1.apk /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro-1.apk
Of course that is for my backup pro not sure what you had but should be similar
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Beamer9408 said:
Did you ever try adb push in recovery to get my back up back?
Open command prompt to platform-tools folder hold shift and right click on platform-tool.and start command prompt there then run
adb devices (insures your connected debugging must be enabled)
adb pull /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro-1.apk
(that will pull the apk to the platform-tools folder)
Now boot into recovery
adb devices (make sure you are connected and says recovery next to it)
adb push com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro-1.apk /data/app/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro-1.apk
Of course that is for my backup pro not sure what you had but should be similar
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nope i didn't try this method to push the MyBackup back to the revo
since i still have it i'll give it a shot see if that could fix it
when you mention" boot into recovery " do you mean go into cwm?
thanx for the reply

That is correct and the only reason you have to do that is because the revo won't let you adb remount...don't know why but push in recovery has worked for me sometimes I head to use root explorer to manually move it to where it needs to be like it might get put in /data and not /data/app
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thank Beamer9408 for the quick reply
i'll downgrade to v4/root and try the adb later tonite

pushing adb work like a charm i got MyBackup back and tried reinstall some of my backup app+data and reinstall the system data that i backed up earlier
thanx beamer9408
but instead of pulling the app from adb i just google searched the MyBackup and revotoolkit and push through adb. it worked fine my revo instantly reconized the app i'd push and i didn't have to go into recovery
then i rebooted hoping it'll fix the issues but nope it didnt fix anything, the apps i backup is still there but i can't download/update/install apps from the market but the amazon appstore and browser can still download but it won't install also
so i don't what happened to my revo and why it won't install anything on it but i can push apps through adb
also it didn't fix the usb and other problems too i still have to have the phone turned off w debug and internet connection on then turn it back on inorder for it to be reconnize by the pc
any other ideas i can try before i return the phone? so we can try to solve it incase it happens to some other revo owners so they have somewhere to go to fix it
since i'll reflash revolt 1.5 again just to play with it some more, do anyone know about that v6 or v8 supercharger script thats suppose to help speed up the phone? and how would i apply it?
just wanna do some experimenting

I don't think we can use the super charge script
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i've tried the v6 supercharge a few times last nite and i can't seem to load it with script manager
each time i try to load it the script manager it just go into force close even if i rebooted the revo
someone did do it on the revo posted in this link at the bottom of the tread and i did follow all directions too, didn't work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1210041&page=93
it's wierd that each app i transfer to sd with the app " app2sd " will work but once i reboot, when i try to run the apps that i move to sd shows a message " cannot run application not install " and it won't show on the app drawer
is that a issue w revolt 1.5 or goLauncherEx?
another thing is while i try to transfer each app to sd with app2sd, the 1st try always says " error cannot move to sd " but on 2nd try it'll work? why it do that? is it because revolt 1.5 not really compatible with the app2sd app?

I'm using all of those apps and haven't had that problem
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got my replacement last nite then did the whole routine again, downgrade v4> root s1c v2.1.1> flash revolt 1.5 w/o any issues played with it for a while before i load the v6 supercharger script
i installed the busybox installer app and install the 1.18.2 busybox version then load the v6 supercharger script through script manager and it works but i didnt notice much difference before and after the v6 supercharger maybe the revolt is already fast as is
i tried using the app2sd again and it didnt play nice w same issues as on my other revo so i downloaded the " gemini app manager " and it worked like a charm
i tend to like the gemini more not only it works but also i can move a batch of apps to sd instead of doing 1 at a time, also it have a block function that is same as freeze
so i don't need too many app
can't wait to see what the revo devs can do with GB rolling out tonite and hopefully mtmichealson and thecubed can get the cm7 ported over to the revo
since i still have both revo i'll try to update the 1 i'm going to send back to GB and play with before i send it back

[Q] Problem with Old Market app

Hi everyone! I just installed on my galaxy mini the Old Market app.
It's an application that gives you the choice to use the old market instead of the new one.
It presents a screen with 2 buttons with whom you can chose Old or New Market.
Once you make your choice it asks you to reboot the phone to apply the changes made.
Long story short, first time i used it, I selected the old market, rebooted as requested, and entered the market. It was the old one, I tried to dowload some apps but, even though the download went on correctly, once the app began installing, the phone reboots and no app is installed.
I tried to go back to the new market, removed the app that caused the problem, tried everything but nothing solved the problem.
even if I try to install an apk file stored on the sd through root explorer or es explorer, the phone reboots.
of course I can't re-install the market...
can anybody help me?
the phone is a Galaxy Mini With CM7 RC5
Thanks!!!
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Flash Gapps again!!
@yellingod
ok first make your choise whitch market you want!
notice: old market is much faster on mini
then flash Gapps again on cwm and its solved!!

Ok for now I installed everything again.. Next time I'll put the old market on I'll try and post if it works or not.
Thanks
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