I rooted my droid 3 but for some reason my contacts app keeps force closing! Is there anyway to root the phone and restore it back to factory setting then try rooting it again? How would I restore back to factory default?
There is no ability to restore, reset or do-over with the Droid 3 until a .sbf is released (leaked).
did you delete anything after rooting your Droid 3?
yep...but i tried to play it relatively safe removing bloatware, but apparently I must have deleted something that was critical to contacts. How long do you think we will be waiting until an sbf is out?
Sounds like you deleted the yahoo stuff. Find the system.img file that was uploaded here weeks ago, pull out the two yahoo .apk and .odex files and push them back to /system/app/
That will fix your contacts.
There is no ETA or guess on the .sbf. It will require a leak from within Motorola.
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tcrews said:
Sounds like you deleted the yahoo stuff. Find the system.img file that was uploaded here weeks ago, pull out the two yahoo .apk and .odex files and push them back to /system/app/
That will fix your contacts.
There is no ETA or guess on the .sbf. It will require a leak from within Motorola.
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In titanium backup, it lists Yahoo Contacts 2.3.4 and Yahoo Mail Authenticator 2.3.4.....so I didnt delete those. Not sure if there was other yahoo stuff that got deleted?
driftinaway said:
In titanium backup, it lists Yahoo Contacts 2.3.4 and Yahoo Mail Authenticator 2.3.4.....so I didnt delete those. Not sure if there was other yahoo stuff that got deleted?
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Nope, those are it.....those have been causing Force Close on contacts for all that deleted or "froze" them. If you still have those then apparently there is another app that you did remove that ties in to Contacts.
You must have deleted Corporate Sync Authenticator, if I freeze that one I get your error as well
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Hi everyone,
just wondering as I did my first order (BlueEx) for my Dream machine.
What happens if I format my device (install another cooked rom)? do I lost my application? do I download it again for free as I have the same gmail account? is there any way of grabing my apk install file?
thanks for your help, sure it's just 1.4€ for the moment, but if I went for documents2go or any other more expensive app (wisepilot....), I would not format my device anymore!
paid apps can be downloaded from the market again at no cost, but yes you will have to reinstall everything.
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew how to get your paid apps. moved from original gmail account to another gmail account. (Going to delete original account) Thanks.
You can pull the app off of your device using adb pull. I believe some backup apps can also backup apk files onto sdcard. One thing to note is that if you reinstall your own backup from a file rather than the market, you will not be able to get updates from the market. Only apps installed using the market app will show up on the Downloaded list (and thus be updatable without a repurchase).
Also, if the app in question is a protected app (not all paid apps are) then you will need root to pull it out of app-protected.
I wonder if there isn't some way to transfer your Market app licenses from one gmail account to another. You might have to contact Android Market support about it.
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You can pull the app off of your device using adb pull. I believe some backup apps can also backup apk files onto sdcard. One thing to note is that if you reinstall your own backup from a file rather than the market, you will not be able to get updates from the market. Only apps installed using the market app will show up on the Downloaded list (and thus be updatable without a repurchase).
Also, if the app in question is a protected app (not all paid apps are) then you will need root to pull it out of app-protected.
I wonder if there isn't some way to transfer your Market app licenses from one gmail account to another. You might have to contact Android Market support about it.
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I figured it out, first you wipe in Recovery then Reboot, log into original Gmail account (The one with your purchased Apps.) go into Market and redownload your purchased Apps., now get out of Market and go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications, scroll down till you get to Google Apps, click on that and press Clear data now Reboot and go back to Market and it'll ask you to log in again, log in with new Gmail account and all your stuff will sync, Contacts ect... and after a few minutes your purchased Apps. will show up in My downloads.
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I figured it out, first you wipe in Recovery then Reboot, log into original Gmail account (The one with your purchased Apps.) go into Market and redownload your purchased Apps., now get out of Market and go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications, scroll down till you get to Google Apps, click on that and press Clear data now Reboot and go back to Market and it'll ask you to log in again, log in with new Gmail account and all your stuff will sync, Contacts ect... and after a few minutes your purchased Apps. will show up in My downloads.
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Thank you for the Tutorial - it worked for me until I wanted to install a Update of a purchased App:
they are all shown in My downloads & Market tells me that there is a Update available. When I click update it shows me the Buy button & the Price of the app?!
What can I do now? Any ideas?
Would really appreciate some help.
Removed some bloatware via Titanium Backup, and of course, I got trigger happy.
process com.motorola.contacts (Contacts force closes)
process com.motorola.conversations (text messaging force closes)
So I have Root Explorer and got a hold of a system dump for Bionic.
I started by moving YahooContacts.apk (one of the apps I guess I shouldn't have uninstalled) back to the /system/app folder...but it doesn't show up anywhere as an installed app (just that the .apk was moved). If I try to actually select the .apk and try to install it says "Application did not Install" but the .apk IS moved.
Processes still don't work after moving.
I would appreciate any help, at this point I can't text or place calls. Thanks in advance, this forum helped me with the entire root process.
You cannot freeze/remove ANY of the other authenticator apps, it will cause contacts to freeze. I ran into that on the Droid 3.
First off there is no need to delete/remove, Freezing them accomplishes the same thing but most importantly it allows you to reverse what you have broken by Defrosting it. Do yourself a favor stop deleting and start freezing. If 16GB is not enough internal storage for you then you might consider an external HD from Seagate!!!!!!! LOL
I realize I made a big mistake. That's totally on me But it's in the past
Do I have any options to get this working again? I am definitely going to freeze apps in the future.
If I did delete an authenticator process, is there any way I can get those back? Would they be available through a system dump?
I believe that you need to make sure the permissions are correct after reinstalling an apk to the system/app folder. I've never done this, so I'll let you do the research. I've heard you can use root explorer to do this or a script with terminal emulator. Sorry I can't help more
I have the exact same problem, and am attempting to troubleshoot this issue on a different forum, however I am not allowed to post links but I'll try and keep you updated.
Edit: It's not a problem with permissions, I've made sure that they're correct with root explorer. It seems to be a Bionic-specific issue. I might just return it at this rate.
Thankfully, there's an unroot to use. I think im in the same boat. re-added all the yahoo related .apk and .odex and set permissions/owner, still nothing. Unroot and hope the Verizon dude is in a good mood!
Except now ADB is throwing "ERROR: ADB could not be granted root access" when trying to unroot
excellent.
Someone in the thread I was talking about had some success, its on droidforums dot net, droid bionic forum, bionic support, HELP! accidentally deleted IMSCServer from Droid Bionic thread. Maybe you can try something I haven't.
just do a factory reset thats what i had to do as I had the same problem.
I tried that, it didn't work... Did you actually get your system apps back? Did you do it through settings or the recovery menu?
i froze my bloat thats prob the difference and it was yahoo that caused the problem for me...
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i froze my bloat thats prob the difference and it was yahoo that caused the problem for me...
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It really begs the question why anything with Yahoo is required by the system. Furthermore, why did they make it so frustratingly hard to reinstall system apps on the Bionic? Really disappointed in Motorola for this.
Here is the fix for Contacts, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
That did it.. I have been looking for the YAHOO Contacts.apk file for 3 days with a bloody wortheless phone that I spent 300 shells on!
BTW I agree with Glimmerman, WHY DID YAHOO get involved in contacts? Talk about a sneaky way in integrate them.
0mie said:
Here is the fix for Contacts, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
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Sorry if I'm newbtastic here but what do I do with these APKs and odex. I tried installing with ES explorer but it would not install. Am I supposed to move these files somewheres? /system/app then try install ? Thanks
answered my own question. I WAS newbtastic afterall. LOL. Thanks anyways. This did it. Dang Yahoo!
lol yep my girlfriend did this yesterday fortunately i have a bionic too so i just pulled the files from my phone and pushed to hers.
damn you yahoo.
also, apparently go contacts EX will 'fix' the problem (you must use their app however)
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Sorry if I'm newbtastic here but what do I do with these APKs and odex. I tried installing with ES explorer but it would not install. Am I supposed to move these files somewheres? /system/app then try install ? Thanks
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Wait - WHERE are we putting the Contact fix and do we extract it once we've moved it?
0mie said:
Here is the fix for Contacts, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
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I'm confused as to where to put this. I downloaded it and it downloaded into tapatalk downloads. Where do I move it and do I extract it?
I didn't delete anything that had to do with the contacts app...but when I try and add a contact I get FC.
com.motorola.contacts stopped responding...anyone else having this issue or know what might have been messed up?
Here is the fix Post 17
Now I am having issues with my Calendar app, when I try and add an event it FC...what did I remove now? :/ lol Stupid Motorola making things damn complicated
Are you rooted if so restore/unfreeze Yahoo! Mail Authenticator.
Haven't used that app since I discovered GO Contacts last year. Never had an issue with it. Free on the market.
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Are you rooted if so restore/unfreeze Yahoo! Mail Authenticator.
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This might be the issue, mind posting yours? I can't find my backup :/ lol
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0mie said:
This might be the issue, mind posting yours? I can't find my backup :/ lol
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I have the exact same problem, it's caused by deleting the Yahoo Contacts system app. However, due to some unknown problem with the Bionic it is currently impossible to restore this app from a backup. See this thread for info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255959
and this thread:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...dentally-deleted-imscserver-droid-bionic.html
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Haven't used that app since I discovered GO Contacts last year. Never had an issue with it. Free on the market.
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This is a great idea, I still can't add/edit contacts but at least I can use them. It will have to do until someone figures out how to flash to a stock ROM.
Damn it :/ lol
The Titanium Backup just hangs...can i get the odex and apk from someone? I'd like to try something.
TIA
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Damn it :/ lol
The Titanium Backup just hangs...can i get the odex and apk from someone? I'd like to try something.
TIA
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I assure you I've tried that multiple times, check the threads I posted earlier.
I had the same issue - had to boot into recovery and reset. Now everything's fine.
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I had the same issue - had to boot into recovery and reset. Now everything's fine.
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Did you uninstall the apps or just freeze them?
Having a similar issue wherein when I try to "show only contacts with a phone number" I get a force close as well. I did backup/uninstall Yahoo authenticator, so I assume this is the issue as well.
I already can't wait for just a clean GB rom. So much of the bloatware on this phone seems tied in to the OS in weird ways.
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I had the same issue - had to boot into recovery and reset. Now everything's fine.
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That didn't work for me :/
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I was able to restore Yahoo Contacts and Authenticator, still having FC issues
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I was able to restore Yahoo Contacts and Authenticator, still having FC issues
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Woah, how did you restore them? Are you sure they actually installed, or did you just move the app into system/app?
I fixed it! Thank god!
I FIXED IT!!!!
I had ALSO removed the blur_yahoo.apk from the list as well as AdService.apk along with the dreaded YahooContacts.apk.
I DID move them all back and changed the permissions for the YahooContacts.apk.
After much screwing around with the dalvik-cache, trying to replace the file correctly, rename things, name the yahoo contacts thing correctly, I finally did a full system reset from the bootloader and lo and behold NOTHING.
It fixed NOTHING.
Contacts still broken.
I logged back in to the phone and the damn thing still wouldn't work. I then opened the apps folder to prepare to move everything back and change it all back to stock so I can unroot and prep to take it in to VZW...I noticed the permissions for the other blur_***.apk's were still set incorrectly...specifically yahoo...I replaced all of the .apk files from backups along with their .odex files, but I neglected to correct the OTHER permissions. I fixed the other permissions, tried, still no dice...I rebooted and then BAM!!! IT WORKED! CONTACTS COMES UP NOW!
I AM SO DAMN EXCITED!
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I FIXED IT!!!!
I had ALSO removed the blur_yahoo.apk from the list as well as AdService.apk along with the dreaded YahooContacts.apk.
I DID move them all back and changed the permissions for the YahooContacts.apk.
After much screwing around with the dalvik-cache, trying to replace the file correctly, rename things, name the yahoo contacts thing correctly, I finally did a full system reset from the bootloader and lo and behold NOTHING.
It fixed NOTHING.
Contacts still broken.
I logged back in to the phone and the damn thing still wouldn't work. I then opened the apps folder to prepare to move everything back and change it all back to stock so I can unroot and prep to take it in to VZW...I noticed the permissions for the other blur_***.apk's were still set incorrectly...specifically yahoo...I replaced all of the .apk files from backups along with their .odex files, but I neglected to correct the OTHER permissions. I fixed the other permissions, tried, still no dice...I rebooted and then BAM!!! IT WORKED! CONTACTS COMES UP NOW!
I AM SO DAMN EXCITED!
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Great news man! Can you post a copy of blur_yahoo.apk, its .odex, and maybe the .odex for the Yahoo Contacts app? I already have the Yahoo Contacts app so I should be good there. I am very eager to try this fix on my phone. Once again good work!
Forgot to post...here is the fix, restore these files and set correct permission, reboot and presto Contacts fixed
Sorry, just got around to checking this now. Glad to see the community got a fix in place. I hope some of my information came in handy for someone or maybe even contributed to constructing a fix.
Glad to hear this issue is resolved! Damn Yahoo app...why is this tied into Contacts at all?
now my com.android.calendar FC when I try to add an event, it worked before.
What am I missing now? :/ lol one thing fixes and another breaks...under settings...applications...all there is a service called Calendar Service and shows up as 0.00B, I need to know what this corresponds with and I may have solved my issue.
Any help appreciated
deathcipris said:
I FIXED IT!!!!
I had ALSO removed the blur_yahoo.apk from the list as well as AdService.apk along with the dreaded YahooContacts.apk.
I DID move them all back and changed the permissions for the YahooContacts.apk.
After much screwing around with the dalvik-cache, trying to replace the file correctly, rename things, name the yahoo contacts thing correctly, I finally did a full system reset from the bootloader and lo and behold NOTHING.
It fixed NOTHING.
Contacts still broken.
I logged back in to the phone and the damn thing still wouldn't work. I then opened the apps folder to prepare to move everything back and change it all back to stock so I can unroot and prep to take it in to VZW...I noticed the permissions for the other blur_***.apk's were still set incorrectly...specifically yahoo...I replaced all of the .apk files from backups along with their .odex files, but I neglected to correct the OTHER permissions. I fixed the other permissions, tried, still no dice...I rebooted and then BAM!!! IT WORKED! CONTACTS COMES UP NOW!
I AM SO DAMN EXCITED!
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Complete noob here, can you elaborate on how to do this? I downloaded the zip pak... step 2?
Hi, I backed up E-mail 1.0 and Email 2.0 (the default email client and the lg Widget) with Titanium backup, then uninstalled them, because I was trying to find the cause of some battery loss problem...
The problem is that Titanium Backup doesn't restore the E-mail Client or the LG widget once deleted... it just stays on restoring screen...
Could someone provide the files to copy to /system/app to restore those two services? Or maybe there is another way?
As a last resort I could restore to factory settings but that means a full system reinstall and I wouldn't go that far!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16066986&postcount=420
Thank you for the package, I tried to copy the .apk and .obex files to system/data/ set full permissions, but still no go... I use v10E???!?!
I reinstalled the whole phone... Thank you nonetheless!
Before I state the problem, I would like to say this is self inflicted and I should have been more careful. But hindsight is 20/20.
I recently got an M8. Rooted, TWRPd it, and deleted a bunch of bloatware (or so I thought) using the TWRP File Manager. In the process, I think I deleted the Calendar Provider service apk. Now my calendar doesnt work and I randomly get this message your Exchange service has stopped unexpectedly eventhough, my exchange email is coming through.
I was a dummy and didnt do a backup thinking I am only deleting a bunch of unwanted stuff. What can I do now. I tried downloading some version of this SecCalendarProvider.apk from the internet and put it in the system/apps folder but nothing has changed. I dont think it even got started.
What can I do at this point? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Before I state the problem, I would like to say this is self inflicted and I should have been more careful. But hindsight is 20/20.
I recently got an M8. Rooted, TWRPd it, and deleted a bunch of bloatware (or so I thought) using the TWRP File Manager. In the process, I think I deleted the Calendar Provider service apk. Now my calendar doesnt work and I randomly get this message your Exchange service has stopped unexpectedly eventhough, my exchange email is coming through.
I was a dummy and didnt do a backup thinking I am only deleting a bunch of unwanted stuff. What can I do now. I tried downloading some version of this SecCalendarProvider.apk from the internet and put it in the system/apps folder but nothing has changed. I dont think it even got started.
What can I do at this point? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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This section is for HTC One (M7)
go to the M8 forum and request an apk for that file and see if you can copy it back to your phone. you will need a file explorer with root access.
For future tinkering, use a program like Titanium Backup that allows you to "freeze" and backup apps, in addition to deleting them.
You can freeze suspect apps which will remove them from being seen in the OS, but it won't delete them. If no problems occur after a while, you can safely delete it. But if you discover a problem, you can "defrost" the file and you are good again. you can also make backups of apps before deleting them.
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go to the M8 forum and request an apk for that file and see if you can copy it back to your phone. you will need a file explorer with root access.
For future tinkering, use a program like Titanium Backup that allows you to "freeze" and backup apps, in addition to deleting them.
You can freeze suspect apps which will remove them from being seen in the OS, but it won't delete them. If no problems occur after a while, you can safely delete it. But if you discover a problem, you can "defrost" the file and you are good again. you can also make backups of apps before deleting them.
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Thanks. I will do just that.