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So, I pulled a noob move and uninstalled a number of apps using titanium backup without understanding the repercussions of each. After uninstalling a few at a time, I would reboot my device and everything seemed fine. Little did I know, after uninstalling most, if not all, of the bloat I am unable to click a contact's picture to bring up the submenu and select call or text or whatever.
I didn't write down a list of items that I uninstalled and I should have frozen the apps prior to uninstall. I'm not a complete idiot and stayed away from obvious apps that shouldn't be uninstalled and what I thought was ALL motroblur stuff.
Long story short, I get a "com.motorola.contacts" stopped unexpectedly error(force close prompt) after trying to view a contact. I can look through all of the dialer menus showing contacts and recent calls and whatnot but I can't view a specific contact in detail. The searching I've done seems like there are a number of apps that use com.motorola.contacts and I believe I still have all of them installed but apparently not since there isn't a ton of detail on the latest motoblur that the D3 runs.
Does anyone have an idea of what apps use this process on the D3?
Thanks.
Problem solved.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16998796&postcount=5
Thanks again Javier
Same situation here. I'm guessing it was the yahoo contact storage, but I'm not entirely sure. I tried pushing the yahoo app back into the system folder, but it still throws the error, even after resetting the phone.
Keep in mind that the entire system has been dumped, so I think it's as easy as grabbing the necessary apks from the system dump and put it back on the Droid 3.
It might be the best idea to reference the original list and restore what's missing then:
http://pastebin.com/HEtYBmuz
I got this same message. I defrosted all and redid. I think its the authenticators that's causing them, I re freezed stuff I didn't want and everytime I finished I checked to see if my contacts were working. They are as of now :]
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As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
Javier78 said:
As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
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Javier, thanks a ton, you saved my ass. Also, this finally gave me an excuse to purchase Root Explorer.
As far as you know, is there any risk to setting these files with such high permissions?
Also, do we know what the chances are, of getting rid of these files all together or is that going to require a custom ROM?
As far as I can tell, these are the standard permissions set for every system app. There shouldn't be any risks.
As for getting rid of all these files...that may require a custom ROM. Not entirely sure.
Oh, and it was nothing, really. I'm just glad I got myself out of that mess.
followed instructions, still not working
i restored the yahoo stuff, changed permissions and owner to -rw-r--r-- and root; changed group to root as well. rebooted and contacts is still crashing. could there possibly be more apps associated with contacts than just yahoo? i put blur_email back as well but that hasn't helped things.
to: PyroHoltz
YOU saved my freakin' butt man!! Holy, I didn't think someone was as stupid as I was, let alone as smart as you are to have found a resolution ontop of doing the same stupid thing!!! Thanks you are a LIFE SAVER... I owe you sexual favors from a hot chic... thanks a million
Javier78 said:
As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
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This process worked perfectly for my Droid 3. I know i deleted yahoo contacts the day earlier. Follow the process and ur contacts will be up and running like normal.
scyang said:
i restored the yahoo stuff, changed permissions and owner to -rw-r--r-- and root; changed group to root as well. rebooted and contacts is still crashing. could there possibly be more apps associated with contacts than just yahoo? i put blur_email back as well but that hasn't helped things.
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I couldn't get it to work either until I tried this http://www.droidforums.net/forum/te...tacts-wont-display-droid-x-w-gingerbread.html
See post #3. After doing this, I pulled battery, turned back on. It boot-looped once, then started up. Took a minute to load, but viola! My contacts worked again!
Hi Javier78,
Thanks in the first place for such a great post. I also had the forced closed contacts problem and i took all the steps that are needed but the problem still exists.
I placed the 4 Yahoo files in system/app with Root Explorer, changed the things that you said and also the owner to root.
Then i removed the battery, put it back in but i still have the forced closed problem.
What did i do wrong in the first place?
Cyaankali
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Thanks tech515,
You made my day with a solution like that.
Greetz Cyaankali
Hi guys, i have done exactly what you said, the files are in system/app with the good permissions and owner settings, but after my reboot the Contacts application still force close, and YahooContacts.apk ect. are not installed. Do you have any idea?
Nevermind, found the problem. I needed the exact files for my Atrix 4G with the same android version.
Javier78 said:
As it turns out, I was partially correct. The files that were missing were "YahooContacts.apk", "YahooContacts.odex", "blur_yahoo.apk" and "blur_yahoo.odex" (I've attached them for your convenience). Move these files onto the SD card, and using root explorer, move them to "/system/app". The important part: Once you move these files to this directory, you must change their permissions and their owner. Here are the steps if you are using root explorer:
1. Mount the directory as R/W in the top right corner.
2. Press and hold the file, and go to permissions. Change the permissions so that the Owner has read and write privileges, Group has read privileges, and Others have read privileges. Do this for the other files you copy over (This is important! These won't be recognized as system apps if the permissions are messed up).
3. Press and hold the file again, and change both the owner and group to root. Do this for all the files you copy over as well.
4. Reboot.
This pretty much solved the problem for me. Now I know better than to go uninstalling willy-nilly.
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I have a question about step "3". I'm using "Root Explorer" on a Droid Bionic and I see no way of changing the owner and group to "root" as "Root" doesn't show up anywhere on the permissions screen. I'm thinking that this last step is preventing me from solving my problem.
Could someone set an old fart straight on how this is accomplished?
EDIT: Also, I just noticed that I uninstalled the Yahoo Mail Authenticator and most likely that is my problem. Does anyone have the files I can put back into the system folder?
Thanks,
Got it. My problem was I deleted the com.motorola.blur.provider.yahoo files needed. Once I obtained those three files it works fine now.
aurkachra said:
This process worked perfectly for my Droid 3. I know i deleted yahoo contacts the day earlier. Follow the process and ur contacts will be up and running like normal.
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Yes, thanks a lot to all of you, guys... just couple of additional tips from complete beginner as myself:
- In order to be able to copy files there, you must turn the "Airplane mode" ON.
- Even if the "Execute" permission is already turnd ON and seems tasty (after all, you are trying to EXECUTE these functions ... UNTICK it. otherwise it wont work. Simply do EXACTLY as you are told on the posts above.
Lastly: In my case Yahoo stuff was already there (previously I have frozen it using TB and then found here at XDA that I have to defrost it) ... I brought myself this error by freezing some other apps... if there was comprehensive list of what does what and if it is safe to freeze/uninstallit, it would be helpful.
My current culprits are:
Work Contacts
Dlna
GoogleServicesFramwork
BlurContacts
BlurContactsSync
SmartDock
KpiLogger
VoiceSearch
VoiceReadout
SimContactsAdapter
GoogleContactsSyncAdapter
... to name some of many.
- Things get even more difficult considering that different people use different services: myself, I have all my contacts on Exchange and synchronize using Touchdown - so I personally do not need Google stuff related neither to contacts, nor to calendar - but others live different life.
i am having the same problem with my rooted droid x2 i have tried the this process but no luck
scyang said:
i restored the yahoo stuff, changed permissions and owner to -rw-r--r-- and root; changed group to root as well. rebooted and contacts is still crashing. could there possibly be more apps associated with contacts than just yahoo? i put blur_email back as well but that hasn't helped things.
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Using Root explorer, try changing "BlurContactsSync.apk" to "BlurContactsSync.bak"
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alelks said:
I have a question about step "3". I'm using "Root Explorer" on a Droid Bionic and I see no way of changing the owner and group to "root" as "Root" doesn't show up anywhere on the permissions screen. I'm thinking that this last step is preventing me from solving my problem.
Could someone set an old fart straight on how this is accomplished?
EDIT: Also, I just noticed that I uninstalled the Yahoo Mail Authenticator and most likely that is my problem. Does anyone have the files I can put back into the system folder?
Thanks,
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If you're using root explorer, and you've successfully navigated your way to to the system/app section... select and continue to hold until the options menu displays, then you can scroll down to "change owner" (it's a few below permissions and properties, just keep scrolling until you come to it) then it's a simple drop option screen. The window doesn't look like you can scroll down, but you can. Also, someone posted a zip file for the yahoo apps, but those will only address certain sync issues (that most people in this post seem to be having). Be sure to have the unzipped files located on you "sdcard-ext" for moving. You'll have to move them one-by-one and change the permissions and owner/group settings for each once they're in system/app location.
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jneon1998 said:
i am having the same problem with my rooted droid x2 i have tried the this process but no luck
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Using Root explorer, try changing "BlurContactsSync.apk" to "BlurContactsSync.bak"
...I don't mind being redundant if it'll keep you sane
Having trouble changing it to .bak
Root explorer keeps saying it's a "read only" file
Any suggestions?
I'm an Atrix user on rooted 2.3.6 if that makes any difference ...
Hi all,
So thankfully I only deleted insignificant apps and I'm not in a brick state, but deleting yahoo contacts did cause an odd error with my general contacts application (which has been cited as a common error). PSouza's tools are great if you're with Verizon, but the system app folders are not the same with Bell & Verizon.
Request? A clean copy/dump of Bell XT860's system apps folder.
UnhappyDroid3User said:
Hi all,
So thankfully I only deleted insignificant apps and I'm not in a brick state, but deleting yahoo contacts did cause an odd error with my general contacts application (which has been cited as a common error). PSouza's tools are great if you're with Verizon, but the system app folders are not the same with Bell & Verizon.
Request? A clean copy/dump of Bell XT860's system apps folder.
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Sir, as per your request here is my zipped /system/apps folder from my Bell XT860. http://www.multiupload.com/WWZYSJP7DH . It was just copied with astro/root explorer and rar'd on a pc so the permissions are all messy I'm sure but best of luck.
Edit: Blurhome2.apk and quickoffice.apk are corrupted and can be downloaded below. Ty UnhappyDroid3User
Willis111 said:
Sir, as per your request here is my zipped /system/apps folder from my Bell XT860. http://www.multiupload.com/WWZYSJP7DH . It was just copied with astro/root explorer and rar'd on a pc so the permissions are all messy I'm sure but best of luck.
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Can you please reupload Quickoffice.apk and Blurhome2.apk? They are corrupted.
Willis111 said:
Sir, as per your request here is my zipped /system/apps folder from my Bell XT860. http://www.multiupload.com/WWZYSJP7DH . It was just copied with astro/root explorer and rar'd on a pc so the permissions are all messy I'm sure but best of luck.
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Thank you!!! I'll test this out in the next week and get back to you.
eXecuter.bin said:
Can you please reupload Quickoffice.apk and Blurhome2.apk? They are corrupted.
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Here you go:
http://www.multiupload.com/BPHPFJR3N4
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Willis111 said:
Sir, as per your request here is my zipped /system/apps folder from my Bell XT860. http://www.multiupload.com/WWZYSJP7DH . It was just copied with astro/root explorer and rar'd on a pc so the permissions are all messy I'm sure but best of luck.
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You are my F***ing hero! I applied the push commands suggested by psouza and they worked perfectly using your files, so we can confirm that several of the files on the XT860 DO use different versions than on the Droid 3 for Verizon.
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246742
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UnhappyDroid3User said:
Here you go:
http://www.multiupload.com/BPHPFJR3N4
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You are my F***ing hero! I applied the push commands suggested by psouza and they worked perfectly using your files, so we can confirm that several of the files on the XT860 DO use different versions than on the Droid 3 for Verizon.
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1246742
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I hate to bump an older thread but I cannot access multiupload anymore. I mainly want to restore the factory default programs before I reset my phone. Will resetting the xt860 loose the carrier unlock? I got this phone from someone at XDA.
Bought KF2 today, rom updated to 10.2.1. Rooted using the automated rooting tool found on this forum with adb and other required pieces installed.
Have superuser installed, have root explorer and ES file explorer installed.
I installed google services framework apk
i installed market apk which works until you attempt to download anything, then it crashes.i could not get it to set to rw/r/r its set to rw/rw/r
I downloaded google play apk but it crashes every time i try to open it. same security set as above
Would love some help in getting this to work.
since rooted facebook keeps crashing but tweetcaster has been rock solid.
Did you installed GoogleLoginservie.Apk?
Sent from my KFTT using xda premium
techknowgn said:
Bought KF2 today, rom updated to 10.2.1. Rooted using the automated rooting tool found on this forum with adb and other required pieces installed.
Have superuser installed, have root explorer and ES file explorer installed.
I installed google services framework apk
i installed market apk which works until you attempt to download anything, then it crashes.i could not get it to set to rw/r/r its set to rw/rw/r
I downloaded google play apk but it crashes every time i try to open it. same security set as above
Would love some help in getting this to work.
since rooted facebook keeps crashing but tweetcaster has been rock solid.
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You have to get the permissions set to rw-r--r--. That could be causing your problem. to set the permissions in root explorer just long press on the apk and you should see an option for permissions. Then reboot
no matter what rom I use, on any phone. I always chmod 777 all of the modified apks and it seems to work.
Currently waiting on my kf2 to get here. so no help on specifics. sorry.
hmmmmm
onemeila said:
You have to get the permissions set to rw-r--r--. That could be causing your problem. to set the permissions in root explorer just long press on the apk and you should see an option for permissions. Then reboot
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I'm by no means an expert but on every unix like system I've ever worked with giving more permissions than needed did not compromise the ability of programs to run or the user to do stuff that was needed. It did however compromise the security of the system .... so for what it's worth I don't believe your issue is due to the permissions you set and would look elsewhere first.
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fmkilo said:
no matter what rom I use, on any phone. I always chmod 777 all of the modified apks and it seems to work.
Currently waiting on my kf2 to get here. so no help on specifics. sorry.
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If you are using the tablet as a stand alone device, i.e. not networked, and you don't ever take it out of the house; not an issue. However, part of the reason these permission are there and not everything has read, write and execute privileges (777 = rwxrwxrwx) is security. Thus setting everything to 777 is a security risk and potentially leaves gaping security holes which could be used to gain access to your device. Thus I would classify this as a BAD IDEA if you keep any data of value on your device and are worried about having it exposed.
rbto said:
I'm by no means an expert but on every unix like system I've ever worked with giving more permissions than needed did not compromise the ability of programs to run or the user to do stuff that was needed. It did however compromise the security of the system .... so for what it's worth I don't believe your issue is due to the permissions you set and would look elsewhere first.
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If you are using the tablet as a stand alone device, i.e. not networked, and you don't ever take it out of the house; not an issue. However, part of the reason these permission are there and not everything has read, write and execute privileges (777 = rwxrwxrwx) is security. Thus setting everything to 777 is a security risk and potentially leaves gaping security holes which could be used to gain access to your device. Thus I would classify this as a BAD IDEA if you keep any data of value on your device and are worried about having it exposed.
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I agree. At google play there's plenty of malware. I think you should play it safe
Enviado desde mi LG-P990 usando Tapatalk 2
I am having the exact same problem as original poster. I have tried everything from resetting to factory settings and rerooting to trying different versions of google play/market
GoogleLoginservie.Apk fails and wont install
I had it working before the kindle updated and undid my root the other day. This was the only post I could find of someone having the exact problem I am having with the KF2. Is this some kind of hidden amazon security feature to keep us from using google? I am at my wits end on this one. =/
So my wifi isn't working and my phone wont activate (profile update failed errorcode is COMMS_SOCKET_ERROR) I have the sprint model and I just flashed stock with this method to try to fix but to no avail. Any ideas? I saw this in the moto g forums... maybe a similar fix for the moto x? I am running 4.4.2 btw.
Oh and I don't know the history on this device. I bought it used with an unlocked bootloader and philz installed with stock
blu422 said:
So my wifi isn't working and my phone wont activate (profile update failed errorcode is COMMS_SOCKET_ERROR) I have the sprint model and I just flashed stock with this method to try to fix but to no avail. Any ideas? I saw this in the moto g forums... maybe a similar fix for the moto x? I am running 4.4.2 btw.
Oh and I don't know the history on this device. I bought it used with an unlocked bootloader and philz installed with stock
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It is, most likely, /persist. Search XDA from Google. I could up mine. It is only on the phone not the XML.
Here is persist, I think it is the same for all x variants. Backup your's first, in case you have hardware issues.
Permissions rwxrwx--x
aviwdoowks said:
Here is persist, I think it is the same for all x variants. Backup your's first, in case you have hardware issues.
Permissions rwxrwx--x
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Will I have to edit the bin file and add my mac address first? if so could you suggest an editor for a bin file?
Actually, I'm not sure I know what I'm doing so just to make sure I dont screw things up could you walk me through what to do with the files you gave me? just copy them to said persist folder? when you say permissions rwxrwx--x what does that mean? sorry i just wanna make sure i do things right
blu422 said:
Will I have to edit the bin file and add my mac address first? if so could you suggest an editor for a bin file?
Actually, I'm not sure I know what I'm doing so just to make sure I dont screw things up could you walk me through what to do with the files you gave me? just copy them to said persist folder? when you say permissions rwxrwx--x what does that mean? sorry i just wanna make sure i do things right
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Install http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2696050&d=1397913555
go settings, general, access mode, choose root.
Save your current persist :
Press back all the way to root. Long press on persist, copy, paste to your SD.
Go download, long press on the zip file, extract, long press on xt1060persist, copy.
Paste it to your root dir. Overwrite.
Set perms: long press on persist, properties, permissions.....
Does that help?
aviwdoowks said:
Install http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2696050&d=1397913555
go settings, general, access mode, choose root.
Save your current persist :
Press back all the way to root. Long press on persist, copy, paste to your SD.
Go download, long press on the zip file, extract, long press on xt1060persist, copy.
Paste it to your root dir. Overwrite.
Set perms: long press on persist, properties, permissions.....
Does that help?
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Yeah that's what I was guessing but I was just making sure I didn't have to convert to IMG and fastboot flash. What about adding my Mac address? I don't think its a hardware problem because it can still detect signal just fine sometimes even 4g
It didn't work :/
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Yeah that's what I was guessing but I was just making sure I didn't have to convert to IMG and fastboot flash. What about adding my Mac address? I don't think its a hardware problem because it can still detect signal just fine sometimes even 4g
It didn't work :/
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So RSD of your proper XML ( which would have renewed yout boot.img) & this did not fix then it may be a HW failure.
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blu422 said:
Yeah that's what I was guessing but I was just making sure I didn't have to convert to IMG and fastboot flash. What about adding my Mac address? I don't think its a hardware problem because it can still detect signal just fine sometimes even 4g
It didn't work :/
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Wait Wait Wait
I forgot you need to set all perms in all folders & files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589790
These perms should be the same.
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So RSD of your proper XML ( which would have renewed yout boot.img) & this did not fix then it may be a HW failure.
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Wait Wait Wait
I forgot you need to set all perms in all folders & files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589790
These perms should be the same.
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from my X:
.bt_... rw-rw----
data rwx------; & all contents same.
prov rwx------ same as above
usf empty
wcncc...nv.bin rw-rw----
...calibration_presist.bin rwxrwxrwx
...regulatory_presist.bin rwxrwxrwx
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from my X:
.bt_... rw-rw----
data rwx------; & all contents same.
prov rwx------ same as above
usf empty
wcncc...nv.bin rw-rw----
...calibration_presist.bin rwxrwxrwx
...regulatory_presist.bin rwxrwxrwx
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when you say all contents same you mean in data and prov, both data and prov and all their folders inside and all the folder's folders and all the folders folders files all rwx------?
Thanks a ton for all this continued help
blu422 said:
when you say all contents same you mean in data and prov, both data and prov and all their folders inside and all the folder's folders and all the folders folders files all rwx------?
Thanks a ton for all this continued help
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Yes
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Yes
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Okay I've done all that but still nothing... Do I need to replace your mac address from your file with my mac address? Or something?
blu422 said:
Okay I've done all that but still nothing... Do I need to replace your mac address from your file with my mac address? Or something?
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I opened that zip and looked at WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin with a HEX editor.
I couldn't find a MAC address inside that file. Either I'm missing it, or its encrypted, or its not in there.
Any idea how this happened? Have you preformed any of the root or write protect exploits?
EDIT: Also checked the regulatory, calibration, and bt files. None of them appear to have a MAC address inside. Not even the bluetooth nv persist file.
samwathegreat said:
I opened that zip and looked at WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin with a HEX editor.
I couldn't find a MAC address inside that file. Either I'm missing it, or its encrypted, or its not in there.
Any idea how this happened? Have you preformed any of the root or write protect exploits?
EDIT: Also checked the regulatory, calibration, and bt files. None of them appear to have a MAC address inside. Not even the bluetooth nv persist file.
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Thank you for all the time you've put into it. I suspected a mac address because they talk about it in the posts I linked to in the op. I don't know the history of the device I just got it on stock with an unlocked bootloader and I again flashed it to stock with RSD to try to eliminate these problems I dont think its the hard ware because it can sense cell reception just fine. Again thank you for your time.
samwathegreat said:
I opened that zip and looked at WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin with a HEX editor.
I couldn't find a MAC address inside that file. Either I'm missing it, or its encrypted, or its not in there.
Any idea how this happened? Have you preformed any of the root or write protect exploits?
EDIT: Also checked the regulatory, calibration, and bt files. None of them appear to have a MAC address inside. Not even the bluetooth nv persist file.
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blu422 said:
Thank you for all the time you've put into it. I suspected a mac address because they talk about it in the posts I linked to in the op. I don't know the history of the device I just got it on stock with an unlocked bootloader and I again flashed it to stock with RSD to try to eliminate these problems I dont think its the hard ware because it can sense cell reception just fine. Again thank you for your time.
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TiagoPeixoto said:
So, I got it working again. The problem was indeed in the persist folder, it was missing a file named WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin. So I managed to extract it from the persist.img and moved it to persist folder again. After that I edited the bin file and inserted my MAC address. Finally I have flashed my phone to stock ROM again and it worked just fine.
Here's the file:
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Like TiagoPeixoto said
aviwdoowks said:
Here is persist, I think it is the same for all x variants. Backup your's first, in case you have hardware issues.
Permissions rwxrwx--x
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got the same issue. tried the files and permission. didn't work.
damn it.
any more help?
R3dbeaver said:
got the same issue. tried the files and permission. didn't work.
damn it.
any more help?
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Did you see post 7?
aviwdoowks said:
Did you see post 7?
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Yes and I made sure the permission is correct. Also, i got the wcn....nv.bin from the Moto G thread and it is an empty 70k file...
WiFi toggle still doesn't work.
R3dbeaver said:
Yes and I made sure the permission is correct. Also, i got the wcn....nv.bin from the Moto G thread and it is an empty 70k file...
WiFi toggle still doesn't work.
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Does Philz recovery still let you choose a custom backup that includes persist?
You could, with the help of another unlocked X user, save your phone. Are you unlocked?
aviwdoowks said:
Does Philz recovery still let you choose a custom backup that includes persist?
You could, with the help of another unlocked X user, save your phone. Are you unlocked?
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whaaa.... ok 90% of that just went over my head.
I use TWRP.... whats "Philz"?
Also, i dont have any recovery backup....
Unlocked? Rooted yes, unlocked I dont think so. It's a Rogers XT1058.
A mis matched boot & modem can also do the same
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R3dbeaver said:
whaaa.... ok 90% of that just went over my head.
I use TWRP.... whats "Philz"?
Also, i dont have any recovery backup....
Unlocked? Rooted yes, unlocked I dont think so. It's a Rogers XT1058.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/fyi-online-nandroid-backup-ready-t2762382
Ok I'm unlocked and can install Philz. Anyone had a Moto X xt1058 copy me their /persist folder??
So things were going well... I had rooted my S5 thanks to Geohot, was able to install and run Titanium Backup and see my old backups from my last phone. Then when I tried to backup my S5 I ran into the "insufficient space error". A quick Google searched revealed that I needed to edit my platform.xml file to be able to write to my entire External SD. So I did edit platform.xml, reboot the phone and voila.... I can't access either my internal or my external SD card! Far as I can tell, I screwed up my permission in platform.xml.
Can someone please send me their original so that I can hopefully get my phone fixed?
If that doesn't work I may just have to reformat and lose all my data since I can't find any other way to fix permission since I can't run most of the programs on my phone (I can, however, use Solid Explorer).
Where is the file located? And you need it from a non rooted phone? Just did this for another member today.... I suppose I could do this for you as well.... don't want you to lose all your data bro.
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What I did with titanium Bu was use the sdfix https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix and went into preferences in TBU and changed Backup Folder Location to /storage/extSdCard/TitaniumBackUp
This of course assuming you have a micro sd card in the phone. Give me the path to where the file is and I'll grab it for you from my wife's non rooted phone.
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Pm sent with the file from my rooted phone that has working permissions... good luck!
nicetucu said:
Where is the file located? And you need it from a non rooted phone? Just did this for another member today.... I suppose I could do this for you as well.... don't want you to lose all your data bro.
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What I did with titanium Bu was use the sdfix https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix and went into preferences in TBU and changed Backup Folder Location to /storage/extSdCard/TitaniumBackUp
This of course assuming you have a micro sd card in the phone. Give me the path to where the file is and I'll grab it for you from my wife's non rooted phone.
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Pm sent with the file from my rooted phone that has working permissions... good luck!
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You're a life saver! The platform.xml file it located in /system/etc/permissions . As I said, I really hope this is all I need to get back to normal...
morockin said:
You're a life saver! The platform.xml file it located in /system/etc/permissions . As I said, I really hope this is all I need to get back to normal...
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Thanks again for the file, however it does not seem to have done the trick. As far as I can tell, something is happening where the mapping is incorrect for my internal and external SD. I can still access the files for the internal SD through /data/media/0 and the external SD through the media_rw directory, but the "normal" mappings lead to an empty folder. This is a real problem because most of my apps can't run without access to these folders (I have about 6 apps continously FC'ing when I boot up the phone). What do I do?!?!
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Thanks again for the file, however it does not seem to have done the trick. As far as I can tell, something is happening where the mapping is incorrect for my internal and external SD. I can still access the files for the internal SD through /data/media/0 and the external SD through the media_rw directory, but the "normal" mappings lead to an empty folder. This is a real problem because most of my apps can't run without access to these folders (I have about 6 apps continously FC'ing when I boot up the phone). What do I do?!?!
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I had the same issue. First try a factory reset. If that does not work, then you will need to downgrade, with a factory reset. Just resetting the platform.xml file doesn't work without a factory reset, neither does a factory reset without resetting the platform.xml file. Once you screw up the permissions, then your phone is screwed pretty good. I have a guide in the general section.
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I had the same issue. First try a factory reset. If that does not work, then you will need to downgrade, with a factory reset. Just resetting the platform.xml file doesn't work without a factory reset, neither does a factory reset without resetting the platform.xml file. Once you screw up the permissions, then your phone is screwed pretty good. I have a guide in the general section.
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Could you please direct me to it? I have f'ed my phone in a similar manner and would really like to be able to use it again.
Superfish1000 said:
Could you please direct me to it? I have f'ed my phone in a similar manner and would really like to be able to use it again.
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Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785185