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[Q] Stuck at "X"

I flashed the Cyanogen 7 Rom to my phone, and it worked great up until last night...
Last night, I go to check my phone and realize that it is stuck at the "X" displayed when booting up. Also, either the proximity or light sensor (not sure which one), is dimly lit red.
The phone will still boot into fastboot, and is recognized by fastboot when connected to a computer. However, adb will not recognize it. I've tried to recover using the PASSIMG.zip method but it just will not work.
Sorry to bother you guys, but I don't know what to do next. And i'm pretty new to rooting and using the SDK, so please go easy on me. lol. Hopefully someone out there can steer me in the right direction. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Do you have a nandroid backup you can flash from recovery? If not...why not?
If all else fails you can always try loading a ROM using fastboot. You'd have to unlock your Bootloader first though, if you haven't already. Which Custom Recovery are you using btw?

Yeah, I have a Nandroid backup. I don't think it's on my SD card though, also I don't think it is a zip if that matters.
And the custom recovery I have is Clockwork.
Lol, this may be a dumb question, but how can I be sure that my bootloader is unlocked?

Nevermind. I think It's bricked, All it will do is flash a red light in the top left hand corner. Please say I'm wrong though...

You would know if you'd unlocked the bootloader.
Have you been in the fastboot mode yet? It's the white background with three Androids on the bottom. This is how you unlock the bootloader.
There should be a guide on how to unlock the bootloader on the Wiki, I'll go find it...
Once you've done that, you can use ADB to try and restore your Nexus using this method. This method has worked for me everytime I've used it.
I'll edit my post when I've got the unlocking bootloader post.
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...uides_&_Tutorials#ADB.2FFastboot.2FBootloader
The guide is under the heading 'Root', and starts with 'In order to Unlock the Nexus One's bootloader'.
Hope this helps!

If the screen with x had a lock on the bottom of it it was unlocked.
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You don't need to unlock the bootloader to use adb. You unlock the bootloader to use fastboot...
Can you get into the bootloader our recovery?
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Well there seems to be a turn of events! luckily, lol My phone still boots into fastboot, my bootloader is now unlocked, but I still cannot make a connection to ADB... I must be forgetting something or doing something wrong.

You cannot get a connection to ADB? Is ADB installed; did you install the Android SDK?
If you can get a connection, type adb devices into the command prompt/terminal. If the device is connected, it will say your phone's unique code then [devices]; if it is not connected it will say your phone's unique code then [offline].

danger-rat said:
You don't need to unlock the bootloader to use adb. You unlock the bootloader to use fastboot...
Can you get into the bootloader our recovery?
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Yeah I can still get into the Bootloader, but when I select recovery, it goes to the splash screen with the lock beneath it, and hangs up and gets SUPER warm to the touch after a few minutes lol

ADB probably isn't working because you aren't booting far enough into the system.
Try using fastboot to flash a new recovery image, and see if you can get into the new recovery...
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When I type in adb devices It says "List of devices attatched" but then has nothing listed... but I'm pretty sure I installed the SDK; I used fastboot in the command prompt to unlock the bootloader.

I flashed a new recovery; I used cmd: "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img" But I still can't get past the X with the pad lock screen...

Eeeek!
Might be time to give HTC a call.
I know a few people who couldn't flash recoveries, and nothing seemed to work. They returned the phone, and HTC fixed for free...
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Do you have the drivers installed for the phone?
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Ahhhhh, That's exactly what I didn't want to hear! Haha, well I guess there isn't any other way to try and get past this screen is there?
I really didn't want to have to bring HTC into the equation, haha. But, do you think they will still fix the phone after I had It running Cyanogen? AND after I unlocked the bootloader?
I just want to make sure they will still do something about it and not just leave me in the cold with a really nice looking paper weight...

albundy2010 said:
Do you have the drivers installed for the phone?
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I should, I don't remember deleting them... How would I go about checking?

It will show up in device manager as nexus one. No yellow exclamation point. I don't recall if they are needed for fastboot/adb etc. Its in the wiki though.
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If you're using fastboot commands, the drivers must be installed.
Don't worry about the phone being unlocked. If you can't boot the phone in it's current state, neither can HTC. So the first thing they will do is a full re-image, which will also fix your problem. Then they will probably test it, and just return it to you, because they can't find a problem...
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Rooted htc vivid help needed..

So i have a rooted htc vivid and today my battery died today and now my phone will not boot up at all. I can plug in the charger and the charge light comes on for a few seconds and then goes off.. It did this once last night and came back on after pulling the battery. Died today and cant get it back on...help me out please someone..

We followed Slapshot30's Superguide by doing the following:
HTC Dev Unlock - confirmed
Followed step 2 but got an error trying to update recovery
Used the Supertool Method and confirmed root with Titanium Backup
Tried Flashing a couple different versions of CWM to no avail.
Now we are at the current situation, unable to even boot into hboot by pulling battery and using power/vol down method.
At a standstill now
Edit: Oh and I helped him root this phone. I've rooted both my OG Evo and my E3D.
Edit #2 - Got it to boot into hboot and now the phone is booting up normally. Anyone know why it would do that? Also, does anyone know where I can find a download for CWM that I can flash through the bootloader? When we try to go to the recovery now it just goes the the screen with the red exclamation.

Are you able to flash the PH39IMG from the superguide? It's really easy, just put that file on the internal or external memory and boot into hboot and the phone will automatically update to the newest recovery.
If that doesn't work you cab flash the recovery using the other guide in the superguide, the one involving flashimagegui app.
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When he puts the image on the sd card it doesn't update when booting into hboot...it goes through the steps but says no image.. I've done this a million times on my evo 3d but this phone is about to drive me crazy! We tried the other method but the app says his phone isn't compatible.
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radiation0512 said:
When he puts the image on the sd card it doesn't update when booting into hboot...it goes through the steps but says no image.. I've done this a million times on my evo 3d but this phone is about to drive me crazy! We tried the other method but the app says his phone isn't compatible.
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How about going to the thread for the new recovery (thecubed is the dev that made it). There is another method posted there, just a little more confusing. It involves a line or two of code in the command prompt.
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why not send it back to stock first using the instructions in the superguide, and start from scratch?
Is that a possibility?

ryane67 said:
why not send it back to stock first using the instructions in the superguide, and start from scratch?
Is that a possibility?
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It is a possibility, but a last resort. Kind of a pain in the butt.
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Can you put the link for that recovery....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423075
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slapshot30 said:
It is a possibility, but a last resort. Kind of a pain in the butt.
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yeah I guess that can be a bit of a pain... Sometimes when I have an error and can't seem to figure it out I like to re-start at least a portion of what Im working on with a clean slate and make sure I did everything correctly, cleanly, etc.. but that's the programmer in me coming back out after years of unintentional suppression

ill try your link out but probally gonna need some help in the command prompt not really good with that stuff...i have been trying and i cant get it to work..

GMSTEAK03 said:
ill try your link out but probally gonna need some help in the command prompt not really good with that stuff...i have been trying and i cant get it to work..
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Just put the file on your desktop. Go to a file explorer and go to your desktop folder. Hold shift and right click, select open a command window here. Then just type in the line of code it says.
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Pops up with windows disc image burner...doing something wrong
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GMSTEAK03 said:
Pops up with windows disc image burner...doing something wrong
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That's really odd... You might just have to try reverting to stock using the superguide and then rooting again.
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ok when i open the command promp on the desktop then i typed in fastboot flash recovery and it comes up with some commands is that what is supposed to do?

ok i think i figured it out...its telling me its waiting for device right now how is my phone supposed to be right now. normally booted up or in hboot

i figured it out im now in recovery...thanks for all the help..i now know more about the cmd prompt and all the fastboot stuff...

Bricked Vivid using Z4 Root

A friend of mine tried to root their Vivid using Z4 Root and it appears they were not successful.
The phone is now stuck on a black screen with a green down arrow with a circular green arrow formation around it. http://s13.postimage.org/82qs23ezr/photo_1.jpg
Can someone please give me some guidance in fixing this phone.
Thanks

Relock your bootloader first!
Download the official ics ruu for the HTC vivid. Pull the battery , place it back in and go into bootloader mode ( power and vol down ).
Plug up the vivid to your computer and fire up fastboot
On your terminal type :
fastboot rebootRUU
Start up the official ics RUU for the vivid, follow all instructions, return to stock.
Don't use z4 root on the vivid, its useless. Read the pinned topic that hasoon2000 put up on the all in one toolkit
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TolaSkamp said:
A friend of mine tried to root their Vivid using Z4 Root and it appears they were not successful.
The phone is now stuck on a black screen with a green down arrow with a circular green arrow formation around it. http://s13.postimage.org/82qs23ezr/photo_1.jpg
Can someone please give me some guidance in fixing this phone.
Thanks
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If they can get into hboot make sure the bootloader is locked download the ruu from HTC select fastboot USB in hboot hook up to computer and run the ruu that will put it out of box stock
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Thanks for the responses.
Sorry for my long delay to reply back, but I just got the phone in my possession.
I can get into the recovery mode. I took a picture and attached what my recovery mode screen looks like. **I know I am charging my battery**
I am currently downlownloading RUU_HOLIDAY_ICS_35_S_Cingular_US_3.26.502.56_Radio_3.02.4740.14_34.22.701040.19_release_246712_signed.exe - I hope this is the stock rom you were referring to or should I download another?
Should I follow the instructions on [SUPERGUIDE] ICS-Root-Flash-Stock?
Thanks

TolaSkamp said:
Thanks for the responses.
Sorry for my long delay to reply back, but I just got the phone in my possession.
I can get into the recovery mode. I took a picture and attached what my recovery mode screen looks like. **I know I am charging my battery**
I am currently downlownloading RUU_HOLIDAY_ICS_35_S_Cingular_US_3.26.502.56_Radio_3.02.4740.14_34.22.701040.19_release_246712_signed.exe - I hope this is the stock rom you were referring to or should I download another?
Should I follow the instructions on [SUPERGUIDE] ICS-Root-Flash-Stock?
Thanks
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yes it is the right one and from looking at the pic the bootloader is locked so no need to relock make sure the drivers are installed hook the phone up to the computer and run the ruu this will also wipe the phone making it like out of box stock ics
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yeah follow the superguide

Thanks for the quick replies.
I will give it a try and post back if it works.
Will try as soon as this RUU downloads, it is taking forever to download, estimate is 2hours.
Are there any advantages to S-OFF?
Thanks

mines s-on so i would say for me no are you downloading ruu from htc

I just found this thread "Official AT&T Vivid ICS RUU from HTC" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564776 ... this is a much quicker download will be finished in a minute.
Would this also work for me?

Yes it will
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TolaSkamp said:
I just found this thread "Official AT&T Vivid ICS RUU from HTC" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564776 ... this is a much quicker download will be finished in a minute.
Would this also work for me?
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yes same one you can download at htc

I am not getting it to work. I am getting a USB connection error in the RUU.
The phone is constantly rebooting.

TolaSkamp said:
I am not getting it to work. I am getting a USB connection error in the RUU.
The phone is constantly rebooting.
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The last thing I can think to try is pull battery and go back to hboot and try agian if that does not work take it back to att and tell them it messed up while trying to upgrade with the official ruu from HTC sense the bootloader shows locked instead of relocked they should swap it out
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Got the RUU to run but it is constantly getting stuck at 34%.
Is there an older version rom RUU I can try? Or an image file or something?
Phone is from [email protected] don't think can return it to ATT.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529669
Here is a IMG to go back to gb then just ota to ics.

Thanks.
I can't even get to fastboot anymore.
I have 4 exclamation marks in triangles in the corners of a black screen.
I could still attempt to RUU but it keeps getting stuck at 34%

TolaSkamp said:
Thanks.
I can't even get to fastboot anymore.
I have 4 exclamation marks in triangles in the corners of a black screen.
I could still attempt to RUU but it keeps getting stuck at 34%
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That is a known problem some phones have a defect call HTC tell them what you have posted above the phone will still be under warranty and they will replace or repair
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627886
When the SHTF, try the recovery project. Z4root is only good for select 2.1 and 2.2 devices. The HTC Vivid comes stock with 2.3+ or ICS.
If you're looking to root if you do decide to go replacement if all else fails, upgrade to ICS when you get the new vivid and follow hasoon2000's guides.
Or try the method below
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If you want to give this a shot to restore your vivid, try this out. This is how I recovered a vivid in a similar situation regarding a stalled RUU refresh.
Try to get into hboot using ADB when you see the triangle screen.
adb reboot bootloader, if this fails then type
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Hopefully you got the fastboot hboot screen by now.
If you see the hboot screen then try unlocking your device, if you can without issue then proceed. If it is unlocked continue
Install the ICS CWM for vivid from fastboot ( check the pinned guides on these forums )
Enable USB mode from CWM
Take this time out to retrieve any data such as pictures, videos or files you need to get from the internal sd.
Go to wipe, wipe boot, wipe data then format the internal sd.
Select back when complete, turn off the vivid. Get back into bootloader mode by pressing power and down on the volume button.
Get into fastboot relock the bootloader only if you want a stock ics from the RUU.
If so, then get into fastboot USB mode, open up your terminal/command prompt, navigate to where you keep your fastboot executable, then type :
fastboot rebootRUU
Start up the ICS RUU only!.
I didn't want to risk flashing a custom Rom over the problem I experienced through cwm, but I would have to say that might work also, but mantra is, when all else fails, back to stock.
When finished complete a somersault ninja flip lol.
Huge problems do occur when you try to downgrade back to GB from ICS. Partition changes, etc...
Keep us posted.
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This is the reasons these exist
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20795908
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iStatiK said:
This is the reasons these exist
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20795908
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Lmao, things haven't changed in years on this site, but when the panic sets in there are a few of us who reach out despite that. It's too hot in NYC to be pissed at noobs on xda
At the end of the day, searching and reading is fundamental
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[Q] Need Original Boot.img wifi will not turn on

I hope someone can help. I have a rooted HTC VIVID, Android 4.0.3, HTC Sense 3.6, Kernel 3.016-g1739124
I installed twrp and tried to flash a few different roms. I never could get it to work so I restored my phone to stock. I guess I don't have the correct boot.img since my wifi does not turn on.
Can someone post the correct boot.img for me, or tell where to go?

If you are not in US. Maybe with changing country region code it solve and WiFi work
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l0000l said:
If you are not in US. Maybe with changing country region code it solve and WiFi work
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I am in the US. I did see something about editing my nvram.txt file but I did a search using astro file manager and i can't find one.

If you installed cm10 already.
Do this maybe it work
Be sure WiFi is fully off ( not stucking in 'WiFi turning on')
Before you try to turn WiFi on . Go to WiFi advance menu and choose change country region code and choose new one ( not default)
And try to turn on wifi
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I don't have that option under advanced wi-fi
O and CM10 does not support the VIVID

Moved to Q&A
Please post in the correct section next time
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I use cm10 pacman
Setting>WiFi(be sure WiFi is fully off)>press menu button(near home button downside of phone)>now menu show with 5 option choose advance> now change region code
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l0000l said:
I use cm10 pacman
Setting>WiFi(be sure WiFi is fully off)>press menu button(near home button downside of phone)>now menu show with 5 option choose advance> now change region code
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This is only available in the aosp JB roms. ICS Sense builds won't have that option.

Well I never could get any of the roms to load so I gave up and tried to go back stock. I did do a search and there is no nvram.txt on my phone. I can't seem to find a copy of one for a VIVID online and I can't seem to find the original boot.img I guess I will have to live without wifi.

techxx said:
Well I never could get any of the roms to load so I gave up and tried to go back stock. I did do a search and there is no nvram.txt on my phone. I can't seem to find a copy of one for a VIVID online and I can't seem to find the original boot.img I guess I will have to live without wifi.
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run the ruu on your computer, but stop at the first step with a next or continue button. hit start/run and type %TEMP% and hit enter
sort by date, newest first. In the first folder should be a ROM.zip that should contain boot.img

homeslice976 said:
This is only available in the aosp JB roms. ICS Sense builds won't have that option.
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I say if he use jelly ROM he can use this option
For ICS you can use 'wifix manager' that can change region code
All of this that I say is only a guess
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I started the RUU without the phone hooke up. No Zip. I then Hooked up the phone and went to the very last step, unhooked the phone and then clicked next. Still no zip. I have been told before that if my phone is rooted then I can't use the RUU or I will brick it. Is this true? If it's not true then I don't have any issues going ahead with the using the RUU.

No that's not true. Relock your boot loader, boot to fast boot, plug in your phone, run ruu
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I tried the wifi fix manager but that didn't solve my issue either. I appreciate you guys trying to help me.

I relocked my phone but I can't get past my boot loader now. I tried to go ahead and run the RUU but it said I had an incompatible phone.

techxx said:
I tried the wifi fix manager but that didn't solve my issue either. I appreciate you guys trying to help me.
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For the last sentence
How to use wifix :
Be sure WiFi is fully off
Install wifix
Run and install driver
Go out and in phone dial *#94349# ( I think, search about this code). A little text must be shown in buttom of screen 'wifix engaged'
now try to turn WiFi on
All of I do for working wifi for me is this, if you are s-off or installed boot file through adb
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OK I figured out the issue. The version of twrp I was using had issues with my VIVID so I switched to the latest cwm and I was able to upload ROMS and get my wifi running again.

[Q] accidentally disabled settings.

Alright guys I need your help, and I couldn't find anything that helped. Anyways I was messing with my phone, and I got a system notification that wouldn't clear in the notification bar. I usually just click on the app and click "force close" from the settings app. Unfortunately I accidentally clicked disable instead, and now I can't seem to re enable the settings.
I'm currently running the venom Rom from kit Kat 4.4.2. Hopefully someone can help, and not laugh at me too much. Anyways thanks in advance.

lilnever said:
Alright guys I need your help, and I couldn't find anything that helped. Anyways I was messing with my phone, and I got a system notification that wouldn't clear in the notification bar. I usually just click on the app and click "force close" from the settings app. Unfortunately I accidentally clicked disable instead, and now I can't seem to re enable the settings.
I'm currently running the venom Rom from kit Kat 4.4.2. Hopefully someone can help, and not laugh at me too much. Anyways thanks in advance.
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just re-flash the rom

Ya I just tried that a little while ago and it didn't work. Although I didn't wipe anything I just flashed. Do you think I might have to flash?

What is it that you disabled?
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Oh you disabled settings??
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If your rooted download startup manager. Enable it in the system area. If not go to customize and add item.
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lilnever said:
Ya I just tried that a little while ago and it didn't work. Although I didn't wipe anything I just flashed. Do you think I might have to flash?
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Like clsA said, just re-flash the rom, you will have to wipe everything, possibly your internal storage too as if I remember right, Venom Rom stores the settings there, I know for sure it stores themes and mods there, this will leave your phone completely empty apart from Bootloader and Recovery, you will then have to push the ROM to your internal storage and flash it.
Place the rom in the same folder as adb and fastboot on your computer, put the phone in recovery (main screen only), plug into the PC and open a command window in your fastboot/adb folder and type adb push (rom name).zip /sdcard/
Then flash it.

Alright I'll try that now that I'm home I'll see if that works thank you.
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I disabled the settings app. You know where you can see app settings and such. I'll have to wait a bit before I can use a computer. But I was wondering, after using the app you suggested (didn't seem to work on my problem) I was able to find the "settings.apk" file. Wondering if uninstalling and reinstalling the "settings" app would fix anything with out having to lose any of my data. But I'm also not sure if uninstalling the settings would damage my phone, or if I do uninstall it might not let me install it again.
I tried installing the apk with out uninstalling it first and it just said application not installed
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Update. I installed app quarantined and was able to find the settings apps disabled there. I was able to use that to 're enable it
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