I was having some serious wifi issues even after I tried the old forget connection and reconnect trick. So I did a factory reset through the Quick Boot app. I selected the "Recovery" option in Quick Boot and my KF HD booted into the factory menu (ADB menu maybe?) with two options "Reboot Kindle" or "Reset to factory settings" (not sure what they are exactly called). I did the factory reset option and after reboot, the lock screen offers were gone - just random wallpapers. I can't even find the option for offers under the Amazon carousel. Not sure how it happened.
The offers gone happened with both wifi on and wifi off - previously, the offer was always there regardless of wifi connectivity.
The only thing I can think is I have ADW EX launcher in the /system/app folder (I'm rooted of course) so maybe the factory reset with ADW in there by-passed the Offers somehow?
Anybody know more of Android than I do care to chime in?
On the plus side, my wifi problems seem to be fixed (maybe had an app conflicting with something?)!
Whenever I first got my kindle I didn't have any ads for the first day. I got them approx 24 hours after. We'll see if you have then!
Still nothing yet
suIk said:
Whenever I first got my kindle I didn't have any ads for the first day. I got them approx 24 hours after. We'll see if you have then!
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hello my galaxy is developed a fault . i charged it overnight but when i went to power up in the morning it will not go past the S the screen goes black nothing else ...bricked big time kies will not pick it up on usb ...
So you see the connecting dots that make the S on the boot screen or is it all black before you see that?
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Did the same thing to mine. Twice now in fact
The first time, factory reset fixed it though I had to re-install everything (thank you titanium backup).
That was caused by un-installing the one-time lag fix app, figuring I didn't need it once it had made the changes. Apparently I did.
The second time (the next day), I achieved the same result trying to re-install the default calendar app (which I over-zealously un-installed removing the samsung bloatware). Factory reset didn't fix that one, currently about to try my first firmware install (going for 2.2 while I am it, 'cos hey, phone doesn't work anyway, right?).
Both times, boots up to S logo, but sits on that animation for a bout 30 seconds, then screen goes black (button menu and back buttons light up if you press them, so the phone is still "on").
cruisewd said:
Did the same thing to mine. Twice now in fact
The first time, factory reset fixed it though I had to re-install everything (thank you titanium backup).
That was caused by un-installing the one-time lag fix app, figuring I didn't need it once it had made the changes. Apparently I did.
The second time (the next day), I achieved the same result trying to re-install the default calendar app (which I over-zealously un-installed removing the samsung bloatware). Factory reset didn't fix that one, currently about to try my first firmware install (going for 2.2 while I am it, 'cos hey, phone doesn't work anyway, right?).
Both times, boots up to S logo, but sits on that animation for a bout 30 seconds, then screen goes black (button menu and back buttons light up if you press them, so the phone is still "on").
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I am also experiencing the same issue..
appears to a common problem if it occured to more than 3 units already.
Please visit my post "[Q] Bell Vibrant will not go Pass the Galaxy S logo once powered on" in the General section
Lag fixes tend to break this
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hello my galaxy is developed a fault . i charged it overnight but when i went to power up in the morning it will not go past the S the screen goes black nothing else ...bricked big time kies will not pick it up on usb ...
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use the three buttons combo and go into recovery mode , using volume button for up/down select factory reset and this should fix it.. but all ur contacts and stuff on the device will be lost.. only the stuff on the internal sd card will not be lost
I'm having the same issues as takef0cusin above, arriving in a slightly different way. I was properly registered on 1.0.0 and used auto nooter 2.12.15. That went fine and there were no problems, but I decided to upgrade to 1.0.1 after some Wifi dropping issues. So I decided to flash back the the clean stock ROM.
I did the re-image holding down the power button 8 times, then I did the "three button data reset". Everything seemed to go fine, but it still started with the Logic PD Zoom screen and it never gave me the opportunity to re-register. Owner and Account are listed as unavailable. I then tried again using the "Erase and Deregister Device" method. Same results.
The new icons from the rooting are there, which makes me wonder if I actually had a successful flash back. I tried to register with the Gmail icon. It let me put in my email username and password. I acts like it is going to work, starts to load my conversations, then returns to the NC Home screen. I also tried to go through YouTube, but after registering I get "There was a problem with the network [401]". The Wifi still works, it still gets me the news, but the weather won't load because it says it there's location available.
What do I try next? I'm afraid to do anything because of all the warnings to re-register the NC first thing after any of these upgrades.
Thanks and Happy Holidays, OKMD
I've been through all this twice now. The second time was exactly as you have described and all I did was to redo the 3 button data reset. I was then able to re-register it.
Did it pop up to tell/ask you to register, or did you have to go looking somehow? Mine isn't asking and I don't know how to force it. Thanks.
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Did it pop up to tell/ask you to register, or did you have to go looking somehow? Mine isn't asking and I don't know how to force it. Thanks.
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If memory serves, after clearing data it comes up with screens where you select time zones, state, city, etc and then it asks for your user name and password. All this happens automatically after you do the 3 finger data reset.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
I woke up today to see my captivate screen showing blank screen (active black screen with buttons lighted up) being unresponsive. It was on it's charger from the night.
I pulled the battery to shut it down. It rebooted. I thought nothing about it until I tried to use it about an hour later.
I have had it on stock Froyo, with no root. Never have flashed any other ROM besides updates through kies.
Problems and things I've noticed so far:
No puzzle lock screen. Can't find it under "set screen lock". Only None, Pattern, PIN, Password available.
Home button and search button do not function(they light up like they are pressed, but not action occurs in any apps or home screen).
No data. Usually i'd see edge or 3g, but I have no data connection.
Text messages wiped. None available through "Messages"(though call log shows history of messages).
Keyboard was on stock android rather than swype(since changed back to swype).
Holding power button only shows "Power off" option. Before there was at least Airplane mode.
GPS was on(I hardly ever use it).
Location settings seemed to be default("use wireless networks" was unclicked)
Most other settings/app data seems fine.
About phone info:
Model Number: SAMSUNG-SGH-i897
Firmware version: 2.2
Baseband version: I897UCKB1
Kerner version: 2.6.32.9
Build number: FROYO.UCKB1
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Other related things:
Day or two before I received a text message from AT&T to download Kies and use Froyo(Don't remember exact wording, lost the text message, but something to the effect it looked like a mass mailing text to update to Froyo using Kies). I was already on Froyo(flashed as soon as I found out it was available few months back).
I also got a text message about downloading their at&t app to manage my minutes and pay my bill(also already had that app).
My Captivate would randomly freeze/unresponsive a few times, but I didn't think much of it.
Google Music app seemed to randomly start playing the audio file i paused(just in my pocket, or once when i put headphones in to make a call).
Searching the forums, haven't found too much related.
One thread suggested using "home switcher", which I have tried(both Froyo and regular versions, though can't press home button for Froyo version). Neither seems to know what my default Home App is, but it only sees TwLaucher(I only have TouchWiz).
Tried installing an alternative launcher(ADW,LauncherPro), still no home/search button.
I'm without my computer for the weekend, so I can't backup my files and reset to factory just yet.
Anyone have any thoughts to fix this or know what may have went wrong?
I might finally make the jump to a Custom ROM if it'll fix this.
Yes, you should either flash a custom rom or do a factory reset. I will say an event similar to this, also involving text messaging, is what made me make the leap to Assonance, and then Serendipity, and I haven't looked back.
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At the least, try a master reset.
You're not alone....
Two Saturdays ago, I woke up, grabbed my phone to see what time it was and my phone was going haywire. It as blinking, flickering and rebooted on its own a couple of times...without me touching it.
When I DID manage to access the phone after a reboot there was no connection. I couldn't call, send/receive texts, nor could I access most of the features (during one of the haywire moments, the phone popped open my "Gallery" folder and started running a slideshow and then shut down. Again, all without me touching it!) There was a distinct blue circle with a slash where the 3G bars used to be on the top right corner of the phone.
I did a factory reset and didn't help. Wiped everything off the phone, but the device was still going nuts.
I got the phone in mid-December and have absolutely pampered that thing. Never dropped, never scratched, never abused. So I was surprised when I took it into the AT&T replacement center that the lady told me that my battery was wet! Not the phone, but the battery. Those two white-that-turn-pink indicators are so close to each other on the phone that I can't see how one gets wet while the other doesn't.
So they give me a new phone. One thing I noticed right away was that my data usage went WAY UP with the new device. To put it in perspective, I used 100 mb of data in 29 days and 64mb IN ONE DAY with my new phone. I thought it may be a one-time fluke, but it's not. I am only 10 days into my new month and am already at 164mb out of 200mb in my plan. I have NEVER used 164 mb in the 6 months previous, let alone in 10 days.
Fun's not over yet. I noticed a lot of crashes and "Force Closes" with the new phone too. I didn't even have any apps downloaded yet and things were still crashing. Last night I pull my phone out to take a picture and...nope. Screen was all kinds of whacked out and it crashed. And still does now every time I open the camera function. I managed to get in camera mode fast enough to do a reset, but didn't work. The screen is fine otherwise. So looks like I'm back to A&T tomorrow for another round.
I'm glad you posted this, cause the same morning all this happened -- literally, within 10 mins of me waking up -- my computer (brand new - 2 days old) went berserk and shut off and my stereo started flipping channels, turning the volume, treble, bass up and down..BY ITSELF without me touching ANYTHING! It was pretty freaky. I wondered if I was struck by lightning the night before.http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/eek.gif
I was finally able to get back home today and do a factory reset. This (somewhat) solved the problem. Everything is mostly back to normal(home button and search button work on home screen, lock screen is there).
Lost a couple of game saves as I had no method to pull a save file(was doing adb pull on some known file locations).
I did run adb logcat before resetting, and home button and search button seemed to trigger something, just not follow through(Search button did work in a card game as a forward button and home button worked in the kies app to exit, just never as a return to home button in apps).
I'll be looking to root and flash a custom ROM, especially root so I can do a proper backup in case anything like this happens again.
I just want to say thank you posting in q&a and doing research before and after your flashing started. Then searched after your problem. You're a new member of a breed that are few and far between. I will hit your thanks when I get on my computer, app doesn't have it. You will go far here.
I've never seen this issue before, and now I've run into it twice since updating to Kit Kat, rooting, and setting up my VZ Moto X.
Honestly, I don't have much info to share. I had just gotten done setting up my phone. Froze some VZ apps (this might be it, maybe) though nothing crazy..Navigator for one, then rebooted. No problems.
Did some more updating, installed Delayed Lock and GSAM Battery monitor (which is broken in 4.4 for now, I know) and rebooted again. One final time before I planned to do a full backup of all apps using Titanium.
It boots up fine, boot animations (both Moto globe and VZ logo) and then goes black. Now it's sitting on my desk, screen flashing every 15 seconds or so. The time is accurate and updating. Battery icon comes and goes, but it's not dead. Network shows no bars. It's basically just the status bar and the bottom nav icons. Adb isn't recognized, though it does show up under fastboot.
The worst part is that this happened to me last night. I was at the Pats game. Battery was running low and I was trying to record the last play of the game. Battery ran out and the phone shut down. I tried to start it back up and it died on me again. After getting home and charging it to full, it did what I described above.
I really hope it's not time to do a full reset via fastboot as that's what I had to do this morning. Any ideas? I tried clearing cache via fastboot too. No luck. Anyone ever see this before?
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I've discovered what causes this issue, for me at least. It is the combination of "improper" shutdown methods in use by some apps (Titanium Backup, Quick Reboot, SafeStrap, and others I'm sure) and the use of Delayed Lock. Basically, Delayed Lock takes control of certain system files in order to disable the pin/password/pattern lock. If the system shuts down correctly, it hands control back to system. If the phone doesn't hand over control (the phone cuts out without proper notification due to the battery dying or caused by the way an app handles rebooting), the phone hangs up on the next boot. I made a video and uploaded it here.
http://youtu.be/CRtmUAv3PLk
Also of note, rebooting using the Advanced Power Menu option within Gravitybox (the Xposed Framework module) works just fine. All of the options except for "Soft Reboot".
See more in the Delayed Lock support thread (starting at post 654):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955092&page=66
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I've never seen this issue before, and now I've run into it twice since updating to Kit Kat, rooting, and setting up my VZ Moto X.
Honestly, I don't have much info to share. I had just gotten done setting up my phone. Froze some VZ apps (this might be it, maybe) though nothing crazy..Navigator for one, then rebooted. No problems.
Did some more updating, installed Delayed Lock and GSAM Battery monitor (which is broken in 4.4 for now, I know) and rebooted again. One final time before I planned to do a full backup of all apps using Titanium.
It boots up fine, boot animations (both Moto globe and VZ logo) and then goes black. Now it's sitting on my desk, screen flashing every 15 seconds or so. The time is accurate and updating. Battery icon comes and goes, but it's not dead. Network shows no bars. It's basically just the status bar and the bottom nav icons. Adb isn't recognized, though it does show up under fastboot.
The worst part is that this happened to me last night. I was at the Pats game. Battery was running low and I was trying to record the last play of the game. Battery ran out and the phone shut down. I tried to start it back up and it died on me again. After getting home and charging it to full, it did what I described above.
I really hope it's not time to do a full reset via fastboot as that's what I had to do this morning. Any ideas? I tried clearing cache via fastboot too. No luck. Anyone ever see this before?
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Bad system file, you may want to rsdlite and yes userdata needs to be erased. Moto is finicky, I've never had any other device soft brick on me, never. 3 times now with the moto 2 after flashing a ROM, 1 from restoring a nandroid
Sent on my Moto X
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Bad system file, you may want to rsdlite and yes userdata needs to be erased. Moto is finicky, I've never had any other device soft brick on me, never. 3 times now with the moto 2 after flashing a ROM, 1 from restoring a nandroid
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i figured you'd say that. i'm just trying to figure out how to stop this from happening again. so unbelievably inconvenient.
Added some more info to the OP about what turned out to be the cause.
I went to turn my phone off (VZ Edge 6) and up popped a "Going into Safemode" alert. When I turned it back on again, I was indeed in safe mode.
So I restarted normally.
It said safe mode was off but all my third party apps were hidden. Both on the home screens and the tray.
I was able to go to the play store and see they were installed and open them that way.
I went into the bootloader menu and tried restarting normally about three times.
Also, I went in and wiped the partition (a trick that worked when my fast charging/regular charging quit working).
No luck.
I did some searches on this and most of the trouble issues said "Your volume down button is stuck". It didn't seem to be.
In the end, I started deleting my apps and reinstalling. So I'm ok now, but I essentially did a poor man's-factory reset.
I did note that as I deleted a handful of apps, the apps reappeared-- so maye it was an issue with Safe-Mode ON, Safe-mode oFF + some glitchy 3rd party app.
Anyway, wondering if others have encountered this.
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I went to turn my phone off (VZ Edge 6) and up popped a "Going into Safemode" alert. When I turned it back on again, I was indeed in safe mode.
So I restarted normally.
It said safe mode was off but all my third party apps were hidden. Both on the home screens and the tray.
I was able to go to the play store and see they were installed and open them that way.
I went into the bootloader menu and tried restarting normally about three times.
Also, I went in and wiped the partition (a trick that worked when my fast charging/regular charging quit working).
No luck.
I did some searches on this and most of the trouble issues said "Your volume down button is stuck". It didn't seem to be.
In the end, I started deleting my apps and reinstalling. So I'm ok now, but I essentially did a poor man's-factory reset.
I did note that as I deleted a handful of apps, the apps reappeared-- so maye it was an issue with Safe-Mode ON, Safe-mode oFF + some glitchy 3rd party app.
Anyway, wondering if others have encountered this.
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Yep, same happened to me. Your apps are still there. The tray still has them, but they are off to the right. Just re-sort A-Z and you'll see them all again. You will have to add them back to the home screen though.