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[Q] Foce close error all installed apps not showing 2nd time...

Hi,
I have a rooted GT-i9000m (bell Galaxy S Vibrant). I used the one click lag fix to root my phone and it works fine.
A few days ago out of no where all the apps started auto closing as soon as i opened them and then both the menu and back touch buttons lit up and the screen went black. I held the power down till it rebooted only to get and error with com.android.calendar even tho I never use the app. When it finish's booting none of my installed apps are showing.
The first time it happened with com.android.app and I did a full wipe and factory reset and just reinstalled everything.
Ideally I don't want to system reset to factory settings again and lose all my files and notes that i copied back on to the phone 2days ago...
Please note I have tried clearing the data for the calendar app in settings -> apps and i cleared the calendar back up. My problem is that none of my installed apps are showing...
(Update) I also cant reinstall or update apps due to a Installation error - Insufficient storage. But there's room on both SD cards. I also set 850mb for apps when i did the one click lag fix and i don't have 850mb of apps installed.
(Update 2) I did a factory reset again this time i didn't format the internal and external SD cards. (It works like new again) Thus I got to keep all my personal files and ring tones ect. The only thing that was deleted that I didn't back up is my Notes. This leads me to my new question whats best for backing up apps on a rooted SGS (bell Vibrant)?
If anyone has answers they would be much appreciated.

i had the same problem
install rom manager from the market place
there is a option in there "Fix Permissions" just run that and it will fix it up for you
only takes 1-2min to run

Tried what you said but i cant install anything... I get Installation Error - Insufficient storage available.

I now understand the cause of the problem. I change my battery once and some times twice a day. At first I would wait for the long shut down (untill the screen goes totaly black) and then take off the back and swap out the battery. At least 3 times the phone would boot up and ask me for the network unlock code (I bought the unlock code directly from bell for 75$). I found this rather annoying so i tried just taking the battery out wile it was on (idle) and it appeared to work flawlessly at least 20-30 times before the phone would start to do an endless force close loop cycle. This kept forcing me to do a factory reset on the phone. I can only assume the one click lag fix and my disregard for the need of the shutdown before removing the battery must be all the cause of my problems.
I will try and see if my phone is more stable with out the one click lag fix.

nope that is not the cause of the problem
but it sounds like you are another victim of the lag fixes that is killing your internal SD card.
not the fault of the lag fix, it just make the problem apear sooner than later

I have been having a similar issue and I'm using Voodoo lagfix. I think it's because I took the battery out before it had completely shut down.

read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793404

Well the phone bit the dust today. I opened up google maps to look up an address and it crashed with the usual error. So i rebooted the phone and now it stays stuck at the boot logo. (the glowing S with both touch keys staying lit) So i did the recovery thing again but this time I had to do the Vol-up + home + power in order to get the phone working some what. IDK but it wont let me log into my google account to sync my contacts. My APN settings are correct and working and I even tried off my Wifi at home. I'll just hope its a google problem and not my phone acting up. Thanks for the pointer to the bad internal SD. That may be the problem kinda hard to prove it to Samy thoe...

I get force close errors after about 4-7 days of use. Now its gotten worse. A few days ago I was looking up an address and my phone crashed and rebooted it self. It then hug at the S boot logo for 20mins. I got to my friends apartment building to find my phone still stuck at this boot logo. I couldn't remember his apartment number or buzzer code... Normally i just check my contacts list and buzz the code. I was standing out side in the Canadian fall cold wind trying to get this phone to work... OMG i almost just smashed it on the spot. Anyways I remembered about something i had read on this forum about the recovery mode ( i had used it to root ) so i tried that out got the little menu and tried every option before having to do the dreaded factory reset. Well nothing work with the exception of the factory reset it got my phone working in about 5mins... LOL
Anyways I thought I might try upgrading the firmware when I got home. What a mistake... I cant control my phones MP3 player via my bluetooth car stereo any longer. Tried everything even a factory reset and formatting the internal and external SD's. I tried running it with out rooting it again and with out the lag fix in hopes that I wouldn't get a force close error. Wouldn't you know it about 5 hours after the factory reset un-rooted just after i finish coping over all my music. I get a force close error! So I tried again and this time the phone ran for about 30hours before it started giving me force close errors about the email now...
Sigh I've tried just about everything in my power to make this phone work. So I assumed it must be the phone... I called Samsung up to get a RMA going... Wouldn't you know it they tell me that I have to call my carrier to get it RMA/repaired. I try to explain that I bought the phone with out a contract and bought the unlock code from Bell so I could use it on Fido. They tell me to call Fido... ROFL Fido wouldn't even give me their APN settings when i got this phone so knew they would be of no help. They don't even have one android phone in their line up i tell the sammy rep. So they tell me I should go back to the Bell store I bought it from to get it repaired/RMA'ed.
I doubt Bell will be of much help but here's hoping.
Do you think my phone is broken, bad flash, buggy memory, ect and needs to be RMA'ed?

Update...
I got my phone back from repairs 2 weeks ago. They flat out replaced the phone for a new one. This was a huge headache for me because the new one wasn't unlocked. Took Bell 2 hours to get the new one unlocked wile my wife waited out side double parked downtown! (I thought it would be a quick pick up and I would be out) The blue-tooth works flawlessly again!!
Much to my dismay the replacement phone has started acting up much like my first one did. It gets several force close errors a day and has gotten to the point where it no longer can send or receive text messages (using Handcent). The stock Music Player app also force closes at random with more frequently. It looks like I got another Lemon. This time around I did NOT root, lag-fix, or flash firmware. I will be sending it for repairs as soon as I can afford to buy another phone to use wile this one is off at repairs. My back up phone is a 3~ year old Iphone3g that my son has made his... (cracked screen, vol rockers dont work, power button is jammed in, the LCD screen it self is bleeding on the top edge)
The Vibrant never let me down other than as a phone. As a divx player or using all-share it rocks! I use these features A LOT to play my 720p divx movies on any TV or the projector in the bedroom .
with that being said I might keep the phone just as a portable movie player to bring from place to place and put my sim in something more stable.

Galaxy gear camera not working

I have had this galaxy gear for about a week now, and since new the camera has been extremely glitchy. Sometimes it will work no problem, but very rarely. Most of the time when I swipe down to use the camera the screen goes black and stays that way for almost a minute sometimes, before a message comes up saying "warning camera failed" . I have done a hard reset twice now, and made sure I had the latest software update, yet still haven't had any luck. I can still return it to the store for an exchange but best buy where I purchased it from is currently sold out and I am waiting. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and it might be fixable? I have read through a lot of forums but haven't found any information on this.
I have recently been trying to root, and install a custom rom hoping that would solve the problem. I follow the directions exactly from the forums in this site, it roots no problem, and I get the custom rom transferred to the galaxy gear sdcard using wondershare. But every time I get in recovery mode, and select recovery, it reboots and resets my gear. I don't get any options to install in twrp.
Can anybody help?

Gear camera problem
Walker1985 said:
I have had this galaxy gear for about a week now, and since new the camera has been extremely glitchy. Sometimes it will work no problem, but very rarely. Most of the time when I swipe down to use the camera the screen goes black and stays that way for almost a minute sometimes, before a message comes up saying "warning camera failed" . I have done a hard reset twice now, and made sure I had the latest software update, yet still haven't had any luck. I can still return it to the store for an exchange but best buy where I purchased it from is currently sold out and I am waiting. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and it might be fixable? I have read through a lot of forums but haven't found any information on this.
I have recently been trying to root, and install a custom rom hoping that would solve the problem. I follow the directions exactly from the forums in this site, it roots no problem, and I get the custom rom transferred to the galaxy gear sdcard using wondershare. But every time I get in recovery mode, and select recovery, it reboots and resets my gear. I don't get any options to install in twrp.
Can anybody help?
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I facing the same issue also..Which "camera has stopped" problem. i had also send back to service center once and return back with a functional one. But today i once again had this problem and i try to remove out from my hand and twist abit on the belt and the camera able to function. i believe this is hardware problem and this was due to the belt problem. I think i going to send back to service center once again.

ongtinghou said:
I facing the same issue also..Which "camera has stopped" problem. i had also send back to service center once and return back with a functional one. But today i once again had this problem and i try to remove out from my hand and twist abit on the belt and the camera able to function. i believe this is hardware problem and this was due to the belt problem. I think i going to send back to service center once again.
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Ya that's what I am thinking it must be, I will return mine too as soon as they get some more in stock. But I still haven't been able to figure out why I can root mine, but I cant install the custom recovery so I can install a new rom..

Mine just started doing this, anyone have a resolution other then returning it.
Never mind, i found the issue. The band has separated from the face and cut the cable to the camera.
how long did it take samsung to send you a new one.

After returning my watch to bestbuy I exchanged it for a new one. The new one the band is different and the hole in that was behind eh camera is now gone. I really think samsung is reading these forums

raiu said:
After returning my watch to bestbuy I exchanged it for a new one. The new one the band is different and the hole in that was behind eh camera is now gone. I really think samsung is reading these forums
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can you post pictures?

I had the same problem.. did a fresh watch reset/recovery, and its fixed the problem.. not sure if it will for everybody, but in my case it did. My Model# is SM-V700
Step 1: Make sure Gear is powered off
Step 2: Press and hold the power key until you see either the Galaxy Gear rebooting… screen or a blank white screen.
Step 3: Release the power key and then continuously tap the power key until you see the Reboot Select Mode screen.
Step 4: Tap the power key to highlight the "recovery" option.
Step 5: Long press the power key (5-8 sec) to select it.

Solution to camera stopped problem
I hope this helps others. I had not used the watch in many months. I couldn't get it to turn on after a whole day of charging. Read a tip off an Amazon review and it worked -- if your watch is "dead" plug the charging cable into your computer USB port and not the AC outlet. It charged just fine then and works.
Now to the camera problem. I reset the watch and reinstalled. Got the "black screen" and after so many seconds, a message 'camera stopped'. Reset again. Still the same problem.
But I got into the GEAR MANAGER , selected MY APPS and noticed that there was a "+" sign on the top right of the screen. Touched that and it brought up an additional list of apps. At the top it said I has "11/14" apps turned on. I found I could click on the CAMERA and it went to 12/14. Picked 2 more things. Now the Camera is one of the 14 apps on the device. Guess there's a limit
THE CAMERA WORKED PERFECTLY AFTER THAT.

Android wear step count stopped working

Dear All,
I am new person in this forum. I bought a samsung gear live two months back with great expectation. After one month the step counter stop working .I called google play support then they send me a replacement yesterday. After one day , the step counter stopped working. i restarted the device. but still it is not working . Any suggestion how can i fixed it or any body else have the problem.
I am also sorry if i posted it in a wrong place
Thanks
neo

Try doing a factory reset and do not install any apps on it and monitor it. I had the same problem and it looks like one of the apps I installed was causing an issue.I did a factory reset, paired it again with my phone and it worked fine now.
neoTheTiger said:
Dear All,
I am new person in this forum. I bought a samsung gear live two months back with great expectation. After one month the step counter stop working .I called google play support then they send me a replacement yesterday. After one day , the step counter stopped working. i restarted the device. but still it is not working . Any suggestion how can i fixed it or any body else have the problem.
I am also sorry if i posted it in a wrong place
Thanks
neo
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justiyad said:
Try doing a factory reset and do not install any apps on it and monitor it. I had the same problem and it looks like one of the apps I installed was causing an issue.I did a factory reset, paired it again with my phone and it worked fine now.
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Thanks buddy.. I powered down the watch and then started it works again. Restart does not work.. it seems the sensors are not stable or the different wear apps are not mature enough

Mine did this. It's my second watch as the first stopped responding to "ok google". I reset the watch, uninstalled and re-installed the software. Google is sending me watch number 3.

S10 Camera Failed with a Twist

Hey all, searched the forum but 0 results for "Camera Failed"
So about a month ago I went swimming in the community pool with my S10. I went swimming and water park with my S8 and S9 never any issues. This time maybe I stayed in too long, haha.
So the next morning I did notice moisture on the front and rear cameras! Doh! Fired up the camera only to get "camera failed". No biggie, I have premium protection with TMo which does cover this ($99 deductible). I went to make a claim and there was an issue with the warranty not being added on my account, but TMo takes care of it's customers and added it for me and started to process the claim. A few days later the moisture disappeared, and then a few days after that the camera was resurrected!
My replacement didn't show up so when I logged in the rep said for whatever reason it didn't go through, but we were able to cancel the claim. Back in business!
Fast forward to 2 days ago when TMo pushed an update to the phone. I updated with the latest software and immediately noticed I'm back to "Camera failed". I have tried the basics like clearing cache, clearing app cache, booting into recovery to clear the cache, and in safe mode. Still no go.
The kicker is (and this was also apparent during the first failure) the camera app shows failed, and all apps that use the camera also throw an error about accessing the camera EXCEPT the Poshmark fashion marketplace app. It access the camera no issues, front and back! I also uninstalled Poshmark, cleared cache, and rebooted without success.
So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas before I try a factory reset because it takes a while to restore a lot of my settings and customization. And if that doesn't work I'll wait a few days and see if it comes back to life like last time and if it doesn't, file a warranty claim.
Thanks

I think I'd still do a reset and try the camera without restoring anything. If it fails then, you've already done the reset for the return. If it works still don't restore anything, live with it a few hours and keep trying different settings with both front and rear cameras. If you can't make it break, then do your restore. I know a restore is tough to do sometimes, but I hate those nagging problems you can't put a finger on.

Tel864 said:
I think I'd still do a reset and try the camera without restoring anything. If it fails then, you've already done the reset for the return. If it works still don't restore anything, live with it a few hours and keep trying different settings with both front and rear cameras. If you can't make it break, then do your restore. I know a restore is tough to do sometimes, but I hate those nagging problems you can't put a finger on.
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Yeah I know there isn't a lot of options left at this point. But it's weird that the poshmark app has no problems accessing the camera when everything else does, and that after the TMO update it killed my camera again.
Thank you

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Nurmi_CEO said:
Yeah I know there isn't a lot of options left at this point. But it's weird that the poshmark app has no problems accessing the camera when everything else does, and that after the TMO update it killed my camera again.
Thank you
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Well I had the same problem on my s10, however it was being used in heavy rains and the next morning there was moisture in both the front &back cameras.
However it was still taking pictures (full of blur), no it wasn't showing any camera failed error. I took it to the service centre where they had the phone disassembled and heated up the camera module. The phone is working fine ever since, I recently got the June update (India) and my phone's camera is still working properly. Do try a factory reset and let me know as we whatever happens

Nurmi_CEO said:
Yeah I know there isn't a lot of options left at this point. But it's weird that the poshmark app has no problems accessing the camera when everything else does, and that after the TMO update it killed my camera again.
Thank you
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T-Mobile should push another update with camera night mode, QR code and so on. At least we(people in US) are waiting for it! See if the upcoming update fixes the issue. Don't you use Samsung back up? It is built-in to your phone. I always use it and it saved placement of your home screen shortcuts, settings(most of them), your apps and other stuff.

pma1504 said:
Well I had the same problem on my s10, however it was being used in heavy rains and the next morning there was moisture in both the front &back cameras.
However it was still taking pictures (full of blur), no it wasn't showing any camera failed error. I took it to the service centre where they had the phone disassembled and heated up the camera module. The phone is working fine ever since, I recently got the June update (India) and my phone's camera is still working properly. Do try a factory reset and let me know as we whatever happens
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I will and see what happens. Thanks!

Charkatak said:
T-Mobile should push another update with camera night mode, QR code and so on. At least we(people in US) are waiting for it! See if the upcoming update fixes the issue. Don't you use Samsung back up? It is built-in to your phone. I always use it and it saved placement of your home screen shortcuts, settings(most of them), your apps and other stuff.
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Ok I will do a factory reset and see what happens and checkout Samsung backup. Thanks

pma1504 said:
Well I had the same problem on my s10, however it was being used in heavy rains and the next morning there was moisture in both the front &back cameras.
However it was still taking pictures (full of blur), no it wasn't showing any camera failed error. I took it to the service centre where they had the phone disassembled and heated up the camera module. The phone is working fine ever since, I recently got the June update (India) and my phone's camera is still working properly. Do try a factory reset and let me know as we whatever happens
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No go on the reset. Same thing. Camera failed on every app except Poshmark.
I'm going to ride it out this week and if it's still dead by Sunday I'll file an insurance claim

I'm hoping it does start working, now even I'm worried about updates breaking my camera (I got no insurance on this). Still I don't understand why the camera failed popup came on your device in the first place ( even if it had moisture) because even I had gotten the camera full of fog however it was still working properly (I took it to the service centre In a day though). I'm attaching the most recent update that I received, this water damage thingy actually happened on the 12th of June

Hello, i had the Same issue after the May Update. I tried evertyhing Clearing Cache Reset Phone....
I went to an samsung store they changed my front camera as warrenty case so i paid nothing. Till today no problems, camera works fine again.

Nurmi_CEO said:
No go on the reset. Same thing. Camera failed on every app except Poshmark.
I'm going to ride it out this week and if it's still dead by Sunday I'll file an insurance claim
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I have trouble wrapping my head around it working with Poshmark only. Outside of reflashing the rom I can't see anything else to try, yet it does point to a software and not a hardware problem.

Tel864 said:
I have trouble wrapping my head around it working with Poshmark only. Outside of reflashing the rom I can't see anything else to try, yet it does point to a software and not a hardware problem.
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When I did a reset on the phone, I held the volume up + bixby to boot into the bootloader and selected "wipe data/factory reset".
It's been a while since I have been rooting and modding my phones since the S8 and up Snapdragons were non rootable for the longest time. Would it be a "cleaner fresher reset" if I used Odin to flash the stock firmware? Is Odin still a thing anymore with the newest Galaxies?

Nurmi_CEO said:
When I did a reset on the phone, I held the volume up + bixby to boot into the bootloader and selected "wipe data/factory reset".
It's been a while since I have been rooting and modding my phones since the S8 and up Snapdragons were non rootable for the longest time. Would it be a "cleaner fresher reset" if I used Odin to flash the stock firmware? Is Odin still a thing anymore with the newest Galaxies?
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Yeah you're right Odin still works with modern Samsung phones (it did with my old j7 prime-exynos android 8.1). You can try reflashing the stock firmware and maybe downgrading it if that's possible. Honestly Samsung devices have become a disappointment now to me

Samsung A71 Black Screen of Death

Hi I have a problem with this phone and it started a month after I updated it to Android 12. Everything goes well at first but suddenly my screen went black but the phone is working because I can hear the sound when I turn off my phone. So I tried ALL the solution in youtube, it works but after a few days the problem is still occur. I tried factory reset, wiping data and cache. One day I decided to downgrade my phone to the last update of Android 11. It works! but sadly after a few days the black screen is on the run again. Is there any way to fix this guys? I certainly didn't drop it or accidentally squeeze it. Help me guys please!!!

We have the same problem but I replaced mine with a new one