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Ok, so everything was working fine yesterday. I woke up this morning and decided to play a little 'world of photo'. It FC's, so I mess with it for a little bit before just trying to open my normal camera. When I try to open my camera, it puts the screen in sleep mode, so I have to hit the power button and unlock the screen like normal, then it gives me the error "Cannot connect to camera".
My phone is rooted and flashed with the latest Cyanogen business, but like I said, nothing was altered, updated, downloaded, etc. My camera just stopped working. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas? Really hoping to get this resolved without having to contact HTC, as I'm sure the unlocked bootloader screen will cost me a small fortune.
If I open an alternative camera app, it opens, but doesn't work. I can back out and then go to my default camera and it works until I close it. Then it won't open again without having to go through the steps of opening the other app, etc.
I'd try a nandroid restore.
Tried it already. Tried restoring back to original, wiping, everything else. Nothing worked. Camera wasn't working all morning, now all of a sudden it's working again. Guess I'll just count my lucky chickens and chalk this up as a win...
Well, my happiness was short lived. Still having the same problem. I'm really not sure what exactly it could be. But the fact it worked the one time today gives me hope.
also having this problem. tried a nand backup and also wiping and re-flashing the gapps and the cm-5.0.4.1 update.. still nothing
it seems my camera went bad somehow, tried even flashing the stock rom, nothing... i'm calling htc, crap my phone is unlocked.. wish me luck.
update: yeap, im getting a replacement. they put $529 on hold on a credit card, send you the device and once they get the "damaged" device they release the funds... meh..
Hey velazcod, you think we can get an update on his this worked out? I'm having the same camera problem and I too am bootloader unlocked. I'd like to hear how HTC handled your unlocked device.
sorry for not posting a status before... so here is what happened:
- Called HTC and they didnt have any issues replacing the phone since the issue seemed to he a hardware issue. They have been nice about this, depends on the hardware issue, I guess if you burn the motherboard they will probably get *****y.
- You can send it to get repaired or replaced, both are in warranty, unless they find some other issue (water damage, etc). However, if you decide to get it replaced they would take your credit card, and put $528 on hold for a few days until they get the original phone back. They dont actually charge it to the credit card, just an authorization, it all depends in your bank, for example my bank (chase) put the money back in my account after 5 days.
- Anyway, I got my "new" N1, and I double checked everything before unlocking the bootloader and doing our stuff. The phone was crap, it was slow and the sticker on the battery cover seemed like it was removed, maybe a refurbished unit. I called and *****ed about it, and they said I needed to send my original phone back, and then later on request another replacement. I kept *****ing because I could live with a bad camera for a few weeks, but not with a slow phone
- Anyways, in the end they allowed me to send back that refurbished unit. After a few weeks i had no response from them and I had to call them, a day after i got my new phone, this time it was good, so i unlocked it, did my thing, factory reset the original phone and sent it on its way.
- It all seemed good for a few weeks, until i got a call from HTC saying that I needed to pay for a repair fee ($60 something) because they had found the problem had been user damage. the girl had no idea how to back that up, and i kept saying that i had never drop the phone or broken the camera in purpose (which is true). She said she was going to escalate the issue and I would get a call back. Still waiting.
In the end I got my new phone and we are all happy, but be careful, I love HTC but don't let them screw you.
Sent from my Nexus One using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
$60 isn't that bad. I would be interested in exactly what they found.
yes that isnt that bad. and i would pay it no problems if it really was my fault. but really, i take care badly of my phones and i had never drop or have done anything to my phone that would cause this camera issue.
besides, the girl that called me had no idea what really happened or what they found, when they call me i will post the info here.
Quick update:
I was having the "cannot connect to camera" error. Turns out that it was an issue with my memory card. Apparently, the card was slightly mis-seated.
Prior to discovering that, I tried everything. I flashed other ROMs, nandroid flashed back to stock, and manually restored to stock.
The weird thing is that the memory card was still functioning properly in every other aspect. I could browse my phots in the gallery and browse the contents of the memory card in Astro. Prior to my discovery, I had also formatted the memory from the settings menu. On a whim, I shut the phone down, removed the memory card, reinserted the memory card, booted it back up and gave it a shot. To my surprise, it worked!
I just thought I'd let you guys know so anyone else having a similar issue can try reseating the memory card before giving up and paying HTC for repair.
moto211 said:
Quick update:
I was having the "cannot connect to camera" error. Turns out that it was an issue with my memory card. Apparently, the card was slightly mis-seated.
Prior to discovering that, I tried everything. I flashed other ROMs, nandroid flashed back to stock, and manually restored to stock.
The weird thing is that the memory card was still functioning properly in every other aspect. I could browse my phots in the gallery and browse the contents of the memory card in Astro. Prior to my discovery, I had also formatted the memory from the settings menu. On a whim, I shut the phone down, removed the memory card, reinserted the memory card, booted it back up and gave it a shot. To my surprise, it worked!
I just thought I'd let you guys know so anyone else having a similar issue can try reseating the memory card before giving up and paying HTC for repair.
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Well, keep in mind that it could be a placebo effect, and you think you are fixing it by fiddling the SD card but its not real.
The reason I tell you that is because, when the issue started happening for me, I would get that error randomly, and then it started happening more frequently until it totally stopped working.
Also, the Camera app not detecting the SD card gets an error when you try to take a picture and it actually says the specific SD card error. Try taking the SD card out and try it out, you will get a visual of the camera on the display, but when you try to take the picture it gives out the "SD card not detected" error... on the other hand, you might be experiencing something totally different.
This error "cannot connect to camera" also comes with the camera app not loading completely and visual of the camera not loading on the screen. Also try loading up the Barcode Scanner, you should get a similar error and no visual of the camera.
I agree that it could be placebo effect. But, I was experiencing all of the things you describe regarding the camera app not loading completely and barcode scanner not working properly. I know the error that you're talking about when you open the camera app without any memory card at all and that definitely was not what I was experiencing. Also, the was nothing random or intermittent my cannot connect to camera errors. It stopped working about four days ago and no ammount of reboots, reflashes, or nandroid restores could bring it back. It wasn't until I reseated the memory card that the camera was able to load and function again. My suspicion is that when a memory card is present and you open the camera app, it tries to do something with the card as part of the loading process. I suspect that the card being slightly mis-seated causes this to fail and prevents the camera from loading properly.
I will definitely keeps you guys posted. Hopefully this is a lasting fix and not a placebo.
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I agree that it could be placebo effect. But, I was experiencing all of the things you describe regarding the camera app not loading completely and barcode scanner not working properly. I know the error that you're talking about when you open the camera app without any memory card at all and that definitely was not what I was experiencing. Also, the was nothing random or intermittent my cannot connect to camera errors. It stopped working about four days ago and no ammount of reboots, reflashes, or nandroid restores could bring it back. It wasn't until I reseated the memory card that the camera was able to load and function again. My suspicion is that when a memory card is present and you open the camera app, it tries to do something with the card as part of the loading process. I suspect that the card being slightly mis-seated causes this to fail and prevents the camera from loading properly.
I will definitely keeps you guys posted. Hopefully this is a lasting fix and not a placebo.
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I see what you mean. Makes sense, keep us posted.
Update:
So, although the fix I previously mentioned did work, I started having other issues that indicated that the actual camera hardware was failing. When I would start up the camera app the camera image displayed on the screen started showing color distortion. Sometimes it would do that and sometimes it wouldn't. I noticed that if it wasn't distorted, I could lightly squeeze the sides of the phone and the image would become distorted and would not go back to normal after I stopped squeezing. I figured that indicated hardware issues but decided to try a low level format on my memory card just in case it was an issue of bad blocks on the card. The format didn't fix anything. A few hours later, the camera died and never came back. I started a ticket with HTC for an advanced replacement. I received my new phone on Friday and am sending back the old one today. I restored it to unrooted factory ROM and recovery image. I will keep you guys posted as to what, if any charges they try to stick me with.
moto211 said:
Update:
So, although the fix I previously mentioned did work,......
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crap, that's what i thought. that sucks. keep us posted :-/
Final update:
I returned my phone with the broken camera on Monday. Tuesday I received an email stated that they had received my device and it had a link to website that I could use to get updates on the status of the repair/return. I checked in the following day with no change. Today it showed this:
Status: We have completed your case. If you can help us improve our service, or would like to comment, please contact HTC customer service representatives.
Service Type: Repair
Service Model: C4-On site exchange
Failure Description: C/x states can not open camera app-freezes or force closes
I even called HTC to make that the ticket was closed and that they didn't need anything else from me. They said that everything was good.
moto211 said:
Final update:
I returned my phone with the broken camera on Monday. Tuesday I received an email stated that they had received my device and it had a link to website that I could use to get updates on the status of the repair/return. I checked in the following day with no change. Today it showed this:
Status: We have completed your case. If you can help us improve our service, or would like to comment, please contact HTC customer service representatives.
Service Type: Repair
Service Model: C4-On site exchange
Failure Description: C/x states can not open camera app-freezes or force closes
I even called HTC to make that the ticket was closed and that they didn't need anything else from me. They said that everything was good.
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Good to hear that.
On my case, I was never contacted again by the "escalated rep"... but I just checked my ticket/case and it seemed to have been closed, so I guess good news.
Hello Guys,
I am having the same problem as you both had. Í am seeing the same symptoms such as not able to run the camera app. My phone screen goes blank when i try to open the camera app and the bar scanner program says it cannot connect to the camera and that I might need to restart my device. I have tried to use previous roms and removed the sd card but nothing seems to work. I am wanting to send it in for repair but I wanted to know what else I should do to my phone besides reflashing the stock rom. Did either of you have the amonRa recovery program and how did you remove it if you did. Is there anything else I should do?
Thanks.
I got the original shipping rom package from modaco and renamed it PASSIMG.zip and flashed it from the bootloader. It restored everything to stock...recovery, radio, and os.
Hi,
I am using an un-rooted Nexus One phone with Froyo (2.2.1).
The camera has stopped working unexpectedly.
Whenever I start the camera app, it gives me the error:
"Activity Camers (in application Camera) is not working"
It gives me the option to wait, force close or report.
If I select wait, it just hangs in there and pops the above msg again.
If I force close the app, and try to start it again, I get the error:
"Cannot connect to camera"
The phone did not fall down and is always handled properly.
This happened all of a sudden.
The last thing I did with the phone was to copy songs to the SD card.
I have factory reset the phone twice and formatted SD card, even swapped SD cards, but no luck yet.
I am based in India, the phone was bought in the US, I have no warranty.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Sorry but I think your camera just died it is possible for the camera to die without any physical abuse but it is uncommon. The only other thing I can recommend would be to root and install a custom ROM (or at least a kernel) and see what happens but I don't think it will fix it.
Resolved....
Thanks Dude Random21..!!
Actually, I just resolved the issue about 30 mins ago.. Was downloading the apps and restoring its state as it was before I had factory reset it.
Well, after doing everything related to software to fix the issue, I concluded that it might be a hardware issue.
So, I started to search for threads involving camera hardware issues.
I took hints from the following post:
Google "Camera on my Nexus One not working - no flash either...all apps that use camera also not working - Help!?!?! " and you will be lucky..
(I cannot post links as I am a newbie)
Saw all videos on youtube about nexus teardown and just finished doing it.
I checked all the connections/internal wiring on the phone and once done, rebooted the phone and it worked..
Unfortunately my phone received a couple of scratches along the way, so others should be more careful about it.
Thanks for your help.
--- sent from my nexus one
No problem, I do what I can to help out. And good for you for having the guts to fix your nexus one's hardware cause I'm pretty sure that if I had an issue like that I would't have the guts to tear it down myself even with ifixit.
Remove (renaming is better) the DCIM directory from SDCARD. It is probably a corrupted (or incompatible with 2.3) file. After that, the camera cames back to life, then you can copy your “Camera” directory to the new DCIM directory created by your phone.
HTH
As of right now I'm missing pretty much every file on my Internal Storage. No TiBu, no SMS Backups, no pics. However under storage in the settings menu it still shows 9 Gigs Free, which leads me to believe that its there, just not visible... There are some folders, but they are empty or don't contain the files it used to.
I noticed it at 2 AM when SMS backup & Restore notified me that it wouldn't backup because it couldn't find the SMS.xml file. I used Astro and ES File Manager to find it manually and I couldn't, at which point I noticed everything was missing.
Prior to that my phone was plugged into my PC, simply to charge. I was on the phone walking a friend through a Windows update and installing some software, and I plugged into my USB 2.0 port to charge the phone (3 hour phone call), which I've used multiple times. While it was plugged in I didn't really us the PC much other than google searches and reading news\posts\forums. I did however install Avast Antivirus cause I was walking her through it and I've never used it before. I'm hoping that had nothing to do with it. I googled Avast wiped my phone, and various similar phrases and didn't find any similar forum posts.
At this point, I could write a whole book about what might have caused it. I really have no clue. I'm looking for either anyone with a similar experience, or more importantly, anyone with a resolution.
Edit: I have a GSM Dev, Unlocked Rooted. Tmobile 4.4.2 using Faux Kernel.
That sucks dude! I haven't heard of this randomly happening on any phone I've had. Aside from recovery wipe accidents.
Drag!
Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
Haven't even been in recovery for a while. Even the backups made in recovery aren't there or aren't visible to the recovery either. I'm not even upset, I've lost things before due to my flashaholic tendencies, but I don't even flash stuff on this phone. That was one of the main reasons I kept this instead of my Nexus5, figured I'd be more productive not having to flash all the time. Might as well get a different phone...
More importantly I want to know the cause so that I and others can avoid it happening again. Almost makes me wish I kept my Nexus5, which now that I think of it, I have a fairly recent backup of on my PC. Who hoo!
Anyone with any thoughts or input, greatly appreciated.
MotoX Developer Edition went from German 4.4.2 to Great Britain 4.4.2 to T-Mobile 4.4.2 no problem. Fastboot FTW!
Guys I have some issues with my s advance. They all started when I flashed cm10.2, but I also encountered them in cm11, and now in stock jb (now my phone is not even rooted).
The main issue is the internal storage space (ROM memory) which after a period of time gets full although I don't a lot of apps. The first time when I had the problem it appeared after about a month of using cm10.2, then even sooner in cm11, then after a couple of days in stock jb, and today after a couple of hours (about 4). The only solution I managed to find till now is flashing a new rom or doing a factory reset, but I don't want to do this every couple of days. Today it happened even though I had only one app instaled besides the ones that come with the stock jb. First time I thought that it had to do with cyanogenmod os, then with the fact that my phone was rooted and I had a lot of apps instaled, some of them not from google play, but since I reflashed jb I didn't even root the phone. So if you have any suggestions about this problem please let me know because I don't know what to do.
The second issue has the same story behind it, meaning that it appeared in cm10.2 and I don't know what it causes it and how to solve it. So the phone restarts itself usually when is not used for a period of time. For example in the morning after I wake up, but during may night shifts at work (where I dont't sleep) it nevere restarted. Also during the day if I don't use the phone for a period of time I found the phone restarted. The frequencyof this problem is variable, sometimes a couple of time in a day, sometime one time in a couple of days.
I mention that at home my phone is always connected to the internet via my wireless connection. I don't know if this has something to do with it, but when I searched the web for my problems some users where suggesting that the phone stores some data over the wifi connection. Also some where suggesting to install es file explore and find the folder or folders that occupies the space but es file explorer does not show how the internal storage is occupied by files and folders. There weren't a lot of result when I searched for my issue but there were complains of similar problems with different models of phones, most of all galaxy s2 and some htc.
slider2 said:
Guys I have some issues with my s advance. They all started when I flashed cm10.2, but I also encountered them in cm11, and now in stock jb (now my phone is not even rooted).
The main issue is the internal storage space (ROM memory) which after a period of time gets full although I don't a lot of apps. The first time when I had the problem it appeared after about a month of using cm10.2, then even sooner in cm11, then after a couple of days in stock jb, and today after a couple of hours (about 4). The only solution I managed to find till now is flashing a new rom or doing a factory reset, but I don't want to do this every couple of days. Today it happened even though I had only one app instaled besides the ones that come with the stock jb. First time I thought that it had to do with cyanogenmod os, then with the fact that my phone was rooted and I had a lot of apps instaled, some of them not from google play, but since I reflashed jb I didn't even root the phone. So if you have any suggestions about this problem please let me know because I don't know what to do.
The second issue has the same story behind it, meaning that it appeared in cm10.2 and I don't know what it causes it and how to solve it. So the phone restarts itself usually when is not used for a period of time. For example in the morning after I wake up, but during may night shifts at work (where I dont't sleep) it nevere restarted. Also during the day if I don't use the phone for a period of time I found the phone restarted. The frequencyof this problem is variable, sometimes a couple of time in a day, sometime one time in a couple of days.
I mention that at home my phone is always connected to the internet via my wireless connection. I don't know if this has something to do with it, but when I searched the web for my problems some users where suggesting that the phone stores some data over the wifi connection. Also some where suggesting to install es file explore and find the folder or folders that occupies the space but es file explorer does not show how the internal storage is occupied by files and folders. There weren't a lot of result when I searched for my issue but there were complains of similar problems with different models of phones, most of all galaxy s2 and some htc.
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You should do factory reset when you change ROM. On CM10.2 there might be still some problems - yes reboots happen some times. So I suggest you to use CM10.1 or CM11.
You can use this to see what uses most of the space on internal memory. With space you get how much space is occupied in folder.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105707
hmmm
So you are saying that I should flash a new rom for example cm11 than I should do a factory reset from recovery? It may be possible that I had already done this but I will try i again because I got nothing to lose.
slider2 said:
So you are saying that I should flash a new rom for example cm11 than I should do a factory reset from recovery? It may be possible that I had already done this but I will try i again because I got nothing to lose.
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And to see what do you have on internal memory manualy.
Ok, just to get this out of the way, I am an idiot.. Many points in this post will verify this fact. I apologize in advance, but sincerely appreciate any help.
So, this issue started badly and has gone down hill from there. I will try to go step-by-step with what has happened and will probably use too many words because I usually do.
To start, I have an HTC Vivid, rooted with the Vivid All-in-One Root Kit V2.2. When I got the phone nearly 2 years ago, I rooted it as soon as I got it out of the box and the root went flawlessly. I am still on stock ICS 4.0.3 and HTC 3.6. I have CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4.
While on vacation last week, my phone was being buggy. Shutting off, taking forever to reboot and once rebooted if you touched in less than 5 minutes, it died again. It has done this in the past but was getting worse. So, Monday night, having just got back from vacation, and utterly exhausted, I decided it was a fine time to move some media files that should not have been on my phone storage to my sd card. I grabbed the DCIM file in ES Explorer and moved it to ext-sd folder. In my tired state, I did not realize I was not moving it to the right area. I fell asleep while it was transferring.
I woke up the next morning and saw some type of notification from ES Explorer, but was running late to get the dog from the kennel, so I dismissed it and ran. While at the vets, I realized my text message tone had reset to default. I went back home and looked and all my vacation pictures and videos from Sunday and all my ringtones were gone. So, I start trying to find my pics and ringtones on my phone and it starts crashing again. At this point, I can't get it to stay on for longer than 5 minutes. I could get the phone to behave if I mounted as a disk drive on my PC, so I copied all the internal and sd files to a folder on my desk top.
After working on things for hours, at my husband's advice, I did a factory reset. I opted to do this from CWM. I thought I had been backing everything up on Titanium (nope, apparently not. I thought I had it backing up all user apps and system data). So, since I didn't have a proper Titanium back up, I reinstalled all the folders from my desktop back to my phone. In the past, when I have done this (long time ago, first phone I rooted, then when changing phones), the phone was restored exactly like it was before. This time, nope.. Several pictures still gone, SIM card wiped of all phone number data (have no idea how), call logs and text messages gone. APP data gone..
I used Disk Digger to find the missing photos and videos which have now become corrupted. (I am hoping to be able to restore them, we'll see). I also found my downloaded ringtones. They were fine.
So, then I start trying to restore my phone to how it was before, but nothing was working. I looked at the files I transferred and can see all the information is in there, but not loading correctly. I had my phone numbers backed up to Google, but even though I had them set to sync, none of the numbers I had on my SIM card were on the Google contacts list. Well, several factory resets and idiot moves later, I have managed to delete a system file or two by mistake. I can't even make a phone call at this point.
Here's what I need to find out:
I know I probably need to reflash the ROM. I want the ROM to remain stock 4.0.3, because I like it like that. I still have the All-in-One Kit and all it's associated files on my computer. Can I run the Vivid All-in-One again starting at a different step since it is already rooted? Can I just go to the "extras" menu and select Flash Factory RUU Zip, or should I do what I saw on this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836. I have Odin on my PC as well. Should I reinstall from there?
Once I have restored my ROM, is there anyway I can restore my phone to the state it was in Monday night before I screwed everything up. So sorry for the long post, but I figured the more details the better. I truly appreciate any advice. I know I have pulled some seriously stupid mess ups here and just need some help.
ETA:
I found I was backing up w /Titanium correctly, but forgot to mention after ES did whatever it did, my sd card was completely wiped as well. I did not move anything or format my SD card.. Apparently ES or whatever was wrong with my phone did. I had my Titanium set to back up to some cloud, but don't remember the settings.. (Again really, really stupid of me.)
badkitty795 said:
Ok, just to get this out of the way, I am an idiot.. Many points in this post will verify this fact. I apologize in advance, but sincerely appreciate any help.
So, this issue started badly and has gone down hill from there. I will try to go step-by-step with what has happened and will probably use too many words because I usually do.
To start, I have an HTC Vivid, rooted with the Vivid All-in-One Root Kit V2.2. When I got the phone nearly 2 years ago, I rooted it as soon as I got it out of the box and the root went flawlessly. I am still on stock ICS 4.0.3 and HTC 3.6. I have CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4.
While on vacation last week, my phone was being buggy. Shutting off, taking forever to reboot and once rebooted if you touched in less than 5 minutes, it died again. It has done this in the past but was getting worse. So, Monday night, having just got back from vacation, and utterly exhausted, I decided it was a fine time to move some media files that should not have been on my phone storage to my sd card. I grabbed the DCIM file in ES Explorer and moved it to ext-sd folder. In my tired state, I did not realize I was not moving it to the right area. I fell asleep while it was transferring.
I woke up the next morning and saw some type of notification from ES Explorer, but was running late to get the dog from the kennel, so I dismissed it and ran. While at the vets, I realized my text message tone had reset to default. I went back home and looked and all my vacation pictures and videos from Sunday and all my ringtones were gone. So, I start trying to find my pics and ringtones on my phone and it starts crashing again. At this point, I can't get it to stay on for longer than 5 minutes. I could get the phone to behave if I mounted as a disk drive on my PC, so I copied all the internal and sd files to a folder on my desk top.
After working on things for hours, at my husband's advice, I did a factory reset. I opted to do this from CWM. I thought I had been backing everything up on Titanium (nope, apparently not. I thought I had it backing up all user apps and system data). So, since I didn't have a proper Titanium back up, I reinstalled all the folders from my desktop back to my phone. In the past, when I have done this (long time ago, first phone I rooted, then when changing phones), the phone was restored exactly like it was before. This time, nope.. Several pictures still gone, SIM card wiped of all phone number data (have no idea how), call logs and text messages gone. APP data gone..
I used Disk Digger to find the missing photos and videos which have now become corrupted. (I am hoping to be able to restore them, we'll see). I also found my downloaded ringtones. They were fine.
So, then I start trying to restore my phone to how it was before, but nothing was working. I looked at the files I transferred and can see all the information is in there, but not loading correctly. I had my phone numbers backed up to Google, but even though I had them set to sync, none of the numbers I had on my SIM card were on the Google contacts list. Well, several factory resets and idiot moves later, I have managed to delete a system file or two by mistake. I can't even make a phone call at this point.
Here's what I need to find out:
I know I probably need to reflash the ROM. I want the ROM to remain stock 4.0.3, because I like it like that. I still have the All-in-One Kit and all it's associated files on my computer. Can I run the Vivid All-in-One again starting at a different step since it is already rooted? Can I just go to the "extras" menu and select Flash Factory RUU Zip, or should I do what I saw on this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836. I have Odin on my PC as well. Should I reinstall from there?
Once I have restored my ROM, is there anyway I can restore my phone to the state it was in Monday night before I screwed everything up. So sorry for the long post, but I figured the more details the better. I truly appreciate any advice. I know I have pulled some seriously stupid mess ups here and just need some help.
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I found I was backing up w /Titanium correctly, but forgot to mention after ES did whatever it did, my sd card was completely wiped as well. I did not move anything or format my SD card.. Apparently ES or whatever was wrong with my phone did. I had my Titanium set to back up to some cloud, but don't remember the settings.. (Again really, really stupid of me.)
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No... Odin is for Samsung phones...
Yea you should RUU...
While your at it... Ditch CWM for TWRP... Even if you don't use recovery all that much...
The only way to put the phone back to where it was... Since you don't have a nandroid backup is to change the settings yourself...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk
rignfool said:
No... Odin is for Samsung phones...
Yea you should RUU...
While your at it... Ditch CWM for TWRP... Even if you don't use recovery all that much...
The only way to put the phone back to where it was... Since you don't have a nandroid backup is to change the settings yourself...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk
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Well, after 5 days of fighting, only after I put my business online for all to see, I found my back up from Titanium!! It had been moved to a subfolder of a subfolder that I had looked in multiple times before. Ran it and phone has been restored including system files. It's back running normally now!
Lessons learned:
Do not decide after vacation and after driving for several hours to move files on your phone. You will mess it up!
Only after you have written an overly long post will you figure out what you did and fix it and feel even dumber than before..
Many, many thanks.
BTW, I am a bigger fan of Titanum than ever before. I can't how perfectly it restored everything, down to what panels I had my different apps on.