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First post here, I'm new to Android and rooting but I know my way around computer systems in general so hoping you guys can help me, haven't seen a thread about this exact problem so far.
I've semi-bricked (bootlooped) my Samsung Galaxy Ace running Gingerbread, having rooted it last month using the upd_1 package and enjoying a bloatware-free phone, happily installing apps onto my second partition on my SD card. I've not changed my ROM, just the stock is good enough for me for now. However I was getting continually prompted by Homescreen Selector nags at powering up for some reason and I thought I could disable it by applying Freeze using LInk2SD, but since doing that I continually get the Samsung logo, the orange "explosion" (I'm with Orange) then a vibration and the whole cycle repeats. My guess is the operating system can't find the selector.apk app since I froze it.
I thought the solution would be simple - use adb shell to rename back from selector.fro to selector.apk. However I'm unable to find any such file in my system/app folder. There are a load of other apk and odex files but not that one. When I type su I get "permission denied", though I definitely rooted my phone but I don't think I have my bootloader unlocked.
I don't have CWM installed or any backups unfortunately (yes, I know...), so even if I took one now prior to a factory reset, surely the same problem would come back if I were to restore from any backup I were to take now. I can get into Recovery and Download screens ok but don't want to restore the whole ROM unless I have to, since I know it's only one APK that is at fault.
So, please can anyone tell me how to locate the selector.fro file to turn it back to selector.apk? Or can't I do that without unlocking the bootloader first, or is there another solution?
Many thanks in advance,
Graham
Wouldnt it be possible to make a zip of the selector.apk and flash it? Rename the zip-file to "update" (since you're unable to browse to your specific file).
QNBT said:
Wouldnt it be possible to make a zip of the selector.apk and flash it? Rename the zip-file to "update" (since you're unable to browse to your specific file).
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Hi, thanks for the response
Do you mean copy a zip of selector.apk to the SD card and run it from there, same as I did when I rooted? Where can I obtain a copy of that apk from? I can't find it on my computer or via Google...
gkey2112 said:
Hi, thanks for the response
Do you mean copy a zip of selector.apk to the SD card and run it from there, same as I did when I rooted? Where can I obtain a copy of that apk from? I can't find it on my computer or via Google...
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You can extract it from the ROM's zip file, just locate it as you would on your phone.
But I don't have a ROM zip file. I'm not using a custom ROM, just stock. I may go down the custom ROM route one day, but for now I just want my phone to work again in the quickest way possible.
All I need is a copy of the original stock home selector APK. Can anyone help here please?
Found the file!
Never mind, got the apk from another thread. Flashing tonight...
hi,
I have a Samsung GT--i9000 Galaxy S phone with a dodgy usb port.
I am sending it off to get fixed but need to back up the phone first.
To fully back up I believe I need to root the phone to enable back up of application data using titatium or my backup.
Phone Details
Firmware : 2.3.3
Baseband Version : I9000SRJV1
Kernel version : [email protected] #2
Build number : GINGERBREAD.XWJVN
Because the usb is buggered, rooting methods using odin etc which involve connection to a pc are not possibe.
Also because I am running gingerbread 2.3.3 apps like Z4root/gingerbreak etc wont work.
Does anyone know a way to root this phone from recovery mode, or other method without using USB ?
This thread does what i think i want for the i9001 but I cant find a solution for my GT-i9000
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253707
advance thanks for any comments
rootmeplease said:
Does anyone know a way to root this phone from recovery mode, or other method without using USB ?
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If its a matter of saving your data files, you can use My Phone Explorer on your PC and Client from Market with WIFI, to save the entire contents of your internal SD card to your PC ( link below on MY Android Collections)
If you still need root download i9000 root update.zip (same link) and install via 2e recovery
xsenman said:
If its a matter of saving your data files, you can use My Phone Explorer on your PC and Client from Market with WIFI, to save the entire contents of your internal SD card to your PC ( link below on MY Android Collections)
If you still need root download i9000 root update.zip (same link) and install via 2e recovery
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Thanks for responding, Just so that I'm clear, I have 2 follow up questions please
1) If I sync files using My Phone Explorer over wifi to my PC , then optus factory reset my phone, can I just sync back to phone
to get back to the current phone state ? Or is a more comprehensive backup like titanium (with root access) required to fully back up the phone ?
i.e. I want angry birds and other apps to retain their settings / scores etc but am unsure whether this can be achieved this way.
2) The 2e recovery readme speaks of flashing with odin and thus a usb connection that I cannot do.
Did you mean that I can just put the i9000 root update.zip onto the SD card and boot in recovery mode without using the files from this 2e recovery archive or am I missing something here ?
In any case thank you for your help . Love the phone explorer btw, compared to Kies this is fantastic.
rootmeplease said:
1) If I sync files using My Phone Explorer over wifi to my PC , then optus factory reset my phone, can I just sync back to phone
to get back to the current phone state ? Or is a more comprehensive backup like titanium (with root access) required to fully back up the phone ?
i.e. I want angry birds and other apps to retain their settings / scores etc but am unsure whether this can be achieved this way.
2) The 2e recovery readme speaks of flashing with odin and thus a usb connection that I cannot do.
Did you mean that I can just put the i9000 root update.zip onto the SD card and boot in recovery mode without using the files from this 2e recovery archive or am I missing something here ?
In any case thank you for your help . Love the phone explorer btw, compared to Kies this is fantastic.
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If you save the entire Internal SD card, none of your data for games , settings etc will be lost, you only need to reinstall the app a new and paste back the data , but IF you want your system and data back, than tintanium should do it
anyway that is a SD card zip file for rooting ( look under unlock and rooting), as such you don't need USB connection
xsenman said:
If you save the entire Internal SD card, none of your data for games , settings etc will be lost, you only need to reinstall the app a new and paste back the data , but IF you want your system and data back, than tintanium should do it
anyway that is a SD card zip file for rooting ( look under unlock and rooting), as such you don't need USB connection
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I used MyPhoneExplorer to sync the files on the memory card but it appears that without root access this solution will not back up hidden application data. I base this on not being able to locate the angry birds data files on the back up (or on the phone in phone explorer for that matter) ie no com.rovio...... any where. In fact there are only a handfull of com.xxx. application files under the data directory.
So it appears to me that the phone must be rooted to back up application data.
Can anyone confirm this observation : Is the only way to backup application data via a rooted phone ?
xsenman, sorry for being obtuse but do you mean that I simply need to
1) put the root i9000 update.zip onto my external SD card.
2) reboot using power/home/volume up combo.
3) pick the update.zip file from menu.
4) wait while updating then power off and on
After this my phone will be exactly the same only now with root access ?
thanks again, I need to be sure about this before proceeding.
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So it appears to me that the phone must be rooted to back up application data. Can anyone confirm this observation : Is the only way to backup application data via a rooted phone ?
xsenman, sorry for being obtuse but do you mean that I simply need to
1) put the root i9000 update.zip onto my external SD card.
2) reboot using power/home/volume up combo.
3) pick the update.zip file from menu.
4) wait while updating then power off and on
After this my phone will be exactly the same only now with root access ?
thanks again, I need to be sure about this before proceeding.
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I doubt that you need to be rooted to save your game data, it may be in the Phone memory or have its own folder under a different name
anyway, yes you only need to use update.zip in 2e Recovery as above, to root using that file , root will only install a superuser in your phone and nothing else.
rootmeplease said:
I want angry birds and other apps to retain their settings / scores etc
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there is an app on google play called Angry Birds Backup 2 SD. This will save all your progress for Angry Birds and will restore once your phone is returned. For other apps you will have to find another way.
xsenman said:
I doubt that you need to be rooted to save your game data, it may be in the Phone memory or have its own folder under a different name
anyway, yes you only need to use update.zip in 2e Recovery as above, to root using that file , root will only install a superuser in your phone and nothing else.
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Looks like I'm screwed as phone has gingerbread 2.3.3 and therefore has recover 3e not 2e.
To degrade to recovery 2e I need to flash a custom kernel so I'm back to requiring odin again to achieve that which of course I cant do without a working USB port.
Ok I admit defeat and give up, unless someone else can suggest a way to do this (without USB) I don't think that this can be done.
At least I know enough now to do this via USB / odin or even superoneclick once the device comes back from repair.
Need to root
Please give the link to download update.zip aka root.zip
(I bought an I9000 only yesterday.
I don't have access to PC.
Framaroot doesn't work ?! )
Thanks
custom recovery + root: use "Mobile Odin" (use the free version as you'll only be flashing a kernel) just extract the .zip file so you have one .tar file and flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
Please help me! I was on Sense 5 rooted with twrp installed. Decided id try out the new CM 10.1 for the HTC ONE. So i backed up my system, data and everything else and proceeded to install CM. Decided it wasnt for me, went to TWRP, went to restore and there are no files there? What happened? I can see I only have 6GB storage available so the file is there somewhere!! How do i flash the backup? i read about a twrp utility or that the file structure is off?
Thanks for your help!!
UPDATE: When I go into a file manager, the backup from today is there.. it is in TWRP> BACKUPS> HT34JXXXXXX> (2013-05-14 @ 8:06 AM)
and inside that folder are the usual backup files. BUT IT STILL WONT SHOW UP IN TWRP WHEN I PRESS "RESTORE"
Anyone? I'm dieing here!!!
Reflash recovery, and see if now work.
I've restored yesterday my backup and no prob with TWRP.
And search your file in sdcard/0
If it will not work, reflash rom.
Don't know if this happened but I had a galaxy s3 before I got the htc one and I understood that cyanogenmod is a 4.2.2 type of rom and we have a 4.1.2 rom. A lot of peeps in the galaxy's forum would have trouble going back to touchwiz roms because the say flashing a 4.2.2type of rom partitions the memory files differently so then the 4.1.1 stock or custom roms. You may have to somehow unroot the phone and "push" the phone back to stock using your computer. People had to do that before with the s3. Hope that helps maybe. I have to go to work now. Good luck
Should I try to flash clockwork mod? Just go into the play store, download and flash from within the app? I don't understand I made a full nandroid it is in my phone and on my computer.. Why can't twrp recognize it?
Okaay said:
Should I try to flash clockwork mod? Just go into the play store, download and flash from within the app? I don't understand I made a full nandroid it is in my phone and on my computer.. Why can't twrp recognize it?
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CWM can't restore TWRP backup.
If you backupped your rom with TWRP, this will restore it.
Did you try to see in sdcard/0?
Guich said:
CWM can't restore TWRP backup.
If you backupped your rom with TWRP, this will restore it.
Did you try to see in sdcard/0?
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This is in the stock cm10 file manager. This is the exact backup I'd like to restore but when I go into the recovery and press on restore, nothing shows please keep responding!!!!
For team win recover the files need to be in /sdcard/0 the number zero or it won't be recognized. Move the directory structure to /sdcard/0. Also copy the directory with the backup to your computer in case.
Can we see the whole directory structure of where these files are located? like /recovery/2012305/ or where ever it happens to be?
nullkill said:
For team win recover the files need to be in /sdcard/0 the number zero or it won't be recognized. Move the directory structure to /sdcard/0. Also copy the directory with the backup to your computer in case.
Can we see the whole directory structure of where these files are located? like /recovery/2012305/ or where ever it happens to be?
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Yeah man, I'll post the pics. Here they are looks as though it is in 0/
I just backed up the cm ROM just to see what would happen and now when I go to restore, the cm10 backup is the only one there and I can't locate it in file manager anywhere
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Okaay said:
Yeah man, I'll post the pics. Here they are looks as though it is in 0/
I just backed up the cm ROM just to see what would happen and now when I go to restore, the cm10 backup is the only one there and I can't locate it in file manager anywhere
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Search the SD card for boot.emmc.win you should get two results one from the original backup and one from the new one. You need to get both the backups together. Also copy your original backup to your computer so you have a copy of it in case you need to wipe or something.
nullkill said:
Search the SD card for boot.emmc.win you should get two results one from the original backup and one from the new one. You need to get both the backups together. Also copy your original backup to your computer so you have a copy of it in case you need to wipe or something.
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This is what I see... Someone please help, the backup I wanna restore is already I'm TWRP folder on the internal storage but no files show up when I try the "restore" option in the recovery
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Okaay said:
This is what I see... Someone please help, the backup I wanna restore is already I'm TWRP folder on the internal storage but no files show up when I try the "restore" option in the recovery
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OK so did you copy your backup to your computer yet???? Well if not now would really really be the time to do that. Looks like there is a issue with how CM is doing the SD card and TWRP. So first copy the backup off of your phone. Should I say it again? COPY THE BACKUP OFF YOUR PHONE. Now go get the correct RUU for your phone. Run that sucker and restore the phone to stock. You will need to relock your bootloader. Once that is done put TWRP back on your phone and copy your backup to the phone.
Ran into this myself. Because of 4.2.2's support for multiple users, it segments the internal storage into pieces(i.e. 0 for first user, 1 for second user, 2, 3, so on). I didn't realize this and had to start from scratch.
Copy your TWRP backup(and anything else you don't want to lose) to your computer and delete the 0 file. Re-add your files to the internal storage(be sure to keep a copy on your computer). Then reboot into bootloader, fastboot erase cache, reflash, and reboot into recovery. Don't let the CM10.1 ROM start up, otherwise you'll be doing it again.
Alternatively, use the All-In-One toolkit to adb sideload a non-CM10.1 ROM onto your phone, delete the 0 folder(after transferring to your computer what you don't want to lose, of course), reboot recovery, and attempt to restore.
Thanks guys, got it working
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This is the same problems people with the GNex came across moving back from 4.2.2 to 4.1.2 last year - you have to remember the internal memory changed and manually move fles to the non-0 folders! You guys should read up more before jumping head long into a new Android version!
Glad it's sorted now though
nullkill said:
For team win recover the files need to be in /sdcard/0 the number zero or it won't be recognized. Move the directory structure to /sdcard/0. Also copy the directory with the backup to your computer in case.
Can we see the whole directory structure of where these files are located? like /recovery/2012305/ or where ever it happens to be?
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OOPs--sorry this must be an HTC specific problem--sorry for poking my Samsung nose in...
Maybe I am not understanding the thread but--
In my Galaxy Note2 all my TWRP backups, and I have about 5, are all in ext.sd. card and I have used it to restore on several occasions--could be a device specific situation, but in Note2 it's fine to have them in ext.sd card.
First post here, i hope it is the correct place.
Problem: i can't find how to get the files from my phone to make an .ftf file (no db folder in sony pc companion). Any help would be appreciated.
Phone: sony xperia t (lt30p)
Build number: 9.2.A.1.205
Easiest way is with the app XperiaFirm( find it in Sony Cross General forum)
The files from pc companion are hidden but i don't remember the correct folksy right now.
krasimiretov said:
Easiest way is with the app XperiaFirm( find it in Sony Cross General forum)
The files from pc companion are hidden but i don't remember the correct folksy right now.
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I've already used XperiaFirm, but every one that i've tried had outdated apps(probably from 2014) so it takes ages to update after flashing, and a lot of stuff i don't want. Takes me about two hours to flash and uninstall all the annoying xperia stuff, and i flash it about once a week since i have it because of my experiments with it. So i wanted to use the files from my phone to make my own updated .ftf without all those annoying xperia plugins etc(and share it somewhere here). My only problem is that i don't know how to get those files from my phone to my computer.
I've already installed latest sony pc companion and latest androxyde flashtool.
So:
1. Find a cleaner ftf(not from a operator) to have less bloatware. You can also root your phone( for me is a must in this phones) to remove some more apps you dont like.
2. Of course the apps will be outdated the last firmware by Sony is from 2014 so you can't expect updated apps. I dont think that's a problem.
3. If you want to make a ftf from pc companion with your firmware it will not include the apps you installed. It will be the same like downloading it with XperiaFirm
4. To keep your apps i think you need to make a custom rom and include the apps. So if you want to use it just flash the zip. But I dont know how to do that.
When twrp is flashed the phone will only enter recovery. But i foud that the system partition and data were still intact. I made a backup (make sure to store it on an micro-sd, so you can move the backup to computer) and once i had the backup on the computer, i only needed to change the extensions to .tar before unpacking them. Then i needed to archive them in order to make it a flashable zip(i used winrar). And add meta-inf folder before converting to zip.
Thanks krasimiretov for the idea to flash custom rom. Although it didn't work out, it made me find a way to do what i originally wanted.
hello, please help me recover my phone, it's stuck on bootloop after i tried to change brand and model by editing build prop
my phone has lots of important notes , and many open tabs on chrome i don't want to lose track of.
i ve been trying with adb, but i am desperate now, will flashing system.sin delete my data ?
Did you try to fix the permissions with adb? Do u have a backup
masterofnocrack said:
Did you try to fix the permissions with adb? Do u have a backup
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i have a copy of my build prop, after messing arround and experimenting how to use adb, i think i manage to remove the old file, and pushed the backup, but still my phone keep rebooting after sony logo, i don't get the blue waves
Gamer4Life said:
i have a copy of my build prop, after messing arround and experimenting how to use adb, i think i manage to remove the old file, and pushed the backup, but still my phone keep rebooting after sony logo, i don't get the blue waves
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I don't know how to do it but it must work, you should create a zip file that would inject build.prop. Maybe somebody can help you to do it.
U need to set the proper permissions.
After pushing ur backup build.prop to /system
Do this in adb shell: chmod 644 /system/build.prop
if you have TWRP recovery go to mount option and mount system partition.
then go to file manager and find build.prop file in /system then chmod that file.
reboot system.!!!!!
on the other side of the coin you can flash your phone using FLASHTOOL
Gamer4Life said:
hello, please help me recover my phone, it's stuck on bootloop after i tried to change brand and model by editing build prop
my phone has lots of important notes , and many open tabs on chrome i don't want to lose track of.
i ve been trying with adb, but i am desperate now, will flashing system.sin delete my data ?
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flash system.sin using flashtool and exclude userdata from wipe box
if you are on stock try to flash the same build cause as i think every version is do resize partitions so that will make your internal memory not accessible and you will must flash userdata if that happened
and best of all if you have TWRP is to build prerooted firmware and copy to your Internal memory or sdcard and flash it
this will don't do anything with userdata partition
Thanks everyone, i flashed sin system with flashtool, lost my mods and root, but not big deal my notes are saved.
All this hassle was because i wanted to spoof my phone into galaxy s2 to get old gameloft games to work on my phone. I changed manufacturer ftom sony to Samsung and model number.
Dont know what i did wrong.