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[Q] Please Help

Please help everyone, I messed up with my phone..
I installed SGStools yesterday and just click on TouchwizUI GTG and it went all ok....
About the installation of GTG Touchwiz, I think there is an phrase saying "first, install ..... e.g. launcherpro" which I didn't do. But after that it went ok.
THen this morning, I started to notice that evrything i press the middle button once, it will vibrate and an error will popup, and I need to click it again to relaunch the homescreen..
After that, I went to SGStools again and tried to restore my backup, but the backup wasnt there, so I try to reinstall the Touchwiz GTG then afterwards restart the phone, after which, the homescreen is gone but I can still use the notifications and answer calls and text.
Please help me, I'm on stock ROMs and all things that I installed in my SGS is OCLF and Root and this one. Please help me!!

Anyone PLS?

Download root explorer. Go to android development and download and read instructions in the touchwiz launcher thread.
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@android.francis
sir how can i download Root Explorer to my phone and install if I can't go to menu?
I don't have any idea sorry, I've been reading the threads and still can't find how to install it..

Still anyone? Please elaborate more, I wouldnt want to screw my phone so I'm just asking questions before doing anything more with it, unlike other phones which is much cheaper...Pls Help

nYbEe said:
Still anyone? Please elaborate more, I wouldnt want to screw my phone so I'm just asking questions before doing anything more with it, unlike other phones which is much cheaper...Pls Help
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I'm using stock ROM, and just Root, OCLF and SGSTools.
Can I use HARD RESET instead to restrore my phone again despite my problem stated above?
I Havent flashed anything yet, and It's ok to loose files for me. Tnx In Advance Pls Reply

Install another launcher, like adw launcher with adb
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Okay. You still can go to download mode right? (volume down + home + power)
If yes, try flashing back to a stock firmware usign Odin.

[Q] I'm stupid...Need help.

I've got CM7 running and everything is perfect...But I decided to remove the lockscreen that I had enabled earlier and now the screen is locked and there is seemingly no way to unlock it.
Under the lockscreen settings, I know that I enabled the first and third options thinking that all I would have to do is press the "N" button on the bottom to unlock but nope!
Can anyone help or am I forced to completely reset this.

lol i did the same thing as you to try and see if i could be of any help but i also got stuck at the lockscreen.
the menu button is the two rectangles (to the right of the home softkey) and not the 'n' button. well anyways i tried both the 'n' and the menu soft key and nothing happens. i guess this could be a good excuse to update to the stable cm7 as i dont think this can be undone otherwise

LOL I'm sorry to hear that...I wasn't expecting someone to try the same.
Well, if I have to install a new build, do I simply install over the existing in CWM or do I have to format a section only...I'm happy with the kernel. Do I have to reinstall Gapps?

you can simply reinstall over the existing cm7 build without formatting anything and you dont have to reinstall gapps.
however two things to note:
1. if gapps force close after flashing a newer cm7 build, you will have to reflash the gapps. this has happened very rarely while updating versions of other roms but it has happened.
2. if the lockscreen still stays the same after flashing the new cm7 build, that means that the cm7 settings were not reset. if this is the case, we both will have to do a full system, data and cache format using cwm and then flash cm7. hope it doesnt come to that.

Well you're right...it doesn't reset the system. I'll do the full reinstall tomorrow...thanks though for you help!

3rdman said:
I've got CM7 running and everything is perfect...But I decided to remove the lockscreen that I had enabled earlier and now the screen is locked and there is seemingly no way to unlock it.
Under the lockscreen settings, I know that I enabled the first and third options thinking that all I would have to do is press the "N" button on the bottom to unlock but nope!
Can anyone help or am I forced to completely reset this.
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Check my posts. Can unlock screen with adb then change settings.

3rdman said:
Well you're right...it doesn't reset the system. I'll do the full reinstall tomorrow...thanks though for you help!
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12542267#post12542267

already know how to use adb, so your instructions were real easy to follow. cheers mate! saved me formatting system and data

Thanks for the adb suggestion but I'm far too impatient to actually wait for help so I reinstalled everything.
Just as well really as I really wanted to jump to the latest version on a clean install. Everything is running beautifully (again). Thanks to all to those that posted here!

Please Answer

Hi please help me!
I have a galaxy S and i deleted the tw luncher app and i had a backup like it said in the thread i saw (because i wanted to upgrade the stock luncher because i was bored... it was a mistake i know and i regret it) but then i factory reseted my phone and i have no lucher and i can see anything beside a black screen and the notfication bar.. i think everything is working i tested the phone and it s ok and contacts and so on but i can t use the apps because i can t see them...
ps: i dropped my phone into water and the power/screen off button isn t working so i can t go into download mod and flash another rom... and i have lag fix installed and root...
PLEASE HELP!!!

Buy new device if your old is under water...
Regards

it s working just fine except the power button pls don t be ironic cause i m very stressed because it isn t mine... so...

remus1710 said:
Hi please help me!
I have a galaxy S and i deleted the tw luncher app and i had a backup like it said in the thread i saw (because i wanted to upgrade the stock luncher because i was bored... it was a mistake i know and i regret it) but then i factory reseted my phone and i have no lucher and i can see anything beside a black screen and the notfication bar.. i think everything is working i tested the phone and it s ok and contacts and so on but i can t use the apps because i can t see them...
ps: i dropped my phone into water and the power/screen off button isn t working so i can t go into download mod and flash another rom... and i have lag fix installed and root...
PLEASE HELP!!! i love guys
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LOL, Nice, but its wrong section
Your phone is dead [`]

i think the problem would be solved if i could install another luncher... but how?

how can i flash the rom if i can t go into recovery or donwload mode?

remus1710 said:
how can i flash the rom if i can t go into recovery or donwload mode?
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You can't. Dry out the phone to see if you have any luck.
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remus1710 said:
how can i flash the rom if i can t go into recovery or donwload mode?
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Set up ADB and use ADB to reboot into download / recovery mode.
If you can figure out a way to get into settings, you can open up market and download "Go Launcher Ex" or another launcher

remus1710 said:
PLEASE HELP!!! i love guys
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nah, i'll pass on this one
maybe the guy whose phone you dropped in the water loves guys too...and can forgive you
but if she's a girl...hope it's not one of those
http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...kistan/28034945_1_police-constable-khalil-car

i used adb once but can i use it if i m not in download mod?

i was thinking to install a luncher on a sd (switching it with apps 2 sd) but all the lunchers i knew like luncher por ADW go luncher... aren t compatible with apps 2 sd...

remus1710 said:
i used adb once but can i use it if i m not in download mod?
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hell, better yet, use adb to install a new launcher
just download the apk from somewhere.
you said your phone can still turn on and load up right? just no launcher?
adb should work in that state.

install drivers on your PC, set up adb, put the attached file in the same folder as adb...
from command prompt type "adb install com.fede.launcher-2.apk"
restart phone and you should have a working launcher.

Why this bad attitude from some of you guys? He needs help!
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i repeat my question... can i still use ADB if i can t go into donwload mode?

Yes you can I think you use the above command when the phone is on.
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hei kaik541 i think u know what u re doing so please can u be a little more precise because i m so noobish so i will be very very very very very gratefull if u had the time to explain it to me a little bit more then what u allready did

If you're on a PC, download Samsung Kies and launch it. Hit "ALT-F4", which should get you to a secret menu for launcher replacement that *should* resolve water damage issues.
If you're on a Mac, download Samsung Kies (currently a beta) and launch it. Hit "Command-Q", which should launch the MacOS compatible secret menu for launcher replacement that is supposed to resolve water damage issues.

@usetheswartz u re ironic... no?:-/ :-s

usetheschwartz said:
If you're on a PC, download Samsung Kies and launch it. Hit "ALT-F4", which should get you to a secret menu for launcher replacement that *should* resolve water damage issues.
If you're on a Mac, download Samsung Kies (currently a beta) and launch it. Hit "Command-Q", which should launch the MacOS compatible secret menu for launcher replacement that is supposed to resolve water damage issues.
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that`s really low...

please help :(

Hey guys
just wondering i cannot seem to access into the recovery screen vol up home and menu .
i can tho hop into download mode
i ad flashed a safe kernel and it worked been trying all day to install a rom onto my note but hmmm ..
but it aint going into it no more and i used odin to put the kernel on .. any ideas on how to fix it so i can hop back into recovery ??

jayvee_ratu said:
Hey guys
just wondering i cannot seem to access into the recovery screen vol up home and menu .
i can tho hop into download mode
i ad flashed a safe kernel and it worked been trying all day to install a rom onto my note but hmmm ..
but it aint going into it no more and i used odin to put the kernel on .. any ideas on how to fix it so i can hop back into recovery ??
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No need to open a new thread each day with the same problem.
In your other thread from yesterday you wrote that odin stopped at factoryfs.img.
And as a member wrote you bricked your device.
So two options:
a) replace motherboard for complete repair
b) use the workaround with repartition (and excluding damaged sectors) - use the search here for the detailed explanations how to do this.

If you repartition, be warned you'll lose up to 3gb of space and it's likely you won't be able to run stock roms anymore, only cm based or aokp as they're smaller.
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basically you can try the right button combo....... . ........................
volume up, home button and powerbutton.........

baz77 said:
basically you can try the right button combo....... . ........................
volume up, home button and powerbutton.........
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As you wrote in your own words in an other post:
you didnt search well enough...
Its Christmas, so I wont call you noob and will forget all your past troll remarks, my god, so many...
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As this member wrote in another thread (search above in my first answer) he bricked his device. So the "right" button combo isn't of any use here

There is no "miracle" fix.
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thanks Thai
Learned something new about the button combos
Didnt know they would change under certain conditions. Thought they would stay the same. Funny it workes that way. Never read it before. Pretty easy mistake to make on my behalve, I read his combos and really thought he was doing it wrong. Sorry, I then had it wrong. My bad.

[Q] NFC, SmartTags, and a screen off/ locked Xperia Z

Hey there,
I just bought some SmartTags for my new Xperia Z, and they work very effectively, but there is one big thing that compromises the whole idea of automation. Obviously, you cannot use them when the screen is off or locked. So I have to hit the power button, enter my unlock pattern, approach the tag, hit the power button again. I guess this is for security measures, but is there any way to make them work like that?
dEM

demonizator said:
Hey there,
I just bought some SmartTags for my new Xperia Z, and they work very effectively, but there is one big thing that compromises the whole idea of automation. Obviously, you cannot use them when the screen is off or locked. So I have to hit the power button, enter my unlock pattern, approach the tag, hit the power button again. I guess this is for security measures, but is there any way to make them work like that?
dEM
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This would be great if someone can modify the NFC.apk file (If I am correct) to run even when the screen is off. This was done for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 previously. Much more convenient to tap without having to press the power on button.

arvin2212 said:
This would be great if someone can modify the NFC.apk file (If I am correct) to run even when the screen is off. This was done for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 previously. Much more convenient to tap without having to press the power on button.
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Convenient maybe, but a lot less secure.

defsix said:
Convenient maybe, but a lot less secure.
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For sure, but why not let us decide convenience or security. It'd be great if someone manages to give us this option for the Z too.

Root Access is just answer!
in NFC Hacking forum i talked about turn on/off automation. and answer is just Root access unfortunately.

Well, we have Root access, don't we?

Tom Fagerland said:
Well, we have Root access, don't we?
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Root, and then what?

Tom Fagerland said:
Well, we have Root access, don't we?
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i don know if u r root user or not.
normally u r DON'T have root access.
and if root ur phone, ur warranty will void.

x102x96x said:
i don know if u r root user or not.
normally u r DON'T have root access.
and if root ur phone, ur warranty will void.
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Rooting does not void warranties. User damage to electrical devices voids warranty. I have rooted and installed custom Roms on phones for years and even sent back phones i've bricked for warranty replacement and they've always been repared/replaced on warranty.
If you cause damage to your own device through user error, rooted or otherwise, THAT will void your warranty.
As for NFC smart tags, if you can't program them to work with only your phone, so that you don't have to turn on the screen, then they're not very smart are they. I am glad I read this thread before purchasing any.

x102x96x said:
Root Access is just answer!
in NFC Hacking forum i talked about turn on/off automation. and answer is just Root access unfortunately.
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Can you point us in the direction of said post?

rjbathgate said:
Can you point us in the direction of said post?
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i had same question
i researched and asked
and this my question in xda;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230417
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did anyone manage to figure out how to mod the apk to get nfc to work with the screen off?

Sadly, NO. I know that it is possible in galaxy S3 MOD.
this the mod for s3 if someone can make it for Z

neoxkid said:
Sadly, NO. I know that it is possible in galaxy S3 MOD.
this the mod for s3 if someone can make it for Z
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The developer of ROMAUR once posted the .apk file that enables off screen nfc. This worked for the 434 firmware. He removed the mods from his main thread, I am not sure why. Perhaps someone could approach him and request for the nfc mod.

arvin2212 said:
The developer of ROMAUR once posted the .apk file that enables off screen nfc. This worked for the 434 firmware. He removed the mods from his main thread, I am not sure why. Perhaps someone could approach him and request for the nfc mod.
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yeah i just asked him if its still in the rom and it is. According to some of the posts in his thread, there are still issues with it such as the icon not showing up. I had a look at the smali files for the nfc.apk to see if I could understand the changes he has done and compared it to my own but its significantly different. The nfc mods on other phones only change the code in one of the files (nfcservice.smali), whereas the romaur one changes many of them.
Im not a developer by any means (decompiling was an achievement for me!) so I'm too scared to try and mod this. Hopefully someone can pick this up for the xperia z...

NFCMod
I either need a link to the ROMs you are using (especially @dopee who pulled me here) or the Nfc.apk and all framework*.apk of them.
Then I would give it a try.

StephanSch said:
I either need a link to the ROMs you are using (especially @dopee who pulled me here) or the Nfc.apk and all framework*.apk of them.
Then I would give it a try.
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Thanks heaps mate really appreciate it!!
I have uploaded the NFC.apk, framework-res.apk and semcgenericuxpres.apk to dev-host (http://d-h.st/mgC).
I am using a rooted 253 stock rom, heres the link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282415)
The latest stock rom is 307, I don't think the NFC apk changed, heres the link to that if you wanted it. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313369)
Let me know if you need anything else.

dopeee said:
Thanks heaps mate really appreciate it!!
I have uploaded the NFC.apk, framework-res.apk and semcgenericuxpres.apk to dev-host (http://d-h.st/mgC).
I am using a rooted 253 stock rom, heres the link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282415)
The latest stock rom is 307, I don't think the NFC apk changed, heres the link to that if you wanted it. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313369)
Let me know if you need anything else.
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Because I need deodexed apk I took this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325471
Give it a try:
Edit: moved to thread

Wow that was quick!
I tried to install this 3 ways (sorry I'm sorta new at this so may not have done it correctly).
1. ADB but I got a permission denied when trying to remount / push. Do I need to have an unlocked bootloader and install a custom (unsecure) kernel?
2. I created a flashable zip. It went in ok, but when I rebooted, my NFC options disappeared. I restored to get it back.
3. I tried to just use root explorer and copied it to /system/app and ensured it had correct permissions. I deleted the nfc.odex file as well. After reboot, my phone tried to repair itself (triangle with tools icon) and then when it booted my NFC options disappeared.
Since you got it from a leaked 4.2.2 rom do you think that is why it is not working (I am on 4.1.2)? Or am I doing something wrong?
I was just using the lockscreen apk version.

dopeee said:
Wow that was quick!
I tried to install this 3 ways (sorry I'm sorta new at this so may not have done it correctly).
1. ADB but I got a permission denied when trying to remount / push. Do I need to have an unlocked bootloader and install a custom (unsecure) kernel?
2. I created a flashable zip. It went in ok, but when I rebooted, my NFC options disappeared. I restored to get it back.
3. I tried to just use root explorer and copied it to /system/app and ensured it had correct permissions. I deleted the nfc.odex file as well. After reboot, my phone tried to repair itself (triangle with tools icon) and then when it booted my NFC options disappeared.
Since you got it from a leaked 4.2.2 rom do you think that is why it is not working (I am on 4.1.2)? Or am I doing something wrong?
I was just using the lockscreen apk version.
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If you're not on 4.2.2 it will probably not work. If you can give me a deodexed version (or link) of yours I'll take that too
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