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Hello.
I noticed pixalated text in certain menus the other day (pics below). all other text looks good. The time when i noticed it happen was when i installed quick menu, didnt like it and then got rid of it. After that i noticed the pixelation. I did a restore to a previous state (sprite backup) and it did not fix the issue.
Is anyone able to clue me in on what might be happening?
Help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Novice Gadget Boy said:
Hello.
I noticed pixalated text in certain menus the other day (pics below). all other text looks good. The time when i noticed it happen was when i installed quick menu, didnt like it and then got rid of it. After that i noticed the pixelation. I did a restore to a previous state (sprite backup) and it did not fix the issue.
Is anyone able to clue me in on what might be happening?
Help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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u can check wour windows/fonts directory and see if there is some font.
See pic for fonts in folder
Novice Gadget Boy said:
See pic for fonts in folder
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did u copy them there? If not try to delet them and softreset.
PS: make a copy of them in case u will have to put them back.
no i didnt copy them there. i dont play around with system files unless i have to. I'll try your suggestion and see what happens. Let u know as soon as possible.
Didnt work. This is what happened when i tried to delete the files.
Novice Gadget Boy said:
Didnt work. This is what happened when i tried to delete the files.
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OK, u cant delete them because the font is in use. But these fonts can be the problem. Unfortunately I dont know how to delete it or if it will work if u will delete them. Maybe u can add some font there, but I doubt it will work. U know, when flash a new rom, in windows/font there are no files. Maybe some program add these fonts there, and this is causing the problems.
Thanks for your help. You were definately on the right path. All i did was rename the files and then delete them, soft reset, and now..... ALL IS OK.
Thankyou for your help!!!
Novice Gadget Boy said:
Thanks for your help. You were definately on the right path. All i did was rename the files and then delete them, soft reset, and now..... ALL IS OK.
Thankyou for your help!!!
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I am happy to hear that, u are welcome.
can I remove visual voicemail? I use google voice as my voicemail have no use for it. CM_Service keeps starting. (com.coremobility.app.vnotes)
Yes. There are threads about which apps are safe to remove and how to do so.
Unfortunantly com.coremobility.app.vnotes is not in /data/app, /data/app-private, or /system/app.
You, sir, are correct. I don't have time to dig it up right now, but I'll check back when I get a few minutes.
Anyone have any idea?
Sparticuz said:
Anyone have any idea?
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Sorry, man. I looked. I switched back to DamageControl v2.09.01. The DConfig program lets me block and delete the Sprint crap with one menu choice. I tried digging through the apps folders, but I couldn't find it.
Yea u can remove it. The app is called sprint_core.apk
Found in system/app file
U can remove it via adb or take it out of the rom itself but remember to resign if u take it out of rom.
Sweet, I removed it from Fresh 2.1.2, and the service seems to not be starting
First I tried to delete some files, but it kept saying "Permission denied". Then I tried to open a movie from the card, it didn't do anything. And nothing else works either...
I don't know if there's any connection between these, but I'd rather let you know that I downloaded some suspicious files. I hope the tablet hasn't got infected or something similar.
I used to have such a problem not so long time ago... I had to reset the tablet, I didn't have a better idea.
I hope this time we'r gonna work it out.
Thanks in advance.
are u talkin abt the internal card? chk the file permissions n c if u can remount them..
the external sd card might ve the lock switch turn on, u can manually turn it off.
yes, you're right, I've been talking about the internal. I go and check it out now.
raidon24 said:
yes, you're right, I've been talking about the internal. I go and check it out now.
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The only fix is to.send it to Dell
do you really think so? Btw the last option would be to reset the whole device again. But at the moment the only problem is that I can't delete those suspicious files. The others have been fixed. Haven't I mentioned it? So I can open the files again.
Btw I've checked the permissions. I only can unmount it...probably after I could remount it, but I don't want to delete anything.
raidon24 said:
do you really think so? Btw the last option would be to reset the whole device again. But at the moment the only problem is that I can't delete those suspicious files. The others have been fixed. Haven't I mentioned it? So I can open the files again.
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If it's stuck in Read Only mode even a factory reset done by you will not change anything, IF it's in Read Only mode. If it's some other bug you may get lucky and get it resolved
cdzo72 said:
If it's stuck in Read Only mode even a factory reset done by you will not change anything, IF it's in Read Only mode. If it's some other bug you may get lucky and get it resolved
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yeah, I hope it's only bug. ...and will be resolved.
I ... may have bricked my Droid 4. I won't go into details unless somebody asks, but I don't think it's necessary. I AM able to get to the recovery mode though, I just have nothing to recover from.... I misplaced my back-up.
So, I need SOMETHING to flash my phone to. 4.0/2.0/I don't care, I just need any rom/SBF to make this bad boy boot again. Anybody have anything?
I saw and downloaded the first thing that shows up when you google "droid-4-system-dump-wallpapers-ringtones.html" (link doesn't work because I'm new) But, I was unable to make anything of it.... What do I do?
Just to help others avoid the same fate can you please let us all know what you did?
zeroibis said:
Just to help others avoid the same fate can you please let us all know what you did?
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Well, in hindsight it was kind of dumb. I rooted it, and began to remove all of the VZW sponsored apps. Once I did that, it cleared out a lot of memory (storage AND ram) but seemed to come with the downside of preventing my "settings" activity opening up. As in, whenever I hit "menu" then "Settings" from the main launcher, it would force close behind the scenes (logcat showed the stack trace for the settings activity).
I spent the next day trying to fix that issue, copying "settings.apk" from that link I mentioned earlier to my root director, but that didn't fix it. So, I went and tried copying entire folders over. This is the embarrassing part... I hit a 'delete' button on the "system/apps" folder, got about 30 force close windows, and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Doing the "power + both volume buttons" still gives me the recovery menu, but I don't have anything to recover to, as I was stupid and didn't think to make a backup.
Dwebtron said:
Well, in hindsight it was kind of dumb. I rooted it, and began to remove all of the VZW sponsored apps. Once I did that, it cleared out a lot of memory (storage AND ram) but seemed to come with the downside of preventing my "settings" activity opening up. As in, whenever I hit "menu" then "Settings" from the main launcher, it would force close behind the scenes (logcat showed the stack trace for the settings activity).
I spent the next day trying to fix that issue, copying "settings.apk" from that link I mentioned earlier to my root director, but that didn't fix it. So, I went and tried copying entire folders over. This is the embarrassing part... I hit a 'delete' button on the "system/apps" folder, got about 30 force close windows, and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Doing the "power + both volume buttons" still gives me the recovery menu, but I don't have anything to recover to, as I was stupid and didn't think to make a backup.
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No files are floating around at this time. You really screwed yourself over on this one. Go back to Verizon and beg. You chose to void your warranty.
Dwebtron said:
Well, in hindsight it was kind of dumb. I rooted it, and began to remove all of the VZW sponsored apps. Once I did that, it cleared out a lot of memory (storage AND ram) but seemed to come with the downside of preventing my "settings" activity opening up. As in, whenever I hit "menu" then "Settings" from the main launcher, it would force close behind the scenes (logcat showed the stack trace for the settings activity).
I spent the next day trying to fix that issue, copying "settings.apk" from that link I mentioned earlier to my root director, but that didn't fix it. So, I went and tried copying entire folders over. This is the embarrassing part... I hit a 'delete' button on the "system/apps" folder, got about 30 force close windows, and am now stuck in a bootloop.
Doing the "power + both volume buttons" still gives me the recovery menu, but I don't have anything to recover to, as I was stupid and didn't think to make a backup.
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I'm curious about this too - I deleted a bunch of vzw garbage. I did make a copy of of everything with titanium backup first but when I tried re-installing one of them it just hung while another re-installed fine.
I had a similar issue with one app - I had to go into /system/app and change it form RO to RW. Once Read/Write was enabled, Titanium was able to restore the app.
I have been playing it safe and only freezing the apps, not deleting them. I have had no FC or any odd behavior. I figured with an allocated 3 gb to applications, at this time gaining an extra 100MB of storage space is superfluous...especially with no SBF available.
As mentioned above, try going to the VZW store and getting an exchange. I'm certain an .sbf will be released at some point but it could be weeks/months before that happens.
And for future reference/anyone else reading this thread...never delete system apps! Just freeze them. Yes they will still be taking up space, but they won't be using any memory and they won't show up in your launcher so it's basically the same thing...except with freezing it is 100% reversible and will still allow you to receive updates.
Can someone upload these files from D4:
/system/build.prop
/system/default.prop
Freeze Apps
SGMD1 said:
As mentioned above, try going to the VZW store and getting an exchange. I'm certain an .sbf will be released at some point but it could be weeks/months before that happens.
And for future reference/anyone else reading this thread...never delete system apps! Just freeze them. Yes they will still be taking up space, but they won't be using any memory and they won't show up in your launcher so it's basically the same thing...except with freezing it is 100% reversible and will still allow you to receive updates.
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What is the best way to freeze apps? I know you can do this with Titanium Backup. Do you need the pro version in order to do this? Are there other apps out there that also allow you to freeze apps?
kwyrt said:
What is the best way to freeze apps? I know you can do this with Titanium Backup. Do you need the pro version in order to do this? Are there other apps out there that also allow you to freeze apps?
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You do need the Pro version of Titanium Backup to freeze apps I believe. There are free apps that will do it (i.e. Bloatware Killer) but I am not really familiar with them.
Skrilax_CZ said:
Can someone upload these files from D4:
/system/build.prop
/system/default.prop
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http://db.tt/LymDelkf
That zip contains the 2 files you asked for. Anything else you need just ask and I can pull it for you. I havent done a dd of all the partitons yet but will be doing that as soon as I can.
cellzealot said:
That zip contains the 2 files you asked for. Anything else you need just ask and I can pull it for you. I havent done a dd of all the partitons yet but will be doing that as soon as I can.
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The link that I was referring to in the first post SHOULD have every file from the D4.
I meant if he needed any of the other partitions besides the system.
I wanted to give him exactly what he asked for because he is avery sharp guy who may help us out with this device.
Unfortunately I did the same (though not as bad...I just can't open any of my contacts). I changed the permissions for /system/apps but I still am hanging at restoring in Titanium Backup. Are there any other directories that should have changed permissions to get some of these apps restored?
Also, lesson learned....freeze no uninstall
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No files are floating around at this time. You really screwed yourself over on this one. Go back to Verizon and beg. You chose to void your warranty.
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Yeah so what? Why do people feel the need to post condescending comments for no reason? Its because of mistakes and screwups that the community progresses. There will be files floating around by the weekend, I'm sure.
I'm in the same boat... I bricked by droid 4... now waiting for a sbf file... someone said go to vzw and beg... has anyone ever tried that, after bricking your phone? what did you say? and did it work?
I'm just trying to figure out how to get vzw to replace this phone.
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reigndropz said:
Yeah so what? Why do people feel the need to post condescending comments for no reason? Its because of mistakes and screwups that the community progresses. There will be files floating around by the weekend, I'm sure.
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The files will be released by the weekend? YAY... how do you know?
Also what does it take/what has to be done for someone to release these sbf files?
jgardner said:
Unfortunately I did the same (though not as bad...I just can't open any of my contacts). I changed the permissions for /system/apps but I still am hanging at restoring in Titanium Backup. Are there any other directories that should have changed permissions to get some of these apps restored?
Also, lesson learned....freeze no uninstall
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That's the only path I had to change. Do you recall if you happened to have moved an app to a different path (perhaps to the sd-card) then removed it?
Are there multiple apps you are trying to restore? If so, have you tried restoring them one at a time?
im going to wait for the sbf files before any major modifications to my phone, then we can all start the fun
i just froze apps to prevent them from running, im not worried about space since i put in a 32GB SD card
I think it's very wise to wait for the firmware to be released, but it's worth noting that the term SBF is a mistaken reference to the old format for firmware files and that all dual core Motorolas have fastboot support now and RSD Lite has been modified to support this and uses xml.zip files that are sets of signed images rather than the Single Binary File(SBF).
This is a very important distinction to be made as the new format and boot menu provide many more options for controlling the flash process for the end user and it is ultimately much safer and more flexible.
Just as the title says. My power button is broken and I am trying to remap my power and volume down button. I know I can do this with apps but I know there is a file I can change to achieve this. I am on purenexus right now. Any help is appreciated.
Harry44 said:
I know I can do this with apps but I know there is a file I can change to achieve this.
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nope. it involves much more than editing a file.
simms22 said:
nope. it involves much more than editing a file.
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I am assuming a hardware thing then... ):
EDIT, NO I was able to edit files and remap it SUCCESSSSS!
awesome
simms22 said:
na, i think its a software thing. just editing the files(s) wont be enough though.
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I edited:
-gpio-keys.kl
-Generic.kl
-qwerty.kl
And now it works.
Harry44 said:
I edited:
-gpio-keys.kl
-Generic.kl
-qwerty.kl
And now it works.
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Share the lines you modified please
Dead-neM said:
Share the lines you modified please
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Files located in /system/usr/keylayout
I opened those files and changed VOLUME_DOWN to POWER. That is it, I saved and rebooted. Anywhere it said VOLUME_DOWN, I replaced it. No ill effects that I have seen. Saved my Nexus 6 so I can return my 6P. If you need any more help let me know.
Edit. I pulled the files, edited, and pushed back with ADB. I presume you can edit it with something like root explorer and it will do the same. Just easier on the PC since you can do [CTRL] + [F] to find all occurances of VOLUME_DOWN.
Also I think you only need to edit Generic.kl, but I could be wrong.