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Help me diagnose "Files has stopped" error

Device info:
Oneplus 3T, OOS 5.0.1 (Android 8.0), rooted with Magisk v15.3
Recently, my phone has been giving me an error message "Files has stopped " whenever I do anything that requires me to pick a file. and sometimes for no reason. Some examples include selecting a module to install in Magisk Manager, or selecting a file to attach in Gmail.
I highly doubt my root is involved, as I even reflashed the OOS 5.0.1 OTA to try to fix it. I've also tried wiping the cache of the apps File Manager, Files, and all caches in TWRP recovery.
The problem disappears if I reboot into safe mode, meaning it might be due to a rogue app. The problem also seemed to start after I used a USB OTG thumbdrive if it helps, that's the only major thing I remember doing.
Any ideas? Is there any info I can find in logcat to diagnose the problem?

Emeraldscorpion said:
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I've also tried wiping the cache of the apps File Manager, Files, and all caches in TWRP recovery.
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Try clearing the apps' data in Settings>Apps.
Also, have you installed a theme using Substratum? If so, try disabling it for the File* apps.
Sent from my OnePlus3T using XDA Labs

BillGoss said:
Try clearing the apps' data in Settings>Apps.
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Yup, already tried clearing data in Settings.
BillGoss said:
Also, have you installed a theme using Substratum? If so, try disabling it for the File* apps.
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Not using Substratum. I think it's safe to rule out any modifications to /system or any that require root, as the problem persisted even after I reflashed the 5.0.1 OTA.

If you're by chance using Xposed, then Scoop app might be helpful. But if not, you would have to connect your phone to PC, run logcat from there and pause when crash occurs.
With logs it will be easier to debug

przemcio510 said:
If you're by chance using Xposed, then Scoop app might be helpful. But if not, you would have to connect your phone to PC, run logcat from there and pause when crash occurs.
With logs it will be easier to debug
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I've tried to browse it on-device using the app CatLog, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to be looking for! Any tips on what I should be focusing on?

Emeraldscorpion said:
I've tried to browse it on-device using the app CatLog, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to be looking for! Any tips on what I should be focusing on?
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Maybe do it another way - start logging in an app, make Files crash and then stop. Paste the log at pastebin.com and link it here, we will see what's wrong

Been MIA due to exams.
I was trying the adb logcat method when I realised that the problem disappeared! Weird. Maybe the app causing it update again. Anyway, thanks for the help!

Lost my navigation bar completely after using an app to hide it...

I used an application to hide my navbar, however, it was glitching and flickering forcing me to stop and uninstall the app.
Doing so permanently removed my navbar. Issue is any other replacent navbar I am not able to use. I must enable access in the accessibility option, however, when trying to do so I keep getting ''settings has stopped working'' error. How can I fix this?

Bump. Anyone? Even when trying other third party apps such as power toggles, I am unable to use the back, go home or recent apps menu....
Any way of restoring the soft navbar keys?? I am unable to do anything without them. The last resort would be to factory/data reset, wipe or re-flash rom. Please advise.

Try clearing cache in recovery mode.
Or
On PC with adb command uninstall the app but with the com.xxx.xxx name of the app.
Or
You can try to flash the stock rom 3 files + home-csc file (won't wipe data).
Or as you said factory reset.

BluePhnx said:
Try clearing cache in recovery mode.
Or
On PC with adb command uninstall the app but with the com.xxx.xxx name of the app.
Or
You can try to flash the stock rom 3 files + home-csc file (won't wipe data).
Or as you said factory reset.
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I will try the second option, using adb command. I believe the name of the app that caused me this issue is ''Navigation Gestures''
This one - ''https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.nobar
However, it was uninstalled yet my navbar is still missing. Ever since I tried other ones without success. How do I remove all the ones using adb?

Hi,
In the future, please contact us directly via email. If you uninstall the app without reverting the pill like we warned, this situation will happen. If you have access to ADB, you can manually re-enable the nav bar by running the following command:
adb shell wm overscan reset
The "glitching" and "flickering" by the way, happens if you use Samsung's nav bar hider and not ours. Version 1.2.0 of the app has much better compatibility with Samsung phones (tested personally on a Note 8.)

MishaalRahman said:
Hi,
In the future, please contact us directly via email. If you uninstall the app without reverting the pill like we warned, this situation will happen. If you have access to ADB, you can manually re-enable the nav bar by running the following command:
adb shell wm overscan reset
The "glitching" and "flickering" by the way, happens if you use Samsung's nav bar hider and not ours. Version 1.2.0 of the app has much better compatibility with Samsung phones (tested personally on a Note 8.)
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Really worked the command. thanks

MishaalRahman said:
Hi,
In the future, please contact us directly via email. If you uninstall the app without reverting the pill like we warned, this situation will happen. If you have access to ADB, you can manually re-enable the nav bar by running the following command:
adb shell wm overscan reset
The "glitching" and "flickering" by the way, happens if you use Samsung's nav bar hider and not ours. Version 1.2.0 of the app has much better compatibility with Samsung phones (tested personally on a Note 8.)
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I re-flashed my rom 2-3 times due to bootloop/not booting due to messing about with several navbar hiders, VERY surprised that messing with the navbar can prevent the phone from booting!
Even when trying Substratum with the paid addon, even this caused a bootloop/unable to boot.
I may of even tried your version, cannot remember, what is the latest version YOU have that has been tested and works with Note 8? I'll give that a try.

[GUIDE][GLOBAL]Flyme 7 update,Disable system apps,Enable night mode,Weather fix

First of all i highly recommend you update your phone to latest version of Flyme as of day i write this guide newest stable version is 7.0.0.0G. It brings various bug fixes as well as security update and new functions. It fixed the weather problem too when it would not appear on secondary screen. This is my experience based on the standard model with Helio P25 chip.
JUST IN CASE BACKUP ALL OF YOUR DATA FIRST
Grab it at http://www.flymeos.com/firmwarelist?modelId=88&type=1
Installation is pretty straightforward:
-switch off your phone
-now press volume up button and power button at same time, then release power button when meizu logo appears
-phone now will enter update mode, connect it to pc and it should show up as removable drive named recovery, copy the update.zip over it
-once copied tap the start button to begin. the process itself and first boot will take a while
-when done and phone boots up just log in to your accounts and set up everything as normal or whatever
ta-dah ! you should be running latest software now.
Next problem i've encountered was big number of unwanted apps and you will need working ADB for that. I've always used custom roms which did not contain bloatware. Now im giving you one of the way of disabling them (not permanent removal).
For this to be done you need to activate developer mode and usb debugging, simply go to settings->about phone->and now tap on your build number several times
After you activate it it will be available in accessibility options under developer settings. just check the usb debugging and you're good to go
DISCLAIMER: dont ask me about adb drivers for your phone, since i had issues installing them under win 10 x64 build 1803 i thought "aw f*ck it" and just did it on linux where everything worked out of the box.
The application you will need is called Ice Box (you will find it here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catchingnow.icebox&hl=en_US) and install it.
After you install the app its necessary that you remove ALL of your accounts including your Google account. We will need to grant the app device owner permission. Also if multi-user or guest mode has been set on your device, it need to be closed or deleted.
When you have that done just type in your command line , terminal or whatever "adb shell dpm set-device-owner com.catchingnow.icebox/.receiver.DPMReceiver "
Now reboot and add your accounts back, and disable/freeze uwanted apps.
Last - the night mode. As its no longer availble in Flyme 7 if you want to use it you need to manually bring it back by installing Flyme Lab and enabling it trough quickshortcutmanager. Install both apps, then open quickshortcutmanager and search for Flyme Lab. expand it and choose the activity named com.meizu.flymelab/com.meizu.flymelab.component.nightmode.NightModeSettingsActivity .Create shortcut and open it. You should be able to enter the night mode.

Nice guides, thanks.
It's also nice that Flyme 7 still supports rooting, therefore I'm using Titanium Backup to freeze unwanted apps. I bought it when I was using another phone so, for me, it's still worth it. Altough, for uninstalling system apps I'm using separate ADB commands for each app.

cris2d2 said:
Nice guides, thanks.
It's also nice that Flyme 7 still supports rooting, therefore I'm using Titanium Backup to freeze unwanted apps. I bought it when I was using another phone so, for me, it's still worth it. Altough, for uninstalling system apps I'm using separate ADB commands for each app.
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Its first time for me writing a guide so good word is always appreciated. What im trying to show here is the no root way of getting rid of apps for ppl like me who dont want to root their phone. As i bought it literally two days ago and i dont want to mess with it too much and loose warranty or/and OTA updates.
I also been considering posting a root guide once i tried it myself to confirm it working.

non.verbal said:
Its first time for me writing a guide so good word is always appreciated. What im trying to show here is the no root way of getting rid of apps for ppl like me who dont want to root their phone. As i bought it literally two days ago and i dont want to mess with it too much and loose warranty or/and OTA updates.
I also been considering posting a root guide once i tried it myself to confirm it working.
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Well, before I discovered a rooting method for Flyme 7, I used to uninstall apps by using ADB commands. So, yes, it is possible to remove unwanted system apps without root. But now, after rooting Flyme 7, I'm only using Titanium Backup to freeze unwanted system apps, not removing them.
As far as I know, rooting Meizu phones by the official method (from Settings) does not lead to losing warranty. Only OTA updates are lost, but this is not important, at least to me, because I can always check Flyme website for new updates and, if I want to update, I just download the file and flash it through standard Flyme recovery. There is no need, for me, to maintain OTA capability. Anyhow, Flyme updates are slow to non-existent, so we can't really complain about losing an update.

Thank you all. I'm happy with this phone at all, but software has few shortcomings and design flaws, in my opinion. Especially related to the integration with "flyme login" and Touchpal. This last one is very annoying because although I try to stop it, at each software update it comes back, more annoying than ever. So, I have some questions: which is the adb command to stop and freeze bloatware without rooting? Which is the official way to root the phone? Once rooted, is it possible to revert to the unrooted state? Some apps, actually, do not work on rooted phones. Thanks

pask876 said:
Thank you all. I'm happy with this phone at all, but software has few shortcomings and design flaws, in my opinion. Especially related to the integration with "flyme login" and Touchpal. This last one is very annoying because although I try to stop it, at each software update it comes back, more annoying than ever. So, I have some questions: which is the adb command to stop and freeze bloatware without rooting? Which is the official way to root the phone? Once rooted, is it possible to revert to the unrooted state? Some apps, actually, do not work on rooted phones. Thanks
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I can't freeze (or disable) apps with ADB commands, only uninstall.
You need [email protected], App Inspector or similar (to find exact name of package for an app) and these commands:
adb devices
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 name_of_package
Example, for gmail:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.gm
Regarding rooting, as far as I know, the only method that works on Pro 7 / Pro 7 Plus is also supported by Meizu (but it breaks OTA updates).
The method is described in this video (in russian) but it's quite easy.
If you want to remove root (or if root breaks functionality) you have to reflash the same ROM from Recovery (without wipe).

Any air update coming soon? Or manually installation single option?

Question A Draconian legitimized redmi Spyware - com.miui.securitycenter & how to throw it out without boot looping

com.miui.securitycenter
This thing along with 3-4 other security components , pretends to securize
But it does just the opposite. It's a legitimized spyware from Xiaomi in every MI UI ROM .
So I opened up the APK components - services broadcast receivers etc.
Here is what I am find ( see more in screenshot )
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Code:
AdsProcessPriorityService
com.facebook.ads.internal.ipc.AdsProcess
PriorityService
AdsMessengerService
com.facebook.ads.internal.ipc.AdsMessen
gerService
On disabling these specific components - it will not let me change them my modifications are reset to their default
- Being rooted -I do a magisk hide on all non essential components. Here too certain components of Xiaomi including this one are forcibly unhidden from magisk
-try and disable this using pm disable and that will not work
-tried to use a third party tool To fine grain it's permissions and remove them.
Here I get a warning
Code:
"This is a system application, change
A
settings may cause serious problems.
The Shared user ID for this application is
android.uid.system, and applications with
the same Shared user ID share most of the
permissions.
"
I am opening up this thread so we can collaborate and think of how to MOD this app possibly or any other solutions where all these so called security components of Xiaomi can be thrown out without boot looping.
One approach would be model security component is loaded after booting and original one is thrown out through a magisk module.
Can someone please give Me an approach how to go about doing this

Thanks for sharing this information.
This is annoying and I would never have noticed since I regularly use the cleaning tool (it is my first time using a Xiaomi phone). I just checked the Security Center's data usage and it's been consuming a little bit of my mobile data and WiFi. It's only now I know where's that supposedly going to

What about removing authorization for the app?

What ROM is it on? I'm on the EU and there is nothing called this in the apps, even system apps. Closest app below as attached.

MIUI 11.0.3 Android version 9

xNAPx said:
What about removing authorization for the app?
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Yeah there's an option to revoke Authorization but that is just window dressing. It is switched off and whether you switch it on or off it will behave exactly the same way it has absolutely no impact I I try to disable individual service components and those to remain as they are

did you try magisk debloater module? Bootloop? I am interested

xNAPx said:
did you try magisk debloater module? Bootloop? I am interested
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xNAPx said:
did you try magisk debloater module? Bootloop? I am interested
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you mean this right here nah thx I will give it a shot. My biggest concern is if there is some kind of APK checking going on for the system to boot then it will get stuck in bootloop and I had to restore /system once again -though the terminal apps says that it creates a dummy file

let me know because I have it on my phone and looking for newer ways to debloat my phone, I might give it a shot tomorrow as I plan to reflash my firmware from scratch with the latest fastboot global stable, the thing is we need to understand what dependencies has this app and what triggers them

By the way I already a jar debloater file that brought an applet which will let you enable disable install uninstall. Even after I disable a lot of bloatware or uninstall it - un-installing in redmi isn't permanent , that crap is still out there - dunno where its stored. And you can always reinstall after you have uninstalled. So that uninstall is just a lollipop. Hopefully magisk mod will trick it.

did you try the magisk module?

Nandroided /system and ran the debloat --> boot looped.
restored /system and I am still in boot loop
I had 2 Nandrois of system still got stuck . Finally got it to boot after restoring /vendor from an old backup.
Dunno why /vendor was affected at all.

sieger007 said:
Nandroided /system and ran the debloat --> boot looped.
restored /system and I am still in boot loop
I had 2 Nandrois of system still got stuck . Finally got it to boot after restoring /vendor from an old backup.
Dunno why /vendor was affected at all.
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BTW boot loop was AFTER that Redmi logo @ Powered by android . I moved a week ago from Havoc to MIUI due to some limitations in the former. Even then a simple full Nandroid restore would''nt work & it got stuck the same spot (@ Powered by android .)

what d'e do now?

We should understand what dependencies this app has, because for sure once we delete it something is looking for it. What did you debloat safely so far?

Hey fellas ...'y dope on this?

Did you find the dependencies? I don't think there are alternatives otherwise. If it is a spy software xiaomi made this by purpose

xNAPx said:
Did you find the dependencies? I don't think there are alternatives otherwise. If it is a spy software xiaomi made this by purpose
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ty . looking for dependencies ... yes obvious analysis. got any code or something hand that I can test out or work with to develop something ?.

Do you mean the package com.miui.analytics?
Did you try to debloat both? As well as MIUI daemon?
I don't have any code I'm afraid and I would know anyway I'm not a developer

xNAPx said:
Do you mean the package com.miui.analytics?
Did you try to debloat both? As well as MIUI daemon?
I don't have any code I'm afraid and I would know anyway I'm not a developer
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Dad is no issue with De bloating analytics. Problem is security center

Question Okay, I'm stupid...

So, I was going through and removing bloat from my phone and was trying to remove the Samsung Contacts app through `adb`, but apparently I removed the wrong thing and now the Phone, Messages, and Contacts app are crashing every time I try to open them. I removed "package:/system/priv-app/SamsungContactsProvider/SamsungContactsProvider.apk=com.samsung.android.providers.contacts" which is apparently a core service. I'm wondering if anyone might know how I could reinstall that APK?

install this apk should solve the problem

If worse comes to worse a factory reset will.
A lot of the bloatware is useful. I prefer to use a package disabler as I can easily toggle them on or off as needed real time.

rtd4 said:
install this apk should solve the problem
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It sat for a minute trying to install and then came up with, "App not installed" and says that every time I retry.

Trying install via adb I get: "
Performing Streamed Install
adb: failed to install /home/mhicks/Downloads/SamsungContactsProvider.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DUPLICATE_PERMISSION: Package com.samsung.android.providers.contacts attempting to redeclare permission android.permission.SEND_CALL_LOG_CHANGE already owned by com.android.providers.contacts]"
Hmmm, perhaps I should remove Google Contacts first...

Okay, that helped, but now I'm getting: "
Performing Streamed Install
adb: failed to install /home/mhicks/Downloads/SamsungContactsProvider.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]"

I thought deleting the "com.samsung.android.providers.contacts" might solve the problem, but trying gave me: "
./adb -d uninstall com.samsung.android.providers.contacts
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]"

darkfrog26 said:
It sat for a minute trying to install and then came up with, "App not installed" and says that every time I retry.
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try these commands on pc
adb shell cmd package install-existing com.samsung.android.providers.contacts
adb shell pm install -r --user 0 /system/priv-app/SamsungContactsProvider/SamsungContactsProvider.apk

The first command returns: "Package com.samsung.android.providers.contacts installed for user: 0", but the second command returns: "Failure [-3001: INSTALL_FAILED_REJECTED_BY_BUILDTYPE]"

If you have deleted the apk with root you just have to paste it again in the folder /system/priv-app/SamsungContactsProvider

@rtd4, unfortunately, this device isn't rooted.

darkfrog26 said:
@rtd4, unfortunately, this device isn't rooted.
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It is somewhat complicated to recover the device without wipe in the past I had these problems, it was solved with a higher version of the application

@rtd4, I suppose it's time for a wipe... Thanks for trying to help me.

If you had made a copy of all your apps including system apks with ApkExport you could now use that copy to restore it.
Now before you factory reset make a copy of your installed apps and any system updates then save it on the PC or SD card. After the reload you won't need Playstore. It speeds things up a lot...
APK Export (Backup & Share) - Apps on Google Play
Manage and extract your apps.
play.google.com

@blackhawk, thanks for the tip. Right now, I'm trying to set up a Telegram account so I can root my phone (US version) if I'm going to go through the trouble of wiping. Unfortunately, Telegram's SMS verification appears to be broken or at least doesn't like Mint Mobile... Fun day.

darkfrog26 said:
@blackhawk, thanks for the tip. Right now, I'm trying to set up a Telegram account so I can root my phone (US version) if I'm going to go through the trouble of wiping. Unfortunately, Telegram's SMS verification appears to be broken or at least doesn't like Mint Mobile... Fun day.
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You're welcome.
You really don't need to root.
Consider the possible consequences carefully.
Package Disabler will easily block apks you don't want running.

Well, it would appear it's moot anyway since I'm at Baseband v4 and only v1 can be rooted apparently...

darkfrog26 said:
Well, it would appear it's moot anyway since I'm at Baseband v4 and only v1 can be rooted apparently...
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This is the one I use:
Home - Package Disabler
The only NON-root solution that let’s you disable any unwanted packages that come pre-installed / installed with your phone / tablet.
www.packagedisabler.com
It has an interactive widget that allows you to toggle selected entries on/off. It runs even in Safe mode so be careful what you disable. I've never had to do a factory reset because of it but the potential is there.
Unfortunately it no longer disables Google play Services but will disable all carrier bloatware including OTA updates.

darkfrog26 said:
@rtd4, unfortunately, this device isn't rooted.
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Then how come you have removed apk from system?
In case you have used command like
pm disable packageName . Then try pm enable packageName
Or
If you have used
pm hide packageName then try
pm unhide packageName

darkfrog26 said:
So, I was going through and removing bloat from my phone and was trying to remove the Samsung Contacts app through `adb`, but apparently I removed the wrong thing and now the Phone, Messages, and Contacts app are crashing every time I try to open them. I removed "package:/system/priv-app/SamsungContactsProvider/SamsungContactsProvider.apk=com.samsung.android.providers.contacts" which is apparently a core service. I'm wondering if anyone might know how I could reinstall that APK?
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Next time use this, so you don't make mistakes:
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