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Hi All,
I have 2 problems with my K-Jam.
1) Cant uninstall lots of programs
2) Some of the installed Cab files doesn't show up on the Remove Programs app
1) Everytime i try to uninstall an application i get this error "<application> was not completly removed from. Do you want to remove it from the list of Installed programs?"
If i said yes and then restart the application is still there and running and everything. WHAT CAN I DO??
2) I installed Skype that comes preloaded on the K-Jam, i want to uninstall it in order to install a newer version but it didn't show up on the uninstall list! I also installed the Vodafone dialer skin and it wasn't added to the installed programs list. What i can do?
I dont want to hard reset cz i have loads of SMS messages that i dont want to delete and that's another problem i can't backup my SMS messages, is there a way to do it?
Thank you very much for your patience and help, i really appreciate it...
waiting to hear soon form you
Mustafa Rabie
Me face the same problem
Any help would be Appreciated.
Hello Guys,
Try JEYOS software its fully functional free for 15 days, you can connect your PDA to your Outlook and download all the SMS's in to already installed JEYOs plugin, and then restore them again later on.
But be carefull as this plugin will give some hard time to the Outlook during loading and get crash, but dont worry u not gonna loose any backuped SMS's, just restart your Outlook and it will be ok.
http://www.jeyo.com/extender.asp
Try to install the new version of Skype on top of the older one.
Sidd
Here is a procedure
There is a lot written about this on the forum. It is a major nuisance that nothing uninstalls properly. Here is what I do:
Backup device (I use spb backup)
Turn program off. Sometimes this requires killing the running file.
Uninstall using using the uninstall function, either from the device or activesync.
Soft reset. If program still runs, kill it.
Using file explorer, remove remnants (identified by program name) from /Windows/Start Menu/Programs, /Windows, /Windows/AppMgr and /Program Files. If the program installed to the SD card you have to look there too.
Using Memmaid, kill any notifications the program created. You can use it to eliminate bad registry links, too, but that rarely works in my experience.
Soft reset
This has worked for me.
I strongly recommend being unnaturally organized about the software you install and the settings. Keep a log. After uninstalling a bunch of programs, you are probably going to want to do a hard reset and install the software you actually like, and this will be easy if you have all the information (passwords, settings) at hand. It is the only way to have a clean device with no remnants of programs that didn't properly uninstall.
Hello,
I briefly installed SPb Backup but had some issues with it and uninstalled it.
Before removing it I set it to auto-backup, which it still tries to do...
Where can I find its parts so I could completely wipe it?
Send an e mail to Spb support and they will tell you what files you need to delete.
herzzreh said:
Hello,
I briefly installed SPb Backup but had some issues with it and uninstalled it.
Before removing it I set it to auto-backup, which it still tries to do...
Where can I find its parts so I could completely wipe it?
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Had the same problem. Remove the \Windows\SpbBackupRunner.exe from the Notification Queue with either MemMaid or SKTools. Then, suspend (so that the changes are flushed back to the flash ROM) and, then, reset the device; now, delete \Windows\SpbBackupRunner.exe by hand.
Ok so I flashed my girlfriends phone with Axura 2.1 and ran into problems. I have since ODIN'd about 3 times and reflashed different roms with the same results. I have narrowed it down and tested on my phone. What is happening is when I go to restore contacts I will start getting force close on not only contacts but swype and google framework as well. I was able to place her contacts backup in my titanium folder and produce the same results. I was able to back out of this also by deleting her contacts backup and restoring my own, no force close.
At this point all I want to do is retrieve the contact info. I am able to open the contacts.db file and view in wordpad but it's all over the place and huge. The contacts don't line up with there info. Is there another way to open this file and view this info in a properly formatted way so that I can copy over the info?
You might try attacking the problem from a different angle. All your contacts "should be" synced to your Google account. If so, why not just log into GMail on your computer? Click "Contacts" on the left and then export them as a .vcf (VCard format). You can later import them straight from that exported file on the phone itself using the import/export selection from the contacts app menu.
Yeah unfortunately she never synced her contacts with her google account and they were only saved on the phone. I strictley have mine saved to google just for this reason.
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Ok so I flashed my girlfriends phone with Axura 2.1 and ran into problems. I have since ODIN'd about 3 times and reflashed different roms with the same results. I have narrowed it down and tested on my phone. What is happening is when I go to restore contacts I will start getting force close on not only contacts but swype and google framework as well. I was able to place her contacts backup in my titanium folder and produce the same results. I was able to back out of this also by deleting her contacts backup and restoring my own, no force close.
At this point all I want to do is retrieve the contact info. I am able to open the contacts.db file and view in wordpad but it's all over the place and huge. The contacts don't line up with there info. Is there another way to open this file and view this info in a properly formatted way so that I can copy over the info?
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I had the same thing happen to me, but only after trying to restore a titanium backup of my contacts, that was made while running stock jk6, to a jk2 rom. I don't what the difference is between the two, perhaps framework, dialer, contacts app, all of the above or none. I keep my contacts on my sim card as a backup, so for me they were easily restored. Have you tried to reflash axura then restore contacts to that rom since that was the source rom the backup was made from? If it works, then export contacts to sim, sd, or both.
Sent from my Vibrant running Macnut R13 w/JK6 Modem and Black Froyo
Br1cK'd said:
I had the same thing happen to me, but only after trying to restore a titanium backup of my contacts, that was made while running stock jk6, to a jk2 rom. I don't what the difference is between the two, perhaps framework, dialer, contacts app, all of the above or none. I keep my contacts on my sim card as a backup, so for me they were easily restored. Have you tried to reflash axura then restore contacts to that rom since that was the source rom the backup was made from? If it works, then export contacts to sim, sd, or both.
Sent from my Vibrant running Macnut R13 w/JK6 Modem and Black Froyo
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I'll give that a try. Actually the source was stock JK6 and now it's Axura
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I'll give that a try. Actually the source was stock JK6 and now it's Axura
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That makes perfect sense, as the stock jk6 is what did it to me too. I would go back to that one temporarily while you try to retrieve her contacts. Good luck.
Sent from my Vibrant running Macnut R13 w/JK6 Modem and Black Froyo
Br1cK'd said:
I had the same thing happen to me, but only after trying to restore a titanium backup of my contacts, that was made while running stock jk6, to a jk2 rom. I don't what the difference is between the two, perhaps framework, dialer, contacts app, all of the above or none. I keep my contacts on my sim card as a backup, so for me they were easily restored. Have you tried to reflash axura then restore contacts to that rom since that was the source rom the backup was made from? If it works, then export contacts to sim, sd, or both.
Sent from my Vibrant running Macnut R13 w/JK6 Modem and Black Froyo
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Thanks I've been going back and forth all day with this. Flash back to JK6 stock saved contacts both to SIM and Google re-flashed Axura and not a single force close. Worked like a charm, thanks again.
Glad it worked
Sent from my Vibrant running Macnut R13 w/JK6 Modem and Black Froyo
I bought a Desire Z about two weeks before the 1.72.405.2 OTA update came along, and I allowed it to update (Yeah I know, this was after all my first Android device).
Anyway, lately my phones been running slowly and apps force closing, so I've decided to downgrade it and root it (psneuter method), and try some different ROM's.
What I was wondering is, what would be the best way without root, to backup as much of my data as possible, apps, sms, files, and also if possible a backup that I can use in case I scew it up, so I can get it back to the way it is now.
I have a copy of:-
RUU_Vision_HTC_WWE_1.34.405.5_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155556_signed
which I believe is the stock ROM for this device, but as far as I know if it goes wrong I'll be unable to flash this as the update won't allow me to flash an earlier version..
Would I be able to mount and then backup the whole phone using adb or any other method.
I've been reading about it for a while now, and while I have lots of bits of information, I've been unable to find a good solution.
Thanks,
...John...
j0hn0n1 said:
I bought a Desire Z about two weeks before the 1.72.405.2 OTA update came along, and I allowed it to update (Yeah I know, this was after all my first Android device).
What I was wondering is, what would be the best way without root, to backup as much of my data as possible, apps, sms, files, and also if possible a backup that I can use in case I scew it up, so I can get it back to the way it is now.
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Without root, a good app to backup your other apps is astro file manager, its available free from the market, you just have to hit menu, tools and it'll back up all the apps on your sd card, in terms of files, just make sure their all on your sd card and they'll be fine
Not sure how to back up SmS but i know their are apps out their, a point you may have forgotten is to make sure you back up your contacts as they all get wiped and I made this mistake, the easiest way to do that is to make sure your contacts sync up with your google account so after rooting, you can just sync them back,
Hope i helped!
Use google to remember what apps you've downloaded from market. Once associated, when you flash a new rom, google will automatically redownload all your associated apps. For sms, i suggest you download GoSMS and use their internal backup feature. It will save to sd and be visible to your stock sms app as well on restore.
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Ya but too many times google starts restoring apps that I uninstalled months ago. Great idea but bad implementation imo.
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Sorry I haven't replied, was in work all day yesterday.
I have Astro File Manager, but I hadn't even considered it, thanks. I have my contacts sync'd with Google, so it seems that as long as I backup my files and sms everything else should be done automatically anyway.
Go SMS seems worth getting anyway, as the bog standard Android messages app is seriously dull. I'll give it a try.
I had wondered about Google Market restoring apps, but I thought it would only reinstall apps that were installed at the last sync.
If you install an app and it screws up your phone, and do a factory reset then Google will just reinstall the app that caused all the problems in the first place.
Definitely a good idea, but needs more work.
Anyway, thanks for all the info, I'll give it try tonight, when I get back from work.
...John...
I find SMS Backup & Restore to be the best app for this purpose and I wouldn't recommend the backup feature from the market, as you said it is likely to give problems.
Without root though, the backup choices are somewhat limited for apps and such.
I've been using Super Manager by gpc. It works pretty good, plus offers a ton of other features that can be used with or without root.
I've backed up what I could, although it's typical that as soon as it's all gone I realised things that I should have wrote down (I had been using the wallet/pocket app and although I backed up all my apps, I'm guesing it won't have backed up any of the passwords, logins, bank details, etc).
Anyway, I've downgraded and successfully rooted my phone (through gfree), I have CID: 11111111 and S-Off, but I haven't installed and ROM's yet as I read somewhere that you are supposed to wipe everything between ROM's, am I wiping the Davlik cache or doing a factory reset (I mean won't the factory reset just reset my stock ROM back to it's original condition).
I'm also wondering about finding custom ROMs, on my dell streak I had installed ROM Manager and could get a list of any that were available.
I first installed ROM Manager and used it to flash recovery, but this time I've installed CWM first, so would it be safe to install ROM Manager now, will it want to flash a recovery over the one I have already.
Or is it not advisable to use ROM Manager, as I have previously heard of a few problems it may cause.
Thanks ...John...
Rom manager shouldn't give any problems, but for custom roms it's best to take a look at the development forum. If you don't like that you can still use the list in rommanager, it might be just me who prefers downloading roms to my pc first.
But before you install any of them I recommend you make a nandroid backup from recovery just to be safe.
I think the issues were that some people, not all, found problems flashing some of the gingerbread roms via Rom manager. Better to save the Rom to SD and then flash it via CWM.
Right I've done a nandroid backup, and I've saved one to another mSD card which I can keep somewhere just in case (probably a bit over cautious, but...).
I thought that by saving apps to an sd card, they would run from the sd when I restarted my phone, even the ones that I had moved previously with the application manager in settings are not seen.
Still reinstalling the ones I want isn't really that bad.
Seriously, somebody needs to sort out the Markets app backups feature, when I was setting up the phone at first, I specifically chose to not automatically sync with Google and that I would do it manually when needed. Then I went in to the market to get a file manager and the download failed, it was only when I looked at what was going on I realised it was already downloading and reinstalling 96 apps. I looked around for a 'cancel all' option and there isn't any, so I had to cancel them all one by one and then uninstall the ones that had managed to install.
A simple checklist to select the apps you want would be great, oh, and a cancel all button would be a bonus.
Anyway, things are not as much fun when they're too easy.
Thanks ...John...
Hello everyone!
I just recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 Duos and for the most part it works like a charm (rooted and all), but I have run into a strange issue...
Going into "Contacts" and setting "Contacts to Display" whatever I choose does not stick. For example I can choose to display "On Device" contacts only, I can see that it takes effect, then I exit out of contacts and go back into Contacts app again and it has then reverted back to displaying "All" contacts again (showing Skype/Gmail etc contacts which I do not want!)
Do anyone here know if this is a known bug with Samsung S5 (G900F/FD) under KitKat 4.4.2 or could it be a side effect of me having frozen a number of things with Root Uninstaller (I only froze them so they can be restored if need be!)
Do you know which dependencies Contacts depends on to be running for it to work properly?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated,
Kindest regards,
XDAFan.
Commenting here as I have the same issue (no solution found here either) though with me, it is intermittent, and my contacts to display are those stored on my sim card....S5 international with rooted kitkat.......
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Same problem - it resets to displaying all contacts after I close the app - both on stock rom 4.4.2 and Alexandr's 5.0 on G900F. Hope someone has a hint ...
I actually managed to fix the issue for my phone.
It was because I had used this backup app to transfer the call history/contacts etc over to the new phone, and certain entries being linked so as far as I remember what I did was I went into the contacts and unlinked any contacts that were "stuck together" and then deleted any duplicates etc. so I had all the contacts set up just the way I wanted them.... THEN I backed the contacts up using the built in function in Samsungs Contacts settings to do so (saved them onto the external memorycard)...
Then I went ahead and deleted ALL of my contacts off the phone, and lastly restored them from the backup I had made.
This made the display setting stick.
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Same problem - it resets to displaying all contacts after I close the app - both on stock rom 4.4.2 and Alexandr's 5.0 on G900F. Hope someone has a hint ...
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