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[Q] Helllllllllllllllp! xperia x10 stuck

hi all, im new here, im hoping and praying that someone can help me, i one click rooted my xperia x10, and installed type press font changing program, rebooted phone and now it wont do anything, its stuck on sony ericsson screen. is my phone now broke??? all my pics of grandchildren are in there , please help me. liz

liza283 said:
hi all, im new here, im hoping and praying that someone can help me, i one click rooted my xperia x10, and installed type press font changing program, rebooted phone and now it wont do anything, its stuck on sony ericsson screen. is my phone now broke??? all my pics of grandchildren are in there , please help me. liz
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It looks like something's messed up from using the font changer and that a wipe is necessary. However there's a chance that you won't lose the pictures. Photos taken by the camera apps are stored in the memory card in the DCIM folder, so before panicking you might want to look for them on the memory card.
Hope it helps.

ddewbofh said:
It looks like something's messed up from using the font changer and that a wipe is necessary. However there's a chance that you won't lose the pictures. Photos taken by the camera apps are stored in the memory card in the DCIM folder, so before panicking you might want to look for them on the memory card.
Hope it helps.
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a wipe will not wipe the sdcard
Also stating a phone sucks because you've done somthing which your not suppose to is wrong. Its your fualt not the x10 =)
Ingore, Im a t*at

hal752 said:
a wipe will not wipe the sdcard
Also stating a phone sucks because you've done somthing which your not suppose to is wrong. Its your fualt not the x10 =)
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Reread the post, it talked about being stuck. Not that it sucked.

I had the same problem and had to reflash. I found the problem occurred when I tried changing too many fonts. Just change droidsans and droidsans bold. Hope this helps.

ddewbofh said:
Reread the post, it talked about being stuck. Not that it sucked.
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My bad, Half asleep lol.

bare in mind that some fonts are not supported by your phone so in case that you have flashed them alread, then your phone won't boot up. I don't have the exact solution for it but in the font section you may find better answers.
Hope to solve your problem soon.

ive not said that the phone sucks, i merely said that my phone was stuck! i love my new phone.

thanks
thanks for all your responses, i'm a newbie at this rooting thing, it all seemed to go straight forward and according to the instructions, until, i went into messaging to send a message using the new font. but it wasnt there. so i went into the fonts part to find one and pressed it and then i think at this stage the phone rebooted to take affect. been stuck ever since. i'll go try the font section now to see if i can get some advice there too. thanks again

liza283 said:
i'll go try the font section now to see if i can get some advice there too. thanks again
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The chances are you will have to reflash, I've done it myself with an incompatible font and had to reflash to sort it.

flash
hi, if i have to do this re flash thing, does that mean all the apps i downloaded etc will be gone? is there anyway of accessing the phone in this state to get the stuff off it?

hi, when you reflashed, did u manage to keep ur apps and stuff you had downloaded?

liza283 said:
hi, when you reflashed, did u manage to keep ur apps and stuff you had downloaded?
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Some have said the repair method keeps them, but when I flash I do it fully so couldn't answer that question.

First of all you have to reflash your phone, root it again, install SuperUser and busybox then you are able to change the font(s)
Sent from my rooted 026 x10i using XDA App

hi, i did that superuser and busybox thing, and thats y im now where im at. please help. im really stuck now, as i dont know how to reflash. i wish i'd left the blinking thing alone. i just want it back to normal and with the programs id purchased and the pics of my grandkids.

Don't worry about the pics. Your apps may be a different story.
Flashing your phone is easy and there are many pages to reference. Just go to the android dev section.

liza283 said:
as i dont know how to reflash. i wish i'd left the blinking thing alone
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Do you have PC Companion installed?

on the phone or on the laptop?i don';t thinki have it on either

Poor post.....

All apps, free or purchased should be logged by your gmail account so you should not have to re-purchase anything. Also, first start of market after a re-flash should show you all apps last installed on you phone in the downloaded section, but only once! So best be at a wifi network for fastest re-download. I am fairly certain of this but please correct me if i'm wrong, dont wanna be fooling anyone. One other thing i recall reading is, if pressing (and maby holding) volume down right after the buzz when powering on, should get you into fail safe mode. Maby you can jot down you apps or even repair the damage from there. Hope any of this helps. Good luck!
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

Possible Brick?[Solved with Nandroid Backup]

I know you guys hate when people jump the gun...but I'm honestly running out of ideas here. Earlier today I tried to use LCD Density changer on my Nexus S...whether this was stupid on my part, you all can decide later. As for now my nexus boots a black screen. I'm only posting here cuz maybe in finding a solution we can uncover a bit about how the nexus is set up, because it seems to refuse any changes made to the system through fastboot or adb push.
I have tried just about every option to restore the system to stock format, and need help getting my nexus back to booting condition. I've tried fastboot flashing the system.img and just get a "write failed" error. I've pushed the whole system dump to /system through adb and when i reboot it is still missing the files i just pushed. I've flashed different boot.img's in combination with the first two steps, and still my phone remains unbootable.
Any ideas what could be going wrong?

fykick said:
I know you guys hate when people jump the gun...but I'm honestly running out of ideas here. Earlier today I tried to use LCD Density changer on my Nexus S...whether this was stupid on my part, you all can decide later. As for now my nexus boots a black screen. I'm only posting here cuz maybe in finding a solution we can uncover a bit about how the nexus is set up, because it seems to refuse any changes made to the system through fastboot or adb push.
I have tried just about every option to restore the system to stock format, and need help getting my nexus back to booting condition. I've tried fastboot flashing the system.img and just get a "write failed" error. I've pushed the whole system dump to /system through adb and when i reboot it is still missing the files i just pushed. I've flashed different boot.img's in combination with the first two steps, and still my phone remains unbootable.
Any ideas what could be going wrong?
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Is it safe to say you didnt do nandroid restore prior?

Yes, that is correct...didn't think it'd cause this much of a problem(stupid me). I asked earlier if maybe some could upload a nandroid restore for me so I could at least attempt that. But I got no response, so I'm still in the dark.

fykick said:
Yes, that is correct...didn't think it'd cause this much of a problem(stupid me). I asked earlier if maybe some could upload a nandroid restore for me so I could at least attempt that. But I got no response, so I'm still in the dark.
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When I get home in an hour, I'll factory wipe and make a backup of the stock rom for you.
Any recommendations on where to upload?

I got you man im backing up right ow....going to wipe then backup again and ill upload it so give me a bit
maybe ill be really nice and include some custom transitions for you

Only been 1 day since it came out, since it boots to black, take it back to the store, act stupid, get another one. Solved.

nandroid
pm'ing you the link
let me know if it works
mount usb storage copy and paste the into clockworkmod/backups
unmount usb storage and restore....gave you all the goodies too

nxt said:
Only been 1 day since it came out, since it boots to black, take it back to the store, act stupid, get another one. Solved.
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Hahahahaha best thing I've heard all day
Apparently the NS is super-brickable, according to JBQ (@jbqueru) on android-building:
-Even though Nexus S is designed to be suitable for AOSP work, there
are some caveats. I very strongly recommend against trying to use
Nexus S for anything related to AOSP at the moment. Trying to unlock
or use your Nexus S for AOSP work could easily turn it into a Nexus B
(where B means "brick"); I have two of those, they're not very useful.
I'll send some guidelines about what is currently possible once I've
finished pushing the source code.
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Is there anyway I can get the link for that nandroid? I seem to have messed my system files up as well.

wdfowty said:
Hahahahaha best thing I've heard all day
Apparently the NS is super-brickable, according to JBQ (@jbqueru) on android-building:
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Now that is a frightening prospect;( How can google make a dev phone thats super brickable... hmmm
JD

AndHel said:
Is there anyway I can get the link for that nandroid? I seem to have messed my system files up as well.
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Can I get the link for the stock nandroid also? I need to use a secure boot image.

Okay, thank you very much for the Nandroid. It worked and I'm back up and running.

OKay
So i sent the backup to at least 3 people anyone care to let me know hows its going and whether or not they like the customizations

drexman8244 said:
So i sent the backup to at least 3 people anyone care to let me know hows its going and whether or not they like the customizations
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maybe you can upload it to mediafire or somewhere else, and create a thread? it might help others out

ill take your advice on that Thanks

adb push may not have been working because your system wasn't mounted properly in Clockwork recovery. I had this issue when trying to root. In Recovery, go to Mounts & Storage and hit "Mount System" THEN adb push the system dump.

You probably didn't need to nandroid. Could have just used adb to reset the density line in your build.prop I assume?

fykick said:
Okay, thank you very much for the Nandroid. It worked and I'm back up and running.
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Please mention it on the Thread Title PROBLEM SOLVED.

An nandroid backup can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877601

Hi guys, i'm the developer of LCD Density Changer. Sorry about the problems it caused.
Is it true that the Nexus S, doesn't support a density change. That would be a real bummer! Not for the app, but in general. I just don't hope Google blocks a density change in their new Android versions.
A question: does the "preview/temporarily" density change works in the LCD Density Changer app. If so, there is still hope.
Meanwhile, based on these reports I will put up a note to warn Nexus S users.

Need help after deleting...

Hi guys,
I'm freaking out. Rooted my Xperia Arc (didn't unlock bootloader) and after following the guides, decided to remove a few apks from the system/app folder, and moved them to the SD card.
After playing around, decided to hit factory reset... big mistake. The phone is almost fully functional, but home button isn't working and there's no lockscreen.
I figured I just had to get the files back to the initial place, right?
I finally managed to get them back on system/apps... but even after that, when I factory reset it again, it still not working. It looks like the "factory reset rom" got screwed and won't go back to normal.
I'm lost, what should I do? I've had the phone for like, 3 days. I don't really feel like unlocking the bootloader or getting another room.
What can I do?

Try to reflash with SEUS
Sent from my LT18i using XDA

iqbaljunaid said:
Try to refresh with SEUS
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Thanks... but how do I do that?
And do I need an unlocked bootloader for that?

THANK GOD!!
I made it work!!
The problem was in the permissions: the permissions on the files that I had copied were different than all the others.
I just ticked the permissions for all the itens, did yet another factory reset and it worked!
Thanks a lot!!

you dont have to unlock.
just download sony ericsson update service (SEUS), follow on screen instructions, and reflash it.
and download cwm recovery and make backup before doing anything with your system file.

Uh oh... Can I fix this? Rom Toolbox Pro error

Hey guys,
I tried using Rom Toolbox Pro to change my battery icon... after trying to install, the error "com.android.systemui has stopped working" continually popped up. I had to reboot by holding vol+, vol- and lock.
After rebooting, all soft buttons and the status bar are gone. I can't manage to get them back. I also can't manage to restore the battery icon - RTP prompted me to backup the icons before trying to install the new ones, and I did.
What have I done?

You've borked the system UI. Need to flash a new ROM or flash a factory image, I think.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

duloz said:
You've borked the system UI. Need to flash a new ROM or flash a factory image, I think.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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Wow, that's so bull**** haha. Thanks for the quick reply

bulldozed said:
Wow, that's so bull**** haha. Thanks for the quick reply
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So I went to restore my backup through CMW, it failed. Now I'm stuck on the Google screen. How do I flash it back to stock, in order to start all over again? I can get to the CMW page with the Android on his back, with "Start" up the top.
Appreciate any help!

bulldozed said:
So I went to restore my backup through CMW, it failed. Now I'm stuck on the Google screen. How do I flash it back to stock, in order to start all over again? I can get to the CMW page with the Android on his back, with "Start" up the top.
Appreciate any help!
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That's not the clock work recovery. It's the bootloader. That's where you need to be to flash the image though.
First download the Nexus 7 image from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasijro03d
Once you have downloaded it extract the file twice until you see image-nakasi-jro03d.zip
Take that zip and move it to the directory where you have fastboot on your computer.
Open your command prompt pointing at that directory.
Then, type:
Code:
fastboot devices
if it returns a number you are good to go.
Next type:
Code:
fastboot -w update image-nakasi-jro03d.zip
This will wipe your user data and restore stock recovery. But you should be good to go.

geez, just reflash your rom, youll be ok.

El Daddy said:
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absolute legend. Thanks for the detailed reply, really appreciate it! I will give that a shot right now.
EDIT: haha took me five minutes to get it reflashed to stock. thanks again!
simms22 said:
geez, just reflash your rom, youll be ok.
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haha sorry if my posts were a bit over the top, I was just sitting in bed having a play (with my Nexus 7........), then all of a sudden my tablet is seemingly wrecked simply from trying to change the battery icon... I FREAKED

Did something similar myself.
Just downloaded the factory image and flashed just the system.img file using fastboot and rerooted. A few system apps played up, most were fixed by wiping the cache but i had to delete all data from the contacts app, it resynced fine anyway.
To clarify extract the factory image to get the system.img and use the following
fastboot flash system system.img
Just rewrites the system partition.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

The same thing happened to me trying to change the wifi icon. I guess Rom Toolbox doesn't play well with the Nexus 7?

Same thing on Galaxy Nexus... stumbled upon this thread searching for a solution. Was thinking we could restore from the backup that was made when swapping icons, but I guess that's not the case?

bulldozed said:
Hey guys,
I tried using Rom Toolbox Pro to change my battery icon... after trying to install, the error "com.android.systemui has stopped working" continually popped up. I had to reboot by holding vol+, vol- and lock.
After rebooting, all soft buttons and the status bar are gone. I can't manage to get them back. I also can't manage to restore the battery icon - RTP prompted me to backup the icons before trying to install the new ones, and I did.
What have I done?
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Hello friends,
I am curious why, when such issues occured with your device, you did not contact Rom Toolbox Dev. to ask for help?
I am part of the support team from Rom Toolbox Pro, and I believe the post right before me is from someone who reached out to me to ask me about this, so allow me to explain the solution here real fast:
What happened is that when you changed the icon, it simply didn't work and messed up the UI. This occurs sometimes, and is the right time to restore a backup of the icons.
Problem is that now you can't restore, because the soft keys are all gone, and the Nexus 7 has no hard keys to do the dirty work.
So, here is the solution; you must use Root Browser to switch out the Systemui.apk and framework.apk files from the backup folder to the /system/app folder.
Where is the backup stored, you ask? Well, since it's very easy to break a rom by restoring the framework and systemui to the wrong rom, the backups are actually placed inside the app's data partition. This is to prevent tampering. If you are reading this post, then I assume you know what you're doing and are doing this with the EXACT same rom as the backups were created from.
The directory of the backups is /data/data/com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro/files/status_bar_backup/
Simply copy these over and paste them in /system/app, maybe renaming rather than deleting the old ones, just in case, then paste these and reboot your device.
And now your systemui and framework should be all restored.
Hope this helps! Be sure to contact the developer next time you need any help, We have arguably the best customer service of all the Play Store
And be sure to thank the one who referred me to this thread, if this helps!

Master Ramy said:
Hello friends,
I am curious why, when such issues occured with your device, you did not contact Rom Toolbox Dev. to ask for help?
I am part of the support team from Rom Toolbox Pro, and I believe the post right before me is from someone who reached out to me to ask me about this, so allow me to explain the solution here real fast:
What happened is that when you changed the icon, it simply didn't work and messed up the UI. This occurs sometimes, and is the right time to restore a backup of the icons.
Problem is that now you can't restore, because the soft keys are all gone, and the Nexus 7 has no hard keys to do the dirty work.
So, here is the solution; you must use Root Browser to switch out the Systemui.apk and framework.apk files from the backup folder to the /system/app folder.
Where is the backup stored, you ask? Well, since it's very easy to break a rom by restoring the framework and systemui to the wrong rom, the backups are actually placed inside the app's data partition. This is to prevent tampering. If you are reading this post, then I assume you know what you're doing and are doing this with the EXACT same rom as the backups were created from.
The directory of the backups is /data/data/com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro/files/status_bar_backup/
Simply copy these over and paste them in /system/app, maybe renaming rather than deleting the old ones, just in case, then paste these and reboot your device.
And now your systemui and framework should be all restored.
Hope this helps! Be sure to contact the developer next time you need any help, We have arguably the best customer service of all the Play Store
And be sure to thank the one who referred me to this thread, if this helps!
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Hi Master Ramy,
I was the one who emailed JRummy.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying actually. I guess your reply answers the OP's question - that is, in the event that we get the "com.android.systemui has stopped working" error , then we should do the stuff you said?
My issue is different... I hadn't swapped out my battery icons yet, cos I wanted to test the restore function in ROM Toolbox first before doing so. So I backed up both systemui and framework-res using ROM Toolbox, then simply tried to restore them using ROM Toolbox. But I got a toast notification saying "failed to get icons". I didn't get a big error like the OP's, but it was alarming enough that I didn't even try to change the icons in the end.
Are you saying that I should manually move my systemui and framework-res backups to system/app in order for ROM Toolbox to be able to restore them?

mlj11 said:
Hi Master Ramy,
I was the one who emailed JRummy.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying actually. I guess your reply answers the OP's question - that is, in the event that we get the "com.android.systemui has stopped working" error , then we should do the stuff you said?
My issue is different... I hadn't swapped out my battery icons yet, cos I wanted to test the restore function in ROM Toolbox first before doing so. So I backed up both systemui and framework-res using ROM Toolbox, then simply tried to restore them using ROM Toolbox. But I got a toast notification saying "failed to get icons". I didn't get a big error like the OP's, but it was alarming enough that I didn't even try to change the icons in the end.
Are you saying that I should manually move my systemui and framework-res backups to system/app in order for ROM Toolbox to be able to restore them?
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Yes, the post was in response to the OP talking about losing the soft keys and such Due to the different nature of your issue, I've sent you an email instead of responding here, so that we don't clog up this thread

Help Please i think i broke something.

Hi
I recently tried to install a theme from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/themes-apps/theme-systemui-themes-n910u-5-0-1-t3097608
for my note 4 910F.
I did all the steps (Copyd the apk, changed permissions to 644 than overwrote the original system ui apk, i made a backup of it, also have titanium backup)
after the install my phone now comes up with the msg Unfortunately systemui has stopped, every like 5 seconds.
i tried titaniums restore, wiping the cache from twrp and than a factory reset from twrp, but to no avail i fear i have broken my device any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Bear in mind that i rooted the phone yesterday so im new to this.
Thank you

Download the stock ROM from sammobile website and flash it using ODIN tool.
For flashing instruction, check YouTube or google.

kalaishere said:
Download the stock ROM from sammobile website and flash it using ODIN tool.
For flashing instruction, check YouTube or google.
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Thank you ill get back to you after the 8 hour download... fingers crossed.

SageofRage said:
Thank you ill get back to you after the 8 hour download... fingers crossed.
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:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::good:

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:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::good:
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Thank you very much it worked perfectly.. even upgraded to 5.1.1
I have a few questions tho as im new to this: I messed around with it more before flashing the stock ROM and heres what i did. Managed to push the original systemUI.apk on the modified one, that resulted in my top statusbar dissapearing, but there were no more popups of systemui crashing. However i notice that the systemUI.apk is now not installed at all... atleast the phone does not recognizes it as already on the device So next i manually installed the systemUI apk, the original one. It went trough with the install but then the phone completely broke and any animation froze it. After that i did what u suggested.
So my questions are: What did i wrong when installing the custom theme ?
Why didn't pushing the original back/installing the original work ?
Why didn't i loose any of my apps photos contact details after installing the new Firmware ? (still have everything... not complaining its just weird how a new op system install didn't wipe my data)
Thank you so much again for Your great suggestion.