I bought an Orange San Francisco which had already been "activated" with the original buyer's Google account details. I can't sign in to Market with my own account and I don't know his password. I tried a factory reset in an attempt to get rid of his Google account, but it's still there after the factory reset.
I've read MANY posts about FTM and hard reset key combinations, but none of them work (vol- and Power; home, vol+ and Power; etc.).
I've tried these instructions: Google "how-to-install-cyanogenmod-to-zte-blade" (I can't post links), but I can't find a fastboot for my OS that works (openSuse 11.4 64bit).
I've tried pressing the reset button next to the SIM card, but it didn't seem to change anything.
Please help me out!
Thanks
Stefan
How about trying the normal way thru Settings > Accounts & sync. Here you should see the existing account under "Manage accounts". Select that account and remove it.
You can install a custom ROM in Blade without any computer, if you don't repartition or format your sdcard. Follow e.g. the instructions here.
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I tried removingthe existing user but it told me that the only way to remove the user was to factory reset, which didn't work.
Seems that the updated Rom Manager I was using was causing the problems. I downgraded to 3.0.1.4 and I was then able to boot in recovery and flash a new ROM.
I wasn't able to get the most recent ROMs working though. They would get stuck on the boot logo. But stable 7.0.0 is working nicely.
Great that the problem is now solved. I suspect you have a gen1 device. If you update that to gen2, you can use new roms as well.
Gen2 Upgrade and Latest ROM
You're right. I had a gen1 phone (ask pigfish told me). I upgraded to gen2 and was then able to flash the latest nightly ROM 179 without hassles.
All running very well now.
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Hi
I updated from CM7-17 to CM7-18. Now Market doesn't start and all Contacts are gone. I installed gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip from recovery menu, but no luck.
I have the feeling that somehow my gmail login data got lost. Also after update I got a screen to log in to the SIM Network. Never saw this before.
Do I have to reset to factory defaults ? Hope not. Does not want to loose again all my games and stuff.
Thanks and best regards
paines
Update: Later i realised after updating boot.img to fxp018 too, that I have no set/select key. All would act as "back" buttons.
So I flashed boot.img from fxp017 and then also installed the updated.zip from fxp017. I then needed to enter my Gmail credentials, and now everything seems normal again.I guess there are some major issues in fxp018.
I installed Cyanogenmod 7.2 on my Xperia Arc S. Then installed Google Apps from CM because I needed it, but found out it installs way more google apps than I am comfortable with and tried to get rid of it ever since:
I tried a factory reset via the privacy settings, I tried the data wipe/factory reset via the bootloader menu, I erased all data via the USB connection and re-installed CM -- no success, Google Apps is still there.
I tried hard resetting the phone pressing back and menu buttons and then powering on the phone, but it only boots normally.
Any ideas how I can remove the google apps?`
I'm sure reflashing the kernel and rom will return you to square one, and from there, try installing what you need.
Hi there,
Tonight I installed the latest Nightly of CM11 and I get no start up wizard. This is different from the usual error that people recieve. It won't let me log in my Google account and I can't access the main menu and any apps. I can still access the usual setting menu and lock screen default apps. Have searched hard to find details on what to do with this problem but found nothing. Hence why I am posting this.
Any help? Is this news to you Quarx?
Thanks
LegionDestroyer said:
Hi there,
Tonight I installed the latest Nightly of CM11 and I get no start up wizard. This is different from the usual error that people recieve. It won't let me log in my Google account and I can't access the main menu and any apps. I can still access the usual setting menu and lock screen default apps. Have searched hard to find details on what to do with this problem but found nothing. Hence why I am posting this.
Any help? Is this news to you Quarx?
Thanks
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Have you done wipe (factory reset) before flashing new nightly?
You have to flash the rom, boot, then reboot, flash the gapps and thats it.
So:
1.flash cm11blabla.zip
2.turn on the phone
3.reboot and go to recovery
4.flash gapps
5.Phone ready to use
i checked manually for upates, 15 minutes ago. It showed me that an system update is avaible.
Update installed, rebooted and here starts the wierd things.
-Phone boots up but the only thing im able to access is the ''edge'' bar where is the edge people and other fun features.
-Pressing volume button down will bring the boot menu with : reboot, shutdown etc..
-Tried to boot in safe mode. no luck, only the safe mode bar appears in the left.
-Wiping cache, no luck.
-Not rooted. Stock.
Only thing that i installed outside the play store is the samsung lab application wich is shared here in the forums because its not avaible for s6 edge+ for some reason in the samsung's app store.
I managed to boot in recovery mode and this text took my attention : mmb29k.g928fxxs3bqa9 (frimware codename?) 6.0.1 android version
Made factory reset, works now but lots of important data (pictures, music etc..) lost in that.
I made an google search with mmb29k.g928fxxs3bqa9 and found nothing.
(edit: In the download folder, there seems to be a file with the rom build number/number)
Yeah I had the same problem, posted about it in the general forum. I flashed another stock ROM ontop of it from Sammobile and it saved me from doing the factory reset.
Tondern said:
Yeah I had the same problem, posted about it in the general forum. I flashed another stock ROM ontop of it from Sammobile and it saved me from doing the factory reset.
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After the factory reset its been running fine with the update. I alerdy emailed samsung about this.
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After the factory reset its been running fine with the update. I alerdy emailed samsung about this.
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they are still sharing it.
Someone who's phone updated correctly needs to make these guys a firmware they can flash back with Odin otherwise they won't be able to find anything that works. (no downgrades allowed)
Make sure you backup what you can. Export contacts, everything on Phone when you connect your computer can be copied in/out, if you didn't know. App data will have to be individually backed up.
There's a whole complicated series of events, but here's the current issue:
I just did a factory reset, and now when I go to 'Add Accounts' in settings, neither Google nor Samsung work. Google doesn't even ask for login credentials, just skips straight to 'checking info' and then fails. For Samsung, it takes my credentials and stops on a blank screen titled 'legal information,' and a non-functional 'next' arrow on the bottom. I've tried wiping the cache and a full reset, but no luck.
Now, the longer story: I just got the phone, and was trying to install TWRP etc. I got it to work once, but then realized I hadn't done the OEM unlock. Somehow ended up in a bootloop and ended up re-installing stock firmware. Tried again with OEM unlocked and got TWRP installed, but then after flashing no-verity-opt-encrypt 6.0, it went into a bootloop again. Reinstalled stock firmware again, but now I can't get the OEM unlock to show up, the date won't stick where I manually set it, and the Samsung/Google accounts won't work. Tried to install TWRP again anyway, but the install failed. Factory reset AGAIN to see if it would fix the accounts issue, but nothing changed.
I've tried googling the issues but couldn't find anything exactly like this, so I have come to kneel and beg the android gods for help. ANY assistance or suggestions on what to try would me most appreciated.
Here's the specs:
Galaxy S8 SM-G950F
Android 8.0
Used Odin3-v3.13.1 (didn't read about Prince Comsy ver. until after all this...)
Used twrp-3.2.3-2-dreamlte.img.tar
Used stock G950FXXS4CRLB_G950FOXM4CRL1_BTU
No SIM
If anymore info is needed, please let me know. Thank you.