Hello forum,
So i've been searching for a while and i cant really make heads or tails of this website.
I'm an old fart basically, and this stuff is ahead of myself.
I've had the moto defy since it's release date, and it's now full of random junk eating at the memory and random apps that cannot be uninstalled. I've tried master resets and sd card formats, but the files are hidden somewhere in the phone memory.
I just want a clean 2.2 android thingy for my defy so i can start fresh. nothing modded or different. just like reinstalling windows, or turning the pillow to the cold side.
Thanks in advance
HaHa cute analogies
You said you tried a master reset. I dont know what method you mean.
But have you tried this.
1) Turn off your phone.
2) Hold Down the Volume Down Button. Keep it held down.
3) Press Down the ON button untill the phone turns on (remember to have the volume down button pressed)
You Will come to a screen which looks like this in the middle.
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If you see this screen GREAT!
if you see the screen mentioned above you can let go of the holding down the volume down button
4) Press the volume down and volume up button together.
5) this will bring up some options
Like shown below
Use the volume down key to go down the menu and the volume up key to go up, press the ON button as a select button.
SO using the up and down keys and the ON key to press select
6) Wipe the Data
7) Wipe cache
8) then go up to reboot
Let me know if this helps or if you have tried this already
Hey thanks for the reply.
Yeah i tried a wipe/reset in both the boot menu and the in phone settings menu.
It doesnt seem to remove any of my user added apps, or change the home screen layouts in any way.
It's as if i simply turned the phone of and on again.
My memory card is removed and formatted, so it's only the apps left on the phone memory that are getting stuck behind.
Should you all need any specific information about the phone (if it helps) i'll be on all evening to answer questions.
Thanks for the reply, and thanks again for reading my post
That is the darndest thing i have heard.
If it says it sucessfuly wipe the data and cache
i dont understand how ur downloaded apps can still be in there
can you give some specfics apps that wont go away?
One way is you can reinstall a new SBF but i would not recomand that at this stage, that should be the last option
Well,
Isn't this something... I just tried for a 4th time to wipe everything on my phone, sort of a last ditch effort.
And wouldn't you know it, it's all gone now! Honestly wasn't expecting that.
Seem's i must apologize for wasting your time, but my phone answered the question for me, in the end.
I'm not 100% sure but i have an app called CardioTrainer. Don't remember it from the original phone but i don't remember installing it either, and i cannot uninstall it.
Oh well, i'm content for now.
Thanks for the replies, and sorry i wasted your time!
MildlyMoist said:
Well,
Isn't this something... I just tried for a 4th time to wipe everything on my phone, sort of a last ditch effort.
And wouldn't you know it, it's all gone now! Honestly wasn't expecting that.
Seem's i must apologize for wasting your time, but my phone answered the question for me, in the end.
I'm not 100% sure but i have an app called CardioTrainer. Don't remember it from the original phone but i don't remember installing it either, and i cannot uninstall it.
Oh well, i'm content for now.
Thanks for the replies, and sorry i wasted your time!
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CardioTrainer, 7digital, Zinio e-magazine service etc
they are the preloaded apps that come with the Defy+ and most probably the Defy.
They are installed into the original ROM and will always be there unless u root your phone and delete them manually which i can show u how too if you wish.
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Does anyone know if there is a free application that provides an icon on the Today screen to power off the device instead of having to hold down the power off button on top next to the card slot? I have an icon on the Today screen to soft reset. One to power off would be great!
Hotdog53
hotdog53 said:
Does anyone know if there is a free application that provides an icon on the Today screen to power off the device instead of having to hold down the power off button on top next to the card slot? I have an icon on the Today screen to soft reset. One to power off would be great!
Hotdog53
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It is built into Faria's ROMs if you are using them (the little green thing in the icon bar).
--M
I have a Cingular 8125
I use psShutXP.
Dunno if it's free or not though.
It can put a little icon in the tray and then when you click it:
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Where can I get this, and can I install directly via cab file?
link
yes link please
i really need something like this bcuz my power button wont even work :[
b.mann said:
yes link please
i really need something like this bcuz my power button wont even work :[
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I don't see how this would benefit you because you still need to hold down the button to turn the power back on. This sounds like a hardware issue.
cool application....
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I don't see how this would benefit you because you still need to hold down the button to turn the power back on. This sounds like a hardware issue.
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true...but that's what i take my battery out for
and it is a hardware issue, i just dont know where to get it fixed
Oooh, I'm sorry you have to do all this! If the device is still under warranty, the mfg. should ffix it. By the way, I found a cab file from pda gold website called "power off", installed it to my device, and made the mistake of copying the file to windows/start-up in file explorer as a shortcut. Doing this stopped my device from starting so I had to do a hard reset. Since my device would not start, the only way I could hard reset (for those who had the same problem) was to press the comm manager button, the voice record button, and sticking the stylus in the reset hole at the same time (not an easy task), release the buttons and stylus, and then press the green arrow (send) button. This sends a message telling the mfg. to set the device back to factory settings. I got this info from tech support at Cingular.
GldRush98 said:
I use psShutXP.
Dunno if it's free or not though.
It can put a little icon in the tray and then when you click it:
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I found psShutXP @ PDA GOLD.COM..but mine says SHUT DOWN instead of TURN OFF. My screen just turns black & I can still see everything thru the dark screen. I want something to completely turn the device off. Yes this is free software.
yea...its not under warranty i think there is somewhere i can go to get it fixed, just dont wanna have to shell out alot of $$$ to get it done
everytime the screen shuts off when it goes on stanby after like 2 mins..i press the power button at the top and the screen never turns back on i have to take the battery out and put it back in to make it turn on....its sooooo annoyingg.. hope somebody can give me a idea of whats going on... thanx in advance
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everytime the screen shuts off when it goes on stanby after like 2 mins..i press the power button at the top and the screen never turns back on i have to take the battery out and put it back in to make it turn on....its sooooo annoyingg.. hope somebody can give me a idea of whats going on... thanx in advance
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Never had that problem. Sounds like its time for a new phone. When you go down there tell them to stop bullshitin and throw some really power in the wing. Godd Luck
Gimpy
I suggest you call T-mobile if your Phone is still under the 1 year warranty. They will send you a new phone if so. If not, I havent experienced that problem either.
my phone was doing that before i flashed it with Touch it and it hasn't since.
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LOL. Dont smash it. Sell it on craigslist.
are you using any overclocking program on your phone (batterystatus, omapclock)...it could be some sort of settings with overclock on wakeup or something of that sort...try turning all of the programs off and see if it still has the same problems...
yeaa am using the overclocking program!!! could be doing that because it never did it before....ill disable it and see what happens
That's happened to me before actually now that I think about it.
What rom are you using? If I were you I'd do a hard reset or install a newer rom version.
am using the regular tmobile ROM...am guessing u want me to get touch it rite..
Download this, it's the Stock Tmobile RUU. It will restore your Wing to the original factory T-mobile Rom/Settings.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2nq9iu0a2nt
See if that maybe fixes the problem. Don't forget to back up your contacts and anything else you want to save.
Just connect your phone to activesync, then run the file.
isnt that the same thing as hard reset????
I say download a cooked rom. It was alil nerve racking for me at first, but after reading the same pages for a few weeks I finally felt confident that I could do it without brinking it. PLus with everyone here, I knew help wouldnt be to far away. And I cant tell you how nice it is to have all that freed up memory. If you need any help feel free to msg, Im not even close to as knowledgeable as the other guys here but Ill be glad to give as much help as I can.
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isnt that the same thing as hard reset????
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Should be, unless your ROM became corrupted somehow...
Major dialer skin problem please help! I have to leave in 20min but I need to get ready ill be back on at 9:30pm Standard Eastern Time, this is my screen..
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Major dialer skin problem please help! I have to leave in 20min but I need to get ready ill be back on at 9:30pm Standard Eastern Time, this is my screen..
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Not sure of the fix but it looks like an odd overlay issue. Possibly a conflict with 2 dialers? /shrug
try uninstalling the cab
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Wow -- what an interesting design. Very unique.
Seriously -- did you try to intstall another dialer or something? What did you do on the device today (installs / mods)??
last message, I had the big button dialer for while like a week or so and I decided to get a skin,
I saw a fourm and i got the img files for the black skin, So i put the img's in the windows dir. but that wasint the place to put them, it over writed like 2 img files i think, so i went into the phone skin folder in the windows dir. and i put them there did a soft-reset and it turned out like that, "first time i put the img's to the windows .dir no change after soft-reset" so can some one conger up some detailed step by step instructions on how to fix this, I got to go this was my last message im walking out the door right now.. 9:30pm GMT -05:00 "eastern time" is when ill be on, later guys and thanks for the help..
wow, man. if you erased images previously in windows folder, you might be SOL, just a bit, without knowing which ones. What I would do would be to try and use another dialer skin and install over the whole thing. try big button dialer again. try to install it and see if that works for you. i have included it in this post so you dont have to bother searching. i know that big button dialer uses all its own images so it might just overlay again and look right.
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wow, man. if you erased images previously in windows folder, you might be SOL, just a bit, without knowing which ones. What I would do would be to try and use another dialer skin and install over the whole thing. try big button dialer again. try to install it and see if that works for you. i have included it in this post so you dont have to bother searching. i know that big button dialer uses all its own images so it might just overlay again and look right.
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Is that the installed dialer that comes with the official carrier released ROMs?
Alright i'm back, thank's for the steps, I just uninstalled the dialer and it just finished booting up, and wow, I turn my phone on and it statred dialing by its self???
Well im installing the new idaler and going to add the skin after it boots up, hopefully it doesint dail whole bunch of numbers and letters again lol..
Well I uninstalled the dialer, re-installed it, put the img's back into the phone skin folder and soft-rest my phone,
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Well i'm just going to uninstall it and stick to the original big button dialer, guess I canno't put a new skin, if any one want's to go in depth with me on trying to fix this problem I would be more then happy to let them help me, thank's to who helped..
This is a very wired prob and not shore when it stared on my keyboard my Z and Y keys have now changed possistions there is no reason for it and all i have set is BsB tweaks any help
Sounds to me like you've somehow changed the keyboard language from english into german
do you know how to change back a bit new to the windows phone
carboncobra said:
do you know how to change back a bit new to the windows phone
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Sod it, do a hard reset man.
never done one dont like the sound of it lol
carboncobra said:
never done one dont like the sound of it lol
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Just returns the phone to factory settings. Go to clear storage and do it from there....
Start/settings/menu (bottom right)/all settings/system/clear storage
im asuming i will lose everything on my phone is will sinc with myphone lol
carboncobra said:
im asuming i will lose everything on my phone is will sinc with myphone lol
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You will lose any tweaks and installs you have done since you first unboxed the phone, yes.
Maybe it's just worth trying to change the keyboard language?
You know, there's a keyboard icon in the centre at the bottom of the screen when you are typing something?
There is also a small arrow near that icon. If you click that, it has to show you some options, among which is the option to change the input settings.
(At least it is so on a UK ROM)
Hope it helps
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Okay Guys..... Rather than start a New Topic on my problem I found this topic which is titled correctly.
I have a horrendous problem with the keyboard every now and then failing to load that has only started today.
After I have used the Keyboard for whatever reason at that particular time I then put the Phone back into sleep mode.
Later, when I switch the Phone back on and again need to use the Keyboard I press the Keyboard symbol at the foot of the screen but it fails to load the Keyboard and thus you can not enter any text.
The only way to use the Keyboard is to then perform a Soft-Reset and then it works...... until later when we have to repeat the whole affair.....
It does not happen all the time but as an example I have used the Keyboard today on 6 separate occasions.
These occasions are when the machine has been put to sleep, woken and the Keyboard to be loaded.
Anyway, of these 6 separate occasions it has failed to load 4 times.
That means I have had to carry out a Soft-Reset 4 times today.
I have not installed anything since the problem started today and am at a loss why it is playing up in this manner.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
Beards
Loveing my samsung N4, however i keep getting the below.
What is it?
How do i resolve it and stop the notifercation.?
It keeps poping up and if i try to do what it ask's i.e select a device and click done nothing happens...at all the done button dose nothing the only thing i can donit click cancle and it will pop up sgain randomly a hour later or maby a few hours.
Please how do I resolve it???
Massive thanks in advance. My first samsung always been a HTC guy, still love them but this N4 is amazing!!! Nice change from htc.
EDIT: BEEN A USER ON HERE FOR AGES BUT IT WONT LET ME POST MY PHOTOBUCKET SCREENSHOTS...
Could a admin or mod please contact me and ill send u the links or maby some kind member can post then for me???
I am having the exact same situation, with amazingly the same as being HTC guy and this is my first Samsung, is it the HTC revenge?
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Well dont know abour you but im on three from the UK.
Also still haveing issues...i uograded from a Desire S that was fallin apart.
Maby i can send you photos and you can post them for me.
It was one hell of a big uograde in more way than ine ahah...it was quite a diffrance going from a 4.? SD Screen nice 5.7 QHD LOL....MASSIVE DIFFRENCE....for the better thouh lets booe we can get this fixed.
WHOO HOO.seems useing the insert image button works unlike just posting the IMG code. ..
It's a pita vs just posting the IMG code but we'll it worked at least I guess.
Did ya try to clear app cache ?
Setting > app mamanger > all > find samsung link plat. clear cache then restart device
CyclingSalmon14 said:
Loveing my samsung N4, however i keep getting the below.
What is it?
How do i resolve it and stop the notifercation.?
It keeps poping up and if i try to do what it ask's i.e select a device and click done nothing happens...at all the done button dose nothing the only thing i can donit click cancle and it will pop up sgain randomly a hour later or maby a few hours.
Please how do I resolve it???
Massive thanks in advance. My first samsung always been a HTC guy, still love them but this N4 is amazing!!! Nice change from htc.
EDIT: BEEN A USER ON HERE FOR AGES BUT IT WONT LET ME POST MY PHOTOBUCKET SCREENSHOTS...
Could a admin or mod please contact me and ill send u the links or maby some kind member can post then for me???
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Long tap on it and select "App info", then tap "Turn Off" button to disable it.
I also turned off "Samsung Link" app on my Note 3.
Tried clear cache, so far so good
Edit: Clear cache did not work, had to freez the app using Titanium
hm
Ok so looks like the best idea is to disable the app so will do that.
Is there any reason why i might not want to do that though what dose the app actually do and it really should just work the first place should it not? ??