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[Q] Android 2.1 Browser crash when trying to open bookmarks

I use a Defy with T-Mobile US Android 2.1. Everything worked fine until I started having problems with the stock browser. It starts fine, opens my home page. But when I select Bookmarks from the menu, I get a FC message "The application Browser (process.com.android.browser) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
If I install Skyfire, I can view my bookmarks, so I guess the Bookmarks file is not corrupt.
Any ideas?

Please help, anyone? Is it file permissions problem? Is the Browser apk corrupt? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Finally found a solution. Using ADB shell, navigated to /data/data/com.android.browser and deleted all the files in that folder. All my bookmarks are gone, but at least now I can create new ones and access them.

cheena said:
Finally found a solution. Using ADB shell, navigated to /data/data/com.android.browser and deleted all the files in that folder. All my bookmarks are gone, but at least now I can create new ones and access them.
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I had the same problem.
I used a program to manage favorites, and I found one with a symbol.
I changed the name using only letters, and now everything works again.

flash android 2.2 it is better than 2.1

On March 23rd, 2013, my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 began to act differently. In a few days, most of the apps would not open. I would get an error message: "The application ________ (process com.android._______) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Force Close" This "crash" happened with the Browser, email, Kindle apps. I did the factory reset. Did not help. I then did the root process: Got the download target screen, opened OOdin3, selected PDA, chose Quens_P100_EF17_Rooted_PDA and it successfully "passed". It did not solve the problem. I assume I must have a corrupted OS, but that is just an educated guess.
Anyone out there got a solution? Thanks. John

Mail Program keeps quitting.

Hi community! i have a little problem. since a few hours i am not able to open my drafts-folder anymore. if i choose folder->drafts my mail programm quits with following errormessage:
"The application Mail (process com.htc.android.mail) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
-- -so i was searching for a fix for this problem. one possible solution was to delete all data over application-manager (settings->manage applications->All->Mail->Clear Data).
it worked only as long as i saved another message in draftsfolder.
-- i also tried to use ROM Manager's option to "Fix Permissions". that worked a few times for other problem, but not this time.
-- i was using DL.DesireZ.v3.3.final.nand by dandiest and yesterday i flashed to new version 3.5. i thought my problem was gone, but its still there..
i dont know why this is happen even if i flashed a new version..
thanks for any suggestions
greetings
EDIT: excess message database over root:
Ok, i did it. i've found a *.db file in rootsystem. /data/data/com.htc.android.mail/databases/mail.db
in this file is all you need. accounts,messages, settings etc.
with an explorer which is able to access root its possible to view and edit this file. i've got my message back (at least the content), now i will try to look what keeps my mailprogramm quitting.

Mail Database (Drafts, Inbox etc.)
EDIT: excess message database over root:
/data/data/com.htc.android.mail/databases/mail.db
in this file is all you need. accounts,messages, settings etc.
with an explorer which is able to access root its possible to view and edit this file.

How to deinstall HTC Skins?
i now know why this error happens to me. i now started gparted and formated my sdcard (fat and ext4) and flashed again< the error was gone. haha
so i started to set up my phone and reinstalled my applications. to be sure i tested every time i installed an application my drafts folder.
after install of a HTC Sense Skin called "rEVOlution" from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801928 my mail programm brings the same error as before when i want to access drafts:
"The application Mail (process com.htc.android.mail) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
so for me this skin causing this error. i know have to know how to deinstall it?
edit: yes thats it. if i change back to default htc skin i am able to access drafts... weird.

solved
to remove the skin and get rid of this error (in this case) you have to delete following files and folder:
/data/data/com.htc.skin.revolution
/data/app/com.htc.skin.revolution-1.apk
then restart. done.
a quote form the original thread.
Issues: There might be FC with gmail, then just clear your gmail user data in app settings.
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[Q] Tricking Android Market and avoiding Incompatible App message

Alright guys.
I'm facing some issues here... Facebook has updated or something and now it doesn't show up in the 2.2 Market. 3.4 Market shows it but it says it's uncompatible and I can't install it.
Espier Launcher (another app I like) has two versions. 2.1 shows in 2.2 market. Both show in 3.4 market BUT the first one, even though it says it works for 2.2 and above, the market says it's incompatible.
This is a very big PITA because I'm tired (yes, TIRED) of trying apps that aren't compatible and they work very happily on my Magic, so they should stop the fuss and let us install everything and let us decide if the app works or not... it's not google's problem to solve, but the app developer's instead.
Now, I'm working on this and I need your help. I've had *some* success with making the device think it has GB installed instead of Froyo, however, the market crashes upon loading (the same goes for Maps which randomly FCs upon reboot).
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On a sidenote, for the ones who go like "Y U USE FROYO D:" go flash my ROM and find out why, and ALSO it doesn't make a difference in this issue so don't tell me that it does because I've already tried this in other CM7-based ROMs.
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I've found out that some of the build.prop properties (specially ro.build.* and ro.device.*) can fake this out to make some apps available. I've also tried to change the LCD density but it doesn't make any difference. The idea is to find out a good matching fingerprint which works for all apps (or for most, if possible).
I'm willing to give a go at your suggestions and tries and share my findings. That is, if you guys are willing to help me in this endeavour, too .
Any thoughs, suggestions, advice, etc. are greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
- DARKGuy

I'm having the same problem. the annoying thing is that I used most of the apps that are now incompatible with my device.

Hey, really? That seems to have happened to me too. I wanted to install alarmdroid last night and somehow it didn't appear in the market. I assume it's because it's incompatible now. I mean... WTF?
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

Hi Darkguy
I hope we can find a solution for this problem.
here is something that looks promising but I could not make it work:
geeknizer.com/install-incompatible-unsupported-apps-from-android-market
lol, I cant post links yet...
BTW: I love your ROM, me and my wife use it and its fast as hell : good job there...

badikhi said:
I hope we can find a solution for this problem.
here is something that looks promising but I could not make it work:
geeknizer.com/install-incompatible-unsupported-apps-from-android-market
lol, I cant post links yet...
BTW: I love your ROM, me and my wife use it and its fast as hell : good job there...
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Me too!
Oh, I've seen that link but I didn't give it much testing. However I'm trying it both with old market and new, clearing cache/data from market/google services framework and such and it doesn't seem to work. At least, NOT that fingerprint. I've tried a GB fingerprint and it causes some FCs on Maps and Market, so there must be something in that fingerprint which doesn't trigger a change or something.
Hehe, I'm really glad you two like and use the rom my ROM makes couples happy, yay XD!

Alright. I'm eating noodles <3 and fighting market:
I've found these online but they don't seem to work
Code:
ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.build.fingerprint=google/soju/crespo:2.3.4/GRJ22/121341:user/release-keys
ro.build.description=soju-user 2.3.4 GRJ22 121341 release-keys
Code:
ro.product.model=PD_Novel
ro.product.manufacturer=unknown
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.1-update1/ERE27/24178:user/release-keys
Code:
ro.board.platform=s3c6410
ro.build.product=smdk6410
ro.build.description=sec_smdk6410-eng Eclair pandigitalopc1/sourceidDL00000009 eng.publisher.2011.01.03.131654 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.1-update1/ERE27/24178:user/release-keys
Code:
ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
All this taken from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1333584.html
(here is "market fixer" -> http://kyros-tablet-zone.team-talk.net/t204-dev-easy-market-fixer-plus-v10-62411 <- but it's just stupid, it doesn't do anything related to our issue)
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-in...-from-android-market-for-unsupported-devices/
https://plus.google.com/103394636954928901514/posts/btyxqnxB3nc
Yes, I've also tried 2.3 Market (which I've just found and I'm gonna use as a new market) and it doesn't do anything.
I've also tried clearing cache/data from GSF & Market prior to testing all these build.prop changes. Something is really effed up there in the market :/

No success
I tried all these changes in build.prop and even tried changing the build.prop before installing the ROM again. this method does not seem to work.
I have 1 question. why do we have a build-SAPHIRE.prop? does it do anything or just a backup?
thanks

badikhi said:
I tried all these changes in build.prop and even tried changing the build.prop before installing the ROM again. this method does not seem to work.
I have 1 question. why do we have a build-SAPHIRE.prop? does it do anything or just a backup?
thanks
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I'm looking for info on the Froyo market now. It seems the solutions are a bit different, so I'm trying them out now
Hmn, now that you mention it... I've put it in all the ROMs I've tried or used back when I was editing GingerYoshi and making this ROM because I think it added some info needed for the phone. Looking at it now, it seems to be somewhat of a culprit, so I've removed it and I'm gonna give these solutions another try now, so thanks for pointing it out!
It also seems like clearing cache+data from Download Manager helps too, along with Google Services Framework and Market. Or so I read somewhere

I F***KIN' DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OKAY... it seems that the Market caches data on the server too, associated to your google account.
Now, this problem only seems to appear if you install Market 3 and then go back to Market 2, if you do, the apps flagged as incompatible will disappear no matter what you do. At least, that's how I messed up my market... but I did so AFTER uploading the 0.3.8 U1 so it's weird that some of you have got the same problem.
The idea seems to make Market clear the data once it's downloaded on the phone and by consequence clears it when it synchronizes with the web server (it's just a theory), which seems to fix the issue.
There IS a solution and this is the working one:
1. Go to manage applications, all tab.
2. Go to market, clear cache, data and force stop
3. Go to Google Services framework, clear data and force stop
4. Edit the following build.prop lines to be the following (Some of these lines may already be correct)
ro.build.id=GRJ22
ro.build.display.id=GRJ22
ro.product.name=soju
ro.product.device=crespo
ro.build.description=soju-user 2.3.4 GRJ22 121341 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google/soju/crespo:2.3.4/GRJ22/121341:user/release-keys
5. Reboot phone, and give it a bit of extra time to startup before opening the market.
6. Open market, agree to TOS.
7. Go to manage applications, all tab.
8. Go to market, clear cache and force stop (DO NOT CLEAR DATA)
9. Go to Google Services framework, clear data and force stop
10. Open market, and you should get an error. (This is good)
11. Restart phone again.
This is taken from ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133702 ) (THANKS! btw ^^).
Now, following these steps is VERY, VERY important. You must repeat all of them (except editing the build.prop if you've already modified it) until you get the error as in step 10 and reboot the phone. If you can't see the apps again, well the workflow is the following one:
1. Clear all data/cache/etc from market/gsf.
2. Go back to market and see if the LICENSE TERMS appear. If they don't, reboot, clear data, etc. until it does.
3. AFTER the license terms appear, do steps 5-11. The "DO NOT CLEAR DATA" warning is VERY important, else IT WON'T WORK.
Now... for FroyoDragon, I'll post an updated version and a fixed build.prop for ya guys maybe tomorrow or around this week ^_^. YAY!
Also, it seems that removing the build.sapphire.prop file helped in the process of market detecting the build.prop changes, so kudos to badikhi! ^^

Congratz...
This is great news. and I'm always happy to help.
I have 1 request. can you include google talk in the next release of the dragon?
thanks

darkguy2008 (or anyone),
Any idea if this works on other phones, ie Evo 4G? I have seen other posts which edit the build.prop but the changes are specific to a phone.

I had to do this to my phone, a Droid 2. Several apps I used to have would not download again becasue they are now magically incompatable even though they worked just fine before.
Anyway, I went through the steps a few pages up. All I changed in build.prop was model and manufactuer. I changed it to Nexus S, and Samsung. The apps are now showing back up on my phone. However, when I go to market.android.com on my computer, it was still showing as the droid 2. I removed it, but now its not showing any devices for my account, so I can download from the market that way.
Ill give it some time and download a few apps and see if the servers get updated in a bit. But, at least from the phone, this works great.

badikhi said:
This is great news. and I'm always happy to help.
I have 1 request. can you include google talk in the next release of the dragon?
thanks
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Indeed it is, thanks for the suggestions =).
I think I can, yes.
satur9 said:
darkguy2008 (or anyone),
Any idea if this works on other phones, ie Evo 4G? I have seen other posts which edit the build.prop but the changes are specific to a phone.
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In theory it should, just as long as you have build.prop. Look at what the guy with the Droid 2 did and it could help your phone too. I'm really impressed to know that it doesn't work on the Evo 4G, which is a fairly recent phone... :/
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I had to do this to my phone, a Droid 2. Several apps I used to have would not download again becasue they are now magically incompatable even though they worked just fine before.
Anyway, I went through the steps a few pages up. All I changed in build.prop was model and manufactuer. I changed it to Nexus S, and Samsung. The apps are now showing back up on my phone. However, when I go to market.android.com on my computer, it was still showing as the droid 2. I removed it, but now its not showing any devices for my account, so I can download from the market that way.
Ill give it some time and download a few apps and see if the servers get updated in a bit. But, at least from the phone, this works great.
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That's alright, it's good to know the steps worked for you . I might give it a try and change it to Nexus S & Samsung and see if it helps - so it's cleaner that way. Thanks for sharing your results

Hmm, I've got a few doubs now:
Do any of you see Google Talk in the market? along with Facebook, AlarmDroid, Google Maps and such? if you can see those apps, can you share your build.prop? THANKS!
I also have a few questions:
1. Does this happens on GingerBread markets/ROMs?
2. Does this happens on devices which have Froyo or GB as stock ROM? (such as recent devices)?

darkguy2008 said:
Hmm, I've got a few doubs now:
Do any of you see Google Talk in the market? along with Facebook, AlarmDroid, Google Maps and such? if you can see those apps, can you share your build.prop? THANKS!
I also have a few questions:
1. Does this happens on GingerBread markets/ROMs?
2. Does this happens on devices which have Froyo or GB as stock ROM? (such as recent devices)?
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You can't see Google Talk in the market. It's not there. That's the reason I asked you to include it in your ROM. you have to take it from the gapps zip. If you need a gapps for froyo I can send you the 1 I use with your ROM and it works for me.

badikhi said:
You can't see Google Talk in the market. It's not there. That's the reason I asked you to include it in your ROM. you have to take it from the gapps zip. If you need a gapps for froyo I can send you the 1 I use with your ROM and it works for me.
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Oh, I see. Sure, send it, I'll give it a look ^_^!
But is that normal? I mean, should GTalk appear in the market or are Maps/Gmail the only which should?

darkguy, did you update the working build.prop in the 0.3.9 version?

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darkguy, did you update the working build.prop in the 0.3.9 version?
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Yes I did, but the market's still screwed up so it's a matter of luck. If it doesn't then try the steps here and it should.
Another thing I did was to apply the 160 density update.zip right after flashing FroyoDragon 0.3.9 then went into the market and it seems it did the job, then I went back to 135 and it's still working cool.

oh no, it doesn't work....!!

darkguy2008 said:
I F***KIN' DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats (one more time) for Market Fix. It worked!!!
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Xposed for lollipop(working?!?)

It's released
Thread link- here
I got it working..
Post #6

May be we should make a list of what modules are currently working on our lollipop moto e to keep a track.
Some one reported that xinternal SD is working.
This type of list will help all. What do u say??
Any one who got a module working can report here.

I read the comments youtube adway was working,,I didn't tested it on my moto e,will report and update the status soon..
Sure if anyone finds it can report I don't have any problems..

Not working on moto e 5.0.2 tried it yeterday, it flashes correctly via twrp but when u try to install apk it never installs, system becomes very very laggy.

iTudorS said:
Not working on moto e 5.0.2 tried it yeterday, it flashes correctly via twrp but when u try to install apk it never installs, system becomes very very laggy.
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That's sad,I will try it on mine and report here..
Edit:Not working op updated..

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It isnt working.... ie. framework not installing
and side effects are:
-All my apps on sd went missing(after restoring system partition i got it back)
-storage space was low it asked to clear out 250mb of space from system.....
-Lagged (maybe due to the storage issue in system)
anyway some 1 posted this:
Working on my OnePlus one. It wasn't working at first, but I got it by doing this
1. Flash framework
2. Install apk
3. Go back to recovery and flash the framework again
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and other post
Using nexus 5 , purity ROM (lollipop version) tried two ways:
way 1:
1. flash the zip
2.install apk
shows xposedbridge.jar active , app_process doesnt
way 2:
1.install apk
2.mount system
3.flash zip
shows xposedbridge.jar active , app_process doesnt
i understand many people have it , but wrote it so you will save some time doing the steps i did.
EDIT - SOLUTION FOUND :
the solution is to install random modul (i choose chromepie) apply it and reboot - have fun using xposed
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Can some1 try this?

It wasn't working when I first installed,I got full storage and phone lagged...
what I do to get it working was to reboot to recovery and factory reset,after reset I rebooted the phone,it took about 10-15 mins,after booting up I rebooted to recovery and flashed the supersu then xposed zip again,after reboot everything was normal no storage space error or anything,I installed the apk and all is working fine as of now..

gaurav2009 said:
It wasn't working when I first installed,I got full storage and phone lagged...
what I do to get it working was to reboot to recovery and factory reset,after reset I rebooted the phone,it took about 10-15 mins,after booting up I rebooted to recovery and flashed the supersu then xposed zip again,after reboot everything was normal no storage space error or anything,I installed the apk and all is working fine as of now..
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Thanks mate for reporting. Even i had the lag issue. All apps on sd disappeared and a notification of 250 mb storage or something like that poped up and i went back to KK. I'll flash lollipop tomorrow. And report it here.

some modules that work good right now:
http://www.xda-developers.com/xposed-modules-to-install-right-now-on-lollipop/
App Settings [Lollipop Alternative by rovo89] [1]:
This was by far one of my favorite Xposed modules back when I wasn’t running Lollipop, and certainly the one I missed the most. With this baby you can change DPI per app (which allows you to keep whatever DPI you want on the rest of the SystemUI), as well as the application’s font scale, immersive mode, RAM pinning, and insistent notifications for those that don’t want to miss their valentine’s texts (and lose their heads over it).
Xposed GEL Settings [1][2]:
For those fans of the “pure Google experience”, this module can let you further customize your Google Launcher by letting you hide the search bar or individual applications, change grid, icon and text sizes, remove labels and more. It doesn’t make it quite as flexible as Nova, but it’s definitely a good module to have for those that love the Google integration of their launcher, and the cleanness and optimization of it.
RootCloak [1]:
Some apps detect root and either prevent access or limit your features as a preemptive method for security. While it is understandable some might want to further fortify their application, us XDA tinkerers can be left out of services due to this. This module hides root for the apps you choose, simple as that. We can’t specifically tell you what to use this module for, but if you’ve had problems like this before, look no further.
Advanced Power Menu+ [1]: This module lets you customize the power menu of your phone to add or remove items in any order you want. There are extra reboot options (soft boot, recovery boot, bootloader), a screenshot option, a quick-dial to call whoever, some connection toggles and a handy flashlight. I always have advanced power menus on my phones, and an Xposed module alternative is much easier than flashing additional zip’s. If this doesn’t work for you, the new Lollipop Power Menu module might.
XToast [1]:
This was one of my favorites back then, as it lets you add the Toast notification’s app origin into the message box by adding the corresponding app’s icon. That in itself makes it useful, but you can also customize said icon and add the name, or change the toast style back to older versions. The duration, transparency and where it appears also can be chosen. Basically, toasts are at your control to make them more informative and personal. You won’t know how awesome it is until you try it!
Lollipop Notification Ticker [1]:
This one was meant to restore the ticker on the status bar that informed you of the contents of your latest notifications. It was made before Xposed for Lollipop came out, which was a daring move that worked… partially. According to reports, it breaks heads-up notifications alongside fixing the ticker. If you dislike those in the first place, though, you might want to give it a try.
Native Clip board [1]:
Copying and pasting on smartphones was never the most fluid thing, nor the most consistent. This module adds clip-board management straight to the text-selection menu, and it allows you to theme the new menu, black-list apps and further customize it. If you happen to be working on your phone because there’s a document you might need to edit on the bus, this will prove useful.
BootManager [1]:
A must-have to those that want their device to be slim and efficient on boot. This module allows you to select which applications run when you power up your device, and those that don’t get allowed to do so usually stay dormant until you fire them up. If you’ve got a good amount of things that you don’t need right away but are hesitant to greenify, this can alleviate the dilemma of your user experience.

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It's released
Thread link- here
I got it working..
Post #6
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Does the dpi change work?

i try install on my phone, but i got only Bootloop :crying:

Official Xposed Framework released for Lollipop
Anybody tried official lollipop veesion?
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/official-xposed-lollipop-t3030118

Adarsh1998 said:
Anybody tried official lollipop veesion?
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/official-xposed-lollipop-t3030118
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Thats the version that we are talkin about here...
and @gaurav2009 thanks for giving me hope..... now i know the exact steps to install lollipop without factory resetting the device..... (not very diff from the method stated there)

anybody know how to fix the low storage issues? my phone get laggy
just reflash the root.zip or re-root your MotoE. for me it fix the low memmory issues,

just reflash the root.zip or re-root your MotoE. for me it fix the low memmory issues said:
Deleting both caches (cache + Dalvik cache) immediately after flashing before reboot does it for me. Everytime.
Without that: lags, space issues, always a restore necessary to get a working device
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[New Release] Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S stable version update 2017-12-20

[New Release] Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S stable version update 2017-12-20
Info https://bbs.le.com/thread-2465889-1.html
Download link http://g3.letv.cn/261/9/97/scloud-ota/0/upload/tmp/1512962732_FULL_X500_X500-CN-OP-DBXCNOP5902812084S-5.9.0.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500 Thanks to wnl2527s

From where did u get this Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S update ???
And from where did u downloaded this update

thebestgames said:
[New Release] Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S stable version update 2017-12-20
Info https://bbs.le.com/thread-2465889-1.html
Download link http://g3.letv.cn/261/9/97/scloud-o...2084S-5.9.0.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500 Thanks to wnl2527s
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Chinese or english ?

Chinese ROM with English option. I received it via OTA 28th of December. I f*king hated it, and reverted back to 26s (previously I had 20s and it was a fine ROM).
My description of it is pasted below from another topic, but bottom line, it has a crappy folder interface, no entering/exiting animations, it's harder to return back from a folder, and it will screw google services.
If you go to the original topic and scroll down a little you'll see some screenshots I posted.
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Ok, my phone just updated by OTA yesterday from 20S to 28S (yeah, it jumped 7 updates, I know).
Well, the new update is a pile of crap:
1- After the 1,2GB update the playstore became corrupted. I tried to clean cache and data of Google services and playstore as I saw in a video, it didn't work. Then I uninstalled those 2 and google framework, and tried to install them with Google Installer (that app that installs the Playstore in chinese phones that don't have gapps). It installed them but it didn't work. I downloaded the most recent Google Installer apk and repeated the process, again it didn't work. F*cking seriously??
2- Some system apps now have splash screen ads which make you wait. Very professional, LeEco
3- The smooth zoom in / zoom out animations every time we entered/exited a folder are gone, now you enter one and can scroll sideways to get to another folder while their titles are in the top sliding horizontally, metro style. Worst even it's harder to exit the folder: before this update we clicked a free spot and it exited it, but now we have to tap a free spot in the right side to the "+" sign, or it won't exit, I have to put my finger all the way down to tap the back button.
And the turd in the top of the cake, when a folder is entered, the OS displays f*cking ads!! chinese ads, in my folders! Thankfully this can be disabled, but what the hell, Leeco?
4- The Phone Manager app is much more intrusive always complaining about cleaning, data plans and telling me to "accelerate apps"
5- A butload of more chinese apps installed
6- In the browser (that also has a splash screen), if I choose "other countries" as a location I loose the Bing and google options as search engines with only the chinese search engines available, so I have to set my location as USA (I'm in europe). If I wanted only chinese search engines I would have choose as my location, oh I don't know... China, maybe? What stupidity is this?
7- The folder icon now only shows 4 apps maximum, before it supported 9, which was much more useful
So, anyone else with these kind of problems, was your playstore app ruined too?
I'm planning to downgrade to a version without this stupid folder navigation system, and of course with a funcioning playstore. Which version is that? 26S? 27S?
I like the previous version and don't want to install "pure android" or buggy cooked roms.
I hope anyone can answer my questions, thank you and sorry for the rant
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5.9.28S is cr*p...
My daughter received the 5.9.28S update for her X500 little over a week ago, i got it 2 days ago on my X620....
IMHO do NOT upgrade to that version because for the last few days i've been trying to get GApps to work on the
X500 and X620 (both unrooted) but Google Play Services will NOT work on 5.9.28S. My daughter is the
most unhappy girl in the world at the moment because every friggin app that needs Google Play Services doesn't work...
I've tried everything i could think of and i've tried a lot of solutions from the most well known places for these kinda
problems on the interwebs. Not ONE solution worked, both the X500 and X620 have been factory reset several times
and its the same story "Google Play Services stopped working" over and over and over again... Worst update EVER!
It's driving me NUTS!!! I need to revert both phones back to 5.9.23S or 5.9.26S.
@pipoawas
You can turn of the ads... Long press free spot on screen, go to "Desktop settings" and disable "Media recommend".
But i think you found that out already
*Edit:
Tried to revert to 5.9.23S on my wiped X620 with the file from LeTV.... It FAILS to install during recovery. What the ... I give up....

@Excorio
Yes, I know about disabling the ads, but we're still stuck with the splash screens and the hedious launcher: when exiting a folder, if the '+' sign is at the right with no space left at it's right side, you can't exit that folder without going down to the back button.
I discovered for myself how to make google services to work, and it wasn't from any solution on the web. Here, it's the 1st post. You will also have to do another extra step to synchronize your google contacts with the phone contacts (aka, getting your phone contacts populated with your google contacts, e.g. gmail contacts), if that's your case, or else the phone contacts will be empty. To find it just scrool a little down from that 1st post (it's the big "EDIT" in red).
Yes you can export the contacts manually in a csv file from google contacts to the phone contacts, but they will never sync: any change you do to one won't update in the other
One thing that's pissing me off is that I'm having trouble with the 26S:
In the google keyboard (gboard), even though I added my home language, it underlines in red any word from my language; even stranger, despite underlining them, it keeps suggesting them (so it knows them after all). Even worse every time I tap on a word the drop down menu pops up suggesting english words, despite the fact that I have set the keyboard to write in my language.
That and any keyboard I try (4 of them) completly freeze every time I try to update a comment in facebook. *Any keyboard*
So I tried to revert to 23S like you, and like you, it gives me an error. I tried 20S, another error (it's meant to be flashed in twrp only or something, I thought). Then I went to their official rom site (https://bbs.le.com/zt/eui/le_1s.html), with the kind of official roms that work with the original recovery (that I have), I downloaded the 13S, renamed to 'update.zip', tried to downgrade to it, and guess what, another error! With an official rom, with original recovery, in a phone that was never rooted!
F*CK YOU, Leeco!
EDIT: I just found out why 23s, 20s and 13s seem to be off limits, it's not that they're meant to be flashed with twrp, it's because of this (translated from chinese):
After the Android 5.0 (EUI and EUI versions under 13s and 13s) is upgraded to Android 6.0 (15s and above) , the underlying code logic of the system changes. It is not supported to roll back from Android 6.0 to the previous Android 5.0 version .
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The 3 roms I mentioned before are Android 5.0. I guess the update to 6.0 (26s, 28s) changed something in the phone, I'm guessing it's the recovery, that now rejects roms from Android 5
source: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://bbs.le.com/thread-2387187-1.html

To be honest, if i could get Google services running on 5.9.028S_12161 (Stable release) on my X620 i wouldn't mind the so called "improvements" of that update....
I have read your post about how you got it working... It was one of the first i read while searching on XDA I actually used the same installation package you mention in your post, that apk also gave me the same "corrupt apk error". I did what you did and still it wouldn't work on 5.9.028S, i read the post several times (lol) and tried to get it working serveral times but it failed. I then searched for another installer (more recent one called "Google Installer v2 for Xiaomi / MIUI Devices") and tried that one on 5.9.028S but that one also didnt work. After that i lost my patience, cuz i was trying for a couple of days already, and i went on the forum again to write the rant on this page https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...om-rom-to-official-stock-rom-5-t3725302/page3
While i was writing that post i was downloading 5.9.026S_06141 (Stable release) from this forum page https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/development/mtk-chipset-custom-rom-to-official-t3715691 I had NO hopes for it to work because of all the previous FAILS (grrrrrrr....) but i could try anyway right. So after downloading i copied it to my phone's root storage and renamed it to update.zip and started the update from withing the file manager AND i crossed my fingers also
OMG it worked! I now have 5.9.026S on my phone again. Then i used that same "Google Installer v2 for Xiaomi / MIUI Devices". It installed all needed apps to get stuff working. So after some installations and a reboot the Google Play Services was working again, no errors. I was able to access the Play Store and every other Google app EXCEPT for Gmail. I couldnt get Gmail running cuz Gmail popped an error saying gmail has a problem with google play services. So just to be sure i checked the Play Services version and it was 438 but i need 440 for my X620. So i updated Play Services to 11.9.51 (440-177350961) and i was able to get into Gmail again without any error. It was just a wrong Services version. Pfff....
Now my X620 is purring like a kitten on 26S again like before. The ONLY thing that's p*ssing me off is that i get a notification from an app thats installed on the phone called "Performance Monitor". If i run the Play Store for example the notification says "Google Play Store skip 48 frames!" (see image below). I have never EVER seen that before. This goes for any app im starting up or have running. The notification pops up now and again telling me some app "skipped xx frames."
What the heck is that thing and why is this happening? More importantly how do i make it go away?
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Good to know you got it working, I guess my solution worked only for me (that, and your phone is X620 while mine is the X500)
To my surprise 23S seems to be Android 6.0, according to the "about phone". Then why the hell did it refuse to install??
Bear in mind that I'm almost certain that my "contact Sync solution" seems to be the culprit for my issue of only one language being recognized by the google keyboard; that or is an incompatibility with Android 6 and that particular Google Sync apk, because later I tried 13S rom, then Google Installer 1.3 which installed all the necessary apks with no errors (aka, no need to install a external apk for Google Sync), and the Gboard recognizes both languages.
You really like the "upgrades" of 28S? yacchh The default browser takes some 5 seconds before it even opens a website, because of 1, sometimes 2 (!) splashscreens. And really, what new upgrades does 28S has? being Marshmellow? big deal, I don't notice it in my daily life, so a previous version is fine by me.
About the "Performance Monitor", there's got to be a way to disable some notifications in the app, otherwise I recommend you disable all of the Performance Monitor notifications in the settings->notifications->permissions
That 48 frames thingy is new to me... are you sure you didn't activate something about performance either in the "Performance Monitor" or in the developer options?
Anyway, that's a chinese app, I suggest you disable their notifications like I described above with the "Performance Monitor", or even disable some of those apps altoghether (you can't do that with *every* chinese app though)
By the way, how did you update the Play Services to 11.9.51? you hunted for the apk online, or is there another method that I'm not aware about?

I don't like the "improvements" they made in the new version but it's not that i run into stuff i need to change. Also i use Chrome for browsing. The default browser is not that good imho and i have been using Swiftkey as a keyboard for ages and works great for me...
I can not set permissions for the "Performance Monitor". This app was already on the phone after i installed 26S so it must come with 26S? I also did not enable anything to make it come up with those messages. I'm also not able to set permissions for that app or disable notifications, the most ANNOYING thing about that notification is that the phone vibrates with it also... (See image below) and i can not uninstall it. If anyone has an answer to this Performance Monitior thing plz do tell cuz i cant find anything about it.
I did indeed hunt for the Google Installer online. Here's the page i got it from: http://www.teamandroid.com/2017/06/21/download-google-installer-v2/. The only problem with this one was that it installed 438 and not 440. I was not able to upgrade to 440 manually or thru the Play Store (I cant find it in my Play Store, dunno why) so i installed an app called "Play Services Info" from the Play Store. I've used that one before and always worked for me. The app shows what version you have installed and you can also upgrade from the current version to the latest version by tapping "PLAY STORE". (See image below). It then opens a Play Store page where you can download/install the latest version, you also have the option to download it from APK Mirror.
Another fun fact about the System Update app in 26S is that even if you disable Auto-update in Settings it will STILL download 5.9.028S and it WILL try to get the new version installed. I noticed this morning that it had downloaded it and it wanted me to update to 28S! No way thats gonna happen lol. Crappy thing about that update message is on the screen that you cant get it to close by using the back button for example.
So i just shut down my phone by holding the power button, i then connected the phone to my PC and powered the phone up. On my PC i went into the file system of the phone, deleted the update zip file from data\com.letv.android.ota. I went into settings and denied the storage permission for the updater app. Just to be sure i rebooted the phone and there's no more message about the update. I then opened the updater app and it said i had the latest version lol... It now thinks 26S is the latest version even if you tap the update button. It still recognizes 26S as the latest version so im confident 28S will never come by again in the updater...

gboard has a better prediction in my opinion, and that facebook issue also happens with swiftkey.
chrome is bloated and google is the new Big Brother now. I would recommend opera or vivaldi.
For the Performance Monitor notifications go to settings, notification management, see if you can find "Performance Monitor" and choose it. Also the Phone Manager app (the icon is a tuxedo ) has some permission settings that might be useful, including the disabling of apps.
If that doesn't work, then your options are either rooting your phone so you have permission to mess with that app at will, or get another ROM (26S, 23S)
You can also see the google play services version number in app management/google play services.
To delete new updates from the update app you just have to go to app management, choose 'system update' and wipe it's data (or cache); you will see that one of them has some ~1.3 GB of data.
I'm afraid the system update notification may appear again, I too denied storage and notification permissions, and that damn thing appeared to me again later. No promises , but try to wipe the data and cache from that app and never run it again, so it doesnt have any permissions (you still havent agreeded with its licence, you know, that popup "do you give this app permission to access blablabla")

pipoawas said:
Chinese ROM with English option. I received it via OTA 28th of December. I f*king hated it, and reverted back to 26s (previously I had 20s and it was a fine ROM).
My description of it is pasted below from another topic, but bottom line, it has a crappy folder interface, no entering/exiting animations, it's harder to return back from a folder, and it will screw google services.
If you go to the original topic and scroll down a little you'll see some screenshots I posted.
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Ok, my phone just updated by OTA yesterday from 20S to 28S (yeah, it jumped 7 updates, I know).
Well, the new update is a pile of crap:
1- After the 1,2GB update the playstore became corrupted. I tried to clean cache and data of Google services and playstore as I saw in a video, it didn't work. Then I uninstalled those 2 and google framework, and tried to install them with Google Installer (that app that installs the Playstore in chinese phones that don't have gapps). It installed them but it didn't work. I downloaded the most recent Google Installer apk and repeated the process, again it didn't work. F*cking seriously??
2- Some system apps now have splash screen ads which make you wait. Very professional, LeEco
3- The smooth zoom in / zoom out animations every time we entered/exited a folder are gone, now you enter one and can scroll sideways to get to another folder while their titles are in the top sliding horizontally, metro style. Worst even it's harder to exit the folder: before this update we clicked a free spot and it exited it, but now we have to tap a free spot in the right side to the "+" sign, or it won't exit, I have to put my finger all the way down to tap the back button.
And the turd in the top of the cake, when a folder is entered, the OS displays f*cking ads!! chinese ads, in my folders! Thankfully this can be disabled, but what the hell, Leeco?
4- The Phone Manager app is much more intrusive always complaining about cleaning, data plans and telling me to "accelerate apps"
5- A butload of more chinese apps installed
6- In the browser (that also has a splash screen), if I choose "other countries" as a location I loose the Bing and google options as search engines with only the chinese search engines available, so I have to set my location as USA (I'm in europe). If I wanted only chinese search engines I would have choose as my location, oh I don't know... China, maybe? What stupidity is this?
7- The folder icon now only shows 4 apps maximum, before it supported 9, which was much more useful
So, anyone else with these kind of problems, was your playstore app ruined too?
I'm planning to downgrade to a version without this stupid folder navigation system, and of course with a funcioning playstore. Which version is that? 26S? 27S?
I like the previous version and don't want to install "pure android" or buggy cooked roms.
I hope anyone can answer my questions, thank you and sorry for the rant
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So I upgraded to 26s, and I hated so I tried downgrading using flashing but for some reason my bootloader won't unlock so I upgraded to 28s. It's better than the 26s in my opinion, less bloatware than the 26s, new awesome camera, app drawer, improved battery life. My Gapps are working successfully, I downloaded them from here https://youtu.be/8VU270w99bA there are links in the description so no need to wait for it like he does. My calendar keeps crashing tho, and the splash screens are hideous, but I don't have a problem with folders because I was used to the app drawer before this, and now I have it again I don't use folder on the main screen anymore. Chinese ads are disabled (but seriously though what the freak??) And I think it's functional enough, at least until I figure out how to downgrade to my stock rom lol

Why did you hate 26S? is basically the same as 20S, but it lets you update the gallery, calendar and browser to the new 28S versions (it asks you for each app, sooner or later).
But I didn't update these apps since I like the old gallery with it's recycle bin, and the 26S browser already supports more than 16 tabs and doesn't freak out with the search engines and location
You prefer the app drawer? To each it's own I guess But it's hard to find the app you want in the middle of so many apps including system apps. Folders are a must, they're organized according to *your* tastes and your software designations.
The new camera still doesn't seem as good as the google's Open Camera app. At least it doesn't made that loud sound when taking a picture and it's faster than open camera specially in burst mode.
As for the locked bootloader, have you tried fastboot oem unlock in fastboot? From there you just have to copy the stock rom as update.zip (no caps lock) in the root of the virtual sd card, flash the original letv recovery, reboot, and the phone will flash the original stock ROM. Maybe you can do this through TWRP too, but I'm not sure.

For some reason I can't update to the 28S OTA (I have 20S), when updating it says "failed to update! Cause: corrupted"
I have the original recovery, the phone is unrooted (it was rooted before but I erased the system folder)
Why is this happening??
Also FYI, I want to update to this rom which I don't like, because my phone is having strange behaviours even after wipes and flashing the original roms:
Whatsapp and now Telegram often don't deliver the messages when the phone is idle (I have to constantly open the apps to see if there are new messages), and now another issue, those blue filter apps like twilight suddenly stop working and close (no banner in status bar, no "badge" icon, nothing"). I had this app working for a full year before, and now this happens, WTF?? the same happens wit hanother similar filter app.
It's like messaging and these filter apps get kicked from memory, (though still being shown in multitasking screen)
I have gave all permissions to all of them and configured them to autostart after boot
It's like something is roten inside the phone, and decaying further.... no amount of wipes and fresh installed roms will correct this. How in the hell is this possible?