Hi guys,
Thanks for all the support and guides posted here, they've been very useful in helping me getting my Kindle rooted and getting rid of the horrible carousel, however I'm having a bizarre problem.
If I leave my Kindle plugged into my computer for a prolonged period of time (I.E to charge it) It seems to reset all the hardwork I've done. Nova launcher completely vanishes from the device as do a few gapps and the stock launcher returns with Carousel etc. I've also made a few edits to the LCD density within the build.prop file and this also seems to revert to it's default settings. Strangely, any apps I've downloaded from the Google app store are still there.
Once these things happen I also seem to lose the ability to copy or edit any files at root. I can view everything but I have to re-root my Kindle in order to make edits or move files to the system/apps folder.
Has anyone else experienced this or know what the issue might be? My Kindle is connected to WiFi 90% of the time and nothing like this happens, but if I leave it plugged into my computer for 30 minutes or more everything resets.
Help? Suggestions?
Kindle Fire Bug
cdbailey said:
Hi guys,
Thanks for all the support and guides posted here, they've been very useful in helping me getting my Kindle rooted and getting rid of the horrible carousel, however I'm having a bizarre problem.
If I leave my Kindle plugged into my computer for a prolonged period of time (I.E to charge it) It seems to reset all the hardwork I've done. Nova launcher completely vanishes from the device as do a few gapps and the stock launcher returns with Carousel etc. I've also made a few edits to the LCD density within the build.prop file and this also seems to revert to it's default settings. Strangely, any apps I've downloaded from the Google app store are still there.
Once these things happen I also seem to lose the ability to copy or edit any files at root. I can view everything but I have to re-root my Kindle in order to make edits or move files to the system/apps folder.
Has anyone else experienced this or know what the issue might be? My Kindle is connected to WiFi 90% of the time and nothing like this happens, but if I leave it plugged into my computer for 30 minutes or more everything resets.
Help? Suggestions?
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cdbailey,
I am sorry for the delayed response, we had to go out to an emergency call and got
back an hour ago. Sounds like Amazon sent a software update to your Kindle. Has it
happened more than once? If not, I would mark it up to a Software Update. The
Service is called OTA (Over The Air) Update Service. Look in the Device > About,
what is your software version? If this is not possible you need to send it back to
Amazon for replacement. Remove Google Play before sending it in to Amazon.
This is NOT normal.
Hey that's no problem at all, it was thanks to the help.of your guides that I've been able to get my head around all of this.
The first time it happened my initial thought was, like you said, that my device had received a software upgrade. Unfortunately this has happened a total of three times and each time I've followed my daily routine of coming in from work, plugging my USB from the Kindle into my computer, going back to it a couple of hours later and finding it has all reset.
I don't know if it can be related at all but I have been using a slightly older version of Nova launcher as opposed to GOLauncher like your guide suggests.
Last night after finding it reset for the third time I decided that if so many people were having luck with GOLauncher then I'd try the same. As an experiment I left my Kindle connected to the computer much of last night and so far, so good.
I'll update here if it does happen to reset but I'm still not sure what caused it. Thanks again for the reply.
Okay... literally seconds after my last post I went to check my Kindle for the software version to find it had reset again. This time it wasn't connected to my computer and my software version is currently 7.2.3
Could editing the build.prop file be forcing my Kindle to update itself as it doesn't recognize the contents to be correct?
I don"t recommend editing the build.prop yet till you can back up the device or this may happen
Sent from my KFTT using xda premium
Kindle Fire Resets - No Explanation
cdbailey said:
Okay... literally seconds after my last post I went to check my Kindle for the software version to find it had reset again. This time it wasn't connected to my computer and my software version is currently 7.2.3
Could editing the build.prop file be forcing my Kindle to update itself as it doesn't recognize the contents to be correct?
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cdbailey,
Although we do not recommend editing the build.prop there is nothing that would
perform an inventory forcing an update. You can edit just about everything in
the Kindle and it would not send a signal to be updated. I suspect the OTA
Inventory Service database is sour, not recognizing you current software
version, thus looping the update. We just posted a new tutorial that
would shutdown these services. Please perform these steps to disable
the update service (Note: You may manually execute the update):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086450
This will be an interesting experiment to see if it clears up your looping
update service.
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I have a non-rooted Droid 2 and the Desk/Home dock. When I first tried it out, it worked as expected--starting the home dock screen when placed in the dock. However, I now find that whenever I dock the droid, the notification bar shows that it is connected to the multimedia dock but it does not start the dock application. I used Astro to browse the /system/app folder and found a file Dock.apk- clicked on Open App manager and then Launch at which point I get a message saying "Activity not found com.motorola.dlauncher". I am assuming this is related to why the dock app is not running when the Droid is docked.
Can anyone PLEASE tell me why this suddenly stopped working (related to trying to see if a magnet next to the phone will do what the dock does?) and more importantly, what I can do to get it working again? I do not want to do a factory reset as I have spent all too much time getting apps loaded and configs setup. The app appears to be there but it won't run.
THANKS.
Sounds like maybe you removed a necessary apk from the phone, something that contains the missing activity...
I agree that is what it looks like but unless an app can do that on a non-rooted phone, I don't know how I managed to do that. Also the dock.apk seems to be there (unless it is damaged in some way). So now , the question is how to further narrow down what is missing or damaged and how to repair it.
You probably installed another app/program that changed or disabled that functionality. Hard-reset. Try again.
Given how much effort I have expended getting this Droid to where I want it, I would really like to avoid doing a factory reset. I don't know of an easy way to backup all of the apps and settings so that they can be restored (as is possible on the iPhone) unless the phone is rooted. Can anyone suggest what I might try doing other than a hard reset (which is the Verizon answer to any problem they can't solve).
Thanks.
OK... You said that when you load it in the dock, the notification bar indicates that the dock has been detected... So what happens when you drag the notification bar down and tap on the "Multimedia Dock" notification? Does the Dock app load, or does it give you the error at that point as well?
I don't believe this...I have a feeling that you were about to actually solve this problem because after trying to get this to work innumerable times, I just put the Droid in the dock to tell you precisely what the message was ("Multimedia Dock Detected" and when I tap on the notification, " Activity com.motorola.dlauncher not found") and low and behold it started working again. Very strange (unless VZW is doing OTA changes that somehow repaired the problem. I think that it knew you were going to tell me how to fix it
Thanks!
well, I didn't have an answer for you, merely going to try and help troubleshoot a bit. Glad you got it figured out.... Did you do anything to it since the last time you tried? Reset the phone?
If you had a rooted phone, there would be lots more that we could have tried, such as moving files and checking permissions...
Hope you are enjoying your Droid, despite this problem....
Hey, I have a rooted a500 and i just installed vtl launcher. I turned off the tablet and when i turned it back on it won't get past the android boot animation. I can still plug the usb in to my computer and view files. I have attempted to run the update.zip without any success.
I could use a little assistants.
I no longer have an acer a500, however, I believe the VTL launcher is what caused the same problem on my acer. I ended up exchanging it for the xoom since I was still on the 14 day trade in through Bestbuy. Hopefully you'll have better luck than I did and someone here can assist with a fix.
This happened to me - twice. (Yes, I am an idiot).
First time, I left the device charging over night while off and with the sd card removed. The next morning I rebooted it and left it, and it eventually rebooted. (It would play notifications for emails I had received during the night, which was a good sign). I did a factory reset and everything was fine.
Second time, I installed the Acer drivers on my computer and connected it up via adb. It could read the sd card fine. I played around with some adb commands - I tried to uninstall the app via adb, but I couldn't access my /data/apps folder ("permission denied").
I can't remember exactly what I typed, but it might have been "remount" or something, and suddenly it booted up. I just uninstalled VTL Launcher, and all is well.
Sorry I couldn't be more specific on how I did it, I honestly can't remember.
Hi, I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
Yesterday I tried downloading and installing Go Launcher because I wanted to add keyboard language change options. I found an article whose steps involved first downloading/installing Go Launcher. It was supposedly a way to do it without rooting the KF? There was nothing but positive feedback and no one else seemed to have a problem with the GL app, so I figured I'd try it.
Unfortunately, when it installed and I tried to use it, it froze. Sadly, I had checked the "use Go Launcher as default" option and so wasn't able to switch back. I ended up trying to turn it off and then back on again but was then stuck with the "Kindle Fire" splash/loading page. That's all it does now. I've tried to hard reset it - to no avail. Even my computer won't recognize it anymore. Not sure if it's relevant, but I even let the battery die and recharged it. It seems I've really killed it. -_-
I'm planning on returning it and getting another. But before I do that, I wanted to see if anyone can help me possibly fix whatever might be wrong with it.
Here you go : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356257
Thanks for this. I read it, but didn't know it applied to me.
Here's what i did I did the hard reset but when it shut off I left it off for like 10 minutes then turned it back on and it loaded up no problem.
After a recent snafu in trying to remove root from my Nexus 7 tablet and installing the 4.3 update I think there are issues with with it's ability to keep a constant wireless connection, Juice Defender be damned as way before root and even during root I was able to maintain a flawless connection although I think the issue may have arisen during my installation of a cracked google play store app.
This was a couple months ago though.
However I decided rooting wasn't worth it and wanted to update to the new 4.3, this is where the snafu occurs, unrooting wasn't a problem at all, nor was flashing stock recovery, but the process of installing 4.3 was since even performing the update in my settings wasn't working, it would download and my tablet would restart and try to apply the update but soon after it would error out and I had to perform a hard shut down.
After that it would boot like normal and there were no issues, other than the update failing to apply.
So I decided to try and apply the update manually and as it turns out, I was attempting to install the update for the mobile version of the tablet instead of the wi-fi only one that I have so it didn't install correctly and simply erased all data on my tablet except luckily for the devices fastboot mode.
Seeing that I installed the correct 4.3 factory image and this is where the wi-fi issues come into play (I wanted to explain in as much detail as I could that might shed light on my current wi-fi situation).
The tablet booted up seemingly normally, taking a bit longer than it should have to me and upon getting to the glowing X before the main screen it suddenly reset it's self and then booted up correctly; so I finished the set up process after linking my wi-fi up but while going through each app that uses wi-fi I started off with games like Happy Street and The Sims Freeplay which worked normally.
Then I got go my Bank of America app and it's the one app (besides the Play Store on occasion), that didn't work at all, instead it just timed out, there's a screenshot so you can verify for yourselves.
You can clearly see I do have an established connection but this is the only app that fails to work after the update, again besides the Play Store but I've removed root and the crack is no longer installed, not that it would work anyway without root access but it doesn't concern me as much since it'll connect after force closing the app and starting it again.
So that's my issue in detail, is there something that I messed up that's preventing the device from maintaining a connection? Or do I simply need to re-install the factory image to restore connections?
Hmm...I've been having some trouble with WiFi as well.
I was running CM10 and then installed the 4.3 factory image over that. That's where the problem started. Since then I've tried the 4.2 factory image, Ubuntu Touch, and I'm now back on CM10, but the issue remains that my WiFi seems to stop working even though the icon in the notification bar says that it's connected.
HawkiesZA said:
Hmm...I've been having some trouble with WiFi as well.
I was running CM10 and then installed the 4.3 factory image over that. That's where the problem started. Since then I've tried the 4.2 factory image, Ubuntu Touch, and I'm now back on CM10, but the issue remains that my WiFi seems to stop working even though the icon in the notification bar says that it's connected.
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Well the weird thing is, is that every other app seems to work but that one where it just times out, I'm going to try just re-installing the update and see if that helps things.
Edit: After backing everything up I decided to re-install the 4.3 update and after downloading the Bank of America app it started up instantly, froze for a moment and allowed me to sign in.
I closed out of the app and tried again to check and after 3 attempts to sign in it worked each time, I think the re-installation did the trick.
My phone is rebooting at random time intervals almost once every day, it happens when I am not using the phone, it is not being charged the screen is locked. The only way I know is when it insists on me to unlock with my PIN/pattern to see my messages. This is also confirmed when checking the uptime (i.e., uptime is resetted).
I am on Oreo Beta 3 (stock) but rooted with Nova Launcher and Greenify, if it matters.
Does:
1. Anyone else have similar issue?
2. Is there any program/app we can use to log the causes? And assume I can connect to the phone via SSH, which log file should I be looking at?
EDIT: Found a log.zip with a whole bunch of log files but the message is pretty puzzling:
stack size 8MBandroid.os.MessageQueue.nativePollOnce(Native Method)android.os.MessageQueue.next(MessageQueue.java:325)android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:142)android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6557)java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
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Anyone knows how to troubleshoot this?
zhuanyi said:
My phone is rebooting at random time intervals almost once every day, it happens when I am not using the phone, it is not being charged the screen is locked. The only way I know is when it insists on me to unlock with my PIN/pattern to see my messages. This is also confirmed when checking the uptime (i.e., uptime is resetted).
I am on Oreo Beta 3 (stock) but rooted with Nova Launcher and Greenify, if it matters.
Does:
1. Anyone else have similar issue?
2. Is there any program/app we can use to log the causes? And assume I can connect to the phone via SSH, which log file should I be looking at?
EDIT: Found a log.zip with a whole bunch of log files but the message is pretty puzzling:
Anyone knows how to troubleshoot this?
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Not seeing the issue on mine running B3.
Run with not Apps for a while.
I am running Oreo B3 completely stock using Nova Launcher and right now I am at 157 hours of run time. I had the Gcam app loaded for a little while and it locked up and rebooted on me so I said no way removed it and have been trouble free since. I am also getting easily 30-40 hours per charge with moderate to sorta heavy use. My Galaxy S6 was being plugged in by mid afternoon with a 100% charge at 7am.
Similar problem here, but the phone get's stuck on the dots boot animation, I have to hold the power button and shut it down then boot again
Had major battery issues on ota upgrade from ob2 to ob3. Factory Reset, everything golden after that. Using Nova Prime with Google now add on. It's been solid for me. Hope you track down the culprit.
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Had major battery issues on ota upgrade from ob2 to ob3. Factory Reset, everything golden after that. Using Nova Prime with Google now add on. It's been solid for me. Hope you track down the culprit.
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So do you manually reinstall and configure the apps one by one after? I just find it is a lot of trouble to do so and restoring it from Titanium sometimes doesn't restore credentials and need to re-initialize the whole app again after.
zhuanyi said:
So do you manually reinstall and configure the apps one by one after? I just find it is a lot of trouble to do so and restoring it from Titanium sometimes doesn't restore credentials and need to re-initialize the whole app again after.
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Nope, Google does it all pretty much. I use SMS backup and restore to backup call log and all text messages. Let it upload files to Drive.
I factory reset, input wifi credentials, let google restore apps, app data, and now it does my login info too.
Lastly, I reestore SMS and call logs. It takes a little bit for all the steps to execute, but literally is like 10 clicks.
I used to use Tibu back in my room days... Don't really see the point now.