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Rooted once now can't get root

Sorry first post.....noob and little retarded so forgive my lack of knowledge. I followed directions and first time had no problems getting root.... installed open home and somewhere lost my lock when pushing power button. So did factory. Got it working again but now I don't have root. Retried a thousand times to push update in adb. Never will take. Downloaded everything again still no luck. Have no problem getting adb working and recovery sticks. I push all other files fine but can't get update.zip to go. First time was easy. Need help guys.
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did you let the update.zip fail? you need to do that step before you move on with the rest.

Yes. Follow directions good. Worked great first time just lost root and now can't get it back. Everything pushes to sd card even looks like update.zip does just keeps failing signature check or dosent see it at all
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redownload the packages and just adb push them, dont try just copying it over

hmmm, i think once you rooted, factory reset won't affect the root thing. am i right?

hey, kingofyo1, do you know whether we can unroot the device after rooted it? so we can replace it in tmo, just in case something happened. and do you know whether rooting means unlocking?

I did plus reformated sd card. Tried pushing everything to an empty sd card. And tried copying update.zip to sdcard. I am following the root directions not skiping steps. Like I said I was easy the first time I did it just can't make it do it a second time. Also tried just reinstalling. The su_app but it want let me. I lost it when did factory reset. Is there any progress on a permanent recovery
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Ok. Deleated every thing in my sdk tools folder that i copied in there and off my sd card started all over again and now have root. Also was able to update to legend rom. Any help on getting live wallpaper working on it would be appreciated. Also want to tell everyone great job on MT3gS. If anyone needs any advice on technical side of gsm networks would be glad to help. feild tech for 8 years for tmobile. Trying to make an app for field test for this phone. It already has an system app for this but needs translation.
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ADW launcher for live wallpaper.

Man i love this phone
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Wtf samsung?

I'm having nothing but problems with this update. Feels like samsung just took dk28 and renamed it eb13. I went back to di18 from dk28 so that my phone can work properly thinking that eb13 would be worth the wait but nooooooooo now I'm back to frustration I felt using dk28. Damn samsung did y'all even try to test this or did y'all just rename and called it official?
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Would help if you would at least list said problems.
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mc-fine said:
Would help if you would at least list said problems.
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Here go. Bluetooth once again will not stay connected. Facebook sync force closing checker board web is back wifi is dropping 4g is not worth a damn. volume levels adjust for no reason sms app hangs when sending a text gps takes for ever to lock. I'm going play around with this some more and see what else happens
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I installed EB13 using the windows installer, which totally wipes the phone and I'm having none of those problems. Not knowing how you installed the update it's hard to know what happened but perhaps clearing the caches would help.

i used odin which does a full wipe and im having no issues. im loving this

I updated using the .exe file on the Samsung site and I'm not having any of the issues you listed. And after wiping my memory card it would appear my issues with my media files are gone as well...
Sounds like you should wipe, reinstall and see what happens.

I updated no problem...and ill be damned....I can play farmvile on my phone now...FML
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Tbtltdts said:
I updated no problem...and ill be damned....I can play farmvile on my phone now...FML
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Kinda makes one think Apple may have actually been on to something lol

poit said:
I installed EB13 using the windows installer, which totally wipes the phone and I'm having none of those problems. Not knowing how you installed the update it's hard to know what happened but perhaps clearing the caches would help.
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Just did that seem to run a lot better now
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The more I'm reading the more it sounds like the safest, cleanest way to go is the full flash/wipe. I guess I'll have to test how good my data backups are after all...

How do you do a full wipe!?
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slevenkelevra said:
How do you do a full wipe!?
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Basically the full Sammy installer through a PC *sounds* like it will do it. But the recovery boot menu also has an option for clearing the cache and I wonder if that is good to do also before that, just to be thorough.

DroidApprentice said:
The more I'm reading the more it sounds like the safest, cleanest way to go is the full flash/wipe. I guess I'll have to test how good my data backups are after all...
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I think that's true about the full wipe method. The update.zip method assumes that you've got a fully stock phone that you haven't messed around with. That assumption doesn't work all that well with the types who visit xda.
On the plus side, I was using a DK28 rom (quantum) and did a backup in clockwork. After I did the "full wipe" (.exe) method and then did the old 1-click to get root and clockwork back, I was able to go to "advanced" restore in clockword and restore just my data. It worked absolutely perfectly.

Please...please. I beg of you haha. Explain howexactly I would wipe my phone so that I would be able to get te update. I was fooling around and deleted the nascar app and because of this I'm not able to dowload it without and error messege.
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slevenkelevra said:
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sleven, you really should do some reading on the forums and you could easily figure it out: [GUIDE] How To Update Your Samsung Epic 4G to Official "EB13" Android 2.2.1 in the Epic 4G Android Development forum is a pretty damn good place to start. I'd use the Last Resort (Easiest) method if I were you, since you don't seem to be big on figuring things out. CAUTION!!! All three methods listed here will reset your phone to stock, though they will leave your SD card and it's contents alone.
If you want to "upgrade" rather than do a clean install so that you can save your settings & programs, follow this guide:
Download the update.zip file from http://www.multiupload.com/K1MHLS6SNX
Boot into recovery by
Power off your phone
Hold [Volume Down] + [Camera] + [Power] until you're in recovery
Clear cache 3x
Apply update.zip
DroidApprentice said:
Basically the full Sammy installer through a PC *sounds* like it will do it. But the recovery boot menu also has an option for clearing the cache and I wonder if that is good to do also before that, just to be thorough.
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Droid, from what I understand the "full Sammy installer" completely reformats the partitions and installs a fresh copy of EB13 on Epics. However, I know there's a number of people who recommend booting into recovery (stock or CWM) and clearing the caches 3x in a row. I haven't always done that, but it does seem to clear up a lot of issues that people are having, especially if they flash with Odin / Heimdall.

slevenkelevra said:
Please...please. I beg of you haha. Explain howexactly I would wipe my phone so that I would be able to get te update. I was fooling around and deleted the nascar app and because of this I'm not able to dowload it without and error messege.
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sleven, I guess I'm taking pity on you, cuz here's a guide to fix your little problem. Be advised, you'll need to have root privileges and a file manager that can navigate root, such as Root Explorer. If you need help getting rooted, see One Click Root & Recovery for the Epic 4G! v2.5.5 Now has ClockworkMod Redirector!
In the Wiki, check out All *.apks & Framework / Apps safe to remove
Download the Epic System Apps.rar file from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=20HJ9004
Unrar it with 7zip, Winrar, Winzip, etc.
Find the Nascar app you deleted and copy it to /system/app
As long as your /system/app folder is identical to the Epic System Apps folder from the .rar (it's ripped straight from a phone), you should be good to follow the guide I gave you in my previous post. Good luck!
Credit where credit is due: obviously I linked to many other people's guides, wikis, etc. Thanks a lot, cuz that's how I learned to do all this!

I didn't wipe and I have no problems at all. All I did was install and run gps status and now I get instant lock even in my house. It think it is going to take awhile for everyone to get use to the setting.

DroidApprentice said:
The more I'm reading the more it sounds like the safest, cleanest way to go is the full flash/wipe. I guess I'll have to test how good my data backups are after all...
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With some people around here you might need to clarify that you mean to wipe the phone, not wipe with the phone....

Everything has been better than 2.1 for me (GPS, browser, etc), except bluetooth. Bluetooth still can't connect in my car.
If bluetooth would work, this ROM would be perfect.
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at first my GPS seemed to be much faster and more accurate (locked into 2 meters!) but now this morning I can't seem to get a lock at all...wtf???
I used samsungs pc installer by the way. Maybe I'll try using Odin instead today...
other than that, which is a huge other, the ROM is running great. I did have to root and run the manual sensor calibration utility though to fix the screen lag
edit: Just did a battery-pull reboot and all seems to be well in epic FROYO land.

Market Apps Install

Anyone had any issues where they download apps but they dont install.
Mine began doing this recently. I cant install any apps what so ever from the market, but im able to push apps via adb for whatever reason.
Even a soft reset hasnt worked?? Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Yes, thought it was just be being impatient and getting a head of myself..
Glad to know I'm not cracking up aftera all lol..

I found that if you click through to the "MyApps" in the Market (Top-Right) then go back and install I can install the Apps. It's like it needs to 'engage' the install process for some reason........ Very annoying!!

even the described method doesnt work.... someone at google support was looking into this one for me but i think its something they cant do lol
Any solutions here?

I did have this with my UK wifi Xoom for about a week but because I was planning on flashing the US image I just ignored it. Now installed US image and working fine. I suspect a factory reset would solve it but I guess you don't want to go that far.
Try clearing the Market cache in applications.

Mine is always restarting at app install
Seems that I have about same prob but mine keeps restarting and not installing any app
Anyone have some suggestions if mot guess ill reboot and see what happens.

burden010 said:
I did have this with my UK wifi Xoom for about a week but because I was planning on flashing the US image I just ignored it. Now installed US image and working fine. I suspect a factory reset would solve it but I guess you don't want to go that far.
Try clearing the Market cache in applications.
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+1 had same issues with market from the day I bought mine (euro 3g). Nothing worked, including factory reset, until I flashed the US 3.1 build. I don't think its crashed since.

So waiting for the 3.1 upgrade is the only option as a factory reset didn't work. Meh lol....
Maybe if any devs see this, maybe we could get a fix?

fkofilee said:
So waiting for the 3.1 upgrade is the only option as a factory reset didn't work. Meh lol....
Maybe if any devs see this, maybe we could get a fix?
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Or flash the US images.

Install ClockworkMod and then run Fix Permissions
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Install ClockworkMod and then run Fix Permissions
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Did you have this issue then whitedragon33? I ask as ive come across a potential goldmine as a solution.

are u getting this error while installing "appname unsuccessful"
Im getting the same error n cant seem to find a solution
recovery fix permissions didnt work either!!!

yep thats the error im getting , im going to email market support again in a bit , i think they may beable to finally solve it

Could anyone with this problem, tell me how much space is left inside there xoom?
I.e Settings --> Storage.
I think i may have figured it.

I try to install update for Google maps and when start to install give me error

fkofilee said:
Could anyone with this problem, tell me how much space is left inside there xoom?
I.e Settings --> Storage.
I think i may have figured it.
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Shows I have .89GB of storage space left
Whats the solution mate????

fkofilee said:
Could anyone with this problem, tell me how much space is left inside there xoom?
I.e Settings --> Storage.
I think i may have figured it.
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HA HA HA
Genius man
yes for me its the storage problem.
what i did was just deleted two movies n had 2.96GB of storage available n all updates were successful.
hope this works for all u guys too.
cheers

After trying it out, it is confirmed...
Apps Will Not Install Unless You Have More Than 3 Gb Left Of Internal Space Left On The Xoom
You might get away with 2.96 Gb as above, but not 100 % sure as i cant fill enough data on my device to that point.
I wonder if in 3.1 this will change.

But still this is so crap as to install an update of 324kb we need 3gb free.
Think i was a bit too eager to get xoom. Should have waited for samsung
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The problem I'm having is that I select apps to install, it shows them as downloading, but I open a different app, and the installs never happen. I have to go back into the Market, and keep the market open for them to install.
I am having the same problem on my Xoom and My Sensation 4G. I have 12.6GB free on my Xoom and 727mb/3.15GB on my Sensation

[Q] So, I did something dumb

So, I just flashed my phone with the [EC07]clean ROM from this thread and everything went fine. I was having a good time, and really enjoyed some of the stuff that we could not benefit from while running 2.1.
My brother has the same phone and asks if you can adjust the screen resolution (I don't know why he wants to, but I was looking around in ROM toolbox and it had had a setting for it so I foolishly decided to experiment. now twlauncher force quits on me on boot and I can't figure out how to restore my default settings.
I am sorry if this question has been asked previously, but does anyone know how to restore my screen resolution to default without wiping and reflashing?
I promise to be a good noob in the future and not mess with things unless I am sure I know how to clean up my own messes. Thanks in advance for any help.

I can't help you but this did make me laugh.
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I believe there's a root app in the market that's allows u to set screen res/density not sure what its called though and before doing that u really should've made a nand but u can probably just reinstall the Rom without wiping anything and that'll restore any system changes u did
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Bierce22 said:
I believe there's a root app in the market that's allows u to set screen res/density not sure what its called though and before doing that u really should've made a nand but u can probably just reinstall the Rom without wiping anything and that'll restore any system changes u did
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Yeah, I used an app like that, but without twlauncher I can't figure out how to launch an app to fix it.

I found my own answer, with just a little more searching. In this thread trailblazer indicates that the resolution is stored in the rom. I reflashed (which took like 5 minutes) and it's fixed. I hadn't really changed anything else, so I am back right where I was.

Unable to connect to the camera because it is being used by other apps or disabled...

Unable to connect to the camera because it is being used by other apps or disabled due to security policies.
This is the error message I keep getting whenever launching my camera. I've tried factory reset but the error still persists. I can try and get a logcat but I'll be completely honest I've never done my own logcat before.
Any help appreciated, thanks for looking.

Does your camera work after a fresh reboot? Does it stop working after awhile? There might be a runaway app hogging your camera. Usual culprits are camera apps, face unlock and custom lockscreens.

dennis96411 said:
Does your camera work after a fresh reboot? Does it stop working after awhile? There might be a runaway app hogging your camera. Usual culprits are camera apps, face unlock and custom lockscreens.
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Rebooting doesn't help. The front camera works fine until I switch over to the rear camera.

Did you change anything in the build.prop?

B4oE said:
Did you change anything in the build.prop?
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I added the line to add navigation bar to phone (it doesn't work)

From my experience so far with the Axon 7, tweaking certain things on the build.prop crashes the phone. When I tried to make enable multi-windows by changing the "user" to "userdebug", it caused the same problem you were having. Nothing fixed it; not restarting, system wipe, changing the build.prop to its original setting... nothing. I simple had to restore my phone from a previous backup. Hopefully, you did do a clean backup of your device. If not, then that is a common rookie mistake. Sorry to break this down to you. I hope that this was helpful.

Only time I've seen this error, is when I downloaded a different camera from the Playstore and tried to open it the same time my stock camera was running in the background.
You don't have any other camera's installed or have an app that is open that uses your camera (like Snapchat, ect..)?
I'm sure you don't, but just throwing something out to try/check.

Just restore system from previous backup like B4oE said, if you did not make a backup just download one of the twrp backups uploaded by the users around the forums. make sure to download the correct version either b20 or b20_boot. what version are you on? did you root using tenfar + locked bootloader?

Nik2424 said:
Just restore system from previous backup like B4oE said, if you did not make a backup just download one of the twrp backups uploaded by the users around the forums. make sure to download the correct version either b20 or b20_boot. what version are you on? did you root using tenfar + locked bootloader?
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I rooted with an unlocked bootloader. I imagine I need b20-boot then?

CaiKroll said:
I rooted with an unlocked bootloader. I imagine I need b20-boot then?
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Yup, you can use the system uploaded by DrakenFX I guess.
check out his thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/guides-info-info-a2017u-bootloader-t3440254
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best of luck

I just ended up deleting the stupid camera and installing OPEN CAMERA from play store and it works 10000 times better.
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Nik2424 said:
Yup, you can use the system uploaded by DrakenFX I guess.
check out his thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/guides-info-info-a2017u-bootloader-t3440254
post number 4.
best of luck
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Thank you