Hang at boot when installing third party launcher - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Whenever I install a third party launcher and reboot, the phone always hangs at the OS bootup screen. Only if I pull the battery and reboot, the phone boots into the toast where you can choose your preferred launcher. This story repeats itself at every reboot and with every third party launcher so far, except for Nova. This may be because I had Nova already installed when the trouble began, but I still can uninstall and reinstall Nova without issues. Any ideas? Running German MEA on a Dutch unbranded and rooted 9505.
BTW I already did a reflash of the firmware.

eejee said:
Whenever I install a third party launcher and reboot, the phone always hangs at the OS bootup screen. Only if I pull the battery and reboot, the phone boots into the toast where you can choose your preferred launcher. This story repeats itself at every reboot and with every third party launcher so far, except for Nova. This may be because I had Nova already installed when the trouble began, but I still can uninstall and reinstall Nova without issues. Any ideas? Running German MEA on a Dutch unbranded and rooted 9505.
BTW I already did a reflash of the firmware.
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Just try wipe data from recovery and see
There myte also ve chances some launchers are not yet compatible
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123hiten said:
Just try wipe data from recovery and see
There myte also ve chances some launchers are not yet compatible
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Will that erase all data on my internal sd? With my previous device (the s1) this wasn't the case, but I'm not so sure about the s4.
I think the launchers I tried are compatible, otherwise there would have been many others with this issue. When searching Google I found no signs of that.
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eejee said:
Will that erase all data on my internal sd? With my previous device (the s1) this wasn't the case, but I'm not so sure about the s4.
I think the launchers I tried are compatible, otherwise there would have been many others with this issue. When searching Google I found no signs of that.
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Well wiping "cache" wont delete anything from ur phone
incase that does not work then reset the device this should clear ur issue DATA will be deleted take backup

123hiten said:
Well wiping "cache" wont delete anything from ur phone
incase that does not work then reset the device this should clear ur issue DATA will be deleted take backup
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Ok thanks. Already tried clearing cache and Dalvik before reflashing the firmware. Will do a reset as soon as I have the time.
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eejee said:
Ok thanks. Already tried clearing cache and Dalvik before reflashing the firmware. Will do a reset as soon as I have the time.
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U should do this after the fimware flash whixh will clear issued from old and new file clashing etc and
After flashing a new firmware its recommended to wipe complete data actually I have seen many including me getting errors
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all of a sudden google play wont push installs

I am on xeu's latest firmware for my phone and come to refresh the phone with a menu forced reset
i have come to try and push some of my apps from google play market to the phone and its saying that the apps are already installed on my phone
they cant be cos my phone is now wiped
any idea if there is a problem with the market or could it be something wrong with the note ?
thanks
Think i know whats wrong appears cos i went from gb to ics and back again google play wont push when i select from play website or through app brain
Put ics back on and it works fine
Any idea how to solve this? it should work on gb and ics so u can decide if u like the new firmware appears google think not!
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Have you tried wiping the cache and data on the play store app, probably worth uninstalling updates also. Just an added check, but might be worth flushing the dalvik cache also, sounds like it's retaining some settings.
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SpyderTracks said:
Have you tried wiping the cache and data on the play store app, probably worth uninstalling updates also. Just an added check, but might be worth flushing the dalvik cache also, sounds like it's retaining some settings.
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It's weird it works ok on ics
How do I wipe dalvik cache ? I'm not rooted just on ics German release
I did a complete hard reset via menu not via home / vol up and power so my internal sd was wiped (did this on gb which I had the problem with)
Seems ics is ok but gb fails ?
Thanks in advance
If you're on lpy German, then I would suggest to let it lie. If you've done clear cache and clear data,.then don't perform any extra wipes.
usually this kinda thing points to settings applied in the dalvik, think you need cwm to wipe that, or in the play store app itself. If you've cleared that then I'm out of ideas.
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SpyderTracks said:
If you're on lpy German, then I would suggest to let it lie. If you've done clear cache and clear data,.then don't perform any extra wipes.
usually this kinda thing points to settings applied in the dalvik, think you need cwm to wipe that, or in the play store app itself. If you've cleared that then I'm out of ideas.
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Thanks for help .. I'm not gonna mess it works on ics so I'll stick with that and update once uk xeu comes out its weird it works on ics not gb but ics it is then !
Don't fancy rooting and bricking my note I'm too soft
Me tooo
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Help required, unable to uninstall apps or download from play store

Could this be caused by changing the transitions. Setting. In developer options because when I try to change it back to default.settings crashes
Please help
Please provide more information on what rom you're using,what os version you are on, and under what conditions it is crashing.
With the information you have provided:
Try going to settings>apps>play store
Then delete data and cache.
Now try opening the play store.
Cheers!
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ICS official German. Rom
Chrome beta is also not working.
Can't clear cache as that is not showing.
Also some apps when I click on them they say app isn't installed
if the apps are not downloading then go into manage apps>all apps and clear all the data of all apps who have google in their name and also clear the data of play store
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Unable to clear data as it's not click able
Reflashed my rom but no difference.
Reboot into recovery (vol up, home + power) and wipe cache
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What will I lose If I wipe cache and will this fix it.
Thanks.
Ojjo said:
What will I lose If I wipe cache and will this fix it.
Thanks.
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I've just read that even wiping cache can cause superbrick under ics, so safest method would be to install Speedmod kernel, then wipe cache and dalvik.
You won't lose anything but it may take longer to reboot as it rebuilds the cache, this is normal.
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Just wiped cache but still the same problems...
Help please....
Ojjo said:
Just wiped cache but still the same problems...
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What rom are you on?
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Official German ics
Ojjo said:
Official German ics
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Ok, lastly do you have a custom dpi set on root? Do you have titanium backup installed with market optimisation set?
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No and no
I had a problem downloading apps over 3g..
Error message after every attempt. The answer was to create a new apn in the access point names menu for some reason the over the air provisioning created a wap apn instead of a regular internet one.....if that helps anyone.
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Ojjo said:
No and no
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Sorry then, I'm unsure how to help. One thing I've read is that someone's exchange account settings were causing conflict, and installing a third party email app somehow corrected Google play sync. Don't know if that fits.
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Anyone else please
Ojjo said:
Anyone else please
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Hi I had a similar problem with using Google play store a couple of days ago.
Got error message [DF-BPA-09] everytime I tried to download, purchase or uninstall apps. Its a know issue at Google.
Try this:
Go to settings-applications-all.
Then scroll down to Google Services Framework and clear data.
Re boot phone.
Hope this helps.
John.

Help unexplainable bootloops and no pc

I have no explanation of what has happened to my n7. It shut off by itself and just bootloops when I try to turn back on. I can get into recovery and I have a nandroid backup of a stock rom. Everytime I restore it restores system and then fails?? I flashed 3 different roms and all r flashed successfully but I get the same bootloops . I was using latest twrp and was get error I/o data / speedtest. Something else but I flashed cwm touch b4 I could jot down the errors . I figured it was twrp bug and didnt realize I wouldnt b able to flash back to twrp do to using gooim to write the image in the first place. I am desperate to find out what happened and I wont b near a pc for a few days. I have an unlocked rooted grouper version . I have read and searched b4 posting
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it could be a hardware failure, maybe the mounted drive (emulated sd card) is corrupted and broken? the boot partition seems to be working
It sux cuz I wont have access to a pc for a few days
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have you tried clearing the whole of /system /data /cache... everything except /sdcard then flash a new rom? maybe that'll clear some things up
Billchen0014 said:
have you tried clearing the whole of /system /data /cache... everything except /sdcard then flash a new rom? maybe that'll clear some things up
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Yes I wiped system /cache/dalvik/ and factory reset I did them all like 5 times each and flashed a brand new rom. Its so weird
Nothing works. I am always prepared for atuff like this with multiple nandroids cwm/twrp but they both fail to restore
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Back in a few months ago I'm faced with that problem once, tried everything like factory reset, format system/data/cache/sd, install new ROM and also tried to restore by nandroid backup (that used to work fine before that problem occur) but non of these solutions work.
Finally I've to use fastboot to flash it to 4.1.2 (to format and re-partition the device) and flash it back to 4.2.2 and then it work fine again even with many custom rom and kernel installed to my N7 very frequent and today it still work just fine.
why always me said:
Back in a few months ago I'm faced with that problem once, tried everything like factory reset, format system/data/cache/sd, install new ROM and also tried to restore by nandroid backup (that used to work fine before that problem occur) but non of these solutions work.
Finally I've to use fastboot to flash it to 4.1.2 (to format and re-partition the device) and flash it back to 4.2.2 and then it work fine again even with many custom rom and kernel installed to my N7 very frequent and today it still work just fine.
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Thanks that is what im gonna have to do
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Thanks for the advice i got my pc back today and used wugs toolkit to flash factory image and it booted up thank god .
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bbobarino said:
Thanks for the advice i got my pc back today and used wugs toolkit to flash factory image and it booted up thank god .
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In the future, I'd refrain from flashing if you didn't have a computer on hand.
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peneoark said:
In the future, I'd refrain from flashing if you didn't have a computer on hand.
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I couldnt agree more but thats the weird thing I didnt even flash anything for like a week b4 this happened thats why it was so bizzare to me. Still cant explain why it did that
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bbobarino said:
I couldnt agree more but thats the weird thing I didnt even flash anything for like a week b4 this happened thats why it was so bizzare to me. Still cant explain why it did that
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Electronics can be wacky sometimes

[Q] UI Stops Working EVERY DAY!!!

No matter what I do... no matter what ROM I flash to, and I have tried 4 different ROMs, I keep getting the UI Stops Working error and then my phone is virtually non-functional. The notifications, navigation, and launcher bars go away and I cannot do anything. The only thing that I can do is boot into recovery and then flash a new ROM, BUT I have been doing this a couple times a day.
I even formatted my entire phone, internal storage and all, started completely over AND YET I still get the issue. What can I do???
System UI errors
alwaysbelieve1 said:
No matter what I do... no matter what ROM I flash to, and I have tried 4 different ROMs, I keep getting the UI Stops Working error and then my phone is virtually non-functional. The notifications, navigation, and launcher bars go away and I cannot do anything. The only thing that I can do is boot into recovery and then flash a new ROM, BUT I have been doing this a couple times a day.
I even formatted my entire phone, internal storage and all, started completely over AND YET I still get the issue. What can I do???
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Did you freeze any of your system apps?
mcapozzi said:
Did you freeze any of your system apps?
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The only ones that I can think of are the live wallpaper ones, Email Exchange since I don't need it, and face unlock. I also froze the NFC. I wouldn't think that would cause it. I was reading on the internet that the Facebook app can cause it so I deleted the app and we will see.
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alwaysbelieve1 said:
The only ones that I can think of are the live wallpaper ones, Email Exchange since I don't need it, and face unlock. I also froze the NFC. I wouldn't think that would cause it. I was reading on the internet that the Facebook app can cause it so I deleted the app and we will see.
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What launcher are you using?
-Mike
mcapozzi said:
What launcher are you using?
-Mike
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Nova Prime
alwaysbelieve1 said:
Nova Prime
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You didn't by chance accidentally freeze the stock launcher?
-Mike
mcapozzi said:
You didn't by chance accidentally freeze the stock launcher?
-Mike
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No
Here is a thread regarding the issue, but none of the "fixes" worked for me: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...0371-unfortunately-system-ui-has-stopped.html
I deleted Facebook so we shall see if that does the trick.
When this happened to me I used Matt's utility option 1... rooted it updated it n made a TiB of everything... now when I tinker n it gets wonky I restore the systemui.apk n reboot... I know you said that you started over does that mean you used rsd and flashed stock... or did you go through a recovery to do the wiping formatting n what not?
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Had this happen the other day and this is what I did. I rebooted the phone WHILE HOLDING THE VOLUME DOWN KEY. it boots into safe mode. While in there make a TiBu of your apps. Then boot into recovery and factory data/reset like 3 times, flash back to a ROM and restore your apps. This way you don't lose your stuff.
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ezknives said:
When this happened to me I used Matt's utility option 1... rooted it updated it n made a TiB of everything... now when I tinker n it gets wonky I restore the systemui.apk n reboot... I know you said that you started over does that mean you used rsd and flashed stock... or did you go through a recovery to do the wiping formatting n what not?
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When I meant started over I was yes referring to the booting to recovery and then wiping/formatting everything, then reflashing a ROM. That works, but I just am nervous now because the issue persists no matter the ROM. Sometimes it takes a day or two or sometimes it happens even quicker than that. I think it might be Facebook so I am not installing that app again. Why FB works on my Nexus 7 tablet and my wife's phone just fine is beyond me.
I didn't know I can make a backup of systemui.apk and restore it to make it work. I wish we could find the main issue to begin with so we can resolve this once-and-for-all.
evastonian said:
Had this happen the other day and this is what I did. I rebooted the phone WHILE HOLDING THE VOLUME DOWN KEY. it boots into safe mode. While in there make a TiBu of your apps. Then boot into recovery and factory data/reset like 3 times, flash back to a ROM and restore your apps. This way you don't lose your stuff.
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Yes that is exactly what I do every time. Today I started completely fresh and installed everything manually so I can better narrow down any issues.
alwaysbelieve1 said:
When I meant started over I was yes referring to the booting to recovery and then wiping/formatting everything, then reflashing a ROM. That works, but I just am nervous now because the issue persists no matter the ROM. Sometimes it takes a day or two or sometimes it happens even quicker than that. I think it might be Facebook so I am not installing that app again. Why FB works on my Nexus 7 tablet and my wife's phone just fine is beyond me.
I didn't know I can make a backup of systemui.apk and restore it to make it work. I wish we could find the main issue to begin with so we can resolve this once-and-for-all.
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Yea I backup everything on my external hard drive (that after I back anything up I bubble wrap and put in my fire safe< a bit paranoid) every week, so that if anything happens I can just wipe it clean and start fresh (I have never used rsd lite but I'm guessing its somewhat like option one of Matt's utility) that restores your phone to a moto flashed like state... ready to be sold as a certified like new device (as Verizon would call it)...
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Are you mounting system in TWRP, before you wipe data? For some reason, I stopped doing this when I updated to the newer TWRP. There was a thread on here where someone said they mounted prior to wiping and it solved their 4.3 issues. I tried it and it worked for me. I would suggest you try the same.
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Are you mounting system in TWRP, before you wipe data? For some reason, I stopped doing this when I updated to the newer TWRP. There was a thread on here where someone said they mounted prior to wiping and it solved their 4.3 issues. I tried it and it worked for me. I would suggest you try the same.
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Don't even know how to do this or what this means exactly...

flash rom from nothing

I have a huge problem with my nexus.
Yesterday I try to flash a new rom but after upload rom file on internalstorage and a full backup, I wipe all data into internal storage with all other wipe options.
Now I have a phone without rom flashed, without rom into internal storage and without backup..
Can anyone help me?
niciz10102 said:
I have a huge problem with my nexus.
Yesterday I try to flash a new rom but after upload rom file on internalstorage and a full backup, I wipe all data into internal storage with all other wipe options.
Now I have a phone without rom flashed, without rom into internal storage and without backup..
Can anyone help me?
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So what's the question here? How to proceed?
I'd say: connect to a PC and ADB Sideload a new rom onto it.
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SMillerNL said:
So what's the question here? How to proceed?
I'd say: connect to a PC and ADB Sideload a new rom onto it.
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Thank you very much.. I didn't know about this features!!!

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