[Q] Backing up Messages and Xposed - Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Long story short, im running 4.4 and it runs like a dog. I recently went back to stock with Matt's utility and it was glorious tbh. It was very smooth and fast. I want it back. Basically im worrried about my messages being incompatible when going from 4.4 to 4.1. Has anyone done this succesfully with normal messages and Whatsapp?
Also i finally got around to reading abit on the Xposed thread. Its a fantastic idea. Does it really work for the M? Are there modules for all the stuff we dont get in the stock rom? You know like, Reboot and recovery options in the power menu, LCD Density and modifying the soft-keys. These three would be the most critical for me right now.

I use xposed on stock works wonders for my needs, I mainly just use "gravity box" & "xblast tools" modules... I also use the app "SoftkeyZ" for custom icons on the navi bar...and the app "quick boot" for all my rebooting needs... I can't comment on the messages as I haven't stuck with a ROM long enough to even get a text...and LCD density I've never messed with either...
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You can use SMS backup and restore - it doesn't use a format specific to any app or android version. I've used it a few times and it does the job
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Updates are available weirdness

When I get the message up in the notification area that "Updates are available".
It seems to display something along the lines of "Updates are available &amp&n&p".
Or something along those lines. What the hell is the rubbish after available all about? It's driving me nuts.
And it doesn't take much to drive me nuts let me tell you
Between the update message weirdness and the Unfortunately gaaps has stopped crap whenever I boot back up etc. Arghh. And don't get me started on the remote restore function using ADB which doesn't seem to work anymore since the latest update.
OK rant over But seriously. What's up with the "Updates are available" message?
I did perform a factory reset BTW. Which is when I found out remote restore seems to be broken.
Cheers
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blueeagle69 said:
When I get the message up in the notification area that "Updates are available".
It seems to display something along the lines of "Updates are available &amp&n&p".
Or something along those lines. What the hell is the rubbish after available all about? It's driving me nuts.
And it doesn't take much to drive me nuts let me tell you
Between the update message weirdness and the Unfortunately gaaps has stopped crap whenever I boot back up etc. Arghh. And don't get me started on the remote restore function using ADB which doesn't seem to work anymore since the latest update.
OK rant over But seriously. What's up with the "Updates are available" message?
I did perform a factory reset BTW. Which is when I found out remote restore seems to be broken.
Cheers
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it means that you have some apps that have updates available in the play store. you can turn off the notification in the play store settings, then they wont bug you.
I knew what the message meant I just don't know what the rest of the gobbledygook is after the word available.
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blueeagle69 said:
I knew what the message meant I just don't know what the rest of the gobbledygook is after the word available.
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just that, gobbledygook :silly:
That's one word for it
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I have that issue too... Not on all apps, and I can't remember which apps I got it from...
How do you have a device with a simple native way to take a screen shot.. And not post one as an example of the "gobbledygook" in question for us to look at?
I have tried to get a screen shot. But just like most other notifications. It's gone before you grab it.
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ooh that feeling when you think you captured it only to look at the shot And see nothing but your home screen
Yep.
I even tried sitting there with my fingers on the buttons waiting for the updates message.
But you never get it when you want it :'(
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Lol like sex in prison
What you want you don't get, and what you get you don't want
lol
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lol
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when you did the factory reset.. Did you do this in custom recovery or in settings on the tablet.. Are you stock ?
Did you use anything to restore your apps such as ti backup adb restore (does not always work).
If you are on a custom rom or have been in the past.. I would suggest you do a FULL Format of your tablet system cache dalvic DATA and all...reboot the tab back into recovery adb push stock new downloaded rom to tab or use usb otg and flash brand new rom... Then see if you still have issues.. DO NOT RESTORE A BACKUP you could be putting the issues back on device..
The way the NO SD Card devices use data. you can have issues linger from a older rom or pop up after flashing.
Be CAUTIOUS ABOUT DELETING DATA ON This device. IT WILL WIPE A DOWNLOADED ROM.. and otg storage with twrp or adb push will be required to get a rom back on device to flash..
Good Luck..
No mate. Just on rooted stock.
I initiated the restore from within settings I believe.
I did two backups originally just in case.
One from ADB and one from My Backup Pro.
It backed up fine using ADB. When restoring it, I had the initial quick reboot. Then when I had the restore my data screen on the Nexus, I hit the Restore button and the Nexus rebooted back to the home screen.
The PC restore was running, but nothing got restored.
I then gave up and restored using My Backup Pro.
But after restoring everything. I keep getting the Gaaps has stopped message.
So time to backup my games and wipe again in the future.
I'll then restore everything else direct from the Play Store, to hopefully get rid off the Google Apps problem.
As for the weird symbols after the Updates are available message, they have been there since 4.2.1 though.
Looks like I'm putting up with this.
I'll grab it on a screen grab eventually
Cheers.
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blueeagle69 said:
No mate. Just on rooted stock.
I initiated the restore from within settings I believe.
I did two backups originally just in case.
One from ADB and one from My Backup Pro.
It backed up fine using ADB. When restoring it, I had the initial quick reboot. Then when I had the restore my data screen on the Nexus, I hit the Restore button and the Nexus rebooted back to the home screen.
The PC restore was running, but nothing got restored.
I then gave up and restored using My Backup Pro.
But after restoring everything. I keep getting the Gaaps has stopped message.
So time to backup my games and wipe again in the future.
I'll then restore everything else direct from the Play Store, to hopefully get rid off the Google Apps problem.
As for the weird symbols after the Updates are available message, they have been there since 4.2.1 though.
Looks like I'm putting up with this.
I'll grab it on a screen grab eventually
Cheers.
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It does sound like there is something in your backups that is stopping them from restoring.. Make sure when you restore a backup you are restoring APPS AND APP DATA ONLY.. not system data and system apps.. Such as google apps being system apps.. This often restores old data on top new and causes big issues. With the fcs really sounds like this is the case..
I Think a Good WIPE and Fresh flash will help you out...
Good Luck ..
Erica Renee Geeky android addict
OK, just to add to this, I saw exactly this "updates available amp&n&p" notification this evening . . . . but on my HTC One X, which is stock, unrooted.
The apps updating are: -
ConvertPad
HDWidgets
SoundHound
WhatsApp
Facebook
Doubt its related, but the WhatsApp update bugged out. That was probably my 3g connection though, which is patchy round here.
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Cheers.
I have a feeling this is a bug with Play Store.
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erica_renee said:
It does sound like there is something in your backups that is stopping them from restoring.. Make sure when you restore a backup you are restoring APPS AND APP DATA ONLY.. not system data and system apps.. Such as google apps being system apps.. This often restores old data on top new and causes big issues. With the fcs really sounds like this is the case..
I Think a Good WIPE and Fresh flash will help you out...
Good Luck ..
Erica Renee Geeky android addict
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Thanks for that.
That's what I'll be doing mate.
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It seems my suspicions were correct concerning the &amp&anp or whatever it is that gets displayed at the end of the Updates are available message you get in the notifications are from the Play Store.
I noticed that my Samsung Galaxy S3 is showing the same thing.
It's gotta be a Play Store bug.
Because my S3 is running 4.11 and my Nexus 7 is running 4.2.1.
It almost looks like variables not getting parsed correctly.
As this only happens when there is more than one update available it seems.
And both my devices are on different versions of Jelly Bean.
And I still can't grab the screen fast enough. As you never know when the updates notifications from the Play Store will appear.
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Why are the notifications not staying in the drop down?
Do you have the market Set to auto update, otherwise I have to hit the notification in order to open the store.
Unless you aren't talking about the notification area but the the ticker in the status bar up top?

Messaging Pop-Up - Not showing up anymore

So i just noticed that with the stock LG messaging application i am not getting the pop-up quick reply. I'm assuming it has something to do with something i froze in titanium backup however instead of going through each one one by one and going through a bunch of test text messages to figure it out i'm turning to the community.
Does anyone know which service allows the pop-up to happen?
Thanks!
I don't always get it, either. Seems to only pop up if I'm on my home screen. Been meaning to ask a few friends to text me back so I can test it out.
That's how it is suppose to work, however that has stopped working for me hence the post
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Well I unfroze everything & still not working dyes I have the option set to yes. Only things I've done is flash stock browser and installed an old apk of Google Talk as I didn't like Hangouts.
I think maybe something with the Google Talk install did it. Looks like I'll have to restore to a backup.
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Mine stopped working as well. Did everyone here install GMD Auto Hide?
i used TWRP to do a factory wipe and it fixed it. Restored my backup and wasn't there. Yes i installed gmd auto hide.
I think GMD is breaking the pop up. Oh well.. I rather not have those ugly software buttons than have the message pop up.
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Missing app icons on homescreen after reboot, Nexus 7 2013 wifi (also can't enable AR

I am using a 2013 Nexus 7 wifi and am using GEL, about a week ago I rebooted the device and about half of my apps were missing from the home screen. I got them all set back up and tried another reboot and every time I reboot I lose my app on the bottom right side of the screen, I think it's a GEL issue because I used Nova and tried it and my apps were intact after a reboot, but I was wondering if anyone else using GEL has experienced this? I would like to keep using that launcher because I like it, maybe there is an updated version. One more question, whenever I attempt to enable ART runtime I get the dialog to confirm the switch to ART but when I confirm my device reboots but only a normal reboot, it doesn't do anything else, and I go back into developer options and it is still on dalvik. Has anyone experienced this issue as well? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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So many questions so little information, please tell us your rom android version kernel and mods if any.
For launcher problem i never had any apps missing issue (ever) and about art ur rom might not have it. Again not enough information to go with.
Please ignore my spelling mistakes. English is not my native language.
davidtb12 said:
I am using a 2013 Nexus 7 wifi and am using GEL, about a week ago I rebooted the device and about half of my apps were missing from the home screen. I got them all set back up and tried another reboot and every time I reboot I lose my app on the bottom right side of the screen, I think it's a GEL issue because I used Nova and tried it and my apps were intact after a reboot, but I was wondering if anyone else using GEL has experienced this? I would like to keep using that launcher because I like it, maybe there is an updated version. One more question, whenever I attempt to enable ART runtime I get the dialog to confirm the switch to ART but when I confirm my device reboots but only a normal reboot, it doesn't do anything else, and I go back into developer options and it is still on dalvik. Has anyone experienced this issue as well? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Same issue with my Nexus 7 2013 WiFi. After restart, the app at the bottom right corner is removed from home screen. I'm on GEL as well.
You all should go to the forum for the 2013 Nexus 7, not the 2012.
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Same happen to my Nexus 7 2012 Stock Root KK 4.4.2.
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If you switch between launchers you have a very strong chance of having your icons and widgets vanish - it's a different programme with different settings. Sometimes you may get lucky and somebody has set things up to import, but you may as well be hoping for a gmail account to have all of your messages from hotmail.
With regards to ART, you'll simply not have the option with stock. You may do with a custom ROM, but there are various things that will prevent the switch (particularly xposed,) and it's probably best not to use it yet anyway unless you have a particular love of reading log files and waiting twenty minutes after updating a nightly. Don't get me wrong, I actually do like going through a log, and only do updates while I brew my morning coffee, but it's probably not worth the occasional horrors for daily use yet.
Has anyone come-on with a reason or solution for this yet? Same thing happens to my Nexus 7 (2012) on both CM11 and AOKP 4.4.2 with GEL Launcher. Any app I put in the bottom right corner will disappear after reboot.
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"Recent Apps" Bug ??

Hello ,
I am using stock rom with root .
I have inconsistency behavior with the "Recent Apps" function (long press on home button) :
Sometimes it show that no recent apps exist, and the list is empty, and after the second try it shows the full list of Recent Apps as expected....
if I try another time (after two seconds!) it show again that no Recent Apps... etc...
Another thing :
Sometimes after holding down the home button to get to the recent apps I'll get the vibration to know that it registered the touch but the recent apps won't open
Is it happens to you too ? Is it LG's bug ??
Thanks.
I'm on stock unrooted and I'm experiencing the same thing. Also, sometimes after holding down the home button to get to the recent apps I'll get the vibration to know that it registered the touch but the recent apps won't open. This is a huge factor in my decision to root and install a custom room soon. I want that recent apps button instead of having to long press the home button.
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sometimes after holding down the home button to get to the recent apps I'll get the vibration to know that it registered the touch but the recent apps won't open
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Exactly ! this happens to me too. I will add it to the main post.
P.S - I don't know if a custom rom will help with this as I didn't see any custom rom mention that.
I've had the same problem at least an year on sgs2, sg note, gnex, sgs3 and now on my g2, all have been running aosp, so I doubt a custom rom will help.
Edit: count in also my asus transformer prime. I also think this mainly happens when running heavier apps, like games.
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Makrilli said:
I've had the same problem at least an year on sgs2, sg note, gnex, sgs3 and now on my g2, all have been running aosp, so I doubt a custom rom will help.
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I restarted the phone and the problem has been gone for the meanwhile.
No need a custom ROM, I'm using G2 exposed with my G2 and it work like a charm, not bug at all. U should try this.
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I'm not sure about Exposed...
Does Exposed, in any circumstance, could influence OTA update ?
If I will remove Exposed + moduls, will the system return to the beginning state ? with the original APK's and their signatures ?
I'm asking that because G2 is about to get the OTA soon for 4.4 (Kitkat) and I don't want to miss it.
I haven't got recent bug but I have different. I keep apps in 6-7 folders. But when I restart device 2-3 apps in folders change order and folders (3G watchdog and booking). Does it only happen in my device?
Also an unrelated question. Is there any way to disable lockscreen help?
Not lg g2 user but just want to give you info, it is caused by android doing caching for recent apps. It was the same with my razr maxx before and i know it because i have tried to open the android framework too. On a second time then it will give you the actual recent apps.
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(Q) Why can't I send or receive Emojis :'(

I currently have had the SPH-720 for a month now, bought the blue one during the BB deal over the holidays...anyways. Been flashing ROMS back and forth and currently on Sacs ROM. Now I've spent DAYS Googling and search forums all over for help on this and I keep getting the same answer. My wife recently ditched the android life and got an iPhone and every time she sends me emojis or vice versa none of them show up on my phone. I can see what emojis I send but she just gets the black diamond with the question mark and I get them on my phone when she replies with emojis. Here are ALL the procedures I've been thru to get it to work on my end cause I'm assuming it's my phone. I've download ChompSms, Handcent, GoSms, Textra and all the emoji plug-ins to get them to work and I still get the same error of diamonds. I've even tried installing the DroidSansFallBack.tff font and fallback.xml whatever and changed the permissions and NOTHING. Can anybody tell me what I should do? Tried all the latest AOSP ROMs and nothing as well, I thought it was a error with Sprint with sending MMS over WiFi but that doesn't apply with the 3rd party apps so I've heard.
Not a Noob when it comes to android phones so if it's anything "complicated" any input is appreciated.
Edit: BTW I use Kii keyboard as my default and have tried KK keyboard as well but still getting the same error
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Re flash sacs newest 4.3 rom and choose emojis in aroma installer with a keyword , I like note3 keyboard. ..no need for chomp sms...or try looking in settings in input and control and check iWnn ime
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I've tried that numerous times, wiped constantly and flashed 5.0-5.4 of sacs Rom, one of them my emojis worked but after I updated to like 5.3 I think I lost all my emojis. I can view them on Facebook, twitter, and IG but when use them in a text they don't show up.
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ryanb0225 said:
I've tried that numerous times, wiped constantly and flashed 5.0-5.4 of sacs Rom, one of them my emojis worked but after I updated to like 5.3 I think I lost all my emojis. I can view them on Facebook, twitter, and IG but when use them in a text they don't show up.
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Give 8sms from the play store a shot.. See if it works.. couldn't hurt.
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Tried it...chose it over default for awhile but like all the others...no go on emojis and I don't get it cause I can see them on social media apps perfectly fine but messaging is a no go
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I use the stock Samsung keyboard and have no issues. I hold down the voice to text key them scroll over to emoji.
Ryan does it show like this? Are you on mk2?
Hold on mic symbol then the happy face
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I have the option to pull up emojis on my stock keyboard, and have iwinnime installed but I still get the same problem. Checked it out on my moms s3 last night and she gets emojis fine but I'm like WTF..I'm lost. Here are pics between my wife's iPhone and me using the stock TW messaging app and go SMS. Now I can type emojis using keyboards and any 3rd party messaging app but she all she receives is the error of diamonds in question marks. I'm currently on MJA apparently and I'm ready to wipe the device completely, return to stock and install mk2... Idk if it will help but I'm crossing my fingers.
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You need be on 4.3 part of new update is emojis. .. just install sacs new rom then new firmware from unknownforce thread WITHOUT the new Knox bootloader
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*sigh* i'm at a lost lol, ok let me explain what i currently just did. so i used the STOCK rooted MJA Rom found on here cuz that was my current baseband at the moment this all was happened and i mentioned updating it to mk2 which i just did thru odin. So now I'm on the current mk2 baseband stock and rooted thru odin and philz recovery....I grabbed my office's ipad and loaded hangouts on there cuz that was the quickest way i could access at IOS at the time. I send a message from my s4 with emoji's on the default keyboard...via hold mic and select smileys....what do you know THE EMOJIs go thru on hangouts fine via message. So I had one of my friends with a iPhone send me emojis via sms. And here goes the Bullish** with the diamonds and question marks. I'm at A LOST!!!! I wanna install sacs latest but if I can't get the problem fixed on stock what is a custom ROM gonna do for me.
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I pulled my hair out with this too. Do you use Google Voice with your Sprint number? If so, Google somehow screws up the emojis when they handle the data. I think the other features make Voice worthwhile, so I still use it with my GS4.
My wife has a Note 3 and was using Voice and had the exact symptoms you are. We removed Voice from her Sprint account (don't just delete the app, you need to remove it from your account...see Google), and the emojis immediately began to work fine.
You might not be a Voice user, but I wanted to put this here in case someone finds this down the road.
Lol it's funny that you replied to this @nobody291 . i came across the information this morning about this google voice problem and TA-DA!!! i disabled my sprint number and can now see Emojis again.

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