Hello!
Please help, this is driving me insane.I've had a galaxy S4 for almost a year now. I had it rooted and ****ed around with it a bit, it was all good. Then I was running low on space and got a disk checker or whatever it's called to show me how my space was being used. A lot of it was in caches. I downloaded a file manager and went on a cache deleting spree. One of the caches I deleted was google. Ever since that day everytime I start my phone:
Samsung Link has stopped
Dropbox has stopped
Google + has stopped
Google search has stopped
The phone in general just worked extremely ****ty.So I decided today that it was time for a factory reset. I run it, all good. The phone restarts in factory settings.. and I get the exact same error messages. ?So I decided that I would do the hard reset. Shut it off, volume up + home + power, wipe/delete all data. EXACT SAME PROBLEM. WHAT?How is that possible? I wipe my phone completely and end up with the same problems? How do I reinstall the OS? Since I'm going to be uninstalling the OS completely (probably the only solution to my problems), is there anyway to get a nice clean OS? And not the one full of bloatware from my carrier? I really just want to start over from a fresh OS.
I also tried just running a software update, but I got the error message 'this phone has been modified and cannot be updated'. I guess that's because it's rooted..
Thank you for your help
Hello! So... let me describe what's going on with this phone. A couple days ago errors like com.process.acore and com.process.gapps started showing and the apps just went crazy... crashing all the time. I tried every single method for fixing those stupid errors but none helped. And when I say all methods I mean all methods. But the thing is that when I did a factory reset nothing happened! NOTHING! So I started deleting applications, google accounts and stuff that I don't need. Then I did a restart but.... everything WAS STILL THERE! I did a research and the problem seemed to be the Automatic Restore. I disabled the AR, removed all apps, google accouts, etc. and guess what? Everything was the same as before. (Same thing with hard reset!) Google Play Store crashes like [email protected]#$ too... (yes I tried removing updates) and let me just say that I can't even install apps because I get the parsing error. Not all the time ofc. I tryed to fix this too but when I manage to install an app and run it I get errors like: "com.(app process) has stopped" and the app crashes.
Then I downloaded the KDZ_FW_UPD tool. I tried to flash the device like 87312617 times with factory rom's (first one / latest one). No success. I mean that the kdz tool finishes the process without erorrs. Phone restarts and DANG! I'm lost guys. If you have any ideas PLEASE share them. I even got the LG PC Suite and tried to update from there... It shows that I'm with V10 and there is an update 'till V20K. I ran the update, everything went well, phone restarted and after that the PC Suite shows the same thing... that i'm with v10 and that there is an update.
My android version is 4.0.3 if this matters for some reason. If you need some more info please ask! I don't know what to do... HELP! :laugh:
Thank you for the time spent on reading this thread! Waiting for your comments
Regards, Puff.
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Hi. Long story short, my gf's lg l fino decided to stop systemUI and now we can't do anything on the phone. She asked me to at least backup one app bc she doesn't want to loose its data, so factory reset is not an option.
She didn't install/modify/uninstall any app before it happened (no memory, lol).
Phone is full stock, without root or TWRP - clean.
Is it possible to do such thing? I think I can get into recovery mode (first time I failed, but it was bc i didn't know which button had to be pushed) and then wipe cache or install TWRP but still:
Is there any way to backup one app with its data and restore it on another phone without doing it with systemUI? Or there is a way to repair systemUI?
Also if its possible i should backup all contacts from her phone. Without UI i cant do it ;/
Thanks for any help.
Edit:
Phone is dead right now, if there will be a need, I will do factory reset.
By far I restarted phone in emergency mode, turned off Google app and after reboot I was able to copy the apk and contacts.
Looks like Google apk is causing this problem.
Sry if it's too late, but you could flash the kdz for your device via lg flash tool.
No data will be erased if you select 'normal flash'.
Yup, too late. I took what i needed from the phone and now its dead.
But what is kdz?
After I applied a skin, it instantly crashed with a message saying "the system ui has stopped".
I can't get in to my phone. Only the always on display is available as of right now.
I have tried ejecting the sim, booting it in to safe mode.
My phone is not rooted and I don't plan on rooting it. I haven't registered bixby so I can't put it in to max power saving mode.
I don't know what adb shell is. Please can anyone help me save my phone? I am so desperate.
PLEASE HELP. MY PHONE IS A BRICK.
Can I save my phone without a factory reset?
I was on Oreo Beta.
Please help. Thank you
once in safe mode, see if you can disable substratum or perform a factory reset.
Ok dont panic i also had trouble after applying substratum, First my phone became very laggy and then apps stopped working with constant crashes. Eventually the phone became unusable. A factory reset solved the problem for me, if you cant get into the phone use samsung smart switch you should be able to reset it from there and try back up your data.
You could also try flashing a rom to see if this would help.
If you can't delete the overlays from safe mode then you'll have to perform a factory reset. The only other way I would assume is unfortunately uninstalling the overlay apks through adb but then you need to know the full name of the apks you want to delete. by using adb you could find the names of all installed apk but then again.. could be a reason to learn to use adb
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Hello!
I tried to update my phone (SM-G975U) via Odin from Android 9 to Android 12, got the firmware from SamFw.com. Everything went fine until the phone rebooted, after unlocking the phone gets stuck on 'phone is starting'. I CAN access the Set Up Menu, Uninstall apps, move some settings here and there, connect to Wifi/Bluetooth, receive calls, install apps using ADB. Also, theres a notification all the time that reads 'Phone restarted Unlock your phone to get app notifications', I'm assuming that the phone thinks it is not unlocked and that's why it doesn't fully boot up.
Some things that I've already tried:
Intalling another Launcher (Pixel Launcher)
Reinstalling the firmware (ver G975USQU6IVC7) / Trying with different CSC with no results
Wiping Cache in Recovery Mode
Deleting/Adding Fingerprints
Changing from Lock Pattern to NIP to Password
I don't really want to do the full wipe, I would like to keep my data or be able to export the photos (Device not Recognized by Smart Switch also)
Is there anything else I can do?, has anyone been through the same issue?
Is your phone rooted?
Vatt`ghern said:
Is your phone rooted?
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No, it's not rooted
Hi !
@DannOsnaya have you found a solution to the phone problem other than restoring to factory settings?
I have the same problem at the moment, almost identical to what you experienced.
If anyone has some advice on how to fix this problem, please share your advice.
My phone is not rooted.
Racer512 said:
Hi !
@DannOsnaya have you found a solution to the phone problem other than restoring to factory settings?
I have the same problem at the moment, almost identical to what you experienced.
If anyone has some advice on how to fix this problem, please share your advice.
My phone is not rooted.
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Sadly, I have not
My phone is still like that, I tried updating to the newest security patch but didn't work either, haven't lost hope in avoiding factory reset tho
Hi. Did u find any solution to it. Am facing the same issue. Although I tried to factory reset but doesn't work.
DannOsnaya said:
Sadly, I have not
My phone is still like that, I tried updating to the newest security patch but didn't work either, haven't lost hope in avoiding factory reset tho
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Any way to factory reset. I tried every possible way following YouTube but nothing works. It's just stuck. I've a backup of my data so not worried.
No, I still have the same issue.
Have you tried to install a launcher?
DannOsnaya said:
No, I still have the same issue.
Have you tried to install a launcher?
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Nothing works. Now decided to show it to anyone. I guess the mobile shops have an option to erase everything. I don't understand how did it happen because it's usually with my toddler, he might have done something.
DannOsnaya said:
Hello!
I tried to update my phone (SM-G975U) via Odin from Android 9 to Android 12, got the firmware from SamFw.com. Everything went fine until the phone rebooted, after unlocking the phone gets stuck on 'phone is starting'. I CAN access the Set Up Menu, Uninstall apps, move some settings here and there, connect to Wifi/Bluetooth, receive calls, install apps using ADB. Also, theres a notification all the time that reads 'Phone restarted Unlock your phone to get app notifications', I'm assuming that the phone thinks it is not unlocked and that's why it doesn't fully boot up.
Some things that I've already tried:
Intalling another Launcher (Pixel Launcher)
Reinstalling the firmware (ver G975USQU6IVC7) / Trying with different CSC with no results
Wiping Cache in Recovery Mode
Deleting/Adding Fingerprints
Changing from Lock Pattern to NIP to Password
I don't really want to do the full wipe, I would like to keep my data or be able to export the photos (Device not Recognized by Smart Switch also)
Is there anything else I can do?, has anyone been through the same issue?
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I followed a video and wiped out. Finally successful. I wasn't worried about data as Google has a backup.
I followed this method and finally it's factory reset.