[HELP] Force close with substratum, unusable phone - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

So my father decided to update with substratum enabled and now we get SystemUI FC every time and can't use the phone.
No rooted, no custom recovery, no nothing. Is there any way of removing the overlays without wiping data?
Thanks.

eXtremeDevil said:
So my father decided to update with substratum enabled and now we get SystemUI FC every time and can't use the phone.
No rooted, no custom recovery, no nothing. Is there any way of removing the overlays without wiping data?
Thanks.
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You can try going to Safe Mode:
1. Reboot your device
2. Hold down the Volume Down key while booting up
3. You are now in Safe Mode
4. Go into Settings -> Apps, then find the overlay you think is messing up and uninstall

I'm afraid it makes no difference

eXtremeDevil said:
I'm afraid it makes no difference
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OK, I read this 'tutorial' here on XDA. Have not tried myself but see if it helps. If it works please report back. It would be nice to known for future reference:
How to recover if the above doesn't work? (Credits to Evozi)
You will have to boot up in Safe Mode (comes default on every device)
1. Turn on screen and press power button. It will show "Shutdown", "Restart", "Emergency Mode"
2. Turn on "Emergency Mode", keep spam the checkbox so you can tick the checkbox to proceed the agreement. (phone is super lagging)
3. While you are in emergency mode, you have very limited access. Open any system app and go to recent task list.
4. Long press the app task, press the info icon and app detail page will appear.
5. Hit the back button and it will show your whole app list.
6. Find your overlay and remove all its storage and phone permissions.
7. Deactivate Emergency Mode and now you are back to TouchWiz.
8. Uninstall the overlay app.

Can't check the agreement with th fc window all the time, any trick for that?

eXtremeDevil said:
Can't check the agreement with th fc window all the time, any trick for that?
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No idea Like I said, havent tried it myself.
Unless somebody else has a solution I suggest you try posting you problem here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/substratum/

OK thanks anyways

eXtremeDevil said:
So my father decided to update with substratum enabled and now we get SystemUI FC every time and can't use the phone.
No rooted, no custom recovery, no nothing. Is there any way of removing the overlays without wiping data?
Thanks.
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Have you tried wiping the cache?
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I tried with no luck. I ended up performing a factory reset
Thanks to all anyways

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[HELP] "process status bar has stopped..." - flashed framework-res.apk

Hi guys
I was trying to change my battery icon using the file here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13688277&postcount=87
I overwrote the original framework-res.apk and the reboot.
But now as soon as my phone starts and tries to show the home screen i get a dialog box saying:
"The application %1$s (process %2$s) has stopped... The process Status bar has stopped unexpectedly Please try again".
It then immediately restarts, i cannot get in root explorer to be able to change the framework-res.apk back to original.
Can someone please help! The USB-Debugging is not on i think , but i can't get into the settings to enable it if its off.
What should i do. someone please help.
Rooted SGSII running KE2.
Do i have to follow this guide :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13712988&postcount=1
and flash stock SGSII rom and basically start from scratch with all my apps and settings ? (I really hope not).
please tell me there is an easier way to fix this.
Go to settings > applications > Manage applications > All. Find status bar in the list and press force close and then clear data. Reboot.
Intratech said:
Go to settings > applications > Manage applications > All. Find status bar in the list and press force close and then clear data. Reboot.
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I cannot do that. As soon as the Main UI displays (homescreen) , one second after that the phone reboots. homescreen appears frozen too, menu/home/back buttons don't do anything.
ke3pup said:
I cannot do that. As soon as the Main UI displays (homescreen) , one second after that the phone reboots. homescreen appears frozen too, menu/home/back buttons don't do anything.
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I had this problem too, it ****ed up my whole phone and I had to flash stock rom and lost all data. Didn't had usb debugging on
I don't recommend this battery mod or any changing to the framework
zxz0O0 said:
I had this problem too, it ****ed up my whole phone and I had to flash stock rom and lost all data. Didn't had usb debugging on
I don't recommend this battery mod or any changing to the framework
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i guess the price to pay for being a Android modding rookie is painful manual restoration of how the phone looked!
I hope Market will recognize all the apps i bought (20+) otherwise that's alot of money ($100+) gone down the drain !
ke3pup said:
i guess the price to pay for being a Android modding rookie is painful manual restoration of how the phone looked!
I hope Market will recognize all the apps i bought (20+) otherwise that's alot of money ($100+) gone down the drain !
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You won't lose your purchases, they are tied to your google account even if you switch device.
great, so i went ahead and flashed a stock rom using previous mentioned guide above, strange thing is EVERYTHING is intact! i was under the impression that everything will get wiped out but the only thing i had lost was root and that easily fixed . i am so relived
ke3pup said:
great, so i went ahead and flashed a stock rom using previous mentioned guide above, strange thing is EVERYTHING is intact! i was under the impression that everything will get wiped out but the only thing i had lost was root and that easily fixed . i am so relived
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This is because the SGS2 has /data completely separate from the system.. it only makes a fresh /data if /data is missing. So when you flash just the system, your data is left alone.
thanks for the info RyanZA, i'm glad they way it this way otherwise i would have been screwed.

"Unfortunately, System UI has stopped" won't stop popping up. So frustrating.

"Unfortunately, System UI has stopped" won't stop popping up. So frustrating.
The phone is brand new, I just got it in yesterday and had it only for a day.
I was using swype, and just uninstalled it, and when I rebooted the phone, that error keeps popping up and won't go away, making it unable for me to use the phone.
Here's a video of what i'm talking about
How do I fix this? God the phone is brand new
Factory reset?
309041291a said:
Factory reset?
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I guess that's my last resort. Damn
Edit: How would I even factory reset it? I literally can't use the phone. It's bricked. And in the recovery mode menu there is no option to factory reset. (tried pressing power and volume up)
If your phone is still locked, save the data (if needed) via adb and unlock it. But there could be easier way.
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go to gmail account settings and sync everything. Google play will have your apps backup but not app data. Save all music, pics and files that you dont want to lose to your computer. Then just go to backup and reset in your settings menu and select Factory Data reset.
if that doesnt solve your problem you might have to use fastboot to reinstall the Jellybean.
neotekz said:
go to gmail account settings and sync everything. Google play will have your apps backup but not app data. Save all music, pics and files that you dont want to lose to your computer. Then just go to backup and reset in your settings menu and select Factory Data reset.
if that doesnt solve your problem you might have to use fastboot to reinstall the Jellybean.
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I've had something similar to this on my G2x at one point; Android keeps popping up with errors and you can't do a single thing but reboot...which ends up erroring the same way when you're back in in an endless loop.
OP, you'll have to wipe and reinstall. If you've rooted it and enabled USB debugging then you're golden. If not, you'll have to go through several hoops to flash a factory image.
This link should help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016395
Several users have managed to invoke ADB commands.
Launcher
Smitty50 said:
The phone is brand new, I just got it in yesterday and had it only for a day.
I was using swype, and just uninstalled it, and when I rebooted the phone, that error keeps popping up and won't go away, making it unable for me to use the phone.
Here's a video of what i'm talking about
How do I fix this? God the phone is brand new
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I have go launcher. After changing a wallpaper it starts the system ui loop pop up.
So after the restart I went to settings to come back to default launcher.
No more pop up
Tell me if it works with you...
cadiutori said:
I have go launcher. After changing a wallpaper it starts the system ui loop pop up.
So after the restart I went to settings to come back to default launcher.
No more pop up
Tell me if it works with you...
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This thread is 4 months old. I'm sure he fixed it already lol
Sent from my Nexus 4
time and space don't exist
spaceman860 said:
This thread is 4 months old. I'm sure he fixed it already lol
Sent from my Nexus 4
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maybe useful for someone else
cadiutori said:
maybe useful for someone else
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Yes. Maybe he didn't restore the default keyboard before removing.
Hey, thread is old but have not found soultion for fixing "unfortunately systemUI has stopped" for PAC-man V05.. The ROM has all the options within it to customize without adding a theme and yet the friknnnnnn thing does this.. I went all the way back to flashing 4.1.2 again, rooting, formatted all storage... And even gave a 2gig partition for ROM(safestrap) still get error, sad cause has been my daily Rom for quite some time.. Just started out of the blue?? Suggestions??
XT912 RaZR SpYdEr CDMA
1droidmod said:
Hey, thread is old but have not found soultion for fixing "unfortunately systemUI has stopped" for PAC-man V05.. The ROM has all the options within it to customize without adding a theme and yet the friknnnnnn thing does this.. I went all the way back to flashing 4.1.2 again, rooting, formatted all storage... And even gave a 2gig partition for ROM(safestrap) still get error, sad cause has been my daily Rom for quite some time.. Just started out of the blue?? Suggestions??
XT912 RaZR SpYdEr CDMA
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Flash factory image
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scream4cheese said:
Flash factory image
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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He doesn't have a nexus. He's in the wrong place
From my BLACKED OUT N4
Sorry.. Googled topic, brought me here, did not realize... And i did fastboot the firmware, still systemUI issue but only with PAC-man... Handful of others I tested no issues.. I read on github (after i posted here) is a Know issue for PAC and why!!! Just strange, V05 was released weeks ago, why sooo long for issue to submerge... And no issues with V01-V04
XT912 RaZR SpYdEr CDMA PAC-manVO5
I am having this situation right now for my Nexus 4 (running stock 4.2.2 and installed Quick Settings mod from kevdliu, use the ROM for a long time and one day want to wipe all, after wiping, and reboot system I got this) and I think I figured out the solution: Wait until the battery is exhausted and automatically turned off, then put it into the charger for some time. Then pull it out of the charger, press volume up + down + power to get into fastboot. From here, we can wipe all and flash a new rom, or restore to stock rom, or do anything fastboot can do.
nubhihi219 said:
I am having this situation right now for my Nexus 4 (running stock 4.2.2 and installed Quick Settings mod from kevdliu, use the ROM for a long time and one day want to wipe all, after wiping, and reboot system I got this) and I think I figured out the solution: Wait until the battery is exhausted and automatically turned off, then put it into the charger for some time. Then pull it out of the charger, press volume up + down + power to get into fastboot. From here, we can wipe all and flash a new rom, or restore to stock rom, or do anything fastboot can do.
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why install quick settings when stock 4.2.2 comes with its own form of quick settings? I'm willing to bet that's your problem!
hp420 said:
why install quick settings when stock 4.2.2 comes with its own form of quick settings? I'm willing to bet that's your problem!
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you haven't used stock 4.2.2 have you? Its quick settings is so frustrating, it always takes me to Settings to turn on or off Wifi. I want a quick Settings that takes only one click to turn on or off Wifi, so I have to install that mod. Btw, I'm still waiting for the battery to die
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Update: Just to confirm, it works as I expected
hey i know this thread was already answered but i found that this messaged popped up after changing some settings for the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. i didnt want it on my screen because i kept clicking either the back button or the home button which was very frustrating. so i tried to turn it off..that didnt work so instead i set all of the buttons to empty and the visibility to 0% and only after tracing back the steps i took (having to click the ok button for the stupid message about 80 times) i finally managed to find out that the navigation bar was the problem. hope you guys are able to fix your problem as simply as i did without doing anything drastic.
cjleven4 said:
hey i know this thread was already answered but i found that this messaged popped up after changing some settings for the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. i didnt want it on my screen because i kept clicking either the back button or the home button which was very frustrating. so i tried to turn it off..that didnt work so instead i set all of the buttons to empty and the visibility to 0% and only after tracing back the steps i took (having to click the ok button for the stupid message about 80 times) i finally managed to find out that the navigation bar was the problem. hope you guys are able to fix your problem as simply as i did without doing anything drastic.
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I recently had this issue and determined also that it must be something with my status/notification bar as it seemed to resize the screen to show the bar and then immediately resized it again as it displayed the System UI message. I use both Wanam and XBlast and disabled those as well as all Xposed modules. I also disabled Nova Launcher as default and rebooted. Re-enabled all and rebooted again and problem was resolved. Hopefully this will help others as well.
Same thing happened to my phone - Huawei Ascend y511. System UI has stopped Help!!!!!
Smitty50 said:
The phone is brand new, I just got it in yesterday and had it only for a day.
I was using swype, and just uninstalled it, and when I rebooted the phone, that error keeps popping up and won't go away, making it unable for me to use the phone.
Here's a video of what i'm talking about
How do I fix this? God the phone is brand new
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Hi I have huawei ascend y511 and after disabling google keyboard i turned off phone and put it back on. This happened. Help me please, How do I get it back to normal? If I factory reset, will it work? Or should I let the battery drain out and do something. I can't do anything on my phone now because I can't even press anything because of the really frequent pop out of "system ui has stopped" . Help please.

Can't Uninstall greenify- unable to untick administrator right

Hey
I can't uninstall greenify from my phone. I unticked accessibility right but when I try to untick administrator right, the settings always stoppes. Can anyone help get rid of this app?
0verdaflow said:
Does this app come pre-installed ?
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no, it's the app to hibernate apps not in use. I downloaded it from the google store, and wanted to try the phone performance without it, but I just can get rid of it...
Can you try "stopping" the app from Settings > Apps, then try removing administrator?
I can't. Even package disabler can't do anything to the app
Try clearing data/cache of the app?
Just tried that. No help. Settings still gets stopped
So what do you mean exactly "but when I try to untick administrator right, the settings always stoppes".
What exactly happens when you try to untick administrator?
When i I click to untick the rights the screen freezes and after a while i get message that seetings has stopped and im moved backward to security settings
Are you using xposed module for it?
I've encountered this error. I just reboot my phone and uninstall it.
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Monkey Slut said:
When i I click to untick the rights the screen freezes and after a while i get message that seetings has stopped and im moved backward to security settings
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That's strange. As the poster above asked, do you have exposed or any mods installed?
The Settings app is crashing for some reason.
Nope, stock rom, unrooted. Im starting to loose trust in greenify
Monkey Slut said:
Nope, stock rom, unrooted. Im starting to loose trust in greenify
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Did U ever Solve the problem? im having the same issue and can't find a solution
There is an option in Greenify that you can uninstall it.
Anyone ever find a solution to this?
I've encountered a similar issue with MyKnox. MyKnox is an optional App you can install through the Play Store. The option to disable it from the device administrator list was greyed out and there was no option within the app to uninstall/disable the app even though Samsung's official instructions said so. Ended up having to clean flash via Odin.
Turn on safe mode!
Monkey Slut said:
Hey
I can't uninstall greenify from my phone. I unticked accessibility right but when I try to untick administrator right, the settings always stoppes. Can anyone help get rid of this app?
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1. Turn the device off.
2. Press and hold the Power key past the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge screen.
3. When "SAMSUNG" appears on the screen, release the Power key.
4. Immediately after releasing the Power key, press and hold the Volume down key.
5. Continue to hold the Volume down key until the device finishes restarting.
6. Safe mode will display in the bottom left corner of the screen.
7. Release the Volume down key when you see Safe Mode.
8. Uninstall apps that are causing a problem.
Greenify isn't listed in safe mode.
Edit: Found a solution
Greenify - Menu - Troubleshooting - Uninstall
i went onto greenify app..went to troble shoot and uninstalled from there
If you have given draw over other apps permission, check it first and try removing device administrator permission and then uninstall. Worked for me
phantomblu said:
Greenify isn't listed in safe mode.
Edit: Found a solution
Greenify - Menu - Troubleshooting - Uninstall
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thanks. its worked.

Cant open Developer options

Ever since i rooted my P9 lite several apps like Play Store and Settings keep crashing.I want to rollback to marshmallow but i cant because I cant enable USB debugging.Is there any other way to enable it? Please
You can't press 5 times on the build number very fast?
Johnny TDN said:
You can't press 5 times on the build number very fast?
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My bad,i didnt explain it very well.
I did that,i have seperate section called Developer Options,but when i press it settings app crashes.Bluetooth isnt working,half the stuff doesnt work,and i cant access usb debugging-
My guess is that when you did a factory reset, the additional package with the others app has been deleted.. try to flash it again.
Potato997 said:
My guess is that when you did a factory reset, the additional package with the others app has been deleted.. try to flash it again.
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I have got the same issue. What do you mean with "additional package"?
Did you, by any chance, flashed a custom kernel to get root?
Same thing here except after a factory reset my display settings were fine but after the set up in the settings it just crashes the app.

System UI Permacrashed (systemui tuner)

I screwed up pretty bad. Every since i started using System UI tuner (the app) any changes to the phone like changing resolution and stuff would cause SystemUI to close down and the phone had to be restarted, but it was fine because it worked after the restart. Earlier today i put it into maximum power saving mode and it crashed the same way but every time i restart it shows the "SystemUI has closed" right as the phone boots up and i have a black screen and i can only turn off or restart.
The creator of the tuner app had 3 solutions to this problem. a simple restart , which didnt work
The second was solution was to input something using the adb but adb never connects because Maximum power saving mode disables Usb Debugging (fml..)
And the third one was to send him some file on ur phone and he'd send u back a fixed one but thats prob not gonna work cause i cant usb transfer anything onto it anyways.
I tried backing up using TWRP , wiping everything and restoring but the same issue happens
Is there anything i can do other than a complete wipe? Like is there maybe any way to uninstall or remove the SystemUI tuner with TWRP. or maybe put myself out of maximum power saving mode or something like that? Please help..
From twrp you should be able to navigate to data/app and delete the app from there. Long shot but might worth the try.
Use Safe Mode to uninstall SystemUI Tuner
Same thing happened to me on S8+
It would go straight to a black desktop and I could pull down notifications and use the nav keys at the bottom but couldn't do anything else.
Eventually I noticed the little message come up like you mentioned and realized it was related to SystemUI Tuner so I started in Safe Mode and uninstalled the app.
Once uninstalled the issue went away. I ended up reinstalling and use SystemUI Tuner but I am more careful and I know what to do if that happens again. Maybe if Samsung didn't remove so much and lock down the rest we wouldn't have to do this just to use a built in android feature.
have you found a solution to your problem? the same thing just happened to me today :crying:
bobak617 said:
Same thing happened to me on S8+
It would go straight to a black desktop and I could pull down notifications and use the nav keys at the bottom but couldn't do anything else.
Eventually I noticed the little message come up like you mentioned and realized it was related to SystemUI Tuner so I started in Safe Mode and uninstalled the app.
Once uninstalled the issue went away. I ended up reinstalling and use SystemUI Tuner but I am more careful and I know what to do if that happens again. Maybe if Samsung didn't remove so much and lock down the rest we wouldn't have to do this just to use a built in android feature.
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Have the same issue but going to safe mode, its also a black screen with no other option
balistaman said:
Have the same issue but going to safe mode, its also a black screen with no other option
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A little search found this : forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72413941&postcount=283
bobak617 said:
Same thing happened to me on S8+
It would go straight to a black desktop and I could pull down notifications and use the nav keys at the bottom but couldn't do anything else.
Eventually I noticed the little message come up like you mentioned and realized it was related to SystemUI Tuner so I started in Safe Mode and uninstalled the app.
Once uninstalled the issue went away. I ended up reinstalling and use SystemUI Tuner but I am more careful and I know what to do if that happens again. Maybe if Samsung didn't remove so much and lock down the rest we wouldn't have to do this just to use a built in android feature.
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jkolner said:
A little search found this : forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72413941&postcount=283
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Thanks but non of those works since adb is disabled in ultra power saving mode
Go to TWRP and restore from your backup
Flash a new ROm, or the stock ROM
Go to TWRP, open a shell and run the same command as adb.
andy_n_ said:
Go to TWRP and restore from your backup
Flash a new ROm, or the stock ROM
Go to TWRP, open a shell and run the same command as adb.
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Factory reset will fix it too. Don't use systemui turner without adb on its dangerous

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