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A little background--I'm not a newbie and have been running custom roms on my Fascinate for many months (and my Droid before it), but I'm also not an expert or programmer. OK, with that out of the way, here's the issue. When JT came out with the first version of CM7 I switched to it from the Froyo CommRom. Since CM7 had a lot of issues in the early days, I carefully followed this sticky and returned to CommRom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
I've since had a pattern of getting severe force closes, to the point that the phone become non-functional, after several days of everything working fine. This has happened with CommRom, Evil Fascinate, CM7, and currently JT's Vanilla Gingerbread. I've gone back to stock many times, have cleared everything (including data), have run the ext4 formatter, have tried different radios (currently on EC09), and have tried different roms. In each case everything runs wonderfully for 2-4 days, then FC's begin. I use Titanium Backup Pro to restore things, but have been doing so without restoring data, since some say that causes FC's. I've also unchecked the options to have Google back up data, since some say that causes FC's.
I'm out of ideas and am getting tired of clearing data and starting over every few days. I suppose I could restore things to stock and see how that runs, but that might be too painful to survive. Anyone have any other ideas?
You mentioned that you restore apps with Titanium. Do you restore only downloaded apps, or system apps as well? Different ROMS often have different versions of system apps, which can cause problems when restoring.
I'd like to see this topic explored a bit deeper. My girlfriend and I both have Fascinates as well, and each of us sees significant force-close rates...not to the point where the phone doesn't function...but 5-10 per day.
Is this simply a chronic fascinate problem on the newer ROMS (we've used MIUI and Vanilla GB).
Have you tried going 4 days without any restore of any kind?
Try a fresh install from atlas/pit/ed05 and go with that for 4 days... No restores.
Probably not the answer you want, but it sounds like your backups contain corrupt data.
KaceMN said:
I'd like to see this topic explored a bit deeper. My girlfriend and I both have Fascinates as well, and each of us sees significant force-close rates...not to the point where the phone doesn't function...but 5-10 per day.
Is this simply a chronic fascinate problem on the newer ROMS (we've used MIUI and Vanilla GB).
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no its not a fascinate problem, its more likely user error... you must be installing apps & data with tibu. when jumping roms, only restore app's only. Also another thing to try is, boot into cwm, wipe cache, dalvik, and fix permissions.
Fwiw I very seldom ever get a FC...
I've been following the same pattern of behavior with the switching of ROMs and backing up with Titanium by restoring data and apps. My Fascinate picked up a number of bad habits along the way: phantom back button and keyboard button pressing, screen waking back up after I shut it off, and some force closes but nothing like some are reporting here.
I recently switched to PWGB which wipes all data. I used Titanium to restore contacts and text messages only and re-downloaded all the apps from the market.
Since the wipe everything has been smooth and error free.
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I recently switched to PWGB which wipes all data. I used Titanium to restore contacts and text messages only and re-downloaded all the apps from the market.
Since the wipe everything has been smooth and error free.
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you can use titanium to restore apps, long as you install app only.... do not install app+ data, thats where you run into problems.
I am experiencing this same issue. I first upgraded to CM7 nightlies back around August and that seemed to be the source of the issue. Each time it occurred, I would wipe data and it would disappear for several days or weeks. I then switched to jt's Vanilla GB, and had the same issue. Now I am on CM7.1 and am continuing to have the same problem. Wiping data seems to fix the problem, but it consistently returns after several days.
I did have some success with disabling sync and clearing data for the Contacts Storage and Google Framework applications, which seemed to stop the force-closing temporarily, but they did ultimately return. This only seemed to work for me once.
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I am experiencing this same issue. I first upgraded to CM7 nightlies back around August and that seemed to be the source of the issue. Each time it occurred, I would wipe data and it would disappear for several days or weeks. I then switched to jt's Vanilla GB, and had the same issue. Now I am on CM7.1 and am continuing to have the same problem. Wiping data seems to fix the problem, but it consistently returns after several days.
I did have some success with disabling sync and clearing data for the Contacts Storage and Google Framework applications, which seemed to stop the force-closing temporarily, but they did ultimately return. This only seemed to work for me once.
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download disk usage from the market and check to see how full your /datadata folder is. I bet its full. there is a thread on rootzwiki about. you can either delete some apps or jt has a tweak to fix the issue.
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Have you tried going 4 days without any restore of any kind?
Try a fresh install from atlas/pit/ed05 and go with that for 4 days... No restores.
Probably not the answer you want, but it sounds like your backups contain corrupt data.
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I agree with this. Last summer I ran into a series of similar issues (fc and what not) on several roms. What I learned for myself is i never restore ANYTHING. What I do use tho is APP LIST BACKUP which is a very convenient and fast way to download apps fresh from the market. I currently enjoy a fc free phone
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Hi all. New to the forums...watched the degrading vid before signing up even and am somewhat newby with phones. I've scoured this site, the motorola support site...which is apparently down til next week now...and a few other sites I came across via pages of google searching. I cannot find the answer other than doing a factory reset...which I really do not want to do as I have a LOT of apps and info of my phone. It should all be backed up via motoblur and the lookout app's backup. But I have months worth of scheduling info in there which will take me more hours to reenter...I reeeeeally don't want to if I don't have to.
Problem: My Atrix 4g is caught in a bootloop. While this is a somewhat common problem, mine seems to be a little different. I'll point form details below and will greatly appreciate any help I get. If you need any more info, please let me know.
-caught in a boot loop. It boots regularly, but reboots about every 2 minutes. There is a good 30-45 seconds where I can access apps etc. However, I don't think that the phone completely finishes its boot cycle before rebooting.
-Occasionally...and I believe ONLY after I reboot via the down volume/power button method...the phone will stay on long enough to receive notifications from the web. Facebook notifications etc etc. Most of the time it doesn't.
-If I had to guess, it's trying to boot some app near the end of its boot cycle that it doesn't like. And I'm assuming it just doesn't like this app's latest update as I've never had this problem before.
-Prior to rebooting via volume/power button, I was getting an error message which I wrote down...and have since accidentally erased. It was something along the lines of "system process failed" and I then had the option of force close or wait.
-Every 3 seconds or so, my notification light flashes purple. It typically shows green during startup, red for notifications...I've never seen purple before.
-I downloaded almost every app I could over the last 10 days of 10, 10c apps from the market.
-I haven't opened most of the apps, and haven't had any problems with any apps that I have opened
-Most of my apps are set to auto-update. Therefore, I don't know which app update could be the problem...assuming this is the problem
-I'm in the process of removing my apps 1 at a time every 2 minutes or so...as I get a chance during the final stages of the phone's rebooting. So far, 10 apps in and no success. Only another 200 apps or so to go. ugh...
Any ideas? help? booze?
Thanks in advance.
How about wiping the cache and Dalvik cache? This will not affect or uninstall any of your apps or personal info.
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Thanks for the advice and quick response. I don't seem to be able to clear the dalvik cache without rooting the phone...is this correct? Went thru the market for dalvik cache cleaning apps and they all require root. My phone isn't rooted.
ok if your not rooted does this mean your on a stock rom? is it possible one of these 200+ apps are a virus or malicious? root your phone use titanium backup to backup all your apps and factory reset or go try and get a replacement and keep your sd wich will have the backup
I had a boot loop problem too once. Turned out to be a defective SD card. removed it and it booted. It could not be read by any PC either so it was definitely dead.
I have tried most of the JB Roms for the Galaxy S3, trying to see what would bother me less in every rom as a missing or not working feature.
I am facing the same problem with almost all roms (but not with all).
As soon as I bring back my applications and data through Titanium backup (never restoring the system files of course) then when I go to Settings/Applications Manager and try to scroll through the installed applications it always freezes and I get the message "Unfortunately, Settings has Stopped" and I get back to home screen.
As I said I did not had the problem only with a couple of roms (not remembering which ones though) but having it most of those I flashed.
All the roms have always been flashed on totally blank mediums since I have always used full wipes (tried to reflash a couple of them on top just to see if this would fix the problem but it did not)
Note that all applications do scroll normally and very fast in other programs also listing the installed applications, either through Titanium Backup or even in the drawer where all apps literally fly when scrolling.
Any help or advice would be greatly.
Does it work ok before you restore apps from Titanium Backup? If it does, try just restoring the apps one at a time and testing after each one. I suspect there's a duff application in there that's been restored, and that's causing the problem
Alternatively just reinstall the apps from the Play Store rather than using TB.
Thank you anthropolyte, man you are fast.
Thought of many things related to JB (because up until v4.0.4 I did not have this issue with - almost - the same applications installed) but I did not think for a moment that a specific application could be the issue. I will re-flash the rom later today and try it your way.
I will report back in case someone faces the same issue.
You're welcome - good luck!
Dear jsfero, did you manage to solve that problem? I'm just facing the same. Firstly I thought it was due to blackm* app but after uninstall it nothing changed. Then I thought it may have to do with apps in drawer showing the same name. Then I kept one and uninstalled the other. Nothing changed. I'm just a bit bored with this situation. My only difference is that I occurred to me also with ICS, not only with JB or CM10.
Could you provide me with some light about this issue?
Many thanks in advance.
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Dear jsfero, did you manage to solve that problem? I'm just facing the same. Firstly I thought it was due to blackm* app but after uninstall it nothing changed. Then I thought it may have to do with apps in drawer showing the same name. Then I kept one and uninstalled the other. Nothing changed. I'm just a bit bored with this situation. My only difference is that I occurred to me also with ICS, not only with JB or CM10.
Could you provide me with some light about this issue?
Many thanks in advance.
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Unfortunately, after having tried almost everything from re-flashing to re-downloading all my apps, I could not manage to find out the source of this problem.
It is only just by accident that I found out that a couple of ROMs are not causing any problem and the phone works perfectly well. The one I do remember and I do use now as my main daily usage ROM is the one from Sotmax.
Now, I don't know if this problem is the outcome of a 'bad' combination or bad coexistence of certain programs from kernel or Rom, all I know is that my exact same Titanium back with over 300 apps is the same one I tried on all the Roms so I doubt that the problem is coming the applications side. It was always as if the amount of applications / data was too high for the Roms to handle and crashed the application. And all the sudden one day, I simply realized that with Sotmax's Rom and same applications installed via Titanium did not cause any problem or malfunction.
I even changed kernels, from stock to Siyah and now Perseus, the problem seems to be gone for good with this Rom. I am sure that I must have found a one or two other Roms which did not cause the problem either, unfortunately I did not like them that much to keep them and remember which one they were.
HTH
I had the same problem as well unfortunately, also couldn't access App info/app size
Had to uninstall some apps, then reinstalled them again
But I can't install broken Sword without getting the problem again
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Yes, I can confirm that Broken Sword game causes App Info to crash. Another one that I found is from Samsung Apps called "Catch The Monkey". Troubleshooting this was time consuming as I had to uninstall each app in the sequence (refering to appbrain.com which has the sequence of apps I installed from Google Play) and keep testing whether App Info crashes or not.
I recently rooted my revo and never really done a lot to it but uninstalled a lot of bloatware that I had found in these forums as being safe to remove. My problem is that the other night I went to download a new runner game and noticed that it wouldn't work, just sound no screen. So I tried to play Temple Run 2 which had worked previously, now it no longer would play. Naught no longer played either, I just then downloaded several of the 100 series games and they won't play as well. Can someone help me and tell me what I may have uninstalled that is causing this to happen and how I can fix it?
Still looking for a possible answer to this question, any running game I try doesn't work, yet it will play Angry Birds or games like where's my water.
I'll be honest: I have no idea what went wrong.
But, some useful debugging ideas, maybe?
1) Happen to have a Nandroid of pre-root/pre-debloat? It might be one of the things you thought was bloatware. Maybe, then, debloat and test after a few?
2) How did you root? Did you install a new ROM (which could be causing issues) or some root injection method like CF-Auto-Root, which is less likely to cause a weird issue like this.
3) Just games? No other apps? Do all of your apps that don't work have a commonality? Like they use OpenFeint or something?
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I'll be honest: I have no idea what went wrong.
But, some useful debugging ideas, maybe?
1) Happen to have a Nandroid of pre-root/pre-debloat? It might be one of the things you thought was bloatware. Maybe, then, debloat and test after a few?
2) How did you root? Did you install a new ROM (which could be causing issues) or some root injection method like CF-Auto-Root, which is less likely to cause a weird issue like this.
3) Just games? No other apps? Do all of your apps that don't work have a commonality? Like they use OpenFeint or something?
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No I never installed a new ROM, I actually used a one click method, it took me days to find one that actually worked. I don't have none of the things you have listed. No other apps appear to be harmed, the only games that are harmed the infinite runner type games and Naught. The runner games load with sound but no video, Naught begins to load and then it just stops. I did do a restore with clockmod. I had set up a back up after I had uninstalled a few basic things such as bing, the games on it and things like that. My girls actually played the games after my first round of uninstalling bloat. I never noticed the problem until I got bloat freezer and began to experiment, I actually froze the sync program and google+ and then I noticed that my contacts was deleted and I lost them all, after I went back thru my numbers and renamed them, only after I unfroze both, did I start checking things and those games where what I found that never worked anymore. Where could I find a debloat program for my revo, it's the v9 one. Was hard enough finding a root program, as I am not very inclined in programing. Wondering tho if I where to do a factory reset it should fix it shouldn't it, but will I lose my root, synced emails and other thing, I know I can move my programs to the SD.
Right. Titanium Backup is a very reputable debloater. Maybe try that instead and maybe others remove things that don't cause issues for them, but for you?
You could try reinstalling the games, too? Using Titanium Backup, you can keep your progress by backing up all the games' data.
A factory reset might work, but your root may remain as it is integrated into the system. The absolute fix is flashing the stock ROM.
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Right. Titanium Backup is a very reputable debloater. Maybe try that instead and maybe others remove things that don't cause issues for them, but for you?
You could try reinstalling the games, too? Using Titanium Backup, you can keep your progress by backing up all the games' data.
A factory reset might work, but your root may remain as it is integrated into the system. The absolute fix is flashing the stock ROM.
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Well I have restored everything that I can restore using TB and CWM I lost all the tweaking and custimizing that I had done but still the running games or Naught won't play, tried uninstalling and reinstalling all them more than once.
Was hoping that if I did do a factory reset that I did keep my root, don't want to lost it because I think my gf deleted the file from the desktop that it took me days to find LoL. Does a factory reset back up unistalled programs or do you know, I've never flashed a ROM but I can learn anything. I want my phone rooted and custimized the way I want plus as you may know the revo sucks in the processor, ram and battery life department, but I'm stuck with it for another 8 months cause I'm to tight to buy one that isn't free with my contract or cost less than $100. Wishing I would have just spent 80$ and got me a Motorola Razr Maxx HD like the one I got my gf. Rooted it and have had no problems with it so far:victory:
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Well I have restored everything that I can restore using TB and CWM I lost all the tweaking and custimizing that I had done but still the running games or Naught won't play, tried uninstalling and reinstalling all them more than once.
Was hoping that if I did do a factory reset that I did keep my root, don't want to lost it because I think my gf deleted the file from the desktop that it took me days to find LoL. Does a factory reset back up unistalled programs or do you know, I've never flashed a ROM but I can learn anything. I want my phone rooted and custimized the way I want plus as you may know the revo sucks in the processor, ram and battery life department, but I'm stuck with it for another 8 months cause I'm to tight to buy one that isn't free with my contract or cost less than $100. Wishing I would have just spent 80$ and got me a Motorola Razr Maxx HD like the one I got my gf. Rooted it and have had no problems with it so far:victory:
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Shucks, sorry to hear that! Hmm...restored everything = from a Nandroid backup? So, you're now at a Nandroid backup where the games used to work, but they don't? That's odd....what partitions did you back up? I'm curious if you somehow flashed a kernel that OC/OV'd your CPU or GPU and that is causing issues--but, one-click roots shouldn't do anything like that.
Check out this write-up on Android partitions (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...plained-boot-system-recovery-data-cache-misc/). It'll show that a factory reset wipes data, so it'll uninstall apps, but root is in /system, so you're OK there.
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Shucks, sorry to hear that! Hmm...restored everything = from a Nandroid backup? So, you're now at a Nandroid backup where the games used to work, but they don't? That's odd....what partitions did you back up? I'm curious if you somehow flashed a kernel that OC/OV'd your CPU or GPU and that is causing issues--but, one-click roots shouldn't do anything like that.
Check out this write-up on Android partitions (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...plained-boot-system-recovery-data-cache-misc/). It'll show that a factory reset wipes data, so it'll uninstall apps, but root is in /system, so you're OK there.
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Well on TB I just restored some of the items that I actually did back up. Nothing fancy on those, and with CWM all it said was to restore from SD card saved backup. It's a version where I must boot into CWM and it appears as tho it's in terminal mode. Far as flashing or anything else the only thing that I really did that may have done anything was installed a cpu governer so I could overclock, nothing fancy there either just set it to 1.02 GHz ondemand and that's all. Tried turning it off, setting it to performance and lower cpu speeds and still got the same thing.
So a factory reset will basically just uninstall the programs I have put on it, delete my data that's not on SD but does it reinstall the bloat that I removed that I may have lost hmmmm.
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Shucks, sorry to hear that! Hmm...restored everything = from a Nandroid backup? So, you're now at a Nandroid backup where the games used to work, but they don't? That's odd....what partitions did you back up? I'm curious if you somehow flashed a kernel that OC/OV'd your CPU or GPU and that is causing issues--but, one-click roots shouldn't do anything like that.
Check out this write-up on Android partitions (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...plained-boot-system-recovery-data-cache-misc/). It'll show that a factory reset wipes data, so it'll uninstall apps, but root is in /system, so you're OK there.
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Ok I don't know if your still reading on this thread. But I just installed Dead City, it plays great, I also installed a shark evolution game. When it loads up the screen appears scrambled out. Do these games work from flash for some and another type of player for others?
Ok first let me tell you guys that i have never seen this problem before and all of a sudden TODAY I saw it in two unrelated phones, one huawey ascend 530 something , and the other one a no brand chinese dual sim note 3 or note 4 knockoff , bot phones where stock , and users dont even know what rooting is, let alone custom roms.
The problem was popups , lots of them , some with pr0n ads, others with "security software" ads, some more for games, this popups started as soon as the phone booted, no need to enter a browser or app at all, then it started downloading some more apps with weird names (weird as apparently random garbage names), and some other apps for coupons, games, launchers etc, tons of crap, every time one finished downloading it was asking for which method to use for installation :google verification or something else I think "package installer" that i don't remember now, but that I know both are legit apps from android to install stuff, of course I said no every time but it just kept asking so I figured I will factory reset this because I have no time but he is a friend so I need to help him, but have not much time so I thought that was the best thing to do.
WRONG, after factory reset (from settings menu) popups where still there, so I just figured I would do it from recovery screen, and I did, ... surprise, popups still there and also the downloading notifications of more unknown apps, as I said before some of them had names like games or security software, other were just random gibberish, sometimes an app with chinesse name crashed (force stop) , when I saw that the first time I immediately knew it was some chinesse malware crap, ok I guessed maybe the sdcard had something sticky on it , hidden partition or something, so I removed it, and reset again, ... problem persists, oh and let me tell you, this problem showed up immediately after boot, I didn't even have the chance to register a google account, so crap was not coming from a google sync data or or synced apps or browsers or something , well then I had the idea of turning off the wifi and see if they stop, some of the popups opened browser pages and other popups just opened by themselves as if it was from an already installed app.
results: the damn thing turned wifi ON by itself to keep downloading their ****y apps, so I just deleted the saved wifi networks, and the damn thing started using the mobile data to keep doing its stuff (it even turned data on).
There was only one 2 things left to do, either try to root the phone and dive in the apps to try and remove any suspicious ones, or reflash with stock.
Well I had to leave by that time and told my friend i would like to help him, but it would have to be some other time, coz I know how hard it is to try and find a rom for an unknown chinese manufacturer even if I find one, trying to figure out the links in chinesse pages I doubt it would be an exact match (had done that before, so I know its difficult and takes many hours of your time) it had JB on it.
Then I arrived to work and a coworker asked if I could help him , it was a Huawei ascend G527-U081. exact same symptoms and behavior, ok so again I did factory resets blah blah erase sdcard etc etc, same results malware persisted, but in this case, it took me less than 5 mins to find the stock rom at huawey support page, downloaded it, did update via sdcard, and VOILA FIXED.
So someone who knows more about how could this infection happen can take some time and try to explain me?
My uneducated guess is that some side-loaded app or downloaded app from the webpages ads or something like that got ROOT access to the phone internally or even rooted the phone with their own root renamed app, and somehow put themselves in the system partition or the place where the factory apps are installed from, i guess that's why only a full flash fixed it.
Could that be it?
I hope no one here gets that crap, I have never had any malware in any of my phones and I am even surprised and wonder what people can possible do to get infected that bad, lol, I don't think I could even on purpose, but then again, having an adaway app takes most of the dangerous ads away so no risk clicking them by mistake.
Hi,
By any chance did you save the apks that were the cause of this as I would like to decompile and test them under a VM maybe we could take them offline or attempt to get a warning out there.
BioT3rm said:
Hi,
By any chance did you save the apks that were the cause of this as I would like to decompile and test them under a VM maybe we could take them offline or attempt to get a warning out there.
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I didnt find out wich apps were the cause of this, it was to many apps trying to install themselves and one popup after another from different apps.
the chinese phone still has all the crap, i wouldnt know what to give you from it
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I didnt find out wich apps were the cause of this, it was to many apps trying to install themselves and one popup after another from different apps.
the chinese phone still has all the crap, i wouldnt know what to give you from it
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I thought as much but this is the second time I've seen someone post something similar, brand new install on the phone or factory reset and mileage downloading apps, I do believe this could be a new malware out of China.
This is a common thing with Chinese devices. They mostly contain malware. This is why China based devices are not big with most of the world.
If is built into their os. You can't really remove it.
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I didnt find out wich apps were the cause of this, it was to many apps trying to install themselves and one popup after another from different apps.
the chinese phone still has all the crap, i wouldnt know what to give you from it
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To my knowledge it's the one app "pornclub" that installs all those junk applications. This app somehow access the root on non-rooted phones and reinstall automatically even if you hard reset the phone. Removing this app after rooting may be helpful. This malware also appeared in ASUS Nexus tablet and other phones. So it is not linked to some specific make. People who download apps from third party sources should be careful and get them only from sites which display hash info for play store apps. Besides avoid downloading junk porn apps.
I also have a similar malaware on my note5. I did a factory reset and when I checked my chrome I had no ads but when I reconnected to my Internet I instantly started downloading galaxy apps and when I checked my chrome again I had a ad by mgid again.
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I scanned my phone and it said s health was a threat
Did anyone find a fix to this? Does a FW update help?
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Did anyone find a fix to this? Does a FW update help?
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I fixed the huawey "updating " to the same rom version it already had, ie full flash,
i read that there are some utilities and av cleaner in google play sstore that get rid of this, search for pornhub cleaner
arana1 said:
I fixed the huawey "updating " to the same rom version it already had, ie full flash,
i read that there are some utilities and av cleaner in google play sstore that get rid of this, search for pornhub cleaner
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thanks for the reply. I'll try flashing the existing ROM again and see if I get rid of it. There's also some info on that on https://blog.avast.com/2013/10/23/no-pleasure-from-this-adult-app-only-pain/
edit: It worked! I flashed the same ROM on the phone again and now the phone responds fast again.
Which AV/anti malware app would you recommend to avoid this incident in the future - and I don't want thousands of other apps that come along with it (battery saver etc.)?
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thanks for the reply. I'll try flashing the existing ROM again and see if I get rid of it. There's also some info on that on https://blog.avast.com/2013/10/23/no-pleasure-from-this-adult-app-only-pain/
edit: It worked! I flashed the same ROM on the phone again and now the phone responds fast again.
Which AV/anti malware app would you recommend to avoid this incident in the future - and I don't want thousands of other apps that come along with it (battery saver etc.)?
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Actually I use NONE, the problem was not on my phones, I just dont install anything that doesnt come from trusted sources , be it development forums like this , or play store, or other well known pages, what I do USe is an adblocker, most of this malware comes from popups that suggest you install something else, well with adaway i get rid of most of that and have never had malware on any of my phones
hi i am having a same problems which u've mentioned above. ive tried factory reset ,erasing sd card, reboot and all but it doesnot remove totally from my phone.can anyone tell me how to fix this problem and get rid of this malicious app and virus.
I have same problem, i tried malwarebytes and the following was found backdoor.triada.js, trojan.rootnik.ab, trojan.agent.gc, trojan.sivu.rn, trojan.sinu.c, and bct_service app. I click delete and reboot my phone still not remove.
I've had this problem for a few months, but it was mostly controllable. I was too lazy to fix it, but I have a bit of knowledge about it now.
I got this when I tried installing a hack mod for a dead game. As far as I can remember, the "bad apps" were netalpha, catstudio(these two can only be disabled), com.google.keyguard, and com.android.gesture.builder (there were more, but I can't remember them). Some of the apps that get downloaded are Lazada, Zalora, Battery saver, Apus, Heathstone, 2048, and Township. I also factory reset my phone a few times, and the apps either lessen or increase...
My phone is also Huawei, so I'll just try updating the rom.
Thanks for the info ^^
kitaro11 said:
hi i am having a same problems which u've mentioned above. ive tried factory reset ,erasing sd card, reboot and all but it doesnot remove totally from my phone.can anyone tell me how to fix this problem and get rid of this malicious app and virus.
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The only way that solved this problem was to reinstall the ROM trought recovery.
reboot phone to remove malware trojan
Hi I been racking my brain trying to fix my phone with similar issues. On Monday 5/11/17 after doing a update the viruses took over the phone , I have are Trojan Triada and Slocker Back door Ransomware and another viruses I cant remember , I did the same steps you mentioned and nothing. So my last 2 options are the same.. Is it hard to flash a LGG3 att version , or will rooting the phone and manually remove them... i AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR POST :angel: Thanks.
edpinal72 said:
Hi I been racking my brain trying to fix my phone with similar issues. On Monday 5/11/17 after doing a update the viruses took over the phone , I have are Trojan Triada and Slocker Back door Ransomware and another viruses I cant remember , I did the same steps you mentioned and nothing. So my last 2 options are the same.. Is it hard to flash a LGG3 att version , or will rooting the phone and manually remove them... i AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR POST :angel: Thanks.
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I had this problem and the only way to solve it was to reflash the Rom.
Also experiencing on a Mintt phone
I live in a developing country and had few options when I needed a new phone. I have a Mintt phone which I cannot seem to root. The internet here is terrible so I don't have many apps but have had recurring self installing malware that renders the phone unusable until factory reset at which point the whole process starts again.
It seems to be attached to the inbuilt browser which I can't remove. It starts with a circle on the screen which can't be removed and if touched opens a warning message that WhatsApp has a virus. I don't have WhatsApp. Then chrome tries to install. I don't use chrome. Then the messages become so frequent nothing can be done but factory reset. Any help would be much appreciated!
Samsung GT-N8013
Stock ROM full flash help?
I was wondering if I could get a walkthrough on how to find and do a full flash Stock ROM for my android tablet, similar to what you describe here.
I have had this tablet for years, but years ago, I think I got some malware, and anything I've tried over the years seems to be unable to get rid of it. I've followed many times the clearing cache from pwr/volumn up boot menu, and factory resets from same menu, yet everytime it starts up for the first time, it loads and updates several apps, then when it fully starts to home page, there is always a "lucky try" app.
I can't remove this app, and there are extra settings apps too, and the official google apps don't update properly. All in all it's very fishy, and I would like to try what you are talking about, with a full flash reset, but I have no idea how. I'm at the point where if I totally brick the thing, I'm ok with that. It is pretty much useless and has been for years anyway.
The only way to solve this problem is to flash a stock or a custom Rom.