Ok, I'm new here and this is my first post, please be nice
Just got me a Guomi F3 (in Chinese, 国米 F3) and I'd like to do a clean install in English. I didn't know much about Android but I have been searching and learning to handle this situation I'm under..
I lost backup ROM and can't find a compatible one on the net yet.
This phone seems to be very new (and very minor) so I can't find a manufacture ROM or even manufacture's website..
Currently it keep showing an error message "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!"
The OS seems to belong to China Mobile (in Chinese, 引領3G生活) and it won't let me fastboot but I can access fastboot mode by ROM manager app.
Here's the spec of this phone;
- Platform: Android
- Android ver.: 4.4.4
- Android SDK ver.: 15 (Android 4.0.3)
- Kernel: Linux 3.0.8
- CPU: MT6592 2GHz Octa Core
- Root access: Yes
- RAM: 421MB
- System storage: 2.07GB
- Internal storage: 0.97GB
- External storage: 0.97GB
- GPU ver.: OpenGL LS 2.0 Spreadtrum Build
I need a custom ROM for the phone, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!
You should have done a backup before!!
Now you're helpless unless you get a stock rom or a custom rom
Use yuweng's recovery porting tool to get a custom cwm recovery(dont know whether it'll work on mt6592)
Then port a custom rom using a rom porting tool and try it
It'll be a long process but at the end of the day you'll get rid of the error and will have a custom rom too
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
Hi arnabbiswasalsodeep, thanks for your reply :good:
I tried MT65xx Lewa OS Porting Tool but can't proceed it.. as there's no compatible lewa ROM, fails to install USB driver (Mediatek Driver Auto Installer) due to no unsigned drivers for win7.
I just hope that someone can modify or create ROM for this phone soon.. :fingers-crossed:
Use mtk firmware adapter
Many even port roms fron mtk6577 to mtk6589 using it
Press thanks :good: if I've helped :highfive:
chloem said:
Ok, I'm new here and this is my first post, please be nice
Just got me a Guomi F3 (in Chinese, 国米 F3) and I'd like to do a clean install in English. I didn't know much about Android but I have been searching and learning to handle this situation I'm under..
I lost backup ROM and can't find a compatible one on the net yet.
This phone seems to be very new (and very minor) so I can't find a manufacture ROM or even manufacture's website..
Currently it keep showing an error message "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!"
The OS seems to belong to China Mobile (in Chinese, 引領3G生活) and it won't let me fastboot but I can access fastboot mode by ROM manager app.
Here's the spec of this phone;
- Platform: Android
- Android ver.: 4.4.4
- Android SDK ver.: 15 (Android 4.0.3)
- Kernel: Linux 3.0.8
- CPU: MT6592 2GHz Octa Core
- Root access: Yes
- RAM: 421MB
- System storage: 2.07GB
- Internal storage: 0.97GB
- External storage: 0.97GB
- GPU ver.: OpenGL LS 2.0 Spreadtrum Build
I need a custom ROM for the phone, any help would be very appreciated, thanks!
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I got the same phone. Ｉ tried and root the phone successful. Somethings went wrong in the process and the massage shows up "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!".
Have you fixed the problem? appreciate your help. Thanks
wl224 said:
I got the same phone. Ｉ tried and root the phone successful. Somethings went wrong in the process and the massage shows up "System was damaged, The system will be unstable!".
Have you fixed the problem? appreciate your help. Thanks
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Don't worry, your phone is perfectly fine. The system is NOT damaged at all. This iRoot chinese superuser crap is what is sending the scary message. The scare tactic occurs because you deleted some other chinese bloatware which came down via the iRoot software during the rooting process. There is one chinese app in particular which when deleted will download and reinstall itself. It is the one that pops up annoyingly every 10 seconds. It's like an appstore that's trying to force you to download chinese apps. You can uninstall it by putting the phone in airplane mode and uninstalling it.
When the chinese superuser sees that that particular chinese crapware is absent, it starts to send that annoying message that the system was damaged. Just ignore it. Of course, it is hard to ignore because it flashes constantly in the middle of the screen. But you can work through the nuisance.
You see, at this point, the phone is actually properly rooted! So what you do next is simply download a root file manager (Uninstall Master or ES File Manager for example), do whatever you needed while rooted then after you've done whatever you wanted to do in the first place, just use the root file manager to delete the chinese superuser program. It's called RL King or some such non-sense. THIS WILL SAFELY UNROOT THE PHONE. In other words, you will lose root, but it will get rid of the annoying fake message that your system was damaged.
Or you can root the phone, accept the chinese crapware and be happy. Me? i unrooted my phone. I don't want any chinese crapware on it. Who knows what other sneaky stuff iRoot is doing on there. I don't speak chinese so I have no idea what all the visible crapware was for. And if they get so upset that you delete the crapware that they would spitefully put this annoying message permanently on the phone, then I DO NOT TRUST THEM!!!
My advice is TO NOT USE iRoot or vRoot for rooting your phone. You will have no idea what nastiness they are inserting directly into the root of your system with superuser privileges!
Volte4G+ CPU: MT6589 4GB RAM, 120GB ROM 2.048GHz???
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
stentmartin said:
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
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What is your phone make and model? Can't help you unless you provide this info.
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System is damage, please check!!!
My Phone is a " Volte4G+". It is made by Spreadtrum.
The phone information is giving me the following info:
1. CPU: MT6589 (Spreadtrum 4G SC8830?).
2. ARM V7 architecture.
3. 8 cores
4. 2..048GHz
5. 4GB RAM
6. Internal Storage 120GB
7. 512GB micro SD Card (Installed by me)
The phone is bought from Malaysia.
Works perfect, but I can not find any tech spec that match this phone internal spec (can be fake?).
I have uninstalled KingRoot and it has nothing todo with the problem. I don't think iRoot or KingRoot is the problem (mybe emidiator). I have deleted all suspissios programs but there is of course hundreds other apps that can couse this problem!
You are absolute right about your assumption that a deleted malware program have triggered this messages.
stentmartin said:
My Phone is a " Volte4G+". It is made by Spreadtrum.
The phone information is giving me the following info:
1. CPU: MT6589 (Spreadtrum 4G SC8830?).
2. ARM V7 architecture.
3. 8 cores
4. 2..048GHz
5. 4GB RAM
6. Internal Storage 120GB
7. 512GB micro SD Card (Installed by me)
The phone is bought from Malaysia.
Works perfect, but I can not find any tech spec that match this phone internal spec (can be fake?).
I have uninstalled KingRoot and it has nothing todo with the problem. I don't think iRoot or KingRoot is the problem (mybe emidiator). I have deleted all suspissios programs but there is of course hundreds other apps that can couse this problem!
You are absolute right about your assumption that a deleted malware program have triggered this messages.
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I guarantee you that iRoot or KingRoot were indeed the source of the problem. What I said was, one of those programs downloaded the culprit without your knowledge. I know it for a fact because my own phone was completely free of all malware. I had a brand new, clean stock ROM flashed. I then tried to root with iRoot or vRoot. Immediately after rooting, I deleted a Chinese app that got installed by the rooting program. And as soon as I deleted that program, the annoying message began. So it had to be via the rooting process and it was because I deleted that crapware.
It's possible that it's an app that cannot be deleted even by AppMaster, or the root browsers even with root permission. This is because some of the virus apps install themselves into the system partition with an attribute of i (immutable) or a (annex only). You first have to remove the "i" or "a" attribute with a terminal emulator such as Terminal Emulator from PlayStore (but your phone needs to be rooted). The problem with those attributes is that a program like AppMaster, SD Maid or Root Browser will tell you the app was deleted, but once you reboot, you will quickly find out that the app was not deleted at all. Once you remove these attributes, you can delete the offending apps permanently. So to do this, you'll have to reroot your phone. Don't be afraid to reroot because once you're rooted, you can get rid of all the crap. Also, once you're rooted, make sure you also install busybox (download and install Busy Box X from PlayStore) because it gives you access to a better suite of Linux commands that you can use via the terminal emulator app.
There is another possibility for the problem. The annoying message may be a service and not an app. In that case, you need to discover what service it is and use the app called Disable Service to permanently stop that service from running (but your phone needs to be rooted). So you'll have to reroot and then use Disable Service.
Anyway, you have an absolutely beautiful phone. Love the specs. I wonder it it uses MTK or Spreadthrum architecture. If it's MTK you can easily and quickly flash back to stock with SP Flash Tool. Otherwise you have to use the Spreadthrum tools. You will need to find your stock ROM and flash it. That's the other way to deal with it.
Let me know how it goes. I can help answer questions at each step of the way. Just remember to take screenshots to help explain what's going on if you need help.
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System is Damage
First. My goal withe phone is to install Ubuntu Mate and have a combined phone & Ubuntu computer.
On all tests this powerful phone have extremely low score. Reason, the tests can not handle 4G phones @ 2GHz and 8-cores or the phone is a fake or scam?
I have contacted the Seller on eBay about the Stock ROM. Normally they don't know anything..
Also I am a normal user with some computer knowledge, not a hacker or aUnix programmer.
I have downloaded and tested all programs you have suggested. Note! my phone is rooted.
The problem:
1 To use Service Disable or Uninstall apps in settings I need to know what app is causing the problem and I don't have a clue witch app I shall disable.
2. I can not find the Stock ROM to my phone.
3. I believe the my phone is a MT6589 SoC MTK device with 8-cores 2048MHZ and 120GB local storage.
At least that is what the phone is telling me.
Anyway, this is the future of computer/phones.
Possible Solutions
1. Buy another similar phone. Cost only $52 on eBay.
2. Take. backup of the new phone ROM and restore the backup to the old damage phone (delete internal storage first to get rid of malware?)
3. Compare installed apps on the phones and delete the differences on the old damage phones..
Can I use the therminal emulator to find the program causing my problem? You told me they have the "i" and "a" attribute in the mode. Can I look for some distinct features in the mode and use RM to remove the app.
In what directory shall I look?
Please advise
stentmartin
stentmartin said:
First. My goal withe phone is to install Ubuntu Mate and have a combined phone & Ubuntu computer.
On all tests this powerful phone have extremely low score. Reason, the tests can not handle 4G phones @ 2GHz and 8-cores or the phone is a fake or scam?
I have contacted the Seller on eBay about the Stock ROM. Normally they don't know anything..
Also I am a normal user with some computer knowledge, not a hacker or aUnix programmer.
I have downloaded and tested all programs you have suggested. Note! my phone is rooted.
The problem:
1 To use Service Disable or Uninstall apps in settings I need to know what app is causing the problem and I don't have a clue witch app I shall disable.
2. I can not find the Stock ROM to my phone.
3. I believe the my phone is a MT6589 SoC MTK device with 8-cores 2048MHZ and 120GB local storage.
At least that is what the phone is telling me.
Anyway, this is the future of computer/phones.
Possible Solutions
1. Buy another similar phone. Cost only $52 on eBay.
2. Take. backup of the new phone ROM and restore the backup to the old damage phone (delete internal storage first to get rid of malware?)
3. Compare installed apps on the phones and delete the differences on the old damage phones..
Can I use the therminal emulator to find the program causing my problem? You told me they have the "i" and "a" attribute in the mode. Can I look for some distinct features in the mode and use RM to remove the app.
In what directory shall I look?
Please advise
stentmartin
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It's really difficult to tell which app is causing whatever problem you might experience on your screen.
There are a couple things you can try:
First look in Settings> Applications and flip over to the Running tab. Look for apps with strange names. Then find the app in the All apps tab and try to disable it.
Next, use a root browser and check the /system/app and /system/priv-app folders. Again, you are looking for apks that have strange names. You have to be really careful because there are some system apps that have strange names but they will often have an odex file with the same name right next to them. You can ignore these apps that have an odex sibling. WARNING: Don't delete any of the apk files in the system folders. First try to rename them to whatevername.bak. Be sure you have root permissions. If you can rename the file, then it is NOT the one you're looking for. Rename it back to whatevername.apk and try another suspicious file. If you cannot rename the file, it will throw a message like "operation failed"... THIS IS THE CULPRIT. And there could be several of them. These are the virus files that cannot be deleted by normal means because they have their attribute set to immutable or annex or both. (I'm assuming that you already deleted all the virus apps that can be deleted using a system app manager like App Master and only these stubborn ones are left).
I use ES File Explorer for my root browser. Just long click on the file you want to delete and select Properties. There on the file properties screen, I have the option to Copy Full Path. Click that to save the name of the file including the path (it will save something like /system/app/filename) so you don't have to manually type it later.
Then go to the Terminal Emulator app. Type su to get superuser privileges. Then type chattr -i -a /system/app/filename. This will remove the i and a attributes if they were on the file. Next type rm /system/app/filename. Obviously you can just paste the filename you copied to the clipboard instead of typing the whole thing and making mistakes on these tiny keyboards. Anyway, this is how to delete virus files that refuse to let you delete them. Lol. I have had to do this with infected phones that had 10 or more viruses permanently installed. This is why the copy full path is excellent. It removes the need for a lot of typing.
Let me know how it goes. But I did like your solution which was very effective....If these phones cost only $50 bucks, just buy a new one and extract the stock ROM from it. The only thing that concerns me is how could a phone so powerful only cost $50??? Sounds like a fake. I see a lot of Samsung Galaxy clones that show they have many GB of internal storage in the Settings. But if you run an app like Diskinfo on them, you'll see that they have very little RAM and very little internal memory. Some are so bad that you can't even install any apps on them because you'll get an insufficient memory error.
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ROM for corrupted phone
I have tried everything and can not find the virus.
Is not in the /Syste/app or /System/pri-app. If I delete all apps and goes to safe mode the virus is still there so it most be on the root level. The seller can not give me a new phone, they are out of stock and they are totally fake. They are even programmed to deceive you and the test program, a deliberate fraud or crime. It is 479MB not 4GB RAM and 1.2GB ROOM not 128GB. The CPU is a 4-core 1GHz not 8-Core 2GHz. And it is the same with all the Chinese phones I have seen. However they are nice low end phones payed by the ads you have big problems with. And as in my case, when you try you have this message "System is Damage" you can't get rid of blinking every 2 seconds.
The only way I can see now is to find a Stock ROM that works and that is not east to an MT6589 CPU.
Any suggestions?
stentmartin said:
I have tried everything and can not find the virus.
Is not in the /Syste/app or /System/pri-app. If I delete all apps and goes to safe mode the virus is still there so it most be on the root level. The seller can not give me a new phone, they are out of stock and they are totally fake. They are even programmed to deceive you and the test program, a deliberate fraud or crime. It is 479MB not 4GB RAM and 1.2GB ROOM not 128GB. The CPU is a 4-core 1GHz not 8-Core 2GHz. And it is the same with all the Chinese phones I have seen. However they are nice low end phones payed by the ads you have big problems with. And as in my case, when you try you have this message "System is Damage" you can't get rid of blinking every 2 seconds.
The only way I can see now is to find a Stock ROM that works and that is not east to an MT6589 CPU.
Any suggestions?
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If it's not one of the apps that shows up in your listings of Running apps, then it is a service which you need to halt.
There is a root app called OS Monitor which you can download from the PlayStore. It will tell you exactly which apps and services are running at any given moment. Use it to identify which service(s) is(are) running when this message pops up.
Then use Disable Service (also a root app from PlayStore) to block/turn off those services, thereby permanently stopping the message from appearing.
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y320
my friends huawei y320 u10 gapps and many other process keep crashing (android core is one of it). and its spamming error message
tried factory reset, it said reset success, but all my data is still there and the crashing persist.
tried flashing the stock firmware, it said success, but everything from before the flash is still there, and the crashing error persist. (tried adb ,and sd card)
and i also found that in the storage setting , there is an internal storage and phone storage. and i found that everything that is usually sdcard0 on my other phone.
there is an option to delete phone storage, but it also doesn't work (altough it said success.)
i also can't uninstall any app on that phone (currently there is : piano tiles, farm quest saga, instagram, weibo). everytime i tried to uninstall, launcher,setting,and nearly everything else crashes,
adb (at pc ) can't read the phone unless its doing install update from adb option (at the phone).
tried using ubuntu,kali , windows, mac (pc) and tried a lot of different usb cables)
help
elyas2u said:
my friends huawei y320 u10 gapps and many other process keep crashing (android core is one of it). and its spamming error message
tried factory reset, it said reset success, but all my data is still there and the crashing persist.
tried flashing the stock firmware, it said success, but everything from before the flash is still there, and the crashing error persist. (tried adb ,and sd card)
and i also found that in the storage setting , there is an internal storage and phone storage. and i found that everything that is usually sdcard0 on my other phone.
there is an option to delete phone storage, but it also doesn't work (altough it said success.)
i also can't uninstall any app on that phone (currently there is : piano tiles, farm quest saga, instagram, weibo). everytime i tried to uninstall, launcher,setting,and nearly everything else crashes,
adb (at pc ) can't read the phone unless its doing install update from adb option (at the phone).
tried using ubuntu,kali , windows, mac (pc) and tried a lot of different usb cables)
help
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Is the device rooted? Is it encrypted? Is the bootloader locked (by operator)?
Your EMMC may be corrupted. Forget factory reset. Hold down the volume DOWN key and then press power till the phone boots. You should see a menu. Select Clear or Wipe EMMC. Let us know what happens.
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I'm facing the same problem,system damaged,pleasw check.After re-root nothing happen,the massage still pop up.Try using Os monitor,cannot find weird apps running the massage.Only system running..please someone help
Qiba said:
I'm facing the same problem,system damaged,pleasw check.After re-root nothing happen,the massage still pop up.Try using Os monitor,cannot find weird apps running the massage.Only system running..please someone help
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The message about "system damaged" comes from a virus process that is installed by certain rooting applications. That application is triggered when you attempt to delete certain apps installed by the rooting app. Nothing is wrong with your system.
What phone do you have have bro? Can't help you unless you state the make and model of your device. Also, what did you root with?
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stentmartin said:
I have a message every 2 second saying "System is damage, please check!!!". The system is 100% OK besides this error message.
I have used iRoot. I have installed Uninstall Master to delete KingRoot but it does not help. There must be some more bugs?
The technical spec seems to be a fraud as well.
Please advise.
stentmartin
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If you put the phone in english and after you use iRoot. Try this:restore factory seting and root again but not change the lenguage
Related
Hey guys,
I love my 101it and can't wait for full root.
in the mean time I've been using z4oot like everybody else.
But since yesterday that stopped working for me.
I've been running z4root and it said that temp root has been granted.... but it hasn't.
I've tried rebooting. Enabling and disabling USB debugging,but nothing works.
I feel like I'm skipping some stupid step.
Anybody has any idea?
Thanks!
Check free memory using ATK or any other app killer. My Z4 was giving me the same issues till I fixed the free memory. My issues started when memory went below 49MB. So I uninstalled some apps and no issues so far.
Some said that you need more space for it (100MB free out of 300MB).
Some also said that it only works after they moved all their apps back to the 300MB storage after they used app2sd (and may or may not have uninstalled it before they rooted).
Some said clearing the data/cache of and reinstalling superuser/z4root worked for them.
Also, once you got it rooted, don't reboot, use hot reboot to keep your root while booting.
For me, I haven't tried the second solution, and I had to reinitialize the entire system... Thankfully appmonster backup, titanium backup, and appbrain sync makes it easy to reinstall all the apps I had.
Thank you guys.
I was able to release 78mb on my internal, cleared data and cache on both but its still not working.
I would consider formatting but since I have no root I can not backup using TB...
Ill try to clear more space later and retry.
Will post results here.
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Consider backing up with appmonster, swiftp, usb, appbak (list of app, if app monster don't do that already), and appbrain (for quick reinstall).
I believe appmonster let you backup apks, and app list. And with appbrain, you can just copy your synched app list to the new install and tell it to install them.
I had the same problem before and as MoonPhantasm suggests... moving all apps back to the phone from internal storage let me root again. Give that a shot.
The problem is that I have way too many Alps to keep in the measly 256mb on this device...
I ended up formatting the device and now it works.
lets see how long I can go without a full reboot
Thanks all.
madhouze said:
The problem is that I have way too many Alps to keep in the measly 256mb on this device...
I ended up formatting the device and now it works.
lets see how long I can go without a full reboot
Thanks all.
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There is over 300 MB for "Alps" on the device unless you move them to SD in which case there is nearly 8 GB. There is 256 MB of RAM which only comes into play when you swap applications to background. Formatting is like swatting a fly with a grenade launcher but then if you don't know RAM from flash...
I'm finding the tablet pretty responsive without upping the CPU limit but I would prefer a more clear and workable solution than formatting every time I reboot.
sequitur said:
There is over 300 MB for "Alps" on the device unless you move them to SD in which case there is nearly 8 GB. There is 256 MB of RAM which only comes into play when you swap applications to background. Formatting is like swatting a fly with a grenade launcher but then if you don't know RAM from flash...
I'm finding the tablet pretty responsive without upping the CPU limit but I would prefer a more clear and workable solution than formatting every time I reboot.
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I have autocorrect to thank for the "Alps"
I agree - there are 300mb for apps, but I use a lot of apps on my device, and some are rather big (it adds up) and most of these unfortunately do not allow to move to SD Card. I can force some of them to SD using Titanium Backup, but then again once I go under a certain threshold I cannot root and therefore cannot use TB.
I would love to have more than 300mb for apps. It seems kind of stupid that out of 16GB on the device they partitioned only 300mb for apps.... Unless I am missing something... in which case please feel free to correct me.
I do appreciate the opinion though.
Ohad.
madhouze said:
I would love to have more than 300mb for apps. It seems kind of stupid that out of 16GB on the device they partitioned only 300mb for apps.... Unless I am missing something... in which case please feel free to correct me.
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You have to remember that the folks that frequent these boards are not the typical end-user. I had read that the average user installs 8 apps. I have 64, and you are probably around the same high number. The space allocated to the system apps area is not available for content storage, so to most users even the 300MB seems like too much wasted space.
I got 90 apps installed myself, and only have about 30-40MB free right now. Was full for a bit, before I uninstalled a few things... :/
It is pretty ridiculous to only have 300MB for app, when there are 8GB total space. My first time reaching that limit shocked me quite a bit.
About average users installing 8 apps, that sounds impossibly low. Over time, even average users are going to accrue quite a lot of apps. I don't think average users are good at 'uninstalling' things that they don't use til they have to.
Had the problem too and some of it was due to app2sd. Plus, apps keep disappearing when using app2sd, so this feature, one of the most important of froyo, isn't working at all.
Read in another forum that it might be a good idea to first stop all apps by using TaskControl or a similar task manager, before trying to root.
I can't seem to get Z4 to work at all now after doing the firmware update. Tablet seems a lot more stable than it was before the update but would still like to be able to use setCPU to bypass the CPU lock.
jagpoag said:
I can't seem to get Z4 to work at all now after doing the firmware update. Tablet seems a lot more stable than it was before the update but would still like to be able to use setCPU to bypass the CPU lock.
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In the latest patch they fixed the options that were allowing temp root. This was mentioned in other posts. Right now there is no root for this device.
Faldiin
Instructions I use to root my A70 IT 8 GB
Hello,
I've been using z4root on my A70 IT 8 GB, since I discovered the ping command requires root access on the Archos Gen 8 line. In the meantime, I found additional reasons to use root mode, such as:
1) MyBackupPro supports root mode for full application and data backup.
2) Swap to increase the memory on these 256 MB devices. While swapping to a SD Card isn't a good idea, I'm looking to do it on the 250 MB version.
3) 1 Ghz fix, which once I can go to the 2.0.71 firmware won't be necessary.
4) Run applications that use the ping command.
I'm using these instructions for running z4root on my system. They assume you already have z4root installed on your system. As for validating rooting was successful, there are a couple of ways on the Archos Gen 8 devices:
1) Run setCPU
2) Run the Terminal Emulator and try to use the su command. If it exists you're golden, if not then it failed.
Steps I use:
1) Let the boot process complete, but don't start additional commands.
2) Make sure USB Debugging is on and (if you want) see if there is at least 100 MB of storage left.
3) Start z4root
4) Select temp root
5) Confirm the notice about USB debugging. If it doesn't appear, something isn't right.
6) z4root will take you to the settings. At this point select development from the opened settings, disable and then enable USB debugging. Confirm the message about USB debugging.
7) Return to the home page.
8) Go back into settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All Applications (tab). Go to the bottom of the list, find z4root and select it. Once there you need to:
8A) Do a Clear Data. This is important.
8B) If z4root is running do a Force Close.
8C) Return to the home screen.
9) Start z4root again.
10) Select temp root and in 5 seconds or so you should see a White flash and the text on the screen should change to say the application is finishing up.
Allow it to finish. See notes below should these steps fail to produce temporary root.
z4root will tell you it was successful whether it was or not. I don't know why. At least on the Gen 8 line checking is as simple as seeing if the "su" command exists on the system. If it does, you're golden and if not then something failed and you can't access root.
To validate success, I'll use one of the following methods:
TERMINAL EMULATOR: Start the Terminal Emulator application and issue the "su" command. If this fails, you don't have root. (Note: If this is the first time running terminal emulator in root, you'll get a message asking to give your permission for terminal emulator to have root access. If the message fails to appear, you don't have root. Again this is the first time only.)
setCPU: Start setCPU and if it is the first time ever using the command, run the Device Selection choosing "Autodect Speed Recommended." If you get a screen asking permission to add setCPU to the list of application, you're golden. If you don't get the prompt or setCPU says it failed to get root, you don't have root.
Subsequent times you use setCPU and adjust the maximum speed, you'll see a message flash on the screen about setCPU gaining superuser permission. This message is from the Superuser application. NOTE: You may see the message even before you adjust anything on subsequent uses of setCPU during the same session.
TROUBLE SHOOTING z4root:
Should z4root fail, you should try it a second time after doing a Clear Data and Force Close. If this fails, do a reboot and try again.
Should it fail all the above retries, I go back to square one. I'll uninstall it, download it again from XDA-Developers, and install it with reboots between each step. I have yet to have this last method ever fail on me.
Typically, though, I don't need to go beyond a second try with a reboot.
Should it again fail, my best success has been to uninstall z4root, reboot, reinstall, reboot, and then follow the instructions.
Good luck and hopefully your mileage will be as good as mine.
If you hear of a version working with firmware 2.0.71, please, let me know.
BGMArchos,
i'm not sure to understand you... you have root your 70it with which firmware ?
not the latest firmware. He said once he can go to the .71 firmware the 1GHz fix from rooting wont' be necessary.
But I find unrootable android device pretty ridiculous. I'll be trading this archos for another device at this rate.
I am sure perm root will come, it's just a matter of time.
Btw what alternative is there for the archos in its price range.
I use the 71 firmware and i am pretty happy with the archos at the moment.
When root comes it will just get better.
But for now I can live without root.
Biggest improvement in think is the way it handles the ram. I don't need to kill any tasks anymore like before. That was one of the most annoying things about the tablet.
Not like it was really much of an issue. You can always reboot every a while too as it reboot pretty fast.
Hello all,
let me present my self as a beginner in the world of Android.
It has come an Star A3 to my hands, with Android 4.0 and among all great things of IceCream, few Chinese apps I want to get rid of
the phone is rooted (well, one headache less)
I have flash the recovery 592zn.com_recovery_Star_A3_MT6573.img with Mobileuncle tools (included in the mobile originally) and done a Boot/System/Data/Cache Nandroid backup
Apps I want to eliminate :
Baidu input (and add the standard input keyboard)
own Chinese launcher (I have already install LauncherPro, but I would love to get rid of the Chinese one completely)
UC xxxxx (some Chinese browser)
Root Explorer (Chinese version, to be able to install the English one)
ICS 4.0 (also Chinese version)
a Chinese flash-light
a Chinese dark/light switch screen
a Chinese version of the configuration menu
so, basically to keep a clean Android
so, where I have to look for help on how to do that ??
what short of help / tutorial am I looking for ?
I have installed:
http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk
to be able to mount the nandroid img files in windows7-x64
but I can't see anything, it ask me to format the unit (?)
similar with Daemon Tools .
any help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.
InTheater
My advice since you're rooted is install Titanium Backup and use it to uninstall everything you don't want. It's a root app that can get rid of virtually anything.
Seeing as you have a nandroid backup, in the unlikely case that the device won't boot at all without one or more of those apps, you can just restore the backup you have.
SifJar said:
My advice since you're rooted is install Titanium Backup and use it to uninstall everything you don't want. It's a root app that can get rid of virtually anything.
Seeing as you have a nandroid backup, in the unlikely case that the device won't boot at all without one or more of those apps, you can just restore the backup you have.
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Beautiful, it works like a charm !!
I have been able to get rid off all Chinese stuff
thanks
Star A3 for dummies
Hello
Ok I have searched for hours (as the video asked) and I cannot find an "android for dummies" guide. I dont know what a "root" is or what "titanium" is... so I may have found the correct forum - but I just don't understand it.
So the problem is this:
I bought a touch screen DualSim Android 2.3 GPS 3G MTK6573 Phone Star A3.
It arrived today BUT it has some chinese programmes on it (that I would like to clear) and I cannot seem to download any additional apps for it.
google.play wont work (apparently it doesnt support the device)
It has a few basic apps - but nothing wild or that I guess can't be re-downloaded again.
What would you recommend I do - do I wipe it and install something new or what. and if so please can someone explain it to me in small "for dummy" steps
I am not sure what else I need to tell you to give you abetter pic, but ideally I'd like this phone to work on the google apps system (or can you point me to where I can get similar apps)
On the "about phone" the
android version is 2.3.5
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7
I would really appreciate any help you can give me
Thanks
My first advice would be to try and achieve root on the phone. This should be relatively easy on a Chinese phone, most don't have great security.
Basically, "root" means to get increased permissions on the phone. There are certain files and actions on the phone that normally you can't do. With root, you can. Think of it as somewhat like logging into a computer as an Administrator rather than a standard user.
"getting root" basically means installing a hack to let apps on your phone do more than they could otherwise e.g. uninstall preinstalled apps.
To "root" your phone, you can use a tool like SuperOneClick or UnlockRoot. For both, you follow a few instructions, plug in your phone and click "Root" in the program, it'll work out the best way to do it for your phone and do it.
Once that is all done, there is a guide here for getting Google Apps (e.g. Play Store) working on unsupported devices: https://senk9.wordpress.com/2010/12...ogle-apps-gapps-on-your-android-device-phone/
Once you get Play Store working, Titanium Backup is an app you can install from there. Using root, it can uninstall any app you want.
Be careful with all this, if you're not you could break your phone.
educated dummy
Thank you so much! - and such a fast reply too!!!
I really apprecate your patience in explaining this all to me.
It sounds relatively straight forward - I will have a look at those progs and link you suggest tomorrow.
Obviously I dont want to break the phone either, then it would be more useless then it is already
Fingers crossed - will let you know how I get on.
Hi all,
Watched the video so I thought I would tag onto this thread instead of starting a new one.
Just bought a cheap star a3 dual sim android phone. This my foray into android phones and I am having some weird issues. Just a first note I have just rooted the phone but these issues where here before and after rooting. The A3 is a htc sensation clone i believe when my other half who has a htc desire tries to call the phone the phone goes straight into answer phone and rejects the call, she is on giff gaff in the uk and i have tried both a 3 network and orange sim and it happens on both. There is some weird chinese security software that I trying get remove but its seems very stubbon. Anyone any ideas. Ps battery life is awfull i only seem to get 6 hours from full to dead without hardly any use. Maybe I have loads running but unsure what I need to keep running.
Please help.
I have the star a3
Google play works perfectly. If you PM me, I am happy to send you the apk file for google play.
since you are rooted, I strongly suggest you get root explorer installed so you can go through and remove all the chinese apps.
Make sure you remove "himarket" its a big battery hog.
To the person who says their calls go straight to voicemail, remember this is a dual sim dual *standby* if you are using 2g or 3g cell data on one sim then the other sim cannot make or receive calls.
Also, there is no ICS for the Star A3, its just a skin on top of Gingerbread to make it look like ICS, if you go to settings, about phone and look, the version number will be 2.3.4 or 2.3.5 which means its gingerbread (if you really do have 4.0.1 ICS I would love to get a copy of the ROM for it!)
Hey guys....here's my situation.
I bought a Blu Touch Book 7.0 plus off of Amazon. Got it two nights ago. It's a true phablet. 512 RAM / 512 ROM - I was a little concerned but figured as long as I could root it, I was good to go.
Anyways - no I am not looking for a root. I was able to root it relatively easily after an initial failed attempt which required a factory reset - if anyone is interested, it required PDANET+ & UnlockRoot, SuperOneClick and other methods failed. I threw in a class 10 SD, and modded Android so all apps would be downloaded/installed to my SD card (I did this using the SDK & command prompt in USB debugging mode). I had researched apps previously and began to furiously download and tweak. I threw in a T-Mobile SIM, and everything was going well, I was very happy. It actually seems to be a well made device, though it's a little bulky and the phone function works much better with a bluetooth headset.
Then, I deleted Phone.apk. Despite all apps being downloaded/installed to my SD card, space was still at a premium and I had downloaded a third party dialer. I figured worst case, I could do a factory reset and/or could simply re-download the file (I was actually about to download a good backup program tonight after work, I've been busy the past two days and my anxiety to set up other stuff got the better of me). There was no immediate issue, but shortly later I got the dreaded 'com.android.apk has stopped' (or what not) message popping up constantly. I reset the device, it booted up but it was not reading my sim, and was missing icons. That's when I did something stupid-er. I found a Phone.apk file on the net, downloaded to my device, and copied it to the relevant directory.
Since then, when I boot up, first it shows that Android is upgrading, then it shows the 'unfortunately, the process com.android.apk has stopped.' I click 'Okay,' and it keeps popping up. I wasn't able to delete the wrong Phone.apk as there was not enough time for a longpress between error messages. I was able to initiate a factory reset - I was rather relieved - I had learned a bit the past day or two via trial and error, and I would be able to re-do everything perfectly this time.
But the factory reset did not revert to the right 'Phone.apk' file. So the problem still exists....
If anyone can help me, I would be oh so grateful....thanks...
A factory reset clears all user data & apps. If you deleted the phone app from system, you will have to reflash a stock zip, which I'm assuming you don't have, or find the stock apk and put it back in the right place as a system app.
If you have Titanium Backup you can use that to do it, provided you can find the stock phone apk.
Well, a problem is, I doubt that I will be able to find any ROMs or Phone.apk's for my device. At least not for a little while. There are some ROMs out there I believe for the original Blu Touch Book - but the original has a diff processor and is running Froyo rather than ICS.
Now, if I somehow can find a workable Phone.apk or a workable ROM, how do I go about flashing/copying? I can hook up to a PC (though I'm not aware of any USB storage mode that I can turn on), but the phone itself is just about unusable unless I can manage to delete the wrong Phone.apk file, as long as the file is simply missing it will boot up without the relevant features. And - let me repeat that I did a factory reset to try and fix this - it didn't fix my problem but it erased my apps and my root access....I can probably restore root but it won't stop the warning notification from popping up non-stop.
I was able to boot into safe mode previously - but it didn't help. If there is an applicable recovery mode, I can't figure that out. To my knowledge, there is no USB Mass Storage option that I can turn on.
I purchased from Amazon, so luckily I can return the item, and worst case they review it's condition and charge a restocking fee. Of course, I was looking forward to receiving this device for more than a week and have been obsessed with it since it's arrived...and I am also temporarily back to using Sprint (in Phoenix) on a 3.5" Windows Phone (I am an ex Windows Mobile fan boy, Windows Phone disappoints) after experiencing 6 MB/s 3G speeds on T-Mobile for a day or so (on a 7 inch screen and on a prepaid plan far cheaper than what I pay Sprint). I was about to port my number. Basically I am depressed. An irony here - I'm pretty sure Amazon sold me a used device that was advertised as new. On initial boot, the Android set up program did not launch. Upon my first factory reset, the set up program launched, and the dialer skin was different than what it was out of the box. The 'refuse product if this seal is broken' sticker on the packaging was partially broken, too, although it appeared to be partially in tact. But now if I try to play that angle, I come off like a scam artist...
Anyways thank you very much for your reply...all attempts to help are appreciated quite a bit...
Taking things one step at a time, let me simplify my request:
How can I delete (or replace) a system file from my device (in this case, the incorrect Phone.apk) remotely via a USB connection? I have the sdk installed on my computer, I can connect the device to my computer, but I can't really use the device until the file is deleted. Is it possible to push via ADB? Something to that effect? Will the 'push <local> <remote>' command work even if I do not have root access? What syntax is used to specify the path? Is it possible to simply delete a file without replacing it?
Does the Phone.apk file have to be specific to my device or could it be specific simply to my mobile carrier/frequency bands and/or ICS? I realized the Phone.apk file I copied to the device earlier was for the Huawei m835, a CDMA phone running Froyo...
Or, am I simply SOL?
Thanks....
One of the things about Android devices, as a former Windows Mobile user also, is that factory resets work differently as you've found out the hard way. In WM you could delete any system file you wanted and a hard reset would restore it. On Android if a required /system file is deleted you are SOL unless you have a way of restoring a backed up version. Its highly recommended IMO to have a working recovery like CWM, TWRP and a backup before you go messing around with /system files. But with a generic android device its probably not possible to find a recovery to install. You cannot write to the /system directory without root access, adb will give you an error. You may be able to use a phone.apk from another device with the same version of android.
I did find a Phone.apk from a device with the same manufacturer, on the same frequencies, with the same screen res, running the same version of Android. I have the full System/App folder if needed.
And I may have restored root access using UnlockRoot (I have read iffy things about the program but again it's all that worked for me initially). (EDIT - I do now have root access, I was able to verify the Superuser app on the device)
However when I load the SDK and type in 'adb root,' after the 'daemon started successfully,' I quickly get an 'error: closed.' And then when I try to push the Phone.apk file to the relevant folder, I get 'failed to copy / permission denied' (EDIT as I was warned of)
Is there anything I can load onto my SD card to help? I can run probably install an APK off of my storage card. Although I am very limited in what I can do - between error messages I can only get in one quick touch of the screen (and it usually takes a few tries per touch)...I can't do anything that requires a long-click...and I had also deleted the stock keyboard and the stock browser...limits me further...
Now, if I can delete my current Phone.apk and upload the stock keyboard, I am certain I can figure this out. There has to be some way to do this....
EDIT// I packed it up to return to Amazon. If there was a solution out there, oh well...
Like I said you may have been able to use Titanium to install it as a system app and that may have taken care of things once you set it as the default app and/or removed the faulty one.
^^ Right, but the challenge was installing Titanium Backup, and then using it while the error notification popped up on the screen every split second. Unless I am missing something, only way to download it would have required me to buy a Bluetooth keyboard and struggle to pair it so I could type (I had a USB keyboard that didn't work), maybe reassociate my device with my Google account (struggling to type letter by letter between each 'OK' click), have the apk sent to my device over unsecured wifi, put the .apk on SD (or just delete the wrong apk and reboot), and then hope that I could use Titanium backup to do the trick without the ability to press anything on the screen for longer than a half second or so...
Actually, I guess that could have worked, provided the Bluetooth keyboard worked. Of course, there's the chance that the Phone.apk I found for the similar device, might not have worked. Anyways, late now. I have a new one on the way, and I was shipped a slightly used one to begin with anyways, might be for the better. I kinda feel bad that the phone is now 'defective' as a result of my impatience/etc but then again I didn't do anything that the instruction manual warned against, not to mention the instruction manual says a factory reset restores factory data, which I think infers that it restores essential system components. And as much as I was an idiot, I don't do anything which should have caused a nearly non-recoverable error. That's on Google's end. Google doesn't even really discourage rooting and if you allow Android on a device with 512MB rom...
Learning experience. One of the first things I do when I get my new one, I download a backup program and find out if there is a recovery mode. In any event, I won't make the same mistakes twice. Thanks to those who replied or considered replying. Anybody has tips for the future, that aren't obvious or easily found, feel free...
If u r rooted this is very easy.
Open sdk and type su if u get "#" then u r rooted.
If so let us know
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as a rethought I see u deleted system app so u were rooted
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Firstly adb pull the file "/proc/mounts" open it using notepad and see how system is mounted.
then remount system as rw using
"mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /
<path to your system> /
system"
Now u can delete stuff or add new stuff without perm error
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Or just download this . Maybe it'll work http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/android_adb.html
caponer said:
Or just download this . Maybe it'll work http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/android_adb.html
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Eh, I already sent the phone back to Amazon. This, however, looks like a useful something to have access to in the future. Thank you for the link...
No way. Come on,why did u send it to amazon when u had me right here we could have fixed this so easily.
thref23 said:
Hey guys....here's my situation.
I bought a Blu Touch Book 7.0 plus off of Amazon. Got it two nights ago. It's a true phablet. 512 RAM / 512 ROM - I was a little concerned but figured as long as I could root it, I was good to go.
Anyways - no I am not looking for a root. I was able to root it relatively easily after an initial failed attempt which required a factory reset - if anyone is interested, it required PDANET+ & UnlockRoot, SuperOneClick and other methods failed. I threw in a class 10 SD, and modded Android so all apps would be downloaded/installed to my SD card (I did this using the SDK & command prompt in USB debugging mode). I had researched apps previously and began to furiously download and tweak. I threw in a T-Mobile SIM, and everything was going well, I was very happy. It actually seems to be a well made device, though it's a little bulky and the phone function works much better with a bluetooth headset.
Then, I deleted Phone.apk. Despite all apps being downloaded/installed to my SD card, space was still at a premium and I had downloaded a third party dialer. I figured worst case, I could do a factory reset and/or could simply re-download the file (I was actually about to download a good backup program tonight after work, I've been busy the past two days and my anxiety to set up other stuff got the better of me). There was no immediate issue, but shortly later I got the dreaded 'com.android.apk has stopped' (or what not) message popping up constantly. I reset the device, it booted up but it was not reading my sim, and was missing icons. That's when I did something stupid-er. I found a Phone.apk file on the net, downloaded to my device, and copied it to the relevant directory.
Since then, when I boot up, first it shows that Android is upgrading, then it shows the 'unfortunately, the process com.android.apk has stopped.' I click 'Okay,' and it keeps popping up. I wasn't able to delete the wrong Phone.apk as there was not enough time for a longpress between error messages. I was able to initiate a factory reset - I was rather relieved - I had learned a bit the past day or two via trial and error, and I would be able to re-do everything perfectly this time.
But the factory reset did not revert to the right 'Phone.apk' file. So the problem still exists....
If anyone can help me, I would be oh so grateful....thanks...
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Could you share how you did a factory reset please?
wizardofkoz said:
Could you share how you did a factory reset please?
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Settings/Backup & reset/Factory data reset
Rooting Help
"I was able to root it relatively easily after an initial failed attempt which required a factory reset - if anyone is interested, it required PDANET+ & UnlockRoot, SuperOneClick and other methods failed."
Can you tell me how did u root it exactly because i am trying all new ways and nothing is working they just cant pick up this phablet.
androidhelp1234 said:
"I was able to root it relatively easily after an initial failed attempt which required a factory reset - if anyone is interested, it required PDANET+ & UnlockRoot, SuperOneClick and other methods failed."
Can you tell me how did u root it exactly because i am trying all new ways and nothing is working they just cant pick up this phablet.
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I installed PDAnet+ on my phone & PC (as a means of installing a driver for the TB Plus). Then, I ran a program called 'UnlockRoot,' followed instructions, and I had root. UnlockRoot v3.1 is what is installed on my computer.
I moved on awhile ago to the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 would be my best recommendation for a budget phablet). The Touch Book plus only held up so well (though I still have it and it still works albeit with no speaker and a screen that needs to be color-filtered due to a mysterious type of screen damage).
DOH!
thref23 said:
I installed PDAnet+ on my phone & PC (as a means of installing a driver for the TB Plus). Then, I ran a program called 'UnlockRoot,' followed instructions, and I had root. UnlockRoot v3.1 is what is installed on my computer.
I moved on awhile ago to the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 would be my best recommendation for a budget phablet). The Touch Book plus only held up so well (though I still have it and it still works albeit with no speaker and a screen that needs to be color-filtered due to a mysterious type of screen damage).
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After so many weeks of hunting around and asking help on forums *which no one was able to help* i stumbled across this which i hope other will find and find useful to them to!
mobiledriverfree.blogspot.com/2015/09/blu-touchbook-g7-pc-suite-and-usb.html
This not only aloud FULL root access within 3 mins, but also gave full super user, was able to retreive lost files, rebuild the software, and reboot the phone. (not to meantion remove ALL the bloatware freeing up half the phones storage)
Enjoy!!!
LeeMarden said:
After so many weeks of hunting around and asking help on forums *which no one was able to help* i stumbled across this which i hope other will find and find useful to them to!
mobiledriverfree.blogspot.com/2015/09/blu-touchbook-g7-pc-suite-and-usb.html
This not only aloud FULL root access within 3 mins, but also gave full super user, was able to retreive lost files, rebuild the software, and reboot the phone. (not to meantion remove ALL the bloatware freeing up half the phones storage)
Enjoy!!!
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You do realise that this thread is 3+ Years old , right ?
So... I have an Archos 55 and well, root is dangerous, particularly when you're being annoyed with pop up adverts and want to get them gone.
TL;DR:
So basically this all started when I found that web pages and adverts were just opening. Whether I was using the device or not, they'd just magically appear, sometimes ten at a time, accessing the internet at will. I was not best pleased as I have not long purchased the phone, but true to form, Archos have no idea what customer service means, so I was left to attempt to remedy the situation myself. Ordinarily, I would have just formatted and reinstalled the O.S, I do that with linux all the time alas I knew that was difficult.
Instead I sought to find out what exactly was causing the adverts. I deleted all the apps I had installed, but still the adverts kept coming. I did a factory wipe. Still with the adverts. At this point I was a bit stuck, so I grabbed an anti-virus app. It showed a few things that were causing problems including one trojan, under com.android.settings (or something to that name). I made a few enquiries and needless to say, this wasn't a false positive, but it had meant that I had a trojan...and I really don't like trojans. Cue the rage and the not thinking properly as I deleted com.android.settings without making a backup thinking... "shouldn't be too hard to put back"...oh how wrong I was...
I of course tried to make amends by grabbing a "copy" of settings from another site (and possibly a different phone) but I was told that it was ROM and no amount of permission changing was going to change that (I tried and I apparently failed, I may have possibly been doing something wrong, but I don't think my chown/chmod skills are `that` shabby).
The problem:
- No access to settings. Settings doesn't exist. (No access to USB Debugging either because that requires tapping the about phone bit and guess what...)
- Can't install apps as something has "Stopped".
- No access to WiFi
- Using Linux (Ubuntu something or other...15 I think).
- Mobile Tinkering Newb (But I'm not totally tech illiterate).
I do have access to fastboot mode apparently.
So what I think I need is a way to reinstall lollipop 5.1 so I can get back to square one, without (at least initially) using ADB (because I've tried and my device just refuses to show). I've also tried a few "needrom" things but, of course, they don't work because linux.
If anyone could possibly help me, I would be greatly appreciative in any way. I just want wifi back really. (I can see that wifi works and a network is available I just can't edit the settings to access it). If I can provide more information, please ask and I shall provide.
[SOLUTION]
Back up your device <- Essential
Grab a rom from NeedRom
Enable Fastboot.
Enable USB Debugging etcetera.
Use custom software (provided by NeedRom) (I know this seems dodgy but you try anything when you're desperate enough and this works so...if you're worried then take precautions and make a backup of your own phone first.) to open up the .pac file. Check where the files have been opened up to.
Copy the files to a more stable area (i.e from Temp to your Data drive), they should be in .img format as .pac basically appears to be some kind of archive that groups them all into one.
Use Fastboot (you might need to enable this so make sure you do it) and flash the .img files to the phone and sparse them to about 250MB.
Restart the phone.
Check phone works properly.
If works properly, consider donating to NeedRom.
Anyone?
Trojan
I have the same problem, but I didn't uninstall the setting, did your Trojan installed random apps too? Like MyApps or something like that?
Seeing the same problem I think the problem is that the device comes with it, but I haven't found anything else to do apart from installing avast to tell me when unknown sources get on to install a random app.
Talasa said:
Anyone?
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Hey I fixed it, I have Uninstalled settings and successfully installed them again, no pop ups since.
Message me so I can tell you how to do it.
Fantasma198 said:
Hey I fixed it, I have Uninstalled settings and successfully installed them again, no pop ups since.
Message me so I can tell you how to do it.
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Hi! How did you solve the problem? Please let me know
It appears to involve installing an apk installer from the Google Play stores (any will do it seems). Then by installing a copy of the Settings.apk.
Neither of which I am able to do as, due to getting rid of settings Google Play won't work. So....
Edit. I managed to get Google Play installed and then installed an APK installer. However installing settings is restricted as security won't let me install unofficial apps. >.>
How do u get rid of pop ups
Fantasma198 said:
Hey I fixed it, I have Uninstalled settings and successfully installed them again, no pop ups since.
Message me so I can tell you how to do it.
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How do u get rid of them my phone is plaqued with them they are so annoying I didn't even root my phone just done a simple software update thanx
R3b3l3k8 said:
How do u get rid of them my phone is plaqued with them they are so annoying I didn't even root my phone just done a simple software update thanx
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Hi,
What you have here is a virus.... and like me, it's probably embedded in settings. I.e It comes with the device.
There is no way to get rid of those adverts....except...by voiding your warranty. You will need to wipe your device and reinstall a rom, preferably not your original. (That or send it back to Archos). Taking your phone back to the store and demanding a refund is an option before I proceed further and this is the solution I recommend.
Take this moment to back up all your data.
What I did however and what seems to have gotten rid of them is firstly head over to NeedRom (search) and acquire a freely provided Rom of someone else's phone. There are two versions for the Archos Platinum 55 and it will depend on your specific phone.
Now you will need to flash (this will destroy all data on your phone so make sure you get it backed up) your rom. You can use the ADB solution but that couldn't work for me. So I used Fastboot instead, however to use this the rom provided by needrom is in a .pac file format, you need to get the .img file from it. You can do this by loading up the software provided by NeedRom (named FactoryUpload or something like that) load the .pac file and look at the file path locations. The one I checked was for System. I then went to where it said it was, in my case a Temp folder, copied and pasted all the data to somewhere not temp (all the .img files I needed were there).
Then I used Fastboot to flash the rom entirely there are much better Fastboot tutorials out there than I can explain myself. This flash included System, Recovery, Cache and basically everything, however it wouldn't let me do it all at once. I had to use a particular "flag" or "switch" so that it would `sparse` all the files over 250MB (that was the number I chose) and it worked after that.
This is the only way without returning the phone to get rid of the adverts *if* the virus is indeed in Settings. There's no way to remove Settings safely. I tried.
Hey guys, how are y'all doing?
Here's a little background on my problem:
A year ago bought a cheap-ass smartphone for my mom, from a big supermarket chain in my country that was selling french phones cheaply, it was only 60€ and my mom needed a phone, so there it is!
Anyway cut to the present, the phone is riddled of what I suspect is malware that installs itself as soon as I remove it such as Free Games, com.google.toolkit, MiniChrome, N62Androidpt, System Component, adservice, and a couple others.
It also keeps switching wi-fi off, and turning on that option that allows apps to be installed from unknown sources, and worst of all it keeps opening the phone in built browser with adds, and even porn sites on occasion, which is really not desirable as my very young aged nieces love stealing the phone and try to use it.
I installed malwarebytes, also did a factory reset to no avail it fixed nothing.
So I decided to flash a stock rom to see if I could get rid of it, searched around and found a repository of stock roms or firmwares or whatever it's called (I'm not too familiar with this side of smartphones), which I'd love to post, but apparently can't because I've last than 10 posts: doc-doapi.com/EM/selecline/smartphone/
It has a lot of roms for different models of my brand.
Used the UpgradeDownload - R2.9.2015 tool that was in that folder and flashed it successfully.
After I turned on the device it opened the new phone setup process, logged in to my google account, and restores my stuff like contacts, and a few trusted google apps from before the flash, but it soon started again to install those malware apps I stated up there on it's own, and it was soon in the same state as before...
Anyway here's some info about my phone that probably should've gone to the top.
It's a Selecline phone
Model S4S5in3g
Android version: 5.1
Kernel version: 3.10.65
Compilation number: S3S5in3g.V1.2_20160307
At the back it has a sticker and another model number 870712 which I used to find the folder on that repository of stock roms.
And that's all in a big nutshell, anyone has any tips?
Thanks.
lil' bump
Do you have login credentials for this Auchan website where you found the ROMs? It is asking for a login ID and password. I need ROM for Model S6S5IN3G.
Quick tip for getting rid of Malware even before they start. Go to Settings and check Data Usage. See which apps are using lots of data (downloading junk into your device). Note if there are any strange sounding apps that are downloading a lot of data, especially if it is not an app that you yourself were directly using.
Next, flash the stock ROM again. Once you flash the new ROM, you have to find a way to root the device. Try KingRoot. Then after the phone is rooted, go to Playstore and download SD Maid. Run SD Maid and give it root access. In the settings for AppControl of SD Maid, allow it to show system apps. Then run app control and freeze any strange-looking user apps (or anyone that was downloading a lot of data) and system app that are not required.
Please, let me know about the website and how to access the ROMs.
As mentioned before, install a clean room again. Copy virustotal app from the attachment of these post (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77053739&postcount=11) to SD-card and install it. Turn wifi on and let it run. Control every app and the system-apps. Post a screenshot of the findings. If there are findings, then the room is infected. The only way to deal with this, is to root it, install rootexplorer an kill the infected app. This can be dangerous, if for example, the lauchner is infected, an alternative launcher must first be installed and set as default, before you can kill the infected one (otherwise you will own a useless phone until you flash it again ;o).
Hey guys, thanks for trying to help.
I tried literally everything before, I've even somehow got a kitchen up and running and I removed everything that looked suspicious and all those bran add-ons from the rom, but even then I'd still get infected.
I didn't really try the antivirus route though and to be honest I already shelved that phone, but I'm kinda bored, so I'll try y'all suggestions, an extra working phone can always come in handy.
CVAngelo said:
Do you have login credentials for this Auchan website where you found the ROMs? It is asking for a login ID and password. I need ROM for Model S6S5IN3G.
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I'd love to help you mate, I found that repository in a forum maybe forum.gsmhosting, and I've tried to access it earlier, and I'm also denied access.