Root did i brick my droid x /blank menu screen

[jaredpepper]

I was running my rooted x all day , try to shut off the phone for a reboot , and now it stuck on the droid "eye" on boot up . I did remove a few apps using titanium backup. I did leave the backup assistant app on the phone. (I removed 3gwifi, android tips, blockbuster,amazon mp3 and a few others. I was able to run recovery and boot to welcome screen. I enter my google account info, and signed in. I allowed google access to my location. data begins to sync with the icon displaying in status bar.I select finish setup, and backup assistant launches i follow through with that. It then launches "setup accounts" I finish with that by selecting "done adding accounts" I can gain access to the internet , and searches using the soft keys. but i cannot get to a home screen. I can hold home screen key to bring up past apps. I can receive phone calls , emails and texts. and i do have access to my status bar .... i can get adb running on my computer if needed. Please help, verizon has informed me there are no replacement phones available. Of course i did not tell them i rooted the phone.

 

[schizrade]

*sigh*

Good luck with that. If they send you a replacement, and you send back a rooted and bricked phone, they may hit you with a nice bill for it.

This is why they did this. Noobs bricking their phones and abusing the RMA system.

 

[SacNutz]

Double post, my bad.

 

[SacNutz]

If you bricked you most certainly wouldn't be receiving calls. Maybe you deleted the home app. If you can get to the market, download launcher pro. if not, You're going to have to do a few things through adb. If you can ADB you're fine, don't worry.

This is why they did this. Noobs bricking their phones and abusing the RMA system.

No you have it backwards. Noobs are bricking their phones because they did this. If they didn't lock stupid apps on there we wouldn't have to worry about hacking to delete them right? This guy came here for help not a lecture.

 

[jaredpepper]

I was able to get to the market place , i then downloaded taskkiller and used that to luanch apps on the phone , im now able to do just about everything accept see my home screens . i downloaded LauncherPRo (free) and installed. Will NOT let me run the app. is there another alternative app i could use to get a home screen back. I cannot access my settings using the menu key, is there an additional way to access that? Im trying to enable settings under dev. (usb)

 

[schizrade]

No you have it backwards. Noobs are bricking their phones because they did this. If they didn't lock stupid apps on there we wouldn't have to worry about hacking to delete them right? This guy came here for help not a lecture.

No I have it right.

They locked the phone for many reasons, one being people that have no business gaining root access to the devices cause the RMA rate to jump. Lost profits when these devices have to be returned to factory and reflashed, then sold as refurbs at a loss. Then the cost of devices goes up as a result. Solution? Lock everything down and put in place systems that allow Moto/VZW to know if it was tampered with. When somebody claims defect, and it is found to be tampering, charge them for the phone. Simple.

Who goes in as root without the knowledge of what root actually is and a way to restore if something goes wrong?

Noobs.

OP, good luck restoring.

 

[jaredpepper]

I was able to get the Launcher pro working. I now have a home screen and can change settings. Is there anything i can do to insure when i reboot the phone i wont have an issue/ do i have to run pro launcher till froyo?

** now that iam back up and running sort of , is there a rollback feature or anything i can do to get back to stock? I dont mind the phone being rooted i would like it to just work correctly

 

[SacNutz]

I actually like launcher pro. But at least you have it working. Do this real quick through adb.

adb shell
cd /system/app
ls

Then copy and paste everything that comes up. Then we can find what you're missing and just reinstall them.

Or you can just rock launcher pro. You shouldn't have any problems when you reboot.

 

[jaredpepper]

OUTPUT

c:\DroidXRoot>adb shell
$ cd /system/app
cd /system/app
$ ls
ls
NetworkLocation.apk
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
ClockWidget.apk
DataManagerService.apk
VpnServices.apk
Vending.apk
cmas.apk
ZoomService.apk
Upgrader.apk
megamaid.apk
GoogleSettingsProvider.apk
Messaging.apk
PhotoWidget.apk
ContactsUnconnected.apk
ApplicationsProvider.apk
PhoneAddons.apk
YouTube.apk
Fota.apk
BlurEmail.apk
VideoPlayer.apk
WmdrmDla.apk
AtCmd.apk
ToggleWidgets.apk
CalendarSync.apk
StatusWidget.apk
AdminFeedNotifier.apk
BlurContactsSync.apk
Settings.apk
Gmail.apk
ImDmPlugin.apk
SDMService.apk
GlobalSearch.apk
MediaUploader.apk
PicoTts.apk
SetupWizard.apk
BuaContactAdapter.apk
TelephonyProvider.apk
SocialShare.apk
Term.apk
SyncML.apk
PhoneConfig.apk
ScreenReader.apk
VoiceCommands.apk
GoogleCheckin.apk
Music.apk
Bluetooth.apk
FriendFeed.apk
oma1motService.apk
TalkProvider.apk
BatteryReport.apk
CertInstaller.apk
DownloadProvider.apk
LiveWallpapers.apk
GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk
GmailProvider.apk
CompassCalibrate.apk
BlurCalendar.apk
VoiceSearch.apk
FirewallService.apk
GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
Usb.apk
MotoAtCmdPlugin.apk
Maps.apk
OverlaySettingsProvider.apk
NewsWidget.apk
FMRadio.apk
Dock.apk
BatteryManager.apk
blur-services.apk
ContactsData.apk
android-syncservice-app.apk
DMService.apk
MarketUpdater.apk
SyncMLApp.apk
HomeSyncWizard.apk
Talk.apk
LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
Skype_mobile.live.apk
VClipboard.apk
ArcPhotoworkshop.apk
PackageInstaller.apk
VisualizationWallpapers.apk
MasterClearErrorReport.apk
GooglePartnerSetup.apk
BlurEmailEngine.apk
DatamanagerApp.apk
GoogleSearch.apk
MediaSync.apk
PolicyMgrProvider.apk
WmdrmWebpush.apk
Browser.apk
BlurSNMessagingEngine.apk
ArcVideoEditorLite.apk
DrmProvider.apk
QuickOffice.apk
ExtDispService.apk
OMAProvisioning.apk
StorageMonitorService.apk
SetupProvider.apk
DLNA.apk
MtlrNotifier.apk
MessagesWidget.apk
FMRadioService.apk
AudioEffectSettings.apk
MotoAttAtCmdPlugin.apk
SocialMessaging.apk
UserDictionaryProvider.apk
TtsService.apk
BluetoothDun.apk
Location.apk
BlurUpdater.apk
OMADownload.apk
AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
FileManager.apk
UniversalInbox.apk
MediaGallery.apk
MotorolaSettingsProvider.apk
MediaProvider.apk
DlnaSystemService.apk
BlurCalendarProvider.apk
HTMLViewer.apk
WorkContacts.apk
GoogleApps.apk
RichTextCommon.apk
BlurCamera.apk
Conversations.apk
Calculator.apk
QuickContactWidget.apk
ContactsProvider2_0.apk
gtalkservice.apk
ProgramMenu.apk
HelpCenter.apk
BlurAlarmClock.apk
Street.apk
Stk.apk
Setup.apk
Visualization.apk
EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk
BackupAssistanceClient.apk
MyVerizon.apk
LocationProxyDmPlugin.apk
ProgramMenuSystem.apk
GlobalUnplug.apk
Swype.apk
WeatherWidget.apk
PNI-Moto.apk
BlurPhone.apk
SoundRecorder.apk
StickyNoteWidget.apk
BlurContacts.apk
CarDock.apk
LatinIME.apk
PolicyMgrService.apk
AdService.apk
superuser.apk
$

also i tried to install the update from verizon and that failed.

thanks for you help

 

[jaredpepper]

i also found this which seems to be a total system backup. would you trust something like this?
Droid X System Dump for those who deleted apps without backing up

 

[SacNutz]

Wow those are all out of order. It would be hard to go over everything without being alphabetized. I know you're missing blurhome.apk though.

Yeah you can trust that. That's acutally what I was going to refer you to to reinstall the apps. Reinstall blur home and see what happens. When you unzip that file it shows all the apps, so go through and find the ones you are missing.

Next time, don't delete. Just attach .bak to the file name so it's easy to fix if you have problems.

 

[jaredpepper]

should i just reinstall all of them or should i find which ones are missing? What is the best way to reinstall all of them? Whats the best way to reinstall individually?

thanks again

 

[jroc]

Yea Blur Home was missing. That the first app I tried to use on my Droid when the first X system dump was done.

 

[SacNutz]

No don't reinstall all of them. I'm not really sure of the best way actually. I'm sort of new to unix commands.

I would say the safest (but longest) way would be to find the individual apps that you deleted and reinstall them. I was just reading on the IRC chat that someone tried to delete everything, and then reinstall and he was bricked last time I checked. So just go one by one.

I'm not sure if you can just copy the file over with adb using the push command, or if you have to use the install command (I think I saw that somewhere). Do this, push one of the less important apps like blockbuster and then exit adb. See if you can run it on your phone, if it works just do that for everything else you need to install.

 

[jaredpepper]

Thanks you again for your help , i think i read someone used astro file manger to restore them.

 

[SacNutz]

No problem. I'm glad you didn't brick your phone lol.

Yeah I think astro would work fine. I'm sure you'll find an effective method after some trial and error. As long as you don't delete anything from system/app you will be good to go!

Edit: By the way I saw you asked about rolling back in a previous post. That isn't currently an option. Once we get a .sbf file from Motorola we can do an *official* restore of everything on the phone. But that could be a while.

 

[kn0]

Im having the same problem, how did you get to the marketplace?

 

[Piiman]

No I have it right.

They locked the phone for many reasons, one being people that have no business gaining root access to the devices cause the RMA rate to jump. Lost profits when these devices have to be returned to factory and reflashed, then sold as refurbs at a loss. Then the cost of devices goes up as a result. Solution? Lock everything down and put in place systems that allow Moto/VZW to know if it was tampered with. When somebody claims defect, and it is found to be tampering, charge them for the phone. Simple.

Who goes in as root without the knowledge of what root actually is and a way to restore if something goes wrong?

Noobs.

OP, good luck restoring.

Or they could allow it and if you brick your phone charge you a nice fee to re flash it. They don't have to RMA it, they don't have to resell it at a loss, they don't have to send it out as a referb, They make money off "noobs" Everyones happy

Just saying it doesn't have to be this way

 

[Foolish Mortal]

Or they could allow it and if you brick your phone charge you a nice fee to re flash it. They don't have to RMA it, they don't have to resell it at a loss, they don't have to send it out as a referb, They make money off "noobs" Everyones happy

Just saying it doesn't have to be this way

Sweet.

 

[Dark Matter]

Have you tried using voice command to open the market and get root explorer then open it via voice command and change everything that you changed...unless you took of voice command....jsut read other posts, you have launcher pro working..

 

[Naughty#9]

i had a similar experience today.

i had deleted my bloat, then downloaded and re-added everything i deleted. i went in and re-set all the permissions, rebooted, and everything was back and good.

i upgraded to titanium backup donate version, rebooted, then went in and was freezing the items that i had removed previously. titanium backup locked up. after about 15 minutes of letting it sit locked up, i shut the power off. when i powered it back up, my phone rebooted and went to the screen with the slide lock. when i would slide the lock, i would be taken to a black screen with the status bar.

i did a factory reset, which then took me into a boot-loop on the red eye screen.

i did a hard reset, then my phone started as normal in the factory reset phase.

i was freaking out. i think i'll hold off on rooting again until after 2.2 is out.