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Help ZTE Flash N9500, cannot access any apps

Kyle_exe

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So I received this phone as a replacement from Kroger Iwireless for my Sprint Force, which had a broken headphone jack. The phone was pretty good for about 2 weeks but it had very poor performance, so I decided to root it. I successfully rooted the phone through towelroot and it functioned perfectly fine. About 2 months later I downloaded an apex launcher so I could customize my homepage. I then deleted my phone's default launcher through an app called System App Remover. I later rebooted my phone and was stuck in a boot loop. I went into recovery mode and performed a factory reset and the phone turned on but with no home screen. Using the status bar I got into settings and synced with my G mail. Upon doing that I received a notification for G mail and I opened it. Going through the archives I found a Google play email, opened it and got into Google play where I downloaded a launcher claiming to be a stock launcher for 4.1. I rebooted my phone and it worked, multiple times mind you, and then on the 4th reboot I was in a boot loop again. I decided to set the phone down and just wait for it boot, when suddenly i received a call. The call booted my phone and the solution worked again, 4 times. Later, in a desperate attempt to save my phone's dying battery on a long car drive, I put it into airplane mode. The phone died anyway. Now I could not receive a call to boot it. I did a factory reset through recovery again and I again launched with a blank home screen. I went into G mail the same as before but when I came across Google Play email and tried to go to the Play store but I receive no response from it. So I've tried so many methods. I put a launcher apk into the downloads folder, I opened the downloads app through storage settings and found nothing . I tried using adb but when i enter the launcher apk i want to use, it says that the file doesn't exist even though i type it, LETTER TO LETTER of the file name it will not locate it. So here I am, with an obscure phone that almost nobody on the internet has knowledge on it. I've looked at flashing a rom but could not find a rom, nor a way to get cwm. Please, somebody, for the love of god, help.
 
I've never used the online play store so this is a total guess but if data/wifi is enabled, can't you go on the online play store on a PC or another device and push the app to your phone then when it's installed, hit Home and itl give you the choice of using that launcher?
PS this is why I always keep a launcher in the system partition :thumbsupdroid:
 
I've never used the online play store so this is a total guess but if data/wifi is enabled, can't you go on the online play store on a PC or another device and push the app to your phone then when it's installed, hit Home and itl give you the choice of using that launcher?
PS this is why I always keep a launcher in the system partition :thumbsupdroid:
literally all I can do is go on Google+,G mail, YouTube and settings. I can't open file manager, I can't use a web browser, my phone doesn't show up when I'm on Google play on my pc and I honestly don't know how or what it means to "push" an app. Can you give me a link to a tutorial or something?
 
By "push" I just meant use the Google play website to download an app to your phone
Have you entered your Google account details in settings, accounts?
 
By "push" I just meant use the Google play website to download an app to your phone
Have you entered your Google account details in settings, accounts?
I have put my Google account in my settings but I can't open google play on my phone and when I try to download a google play app on my pc it asks me to choose my device and my phone (the Flash) isn't listed as one of the options so it won't go onto my phone.
 
Hmm sorry then bro I'm outa ideas and the Mrs is shouting me to bed (it's 4:47am lol) but I'm sure someone will get you sorted :thumbsupdroid:
 
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