HTC M9 Settings stopped issue

[Ebizza]

Hi peeps. I installed a Substratum theme today, and after doing a soft reboot, it worked, but I couldn't open my phone's settings app. It kept saying" settings has stopped". I used an app to go to TWRP, and cleared cache. The phone took a while to reboot, and it's stock on the home menu.. still shows settings has stopped. My volume buttons are bad , hence I can't format anymore. Clearing my cache also disabled USB debugging... So,I'm basically left with a phone without USB debugging, and bad volume buttons...

Anyone got any knowledge to share?

 

[mustang7757]

See if this helps, need be careful as it will crash things and make you factory reset . Substraum is for experience user and not having buttons work is asking for trouble.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/tutorial-fix-crashing-ui-substratum-t3566081

 

[Ebizza]

See if this helps, need be careful as it will crash things and make you factory reset . Substraum is for experience user and not having buttons work is asking for trouble.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/tutorial-fix-crashing-ui-substratum-t3566081

Seen, but it says go to recovery.. I have bad buttons remember? I can't go to recovery, or download mode or anywhere.. I'm stuck at my home screen.. So, if there's a way to use adb commands without USB debugging enabled, I think that's what I need.i don't mind doing a factory reset

 

[Ebizza]

There's no way to access recovery mode, as I'm stuck at home screen with USB debugging disabled... If there's a way to use adb commands without USB debugging enabled, I think that's what I need... I don't mind doing a factory reset

 

[mustang7757]

Seen, but it says go to recovery.. I have bad buttons remember? I can't go to recovery, or download mode or anywhere.. I'm stuck at my home screen.. So, if there's a way to use adb commands without USB debugging enabled, I think that's what I need.i don't mind doing a factory reset

Are your on screen buttons bad or physical buttons?
Might need a usb mouse and keyboard to navigate.

 

[Ebizza]

My on-screen buttons aren't bad... The settings has stopped just keeps appearing even if I click okay..

 

[Ebizza]

And I can view my device files on my computer. It doesn't show any other option if I plug in to a pc. Except the mass storage option

 

[mustang7757]

My on-screen buttons aren't bad... The settings has stopped just keeps appearing even if I click okay..

So your physical button like power and volume ?

 

[Ebizza]

The power button works fine, but the volume buttons are severely damaged. There’s no way I can get it fixed because of the lockdown. So, using button combinations to go to recovery mode is not possible. I also don’t have USB debugging enabled

 

[mustang7757]

The power button works fine, but the volume buttons are severely damaged. There’s no way I can get it fixed because of the lockdown. So, using button combinations to go to recovery mode is not possible. I also don’t have USB debugging enabled

I'm not sure how you going get around this .

 

[Ebizza]

I'm ****ed then?

 

[mustang7757]

Unless someone else has a better way getting around this .

 

[Ebizza]

Update: I fixed the volume buttons, and can use adb and can boot to recovery and all. I wiped cache, data and internal storage on TWRP. When I rebooted, still same issue

 

[mustang7757]

Update: I fixed the volume buttons, and can use adb and can boot to recovery and all. I wiped cache, data and internal storage on TWRP. When I rebooted, still same issue

How about that link I sent earlier anything can help from there?

 

[Ebizza]

Wouldn't have helped. Thanks anyways.

Update: I flashed a custom rom (AOSP 15.0 Android 10). So,it's working now. If I have any issue, I flash stock nougat. Thanks once more

 

[mustang7757]

Wouldn't have helped. Thanks anyways.

Update: I flashed a custom rom (AOSP 15.0 Android 10). So,it's working now. If I have any issue, I flash stock nougat. Thanks once more

Glad you got it going, your welcome!