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Phone rebooting and freezing after flash....

Hello,
I think i need some help here....
I have flashed dozens of roms and have not had any problems but i have just tried another there going from LeeDroid to AuraxTSense and now my phone either goes in a boot loop or freezes.
I can get into recovery and have wiped everything and tried to recover my nanadroid backup but it still freezes at bootscreen or loops.
I noticed at the end of the nandroid restore it said MD5 Mismatch.
Can anyone help me out here?
Cheers.

I had the same problem a few weeks ago. The problem came from my sdcard.
After installing a rom try booting without the sdcard/with an other sdcard. You can also try to format the sdcard on your computeur (sd-ext included).
You could also run a logcat when stuck/bootloop, this will give u more information.
Hope this help

jpopgt said:
Hello,
I think i need some help here....
I have flashed dozens of roms and have not had any problems but i have just tried another there going from LeeDroid to AuraxTSense and now my phone either goes in a boot loop of freezes.
.....
Cheers.
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i seem to be having the same problems, other sdcard did not help though
Trying to go back to some older ROMS to get another kernel..
EDIT: a little summary:
wiped everything, partitioned the SD card (tried with swap, without swap, with ext3 and ext4 partititons)
-tried both 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 and 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14 radios
-tried switching back to 7.8.1 (worked) and than to 7.9 again (didn't work)
-with 7.8.1 tried to flash the OC kernel alone (didn't work)
What does didn't work mean:
White HTC BootScreen Loop maybe 10 times .. than just stays there (tried to wait for 2 hours - still nothing)
HBOOT version 0.80
Flashing with Clockworkmod Recovery using ADB (maybe i could try a newer one.... any links plz? couldn't google it down)
T-Mobile HTC Desire - unbranded and rooted
16GB Class 2 Kingston SD

The problem came from your sdcard.
You dont need to change the sdcard.
Take it out, format on your computer (use usb format tool maybe better), copy your ROM to sdcard, install it.

uroif said:
The problem came from your sdcard.
You dont need to change the sdcard.
Take it out, format on your computer (use usb format tool maybe better), copy your ROM to sdcard, install it.
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Are you sure about that ? Bcs i don't have an SDCard reader now - would have to buy one ...
EDIT: Why would the ClockWorkMod SD format not work for us and for the others it would ?

I have the same problem but it's happen to me in the 2nd boot !
I flash a rom , Evreything works fine .. But after I shutdown the phone and then Turn on
My phone stuck on HTC screen .. But some thing weird , The phone work with my leedroid 1.9a nandroid
Please help
Thanks

shnizlon said:
I have the same problem but it's happen to me in the 2nd boot !
My phone stuck on HTC screen .. But some thing weird , The phone work with my leedroid 1.9a nandroid
Please help
Thanks
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mine works too, just with older ROMs without an overclocked Kernel ...

iDaddy said:
mine works too, just with older ROMs without an overclocked Kernel ...
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But the phone works for you after flashing ?
Mine works great after flashing a rom , It's happen to me only in the 2nd boot
Edit :
Some one tell me to do this :
"full wipe+dalvik+ext partition from the advenced option of your custom recovery. reflash and then start installing apps. it will work but rremember to wipe ext from the advanced option."

shnizlon said:
But the phone works for you after flashing ?
Mine works great after flashing a rom , It's happen to me only in the 2nd boot
Edit :
Some one tell me to do this :
"full wipe+dalvik+ext partition from the advenced option of your custom recovery. reflash and then start installing apps. it will work but rremember to wipe ext from the advanced option."
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Nope any ROM with an overclocked kernel does not work for me - it only boot loops and than freezes at the white htc boot screen.
Wiping didn't help - look up - tried nearly everything....

Sometimes Clockworkmod doesn't format the sdcard properly.
Same problem happenned to some people trying to flash Sense HD rom and getting bootloop.
You can try with adb in recovery :
cd /sd-ext
rm -r *

Pierrot94200 said:
Sometimes Clockworkmod doesn't format the sdcard properly.
Same problem happenned to some people trying to flash Sense HD rom and getting bootloop.
You can try with adb in recovery :
cd /sd-ext
rm -r *
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will try that - thx
however i already formatted the card like 15 times now (using the clockworkmod gui)

Pierrot94200 said:
Sometimes Clockworkmod doesn't format the sdcard properly.
Same problem happenned to some people trying to flash Sense HD rom and getting bootloop.
You can try with adb in recovery :
cd /sd-ext
rm -r *
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No, did not help

iDaddy said:
No, did not help
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I have this problem too. And in my opinion - sd card not a reason of phone freeze and reboot. I think here is a problem with kernel. I change 2 sd cards, a lot of rom's and problem did;nt dissapears. After, I flash unroot rom - phone was dead. Now I waiting for the phone , when they will return me from a service. So I think the problem is on kernel, not ROM.

Thanks for the replies.
I formated my card but the only rom that seems to be working for me is Leedroids, nandroid restore is still not working with other backups i saved on my PC.

jpopgt said:
Thanks for the replies.
I formated my card but the only rom that seems to be working for me is Leedroids, nandroid restore is still not working with other backups i saved on my PC.
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Did You formatted your EXT3 too ?
"Enter to recovery, do a Wipe Factory reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, format/wipe partition Ext2, 3 or 4."

really seems like some kernels are not compatible with OUR phones ... are your phones branded too ? (unbranded now - my was T-Mobile)
Another question- i've been trying cyanogenmod now - it boots, but repeatedly freezes - can you gyus please try it too ?
thx

shnizlon said:
Did You formatted your EXT3 too ?
"Enter to recovery, do a Wipe Factory reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, format/wipe partition Ext2, 3 or 4."
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tried everything...

Moved to Q&A as not development.
Please do not make a new thread in development to ask a question.

Seems I am able to only flash my last working rom (no matter if 7.7 or 7.8.1 AuraxTsense) ... others don't work...
really weird
unrooting and trying to root again...

So maybe the real question should be - We can't I flash another kernel - please check it too - we than need to create another thread !
P.S. I'm unrooting now and will try to root again than...

Issues with flashinf roms

I'm having issues with flashing roms, in clockworkmod after i clear davilk cache/cache/data i go to install roms skyraider 4.0 and incubus stock 2.0 sense and OptimizedZ by newtoroot i keep getting "Installation aborted bad" whats causing this to happen i'm running warmZ twopointtwo and i can re install that one along with the nighlies could it be that i'm running WarmZ twopointtwo also i'm running clockworkmod 2.5.1.2 the error is
" E:cant open/sdcard/ROM i'm trying to install.zip
(bad)
Instalation Aborted
I got it fixed i just went out and bought a new sd card.

Do you have enough free space on your SD card?

Yes I do i hope i do anyways i have 25.00gigs

Do you do factory data reset/clear cache/ clear dalvik? Are you using cwm 2.###? Do you wipe first with cwm3 then cwm? You really shouldnt have this much problems , you may want to go back to complete stock. Are you downloading roms to pc then transfering? Maybe files are corrupted. Thats about all i can tjink of. I dl roms directly from phone, then reboot to recovery to install. Never use rom manager.
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donnyp1 said:
Do you do factory data reset/clear cache/ clear dalvik? Are you using cwm 2.###? Do you wipe first with cwm3 then cwm? You really shouldnt have this much problems , you may want to go back to complete stock. Are you downloading roms to pc then transfering? Maybe files are corrupted. Thats about all i can tjink of. I dl roms directly from phone, then reboot to recovery to install. Never use rom manager.
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I clear dvlik cache/cache/data and i'm using clockworkmod version 2.5.x.x i will not use 3.0 and im downloading roms to pc and then flashing and i wont touch rom manager and when i download from the phone i keep getting no enough freespace i think its trying to save it to the phone or something and not the sd card.

It would help if you would create full sentences with proper grammar and spelling... It only adds to the confusion to what your problem actually is. Try re-downloading the ROM. If it doesn't work again, try upgrading CWM, you can always downgrade it later if you need/want to. As donny said, the file may have been corrupted, I had this happen to me the very first time I tried flashing a custom ROM. I re-downloaded it, and re-copied it onto my phone and that seemed to work for me.

[Q] Looking for GAPPS download

Hey all, I downloaded and flashed MikG's ROM (Sense 2.1 and GB) - but it did not come with GAPPS. Is there a place to download the latest version of GAPPS for flashing onto the phone? Thanks.

You can go here
http://tinyurl.com/4yl4up9
Or, you could try rebooting your phone, normal. That worked for me.

bcarter2000 said:
You can go here
http://tinyurl.com/4yl4up9
Or, you could try rebooting your phone, normal. That worked for me.
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Your link shows plenty of download links for Gapps for CM. No mention of a general download for any 2.3-based ROM.
Also - how does rebooting your phone add something that isn't there? I'm really doubting your "lmgtfy" skills.

http://t3hh4xx0r.com/projects-2/omgb/evo/downloads
The Google apps are available for download here and designed for a ROM with the new update

I've seen this happen to others from not wiping there ext partition but I've read you could clear cache and dalvik cache and that might help not sure though never happened to me and I'm on that ROM and loving it.
Everything has been working for 3 days now.
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I wiped DATA: CACHE: and dalvik-cache before flashing the ROM. Was I supposed to flash ext data?
What if I wanted to revert back to my old ROM, would a wipe of the ext partition prevent me from going back via nandroid?

obscurenetworks said:
I wiped DATA: CACHE: and dalvik-cache before flashing the ROM. Was I supposed to flash ext data?
What if I wanted to revert back to my old ROM, would a wipe of the ext partition prevent me from going back via nandroid?
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Don't wipe your sd card just the ext sd if you have your card partitioned.
I don't use a partition but I've read about this happening to some PPL that don't wipe it.
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obscurenetworks said:
Your link shows plenty of download links for Gapps for CM. No mention of a general download for any 2.3-based ROM.
Also - how does rebooting your phone add something that isn't there? I'm really doubting your "lmgtfy" skills.
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If you would have clicked on the first search result, you would have found what you were looking for. Sorry I didn't do a search for you and then copy the link so you wouldn't waste your precious time. By the way, The new CM is based off of 2.3, I think you meant to say a sense based rom.
Anyway
I assumed you were like me and didn't wipe your ext3 partition. I assumed, and wrongly so. My apologies. All I can say is when I flashed Mik's2.3 I had no GAPPS or ext3 files showing up. I figured it had something to do with the dalvik cache not reading the partition. My guess would be that A2SD is not activated on initial boot. All I know for sure is that it works. I've just updated this morning to Miks new version, and the same thing happened. All i had to do was reboot, and they showed up.
P.S. You could at least thank the guy who did search it for you, and pasted a link to make it easy, but what am I thinking, if you won't bother to do a simple search, then why would you thank anyone that did it for you.

[Q] Help! Stuck on white HTC screen after installing root!

So I installed CWM recovery, and installed the rmk root setup zip. Before I installed it, I wiped the cache but not the Dalvik cache. When I rebooted, it hung on the white HTC screen. I went back into recovery and wiped dalvik cache, cache and even data and settings, then installed the zip again and it still hangs. can somebody help me? Honestly at this point I just want to be able to use my phone again.
Thanks in advance

Did you install the root zip that included the froyo stock kernel? I made the same mistake. Just have to adb a compatible 2.3 kernel into your sdcard and flash it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745
i'm pretty sure this is the zip i used. if thats what you're talking about, then how do I fix it?

You cant use that .zip because it uses the Froyo kernal which is incompatible. You have to push jcase's GB kernal to your sd card then flash that.

I'm sorry for the stupid question, and thank you so much for your help, but where can i find that? and what commands do I use to push the kernel to the phone?

Have no fear as long as you can get into CWM then you are still good.
How long does it hang, sometimes it takes a few minutes for that HTC screen to go away, especially if you wiped data. you might want to wait, a little bit.
You can always download a stock rom(jcase plainjane rom), get into CWM, and then mount your USB to be able to install from your computer, and then flash the new rom.
Did you make a backup before you flashed the update, you can always recover.

DalekCaan said:
I'm sorry for the stupid question, and thank you so much for your help, but where can i find that? and what commands do I use to push the kernel to the phone?
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If you can get into CWM, look for Mounts/Storage and mount your USB so you can access your Phones SD card from your computer, then transfer the file from your computer to your phone.
or use adb if you are familiar with that.

you did get S-Off first right?

yes i have s-off, no i did not make a recovery (i wasnt aware i could do that before i rooted but i have come to terms with the fact that I lost a bunch of data).
okay, so i put the file on my sd card and... what? is it a zip file? where can i find it?
just so i understand, once I get this rooted kernel, i will be rooted and i will be able to install the cwm app and go from there?

and i don't necessarily want the stock rooted... i guess i could go from there but for right now could i download a 2.3 kernel with a different rom? are kernels bundled with roms or do i need to install them separately?
sorry, i'm a new user so i keep having to wait 5 minutes...

Kernels, can be rom specific or bundled but currently for the dinc2 there arent a lot so make sure it doesnt say it belongs to a specific rom otherwise it might not work.
Jcase has a stock kernel and rom he put up a while back for gingerbread.
They will be a .zip file and all you have to do is using recovery choose zip file and run it, since you already deleted everything.
When you install a rom, it will add su and busybox, and root your phone. You need your phone rooted to be able to do anything, after S-off.
if you have recovery installed then you have CWM and really what you want is Rom Manager to do backups.

can i flash the tiamat kernel? do i still have an OS? will that fix things?

DalekCaan said:
can i flash the tiamat kernel? do i still have an OS? will that fix things?
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tiamat kernel is an AOSP kernel. for CM7/MIUI/OM(F)GB
you'll get bootloops if you flash it on a sense rom.

so should i flash that, then flash something like MIUI? can i do that? and do i have to wipe data/cache/dalvik before the kernel AND before i install MIUI?
thanks

DalekCaan said:
so should i flash that, then flash something like MIUI? can i do that? and do i have to wipe data/cache/dalvik before the kernel AND before i install MIUI?
thanks
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I would get a Rom working first which is your OS, the kernel jut says how it should run.

but apparently i have a froyo kernel installed right now? how should I fix that?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191836
here is a link for a gingerbread kernel...try that first

dj_wires said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191836
here is a link for a gingerbread kernel...try that first
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If you install a new rom, it will overwrite whatever kernel you have, so you might just want to install this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161411
this is the first gingerbread rom i used...not a lot to it.

I'll try that thank you so much! i just have to go to "install zip from sd card" once i put it on my sd card?

DalekCaan said:
I'll try that thank you so much! i just have to go to "install zip from sd card" once i put it on my sd card?
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Yup!
Good Luck!

[Q] ClockworkMod not backing up sd-ext

Hi everyone!
From some time on, my Clockworkmod (v 2.5.0.7) backups do not create a correct sd-ext.img file. The file results as being a 0Kb file. Quite bizarre, as I am running a data2sd ROM! Once the backups were working correctly, but now if I try to do a Nandroid restore, the Md5sum mismatch and I cannot proceed further. And that's ok, because otherwise I would not have a correct restore!
The ROM is working well on my phone and I can see no problems at all in my day-to-day use.
Nonetheless, I have had a lot of problems with my actual sd card lately, and I have wiped and reinstalled the rom from scratch quite a few times. Can I have messed up something?
If I insert a brand new sd card (which I'm planning to buy anyway), in your opinion the problem might be solved?

upgrade CM to the newest version (I think 5.0.2.0 is the newest one) and see the result. Upgrade can be done using Rom Manager.

gholfali said:
upgrade CM to the newest version (I think 5.0.2.0 is the newest one) and see the result. Upgrade can be done using Rom Manager.
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Thanks but for the ROM I'm using version 2.5.0.7 is recommended. And no-one else is experiencing my same problems. I'd like to know why... if possible!

UltimateGoblin said:
Thanks but for the ROM I'm using version 2.5.0.7 is recommended. And no-one else is experiencing my same problems. I'd like to know why... if possible!
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I think you can try to use rmd recovery or 4ext recovery.
With data2sd it means you use sibere script and maybe also droidzone rom.
And if im not wrong, droidzone is using 4ext recovery.
And i use rmd recovery and never get problem to backup and restore data2w or data2ext rom (never tried data2sd yet, but it should works too..
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Solved: the SD card was faulty.

UltimateGoblin said:
Solved: the SD card was faulty.
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How did you confirm that? Got a new one?