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[Q] Rooted g2 won't boot past htc screen

Hello all.
I have a t-mobile g2, currently S-OFF, which is sitting in hboot/fastboot right now. I will not boot past the HTC screen.
I attained root last night using this method, and it worked without problems. I then gave a few apps (terminal and shark, to be precise) superuser access. Went to sleep.
This morning, I wanted to delete some apps and change some system fonts around (wanted to use the ubuntu font instead of droidsans). deleted photobucket at amazon mp3. while trying to change the fonts, I changed permissions on the /system/ folder to 777 (chmod 777 /system/). Changing the fonts wasn't working out, so i decided to leave it alone and just reboot my device. upon reboot, it would no longer boot past the htc boot screen. It will, however, go into hboot/fastboot mode without a problem. I tried going into recovery mode and using the update.zip (e4aaacea73af.OTA_Vision_TMUS_1.22.531.8-1.1.19.531.1_release_signed.zip renamed). No luck. Also, i tried researching on the forums and using adb to try to unbrick, but adb doesn't recognize any device being plugged in. fastboot did work, though, and i wrote the original recovery.img file into the phone (although I don't know where it goes when this is done...) and now I don't know where to go next. any help?

Try wiping your data and flashing a new rom on there. Some roms have a OC kernel so I would also make sure u know what kind of kernel the rom has. If its OCed I would download o non OCed kernel. Reason being some are like OCed to the max which makes the phone not boot, and when turned off sleeping doesn't want to turn back on.
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Vandale said:
Try wiping your data and flashing a new rom on there. Some roms have a OC kernel so I would also make sure u know what kind of kernel the rom has. If its OCed I would download o non OCed kernel. Reason being some are like OCed to the max which makes the phone not boot, and when turned off sleeping doesn't want to turn back on.
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I had stock android that came with the phone, I just got it about a week ago. Is there any way to find the standard/stock android rom for the g2? if anyone could link it and let me know how to flash it, that would be amazing.

Update:
I've been doing a bit more research, and I found that it might be possible to flash a stock rom (PC10IMG.zip). I downloaded the TMOUS one provided in this thread and shortened it to PC10IMG.zip. Once I do that, I go into Hboot, and when it checks for the different nbh/zip images, it always tells me "no image"/"no image or wrong image!". HELP!!!

consciousdawn said:
Update:
I've been doing a bit more research, and I found that it might be possible to flash a stock rom (PC10IMG.zip). I downloaded the TMOUS one provided in this thread and shortened it to PC10IMG.zip. Once I do that, I go into Hboot, and when it checks for the different nbh/zip images, it always tells me "no image"/"no image or wrong image!". HELP!!!
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Which one did you download? The first few on there were pre-release ROMs. The 1.19.531.1 ROM was the release ROM originally. Most recent G2's come with 1.22 (the OTA update) pre-installed, which we do not currently have a PC10IMG.zip for. If your G2 had 1.22 (e.g., you already had wifi-calling and tethering), you won't be able to use the 1.19 PC10IMG unless you used gfree to obtain S-OFF. If you did not (i.e., you only flashed the engineering HBOOT), you should not try to flash this file (it will replace your HBOOT with the shipping version and then quit mid-flash because it sees you already have a higher version installed). Even if you did obtain S-OFF with gfree, flashing this file will cause you to lose your engineering HBOOT and root (though you will still have S-OFF, so it's easy to re-root).
As was stated earlier, the easiest/best thing to do at this point is flash a custom ROM. If you still want the stock look-and-feel, here is a pre-rooted stock G2 ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042. You want to flash it through ClockworkMod recovery. I'm assuming you hadn't installed this already or you would have a backup of your ROM that you could have simply restored. You can install ClockworkMod recovery through fastboot though (there is a thread in the dev section or you can search for one of the many guides on it).
Also, you will probably want to get the de-odex version of the stock ROM. If you are doing any kind of theming or UI modifications, that is usually required (or your changes will cause a bootloop). Without knowing the details of what you tried to do, I'm guessing this is what happened to you (since the stock ROM is odex'ed).

ianmcquinn said:
As was stated earlier, the easiest/best thing to do at this point is flash a custom ROM. If you still want the stock look-and-feel, here is a pre-rooted stock G2 ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042. You want to flash it through ClockworkMod recovery. I'm assuming you hadn't installed this already or you would have a backup of your ROM that you could have simply restored. You can install ClockworkMod recovery through fastboot though (there is a thread in the dev section or you can search for one of the many guides on it).
Also, you will probably want to get the de-odex version of the stock ROM. If you are doing any kind of theming or UI modifications, that is usually required (or your changes will cause a bootloop). Without knowing the details of what you tried to do, I'm guessing this is what happened to you (since the stock ROM is odex'ed).
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Do you mean this thread? I have been trying to follow along and it's a bit confusing (although I feel that's due largely in part to grammatical/usage errors). what you are saying does help a lot though. I just need to learn how to install Clockworkmod Recovery through fastboot. *googles away* in the meantime, feel free to link me to another thread which helps me do this. Thanks a million.

UPDATE:
I finally figured out what I was doing. So I used fastboot to flash a clockworkmod recovery.img onto my g2. When I went to recovery, after booting into hboot, it went to the HTC screen, as it should. Guess what I got? loopboot, once again T_T. Luckily I still have the official recovery.img, and reflashed that. Did I do something wrong? Please let me know.

consciousdawn said:
UPDATE:
I finally figured out what I was doing. So I used fastboot to flash a clockworkmod recovery.img onto my g2. When I went to recovery, after booting into hboot, it went to the HTC screen, as it should. Guess what I got? loopboot, once again T_T. Luckily I still have the official recovery.img, and reflashed that. Did I do something wrong? Please let me know.
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Wait, so what exactly happened? You entered the bootloader (white screen with green Android guys at the bottom), selected to enter recovery (using volume down and power button to select), and then was presented with an HTC logo? That means ClockworkMod recovery did not successfully flash. Did you get any errors when you used flashboot?

That's exactly what happened, and no, not at all. It said it flashed successfully. Maybe I don't have the correct version of Clockworkmod? If you could please link me to a good one, that would be great.

UPDATE!!
So I found an official clockworkmod 2.5.1.2, and now when I boot into recovery, it shows the HTC logo and then goes to clockworkmod. This is amazing. Thank you guys for all your help, I have learned something new today.
Now, can someone explain the difference between odexed and deodexed? please? lol.

ianmcquinn said:
Wait, so what exactly happened? You entered the bootloader (white screen with green Android guys at the bottom), selected to enter recovery (using volume down and power button to select), and then was presented with an HTC logo? That means ClockworkMod recovery did not successfully flash. Did you get any errors when you used flashboot?
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Looks like I cried victory too quickly. While I do get the menu for clockworkmod (every time I boot, for that matter), every time I issue a command, such as reboot now, or install from SDcard, and even advanced, the screen goes black. GRRR, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? I've been at this since about 1 today T_T

Just wanted to say that I'm the biggest noob on the planet. While I did upgrade to cwm 3.0.0.5, i didn't know it allowed the use of the main controls. I got my phone up and running now. Thank you for all the help. Good night :]

Retired![EC07|EC03][Rom][CWM] 09/13 Clean Froyo "Froyo 2.2.2"

Welcome to EC07!!! Froyo 2.2.2 for our continuum!
This rom is my first home cooked rom for android. Many know me for my windows mobile work i have done.
This is a redone version of imnut's 2.2.2 EC07 froyo rom DeoDexed!.
Huge thanks to adrynalyne, Imnuts, and Trailblazer!
-I have stripped many packages out and cleaned it up quite a bit.
-Slimmed down rom, increased speed!
-Added Launcher2.
-added spareparts.
-Modified build.prop increased touch sensitivity
-Increased wifi scanning time.
-New startup and shutdown animations!!!. Snagged from a Fascinate rom i like.
-modified script in .zip to format partitions.
-added busybox for compatibility and tools.
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-Glass ASOP and boot options also installed.
-Big thanks to some mods used by Trailblazer
Code:
1 Flash [URL="http://www.multiupload.com/WFK7G6YLXL"][B]stock EC07[/B][/URL] using [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706062&d=1313789522"][B]Odin[/B][/URL].
2 Plug you phone into your computer after your phone has rebooted 2 times and then backup and format the SD card.
3 Once you are done and into EC07 Stock, copy my rom onto your sdcard so you can flash it at the end of these steps :)
3.5 Please flash [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=694509&d=1313788572"][B]CWM 2.5 Kernal[/B][/URL] via [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706062&d=1313789522"][B]odin [/B][/URL]and place [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706060&d=1313788706"][B]this update[/B][/URL] on root of your sd card and boot into cwm 2.5
4 After flashing the above, boot back into CWM and then flash my rom :)
Download my Light EC07 Rom (beta3) HERE and flash away!!!! Mirror here​

[EC03][Rom][CWM] 08/21 -Update- Joshkoss's First Android rom "Froyo Light" (beta3)
This rom is my first home cooked rom for android. Many know me for my windows mobile work i have done.
This is a redone version of imnut's 2.2 froyo rom here .
-I have stripped many packages out and cleaned it up quite a bit.
-Slimmed down rom, increased speed!
-Added Launcher2.
-Modified Camera.apk to turn off battery warning and allow pictures during phone call.
-added spareparts.
-Modified build.prop increased touch sensitivity
-Increased wifi scanning time.
-Added ringtones,alarms, and sounds from my friend crawlings HD2 rom.
-New startup and shutdown animations!!!. Snagged from a Fascinate rom i like.
-modified script in .zip to format partitions.
-added busybox for compatibility and tools.
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Also i have applied trailblazer101's gingerbread theme from here. (Glass ASOP and boot options also installed.
Code:
1 Flash [URL="http://www.multiupload.com/4SRZZXQJ6G"][B]stock DL17[/B][/URL] using [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=694528&stc=1&d=1313789522"][B]Odin[/B][/URL].
2 Plug you phone into your computer after your phone has rebooted 2 times and then backup and format the SD card.
3 Once you are done and into DL17, copy my rom onto your sdcard so you can flash it at the end of these steps :)
3.5 Please flash [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=694509&d=1313788572"][B]CWM 2.5 Kernal[/B][/URL] via [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=694528&d=1313789522"][B]odin [/B][/URL]and place [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706060&d=1313788706"][B]this update[/B][/URL] on root of your sd card and boot into cwm 2.5
4 Flash the Froyo modem from [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=694519&stc=1&d=1313789198"][B]here[/B][/URL]
5 After flashing the above modem, boot back into CWM and then flash my rom :)
Download my Light EC03 Rom (beta3) HERE and flash away!!!!

Changes:
Code:
#Beta 3 ECO7 build released!
-Way more stable.
-rebased on imnut's 07 clean build. customized a few things :)
-Gingerbread theme included from trailblazer. (w, ASOP Lockscreen, and reboot options)
-Reverted back to TW launcher.
-google maps is added
-Spare Parts
-Shutdown animation changed!
-more typed here when i have time
##09/01/2011
-Released EC07 Beta 2
-Probably cleanest and fastest build to date.
-preROOTED by [B]adrynalyne[/B]
-APK packages optimized :cool:
##08/31/2011##
-Released EC07!!
##08/21/2011##
-Bigtime speed and stability improvements!!
-New boot animations!
-Optimization's to script in cwm.zip file.
-added some apps, Spare Parts, etc...
-Fixed missing calendar app.
-Slimmed down rom, increased speed!
-Added Launcher2.
-added spareparts.
-Modified build.prop increased touch sensitivity
-Increased wifi scanning time.
##08/19/2011##
-Removed some apk's
-included modded camera.apk removing battery and phone call warnings.
-bit cleaner and quicker

Thx I might give this a try later this weekend.
Sent from my de binged samsung continuum

new to continuum (came from eris) ill check this rom out maybe it'll fix my phone

dragonrazorz said:
new to continuum (came from eris) ill check this rom out maybe it'll fix my phone
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Awesome! I'm new also, got my continuum last Thursday.
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I got mine 2 weeks ago
Sent from my de binged samsung continuum

i messed up this phone and idk how lol i keep gettin the "system uid's inconsistent" and stuff...been happening on a few roms...i did fix permissions and recovery and its still happening....any ideas? and anyone else get random vibrations that go on and on a patter....vibrate....vibrate(2x)...vibrate and so on ?

I got mine in November... I'm glad to see some fresh life being breathed into this thing. Keep up the great work guys.

This sounds very exciting. I will have to flash this this weekend.
two questions
1) you mentioned snagging an animation from the Fascinate....I knew it wouldnt work, but tried anyway, to apply a Fascinate boot animation...... mimics the old AWARD BIOS with the EPA logo...looks great....is there some easy method of making this boot animation work on the Continuum? I know I'd need to edit some of the png files that are Fascinate-specific, but I'm okay with that.
2) does this ROM allow the long-press of the search button to be configured for things like quick-compose in Handcent?

dragonrazorz said:
i messed up this phone and idk how lol i keep gettin the "system uid's inconsistent" and stuff...been happening on a few roms...i did fix permissions and recovery and its still happening....any ideas? and anyone else get random vibrations that go on and on a patter....vibrate....vibrate(2x)...vibrate and so on ?
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sounds like you got a bad flash. i would flash the stock d17 .tar image with odin, then flash cwm 2.5 i linked above, then the froyo modem, then my rom Also in odin, make sure auto restart is unchecked, and also i would backup and format your sd card. this should fix ya up
Weudel said:
I got mine in November... I'm glad to see some fresh life being breathed into this thing. Keep up the great work guys.
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thanks dude! i'm new to android, but an old windows mobile chef, hopefully i can learn this stuff quick
spearoid said:
This sounds very exciting. I will have to flash this this weekend.
two questions
1) you mentioned snagging an animation from the Fascinate....I knew it wouldnt work, but tried anyway, to apply a Fascinate boot animation...... mimics the old AWARD BIOS with the EPA logo...looks great....is there some easy method of making this boot animation work on the Continuum? I know I'd need to edit some of the png files that are Fascinate-specific, but I'm okay with that.
2) does this ROM allow the long-press of the search button to be configured for things like quick-compose in Handcent?
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1) i replaced the startup and shutdown animations, not the bootloop animation. the startup animtation for samsung stock images they are contained in a .qmg file which i cannot modify, only replace with another. the modded animation you are refrencing is contained in a animation.zip file in the custom rom that i couldn't apply without a custom kernal. sorry
2) i haven't made modifications but you can yes. i think in the theme and apps section they have one or two available.

beta 2 incoming.
Changes:
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-Removed some apk's
-included modded camera.apk removing battery and phone call warnings.
-bit cleaner and quicker

Well I haven't tried your initial release yet, but I think I love you anyway.
I will find some time this weekend to flash your work.
I have used the other two ROMs (imnuts initial release and the profane pastorbennet's)....and with both roms my phone seemed to have trouble multi-tasking. If I had Navigation running for instance and clicked on an email in the notification curtain, it would be as if I just loaded Navigation from scratch when I tried to go back to it.
Imnuts mentioned some bugginess with EC03, and I'm wondering if this is one of those bugs, and therefore I will see the same thing in your ROM....or is it possible that there is actually a setting somewhere that prevents programs from residing in memory when loading a different program?
Btw, I have no memory management programs installed, and the problem isn't just with Navigation. If my phone's screen times out withe browser on a page....when I've unlocked Widgetlocker to get back into my phone the browser is a white screen and it loads the webpage from scratch again.
Sorry that this was so wordy.

spearoid said:
Well I haven't tried your initial release yet, but I think I love you anyway.
I will find some time this weekend to flash your work.
I have used the other two ROMs (imnuts initial release and the profane pastorbennet's)....and with both roms my phone seemed to have trouble multi-tasking. If I had Navigation running for instance and clicked on an email in the notification curtain, it would be as if I just loaded Navigation from scratch when I tried to go back to it.
Imnuts mentioned some bugginess with EC03, and I'm wondering if this is one of those bugs, and therefore I will see the same thing in your ROM....or is it possible that there is actually a setting somewhere that prevents programs from residing in memory when loading a different program?
Btw, I have no memory management programs installed, and the problem isn't just with Navigation. If my phone's screen times out withe browser on a page....when I've unlocked Widgetlocker to get back into my phone the browser is a white screen and it loads the webpage from scratch again.
Sorry that this was so wordy.
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yea i can tell you, my rom is EC03, yes it can be a little buggy but i'm working on cleaning it out a bit new at this but working at it it's definatly less buggy then the stock EC03

beta2 test
beta2 lookin pretty good faster too. its timing out when im copying my backed up folders to sdcard though. other than that i just gotta get compfy with new menus etc. thanks great job!

ummmm...i need to unroot....the super one click root unroot button isnt unrooting my phone
so is there another way..or is there something i need to do before unrooting? i need it factory stock complete with tw and 2.1

can i flash this from the yellow recovery v3.2.0.0? i dont want to mess with recoveries again... just got my first boot into cwm successfully and dont wanna f it up

XsceneXhippieX said:
can i flash this from the yellow recovery v3.2.0.0? i dont want to mess with recoveries again... just got my first boot into cwm successfully and dont wanna f it up
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Its an update, zip file, that's all it is. I have cwm 2 and 3 on my phone, just saying,
Sent via Carrier Pigeon

dragonrazorz said:
ummmm...i need to unroot....the super one click root unroot button isnt unrooting my phone
so is there another way..or is there something i need to do before unrooting? i need it factory stock complete with tw and 2.1
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Follow my instructions on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194642
That's the DL17 Stock Rom with Root, and there are instructions there to manually unroot.

joshkoss said:
beta 2 incoming.
Changes:
Code:
-Removed some apk's
-included modded camera.apk removing battery and phone call warnings.
-bit cleaner and quicker
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Thanks for your work on this! I had my own ROM that I've been working on that I had all set to post yesterday, but I ran into some FC's and decided to hold off until I had those ironed out. I'll be flashing this to see how I like it.

[Q] Stuck on Cyanogen Mod loader animation

Unlocked my bootloader...check
Rooted my Arc...check
Downloaded the latest CM7 from Cyanogenmod...check
Fastboot boot.img...check
Wiped cache, user data...check
Install update.zip from SDcard...check
Boot, and I'm stuck. The CM7 loader shows up, I see the unlock screen for about 2 seconds and then the CM7 loader comes back. Over and over and over again. I've tried completely wiping and starting from scratch but that's not working. I've tried both the latest stable release and the latest nightly. I read elsewhere on an EVO 4G thread that someone had a similar issue but the fixes they suggested aren't flying.
I am relatively new so please don't make too many assumptions as to my understanding. Speak slowly and use little words. Hand gestures help.

What kernel are you using and which firmware were you on before you flashed cm7?
sinkster©

The kernel was something.something.56, I believe. (or was that the firmware?)
I'm sort of stuck in this place and I can't get out. I suppose if push came to shove I could find those posts about putting my phone back into its stock state. But I'd rather not. The stock Sony experience was terrible.

Firmwares ok then, did you use the kernel in the cm7 zip or from DoomLord (i.e. fastboot flash boot boot.img)?
sinkster©

I first tried the boot.img from Doomlord (v15). But that wouldn't even get to the home screen so then I tried boot.img from the cm7 zip.

i have same problem

Best idea is to start from scratch. Check fxp thread for anyone else having issues too.
sinkster©

freicook said:
I first tried the boot.img from Doomlord (v15). But that wouldn't even get to the home screen so then I tried boot.img from the cm7 zip.
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You have to use Doom's CM7 kernel on CM7, not the one for SE's ROM.
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keep getting random reboots anyone know why?

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OK, this has been quite a journey but I was able to get CM7 working.
1st, I had to put the phone back into a stock state, like I just got it from Sony. My phone was unbranded and not from a carrier so this wasn't too hard. But I can't even sort of retrace the steps I took to get it back to the stock version of the SE Xperia Arc software. I never strayed from XDA so all of the answers are here, but what a rabbit hole that was.
2nd, the "latest stable release" on the CM7 site that I linked to in my original post is, in fact, completely unstable. Random reboots, stuck at the loading animation, etc. You need to use version 7.1.0.1 instead. Download that version, flash the boot.img that's contained within that zip and then update in fastboot to the 7.1.0.1 update.zip
This took far too long to figure out but I was able to get the thing running. And it looks so much better than Sony's terrible UI. What on Earth were they thinking?

If you downloaded CM7 on Cyanogenmod websites, I think you have to delete anthalservice.apk or something. It is located in /system/app/ or /data/, can't remember correctly.

[Req] Best mod with much less bugs for I927R

Hi
Guys i need your help. Pleas can someone tell me for now what mods is much better for I927R (Also withe very stability and with much less bugs) ?!
I found Liquid Smooth but it have some problem so i need your guide about other mods.
Thank you

ICS Roms are the best and most stable... Stock ICS from AT&T UCLJ3 or any roms based off of it ... Dman's daily driver, Ice Pop Rom by RawRaw, LiteRom by TheGreaterGood...
Unfortunately none of those are being maintained but I had been running Dman's for the last couple months, great battery life when paired w/ JuiceDefender (20+hours of heavy use when I'm not sleeping).
Now the newest CM10.1 by Spyke seems pretty solid ... Just a couple of issues.
ICS is the only one you'll get bug free, though. Stock is hard to compete with when we're pairing up roms without a true Devdeloper.

On this subject, I've just reverted back to using IcePop ROM after (unhappily) downgrading from Spyke's latest 10.1 ROM - just mainly because of the Bluetooth headset issue, which I really need working for work purposes.
I'm just wondering if there are any ICS builds that have GPS working correctly? I tried flashing the Rogers modem (since my phone was originally a Rogers import, flashed to AT&T ICS, then played with ICS from there) and first time I ran GPS status it took 771 seconds... I'm going to keep trying just in case that was the first time only, but 12 minutes is still a very long time for an initial fix .
Also - I've found that I'm getting more and more bootloop problems even with clean installs - so wiping cache, data, dalvic, etc. Is there some way to do a *thorough* wipe without bricking the phone? I can back all my data up no worries, but next time I move to JB (in the optimism that the BT issues will be fixed soon, judging by the positive progress being made by Spyke ) I would like to do a clean build from scratch and not have to gamble being able to start the phone up again

David - I always go into mount options of CWM and format /system prior to a new flash .. I'm not sure if flashing with Odin will get rid of any previous settings, its something to attempt though.
I, also, had reverted to using JB Because GPS wouldn't work ... There's a thread in here (search for it) that shows the solution to the GPS fix, its editing sirgps.conf and gps.conf ... I was getting a fix on GPS in under 30 seconds.... GPS was a huge let down in the stock ICS rom, Even when using TheGreaterGoods LiteRom w/ GPS fix I found after a couple of days my gps didn't hold....

Thanks for the reply.
I was considering formatting /system this morning when I was getting stuck in a boot loop from trying to get M3 running, but decided it was a risk I'd have to check up on first . Next time I do a build from scratch (I'm going to resist until the BT stuff is working - fingers crossed!) I'll do that.
I remember having a look at the gps.conf fix but don't recall anything about sirgps.conf - so I will look it up, thanks!
As an aside, I've been checking the GPS fix a couple of times since my last post and it is coming up in under 30 seconds each time... I'm wondering if my attempt to flash the Rogers modem did in fact fix the issue... I'd do a reboot but I'm too scared I won't get the phone up again XD
EDIT:
Found the fix, I did a few of the changes (rather than all of them), and it's now picking up 8 satellites instead of 3-5, and getting a stronger signal from each... and all I did was point it to the AU ntp server, and tell it I'm not on the ATT network . I'll save the suggested settings to a text file on my SD card so next time I'm out and about and if it plays up I'll have access to the details.

yohan4ws said:
David - I always go into mount options of CWM and format /system prior to a new flash .. I'm not sure if flashing with Odin will get rid of any previous settings, its something to attempt though.
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Had to restart my phone tonight and got caught in a boot loop again... after trying a few things I flashed Lite Kernel (I'm still using ICS again at the moment) and that seems to have solved the boot loop issues. I'm thinking that with all the ROM flashing I've been doing the fact that I actually had the phone running without flashing an ICS specific kernel (after running JB) was screwing things up.
Interestingly though, I tried installing Spyke's M3 ROM from a complete user wipe, system format, everything gone - and I still got a boot loop so next time I try it I'll grab a copy of LiteKernel and do that separately.

davidpartay said:
Interestingly though, I tried installing Spyke's M3 ROM from a complete user wipe, system format, everything gone - and I still got a boot loop so next time I try it I'll grab a copy of LiteKernel and do that separately.
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That has to be very concerning to you, I've never had an issue booting any ROM. And very strange flashing the Kernel separately would resolve your booting issues...
Did you try to flash any of the stock roms w/ Odin ? I have read that we can only flash back to stock Gingerbread from JellyBean if we flash a GB or ICS CWM ROM and then go back with Odin otherwise there will be boot issues.
If I were in your position I would try and do a full revert back to the earliest version of gingerbread I could find on samfirmware and then use Kies to udpate - THEN I would retry flashing to a newer JB or ICS Rom.
Pretty time consuming but that is the price we pay to mod

davidpartay said:
Had to restart my phone tonight and got caught in a boot loop again... after trying a few things I flashed Lite Kernel (I'm still using ICS again at the moment) and that seems to have solved the boot loop issues. I'm thinking that with all the ROM flashing I've been doing the fact that I actually had the phone running without flashing an ICS specific kernel (after running JB) was screwing things up.
Interestingly though, I tried installing Spyke's M3 ROM from a complete user wipe, system format, everything gone - and I still got a boot loop so next time I try it I'll grab a copy of LiteKernel and do that separately.
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My phone has an issue, simple I couldnt reboot it, I must power off and wait a little. You can try it when you flash something, just remove battery and usb cable, and wait 2 minutes, before you turn on.

yohan4ws said:
Did you try to flash any of the stock roms w/ Odin ? I have read that we can only flash back to stock Gingerbread from JellyBean if we flash a GB or ICS CWM ROM and then go back with Odin otherwise there will be boot issues.
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Not yet. I'll have to check which ones I have - I'm certain I have the AT&T ICS rom from November but then I'd have to go digging through my email for the unlock code again, so I'm trying to avoid doing that at this point . If i can find the stock GB Rogers rom at some point I might flash that one back on before I do any more upgrades. The phone is up and running at this point though, so I'm not too fussed. I've also noticed that it's a little quicker than before so I think the version of LiteKernel I installed was a good idea anyway.
bubor said:
My phone has an issue, simple I couldnt reboot it, I must power off and wait a little. You can try it when you flash something, just remove battery and usb cable, and wait 2 minutes, before you turn on.
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I've tried pulling the battery a few times, but probably no longer than 30 seconds. Next time I'll give it a couple of minutes. I tend to do this late at night when I'm not expecting any calls (except fire brigade but I have a pager for that too) so time without a phone is no issue to me

Yesssss
After much irritation at continually getting stuck in boot loops again, I've 'Oneclicked' the phone twice, got fed up with the AT&T ICS ROM within about 5 minutes, gave up on IcePop because of buggy GAPPS...
And thought, bugger it. Format /system. Factory reset. Clear cache + Dalvik. Installed in this order:
Jellybean 4.2 ROM from 0217
Spyke's M3 update
PAC rom
GAPPS dated 0427
"Kick-ass Kernel"
and it BOOTED FIRST GO
I am pleased
Does JB need already to be installed before putting the M3 revisions on? Maybe that's where I've been going wrong all along, because my attempts at running both the standard M3 and PAC ROM (even immediately after OneClicking) resulted in boot loops or eternal boot loading.

Uhh... what do you mean by "One Clicking" ??
I know there's a "superoneclick" that will flash and root the rom all at once, but I never personally found it to work for our glides.
Using CWM and installing the ROM through the CWM boot menu is severaly key presses so ... not too sure what you're referring to.
Also, I've always downloaded to a hardwired computer then copied over USB to my phone and flashed ... sometimes the download will have errors if I grab it from my phone.

I'm assuming it's a variant of SuperOneClick... The title is 'Odin3Excution v1.85' and then underneath it says 'I927UCLG9_OneClick'.
And it worked just fine, I did have a stock rom that I tried to flash with Odin but it kept giving me errors, the OneClick method worked.

davidpartay said:
I'm assuming it's a variant of SuperOneClick... The title is 'Odin3Excution v1.85' and then underneath it says 'I927UCLG9_OneClick'.
And it worked just fine, I did have a stock rom that I tried to flash with Odin but it kept giving me errors, the OneClick method worked.
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Interesting... for future reference, www.samfirmware.com has the stock firmwares, then there's the superUser file floating around the forums that allows you to root by flashing it. Passed that, remove bloat.
Glad you got it working! Welcome to JB

double animation problem

so it seems that after I moved to an AOSP rom (and then came back) I have a lot of problems. One that is confusing is the fact that I have 2 animations (even after flashing factory ODIN stock rom).
I am getting the samsung swirly graphic animation followed by the sprint 4g lte animation. The funny thing is that the sprint music plays over the samsung animation and then the sprint animation is without sound. Why does the ODIN not clear that old animation?
Anyone else run into this? I cannot seem to clear it even after several factory resets.
P.S.... dont install an AOSP rom unless you want a lot of issues.

I'm not exactly sure what you're describing about the Samsung boot animation. Which aosp ruin did you install? We need to know so that we can have a reference and an idea on how to help, cause not all roms are created equal.
Secondly, the factory reset in recovery mode only clears user data. It doesn't reset your phone to out-of-the-box conditions. So factory testing a million times wouldn't change the boot animation (or the Rom, for that matter).
If you want to try to manually change the boot animation, there's a thread over in the themes and apps section of the Sprint s3 forums, or you can download Rom toolbox pro and they have the option in there.
Finally, most aosp roms are fairly stable. I've been running them exclusively for the past 5 months and they've gotten much more stable over that time. Yes, there are some inherit things that are less stable than on tw roms, but all-in-all, they're fairly stable. The good thing about nandroid backups is that we can flash any number of roms and always go back to something we love. That is, assuming you made a nandroid backup.
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edufur said:
so it seems that after I moved to an AOSP rom (and then came back) I have a lot of problems. One that is confusing is the fact that I have 2 animations (even after flashing factory ODIN stock rom).
I am getting the samsung swirly graphic animation followed by the sprint 4g lte animation. The funny thing is that the sprint music plays over the samsung animation and then the sprint animation is without sound. Why does the ODIN not clear that old animation?
Anyone else run into this? I cannot seem to clear it even after several factory resets.
P.S.... dont install an AOSP rom unless you want a lot of issues.
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I would suggest doing a FULL Wipe before Flashing when switching from AOSP, to TW. Or vis versa. It sounds like you have a bad flash.
What I do is :
DALVIK CACHE
CACHE PARTITION
FORMAT SYSTEM
FORMAT SD:EXT
FORMAT DATA
FORMAT CACHE
THEN WIPE ALL USER DATA/FACTORY RESET

I guess I should have been clear. I did a full wipe both ways... full wipe before installing AOSP (CM10 Stable), and a full wipe when I came back... and factory restore after odin. Even cleared internal storage. Nothing restores the original boot animation. Is there a way to make this thing fully stock out of the box?
Even since the CM10 flash (stable build), my battery now drains faster and GPS locks slower and drifts... it used to not drift.

You can flash freeza's Stock Rooted Rom. The link is below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910947
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MikROMs Since 3/13/11

prboy1969 said:
You can flash freeza's Stock Rooted Rom. The link is below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2586
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Could you explain to me how a stock rooted rom is closer to out of the box than the shipped rom which has been factory reset?
Does his stock rooted ROM guarantee to remove the double animation and return the ROM to the original single sprint animation?
And will his rom somehow fix the anomalies that started after I flashed CM10? If so, how does it accomplish what the shipped ROM wont?

edufur said:
Could you explain to me how a stock rooted rom is closer to out of the box than the shipped rom which has been factory reset?
Does his stock rooted ROM guarantee to remove the double animation and return the ROM to the original single sprint animation?
And will his rom somehow fix the anomalies that started after I flashed CM10? If so, how does it accomplish what the shipped ROM wont?
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What exactly do you mean by "shipped rom" from out of the box? What Android version was it? I know our phones originally shipped with Android 4.0.4, so if you're flashing a "true" out-of-the-box Rom, it'd be 4.0.4. Please help me understand what you've done so that I can help you fix it.
Was the "out-of-the-box" Rom a TAR file that you flashed via Odin? Where did you get it from? I'm getting a little confused when you say you did a "full wipe" (which is typically done in Recovery), but then flashed a Rom through Odin. Typically, people only use one or the other. It's making it more difficult to understand exactly what you did, and therefore it's making it difficult for me (and others) to help you.
As far as your most recent questions: I can't guarantee anything. I'm just a guy who has done a lot of work on his phone who is trying to help you out here. At the end of the day, I have about a 90% passing rate when I give people help (and they actually follow it). And when my directions don't work, I typically stick around and keep helping until they do get their phone working (or until someone else, like Ed or CNexus, picks up the case).
I can say that Freeza's stock rooted rom works exactly like a stock phone (with all updates), but just with Root. It should give you back the stock boot animation and reset everything to stock. The file you want is:
DeOdex:
Sprint Touchwiz Jelly Bean 4.1.2 L710VPBMD4
MD5: 77262D9D6CF1A6AF30A8981A95A75D57
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You might as well flash the latest baseband/modem. That file is:
MD4 Firmware:
MD4 Firmware/modem/baseband update
MD5: EEEAFDBE59CF9C5B492B1A591EC92D02
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Well then I appreciate your attempt to help, but that doesn't resolve my problem. I'm sure it can resolve other people's problems (if their problem isnt a double animation problem).
To answer you questions, there are 2 stock roms available that are considered "shipped" ROMS... as in... what the ROM was shipped with. Those ROMS can be flashed via odin and are featured in many of the threads here. When a person flashes these ROMs with odin, it covers everything... recovery, radio, kernel, etc. It removes custom recovery and root. After flashing, one would do a factory reset, either in the rom after it boots, or from the stock recovery. This brings you as close to "out-of-the-box" as you can get... "out-of-the-box" means the way it was when you bought it and opened the box. The problem I am having... is that even after this process, I still have a double boot animation. The samsung with a swirl, and the sprint 4g with flying wires.... and the sprint music plays out of sequence with the sprint part of the animation.
I hope this clears things up for you.
I dont need a new rooted or custom rom... what I do need is to get back 100% to out-of-the-box state. I am close, but the animation is obviously not covered when flashing a shipped rom.

edufur said:
Well then I appreciate your attempt to help, but that doesn't resolve my problem. I'm sure it can resolve other people's problems (if their problem isnt a double animation problem).
To answer you questions, there are 2 stock roms available that are considered "shipped" ROMS... as in... what the ROM was shipped with. Those ROMS can be flashed via odin and are featured in many of the threads here. When a person flashes these ROMs with odin, it covers everything... recovery, radio, kernel, etc. It removes custom recovery and root. After flashing, one would do a factory reset, either in the rom after it boots, or from the stock recovery. This brings you as close to "out-of-the-box" as you can get... "out-of-the-box" means the way it was when you bought it and opened the box. The problem I am having... is that even after this process, I still have a double boot animation. The samsung with a swirl, and the sprint 4g with flying wires.... and the sprint music plays out of sequence with the sprint part of the animation.
I hope this clears things up for you.
I dont need a new rooted or custom rom... what I do need is to get back 100% to out-of-the-box state. I am close, but the animation is obviously not covered when flashing a shipped rom.
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When Flash, or ODIN the Stock Rom it should include the Stock bootanimation. But since the issue still persists. You can go to THIS thread and get the Stock bootanimation. Also you can use a File Explorer to navigate to system / media to make sure that the permissions are set, and that you only have one file in there.

prboy1969 said:
When Flash, or ODIN the Stock Rom it should include the Stock bootanimation. But since the issue still persists. You can go to THIS thread and get the Stock bootanimation. Also you can use a File Explorer to navigate to system / media to make sure that the permissions are set, and that you only have one file in there.
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That's the animation that is currently on my phone and is followed by the sprint (Original) animation. The animation you link is not the one that is supposed to be on the phone... only the sprint one should be. The is the problem I am having... I have both on there. I need to figure out how to remove the other one.

edufur said:
That's the animation that is currently on my phone and is followed by the sprint (Original) animation. The animation you link is not the one that is supposed to be on the phone... only the sprint one should be. The is the problem I am having... I have both on there. I need to figure out how to remove the other one.
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Using a File explorer navigate to system / media. Then delete the one you do not want, and reboot. It should be back to normal.
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MikROMs Since 3/13/11