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I flashed my Alltel Desire with Gingervillian 1.0. When it finished it said it was successful, so I rebooted and now it's stuck on the Alltel splash screen. I tried wiping data/cache/dalvic and rebooting. Even taking out the battery and sd card. Nothing is working and I'm really pissed :/ It sucks going from an amazing Desire to an lg scoop, which is what I'm having to use now.
Any help?
Yes, I have searched the forum, but other people are using diff roms and having a few other problems. I just want to make sure I take the right advice!
Make sure the md5 of the download matches, then do another full wipe and reflash.
Ok thanks, but how do I do that? Lol
Ok I found the md5 of the download, but what do I match it too?
Ok, I found a md5 checksum checker and found out that the download did not match. I downloaded another one and now they match. Can I delete the old download off the sd card? Or what do I do?
yes, delete the old one. put the new one on your sd and flash again.
dont forget to do factory data wipe and clear dalvik cache.
you should be good (fingers crossed)
I done all of that and it's still stuck on splash screen I'm scared my phone is messed up for good.
Could I try flashing another ROM and if so how would I do that?
Isn't Alltel CDMA?
If you have a CDMA Desire you need CDMA Roms. I hope you did a backup before flashing this ROM. Try doing a nandroid restore to the ROM that came with your phone. If you want a ROM go look into cyanogen
Unfortunately there are not to many CDMA Roms. I would be happy to hook you up with a gingerbread ROM if you want!
No I didn't do a backup. So now I'm screwed? FML
Well thats not good.
You can get your phone functioning by flashing a CDMA ROM. But without a backup you can never get the phone back to the way it was given to you. So you cant ever take it back to alltel.
Here flash the first link on this page
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=bravoc
"cm_bravoc_full-33.zip" that should get the phone working but you cant take it back to alltel
Make sure you clear data/cache all the jazz you did up there
But it will still be able to do everything right? Like download apps, text and all that? I just completely voided my warranty with no reverse? Is that what you are saying?
And also, how do I flash this "cm_bravoc_full-33.zip"? Do i delete the ginger villian ROM?
Ok thank you soooo much!! My phone is working now, but I'm still unsure about activating it again and using it. Will I be able too? And I'm looking and I don't see a market so I'm assuming I can't download apps? :/ that sucks but at least its working some sort of a way! I appreciate your help!
For CM you need to flash the google apps pack, it should be easy enough to find
Thanks, I'll be searching lol. Do you know if I it will be ok to activate this phone?
What do you mean by activate?
I activated my other phone because my HTC desire wasnt working. Do you think I can activate my desire back up? Also..the launcher Icon just dissapeared?? I swear I didn't delete it lol. Any way to get that back?
Ok, I found the google apps. Do I wipe all data/cache/dalvic first before i flash them?
No, you do not clear anything when flashing google apps. sorry for not replying (didn't see page 2)
Your phone will fully function as normal, for me MMS doesn't work but i have a small regional carrier with no support. You should be fine
As for activation, you are no longer on Alltel's software. Since you didn't do a backup I don't know what to tell you. If they can activate it without seeing it that would be best. My best advice is do more research next time.
You kind of got lucky on one front though. Out of all the carriers that the desire is on, Alltel is the one with a leaked RUU (completely restore your phone with those). If you want to go back to how you got the phone you can look into that. (if you want to do that don't talk to me i don't know much about that, make a new thread)
Well thanks! I got the apps installed and the phone on and working, but I can't activate it. So that sucks. So your saying I could go back to being on Alltel's network if I use the RUU? Becasue I will definitely do that ha. I just want to be able to use my Desire. I miss it ha!
If i were in your position, i would RUU. That doesn't mean you can't activate your phone now.
(To do that on my carrier its *228 don't know about you, give that a shot)
If the above doesn't work call Alltel and tell them to activate it. But once again if i were you i would:
1. Do the RUU back to alltel's software
2. Root and download ROM Manger
3. Do a nandroid backup of alltel's ROM
4. Then get to the fun stuff like custom roms
Thats just me. Let me ask you a question, can you activate phones without going into the store with alltel as your carrier?
I have looked around and am still not sure which way would be best to un-root my Evo 4g. Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ? and reload the apps i want from the market ? right now i am in ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.05 ( it was originally rooted with unrevoked ) not unrevoked forever. I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while. ( not looking forward to the sprint bloatware ) or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build. Thanks for any info you might have.
Best way to unroot is to grab the unrevoked s-on tool. Flash that and run a ruu or grab a stock non rooted rom.
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so i guess wipe data is really no good ?
Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ?
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Not really sure what you are asking here. A factory reset will NOT unroot you, it will just reset whatever rom you are on. And updating contacts through Asurion? Asurion is your insurance provider, they have nothing to do with contacts....
I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while.
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You don't have to unroot to do this, just flash a rooted stock rom. This way you stay rooted. If you unroot, and then update to the latest stock rom, it will be VERY difficult to re-root.
or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build.
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I think you need to read a LOT more about rooting before you proceed to do any more, you don't really seem to know what's going on. ClockworkMod is your recovery, which has nothing to do with your rom. Updating Clockwork will not update your rom, or unroot you.
LOL I guess you are right. A LOT more reading in my future.. Thanks though.
I guess I will go ahead with the idea to update to the newest rom. I thought because ClockworkMod gave me the option to " wipe data/factory reset. " it would set it to factory default, which I thought might be un-rooted.
Side note: Asurion also syncs my phone contacts. I had to use it once when my phone was lost. to update / sync the new phone. It worked very well. Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
But thanks again. that post was very helpful to point me in the right direction. and make me feel a little foolish LOL BE WELL
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Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
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did you try setting up a new gmail account? or maybe jsut delete it on your phone and re-set it up.
not yet. but i will soon. ill let you know how it goes. I've read that it works for some and not for others. haven't found a lot of info directly from Google though. it seems they don't acknowledge the issue. but I am sure i'm not the only one experiencing the error message.
If you really like the new sprint os but hate the bloatware, why not use a rooted sprint rom that one of the devs has made, kind of exactly what sprint/htc gives you but minus the bloat!
Thanks I will. i'm very new to this, how do i go about getting the correct one ? as you can see from above. I have Alot more reading to do.
just did a search on the rom you are running. How do you like that one.
The Rom I am running is great! Just can't post the link to it in this forum due to forum rules. But the Rom I am running is similar to a stock rom, just not a stock rom of an evo 4g. It's ics os which stands for (ice cream sandwich) the new HTC os. Its the stock upgrade for most of their new phones such as the Samsung Galaxy SII. Evo 4g was left out, but due to the devs on this site and others the evo 4g will be just fine!
Edit: Well there is alot of reading and research involved. But for me the best kind of research is trial and error. I read up on certain roms that interest me that have key perks. Such as ICS (newer roms), or wimax enabled (4g enabled and typically on the older roms). Then I read up on peoples response to the roms, what issues they have had, how they have fixed them, how the developer has fixed them. And then after that I'll flash the roms and see how they run. Usually a day or two of use can tell you if you like it or not. Its like a car test drive!
That's Great. I will look around a little more. and get a new rom, I'll probably try the one you mentioned, ( found the link ) Hey, I really appreciate the info, I just need the time to screw around a little more. LOL. Be Well. I'll let ya know how it goes. It is pretty interesting.
Yes on the site you are currently on, there should be a few helpful tips on how to flash the roms and kernels properly. Good luck, also a bunch of great tips on the CM7 Wiki
Hey I got my phone rooted, so I installed Titanium Backup, and then I uninstalled the stock browser, the download manager, and also android.downloader or something like that. And I broke my phone - now Google Play just crashes instantly.
I've tried reinstalling the firmware, and resetting to factory, but it's still the same.
Is there anything I can do, other than take it back to the store?
Help!!!!!
EDIT: It gives the error "Unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped."
did you do a nandroid backup?> if not we need to know the exact application you deleted. future reference DONT DELETE. just freeze then its just a simple unfreeze and a freeze also stops the app from running. you will not get more available memory by doing this because this is on a different partition. Also never delete or freeze anything referring to com.android they are core funtions that are required for your device to run properly.
You deleted a process?!
My money would be that android.download or whatever process you deleted was required for Google Play to work. Hopefully you made a Nandroid before modifying processes. If not, you'll have to flash a stock ROM to get it back.
Alternatively, if you backed up system data with Titanium Backup, you might be able to find the process in there and restore it.
Echoing drksilenc, don't uninstall things through Titanium Backup unless you're positive it won't mess something up. How can you be positive? One, deleting processes always causes problems. Even freezing them can be messy. Don't do it. Two, in the case of an app, you'll know it's ok if you've had it frozen for a week or so and the phone hasn't acted up. Even with system apps, though, I recommend freezing rather than uninstalling. It's safer, and you never know if you might want/need that app again.
It gets worse.
I went down to the Bell store (my phone's actually from Bell, but they're similar to the AT&T ones, right?) and they wouldn't exchange it. So I tried going into the Clockwork Recovery, and wiped all of the little folders in "Advanced Settings." Because I noticed that Bell's add-on apps kept coming back, why weren't the other ones I deleted? And now it's a useless brick, says SAMSUNG and that's it.
Brand new one-day old superphone, totally wrecked. I don't even think there are any stock ROM's out there for this thing yet.
I'm a meathead.
I'll try reinstalling the firmware again that I did before, maybe I'll get lucky.
Nope, still nothin'.
So now I'm going to do something really crazy. Somebody on the interwebs says you can flash the SGH-1317M with the stock rom for the GT-N7105. Says it's the same thing except it's the international version and that it's even better.
I went to samsung-updates.com and searched for the Note 2, and sure enough, it's on their list of ROMs for the Note 2. So I'm downloading the GT-N7105, and I'ma gonna install it, unless someone here tells me different!
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Nope, still nothin'.
So now I'm going to do something really crazy. Somebody on the interwebs says you can flash the SGH-1317M with the stock rom for the GT-N7105. Says it's the same thing except it's the international version and that it's even better.
I went to samsung-updates.com and searched for the Note 2, and sure enough, it's on their list of ROMs for the Note 2. So I'm downloading the GT-N7105, and I'ma gonna install it, unless someone here tells me different!
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I wouldnt do that!!! The boot.img will brick you im pretty sure! You cant download and flash a rom in development section? And I thought I saw a stock tar floating around?
truth77 said:
I wouldnt do that!!! The boot.img will brick you im pretty sure! You cant download and flash a rom in development section? And I thought I saw a sti c k tar floating around?
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I found a Cyanogenmod ROM but even that says it's for the n7100. I can't seem to find anything for the sgh-1317m.
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So now I'm going to do something really crazy. Somebody on the interwebs says you can flash the SGH-1317M with the stock rom for the GT-N7105. Says it's the same thing except it's the international version and that it's even better.
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Don't do that. For one, flashing a ROM for a different device is virtually always Detroit Brick City. Two, the guy's got two whole posts. Don't do it.
d3fau1t said:
I found a Cyanogenmod ROM but even that says it's for the n7100. I can't seem to find anything for the sgh-1317m.
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Any rom in our dev section should fix you try clean rom ans stop using titanium vackup. Why are you debloating roms when devs did it for you already and obviously you see you have no clue what you're doing?
[/COLOR]Lol... that didn't work at all... I thoughtbthe links would copy over... look in the android dev section theres a rom there for you. .. 8)
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Just flash any rom in the android development section usinf twrp or cwm, it will rebuild /system and fix any issues. In the future dont delete or uninstall system apps, just freeze them if you think yiu dont need it. Freezing stops the app from running ans taking up any cpu or memory so its almost as good as deleting (it still technically takes up space but this phone has plenty of space) with nine of the dangers. If something stopped working like play store, youvcan defrost the apps yiu froze easy enough.
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glitchsys said:
Just flash any rom in the android development section
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Is that going to be ok even though I'm on a Bell phone and it's sgh-i317m? Cuz I don't see any ROM's that end in M...
Big thanks to everyone trying to help.
d3fau1t said:
Is that going to be ok even though I'm on a Bell phone and it's sgh-i317m? Cuz I don't see any ROM's that end in M...
Big thanks to everyone trying to help.
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Yes we promise lol and dont freeze or delete anything just leave it to the devs and only download stuff from this forum i317/i317m
Sadly, failure
I downloaded CleanROM Lite 1.0.zip, put it on the SD card, and used Clockwork Recovery to install it. The installation went without a hitch, but trying to boot the phone, all I get is the SAMSUNG logo still. So I did a factory reset, wiped the cache, wiped the Dalvik cache, and did "fix permissions", but it's the same.
So I'm downloading the other ROM ("Stock Root - De-Odex") and will try that presently.
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I downloaded CleanROM Lite 1.0.zip, put it on the SD card, and used Clockwork Recovery to install it. The installation went without a hitch, but trying to boot the phone, all I get is the SAMSUNG logo still. So I did a factory reset, wiped the cache, wiped the Dalvik cache, and did "fix permissions", but it's the same.
So I'm downloading the other ROM ("Stock Root - De-Odex") and will try that presently.
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These roms take a while to boot how long did you wait. Look you didnt break your phone from deleting apps just flash the rom and wait it will boot. Remember these roms are 750-800 mb worth of data to boot not 250mb like aosp roms, takes few mins to boot
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These roms take a while to boot how long did you wait. Look you didnt break your phone from deleting apps just flash the rom and wait it will boot. Remember these roms are 750-800 mb worth of data to boot not 250mb like aosp roms, takes few mins to boot
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You might have been right. I'm so used to it just freezing up that maybe I wasn't patient enough and just assumed.
But it works now! I flashed the Stock ROM, and it booted up with no problems. Then I flashed the lite one again, and it works too. So now I'm going to try the other ROM on the dev page, see how it looks.
And it's still rooted, so hooray!
Thanks for all your help.
you REALLY need to do ALOT more READING, and ALOT LESS Flashing...
I have installed the rom of cfx_ace-4.2-BR11 & cfx_ace-4.2-SR1 and install all my apps, change my wallpaper and stuff, butt when I reboot my phone it resets to first installation (lose my wallpaper, my apps, and settings). Can someone help me with this? I really like this ROM.
I use a HTC Desire HD.
Did you a Fullwipe before flashing the ROM?
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Did you a Fullwipe before flashing the ROM?
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Yes I did full wipe, dalvek & cache
Download again. Flash rom. Reboot. Wait a few minutes. Do your settings, reboot, flash gapps, reboot.
Technically, it doesn't really matter in what order you do it (I believe it so), some people swear by x or y method. In short, you should be able to flash the rom and gapps without needing to reboot in between and without loosing anything. It's odd that you are. After flashing both of those then download your apps, that is, if you use gapps.
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Yes I did full wipe, dalvek & cache
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Dalvik and cache is not a full wipe. A full wipe is system, data, and cache.
Yes i know, tried it still doesnt work. Installed another rom that One Works fine, going to try and reinstal the rom this weekend.
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i wonder why when certain features are working on one release, some of those features can get problem in the next release?
what happened during the firmware/rom writing process?
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i wonder why when certain features are working on one release, some of those features can get problem in the next release?
what happened during the firmware/rom writing process?
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Things just break sometimes. It's not as easy as it seems to make a ROM with so many features by oneself. If you're talking about GPS not working since SR1, that specific issue was because synergye's source code hosting site BitBucket merged some of his code together and messed things up, and he had to sort that out to get it fixed. That's what I remember reading. GPS and Bluetooth will be working in the next release.
@OP -
Something is messed up in your wiping/flashing process. No one else has the issues you described, save for the wallpaper resetting on restart sometimes. Like Teichopsia said, wipe properly and reflash ROM and gapps. You might think you're wiping correctly, but you might be doing it all wrong. There are many guides on what constitutes a full wipe. Report back here if it still occurs after full wiping and re-flashing properly.
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First time trying anything like this on a smart phone. So tonight I did a "back to factory" restart to get the phone like it was when I opened it out of the box. Then I read about this ROM, and thought why not. So I rooted my phone, then installed the ROM. Everything went fairly smooth, and got the ROM working. My problem is I dont have a google play store app now, and I didnt sync anything, so I dont have any of my apps, nor do I have the ability to download them again. Any help with this?
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First time trying anything like this on a smart phone. So tonight I did a "back to factory" restart to get the phone like it was when I opened it out of the box. Then I read about this ROM, and thought why not. So I rooted my phone, then installed the ROM. Everything went fairly smooth, and got the ROM working. My problem is I dont have a google play store app now, and I didnt sync anything, so I dont have any of my apps, nor do I have the ability to download them again. Any help with this?
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Flash gapps. Linked in cfX OP.
I do have the gapps file downloaded. I just dont know how to get it on my phone and working. I used a ROM manager app for the ROM file.
From recovery, same way you flashed the ROM (except for the full wipe part; don't wipe.)
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From recovery, same way you flashed the ROM (except for the full wipe part; don't wipe.)
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Like I said, I didnt flash the ROM, I used a ROM manager app.I dont know how to get to the recovery screen. Could someone please help me out with a step by step. Keep in mind vol down + power doesnt put my phone into recovery
You need to use "adb reboot recovery" from your computer. There are several good adb guides; check the Ace Think Tank link in my signature. Then, depending on your recovery, find the option that says something like "install zip from sdcard." Use it, navigate to your gapps, and select it.
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You need to use "adb reboot recovery" from your computer. There are several good adb guides; check the Ace Think Tank link in my signature. Then, depending on your recovery, find the option that says something like "install zip from sdcard." Use it, navigate to your gapps, and select it.
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Figured it out, thanks!
Next question is I downloaded Gmail App, and it wont sync with my account. I login, and everything but it just sits at the screen saying "Waiting for sync, your email will appear shortly" I've waited well over 10mins and no sync. Ideas?
Have you set up your account in Settings? If you reboot between flashing the ROM and gapps you need to do that manually; it doesn't show a first boot thing.
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Have you set up your account in Settings? If you reboot between flashing the ROM and gapps you need to do that manually; it doesn't show a first boot thing.
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It appears I didnt. You solved the problem! Thanks a bunch. Sorry for all the questions.
Ok last question, will adobe flash player work with this ROM? If so how can I get it. I search the market and the app isnt there. And its not on my phone either
4.2 in general doesn't support flash. You could try searching for the apk and sideloading it. Make sure you enable installation from unknown sources in Settings - Security.
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Things just break sometimes. It's not as easy as it seems to make a ROM with so many features by oneself. If you're talking about GPS not working since SR1, that specific issue was because synergye's source code hosting site BitBucket merged some of his code together and messed things up, and he had to sort that out to get it fixed. That's what I remember reading. GPS and Bluetooth will be working in the next release.
@OP -
Something is messed up in your wiping/flashing process. No one else has the issues you described, save for the wallpaper resetting on restart sometimes. Like Teichopsia said, wipe properly and reflash ROM and gapps. You might think you're wiping correctly, but you might be doing it all wrong. There are many guides on what constitutes a full wipe. Report back here if it still occurs after full wiping and re-flashing properly.
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So, when fixing one thing, the process could probably break some working features.
Alrighty, so I rooted phone and flashed CM7 on it. After it started up I connected it to my computer and tried putting music on it and everything was fine, but then I realized that I didn't have certain google programs I wanted to so I found a .zip with the whole pack and flashed that on as well. Connect my phone to my computer again and now my computer doesn't recognize the phone as anything. not a storage device, not anything, it just charges it. So my question is; has this ever happened to any of you guys? I've got other people who want me to do this to their phones but I don't want this to happen to them so I came to one of the places I figured could help.
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Alrighty, so I rooted phone and flashed CM7 on it. After it started up I connected it to my computer and tried putting music on it and everything was fine, but then I realized that I didn't have certain google programs I wanted to so I found a .zip with the whole pack and flashed that on as well. Connect my phone to my computer again and now my computer doesn't recognize the phone as anything. not a storage device, not anything, it just charges it. So my question is; has this ever happened to any of you guys? I've got other people who want me to do this to their phones but I don't want this to happen to them so I came to one of the places I figured could help.
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Did you wipe data, cache, and system. Then did you flash cm7 and gapps, or did u install cm7 booted cm7 then flashed gapps. You are suppose to flash them when cm7 is done flashing and not boot it until u flash the gapps too.
Oh okay that was probably, I originally thought CM7 came with the gapps so I booted it before I flashed gapps. So if I clear the stuff again and reflash it it should work properly right?
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Oh okay that was probably, I originally thought CM7 came with the gapps so I booted it before I flashed gapps. So if I clear the stuff again and reflash it it should work properly right?
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Yup, most likely
AOSP roms need gapps flashed after flashing the rom, unless otherwise stated
The dev will usually also link to the gapps that work with that specific rom
Awesome, thanks for the help guys. I'll give it a shot and post my results
Edit: So I went back and cleared everything, except for partitioning my sdcard again, which I would like to do but if I do then I've got no way to the .zips back onto it to flash them. It didn't work, computer still won't recognize it. so perhaps I need to partition the sd card too, I'm not sure. I'd just like to put music on my phone and prevent this problem when I root and flash roms for other people.