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what did i do wrong?

i rebooted into recovery, i wiped battery stats, then i wiped dalvik cache, then i flashed the newest clockwork 2.5.0.5, then i rebooted. OS wouldnt start. Restoring now. What did i do wrong?
skyraider 2.5.2 vanilla
kingsxkernel

restore didnt work phone still wont start!!!! AHHH (NEVERMIND IT STARTED. IT DID THE SAME THING IT DID BEFORE BUT I FORGOT IT TAKES LONGER AFTER FLASHING ANYTHING) geez i about had a panic attack

blakestiffler said:
restore didnt work phone still wont start!!!! AHHH (NEVERMIND IT STARTED. IT DID THE SAME THING IT DID BEFORE BUT I FORGOT IT TAKES LONGER AFTER FLASHING ANYTHING) geez i about had a panic attack
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Yea sometimes it takes over 5 mins to boot after flashing a new rom especially with a new radio or boot screen.

ximfinity said:
Yea sometimes it takes over 5 mins to boot after flashing a new rom especially with a new radio or boot screen.
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completely agree. I found to just leave the phone alone for ~10 minutes and come back to see if its started. I've had a few times where the boot animation will flicker like its stuck for a few minutes before starting up.
Best to just wait, then wait longer and see if it starts up!

I seem to get stuck alot on Splashscreen lately after rebooting...

Over the last few months, I have noticed that my phone tends to get stuck on the splashscreen ALOT. I notice it when I reboot the phone. I can't remember it really ever being like this.
Someone did make a custom boot screen (The Michael Jordan symbol by Rydah in the Theme's and App forum.) I am in no way saying it's this or his fault or anything, I just have noticed it happening a lot sometime after I added that file.
I have flashed a lot of rom's here and there (always wiping ALL and using the format.all 2x before flashing a new ROM.)
I was wondering if anyone else has encountered anything like this and if they were able to correct it somehow? Or, if anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to try and correct this so anytime I reboot, it reboots normally instead of locking up?
BTW, when it locks up, I do the battery pull and let the battery sit for 30 seconds before I put the battery back in and reboot.
Thank you,
Whiteice

Well the phone will take slightly longer to boot up once you wipe the caches, because they have to rebuild. Do you wipe your cache and dalvik when flashing a boot animation?

WhiteiceDMSTech said:
Over the last few months, I have noticed that my phone tends to get stuck on the splashscreen ALOT. I notice it when I reboot the phone. I can't remember it really ever being like this.
Someone did make a custom boot screen (The Michael Jordan symbol by Rydah in the Theme's and App forum.) I am in no way saying it's this or his fault or anything, I just have noticed it happening a lot sometime after I added that file.
I have flashed a lot of rom's here and there (always wiping ALL and using the format.all 2x before flashing a new ROM.)
I was wondering if anyone else has encountered anything like this and if they were able to correct it somehow? Or, if anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to try and correct this so anytime I reboot, it reboots normally instead of locking up?
BTW, when it locks up, I do the battery pull and let the battery sit for 30 seconds before I put the battery back in and reboot.
Thank you,
Whiteice
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That's never really happened to me on a consistent basis. I've got stuck at the splash screen a couple of times, but it was my own doing one way or another. How long do you let it hang on the Splash screen before you pull the battery? Sometimes mine will sit on the splash for a good minute or so during a normal reboot. After wiping cache's it can sit there for a good 3 or 4 minutes sometimes. I've caught myself pulling hte back cover off the phone to yank the battery, then I notice that the boot animation was starting, and it booted up. I just wasn't patient enough. Have you tried changing away from that boot animation, temporarily, to see if the problem goes away? I doubt that's the cause, but you never know. And if it started happening right when you changed boot animations, I'd say the first thing to try would be changing out to a different one, and see if the problem persists. Has this been happening on any ROM/Kernel combo you've tried? Perhaps it's the kernel you're on, have you tried another? Do you use SetCPU?

Thank you for the responses.
Just to make sure, it is not the boot animation but the splash screen (Originally the white screen that had EVO on it) that I have changed.
The boot animation screens are usually the ones that comes with whatever ROM I am using. I have done the particle motion boot animation from time to time.
And, anytime I flash I flash in recovery, I always ALWAYS wipe cache and dalvik cache (Unless I am flashing a new ROM, then I wipe everything 2x prior to flashing it.)
I usually let the splashscreen sit for about a minute, maybe 2 if that. I was under the impression that if the splashscreen sits there for more then a minute, then I should battery pull to fix it?
I use different kernels to try them out depending on if I am using a sense based or AOSP rom, and it seems to happen no matter what kernel. I do not use SetCPU.
Whiteice

WhiteiceDMSTech said:
Thank you for the responses.
Just to make sure, it is not the boot animation but the splash screen (Originally the white screen that had EVO on it) that I have changed.
The boot animation screens are usually the ones that comes with whatever ROM I am using. I have done the particle motion boot animation from time to time.
And, anytime I flash I flash in recovery, I always ALWAYS wipe cache and dalvik cache (Unless I am flashing a new ROM, then I wipe everything 2x prior to flashing it.)
I usually let the splashscreen sit for about a minute, maybe 2 if that. I was under the impression that if the splashscreen sits there for more then a minute, then I should battery pull to fix it?
Whiteice
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Oh I gotchya, so it was the splash screen you changed to the jordan symbol. Yea, I mean, most of the time it will pass by the splash screen in less than 30 seconds, but for whatever reason, from time to time it will sit in the splash for a little longer than normal. If it goes past 5 minutes then yea, that's too long. It shouldn't take that long. Have you tried a different kernel?

Yes, I try different kernel's all the time and it happens on most of them.
It seems that anytime it freezes up on the splashscreen and I reboot, and it still freezes up on the splashscreen that I have to reboot into recovery (AMON 2.3) and wipe cache and delvik cache each and every time for it to clear whatever is going on. Then usually it reboots fine the next boot after doing that until I reboot again and it locks up. Then repeat above.
Thank you,
Whiteice

[Q] CM10 Long Boot Time?

I have seen some threads from a month ago but does anyone else still have really long boot times on CM10?
I'm talking like almost 5 minutes probably to boot up the phone.
It happens whether I pull the battery or just do a soft reboot from the menu.
I've always had it but I have upgraded to the newest bootloader that I know about and it is still happening?
Half of the boot is spent at the google bootloader screen and half is on the CM10 boot screen.
Is everyone else getting the same thing or is it just me?

That's definitely abnormal. I've never experienced boot times nearing that long, even after a clean flash, or flashing from a different ROM.
I'd try a completely clean install, including formatting /system.
Edit: a logcat would likely point to the problem if it remains.

CMNein said:
That's definitely abnormal. I've never experienced boot times nearing that long, even after a clean flash, or flashing from a different ROM.
I'd try a completely clean install, including formatting /system.
Edit: a logcat would likely point to the problem if it remains.
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Definitely abnormal. I would say mine is booted in under 30 seconds. 40 if its a long boot. I agree run a logcat and see what it says

Try logcat or /proc/kmesg indeed. First time boot after wiping Dalvik cache takes more time since Android needs to rebuild it, but after that it should boot normal.

[Q] How long to first startup after initial flash?

How long should it take to get past the rotating CM animation? ...I just installed a ROM first time..I guess its trying to install itself..

A newly flashed rom can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes to boot up. It's always different. With that said; I've never had to wait longer than a minute or two unless something went wrong with the flash. But that's my personal experience.
Just be sure to leave the phone be for a few minutes after it's booted up to the Google account setup screen. Gives the phone time to settle in and rebuild dalvik cache. After that, reboot and enjoy.

korny249 said:
How long should it take to get past the rotating CM animation? ...I just installed a ROM first time..I guess its trying to install itself..
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Generally 2-5 mins...after that wait for ~10 mins after boot to let things happen in background..
If ur phone is not booting in 10 mins then something went wrong during flash...re do clean flash!

Thanks for the reply. Thats what I was afraid of. Looks like Im having it initialize the ROM on my 989..

[Q] Constantly Rebooting

Phone rebooted on me a couple times yesterday, then started doing it more and more frequently, about every 5 minutes. now, it mostly just sits looping at the HTC splash screen. Usually can't even get to recovery, reboots before it has time to load, or sometimes makes it, but dies before I can select anything. Managed to get it factory reset finally, but no luck. Sometimes it will eventually boot after 10-20 minutes of looping, and stay on for a minute or 2. Everything was bone stock (although bootloader unlocked) before this, had been running fine for months.
Any ideas before I buy a new phone?

lkrasner said:
Phone rebooted on me a couple times yesterday, then started doing it more and more frequently, about every 5 minutes. now, it mostly just sits looping at the HTC splash screen. Usually can't even get to recovery, reboots before it has time to load, or sometimes makes it, but dies before I can select anything. Managed to get it factory reset finally, but no luck. Sometimes it will eventually boot after 10-20 minutes of looping, and stay on for a minute or 2. Everything was bone stock (although bootloader unlocked) before this, had been running fine for months.
Any ideas before I buy a new phone?
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Try installing a RUU for your version, if it stays on long enough.
If not, take it to warranty.
Good luck!