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I need help!!!!!

i downloaded an app to change the battery icon (i can't recall the exact app). it automatically reboots the phone to make the changes, but when it rebooted it got stuck at the startup screen where is says "Galaxy S" and it does the little vibration like when an app forcecloses.
Anyone know what i can do to fix my phone? i am on a rooted samsung epic 4g

Well you say you are rooted but do you have cwm installed?

musclehead84 said:
Well you say you are rooted but do you have cwm installed?
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yes i do have Clockwork mod

That app, I believe, is used to grab specific versions of the mod for specific phones with specifc ROMs. Unless you're running the rom required, it will lock the phone like that. You will have to restore a backup through clockwork, you did make one I hope, or adb push the original file back...otherwise its time to wipe and reload.

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That app, I believe, is used to grab specific versions of the mod for specific phones with specifc ROMs. Unless you're running the rom required, it will lock the phone like that. You will have to restore a backup through clockwork, you did make one I hope, or adb push the original file back...otherwise its time to wipe and reload.
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yeah i made a backup, i went into recovery mode and tried to restore but it just did the exact same thing as before!!!! i also tried to factory reset and it still does the same thing i am completely baffled.

mvelasquez21 said:
yeah i made a backup, i went into recovery mode and tried to restore but it just did the exact same thing as before!!!! i also tried to factory reset and it still does the same thing i am completely baffled.
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I've had the battery mod cause me headaches before. CWM restores won't work, you'll need to Odin to revert back. Something to do with where the battery mod files write to.

Electrofreak said:
I've had the battery mod cause me headaches before. CWM restores won't work, you'll need to Odin to revert back. Something to do with where the battery mod files write to.
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thanks for your help everyone... does anyone know where the link is on how to use odin? i have never used that before

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing
I updated that wiki myself about a month ago, so all the links should work and everything should be accurate. Let me know if there are any issues with the wiki or ways it could be improved.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing
I updated that wiki myself about a month ago, so all the links should work and everything should be accurate. Let me know if there are any issues with the wiki or ways it could be improved.
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ok that worked great i appreciate the help. now back to square one with rooting the phone and adding clockwork lol

Freezes and sudden reboots on Stock ROM

Hello,
I've bought this phone to my father about one week ago and I've performed the Stock ROM OTA upgrade just after the purchase.
The problem I've encountered with my father's phone is that sometimes it freezes even if I'm not doing anything heavy load. For instance, during a widget change on the home screen or a similar operation.
Then the phone rebooted itself automatically, after a freeze.
Sometimes I have to reboot the phone manually (forced switch off).
Many times Skype FCs also happen.
Sometimes instead, it is smooth and fast...
Before switching to a Custom ROM, I would like to know what the problem could be. I would leave the stock one installed because, just in case of warranty return, I could be not available to reflash the stock ROM and unroot the device for my father.
These are the characteristics:
Android: 2.3.6
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-perf-I8150XXLA2-CL869026
Build: GINGERBREAD.XXLA2
Device storage memory: used: 190MB, Free: 0,88GB
RAM: 151MB used - 139MB Free
Can somebody help me?

Hi.
I had this problem with a custom rom, not with a Stock.
If you like, you could try flash with ODIN a Brasilian Stock 2.3.6. Has English and work good. A had 2 or 3 lags and restart but now its stable.
I recommend a Factory Reset before install other ROM.
if you like, sent a PM and i will sent for you a Google Docs (more fast than hotfile.com) link for this ROM.

Thank you but I need a ROM with also the Italian language this time.
So, if you say you had such issues with a custom ROM, could it be a hardware issue? I know I didn't buy a HTC device like mine ( ) but a typical usability would be appreciated even on this device.

Did you have done Factory Reset before you start to use SGW and install first apps? It is recommended for branded ROM.

I didn't do the factory reset, neither after the purchase nor after the OTA upgrade.

hey... you have some problem with me... it freeze and reboot itself.. now i wait my SGW back from factory... hahaha

Its happened alot to me even after a factory reset and the only reason why (or so i found) is because of low ram (twlauncher(default)is the main ram hogger) but apart from that our phone has no other issues *off topic* but the GS/GS2 has soo many more issues then ours amazingly enough. *on topic* id recomend using something like go launcher EX or spb shell to minimize that problem from happening again. Gmaster out.
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers

Go ahead and use a custom rom. The crashes/reboots wont efect it the only thing that might is sudden battery loss/low battery
Sent From The Phone Of Gamers

gmaster1 said:
Its happened alot to me even after a factory reset and the only reason why (or so i found) is because of low ram
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fbcyborg said:
RAM: 151MB used - 139MB Free
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So, despite that, do you think there is a lack of RAM?
gmaster1 said:
id recomend using something like go launcher EX or spb shell to minimize that problem from happening again.
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Do you mean that changing launcher solves the problem?
Am I correct? And how can I disable the Stock one?
gmaster1 said:
Go ahead and use a custom rom. The crashes/reboots wont efect it the only thing that might is sudden battery loss/low battery
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This is the last chance for me. If possible, I would avoid to flash a custom ROM on this phone for now unless I'm "obliged".

I don't think you should have to flash custom ROM...perhaps custom Recovery!!!
Do you still have Stock Recovery?
It is advisable, the get a lot more options, to flash ClockworkMod Recovery....via ODIN
There is an option there called "fix permissions".....
which you can use to literally scan all files on your device, and reset the linux permissions on your apps....these can become corrupted after FW updates....
First, make Nandroid Backup of current ROM in Recovery!!!! to be safe!!!!
allow the script to finish in recovery, then reboot system....
this "may" fix FC and random reboot issues...
you will need Root and CWM....both available on threads in the Forum

irishpancake said:
I don't think you should have to flash custom ROM...perhaps custom Recovery!!!
Do you still have Stock Recovery?
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Yes I still have that.
Mmmh... file permissions? It sounds like an odd fact that the OTA upgrade breaks the file permissions. But you maybe right!
The problem is that I would like to leave such phone as much Stock as possible, without rooting or flashing anything not stock.

Stick to stock FW n go V6 SuperCharger it will settle all issues coz it will be used by your love one...
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda premium

Excuse me, maybe I didn't understand. Shall I install V6 SuperCharger to solve all issues?

fbcyborg said:
Yes I still have that.
Mmmh... file permissions? It sounds like an odd fact that the OTA upgrade breaks the file permissions. But you maybe right!
The problem is that I would like to leave such phone as much Stock as possible, without rooting or flashing anything not stock.
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Maybe??? There is no doubt, just use Google, and search for Android Fix Permissions....it can fix your problem!!!
It is well known that OTA upgrades only necessary files, not all files, to keep download as small as possible!!!!
permissions can be broken by any variety of reasons, and it don't cost anything to run fix_permissions script....
here is a little description, from Cyanogen, which gives more info....which applies to CM of course....we do not have fix_permissions script in Stock ROM, so no Terminal option.....but the script is available in XDA, which can be flashed through Recovery.....
If you don't wanna Root, or install Custom Recovery, I just don't know!!!
You can keep a copy of everything "as is" with Nandroid backup, which you could restore with Clockwork, then wipe Clockwork by re-flashing Stock Recovery with ODIN or adb.....it's in the Forum somewhere....and then UnRoot...it is also here somewhere......then you would be back to exactly what you have now.....if you are worried or need to return to Sammy
fbcyborg said:
Excuse me, maybe I didn't understand. Shall I install V6 SuperCharger to solve all issues?
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V6 SC will help with Memory Management, which can prevent FC's of Apps by System looking for RAM.....I also would advocate it's use......it's very good.....
but it don't fix everything, it is not some kind of Super-cure!!!

Thanks a lot!
I did understand now!

irishpancake said:
Maybe??? There is no doubt, just use Google, and search for Android Fix Permissions....it can fix your problem!!!
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I made a search with google and I've found this.
What do you think about that? This avoid me to install another recovery and only root is necessary.

fbcyborg said:
I made a search with google and I've found this.
What do you think about that? This avoid me to install another recovery and only root is necessary.
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Yeah, that is from Stericson...the guy who has best Busybox Installer on Market!!!
I got it, it is good........but it is only if you know which App(s) are misbehaving!!
And requires Root on device!!!!
He promises to update for all Apps, but has not happened yet.....
Honestly, Flashing CWM Recovery is eezy peezy......and going back to Stock Recovery is just as eeezy!!!!!
You can do with ODIN, no need to Root, and it will allow you to back-up current ROM...which is always a good thing!!!! And, importantly, you can run Fix Permissions in Recovery

Ok ok...
and what about the SDCard issue, since it is not "properly detected" as XXGB ??? I've read that a fstab modification is needed for that. I know it is a little bit OT here, but since you told to make a nandroid backup on SD, I would like to know if there is something to set up with the SD before doing anything.

fbcyborg said:
Ok ok...
and what about the SDCard issue, since it is not "properly detected" as XXGB ??? I've read that a fstab modification is needed for that. I know it is a little bit OT here, but since you told to make a nandroid backup on SD, I would like to know if there is something to set up with the SD before doing anything.
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You gotta explain.....
SDCard issue
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Which issue is this?.....
not "properly detected" as XXGB
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please explain not "properly detected".....
fstab modification
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unless you have custom rom installed, which has implemented mount-point swap in vold.fstab, I don't know what you mean here....
CWM recovery provides for Nandroid Backup to be saved either to:
SD.....[Internal SD/USB].....select backup in Nandroid Menu
or External SD....select backup to external sdcard in Nandroid
Perhaps I misunderstand you???

I'm sorry I made a mistake.... it seems all right now.

[Q] Help I deleted a system file

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!

d3fau1t said:
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.

d3fau1t said:
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.

d3fau1t said:
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

truth77 said:
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...

[Q] codefireX problems

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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Tworan said:
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?

yauchildchew said:
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.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

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.)

bananagranola said:
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.

bananagranola said:
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.

bananagranola said:
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.

sashank said:
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.

[Q] Tmobile Samsung Galaxy S3 bricked after install of LiquidSmooth

Hey guys,
So I desperately need some help here. I rooted my phone using the ODIN method, which worked fine. I put 2 ROMS on the internal memory in order to see which I liked best. I was only able to install one before my phone started heading downhill.
Basically after installing LiquidSmooth (the "stable" one) my phone started wigging out: not letting me access the external SD card (it didn't even see that I had one, and I popped it to reset it), not letting me even open a web browser, saying I had no connection via 3G (which is strange because it's a 4G phone, and it stated so before I installed LiquidSmooth) and just generally not letting me do anything.
Logically I figured I'd just replace the ROM with another, so I tried to install the "Pac-Man" d2tmo ROM... but LiquidSmooth was the only one starting up, no matter what I did (soft reboot, factory restore from keypad, UP vol + power + home, and even from inside the phone settings.) Nothing worked. I even tried to recover a backup I had made before I installed LiquidSmooth, but the menu just kept saying no data present (which is especially odd, since I even put the backup on my desktop, but I just can't get the phone to run it)
I figured, okay well maybe I'll just have to restore from the vol + pow + home screen. Bigger mistake. Now my phone won't boot at all, and I'm at a loss for words. I've rooted other phones with no issue before (I even had to recode a bit of a "one-click" program to root my ol' Galaxy S Vibrant) and now I just don't know what to do.
Here's what I need to know: If I can recover to factory (and if so, what other ROMs are good... I was mislead by everyone saying LiquidSmooth was great *grrr*), and if not, what exactly are my options to get this thing running at all.
Oh, and I was running Jellybean 4.1.1 and it got bumped to 4.2.2 when I installed LiquidSmooth, if that helps at all.
Thanks so much for any and all help.

OneIdiotInATree said:
Hey guys,
So I desperately need some help here. I rooted my phone using the ODIN method, which worked fine. I put 2 ROMS on the internal memory in order to see which I liked best. I was only able to install one before my phone started heading downhill.
Basically after installing LiquidSmooth (the "stable" one) my phone started wigging out: not letting me access the external SD card (it didn't even see that I had one, and I popped it to reset it), not letting me even open a web browser, saying I had no connection via 3G (which is strange because it's a 4G phone, and it stated so before I installed LiquidSmooth) and just generally not letting me do anything.
Logically I figured I'd just replace the ROM with another, so I tried to install the "Pac-Man" d2tmo ROM... but LiquidSmooth was the only one starting up, no matter what I did (soft reboot, factory restore from keypad, UP vol + power + home, and even from inside the phone settings.) Nothing worked. I even tried to recover a backup I had made before I installed LiquidSmooth, but the menu just kept saying no data present (which is especially odd, since I even put the backup on my desktop, but I just can't get the phone to run it)
I figured, okay well maybe I'll just have to restore from the vol + pow + home screen. Bigger mistake. Now my phone won't boot at all, and I'm at a loss for words. I've rooted other phones with no issue before (I even had to recode a bit of a "one-click" program to root my ol' Galaxy S Vibrant) and now I just don't know what to do.
Here's what I need to know: If I can recover to factory (and if so, what other ROMs are good... I was mislead by everyone saying LiquidSmooth was great *grrr*), and if not, what exactly are my options to get this thing running at all.
Oh, and I was running Jellybean 4.1.1 and it got bumped to 4.2.2 when I installed LiquidSmooth, if that helps at all.
Thanks so much for any and all help.
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Did you flash the latest recovery? Did you wipe data when flashing to a 4.2.2 aosp ROM from 4.1.1 tw? You'll need to do that before and not dirty flashing. Have you done a battery pull? And then tried to enter recovery?
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monkeypaws said:
Did you flash the latest recovery? Did you wipe data when flashing to a 4.2.2 aosp ROM from 4.1.1 tw? You'll need to do that before and not dirty flashing. Have you done a battery pull? And then tried to enter recovery?
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It auto-wiped to upgrade to 4.2.2, so if there is a way to downgrade it to get it to work, I'd love to know. At the moment all I can access is the Clockwork Mod boot list from the vol+pow+home route. Did a battery pull and entered recovery. Still nothing. If I try to boot without going through the vol+pow+home method, it just vibrates and then nothing.

Update recovery.
Wipe everything except sd cards.
Install rom.
Install Gapps.
Factory reset.
Done.

Aerowinder said:
Update recovery.
Wipe everything except sd cards.
Install rom.
Install Gapps.
Factory reset.
Done.
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I formatted everything from that vol+pow+home menu.
Gapps? Is that something I should install from SD?
Sorry, I'm just a bit overwhelmed by something I thought would be easy...

OneIdiotInATree said:
I formatted everything from that vol+pow+home menu.
Gapps? Is that something I should install from SD?
Sorry, I'm just a bit overwhelmed by something I thought would be easy...
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Gapps are Google apps that are required to flash after flashing an aosp ROM. They are usually included as a separate download in the first post of the wrong you are downloading. Make sure you download the right gapps. There shod be a setti ng in cwm to turn on USB connection when connected to comp. So you can load the gapps to your SD card. Then re wipe phone through recovery, reflash the rom , the in the same menu reflash gapps. Then reboot. It should then load properly . Otherwise. If you can access download mode, restore stock rom with Odin, reroot and try again from step one.
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If you fix your phone try using twrp instead of cwm thats what i had to do and DL the 2013 version of gapps. I have the latest pacman ROM and the only thing i had to do after install was clear data and cache for the rom control via apps-all-rom control. Well hope this helps.
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SamsungGui said:
If you fix your phone try using twrp instead of cwm thats what i had to do and DL the 2013 version of gapps. I have the latest pacman ROM and the only thing i had to do after install was clear data and cache for the rom control via apps-all-rom control. Well hope this helps.
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Alright, I just installed both LiquidSmooth again followed by GApps, factory reset the phone, and restarted. Now the phone will not start up (even the vibration) or allow a shift into cwm. Why did this happen? Is there a way to reverse this since now I've lost the ability to even access the cwm?
At this point, I just want to restore to the original loadout, but I've been unable to do that too.
By the way, I do appreciate all the advice on this problem. I'm frazzled beyond belief and have a very expensive paperweight currently.

OneIdiotInATree said:
Alright, I just installed both LiquidSmooth again followed by GApps, factory reset the phone, and restarted. Now the phone will not start up (even the vibration) or allow a shift into cwm. Why did this happen? Is there a way to reverse this since now I've lost the ability to even access the cwm?
At this point, I just want to restore to the original loadout, but I've been unable to do that too.
By the way, I do appreciate all the advice on this problem. I'm frazzled beyond belief and have a very expensive paperweight currently.
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Make sure you have the ROM of choice and compatible Google apps on your SD card.
Now do the following
1. Pull battery out of phone
2. Put battery into phone
3. Boot into recovery (volume +, home button, power button)
4. Wipe cache
5. Wipe dalvik cache
6. Wipe data/factory reset
7. Install ROM
8. Install gapps (Google apps)
9. Wipe cache
10. Wipe dalvik cache
11. Reboot phone
Once booted up and logged into Google account, go to play store, search for goo manager, download goo manager, open goo manager and press the menu button and install the open recovery script....now you'll have twrp (team win recovery project).
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707BeastMode707 said:
Make sure you have the ROM of choice and compatible Google apps on your SD card.
Now do the following
1. Pull battery out of phone
2. Put battery into phone
3. Boot into recovery (volume +, home button, power button)
4. Wipe cache
5. Wipe dalvik cache
6. Wipe data/factory reset
7. Install ROM
8. Install gapps (Google apps)
9. Wipe cache
10. Wipe dalvik cache
11. Reboot phone
Once booted up and logged into Google account, go to play store, search for goo manager, download goo manager, open goo manager and press the menu button and install the open recovery script....now you'll have twrp (team win recovery project).
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I finished most of these steps, but when I rebooted my phone after installing both LiquidSmooth and Gapps, it refused to start. Now I can neither turn it on or go back into recovery mode. The phone is just dead now. What would cause this? I've taken the battery (and everything else for that matter) out again and again, charged it for the last hour, and nothing has changed.

Okay follow this to get to stock and make sure it can at least do that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136921
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OneIdiotInATree said:
I finished most of these steps, but when I rebooted my phone after installing both LiquidSmooth and Gapps, it refused to start. Now I can neither turn it on or go back into recovery mode. The phone is just dead now. What would cause this? I've taken the battery (and everything else for that matter) out again and again, charged it for the last hour, and nothing has changed.
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Are you sure you have a T-Mobile phone?

monkeypaws said:
Okay follow this to get to stock and make sure it can at least do that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136921
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Thanks for the set of instructions, but I am unable to either start it (power button), put it in cwm (pwr+up+home) or download mode as mentioned (pwr+down+home). I don't get a vibration; I don't get anything. Is this totally bricked now? Since the device isn't on, I can't do anything with Odin or the SD card.

What country do you live in, and how did you acquire your phone? Looks like you maybe have the intl version.

I would say try to get into download mode with the physical bottons if that dint work try a jig u can get on ebay like 5 bucks they are always handy.if u can get in to dl mode odin a root66.tar then install recovery.if that dobt worj u prib install liquid rom but fir diff device abd hard brixk u f that case hope u have insurance ti replace they will never know u rooted ir have it jtaged

Its bricked, jtag repair only way .
Stop flashing in my opinion theres a huge issue with the t999 rom compatility and someone mentioned of tw roms being labeled as aosp.roms,I would root but stay away from flashing.until someone figures this out .Theres way to many brick topics lately i find to be oddly connected to the same causes .
Some will say bs but trust me theres something going on..even the most experienced flashers are bricking the t999 its to me the most easiest brickable device i ever delt with.

lojak29 said:
Its bricked, jtag repair only way .
Stop flashing in my opinion theres a huge issue with the t999 rom compatility and someone mentioned of tw roms being labeled as aosp.roms,I would root but stay away from flashing.until someone figures this out .Theres way to many brick topics lately i find to be oddly connected to the same causes .
Some will say bs but trust me theres something going on..even the most experienced flashers are bricking the t999 its to me the most easiest brickable device i ever delt with.
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it honestly sounds like he has he international version not the US variant. so i think thats the mistake not the phone

lojak29 said:
Its bricked, jtag repair only way .
Stop flashing in my opinion theres a huge issue with the t999 rom compatility and someone mentioned of tw roms being labeled as aosp.roms,I would root but stay away from flashing.until someone figures this out .Theres way to many brick topics lately i find to be oddly connected to the same causes .
Some will say bs but trust me theres something going on..even the most experienced flashers are bricking the t999 its to me the most easiest brickable device i ever delt with.
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99% of the bricking is user error...the reason for the increase in "bricked" topics is cause by the amount of users of the T999...its the most heavily used phone by a wide margin now.
Ive far from an expert but have been flashing since the G1 days and have experience with many phones...in my opinion the t999 is darn near unbrickable unless you didnt follow the directions or use a reputable developer when selecting a rom...
To the OP:
What is the actual model of your phone ? you came with an issue and have not really posted much about the specifics of your phone...
sounds like your phone is not partitioned correctly which probably happened by not following the correct directions
there is so much more info needed to diagnose your issue its silly...
Ive been using wicked roms from day one on the t999 and I dont remember seeing anyone hardbrick a phone yet and there are thousands of users using wicked roms...
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Also...was your phone charged when you last tried to flash something? long ago my phone died while flashing ( lessoned learned) ...
pull the battery for awhile...put it back in and try to charge it...
then try to odin back to stock after its charged...

Even if AOSP and TW ROMs were labelled wrong... what difference would it make ? Sure, it could be misleading and all but it's hardly going to brick a phone just give you something you might not have exactly wanted (if that's even actually happening).
I also wonder if this phone is actually an International version instead of the T-Mobile one.
OP, it looks like you need JTAG repair now. If you don't honestly know what exact model you have talk to the JTAG repair service people about it - since they can most likely JTAG either they can just tell you which phone you have once they've fixed it.

Pennycake said:
Even if AOSP and TW ROMs were labelled wrong... what difference would it make ? Sure, it could be misleading and all but it's hardly going to brick a phone just give you something you might not have exactly wanted (if that's even actually happening).
I also wonder if this phone is actually an International version instead of the T-Mobile one.
OP, it looks like you need JTAG repair now. If you don't honestly know what exact model you have talk to the JTAG repair service people about it - since they can most likely JTAG either they can just tell you which phone you have once they've fixed it.
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OP just has to remove the battery cover and battery and bam! There's a label with Sammy's logo along with device model and other info about the phone.
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