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[Q] Launcher issue with King-Shooter rom

Im running this version found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203761
rls-2.3-ODEXED
First off I love this ROM great work and kudos tot he devs. Although recently as last night my launcher will not load for some reason. I have completely powered off the phone and rebooted, but when the phone reboots you can see the notification bar and my wallpaper but that's it, the device is completely unresponsive. Calls come in but no way to answer them Any ideas?

Have you tried wiping cache and dalvik cache?
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evo4gnoob said:
Have you tried wiping cache and dalvik cache?
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How do I go about doing that

crakkajakka15 said:
How do I go about doing that
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Boot into recovery and select wipe. That's assuming you're using Amon Ra recovery. If you're using CWM for some reason then boot into recovery and then select wipe then wipe cache, then go back, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik.

Evo4eva said:
Boot into recovery and select wipe. That's assuming you're using Amon Ra recovery. If you're using CWM for some reason then boot into recovery and then select wipe then wipe cache, then go back, then go into advanced and wipe dalvik.
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Im running Amon Ra and i just completed those steps and rebooted, still same issue.
The only change that was made to the system was I uninstalled Slacker Radio last evening.

What launcher are you using ? Sorry for the long wait. I can't believe nobody else has tried to help you. If that didn't help then my next suggestion would be to just backup everything with the app of your choice then re-flash the rom. I like to try to fix the problem before I just re-flash though, just in case it happens again then you know how to fix it.

[Q] No Rom's work?

I have been using an old rom for months now with no problems. I decided that I would unroot my phone and get all new updates from Sprint and re-root. I used Revolutionary to root had some problems finally got full root. Here are where my problems start. First I tried MikG v3.00 for some reason it got caught in boot loop cleared cach still boot loop. Then I tried Sprint Lovers everything seem to be fine wiped and clear cach flashed rom. Loaded like normal and splash screen goes into home screen show signal stregth and battery strength but at that point that is it. Cannot access phone. I was smart enough to backup before I started this process so I can go back to what worked but I want a change. Can anybody help me!!

Go read my guide, bro. It's for people right after they get rooted. Click the link in my signature

Shot in the dark, but what recovery are you useing
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First, you should NOT have unrooted. There is nothing from Sprint that is not in a custom ROM.
Next, when you flash a new ROM, you MUST wipe evrything on the wipe screen except SDCard. Then run VR Superwipe zip. Then flash the ROM.
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eggsack said:
First, you should NOT have unrooted. There is nothing from Sprint that is not in a custom ROM.
Next, when you flash a new ROM, you MUST wipe evrything on the wipe screen except SDCard. Then run VR Superwipe zip. Then flash the ROM.
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good tips, legit except i use sns-superwipe or whatever

dvickers said:
good tips, legit except i use sns-superwipe or whatever
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Just wipe data/factory reset and it will boot.
Read the root guides. Smh...
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Just flashed new ROM...No Luck
Flashed MIUI.us_supersonic_1.8.5 wiped everything first and after I flashed Rom flashed Kernel tiamat_Evo-V4.1.0. Rebooted phone stuck in boot loop any suggestions. PLEASE FEEL FREE!!!!

Derekao said:
Flashed MIUI.us_supersonic_1.8.5 wiped everything first and after I flashed Rom flashed Kernel tiamat_Evo-V4.1.0. Rebooted phone stuck in boot loop any suggestions. PLEASE FEEL FREE!!!!
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Mismatched radio/hboot?
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Great how do I fix?

Derekao said:
Great how do I fix?
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What recovery are you using, and what are you wiping in recovery prior to flashing?

Amon ra 3.07 wipe:
/cach
/Dalvik-cach

Derekao said:
Amon ra 3.07 wipe:
/cach
/Dalvik-cach
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You didn't WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET. That's your problem right there.
Choose wipe data/factory reset like I said three times and it will boot right up.
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Derekao said:
Amon ra 3.07 wipe:
/cach
/Dalvik-cach
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You need to wipe:
-cache
-dalvik cache
-factory/data
-boot
-system
Then flash your rom.

Sorry I missed that thanks for the help.

Derekao said:
Sorry I missed that thanks for the help.
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No prob brah.

How can I restore a Clockwork recovery in Amon Ra?

Derekao said:
How can I restore a Clockwork recovery in Amon Ra?
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You have to install the amon ra style recovery [in the dev section]. I haven't used it yet, but you may have to be on the latest CWM recovery, because I don't know if the style recovery uses the older version of CWM recovery, since they changed.

Radios, hboot etc can be found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485 if needed

Phone wont boot

So I rooted by phone and tried to install a new ROM, now the phone wont boot, It gets to the flash animation S logo and just keeps doing that, any solutions?

cbbordianu said:
So I rooted by phone and tried to install a new ROM, now the phone wont boot, It gets to the flash animation S logo and just keeps doing that, any solutions?
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Can I get more info, like which rom did you flash, and how did you root your phone, what process did you take? Did you do wipes prior to flashing. Thanks, will try to help you out.

Go back into recovery and flash your backup or use Odin to flash a stock rom, your just in a bootloop. You mustve flashed a bad download.
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Seanster_GBaxe EX v1.4.1:Taste of ICS is the rom... pretty much used odin to install cwm base recovery 5.0.2.6 I dont think i wipe prior to flashing. Once I installed the rom it booted fine but everything was slow and my phone kept getting errors, so then i went back in cwm and wiped all the data, now when i try to install the rom again it just takes like 5 seconds to install, i reboot the phone but it keeps going into a loop.... at this point i am pretty lost. I am new to this stuff... :/

How do i download this rom/kernel/mod........
Oh thats right its in the wrong section ah thats it no wonder i couldnt figure it out (sarcasm)
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Did you try clearing cache , wiping dalvik and fixing permissions?
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Seanster_GBaxe EX v1.4.1:Taste of ICS is the rom... pretty much used odin to install cwm base recovery 5.0.2.6 I dont think i wipe prior to flashing. Once I installed the rom it booted fine but everything was slow and my phone kept getting errors, so then i went back in cwm and wiped all the data, now when i try to install the rom again it just takes like 5 seconds to install, i reboot the phone but it keeps going into a loop.... at this point i am pretty lost. I am new to this stuff... :/
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On a more helpful note just wipe and reflash another rom or a backup if you have it, if that fails odin to the stock rooted rom.
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yah man, I am not sure how to go back to the stock rom

cbbordianu said:
yah man, I am not sure how to go back to the stock rom
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Use odin, you used it to flash recovery same process to flash stock rom just find a file to flash through odin
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ebatr8 said:
Use odin, you used it to flash recovery same process to flash stock rom just find a file to flash through odin
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Ok so i got a stock ROM, what do i do in ODIN, the only thing i used odin was for cwm recovery....

cbbordianu said:
Ok so i got a stock ROM, what do i do in ODIN, the only thing i used odin was for cwm recovery....
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I did that and still in a bootloop

Did you goninto recovery and wipe cache dalvik and permissions. Or even better just factory reset after installing stock rom. Odin to stock doesnt faxtory reset your phone. Old files could still be lingering in there.
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I did that and still in a bootloop
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chib1panda said:
Did you goninto recovery and wipe cache dalvik and permissions. Or even better just factory reset after installing stock rom. Odin to stock doesnt faxtory reset your phone. Old files could still be lingering in there.
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i did that and the same thing is happening, this blows

Try redownloading the rom, then in recovery make sure you are A. Wipe Factory Data Reset, B. Wipe Cache, C. Advanced Menu Wipe Dalvik D. Advanced Menu Wipe Battery Stats, E. Mounts/Storage Format Cache, System, Boot, Emmc, Then flash the Rom.

Silly question but are you installing 1.4 before flashing 1.4.1? Cause I think that ROM needs the 1.4 full flashed prior to flashing 1.4.1.
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can you give me a link to a stock ROM? the one i am using is SGH-T989-Stock-UVKID
so then I do what you just told me
A. Wipe Factory Data Reset, B. Wipe Cache, C. Advanced Menu Wipe Dalvik D. Advanced Menu Wipe Battery Stats, E. Mounts/Storage Format Cache, System, Boot, Emmc,
Then flash the Rom - Go into Odin and Select the file(click pda), then click start - correct?

Follow this to get to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462870
if phone isnt stock and you still have files there then do factory reset from phone or stock recovery.
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Royalknight6190 said:
Try redownloading the rom, then in recovery make sure you are A. Wipe Factory Data Reset, B. Wipe Cache, C. Advanced Menu Wipe Dalvik D. Advanced Menu Wipe Battery Stats, E. Mounts/Storage Format Cache, System, Boot, Emmc, Then flash the Rom.
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ok so i did that now its stuck at the first screen "samsung galaxy s2 ANDROID 4G TMOBILE"
I think its because everything is wiped off my phone... i am so lost, i hate doing this stuff

chib1panda said:
Follow this to get to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462870
if phone isnt stock and you still have files there then do factory reset from phone or stock recovery.
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doing this as we speak, keeping my fingers crossed

me too.
cbbordianu said:
doing this as we speak, keeping my fingers crossed
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T989Kang ROM wont boot

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786202
when trying to install the rom from that thread i get stuck at the boot animation even though i followed all the necessary instructions. what do?

Wipe cache and dalvik cache. When it boots go back to recovery and go advance > fix permission.
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i did that and it hasnt worked. i dont know whats causing it since i followed everything OP said to do

Bad download? Its happened to me before.
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Mine too... bricked!

hey, i don't know if this will help with your rom, but i will tell you something that helped me.
i was having the same problem trying to install cm9. this is what to do. don't wipe with recovery.
use darkside super wipe. i run it twice. then flash rom. while still in recover flash darkside cache wipe, not super wipe!!
for some reason when i wiped with the tools inside recovery i would get bootloop. can't lie don't know why but i did this and it woked.
hope this helps..

YummyLaxatives said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786202
when trying to install the rom from that thread i get stuck at the boot animation even though i followed all the necessary instructions. what do?
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Have you tried.
Downloading rom again?
Are you doing a full wipe before installing?
Trying a Cache wipe using the darkside flash?
What recovery are you using?
Are you flashing anything with it, a kernel? or a mod?

[HOW-TO] Proper method to flash a ROM

First off if you're on ANY recovery that isn't CWM 5.0.2.7 you DO NOT NEED TDJS SUPER WIPE OR CACHE WIPE SCRIPTS!!!! Seriously stop flashing these people you're filling up threads with problems caused by both of these scripts and bad flashing methods. Here's how to PROPERLY flash a ROM..
If on CWM 6.0.x.x
1. Wipe factory data/reset
2. Wipe cache
3. Go into mounts and storage
4. Format /system
5. Format /data
6. Format /cache
7. Enter advanced
8. Wipe dalvik
9. Flash ROM then gapps
10. Reboot and let the ROM settle for 5-10 minutes if flashing TW ROMs, this step is unnecessary for AOSP based ROMs.
11. (Optional) if flashing a new radio flash AFTER the ROM has been initially booted for the first time. No wipes are necessary when flashing a new radio but it HAS to be flashed after the ROM is loaded and settled in. Flashing a radio first and then a ROM has caused issues like the phone not even recognizing there is a network for it. ( phone remains in emergency mode )
If you're on a Cyanogenmod nightly a full wipe IS NOT REQUIRED. The proper method of dirty flashing is just wiping cache, ( NOT FORMAT CACHE IN MOUNTS & STORAGE )
wiping dalvik and flashing your ROM. Simple as that.
If using TWRP 2.2+ the steps are essentially the same or use TDJs wipe scripts. They work perfectly fine with TWRP. Feel free to wipe 2x or even 3x if it makes you feel safer about your installation.
And THAT'S IT. People are cluttering up threads with issues than can totally be avoided by flashing the right way. I hope this helps some of you iron out these insane tiny quirks I keep reading about.
Happy flashing folks.
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I forgot to note.. if you're still using one of TDJs roms or any other rom that automatically wipes with TDJs SUPER CACHE WIPE, do NOT use any other recoveries other than CWM 5.0.2.7 or TWRP 2.2+. With any other recovery such as CWM 6.0.x.x+, the wipe script breaks the roms ability to reboot properly and the only way to solve this is to use TDJs CACHE WIPE which in turn breaks your recoveries ability to work properly.
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Thanks man this was needed. Yes threads get filled with this so often. I dirty flash like you mentioned accept I format system first. I also clean flash like you mentioned but never formatted cache and dalvik just system. That's good to know. Thanks
But I will add those new steps. I format system when dirty flashing because on the cm10 Site they mentioned that.
Again thanks
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I edited OP with a little bit more information for safer flashing.
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Sad we need to keep telling people how to flash. If you are not sure what you are doing I think you should be very careful before you destroy your expensive toy. Everyone should have an idea on how to flash and restore from a bad flash before they even root. Also as my sig says let Google be your friend people if you run into issues instead of running to a thread and clogging it up...
Thanks for post and this is a bump to keep it on page 1 and hopefully more people will notice it.

So I messed up and used the darkside scripts with 6.0.1.4 and I can't get my phone to boot, like you mentioned. It also destroyed the recovery, does nothing at all. What can I do, if anything, to fix?

Goofy317 said:
So I messed up and used the darkside scripts with 6.0.1.4 and I can't get my phone to boot, like you mentioned. It also destroyed the recovery, does nothing at all. What can I do, if anything, to fix?
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Can you boot into recovery at all? If you can.. download the TWRP 2.2.2.0 zip in its thread and flash it. Its going to hang in the install process but should say twrp has been installed. At that point reset your phone by holding the power button. As soon as you feel the phone vibrate hold down both volume buttons and you should boot into TWRP recovery.
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I have been using the darkside wipe! It has been working great. I don't think that it will brick my phone or anything.....

tickerman said:
I have been using the darkside wipe! It has been working great. I don't think that it will brick my phone or anything.....
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Darkside superwipe will only mess your ROMs ability to reboot on touchwiz ROMs. The only way to fix this is flashing the darkside cache wipe which WILL break clockwork mod 6.0.1.4 like the user above. Point is.. don't use either scripts at all on CWM. Wipe the old fashioned way.
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tickerman said:
I have been using the darkside wipe! It has been working great. I don't think that it will brick my phone or anything.....
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I agree. even after switching to twrp I still find the script useful. But op warning about using script with cwm version 6xxx might be true. I have issue with boot when i was on cwm 6 and i had to Odin cwm 5.0.2.7 again to get into recovery menu.
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Thanks, always forgot the formatting steps

ultratt said:
Thanks, always forgot the formatting steps
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Never forget those! Those completely format your partitions.. like formatting a hard drive before you install Windows.
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RushAOZ said:
Never forget those! Those completely format your partitions.. like formatting a hard drive before you install Windows.
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Thanks for the guide. One question, how do you format partitions on TWRP? Do you need to?

Davy Jones said:
Thanks for the guide. One question, how do you format partitions on TWRP? Do you need to?
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Luckily enough, TWRP does this in the wipe section already when you hit system, cache and dalvik. Its an awesome and well thought out recovery!
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RushAOZ said:
Luckily enough, TWRP does this in the wipe section already when you hit system, cache and dalvik. Its an awesome and well thought out recovery!
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Oh cool, I was already really liking TWRP and this makes it even better.

This thread should be a sticky.

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Agree.
Sub'n.
I just followed this and it answers many questions. I have great luck with CWR 5.0.2.7 and the darkside scripts. Everytime I had an issue, I would run the darkside cache script and all was fixed.
Now, since I upgraded CWR, I have had issues installing ROMS, bad recovery installs, etc. Just as you mentioned.
Got a new phone today. Flashed an odin CWR (didn't know the version). It turned out to be an older touch version. I CWR flashed the latest Sk8's recovery. I then followed your instructions. Installed JB ROM and Gapps and it was a success. Not boot loop.
Questions: What do I do if I want to wipe cache and dalvik or fix permissions in the future? What radio is recommended with the latest JB nightly?

apicia said:
Agree.
Sub'n.
I just followed this and it answers many questions. I have great luck with CWR 5.0.2.7 and the darkside scripts. Everytime I had an issue, I would run the darkside cache script and all was fixed.
Now, since I upgraded CWR, I have had issues installing ROMS, bad recovery installs, etc. Just as you mentioned.
Got a new phone today. Flashed an odin CWR (didn't know the version). It turned out to be an older touch version. I CWR flashed the latest Sk8's recovery. I then followed your instructions. Installed JB ROM and Gapps and it was a success. Not boot loop.
Questions: What do I do if I want to wipe cache and dalvik or fix permissions in the future? What radio is recommended with the latest JB nightly?
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Just go into CWM and wipe cache in the main menu and dalvik in the advanced menu. To be honest though you don't need to do this whatsoever. Only when dirty flashing a new nightly. In my experience atleast lol as far as gapps go..
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
These should work just fine
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Bump fer new users yo
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Bump for new users
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Thanks