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So I was running Synergy + God Mode and today my phone decided to reboot itself. Well not it keeps locking up at the htc EVO 4G white screen or sometimes will get as far as the Synergy splash screen but will just loop.
So to back up a bit I previously had moved the Dalvik cache to the sd card as well as most all apps. This has been running fine for weeks.
I was able to get it to boot once after I removed the sd card but now it won't even with that. I tried wiping the phone from recovery and still nothing.
Any ideas? this is annoying. I've never run into an issue this bad before. I've always been able to repair either with a nandroid backup or just a wipe.
I tried restoring a nandroid backup and it just sat there with the lines getting longer and longer 1 dot at a time. Actually filled the whole screen and never actually finished.
Try a RRU
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I would try an RUU.exe
Which HBOOT do you have? If you can get to HBOOT, then you should be able to go back to stock and solve most problems
I'm running the 0.76.200 HBOOT.
I will probably end up having to go back to stock but would like to keep that as a last resort.
I think I narrowed down my problem. Anytime I go into recovery and try and wipe anything that has to do with the ext3 partition it either locks up or for instance I'm now trying to repair the ext3 partition and it just keeps adding dots. Just keeps working and seems to get nowhere.
I can still access everything else on the SD card just errors of sorts when dealing with the ext partition.
well got it working after RUU but i still wish I knew what caused it in the first place
Okay, so here's what happened:
I was minding my own business, listening to Pandora at work. Out of nowhere, the music had an increasing amount of pauses due to bad music loading, or so I though. I figured it was just the crappy Sprint network around here, but I figured I would restart it and hope it would work again.
Boy, was I wrong. At the first reboot, it got stuck in a bootloop where it would start my boot animation all the way from the start after it got into it's little animation loop for a while. So I pulled the battery and tried it again. This time, it made it through and loaded up to the lock screen.
Once I unlocked it, I got an error message that said something along the lines of "hardware UIC doesn't match, please wipe your data partition" (can't pull the exact wording out of it anymore, I can't reproduce it) I acknowledged that message and then I got a ****LOAD of FC's left and right for just about everything under the sun, and then some. All of my system apps were FC'ing, and it was just one after the other after the other, and it would even loop them around and the same system apps would pop up FC's again.
Okay...maybe I can fix this by wiping my data like it said. Nope. Maybe I can flash my ROM again and fix it... Nope. Now it loads up to the setup screens, and then about halfway through, the sytem just locks up on me.
****. Alright, let's try flashing a stock ROM back to it. Well, this doesn't work either. Same results.
I have no idea why it started doing this, and I really don't want to have to go get myself another phone, since I don't have any kind of warranty on my phone.
So does anybody out there have any other ideas on what I can try to do to fix this? It's been driving me crazy all night.
Run stock ruu
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Before you run the RUU, reformat your SD Card, I don't know what recovery you have, but use Amon Ra to wipe EVERYTHING Except the option for SDCard:, dalvik cache and cache 2 times, then flash your ROM in recovery.
If that doesn't work, try running RUU
Additional details about my phone:
HBOOT 6.16.1002
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.2
Also, I can't seem to find an RUU that my phone will take... They've so far been failing on me, but I'll keep looking...
Also, wiping, flashing ROMs, wiping again, has not produced anything fruitful. Will be going the RUU route. I seem to have found one that *should* take, fingers crossed.
Problem number 1. Clockwork Recovery Mod. Get rid of it and get Amon Ra and do as I posted above.
Here, download this, rename it to PC36IMG.zip, out it on the root of your SD Card, not in any folders, and reboot to Hboot (Vol dwn-pwr til hboot comes up).
It'll scan and ask you to update, say yes, it will flash Amon Ra. Now go back to Recovery, go to Wipe and do as I said above.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?v453e5wg0on3pzt
[RESOLVED] [Q] Epic failure... Any ideas?
CM REcovery hasn't led me wrong yet, but I have tried both of them... Personal preference, I think.
The RUU took and the phone is usable again for the most part. The only issue I have now is an error that pops up after every boot... "SD card unexpectedly removed" But I'll be digging around to figure that one out.
Thank you guys for your help, I was beginning to think it was a hardware issue for a while there.
CWM is leading you wrong and you just don't know it. For one, you can't do a proper wipe before flashing a new ROM. Also, there are issues with flashing Radios, if you ever need to upgrade.
There's a reason why the majority of users use Amon Ra. Your choice, though.
Maybe you need to reformat that card, or try a different card.
Wound up going back to work before I could finish everything I wanted to, however I was able to get S-OFF, and I went and flashed RA Recovery. The sd card issue was caused due to a bad sd card. Unfortunately I was unable to save everything from it, but I should be able to get most of my files back relatively quickly. Should be able to have Synergy flashed on it again before I go home in the morning.
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For the record, running amon ra 3.0.7...(I forget exact version, it's blue and uses capacitive back button) and I wiped everything 3 times before flashing the following ROMs.
Ok so the other night I went ahead and tried Deck's ICS ROM alpha 5. For the most part, a very beautiful port and can't wait till it stabilizes a little more. I can tell It's going to be a beast. But prior to flashing, I did a full nandroid like I always do, and TB backup. Flashed said ROM, tried to restore apps, few complications; couldn't restore games, certain apps such as zedge, or maps. Had to install from market because it would hang, but still restored data upon install. Figured this was due to the ROM having bugs....
Albeit beautiful, couldn't live without calendar, and certain apps wouldn't work. So I restored my decks 1.3d nandroid and instantly got hit with problems. Half my apps showed as properly installed, half of those actually worked without FC'ing. Downloaded maps cuz again couldn't restore, and instantly FC. So I reboot, and get constant FC's from random apps. So I wipe again, this time everything beside sd 4 times, still same problems. So since I wasn't on wifi to pull the ROM I uploaded to Dropbox, I simply did factory reset. TB now restored fine besides games which still puzzles me, but maps went fine.
I've had similar problems with Nandroid in the past. The only use I seem to get is just maintaining the ROM, everything else is fubar.
What is causing this? Is there a fix? Is it simply a pebkac? (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)
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I use that version and flash a lot. I've never had anything like that happen. Are you wiping everything except bat stats and SD? Did you try and fix permisissions? Do u run an ext3 or ext4 partition? Could there possibly be a problem with your SD card. Perhaps back everything on it up reformat and partition and restore your stuff to it. Maybe you could run a disk diagnosis program on your computer to see if there are physical errors?
Just a few suggestions
fitz420 said:
I use that version and flash a lot. I've never had anything like that happen. Are you wiping everything except bat stats and SD? Did you try and fix permisissions? Do u run an ext3 or ext4 partition? Could there possibly be a problem with your SD card. Perhaps back everything on it up reformat and partition and restore your stuff to it. Maybe you could run a disk diagnosis program on your computer to see if there are physical errors?
Just a few suggestions
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Haven't tried fixed permissions as I just factory reset from in the ROM itself and restored apps as if a fresh ROM, but I will next time issue arises. I have no partition, but have considered doing so but keep putting it off. Been wanting to format my card and one by one out things back on it, but yeah, I wipe everything but bat, unless full, and sd. But I have noticed this issue usually only arises when I have already done a full wipe of everything and try to flash back. If I were to just flash over my current ROM, then restore back, everything works fine....kinda confused...
Sent from my OG Evo 4G via XDA app. Did I mention from inside my pocket?
So I was having issues with MikG and my settings.... Reinstalled aosp system apps by accident over sense system apps and it kept popping up with error messages....
So I wiped everything and reflashed MikG 3.xx and it boots up... But all I see is the wallpaper and status bar. I see no clock/apps, and am never prompted with entering my google info and whatnot.
I also deleted the ROM and put it on again thinking it might be corrupt but I still get this problem. Wtf just happened? Did I just brick my phone?
Gonna try and flash my old Deck 1.3d rom and post back with results
Naturesretard said:
So I was having issues with MikG and my settings.... Reinstalled aosp system apps by accident over sense system apps and it kept popping up with error messages....
So I wiped everything and reflashed MikG 3.xx and it boots up... But all I see is the wallpaper and status bar. I see no clock/apps, and am never prompted with entering my google info and whatnot.
I also deleted the ROM and put it on again thinking it might be corrupt but I still get this problem. Wtf just happened? Did I just brick my phone?
Gonna try and flash my old Deck 1.3d rom and post back with results
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did you factory reset wipe?
I factory reset from within amon ra and wiped each thing individually as well. Flashed the full wipe version of MikG 3.11 and it proceeded to wipe everything again. Everything installs fine, but when it boots, it just shows the MikG walpaper, and the notification bar. No apps, no clock, no new user "welcome to android" prompt either. All I can do is turn the screen on and off.... I have to pull the battery to turn the phone off.
Putting my Deck 1.3d nandroid on my sd card as I type and am going to flash in just a minute to test and see if I can even boot anything...
Naturesretard said:
I factory reset from within amon ra and wiped each thing individually as well. Flashed the full wipe version of MikG 3.11 and it proceeded to wipe everything again. Everything installs fine, but when it boots, it just shows the MikG walpaper, and the notification bar. No apps, no clock, no new user "welcome to android" prompt either. All I can do is turn the screen on and off.... I have to pull the battery to turn the phone off.
Putting my Deck 1.3d nandroid on my sd card as I type and am going to flash in just a minute to test and see if I can even boot anything...
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You sure you got the FULL WIPE version? If you flashed the UPDATE version you will get these exact same problem.
I got both.... originally thinking it was an update TO the ROM itself. (idk why lol) Decided to keep it for if I ever have to reflash the main rom due to a user error....
But no, I made sure I was flashing the full wipe version. You think I should redownload again and try it out? I had the file saved on my friends laptop and hadn't touch it since I put it on my SD card so.... figured I could just delete the one on my SD card and retransfer
Just restored my Deck 1.3d and its booting as I type. Will post back with details.
Naturesretard said:
I got both.... originally thinking it was an update TO the ROM itself. (idk why lol) Decided to keep it for if I ever have to reflash the main rom due to a user error....
But no, I made sure I was flashing the full wipe version. You think I should redownload again and try it out? I had the file saved on my friends laptop and hadn't touch it since I put it on my SD card so.... figured I could just delete the one on my SD card and retransfer
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I'd do a complete wipe on everything and start from scratch. I just got a new SDcard and formatted it and did a fresh install of MikG 3.11 and it runs like no other.
Back up your SDcard to a PC and format and start fresh. I noticed a HUGE difference in function and performance although it sucked loading almost 10gigs of music back on.....lol
you think it might be an error on the sd card like a bad sector?
Just booted back into Decks.... Although the backup of my sd:ext didn't take apparently and it's stock Decks.... Kinda odd; No apps or anything. Or is that supposed to happen? Same wallpaper though....
Gonna try and reflash MikG and if it still doesnt work I'll follow your method. Would rather not as I did that a few months ago when I partitioned my SD card for a2sd lol...
Will post back with results
Redownloaded and flashed MikG full wipe. Its good now. Thanks to you anyway.
So I'm having a problem I can't seem to fix.
I'm rooted, have been running the stock everything but with a few tweaks and some bloat removed. Everything works great but I am hoping to improve battery life. So I researched a few ROMs and pick a couple to try. I can flash them just fine with no problems, get all my apps back and set up with no problems. and I can use the phone all day just like normal.
Now the problem: if ever I have to restart for some reason, or even after I make a nandroid back up, when it restarts and boots up I eventually get several messages where processes are one by one stopping. until the phone is useless and froze up.
So it goes through 10 or more of these:
Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped
Unfortunately, the process android.process.phone has stopped
etc, etc,etc
I have tried everything I could find on here to fix, but it seems all fixes are for a single process failing. This happens to me on all Roms I have tried, but I am just wanting to run Sonic. Even if I restore the nandroid I get the messages. If I factory reset or restore my kid-of-stock backup I am fine. If I start over and reflash a clean Rom I can set up and use but as soon as I restart it happens again. Sometimes when restarting I get a message about android updating but can't figure out how to stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help!!! This is very annoying.
Are you doing full wipes and factory reset? If you are doing this between each flash then it sounds like you are restoring bad data into your apps.
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Try re-flashing the latest Gapps and seeing if that will help.
It has done when I've had the same problem before.
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Are you doing full wipes and factory reset? If you are doing this between each flash then it sounds like you are restoring bad data into your apps.
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I thought the same thing so I tried without putting back in any apps. And still happened. And if I flash Sonic with TB it does it right away when I get booted up for some reason.
KidCarter93 said:
Try re-flashing the latest Gapps and seeing if that will help.
It has done when I've had the same problem before.
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Thanks, I'll try to find the latest Gapps now and report back if it helps out. But I'm not real familiar with the Gapps part so it may take some searching to figure out what theya re for Sonic Rom if it matters the rom.
This is the reason why I do not do any backup.. Most stuff on my phone is not important enought to require a back up.. If I have issues, I just reinstall the rom and my apps from the market.. I have only reinstalled my current rom once, and that is because I was not able to change my current prl...
Jorgy11 said:
So I'm having a problem I can't seem to fix.
I'm rooted, have been running the stock everything but with a few tweaks and some bloat removed. Everything works great but I am hoping to improve battery life. So I researched a few ROMs and pick a couple to try. I can flash them just fine with no problems, get all my apps back and set up with no problems. and I can use the phone all day just like normal.
Now the problem: if ever I have to restart for some reason, or even after I make a nandroid back up, when it restarts and boots up I eventually get several messages where processes are one by one stopping. until the phone is useless and froze up.
So it goes through 10 or more of these:
Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped
Unfortunately, the process android.process.phone has stopped
etc, etc,etc
I have tried everything I could find on here to fix, but it seems all fixes are for a single process failing. This happens to me on all Roms I have tried, but I am just wanting to run Sonic. Even if I restore the nandroid I get the messages. If I factory reset or restore my kid-of-stock backup I am fine. If I start over and reflash a clean Rom I can set up and use but as soon as I restart it happens again. Sometimes when restarting I get a message about android updating but can't figure out how to stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help!!! This is very annoying.
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Sounds like you need to do a FULL Wipe before you Flash. Also make sure your Downloading the Rom over WiFi, or Hardline.
prboy1969 said:
Sounds like you need to do a FULL Wipe before you Flash. Also make sure your Downloading the Rom over WiFi, or Hardline.
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I have been doing a full factory reset, wipe system, wipe cach and dalvic. I downloaded the Roms onto my computer and transferred them to sd card. It happens for all ROMs except the stock backup I made.
Jorgy11 said:
I have been doing a full factory reset, wipe system, wipe cach and dalvic. I downloaded the Roms onto my computer and transferred them to sd card. It happens for all ROMs except the stock backup I made.
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Do not restore anything with TB whatsoever and I can assure you it will work. There is corrupt data somewhere.
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Jorgy11 said:
I have been doing a full factory reset, wipe system, wipe cach and dalvic. I downloaded the Roms onto my computer and transferred them to sd card. It happens for all ROMs except the stock backup I made.
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The process I use for Flashing Roms is the same one I've always used. It's the one that's in my Sig. I'll also relink, in case your on the mobile. I have used it for a very long time now. It avoids a lot of the hassles of a bad flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17647821
Thank You All
Thank you all for your help!!!
So far I have managed to flash the rom and reboot several times with no issues.
I have only had this GS3 for a week now and I feel I can finally play with some roms and see what I like. I usually find one I like and stick with it. On my EVO Shift I used the same rom for 2 years.
Here is what I did for anyone that may have same problem:
Wiped everything, per-normal.
Loaded ROM.
Loaded a few of the apps I wanted to keep some settings for (like GO Launcher and Handcent) using Rom Toolboxes App manager.
I then rebooted to see if I had any problems... none.
Used Rom Toolbox to install just the apps and no data for my other 50+ apps I wanted to keep.
Made Nandroid backup, which forced reboot... no problems.
Installed Titanium Backup, this is where I was nervous because I thought it might be that app causing problems with asking about new ID and such. Installed just 2 apps that I wanted to keep data for that Rom Toolbox for whatever reason didn't have, maybe I didn't have a recent backup. 2 apps were Tasker and GO Bookmark widget. When asked to change ID I selected "later" and after restoring 2 apps I imediatly deleted TB.
Reboot to see if I got errors... none
Setup all settings and tweaks I wanted.
Made Nandroid backup... no issues yet
I then deleted all TB backups I had on SD card figuring one was the culprit.
I am still nervous to re install TB but at least as of now I have a working nandroid to revert to so after a couple days I will reuse it.
As of now I have had no issues what so ever... and I can tell battery life on this Sonic rom is much better.
Glad your all sorted out . I do not think that Titanium Backup the App itself is was causing the issues. Although I do recognize somethings that could. Restoring GoLauncher with settings Data could cause issues. Especially from one Rom to the next. Hopefully your not trying to restore the Data settings you had on the Shift. Also with Handcent, I would not restore settings across different Roms.
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Jorgy11 said:
So I'm having a problem I can't seem to fix.
I'm rooted, have been running the stock everything but with a few tweaks and some bloat removed. Everything works great but I am hoping to improve battery life. So I researched a few ROMs and pick a couple to try. I can flash them just fine with no problems, get all my apps back and set up with no problems. and I can use the phone all day just like normal.
Now the problem: if ever I have to restart for some reason, or even after I make a nandroid back up, when it restarts and boots up I eventually get several messages where processes are one by one stopping. until the phone is useless and froze up.
So it goes through 10 or more of these:
Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped
Unfortunately, the process android.process.phone has stopped
etc, etc,etc
I have tried everything I could find on here to fix, but it seems all fixes are for a single process failing. This happens to me on all Roms I have tried, but I am just wanting to run Sonic. Even if I restore the nandroid I get the messages. If I factory reset or restore my kid-of-stock backup I am fine. If I start over and reflash a clean Rom I can set up and use but as soon as I restart it happens again. Sometimes when restarting I get a message about android updating but can't figure out how to stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help!!! This is very annoying.
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I had the exact same problem with a reoccurring message that would flash on and off every second or so. I did both a data restart then a reboot of the android software by pushing the down volume button then holding the power button. When the LG logo appeared I released both buttons and followed the instructions for an android factory reboot. Apparently it is the SIM card. The android com.android.phone communicates with the SIM card and allows calls and texts to be sent and received using the android software. My SIM card got damaged somehow and could not receive the call from the android app com.android.phone. I had to buy a new SIM card for ten dollars and had my stored files on the SIM moved to the new one and no more problems. Telus and Bell move the files to the new SIM for free i'm sure other major service providers offer the same free service.
@pokey2000 Thanks for that info. But this is the Sprint S3 section. And the user you are replying to has a Sprint S3. Sprint phones are Cdma and do not have a removable sim card.
His issues where resolved 6 months ago. This is the second thread you bring back up that is old and dead. Please look at and read the thread. Before bringing dead topics back up.
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