[Q] Synergy RC2 Wireless/Networks FC in Dropdown - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
So I just flashed Synergy RC2 over RC1 and everything is amazing...can't wait to try out the pano cam. I would have posted this questions in the thread in development but I don't have enough posts to do so.
I'm not sure if I had this in RC1, but I've flashed RC2 twice with a dalvik and cache only wipe and still had this problem.
In the dropdown on the quick settings tab (where you can toggle the wireless networks), all of them say FC for some reason, and if they're on...well, refer to the screenshot. It doesn't seem to interfere with connections, just kinda annoying that they say that. I'm guessing I need to clear data in an app, but I'm not sure which. If I'm way off base, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
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twinsin said:
Hi everyone,
So I just flashed Synergy RC2 over RC1 and everything is amazing...can't wait to try out the pano cam. I would have posted this questions in the thread in development but I don't have enough posts to do so.
In the dropdown on the quick settings tab (where you can toggle the wireless networks), all of them say FC for some reason, and if they're on...well, refer to the screenshot. It doesn't seem to interfere with connections, just kinda annoying that they say that. I'm guessing I need to clear data in an app, but I'm not sure which. If I'm way off base, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
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That is strange. I'll say that I tend to come from the camp of full wipes before putting in a new ROM, not installing over an old one unless its specified that you can (even then I tend not to). My best recommendation for the least number of headaches for you would be to copy your SD to your comp, use amon_RA to wipe everything 3x, then flash the rc2 and enjoy the ROM.
If you really feel like trying to make it all play nice, try wiping dalvik and cache.
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Watcher07 said:
That is strange. I'll say that I tend to come from the camp of full wipes before putting in a new ROM, not installing over an old one unless its specified that you can (even then I tend not to). My best recommendation for the least number of headaches for you would be to copy your SD to your comp, use amon_RA to wipe everything 3x, then flash the rc2 and enjoy the ROM.
If you really feel like trying to make it all play nice, try wiping dalvik and cache.
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+1 with the exception of wiping the SD card. Being that he has already had success in flashing RC-2, a wipe of the card shouldn't be necessary, but like you, I'm a fan of full wipes...

So what you guys are saying is:
- copy my entire SD card to my comp (i.e. go into E: and copy all contents to the desktop)
- amon_RA "wipe everything 3x." What wipes am I doing specifically (data/cache/dalvik/system/etc.) and what does everything mean? SD card and...?
- put everything back from the comp onto the SD card and reflash
Please correct me on anything I got wrong as I want to make sure I don't brick my phone.
Also, this may be a noob question but whenever I flash a new ROM, I do a Titanium Backup of app data, flash, and restore the app data. Yes, this restores my apps but is there a way to make it so I don't have to redo my home screens with the widget locations and apps I had on there prior to flashing? It's getting annoying having to do this every time I flash.
Thanks in advance.

twinsin said:
So what you guys are saying is:
- copy my entire SD card to my comp (i.e. go into E: and copy all contents to the desktop)
- amon_RA "wipe everything 3x." What wipes am I doing specifically (data/cache/dalvik/system/etc.) and what does everything mean? SD card and...?
- put everything back from the comp onto the SD card and reflash
Please correct me on anything I got wrong as I want to make sure I don't brick my phone.
Also, this may be a noob question but whenever I flash a new ROM, I do a Titanium Backup of app data, flash, and restore the app data. Yes, this restores my apps but is there a way to make it so I don't have to redo my home screens with the widget locations and apps I had on there prior to flashing? It's getting annoying having to do this every time I flash.
Thanks in advance.
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No worries. To answer your questions.
1) Yeah, copy your entire sd card to your computer. Any flashaholic will tell you that cards can go bad and that when flashing, things can go wrong so its very helpful to have all your photos and whatnot saved on your computer regularly.
2) Wipe everything on the list that can be wiped. As DJ said though, wiping the card isn't always a necessity, I simply do it because I love a good, solid clean start when going from say an AOSP rom to a Sense based one.
3) Usually I keep all my data and personal stuff in the cloud so I tend not to do alot of sd backups and restores. Every photo I take is regularly uploaded to picasa, my contacts come from gmail, all my emails are server hosted by gmail, documents are in google docs, you get the idea. So when I come into a new rom, I just download the apps I need and everything populates as I need it to. However if you have alot of photos or music and such, find it on the card backup on your comp and just copy that stuff back. Dont forget your nandroid backup as well.
4) As I'm not big into restoring and more into clean starts, I don't tend to use titanium backup for anything, so that question might be better geared for someone else to answer, but I think one of the big points of the program is to actually try to restore everything to the way it was, so I would imagine that it is a feature of the program, but again, really not sure.
As for bricking your phone, experience and observation of thread upon thread of people worrying about having bricked their phone has shown that for the most part, your EVO is a pretty damn durable beast. Really the ways to brick it are few and far between (dont pull the battery when updating radios and such). For the most part, anything you screw up can be undone. When I was first learning how to root and all that, I saw all sorts of threads and ideas and how to's that lead me down SO MANY wrong paths. I thought I bricked it like 5 or 6 times, but it just turned out I had pressed a wrong button on boot up, didn't flash the right recovery, didnt wipe something enough times, etc. etc.
These forums have alot of great people on them, if you think you borked your phone, dont do anything to it, toss up a message and a description of what happened, and you should get some decent responses pretty quick. Good luck with your rom flashing.

You're so helpful Watcher, I thanked you twice
Anyways, I forgot to mention I've had a couple of random power offs since installing Synergy so it's probably a good idea I go all-out on my wiping anyways.
I'll report back with results later today when I get around to reflashing.

twinsin said:
You're so helpful Watcher, I thanked you twice
Anyways, I forgot to mention I've had a couple of random power offs since installing Synergy so it's probably a good idea I go all-out on my wiping anyways.
I'll report back with results later today when I get around to reflashing.
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lol, I appreciate the gesture. I work wednesdays through saturday 10+ hour shifts, so generally not around too much on those days, but since I've been more proactive in the community, I keep my xda app handy when my evo isn't busy telling me where my next stop is. Anyway, good luck and by all means let us know how it works out.

@Watcher07, you're alright, my friend....
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G

Well, looks like it worked...thanks guys. Did a triple wipe on everything and it all looks good.
I don't know if I should start a new thread on this, but I just saw that Spare Parts got carried over even after wiping and flashing. I don't use it often and the battery history button FCs on me. So I tried to uninstall it via Market and Manage Apps and it doesn't have the option to uninstall anywhere! So I have a supposedly installed app that won't let me uninstall it...wtf?
Make a new thread or can anyone assist with this?

twinsin said:
Well, looks like it worked...thanks guys. Did a triple wipe on everything and it all looks good.
I don't know if I should start a new thread on this, but I just saw that Spare Parts got carried over even after wiping and flashing. I don't use it often and the battery history button FCs on me. So I tried to uninstall it via Market and Manage Apps and it doesn't have the option to uninstall anywhere! So I have a supposedly installed app that won't let me uninstall it...wtf?
Make a new thread or can anyone assist with this?
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Spare Parts comes pre-installed on several custom roms so I doubt that it was carried over after a wipe, my friend, but i could be wrong. Still, I'm glad you got everything all taken care of. As for removing it, you will have to maneuver to the system/app folder via ADB or a system level file manager like Root Explorer to delete it or anything else you don't want.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G

dougjamal said:
Spare Parts comes pre-installed on several custom roms so I doubt that it was carried over after a wipe, my friend, but i could be wrong. Still, I'm glad you got everything all taken care of. As for removing it, you will have to maneuver to the system/app folder via ADB or a system level file manager like Root Explorer to delete it or anything else you don't want.
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Yeah, it must be bundled into Synergy (don't see that on myn's feature list). I went into Root Explorer and only thing in there was the Spare Parts installer, so I just left it and guess I'll deal with it.
Consider this thread resolved.

dougjamal said:
Spare Parts comes pre-installed on several custom roms so I doubt that it was carried over after a wipe, my friend, but i could be wrong. Still, I'm glad you got everything all taken care of. As for removing it, you will have to maneuver to the system/app folder via ADB or a system level file manager like Root Explorer to delete it or anything else you don't want.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G
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+1 to this.
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twinsin said:
Yeah, it must be bundled into Synergy (don't see that on myn's feature list). I went into Root Explorer and only thing in there was the Spare Parts installer, so I just left it and guess I'll deal with it.
Consider this thread resolved.
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That file is safe to remove. If you'd like, you can 'freeze' it with Titanium Backup.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G

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[Q] Insufficient storage available-Installation errors & other aggravations?

Hey all, I've been getting "Insufficient storage available - Installation errors" on my EVO 4G eventhough I have a 32GB sdcard (but only 30MB of internal storage & yes I've moved all existing installed possible apps to sdcard, cleared caches & unmounted-remounted sdcard), what's the best way to resolve this?
I'm still running 2.2 unrooted but considering rooting soon & maybe cm7 or other rom but I'm not sure I want to risk issues when I need it working..
Also notice it is slow to respond upon reboot, maybe due to apps trying to update but encountering the insufficient storage available installation error..
-Appreciate helpful replies
BumpBump..
Dude you need to be rooted and switch rom bc stock evo don't allow you to place Apps on sd card, even with the apps2sd application
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You can try formatting your sd card. Also you should obtain S-OFF asap while you still have 2.2. I read a few threads about people's phones auto updating and now they are SOL!! Even if you don't flash a new rom you can get S-OFF b4 its too late. Get S-Off and ruu back to stock at least...
smartboy36 said:
Dude you need to be rooted and switch rom bc stock evo don't allow you to place Apps on sd card, even with the apps2sd application
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Not true. It just doesn't let you move all of them.
OP, rooting is going to give you some options, notably the ability to use an ext partition for your apps and/or dalvik cache. How many apps do you have? Even if every app were movable to SD (which of course it isn't), dalvik cache will eat up space on your /data partition. This is basically an optimized version of each installed application's code, and it can eat up as much as 1-2 MB per app. It's not listed in the app's storage usage under Settings -> Applications, and you can't do anything about it if you're not rooted.
Of course, another thing to look at is whether any apps are using excessive amounts of data. For example, I use Good messaging from work, and I have to clear data about once a month because the app accumulates data that never goes away. There's no option to purge or limit the amount of email it stores locally from within the app, and it stores big log files too.
Dude I'm on kings Alliance and I have 150 Apps with room for more. Come to the alliance and don't worry again
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This phone should've had more space for apps anyhow. Lol
I tried a new card today, same crap, I have about 100 apps..
jayare313 said:
This phone should've had more space for apps anyhow. Lol
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Totally agree especially since it was originally released with 2.1, I got it the day the Nexus S was released which I seriously considered but since I use it a lot for Nav preferred EVO's larger screen & louder speaker.
I've been tempted to root & custom ROM since even before I got it but every time I read about brick risk I become less inspired to try it until I have another device I like as much as the EVO 4G..honestly what is the brick risk?
BTW, people keep telling me how much better the battery life is on cm7 etc, is there are a comprehensive chart of all the ROMs & battery life-feature set?
-Thanks
SMARTPHONEPC said:
I've been tempted to root & custom ROM since even before I got it but every time I read about brick risk I become less inspired to try it until I have another device I like as much as the EVO 4G..honestly what is the brick risk?
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Very, very low. I can't say there's no risk, but as long as you follow the instructions, it's very low. I personally used Unrevoked back in the day. As others have mentioned, since you're still on 2.2, you should do it. Once you take the OTA update to 2.3, it's game over on rooting for now. You can even just root but leave the stock ROM on there. Just get S-OFF while you can.
the way i see it you have to purposely want to mess up your phone when it comes to rooting as long as you you got a recovery yer good
Ugh i have the same issue.
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Yes I know how to free room up...see here:
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Yet every time i try to install an app from the market OR even an APK on my SD card I get the insufficient storage space available.
I am rooted and on Synergy ROM but have never had this issue before. if ANYONE knows how to fix this that would be great. I can't even finish my restore from Titanium Backup.
DougB541 said:
Ugh i have the same issue.
TO preface:
Yes I know how to free room up...see here:
Yet every time i try to install an app from the market OR even an APK on my SD card I get the insufficient storage space available.
I am rooted and on Synergy ROM but have never had this issue before. if ANYONE knows how to fix this that would be great. I can't even finish my restore from Titanium Backup.
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Hmmm rooted with space & you still have this ?
I think ive answered this question 10 times already .
All you have to do is install a task killer...kill all apps...then go download and install your app.
This always works for me
The error is memory..not storage
-storm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855424
How bout everytime I post this, nobody lets me know if it worksfor them or not....
-storm
r.storm85 said:
How bout everytime I post this, nobody lets me know if it worksfor them or not....
-storm
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Nope..
The other day when you posted it I was actually able to update-install a few apps without the error so I didn't need to try it but now that I was getting that error again I tried your suggestion with no difference. I was hoping it would be that easy but no such luck
SMARTPHONEPC said:
Nope..
The other day when you posted it I was actually able to update-install a few apps without the error so I didn't need to try it but now that I was getting that error again I tried your suggestion with no difference. I was hoping it would be that easy but no such luck
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Oh ok cool.
It always works for me.
So maybe it is storage??
Its weird. First time I came across this I was trying to flash a recovery through terminal emulator.
I got this read memory error. Thay totally screwed my recovery.
It was fixed by killing all apps then installing the recovery.
Have you tried installing your apps right after a reboot??
-storm
r.storm85 said:
Oh ok cool.
It always works for me.
So maybe it is storage??
Its weird. First time I came across this I was trying to flash a recovery through terminal emulator.
I got this read memory error. Thay totally screwed my recovery.
It was fixed by killing all apps then installing the recovery.
Have you tried installing your apps right after a reboot??
-storm
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Yup on trying to install apps right after reboot, it may have worked a couple times but doesn't work consistently now..
It's lame that the EVO only came with 1GB internal storage, I refused to get it until 2.2 in part because when it released with 2.1 you couldn't even natively run apps off microSD so you would have to rely on that whopping 1GB. I didn't anticipate having this issue with 2.2.
I still love my EVO but this is aggravating. Before I would try to root-customROMs I'd try to delete some non-essential apps, any suggestions on how much storage room to shoot for?
I didn't expect to still be unrooted stock 2.2 at this point but I may be more pissed if something went wrong than psyched with the added freedom-at least until I see my next phone in the market I like more than the EVO..
So my EVO became so unresponsive part of me wanted to take a bat to it, I had to remove the battery, reboot where it was still ridiculously slow, saw that my storage was down to 500k..
I deleted a couple apps & got it back up to 40MB, was able to update an app without this error but couldn't download another where the error occurred again. After another reboot was still getting a Low on space Notification but at least the EVO was useable again except when trying to open the Market-just hangs..
Considering backing everything up & doing a factory reset (& even dumping Android if the next iPhone is cool enough-but probably not )
I still can't believe HTC only put in 1GB internal storage for an otherwise great phone, EVO 3D is pretty cool but its speaker seems quite weak compared to EVO..
Thoughts?

[Q] Flash nightmares and figuring out the aftermath

Hey everyone,
Sort of an odd problem here. So I've been flashing ROMs for over a year without only a few scares and oopses. Recently, I tried to use
the in-ROM updater, and it crashed the phone. Then after being unable to reboot the phone or get into CWM, I tried to use a one click restore
to get back to stock and then install the update through CMW. But something went wrong with ODIN and the phone became unrecogizable by the computer. Long story short, after hours of reading, the phone went to Sprint, where i was handed a new phone.
Got home, stuck in my old microSD card, to restore my data from my Nandroid. I rooted the phone, installed CMW, installed Blu Kuban with no issues. BUT THEN, I restored my data. It took a long time...like almost half an hour. The majority of that time on the MD5 check. The phone seemed to work fine. Then, in the middle of launching an app, it crashed...and it crashed HARD. But I could get into CMW. Any attempt to wipe did not help. I reinstalled the ROM, it would fail in the middle. The only way to break out of this and make progress was to throw a DIFFERENT ROM on the microSD and install that. I got Kuban back on, restored my data, and had it crash again, same symptoms, same problems. My question is: Could all this be caused by a corrupt nandroid? If it isn't that, what is causing all of this?
HELP!!
hint, stop restoring your data lol.
But yeah, def your data(probably). Try installing a rom and without restoring your data(after a full wipe) and go from there
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Agreed, consider your restore toasted. Wouldn't the first fail or two deter you from trying to restore anymore? Haha, no offense or anything.
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Well it all just seems so mysterious. The latest is that rather than restoring data, I did a full restore. Then I updated to the latest zip in CWM. The phone ran fine most all day.....and then crashed and burned again. I'm wondering if it could be a disagreement between the Tegrak program and the kernel? I'm going to try to do a full restore and, while it's still on the old version, uninstall Tegrak, then update and see what happens. Why do you suppose the data is passing the MD5 test if it's corrupt? Any input is greatly appreciated.
Okay, got it up and running again. Uninstalled Tegrak and I'm not going to update to the latest and see what is what. If I were to install Titanium and do an app backup while it's still running, would that suffer from the same corruption as Nandroid backup? I'm assuming doing a Android backup of it while it's running would do nothing to address whatever corruption is there?
Titanium pro can pull apps and data from nandroids btw.
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I would suggest odin back to stock then reformat you sd card from within settings/storage/unmount ext sd/format then start fresh. Reroot, reinstall CWM, do a fresh install of all your apps from the playstore then do your backups. I have heard of new phones having conflicts with sd cards maybe that will fix your problem
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I would suggest odin back to stock then reformat you sd card from within settings/storage/unmount ext sd/format then start fresh. Reroot, reinstall CWM, do a fresh install of all your apps from the playstore then do your backups. I have heard of new phones having conflicts with sd cards maybe that will fix your problem
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He is right some times that's the best way to go. Also along with titanium backup I use rom toolbox to back up apps. It backs up the actual apk so its the fastest way to start fresh.
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Titanium backs up the actual apk too. Just when restoring choose app only.
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TiBu also makes a flashable zip of your apps now too that you can just flash in recovery
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So after Titaniuming things after a restore I waited to see if the phone would crash. Sure enough, it did. So I did one click Odin back to stock rooted I27. Added CWM. Then after a double wipe, flashed Blue Kuban 1.5.1. Then installed Titanium, restored my apps, signed back into Google....etc, etc.....and, on the way to the gym it CRASHED AGAIN. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? What could possibly have come with the phone? Does my particular phone just not play nicely with this ROM? Any suggestions would be appreciated. My next experiment is to go from stock again and install a different ROM, restore apps, and see what happens. If that crashes too I don't know what to think.
Macros746 said:
So after Titaniuming things after a restore I waited to see if the phone would crash. Sure enough, it did. So I did one click Odin back to stock rooted I27. Added CWM. Then after a double wipe, flashed Blue Kuban 1.5.1. Then installed Titanium, restored my apps, signed back into Google....etc, etc.....and, on the way to the gym it CRASHED AGAIN. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? What could possibly have come with the phone? Does my particular phone just not play nicely with this ROM? Any suggestions would be appreciated. My next experiment is to go from stock again and install a different ROM, restore apps, and see what happens. If that crashes too I don't know what to think.
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Did you reformat your sd card?
No. Is doing the X2 wipe in CWM not enough? How would I do that? Anyway I could keep the MASSIVE downloads from various games? If I shifted them to my harddrive and then moved them back?
Macros746 said:
No. Is doing the X2 wipe in CWM not enough? How would I do that? Anyway I could keep the MASSIVE downloads from various games? If I shifted them to my harddrive and then moved them back?
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Transfer your games to your pc, then go to settings/storage/unmount ext sd card/ then it will give you the option to format
also, seeing as this saga started on a different phone...and obviously that SD card is no more, I don't understand how it could be that. Or are you suggesting it's an issue with the external microSD?
Macros746 said:
also, seeing as this saga started on a different phone...and obviously that SD card is no more, I don't understand how it could be that. Or are you suggesting it's an issue with the external microSD?
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From what I understand from seeing other posts the data on your card is not matching your phone
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From what I understand from seeing other posts the data on your card is not matching your phone
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Okay, so I'm formatting my internal SD card correct? And I'm doing this through CWM? I just tried in the format/sdcard and I got an error mounting it. Sorry to be thick here. By the way, it's Kuban_recovery 0.0.1
Thanks for the help so far, I really appreciate it.
Macros746 said:
Okay, so I'm formatting my internal SD card correct? And I'm doing this through CWM? I just tried in the format/sdcard and I got an error mounting it. Sorry to be thick here. By the way, it's Kuban_recovery 0.0.1
Thanks for the help so far, I really appreciate it.
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external sd card!!!!!!! your micro sd card. that can be done settings/storage/unmount ext sd card/ then it will give you the option to format
bigdaddy619 said:
external sd card!!!!!!! your micro sd card. that can be done settings/storage/unmount ext sd card/ then it will give you the option to format
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Reformatted....crashed. Operating without external SD....crashed. Clean install of Blu Kuban with no restore except though account sign in with Google.....crash. Clean install of Venum's ROM....crash. My final test is a restore of system ROM....but I am beginning to suspect that the replacement phone they gave me at Sprint is faulty. Because now it obviously has nothing to do with a corrupt backup. Anyone have any last minute suggestions?
Macros
Macros746 said:
Reformatted....crashed. Operating without external SD....crashed. Clean install of Blu Kuban with no restore except though account sign in with Google.....crash. Clean install of Venum's ROM....crash. My final test is a restore of system ROM....but I am beginning to suspect that the replacement phone they gave me at Sprint is faulty. Because now it obviously has nothing to do with a corrupt backup. Anyone have any last minute suggestions?
Macros
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So the verdict is in all: Faulty phone AND faulty battery WOO HOO! Thanks for checking those refurbs Sprint....grrr....when I think of the hours of grief.....sigh. New phone arriving tomorrow. Thanks so much for all of your help. Everyone who tried to help I SO appreciate it! Can't wait until I have Blu up and running on the new phone.
Macros746

[Q] PLEASE HELP!! Work phone w/ JMTx4 stuck at Samsung logo after battery died

NEED HELP RIGHT AWAY! WORK PHONE DEAD IN WATER!
My battery died during a boot and the phone is still stuck at the Samsung S screen. The boot sound plays and the samsung animation plays continuously but never gets further. I left it for 20+ minutes and rebooted trying several times without success.
I can still access TWRP recovery. I tried fix permissions and clear caches but same problem exists. I mounted the internal and external sd and did full backups to my PC but I do not have a current full backup in TWRP or nandroid I may have an older TWRP backup from just after flashing the ROM but does not have apps or data.
Is there anything I can do to repair the boot without reflashing the ROM? What would happen if I flashed the same ROM over the current ROM? Just want to know if there is a possibility that I would not have to completely resetup the phone.
I have been on here before but just created a new account to ask for help. I have read the ENTIRE Jedi Mind Trick Rom thread before but dont remember seeing anything that would help this and I really could use a solution ASAP!
Thanks in advance. Any help is very appreciated!!
DirtyBreakz said:
NEED HELP RIGHT AWAY! WORK PHONE DEAD IN WATER!
My battery died during a boot and the phone is still stuck at the Samsung S screen. The boot sound plays and the samsung animation plays continuously but never gets further. I left it for 20+ minutes and rebooted trying several times without success.
I can still access TWRP recovery. I tried fix permissions and clear caches but same problem exists. I mounted the internal and external sd and did full backups to my PC but I do not have a current full backup in TWRP or nandroid I may have an older TWRP backup from just after flashing the ROM but does not have apps or data.
Is there anything I can do to repair the boot without reflashing the ROM? What would happen if I flashed the same ROM over the current ROM? Just want to know if there is a possibility that I would not have to completely resetup the phone.
I have been on here before but just created a new account to ask for help. I have read the ENTIRE Jedi Mind Trick Rom thread before but dont remember seeing anything that would help this and I really could use a solution ASAP!
Thanks in advance. Any help is very appreciated!!
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I think you would have to reflash, sorry . You should:
1.) Delete cache
2.) Delete dalvik cache
3.) Delete data/factory reset
4.) Flash new ROM
5.) Flash GApps (if not included in the ROM).
You might be able to salvage some data back by going into download mode, but I'm not to knowledgeable in that area. Good luck.
If you flash over your current rom with same rom you will still have your apps and data. All a dirty flash does is install new system apps from the rom itself so your data should not be effected.
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richardlibeau said:
If you flash over your current rom with same rom you will still have your apps and data. All a dirty flash does is install new system apps from the rom itself so your data should not be effected.
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Ok, I thought I remembered hearing that. I just reflashed the ROM over the old one without clearing any caches. Unfortunately the phone still gets stuck at the Samsung S boot screen. The animation continues and it does not appear frozen but it never goes anywhere.
I am thinking of wiping the system/factory reset then reinstall the ROM. before I do that though, is there any way to copy over files from the system partition before flash and then copy them back overwriting the current ones after flashing the ROM. Will this work since it is the same ROM? I dont care if its stable. Just want to recoup my data and backup and then I will completely redo the ROM again.
Thanks for your input guys!
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I'm full of great idea's, but don't have the time to create them or learn the coding to create them. If you want to make one of my ideas a reality just message me and I will give you my idea as specific as possible.
ideas:
-launcher/lock screen
-line rider type game where you control the character
-2d fighting game like art of fighting for the SNES
-multiplayer fps where you create your own map with a creative mode (minecraft style)
-roller coaster tycoon style game
-many more!
Just message me which idea you want info on and I'll tell you!
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DirtyBreakz said:
Ok, I thought I remembered hearing that. I just reflashed the ROM over the old one without clearing any caches. Unfortunately the phone still gets stuck at the Samsung S boot screen. The animation continues and it does not appear frozen but it never goes anywhere.
I am thinking of wiping the system/factory reset then reinstall the ROM. before I do that though, is there any way to copy over files from the system partition before flash and then copy them back overwriting the current ones after flashing the ROM. Will this work since it is the same ROM? I dont care if its stable. Just want to recoup my data and backup and then I will completely redo the ROM again.
Thanks for your input guys!
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Do a full back up now then wipe the whole phone, Flash new rom then boot into recovery and go to advanced restore and you can just restore system or data instead of the whole back up. But it sounds like your problem is in your system somewhere though since it is not booting all the way. Do you have scripts that clash? Tweaks etc. Try flashing a new kernel and see if it boots up.
richardlibeau said:
Do a full back up now then wipe the whole phone, Flash new rom then boot into recovery and go to advanced restore and you can just restore system or data instead of the whole back up. But it sounds like your problem is in your system somewhere though since it is not booting all the way. Do you have scripts that clash? Tweaks etc. Try flashing a new kernel and see if it boots up.
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Ok. I flashed the same rom over top of the current one and got the same results. I then booted into recovery, wiped system, flashed the rom again and got the same results.
One thing I noticed is that when I ran fix permissions both before I reflashed and after, it was super quick to finish lasting only a couple seconds where normally it takes a couple minutes for fix permissions.
I did a backup in TWRP right after the crash. I will try flashing a kernal as a last attempt before doing a full wipe and flash. I have to find which kernel it is. Do you recommend flashing the same kernel or a specific kernel?
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Ok. I flashed the same rom over top of the current one and got the same results. I then booted into recovery, wiped system, flashed the rom again and got the same results.
One thing I noticed is that when I ran fix permissions both before I reflashed and after, it was super quick to finish lasting only a couple seconds where normally it takes a couple minutes for fix permissions.
I did a backup in TWRP right after the crash. I will try flashing a kernal as a last attempt before doing a full wipe and flash. I have to find which kernel it is. Do you recommend flashing the same kernel or a specific kernel?
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What rom and os are you on ics or jb? Same kernel is ok but a new one might be better
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What rom and os are you on ics or jb? Same kernel is ok but a new one might be better
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I'm running Jedi Mind Trick x4 (JMTx4) ICS with its kernel. It looks like it uses Faux kernel. Not sure where to get it or one that will work. I was just looking through the thread here and also googled it but didnt get much. I went to the Faux repository but it was a bit confusing. I have never downloaded or flashed a separate kernel. Always just used the one packaged with the rom. Please direct me to a link to place to download the kernels that I could use with this rom.
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I'm running Jedi Mind Trick x4 (JMTx4) ICS with its kernel. It looks like it uses Faux kernel. Not sure where to get it or one that will work. I was just looking through the thread here and also googled it but didnt get much. I went to the Faux repository but it was a bit confusing. I have never downloaded or flashed a separate kernel. Always just used the one packaged with the rom. Please direct me to a link to place to download the kernels that I could use with this rom.
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Any of these will work. I can't find faux right now. Just flash and reboot.
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Any of these will work. I can't find faux right now. Just flash and reboot.
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I ended up having to do a full wipe and flash to boot again. I did try an advanced restore afterwards like you mentioned restoring just DATA, the phone stopped booting again so I assume that is where the corruption is. I am going to try the kernel now as well and see if it changes anything.
Thank you very much for all you help.
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I ended up having to do a full wipe and flash to boot again. I did try an advanced restore afterwards like you mentioned restoring just DATA, the phone stopped booting again so I assume that is where the corruption is. I am going to try the kernel now as well and see if it changes anything.
Thank you very much for all you help.[/QU
Corruption is usually in the system somewhere so that's odd. Hopefully one of the kernels will help you.
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DirtyBreakz said:
I ended up having to do a full wipe and flash to boot again. I did try an advanced restore afterwards like you mentioned restoring just DATA, the phone stopped booting again so I assume that is where the corruption is. I am going to try the kernel now as well and see if it changes anything.
Thank you very much for all you help.[/QU
Corruption is usually in the system somewhere so that's odd. Hopefully one of the kernels will help you.
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Ok. I restored data again and confirmed no boot, then flashed the new kernel and still no joy
Looks like something is corrupted in the data. Do you know of anything else I can try before fully wiping/reflashing again?
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Not at this point sorry. Seems that something really weird. Best just to reflash now and be glad it's not fully bricked.
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Not at this point sorry. Seems that something really weird. Best just to reflash now and be glad it's not fully bricked.
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Right on! Thanks again for all the advice. Just a quick question before I am off to reflash again...
Is it possible to recover any information from the data in the twrp backup once I have reflashed? Mainly looking for text notes from Note Everything and SMS messages.
If it's a tar file you can through a file explorer that can open tar files like winrar, winzip. etc. You just extract what you want. So yes you can salvage things that way.
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file and data recovery
DirtyBreakz said:
I ended up having to do a full wipe and flash to boot again. I did try an advanced restore afterwards like you mentioned restoring just DATA, the phone stopped booting again so I assume that is where the corruption is. I am going to try the kernel now as well and see if it changes anything.
Thank you very much for all you help.
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I know I'm about two weeks after this one, but here are some thoughts on accessing the data in the backup.
My arsenal includes Root Explorer, FX Explorer by nextapp (File Explorer is the name that shows up in google play), ROM Manager, and Titanium Backup.
I do not use Root Explorer nearly as much as I use FX. To me, FX is easier to use, runs in the background, and can run multiple operations at the same time.
FX Explorer can extract .tar files so you can pull individual files from the archive, but it extracts the entire contents of the archive. FX Explorer can also mount read/write of the /system if the phone is rooted. You will get a little nag screen every time you mount r/w, but that's about it.
Yes, it's worth paying the couple of bucks in Google Play for the full versions of these apps. The only caveat with FX Explorer is that in order to get FULL app functionality, you have to install it in modules. I think there are a total of 4, maybe 5 modules for the app. The main app which is free, the root module which is NOW free, there is a paid module for media, and a paid module for network functionality which includes hosting a file server on the phone as well as accessing Google Drive, skydrive, and other cloud based storage solutions.
Titanium Backup can also pull individual app apk's out of a Clockwork Nand backup, but it will miss /lib files that some apps like swype need.
FYI, I just installed JMTX4 for my T989, and wanted the Swype from the stock rom. Turns out, installing JUST the swype apk out of the backup wasn't enough. Using FX, I extracted the system .tar portion of the backup, and extracted the two files I needed, including the swype apk, and using FX, I pasted them into the /system/app and /system/lib directories as the link I found said to do, only I did it directly on the phone without having to use the adb interface from my pc.
Not to revive an old thread but I wanted to update so others may be able to use the info.
Found out that the reason for the crashes was a hardware (power button) issue. The power button would get stuck in several different positions causing the phone to reboot or boot loop and not boot at all. T-mo was nice enough to replace my phone out of warranty for me after a little haggling so no more issues
I have since updated and running Jedi Mind Trick JBv4 now. I actually think I like JMTv4 better. It runs great. I'm just not entirely fond of some of the new Android changes in JB.
DirtyBreakz said:
Not to revive an old thread but I wanted to update so others may be able to use the info.
Found out that the reason for the crashes was a hardware (power button) issue. The power button would get stuck in several different positions causing the phone to reboot or boot loop and not boot at all. T-mo was nice enough to replace my phone out of warranty for me after a little haggling so no more issues
I have since updated and running Jedi Mind Trick JBv4 now. I actually think I like JMTv4 better. It runs great. I'm just not entirely fond of some of the new Android changes in JB.
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my phone is doing the same thing. what did you say to tmobile?
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my phone is doing the same thing. what did you say to tmobile?
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Call tech support and tell them you are having problems with your power button. Hopefully you will get a helpful rep. If not, call back and try again. If you are in warranty it should be no issue.

Random Hard-resets after rooting Wicked Sensations

Hello, I am totally new to rooting and etc.
I am trying out the wicked sensations v4.1 for galaxy s 3 and every time I attempt to load up my titainium backup to restore my apps my phone hard resets to the prompt and etc. I don't know whats the cause and I would appreciate every bit of info I could get.
Sometimes it does it on its own just a hard reboot for no particular reason. Any info on this? I wiped my dalvik (sp) cache and did a factory reset before I started the rom. I had it rooted to an earlier model of Blaze. I wanted the multiwindow function but if there is an easy way to get this I am willing to change the rom to something with Premium suite on it. Any info guys? will thank who ever contributes.
also I tried to search for similar. Nothing that i found or the search engine found was really point on. sorry if I offend you old-heads..
love.
M F Money said:
Hello, I am totally new to rooting and etc.
I am trying out the wicked sensations v4.1 for galaxy s 3 and every time I attempt to load up my titainium backup to restore my apps my phone hard resets to the prompt and etc. I don't know whats the cause and I would appreciate every bit of info I could get.
Sometimes it does it on its own just a hard reboot for no particular reason. Any info on this? I wiped my dalvik (sp) cache and did a factory reset before I started the rom. I had it rooted to an earlier model of Blaze. I wanted the multiwindow function but if there is an easy way to get this I am willing to change the rom to something with Premium suite on it. Any info guys? will thank who ever contributes.
also I tried to search for similar. Nothing that i found or the search engine found was really point on. sorry if I offend you old-heads..
love.
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Does the phone reboot when you restore any app, or only certain ones? I know that some (if not all) system apps shouldn't be restored through titanium backup, as differing versions and mods will affect these differently. Below I have quoted a simple guide I wrote up a while ago to help someone else with TiBu issues. Hopefully it helps you understand TiBu more.
Ok, first I'll describe what you did and how that (most likely) messed up your phone. Then I'll describe what you can do to fix it.
Problem
It seems like your original flash of CM10.1 went smoothly. It must have been something to do with your Titanium Backup (TiBu) restores. More than likely, you tried to restore too much. In TiBu, the different apps have different colors: Red, Yellow, Green, and White. In the menu, you can see the following Legend:
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White: User Application. These are apps that you installed from the Play Store or sideloaded by directly installing an apk. These are safe to restore.
Red: System Application. These are system files that heavily rely on which Android version (4.1.x vs. 4.2.x) and whether you're on TW or AOSP. I always try to avoid restoring these backups (even when just upgrading to a newer version of the same Rom). Some people will say that you can restore the Data only for these, but my motto is: caution will help prevent mistakes (ground-shaking, I know).
Green: System Service with Useful Data: These are system apps that have useful information (such as User Accounts, etc.). I treat these the same as Red Backups, but am a bit more likely to restore the data of them (green means go, right?).
Yellow: These backups are system data that can be restored as an xml file. These are inherently safer than the red and green ones, and I say restore away (I always restore my Call Log, Messages, and Wi-Fi Access Points).
The reason you were getting FCs was restoring a red or green backup. This can sometimes work, but has a lot of potential for issues when switching between TW and AOSP Roms. Most likely something in your /system folder is messed up due to restoring an app. Even when you flash a new Rom, it just overwrites items in your System folder, it doesn't wipe /System. So whatever is wrong in your /System folder is still there, regardless of what you flash.
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My thought is that restoring system apps/data is what's causing the reboots. Steer clear of those and you should be fine.
Hope this helps!
Thanks!
I have been trying g to get back to you for 20minutes. It just kept restarting without me doing anything. It's a blessing this went thru. But I think something is wrong with this room. The smart rotation and the other things was turned on.
I turned them off and now it doesn't seem to want to restart.
Problem is now that I gotta find a room with the full capabilities That I wanted in this rom, I really wanted to show this off any advice?
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update:
it just reset again i jumped to pc for a second. im getting ready to goto work, i have the app installed i jst hope i didnt wreck my phone any advice is appreciated
Usually when I flash a rom and it just blasts off with random reboots right after i restore apps from TiBa, it's probably a bad download / Custom Kernel being wonky
or you're coming from AOSP JB to TW JB Vise Versa.
I'd suggest re-downloading the rom on PC w/ Lan connection, using the original USB Cable to transfer files from PC to Device.
Underclocking your devices max speed to 1026, or 1242. Usually coming from a different JB Based Rom, AOSP to TW or TW to AOSP, its best NOT to restore
data of apps when you restore from Titanium Backup, App Data from AOSP JB can really conflict with App Data on TW JB whether or not
you've wiped Dalvik Cache, or Cache. At least that was the issue with me when i switched between the two and im talking normal installed apps
and not system apps.
Usually if your coming from DeOdexed to Odexed roms, some apps / system apps FC because of the files being built on one or the other with different type of
data being restored as well.
So something like... SecLauncher2.apk and SecLauncher2.Odex, If you went from TW DeOdexed to TW Odexed, and restored data on the apk, it'll start force
closing.
Most of the times if you are restoring system type apps, Titanium Backup would Hot Reboot, or quick reboot, at least that would happen to me.
Hopefully this info helps the least bit to trying out your ROM.
Has to be something your doing because I know first hand there isn't anything wrong with the wicked rom
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To be my wifi because when I'm up connected to 4G damn right around town there's nothing wrong with my connection in doesn't force close I was just at a buddies house and it just kept going left n right kept force closing they would you still for a whole 10 minutes
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Not to bash any developers, but when I tried out Wicked Sensations I experienced an amalgam of bugs. Even after troubleshooting.
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Ok I switched to the new phantom blaze. And even it is restarting. I really don't know whats going on. Is there a way I can go back to straoght up sprint stock and start the whole process over? Its just becoming a headache with the constant restarts and ****.
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There is a rooted version of sprint stock rom in the android development section. Are you clearing cache/factory reset between flashes? I've flashed both those roms recently and have had no issues.
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Yeah man I do all three matter fact I'm tired of losing numbers because I'm doing the factory reset / flash and the Dalvik cache wipe. I don't understand. Is my clockwork dated?
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Good chance of it, I've used twrp since I started flashing roms. The touch interface is nice and I haven't had any issues with it. If yiu haven't tried that recovery yet that's the next step I would take.
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Look for SXTapes thread on the full AIO stock ROM ODIN-OCs.
Use the Rooted DeOdexed MD4 that resets user data. After
you've completed Odin flashing let the device auto reboot and let it
sit and optimize for 10 minutes. Power off and
pull the battery and wait 15 seconds. Put the battery back in and
turn on your device, look for an application made by chain fire called Mobile
Odin lite v3.65 on xda forums. Download and install on device and accept
root permissions. Accept extra download package content.
Now look for TWRP 2.5.0.0 tar file and download it to the root
of your internal sdcard ( preferred to find it easier )
Open up your recents s app list ( Hold home button )
Select Mobile Odin Lite. Scroll down and select Open file
then select internal SD Card. Select the twrp tar file.
Scroll down and select Flash Firmware. It should auto boot you
into Custom Recovery. If not power off device and hold volup+home+power.
Once that is all done. Nandroid ( Backup ) your stock ROM. It'll take awhile
so be patient.
Reboot device.
Transfer Wicked sensation to device.
Reboot to recovery.
Once done go to wipe > advanced wipe
Check mark the following
- Dalvik cache
- System ( Data is also wiped )
- Cache
Do this 2x times to make sure those parts are fully cleared and wiped.
Then install Wicked and have it boot up all the way. Have it sit
for 10 mins to optimize. Then reboot.
Run it like you would any other day. If it reboots on its own then reboot
to recovery wiped dalvik twice. Reboot.
If it keeps rebooting on its own again, reboot to recovery.
Restore stock nandroid.
If it keeps on rebooting when your on stock ROM then your
phone probably has an issue with flashing ROMs / being rooted.
Or just plain bad luck defective.
Sounds doable I'm gonna try this when I'm off..not having my gps on delivery
Is a pain
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Once done go to wipe > advanced wipe
Check mark the following
- Dalvik cache
- System ( Data is also wiped )
- Cache
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Correction: Data is NOT wiped when you wipe system. You need to wipe it separately.
So @M F Money, you need to wipe system, data (dalvik is part of data partition) and cache for it to be a FULL, CLEAN wipe.
Ops thank you for that CN.
What I meant was dalvik, system, data, cache. OR factory reset ( data also wiped )
Cache, dalvik ( CWMR ). I was typing on phone at 650 am, I was tired ._.
After doing multiple data, cache, and system wipes. I can successfully say my GS3 is holding the wicked sensations v.4 awesomely. It works...thanks to all people posted in this thread. You all helped me whether I had to research terms you used and etc. Thanks for helping me learn more.
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M F Money said:
After doing multiple data, cache, and system wipes. I can successfully say my GS3 is holding the wicked sensations v.4 awesomely. It works...thanks to all people posted in this thread. You all helped me whether I had to research terms you used and etc. Thanks for helping me learn more.
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The restarts are back...It happens when I am at home most frequently yesterday I was out on the town for about 10 good hours and not a single hard random reset. As soon a I got close to my Wi-Fi (even though I turned it off and was running 4g) it hard resets like crazy. I mean it loads..then instantly hard resets before i can even swipe my screen to open my menu. This is really annoying. and I have no Idea why it is doing this.
some of the steps Above are a little to advanced. to the point where I created another thread asking how to update CWRM 6.0.1.2 because some one said that that could be an issue. This is a step that I don't know how to do. Again any help is greatly appreciated. Like this S.O.B will charge all night and as soon as i get ready to do something to the phone it Hard Resets. none of this makes sense and it makes me want to rage on my phone lol

[Q] HELP! Galaxy S3 freezing and erasing stuff!

My Samsung Galaxy SIII from Sprint just freezes from time to time and I have to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to manually shut it down and boot it back up, sometimes whenever it boots up it has deleted all of my contacts and text messages. The phone also just reboots randomly, and during some of the times I turn the phone back on it says some applications have crashed, usually it was always Skype so I uninstalled it and it still crashes.
Can anyone help? I've tried unrooting, restoring, factory reset, flashing different roms, nothing changes!
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I just said I have rooted and unrooted and the only way(that I know of) to do that is with Odin, anyway, yes, I've completely restored(as mentioned in original post) and I've used many different ROMS, like MOAR, Cyanogen, MIUI and a few others with the same results, I've used both CM and TWRP recoveries.
I know this is silly but sometimes it is as simple as going into recovery and wiping cache and dalvik.
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Well OK then @icytux. I apologize for trying to help. I come across many people who fail to do all of these things and 99% of the time it is "USER ERROR" I'm sure you wiped as you were flashing the roms what I was referring to is after the rom loads and your problems start. That's when you should go into recovery and wipe data and dalvik and maybe fix permissions. Also some people tend to think the are performing a full wipe and they are actually not. I use twrp and go to advanced wipe and select data, system, cache, and dalvik. I also do a recommended triple wipe and don't restore all of my apps with data through Tibu. People do this with system apps not knowing what they are doing and that is some things that cause some people's issues. I have no idea of your level of knowledge but what I do know is you seem to be rude to the people who are trying to help you out. I'm sure next time you have an issue and start a thread, myself and @Jessooca will probably not be trying to help you out since you basically just spit in Our face. HAVE A NICE DAY
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@mikeman45
Look, I'm sorry for sounding like an ass and insulting you if I did, I really didn't mean to come by that way but I did know to format , Data, System, Cache, Dalvik Cache three times or more before installing a new ROM or before flashing with ODIN, I've used different USB cables, re-downloaded files, ports and even different computers, the one thing I did not know from everything everyone here has said was fixing permissions, I'll try that, thanks.
PS.
The one thing I won't do is crack open my S3 as I don't know if that will negate the ability to trade the phone in to Sprint for a new one when the contract expires.
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Look, I'm sorry for sounding like an ass and insulting you if I did, I really didn't mean to come by that way but I did know to format , Data, System, Cache, Dalvik Cache three times or more before installing a new ROM or before flashing with ODIN, I've used different USB cables, re-downloaded files, ports and even different computers, the one thing I did not know from everything everyone here has said was fixing permissions, I'll try that, thanks.
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The one thing I won't do is crack open my S3 as I don't know if that will negate the ability to trade the phone in to Sprint for a new one when the contract expires.
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Mr. Icy, it does appear that you have taken the right steps to alleviate your issues... May I suggest reformatting your internal (phone) memory and either reformat your sd card, get a new one or take it out all together?? I know this sounds strange but it appears as if your memory isn't formatted correctly, possible has a virus, or may just be bad... If its bad and you have exhuasted all your resources here I would let sprint know and get a replacement... I had a bad S3 once (it was the port though)... Let us know and good luck! I really hope you get it fixed I know it can be VERY fustrating!
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Look, I'm sorry for sounding like an ass and insulting you if I did, I really didn't mean to come by that way but I did know to format , Data, System, Cache, Dalvik Cache three times or more before installing a new ROM or before flashing with ODIN, I've used different USB cables, re-downloaded files, ports and even different computers, the one thing I did not know from everything everyone here has said was fixing permissions, I'll try that, thanks.
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It's OK I understand your frustration. I am a mechanic /electrician and work on half a million to 1 million dollar equipment everyday and when there is a problem I start off with the simple stuff and just keep eliminating things until I find the problem. That's all I was trying to do with my advice to you. Now since we know you went through all that simple stuff I would do like Vectus said and wipe your internal as well. Save the important stuff obviously so you can transfer it back to phone from your computer. I would also backup your sd card and reformat it. Then download the rom you want and make sure you have the matching firmware /modem /kernel ect .... That you will need. That would be my next step if I was you and if it all works good put the Stuff that you want /need back a few at a time so if it happens again it will be easier to pin point if you have a corrupted file somewhere. Keep us updated as we will try our best to continue to help.
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It's OK I understand your frustration. I am a mechanic /electrician and work on half a million to 1 million dollar equipment everyday and when there is a problem I start off with the simple stuff and just keep eliminating things until I find the problem. That's all I was trying to do with my advice to you. Now since we know you went through all that simple stuff I would do like Vectus said and wipe your internal as well. Save the important stuff obviously so you can transfer it back to phone from your computer. I would also backup your sd card and reformat it. Then download the rom you want and make sure you have the matching firmware /modem /kernel ect .... That you will need. That would be my next step if I was you and if it all works good put the Stuff that you want /need back a few at a time so if it happens again it will be easier to pin point if you have a corrupted file somewhere. Keep us updated as we will try our best to continue to help.
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Thank you, I will be doing this tonight, I'll update the status in a day or two to see if it worked or not.
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Thank you, I will be doing this tonight, I'll update the status in a day or two to see if it worked or not.
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Any good news?
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Hey, sorry for the long wait, my ISP thought it would be funny to cease my internet connection even though I paid this month, anyway.
Sadly no luck, the phone continues to do random reboots, shut downs and such, thankfully contacts, text messages or apps haven't been deleted, so I guess that' one problem fixed.
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I know this is a long shot. But back in the day I had an OG EVO 4G with a bad factory battery. The battery was causing an intermittent short ( it was a manufacturing defect in the battery) . Thereby causing the voltage to fluctuate wildly, causing reboots. So with that in mind. Have you tried a different battery ? Just trying to eliminate possibilities.

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