Hi all
New poster so go easy on me. I decided to take the plunge and go rooting a couple of weeks back and within that time i tried some of the well known roms out there.
I am running Leedroid rom but I have a major issue which is making me wish I did not root.
My phone recognises my router but will not obtain ip address and keeps disconnecting and trying to reconnect again and I don't know how to fix this. I have read all the threads about resseting therouter but it can't be my router because all my other devices are running fine from it. Also it has to be the phone, because the 4 or 5 listed networks which i can normally use just keep getting stuck on the same "obtaining ip address" loop.
Can someone please give me advice on what to do?
Cheers
Probably a bad flash or something. If you say that it can't connect to any available network, try to reflash or better yet try a different rom.
i have tried it on 3-4 different roms now, same problem each time, it started from using leedroid rom
Did you wipe for each Rom?
No- Try a wipe
Yes- Did you try before restoring data?
No- Try before restoring data
Yes- Did you restore using titanium?
No- Restore your earliest nandroid and test. Take titanium backup
Yes- Did you restore system apps /data?
No- restore your earliest nandroid and test. Take new titanium backup of wireless access points
Yes- you shouldn't. Wipe, restore only wireless access points and test.
Outcome?
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Had this a myself, basically it appears to be a corruption in the phone internal drive not SD card. For me it is always when I use data++ hboot. To cure it I generally delete a couple of live wallpapers from the zipped rom, then install.
The WiFi seems to be the last thing installed when there is mi space or corruption. Delete wallpaper or useless program from zip, copy to phone and then flash, you will get a good connection after this.
Regards
Jamadant
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tried bottom method. Do not quite understand your post rootSU. What do you mean by restoring data? I havent restored data, all i have done is wipe cache and factory reset, install zip (rom) from sd, and try it again. But with each new rom it still gives me the same error. I don't know what to do and its driving me crazy lol. I think I want to sell it
can it be the radio? Can someone give me a complete noobs guide on how to update the radio, please complete noobs guide
"all i have done is wipe cache and factory reset"
so did you make a FULL wipe or only cache ? you need to do a full wipe from recovery.
also i dont think it is radio, since it worked before.
but you can try changing it, just find thread on xda, download the .zip file and flash. IMPORTANT : DONT TOUCH PHONE WHEN ITS FLASHING RADIO, OR YOU WILL BRICK IT.
Yes full wipe, one says wipe cache and the other says wipe data/factory reset i think where it deletes all the data and formats everything
imranali said:
Yes full wipe, one says wipe cache and the other says wipe data/factory reset i think where it deletes all the data and formats everything
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Don't forget to wipe Dalvik cache too if you haven't.
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Hi Again all
Many thanks for the responses. I have tried it all but something weird happened while I was in Poland.
I was in Poland for two days and I managed to connect to the wireless networks there with no issues whatsoever but I came back to the UK today and I am still having the obtaining IP address issues on my home router, btfon and bt openzone. I don't know why it was working in Poland though, can someone please explain???
Thanks in advance
I would really appreciate if someone can aswer this....?
Try other ROMs, that's the easiest solution. Or you can try flashing different kernel. Returning back to stock ROM is also an option.
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I have tried everything I know to do so I'm here asking for help....
I run Calks ROM and recently tried updating without wiping (normally never do). After a couple days of a buggy phone, I decided to wipe data, format, format, format, wipe data, etc and flashed it again. Start using it and it starts acting up again. Did my wipe/format deal and flashed stock...and left it stock. Within the first day it locked up and reset itself multiple times.
I don't know what to do...is there anyway to start any "cleaner" than formatting everything multiple times? I would really like a working phone again...
Are you restoring your information with titanium backup? If you are that's your problem.
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gqstatus0685 said:
Are you restoring your information with titanium backup? If you are that's your problem.
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+1. You can restore apps only, but don't restore apps + data.
Is this the only rom that's causing it?
I never, ever, ever use any "backup" anything. All apps get reloaded one by one and settings get modified one by one...
This is happening with every rom I try. I format EVERYTHING (except SD card, which is my next attempt at fixing...). This is why it's so frustrating. I can't blame anything. I try running the ROMs stock (no not-included apps) and the phone is still running like crap.
Tried deleting the ".android_secure" folder from the sd card?
If it's happening on every rom, and you completely wipe every thing correctly, the only thing they have in common is the sd card contents. Right?
My Evo made me Swype this from the XDA App.
xNotta said:
Tried deleting the ".android_secure" folder from the sd card?
If it's happening on every rom, and you completely wipe every thing correctly, the only thing they have in common is the sd card contents. Right?
My Evo made me Swype this from the XDA App.
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Android secure is supposed to be deleted during the fActory reset. I will try getting the SD formatted tonight and start FRESH, FRESH....
perhaps it's the kernel?
SpaceMonky said:
perhaps it's the kernel?
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I've tried many kernels (stock, stock tweaked, ziggy, kingxklack)
awenthol said:
Android secure is supposed to be deleted during the fActory reset. I will try getting the SD formatted tonight and start FRESH, FRESH....
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Mines never been deleted from stock factory reset or reset with amon.
It started to cause problems with app downloads from me switching roms and reinstalling all my apps and moving them.
Just remember, if you have apps on your sd card (Not on a separate partition) move them to the phone before deleting it if you want to keep them.
Any luck fixing it yet?
What bout nand restore? Did you ever make a nand backup? It has always fixed any issues I've ever had.
I've been traveling for work and haven't had a chance to sit down and mess with it since the night I initially posted. Hopefully it is as simple as androidsecure not getting deleted...thanks for the heads up.
I just did a FULL FULL FULL wipe of the phone. "Factory reset," "format; SD, SD ext, system, boot, data, etc"....
I then flashed zip, rebooted and let it sit for 10 min before turning it on...upon unlocking, it locked up.
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS!!! Is it possible the phone is just effed???
squick said:
What bout nand restore? Did you ever make a nand backup? It has always fixed any issues I've ever had.
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No good either...the last "good" backup comes up with "checksum error."
I'm not big on nand backups, since I usually do full wipes and restart from scratch. I don't really care if I can restore an old setup.
If you can't find a software reason for its acting up, it's a hardware problem. Full wipes take care of pretty much any software problem.
I would suggest unrooting and taking it by a Sprint store. If none of the suggestions you've tried so far have done any good, that's about your only option.
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If you can't find a software reason for its acting up, it's a hardware problem. Full wipes take care of pretty much any software problem.
I would suggest unrooting and taking it by a Sprint store. If none of the suggestions you've tried so far have done any good, that's about your only option.
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That's not an option either...as I bought it outright off ebay.
Guess I'll just go to the Epic...
Most of this info may be extraneous, but I'll throw it in here just in case.
A few days ago, I decided to root my Evo 4G from the stock, 2.2 OS (HTC Sense?) using the Unrevoked website (using a PC running XP). It worked fine and got me rooted. Trouble began to arise when I attempted to install new ROMs such as CM-6 and Salvage. I decided to fork out a few bucks and pay for the ROM Manager Pro app, thinking that it would save me considerable hassle. After downloading the most recent CyanogenMod 7.0.0-RC2 through the app, I selected the "Install Gapps as well" option but did NOT check "Wipe Data and Cache" before letting the app do its work of installing and flashing and whatever for me. Upon completion of the installation, my phone then automatically rebooted normally, but became stuck on the boot image of the android on the skateboard with the spinning arrow. I let that sit for about 6 hours (I went to bed) thinking it was just first-time setup before I battery-pulled and booted into recovery, restored my original settings, and started over. This time I did everything the same except remembered to check "Wipe Data and Cache," as an online tutorial told me I ought to when switching from stock to another ROM, and it installed and booted correctly. I ran CM-7 for a day before deciding to try out a different ROM, downloading and installing it through the same interface, ROM Manager Pro. Everything went well until it got stuck, again, at the boot image. After about 30 min I battery-pulled and tried to restore back to CM-7, only to be greeted by another endless boot image. I was able to restore back to my original backup, but am now back to square one. What the heck am I doing wrong?
EDIT: That original backup I mentioned was made immediately after rooting the phone in preparation to install CM-7.
Sorry my technical knowledge is grossly lacking, I just got into this game. Patience and any help is GREATLY appreciated.
When switching from one rom to another, it is always important to remember to wipe data and cache. There are a few rare cases that it is not necessary to do this, but I really recommend that if you are just starting out, wipe them both for good measure until you learn enough that you can tell when you can get away with not wiping. Also, I know that one common problem that people experience with Rom Manager is that Unrevoked contains the Amon_RA recovery image, and Rom Manager is designed to with with the Clockwordmod recovery. In Rom Manager, you should be able to see which one you are currently using, and you should also be able to use Rom Manager to download and flash the latest Clockworkmod recovery. I too use Rom Manager as a convenient way of making sure that my rom is up to date, and to download roms, but I recommend that when you want to change roms, you do it by booting into recovery mode, and performing the wipe and install manually, as I have found that this method will help prevent errors like boot loops. I hope this helps!
P.S. Feel free to PM me if you ever need any help.
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So, for example, if I wanted to restore back to my CM-7 backup, would I want to boot into recovery and just restore to the backup or re-flash the ROM, then boot into recovery and try to restore it? I'm still getting the endless boot image.
Oh, and I am running clockworkmod, as per the instructions for ROM Manager.
Thanks for the quick reply!
Move CM7-RC2.zip and the gapps.zip (or whatever its name; ex: filename.zip) to the root of your SD card by plugging it into your computer via USB and mounting it as a drive. Go ahead and exit all that.
Turn off your phone.
Hold volume down + power.
Go to Recovery.
Wipe the following: data/factory reset, cache, (in Advanced, accessed from same menu) wipe dalvik.
Go back.
Install .zip from SD.
Choose your .zip(s) [CM7, Gapps] from your card, flash, and presto!
I'm not too experienced with ROM Manager as I do not use it whatsoever, but I know the above stated method should work perfectly.
Furthermore,
I'm not sure if a format_all.zip should be used here with CM7. If someone who knows would like to chime in about this, that'd be great.
totalanonymity said:
Move CM7-RC2.zip (or whatever it's name; ex: filename.zip) to the root of your SD card by plugging it into your computer via USB and mounting it as a drive. Go ahead and exit all that.
Turn off your phone.
Hold volume down + power.
Go to Recovery.
Wipe the following: data/factory reset, cache, (in Advanced, accessed from same menu) wipe dalvik.
Go back.
Install .zip from SD.
Choose your .zip from your card, flash, and presto!
I'm not too experienced with ROM Manager as I do not use it whatsoever, but I know the above stated method should work perfectly.
Furthermore,
I'm not sure if a format_all.zip should be used here with CM7. If someone who knows would like to chime in about this, that'd be great.
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This is the way I would flash any roms that you want from here on out.
I have used CM7 and have not had to use the format.zip from calk, so I don't think it is absolutely necessary, but it probably wouldn't hurt.
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I recommend flashing the format all zip whenever switching ROMs. It completely formats the various partitions and leaves a blank slate for the new ROM to be installed. I also recommend using ROM Manager to flash Amon_Ra recovery and do everything manually instead of using ROM Manager. People seem to have a lot less problems with Amon, and I have never had any issues flashing ROMs or kernels or anything with it.
You won't be able to restore a Clockwork backup with it but it never hurts to just flash a new ROM and restore your Titanium backups, assuming that you made them.
Wow, thanks all for the fast replies!
Ok, I now have Destroyer installed and working (finally!), but I am experiencing the apparently common black-on-black text box problem. I downloaded the .zip to be flashed to fix this, but am not sure how to proceed. Do I just do the exact same thing as flashing a new ROM entirely or is there something special I need to do to let the phone know that it is an update?
RossGoldenstein said:
Wow, thanks all for the fast replies!
Ok, I now have Destroyer installed and working (finally!), but I am experiencing the apparently common black-on-black text box problem. I downloaded the .zip to be flashed to fix this, but am not sure how to proceed. Do I just do the exact same thing as flashing a new ROM entirely or is there something special I need to do to let the phone know that it is an update?
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Not sure with ROM Manager but you can flash that from recovery the same way you flash a ROM. I'm sure there is an option in ROM Manager to flash it, I just couldn't tell you where. Do not wipe anything before flashing that though. Only wipe when flashing ROMs and kernels.
Go back into Recovery and flash that .zip the exact same way you flashed the ROM. Minus the data wipe.
Others: Does he wipe cache/dalvik as well? I've seen some posts say to do that when flashing mods that are flashable .zip and some don't. I've done both ways and seen no negative consequences (as of yet).
Yeah, that last post was dumb, I clicked "Submit" before I tried anything on my own. Flashing it the exact same way minus data wipe worked perfectly, though the prediction boxes for input in the market app (when you hit "search" and start typing, the things that drop down to give suggestions) still appear to be black on black. Bleh.
Also, the Dalvic wipe before installing was a good idea; I don't know for sure if it made a difference but a good habit to get into.
EDIT: By the way, this has got to be the least grammatical/spelling errors in a forum thread I've ever seen. I think I may like this site...
Wiping the cache and dalvik most likely isn't necessary but it can never hurt.
RossGoldenstein said:
Yeah, that last post was dumb, I clicked "Submit" before I tried anything on my own. Flashing it the exact same way minus data wipe worked perfectly, though the prediction boxes for input in the market app (when you hit "search" and start typing, the things that drop down to give suggestions) still appear to be black on black. Bleh.
Also, the Dalvic wipe before installing was a good idea; I don't know for sure if it made a difference but a good habit to get into.
EDIT: By the way, this has got to be the least grammatical/spelling errors in a forum thread I've ever seen. I think I may like this site...
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I'm really new to this stuff myself (rooted for the first time ~2 days ago) and so I'm unsure how to further fix the blacked out predictions in the Market. Perhaps you could try contacting those within the thread of the ROM you downloaded, specifically citing that you installed the initial blacked out fix so that they don't redirect you back to the fix you've already applied, testing your patience and furthering your wait for perfection.
Aye, this site has got to be full of some of the most fluent English-speaking persons I've found on the internet.
Hello everyone,
I got me a GIO for christmas and I'm quite content with this phone, but I've had frequent reboots due to a bug in the WLAN driver (as far as I have read). So I decided to install a custom ROM and I chose CM 7.2, which works great most of the time apart from one major annoyance: every time I restart the phone (had to switch it off during exams, the phone's misbehaving, whatever reason) I'm getting into bootloops. The only solution: wipe user data, reflash, wipe user data, restore all settings, etc.
I read that these bootloops aren't uncommon, but I feel that I should be able to reboot my phone without having to set everything up again.
So my questions are: a) Is it perfectly normal what I am experiencing? b) Is there something obvious I am doing wrong? c) What could I do better? Is there a good way to backup my user data and restore it into a fresh system without having to reboot? How could I possible get rid of those bootloops? How could I help the ROMs developer to help me get rid of the bootloops?
I'd be very thankful for any directions
Hpi said:
Hello everyone,
I got me a GIO for christmas and I'm quite content with this phone, but I've had frequent reboots due to a bug in the WLAN driver (as far as I have read). So I decided to install a custom ROM and I chose CM 7.2, which works great most of the time apart from one major annoyance: every time I restart the phone (had to switch it off during exams, the phone's misbehaving, whatever reason) I'm getting into bootloops. The only solution: wipe user data, reflash, wipe user data, restore all settings, etc.
I read that these bootloops aren't uncommon, but I feel that I should be able to reboot my phone without having to set everything up again.
So my questions are: a) Is it perfectly normal what I am experiencing? b) Is there something obvious I am doing wrong? c) What could I do better? Is there a good way to backup my user data and restore it into a fresh system without having to reboot? How could I possible get rid of those bootloops? How could I help the ROMs developer to help me get rid of the bootloops?
I'd be very thankful for any directions
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a no
use titanium backup,
then flash the rom with clockworkmod
flash gapps
wipe data cache
reboot
restore titaniumbackup you made
done
thats all
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Hi voetbalremco,
Thank you for your prompt reply. I have installed Titanium Backup now, for all I have read that should at least make restoring my "system" after a re-flash more bearable. The only thing I'm worrying about is that the TB wiki states that I have to reboot the phone after restoring system settings, but thanks again for the hint. I'll tell you how it worked, when (hopefully if) I run into the need of a re-flash.
Hpi said:
Hi voetbalremco,
Thank you for your prompt reply. I have installed Titanium Backup now, for all I have read that should at least make restoring my "system" after a re-flash more bearable. The only thing I'm worrying about is that the TB wiki states that I have to reboot the phone after restoring system settings, but thanks again for the hint. I'll tell you how it worked, when (hopefully if) I run into the need of a re-flash.
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You can make a full backup if you want in CWM
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Maybe your download was corrupt or whatever... try re-downloading the latest CM7.2.
I doubt that the download was corrupt. I have had this problem for various versions now (CM7.1RC + subsequent patches, CM7.2 + patch). But just to make sure, are the md5 sums of the original files anywhere?
Is there a way I could turn off the boot animation and get debug output on the screen so I can see what's going on when it bootloops?
Ok so I so I have suffered from authentication errors and ridiculously poor WiFi range since I rooted my phone. Or most probably since I flashed a custom Rom (omega) for the first time..
Now, after endless research and lots of trial and error (or as I say, terror) I have finally found a solution. Although this is NOT and ideal solution, it solved my problem. Not being able to use WiFi at work when I'm only around 7 meters from the server is an absolute no no for me! Especially twinned with the frustration of 30 attempts to authenticate and still having 70 odd % signal and yet no connectivity.
So here goes..
For me.. disabling power saving mode via *#0011# did NOT work.
Nor did flashing back to stock without root.
Flashing cm9 did NOT work.
Flashing stock did Not work. And full cwm wipe didn't work either. And all other combinations.
So by hard work, research into other threads, Lots of terror and pure luck. I fixed my problem.
Apologies if this does not work for you.. but if u Have simular problems to me. I'm sure it will work. So follow these steps
1. back up via android. Copy backup to pc if u try this and it doesn't work u cant go back to before. Also backup and apps or pics music etc to pc.
2. Download latest stock Rom with root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704185
Thanks to wanam!
3. full Wipe, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache. Flash latest wanam stock Rom. And repeat the wiping in recovery again. Full, cache and dalvik. Fix permissions.
4. Now reboot. And test if u still have the problem. As I did still. If not... yay you!
5. Do a hard reset. Yes a factory reset. NOT a full wipe via recovery. A reset via settings/backup and wipe/factory personal data reset. WARNING by doing this you will lose all app settings. All android backups and all data on internal storage. I believe this will also leave your ext sd contents unusable so ALWAYS backup to pc!
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 again. This made my WiFi range and connectivity problems
Disappear! Although I still had authentication errors
7.Then repeat step 5 and see your outcome. It's seems for me atleast, that a double wipe was necessary. I'm not sure about you guys.
I hope this works for you all!
Thank me if it did or If I've helped in anyway!
Happy to answer questions! Noob or not.
Thanks to JJE and d4seeker for there effort in trying to help me!
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Thanks for the info!
slking1989 said:
3. full Wipe, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache. Flash latest wanam stock Rom. And repeat the wiping in recovery again. Full, cache and dalvik. Fix permissions.
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I'm fairly sure you can skip the second wiping here and go straight to factory reset, correct?
Yeah most probably. But I thought I'd just share with you exactly how I fixed this problem.
Let me know how you get/got on with it.
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Does anyone know why this happens?
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Congratulations !
But then , you rooted or stay unroot ?
Best regards
Stay rooted
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Did this work for u mate?
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Did this work for u mate?
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I put a stock Rom and rooted. Since then I got WiFi problems.then I flashed again the Stock Rom but I didn't root and it seems to work fine. Once after I've read your post I'm thinking about getting root again but maybe I'll wait to see if I have now OTA upgrades or I haven't (i wouldn't like to loss them .
Ok so I still have authentication errors. But only very few. And it's not affecting me. Seems strange that I am stock and I've reset. Must be faulty hardware. Surely. It's much better than before. Very usable. But still occasional errors. Someone must know more about this...
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Hi,
I also got problems similar to yours, I believe.
I always flashed ROMs from sam mobile. Since the 1st one after the original, I was bound to use the #*0011# workaround.
I believe after I flashed CM11 recently wifi didnt behave ok anymore.
Then I wiped everything a lot of times (not as you suggested though), installed a lot of ROMs,
but wifi only connects within a certain range from the router.
There are a lot of glitches to that, as you may have noticed as well. For instance, the 1st time
you associate to a network, usually it connects straight away. After that, it's a nightmare.
But one thing that made me believe this is a rom/kernel/root issue, is this: you try and fail to
connect. Go to the service screen via #*0011#. The wifi module/process don't know the tech term,
is unable to show the bssid or even the ssid, although any play app can. That is very very odd.
Also, in this scenario sometimes when you can connect, #*0011# info is weird, like rssi -200,
speed -1Mbps, did you see those numbers too?
All in all, I don't think your solution is far fetched, it could really be needed multiple wipes and all.
I'm still trying another regions ROMs, like 4.3 Switzerland, and I plan to downgrade until something better happens.
Thing is, I already flashed the -original- ROM, which was ICS, but wifi was not ok. That is what
put me on defcon 1... lol...
Well, good luck for us...
cheers,
Xezi
slking1989 said:
Ok so I so I have suffered from authentication errors and ridiculously poor WiFi range since I rooted my phone. Or most probably since I flashed a custom Rom (omega) for the first time..
Now, after endless research and lots of trial and error (or as I say, terror) I have finally found a solution. Although this is NOT and ideal solution, it solved my problem. Not being able to use WiFi at work when I'm only around 7 meters from the server is an absolute no no for me! Especially twinned with the frustration of 30 attempts to authenticate and still having 70 odd % signal and yet no connectivity.
So here goes..
For me.. disabling power saving mode via *#0011# did NOT work.
Nor did flashing back to stock without root.
Flashing cm9 did NOT work.
Flashing stock did Not work. And full cwm wipe didn't work either. And all other combinations.
So by hard work, research into other threads, Lots of terror and pure luck. I fixed my problem.
Apologies if this does not work for you.. but if u Have simular problems to me. I'm sure it will work. So follow these steps
1. back up via android. Copy backup to pc if u try this and it doesn't work u cant go back to before. Also backup and apps or pics music etc to pc.
2. Download latest stock Rom with root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704185
Thanks to wanam!
3. full Wipe, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache. Flash latest wanam stock Rom. And repeat the wiping in recovery again. Full, cache and dalvik. Fix permissions.
4. Now reboot. And test if u still have the problem. As I did still. If not... yay you!
5. Do a hard reset. Yes a factory reset. NOT a full wipe via recovery. A reset via settings/backup and wipe/factory personal data reset. WARNING by doing this you will lose all app settings. All android backups and all data on internal storage. I believe this will also leave your ext sd contents unusable so ALWAYS backup to pc!
6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 again. This made my WiFi range and connectivity problems
Disappear! Although I still had authentication errors
7.Then repeat step 5 and see your outcome. It's seems for me atleast, that a double wipe was necessary. I'm not sure about you guys.
I hope this works for you all!
Thank me if it did or If I've helped in anyway!
Happy to answer questions! Noob or not.
Thanks to JJE and d4seeker for there effort in trying to help me!
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Hey all,
First off, apologies if there's another thread on this. I searched, didn't find anything that relates.
Basically, since the Sense 4.1 update, which I did via RUU, I've had 2 issues.
The first is that, around once per day, a message appears telling me com.google.gapps has force closed. I don't know why, I don't know how to fix it. I don't know if it's related to problem #2.
Problem 2 is worse. Whenever my One X is connected to a computer (and I've tried multiple, Mac and PC) it reboots before appearing as a mounted volume. I don't know why.
I expect the primary solution offered will be to wipe the phone and start again. However, I've accumulated a lot of save games and other data I don't want to lose, and have no known way of backing up the phone, including app data. I'm open to suggestions on that one.
The major issue there would be, if I back up to phone memory, how do I get it off phone memory before I wipe it?
Last time, I backed up using MyBackup Pro. However, I found it did not restore app data correctly, and am suspicious that the restore of data via MyBackup is responsible for some of the problems I am having on my relatively fresh 4.0.4 install.
As stated, I am on Sense 4.1/ Android 4.0.4. I am also unrooted. My main computer is a Mac, although I can virtualise Windows (XP) if necessary.
All suggestions welcome!
Here is a guide to backup your apps & data using adb, so you can restore them after you do the wipe. I haven't tested it myself, so I suggest you first try to backup an app (one you don't care very much about losing the data), uninstall it and restore the backup, to see if it does the job. And if everything works fine, do a full backup, wipe the storage and restore your backup. I'd appreciate if you came back and reported how it all went
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eyosen said:
Simply use titanium backup. You can then restore apps and data after a wipe.
Don't format your sdcard. Wiping the phone won't touch sdcard either.
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Have you even read the thread? The guy is unrooted, so he can't use TB, and wants to do a full wipe, Phone Storage included.
Read everything but last paragraph. You're right. Sorry for misleading.
There is another guide available here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30471180
See backing up section for a shorter version of asp2010's link.
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Hey all,
Thanks for the help. I tried adb backup before the RUU, and it always hung at a particular point (can't remember where.)
I googled the problem, and it seemed I wasn't the only one. This made me concerned about the integrity of the adb backup, and thus worried about relying on it. Perhaps I should do it tomorrow and give it plenty of time... I'll let you know how it goes
Cheers again!