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Question about AOSP roms

Every non-Aosp rom I've ever flashed (Acs, bonsai, midnight, simply aosp, viper, et..) have always ended up freezing and forcing me to remove the battery to re-boot, I've followed instructions, re-downloaded the roms etc. CM7 and MIUI, both Aosp, have never had that problem, always flashed right the first time, never had to flash twice. I guess I'm just curious if anyone can explain why aosp roms work fine (minus mms, 4g, and the other aosp bugs) and every rom based off of official releases always seem to end up failing?
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wrong section man, this is not development (it will be moved soon).
If you are following instructions to the point in ROM guides, I have no idea. Sorry. But more specifics on your problems would help us help you

Its because most of the non aosp roms are backing up and restoring your data. If your coming from a clean flash you have to flash the rom twice before it will boot up properly.
And yes this belongs in the q&a forum
GituSum Epic 4G

GituSum said:
Its because the non aosp roms are backing up and restoring your data. If your coming from a clean flash you have to flash the rom twice before it will boot up properly.
And yes this belongs in the q&a forum
GituSum Epic 4G
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Not to sound like an ass, but that's not entirely true. I have never had to flash non-aosp roms more than once.

djbacon06 said:
Not to sound like an ass, but that's not entirely true. I have never had to flash non-aosp roms more than once.
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Even after an odin? Cause I've had to every time. If I'm just going between two roms I don't. Maybe my phone is just picky
GituSum Epic 4G

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Maybe my phone is just picky
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I think that's it for sure. This phone literally has a mind of its own and every one is different. Just like people???
But yeah, even after clean ODIN installs it works fine first flash. Did that today as a matter of fact

djbacon06 said:
I think that's it for sure. This phone literally has a mind of its own and every one is different. Just like people???
But yeah, even after clean ODIN installs it works fine first flash. Did that today as a matter of fact
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Then ya mine is picky. I flashed EE03 last night and used odin to go back to froyo today and had to flash twice before it booted up. No big deal just an extra couple minutes to flash and boot up
GituSum Epic 4G

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Then ya mine is picky. I flashed EE03 last night and used odin to go back to froyo today and had to flash twice before it booted up. No big deal just an extra couple minutes to flash and boot up
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Haha you're not the only one! On DK28 I had to flash twice everytime! And then for a little while on EB13. I don't know what changed though. But I havent had to do it for a longtime. Maybe it's because I never boot into stock before flashing?

It mainly jas to do with us having a crappy recovery.
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djbacon06 said:
I think that's it for sure. This phone literally has a mind of its own and every one is different. Just like people???
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UH OH are you ACS guys developing AI and secretely putting it in our phones? hahaha

Even from a fresh odin, all other roms end up freezing, CM7 or MIUI I can flash over anything, and they always work, everytime.
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Flash srf and then vision 1.1 over it. Post in the right sub-forum.
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Skimp Killah said:
Even from a fresh odin, all other roms end up freezing, CM7 or MIUI I can flash over anything, and they always work, everytime.
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I experience this to an extent as well.. w/ SRF 1.0.2 it flashes first time and works flawlessly..
What I've found is that all devices aren't created equal. Some work really well others are finicky.
What I've found that works for me is immediately after a flash, I can tell if it's gonna be wonky or work. After the flash, if it 'delays' before popping back up to the recovery menu, it's gonna fail. If the recovery menu pops up right away I'm good.
When it 'fails'.. I'll reboot system.. on the white samsung screen, pull the battery. boot back into recovery, then re-flash. boot system if it doesn't auto boot and you're good.
Not sure why it's like this, but it works for me. MY device doesn't always play nice w/ every version of every ROM and rather than whining in all of the ROM threads about why the rom sucks and I can't use it.. I've figured out a way to use them through troubleshooting and process of elimination using some of the 'fixes' that are posted in the different threads.
all Epics are not created equal. Just gotta figure out what works for yours.
EDIT: now that I think about it, (not that it's a big deal) I'm gonna go find noobnl's thread about checking for bad blocks on the ONEnand... just curious if journaling is trashing my NAND (I don't think it is, but ya never know)
EDIT: Still only 3 bad blocks. Nothing to worry about for me

spyder09 said:
UH OH are you ACS guys developing AI and secretely putting it in our phones? hahaha
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LOL, I am by no means developing anything for ACS. I'm not a developer, just an advocate
And knowing how k0nane does things, there would be absolutely no trace of something like that in ACS roms

Try ec05plus its an odin tar, and it will work from the first boot...
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Its because the non aosp roms are backing up and restoring your data. If your coming from a clean flash you have to flash the rom twice before it will boot up properly.
And yes this belongs in the q&a forum
GituSum Epic 4G
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That's not true. He mentioned Simply which I know for a fact doesn't backup/restore data.
1.) Odin back to EC05
2.) Re-root and Install CWM3
3.) Let it convert you to EXT4
4.) Upgrade to CWM 3.0.2.5
5.) Wipe data.
6.) Go to Advanced/Mounts and hit Format /system
7.) Flash the rom of your choice
8.) If it fails again wipe data x3 and then system x3 for good measure, try try again.
Hope that helps.
Pst make sure to use the proper section next time

Still not sure why this is in development.

k0nane said:
Still not sure why this is in development.
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Won't be for long, about to pm impaler unless you already have.
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TheDub said:
That's not true. He mentioned Simply which I know for a fact doesn't backup/restore data.
1.) Odin back to EC05
2.) Re-root and Install CWM3
3.) Let it convert you to EXT4
4.) Upgrade to CWM 3.0.2.5
5.) Wipe data.
6.) Go to Advanced/Mounts and hit Format /system
7.) Flash the rom of your choice
8.) If it fails again wipe data x3 and then system x3 for good measure, try try again.
Hope that helps.
Pst make sure to use the proper section next time
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Iv'e tried everything listed other than upgrading to the newest CMW, I'm thinkin I'm just gonna have to wait for CM7 or MIUI to have mms and what not.
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Moved to Q&A.

Capacitive buttons only work when keyboard is out

I've got an issue where all four capacitive buttons will not work in portrait mode but will work in landscape mode with the keyboard out. I've found some people had issues when they first got their phones but I've had mine for about 14 months and this just started happening. I'm on RandomRom right now with a fresh flash but I had this same Rom before I re-flashed and didn't have the issue. Also, the capacitive buttons used to work in CWM but they don't anymore. I'm going to try the new RandomRom later this weekend but I was curious if anyone else had this issue? I'm leaning towards a hardware problem even though it does work with the keyboard out but also the software has essentially remained unchanged so I'm lost.

Try a different kernel
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That was a kernel problem when the ei22 kernels first started being develpoed and has since been fixed. Flashing a newer kernel will take care of the problem
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I flashed the 3.3 ThunderHawk ROM and re-flashed the Shadow Kernel (My device says 2.6.35.7-Shadow-EI22_v1.0.2+OC) but it persists. However it's reassuring that you both came up with the same solution; do you have a different kernel in mind that might work better? Thanks for your help.

I'm currently on iap's samurai.mtd.tw.warrior, you could try that if your on mtd. If not he has a bml version too
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Go into cwm, wipe data 3x, cache 3x, and dalvik cache 3x. then try installing cleangb rom and shadowkernel. See what results u get.
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FaithOmitted said:
I flashed the 3.3 ThunderHawk ROM and re-flashed the Shadow Kernel (My device says 2.6.35.7-Shadow-EI22_v1.0.2+OC) but it persists. However it's reassuring that you both came up with the same solution; do you have a different kernel in mind that might work better? Thanks for your help.
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I recommmend doing a clean install of whatever rom you want to use. An updated kernel should be included with the rom. Wiping 3 times is not neccessary as that was a bug with old cwm (3.x.x.x) 1 time is enough now. If the problem persits after a clean install download the newest samurai kernel. If that doesn't work try the newest shadow kernel (you can try shadow first if you would rather that kernel). Shadow is now on 1.0.4....
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androidmaster1 said:
Go into cwm, wipe data 3x, cache 3x, and dalvik cache 3x. then try installing cleangb rom and shadowkernel. See what results u get.
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3 times is no longer neccessary as long as your on cwm 5.0.2.7... just throwing that out there...
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Ugh...I flashed Samurai Kernel I believe. One of the ninja-esque titled kernles; no luck. I tried changing CWM to ACSRecovery 5; no luck. I tried flashing xBTx's "MostlyStock" ROM; no luck. I'll try the CleanGB ROM with both kernels now Also, I flash cache, Dalvik, and data 3x from habbit. Thanks again for your help

FaithOmitted said:
Ugh...I flashed Samurai Kernel I believe. One of the ninja-esque titled kernles; no luck. I tried changing CWM to ACSRecovery 5; no luck. I tried flashing xBTx's "MostlyStock" ROM; no luck. I'll try the CleanGB ROM with both kernels now Also, I flash cache, Dalvik, and data 3x from habbit. Thanks again for your help
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if that doen't work... try this...it may work.. and i got this advice from kennyglass, it helped me alot. if you can reflash from odin, try repartitioning...that may fix it. "trial and error". that's what i would do. "but thats just me".

Okay I tried the CleanGB, with the stock kernel and Shadow kernel, and neither of those worked either! Does anyone know of a decent ROM to Odin? I don't want to download the stock from the Samsung website and have to re-root. Or, does anyone know of a gesture application that has "back" and "home" that can be mapped?

Besides "odin", u really got me there. If. U repartition...as much as u don't want to..it will completely reset everything. I would have to say, its better than continuining the guesing game...u know? That's my advice though.
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if that doen't work... try this...it may work.. and i got this advice from kennyglass, it helped me alot. if you can reflash from odin, try repartitioning...that may fix it. "trial and error". that's what i would do. "but thats just me".
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^^^^^^+1... if all else fails you probably have bad data converting over everywhere you go... odin the ec05.tar with the victory pit and make sure reboot and repartition is checked... then reroot and flash rom/kernel of your choosing and that should take care of your problem!
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Would you recommend I just use this?

Flast, thanks for adding about pit file...forgot to add that in my reply.
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Would you recommend I just use this?
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Yep that's the one... if you have odin the victory pit should've been included with odin... put the ec05.tar in the pda slot and the pit in the pit... reboot and repartition checked and flash... then either root from there with the one click or accept update and root ei22... if you need help with the rerooting in anyway you can pm me... I'm always up till bout 5 or 6 in the morning cuz imma bit of an insomniac so anytime is fine and I will walk you through it as best as I can
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I re-flashed through Odin 3 times but after each time my problem persisted. I followed the instructions exactly yet the reformat didn't change anything. I'm going to rip it apart tonight and re-seat everything and if that doesn't work I guess I have to live with it.

[Q] Need help with EC05 Froyo and CWM 2.5.1.0

Hey guys, I've been running into a ton of issues. Basically, all I want to do is get to the point where I can flash custom ROM's onto my Samsung Epic 4G. I am on Stock Froyo EC05 Rooted and have ClockWorkMod 2.5.1.0! I understand that the best way to go about things is to first update the Clockworkmod to 3.1.x.x but what is an easy way to do this from 2.5.1.0? Do I have to go through the entire root process again just to update clockwork or do I have to remove my root entirely and start from scratch? What's the best way to go about this and how do you do it?
Hope to hear what you guys think.

gooch1025 said:
Hey guys, I've been running into a ton of issues. Basically, all I want to do is get to the point where I can flash custom ROM's onto my Samsung Epic 4G. I am on Stock Froyo EC05 Rooted and have ClockWorkMod 2.5.1.0! I understand that the best way to go about things is to first update the Clockworkmod to 3.1.x.x but what is an easy way to do this from 2.5.1.0? Do I have to go through the entire root process again just to update clockwork or do I have to remove my root entirely and start from scratch? What's the best way to go about this and how do you do it?
Hope to hear what you guys think.
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Wow your outta date boy. Anyways the newest cwm is 5.0.2.7 I have the acs recovery5 zip so ill upload that for you simply flash the zip and reboot back into cwm and bam there it is. Once that's done your good to go!
http://db.tt/n15N2E9q
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As for custom roms just go into development and pick on that you think you'll like read the included list and pick from that. Id suggest checking out legendary 2.2 as a starting point if you don't like the theme you can always flash one. As for a custom kernel check out the samurai kernel from earthbound. Make sure you get the TW.BML version not mtd.
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Yeah, I've checked out a few Rom's and I know what I'm looking for, I just want that ClockworkMod updated. Also, for custom ROM's, is it better to have the EXT4 filesystem instead of RFS? which clockwork version will automatically covert it to EXT4?

gooch1025 said:
Yeah, I've checked out a few Rom's and I know what I'm looking for, I just want that ClockworkMod updated. Also, for custom ROM's, is it better to have the EXT4 filesystem instead of RFS? which clockwork version will automatically covert it to EXT4?
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The ROM does the conversion.... and EXT4 is for speed but RFS is more for reliablity not to say the ext4 isn't safe but its not as reliable as RFS. But it safe to use but I know very few people losing data because of undervolting but that was the only thing that caused it. However you need rfs then I can give you the zip to flash and convert it.
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Rfs, because its still considered more stable. Ext4 still has stability issues, although considered faster.
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Find cwm 5 (not the acs version) and then flash it. The you can get mtd roms like cm7.
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Ok. Also, I made a complete backup with Mybackup Pro to my SD card and it works great! However, would it still restore everything If I'm on a different filesystem? I was also wonderung, since I'm on stock froyo, are you sure I can upgrade CWM 2.5.1.0 straight to 5.x.x.x? I heard there might be some issues with that.
Another thing, What ROM do you recommend to be the best. I do want certain features and was looking at the CleanGB and the Legendary ROMS. I basically want one that is fast, barely any bloatware, has the 3d app drawer, and the CRT animation. I also want it to have loopback so I could put Backtrack 5 on my phone just in case I need to use it.

Recovery is independent of the software version. I had cwm 5 on froyo before.
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gooch1025 said:
Ok. Also, I made a complete backup with Mybackup Pro to my SD card and it works great! However, would it still restore everything If I'm on a different filesystem? I was also wonderung, since I'm on stock froyo, are you sure I can upgrade CWM 2.5.1.0 straight to 5.x.x.x? I heard there might be some issues with that.
Another thing, What ROM do you recommend to be the best. I do want certain features and was looking at the CleanGB and the Legendary ROMS. I basically want one that is fast, barely any bloatware, has the 3d app drawer, and the CRT animation. I also want it to have loopback so I could put Backtrack 5 on my phone just in case I need to use it.
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Legendary is faster cleangb is stock really and is on rfs..... and ur fine just flashing my upload... as for the apps don't use that for your apps bringing over apps from different roms escpecially froyo to gb is dangerous and I recomend you just download the apps again from the market. Or you can nandroid and advanced restore the data....
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I did check out the thread on the newest ClockWorkMod 5 but it said that you should have 3.1.x.x, will this work with 2.5.1.0 to 5.x.x.x?
Update: I successfully flashed CWM 2.5.1.0 to 5.0.2.7! Now when I flash a new ROM, is there only one Zip file to flash or do I need to flash a ROM and a new Kernel/Modem?

Not the slightest clue but I have the 3.1 purple zip you can flash if you do need to do that.
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Just flash a rom.
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Cwm 5 is runs on rfs ,and froyo stock is rfs system based, so u really should haven't anything to worry about. The only time u start running into big problems is when u convert to ext4 and especially mtd.
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gooch1025 said:
I did check out the thread on the newest ClockWorkMod 5 but it said that you should have 3.1.x.x, will this work with 2.5.1.0 to 5.x.x.x?
Update: I successfully flashed CWM 2.5.1.0 to 5.0.2.7! Now when I flash a new ROM, is there only one Zip file to flash or do I need to flash a ROM and a new Kernel/Modem?
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If you want a better kernel then yes go ahead and look at the samurai or shadowkernel..... also as fo the modem ill give you the flashable to update ur modem to ei22
http://db.tt/9icy8xnd
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Gooch, when ur checking out about the rom, the developers will usually tell u if it is both the rom and kernel or just the rom. Just pay close attention to the updated changelogs as well.
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Cwm 5 is runs on rfs ,and froyo stock is rfs system based, so u really should haven't anything to worry about. The only time u start running into big problems is when u convert to ext4 and especially mtd.
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Wrong filesystems have nothing to do with cwm...... that's part of the rom....
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androidmaster1 said:
Cwm 5 is runs on rfs ,and froyo stock is rfs system based, so u really should haven't anything to worry about. The only time u start running into big problems is when u convert to ext4 and especially mtd.
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Totally wrong on both parts.
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Ok guys, I got it working! I put on Legendary ROM 2.2 and it's awesome! My data backup worked perfect and things run way smoother. Thanks for all your help, you guys definitely put me on the right track.

Use cwm not acs... acs is great but we have an officialy supported cwm for a reason. I strongly recommend you use our official cwm 5.0.2.7 and not acs
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[Q] how to install CleanGB 1.05

Hi,
I'm thinking of taking the jump into CleanGB 1.05 MTD. Currently I have a rooted EI22 build. I'm going to update to the EI30 modem first but I'm unsure of the steps to get the CleanGB 1.05 build installed because of the change to the MTD filesystem. There is a how to video on the BML 1.03 page but I can't find anything on the MTD 1.05 build. From reading I think there are extra steps I need to take, or maybe the ROM does all the steps already.
Doea anyone have a link to a video, or instructions for loading the CleanGB 1.05 MTD ROM?
Thanks
JM

As long as you have ClockworkMod you are good to go. Most (I think all) MTD roms auto-convert for you. Then enjoy!

^^^^exactly... if you have cwm 5.0.2.7 you're good to go... if you're using acs recovery flash cwm first... all the roms do the work fo you...
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Hey Noles, do you know what happens if you try to flash an MTD with CWM 3.XXX whatever? Does that also auto update to 5.0.2.7?

Coycaine said:
Hey Noles, do you know what happens if you try to flash an MTD with CWM 3.XXX whatever? Does that also auto update to 5.0.2.7?
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I would think so... but people have reported errors using acs recovery when trying to conver to mtd using that recovery... so 3.x.x.x may give you the same problems... never tried it though so I'm not 100% sure...
Edit- and after flashing an mtd rom and converting to mtd DO NOT flash another recovery... not even 5.0.2.7... the cwm that the mtd rom installs is the only recovery that works on mtd for our phones
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Coycaine said:
Hey Noles, do you know what happens if you try to flash an MTD with CWM 3.XXX whatever? Does that also auto update to 5.0.2.7?
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MTD ROMs have their own MTD only version of CWM 5.0.2.7 that gets flashed with the conversion. Do not try to change it after converting..
It is also best to just update to CWM 5 before trying to convert. Just to be sure.
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kennyglass123 said:
MTD ROMs have their own MTD only version of CWM 5.0.2.7 that gets flashed with the conversion. Do not try to change it after converting..
It is also best to just update to CWM 5 before trying to convert. Just to be sure.
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Hahaha I was editing my post with that info as you posted... lol... great minds think alike I guess...
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flastnoles11 said:
Hahaha I was editing my post with that info as you posted... lol... great minds think alike I guess...
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Yup! LOL. You are always right there with the same answers I would give.

Hi,
just wanted to thank you guys for the help. I copied the CleanGB_MTD zip onto my SD card then used CWM to flash from card and presto... a few reboots later and now I'm running a new ROM. So far it seems to be going well.
Thanks again.
JM

Sweet, found the perfect thread for my question
I'm running cleanGB Mtd 1.05, came from CM7. I have unsuccessfully tried to flash a few things, I have an epic ringtones zip I picked up somewhere along the way that gives you a ton more system ringtones, I also tried to flash some ei22 transparent mms themes....anyway, none worked. did the usual process, wiped cache, dalvik, and nada. Nothing there. At least they didn't cause any harm either.
Not sure why this is....my only guess was they were designed for bml ROMs? Thought i had a good understanding of bml/mtd in which case i didn't think it would really matter which partition I'm on for these flashable zips to work....any takers?
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mookdawg7 said:
Sweet, found the perfect thread for my question
I'm running cleanGB Mtd 1.05, came from CM7. I have unsuccessfully tried to flash a few things, I have an epic ringtones zip I picked up somewhere along the way that gives you a ton more system ringtones, I also tried to flash some ei22 transparent mms themes....anyway, none worked. did the usual process, wiped cache, dalvik, and nada. Nothing there. At least they didn't cause any harm either.
Not sure why this is....my only guess was they were designed for bml ROMs? Thought i had a good understanding of bml/mtd in which case i didn't think it would really matter which partition I'm on for these flashable zips to work....any takers?
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Yeah you did everything but the most important...mount system in CWM before flashing.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yeah you did everything but the most important...mount system in CWM before flashing.
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Pardon my ignorance KennyG, is this a necessary step I have to do manually every time I flash zips in MTD CWM? Something that never had to be done in CWM on BML... Please point me in the right direction if I am outta line here...or I know, I know...I should head right to search regarding MTD CWM and BML CWM...

mookdawg7 said:
Pardon my ignorance KennyG, is this a necessary step I have to do manually every time I flash zips in MTD CWM? Please point me in the right direction if I am outta line here...
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Yes, and not a problem...I forget half the damn time and wonder why the changes to my theme are not showing up...LOL. You have to mount system anytime you want to flash something in MTD except ROMs and kernels...they seem to mount system for you. Restoring backups do not need system mounting either. MTD is still a new animal to us.

lol, we crossed posts, I was just editing that last one but you already were lightning fast on the reply. Thanks for that, and all that you contribute to the forum, I know your work well!

mookdawg7 said:
lol, we crossed posts, I was just editing that last one but you already were lightning fast on the reply. Thanks for that, and all that you contribute to the forum, I know your work well!
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Just glad to help. I kick myself everytime I forget to mount system.

kennyglass123 said:
MTD ROMs have their own MTD only version of CWM 5.0.2.7 that gets flashed with the conversion. Do not try to change it after converting..
It is also best to just update to CWM 5 before trying to convert. Just to be sure.
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Does that mean that, once converted to mtd, a person can back up and restore freely?
I had been holding off on the mtd because i thought restoring a nandroid would be cumbersome. Something about changing all the ext4 to yaffs2 in order to make it work.
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mjben said:
Does that mean that, once converted to mtd, a person can back up and restore freely?
I had been holding off on the mtd because i thought restoring a nandroid would be cumbersome. Something about changing all the ext4 to yaffs2 in order to make it work.
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You can back up and restore your MTD ROM freely, even a way of using ROM Manager (ask me). BUT you cannot restore backups of BML ROMs without jumping through all those hoops that you hinted about.

mookdawg7 said:
Sweet, found the perfect thread for my question
I'm running cleanGB Mtd 1.05, came from CM7. I have unsuccessfully tried to flash a few things, I have an epic ringtones zip I picked up somewhere along the way that gives you a ton more system ringtones, I also tried to flash some ei22 transparent mms themes....anyway, none worked. did the usual process, wiped cache, dalvik, and nada. Nothing there. At least they didn't cause any harm either.
Not sure why this is....my only guess was they were designed for bml ROMs? Thought i had a good understanding of bml/mtd in which case i didn't think it would really matter which partition I'm on for these flashable zips to work....any takers?
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You must go into mounts and storage in cwm and mount /system... flash... unmount /system.... reboot...
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flastnoles11 said:
You must go into mounts and storage in cwm and mount /system... flash... unmount /system.... reboot...
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Too slow....but more thorough to make up for it...LOL.
I am sure I have forgotten to unmount as well....need some of that Chinkocobra or whatever it's called.

I'm going to hijack my own thread to ask this. I do not have enough posts to put this in the developers fourm which is probably a better place.
How do the custom ROM's for the EPIC4g (any phone I guess) come about? The few ROM's I've looked at seem to be one man operations (i.e. toadlife for the CleanGB I use). Clearly the CM effort is a larger team effort. I'm very happy with the CleanGB ROM after a few days of use but I'm looking forward to an ICS based phone. I don't think I'm brave enough to jump onto a release candidate so I'm probably not switching to CM9 RC0 any time soon.
So is the normal path of develpment for the CM team the first release a new ROM (CM7 for gingerbread, CM9 for ICS,..) and then do the other custom ROM developers take this as a starting point to do their thing? Now that CM9 RC0 is out should I expect to see a bunch of custom RC0 ROMs released in the next few weeks?
Thanks for the help. Oh and if you see Toadlife ask him when CleanICS-MTD is coming ;-)
JM

Help, Im stuck

Installed CM9 and tried to go back, now I cant get anything to stick, cant install CM9 again just get errors in CW cant mount etc. Help please.

What did you do exactly please add more info
You might have to odin back to a stock package which I could do for you remotely if you don't have a stock data cable this will bring back to a fresh state then I could reroot you and this time you can flash it properly it was probably a bad download.
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Installed CM9 from ERA and didnt like. Then tried to restore backup and phone hung at samsung screen. I reflashed acs recovery in odin and tried to reload ERA but i get error mounting cache. I am fine with CM9 but that wont install either.

anahataray said:
Installed CM9 from ERA and didnt like. Then tried to restore backup and phone hung at samsung screen. I reflashed acs recovery in odin and tried to reload ERA but i get error mounting cache. I am fine with CM9 but that wont install either.
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Your not supposed to restore nandroids of bml on an mtd clockworkmod
I'm guessing you where on era's legendary rom? That's bml partition cm9 is on mtd partition that's why this happened.
You'll need to repartition and odin stock ec05 or el30 if you need el30 it can be found by toadlife if you need stock ec05 that's in the android development stickies at the top named "bring an epic back from the brink"
*note I can do this all for you in a matter of minutes*
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Biggoron said:
Your not supposed to restore nandroids of bml on an mtd clockworkmod
I'm guessing you where on era's legendary rom? That's bml partition cm9 is on mtd partition that's why this happened.
You'll need to repartition and odin stock ec05 or el30 if you need el30 it can be found by toadlife if you need stock ec05 that's in the android development stickies at the top named "bring an epic back from the brink"
*note I can do this all for you in a matter of minutes*
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Dang.....
MTD sure seems to be kicking up some waves for some folks.
Many THANKS!! Ron for being there to work point & help so many people get through the rough spots.

monke30butt said:
Dang.....
MTD sure seems to be kicking up some waves for some folks.
Many THANKS!! Ron for being there to work point & help so many people get through the rough spots.
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Please read up on MTD before venturing to either MIUI, CM7, CM9 or any MTD listed ROM. It will save you some headaches.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387334

kennyglass123 said:
Please read up on MTD before venturing to either MIUI, CM7, CM9 or any MTD listed ROM. It will save you some headaches.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387334
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I'm already running CleanGB MTD 1.0.5......
Just waiting for an EL30 MTD version ROM that I like to come out, I'm hoping Toad will update CleanGB........After CM9 gets more wrinkles ironed out I may try that......I use my phone for work & cannot afford to gamble on an Alpha build....
I keep up with Toad's post for CleanGB MTD the rom & try help when I can.
I really like MTD, it just takes a slightly different process when flashing mods, but seems fast & stable.

monke30butt said:
I'm already running CleanGB MTD 1.0.5......
Just waiting for an EL30 MTD version ROM that I like to come out, I'm hoping Toad will update CleanGB........After CM9 gets more wrinkles ironed out I may try that......I use my phone for work & cannot afford to gamble on an Alpha build....
I keep up with Toad's post for CleanGB MTD the rom & try help when I can.
I really like MTD, it just takes a slightly different process when flashing mods, but seems fast & stable.
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Just remember not to mix and max BML nandroids and ROMs while on MTD. And remember some times you have to mount system before flashing some themes and mods.

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Just remember not to mix and max BML nandroids and ROMs while on MTD. And remember some times you have to mount system before flashing some themes and mods.
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Thank you Kenny

What a weekend, I went back to ec05, did the ota update and restored my nandroid and all is as it was. Thanks for the help, i'm an idiot but my phone is sweet again
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