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[Q] I am VERY confused. phone switches from root to stock?

hey guys.. im new to the epic touch 2.. but i been reading alot on it.. and i decided to root. so i got the drivers.. whatched the video recomeneded to root with CWM and i used odin and all went well. so it booted up with the triangle and thats normal. i turned off, went into clockworkmod and flashed the starburst rom and all went well.. but than when it boots up i get the SPRINT logo. i goto about phone and it says starburst under build number. but when i try to go BACK to CWM to apply the theme for starburst it shoots up the STOCK recovery menu instead when i do the volume up and power. so it seems like every time i root it jumps back to stock when i boot up?
im sorry if that was a weird description and i have searched all over.. nothing close to this. im new to this so id appreciate any help.
i just want CWM to STAY so i can keep flashing stuff. everytime i want to flash something i have to go back to Odin and flash the "eg30plus" to be able to access CWM but it only works until i boot up galaxy than CWM gets replaced with the stock recovery!
THANKS I APPRECIATE ANY HELP!

Did you remember to go to Mounts and Storage and Format System before flashing Starburst in addition to wiping data, cache and dalvik?

yes i did mount and storage. format system. i did wipe user data. i did wipe cache and wipe the devik cache or something

Try rebooting to recovery using rom manager and see if that works
Sent from my Galaxy S2

[Q] UnNamed ROM Install Fail

Hey all, I just want to say thanks in advance for any/all help!
I'm trying to install the UnNamed v2.0.1 ROM on my E4GT and it's not going so well.
I've rooted and installed CWM, installed the CRT screen off animation mod (just to check if things are working), done a Titanium Back-up, and even installed Calkulin's E4GT v2.8 ROM, but for some reason this ROM refuses to cooperate.
I rooted and installed CWM per these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
I have gotten the same problem at least half a dozen times, once I hit "Reboot" from CWM after successfully installing the ROM, my phone stays stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S II" boot up screen indefinitely.
I've tried to install from the stock EK02 ROM to the UnNamed ROM, used Rogue's Recovery (v1.1.1 if i'm not mistaken) to try to install it, and finally install it over Calkulin's ROM, all to no avail. I can recover using ODIN, but that's all that works, I can't even get to the CWM screen after I reboot my phone.
Like I said, any and all help would be appreciated! Thanks!!
P.S. I downloaded the ROM twice just in case something went wrong, still nothing.
EDIT: I've just installed the Starburst ROM over my stock EK02 without a problem, but the UnNamed ROM still fails.

Download Calk's Format_All.zip from his ROM thread. Run it 2x before installing UnNamed. I always install my kernel directly after UnNamed, before rebooting - I use EL29 by Team Rogue.

I noticed that it doesn't wipe the Dalvik Cache. Should I do that separately or leave it be?
Thanks for the help! I'll try it right now and let you know how it works

TheHighlightGuy said:
I noticed that it doesn't wipe the Dalvik Cache. Should I do that separately or leave it be?
Thanks for the help! I'll try it right now and let you know how it works
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Go ahead and wipe that too. I usually wipe data & Dalvik manually, then format all zip, then install rom + kernel. Then reboot

nibrwr said:
Go ahead and wipe that too. I usually wipe data & Dalvik manually, then format all zip, then install rom + kernel. Then reboot
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This is a good method to use. Good luck buddy.

Running EK02 I rooted, installed CWM for EK02, went into CWM v 5.0.2.7, installed the EL29 modem and kernel, rebooted, went back into CWM, wiped data, wiped dalvik, ran Format_ALL 2x, installed unnamed, and STILL get stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy S II" screen. WTF?
EDIT: Reading Comprehension FAIL. Let me do it again with the kernel after unnamed.

After I try and install the EL29 rogue kernel after installing the ROM I get the error:
file_getprop: failed o stat "/system/build.prop": No such file name or directory
E:Error in /emmc/Rogue_ET-Stock-1.1.4.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

Here is an md5 checksum of the ROM I'm using, if that could help.
662676707ED611FB967469841B1016E3

TheHighlightGuy said:
After I try and install the EL29 rogue kernel after installing the ROM I get the error:
file_getprop: failed o stat "/system/build.prop": No such file name or directory
E:Error in /emmc/Rogue_ET-Stock-1.1.4.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
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You tried to install the kernel directly after the ROM? Not before?
If so, reboot into the ROM and let it sit. Then reboot into recovery and install.
If that doesn't work, try rebooting into recovery directly after the ROM install.

Yup, still got the same problem.
If I reboot, I get stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S II" screen indefinitely. I can't get into recovery or anything else, I have to use ODIN.
Here's what I'm going to do to try and flash it again, step by step, let me know if anything is wrong.
1.) Flash EK02 using ODIN (after getting stuck)
2.) Root using sfhub's method
3.) REBOOT to home screen
4.) Install BootIMG + CWM for EK02 (v5.0.2.7)
5.) REBOOT to home screen
6.) REBOOT to CWM
7.) Recover to my nandroid backup
8.) REBOOT to home screen
9.) REBOOT to CWM
10.) Wipe data/factory reset
11.) Wipe Dalvik cache
12.) Install Calkulin's FLASH ALL, twice
13.) Install UnNamed's v2.0.1 ROM
14.) Install Rogue's v1.3 Kernel
15.) REBOOT to home screen.
How's that?

TheHighlightGuy said:
Yup, still got the same problem.
If I reboot, I get stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S II" screen indefinitely. I can't get into recovery or anything else, I have to use ODIN.
Here's what I'm going to do to try and flash it again, step by step, let me know if anything is wrong.
1.) Flash EK02 using ODIN (after getting stuck)
2.) Root using sfhub's method
3.) REBOOT to home screen
4.) Install BootIMG + CWM for EK02 (v5.0.2.7)
5.) REBOOT to home screen
6.) REBOOT to CWM
7.) Recover to my nandroid backup
8.) REBOOT to home screen
9.) REBOOT to CWM
10.) Wipe data/factory reset
11.) Wipe Dalvik cache
12.) Install Calkulin's FLASH ALL, twice
13.) Install UnNamed's v2.0.1 ROM
14.) Install Rogue's v1.3 Kernel
15.) REBOOT to home screen.
How's that?
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Just use sfhub's auto root to root and install CWM. After CWM installs reboot the phone. Then, reboot to recovery, wipe, and install UnNamed + kernel of your choice.
Good luck

Finally installed! Idk what happened differently, but it worked! Thanks!!

TheHighlightGuy said:
Finally installed! Idk what happened differently, but it worked! Thanks!!
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Nice! Welcome to the UnNamed community

Thanks for the welcome, but I spoke too soon -_- It got past the "Samsung Galaxy S II" boot screen and played through the ICS animation, but now it's stuck on a black screen. I can't get to the home screen. Agh! I can get to CWM, but it won't get to the home screen, no matter how long I wait.

TheHighlightGuy said:
Thanks for the welcome, but I spoke too soon -_- It got past the "Samsung Galaxy S II" boot screen and played through the ICS animation, but now it's stuck on a black screen. I can't get to the home screen. Agh! I can get to CWM, but it won't get to the home screen, no matter how long I wait.
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did you remove anything from the rom. It sounds like it does not have a home launcher chosen.

playya said:
did you remove anything from the rom. It sounds like it does not have a home launcher chosen.
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Nope, I downloaded and installed everything as is, I didn't attempt to customize anything.

TheHighlightGuy said:
Nope, I downloaded and installed everything as is, I didn't attempt to customize anything.
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I'm running out of ideas... maybe reflash the ROM without wiping.

I'll try that next.
I've been attempting to install from the internal SD card if that's of any help. I just got a microSD card that I'll be attempting to install from soon.

TheHighlightGuy said:
I'll try that next.
I've been attempting to install from the internal SD card if that's of any help. I just got a microSD card that I'll be attempting to install from soon.
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Shouldn't be an issue

Was looking to make a new thread but I'll jump in for a noob question....
Right now, I'm running Calk's v.2.8.1 rom with Rogue Kernel 1.3 and modem el29. theme is team venum ICS..
If I were to stay with the exact same set up as above, except put UnNamed ROM, would it function correctly?

[Q] S3 Stuck on samsung logo on boot.

I've tried everything. I can't get the damn phone to move past the glowing samsung logo... I've tried to use Odin to flash a recovery as for some reason mine wont work. I've tried re flashing stock. Nothing. Help?

Now that you've flashed stock, wipe data and cache in recovery. Reboot

Which recovery name & version did you flash?
Older recoveries will give you similar boot-problem type results sometimes, with newer 4.2.X ROM's.
Flash the newest possible version of TWRP and then flash a 4.1.2 Samsung based custom ROM. See if that does it for you. The combo has fixed similar situations for me before.
Just make sure to first wipe EVERYTHING in the wipe menu of TWRP, except for your External SD card if you use one.
TWRP:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/104

[Q] Synergy rom help

Hey guys,
I was installing the synergy rom r484 onto my galaxy s3 att variant and in the aroma installer it says that my device is d2spr but my device is actually d2att and I think that is why when I install the synergy rom it doesn't let me use my data and 4g. Can anyone help with this?

update your recovery with a d2att one. are you cwm or twrp?

I'm using cwm. Can you please guide me how to update the recovery to the d2att one? haha sorry I'm kind of a noob

let's see if this gets you straightened out. flash this in recovery, go to advanced and select reboot recovery. once back in, give synergy a shot again. do you know what version you're on now and where you got your current cwm from? just curious

xBeerdroiDx said:
let's see if this gets you straightened out. flash this in recovery, go to advanced and select reboot recovery. once back in, give synergy a shot again. do you know what version you're on now and where you got your current cwm from? just curious
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When I tried to flash that file it started and then said "Installation aborted"
I've attached a picture
Oh and I'm not sure what version I'm running

can you boot into your device? if so, use Rom Manager to update your recovery.
if not, here is the previous version of CWM if you want to see if this takes care of you.
also, twrp is recommended for aroma installers. i'll attach a recovery flashable twrp zip. let me know if either flashes. if not, you may have to restore a backup (if you cant boot in now) and update your recovery that way.

xBeerdroiDx said:
can you boot into your device? if so, use Rom Manager to update your recovery.
if not, here is the previous version of CWM if you want to see if this takes care of you.
also, twrp is recommended for aroma installers. i'll attach a recovery flashable twrp zip. let me know if either flashes. if not, you may have to restore a backup (if you cant boot in now) and update your recovery that way.
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I flashed the twrp.zip and then I tried installing synergy again and it finished and started rebooting and now it's in a continuous loop of rebooting

get it fixed?
if not, wipe cache and dalvik in recovery and reboot. if you're still looping, boot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset and reboot. report back, buddy

xBeerdroiDx said:
get it fixed?
if not, wipe cache and dalvik in recovery and reboot. if you're still looping, boot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset and reboot. report back, buddy
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I've tried rebooting into recovery multiple times but it goes to the Team Win recovery screen and then goes back into the boot loop :crying:

odin back to stock, buddy. thats what i would do.
here's a link to the stock firmware with root already injected: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1739426
flash the tar in odin. make sure the auto reboot box is unticked. if you get a PASS after flashing, unplug the device, pull the battery, replace it and press the recovery button combo. once in recovery, wipe data and wipe cache. reboot.
you will be on rooted stock. you can install cwm or twrp from rom manager or goo manager from there.
otherwise, your other option is to flash recovery from odin via this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2042775
download the root kit and flash the recovery.tar from odin. boot into recovery and flash that cwm 6.0.3.1 update i linked you to earlier. reboot recovery (under advanced) and proceed with flashing synergy or flash this recovery-flashable stock rom to get you started. you can decide where you want to go from there.

xBeerdroiDx said:
odin back to stock, buddy. thats what i would do.
here's a link to the stock firmware with root already injected: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1739426
flash the tar in odin. make sure the auto reboot box is unticked. if you get a PASS after flashing, unplug the device, pull the battery, replace it and press the recovery button combo. once in recovery, wipe data and wipe cache. reboot.
you will be on rooted stock. you can install cwm or twrp from rom manager or goo manager from there.
otherwise, your other option is to flash recovery from odin via this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2042775
download the root kit and flash the recovery.tar from odin. boot into recovery and flash that cwm 6.0.3.1 update i linked you to earlier. reboot recovery (under advanced) and proceed with flashing synergy or flash this recovery-flashable stock rom to get you started. you can decide where you want to go from there.
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If I odin back to stock will it delete all my music and pictures and etc.?
Okay I'll try the second thing and I'll report back in a bit. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me.

Okay so I got that recovery that you gave me earlier installed (the cwm 6.0.1.3) after using odin and the att gs3 root and then flashing after that. Then when I went back into recovery and tried to install the synergy rom it started and then the aroma installer froze and my phone went back into the loop. I can get into recovery now though but I don't know how I should install synergy

Honestly? This is a picky rom. I would abandon it for a more stable install and operational rom, whether that be a touchwiz base or aosp. It doesn't seem to be working with you at all.

Okay I installed the cyanogen mod stable build and now I'm just waiting for it to finish booting up. Thank you so much for all your help!!!

That's what we're all here for. Lemme know if that did/didn't boot up for ya :good:

Okay it's still at the same booting screen where it says CyanogenMod and the blue circle is spinning around it.

Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik. Reflash rom and gapps. Wipe data and cache again. Reboot and give it a few minutes.
That's my suggestion.

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xBeerdroiDx said:
Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik. Reflash rom and gapps. Wipe data and cache again. Reboot and give it a few minutes.
That's my suggestion.
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My Galaxy at&t phone had the same problem after flashing with Synergy (my first flash on my new Galaxy S3 phone). It lost its identity and though it was a Sprint phone. Next I tried installing a different custom ROM, but I couldn't install CM10.1 (and still can't now) because it thinks it was not a d2att.
There were only two ROMs I was able to do installed since then. They were the Serenity 1.2 and its predecessor. I had to restored phone back to stock, root, and flash ROM. For a while, it was pretty grim as my phone had gotten very unresponsive and lethargic with all the fixes I tried during the time my phone thought it was a d2sp (no data).
After going back to stock using Odin, the phone finally could accessed the data network again and showing SGH-I747 instead of the Sprint version. I tried flashing CM10.1, but it still didn't think it is a d2att since it aborted when it did the check for d2att.
Nest, I flashed the DrewGaren's JellyBean747 version 1. Then I flashed DrewGaren's Serenity 1.2. Both were mostly working OK, but there are still some bugs.
Unfortunately, the DrewGaren's series seem to be dead projects since he didn't seem to be doing anymore improvement since Jan 2013.
Samsung S3 had me routed. My previous phone was HTC Inspired, and I rooted it instead of it routing me

I flashed a rom and now my phone is just rebooting

I rooted my phone, downloaded the jedi mind trick rom and attempted to flash it. I deleted and format my phone in CWM and i installed the rom from an internal sdcard. Now it keeps resetting and wont turn on. What should I do now?

Have you tried jamison's cache wipe?
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Im downloading the stock telus rom in an attempt just to start from the beginning. When I flash it I'll get back to you. I was rushing when I rooted it the first time I guess.

Okay so I've done that and have rooted it using the s2 toolkit. what steps should I take to ensure the jedi mind trick rom can be successfully flashed?

Okay I tried reflashing it again... Didn't work, I have the same problem. I did the factory settings, and wiped the cache and flashed the rom. I then went into advanced and cleared the Devac (sp) cache and fixed permissions. I rebooted and it didn't work. It starts, gets to about the loading circle graphic and just resets

I used Darkside super wipe and it worked for me...
ive done it like this.
flashed original stock rom via odin
Root via S2 toolkit
flash cmw with toolkit as above
and flash custom rom via s2 toolkit
and after that used darkside superwipe

thanks for the tip, I tried the darkside wipe but it still is happening.

I have the same exact thing. But for me it's different. It started with the PACman 22.0.1. Whenever I press the power button to turn on/off the screen, it would restart a couple of seconds later being stuck in an infinite reboot loop. Can't get into recovery mode (used TWRP 2.3.3.1 and 2.5). I somehow managed to revert back to stock which worked properly. Rooted and installed PACman 22.1.1 ROM and it's still stuck on a reboot loop.
I don't know if it's a hardware problem (wiring off power button to the circuit is damaged) or a software code that messed up the machine code in the circuit.

i had the same when i installed wrong kernel and radio...try it like this..instal stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
and then try cwm recovery version from the s2 toolkit (try non touch ver.)
and then try flashing

try doing a factory reset, wipe cache and install rom. don't wipe cache or anything after that until after it boots. btw don't use cwm wipe cache, try the one that is stickied in development forum.