epic4g constantly reboots itself while trying to install a new ROM? - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

just reflashed my epic 4g to stock, rooted it then installed lasted CWM on phone and every time i try to flash a new rom it always reboots itself without complete, usually does it within the first 5% of installing a new rom. Never used to have this problem -.-

What rom are you flashing... if your flashing an mtd rom this is typical and will finish installing.. did you even wait to see what happend next?
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yes ive tried waiting to see if it will correct itself but nothing happens, it either continues to reboot or it will just power off, CM9 and 7 + some ASC roms

tiat8489 said:
yes ive tried waiting to see if it will correct itself but nothing happens, it either continues to reboot or it will just power off, CM9 and 7 + some ASC roms
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It should reboot once on cm9 then go back into recovery.. what exactly does it do... go into recovery show a broken android and reboot again and continue?
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it will read the zip, started the install and once it says "checking md5sum(ithink)" it reboots with the CM9 logo, then starts up with SAMSUNG logo (white letters black screen) and just keep doing that, cm9 > samsung > cm8 > samsung untill i finally turn off the device

i just tried installing MIUI.us v4 2.3.16 and its still giving me the same crap and still popping up with the cyanogen logo. what the hell is going on -.-

reodin, and make sure repartition is check marked. then try your process again. just make sure your not flash from an mtd rom to bml without odin and repartitioning.

Make sure you have a good download of the ROM you want to run also.

nothing seems to be working, ill just stay stock untill i get a new phone i guess :/

Make sure you are using CWM 5 and not acs recovery
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[Q] nebula rom messing up

so i rooted with one click
then went from dk17 to dk28 froyo
then i upgraded to cwm3
wiped 3 times
then install from zip (nebula rom)
phone boots up all the way but then resets
and it also flickers "android" on the galaxy s screen
also the phone will b on but the screen wont
plz help
p.s. screen wont come on when i hit the pwr button but it will work kind of when i slide the keybrd out
Well the.best thing you can.probably.do is Odin dk28. Then root and.try again. Something had to have happened in your flash.
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I just had this very same problem.. not sure exactly what fixed it, but once you install the rom install it agan. I believe that is what did it for me!
I that doesn't work try the different format options in CW.
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Reflash the zip again. Don't need to restore or anything just flash it again and it should work.
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[Q] Not bricked but i cant boot my roms!

So my roms i download will install and boot up but once i get to that specific roms boot screen it just does an infinite loop. i then take the battery out, boot it into recovery and go back to my back up. I am not sure why it is doing this and would just love to be able to use cm7 (which did the infinite boot as well). its rooted using unrevoked and i have used a few other roms on it as well this has just been what has been happening lately. any help would be much appreciated!!
Had the same prob with cm7 #22, but 23 is working just fine, try that one. Remember the Dec said some may be broken, just fish around, but be very careful.
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Sorry, meant to say the "dev" said some cm7 nightlys are experimental and may be broken. Flash to the last rom that functioned for you, then use rom manager to download the latest cm7 nightly. Which is what I'm using now and am very satisfied with.
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30 is running great for me
6stringandy said:
Sorry, meant to say the "dev" said some cm7 nightlys are experimental and may be broken. Flash to the last rom that functioned for you, then use rom manager to download the latest cm7 nightly. Which is what I'm using now and am very satisfied with.
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see i tried the latest one and a few others. im not sure what it could be, that makes them go to the infinite boot screen. Should i try factory reset, root it again, restore my old version, then try to boot more roms?
crazyturtle777 said:
see i tried the latest one and a few others. im not sure what it could be, that makes them go to the infinite boot screen. Should i try factory reset, root it again, restore my old version, then try to boot more roms?
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Flash CM7 in recovery. Then BEFORE you reboot, install a different kernel
This is your best choice for CM7 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905873
Then reboot your Inc and see if it boots up, I have heard of a couple people who couldn't get their Inc to boot up with the stock CM& kernel, no clue why though.
hahaha so i got it to work. it was rom manager not letting me go through with it all. just did it manually through recovery. but i got sm7 to install and no notification bar. hence why im laughing. just gonn install miui and give her a shot.

Emergency (Can Only Install Odin Rom)

I had a rom, that restarted the phone on its own, and the launcher kept getting erased, so i installed another rom and it wouldnt work.I had to Odin, and then have tried to install about 6 diffrent roms, with none working. Either it will get stuck in a boot loop, or just the buttons would light up with no screen. Please Help me
Give us more information. What roms are you trying to install. Rfs or ext4. What cwm are you using?
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damicrobe said:
Give us more information. What roms are you trying to install. Rfs or ext4. What cwm are you using?
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You listed his issues he's probably flashing in wrong Cwm or with wrong build....
Odin the ECO5
THEN ROOT WITH THE ONE CLICK ROOT 3.0.2.5
THEN FLASH ACS FROZEN 1.1.1 (Best ROM Ever )
.... Thats it
thats exacly what i did. Frozen was the 1st rom..then i later went to the gingerbread leak (anoymous) and it was working but i kept losing data connection so i went back to urban fury...then it ramdomly would reboot with no launcher and i tried to reinstall, and ever since then all i can do is odin. i wonder if my root some how is messed up or something
I'm currently running acs's sfr 1.1.1. I Flashed it twice because I had a bad flash. But otherwise its running great. There's great vid's that show you step by step. It should be in sfr 1.1.1 first post in the dev section.
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i got roms to install now, but if i uninstall anything using titanium backup, when i reboot, the phone just boot loops
benbenondatrack said:
i got roms to install now, but if i uninstall anything using titanium backup, when i reboot, the phone just boot loops
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What are you uninstalling after you flash a ROM?
benbenondatrack said:
i got roms to install now, but if i uninstall anything using titanium backup, when i reboot, the phone just boot loops
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What ROM?
And if its SRF did you download the version without the kernel included? Or the one with the kernel in it?
Could be bad downloads?
Try running CWM 3.0.0.6? I think is the previous version
I was having a ton of problems with 3.0.2.5 constant boot animation loop
couldn't get past any of the roms boot animations
I odin'd back to EC05, completely rerooted with the previous clockwork and it flashed good after the second time of course
had the double boot logo at first lol
if that doesnt work you could go into the bonsai recovery, I havent had any problems with that recovery at all

[Q] Please help flashing ROM?

I downloaded Starburst ROM. I followed the instructions and it keeps force closing and powering on/off.
So I downloaded and flashed again. Same thing.
I know I have an Epic Touch 4G. I downloaded from this forum in the development section. I remember when the phone would start up it would say SPH-D710 or something like that. Now when I turn it on it says GT 19100 (at the start up menu).
I am trying to go back to stock, having a hard time.
I've wiped EVERYTHING, 3 times. I've downloaded 3 different ROMS. Everytime I boot up the phone it says GT I9100 at the start up.
How do I go back to complete stock?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Any custom kernel will do this..... look in dev acs has a rom to flash with odin that will take you back to stock ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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So any custom kernel will make my phone think it's a GTI 9100 and make is boot over and over?
FatTony1 said:
So any custom kernel will make my phone think it's a GTI 9100 and make is boot over and over?
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No it will not make it boot loop you must not have wiped .... wipe dalvik and cache before flashing kernel ....
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[Q] My S3 is stuck on the logo after using CWM. Odin not working please help

Alright, im not completely new to rooting but I have encountered a new problem.
I rooted my phone through odin (galaxy s3 T999), had some hiccups with that so I ended up downloading the stock rom tar and reflashed using that, problem solved good to go still rooted. awesome.
So, I attempted to flash the cyanogen rom using clockwork mod. it wouldn't come past the load screen, went into clockwork mod to recover my backup but for some reason it wouldn't let me access the SD card to get it. next thought was to go back to odin and flash the same file I used previously to get back to where I was, for some reason this is not working, I can get to download, use odin to flash it, says success and all that, then upoon rebooting it stays at the Samsung loading screen.
So from there I went and downloaded the GS3 toolkit and tried all of their recovery files, all having the same issue. about 18 flashes later I tried reformatting from the phone itself, same issue with the samsung logo being stuck. And now, I am currently baffled, anyone wanna help me out? I have a feeling it has something to do with the .pit option on odin, but I am not that advanced and its just a hunch. so...thanks in advance guys!
So I understand not to touch pit, roger, reading other posts makes that clear, but still cant find a fix, the top right of my download says
ODIN MODE
Product Name SGH-T999
Custom Binary yes: 19 counts
Current Binary Samsung Offical
System Status Custom
Qualcomm secureboot Enable
Okay, what is the current state of the device?
Whst do you see when you boot into recovery ( take battery out of phone the put it back in and do the following: hold volume up, home button and power button, let go of all buttons when you feel the phone vibrate and blue text flashes in the upper left corner of the screen)?
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I just tried to send a rom over that had CWM 6.0.2.3 and it installed that, but still stuck on logo. going into recovery I am in CWM 6.0.2.3
have the standard options wipe/factory, install from zip etc.
You flashed a rom that had cwm 6.0.2.3 or did you flash a rom while on 6.0.2.3?
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I'd say about 98% of the time, when it hangs like that you just need to factory reset.
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Flashed a rom that had 6.0.2.3. I do not have any roms on my ZIP, been doing everything through ODIN. Very confused as to why it suddenly stopped working.
DocHoliday77 said:
I'd say about 98% of the time, when it hangs like that you just need to factory reset.
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tried to factory reset and it does the same logo stuck business. That was the last thing i tried after attempting to back up and reflash numerous times. tried flashing again recently, it will install CWM if it is attached to the rom but still gets stuck on the logo. tried re installing odin as well, it is working as usual, starts, restarts the phone, sits awhile, success. then i restart the phone and never get past logo.
I would do what Doc said.
If it still doesnt work, download a rom of your choice (in the t-999 section) and do a full wipe before flashing the rom you picked.
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Da Kine said:
I would do what Doc said.
If it still doesnt work, download a rom of your choice (in the t-999 section) and do a full wipe before flashing the rom you picked.
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what do you mean by full wipe, factory reset? or something else?
connorjiy said:
what do you mean by full wipe, factory reset? or something else?
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When flashing a new rom, you have to do a full wipe or youll run into problems like you are currently having.
If you dont know what a full wipe is, then stop what you are doing and put your phone down. Just about every rom thread here on xda explains what a full wipe is, it will be in the first post of the thread.
Like I said, find a rom you like in the t-999 section and flash it after doing a full wipe.
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Da Kine said:
When flashing a new rom, you have to do a full wipe or youll run into problems like you are currently having.
If you dont know what a full wipe is, then stop what you are doing and put your phone down. Just about every rom thread here on xda explains what a full wipe is, it will be in the first post of the thread.
Like I said, find a rom you like in the t-999 section and flash it after doing a full wipe.
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Looked it up, that is what I do by default, didn't know thats what was considered a full wipe, just tried it with similar results, didn't know about the dalvik cache though. im on a work computer so I cannot currently DL a new rom from the site, I hope thats what the issue is, but I still cannot see why my other ones would suddenly not work.
connorjiy said:
tried to factory reset and it does the same logo stuck business. That was the last thing i tried after attempting to back up and reflash numerous times. tried flashing again recently, it will install CWM if it is attached to the rom but still gets stuck on the logo. tried re installing odin as well, it is working as usual, starts, restarts the phone, sits awhile, success. then i restart the phone and never get past logo.
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I'm just not sure what you mean by it installing CWM attached to a Rom? Recoveries shouldn't be included with a Rom.
Odin flash the root66 firmware, then reboot to STOCK recovery and factory reset. This will wipe all user data, including your internal sd card. Then try rebooting again.
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