Broke my phone installing AOKP Alpha. Please help!! - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Need help bad..
I was using CM9 Beta 2 and decided to try AOKP Alhpa build 31. Someone had said to me that all I needed was to clear data/factory cache and install right on top and that’s what I did… The installation went on a loop so I booted in cwm5 and clear all the data/factory cache again and tried to reinstall CM9 Beta 2 that I had on in the first place and now it won’t get passed the loading screen now..
What should I do? I did made a backup of stock android 2.3.6 before installing CM9 in the first place, can I restore it?
Thanks

teco2010 said:
Need help bad..
I was using CM9 Beta 2 and decided to try AOKP Alhpa build 31. Someone had said to me that all I needed was to clear data/factory cache and install right on top and that’s what I did… The installation went on a loop so I booted in cwm5 and clear all the data/factory cache again and tried to reinstall CM9 Beta 2 that I had on in the first place and now it won’t get passed the loading screen now..
What should I do? I did made a backup of stock android 2.3.6 before installing CM9 in the first place, can I restore it?
Thanks
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Odin back to stock and start fresh. Flash AOKP, flash gapps and boot up. Then if you wanna try to restore data you could use the app of your choice to restore apps & data or boot into recovery and advance restore data. That's what I would do anyway....someone with more experience should come along pretty soon with more helpful info if this isn't enough. Your phone isn't broken tho. Honestly you could clear data, cache and dalvik caches flash AOKP the flash Gapps and you should be alright. Can't restore your stock nandroid without Odin tho CM9 is ICS so is AOKP and your backup is Gingerbread.
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Restore your GB, download AOKP again and check the md5. Flash AOKP and gapps. If you can get the Titanium Backup Pro you can restore your Apps Data back from a nandroid. Dont use the Advance Restore/ Data on CWM, It will break everything.
Edit. If your GB was BML you have to Odin back. So go to Dev Section and download an Odinable version of some already rooted GB.
Be sure of checking Repartition.
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csmasn said:
Restore your GB, download AOKP again and check the md5. Flash AOKP and gapps. If you can get the Titanium Backup Pro you can restore your Apps Data back from a nandroid. Dont use the Advance Restore/ Data on CWM, It will break everything.
Edit. If your GB was BML you have to Odin back.
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Isn't it bad to restore Stock GB coming from CM9? Every phone is different but I always Advance Restore with no data corruption....I use My Backup Pro for small things, but ok good looking out.
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Thanks guys... I really don't know what happened tonight.
I did clear dalvik as well before installing AOKP.. and also the "partition something" right under the data/factory.
I noticed that once in a loop the Android logo would show up with that triangle warning sign right on top and reboot on its own, it would keep doing that on a loop..
I'll Odin back to stock and back to cm9..

teco2010 said:
Thanks guys... I really don't know what happened tonight.
I did clear dalvik as well before installing AOKP.. and also the "partition something" right under the data/factory.
I noticed that once in a loop the Android logo would show up with that triangle warning sign right on top and reboot on its own, it would keep doing that on a loop..
I'll Odin back to stock and back to cm9..
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Awe the broken android loop... its just a bad download. Be extrememly careful with odin especially if you don't comprehend it. In fact if you don't fully understand it... don't do it... until you do. Oding back to stock reroot and redownload and flash aokp and the gapps and you should be on your merry way =]
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Originally Posted by csmasn<br />
Restore your GB, download AOKP again and check the md5. Flash AOKP and gapps. If you can get the Titanium Backup Pro you can restore your Apps Data back from a nandroid. Dont use the Advance Restore/ Data on CWM, It will break everything.<br />
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Edit. If your GB was BML you have to Odin back. <br />
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Isn't it bad to restore Stock GB coming from CM9? Every phone is different but I always Advance Restore with no data corruption....I use My Backup Pro for small things, but ok good looking out.<br />
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My GB was MTD so in Mount and Storage I format system, data, an cache partitions. But if your GB was on BML you need to Odin back.
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Do a little searching on the threads and I guarantee there's a TON of topics relating to your question. We don't need 5000 of the same "I broke my phone" questions. If your the kind of person who needs pictures in their book, go to youtube and search qbking77. He'll hit you with some knowledge.
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Cant use txt or other google apps with Syndicate ROM

I have been using the syndicate rom for months to perfection, love it. But I was using the wifi tether and suddenly my phone restarted. After it booted up the sms, google talk and email app will not work; I open them and they force close all the time.
What can I do?
Thanks.
restore a backup or reflash.. and post in the correct section
Moved to Q&A. And wipe data to fix it.
Thanks.
Sorry for not posting in the correct area.
I reflashed the rom and it syill gives me the problem. Guess I will have to wipe then reflash the rom?
If I do a rom backup, and restore that one, will I have the same errors?
Yes... Happen to me twice... Make backups weekly is your only hope. It reboots and nothing work again. After two reboot more it stops in the acs loading screen
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that happened to me too. what fixed it for me was to odin to dk28 and use a rom from there im still using truly epic rebirth for dk28 and haven't even thought of switching to and eb13 or ec05 rom
Acs backs up data when you reflash, and puts it back on.. therefore returning the corrupt data.. so you have to wipe data before reflashing or you'll be in the same boat. I always format system and data before flashing a rom just to make sure. Do regular nandroid backups and mybackup root or titanium backups if you are going to run a no journals rom
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Thanks to all.
I fixed it.
I had to boot into CWM and fix permissions there. What I don't get is that I did the "fix permissions" through Rom Manager...so what's the difference?
If that didn't work then I would've had to wipe/reflash.
Hope this helps someone else with the same problem.
Rom manager doesn't work with the epic.
LunaticWolf said:
Rom manager doesn't work with the epic.
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This. It is still currently trash. Don't even bother.

[Q] Restoring from CWM 3.1.0.1 not working

I created a backup using CWM 3.1.0.1 (from rooted EC05). I then flashed one of the new roms, and today wanted to go back, so i booted into 3.1.0.1 and did the restore (from cw). Now the phone boots up to the Samsung screen and sits there. What am I doing wrong? Sorry if this has already been asked, I did a search but couldn't find this particular issue. Thanks for any and all help.
both backups were made using 3.1.0.1? and were both made in 3finger recovery? and when you restored you were in 3 finger recovery, not reboot recovery?
chris41g said:
both backups were made using 3.1.0.1? and were both made in 3finger recovery? and when you restored you were in 3 finger recovery, not reboot recovery?
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I only did 1 backup, not sure what you mean by 3 finger recovery? I booted in CWM (purple) and did the back-up. I then put on the "Bamboozle" rom (and yes, I wiped everything 3x like qb shows in the vid) then installed the rom. I ran it for the past week (loved the rom, but it was eating my battery really bad) so wanted to try a different rom. I thought the easiest way to start was to restore the backup I made, so I booted back into cwm and selected Backup/Restore, Restore, Yes and it ran and said it restored fine. I reboot, but all I get to now is the Samsung screen, no further.
libracolo said:
I only did 1 backup, not sure what you mean by 3 finger recovery? I booted in CWM (purple) and did the back-up. I then put on the "Bamboozle" rom (and yes, I wiped everything 3x like qb shows in the vid) then installed the rom. I ran it for the past week (loved the rom, but it was eating my battery really bad) so wanted to try a different rom. I thought the easiest way to start was to restore the backup I made, so I booted back into cwm and selected Backup/Restore, Restore, Yes and it ran and said it restored fine. I reboot, but all I get to now is the Samsung screen, no further.
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Let me just say, I think I f'ked my phone up. So I gave up trying to restore, just odin'd back to stock (ec 05). Which I then re-rooted and re-installed CWM 3.1.0.1 (I have titanium backups as well). However, now the phone runs really, really slow and when I try to restore apps from titanium it just sits there (in batch mode). Sorry, for being a noob; hey, if nothing else, maybe I'm making someone smile at my dumb a$$. But now, if I can be even more stupid, is there a way to just "reset" the phone, by that I mean put it back to a "true stock" form so I can start over? And then, can I just delete these backups, and roms from the sd card (just hookup to laptop and delete from the sd-card)? I think maybe it'd be easier to just start from scratch again...thanks for the help, I try to keep up with the forums, but so many posts....
What he means by 3 finger is the ONLY way to get into recovery for proper operation. With power off press and hold camera, volume down, and power. Holding all 3 until you see the recovery menu. If you use any other method such as ROM Manager or Quick Boot you will more than likely screw up your phone. Neither application is recommended for recovery operations.
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I believe clockwork does not backup the kernel. You may need to install a kernel.
Just a thought...
libracolo said:
I created a backup using CWM 3.1.0.1 (from rooted EC05). I then flashed one of the new roms, and today wanted to go back, so i booted into 3.1.0.1 and did the restore (from cw). Now the phone boots up to the Samsung screen and sits there. What am I doing wrong? Sorry if this has already been asked, I did a search but couldn't find this particular issue. Thanks for any and all help.
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If you backed up on ec05 and installed a gingerbread rom you need to odin back to ec05 and then do the restore. It won't work if you are on different os versions. At least it never has for me.
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crawrj said:
If you backed up on ec05 and installed a gingerbread rom you need to odin back to ec05 and then do the restore. It won't work if you are on different os versions. At least it never has for me.
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Thanks, that must have been it. I was on Bamboozle, which is based on Gingerbread.
libracolo said:
Thanks, that must have been it. I was on Bamboozle, which is based on Gingerbread.
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Wait, did you wipe data/system,cache, and Dalvik Cache then restore your nandroid? I have a SRF 1.2, an Urban Regeneration, and a CM7 nandroid. As long as I wipe everything then restore I have no problems. I have bounced between all three today with no issues
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JohnCorleone said:
Wait, did you wipe data/system,cache, and Dalvik Cache then restore your nandroid? I have a SRF 1.2, an Urban Regeneration, and a CM7 nandroid. As long as I wipe everything then restore I have no problems. I have bounced between all three today with no issues
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Yeah, the issue was I was running bamboozle (GB leaked rom), so once I odin'd back to EC05, I was able to run the restore without problem. I am now running SRF 1.2 (awesome rom btw) and I was able to restore when trying to install that rom (and the genocide kernel). Thanks for all the helpful answers.
crawrj said:
If you backed up on ec05 and installed a gingerbread rom you need to odin back to ec05 and then do the restore. It won't work if you are on different os versions. At least it never has for me.
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I would have thought the same thing. However, I simply restored my SFR 1.2 nandroid right over the gingerbread rom. With a few glitches smoothed out I am running fine again with no Odin involved.
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mjben said:
I would have thought the same thing. However, I simply restored my SFR 1.2 nandroid right over the gingerbread rom. With a few glitches smoothed out I am running fine again with no Odin involved.
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Yeah, I have gotten the dreaded Google Services Framework FC's a couple of times but for the most part I can wipe everything and restore a Froyo setup even when on a Gingerbread ROM. The purp recovery is good like that.
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JohnCorleone said:
Yeah, I have gotten the dreaded Google Services Framework FC's a couple of times but for the most part I can wipe everything and restore a Froyo setup even when on a Gingerbread ROM. The purp recovery is good like that.
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Thanks for the info. I will have to remember that and try it out in the future.
crawrj said:
Thanks for the info. I will have to remember that and try it out in the future.
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Hey, no problem crawrj. It definately comes in handy with all of the testing I do for sure.
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When restoring across different OS versions it is handy to do a Restore>Advanced Restore Data from the Nand backup. There may be the occasional FC if the data format has changed but that usually can be fixed by clearing data of the offending app, especially for Google sevice framework.
kennyglass123 said:
When restoring across different OS versions it is handy to do a Restore>Advanced Restore Data from the Nand backup. There may be the occasional FC if the data format has changed but that usually can be fixed by clearing data of the offending app, especially for Google sevice framework.
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Kenny - I did try that as well. I tried everything, I did the "Restore" option like 4 separate times, I wiped data, cache, dalvik cache 3 x, even did the Advanced option and went down the list. None of that helped. Now it may be that I just didn't wait long enough, but I figured 4-6 minutes of the "Samsung" screen meant it had stopped responding (I see that all that time in MS apps). I finally odin'd back to stock ec05, re-rooted (and updated back to cwm 3.1.0.1), then I ran the restore (not advanced), and it worked like a charm. Thanks for all the suggestions on this.
libracolo said:
Kenny - I did try that as well. I tried everything, I did the "Restore" option like 4 separate times, I wiped data, cache, dalvik cache 3 x, even did the Advanced option and went down the list. None of that helped. Now it may be that I just didn't wait long enough, but I figured 4-6 minutes of the "Samsung" screen meant it had stopped responding (I see that all that time in MS apps). I finally odin'd back to stock ec05, re-rooted (and updated back to cwm 3.1.0.1), then I ran the restore (not advanced), and it worked like a charm. Thanks for all the suggestions on this.
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Sometimes our phones can be so finicky. Glad you got it working. Usually when Dalvik is rebuilding it takes awhile at the S screen, so you are correct that 4-6 minutes at Samsung is a cry for help from your phone.
crawrj said:
If you backed up on ec05 and installed a gingerbread rom you need to odin back to ec05 and then do the restore. It won't work if you are on different os versions. At least it never has for me.
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Not true. I always go from froyo to gingerbread with backups. What he Did wrong was not wipe when he tried to restore his back up that's why he got stuck on the Sammy screen. Also if he tried to restore a rfs froyo rom it could've gotten stuck there also since bammbozle was ext4.
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Esteway.619 said:
Not true. I always go from froyo to gingerbread with backups. What he Did wrong was not wipe when he tried to restore his back up that's why he got stuck on the Sammy screen. Also if he tried to restore a rfs froyo rom it could've gotten stuck there also since bammbozle was ext4.
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You can restore from EXT4 to RFS with advanced restore data nand. He said he tried all of this and still got stuck. But I think you are correct and the first restore attempt borked everything. From there a reflash then advanced restore data should have worked.
kennyglass123 said:
You can restore from EXT4 to RFS with advanced restore data nand. He said he tried all of this and still got stuck. But I think you are correct and the first restore attempt borked everything. From there a reflash then advanced restore data should have worked.
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So if I understand what you guys said, I should have wiped first (before the initial restore), which I didn't do. When the first restore didn't work, then I did the wipe x3, but it sounds like by that point it was already too late. So should you always wipe before restoring? I only ask, because once I got everything back to a good place I flashed the sfr 1.2. The first attempt caused the phone to boot up with that annoying "Android" screen, so I just booted into CWM and restored. That time I just restored (no wipes, no advanced) and it restored fine. I then re-flashed and all was good. So it seems like you don't always have to wipe x3 before restoring? Thanks btw, all good info for future ref.

[Q] HELP

So here's he deal I installed a custom rom and the latest clockwork mod...Now for some reason I was going to change roms when suddenly this popped up in clockwork mod....Cant mount/ cache/ recovery/last_log. I tried wiping it back to factory and wiping cache it did both but would not allow me to wipe the davik cache and now it wont boot at all....Am I screwed or is there a fix.
Providing info helps us help you.
Which rom were you on and which rom did you try to change to?
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Well, you can't wipe back to factory. Sounds like you wiped data, but you would need to flash a new rom after doing that. Like Zein said, you should be elaborate in your ROM. Sounds like maybe you tried MTD back to BML?
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I installed the AOKP Beta Build 37(4.0.4), Tried to switch to [Kernel][ICS][CM9] ShadowKernel CM9 v0.6.3.3 - CM9 Beta3+ now theres nothing on it at all.
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I installed the AOKP Beta Build 37(4.0.4), Tried to switch to [Kernel][ICS][CM9] ShadowKernel CM9 v0.6.3.3 - CM9 Beta3+ now theres nothing on it at all.
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Because that is a kernel not a rom....
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yeah I kinda just realized that....So download a new rom and that should fix the cache problem?
Ermmm
I downloaded and copied this [ROM] CyanogenMod 9 beta3: Android 4.0.4 for Samsung Epic 4G to my sd card. When I try to install zip from sd card it aborts the process. What exactly am I doing wrong here?
expiredseraph said:
I downloaded and copied this [ROM] CyanogenMod 9 beta3: Android 4.0.4 for Samsung Epic 4G to my sd card. When I try to install zip from sd card it aborts the process. What exactly am I doing wrong here?
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Not sure what all you're doing.. LOL but try this, wipe data/ factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, install from sd card, and go to the CM9 Beta 3 ROM you downloaded, it should go through just fine, if not, you may have a bad download or may need to Odin back to stock. Be careful on what you do. Best way to learn is from your mistakes.
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Every time I try to load the rom it tells me installation aborted and status 7, Also it tells me it cant mount my cache or cant mount/cache/recovery/log_last
can't open /cache/recovery/log
Odin in a full FC09 tar found in Development and start fresh. Include the PIT file that comes with odin and it will check the repartition box for you.
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Best way to update nightlies? Noob question

First off I searched but didnt find it.
Is there a quick and easy way to update nightlies to the newest release.
I am currently using ericwill ROM - CyanogenMod 10 - JB 4.1.1 - UNOFFICIAL.
I have 2012-09-15 and would like to upgrade to 2012-09-18.
Do I need to do a full wipe and flash and then reinstall my apps with titanium backup or is there a simple way given that they are very similar?
also can I restore all the system data as well or is that too risky given that system may have changed a bit?
Thanks in advance.
6KayZee9 said:
First off I searched but didnt find it.
Is there a quick and easy way to update nightlies to the newest release.
I am currently using ericwill ROM - CyanogenMod 10 - JB 4.1.1 - UNOFFICIAL.
I have 2012-09-15 and would like to upgrade to 2012-09-18.
Do I need to do a full wipe and flash and then reinstall my apps with titanium backup or is there a simple way given that they are very similar?
also can I restore all the system data as well or is that too risky given that system may have changed a bit?
Thanks in advance.
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U can just flash it on top but to get the best results its rly best to whipe... U avoid problems wen u do the whipe.... N as long as ur on the same rom as far as I no n my experience u can restore all system data with no problems but only do that if ur staying with the same rom other then that it's really not recommended... Hope that helps :beer:
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Don't forget to flash gapps again if it isn't included
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thanks guys flashed last night worked out well
I did a darkside superwipe
flashed new rom
rebooted and let sit a while 10 mins
flashed gapps
rebooted and let sit 10 mins
rebooted again and did full sytem and apps restore with titanium backup.
one question should I do the darkside cache wipe as well and if so when should that be done?
I think as if it should be done after flashing the rom. if so after the gapps too?
6KayZee9 said:
thanks guys flashed last night worked out well
I did a darkside superwipe
flashed new rom
rebooted and let sit a while 10 mins
flashed gapps
rebooted and let sit 10 mins
rebooted again and did full sytem and apps restore with titanium backup.
one question should I do the darkside cache wipe as well and if so when should that be done?
I think as if it should be done after flashing the rom. if so after the gapps too?
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When flashing a nightly you dont have to wipe! You can just add on top of each other!!! But make sure to WIPE DATA if flashing a new ROM.
To build on the first reply, I backup current nightly with trwp. Wipe all, install new nightly, Flash gapps, restore data from last backup. Wipe cache just in case and reboot. Now if on aokp, use aokp backup to restore settings. No tibu needed, all user apps restored with data
Kerns_JW said:
To build on the first reply, I backup current nightly with trwp. Wipe all, install new nightly, Flash gapps, restore data from last backup. Wipe cache just in case and reboot. Now if on aokp, use aokp backup to restore settings. No tibu needed, all user apps restored with data
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thanks thats a great tip I will give it a try. when you say to use the aokp backup is that a backup that is in the settings for the aokp rom?
market
NextGenROM said:
When flashing a nightly you dont have to wipe! You can just add on top of each other!!! But make sure to WIPE DATA if flashing a new ROM.
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If your going to wipe your data, might as well wipe your system.
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the aokp backup market app? All the reviews below it say it doesn't work with nightlies or other versions.. they say that the app itself has to be updated for every nightly. At least what i got from it.

cm 10.1 signal issue

I just flashed cm 10.1 did a full wipe. It looks good only problem is after initial boot up I get no cell signal. Any help?
voldomart13 said:
I just flashed cm 10.1 did a full wipe. It looks good only problem is after initial boot up I get no cell signal. Any help?
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This has already been stated over 100 times in the cm10 dev thread. you should probably go look over there dude.
Seriously? I couldn't find it -_- well that's great this is my dads phone too, so now I gotta go back down to cm10 -_-
Heads up going back to cm10.... Restore from a backup if possible. If you just flash using a cm10 zip and 4.1 gapps you may get an AOSP keyboard FC loop. Only way around that, if it happens, is to reflash stock with ODIN, do a factory reset and then flash cm10.
This has happened to several people, myself included, I just used my TWRP backups and it worked perfectly.
Side Note: If using TWRP restore, you will need to use the built in file manager and copy your /sdcard/0/TWRP folder back to /sdcard/TWRP. 4.2.1 modified the directory structure to make way for multi user support.
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I actually did that but I was able to adb push the new gapps to my sd card and install them. Oh wait read that wrong nevermind thanks

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