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Boot loop with any ROM based on official 2.2

Hi,
I was hoping some of the smart people here might be able to point me in the right direction for a solution to a problem I am having.
As the thread subject says; I've flashed several ROMs based on the official 2.2 release and I end up with a boot loop at the first HTC logo, it never makes it to the quietly brilliant screen, it just re-boots continuously until I pull the battery.
However, ROMs based on 2.1 boot fine, both official ones and modified ones obtained here on the forum. Also, the 2.2 based DeFrost ROM boots fine.
The actual flash process seems to go fine, with no errors being reported.
I've tried wiping/factory reset before I flash, after I flash, but the result is always the same.
I've tried with and without the latest radio installed.
I've tried booting with the SDCard and SIM removed, but no luck.
I've even tried downgrading from bootloader 0.80 to 0.75, again with no difference.
A bit of background info;
My Desire is a generic unbranded model.
Yesterday, I did try to install the OTA 2.2 update, but something messed up during the flash process and I ended up with a corrupted recovery partition and (once again) a boot loop.
Thankfully, I managed to flash an older RUU file and things are back to normal, except for the in-ability to boot any ROM based on the official 2.2 release.
If anyone can help I would be forever in your debt, as this really is driving me crazy.

I had the same problem when I installed the new 2.2 HTC ROM without wiping...
Anyway try to wipe both factory reset and all caches with both amon ra recovery port and clockwork recovery...

Same problem... but fixed I fixed it installing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7483900

I have same same loop like that
I dont know why? I use r5 modaco custom rom. it seems well. but when I try to use edge/3g, it starts loop booting. if turn off edge/3g, the phone works perfectly.
after that, I tried to flash another ROM, Wipe Factory reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, even wipe ext but it still happens
I put out SIM, the phone boot correctly( maybe just reboot one time). but put SIM in, it reboots.... sometime the phone vibrate 5 time at HTC screen .
somebody can help me?
ps: how to know wipe dalvik work perfectly? I cant see any info about it done

I had the same problem with the first rooted official rom I tried to install, then I restored to my modaco mcr-r5 (2.2) rom, updated to the new radio and then installed the rom from nickiberli via rom manager and it worked.
btw, I selected wipe data in rom manager when prompted, lost all my apps and data but the setup wizard ran when it booted up first time.

Thanks for the suggestions.
I have now tried wiping with both ClockworkMod and AmonRa.
I wiped the following with both, but still the boot loop persists with 2.2 based ROMs.
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe Dalvik Cache
I also tried the MCR-R5 ROM, but it also fails to boot for me. It doesn't loop, but it seems to freeze on the first HTC screen.
As mentioned previously; 2.1 based ROMs boot flawlessly.
I really don't know what else to try.

try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741867
Ive had a bit of a shaky day with custom roms, rooting not working etc, first rom i tried failed, but this one worked straight out, wipe cache, default, ext partitions and dalvik, I used mybackup to back everything and wiped the whole phone, works like a charm now

raz2133 said:
Thanks for the suggestions.
I have now tried wiping with both ClockworkMod and AmonRa.
I wiped the following with both, but still the boot loop persists with 2.2 based ROMs.
Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Wipe Cache Partition
Wipe Dalvik Cache
I also tried the MCR-R5 ROM, but it also fails to boot for me. It doesn't loop, but it seems to freeze on the first HTC screen.
As mentioned previously; 2.1 based ROMs boot flawlessly.
I really don't know what else to try.
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Do you have an ext partition on your memory card for a2sd? If you don't and you try to install a rom with a2sd then I think it might cause this kind of problem. I had a2sd with an ext partition on the card, I booted into clockworkmod recovery and formatted the sd card and the phone wouldn't boot.
I generated a new mcr-r5 without a2sd or a2sd+ and installed and all was ok, if that works then I would try installing the new radio and then the new rom which is what I did.

ratykat said:
try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741867
Ive had a bit of a shaky day with custom roms, rooting not working etc, first rom i tried failed, but this one worked straight out, wipe cache, default, ext partitions and dalvik, I used mybackup to back everything and wiped the whole phone, works like a charm now
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I just tried this ROM and it wont boot for me either.

bakedecake said:
Do you have an ext partition on your memory card for a2sd? If you don't and you try to install a rom with a2sd then I think it might cause this kind of problem. I had a2sd with an ext partition on the card, I booted into clockworkmod recovery and formatted the sd card and the phone wouldn't boot.
I generated a new mcr-r5 without a2sd or a2sd+ and installed and all was ok, if that works then I would try installing the new radio and then the new rom which is what I did.
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I do have an ext partition on my SDCard and I have tried ROMs with and without A2SD. In fact, the ROM I have used for most of my tests is "Rooted Official HTC Android 2.2 (FroYo) ROM [Market issue fixed]", which I don't think has A2SD.
I have tried booting with 3 different SDCards so far, and of-course I have tried with no card.

Noob here, needing help about his rooted Desire

HI
well I rooted my desire using the Full update Guide for the HTC desire (GSM) on the cyanogenmod wiki site.
that installed fine, after a while i decided to download and flash one of LEEDroids ROMS
the installation went fine, but when it started to boot up the sequence kept on repeating.
not knowing what was happening, I went to the recovery memory and used the wipe option.
Eventually I found the restore option, and bought back the cyanogenmod rom.
I have tried many other ROMS and the result is the same, the boot up sequence keeps on repeating...
NEED HELP !!!

yhq92 said:
HI
well I rooted my desire using the Full update Guide for the HTC desire (GSM) on the cyanogenmod wiki site.
that installed fine, after a while i decided to download and flash one of LEEDroids ROMS
the installation went fine, but when it started to boot up the sequence kept on repeating.
not knowing what was happening, I went to the recovery memory and used the wipe option.
Eventually I found the restore option, and bought back the cyanogenmod rom.
I have tried many other ROMS and the result is the same, the boot up sequence keeps on repeating...
NEED HELP !!!
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Follow the link in my sig for the newbie's guide. It explains everything with videos.

Pipusz said:
Follow the link in my sig for the newbie's guide. It explains everything with videos.
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eerr, what link? LOL
make sure to wipe dalvic cache (from advanced options) and format everything i.e. boot, system, userdata, cache and sd-ext (from mounts and storage) (apart from sdcard!!!!!) (IF you're using clockworkmod recovery), then proceed to install a new ROM.

bortak said:
eerr, what link? LOL
make sure to wipe dalvic cache (from advanced options) and format everything i.e. boot, system, userdata, cache and sd-ext (from mounts and storage) (apart from sdcard!!!!!) (IF you're using clockworkmod recovery), then proceed to install a new ROM.
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I have 5 links in my sig and I don't think they are hidden...

Thnx
Does anyone have a good ROM to recommend? Id prefer one with. HTC sense 3.0

The first ROM I used was Android Revolution. My wife is still using it. She can't live without sense. Search for it on here.
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Phone: HTC Inspire 4G
ROM: Cyanogen(mod) 7 Nightly
Launcher: Zeam
Keyboard: Swype
App: Tapatalk

Hi yhq92,
i followed this link and found it was very straight forward, also has a few of linkslovesandroids fav's, i chose Robo's Rcmix s, becomes very addictive now want to swap it again lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084

bortak said:
eerr, what link? LOL
make sure to wipe dalvic cache (from advanced options) and format everything i.e. boot, system, userdata, cache and sd-ext (from mounts and storage) (apart from sdcard!!!!!) (IF you're using clockworkmod recovery), then proceed to install a new ROM.
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yeahh so I did that then installed the RCMixHD it finishes booting but now the screens stuck on this ( see attached image)
HELP

You have to be patient on first boot, it can take 10-15 minutes before it progresses beyond that stage.

Or you failed repartitioning sd card.
Do you have 1gb+ ext3/4 partition?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Yeah first boot took ages for me to the point I was gonna unplug, glad I didn't, not sure if you get the notifications bar on boot though so think something might not be right! I'd restore and try again, like K3lcior said check partitioned correctly, I kept watching the video's on linkslovesandroids link until I had it in my head,

Right, I'll. Have to check that.
Thnx for the advise

Boot Loop after ROM flash

I'm running amon ra, haus mod rev .a
i've partitioned my sd card with 32 swap, 1024 ext2, then to ext3
I've wipes all data/factory reset, then cache, dalvik cash, and data
I then have tried flashing 2 different ROM's and boot leave me stuck in a boot loop after flashing.
I'm not sure what to troubleshoot next.
Thank you in advance for your gracious help.
Chris

TurbineTester said:
I'm running amon ra, haus mod rev .a
i've partitioned my sd card with 32 swap, 1024 ext2, then to ext3
I've wipes all data/factory reset, then cache, dalvik cash, and data
I then have tried flashing 2 different ROM's and boot leave me stuck in a boot loop after flashing.
I'm not sure what to troubleshoot next.
Thank you in advance for your gracious help.
Chris
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First off,what roms did you try flashing and Then you need to wipe everything,from data/factory reset,cache,data,android_secure,SD ext.,system,dalvik-cache,never the SD card.Now understand that sense 3.5 roms take alot of space,so the boots and such take longer and boot more times.

Diablo67 said:
First off,what roms did you try flashing and Then you need to wipe everything,from data/factory reset,cache,data,android_secure,SD ext.,system,dalvik-cache,never the SD card.Now understand that sense 3.5 roms take alot of space,so the boots and such take longer and boot more times.
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I tried Nitrous and Express.
This is the first time i have seen instructions to wipe SD ext and system.
So here is what i did per your instructions.
I went right down the wipe list in amonra haus mod rev .a and performed the following wipe operations:
Wipe ALL userdata/factory reset
Wipe CACHE
Wipe DALVIK-CACHE
WIPE DATA
Wipe SDCARD:.android-secure
Wipe SYSTEM
Wipe SDEXT
Wipe DATA:battery stats
I did not wipe the following:
Wipe BOOT
Wipe SDCARD
Wipe DATA:rotate settings
I then flashed this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542036
I had heard to give everything lots of time to complete, so i have let my phone sit in the boot loop and reboot about 30 consecutive times. I think that's enough time to do something different. I then took the battery out to stop the boot loop, replaced battery and powered on the phone. It continued to boot loop, and i let it sit again for another 5 or so mintues boot looping away. I pulled the battery again and powered it back on and it continued to boot loop. It reboots every 25 seconds and the only thing i see on the screen is a black background with
"htc EVO 4G"
In white letters across the middle.
I Wiped everything again and this time i also did
Wipe DATA:battery stats
I then partitioned the sdcard again, with
SWAP: 32
ext2:1024
then under the partition menu in amonra, i selected
SD:ext2 to ext3
that process complete
Then i go to the main recovery menu and select
USB-MS toggle
and copy over the ROM from my pc to the sd card. this was the only thing i copied over and the sd card is totally empty accept for the 269MB ROM zip file. (in past attempts i have copied over the ENTIRE contents of the sd card that i backed up)
I then flash the zip and wait for it to complete.
It finishes and then goes into the boot loop again. and i've let it continue to try and do anything other than what i have described above. It does not. I pull the battery and it boot loops again.
Is there something else in the partitioning process that i need to do? Do i need to format the sd card first or after?

What you really need to wipe is: boot, system, data, cache, dalvik, and sd ext [if partitiooned], and you're good to go. Wipe the boot, and then try again.

teh roxxorz said:
What you really need to wipe is: boot, system, data, cache, dalvik, and sd ext [if partitiooned], and you're good to go. Wipe the boot, and then try again.
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Thanks for the help!
edit: I wiped everything you said and nothing else and i still get boot loops. It reboots once every 30 seconds or so and i let it keep rebooting for about 8 minutes. Then i popped the battery and let it try to boot again but i got the same boot loop.
Again, i really do appreciate the help, what should i try next?

After flashing the rom wipe cache and dalvik again before reboot if it loops more than 3 full loops pull battery and reboot to recovery wipe cache and dalvik then under.advanced menu fix permissions(uid mismatches) and the wipe cache and dalvik again and reboot when wiping before flashing wipe each option a few times in a row until they complete the wipe rather quickly that will ensure they are wiped properly. U can also try reflashing your recovery or changing recoveries to amon RA 2.3 or amon RA style supersonic recovery v3.11 depending on what recovery you are using currently
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TurbineTester said:
Thanks for the help!
edit: I wiped everything you said and nothing else and i still get boot loops. It reboots once every 30 seconds or so and i let it keep rebooting for about 8 minutes. Then i popped the battery and let it try to boot again but i got the same boot loop.
Again, i really do appreciate the help, what should i try next?
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Are you sure your downloads aren't corrupt somehow?
Sent from the original Swagged Out EVO via Tapatalk 2

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
After flashing the rom wipe cache and dalvik again before reboot
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Thanks for your help!
The ROM flash goes directly to a reboot so i never get the chance to wipe anything after it installs.
if it loops more than 3 full loops pull battery and reboot to recovery wipe cache and dalvik then under.advanced menu fix permissions(uid mismatches) and the wipe cache and dalvik again and reboot
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It boot looped again I followed your instructions and i still get the same boot loops.
when wiping before flashing wipe each option a few times in a row until they complete the wipe rather quickly that will ensure they are wiped properly. U can also try reflashing your recovery or changing recoveries to amon RA 2.3 or amon RA style supersonic recovery v3.11 depending on what recovery you are using currently
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The last time i wiped everything about 4 times in rapid succession and then let the phone sit for about 5 minutes before flashing the ROM. Still got boot loops
For the ROM in question the OD posted a specific version of amon ra recovery, Haus Mod, and said it worked. I downloaded that reovery from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1542036
What can i try next?

swagstr said:
Are you sure your downloads aren't corrupt somehow?
Sent from the original Swagged Out EVO via Tapatalk 2
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someone else suggested that as well. I did md5 checksums on the file i downloaded and on the file as it sat on the card, and both were identical.
This also happens when i try to flash another newer ROM that requires partitioning the sd card.
What should i try to do next?

TurbineTester said:
someone else suggested that as well. I did md5 checksums on the file i downloaded and on the file as it sat on the card, and both were identical.
This also happens when i try to flash another newer ROM that requires partitioning the sd card.
What should i try to do next?
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Are you flashing Apps2SD with the ROM?
Sent from the original Swagged Out HTC EVO 4G via Tapatalk

swagstr said:
Are you flashing Apps2SD with the ROM?
Sent from the original Swagged Out HTC EVO 4G via Tapatalk
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No I'm not. Do i need to?
And how would i do that?

THe thread for the ROM is was trying to flash doesn't mention anything about flashings apps2SD. Is that something that is required for all the newer ROM that require the partitioned SD card?

HTC EVO 4G reboot
After having had the same re-boot problem and reading the postings here and other forums and having tried all the solutions I still have the problem. I can only conclude that it is hardware related. Some of the HTC EVO 4G phones have this defect and there is nothing to do but get a new phone. This is a good reason not to root the phone until you have run the phone long enough to uncover any defects and have your carrier replace the phone. Living with an unreliable phone has made it personal for me. I won't buy another HTC product. What then, is the best Android/iPhone alternative currently?

lordway said:
After having had the same re-boot problem and reading the postings here and other forums and having tried all the solutions I still have the problem. I can only conclude that it is hardware related. Some of the HTC EVO 4G phones have this defect and there is nothing to do but get a new phone. This is a good reason not to root the phone until you have run the phone long enough to uncover any defects and have your carrier replace the phone. Living with an unreliable phone has made it personal for me. I won't buy another HTC product. What then, is the best Android/iPhone alternative currently?
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All products... And I mean all products will have defects. You got the one in a million. And that sucks, it really does. But you need to realize one defective product does not mean ALL HTC phones are terrible. If I were you, I would talk to Sprint and HTC, it may be a long shot. But if this wasn't your fault, one of them should try to help you fix it.
Sent from the original Swagged Out HTC EVO 4G via Tapatalk

lordway said:
After having had the same re-boot problem and reading the postings here and other forums and having tried all the solutions I still have the problem. I can only conclude that it is hardware related. Some of the HTC EVO 4G phones have this defect and there is nothing to do but get a new phone. This is a good reason not to root the phone until you have run the phone long enough to uncover any defects and have your carrier replace the phone. Living with an unreliable phone has made it personal for me. I won't buy another HTC product. What then, is the best Android/iPhone alternative currently?
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Same here. But i have had my evo 3D for nearly a year and have had no issues. I only decided to root because all the bloatware that gets added with every system update was killing me, then i found out u can flash ROMs and such. I have a headache from this bootloop issue as well and i was wondering, after you gain S_OFF, HBOOT returns to *** LOCKED *** and i was wondering if that had to be unlocked before flashing, but i havent heard anyone say to do this.

Flashing a ROM and getting stuck on boot is an issue with the ROM usually, flashing a ROM and getting stuck at a black screen that may or may not reboot is usually kernel base mismatch. Flashing a ROM that just plain reboots usually means something is wrong with system boot or one of the caches. Between different ROMs and or ROM bases (stock, modified stock, custom aosp) you need to perform a full system wipe before flashing new rom. I have a guide for the new evo lte but all the relevant knowledge is the same. And sorry for crashing the thread I'm very tired and I thought I was in the lte forums

[Q] Desire stuck on CM boot after first reboot

Hi,
I recently rooted my htc desire, unrevoked method, flashed default recovery. Before flashing the stable CM for Desire, I wiped dalvik cache, wiped all data, wiped cache partition. After the installation, I logged into my google account. Problems started when going into settings resulted in going to blank settings page. Same goes for any settings window (system, play store settings). Whats more, after every single CM I install, the phone gets stuck on CM loading screen, after installing the rom, setting everything up and rebooting for the first time. The phone is S-ON. I'll try to upload logs from debugger soon.
Thanks in advance for any help.
http://pastebin.com/Zy6jKANt Log from exact loop during loading
Disregard those settings part above, its non existent now, just the loop.

macolour said:
Hi,
I recently rooted my htc desire, unrevoked method, flashed default recovery. Before flashing the stable CM for Desire, I wiped dalvik cache, wiped all data, wiped cache partition. After the installation, I logged into my google account. Problems started when going into settings resulted in going to blank settings page. Same goes for any settings window (system, play store settings). Whats more, after every single CM I install, the phone gets stuck on CM loading screen, after installing the rom, setting everything up and rebooting for the first time. The phone is S-ON. I'll try to upload logs from debugger soon.
Thanks in advance for any help.
http://pastebin.com/Zy6jKANt Log from exact loop during loading
Disregard those settings part above, its non existent now, just the loop.
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You should s-off before installing any custom rom. Did you make a backup before installing cm7?

abaaaabbbb63 said:
You should s-off before installing any custom rom. Did you make a backup before installing cm7?
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Wow, really? Some custom gb seemed to work just fine with s-on. I think I have a backup but I wouldn't count on it, it may have some files missing. I'm not sure now whether unrevoked did s-off on that phone, will check as soon as I get back to it.

macolour said:
Wow, really? Some custom gb seemed to work just fine with s-on. I think I have a backup but I wouldn't count on it, it may have some files missing. I'm not sure now whether unrevoked did s-off on that phone, will check as soon as I get back to it.
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You don't have to s-off to install custom Rom, only a custom recovery.
However it is much more useful to have s-off than not so it's thoroughly recommended.
For instance, you can change hboot to use your internal memory partition layout and have more space. Currently you are on stock hboot with 250MB /system but your Rom system size is much less, so you are wasting space.
Changing hboot will give you smaller system and more internal memory
S-off will also allow you to change recovery to something like 4ext (see my sig), allowing more reliable and easier partitioning of sdcard.
Regarding your specific problem, not sure you did a proper full wipe before installing? Need to use the wipe data/factory reset option within recovery as a minimum before installing new rom

eddiehk6 said:
Regarding your specific problem, not sure you did a proper full wipe before installing? Need to use the wipe data/factory reset option within recovery as a minimum before installing new rom
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Every single install, wiping data, cache, dalvik cache as well. Everything done from within recovery. Logs indicate a problem with hw audio decoding, though I might be wrong.

macolour said:
Every single install, wiping data, cache, dalvik cache as well. Everything done from within recovery. Logs indicate a problem with hw audio decoding, though I might be wrong.
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did you specifically use the "wipe data/factory reset" option within recovery, or only the "format data" option under mounts and storage?
the "wipe data/factory reset" also formats the /system partition, which is just as important /data. cache and dalvik are just temporary files, should get wiped anyway on fresh rom install, but no harm in manually wiping.
haven't had time to look at the logs, not an expert in them anyway. you could try to install a different ROM to see if you have the same issues, or restore a nandoid (hope you made one, you should always do this before wiping/flashing).

eddiehk6 said:
did you specifically use the "wipe data/factory reset" option within recovery, or only the "format data" option under mounts and storage?
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Wipe data. I'll try to make other roms work.

Help with Rebooting wiping storage

Hello everyone,
I would post this in the development thread but I can't since I am a ne user. Anyway..
I am currently on InFamous switching between the 2.4 TW version and the Google Edition v2.0.
My problem is every time I reboot my phone, it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot image. Then when I go to recovery the Internal storage shows 0 MB available, and I can't fix permissions or wipe anything without having to format data first. The only way to boot my phone again, is to format data, wipe everything, and reinstall the ROM which is very annoying and time consuming.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance
-Jesse

re: rebooting into Google Edition Rom
razorj7 said:
Hello everyone,
I would post this in the development thread but I can't since I am a ne user. Anyway..
I am currently on InFamous switching between the 2.4 TW version and the Google Edition v2.0.
My problem is every time I reboot my phone, it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot image. Then when I go to recovery the Internal storage shows 0 MB available, and I can't fix permissions or wipe anything without having to format data first. The only way to boot my phone again, is to format data, wipe everything, and reinstall the ROM which is very annoying and time consuming.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance
-Jesse
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Have you tried this:
Before doing anything, be sure to back up the internal sdcard to a folder on your computer if you have anything you
want to save on the internal sdcard. Also be sure that the Google Edition zip file rom is on your "external" sdcard.
When the phone is flashed and ready to use go into settings>accounts tab>backup and reset>"Factory data reset".
Click on the factory data reset.
After doing that reboot into cwm or twrp which ever you are using and do a full wipe as you usually do but don't
forget to include "Factory reset".
Then flash the Google Edition rom as you normally have done and it should fix the problem you are having hopefully.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Have you tried this:
Before doing anything, be sure to back up the internal sdcard to a folder on your computer if you have anything you
want to save on the internal sdcard. Also be sure that the Google Edition zip file rom is on your "external" sdcard.
When the phone is flashed and ready to use go into settings>accounts tab>backup and reset>"Factory data reset".
Click on the factory data reset.
After doing that reboot into cwm or twrp which ever you are using and do a full wipe as you usually do but don't
forget to include "Factory reset".
Then flash the Google Edition rom as you normally have done and it should fix the problem you are having hopefully.
Good luck!
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Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.

razorj7 said:
Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
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Have you tried holding the power button, home key and the volume up key all at the same time to boot in recovery? If not do a battery pull and do it when turning the phone back on
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razorj7 said:
Unfortunately, this did not work =(. Again, as soon s I reboot, I get stuck on the Samsung screen and have to pull out the battery. Then, in recovery my Internal storage has 0 MB aeven though the folders are empty.
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If you already tried to Odin flash the STOCK rom and formatted your internal sdcard and you still find "0 MB"
in your internal storage then it must be a hardware issue and if I were you I would return/exchange the phone.
Good luck!

It's not a hardware issue. It's a bug in twrp. Whenever you do "format data" it corrupts the data partition. Use PhilZ Touch recovery. His recovery includes the fix. Try it.

teshxx said:
It's not a hardware issue. It's a bug in twrp. Whenever you do "format data" it corrupts the data partition. Use PhilZ Touch recovery. His recovery includes the fix. Try it.
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Thanks, I'll try that. How do I get rid of the bug after writing the new recovery? Format data?
Thanks!

Hello, any progress please? I have exactly the same issue.

I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265588&page=23 this solution:
I wanted to clean my internal SD card before flashing Omega ROM, so I used Format Data option from Wipe section in TWRP.
After that I lost almost two days trying to fix my phone. Flashed stock ROM, TWRP and Omega ROM endless times without success after that.
My phone became randomly unbootable on reboot or power on! It was stuck on i9505 logo that is shown before boot animation forever. It was same for both stock and Omega ROM, with or without external micro SD.
After endless tries, I figured out that my phone works fine if I do factory reset and wipe from original recovery. Worked fine before and after flashing TWRP.
I tired to Format Data from TWRP again and my phone again was stuck on boot.
So I did everything once more. Flashed stock, did factory reset and wipe from original recovery and then installed TWRP and in the end I flashed Omega without wiping anything.
Everything works just fine now and I will not try to use Format data option from TWRP on this device in near time! Please fix this.
First I used TWRP 2.5.0.1 and then 2.5.0.2, but it is same in both of them.
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Now I'm downloading stock rom so I'll try it in next 2 hours.

bet you guys previously flashed a aosp rom, I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you did.

TheAxman said:
bet you guys previously flashed a aosp rom, I could be wrong, but it sounds as if you did.
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It says so in the OP... going between TW and Google Edition 2.0.. Out of curiosity though, what difference would that make? I have flashed and have backups of two versions of TW and quite a few AOSP variants... I can move between them seamlessly and haven't encountered any such problems as the OP. I use TWRP as well.

It was TWRP problem. I have flashed the stock ROM with stock recovery. I have done full wipe and my phone works well again. This is bug in TWRP. Don't push "format data" button!