My wife is going to be pissed if this does not get resolved.
I wanted to backup her phone. I already flashed Mr X's telus stock rom a week or so ago. I realized I hadn't done a nandroid backup so I though i'd install rom manager to quickly backup that rom. When I selected it it said clockworkmod recovery wasn't installed so I started the process to flash it (i thought it was strange). It went slow and I thought that I'd flash it again for good measure.
I selected the backup option expecting it to reboot into recovery and back up but nothing happens. I tried to pull the battery and boot into recovery but nothing but black, same with a regular pull and try to boot. I get the boot screen for a second and nothing but black. It will go into download mode.
My guess is it did not flash cwm successfully and this is the cause of problems. How can I fix this without having to wipe even if I can get recovery flashed properly? Can I flash cwm onto it from my pc and possiblly have it boot properly?? I would like to not have to set her phone up again and wipe her sms and things.
Thanks
Flash CWM from ODIN.
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Flash CWM from ODIN.
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Flash CWM from ODIN.
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+1 if it doesn't boot up after that might try flashing darkside cachewipe. If that don't work she's gonna be mad at you for flashing rom again and wiping her stuff, might try a dirty flash to save her data.
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Thank you all for the quick advice. I flashed CWM and it rebooted right into my wife's glorious setup! I had the prompt to assign Apex launcher as default but that was it at a glance.
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Thank you all for the quick advice. I flashed CWM and it rebooted right into my wife's glorious setup! I had the prompt to assign Apex launcher as default but that was it at a glance.
XDA rox.
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Not that i had anything to do with helping you but glad your still alive. I know from experience messing with the wife's phone can result in couch time.
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Not that i had anything to do with helping you but glad your still alive. I know from experience messing with the wife's phone can result in couch time.
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Or just a cold shoulder and no dinner for a week!!
That's the truth! I found it ironic that this happened because I wanted to back it up lol
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Also don't forget how we have to tip toe around our wives when it comes to flashing! "Why are you messing with your phone again?! " Geez
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^^I have found this to be the issue with anything that does not revolve around my wife or child.. It used to be the phone she complained about, until I got a car.. then I started getting complaints about "I really don't see the purpose of brighter lights" or something of that nature.
My wife doesn't let me touch her phone anymore....
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Mine complains, but also won't take my advice on what phone to get. The truth she'll never admit: her G2 running ILWT CM7 is the best any phone has treated her yet, and if she'd just try to learn what a problem means when I've occurs, she could solve it in 10 secs.
My wife doesnt like me wiping her data at all when im flashing a rom...even if her rom is full of bugs and needs a serious update lol stubborn
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how is everybody? well i rooted my girlfriends 4g a while back, like at least 4 months ago. and its been working fine. she now has a problem. she said she got an update from sprint and restarted her phone about 2 days ago. and it worked up. and her phone died today and when she turned it on she got sent to the ACS recovery screen... what do i do now to get past it or fix it if its a problem?
Reboot system now??
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where is that? i was only able to see turn off and i did it and it only brought me back to the ACS. there are other options like restore and back up; wipe cache;wipe; advanced settings. and maybe im missing something but i dont remember seeing a reboot system now
You just need to get a ROM or Kernel and put your phone in the computer, then put the ROM or Kernel on your SD card, then just flash it. Should boot up.
Its the top option where it says reboot menu then you choose reboo system
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You just need to get a ROM or Kernel and put your phone in the computer, then put the ROM or Kernel on your SD card, then just flash it. Should boot up.
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Nope...
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i kept telling her to tell me what the options where and she didnt even tell me that was an option. im going to facetime her now and see what it all says lol. hopefully it works unless she already wiped everything
got it to work. thanks guys.
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got it to work. thanks guys.
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No problem
Always make sure you girlfriend proof the phone before rooting it xD
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No problem
Always make sure you girlfriend proof the phone before rooting it xD
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Hahaha... no way to do that unless you tell her not to touch her phone! Lol... my neice sponges her phone once a week... good thing she actually payed attention when I taught her how to odin... lol
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shes just not capable to understanding how to do it. well i have never bothered to teach or anything but still. i just do it and get it over with
Hi all,
I need some help with Miui v4. I flashed it as per instructions and my phone app constantly force closes. Does anyone know why this is happening? I am on sprint in Ny,US. Thanks in advance for the help
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Hi all,
I need some help with Miui v4. I flashed it as per instructions and my phone app constantly force closes. Does anyone know why this is happening? I am on sprint in Ny,US. Thanks in advance for the help
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Repeat those same flashing steps again. Make sure you wipe fully as well.
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Repeat those same flashing steps again. Make sure you wipe fully as well.
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Thanks for the reply Custodian, I did wipe the phone fully, I was however using the ultimate iPhone theme. I just have not found anyone on xda that is having this issue. Could it be the theme? I am just reluctant to flash this again, but I really like the Miui set up. Do you think I should try an older version? Thanks again.
i have the same problem,didi u use miui7.13?
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same here.. i flashed calks format all in el26cwm, miui 7/13 and chris41g cwm5 safe aosp kernel, and couldnt get past lockscreen due to phone fc.. tried going back into recovery and flashed format all again (worked a charm thanks to chris41g!) flashed miui again this time not kernel and same exact thing except this time no cwm so had to pc odin a oc to get phone back.. i thought it was just me.. only thing i could think of was i dled it on my phone while roaming and it took a while.. maybe a bad download?
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There is a solution in the rom's thread in development. It worked for me. I'd give you the steps but i can't remember exactly, but it involves flashing el26.cwm, miui 2.6.8, el29.cwm direct boot, then 2.7.13 with wipes in between. It should be on the second page.
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There is a solution in the rom's thread in development. It worked for me. I'd give you the steps but i can't remember exactly, but it involves flashing el26.cwm, miui 2.6.8, el29.cwm direct boot, then 2.7.13 with wipes in between. It should be on the second page.
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thats too much work for miui.. so u need to flash older version then update to new one.. i just spent a lot of time to dl 7/13.. not sure why theres two sets of install instructions lol cm9 and other aosp roms flash fine
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thats too much work for miui.. so u need to flash older version then update to new one.. i just spent a lot of time to dl 7/13.. not sure why theres two sets of install instructions lol cm9 and other aosp roms flash fine
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It's a bug in this version, for some reason. I don't know if it is happening too everyone though, maybe just those who are coming from a different room like i did? It took me less than ten minutes including downloading all four files on my pc.
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It's a bug in this version, for some reason. I don't know if it is happening too everyone though, maybe just those who are coming from a different room like i did? It took me less than ten minutes including downloading all four files on my pc.
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yea but u obviously have wifi.. im roaming on verizon but speed is still slow.. i have no wifi.. itd be easy if i did but since i dont id rather flash another rom i already have.. its better anyways.. right now on latest aokp
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I used latest miui 13. I followed the instructions exactly but I didn't try an older version 1st. Maybe that's the problem too much work, back on caulks 3.0 with the candy theme and it works great.
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yea but u obviously have wifi.. im roaming on verizon but speed is still slow.. i have no wifi.. itd be easy if i did but since i dont id rather flash another rom i already have.. its better anyways.. right now on latest aokp
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Win some lose some, i guess. Might be better to wait for a JB rom anyways, right?
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Hey everyone I am in need with some help. Everyone says my phones audio is terrible. I've tried it on several peoples phone and have come to the conclusion that my phone is the problem.
My phone is rooted, running tdjs dark side ics rom. Before that I have been on several other roms too and the problem still existed. I have never dropped my phone and followed instructions to the t when flashing roms.
Any suggestions?
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Bump. Would like some help please.
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Bump. Would like some help please.
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If you can't resolve the issue by superwipe, kernel cleansing, cache wipe and a new ROM or back to Stock than I'd say you need to open a warranty claim and get the phone replaced. (or make sure whatever case you have for it isn't covering up the mic, dust, dirt, etc)
Or... go back to stock and reroot over again. If theres an issue after that then you got a warranty issue
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...3angBA&usg=AFQjCNGJPsChjj8qf32PIyesEm7P9ObbYQ
thats what i used yesterday and cleaned up the whole phone to factory.. make sure you follow directions on it
Will try suggestions later, thanks guys. I havent tried kernal cleanser. Hmm. And I've taken off my case, making no difference.
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I flashed serenity and didn't like it, was a bit drunk last night and think I did something wrong while being flash happy and wiping. I can make calls, but no data at all. No matter what rom I flash it wont work. Any suggestions?
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I flashed serenity and didn't like it, was a bit drunk last night and think I did something wrong while being flash happy and wiping. I can make calls, but no data at all. No matter what rom I flash it wont work. Any suggestions?
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check your imei. if it's 0 than you wiped it. if that's the case then check this thread out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29461950
Yeah I figured that out. Sucks because my gf is out of town with the computer. First problem ive had crack flashing. Oops
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Hello everyone. My wife has a newly purchased S4 from Tmobile. We rooted it right away and installed TWRP. Everything else is stock. Even kept the bloatware hanging around... She has had some random reboots from time to time not often but like 3-4 times since she has had the phone. Google searches turn up random bits of info so I thought I'd ask the experts here at good olé XDA. I've seen some advice to factory reset but wouldn't that lose root? Also some say it could be SD card related.. There is no common theme to it happening.. I guess we could return it. I was hoping to avoid that though... Any thoughts? Thanks for any help!
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Yes it will lose root but it's better than the phone rebooting itself alot so if it still does it then try to flash a rom and if it still does it it might be the phone then
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Factory reset won't actually loose root. Root stuff is stored in the system while factory resetting wipes the user's data. Factory reset through TWRP would be my first recommendation
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So as far as I know simply rooting doesn't cause this issue... My gut says no but this is a new phone to me...
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So as far as I know simply rooting doesn't cause this issue... My gut says no but this is a new phone to me...
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Simply rooting does not. Touching system stuff can so yeah simply rooting wouldn't cause that.
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What did she recently install? if anything. Some apps will cause random reboots. And the answers here are correct, you will not lose root doing a factory reset.
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What did she recently install? if anything. Some apps will cause random reboots. And the answers here are correct, you will not lose root doing a factory reset.
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Well thanks we may try that. She hasn't installed anything new really. She's not the techie I'm more likely to have RR than her.. Lol. We just rooted used TB to restore basic apps like Go Launcher and such. No system restored apps at all. We may try factory reset and then if that doesn't work we may return it... Thanks for the help.! Feeling the XDA love today... :beer:
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Well thanks we may try that. She hasn't installed anything new really. She's not the techie I'm more likely to have RR than her.. Lol. We just rooted used TB to restore basic apps like Go Launcher and such. No system restored apps at all. We may try factory reset and then if that doesn't work we may return it... Thanks for the help.! Feeling the XDA love today... :beer:
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hehe I caught my wife installing stuff, she wouldn't admit it to me, but I can tell. Ouch, she just hit me. anyways, try factory reset, and test.
And if you do decide to return it, clean it up, don't need no surprises at the att store oops my bad, scuse me, T-Mobile store. Sorry, forgot where I was at, and the wife beatin on me.
Btw, thanks for supplying us with your device info here, it aides in the help. Others just do not get it.
The Ax says, very good post from the OP.
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Why does your wife need a rooted device?
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Ad blocker... And Titanium Backup....
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jcnbama said:
Ad blocker... And Titanium Backup....
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Hey next time it reboots retrieve file /proc/last_kmsg and post it. I wanna see what's causing the reboots. Any file browser will work so long as you can browse the root level stuff.
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Hey next time it reboots retrieve file /proc/last_kmsg and post it. I wanna see what's causing the reboots. Any file browser will work so long as you can browse the root level stuff.
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So I will if we don't reset it soon.... May wanna take it back... She said today she was watching a video she had recorded and it was buffering like a dang you tube video... Wonder if it's SD issues...
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Why does your wife need a rooted device?
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Why does it matter to you?? You remind of me of that ahole @androidsoccer. He got banned for being an ahole. Hmmmm androidsoccer and soccerswag??
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soccerswag said:
Just because there is a common word in both usernames doesn't mean they are related
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And the fact that both of you act like douches, plus the fact that he was a 14 year old boy and you're using the word "swag". And also the fact that you crested this account around the time he got banned. Hmmmm
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If I was you I would Odin back to stock.
Then gaining root again is only a tiny problem.
CF-Auto Root literally takes about 25 seconds to root.
Refer to this thread to odin back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
Refer to this video to root again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzxfyTnWIY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You're probably getting reboots because of the method you used to root.
I was getting tons of problems with my phone because the way I previously rooted the device.
I used this way and I get absolutely no more problems.
Now, after you root with the above method, you will have to install a custom recovery (I recommend TWRP).
Do that through goomanager.
(Search goomanager in app store, install, open, hit menu, then hit "install custom recovery.)
Hope this helps.
Damn, Eflip douche is on a roll today.
Someone hasn't got laid in a while ;o.
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devynbf said:
If I was you I would Odin back to stock.
Then gaining root again is only a tiny problem.
CF-Auto Root literally takes about 25 seconds to root.
Refer to this thread to odin back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
Refer to this video to root again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzxfyTnWIY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You're probably getting reboots because of the method you used to root.
I was getting tons of problems with my phone because the way I previously rooted the device.
I used this way and I get absolutely no more problems.
Now, after you root with the above method, you will have to install a custom recovery (I recommend TWRP).
Do that through goomanager.
(Search goomanager in app store, install, open, hit menu, then hit "install custom recovery.)
Hope this helps.
Damn, Eflip douche is on a roll today.
Someone hasn't got laid in a while ;o.
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Thanks for the info. She appears to be on an MDL baseband. Would it work with that? I forget exactly which thread I used to root it.. I used Odin and some zip files with TWRP and it seems like we had to do something with the bootloader... This was a few weeks ago.
And a follow up question. How would the rooting method effect the stability of the device, Causing RR added such?
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Thanks for the info. She appears to be on an MDL baseband. Would it work with that? I forget exactly which thread I used to root it.. I used Odin and some zip files with TWRP and it seems like we had to do something with the bootloader... This was a few weeks ago.
And a follow up question. How would the rooting method effect the stability of the device, Causing RR added such?
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Ah yes the TWRP root method.
That's the faulty method that is causing problems.
Once you odin to stock by following the steps in the thread above, everything will be taken off the phone, it will absolutely work with that baseband, yes.
Use the CF Autoroot method in the video I posted above and follow the steps i explained about goomanager.
You will love being rooted with TWRP from goomanager. You will then be able to flash custom roms which will make the phone a lot speedier and more responsive. In most cases, better battery life also.
(I am on the Darthstalker rom and it is super fast!)
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Ah yes the TWRP root method.
That's the faulty method that is causing problems.
Once you odin to stock by following the steps in the thread above, everything will be taken off the phone, it will absolutely work with that baseband, yes.
Use the CF Autoroot method in the video I posted above and follow the steps i explained about goomanager.
You will love being rooted with TWRP from goomanager. You will then be able to flash custom roms which will make the phone a lot speedier and more responsive. In most cases, better battery life also.
(I am on the Darthstalker rom and it is super fast!)
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Well great thanks! I will do this. We will most likely not flash a custom rom for her purposes. If I root per the method above would it be necessary to install TWRP via Goo? If we're not going to be flashing mods and roms to her phone I'm not sure what we would use it for...
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Well great thanks! I will do this. We will most likely not flash a custom rom for her purposes. If I root per the method above would it be necessary to install TWRP via Goo? If we're not going to be flashing mods and roms to her phone I'm not sure what we would use it for...
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No, it is NOT necessary to install TWRP, you can have the rooted device with the stock recovery on it with no problems .