please help...bootloop - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

fixed...sorry...

Thanks for starting this thread. When i do a search for "bootloop" all threads have at least 500 postings and i really don't want to spend all day trying to find the part that pertains to this.
I've tried and tried to flash an ics rom (any ics rom) and today decided to flash cm9 stable. Still the same problem...stuck in a bootloop.
Btw. I always clear all 3 caches 3-5 times.
I would assume my problem is with ROM Manager/ because when I go back and load my backup, it says the md5 sum is missing or doesn't match. I'm a;lways able to find one of my backups that match. Any suggestions?
T-Mobile
CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7
Dewizzed V2.5.2
Kernel Version 2.6.35.14
Android2.3.6

If you have access to a computer, download the ROM you want to flash, and if you can boot into recovery on your phone do that and mount your sd card. You should be able to move the file via USB to your phone and flash it.
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Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Thanks for starting this thread. When i do a search for "bootloop" all threads have at least 500 postings and i really don't want to spend all day trying to find the part that pertains to this.
I've tried and tried to flash an ics rom (any ics rom) and today decided to flash cm9 stable. Still the same problem...stuck in a bootloop.
Btw. I always clear all 3 caches 3-5 times.
I would assume my problem is with ROM Manager/ because when I go back and load my backup, it says the md5 sum is missing or doesn't match. I'm a;lways able to find one of my backups that match. Any suggestions?
T-Mobile
CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7
Dewizzed V2.5.2
Kernel Version 2.6.35.14
Android2.3.6
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You should just backup ur phone up using ur recovery...thats what people mean when they say nandroid...

phordych05 said:
You should just backup ur phone up using ur recovery...thats what people mean when they say nandroid...
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Unfortunately CWM won't do a reliable backup. With my Nexus One I never had these problems. I flashed countless ROM's from ROM Manager.
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RTFOP said:
If you have access to a computer, download the ROM you want to flash, and if you can boot into recovery on your phone do that and mount your sd card. You should be able to move the file via USB to your phone and flash it.
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Downloaded CM 9.0.0 to PC, Rebooted into Recovery, connected to PC, Mounted USB, Dragged and dropped zip to SD card, wiped all three caches 3 times, installed zip from SD Card via CWM (should I use amon ra?), rebooted phone.....bootloop.

Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Unfortunately CWM won't do a reliable backup. With my Nexus One I never had these problems. I flashed countless ROM's from ROM Manager.
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so you think rom manager is better then cwm....really...?... ive never had a problem and im a flashaholic... but did you try a different kernel...?and you did a cache wipe after you rebooted the first time...?

phordych05 said:
so you think rom manager is better then cwm....really...?... ive never had a problem and im a flashaholic... but did you try a different kernel...?and you did a cache wipe after you rebooted the first time...?
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I Thanks for the input. Not sure what the question is inferring. CWM is a recovery. Rom Manager isn't, but it only works (to my knowlege) with CWM.
Anyway. I'm looking for help.

Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
I Thanks for the input. Not sure what the question is inferring. CWM is a recovery. Rom Manager isn't, but it only works (to my knowlege) with CWM.
Anyway. I'm looking for help.
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What recovery are you using? It is a known issue when flashing CM9, if you use non-touch recovery and you use it to wipe your cache partition, you will hang during boot. Download TDJ,s cache wipe script to the same sd card as your ROM. After your done flashing CM9 & Gaaps, flash his cache wipe script as your last step, and you should be able to boot up. His scripts are stickied. Some say they don't have this issue, but a lot do and can't get past the booty screen. Good luck and let us know.

Thanks for the help. I just flashed CWM Touch and it solved the problem. I'm now rockin' CM 9.0!

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[Q] Starburst rom wont boot up.

I installed the rom 6 times. different ways to try and install. redownloaded the file but no matter how i try it, after the boot animation screen, the screen goes blank like it shut off.
im on CWM 5.0.2.3
What version of starburst did you flash?
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sleshepic said:
What version of starburst did you flash?
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1.9 then 1.9.5
If you continue to hit walls you can always try going back to stock and starting over. Some on the starburst forum have had luck with that. And you didn't wipe data or format system between 1.9 and 1.9.5? Only cache and dalvik?
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kyhassen said:
1.9 then 1.9.5
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Do you have a mirror for the 1.9?........deleted by accident.
yang704 said:
Do you have a mirror for the 1.9?........deleted by accident.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7bC9qXqpg4&feature=youtu.be
have both 1.9 and 1.9.5
also i did wipe everything. after i did 1.9 booted up. went back to recovery and wiped Dcache and cache and still bugged.
an now with other roms i cant install kernals.. any idea?
kyhassen said:
I installed the rom 6 times. different ways to try and install. redownloaded the file but no matter how i try it, after the boot animation screen, the screen goes blank like it shut off.
im on CWM 5.0.2.3
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Having the same issue
epic touch (loading starburst rom) shows the galaxy S boot like it should, then the screen seems to just go blakc, doesnt go into a boot cycle. I formatted the system , wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik , in that order.
My procedure. Load odin, wipe the current zedomax kernal.tar with the root.
Root works great. Then flash the 6.1 zedo max ( for CM5 ). After that, i try to flash the staburst rom and it wont boot back up. i tried using the Lost kernal too.
I'm familiar with recovering it, so i'm able to get back to my backup and unroot the device no problem, just need help fixing the root. On my old EPIC, i had to do the one click root my self, then roms would load fine. please help!
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also on the video link from qbking77 on how to flash this rom
quite a few epic touch users are having the same problem =\
did u format the system before you wiped?
Same thing here. All I get.is boot animation then black screen. Bunk rom or something because ive tried everything. I've given up on this rom bit I really was looking forwatd to having tbis rom on my phone
If somebody finds a solution please post!
HELP...
Im having the same issue... i tried the starburst rom and once past the boot animation it goes black so i booted into recovery and tried to restore my nand and it isnt there like it was wiped during rom install... ok so after that i stayed in recorery downloaded the latest viper rom, flashed and the same thing happened.. i wiped\factory reset wiped dcache and cache every time i try a new rom... PLEASE HELP i just bought this phone from a freind and decided to root and now i cant even make my first call on it...
1. Boot into CWM recovery and make a Nandroid backup.
2. Format system under mounts and storage.
3. Wipe data/factory reset.
4. Wipe cache partition.
5. Wipe Dalvik cache under advanced.
6. Install StarburstROM. IF COMING FROM 1.8 YOU MUST FOLLOW THE ABOVE STEPS EACH TIME THEN INSTALL 1.9. THEN DO THE SAME AND INSTALL 1.9.5.
7. Wiping data may not be necessary but I would do it anyways then reboot, let it run for a few minutes, boot back into CWM and from the advanced restore menu restore just your data from the Nandriod backup you made.
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tobiasunruh said:
Im having the same issue... i tried the starburst rom and once past the boot animation it goes black so i booted into recovery and tried to restore my nand and it isnt there like it was wiped during rom install... ok so after that i stayed in recorery downloaded the latest viper rom, flashed and the same thing happened.. i wiped\factory reset wiped dcache and cache every time i try a new rom... PLEASE HELP i just bought this phone from a freind and decided to root and now i cant even make my first call on it...
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Your Nandroid is still there it's just on your internal SD card. If you were using a kernel with an early version of CWM it backed up to the internal SD card. The latest version the dev's are incorporating into their ROMs now backs up to the external SD card. Just Odin back to whatever previous ROM/kernel you were on then boot up and copy the Clockwork folder to your external SD card. Then follow the directions I posted above for flashing StarburstROM.
IA-32e said:
1. Boot into CWM recovery and make a Nandroid backup.
2. Format system under mounts and storage.
3. Wipe data/factory reset.
4. Wipe cache partition.
5. Wipe Dalvik cache under advanced.
6. Install StarburstROM. IF COMING FROM 1.8 YOU MUST FOLLOW THE ABOVE STEPS EACH TIME THEN INSTALL 1.9. THEN DO THE SAME AND INSTALL 1.9.5.
7. Wiping data may not be necessary but I would do it anyways then reboot, let it run for a few minutes, boot back into CWM and from the advanced restore menu restore just your data from the Nandriod backup you made.
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Your Nandroid is still there it's just on your internal SD card. If you were using a kernel with an early version of CWM it backed up to the internal SD card. The latest version the dev's are incorporating into their ROMs now backs up to the external SD card. Just Odin back to whatever previous ROM/kernel you were on then boot up and copy the Clockwork folder to your external SD card. Then follow the directions I posted above for flashing StarburstROM.
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Thanks for the help but I'm new to Samsung devices... Can you give instructions on how to restore with Odin?
Edit... I just check my external and it has a clock work folder on it.. The only thing in it is a file named ".salted_hash" and that's it..
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tobiasunruh said:
Thanks for the help but I'm new to Samsung devices... Can you give instructions on how to restore with Odin?
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Here's an excellent tutorial. This is my first Samsung device as well and the directions are pretty clear cut. I used Windows 7 64 Bit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337
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tobiasunruh said:
Edit... I just check my external and it has a clock work folder on it.. The only thing in it is a file named ".salted_hash" and that's it..
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Bummer man. Not sure how that happened unless you formatted your SD card accidentally.
IA-32e said:
Here's an excellent tutorial. This is my first Samsung device as well and the directions are pretty clear cut. I used Windows 7 64 Bit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337
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Bummer man. Not sure how that happened unless you formatted your SD card accidentally.
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Do you think you could point me in the right direction to start over from stock? Like a tutorial on how to start over with a new boot image or a way to get past the boot animation?
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tobiasunruh said:
Do you think you could point me in the right direction to start over from stock? Like a tutorial on how to start over with a new boot image or a way to get past the boot animation?
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Everything you need is in the Android Development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
IA-32e said:
Everything you need is in the Android Development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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Thanks I'll give it a try.. Let you know what happens..
Edit...
That worked.. I'm back to stock with no root.. Thanks for the help greatly appreciated...
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well i finally got my starburst rom working... but why does the media not. i cant play music, veiw pictures, or play videos.
Is that v1.9.5? If so what version did you upgrade from? People are having some problems when upgrading to 1.9.5.
Same issue. Tried multiple times, followed instructions to a T. Phone just goes black after flashing Starburst. Now I can only go to recovery or download mode. I couldn't install my nandroid backup (don't know why, based on filename it seemed like an old one from a different phone, not the one I did today).
Trying to go back to stock following
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1274337
but I'm on a MAC, and can't figure out how to heimdall a ROM. I can flash a kernel using heimdall, but don't know the commands and flashing order for the stockEG30.tar in terminal using heimdall. I also downloaded the frontend suites for heimdall, but can't figure out where to place stockeg30.tar files.
Any help? I have no windows machines.
in order to install starburst v1.9.5 you must have v1.9 installed first (recommended w/ flashing zedomax kernal or lost kernal in CWM after reboot), make sure phone is rooted properly and CWM is installed if not already (can be done via download mode w/ odin)
download v1.9 here:
http://dev-host.org/z1jsf3k9lh44/stable_epic_starburst_10.27.11_v1.9_.zip
to get this on your sdcard you will have to mount through usb on cwm via mounts and storage and connect to your pc
follow rom flash instructions as usual in cwm:
format system through mounts and storage
wipe data
wipe cache
wipe dalvik through advanced
install zip from sdcard
reboot
wait a few minutes booted
then set up your phone
next flash/install either zedomax kernal or LOSt kernal via CWM
forums and downloads found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1284
wipe cache and dalvik before for flashing through cwm
reboot
next download v1.9.5 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276320
make sure it is saved to the root of your sdcard from which you want to install
next all you have to do is flash v1.9.5 over v1.9
do not format system
do not wipe data
do not wipe cache
do not wipe dalvik
install from sdcard
reboot
video to flash v1.9.5 found here found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7bC9qXqpg4&feature=youtu.be

T989D/Rom manager/ Downloading roms

Ok I looked all over the place and I could find anything about this issue. I have the telus s2x t989d and I went on rom manager and downloaded cyanogenmod 9 for my phone( only one available). Then I went in to install it and when it finished it just stayed on the really cool cyanogen boot screen and I had to power off and restore. Ive tried it a few times and nothing changed. I wiped the cache and stuff too. what should I do?
Are you trying to lead it directly from the app or are you trying to flash from recovery? Rom manager is buggy on the t989/t989D series. Flashing from an app is not recommended AT ALL due to potential of bricking the device
I guess my question is, what's your exact process you took...(i.e. steps taken)
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Ya I have been using the app. Can I still use the app to download roms? And then can I go into recovery from the app or just exit it and reboot it myself?
LostMoonOfPoosh said:
Ya I have been using the app. Can I still use the app to download roms? And then can I go into recovery from the app or just exit it and reboot it myself?
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its recommended to simply download the rom zip the boot into recovery and install there. I use cm9 stable with tdj Darkside kernel 6 and flash everything through twrp recovery never had a single boot loop in any room I've flashed. What rom are you running currently?
1.Download rom and place in external sd card.
2. Reboot into recovery
(You may want to wipe data/factory reset depending on what rom you are running and clean install are typically recommended unless coming from a previous version from same developer (i.e. cm, aokp, etc)
3. Flash darkside super wipe and cache wipe if using cwm non touch
4. Flash rom, gapps and kernel (if so desired on the gapps and kernel)
5. Reboot and wait 10mins
6. Reboot again and have fun!
Let me know if that helps
sent from my T989 full of CM awesomeness and a touch of Venom from the Darkside!!
EnigmaticGeek said:
its recommended to simply download the rom zip the boot into recovery and install there. I use cm9 stable with tdj Darkside kernel 6 and flash everything through twrp recovery never had a single boot loop in any room I've flashed. What rom are you running currently?
1.Download rom and place in external sd card.
2. Reboot into recovery
(You may want to wipe data/factory reset depending on what rom you are running and clean install are typically recommended unless coming from a previous version from same developer (i.e. cm, aokp, etc)
3. Flash darkside super wipe and cache wipe if using cwm non touch
4. Flash rom, gapps and kernel (if so desired on the gapps and kernel)
5. Reboot and wait 10mins
6. Reboot again and have fun!
Let me know if that helps
sent from my T989 full of CM awesomeness and a touch of Venom from the Darkside!!
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So I should just find the rom on my computer instead then?
Im downloading cyamogenmod 9 now from their website. I guess rom manager is pretty much useless for me then? I liked it because it would only show me roms that work for my phone so I dont make any mistakes.
ok I did it. but it didnt work... it just loaded up stock unrooted ics. with all my stuff gone. i have backups so im not worried about that, but i dont know why CM didnt flash...
LostMoonOfPoosh said:
ok I did it. but it didnt work... it just loaded up stock unrooted ics. with all my stuff gone. i have backups so im not worried about that, but i dont know why CM didnt flash...
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I would use only super wipe
then flash ROM
reboot
wait ten minutes WITHOUT TOUCHING ANYTHING!!
reboot.
Its a proven formula that has worked for me, many, many times
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Also, super wipe and cache wipe are found here read OP carefully
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
LostMoonOfPoosh said:
ok I did it. but it didnt work... it just loaded up stock unrooted ics. with all my stuff gone. i have backups so im not worried about that, but i dont know why CM didnt flash...
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Stock unrooted ics? What recovery are you using, have you flashed a recovery through odin at all with this device?
EnigmaticGeek said:
Stock unrooted ics? What recovery are you using, have you flashed a recovery through odin at all with this device?
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is work fist root then factory reset then flash.
kiruba8 said:
is work fist root then factory reset then flash.
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You need to have a recovery flashed to your phone to even start the root process. Cwm, cwm touch, or twrp. All are available in the sticky section as well as development section. If you are running stock recovery then that's your primary issue.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
I would use only super wipe
then flash ROM
reboot
wait ten minutes WITHOUT TOUCHING ANYTHING!!
reboot.
Its a proven formula that has worked for me, many, many times
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Also, super wipe and cache wipe are found here read OP carefully
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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Ok i looked at the darkside link you gave me. Will it for sure work with the telus version s2?
LostMoonOfPoosh said:
Ok i looked at the darkside link you gave me. Will it for sure work with the telus version s2?
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Yes, the only difference between T-Mobile and Telus versions is cosmetic. Telus is the T989D, T-Mobile is the T989. There is a reason why they are so closely named.
Sent from the pink Unicorn from the Darkside.
EnigmaticGeek said:
Stock unrooted ics? What recovery are you using, have you flashed a recovery through odin at all with this device?
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oh ya I have CWM recovery flashed so im good in that department. Im going to try out darkside superwipe now and see if that helps.
well I used darkside and then flashed my rom. Now it wont even go past the telus loading screen... Ive restored back again. I made it alot farther than this with rom manager haha. I actually saw the cyanogenmod opening cinematic... Ill try the darkside cache wipe this time and see if that helps. I downloaded the rom right from the cyanogen website...
Well neither is working. It just stays in the Telus loading screen. Not even the Samsung screen will load. I don't know what else to do...
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[Q] Cache Issue When Wiping Using CWM & SuperWipe

I was running CM9 and then went to MIUI and then back to CM9. Ever since I have not been able to do a proper update to the CM9. Got fed up with it and tried to roll it back to one of the Nandroid backups. It got stuck for hours. Pulled the battery. Tried to go through the process of installing CM9 again fresh. Used Darkside SuperWipe and it kept freezing on "Wiping Cache" and the same thing when I use CWM (v6.0.1.4)! I have attached two screen shots. It reads:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
Then when I ask it to format the cache it get frozen.
How can I fix the cache? I cannot boot into CM9 or anything for that matter. I just get the awesome little Cyan Dude and the warp background flying at me continually until I pull the battery. Can anyone help? Is there any way to get ADB to work with out turning on USB Debugging on the phone?
Same issue with Clockworkmod Recovery
Sorry to say I can't answer your question, but actually just downloaded cm9 and was trying to factory reset in order to prepare to flash it and ran into the same cache issue. I tried everything and still couldn't get around it, almost bricked my phone, got stuck in a loop. Hadn't even done anything yet, except download the cm9 Rom. Also freezes when trying to wipe cache and when trying to restore a backup when it gets to the cache. I'll be keeping an eye on your post, and Ill let you know if I figure anything out as well.
I hate to say it but... use TWRP. It looks and works better. Trust me.
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whatiznt said:
I hate to say it but... use TWRP. It looks and works better. Trust me.
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I trust you but on the Team Win Recovery Project's changelog you can see that it has not been updated in almost a year! CWM is updated much more frequently and also I enjoy having the touch version! Very convenient.
I've been reading that CWM v6.0.1.4 is causing problems with our phone. Would advise downgrading back to 5.0.2.7 and use the darkside scripts to wipe. I haven't had an issue with this version since it was released (other than needing to use darkside scripts lol).
jalight27 said:
Just downloaded cm9 and was trying to factory reset in order to prepare to flash it and ran into the same cache issue. I tried everything and still couldn't get around it, almost bricked my phone, got stuck in a loop. Hadn't even done anything yet, except download the cm9 Rom. Also freezes when trying to wipe cache and when trying to restore a backup when it gets to the cache. I'll be keeping an eye on your post, and Ill let you know if I figure anything out as well.
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Thank you my friend. What you describe is exactly what happened to me. Tell me, what version of CWM Recovery do you have? Were you coming from stock? Which CM9 was it? Nightly, stable?
mintharis said:
I've been reading that CWM v6.0.1.4 is causing problems with our phone. Would advise downgrading back to 5.0.2.7 and use the darkside scripts to wipe. I haven't had an issue with this version since it was released (other than needing to use darkside scripts lol).
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Please pardon my ignorance as I am relatively new at all this. How do you downgrade CWM? I am unable to boot the phone into the ROM. Can it be done through Recovery? ODIN?
I've looked around but I can't find a download for 5.0.2.7-- at least not one that's labeled specifically for our phone. It can be done in many different ways, flashing via recovery or Odin would definitely work, just need to find the right file.
Same version as you've got. Was actually coming from Jedi Mind Trick v8 and was going with the nighty. I loaded a backup of my stock ICS, which of course froze during the restore once it got to the cache, but I let it sit for like 15 min or so and then reset it and surprisingly it loaded up fine despite the fact that I had to reset it during the restore. I'm trying to follow up with the advice these two guys gave me on my post (really the same thing they've told you). With my extremely limited knowledge in this field I'm still working it all out and trying to make sure I ask the stupid questions so as not to mess anything up, well at least not too bad, lol.
mintharis said:
I've looked around but I can't find a download for 5.0.2.7-- at least not one that's labeled specifically for our phone. It can be done in many different ways, flashing via recovery or Odin would definitely work, just need to find the right file.
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Go into rom manager and scroll down to previous versions
VoiD_Dweller said:
Go into rom manager and scroll down to previous versions
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I don't have ROM manager installed. Does it provide a tar that can be flashed via Odin?
Newer Recovery
Clockworkmod 6 doesn't need the Darkside tools anymore. I had a similar problem but it was causing my phone to lock up. Just try using the regular cache wipe and dalvik cache wipe and see if that works for you.
mintharis said:
I've been reading that CWM v6.0.1.4 is causing problems with our phone. Would advise downgrading back to 5.0.2.7 and use the darkside scripts to wipe. I haven't had an issue with this version since it was released (other than needing to use darkside scripts lol).
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I can confirm this, I have a samsung galaxy S II and I was having HUGE problems with the newer version of CWM. Cache would not clear at all even with darksides super wipe. My CM9 was stuck in a boot loop because I had forgotten to clear my cache and factory reset, and I was not able to do this at all, so i thought i was screwed.
However what i did was flash an older version of CWM (5.0.2.7) through odin, and BAM I was able to clear all my data with no problem and reflash CM9. Works perfectly now.
Pugnap00 said:
I can confirm this, I have a samsung galaxy S II and I was having HUGE problems with the newer version of CWM. Cache would not clear at all even with darksides super wipe. My CM9 was stuck in a boot loop because I had forgotten to clear my cache and factory reset, and I was not able to do this at all, so i thought i was screwed.
However what i did was flash an older version of CWM (5.0.2.7) through odin, and BAM I was able to clear all my data with no problem and reflash CM9. Works perfectly now.
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Can you please provide a link for the 5.0.2.7 tar you flashed?
mintharis said:
I've been reading that CWM v6.0.1.4 is causing problems with our phone. Would advise downgrading back to 5.0.2.7 and use the darkside scripts to wipe. I haven't had an issue with this version since it was released (other than needing to use darkside scripts lol).
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CWM v6.0.1.4 has pretty much made my phone useless. When in Recovery I can't even scroll down or up. I even tried restarting my phone to downgrade but I have no response from my MENU, HOME, BACK or SEARCH button.
WORD OF ADVICE. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM CWM v6.0.1.4.
EdwardLThompson said:
I was running CM9 and then went to MIUI and then back to CM9. Ever since I have not been able to do a proper update to the CM9. Got fed up with it and tried to roll it back to one of the Nandroid backups. It got stuck for hours. Pulled the battery. Tried to go through the process of installing CM9 again fresh. Used Darkside SuperWipe and it kept freezing on "Wiping Cache" and the same thing when I use CWM (v6.0.1.4)! I have attached two screen shots. It reads:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
Then when I ask it to format the cache it get frozen.
How can I fix the cache? I cannot boot into CM9 or anything for that matter. I just get the awesome little Cyan Dude and the warp background flying at me continually until I pull the battery. Can anyone help? Is there any way to get ADB to work with out turning on USB Debugging on the phone?
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Simple Solution is that the Cache in your device is large, it has to be cleaned, For this use Darkside cache wipe. It Solves the problem.
suffuciently hungeom
mintharis said:
Can you please provide a link for the 5.0.2.7 tar you flashed?
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Here you go,
Look at step 6, it will have links to the tar based on your carrier. Its actually 5.0.2.6, works just the same though.
http://theunlockr.com/2011/12/01/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-all-versions/
I hope this helps you!
That happened to me as well when I was going to update to CM10. The faq for CM10 says you need to update to a Touch version of CWM which ROM Manager really wanted to install the Touch version. CWM shows it's version 6 and the menus were different but when I was finally able to get a ROM to boot in Safe Mode it reported CWM as being version 5.x. I could not mount or dismount the Cache in CWM. ODIN brought it back to stock but I messed around with the partition checkbox and hard bricked it. Otherwise it looked as tho things would have been ok after using ODIN to start over.
Darkside's wipe wouldn't work (either version) in this case.
screw cwm im going to twrp
ok same thing happened to me..but there are files i need in the phone and i dont think i want to use cwm after this...so can i use odin to flash it to twrp and recover my files through the twrp usb mount?
(lol nvm, i flashed a older version of cwm through odin and then recovered my files then got twrp)
mintharis said:
I've been reading that CWM v6.0.1.4 is causing problems with our phone. Would advise downgrading back to 5.0.2.7 and use the darkside scripts to wipe. I haven't had an issue with this version since it was released (other than needing to use darkside scripts lol).
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Like I said in my earlier post had your exact problem and did exactly what was recommend here, and it worked beautifully. Solved all my problems, no residual effects to speak of. Now I can flash my roms in peace.

[Q] How to go from 4.0.3 Jedi Mind Trick to Cyanogenmod 10.0.0 Stable Release

Hello all just bought a new Samsung Galaxy SII from craigslist already rooted with 4.0.3 Jedi Mind Trick. After reading for what seems 4-5 hours i have been trying to put together how to properly without bricking switching it to 10.0.0 Stable as i use to use Cyanogenmod 2-3 years ago on my devices. Seem alot of things have changed and there is a cluster**** of stuff out there now. If you could direct me to a how to or show me how to do it i would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks all!
Assuming you have nothing personal to back up that you can't just download from google play or your google account again: download cyanogen 10 and it's gapps. reboot into recovery mode. factory reset, wipe data, wipe system, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. pick the install zip from sd card or so option, browse to cyanogen, then install gapps the same way. wipe dalvik again and reboot.
I was thinking of doing this myself JMT to CM10. I didn't think there was anything special to do same as flashing from any other ROM to CM10. If there is a special requirement I would think they'd post in in with the ROM post information.
Alawishis said:
I was thinking of doing this myself JMT to CM10. I didn't think there was anything special to do same as flashing from any other ROM to CM10. If there is a special requirement I would think they'd post in in with the ROM post information.
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so I attempted to install it and got stuck on the boot logo for 20 minutes or so. So I bricked it lol... Anyway I just flashed it with Odin to 2.3.5 but the link to download file for root capabilities is broken. What can i do? Do i have to go to ics first before i reattempt to go to 10.0.0?
melvinator said:
so I attempted to install it and got stuck on the boot logo for 20 minutes or so. So I bricked it lol... Anyway I just flashed it with Odin to 2.3.5 but the link to download file for root capabilities is broken. What can i do? Do i have to go to ics first before i reattempt to go to 10.0.0?
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honestly - i backed up everything to my external and then formatted the internal when i went from TW to AOSP for the last time. well worth it. nice folder clean up and then you can just manually take all the stuff you want back.
and you should just be able to odin on cwm or twrp - then flash the rom of your choice.
new ion? said:
honestly - i backed up everything to my external and then formatted the internal when i went from TW to AOSP for the last time. well worth it. nice folder clean up and then you can just manually take all the stuff you want back.
and you should just be able to odin on cwm or twrp - then flash the rom of your choice.
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trying to look up how to do that now .... Searching the forum now... Might you be able to tell me real quick how? I already Downloaded the 5.2 file they suggest to use but can't find a working toturial that is just for flashing the cwm.
melvinator said:
so I attempted to install it and got stuck on the boot logo for 20 minutes or so. So I bricked it lol... Anyway I just flashed it with Odin to 2.3.5 but the link to download file for root capabilities is broken. What can i do? Do i have to go to ics first before i reattempt to go to 10.0.0?
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If you get stuck at the boot logo, it's called a soft brick. You don't have to use ODIN or go back to ICS. Just make sure the ROM zip you downloaded isn't corrupt (check the size/m5d if possible), wipe everything, and reboot into recovery to try installing again.
arcsine said:
If you get stuck at the boot logo, it's called a soft brick. You don't have to use ODIN or go back to ICS. Just make sure the ROM zip you downloaded isn't corrupt (check the size/m5d if possible), wipe everything, and reboot into recovery to try installing again.
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I already used Odin to go back to 2.3.5
Btw I appreciate the help
My woman's is waiting that I fail to say I told you so -_-
melvinator said:
I already used Odin to go back to 2.3.5
Btw I appreciate the help
My woman's is waiting that I fail to say I told you so -_-
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You won't fail. Follow the guidelines step by step. Print it out, make notes. Anything. Read. The step by step guide works... that'll get you with cwm. Then, you can flash the zip you will put on your phone... either a SU zip or just a rooted ROM. Follow flashing instructions.
Just realized - you'll be way better off if, once you have cwm on, just format the internal ONCE YOU HAVE A ROM ON AN EXTERNAL SD CARD. then flash CM10. THEN you'll have a fresh AOSP install.
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new ion? said:
You won't fail. Follow the guidelines step by step. Print it out, make notes. Anything. Read. The step by step guide works... that'll get you with cwm. Then, you can flash the zip you will put on your phone... either a SU zip or just a rooted ROM. Follow flashing instructions.
Just realized - you'll be way better off if, once you have cwm on, just format the internal ONCE YOU HAVE A ROM ON AN EXTERNAL SD CARD. then flash CM10. THEN you'll have a fresh AOSP install.
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how long does the boot logo stay on for?
Had 2.3.5 - rooted via odin and have recovery 5.2.6 - did everything in proper order and wiping properly.
what am i skipping here? Still spinning taunting me, wish there was a way it would tell me if i did something wrong.
melvinator said:
how long does the boot logo stay on for?
Had 2.3.5 - rooted via odin and have recovery 5.2.6 - did everything in proper order and wiping properly.
what am i skipping here? Still spinning taunting me, wish there was a way it would tell me if i did something wrong.
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Go back, format system, and then reinstall.
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Update your recovery to twrp or cwm 6+ and don't use dark side scripts
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Please excuse my harshness but this is not as hard as many make it seem. I would say if it takes you more than a couple attempts maybe it is just not for you. I only say this because I would hate to see you mess up your phone. Now if you think a bootloop is a brick then we need to do things at a slower pace with you.
If you already have your phone rooted then
1.download goomanager from the playstore and then
2.open it up and allow it to grant permission from CM
3.hit menu button while goo manager is open
4.click on install OpenRecoveryScript
5.let it do its thing
6.reboot into your new TWRP recovery
7.Wipe/Data Factory Reset
8.Flash Rom
9.Flash Gapps
10.Reboot
You can throw in a backup of files somewhere in there if you like.... Your choice
melvinator said:
how long does the boot logo stay on for?
Had 2.3.5 - rooted via odin and have recovery 5.2.6 - did everything in proper order and wiping properly.
what am i skipping here? Still spinning taunting me, wish there was a way it would tell me if i did something wrong.
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I had a bootloop when using CWM v6.0.1.5. So a friend of mine told me he had success with CWM v6.0.1.5 Touch. So I switched to the touch recovery and... SUCCESS.
Here's the link to CWM touch and non-touch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893464
A boot loop could mean a bad download or bad flash but it is most definitely NOT a bricked device. All you needed to do was get a fresh download and move it to your SD card by mounting it in recovery. Then, wipe EVERYTHING but the SD. EVERYTHING. Then flash the ROM, Gapps and whatever radio. I go from CM to AOKP to other random TW roms all the time and never have issues.
The 2 best recoveries are twrp or my favorite because I'm used to it is cwm 6.0.1.5. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844637
Also if your phone boot loops don't freak out' just either reboot to see if that works out first and if not reboot into recovery. Also with these new recoveries do not use dark side scripts.
Factory reset
Format system
Format cache
Format data
Flash ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot and enjoy
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This did it!
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Sorry for the necro on the thread, but I didn't want it to be stated I didn't look around some either.
I am going from JMT to CM and want to make sure it's as seamless as possible. I use CWM and usually usually use darkside complete wipes, but I read in a previous post not to use darkside. Is there a reason for this? I can't see why this wouldn't work as it's just a wipe.
Also I use Titanium Backup. Is it possible to backup my apps and data and restore them since its not TW any longer? I want to be able to restore as much of my data as possible and make sure I don't lose it.
P.S. - If thread necroing is not appreciated, I apologize.

Some advice needed!

tl;dr: What happens if I upgrade to CWM 6 after having used Darkside Superwipe on CWM 5?
And now the long explanation of what happened:
I have a Telus T989D, and I had installed the stock Telus JB ROM from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343748
I previously had CWM, but as per the instructions in the thread I installed TWRP, ran the Infamous Superwipe zip file, and then proceeded to flash the ROM.
Then today I decided to install CM 10.1. The first thing I did was flash CWM 6.x (I forget the exact version, but it was the latest one) from ODIN. Then I downloaded the latest stable build (CM 10.1.2). I then ran the Infamous Superwipe zip file again, and flashed CM 10.1. The result was that the phone would get stuck on the Cyanogenmod circle logo. I did some Googling and found out some people who had bootloops after installing Cyanogenmod, and it was suggested that this was due to a bad wipe, and that using Darkside Superwipe would fix the problem. So I proceeded to give Darkside Superwipe a try... Of course at the time I hadn't realized that 1) What I had was not actually a boot loop (it wasn't rebooting, it was just stuck at the logo), and 2) that Darkside Superwipe should not be used with CWM 6. After flashing the Darkside file, my CWM 6 would load up but would fail to flash ANY zip file that I selected (it would just get stuck on the first line, "Installing xxx.zip"). It would also fail to wipe the /cache partition (would freeze at "wiping /cache partition").
After soft-bricking my phone by trying to flash a different recovery from Heimdall, I ended up following a guide on this forum to flash the stock Gingerbread ROM from Odin. I then flashed CWM 5.0.2.7, did the Darkside Superwipe, installed CM 10.1, and now thankfully the phone works.
My question is... Does anybody know what happened here? And any ideas what will happen if I try to upgrade my CyanogenMod later on? Will I have any issues running CWM 5.x with CM 10.1 or 10.2? I'm a bit afraid of updating to CWM 6 since I have no idea what the result will be.
I later learned that Infamous Wipe is only to be used with TW-based 4.1.2 ROMs, since it adds a preload partition. Did I end up somehow messing up my partitions by using the Infamous & Darkside Superwipe files?
Sorry for the long post... I just figured I should give as much information as possible! I'd really appreciate it if anybody has an explanation for what happened (messed up partitions?) and how to fix it!
OK so what u need to do first is stop flashing all these recoveries, DL twrp2.6.1.0 and flash that with Odin, stay with this recovery, cwm is OK but not updated frequently enough to keep up with newer flashing scripts, now don't use superwipe/super cache wipes with twrp, they will cause loops, do a full wipe with twrp, mount to USB move all files off SD cards and format them, replace any/all files from SD card that u want, now flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot and let sit ten min, this should fix ur issues, as far as what happens, u used superwipe scripts on 6.x+cwm, those scripts were meant for cwm5x, it'll loop every time...
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soupysoup said:
OK so what u need to do first is stop flashing all these recoveries, DL twrp2.6.1.0 and flash that with Odin, stay with this recovery, cwm is OK but not updated frequently enough to keep up with newer flashing scripts, now don't use superwipe/super cache wipes with twrp, they will cause loops, do a full wipe with twrp, mount to USB move all files off SD cards and format them, replace any/all files from SD card that u want, now flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot and let sit ten min, this should fix ur issues, as far as what happens, u used superwipe scripts on 6.x+cwm, those scripts were meant for cwm5x, it'll loop every time...
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Thanks soupysoup! I will do that the next time I update the phone. And just another quick question: do you know if TWRP is safe to use with CyanogenMod (since it seems that they recommend CWM)?
Faruk88 said:
Thanks soupysoup! I will do that the next time I update the phone. And just another quick question: do you know if TWRP is safe to use with CyanogenMod (since it seems that they recommend CWM)?
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Yes, actually I reccomend twrp to everyone for every ROM, the only way a ROM could be recovery specific would be if the ROM called for specific flashing scripts a certain recovery used/ran but twrp is updated a lot and always uses the newest flashing scripts in there builds, plus the recovery itself is very user friendly, the newest version is 2.6.1.0, go check that out n fully 4.3 compatible
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soupysoup said:
Yes, actually I reccomend twrp to everyone for every ROM, the only way a ROM could be recovery specific would be if the ROM called for specific flashing scripts a certain recovery used/ran but twrp is updated a lot and always uses the newest flashing scripts in there builds, plus the recovery itself is very user friendly, the newest version is 2.6.1.0, go check that out n fully 4.3 compatible
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Perfect, thanks! Just one last question, then: In your previous post you said to flash TWRP through Odin. Does it matter if I flash through Odin or if I just download Goo manager and switch to TWRP from there? Which one of the two options is safer/better?
Faruk88 said:
Perfect, thanks! Just one last question, then: In your previous post you said to flash TWRP through Odin. Does it matter if I flash through Odin or if I just download Goo manager and switch to TWRP from there? Which one of the two options is safer/better?
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U can use goo manager if u want, but I will say this, sometimes too can cause soft bricks, in which case u would need Odin to recover , so in my professional opinion I would suggest using Odin from scratch
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