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I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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Not if you follow the proper directions.
Also I think everyone should invest a few bucks in "Mobile ODIN Pro" and root file explorer. Those two apps are all you need to ensure you are safe. Check MD5's and such with root explorer, and mobile ODIN pro lets you safely odin kernels, modems, roms, stock roms, etc with built in MD5 checking.
ruffneckZeVo said:
I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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Hey man I'm from 3d too and all I did was used the stock rooted ics rom and it's running great and was super easy to install. If u want that rom just go in development section and check out ff11 rom from sfhub. It's real easy to install. Not sure what ur looking for but I just wanted ics with root and that will give it to u if u just follow the directions. Good luck!
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ruffneckZeVo said:
I just came from the evo 3d and before that evo 4g and hero so all ive ever used are htc devices. I keep reading about bricking my et4g flashing ics roms. Is it really that big of an issue im a flashoholic and dont want a paper weight any advice would be much appreiated
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Follow OP install instructions to the T and your good... Mobile ODIN is well worth the $$!!
fear not grasshopper ...
read, read, read ... follow the directions posted in OP and have patience. many of the tales of bricking are in reality easily resolved by reading the info posted in the various threads. have a good time. most of the folks who use XDA are helpful and pleasant.
Thanks for all of th e feedback i bought mobile odin pro im assuming its better to use odin than to just use the flashable zips since people keep saying to use odin thats kind of new to me on htc it was all flashables or fastboot hopefully ill get the hang of samsung quick cause i love this phone i was a fool for hanging on the 3vo so long i do miss sense specially sense 4.0 but i have the 3d as wifi device now so its all good
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bigtoysrock said:
Follow OP install instructions to the T and your good... Mobile ODIN is well worth the $$!!
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I completely agree with bigtoysrock, make sure you follow the OP 100% without deviation and you should be OK.
Also you may want to check out vids on YouTube by Qbking77. His tutorials and reviews have been a huge help for me, might also be for you.
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I came from an Evo and a 3D and I don't know how I ever used an htc phone. this device is nearly perfect. flashing with Odin / mobile Odin is a breeze.
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I love htc ability to to flash rom I was a flashoholc with my og evo.. Flashing took no more than 3 minutes.. This phone is extremely superior but I have not flahed a single rom since I got my phone for the same reason.. The proces seems complicated not because it's hard but because I got use to a completely different method of flashing.. I guess we just got to get used to the process
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I came from an Evo and a 3D and I don't know how I ever used an htc phone. this device is nearly perfect. flashing with Odin / mobile Odin is a breeze.
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Lol couldn't agree more!
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dz1 said:
I love htc ability to to flash rom I was a flashoholc with my og evo.. Flashing took no more than 3 minutes.. This phone is extremely superior but I have not flahed a single rom since I got my phone for the same reason.. The proces seems complicated not because it's hard but because I got use to a completely different method of flashing.. I guess we just got to get used to the process
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Ur lucky u never owned a 3d lol!
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I just wanna warn you that sometimes when following an OP's instructions, you may accidentally make a mistake. Therefore I advise you first to understand what you are flashing before you flash it. I.e. in case you don't already know, learn what a kernel is, what different types of kernels are, what not to do (read the brick thread - I think it's a sticky), etc. Also, remember to always make nandroids and check md5 sums.
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I completely agree with bigtoysrock, make sure you follow the OP 100% without deviation and you should be OK.
Also you may want to check out vids on YouTube by Qbking77. His tutorials and reviews have been a huge help for me, might also be for you.
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I agree with both bigtoysrock and wormsign. Follow the OP 100%. I bricked the other day cuz I didn't follow it. Learned my lesson the hard way. Luckily, Sprint replaced it.
Qbking77's vids have been a huge help for me too. I highly recommend them.
guess i should have went with my gut feeling i flashed a few touchwiz roms with no probs then i tried to flask aokp and got a emmc error phone bootlooped then tried to flash back to stock with odin and get stuck on data.img guess i bricked it in one day and it isnt a sprint device i got it off craigs list and flashed it to verizon so no insurance o well maybe there will be a fix soon =(
Well my fellow flashers, it's been 2 weeks since I picked up this bad boy from Best Buy in Black Friday. I've been holding off rooting and flashing a ROM. Abstinence is not for everyone and it's definitely not for me in this situation. Once you've been to the Dark Side, there's no going back.
Now to starting testing the new flavors of Android. Thanks to all of the device of Android. My Captivate has served me well because of you all. My daughter sincerely appreciates it.
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now be careful and don't lose your IMEI by flashing roms - make a backup of your NV items
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now be careful and don't lose your IMEI by flashing roms - make a backup of your NV items
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Yeah he's right. Don't flash ANYTHING until you backup your IMEI. You never know when you're going to lose it, or if you will lose it.
Quick access link to the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.
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Well my fellow flashers, it's been 2 weeks since I picked up this bad boy from Best Buy in Black Friday. I've been holding off rooting and flashing a ROM. Abstinence is not for everyone and it's definitely not for me in this situation. Once you've been to the Dark Side, there's no going back.
Now to starting testing the new flavors of Android. Thanks to all of the device of Android. My Captivate has served me well because of you all. My daughter sincerely appreciates it.
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Wow and you call your self a flashaholic we have to pull your flashaholic card I also came from a captivate and I had my sgs3 without flashing for maybe ten minutes (the time it took to download stuff included time to find right kernel,etc.)
I didn't even know what the stock Rom looked like I turned in my phone had some juice on the battery and I flashed away
Had to try the new update just to see what it looks like, although I ran frosty for a while but was flashing something everyday even with official I have been flashing stuff just to get my flash on(mostly apps and addons) to get my fix until 4.2 roms start coming out, for now I have also flashed the 4.2 camera back on and little mods here and there mostly cosmetic and audio upgrades but at first sign of 4.2 or some rom that gives me new stuff to pay with I'm flashing official rom away
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Yeah he's right. Don't flash ANYTHING until you backup your IMEI. You never know when you're going to lose it, or if you will lose it.
Quick access link to the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.
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Or you can just get andromizer. Free app on the foruns. Paid app in store.
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Android has gotten so good that stock rooted is all I need lately.
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Yeah he's right. Don't flash ANYTHING until you backup your IMEI. You never know when you're going to lose it, or if you will lose it.
Quick access link to the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.
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I was a noob and this very thing happened to me. It scared the hell out of me but thanks to the guides and tools and people here at least have peace of mind that this was the first android phone I flashed roms with, IMEI got wiped after a random reboot playing around with LED settings then.. I was able to restore it myself without having a backup!
!! Its never over flash away but make the backup first it will save a lot of sweat!
I have been on Sony phones until last week so I am trying a rooted stock for a while before I start flashing other roms.
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I made the ultimate mistake the other day. I flashed a kernel for another device onto my S3 and of course paid the price of bricking my phone.
To set the scenario, I had back surgery last Thursday and was released from the hospital on Friday with a supply of pain killers and orders to not do anything. Well, while sitting around doing nothing I got bored and decided to work on a couple of my friends tablets that needed rooting and roms installed. I got them done without any issue and then decided to mess with my phone. There were a couple of new kernels I wanted to test and so I decided to do this. I booted into recovery and selected the kernel and flashed. At that moment I realized that the kernel I just flashed was not for my phone and when I tried to turn on the phone and nothing happened, I knew immediately what I had done and after saying a few nasty words to myself I started searching for a way to fix it. While searching through the forums I kept reading about MobileTechVideos.com and their ability to jtag repair phones. Since I have never had to do this and my phone was not going to work anyway I decided to give them a call and see what they had to offer. I called them and asked about their services and they said that it should be no problem fixing my phone. I live in Dallas and the company is in Bryan, about 3 1/2 hr drive, I decided the easiest and fastest way to get my phone repaired was to take it to them and wait. On Tuesday morning I drove to Bryan and dropped off my phone. When I had called them they told me it might be a couple of hours to fix it, but once I told them it was a tmobile device they told me to wait because it might only take a few minutes. During this time they showed me around the office and I was really impressed. What impressed me the most is that no one working for this comany could have been over 25, even the owner. So after a brief tour of the office, about 10 minutes, my phone was fixed and was ready to go. I paid my $60, which I believe was well worth it, said thank you and was on my way with my fully functional phone.
They never asked me to post anything and I don't have any affiliation with this company. I just want to post about a company that provided the service they said they would at a price that is reasonable since without it I would have a $600 paperweight. So if anyone ever happens to make the foolish mistake that I made and you need your S3 repaired, I would 100% recommend this company. Here is the link to their website, http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com, mods let me know if this is not allowed and I will remove it.
I know I am always questioning online companies likes these, but this particular company has earned a customer for as long as they are open and support whatever device I happen to be using. I just hope that since I made this mistake I will hopefully never make it again.
Moral of story: If on heavy doses of pain killers don't crack flash kernels. If might cost you in the end. :}
Never bricked a phone before but I've heard great things about that company. If I ever run to trouble I'll surely go to them immediately.
Thanks for the review.
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Thanks for the review - it's good to hear good comments about the company "just in case".
Hope you're feeling better.
Cool.... Drugs say No to them... Get well
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bgbagz said:
Cool.... Drugs say No to them... Get well
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Pain meds after back surgery are a definite yesssssss, just don't brick your phone. lol
Happy to read a ringing endorsement, though - also "just in case".
Hey dude. Im in Dallas too. Good to know. I read all about them. They are really good in jtag fix devices. They were the first ti have s-off on the htc one. They did it after an hour of getting the phone. I havent brick any phones yet but I have their number save just in case. I have seen where they sale the jtag device to do it yourself. It cost about $100 it is well worth it
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Good service but more expensive than some.. but local is good.
Sent while sleeping in chair.
I'm glad your device is back and operational. Thanks for letting us know about a trusted reputable service.
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Thanks. I am not one who likes reviewing companies, but this one time I felt it was justly deserved. I read to many threads about shipping your device to someone and for a cheaper cost they will fix it. That makes me uncomfortable. I would rather pay a little more for the peace of mind. Even then I was more comfortable driving as far as I did, after just having surgery, because of my skeptism. That is why I felt the review was warranted to help someone when they are not local.
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Josh @mobiletechvideos is certainly a trusted guy. He's been here since vibrant days.
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I didn't realize your phone would get bricked with a bad kernel. You can't just go into odin and restore the original system image?
Not criticizing here, I'm just trying to learn something. Glad you had a good experience, as I'm sure at some point in my life I'm going to brick a phone.
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I can confirm that flashing a wrong kernel will brick your phone. I did that and still not sure if it was wrong one but in did screwed my phone, luckily I exchanged it for another device since I had it for a week.
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I have done the same thing. I flashed an international ROM on my T-999. I had also read great reviews people had using Mobiletechvideos. He had mine back to me in less than 1 week. Awesome work. If someone from MTV is on here, thank you!!
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I didn't realize your phone would get bricked with a bad kernel. You can't just go into odin and restore the original system image?
Not criticizing here, I'm just trying to learn something. Glad you had a good experience, as I'm sure at some point in my life I'm going to brick a phone.
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It wasn't a bad kernel, it was a kernel for a different device. I was working on several devices that day and put a kernel for a nook tablet into my S3 folder by mistake. Teaches me to only work on one device at a time.
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Yes don't take painkillers give em to me lol
thanks for the write up good to know
Can't you just re flash the entire rom stock or not with Odin or cwm?
I dunno, first time I "bricked" my phone was from an incorrect kernel also. Just downloaded stock touch wiz rom go to download mode and flash with Odin.
I'm not aware that you can brick your phone unless you mess with the bootloader itself.
Bricking means exactly what it sounds like. It's just a piece of useless hardware that you can't recover, in this case, with an incorrect kernel flash, you can, either through another kernel that is compatible with your device or re flash the entire rom; with either Odin or cwm.
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Can't you just re flash the entire rom stock or not with Odin or cwm?
I dunno, first time I "bricked" my phone was from an incorrect kernel also. Just downloaded stock touch wiz rom go to download mode and flash with Odin.
I'm not aware that you can brick your phone unless you mess with the bootloader itself.
Bricking means exactly what it sounds like. It's just a piece of useless hardware that you can't recover, in this case, with an incorrect kernel flash, you can, either through another kernel that is compatible with your device or re flash the entire rom; with either Odin or cwm.
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When trying to connect to computer it would not recognize the device correctly. So no odin if you can't connect to computer. No flashing anything else if the phone doesn't turn on. That would be as hard bricked as you can get.
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When trying to connect to computer it would not recognize the device correctly. So no odin if you can't connect to computer. No flashing anything else if the phone doesn't turn on. That would be as hard bricked as you can get.
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Yeah but you can't hard brick it if you flash a wrong kernel unless the kernel replaces your bootloader.
Oh wait, ok I get it. You flashed a kernel that replaces the bootloader also, like with the international dual boot kernel
wardoc22 said:
Yeah but you can't hard brick it if you flash a wrong kernel unless the kernel replaces your bootloader.
Oh wait, ok I get it. You flashed a kernel that replaces the bootloader also, like with the international dual boot kernel
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Correct!
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..coming over from the EVO. How long did you wait before rooting this bad boy? I've been lurking for a few days trying to feel the community out.
Probably the first thing I did. I'm not sure there were even any ROMs for it at the time but I wanted to delete the bloat.
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cueballri said:
..coming over from the EVO. How long did you wait before rooting this bad boy? I've been lurking for a few days trying to feel the community out.
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Did you root your EVO?
If so then you know the user experience in a rooted vs unrooted.
Go ahead a dive in, the water feels great!
Try me first
Always root and unlock the first day; that way if something goes REALLY wrong, you can take it back and say it was an update. That's my motto, anyway. :angel:
Thanks guys for the extra push guys.
Looks like I'll be a bit Lifeless tonight
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BMP7777 said:
Always root and unlock the first day; that way if something goes REALLY wrong, you can take it back and say it was an update. That's my motto, anyway. :angel:
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that's the exact same thing I always tell my friends.
I also rooted and unlocked the very first day, I just wanted to use Titanium Backup to restore my apps and gamesaves from my previous phone
I have had the phone for 1 month, and I rooted it maybe the 2nd day and since then I have tried several ROMs and soft bricked several times trying to make my own ROM. It's been fun. I had a Motorola Photon before and was pissed about never getting ICS and the locked bootloader.
Lifeless didn't last long, I moved onto Jelly Beer
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Lifeless didn't last long, I moved onto Jelly Beer
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Next you should try Spleef's Root box!!
Try all the ROMs its a lot of fun to see everyone's hard work.
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Had my N72013 for 2 weeks now, and it boot loop'd four times on me twice in one day.
This can't be only happening to me.
I ordered from Google (big mistake), their rep said they can send me a new model but I would have to pay for it (dock the amount) first then once I receive it, send in my current model then wait to get my $$$ back.
Is this an issue with 4.3 or the device. I really don't want to return it if this problem could be patched away with an update...
Forgot to mention, I'm unlocked and rooted. 32gigs. No dead pixels, minor light bleed that doesn't bother me at all.
What would you do?
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If its boot looping that's not normal obviously you know that so I would exchange it. Keep swapping until you get a good one.
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Rican Bx Bomba said:
Had my N72013 for 2 weeks now, and it boot loop'd four times on me twice in one day.
This can't be only happening to me.
I ordered from Google (big mistake), their rep said they can send me a new model but I would have to pay for it (dock the amount) first then once I receive it, send in my current model then wait to get my $$$ back.
Is this an issue with 4.3 or the device. I really don't want to return it if this problem could be patched away with an update...
Forgot to mention, I'm unlocked and rooted. 32gigs. No dead pixels, minor light bleed that doesn't bother me at all.
What would you do?
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wha?? I would return immediately.
Yea I don't know why its boot looping either. Maybe your factory images are corrupt and thus you keep restoring a bad image. Perhaps you have a bad sector in your memory.
You could test it by flashing a non-stock rom, such as CM10.2 which also uses a CM kernel.
Use it for a few days and See if the problem goes away or stays.
Either way, reflash stock using the Google Nexus 7 images. If the problem stays, then take it back. If it fixes it, then keep it.
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Yea I don't know why its boot looping either. Maybe your factory images are corrupt and thus you keep restoring a bad image. Perhaps you have a bad sector in your memory.
You could test it by flashing a non-stock rom, such as CM10.2 which also uses a CM kernel.
Use it for a few days and See if the problem goes away or stays.
Either way, reflash stock using the Google Nexus 7 images. If the problem stays, then take it back. If it fixes it, then keep it.
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Will try that. Thanks!
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Yea I don't know why its boot looping either. Maybe your factory images are corrupt and thus you keep restoring a bad image. Perhaps you have a bad sector in your memory.
You could test it by flashing a non-stock rom, such as CM10.2 which also uses a CM kernel.
Use it for a few days and See if the problem goes away or stays.
Either way, reflash stock using the Google Nexus 7 images. If the problem stays, then take it back. If it fixes it, then keep it.
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Thought I'll give you an update.. Installed CM10.2 for a few days, as you said.. No issues what so ever. Decided to try my luck with CoolRom and it bootlooped the moment I rebooted.
Decided on doing a complete wipe of the device and flashing a factory rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582 ).
Don't want to give up hope yet.
Rican Bx Bomba said:
Had my N72013 for 2 weeks now, and it boot loop'd four times on me twice in one day.
This can't be only happening to me.
I ordered from Google (big mistake), their rep said they can send me a new model but I would have to pay for it (dock the amount) first then once I receive it, send in my current model then wait to get my $$$ back.
Is this an issue with 4.3 or the device. I really don't want to return it if this problem could be patched away with an update...
Forgot to mention, I'm unlocked and rooted. 32gigs. No dead pixels, minor light bleed that doesn't bother me at all.
What would you do?
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Not sure why you would need to root this device. Its straight android and runs great without root or custom ROM.
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Not sure why you would need to root this device. Its straight android and runs great without root or custom ROM.
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Rooted it for some apps that required root access.
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Not sure why you would need to root this device. Its straight android and runs great without root or custom ROM.
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There are tons of apps that require root access and are mandatory for many people including me.
I wouldn't bother to unlock and root. The N7 is flawless and fast out of the box.
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Again, root access is required for most decent backup programs and cloud data syncing apps. The issue doesn't require a debate about whether you need root or not. Yes the N7 is wicked fast and if you only use it as a bathroom reader for Facebook and light use, then that's cool. I like OTG support for my thumb drives when I'm in the field working.
Glad CM is working for you. That at least shows it isn't a hardware problem. I'd reflash stock images and see where that leaves you. Worse case you use CM (oh my!) until we see a patch.
It sounds like it just has a corrupted stock image. Kernels typically cause the reboots but a bad app or system file can too.
If you flash stock back and you still have issues, try just flashing a modified stock kernel (stock rom/custom stock kernel). CM has its own kernel which might be why it was working better.
You also should do a complete wipe between stock and CM and AOSP and vice versa. It typically bootloops if you dirty flash one type of rom over another. Stock and AOSP are pretty much the same thing but some custom ROMs like CM have different structures that hose you.
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player911 said:
It sounds like it just has a corrupted stock image. Kernels typically cause the reboots but a bad app or system file can too.
If you flash stock back and you still have issues, try just flashing a modified stock kernel (stock rom/custom stock kernel). CM has its own kernel which might be why it was working better.
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I flashed a stock image unroot, relocked. The process went without a hitch. Then I unlocked and rooted, flashed clean ROM, tried to see if I would get it to bootloop and it hasn't! Must've been a corrupt image.
I just want to thank you again, your advice saved me a lot of time and hassle with Google.
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Rican Bx Bomba said:
I flashed a stock image unroot, relocked. The process went without a hitch. Then I unlocked and rooted, flashed clean ROM, tried to see if I would get it to bootloop and it hasn't! Must've been a corrupt image.
I just want to thank you again, your advice saved me a lot of time and hassle with Google.
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I do not understand the hassle with Google.
I told them yesterday to get a new device, as wireless charging does not work. I talked max 10 minutes on the phone and I received an email 2 minutes after saying that I'll get a new device.
Yes, they will charge you "temporarily" for this, but you do not have to pay anything.
Anyway, it's me, I found it easy with Google.
Mine bootlooped today. Stock. No root or anything. I was forced to do a factory reset from recovery. Very troubling that this seems to be happening to a few people. There's a couple of threads over on android central of people having the same problem.
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I will admit this device is great without root but I prefer custom ROMs and titanium backup
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Just sat here rebooting the n7 a few time and it happened. Held power and got it to re start the boot process and it loaded. As soon as I unlocked it I got an android process media force close
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Andro_pty said:
I do not understand the hassle with Google.
I told them yesterday to get a new device, as wireless charging does not work. I talked max 10 minutes on the phone and I received an email 2 minutes after saying that I'll get a new device.
Yes, they will charge you "temporarily" for this, but you do not have to pay anything.
Anyway, it's me, I found it easy with Google.
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I rather not do the whole process of sending, receiving, ect. Call me lazy or whatever. Either way, it seems like my problem is solved, I'm once again happy.
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Rican Bx Bomba said:
I flashed a stock image unroot, relocked. The process went without a hitch. Then I unlocked and rooted, flashed clean ROM, tried to see if I would get it to bootloop and it hasn't! Must've been a corrupt image.
I just want to thank you again, your advice saved me a lot of time and hassle with Google.
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Super glad its worked. It worked for me. It worked for another guy. And worked for you. I think there is a bad rom image flashed on all of these that are causing lots of problems. The only fix is to clean slate and reflash the stock image, or move to custom ROMs.
Probably need to get someone to write a little app that just automates flashing the stock image again just for simplicity.
I'll probably create a new thread covering this.
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The stock images and the install script .bat file is simple enough.
Especially if you're rooted already. Since you already have the drivers installed on your computer.
Toolkits need to die a slow painful death.
You need root access a pen drive using an OTG cable, install app like titanium backup etc. Rooting doesn't mean custom rom or kernel
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