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Broke my phone installing AOKP Alpha. Please help!!

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

teco2010 said:
Need help bad..
I was using CM9 Beta 2 and decided to try AOKP Alhpa build 31. Someone had said to me that all I needed was to clear data/factory cache and install right on top and that’s what I did… The installation went on a loop so I booted in cwm5 and clear all the data/factory cache again and tried to reinstall CM9 Beta 2 that I had on in the first place and now it won’t get passed the loading screen now..
What should I do? I did made a backup of stock android 2.3.6 before installing CM9 in the first place, can I restore it?
Thanks
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Odin back to stock and start fresh. Flash AOKP, flash gapps and boot up. Then if you wanna try to restore data you could use the app of your choice to restore apps & data or boot into recovery and advance restore data. That's what I would do anyway....someone with more experience should come along pretty soon with more helpful info if this isn't enough. Your phone isn't broken tho. Honestly you could clear data, cache and dalvik caches flash AOKP the flash Gapps and you should be alright. Can't restore your stock nandroid without Odin tho CM9 is ICS so is AOKP and your backup is Gingerbread.
Sent from my OG Epic using XDA Premium.....

Restore your GB, download AOKP again and check the md5. Flash AOKP and gapps. If you can get the Titanium Backup Pro you can restore your Apps Data back from a nandroid. Dont use the Advance Restore/ Data on CWM, It will break everything.
Edit. If your GB was BML you have to Odin back. So go to Dev Section and download an Odinable version of some already rooted GB.
Be sure of checking Repartition.
Sent from my SHP-D700 SPH-700D arh!!! Epic 4g with CM9

csmasn said:
Restore your GB, download AOKP again and check the md5. Flash AOKP and gapps. If you can get the Titanium Backup Pro you can restore your Apps Data back from a nandroid. Dont use the Advance Restore/ Data on CWM, It will break everything.
Edit. If your GB was BML you have to Odin back.
Sent from my SHP-D700 SPH-700D arh!!! Epic 4g with CM9
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Isn't it bad to restore Stock GB coming from CM9? Every phone is different but I always Advance Restore with no data corruption....I use My Backup Pro for small things, but ok good looking out.
Sent from my OG Epic using XDA Premium.....

Thanks guys... I really don't know what happened tonight.
I did clear dalvik as well before installing AOKP.. and also the "partition something" right under the data/factory.
I noticed that once in a loop the Android logo would show up with that triangle warning sign right on top and reboot on its own, it would keep doing that on a loop..
I'll Odin back to stock and back to cm9..

teco2010 said:
Thanks guys... I really don't know what happened tonight.
I did clear dalvik as well before installing AOKP.. and also the "partition something" right under the data/factory.
I noticed that once in a loop the Android logo would show up with that triangle warning sign right on top and reboot on its own, it would keep doing that on a loop..
I'll Odin back to stock and back to cm9..
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Awe the broken android loop... its just a bad download. Be extrememly careful with odin especially if you don't comprehend it. In fact if you don't fully understand it... don't do it... until you do. Oding back to stock reroot and redownload and flash aokp and the gapps and you should be on your merry way =]
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Originally Posted by csmasn<br />
Restore your GB, download AOKP again and check the md5. Flash AOKP and gapps. If you can get the Titanium Backup Pro you can restore your Apps Data back from a nandroid. Dont use the Advance Restore/ Data on CWM, It will break everything.<br />
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Edit. If your GB was BML you have to Odin back. <br />
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Sent from my SHP-D700 SPH-700D arh!!! Epic 4g with CM9
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Isn't it bad to restore Stock GB coming from CM9? Every phone is different but I always Advance Restore with no data corruption....I use My Backup Pro for small things, but ok good looking out.<br />
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Sent from my OG Epic using XDA Premium.....
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My GB was MTD so in Mount and Storage I format system, data, an cache partitions. But if your GB was on BML you need to Odin back.
Sent from my SHP-D700 SPH-700D arh!!! Epic 4g with CM9

Do a little searching on the threads and I guarantee there's a TON of topics relating to your question. We don't need 5000 of the same "I broke my phone" questions. If your the kind of person who needs pictures in their book, go to youtube and search qbking77. He'll hit you with some knowledge.
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[Q] Rom Manager Premium - Still recommended?

In this guide:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...d-phone-with-rom-manager-full-backup-restore/
Rom Manager is used. And, Premium is recommended. But, the guide is from Jan, 2011.
Some of the Google Play Reviews express concerns, such as:
Do not purchase. Developer sold touch version which no longer works and will not support it. You'll have to pay for it twice. I'll never buy another app from this person.
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Don't waste your money! This version doesn't upgrade much compared to the regular, free version. I originally got this thinking that it also supported Clockwork Mod Touch, and you have to pay extra for that to be installed on your device.
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What happened? Very buggy lately.
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No support ! Do yourself a favor and just get TWRP. I did. Paid for premium and will not let me update without paying again.
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So, now I'm not sure if I should follow the guide, or not. Is Rom Manager and esp Rom Manager Premium still a valid and recommended way of backing up and restoring, as well as flashing new ROMs?

Personally, I think nothing beats titanium backup for app backup. Recovery is best for wiping. Tho, for flashing 4.1.2 roms, the infamous cache and super wipes are great. Darkside is out dated. But for 4.2.2 and 4.3, the recovery wipes work fine. Most will recommend twrp 2.6.1.0 for recovery. Including me.
Rom manager for installing roms....don't! LOL. If it even works.
And a tip ....don't trust anything you read that isn't dated 2013....well, unless there are current posts in the thread that make it appear still relevant. A lot changes in a short time with android, tho some things remain constant. Really gotta be careful deciding if things are too out dated.
Generally, rooting and flashing recovery guides are still relevant. Just gotta use current files. Any guide should have been updated, especially if its a sticky thread....tho I haven't checked myself.
Good luck!
Sent from my cellular telephone

kj2112 said:
Personally, I think nothing beats titanium backup for app backup. Recovery is best for wiping. Tho, for flashing 4.1.2 roms, the infamous cache and super wipes are great. Darkside is out dated. But for 4.2.2 and 4.3, the recovery wipes work fine. Most will recommend twrp 2.6.1.0 for recovery.
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OK, so to clarify... for 4.1.2 roms, use infamous, NOT twrp? And, never Darkside, regardless of rom.
Use twrp for recovery, but NOT for wipes, if I'm flashing 4.1.2.
You prefer Titanium over App2Zip for app backup.
Do I have all that right?
kj2112 said:
Rom manager for installing roms....don't!
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I was just reading up on another tool that looks very interesting. It's called Boot Manager Pro. Would you steer clear of that, too? Just stick to twrp for installing roms?
kj2112 said:
And a tip ....don't trust anything you read that isn't dated 2013
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Yeah, that's been my concern and frustration. I'm actually having a hard time finding guides written in 2013. But, I think I'm getting there -- thanks to folks like you.
PS: I've used up my daily thanks allocation, so this post will have to suffice.

Originally Posted by kj2112<br />
Personally, I think nothing beats titanium backup for app backup. Recovery is best for wiping. Tho, for flashing 4.1.2 roms, the infamous cache and super wipes are great. Darkside is out dated. But for 4.2.2 and 4.3, the recovery wipes work fine. Most will recommend twrp 2.6.1.0 for recovery.
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OK, so to clarify... for 4.1.2 roms, use infamous, NOT twrp? And, never Darkside, regardless of rom. <br />
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Use twrp for recovery, but NOT for wipes, if I'm flashing 4.1.2.<br />
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You prefer Titanium over App2Zip for app backup.<br />
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Do I have all that right?<br />
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Originally Posted by kj2112<br />
Rom manager for installing roms....don't!
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I was just reading up on another tool that looks very interesting. It's called Boot Manager Pro. Would you steer clear of that, too? Just stick to twrp for installing roms?<br />
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Originally Posted by kj2112<br />
And a tip ....don't trust anything you read that isn't dated 2013
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Yeah, that's been my concern and frustration. I'm actually having a hard time finding guides written in 2013. But, I think I'm getting there -- thanks to folks like you.<br />
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PS: I've used up my daily thanks allocation, so this post will have to suffice.
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There's no substitute for titanium backup in my experience ....and paid version lets you freeze apps and do bulk restores without interaction. Well worth the 5 bucks or so.
No one uses anything other that twrp or cwm for flashing. And most as far as I can see prefer twrp. And at the moment 2.6.1.0 is the best version.
Yes....infamous wipes are best for 4.1.2 roms. There's a cache wipe zip.....good for preflash and fixing troubles. And there's a superwipe for using before rom flashes. Don't use that one without backing up apps first....cause it wipes everything. (Not your sd cards tho....internal or external. )
Sms backup is good if you care about backing up texts too.
That's it...you seem to be getting it!
Sent from my cellular telephone

kj2112 said:
That's it...you seem to be getting it!
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Yes, it's slowly coming together. Much appreciated

[Q] HTC One X random reboot, cannot receive calls

Hi Guys!
I'm using the stock Sense 5 rom. After I have updated to this rom I have serious problems with my phone such as random reboots and sometimes a cannot recieve calls but my phone shows almost full singal strength.
I have tried factory reset and everything.
If someone could help me I would appreciate it.
ps: I would rather stick with stock rom.

nathefellow said:
Hi Guys!
I'm using the stock Sense 5 rom. After I have updated to this rom I have serious problems with my phone such as random reboots and sometimes a cannot recieve calls but my phone shows almost full singal strength.
I have tried factory reset and everything.
If someone could help me I would appreciate it.
ps: I would rather stick with stock rom.
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Try wipe system cache and dalvik cache.
Btw, you updated to stock 4.2.2 with sense 5 via ota or manual flashing? The latter often has problem due to incorrect flashing steps or bad source file (wrong/corrupted).
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xb2 said:
Try wipe system cache and dalvik cache.
Btw, you updated to stock 4.2.2 with sense 5 via ota or manual flashing? The latter often has problem due to incorrect flashing steps or bad source file (wrong/corrupted).
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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I updated via ota.
As I remember I cannot wipe cache in HBOOT. Should I do it with fastboot, shouldn't I?

nathefellow said:
I updated via ota.
As I remember I cannot wipe cache in HBOOT. Should I do it with fastboot, shouldn't I?
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- Flash philz touch recovery using fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240646
- Boot phone to recovery and wipe cache+dalvik cache.
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nathefellow said:
I updated via ota.
As I remember I cannot wipe cache in HBOOT. Should I do it with fastboot, shouldn't I?
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Are you unlocked the bootloader are you have warranty? I think the factory recovery can do this go in recovery and after this press volume up + power button onse short

If everything works fine after wipe, do a nandroid backup of rom and save it for future stock restoration when needed.
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Thant said:
Are you unlocked the bootloader are you have warranty? I think the factory recovery can do this go in recovery and after this press volume up + power button onse short
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Yes, thought he knows that unlock bootloader might void warranty. But it's always good to tell.
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Thant said:
Are you unlocked the bootloader are you have warranty? I think the factory recovery can do this go in recovery and after this press volume up + power button onse short
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Yes, I already unlocked my bootloader. The factory recovery cannot do this. And in fastboot I only can wipe the cache, the dalvik-cache cannot be wiped remotely.

nathefellow said:
Yes, I already unlocked my bootloader. The factory recovery cannot do this. And in fastboot I only can wipe the cache, the dalvik-cache cannot be wiped remotely.
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In this case install Philz recovery extract from zip recovery.img and put in your fastboot folder go in bootloader and use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img after this go in recovery and wipe dalvik and cashe but if factory reset didn't help I am not shure this will!

I9195 Boot Loop Cyanogenmod

Hi, I have tried to install a few different versions of the arco68 cyanogenmod Rom but cant get it to boot. I factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik each time and follow all the other instructions but have had no luck. previously i had the same problem with a htc pyramid but changing the recovery fixed the issue. Any ideas?
Thanks

anyone?

Please provide more info about ur cwm recovery version and the step to step when u flashing the rom so that ppl can help u
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sks93 said:
Please provide more info about ur cwm recovery version and the step to step when u flashing the rom so that ppl can help u
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I follow the instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980
and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403666
I have went through both processes at least three times and tried multiple nightlies and RCs, not sure what to try next?
I have made sure that i use the odin and cwm version that is mentioned in the tutorial.

jdp360 said:
I follow the instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980
and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403666
I have went through both processes at least three times and tried multiple nightlies and RCs, not sure what to try next?
I have made sure that i use the odin and cwm version that is mentioned in the tutorial.
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Did you format system when flashing a new rom? Or do u backup any old data from ur old rom?
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sks93 said:
Did you format system when flashing a new rom? Or do u backup any old data from ur old rom?
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Format the cache partition? Yeah I did that. And i did backup my sms and contacts.

jdp360 said:
Format the cache partition? Yeah I did that. And i did backup my sms and contacts.
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No.. Go cwm recovery and format system
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sks93 said:
No.. Go cwm recovery and format system
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Factory reset/wipe data is there but no format option, I factory reset for each rom install

jdp360 said:
Factory reset/wipe data is there but no format option, I factory reset for each rom install
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Pls follow the instructions
enter CWM and:
* select "wipe data / factory reset"
* go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
* under the same menu, format /sdcard0 (be careful NOT to format /sdcard1 by mistake)
* install rom zip file
* install Gapps
* reboot your phone
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sks93 said:
Pls follow the instructions
enter CWM and:
* select "wipe data / factory reset"
* go to "mounts & storage" and format /system. This is extremely important!
* under the same menu, format /sdcard0 (be careful NOT to format /sdcard1 by mistake)
* install rom zip file
* install Gapps
* reboot your phone
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YES! It worked! Thankyou for your help, if you have a paypal account I will send you £5 for your troubles.

jdp360 said:
YES! It worked! Thankyou for your help, if you have a paypal account I will send you £5 for your troubles.
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Lol haha its okay just press a thanks button is much for me Donate your 5 bucks for Sir Arco
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[q] plz help phone stuck on boot logo!!!

my phone is stuck on the boot logo & its not booting up but when i go in the philz recovery it shows me all my files on my internal memory... wat can be the issue!! plz help!!!

Just Wipe Data and you are ok.

percy5911 said:
my phone is stuck on the boot logo & its not booting up but when i go in the philz recovery it shows me all my files on my internal memory... wat can be the issue!! plz help!!!
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Incomplete information from your side.Did you flash any new mod?Which Rom are you running? Try clearing dalvik and cache in recovery and see if it boots up.

hagba said:
Just Wipe Data and you are ok.
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could you plz help me with the correct steps to do it??? im on philz recovery stock rooted 4.4.2

singhpratik87 said:
Incomplete information from your side.Did you flash any new mod?Which Rom are you running? Try clearing dalvik and cache in recovery and see if it boots up.
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could you plz help me with the correct steps to do it??? im on philz recovery stock rooted 4.4.2

Go to the recovery Mode and Wipe Data,thats it.

hagba said:
Go to the recovery Mode and Wipe Data,thats it.
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if i wipe data wont all my data on phone memory be deleted????

Yes but you have to do that to save your phone!

percy5911 said:
could you plz help me with the correct steps to do it??? im on philz recovery stock rooted 4.4.2
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In philz go under wipe cache partition and select yes.Go back to main menu and click on advanced and click on wipe dalvik cache.Now reboot your phone and see if it goes past the boot screen.If still doesn't succeed then go to wipe data/factory reset(will wipe the internal phone memory,so will lose everything) and you need to reflash your stock rom via odin(if downloaded from sammobile) and re root your phone. or if it's a flashable zip file you can reflash it via philz recovery.

hagba said:
Yes but you have to do that to save your phone!
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since i was on stock 4.4.2 if i jus reflash the rom through odin it wont delete my data rit???

Right..try one more flash if still stuck then you have to wipe..

singhpratik87 said:
In philz go under wipe cache partition and select yes.Go back to main menu and click on advanced and click on wipe dalvik cache.Now reboot your phone and see if it goes past the boot screen.If still doesn't succeed then go to wipe data/factory reset(will wipe the internal phone memory,so will lose everything) and you need to reflash your stock rom via odin(if downloaded from sammobile) and re root your phone. or if it's a flashable zip file you can reflash it via philz recovery.
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ive attached the error im getting when i restart after cleaing the dalvik & cache partation.

This is not error, simply say no and proceed
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dr.ketan said:
This is not error, simply say no and proceed
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sir i tried both yes & no but the end result is the same that the phone gets freezed at the main samsung galaxy note 2 boot up

singhpratik87 said:
.If still doesn't succeed then go to wipe data/factory reset(will wipe the internal phone memory,so will lose everything) .
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Internal memory wipes only on wipe data with stock recovery. Twrp have separate option I think to wipe it but on regular wipe data /factory reset on cwm/twrp just erase data partition and rest all files remain untouched.
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percy5911 said:
sir i tried both yes & no but the end result is the same that the phone gets freezed at the main samsung galaxy note 2 boot up
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Just select wipe data /factory reset (there will be two option option again
Wipe data /factory reset (select it) and DONT select clean to install a new rom otherwise device won't boot)
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dr.ketan said:
Internal memory wiped only on wipe data with stock recovery. Twrp have separate option I think to wipe it but on regular wipe data /factory reset on cwm/twrp just erase data partition and rest all files remain untouched.
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didnt get u sir my phone is stuck on the SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II GT-N7100 START SCREEN....

This msg wasn't for you. Just read my previous msg for you and proceed
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dr.ketan said:
This msg wasn't for you. Just read my previous msg for you and proceed
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you mean this msg sir"ust select wipe data /factory reset (there will be two option option again
Wipe data /factory reset (select it) and DONT select clean to install a new rom otherwise device won't boot) "

Yes
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dr.ketan said:
Yes
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sir just a last ques will this delete my internal memory data????