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Problems with all roms

Ok so I've tried flashing many different roms cm7,sense 2.2, sense 2.3, and miui and even tried restoring old roms with clocwork and all seem to install fine but whenever I reboot after installing everything starts fc'ing or goes into bootloop. If anyone can please tell me what's wrong or any steps I should take to fix these issues it would be greatly appreciated
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have you tried to do a fix permission through the ROM manager after flashing any rom?

Yes i fixed permissions and wiped data and cache before flashing.
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yoson13 said:
Yes i fixed permissions and wiped data and cache before flashing.
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When going from the stock ROM to another ROM you need to do a factory reset; likewise, you need to do a reset when moving between incompatible ROMs (Sense/non-Sense, Froyo/GB, etc.).
Additionally, if using a backup app (Titanium/My Backup), you can't restore settings between incompatible ROMs as their system settings are often different.
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Ha thanks I was using titanium to restore apps and data that would explain it thank you!!!!!!!!!!
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yoson13 said:
Ha thanks I was using titanium to restore apps and data that would explain it thank you!!!!!!!!!!
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*Huge* wording flaw in Titanium! Restoring apps will restore the apps data, restoring data will restore /data.
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Reflashed and restored apps only and works Like a charm... Thanks for solving my operator error
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yoson13 said:
Reflashed and restored apps only and works Like a charm... Thanks for solving my operator error
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Cool, glad its sorted.
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A lot of people do that. I would say sticky it but no one reads stickies!
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Problem
I have also the same problem....leedroid v.2.4.1. it is working great on my HTC Desire , but when I try to flash a different rom, like gingersense it reboots on the HTC with screen for ever. Could you help me?
Regards

stuck in bootloop

i restarted my phone and its stuck on bootloop, what do i do?

Try reflashing the ROM without wiping. BTW, for better help, honestly, you need to explain a lot more than the 3-4 words you have posted.

Actually i got the same prob. I disconnected from usb without pressing turn off (i use cyanogen 7.0.3 stable). After doing so, adw launcher didnt seem to respond so i decided to reboot. After that, i got boot loop on reboot. Flashing the rom again seems to solve the problem, but only until next reboot. Any suggestions?
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The same type of question,2-3 sentance, no spec of phone. Dude post your spec.
Else try a clean install, formatting boot,system,cache,dalivc cache,user data, ext , etc.
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Bootloop on 'splashics'
hi
I tried to install splash ics onto my phone and it kept on repeating the bootanimation.
so i used adb logcat and i saw that it was bootlooping.
please help me actually boot into the rom
thanks

Try a permission fix after wiping cache and dalvic cache from cwm
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Thanks :-0
showlyshah said:
Try a permission fix after wiping cache and dalvic cache from cwm
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thanks for that, i will give it a go tommorow. hopefully it will work this time.

showlyshah said:
Try a permission fix after wiping cache and dalvic cache from cwm
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Do I perform the permission fix after I install the rom
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Nop,not necessarily. Cos some will do it as default. But some wont. But it will do no harm if u do, other than consuming 2-5 minutes .
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showlyshah said:
Nop,not necessarily. Cos some will do it as default. But some wont. But it will do no harm if u do, other than consuming 2-5 minutes .
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Ok, just wanted to be sure I'll post again if the Rom still bootloops, thanks again for your help
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radders1997 said:
Ok, just wanted to be sure I'll post again if the Rom still bootloops, thanks again for your help
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I still can't boot into the Rom still bootloops, I am not sure that the permission fix did anything.
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Ok , then the option remaining is restore from backup. If u have the backup of current rom, go to advanced backup in cwm and do system resrore only. And check if it works. If it wont, do full wipe and do a complete restore. No more optns.:-(
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Oh Wel
showlyshah said:
Ok , then the option remaining is restore from backup. If u have the backup of current rom, go to advanced backup in cwm and do system resrore only. And check if it works. If it wont, do full wipe and do a complete restore. No more optns.:-(
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i dont have a backup, unfortunantly, looks like i will have to wait until future releases of splash ics then to see if the problem is with other wildfires trying to run that ROM or if it is just mine :-(
Should i redownload the rom to see if that works for me?

Tried wiping data/cache/dalvik cache/system/data-factory reset, and then reflash? 1st boot always takes more time btw.
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[Q] Can I Flash CM7 Final Update Onto CM7.2 ?

I have installed cm7 and ı want to update it to final version. but ı'm afrait of my telephone might brick. so can ı update ? (Sorry for bad eng.)

Normally you can update and just wipe cache and dalvik cache, but a nandroid wont hurt
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DubAholic said:
Normally you can update and just wipe cache and dalvik cache, but a nandroid wont hurt
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What's Nandroid?

In cwm there is an option: nandroid backup. It's a complete backup of your current rom together with your apps and data. In that way if something does go wrong you always have a backup
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DubAholic said:
In cwm there is an option: nandroid backup. It's a complete backup of your current rom together with your apps and data. In that way if something does go wrong you always have a backup
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And where can I find this option in CWM?

allard1997 said:
And where can I find this option in CWM?
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Backup & restore
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If you want to make a nandroid backup, make sure you have 500+mb free on your SD.

[Q] If I am installing an updated ROM, do I need to do a clean wipe first?

Search is down so forgive me if this is a repeat question. The PACman rom was recently updated and I want to get it. I'm doing a backup regardless, but not having to restore from the backup if the update works out would be nice.

Just flash the update.don't wipe.
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And if he has a tons of apps force closing? I suggest you do a clean install .

But if he does not clean wipe then he's saying that he would restore data that means even more FCs
And I updated in a similar way without wiping,no FCs that's why i suggested that
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I flashed the update with no wipe like mihirengg19 said to do. Seems to be working fine.
The only FC's I was getting was on the storage page in settings. I haven't run into any new FCs yet.
Thanks for your help.

1ceb0x said:
And if he has a tons of apps force closing? I suggest you do a clean install .
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thxs for the info

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34236649#post34236649

Nandroid before you do a dirty flash. That way you can wipe and restore from nandroid easily.
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[Guide] How to PROPERLY flash a rom

OK guys, lately I've been seeing a little too many people complaining about bootloops and UI crashes, etc when installing/flashing a new rom. This guide includes installing an update of the rom you're currently on that has been re-based as well.
The only reason I'm making this guide is so that users stop filling threads with these issues that are caused by user errors (99% of the time). I haven't bootlooped or had any problems at all when flashing a new rom and I can promise you that I am a huge flashaholic. Here are the steps for a TOUCHWIZ rom:
1. Download rom and calculate md5 checksum (this can be done using ES file explorer from the play store)
2. Reboot into recovery and make a nandroid backup! Can't stress this enough...
3. Do a FULL wipe. This is where I notice the error that most people make. You must do a wipe of data, cache, dalvik cache, preload AND SYSTEM.
- Don't just do a Factory reset, you must manually wipe system as well to prevent any issues. In TWRP this will be under advanced wipe, and in Philz touch recovery this is done by selecting the "Full wipe to install a new rom" option.
4. AFTER wiping all of the above mentioned partitions, then look for the rom in your internal/external SD card and install/flash it.
- if the rom has an aroma installer, sometimes it'll include a full wipe option in there, this doesn't mean that you can skip the full wipe done in step 2 of this guide.
5. Allow the rom to install everything and then choose the reboot option within your chosen recovery.
6. Let the phone reboot, input all of your info in the initial setup and then let the phone sit for a couple minutes. After this I usually reboot the phone again as a habit.
If you follow these steps to the T you shouldn't have any problems. I've yet to bootloop once on this phone with any rom. Now go and flash away!
Other possible issues/fixes:
- if you have a 64gb SD card, your current kernel or the kernel included with the rom you're flashing might not support 64gb SD cards in EXfat format. A fix for this would be to either flash another kernel that has 64gb SD card support or to copy everything from your SD card to a computer, format your EXfat sd card to fat32 format and then retransfer the files back to your sd card.
-some people have reported that moving the zip file from the internal SD to the external SD or vice versa has fixed flashing issues so make sure to try this as well, not sure why this works but it does sometimes.
-if a specific cause can't be diagnosed it's always recommended to restore your phone back to complete stock using Odin to flash stock firmware. Here is a link to the stock firmwares (I take no credit for that thread): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
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Just in case.
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The twrp has the system wipe option. I don't see that with Cwm, just factory rest/data, and the two caches
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shengwang917 said:
The twrp has the system wipe option. I don't see that with Cwm, just factory reset/data, and the two caches
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-Data wipe/Factory reset. In Philz CWM version when you chose this it stated "Wipe phone for new ROM"

Every recovery as far as I've seen has a system wipe option, just have to look for it. Only mention TWRP because I haven't used the other recoveries in a while.
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Question, for restoring nandroid backup : before I first started to flash roms last week. I did the following with Twrp, backup, - wipe data and caches(no system), then I backup again before moving forward with the flash. My question is: can I just restore my second backup with just the system without the data.?
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Why do you backup twice? And why would you restore just the system partition? You might as well just reflash the rom so you don't waste space having a system only backup.
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shengwang917 said:
Question, for restoring nandroid backup : before I first started to flash roms last week. I did the following with Twrp, backup, - wipe data and caches(no system), then I backup again before moving forward with the flash. My question is: can I just restore my second backup with just the system without the data.?
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A nandroid will restore your phone exactly how it was when you made the back up.
If I read it correctly, on the 2nd backup, you did a wipe before you did a backup.
So if you restored that 2nd backup, it will have wiped ROM (no data and will need to set up phone again). Hope that make sense.

Yeah that's what I want, I want to go back to that clean clean rom, I don't need my user data
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Then don't restore a backup for that. Just reflash the rom.
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marcoxx626 said:
Why do you backup twice? And why would you restore just the system partition? You might as well just reflash the rom so you don't waste space having a system only backup.
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Cause I'm OCD when comes to things like this, seriously lol. I move all the backups to the external SD and my computer lol. So not too worried about taking up space. I just want to see if everything is working normally with the clean stock rom. I.e. Able to send MMS. Read and write to ext SD properly.
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shengwang917 said:
Cause I'm OCD when comes to things like this, seriously lol. I move all the backups to the external SD and my computer lol. So not too worried about taking up space. I just want to see if everything is working normally with the clean stock rom. I.e. Able to send MMS. Read and write to ext SD properly.
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Well if you just want to go back to a fresh clean install there's no point in restoring a backup. Just reflash the rom bro. Any kernel changes or system app changes will still be there if you restore a system backup but won't be there if you reflash the rom (after doing full wipe that is).
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marcoxx626 said:
Well if you just want to go back to a fresh clean install there's no point in restoring a backup. Just reflash the rom bro. Any kernel changes or system app changes will still be there if you restore a system backup but won't be there if you reflash the rom (after doing full wipe that is).
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This is it right ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895 , I think there is a Odin back to stock thread on here too
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shengwang917 said:
This is it right ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895 , I think there is a Odin back to stock thread on here too
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Ok, now you lost me. What is your ultimate goal in this? Back to complete stock like out of the box?
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marcoxx626 said:
Ok, now you lost me. What is your ultimate goal in this? Back to complete stock like out of the box?
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Sorry lol, yeah i want to go back to right out of the box stock.
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Yeah follow that thread. Please hit thanks if I helped at all.
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After I flash unwizzed rom in aroma after it installs everything it says assert failed : package_extract_file("boot.img","/temp/boot.img") ?? It boots the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen then turns off then back on then back into recovery.. been doing this for alot of ROMs i try to flash

shengwang917 said:
The twrp has the system wipe option. I don't see that with Cwm, just factory rest/data, and the two caches
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For cwm:
Mounts/Storage - Mount/System.
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Robdizz said:
After I flash unwizzed rom in aroma after it installs everything it says assert failed : package_extract_file("boot.img","/temp/boot.img") ?? It boots the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen then turns off then back on then back into recovery.. been doing this for alot of ROMs i try to flash
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Not sure what that could be. Did you check the md5?
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I've been asking everyone it does this on alot of roms i flash the only one that worked was Alpha 5.0 but tried to go to 7.0 and did same thing. How do u check the Md5?