---First off, let me preface this by acknowledging the fact that, yes, I am indeed a noob. And I'm sure some of the info I'm going to put in here probably isn't needed, but as I said, I am a noob, and thus am not entirely sure what is relevant and what is not. I also apologize if some of what I say and/or what I did doesn't make sense and/or is idiotic, but again, noob. That being said I don't have any techie friends and never really had a nack for this kind of stuff, but hey gotta start somewhere right? So, that being said, here's my dilemma:
This all started last week when I was downloading the CyanogenMod Nightlies *Rom. The download started and was going along just fine when my phone suddenly turned off and starting vibrating and then wouldn't turn back on. Everything I would press power it would just start vibrating in regular one second intervals over and over. Finally I remove the battery. It turns back on fine. Download resumes. And... Bam! Happens again. This time I try the same remove to no avail and about 15 minutes later I'm thinking that this is it for my phone when it finally reboots. So I decide, alright, lemme just download this Rom and try to flash it, or at the very least just restore the phone and hope this is a software issue. So I had also just downloaded Rom Manager and was going into recovery via Clockworkmod recovery as the instructions prompted me to in the CyanogenMod tutorial. Now every other time I have installed a new Rom I just manually boot into recovery as the phone turns on. This time I boot into the Clockworkmod recovery though cuz I wanna follow the directions to the "T" and I proceed to selecting the factory reset and it wipes the data and freezes when wiping the cache. So I'm sitting there like, "Oh s**t, what do I do now?" I let it sit for fifteen minutes hoping it will magically unfreeze and all will be right in the world, but it doesn't and I reset the phone via the power button. Then it boots up and tells ne there a issue with my custom OS and I'm not really are what to do here. So, i reboot it and it acts like the reset was successful and prompts me to set up my phone like I just flashed the Jedi Mind Trick Rom I've been using. So I tried again, and same thing. Got stuck on clearing the cache. Luckily it lets me set up the phone again after I interrupt the frozen factory reset. This time I try to boot into recovery manually, pressing the hard keys, and all the phone does is restart. So I try again. And again. And again to no avail. I look up the key sequence thinking I may have forgotten it and am doing it wrong, but after trying every combo I can find online, it still doesn't work. So I give up and go into recovery via clockworkmod and restore my phone to my very first nandroid backup I made before I ever started messing with custom roms, and everything goes fine it seems until it gets to a command about something revolving cache and it freezes again! I eventually have to reset it and it gets stuck in a loop where the Samsung logo comes up, it makes a loud annoying beeping noise for a few seconds before it turns off and does it all over again. Now I'm sure I've bricked my phone. I take out the battery, wait, put it back in, but still nothing. I do this a few more times, wait and hour, and it finally boots up. So now I try to go into recovery manually again, but still just get the phone resetting. I try to go uninstall clockworkmod and go into recovery via Rom toolbox pro, but I still get the clockworkmod recovery rather than the phone's normal recovery I used to be able to get to before I ever installed clockworkmod. So I'm stuck here. I know that's a lot of info, but I didn't want to leave anything out incase it was important. Thanks in advance for any advice and/or directions you can give me. *
P.S. I read in someone's post here that the first issue of the phone turning off and vibrating could be the result of a bad power sensor. So I wanted to add that since this two mysterious restarts and vibrations, nothing like that has happened in the... Approximately 5 days since (for whatever that's worth). *
Thanks again, and I apologize for any ignorance you have encountered while trying to read this post.
OK seriously... save yourself the trouble and just flash TWRP recovery instead.
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Current status? What do you have access to? Recovery? Does the ROM boot?
Any issues with the phone right now? (You say no mysterious reboots for 5 day now, just confirming)
Recovery version? If you're using CWM I would suggest against using ROM manager. I would also suggest you do use the darkside scripts for wiping your phone.
Exact ROMs you flashed?
whatiznt said:
OK seriously... save yourself the trouble and just flash TWRP recovery instead.
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Ok. Checked it out and got twrp. I clicked install openrecoveryscript. It downloaded. Didn't restart or anything. Now can I just flash the new Rom I want directly from there then? All it says it that I must have installed the recovery script. Just wanted to know though, is it still right that when I reboot into recovery it goes to the cwm recovery? Just wanna make sure before I go messing up my phone.
Thanks!
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Missing some needed info...
Current status? What do you have access to? Recovery? Does the ROM boot?
Any issues with the phone right now? (You say no mysterious reboots for 5 day now, just confirming)
Recovery version? If you're using CWM I would suggest against using ROM manager. I would also suggest you do use the darkside scripts for wiping your phone.
Exact ROMs you flashed?
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Currently I'm running the stock ICS Rom for the phone. Ill attach a screenshot of the specifics. I can go into cwm recovery but anything related to cache freezes. No issues with the phone other than I can't use my hard keys to boot into recovery when restarting the phone, if that even counts. I'm using cwm v6.0.1.4 and really I don't want to use cwm, how do I go about changing that? And I downloaded the darkside supervise and cache wipe. Do I just use those instead of the factory reset in the cwm recovery? Or did I read into that wrong?
Thanks!
I thought the new version of CWM was freezing, but it just takes FOREVER to do your first backup because it's building the blobs or whatever they are called. The second backup went fine, however, I think it's too much headache and went back to the 5.0.2.7. Call me crazy but I'm still very hesitant to use TWRP after the wave of phone bricks that happened a few months ago from people installing it.. I'm still not convinced its totally safe and stable..
VoiD_Dweller said:
I thought the new version of CWM was freezing, but it just takes FOREVER to do your first backup because it's building the blobs or whatever they are called. The second backup went fine, however, I think it's too much headache and went back to the 5.0.2.7. Call me crazy but I'm still very hesitant to use TWRP after the wave of phone bricks that happened a few months ago from people installing it.. I'm still not convinced its totally safe and stable..
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Now when you day forever, what are you talkin here? I waited a very long time. Regardless though sounds like an easy solution so ill try this real quick and see. You think just reverting back to use 5.0.2.7. Would solve the cache problems I've been running into or would I have to try to clear that up first and then this would work?
Thanks!
jalight27 said:
Currently I'm running the stock ICS Rom for the phone. Ill attach a screenshot of the specifics. I can go into cwm recovery but anything related to cache freezes. No issues with the phone other than I can't use my hard keys to boot into recovery when restarting the phone, if that even counts. I'm using cwm v6.0.1.4 and really I don't want to use cwm, how do I go about changing that? And I downloaded the darkside supervise and cache wipe. Do I just use those instead of the factory reset in the cwm recovery? Or did I read into that wrong?
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Yes, the darkside scripts were used in older cwm recoveries because the default wipes didn't do the job. As for switching away from cwm I'm guessing you want to jump to twrp. You can do that by following the instructions at http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/101
same thing happened to me on cwm v6.0.1.4 so this is what i did
1. flash an older version of cwm thru odin (search "cwm recovery tar t989")
2. reboot to cwm
3. darkside cache wipe (hopefully that will get to your homescreen, if not, super wipe and new rom that *****)
4. when you are at your homescreen, download and install goomanager from store
5. open it, tap the menu button, hit Install OpenRecoveryScript
6. reboot to recovery
7. now you have twrp, have fun
Thanks for the steps there. Pretty much did a combo of what everyone was saying. Went back to an older version of cwm and used darkside wipes. Then wouldn't you know? It worked! Yay for me. So I'll just keep my older version of cwm, for now at least. Well, anyway, thanks to everyone for helping me figure this out. Much obliged!
jalight27 said:
Now when you day forever, what are you talkin here? I waited a very long time. Regardless though sounds like an easy solution so ill try this real quick and see. You think just reverting back to use 5.0.2.7. Would solve the cache problems I've been running into or would I have to try to clear that up first and then this would work?
Thanks!
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Forever like being 10 minutes min, maybe 15
ClaireH said:
same thing happened to me on cwm v6.0.1.4 so this is what i did
1. flash an older version of cwm thru odin (search "cwm recovery tar t989")
2. reboot to cwm
3. darkside cache wipe (hopefully that will get to your homescreen, if not, super wipe and new rom that *****)
4. when you are at your homescreen, download and install goomanager from store
5. open it, tap the menu button, hit Install OpenRecoveryScript
6. reboot to recovery
7. now you have twrp, have fun
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+1.
Just happened to me last night. I was using CWM 6.0.1.4 touch version and finally crash without reason.
I almost tried to ODIN back to stock/unroot, then I thought it might be possible just re-flash the CWM recovery to 5.0.2.7 version.
And it works!
try to avoid 6.0.1.4 version at this time. lots of issues.
btw, twrp is better than CWM? what's the difference? how do I activate the recovery menu from boot?
fe1ixs said:
+1.
Just happened to me last night. I was using CWM 6.0.1.4 touch version and finally crash without reason.
I almost tried to ODIN back to stock/unroot, then I thought it might be possible just re-flash the CWM recovery to 5.0.2.7 version.
And it works!
try to avoid 6.0.1.4 version at this time. lots of issues.
btw, twrp is better than CWM? what's the difference? how do I activate the recovery menu from boot?
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Yep, same thing I ended up doing, thought I posted that but I guess I never did. I ended up using the darkside wipes and going back to an older version like you and someone else said. Now everything's just fine. And btw, to get into recovery from boot just restart it holding power, volume up, and volume down at the same time. Then once you see the Samsung logo let go of the power button but keep holding volume up and down till you see the recovery menu.
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It is slowly driving me mad. I can get into recovery and restore my current ROM (leaked GB base). However, if I flash a new rom - any rom - it flashes, reboots into white HTC boot screen, and just hangs there.
I'm using ROM manager, clockwork.
What do I do? It doesn't make sense.
Thanks for any advice.
Later.
1. Stop using ROM Manager
2. Go to the link below and download the PC36IMG.zip file for amon RA v2.3 and place it on the root of your SD card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
3. Shutdown your device.
4. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. There will be a short pause and then a few lines of text will scroll across the screen. Afterwards, the bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install it. Follow the easy prompts to install. Installation will take less than 10 seconds to complete. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the backup/restore menu and make a nandroid backup of your current setup.
5. Now go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card.
6. Go to the flash menu and flash the rom you desire to flash.
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Did you try it? If so, how did it for for you?
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I have had it take 3-5 min to get past the white screen, it happened with some custom roms. I thought it was hung also but it finally continued..how long did you wait?
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Oh wow, you are awesome. I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me that. Worked perfectly. If I could buy you a beer I would. Have a good one!
dougjamal said:
1. Stop using ROM Manager
2. Go to the link below and download the PC36IMG.zip file for amon RA v2.3 and place it on the root of your SD card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
3. Shutdown your device.
4. Simultaneously press the DOWN volume button and the power button until your device starts. There will be a short pause and then a few lines of text will scroll across the screen. Afterwards, the bootloader will automatically detect the PC36IMG.zip file and prompt you to install it. Follow the easy prompts to install. Installation will take less than 10 seconds to complete. Afterwards, reboot into your new recovery. Go to the backup/restore menu and make a nandroid backup of your current setup.
5. Now go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it EXCEPT the SD card.
6. Go to the flash menu and flash the rom you desire to flash.
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Oh wow, you are awesome. I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me that. Worked perfectly. If I could buy you a beer I would. Have a good one!
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(Laughing)...You're very welcome. I'm glad I was able to help. Enjoy the rest of your day.
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Was having the same trouble. I think Rom Manager has some flaws cause it works fine from Recovery
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Was having the same trouble. I think Rom Manager has some flaws cause it works fine from Recovery
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ROM Manager has its uses, but, in my opinion, it is far too easy to simply boot or reboot into recovery and flash, especially with amon RA. It has a common sense menu layout.
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Just MY opinion, but ROM Manager is useless. I see more people have issues because of ROM Manager. My advice, dump it and do everything in Recovery.
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Hmmm, so what happens if I'm still having this problem after trying this fix? I've been having the "can't flash any other roms because they all hang at the white evo4g screen" problem and have been stuck on the same rom for over a month now. Is there something else I can try if this doesn't work?
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Hmmm, so what happens if I'm still having this problem after trying this fix? I've been having the "can't flash any other roms because they all hang at the white evo4g screen" problem and have been stuck on the same rom for over a month now. Is there something else I can try if this doesn't work?
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I would do a clean wipe, factory/data, cache, and dalvik, then go to the bootloader, select the clear storage for overkill, then try to flash a rom.
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+1.....again
Thanks for the quick reply man. Tried the wipe of data, cache and dalvik, rebooted to bootloader and cleared storage. Tried to install a rom and still hung up at the htc evo 4g white boot screen. Anything else I can try?
Which rom are you trying to flash? I would re-download it to make sure its not corrupted in any fashion.
Hmmm I was wondering if that might be the problem, because I've gotten this rom to flash ONCE before. It's the End of Days rom from Magnus. I got it to work the first time I tried to flash it but then at some point I rebooted it and it started boot looping to the point where I couldn't get it to load anymore. That's when I wiped, tried to reflash the rom and all this madness started. I'll try to redownload, but I figured if the ROM worked once, it should be able to work again... right? I mean I'm not flashing it any differently.
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Hmmm I was wondering if that might be the problem, because I've gotten this rom to flash ONCE before. It's the End of Days rom from Magnus. I got it to work the first time I tried to flash it but then at some point I rebooted it and it started boot looping to the point where I couldn't get it to load anymore. That's when I wiped, tried to reflash the rom and all this madness started. I'll try to redownload, but I figured if the ROM worked once, it should be able to work again... right? I mean I'm not flashing it any differently.
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It should work.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/PC36IMG.zip Place that on your sdcard, boot into the bootloader and flash it. That'll reflash the amon_ra 2.3 recovery, then try flashing the rom again.
Yea I tried the Pc36img thing already too. Let the bootloader find it, applied the update, rebooted into recovery, reflashed, nothing. Same results, hung up on white evo screen.
I'm actually noticing that when I try to wipe the "sd ext" in Amon Ra's wipe menu, it just says "skipping format sdext" or something like that, is that normal?
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Yea I tried the Pc36img thing already too. Let the bootloader find it, applied the update, rebooted into recovery, reflashed, nothing. Same results, hung up on white evo screen.
I'm actually noticing that when I try to wipe the "sd ext" in Amon Ra's wipe menu, it just says "skipping format sdext" or something like that, is that normal?
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That's normal; it only says that because you don't have that partition. The only thing I can think of at this point would be to backup everything, quickly unroot, then re-root.
My Evo is doing something similar. I flash ANY of the new Sense 2.x (or Sense 3.0) ROMs, and they just reboot on the white HTC EVO 4G screen. Ive wiped everything, used Calks Format All, Im using the latest Amons, etc to no avail. However, all AOSP GB ROMs (MIUI,CM7, EoD, etc) work like a charm! Any kind soul that knows what the hell is going on with my phone?
So, been a couple weeks been trying to flash CM10 ROMs, Paranoid, AOKP and CYANO, Everytime i flash I wipe everything as instructed and when it reboots it just hangs on the cyanogem boot image with the wheel spinning and does nothing. Not even a boot loop?! I let it sit for up to a half hour before and still nothing. But I can go and restore my old rom (not CM!) and works great..and if I flash a a new TW rom it flashes correctly.
Any ideas. I am on CWM when I flash. I also tried to flash TWRP and that would not take as well and had to go back to CWM.
Things I would check:
Verify MD5 tags of the roms your flashing when you download
Try wiping cache/dalvik/system and doing a factory reset after you have a successful flash
Question I have for you...
Have you tried unrooting and rooting again?
TWRP and CWM should both work, but have you ran the darkside scripts if using CWM? > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
Lastly - I have heard people needing to reflash several times before it "takes" which it sounds like maybe you've tried & I realize these may be very basic things for you but you never know hopefully someone can help the more info you provide.
ldd_recoil said:
Things I would check:
Verify MD5 tags of the roms your flashing when you download
Try wiping cache/dalvik/system and doing a factory reset after you have a successful flash
Question I have for you...
Have you ever successfully loaded a custom rom on this particular phone?.... because you may have improperly rooted
TWRP and CWM should both work, but have you ran the darkside scripts if using CWM? > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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I am on a custom rom now and everything is fine..but when I try to flash anything other than a Touchwhiz rom it seems to fail. I had paranoid running for a little while but I could not access my external sd so went back to my Jedi Mind Trick rom and everything was fine...so I decided to try a different paranoid thinking the issue was with this specific rom and it would not boot..went back to JMT and then tried aosp cm10 rom thinking and it wouldn't boot.
i have tried everything you have suggested except for the Factory Reset after the flash. Never really check the MD5 though. Might give it a try later on when I get bored with this rom again.
Thanks,
T
Sorry, reread your post now that I have the right context... Try unrooting and rerooting if you continue to have new rom flash issues.
toreone said:
So, been a couple weeks been trying to flash CM10 ROMs, Paranoid, AOKP and CYANO, Everytime i flash I wipe everything as instructed and when it reboots it just hangs on the cyanogem boot image with the wheel spinning and does nothing. Not even a boot loop?! I let it sit for up to a half hour before and still nothing. But I can go and restore my old rom (not CM!) and works great..and if I flash a a new TW rom it flashes correctly.
Any ideas. I am on CWM when I flash. I also tried to flash TWRP and that would not take as well and had to go back to CWM.
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Solution is Simple.... When it hang in the cyanogenmod boot image with the wheel spinning just switch off -> Go to recovery -> install the DarkSide Cache Wipe.Zip then see the magic.... :good:
srikanth.t989 said:
Solution is Simple.... When it hang in the cyanogenmod boot image with the wheel spinning just switch off -> Go to recovery -> install the DarkSide Cache Wipe.Zip then see the magic.... :good:
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Thanks, i will give this a try next time i flash...and i'll report back. This happened with a few different roms...this should fix those too!? also, I am pretty sure I ran the Darkside before I did first boot...should I have waited?
EDIT::: THIS WORKED...IT WAS HUNG UP ON BOOT IMAGE..FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS ON TOP AND BINGO!!!! I SAW THE MAGIC
toreone said:
Thanks, i will give this a try next time i flash...and i'll report back. This happened with a few different roms...this should fix those too!? also, I am pretty sure I ran the Darkside before I did first boot...should I have waited?
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I was running into this same issue until I switched from CWM to the most recent TWRP, it's super easy just install Goomanager app and hit menu button >install OpenRecoverScript. After switching I haven't needed the Darkside script and I've yet to get a single hang at boot. Hopefully it helps!
cluckkillerb said:
I was running into this same issue until I switched from CWM to the most recent TWRP, it's super easy just install Goomanager app and hit menu button >install OpenRecoverScript. After switching I haven't needed the Darkside script and I've yet to get a single hang at boot. Hopefully it helps!
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I actually tried this yesterday and it went through the motions and when I restarted into recovery it was just like a blue background with the Team Win on it but never made it past that...so I had to flash back to CWM through Odin to get it to be able to flash again..
cluckkillerb said:
I was running into this same issue until I switched from CWM to the most recent TWRP, it's super easy just install Goomanager app and hit menu button >install OpenRecoverScript. After switching I haven't needed the Darkside script and I've yet to get a single hang at boot. Hopefully it helps!
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After doing this try downloading quickboot to boot into twrp recovery, if that doesn't help you might need to flash back to stock/re-root and start from square one =/
Hi xda,
I ran into a problem I've never faced today. Before you start assuming, I've done my research. I've searched all over the forums, tried multiple solutions (none worked) and... potentially permabricked it?
Rooted for 7 months, running Jedi Mind Tricks v5.1 Android 4.0.3
How it happened: Today I noticed my phone running really wierdly. It would crash apps constantly, which didn't happen yesterday. So I put it on *close all apps after exiting* on developer options and limited it to run 2 background apps. Throughout the day, my phone would just restart out of absolutely nowhere: in the middle of a text, after unlocking my phone. Each time progressively got shorter between the restarts. It would also freeze a lot of the time. This never happened before today. Maybe a freeze or two, but not this bad.
Did a few battery pulls, no dice. Then this is where it gets worse. The time between boot loops were from 1-2 minutes now. I was getting pissed, so I decided I needed to wipe it and install a new rom. I enter recovery mode CMW 5.0 and do an initial factory reset. Half way through, it crashes again. Now all it does is vibrate constantly until I turned it back on into recovery. Launches recovery. I try to super wipe it. Half way through, crashes again. I try this several times in conjunction with battery pulls. Doesn't work.
I pull sim card, SD card and battery out, let it rest before I reset it.
Then I tried to Odin its ass. I bricked it into the yellow warning screen about a updated system error because I fail with Odin. I searched around to find a solution. I redid Odin to stock kernel it. When it revived, it went into the loading screen. Yes! Progress! It was 99% done with loading when it froze on it. Fml. Battery pull, reboot, and it goes back into its habitual boot loop pattern. I can still access CMW, but it still crashes when I try to super wipe/wipe it.
I have to fix this because, well I bought this from someone with no warranty and using a no contract provider.
Help?
UPDATE: I was able to successfully superwipe my phone, then reinstall Mind Tricks as the rom of choice onto it. It doesn't freeze. Simply bootloops again and again. I don't know what to do.
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UPDATE: I was able to successfully superwipe my phone, then reinstall Mind Tricks as the rom of choice onto it. It doesn't freeze. Simply bootloops again and again. I don't know what to do.
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Firstly I suggest upgrading your recovery to 6.x via odin. Then superwipe. Redownload mind trick fresh, flash mind trick, wipe data/factory reset via recovery and try to boot letting it settle for about five minutes. If this fails, flash back to stock via Odin to rule out hardware faults.
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elesbb said:
Firstly I suggest upgrading your recovery to 6.x via odin. Then superwipe. Redownload mind trick fresh, flash mind trick, wipe data/factory reset via recovery and try to boot letting it settle for about five minutes. If this fails, flash back to stock via Odin to rule out hardware faults.
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I've been looking through some how-to's but I can't seem to find how to upgrade recovery using odin. I can only find the .img file and instructions on how to do it via command lines. Any advice?
Thanks
Good suggestion but better yet ...... I had the same issue on cwm.... get twrp 2.2 look for the flashable download....... 2.3 has a few bugs so stick wit .2
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Definitely get twrp on it. Flashing twrp solved 99% of my problems running cm10. Zero rr in weeks. If I were you I would go back to stock for your device. After confident its running like it should. Then root and and go nuts.
I've personally never really had to pull the battery, very rarely. I'm worried about your ram. Could it b corrupted? A short somewhere? All unrecoverable.
I wonder if you could somehow mount your device using Linux. And run memory tests or drive diagnostics.(just thinking out loud).
Twrp is definitely a must. Good luck
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Try doing complete wipes and reflashing a different more stable rom and see if it happens again. There are scripts to do complete and total wipes just to make sure you get a clean install (kind of like the others suggested) atleast yours can turn on so your not hard-bricked.
That's great how you guys are saying twrp solved your issues! It's really funny when cm10 supports cwm recovery. But op, let me see if I still have mine.
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Thank you guys for all the suggestion. I was able to finally install CMW 5.5 on Odin, then go to 6.0 through flashing it. Then I super wiped it several times, normal wipe data/user settings, Darkside super wipe, then install Jedi Mind Trick X, super cache wipe, mount system, then rebooted. It worked for several minutes before locked on boot loop again.
Can someone post the link to TWRP touch for flash? That would be awesome.
I've also been thinking if it could be an external hardware problem and not a software problem. How could I run the diagnostics like you had suggested?
Thanks!
eaudexs said:
Thank you guys for all the suggestion. I was able to finally install CMW 5.5 on Odin, then go to 6.0 through flashing it. Then I super wiped it several times, normal wipe data/user settings, Darkside super wipe, then install Jedi Mind Trick X, super cache wipe, mount system, then rebooted. It worked for several minutes before locked on boot loop again.
Can someone post the link to TWRP touch for flash? That would be awesome.
I've also been thinking if it could be an external hardware problem and not a software problem. How could I run the diagnostics like you had suggested?
Thanks!
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my sgs2 did this last month i did the same you did. after no fix i installed a cwmtouch through odin just to be able to restore a back up and worked flawlessly. After that i switched to TWRP again flashed it with no problem through odin and my s2 has been working fine ever since, but fyi i updated twrp to its 2.3.1.1 version and now i get errors can still restore but cant flash jb roms and can only do dirty flashes of ics roms
I'm currently in the process of trying to flash twrp. Is it uncommon that when I went into recovery, it also boot looped on me several time?
eaudexs said:
I'm currently in the process of trying to flash twrp. Is it uncommon that when I went into recovery, it also boot looped on me several time?
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what version of TWRP are you trying to use? NO it does not bootloop
I did a full wipe, script wipe, with Darkside using CMW6 and restored an old backup. It still crashes. I'm starting to think it's hardware problems. I haven't gone to TWRP because I can't find a flashable 2.2 version.
eaudexs said:
I did a full wipe, script wipe, with Darkside using CMW6 and restored an old backup. It still crashes. I'm starting to think it's hardware problems. I haven't gone to TWRP because I can't find a flashable 2.2 version.
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Nah my man you do not use the script with CWM6 thats your problem right there
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eaudexs said:
I did a full wipe, script wipe, with Darkside using CMW6 and restored an old backup. It still crashes. I'm starting to think it's hardware problems. I haven't gone to TWRP because I can't find a flashable 2.2 version.
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Come on now the flashable version is in the thread...tisk tisk tisk also there are a few version in flashable form in there as well my friend. Got to get your hands dirty sometimes.... LOL Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32984410&postcount=380
Thank you my friend. I was able to finally find a 2.2 TWRP and I flashed it via odin. Did full wipes, full cache wipes, flashed a rom. Fixed permission and all that good stuff. Left it off for 10 minutes. Came back, it started running through initialization. About 4 minutes in, it crashes again. I'm starting to think this could be hardware problem.
eaudexs said:
Thank you guys for all the suggestion. I was able to finally install CMW 5.5 on Odin, then go to 6.0 through flashing it. Then I super wiped it several times, normal wipe data/user settings, Darkside super wipe, then install Jedi Mind Trick X, super cache wipe, mount system, then rebooted. It worked for several minutes before locked on boot loop again.
Can someone post the link to TWRP touch for flash? That would be awesome.
I've also been thinking if it could be an external hardware problem and not a software problem. How could I run the diagnostics like you had suggested?
Thanks!
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Do not use scripts with the new CWM 6 as it will cause this. Manually wipe everything and do not use scripts. You can use scripts with twrp but not the latest cwm
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I've actually got several problems.
1.) My phone won't shut down completely. It just goes to the T-Mobile screen and stops shutting down at that point.
2.) When I go to factory reset and click on "delete all..." nothing happens.
3.) The whole reason I want to reset is because I want to flash CyanagenMod and every time I try I get stuck in a boot loop. This happens no matter how many times I wipe everything. I just get stuck in a bootloop...with every Rom I try to flash. I can flash a backup though
I am rooted and have several T-Mobile bloatware frozen using Titanium Backup, so that could be the problem.
So to summarize:
Rooted and running stock ICS
Using Rom Manager and ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7 (also have touch reocovery, but it's quit working)
Titanium Backup used to freeze T-Mo and a couple of Samsung apps
Phone won't shut down properly (have to pull battery)
Phone won't reset to factory settings.
Can't flash roms stuck in Bootloop
I can flash backups tho.
Use TWRP : Wipe , Wipe System and Preload .. Flash Rom Reboot..let sit 10 Min everything should be fine!
Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
I've actually got several problems.
1.) My phone won't shut down completely. It just goes to the T-Mobile screen and stops shutting down at that point.
2.) When I go to factory reset and click on "delete all..." nothing happens.
3.) The whole reason I want to reset is because I want to flash CyanagenMod and every time I try I get stuck in a boot loop. This happens no matter how many times I wipe everything. I just get stuck in a bootloop...with every Rom I try to flash. I can flash a backup though
I am rooted and have several T-Mobile bloatware frozen using Titanium Backup, so that could be the problem.
So to summarize:
Rooted and running stock ICS
Using Rom Manager and ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7 (also have touch reocovery, but it's quit working)
Titanium Backup used to freeze T-Mo and a couple of Samsung apps
Phone won't shut down properly (have to pull battery)
Phone won't reset to factory settings.
Can't flash roms stuck in Bootloop
I can flash backups tho.
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So, to be sure I know what your talking about ur sayin that before u flash a rom all your doing is a factory reset? U need to do a full system wipe, start clean, switch to twrp, wipe system cache Calvin and do a factory reset from recovery, then flash ROM, gapps ,and reboot, let the phone sit idle and set itself up for ten min or so before u use it, reboot once then set up ur phone, if that doesn't work Odin back to stock and start fresh
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Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
I've actually got several problems.
1.) My phone won't shut down completely. It just goes to the T-Mobile screen and stops shutting down at that point.
2.) When I go to factory reset and click on "delete all..." nothing happens.
3.) The whole reason I want to reset is because I want to flash CyanagenMod and every time I try I get stuck in a boot loop. This happens no matter how many times I wipe everything. I just get stuck in a bootloop...with every Rom I try to flash. I can flash a backup though
I am rooted and have several T-Mobile bloatware frozen using Titanium Backup, so that could be the problem.
So to summarize:
Rooted and running stock ICS
Using Rom Manager and ClockworkMod 6.0.2.7 (also have touch reocovery, but it's quit working)
Titanium Backup used to freeze T-Mo and a couple of Samsung apps
Phone won't shut down properly (have to pull battery)
Phone won't reset to factory settings.
Can't flash roms stuck in Bootloop
I can flash backups tho.
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Try dialing *2767*3855# into dialer and see if factory reset works Know it did on gb roms not sure about ics.
Miami8906 said:
Try dialing *2767*3855# into dialer and see if factory reset works Know it did on gb roms not sure about ics.
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Thanks for the responses guys.Just a little fyi here. I've tried to wipe everything and I do seem to be on some CWM Touch recovery. After tletting the phone sit, drain recharge, fiddling with wiping, and flashing CM9 (by accident, it was in my recovery files) it reboots into the CM9 splash screeen, but just stayed there (no bootloop). As a result I had to buy an N4 that I plan to return (I want it, just can't afford it,lol) and revisited my Herculean disaster (pun intended). I can now wipe! It still reboots into CM9 splash screen, but it seems to be working !
Here's what you need to know. I'm not real knowlegeable about Odin/kies/ and TWRP. I'm thinking of trying to side flash CM10 or CM10.1, but have never flashed this way. Any links for help?
Thanks in advance!
Estimated Prophet Hawk said:
Thanks for the responses guys.Just a little fyi here. I've tried to wipe everything and I do seem to be on some CWM Touch recovery. After tletting the phone sit, drain recharge, fiddling with wiping, and flashing CM9 (by accident, it was in my recovery files) it reboots into the CM9 splash screeen, but just stayed there (no bootloop). As a result I had to buy an N4 that I plan to return (I want it, just can't afford it,lol) and revisited my Herculean disaster (pun intended). I can now wipe! It still reboots into CM9 splash screen, but it seems to be working !
Here's what you need to know. I'm not real knowlegeable about Odin/kies/ and TWRP. I'm thinking of trying to side flash CM10 or CM10.1, but have never flashed this way. Any links for help?
Thanks in advance!
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OK its very simple, can u put the phone in download mode? First thing first, go download "Odin 1.85" on you computer and open it, also download "team win recovery project 2.5.5.0 for T-Mobile galaxy s2" it'll be a .tar file, connect your OEM factory USB cable to your computer and with Odin open connect to your phone while holding vol-vol+ ,this should bring up a warning screen, select continue and bam ur in download mode and odon should say "added", now without clicking any other box, select PDA, when it opens find the twrp2.5.5.0.tar file u downloaded earlier, select it and press start in Odin, let it do its thing and u should get a green box with "PASSED", congrats u now have newest twrp recovery, now download your fav rom, mine is Embryo 6.10, place it on your external SD card, boot phone into recovery by holding vol-vol+ and power buttons, select wipe, make sure u do a full wipe, wipe everything that's not storage, then go back home and select install, find the ROM u want and select it, now flash the ROM, let it do its thing and u should be in business, pm me if u need help I'll walk u through it, if I helped hit the thanks button
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OK its very simple, can u put the phone in download mode? First thing first, go download "Odin 1.85" on you computer and open it, also download "team win recovery project 2.5.5.0 for T-Mobile galaxy s2" it'll be a .tar file, connect your OEM factory USB cable to your computer and with Odin open connect to your phone while holding vol-vol+ ,this should bring up a warning screen, select continue and bam ur in download mode and odon should say "added", now without clicking any other box, select PDA, when it opens find the twrp2.5.5.0.tar file u downloaded earlier, select it and press start in Odin, let it do its thing and u should get a green box with "PASSED", congrats u now have newest twrp recovery, now download your fav rom, mine is Embryo 6.10, place it on your external SD card, boot phone into recovery by holding vol-vol+ and power buttons, select wipe, make sure u do a full wipe, wipe everything that's not storage, then go back home and select install, find the ROM u want and select it, now flash the ROM, let it do its thing and u should be in business, pm me if u need help I'll walk u through it, if I helped hit the thanks button
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Thanks soupy. I used odin to flash recovery and to root, but it was a long time ago because the phone never shut down properly and I wasn't able to flash any roms. As a result I've just held on for a new phone. I have to take the (way overpriced) N4 back to T-Mo today and want to get my GSII running again , so that I have something until I buy another N4 from Google this time.
I know. TMI. I just can't resist. lol.
So today's the day I may have questions everyone. hint hint.:silly:
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Thanks soupy. I used odin to flash recovery and to root, but it was a long time ago because the phone never shut down properly and I wasn't able to flash any roms. As a result I've just held on for a new phone. I have to take the (way overpriced) N4 back to T-Mo today and want to get my GSII running again , so that I have something until I buy another N4 from Google this time.
I know. TMI. I just can't resist. lol.
So today's the day I may have questions everyone. hint hint.:silly:
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Just pm me, or u can email me at [email protected] and I'll give u whatever help u need
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Got it up and running! Thanks for the help. It took forever to download gapps. Don't know what that was all about.
Good glad I could help, enjoy the Hercules, she's always been good to me, I have a mediafire account too with all sorts of roms, mods, and kernels, for her if u ever need anything...
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Thanks. I've never flashed a kernel, but the version of CM I flashed is draining the crap out of my battery. I'm not a fan of touchwiz and don't really want MIUI. I just want something as close to native android as possible. Any suggestions?
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Sorry for my total noobness. I've just recently started this whole root awesomeness and I've hit a snag...... I'm sure there are many threads about my problem but I can't find one. I had CM 10.2 on my AT&T galaxy s3 and things were smooth and stable. Decided to try the "Collective" 4.3 ROM and SixShooter kernel. I put the zips in the phone (used the same gapps zip that was in there because I believe the Collective ROM is based off of the CM 10 ROM). Did a backup, then wiped chache, dalvick cache, system, and data (using TWRP recovery). Then did a multiple install of all three files in one action because TWRP lets you. so why not do it?
Rebooted, and I get the samsung logo, then sixshooter, then blank screen, vibration, pause, another vibration, then it starts all over. I can go into odin mode, or pull the battery to get it to stop.
Tried using odin to flash the .tar file, but it says PASS! and then the phone just automatically starts the loop again.
Was installing all 3 files (ROM, KERNEL, and Gapps zip files) at the same time a bad move?
I tried going back into recovery and it gives me the CWM recovery. Do I have TWRP AND CWM at the same time? Wierd. Tried wiping cache, and dalvik cache again and then rebooting, it still loops.
I'm at a a loss. I've watched a ton of videos and they all pretty much just say to find the right .tar and use odin to get back to stock. Like I said I've tried this and it just starts the loop again. Please help!! (I don't know a thing about ADB/terminal commands so if thats the fix I'll need my hand held) If theres a link to a thread that tells me how to get out of this I'd sure appreciate it. I greatly appreciate anyone who can take the time to explain to me what to do......
I would suggest booting into recovery and do the full wipe. Then just flash the ROM and gapps. If you're still bootlooping it could be a bad download of the ROM so if youve still got cm10.2 sitting around flash it instead. If that works I would look at downloading collective again. If not well maybe someone else has some input.
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Ok, I just read the op again, and isn't the sixx shooter kernel packaged with the ROM? Also it states to factory data reset, wipe dalvik, install ROM, and the phone should reboot by itself do to a script, let phone settle, THEN boot back into recovery, flash gapps, wipe cache, reboot, enjoy! Maybe u shouldn't have flashed everything at once?
Yep, I'm a total tool. I installed everything in one action. ROM, gapps, kernel. Guessing I didn't need the kernel. And I should have read more closely the collective thread as it says to do the ROM. let it reboot, settle, etc. So the install all of them in one step is where I forked it up. I got it though. Pulled my head out and got the newest TWRP .img file and updated my recovery with odin. ROM is loaded and sweet as all get out!!
Crisis averted. Don't know what I would have done at work tomorrow without my podcasts and pandora! Thx for the help though. Love this forum.
Hmm. Okay, guess I don't have it completely sorted. I have gotten it to boot into the OS, let it sit a few. turned it off and tried to boot into recovery with vol+/home/power but it just starts it back up to the OS? Does the collective ROM change the way you get into recovery?
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Hmm. Okay, guess I don't have it completely sorted. I have gotten it to boot into the OS, let it sit a few. turned it off and tried to boot into recovery with vol+/home/power but it just starts it back up to the OS? Does the collective ROM change the way you get into recovery?
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Should have the four way reboot in the power menu. Long press the power button, while the phone is on, select reboot recovery. See if that helps...
Nevermind, I got it. lol
Gotta let go of that power button after vibration......man it's late