Good Day Everyone,
I have a seemlingly simple problem, but I can't seem to solve it.
I used the method to make my SD storage, main storage so I can put my apps there (galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-tutorials/how-to-store-apps-on-sd-card-with-rooted-galaxy-note-2-app2sd-mod). It worked perfectly. My phone was stock rooted btw.
I then wanted to install a custom rom on my phone, I booted to recovery, reset factory, cache, and davlik, then went to install and there was an error. I rebooted my phone and the reset was never applied. I then tried a factory reset from the settings/backup reset, and nothing.I tried removing the script, smanager, took the sd card out, was not able to reset back to factory.
After the recent update that came out, I restored my phone back to factory using odin tar. I tried resetting my phone this time, and worked fine. I then pushed the update, then rerooted my phone. Went back to a factory reset and just like before, would not reset.
In short, my issue is after applying the script (even after taking out the sd card and removing script and app), I am not able to fully restore to factory reset while my phone is rooted. Please help!
Thank you for reading through this thread. If anything is lost or confusing, I can clarify to the best of my ability. Thank You again
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Once this error is fixed I can class other roms, until then I'm stuck stock rooted I keep trying other things and it just doesn't work
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I just managed to nearly brick my buddy's Droid X, and I just wanted to see if there was an easier way to do what I had to go through.
Going from Liberty 2.0 to DarkSlide, did a nandroid backup, wiped data, cache, dalvik, the usual... But, darkslide didn't install right for some reason, and it hung on the bootlogo. After waiting 15 minutes, I finally pulled the battery, expecting Clockwork to come up, and I could restore. Instead, I had the normal recovery, with the four options to wipe data, wipe cache, install update.zip, or reboot.
Now, besides the point that I just had to sieve through several update.zip's, including a bad md5 sum or two, running RSD Lite and loading a stock Rom and re-rooting. This was my first time ever going through all this crazy process... I'm just wondering:
If a ROM goes wrong in installing, is there a way to avoid all the insanity I just went through, or am I running the risk of going through all that every time I flash a new ROM?
Haha same here. I almost bricked my phone but o was able to restore it with the original RUU to downgrade and reset to factory settings. By doing that I just had a spare sd card to format and re-rooted. Once that was done ROM Manager did the rest with restoring my last backed up working ROM on my original sd card.
Its hard to come by one click rooting tools.
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homescrub said:
I almost bricked my phone but o was able to restore it with the original RUU to downgrade and reset to factory settings. By doing that I just had a spare sd card to format and re-rooted.
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How would I go about that?
hmm If you would flash Clockwork into recovery section of you phone and not using Rom Manager to boot into update.zip (ClockWork), you woudln't have such problems
Everytime I do a update and it fails it still boots into the Bootloader and my beloved ClockWork Mod v3 with the ability to flash another CustomRom with works.
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So i did the factory data reset and when I restarted the phone my root access was gone.
So I guess I have to re root the phone again.
solentdan said:
So i did the factory data reset and when I restarted the phone my root access was gone.
So I guess I have to re root the phone again.
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You can flash the rooted kernel with CWM and I think it will be rerooted and you won't have to replace the ROM.
This would be a good opportunity for you to make a cwm flashable backup of the stock rom, since I don't think anyone has yet.
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eggwolio said:
This would be a good opportunity for you to make a cwm flashable backup of the stock rom, since I don't think anyone has yet.
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I have a back up of my stock ROM via the backup function of CWM but it has my personal stuff in it. If he just did a factory reset and has no root, he can make a clean backup of the stock ROM but I'm not sure if his back up would work across phones but I don't see why it wouldn't. The important things to back up would be system and data but not cache.
I had a backup of my stock rom via cwm thankfully but I had to re root my phone and also I had to reinstall CWM all over again.
I will definitely not be using the factory data reset feature anymore.The only reason why I even used it was cause the storage space on my phone was showing incorrect numbers and every time I tried to reinstall the stuff that was on it before it keep telling me i was out of space.
After clearing the internal storage space everything came back to normal but my root was gone and CWM to.
But everything is good now.
Thanks guys!
My A100 is rooted (not touched the bootloader/installed custom ROM) - when i do a factory reset my understanding is that it will still remain rooted (I used ZeroNull's simple rooting method).
So when it's reset - do I simply re-install the Superser app and then Titanium backup - and then reinstall the backed up apps I want - or is there some step I'm missing here?
Thanks!
Factory reset is just that, goes back to how it was from the factory for the rom. In case of stock, no root. Just redo the root again. Or just check for root after the reset, but I doubt it stays.
Edit: after re root use TiBu to restore whatever you want, as its the same rom restore data too, unless some bug is why you want to reset.
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Factory reset is just that, goes back to how it was from the factory for the rom. In case of stock, no root. Just redo the root again. Or just check for root after the reset, but I doubt it stays.
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Just did a factory reset. As expected it wiped everything - but I was still left with root access.
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Just did a factory reset. As expected it wiped everything - but I was still left with root access.
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Ok good to know, thanks for letting us know. I didn't run stock long enough to do a reset on, but my other phones and tabs lost root.
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Note that if you deleted any apks and do a factory reset, they are not restored. I deleted several apks for many of the preinstalled apps, and after I did a factory reset, they were not restored. So a factory reset does not really return the tablet to the state it was from the factory(no root, all system apps installed), rather it wipes all user and app data.
Yeah I should probably have mentioned it doesn't do much, if anything, to /system. Any changes there are likely left alone, which is why root stayed. The last time I did a factory reset was on my evo and it lost root for some reason. Same with my rooted stock nook, before cm7.
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Hello,
I was flashing the latest version of AOKP using TWRP, and the update failed. I verified the MD5 hash before attempting the flash, but figured I'd the file had gotten corrupt somehow. So I went to reboot my phone, and it hung on the boot loader screen. I Pulled the battery and tired again, but same result. So I booted back into TWRP, restored from the backup I took just prior to attempting the flash, and upon booting my phone went directly to the Setup Wizard. I rebooted, tried the restore again, but same result. I went through the wizard, and confirmed my phone had factory reset (Note, I didn't manually wipe anything).
Does anyone know what might cause this, and if I have any way to restore the backup I have? I was going from AOKP JB Builld 3 to 4, so I didn't take a Titanium Backup first. I've been using CWM since I got my GNex in January and have never had an issue (I've switched ROMs several times, and done many backup.restores with CWM. So i'd like to think I know what I'm doing ). This is the first time I've tried out TWRP, and everything seemed to go smoothly (Except for the failed flash).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've been searching around and haven't found anyone else reporting this.
Not sure why it factory reset but if you still have cwm back ups flash cwm and restore one of those. Factory reset isn't a bad thing though staying fresh is the best way to start a new ROM. I don't recommend restoring anything.
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Hello,
I am from the i9300 forum. My GF has a SGH-i747. When she updated it to official Jelly bean using Kies, all seemed to go well but then when she booted up to her home screen the phone would reboot. It would continuously do this over and over again.
So we had to use KIES to do a complete format of the phone and reboot it. This deleted everything and made it factory brand new again. This is that option where you have to type in your serial number into kies to do the emergency firmware recovery.
Well a few months went by and today while my GF was using her phone it froze and rebooted. It is now stuck in the bootloop. I don't understand why this is happening. She doesn't have the phone rooted nor has she flashed anything on it. I'm not familiar with the SGH-i747 so I'm not sure if this is a common bug that has been addressed for fixed.
Please help, my GF needs her phone for work and she's a few miles away from me. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
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Hello,
I am from the i9300 forum. My GF has a SGH-i747. When she updated it to official Jelly bean using Kies, all seemed to go well but then when she booted up to her home screen the phone would reboot. It would continuously do this over and over again.
So we had to use KIES to do a complete format of the phone and reboot it. This deleted everything and made it factory brand new again. This is that option where you have to type in your serial number into kies to do the emergency firmware recovery.
Well a few months went by and today while my GF was using her phone it froze and rebooted. It is now stuck in the bootloop. I don't understand why this is happening. She doesn't have the phone rooted nor has she flashed anything on it. I'm not familiar with the SGH-i747 so I'm not sure if this is a common bug that has been addressed for fixed.
Please help, my GF needs her phone for work and she's a few miles away from me. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
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Might've to get in recovery (hold vol up+home+power), clear cache, reboot.
If that doesn't work, back in recovery and factory reset, then reboot.
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Might've to get in recovery (hold vol up+home+power), clear cache, reboot.
If that doesn't work, back in recovery and factory reset, then reboot.
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Yeah, I tried all that. I managed to back up her data so maybe we can restore her apps and information later. But this is similar to last time. I had her factory reset it, wipe cache, wipe dalvick, format system and format data.
We then followed by restoring her backup but the problem still persist. I might need to flash the stock ROM.
Could Fix Permissions fix the problem? It seems that the phone boots up to the home screen. While loading files, something at this point is causing it to bootloop. It will freeze after a few seconds and then reboot and repeat the problem.
Something is definitely conflicting within the first 30 seconds of booting up to the home screen. Any ideas?
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Yeah, I tried all that. I managed to back up her data so maybe we can restore her apps and information later. But this is similar to last time. I had her factory reset it, wipe cache, wipe dalvick, format system and format data.
We then followed by restoring her backup but the problem still persist. I might need to flash the stock ROM.
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Debloated stock ROM might be a good idea. When restoring, you might be bringing the problem right back. It should be very minimal (the needed stuff that you can't simply re-download or re-setup) to avoid issues coming back.
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Debloated stock ROM might be a good idea. When restoring, you might be bringing the problem right back. It should be very minimal (the needed stuff that you can't simply re-download or re-setup) to avoid issues coming back.
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I edited my post above about fixing permissions.
But this is very similar to what happen last time. I had wiped factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvick, format data and system, installed fresh new ROM and that boot looped too.
It took KIES emergency firmware recovery (where you have to type in your serial number) to fix the problem, but everything was deleted even the internal SD card.
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I edited my post above about fixing permissions.
But this is very similar to what happen last time. I had wiped factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvick, format data and system, installed fresh new ROM and that boot looped too.
It took KIES emergency firmware recovery (where you have to type in your serial number) to fix the problem, but everything was deleted even the internal SD card.
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I doubt fixing permissions will change much but could try it.
From the way you describe it, it sounds like a app or some bad data. Is she using a external SD? If so, try booting without it. If not, my guess is that there's a rogue app or something corrupted her data.
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I doubt fixing permissions will change much but could try it.
From the way you describe it, it sounds like a app or some bad data. Is she using a external SD? If so, try booting without it. If not, my guess is that there's a rogue app or something corrupted her data.
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Thanks. Yes she's using an external SD card. I will have to get a hold of her phone and see what's going on. The first time it happened was because we upgraded to Jellybean. it happened right after so I don't think it was a rogue app. This time she just pulled her phone out of her purse and noticed it boot looping. Something sounds wrong with her phone... I think we might need to send it back for warranty repair.
Okay I need help. I have discovered the problem and it is the SUPERUSER app. When Superuser was updated it caused my GFs phone a boot loop.
Now that I put fresh rom and cleared everything her phone was working. But the moment I rooted the phone itboddly didn't come with SU, so upon installing SU nothing could access SU for some odd reason. So I found out you need a SU for Jelly Bean, upon installing this version of SU is when everything went to he'll and the same boot loop came back.
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SlimJ87D said:
Okay I need help. I have discovered the problem and it is the SUPERUSER app. When Superuser was updated it caused my GFs phone a boot loop.
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What rooting method did you use to root your girlfriend's phone?
If I'm not wrong, most of the rooting method -- if not all -- for the SGH-i747 involve the SuperSU app instead of the Superuser app. And I believe most of the custom ROM, if you switched ROM, come with SuperSU pre-installed. If you try to install Superuser (without removing SuperSU), might that be the cause of your trouble?
Alexandre-P said:
What rooting method did you use to root your girlfriend's phone?
If I'm not wrong, most of the rooting method -- if not all -- for the SGH-i747 involve the SuperSU app instead of the Superuser app. And I believe most of the custom ROM, if you switched ROM, come with SuperSU pre-installed. If you try to install Superuser (without removing SuperSU), might that be the cause of your trouble?
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Perhaps, I will try and fix the problem again. We just got back from a movie. Thank you.
if everything doesn't work
here's what you should do
first go look for AT&T 4.1.1 stock rom
download ODIN
go to recovery by vol up + power + home
clear cache, data and dalvik
flash stock rom thru odin.
that should fix soft brick