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Is anyone else having an issue backing up via cwm? For some reason, it will go as far as backing up data then give me an error message. Sometimes it will even seem to complete a successful backup but when I try to restore, it says md5 mismatch. Is there a way to fix this or can someone point me in the direction of finding another backup app? Thanks
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I got the same issue before. Some have recommended not using Tom manager and just doing it through recovery with button combo.
Message relayed from the dark side.
Mine gow trough the whole back up and always at the end says that "it could not back up image for /data" :/
Here ya go..... This will resolve your issue. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
The steps involve downloading android SDK and possibly upgrading your Java but it is a one time fix issue so it's worth it. Which means you don have to do this everytime u want to do sucessful restore/backup.
anomy13 said:
Here ya go..... This will resolve your issue. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976453
The steps involve downloading android SDK and possibly upgrading your Java but it is a one time fix issue so it's worth it. Which means you don have to do this everytime u want to do sucessful restore/backup.
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Thanks for the help but it didn't work. Now it went through the process of the backup and during the restore, it failed at trying to restore system. Not sure what the problem could be. Is there an alternate backup solution?
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kkholidaze said:
Thanks for the help but it didn't work. Now it went through the process of the backup and during the restore, it failed at trying to restore system. Not sure what the problem could be. Is there an alternate backup solution?
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Did u actually try it or ud rather find a different solution? Cuz i had the exaxt same problem and this resolved my issue once and for all.
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kkholidaze said:
Is anyone else having an issue backing up via cwm? For some reason, it will go as far as backing up data then give me an error message. Sometimes it will even seem to complete a successful backup but when I try to restore, it says md5 mismatch. Is there a way to fix this or can someone point me in the direction of finding another backup app? Thanks
Sent from a Sammy Galaxy far, far away..
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Are you using rom manager? I've never encountered an issue with cwm backups made via recovery mode.
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It was happening to me regardless. Rom manager backup doesn't take you to backup anymore. It just takes you straight to recovery. Must be a bug in the new version. Three button combo also results in similar md5 mismatches. What I did was backup my SD card and reformatting it. Also I erased anything in my internal having to do with rom manager and also did a fresh install of my rom. I just tried three button combo and it backedup and restored properly. I can't pinpoint which of what I did helped but something must have been messed up
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Are you using rom manager? I've never encountered an issue with cwm backups made via recovery mode.
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Message relayed from the dark side.
I know this is super basic, but have you pulled out your sd card and done a dual check with your computer? Also, ensure you have at least a gigabyte of free space on it.
My CWM backups were failing due to these two reasons.
Hope this helps!
~~ Douglas
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chib1panda said:
It was happening to me regardless. Rom manager backup doesn't take you to backup anymore. It just takes you straight to recovery. Must be a bug in the new version. Three button combo also results in similar md5 mismatches. What I did was backup my SD card and reformatting it. Also I erased anything in my internal having to do with rom manager and also did a fresh install of my rom. I just tried three button combo and it backedup and restored properly. I can't pinpoint which of what I did helped but something must have been messed up
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This is the one. Think it's a issue with ROM manager in general. Deleted the cwm folder, wiped cache/dalvik, backup worked! Somethings up with RM
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Tried your suggestiongs but at the end still says
"Error while making a backup image of /data!"
linye said:
Tried your suggestiongs but at the end still says
"Error while making a backup image of /data!"
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Never mind. Tried a second time but as like you, got a error when it got to backing up data. Anyone know what could be causing this?
You guys ahould email koush- the developer of the app. Or follow the link posted in the first few pages as an alternative fix.
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Newest update fixed this problem... Works great now
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Newest update fixed this problem... Works great now
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Ok, I updated the recovery to touch (paid for it instead of fastboot to support by the way) and it was still giving me errors. After some testing, I found out what my issue is. If I try to backup to my external SD, I get the errors. If I just backup to my internal SD, backup goes fine. Did the tests a few times to test theory. I have a 32g Kingston card. Not sure why that would be an issue.
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The fact that you have a 32 gb kingston card doesnt mean anything. Try it with a different card.
and what kind of errors are you getting when you try to backup with external?
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The fact that you have a 32 gb kingston card doesnt mean anything. Try it with a different card.
and what kind of errors are you getting when you try to backup with external?
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Various errors at different times. Sometimes at data, sometimes at md5, sometimes at Android secure
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kkholidaze said:
Various errors at different times. Sometimes at data, sometimes at md5, sometimes at Android secure
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Do get this as well? Error while making a backup image of /data?
Also, I wanted to ask you, did you really try my suggestion earlier? I understand that solution is a bit of work to do but if you'd like I can help you step by step.
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Do get this as well? Error while making a backup image of /data?
Also, I wanted to ask you, did you really try my suggestion earlier? I understand that solution is a bit of work to do but if you'd like I can help you step by step.
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I tried it but I think I did it wrong. I downloaded the necessary files, I think (NotePad ++ etc.) But if you could walk me through it, is appreciate it
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DouglasK said:
I know this is super basic, but have you pulled out your sd card and done a dual check with your computer? Also, ensure you have at least a gigabyte of free space on it.
My CWM backups were failing due to these two reasons.
Hope this helps!
~~ Douglas
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This was my issue, not enough space. cleared it and it got fixed.
Has anyone been experiencing random reboots and when I go to some apps the screen is just blank or black.. Also I'm losing 3g and 4g connectivity.. Any solutions? :banghead:
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Has anyone been experiencing random reboots and when I go to some apps the screen is just blank or black.. Also I'm losing 3g and 4g connectivity.. Any solutions? :banghead:
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I'd almost say it's bad flash/download and use of wifi hotspot hack.
buchcassidy1 said:
Has anyone been experiencing random reboots and when I go to some apps the screen is just blank or black.. Also I'm losing 3g and 4g connectivity.. Any solutions? :banghead:
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Can you give a little more information about your situation please? Did you update from an earlier version recently? Did you flash the full ROM over another ROM? Did you make sure to wipe the phone before flashing?
The more we know can possibly help lead to a quicker resolution.
dont really know to much about this stuff im a newbie by i follow directions to the T.. I installed to sd card rebooted in custom recovery and did a calks wipe and installed... Also i made sure it was on a gb rom before anything... 3.2.6 to be exact.. So did i do something wrong or am i missing something...? Open to any opinions... I really wanna learn how to navigate through these processes..
buchcassidy1 said:
dont really know to much about this stuff im a newbie by i follow directions to the T.. I installed to sd card rebooted in custom recovery and did a calks wipe and installed... Also i made sure it was on a gb rom before anything... 3.2.6 to be exact.. So did i do something wrong or am i missing something...? Open to any opinions... I really wanna learn how to navigate through these processes..
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You don't have to be on a GB ROM to flash it, just need GB recovery or one of the format files (Calkulin or Rujelus) to flash for wipe before installing the ROM.
Did you have custom recovery installed?
Did you make sure to grab the full ROM and not just the update?
Did you download directly to your phone or to the computer? If you downloaded to phone then I'd suggest download again but to the computer and then copy to your sd card. Don't re-use the download you already tried to flash, it may have been borked in the downloading process.
(also, GB is 2.3.6, Honeycomb is 3.x)
Esoteric68 said:
You don't have to be on a GB ROM to flash it, just need GB recovery or one of the format files (Calkulin or Rujelus) to flash for wipe before installing the ROM.
Did you have custom recovery installed?
Did you make sure to grab the full ROM and not just the update?
Did you download directly to your phone or to the computer? If you downloaded to phone then I'd suggest download again but to the computer and then copy to your sd card. Don't re-use the download you already tried to flash, it may have been borked in the downloading process.
(also, GB is 2.3.6, Honeycomb is 3.x)
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I downloaded the full ROM to my pc then transfered it to my SD card and i have ROGUE ET RECOVERY 1.1.2 (CWM v5.0.2.7) so it says on my phone
I am experiencing the same problem. Anyone come up with a possible solution yet? Or, does anyone know how to find out where/what is making it freeze/hang?
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I am experiencing the same problem. Anyone come up with a possible solution yet? Or, does anyone know how to find out where/what is making it freeze/hang?
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I would make a backup with CWM and then do a full clean install and see if that helps. If it doesn't help you can always revert back to your backup.
freeze
ive experienced same issue every now and then primarily after reboot it will hang / freeze ect so i just go into adw settings and restart ADW works everytime if your on another launcher try to restart that launcher...
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I would make a backup with CWM and then do a full clean install and see if that helps. If it doesn't help you can always revert back to your backup.
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tried that. no improvement
Very strange, try flashing the 1.7 kernel and flashing a different modem and see If that helps
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Go into recovery and clear all caches and fix permissions, and go From there.
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I have experience some of the same issues on 2 different E4GT. I like the the rom but random boots force me back to stock. The most recent phone does not have the EMMC bug in it so I triedd a complete wipe, but the rom would work great for about a day then have random reboots again and sometime blank screens.
so i am running Galaxy Mod rom on my phone, and loved since the day i flashed it. but since i flashed it ive noticed certain things that turn me off to it. (SORRY to the maker). so im looking to put another rom on my phone, BUT!, no matter what computer i connect to cannot get another rom onto my phone, it says it can be put on there, that the device is malfunctioning. i tried a different data cable, a different computer, and putting it on my sc card, it wont reconize or even see the sd. i downloaded straight from the site, cannot find the rom in recovery. i looked in every file and fold on my phone, im thinking the rom is locking me out, it is having its issues as well, the time dissaprears, the status bar force closes, freezes, contacts freeze up and force close, phone calls are dropped.
i feel like my phone is falling apart. i cannot get a rom on there, i cant get it to reconize the external sd card, ive redownloed and installed the driver for my phone. nothing is working, and the problems its having are happening more frequent. never had this problem with any other flash
any recommendations?
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so i am running Galaxy Mod rom on my phone, and loved since the day i flashed it. but since i flashed it ive noticed certain things that turn me off to it. (SORRY to the maker). so im looking to put another rom on my phone, BUT!, no matter what computer i connect to cannot get another rom onto my phone, it says it can be put on there, that the device is malfunctioning. i tried a different data cable, a different computer, and putting it on my sc card, it wont reconize or even see the sd. i downloaded straight from the site, cannot find the rom in recovery. i looked in every file and fold on my phone, im thinking the rom is locking me out, it is having its issues as well, the time dissaprears, the status bar force closes, freezes, contacts freeze up and force close, phone calls are dropped.
i feel like my phone is falling apart. i cannot get a rom on there, i cant get it to reconize the external sd card, ive redownloed and installed the driver for my phone. nothing is working, and the problems its having are happening more frequent. never had this problem with any other flash
any recommendations?
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Sounds like you got a really bad flash. You are in luck that it at least boots because you can at least
If all else fails I suggest you try ODIN flash stock rooted. Have you tried to get into download mode ? can you get into recovery ? I didn't see if you mentioned that.
Look for the stock rooted ROM in the root with out tripping the flash counter thread
lesnbec3911 said:
so i am running Galaxy Mod rom on my phone, and loved since the day i flashed it. but since i flashed it ive noticed certain things that turn me off to it. (SORRY to the maker). so im looking to put another rom on my phone, BUT!, no matter what computer i connect to cannot get another rom onto my phone, it says it can be put on there, that the device is malfunctioning. i tried a different data cable, a different computer, and putting it on my sc card, it wont reconize or even see the sd. i downloaded straight from the site, cannot find the rom in recovery. i looked in every file and fold on my phone, im thinking the rom is locking me out, it is having its issues as well, the time dissaprears, the status bar force closes, freezes, contacts freeze up and force close, phone calls are dropped.
i feel like my phone is falling apart. i cannot get a rom on there, i cant get it to reconize the external sd card, ive redownloed and installed the driver for my phone. nothing is working, and the problems its having are happening more frequent. never had this problem with any other flash
any recommendations?
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did you try reinstalling the samsung drivers onto your pc? is your sd card readable in other devices or your pc? and i'm assuming you've tried mounting the sd card in settings/storage?
If you have a bad flash maybe you can go into goomanager or the xda app and download a new rom directly to your phone and flash it. Maybe that will help.
lesnbec3911 said:
so i am running Galaxy Mod rom on my phone, and loved since the day i flashed it. but since i flashed it ive noticed certain things that turn me off to it. (SORRY to the maker). so im looking to put another rom on my phone, BUT!, no matter what computer i connect to cannot get another rom onto my phone, it says it can be put on there, that the device is malfunctioning. i tried a different data cable, a different computer, and putting it on my sc card, it wont reconize or even see the sd. i downloaded straight from the site, cannot find the rom in recovery. i looked in every file and fold on my phone, im thinking the rom is locking me out, it is having its issues as well, the time dissaprears, the status bar force closes, freezes, contacts freeze up and force close, phone calls are dropped.
i feel like my phone is falling apart. i cannot get a rom on there, i cant get it to reconize the external sd card, ive redownloed and installed the driver for my phone. nothing is working, and the problems its having are happening more frequent. never had this problem with any other flash
any recommendations?
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Or put it on your internal SD card! :banghead:
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Wilcox12 said:
Or put it on your internal SD card! :banghead:
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He explicitly stated in the OP he tried to put a ROM on the internal card.
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hednik said:
He explicitly stated in the OP he tried to put a ROM on the internal card.
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I don't see where he "explicitly" states internal SD card he just said SD card or external SD card.
I know you said you searched through every folder but I know when I flash tw based ROMs all the contents of my internal SD card get moved to storage/emulated/ legacy or storage/emulated/0 maybe check there.
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is galaxy mod rom a TW based or AOSP based?
and are you talking about internal SD or external SD not being recognized? and on your computer or your phone or both?
Its a pretty modified two ROM
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Its a pretty modified two ROM
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it's also depend on whether it's modified from TW and AOSP features or AOSP and add TW features
depend on one another, the rom might or might not support the format of the external sd
pcshano said:
it's also depend on whether it's modified from TW and AOSP features or AOSP and add TW features
depend on one another, the rom might or might not support the format of the external sd
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Well. I thought I was in luck, my wife has a s3 with kailisjr's wicked sensations rom. I grabbed her version, being the same phone, moved it to her ext sd, pit the sd into my phone, went to my file browser, moved it to my internal, went into recovery which is the latest team win. It saw it. I was soo happy. I wiped all neccessary things, went to flash wicked rom, failed to load, that's the only error. My wife's phone is the same as mine but blue. Now, stuck on samsung screen. In the midst of excitement that recovery saw the rom, I didn't make a back up
To answer the other post. I only used Odin a few times, and not really familiar with where and what to download. I am pretty good about flashing just with recovery. I can get into both down load and recovery. Just won't boot up now because of well...no rom. I did not try and mount the ext sd I thought that it would auto sense it. Will try that now.
lesnbec3911 said:
so i am running Galaxy Mod rom on my phone, and loved since the day i flashed it. but since i flashed it ive noticed certain things that turn me off to it. (SORRY to the maker). so im looking to put another rom on my phone, BUT!, no matter what computer i connect to cannot get another rom onto my phone, it says it can be put on there, that the device is malfunctioning. i tried a different data cable, a different computer, and putting it on my sc card, it wont reconize or even see the sd. i downloaded straight from the site, cannot find the rom in recovery. i looked in every file and fold on my phone, im thinking the rom is locking me out, it is having its issues as well, the time dissaprears, the status bar force closes, freezes, contacts freeze up and force close, phone calls are dropped.
i feel like my phone is falling apart. i cannot get a rom on there, i cant get it to reconize the external sd card, ive redownloed and installed the driver for my phone. nothing is working, and the problems its having are happening more frequent. never had this problem with any other flash
any recommendations?
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Would it be a good idea to format internal memory? And I just now tried to select mount sd card, it wont let me select it
lesnbec3911 said:
Well. I thought I was in luck, my wife has a s3 with kailisjr's wicked sensations rom. I grabbed her version, being the same phone, moved it to her ext sd, pit the sd into my phone, went to my file browser, moved it to my internal, went into recovery which is the latest team win. It saw it. I was soo happy. I wiped all neccessary things, went to flash wicked rom, failed to load, that's the only error. My wife's phone is the same as mine but blue. Now, stuck on samsung screen. In the midst of excitement that recovery saw the rom, I didn't make a back up
To answer the other post. I only used Odin a few times, and not really familiar with where and what to download. I am pretty good about flashing just with recovery. I can get into both down load and recovery. Just won't boot up now because of well...no rom. I did not try and mount the ext sd I thought that it would auto sense it. Will try that now.
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it sounds like you didn't wipe cache, dalvik. go back in recovery and wipe them
and also flashing new rom might take some time for it to load, so be patient
lesnbec3911 said:
Would it be a good idea to format internal memory? And I just now tried to select mount sd card, it wont let me select it
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Ok so I went into recovery, it won't see the ext sd, I go to just try and factory wipe, cache and dalvik, it hangs in the cache wipe saying the path to the partition cannot be found.
And now the same for dalvik
Time for Odin it seems. Go to the "root with out triping flash counter" thread. Download odin 3.07 and the at&t stock 4.1.1 with root injected. Place in download mode. Makes sure its detected and flash it in the pda spot.
You could do a full wipe and erase data as well and see if it lets you flash a ROM then. Another possibility
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Ok so I went into recovery, it won't see the ext sd, I go to just try and factory wipe, cache and dalvik, it hangs in the cache wipe saying the path to the partition cannot be found.
And now the same for dalvik
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so let me get this straight
you flashed galaxy mod,
it wouldn't let you read ext sd card correct? (if so you needed to format it, it seems like it is running off AOSP and aosp doesn't support exfat on ext sd)
and now you're trying to flash wicked rom, but it wouldn't let you install?
if so it is either bad file or outdated recovery.
and if you're stuck on samsung screen, if wipe dalvik and cache partition + factory reset don't work
Odin back to Stock Rom
and start root, flash rom again
hednik said:
Time for Odin it seems. Go to the "root with out triping flash counter" thread. Download odin 3.07 and the at&t stock 4.1.1 with root injected. Place in download mode. Makes sure its detected and flash it in the pda spot.
You could do a full wipe and erase data as well and see if it lets you flash a ROM then. Another possibility
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Well. I'm going to give Odin a shot then, well report back right afterword.
I hate having to mention Odin back to stock but sometimes a clean slate is best.
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it's also depend on whether it's modified from TW and AOSP features or AOSP and add TW features
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OK!!! good new, odin got me back to stock...im soo happy....k, well not soo happy. lol. i forgot how much i dont really like stock. but cannot complain. i am saving a backup of this one forever.
now. to my next issue. so im in recovery, ready to try and flash wicked sensations rom, it fails to flash with an error that says, unable to open zip, and right below that, error flashing zip "filename", this is the same zip i flashed on my wifes phone, im going to try and download again, and see how it goes. so im getting somwhere, thank you guys
lesnbec3911 said:
OK!!! good new, odin got me back to stock...im soo happy....k, well not soo happy. lol. i forgot how much i dont really like stock. but cannot complain. i am saving a backup of this one forever.
now. to my next issue. so im in recovery, ready to try and flash wicked sensations rom, it fails to flash with an error that says, unable to open zip, and right below that, error flashing zip "filename", this is the same zip i flashed on my wifes phone, im going to try and download again, and see how it goes. so im getting somwhere, thank you guys
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IF CWM recovery doesn't work, try TWRP recovery.
and hit thanks if you you think we helped you =)
I haven't posted enough to be able to ask this question in the development section - I usually find the answers I'm looking for and never feel the need to post - but I started having a lot of problems w/ my phone today.
First off, the ROM I just flashed is the latest Wicked Sensations. Everything was fine for the last 2 days, but this afternoon, the thing started going haywire everytime I would touch the screen. It's like there were multiple screen presses within the same area that I had just touched. When that wasn't happening, it would take a few moments before it would allow any touch input and be ok for a few seconds before going haywire w/ the ghost screen touches. (I know, shotty description.)
Just wondering if it's possibly my phone, the ROM, or if anyone else experienced this. I saw no one else that had in that thread so I'm wondering where I should go from here. Reflash, new ROM, throw the phone against the wall...?
Thx!
Make backup in recovery
Then wipe EVERYTHING, system, data, internal sdcard (if you have nothing.you.need) and cache
Note reflash your rom and wait a day or two before restoring any apps/data
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Make backup in recovery
Then wipe EVERYTHING, system, data, internal sdcard (if you have nothing.you.need) and cache
Note reflash your rom and wait a day or two before restoring any apps/data
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I will reflash, but I have a question about making a backup - if I make a backup of it as it is now, won't it save whatever may be causing it to glitch like this?
FYI - When I flashed the ROM, I wiped everything through TWRP but don't remember if the option for the internal sdcard was checked, or if there was an option. I didn't save any old apps so I didn't restore anything. Once I had what I wanted, I made a backup within the hour. Would that be a possibility next to reflashing the ROM again (restoring from this backup)?
ki77en said:
I will reflash, but I have a question about making a backup - if I make a backup of it as it is now, won't it save whatever may be causing it to glitch like this?
FYI - When I flashed the ROM, I wiped everything through TWRP but don't remember if the option for the internal sdcard was checked, or if there was an option. I didn't save any old apps so I didn't restore anything. Once I had what I wanted, I made a backup within the hour. Would that be a possibility next to reflashing the ROM again (restoring from this backup)?
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Hmm, you could try that, add long add it was a full clean flash
And in TWRP when you choose Wipe > Advanced Wipe, it gives you a series of check boxes to choose what to write and if you choose /data, it wipes /data/media too which is the internal storage
CNexus said:
Hmm, you could try that, add long add it was a full clean flash
And in TWRP when you choose Wipe > Advanced Wipe, it gives you a series of check boxes to choose what to write and if you choose /data, it wipes /data/media too which is the internal storage
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Doing as suggested - backup, full wipe and reflashing. Will give it a couple days and see how it goes, then reply back to this thread. (As I sit here wondering if I should just check out another ROM...)
Thx!
ki77en said:
Doing as suggested - backup, full wipe and reflashing. Will give it a couple days and see how it goes, then reply back to this thread. (As I sit here wondering if I should just check out another ROM...)
Thx!
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Guess I didn't read enough
Well last night it took all of about 2hrs before the touch sensitivity went haywire again, so just for the h3ll of it I tried another ROM. That time the bad effects were immediate.
I'm now on the backup I made of the stock and rooted ROM which gives me no problems. Not sure what in the updates could be causing the problem but I would hate to hear that I'm up the creek w/out a paddle.
Going to try installing the system updates after I remove root unless there's another suggestion.
Thanks for any advice.
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ki77en said:
Guess I didn't read enough
Well last night it took all of about 2hrs before the touch sensitivity went haywire again, so just for the h3ll of it I tried another ROM. That time the bad effects were immediate.
I'm now on the backup I made of the stock and rooted ROM which gives me no problems. Not sure what in the updates could be causing the problem but I would hate to hear that I'm up the creek w/out a paddle.
Going to try installing the system updates after I remove root unless there's another suggestion.
Thanks for any advice.
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Hmm, could have been a bad download
could have been a bad rom download. try re downloading the rom. maybe transfer it to your phone with a diferent cable. heck, maybe restart your computer first and try doing these steps again. something you might want to try also, after you flash your phone and restart it let it sit 5 minutes or so before touching it as the rom needs to finish building caches doing it's thing,
I don't think it's ROM related b/c when I went to recovery after that latest flash...Well I just happened to be using the latest TWRP and since it's touch operated, well it was a fun time trying to work w/ it while the screen was going haywire. Point is, it did it in recovery, too.
My thoughts are this - try installing system updates like 'normal' and if nothing goes wrong w/ the screen, then try a ROM but skip the part of clearing the system data and only wipe cache and dalvik.
How does that sound?
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ki77en said:
...Point is, it did it in recovery, too.
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Well. Hate to just break it to you like this, but it definitely sounds like a hardware problem if it did it in recovery too
CNexus said:
Well. Hate to just break it to you like this, but it definitely sounds like a hardware problem if it did it in recovery too
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I was going to throw out hardware issue too. @ the op, does stock still not give you the ghost touch issue still? If it doesn't, then I'm not sure entirely. I'd recommend using a different recovery and checking the md5 of your rom then do a completely clean flash. Maybe your phone just doesn't play nicely with twrp
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Yes, I was thinking hardware too but I'm just confused as to why it's only w/ updated software that it goes goofy. That's why I was thinking of trying the updates on the stock ROM to see if that was where the problem was. If it is, then I'm insured and should be able to take it in to the Sprint store.
With the original ROM I first tried, I tried 4 different downloads and when I first noticed the problem, that's when I went to the Wicked Sensations ROM. These all included the most recent OTA.
Btw.. I mostly download to my phone via my WiFi. I did try pc to phone in that ROM that I downloaded several times, but it was still the same.
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Yes, I was thinking hardware too but I'm just confused as to why it's only w/ updated software that it goes goofy. That's why I was thinking of trying the updates on the stock ROM to see if that was where the problem was. If it is, then I'm insured and should be able to take it in to the Sprint store.
With the original ROM I first tried, I tried 4 different downloads and when I first noticed the problem, that's when I went to the Wicked Sensations ROM. These all included the most recent OTA.
Btw.. I mostly download to my phone via my WiFi. I did try pc to phone in that ROM that I downloaded several times, but it was still the same.
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Well, it could've been a bad download, but the recovery thing just throws me off on that
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Well, it could've been a bad download, but the recovery thing just throws me off on that
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I've only tried TWRP in the last couple days b/c it was suggested in the installation instructions of the particular ROMS. Would like to know why.
I like it, but CWM has never done me wrong.
Flashed the updated stock rom from this thread and kept root w/ the zip that's on that thread. Nothing's happening, of course, which is not only confusing but irritating.
Just downloaded the last ROM I tried last night onto my laptop and will transfer it and try it again after I make a backup of its current state. Will also take the suggestion of letting it sit for several minutes before seeing if the ghost is still following me.
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I've only tried TWRP in the last couple days b/c it was suggested in the installation instructions of the particular ROMS. Would like to know why.
I like it, but CWM has never done me wrong.
Flashed the updated stock rom from this thread and kept root w/ the zip that's on that thread. Nothing's happening, of course, which is not only confusing but irritating.
Just downloaded the last ROM I tried last night onto my laptop and will transfer it and try it again after I make a backup of its current state. Will also take the suggestion of letting it sit for several minutes before seeing if the ghost is still following me.
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Always check md5 of Rom downloads, that will rule out a bad download
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Personally, I would resort to odin and start from a fresh slate. See if you can wipe the system and internal storage from twrp(or cwm), then flash the stock image and go through the whole rooting process (using the toolbox). That way, you can rule out software related issues if it's still a problem. Also, I'd see if it's still there before rooting..that's what I would do...
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Personally, I would resort to odin and start from a fresh slate. See if you can wipe the system and internal storage from twrp(or cwm), then flash the stock image and go through the whole rooting process (using the toolbox). That way, you can rule out software related issues if it's still a problem. Also, I'd see if it's still there before rooting..that's what I would do...
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My bad... You JUST said you basically did that...
I did as I said I was going to do and flashed the stock. Lost my recovery so I tried Odin for the first time and put it back on there and proceeded to make a backup of its current state.
A few hours later I went ahead and flashed the new from I transferred over and I'm happy to say that everything is allll good... so far.
Never had any problems on the updated stock so it doesn't seem to be hardware related but it took a couple days later on one rom which is when I originally posted.
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Any time I try to flash a rom or anything I keep getting this message: E:/error opening '/data/lost+found'
I've tried flashing different roms but it hasn't helped.
I'm having this weird problem where when I flash a new rom about 20 random apps are transferred over to the new rom. (like random games and apps)
Also every time I uninstall any app I get "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but this just concerns me.
Could anyone help me out? I just want to do a fresh install of liquid smooth.
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Any time I try to flash a rom or anything I keep getting this message: E:/error opening '/data/lost+found'
I've tried flashing different roms but it hasn't helped.
I'm having this weird problem where when I flash a new rom about 20 random apps are transferred over to the new rom. (like random games and apps)
Also every time I uninstall any app I get "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but this just concerns me.
Could anyone help me out? I just want to do a fresh install of liquid smooth.
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I found this in the Nexus 4 forum-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147501. Sounds like the same issue.
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I found this in the Nexus 4 forum-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147501. Sounds like the same issue.
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When I searched around with this issue I did find that and tried to follow those steps but even after trying it a few times I'm still having the same problem.
Rayz321 said:
When I searched around with this issue I did find that and tried to follow those steps but even after trying it a few times I'm still having the same problem.
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Are you wiping data?
joeyhdownsouth said:
Are you wiping data?
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Yes and I'm on Team Win 2.5
Does anyone think they can help me out?
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Does anyone think they can help me out?
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Wipe everything, data, system, cache and dalvik
Then try reflashing your rom
Ok have you installed any app to sd type of application? It sounds like your internal storage is being read as external and visa versa.
Also i know there's lots of support for twrp but I swear by cwm when it comes to the GS3. I use twrp on my Nexus and that's fine but on the S3 cwm has always worked better in my opinion.
What roms are you trying to flash? They are sprint s3 roms right from this section?
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Wipe everything, data, system, cache and dalvik
Then try reflashing your rom
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I've done that. That's what the one post suggested.
I just don't understand why I'm still getting apps showing up when I install new roms.
What about wiping storage? I know you don't want to lose anything but it sounds like something in your storage causing this.
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I've done that. That's what the one post suggested.
I just don't understand why I'm still getting apps showing up when I install new roms.
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Please see my post right above this one I quoted here. Let us know a few of those things and maybe we can get you going in the right direction.
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Ok have you installed any app to sd type of application? It sounds like your internal storage is being read as external and visa versa.
Also i know there's lots of support for twrp but I swear by cwm when it comes to the GS3. I use twrp on my Nexus and that's fine but on the S3 cwm has always worked better in my opinion.
What roms are you trying to flash? They are sprint s3 roms right from this section?
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I haven't installed any app to sd type applications.
I do think part of the internal is being used as external but I thought that's just how it was.
I only have roms, nandroids, and titanium backups on my sd card.
I installed twrp because when I first started it seemed like that was what most people were recommending but it doesn't matter to me. I might switch.
Also I've been switching between cleanbean and liquid smooth, both from this section.
The main thing that bugs me is when uninstalling apps says "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but it just doesn't seem good.
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I haven't installed any app to sd type applications.
I do think part of the internal is being used as external but I thought that's just how it was.
I only have roms, nandroids, and titanium backups on my sd card.
I installed twrp because when I first started it seemed like that was what most people were recommending but it doesn't matter to me. I might switch.
Also I've been switching between cleanbean and liquid smooth, both from this section.
The main thing that bugs me is when uninstalling apps says "cannot read data/xposed/modules.whitelist"
The app still uninstalls but it just doesn't seem good.
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A couple weeks ago, I was switching from a AOSP ROM to a TW ROM and I got the same error. Thinking it was TWRP, I hooked my phone up to my computer and flashed CWM. I then tried to flash the ROM in CWM and it was a no go. I still got the same error. I just decided to transfer all my data from my internal sd to my computer. I used Odin to flash the stock tar file. After that, I used QBKing77's method to root from recovery. Then I flashed my ROM and I got 0 errors. So all I had to do was start fresh haha. It took a bit of time because I was taking many precautions (as should you) Good luck!
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Yes just as posted above, but before going the route of Odin back to stock. Copy all your files (important) from internal and external to your computer. Then boot into recovery no need to change now and reformat your internal and external storage, wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions and reboot. Then download a fresh zip of a rom to flash and test it. If it all works then go through your files and move back what you need. I'm pretty sure you have a bunch of O folders in your internal.
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