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[Q] Phone allergic to AOSP?

I have used MIUI since June with no problems at all, I then tried to install the 9.30 update. It didn't install right even though MD5 matched (stuck on the white HTC Incredible screen). I tried restoring to my backup and after rebooting nothing happened. It tries going to the boot animation but doesn't, just goes to a black screen. I've let it sit for an hour there and nothing happens. I tried resolving this on the MIUI.us forums, but no responses so far.
At that point I tried cm7, it worked but was really glitchy and bootlooping. cm6 was next, and it was working mostly but didn't seem stable to run. I then tried going back to MIUI all of them, 8.19, 9.2, and 9.9 as well as the 9.30, did not install.
I am now running the rooted stock rom and it seems to be running fine these past two weeks (aside from the fact it's sense). Over the weekend I tried, again, to install MIUI and restore a backup but it's still not working. And to make matters worse cm6 and 7 are no longer running.
I have also tried all of the above with CWM 3.0.0.8, CWM 5.0.0.2, and Amon_RA 3.02 (no restore to test) and have had the same issues across all recoveries.
It really seems like my phone has become allergic to any AOSP rom, I haven't tried other sense roms but I'm expecting them to work since the rooted stock rom has both installed and restored with no issues.
I have not tried going back to bone-stock and then re-rooting as that would be a pain. But if it is my only option to get back to MIUI then I will give it a shot.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Before you flash a ROM do you:
Clear data: Wipe user data/factory reset
Mounts and Storage - format /system, format /boot, format /data, format /cache
Advanced - Wipe Dalvik
Then flash the ROM?

Before a new rom (not btwn miui updates) I normally wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik. But I don't do anything in mounts and storage unless I need to mount usb storage.
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I would back up your current working ROM, try what I mentioned above, and then try flashing MIUI again.
In Mounts and Storage, you'll have the option to format emmc, and sd card too. Just make sure you ARE NOT selecting those items, as obviously you want those intact. If you follow the instruction above, you should be fine.

Got proper HBOOT version?
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When I get home I will try doing everything suggested.
My hboot is 92 I believe.
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RMarkwald said:
Before you flash a ROM do you:
Clear data: Wipe user data/factory reset
Mounts and Storage - format /system, format /boot, format /data, format /cache
Advanced - Wipe Dalvik
Then flash the ROM?
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Ok, I did all of the above and still have no luck in installing MIUI or restoring a backup.
Also, I didn't mention this in the first post. When I try and boot from a restored MIUI and it tries to load the boot animation I can still reset the phone with the 3-finger salute, so the phone is still doing something just not what it's supposed to. I did try flashing another boot screen incase there was something wrong with the backup, but that didn't work.
Any other ideas out there?

Tried a different sd? Copy and paste the contents of sd to pc, reformat sd fat32, copy contents back to sd, see if issue persists.
If reformatted native sd doesn't help, perhaps try another.
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I just tried both a different sd card as well as reformatting my current one, in both cases I can't install MIUI nor CM6.

Stumped here... Only other thing I can think to try is a Sense ROM on either/both sd's to see what boots and runs without issue.
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As I mentioned already I'm currently running the rooted stock gb rom, which is sense. I can try another sense rom just for fun.
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Yep, apologies. Speculation on my part:
Bad sd. AOSP interacts with sd on boot and during normal use, device acts up only with AOSP, hence bad sd.
Also, when flashing the AOSP ROM on newly formatted sd, wipe of mounts (data, cache, boot, and system) as well as factory reset, cache partition, and dalvik, all from recovery were successful?
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So sense does not interact with sd the same way as aosp? What could be the problem with the sd card that allows it to do everything but allow it to boot aosp roms (especially since I have tried 2 different ones) ?
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AOSP calls on and even interacts the sd during boot, as well as during normal use. If your device is only wonky running AOSP, I'd suspect the sd, provided a complete wipe is done and the cwm, radio, and HBOOT are what's called for by the AOSP ROM.
Assume nothing restored to fresh aosp install, correct?
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Yeah, a restore or a fresh install has problems. If I install and then remove the sd card would it possibly boot then?
I'm still confused as to how the sd card can do everything else that it's supposed to but not talk to an aosp rom.
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AOSP uses the sd to operate, Sense does not.
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What I still don't understand then, if it is the SD card, why do I still have the problem with a different sd card?
Is it possible that it is hardware related, or something else, with the phone? I am able to read and write to the SD card when operating the phone, but the issue only appears to happen at boot.
This weekend I may try and unroot and then reroot, just incase some important files got corrupted. as the unroot would replace nearly everything it should fix the problem if it isn't hardware... I'm hoping.

Stumped... Hard to say.
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Well, I got tired of sense so I flashed the RUU, reloaded CWM 5.0.0.2 and restored my old rom... it worked. So now I'm fixed, yay.
Thanks for helping me troubleshoot it.

How do I "clean slate" my S3???

Here is the deal, I have flashed everything out there, and then some. Batt life is down from when I first got it and now I am running into issues when I flash certain Roms. One rom I have flashed previously, now I cant open or access messaging. Another Rom gives me boot loops, while no one else seems to have any issues. I think I now have little gremlins in my phone. ok maybe it is just bits and pieces of code remaining behind, but regardless I really want to just wipe everything and start fresh. Do I hear people yelling Odin??? I have tried that. Back in my vibrant days, we had .pit files that seemed to do that. I only have found .tar files for the S3, dont know if that even matters. Do I re-partition? Did a little research and read that might brick my my ****. when I do odin my phone it seems like it doesnt work, if i am running wicked red rom everything is still red in the status bar, is that normal after odin, it states pass.

Do you wipe everything when you flash? Maybe try that with a fresh install? I use titanium backup and restore apps and data that I need. I've also been running SD maid which helps clean up duplicate files and crap that I don't need. I'm very new to this so I am sure there will be better advice.
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Yeah, I usually factory reset x3, then wipe cache partition x3, then wipe davlik cache x3, and finally format system x3. I have read the x3 helps, not really sure if it is necessary or not. Seems to me that a data wipe either happens or it doesnt so should wipe on 1 try but have read multiple peeps stating that wiping 3x's helps.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737855 odin back to stock

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737855 odin back to stock
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If you Odin back to stock, do you lose everything? Nandroids? will you lose data in titanium? I have over 6gb of crap on my phone. Seems to be a bit high.
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Ok I odin'd to stock LH2 and it is weird. My status bar is stock, my wallpaper is what I had been using, I have titanium and SU on my app drawer but I am not rooted. Facebook pulled right up no restore or login. I also have a double boot animation, I get a brief circular samsung and then a partial tmobile boot. Seems like I still have stuff left behind??? And no I did not lose my data on internal SD. I still have songs and Roms.

feckmu said:
Ok I odin'd to stock LH2 and it is weird. My status bar is stock, my wallpaper is what I had been using, I have titanium and SU on my app drawer but I am not rooted. Facebook pulled right up no restore or login. I also have a double boot animation, I get a brief circular samsung and then a partial tmobile boot. Seems like I still have stuff left behind??? And no I did not lose my data on internal SD. I still have songs and Roms.
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Before or After you ODIN back to stock, you NEED to do a factory data wipe in recovery prior to first boot. You will lose internal SD< so back it up to your PC now and do it all over again

It seems that you didn't factory reset first somehow, ie. didn't wipe data, so all that stuff stayed.....
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Thanks guys, The factory reset was it, I forgot that was even there, and assumed when I used Odin it should have done it.

CyanogenMod 10 Stuck on boot screen

What I did:
Rooted my phone (of course)
Downloaded CM10 from GalaxyRoot.Com, and put it on my external SD card
Did a factory reset.
I reloaded CWM because the stock samsung one keeps overriding it.
Installed CM10 via CWM
It was a success.
However, as the title says, I'm stuck at the boot screen. How to fix?
P.S.
I wiped the partition cache, and the Dalvik Cache. Still nothing....

Saika said:
What I did:
Rooted my phone (of course)
Downloaded CM10 from GalaxyRoot.Com, and put it on my external SD card
Did a factory reset.
I reloaded CWM because the stock samsung one keeps overriding it.
Installed CM10 via CWM
It was a success.
However, as the title says, I'm stuck at the boot screen. How to fix?
P.S.
I wiped the partition cache, and the Dalvik Cache. Still nothing....
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May be a bad download, download again and try once more.
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Sure u got that source correct? Nothing comes up at galaxyroot.com......
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[Q] issues with internal sd after rom install

ok so heres the issue. I installed liquid smooths rom it is for my phone i triple checked it well after i installed it my phone got stuck in the middle of booting so i went back into recovery mode to restore from one of my back ups, well when i went to restore it said no files found and put me back at the main recovery screen so i went to try and zip a file from my internal and found that all my files including the CWM backups were some how put into a subfile, trying to figure out how to get my phone to read them so i can restore
any help please and thank you

4.2.1 puts your files in the 0 folder. Look in there and move them all when you leave a 4.2.1 rom for. 4.1.1 one
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[Q] Any way to back up a non rooted GS3?

I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy SIII, not rooted, Jellybean updated. I was on the home screen a few days ago, randomly reset, and was stuck on samsung logo, before i send it to AT&T to get a replacement, is there any way to save my pictures that were on it? it turns on, i havent tried going to download or recovery mode as im unsure what these do besides the fact that i know one of em factory resets everything and not sure which. just wasnt sure if there was a program to use for crashed or broken gs3's only reason i think there might be a way is cause i was able to save files from a crashed external HDD using a program online, any and all help is appreciated

Try using Odin to flash a stock rootedRom (just not the LG1 stock, as it will wipe your internal sd). A factory reset in recovery won't erase your pictures, just any apps you have installed and the data (stuff like settings for those apps) associated with those apps.

mrhaley30705 said:
Try using Odin to flash a stock rootedRom (just not the LG1 stock, as it will wipe your internal sd). A factory reset in recovery won't erase your pictures, just any apps you have installed and the data (stuff like settings for those apps) associated with those apps.
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are you talking about stock recovery? because a factory reset using that erases everything on your internal sd card.
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I don't think it does when done from recovery. If done from backup and reset in the settings menu, it will wipe your internal. But, wait for others to confirm as i don't have time to test this for you

mrhaley30705 said:
I don't think it does when done from recovery. If done from backup and reset in the settings menu, it will wipe your internal. But, wait for others to confirm as i don't have time to test this for you
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You are correct it just wipes /data and not the media folders.

Thanks all, I forgot to check this before I sent it in
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