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do i need to wipe....

Hey Guys
I every time wipe my nexus when i update to a newer version of franco kernel
im getting tired of that is it really necessary to wipe your whole phone?
Thank you!

Edit: corrected by Josh.
Still can't hurt to do it.

Firstly your whole phone is never wiped through recovery, your media card isn't touched.
And no you don't have to wipe anything except maybe cache when you switch kernels.

Damn that's very tiring
I will wait then for a stable kernel from him cuz he's now updating every 2 days
Thanks man!
Edit: Realy can i just wipe cash...? not factory reset and reinstall roms radio and all that again?

Taijutzu said:
Damn that's very tiring
I will wait then for a stable kernel from him cuz he's now updating every 2 days
Thanks man!
Edit: Realy can i just wipe cash...? not factory reset and reinstall roms radio and all that again?
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correct.
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Taijutzu said:
Damn that's very tiring
I will wait then for a stable kernel from him cuz he's now updating every 2 days
Thanks man!
Edit: Realy can i just wipe cash...? not factory reset and reinstall roms radio and all that again?
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I don't know why (especially today) people keep thinking/reading somewhere that they need to wipe anything when updating/flashing kernel.
Franco himself said he doesn't wipe.
To reiterate, you do not need to wipe anything when flashing updates of the same kernel.

Heh....do i need to wipe
Made me laugh when i saw the title lol

wyild1 said:
Heh....do i need to wipe
Made me laugh when i saw the title lol
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I'm scared that I might have grown up because I didn't catch that the first time.

LOL
and bowser just killed it with "Franco himself said he doesn't wipe."

Downgrading JB to ICS (Possible Repost)

Sorry if it's a repost but I am trying to upgrade from T999UVLH3 to T999UVDLI3 but it fails as I have to go back to stock. What is the recommended way to downgrade to ICS from JB without wiping everything on my phone? or is there none? From what my search has resulted till now I will have to wipe everything, but i thought ill just confirm.
If i have to wipe everything then can i just use kies to do factory restore? I am using Mybackup to back everything up.

You really should be wiping everything every time you flash something.....
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pradyots said:
Sorry if it's a repost but I am trying to upgrade from T999UVLH3 to T999UVDLI3 but it fails as I have to go back to stock. What is the recommended way to downgrade to ICS from JB without wiping everything on my phone? or is there none? From what my search has resulted till now I will have to wipe everything, but i thought ill just confirm.
If i have to wipe everything then can i just use kies to do factory restore? I am using Mybackup to back everything up.
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You could try just wiping the system.
If it doesn't work, then you will need a complete wipe. Question - did you have any complete nandroid backups

gaww said:
You could try just wiping the system.
If it doesn't work, then you will need a complete wipe. Question - did you have any complete nandroid backups
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I used Mybackup to do a back. Is it good enuf?
Also i just read that I can't do a factory reset. I will have to download the stock rom and ODIN flash it. I am currently downloading T999UVALH2_T999TMBALH2_TMB.zip. Is this a correct stock rom?

pradyots said:
I used Mybackup to do a back. Is it good enuf?
Also i just read that I can't do a factory reset. I will have to download the stock rom and ODIN flash it. I am currently downloadingT999UVALH2_T999TMBALH2_TMB.zip. Is this a correct stock rom?
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Im having the same problem but Idk what flashing through odin means? I havnt flashed anything since Windows mobile except at the bar a few times when I was drunk lol. So my question is how do you I flash through odin.

pradyots said:
Sorry if it's a repost but I am trying to upgrade from T999UVLH3 to T999UVDLI3 but it fails as I have to go back to stock. What is the recommended way to downgrade to ICS from JB without wiping everything on my phone? or is there none? From what my search has resulted till now I will have to wipe everything, but i thought ill just confirm.
If i have to wipe everything then can i just use kies to do factory restore? I am using Mybackup to back everything up.
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do a titanium back up?

racemepls said:
Im having the same problem but Idk what flashing through odin means? I havnt flashed anything since Windows mobile except at the bar a few times when I was drunk lol. So my question is how do you I flash through odin.
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Don't want to sound rude in anyway but you really need to just put your phone down and do some reading. Or you are going to end up with a really exspensive paper weight. If you have not even heard of odin you should not be messing wihmth any modems or radios because the wrong modem will brick the **** out of that shiny new SIII. Like I said no disrespect and we were all new at this at one point. But just take some time and do some reading. Google can be your best friend and the more you learn the more you will end up getting out of your device
sent via galaxy s3 in boss mode @2.1ghz

Here is a link to a helpful post on downgrading: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30666949&postcount=135
Follow those steps and you should be good.

I flashed DLI3 right on top of LH3 using mobile Odin without wiping anything except Dalvik.
android.process.media started crashing after the reboot, but clearing cache and data for media storage took care of that.

carrrnuttt said:
I flashed DLI3 right on top of LH3 using mobile Odin without wiping anything except Dalvik.
android.process.media started crashing after the reboot, but clearing cache and data for media storage took care of that.
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I did that too but when it was crashing this idea didnt occur to me. So i flashed stock on top of it. Now its stuck on "FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE", kinda bricked. What do i do?

Try to boot back into download mode and odin back to stock.
There really is a reason these updates have to be applied a certain way. Sorry you had to find out one of them. Shortcuts CAN brick your device!
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carrrnuttt said:
I flashed DLI3 right on top of LH3 using mobile Odin without wiping anything except Dalvik.
android.process.media started crashing after the reboot, but clearing cache and data for media storage took care of that.
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ok im at this stage now... and its crashing like crazy. How do i clear cache and stuff? is it in recovery mode?\

pradyots said:
ok im at this stage now... and its crashing like crazy. How do i clear cache and stuff? is it in recovery mode?\
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Look for "Media Storage" in the Applications manager list within System Settings. It will be under the "ALL" tab. Force Stop it then clear data and cache. If that doesn't fix it, disable it completely. You can tell that everything's been fixed if you open your Play Store without triggering a crash. Once it's fixed, you'll need to re-enable media storage again, and reboot.

carrrnuttt said:
Look for "Media Storage" in the Applications manager list within System Settings. It will be under the "ALL" tab. Force Stop it then clear data and cache. If that doesn't fix it, disable it completely. You can tell that everything's been fixed if you open your Play Store without triggering a crash. Once it's fixed, you'll need to re-enable media storage again, and reboot.
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Worked well but i can't root on JB now... Esignature verification failed when i try to install superuser.zip in recovery. Did u have this problem?
EDIT: Fixed it... all good. Thanks for ur help

Youtube app not working

I have a kindle fire that has a CM9 ICS 4.0.4 custom rom. My problem is, i can't seem to make the youtube app work. I downloaded the app from google play. When I open the app, it automatically shuts down. Any ideas? Thanks!
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oaba09 said:
I have a kindle fire that has a CM9 ICS 4.0.4 custom rom. My problem is, i can't seem to make the youtube app work. I downloaded the app from google play. When I open the app, it automatically shuts down. Any ideas? Thanks!
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What kernel are you using?

ath1337 said:
What kernel are you using?
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3.0.31+
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Yeah try another rom like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682567

Thepooch said:
Yeah try another rom like this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682567
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That's actually the rom I'm using now

Then you should have no issues with youtube whatsoever uninstall reinstall or wipe wipe wipe reflash... Also I have had issues with youtube before it should ask for google permissions and to add your +1's and if you decline the application will not function... Just saying

Thepooch said:
Then you should have no issues with youtube whatsoever uninstall reinstall or wipe wipe wipe reflash... Also I have had issues with youtube before it should ask for google permissions and to add your +1's and if you decline the application will not function... Just saying
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Tried re-installing, clearing the cache, and clearing the data but the app still shuts down. I guess I'm going to need to reflash. Might as well flash a jelly bean rom instead.

Did you wipe everything on your USB partition after you installed ICS?

Vibrate said:
Did you wipe everything on your USB partition after you installed ICS?
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I wiped everything before installing but I didn't wipe anything afterwards
Do I need to wipe USB partition?

oaba09 said:
I wiped everything before installing but I didn't wipe anything afterwards
Do I need to wipe USB partition?
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Yeah, after your new ROM is installed, go into the android system properties under storage and you'll notice that you're usb partition isn't completely empty, so erase all that. This way when you install gapps it's fresh.
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Having to wait 5 minutes before I can edit or post is annoying....
I wanted to mention earlier to also make sure you're using the GAPPS version that was recommended with your ROM. You probably got the GAPPs from a link in the same thread where you got your ROM, but wanted to mention in it just in case you didn't.

I dont recommend wiping your sdcard if thats what your asking its completely unecassary....

Thepooch said:
I dont recommend wiping your sdcard if thats what your asking its completely unecassary....
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Maybe you think I told him to wipe SD from twrp. Which is not something i said to do. Assuming he doesn't need to back anything up, what could it hurt to erase the usb storage from the storage properties?
I did it myself an hour ago after I installed JellyBean. I'm pretty sure you're wrong when you say its unnecessary. But either way, I wasn't going to take any chances with having some old shared resources screw up a fresh install.

Erasing usb storage and wiping your sdcard are one and the same a completely unecessary step. the only wipes you need to perform on a regular basis when changing a system is factory reset, cache, dalvik, and system unless there happens to be something wrong with the sdcard itself and Im pretty sure your wrong about it being a needed step someone correct me if Im wrong....

Thepooch said:
Erasing usb storage and wiping your sdcard are one and the same a completely unecessary step. the only wipes you need to perform on a regular basis when changing a system is factory reset, cache, dalvik, and system unless there happens to be something wrong with the sdcard itself and Im pretty sure your wrong about it being a needed step someone correct me if Im wrong....
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Well if he takes my advice, and I'm wrong no harm done. If he takes your advice.... wait, what is your advice?

My advice is not to take your advice enough said...

Thepooch said:
My advice is not to take your advice enough said...
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LOL. exactly

exactly nothing I posted information previous to your entery here in this thread that I felt was relevant to the situation.

Vibrate said:
Well if he takes my advice, and I'm wrong no harm done. If he takes your advice.... wait, what is your advice?
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You are making several incorrect assumptions and using them as a basis for your suggestion. That's what makes it wrong. Although it is true that no real harm would be done by wiping out the /sdcard storage space, it is in fact unnecessary. Apps installed by the user get placed in /data along with all of their settings and other files they needs to operate. The /sdcard is used to store files like audio, video, books, etc. Wiping /sdcard before or after installing gapps won't make it any more "fresh" than it would be otherwise.
I've been around this forum for a while and you are the first one I can remember to advocate wiping /sdcard after a flash. While your suggestion for the OP to make sure the right gapps package for the ROM gets flashed is appropriate, I'm going to say you are off the mark with this one. It's not going to come into play when troubleshooting the youtube issue.
Please end this little side discussion as it's not pertinent to the OP.
EDIT: To the OP - I don't remember which ROM it was, but I thought I read about some video problems in one of these. Have you checked the thread to see if others are having similar problems?

kinfauns said:
You are making several incorrect assumptions and using them as a basis for your suggestion. That's what makes it wrong. Although it is true that no real harm would be done by wiping out the /sdcard storage space, it is in fact unnecessary. Apps installed by the user get placed in /data along with all of their settings and other files they needs to operate. The /sdcard is used to store files like audio, video, books, etc. Wiping /sdcard before or after installing gapps won't make it any more "fresh" than it would be otherwise.
I've been around this forum for a while and you are the first one I can remember to advocate wiping /sdcard after a flash. While your suggestion for the OP to make sure the right gapps package for the ROM gets flashed is appropriate, I'm going to say you are off the mark with this one. It's not going to come into play when troubleshooting the youtube issue.
Please end this little side discussion as it's not pertinent to the OP.
EDIT: To the OP - I don't remember which ROM it was, but I thought I read about some video problems in one of these. Have you checked the thread to see if others are having similar problems?
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Yup...There seems to be no problem with the other users....I'm gonna try to reflash the thing. Maybe I did something wrong during the process. Thanks!

After reflashing the ICS rom and GAPPS, youtube seems to working perfectly now. Thanks for the help guys!

[Q] Why is my Nexus so sluggish?

Hey Guys my Nexus is showing a weird behaviour, maybe you have an idea what to do?
When I got my GNexus (a month ago) is was as fast as everyones, I think. Of course I couldn't keep my fingers off rooting & flashing some ROMs. This is when the problem showed up..
After clean flashing some ROMs (fac reset, cache wipe, dalvik wipe), the phone got sooo slow, for example when I press the power button to turn on the screen, it takes like 15 seconds to show up. Opening the app drawer (the first time after boot) is also like 10 seconds. The internet (Wifi & 3g) is also incredibly slow. When I watch my processor's activity it is always pretty low, so I think this is caused by I/O (I think it's called like this.. the transfer of data to the storage and back). I know this problem from others as a bug when you got < 3 GB free on your SD-card, but mine is absolutely free (I also tried laying down my phone for a night, for the phone to scan media, no changes). The weird thing is that if I flash the google fac ROM via ToolKit, the problem is solved and I can flash a ROM again without too much decreasing of performance, but if I flash another one or update the phone becomes sluggish again. Hope I described my problem in a understandable way (bad english knowledge).
Just to summon up the things I tried:
- Dalvik clean
- Cache clean
- different ROMS
- clean & dirty flashs
- different kernels
- cleaning up System with SDMaid
- Empty SD card
- didn't restore Apps
- waitet for a night (8h should be enough for the scanner)
- SD boost
- there is no uncommon app eating my Battery
- Maybe things I don't remember..
Does anyone have an Idea? please don't answer with "Stay an Stock ROM", I got this answer on another (german) Site (I would post the link, but look at my posts), where another guy had the same problem without solution.
I hope this problem isn't already answered, I searched but didn't find it..
Thank you very much in advance for your answers
Clayne

And which ROM are you experiencing this on?
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus

Herman76 said:
And which ROM are you experiencing this on?
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus
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I've been on:
cm10 (4.1.2 & 4.2, currently)
aokp
cna
paranoid (4.1.2 & 4.2)(black & normal)
xylon (FNV 4.2)
XenonHD (4.1.2)
MoDaCo
AOSP (4.2 bigxie)
Liquidsmooth (4.1.2)
Android Revolution HD (4.1.2)
Slim Bean (4.1.2)
PACman
I don't remember the builds ;D
and maybe I should add that I'm a flashjunkie ;D
oh and I also had some kernels..
Stock (of course)
cm (of course )
Franco
LeanKernel
Popcorn
Trinity
I think it shouldn't be the ROM/Kernel..
Edit: Oh: and I don't know on which exactly it was worsest but it was on anyone I think.. atm I'm on euroskank's cm10.1 but is was really hard on the others, too but only if I didn't flash the factory image, before.
Before my GNex I had the Motorola Atrix for a year and I was flashing there, too, so I don't hink I'm a complete newbie (if you mind because of my number of posts)
Clayne

Have you ever tried the super wipe script? It really simplified the wipe process and makes sure that you don't forget anything.
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eqjunkie829 said:
Have you ever tried the super wipe script? It really simplified the wipe process and makes sure that you don't forget anything.
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No.
Does the same exact thing as wiping in CWM/TWRP.

I haven't tried it, but I wiped several times, so if I forgot one time, I didn't forget the next time I also tried wiping cache / dalvik /cache+dalvik after first boot..

Clayne, I read all your post but I didn't read that you wiped the system partition. Are you wiping /system, /cache, /data, /dalvik?
Otherwise if not just wipe /system and it should resolve all your lag problems.
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moshe22 said:
Clayne, I read all your post but i haven't read that you wiped the system partition. Are you wiping /system, /cache, /data, /dalvik?
Otherwise if not just wipe /system and it should resolve all your lag problems.
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After clean flashing some ROMs (fac reset, cache wipe, dalvik wipe),
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fac reset == factory reset. sorry I shouldnt invent abbreviations
Clayne

moshe22 said:
Clayne, I read all your post but I didn't read that you wiped the system partition. Are you wiping /system, /cache, /data, /dalvik?
Otherwise if not just wipe /system and it should resolve all your lag problems.
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Again, no.
ROM.zips wipe system...it's the first script that is run.

The problem seems to be coming from a part of the storage that is been used by the system (because its becoming worse every time I flash), but that isn't wiped by factory-, cache- or dalvik wipe. But it IS wiped by flashing the factory image. Is there anything else than the SD-Storage? Maybe it's really the I/O? Jubakuba do you have an idea?
//edit: I just ran a benchmark (antutu) and the "Database IO" is at 35.. this seems to be a pretty small number isn't it?
any ideas?
Clayne

Any Ideas?

Could be exactly the same storage problem with new GNex phones as reported by others although you have more than 3 gb free space. You may want to read the following threads, especially the last posts:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971852
code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39154
Cheers!

ph4zrd said:
Could be exactly the same storage problem with new GNex phones as reported by others although you have more than 3 gb free space. You may want to read the following threads, especially the last posts:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971852
code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39154
Cheers!
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I think the remount option fixed it.. for future visitors:
put this as a script into yout etc/init.d folder:
#!/system/bin/sh
mount -o remount,discard /data
mount -o remount,discard /cache
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(from Post 35 from the link from above (code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39154)
but be careful, it seems on some chips this could brick your device (just read the post)
as a developer (hehe), I won't take any responsibility to anything that happens to your device, you and anyone/-thing, you know.

Why is this happening to my Gnexus?

Hey fellow gnex community! I recently left stock rom due to freezes and random reboots. I've tried out various rom and kernel combinations this week such as xylon/AK, Purity/AK, AOKP/franco/lean, CM10.1/trinity/franco, Rasbean/trinity, PA/lean/franco/trinity/AK and Xenon.
The problem is they all freeze and reboot constantly after 2 minutes of use. I never changed the kernel settings and this is only happening on 4.2.1 roms. My favorite rom/kernel combo would be purity/AK, Xylon/AK but they freeze, wifi disconnects and never connects back and reboots constantly.
So the question is why is this happening to my phone recently and are there specific kernel settings that will stabilize the roms or is it just my phone?
Any help would be great,
thanks.

I haven't had that problem before, and I have flashed several roms (though not a custom kernel in a while)
Faulty hardware perhaps?
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Lord Yurij said:
I haven't had that problem before, and I have flashed several roms (though not a custom kernel in a while)
Faulty hardware perhaps?
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but this never happened on 4.1, 4.0.4 etc. That's what's worrying me.

4.2.1 isn't exactly highly regarded for its stability....
I reccomend going back to a good 4.1.2 rom. You aret missing anything anyway

nav200 said:
but this never happened on 4.1, 4.0.4 etc. That's what's worrying me.
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I would do a full wipe and fastboot flash the stock images from Google to see if this helps. Mind you, your internal memory will be wiped so back up all of your photos etc..

crixley said:
4.2.1 isn't exactly highly regarded for its stability....
I reccomend going back to a good 4.1.2 rom. You aret missing anything anyway
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but I heard people change the kernel settings and the phone will become smoother/stable? I really love some of the features from 4.2.1 that's the reason I'm a bit hesitant to go back to 4.1.2

Try a full wipe, and fast boot a stock image on and proceed from there.
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Try a full wipe, and fast boot a stock image on and proceed from there.
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I've done that twice already and usually wipe after it freezes but then still happens

Are you sure you know how to flash? Not trying to offend but it saves a lot of time if your a noob.
I currently wipe dalvik cache 3x, cache 3x, and factory reset 3x in twrp. I read somewhere its safer to wipe like this or use super wipe scripts or w.e
I am running the latest rasbeanjelly with latest rasbean gapps and latest lean kernel. I haven't had any resets and haven't tweak anything. May I also add that when I do get errors with roms normally when I flash extra mods I always go back to recovery and hit fix permissions. Idk why but it does solve some issues.
Good luck
Sent from a slice of Galaxy Nexus with some Rasbean Jelly!

lol. Ya I've been flashing roms for like a year and it's only recently these issues are popping up. I do pretty much what everyone does - wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, flash rom, flash gapps and flash kernel. I never use mods so nothing to worry about there.

Try flashing rom and gapps only without a custom kernel.
If you've fully formatted your drive, have updated recovery, and are positive you have good downloads then your problem is most likely hardware related

Try the kernel cleaner script before flashing/changing between kernels.
It's a cwm flashable .zip.

Alright will do as suggested

How about fastboot flashing the stock rom's .img-es? (Galaxy Nexus ToolKit is the easiest way to do it)

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Alright so it seems like the rom HumberOS with built in kernel did the job. Been using the phone for about 4 hours non stop and no freezes or reboots so far. Finally something stable for my phone! Thanks for the help everyone!

update: After a day without any hiccups on the humber os rom, my phone finally froze and rebooted. Since I was using cwm, I decided to see if twrp would solve the problem. I restored my phone to stock and started from scratch by installing twrp. Then I decided to give PA a try and to my surprise no reboots or freezes at all but will have to wait a day to confirm.

nav200 said:
update: After a day without any hiccups on the humber os rom, my phone finally froze and rebooted. Since I was using cwm, I decided to see if twrp would solve the problem. I restored my phone to stock and started from scratch by installing twrp. Then I decided to give PA a try and to my surprise no reboots or freezes at all but will have to wait a day to confirm.
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You did restore the factory images by running the update script included in the package right? This will make sure all data is up to date.. Fastboot erase all partitions first as well..

Sdobron said:
You did restore the factory images by running the update script included in the package right? This will make sure all data is up to date.. Fastboot erase all partitions first as well..
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yup did all that and everything seems to be going fine so far

So... what would be causing the problem you think?
You installed TWRP and PA both at the same as I can read in the previous posts?
So that way we will never know if it's a recovery problem, or ROM problem...
Well, as long as your device doesn't freeze and/or reboot we should be happy I guess.