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I have tried everything I know to do so I'm here asking for help....
I run Calks ROM and recently tried updating without wiping (normally never do). After a couple days of a buggy phone, I decided to wipe data, format, format, format, wipe data, etc and flashed it again. Start using it and it starts acting up again. Did my wipe/format deal and flashed stock...and left it stock. Within the first day it locked up and reset itself multiple times.
I don't know what to do...is there anyway to start any "cleaner" than formatting everything multiple times? I would really like a working phone again...
Are you restoring your information with titanium backup? If you are that's your problem.
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gqstatus0685 said:
Are you restoring your information with titanium backup? If you are that's your problem.
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+1. You can restore apps only, but don't restore apps + data.
Is this the only rom that's causing it?
I never, ever, ever use any "backup" anything. All apps get reloaded one by one and settings get modified one by one...
This is happening with every rom I try. I format EVERYTHING (except SD card, which is my next attempt at fixing...). This is why it's so frustrating. I can't blame anything. I try running the ROMs stock (no not-included apps) and the phone is still running like crap.
Tried deleting the ".android_secure" folder from the sd card?
If it's happening on every rom, and you completely wipe every thing correctly, the only thing they have in common is the sd card contents. Right?
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xNotta said:
Tried deleting the ".android_secure" folder from the sd card?
If it's happening on every rom, and you completely wipe every thing correctly, the only thing they have in common is the sd card contents. Right?
My Evo made me Swype this from the XDA App.
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Android secure is supposed to be deleted during the fActory reset. I will try getting the SD formatted tonight and start FRESH, FRESH....
perhaps it's the kernel?
SpaceMonky said:
perhaps it's the kernel?
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I've tried many kernels (stock, stock tweaked, ziggy, kingxklack)
awenthol said:
Android secure is supposed to be deleted during the fActory reset. I will try getting the SD formatted tonight and start FRESH, FRESH....
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Mines never been deleted from stock factory reset or reset with amon.
It started to cause problems with app downloads from me switching roms and reinstalling all my apps and moving them.
Just remember, if you have apps on your sd card (Not on a separate partition) move them to the phone before deleting it if you want to keep them.
Any luck fixing it yet?
What bout nand restore? Did you ever make a nand backup? It has always fixed any issues I've ever had.
I've been traveling for work and haven't had a chance to sit down and mess with it since the night I initially posted. Hopefully it is as simple as androidsecure not getting deleted...thanks for the heads up.
I just did a FULL FULL FULL wipe of the phone. "Factory reset," "format; SD, SD ext, system, boot, data, etc"....
I then flashed zip, rebooted and let it sit for 10 min before turning it on...upon unlocking, it locked up.
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS!!! Is it possible the phone is just effed???
squick said:
What bout nand restore? Did you ever make a nand backup? It has always fixed any issues I've ever had.
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No good either...the last "good" backup comes up with "checksum error."
I'm not big on nand backups, since I usually do full wipes and restart from scratch. I don't really care if I can restore an old setup.
If you can't find a software reason for its acting up, it's a hardware problem. Full wipes take care of pretty much any software problem.
I would suggest unrooting and taking it by a Sprint store. If none of the suggestions you've tried so far have done any good, that's about your only option.
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TheMagicalSock said:
If you can't find a software reason for its acting up, it's a hardware problem. Full wipes take care of pretty much any software problem.
I would suggest unrooting and taking it by a Sprint store. If none of the suggestions you've tried so far have done any good, that's about your only option.
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That's not an option either...as I bought it outright off ebay.
Guess I'll just go to the Epic...
Hi all
New poster so go easy on me. I decided to take the plunge and go rooting a couple of weeks back and within that time i tried some of the well known roms out there.
I am running Leedroid rom but I have a major issue which is making me wish I did not root.
My phone recognises my router but will not obtain ip address and keeps disconnecting and trying to reconnect again and I don't know how to fix this. I have read all the threads about resseting therouter but it can't be my router because all my other devices are running fine from it. Also it has to be the phone, because the 4 or 5 listed networks which i can normally use just keep getting stuck on the same "obtaining ip address" loop.
Can someone please give me advice on what to do?
Cheers
Probably a bad flash or something. If you say that it can't connect to any available network, try to reflash or better yet try a different rom.
i have tried it on 3-4 different roms now, same problem each time, it started from using leedroid rom
Did you wipe for each Rom?
No- Try a wipe
Yes- Did you try before restoring data?
No- Try before restoring data
Yes- Did you restore using titanium?
No- Restore your earliest nandroid and test. Take titanium backup
Yes- Did you restore system apps /data?
No- restore your earliest nandroid and test. Take new titanium backup of wireless access points
Yes- you shouldn't. Wipe, restore only wireless access points and test.
Outcome?
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Had this a myself, basically it appears to be a corruption in the phone internal drive not SD card. For me it is always when I use data++ hboot. To cure it I generally delete a couple of live wallpapers from the zipped rom, then install.
The WiFi seems to be the last thing installed when there is mi space or corruption. Delete wallpaper or useless program from zip, copy to phone and then flash, you will get a good connection after this.
Regards
Jamadant
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tried bottom method. Do not quite understand your post rootSU. What do you mean by restoring data? I havent restored data, all i have done is wipe cache and factory reset, install zip (rom) from sd, and try it again. But with each new rom it still gives me the same error. I don't know what to do and its driving me crazy lol. I think I want to sell it
can it be the radio? Can someone give me a complete noobs guide on how to update the radio, please complete noobs guide
"all i have done is wipe cache and factory reset"
so did you make a FULL wipe or only cache ? you need to do a full wipe from recovery.
also i dont think it is radio, since it worked before.
but you can try changing it, just find thread on xda, download the .zip file and flash. IMPORTANT : DONT TOUCH PHONE WHEN ITS FLASHING RADIO, OR YOU WILL BRICK IT.
Yes full wipe, one says wipe cache and the other says wipe data/factory reset i think where it deletes all the data and formats everything
imranali said:
Yes full wipe, one says wipe cache and the other says wipe data/factory reset i think where it deletes all the data and formats everything
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Don't forget to wipe Dalvik cache too if you haven't.
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Hi Again all
Many thanks for the responses. I have tried it all but something weird happened while I was in Poland.
I was in Poland for two days and I managed to connect to the wireless networks there with no issues whatsoever but I came back to the UK today and I am still having the obtaining IP address issues on my home router, btfon and bt openzone. I don't know why it was working in Poland though, can someone please explain???
Thanks in advance
I would really appreciate if someone can aswer this....?
Try other ROMs, that's the easiest solution. Or you can try flashing different kernel. Returning back to stock ROM is also an option.
So I just ordered a nexus tab off out of the play store, and will be giving may A100 to the wife and kid. I am currently unlocked/rooted/CWM, and running an old version of flexreaper "R3.1". I also have crossix memory swap mod as well.
I hope to revert the thing back to the stock Acer setup, and get it back on the OTA's and whatnot. Is there a safe way to go back. I have seen alot of threads about people bricking their tabs trying to do so, but no threads about a succsessfull method.
If that just isn't a good idea, the tab runs great as is. Is there a safe way to run the "factory data reset" and get my wifes google account set up as the primary, and me off of it?
Anything I need to worry about like
recovery files
boot images
etc
that need to be gone before I do the factory reset?
Thanks guys.
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So I just ordered a nexus tab off out of the play store, and will be giving may A100 to the wife and kid. I am currently unlocked/rooted/CWM, and running an old version of flexreaper "R3.1". I also have crossix memory swap mod as well.
I hope to revert the thing back to the stock Acer setup, and get it back on the OTA's and whatnot. Is there a safe way to go back. I have seen alot of threads about people bricking their tabs trying to do so, but no threads about a succsessfull method.
If that just isn't a good idea, the tab runs great as is. Is there a safe way to run the "factory data reset" and get my wifes google account set up as the primary, and me off of it?
Anything I need to worry about like
recovery files
boot images
etc
that need to be gone before I do the factory reset?
Thanks guys.
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Restoring to stock I'm not sure about but here's the run down for resetting:
Reboot into recovery
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Wipe data
Wipe system
Flash your FR again
Reboot
Wait 10 minutes, reboot
Setup with new account info and rock on.
Its a bit excessive but its the best way to reset without leaving anything behind. No need to worry about any images or anything like that unless you plan to install a different recovery.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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Restoring to stock I'm not sure about but here's the run down for resetting:
Reboot into recovery
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Wipe data
Wipe system
Flash your FR again
Reboot
Wait 10 minutes, reboot
Setup with new account info and rock on.
Its a bit excessive but its the best way to reset without leaving anything behind. No need to worry about any images or anything like that unless you plan to install a different recovery.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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If I just want to erase everything, couldn't I just do a "Factory Data Reset"? Im just running ICS and Im planning to sell.
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If I just want to erase everything, couldn't I just do a "Factory Data Reset"? Im just running ICS and Im planning to sell.
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That formats where settings and apps are installed, but not internal SD, so keep that in mind. But yes, a factory reset will just put it back to the beginning. Also, consider this: its just a simple format, anyone can still pull whatever data was there back out of it. It's not even hard, just takes some time.
You could also use Pio's Black hole script.
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DJ_SpaRky said:
You could also use Pio's Black hole script.
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Well they don't seem to want to much past minimum to reset it otherwise I'd say system nullify before selling. Not a speck of data left behind /shrug
Edit that sounded a little harsher then I intended. I think its more to do with not being rooted so they can only simple reset.
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Hi Guys,
Good day to all of you who will read this. I would just like to ask for your help on how to make sure that ALL personal and sensitive information will be deleted from the GNex before selling or giving the phone away.
I know that we can restore the factory settings of the phone either from settings menu or from CWM. However, I have read in the web before that there are still some data left when doing this if you are a rooted user. From what I have read, a person bought a phone from the gray market and he/she was able to extract the data of the previous owner. I would like to avoid that if possible.
So if there are ways to avoid this, please do advise me how. Thank you in advance for your replies/answers. Cheers.
Wipe data option in twrp is one option or reflash a stock ROM is another
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Thanks for the reply. Yup, I'm planning to unroot and apply the stock ROM for my GNex before letting it go. I was just wondering if it will really clear EVERYTHING. I really want to avoid accidentally sharing any of my personal data.
The internal memory remains.
So yu need to format internal storage option in TWRP as well. Then just unroot ane install latest image from google! Your phone is ready to be sold!
Install complete package from Google. There is nothing more that you need to do. If you use the flash-all.bat from Google images it will wipe entire device. There is nothing to 'unroot' at that point.
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Couldn't find a thread on this and this may be a COMPLETE noob question...
I've never dealt with a phone that couldn't hold an SD card and I'm hoping to get the HTC One soon. I root/switch roms on all my phones.
I was just wondering, since the HTC One doesn't hold an SD card, what happens when I flash a ROM?
Usually, if I am correct, wiping data removes everything on the phones internal storage, and since the HTC One doesn't have external storage, will everything (songs, pictures, etc) be erased upon ROM switch?
I'm just baffled if it's all erased upon switching. Sorry for noob question, as I stated, I don't deal with phones with no external storage, so thanks XDA.
jakichan77 said:
Couldn't find a thread on this and this may be a COMPLETE noob question...
I've never dealt with a phone that couldn't hold an SD card and I'm hoping to get the HTC One soon. I root/switch roms on all my phones.
I was just wondering, since the HTC One doesn't hold an SD card, what happens when I flash a ROM?
Usually, if I am correct, wiping data removes everything on the phones internal storage, and since the HTC One doesn't have external storage, will everything (songs, pictures, etc) be erased upon ROM switch?
I'm just baffled if it's all erased upon switching. Sorry for noob question, as I stated, I don't deal with phones with no external storage, so thanks XDA.
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IIRC there's a virtual SD card where certain things dont get wiped (I think titanium backup accesses this)
crazyg0od33 said:
IIRC there's a virtual SD card where certain things dont get wiped (I think titanium backup accesses this)
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Do you happen to know of it's accessible via computer or a file manager app? (or custom recoveries?)
jakichan77 said:
Do you happen to know of it's accessible via computer or a file manager app? (or custom recoveries?)
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Its nothing different from dealing with a standard SD card. When you wipe you're wiping data (not internal storage but app data) cache and possibly dalvik and system. None if which will end up wiping your saved files on SD card unless you select wipe internal storage. Just to note HTC or Verizon blocked us from unlocking bootkoaders right now so no go on that except for a few that did it day one.
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jakichan77 said:
Couldn't find a thread on this and this may be a COMPLETE noob question...
I've never dealt with a phone that couldn't hold an SD card and I'm hoping to get the HTC One soon. I root/switch roms on all my phones.
I was just wondering, since the HTC One doesn't hold an SD card, what happens when I flash a ROM?
Usually, if I am correct, wiping data removes everything on the phones internal storage, and since the HTC One doesn't have external storage, will everything (songs, pictures, etc) be erased upon ROM switch?
I'm just baffled if it's all erased upon switching. Sorry for noob question, as I stated, I don't deal with phones with no external storage, so thanks XDA.
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Recoveries differentiate between internal storage and the virtual "/sdcard", so that won't be wiped.
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just don't accidentally hit erase internal like I did!
you'll be stuck in recovery/bootloader with nothing to flash, no nandroids nothing
took forever to fix my horrible mistake.
been trying like hell to find an easy way to switch the menu order in TWRP. there is no reason why the internal wipe is right above system wipe.
alphabetical or not, it's set up for failure.
Learn from my misfortune!
eventually I was able to adb devices in fastboot to and it read my device, and eventually was able to get the phone mounted in recovery to adb push a rom.zip to flash.
nothing fun!
andybones said:
there is no reason why the internal wipe is right above system wipe.
alphabetical or not, it's set up for failure.
Learn from my misfortune!
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I cannot possible count the amount of times i hit that button and was half a swipe away from erasing my internal on my S3... The flow goes against us all.
Thanks guys, swayed my opinion toward the One in the right direction. I'll be sure to watch the HTC one development until an S-OFF method becomes available. I think we remember the Rezounds S-OFF o.0
Where there's a will there's a way. I'll also try not to lose my data on the internal SD card, probably back up my photos every so often. Thanks again.
jakichan77 said:
Thanks guys, swayed my opinion toward the One in the right direction. I'll be sure to watch the HTC one development until an S-OFF method becomes available. I think we remember the Rezounds S-OFF o.0
Where there's a will there's a way. I'll also try not to lose my data on the internal SD card, probably back up my photos every so often. Thanks again.
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Let's just hope we have the support we had for the Rezound, I truly hope someone will help bring this phone to life and give it the justice it deserves! S-OFF, and the DEV claims his much deserved bounty.
There is one wrinkle with these HTC internal sdcard partitions that people need to be aware of. If you select factory reset in bootloader rather than recovery, the whole thing can become corrupted so that you lose all your data. Everything. I've seen people do this and then panic thinking they've bricked their phones. It's fixable, but you have to reformat externally using your computer.
Wiping in recovery preserves the /sdcard partition. So as a general rule, wipe ONLY in recovery, NEVER in bootloader.
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There is one wrinkle with these HTC internal sdcard partitions that people need to be aware of. If you select factory reset in bootloader rather than recovery, the whole thing can become corrupted so that you lose all your data. Everything. I've seen people do this and then panic thinking they've bricked their phones. It's fixable, but you have to reformat externally using your computer.
Wiping in recovery preserves the /sdcard partition. So as a general rule, wipe ONLY in recovery, NEVER in bootloader.
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How would one then completely factory reset their phone like you were allowed to on the Rezound? Just install the default ROM in H-Boot? (Well, not ROM, but I think you get what I'm saying, the P9H-blah.zip).
jakichan77 said:
How would one then completely factory reset their phone like you were allowed to on the Rezound? Just install the default ROM in H-Boot? (Well, not ROM, but I think you get what I'm saying, the P9H-blah.zip).
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Factory reset inside Sense will wipe all user data.