I started having this problem ever since I upgraded my phone to 4.1.2 T989UVMC6. Sometimes when the power button gets accidentally pressed for 10 seconds in my pocket, the phone vibrates 3 or 4 times, then gets to the Galaxy SII screen and gets stuck there. A couple of times it got to the glowing Samsung logo, but then it got stuck there. I tried everything to get it to boot (rebooting, wiping cache, dalvik, fixing permissions) but nothing worked. I searched everywhere for a solution but got nothing. Some people said it's caused by the Preload partition, but that got me nowhere. The only thing I could do at that point was to restore my latest backup. I would lose all my changes since the backup but at least it would boot and even reboot normally.
After many experiments, I realized the problem is with the Data partition... So my current solution when it gets stuck at boot:
1. Reboot into recovery.
2. Create a backup of just the Data partition (you can do a full backup if you want but this way is just faster).
3. Restore the backup you just created.
4. Run the Infamous Cache Wipe (probably not necessary, but doesn't hurt).
5. Reboot and enjoy!
The only problem I noticed so far, when doing the backup to external SD, I would lose all my messages (SMS and MMS). Doing the backup to internal SD, everything gets restored normally.
If anyone has more insight into this issue, or has a better and more permanent solution, please share.
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Hi, I've installed CM7 and it's loading perfectly fine on the 1st boot-up, with the set-ups and stuff.
However I noted several time that if the batt were to go flat (because I forgot to charge) or if I were to reboot the phone, the 2nd boot-up will not load up at all.
I've tried this several times (even to the extent of letting it boot-up and wait until the battery is flat) but it still doesn't boot up.
Any idea if it's a bug or something went wrong?
I've wiped everything before installing the ROM, so wasn't too sure what's the problem.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Did you try to process it once more, with FULL wipe + Delvick cache wipe and EVERYTHING? Formatting the SDCard, partitioning it... and everything.
***IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME. THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO FIX IT BY CLEARING CACHE/DALVIK CACHE AND FLASHING A NEWER VERSION OF THE THE SAME ROM***
Hi guys,
I recently bought a Desire and loaded LeeDroid on a week later. Everything's been fine, until today, when I shut-down my phone and went to turn it back on, and it froze at the Telstra (telco who I bought it from) splash screen.
Here's what I did:
- Power + Vol- + trackball, which resulted in it restarting and freezing at the same point (15 minutes wait)
- Pulled battery and booted into recovery
- NAND Backup using AmonRA
- Restored original (pre-LeeDroid) NAND backup, and rebooted, which resulted in phone freezing at the same point
- Shut down, removed SD Card, wiped using AmonRA, restored original (pre-LeeDroid) NAND backup, which enabled it to boot properly
- Restarted and flashed Leedroid Rom from ZIP, which worked fine.
- Restored today's NAND backup, which of course brought everything back to square one.
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to access any of the contacts/SMS/etc? I was planning to back-up tonight as I'd put a whole heap of stuff in today, so of course this arvo was when it had to die. That and there's some stuff I'd really like to have that I'm not sure the relevant apps have stored on the SD.
And how can I ensure a clean restore? Run Telstra's RUU, then install LeeDroid as per instructions?
(EDIT) I notice that the NAND backups consist of a bunch of .img files. I imagine that data.img might have what I'm looking for in it. I've tried searching for a way to explore the contents, but I'm still trying to get unyaffs running...
Reflash or wipe cache and dalvik cache and reflash.
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So you're suggesting I do the following?
- Restore freezing NAND backup
- Wipe Cache + Dalvik Cache
- Reflash LeeDroid from zip
Are the contacts all google contacts? If so you can recover those that way.
When you signed in for the first time after flashing the rom, while linking your google account, did you check "backup this phone to google servers"? If so, that should restore things if you wipe all and reflash the rom.
I used this option for the first time, and my wallpaper, shortcuts, alarm settings and SMS all restored after 5 minutes or so.
Unfortunately not. I didn't make the same mistake this time though >_>
Even so, I'm still hoping I might be able to pull some of the stuff out of the NAND backup.
Do you know if it's possible to fake/bypass the md5? If I can swap the data.img from the busted backup to a working one (the one before I put all my contacts in etc) then I should be able to access something.
Unfortunately that brings up an error, and I imagine the checksum is what's doing it.
Hey fellas,
A while ago I installed Cyanogenmod over my stock Samsung ROM (Rogers) using the Cyanogenmod Installer.
Then a few weeks ago, through settings -> about (or information), I updated to CM11 with no issue.
Today, I was prompted to update again (not sure what version it was, but I believe I had the update check frequency to 1 week, and today was the first time I got this prompt in a while).
The phone seemed to update fine, but after reboot, it is stuck on the splash screen (black background, says Samsung Galaxy S III, and has the cyanogenmod guy/logo at the bottom). This is the splash screen that pops up (usually only for a second) before the boot screen with the rotating circle.
From the search I've done, I was only able to find people that are stuck on the boot screen (with the circle), rather than the splash screen. And for those people the only solutions I was able to find involved factory reset. Before I attempt any of that, I was wondering if there was anything else I could try (other than wiping cache). Idiot that I am, I haven't backed my phone up since I first installed CM, and I have a number of very important contacts and texts that I really can't lose.
Failing that, is there a way to back up such information before wiping user data? Perhaps after booting into recovery?
Thanks in advance for any help whatsoever.
With regards to backing up,
If I boot into recovery, can I back up user data like contacts and SMS through ClockworkMod Recovery? If so, will it work even though the phone doesn't seem to be able to boot?
Under Backup and Restore, I see various options, I think storage/sdcard1 is the external SD card.
If I choose backup to /storage/sdcard1, it starts backing up my data, but exactly what will be backed up? Also, I don't have a ton of space in my SD card, would it be possible to select what to back up and what to skip?
Finally, under Mounts and Storage, there is a mount USB storage option. I assumed going into it will allow my computer (connected by USB) to detect my SD Card, and I can delete stuff off of it, but my computer can't detect the phone/sdcard either as media device or storage. Am I doing something wrong, or is this not what this function is supposed to do?
My phone just boots to the "Saumsung Galaxy Note II" screen and is stuck there.
If I do volume up and home, it goes into the recovery screen but I m afraid using odin would erase everything.
I want to save my data, what should I do?
i cant do anything within recovery.
now i have a bunch of of failures..
i can reboot, apply update from adb, or external storage, wipe data, wipe cache.
i did what you told me, to wipe cache, the bootloop persists.
which rom do i use? i dont remember what i used.
i dont remember what i did to make this happen. im not sure why you say loop bc it doesnt disappear.
it says failed to mount many things..
Please specify what I need to download in order to save my data, thanks!
Hi everyone,
I have an LG-H815, with bootloader unlocked, rooted, and xposed framework installed.
I've never had problems with the phone before, and this is what happens now:
1. Press power button.
2. LG bootup animation finishes.
3. A random number of apps need optimizing. Sometimes it says 0 out of 136, sometimes 0 out of 208.
4. If I wait it out, the phone goes black after finishing, for a second or two, then returns to the LG bootup animation.
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I actually have TWRP installed over the stock recovery, and after a lot of tries have gotten into it through the physical buttons. The only problem is I can't for the life of me make a backup of the System Image, which is approx. 4 GB. It always fails once it 'finishes' with System Image. The other 6 items, which are Boot, System, Data, Cache, Recovery, EFS I can back up easily. I was using a formatted Sandisk microSD 32GB for this.
And so, is the System Image critical for a complete/usable backup? Also, any idea why I cannot specifically back up System Image?
Many thanks to anyone who tries to help out.
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Hi everyone,
I have an LG-H815, with bootloader unlocked, rooted, and xposed framework installed.
I've never had problems with the phone before, and this is what happens now:
1. Press power button.
2. LG bootup animation finishes.
3. A random number of apps need optimizing. Sometimes it says 0 out of 136, sometimes 0 out of 208.
4. If I wait it out, the phone goes black after finishing, for a second or two, then returns to the LG bootup animation.
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I actually have TWRP installed over the stock recovery, and after a lot of tries have gotten into it through the physical buttons. The only problem is I can't for the life of me make a backup of the System Image, which is approx. 4 GB. It always fails once it 'finishes' with System Image. The other 6 items, which are Boot, System, Data, Cache, Recovery, EFS I can back up easily. I was using a formatted Sandisk microSD 32GB for this.
And so, is the System Image critical for a complete/usable backup? Also, any idea why I cannot specifically back up System Image?
Many thanks to anyone who tries to help out.
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I'm having problems with the external sd card. Try copying to the internal storage. Clear space if you need to or mount the storage to usb in two to move stuff to a pc (while you still can!)
you dont need to backup that partition.