Hi
A few days ago my phone developed a big problem; when at home I get zero reception - msg reads 'disconnected because service is not available. Sometimes even when not at home I have a few bars but if someone calls it goes straight to voicemail or says that the service is not available. I used to get full reception at home. The problem is not due to a network fault as my wife is on the same network and she still gets a full signal.
I was using viper x rom 3.5 and had not messed with roms for several months. Just prior to the problem happening I was connected to the pc via USB . I noticed that something was wrong when poweramp stopped playing and all my music files were not recognised (this may or may not be related to the problem) and I had to restart the phone and rescan for music.
I have tried several solutions including flashing the last viper rom (3.8) and trying a different sim, but nothing has worked. I have still lost all reception where I used to have a great signal (and someone on the same network in the same house still does).
Even at work with a reception I sometimes don't receive texts and often takes a few attempts to send them.
Does this sound like a hardware fault that I will need to send my phone in for repair. Or could there be any other solutions?
Thanks
Have you flashed the corresponding boot.img?
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Have you flashed the corresponding boot.img?
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Yes. The problem didn't happen when messing with a new rom. I had been on viper 3.5 for months then it just happened. I upgraded to viper 3.8 today to see if that would help, and I flashed the boot.img. The rom installed fine but I still have the same issue.
After installing did you also do a full wipe?
Edit: if you did a clean install you can always try flash a different kernel and corresponding modules
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Stefan0vic said:
After installing did you also do a full wipe?
Edit: if you did a clean install you can always try flash a different kernel and corresponding modules
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If I returned to to stock would that be the same as trying a different kernel?
Yes. In the nandroid backup is your stock boot.img, that is your stock kernel
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Yes. In the nandroid backup is your stock boot.img, that is your stock kernel
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Sorry for all the questions, I have only flashed a few roms.
I downloaded a stock rom for my version from the collections thread. It is a 7zp file not a zip file. When I open it it doesn't have a boot.imag. I think this is a twrp backup and I use the emmc.win file?
I have twrp installed as my recovery but I am not sure what to do.
Do I copy the emmc.win file to the fastboot folder like I would if it was a boot.img and then flash in the same way?
I am also not sure what to do with the nandroid 7zp backup. Do I extract it (or not) and then put it direct on to my sd card? Or do I place it within my twrp folder?
Do I need a custom recovery, I am not sure which one to use for version 3.14.
Sorry for all the questions.
Thanks
columbo67 said:
Sorry for all the questions, I have only flashed a few roms.
I downloaded a stock rom for my version from the collections thread. It is a 7zp file not a zip file. When I open it it doesn't have a boot.imag. I think this is a twrp backup and I use the emmc.win file?
I have twrp installed as my recovery but I am not sure what to do.
Do I copy the emmc.win file to the fastboot folder like I would if it was a boot.img and then flash in the same way?
I am also not sure what to do with the nandroid 7zp backup. Do I extract it (or not) and then put it direct on to my sd card? Or do I place it within my twrp folder?
Do I need a custom recovery, I am not sure which one to use for version 3.14.
Sorry for all the questions.
Thanks
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You need a recovery that supports both cwm and twrp nandroids.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240646
That is philz touch recovery, I use it, touch works and it supports both cwm and twrp nandroids.
Now you need a nandroid, check your CID + Version main and get your nandroid here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Make sure you have the nandroid you downloaded in the right folder, do a full wipe, restore it, and flash the boot.img. That is all
Thanks. What is the right folder? Do I use the recovery to do the full wipe before I flash?
I used that link and have my version for HG3__001 but there is no boot.img in the 7zp file I downloaded.
I think clockworkmod/backups
Yeah you do a full wipe with it.. well if there is no boot img or boot emmc in the file then its not a complete backup..
I just noticed that you found a boot emmc file (s/t like that) flash it like any other boot.img
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Also, the files do not need to be unzipped. It's supposed to be like that
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Hello! Which one is better / more feature rich / YOUR favorite ?? And why?
Twrp... Search this and other threads... Been a long debated and posted about topic b4.....
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Twrp too. Love how fast make nands. Plus themeable.
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Twrp. Its got every thing you want in a recovery
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TWRP
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I like twrp but I feel more secure with cwm for some reason
Also twrp doesn't pickup my cwm nandroids
It might not be a bug idk
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twrp without a doubt.
I always ran cwm on my other phones so when I bought this one I went straight to cwm. Then I heard about twrp and tried it out. I will never go back. Twrp now the only recovery I will flash.
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Thanks so much for all the replies! I've rooted several GS3 for friends and coworkers and left CWM since they wont ever go in and use it anyways (they all wanted the free hotspot lol) but I finally made the jump back to android since I got an iPhone 4s when it came out for Sprint and followed your advise to use TWRP recovery. Hopefully it will not be a problem if I decide to start messing around with Cyanogen based ROMs for the GS3.
TWRP
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CWM
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TWRP no question
eurominican said:
Thanks so much for all the replies! I've rooted several GS3 for friends and coworkers and left CWM since they wont ever go in and use it anyways (they all wanted the free hotspot lol) but I finally made the jump back to android since I got an iPhone 4s when it came out for Sprint and followed your advise to use TWRP recovery. Hopefully it will not be a problem if I decide to start messing around with Cyanogen based ROMs for the GS3.
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I used to be on CM or any other AOSP ROMs while using a themed TWRP v2.2.2.0 and had no issues
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TWRP
the latest CWM Version included in GNT 9.2 keeps crashing during Backup - the Backup file is about 20MB in size.
won't trust CWM anymore...
I never understood this question. Best for what? Flashing zips every once in a while? They both do that. What do you want your recovery to do that one or the other do not do? Try them both and see which one appeals to your sense of what's best.
where can one find twrp?
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TWRP
the latest CWM Version included in GNT 9.2 keeps crashing during Backup - the Backup file is about 20MB in size.
won't trust CWM anymore...
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Did you delete .android_secure from internal sd? I had problems till I did that. Also:
QUESTION: Why are the backups size soo small now compared to the previous cwm backups?
ANSWER: Basically on the new cwm all the data is stored in a blobs folder in the clockworkmod folder. The backups folder now doesnt hold the actual data and instead the system and data files contain links to the files in the blobs folder (with the hash of the file as its filename). When you perform another backup only the changes have to be added so it performs incremental backups instead of full backups everytime. You can still flash different roms and back them up as any new data is stored in the blobs folder with the links in the backup folder. Several backups can share the same blobs file so over several backups the total file size of all the backups will be much much smaller. When you delete a backup via cwm you can then free space of the blob files that are no longer needed to keep everything tidy and make sure that no files are stored that arent referenced to any backup. If you don't free the space then any unused files will automatically be deleted when the next backup is performed.
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Hello! Which one is better / more feature rich / YOUR favorite ?? And why?[/QU
I have to say TWPE i WAS ON CWM BUT TWP GIVE SO MUCH MORE IN RECOVERY
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I prefer CWM, just because I'm used to it...
TWRP
Hi i want an advice about Rom manager app. I have the light version and I using it only for deleting and renaming nandroid backups because other functions are locked.
Will be purchase of premium version worth it for S-on one X? Will I be able to download and flash new roms with it? For example newer versions of cm10?
Of course boot.img is different story and I will have to flash it manually thru fastboot.
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Yes it flashes updates or flash able zip mods without problems. Boot images is an entirely different issue. Must flash them manually as you said.
You could also use the built-in updater for CM10.
Hi !
I've used CyanogenMod 10 for 2 weeks now. Before I installed it, I had done a nandroid backup through Clockworkmod Recovery, to co.e back to the Stock ROM if any problem happened. During these 2 weeks, I would do some updates CM10 was giving us. Then, there's a few minutes ago, I rebooted my phone into CWM and tried to find my old backup (I ain't done any other one, or wipe, or nothing else) and, however, "No files found".
So now I'd like to know, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE ? Is it cause of the daily updates from CM10 sometimes including a change called "6.0.2etc.", which remains me of the CWM version ? I'm really scared I lost it... Now when I look to the new release of CM10, a nightly includes a fix for the error "not recognized backup format type of file" or something like that, should I update and would that resolve my issue ? I'm becoming paranoid, I've got many problems with flashing ROMs and I'm now afraid of updating CM10, cause my CWM is still in 5.8 despite the "6.0.2" changes in the change logs...
What should I do, is my backup still remaining ?
Thanks
Ichin4tor said:
Hi !
I've used CyanogenMod 10 for 2 weeks now. Before I installed it, I had done a nandroid backup through Clockworkmod Recovery, to co.e back to the Stock ROM if any problem happened. During these 2 weeks, I would do some updates CM10 was giving us. Then, there's a few minutes ago, I rebooted my phone into CWM and tried to find my old backup (I ain't done any other one, or wipe, or nothing else) and, however, "No files found".
So now I'd like to know, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE ? Is it cause of the daily updates from CM10 sometimes including a change called "6.0.2etc.", which remains me of the CWM version ? I'm really scared I lost it... Now when I look to the new release of CM10, a nightly includes a fix for the error "not recognized backup format type of file" or something like that, should I update and would that resolve my issue ? I'm becoming paranoid, I've got many problems with flashing ROMs and I'm now afraid of updating CM10, cause my CWM is still in 5.8 despite the "6.0.2" changes in the change logs...
What should I do, is my backup still remaining ?
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if its really changed the cwm...just flash the older one back...(find in xda) and over a cmd using adb...flash it with
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (the img´s name abc.img)
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if its really changed the cwm...just flash the older one back...(find in xda) and over a cmd using adb...flash it with
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (the img´s name abc.img)
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Well, actually when I booted into CWM an hour ago, it was in 5.8.4, so it's still the old one... So I wonder if I should update CWM, or updated CM10 which would maybe solve my problem with the backup file fix, but it doesn't completely looks like my issue... I will try anything you suggest in the morning, it's 0:46am in France ^^ One thing's sure, CWM is still in its old 5.8.4 version.
The problem is just I can't see my backup anymore, why and how can I retrieve it ? :/
Thanks overall
Ichin4tor said:
Well, actually when I booted into CWM an hour ago, it was in 5.8.4, so it's still the old one... So I wonder if I should update CWM, or updated CM10 which would maybe solve my problem with the backup file fix, but it doesn't completely looks like my issue... I will try anything you suggest in the morning, it's 0:46am in France ^^ One thing's sure, CWM is still in its old 5.8.4 version.
The problem is just I can't see my backup anymore, why and how can I retrieve it ? :/
Thanks overall
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did you have access to pc and sd of hox..? if look under clockworkmod if the backup is really in..!?!
What is pc ? And I have access to SD from my files explorer app, I think it's the same with CWM.
Where is the nandroid backup normally located ? On SD ?
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Ichin4tor said:
What is pc ? And I have access to SD from my files explorer app, I think it's the same with CWM.
Where is the nandroid backup normally located ? On SD ?
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pc=personal computer... windows...linux...etc.....
normal under sd / clockworkmod/backup
Well there's no more clockworkmod folder... and I thought one couldn't say PC in English, an american girl had told me that, sorry, thanks for that x)
So I no longer have any backup at all xD Then I can do a new one right now, and update CM10 then CWM... I still have the stock ROM with the right hboot on my PC so I'll just have to flash it again if I need it :/ Didn't know we could access the backup folder and keep it on the computer
Thank you very much ^^
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Ichin4tor said:
Well there's no more clockworkmod folder... and I thought one couldn't say PC in English, an american girl had told me that, sorry, thanks for that x)
So I no longer have any backup at all xD Then I can do a new one right now, and update CM10 then CWM... I still have the stock ROM with the right hboot on my PC so I'll just have to flash it again if I need it :/ Didn't know we could access the backup folder and keep it on the computer
Thank you very much ^^
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look here for a nandroid backup..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975140
Don't worry I know how to do one, thank you although So I've done a new one and like all is working fine I'll copy this one to the computer tomorrow morning ^^
Do I have to put "solved" in the title now ?
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Ichin4tor said:
Don't worry I know how to do one, thank you although So I've done a new one and like all is working fine I'll copy this one to the computer tomorrow morning ^^
Do I have to put "solved" in the title now ?
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yeah..would be nice
with kind regards
How do I do it on the app ? And when I said "do I have" I didn't mean "do I have" but more "is it common to put", I'm just really tired at 2am and I couldn't find the correct verb (still can't x)... no misunderstanding, uh ? Hope you're not offended...
I'll do it on the web app, thanks again for your help And, as we don't learn how to be polite at school except thanks and good morning, with kind regards
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I installed ParanoidRom and everything was going fine till my phone did not start and went into bootloop.I'm really worried,i don't know what to do.
I've gone into recovery and wiped everything from cache to sd card but nothing seems to help.I have tried re-flashing boot.img and recovery.zip files but nothing works.I tried downloading stock RUU for my device but could not find the right one.
I want to flash another custom ROM but i don't know how to do it without access to SD card.SD card does not show up in my computer.It shows up only if i start my phone and change from "charge only" to "disk drive" but since i can't boot into my phone that option is closed.Is there any way to install the ROM from the zip file on my computer?
I have tried extracting the contents of the ROM zip file to the fastboot folder and flashing the boot.img but it gives a BootMagic check fail error.
Is my phone bricked,is there any hope,i can't lose my phone.
Yes there is hope, so don't worry
Go to recovery, Mount SD card, transfer ROM to phone and flash
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soham_sss said:
Yes there is hope, so don't worry
Go to recovery, Mount SD card, transfer ROM to phone and flash
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But how do i transfer ROM to phone?
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Get into recovery->advanced->mount usb storage. The pc will open your sd card. Just paste the rom then on the phone do unmount
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mr_nooby said:
Get into recovery->advanced->mount usb storage. The pc will open your sd card. Just paste the rom then on the phone do unmount
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When i go into recovery,the phone opens the clockwork mod recovery and under it's advanced menu the only options are :
reboot recovery
wipe dalvik cache
report error
key test
show log
fix permissions
partition internal sdcard
go back
There is no option to mount USB storage!
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Oh sorry I use twrp recovery. In clock work there should be a mounts and storage option, then mount usb storage
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Oh sorry I use twrp recovery. In clock work there should be a mounts and storage option, then mount usb storage
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I did that but the sd card does not show up in my computer.
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Oh sorry I use twrp recovery. In clock work there should be a mounts and storage option, then mount usb storage
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Ok i managed to copy the ROM zip file to SD card but when i tried to flash boot.img it gave me a BootMagic check fail error.What do i do now.
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Why are you still trying with that rom?
Custom roms are sometimes bad, its happened to me 2 times one after the other....theyre just too buggy to work.
also putting stuff on microsd card from phone is kinda....stupid. just use the microsd card adapter for pcs they always hand out one along with the micro.
Download ANOTHER custom rom (there are many better ones than paranoid...foxhound or rootbox are good. Not cyanogen they still need to make a complete version for s3).
And FACTORY RESET/FORMAT EVERYTHING and then flash from rom package. Why bother flashing boot image?
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Plus theres no reason to be worried if ur phone is stuck in bootloop. Bootloop saves phones not kills them. If it can't run the os (custom rom)....well it just can't. Take off the battery and re insert, at least it wont run out of battery life.
Then when uve got everything ready along with rom on sd card just boot in recovery mode and do what i told you earlier. If sdcard is a problem i remember there was an option in clockwork to have the rom pushed to the phone from the pc just like what happens when u root with odin...
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killbubble said:
Why are you still trying with that rom?
Custom roms are sometimes bad, its happened to me 2 times one after the other....theyre just too buggy to work.
also putting stuff on microsd card from phone is kinda....stupid. just use the microsd card adapter for pcs they always hand out one along with the micro.
Download ANOTHER custom rom (there are many better ones than paranoid...foxhound or rootbox are good. Not cyanogen they still need to make a complete version for s3).
And FACTORY RESET/FORMAT EVERYTHING and then flash from rom package. Why bother flashing boot image?
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I'm trying a different ROM.I'm not using Paranoid ROM i'm using PAC ROM.I don't have a microsd card adapter but anyways i was able to successfully copy the ROM zip file to the sd card.
I have downloaded PAC ROM but i can't install it.If i install it by flashing the boot image in fastboot folder it gives a BootMagic error and if i try to install it via CWM recovery it aborts the installation and gives some weird error.
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Hallucinogen-X said:
I'm trying a different ROM.I'm not using Paranoid ROM i'm using PAC ROM.I don't have a microsd card adapter but anyways i was able to successfully copy the ROM zip file to the sd card.
I have downloaded PAC ROM but i can't install it.If i install it by flashing the boot image in fastboot folder it gives a BootMagic error and if i try to install it via CWM recovery it aborts the installation and gives some weird error.
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Boot magic? What boot.img are you installing?
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Boot magic? What boot.img are you installing?
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I'm using the boot image found in the zip file of PAC ROM.When i flash this boot image it first sends boot but there's and error when it tries to write boot.
I was using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img but that was giving an error so i tried using another command,fasboot flash system boot.img and there was no error this time.So i typed the command fastboot reboot and went into recovery to open CWM recovery and chose install zip from sd card,i chose the zip file but it gave an error and did not install.I don't know what to do.Looks lik my phone is done.
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Don't do that stuff without asking! I don't think it was a good idea to do fastboot flash system.. But it may be fixable. I've never used that command so just wait that someone that knows what to do gets here.
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Don't do that stuff without asking! I don't think it was a good idea to do fastboot flash system.. But it may be fixable. I've never used that command so just wait that someone that knows what to do gets here.
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using that command didn't do any damage.The problem is that i cannot install from Zip file on the sd card,it gives an error :
E:Error in /sdcard/Winzipfile.zip (winzip is the name of the ROM file)
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
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Are you going mad? What the hell is pac rom? Are you fixated with paranoid android? All they have are.dropdown windows like tablets...not really very useful. Get a MORE popular rom, and more stable. Try aokp.
And dont flash just the bootimage. Flash it ALL. Reset everythung to factory and install FULL rom...at this point its obvious.the problem of the paranoid rom doesnt rely in bootimage...maybe its kernel.
So:
Intstall new rom + new kernel(just to be sure its not kernel problem).
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Are you going mad? What the hell is pac rom? Are you fixated with paranoid android? All they have are.dropdown windows like tablets...not really very useful. Get a MORE popular rom, and more stable. Try aokp.
And dont flash just the bootimage. Flash it ALL. Reset everythung to factory and install FULL rom...at this point its obvious.the problem of the paranoid rom doesnt rely in bootimage...maybe its kernel.
So:
Intstall new rom + new kernel(just to be sure its not kernel problem).
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How about googling something before calling someone else mad?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911478
PAC rom is quite popular.
And only image files can be flashed and there is only one image file in the zip file called boot.img
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dont get sensitive i was trying to help. What i meant was:
"Good sir, would it not be wiser to stop flashing bits of roms and instead flash all of it through cwm?
It does, in fact, seem to me that your downloaded rom/roms appear to be broken or somewhat buggy, perhaps flashing some evem MORE popular roms that the already very popular pac rom would fix the problem, thus liberating all of us from the madness you cell-phone is causing and making it's user happy once more"
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Hallucinogen-X said:
using that command didn't do any damage.The problem is that i cannot install from Zip file on the sd card,it gives an error :
E:Error in /sdcard/Winzipfile.zip (winzip is the name of the ROM file)
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
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Try to change rom, or copy it again, maybe the file got damaged
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Try to change rom, or copy it again, maybe the file got damaged
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I downloaded Cyanogen Mod and successfully installed it however the phone is still stuck in bootloop.
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Damn....what about kernel? Try flashing one...
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So iv rooted, and using goo manager (can't use Odin because I don't have PC and this was easier) I flashed the latest version of twrp. I first did a nandroid backup and then tried to flash PAC ROM 4.4.2 nightly and cm11 neither worked (I have tried others since then) each time it says "no md5 file found". Its not the end of the world if I have to use the stock ROM for a while till I sort this out.. But when I flashed my nandroid backup I got stuck in a bootloop now I don't know what to do. I can get to twrp still and download mode if nessessary
Please help im a bit of a noob but I'm not stupid and have flashed ROMs on 3 devices successfully. Thanks in advance! I would be greatful for a fix to either of these problems.
drewstopher said:
So iv rooted, and using goo manager (can't use Odin because I don't have PC and this was easier) I flashed the latest version of twrp. I first did a nandroid backup and then tried to flash PAC ROM 4.4.2 nightly and cm11 neither worked (I have tried others since then) each time it says "no md5 file found". Its not the end of the world if I have to use the stock ROM for a while till I sort this out.. But when I flashed my nandroid backup I got stuck in a bootloop now I don't know what to do. I can get to twrp still and download mode if nessessary
Please help im a bit of a noob but I'm not stupid and have flashed ROMs on 3 devices successfully. Thanks in advance! I would be greatful for a fix to either of these problems.
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If you're using a Linux machine there is a program called heimdall (if I recall correctly) that is supposed to be similar to Odin. I have no personal experience with it so I suggest Google and the search function here.
There is an option in twrp to check for md5 make sure you're not having it Check for it or it will fail, I ran into the same issue after I started playing on my s3 never had that issue on other devices but I do on this one. You can also try using cwm.
For the boot loop try a factory reset a lot of times it will fix it. Also keep in mind that 4.3 roms take a long time to boot the first time after flashing. Check in the development section enewman17 has a stock 4.3 restore it will put the phone back like it would have been immediately after the 4.3 OTA (except warranty bit in download mode will still show a count and be in red letters) even down to stock Samsung 3e recovery.
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You're using the Canadian version of the s3 which is the i747M? Which ROM version were you running before installing TWRP?
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You're using the Canadian version of the s3 which is the i747M? Which ROM version were you running before installing TWRP?
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theramsey3 said:
If you're using a Linux machine there is a program called heimdall (if I recall correctly) that is supposed to be similar to Odin. I have no personal experience with it so I suggest Google and the search function here.
There is an option in twrp to check for md5 make sure you're not having it Check for it or it will fail, I ran into the same issue after I started playing on my s3 never had that issue on other devices but I do on this one. You can also try using cwm.
For the boot loop try a factory reset a lot of times it will fix it. Also keep in mind that 4.3 roms take a long time to boot the first time after flashing. Check in the development section enewman17 has a stock 4.3 restore it will put the phone back like it would have been immediately after the 4.3 OTA (except warranty bit in download mode will still show a count and be in red letters) even down to stock Samsung 3e recovery.
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I was on stock ROM on the rogers-canadian variant which should be the same as the at&t variant I think anyway I cant find the checkbox for "check md5" in twrp do u know where to look? Also can I flash cwm.zip through twrp?(if twrp will allow me) or will this cause more problems. I think there must be a way to fix my problems but I'm pas the extent of my knpwledge . also I think there must be an issue with the stock backup that is causing the bootloop don't know how to fix it. Not working still after multiple factory resets and advanced wipes
Thanks guys I really need help with this
Since you have the i747m (Canadian version), I think it would be best to start from scratch.
Were you running a stock 4.3 ROM?
I would love to start from scratch but I can't flash ROMs and I get a bootloop when I try to use my backup. So I can't boot into system and its the same as the i747 just without the att bloatware and rogers instead
Just flash the stock rooted ROM from xda. Just search for s3 pre-rooted roms , download, and flash via Odin
audit13 said:
Just flash the stock rooted ROM from xda. Just search for s3 pre-rooted roms , download, and flash via Odin
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Thanks sounds simple enough but I will have a hard time getting a windows PC to use. In the meantime is there anything else I can try? Is it possible to flash cwm through twrp or does that not work? If it does will it harm the Odin process to go back to stock? And will USB debugging work if no OS is installed on phone... How does that work?
Let us know what was the most recent stock ROM you had on your phone. Is it 4.1.1, 4.1.2, or 4.3?
drewstopher said:
Thanks sounds simple enough but I will have a hard time getting a windows PC to use. In the meantime is there anything else I can try? Is it possible to flash cwm through twrp or does that not work? If it does will it harm the Odin process to go back to stock? And will USB debugging work if no OS is installed on phone... How does that work?
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Do you have any computer available just not Windows? Or none at all? Did you look at heimdall?
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Do you have any computer available just not Windows? Or none at all? Did you look at heimdall?
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Android 4.3 and heimdall wasn't working with my Mac.
Question for the op.. Do you get any errors in twrp when you wipe data or restore your backup?
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Question for the op.. Do you get any errors in twrp when you wipe data or restore your backup?
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Actually yes occasionally I do. I think its after I try to flash a ROM or .zip file but it might happen periodically anyway I don't know
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Actually yes occasionally I do. I think its after I try to flash a ROM or .zip file but it might happen periodically anyway I don't know
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You probably need to format your internal SD card from twrp (the option where you have to type the word "yes") I believe it's under advanced wipe settings. I would backup anything important from your internal card, then format it. Then try doing whatever you're trying to do (flash a certain rom or restore a certain backup). I had a similar issue last week. I couldn't flash roms or restore backups because the phone would reboot into a bootloop when twrp tried wiping the data partition.
If you can't get into a rom or connect to a computer to backup your internal cards contents, you may have to use the file manager inside twrp to backup to your external SD card.
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You probably need to format your internal SD card from twrp (the option where you have to type the word "yes") I believe it's under advanced wipe settings. I would backup anything important from your internal card, then format it. Then try doing whatever you're trying to do (flash a certain rom or restore a certain backup). I had a similar issue last week. I couldn't flash roms or restore backups because the phone would reboot into a bootloop when twrp tried wiping the data partition.
If you can't get into a rom or connect to a computer to backup your internal cards contents, you may have to use the file manager inside twrp to backup to your external SD card.
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Thanks but actually my backups and ROMs are all on the phones internal memory. I think my safest bet will be to flash a ROM and cwm via Odin any suggestions on what version of Odin to use? Iv used 1.85 before to flash my gs2 skyrocket. Also will the USB debugging work if no os is installed on the phone :/
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Thanks but actually my backups and ROMs are all on the phones internal memory. I think my safest bet will be to flash a ROM and cwm via Odin any suggestions on what version of Odin to use? Iv used 1.85 before to flash my gs2 skyrocket. Also will the USB debugging work if no os is installed on the phone :/
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Not sure sorry.. And I could be wrong but I think if you flash stock from Odin, it wipes your internal memory as well. If that's the case, I would backup whatever rom/backup you plan on using to your external memory and try my advice.
Other than that, not sure what to suggest. I can only advise based on what I have personally done in the past.
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Not sure sorry.. And I could be wrong but I think if you flash stock from Odin, it wipes your internal memory as well. If that's the case, I would backup whatever rom/backup you plan on using to your external memory and try my advice.
Other than that, not sure what to suggest. I can only advise based on what I have personally done in the past.
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Thanks and good point
I use twrp on the n7 and its exellent. I tried it with the s3 and always had random problems after a flash or restore. I switched to Phil's cwm touch and have nor had a problem in months and I flash or restore almost daily.
I am on stock based custom rom on my i747m (canadian) TWRP 2.7.0.0 works perfectly, no issues.
Just in-case someone doesn't know they have newer version of twrp for both Us and Canadian versions.