[Q] Screen security password - Samsung Galaxy W I8150

Hello. I have a question. So I have been using 4.* roms on galaxy w for over than a year. Now I want to lend it to my mother so I switched back to GB rom. I flashed it and strange thing appiers - a screen security password, I can't remember it. I tried to wipe system and other folders in CWM but it still appiers. Once I boot into those GB roms I can easy navigate throught them, but once I switch off screen and turn it on - appears my old (as I suppose) password. I tried lots of stuff posted in those forums. All won't work even in /data/system folder I wasn't able to find those ***.key files whose were mentioned in other threads. So Is there is any way to COMPLETELY FULL format of phone's memory, becouse even flashin in Odin won't help with this.
Sorry for my bad english skills. Cheers from Lithuania!

ponashachi said:
Hello. I have a question. So I have been using 4.* roms on galaxy w for over than a year. Now I want to lend it to my mother so I switched back to GB rom. I flashed it and strange thing appiers - a screen security password, I can't remember it. I tried to wipe system and other folders in CWM but it still appiers. Once I boot into those GB roms I can easy navigate throught them, but once I switch off screen and turn it on - appears my old (as I suppose) password. I tried lots of stuff posted in those forums. All won't work even in /data/system folder I wasn't able to find those ***.key files whose were mentioned in other threads. So Is there is any way to COMPLETELY FULL format of phone's memory, becouse even flashin in Odin won't help with this.
Sorry for my bad english skills. Cheers from Lithuania!
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i think factory reset from recovery will be useful try it

Ahmed.ragab said:
i think factory reset from recovery will be useful try it
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Already done. It won't help.

ponashachi said:
Already done. It won't help.
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Did you format system and sdcard?
I had some issues in another fone, when I sold it. So i think pristine way is necessary even if you flash stock rom by Odin.

nisiomorais said:
Did you format system and sdcard?
I had some issues in another fone, when I sold it. So i think pristine way is necessary even if you flash stock rom by Odin.
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Yes. I Formated everything what is available in CWM 6.0.4.5

Weird. Is this password related to your Sim, maybe? Did you try another sim card?
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nisiomorais said:
Weird. Is this password related to your Sim, maybe? Did you try another sim card?
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Even tried with no SIM

Ahmed.ragab said:
i think factory reset from recovery will be useful try it
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Maybe factory reset from de ROM, not the recovery?
Try download original manual of this stock ROM, maybe you find something we forgot.
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well sometimes i return to the stock rom via odin and it is asking me a password too but actually there is no password set i just started it lol. i randomly entering something and it is giving access. this is strange. try another stock rom ? did you ?

anilatiklik said:
well sometimes i return to the stock rom via odin and it is asking me a password too but actually there is no password set i just started it lol. i randomly entering something and it is giving access. this is strange. try another stock rom ? did you ?
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Yeah. I can't understand how it happens. When I am entering random password it wo't work. Now I just installed GoLocker, Don't know how to disable that password. When I boot from first time flashing rom - phone don't asks for password, but one I lock screen - then boom, wild password appiers. GoLocker bypasses that thing, however I am still waiting for better solution. Maybe there some kind of apk in system with that locker, It would be possible to delete it?

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[SOLVED] [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!

I was playing with Rom Toolbox Pro and was changing the status bar icons. I did agree to the backup requests. In the middle of one of the icon changes, the program glitched. I tried to give it time, but it would glitch again. I finally removed the battery and now it won't go past "Samsung". Since I am on Ting an MVNO of Sprint, I don't have Sprint's boot animation, pure Samsung.
I did hold the volume / power / home buttons and tried every choice but factory reset. Though there is a high probability being new and stupid, that I di them wrong.
So . . . HELP!!!
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Lord Sekhmet said:
I was playing with Rom Toolbox Pro and was changing the status bar icons. I did agree to the backup requests. In the middle of one of the icon changes, the program glitched. I tried to give it time, but it would glitch again. I finally removed the battery and now it won't go past "Samsung". Since I am on Ting an MVNO of Sprint, I don't have Sprint's boot animation, pure Samsung.
I did hold the volume / power / home buttons and tried every choice but factory reset. Though there is a high probability being new and stupid, that I di them wrong.
So . . . HELP!!!
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When you get to to recovery restore a backup if you made one. Which you should always make a backup before making changes on ur rom. Or you may have to reflash the rom. If you can get into recovery your phone is not bricked.
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I can get into recovery, so the term is soft-bricked I believe. I didn't think I was doing a ROM change, but again I am new and stupid.
I did not do a backup, but Rom Toolbox Pro did for the files that changed. I cannot find those backup files in the in recovery. I went through every folder in "Apply Update From External Storage"
Re: [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!
Lord Sekhmet said:
I can get into recovery, so the term is soft-bricked I believe. I didn't think I was doing a ROM change, but again I am new and stupid.
I did not do a backup, but Rom Toolbox Pro did for the files that changed. I cannot find those backup files in the in recovery. I went through every folder in "Apply Update From External Storage"
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If you can find it i guess your only option left is to wipe everything and flash the rom again so you can get your phone to boot.
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The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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Contacts should be all synced to gmail. Just reflash and wait a minute for them to come back all by themselves after you log in.
I don't remember if the latest twrp has a file manager function (can't check while using the same phone to write thisn post) but if it does you might be able to replace the files that way. Otherwise, one theoretical option is you could extract the files from a stock rom and make a flashable zip that just puts those exact files back, copy the zip to a microsd card using a card reader & a pc (i don't think you can do much via usb while in recovery). Pop sd card back in phone and flash with twrp.
Possibly less work to restore contacts by hand again. This time let it sync to gmail so you won't be so screwed again. Better yet use titanium backup or rerware mybackup so you get txts, call logs, bookmarks, wifi keys, bluetooth pairings, contacts and apps.
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Re: [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!
Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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You won't lose your contacts if you synced them with Google
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Re: [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!
Lord Sekhmet said:
The only reason I haven't done that yet is because I don't want to lose all my contacts AGAIN. Though, it might teach me a well deserved lesson.
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You don't have your contacts saved to your Google? If not you should've.. They come back on their own once you set up your Gmail.
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I try to avoid google spyware as much as possible. (I know, I know, I chose Android)
I did install Titanium Backup Pro, but never did a backup. :crying:
I was already and waiting for the download to finish of the Sprint ROM to put it on my MicroSD. Didn't think about just replacing the bad files and was just going to flash it again. I don't know if I am knowledgeable enough to pull off just replacing a few files. I may end up learning the hard way.
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Nothing left to do but reflash your rom. Sorry about your data. Next time back up everything with a nandroid backup or titanium backup.
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Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Unfortunatetly the "factory reset" option in TWRP is not the most descriptive wording.
All factory reset does is delete the data partition. It doesn't restore the OS userspace programs or the kernel or the modem/firmware or the bootloader.
Now that you've done that, there is no more chance to recover anything, which means there is no more reason to agonize over reflashing a new rom. Go ahead and flash away.
Simplest way, since you have a working custom recovery, is use a pc to download one of the recovery-flashable rom zips and put it on a microsd card. Put the sdcard back in the phone, boot into recovery and flash that zip.
It's simpler and safer than trying to use odin.
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KEYofR said:
Unfortunatetly the "factory reset" option in TWRP is not the most descriptive wording.
All factory reset does is delete the data partition. It doesn't restore the OS userspace programs or the kernel or the modem/firmware or the bootloader.
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Thanks, I wish I knew this before though. Hard lesson #1.
I've done a search and can't find any unmodified "recovery-flashable rom zip" Then I wouldn't know what to do with it. Desperate - how much to fix this? I am in Westchester NY.
Lord Sekhmet said:
NOOO!!!! I did the factory reset and lost all my data (I assume) but it still won't boot. No change in symptoms.
I really need help. The one thing I didn't want to do, that I thought would work, didn't work.
Help, please help!
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Did you only factory reset and reboot?
You should just factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache and reflash your old rom, then reboot.
Re: [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!
Since we don't have a nice all-in-one rooted for the latest MA7 stock rom yet, I suggest use this one for MA5. (It's what I'm running since it came out.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37348257
Just do like the instructions in the first posts says.
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Read the thread. He said he never made a backup.
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I hope the experience doesn't scare you off flashing forever. You're actually not in bad shape right now. Your recovery is doing it's exact job it's named for. Your phone is booting into recovery, and twrp in particular is a powerful flexible one. It's a whole mini OS really.
And even if your recovery was screwed too, you could still use " download mode" and odin to flash everything back, it's just les convenient and less well documented but the standard recipe of steps is up there on galaxynote2root.com and elsewhere.
There's also a one click back to stock here on xda too. That runs from a pc and attempts to do everything to go all the way back to factory, including firmwares, bootloader, even resetting the flash counter back to 0.
Really your problem is that there are so many options it's confusing to figure out how to choose which one!
Hang in there. Try flahing the zips I pointed too and if there's a problem don't worry just post back here what happened.
For intance, when I flashed those, I had to an extra reboot that the instructions didn't say. After I flashed the firmware zip, the rom zip wouldn't flash. It just said failed in red letters. Scary. But I rbooted back into twrp and it flashed fine then. That happened a few different times on different roms after doing manual wipes in twrp also not just after flashing firmwares.
So don't worry.
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I followed to the letter the MA5 installation from Stock_Rooted_Deodexed _Ma5_Rom and LJC-MA5 firmwarezip Links UP!
It didn't work, even after rebooting twice via recovery. So I wiped cache and user data again and rebooted. My baby is till stuck at "Samsung" in the boot animation. :crying:
KEYofR - This is so depressing and I really do appreciate your encouraging words right now. I wish there was a Super Thanks button.
Sorry didn't read ahead. If you are on TWRP recovery just grab any rom and flash it and you should be booting. Make sure after you flash not to wipe anything (especially system).
bhint15 said:
First question and if you can't answer this then you need to read up on ODIN and reflash back to stock. What recovery do you have installed? How did you perform your wipe that isn't allowing you to boot? You mentioned you wiped everything else so if you wiped system/etc then yes your phone will not boot.
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I agree, I need to read more. I am learning every day. There is just no handbook that I can start on page one and start reading. So my limited knowledge is scattered. If flashing back to stock will fix it, then so be it. If you have any suggestions on what to do next or what to read, please tell me.
Oh, all the wipes I did was from the recovery menu. I don't think system was one of the choices. But it didn't boot before I did that either.
EDIT: Looking at the recovery menu, the only choices are
*Wipe data/Factory reset
*Wipe cache partition
So no system wipe choice there.
Re: [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!
You may have to use ODIN to flash back to stock. First thing I would do is see if the phone will get into download mode. It's volume up or down with power button and home button.
If you can get into download mode you will have to use ODIN on your PC to get back to a stock rom. Thats my advice at least.
Re: [Q] HELP!!! Bricked My Baby!
After flashing ma5 and rebooting, did you let it sit on the samsung screen a while? I forget what the circumstances are but sometimes it can take a minute or so on the first boot.
You could try this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36388145
Blasts you back to factory.
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[Q] Fail to flash any rom in my Note 2 sgh i317

Hello guys,
It's my first question to the forum. I hope you can give me a clue resolve this problem.
I bought a Note 2 SGH i317 some days ago.
It was my first root but with your trheads everything was ok (for some days).
I tried JediX, Custom Rom 4.2.5 and some other.
But after tried some custom roms, I noted that when I flash any rom the phone stucks on Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and I have to pull out the battery to turn off the phone.
I tried with many others roms and all did the same.
Later I realized that the flash process was very fast compared to the first ones, so I guess the flash proccess fails in some instance.
I returned to stock rom and root it again with same results.
I tried with CVM and TWRP.
I can restore some nandroid backups to get the phone working, but can't flash any rom now!
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
maztermdq said:
Hello guys,
It's my first question to the forum. I hope you can give me a clue resolve this problem.
I bought a Note 2 SGH i317 some days ago.
It was my first root but with your trheads everything was ok (for some days).
I tried JediX, Custom Rom 4.2.5 and some other.
But after tried some custom roms, I noted that when I flash any rom the phone stucks on Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and I have to pull out the battery to turn off the phone.
I tried with many others roms and all did the same.
Later I realized that the flash process was very fast compared to the first ones, so I guess the flash proccess fails in some instance.
I returned to stock rom and root it again with same results.
I tried with CVM and TWRP.
I can restore some nandroid backups to get the phone working, but can't flash any rom now!
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
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Did you wipe the data/wipe the cache partition and clear the dalvik cache? I would start with those things.
CharliexCharger said:
Did you wipe the data/wipe the cache partition and clear the dalvik cache? I would start with those things.
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Hi.
Yes. I did every step.
Sometimes I wipe both before and after flashing rom.
In some cases I format /system also.
I'm thinking in format some special partition/folder, but I don't know where to start or if it will works...
maztermdq said:
Hi.
Yes. I did every step.
Sometimes I wipe both before and after flashing rom.
In some cases I format /system also.
I'm thinking in format some special partition/folder, but I don't know where to start or if it will works...
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That is weird. Did you root using Odin?
CharliexCharger said:
That is weird. Did you root using Odin?
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I rooted it via Odin using Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
with my specific tar file.
maztermdq said:
I rooted it via Odin using Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
with my specific tar file.
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Not sure what went wrong. I would search through the forums for anything similar to the issue that you're having. If all else fails I'd flash the stock firmware via Odin. Good luck!
CharliexCharger said:
Not sure what went wrong. I would search through the forums for anything similar to the issue that you're having. If all else fails I'd flash the stock firmware via Odin. Good luck!
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Charlie,
To flash stock firmware is different form flash stock rom?
Must I search for a trhead to flash it?
Thank you!
maztermdq said:
Charlie,
To flash stock firmware is different form flash stock rom?
Must I search for a trhead to flash it?
Thank you!
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Yes it is. You can find the stock here.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-stock-firmwares/
If flashing stock rom doesn't help, your internal memory might be corrupted, and might need to format it through recovery.
It's not a sure thing but it's another option to troubleshoot your problem. If you're gonna try that, make sure to backup all your stuff
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AlonB. said:
If flashing stock rom doesn't help, your internal memory might be corrupted, and might need to format it through recovery.
It's not a sure thing but it's another option to troubleshoot your problem. If you're gonna try that, make sure to backup all your stuff
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I think that something like that is the real problem.
Must I format /storage/sdcard0 or format everything except my external card?
By the way, how can the internal memory becames corrupt?
maztermdq said:
I think that something like that is the real problem.
Must I format /storage/sdcard0 or format everything except my external card?
By the way, how can the internal memory becames corrupt?
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It's hard to say what made it corrupt (if at all, remember, this is only an assumption). Could've been an app that caused it, could've been flashing a custom rom, and something went wrong during the flashing process.
If you're using twrp (which i highly suggest you do), in the 'wipe' menu there's an option to wipe internal sd. DON'T FORGET! before you do this make a nandroid backup and keep that backup on your external sd, or on your computer. Also, backup all your stuff, like pictures, music, etc.
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How long do you usually wait at the samsung logo?
AlonB. said:
It's hard to say what made it corrupt (if at all, remember, this is only an assumption). Could've been an app that caused it, could've been flashing a custom rom, and something went wrong during the flashing process.
If you're using twrp (which i highly suggest you do), in the 'wipe' menu there's an option to wipe internal sd. DON'T FORGET! before you do this make a nandroid backup and keep that backup on your external sd, or on your computer. Also, backup all your stuff, like pictures, music, etc.
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Thank you AlonB.
I'll try.
I'm using CWM right now, because I thought that TWRP could be part of the problem.
I have two backups with CWM and two with TWRP, An one complete with Titanium also!
KDurantula said:
How long do you usually wait at the samsung logo?
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Hi KDurantula,
At the begining abuout 20-30 minutes.
One time I waited for more than an hour.
Lately, no more than 15 min.
maztermdq said:
Thank you AlonB.
I'll try.
I'm using CWM right now, because I thought that TWRP could be part of the problem.
I have two backups with CWM and two with TWRP, An one complete with Titanium also!
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AloneB,
I tried with fomat internal SD card, but without results.
After formated /sdcard, I formated /system, wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I was ready to flash CleanROM 4.5, but stuck after teh second "Next".
So I went for the nandroid but... MD5 is worng!!
I'll try to back to stock again and see..
maztermdq said:
AloneB,
I tried with fomat internal SD card, but without results.
After formated /sdcard, I formated /system, wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and wiped dalvik.
I was ready to flash CleanROM 4.5, but stuck after teh second "Next".
So I went for the nandroid but... MD5 is worng!!
I'll try to back to stock again and see..
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Hi AloneB,
Before I return to stock rom, i tried with another rom; JediXPX... and it works!!
I must to try with some other, but at least this works when before the format it doesn't work.
Thank you!
PD: Excuse me my ingnorance, but how to thanks to you? And how can I close the thread?
maztermdq said:
Hi AloneB,
Before I return to stock rom, i tried with another rom; JediXPX... and it works!!
I must to try with some other, but at least this works when before the format it doesn't work.
Thank you!
PD: Excuse me my ingnorance, but how to thanks to you? And how can I close the thread?
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The only thanks you could give is just hitting the thanks button on my answers to you. But you don't really have to, it's entirely up to you. If you think my responses are helpful to you, then by all means ... In order to close a thread you could ask a moderator to do so. I'm not sure you're obligated to do so.
Btw, if cwm gives you an md5 error, could be most likely because you changed the name cwm has originally assigned to that backup. To solve this, just change it to what it was. If you didn't change the backup name, you could try going into advanced menu in cwm and toggle signature check to disable
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AlonB. said:
The only thanks you could give is just hitting the thanks button on my answers to you. But you don't really have to, it's entirely up to you. If you think my responses are helpful to you, then by all means ... In order to close a thread you could ask a moderator to do so. I'm not sure you're obligated to do so.
Btw, if cwm gives you an md5 error, could be most likely because you changed the name cwm has originally assigned to that backup. To solve this, just change it to what it was. If you didn't change the backup name, you could try going into advanced menu in cwm and toggle signature check to disable
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I did it imediatly!
Thank you for your help.
Regards.

[Q] Cant Restore My Phone

Hello.
I want to restore my friends galaxy s2 (t989), but no matter what I do it will not restore. I tried odin and I tried flashing a different rom through cwm recovery, but everytime i boot it up after restoring it stays the same way. Meaning that all of the app, settings, photos, etc remain on the phone. As if I didnt even try to restore it. I am guessing it is a virus but I dont know how to remove it Another hint that it is a virus, every time i remove or install a new app from the play store, when I reboot the changes are un-done, meaning that the apps that I removed come back, and the apps that I installed are gone. It is almost as if it is stuck on a state and keeps reverting to it after every reboot. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
Try doing a factory reset in the phone settings then go into recovery and wipe as if u are about to flash another ROM. Manually put the phone into download mode and try to restore from there
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sadakli2010 said:
Hello.
I want to restore my friends galaxy s2 (t989), but no matter what I do it will not restore. I tried odin and I tried flashing a different rom through cwm recovery, but everytime i boot it up after restoring it stays the same way. Meaning that all of the app, settings, photos, etc remain on the phone. As if I didnt even try to restore it. I am guessing it is a virus but I dont know how to remove it Another hint that it is a virus, every time i remove or install a new app from the play store, when I reboot the changes are un-done, meaning that the apps that I removed come back, and the apps that I installed are gone. It is almost as if it is stuck on a state and keeps reverting to it after every reboot. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
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In recovery go to mount and storage section. Then format data,system, and cache. Then factory data reset. This will fix it. The same way you format a sd card and it wipes it clean thats what happens when you format data,system, and cache.
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biglil1 said:
Try doing a factory reset in the phone settings then go into recovery and wipe as if u are about to flash another ROM. Manually put the phone into download mode and try to restore from there
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richardlibeau said:
In recovery go to mount and storage section. Then format data,system, and cache. Then factory data reset. This will fix it. The same way you format a sd card and it wipes it clean thats what happens when you format data,system, and cache.
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Thank you guys for answering, I tried both methods but neither worked. After some more research I found out what is causing this to happen. Apparently the internal memory of the phone is stuck as read only, I don't know how he did that. While I am searching for a way to make is read and write, I came across this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025475 but it is for the skyrocket and there was no solution. However, I also came across this http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/347685-internal-phone-storage-becomes-read-only.html for the HTC Incredible, but to be honest I have no idea what he did and whether or not it will work on this phone. Do you guys have any idea how make the internal memory of his phone read and write instead of read only? Any help is appreciated thank you.
sadakli2010 said:
Thank you guys for answering, I tried both methods but neither worked. After some more research I found out what is causing this to happen. Apparently the internal memory of the phone is stuck as read only, I don't know how he did that. While I am searching for a way to make is read and write, I came across this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025475 but it is for the skyrocket and there was no solution. However, I also came across this http://androidforums.com/incredible...internal-phone-storage-becomes-read-only.html for the HTC Incredible, but to be honest I have no idea what he did and whether or not it will work on this phone. Do you guys have any idea how make the internal memory of his phone read and write instead of read only? Any help is appreciated thank you.
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Only way I can think of is in root explorer. At the top it says mount as hit the toggle to R/W.
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sadakli2010 said:
Thank you guys for answering, I tried both methods but neither worked. After some more research I found out what is causing this to happen. Apparently the internal memory of the phone is stuck as read only, I don't know how he did that. While I am searching for a way to make is read and write, I came across this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025475 but it is for the skyrocket and there was no solution. However, I also came across this http://androidforums.com/incredible-support-troubleshooting/347685-internal-phone-storage-becomes-read-only.html for the HTC Incredible, but to be honest I have no idea what he did and whether or not it will work on this phone. Do you guys have any idea how make the internal memory of his phone read and write instead of read only? Any help is appreciated thank you.
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Flash new rom then go back into recovery and format everything and reset. some recoveries have mount system options so maybe find another one. Something is definitely weird going on. Root explorer, Root toolbox,and other apps have option to mount system as rw as well like biglil said
richardlibeau said:
Flash new rom then go back into recovery and format everything and reset. some recoveries have mount system options so maybe find another one. Something is definitely weird going on. Root explorer, Root toolbox,and other apps have option to mount system as rw as well like biglil said
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biglil1 said:
Only way I can think of is in root explorer. At the top it says mount as hit the toggle to R/W.
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Im bad at explaining stuff so let me try explaining it a different way.
Like I said, I want to change the rom on my friends phone. I have a fair amount of experience in doing this since I also have an s2 running jedi knight 6. As usual, I would reboot into recovery, wipe system/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik then install rom. This is where it gets weird, after I boot up the phone, it goes back to the way it was, as if I did not wipe anything. I even tried flashing a completely different rom and I even tried restoring it back to stock rom through ODIN nothing happens. Also, the mount toggle in root explorer is only for the root system, not the internel memory of the phone. Thanks for the help though.
Ok use titanium backup. Two options guaranteed to work. Find the wipe all system and data option use that. If that doesn't work find unintegrate system dalvik option and use that. One these should definitely work.
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richardlibeau said:
Ok use titanium backup. Two options guaranteed to work. Find the wipe all system and data option use that. If that doesn't work find unintegrate system dalvik option and use that. One these should definitely work.
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I tried that but it didn't work either. I think i am out of ideas lol. We even sent it to Samsung about a month ago and they couldn't fix it, mainly because it was rooted. Anyways, I appreciate you guys trying to help me.
sadakli2010 said:
I tried that but it didn't work either. I think i am out of ideas lol. We even sent it to Samsung about a month ago and they couldn't fix it, mainly because it was rooted. Anyways, I appreciate you guys trying to help me.
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NP always try to help were I can. Sorry nothing worked. I'm interested in the out come of this problem. If u get it back up and running please post back the details. Curiosity gets the best of me.
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[Q] N7 bootlooping on custom rom?

Okay, so I bought the n7 v2, went home, unlocked the boot loader, and rooted it. I've tried to flash versions of vanir I built my self, the betas that are posted here on the forums, and I also tried carbon ROM. Every time I flash a ROM, my device bootloops, so I just hold power + vol down to get to boot loader mode so I can boot into recovery. Any fix for this? I've tried flashing a stock IMG and re rooting to. No luck.
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Did you even wipe, and perform a factory reset before flashing a ROM?
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TheMrcool212 said:
Did you even wipe, and perform a factory reset before flashing a ROM?
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Yes, I wiped data, cache, and dalvik every single time.
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try redownloading the rom and install, could of been a bad download
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shortyboy said:
try redownloading the rom and install, could of been a bad download
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With four different ROMs, 2 transfered via adb and 2 from different download hosts, I doubt its a bad download.
frap129 said:
With four different ROMs, 2 transfered via adb and 2 from different download hosts, I doubt its a bad download.
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you should've mentioned that in your original post. id try to reflash to complete stock and start all over. it seems like something you modified in the first rom you've flash isn't being removed from another flash,so going back to stock,you can be sure everything is working first.hope this helps
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you should've mentioned that in your original post. id try to reflash to complete stock and start all over. it seems like something you modified in the first rom you've flash isn't being removed from another flash,so going back to stock,you can be sure everything is working first.hope this helps
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I did mention that in the original post, as well as the fact that ive flashed stock a few times already.
Did you boot into the tablet after unlocking the bootloader but before rooting it? If not, try formatting data (not factory resetting) in recovery. I had the same experience and my sdcard never got populated with the default folders and files, remaining at 0MB. Apparently, symptoms of this problem include being unable to factory reset from recovery, being stuck on the splash screen, and having TWRP demand a password.
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Did you boot into the tablet after unlocking the bootloader but before rooting it? If not, try formatting data (not factory resetting) in recovery. I had the same experience and my sdcard never got populated with the default folders and files, remaining at 0MB. Apparently, symptoms of this problem include being unable to factory reset from recovery, being stuck on the splash screen, and having TWRP demand a password.
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I'll try that, maybe its because I restore my data after I wipe it that this happens. Another thing I've found is that after I flash and the restore my system partition that I backed up, su says that no subject binary was found, even though I've flashed it a million times. And some root apps don't work because it says no binary is found.

UPDATE can no longer flash Alterbative?

I now cannot flash via flashboot and have no recovery.
Is there an alternative way to flash a recovery.img (Ican still see phone via fastboot devices)
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First of all stop making new threads everytime !
See now i would like to give help but i have to read what....3 threads !
Seems a hardware issue/damaged partition layout. None solvable like this .... can't flash = a no go
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Mr Hofs said:
First of all stop making new threads everytime !
See now i would like to give help but i have to read what....3 threads !
Seems a hardware issue/damaged partition layout. None solvable like this .... can't flash = a no go
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The threads are 4 from this guy!!!
Yeah truly amazing ain't it !
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Sorry, Ill stop posting new threads.
I posted new threads because each time I thought Id solved the problem.
How can I repartition then, if not my flash.
PS for some reason it appears I can flash in the morning after leaving phone overnight.
So maybe I can re-partition in the morning?
Fish
Keep trying, if it doesn't work you need to get it repaired at a repair shop/HTC .....not much else you can do
And as additional info, you can always use the existing thread you created. Once replied in there it will be back on top of the list.
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Format everything
Ill try to reflash clockwork when my fastboot works.
From there ther is an option to format/ mount etc.
If i want to set everything to fully formated can i safely format everything in that menu.I was worried about formatting system, data etc. and then re-install recovey, rom and GAPPS?
I was worried if I formatted everything I might npot even get boot loader.
I have no data on the phone to worry about
And also there is an option to partition I think, can I use that, ?
Im guessing sd card partition is corrupt or hardware error.
Or can i format via windows?
Thanks
fishdude1 said:
Ill try to reflash clockwork when my fastboot works.
From there ther is an option to format/ mount etc.
If i want to set everything to fully formated can i safely format everything in that menu.I was worried about formatting system, data etc. and then re-install recovey, rom and GAPPS?
I was worried if I formatted everything I might npot even get boot loader.
I have no data on the phone to worry about
And also there is an option to partition I think, can I use that, ?
Im guessing sd card partition is corrupt or hardware error.
Or can i format via windows?
Thanks
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Man install Philz recovery leave this CWM!!!
Flash this recovery
https://db.tt/MNtVjpOJ
Enter it and wipe everything you can
Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Advanced-wipe dalvik cache
Mounts and storage-format cache,data, system
Even sdcard if you wish
Then mount the sdcard as usb device and copy the rom.zip to it.
Install the rom and boot back to the bootloader/fastboot mode and flash the boot.img
Then reboot the phone
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OK will do.
Incidentally, took phone apart, cleaned mobo and re soldered a few dry joints. phone has now rebooted and working with sentnal rom V5, but now no keyboard.
Installed lame?APK, keyboard and installs but does not work. unfortunately ASOP keyboard has stopped.
How do I get keyboard?
I still will install your recovery etc. as I am not certain of stability.
Thanks
Fish
fishdude1 said:
OK will do.
Incidentally, took phone apart, cleaned mobo and re soldered a few dry joints. phone has now rebooted and working with sentnal rom V5, but now no keyboard.
Installed lame?APK, keyboard and installs but does not work. unfortunately ASOP keyboard has stopped.
How do I get keyboard?
I still will install your recovery etc. as I am not certain of stability.
Thanks
Fish
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Install other ROM AOSP CM10.2
Thant said:
Install other ROM AOSP CM10.2
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Philz installed, everything wiped and formatted,
RPM and GAPPS copied, (Got do you want to root message Said No)
Boot flashed
cm-10.2-20131111-NIGHTLY-endeavoru installed, Now have keyboard. Thanks ALL
Now How do I get radio back (UK)?
Fish
fishdude1 said:
Philz installed, everything wiped and formatted,
RPM and GAPPS copied, (Got do you want to root message Said No)
Boot flashed
cm-10.2-20131111-NIGHTLY-endeavoru installed, Now have keyboard. Thanks ALL
Now How do I get radio back (UK)?
Fish
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is your signal bad then ?
Mr Hofs said:
is your signal bad then ?
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Maybe being a complete idiot but cant find it at all
well radio applies here on xda to the signal of the phone, like you need signal to make calls and such.....you are talking about radio as in music radiostation ?
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well radio applies here on xda to the signal of the phone, like you need signal to make calls and such.....you are talking about radio as in music radiostation ?
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Yes as in FM music radio station
fishdude1 said:
Yes as in FM music radio station
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well i dont know if CM has it included at all, most sense based roms do. isnt there some radio app in the playstore ?

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