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[Q] Need Help Small Problem

So, been a couple weeks been trying to flash CM10 ROMs, Paranoid, AOKP and CYANO, Everytime i flash I wipe everything as instructed and when it reboots it just hangs on the cyanogem boot image with the wheel spinning and does nothing. Not even a boot loop?! I let it sit for up to a half hour before and still nothing. But I can go and restore my old rom (not CM!) and works great..and if I flash a a new TW rom it flashes correctly.
Any ideas. I am on CWM when I flash. I also tried to flash TWRP and that would not take as well and had to go back to CWM.

Things I would check:
Verify MD5 tags of the roms your flashing when you download
Try wiping cache/dalvik/system and doing a factory reset after you have a successful flash
Question I have for you...
Have you tried unrooting and rooting again?
TWRP and CWM should both work, but have you ran the darkside scripts if using CWM? > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
Lastly - I have heard people needing to reflash several times before it "takes" which it sounds like maybe you've tried & I realize these may be very basic things for you but you never know hopefully someone can help the more info you provide.

ldd_recoil said:
Things I would check:
Verify MD5 tags of the roms your flashing when you download
Try wiping cache/dalvik/system and doing a factory reset after you have a successful flash
Question I have for you...
Have you ever successfully loaded a custom rom on this particular phone?.... because you may have improperly rooted
TWRP and CWM should both work, but have you ran the darkside scripts if using CWM? > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
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I am on a custom rom now and everything is fine..but when I try to flash anything other than a Touchwhiz rom it seems to fail. I had paranoid running for a little while but I could not access my external sd so went back to my Jedi Mind Trick rom and everything was fine...so I decided to try a different paranoid thinking the issue was with this specific rom and it would not boot..went back to JMT and then tried aosp cm10 rom thinking and it wouldn't boot.
i have tried everything you have suggested except for the Factory Reset after the flash. Never really check the MD5 though. Might give it a try later on when I get bored with this rom again.
Thanks,
T

Sorry, reread your post now that I have the right context... Try unrooting and rerooting if you continue to have new rom flash issues.

toreone said:
So, been a couple weeks been trying to flash CM10 ROMs, Paranoid, AOKP and CYANO, Everytime i flash I wipe everything as instructed and when it reboots it just hangs on the cyanogem boot image with the wheel spinning and does nothing. Not even a boot loop?! I let it sit for up to a half hour before and still nothing. But I can go and restore my old rom (not CM!) and works great..and if I flash a a new TW rom it flashes correctly.
Any ideas. I am on CWM when I flash. I also tried to flash TWRP and that would not take as well and had to go back to CWM.
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Solution is Simple.... When it hang in the cyanogenmod boot image with the wheel spinning just switch off -> Go to recovery -> install the DarkSide Cache Wipe.Zip then see the magic.... :good:

srikanth.t989 said:
Solution is Simple.... When it hang in the cyanogenmod boot image with the wheel spinning just switch off -> Go to recovery -> install the DarkSide Cache Wipe.Zip then see the magic.... :good:
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Thanks, i will give this a try next time i flash...and i'll report back. This happened with a few different roms...this should fix those too!? also, I am pretty sure I ran the Darkside before I did first boot...should I have waited?
EDIT::: THIS WORKED...IT WAS HUNG UP ON BOOT IMAGE..FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS ON TOP AND BINGO!!!! I SAW THE MAGIC

toreone said:
Thanks, i will give this a try next time i flash...and i'll report back. This happened with a few different roms...this should fix those too!? also, I am pretty sure I ran the Darkside before I did first boot...should I have waited?
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I was running into this same issue until I switched from CWM to the most recent TWRP, it's super easy just install Goomanager app and hit menu button >install OpenRecoverScript. After switching I haven't needed the Darkside script and I've yet to get a single hang at boot. Hopefully it helps!

cluckkillerb said:
I was running into this same issue until I switched from CWM to the most recent TWRP, it's super easy just install Goomanager app and hit menu button >install OpenRecoverScript. After switching I haven't needed the Darkside script and I've yet to get a single hang at boot. Hopefully it helps!
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I actually tried this yesterday and it went through the motions and when I restarted into recovery it was just like a blue background with the Team Win on it but never made it past that...so I had to flash back to CWM through Odin to get it to be able to flash again..

cluckkillerb said:
I was running into this same issue until I switched from CWM to the most recent TWRP, it's super easy just install Goomanager app and hit menu button >install OpenRecoverScript. After switching I haven't needed the Darkside script and I've yet to get a single hang at boot. Hopefully it helps!
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After doing this try downloading quickboot to boot into twrp recovery, if that doesn't help you might need to flash back to stock/re-root and start from square one =/

Stuck in boot loop...

So I tried installing a status bar icon replacement on Cyanogenmod and ended up getting stuck on boot loop somehow...
I went into recovery and wiped data, wiped my cache and dalvik cache and it's still stuck on boot loop...
help?

reflash rom

the rom isn't on the root of my device anymore and I can't exactly set it there without it turning on.
Causes a slight issue I imagine?

Aerolith514 said:
the rom isn't on the root of my device anymore and I can't exactly set it there without it turning on.
Causes a slight issue I imagine?
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it doesnt have to be on the root of your device, as long as its in your storage. if its in the storage, find that location amd flash it. now what do you mean you cant exactly set it there without it turning on? you lost me there.

The rom isn't on my phone whatsoever.
I meant I need to be able to have the phone fully turned on in order to move the zip over to it.

Aerolith514 said:
The rom isn't on my phone whatsoever.
I meant I need to be able to have the phone fully turned on in order to move the zip over to it.
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what recovery are you using? twrp has an adb sideload option, cwm might have something similar.

Just push another nightly zip over with adb, while in recovery. Simple! Don't understand what the fuss is all about.
Sent from my i9250

Using cwm.
adb? Sorry I've never bricked my device before, I have no idea what that is XD

Aerolith514 said:
Using cwm.
adb? Sorry I've never bricked my device before, I have no idea what that is XD
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if u made a backup for ur stock rom, then restore it.
if not, the easiest way is to reflash factory image using fastboot mode. or see my thread in signature

Pardon my noobishness, but I really would rather not unroot my phone and set it back to stock 4.1.1 unless it's my only option.
Either way, I created a backup last night but it doesn't work. When I tell it to install it says "no file found".
At this point, I'm willing to let somebody take over via viewfinder if it'll help >_>

Flash new custom rom
And every modification SYSTEMUI.apk make sure permision each others

Aerolith514 said:
Pardon my noobishness, but I really would rather not unroot my phone and set it back to stock 4.1.1 unless it's my only option.
Either way, I created a backup last night but it doesn't work. When I tell it to install it says "no file found".
At this point, I'm willing to let somebody take over via viewfinder if it'll help >_>
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so flash google image 4.2.1 using fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895.
If u flash 4.1.1 i think u will receive update before rooting.
any way what cwm u are using??

Sigh...crisis averted.
I dug deep into my files (which are a friggen mess) and found a the December 21st nightly laying around somewhere odd. Everything's back to working order -- Just gotta set everything up again >_>

Although, it seems like i have nothing on my screen...
Nothing whatsoever

Aerolith514 said:
Using cwm.
adb? Sorry I've never bricked my device before, I have no idea what that is XD
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that's the attitude that... nevermind.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
this is the thread you should have read BEFORE "bricking" your device. Which you didn't by the way. You don't want to know what a REAL brick is. Don't use the word lightly.

Sigh, one last question I guess -- even though I've asked a ton.
Now that I've flashed CM and my gapps, everything on the phone works except it shows that I have no installed apps...my messaging app, app tab..phone... nothing is there...

Aerolith514 said:
Sigh, one last question I guess -- even though I've asked a ton.
Now that I've flashed CM and my gapps, everything on the phone works except it shows that I have no installed apps...my messaging app, app tab..phone... nothing is there...
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did you flash the right gapps?

gapps 20121212
Unless there's a newer one now?

Aerolith514 said:
gapps 20121212
Unless there's a newer one now?
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in latest cm 10.1 there is a lot of bugs no icon for drawer, no long press on desktop, flash the previous one

Aerolith514 said:
gapps 20121212
Unless there's a newer one now?
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that version is working fine here under custom aosp, so it must be cm problem like previous poster said.

HELP needed.

Hi guys I'm having big issues here, I've flashed 100s of rom's before no problem I'm no noob when it comes to flashing and useing recovery. I was using PA 4.4 and decided to give CM 11 a go. After flashing it worked fine but this morning I couldn't unlock the phone by pressing the unlock or home button. I booted Into TwRP and thought I would go back to PA 4.4. However every time I try to do a factory reset the phone reboots. I can wipe /system ok but anything else causes the same rebooting issue. I have the zips for CMW, TWRP and Philz I can flash them fine but they all cause the same issue.
Any help would be hugely appectaed.

Kombat wombat said:
Hi guys I'm having big issues here, I've flashed 100s of rom's before no problem I'm no noob when it comes to flashing and useing recovery. I was using PA 4.4 and decided to give CM 11 a go. After flashing it worked fine but this morning I couldn't unlock the phone by pressing the unlock or home button. I booted Into TwRP and thought I would go back to PA 4.4. However every time I try to do a factory reset the phone reboots. I can wipe /system ok but anything else causes the same rebooting issue. I have the zips for CMW, TWRP and Philz I can flash them fine but they all cause the same issue.
Any help would be hugely appectaed.
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well use philz and flash the super wipe script found in phoenix rom extra downloads , it will wipe everything if it succeeds then flash the rom u want and see if it solves if not try with a backup if u have any.
if all fails odin is the way to come back flashing stock

shhbz said:
well use philz and flash the super wipe script found in phoenix rom extra downloads , it will wipe everything if it succeeds then flash the rom u want and see if it solves if not try with a backup if u have any.
if all fails odin is the way to come back flashing stock
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Thank you for the reply, I'm not sure where to find the script, I've tired a full wipe via aroma installer with the same issue. I don't have any backup looks like it will have to be Odin with stock rom when I get home.

Kombat wombat said:
Thank you for the reply, I'm not sure where to find the script, I've tired a full wipe via aroma installer with the same issue. I don't have any backup looks like it will have to be Odin with stock rom when I get home.
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here s he script http://d-h.st/fWr

shhbz said:
here s he script http://d-h.st/fWr
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Legend mate I'll give it ago when I get to a PC

shhbz said:
here s he script http://d-h.st/fWr
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Still no joy I flashed stock via Odin and all that happens is it stays on the samsung screen ..

Kombat wombat said:
Still no joy I flashed stock via Odin and all that happens is it stays on the samsung screen ..
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Just boot into stock recovery and wipe data and reboot if not then flash custom recovery through odin and wipe data,cache,dalvik and reboot

[Q] I am destroying my tablet - Can some one help me ?

Hello. I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 - T210 and i think i really screwed it up. I did not make any backup, that was mistake NR one.
I got clock work mode up and running but i cant install any ROM, have tried The original Firmware, RocketTab, Cyanogenmod and cant pass the installation process and i think i cant turn back cause i got no backup and no way to install it again.
When i run any of these ROMs i get this error :
format() expects 4 args, got 5
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No matter what i do, im a a bit scared know cause i think i am really close on destroying the tablet.
Can any one help me ? give me tips ?
CWM that i am running is : T210_CWM.6.0.4.7.recovery that i downloaded frome the XDA forum.

A,
panic solves nothing.
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/lt02wifi/
when in doubt choose the most recent. zip or tar for odin.
for a rom i suggest svelte to get things straight.
then go from there.
m

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Thank you for a quick answer, so i should change out CWM for Philz Touch ?
What is "Svelte" ? have no clue what that means.
What to have 110% solid answer before i go wreck some thing more.

Ah, of course.
Audriuss95 said:
Thank you for a quick answer, so i should change out CWM for Philz Touch ?
What is "Svelte" ? have no clue what that means.
What to have 110% solid answer before i go wreck some thing more.
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I hear you, okay,
svelte rom thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722582
great rom, minimal issues. philz advanced recovery is cwm with a good touch interface and more and very helpful options.
So yes, switch. All else is almost always solveable as long as your recovery is solid.
m

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moonbutt74 said:
A,
panic solves nothing.
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/lt02wifi/
when in doubt choose the most recent. zip or tar for odin.
for a rom i suggest svelte to get things straight.
then go from there.
m
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moonbutt74 said:
I hear you, okay,
svelte rom thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722582
great rom, minimal issues. philz advanced recovery is cwm with a good touch interface and more and very helpful options.
So yes, switch. All else is almost always solveable as long as your recovery is solid.
m
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To be 100% sure when people say recovery they mean the programs like CWM or TeamWin and so on right ?
Is it bad for the device to change often the recovery software ? cause i have done that couple of times, started with TeamWin and later on ended up with CWM.
But the thing is that the problem is the installation process, it does not matter what ROM i use i get still the same error.
And for the Philz Touch could you copy the name of the link that i should download, they all look the same and way more links that i am used to.

Audriuss95 said:
To be 100% sure when people say recovery they mean the programs like CWM or TeamWin and so on right ?
Is it bad for the device to change often the recovery software ? cause i have done that couple of times, started with TeamWin and later on ended up with CWM.
But the thing is that the problem is the installation process, it does not matter what ROM i use i get still the same error.
And for the Philz Touch could you copy the name of the link that i should download, they all look the same and way more links that i am used to.
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The reason you can't install any rom is because you do not have the latest version of CWM installed. You should always install the newest version when you install any recovery.
The newer roms are using an updater-script that will not work on CWM 6.0.4.7. Install an updated recovery and then install the rom that you want.
Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk

Audriuss95,
Is it bad for the device to change often the recovery software ? cause i have done that couple of times, started with TeamWin and later on ended up with CWM.
To answer your question no yes maybe. Travel around through XDA and read/learn and you will understand.
as for philz i would try this one https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/lt02wifi/philz_touch_6.44.9-lt02wifi.zip
in general find a recovery that works for you and stick with it until an update is actually called for.
m

If I were you, I would unroot and return to stock using ODIN first before I try anything else. If you need instructions, Google "unroot and return to stock using ODIN".

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gr8nole said:
The reason you can't install any rom is because you do not have the latest version of CWM installed. You should always install the newest version when you install any recovery.
The newer roms are using an updater-script that will not work on CWM 6.0.4.7. Install an updated recovery and then install the rom that you want.
Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
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What is then the newest version that i can use on this device ? could you maybe throw a link at me ?
moonbutt74 said:
Audriuss95,
Is it bad for the device to change often the recovery software ? cause i have done that couple of times, started with TeamWin and later on ended up with CWM.
To answer your question no yes maybe. Travel around through XDA and read/learn and you will understand.
as for philz i would try this one
in general find a recovery that works for you and stick with it until an update is actually called for.
m
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Thank you for the answear. gone try a little bit more with the recovery i already have and update it like gr8nole said. Maybe that could be my big problem.
ikeny said:
If I were you, I would unroot and return to stock using ODIN first before I try anything else. If you need instructions, Google "unroot and return to stock using ODIN".
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Yeah i have thought of that but the thing is i never took a backup so i cant go back atleast from what i read on google.

Audriuss95 said:
Yeah i have thought of that but the thing is i never took a backup so i cant go back atleast from what i read on google.
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Without a backup, you will lose your data and files. But you can restore, since you can download the firmware from SamMobile.

Audriuss95 said:
What is then the newest version that i can use on this device ? could you maybe throw a link at me ?
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6.0.4.9 is the latest.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=12949
Choose the one with "flashable" in the name and then flash it using your current CWM recovery; then reboot recovery.

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ikeny said:
Without a backup, you will lose your data and files. But you can restore, since you can download the firmware from SamMobile.
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I downloaded the FirmWare from SamMobile still get an error. the one that a wrote above.
gr8nole said:
6.0.4.9 is the latest.
Choose the one with "flashable" in the name and then flash it using your current CWM recovery; then reboot recovery.
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Ok i am going to try out that file.
I use that flashable file like i would install ROM ? right but it on SD card and not use ODIN or ?

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I updated to to the newest CMW tried the CM mod and got an error but it only said "Installation Aborted" the i tried to install the RocketTab 3.1 and it worked. I downloaded it from the this thread [ROM][SM-T210/T210R][Jan 30] RocketTab v3.1 Lite / Full / MODs
But i would rather like to have CM what can do ?

hey
Audriuss95 said:
I updated to to the newest CMW tried the CM mod and got an error but it only said "Installation Aborted" the i tried to install the RocketTab 3.1 and it worked. I downloaded it from the this thread [ROM][SM-T210/T210R][Jan 30] RocketTab v3.1 Lite / Full / MODs
But i would rather like to have CM what can do ?
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good to hear you got it sorted. CM just isn't happening yet. just watch the forum like a hawk like everyone else is...:cyclops:

If your worried about destroying your tab you prolly shouldn't have come to mod it.I know sounds like a douche bag thing to say but even putting on the flash or roms that go with the tab can destroy your tab if done improperly or even if they glitched while flash which does happen or even worse power outage when flashing.

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moonbutt74 said:
good to hear you got it sorted. CM just isn't happening yet. just watch the forum like a hawk like everyone else is...:cyclops:
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So i should put the CM mod aside ?
piercejpierce said:
If your worried about destroying your tab you prolly shouldn't have come to mod it.I know sounds like a douche bag thing to say but even putting on the flash or roms that go with the tab can destroy your tab if done improperly or even if they glitched while flash which does happen or even worse power outage when flashing.
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Nono it is okey to say something like this, but the thing is i like to learn this stuff, took me about 3 days to learn how to flash a BIOS on a computer but when i got the hang of it i learned it.
I am scared of destroying the tablet but how else would i learn ? cause reading does not always help But i got it back up again. And i knew when to ask for help.
But the RocketTab looks to work well at least for know, but would love CM mod couse i have it on my S4 and when and with the RocketTab i only get android version 4.1.2

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Thank you for the fast help, the tablet is up and running, gone skip for know trying to use CM mod.

Can't restore backups in TWRP

Hey guys. This is getting really frustrating. I was trying to find a custom kernel to use and so of course I made a backup. Backup is done, I go to flash kernel. Everything loads up, I think I'm golden. But to my surprise I can't connect to camera.
No big deal, I reboot to recovery restore backup and put my phone down to wait. Comeback later and my phone is stuck on white HTC logo not booting.
Do the button combination to restart in recovery and I go to wipe cache and dalvik thinking maybe that will help. Well it tells me it can't mount /system and I go to reboot after wiping and it says no OS is installed. Causing me to have to reflash whatever rom I was on(in this case it was Viper and the kernel I was trying to flash was elemental)
I am baffled as to why this is happening. Am I choosing the wrong partitions to backup?
I've had a lot of phones and I'm not new to TWRP or rooting and or S-Off for HTC devices. I am S-Off and bootloader is unlocked. Does anybody have any clues as to what the heck is going on?
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inphamous36 said:
Hey guys. This is getting really frustrating. I was trying to find a custom kernel to use and so of course I made a backup. Backup is done, I go to flash kernel. Everything loads up, I think I'm golden. But to my surprise I can't connect to camera.
No big deal, I reboot to recovery restore backup and put my phone down to wait. Comeback later and my phone is stuck on white HTC logo not booting.
Do the button combination to restart in recovery and I go to wipe cache and dalvik thinking maybe that will help. Well it tells me it can't mount /system and I go to reboot after wiping and it says no OS is installed. Causing me to have to reflash whatever rom I was on(in this case it was Viper and the kernel I was trying to flash was elemental)
I am baffled as to why this is happening. Am I choosing the wrong partitions to backup?
I've had a lot of phones and I'm not new to TWRP or rooting and or S-Off for HTC devices. I am S-Off and bootloader is unlocked. Does anybody have any clues as to what the heck is going on?
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Hey mate, camera has issues on new base with custom kernel. Has been mentioned many times in Viper thread. Might get fixed soon due to new kernel source release. Just use stock kernel until you have stable setup.

purple patch said:
Hey mate, camera has issues on new base with custom kernel. Has been mentioned many times in Viper thread. Might get fixed soon due to new kernel source release. Just use stock kernel until you have stable setup.
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New kernels are already out for newer base.. You can try that and see
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purple patch said:
Hey mate, camera has issues on new base with custom kernel. Has been mentioned many times in Viper thread. Might get fixed soon due to new kernel source release. Just use stock kernel until you have stable setup.
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I had the same issue...turns out I just swiped to back up the default, on mine anyways, which was all boxes selected...just back up system, not system image, if you have that checked; and then boot and data. Maybe that will work for you.

hovercraftdriver said:
I had the same issue...turns out I just swiped to back up the default, on mine anyways, which was all boxes selected...just back up system, not system image, if you have that checked; and then boot and data. Maybe that will work for you.
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Thank you, I'll try this.
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