[Q] gapps process has stopped after restore - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I am rooted and was using CWM to flash Cyanogenmod. I did a factory reset and then did a restore. The restore went through, but upon reboot the message "Unfortunately, the process com.goog.process.gapps has stopped" appeared. Pressing "ok" only made more dialogs appear. A selection to use Nova Launcher and Touchwiz was also there but I was only able to launch Touchwiz. I don't have any service on the phone and it seems to have locked me out of my Samsung and Google account. I went back into recovery and did another restore and wiped the cache and the dalvik cache based on another thread I saw. Upon reboot, "Android is upgrading" appeared and acted as if it was reinstalling apps or something. Once I got to the home screen the same thing was happening though. I am at a loss and would greatly appreciate help.

I just realized I forgot to install the gapps.zip I had downloaded and was hoping that would fix it. It did not and is still doing the same thing.

rvlution said:
I just realized I forgot to install the gapps.zip I had downloaded and was hoping that would fix it. It did not and is still doing the same thing.
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you only need to flash the gapps package once right after you flash the rom.....when you make a back up of the rom it also backs up the gapps....so when you restore you get what you backed up so you wont have to flash the gapps again

I had this exact problem when I restored my stock ROM with CWM. The only thing that solved the problem was a factory reset.
Then I discovered Philz recovery. I've don't literally dozens of nandroid backups & restores since, without a single issue. Hopefully installing Philz touch recovery will do the trick for you, too.
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Darkside920 said:
I had this exact problem when I restored my stock ROM with CWM. The only thing that solved the problem was a factory reset.
Then I discovered Philz recovery. I've don't literally dozens of nandroid backups & restores since, without a single issue. Hopefully installing Philz touch recovery will do the trick for you, too.
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This makes me feel a little better. I am still pretty fresh to this world so could you point me in the direction of an idiot proof guide to do this? Am I able to do this with my phone already in this weird state?
EDIT: Or should I do a factory reset, download and install Philz, and then do a restore?

rvlution said:
This makes me feel a little better. I am still pretty fresh to this world so could you point me in the direction of an idiot proof guide to do this? Am I able to do this with my phone already in this weird state?
EDIT: Or should I do a factory reset, download and install Philz, and then do a restore?
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First: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446393
[d2lte/d2spr][CWM ADV.] OFFICIAL PhilZ-Touch Recovery 6.48.4[7.06.14]
Second, I would install Philz and try to restore your CWM backup with it before starting over with a factory reset. You may get lucky.

Darkside920 said:
First: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446393
[d2lte/d2spr][CWM ADV.] OFFICIAL PhilZ-Touch Recovery 6.48.4[7.06.14]
Second, I would install Philz and try to restore your CWM backup with it before starting over with a factory reset. You may get lucky.
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Sorry if I sound clueless, but put Philz on my external and then flash using CWM recovery? And is flashing just installing a zip? Everything I have seen hasn't been too specific and seems to be focused on people who already know what's going on.

rvlution said:
Sorry if I sound clueless, but put Philz on my external and then flash using CWM recovery? And is flashing just installing a zip? Everything I have seen hasn't been too specific and seems to be focused on people who already know what's going on.
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1. Yes but then you have to reboot into recovery to get into philz
2. Yes
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sevenpioverthree said:
1. Yes but then you have to reboot into recovery to get into philz
2. Yes
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Reboot into recovery meaning one of the advanced options in CWM? I just want to to make absolutely sure before I accidentally do something I shouldn't.

rvlution said:
Reboot into recovery meaning one of the advanced options in CWM? I just want to to make absolutely sure before I accidentally do something I shouldn't.
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Press and hold the home button, the power button and volume up button to get into recovery. Once there, find the philz zip and install from within CWM...
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rvlution said:
Reboot into recovery meaning one of the advanced options in CWM? I just want to to make absolutely sure before I accidentally do something I shouldn't.
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yes or you can just pull the battery put back in then use the 3 button combo to get into Philz recovery.....i forgot to mention that's the one im using as well

Darkside920 said:
First: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446393
[d2lte/d2spr][CWM ADV.] OFFICIAL PhilZ-Touch Recovery 6.48.4[7.06.14]
Second, I would install Philz and try to restore your CWM backup with it before starting over with a factory reset. You may get lucky.
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Installed fine, tried doing a recovery and after reboot, same issue. Just did factory reset and restoring again. Will post results when done.
EDIT: After second restore I am getting the same issue. Am I skipping a step after the restore that I should be doing?

Sigh, after Philz didn't work I tried the factory reset. While it "worked" and I was able to link my Google account back, I don't have any cell service. Is there a way to reassign my Sprint account to the phone?

rvlution said:
Sigh, after Philz didn't work I tried the factory reset. While it "worked" and I was able to link my Google account back, I don't have any cell service. Is there a way to reassign my Sprint account to the phone?
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##72786# in the stock TouchWiz dialer.
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rvlution said:
Sigh, after Philz didn't work I tried the factory reset. While it "worked" and I was able to link my Google account back, I don't have any cell service. Is there a way to reassign my Sprint account to the phone?
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when you did the factory reset did you wipe cache and dalvik cache? and since your on the stock ND8 rom you can flash KToonsez kernel for 4.4.2 touchwiz then flash the NDC Modem and see if that fixes the signal

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##72786# in the stock TouchWiz dialer.
[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors
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Tried that, I just get a black screen that says "SCRTN" at the top.
6th_Hokage said:
when you did the factory reset did you wipe cache and dalvik cache? and since your on the stock ND8 rom you can flash KToonsez kernel for 4.4.2 touchwiz then flash the NDC Modem and see if that fixes the signal
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Yes I did. I've been seeing something about a corrupted efs partition and that seems to lineup with what is happening to my phone. It doesn't easy or even very doable to fix without a backup of the efs.

rvlution said:
Tried that, I just get a black screen that says "SCRTN" at the top.
Yes I did. I've been seeing something about a corrupted efs partition and that seems to lineup with what is happening to my phone. It doesn't easy or even very doable to fix without a backup of the efs.
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So you tried to flash the stock ND8 via Odin? which deletes everything including the custom recovery and makes everything stock
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6th_Hokage said:
So you tried to flash the stock ND8 via Odin? which deletes everything including the custom recovery and makes everything stock
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Haven't tried that yet. Where can I download that? And is that the same process as rooting?

rvlution said:
Haven't tried that yet. Where can I download that? And is that the same process as rooting?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533 follow instructions on that post and you'll have stock ND8 running in no time just YOU MUST USE DESKTOP ODIN 3.09 to flash it
so you'll be on stock 4.4.2 Touchwiz......if you want to get custom recovery use Philz and flash through Odin as well just make sure the Philz is .Tar.Md5

I really appreciate all the help guys. I ended up going to Best Buy (we have Geek Squad insurance) and they initially sent me over to Samsung who I knew wouldn't do anything about it since it was rooted. I went back over to Geek Squad and they filed a claim and a new one is on the way. Once again, thanks and sorry for anticlimactic conclusion haha. I'm going to wait a while before trying anything on this one and will probably test stuff on the old one first.

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TWRP update

So it looks they initiated a feature freeze and will focus on ironing out bugs, so I don't think we're too far from a release.
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Nice! I have been waiting for TWRP. I rooted but refuse to put on CWM with all the issues. Plus my battery life is so much better with the stock kernel right now.
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So it looks they initiated a feature freeze and will focus on ironing out bugs, so I don't think we're too far from a release.
Got boost?
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Not yet, but I'm looking to be pushing about 12 lbs in the coming year.
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Could someone please explain to me what TWRP is.
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amwworks said:
Could someone please explain to me what TWRP is.
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It the recovery that teamwin were building for our phone, its a touch base recovery. search for it from android central or google.
jedwardmiller said:
Nice! I have been waiting for TWRP. I rooted but refuse to put on CWM with all the issues. Plus my battery life is so much better with the stock kernel right now.
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haven't rooted this device yet, but will soon. I have never had issues with cwm on my tab or my original epic. I haven't read any complaints yet with cwm on this device. Can you share some links or specifics you know about?
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TWRP is touch screen capable. Also they figured out how to keep it from changing when you flash other kernels.
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tpike said:
haven't rooted this device yet, but will soon. I have never had issues with cwm on my tab or my original epic. I haven't read any complaints yet with cwm on this device. Can you share some links or specifics you know about?
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A lot of people are afraid of CWM because on the OG EVO 4G early builds were wiping out people's RSA keys which are needed to connect to 4G. It was fixed shortly after, but for some it was too late. Once you restored from a nandroid, your 4g abilities were gone. That is really the only issue I have ever heard of with CWM. I have heard of issues with Rom Manager, but not CWM itself. I prefer TWRP, but if the only custom recovery is CWM, then that is what I'll use. There are no issues with CWM on our phone.
housry23 said:
A lot of people are afraid of CWM because on the OG EVO 4G early builds were wiping out people's RSA keys which are needed to connect to 4G. It was fixed shortly after, but for some it was too late. Once you restored from a nandroid, your 4g abilities were gone. That is really the only issue I have ever heard of with CWM. I have heard of issues with Rom Manager, but not CWM itself. I prefer TWRP, but if the only custom recovery is CWM, then that is what I'll use. There are no issues with CWM on our phone.
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The good thing us we don't have to worry about 4g keys.
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Hit a bump in the road!
From Twitter...
This, folks, is why #TWRP 2 isn't released yet. It just magically s-on'ed my EVO 4G! Stupid phone. >_<
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Hit a bump in the road!
From Twitter...
This, folks, is why #TWRP 2 isn't released yet. It just magically s-on'ed my EVO 4G! Stupid phone. >_<
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I saw that! I was like wtf? S-on really?
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stangdriverdoug said:
I saw that! I was like wtf? S-on really?
Got boost?
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Lol he bricked his evo4g on the newest tweet
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tpike said:
haven't rooted this device yet, but will soon. I have never had issues with cwm on my tab or my original epic. I haven't read any complaints yet with cwm on this device. Can you share some links or specifics you know about?
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No links or anything. Going on personal opinions onlyy. I actually used and liked CWM in the past. I have also used and liked AmonRA. I did put stock with cwm on a while ago and battery dropped from going to bed with over 50% to going through the entire battery in a day.
I know it most likely had nothing to do with CWM, so no need to correct me. This is only personal. Plus after seeing TWRP in action I can't wait to try it.
housry23 said:
A lot of people are afraid of CWM because on the OG EVO 4G early builds were wiping out people's RSA keys which are needed to connect to 4G. It was fixed shortly after, but for some it was too late. Once you restored from a nandroid, your 4g abilities were gone. That is really the only issue I have ever heard of with CWM. I have heard of issues with Rom Manager, but not CWM itself. I prefer TWRP, but if the only custom recovery is CWM, then that is what I'll use. There are no issues with CWM on our phone.
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There was also another issue of CWM not wiping properly so when people would wipe and then install a ROM, it made the ROM appear to not be functioning properly, ie force closes and such. That and the RSA keys issues were the only ones I was aware of.
The solution to that was to just switch to AmonRa recovery, which was a lot better anyway.
I never was a fan of CWM, its too buggy. If teamwin comes through in separating the kernel and recovery partition I will be very happy, this is much needed.
@spencer88 I also had a feeling that CWM does not wile properly, I'd install a ROM and get boot loops. Usually that only happens with a ROM when you don't wipe and flash.
true but with Calk's "format all" that SHOULD put you at ease
spencer88 said:
There was also another issue of CWM not wiping properly so when people would wipe and then install a ROM, it made the ROM appear to not be functioning properly, ie force closes and such. That and the RSA keys issues were the only ones I was aware of.
The solution to that was to just switch to AmonRa recovery, which was a lot better anyway.
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phatmanxxl said:
I never was a fan of CWM, its too buggy. If teamwin comes through in separating the kernel and recovery partition I will be very happy, this is much needed.
@spencer88 I also had a feeling that CWM does not wile properly, I'd install a ROM and get boot loops. Usually that only happens with a ROM when you don't wipe and flash.
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phatmanxxl said:
I never was a fan of CWM, its too buggy. If teamwin comes through in separating the kernel and recovery partition I will be very happy, this is much needed.
@spencer88 I also had a feeling that CWM does not wile properly, I'd install a ROM and get boot loops. Usually that only happens with a ROM when you don't wipe and flash.
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Agree. That happen to me just recently. I can't wait for a new recovery, I'm looking at you twrp
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xlGmanlx said:
true but with Calk's "format all" that SHOULD put you at ease
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It does, thanks Calk.
xlGmanlx said:
true but with Calk's "format all" that SHOULD put you at ease
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I only used his format all on the EVO and had issues with getting loops and force closes. I haven't used it since then. It sounds like all are loving it though, which is good to hear.

What's wrong with my phone

Ok I'm really irritated right about now. I am unable to flash any custom ROMS on my phone. Actually let me rephrase, I can flash them but many things do not work. I have tried Wicked, FreeGS3 and CapROM. They all have the same issues. Let me explain.
Once the ROM is booted I get odd string of numbers and TXT in the status bar, (goes away, think nothing of it)
Root not avail/accessible by root apps.
Home button does not work
Play store missing
standard Google login prompt at first boot is missing, it never asks me to login
Using CWM 5.8.4.5 Touch Recovery
TMO GS3 Rooted with Odin no trip method
I don't get it. I am i just stuck using stock ROM? If anyone can help I would love you forever.
are you clearing /cache and dalvik-cache before you reboot to the custom rom?
mrmako777 said:
are you clearing /cache and dalvik-cache before you reboot to the custom rom?
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If you mean clearing those after the install (in recovery completes) then no. Basically after the install I just reboot. Obviously clear and reset everything before I install though.
hd2Raz said:
Ok I'm really irritated right about now. I am unable to flash any custom ROMS on my phone. Actually let me rephrase, I can flash them but many things do not work. I have tried Wicked, FreeGS3 and CapROM. They all have the same issues. Let me explain.
Once the ROM is booted I get odd string of numbers and TXT in the status bar, (goes away, think nothing of it)
Root not avail/accessible by root apps.
Home button does not work
Play store missing
standard Google login prompt at first boot is missing, it never asks me to login
Using CWM 5.8.4.5 Touch Recovery
TMO GS3 Rooted with Odin no trip method
I don't get it. I am i just stuck using stock ROM? If anyone can help I would love you forever.
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Touch recovery might be your problem
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horr1blek1tten said:
Touch recovery might be your problem
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Really? A recovery can cause these kinds of issues. Haven't heard of that before. Any other thoughts? What recovery are you using?
Try TWRP 2.2.1.1
hd2Raz said:
Really? A recovery can cause these kinds of issues. Haven't heard of that before. Any other thoughts? What recovery are you using?
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Yeah I've heard touch recovery has its problems so I don't use it. Try using the recovery rom manager gives you.
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horr1blek1tten said:
Yeah I've heard touch recovery has its problems so I don't use it. Try using the recovery rom manager gives you.
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I use TWRP and have no problems.
Do a Factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, fix permissions.
If that doesn't work, flash stock and reroot and try again.
I use touch recovery 5.8.4.7 and flashed it with adb. I've flashed almost everything. Cyanogenmod and every other ROM. NEVER had a problem with an instalation. Or even lost IMEI. I think people specifically aren't reading over OP's and figuring out what's safest for their devices and end up with these kind of results. Just my input.
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Use mskips tool for our phones. It does everything you can image and then some. I have been using his tools since the HD2 and no issues to date.
The odd string of numbers that flashes upon boot in the status bar sounds like it's just identifying your external sd card. Totally normal.
OK so nothing worked. TWRP did the same thing. Tried diff ROM, same thing. I flashed back to 100% stock, unrooted ROM. Wiped the phone in the standard Android recovery. Then I rooted again, installed TWRP and flashed my ROM of choice and voila. Everything works. Problem solved. Thanks all for the inputs.

Bootloader loop on all roms?

Hey guys.
I am using a 4.0.4 paranoid android rom with franco kernal. it works okay, my battery is draining fast now and I want to upgrade to jellybean.
No matter which rom I install and follow the instructions I get stuck on the bootloader. I am following all instructions properly I think.
Can anyone help me out here?
thanks
Flash back to stock first and then try.
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Mackie011 said:
Hey guys.
I am using a 4.0.4 paranoid android rom with franco kernal. it works okay, my battery is draining fast now and I want to upgrade to jellybean.
No matter which rom I install and follow the instructions I get stuck on the bootloader. I am following all instructions properly I think.
Can anyone help me out here?
thanks
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what recovery are you using?
bk201doesntexist said:
what recovery are you using?
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I go into CWM to try all this.
Mackie011 said:
I go into CWM to try all this.
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Are you doing a "dirty" flash? Make sure to make a backup, then wipe data, system, factory reset, dalvik cache, cache and then finally install the .zip file.
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Mackie011 said:
I go into CWM to try all this.
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What cwm version are you using? Try twrp.
AlexWekell said:
Are you doing a "dirty" flash? Make sure to make a backup, then wipe data, system, factory reset, dalvik cache, cache and then finally install the .zip file.
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This.
AlexWekell said:
Are you doing a "dirty" flash? Make sure to make a backup, then wipe data, system, factory reset, dalvik cache, cache and then finally install the .zip file.
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Hi! thanks for responding!
that's what I do. make a backup, factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik cache. and then install the zips. the only thing I can think is that when I wipe the dalvik cache it says failed and there's no dalvik cache there? that's the only thing I can think of?
What about system and data?
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What about system and data?
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I factory reset, and wipe cache partition and then dalvik cache. I'm not sure how to do any others? How do you do them?!
I flashed back to stock to try it and it still gets stuck at bootloader.
In cwm (if I recall, I've switched to twrp, which is a lot better) its either in mounts or advanced or something like that, it should say format system/data. Do both of those before you flash along with the factory reset and so on.
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What version of CWM recovery are you using? Make sure you are running the latest version.
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AlexWekell said:
In cwm (if I recall, I've switched to twrp, which is a lot better) its either in mounts or advanced or something like that, it should say format system/data. Do both of those before you flash along with the factory reset and so on.
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Alright.
Format System, format data, factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik. install zips. wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik. still getting stuck there.
Mackie011 said:
Alright.
Format System, format data, factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik. install zips. wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik. still getting stuck there.
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Try TWRP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnBA-Y_hqaY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Have you tried returning to stock, then re-rooting gnex then flashing? Might be corrupted data on your phone. Also make sure that your running latest version of clockworkmod
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kyokeun1234 said:
Have you tried returning to stock, then re-rooting gnex then flashing? Might be corrupted data on your phone. Also make sure that your running latest version of clockworkmod
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Hi!
and I formatted SD card. went back to stock on everything. unlocked and rooted it. I tried to get the OTA update of JB but it still freezes.
I tried using a rom again and same result, not sure what's causing it now.
also I am now using TWRP.
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Try TWRP:
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I switched to TWRP. is there any instructions that could maybe help me here?!
I had that problem once on my verizon nexus. Try flashing everything back to stock with odin. I did that and had to start from scratch, but it did fix my problem. I don't know if there are images for the gsm version, if thats what you are using, but the verizon ones fixed my problem. You can also try fastbooting the factory images from google too.
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Hi!
and I formatted SD card. went back to stock on everything. unlocked and rooted it. I tried to get the OTA update of JB but it still freezes.
I tried using a rom again and same result, not sure what's causing it now.
also I am now using TWRP.
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ota will not flash if you have a custom recovery.
flashing other roms should be fine though.
i notice you say that you flash zips... what zips are you flashing? give us a specific example.
You might also want to give the JB bootloader a try and see if that will help yo!
Download the following: Superwipe zip, and Jelly Bean Bootloader zip
http://d-h.st/jcO Bootloader
http://www.mediafire.com/?lxpw84fwtm5cj6w Superwipe Script
Use clockworkmod and flash the superwipe choosing install zip from sd first the the same for the bootloader then flash your rom. Let it boot up which can take a couple minutes at the boot screen

[Q] backup question - TWRP, CWM, and RA

ok, maybe this is stupid but i don't know. i recently was able to get my evo hboot back down to 0.76.2000 and i'm like all excited and stuff. it works and i'm happy.
here's the potentially stupid question... when creating a backup in the mentioned recoveries, they create a backup of BOOT. does BOOT mean HBOOT?
Second question... in the backup recovery is listed. is that the recovery such as twrp, ra. cwm?
the reason i ask is i'm planning on restoring a backup and i don't want to lose my hboot. the recovery was done on hboot 2.16
i have three oreo cookies for the first person who know, answers, and doesn't call me a dumb-ass.
That's your boot image, not your hboot. And yes that backs up your recovery.Now where's my oreos
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CRIME INC. said:
That's your boot image, not your hboot. And yes that backs up your recovery.Now where's my oreos
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ok. so if i make a back up with CWM and then install RA and use RA to restore the CWM backup, it will put CWM back on my device?
and here's your three Oreo's. real deal, not some of those cheap ass wal-mart fake crap cookies! :good:
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jsp254 said:
ok. so if i make a back up with CWM and then install RA and use RA to restore the CWM backup, it will put CWM back on my device?
and here's your three Oreo's. real deal, not some of those cheap ass wal-mart fake crap cookies! :good:
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I do believe that's what would happen, I've never used that option when making a nandroid though.
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well since i know now it wont screw up my hboot... i think i'm about to give it a shot and test it.
enjoy those cookies, they were my last ones.
jsp254 said:
well since i know now it wont screw up my hboot... i think i'm about to give it a shot and test it.
enjoy those cookies, they were my last ones.
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Good luck, post back and let us know how it turns out.
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It won't revert recovery but you need to use a special setting to restore a CWM backup from ra or twrp.
Edit: at least not from my experience..
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i never even tried it. i had been running the latest TWRP, but went back to RA. i like the keyboard ability in TWRP and being able to name my backups as i create them. but, i like the 3x wipe option in RA. if i knew how to mash them together to get a touch responsive, keyboard equipped, triple wiping recovery... i would just be someone else people could ***** at for bricking their ****.
i may go back later.
i'm like a ***** with shoes.
"what to wear today...pumps, heels, or jungle boots..."
I believe you will have to reflash whatever Rom or kernel you had after you recover your backup, since you changed Hboots. Usually it will not boot into the operating system, but will go directly to Hboot instead.
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shortydoggg said:
I believe you will have to reflash whatever Rom or kernel you had after you recover your backup, since you changed Hboots. Usually it will not boot into the operating system, but will go directly to Hboot instead.
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Not the case. Hboot has nothing to do with it. I ran a ROM on 2.18 then downgraded to 2.10 and the ROM still worked.
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ROMs have nothing to do with hboot, they are contained in the /system and /data partitions while hboot is located somewhere esle. The only interaction between the two is that hboot is what tells the how to start up and that is what then loads up the actual ROM on the Android VM
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Not the case. Hboot has nothing to do with it. I ran a ROM on 2.18 then downgraded to 2.10 and the ROM still worked.
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2.10 yes, but I've had Hboot 0.76 after downgrading from 2.10, 2.16, and 2.18 and that was the case. I always had to reflash the kernel to get it to boot into the operating system, or else it would go directly to Hboot. It's an old engineering bootloader unlike 2.10.
I use a zip called superwipe. i'll have to get back to you on where i found it, but i think it would be a good solution to your TWRP/RA dilema lol. all you do is flash in recovery the superwipe.zip, and it automatically deletes cache/dalvik cache/data, three times, then sends you back to the recovery menu, where you can just simply flash your desired rom zip. sorry if this was already mentioned... i didn't read all of the reply pages
its called ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE.ZIP, im sure google will point you to the download location
also, im running MIUI ROM and RA 2.3 recovery
jsp254 said:
i never even tried it. i had been running the latest TWRP, but went back to RA. i like the keyboard ability in TWRP and being able to name my backups as i create them. but, i like the 3x wipe option in RA. if i knew how to mash them together to get a touch responsive, keyboard equipped, triple wiping recovery... i would just be someone else people could ***** at for bricking their ****.
i may go back later.
i'm like a ***** with shoes.
"what to wear today...pumps, heels, or jungle boots..."
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Twrp factory reset/data wipe wipes 2x in one click everything except dalvik which its wipe option wipes 2x as well as a matter of fact I think every single wipe option in twrp automagically runs 2x it jist formats the partition and then reformats it again everytime you swipe the slide
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No Recovery?

So, I'm having this strange issue where I can't boot into Recovery Mode.
I've been a flashaholic for a little over a year now, but I've never had this problem.
I wanted to get off of Philz because it wasn't wiping my phone correctly while flashing new roms, so I decided to go back to good 'ol TWRP.
I downloaded Goomamager and tried to install, no luck.
So I hopped on my laptop to flash via ODIN, still a no go.
Only after that, it doesn't boot into Recovery at all.
I tried to use ROM Manager to install CWM, because at this point I'm willing to use anything, still a no go.
Anyone got any ideas?
I can get into Download Mode, but no Recovery is sticking.
I try to boot into Recovery, but the device just reboots itself.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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devynbf said:
So, I'm having this strange issue where I can't boot into Recovery Mode.
I've been a flashaholic for a little over a year now, but I've never had this problem.
I wanted to get off of Philz because it wasn't wiping my phone correctly while flashing new roms, so I decided to go back to good 'ol TWRP.
I downloaded Goomamager and tried to install, no luck.
So I hopped on my laptop to flash via ODIN, still a no go.
Only after that, it doesn't boot into Recovery at all.
I tried to use ROM Manager to install CWM, because at this point I'm willing to use anything, still a no go.
Anyone got any ideas?
I can get into Download Mode, but no Recovery is sticking.
I try to boot into Recovery, but the device just reboots itself.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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Depends on the android version. Also go back to stock with Odin and start all over. Make sure you using right recovery ? As far as philz cwm not wiping properly. Not to sure about that one. A wipe is a generic thing. What do you mean not wiping the right way?
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BACARDILIMON said:
Depends on the android version. Also go back to stock with Odin and start all over. Make sure you using right recovery ? As far as philz cwm not wiping properly. Not to sure about that one. A wipe is a generic thing. What do you mean not wiping the right way?
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Alright, I was gonna do that tomorrow on my day off, since the device seems to function properly mostly.
With Philz, I mean that I would Factory Reset, Wipe Data and "Wipe for new ROM", but when I would flash the new ROM, it would still have everything I had before on the device's SD memory, (which to me, is not a clean flash).
I am on Temasek's 4.4 CM11 v50.
I've been using this ROM for a long time and I've never had this problem in the past.
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devynbf said:
Alright, I was gonna do that tomorrow on my day off, since the device seems to function properly mostly.
With Philz, I mean that I would Factory Reset, Wipe Data and "Wipe for new ROM", but when I would flash the new ROM, it would still have everything I had before on the device's SD memory, (which to me, is not a clean flash).
I am on Temasek's 4.4 CM11 v50.
I've been using this ROM for a long time and I've never had this problem in the past.
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OK I am not familiar with asop so I don't know what to say. But best bet is Odin back then flash twrp as you would like
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just connect fastboot
fastboot flash recovery (recoveryname).img
Hi man,i also have a sm n900t and im having this problem to,tried with every kind of recovery but no1 made it possible to boot into recovery,did you find an answer?

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