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Hello!
today i flashed the new ROM. First I had problems with my ROM Manager but after I updated that everything looked fine. I could install the ROM but when the phone finaly booted I could only unlock my SIM card but after that every application crashed....
I followed the instructions. The only thing I ignored was the kernel...
Copy the downloaded AOSB to your phone.
update recovery, is required for install android kitkat
Boot into your recovery
Back up your ROM
Enter recovery
Make full wipe "included "system"
Select Recommended kernel for first install - > which kernel is recommended/how do I select it??
Install the ROM
install GAPPS package - download it from here
Reboot - the first boot can take up to 2 minutes
Recommended to Reboot again after ROM is up for the first time
2 second to up ! and 1 second to restart or shutdown ! it is AOSB
could this be the reason for every application crash? And how can I fix it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642605
bernbrun said:
Hello!
today i flashed the new ROM. First I had problems with my ROM Manager but after I updated that everything looked fine. I could install the ROM but when the phone finaly booted I could only unlock my SIM card but after that every application crashed....
I followed the instructions. The only think I ignored was the kernel...
Copy the downloaded AOSB to your phone.
update recovery, is required for install android kitkat
Boot into your recovery
Back up your ROM
Enter recovery
Make full wipe "included "system"
Select Recommended kernel for first install - > which kernel is recommended/how do I select it??
Install the ROM
install GAPPS package - download it from here
Reboot - the first boot can take up to 2 minutes
Recommended to Reboot again after ROM is up for the first time
2 second to up ! and 1 second to restart or shutdown ! it is AOSB
could this be the reason for every application crash? And how can I fix it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642605
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I think the kernel stuff is here because on others devices there are differents kernels.
On Vision, the recommended one is inside.
If not, the aroma installer would give you a choice.
So what else can cause all apps to crash
Kéno40 said:
I think the kernel stuff is here because on others devices there are differents kernels.
On Vision, the recommended one is inside.
If not, the aroma installer would give you a choice.
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There is no aroma installer. I can just install the ROM without any choise. So what else can cause the phone to crash?
I can only enter the PIN, then pull down the status bar and "confirm" that all applications are closed or couldn't be started. :crying:
bernbrun said:
There is no aroma installer. I can just install the ROM without any choise. So what else can cause the phone to crash?
I can only enter the PIN, then pull down the status bar and "confirm" that all applications are closed or couldn't be started. :crying:
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my installation was smooth I used 4EXT
1st backup system did :good:
2nd format and system date cache
3rd boot and tested all for a while ok
4th installed GAPPS form here CM11 http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps small package :good:
5th boot and everything ok
So it's maybe the SD card?
Frogkiller said:
my installation was smooth I used 4EXT
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My SD card is formatted is FAT32...so change this to 4EXT should help me?
No keep sdcard fat32, 4ext is the name of a recovery and Frogkiller was suggesting to use this one.
What I would do is check md5sum of ROM and gapps to insure you don't have a bad download.
Be sure you have a compatible recovery (latest cwm, 4ext or twrp)
Wipe everything again
(Probably even fastboot wipe or use a superwipe script)
Flash ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot
(And stay away from ROM manager)
If this still doesn't work give some more info on phone, write down everything from bootloader screen, version of recovery, etc
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Hi. I have an issue with 3G/Wi-Fi connections. After some time of Wi-Fi or 3G turned on connection to the Internet is not avaliable. It is showing me on status bar that Wi-Fi/3G is running correctly but whenever I'd like to open some web pages there's an info about not being able to connect to the Internet or when I'd like to download an app from Play Store it is simply not downloading. The only thing which helps is rebooting my HTC. It is annoying and I'd like to ask if there's anything I can do about it. The same was happening when I was using CyanKat 1.0.
EDIT: After a few hours of not rebooting device (the only possibility of making internet connection to work correctly) I see that the Wi-Fi doesn't even want to turn on. There's an info about Turning the WiFi on and nothing happens at all.
Solution!
Frogkiller said:
my installation was smooth I used 4EXT
1st backup system did :good:
2nd format and system date cache
3rd boot and tested all for a while ok
4th installed GAPPS form here CM11
small package :good:
5th boot and everything ok
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This made the difference! Thanks for all your help. There was something wrong with the suggested gapps. Started without installing them and here we go!
osiol3k said:
Hi. I have an issue with 3G/Wi-Fi connections. After some time of Wi-Fi or 3G turned on connection to the Internet is not avaliable. It is showing me on status bar that Wi-Fi/3G is running correctly but whenever I'd like to open some web pages there's an info about not being able to connect to the Internet or when I'd like to download an app from Play Store it is simply not downloading. The only thing which helps is rebooting my HTC. It is annoying and I'd like to ask if there's anything I can do about it. The same was happening when I was using CyanKat 1.0.
EDIT: After a few hours of not rebooting device (the only possibility of making internet connection to work correctly) I see that the Wi-Fi doesn't even want to turn on. There's an info about Turning the WiFi on and nothing happens at all.
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This is a kernel problem. But for turn on WiFi reboot your phone then you can do it
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Can you tell me which kernel should I use? I've already updated recovery to newest 4EXT recovery.
EDIT: Flashing no matter what kernel ends with dead device. It tries to turn on but it doesn't happen. I obviously do something wrong but I can't figure out what it is on my own. Can I ask for some little advice?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290892
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2253023
That's what I've been trying to flash via recovery. Making full wipe, installing kernel then rom and it simply doesn't work.
bernbrun said:
Hello!
today i flashed the new ROM. First I had problems with my ROM Manager but after I updated that everything looked fine. I could install the ROM but when the phone finaly booted I could only unlock my SIM card but after that every application crashed....
I followed the instructions. The only thing I ignored was the kernel...
Copy the downloaded AOSB to your phone.
update recovery, is required for install android kitkat
Boot into your recovery
Back up your ROM
Enter recovery
Make full wipe "included "system"
Select Recommended kernel for first install - > which kernel is recommended/how do I select it??
Install the ROM
install GAPPS package - download it from here
Reboot - the first boot can take up to 2 minutes
Recommended to Reboot again after ROM is up for the first time
2 second to up ! and 1 second to restart or shutdown ! it is AOSB
could this be the reason for every application crash? And how can I fix it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642605
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Don't use gapps from this link. Use the modular Package from PAGapps
I recommend the MICRO MODULAR PACKAGE
osiol3k said:
Hi. I have an issue with 3G/Wi-Fi connections. After some time of Wi-Fi or 3G turned on connection to the Internet is not avaliable. It is showing me on status bar that Wi-Fi/3G is running correctly but whenever I'd like to open some web pages there's an info about not being able to connect to the Internet or when I'd like to download an app from Play Store it is simply not downloading. The only thing which helps is rebooting my HTC. It is annoying and I'd like to ask if there's anything I can do about it. The same was happening when I was using CyanKat 1.0.
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I don't have an answer to your problem but just for the record I haven't had any problems with wi-fi. Back and forth between work and home, I was at a convention yesterday and turned off wifi to try and conserve battery, got home and turned it back on, then upgraded to 1.3.0.
So that being said it may just be you, sorry. I don't remember ever changing the kernel but it's been about 3 years since I installed CyanogenMod, and then about 18 months ago I tried a bunch of other ROMs (to great disappointment before switching back to CM7) so who knows what I actually did at the time.
I hope you figure out what causes the issue and manage to fix it, I have been extremely happy with this AOSB ROM, it's pretty amazing.
Ok, I recently installed Llama so it would automatically change stuff when I go between work and home. This includes turning the wifi off when I get to work (so I don't keep getting the "there is an open wifi" message for the wifi I can't connect to). When I get home it's supposed to turn the wifi back on: it did not. Manually trying to turn it back on it just sits at the screen saying "Turning on wifi" (or whatever the exact words are).
So yeah, there does appear to be a bug with the wifi. I'll check my logcat later, see if I can locate a problem but I doubt I have the tools to figure it out. In the meantime I guess I just don't turn wifi off.
Has anyone else had a problem with the Google "navigation" app? Tried using it for the first time this weekend. In the basic map I had no problem, it knew exactly where I was and the direction I was facing, but when I actually started navigating and it brought up the new app it was very inaccurate and showed me facing north always.
I'm just going to downgrade (as soon as I figure out how... any tips?) but wanted to see if anyone else was having this issue or just me.
Thanks.
osiol3k, and anyone else having the wifi issue, I think I fixed it.
I deleted the "/data/misc/wifi" directory in a adb root shell and rebooted my phone. It has now been several hours, I've turned wifi on and off, connected to different networks, turned wifi tethering on and off, turned it off for several minutes before turning it back on again, a few other things, nothing seems to break it.
It wiped out all my previously saved locations and wifi passwords, obviously, but that's easy enough to fix.
Hope this helps!
I used this asob 1.2.9 for a day and I found it very slow to use, is there a way to speed things up? thanks.
Hello All,
I am a beginner to all this stuff. I wanted to root my phone after seeing OnePlus One running on CyanogenMod. So, first I tried to directly install the Mod using the softwares downloaded from Cyanogen's website. But the software gave the error "Unsupported Firmware". Then I researched a bit on manually installing the mod. I followed the instructions.
- First I rooted my phone with Odin 3.09v
- Installed ROM Manger on my phone (Meanwhile the SuperSU app kept on crashing)
- Somehow I managed to install ClockworkMod (What I did was downloaded SuperSU apk, installed it again. It started working and then, not losing the chance I installed ClockworkMod).
- Then I tried to install CyanogenMod through ROM Manager
- My phone re-booted and then gave a error "Can't install package on incompatible data".
- I'm having the latest snapshot version on CyanogenMod.
- Then I left the things as it is. No rooting, unrooting, etc.
- So, now I tried to take backup of my current ROM, in case something happens at least I'll be having something with me to recover
- I used ROM Manager to take backup. But it gave the error "Can't create the image"
So, now I'm stuck between middle of nowhere. Please help me out to reach to some point.
svikramajit said:
Hello All,
I am a beginner to all this stuff. I wanted to root my phone after seeing OnePlus One running on CyanogenMod. So, first I tried to directly install the Mod using the softwares downloaded from Cyanogen's website. But the software gave the error "Unsupported Firmware". Then I researched a bit on manually installing the mod. I followed the instructions.
- First I rooted my phone with Odin 3.09v
- Installed ROM Manger on my phone (Meanwhile the SuperSU app kept on crashing)
- Somehow I managed to install ClockworkMod (What I did was downloaded SuperSU apk, installed it again. It started working and then, not losing the chance I installed ClockworkMod).
- Then I tried to install CyanogenMod through ROM Manager
- My phone re-booted and then gave a error "Can't install package on incompatible data".
- I'm having the latest snapshot version on CyanogenMod.
- Then I left the things as it is. No rooting, unrooting, etc.
- So, now I tried to take backup of my current ROM, in case something happens at least I'll be having something with me to recover
- I used ROM Manager to take backup. But it gave the error "Can't create the image"
So, now I'm stuck between middle of nowhere. Please help me out to reach to some point.
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Ok, first I think your SuperSu is not working properly. Open the Supersu app to see if it needs to update binaries. If it continues to crash, go into recovery manually (not using rom manager) and flash the latest SuperSu. Wipe Cache, go to advanced and Wipe Dalvik. Reboot. Your phone will say "android is upgrading" for a bit. Once it's booted up, go back into the supersu app and see if it needs to update binaries, if so- let it update, if not- move on. Here's a link to download SuperSu 2.02
Go back into recovery manually and select backup and restore-> backup to sdcard (or sdcard1, external sd, is my preference) This will start the backup process.
Once that is done, you need to find the CyanogenMod file specific to your phone, then you can enter recovery and flash it.
If you have trouble entering recovery, you can flash a new one via recovery or with odin.
Hello absinthesummer,
I followed every instruction you told. Now I'm done till creating backup. The problem now I'm facing is this 'Status 7' error. It says "Can't install package on incompatible data.....". Now what to do?
Status 7 is a very specific error. It means your recovery is out of date. Get the absolute newest you can find and try again. This is good news though, you've got progress!
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Edit: flash the latest recovery you can find via Odin. You probably won't be able to do it in recovery while you're getting the status 7 error.
absinthesummer said:
Status 7 is a very specific error. It means your recovery is out of date. Get the absolute newest you can find and try again. This is good news though, you've got progress!
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Edit: flash the latest recovery you can find via Odin. You probably won't be able to do it in recovery while you're getting the status 7 error.
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No, I've got the latest recovery. But I figured out the problem. It was with the package I downloaded. The CM 11 M9 version was giving errors. I researched and tried few fixes, but still it didn't work.
The fixes I tried :-
1. Deleting some coding lines from the updater-script file. But this fix gave the status 6 error.
2. Changing the updater-script file format to UNIX format. Then again it gave the status 7 error.
So, what I did, when I had no more brain to fix it, I downloaded the CM 11 M6 version and tried installing it. And VOILA! It worked. Then I updated it to M9 version through phone. Now it's working. Though it has some bugs. And some features are missing too that I wanted badly.
svikramajit said:
No, I've got the latest recovery. But I figured out the problem. It was with the package I downloaded. The CM 11 M9 version was giving errors. I researched and tried few fixes, but still it didn't work.
The fixes I tried :-
1. Deleting some coding lines from the updater-script file. But this fix gave the status 6 error.
2. Changing the updater-script file format to UNIX format. Then again it gave the status 7 error.
So, what I did, when I had no more brain to fix it, I downloaded the CM 11 M6 version and tried installing it. And VOILA! It worked. Then I updated it to M9 version through phone. Now it's working. Though it has some bugs. And some features are missing too that I wanted badly.
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Awesome! I'm glad you got it working. You can also try comparing the two files to see what's different, or maybe swap the updater script. Maybe you'll be able to get the one you wanted working with a little modification
absinthesummer said:
Awesome! I'm glad you got it working. You can also try comparing the two files to see what's different, or maybe swap the updater script. Maybe you'll be able to get the one you wanted working with a little modification
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Thanks to you. You too helped me in working it out!
But, I have some more questions
Question 1 : If I flash stock ROM on my rooted phone, will I receive the new updates? If yes, will I be able to install them via Kies on my phone without getting into any trouble?
Question 2 : If I install stock ROM of any other phone, say Galaxy S5, will it work on my phone properly without any problems? If yes, will I receive the updates for that too and able to install them via Kies? If no, is there any way to install it? Cause I have seen people using S5 ROM on Note 2.
First question the answer is yes. As long as you have the stock recovery and stock kernel (along with the stock rom) you will receive ota updates. You can use ota root keeper (an app) to keep root during an ota update. There are many people who choose to stay fully stock but root to get rid of bloatware & stuff. However, if you want to get ota, I recommend freezing the bloatware instead of uninstalling, because an ota usually replaces old bloatware with new bloatware and can sometimes abort the ota if those apps are missing... but keep on mind this is not always the case, only certain devices.
Second question, no you cannot. Roms from other devices have to be ported to be compatible. But if you look in the development forums, you can find many roms that are basically stock but have specific features from other roms, along with the system ui (ie S5, note 3, & so forth). These rom devs have ported either parts/features or full on roms to be compatible on our device. They are excellent! I recommend reading up them and if you see some you like, try them out!
absinthesummer said:
First question the answer is yes. As long as you have the stock recovery and stock kernel (along with the stock rom) you will receive ota updates. You can use ota root keeper (an app) to keep root during an ota update. There are many people who choose to stay fully stock but root to get rid of bloatware & stuff. However, if you want to get ota, I recommend freezing the bloatware instead of uninstalling, because an ota usually replaces old bloatware with new bloatware and can sometimes abort the ota if those apps are missing... but keep on mind this is not always the case, only certain devices.
Second question, no you cannot. Roms from other devices have to be ported to be compatible. But if you look in the development forums, you can find many roms that are basically stock but have specific features from other roms, along with the system ui (ie S5, note 3, & so forth). These rom devs have ported either parts/features or full on roms to be compatible on our device. They are excellent! I recommend reading up them and if you see some you like, try them out!
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- Stock Recovery
- Stock Kernel
- OTA Root Keeper
- Bloatware
Well, to be honest, just right now I learned these new terms but know nothing about them. Can you please give me a brief description for these four terms so that when I do advanced search on them, I'd have a idea in my mind about what these are. It will make it easy for me to understand the advance things.
And I'm looking for S5 ROM for my phone. Let's see what I get.
One more question. I made a backup of my rooted stock ROM via latest ClockwordMod, manually. Now, if I reset the binary counter using Triangle Away and then wipe Cache and Dalvik and then flash my stock ROM which is located on my memory card and then after flashing I use SuperSU to unroot and then a factory reset (I don't know the method of factory reseting cause I'm confused. Whether to do it manually, like going into recovery mode or just from the phone settings. So please tell me this also.), will my phone be unrooted totally?
And sorry for bugging you so much. I hate to do that, but I don't want to take risk with my phone. So I am just collecting information. I hope so many queries are not a problem for you.
Ok...
You already know what a rom is. A kernel is a lower-level base. It controls the hardware. So when you do something on the interface, in the rom, it tells the hardware how to react. (Ie if you're playing music it tells which speakers to play and how loudly). The kernel controls almost everything you can't see, it relates to performance. Most stock kernels can be limiting as they underclock the cpu by a certain percentage. Because of this, people seek out custom kernels to max out their device's potential. Louder speakers, faster cpu, better graphics, etc. This is all stuff the kernel can optimize... but because you can change so many factors there is a risk of instability if you push your device too hard (max performance) or limit it too much (max battery saving).
Recovery is exactly what it sounds like. When you boot your device the very first screen that pops up is the bootloader. It's giving you time to boot in 3 different modes. The first mode, by doing nothing, is a normal boot into the rom/OS. The second mode, which you get to by one button combination, takes you to recovery. The stock recovery is very limited. It gives you the option to factory restore, wipe cache, update, or boot normally. Stock recovery only exists for emergencies, if your phone fails to boot normally. We have custom recoveries so we can do more stuff, flash custom roms and tinker with things. The third mode is download mode/Odin mode. This is the bootloader interface itself. It's the last resort for recovery if your recovery has been damaged or corrupted. It allows you to connect to Odin or kies and perform an emergency recovery of the device. If you damage your bootloader, your device is completely bricked.
So the order of operation is this:
Lowest level- bootloader
Second level- recovery
Third level- kernel
Fourth level- rom
Bloatware is all the pre-installed apps that your carrier adds to your phone. Most people don't use it, don't like it, and don't want it. That why we root. Without root we basically are just guest users of the device. With root we become the administrators of the device. Until you root, your carrier has admin rights over your phone (to use windows terms).
When you receive an ota update, your carrier can make it to where the update won't proceed if their pre-installed apps have been removed (although this isn't always the case). Additionally, the update package itself checks the integrity of the device. It checks recovery, kernel, and rom. If any have been altered, it will not proceed because it could cause conflict and potentially brick your device. That's why those things have to be stock.
Ota root keeper is simply an app that backs up your superuser rights before an update and restores them after its done.
You should be able to find plenty of roms with S5 features. I'm using one that makes my device fully like an S5 (my device even thinks it is an S5 and every app identifies it as such) I can think of at least 2 others as well. There's plenty to choose from, and if you see a rom you like but it's mudding a particular feature, you can probably find that feature as a stand-alone installation in the forum's themes & apps section. Just about every feature of S5, S4, and note 3 has been ported to this device, so look around!
Also, for future reference, if someone helps you on the forum, hit the thanks button instead of saying it. I don't mind either way, but some people get annoyed and will stop helping them if they don't hit that button lol. It's silly, but it's part of "forum decorum"
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svikramajit said:
One more question. I made a backup of my rooted stock ROM via latest ClockwordMod, manually. Now, if I reset the binary counter using Triangle Away and then wipe Cache and Dalvik and then flash my stock ROM which is located on my memory card and then after flashing I use SuperSU to unroot and then a factory reset (I don't know the method of factory reseting cause I'm confused. Whether to do it manually, like going into recovery mode or just from the phone settings. So please tell me this also.), will my phone be unrooted totally?
And sorry for bugging you so much. I hate to do that, but I don't want to take risk with my phone. So I am just collecting information. I hope so many queries are not a problem for you.
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You're fine, I don't mind answering your questions. Yes, you can unroot fully in the way you just mentioned but you don't even have to go through all the trouble of factory reset. Just unroot in the app. The app can be uninstalled afterwards via the play store.
You can factory reset either way, the same commands are given no matter which way you go about it. But it can be more efficient to do it from recovery because when you do it from the rom it has to create a wipe script for when it reboots, and it has to shut down the rom first. If you do it from recovery it doesn't have to anything, the rom isn't running and it can execute the wipe command immediately. (The wipe command is wipe /data /cache etc)
Thanks again for all that great info!
Questions : Is there no way to fix the Bootloader if it gets damaged by chance? And which S5 ROM are you using?
svikramajit said:
Thanks again for all that great info!
Questions : Is there no way to fix the Bootloader if it gets damaged by chance? And which S5 ROM are you using?
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If you damage the bootloader it's a hard brick and you would have to send it in for jtag services (this is a low level emmc chip flash service) The bootloader won't get damaged unless you do something to corrupt it. If you ever feel the need to flash a new bootloader, do it via Odin, never recovery! If you remember that you should be fine.
svikramajit said:
Thanks again for all that great info!
Questions : Is there no way to fix the Bootloader if it gets damaged by chance? And which S5 ROM are you using?
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I meant to tell you I'm using DN3 rom. It has an aroma installer that lets you choose whether you want an S5 ui, a note 3 ui or a mixed ui. Choosing S5 ui & S5 build prop allows your device to work with S5 apps & it looks just like an S5. It's not the only rom out there, but it's beautiful, fast, and stable & the team works hard on it.
absinthesummer said:
I meant to tell you I'm using DN3 rom. It has an aroma installer that lets you choose whether you want an S5 ui, a note 3 ui or a mixed ui. Choosing S5 ui & S5 build prop allows your device to work with S5 apps & it looks just like an S5. It's not the only rom out there, but it's beautiful, fast, and stable & the team works hard on it.
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Hey absinthesummer!
I tried to unroot my phone with the method I told you. But in the restore option, I am stuck at 'Checking MD5 Sums..'. What to do now?
MD5 checking takes forever! You have to wait it out. Most recoveries offer a way to turn it off. You shouldn't have to factory reset though, just click unroot in the super su app and then uninstall the app from the play store.
absinthesummer said:
MD5 checking takes forever! You have to wait it out. Most recoveries offer a way to turn it off. You shouldn't have to factory reset though, just click unroot in the super su app and then uninstall the app from the play store.
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I waited and the system was restored. But I got an error on 'Restoring Data'. I rebooted the phone and now it's showing glowing Samsung logo from like 3-4 minutes.
I've seen that before. Can you get back into recovery? You may have to flash stock in Odin, flash recovery and then do the Restore again. Data got messed up.
absinthesummer said:
I've seen that before. Can you get back into recovery? You may have to flash stock in Odin, flash recovery and then do the Restore again. Data got messed up.
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I'll try removing the battery now. Let's see what happens.
Ok if you can get into recovery, do a fresh flash and then try to restore again. And see if it offers a way to turn off MD5 checking. That's why I use philz or twrp, they offer that and move much faster through MD5 check by default.
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If you still fail on data, flash stock in Odin, flash custom recovery, then you should be able to enter recovery and have a successful restore.
i was running cm12 with no probs on htc one m9
then by mistake i installed the new update and it was cm13.
after the phone rebooted i got google play error saying i need to update google play.
downloaded the latest gapps6 but when trying to install in recovery mode from internal phone memory (as sd card for some reason is not mounted anymore) it gives an error E: FAILED TO MAP
is there a way to go back to cm12 or fix these faults on cm13?
Linx78 said:
i was running cm12 with no probs on htc one m9
then by mistake i installed the new update and it was cm13.
after the phone rebooted i got google play error saying i need to update google play.
downloaded the latest gapps6 but when trying to install in recovery mode from internal phone memory (as sd card for some reason is not mounted anymore) it gives an error E: FAILED TO MAP
is there a way to go back to cm12 or fix these faults on cm13?
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Install gapps immediately after rom installation, do not allow a full boot..
There is also an issue with the SD and the way it's read, this is an android M issue.
dladz said:
Install gapps immediately after rom installation, do not allow a full boot..
There is also an issue with the SD and the way it's read, this is an android M issue.
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that's the problem, i didn't realize it's cm13 (thought it's another cm12 nightly) till rebooted the phone...
now it won't allow me to install anything at all giving that e: map... error.
Linx78 said:
that's the problem, i didn't realize it's cm13 (thought it's another cm12 nightly) till rebooted the phone...
now it won't allow me to install anything at all giving that e: map... error.
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Ask in the forum mate, where u got the rom from.
dladz said:
Ask in the forum mate, where u got the rom from.
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i'm really sorry if i posted in wrong place... (please direct me in the wright way)
the rom itself was downloaded automaticaly on the phone as an update and i pressed the option update, so the phone rebooted itself into recovery installed it and then i rebooted the phone myself not even looking what was installed... the rest you already know...
Linx78 said:
i'm really sorry if i posted in wrong place... (please direct me in the wright way)
the rom itself was downloaded automaticaly on the phone as an update and i pressed the option update, so the phone rebooted itself into recovery installed it and then i rebooted the phone myself not even looking what was installed... the rest you already know...
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You will have to have downloaded the rom from xda surely? The Rom you downloaded initially I assume was cm 12.1, then you updated to cm 13, that thread is in the original android development section, I'm sure you can find your way there as you've been there before. The thread is now called cm13 I believe..
Also make sure you're on the latest TWRP recovery, I'm guessing you are but it'd be nice to be sure.
Might also be worth downloading G apps from the cm13 thread then rebooting to recovery, flashing the rom again and installing gapps whilst once complete, don't allow a reboot.
Wiping cache and dalvic will be fine, don't perform a full wipe just incase you can't install the rom again.
If you get stuck, you can push files to your phone using recovery and the push command..
Not 100% but I think storage works via TWRP, could be wrong about that and I've not tested it with cm13.
Either way you have a way back..
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Install from your internal memory not your SD card. Get the necessary files on your internal memory instead.
thank you very much, will try there.
yes, you are right, got rom from xda and i'm on latest recovery, but no matter what i do, even after wiping cashe still getting the bloody
E: failed to map file
Installation aborted
Linx78 said:
thank you very much, will try there.
yes, you are right, got rom from xda and i'm on latest recovery, but no matter what i do, even after wiping cashe still getting the bloody
E: failed to map file
Installation aborted
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i can't post anything there... not enough posts...
did i brick my phone now? or is there a way to clean install? recovery mode won't work...
Linx78 said:
i can't post anything there... not enough posts...
did i brick my phone now? or is there a way to clean install? recovery mode won't work...
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No it'a not bricked..
Are you installing from internal or external memory?
Connect your phone to your computer and go to recovery, then mount storage in recovery, copy G apps to internal memory.
Make more posts in here, i think you need ten
I tried it and found Android 6.0 is having issues with my PC, not recognizing my SD Card, not even the Internal SD !!! :S I know it is pure Super fast but i cant live without connecting my phone to PC.
Also I tried to flas Gapps just after installing MM (not reboot and with Aroma) and the installation freezes, so im stuck with pure Android no Google Apps, so I did return to Lollipop VipeOne 3.5.0 with a full backup made with TWRP.
Sorted. Avoid it til it'a fixed like me unless you want to be a Guinea pig.
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Sorted. Avoid it til it'a fixed like me unless you want to be a Guinea pig.
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sorry, i did copy everything onto internall memory, still no luck...
also the cm13 updated the recovery aswell, and i can't even do a factory reset...
please is there a way to go back to cm12.1?
once again i can't install anything in recovery mode.
Hang on you just said you reverted back to viper?
You should be able to install things now?
At this point I'm not too sure mate.. Sorry, perhaps install recovery again, might not be the right thing to do though, ask in the viper thread, you might have enough posts now.
dladz said:
Hang on you just said you reverted back to viper?
You should be able to install things now?
At this point I'm not too sure mate.. Sorry, perhaps install recovery again, might not be the right thing to do though, ask in the viper thread, you might have enough posts now.
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that wasn't my post, some else posted here too...
i'm stuck, adb won't install anything too
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I tried it and found Android 6.0 is having issues with my PC, not recognizing my SD Card, not even the Internal SD !!! :S I know it is pure Super fast but i cant live without connecting my phone to PC.
Also I tried to flas Gapps just after installing MM (not reboot and with Aroma) and the installation freezes, so im stuck with pure Android no Google Apps, so I did return to Lollipop VipeOne 3.5.0 with a full backup made with TWRP.
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i wanted to ask how to go back to cm12.1 from cm13?
i don't have any backups, nor my recovery is allowing to install anything as per post above...
adb method is not working either, just says waiting for the device when rebooted to download and nothing else.
also my firmware is 2.10..... is that an issue?
dladz said:
Hang on you just said you reverted back to viper?
You should be able to install things now?
At this point I'm not too sure mate.. Sorry, perhaps install recovery again, might not be the right thing to do though, ask in the viper thread, you might have enough posts now.
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i also tried install recovery through adb, didn't work, just says waiting for the device and nothing happens
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i also tried install recovery through adb, didn't work, just says waiting for the device and nothing happens
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Nah i'm on 2.10 that's fine.
At this point it appear to be an issue with CM13 rather than anything else, I'm not up to speed with Android 6.0 so I think it would be best if you asked in the thread, you've made over 10 posts now so i'm assuming you can post there.
See what they say, let them know what you've done so far, someone will have either been through it or will know what to do.
Sorry i can't be of more help mate.
PS: Just thought of something, if you have connectivity to your computer / laptop, update your recovery if you haven't already, chances are it's an issue with cm13 but might be worth a try.
I had similar problem - Google Services crashing after unintentional update to CM13.
I realized that I need to install new GApps to fix the issue but GApps installation in recovery was constantly failing.
I used to have some recovery there, I even don't know which one, but during update to CM13 the recovery has been changed to some kind of CM recovery.
After installing TPRW recovery (ir forked for me from the TPRW Manager App from play store) I was able to install Nano GApps.
It solved the issue with Google Services crashing, now I got some Wizard crashing. The issue with crashing wizard is solved by going to privacy setting and allowing the wizard all rights. Later I realized that many other applications were crashing on start as well. I solved it for each of them by uninstalling and installing from Play Store again.
I have followed the instructions from Max at galaxynote4root http://galaxynote4root.com/galaxy-note-4-root/how-to-root-unlock-bootloader-on-galaxy-note-4/5/. I got all the way through to the final step which is go into TWRP recovery, install the Oscar kernel and SuperSU zip files. I did not extract these files. Once I did that I got into a boot loop. I get by the Verizon logo to the UI and then it starts rebooting. Since there is not much discussion activity at Max's site, I thought if anyone here could help me.
After the UI comes up and before it goes in the boot loop, I get messages saying "Unfortunately xxxx has stopped." It varies about sometimes it is Knox. S Pen, Google Play, etc.
Try a factory reset by going into recovery and wiping delvik, cache, and data
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Try a factory reset by going into recovery and wiping delvik, cache, and data
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That improved the situation. It is no longer in a constant boot loop, but it will still reboot when I manually start it or reboot it. When it starts it says "unfortunately KNOX has stopped running." It was doing that before, too.
I have confirmed I have root and and unlocked bootloader.
Redownload the rom.
Wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system.
Install rom
Then kernel
And supersu.
Reboot and you should be fine
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If it continues I'd get a Odin flushable and use the pit file for repatriationing of the system. Maybe something went wrong..... Idk
Just a quick question: Did you use a micro SD card as part of the process? Did you remove this card after you were done unlocking the bootloader?
I know the process has you reformat the card, but I am asking if you have tried booting with the card removed.
codydixon said:
Redownload the rom.
Wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system.
Install rom
Then kernel
And supersu.
Reboot and you should be fine
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If it continues I'd get a Odin flushable and use the pit file for repatriationing of the system. Maybe something went wrong..... Idk
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Just followed your instructions. Everything was fine until I installed the kernel and supersu. I hate to be stuck when I'm so close.
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Just a quick question: Did you use a micro SD card as part of the process? Did you remove this card after you were done unlocking the bootloader?
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OK, tried that, and it worked--once. When I reboot with the SD card out, it either won't start or goes back into a boot loop.
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Although it didn't seem very warm to me, I pulled the battery and let it sit for an hour. When I started it back up, everything was fine.
However, how do I re-enable the use of the SD card. I am afraid if I put in back in, I'll go back into the boot loop?
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Although it didn't seem very warm to me, I pulled the battery and let it sit for an hour. When I started it back up, everything was fine.
However, how do I re-enable the use of the SD card. I am afraid if I put in back in, I'll go back into the boot loop?
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You'll need to connect the micro sd card itself to the computer and format it there. I have used Rufus (https://rufus.akeo.ie/) in the past to do this, but you may use any formatting program that you are familiar with. I recommend FAT32 as your format unless you move files over 4 GB to and from the card.
Thanks. I've rebooted it a couple of times after doing this, and it still is working! Now, should I install a 6.0 ROM or leave well enough alone?
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Thanks. I've rebooted it a couple of times after doing this, and it still is working! Now, should I install a 6.0 ROM or leave well enough alone?
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It will depend on what version of firmware you are currently running. Most 6.0 ROMs require that you are using N910VVRU2CPD1 or N910VVRU2CPF3 for proper use. Please go into About Phone in Settings and check the Baseband Version field to make sure that you have one of those two in there. Flashing a 6.0 ROM with 5.1.1 firmware will cause issues with mobile signal and can make it impossible to use wifi.
If you find that you are running 5.1.1 firmware, then you have two choices: Flash a 5.1.1 ROM and call it a day or go through the process of unlocking the bootloader for 6.0.1 firmware. It's important to note that this will be a different process than the one you just went through. Be sure to research it thoroughly before attempting it. Hsbadr is a great developer and I believe he has a process for that, but it's been a while since I did it myself.
Back in a boot loop again. Once I've loaded the system image, I can reboot several times and everything is stable. As soon as I obtain root by installing the Oscar kernel and BetaSU, the phone becomes unstable. It might boot properly at first, but I still get "XXX has failed to start" where XXX can be any of a number of apps. If I let that go on without first shutting it down, it will go into a boot loop. However, if I do shut it down and restart it will also eventually go into a boot loop. Obviously this phone can't be my daily driver until I get it stable.
Before I install the rom each time, I wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system.
I wonder if the kernel is the issue?
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Back in a boot loop again. Once I've loaded the system image, I can reboot several times and everything is stable. As soon as I obtain root by installing the Oscar kernel and BetaSU, the phone becomes unstable. It might boot properly at first, but I still get "XXX has failed to start" where XXX can be any of a number of apps. If I let that go on without first shutting it down, it will go into a boot loop. However, if I do shut it down and restart it will also eventually go into a boot loop. Obviously this phone can't be my daily driver until I get it stable.
Before I install the rom each time, I wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system.
I wonder if the kernel is the issue?
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I need more information to help you out. Please answer the following:
What baseband is your phone at right now? (Refer to my post above for where to find it.)
What ROM have you installed? (Be sure to include Android version as well as name)
Oscar Kernel is specifically for use with 6.0.1 Touchwiz ROMs. If you aren't on 6.0.1 and you haven't installed a Touchwiz-based ROM, then there will be issues.
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I need more information to help you out. Please answer the following:
What baseband is your phone at right now? (Refer to my post above for where to find it.)
What ROM have you installed? (Be sure to include Android version as well as name)
Oscar Kernel is specifically for use with 6.0.1 Touchwiz ROMs. If you aren't on 6.0.1 and you haven't installed a Touchwiz-based ROM, then there will be issues.
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Thank you. I finally figured it out. The problem was with oscar_kernel_v0.2. Instead I am using Emotion-TW-5.1.1-nightly-r21-RC1-SM-N910P. I'm going to stay with 5.1.1. The only trouble I am having now is with My Tracks not showing the map. I know it's been deprecated by Google, but it still is working on my LG G4. However, I'm not trying to hijack this thread. I'll start a new thread for this issue.
This is now the fastest phone I've used after deleting bloatware and running Nova Launcher.
Good to hear. Enjoy the phone.
I can flash back to stock via the SkipSoft Unified Android Toolkit, but not matter how far back I go, the only 3rd party ROM that will not get stuck on a never-ending bootscreen after install is CM 11-20150831-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte. Not even the CM nightlies that came immediately before or after would work once this was installed.
I would like to try something newer if there is a stable Lollipop, Marshmallow, or Nougat ROM you would recommend. I don't use as a phone anymore, so I don't even need cellular data to work.
Thank you very much to anyone that even takes a look at this.
More info...
Model Number
1HZGY
Android version
4.4.4
Baseband version
L710VPUDOH1
Kernel version
3.4.104-cyanogenmod-g3652409
[email protected] #1
Mon Aug 31 16:36:33 OCT 2015
Build number
cm_d2lte-userdebug 4.4.4 KTU84Q bdfbe2c9c2
test-keys
SELinux status
Enforcing
This forum is for the Sprint S3, but I don't recognize your model number. Sprint is SPH-L710
If you do In fact have the Sprint model, I have many ROM suggestions. Including nougat ROMs. Also make sure you have the most up to date TWRP. Don't search d2lte anymore, they are no longer unified LTE builds. Sprint is d2spr, att is d2att, etc.
madbat99 said:
This forum is for the Sprint S3, but I don't recognize your model number. Sprint is SPH-L710
If you do In fact have the Sprint model, I have many ROM suggestions. Including nougat ROMs. Also make sure you have the most up to date TWRP. Don't search d2lte anymore, they are no longer unified LTE builds. Sprint is d2spr, att is d2att, etc.
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It is definitely the sprint model. And I don't search for d2lte - I know that was a very short term thing for CM. Nothing else will flash and then boot though. Even tried using d2spr nightlies that were released after the 8/31/2015 d2lte snapshot.
I was using TWRP v3+ already but I used their official app to flash latest version, as per your advice. Now device only boots to download mode.
No worries as this is not my daily driver. I do hope to get it fixed, though.
Am I going to have to use the toolkit to flash stock and try again or is there a way to progress from here?
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It is definitely the sprint model. And I don't search for d2lte - I know that was a very short term thing for CM. Nothing else will flash and then boot though. Even tried using d2spr nightlies that were released after the 8/31/2015 d2lte snapshot.
I was using TWRP v3+ already but I used their official app to flash latest version, as per your advice. Now device only boots to download mode.
No worries as this is not my daily driver. I do hope to get it fixed, though.
Am I going to have to use the toolkit to flash stock and try again or is there a way to progress from here?
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Wow never seen that from installing TWRP. Do you have the triband model by chance?
I would try Odin back to stock and flash TWRP again. I usually get TWRP right from their site.
Are you wiping data and factory resetting (including internal storage) before trying to boot these ROMs? It is required for the newer ROMs. Octos has a good nougat build. Commotio is pretty solid too. I'm running lineage right now and it's perfect.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/development/rom-octos-t3532535/post70408050
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...samsung-galaxy-s3-vanir-t3006645/post58268135
https://download.lineageos.org/d2spr
https://dl.twrp.me/d2spr/
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Wow never seen that from installing TWRP. Do you have the triband model by chance?
I would try Odin back to stock and flash TWRP again. I usually get TWRP right from their site.
Are you wiping data and factory resetting (including internal storage) before trying to boot these ROMs? It is required for the newer ROMs. Octos has a good nougat build. Commotio is pretty solid too. I'm running lineage right now and it's perfect.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/development/rom-octos-t3532535/post70408050
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...samsung-galaxy-s3-vanir-t3006645/post58268135
https://download.lineageos.org/d2spr
https://dl.twrp.me/d2spr/
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That was a first for me too. TWRP has always been fairly easy to install and update.
Not sure if this is the triband but I assume that is more expensive and that it is not the standard model Sprint was pushing, so I doubt it. Is there a way for me to check?
Yes I was wiping data, cache, system and internal storage wit each install. I had an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 and an AT&T LG G3 that I did a lot of flashing on, so I am familiar with the basics. I tried flashing lineage and commotio recently with no luck and had to install the final CM11 snapshot again.
Will flash back to stock and will try again. If I recall, the final update is only OTA. Do I need to take it before moving on?
Thanks for your help!
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That was a first for me too. TWRP has always been fairly easy to install and update.
Not sure if this is the triband but I assume that is more expensive and that it is not the standard model Sprint was pushing, so I doubt it. Is there a way for me to check?
Yes I was wiping data, cache, system and internal storage wit each install. I had an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 and an AT&T LG G3 that I did a lot of flashing on, so I am familiar with the basics. I tried flashing lineage and commotio recently with no luck and had to install the final CM11 snapshot again.
Will flash back to stock and will try again. If I recall, the final update is only OTA. Do I need to take it before moving on?
Thanks for your help!
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Shouldn't need all updates, but it's not a bad idea. If the model has a "t" on the end then it's a triband. That one can be troublesome.
madbat99 said:
Shouldn't need all updates, but it's not a bad idea. If the model has a "t" on the end then it's a triband. That one can be troublesome.
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Sorry for the delay. I had some issues restoring stock with one PC and was too stubborn to try on a different PC until yesterday.
Was able to get stock working, rooted and I installed TWRP 2.7.x and then updated to the latest (3.1.x). I then wiped all partitions from TWRP and sideload installed latest Commotio and opengapps. Same issue - stuck on the boot screen (animated water).
Anything left to try? Confirmed it is not the triband. Thanks again.
UPDATE: just tested with latest CarbonROM. Issue persists
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Sorry for the delay. I had some issues restoring stock with one PC and was too stubborn to try on a different PC until yesterday.
Was able to get stock working, rooted and I installed TWRP 2.7.x and then updated to the latest (3.1.x). I then wiped all partitions from TWRP and sideload installed latest Commotio and opengapps. Same issue - stuck on the boot screen (animated water).
Anything left to try? Confirmed it is not the triband. Thanks again.
UPDATE: just tested with latest CarbonROM. Issue persists
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I've been stuck on boot animation on a few fresh installs of ROMs. If I let it sit there for 5 mins or so then hold power until it reboots, it usually boots up. Where KitKat ROMs used to say building dalvik cache, or whatever the particular ROM had, newer nougat ROMs do not. The boot animation plays while it establishes art caches. It can take awhile on a fresh install.
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I've been stuck on boot animation on a few fresh installs of ROMs. If I let it sit there for 5 mins or so then hold power until it reboots, it usually boots up. Where KitKat ROMs used to say building dalvik cache, or whatever the particular ROM had, newer nougat ROMs do not. The boot animation plays while it establishes art caches. It can take awhile on a fresh install.
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Tried flashing Commotio again and held down power to reboot after about 5min on boot screen. Waited over 10 mins the second time and still no luck. Just reboot again and will give it until the battery dies. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. Thanks again.
UPDATE: Tried with latest CarbonROM and latest LineageOS builds as well. None will boot. Old CM11 snapshot build still installs and boots without issue.
pravus87 said:
Tried flashing Commotio again and held down power to reboot after about 5min on boot screen. Waited over 10 mins the second time and still no luck. Just reboot again and will give it until the battery dies. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. Thanks again.
UPDATE: Tried with latest CarbonROM and latest LineageOS builds as well. None will boot. Old CM11 snapshot build still installs and boots without issue.
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Have you formatted data? Switching between KitKat and nougat you have to wipe internal storage.
I would "format data" not just wipe (in case of any encryption) and also do a factory reset in recovery.
madbat99 said:
Have you formatted data? Switching between KitKat and nougat you have to wipe internal storage.
I would "format data" not just wipe (in case of any encryption) and also do a factory reset in recovery.
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Yes - I have wiped everything, including internal storage and used the "format data" option. I have tried ADB sideloading each of the ROMs mentioned with everything wiped. I've also tried removing the external SD card, copying the ROMs to it from a PC, reinserting into the phone and attempting install that way. Still, no luck.
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Yes - I have wiped everything, including internal storage and used the "format data" option. I have tried ADB sideloading each of the ROMs mentioned with everything wiped. I've also tried removing the external SD card, copying the ROMs to it from a PC, reinserting into the phone and attempting install that way. Still, no luck.
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Wow, that is thorough. Maybe make sure non of your ROM or gapps packages are corrupt (check md5 or sha1, etc.)
What gapps are you using? I usually use open gapps for 7.1x arm, mini or micro. Beans gapps also work well. Just make sure they are for 7.1.
Maybe try to boot the ROM without gapps ( just a shot in the dark). Are you flashing any other mods with it? I think Commotio comes rooted with magisk.
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Wow, that is thorough. Maybe make sure non of your ROM or gapps packages are corrupt (check md5 or sha1, etc.)
What gapps are you using? I usually use open gapps for 7.1x arm, mini or micro. Beans gapps also work well. Just make sure they are for 7.1.
Maybe try to boot the ROM without gapps ( just a shot in the dark). Are you flashing any other mods with it? I think Commotio comes rooted with magisk.
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I have tried with 7.0 and 7.1 opengapps arm pico but I haven't been doing so during troubleshooting so as to isolate the issue. I tried once with Commotio and once with CarbonROM in case they needed it for some reason, but since no luck, I figure I'll wait to flash gapps once I get a successful boot.
I downloaded all ROMs with Free Download Manager, which does a pretty good job at maintaining file integrity and working through connection hangups, but I will try downloading with Firefox by itself and verifying the checksums to be sure. Will get back to you - thanks again.
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I have tried with 7.0 and 7.1 opengapps arm pico but I haven't been doing so during troubleshooting so as to isolate the issue. I tried once with Commotio and once with CarbonROM in case they needed it for some reason, but since no luck, I figure I'll wait to flash gapps once I get a successful boot.
I downloaded all ROMs with Free Download Manager, which does a pretty good job at maintaining file integrity and working through connection hangups, but I will try downloading with Firefox by itself and verifying the checksums to be sure. Will get back to you - thanks again.
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Happy to help
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Happy to help
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I downloaded Commotio and CarbonROM again and verified the md5s. All good there. I wiped everything except OTG again and tried installing from the SD card (formatted as well before the ROMs were copied over). Still stuck on boot animations. I attempt a power button restart after about 10mins a couple times then I let it sit for 30+min without any success.
Hope we haven't reached the end of the line yet. I'm very curious about what could be causing this.
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I downloaded Commotio and CarbonROM again and verified the md5s. All good there. I wiped everything except OTG again and tried installing from the SD card (formatted as well before the ROMs were copied over). Still stuck on boot animations. I attempt a power button restart after about 10mins a couple times then I let it sit for 30+min without any success.
Hope we haven't reached the end of the line yet. I'm very curious about what could be causing this.
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Well I'm stumped. Have you tried LineageOS? These ROMs are all based on Lineage. Sometimes there is a bad nightly that refuses to clean flash and it spreads to all other ROMs. Maybe try a build from a few weeks back (or even a month if you can find one) and if that boots then you can update to the newest with a dirty flash.
I see you did try LineageOS and tried some older builds.
Well, I can maybe make a backup of a fresh install after first boot and upload it for you. You can try restoring it on your phone and see if it boots. You would have to have the folders created on your phone (or external sd card). Like
"TWRP/backups/* your phones serial number*/*name of backup*"
Obviously without the quotes and stars and with your devices actual serial number. Only thing is, backups are pretty big files.
madbat99 said:
Well I'm stumped. Have you tried LineageOS? These ROMs are all based on Lineage. Sometimes there is a bad nightly that refuses to clean flash and it spreads to all other ROMs. Maybe try a build from a few weeks back (or even a month if you can find one) and if that boots then you can update to the newest with a dirty flash.
I see you did try LineageOS and tried some older builds.
Well, I can maybe make a backup of a fresh install after first boot and upload it for you. You can try restoring it on your phone and see if it boots. You would have to have the folders created on your phone (or external sd card). Like
"TWRP/backups/* your phones serial number*/*name of backup*"
Obviously without the quotes and stars and with your devices actual serial number. Only thing is, backups are pretty big files.
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I did not try Lineage or Vanir again like I did Commotio and CarbonROM to verify the md5s. I will try them and some older builds of each.
I sincerely appreciate the offer. I would certainly be willing to download a large backup if you would be willing to take the time to clean install and upload. Let me try the remaining steps you listed first, though. Don't want you to have to spend time doing all that if we can get it working another way.
Thanks again. Will keep you posted!
Downloaded, verified and copied all these files to a freshly formatted SD card, inserted into the phone, booted TWRP 3.1.1-0 and wiped Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, and Cache before each install:
B140-commotio-d2spr-10-17-2017.zip
CARBON-CR-5.1-MOO-RELEASE-d2spr-20171018-0000.zip
cm-11-20150831-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip
cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip
lineage-14.1-20170731-nightly-d2spr-signed.zip
lineage-14.1-20171030-nightly-d2spr-signed.zip
OCT-N-WEEKLY-20170811-2058-d2spr.zip
vanir_d2spr_5.1.1.102615.zip
vanir_d2spr_6.0.122916.zip
vanir_d2spr_7.0.010417.zip
vanir_d2spr_7.1.101817.zip
Only ol' reliable (CM 11 d2lte 8/31/15 snapshot) will boot.
This phone was fully updated with all OTA updates before I ever attempted to root, install a custom recovery or ROM about a year or so ago. I remember having issues even then, not being able to get any CM version to boot except for that one, which was already old at the time.
For kicks, I tried dirty flashing the CM 12 d2spr 11/17/15 snapshot over ol' reliable in hopes that it would boot and I would be able to dirty flash all the way to an Oreo build. It didn't work.
Also, each time I have flashed back to stock to retry, I have used the *NJ2 build.
Not sure if any of that matters, but trying to think of anything that may help pinpoint the issue.
If no other ideas, I would like to take you up on your offer and try a TWRP backup of a fresh install of any recent, stable ROM from you device, if you would be so kind to upload.
Thanks again for the help. For what it is worth, it has been fun troubleshooting this. I'm too afraid to do anything with my S8, but miss the fun I had with my AT&T S3 (never had any issues with custom ROMs, but I also didn't take all the OTA updates) and my AT&T LG G3, which got blue screen disease.
pravus87 said:
Downloaded, verified and copied all these files to a freshly formatted SD card, inserted into the phone, booted TWRP 3.1.1-0 and wiped Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data, Internal Storage, and Cache before each install:
B140-commotio-d2spr-10-17-2017.zip
CARBON-CR-5.1-MOO-RELEASE-d2spr-20171018-0000.zip
cm-11-20150831-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3FN-d2lte.zip
cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip
lineage-14.1-20170731-nightly-d2spr-signed.zip
lineage-14.1-20171030-nightly-d2spr-signed.zip
OCT-N-WEEKLY-20170811-2058-d2spr.zip
vanir_d2spr_5.1.1.102615.zip
vanir_d2spr_6.0.122916.zip
vanir_d2spr_7.0.010417.zip
vanir_d2spr_7.1.101817.zip
Only ol' reliable (CM 11 d2lte 8/31/15 snapshot) will boot.
This phone was fully updated with all OTA updates before I ever attempted to root, install a custom recovery or ROM about a year or so ago. I remember having issues even then, not being able to get any CM version to boot except for that one, which was already old at the time.
For kicks, I tried dirty flashing the CM 12 d2spr 11/17/15 snapshot over ol' reliable in hopes that it would boot and I would be able to dirty flash all the way to an Oreo build. It didn't work.
Also, each time I have flashed back to stock to retry, I have used the *NJ2 build.
Not sure if any of that matters, but trying to think of anything that may help pinpoint the issue.
If no other ideas, I would like to take you up on your offer and try a TWRP backup of a fresh install of any recent, stable ROM from you device, if you would be so kind to upload.
Thanks again for the help. For what it is worth, it has been fun troubleshooting this. I'm too afraid to do anything with my S8, but miss the fun I had with my AT&T S3 (never had any issues with custom ROMs, but I also didn't take all the OTA updates) and my AT&T LG G3, which got blue screen disease.
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Mine is on nj2 as well. Mine takes a little while to boot, but not hours lol.
I'll see if I can backup a fresh build today. I won't be able to upload until tomorrow (no wifi at home right now). I can likely upload when I get to work, I get there pretty early. I'll pm you a link when it's done.
Really don't know why that's the only thing that will boot for you. It has been fun trying to get it to though.
I'll flash LineageOS (most recent) with open gapps mini. I'll boot to the setup wizard and then make a backup. Hope this works, mostly cause I'm kinda out of ideas, lol.
madbat99 said:
Mine is on nj2 as well. Mine takes a little while to boot, but not hours lol.
I'll see if I can backup a fresh build today. I won't be able to upload until tomorrow (no wifi at home right now). I can likely upload when I get to work, I get there pretty early. I'll pm you a link when it's done.
Really don't know why that's the only thing that will boot for you. It has been fun trying to get it to though.
I'll flash LineageOS (most recent) with open gapps mini. I'll boot to the setup wizard and then make a backup. Hope this works, mostly cause I'm kinda out of ideas, lol.
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Thank you. No rush - whenever you have time.
I don't get it either. I waited a long time to post about it because I assumed there was something simple I was overlooking that I would eventually figure out. Not sure this will work if nothing else has, but I can't wait to give it a shot.