Hey guys, hope someone can help me. A few days ago i've flashed the new android m gpe rom and everything was fine. Then somehow i lost root access and tried to fix it. Unfortunately, i'm not even able to flash the fixed rom that was posted a few days later, so i decided to come back to the skydragon sense rom. And for some reason i can't. I try to flash the .zip, it opens in aroma installer, everything goes fine until the installation itself starts. The rom starts to flash, comes to ~20% and then the system just reboots. I've tried both twrp and filz touch, nothing helps.Also supersu doesn't flash properly. I'm not really professional in this, so i might just do somethng wrong, hope someone can help:crying:
Btw i'm s-on.
UPD: I've made an advanced wipe and the everything works now, so if you have the same problem then just try to do the same, see if works.
Did you flash (via TWRP) the GPE ROM, or do the full conversion via RUU?
redpoint73 said:
Did you flash (via TWRP) the GPE ROM, or do the full conversion via RUU?
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I just flashed the GPE ROM, i'm s-on as i said.
Would this ROM work on Verizon HTC One M8
Hi all,
I've tried to just flash the 6.0 mm rom on my Verizon device, it is s-off with latest firmware, but it just bootloops to the bootloader, then I tried installing the 6.0 firmware and re-flashing the rom but still the same, after that I tried the full conversion and it did not work got same issue, after that just tried to go back to sense installing back the sense firmware and a different rom and I got same problems as fellow above,
My solution was to install RUU from external sd-card from bootloader by renaming the zip file to 0p6bimg.
If someone made this Rom to work with a verizon device I would appreciate the help
Are you still able to go into TWRP recovery and are you also rooted?
crispinsaro said:
Are you still able to go into TWRP recovery and are you also rooted?
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Who was this question adreed to? If you asked me, then i am able to get into recovery, but the supersu doesn't seem to flash, at least i don't get the root.
Miramontes said:
Hi all,
I've tried to just flash the 6.0 mm rom on my Verizon device, it is s-off with latest firmware, but it just bootloops to the bootloader, then I tried installing the 6.0 firmware and re-flashing the rom but still the same, after that I tried the full conversion and it did not work got same issue, after that just tried to go back to sense installing back the sense firmware and a different rom and I got same problems as fellow above,
My solution was to install RUU from external sd-card from bootloader by renaming the zip file to 0p6bimg.
If someone made this Rom to work with a verizon device I would appreciate the help
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Well, the problem is that i'm s-on, so i hope there is any other solution for this
Just read your edited post, this is a weird issue, I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM, I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes and my installs go through perfectly, I also installed GPE 6.0 but I realised it wasn't rooted so I just went back to 5.1- sky dragon, does TWRP say anything just before it reboots? e.g. Failed or something else?
paulmartyn said:
I've tried both twrp and filz touch, nothing helps.
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This is a big red flag here. Philz hasn't been updated in ages, and older versions of TWRP won't work on Lollipop firmware (if you tried an older recovery like Philz, it occurs to me you may be using an old version TWRP as well).
What is your hboot number and baseband number?
You said "can't flash any other ROMs" in your title; but then only reference Skydragon. Did you try any other ROMs; if so, which ones?
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Miramontes said:
I've tried to just flash the 6.0 mm rom on my Verizon device, it is s-off with latest firmware, but it just bootloops to the bootloader, then I tried installing the 6.0 firmware and re-flashing the rom but still the same, after that I tried the full conversion and it did not work got same issue
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ROMs won't work on Verizon, unless they specifically support Verizon (or else you need to change kernel and jump through some other hoops to get it to work).
The partitioning on the Verizon M8 is different from all the others. You're lucky you didn't brick the phone with the GPE RUU.
crispinsaro said:
Just read your edited post, this is a weird issue, I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM, I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes and my installs go through perfectly, I also installed GPE 6.0 but I realised it wasn't rooted so I just went back to 5.1- sky dragon, does TWRP say anything just before it reboots? e.g. Failed or something else?
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Will try to erase everything later,maybe tomorrow. Twrp says everything's fine, and aroma doesn't say about any issues, just reboots. Well, when i try to flash supersu for example, it goes fine, but the part when twrp places files(or what it does i don't remember), goes just a few secs, when usually it takes much longer on that stage, so i don't know what the problem is. Anyway, thanks for an advice, will try that and tell if it helps or not
redpoint73 said:
This is a big red flag here. Philz hasn't been updated in ages, and older versions of TWRP won't work on Lollipop firmware (if you tried an older recovery like Philz, it occurs to me you may be using an old version TWRP as well).
What is your hboot number and baseband number?
You said "can't flash any other ROMs" in your title; but then only reference Skydragon. Did you try any other ROMs; if so, which ones?
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ROMs won't work on Verizon, unless they specifically support Verizon (or else you need to change kernel and jump through some other hoops to get it to work).
The partitioning on the Verizon M8 is different from all the others. You're lucky you didn't brick the phone with the GPE RUU.
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I tried filz just to check, because on skydragon everything was fine.
I use twrp 2.8.7.0
hboot 3.19.0.0000
radio 1.25.21331147a1.o6g(if that's what baseband is)
tomorrow i'll try everything you guys advised, see if there is a solution. thanks for the support man
Yeah, it is normally recommended to do a full wipe or factory reset through TWRP before installing a new ROM (back up your stuff through google), never led me into any issues.
I don't know if this is related but when I was on 6.0 GPE, TWRP notified me to install SUPERSU, i had a test to see if it would work, but ended up with boot loop, a simple factory reset fixed it and I went back to 5.1.
Let me know how it goes when you wipe or reset and then try installing!
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Just read your edited post, this is a weird issue, I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM, I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes and my installs go through perfectly, I also installed GPE 6.0 but I realised it wasn't rooted so I just went back to 5.1- sky dragon, does TWRP say anything just before it reboots? e.g. Failed or something else?
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well, i've tried to make an adwanced wipe as you advised and it worked thanks man, i thought i'll stay on that rom 4ever.
flashing skydragon now:victory:
crispinsaro said:
Yeah, it is normally recommended to do a full wipe or factory reset through TWRP before installing a new ROM (back up your stuff through google), never led me into any issues.
I don't know if this is related but when I was on 6.0 GPE, TWRP notified me to install SUPERSU, i had a test to see if it would work, but ended up with boot loop, a simple factory reset fixed it and I went back to 5.1.
Let me know how it goes when you wipe or reset and then try installing!
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guess the problem was caused by different android versions
redpoint73 said:
This is a big red flag here. Philz hasn't been updated in ages, and older versions of TWRP won't work on Lollipop firmware (if you tried an older recovery like Philz, it occurs to me you may be using an old version TWRP as well).
What is your hboot number and baseband number?
You said "can't flash any other ROMs" in your title; but then only reference Skydragon. Did you try any other ROMs; if so, which ones?
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ROMs won't work on Verizon, unless they specifically support Verizon (or else you need to change kernel and jump through some other hoops to get it to work).
The partitioning on the Verizon M8 is different from all the others. You're lucky you didn't brick the phone with the GPE RUU.
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So i've tried to make a FULL wipe and finally it worked, everithing works fine now, installin' skydragon and waiting for a better 6.0 ROM
Guess i can close the thread now as my problem is resolved.
paulmartyn said:
Guess i can close the thread now as my problem is resolved.
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Happy that solved your issue, it is normally said that to install a new rom you have to do a full wipe before hand, glad it worked for you though
paulmartyn said:
Well, when i try to flash supersu for example, it goes fine, but the part when twrp places files(or what it does i don't remember), goes just a few secs, when usually it takes much longer on that stage, so i don't know what the problem is.
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You mean flashing SuperSU after Skydragon (you don't specify)? If so, its not necessary, as all custom ROMs are pre-rooted unless explicitly noted.
Also, older versions of SuperSU won't work on Lollipop, so depending on what version SuperSU you tried (again, you don't specify), that may have been the reason for failure.
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crispinsaro said:
I am sure you factory reset through recovery before installing the new ROM
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I wouldn't be so sure, if the OP didn't state it.
crispinsaro said:
I normally go on advanced wipe and tick all the boxes
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I would caution users about following this device literally. It is not necessary to wipe internal storage and/or SD card when flashing a ROM (although particular users may have reason to do so for specific reasons). And if the user has their nandroid or ROM.zip on that partition (and they must have the ROM on one of those, unless they intend to sideload it), its going to get wiped out; causing some confusion and probably panic.
The advice I normally give is: Its called "Advanced" for a reason, and don't wipe it unless you know what the result will be; and you have a legitimate reason to do so.
For instance, I've lost count of the times folks have posted that they wiped system, and don't understand why the phone will no longer boot into OS. Or they wiped internal storage or SD card; and didn't know that it would wipe out their nandroids.
The TWRP default wipe (data, cache and Dalvik) says "most of the time, this is the only wipe you will ever need" and it says that for a reason. If one runs into problems flashing a ROM, they might elect to wipe system. So like I said, a legitimate reason to wipe a particular partition.
But on the other hand, I've done a countless number of ROM flashes on a number of devices (including Skydragon), and never wiped any partition outside the "default wipe", and never had any such issues. Even wiping system (which many swear by) I suspect is often a placebo. When you flash a ROM, system will be wiped by definition, so doing it manually is redundant.
I suspect the failure by the OP was not wiping data and/or cache (they never specified they did that originally or not).
Thats true yes, i dont think I made it clear to do the default TWRP wipe first to see if it would solve anything and then try advanced wipe if all fails, but again with caution.
After reading a litte I've got one question...So if I want GPE rom do I need to convert my phone to GPE or just to flash the rom ?!
Hello, So i recently decided to move back to stock os as i think the push notification bug is fixed (Is it ?) . So then i yesterday downloaded the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/development/safestrap-v4-flashable-stock-image-t3150531. I downloaded the latest version 4.6.6.1 US Version. I remember i rooted the phone from 4.6.6 does it matter ? So i decided to check the rom before actually wiping all my data so i created rom-slot-1 and tried to install the stock os in it. It gave me a error ''Failed to update binary through zip'' i can not decide is it problem with non-stock rom or is it with the rom. There are 3 rom types on that rom page. I dont know what could be the problem. Does the rom vary with the model of the phone ? if yes then how can i know my model of the phone ?
Thanks
The Fire OS partitions are too big, so they will never fit into the manually created slots, which is a good thing because they prevent an installation that would be useless anyway.
You can install ROMs to slot1 but they won't work correctly (connectivity, etc.), so don't even waste time on trying...
Just backup your existing OS via TWRP through Safestrap and proceed with a clean install of Fire OS:
TWRP backup of "old" OS
wipe data, cache & dalvik
flash the CleanSystemPartition zip
flash the Fire OS zip right after
flash other things of your choosing, like SuperSU, etc.
Paras5 said:
Hello, So i recently decided to move back to stock os as i think the push notification bug is fixed (Is it ?) . So then i yesterday downloaded the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/development/safestrap-v4-flashable-stock-image-t3150531. I downloaded the latest version 4.6.6.1 US Version. I remember i rooted the phone from 4.6.6 does it matter ? So i decided to check the rom before actually wiping all my data so i created rom-slot-1 and tried to install the stock os in it. It gave me a error ''Failed to update binary through zip'' i can not decide is it problem with non-stock rom or is it with the rom. There are 3 rom types on that rom page. I dont know what could be the problem. Does the rom vary with the model of the phone ? if yes then how can i know my model of the phone ?
Thanks
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And no... The notification push bug isn't fixed -,-
I'm currently running my OP3 on Resurrection Remix 5.7.4 (MM 6.01), the phone has the latest version of TWRP and I've flashed other ROMs in the past without any issue
RR has proven to be quite unstable for me, the system UI keeps crashing, which renders the phone unusable until after a reboot so I wanted to flash Freedom OS as that worked quite well for me previously. When I tried to flash the ROM in TWRP the ROM seemed to flash successfully but when I rebooted, only the boot logo showed and then the screen went black and the phone refused to respond at all for about two hours, after that exactly the same thing happened. I managed to boot into recovery and tried flashing a different ROM but the result was the same every time, the only way to get the phone to work normally was to flash RR again/restore from a Nandroid backup, either way, the result is the same, I'm stuck on an unstable ROM and I don't know why, the last time I flashed these ROMs they worked fine, I followed all of the instructions for flashing said ROMs to the letter, I have the latest version of TWRP, etc.
Seems TWRP can't mount /system, in TWRP under "mount", system is unchecked, I checked it and tried again but found that whenever I rebooted the phone or attempted to flash a new ROM, it would always uncheck itself and flashing the ROM would fail, however strangely flashing the same version of RR was always successful. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
I would suggest you clean flash OOS first before going to Freedom.
I think RR is based on Lineage OS while Freedom is based on stock OOS.
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Wrong forum.
danecr7 said:
I would suggest you clean flash OOS first before going to Freedom.
I think RR is based on Lineage OS while Freedom is based on stock OOS.
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RR is based on CM. I'm just scared to flash OOS in case it goes wrong because stock OOS will overwrite TWRP with its stock recovery and then I'll be screwed because I'll have no way to restore from a backup if it goes wrong
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Wrong forum.
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Yeah I thought it seemed a little out of place but I don't know where to post it? Is there a general questions forum?
evilkitty69 said:
RR is based on CM. I'm just scared to flash OOS in case it goes wrong because stock OOS will overwrite TWRP with its stock recovery and then I'll be screwed because I'll have no way to restore from a backup if it goes wrong
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I don't think that there is a risk in flashing stock OOS. But if the custom recovery is overwritten then flash it back, your backup files are stored in your internal memory and unless you wipe it you are safe.
danecr7 said:
I don't think that there is a risk in flashing stock OOS. But if the custom recovery is overwritten then flash it back, your backup files are stored in your internal memory and unless you wipe it you are safe.
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Even when I tried flashing other CM based ROMs, including ones I'd flashed before, it failed, only flashing RR actually worked. I don't know why this is the case but I'm not sure flashing OOS without knowing what the issue is, is the solution because if I lose TWRP there's no telling whether I'll be able to flash it back in fastboot if the phone isn't working properly
evilkitty69 said:
Even when I tried flashing other CM based ROMs, including ones I'd flashed before, it failed, only flashing RR actually worked. I don't know why this is the case but I'm not sure flashing OOS without knowing what the issue is, is the solution because if I lose TWRP there's no telling whether I'll be able to flash it back in fastboot if the phone isn't working properly
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I once flashed RR based on android 7.1.1 and because I did not like it very much I wanted to go back to Freedom but at that time it was based on android 7.0.1 thus I was unable to boot. Maybe you are facing the same issue. But in my case I hardbricked my device and used the unbricking tool from OP3 forum.
If you download the latest OOS zip file you can flash it through TWRP and you won't lose you custom recovery.
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I once flashed RR based on android 7.1.1 and because I did not like it very much I wanted to go back to Freedom but at that time it was based on android 7.0.1 thus I was unable to boot. Maybe you are facing the same issue. But in my case I hardbricked my device and used the unbricking tool from OP3 forum.
If you download the latest OOS zip file you can flash it through TWRP and you won't lose you custom recovery.
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All of the ROMs I tried with were android 6.0.1, I'm avoiding touching android 7 because I'm not a fan
The strange thing is that in TWRP under "mount", system is unchecked and it won't stay checked when I reboot or try to flash something and then the flash fails. Strangely however, I can flash RR afresh and it will work but nothing else works
Therefore I don't think OOS would work either
Last weekend, I decided to flash a new ROM since the one I have been using is no longer being developed. I flashed a LineageOS nightly build because I used to like Cyanogenmod and heard Lineage is a continuation. I do like the ROM overall, but for some reason it encrypted my phone during install. I did not want it to do this, it just did it without asking me (when I first got my phone, I remember I was having problems with it being encrypted, with my recovery and such).
Is there any way to reinstall LineageOS without it encrypting the phone? If not, how do I decrypt the phone again and get back to basically stock + root? I downloaded the most up-to-date stock 7.1.2 ROM from Google, and was going to just flash that, but it wouldn't let me in TWRP (said the zip was not valid). I also tried rolling back to an older backup (not LineageOS), but the phone never booted.
FYI - I use Linux Mint and have the latest adb/fastboot, and the latest TWRP for Nexus 5x.
Thank you if you can help.
cspctec said:
Last weekend, I decided to flash a new ROM since the one I have been using is no longer being developed. I flashed a LineageOS nightly build because I used to like Cyanogenmod and heard Lineage is a continuation. I do like the ROM overall, but for some reason it encrypted my phone during install. I did not want it to do this, it just did it without asking me (when I first got my phone, I remember I was having problems with it being encrypted, with my recovery and such).
Is there any way to reinstall LineageOS without it encrypting the phone? If not, how do I decrypt the phone again and get back to basically stock + root? I downloaded the most up-to-date stock 7.1.2 ROM from Google, and was going to just flash that, but it wouldn't let me in TWRP (said the zip was not valid). I also tried rolling back to an older backup (not LineageOS), but the phone never booted.
FYI - I use Linux Mint and have the latest adb/fastboot, and the latest TWRP for Nexus 5x.
Thank you if you can help.
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If you want to flash stock rom you have to flash it via fastboot. The instruction is on the Google download side. But if I remember right you have to wipe everything so make a backup of important data.
If I format my "userdata" with fastboot to get rid of the encryption, do you know if it will delete my ROM backups? I think the encryption is why I'm having trouble going to another ROM from LineageOS. I REALLY wish the ROM would simply ask you before deciding to encrypt the phone. I have no reason to encrypt my phone, and I don't want it encrypted.