So I have a rooted HTC desire HD with Jellytime on it. All was working great till recently when it would shut down by itself. Today after I wanted to test a new boot screen from Rom toolkit I restarted it and while the boot screen worked great after it finished I see a black screen (backlit so I know its on). I tried going to the bootloader but after I try to go to wipe cache for example it restarts by itself and it gets stuck after the boot screen... Any ideas?
ok an update seems that if I go to the recovery via down button and power it lets me do actions. All this time I went to recovery mode when phone was shut down and plugged into a power source. I did a wipe cache and now it says android is upgrading and now it finished saying starting apps. Hope it didnt get stuck there because it keeps doin the cycle animation but doesn't do anything else.. I ll leave it be for a bit like this... :/ Had to restart it by removing the battery after 20 minutes... same problem as before still...
another update... just before it goes to a black screen when the boot screen finishes an orange light appears just briefly (where the green light appears when it charges)
Wipe everything (system data cache) and install a stock-ish ROM. What happens?
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Wipe everything (system data cache) and install a stock-ish ROM. What happens?
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I flashed the rom again and wiped data and all seem to be ok now. I ll update this because I saw many people have similar problems... thanks in advance for any help!
Have the same problem.
I bought this with the problem that it keeps rebooting all the time.
I unlock the bootloader with htcdev,root with Easy Ace Tool,flashed the new cyanogenmod 11,
but did the same .
At least 3-4 rebooting before open normally.
I said that it must be ROM issue and flashed the KK-LegacyCarbon-4.4.
Did the things should be...flash the ROM and then the boo.img separately.
Now i have black screen and the only screen i am able to get is bootloader and the recovery 4EXT.
I reflased cyanogenmod back but nothing happened,any thoughts???
Hi everyone,
Being the more adventurous kind of person I am, and also rather sick of LG's android overlay, I decided to finally try rooting and installing a custom ROM, as my previous device was the Nexus 5, and I longed to return to the stock android world. It is a first for me to try this, so I read a few forum posts about it, and finally I rooted my G3 (D855 model), which went flawlessly. I then installed cyanogenmod 12 (I cannot remember which version, it was the most recent at the time) and I was finally satisfied by the software, which was as smooth as butter, unlike LGs skin. After a few months, I made the terrible mistake of installing one of the updates that where suggested, and then the problems began. While the phone was performing the update, it froze on the "optimizing apps" screen, and stayed so for several hours, until I decided to pull the plug on it, and it slowly died of a flat battery. I then tried to reboot the device, which stayed on the LG logo screen for a long time, until I again had to leave it to die. I then rebooted into TWRP recovery, which was the recovery I had installed and used to install CM12, and I tried to recover from the last backup I had performed a week prior about, and it failed with "error executing binary in script". After some googling, I found a forum where someone recommended to wipe the cache, data, system, and dalvik partitions. Having done this , the backup was successful and the phone was up again. A few days later I saw that CM13 with android M was released for the G3, and I decided to try it. I downloaded the rom, backed up my old version again and flashed it with TWRP. It worked, and the device booted into CM13, but I was greeted with a "process has crashed" message. I dismissed it, and the OS seemed to work, but then I realised it failed to recognize my SD card, and the phone internal memory (I own the 32GB model) was listed at a mighty 2gb. I decided to return to CM12 for the moment, so I rebooted into recovery, flashed the backup and got the same "error executing binary in script". I then wiped the cache, data, system, and dalvik partitions, and flashed my backup with no error. The phone reeboted, showed the LG screen, and then went black, then the LG screen, then black, etc... I quickly discovered this to be a boot loop. After some attempts to fix this, the phone booted to the LG screen, then the Cm logo pulsing, and then the "optimising apps". At the end of the process, the lock screen appeared, and after unlocking the device, I discovered it was back in CM13. This was suprising, and the errors I previously had were still here, so I returned to TWRP and tried to flash the original CM12 file I had, and this showed no error. After booting the device, CM13 greeted me again. I decided the device was seemingly possessed, and made the decision to unroot and reinstall into factory settings. But the first step of this process was out of reach, as the phone goes no further then the "download mode" screen with the small blue dots in the middle when I hold the volume down and plug it into the PC. After an hour on said screen, I pulled the plug and tried to reboot again. CM13 appeared once again, as if it was haunting my dreams, and I also found out that TWRP is no longer accessible, as the device stays on the blue loading screen of TWRP.
I have searched and not found anything saying how to get any further then this. I know that as I am not very experienced with this, it was rather foolish to act as I did, so spare me the lectures about that. But I didn't learn to ride a bike without falling off it, so it's kind of the same isn't it? Anyhow, is there someone out there who may assist me?
Many thanks to anyone who has any advice, I'm sick of my backup samsung S3 D:
Ed
Hi folks,
I had my G920P on PB6 base, with TWRP from here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...nt/tool-utility-twrp-3-0-0-1-teamwin-t3335260, and installed TeamSPR 3.6 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/teamspr-rom-v3-t3380648). All was running dandy.
Then one day, I flashed @tdhite 's SkyHigh kernel (v3.2, can be grabbed here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/kernel-skyhigh-mm-6-0-1-kernel-t3350673). All was smooth.
Then I wanted to revert back to the default kernel that shipped with TeamSPR ROM, so extracted the boot.img from the ROM zip, and used Flashify (got latest from the Play Store) to flash it. This is where things went downhill.
Upon rebooting, and entering recovery, nothing happened. I don't recall what happened at this point (whether I rebooted, or went to flash SkyHigh zip again, because I was panicking?), but upon attempting to reboot, I entered this bootloop from hell, in which the ROM would not get past the "samsung" screen (I am assuming the equivalent of the Sprint LTE screen, since the TeamSPR ROM replaces that with the international screen :good.
In desperation, I booted into recovery, made a nandroid backup, and took out everything I wanted out of the device.
Then, I went here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/
got the latest (PF4) TAR (yes, MD5 checked out), wiped the phone from TWRP (system/data/cache/internal storage), and ODIN-ed that.
According to ODIN, all went without a hitch.
When the phone rebooted, it went into stock recovery, and it displayed a "applying update" message, followed by "erasing...", and then "applying update". And then, abruptly rebooted itself.
Bootup now went to the Sprint logo, and then "optimizing apps" green/teal screen (it optimizes 32 apps, for whatever it's worth). Almost instantly after the 32nd app is "optimized", the phone reboots again, and this bootloop restarts.
If I broke the loop by going to recovery (still stock recovery at this point), I am greeted again with with "applying update" message, but then I get the dreadful android with an exclamation point sign on top, undoubtedly having failed to apply whatever updated it was trying to do.
Pressing the power button at this stage, gets me to the stock recovery.
Here, I wiped cache, and did a factory reset. Both yielded no different behavior upon reboot from what has been outlined post-ODIN flash.
(I have tried versions 3.10.6 and 3.11.1 of ODIN, by the way - same result).
I got the latest TWRP available (link posted here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/), wiped system/cache/data/internal storage, and installed TeamSPR ROM (but not their 3.6 OTA). Rebooted the device, but the device goes into bootloop again on the flashing "Samsung" screen, so back to square 1.
At this point, I am not sure what else to try. The phone is a paperweight at this point, and I am really hoping for it not to remain as such.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
nostrings said:
Hi folks,
I had my G920P on PB6 base, with TWRP from here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...nt/tool-utility-twrp-3-0-0-1-teamwin-t3335260, and installed TeamSPR 3.6 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/teamspr-rom-v3-t3380648). All was running dandy.
Then one day, I flashed @tdhite 's SkyHigh kernel (v3.2, can be grabbed here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/kernel-skyhigh-mm-6-0-1-kernel-t3350673). All was smooth.
Then I wanted to revert back to the default kernel that shipped with TeamSPR ROM, so extracted the boot.img from the ROM zip, and used Flashify (got latest from the Play Store) to flash it. This is where things went downhill.
Upon rebooting, and entering recovery, nothing happened. I don't recall what happened at this point (whether I rebooted, or went to flash SkyHigh zip again, because I was panicking?), but upon attempting to reboot, I entered this bootloop from hell, in which the ROM would not get past the "samsung" screen (I am assuming the equivalent of the Sprint LTE screen, since the TeamSPR ROM replaces that with the international screen :good.
In desperation, I booted into recovery, made a nandroid backup, and took out everything I wanted out of the device.
Then, I went here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/
got the latest (PF4) TAR (yes, MD5 checked out), wiped the phone from TWRP (system/data/cache/internal storage), and ODIN-ed that.
According to ODIN, all went without a hitch.
When the phone rebooted, it went into stock recovery, and it displayed a "applying update" message, followed by "erasing...", and then "applying update". And then, abruptly rebooted itself.
Bootup now went to the Sprint logo, and then "optimizing apps" green/teal screen (it optimizes 32 apps, for whatever it's worth). Almost instantly after the 32nd app is "optimized", the phone reboots again, and this bootloop restarts.
If I broke the loop by going to recovery (still stock recovery at this point), I am greeted again with with "applying update" message, but then I get the dreadful android with an exclamation point sign on top, undoubtedly having failed to apply whatever updated it was trying to do.
Pressing the power button at this stage, gets me to the stock recovery.
Here, I wiped cache, and did a factory reset. Both yielded no different behavior upon reboot from what has been outlined post-ODIN flash.
(I have tried versions 3.10.6 and 3.11.1 of ODIN, by the way - same result).
I got the latest TWRP available (link posted here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/), wiped system/cache/data/internal storage, and installed TeamSPR ROM (but not their 3.6 OTA). Rebooted the device, but the device goes into bootloop again on the flashing "Samsung" screen, so back to square 1.
At this point, I am not sure what else to try. The phone is a paperweight at this point, and I am really hoping for it not to remain as such.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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Everything you have said is normal. EXCEPT rebooting after optimizing apps.
What I suggest, is power down phone COMPLETELY via TWRP. Boot phone to download mode. Flash PF4 TAR.
Let it do its thing, including rebooting to recovery to apply the update. But pay close attention!! After it shuts down to reboot to Android, interrupt it and go straight to recovery. Then WIPE data/factory reset from stock recovery.
Then reboot to Android.
nostrings said:
Hi folks,
I had my G920P on PB6 base, with TWRP from here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...nt/tool-utility-twrp-3-0-0-1-teamwin-t3335260, and installed TeamSPR 3.6 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/teamspr-rom-v3-t3380648). All was running dandy.
Then one day, I flashed @tdhite 's SkyHigh kernel (v3.2, can be grabbed here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/kernel-skyhigh-mm-6-0-1-kernel-t3350673). All was smooth.
Then I wanted to revert back to the default kernel that shipped with TeamSPR ROM, so extracted the boot.img from the ROM zip, and used Flashify (got latest from the Play Store) to flash it. This is where things went downhill.
Upon rebooting, and entering recovery, nothing happened. I don't recall what happened at this point (whether I rebooted, or went to flash SkyHigh zip again, because I was panicking?), but upon attempting to reboot, I entered this bootloop from hell, in which the ROM would not get past the "samsung" screen (I am assuming the equivalent of the Sprint LTE screen, since the TeamSPR ROM replaces that with the international screen :good.
In desperation, I booted into recovery, made a nandroid backup, and took out everything I wanted out of the device.
Then, I went here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/
got the latest (PF4) TAR (yes, MD5 checked out), wiped the phone from TWRP (system/data/cache/internal storage), and ODIN-ed that.
According to ODIN, all went without a hitch.
When the phone rebooted, it went into stock recovery, and it displayed a "applying update" message, followed by "erasing...", and then "applying update". And then, abruptly rebooted itself.
Bootup now went to the Sprint logo, and then "optimizing apps" green/teal screen (it optimizes 32 apps, for whatever it's worth). Almost instantly after the 32nd app is "optimized", the phone reboots again, and this bootloop restarts.
If I broke the loop by going to recovery (still stock recovery at this point), I am greeted again with with "applying update" message, but then I get the dreadful android with an exclamation point sign on top, undoubtedly having failed to apply whatever updated it was trying to do.
Pressing the power button at this stage, gets me to the stock recovery.
Here, I wiped cache, and did a factory reset. Both yielded no different behavior upon reboot from what has been outlined post-ODIN flash.
(I have tried versions 3.10.6 and 3.11.1 of ODIN, by the way - same result).
I got the latest TWRP available (link posted here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/), wiped system/cache/data/internal storage, and installed TeamSPR ROM (but not their 3.6 OTA). Rebooted the device, but the device goes into bootloop again on the flashing "Samsung" screen, so back to square 1.
At this point, I am not sure what else to try. The phone is a paperweight at this point, and I am really hoping for it not to remain as such.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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You have to let it die completely, and when it does die boot into download mode continuously until it wonr anymore (completely dead), and charge until 15% (incase u have to try again). Should b fixed
nostrings said:
Hi folks,
. . .
so extracted the boot.img from the ROM zip, and used Flashify (got latest from the Play Store) to flash it. This is where things went downhill.
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The post above (assuming this gets there in time) about killing the battery and restarting is correct (generally).
But what you did was not correct (in the quote). You cannot simply pull a boot image, restore that and presume that's enough. The reason is at boot, before selinux is turned down to permissive (init.d processing usually), your file contexts will likely not be correct. There are many commands in the flash updater-script handlers that fixup the permissions to match the ramdisk used. Additionally, there will probably exist inconsistent init.d handling, or otherwise none at all (i.e., with a stock boot.img).
My Skyhigh kernels generally fixes up the permissions in updater-script, even for ROMs that did not set up their initial files contexts correctly, so things will be smooth as you note. Going back to an improperly formed kernel flash, or just pulling the boot image and forcing it into place is not a good idea in general. Flash the full kernel flash next time so it can do its work. Or ask for help first -- we can get you settled.
Let ur s6 die meaning go to odin mode let it sit for hours until it auto shuts off ..while off plug in cable charge to about 10% plug off cable go into recovery first wipe data and cache n restart ...and wallah ur phone is fixed ...hit like it will help...100% this will work on ur phone
nostrings said:
Hi folks,
I had my G920P on PB6 base, with TWRP from here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...nt/tool-utility-twrp-3-0-0-1-teamwin-t3335260, and installed TeamSPR 3.6 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/teamspr-rom-v3-t3380648). All was running dandy.
Then one day, I flashed @tdhite 's SkyHigh kernel (v3.2, can be grabbed here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/development/kernel-skyhigh-mm-6-0-1-kernel-t3350673). All was smooth.
Then I wanted to revert back to the default kernel that shipped with TeamSPR ROM, so extracted the boot.img from the ROM zip, and used Flashify (got latest from the Play Store) to flash it. This is where things went downhill.
Upon rebooting, and entering recovery, nothing happened. I don't recall what happened at this point (whether I rebooted, or went to flash SkyHigh zip again, because I was panicking?), but upon attempting to reboot, I entered this bootloop from hell, in which the ROM would not get past the "samsung" screen (I am assuming the equivalent of the Sprint LTE screen, since the TeamSPR ROM replaces that with the international screen :good.
In desperation, I booted into recovery, made a nandroid backup, and took out everything I wanted out of the device.
Then, I went here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/
got the latest (PF4) TAR (yes, MD5 checked out), wiped the phone from TWRP (system/data/cache/internal storage), and ODIN-ed that.
According to ODIN, all went without a hitch.
When the phone rebooted, it went into stock recovery, and it displayed a "applying update" message, followed by "erasing...", and then "applying update". And then, abruptly rebooted itself.
Bootup now went to the Sprint logo, and then "optimizing apps" green/teal screen (it optimizes 32 apps, for whatever it's worth). Almost instantly after the 32nd app is "optimized", the phone reboots again, and this bootloop restarts.
If I broke the loop by going to recovery (still stock recovery at this point), I am greeted again with with "applying update" message, but then I get the dreadful android with an exclamation point sign on top, undoubtedly having failed to apply whatever updated it was trying to do.
Pressing the power button at this stage, gets me to the stock recovery.
Here, I wiped cache, and did a factory reset. Both yielded no different behavior upon reboot from what has been outlined post-ODIN flash.
(I have tried versions 3.10.6 and 3.11.1 of ODIN, by the way - same result).
I got the latest TWRP available (link posted here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...ide-links-files-update-root-restore-t3366862/), wiped system/cache/data/internal storage, and installed TeamSPR ROM (but not their 3.6 OTA). Rebooted the device, but the device goes into bootloop again on the flashing "Samsung" screen, so back to square 1.
At this point, I am not sure what else to try. The phone is a paperweight at this point, and I am really hoping for it not to remain as such.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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Hey bud thats that constant rebooting issue yes it reboots about ten times before it can optimize those apps then if u do get to start up itll still reboot every min right. well let it die completly man die so much it wont turn on at all then plug it in aand turn it on bingo
I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this but there is a Soft Power-Off(basically the same effect as pulling out your battery) on a Samsung Galaxy S6. All you need to do is Hold volume down and the power button.
tdhite said:
The post above (assuming this gets there in time) about killing the battery and restarting is correct (generally).
But what you did was not correct (in the quote). You cannot simply pull a boot image, restore that and presume that's enough. The reason is at boot, before selinux is turned down to permissive (init.d processing usually), your file contexts will likely not be correct. There are many commands in the flash updater-script handlers that fixup the permissions to match the ramdisk used. Additionally, there will probably exist inconsistent init.d handling, or otherwise none at all (i.e., with a stock boot.img).
My Skyhigh kernels generally fixes up the permissions in updater-script, even for ROMs that did not set up their initial files contexts correctly, so things will be smooth as you note. Going back to an improperly formed kernel flash, or just pulling the boot image and forcing it into place is not a good idea in general. Flash the full kernel flash next time so it can do its work. Or ask for help first -- we can get you settled.
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The letting it die has done it. I am still not sure why it worked, but I am really glad it did. Thank you!!!
RE: writing boot.img into BOOT partition manually. Yeah, not the best idea to go about it (to put it nicely ). My line of thinking was, any file contexts would have been set by the init.d scripts that run as a result of your kernel having been previously flashed. Clearly, I paid for this assumption with an entire day of panic. There's so much I still have to learn about kernel development, and especially for our devices.
Trpling said:
I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this but there is a Soft Power-Off(basically the same effect as pulling out your battery) on a Samsung Galaxy S6. All you need to do is Hold volume down and the power button.
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I did do that multiple times, to no avail.
So I feel like this is different from a typical bootloop (certainly different from ones I've had in the past). Any ideas short of factory reset would be very much appreciated. I just need it to load once more to do a Titanium Backup (and I guess I should install TWRP and do a nandroid backup)!
I've been using my Tab Pro for years now, rooted, works perfectly, and I always leave it on. I thought yesterday, perhaps this is a bad idea, I should turn it off every once in a while. But I wanted to play a game before I did. I click the game icon and then everything froze and it restarted itself.
It gets stuck at the SAMSUNG logo page. Sounds like a typical bootloop. After 20 minutes of waiting, nothing changes, so I hold down the power button and it restarts and actually loads to my home screen! Great! I swipe the screen lock, click on my game -- it restarts, rinse, repeat. Each time it restarts itself it stops at the SAMSUNG page, forcing a second manual reboot that fully loads, but doesn't go 10 seconds before restarting. I try to load different things each time and finally give up.
So I look some stuff up online. There's a suggestion to go into recovery (I could've sworn I had custom, but apparently not?) and "Wipe Cache/Partition." I look up that this is safe and do it (Sidenote: Power+Home+Vol Up only works around every 5th try or so. It glitches out every other time, there's a quick flash and a horizontal line and it restarts again). Now I restart and it worked! It loads and no reboot!
But now, a third of my apps/games have the android guy as an icon and even more of the real icons are all grayed out. I figure one more restart and it would come back. Now I'm back into my weird bootloop. I try wiping cache/partition again and again and it no longer works as a solution...
TL;DR - Tablet keeps restarting to SAMSUNG logo, requires 2nd manual restart. Home screen loads, but then restarts 10 seconds later. Clearing cache/partition made things worse. HALP!
EDIT: My current build is KOT49H.T520XXUANAE. I can't even find the stock ROM for this! Does it exist?
EDIT 2: After letting it charge for an hour (it was already 93%) I went back to it and it had loaded! But the home screen was blank save for the Google search and the Apps icon (which found no apps....). I was able to get into settings and attempted to click Application Manager and then it froze again.
Update: Still in need of help if anyone has any. A wonderful person on the forums linked me to my stock ROM, I pushed that through ODIN, it worked and did the "Android is Updating App XX of 200" thing.
It loaded and didn't crash! Most of the icons came back, but were still grayed out (I have a second partition via Link2SD which, when not rooted, doesn't load!)
So I went to Settings to see if USB debugging was enabled... and it froze. Kind of. It let me bring up the task bar and close settings, but not reload anything. Eventually I was forced to restart because I couldn't do anything. I tried booting into safe mode and still nothing.
Now when it loads, I get repeated "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped working." and then the touch screen stops functioning and it restarts. I'm having a great day.
hamstrman said:
Update: Still in need of help if anyone has any. A wonderful person on the forums linked me to my stock ROM, I pushed that through ODIN, it worked and did the "Android is Updating App XX of 200" thing.
It loaded and didn't crash! Most of the icons came back, but were still grayed out (I have a second partition via Link2SD which, when not rooted, doesn't load!)
So I went to Settings to see if USB debugging was enabled... and it froze. Kind of. It let me bring up the task bar and close settings, but not reload anything. Eventually I was forced to restart because I couldn't do anything. I tried booting into safe mode and still nothing.
Now when it loads, I get repeated "Unfortunately, Samsung keyboard has stopped working." and then the touch screen stops functioning and it restarts. I'm having a great day.
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Few of this probs I did have too.
I would recommend to start from scratch and wipe also your data and sd-card (with TWRP). Install either stock or Custom, but put out your sdcard before re-booting.
Just play around and after that (with no probs hopefully) insert it again.
starbright_ said:
Few of this probs I did have too.
I would recommend to start from scratch and wipe also your data and sd-card (with TWRP). Install either stock or Custom, but put out your sdcard before re-booting.
Just play around and after that (with no probs hopefully) insert it again.
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I appreciate the response, but as I said, I'm looking for anything shy of factory reset. If I lose all of my apps and data and configuration, I might as well throw out the tablet and buy a new one.
Still trying to figure out the pattern. I got another attempt of it not restarting for 10 full minutes. The keyboard failing is annoying because it doesn't stop, but I can live with it if it means being able to backup my tablet with Titanium Backup. I only got 6 apps backed up before it froze, but I'll get through all of them eventually (I hope). It's just going to be incredibly frustrating.