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moving from rom to rom via rom manager? causes problems?

every now and then i've had the odd spontaneous reboot of my desire. i'm using neophytes at the mo but this time, was a bit more careful with restoring with titanium and only had 1 reboot over a little more than a day.
could it be probs with flashing rom on top of rom? apart from the 1st flash, i've always chosen to wipe data in rom manager.
do i need to wipe the sd card completely and repartition it, or does the wipe take care of the data on the ext partition?
i dont think it's over heating since the last reboot an hour or so ago, was when the phone was just resting in my coat pocket.

Rooted, Flashed Evo Classic, Loved it... now it keeps rebooting!

I rooted my Evo for the first time today using the Revolutionary method. Everything went smoothly following the instructions. I downloaded and flashed the latest Evo Classic ROM and I was loving it. It seems to be an awesome ROM. I have 200 MB free space instead of 46MB with all of my apps installed. Everything was great until I went to go to bed. I put the phone on the stock HTC charger and climbed in bed. Less than a minute later it rebooted. The phone has always done that at random times so I didn't think anything of it. Shortly after it booted it rebooted again. It just keeps rebooting over and over as long as it's on the charger! Now it even reboots when it's not charging but the interval is as long as 10 minutes instead of 1.
Has anyone else had this issue? I spent HOURS getting everything just right and customizing settings after flashing this ROM and I really don't want to have to do it all over again. I followed the instructions for flashing the ROM. I cleared the cache and wiped all data. I backed up my apps with Titanium Backup and restored a select number of them. My phone is my alarm clock. Now I can't trust it to wake me up in the morning to go to work!
EDIT: I just restored from my stock NAND backup and it is working fine for tonight. I'm guessing I need to just start from scratch and reflash Evo Classic? I can't seem to find anyone else that had this problem so I assume it was something with my flash or an app I had installed?

I flashed a fresh Evo Classic ROM and started over. Everything was great. I got it all setup and restore my apps. No rebooting problems. Put it on the charger. Worked fine. As a troubleshooting step I opened Sleep, my alarm clock app, and within 30 seconds it rebooted. Obviously something with that app triggered it. I uninstalled it. About a minute later it started a reboot loop in one minute intervals.
Apparently no one has any ideas or I am invisible. I can't post in the Evo Classic thread because I don't have enough posts to earn me the privilege.

Did you wipe dalvik? And what recovery are you using?

I am using Revolutionary recovery (I think?). It is the one that was installed when I rooted following the directions.
I only see two options:
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Clear Cache Partition
I have done both of these each time I flashed. I just flashed again and installed only the Sleep As An Droid app fresh from the market. I opened it and within one minute it rebooted. Obviously this app doesn't agree with this ROM or something isn't going right during the wipe and/or flash.
Any other suggestions for a stable ROM that has the new Sense notification bar with quick settings?
EDIT: I found the Dalvik Cache wipe option under advanced. Doing it now and will reflash and try again.
EDIT 2: Well that failed. I wiped data, cache partition, and dalvik and flashed the ROM. I logged into my Google account, downloaded the app from the market, put the phone on the charger, opened the app, and it rebooted.

Is it rebooting if you don't use that particular app at all?

Evo450 said:
I am using Revolutionary recovery (I think?). It is the one that was installed when I rooted following the directions..
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That recovery is called clockwork. You might think about changing your recovery to amon ra since some people have issues with clockwork because it doesn't properly wipe cache and dalvik

Hey there! Sorry about your issues. I don't always check the q&a, so you are usually better off posting on my thread or pm. I just happened to peep on here today
First. Use this. It's the second step on my instructions to flash Classic. Not necessary, but recommended. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Second, don't use titanium backup. Instead, use mybackup root (free in market and included with my Rom). Not to bash tb, but mybackuproot has never given me issues while I've heard stories about tb.
Third, once you get amon ra installed, boot into recovery and wipe everything but your sdcard.
Fourth, download a fresh copy of classic from a reliable network, like home computer. Downloading from a phone is bad news (just a tip since you're newly rooted )
Fifth, flash and enjoy!
Please let me know how it goes for you.
Truly,
Tommy
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Thank you very much for the reply! I will try your suggestions some time this weekend. I need my phone to work 100% as I am traveling so maybe Sunday I will try again.

I followed all of your suggestions and redownloaded the ROM, installed RA Recovery, cleared all data, cache, and dalvik several times, and reflashed the ROM.
I restored my apps and data using MyBackup Root and it took over 2 hours! I opened my alarm app and... reboot. Back to the same old reboot over and over.
I think I'll just go back to the stock ROM and remove the bloatware and call it good.

Theirs one obvious thing nobody mentioned. Google how to check a md5 sum do that with every rom you download and if it does not say its right don't flash, redownload and check again. Also restore as little as possible through mybackup and if you are restoring things like your alarms or any system settings don't.
As for good roms with quick settings like r2r going green lightning fast, or unleashed r6.
Ps I would suggest useing r2r superwipe before whatever you may flash n wipe both caches a few times first it might help
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Also id recommend copying all contents of SD card to computer and wipe SD card then reload everything back onto SD card. I know sometimes the SD card can become corrupt and cause bootloops and random reboots

I checked the Md5 sums of everything I downloaded. I only restored my apps, text messages, and Bluetooth pairings. I even ended up buying a new, larger SD card yesterday and I formated and used it when I flashed.
This afternoon I flashed my latest backup of my stock ROM and used Titanium Backup to removed all of the Sprint bloatware. My phone is running very fast now with over 110 MB of internal memory available so I can't complain.
Maybe next weekend I will try another ROM but for now I need me phone to be working since I do not have a land line and I rely on my phone for work.

You said this happened before you ever rooted? Maybe its a factory defect if u got a.warrenty I would suggest unrooting and sending to them.
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I got my original Evo on launch day and it had the random reboot problem from the first month. It was very infrequent at first but after a few months it got worse and worse. Finally, one day it started rebooting in a loop while I was at work. I took it directly to a Sprint store where they ordered me a replacement. The replacement has been great. It reboots on it's own once in a great while (maybe once every two months).
This seems to be very common. The reboots I got when I flashed the Evo Classic ROM were as bad as my original phone was just before it got replaced. The difference is that is definitely software based because flashing the stock ROM fixes it. The reboots I had on my original phone happened when the phone heated up randomly and were not fixed by a factory reset.

Its not normal they keep giveing you defects... I have never heard of.this problem anyway... I would take it bac
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Evo450 said:
I got my original Evo on launch day and it had the random reboot problem from the first month. It was very infrequent at first but after a few months it got worse and worse. Finally, one day it started rebooting in a loop while I was at work. I took it directly to a Sprint store where they ordered me a replacement. The replacement has been great. It reboots on it's own once in a great while (maybe once every two months).
This seems to be very common. The reboots I got when I flashed the Evo Classic ROM were as bad as my original phone was just before it got replaced. The difference is that is definitely software based because flashing the stock ROM fixes it. The reboots I had on my original phone happened when the phone heated up randomly and were not fixed by a factory reset.
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My girlfriend had the same issue with her second evo. She had the Black Evo at first than a friend of hers swapped her to the white Evo. She had the issue only on the white evo. She ended up having to replace the phone with another one. That one did the same thing for awhile so we thought it was an issue with an app she was running. I have the black evo and made a exact copy of her phone. I never once had the issue.
Sprint ended up replacing it agian with a line that something was different in the white Evo from the black one that was causing the issue. Ever since that day she hasn't had a problem with her phone. I just rooted and did her rom last night.
My question would be does the phone get hot? Or feel hot? The reason I ask is that the phones processor may restart the phone (in effort to cool it down) randomly. That is something to consider.

Glad I got the black
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Evo450 said:
I got my original Evo on launch day and it had the random reboot problem from the first month. It was very infrequent at first but after a few months it got worse and worse. Finally, one day it started rebooting in a loop while I was at work. I took it directly to a Sprint store where they ordered me a replacement. The replacement has been great. It reboots on it's own once in a great while (maybe once every two months).
This seems to be very common. The reboots I got when I flashed the Evo Classic ROM were as bad as my original phone was just before it got replaced. The difference is that is definitely software based because flashing the stock ROM fixes it. The reboots I had on my original phone happened when the phone heated up randomly and were not fixed by a factory reset.
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I kept getting the same thing when i flashed classic. I went back to shooter port which runs butter smooth and is fantastic looking with sense 3.0.
DO THIS TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING WORKING (no more soft reboot)
-connect your sd card to your computer
-copy contents to your computer for a backup
-copy PC36IMG.zip to your sd card make sure it is on root of sd card(attached to message)
-disconnect usb cable then pull battery
-enter bootloader (vol down + power)
-when it asks if you want to install the new update select yes
-after thats done pull the battery again
-enter bootloader then select recovery ( you should now have amonRa 2.3 )
-flash zip from sd card (vrsuperwipe.zip *thanks to virus*)
-go back and go into wipe menu, wipe dalvik-cache, wipe sdext, battery stats, and rotate settings.
-go to partition sd card and partition for a gingersense rom if you have not done so already. (0 swap, 1024 or 2048 ext2, remaining FAT)
ABOVE PROCESS COULD TAKE SOME TIME, MAKE SURE YOUR SD CARD IS MOSTLY EMPTY BEFORE YOU DO THIS (ONLY HAVE PC36IMG.ZIP ON IT)
-select usb mass toggle and connect to computer
-copy over your choice of rom, i suggest the shooter e3d port by team nocturnal.
-flash rom
-go to flash zip from sd card again this time select TeamNocturnal folder and pick a kernel to flash (try all of them if you would like, some phones run better with different kernels. mine runs well with HDMwIn kernel.
-wipe dalvik-cache one more time and you are ready to reboot with no more random restarts hopefully.
good luck - and please hit the thanks button if any of this works for you

[Q] format /system taking agessss

so, i know i have some bad blocks on the internal memory of my phone, but this hasnt caused me any serious problems. I've been using zmredux for about 2 weeks, with amarullz a2sd, and all has been fairly good. phone is pretty quick but 1 out of every 3 times i open the app draw, it has to refill all my apps (quite alot!) so i decided id do a fresh install, so booted to recovery, wiped data, cache and dalvik, went to format system as 4ext told me there was a problem. this is where i am now, it has been formatting system for agesss, like more than 10 minutes. so, i pulled the battery O) booted back into recovery, and tried again, same thing, this time ive left it, its about 10 minutes again so far.......

Just be cool and wait. It's strange, but you don't want to risk your phone gets big damage, do you?
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its ok, i gave it ages, it did nothing, so i pulled the battery again, switched hboots using fastboot, then switched back, formatted and it worked, so something was messing around, but i have a working rom again. apart from camera and light, which havent been working for weeks!

[Q] CM10 A7 ongoing boot issue

I have an ongoing issue with Galaxy W phone and CM.
The problem is that the phone spontaneously decides to not boot.
I had run CM10 from first Alpha, and on a couple of occasions it would, after several days or weeks use, stay on the CM spinning logo, and refuse to go to interface.
I got around this by keeping a couple of Nandroids handy and just restored them when the boot issue occurred.
On subsequent fresh install, I ran for a couple of weeks with virtually no app installations, to see if something I was running was causing the issue. Turns out no relationship.
I have just flashed Alpha 7 of CM 10 and now its doing it again. This is a fresh install.
I re-downloaded the ROM from the second mirror, and tried flashing with that, but get the same result.
Is it possible the flash memory in my phone is faulty? On a PC if you install an OS - fresh install - and it wont boot, generally its either RAM or HDD. Given this is a recurring issue, I wonder if its the phone, rather than the OS thats causing the problem - as I have tried with several of the Alphas and both download locations of the most recent Alpha and its still happening.
Can anyone suggest?
Is there a chkdsk option for phone flash memory?
thanks
Jim
[edit] just installed CM9 (last beta) and its doing the same thing - stuck at boot animation and will not get to desktop.
Anyone? Any ideas how to fix this?

Sv: [Q] CM10 A7 ongoing boot issue
Flash stock rom and see if the problem still exists. If not, flash cm again. If it does, get a new phone.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini.

16kzx81 said:
I have an ongoing issue with Galaxy W phone and CM.
The problem is that the phone spontaneously decides to not boot.
I had run CM10 from first Alpha, and on a couple of occasions it would, after several days or weeks use, stay on the CM spinning logo, and refuse to go to interface.
I got around this by keeping a couple of Nandroids handy and just restored them when the boot issue occurred.
On subsequent fresh install, I ran for a couple of weeks with virtually no app installations, to see if something I was running was causing the issue. Turns out no relationship.
I have just flashed Alpha 7 of CM 10 and now its doing it again. This is a fresh install.
I re-downloaded the ROM from the second mirror, and tried flashing with that, but get the same result.
Is it possible the flash memory in my phone is faulty? On a PC if you install an OS - fresh install - and it wont boot, generally its either RAM or HDD. Given this is a recurring issue, I wonder if its the phone, rather than the OS thats causing the problem - as I have tried with several of the Alphas and both download locations of the most recent Alpha and its still happening.
Can anyone suggest?
Is there a chkdsk option for phone flash memory?
thanks
Jim
[edit] just installed CM9 (last beta) and its doing the same thing - stuck at boot animation and will not get to desktop.
Anyone? Any ideas how to fix this?
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What do you mean by clean install?
wipe data and cache?
Try to format /system /data /cache and /sdcard (backup your internal storage first)

MiguelPT said:
What do you mean by clean install?
wipe data and cache?
Try to format /system /data /cache and /sdcard (backup your internal storage first)
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Thanks guys, very much for your replies
By "clean install" I have gone to wipe menu of CWM and wiped everything, then CM with wipes, then Gapps.
Ok so I need to try to flash with stock ROM. I had considered that but could not find an Australian ROM in the I8150 section of the Forum. Can anyone tell me where I can get one from?
- or -
-- maybe its ok to flash with any English ROM - will achieve the same thing? - sorry if this is a dumb question - I just dont want to make the situation any worse

Try Removing all SD Card,SIM and battery. Then reinsert battery after 15 minutes and reflash the CM10/Stock ROM. It will boot up

miki2o said:
Try Removing all SD Card,SIM and battery. Then reinsert battery after 15 minutes and reflash the CM10/Stock ROM. It will boot up
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Ok. Thanks for the suggestion. I did that and its stuck on the Logo still. No change.

You can get stock ROM for Australian (Vodafone) from here http://www.hotfile.com/dl/187592956/3abb3c5/I8150TDULM1_I8150TVAULG1_VAU.zip.html

arya_ruby said:
You can get stock ROM for Australian (Vodafone) from here http://www.hotfile.com/dl/187592956/3abb3c5/I8150TDULM1_I8150TVAULG1_VAU.zip.html
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Thanks very much for the link I have downloaded it
So I noticed something else thats kinda weird.
When I go to /sdcard, its not showing the content of the sd card
So if I swap out the card, it still loads the same folder, not the stuff from the sd card I have inserted.
I have a few of these. All read fine in the PC, but the phone does not seem to recognise the files, as they dont change if I reboot with a different card/different content in.
/sdcard
Code:
../
.android_secure/
Android/
LOST.DIR/
RZR/
Video/
cm-10-2013~ancora-alpha7.zip
gapps-jb-~signed.zip
SD card contents when read from PC
Code:
I8150TDULM1_I8150TVAULG1_VAU.zip
Its as though it has a partition called /sdcard, and can't mount the content of the physical card itself. Anyone seen this before? Is there a way to re-partition internal memory?

16kzx81 said:
Thanks guys, very much for your replies
By "clean install" I have gone to wipe menu of CWM and wiped everything, then CM with wipes, then Gapps.
Ok so I need to try to flash with stock ROM. I had considered that but could not find an Australian ROM in the I8150 section of the Forum. Can anyone tell me where I can get one from?
- or -
-- maybe its ok to flash with any English ROM - will achieve the same thing? - sorry if this is a dumb question - I just dont want to make the situation any worse
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Just do full wipe you'll not wipe cwm!

My suggestion: Go the Pristine™ Way.
(thread in the General forum)
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda app-developers app

arya_ruby said:
You can get stock ROM for Australian (Vodafone) from here http://www.hotfile.com/dl/187592956/3abb3c5/I8150TDULM1_I8150TVAULG1_VAU.zip.html
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I tried that zip, but it started to install and the phone shut down/restarted at beginning of install (just after wipes)
Can anyone else confirms this file actually works?
Is there a Tread source I can refer to?

pepoluan said:
My suggestion: Go the Pristine™ Way.
(thread in the General forum)
Sent from my GT-I8150 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried but the problem persists.

[Q] 16GB Samsung galaxy note 2 is now 10GB because of ROM install?

Hi There.
I've had my phone for quite some time now and I love it. The problem is, is the internal memory. I have the 16GB model which is fine because I also use a 32GB Sandisk micro SD card. I have a custom ROM installed.
CARBON-JB-NIGHTLY-20131117-1645
The Carbon Nightly ROM - Build Date - Sunday November 17th 2013.
It's a couple months out of date now and I'm thinking about upgrading it to the newest build or possibly even switch ROMs to something that is better if you can suggest anything. The main issue I have is that I don't know if I should upgrade my ROM because of the internal storage space.
Total storage Space: 10.46GB
With everything else on my phone (Nothing apart from apps, everything else belongs on the SD card) I still only have 2GB space left which doesn't leave me a lot of room for upgrading or even taking pictures. For some reason, my camera won't let me change my storage device so it forces it to save it to the internal memory which I constantly have to keep moving it to my SD card to stop it from being full. I don't really have much space for installing new apps either so at the moment, everything is wrong with this phone and It's starting to frustrate me a little.
I believe that the missing 6GB (just under of course) is missing because of previous ROM installations that I don't use anymore? I've factory reset it, cleared cache and everything else for that matter. It's just what it is saying is what i'm getting unfortunately.
I want to upgrade to something better or just the newer build of this ROM but at the moment, this version really annoys me. The simple fact of not being able to save pictures I take on my camera directly to my SD card frustrates me beyond belief. If someone could help me out, suggest a new ROM, tell me how I can upgrade my ROM and get lots more of my internal memory back, or if you're able to skype me through the process, you'd be taking a ton of weight off my chest as I'm still stuck with this working brick (as I like to call it) for the next 6-7 months before my contract renews.
Many Thanks!

16 GB is marketing. Samsung gives you about 12,5 GB.
Wipe your internal SD

verny94 said:
16 GB is marketing. Samsung gives you about 12,5 GB.
Wipe your internal SD
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Hmm strange but before I installed my ROM, I had like 15GB free space total?
Would you suggest I update my ROM or go to a new one or what? Not really sure what I should do with it...

I think that 15 GB is not real about 13 GB is OK
What recovery do you use? Factory reset after instal you ROM?

verny94 said:
I think that 15 GB is not real about 13 GB is OK
What recovery do you use? Factory reset after instal you ROM?
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It was just a random guess!
Clockwork Mod Recovery

You cannot use CWM and TWRP simultaneously
Wipe data/factory reset was done?

verny94 said:
You cannot use CWM and TWRP simultaneously
Wipe data/factory reset was done?
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I'm noob at this is all honesty with you!
Yeah It was. I'm actually installing cyanogenmod 11. I'm just nervous about what I do since I'm just going to take a wild shot at it :/.. I'm just going to clear the dalvik cache and cache, then factory reset it then install the new cyanogenmod with the new gapps, then clear the cache again. Turn back on and restore my apps from titanium backup.
Hope that's what is right...

First time In six months I've come close to getting results!
Looking at backups, I backed up my ROM couple months ago but for some reason It backed up to device and not SD card, or simply could've just been me being on the dumb side that day! either way. 8GB/10GB on internal Storage !