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[Q] In need of some assistance.

So i have flashed for awhile and never have encountered this problem. i was on lbj7 i went back to stock. did Ota upgrade to 4.1.2, rerooted flashed another rom and now all it does is forceclose. How do i clean the system completly so i can reflash a fresh clean install. I normally wipe Delvik+cache+ factory what else can i include to insure i have a 100% clean flash?. Any and all help is appreciated thanks!

Wipe internal storage will erase anything on the internal just as it states. What ROM are you trying to flash? Also what recovery do you have and is it up to date. If you want the ultimate clean install I do this, make sure the and if you need gasps or any other file is on the external card
Wipe data, cache, dalvick, system this removes the ROM, internal and maybe even format data. Flash ROM wipe cache and dalvick and if you need to gasps the wipe cache and dalvick the boot. But make sure your recovery is up to date, I use twrp which is on 2.4.4 right now. And you have the correct gasps if needed. Good luck.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Hey Thanks Giantay.. I am trying to reflash Goodness 9.0.4. Its forceclosing Touchwiz and Apex and all the other.. I seem to have a Wakelock aswell Media is stuck at 40% Battery Useage. I use Cwm. Maybe i should switch to Twrp..

thaset said:
Hey Thanks Giantay.. I am trying to reflash Goodness 9.0.4. Its forceclosing Touchwiz and Apex and all the other.. I seem to have a Wakelock aswell Media is stuck at 40% Battery Useage. I use Cwm. Maybe i should switch to Twrp..
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To install TWRP the easiest way just download Goomanager from the Play Store here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...anager&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd open it go to settings and select Install OpenRecoveryScript, This will download and install TWRP's newest recovery. You could also check the md5sum to see if it's a good download. Sometimes the files that you download are corrupted but I have never had it happen, and I have flashed endless amounts of ROMs on different phones, but it happens people say. I am unfamiliar with that specific ROM but try searching in the thread for it to see if anyone else has had similar experiences and have a way to fix it. Searching is your friend, search and read a lot will ussually solve your problem, and if you don't turn up anything don't be afraid to ask a question instead of doing something that might be unsafe or worries you.

I did as u suggested and just tried re flashing using Twrp. Awaiting Results as first boot aproaches. Thanks again for the helping hand.

Just a heads up. Try and hit the thanks button on these forums if people help you in any way. I don't really care about it but it helps some people especially devs and what not.

CM13 not booting

After flashing TWRP with Odin, I boot into recovery and wipe the dalvik cache. I then go to install the CM13 zip file, and it works. I wipe Dalvik again and reboot in the os. This is where it just shows the CM boot screen infinitely. Nothing else. What is up. I am using the latest TWRP and CM13 release.

Try this:
1. Wipe cache, dalvic cache, data, system
2. Install CM13 again, along with your gapps(google apps if you didn't know, custom ROMs never come with them, optional)
3. Boot it, it should work
You cannot switch ROMs without wiping data. Bad things happen.
You must clean flash when:
1. Switching between a stock ROM to a custom ROM
2. Downgrading Android versions (5.1 to 5.0)
3. Switching custom ROMs (I.E. CM13 to AICP)
4. When the ROM's thread warns to (switching keys)
5. Switching between nightly builds and stable.
When you're updating nightlies, you shouldn't have to though.

RDChase said:
Try this:
1. Wipe cache, dalvic cache, data, system
2. Install CM13 again, along with your gapps(google apps if you didn't know, custom ROMs never come with them, optional)
3. Boot it, it should work
You cannot switch ROMs without wiping data. Bad things happen.
You must clean flash when:
1. Switching between a stock ROM to a custom ROM
2. Downgrading Android versions (5.1 to 5.0)
3. Switching custom ROMs (I.E. CM13 to AICP)
4. When the ROM's thread warns to (switching keys)
5. Switching between nightly builds and stable.
When you're updating nightlies, you shouldn't have to though.
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Just did it, it still seems to be booting like it previously was. Wiped cache, dalvic, data, and system and then installed CM13 and gapps. Still booting as I write this.

Since that failed, check your download, make sure nothings bad. If its bad, redownload, if not, idk.
If you post your recovery logs, or what the console says, that will help me figure out what's going on.
Also, is your phone the triband model (l710t)?
Are you flashing anything else at the same time?
The more info you give, the better.

RDChase said:
Since that failed, check your download, make sure nothings bad. If its bad, redownload, if not, idk.
If you post your recovery logs, or what the console says, that will help me figure out what's going on.
Also, is your phone the triband model (l710t)?
Are you flashing anything else at the same time?
The more info you give, the better.
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I've kind of given up at this point. Even CM12 doesn't work. The only thing that seems to work is the stock rom. My phone is the regular SPH-L710 model. I didn't even know the L710t was a thing.

I have the same problem, and sometimes it boot in the system setup mode, but the sensor is not working, i can turn on airplane mode, reboot or power off, and sensor works, what happend i dont know((

ovil101 said:
After flashing TWRP with Odin, I boot into recovery and wipe the dalvik cache. I then go to install the CM13 zip file, and it works. I wipe Dalvik again and reboot in the os. This is where it just shows the CM boot screen infinitely. Nothing else. What is up. I am using the latest TWRP and CM13 release.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755793
helped)))

1vankill1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2755793
helped)))
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That just seems to be a stock rom.

yes it stock rom, after it was installed, I was able to install 13 cm

Custom ROMs crashing every couple of minutes...

Hello!
For some reason the custom ROMs Sultans CM13 and Resurrection Remix crash every 5-15 minutes, it freezes then reboots, and does it faster after that. I've tries reinstalling TWRP to no avail...
Stock works fine with Root and Xposed... But Custom ROMs don't want to work... So my guess is it's not a hardware issue...
I really want to get this solved since HOS is being merged with OOS...
help? Thanks!

SynaTech said:
Hello!
For some reason the custom ROMs Sultans CM13 and Resurrection Remix crash every 5-15 minutes, it freezes then reboots, and does it faster after that. I've tries reinstalling TWRP to no avail...
Stock works fine with Root and Xposed... But Custom ROMs don't want to work... So my guess is it's not a hardware issue...
I really want to get this solved since HOS is being merged with OOS...
help? Thanks!
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This is not a hardware issue..
Back to stock..
Did you wipe all?
Twrp latest better 3.2.0

madsponge26 said:
This is not a hardware issue..
Back to stock..
Did you wipe all?
Twrp latest better 3.2.0
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Back to stock as in... No root, stock bootloader?
Wipe all being Dalvik + Cache + System or Dalvik + Cache + System + Internal?
Also, I'm on the latest version of twrp possible

SynaTech said:
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Back to stock as in... No root, stock bootloader?
Wipe all being Dalvik + Cache + System or Dalvik + Cache + System + Internal?
Also, I'm on the latest version of twrp possible
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No that's both dirty flashing. You need to wipe Dalvik + Cache + System + data.
Do not wipe internal because then there's nothing left to flash.
You will lose all your apps wiping data but I suppose you know right?

J_Dutch said:
No that's both dirty flashing. You need to wipe Dalvik + Cache + System + data.
Do not wipe internal because then there's nothing left to flash.
You will lose all your apps wiping data but I suppose you know right?
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Yes I know, I've flashed before...
Now, when I wipe all but internal (for obvious reasons) I will loose root + xposed correct? I've never flashed any Roms while having root and xposed installed...
Or before I flash do I have to delete/remove both?

SynaTech said:
Yes I know, I've flashed before...
Now, when I wipe all but internal (for obvious reasons) I will loose root + xposed correct? I've never flashed any Roms while having root and xposed installed...
Or before I flash do I have to delete/remove both?
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When you wipe all but internal you are starting clean and don't need to do anything other then flash ROM+gapps
And optional flash xposed. Root is already included in most roms.

J_Dutch said:
When you wipe all but internal you are starting clean and don't need to do anything other then flash ROM+gapps
And optional flash xposed. Root is already included in most roms.
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Since I want to flash Sultans CM13, root isn't included... So, my flash order is...
Wipe Dalvik + Cache, System, Data (Everything but system), Flash ROM, GApps, and Root, then Xposed all in one flash?

SynaTech said:
Since I want to flash Sultans CM13, root isn't included... So, my flash order is...
Wipe Dalvik + Cache, System, Data (Everything but system), Flash ROM, GApps, and Root, then Xposed all in one flash?
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Your doing it correctly.but still facing issues so i will suggest you to do real clean flash that means first flash full rom zip (about 1.3 gb in size) of stock oos via twrp then let device to boot.
Then enter into recovery ( use Official latest one) and wipe cache, data and system partition.
Now flash ROM.zip - supersu -kernel(optional) and now boot the Device and let it optimize all apps.
If you want Xposed now you can flash it ( be careful while selecting xposed zip . flash appropriate zip - sdk23 arm64)

JumboMan said:
Your doing it correctly.but still facing issues so i will suggest you to do real clean flash that means first flash full rom zip (about 1.3 gb in size) of stock oos via twrp then let device to boot.
Then enter into recovery ( use Official latest one) and wipe cache, data and system partition.
Now flash ROM.zip - supersu -kernel(optional) and now boot the Device and let it optimize all apps.
If you want Xposed now you can flash it ( be careful while selecting xposed zip . flash appropriate zip - sdk23 arm64)
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So, I've flashed CM13 Sultans with root, which I haven't done before... It seems stable, I'll know in an hour or so...

JumboMan said:
Your doing it correctly.but still facing issues so i will suggest you to do real clean flash that means first flash full rom zip (about 1.3 gb in size) of stock oos via twrp then let device to boot.
Then enter into recovery ( use Official latest one) and wipe cache, data and system partition.
Now flash ROM.zip - supersu -kernel(optional) and now boot the Device and let it optimize all apps.
If you want Xposed now you can flash it ( be careful while selecting xposed zip . flash appropriate zip - sdk23 arm64)
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He didn't mention he wiped data, since I told him to wipe data it will be fine now, there is totally no use in going through all you describe, people just need to read a little and know how to wipe and flash.

SynaTech said:
Yes I know, I've flashed before...
Now, when I wipe all but internal (for obvious reasons) I will loose root + xposed correct? I've never flashed any Roms while having root and xposed installed...
Or before I flash do I have to delete/remove both?
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Haven't had cause to use xposed for a while, but am assuming it still uses it's own framework? This used to preclude flashing a new rom whilst xposed was activated.

ghostofcain said:
Haven't had cause to use xposed for a while, but am assuming it still uses it's own framework? This used to preclude flashing a new rom whilst xposed was activated.
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Annnnnd...
IT WORKS!
I'm so happy, I decided to wipe the dalvik and cache after every action... And wipe each party all together, then individually... It works!
And yes, Xposed uses its own framework still, its super easy to install, I would recommend checking it out again!

SynaTech said:
Annnnnd...
IT WORKS!
I'm so happy, I decided to wipe the dalvik and cache after every action... And wipe each party all together, then individually... It works!
And yes, Xposed uses its own framework still, its super easy to install, I would recommend checking it out again!
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But it does mean you have to do full wipe and or deactivate it before flashing new rom. I probably will get around to using xposed again one day just nothing I need from it at present.

J_Dutch said:
He didn't mention he wiped data, since I told him to wipe data it will be fine now, there is totally no use in going through all you describe, people just need to read a little and know how to wipe and flash.
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The ROM still crashed, ugh.. I'm worried that I won't be able to get an OTA working, since I can't get them normally because of root, xposed, etc...
I did everything you said, and it still crashed...
To be fair, it took waaaaay longer than normal to crash, so I think we are getting there... Hmmm
Suggestions?
Thanks!
Also, it crashes the same way every time, freeze for 5-10 seconds, then boop, black screen, then reboot...
SElinux is enforcing, and I'm encrypted... Could those have anything to do with it? Thanks!

ghostofcain said:
But it does mean you have to do full wipe and or deactivate it before flashing new rom. I probably will get around to using xposed again one day just nothing I need from it at present.
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The ROM ended up crashing, ugh.. I'm worried that I won't be able to get an OTA working, since I can't get them normally because of root, xposed, etc...
I did everything you said, and it still crashed...
To be fair, it took waaaaay longer than normal to crash, so I think we are getting there... Hmmm
Suggestions?
Thanks!
Also, it crashes the same way every time, freeze for 5-10 seconds, then boop, black screen, then reboot...
SElinux is enforcing, and I'm encrypted... Could those have anything to do with it? Thanks!

Debugging instability with custom roms, and adding xposed modules into the mix, is a bit of a black art but here goes.
First install your custom ROM, with a clean flash i.e wipe everything. Do Not restore any data, except the stuff Google restores itself. Run the rom in this state for a good while (as a rule of thumb try running it for twice your expected stable period before considering it at stable i.e if it crashes once a day run it for two days) if stable proceed to next stage.
If your chosen custom ROM does not have xposed framework install it and activate now, Do not install any modules run for a while to access stability before proceeding to next step.
One by one install your chosen modules, again running each for a while to access stability.
At any one of these steps stability should degrade if so you have identified your culprit.
I know this process is laborious and likely to take a while to complete but sometimes otherwise rock solid roms can be affected by a combination of things and without carrying out the above steps identifying the culprit is nigh on impossible, do bear in mind that some custom roms are just less stable than stock.

ghostofcain said:
Debugging instability with custom roms, and adding xposed modules into the mix, is a bit of a black art but here goes.
First install your custom ROM, with a clean flash i.e wipe everything. Do Not restore any data, except the stuff Google restores itself. Run the rom in this state for a good while (as a rule of thumb try running it for twice your expected stable period before considering it at stable i.e if it crashes once a day run it for two days) if stable proceed to next stage.
If your chosen custom ROM does not have xposed framework install it and activate now, Do not install any modules run for a while to access stability before proceeding to next step.
One by one install your chosen modules, again running each for a while to access stability.
At any one of these steps stability should degrade if so you have identified your culprit.
I know this process is laborious and likely to take a while to complete but sometimes otherwise rock solid roms can be affected by a combination of things and without carrying out the above steps identifying the culprit is nigh on impossible, do bear in mind that some custom roms are just less stable than stock.
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Wipe everything but internal correct? And also should I install gapps right away or wait a bit, then install gapps?
Thanks for all the help!

Yes wipe everything bar internal, personally I'd run it without gapps, even, to start with.

ghostofcain said:
Yes wipe everything bar internal, personally I'd run it without gapps, even, to start with.
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Even without Gapps, it crashed in around 2-3 minutes

Wow, that is poor. You aren't having this problem with stock OS?

Root / SuperSU Failing to complete? ( Help)

When I try to flash SuperSU it fails and just aborts.
I have tried flashing stable and all the beta builds same results. I'll attach a screenshot of it.
Originally I had root with everything working fine but decided to try and update through the update app when I was rooted. This was when I was on 3.2.4 trying to get to 3.2.7. All the update process seemed to do was revert my phone to unrooted and did not update to 3.2.7. Ever since then flashing SuperSU didn't seem to work. I waiting for a full zip. Of 3.2.8 to come out thinking flashing full update would fix it. It didn't.
Everything is running fine on 3.2.8. Just any attempt at flashing SuperSU fails.
These were all dirty flashes.
I have not tried a complete restore to stock yet. Would like to avoid this if possible.
I have no active modifications to my system.

savvymatthew said:
When I try to flash SuperSU it fails and just aborts.
I have tried flashing stable and all the beta builds same results. I'll attach a screenshot of it.
Originally I had root with everything working fine but decided to try and update through the update app when I was rooted. This was when I was on 3.2.4 trying to get to 3.2.7. All the update process seemed to do was revert my phone to unrooted and did not update to 3.2.7. Ever since then flashing SuperSU didn't seem to work. I waiting for a full zip. Of 3.2.8 to come out thinking flashing full update would fix it. It didn't.
Everything is running fine on 3.2.8. Just any attempt at flashing SuperSU fails.
These were all dirty flashes.
I have not tried a complete restore to stock yet. Would like to avoid this if possible.
I have no active modifications to my system.
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Clean installation will probably fix it and has less risk of potentially bugs compared to dirty flashes.

LS.xD said:
Clean installation will probably fix it and has less risk of potentially bugs compared to dirty flashes.
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Yeah kinda figured that. How exactly do you force a fresh install and? Sorry for the noob question.

savvymatthew said:
Yeah kinda figured that. How exactly do you force a fresh install and? Sorry for the noob question.
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OnePlus.net offers the rom files as download:
OOS 3.2.6 (capable for OTA 3.2.8)
Open Beta 7
I'm using the Open Beta at the moment and it runs without any issues
OOS roms can be flashed with custom TWRP
For a clean installation just wipe partitions (System; Data; Cache; Int. Storage) with TWRP before flashing the new rom

Just don't be surprised if you wipe your int. storage, you will lose all of your roms and things you've downloaded to your phone. I never wipe int. storage, just Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System.

Hw4ng3r said:
Just don't be surprised if you wipe your int. storage, you will lose all of your roms and things you've downloaded to your phone. I never wipe int. storage, just Cache, Dalvik, Data, and System.
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Thank you for pointing on that I backup all my stuff on my computer once a week but others may not.
By never wiping your internal or manually deleting folders you will collect garbage over time when you change android installations.

I have a back up from when i first set it up, so its very old. After i Flash and set everything up again think im gonna start making weekly back ups, with all the roms and stuff for this phone probably be smart.
Thanks guys

Stuck on spinning wheel after flashing Lineage and gapps

Hello,
I would like to install Lineage on my OnePlus5T, as the OxygenOS system does not seem to have an option for the Albanian language. Lineage does.
However, since Wednesday July 28, I have been trying and failing. Here are the steps:
1. Unlock bootloader (worked perfectly.)
2. Flash TWRP (No issue there either.)
3. Wipe Data, System, Dalvik, Cache (All okay so far...)
4. Flash Lineage and Gapps (both worked fine). I'm flashing lineage 18, with the pico gapps package for android 11.
5. Wipe dalvik and cache again, then reboot. But I got stuck on the spinning wheel. I had backed up all the data with TWRP, but apparently restoring it won't put me backk on OxygenOS. The backup must've been corrupted when copying to a computer.
I also erased system and vendor with fastboot, which wiped all else from the phone and then I tried again, still no luck.
I have tried flashing OxygenOS again, and that now gives me "zip trebble compatibility error, invalid zip file format".
But all partitions were empty, before flashing the system. What have I done wrong? Or what should/can I try to get the system installed?
Many thanks for any help... Sorry for the long message.

Hmm. Did you try without flashing GAPPS? How would your phone behave with system being flashed only?

dedq said:
Hmm. Did you try without flashing GAPPS? How would your phone behave with system being flashed only?
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I feel that could work. However, just before I do, I should ask, does Lineage have the core google apps already installed? Google play, etc? If so, I'll give that a try at my earliest convenience.
Many thanks for the help.

Lineage doesn't have anything related to Google. It's totally debloated.
Give flashing without GAPPS a try and you will be able to identify the problem.

dedq said:
Lineage doesn't have anything related to Google. It's totally debloated.
Give flashing without GAPPS a try and you will be able to identify the problem.
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If this works, how would I be able to get the google apps installed? Would I need to try a different gapps package, maybe?
Many thanks again, and sorry for all the questions.

First see if it works at all after flashing system and we will see after it.

Tobias101 said:
If this works, how would I be able to get the google apps installed? Would I need to try a different gapps package, maybe?
Many thanks again, and sorry for all the questions.
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It's always worth an attempt to boot after flashing system only. If your phone boots you should reboot to recovery and flash your Gapps. Hopefully your phone wool boot again then.

KeinePanik said:
It's always worth an attempt to boot after flashing system only. If your phone boots you should reboot to recovery and flash your Gapps. Hopefully your phone wool boot again then.
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Thank you so much, I'm going to give that a try when I can.

Hello,
The system booted without gapps, but didn't boot with it. So I downloaded the nano package, which was the only other available one for android 11, and it now works flawlessly.
Many thanks for all the help!