To begin with, I am a complete noob with any and all phone mods. I'll run down what I've done and whats happening when I do it.
I used the adb method to root my tbolt. Once that was done, I installed Superuser, and Rom Manager and flashed with the latest CWR, after clearing the download manager and turning on the erase option in settings. I have done this (flash cwr) before each attempt to flash a rom.
I have tried 3 roms: Das Bamf 1.3.2 themed (tried twice), The Perfect Storm 1.2 and VirusROM RC1b3. I used identical steps to flash them:
1. Booted to CWR
2. made a nandroid backup
3. wiped data
4. wiped cache
5. wiped Davlik (sp?)
6. wiped battery
7. install zip from sd, choose zip from sd
8. after installation, reboot
When I reboot, the white boot screen with green htc logo appears, disappears, appears, disappears, and so on. I assume this is what people are referring to as a boot loop. It happened with both Roms, and luckily I am still able to get back to recovery and restore the stock rooted rom.
I've asked for help in the android forums, and a couple of people there have been trying to help, but the only real suggestion I've received is bad dl's. I haven't been able to find the md5's for the .zips to compare to what I generate, but I can't believe 3 straight dl's are corrupt.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
hootinani said:
To begin with, I am a complete noob with any and all phone mods. I'll run down what I've done and whats happening when I do it.
I used the adb method to root my tbolt. Once that was done, I installed Superuser, and Rom Manager and flashed with the latest CWR, after clearing the download manager and turning on the erase option in settings. I have done this (flash cwr) before each attempt to flash a rom.
I have tried 3 roms: Das Bamf 1.3.2 themed (tried twice), The Perfect Storm 1.2 and VirusROM RC1b3. I used identical steps to flash them:
1. Booted to CWR
2. made a nandroid backup
3. wiped data
4. wiped cache
5. wiped Davlik (sp?)
6. wiped battery
7. install zip from sd, choose zip from sd
8. after installation, reboot
When I reboot, the white boot screen with green htc logo appears, disappears, appears, disappears, and so on. I assume this is what people are referring to as a boot loop. It happened with both Roms, and luckily I am still able to get back to recovery and restore the stock rooted rom.
I've asked for help in the android forums, and a couple of people there have been trying to help, but the only real suggestion I've received is bad dl's. I haven't been able to find the md5's for the .zips to compare to what I generate, but I can't believe 3 straight dl's are corrupt.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Did you try hitting install ROM from SD card in ROM manager and just flashing it through the app? Not sure that will change your result but it flashes it for you and you can choose the options to make a backup and wipe. Can't hurt to try it.
I did try it with Das Bamf, but got the same result. Thats when I read that using rom manager to install the roms could cause problems and started doing it manually.
After uninstalling/reinstalling rom manager and flashing cwr again, I got TPS 1.1 to flash, and its working great. I then tried to flash 1.2 thru cwr, both with a data wipe and without, but both times it boot looped.
I've dl'd TPS 1.2 from a different source, and I'll try to install it when I get home. But any other suggestions are very appreciated. I'm just glad I finally got something to flash.
I'm stumped. I tried new dl's of TPS 1.2 and Das Bamf 1.3.2te, and both of them failed. I even tried turning off my antivirus while dl'ing and moving the file to my sdcard, but it didn't make a difference.
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I'm working with my new (from woot) Viewsonic G Tablet.
I managed to flash clockwork recovery (v .8) with little to no trouble. However, I am having some difficulty flashing a custom ROM. I have tried several different versions, including many of the ones posted on this forum.
Whenever I try, clockwork says that the install completed, but when I reboot it hangs at the Viewsonic bird-logo screen. After about 25 minutes I give up, reboot. It happens again. I reboot into clockwork and restore to stock and it works fine. I don't think I'm missing a step, but I'm pleading for help.
From clockworkmod -- Wipe Data, Cache, and Dalvik Cache. Repartition sdcard to 2048 and 0. The repartition will format your user partition, so back up any data to an external source that you don't want to lose.
Re-flash ROM of choice, hopefully boot all the way, if not then try wiping data again after flash and then fix permissions from clockworkmod.
I'll give it a shot!
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No luck.
My steps:
1) Shut down
2) Boot into recovery (hold the vol+ and power)
3) Wipe data/factory reset
4) Wipe cache
5) advanced, wipe Dalvik
6) advanced, partition sdcard 2048, 0
7) mount usb, copy rom & gapps over (both from xda with reports of success)
8) install zip from sd (CorwinCM7RC4Beta.zip)
9) install zip from sd ( gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip)
10) re-wipe data
11) rewipe cache
12) rewipe dalvik
13) fix permissions
14) boot & freezes at the birds
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Can you flash a stock rom like 3588 and see if that boots?
Stock roms are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000
They have to be flashed with stock recovery, not clockworkmod.
I would probably use nvflash to get a working stock image on it first. This thread for those instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
Nvflash bekit's images then flash 3588 through the stock recovery, and you'll be back to latest stock image. Then you might have success with the custom ROM again.
Some tabs had a slightly different partition structure, mine was one of them. I nvflashed bekit's originals and it straightened out some things for me back in December.
It seems like a lot to do, but you may only need it once. I've only needed to use it twice since owning the Gtab, and the second time was by choice.
Having similar issue on the batch recieved from woot. Stock and Vegan 5.1x works but everything else gets stuck at the viewsonic birds screen.
I have no idea why. I'm going to try to do the old nvflash push method of installing cw .8 bekit today, since on the two I had in my possession this weekend got stuck and I used the install via recovery on cw .8 on them.
(btw. My original tab loads any rom(g-tablet) i want to throw at it, I used nvflash in december so it's the only thing i can think of)
Model on the tabs from woot is upc300-2.2 so yeah I am baffled (unless it turns out the way cw .8 installs....)
So...I can't install either of the two CM based ROM's I've downloaded. However, on the first try, I installed VEGan, and then tonight TNT Lite, with no issues. Any CM ROM I try to install just sits on the loading screen, regardless of how long I wait. Is there something special that needs to be done to install them, different than what I do for other ROM's? (Clear data/cache, flash the ROM, clear data/cache again, reboot.)
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So...I can't install either of the two CM based ROM's I've downloaded. However, on the first try, I installed VEGan, and then tonight TNT Lite, with no issues. Any CM ROM I try to install just sits on the loading screen, regardless of how long I wait. Is there something special that needs to be done to install them, different than what I do for other ROM's? (Clear data/cache, flash the ROM, clear data/cache again, reboot.)
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I believe you have ClockworkMod 0.8 recovery, since you were able to flash Vegan Rom.
In general, before you flash the different rom
1. Back up your current rom
2. wipe data (factory reset)
3. wipe cache
4. flash the rom
5, flash gapps
6. reboot
Hope this helps
There have also been some reports of G-Tablets coming out of the box with incorrect partitions.
Using NVFlash has cured those issues. You should then be able to flash CM7 Roms through CWM like everyone else.
I repartitioned with 2048/0, shouldn't that rule out any partitioning problems?
I'm trying it again right now with flashing the rom then gapps.zip, waiting for it to boot...or just stay on the boot screen.
Format system and data, then follow those steps again. I ran in to similar issues when I hadn't formatted.
Also, do the three wipes again after installing the ROM and gapps.
Holy crap! I see the CM boot screen now! Thanks for the help guys. Now, do I still need to do the market fix (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245)? It looks like from their changelogs that the latest version of Flash is cooked into the ROM so I shouldn't have to do that part from the guide, but I'm wondering about the market.
Well, the market seems to have everything, including an app (power control plus) that none of the other rom's let me see, so I seem to be good to go! Thanks again guys!
Thanks for the suggestion - and I'll readily admit I'm WAY out of my comfort zone with Android.
When I format the /system /data do I have to mount first?
What order do the steps run in? Do I partition and then format /system /data?
cannot install cm based roms
I was trying to reset from factory rest but failed when my gtablet stucked and apparently did something wrong along the way. Now when I turn it on, I get the 3 birds screen, followed by G-Tabdevs screen, then dead. I do have clockwork mod installed on it.
1 when I clicked factory rest, it just return to the manue and said cannot find the file.
2 when I did a back up, it went through boot image,recovery image,system and then taskbar stopped in the half at settings.apk and then dead.
3 when I tried to followed this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
to use the external tf card to flash, Gtablet doesnot recogonize the external card, while I can read all the files in gtablet. I can copya single small file but cannot paste a recovery and update.zip on gtablet. Each time I copied a file from gtablet, then it is dead. I have to return on by pressing power and volume+.
4 I tried adb to push update.zip to gatblet,also failed. I feel my gtablet can only allows me to read it and refuse me to do anything on it.
Any ways to reboot my gatblet brick?
Please help! I've been reading forums all weeks trying to figure out how to fix it and am not having any luck!
Appreciate any suggestions
Ok, I've done a load of research trying to figure out the problem with no luck so I'm, asking you htc legend gurus out there for help.
- My gf's htc legend was OTA upgraded to 2.2
- I found the downgrade RUU procedure to get back to 1.31 with gold card to root the phone. DONE (still hboot 1.01)
- Installed CM7RC4 last month, no problem
- CM7 Stable 7.0 was released, didn't notice until CM7 7.0.2 was released
- Tried to install 7.0.2 and this is where i get problems
- I downloaded the zip and used rom manager to update
- does its thing, backups etc then reboots and installs the rom
- fone reboots and stays on the htc logo white screen for a while then goes black and back to the htc logo white screen (not the android skateboarding across the screen cm7 animation), then it goes to the black screen with the phone and red exclamation mark
- so i volume up + power, and reboot system now.. same thing back to same exclamation mark
- thought it was a corrupt zip so i download again, same result
- downloaded it again and put it on the sd card
- booted to the stock recovery, fake flash cwm update.zip recovery and manually updated by selecting the zip, SAME RESULT red exclamation mark
- gave up on 7.0.2 and downloaded 7.0 and that worked!
- installed fine and when i rebooted it went to the CM7 animation! and have a fully working phone and rom
- wasted enough time and now that it works i didn't bother with 7.0.2
- now 7.0.3 was released so i downloaded that, and tried to update it
- SAME RESULT with the red exclamation mark.
I'm following the same process for 7.0.3 as I did for 7.0. What am i missing here? Is it gold card related?
I've got a htc desire myself, rooted with miui and I was around with the htc dream/g1 rooting updating cm roms - I do have some knowledge, but this one has me stumped!
Please help, its very frustrating. Thanks in advance!
If you are using Clockwork rom manager its easy...boot into recovery (either adb reboot recovery or power on holding vol down,choose recovery,when in recovery press up + power select install update.zip and then should be in clockworkmod.......
Afer that choose install zip from sdcard,clockworkmod (folder) then flick throug htill you find the CM7 you want and flash it!
Other than that you are doing a full wipe?
yup, performed those exact steps. in various combinations via adb without adb, via rom manager via fastboot all ends in the same result
i've tried no wipe, same result
i've tried partial wipe (wipe cache and dalvik), same result
i've tried full factory wipe/reset, same result
always have to nandroid restore my 7.0 install. i really dont want to go through the whole rooting process again.
FYI cos of hboot 1.01 mine is S-ON so the phone doesn't boot direct into cwm recovery.. i have to go to stock recovery then use update.zip. I don't see how that should cause a problem if cm7.0 works fine when I flash it.
Try wiping everything? Except SDCard ofc. A good wipe usually solves the problem for me.
I usually wipe data/factory reset, then format boot, system, data, and cache.
Worth a try =)
Greets,
BartAertgeerts
Downloaded 7.0.3 again on PC this time and used Rom Manager to install it... only wiping dalvik.
Worked this time! finally Legend is 7.0.3. I hate wiping everything cos of all the customisations and tweaks I need to make.
Thanks, Calvin
I have been searching for a while, but does anyone have issues installing Miui 1.7.8? I can get to CM7 and install GAPPS for it no problem. On CWM 4.0 I have been trying to install Miui from SD card after wiping data and both caches. When it tries to load Miui I get a boot loop with the exclamation mark and quickly written words that I can't decipher quickly. I read earlier about pulling battery in this instance, but that didn't help. I want to test out the phone.apk, but I'm having some issues.
fsuagentsmith said:
I have been searching for a while, but does anyone have issues installing Miui 1.7.8? I can get to CM7 and install GAPPS for it no problem. On CWM 4.0 I have been trying to install Miui from SD card after wiping data and both caches. When it tries to load Miui I get a boot loop with the exclamation mark and quickly written words that I can't decipher quickly. I read earlier about pulling battery in this instance, but that didn't help. I want to test out the phone.apk, but I'm having some issues.
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For future use, if anyone is having issues like this...
1. Booted using volume controls to recovery 3.0 posted by JT in CM7.
2. Used the ext4 formatter_all from navenrob
3. Used the CM7 install from JT
4. Booted CM7
5. ReBooted recovery from CM7
6. Wiped Cache from CWM 4.0
7. Installed current verison of Miui from CWM 4.0
Thought I would post how I figured it out.
fsuagentsmith said:
I have been searching for a while, but does anyone have issues installing Miui 1.7.8? I can get to CM7 and install GAPPS for it no problem. On CWM 4.0 I have been trying to install Miui from SD card after wiping data and both caches. When it tries to load Miui I get a boot loop with the exclamation mark and quickly written words that I can't decipher quickly. I read earlier about pulling battery in this instance, but that didn't help. I want to test out the phone.apk, but I'm having some issues.
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I was having problems flashing 1.7.8 too. I downloaded 1.7.1.3 from goo inside me. The site where you download the rom. I flashed that with no issues on red CWM. Then i booted and went to orange recovery from the power menu. Flashed 1.7.8 perfectly. Don't really know if this would solve the problem but its worth a shot.
I had to odin eb01 with atlas 2.2, odin cm recovery fix for cm7, flash cm7signed in red recovery, rebooted into orange recovery, reflash cm7signed, reboot into rom, reboot recovery, wipe, flash cm7 0704, reboot, wipe, flash miui. finally worked after much trial and error
Hello all,
I need some advice. I originally followed this page http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sam...l_Update_Guide to flash and everything was fine for 3 or 4 days and then the fc's came. So i odin'd to stock and when getting ready to reflash i see that you need to be on 2.2 to use his guide. So another member kwkslvr (who has been very helpful and patient btw) told me his method for flashing CM7 so i attempted to straight from 2.1 with no root to the following...
(kwkslvr's method) You definitely don't need to be on Froyo. You don't need root either. What has worked best for me is to Odin to 2.1, reboot into stock recovery and flash update.zip. Since you've flashed before, update.zip will probably already be in your internal sdcard unless you removed it. You'll have to flash it twice in a row without rebooting and that will load ClockworkMod Recovery.
Once you're in CMW Recovery (probably green recovery), wipe data/factory reset then format/system. These two steps are CRUCIAL! Flash your CM7 Nightly twice. The first time you flash it, it installs blue recovery. The second time it installs CM7. After that, again without rebooting, install gapps.
From that point, wipe data/factory reset again and reboot into the OS.
So i tried that and got to where the phone restarts after the flash and it has galaxy and cyanogen below it for a few seconds and then immediately script with font like from recovery mode races down the screen for a few seconds, then back to galaxy/cyanogen in a loop. So i odin'd again and as of now am stock 2.1 with the options of kies n it to 2.2 and then follow cyan page again or trying kwkslvr's method again. I did notice he mentioned nightlies but i am attempting to flash the stable on page 1 of this thread but don't think that would make much difference. I love the way this ROM looks and performed before it went off the tracks. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks alot
EDIT: At the boot loop sequence i 3 buttoned to recovery and reflashed and it seems to have worked. I notice the battery gauge no longer has the # %. And the horizontal line next to it is gone too. On my market page under "not installed" i have adobe flash showcase (Reads this item is not available at top), google search which just has a open tab (Already is installed), magic 8 ball by dennis bond (Reads this not available in your country?? it was the first time i installed it) Any ideas on how to get these 3 items off the not installed section. It's mainly a minor annoyance. I have cleared cache in market with no luck. Thanks.