Hello I'm new to all of this so I figured I would ask here, I installed clockwork mod and then TnT lite 4.40, even found the install for the Wi-fi bug.
But now Im stuck in a boot-loop but i can boot into the clockwork recovery.
From here should i try to reinstall TnT 4.40 from an SD card or is there a way to flash it to go back to original settings from and SD card?
Sorry if this seems like a noob question but i bought this just today after reading all the cool things you guys have been doing with it and it seems i screwed it up.
You could try re-flashing... you could try a cache and/or data wipe... if none of that works you could try repartitioning... if that fails nvflash...
Would you like links to all of those?
Seriously, It would help if you told us what you've tried and what happened. There are different kinds of bootloops. If it's looping between the birds and gtablet screens you'll most likely need a data wipe and reflash (maybe even repartition and nvflash). If it's looping in the boot animation a data wipe will likely clear it.
Boot into CWM and try the cache/data wipe. If that doesn't work let us know a little more about your situation and we can get you on the right track.
Best of luck.
Well I booted into clockwork and tried a cache and data wipe rebooted and it keeps looping from the birds to the G-tablet logo and thats all it does.
I can turn it off and then go back into clockwork but thats where i'm sorta stuck. Any suggestions would help and links to the things you said would be great i could be doing something wrong.
Thanks
Boot into cwm, try partitioning the sdcard 2048/0. This generally fixes the type of bootloop you're describing. I know from experience. =]
Agreed. You most likely need to repartition.
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I had a working Cyanogen 7 flashed on the gTablet. And due to enthusiasm, I updated with one of the nightly builds and started seeing some issues.
I assumed that clearing the cache and rebooting would help and ended up doing the 'Wipe Cache Partition'. Now the tablet wont boot at all. But I guess its not bricked at all since I am able to get to CWM.
What do I need now to get back to CM7?
Also my search on what the 'wipe cache partition' function doesn't give me the full picture. Now I know that I shouldn't have done it in the first place. But being affected by it I request if one the Gurus on XDA's please shed some lite.
Regards and thanks for the help in advance.
venkavis said:
I had a working Cyanogen 7 flashed on the gTablet. And due to enthusiasm, I updated with one of the nightly builds and started seeing some issues.
I assumed that clearing the cache and rebooting would help and ended up doing the 'Wipe Cache Partition'. Now the tablet wont boot at all. But I guess its not bricked at all since I am able to get to CWM.
What do I need now to get back to CM7?
Also my search on what the 'wipe cache partition' function doesn't give me the full picture. Now I know that I shouldn't have done it in the first place. But being affected by it I request if one the Gurus on XDA's please shed some lite.
Regards and thanks for the help in advance.
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Hopefully a guru can answer this question. A guru I am not..
But what I think you did should not be an issue. I typically wipe data and then wipe cache partition when flashing a new ROM. sometimes I wipe cache and data just to get the ROM running from scratch again. But this should not affect booting..
One thing I think might be the problem is that you have a new kernel from one of the newer nightlys. Recently they added perhsoots May kernel. Whenever a new kernel is included in a nightly you usually need to clear dalvik cache. this is in CWM under advanced.
I hope this helps.
Tried clearing dalvik cache. No change.
Going back to stock and see.
Copied the stock ROM file and used the CWM to do the update. Now the g Tablet is gioing into a Boot loop. It Tap n Tap then displays a animated icon and after a minute repeats the same.
Tried the recovery option and its going into an installing loop again. Not sure how to get out of this.
Does anybody have this experience before?
Is this bricked now? Call viewsonic support? I am not sure if they support, They may say its nor under warranty.
Just to remind you, the last effort to resolve this is to NVFLash it...
Have you tried CWM method twice or repartition it and do it again? It's a tablet for you to enjoy your Internet, reading, video but not flashing all day long..etc
To pass it quick, if I were you, I would NVFlash it back to 3588, put back my favorite ROM, reinstall the Apps I like and start Internet browsing, converting movie (so I can watch on the road), reading news...
good luck!
rcjpth
After this I definitely agree. But seems I am stuck again. Hope this is the last time.
I followed the steps as in the below URL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1040434.html
My PC successfully connected to the gTablet and did the bvflash. After that I booted, it still went into the same. I am not sure if the nvflash worked at all.
Not sure what I am missing here!
Called Viewsonic support and the tech support person pointed me to below post on XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036956
When I read the article it talks about a locked boot loader. Does is mean if I use this and fix the tablet, I will not be able to do any more rooting?
venkavis said:
I followed the steps as in the below URL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1040434.html
My PC successfully connected to the gTablet and did the bvflash. After that I booted, it still went into the same. I am not sure if the nvflash worked at all.
Not sure what I am missing here!
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So you also tried the alternate file, nvflash_gtablet_46_2010112600.zip? That's what worked for me, but I also have to swap partitions 7 & 8 to get CM7 working again.
Since I'm a glutton for punishment, I wiped my cache from nightly 75 and didn't run into any problem.
Just downloaded the alternate zip and flashed again. Having the same looping issue.
Seems like I Have to send it to viewsonic only. The technician said there is a $75 charge to fix.
I had Vegan Ginger Edition running and it was working great. I decided to Factory Reset the tablet. I used Settings|Privacy|Factory Reset.
But it went into endless reboots, I think. What it was doing is that the screen that says Vegan Tab Ginger Edition comes and it does the animation (shocking and flashing), and it does this like 3 times and then the screen goes blank for a second or so and then the animation starts again, and so on, and it keeps on repeating forever and then it would turn off automatically.
I booted into recovery Clockwork Recovery, and tried to do wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, etc, but nothing helped.
I eventually ended up in doing Wipe Dalvik Cache. Now it does not even get to that Vegan Tab animation. It now gets stuck at "Powered by G-TABDEVS" screen.
Any suggestions? Do I need to re-install? If so I guess I will have to copy the zip to SDCARD and then install it, since I can't boot at all. Is there any other option?
Ya, just reflash vegan ginger.
I reflashed it. It now moves on and does not stop at G-TABDEVS screen, but it is exhibiting the same problem. Repeated VEGAN-TAB GingerEdition screens.
What do I do?
I just flashed CyanogenMod, and even that exhibits the same issue. I even went in and did mounts and storage>format system as well as format data. And then flashed it. But still the same.
More bad news. I nvflashed bekit's original image. It now is showing the original big eliptical g-tablet logo as it boots up, but it continues to cycle between the birds and the gtablet logo.
CWM is also gone. When I try to go into recovery all it displays is the big triangle with exclamation sign for a second or so and then restarts the tablet going back into the endless cycle.
I am now totally stuck. Please help.
have you ever repartitioned your device using Clockworkmod Recovery?
I've seen the tablet just bootloop on the bootanimiation if you have never repartitioned. Mine did it and so did a friends of mine. Tablet working great for weeks, installed different ROMs then one day a reboot and it just loops the bootanimation. Repartitioned in CWM (2048/0) and the problem never returned.
Of course you need to get CWM back on. Read the threads on NVFlash and you should be able to just nvflash the clockwork image to the device to boot in to CWM. Repartition and reinstall your ROM.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/starthere.htm
tcrews said:
have you ever repartitioned your device using Clockworkmod Recovery?
I've seen the tablet just bootloop on the bootanimiation if you have never repartitioned. Mine did it and so did a friends of mine. Tablet working great for weeks, installed different ROMs then one day a reboot and it just loops the bootanimation. Repartitioned in CWM (2048/0) and the problem never returned.
Of course you need to get CWM back on. Read the threads on NVFlash and you should be able to just nvflash the clockwork image to the device to boot in to CWM. Repartition and reinstall your ROM.
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Thank you so much. I got out of this mess. I clearly remember repartitioning 2048/0, but looks like Android Factory Reset corrupted it or something.
For the record, this post helped:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10951417&postcount=1
shah123 said:
Thank you so much. I got out of this mess. I clearly remember repartitioning 2048/0, but looks like Android Factory Reset corrupted it or something.
For the record, this post helped:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10951417&postcount=1
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Hahaaha, and for the record, my start here page code double red takes care of your problem. Not only that, I've also provided nvflash files with cwm pre-installed.
I swear, it's like people don't read the directions properly anymore.
goodintentions said:
Hahaaha, and for the record, my start here page code double red takes care of your problem. Not only that, I've also provided nvflash files with cwm pre-installed.
I swear, it's like people don't read the directions properly anymore.
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Hey goodintentions, I know you have good intentions , but I have been working with gtablet mods for quite some time now. Usually when you have a bricked gtablet, you are desperately looking for a solution. That's why I hopped from Vegan to Cyanogen to stock etc within an hour or so. And when you have been working on things for some time, you tend to not look at anything that says "start here". Honestly I had never seen your page before, which by the way is pretty good and would have been a life saver if I had known it.
I wonder... what should I name the page as?
I promise you, my instructions work for 99% of the problems people encounter.
goodintentions said:
I promise you, my instructions work for 99% of the problems people encounter.
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I have no doubt.
hey guys, been here since the launch of evo. rooting, flashing, everything.
today i wanted to switch roms. so i went about my normal process...
d/l new ROM
backup current ROM
backup apps
wipe cache and dalvic
flash new ROM
i got stuck on the last step. i went to flash the new ROM (nocturnal 1.3)
it said something along the lines of blah blah is already unmounted. i didnt pay too much attention to it because i was going to restart and try again. long story short, it will only boot to htc white screen and nothing else.
can anyone help me out?
p.s. im on clockwork recovery
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did you not wipe system and data? I am not super skilled, but maybe it tried to stick the entire ROM into the left over space of the last ROM that is still on there?
It won't boot to recovery? It should boot to recovery
weezymagic said:
hey guys, been here since the launch of evo. rooting, flashing, everything.
today i wanted to switch roms. so i went about my normal process...
d/l new ROM
backup current ROM
backup apps
wipe cache and dalvic
flash new ROM
i got stuck on the last step. i went to flash the new ROM (nocturnal 1.3)
it said something along the lines of blah blah is already unmounted. i didnt pay too much attention to it because i was going to restart and try again. long story short, it will only boot to htc white screen and nothing else.
can anyone help me out?
p.s. im on clockwork recovery
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The error message you received is going to be the key to understanding the issue that occured. When it says unmounted, it is referring to a specific partition, either /data or /system most likely.
For starters, when it hangs on the htc white screen, this is usually either a kernel or ramdisk issue. If the kernel is known to be good, then it is probably a ramdisk issue. most ramdisk issues relate to a mismatch/incompatibility between the loaded kernel and the ROM.
First suggestion would be to reflash the ROM, clearing /cache and /data.
Second suggestion would be to restore a backup. This will confirm there is nothing wrong with your device hardware wise and you'll know it is a specific issue with the ROM you wanted to load.
Third suggestion, find the exact error, word for word, which occured in recovery and post up in the ROM thread asking if other users of that ROM also encountered, how they handled. Also feel free to post back up here.
When writing the programming behind a custom recovery, the error messages are added in there to help allow users and developers better knowledge of the exact issue so they can work to resolve them. Without the exact error message, it is similar to going to a car shop and saying, some light came on my dash, but I don't know what it was and now the car doesn't work. Fix it? Another words, it is very vague.
Hope the suggestions and tips help! Good luck!
my first instinct was to reflash the backup or new rom again but it wont boot to any rom, recovery or bootloader. it just hangs on the htc white screen
idk what happened but i got into the bootloader through battery pull, power+vol down. i know ive tried that in the past but this time it worked. now im restoring a nandroid from yesterday
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idk what happened but i got into the bootloader through battery pull, power+vol down. i know ive tried that in the past but this time it worked. now im restoring a nandroid from yesterday
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are you on twrp 1.0.x ? There is s charging issue where it won't restart right because it thinks It's already in recovery
sent from my EVO 3D via XDA app
weezymagic said:
hey guys, been here since the launch of evo. rooting, flashing, everything.
today i wanted to switch roms. so i went about my normal process...
d/l new ROM
backup current ROM
backup apps
wipe cache and dalvic
flash new ROM
i got stuck on the last step. i went to flash the new ROM (nocturnal 1.3)
it said something along the lines of blah blah is already unmounted. i didnt pay too much attention to it because i was going to restart and try again. long story short, it will only boot to htc white screen and nothing else.
can anyone help me out?
p.s. im on clockwork recovery
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You missed a step. After you wipe dalvik and cache, you ALWAYS need to wipe /system and /data, do a factory reset to make sure, or download a superwipe tool. The ONLY time you don't need to wipe completely is when you're updating your ROM, but even then it is recommended to wipe everything.
Twolazyg said:
You missed a step. After you wipe dalvik and cache, you ALWAYS need to wipe /system and /data, do a factory reset to make sure, or download a superwipe tool. The ONLY time you don't need to wipe completely is when you're updating your ROM, but even then it is recommended to wipe everything.
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Agreed^^^^^
Yes I am new to rooting droids, but I am not illiterate in this subject. However, I am pregnant, and over emotional and possibly losing my mind because I can't get my phone to work. (Sounds like a noob issue right?!)
I have a droid 2, latest update, blahblah.
I rooted it, no problem, got good instructions from here, downloaded ROM manager, and Bootstrap. I downloaded Liquid Dream ROM. Flashed Clockwork, and rebooted. ROM seemed to download onto the device fine, finished rebooting and now it plays the Liquid Dream animation on start up over and over. Currently I am in reboot mode but I am stuck, I don't know where to go from here (because I am a noob, I know). So I'm hope full that someone with a lot more knowledge on this can help me out, so I don't totally lose my mind. Thanks for your time future person who helps me! (I hope)
did you wipe all the data/cache and davlik prior to installing a new rom. When ever changing roms, you need to clear out the old data.
go into fastboot, clear data/cache and under advance clear dalvik.
try that.
ChelseaLynn__ said:
Yes I am new to rooting droids, but I am not illiterate in this subject. However, I am pregnant, and over emotional and possibly losing my mind because I can't get my phone to work. (Sounds like a noob issue right?!)
I have a droid 2, latest update, blahblah.
I rooted it, no problem, got good instructions from here, downloaded ROM manager, and Bootstrap. I downloaded Liquid Dream ROM. Flashed Clockwork, and rebooted. ROM seemed to download onto the device fine, finished rebooting and now it plays the Liquid Dream animation on start up over and over. Currently I am in reboot mode but I am stuck, I don't know where to go from here (because I am a noob, I know). So I'm hope full that someone with a lot more knowledge on this can help me out, so I don't totally lose my mind. Thanks for your time future person who helps me! (I hope)
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Well, something probably didn´t upload ok. So, what you have to do know is: make sure the .zip file in the sdcard is not corrupted. In order to make sure of that, you can try to download it again (you will need an sdcard reader). Then, when you have already the .zip file in the sdcard, boot into recovery. From boot loop the best way is to boot the phone pressing power + volumen down, then choose recovery from the hboot menu. Once you are in the CWM recovery menu, do a wipe data / factory reset. wipe cache partion and format system.
When that is done, you are able to flash the zip file from install .zip from sdcard choice. That should work and get your cell back to life.
It might be Clockwork. There have been some issues with it. If none of the above suggestions work, try getting Amon Ra.
If ClockWorkMod does not work you can try flashing the 4EXT recovery...works smoothly at least in my Inspire 4G.
Only recently, from today i have been experiencing stuck on boot screen problems with a rom, i wiped cache and dalvik, even changed kernel but still stuck, so i wiped data and flashed a new rom. I wiped everything, the first boot worked, i installed my apps then i wanted to flash a file so i rebooted, however my device got stuck on boot screen again. It is always stuck on the Galaxy s 2 screen and every rom i use, if i reboot it will get stuck!!! Im not sure what the problem is and im getting very nervous now. Can somebody please help me or at least tell me what is happening? Thank you
I was using the latest NeatRom Lite when the first bootscreen happened, so i switched to Wanam and now same problem, i even tried booting without my sd card, but still cant boot!
Why on earth did you title your topics as nothing more then "Please Help!!!!" ??
Topic titles are supposed to be descriptive (NOT GENERIC) so that people browsing forum can see what topics are about. Your likely to get less page views and hence less likely to get help if you dont use common sense and title topics correctly.
Try a kernel cleaning script.
Try a rom cleaning script.
Try re-stocking via odin.