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I got the latest Evil Fascination ROM 3.4.2 but when I try to install using CWM, it gets stuck when trying to boot up. any idea?
I was using Community ROM 1.2 prior to attempting to flash to this ROM.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Did you do a full wipe? (Data/cache/dalvik)
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Yes. I did a wipe of cache partition/dalvik cache and also
did Wipe data/factory reset atleast 3 times each. Still I have the same issue.
Please help.
Thanks
Hmmm.... I would try downloading the ROM again and then trying to flash it. Maybe you got a bad download. If that doesn't work try flashing the newest clockworkmod. Good luck.
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I tried re-downloading the file and still the same issue.
Wiped Data/Cache/Dalvik bunch of times and still the same result.
All these resulted in a soft brick . I was unable to restore my prev nandroid backup also.
Fortunately I found the solution to soft brick in another xda thread. Now back to Community ROM.
Not sure what went wrong
bommalattam said:
I tried re-downloading the file and still the same issue.
Wiped Data/Cache/Dalvik bunch of times and still the same result.
All these resulted in a soft brick . I was unable to restore my prev nandroid backup also.
Fortunately I found the solution to soft brick in another xda thread. Now back to Community ROM.
Not sure what went wrong
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Go back to stock and work your way up.
But I dont know why you are giving up Com rom.
xHoLyx said:
Go back to stock and work your way up.
But I dont know why you are giving up Com rom.
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+1 this is about your only option.. be sure u follow directions to a tee.. the directions on his post are amazing.. dont skip a single step..and if you cant get it to work.. def go community.. its amazing! good luck
When I was first trying to go to evil fascinate, I had an issue with updated kernels. I could not run JT or OTB kernels and ran an older ED01 I had on my phone. This then let the rom complete the setup. After the Rom was setup I could switch to an OTB or JT kernel.
Not sure if this is your case, but just something I observed on my own phone.
This was on Evil Fascinate 3.3 as a note.
how come when i flashed it goes through and just wipes and reboots?
previousky i flashed froyo voodoo kernel on ea28 then i wiped everything even stuff in advanced settings in cwm pls help m
Kingali1997 said:
how come when i flashed it goes through and just wipes and reboots?
previousky i flashed froyo voodoo kernel on ea28 then i wiped everything even stuff in advanced settings in cwm pls help m
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No they don't, sometimes you have to odin a few times to get it to co-operate. Go Here and it should tell you what you want to know.
Full DL09 from adrynalyne from the "how to get to ED01 quickly" thread, the atlas_v2.2.pit and have repartition checked usually does the trick. Dont discredit odin with out trying everything first.
Also, dont immediately go back into download mode and flash a recovery let it do one full first boot, stock recovery needs to format some stuff.
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i apoligize for not explaining myself fully i didnt mean to discredit odin i was just curious to see if they always worked because i flashed the restore package
Has anyone tried the ED04 OTA to see if it helps any issues? The only thing it says on the website is that it improves incoming call connectivity, but then there might be other things they don't list.
Just curious.
where do i get it
strauss0829 said:
where do i get it
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Right now probably only by OTA, which means you'd have to go back to stock.
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No, they are just using it to catch people tethering.
how do i go back to eb01 stock if i have the tar file ????
strauss0829 said:
how do i go back to eb01 stock if i have the tar file ????
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You won't be able to OTA to ED04 from EB01. You can odin to DI01 or DL09 or maybe the ED01 (which doesn't have the modem i believe) Follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
Hope this helps.
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ED04 + CWM 3.x = Can't backup boot
I had to Odin back to stock (long story - but hey we've all been there) and saw there was an update beyond ED01 and thought "what the heck..."
I'm now rocking ED04 and thought it might be a good idea to grab a nandroid backup so I Odin'd ClockworkMod (Times Infinity 5.8.11) and entered recovery on first boot (since the Verizon kernels have a tendency to kill CWM).
So far so good, selected backup and saw "Backing up boot image..." then "Error while backing up boot image!"
(before anyone asks I have over 5GB free on the SD card and it is inserted and mounted)
EDIT: Sounds like this won't work. I guess you need to flash and boot a custom kernel first.
martian21 said:
I had to Odin back to stock (long story - but hey we've all been there) and saw there was an update beyond ED01 and thought "what the heck..."
I'm now rocking ED04 and thought it might be a good idea to grab a nandroid backup so I Odin'd ClockworkMod (Times Infinity 5.8.11) and entered recovery on first boot (since the Verizon kernels have a tendency to kill CWM).
So far so good, selected backup and saw "Backing up boot image..." then "Error while backing up boot image!"
(before anyone asks I have over 5GB free on the SD card and it is inserted and mounted)
Weird error or *tin foil hat* VZW conspiracy???
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Neither. Known issue with that CWM. I'm trying to find the link to nemesis2all's cwm. I believe that one will do nandroid backups.
Here it is:
http://www.multiupload.com/8VDE8GX69P
Problem with this one is won't wipe dalvik and gets hung up during the data wipe. Data wipe completes, it just doesn't look like it completes because it gets hung up
Well the main issue that was supposed to be addressed is improved incoming call connectivity but today my wife tried calling me twice and my phone only showed one missed call. So I'm not sure it helped at all or not.
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Have some employees who had issues with the last update of camera not working, etc. Wonder if this would fix that for them.
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Have some employees who had issues with the last update of camera not working, etc. Wonder if this would fix that for them.
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You reminded me that my camera would fail after using a 3rd-party app that accessed the camera in ED01 or 03. I just tried it, and apparently this update HAS fixed that.
Looks like my OTA just forced the ED04 update. Blew away SU and CWM.
Question is, can I put back the ODIN (red) version of CWM?
ec01 comm rom 2.0
I have com rom 2.0 and currently on the EC01 modem and the OTB 1.6 kernel. CWM v3.2.0.0.otb
I was doing some side by side speed tests with my moms completely stock ed04 fassy and hers was goign about 3 times faster if not more.
We were both at 2 bars of VZW signal and i got about 200-400 kbps and she was getting 1000-1200 kbps.
So I got to get onto the ED04 now. I am at work and will be doing this at home tonight.
From my research I have seen that I need to ODIN back to DL09 and then CMW straight into the ED04 modem
research done
So will this wipe any data or is it just simply just going to revert and then upgrade just the modem. Will CWM Still be there after reverting back to DL09? Or do i need to reflash in ODIN and which version is best if so? And then three button (vol up, vol down, and power) boot into CWM to flash my OTB 1.6 kernel back on? then boot as normal? or will this kernel not work.
Thanks for any feedback
Josh
NRadonich said:
Looks like my OTA just forced the ED04 update. Blew away SU and CWM.
Question is, can I put back the ODIN (red) version of CWM?
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Yes
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Jduke705 said:
I have com rom 2.0 and currently on the EC01 modem and the OTB 1.6 kernel. CWM v3.2.0.0.otb
I was doing some side by side speed tests with my moms completely stock ed04 fassy and hers was goign about 3 times faster if not more.
We were both at 2 bars of VZW signal and i got about 200-400 kbps and she was getting 1000-1200 kbps.
So I got to get onto the ED04 now. I am at work and will be doing this at home tonight.
From my research I have seen that I need to ODIN back to DL09 and then CMW straight into the ED04 modem
research done
So will this wipe any data or is it just simply just going to revert and then upgrade just the modem. Will CWM Still be there after reverting back to DL09? Or do i need to reflash in ODIN and which version is best if so? And then three button (vol up, vol down, and power) boot into CWM to flash my OTB 1.6 kernel back on? then boot as normal? or will this kernel not work.
Thanks for any feedback
Josh
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You are only changing the modem so no data will be wiped or lost. I did this last night, ODIN DL09 modem, reboot, confirm baseband of DL09, boot to CWM, flash DL09 to ED04 zip file, boot phone, confirmed baseband of ED04. Didn't lose root or CWM and process took all of 10 minutes. Phone does seem snappier now.
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You are only changing the modem so no data will be wiped or lost. I did this last night, ODIN DL09 modem, reboot, confirm baseband of DL09, boot to CWM, flash DL09 to ED04 zip file, boot phone, confirmed baseband of ED04. Didn't lose root or CWM and process took all of 10 minutes. Phone does seem snappier now.
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Shark, can you link to those files or the thread?
I know you know your stuff Landshark. Appreciate the fast response and now just impatient to get home and do this myself
Thanks again
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Shark, can you link to those files or the thread?
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If you look at my first post there. I Have it linked in research http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097355
scarfman4 said:
Has anyone tried the ED04 OTA to see if it helps any issues? The only thing it says on the website is that it improves incoming call connectivity, but then there might be other things they don't list.
Just curious.
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Updated last night to ED04 stock. Had fascinate sitting on desk this morning, called it from land line and it just sat there and went to vm.
Has not fixed anything
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Running CommROM 2.0. Performed ED04 update as per LandShark instructions. Unquestionably, the phone seems much smoother and snappier. Called phone from home landline, no problems. Quite content with the improvement resulting from the ED04 update.
Hey, everyone. I've been having this problem a lot... when I was on CM7, about once a month everything would force close. First an app (xScope, Twicca, anything), then GApps, then my keyboard... the phone starts FCing everything within about an hour of being turned on. In the past, I've just fully wiped the phone... I'm on Pool Party now (the version before the newest one right now), and everything is FCing again. Is there a solution that isn't just "wipe everything?"
Did you make any drastic changes before it started force closing everything or has it been that way since you flashed the new ROM? Or was your ROM working fine in the past and it mystically started happening
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This just mystically started today. It's been about a month and a half since the last time this happened, on CM7.
My phone got all screwed up one time when I installed either a bad gapps zip or the wrong one and I ended up having to wipe everything and start over to get out of that mess, although it's weird it randomly is happening to you.
I highly recommend the new ics roms
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kadin.zimmerman said:
My phone got all screwed up one time when I installed either a bad gapps zip or the wrong one and I ended up having to wipe everything and start over to get out of that mess, although it's weird it randomly is happening to you.
I highly recommend the new ics roms
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@OP... I installed TSM Pool Party, flashed gapps for CM7, [big mistake???] and then today everything FC. Couldn't load my browser, only ADWlauncher and perhaps a few other apps I tried worked.
I tried flashing the correct gapps, not sure if it fixed it, rebooting now. if not I will have to reflash tsm pool party.
@above poster, where is this new ICS fascinate rom? Is it stable?
GApps is GApps, man. Wondering if it's a sync issue...
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@OP... I installed TSM Pool Party, flashed gapps for CM7, [big mistake???] and then today everything FC. Couldn't load my browser, only ADWlauncher and perhaps a few other apps I tried worked.
I tried flashing the correct gapps, not sure if it fixed it, rebooting now. if not I will have to reflash tsm pool party.
@above poster, where is this new ICS fascinate rom? Is it stable?
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Yeah the ics ROM is very stable, I love it. Go to Google and type in "rootzwiki fascinate ics build 6" and you should find it on the rootzwiki website. Let me know if you end up using it and if you like it or even if you need help...I have encountered most problems people have had so I experienced them first hand lol
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Gonna boot my phone up for the first time in 24 hours, maybe it's calmed down. I'd love to switch to ICS, but this isn't solving my "I don't want to wipe everything AGAIN" ordeal.
obsidianchao said:
Gonna boot my phone up for the first time in 24 hours, maybe it's calmed down. I'd love to switch to ICS, but this isn't solving my "I don't want to wipe everything AGAIN" ordeal.
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Yeah I understand you on that...makes you sick to your stomach when you lose everything. Did you not have any backups of when your phone was in its working state? Backups are one of the most important things in my opinion. I learned the hard way
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I haven't done a proper backup in a while. I should really start doing that, sigh.
obsidianchao said:
I haven't done a proper backup in a while. I should really start doing that, sigh.
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boot into cwm and wipe cacnhe and dalvik. I normally do this once a week. Also if you have alot of apps downloaded to the internal memory this can happen. Check rootzwiki out for a thread about fixing the datadata force close issues.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/5635-problems-with-datadata-causing-force-closes-for-google-apps/
Ahhh, thank you so much, this is perfect!
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Yeah the ics ROM is very stable, I love it. Go to Google and type in "rootzwiki fascinate ics build 6" and you should find it on the rootzwiki website. Let me know if you end up using it and if you like it or even if you need help...I have encountered most problems people have had so I experienced them first hand lol
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Ah nice. I was hoping to see a stable ICS. So, it says there's no video hardware acceleration.. does that mean future updates will bring hardware acceleration for the fasciante? like h264 mkv's, or h264 mp4's, or even mpeg4 avi's? tsm/jt's rom doesn't have good video hardware support, MX video has to use SW almost all the time.
So I think I would like to check it out, but I wish I knew about it before I went through all the trouble last night to reflash and reinstall all my apps.. [was up till 3am working on it] lol
any major troubles with it? Also what CWM do I use? Perhaps the one on the CM7 fascinate wiki? [cwm4-bml-i500.tar] or the cwm 5.0.2.7 in vanilla gb?
Also do I need to odin it to anything? or can I go from what I've got now [tsm pool party]?
I've had no major troubles with the past 2 builds and definitely build 6 is the best. Not exactly sure what is meant by the hardware acceleration but everything about this ROM runs smooth. As for cwm version, just install any cwm and the ics ROM has its own that it will install. Once it installs it's own, it is recommended to not flash a new kernel once it does it's own because the one it puts on has stuff built in to make all the features work.
As for Odin, hmm....too be safe I would go back to stock and then throw a cwm kernel on. Then do a wipe data + cache and install build 5. Make sure it is running good then just clear cache and install build 6
Do a backup before you start all this just to be safe!!
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kadin.zimmerman said:
As for Odin, hmm....too be safe I would go back to stock and then throw a cwm kernel on. Then do a wipe data + cache and install build 5. Make sure it is running good then just clear cache and install build 6
Do a backup before you start all this just to be safe!!
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Ok so how come I should install build 5 first?
mvmacd said:
Ok so how come I should install build 5 first?
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I'm not sure if you have to or not, probably don't actually I'm not sure why I said that lol...I guess in my situation I had troubles along the way so I started at build 3 and worked my way up.
just go straight to build 6 and in that case wipe data and cache. And I still would go to stock first because I read somewhere that it best to go from the bml based versions to mtd.
I would then update your radio to EH03 if it isn't already
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kadin.zimmerman said:
I'm not sure if you have to or not, probably don't actually I'm not sure why I said that lol...I guess in my situation I had troubles along the way so I started at build 3 and worked my way up.
just go straight to build 6 and in that case wipe data and cache. And I still would go to stock first because I read somewhere that it best to go from the bml based versions to mtd.
I would then update your radio to EH03 if it isn't already
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awesome... yes I was planning on Odin'ing again, because I've found it gives the rom you flash after it better chance of survival.
It is a inconvenience though because I have to boot up W7 [Dual boot Linux] every time I wanna Odin.. haha, same thing back when I used my ipod touch for iTunes.
So what radio does the ics build 6 have? can they not use the eh03 radio [I'm assuming is superior to whatever it has]? And I assume heimdall can flash the "modem.bin" radio that I untar from the "CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5" like so:
heimdall flash --modem modem.bin
right?
The ics builds don't have a specific radio, it doesnt mess with the radio you currently have, so whatever radio you have now is what you will have after the rom. I just didn't know what radio you had now, and the reason i recommend the EH03 is because it is the newest stock radio from verizon - meaning it is definitely reliable.
I'm not sure what you mean by untaring the .tar file. Odin uses the .tar file, so do not untar the file, just leave it the way it is. Unless you mean you can specifically take the radio.tar file out from the other tar file. I have the EH03_radio.tar file so if you wanted it i could upload it somewhere and give you the link. Odin back to any stock firmware, then load a cwm recovery as well as the EH03 radio.
EDIT: Here you go http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32493357/eh03_radio.tar.md5
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The ics builds don't have a specific radio, it doesnt mess with the radio you currently have, so whatever radio you have now is what you will have after the rom. I just didn't know what radio you had now, and the reason i recommend the EH03 is because it is the newest stock radio from verizon - meaning it is definitely reliable.
I'm not sure what you mean by untaring the .tar file. Odin uses the .tar file, so do not untar the file, just leave it the way it is. Unless you mean you can specifically take the radio.tar file out from the other tar file. I have the EH03_radio.tar file so if you wanted it i could upload it somewhere and give you the link. Odin back to any stock firmware, then load a cwm recovery as well as the EH03 radio.
EDIT: Here you go http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32493357/eh03_radio.tar.md5
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sorry... what I meant is, I know how to extract the EH03 modem.bin file out of the ".tar.md5" file for the stock Verizon eh03 firmware.
I know how to flash CWM with heimdall, but I guess I do not need to flash the radio [ right? ] because I just came from a fresh eh03, completely wiped, cache, dalvik, and..... urmm, it is showing the same animation I had back on "Eclipse ROM" for Droid X2... ew... For some reason I do not like that particular animation. I guess you can change the boot animation though?
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sorry... what I meant is, I know how to extract the EH03 modem.bin file out of the ".tar.md5" file for the stock Verizon eh03 firmware.
I know how to flash CWM with heimdall, but I guess I do not need to flash the radio [ right? ] because I just came from a fresh eh03, completely wiped, cache, dalvik, and..... urmm, it is showing the same animation I had back on "Eclipse ROM" for Droid X2... ew... For some reason I do not like that particular animation. I guess you can change the boot animation though?
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Use the program "odin" to flash all your .tar.md5 files. You don't extract those files, you leave them in the .tar format. I gave you the link to download specifically the eh03 radio, but if you have it already on your phone you dont need to worry about it. As for the boot animation, the ics rom will install its own boot animation so no worries there.
You know about odin right? It is definitely the easiest way to flash kernels, radios, and stock firmware.
I have S-Off, the leaked May Hboot, an ICS ROM (Nils' Business ICS 3.4 S-off version), but the ICS radios simply do not work.
Today I tried them and had barely functioning cell reception, crap battery life, and only 1x data.
Then I flashed the OTA GB radios, and everything was perfect. Lightening fast 4g, killer cell reception, and great battery.
Why?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
The Beeb
Try this one. There are a couple floating around that may have problems but this one works for me
ICS Latest Radio
Just remove everything in the name before the PH and flash in bootloader (I know, you know this but others may not)
May also want to match the kernel
Thanx, Nils. I'll try it after work today.
BTW, I'm on your new kernel release, and it's running great.
BBEgo said:
Thanx, Nils. I'll try it after work today.
BTW, I'm on your new kernel release, and it's running great.
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Pretty sure you were so let me know how you make out.
If it ain't broke don't fix it. There are people who would kill for "Lightening fast 4g, killer cell reception, and great battery. "
Kane5581 said:
If it ain't broke don't fix it. There are people who would kill for "Lightening fast 4g, killer cell reception, and great battery. "
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What you say makes perfect sense, and I even agree with you.
There's just this tiny voice in the back of my head that keeps shouting "Yeah, but WHY?!?"
After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
Snuzzo said:
After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
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Are you asking or telling?
i flashed the latest radio while on my latest ROM with the latest leaked kernel with not problems.
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Are you asking or telling?
i flashed the latest radio while on my latest ROM with the latest leaked kernel with not problems.
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Just mentioning is all. I had issues myself with data+voice until doing the above. Now I have spot on 4g and calls are crystal.
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That was with the older leak, same radios.
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After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
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+1 you probably NEED to do this.. I know I always do..
In superchilpil's firmware thread he does say to wipe and reinstall or you'll have 4g problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614366
"YOU MUST FACTORY RESET IN THE BOOTLOADER TO FIX DATA ISSUES"
Actually it was Snuzzo who informed me that I need to do that after not reading all the words on the flashing instructions. You know figured I would just skip that part well thats fine if you want your data dropping in and out, no 4G and just general ****tyness..
I did a wipe/factory reset in bootloader, and then restored a CWM Backup of Nils' ROM.
When that didn't work, I did it again and wiped everything and started over with a fresh install... No joy.
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After updating radios, may need to have stock recovery installed and do a factory reset in hboot, then reflash recovery, rom, & kernel.
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I skipped the recovery step... That's gotta be the problem.
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I did a wipe/factory reset in bootloader, and then restored a CWM Backup of Nils' ROM.
When that didn't work, I did it again and wiped everything and started over with a fresh install... No joy.
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You have to have the stock recovery in order to factory reset in the bootloader. If you have a custom recovery such as cwm or ra it won't do the reset needed for the radio to work correctly.
Flash stock recovery
Factory reset
Boot to make sure radios work right
Fastboot install custom recovery
Restore backup
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