OK, I'll admit up front I'm not a tech gal, but trying to learn and I thought the gtab would be fun. I rooted, and installed vegan, and then started getting lots of errors (android.process.acore mainly), so I took it back to factory, but still with all of my settings. Still getting error.
I know a lot of people on here say to go into setting, clear sync, contacts, etc, but I can't get into my settings! Error comes up and then settings closes so I can't change anything, help!
Clearing user settings.
Did you install clockwork mod to install the Vegan ROM or are you using a different loader?
If you're using Clockwork mod (CWM) then power down the tablet. When you power up hold the volume up (+) button to enter CWM. In CWM use the volume keys to highlight "wipe data/factory reset", press the home button to select it.
Next, use the volume buttons to highlight "Yes -- delete all user data", again, press the home button to select it. This should wipe all the user data/ settings.
If you're using another Recovery tool, fairly sure the steps are nearly identical.
If you're still using stock recovery... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030915
thank you!
I'll try this...thanks!
This a great tutorial to bookmark:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
The force closes will be stop after re partitioning your sd card. Part one of the tutorial above includes partitioning the sd card. I was on tnt lite for a while without having installed cwm, and the force closes were unbearable. After partitioning I almost never see a random fore close.
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What does it mean to flash a rom? Like install it?
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Yes, it means to install it. The process is similar to formatting your computer's hard drive & installing a new operating system.
You've got to be rooted & have a recovery image installed (hopefully you installed one as part of your rooting) search the forums for more on that if you aren't sure.
Short-version how-to:
1. Back up your data, apps, & even your SD card just to be safe. It shouldn't be a problem if you do things right, but still...
2. copy the ROM of choice into the root area of your sd card (not in a sub-folder)
3. turn off phone. Boot phone into "recovery" by holding the Up-vol button when you turn on the phone - keep holding the up-volume until the menu pops up. (if no menu comes up, you didn't install a recovery image - search for "amon-ra" in the forums)
4. Go to "backup & restore" and make a "nand backup" which will backup your current ROM, settings, etc.
5. Wipe system. Wipe Dalvik. Don't skip this step.
6. choose "flash zip from SD card", scroll down to the ROM you downloaded & let 'er rip!
7. Reboot when it finishes flashing & find something to do for the 10 minutes it may take for your phone to reboot.
8. Set it up & enjoy!
Sweet man. Yeha I guess when I rooted it it put the recovery image on there. I've been using rom manager to back an change roms.
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This was my first custom rom atempt and after installing MIUI 1.7.22 from ROM MANAGER (wike DALVIK, wipe CACHE/DATA) it got to something that reboot incessantly after the GALAXY S/CYANOGEN MOD logo. What could have went wrong? phone was stock samsung VIBRANT rom (2.2). What to do now?
Just a heads up for the future. Probably should put this in the Q&A. Not sure what happened but it looks like you need the help of Odin. Here is a link to everything you need to get your phone back to stock so you can start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Boot into CWM, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, format system, wipe dalvik... if it's still acting up try going back to stock JFD with ODIN and downloading the ROM from here and flashing it the old fashioned way as per the instructions in the second post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099533
Also, this really belongs in Q&A. Please post there next time or you'll likely get flamed
download the attached Update.zip and place it on your internal SD Card
Follow My instructions Below. Skip No steps.
Initial install
1. Odin JFD Stock
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php...pps-*-everything&p=11409&viewfull=1#post11409
2. Update Packages (using update.zip attached)
CWR (volume +/- and power key)
3. Wipe Data / Factory Reset
4. Dalvik Cache (advanced Menu)
5. Flash Miui
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
6. Fix Permissions (advanced menu)
Reboot System
Wait 5 minutes for OS to fully Load and enjoy
Flashing Weekly Update
CWR
(Mounts and storage menu)
1. Format System
2. Format Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik Cache
4. Flash Weekly Miui Update
5. Fix Permissions
Reboot
wait 5 minutes
enjoy.
if you have any other issues with Miui feel free to PM me. I will try and help yah out.
I´ve tried to recover using a backup created just before flashing the rom and it failed with some message relate to boot, then I´ve tried advanced restore and choose everything manually except boot and now I can´t enter the ClockWork recovery anymore, it shows the VIBRANT/SAMSUNG logo and just stays there forever. What now? what is the combo for clockword, you press and hold volume + and - and power and then release what and when?
CWR is accessed by holding Volume + Volume - and power button when Vibrant logo appears you release power but continue to hold volume keys
at this point your beyond fixing it in CWR.
download Odin and the .pit and .TAR in the link i provided, enter download mode and flash back to stock 2.1 JFD.
download the update.zip i provided as well as the latest version of miui 1.8.5 place them on your internal SD and follow my instructions 2 posts up.
download mode
instructions via noob guide (stickied under QA forum)
1- Open ODIN on your PC. (DO NOT PRESS/SELECT ANYTHING IN ODIN!)
2- Plug in the USB Cable to PC
3- Power down Phone if you had not already.
4- Remove the battery.
5- Plug USB into Phone.
6- Hold down BOTH volume buttons and while holding both, insert the battery.
7- Two to three seconds later your phone will be in Download Mode.
Be mindful to not remove connection while ODIN is running.
ok the ODIN part is done, Im back to a working phone. Now let me ask you this, when I´m flashing using CLOCKWORK MODE do I have to save the files in the removable SD CARD or should I use the internal phone memory? I ask that because I was thinking, when you do all that cleaning (clear XXX, clear XXY) won´t it delete the rom you are trying to flash if it´s in phone internal memory?
I believe the problem was with the file I´ve downloaded.
I´ve downloaded:
MIUI.us_vibrant_1.7.22_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed.zip
and it seems the right one is:
MIUI.us_vibrantmtd_1.7.22_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed.zip
so let me ask, what´s the difference between the MTD and the other file?
Internal SD the only time stuff gets deleted on internal SD is when you manually delete it or partition it.
not sure. but download the one i linked. which is version 1.8.5 found on the thread linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
do not install Via rom manager btw. use Clockwork Recovery Via 3 button method (volume +/- and power key)
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not sure. but download the one i linked. which is version 1.8.5 found on the thread linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
do not install Via rom manager btw. use Clockwork Recovery Via 3 button method (volume +/- and power key)
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apparently that was the cause of the loop-reboot, using the non MTD file. Why can´t use ROM MANAGER to flash?
thanks for everyone who helped.
i really don't recommend Rom Manager for installing Roms beyond Froyo, can usually run into issues ie bootloops. The safest way is to manually shut off phone hold your volume and power keys as instructed and manuallly boot into Clockwork Recovery then follow the method i provided
Wipe data/Factory Reset
goto Mounts menu format system
goto Advanced menu clear Dalvik
Install zip from SD
Flash Miui 1.8.5
Fix permissions
Reboot System
first things first
download and place both the update.zip and Miui 1.8.5 on your internal SD
so when your looking at it from your comp it should show
Computer/Removable Disk/Update.zip
unmount phone from PC Power phone off
press and hold Volume+/- and power buttons
at Vibrant Logo release power button but hold volume keys
once you hit recovery Select reinstall packages twice that should get you to the Clockwork Recover Menu (CWR)
(menu should be Orange)
then follow prior instructions for flashing.
boystuff said:
i really don't recommend Rom Manager for installing Roms beyond Froyo, can usually run into issues ie bootloops. The safest way is to manually shut off phone hold your volume and power keys as instructed and manuallly boot into Clockwork Recovery then follow the method i provided
Wipe data/Factory Reset
goto Mounts menu format system
goto Advanced menu clear Dalvik
Install zip from SD
Flash Miui 1.8.5
Fix permissions
Reboot System
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that was do you preserve all your APPS and DATA (contacts, call logs, etc) ?
problem your gonna run into is your going from 2.1/2.2 to 2.3 your gonna lose all yoru apps, period. theres no saving them. however any you purchased via marketplace are saved and linked to your gmail account so you can redownload those free of charge again from marketplace
Contacts same thing just make sure you have yoru contacts synced up to date with yoru Gmail and when you re-add your google account after flashing miui your contacts will automatically be restored to the phone
after your initial install of Miui you won't lose any apps/data/etc upgrading week to week. but thats a different topic (weekly update instructions back on page 1 first post i made) lets focus on getting your initial install complete.
Miui also has a built in Backup application that saves your call logs, text messages, updated and installed Applications etc. But you won't need to worry about that till after you get it installed.
lemme know when you get Miui installed and we'll go from there.
boystuff said:
problem your gonna run into is your going from 2.1/2.2 to 2.3 your gonna lose all yoru apps, period. theres no saving them. however any you purchased via marketplace are saved and linked to your gmail account so you can redownload those free of charge again from marketplace
Contacts same thing just make sure you have yoru contacts synced up to date with yoru Gmail and when you re-add your google account after flashing miui your contacts will automatically be restored to the phone
after your initial install of Miui you won't lose any apps/data/etc upgrading week to week. but thats a different topic (weekly update instructions back on page 1 first post i made) lets focus on getting your initial install complete.
Miui also has a built in Backup application that saves your call logs, text messages, updated and installed Applications etc. But you won't need to worry about that till after you get it installed.
lemme know when you get Miui installed and we'll go from there.
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it´s already installed. I´ve followed your instructions and everything went smooth. It seems the problem that made me boot-loop was that wrong file really -> still wishing to know the difference between MTD and standard miui files for Vibrant.
fscussel said:
it´s already installed. I´ve followed your instructions and everything went smooth. It seems the problem that made me boot-loop was that wrong file really -> still wishing to know the difference between MTD and standard miui files for Vibrant.
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ok so you should have a folder called "Tools" in that folder you will find a backup utility i recommend you use that for backing up everything before doing a weekly update (think of it as your oh **** button)
to add more folders to your screen just press and hold your screen to access your widgets and select folder and drag to the screen you want it on. no APP drawer in Miui so the folders really can help yah get everything organized.
also do NOT use it to back up your contacts otherwise when it restores them you will have 2 of everyone on your gmail and it's a hassle to edit. just keep your contacts synced with your Gmail account.
GPS fix (flash in CWR fix permissions afterward)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199613
themes
http://forums.miui.us/forumdisplay.php?56-Development
Miui Mods (verify that they are compatible with your version of Miui before flashing any IE you should be on 1.8.5 if you followed my instructions as thats the latest version)
http://forums.miuiandroid.com/forumdisplay.php?36-MIUI-Mods
boystuff said:
ok so you should have a folder called "Tools" in that folder you will find a backup utility i recommend you use that for backing up everything before doing a weekly update (think of it as your oh **** button)
to add more folders to your screen just press and hold your screen to access your widgets and select folder and drag to the screen you want it on. no APP drawer in Miui so the folders really can help yah get everything organized.
also do NOT use it to back up your contacts otherwise when it restores them you will have 2 of everyone on your gmail and it's a hassle to edit. just keep your contacts synced with your Gmail account.
GPS fix (flash in CWR fix permissions afterward)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199613
themes
http://forums.miui.us/forumdisplay.php?56-Development
Miui Mods (verify that they are compatible with your version of Miui before flashing any IE you should be on 1.8.5 if you followed my instructions as thats the latest version)
http://forums.miuiandroid.com/forumdisplay.php?36-MIUI-Mods
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is it still necessary to use GPS FIX, I mean, didn´t they fix GPS in 1.8.5? When will they do it? what is that fix for? can I use any GPS app?
what do to do have the best battery life with MIUI?
cm7/miui has a wip (work in progress) gps as in no official gingerbread drivers released from samsung. the fix i linked is a more current fix and helps with quicker locking. other then that nothing really changed. you still have to reboot phone after turning gps on to get it to work.
as far as battery goes, find a dark colored theme, try the Glitch Kernel, and keep data turned off when in 3g+ areas unless your using it. Since theres no official samsung sourse for gingerbread battery life isn't as good as it was in froyo stock.
under settings you can set up a firewall to only allow certain applications and processes to access the net or only on wifi etc. modify that to your liking, change data settings to allow MMS even without data, and turn data off or change it to 2G/edge only. tweak little things like that to your liking after a few battery drains battery life will improve.
I don´t have a data plan so I want to block all data traffic, how to do that?
Also about the backup software you´ve mentioned, how to do the google contacts backup? if I don´t have a google account is there a problem in backuping contacts with the MIUI app?
isn´t the bali kernel better for battery?
I installed a wrong camera.apk on my GS2 (Kernel XWKG1) but when I deleted the apk from system/app the icon in the application menu didn't disappear.
Now I installed the modified version of camera.apk for GS2 and it works, but I still have a different icon that I cannot delete because it's seen as a system app.
If i try to delete again the new camera.apk the only icon that goes away is the right one.
Is there a way to delete the wrong one?
PS:Can someone send me the original camera.apk for my phone?
See if the rouge shows in Titanium, if so, just use Titanium to un-install and reboot into CWM Recovery clearing dalvik.
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I'm sorry, but I'm pretty new about those things.
Titanium is an app for backup right?In any case I can't see camera.apk in the list.
And then what is it the "recovery clearing dalvik"?
There are a number of ways to enter Recovery. Some are:
1. If your custom ROM has an advanced power menu APM (when you press the power button and then select reboot, there will usually be an option for recovery.
2. Use Chainfire's CWM app.
3. Power off, hold volume up + menu + power button. In that order. Keep all pressed until in recovery mode.
Once in recovery, navigate to (I think) wipe.... Or advanced....
Just look for dalvik cache and wipe/delete.
You can navigate buy using volume = up/down, power = back, home = select.
If you cannot access this recovery, you don't have it installed. Easiest way is by flashing a custom ROM / kernel combo or Chainfire's CF root kernel. Root required.
Titanium backup is a app for backing up apps and data,.as well as much more.....
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OK, so, I have the "reboot into clockworkmod recovery" in CWM.
This is what I need, right? When I'm in recovery mode I will be able to delete the icon from the menu?
To exit that recovery mode I just have to reboot the phone normally?
Thanks.
As I said, just wipe/delete dalvik cache and reboot. See what happens. It will take a few minutes to boot, don't worry.
In Recovery you can also flash custom rom (flashable zip from sdcard) and make restore nan-backups etc. Best to back up like this before updating rom, flashing themes etc so you can return if you don't like new or have issues.
To exit recovery, you can navigate to reboot phone/system or power off.
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Sorry, I didn't do exactly as you told me, but I solved the problem.
I first tried to uninstall the app using titanium, it worked for a while but never finishing, so I killed titanium app and then, if I clicked on the wrong app, instead of saying "forced interruption" it said "application not installed on the phone", but the icon was still there.
Then I tryed to reboot on recovery mode, but I didn't do anything in that, only clicked reboot and then the icon was chanced in a sheet with SD written on it, I clicked on modify and then it let me erase the icon just like a normal app.
Thanks anyway for the support!
Now I have another little problem though, when I shutdown the phone, instead of remaining off it reboots automatically.
What could it be?
What rom and kernel are you using, themes, and made any changes recently... Apart from above?
Also, are you undervolt / overclock cpu?
Edit: also try a battery pull for a few minutes, or reflash rom, or worst case, full wipe in recovery followed immediately by flashing rom.
There are a number of app that can backup apps and data, including titanium,.the pro version allows batch restore and much more. Can also repair market links etc.
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I used the modified kernel just to root the phone and then reflashed the original kernel, no themes, no overclocking.
Now I try with the battery pull.
EDIT: battery pull didn't work.
EDIT2: Reflashing kernel with odin, yes!it worked!
Excellent
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salut!
i have a problem - Home button does not work. even hardware keyboard home button doesn't work either
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476307
only software Button Savior works
so far i see that none of
a)clockworkmod\format\*.*
b)cwm\wipe\*.*
c)systray\settings\privacy\factory reset
d)cwm\install zip with wipe (stock, bindroid10, overcome 123, overcome220)
cannot erase P7500 completely: even /system/media/audio/ringtones still contains my mp3's
i suppose that i have the software queue:
1)calculate coordinates of the touch (<--- here you poke your fingers)
2)convert touch coordinates to soft-buttons
3)send button code to kernel (<--- here hardware bluetooth keyboard enters)
4)decide an action to accomplish
5)accomplish the action (<--- here Button Savior software enters)
the error is probably in 3rd or 4th step of the process.
and none of wipe methods could erase enough files/configs to delete the Home button problem. i.e. none of wipe actions can reset 1-4 steps to default factory conditions.
even with options "Back up my Data - backup current settings and application data" and "Automatic restore - when reinstalling an application, backed up settings and data will be restored" having switched off i only managed to erase my ringtones: documents/videos and error weren't deleted.
finally, the question is:
how can i wipe my P7500 completely to delete the unknown files with error, and still have the way to flash a working ROM back?
you can flash stock recovery and do a wipe from there. It will format even the SD card partition.
Also you flash a stock using ODIN which will completely refresh your tab.
thank you for the answer
i already had flashed stock P7500XWKL1_P7500XEUKL1_P7500XXKL3_HOME.tar.md5 through Odin and had no luck
yes, it deleted my ringtones, but kept docs/videos
i also tried various roms, all of these cannot delete the error of Home button...
Solved.
Went to service and they did a really complete wipe with service cables.
Hi, I decided to start all over again and I see that you can make a reset in settings....
But, what is the hole close to the SD card slot for?
I do not care losing all my data, apps and so on.
I just want to reset "badly", so everything is gone.
Running WW14 now but the unit is German even though I am in Denmark. (Amazon DE)
I use it with "english" as system language.
It's rooted by that is not important either, I will reroot after that.
Please tell me how to reset it the best and "deepest" way
Thanks
the pinhole on volume rocker side, underneath memory card slot, is the reset button. just stick a paperclip or something in there until you hear or feel a click or see tablet reset/reboot itself.
if you want to do a factory reset. go into settings. then backup/reset. then press factory reset. it will wipe all data off tablet.
And the data will not be lost this way?
it's something i am curious about too.
if you're rooted, then you do factory reset (setting --> backup & reset), what exactly is going to happen to the tablet (e.g. system/data) - are certain apps like Rootkeeper/su binary going to left untouched or not OR is it going to be 'clean slate' (no pun intended) ?
I have performed a couple of resets from "Backup & Reset" menu, so, is there a difference of using physical the reset button?
the physical reset button is more like a reboot button. for when device freezes or locks up. hopefully that button will get you out of it. now the factory reset within settings will clear just about all data. don't think it erases root files. not sure because root files in system and those reset or reboots doesn't clear that. someone should chime in with more details.
now there is another reset from within recovery mode. where you can wipe all caches and dalvaik partitions etc...then rest from there. to get there you hold volume down and power button at the same time. keep holding till devcie reboots. then you should see some kind of lil on-screen menu or something. the complete instructions can be found on Asus site.
Thanks.. I could not find this info on ASUS side though.
Ok.
Just to share with everyone on what will happen if you do Backup->Factory Reset if you are rooted.
(1) all data in internal sdcard will be wiped clean
(2) /system is not going to be touched
--> you will retain root --> if you have Superuser app installed prior to reset, this will reappear after factory reset.
--> just need to reinstall OTA Rootkeeper after a successful factory reset
What is the best way to go about doing a factory reset and keeping a games progress? I have a lot of different games on my prime and I just want to make sure I can save the progress in all of them.
felisen said:
What is the best way to go about doing a factory reset and keeping a games progress? I have a lot of different games on my prime and I just want to make sure I can save the progress in all of them.
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ASUS's App Backup if it's no more than 600MB of information (don't know why this limit is in place), or if you're rooted then you can back up the games and their respective data with Titanium Backup. Depending on the game you could just physically copy the save data as well.