[Q] Pixel tearing while booting from Simply Honey (light) ROM - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was flashing a ROMfor the first time from Stock Eclair 2.1
So, as per the Instructions on Simply Honey 5.1 Revolution(JVR GB 2.3.4) Thread,
I flashed the light version ROM using Odin, after doing backup, and cleanup from CWM (so My phone was as from factory, when I was flashing using ODIN.)
The flashing was successful, and the phone rebooted but I saw a lot of pixel tearing during startup until the Android green monster was popping and everything was clear as the language selection menu came up.
I let the phone sit idle for 15mins, after this,, while USB was still plugged in.
I restarted the phone again, and still see the pixel tearing on startup until the Android Green monster pops up.
Iam going to select the language preferences and continue using my phone.
But is there anything which I did wrong, or is there any way I can avoid the pixel tearing during Startup?

Not able to even Receive Calls Now!
Guys please reply!
As I have insufficient no. of posts, therefore I can't post in the thread for Simply honey ROM...
Apart from ,
1.) the screen tearing at startup(as above)
there are other major issues:
2.) If I get a call, the phone would ring for once, and then call will get automatically disconnected with the Network service failing, and a notification would popup that com.android.phone failed or com.android.dialer failed.
3.) Battery is draining at a rapid pace! I know there is fix(/app) to calibrate the battery not showing 100% after full charge. But I observed, I lost around 38% (39 to 1) in around 5hours, with no activity whatsoever, except the alarm(which I think didn't ring when I woke up)

Hey sounds like you ate seeing the rainbow on bootup. You need to Odin the gingerbread bootloaders to clear that up. I believe the simply OP has link out you can search for the actual thread in development section.
As for the calls issue, I haven't had it but there are threads about it in the simply topic. If you search there they have a solution for it....
Hope that helps
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You need the Gingerbread Bootloaders!
Please, contact explodingboy70 (my team mate) for further informations!
PS: don't contact me via pm if u have a vibrant, i develop only for I9000 and I9100

wkim02 said:
Hey sounds like you ate seeing the rainbow on bootup. You need to Odin the gingerbread bootloaders to clear that up. I believe the simply OP has link out you can search for the actual thread in development section.
As for the calls issue, I haven't had it but there are threads about it in the simply topic. If you search there they have a solution for it....
Hope that helps
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ok, yes that helps. Hope it solves the Dialer problem as well.
simone201 said:
You need the Gingerbread Bootloaders!
Please, contact explodingboy70 (my team mate) for further informations!
PS: don't contact me via pm if u have a vibrant, i develop only for I9000 and I9100
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thanks for the confirmation. I was not aware u didn't develop for Vibrant as I saw u as one of co-developers of Simply Honey ROM under the Vibrant Thread,but now that u have mentioned I will make sure I don't contact u via pm.
Sent pm to explodingboy70 , waiting for his response now.

Have been almost a week, still haven't got any reply from explodingboy70.
Will flashing bootloader solve my dialer issue, was super busy this week, didn't get time to flash bootloader, so had been without any incoming calls for the past week.
Any pointers for going back to stock 2.1, so that I can start over this process from scratch?

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[Q] Streak Doesn't Ring For Incoming Calls When Sleeping (All ROMS)

A Brief Overview:
When the phone goes to sleep (either after a time limit or manually hitting the power button to force sleep), it doesn't ring for incoming calls. The screen does show up with the details of the incoming calls but it doesn't ring or vibrate. However, if the phone is awake (the screen is on the home page), then it rings.
ROMs tried:
StreakDroid 2.2.2, 2.4.4
Stock ROMS 2.2.2, 2.3.3 (appropriate recovery installed)
Troubleshooting steps tried:
Nandroid Backup
Factory reset
reinstall the correct rom (Sometimes StreakDroid, sometimes Stocks)
Restore data
Root
Manually put the phone to sleep can call it only to find that the screen lights up with incoming caller details but no ring.
Waited for the phone to sleep after 30 seconds (that's the setting), then called it again. Caller details show up but no ring.
Prevented the streak from sleeping and called again. It rang this time.
It's similar to this but that resolution talks about wm, not android.
Cannot find a way to fix it and it's bugging me a lot. There are no calling profiles installed. I once used inEar app which managed ringing profiles but that was long ago and done a factory reset after that. Dunno if that messed it up or not.
I don't think it's an issue that others are facing... but it's been going on for a while for me. I don't wanna to believe that it's a hardware issue because it rings everytime the phone is awake and message notifications (txt, mms, whatsapp, email etc) work even when sleeping but incoming calls don't.
Can anyone help me? Thanks
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I tried Permission Denied, which told me that an app had access to my calls.. I couldn't remove that access for that app but I cleared the data for that app and uninstalled. That worked perfectly.
The app in question is called GBlocker. It blocks calls from unwanted people. I think any app that can block calls might have the same problem so be careful when you install them.
I seem to be having pretty much the same problem, stock 2.2.2 because this streak has me very confused.
@Winggie: Switch ROMs. Seriously. StreakDroid development has stalled and the ROM has some bugs that haven't been fixed unlike other Gingerbread ROMs such as DSC.
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@Winggie: Switch ROMs. Seriously. StreakDroid development has stalled and the ROM has some bugs that haven't been fixed unlike other Gingerbread ROMs such as DSC.
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Good day all. I will start by saying that I am far from the techno wizards that appear to be here on this site. I know that it is stated to research which I have done but unable to post on the development sites as I am a nubie but that wouldn't have helped @ all as what I read seem like a total foriegn language to me. I would like to have my Streak upgraded to Gingerbread or higher but don't know where to go to get er done. The following quote is what I posted on my Goldwing sites as there are a bunch of very knowlegable gents there abouts & one of them led me here. Here is my problem "I have been a little frustrated when it comes to some of the technology today. Also Frustrated with Dell & my wireless service provider. I bought a Dell Streak5 that was locked to Rogers, a little over a year ago & was able to switch from the Blackberry to the Streak5. At the time Rogers didn't offer the Dell but now they do but they say because I bought the phone directly from Dell(@ double what Rogers wants for it), then it is up to them to upgrade the OS. Unfortunately due to the fack that I have done a fully default on my Dell account (not just the phone by the way), they won't do anything for me either. I know that if I want to increase the OS of my computer, I just take it to a computer store & they will upgrade to the higher model (for a price of course). Does anyone out there know how I can upgrade to gingerbread or ice cream Android on my own? I presently have Fryoto 2.2.1. Dani's phone (which we just got) was updated to 2.3.4 less than 2 weeks after we got it. It is beginning to look like I may be stuck with a 600 dollar phone that is massively outdated & I really do love this big phone." Thanks all for your help in advance. Angela aka fysty-1
If you did research, you didn't research hard enough. The basic information is in the wiki or a thread titled "Everything you wanted to know about the Streak but were too busy bricking it". The specific information for the ROM you want to use can be found in that ROM's thread.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
If you did research, you didn't research hard enough. The basic information is in the wiki or a thread titled "Everything you wanted to know about the Streak but were too busy bricking it". The specific information for the ROM you want to use can be found in that ROM's thread.
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Please excuse my ingnorance but if had read my post you would have seen that I stated that listening you folk talk is like my walking into a UN meeting with noone speaking english. I realize that you all are uber Geeks but I didn't know a geek was so unfriendly. I just asked if any of you all could point me to someone who DOES understand your language that could do the upgrade for me. I can barely use a computer & I do not run in the Hacker circles. I am a senior on a pension who happens to have & love the Streak. And because Dell nor Rogers will upgrade it from Froto, I need some to do it for me. (@ my cost BTW) thanks Angela
You misunderstand me. I AM trying to help you by telling you where to find the information. To do things like this requires reading and understanding what you're doing, otherwise you will turn your Streak into a very expensive paperweight. So if it seems like Greek to you, stay on Froyo and enjoy your Streak.
These are the facts of the matter. No amount of kvetching at me is going to change them.
Strephon, thanks so very much. Yes I may have misunderstood (not unusal fo mehehehe),but what I was asking, due to my very limited abilities in the field, I was asking if any of your 4mil member in westen Canada could link me to a business or individuale who could do this for me. When I mentioned being on a pension, I was refering to a Person with Disabilities pension so getting around is difficult. Thanks again, Strephon for your help. Angela
I'll leave it to the Canadian contingent to answer with certainty, but I'm not aware of businesses doing the upgrade.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
@Winggie: Switch ROMs. Seriously. StreakDroid development has stalled and the ROM has some bugs that haven't been fixed unlike other Gingerbread ROMs such as DSC.
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Hey mate, I'm on Stock 2.3.3 (the official ROM from Korea - "Olleh") and it still happens. I don't think it's a hardware issue. One thing I've noticed, the mobile goes to "mute" and then rings and mutes again when not sleeping. When sleeping, I think it goes to mute when an incoming call is received and then doesn't do nothing after. The mute situation never happens when i receive texts or other notifications.
Odd, because I've never encountered that on any ROM I've used. The fact you are encountering this issue on multiple ROMs does not rule out the possibility of a hardware problem and in truth strengthens the possibility. However, I believe it to be a software issue since I am willing to bet that if you went back to Froyo right now the issues you are having would stop.
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Odd, because I've never encountered that on any ROM I've used. The fact you are encountering this issue on multiple ROMs does not rule out the possibility of a hardware problem and in truth strengthens the possibility. However, I believe it to be a software issue since I am willing to bet that if you went back to Froyo right now the issues you are having would stop.
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Mate, I agree with you totally that it means that hw is the problem but the reason I'm more inclined to believe that it's a software issue is because:
When I select "Vibrate always", it stops vibrating as well when in sleep mode.
When I select silent mode manually (volume to 0) then the phone vibrates even when sleeping.
The notifications work properly which means that the hardware is working fine. This includes any incoming txt, mails etc. It even rings for like 1 second for an incoming call and then mutes automatically. Looks like some app is manually putting it to mute on ringing. Although I can't find the root of the problem.
Is there an app that can read each setting that the phone has and allow me to view and edit them so that I can narrow down the problem?
I haven't found a dual boot option or else I would have tried Froyo or even eclair (I think it was shipped with it). I don't wanna lose my game progress and i kno titanium backup and backup pro can help but sometimes they fail too.. and that's wot i'm concerned about.
Permissions Denied will allow you to view all the permissions an app requires, and selectively block those permissions you do not wish to give to an app. I'm not sure if that's what you're actually looking for, but it's about as close as I can think of at this time of night here.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Permissions Denied will allow you to view all the permissions an app requires, and selectively block those permissions you do not wish to give to an app. I'm not sure if that's what you're actually looking for, but it's about as close as I can think of at this time of night here.
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Thanks mate. I'll try that and get back to you.
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I tried Permission Denied, which told me that an app had access to my calls.. I couldn't remove that access for that app but I cleared the data for that app and uninstalled. That worked perfectly.
The app in question is called GBlocker. It blocks calls from unwanted people. I think any app that can block calls might have the same problem so be careful when you install them.

[Q] Incoming Call Screen gone after rooting and installing ViperRom

Apologies if this is obvious to anyone else, I searched around a bit and couldn't find an answer to it, so I'm hoping someone can help me. I've just rooted my EVO 3D for the first time, and I installed ViperRom on it. I then also ran the .zip that ViperRom had in the thread that removed Sense entirely (because I was underwhelmed with Sense when I had it and it just seemed to get in the way of my custom launcher and other stuff). I also installed a .zip that gave me back my Recent Apps list.
However, I seem to have somewhere along the way lost the Incoming Call screen while locked. If the phone is locked, I get a call and all I see is the basic lock screen. Unlocking the phone then takes me to the incoming call screen. Before I did all of this, if the phone started ringing while it was locked, I could still answer it from the screen I was on. Now I have to unlock the phone before I can even see who is calling. I know this seems like a minor issue, but twice so far I've tried to unlock the phone and managed to also decline the call in the process, since the slider is directly over the answer and decline buttons.
Can anyone clear up what has happened? Is the incoming call screen that happens when the phone is locked part of Sense, and by DeSensing I removed it? Can I get something similar to it back? I tried a demo of a custom incoming call screen app in the market, and it didn't change this behavior, it just gave me a custom incoming call screen once I had unlocked it.
Thanks for any help
J
Make sure you are on the last update of viperRom redline. maybe when you remove sense it removed the incoming call lock answer option. I have viper rom and giving not that problem
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Why not post this in vipers thread ??? He's a cool dev any kinda problems your having with his Rom I'm sure he will provide you with feedback and provide you with a solution. If not him, the thread is very active I'm sure one of the fellow xda members will help you as well. You will get a lot more feedback this way. Good luck.
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I tried to post in Viper's thread, and it told me I didn't have permission and had to post all questions in this area.
I am on the latest update, I literally installed everything directly from his thread.
Any chance someone could actually give me some help with this?
hey, ive been running viper for a long time now. I used to have this issue, it had to do with the kernel that he was using a few releases ago. Id say, make sure ur up to date on the rom. if u still have issues, try a stock kernel, or one of the other modified ones, i dont remember exactly which kernel was doing that, but it has been fixed since.
I'm fairly certain that the phone call on lock screen is part of sense. So, removing sense is probably the cause.
Even when I'm running non sense launcher, I leave sense active, just for this feature.
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ICS Collective BASE4

Okay so I took the plunge and installed my first ROM (ICS Collective Base4) among other things with my SGH-I717M (Bell). Everything went very well and here are the issues that despite reading over 500 pages in threads related to these issues, I have not been able to solve them (workarounds, sure). I'm hoping that others can confirm these glitches and whether or not they have been able to remedy them:
-Upon boot, "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped". Annoying, but doesn't seem to affect anything. No workaround or solution.
-Baseband "unknown". Tried ODIN flash install AND coming from completely stock phone via CWM flash, neither has remedied this problem. Doesn't seem to affect anything so don't really care.
-Stock calendar application missing - really don't like some of the other calendars, but I can't seem to find the APK file in any other ICS ROM's out there, so I gave up on this. So workaround, no solution.
-Time zone wrong. Workaround is to deselect automatic network management and select the correct timezone. Reverts back to incorrect upon rebooting so apparently only a workaround and no solution.
-Upon booting setCPU max/min speeds are incorrect and you have to open the application for it to correct the speeds. Perhaps it's just the widget that's broken, but for now it's a workaround and I can't seem to figure out a solution. Quandrant benchmarks seem to indicate that if I don't do this, the performance is affected as if the speeds are 1242max/384min and not 1512max/384min.
-Phone freezes on "Power Off", have to hold power button - camera flash goes off and then restarts. Workaround seems to be to use terminal emulator or other applications to reboot, etc. Don't know if there's a solution to this.
-Wallpaper incorrectly zooms - workaround: market applications. No solution that I can find yet.
-Unrelated to the ROM, but V6 Supercharger - I can only get it to report 50% supercharged, even after modifying my services.jar file and following all "step 8" instructions (that was an undertaking!!!). Don't know what's up there, but maybe some of you super-techs have figured it out.
-Only 624MB of RAM available instead of 700MB+ with GB. Haven't heard anything about why this is, so no solution or workaround.
-Doesn't seem to be an ICS keyboard available? I think this can just be installed from the market but I haven't tried it so not sure.
I'm sure there's other things like with Swype, tethering, etc.. etc... that are not working but this is just what I've noticed within the last 8 hours of flashing and trying to set-up and configure. Any comments or helpful suggestions for a n00b like me?
Thank you for any and all feedback. Thank you to all the developers working hard on this fresh release to bring us a solid ROM!
Calender: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/569065/Calendar.apk
Remember, this is a leaked firmware, these bugs are within that leak itself and a few of these issues have been addressed (unknown baseband, etc..) And will be fixed when we release the actual full ROM. this is just the base we shared in the mean time. A few are still present likesome settings not sticking through boot, and the power menu hanging.
Ithink is ur phone acting weird. Only the setcpu speeds not sticking and issue about wallpaper which can easily be fixed by using quicpics are the two issues my phone had. Just dnt use any cpu controller i noticed phone goes to sleep when no cpu controller while when there is cpu controller screen off speed sticks to 384 or 192
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studacris said:
Remember, this is a leaked firmware, these bugs are within that leak itself and a few of these issues have been addressed (unknown baseband, etc..) And will be fixed when we release the actual full ROM. this is just the base we shared in the mean time. A few are still present likesome settings not sticking through boot, and the power menu hanging.
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Absolutely. And considering what I've read about previously leaked versions of Android over the years, this one performs like a champ. Can't wait to see what comes out next, but I figured from what I've read this one works well enough to go the distance and install. Thanks again collective!
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Ithink is ur phone acting weird. Only the setcpu speeds not sticking and issue about wallpaper which can easily be fixed by using quicpics are the two issues my phone had. Just dnt use any cpu controller i noticed phone goes to sleep when no cpu controller while when there is cpu controller screen off speed sticks to 384 or 192
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Yeah, just thought I would put my experience out there if it helps anyone or if someone could help me lol. It's very likely some of these are isolated problems, but most of them are problems with the leaked version. I uninstalled setCPU because I think you're right, something likes to nom nom the battery when the screen is off.
Oh and here's something odd which I don't know if anyone else has experienced with ICS or GB, but Terminal Emulator doesn't allow me to type anything unless I capitalize each individual letter. Which of course is useless because it can't accept commands in caps. When I press any key in lowercase it's like I haven't done anything. I had to switch to the pen mode where I scribe each letter and then it puts lowercase letters in for me. Anyone know what's up with this?
This is probably not the best Rom to run for your first flash. I would try one of the official releases in the development thread, unless you are an official tester for The Collective...
Can't wait till they release an official ROM ...
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Helios909 said:
Oh and here's something odd which I don't know if anyone else has experienced with ICS or GB, but Terminal Emulator doesn't allow me to type anything unless I capitalize each individual letter. Which of course is useless because it can't accept commands in caps. When I press any key in lowercase it's like I haven't done anything. I had to switch to the pen mode where I scribe each letter and then it puts lowercase letters in for me. Anyone know what's up with this?
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I had that issue in GB... In ICS it seems to be intermittent- sometimes it just works others it doesn't...
And regarding the baseband, not sure about the Collective rom, but DAGr8's ICS rom displays the modem correctly on my Bell Note.
I also had the timezone issue- strangely enough when I disabled network time and timezone, I also stopped get random slowdowns and ANRs.
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We've got the baseband unknown issue fixed in the full ROM. We just haven't released it. Still working on a couple things before we're comfortable sharing.
Hi, here are my thoughts;
1. Flash a CWM ICS modem(fixed it for me). If you cant find a modem use Dagr8's inital version of the ICS leak, it will successfully flash the modem(unlike the initial collective version(post 501 thread). The main point is to ensure you have the correct baseband(should not say unknown).
2. For now, dont supercharge the ICS leak until you have a stable running OS.
3. After fixing the baseband unknown issue(#1), reflash the collective post 501 ICS rom. It is stable, and the cleanup of the bloat was started already.
4. After installing #3, factory reset your phone.
At this point you should have a bloated, but error free ICS on your computer. Make a CWM backup, install titanium backup, and rip out the junk APK's(widgets, samsung/att garbage). Doing this will provide longer battery life and better performance.
No other wipe scripts are needed.
Factory reset BEFORE flash. The cwm script in the zip itself formats /system and /cache before it writes anything.
And the baseband unknown thing isn't a big deal. Its not that you don't have a modem at all, everything still works you get mobile data, its just the os doesn't properly report it.
if you like what you got, i say sit tight, we're working on the full ROM. You won't be disappointed
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No other wipe scripts are needed.
Factory reset BEFORE flash. The cwm script in the zip itself formats /system and /cache before it writes anything.
And the baseband unknown thing isn't a big deal. Its not that you don't have a modem at all, everything still works you get mobile data, its just the os doesn't properly report it.
I say if you like what you got, i say sit tight, we're working on the full ROM. You won't be disappointed
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Would be cool if you guys could make a minimalistic style rom without all the makeup and cosmetics and focused on performance
We think its cooler to do BOTH
Cause the guys at Samsung must have left their seeing eye dogs at home when it came time to theme
most of us don't usually do minimalistic... once a stable rom gets out you can expect a variety of themes. Sit tight.
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We've got the baseband unknown issue fixed in the full ROM. We just haven't released it. Still working on a couple things before we're comfortable sharing.
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THanks Cris, thats all im waiting for to make the jump to ICS-----is the collectives official - unofficial ics dev thread.
Studacris said:
"We think its cooler to do BOTH
Cause the guys at Samsung must have left their seeing eye dogs at home when it came time to theme"
LOVE IT!... and CAN'T WAIT! Thank you for all you do... and have a few beers on me. PayPal confirmation number: 6RE28092GB801952P
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Thanked you in the ROM threads, but again, very appreciated. Thank you.
Sit tight. what we got cooking is gonna be tasty
Same experience here
well done guys excellent base.... Having the same experiences as helios909...
Really looking forward to the the fully packaged version. Not experiencing problems with cpu speed set on boot.
Face unlock not work properly yet. Device hangs on reboot as reported. Auto update time bug exists. Baseband version unknown. Phone crashes on initial boot. But recovers.
New voice type engine is amazing. As demonstrated here.

Odin stuck halfway

Hi there,
SOLVED THE ISSUE MYSELF. SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU GUYS.
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IGNORE THIS, I JUST FIXED MY ISSUE. THANKS FOR LOOKING HERE ANYWAY.
I'm using a stock Touchwiz 4.1.1 rooted Samsung s3 international version. I flashed a few mods from the Omega kitchen rom (camera and a phone mod). The replacement camera broke the stock camera app and the phone mod broke my contacts app.
The issue wasn't that bad as the contacts app could still be used, the only issue was that the app would crash if I tried to make additional edits to existing contacts. The camera app was totally broken, but that wasn't that bad either as I could use alternative and better camera apps. Nonetheless, still annoying so I endeavored for an easy fix.
Some folks on XDA forums advised I do a re-flash of the same rom without the wipe. I did this with odin, but the result was odin has stopped progressing 2/3rds of the way in. I am just stuck on the "downloading do not turn off target" screen. It's been hovering at this point for the past 20 minutes. The phone is still plugged in this very moment.
What should I do? I haven't tinkered with this phone a whole lot. It's mainly stock, with only few alterations. I've used Odin three times before, once to flash the new stock 4.1.1 and another time to fix a sift brick caused by installing the "Beats by Dre" audio drivers. Both to smooth success.
But now when the issue seemed less than ever before, it's stuck in odin, not progressing at all. I'm worried and have come here for your professional wisdom!
Thanks in advance.
A tad worried. Hope everything is going to be okay. >_<
Thanks in advance.
Hey OP,
Can you please post what you did, in the case that is this happens what do we do?
did you brick?
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Alright so there was no issue apart from I tried to flash the phone mod and camera mod from omega jb kitchen (you get it from the playstore). This broke my. Camera and contacts app respectively and I couldn't get them back even after replacing them back with stock apks.
So I re flashed my existing rom with the same with odin but it stopped halfway - and sat there without doing anything.
The solution? Use a different USB cable and don't use the computer too much while you're doing the flash it may interrupt it. After re flashing everything was fine.
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[Q] [U] Update, Errors and Questions - a beginner needs your help!

Hi xda Community,
at first - BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU ACTIVE CUSTOM ROM GUYS!!
With all your FAQs, Videos and postings, you made it possible - and easy - for me, to get rid of the annoying Sony ROM by rooting and installing a custom rom.
Currently I am running CM10 FXP230 on my Xperia U. I know it is not a stable version, but still a great improvement in speed for me and also the first ROM i discovered during my internet research for an alternative to the slow stock sony stuff.
However, i am facing some problems during the daily usage of my phone, perhaps one of you can support me during finding a solution for some of them.
1. Updating ROM
Pretty basic question, just need a confirmaton that i understood it the right way. I download the new Version of the custom rom (e.g.fxp232), copy the zip onto the smartphone and reboot into recovery mode. There i use CMW to first wipe cache and delvik cache, then select and install new version from zip.
Correct way so far?
What about the Google Apps? Do i have to reinstall them too?
Do i have to backup the SD card data and my apps,?
2. The Camera Fix
At the beginning i thought that i could live with an inverted camera due to the fact, that i am not taking many of them with my phone. but during the last weeks i had to face the facts - its important from time to time :cyclops:
During my search in this forum i found a user linking to a file called "FXP231_CM10_CamReverse_Fix".
Does this work only with FXP231, or also earlier and later versions?
How do I install it, like gApps in CMW?
3. Alarm Clock
I am using my phone as an alarm clock almost every day. Its plugged in to recharge during the night. Sometimes the phone crashes during the night time and the alarm is not going off. The display turns dark, no reaction to any button i plress, only the little signal light at the top right is glowing constantly. I have to take out the battery every time and make the same changes in settings over and over again.
Is this the "deepsleep" problem everyone is talking about? Is it connected to the cpu settings - I did select "conservative" there. Whats causing the problem?
4. Dial Pad
Every time i am dialing an unknown number the touchpad is hardly responding. It can take up to 5 minutes to enter all numbers and dial. I already deactivated the T9 contact search, still no improvement. Anyone any similar expieriences?
5.General Custom ROM Question
During my journey through this Community I found out, that there are a lot of different roms available. Some - with only minor changes - based on other custom roms, some based on sony.....whatever. Right now i am totally confused that ROM to use (if the above mentioned problems cant be solved!!)
I just need a quiet fast and reliable ROM to use in daily life - well this is everyones wish i guess......
So what am I doing with my phone? Basically I am just using my phone to call people, use whatsapp, check mails, manage my appointments and take a spontaneus picture from time to time. No Video, Twitter, Facebook, Games and what else is out there...........and no big experiments and time to backup, upgrade and reset my phone stuff every week.
Should I go back to CM9?
Cant I install a "normal google android" rom? Might sound stupid, but isnt there some kind of "pure" rom for all phones, that gives you the same comfort as the sony stock rom (-> update and functionality) ?
Even if there is not THE correct answert to this question, maybe some of you can at least suggest some interesting ROMs, that might fit
uff.....long wall of text, hopefully I could point out my problems good enough to motivate you to spent your time to answer them.
phil.star said:
Hi xda Community,
at first - BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU ACTIVE CUSTOM ROM GUYS!!
With all your FAQs, Videos and postings, you made it possible - and easy - for me, to get rid of the annoying Sony ROM by rooting and installing a custom rom.
Currently I am running CM10 FXP230 on my Xperia U. I know it is not a stable version, but still a great improvement in speed for me and also the first ROM i discovered during my internet research for an alternative to the slow stock sony stuff.
However, i am facing some problems during the daily usage of my phone, perhaps one of you can support me during finding a solution for some of them.
1. Updating ROM
Pretty basic question, just need a confirmaton that i understood it the right way. I download the new Version of the custom rom (e.g.fxp232), copy the zip onto the smartphone and reboot into recovery mode. There i use CMW to first wipe cache and delvik cache, then select and install new version from zip.
Correct way so far?
What about the Google Apps? Do i have to reinstall them too?
Do i have to backup the SD card data and my apps,?
2. The Camera Fix
At the beginning i thought that i could live with an inverted camera due to the fact, that i am not taking many of them with my phone. but during the last weeks i had to face the facts - its important from time to time :cyclops:
During my search in this forum i found a user linking to a file called "FXP231_CM10_CamReverse_Fix".
Does this work only with FXP231, or also earlier and later versions?
How do I install it, like gApps in CMW?
3. Alarm Clock
I am using my phone as an alarm clock almost every day. Its plugged in to recharge during the night. Sometimes the phone crashes during the night time and the alarm is not going off. The display turns dark, no reaction to any button i plress, only the little signal light at the top right is glowing constantly. I have to take out the battery every time and make the same changes in settings over and over again.
Is this the "deepsleep" problem everyone is talking about? Is it connected to the cpu settings - I did select "conservative" there. Whats causing the problem?
4. Dial Pad
Every time i am dialing an unknown number the touchpad is hardly responding. It can take up to 5 minutes to enter all numbers and dial. I already deactivated the T9 contact search, still no improvement. Anyone any similar expieriences?
5.General Custom ROM Question
During my journey through this Community I found out, that there are a lot of different roms available. Some - with only minor changes - based on other custom roms, some based on sony.....whatever. Right now i am totally confused that ROM to use (if the above mentioned problems cant be solved!!)
I just need a quiet fast and reliable ROM to use in daily life - well this is everyones wish i guess......
So what am I doing with my phone? Basically I am just using my phone to call people, use whatsapp, check mails, manage my appointments and take a spontaneus picture from time to time. No Video, Twitter, Facebook, Games and what else is out there...........and no big experiments and time to backup, upgrade and reset my phone stuff every week.
Should I go back to CM9?
Cant I install a "normal google android" rom? Might sound stupid, but isnt there some kind of "pure" rom for all phones, that gives you the same comfort as the sony stock rom (-> update and functionality) ?
Even if there is not THE correct answert to this question, maybe some of you can at least suggest some interesting ROMs, that might fit
uff.....long wall of text, hopefully I could point out my problems good enough to motivate you to spent your time to answer them.
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First of all, this is a long question and you must donate me for answering. Haha. Just joking but you need to consider yourself and get experiences.
1. Reboot CWM and install the ROm amd Gapps needs to be reinstalled.
Wipe dalvik cache and cache then reboot. You're updated.
2. It is for FXP231 and so you must install 231 in order to have fixed
3. Go to deepsleep so much in CM10. Some said pretty awesome because it saves battery but it is in deep sleep so you can't really control your phone no more. Like you can't awake in the morning because you are in deep sleep.so hard to wake up. And yes your problem is deep sleep.
4. Use Go Dialer or Touchpal Dialer. Download from Play Store. It will make you better. Stock is still laggy and under development.
5. I run SlimCM which is CM9 and everything works except sound bug and FM Radio. Sound bug can be fix with Viper4Android. Run CM9 which is great, fast and stable.
And I really want to advice you is find out more yourself. It's more getting trouble but you will become more awesome I answer your question short so don't mind me about that but if you need anything, just quote and ask. Bye.
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Sorry for asking again, but most times i just dont have the needed phrase to search for - combines with 50+ pages of results it really drives me crazy sometimes. After making a, lets say really stupid mistake, installing the rom in the beginning, it took me almost ages to find the threat to return to the beginning and reinstall it properly.
Little Zed said:
First of all, this is a long question and you must donate me for answering. Haha. Just joking but you need to consider yourself and get experiences.
3. Go to deepsleep so much in CM10. Some said pretty awesome because it saves battery but it is in deep sleep so you can't really control your phone no more. Like you can't awake in the morning because you are in deep sleep.so hard to wake up. And yes your problem is deep sleep.
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Thanks a lot for reading and answering my questions anyway, you got yourself a honest "thanks button klick" as a reward :laugh:
Okay, so now i know that "my deepsleep problem" is kind of a reversed version of almost everyone eleses deepsleep problem. Everyone wants his phone to enter deepsleep, i want to prevent that.
Will this app solve the problem? Deep Sleep Battery Saver
I mean, if I can set the phone to "wake up" short before my alarm time it might work, right?
I read something about Apps causing the problem, especially messenger apps. Can anyone verify that information, or is it some random guess?
Edit:
Also I found out, that the Phone should not enter deepsleep while being charged. Unfortunately this seems to happen to mine over and over again.
phil.star said:
Sorry for asking again, but most times i just dont have the needed phrase to search for - combines with 50+ pages of results it really drives me crazy sometimes. After making a, lets say really stupid mistake, installing the rom in the beginning, it took me almost ages to find the threat to return to the beginning and reinstall it properly.
^
Thanks a lot for reading and answering my questions anyway, you got yourself a honest "thanks button klick" as a reward :laugh:
Okay, so now i know that "my deepsleep problem" is kind of a reversed version of almost everyone eleses deepsleep problem. Everyone wants his phone to enter deepsleep, i want to prevent that.
Will this app solve the problem? Deep Sleep Battery Saver
I mean, if I can set the phone to "wake up" short before my alarm time it might work, right?
I read something about Apps causing the problem, especially messenger apps. Can anyone verify that information, or is it some random guess?
Edit:
Also I found out, that the Phone should not enter deepsleep while being charged. Unfortunately this seems to happen to mine over and over again.
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DS battery saver is the one for some phones that cannot go into deepsleep. It force the phone to Deep Sleep with some profiles to make your phone not deaf. Good app and I'm using it.
Blah blah blah, anyway, it's the ROM problem I think but you can simply reply FXP's CM10 about the fix No worries. I think you can fix nothing at this stage. And also I thought Alarm app crashing amd screen not waking up is not only the Deep Sleep issues but also the rom bug of excessive Deep Sleep or alarm app not fully functional. Please reply to the rom thread and wait for answer! High Five!!
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