So I unlocked my phone using pudding to flash the 2.3.5 rom. Then I decided to rdslight back to stock(photon SUN-198_7). I don't know if I needed to flash stock recovery smg but I've tried that but my photon still won't boot past the boot screen. Any other methods?
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Try wiping before flashing.
When wiping, make sure you wipe all the cache, davlik cache, and then do a factory reset. After doing all that, then flash the rom.
If that does not work, had you done a nandroid backup before flashing a rom? If so, try reverting to that.
The problem is that when I rds to sbf file photon SUN-198_7 its stuck in a bootloop.
ZaydTalk said:
When wiping, make sure you wipe all the cache, davlik cache, and then do a factory reset. After doing all that, then flash the rom.
If that does not work, had you done a nandroid backup before flashing a rom? If so, try reverting to that.
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The 2.3.5. Removes recovery. Install boot strap recovery, and use it to flash zip version of romracer cwm.
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bricky23 said:
The 2.3.5. Removes recovery. Install boot strap recovery, and use it to flash zip version of romracer cwm.
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Are you seeing any messages on the screen when the phone boot loops? Can you RSD and fastboot? Are you getting any failed to boot messages?
I fixed it. Did a fastboot -w to wipe and then proceeded with unlock sbf. Thanks for the input tho.
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hi, I have unlocked bl, cherryblur and tenfars recovery. when I try to make a factory reset. it restarts into recovery shows an exclamation sign and nothing happens. also if I try try 3 wipes from recovery when I restart all info still there!
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diegof18 said:
hi, I have unlocked bl, cherryblur and tenfars recovery. when I try to make a factory reset. it restarts into recovery shows an exclamation sign and nothing happens. also if I try try 3 wipes from recovery when I restart all info still there!
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How are you wiping from recovery if you're saying you can't get into recovery?
Also, doesn't sound like you have tenfars recovery if you're getting the exclamation sign which sounds like the stock recovery instead.
whats the reason for the reset? if anything you can just reflash the rom if somethings messed up or download another one. there are also 2.3.4, 4.5.9.1 OTA roms for unlocked bl's. just look around in here and you fill find it.
Boot into fastboot and fastboot -w to wipe.
when I reflash the rom all my previous info still there so I can't add my google account cause it's already there. the problem that motoblur it's also there but not showing, also it enters tenfars and after the exclamation I can only see some chinese letters. I'll try with fastboot
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jjeffries0423 said:
whats the reason for the reset? if anything you can just reflash the rom if somethings messed up or download another one. there are also 2.3.4, 4.5.9.1 OTA roms for unlocked bl's. just look around in here and you fill find it.
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Should always wipe when flashing a ROM.
Wipe Dalvik, cache, and factory reset/data, or fastboot -w, prior to flashing. Many people also repeat after flashing.
diegof18 said:
when I reflash the rom all my previous info still there so I can't add my google account cause it's already there. the problem that motoblur it's also there but not showing, also it enters tenfars and after the exclamation I can only see some chinese letters. I'll try with fastboot
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Some of the ROM's perform a wipe for you during the flash process. You could always try flashing one of those also. Just wipe Dalvik and cache before flashing.
CaelanT said:
Should always wipe when flashing a ROM.
Wipe Dalvik, cache, and factory reset/data, or fastboot -w, prior to flashing. Many people also repeat after flashing.
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Oops forgot to post that part but i did wipe everything in cwm ty for the catch calient
Fastboot worked like a charm. My got full reset and I was able to install aliens #2 in my int'l phone with faux123 kernel. Thanks a lot
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When I had a captivate, anytime I flashed a new rom it wiped my phone. Now it looks like the theme is applied but all my applications, settings, texts, everything stays on the phone.
Also, I just installed the cherrypi rom and I don't have a camera app. Tried reinstalling and still nothing. Does launcher pro mess with roms? Didn't think so but checking...
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Happened again, I flashed alien and it changes the build in settings but it doesn't remove anything. Kenn says that it removes bloatware but nothing was removed...
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Clerek said:
Happened again, I flashed alien and it changes the build in settings but it doesn't remove anything. Kenn says that it removes bloatware but nothing was removed...
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You need to wipe before and after flashing custom ROMs, bro.
If flashing via CWM, wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik... before and after.
If flashing via fastboot, do a "moto-fastboot -w", after flashing the rom.
Alright in CWM I select wipe data and wipe dalvik. It still doesn't wipe anything. I thought this was weird so I asked. I may just do it from boot (hold down after power on, select recovery, etc.). Ill try that and see what happens. Its just going to wipe from internal right?
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Alright in CWM I select wipe data and wipe dalvik. It still doesn't wipe anything. I thought this was weird so I asked. I may just do it from boot (hold down after power on, select recovery, etc.). Ill try that and see what happens. Its just going to wipe from internal right?
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You have to use tenfar's cwm to wipe. If you're using Rom Manager's recovery then the wipe doesn't work.
The best way so far to clean data is start phone in fastboot mode (turn on phone with vol down key pressed, then press vol up) and using command line send fastboot -w, if you need to delete other partition you can use fastboot erase <partition>, then fastboot restart
Thanks, I know what I did now. I updated CWM from the market and reflashed to a different version...it was working fine after I unlocked my BL, and then I thought it just stopped working. Thanks for the help folks!
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After flashing CM7, I tried to return to stock by entering romracer's recovery and flashing the recovery I had made before flashing CM7. After the recovery finished with no errors, the phone boots up and gets stuck in a boot loop. I've tried this three times. Every time I have to flash a fruit cake (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009) to get back to stock.
Strange enough, I can make a nandroid backup of CM7 and flash to that from stock. I just can't flash back...
Something is wrong with the recovery files, any idea what it is?
Did you wipe the cache after you did the restore?
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Hmmm I did that several times now and I have no problem at all. I use romracer's recovery. You wipe before you install the backup right? I don't wipe after the recovery.
jake.perkinsr said:
Did you wipe the cache after you did the restore?
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Yup, I wiped cache, data, and dalvik cache before restoring.
Is it possible to restore the /system and /data partitions without restoring the /boot partition? Cause if so, I can just try using moto-fastboot to see if the problem occurs in the /boot partition or whether something else is the problem.
Did you do a data and factory reset too? I wipe and factory reset before recovery.
Hi,
I just bought an AT&T SGS2. I began by rooting it, flashing cwm and trying to flash MIUI. But the phone would not boot up. So I downloaded ODIN one click back to stock and flashed that, but the phone still does not boot past the AT&T screen. I've tried flashing different roms from cwm none of which boot up.
Please point me in the right direction to get the phone to boot.
Thanks
Can you get into cwm? Id bet you didn't wipe before you flashed
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Can you get into cwm? Id bet you didn't wipe before you flashed
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+1 this.
boot into cwm>factory wipe data/factory>delete cache partition>delete dalvik cache> install zip from sdcard>pick your ROM...
Thanks guys wiping the all the caches did the trick. I didn't know it was a requirement for this phone. I came from a Captivate where is wasn't required to wipe everything.
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Can you get into cwm? Id bet you didn't wipe before you flashed
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He doesn't have CWM if he used the one-click back to stock, unless it failed and didn't flash a kernel. Stock kernel has 3e recovery.
kperajis said:
Thanks guys wiping the all the caches did the trick. I didn't know it was a requirement for this phone. I came from a Captivate where is wasn't required to wipe everything.
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Even on the Captivate, you had to wipe whenever flashing a new ROM. Returning to stock is, effectively, flashing a new ROM (the stock one).
when i enter into safe mode, i tried restoring my stock rom so i could start from scratch and when i restore and reboot my phone, its showing the eclipse animation and its stuck on that....until i take safe mode off.....how do i fix this, all im trying to do eventually is apply a custom them to my stock rom from my sd card....
i am on android 2.3.6
XT912 CDMA
Did you wipe cashe, and dalvik cashe?
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rigbyrobot said:
Did you wipe cashe, and dalvik cashe?
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reflash your rom with RSD...
ok your talkin to a noob here lol...ive just started rooting and all...
so is there an easier way to tell me how to reflash my rom with RSD...and what is RSD??
Rsd is a development software for flashing, wiping and similar etc for motorola devices.
And, you're *
And safe mode? Where? On the computer? You will not be able to flash a rom on Windows safe mode.
Cause windows safe mode launchs the os without drives.
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