Quick question. Can I do a nandroid restore after wiping data, cache and dalvik?
If you chose to put it in your external SD card when you made it, yes. wiping the big 3 doesn't wipe the SD card
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IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
If you chose to put it in your external SD card when you made it, yes. wiping the big 3 doesn't wipe the SD card
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So i will be able to go back to my original ROM just as I left it even after wiping the big 3?
Yup! I've got a back ulbof every ROM except MIUI, haven't flashed it yet! Haha
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EDIT: Make sure its on the external SD card though. Not sure weather it will be there on the SD card if you put it there then wiped the big 3
IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
Yup! I've got a back ulbof every ROM except MIUI, haven't flashed it yet! Haha
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EDIT: Make sure its on the external SD card though. Not sure weather it will be there on the SD card if you put it there then wiped the big 3
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I have a nandroid on my internal that has endured several data wipes and sbf's. It is a backup of my stock phone before flashing anything. I backed it up in both places just in case.
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So i will be able to go back to my original ROM just as I left it even after wiping the big 3?
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Well, that depends. If you upgraded to say, Android 2.3.5, then you have a different kernel and the kernel is NOT backed up via Nandroid. So unless you are still on the same android version, then you should SBF back to the base OS version you were on. This was tested extensively about a month or so back and it was determined that a nandroid restore doesn't restore the kernel.
Otherwise, nandroiding back should get you where you were before.
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Well, that depends. If you upgraded to say, Android 2.3.5, then you have a different kernel and the kernel is NOT backed up via Nandroid. So unless you are still on the same android version, then you should SBF back to the base OS version you were on. This was tested extensively about a month or so back and it was determined that a nandroid restore doesn't restore the kernel.
Otherwise, nandroiding back should get you where you were before.
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Good to know! I missed the tests done, I thought it backed up everything.
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Well, that depends. If you upgraded to say, Android 2.3.5, then you have a different kernel and the kernel is NOT backed up via Nandroid. So unless you are still on the same android version, then you should SBF back to the base OS version you were on. This was tested extensively about a month or so back and it was determined that a nandroid restore doesn't restore the kernel.
Otherwise, nandroiding back should get you where you were before.
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So if MIUI is saying that it is running Android 4.0.3, and CM7 is Android 2.3.7, then is it not ok to nandroid back to CM7 from MIUI?
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So if MIUI is saying that it is running Android 4.0.3, and CM7 is Android 2.3.7, then is it not ok to nandroid back to CM7 from MIUI?
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No, it should be fine. 4.0.3 is STILL using the same kernel. 4.0.3 is the OS version, not necessarily the kernel version.
Since the bootloader is still locked, flashing the DX2 MIUI still keeps the 2.3.4 kernel. All that gets replaced are the system files. So, nandroiding back to CM7 (which is what I did) is fine because you are still running the same kernel.
At least, that's how I read it when I researched a little on this and with some other people posting their explanations as well.
The reason you shouldn't flash 2.3.4-based ROMs over 2.3.5 is because the kernel version was changed. Remember, the kernel can ONLY be updated via a Verizon-approved OTA. The 2.3.5 update is not an official release, but it DID come from Motorola servers, so it has the signature in it that the X2 is looking for when the kernel is attempted to be upgraded. Hence, that is why flashing a 2.3.4-based ROM over a 2.3.5 image is not a good thing. Same goes with flashing a 2.3.5 ROM over a 2.3.4 image. It's just not a good idea and could pose problems down the road.
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No, it should be fine. 4.0.3 is STILL using the same kernel. 4.0.3 is the OS version, not necessarily the kernel version.
Since the bootloader is still locked, flashing the DX2 MIUI still keeps the 2.3.4 kernel. All that gets replaced are the system files. So, nandroiding back to CM7 (which is what I did) is fine because you are still running the same kernel.
At least, that's how I read it when I researched a little on this and with some other people posting their explanations as well.
The reason you shouldn't flash 2.3.4-based ROMs over 2.3.5 is because the kernel version was changed. Remember, the kernel can ONLY be updated via a Verizon-approved OTA. The 2.3.5 update is not an official release, but it DID come from Motorola servers, so it has the signature in it that the X2 is looking for when the kernel is attempted to be upgraded. Hence, that is why flashing a 2.3.4-based ROM over a 2.3.5 image is not a good thing. Same goes with flashing a 2.3.5 ROM over a 2.3.4 image. It's just not a good idea and could pose problems down the road.
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Ok, that makes sense. I figured it would be fine but didnt know the technical details.
I've flashed my 2.3.4 backups over 2.3.5 quite a bit since my cheesecake backup is 2.3.5 and I've never had any issues. Do we really know if the kernel changed? I never really looked at the kernel version on 2.3.5.
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I've flashed my 2.3.4 backups over 2.3.5 quite a bit since my cheesecake backup is 2.3.5 and I've never had any issues. Do we really know if the kernel changed? I never really looked at the kernel version on 2.3.5.
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Back in December, I asked the question about nandroiding and if it replaced the kernel. Motcher (and ashclepdia) helped out with this one. Motcher SBF'd to 2.3.4 and then nandroided back to Eclipse 2.0.3 (which is 2.3.5) based and the kernel version came up as 00005 which is the 2.3.4 kernel. So, Nandroiding does NOT replace the kernel.
Here's the posted that he posted about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20808392&postcount=20
It may be that the differences are minor enough that it won't cause issues, but if the official 2.3.5 ever comes out, it might be best to always SBF back to 2.3.4 if you have to just to be on the safe side. I guess the moral of the story is, do this at your own risk.
Ok I tried to nandroid back to cm7 from Miui and I got a md5-sum mismatch message, and I wasn't able to go back. Do I need to wiped the big 3 every time I nandroid ?
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Ok I tried to nandroid back to cm7 from Miui and I got a md5-sum mismatch message, and I wasn't able to go back. Do I need to wiped the big 3 every time I nandroid ?
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No. That means the md5-sum hash key that was generated after the backup was created isn't matching with your nandroid backup. It means possibly your backup is corrupted.
Wiping the big three has nothing to do with nandroiding.
Uninstall bsr -either cm7 or orig. Then reinstall cm7 bsr. It worked for me On cm7. BTW Be sure not to use any spaces when renaming.
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So im trying to reload my backup from my sd card. I have made 2 thus far and neither work.
I am on the Rogers network on a i747 with the dlk4 baseband. CWM, rooted, stock rom. When i try to restore it loads a few things (ie. system), and starts loading the DATA portion. Which at this point i get an error message. I reboot it, and my phone gets hung up at the samsung loading screen.
I have tried wiping the big 3 and also under mount and unmount i formated system before restoring as well with no success.
Could it be that my version of CWM is 5.5.0.4.. And, from my understanding I dont think it would be the cause, but maybe because i made the backup after being rooted and flashing cwm
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So im trying to reload my backup from my sd card. I have made 2 thus far and neither work.
I am on the Rogers network on a i747 with the dlk4 baseband. CWM, rooted, stock rom. When i try to restore it loads a few things (ie. system), and starts loading the DATA portion. Which at this point i get an error message. I reboot it, and my phone gets hung up at the samsung loading screen.
I have tried wiping the big 3 and also under mount and unmount i formated system before restoring as well with no success.
Could it be that my version of CWM is 5.5.0.4.. And, from my understanding I dont think it would be the cause, but maybe because i made the backup after being rooted and flashing cwm
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this is a thread for the motorola droid x2.
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Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
this is a thread for the motorola droid x2.
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i've been searching threads with search tool....guess i wasn't paying attention.
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I unlocked the bootloader and rooted it okay... then I flashed a ROM, that also worked fine. I tried to flash a kernel and now it just gets stuck on the HTC screen. I tried restoring my back up, still the same issue. Tried reflashing the ROM, same issue. Not sure how to get it back to normal at this point.
It sounds like the kernel you flashed is either a 2.3.3 kernel that doesn't work on 2.3.4, or it was a bad flash. You should be able to fix this by holding volume down when booting up (opens HBOOT) then choose Recovery and from the recovery you can then either enable USB Mass Storage device and transfer a stock kernel over USB to your SD card then flash the stock kernel, or if you already have a stock kernel on your SD card, you can just select it from the install from zip menu and flash.
This Kernel should work fine (it's stock with CIQ spyware removed):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224659
and after I flash this kernel it should be back to normal.... or should I try to flash a ROM all over again as well? As long as it can definitely be fixed then that's quite alright.... this phone compared to the Epic (which I came from) seems like it's much less fail safe to me.
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and after I flash this kernel it should be back to normal.... or should I try to flash a ROM all over again as well? As long as it can definitely be fixed then that's quite alright.... this phone compared to the Epic (which I came from) seems like it's much less fail safe to me.
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ROMs usually have kernels. You could just wipe Dalvick cache and cache and flash your original rom (which has it's original kernel). and that should work.
There's a sea of roms. You could try posting on a rom's thread whether a particular kernel is compatible. Just follow the spin of things. Saves from just going round in circles.
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and after I flash this kernel it should be back to normal.... or should I try to flash a ROM all over again as well? As long as it can definitely be fixed then that's quite alright.... this phone compared to the Epic (which I came from) seems like it's much less fail safe to me.
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Here's a scenario: If you installed a rooted stock 2.3.4 rom then decided to install Silverneedle kernel, your phone will get stuck in this boot-loop because the silverneedle kernel is not compatible with 2.3.4 yet. So by flashing a stock kernel over what is already on there, it should fix the problem. Before you flash the stock kernel clear cache and dalvik. After that flash the kernel and reboot the phone. Chances are it will boot normally. I doubt you will have to reflash a ROM to fix this.
Just cleared the dalvik and the cache, reflashed the ROM hoping to start completely fresh and its still getting stuck...
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Just cleared the dalvik and the cache, reflashed the ROM hoping to start completely fresh and its still getting stuck...
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Then flash a stock kernel. I have had the same problem before. I flashed a ROM, installed a kernel and stuck at HTC boot screen. The fix is to either install a stock kernel through bootloader or flash another ROM in recovery. If you want the best chance of it working the first time, then flash the stock rooted 2.3.4 ROM by xhausx. If you want to try other ROMs and kernels, make sure that your ROM and kernel are compatible. Also use the synergy wipe zip file before flashing to make sure everything is formatted properly. Also, did you flash the extra firmwares that came with the 2.3.4 update? If not, make sure you flash those along with the new radio that just came out.
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Take it you didn't do a nandroid before flashing?
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Tried to get my nandroid and it still got stuck..
Perhaps I should've also mentioned that my bootloader still says S-ON and I unlocked it using the HTC unlock method.
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Then flash a stock kernel. I have had the same problem before. I flashed a ROM, installed a kernel and stuck at HTC boot screen. The fix is to either install a stock kernel through bootloader or flash another ROM in recovery. If you want the best chance of it working the first time, then flash the stock rooted 2.3.4 ROM by xhausx. If you want to try other ROMs and kernels, make sure that your ROM and kernel are compatible. Also use the synergy wipe zip file before flashing to make sure everything is formatted properly. Also, did you flash the extra firmwares that came with the 2.3.4 update? If not, make sure you flash those along with the new radio that just came out.
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Not sure about any extra firmwares actually.... currently going to try flashing xhaus' ROM and hope that works...
Flashed the superwipe before flashing the ROM, then flashed the ROM... it went to the HTC screen for a second then just vibrated and then turned black.
When I go into the bootloader when it is loading up the images.... it kept saying "No Image!" for all of them. I'm not having any luck with this at all.
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When I go into the bootloader when it is loading up the images.... it kept saying "No Image!" for all of them. I'm not having any luck with this at all.
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Do you have it named exactly PG86IMG.ZIP?
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Okay... you mentioned something about firmwares to flash... which ones are they?
I'm kinda lost at this point because I'm not sure about the specific order in which you are supposed to do things.
Which version of hboot do you have?
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1.50.000 or whatever
Just follow this guide easy. Easy step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231249
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Just follow this guide easy. Easy step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231249
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+1 on this. RUU method should be bullet proof
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Okay... you mentioned something about firmwares to flash... which ones are they?
I'm kinda lost at this point because I'm not sure about the specific order in which you are supposed to do things.
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It's in the post that xhausx made for the stock rooted 2.08.651.2 ROM.
URL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223979
List of new firmwares for the 2.08.651.2 update:
(If you do the RUU method, you should have all the firmwares installed automatically btw...)
Radio & PRI Updates Radio 0.97.10.0808 PRI 1.24_003
PG86IMG_radio_pri.zip (MD5: E28414AAC6F91CE9D7B3615B2999AD3A)
RPM Possible fix for Black SOD
PG86IMG_rpm.zip (MD5: DE69396C8922FAD3AC82E5F836EE95FB)
SBL Secure Bootloader?
PG86IMG_sbl.zip (MD5: 5604349AD611241CF1AC152FD3B0DE45)
TZ Trusted Zone - Not sure of it's purpose
PG86IMG_tz.zip (MD5: 75749FBCCE1331A5A85D2A154E15B276)
PG2F2_SPCUSTOM - No idea what it is
PG86IMG_pg2f2_spcustom.zip (MD5: 7A7DE8659A0771919A14B0C299CA18CC)
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The link posted is for the GSM Evo 3D... will it work on CDMA?
For some reason my backups using Romracer's CWM don't work. I get stuck in a bootloop every time I restore and I'm clearing data, cache, and dalvik cache before restoring. So I was wondering if instead of restoring the whole backup, if it was safe to restore just the system partition and not the boot partition (since currently the phone boots up fine)? If so, I could restore my system and data and not have to deal with whatever's causing the bootloop. The phone is running CM7 beta, so the boot partition is whatever is used with that.
The beta uses a specific kernal so it wouldn't work with anything either than CM7.
But yes if you restore just the system it will work.
What kind of bootloop is it? Do you make it to the boot animation? Or not past the logo
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The beta uses a specific kernal so it wouldn't work with anything either than CM7.
But yes if you restore just the system it will work.
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Sorry, that confused me. You're saying that in general, if I was running stock, I could only restore the system partition and it would be fine. But since I'm running CM7 I can't restore a stock system partition, only a CM7 system partition?
What kind of bootloop is it? Do you make it to the boot animation? Or not past the logo
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It doesn't make it to the boot animation. But this is only when I'm restoring stock. If I flash a stock fruitcake to get back to factory settings and then root. I can flash a CM7 recovery just fine. It's flashing back to stock from CM7 (or even just being in stock and flashing the stock recovery I just made) that's the problem. I'm going to give it one more shot, but not until the weekend. So if it works or doesn't work then, I'll post back here.
I'm just curious as to which version of romracer's CWM you have? It sounds like the problem described here is similar to what you're seeing.
I recently rooted my atrix, unlocked the bootloader, and updated to faux enhanced 0.20 stock kernel as my first test into flashing anything. I wanted to start flashing ROMS, including CM7, so this thread caught my attention. I'm really trying to avoid any problems so I've been trying to read as much as possible about potential issues before making any major changes.
I only have backups made using atrix4.1, so if this is the same one you have I may just end up holding off on flashing anything other than the kernel for now.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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?
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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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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'm on amonra 3.12b, I've tried several times to restore a backup. I was recently on Scott's GBE rom and wanted to try out Joelz new ICS rom. Well his ICS rom was giving me problems so I tried to restore the GBE rom backup, but my phone wouldn't boot up, I was stuck at a black screen, but it was still backlit.
I did the nand backup properly, I didn't get any errors. I left all the options as they where I don't touch anything with the check boxes. I then did a wipe/factory reset and then I restored the nand backup of the GBE rom I made earlier. It restored fine, no errors. I don't understand why my backups arent working? Thankfully I still had Scott's rom on my sdcard so I just flash that again and it worked. I have no problem flashing roms, for some reason I just can't seem to restore any backups.
Yesterday, I went through this same problem but with a different error. I was trying to flash Joelz rom but it wouldn't work, so I tried restoring my GBE nand backup but amonra gave me an error. "oops...something went wrong! please check recovery log".
As you can see I'm having a tough time troubleshooting this problem so any help would be very much appreciated, b/c it's getting to be a pain having to re-flash a rom every time I wan't to switch and having no safety net in case something happens, can't backup anything. Thx!
u gotta flash the the boot.img
Read the very bottom where it says more info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459347
Yeah...you will need to flash a GB kernel when going back to GB from ICS.
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feralicious said:
Yeah...you will need to flash a GB kernel when going back to GB from ICS.
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So if I'm on an ics rom and want to restore a backup that was on gb I need to flash the gb kernel after restoring the gb rom? And than vice versa..
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Yep that is it.
bal1985 said:
So if I'm on an ics rom and want to restore a backup that was on gb I need to flash the gb kernel after restoring the gb rom? And than vice versa..
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That's correct but you may get a mainver error when you try to do that depending on what kernel/mainver you have.
I have run into that a couple times but it is simple to fix by editing the text file in the kernel to match the mainver version.
jmorton10 said:
That's correct but you may get a mainver error when you try to do that depending on what kernel/mainver you have.
I have run into that a couple times but it is simple to fix by editing the text file in the kernel to match the mainver version.
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Or just flash the kernel in fastboot. Then you don't have to worry about mainver.
feralicious said:
Or just flash the kernel in fastboot. Then you don't have to worry about mainver.
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True, either way works fine.
I think it's easier to simply edit that file, but it's really easy either way.
Hi everyone,
I've been having some serious issues and I am stumped on what to do so I'm turning to you smart guys here at XDA...
I'm using a Droid X2 flashed to Cricket, running CM7.2. I read through the CM10 Jelly Bean thread and really wanted to give it a try because of all the neat features it has in it. I did a Nandroid backup, installed the zip and gapps, wiped data/cache and booted into CM10. Everything went good, got CM10 configured, but had a non-relevant issue with CM10 and figured it was probably just a bad install. I tried to restore my Nandroid and it froze up halfway through and sat at "Restoring .android_secure" for OVER an hour. So I made the dumb mistake of pulling the battery which resulted in a bootlooping soft-brick. I then did an SBF back to 2.3.5 which naturally wiped my flash to Cricket. So I rooted and re-flashed to get my network working again which went perfectly fine. Then I restored my Nandroid and went back to CM7.2....and now my Wi-FI says "Error" and will not even attempt to connect. I figured the Nandroid probably got botched so I restored it again and had the same issue. I tried to reflash CM7.2 and also tried to reflash CM10 and get the "assert failed: run_program (tmp/kernel_check) ==0 (status 7)" error on both. I have tried repeatedly redownloading both zip files and attempted reflash with the same error. Obviously rebooting the phone and trying Wi-Fi fixer do absolutely nothing. I would either like to stay on CM7.2 OR give CM10 another try but cannot flash either zip with the CM7 patched BSR. If I can have the Wi-Fi fixed on CM7.2 then great, if I can be on CM10 with working Wi-Fi even better, but I would like to be able to get this fixed WITHOUT having to do another SBF...flashing it to Cricket is a PITA and I can only do the flash on 2.3.5 since that is the only version that gives the "PC Mode" option for USB connection. Factory Reset is not an issue with me, I just want things working properly. Any and all help is as usual GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Err, you couldn't have been on 2.3.5 and CM7 before. That and CM10 are 2.3.4 ROMs. If you sbf'd to 2.3.5 then your only options are stock ROM or eclipse 2.3
Sounds like you need to sbf back to 2.3.4
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three west said:
Err, you couldn't have been on 2.3.5 and CM7 before. That and CM10 are 2.3.4 ROMs. If you sbf'd to 2.3.5 then your only options are stock ROM or eclipse 2.3
Sounds like you need to sbf back to 2.3.4
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You are correct, they are ROMS that need to be flashed from 2.3.4, but I didn't flash, I restored a Nandroid backup. I started on 2.3.4, flashed CM7, used that for a while, then flashed CM10 over CM7, then did SBF to 2.3.5 and then restored a Nandroid back to my CM7. As I stated above, I can only get my phone onto Cricket from 2.3.5 as that is the only version of android that has the "PC Mode" option when connecting to computer with USB, that is the ONLY connection mode that can be used to network flashing. If I SBF back to 2.3.4 I might be able to flash a new ROM but then I won't be able to do the network flash myself, I will have to take it to cricket which I would prefer not to have to do.
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You are correct, they are ROMS that need to be flashed from 2.3.4, but I didn't flash, I restored a Nandroid backup. I started on 2.3.4, flashed CM7, used that for a while, then flashed CM10 over CM7, then did SBF to 2.3.5 and then restored a Nandroid back to my CM7. As I stated above, I can only get my phone onto Cricket from 2.3.5 as that is the only version of android that has the "PC Mode" option when connecting to computer with USB, that is the ONLY connection mode that can be used to network flashing. If I SBF back to 2.3.4 I might be able to flash a new ROM but then I won't be able to do the network flash myself, I will have to take it to cricket which I would prefer not to have to do.
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You can not restore a nandroid from one kernel to another without having problems even with wiping. You can try to flash the Mx2 versions they don't ask for the kernel check but you might still have problems on 2.3.5.
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You can not restore a nandroid from one kernel to another without having problems even with wiping. You can try to flash the Mx2 versions they don't ask for the kernel check but you might still have problems on 2.3.5.
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Yeah I started to think that that could have been the issue, that it was still running the 2.3.5 kernel. Well I saw no other option so I decided to SBF back to 2.3.4, and it somehow now has the PC Mode option, so I can do the Cricket flash on that now. Weird that it didnt have that option the last time I did the SBF. Guess it should work now, will post a final update once I get the Cricket flash and CM10 reflashed.
Stick with 2.3.4 for Cm7, definitely if that is what your Nandroid is from. 2.3.5 is so limited as to what is developed for it.
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Stick with 2.3.4 for Cm7, definitely if that is what your Nandroid is from. 2.3.5 is so limited as to what is developed for it.
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Yeah I got it all figured out, gonna run CM9. I've reflashed to Cricket so many times by now I can do it in 5 minutes or less lol. Thanks for the input guys.
CM9 is full of bugs.... you sure?
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CM9 is full of bugs.... you sure?
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Yeah, I've been using it for 2 solid days now and other than a little battery drain and the very occasional random reboot I would say it's running really good. I'm just sick of Gingerbread and after trying CM10 I decided I won't be going that route until a couple more alphas are released.