ok im stock with no nvflash backup need help with bootloop.
tried to clear cache rebooted, loop still there.
restored, loop still there.
reapplied latest update, loop still there(recover doesnt come up now just update indicator.).
help please.
thanks in advance for any assitance.
love this forum.
ps: have rma want to try to fix personaly first.
also will be installing vegan or cyanogen on it when fixed.
update
nv flashed and got it booting.
other threads helped alot
update:2
new update i can get it to boot but if i install anything it gets stuck.
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Hey guys, first off this is not a thread to ask for how to get out of a boot loop, so don't flame me before reading it.
I've been running various Stock roms, KG2/KI3/KJ2 which are all flashed through Odin and work fine, but I can't seem to flash ANY roms at all using CWM, I've tried wiping the cache and wiping user data before flashing but everytime I use CWM to flash my phone gets stuck in a boot loop, tried various roms and they all get stuck in boot loop which I have to use Odin to fix and root so I can get CWM again, but out of the 5 or so roms I've flashed with CWM they all seem to put the phone into a boot loop. Anyone have any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
I know how to fix the boot loop, what I want to know is how the heck do I get roms to run when flashed using CWM. I've used CWM on numerous other android devices and I'm pretty sure I'm flashing it right (clear user data, clear cache, install zip from sdcard). I mean its not rocket science. Would really appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks.
Have you tried flashing it twice in a row, without reboot in-between?
That I haven't tried. I'll give it a try. Cause nothing seems to be working.
Ok, just tried double flashing without rebooting and it still does the boot loop.
I've been shuffling through threads for the past 2 days trying to find a fix a no luck yet so i'm making my own noob post.
yesterday after flashing CM7 to my atrix, I was trying to install the Gapps package and after that install my phone wont boot past the logo screen.
Im still able to access fastboot and get into android recovery. I've tried to wipe everything and reinstall cm7 but still nothing.
i read that some people were able to get this issue resolved using command prompt and fastboot commands, but im totally lost when it comes to command prompt and couldn't get working correctly.
any suggestions or fixes would be greatly appreciated
DThimself said:
I've been shuffling through threads for the past 2 days trying to find a fix a no luck yet so i'm making my own noob post.
yesterday after flashing CM7 to my atrix, I was trying to install the Gapps package and after that install my phone wont boot past the logo screen.
Im still able to access fastboot and get into android recovery. I've tried to wipe everything and reinstall cm7 but still nothing.
i read that some people were able to get this issue resolved using command prompt and fastboot commands, but im totally lost when it comes to command prompt and couldn't get working correctly.
any suggestions or fixes would be greatly appreciated
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Just to be clear:
1. You successfully booted into CM7 after installing it? Then you went to install gapps and couldn't get past the boot logo?
2. Or were you trying to install gapps right after flashing CM7 (i.e. stayed in recovery and did not boot into OS)?
i Successfully booted into cm7 then went back into recovery to install the gapps package and after that install it wouldnt boot past the logo
DThimself said:
i Successfully booted into cm7 then went back into recovery to install the gapps package and after that install it wouldnt boot past the logo
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Hmm, well that definitely rules out an outdated recovery, which is what usually causes people to get stuck at the bootlogo. If you can't even re-install after wiping, then I would just restore a backup and start over.
Maybe try getting a fresh download of the gapps package. You may have possibly had a corrupted download?
Are you running CWM recovery or Rom Racer's? I had a problem where I was stuck at the boot logo while using CWM (latest one) but when I switched to Rom Racer's recovery and flashed everything worked.
I ended up having to use an older CWM recovery and wiping the phone and SD card with a lot of help from a friend of mine whos knows more about this than i do
DThimself said:
i Successfully booted into cm7 then went back into recovery to install the gapps package and after that install it wouldnt boot past the logo
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How did you prep for the CM7 and GAPPS flash? If you did not wipe correctly, there was a first indication you might have problems.
How long did you wait after the phone first booted into CM7? If you rebooted as soon as the OS was up, that's more than likely your issue. You need to wait 10 minutes to let the phone build system files after flashing.
Also, an older CWM would have, if anything, caused more problems. If you had the latest ROM Manager or Romracer CWM then that was definitely not your problem, so your friend using an "older" CWM wasn't helping any.
DThimself said:
I've been shuffling through threads for the past 2 days trying to find a fix a no luck yet so i'm making my own noob post.
yesterday after flashing CM7 to my atrix, I was trying to install the Gapps package and after that install my phone wont boot past the logo screen.
Im still able to access fastboot and get into android recovery. I've tried to wipe everything and reinstall cm7 but still nothing.
i read that some people were able to get this issue resolved using command prompt and fastboot commands, but im totally lost when it comes to command prompt and couldn't get working correctly.
any suggestions or fixes would be greatly appreciated
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I have run into this issue before when flashing any apps that update an app that is already there. I have found that a Dalvik wipe is needed before the flash. It is good practice to wipe Dalvik at least when flashing anything that changes the System Files. I also wipe the cache Partition before any flashes just to help mitigate issues like this.
Hey guys, tried flashing the newest nightlies to my phone this morning the file was produced on 2-28. I made a backup, rebooted, returned to recovery, then installed the update zip and rebooted. Once I did this somehow I was stuck in boot loop. I let the phone go for 5 minutes with the same result so turned it off and back on and still would not come out of the boot loop. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there something I am missing? I did apply this nightly as an "update zip" in the sense that I didn't wipe or clear caches. If anyone has any thoughts on this feel free to let me know, I would like to keep up with the nightlies .
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Hey guys, tried flashing the newest nightlies to my phone this morning the file was produced on 2-28. I made a backup, rebooted, returned to recovery, then installed the update zip and rebooted. Once I did this somehow I was stuck in boot loop. I let the phone go for 5 minutes with the same result so turned it off and back on and still would not come out of the boot loop. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there something I am missing? I did apply this nightly as an "update zip" in the sense that I didn't wipe or clear caches. If anyone has any thoughts on this feel free to let me know, I would like to keep up with the nightlies .
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Jep. The 20130228 fails to boot. You're not the only one who's stuck in a bootloop.
Just flash today's nightly (20130301) and everything should work again.
Thanks for they reply man
I've had my Samsung Galaxy S Showcase (tracphone) for awhile now and decided to root it. For some dumb reason I flashed a custom ROM onto it.
I had no problems until I downloaded Boot Animation. I selected a custom boot animation, rebooted my phone, and it loops at the animation forever.
I tried to restore using CWM and get the message "MD5 mismatch!"
I tried a factory reset, it errors every step of the way, then says data wipe complete. I reboot and it just keeps looping at the new boot animation.
I tried wiping the cashe, and formatting everything to re-instal the ROM. I select the ROM. it starts to install, resets the phone like it did the first time, but instead of going back to CWM to finish installing, it loads to the boot animation and loops.
I'm very new at this so I don't know what info you would need to help me out if at all possible. and if its impossible at least tell me that I'm royally clucked so I don't spend the rest of my life wondering =)
you can try to flash stock with odin there will be many threads and tutorials about it on the forums
Thanks for the suggestion, but I gave it to my friend who thinks he knows everything and he somehow turned it into a Samsung Mezmerize. Now a question about that. If I try and root it do I put CWM on it as a Samsung Mesmerize? I'm just very confused about everything now, do I treat it and everything I do to it as a Mesmerize?
Does anyone know what is wrong here? I wanted to get back to stock by flashing Amazon's stock .bin (changed to .zip) in twrp. I've done this before and had no issues. In twrp I wiped everything and then flashed the .zip. Then I booted into the Amazon OS and everything appeared fine. I'm on 14.3.2.5. For one, I cannot factory reset. After trying to do so, it reboots to the Kindle logo and just permanently hangs there. If I try to update it manually to 14.4.5.5, once again, it just hangs on the Kindle logo. It appears I have no recovery or something. What I don't understand is that I've done this in the past with no issue. Where I am now is that I am able to boot without issue into 14.3.2.5, but cannot update. What can I do?
edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55759790&postcount=204 fixed it. It restored my stock recovery and I was able to update and factory reset after doing it.