Im currently running the first flight Rom and wanted to go back to alpha 2...i tried a reflash but my phone is still on the other Rom, i did another reset and reflash of alpha but it still hasn't change. I than tried to use my nandroid backup which ice used before but when i try to use it it tells me nothing on file...what do i do
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After about 4 attempts i was able to flash alpha 2 and my back ups seem to be there as well...not just empty folders like before, weird
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That is odd. Make sure you always factory reset multiple times as well as wipe cache multiple times when switching roms.
So you would:
- factory reset x3
- wipe cache x3
- wipe dalvik x1
- flash new rom
This should help with experiencing less if these type issues as well as other bugs.
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That is odd. Make sure you always factory reset multiple times as well as wipe cache multiple times when switching roms.
So you would:
- factory reset x3
- wipe cache x3
- wipe dalvik x1
- flash new rom
This should help with experiencing less if these type issues as well as other bugs.
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I actually do those steps. I flashed one of the other ics roms and I didn't really like it so I tried to flash alpha back, after reboot I was still on the other rom...I tried again with same result, finally I used my backup. This time the same thing happened but I was on a different rom, the only difference was I wasn't able to use my back up, backup folder said "no file" when trying to flash, so I was pretty much forced to keep trying to flash alpha, finally it worked and I checked my cwm folder and my backups are there and are not empty. Odd
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I actually do those steps. I flashed one of the other ics roms and I didn't really like it so I tried to flash alpha back, after reboot I was still on the other rom...I tried again with same result, finally I used my backup. This time the same thing happened but I was on a different rom, the only difference was I wasn't able to use my back up, backup folder said "no file" when trying to flash, so I was pretty much forced to keep trying to flash alpha, finally it worked and I checked my cwm folder and my backups are there and are not empty. Odd
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weird considering when you do a restore it erases boot partition before starting to restore so unless you used the wrong backup file it should've worked the first time.
roloracer said:
weird considering when you do a restore it erases boot partition before starting to restore so unless you used the wrong backup file it should've worked the first time.
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I only used the restore one time a week or so ago because everytime I tried to flash back to alpha I was still on the collective rom. Thats when I used my backup and it worked but this time the same time happened....flashed alpha like 3 times and nothing happened, I than tried to use my backup but my phone told me the backup file was empty, I have 2 backups and my phone told me the same thing on both. I continued to flash alpha over and over again with wiping date etc each time and it finally worked, and my backups have data in them unlike before.
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Hello,
First and foremost, I'm loving this rom. I'm a noob and getting my hands dirty figuring all this out.
Now with that said:
When I try to connect to my wifi network it keeps saying authentication error occurred. I have tried everything and the only thing that fixes it is restoring my backup to my stock rom.
Please help!!!!
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Smerleau said:
Hello,
First and foremost, I'm loving this rom. I'm a noob and getting my hands dirty figuring all this out.
Now with that said:
When I try to connect to my wifi network it keeps saying authentication error occurred. I have tried everything and the only thing that fixes it is restoring my backup to my stock rom.
Please help!!!!
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I will say 90% of the people in here will say it is not the rom. just because theres seems to work. and i tend to agree. what have you tried to fix it? besides going back (to Stock). i have not had any issues with WiFi on Serephim yet, so i can not say what a fix would be. maybe wipe your cache's. when i had that issue on GB i had to reinstall the kernel and boom it worked. but seeing as though we do not have one yet for ICS. i would say wipe and worst case reinstall the from after a very Thurough Wiping Process.
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I will say 90% of the people in here will say it is not the rom. just because theres seems to work. and i tend to agree. what have you tried to fix it? besides going back (to Stock). i have not had any issues with WiFi on Serephim yet, so i can not say what a fix would be. maybe wipe your cache's. when i had that issue on GB i had to reinstall the kernel and boom it worked. but seeing as though we do not have one yet for ICS. i would say wipe and worst case reinstall the from after a very Thurough Wiping Process.
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I have wiped cache a few times and I just downloaded another rom and got the same issue.. The only time it works is on stock GB
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Smerleau said:
I have wiped cache a few times and I just downloaded another rom and got the same issue.. The only time it works is on stock GB
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Then if your into flashing right now, just try either the superwipe.
Or this is how i wipe.
I factory default/format usb from inside the rom.
I wipe factory/data from cwm
i wipe cache partition from cwm
i wipe delvik from cwm
then i flash "Rom" and reboot.
this leaves nothing from previous roms and or Gingerbreak roms.
try that and see if it works. if not then i am out of ideas until a kernel source is released.
Ok i will try that and see if it works...
Thank you!!!
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Then if your into flashing right now, just try either the superwipe.
Or this is how i wipe.
I factory default/format usb from inside the rom.
I wipe factory/data from cwm
i wipe cache partition from cwm
i wipe delvik from cwm
then i flash "Rom" and reboot.
this leaves nothing from previous roms and or Gingerbreak roms.
try that and see if it works. if not then i am out of ideas until a kernel source is released.
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I fixed it.... USER ERROR.. I Don't want to admit this but I was entering the wrong password and my old Rom had the password saved so I never had to enter it...
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And the all have the same green leaf for a home screen, so are my ROMS not being written to the right place or what. this is getting confusing. the ROM form about shows the different versions but all are skipping the setup and I have no 3G/LTE connection, only wifi.
Whatever I am doing I seem to be consistent about it
Did you flash gapps?
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Did you flash gapps?
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the AOPK had gapps folded in. what is odd is I have now tried AOPK and a CM10 and CM10.1 and they all seem to have the same start screen, come up after the boot like it is already installed, missing any 3G/4G connection. Now I have flashed back to EG01 and run up though iCS several times and it isn't taking the CWM now, says it installs ok but boots into stock recovery. Now I using the older CWM 5504 for the i-905 and it writes somewhere, but apparently not where it should be. I was going to try TWRP but that doens't appear to run on HC/ICS - is it JB only? I have shied away from the newer CWM for a long time because for a while they just seemed to boot-loop the tablet.
Any one have a suggested working version of CWM? This starting from scratch and rolling in all the updates is getting old - which is why I was wondering if there is a way to build my own ODIN set to just flash back to this point without having to go though reroot and install of the recovery (which apparently now I am not able to do - wts! )
Thanks!
Rob (lost) in Katy.
Twrp is compatible with ICS too, if im not mistaken. Go to www.droidbasement.com and download pershoots's version of cwm recovery. That should work just fine. BTW, you did make a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik) right? And what's EG01?
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eushaun99 said:
Twrp is compatible with ICS too, if im not mistaken. Go to www.droidbasement.com and download pershoots's version of cwm recovery. That should work just fine. BTW, you did make a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvik) right? And what's EG01?
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I am now one cycle 15 and doing the last update to 4.04. every stinking rom I load goes back to the factory or the ROM starts off and ignores the setup. The really annoying thing is I have had all this setup and working before. Ahhhhhh!
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I am now one cycle 15 and doing the last update to 4.04. every stinking rom I load goes back to the factory or the ROM starts off and ignores the setup. The really annoying thing is I have had all this setup and working before. Ahhhhhh!
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Ok, i found another recovery laying around that seems to be working. I also found that the bug where you need to delete the script that deletes the new recovery. Once I got that far things started making sense. I guess whatever mod I was on before didn't need it. The next trick will be trynig to decifer how to do an odin backup so that I don't haver to roll though 4/5 upgrades to get here. I know someone is doing it. thanks for the help and a place to bounce ideas. will update if i come up with anything.
Rob
So ive been having issues with dhacker29's roms making my phone reboot and hang on the bootloader. Well the latest one, the selinux build which he put more bugs into an already screwed up reboot cycle it worked good when I first installed it, than it did one of its forced reboots.
Phone hasnt booted since, restored to previous rom that worked fine. Stock, all kinds of things tried. It just hangs on the motorola logo now.
Anybody got any ideas for me?
When you go back to other ROMs are you restoring apps and data along with them via Titanium Backup or another backup app? If so, that might be the cause. It may be something in your apps, not the ROM. And as always wipe cache and dalvik cache after any flash.
Just restoring back to a TWRP backup. not using tibackup or anything like that,
Ive tried wiping dalvik, Tried a factory reset on these backups. Even tried fix permissions. Still nothing.
Probably a bad backup
If you wipe fully (yes I mean a full wipe) and then restore a back up from working phone and it just loops, chances are you had a bad backup
Just wipe clean and flash a new rom
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demkantor said:
Probably a bad backup
If you wipe fully (yes I mean a full wipe) and then restore a back up from working phone and it just loops, chances are you had a bad backup
Just wipe clean and flash a new rom
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I did some posting in the thread for the rom. 2 others had the same issue where none of there backups worked after flashing that rom version and after it crashed and rebooted it never came back. So I doubt it was a bad backup just something weird with the rom
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Unless there is something very strange about this ROM (as in it corrupts other partitions but so highly doubtful), backups are 100% separate from another ROM, this means a full wipe will erase everything about you current ROM and then restoring a backup from a previous ROM will work, so long ad the backup is good and the wipe is clean.
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I don't know. The rom does have a form or selinux in it so maybe that caused it. I don't know the specifics of what selinux does internally just what the goal is
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Doesn't sound like it should brake anything, if the ROM won't boot for you that's one thing, but completely wiping your phone then flashing a new ROM should fix your issue.
I am highly suspect that the ROM in question could have done anything at all to your recovery or your backups.
You said you are using twrp, have you tried wiping/formating all partitions and then flashing a known working ROM? Does your phone have fast boot mode? If so this may be an even cleaner wipe to do prior to the flash
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I had to fastboot back to stock to get anything to work.. No rom I tried would boot
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Again, without knowing anything about your phone, the ROM would not affect your bootloader/radio/recovery no firmware should be changed just by flashing a rom,.
If it won't boot after a full wipe then there is some other issue, but if you were able to fix things by flashing back to stock then good.
Without knowing more specifics about your phone or the ROM you had issues with I guess I can't help you any further, so long as your are up and running now I would suggest just to stay away from any ROM you have had issues with, make new backups and test them (yes fully wipe before a restore and being your phone has fastboot wipe there) and best of luck to you
Happy flashing!
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RAZR hd... Cm10.1 on the post started by epinter.. You can read how others had the same issue. I had 4 backups and non boot looped. It would hang at the bootloader and never even make it to the boot animation. Apparently it's something nobody's seen before but me and 2 others there have experienced it. So it's not a 1 time fluke.
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I have a note 2 that I kept stock for a long time. And decided to root it about a week ago. I used the latest casual one click root. And it seemed all dandy initially until i went between a few different roms and it decided it wanted to shut off randomly and not boot back up past the note 2 screen on its own. But the odd part was it booted while connected to the wall or to the computer. So I flashed to 4.1.2 stock via odin and the issue still remains. I can only use it fine on charger. Is there something else im missing on flashing back to stock?
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Hmm when you installed 4.3 did you do so wiping everything could be an app causing the problem. Try it from brand new with no apps installed and see if that helps. Could be also a radio issue as well.
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Yeah I wiped everything. Actually used odin twice to revert to stock 4.1.2. I tried a few cm nightlies before it began. Is there anything else I should flash on top of whats already been done?
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Yeah I wiped everything. Actually used odin twice to revert to stock 4.1.2. I tried a few cm nightlies before it began. Is there anything else I should flash on top of whats already been done?
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I've found that even after using ODIN to go back to stock 4.1.2, that there's still leftover data on the phone from custom ROM's. I've read where others had the same issue. I don't know why Odin doesn't seem to fully wipe everything ... but this has been my personal experience.
The way I've fixed this (and all this may not be necessary).. . is that after Odin'ing back to stock 4.1.2, I boot into stock recovery, then do a full factory reset and wipe cache. Then I booted into the stock Rom and used the bypass setup trick (touch the left side of the screen right above Emergency... then right side, then left, then right again, and then volume up... this should bypass setup to save time).
Then went into phone's settings and performed a factory reset from within the stock Rom too...
Finally... (because I'm a bit OCD... so this is probably not necessary), but I ODIN'd back to stock 4.1.2 one more time and then proceeded with using CASUAL again to root /unlock the bootloader).
I know this is a pain in the butt... but this has worked for me. Maybe others will have some better suggestions.
(Edit : Forgot to mention that if you're not wanting to return to stock to start over again... check out this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53624921) on how to flash a stock recovery for the purposes of doing a proper data wipe... then can you odin your custom recovery back to the device without having to fully restore to stock... this can be a real time saver. Please make sure to thank the OP for the helpful info).
So in the end I tried to reset from stock recovery and wipe cache. Than do a reset from the settings and the issue presisted. But now I have root and recovery as well. So I may give a rom a try.
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mddcflimsreal said:
So in the end I tried to reset from stock recovery and wipe cache. Than do a reset from the settings and the issue presisted. But now I have root and recovery as well. So I may give a rom a try.
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This is totally a guess, but I'm thinking that you may have a battery problem... and it's just a coincidence that these problems started happening around the same time that you rooted. You may try replacing the battery to see if that fixes things.... (you can get one pretty cheap off ebay or Amazon).
Yeah thats odd. I had bought another battery from a phone store I use to work at and have no issues now, back on 4.1.1 rooted.
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mddcflimsreal said:
Yeah thats odd. I had bought another battery from a phone store I use to work at and have no issues now, back on 4.1.1 rooted.
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Cool. Hopefully you'll have no more problems with it for a while.
:thumbup:
Not sure what went wrong, but I've just had to use flashtool. I decided to flash one of the stock roms available. I don't feel any of what resulted was fault of the Rom so I won't specify. I made another backup of my tweaked Rom, and wiped as instructed and installed. Everything flashed ok but the Rom was a little buggy so I decided to restore my tweaked backup. Rebooted to reovery, wiped then selected which backup to restore. In short, the backup was showing no partitions available to restore and wouldn't work. So, I chose my original backup of stock and that showed everything so I restored. From there, the backup said complete so I rebooted. I ended up with the flashing red and blue led and could only boot to twrp. I tried to reflash the Rom zip but it failed to open. So here I am after using flashtool, which was an adventure as well. I'm curious if anyone else at all has had a similar experience? Is it possible my twrp was corrupt in some way?
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Had you ever tried to restore you backups prior? Just to make sure you had a good backup.
Did you use compression in TWRP? It's been an issue in the past. At least with the OG it was.
I have no other ideas. Sorry you had to go through that. But at least you got it fixed.
I hadn't restored prior to this, no. I think I did use compression on the second backup. Good point. One good thing, I don't have the ugly yellow spark boot ani any more. [emoji6]
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Evolution_Freak said:
I hadn't restored prior to this, no. I think I did use compression on the second backup. Good point. One good thing, I don't have the ugly yellow spark boot ani any more. [emoji6]
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Is this after Flashtool? The only way I know of to get it back is ##RTN#. And you'll need your MSL.
You shouldn't have Wi-Fi calling either then. That's the clincher.
Be safe and backup your EFS first though.
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I hadn't restored prior to this, no. I think I did use compression on the second backup. Good point. One good thing, I don't have the ugly yellow spark boot ani any more. [emoji6]
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i also used compression for my backup did you figure out if that was what caused the problem?
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i also used compression for my backup did you figure out if that was what caused the problem?
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To be safe, boot into recovery and try to restore your backup. If you don't see the partitions listed, then it's probably compression.
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Don't wipe anything though!
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To be safe, boot into recovery and try to restore your backup. If you don't see the partitions listed, then it's probably compression.
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Don't wipe anything though!
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Yep yep - Im glad this is my second LG, I never use compression thanks to all I've learned from the lgog. That sucks though dude, but lesson learned.
For the record, I've flashed several things and restored several backups already(I have two, odexed stock and deodexed stock) without any issues.
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Not sure what went wrong, but I've just had to use flashtool. I decided to flash one of the stock roms available. I don't feel any of what resulted was fault of the Rom so I won't specify. I made another backup of my tweaked Rom, and wiped as instructed and installed. Everything flashed ok but the Rom was a little buggy so I decided to restore my tweaked backup. Rebooted to reovery, wiped then selected which backup to restore. In short, the backup was showing no partitions available to restore and wouldn't work. So, I chose my original backup of stock and that showed everything so I restored. From there, the backup said complete so I rebooted. I ended up with the flashing red and blue led and could only boot to twrp. I tried to reflash the Rom zip but it failed to open. So here I am after using flashtool, which was an adventure as well. I'm curious if anyone else at all has had a similar experience? Is it possible my twrp was corrupt in some way?
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Noticed that you said you wiped before restore. I did that once on my G2 and ended up having to use flashtool.
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Noticed that you said you wiped before restore. I did that once on my G2 and ended up having to use flashtool.
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You should always wipe first IMO. There's always ghosts in the machine. It's just an added measure to give you a clean restore/flash. Most people that have issues with roms don't wipe, and dirty flash/restore.
I've never had an issue wiping all 4. And compression just seems to never work right. At least with all the G series.
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You should always wipe first IMO. There's always ghosts in the machine. It's just an added measure to give you a clean restore/flash. Most people that have issues with roms don't wipe, and dirty flash/restore.
I've never had an issue wiping all 4. And compression just seems to never work right. At least with all the G series.
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If you wipe all four and your twrp isn't on your external SD card you're screwed if you want to restore.
I always wipe when installing roms, just not restoring. Habit from using phones without ext.
I also thought I saw a wipe script built into the restore option.
I called Sprint today to get my MSL. I needed to use the ##RTN# code to get the WiFi calling app and the other stuff back after flashtool. They had me do a factory reset first to see if that would do it but then gave me my MSL without question.
Thanks again for all the info learned in this thread. I finally got around to re-rooting and re-bumping and all were smooth and easy.
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engine95 said:
You should always wipe first IMO. There's always ghosts in the machine. It's just an added measure to give you a clean restore/flash. Most people that have issues with roms don't wipe, and dirty flash/restore.
I've never had an issue wiping all 4. And compression just seems to never work right. At least with all the G series.
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I only had a problem with compression once on my OG for the rest of the time it worked fine and was a necessity because it had no external storage but anyway i just checked the compressed backup i made and the partitions show up under restore, but i havent tried it yet because i have no reason to. maybe when aosp comes out