Downgrade from LFB, flashed back: Very weird ISSUES!! - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was disappointed with the LFB performance etc so today I tried flashing back to LF2.
Process I followed was this:
1) Directly from LFB, I fashed LF2 tar with Odin without wipe
Problem faced: "android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly" and "contacts has stopped". Phone remained in a hung state with these messages popping up continuously and totally unusable.
2) Went back to CWM, wiped cache and dalvik cache, rebooted
Problem faced: Still same as above
3) Flashed back to LFB to make phone usable, took full Titanium backup. Then went back to CWM, wiped data (factory reset). Flashed LF2 again with Odin. Worked fine for a bit, then restored Titanium backup to get my apps and settings. Rebooted.
Problem faced: Still same as above.
4) Restored nandroid backup I had of LFB.
Problem faced: None, all working but I am still on LFB and back where I started.
Is there a way to go back to LF2 and keep my apps and data?
Any help will be appreciated and thanked.

Did you restore System apps? You can only use Titanium for non-system apps, since it will otherwise cause these issues.

d4fseeker said:
Did you restore System apps? You can only use Titanium for non-system apps, since it will otherwise cause these issues.
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Restored only user apps + data.

Could you try installing the apps one at a time until you find the issue?

Titanium shows 294 items.
I don't think I have the patience to install them one by one.
There's another MAJOR problem I'm facing now after doing the nandroid restore.
When I'm on a call, THE OTHER PERSON CAN'T HEAR ME!!
I'll try flashing the ROM again through Odin and see if that solves this issue. If it doesn't, I have no clue how to proceed from there.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

You probably have LFB modem with known problem .
Solutions mess for hours or wipe phone flash clean rom .
jje

Did you have Samsung or Google, or third party app restore settings?
The fact that LFB introduced new settings that it attempts to restore on an rom without these options may cause issues.

OK, this is getting weirder.
I wiped phone clean, then flashed LFB because of above problem. Restored user apps+data with Titanium.
Phone was working fine, until someone called just now. The screen went black and I could hear the ringtone but name wasn't shown. After sometime I got a pop-up message "com.android.phone stopped working". And I couldn't see who called as it wasn't logged either.
Now it gets weirder.
I tried to replicate this issue by calling from my landline and another mobile but it worked perfectly for the 5-10 times I tried. Then I tried another different mobile and the problem occurs again!!! And this is when I have flashed LFB after clean wipe (in CWM) and not restored system apps.......!
Please HELP!! I am getting desperate now!
Lennyuk said:
Did you have Samsung or Google, or third party app restore settings?
The fact that LFB introduced new settings that it attempts to restore on an rom without these options may cause issues.
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Could this explain the above problem?? Where do I disable it? I haven't enabled anything that's not on by default.
JJEgan said:
You probably have LFB modem with known problem .
Solutions mess for hours or wipe phone flash clean rom .
jje
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I did a clean wipe and I'm getting a different issue! Pls help!

g4rvd4 said:
OK, this is getting weirder.
I wiped phone clean, then flashed LFB because of above problem. Restored user apps+data with Titanium.
Phone was working fine, until someone called just now. The screen went black and I could hear the ringtone but name wasn't shown. After sometime I got a pop-up message "com.android.phone stopped working". And I couldn't see who called as it wasn't logged either.
Now it gets weirder.
I tried to replicate this issue by calling from my landline and another mobile but it worked perfectly for the 5-10 times I tried. Then I tried another different mobile and the problem occurs again!!! And this is when I have flashed LFB after clean wipe (in CWM) and not restored system apps.......!
Please HELP!! I am getting desperate now!
Try and flash lfb again could just be a bad flash something like this happened to me today
if i helped say thanks
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g4rvd4 said:
I was disappointed with the LFB performance etc so today I tried flashing back to LF2.
Process I followed was this:
1) Directly from LFB, I fashed LF2 tar with Odin without wipe
Problem faced: "android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly" and "contacts has stopped". Phone remained in a hung state with these messages popping up continuously and totally unusable.
2) Went back to CWM, wiped cache and dalvik cache, rebooted
Problem faced: Still same as above
3) Flashed back to LFB to make phone usable, took full Titanium backup. Then went back to CWM, wiped data (factory reset). Flashed LF2 again with Odin. Worked fine for a bit, then restored Titanium backup to get my apps and settings. Rebooted.
Problem faced: Still same as above.
4) Restored nandroid backup I had of LFB.
Problem faced: None, all working but I am still on LFB and back where I started.
Is there a way to go back to LF2 and keep my apps and data?
Any help will be appreciated and thanked.
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Your answer is in number one "contacts has stopped". Don't restore your [CONTACTS/CALLS] in Titanium backup. I have had this same problem before. I hope that helped.

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Phone crashed: System UID inconsistent error

I get "UIDs on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable" error message consistently even after reboots. Running rooted, with stock ROM. I get multiple FC's which I have to acknowledge before using the phone. Not sure what's happening with my phone. Please help.
what was the last thing you installed before the problem started, it may have damaged the software that is on the phone.
Only thing you might try is doing a factory reset and see if that clears the problem.
sabesh said:
I get "UIDs on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable" error message consistently even after reboots. Running rooted, with stock ROM. I get multiple FC's which I have to acknowledge before using the phone. Not sure what's happening with my phone. Please help.
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I would flash another rom tbh ...
This will solve all your problems ..
Don't know why you would want to run stock anyway
Solved: I booted into recovery, then did a data wipe to fix. I then used Titanium Backup to restore everything. All good now. Thx guys!
Probably the cleanest solution HERE

[Q] Alpha-X ROM ICS --- Keeps rebooting! HELP!

PLEASE HELP!!
I installed the Alpha-X ICS ROM for Evo 3D. The problem that I'm facing is that it keeps re-booting to "No Service" state.
I've already tried toggling the "Airplane" mode method - the moment I turn Airplane mode off, the status bar shows that I'm connected to Sprint but within a second starts rebooting (showing the ICS start up screen animation) and goes in a loop for 5-6 times and then ends up back with "No Service" state.
Please help as I really like this ROM. I am a newbie here, hence XDA doesn't allow me to post directly to the Alpha-X thread.
[email protected] said:
PLEASE HELP!!
I installed the Alpha-X ICS ROM for Evo 3D. The problem that I'm facing is that it keeps re-booting to "No Service" state.
I've already tried toggling the "Airplane" mode method - the moment I turn Airplane mode off, the status bar shows that I'm connected to Sprint but within a second starts rebooting (showing the ICS start up screen animation) and goes in a loop for 5-6 times and then ends up back with "No Service" state.
Please help as I really like this ROM. I am a newbie here, hence XDA doesn't allow me to post directly to the Alpha-X thread.
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Hello,
How did you flash this ROM? Are you on HBoot 1.5?
If so, you will need to re-flash this ROM using Fastboot (PM Me if you cant find the instructions)
Yes, I'm on HBoot 1.5 and flashed it using Flash GUI.
I was earlier using ClearROM.
Update: I guess, i realized the problem - during the first time I had flashed this ROM, I had cleared all data & cache 9basically factory reset). It had worked fine.
Once in, I used Titanium backup to restore all my app data (including system data)... I guess that system data is causing this issue. I re-did the entire process (factory reset & flash) and now it's working fine.
I'll go ahead and try restoring only user app this time and update back.
This just proves my "Noob"ness, I guess
[email protected] said:
Update: I guess, i realized the problem - during the first time I had flashed this ROM, I had cleared all data & cache 9basically factory reset). It had worked fine.
Once in, I used Titanium backup to restore all my app data (including system data)... I guess that system data is causing this issue. I re-did the entire process (factory reset & flash) and now it's working fine.
I'll go ahead and try restoring only user app this time and update back.
This just proves my "Noob"ness, I guess
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I just wrote a post about this lol. Yes, it is only the system spp/data that will cause the issues. You shouldn't have problems restoring all of your user apps and data. I am running ALPHA X with all of my apps and data restored through TB with zero problems.
Bamba1260 said:
I just wrote a post about this lol. Yes, it is only the system spp/data that will cause the issues. You shouldn't have problems restoring all of your user apps and data. I am running ALPHA X with all of my apps and data restored through TB with zero problems.
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im going to try this to solve my problems i have been having with my phone... you will be getting lots of thanks if it works lol
[email protected] said:
Update: I guess, i realized the problem - during the first time I had flashed this ROM, I had cleared all data & cache 9basically factory reset). It had worked fine.
Once in, I used Titanium backup to restore all my app data (including system data)... I guess that system data is causing this issue. I re-did the entire process (factory reset & flash) and now it's working fine.
I'll go ahead and try restoring only user app this time and update back.
This just proves my "Noob"ness, I guess
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LOL....restoring system data can cause all sorts of hell for you as Bamba1260's already pointed out and you've already figured out the hard way, and there's nothing wrong with being a "noob" either, but keep in mind if you're looking for a stable and fully functioning phone or prone to freaking out when something goes wrong.....this is after all an ALPHA (experimental / for testing and bug reporting purposes only) rom. Indeed it is a very good alpha state rom, but things are likely to and should be expected to go wrong with it periodically.
hockeyfamily737 said:
LOL....restoring system data can cause all sorts of hell for you as Bamba1260's already pointed out and you've already figured out the hard way, and there's nothing wrong with being a "noob" either, but keep in mind if you're looking for a stable and fully functioning phone or prone to freaking out when something goes wrong.....this is after all an ALPHA (experimental / for testing and bug reporting purposes only) rom. Indeed it is a very good alpha state rom, but things are likely to and should be expected to go wrong with it periodically.
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Yeah.. that's one more thing I did realize.. but was so enamored by the ICS ROM that I wanted to "taste" it one way or other..
Anyway, since I'm not done with my first 10 posts, I will have to post this bug(?) here for everybody's FYI that the GPS doesn't seem to work with this ROM.
So, know before you jump...
P.S. I still love this ROM - one of the smoothest that I've tried.

unfortunately, Messaging has stopped

Ok I just got my S3, straight out of the box I booted into odin and successfully followed these instructions to get root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885 rebooted and started setting up my phone. It automatically started restoring all my apps then I went on and used titanium to restore my k9 mail and a few other apps (no system data or sms app data or anything like that). After I rebooted a messaged appeared " Unfortunately, Messaging has stopped" cleared the cache, fixed permissions, cleared cache and data of the messaging app. Nothing worked. Reset factory. As soon as the phone booted to the setup screen the messaging app error was already there. Back to Odin and reloaded the rooted tar file (I'm using the full stock, rooted version) and I still get the error when I turn the phone on! How can that be?
Exact same problem
jasondhsd said:
Ok I just got my S3, straight out of the box I booted into odin and successfully followed these instructions to get root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885 rebooted and started setting up my phone. It automatically started restoring all my apps then I went on and used titanium to restore my k9 mail and a few other apps (no system data or sms app data or anything like that). After I rebooted a messaged appeared " Unfortunately, Messaging has stopped" cleared the cache, fixed permissions, cleared cache and data of the messaging app. Nothing worked. Reset factory. As soon as the phone booted to the setup screen the messaging app error was already there. Back to Odin and reloaded the rooted tar file (I'm using the full stock, rooted version) and I still get the error when I turn the phone on! How can that be?
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My SIII is doing the exact same thing. Verizon 32 gb rooted stock I am returning and they are shipping me a new one on the 14 day no worry guarantee.
Mine SIII also get a busy signal when trying to make a call an phone wont call out or receive calls I am reading where this is happening to a lot of them.
TheSurgeon said:
My SIII is doing the exact same thing. Verizon 32 gb rooted stock I am returning and they are shipping me a new one on the 14 day no worry guarantee.
Mine SIII also get a busy signal when trying to make a call an phone wont call out or receive calls I am reading where this is happening to a lot of them.
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Hi I found another thread that had a solution, didn't think it would work but it did. I can't find the thread or I'd give him credit.
Basically, boot into odin and flash this (verizon stock unrooted) h**p://samsung-updates.com/get/2114/Samsung_Firmware_SCH-I535_VZW_I535VRALF2_Android_4_0_4.html after its done let it boot and then restart and go back into odin and reflash the rooted image. It's odd but it worked and all my apps and data remained(but backup just in case).
Factory reset guys. You are writing system files over existing system files. Factory reset. Factory reset. Factory reset
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
das7982 said:
Factory reset guys. You are writing system files over existing system files. Factory reset. Factory reset. Factory reset
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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Factory reset didn't work, first thing I tried...did it twice, nor did reflashing the rooted image, fixing permissions, clearing caches, etc. After the factory reset and reloading the rooted image, the error would appear on the language selection screen when first being setup. Reloading the stock non-rooted image and then reflashing the rooted image was the only thing that fixed it.
jasondhsd said:
Hi I found another thread that had a solution, didn't think it would work but it did. I can't find the thread or I'd give him credit.
Basically, boot into odin and flash this (verizon stock unrooted) h**p://samsung-updates.com/get/2114/Samsung_Firmware_SCH-I535_VZW_I535VRALF2_Android_4_0_4.html after its done let it boot and then restart and go back into odin and reflash the rooted image. It's odd but it worked and all my apps and data remained(but backup just in case).
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Your my hero! This worked perfect. Now everything is as I want it. Once you validate you should make a new topic in development with the subject being the error message and Samsung Galaxy SIII this way all the people with this problem can easily impliment the solution.
Also you were correct. None of my data was lost.
:good::good:

SIM cantread after Nandroid backup :(

Hi guys,
I wonder if someone can help me with this... really annoying problem!
I was checking out various roms i downloaded here, started with 4.0 aokp which was great, then gave cyanogen 4.2 a try, but then i wanted to go back to Aokp 4.0 cause it seemed to run faster
Now first thing, i couldnt get rid of cyanogen (no offense intended) cause when i wiped all data, cache and dalvik it just took aokp a few seconds to install from CWM recov, that doesnt seem right, right?
Then installed GAPPS, but still it ran on Cyanogen
So, i did a NANDROID backup, which made my phone like before i started with all this..
THIS IS WHERE IT WENT WRONG?
now it just wont read my simcard
i tried my sim in my old phone and that works fine, so the problem is in my phone somehow
is it something about the radio settings specific to my phone and network?
how can i change these settings and are they specific for my provider?
you guys always helped me out so i hope you know what i mean..
kipdeontdekker said:
Hi guys,
I wonder if someone can help me with this... really annoying problem!
I was checking out various roms i downloaded here, started with 4.0 aokp which was great, then gave cyanogen 4.2 a try, but then i wanted to go back to Aokp 4.0 cause it seemed to run faster
Now first thing, i couldnt get rid of cyanogen (no offense intended) cause when i wiped all data, cache and dalvik it just took aokp a few seconds to install from CWM recov, that doesnt seem right, right?
Then installed GAPPS, but still it ran on Cyanogen
So, i did a NANDROID backup, which made my phone like before i started with all this..
THIS IS WHERE IT WENT WRONG?
now it just wont read my simcard
i tried my sim in my old phone and that works fine, so the problem is in my phone somehow
is it something about the radio settings specific to my phone and network?
how can i change these settings and are they specific for my provider?
you guys always helped me out so i hope you know what i mean..
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I've exactly the same problem.
Are your wifi and BT still OK ?
Is your IMEI (*#06#) still the same as under the battery ?
Was your phone locked ? Did you buy it with a SIM ?
My problem appeared after flashing several different modems/RILS : I got no error warning anywhere, but after reboot, I completely lost my netwerk connection. (no voice calls , no mobile data)
At first I thought a bad RIL driver, so I restored my Nandroid backup from the day before (after wipe cache/wipe dalvik/format system), but still no connection with the netwerk. and can't even make voice calls.
Then I was in panic !
After this I did a complete factory reset, and wiped/formatted cache/dalvik/system/data/SD-card and went in to download mode. After loading a stock ELLA for my region using Odin, still no connection. I was also never asked to enter the PIN-code for my SIM to unlock it.
Damned, this is an embarrassing situation : I can't think of loosing my SG3 for several weeks if I have to send it to Samsung !!
Mu phone is bought without SIM, so it's not SIM-locked.
My Wifi and BT are still OK, my IMEI is also still OK.
Any other ideas, please ?
How do I come in the service mode for the Radio ?
This is the way my netwerk is indicated : a circle with a stripe, much like the famous traffic sign.
Its fixed
So i have no idea how it eventually got fixed but if someone else has this problem, heres what i did:
Full wipe/factory reset blablabla all that
Did Nandroid restore again, put the AOKP ROM and GAPPS back on my phone
Installed ROM which was I9300CEDLI1
Used Odin to install latest CWM, which was already on there, but still
Then booted into CWM and installed .zip of course
This still went suspiciously fast since the very first time it took way longer, that worried me but,
Installed GAPPS again,
Rebooted... IT ASKED FOR MY PIN NUMBER!! hell yes that was what i wanted!
So now it again sees my simcard in there, so now i can make calls end use intnet again!
Still i think it started after the nandroid backup for some reason, or it may have been because of wiping Dalvik Cache?
I have no idea if that even makes sense
kipdeontdekker said:
Its fixed
So i have no idea how it eventually got fixed but if someone else has this problem, heres what i did:
Full wipe/factory reset blablabla all that
Did Nandroid restore again, put the AOKP ROM and GAPPS back on my phone
Installed ROM which was I9300CEDLI1
Used Odin to install latest CWM, which was already on there, but still
Then booted into CWM and installed .zip of course
This still went suspiciously fast since the very first time it took way longer, that worried me but,
Installed GAPPS again,
Rebooted... IT ASKED FOR MY PIN NUMBER!! hell yes that was what i wanted!
So now it again sees my simcard in there, so now i can make calls end use intnet again!
Still i think it started after the nandroid backup for some reason, or it may have been because of wiping Dalvik Cache?
I have no idea if that even makes sense
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Good to hear your problem is fixed !
I'm still not able to make voice calls or enable mobile data : "insert SIM card" is the message I get.
I did already twice a full reset/factory restore and flash a stock ROM using PC Odin, but no avail.
Today I did a restore from my EFS folder using a backup that a had made before the problem appeared, but no avail.
BTW, did you also have the same indication from network status as on my screen-shot ?
Any idea what else I can try ?
I'm getting desperate .....
I'm having the same trouble after doing backup in TWRP when boot up it doesn't recognize the sim card.
I've flash CM10.1 and it only work after i remove the card e put it back on.
Try to see if it something about the simcard.
Regards,
Rui

CM13 works well, but no cell reception, no IMEI

Hey guys
I need some guru help here :/
I've flashed cyanogenmod 13 with android 6.0.1 on my i9300 along with some gapps (stock version). Everything works well, besides the cell reception.
I've been able to see other networks around but couldn't connect to neither of them. (i'm on roaming, in germany, while my sim card and the phone are from poland)
I have applied no signal fix from here which didn't change anything.
Then I've flashed this (the one with "Poland" next to it), but that only made things worse, as the whole "cellular network" menu in settings is greyed out.
What I've figured out is that when typing *#06# the phone app makes some noise and hangs, and in the settings there is no IMEI number.
This leads me to the conclusion that EFS (seems empty in the TWRP file browser) is broken/cleared.
I've seen many instructions on bringing it back to life, non of them are clear to me, and all use Windows. Is there a way to do that on Mac OS, or.. basically is it THE way to go for?
I would appreciate all the help as I need that phone in the next days :/ thanks!
@krecio4:
1. Look for efs-backup. Some kernels create this. Or as part of TWRP-backup. Restore it.
2. Flash latest firmware with Odin. If IMEI is still gone afterwards, try KIES repair function.
3. Let it repair in service center.
rp158 said:
@krecio4:
1. Look for efs-backup. Some kernels create this. Or as part of TWRP-backup. Restore it.
2. Flash latest firmware with Odin. If IMEI is still gone afterwards, try KIES repair function.
3. Let it repair in service center.
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thanks a lot @rp158!
I've tried searching for an efs backup but no luck :/ any idea where do they create it? restore option only has those files that I've backed up.
latest firmware you mean the official one, right? Is there a way to do it on mac os?
cheers
@krecio4: TWRP backup contains efs-partition, if you chose/ticked it. Kernels (Boeffla, Agni) store it in sdcard0, but if you never flashed a special kernel, it's over.
Firmware means Samsung's stock 4.3 from sammobile.com. Look there, if they offer Odin and KIES for Mac. Otherwise lean a Windows pc. It's useless to make it more complicated by struggling software.
@krecio4: read this. That's not the solution, but if that all caused by actual CM13-nightly, there comes perhaps any...
I have the same problem with latest nightly. This work fine: "cm-13.0-20160523-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip".
@krecio4 I think that you have to first flash latest firmware then root your phone and then you have to use z3x box, hope it will fix :good:
thanks for your sugestions guys
What I did is to get the latest firmware from sammobile, restored it with Odin, phone was working, I was receiving calls and texts.
So I installed TWRP, backed up EFS, System, Data, and one more thing that was marked.
Then i did a factory reset and installed latest CM13 + gapps in one run (as a batch of files, selected the CM13 first, than the gapps in the que)
rebooted
Again - CM13 works well, but it says "please insert SIM card" :/
No IMEI, IMEI SV (Unknown)
Cellular networks in settings are off, and greyed out inside, "preferred network type" is "Invalid Network Mode (-1). Ignore"
Do you think there is any hope?
I noticed that EFS is empty, after restoring it from backup, and rebooting, it's empty again.
so tired of everything, I went back to the original software using this method (even easier than Odin) http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/how-to-factory-installed-firmware-sgs3-t1838480
If you come up with some solution, I'd love to try Cynanogenmod for longer and.. for real
1. Be happy, that your efs-data are ok. Make in TWRP a backup of this partition only, for worst cases.
2. Try @mexit's advice.
Can I with no problem have a custom recovery installed while using original firmware?
So you are saying that it might be with the last 3 nightlies that they are messing up with backed up EFS? If so, I'll try installing the one you've mentioned, but now I've list 2-3 days for the whole crap so I will wait until I have too much time But thank you very much for your support!
BTW, I found this as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-backup-restore-efs-imei-sgsiii-t1901098
Posting for anybody, as I digged the whole internet for any answers
Install this: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/162926/cm-13.0-20160524-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67034195&postcount=5968
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ok, as I don't give up easily, as you can see, I did another approach. Backup, backp EFS only.
Installed the edition from 23rd of mai. All good! But during the "installing apps" during the initial boot, close to the end, the battery died (after the screen flickering). but reboot and it all seems to work well Any issues that could appear after an unexpected reboot during the first boot? Do you suggest to do factory reset and flash CM13 + gapps again?
If I understand well, battery died during compiling Dalvik/ART. Should be happen again after cleaning both caches. But to avoid any mess, I would clean flash the ROM again.
So you suggest to do the factory reset, install CM13, install gapps, reboot ?
No.
Wipe system, data, cache, Dalvik cache.
Flash CM13. Wipe cache, Dalvik cache.
and gapps installation shouold be along the CM13 in a que right?
@krecio4: flash GApps afterwards. Read the last posts of CM-thread: your problem was probably caused by a modem-bug in CM, should be gone now.
after the wipe cache & Dalvik?
so CM13, wipe, gapps, reboot?
Ok, very precisely:
flash cm13, wipe 2 cashes, reboot
if net and wifi ok, make a backup of this state
flash GApps, wipe 2 cashes, reboot
case closed

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