Hi again guys I have once again messed up and have rebooted into recovery and tried to install ethereal rom by doing what the instructions said on the forum, in which it says to wipe cache and dalvik then i think i rebooted. Now when i press the on button the screen lights up black, odin wont detect it, i cant get into download mode and the laptop im using wont detect that it is plugged in. Can anyone help me?:crying:
TheFro74 said:
Hi again guys I have once again messed up and have rebooted into recovery and tried to install ethereal rom by doing what the instructions said on the forum, in which it says to wipe cache and dalvik then i think i rebooted. Now when i press the on button the screen lights up black, odin wont detect it, i cant get into download mode and the laptop im using wont detect that it is plugged in. Can anyone help me?:crying:
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Looks Like you hard bricked it. However here is the thread for that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632376
By the way I have a 4.0 intl version
TheFro74 said:
By the way I have a 4.0 intl version
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Did you enable usb debugging on the player before flashing as well?
What do you mean, i never actually flashed etherealrom i just wiped the cache and dalvik, then tried to reboot.
TheFro74 said:
What do you mean, i never actually flashed etherealrom i just wiped the cache and dalvik, then tried to reboot.
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What lol? Ok did you wipe data in the standard Android Recovery, or did you wipe data in ClockWorkMod?
I think it was standard recovery
Did you try heimdall to flash it or restore?
TheFro74 said:
I think it was standard recovery
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Yeah I suggest to do what Zaclimon said. But I don't know how it messed up like that if you're doing it from the standard recovery. I guess you can try to wipe factory/reset and data again. But try the thread I gave you and see what happens.
obscuresword said:
Yeah I suggest to do what Zaclimon said. But I don't know how it messed up like that if you're doing it from the standard recovery. I guess you can try to wipe factory/reset and data again. But try the thread I gave you and see what happens.
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Don't forget that his device is a 4.0 internationnal. You sure a 5.0 link would work?
zaclimon said:
Don't forget that his device is a 4.0 internationnal. You sure a 5.0 link would work?[/QUOT
I put that link before he told me what his device was, and then never changed it which makes me pretty dumb lol. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Phone has clockworkmod v2.5.0.4 My phone is stuck in the splash screen. I was texting and it froze. pulled battery and tried rebooted. all my pics and vids are on the phone and NOT the sd card. any way to get to the files with my computer before i wipe it? please help.
astross89 said:
Phone has clockworkmod v2.5.0.4 My phone is stuck in the splash screen. I was texting and it froze. pulled battery and tried rebooted. all my pics and vids are on the phone and NOT the sd card. any way to get to the files with my computer before i wipe it? please help.
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Don't wipe. Can you reboot into recovery? If so restore a previous rom or nandroid. You shouldn't lose anything. Above All don't panic.
lapdog101 said:
Don't wipe. Can you reboot into recovery? If so restore a previous rom or nandroid. You shouldn't lose anything. Above All don't panic.
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under clockwork, i click reboot recovery and it goes to vibrant screen for one second then right back to clockwork. any other way?
Before clicking reboot recovery restore a backup that you have made, first.
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Toast6977 said:
Before clicking reboot recovery restore a backup that you have made, first.
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im sure im screwed, but i dont have a backup
astross89 said:
im sure im screwed, but i dont have a backup
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Do u still have the rom or ANY rom still on your SD card..(internal SD) ?? Just flash the rom again from recovery . If u can access cwm you are fine.
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lapdog101 said:
Do u still have the rom or ANY rom still on your SD card..(internal SD) ?? Just flash the rom again from recovery
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doesn't that wipe everything?
Can you get into download mode? If so Odin to stock. Then put whatever rom you want on there. I believe your pics and vids will be there if you don't repartition. Can someone confirm that?
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astross89 said:
doesn't that wipe everything?
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No I didn't say wipe data. Only reflash the SAME rom if u have it. odining to stock is a last resort
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astross89 said:
under clockwork, i click reboot recovery and it goes to vibrant screen for one second then right back to clockwork. any other way?
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I am not trying to be a smarta$$, but your post says that you are clicking reboot recovery. What about just reboot? Could also wipe /cache and then advanced/wipe dalvik-cache, then reboot.
If you have adb then you can reboot that way too.
Btw, what ROM are you on?
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No I didn't say wipe data. Only reflash the SAME rom if u have it. odining to stock is a last resort
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I think i know what rom is on it? is there a way to find out without being able to boot? and to reflash just install on sd, wipe dalvik and apply sdcard:update.zip or install zip from sdcard?
Woodrube said:
I am not trying to be a smarta$$, but your post says that you are clicking reboot recovery. What about just reboot? Could also wipe /cache and then advanced/wipe dalvik-cache, then reboot.
If you have adb then you can reboot that way too.
Btw, what ROM are you on?
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reboot just locks up at splash screen and clearing the cache and dalvik wont delete files correct? also the cache we talk about is the wipe cache partition?
Wiping /cache and /dalvik won't delete any data so no worries about that. Wipe them both and then reboot. It will take up to 3-5minutes to rebuild the caches.
I kind of need to know what ROM you are/were on to figure out where to go. Once you answer that and try the above, and it doesn't work I have another idea to try.
@woodrube
Hello my friend. I am working at 5am I trust you will help this young man to get his vibe rolling again
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Woodrube said:
Wiping /cache and /dalvik won't delete any data so no worries about that. Wipe them both and then reboot. It will take up to 3-5minutes to rebuild the caches.
I kind of need to know what ROM you are/were on to figure out where to go. Once you answer that and try the above, and it doesn't work I have another idea to try.
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i know the dalvik part but the cache to wipe is the cache partition? also trying to remember the rom(wifes phone) I think its ginger_clone_final_r2
lapdog101 said:
@woodrube
Hello my friend. I am working at 5am I trust you will help this young man to get his vibe rolling again
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Hey buddy. I'll see what I can do for awhile. I gotta be at work at 7 and conduct meetings all day til 3. I have no problem talking in front of people but the redundancy part drives me bonkers. Cecil back in on him in the morning when you get a chance how far to see we have gotten.
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i know the dalvik part but the cache to wipe is the cache partition? also trying to remember the rom(wifes phone) I think its ginger_clone_final_r2
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Yes it is the cache partition. Try the wipe instructions I posted above and let me know if it works. Now that I know what you might be on it will help.
Woodrube said:
Hey buddy. I'll see what I can do for awhile. I gotta be at work at 7 and conduct meetings all day til 3. I have no problem talking in front of people but the redundancy part drives me bonkers. Cecil back in on him in the morning when you get a chance how far to see we have gotten.
Yes it is the cache partition. Try the wipe instructions I posted above and let me know if it works. Now that I know what you might be on it will help.
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trying to reboot now but it looks like it isnt going to work. but i also read somewhere else
Only the factory recovery wipes the /data/media ("/sdcard") partition. Any third-party community-built recovery (like ClockworkMod Recovery or TeamWin Recovery Project) will wipe everything except /data/media.
So, to answer your question, as long as the files are on your phone's pretend SD card (the default for user-created content and files you transfer to your phone), they won't be wiped when installing a custom ROM.
is this true? also again could care less about the phone just need the new baby pics and vids
You are correct. The only ways to erase your internal SD card is by formatting it, masterclear in Odin, or formatting /data (not wiping but formatting -they are different functions).
Did the wipe and reboot work?
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You are correct. The only ways to erase your internal SD card is by formatting it, masterclear in Odin, or formatting /data (not wiping but formatting -they are different functions).
Did the wipe and reboot work?
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no still stuck on splash screen and vibrates maybe every minute. also updating rom not an option because not sure what rom. and clockwork wipe(even though you said will work) not an option just in case it did wipe pics. it looks like im out of options.
Download DroidExplorer and install on your PC
Reboot into Recovery. Open up Droid Explorer and see if it finds the phone. If so just browse to where you need and copy them.
guys i have a funny issue wonder if i can get some help. I flashed FlappJaxx Beta 3 and had a bad down load or something so anyway tons of reboots and nothing just the non stop vibrate.. well i i finally got it back to the down load screen after pulling the battery several times. and got it Odin back to unrooted and turn on followed the unroot instruction well i left it stock and have had same issue where i click something and it flashes and just vibrates over and over until i pull battery.. well is this phone dead is there a fix?
I odin back again and same thing im going to odin back to stock again then do a stock root and flash another room but its doing the stupid reboot over and over vibrate thing even with the non-rooted stock rom. i just can't seem to find any direction on how to fix this or is it just a lost cause. wanted it to hold on till Note 2 hit shelves but looks like a s3 in my futures.
OK didnt work still FC and boot looping this time i installed Kies and put in download mode and updated the firmware and im getting same thing. GOSH DOGGIT hahaha.. Yea i need some advise i tried everything ive read i must be missing something somewhere.
i guess no one has ever had this before? still no solution i have tried everything format the internal disc but want to know if i do that will i be able to flash odin back to stock any help there?
walkerkd said:
i guess no one has ever had this before? still no solution i have tried everything format the internal disc but want to know if i do that will i be able to flash odin back to stock any help there?
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First of all, I'm no pro at this stuff but I feel your pain.
It sounds like you are getting stuck in a boot loop of sorts.
What I would do if I was you, after flashing a rom, go back into Recovery mode on the phone and clear out the cache partion, wipe Dalvik cache, and then wipe data/factory reset. After that, reboot your phone - it should start up normally. This is what I do to my phone to get it to function as it should.
Hope that helps
i went in to the advance tab and formatted everything hahah.. it juts wiped and odin back to stock again bout to wipe it and try to odin root see if i can get it done. worth a try ive tried to much stuff im bout to take phone out get my 338 tape to a zombie target and have some fun!
walkerkd said:
i went in to the advance tab and formatted everything hahah.. it juts wiped and odin back to stock again bout to wipe it and try to odin root see if i can get it done. worth a try ive tried to much stuff im bout to take phone out get my 338 tape to a zombie target and have some fun!
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What language are you using here? I have no idea what you are saying.
kmacsouris said:
First of all, I'm no pro at this stuff but I feel your pain.
It sounds like you are getting stuck in a boot loop of sorts.
What I would do if I was you, after flashing a rom, go back into Recovery mode on the phone and clear out the cache partion, wipe Dalvik cache, and then wipe data/factory reset. After that, reboot your phone - it should start up normally. This is what I do to my phone to get it to function as it should.
Hope that helps
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Agreed ...
When returning to stock via Odin ...you must reboot into your recovery and wipe data and factory reset the device prior to rebooting.
Even though you wiped prior to flashing the stock Odin .tar image.
These devices stay dirty even after wiping data on occasion ...g
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Agreed ...
When returning to stock via Odin ...you must reboot into your recovery and wipe data and factory reset the device prior to rebooting.
Even though you wiped prior to flashing the stock Odin .tar image.
These devices stay dirty even after wiping data on occasion ...g
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Yea i think thats what happen. it was not a clean wipe but i think i got it now i have gotten two fc & reboot i can live with that. thanks you guys for your help.
walkerkd said:
Yea i think thats what happen. it was not a clean wipe but i think i got it now i have gotten two fc & reboot i can live with that. thanks you guys for your help.
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Boot into your recovery, and "fix permissions "...then reboot.
That should clear up the rest of the issues ...g
gregsarg said:
Boot into your recovery, and "fix permissions "...then reboot.
That should clear up the rest of the issues ...g
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oh really? wow i didnt even think about that im wiping again and flashing odin to stock but this time after it boots i will wipe factory reset. then root factory reset and fix permissions. thank for the help!
Always welcome ....
Fixing permissions is overlooked a lot ...
And the wrong permissions will cause FC's all over the build ..
I always fix permissions after any flash or modification ....it's just a good habit to get into ...IMHO ...g
have a question? went to flash the ROM][4.2.1][AOKP/CM] GT-I9300 Vanilla RootBox [31/01][v3.6][Per-App-DPI][PIE] and didnt wipe the dalvik cache and now my phone wont do anything. is there anything i can do to fix this or is my phone done for?
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have a question? went to flash the ROM][4.2.1][AOKP/CM] GT-I9300 Vanilla RootBox [31/01][v3.6][Per-App-DPI][PIE] and didnt wipe the dalvik cache and now my phone wont do anything. is there anything i can do to fix this or is my phone done for?
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Try to get in CWM and wipe cache/dalvik cache and do a data/factory reset, format system in mounts and storage and reflash the rom again. That`s how i would do it.
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Try to get in CWM and wipe cache/dalvik cache and do a data/factory reset, format system in mounts and storage and reflash the rom again. That`s how i would do it.
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My phone wont do anything wont turn on nothing
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My phone wont do anything wont turn on nothing
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Pull the battery and wait a minute, reinsert the battery and try to get in recovery (volume up + power + menu button at the same time). Do you have a International GT-I9300 device?
gee2012 said:
Pull the battery and wait a minute, reinsert the battery and try to get in recovery (volume up + power + menu button at the same time).
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still nothing would me not wiping the cache cause it to brick?
cbass502 said:
still nothing would me not wiping the cache cause it to brick?
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I don`t think so (it would not boot after the Samsung logo), if you can get in downloadmode you could flash a stock rom with Odin. Do you have a jig?
Look here for trying to revive your phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPfxkA8V-uo.
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I don`t think so (it would not boot after the Samsung logo), if you can get in downloadmode you could flash a stock rom with Odin. Do you have a jig?
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I hit reboot now in the recovery and it didn't load up or anything just a black screen. I tried to flash stock rom with odin but couldn't find my device and I ordered one.
so im guessing my phone is done for?
cbass502 said:
so im guessing my phone is done for?
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Might have probably tried but did you try to boot into download mode by the three button combo of Volume Down+ Home+ Power? You haven't mentioned that anywhere in the thread...
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Oomahey said:
Might have probably tried but did you try to boot into download mode by the three button combo of Volume Down+ Home+ Power? You haven't mentioned that anywhere in the thread...
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yes I did try that and still nothing just a black screen
cbass502 said:
yes I did try that and still nothing just a black screen
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Yep. It's done for.
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Yep. It's done for.
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would a jig work for it to put it into download mode?
are you sure you've got an International GS3? And not one of the variants?
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are you sure you've got an International GS3? And not one of the variants?
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I have the at&t version of the phone
cbass502 said:
I have the at&t version of the phone
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well there's your problem!!
Don't flash anything from this forum, you need to go on the at&t forum to find a rom thats compatible with your phone... http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1705
Good luck!
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I have the at&t version of the phone
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Better post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1705
Anything you use from the International S3 I9300 forum might brick your phone!
Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help.
So, I was coming from one of the earlier Hyperdrive ROM versions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41989203#post41989203, and flashing to the newest version. Following the instructions, I used TWRP (Loki'd, obviously) to format data, system, cache, and dalvik. Apparently, formatting also wiped my internal-sdcard, where the download was located... So now, I'm stucked with nothing to flash. I can access ODIN mode, but cannot find a stock image for the Verizon GS4. I downloaded the newest Hyperdrive onto my computer, but I cannot get adb to recognize the device. Also, TWRP is now telling me that my phone is not rooted.
Can someone please help? I need this phone working NOW.
Thanks again.
Matt
matt6906 said:
Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help.
I can access ODIN mode, but cannot find a stock image for the Verizon GS4.
Can someone please help? I need this phone working NOW.
Thanks again.
Matt
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You must not have looked very hard. It's on the first page, in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
spotmark said:
You must not have looked very hard. It's on the fist page, in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292707
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And I can flash this with ODIN? I thought it needed to be .tar.gz?
matt6906 said:
And I can flash this with ODIN? I thought it needed to be .tar.gz?
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I corrected the link.
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I corrected the link.
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I see, thanks. Will let you know how it goes in 2 hours when it finishes downloading.
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I see, thanks. Will let you know how it goes in 2 hours when it finishes downloading.
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See if you can get a different mirror. Download on my end is showing 20 minutes.
Okay, I used Odin to flash the VRUAMDK_NoWipe.tar.md5, PDA only. Odin says it succeeded and attempted to restart the phone. The phone is stuck on the SAMSUNG screen, with the Custom, unlocked icon below.
Any ideas?
I am now going to try flashing http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic.../SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5.gz using Odin, referenced from this thread:
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
After you stuck on the Samsung boot screen, you could've tryed pulling the battery, and then manually go into recovery, and do a factory data reset. Maybe fix permissions, clear cache and davlick. Should boot then.
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ryan1977 said:
After you stuck on the Samsung boot screen, you could've tryed pulling the battery, and then manually go into recovery, and do a factory data reset. Maybe fix permissions, clear cache and davlick. Should boot then.
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I tried that. Recovery would not boot up. Would continue to stick on the samsung screen. About to flash true factory image now. Will post back.
True stock image worked. Thanks for all your help guys. Cheers.
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True stock image worked. Thanks for all your help guys. Cheers.
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would have been easier to boot into recovery again and adb push the rom image to your phone then flash. adb should have worked in recovery even with the wipe. glad you got it working though
So I found another thread like this but couldn't seem to find an answer. I am new to rooting and wanted to put the viper rom on my phone. But after I install it the phone just keeps rebooting, it will get to viper and then flash my lockscreen and go straight to a reboot. So steps I did to get the rom.
First I went to fast boot and fastboot flash boot boot.img. Then I went into recovery (I have 4ext) activated smart flash and factory restored/wiped my phone. Lastly I installed the zip file from recovery window. I have s-on but that shouldn't matter the way I did it right? I am not sure I did everything right but I have done smooth criminal on my phone and that worked fine, just that my wifi radio stopped working which is weird. Any help would be appreciated I am a noob =]
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So I found another thread like this but couldn't seem to find an answer. I am new to rooting and wanted to put the viper rom on my phone. But after I install it the phone just keeps rebooting, it will get to viper and then flash my lockscreen and go straight to a reboot. So steps I did to get the rom.
First I went to fast boot and fastboot flash boot boot.img. Then I went into recovery (I have 4ext) activated smart flash and factory restored/wiped my phone. Lastly I installed the zip file from recovery window. I have s-on but that shouldn't matter the way I did it right? I am not sure I did everything right but I have done smooth criminal on my phone and that worked fine, just that my wifi radio stopped working which is weird. Any help would be appreciated I am a noob =]
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Did you wipe all partitions except SD card before flashing?
donkeykong1 said:
Did you wipe all partitions except SD card before flashing?
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I flashed the boot img and then wiped then flashed the zip, I didn't do format all except sd card though I just did wipe data/factory reset ill try that
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Did you wipe all partitions except SD card before flashing?
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Well I tried that and it looks like it continues to reboot over and over
tyscof said:
Well I tried that and it looks like it continues to reboot over and over
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In ROM thread it says if you have problems flashing, go to recovery and flash ROM again. So try that, don't wipe anything, just flash zip and see if that helps
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In ROM thread it says if you have problems flashing, go to recovery and flash ROM again. So try that, don't wipe anything, just flash zip and see if that helps
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Well Ive tried to install it a bunch of different times now, do you think double installing it will change something?
tyscof said:
Well Ive tried to install it a bunch of different times now, do you think double installing it will change something?
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Maybe. It did the trick for me bunch of times. No harm in trying, right?
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Maybe. It did the trick for me bunch of times. No harm in trying, right?
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Well I tried it a few times but didnt work. =/ darn
I tried messaging viper the guy who posted the lastest update on here but I doubt he will get back to me, any other suggestions? Does it have to do with a kernal or something?
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Well I tried it a few times but didnt work. =/ darn
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Did you check md5sum when you downloaded the ROM? Maybe the zip is corrupted
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Did you check md5sum when you downloaded the ROM? Maybe the zip is corrupted
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No I havent but I have tried two different zips so I doubt that is it
Try some other ROM. If the phone boots fine, try Viper again, but don't flash boot.img before, just wipe and flash from recovery. And make sure smartflash is turned on